The countdown is over, We are waiting in great suspense,
It seems like the teleprinters have broken down,
They repeat the same message, "A man has landed on the Moon,"
Just like that,
It has opened a new chapter in the history of our world,
God,
They must be so lonely out there,
Man's first words from the Moon were "The Eagle has landed,"
All right,
Off to bed,
Come on, off to your beds,
Hey! Wake up!
- Did you listen to the landing broadcast? - Yup,
Do you think people will colonize it one day?
Maybe our kids will,
- Zbyszek, are you sure of this? - I am,
We can sell the fish to Korzun, Ten groszy apiece,
Antek, put the wire in the water,
- Is it deep here? - No,
How about silt?
Don't be such a chicken, Counting down,,,
Five, four, three,
two, one,
- And? - Nothing,
How come?
We swept the whole bottom, No sign of the body,
Just dead fish,
Where is your brother?
Zbyszek, where is he? Tell me, goddamn it!
What did you do to him?
Tell me! What did you do to him?!
- What was it this time?! - Mother, stop it!
PROJECT UFO
Road cyclist, Józef Nóżka, once more makes our region proud,
He has won the eighth stage of the race,,,
Good morning,
Get in,
So, Comrade, how's our case going?
It seems serious,
I'm on my way to look into it right now,
- The witness seems to be credible, - Credible?
You know me, I'm a skeptic at heart, I'll check everything,
Check it thoroughly, I repeat, thoroughly!
Times are complicated,
Anyway, the case is promising,
Did I tell you that I like your show?
And not just me,
Weruszka likes it too,
But we've been mostly watching Mamzer recently,
It seems somewhat, you know, fresher,
That's why I'll give you some friendly advice,
From a more experienced colleague,
You know, people need sensation now,
Sensation, not common sense,
I understand, Comrade Secretary,
I'm glad you do,
What's the letter at the top?
No, I can't see it,
How about now?
- Oh, it's better now, - From the top?
- "E," - And lower?
- "U," I think, - All right,
It looks like one diopter down,
- Down again? - Yes, it's down,
- It was supposed to get better, - But first, it has to get worse,
So it can start getting better,
It's been getting worse for years,
It's becoming an obstacle at work,
Calm down,
Don't worry,
I'll stamp your papers,
It's not like you're going to shoot,
Good morning, Mr, Józef,
Good morning,
You have the clothes you were wearing in the alien spacecraft, right?
Yeah, I do,
Then please don't wash them, Secure them,
- They might be needed, - They were washed a long time ago, sir,
They stank of fish,
Actually, some men came and asked me to do the same,
- What men? - Weird ones,
In black coats,
- Some officials, I think, - And what did you tell them?
The truth, Everything was washed,
Good,
All right, Mr Józef,
Please relax,
Take some deep breaths,
And now, tell me once again how it happened, all right?
Where do I start?
At the beginning,
I was riding on my wagon back home from Rapa,
I was bringing the beehives back,
POLICE
Solidarity! Solidarity! Solidarity!
- Good morning, gentlemen, - Hello, sit down,
Coffee, please,
Chief, have you heard?
That in Truskasy,,,
little green creatures abducted a farmer?
The guy just didn't strain his alcohol through a bread roll well enough,
The invasion mystery is solved, There,
Well, no,
- Because he doesn't drink, - Borewicz, Who doesn't drink in Poland?
Truskasy is near the border, right?
It might be worth,,, taking a closer look?
Julia,
Don't we have enough work these days?
- Have you been to the ophthalmologist? - Yes,
It's getting better,
Ouch, it's hot,
Gentlemen?
We're here about a certain Józef Kunik,
Do you know him, Comrades?
Hello,
- Is this where you meet? - "You" meaning what?
Well, you,
TV workers,
Sometimes here, sometimes somewhere else,
But you didn't come to me for a sightseeing tour,
I didn't,
Do you know what Janek is doing in Truskasy?
In Truskasy? No,
Where is Truskasy anyway?
In that case, the mailman must have made a mistake,
I think this is for you,
Indeed,
The Polish Post Office is so unreliable,
Has anyone ever told you that your face is perfect for TV?
Really?
Unlike your husband's,
Thank you,
Mr, Mamzer, right?
Polgar,
I'm sorry, of course, Polgar,
I barely recognized you,
- I think you changed your hair, - How can I help?
Would you mind if we took a photo with you?
A photo? Sure,
- Can we stand here by the window? - Hello,
- Here? - Yes, Here would be perfect,
- Did it turn out okay? - Yeah,
You won't believe me,
but when I was a kid, before the war, I saw a UFO,
It was flying low above the horizon, Looked like a cigar,
- A cigar? - Yeah,
That's interesting,
Sunshine?
Mr, Mamzer, excuse us,
- We'll come back to the séance, - Of course,
- Just go, - Of course,
You should knock,
With Mr, Mamzer, we were trying to go back to the time I was in my mother's womb,
Cut the crap, Henryk,
The poor woman drank when she was carrying me,
- Cut the crap, - It's not crap,
How long have you been reading my letters?
Do you think you deserve special treatment?
That you're a higher-class citizen because you show your face on TV?
We read every fucking letter,
You know what?
Fuck that, Read them,
Just give them back afterwards,
Sunshine, no need to get so angry,
My work is just,,, thankless drudgery,
Henryk,
You know Polgar will fuck this story up,
It would be better for him if he didn't,
Why don't I go there too?
Just in case, To secure the rear,
So that he won't fuck it up,
THE WAVE: TV & RADIO REPAIRS
Follow me,
Wow, that's good,
Strong,
So,,,
Tell me about the whole thing,
And you won't make fun of me?
Please forgive me,
Janek,
Zbyszek,
Then listen to this, Janek,
PERIPHERIES
What is it?
What is it, love?
What happened? What do you have there?
Are you asleep?
What a revelation,
A revelation,
Right?
And he talks about it so calmly, Like he, I don't know, met his neighbors,
What an interesting case,
It's worth investigating,
We're meeting him tomorrow?
- He's expecting us, - Great,
Good evening,
I have a reservation for Polgar,
Second floor,
- It should be quiet, - Thank you,
Also, fill in the information from your ID card,
- Got any sleeping medicine? - The whole shelf,
Pour me two shots,
Cheers,
Can you turn it off?
Water, please,
The wedding party doesn't seem fun, eh?
I'm just glad it's not mine,
That's okay, At least you can bail,
- Where could I go? - I don't know,
It is nine o'clock, four minutes and forty seconds,
When Mr, Sokolik told me you'd pay us a visit,
I couldn't believe it,
- Such an important guest from Warsaw, - Please, don't be silly,
I'm nobody important, I'm just a fighter for the truth, right?
- A defender of science, - Nicely put,
Nicely put, really,
Why are you silent like you're under a spell?
Mr, Polgar came here from Warsaw especially for you,
Good morning,
Jan Polgar,
Mr, Sokolik said that you don't have a radio or a television set,
- Is that true? - We don't,
Then how do you know who I am?
Mr, Sokolik told us,
I have a confession to make,
You know, I sometimes visit my sister in Olecko,
Then I watch your show,
I really like it,
And you, sir? Do you visit Olecko as well?
Not since '63, He had a falling out with his brother-in-law,
Mr, Józef?
Would you agree to a lie detector test?
I would,
How about hypnosis?
Hypnosis? What is that?
- A kind of test, - A kind of test,
Well, sure, I don't have anything to hide,
Oh, son!
Come here, son! Quickly!
Say hello,
This gentleman is from Warsaw,
Our offspring,
Sergeant Kunik!
- Jan Polgar, nice to meet you, - Hello, Stefan Kunik,
Mr, Józef, could you show us the place where it all happened?
I was going down this road,
It was a freezing cold dawn,
How many degrees, roughly?
How should I know? It was cold,
And this is where I heard some rustling,
What are they doing here?
Hi, Zbyszek!
Mr Józef, we're on our way to see you,
I need to ask you a few questions,
What questions?
Come on, Zbyszek, When something abducts people, we have to check it,
You're very thorough,
Jan Polgar, Good morning,
The devil never sleeps,
So, how did it happen, Mr, Józef?
Is this right?
It was standing here?
He said it was further away, closer to the water,
Right, closer to the water,
Closer to the water, Balon,
Like, one meter?
I can't see, One meter forward!
- Back, - Back up, one meter back,
- How about now? - Good,
Stop!
So it landed here, right?
He said it didn't land,
but the spaceship hovered six meters above the ground,
Jesus,,,
Is that right, Mr, Kunik?
Wait,
- Get on the hood, - What the fuck?
On the hood, now!
So this is what it looked like,
And you got into their spacecraft?
Are you sure it wasn't a helicopter?
- He already told you it wasn't, - Zbyszek!
We have to examine everything fully, Not like those amateurs,
- Examine? What's there to examine? - Everything,
Is Kunik a madman? Is his eyesight fine?
Is he, I don't know, a schizophrenic?
We need to conduct an investigation, A real investigation,
Or maybe we should acknowledge that they arrived here,
And that they come from the water,
We don't know that,
- They looked like frogs, - This doesn't mean anything,
Okay, never mind,
Did you notice that all the dirt out there was mixed with some kind of white ash?
You know what that is?
It's stardust,
Unbelievable, I've never seen anything like that,
It was great, Thank you,
Zbyszek,,,
We have a huge story on our hands,
Who knows, maybe it's the Polish Roswell, even,
But we have to be discreet and careful,
Very discreet and careful, get it?
What do you mean?
Are you saying the farmer really met extraterrestrial creatures?
- I know how it sounds, but,,, - No, go on,
I'm open-minded,
It is plausible,
The witness seems credible,
We will run a polygraph test, of course,
Take Kittel with you, he knows the drill,
That was my plan, Comrade Secretary,
If Kunik passes the polygraph test,
I will undertake a series of other tests, Neurological and medical,
Meanwhile, with chemists and biologists,
I'll carry out site inspection, we'll check the radiation level,
How about something simpler? Aren't you taking it too far?
Comrade Secretary, can you imagine,,,
Imagine how important our findings will be when it turns out,,,
I mean, if it turns out our suspicions are confirmed,
All right, are there any other witnesses?
Sadly, so far we haven't found more,
"We haven't found"? Wait, you and someone else?
Me and the local ufologist, Zbigniew Sokolik,
I had him on my show a while back,
About this event?
- A different one, - I see,
So he's some kind of a hack, right?
Comrade,,,
you have to make sure that everyone involved in this case
is like Caesar's wife,
Otherwise, you'll do the research, and someone will fuck it up,
Right,
From our side, we'll see to it
that out there you receive all the help you need,
Thank you very much, Comrade Secretary,
There's a local policewoman,
- Her name is Borewicz, - Write the name down for me,
Get me the Olsztyn Party Committee,
Yeah, I'll hold,
I'll hold!
And, Comrade, destroy the tapes of your show with Sokolik, all right?
It might compromise the whole thing in the future,
Olsztyn Party Committee, yes?
Gee, it took longer than I thought,
Fish again?
- A fish patty, - Lolo has gone missing,
Maybe he's visiting friends?
For dinner,
Or maybe visiting my friend?
Who is this friend?
You can invite him over, Grandpa will cook something new,
- You know anything about this? - No,
Come on, help me,
So, who is he?
I met him recently by the lake,
And what's his name?
I can't tell you, It's a secret,
I told you! She can't go to the lake by herself!
Maybe she wouldn't if we had our TV back,
I'm sure it's fixed, I just need to pick it up,
- I'll go after lunch, - You know what?
I don't understand why you gave it to him,
Because I don't have to pay in that case,
I'll get it,
Chief?
The headquarters called,
But it's gotten better,
We must do all we can to help Polgar,
You'll handle it, Julka,
What?
If all goes well, you'll get a bonus,
Or maybe even a promotion, Julka,
Maybe you'd like,,,
I don't want to impose,
Should we follow him?
No need,
Let's head back,
Julia,,,
Where were you?
Tell me,
At the Gaia office,
- At this hour? - Yeah,
- Why are you here? - To pick up my TV,
What TV?
Zbyszek, please,
Cut it out, I'm tired,
The TV I brought here,
Oh, right, The TV,
You know, I'm really busy now,,,
What kind of man are you?
Why can't I trust you with the simplest task?
Don't you understand what's happening? Momentous things are happening!
You were at the meadow, You saw it,
When the tanks roll in here, will you also think they're aliens?
- Ufonauts, - Zbyszek,,,
Did they have a dorsal fin and membranes between their toes? They did,
They are still here, I can feel their presence,
Ask them if they're gonna save us from the Russkies,
- Why can't you just believe? - All right,
I believe,
See?
Can you repair the TV, please?
For Sara? She's been acting weird since it was gone,
And she's been sleepwalking again, You should actually care about it,
Why can you be so down-to-earth?
So shortsighted? Wake up!
Look at the world you live in! The Dark Ages!
You know what? Screw you,
If you don't fix the TV, the police will learn about your moonshine,
Is that clear?
POLAND TV
But that's no longer your parking spot!
Give me a break,
Didn't you hear me?
- I won't be long, - Where are you going?
- For fuck's sake, move! - You are not allowed!
I forgot something at the studio,
You know what that is?
It's stardust,
Citizens of the Polish People's Republic, I address you today as,,,
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS - SOKOLIK
Is this the road to Bartoszyce?
Yes,
Thank you,
Come on, let's go,
Subtitle translation by: Luksaz Dutka