Enemies, A Love Story (1989)

Malgorzata Zajaczkowska: Yadwiga

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• Yadwiga : What kind of books are they?

  Herman : Books on how to build bridges, how to lose weight, how to run the government. Books of songs, stories, plays, the life of Hitler.

  Yadwiga : They write books about such swine?

  Herman : They write about all kinds of swine.

• Tamara : The truth is, I have no claim on him. He probably always loved you. I'm, I'm sure he slept with you before me.

  Yadwiga : Oh, no! I was an innocent girl! I came to him a virgin.

  Tamara : Oh, congratulations. Men love virgins. If every man had his way, every woman would lie down a prostitute and get up a virgin.

• Yadwiga : I do shopping. I iron your shirt and underwear. I clean kitchen floor and bathroom. I had my breakfast, but I'm ready to eat again with you.

• Yadwiga : Why don't you sell books here? There are so many people.

  Herman : People come to Coney Island for popcorn, not books.

• Yadwiga : I fill your bathtub now. I buy you a soap. Perfume soap. Smell. Three for a dime. Come. I wash you.

• Yadwiga : Oh, no, no. Herman, you cannot go with barefoot. I get your slippers. I polish them.

  Herman : Polish them? Who polishes slippers?

  Yadwiga : They were all dried up.

  Herman : Ay-yi-yi, Yadzia. This is America. Huh? You're not the family servant anymore.

• Yadwiga : You're breaking God's commandment.

  Herman : There is no God, do you hear? And if there were, I would defy him.

• Yadwiga : I bake special New Year challah. I make carp's head like I'm supposed to. Then he calls and says he cannot be there. He must sell - Encyclopedia Britannica. What is Encyclopedia Britannica? And now he says he must go to Indiana. What is Indiana?

  Mrs. Schreier : What is Indiana? "What is alimony," is what you should be asking.

• Yadwiga : You dog! You liar! There is no jungle in Baltimore! You hear it? There is no jungle in the stupid Baltimore!