WARNING
In 1853, Ukrainians gave the world its first kerosene lamp,
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which lit up all of Europe.
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Inventor Johan Zeh patented his invention but the document was never found.
The author is not responsible for the decisions made
on the basis of this information,
and warns that some people still wish to remain in the dark.
THIS FILM HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE SUPPORT
OF THE UKRAINIAN STATE FILM AGENCY
EVERY SHADE OF TEMPTATION
DAY 1
JOHAN ZEH’S HOUSE LVIV, 1896
- Please, come in. - Thank you.
Welcome.
Thank you.
Amelia, meet our servants.
- This is your mistress. - Let me, ma'am.
Amelia Kryżewska-Zeh.
- Would the you like some tea? - Yes, please.
It’s been twenty years...
Everything here is filled with memories.
This is where my father loved to sit.
I told them to preserve every detail.
But if you don’t like it, we can change everything.
- This is our home now. - Perhaps you’re right...
My parents suffered great hardships here.
Let’s see the other rooms.
Open your eyes.
- Tomasz, this is my parents’ bedroom. - No, it’s our bedroom now.
Look at how great it is. So spacious.
And the bed...
- I love it. - The wallpaper looks strange...
The color used to be different.
The wallpaper...
That is the only thing I replaced. The old one was eaten by bugs.
In my opinion, it looks elegant. Do you like it, my love?
It’s seven o’clock. We need to start changing; they’ll be here soon.
Who?
The guests I've invited. Didn't I tell you?
Just imagine.
It’s night. The patient's on the table...
A young man...
Acute appendicitis.
I couldn’t have saved him by candlelight.
It requires precision. You understand.
Then, the lamp!
Steady light, and I could see everything, dammit!
I just needed to take the scalpel
and do my job.
Before, it was impossible!
And how many people did you save all those years ago?
A lot.
And how many got rich from his invention
during that time...
It’s hard for me to think
in such categories.
Of course, Mr. Zaorski, of course.
But because of that mindset,
people like Mr. Zeh never made a fortune.
If people like Mr. Zeh didn’t put people first,
there would be no customers
at your shops and restaurants.
Good evening, gentlemen.
Amelia!
I’m so happy to see you back in Lemberg.
Thank you for the invitation.
Please accept my deepest condolences
on your father’s passing.
Thank you, Mr. Zaorski.
It's a pity that I met Amelia after Mr. Zeh's passing.
He was a great man.
What do you do, Mr. Kryżewski?
I’m a psychiatrist, Mr. Zaorski.
I work at the insane asylum on Kulparkova.
Psychiatry, as a medical field, is going through a transformation.
My work is a great test of one’s empathy.
Lili...
Mikael...
Tomasz, come here.
Meet Mikael Gorecki, my friend.
And this is Tomasz Kryżewski. My husband.
- Thank you for the invitation. - Hey, Gorecki!
Mr. Markowits...
Your oil company is the stuff of legends in Galicia!
I owe most of my success to Mr. Zeh.
He was the one who paid for my studies.
Mikael, my father was glad for your success.
I almost forgot!
I brought this miracle along from Paris.
- And I don’t only mean Amelia. - A gramophone!
- Yes, yes. - Isn't it the latest model?
- Where did you two meet? - In Boryslav.
Tomasz was passing through
and happened to come by our family pharmacy.
When was that?
After my father’s passing.
Forgive me.
You must have been so lonely.
Yes.
But then I met Tomasz.
Excuse me.
Lili, remember the dance we learned in Paris?
- Is this appropriate? - Yes, let's show our guests.
I’ll go get some air.
Who’s there?
You’re lucky your wife is a pharmacist
and has healing ointments.
The aconite cream is a pretty good anesthetic
when used sparingly.
- Tomasz... - Kateryna, what is this negligence?
- Sorry, sir, I-- - Enough!
That’s exactly how people ended up burning alive in Amelia’s father’s shop!
How could the lamp explode?
If someone filled it with ether instead of kerosene...
No! That’s impossible.
Everyone, guests and servants, were in the drawing room.
Tomasz, someone did this on purpose!
- My love... - I’ll be going.
- Get better, Amelia. - Thanks.
I’ll see you out, Doctor.
Are you sure you saw someone?
Yes!
You have to be careful, Lili.
Helena, you can go home.
Kateryna, see our guest out.
Good night.
Nice to meet you.
Take two pills every day. Mr. Zaorski prescribed them
for the pain and nerve weakness.
Let me take care of you.
Next time, pay closer attention. You may go.
I’m scared.
These walls must bring back some harrowing memories.
But it will pass.
Let’s move to another house.
Lili, this was one incident.
Just this morning you were happy to be back home.
Now this house scares me.
Amelia,
my job is in Lemberg, my patients need me.
It’s three in the morning. I need to be at the hospital at dawn.
This is my fault. I was hasty in inviting guests.
I just wanted to do something nice for you. But...
No, it’s okay.
I’m just happy to have you.
Sleep, my love.
DAY 2
Kateryna!
Why is the door locked?
Master’s orders.
I wish to go to the garden
and trim the flowers.
Master won’t like that.
Open it.
Greetings.
Lili!
What are you doing here?
Lili, I need to tell you something.
I went to the asylum on Kulparkova.
They don’t have any doctors named Kryżewski.
That's impossible.
Amelia, hear me out.
What do you know about Kryżewski?
Only what he has told you!
I know the man I married!
You got married so fast...
Because when a man loves a woman, he doesn’t delay asking for her hand.
Alright.
Kateryna, I wish to visit my husband at work.
Leave the door unlocked.
Open the door. I’m going to the market.
It’s about to rain.
I’m not sugar, I won’t melt.
Open up!
Open the door!
Tomasz!
- Tomasz! - Amelia!
Tomasz!
I saw Helena leave.
Only Kateryna could have done this.
- All right. I’ll dismiss her. - I don’t feel good here.
I have these headaches.
Let’s move to another place.
Okay.
Let’s discuss this when I’m back from Kraków.
- You’re going to Kraków? - Yes.
For two days.
I've been invited to a hospital to help with a difficult case of mania.
I told you about this.
- No. - Amelia, what’s this?
- A suitcase. - You helped me pack it.
I don’t remember.
You keep forgetting things.
Take your medicine.
DAY 3
Good morning!
Would the lady like some lunch?
Yes, breakfast.
It’s four in the afternoon.
Bring me some tea, please, to my office.
- I’ll take it. - I don’t mind.
This is the maid’s job.
As is the lighting of the lamps.
I’ve told you already.
Then explain to me where you were when the lamp exploded.
Tomasz forgot his case.
When the messenger arrives, give it to him.
Is that your father?
Ah, yes.
And his first-ever kerosene lamp.
The invention received the highest praise
for its impeccable oil distillation method.
So many people wanted that patent.
Your tea.
Thank you.
Sorry!
Sorry, I'll make a fresh pot.
- Shall I serve you dinner? - No. I’ll wait.
- Where is Kateryna? - I don’t know...
- Good evening, Helena. - Greetings.
- Is dinner ready? - Yes.
Let me take your suitcase to the office.
Please do.
Good evening, darling.
If you’re going to be late, warn me next time.
I will. Sorry.
I want the money from the sale of my pharmacy in Boryslav.
I wish to open one here.
I’m used to working and being around people.
What people? Your friend Mikael?
Brener & Co. Law Firm.
Tomasz, I raise this issue with you because you’re my husband.
Good night, my dear.
- What are you doing here? - I’ve prepared your bed.
Leave.
Lili...
Lili, you misunderstood.
I don’t mind you running your own pharmacy,
since you want it so much.
I don't doubt you'll be successful, if you really want to do this.
But you must also understand me.
You’re so fragile.
So gentle.
I want to protect you from everything
that exists outside these walls.
A woman should blossom with a man’s love, not wilt.
Do not embarrass me with baseless jealousy.
Or yourself.
DAY 4
- Tomasz, where are you going? - I told you that I have to go.
Here’s the key.
Tomasz...
- Mikael... - Lili, please, open the door.
We need to talk.
I asked around, before you arrived, no one in Lemberg had heard of Kryżewski!
You can’t stay in this house with him.
Lili, I know I’m too late.
Lili, please open up.
I love you.
I loved you always.
Just open the door.
Please.
Go away, Mikael.
Go.
And forget this address forever.
Who’s there?
You’re losing your mind.
Do you need help getting dressed, my lady?
DAY 5
You have such pretty hair,
such tender skin...
You’re as delicate as a porcelain doll.
Is that your father?
It’s clear you were his favorite.
He left you so much.
I grew up in an orphanage by the monastery.
I wonder if he’d approve of your choice.
Get out.
Get out!
Helena,
pour me some tea.
Is this your daughter?
Yes.
Fire took her.
Protect your child.
Your husband has been looking for something
in your father’s office since the morning.
Tomasz, what are you doing?
Tomasz! Those are my father’s things.
You're right.
Do you know if he kept
any important documents or blueprints here?
- You're supposed to be at work. - About work...
I meant to tell you, I resigned.
I’ll be running a private practice from here.
Close to you.
It’s too dangerous to leave you here all alone.
How come you and Kateryna came home at the same time yesterday?
My girl is jealous.
Tomasz, what are you doing? Tomasz...
Have you seen how gorgeous you look? The pills are working.
You promised to dismiss Kateryna.
- After what you’ve done, I can’t do that. - Show me her references.
References...
Kateryna, where did you work before?
Do you have any references? The lady wants to know.
I was referred to Mr. Tomasz by Mr. Brener.
I worked for his family for six years.
Helena, how did you end up here?
I’d read in the paper that you were looking for a cook.
Before that, I worked for many families in Lemberg.
Everyone here knows me.
Shall I serve lunch?
Of course.
Happy?
You need to eat.
I want to go for a walk.
Okay.
Eat, and we’ll go to the park.
What is it, love? Didn't Helena debone this fish?
- It’s glass... - Kateryna, how could this have happened?
Mr. Gorecki. Good afternoon. I came to see Amelia.
My wife has already told you.
Forget this address, once and for all.
I’ll let her know you came by.
Helena!
Why is there glass in my wife’s food?
- I don’t know... - Kateryna!
How would I know? I didn’t cook the food.
It wasn’t me.
Get out.
The walk is canceled.
Why was there glass in the lady’s food?
A piece must have broken off when you didn’t notice.
I checked every plate, every glass...
It’s late. Time to go home.
Good night.
I told you not to touch her!
I forbid you to harm Amelia!
You’re stealing her things?
We could have it all.
You just need to get her the medicine and find that patent.
That wasn’t the agreement.
I am her husband.
But could have been a widower!
Is the boy in love?
DAY 6
Going somewhere, my love?
You do know I can’t let you go anywhere.
You cheated on me with Kateryna.
Bitch, how dare you?
I’m pregnant!
Helena, are you done for the day?
- Yes. - Then you may go.
- Are you sure the lady won't need me? - Quite sure.
- I can stay here, it's no problem. - I said, go!
Did something happen?
The wallpaper... It’s laced with arsenic!
Every time I woke up, Tomasz wasn’t here.
You were poisoning me!
Undress, my lady.
DAY 7
Don’t just stand there. Go make breakfast.
And bring me some tea.
Dismiss Helena, we don’t need her anymore.
You’re telling me what to do?
Dismiss Helena, we don’t need her anymore.
- Know your place, whore! - Shut your damn mouth!
I'm right where I belong, Tomasz.
Let me remind you of our plan.
We need Helena to confirm that the lady has gone mad.
She fell ill; it happens. Very unfortunate.
And I need you...
I need you to be a well-behaved maid...
who wipes off dust
and looks for the patent.
And, most importantly...
listens to her master.
Next time...
it will be for real.
My lady Amelia, it’s Helena.
What is it?
What did they do to you?
Not to me...
My God...
An innocent child...
Amelia, listen to me.
Kateryna is no maid. Her reference is a fake.
Tomasz is not a psychiatrist. He used to work for a law firm.
And he has a gun...
He never went to Kraków.
They returned that same night.
I hid in the house and saw everything.
Why didn’t you tell me this before?
I wanted you dead.
I wanted to poison you.
Amelia, I worked in this house before you were born.
That day, my daughter volunteered to bring your father's lunch to his shop.
She burned alive.
Helena, please,
it was a tragic accident.
My father never forgave himself for it.
Amelia, you have to get out of here.
I’ll help you.
The man who visited here, Mikael Gorecki...
- Yes. - He lives in the Armenian quarter.
Give him this.
What is it?
The only thing of value I have left.
- Kateryna, let me go. - It’s not a good time to leave the house.
- I'm going to the market. - Master’s orders.
We’re expecting guests.
- Mr. Gorecki... - Where is she?
You mean Lili?
Where is she?
Are you talking about my wife? She’s home.
But she might be asleep.
I won’t leave until I see her.
If you insist. Kateryna!
Bring the lady here. An old friend is here to see her.
Please, come in.
To be frank, I’m surprised.
Busy men like ourselves don’t usually waste time
on things that don’t matter.
Would you like some tea or wine?
Excuse me...
I’ll pick for you.
Helena, make our guest some tea.
Mikael,
I’m glad to see you. Did you need something?
Lili, I heard about yesterday's scandal.
Did you call for help?
No. They were all rumors.
- I don’t believe that. - Mikael.
I waited for you a long time.
You’re late.
But I’m grateful to you for that,
because I met Tomasz.
My true love.
The past doesn’t matter anymore.
Please, go.
- Lili... - Go.
See? You needn’t worry.
We’re happy.
- Mr. Gorecki... - Helena.
Mr. Gorecki...
Have a good one.
You really wanted him to live.
You’ve put on quite a show. Bravo.
It wasn’t a show.
I really did love you.
- And would have for the rest of my life. - Lies.
If the person visiting your pharmacy hadn't been a famous psychiatrist...
- But... - A lawyer’s clerk?
Nothing would have changed. Nothing.
I must disappoint you. The world works very differently.
One pays, another receives. That is the only fair law.
- Money, only money... - Yes. I chose freedom.
And this is the path towards it.
I feel so sorry for you.
You’ve never loved anyone.
There is no time for love
when you’re trying to survive.
Where is your father’s patent?
I would have given you everything, if you’d been
- worthy. - Where is it?
My father said that light must belong to the people.
All people. Not any particular person.
Amelia, every household uses kerosene lamps.
Imagine the money! It's your inheritance!
Think of your child...
She killed our child.
Your child.
Dance with me.
It’s all going according to plan, love.
I did everything that you asked.
- You’re insane. - Yes.
That is why you had to get me out of the asylum.
Dance!
Come on! Look alive! Come on!
Dance! Dance!
Dance, just like you did with her at the ball!
- You’re not her! - Why?
She doesn’t have anything anymore. No child, no money.
Not even this.
Come on.
Do it. I deserve it.
I’ve been waiting for you.
You’re so pretty.
Do you take me for a fool?
It was so simple.
I find the patent, you sign away the papers.
And your genius father’s inheritance.
Such a simple plan, but you ruined it.
We’ll have a new plan.
Take your clothes off.
This is aconite cream. An anesthetic.
If used sparingly.
Any medicine can be a poison.
Depends on your intentions.
Johan Zeh's patent still hasn't been found.
After all, he believed that light
should belong to all people...