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Dedicated to the heroes of the 80th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War

KINOTIME

MOST Studio

OUR CREATIVE ASSOCIATION

Russian Military Histrorical Society

With the participation of Russian Film Group Corporation

With the support of "Keep in Company" foundation

With the support of ROSPO

Bastards! They're chiseling the borehole!

And there, look...

That's why they brought so many drilling machines here...

We'll be poisoned like foxes in burrows.

That's the last thing we need! Comrade Belov, what about..?

I'm going to... cover them up!

Squad of fireflies

The battle for Ajimushkai quarries raged for 170 days.

From May to October of 1942

not only soldiers, but civilians went hiding underground. Women, kids, elders.

According to various sources, there were about 17,000 people.

A garrison under the command of Colonel Yagunov was formed here underground.

Fascists blew up the entrances to shafts.

Anna Valerievna, may I?

You're five minutes late. Sit down.

Fascists blew up the entrances to shafts.

They made gas attacks. Thousands of people died because of gas and rubble.

The Nazis surrounded the quarries with rows of wire barriers

and laid mines in the surrounding area.

In the face of a real blockade, shortage of water, food, medicines, ammunition,

cold and damp weather without sunlight the garrison didn't stay in defense.

They counterattacked using routes the Nazis didn't know about,

paralyzing big significant forces

and not allowing the German HQ to utilize them for other purposes.

Only by the end of September organized resistance fell

and the remaining defenders were taken prisoner at the end of October.

Belov, I warned you.

What are you doing?

Oh... and you're a war hero?

You bet!

You know, Belov, anyone can become a hero just by pushing buttons.

But during the war, your peers took part not in virtual battles,

but in real ones.

He can't fight a real fight! He doesn't have the guts.

Roma!

And he won't join the army! His father will get him out.

Give me the phone. Piss off!

Belov!

Answer me one question. Why do you even go to school?

I don't know either. I can google anything on the internet.

Uh... so you have a processor instead of a brain?

Is there enough RAM?

Why are you laughing? I’m not just talking about Belov.

But all of you. You can't do anything without phones.

No we can! And our brains are alright as well.

Oh, that's great.

Then we'll test you and the rest of the class.

Tomorrow we'll have a test with the movie "Heroes of Adzhimushkai" as a theme.

We don't need a test! Why?

And now... and now we are going on a field trip!

To the museum.

Why? Another field trip? Are you kidding me?

- To the Victory Museum! - What for?!

Enough!

Guys,

there's such a thing called historical memory.

Maybe you don't understand it yet, but I'll explain it.

Historical memory is a complex of higher mental functions.

And it's not only knowledge of history and facts,

but also the ability to analyze and draw conclusions.

And this allows us not to become animals.

Yes, it's more important now than ever.

Hey, smart ass, you're the reason we have got to write a test.

And the field trip is because of you, too.

Let's go to the fortress and immerse ourselves,

look at the first moments of the war.

This is a reconstruction of the first day of Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

The beginning of the Great Patriotic War. The fortress of Brest.

Early in the morning of June 22nd,

the German offensive began along the entire line of the Soviet border.

That's cool.

They're just like real.

See? And you said museums weren't interesting.

All right, move it already.

Not "move it". Let's go.

Come on, keep up.

Belov!

Let's make one thing clear about tomorrow.

Tomorrow you're going to have to write not just one test, but four!

For me and for our friends.

You wish! Back off or else...

Or what, you'll tell your dad?

I'll sort it out without him.

Hey, you!

Why are you standing there? Go after him!

Roma!

Upload completed.

Upload completed.

To detect DNA memory, place your index finger on the green button.

Thank you! A historical memory scan is underway.

Come on...

Scanning of historical memory complete.

Commencing search for a historical event in the time continuum.

That's what I need. It'll help me study for my test.

Sit in the chair and place your hands on the handrails.

I hope no one won't puncture me anymore.

It's like 5D or something.

A historical event in the time continuum is found.

The transition time corridor has been established.

Now that's a game... awesome!

The corridor is set.

We remind you, the program developers are not responsible for your life.

In the event of a fatal outcome

all legal and financial liabilities are yours.

How... what lethal?

Time leap in 10…

Wait!

Stop, what's the time leap?

5…

Stop, you stupid machine!

- 2, 1… - Stop!

Run, run, run!

Fool, Germans set up a bomb! It will explode!

Get down!

What do you need?

Where am I?

In hospital, of course.

Is this some sort of attraction?

I want to go home.

It seems that… you got

hit pretty hard.

I want to go home too.

Where are you from?

Kerch? You don't seem like you’re from the countryside.

Me?

Sergeant!

I'm sorry, we're out of ether! Katya, come on!

Clench your teeth harder!

Hang on, dear! Hang on!

Hang on, hang on! Hang on!

Hang on, my dear, hang on.

Hang on, dear, hang on, hang on!

It's okay, it's okay, it's okay...

Go faster.

Fast.

Keep up.

You see, pirates bury treasures

that they found.

Then other pirates find these treasures

and... bury them again.

And this keeps going on.

Put water here.

Hi. Are you new here?

I've never seen you here.

I'm from Tver.

Tver? Where is that?

Your boots are strange.

How did you end up in the hospital?

I can't remember. We were running, then it went "boom".

I see. The germans dropped a bomb.

You got lucky. They say a lot of people died there.

Finally! Bring the water over here.

Bring it here, fast!

Why did you stand up? You have concussion.

You're fine.

Why are you spacing out? With me, fast.

Let's get acquainted. I'm Misha Radchenko, leader.

This is Volodya, the strange one.

Growl, the little one.

Hey!

And Yura the funny one.

I'm Ivan, if anyone’s interested.

Guys!

I don't feel good.

It's fine, we're almost there.

I don't understand.

It's like a dream.

It's normal. I felt like this for month after my first concussion.

Rations got smaller again.

A bit more water, please. The kids are crying from thirst.

I'm sorry. I can't.

Water is rare.

Ivan, here we distribute water.

Yeah...

Who's this?

Shush! He's a listener.

Germans up there also have such guys.

They search for people in the caves by ear

and set up bombs.

And our listeners listen to what's going on up there.

Once they hear the bomb is being set up, they call for evacuation.

What's this? Smoking?

I expressly forbade it. We have no air in here already!

I can't bear it any longer. Come on.

You can smoke outdoors if you want.

We'd welcome any diversion.

Look! Volunteers for sortie!

Where to?

For water outside.

We'd volunteered as well, but they didn't allow us.

Is it dangerous?

You bet!

It'd be very good if half of them

come back alive.

Soldiers say a bucket of water is worth a bucket of blood.

We won't just sit here anyway. We will act.

You need a strategy to act. And a tactic.

Are you a strategist?

My great-grandfather was a soldier.

Water is of strategic importance now.

Every liter,

every sip

is an opportunity to keep fighting the Nazis.

You got that?

Yes sir.

Well...

Godspeed.

I got it. Okay, yeah.

Long life! Long life.

Long life.

I know why people don't take us seriously.

Because we don't have a real fighting squad.

First, we need to make a battle group.

Growl, bring Katya here.

Okay.

Follow me.

Here, I brought her.

How's our hidden place?

Cool.

Drop the talk.

Now, we're here to come up with the name for our squad.

Any suggestions?

Fearless?

Then you're the leader!

What's so funny?

I know! Ajimushkai avengers!

No, it must be shorter and have a meaning.

Firefly squad.

What? You're a firefly!

Well, fireflies illuminate the way.

It's a good name. A combat one.

Now let's make an oath. Repeat after me.

I swear to die before selling out my comrades.

Even if I'm taken prisoner. Yura, your turn.

I swear to support all Red Army's fighters.

Now you, Volodya.

I vow to fight Germans to the very last breath.

Ivan?

I swear to protect my people in the most dire situations.

Katya, you.

I swear to harm Germans until my last breath.

Growl, come on.

I swear to be loyal to my people.

I won't hesitate to give up my life for it.

I swear.

You know what? I like it. Firefly squad.

F Squad. It sounds spectacular.

What?

Better.

Your city slang is no good.

Drop the talk! Listen to my command, F Squad.

Follow me. To the HQ!

Wait. I'm needed at the hospital, sorry.

It's out of the question! Right, colonel?

Avengers squad... Wipe your snots first! Fast!

How are we any worse? We want to fight too!

Soldiers, huh…

You're too little for that. Underage!

There are underage kids in guerrilla units.

Comrades, we are not a guerrilla unit.

We're part of the regular Red Army, is that clear?

Commander, they brought a wounded scout.

He says he has important intel.

Why is she in the army then?

She's not older than us! She's just higher!

How old are you?

18.

She's lying, she's only 11!

13, actually.

Almost!

Listen. Katya helps in the hospital.

I have no right to send you to the frontline, you got that?

Now go!

Colonel, excuse me! Allow me to report!

Report.

There's a communication breakdown. We're cut off.

Send a couple of soldiers to find the breakage.

Colonel, we found it, but it's on the surface.

Blast waves blew away the station,

the old route has been mined by the Germans.

And a manhole is too small for soldiers.

We can do it!

Any questions about setting it up?

No, commander.

Remind the boys to deploy antenna as high as possible.

Okay?

I'll do it.

Take it.

Pull, pull, pull.

Careful. Pull, pull.

Come here.

Growl, put it here.

Guys, help.

Guys, please, make it faster.

When we'll hook the antenna,

we'll be heroes!

That's for sure.

Then our garrison will have a hope

to hold out for reinforcements.

We're good, captain.

Belov, where were you? What's up with you?

Ivan, I'm talking to you.

Will this be over soon?

You talking to me?

You're a teacher, right? What do you teach?

History.

I guess they don't like it that much.

Who are you, exactly?

A secret physicist.

It's almost the same thing.

Why is that?

When you teach physics at school,

I'm sure you'll easily get a modern teens' attention.

Me and kids?

Yeah, I see.

We're incompatible!

Have a nice day.

Schoolmarm.

An 2V54 error.

A time continuum integration failure.

Incorrect end of immersion simulation.

Enter administrator password to continue.

He's my friend! This is my play, don't shoot!

Here's the cock!

Why didn't you pick up the phone?

My phone died.

I see. What's this conflict between you and the teacher?

She called me at work.

Dad, we went to a museum with class today.

We'll talk about it later. Tell me, what happened with the teacher?

Did you insult her again?

Can you at least behave yourself at school, Ivan?

Ivan!

I don't see any point in this, since no one cares.

You won't believe what happened to me today.

Mom, I love you.

I miss you.

Ajimushkai quarries.

After 170 days of siege from 15,000 people

who stayed in the quarries…

Misha… how did you…

The great defense lasted 250 days!

250 deadly days.

Sun was black because of woe and death.

Sea was red because of blood.

Hitler wanted to destroy me at all costs!

But victors of Sivash and Perekop,

paratroopers of Novorossiysk and Kerch…

The fall of Sevastopol. Reinforcements didn't come.

Enemy didn't know

that he'll lose 300,000 soldiers under my walls!

For 250 days my citizens have been defending the city!

May I?

Not now! Wait!

It's you. I hoped that you would come.

Come in, take a seat.

Yeah…

In the armchair.

Sergey Mikhailovich, professor.

Ivan, a seventh grade student.

Glad to meet you, Ivan.

Ivan, I must admit that you,

sir, are a very brave man.

But this thing is not so safe as you think, lad.

What is this machine?

We call this device H-7/14 between ourselves.

With it your own consciousness allows you

to get into the halls of your own genetic memory.

Understand?

Well…

I think, in these stupid games of yours it was called

DNA-memory.

Oh, now I see.

Right.

Wait, but this is just not possible.

Water.

Water, Ivan! Water!

It is a universal conductor and and data storage device.

And, as we know,

more than 70% of the human body is what, Ivan?

Water...

Water, that's right!

By the way, it was like

I was in the past. There were guys a bit younger than me.

Funny. Funny! And amazing at the same time!

Amazing, but your stupid and at the same time completely fearless act

allowed you to combine

two scientific procedures into one!

Wait, I thought I spent more than one day there.

We

Need to figure out… conduct an experiment…

To understand, how authentic that reality is.

And for that we need an ironclad fact that would prove that we…

It can be a list!

A lost list of denizens of the underground city!

Surely the commander has it!

If my theory is correct,

we can learn where those documents are and find them!

Will I be able to recognize my grandpa?

About your great-grandpa!

Ready?

Yeah... I am, let's go.

They didn't believe me. They didn't!

Those fools mocked and laughed at me.

Morons.

Crazy professor! Ha.

The crazy professor's theory is hopeless.

They kicked me out of Skolkovo. They did.

Thank god I found myself a place here.

I carried over this machine from there in parts.

Wait, what is it? What is it for?

For purpose! I'll monitor your parameters.

We don't know how you influence the device.

It is… delicate and fragile.

And it's very expensive! Hands, Ivan!

Right.

We also don't know how your brain

reacts to that reality.

Well?

Where did you go?

I fell into a well.

Yeah, you've hit your head really hard.

We barely got you out of the pit.

Thought you're gone for good.

HQ is calling us, let's go already.

Colonel, we have a connection!

Alright, write this.

This is the head of combat training department of the Crimea front

colonel Yagunov, Pavel Maksimovich.

We're heroically fending off overwhelming enemy forces in Ajimushkai quarries.

We need reinforcements immediately.

Pavel Maksimovich, I brought them!

The radiogram has been transmitted, order's carried out.

Great, now we wait.

Pavel Maksimovich, they're yours.

Thank you for your service, guys.

As an underground garrison commander

I admit you to the regiment.

Since you've already been baptized in combat,

starting tomorrow you'll follow a strict regimen.

Not following it equates to non-compliance.

Is that clear?

Yes, colonel!

What's your squad's name?

F Squad, sir!

F means "fireflies".

We made it short. It sounds spectacular.

Colonel. Allow me to take a photo of heroes?

Proceed.

Stay still. The shutter speed is slow.

Attention!

Ready!

Where can we get the photo?

I'll develop and hand it to you.

At ease, F Squad.

You may go.

Yes sir. F Squad, follow me.

Stop. Attention. Line up.

So? Any ideas? Suggestions?

That's it. Radio is up again.

And what does it mean? It means reinforcements are on the way.

And we'll chase the Germans away.

Why are you so sure they'll come?

What's with the question? You're weird.

Growl, stand over here.

This is Sevastopol, and this is Kerch.

And we. Me and Yura.

Sevastopol is on the defensive. We won't give it up.

Our troops are probably already deployed there.

Which means that more of our troops

will be moved here over the Kerch strait

so that we could attack Germans from both sides at the same time

and free Crimea.

We will free Kerch and chase the Germans out of Crimea.

We won't just chase them out of Crimea,

we'll chase them out of the whole USSR.

Reinforcements didn't come.

Ivan, why are you so sad?

It's just my head…

Sevastopol has fallen.

What?

Sevastopol has fallen!

Sevastopol has fallen!

Reinforcements?

How do we…

We're cut off!

We need to act!

Stop panicking. We'll figure it out.

Comrades,

we can only rely on... ourselves.

HQ will be solving this problem.

I order you to stay calm

and not freak out the garrison.

What are we gonna do?

Are we going to sit by idly?

We know that reinforcements won't come.

What about our squad? We must be the reinforcement.

I know!

We need to stay and help our people. We're not cowards.

There is no other plan for now.

Who's there?

Password!

Uncle Sasha, it's us. Eight five.

It's you, Mishka…

You're right, this is the plan for now.

It's a new challenge for us all.

People are counting on us more than ever.

Guys, the water's good!

Gather, everybody!

I want to drink!

Give me the bucket.

Oh, come on!

Every single time!

We'll help to collect the water.

How exactly?

Look.

We get the water for the hospital here.

See how much of it is on the wall?

Water?

Don't be a slacker, the water won't find itself.

Look, you take a straw.

Suck out the water from a wall.

And spit it into a flask.

Simple.

How can you drink it?

Do you have better options?

We won't hold out without water, that's for sure.

Listen... Growl,

where's Katya?

What, you fell in love?

It's a joke. She's probably in the hospital.

Thanks.

Don't space out. Water.

Water...

Hang on, dear…

She needs more.

Katya!

Nothing left.

Sis. I'd like some water.

Masha?

Masha!

Shoot her.

Shoot!

Eat it! To clear your thoughts.

I didn't think it was this serious.

It's okay. It's after the explosion.

A clipboard of transferring quantum data

almost broke! I'll have to put up security software!

I need to go back.

Huh? Ah, yeah…

I need to go back.

To top it off, your brain

made that reality an objective one for you.

That's bad.

What does it mean?

It means that the main danger for you,

as well as for the equipment is the fact that

your death in simulation your brain

may be perceived as real death.

It's not about me! People are dying of hunger and thirst there!

Ivan, all those people are long dead.

How? They were alive just a minute ago!

Turn me back 30 minutes before all events. I'll warn them.

It's impossible.

Why though?!

I know this is a real time machine!

No, it's not.

Not exactly.

How can I explain it more clearly…

Look.

Everything you saw there

is a result of your own genetic memory. But!

After you got directly involved in those events

before coming back here,

your genetic memory changed.

Understand?

Meaning I can return you either to

the moment right after or later.

Believe me, understand?

No, I don't.

Alright, Ivan, go home, I need to think.

We'll continue tomorrow, right?

Ah, yeah. But for now go home.

Wipe your nose.

And… take your things.

I… took them from the check room.

Go.

By the way, why's the quilted jacket dirty?

Paradox...

As usual.

"Short notice called in to work. Lunch's in the fridge".

How could I forget about it? I don't get it.

Here's this bracelet.

Put it on.

I reassembled and checked it at night, it should work. Come on.

Look. This is a reset button.

If you think you're in danger, press it immediately. Understand?

Yeah.

Okay. Put on... the jacket.

Supposedly the program must toss you out here by itself...

but I'm not sure.

I didn't have anyone to test it on,

so you are the first.

What if the simulation ends incorrectly?

Your consciousness will get stuck between two realities.

So be... very careful.

This button is your last resort.

Understand?

It's about timing.

Yeah, I customized the program in such a way

that you'll return to the very next moment.

Well?

Ready?

I'm ready.

So? Why's he unconscious for 30 minutes now?

In medicine, it's called a relapse.

That's why he is unconscious.

Red Army soldiers!

You must leave the dungeon and give up.

In turn, German HQ

guarantees that you will stay alive and free.

You'll return to your daily lives.

Give up!

German HQ knows of your situation.

We know that you are dying of hunger and thirst.

And that each day some of you die.

Give up, and we'll guarantee your life!

What's that?

Germans turned on the loudspeakers.

Agitating to surrender again.

While you were unconscious, the Germans backfilled the well.

And Masha?

Yeah, things are really bad now.

We've been digging our own well here

for almost a month!

I don't think there's any water.

They're wasting their time.

12 meters down and no water to be seen.

Water was found at a depth of 15 meters.

What's wrong?

The water is there. Three meters lower.

He's delusional.

You need to lie down.

You're a real hero, Ivan. You covered Katya with your body.

How am I a hero?

You are the heroes here.

He's a shy one at that.

Really, Ivan, thank you.

At ease, soldiers.

How are you, hero?

Fine, colonel.

Good. Katya?

How's the hospital holding up?

Good. But… how will we manage without Masha?

I have a mission for you.

Take all free mattresses,

take half of the seaweed out of them and fill with new.

Guys will help you. Do it.

Colonel, it's all piled up. We can't go there.

Stand down, I'll take responsibility.

Why do mattresses need to be filled with seaweed?

It's obvious that there's no sea in your Tver.

They're very soft and they stay dry at any humidity.

You're discussing the wrong thing!

Can't you see?

What?

To prepare more mattresses!

It means there'll be a big sortie. And a lot of wounded.

If only we could go…

The commander gave us a specific mission!

So you'll all go with me. We need to bring more mattresses.

It's enough.

Sturmbannführer, everything's ready.

Great!

Thanks.

Chemical troops, attention! Listen to my command.

Take positions and prepare to attack.

Careful with the gas cylinders!

Yes sir.

Take them.

Don't hurry.

Got it.

Put it here.

Push it as far as you can!

Done!

Open it.

All done!

Stop, soldiers! Germans vented the gas in caves!

Go downstairs, we've made some kind of gas shelter.

Here. Breathe in turns if you must. Got it?

Yes.

Comply.

Here, put it on.

Why me?

Because you're a girl!

So what?

You're an F Squad member, and I'm its leader.

I command you put it on!

I can get to the exit, the wounded can't!

Give it to one of them.

She's right.

No! Put it on.

Faster.

Come on, put it on.

Gas is near.

Looking good!

Nice!

What are you doing? Let's go!

Get down!

What's going on there?

Ivan, the bracelet!

Come back, Ivan! Ivan!

Send it in plain text.

We're the city's defenders…

We're choking on... on gas...

We'll die, but won't surrender...

What happened?

Do you understand that if sensor goes red, that's it?

The device will burn out!

By the way, you can fall in coma forever.

The Germans launched a gas attack.

Bastards. Ivan, take deep breaths, I'll be right back.

Drink it all. Milk is a great detoxifier.

After you drink it, get up, wash your face and go home.

And have a good sleep.

I'll call you a cab.

And when he's coming?

Listen, I think I gave you straightforward orders.

What's so confusing about it? One second. Ivan.

Ivan, come to me!

Rodion Robertovich, I'll call back.

Are you sick?

Shall we play silent?

I thought it's your favorite game, dad.

I tried to talk to you many times, you're always busy.

Okay, I'm not busy now.

Why are you skipping classes?

What,

now my and your favorite teacher complained?

Yes. The shool principal as well. They were calling me all day.

By the way, your teacher's really worried.

She was calling you all day, but your phone was out-of-area.

My phone died.

- Where have you been? - At the museum.

- Don't lie to me! - I'm not.

Ivan, stop!

Why are you lying to me?

Are you saying

that you spent all day at the museum?

So?

What "so"? Why're you lying?

Ivan, I'm fed up.

Pack your things.

Dad?

What "dad"? Tomorrow I'm taking you to military school.

I asked your godfather to take you without exams.

Stop! Why are you listening only to yourself?

I tried to talk to you many times, you don't care about me.

Why your job… is the only thing you're interested in?

It was the same when mom was sick.

Ivan…

You didn't even visit her, you didn't care!

Ivan!

Ivan, stop!

Let me go! I don't need anything from you! I don't need you!

It's out of the question.

I won't send you now.

First, the device needs some rest.

And second, look at yourself.

Half-dead.

I realized it's wrong.

It's wrong to use you as a guinea pig.

Your parents will sue me.

I don't have parents.

How?

I don't, that's how!

Mom died

and dad...

doesn't live with me.

How could…

Doesn't matter! Send me back, I need to make it!

You'll make it in any case.

Did you forget I can send you to the very next second?

So your staying here won't matter

to your comrades.

It matters to me though!

You must rest.

And me too.

You don't get it, the waiting is killing me.

Don't you want to continue the experiment?

You're a scientist!

Alright.

But I'll send you at the point two hours after

that gas attack.

No, I need…

No arguing or I won't send you at all!

Okay!

Right…

Professor…

can we change the past?

I don't think so.

So whatever you do there,

it will all come back to an outcome we already know.

What were those shootings up there?

Oh, you're alive.

What happened? So many wounded…

We made a sortie to pay back for the gas attack.

A gift for the Germans. Did you find your family?

My family is in Tver and Tyumen now.

Really?

My wife's from Tyumen. I'm from Kalinin.

She enrolled in our city's uni.

We first met at the main square.

Where's she now?

After the war broke out I sent her to her parents

to Tyumen and then volunteered for the front.

How is she?

We had a son.

I wonder if I'll see him again.

Alright, I don't have time for idle talk.

We need to carry out the wounded. And I have

tractor to fix.

Oh, we thought that

our Ivan died a valiant death.

Is it Growl?

Yeah, Unconscious, but he'll live.

Where'd you disappear to?

I was swept by the crowd to the north aisle.

I was dizzy. Then I came to my senses,

then I came to you.

What's up with him?

He was trampled. Breathed some gas.

Where's Volodya and Yura?

They're gone…

Volodya and Yura.

They say about 1,000 of ours died.

It's okay, Yagunov and our fighters

up there will pay them back for our people!

For the boys as well.

Prepare bunks, they're bringing in the wounded!

We messed the Germans up real good!

They squeaked like pigs!

And trophies… So many trophies, guys!

Colonel, where should we put it?

Over there.

Colonel!

There.

Pavel Maksimych, were there any German radio parts there by any chance?

There weren't.

What are we gonna do without an antenna?

There must be 10 cases of grenades alone!

They got something new.

Grenades…

Yagunov!

Where are you going?

Yagunov, wait!

Where is... colonel Yagunov?

In the armory.

Why?

Wanna go fight again?

Let's go.

What are we going to do? Yagunov's dead.

We need to fight. Are we going to give up?

Oh, electricity, this way.

What happened?

Okay, well, it seems to be working.

It's dusty.

And dust is a deadly thing for a motor. Scary thing.

It's scary that we have no commander now.

Might as well give up.

What?

What did you say?

Are you an alarmist now? Or a traitor?

It's a joke...

A joke? They won't make jokes!

They'll put you up against the wall and that's it! You hear me?!

Yes sir!

Colonel's dead, but other commanders are here.

Get outta here.

And if they die we'll replace them.

We won't give up anyway.

Of course we won't. We'll die but won't surrender.

Again!

We'll die but won't surrender!

That's better. Hey, you pest.

What do you need?

We need water at the hospital.

Two buckets at least.

Thank you, sergeant.

Sergeant! The Germans used gas again!

We need to go lower!

Pick up the water!

Run!

What now?

You too. We need to fight.

Maybe there's water left there.

Wait, where're you going?

Katya, wait!

Katya died...

Everything started to fall apart.

I got scared, turned on the bracelet and ran away like a the coward!

You did everything right, Ivan.

I chickened out!

Katya, Volodya and Yura died!

And I ran away!

No, you returned, Ivan.

Your place is here. Their place is there.

They…

They died long ago, Ivan.

How can it be? I saw them just now!

This half-assed genius!

Who?

Me.

I calculated everything except the most important thing.

The influence of this experiment on a man's psyche.

Send me back.

I can't.

I won't go crazy, I'll be fine!

It's not even about you.

I think I overestimated this device's resource,

in can be used... one more time

at most.

I'm sorry, but time travels are over.

How? What about documents? You said it yourself!

What about documents?

We'll try to find them in the present, like always.

What now?

Who are you?

Where's my son?

What son?

Ivan.

Ivan?

This... bastard.

What is this experiment?

Thank you for your bravery, comrades.

For your patience and faith.

I look around and see real heroes.

There are not many of us left.

But there are no cowards, no traitors here.

I want all of you to know that the Motherland is proud of you.

I can't ask more from you.

If any civilians here want to go out,

you can go out. Without the fear of being called traitors.

What about soldiers?

We'll keep on fighting. It's our duty.

Leave. Save the children.

And tell everybody up there

that we'll die

but won't give up.

We'll win.

We'll definitely beat the Germans and take Berlin in 1945!

Yes, we will.

We'd like to live to see the morning.

Well, come on.

Eh... Go, go, go, go.

You're alive! I thought you got buried with the guys.

Buried? Growl too?

The whole hospital got hit. There is no F Squad.

How? What about us?

I heard some soldiers want to fight their way to the partisans in the mountains.

Let's go with them. Yes, it's dangerous, we might get killed.

But it's better than sitting here in darkness.

They won't kill you. Go.

And you?

How do you turn it off?

How do you turn it off?

Don't do it or he may die!

Ivan! Do you hear me, Ivan? Son!

Ivan!

I'm sorry,

but I won't let you stop me from saving your son.

Could you spare me your eloquence?!

I've got contact!

Make it work... Make it work...

God, please, make it work.

It's the first time I'm begging for a higher power ever.

Vital statistics are normal.

The worst is over, thank God...

Ivan, come on already. Wake up, boy.

Misha?

Misha, come on, stand up! Misha!

Misha! Are you alive?

Ivan, come back! The resource is almost depleted!

Let's go faster! Get up!

No, go back to the remote quarry!

Come on... hurry up, hurry up!

Wait, count the fighters and weapons.

Yes sir!

Colonel, may I speak?

The Germans are grouping forces at the main entrance. They'll attack.

Well, we'll fight back.

We'll do it this way. Me and part of the squad

will fend off their main forces at the main entrance.

And the squad's other part will fight their way to partisans in the mountains.

The enemy probably won't expect us there.

Give the order to all troops! Full combat readiness!

Yes sir.

Take up defensive positions!

Yes sir!

Documents…

How are you guys doing?

We wait, commander.

Come on, guys. Hang in.

Belov.

You're the last.

Yes. Comrade Petryuk?

Yeah?

How are you?

I'm okay... I'll manage.

Alright... comrades.

It's time.

We go quietly... until they

notice us.

Guys, when the shooting starts, don't linger too long.

Run straight into the ravine. And run separately.

So that it'd be harder for the Germans to shoot you, okay?

Okay.

And

when you'll get... to our people,

tell them

The Red Army soldier fulfilled his duty to his country and people.

That's all.

Good luck.

Follow me!

What, did you hear something?

Belov…

All right, let's run in different directions.

If we survive, we'll meet in the woods.

We'll survive, don't worry.

How could it be?

It's over…

Shoot! Shoot, you scumbag!

You'll all be dead in '45 anyway!

Hey!

Why are you here? Get out!

Soldier Belov?

What?!

Grandpa, thank you for the Victory!

Run away already!

Contused…

Ivan.

How did you get out…

Ivan

without the bracelet?

I fell into a well.

Then I screamed in terror that I wanted to go home

And here I am…

Son, you're awake!

Son! Son!

Dad, why are you…

- Water! - Son.

Of course! God, what a fool I am!

Of course!

Ivan, you gave water orders and it pushed you back

by itself without any device!

Water is a universal conductor, you know?

We need a water reservoir for better transitions.

Where's my phone? I need a calculator! Give me your phone!

Please.

With pleasure.

Dad, he's not at fault!

Dad, don't hit him!

I asked him to send me there!

Listen to me for once!

Calm down…

I saw our grandpa.

He's a hero.

They're all heroes.

They died in '42! So that we could live.

You did great… I'm here…

You did great.

Professor.

I think I know where the commander hid the documents.

We'll definitely find them.

Guys, be careful, watch out for stones!

Broken legs are the last thing we need.

Stop it already. You're not little kids!

Come to me, guys, hurry!

We don't have much time.

We're at an amazing place.

Today we can have fun here and run,

but in the past one step here could cost you a life.

Because war was everywhere. Shootings, bombings.

But now you see a blue sky.

And nothing reminds us about terrors of war.

And we must remember.

Because of them and their bravery and feats

we don't have to go through horrible challenges they had to face.

Each of them made their own daily feat to survive.

And the last Crimea point of resistance kept on fighting.

We have no right to forget them.

REMEMBER

As long as we remember, they're alive.

IN HONOR OF AJIMUSHKAI HEROES…

CRIMEA, AJIMUSHKAI QUARRIES

ANDREY ZUBOV MANAGED TO TALK WITH MIKHAIL RADCHENKO,

THE LAST SURVIVOR OF AJIMUSHKAI QUARRIES,

WHO, BEING TEEN AT THAT TIME, TOGETHER WITH SOLDIERS

OF THE RED ARMY ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED

IN RESISTANCE TO NAZI INVADERS.

We created a partisan squad and made an oath.

D'you know these fireflies that burn?

This little worm.

What was the oath? To harm…

To harm Germans!

If Brest fortress had surrendered, if Leningrad had surrendered

and Sevastopol as well…

And someone had to grind this behemoth!

And if we'd surrender, where would the Germans go?

This underground garrison's been there for 170 years.

Germans cantoned Romanian regiments or their own.

You know, when the Germans reached Volga…

Maybe with that one regiment they'd cross it, right?

Maybe. Who will say for sure?

He died. A lot of them died.

But when you come close to these quarries,

you hear them, they hear us.

So godspeed! Take care!

Love your motherland!

And may this tragic time never be repeated.

The war my generation witnessed.

Keep the peace!