Original subtitles

Magdalena Gurska Pavel Harlanchuk

Igor Chernevich Yuliya Marchenko

Roman Ageev Yurii Ickov

Director of photography Yurii Shaigardanov Art director Andrei Rozin

Editing Director Konstantin Mazur Composer Filipp Chernov Sound engineer Ivan Rips

Written by Dmitrii Aleinikov

Directed by Vladimir Balkashinov

Executive producers Svetlana Slityuk Vladimir Habalov

Producers Alexey Moiseev Oleg Piganov

FRONT

Hands up, scoundrel!

Olga, I…

Don't turn around, hands up! Or I'll actually shoot you.

Olga…

Shut up or I'll shoot you!

I'm Russian. Do you believe me?

Listen, I could have killed you long time ago.

Like this.

Or like this.

If I were an enemy, no one would suspect me.

I'm from the media, I would get away with it.

Do you understand?

Now I'll let go and you'll not shout, okay?

Stop.

What's wrong?

- There is someone over there. - Right, you'll go together.

Well, hello there.

So, this is Stas and this is Katerina.

And this is a minefield.

- Minefield? - Yes.

It's about a kilometer to walk…

...has lots of mines, both Russian and German.

But you can do it, people have walked it before.

Most importantly,

follow the notches

and watch your step.

Saw a notch - stop

and look for the next one.

You should look right at it.

Yes, Sir.

If yes, where is the next one?

There it is.

Right, so go straight to it and don't turn anywhere.

- And you go right after him, got it? - Yes.

All right, good luck then.

Thank you!

So now what?

Just as usual, you'll lead me under arrest.

Not to the Special Section Officer, but to the Battalion commander.

And first of all, call for help other soldiers, got it?

Yes.

And the most important thing - there is going to be a message from Moscow,

for the limping man.

When it's delivered bring it to the battalion commander.

For the limping man? Who is it?

Bring the letter!

To the battalion commander, not to the special section officer!

Comrades, help me!

Help you to get married?

He is a German spy,

you need to deliver him to the battalion commander!

Easy!

The girl is just nervous.

Stop talking and get going!

Are you Polish?

I'm Pole.

You are all so clever.

Sick of you.

Who is clever? I don't understand you.

Damn Poles.

And also, Czechs, French, and Jews of course.

Educated Europe.

But when Hitler came, you all just ran.

To the USSR.

And why would we need you?

Have you ever helped us

when we were trying to lift our country from its knees?

You didn't help with hunger, typhus or Hitler.

You saw his tanks and ran away while the Soviet people were fighting for you.

There is Resistance in Poland.

Resistance?

Have you ever seen anyone from that Resistance with your own eyes?

Damn it!

Idiot, how could I forget about the sign!

Imagined myself an intelligence!

Stand still!

You hear me?

Mines don't immediately explode.

There is a fuse, it burns for a while.

I know.

If you sit down and then jump to the side it may not touch you.

Shut up!

Where will I jump, mines are everywhere!

Listen here, I will back off and you will jump here.

- Ok? - Yes.

You think it'll work?

I don’t know, but we don't have a choice.

Have a choice?

Of course, it's me who is going to get blown up!

I have two kids! My mom is disabled!

Calm down!

Pull yourself together and jump!

Shut up! Stop lecturing me!

Where are you going?

Just jump?

Come here!

No!

How are you?

Sneaky bitch!

You deceived me.

You're bleeding.

We need a tourniquet.

Vile viper!

Give me the belt.

Rat.

I will make a tourniquet and help you to reach the front.

Everything is going to be okay.

- Be careful, it hurts. - I'm sorry.

Germans! Hurry up!

Did you hear it?

What?

I don’t know, something…

Get out!

Hold on!

I see you!

I will shoot!

We have to give in.

I need a doctor.

I will tell them I'm an officer and ready to cooperate.

I have three kids.

Please, just lie down.

Come on, let's go finish the game.

And what's now?

Now we will head to the front line.

We?

I will help you.

So you say there are no physicists in this camp.

Yes, people here are not educated whatsoever, but just rabble.

Just like you ordered I said that we teach math and physics here and he hit me.

I think my nose is broken, Comrade Captain.

- Can I consider that I have executed your… - No.

Keep looking.

- And the frequency is German. - I have a secret mission!

- Scoundrel! - As you were!

Listen to the order!

Lieutenant under arrest.

Set reinforced guard.

Kupcov, commander of the guard!

Yes, Sir!

So!

- What kind of meeting is this? - Here we go, another one…

I have to interrogate him immediately.

I arrested him, till we clarify the circumstances.

- Take him away! - Move!

Dismiss!

Comrade Captain, are you helping the enemy?

I'm preparing for an attack on the enemy,

which is not possible if the soldiers don't believe their commander.

If I cancel my orders every five minutes, how will I get my fighters to attack?

A soldier will decide to wait, hoping the commander will change his mind!

This is all demagogy, while in fact you have an enemy take root in here, and you cover it.

If we talk about facts, my soliders arrested him.

You have interrogated him, checked the documents, and confirmed his authority.

And now he is an enemy.

I lost my confidence in you too, Comrade Captain.

Until I receive confirmation of your identity,

I ask you not to leave the military unit

and not to contact with the detainee.

Any questions?

And what's wrong with this wound?

Everything.

Angle of entry, width, edges, all these components are contrary to the protocol.

More specific.

The protocol says that the blow was dealt by some redneck, in a fight.

To the point please.

What is discovered?

It is established that the blow was struck not by a Finnish knife, but by a stylet.

- Don't you agree, that for a redneck, it is… - I agree. Next.

Wound edges are not torn, it is not a wound received in the fight.

Finally, the stab itself.

These kinds of stabs are learned in German intelligence schools,

not in our back streets.

Saboteur?

But why a stylet?

Easy to hide.

Moreover, this kind of stab does not require physical strength.

The policeman said that there was a woman with him,

she gave incorrect information about herself and disappeared.

I can roughly tell you her age, height and hair color.

Thank you.

- Hey Polish! - What?

You know,

I don't have kids.

I haven't even got married.

I wanted to, but the war…

I'm telling you this so you know that no one will cry about me.

I think we are close. Let me get some rest...

I don't understand why the heck you are doing this.

Are you trying to prove that Poles are the heroes too?

I have nothing to prove to you.

Just two days ago I'd dump you there and leave.

I thought it was a right thing to do.

I thought only novel's heroes sacrifice themselves for the sake of others,

for the sake of the motherland.

I didn’t understand anything.

Are you leaving me?

So, Schalke.

I understand that your horse is a victim, but I do not understand what's the catch.

Since you do not see the trap, maybe there isn't one?

Maybe I was just mistaken, got distracted by paper, by this message, for example.

No, I know you too well.

You are never mistaken and always play gambit.

Wise words Schalke.

It is necessary to study the enemy.

You can not underestimate him.

It is possible in Russian counterintelligence there is at least one sensible person

who suspected a trick in our venture.

I don't like that they killed Gutz, but saved Shtur.

As a physicist, she is useless,

but can tell her story.

She can tell that a month ago she was transported

from a camp to a laboratory where she worked with other prisoners.

You think Russians will suspect that all of this isn't real?

Will they understand that the information about the bomb is fake?

You are definitely growing Schalke.

This is exactly why I didn’t want Stuhr to get to the Russians.

Up to this point.

What has changed?

A week ago, Guts showed me some bomb calculations made by Stuhr.

I didn't pay much attention to it, but sent the sheet to Geige.

He was delighted.

Our panni proposed a solution that did not occur to our professors.

If she gets to the Russians, she will make quite an impression.

Then she must be eliminated before she ...

No!

We absolutely need her to get to the Russians,

then they will believe that Germany has bombs.

But they will have valuable information on the project at their disposal.

This is only part of the puzzle.

It will take years for Russians to refine the rest.

But Stuhr will be able to help them. It is possible that she has a lot of ideas.

And this is something we shouldn't allow to happen.

The goal of our operation is to make Russians believe

that Germany has a huge power Uranium bomb.

If Katerina Shtur, this ordinary employee, draws these formulas for them,

it will convince the Russians that the uranium program is not a myth.

But we can’t let her work on the Russians any further,

and this is where our Frau Anna and the colonel of Russian counterintelligence

that she recruited come into play.

Checkmate.

The rest is clear.

Are you convinced that Major Sinitsin's killer is your ward, Anna?

Without any doubt.

Obviously, she made some mistake, Sinitsin called her out and she got rid of the witness.

- Will you arrest her? - No way.

If I do the operation will get out of control.

As long as the Germans are sure that I am on their hook,

we will be aware of their actions.

If we arrest Anna now...

But we cannot allow German agents to get away…

The next one in line is me.

In the interests of the cause, the risk is justified,

but my elimination does not make sense anyway.

But your family is also at risk.

Maybe we should transport them to a safer place?

Unfortunately, it is impossible.

The Germans know that transfer is impossible

without the sanction of the People's Commissariat,

they may suspect a double game.

What if we blame it on your daughter's medical complication?

Transfer her to the hospital?

Comrade People's Commissar, there is a war going on.

I have millions of human lives depending on me,

including someone's wives, children, mothers.

My duty is to protect them all,

without making distinctions or giving preference.

Therefore, I consider it impossible to put my family in an exceptional position.

Well,

obviously, Major Sinitsyn was wrong about you.

He assumed that you are conducting anti-Soviet activities

helping both the Germans and the Japanese.

By the way, Sinitsyn was killed by Anna right after his report on you.

- I can explain… - It is not necessary.

Except for Sinitsyn, nobody doubted you.

You are in charge of the operation and you are fully responsible for it.

Hide your head.

What are you crawling here, soldier?

Don't you see that you are in the wrong place?

As you were! You are in battle! Quickly change your position!

Comrade Battalion Commander!

The Head Office confirms the authority of captain Litvin.

Lieutenant Mishin does not serve in "Smersh".

How it's all turned out.

So now the captain can interrogate the lieutenant.

Comrade Battalion Commander, can I…

About, face!

Forward, march!

Wrong position, comrade private!

Sorry.

- There is someone there. - Where?

You are not going to see it like that, sit down.

Sushchenko, did you forget the charter? Extra duty!

Yes, Sir!

No extra duty!

Movement in the forest belt. It looks like there are two of them.

Company commander!

Kachkov, Isaykin follow me quickly!

Very good.

Are you Russian?

We are Soviet.

Get her to the medical unit.

- What's with this one? - He kicked the bucket long time ago.

Absolutely nothing.

Keep looking.

Check out the porch, the gutter, the cart,

the beds where he grew his celery.

Just think about it - greengrocer!

The Fuhrer should not have burned some books.

Have you read Po, Schalke?

English literature?

A leaf must be hidden in the forest.

And how can a person become invisible?

Become a janitor, a doorman, or a greengrocer.

Someone we see every day but don't notice.

I bet by now this person has already transformed into a knife grinder or postman.

Now this is interesting.

I need newspapers for the last month urgently.

More precisely, the pages of private ads.

Looks like our greengrocer is a Russian resident.

We need to find him Schalke.

Whether he is a coalman, a troll or Santa Claus.

Yes.

You heard the question.

You heard the answer as well.

I am an employee of the General Directorate of Personnel "Smersh", 4th Department.

Damn, you finally got to your favorite thing.

And you wanted to sit out under arrest?

Where are you from, smart ass?

General Directorate of Personnel, 4th Department.

4th Department and you do not know the last name of your chief?

I told you his last name!

His last name is Khlopko, freaking fascist, not Khlopko!

What's your mission?

Who is it?

Guc?

What goose?

This is my grandfather.

Sir, may I address you...

What?

Two men just crossed the front - a girl and a man.

She speaks Polish, something about an aircraft.

- Guess they jumped from it, and he... - Where are they?

Where is the girl?

I need to ask her a couple of questions.

- She is not able to speak. - Do something about it!

Wait outside.

Do you speak Russian?

Russian.

Aircraft.

You talked about some aircraft.

Aircraft…

We jumped...

Stop!

Who did you jump with?

Where is the pilot? What happened next?

Germans shot him away.

Him and another man.

Easy.

Who was the other man?

Where was it?

Light-keeper. It was over the minefield.

The Germans came and he….

Look here.

Was it him?

Doctor!

How did you say, udder of the airplane?

Yes, it's how the shooter's cabin called.

Is someone waiting for you or…?

I will dance first.

Waltz.

Comrades officers, can I invite your lady to a dance?

She does not dance.

What the heck just happened?

Waltz.

Is it something urgent?

Exceptionally.

Our agreement has become invalid.

Well, you are the one who made that decision.

No, you're the one who ruined everything.

Why did you kill Major Sinitsyn? Was he on to you?

Well now it doesn't matter anyway.

Your bosses in Germany are not too happy with the information you receive from me.

It leaves much to be desired.

- I can offer something more substantial. - What?

I need to ship 4 people to Argentina. Myself, my family and my brother.

I can't keep up with you.

The People's Commissar needs someone to blame for the Sinitsyn's death

and as a former tsarist officer, I am fit for the role of the enemy perfectly.

What in return?

Think, but quickly.

I have already been interrogated.

The second interrogation may happen in the cell.

Don't have time for them.

Damn it!

Here is where we found them.

Looks like they got here following the notches.

They say there is a path here, but I don’t know for sure.

She was dragging him for a long time.

Seems like now you could pass even without the notches.

Strengthen the guard. We don't need any guests to show up here.

Yes, Sir!

Dismissed.

- But what about… - Don't tell anyone about me.

Yes, Sir!

Fool! I fell for it like a fool.

For the limping man.

You are allowed…

to walk…

independently.

Doctor.

For the limping man…

Here!

- What kind of cipher is this? - This is Mishin! For Mishin! About Mishin!

As you were!

Get to the point!

When I detained Lieutenant Mishin,

he warned that there is going to be a message from Moscow for the lame man.

The lame man is him! Which means he's not an enemy!

If he's not an enemy then who is Special Section Officer?

Bloody spy games!

Mikhalich, walk the arrested lieutenant here. And find the Special Section Officer too.

Yeah, the Battalion Commander represents his unit well.

Here we go…

Can I have some tea?

What are talking about?

Everyone wants something around here.

And tea is not cheap these days.

What are you going to pay with?

Do you have some paper?

Do you have some tobacco to spare?

I've only got a pinch myself.

Then I haven't got any paper.

So, you don’t have any…

I'm sorry, maybe you have some paper?

I'm sorry, it's for a roll-up.

- What? - Nothing.

Such a good piece of paper.

Can I have another one?

Why do you need another one? Get lost!

I'm sorry, you can sit down here, it's softer.

I don’t have another cup but we can drink form one,

if you don't mind.

Are you running from Germans?

I can tell you're new. Remember, this place is like a jail.

Don't believe anyone, don't ask for anything.

And don't give anything away freely.

It's ready.

Careful, it's hot.

Here, I'll take that.

I guess they will feed you only tomorrow.

The food here is worse than in prison, but whatever works

- Here you go. - Thank you.

If I understand right, we are comrades in misfortune.

I am a mathematician.

Physicist, fraction... Interesting.

Or did you get this by accident?

This is my boss's notebook from Germany.

I am also a physicist, but I do not see any misfortune in it.

Do you know how the Soviet Union treats scientists?

Especially foreign scientists.

No.

Do you know what Gulag is?

If you want to live listen to me carefully.

Never tell anyone about yourself. Forget this word.

Forget!

Tomorrow I will talk to the Special Section Officer,

I have sort of a connection with him.

But still, don't tell anyone!

Unless your…

Vlad.

Unless he himself comes for you.

And even then, I'm not sure if you should trust him or not.

I'd give a year of my life for dinner by the fireplace.

What about a sausage with cabbage, huh?

Damn it!

I hate this country!

There are no words «Don’t tell anyone» in the Chapter!

You're supposed to report about everything happening in the unit to the unit commander!

But he's from a special department.

- I thought… - You thought!

I'm here to think!

- Your task is to report on time! - So, he just went down the path.

Alone?

Yes, Sir.

- Dismissed. - Yes, Sir.

So,

what are you going to do now?

I have my own mission - top secret.

And he has his own.

Also top secret.

With all these secrets, you are already about to kill each other.

- And what am I supposed to do now? - You have one less thing to worry about.

Even two.

Get the unit ready to attack.

Thanks for the advice. I don't know how to thank you.

And spare me a car and two soldiers to accompany me.

I need the get to the next unit. I'll be back in the evening.

So is the brush bad or you've got two left hands, rookies?

Lozun!

What do you think you're doing?

What's the matter, comrades?

I am an officer "Smersh"!

Come on!

Drop your weapons on the ground.

Take him!

- Lead away! - Yes!

I'm not going to tell you anything, scoundrel!

Listen, Lozun.

I know you're stupid so I'm not expecting much from you.

I have already eliminated half of the group.

I already know about the missions, about the photographs.

And I almost forgot,

I'm actually from counterintelligence.

So I can shoot you on the spot, just like the others.

But it's also in my power to give an opportunity to cooperate.

If you know something really valuable

you have a chance.

Stop this twaddle, jester.

If you know everything why are questioning me here?

What's the name of the man on the photo?

I have no idea.

We need to find him and kill him, whatever it takes.

And you didn't find him yet.

If I did, I would have killed him already.

Where is your picture?

In the pocket.

And what is this number you don't know either?

I do.

It's the camp number.

Supposed to be on his arm.

So you are not aware of his name…

They did tell us the name.

They said he's German, some scientist. And got this photo and number.

How do you like it, is it valuable?

It is.

Let's go.