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-Translated from Estonian subtitles by Saimon-

-Released and distributed by YP4 (2nd of November, Finland 2005)-

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Hello. - Hello. - At ease!

Sergejev, Stepan Anatoljevitsh. - At ease, At ease. - Soldier!

Sit! Are you major Dalgov? - Yes?

Born in 1919. - Bring porridge for the checkist!

Men, give me a cigarette?

Kravtshenko,

Aleksei Ivanovitsh. Born in 1922.

I knew I couldn't get even a squad together. - Soldier.

Pot-barleyporridge, here you are.

Politruk. - Yes! - Even killed.

Just milked warm milk. Take.

It isn't our unit.

Did you write it down? - Yes.

Mihhelson, Dmitri Mihhailovitsh.

Soldier. Did you write it down?

In 1922. Pankratov...

What are you doing?

Take your clothes off. Germans doesn't inprison officers.

I, for God sake, I'm not going to get caught.

Give it back, shit! - Throw it away.

40 miles to my home. We'll go through my village tomorrow night.

Anybody waiting for you there? - Father and two sisters.

How old are your sisters? - 20 and 22.

Great! - They are already married.

All the better. When where you recruited?

I fought in Finland war for three month, I was supposed to get home in autumn.

I was held because I was a sniper. And you?

Wind is like it is gonna rain, what?

Livshits, give your portion to me. - Forget it.

Don't be arrogant or I'll give you up.

They give bread and sausage for a commissar and for a Jew.

I am not going to starve for a damned Jew.

Livshits!

Don't bother.

He'll give you up anyway. If not today, then tomorrow.

Well what, can I get a cigarette?

Yes you can.

You turned right. I means we don't go through the village.

Is it far? - Directly about three miles.

It is like that. After this turn we have to take off.

The back guard will not see us for about 5-6 seconds

and front one, hope to God, will not look back. Silence old man. I'll cut throat.

I'll run too? - Clear.

1...2...3

Hey you! What is the name of your village?

Bljanoe.

Bljanoe.

What is your last name? - Blinov.

Half of our village is called Blinov.

Livshits, where are your boots? - They flew off my feet. Pity.

My village is on the otherside of the bridge.

Well done, sniper.

How do I call you? - Mitka.

But you sisters?

Dad. Dad!

Is it Mitka? - It's me.

Are you alone or with the two others? - With the two others.

Go to the shed. - Bring some bread.

Your grandpa? - No, father.

He stayed in St. Petersburg after the war. He came back later and married my mom.

She was over fourty.

But still she had three children.

My mom has been dead for three years.

Understand?

Take.

How did you know there were three of us? - We knew because the police told us.

There is a police already?

Germans are civilized people.

Who deserves this kind of honour?

People who has suffered under the Soviet rule. Like me.

Are you a police officer?

Better. I am the chief of the village.

For what reason you suffered under Soviet rule?

For nothing.

I was labelled as a gulak and sent to Siberia.

But later they realized their mistake and brought you back?

Come on, I escaped. - Through the country without documents?

Documents were drawn.

I have lived here for ten years already.

And nobody has seen you?

Why? Everybody has seen me. - And nobody...

Nobody.

I see for the first time, that a Jew drinks so much.

What do you mean?

It's obvious. Jew and officer.

Who am I?

You ask many questions.

Sit quietly.

My daughters are visiting me.

Let's see tomorrow, Which and what.

Quiet.

Let by!

Older sister?

No. Neighbour. Understand?

Neighbour. But why does she live in your house?

I saw she went outside in her night-gown.

Here it is like that. You just don't get it.

I get it. She is a neighbour but old man lives with her.

My sisters got married before Finland war

and the house was missing a womans hand.

Their mother died before ours

and they didn't have a man in the house.

Yes, but old man took this Njurka under his care.

Maybe so, but don't mention it to him

he'll kick your ass.

Has he done that before? - And how so.

Take, father!

Sisters? - Sisters.

Go on! - Hold.

Nice girls.

Went!

Mitka, come here!

What?

Nothing.

I told to Katja about you. Go, she is waiting for you in sauna.

Well go, what are you waiting for! Just be careful.

What's with you?

What are you doing? Let's talk first.

Later, later. - Wait a minute!

Well? Why don't you say anything?

Nothing comes into my mind. I'm thinking only about that.

How can you be in the army without that?

All right. turn your back, you'll get yours. Turn your back!

Katka!

They're coming.

Wait with the killing. Lets talk first.

Change your clothes. You have too citymans trousers.

Talk!

They interrogated the prisoners, they said,

that the escapees could be from our village.

Did you hear how one had told that it's 3 miles to he's village.

Therefore from our village, from Kurtsev or from Pernits.

The order is to watch houses, from where the young went to army.

You found out quickly. - Talk less.

I have a younger brother in the district centre...

You'll sleep the night here an tomorrow he'll lead you out of here.

But why tomorrow? Why not today?

He can't today. He is on guard tonight.

Am I talking sense?

Old man will kill us tonight.

Why? - We are in his way.

He has to save his son.

He can keep and feed one person for several month even in the cellar.

Even documents can be made in that time. Germans would forgive one man.

But never three.

But we will leave.

What if we are caught. - Quiet.

We can give him up. He will not risk that.

How could they kill us?

Simply. They'll serve us plenty moonshine, pour in some drugs,

that we'd fell into deep sleep and then end us. So, Livshits.

Not to drink moonshine and pitchfork next to hand.

Would the policeman give us up?

Is he suicidal? He is our relative.

Relative.

What is he guarding?

The mill and the bridge on the river.

He'll take us to a safe place tomorrow night.

We'll go today. - We'll go tomorrow!

Eat, drink.

We'll go today. Will you come with us?

Ofcourse I'll come with you.

You drink. I'll bring some more bread.

Hush, hush, hush! Tell the truth, do you have to cut our throats?

Don't fucking twitch. You know, I I couldn't care less about you. Hands down!

Nobody will start cutting you. Mishka would shoot you two tomorrow.

You'll go to tribunal. Fuck! For intriguing with the enemy.

I haven't intrigued with anyone yet.

That's it, let's go. Let's go

You'll lead us to a safe place. Understood?

Is it worth it?

Mishka said all the time: "Let's give them up, let's give them up, we'll get an award.

But dad said no, let's just shoot them quietly.

Your father is a humanist. - That kind he is.

If Mishka doesen't meet us, he'll give us up anyway.

We will not get far in one night.

Mishka has to be eliminated.

With what? With bare hands? - Why with bare hands?

Well?

I have got it.

Have you had it for a long time?

All the time.

We called it "The dream of a gulak". - Correctly named.

Let's go!

Jammed. - I, right away. Right away.

Did you go mad? What? What? What?

Go away! Go away!

Quiet, quiet, quiet...

Almost broked my nose.

Is it made for people? - For slaughtering pigs.

I can slaughter well. Many have asked me for help.

You old stick will go to tribunal,

for organizing the killing of the Red Army's fighters.

Which fighters? Gang of rags. Escaped from prison, not fightes.

What are you talking about?

What am I talking about? Your own son said that.

You'll say anything with the knife on your throat, get it?

Old man you wanted to kill us. Admit that like in confession.

Rather like in interrogation? - What interrogation?

Get out. And never come back into my home.

Don't worry, we'll be gone by tomorrow. - You'll leave now, in woods, until you'll be shot.

Fighter, fuck!

You lost everything. Weapon and Party ticket.

So be it!

God!

God will judge us all.

I have question?

What shall they do when they find a killed policeman?

I think, they'll start sweeping the area with a unit.

We'll be the main suspects. The three who escaped, they also killed.

We left many traces at Nizinka.

Bring a book to read. - I'll bring.

Woman is like a cow, whom you have to take gently by the breast.

You, bald-headed, come here.

Stand there!

Crank!

Crank faster.

Stop. Pour into the barrel.

Come on.

Who are these women?

Our women.

I'll be right back.

Bring a book to read. - All right, I'll bring.

What are you doing here?

Hello!

Hello! - Hello, hello!

Hello, women!

Have to check every yard.

Bud the village chief? - I'll go to meet him myself.

Katerina!

Under the bed!

Katja, Katja, Katja...

Why do you all crawl under the skirt?

What are you...?

What are you...?

Nothing.

Don't come here anymore.

We'll see.

Let's see!

Hello, Anna Nikititshna. - Hello Kolja.

Shoot into the hay.

If I'm not trusted, tomorrow I'll go to the commandant's office an resign.

I don't belive anybody.

If your son and son in law would turn up tomorrow, would you give them up?

No.

You see. But I'll catch escaped prisoners anyway. They didn't go far.

One more order came out.

Genka, come here!

Hello Katerina. What is it?

Genka. Sell me the sight.

For what? - I need it.

We'd like to make a gift for the old man, so he could go hunting in the forest. Please sell.

Well what do you have to give?

What do you want?

You know what I want.

I'll just tell to Kolka, what you want. - Stupid.

Genka! Come here!

Mother's.

Made of gold.

Gold? - Gold, gold.

At there, behind the ladder too.

What are you staring.

What are you waiting?

Okay, let's finish. That's all.

You don't earn anything on them?

Yes I do!

Don't push.

There is a list of mobilized in the districts war commissariart.

Three went to the Red Army from your village,

of whom I have arrested two.

I am the only one left now.

Well you are the village chief. I haven't appointed you to the office.

Although, if it comes out that you are also a suspect, they'll arrest you too.

Thank you!

How is it with my case? - You go to...!

I'll leave today but you'll come here tomorrow. But then it's too late!

Mitka? - What?

Take the sight. - Very good.

But the kiss? - Thank you!

What did he want? - He brought the sight.

Good woman.

We have to get a weapon.

It's not worth teasing these geese. - They have to be killed not teased.

Listen, will you give us your carabine? - No. I'll come with you, understand?

I understand, I understand.

Motor-cycle. - Go there. Go, go!

After me!

Everybody, everybody. Peace, peace.

What are you now Misha. Don't be crazy.

Quiet. Enough!

Let's pick it up. Take the weapons!

Where are you driving? Hold on.

Look what kind of a machine. Animal.

This, dick? We'll be late.

Jevsei, we have a machine-gun now.

But we'll get where ever with a machine-gun.

Spinning and jumping, light blue bullet

Spinning and jumping over our heads.

Hands up?

You are already dead. You can say that again.

You got in prison in a week.

But where is Mitka? - He went somewhere.

We know where he went.

Where did you get the machine-gun? French cognac?

Canned food? - We silenced the motor-cyclists.

Near the village? - At the river on the highway.

Now then, to wait, not to sleep.

Do you have a fever?

You have to move up to the attic, it's warmer there.

There is some medicine in this box, from the Germans.

Show me.

It's against diarrhoea.

It's aspirin.

It's for lungs.

Somehow I don't understand, old man.

Looks like an ordinary country man.

But not by an appearance?

Can you read French?

How did you understand that it's French cognac?

By smell.

Here, read.

Isn't there anything else?

Give the revolver back. - No, it's my trophy.

You have a machine-gun.

He brought a banned book.

What is it dad? - Come here.

What are you...?

In the middle of the day, with an old woman, oh?

Dad, the whole village knows,

that we shelter these three.

Get it?

Van!

Vanja!

Wait.

Come here.

What is it! - I'll tell you right away.

Well what? - Your daughters were captured yesterday.

They are in a school building. Germans made it a prison.

Old woman Evdakeja told me.

I'll go then?

Go then.

It's nothing, it's nothing.

I'll dry you right away, you are wet all over.

Fever is giving up.

You can't be sick now.

Well, what Politruk?

Alive?

You'll get a health drink soon.

After you cover yourself with wadded jacket and sweat.

My fever is down already.

Anka will heat up the sauna tomorrow night.

I see, that you are quite finised.

But you have to go to sauna. Let me smear you.

So.

Is it true that the Germans kill Jews, Gipsys?

True, true.

But why Gipsys? - Nobody asks you.

Jews, Gipsys, all.

But Gipsys steal horses.

And Russians don't steal?

Even a question?

Why ours go to serve the Germans?

Mostly because of the injustice. People remember everything.

But there has always been offended people.

Just because injustice... - Relax.

Just because injustice...Russian people...

... would go to serve the enemy..

I guess you wonder...why...

...I became the village chief? But I didn't.

People asked. They knew that I am just.

And they knew that I am not stupid.

Better lose with a smart, than find with a stupid.

And you tell me this?

How does all this mess...end?

I don't know. - I don't know either.

Well, we'll figure it out by tomorrow night, how to live on.

The polce chief arrested my daughters.

Now i'll be taken between tongs like a bear.

Where comes this hate from?

The police chief wants to marry Njurka's sister Katja.

Katja decides that.

I decide.

My Mitka was her fiance before he was taken into the army.

Ah, so be it. You don't get it.

Want some tea? - With sugar.

Petka, bring some tea. - Right away, Ivanovitsh.

You came because of your daughters?

Thank you.

Yes, because my daughters.

But their husbands are in the Red Army,

and for that they might help the prisoners.

And shelter partisans.

What, what? Partisans in our neighbourhood?

Not for now.

And escaped prisoners are not found.

But you see, I have a big hope...

...on people like you.

You'd even plough the ground with horns for your daughters.

You act...

...badly, Nikolai Ivanovitsh.

I don't have any other way, Ivan Petrovitsh.

Discipline is my responsibility.

And one of the fugitives is your Mitka.

I am sure of it.

I understood it by Katerina.

A day after the escape a police officer was killed.

It means, he recognized someone.

But you are a relative.

Maybe he wanted to make a complaint of you,

but you stabbed him with a knife for that.

Two motor-cycklists were killed two days ago.

Presumably somewhere around those four villages.

It's about 2 miles to each village from the killing place.

Half an hour to there, half back.

And eleven men were called into army from each village,

from 9 families. I have arrested someone from each family.

Daughters from your family.

But if you don't find? - We start to execute.

We are given this kind order.

To execute 10 hostages for each German soldier.

Listen to me. I have an other proposal.

I'll visit you on Saturday with fathers,

and ask Katerina to marry me.

Shall we have an agreement?

I will release your daughters and make documents for Mitka.

You'll give up the strangers. You don't have any other alternative.

I understand.

May I see my daughters?

Presents and meetings...are prohibited.

Many thanks.

Serjoga, Petka is calling!

Potatoe crop failed this year. - Yes it did.

The crop was great last year.

Then it was warm.

But it's raining cat and dogs this year.

Yes, pouring.

Go out.

Let's dry the snott away, so.

Dear daughter.

I can move myself.

There are fleas everywhere, 40 people in a classroom.

Daddy, buy us out.

Ljuda from Putevka, for ten tsar's golden roubles...

she was bought out for ten tsar's golden roubles.

You are more expensive.

Where's Vanja? It's time to go to chamber, inspection is instantly.

Get ready.

Girls said,

that someone...

...was bought out?

Hardly any of yours.

They are under police chief's surveillance.

But Jan is ideological.

He doesn't care if it's, Soviet power or German power.

You can't buy him.

Maybe there's no need to buy him?

How then?

There's no way.

Well, come already.

See, here is cold water and here hot water.

Add a lot of steam and you'll be fine.

The whisk is tere, in the basin.

Are you still alive?

Why don't you answer?

I'll right away.

What is it? - I'm not able to.

I haven't got any strenght.

Lie down, I'll whisk you.

Splendid.

What is it?

I can't take it anymore.

Will you manage back?

Well, go, one step at a time.

But I whist here, now until water is still hot.

But Anna?

Washing, until water is still hot.

What, you took steam together?

I didn't have any strenght to add steam.

I have.

You hang on, I'll soon...

What are you...? - Nothing, go to sleep.

Well, what are you standing there?

So what? - Nothing.

What was it with the police chief?

Nothing.

But Jan says, that there was something.

Was what was.

Jan sends the fathers.

He shouldn't.

Jan asked me to talk to you that you'd marry him.

Talk, I will not marry him anyway, I have Mitka.

But did you remember little Mitka earlier?

Where was your Mitka?

Did a notice of his death arrive?

Kat, well, Kat.

You want to send all of us to death?

Shoud had thought earlier, eralier

What? What is it?

What is it?

With who, with the red head?

No, with the checkhist.

Come to eat, I layed the table downstairs.

Well, what? Your father?

Hey you, shut up.

How is it with the sisters?

Your sisters? They are sitting in jail and crying.

Your dad came back and began drinking.

Has poured in almost a litre.

Come down, food is gettig cold.

Let's go eat.

I can't come to an agreement with the police chief.

And give them up.

Yes, I can't.

Let's act with him...

...like you do, like bolshevists do?

How's that? - Let's shoot him.

How do we shoot him?

Our position is this...

He's coming to propose on Saturday.

To who? - It's none of your business.

We have to organize an ambush.

At the hill.

There'll be 6-7 men with him.

Police men, not more.

They have an automatic, a machine-gun and...

and the rest stuff.

But there's only three of us, can we do it?

Three you say?

Four.

I am provident.

But now go to the attic.

Here, take your book. - What, you didn't like it?

No, no I didn't.

Checkist, you stay here.

Anka, come here!

But you, don't fuck her behind the corner.

She decides.

She already did, she want's a baby.

I am dad.

Whatever.

And your work is done with that.

But if you're gonna make a pass... at her...I'll shoot you.

You think, you took advantage of me?

If I live, I'll come back.

I am single. And I like her.

I like her alot.

Well, why so quiet? Answer him.

They leave around 12 PM.

Out of centrum around an hour and another hour to here

Go look around, I think they'll arrive soon.

Six of them, no, seven.

A machine-gun on the last wagon. We have to take it out first.

First the police chief.

Sniper, machine-gun is your target, police chief is mine.

I'll shoot the first horse, you shoot the last.

Shit, I'm sorry for the horse.

Stop it. - Old man, don't piss, I felt that...

Quiet. Was the shooting heard in the village?

They heard, but they don't come here. Not to get in the way of a bullet.

How soon he'll get to the village?

By running about 20 minutes.

He waits and looks if there is an ambush in the village, he's smart.

We have time to get there.

Let's go, son.

Take? - No.

Show me the knife?

Cuts bread.

What, we let him go. Now, you just wait for the hunt.

If he's smart, he knows it was you.

And the hunt will be on you too.

Party's over. For you and for us.

Here, take it. I need to think.

Jan, we are in a hurry.

What is here to think, we have to go on.

We have weapons.

It's gonna be a short autumn.

We need to dress more warmly.

I have gathered a few things.

Mitka, Mitka. - What is it?

We have a relative in the district centre.

He says that he has to make documents for you.

I have to think.

I have already thought.

We'll get the logs in the ground during the winter,

finish it in summer.

We build, sure we will.

Germans! Germans are in the village.

We have to eliminate him, while he's alone.

There's two of them.

4, five.

Quieter, quieter.

Quieter, quieter.

Hold, hold him.

Hold his hands.

Right away. - Hold his hands still.

Quieter, quieter, quieter.

Listen, old man, it probably hit the bone.

Tear up his trouser-leg. - Bear this, son, we'll tie it up.

They're coming.

They'll throw granades all over us.

We woun't last more than 5 minutes.

We have to retreat. - Fucking mosquitoes are biting.

Not me.

Let's take off.

Take.

Get down, idiot, quicker.

Where are you taking us? - You'll see.

What is it?

I am sorry for the boy.

Let's go.

Let the soil be light on him.

Kurtseva? - That's him.

Well, shall we shoot?

Can you hit from here?

Ofcourse I can. - Wait, don't hurry.

We should leave altogether.

We'll wait. - For what?

He is here. - Who?

The policeman.

Police chief? Yes he. Do you see that house?

His mother, that means he's here.

About 200 meters.

I'll hit.

There he is, shithead.

Did you hit. -And how so. Straight in the heart.

For me he is a nominee for a medal.

He got Finland Red Star.

Where's the medal then?

We escaped on the first day in our underpants.

But the medal was on the tunic.

Sorry for the tunic.

Ahah. - And for the jacket.

Sorry for the tunic, but not for the medal?

You are such a gulak. - Well enough, rest.

Bitch!

You are bitch!

bitch!

No, no, no. No, no.

Shoot then, shoot.

No, no, don't shoot, old man.

I'm ours, us.

Who wants to kill you?

Go.

We have to get the daughters out.

Any ideas?

No.

I have 2 golden tens.

I'll buy them out.

For two tens?

Yes I will.

And what are you standing, dear son.

Go dear son...

...to defend your homecountry.

Go after him, go.

Father!