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IMAGE AND SOUND DIGITALLY RESTORED BY MOSFILM CINEMA CONCERN

MAY WE FOREVER HONOR THE HEROES SLAIN IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

MOSFILM

FILM FIVE THE FINAL ASSAULT

Screenwriters: YURI BONDAREV

OSKAR KURGANOV, YURI OZEROV

Director: YURI OZEROV

Director of Photography: IGOR SLABNEVICH

Production Designer: ALEKSANDR MYAGKOV

Composer: Y. LEVITIN

Sound: E. INDLINA, E. KASHKEVICH

Songwriter: M. NOZHKIN

Unit Manager: J. KUN

Story Editor: G. MARIAMOV

Costume Designer: D. OZEROVA Make-up: V. YAKOVLEV

Editor: E. KARPOVA Pyrotechnician: V. SUKHORETSKY

COMPOSITING Camera Operator: E. SHTYRTSKOBER

Set Designer: F. KRASNY Modelmaker: V. SMIRNOV

Lead Military Consultant: General of the Army S. SHTEMENKO

Military Consultants: Colonel General G. ORIOL

Colonel (GDR) J. WITZLEBEN Colonel (Poland) Z. ZALUSSKI

Production Manager: LIDIA KANAREYKINA

CAST:

Zhukov: M. ULYANOV Konev: V. SHUKSHIN

Tsvetayev: N. OLYALIN Zoya: L. GOLUBKINA

Orlov: B. SEIDENBERG Yartsev: M. NOZHKIN

Dorozhkin: V. NOSIK Vasiliev: Y. KAMORNY

Neustroyev: V. KORENEV Berest: E. IZOTOV

Hitler: F. DIEZ (GDR) Eva Braun: A. WALLER

Goebbels: H. GIESE Krebs: H. KRUGER

- You got a smoke? - Yes.

Roll me up a long one.

I think I hear voices.

Krauts?

Krauts...

Go on, blast the hell out of this stove.

Who are you?!

Who are you?

Artillery, from Chuikov's army.

Is that the 1st Belorussian?

We're Rybalko's motorized infantry, the 1st Ukrainian.

They're our boys!

Hello there!

- Hello, neighbor. - Hi!

Look at this, all the armies mixed up!

Not mixed up, joined together.

The landlady's offering us coffee.

Thank you.

Major,

maybe you'd prefer... a splash from my flask?

- This occasion deserves a drink. - Very good.

Helps it grow.

Here's to our meeting, then.

You don't even know which areas the Russians have penetrated.

Some commandant of Berlin you are!

All communications are down, my Fuhrer.

But the telephones are working.

That's communication, is it not?

For so long, for so long We haven't rested at all

We just haven't had time for it, alas

We've crossed half of Europe On the ground in a crawl

And come tomorrow The final battle, at last

A little more, just a little bit

The final battle Is the hardest of all

How I yearn for Russia I want to go home

I haven't seen my dear mother In so long

How I yearn for Russia I want to go home

I haven't seen my dear mother In so long

Four years without a moment's peace While fighting the Krauts

Four years of nothing but salty sweat And endless bloodshed

I'd rather fall in love with A nice pretty girl

I'd rather touch My homeland with my hand

A little more, just a little bit

The final battle Is the hardest of all

How I yearn for Russia I want to go home

I haven't seen my dear mother In so long

How I yearn for Russia I want to go home

I haven't seen my dear mother In so long

Tomorrow we'll fight hand-to-hand For the last time

We'll serve our country For the last time

This is the Commandant of Berlin.

Are there Russians there?

Yes.

What are they doing?

Singing.

What?

Yes, they're singing, Commandant, but...

are you the Russian or the German one?

German, damn it!

They've made it to Wilhelmstrasse.

The ring is tightening.

My Fuhrer,

we're no longer able to defend Berlin.

I thought that if I stayed here

it would give the soldiers faith in our victory,

and they'd come to save the city.

I still hope for this!

General Wenck's army is heading to Berlin.

They will push the Russians back!

Goebbels!

Immediately get in touch with General Wenck. Immediately!

When will his army reach Berlin?

When?!

My Fuhrer,

you need to rest.

No.

No!

I'll wait for word from Wenck.

Wenck.

Wenck is our salvation.

Forward!

Major, can you send a gun into the subway, for support?

The tunnel goes to the Reich Chancellery.

- You want to take Hitler prisoner? - Why not? You never know.

- Go ahead! - Thank you, Major.

Get the gun in the subway! You take my place.

Forward!

Forward!

Move!

I want a perfect shot, to take out that machine gun.

Fire!

Fellas, follow me!

Forward, boys!

That way, quick!

Come on, all together!

Hey, boys, help us move this hunk of metal.

Follow me!

Let's go!

Halt! Halt!

Where's the Reich Chancellery? Which way to Hitler?

Do you sprechen Russian?

Where's Hitler, I asked?

Oh, go to hell.

Bring the gun this way.

Forward!

My Fuhrer, the Russians have entered the subway tunnel,

and are approaching Kaiserhof station.

Open the floodgates and flood all the tunnels.

There are hospitals and wounded in the tunnels. Women and children.

Open the floodgates!

If we lose this war,

the German nation must cease to exist.

If our nation cannot even conquer the Slavic peoples,

it has no right to exist.

The new generations will pick up where we left off.

Do you believe me, Eva?

I do, my Fuhrer.

Give the order: the waters of the Spree will run in the tunnels!

You three, go on. Move.

Hey, Major, ask him where the Reich Chancellery is

and send him to meet his maker. He's no use.

I'll manage without your advice, Lieutenant.

Do you want a smoke?

Thank you.

You studied Russian?

Yes, I did.

What do you want from me, Major?

The lieutenant gave you good advice.

Send me to meet my maker!

What's the hurry?

A Communist must not hesitate when he faces the enemy, right?

A Communist does not have the right to doubt!

Your lieutenant has no doubts...

You know nothing of Communists.

We don't want your life.

We want only one thing - to destroy fascism.

Go.

If you take up arms again, you'll be shot.

Got that? Go.

You're free to go. Move.

The Reich Chancellery is that way, not far from here.

Stay calm! No need to panic!

They opened the floodgates, Major. We have to get out.

There's an exit to the left, where they came from.

We won't make it.

- Blow open the gates. - Yes sir.

Get down!

Down!

Major!

Major, we have to go!

We have to go!

Quiet. Stay calm.

We have to go!

Yartsev!

Come hold back the crowd, let only women and children through.

Back up!

Let the women and children through.

Hold them back!

Don't panic! Hold the crowd back!

Link arms!

Don't panic! Stay calm!

Get out of the car!

COMMANDER OF THE 150TH INFANTRY DIVISION MAJOR GENERAL SHATILOV

General Shatilov,

Captain Neustroyev's battalion has reached the Spree.

The Reichstag is ahead.

Yes, there's the Reichstag.

Well, Colonel Orlov, we reached the center of Berlin.

That's right, General.

The last nut to crack.

The Germans are fighting like devils. Not likely to surrender.

We still have to cross the Spree,

and take the Reichstag.

- Where's Neustroyev's command post? - Nearby, General.

Attention!

Look more serious.

Look at the camera, not at me.

- Get ready. - Ready.

One.

Two.

Three!

- Did you get it? - How could I?

This is a Party assignment, not a holiday photo.

I know that.

Let's try again. Sit down.

It's the general.

General, the battalion is reforming after combat.

I can see.

- Not sparing the cologne. - That's true, General.

- Take me to the regiment commander. - Yes sir.

What's going on here?

Photos for Party membership cards.

Lieutenant Berest, Deputy Political Officer.

And where will you award your young members their Party cards?

At the Reichstag, sir.

Very good, political officer.

General.

Colonel Zinchenko, Commander of the 756th Rifle Regiment.

Alright, Zinchenko.

I'm entrusting this banner to you.

Your regiment is to raise it over the Reichstag.

Thank you, General.

Who will carry the banner?

Scout Yegorov.

Yes sir!

Scout Kantaria.

Yes sir.

Raise this banner

over the Reichstag dome.

BERLIN APRIL 29

Commander!

Tank squadron commander Vasiliev here, at your command.

- Did you hear me? - Yes!

- Give us covering fire! - Understood!

Dorozhkin, go to the battalion.

I'm sending you a radioman!

Captain... I can't swim!

You'll be fine. Come here.

My Fuhrer...

the Russians are 600 meters from the Reich Chancellery.

We have no ammunition.

No provisions.

The last airfield has been set on fire by Russian artillery.

Where is Wenck's army?

Where is Wenck?

My Fuhrer, Wenck is in combat in the Potsdam area.

He can't break through to Berlin.

Is that all?

That's all, my Fuhrer.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Dismissed.

I have received a radiogram.

Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci

were hanged upside down by partisans

in the Piazzale Loreto in Milan.

How cruel.

My Fuhrer, there's an opportunity to break out of Berlin.

I have a tank unit ready.

No.

Leave us.

I don't want to die as your mistress.

Alright, Eva.

We'll have a wedding.

Oh, leave me alone! A wedding? Now?

Leave me alone!

General,

we caught their priest.

He's weird, seems he isn't in his right mind.

Kosarev.

- Find out what the priest wants. - Sir.

GENERAL CHUIKOV COMMANDER OF THE 8TH GUARDS ARMY

Concentrate all fire on the Reich Chancellery.

Sir, concentrating all fire on the Chancellery.

Did you find out what the priest wants?

He keeps going on about some wedding.

He says it's time to stop the bloodshed.

And he's right. A priest with a conscience.

Hand him over to the anti-fascists.

Let his God speak to the German soldiers,

if they're still... believers.

This is the National Committee for a Free Germany speaking.

We're calling on you

to lay down arms.

You can save your lives.

The new Germany needs you. Surrender!

Surrender!

Father, this is Comrade Willi, a German patriot and anti-fascist.

He's been on air for 2 days.

Join the just cause, Father.

My brother Germans,

speaking to you now is

the pastor of St. George's Church.

Stop this.

Stop this!

Does the groom wish to say anything?

I've decided to take as my wife Eva Braun,

to whom I am bound by many years of true friendship.

She will follow me even unto death, of her own free will,

as my wife.

Does the bride wish to say anything?

I am happy to become Adolf Hitler's wife.

- Do you belong to the master race? - Yes.

Do you have any hereditary diseases?

No.

Sign here to confirm your answers.

I congratulate Adolf and Eva Hitler on becoming a happy family

in great Germany.

BERLIN APRIL 30

Berest, take 1st Company forward.

Yes sir!

Forward!

Follow me! Forward!

Yes!

Huzzah!

Boys! With me, forward!

Follow me!

Lieutenant, follow me!

Tell the colonel that we've secured the first floor.

Tank man, come here.

Get me the colonel, quick!

What?

You've taken the first floor?

Well done!

Get me the general.

You've taken the first floor? Well done!

Keep going!

- Get me the commander. - Yes sir.

You've taken the first floor?

Why's it taking so long?

The banner, quick! Raise the banner, understood?

COMMANDER OF THE 3RD SHOCK ARMY COLONEL-GENERAL KUZNETSOV

Get me the marshal!

You've taken the first floor?

You're going slow, much too slow, General.

Get me Comrade Stalin.

The Fuhrer must not die from poison,

but from a bullet, like a soldier.

If we don't hear a shot, you will go in and do what has to be done.

Yes sir.

The Fuhrer has shot himself.

After you.

Follow me!

Let's go!

You two, go left!

Forward!

Look out, above you!

Two on the right!

Down there.

Son of a bitch!

You bastard.

Tank man! Get your tanks on the line, quick.

- On it. - Have them fire on the upper floors.

Come in, Boxes! This is Reichstag!

We need covering fire!

At the beast's lair!

The dome, to be exact!

Do you copy?

That's the stuff!

This isn't so bad. Gets worse in a tank!

Sure.

You alright? Hey, kid...

Sashka, get down!

BERLIN MAY 1

And Jesus said to His disciples:

"Remember:

whoever exalts himself will be humbled."

Germany wanted to exalt herself,

and she has died.

No, Father, Germany is not dead.

This is not the end,

but the beginning of a new Germany.

Who are you?

I'm a Communist.

We ask you to cease fire!

We're sending out negotiators!

You'll recognize them by a white flag.

Attention! We ask you to cease fire!

"And those who heard His words kept them in their hearts.

And Jesus said to His disciples:

remember..."

I'm General Krebs, Chief of the German Army General Staff.

We're listening, General Krebs.

I must inform you that on April 30

Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker.

Grossadmiral Doenitz has been appointed head of state,

and Goebbels is Reich Chancellor.

The former German government no longer exists.

Reich Chancellor Goebbels has authorized me to ask you

for a one-day ceasefire.

For what purpose?

So that Grossadmiral Doenitz and the new government

can come to Berlin.

No, General Krebs.

We won't agree to a ceasefire,

not for a day,

not for an hour.

Only complete and unconditional surrender.

I'm not authorized to negotiate a surrender.

There will be thousands more victims.

Will you pass our request for a ceasefire to Moscow?

The answer will be the same.

How will we know what Moscow answers?

We'll set up a direct telephone link with the Reich Chancellery.

Get the signalman.

General, Senior Lieutenant...

Inform the German that the senior lieutenant will go with him.

You'll go with the German general

to the Reich Chancellery.

- To the lair? - Yes, to the lair.

Permission to take grenades?

No grenades.

- Establish a telephone link. - Yes sir.

Lousy place you've got here.

- You'll get rheumatism. - Get moving.

Over here.

Stalingrad, Stalingrad. This is Berlin.

Everything is fine.

No surrender!

If we concede to unconditional surrender,

the German people will lose everything.

In this tragic time for Germany, I'm ready to follow the Fuhrer's example.

Bormann...

try to break through to our friends in the west.

Krebs...

tell the Russians that there will be no surrender.

Are you ready, Magda?

Not yet.

The doctor is hesitating.

I'm sorry, Frau Goebbels, I cannot kill children.

Could we place them into the care of the International Red Cross?

Don't forget that they're Goebbels' children.

Give me the syringe.

Excuse me...

where is the bathroom here?

- What do you want from me? - Leave!

There will be no negotiations.

- Alright then, no negotiations. - Leave, now.

You are to shoot us in the back of the head as we walk up.

That's more than I can take, Reich Minister.

You want the Russians to hang us upside down?

Do it!

Yes... this really is a lousy place.

BERLIN MAY 2

Marshal Zhukov, Chuikov's on the line.

Chuikov?

What?

Marshal, the Hitlerites have brought out a white flag.

They're surrendering.

Repeat that.

The Hitlerites have left the Reichstag with a white flag,

they're surrendering.

My congratulations, Chuikov.

Congratulations!

Is it really over, Comrade Zhukov?

Four years.

1,410 days.

- And nights. - Marshal!

The Berlin garrison asks you to tune to frequency 440.

Attention, Russians! Tune to wave 440.

We request a cease fire. We request a cease fire,

and a start to negotiations.

Switch to transmitting.

Transmit:

"We have only one condition -

unconditional surrender.

Cease fire in 15 minutes.

We will take prisoners

at the Brandenburg Gate.

We guarantee everyone their life.

We guarantee everyone...

their life."

So, you survived, infantryman? Congratulations.

Have you seen Dorozhkin, my radioman?

Is Dorozhkin here?

Dorozhkin!

Dorozhkin!

Dorozhkin!

Dorozhkin!

Dorozhkin!

They killed him.

Vaska.

Vaska!

Vaska.

Why are you crying?

We've won!

Victory, General! We've won, congratulations!

Victory! Victory!

WHAT DID FASCISM GIVE THE WORLD?

DEATHS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR:

520,000 FRENCH

400,000 ITALIANS

320,000 BRITISH

325,000 AMERICANS

364,000 CZECHS AND SLOVAKS

1,600,000 YUGOSLAVIANS

6,028,000 POLES

9,700,000 GERMANS

20,000,000 SOVIETS

YOUR NAME IS UNKNOWN, YOUR DEED IS IMMORTAL

Restoration Producer: KAREN SHAKHNAZAROV

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