Original subtitles

"Everything passes like white apple blossoms.

"Everything..."

No, no. That's not right.

Go back ! Go back!

Again.

"I don't regret, complain or cry.

"Everything passes like white apple blossoms.

"Everything passes like white apple blossoms."

"- Oh Crow, why do you cry?

"- Because, in the mountain...

"...Crow has seven little children,

"... waiting patiently in their nest"

Don't sulk, Yamamoto. It's the same for all of us.

An Independent Life

Company, halt!

Vasiliev, what's the matter?

Let's have a look.

Your balls are frozen. Where are your long johns?

- I don't like them. - Come on, let's go!

Get down, quick. Rub them with snow.

Go on, rub them. You don't even have mittens.

Stop it, Yasha.

Rub till they're red or there's no point.

You'll tickel him to death.

Why are you yelling? Just punch him in the face.

- How dare you push me? - What are you doing?

I'm saving his virility, if you must know.

Marry him and you'll see.

Who needs him with a frozen brain?

- Not his brain, his balls. - Even more so.

My sister was killed because of him.

They tried to kill us both.

But you got away, lovely boy.

Piss off. We're in training.

Have you noticed? Valya's in love with Vasiliev.

Watch her rosy pink face and her screaming, "lover boy"!

Enough standing around. Anyone else's balls frozen?

Rub them with snow, Hurry!

Training's not over yet.

Why didn't they cut their stomachs open?

That's what samurais are meant to do.

Because your brain's up your arse.

Many gave themselves up thinking they'd be sent home

Fat chance.

Work in the camps, then we'll see...

That's the law.

I heard the Japs will be sent home...

Line up!

Follow me!

"I'm going to lose my cap...

"along with my curly head."

Keep up!

"Play the accordion and warn all our foes

"They'll get their comeuppance in battle,

"because we love our motherland.

"more than life itself.

"Because we love our motherland.

"more than life itself"

"The sea is large, the sea is big.

"I'd like to go abroad, to the foreign countries."

You'll be getting on one by one.

You'll get rations for two days.

- Tabakov... - Here.

- Alinin... - Here.

How's it going, kiddo?

- Why'd you wink at him? - Who, me?

- I saw it. - saw what?

Everything. Why did you wink at that killer?

"Who knows why he winks his eyes?"

Don't be stupid. You winked back at him.

So what?

So you're like that. Now I understand.

As if you don't know...

... that those bastards axed the Egorov family.

They thought they had heaps of money.

But they had heaps of kids and empty pockets.

They set fire to the house.

- What's that to do with me? - They're your buddies!

If you spy on me, you stupid cow, I'll...

You'll what? Are you one of them?

I'm my own man.

Could you kill a two-year-old?

Leave me alone, Valya. Piss off.

Answer me. Could you?

I'd give them 25 bullets, not 25 years.

Platoon! Board the train one by one.

- What's the matter? - Nothing.

- What are you doing? - It doesn't always work.

My hand...

Mum, leave Masha alone.

- Did you bring the hay? - My pitchfork broke.

- I'll be a moment. - Don't touch her, Mum.

Stop whining all the time. It's all you ever do.

Whining.

God almighty...Christ, what am I doing?

Where's Masha? Oh, Lord.

I'm coming. Oh, my god...

Aren't you men ashamed to just stand and watch...

like a bunch of sick old women?

Come and help a woman who can't manage on her own.

- Us? - Whenever you like.

Five vodkas and we're anybody's.

Well, shall we cut her open?

Go for it.

You call that slaughtering?

You don't even know what side the heart's on.

- See how she looked at me? - Who?

Masha.

She looked into my eyes like she trusted me.

And I betrayed her. I'm a rotten bastard.

You're talking crap.

I lied to you, Valya.

Remember that thief at the station?

- The one I winked at. - Of course.

- He killed your sister Galia. - I knew it.

I'm such a fucking bastard.

Here's to a happy holiday.

Stop.

Come back.

"I love to have a good time, especially to eat!

- "I love to work..." - "Especially to sleep"

"My future's worth a penny, my life's a bitch..."

"In short, I'm quite a gal !"

Happy holiday!

Steaming hot fresh potatoes.

...straight from the stove.

Let's do it.

Who inflated the baloons? Where are the leaders?

You won't get away with this, you motherfuckers!

"Come the war, we'll kill the boar,

"stuff his arse with dynamite, blow the Nazis out of sight!"

- Why is Stalin last? - Lenin has to be first!

Did you get hit in the nose?

Keep your head back. That's it.

It'll go away. Wait.

Valya!

They pumped his arse. He was unconscious.

He broke their projector.

It was going to show '35' in the sky.

Who cares? I know all that.

Valya, your mum wants you to come home.

- So is it all set, Valya? - I don't know.

- Do I meet you or what? - If you like.

The corridors are so long.

Yeah. Want to see my room? Try to guess which bed's mine.

- Rex is looking for you. - Okay.

- Who's Rex? - A ringleader.

He hangs around.

- What's he want from you? - We'll know in a minute.

Put it on.

- But it's the wrong... - Put it on, sissy.

- What are they doing? - Hazing a new boy.

They make them swap, new uniforms for old ones.

Did they do it to you too?

They only haze the weak ones. They can tell straight away.

- But you're such a weakling. - Let's just go.

You'll come running for help after all your bragging.

- To You? - Wouldn't I be able to help?

Sure you would. You're my main helper.

- And don't you forget it. - Am I arguing?

- So watch out. - Okay, Valya. Forget it.

- Will you give us a dance? - No, no.

Go on. Give us a gypsy dance.

Valya, where are you going?

- Aren't you staying to dance? - I'll be back.

Okay?

But Valya...

- What? - Rex called me.

- Stop yelling? - Can't you see I'm alone?

Come in, quickly.

Come over here.

Hello.

You want to go?

Are you asleep or just out of it?

Let me out... Let me out, I said.

You're not leaving this cage, little birdie.

Leave her alone, Rex.

Stop it, guys. Someone's coming.

Where do you think you're going?

I saw you, Vasiliev.

Who were they?

- The ones running away. - I don't know them.

- What are you doing? - Who are they?

I saw them. What are their names?

Fuck you and your school.

Stop!

That does it. Come with me.

- Get undressed. - What?

- You're expelled. - Great!

- Take them all off. - These are my clothes.

They're state property!

Take it!

- I hope you choke on it. - And don't be cheeky!

- Take the underpants off. - They're not yours.

Who's label is this?

Here! You want to suck me off?

You fucking piece of shit!

Up yours!

Give me my panties and skirt.

- Who took them off you? - I don't know them.

- Vasiliev, you tell me. - Give me my clothes.

- I'm calling the police. - Why the police?

Let's work it out ourselves.

They called me in. I didn't know what's going on.

- Who called you? - I forget.

You'd better remember fast.

- He started the fight. - Stop lying!

- Tell them, Valya. - Don't pressure her.

- She's just scared. - I've had it with you.

I think we're wasting our time.

Hello.

Yes.

Some state property has disappeared.

Various things.

We've caught one of them.

- There's a whole gang. - Why not two gangs?

I've tried to be nice. It hasn't worked.

Nice?

You don't want the truth, you want a stoolie.

Shut up, you turd.

If you break the law, you pay the price

- Get it? - I get it.

- What about the others? - What should we do?

Go take a flying fuck.

You're heading for gaol.

Just try to prove something. You'll get there first.

I'll tear your head off !!

Ever seen a delinquent's prick?

All right, all right.

As for you, last time I cut your braid off,

... this time I'll shave you bald.

Go ahead and shave me.

Do you want a swig?

- Guess who. - Kolya?

Not fucking bad! Who's this?

- Come on. - Vitya.

Not fucking bad.

Who's that?

You called the police. Remember?

- What's this? - I think it's a prick.

- I can see. Who put it here? - Probably the kids.

I don't see the joke.

Are you laughing?

Find out who did this, and...

Fucking he!

Bastards!

"Everyone will get a chance,

"...to join in this Spanish dance.

"Everyone will get a chance."

Hello, Yamamoto.

How is Mother Japan?

Tell me, Yamamoto, what's your country like?

I mean, is it just like here?

Hills, mountains...

Would you stay here?

You asked for a pencil. Here's the best I could find.

Thanks.

Hey, Valery!

"That night, the samurais decided

"...to cross the border by the river."

You're never home these days.

I was kicked out of school.

- A girl's been to see you. - Why?

Your mother is sick.

Come here. Hurry.

Hurry.

What do you want?

Get out of here.

Are all the POWs on board?

I can't, girls. I can't bear it any more.

I can't stand it any more.

(Tomorrow, we'll be in Japan!) (Finally my mother's miso soup!)

I'll give birth instead.

It's got to be done in one go. God forbid, it'll get infected.

Get some hot water.

No, in the basin.

What are you spying for?

Fuck off!!

- Satisfied? - What are you talking about?

At least have pity on your mum.

I told her long ago to have an abortion.

"Scoop it out with a spoon, and you're free."

But no.

Her kids must learn from smart people.

Instead they learn from scum and hooligans.

- He'll end up in gaol. - He won't. he's done nothing.

Nothing? Who showed his dick to the principal?

They'll eat you alive, but keep their hands clean.

What are you getting at?

What are you talking about, you slut?

Stop following him, and get the fuck out.

Or I'll kill you, like they killed your sister.

Shut up, you bitch.

- You little cunt... - Don't talk about my Galia.

Fuck off before I kill you.

And I'll split your arse in two.

You poisonous piece of shit!

I'll catch you yet. Just wait.

I fucked up Mum's life. It's all my fault.

I'm going to leave. It'll be better for her.

Don't go to the barracks. The cops will get you.

To hell with them. What's wrong with my Mum?

It's an infection. Aunt Ida has taken her to hospital.

- Where are you going now? - Somewhere.

To the Japanese quarry.

- Have you been spying on me? - Couldn't be bothered.

You look sick.

Nobody needs me. All I do is cause grief.

You're feverish. Let me warm you.

There's a sheepskin coat here.

Why did you do it, Valya?

Leave me alone. I know who you're thinking of.

- Who? - About her.

About Galia? I'm not thinking about her at all.

- She was a wonderful girl. - I can never replace her.

Of course you can.

Do you know what?

- Get lost, I'm sleepy. - I'll forget if I don't ask you.

Do you think we're born by chance?

- What would you prefer? - Generally...

Scientists say, out of a million unborn siblings,

the one that is born is the lucky one.

- So what? - But I don't feel lucky.

- What do you think you are? - An unlucky fool.

I get out of one pile of shit, and fall into another.

I'm unlucky.

- Are you admiring it? - Can't I?

- Look at your stupid Valya. - Not stupid.

- Pretty? - Yes.

You're a teaser.

- Come here, you. - Leave me alone. Get lost.

You go to the window, I'll go to the door.

Sergeant!

I caught him trying to sneak aboard.

I just wanted to ask something.

Take him to the depot.

Move! You might be a spy.

Get it moving.

Who does this belong to, comrades?

Who owns this?

Shall I open it? Whose is it?

Who is it? How did you get in there?

- Who put you in there? - I did.

Why?

- I wanted to leave. - Where for?

Moldavia... Vasily's homeland.

He put me in so that his superiors wouldn't know.

- Without papers? - My husband's got my papers.

Vasily's got them, pops. Vasily!

Vasily's on the choo-choo.

What choo-choo?

That can't be true. You're trying to scare me.

Pops...

Pops... Have Vasily brought back!

I sold it all! The house, the cow...

Where's the money?

With Vasily... He said it would be safer with him...

What am I going to do?

Kind people...

Help me, pops! You have to help me!

You've got to help me, pops.

Stop, stop!

Stop! There's a bloke here.

- Fuck you. - Don't, don't...

Get up, you.

They'll kill you at home.

Don't, dont...

Let's go.

Valery, give me a hand. Help me drag him.

"I'm in love with the wild sea..."

"My sorrow to drown, if needed be..."

Valery, take his arm.

Get up. Fyodor!

Mamura! Mamura!

Hey, man!

You there!

Hey, buddy, where are the Soviets?

Hello, Aunty Lyuda. At last I found you.

Do you know what it took to get here?

Are all these rooms yours?

Mum says hello.

This is great. I really like this box.

I'll sleep here. I don't mind.

Back home in Suchan, I slept on the potato box.

Hello, cousin.

I'm not your cousin. And my mum's name is Sofia.

That's right.

- Who are you, then? - Me? A neighbour.

Where is she?

Visiting her husband in hospital.

- So you're not Aunty Lyuda? - No, I'm not Aunty Lyuda.

Actually, I've never set eyes one her. What's she like?

I'm hurry, young man.

Business is business.

Tell Daddy not to have supper without me.

- Can I wait here for her? - It's up to you.

Ira!

- Who is he? - He's visiting the neighbours.

- Where's the record? - At Valya's.

Alexandrovich is divine! His voice drives me wild.

What are you gawking at?

- Ira, is Mum home? - is that you, Daddy?

Mum said to wait for her.

Out of the way!

There's a party at the officers' club tonight.

The guys have brought back great discs from the Kuriles.

"Caught a Chinaman, still looking for his balls..."

Mind your language, you!

I didn't make it up. It's a folksong.

- Forget him, he's not your dad. - But I promised Mum.

This is a decent house. At least take off your hat.

I'm a Tartar.

Is he going to live with you? He'll clean you out.

I don't give a damn about you all.

Stuff you.

What do you want?

Scared, are you? This is the North!

- Someone stole his sled dog. - Who?

Someone who prefers dogs to vodka.

Go your own way.

Yamamoto! You were to be sent home.

- Yamamoto! - Piss off! Move it.

Yamamoto wants to kill Stalin.

Yamamoto doesn't want to work.

Yamamoto, how much is five times five?

That's right.

Sasha, is there anything to put on the bread?

Valya, hello from the North.

You'll never guess who I met here. Yamamoto!

He's in the prison camp.

Just imagine, he wanted to assassinate Stalin!

Dimwit!

He hasn't got the guts to get to Stalin.

He was lucky to get 25 years.

instead of 25 bullets, as you would say.

I'm a pig.

I ran away without saying goodbye.

You see, the cops were after me.

I thought a letter might be intercepted.

They would have come to get me here.

Don't be upset. I think of you a lot.

I've settled in. I live in a hostel.

I work in a shipyard. We're making big ships.

The Amur River is like an ocean.

Our Suchan is behind the mountains.

And you are there, my Valya.

Get the hell out of here. Fuck off!

Why?

You're burn alive, sonny.

He's got pissed so early in the day.

Caugh it out. Il'll do you good.

- What has he got pissed on? - Metho.

Urine is the best medicine.

Hello, Valery...

It hurts me to write these lines.

I won't write to you again.

I haven't heard from you for three months.

You haven't answered my letters.

I want to know everything...

Even the bitter truth.

You might think...

Give me the ciggie to do a smoke trick.

It's not for the likes of you.

I can make smoke come out of my ears.

- You can't. - Can't I? See for yourself.

Cover my nose and mouth.

Shit!

I'll pee on your hand to make it better.

- I don't want you to. - Let me do it.

- What got into you? - It'll make your hair curl.

Dickhead!

Vasiliev, where are you going?

Who's going to do your work for you?

Bastard! Wait till you see your pay slip.

Got it?

He gave us this address. Is it ok to leave him?

His relatives aren't in. We aren't his family.

I don't think we can help.

Shouldn't you take him to hospital?

Sorry. We'd love to but we're running late.

I don't anything from you. I can manage.

What happened?

A knife?

Come on. Give me a hand.

Careful.

Sit him up.

Gently.

- Bring a basin of wawter. - Coming.

And some cotten wool.

Tamara... Bring me some spirits.

And a gherkin! I won't enjoy them without gherkin.

How can you laugh? it's not funny.

- Come on. Let me... - Don't touch. I'll do it..

- Who did it to you? - My bitch of life.

Valery, tell me about Galia, your guardian angel.

Why are we wasting our time here? We're in everybody's way.

What was she like?

We'll get nowhere here and miss out over there.

Was she a Tartar as well?

You told Sofia all about her, but not me.

How did you arrange it?

Easy. You were on at me to get champagne.

I didn't ask for myself. I did it for you.

We can go if you want.

No. We'll hold out to the bitter end.

Hey, you want to buy a watch?

What would I want a watch for?

Have a look. It's a Pobeda, the first model.

- I don't go for pinched stuf. - I can show you the warranty.

I don't need a watch.

- Why not? - Who wants another headache?

You'd be the first to nick it back off me.

Bloody hireling.

I'm not a hireling.

Hirelings to the North are fools.

I'm here of my own free will.

That kind are double fools.

The ones born here are triple fools.

We don't want a watch, guys.

Go on, somebody else will buy one.

Look, something's happening. I'll go and look.

What have you got against the locals?

Is it true that a knife wider than your palm

...can reach as far as your heart?

- I don't know. keep it. - What for?

To peel potatoes with.

There was money in my jacket.

Don't worry, It's safe.

It's not mine. It's Grandma's.

- Does she live here too? - She lived in Vladivostok.

And she left the house to my mum when she died.

Did she sell it and send you the money? What for?

- So I could buy a new suit. - As a keepsake?

Not really.

To have my photo taken in and send it home.

I'll keep the money. Tamara, are you coming?

- Will that do? - We'll try it on.

- Don't! - Stop making a fuss.

I won't put it on.

Sha we pull a few strings for him?

Just as you say, Sofia.

We'll have our tailor make you a new suit. Okay?

Okay.

If you're desperate for money,

You can always get it.

My husband's always at the Party School.

And I'm at home.

You can collect the money any time.

Hi, Valery. Want to join us for some booze?

- I can't. - Why not?

I'm leaving for Moscow.

Come off it.

If these girls can, why can't I?

- Valery, you owe us a drink. - Why?

That's posh suit.

We should drink to it so it lasts longer.

Sorry, guys. Got to run, they're waiting for me.

Valery!

Ivas!

Valery!

Ivas!

Valya! Bloody hell! How come you're here?

Hello.

You bragged about the North, but it's just the same.

Not exactly.

We get a regular northern bonus here.

Why did you stop writing?

To be honest, I meant to write,

but other things got in the way.

Been drinking?

Only when I had to. But I didn't lose my head.

Do you have a trade, at least?

Sure. Fourth category welder.

I'm a master plasterer.

So, you're the queen of the trowel.

Absolutely.

I couldn't believe it when I heard "Ivas, Ivas!"

No one here knows my kid's nickname.

Sure. You're bigshot now. Dressed to kill.

My mum sent me the money for a suit.

There's a good tailor here. Not bad, is it?

It's okay on you. You've changed so much.

No, not at all. I'm the same person.

- What about your life? - Do you care about my life?

Yes I do. Are you alone or with someone?

- What do you mean? - I mean what I mean.

- What are you getting at? - Just wondering how you are.

Getting on with my life.

Are you single or with...?

Oh, that's what you mean. I didn't get it at first.

- What are you laughing at? - I've got news for you.

- Bad news? - No. good. I have a daughter.

- Who's the father? - Guess.

- No, it can't be. - Why not?

- Who are you kidding? - No one.

You're just trying to scare me.

I see your knees are shaking.

They aren't. Cut it off. I hate these jokes.

And what if it were true?

It's up to you. I haven't given it a thought.

You should think of others more often.

I can tell by your eyes everything's okay.

Yes, I'm okay. I'm fine.

- What happened to your hair? - I was sick.

I'm so glad I've seen you.

Are you deaf? Boarding started long ago.

But I've met a childhood friend.

- Where's the trunk? - I left it over there.

Are you mad? They'll steal it.

Who'd want a trunkful of books?

And not even books. Textebooks!

Look, I won't let you disgrace me.

Is this how you show your gratitude?

Don't make such a fuss, Tamara.

Stay here, I'll be right back Okay?

Don't get upset. I met a girlfriend, big deal.

A childhood friend.

Here, take your photos.

- What photos? - The ones from Suchan.

- Give me back my letters. - I don't have them.

- What do you mean? - I think I lost them.

Valery, you can go. We'll manage.

Let's go, dear.

Vasily, get it down with a hat!

It'll shit on everyone.

It's a bad omen.

If a bird flies into a house.

There'll be much grief.

This isn't a house.

It just flew in.

Give it to me. Oh, poor thing.

How fast your heart beats, pounding in fear.

Can this tiny heart also feel something?

It got caught and it's trembling.

People know nothing about me.

They know how to use five per cent of their brains.

And shout, "We're geniuses!"

What's the percentage of heart and soul?

Nobody knows. It's terryfying.

- Is there such a percentage? - Yes, only it's too small.

That's why people don't live like human beings.

Valya...

Valya, what's the matter?

- It's not very nice, is it? - Why did you come?

- Let me explain. - I can see for myself.

- Why talk like that? - Because.

- Are you leaving? - Yes.

- Where? - Somewhere.

Want me to come along? I'll give it all up.

No. We'll go separate ways.

You speak my language.

- Take our photos. - I don't want them.

- I swear... - Don't bother.

Look, that's us in Suchan.

I'll go into the army in autumn.

- Where are you off to? - Kamchatka.

- Kamchatka? - Yes.

- Have you signed in? - Yes. Can't I?

Just asking.

- Any visitors on board? - Yes

- Leave the vessel. - I'll see you out.

You shouldn't be upset. It's common here.

You give a box of sweets to have a good suit made.

You'd go as far as Kamchatka in this rotten hulk?

Aren't you afraid it will sink?

No.

You're only pretending. You'll get off at Sakhalin.

Piss off.

Are you going ashore?

The bird is injured. Take it to a safe place.

Hold on. Don't remove the gangway.

This is still not nice.

Write to me at the hostel. I'll write back, I promise.

Shake hands.

Valya.

- Will you write? - Don't forget about the gull.

Never mind the damned bird.

Valya.

Valya...

Valya.

What do you say?

Why are you silent?

- Can you see me? - I can.

Let the bird go.

- Valya. - What?

- What are you doing? - Watching the goat eat.

Oh, Valya. So you are leaving.

Why take a goat to Kamchatka? Don't they have goats there?

You don't understand a thing.

Shit. Everyone's so smart.

You can't get away with it.

You betrayed me.

I knew it then, at the barn.

Valya, aren't you scared to leave?

- Valya, can you hear me? - I can.

- Don't you want to answer? - No, I don't.

Valya, do say something!

That's it, Valery. I can't hear you any more.

Yamal to dispatcher. A person fell overboard.

Dispatcher to Yamal. I'll send someone.

Leave me alone. I'll have a show tonight.

Yamal to dispatcher, over. Dispatcher to Yamal...

What are you going to do with them?

They're a nuisance, the bastards.

I tried everything, poison...

At least don't torture them.

Bastards! They gobbled up the flour.

- Want to see them suffer? - What?

- Want to see them suffer? - Who would suffer?

Don't you like their muzzles?

Who wants useless animals?

Piss off, or your new suit will soon get old.

Don't stand here. The Market's closed.

It will flare up.

Well, bastards. I'll show you the sword dance.

Here's sometehing to keep you warm.

Stop acting up.

Help, comrades! Look what he's done.

Help!

Where are you, old man? Come and see them burn.

It's what you wanted, old man.

Old man.

He's run away, the bastard. Executioner...

Incredible. They feel free to break the law.

- There's another law. - What's law?

The law of nature.

- Is he alive? - Never torture animals.

Don't muddle up simple things.

These vermin spread infection everywhere.

As if man doesn't.

How can you compare man to vermin?

It disgusts me to look at them.

- Outrageous! - Nature can't be outrageous.

- Shall I take him to the morgue? - keep your nose out of it.

- Who are you, anyway? - A man.

A man... What shall I do with him?

Take him to the police.

- Gee... - Your breath stinks!

Go and call the police.

Yes, I've had a tattoo put on.

It's a symbol of my ancestors, you know.

It stands for everything that exists.

The cleverest people thought of it.

It's so simple.

The triangle pointing down stands for a girl.

The other one, for a boy.

They pierce each other. They're equal but can't merge.

Yet they can't be apart.

That gives rise to love and hate.

I know you wish I didn't exist.

You want to kill me.

Don't do it. Let him alive.

You'd be worse off without him.

Don't kill him. Don't!

I see through you now.

You want to go on without me. I quit.

Here's your cap. I'm on my own now.