Original subtitles

TV CHANNEL RUSSIA

KINOGRAD 21 PRODUCTION COMPANY

KARINA ANDOLENKO

PAVEL PRILUCHNY

ANASTASIA ZADOROZHNAYA VLADIMIR ZHEREBTSOV

ALEXANDR TUTIN YELENA STAROSTINA

SERGEY SHNYREV LUIZA MOSENDZ

KSENIYA BURAVSKAYA GALINA PETROVA

VALERIA KOZHEVNIKOVA PAVEL KHARLANCHUK

IN THE FILM BY KAREN OGANESYAN

RUSSIAN BEAUTY

WRITTEN BY GANNA SLUTSKY

CAMERA DIRECTORS ANDREY GURKIN, NIKOLAY SMIRNOV

MUSIC BY ANNA KHITRIK

PRODUCTION DESIGNER IGOR KHRUTSKY

EDITORS OLGA PROSHKINA, YURY DYDYCHKO

CASTING BY ALINA KHABIBULLINA

COSTUMES BY LYUDMILA GAINTSEVA, ANNA PODGORNAYA-KACHANKO

MAKEUP BY YELENA UGNACHEVA

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER YURY KOSTOV

PRODUCERS DANIIL GETMANSKY VALERY SMETSKOY

PRODUCERS YEKATERINA YEFANOVA ALEXANDR BURAVSKY

EPISODE 4

♪♪

Paris 1961

Just a bit more humble.

Let’s go.

Careful.

Good afternoon.

Excuse me, beg your pardon.

Come on, girls, hurry up.

Come here, take off your coats,

give them to me. So...

No time at all, the show is about to start.

Come on, girls, adjust it, here is a mirror, why are you so still?

Should I do everything for you?

♪♪

Katya!

When she came, I thought it was an ensemble.

She just comes wearing a suit, then she takes the suit off

and all this lace there... Oh, dear...

I think, people in our village would wear it to dance.

- Let’s ask Venya to sew the same for us. - Oh, yeah, he will. Fat chance.

- Look, I’m very hungry. - So am I, but what can we do?

Comrade Panova, can I have a word with you?

What did you do?

Panova, take courage, your mother is dead.

PANOVA VERA IVANOVNA 1915 - 1962

Forgive me.

I love you so much.

She also loved you...

so much.

I didn’t know you painted her.

When did it happen?

Long ago.

It happened a long time ago.

Come on, Katya...Let’s take a seat.

We should talk.

Katya.

I think, there’re no reasons to keep silent.

I am your father.

What?

Why were you keeping silence for such a long time?

You knew that all the scandals in my family were on my account,

and you just kept silent...

Why haven’t you told it to me earlier?

I’m sorry.

I’m so sorry,

so sorry about it.

I promised your mother not to tell anybody about it.

I kept my word, but now that doesn’t matter.

But don’t think badly about your mother. Please, don’t.

It all happened after she received the notification

that her husband had missed in action in 1941.

But he turned out to be alive.

It was like that.

Nothing keeps me here any longer, so I’m going back to the city.

If you want to see me there,

here is my city address.

I really want it.

Sorry.

- From abroad? - Yep.

The girls will die of envy.

- Do they give it to you? - They give me something,

and I buy something myself. Come here.

You are so lucky.

In what?

In everything.

Great husband. An apartment in Moscow.

All those clothes. Your pictures are in magazines.

How’s dad? Does he drink?

He quitted after he buried mom.

He has been grieving for her so much.

When people are around, it is not so bad,

but when he is alone, he weeps.

Well, it’s okay, anyway.

- Now we are busy at home. - Right.

Support him, please.

Help him.

Lyuba, how long should I wait for you?

Senya, meet my sister Katya. This is Senya.

We’ve met already.

So, we’re leaving.

Look, Katya brought it to me.

- Dad, we’ve got the guests. - Who is it? Katya?

Dad...

Katya!

Dad, I’m so glad to see you.

Why are we standing? Let’s have a seat.

Lyuba…

Is it Senya Karnaev junior?

Yes.

Fiance.

Isn’t it a bit too early?

Well...

Lyuba says, all the girls from school got married long ago,

he’ll serve in the army, come back, and they’ll get married.

Then I’ll be completely alone.

You won’t.

I will come more often now.

I promise.

I understand, you are busy.

- You don’t love me. - I do.

- You don’t. - I do.

- And I say, you don’t. - And I say, I do.

- You are dumping me, don’t you? - Why?

You’ve found a job, you’ve brought your family here.

I have, but I love you.

And what about the wife?

The wife is the wife.

- That’s what I say, you don’t love me. - And I say I love you.

Prove it.

Do you want me to stay with you tonight?

I do.

Okay.

Settled.

You’ll be sorry about it.

- The buttons. - Yes.

Okey.

Nastya, check the hat, only carefully.

Yeah.

Perfect.

Perfect.

- And what is it? - Venya, don’t interfere.

No, what is it? I say, make it lower.

It should be lower.

Panova.

Panova!

Forward. Come forward.

Let’s go.

Stop.

What’s wrong?

Katya, don’t you like my clothes?

Venya, I like it very much.

But speaking honestly,it’s too long and looks like a bag.

Speaking honestly, it is perfect.

Venya.

Okay. Okay, I’ll change it all.

I believe in you.

- Worldwide fame is waiting for you. - I know.

But only if my clothes are on you, Panova.

Even if you put a potato bag on Katya, everybody would admire it.

Now, you’ve let it slip out.

There is zero respect to me in this fashion house!

My ideas are potato bags.

Great.

Dina.

Dina, come here.

Venya, don’t worry.

We all are zeros here, only Panova is the queen.

- Aren’t you, Panova? - Dina, don’t be rude.

Katya is special.

When Katya comes to the catwalk, they applaud.

And she leaves to an ovation.

Dina, don’t worry.

One day success will come to you as well.

It’s so difficult with your girls.

What on earth happened?

Ira saw me kissing with Marianna.

And Marianna learned that Galya had come to me.

Galya is my wife.

What should I do, Yura?

Wait, just a moment. Calm down.

Ira knew that you had a wife but she didn’t know that you dated Marianna.

Yes.

And Marianna knew that you slept with your wife but didn’t know

- ...that you slept with Ira, too. - No.

- And what about the wife? - And the wife loves me.

But I’m sure she knows about Marianna.

You are a piece of work. They could write vaudevilles about you.

You realize that if Andreev finds out that you quarreled with Ira,

- ...he’ll just kick you out? - No. I can’t allow it.

I want to bring my son to Moscow.

What shall I do?

Well...

There is a way.

You will work for us.

I am working for you.

For us.

You are accurate. You have a sharp eye.

We need such people.

You’ll just change the publicistic style to the formal business one.

And everything will be fine.

Are you recruiting me to be a sneak?

You will be our eyes, ears and consciousness.

Do I have a choice?

Of course, you do.

You refuse and get fired, or you agree and live quietly.

I need to think it over.

Think, Valera.

Think.

Stop correcting me.

Felix is waiting for me.

Don’t you think it is boring?

You’ve ranked us as soldiers.

Actually, we should present each dress individually.

Katya, please, Venya asked...

Zhanna, don’t interfere. I’m addressing you.

- You don’t like something? - I don’t like everything.

I was told to take a group picture. I’m doing my job.

Don’t you want to do your job creatively?

No, I don’t.

Then take those pictures without me.

Now, get into the picture, quick.

Her Majesty Yekaterina Panova.

Oh, sorry, sorry. I’m a bit late.

I’ve been waiting for you for three hours.

We just had a terrible photographer.

What is more important for you, your husband or your work?

- My husband. - Your husband?

Your husband seems to have to get used to you being a star.

Homeward, “star”…

And a kiss?

No.

Kiss.

You don’t deserve it.

Kiss!

Homeward.

Coffee to bed.

I’m ready for the second round.

What did you say to your wife?

What WHAT did I say? I said I was busy.

You were busy? What a good wife.

That’s why I love her.

Oh, really.

Akopov said we could make a good couple with him.

He’ll ask me to marry him soon.

Great! It’s just...

You will have an intimate acting family.

But I hope, it won’t influence our relationships.

I’ll kill you.

Get up and out.

Now! Get all your stuff!

- Hold on, hold on. - Get it all and get out!

Go, I say.

Get your things and get out!

- Give me the shoes. - Get out! Get out, now!

Yes.

May I come in?

Felix, dear. Come in.

What brought you here?

Take a seat. Tea?

No. I’m in a hurry.

I see.

The age of space speed. Everybody is in a hurry.

Nobody wants to have some tea quietly – in order to talk to the friends…

What can I do for you?

Igor Vladimirovich,

I have a personal question.

I’m listening.

I need documents on Nechaeva’s case.

I understand that it’s not quite legal,

but I need them very much, Igor Vladimirovich. I’m writing a book.

And I want less water in it and more...

Blood.

You could say so. I want it to be full-blooded.

More interesting, more vivid.

It’s an official crime, Felix.

Igor Vladimirovich, I would ask father but he won’t help me.

I need it very much.

Please.

Okay, Felix. I’ll help you.

As an old friend. I’ll find the address of our archive for you.

And I’ll call it and warn them that you will come.

Felix, dear, please don’t say a word to anybody. Agreed?

Especially to...

Of course.

Good afternoon, dear friends.

There are not so many special days in our lives,

and we want each of you to feel the aura of this festival

which once again makes us women proud of being women.

We call your attention to this collection.

We hope, you have noticed already how feminine the models are.

How much attention the author pays to details,

emphasizing the slender waists of the models.

Beautiful textured material has been selected, it’s wonderful, isn’t it?

A hat completes the toilette of every lady.

Why do women need hats? Hat makes a woman a woman.

You must admit that now you seldom meet a lady wearing a graceful hat.

Although a hat is one of the most feminine elegant accessories.

But it’s important to select a fashionable hat that fits your face type.

Good luck.

You, shorty, what do you think you are doing?

Let them try and find you behind all this diversity and brilliance,

it’s hardly possible, but you shouldn’t think

that a hat is just a very good accessory.

It’s time to pay attention to the dress which our model is wearing.

The sophisticated shapes of the items,

the charming femininity of the streaming lines catch everybody’s eye...

This tempting, sensual, exalted,

unbelievably beautiful collection with outstanding shapes

can conquer the hearts of anybody seeing it’s beauty..

Our show is over, but we don’t say goodbye,

we hope to see you again.

My head is swimming.

Ouch!

What’s up?

My eyes.

Water, water!

I can’t see anything.

It burns so much!

Wash your face. What has happened?

It hurts.

Is it better?

My eyes are tingling after the mascara.

Oh, dear.

I think, Dina took the mascara.

Didn’t you, Dina?

Now, tell us what you’ve put there.

Maybe, you’ve put something there?

You, bitch!

You make me sick!

Do you think you can do anything you like?

There, there, girls! Go and have a rest.

Where do you get that rubbish?

- What do you want? - Igor must have called about me.

Let’s go.

Hello.

Pass it.

Take this.

- Thank you. - Please.

An investigation is complete in respect of arrested enemies of the Soviet power,

active participants of a spying organization including 1851 persons;

the supreme punishment measure, execution by shooting,

shall be applied in respect of 1078 leading members of the organization.

State Security Major Sergey Lvovich Krutsky is to be sent

to the city of Kalinin to perform the sensitive mission on March 30, 1940.

Mom, do you remember, dad was sent on a business trip to Kalinin in 1940.

Yes.

He brought you a huge toy machine gun as a present.

You were running around with it day and night.

Why did you remember?

About one thousand people were executed by shooting in Kalinin in 1940.

Do you know anything about it?

Did father tell you anything about it?

Mom!

Felix, you know, father doesn’t like talking about his work.

So, you knew it all and kept silent. That’s how it is, yes?

Felix, it was a very difficult period, these were pre-war years.

There were many traitors, spies...

Spies, mom, really!

I read those papers! Sneaks’ reports.

They were innocent people! Was it necessary to kill them?

How could he?!

I’m not going to leave it at it is. He’ll answer for it.

Oh, my wife has come. Late, as usual.

Sorry.

Hi.

What are you celebrating?

What are you drinking to?

To the parents.

Did you quarrel again?

What’s with the eyes?

The girls played a joke.

That’s some jokes they play.

Shall I call the doctor?

Do you really need that job?

I do.

Let’s move somewhere.

Felix, don’t be stupid.

Let’s move somewhere.

Why won’t we exchange this apartment to a house somewhere in Gurzuf...

It’s so beautiful there!

We’ll have a little house with a garden near the sea,

we’ll have children,

a boy and a girl.

Come on, let’s do it.

Let’s go to sleep. I have to get up early tomorrow.

Good morning, Irina Semyonovna. You are the first here, as usual.

Good morning, Katya. Why did you come?

You’d better have some rest. How’re your eyes?

Thank you, much better.

Well, if they are better, then write a claim about that yesterday’s event.

No, I’m not going to tell on my colleagues.

You know, Katya, once when I was young

I also didn’t tell on my colleagues, and that’s what I’ve got now.

Yelena Vadimovna.

- So, you know already? - Irina,

you forget that we work in a female team.

Yes. We both were young

and couldn’t come to terms about a very handsome pilot.

I’ve heard a different story:

Yelena had sawed your heel because you were a star of the podium.

Well, if you understand everything listen to good advice, drop it all.

Family is the most important thing.

Fame comes and goes.

I think, I’ll go and do some work.

It looks like it was a great night yesterday.

It was just as lousy as today.

Valera!

Get under the table.

Where is this rascal?

He has just been here.

Send him to me when he shows up. It’s time to talk seriously to him.

You’ve done a great interview with Montand.

I didn’t know you could speak such good French. Bravo.

Thank you for the good words. Now I’m sure to make it into history.

You have already.

As the husband of the most beautiful woman in the USSR...

I don’t like your look. Do you drink a lot?

Not really.

Take care.

If I learn that you come drunk to work, I’ll fire you and put on the black list.

They won’t hire you even to a factory newspaper.

Send him to me when he shows up.

You won’t believe it. I was looking for the pencil.

Valery, please, how many women did you have?

Oh, please...

Yura, I’ve thought your proposal over.

I see, under the table is a great place to think.

I agree.

To cooperate.

Right.

Our kind of guy.

Look, I couldn’t sleep at night and decided to look through old papers.

I found this. Correspondence with Nadezhda Konstantinovna of 1936.

- Really! - Yes, I quite forgot about it.

Krupskaya wrote to me about

reorganization of libraries in small towns.

I should give those letters to Felix, he could use them in his book.

By the way, speaking about Felix. He called yesterday, very late.

Did he say when he would come?

He will not come today.

That’s a pity.

I feel very nostalgic today. I could dictate him two books at once.

Did he say when he would come?

Actually, I didn’t understand anything,

in fact, he was very drunk and was saying something about his father...

Some mess, generally speaking, he is not going to write that book any more.

What?

- Why? - I don’t know.

Call him.

No, I’ll call him myself.

Vera, what’s up?

I’m ready. Here.

You realize that we are a serious organization.

I do.

Great.

To start with, we’ll put you to the fashion house.

You are a handsome guy. Girls like you.

And they should be looked after. You see, it’s our genetic pool.

Especially after Katerina Panova.

Excuse me, why Panova?

She often escorts foreign delegations.

You know, national color, museums, restaurants,

those foreigners should be watched closely.

So that they don’t hurt the girl. Get some cash in the accounting.

Thank you.

Also, you’ll have a room in a shared apartment from the Fashion House,

and later a separate apartment.

Thank you so much.

Tolya, bring me the car.

I don’t understand what happened with Felix yesterday,

he didn’t tell me anything.

He was again quarreling with Father about something.

They just had another row.

They quarreled before, but he never got that drunk.

Yesterday he offered me to leave everything here and go to Gurzuf to live.

To Gurzuf? Why there?

I don’t know. I think it was the first place he thought of.

I think, he just wants to run away somewhere far from Moscow.

Katya,

I’d like to give you a piece of advice.

You should have children as soon as possible.

When Felix and you have your own children,

he’ll understand what it means to be a father.

And he’ll understand his father.

So, what happened between him and Sergey Lvovich?

You should know

that Sergey Lvovich and I would be happy to take care of the children.

It’s our parental duty

Katya,

try to spend more time with Felix.

Take care about him.

Agreed?