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And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,

to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death,

and with the beasts of the earth. (Apocalypse of John 6:7-8)

"Panorama" studio presents

film by Dmitrii Svetozarov

Dogs

Damned if I know, where they all came from.

Man-eating wolves...

and they're already approaching the city, have you seen that?

Valentin Grigoryevich, in general I do love animals, but...

- ...wolves, I've hated them since childhood.

That's good.

Have a seat, Ivan. Come on, sit.

- That's why we thought of you. - Yes.

Well, the mission, as you see, is very important.

We tried to shoot them from a helicopter...

but they all seem to vanish into the air

A strange kind of wolves...

Find and recruit six men, professional hunters...

those who know how to handle a gun.

I'll pay you the usual state price, 80 rubles for one wolf

It's not about the money.

Cut that out!

As of today, material incentive determines a lot of things...

Don't forget that.

I won't, Valentin Grigoryevich!

You are on a very special mission, so go get the assault rifle

at the department.

Is that clear?

- Yes, sir. - That's it for now.

- Can I go? - And make sure that

it's all kept in secret. Got that?

People are looking now for any occasion to protest.

...so he called a pedagogical council, and started yelling...

You hear me?

I said, he called a pedagogical council and started yelling.

"We've been patient with you for 15 years!"

"You're ruining our reputation", he says.

- I said, "What's there to ruin?" - What are looking for down there?

I'm looking for a plug.

So I say...

...what's there to ruin...

And he says... "You have no right..."

Hah, you fool!

Idiot! That's a vinegar!

Don't worry, it's diluted.

Here, take that!

Pick out the good ones!

- I think I'll stay here. - What?

I said I'm going to stay right here!!!

A nutcase.

Stay there as long as you want.

As if I care.

The Prince, he took you from your home,

He dressed you in silk, He promised all his love,

But in the end, he played with you

and threw it all away, just like a glove.

You were enchanted with his splendor,

And you were stupefied with liqueur.

And you go back to your old vault, -

It's not his fault. It's not your fault.

Now, off with your poetry! Come out.

We need to talk.

You're hopeless.

- My place is in prison,Vanya... - That's right.

I-ve been lying for 15 years and taught children to do the same...

And what for?

- I taught them to lie, them - naive, little...

Shut up, will you?

And Zina, she's not that bad

it's the environment...

Rudeness, queues, poverty...

The environment, huh. Too many talkers, that's what it is.

We're the world champions among talkers

Everyone knows how to hold a rally,

but when it comes to real work, where do they run?

- To you. - That's right.

Because we've been there, we know the business.

Let others eat the cream, and meanwhile we'll do the job.

How was that? "I'd love to serve, but I don't want to be a servant"?

Are you going?

Where?

Cut the crap, say it frankly: are you going?

- Vanya, you see, I can't even shoot... - Yeah, yeah, I've heard that.

They were right to kick you out.

What salary are you going to live on, eh?

That's right.

Hello.

Come on, get up.

I have business to discuss with you.

-Vanya... - Shut up already!

No, I didn't mean that!

I said, we're on business here! Important mission!

Wait, I don't get it...

you're a shooting expert, right?

Don't shout.

Champion of DOSAAF, right?

-Well... - Finally.

You're number 1 in my list.

Come on, sit down already.

No, I'm on duty.

Where's he going?

Every road is truly sacred, Like a water runs in silent river,

In a dreamy world of idleness I would spend the whole eternity.

Look, why do I have to persuade you every time?

What about your duties as a citizen?

Once departed, no return, Once in sea, no more on shore,

Lose the way without searching, Lose the things you never lost.

What kind of life is this? What kind of work?

It's in a Dead city. 100 km there and back.

Could do it in a single day...

Let the moon illuminate the road

Through the bloody abyss, To the dawn.

Shut up!!!

You're a fool, Vanya.

Poor ignorant soul...

Greetings.

Well... I won't make it long...

or be too verbose, so to say

Everyone knows what to do...

There have been incidents with man-eating wolves...

Nature challenges us...

The City has given us the task to exterminate the threat...

So, it looks like we're on a special mission!

Sanitary troops, so to say.

The conclusion is - no leakage of information!

People are looking for any occasion to protest, you know...

You're late.

I'd like to introduce our new comrades

Viktor Utekhin, an experienced hunter.

Egor Manikin, our guide, he used to live in that area...

Firsov, our driver.

It's Fursov, the name is Innokentii.

That's what I said.

Any questions?

Yes. What about the money?

Again? I'm not going to bargain with you!

Yes, you are!

Because I can kill, for instance, this guy for a tenner.

Manikin, tomorrow at 7, don't forget your rations.

As you say, boss.

How's the vehicle? Will do?

Yeah, we'll get there.

We'll get there alright.

Save the water!

- Vanya, you alright? - I said, save it.

No offense, but...

we need to cut down on it.

Didn't I tell you before?

When I was in the army, captain Brick used to tell me

"You're a good soldier, Maksimchuk,

but what you lack is a commander's voice."

Jesus, what a heat.

And what, what for...

Well, why don't you drink it... water will find its hole anyway.

You... you...

cut that out!

Beat it!

- Vanya... - Stop! Open the doors!

- Get the fuck out. - What?

Get out, you bastard...

- I said, get out - Wait!

Out of your fucking mind?

Back! Everyone get back!

Did you see that?

What's that?

That was a hole.

There... are hundreds of them...

Underground water goes away - you make a step and...

...that's it.

Some kind of drift sand.

Look, we got ourselves a catafalque.

Painted catafalque.

Hey, driver, where are the corpses?

Not corpses, the deceased.

Is anyone there?

No one, it-seems...

What used to be here?

A sea.

Look - water.

Tastes like shit, though.

Turn off the tap.

Stay away from me!

Take the dog away.

You can't just take the water...

We've been gathering snow the whole winter

No rains at all.

Akhtasov, hydrologist.

- I'm Akhtasov, the hydrologist. - Maksimchuk.

Don't spare the water... Don't spare bread and water.

We only need a little, for radiator, not for drinking.

Have you seen the wolves, by the way?

There are no wolves around here.

What do you mean?

Thought she's gonna shoot.

A real lady's man, aren't you? How do you do that?

I am silent.

Nothing on range.

- Did you try middle frequencies? - Yep.

Don't like to be under command, huh?

What do you like then?

A tea with honey.

- And money? - Nope.

Money's trouble, nothing else.

Which way?

Forward.

Turn after the barracks.

Well, Fomich, hold your balls, things are gonna get rough now.

How come wolves didn't eat him?

Come here, doggie.

You fucker, aren't you a man's best friend.

No, stop.

Ohtam

Ohtam, where are you?

Stas, come here, now!

What are you doing, you fucking sniper?!

You bastard!

Lie down! Lie down you motherfucker!

Down! Down I said!

Who is it?

It used to be man.

Jesus Christ...

A dog...

Another one.

And again.

Is that your wolves, boss?

Did anyone see my dog?

Did you see Ohtam?

Ohtam!

Get up.

Let's go.

- Where? - Get up, I said.

Move it!

What are you looking at? Sit down.

What's your job?

- An engineer. - Did well at school?

Silver medal.

Such a good boy, how come you're marauding in Dead city?

It's him, he took all this.

- On top of that, your friend died. - He's not my frie...

Sit down.

What am I gonna do with you?

Who are you exactly?

Special unit.

Ah, I see.

The car in the sand, was it yours?

My father-in-law's, I borrowed it.

Looks like nothing is yours.

There was something with the ignition...

Well, your Mercedes is gone now.

- What do you mean? - What? How does the sand work?

Father-in-law, is he strict?

- He's a veteran. - You're in deep shit, boy.

Gotta help you in some way...

Ohtam!

The little brat can't shit inside.

How many of you?

- How many? - Just two.

No children with you?

What children, there's nobody here, except these crazy dogs...

Move it, quickly.

Move it, move it.

Where are we going?

Go forward.

Help me!

Careful, there's a German dinner set, it's priceless now...

- Mother... - Mother, father, and your great-uncle

Wait!

That's enough, I'm fed up with this dump!

We gotta drive back!

"This dump"...

It was a city.

A lively city. My homeland, for your knowledge.

Blue sea, women on the beach, palms...

Life was there.

I've been eating dog meat...

in prison for 13 years, so as not to die from TB...

all for this trash...

Get that, you faggot?

You... Stop!

You bastard!

Stop, you fucking...

Stop right there, fucker!

No, that wasn't in the agreement.

A real mission, boss.

80 rubles for a hide...

For this, no one will give a damn coin.

What did you promise?

Get up, saint guy, let's go.

- There's nothing else to do. - I'm giving orders here.

I'm giving...

We've witnessed an unknown natural phenomenon...

wild man-eating dogs...

I read in one magazine...

"White wolves"...

or how was that... "Werewolves".

That was the titie of the article.

They gather in packs...

very silent...

sneaky and violent.

And more importantly...

they don't bark.

Shut up, asshole. I've had enough of your lectures.

Are you going?

Yeah. At least one reasonable man, deaf and mute...

Vanya is right.

We've assumed...

certain obligations...

Obligations, you say?

- You're right, absolutely right... - Boris!

Boris Grigoryevich!

Vanya...

but they are...

...dogs after all.

Alright, cut the crap.

I'm a hunter, not a knacker.

Let's move.

Well...

here we go.

Fire!!!

Follow me, now!

Give it to me... sniper.

Where's the bus?

Where is it?

And where's that bastard in a cap'?

And that long-neck fucker?

I thought I heard the engine in the night.

You thought?! You must have parked it under the windows!

- These fuckers stole it! - Who knew?

Hey, lecturer! Where's the bus?

Where's the water? The food?

You'll drive us on your fucking back!

Where's everything, I'm asking you!

Finish him off.

Don't you see, you humanist, the doggie suffers!

Finish him off, I said!

- Me? - You!

I can't, I'm tired...

Go and finish him off!

I can't.

Good job, silent guy, always ready to help.

That was the end of him.

Cover up his face.

They were looking for goods.

The second fled, bastard.

Who brought him?

He volunteered.

So I see.

Saucers...

Let's fly on them back.

What are you standing there for'? Carry him inside, to hide from the dogs.

I'll look around, maybe they have a den here.

Jesus have mercy on him...

And you? Move it, weirdo, move it!

Dead people... I...

I'm afraid of them.

The living are to be afraid of.

Where are you going?

Get lost.

- Get lost! - I can't. There's that dog.

What'?

- What's that? - My ass, that's what.

I know these dogs...

They are...

take vengeance on humans for betrayal.

They're worse than wolves.

- And they don't bark. - What?

Why are you mocking at me?

What did I ever do to you?

What for?

Because I hate you, smart-asses!

The only thing you ever do, is blabbering your mouth!

And you're the worst.

Because you understand everything, but you go on and on...

Why did you come with us, you, philosopher?

You think, I don't know?

Nothing to say?

That's right, shut up.

If you ever open your mouth again,

I might come out of here alone, you get that?

You hear me?

I do.

I hate you all.

The roots of you all.

Who is "us"?

Jews - who else?

- I'm not a Jew. - What' the difference?

Look at that...

Hello.

The beetle ate the grass...

The bird then ate the beetle.

The polecat ate the brain of bird...

And faces of night creatures

were watching from the grass, distorted with a fear.

Eternal grinder of the nature

Has mixed together Being and Death.

But Life was still unable to join together its two most precious sacraments.

Comrade! Where are you?

Where are you?

Where are you?

Get up.

Get up, hear me?

It was just a joke.

Mr. and Mrs. Ksenofontovy from Leningrad

and Vladimir Skripko from Andriapol

are sending this song as a present

to Vicktor Agranat, a veteran of political work.

This Russian folk song is for you.

"I'll walk in the meadows"

No, brother, that won't do!

Don't you die on me, you hear?

Get some fresh air...

Some day, we'll have a drink together, you hear me?

Careful.

People!

Anybody there? Help!

What?

...sorry...

I can't do it alone.

Wait.

Wait.

People!!!

What happened to him?

A stroke.

The medicine...

...was in the bag, in the bus.

What medicine? It's a stroke, paralysis.

My godfather had one too.

We're finished! Doomed! We're... we're...

But we won't get away! We can't leave him here!

We can't leave Borya! We can't!

You're gonna carry him? 100 km in desert, without water?

We won't leave him! No! You hear?

What are you looking at?

It's you... you hated him!

You hate everybody! You were glad weren't you?

We're all gonna die here.

Dogs...

The water must be somewhere.

They have to drink, after all.

Gotta look around.

Make a visit to the lighthouse.

Perhaps they know.

I'll go there.

You'll be back, right?

Light a fire.

As big as you can.

With a lot of smoke... Maybe someone will notice.

We won't make it by ourselves.

You killed my dog, didn't you?

You witch.

Witch, witch, witch.

You know everything... where do the dogs drink? Answer!

Where?

You told him everything!

You believed him!

They are liars, all liars!

The sea will come back.

It is indisputable. I'm a scientist, you can believe me.

They're lying...

saying it is man's fault, that sea is gone.

When it was an accident, yes, an accident.

Science is above excuses.

Man and Intellect can achieve anything. People will restore water.

I know the solution.

How to restore life in the City... I know it all.

Wait!

He thinks that there is water...

...the dogs must know...

...there's a refrigerator...

and water in the hold of the ship. There used to be a lot of ice.

When there's no water left, the dogs will leave.

You mustn't tell him!

The dogs will leave.

Kill them all.

My son, they...

Every night I come out to kill them.

And your dog, it was me...

You want to leave.

I know it.

But you won't get away.

No one will get away from here.

Can't stand the sight of fresh meat.

Since childhood.

Where's Ivan?

There, watching over the teacher.

That's it.

Killed 'em.

Gotta go skin them. They'll pay me for every fucking hide.

They... me... for every fucking hide.

They came to me, these doggies.

I was talking to them.

They know all about me.

Because it was me...

...me...

I was building the dam.

We filled the river with concrete. Everybody's happy...

The orchestra, the music... Fame all over the country.

Then... that factory...

Who sent students to chop the reed?

Maksimchuk sent them.

There was a lot of it.

And the sea...

...disappeared, all of a sudden.

Dried up.

Don't tell anybody, Borya.

You hear me?

I killed the City.

I didn't want to...

it's just that reed...

fine reed was growing there...

They made paper from it, very high quality.

But I didn't want to...

I didn't want that!

I forgot...

...there was an order...

...fire...

as high as high as I can...

When I was in the army...

...many units there...

Dogs were breeding in thousands.

So they took them to the nearest gully...

and... machine guns.

Got a light?

And you shot them?

An order is an order.

Looks like they finally caught up with me.

Found me here.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

Come on...

I hate these fucking mongrels, everyone's fiddling with 'em.

Wasting good meat on them.

And here am I, with two children and a wife in a shared one-room flat.

What's their fault?

They're just mute animals.

Can't blame them.

Humans, on the other hand, with their fuss and anger,

still don't understand

that you can't live on hatred.

Order... exterminate... without mercy.

exterminate...

Let's get out of here.

Fuck him.

You hear? Run!

Shouldn't have left him alone!

Can't take him from here.

Somehow from the back perhaps...

What're you doing?

White wolves...

werewolves...

Ivan!

It's me!

You hear?

Don't do that!

...sanitary unit...

It's me, Vanya!

Don't!

No leakage... of information...

Exterminate, without mercy.

That's it.

Damn... it all.

Dogs

Film crew would like to thank all the trainers and owners of the dogs

for their help in creating this film.

No animals were harmed during the making of this movie.