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Star Media presents

Anastasia Zavorotnyuk

Maria Mashkova

Come here, chicks. Come hеre.

Good evening.

Could you tell us…

God save you! Go, go!

What do we do now?

Yura, do you remember where your granny lives?

Yura?

We should have left with the rest!

Don’t be afraid, little one. Valya, come on.

in a movie…

THE HUNT FOR THE GAULEITER

Come on.

Boys, where do the Martsevitches live?

Tamarka!

Yurik!

Tamarka! Go home! It’s time you stop running about!

Where is our mum?

She stayed in the city.

She asked us to bring the boy to his granny.

Granny, granny, some aunties brought Yurka from Minsk!

Oh my Lord!

Granny!

Yurochka, my honey! My little one! Hello.

Hello.

Come into the house. Come in. You must be tired.

– I’m hungry. –Sure, sure.

Sit down, I’ll bring some potatoes.

Come in, come in, and don’t be shy. Come in.

Wait with the boy. I’ll be back in a moment.

God, why are you standing?

Take some potatoes. Tomochka, give them some!

What about Minsk? They say it has been bombed,

that nothing survived.

Maybe it’s true.

What about Maria? Why didn’t she come with you?

God, you’re so hungry after the long trip! Those damned devils!

The Germans!

Oh, God!

The light! Children, hide on the stove, be quick! And stay put!

Be quiet, children, be quiet!

Did you close the door?

I did.

Oh, God!

Mum!

Be quiet!

Be quiet, don’t say a word!

I told you we shouldn’t have gone here.

What do we do?

Open the door! This is the Red Army!

Our troops.

They are our people!

Let me give you some bread.

I’ve forgotten about onions…

Are there any doctors here?

No.

There aren’t any.

Never mind. Woman’s hand is better anyway.

One of my soldiers is wounded. He needs help.

Will you help?

God, how can we help you?

I’ll try.

I’ll prepare the room.

Are you crazy? What if he dies?

How was he wounded?

A mine exploded close to him.

We need some spirit. And some scissors too. Or a knife.

I’ll bring a knife.

Valya, bring some water. And some cloth.

Honey, be patient. You have a wound.

Hold here and I’ll try to clean the wound.

Nesterenko, bring the spirit! Be quick!

Here we go. What’s wrong with him?

He is afraid of blood. He feels unwell when he sees it.

Hold it.

Be patient. We’ll sew you up now, Stepa.

We have to get to our forces. It’s not safe here.

Where is safe? Will you tell us the way?

What?

He is gone.

Oh, Lord!

Nesterenko, Baydak, come on. We shall bury Stepa.

Mother, do you have spades?

I do, I do. Oh, my God!

What’s happened?

I heard planes at night. I thought they are in action. Brats…

Oh, Lord! Did anybody survive?

Maybe. Those who survived ran away.

Anishenko, will you take the horse?

We shall bury them.

We have no time. Align yourselves!

Valya, let’s go back while it’s not too late.

Where to, Galya?

I told you that we should have gone to mum’s village.

What if the Germans are already there too?

Comrade Lieutenant, let me help you. Come on.

Sonny, sonny!

Are you from Brest?

Are you from Brest? Are you from Brest?

Are you from Brest?

Are you from Brest?

We’re from Mogylev.

Is that true that he is the Fuhrer’s personal friend

and Himmler’s personal enemy? How can that be?

Yes. The Reichsfuehrer warned me

to be careful with him. Why are you surprised?

I thought that the country’s commandment

has only the Reich’s interests in mind.

Personal matters don’t count.

After having left SS Kraube realizes very well

that the Fuehrer has given him the last chance.

If Kraube is not a fool I’m sure he’ll use it.

It’s unpleasant to see a person confuse his duty

and his personal matters.

I don’t know how to act in this situation.

No actions required. Just watch him work.

I was asked to see if he manages to fight his main enemies –

alcohol and the girls.

Who is there?

Alesha, open. This is Masha Arkhipova.

Masha!

May I come in?

Of course you may. Sit down.

It’s so unexpected. How are you?

So you stayed in the city, didn’t you?

How could I act differently?

How could I run away? Tell me, Alesha?

I don’t know. I’m studying the situation at the moment.

Where are the kids?

They are with my mum in the village.

Since I’ve buried my mother I never visited it.

Right, it’s safer there at the moment.

Is Yakov in the army?

This is good.

You’re not even in the volunteers’ corps, are you?

But we could act all the same.

You’re on your own now. And you came to me.

I don’t understand anything, Alesha. What’s going on?

The city is being bombed. Everybody is running away.

Nothing is clear.

This is the war, Masha. The war.

But it can’t last for long, can it?

It will end soon. Am I right?

Do you want to know what is going on?

After fierce battles the enemy was fought off with great losses.

In the Grodno and Krestonopolsk directions

over 800 German soldiers and officers were obliterated

in the course of just two battle days…

I knew it, I knew it! I knew that it won’t last for long!

Our troops are fighting the Germans well!

What is that about? I don’t understand.

Brave army of the great Germany has seized Pskov,

annexed Lithuania and Latvia and is moving towards Kiev

and Leningrad. In the nearest future it will complete

the encirclement of Smolensk. Heroic pilots of the air forces

are bombing the capital of the Bolsheviks – Moscow…

Choose whom to believe yourself, Masha.

This is not true. It can’t be!

Masha, look in the window! Where is our army?

Where are our planes? Am I the only one not to see them?

You can’t say that! He’ll come! They’ll come!

They’ll come soon, you’ll see!

Of course. Of course he’ll come back safe and sound.

I’m going. It’s time. Good bye, Lesha.

Masha? Masha, listen. You should know that…

I know everything, Lesha.

Don’t say anything.

The Fuehrer ordered me to introduce thee Arian order here.

I must make these lands useful for the Reich.

But this is a desert…

The locals are very unfriendly…

I so understand that you made them come out into the streets.

Be careful, Herr Gauleiter.

Don’t forget that we’re on the enemy’s territory.

No, you’re the one to have forgotten

that this territory is already ours.

It was watered with our soldiers’ blood. This land is ours!

And I’ll make it prosperous.

Close the window. A bullet might come in from there.

Are you scared? Here, in the rear?

Our soldiers are risking their lives at the front

for the Reich’s sake every minute.

Are you accusing me of cowardice? I’m a nobleman

whose ancestors were serving the German army for 200 years!

Forget your noble arrogance. The Fuehrer and I

were fighting for the revolution not to listen

to your tales about your upbringing.

Don’t forget – if you wear the SS uniform,

your goal is to protect our party’s interests.

I mean the National Socialistic Working Party of Germany.

Only six people of our regiment survived. Comrade Captain?

We saved the banner.

Do you think our regiment will still be reformed?

It certainly will be. And you’ll be executed

because you fled without a respective order.

What about you? Did you get a special order?

Nobody can flee, but you can…

Repeat what you said!

Repeat what you said!

Comrade Captain!

Don’t equal him to me, do you get it? I was concussed!

And he stayed behind and ordered the rest to run away!

What is that?

Stop the fire! Comrade Captain!

Comrade Captain! They’ll kill all the civilians!

Brat! Fight to the last bullet!

That’s it! Get up! Stop firing! Hands up!

Don’t run! Get up!

Attention!

You shall not flee. Come back! Vitebsk, Minsk, Brest

and Grodno are all seized by our troops.

Further resistance makes no sense.

Germany offers you jobs which will be paid.

What is he saying?

Vitebsk is seized. We have nowhere more to run to.

Come here please. Come here.

Tell everybody to go back.

Comrade Officer…

Louder! Louder!

Herr Officer orders everybody to go back home.

He says that we shall not be afraid. He also said that

we’ll have jobs and we’ll be well-paid for working.

Does that mean that we can’t go to the east?

Yes. There is no way to the east.

Go back home. There is no way to the east.

Go back! Go back! Go, go!

Where shall we go now?

We shall go back.

Hello.

Hello.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

Are you from Nicolay Petrovitch?

No, we’re not locals. We’re from under Beryozha.

The Editing Office

Hello.

Come out.

Who are you?

I’m Vera.

What are you doing here?

What are you doing here?

We came for the printing machine.

Nobody needs it here anyway.

Who are “we”?

Vasya Shumilin and I. He is waiting for me in the street.

The Germans!

They must have come to seize the building.

Be quick!

Faster!

Vasya, how did you guess that I’ll be here?

When they came I realized that you’ll use the back door.

Let’s get out of here. We shall hide these. Hold the bag.

Hello.

Hello.

Attention! You can’t stand up!

You can’t lie down!

Those who won’t follow the orders will be shot!

He is from our parts. I wish I could show him!

Where were you captured?

Close by. I’m from the volunteer’s corps.

I was released from the camp on the 20-ies.

I wanted to go home, but then it all happened.

I thought I’ll fight. But no.

I think it’s my fate to sit somewhere.

We’ll soon sit on each other’s heads here. We shall run away.

Do you have a cigarette?

I have.

Sit down.

One second!

Look, sit down! Sit down!

Keep seated! Don’t move!

Your sitting term is up, namesake.

Where will we hide the letters?

I’ll take them home. If we lose them the printing machine will be useless.

I hid it under the old bed.

Take it off.

Let them see it.

Are you crazy? They’ll execute you. Who will benefit from that?

Take it off, I tell you!

I’m not afraid of them.

And I am! And I advise you to be scared too.

We shall eliminate them secretly.

Anybody could play a hero. Take it off!

Do you have many such brave boys?

Just Egor.

Where is he?

He is not that stupid.

He is right to do so. We have people to save.

Come to my place tomorrow.

We’ll think of how to like under the German occupation.

Think of the young men who could join us.

What do you mean?

Are you stupid for real?

You’re too clever!

Be quiet! I mean working for our Soviet Motherland.

Let’s disperse,

It smells badly here, doesn’t it, beauty?

What?

There are too many Jews. They smell.

Come on, Galya. Zhenya, come on.

How do you like it? Is it good?

Yes, it’s very good.

Circumcision!

“The entire Jewish population of Minsk

is obliged to settle in the Jewish quarter

in the course of five days. Shall any Jew

be found outside the Jewish quarter after the end of this term

he will be arrested and severely punished.

Non-Jewish population living within this quarter

shall leave the Jewish quarter immediately.

The Jews are allowed to come in and out of the Jewish quarter

only along two streets – Opanskiy and Ostrovskiy.

It’s prohibited to climb the wall. The German guards

are ordered to shoot at the violators. Gibidscommissar”.

Mum?

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon, ladies.

Neither streets nor houses are left. They did God knows what!

Mum, I’m tired.

Stop whining! I’m sick and tired of you!

Good afternoon, Herr Officer! Here is my pass.

Here you go.

Smile and bow to him, ladies. Smile and bow!

Your pass?

The documents.

Oh, the documents…

The ladies have no passes.

This frau and the boy have come from the east.

Your papers!

Here you go, here you go!

Tell them to get the passes after they wash.

Sure, sure, Herr Officer.

Thank you.

Thanks.

You’re welcome. Where are you going?

We used to like in Respublikanskaya Street, 5. But now…

You can’t go there. It’s a part of the Jewish ghetto now.

What ghetto? So they are moved there and we…

Shall we sleep in the streets?

You know what, ladies?

Follow me! Come with me!

Take your belongings. Come on!

Put it on, little one.

Put it on!

I’ll take it myself.

I’ll help you. Coke on, let’s go.

I can do it. Follow me.

You shall go to the employment exchange and take some job.

Only people who have jobs get a pass and a ration.

They are like the Communists.

Those who don’t work get nothing to eat.

Where is that employment exchange?

What do you mean – where?

At the former district party committee’s premises.

They like the same buildings too.

Did you get your job at that employment exchange?

Yes. I’ve been pasting posters for 30 years.

Circus, cinemas, theatre, you name it. And now this. Remember the way.

I’m paying attention.

God save the souls of these diseased. Look, little one,

do you want to see a trick? Then close your eyes.

Don’t open them till I tell you so. Is that OK? Come to me.

We’re at place. This is the house.

Let me hold it for you.

Thanks.

The third floor, apartment number 8.

My sister used to live here before the war.

And now some people moved and some…

you saw them yourselves.

Almost all the apartments are free. Hello.

You may take any one.

What if your sister comes back?

She won’t.

Thank you.

Thanks.

You’re welcome.

What about the trick, uncle?

Sure! Blow at my hand!

Great! Can you repeat it?

Next time.

Good bye.

Good bye.

Good bye.

Are you novices?

You’re not an elder yourself.

Someone has been here.

Shall we go to another apartment?

He said many flats are free now.

What will it give us? At least we know this flat’s host.

Sit down, Zhenya.

In that case we’ll look like marauders ourselves.

Mum, I’m thirdsty.

One moment, Zhenya. One moment.

There is no water.

If Sasha is looking for me he won’t be able to find me here.

Forget about him! He is gone! Everything is gone!

There is no house, no city and no Sasha anymore!

We don’t even have water!

I want to drink!

Oh, my God!

He’ll be looking for her! I have nothing to feed my child,

and she is still thinking about her lover!

If we left at once… If only we left at once…

Valya, look! We’ll be all right!

I saw a well on our way. I’ll go to get some water.

Stop!

Go back!

Water! Drink!

Go back! Not now! In the daylight!

In the morning!

We work in the mornings. Nicht commen…

Here is my pass, Herr Soldat…

Take the automatic gun!

Comrades, run!

Give it to me! Run! I’ll cover for you!

Remember, I’m Fedor Marchenko from Tver!

A brave crazy man. How many did he kill?

Four people are killed. Two – from a hunting gun

and two – from a pistol.

So he failed to make a hit even once.

He is brave but not skillful.

How many did you manage to find?

Five. They are wounded. We also found seven bodies

in the vicinity. The rest is gone.

How many?

186. We’ll execute these ones in the entire camp’s presence.

We’ll announce once more that we execute people for each escape.

Do you know that Napoleon’s camp was close by,

Herr Obergruppenfuehrer?

I think it would be great to do some excavations there.

It’s very interesting and timely, Herr Gauleiter.

Do you know what destroyed Napoleon in Russia?

Do you want to remember history?

It’s useful sometimes.

I always believed that the cold was to blame.

Later. But first – the guerrillas.

The locals battled him fiercely.

And Napoleon failed to overpower them.

They didn’t respect the French

because they weren’t afraid of them. They’ll be scared of us

therefore they’ll respect us. The guerrillas killed

four of our soldiers. We’ll execute forty locals today.

It’s not very clever. I’m not interfering.

But it’s more important to punish the guilty.

Arrest them but don’t shoot them.

The guerillas that attacked the camp shall surrender.

They won’t surrender, Herr Gauleiter.

The locals will help us.

With all due respect, your liberal principles won’t work here.

Where are your principles, Herr Fon Gottenberg?

You’re the one responsible for maintaining security and order,

including among the prisoners of war!

Tomorrow morning the ultimatum to the guerillas

shall be posted around the city.

We’ll soon fall down from such hard work.

Right. I hear this music in my dreams.

Shall we go to mum?

At least we won’t have to carry bricks there.

Where? To mum? Shall she feed all three of us?

They have huge faces.

She is dancing and dancing, that bitch! She is still not tired.

Where are you running? You haven’t washed.

Look, we’ll have to change the lock again.

Galya, what is this? It looks like blood.

Come here.

Galya, come and see what is there.

Stay here!

End of Episode Two