Original subtitles

Right, bridge two, enemy tank!

Bring the outriggers.

Ready your weapons!

I have a target.

Hurry.

Right, bridge two, enemy tank.

Move it, move it.

Armor piercing.

I have a target.

Tread 'em up!

- Fire! - Hey, get back!

Hurry up.

Armor piercing loading.

Armor piercing loaded.

Ready.

- Fire. - Firing!

Come on!

The tank was hit.

Ready.

- Fire. - Firing!

I'm either dead or I'm wounded.

If I'm wounded be gentle with me,

if I'm dead just leave me be.

Not bad, they were able to shoot it

straight down the barrel.

So who's the layer?

Cadet lavrov, comrade colonel.

Lavrov, don't know him.

That's enough of the water.

Cutting off the water.

Pull the hose in.

Third target now.

Sir.

Ready.

Fire!

Firing!

Lavrov, you say.

What are you doing?

Do you want us to get disciplined again?

Well, lavrov did it again.

Yes, better than the rest, right?

Hmm?

Nobody knows anything.

Remember what you said.

The best one was dimitry shemyakin.

Look at him, no wonder he's been sulking lately.

What are you talking about? I can't hear you.

Cadet techenko, of course you can't hear us.

You're shell shocked.

Mm-hmm.

Replenish ammunition.

Get ready for the next exercise.

Sir.

Fall in, attention, eyes right.

- Comrade colonel. - As you were.

Who's the layer on gun one?

I'm the layer, comrade colonel.

Answer me properly!

Junior sergeant lavrov.

What am I to make of this, lavrov?

Forgive me, comrade colonel, make of what?

Three shots, three hits all within the allotted time.

But we accidentally destroyed the linkage on the last target.

Mm, accidentally, so be it.

How many targets were destroyed?

Three, comrade colonel. = two!

You destroyed two targets, cadet.

What about the third tank out there?

It blew your gun to smithereens, didn't it?

Right now you've all been destroyed.

That tank rolled over you and carried on to Moscow.

In my book that's the definition of bad, very bad.

- I don't understand, com... - Anyone else have an excuse?

Sergeant shemyakin.

The third shot hit the upper part of the tank's turret

where the armor is at a low angle to the shell's trajectory.

The shell ricochets off and the target survives.

In just three months you'll all be on the front line.

You'll be giving orders to people older than you.

Your performance is going to be Paramount.

It will affect the outcome of our war against the Nazis.

Childhood is over, understand?

People's lives are in your hands now.

Every mistake you make can result in deaths.

So remember that!

Please do.

Grub's up everyone.

This is for you. = thanks.

Eat up.

Enjoy your food.

Now you understand comrade's no joke.

It's not a carnival shooting gallery.

And there are no girls there, there's no one to impress.

There are girls.

They're talking about you.

Stay away from masha.

Alex, she's a good girl, not some kind of...

Of what, what exactly?

She's good and proper like you?

She's too good for me and just right for you?

That's not what I'm trying to say.

Then what?

Just because I grew up in an orphanage

I should stay away from her type, that right, dimitry?

Oh, our glorious infantry is returning.

Greetings to you field marshals!

You even get a chance to shoot your rifles?

We sure did, we sure did.

Got to do an attack drill

and some hand-to-hand combat as well.

Then why won't they let you guys fight yet?

Are you boys still hiding behind your metal toys?

Some war gods you are.

Fellas, did they expel you from school,

or did they just abandon you here?

We'll show you.

That's enough talking.

One, one, one, two three.

One, one,

- one, two three. - Let's make an agreement.

Neither of us makes a move on her.

But if she chooses one of us, on her own, then so be it.

Where I'm from we fight over girls.

But we're not gonna fight.

We have a deal?

Deal.

I'm sorry, comrade doctor, I fell asleep.

Fine, it happens.

Everything okay?

Mm-hmm.

Oh, I thought I heard footsteps in here.

Masha, go get some proper sleep, huh?

Why don't you put your textbooks away?

I need to memorize all these Latin names.

I still have so much left to study.

Who gave you those flowers?

Ti don't even know.

Oh, girls, girls, girls,

I feel so sorry for you, my dears.

You fall in love, then he's off to the front.

They're flying on Moscow again.

How much bombing can the poor place take?

A draft?

Check the windows, then get some sleep.

Lavrov.

I... come on, what are you thinking? You...

Why would you do something like this, lavrov?

It wasn't me.

It was these flasks.

I thought you and I had a deal?

Yes, we did.

And you welched on it.

Dimitry,

sorry, I didn't mean to.

"Didn't mean to?"

So it's that simple, you didn't mean to?

Dimitry,

I know I'm guilty, but, honestly, I couldn't help it.

Forgive me, my friend.

Forgive you, and that's it?

That's that.

Why are you smiling?

Just imagine, she kissed me of her own accord, she did.

You orphan raised scum.

Hey, stop it!

Get back to your bunks.

What's the meaning of this?

Comrade battery commander.

Right.

Looking good.

What happened?

Oh, I see.

Here's what happened.

Shemyakin, sleeping, rolled out of his bunk

busting his lip on the table.

And lavrov smacked his head on the bed frame

while helping his friend get up.

And if that's not what happened

then you can't continue your training tomorrow.

Is that clear?

Clear, sir.

In that case, clean up and get back to your bunks!

Comrade lieutenant, unfortunately,

that's not what happened.

What happened is, I had a fight with junior sergeant lavrov.

And according to the charter, we must be disciplined.

Quiet!

Well then, in that case,

five days of detention,

both of you.

Yes, sir.

That's not all.

Junior sergeant lavrov,

I'm afraid that considering your antics,

including yesterday's at the training grounds,

this situation could very possibly lead to your expulsion.

Dodge 1002, do you see it?

Confirmed, I see a convoy

of enemy armored vehicles.

It's moving along the Warsaw highway outside of yukhnov.

How many?

Strigen, we need to know how many of them.

I can't tell how many, too many to count,

way too many.

Reports indicate two days ago,

after fierce fighting,

the enemy breached two of our front lines.

Immediately, the enemy deployed

several large, mechanized vehicles.

Today they captured yukhnov.

At present, we have no forces in place.

Regrettably, we can't stop them from reaching Moscow.

We are ordered to mobilize the podolsk military schools.

They are the only resource we have in the area.

Deploy all available resources to hold back the enemy

until reserves arrive, that's five to six days.

But lieutenant general,

understand that they're future red army commanders.

They're like a gold reserve,

in another six weeks they'll finish their training and...

Colonel strelbitsky,

who and what are they going to defend

in six weeks if the Germans take Moscow tomorrow?

Trust me, colonel,

it was a very tough decision for us to make too

but we simply had no other option.

Your orders are to move out to the ilyinsky frontier.

Yes, comrade lieutenant general.

The combined detachment will be under command

of head of the infantry school, major general smirnov.

He will meet you on the frontier.

You were appointed as second in command,

your task, set up defenses in the village of ilyinsky.

Here's the highway, the river, and the bridge.

We'll build pillboxes, 20 artillery, 20 machine guns.

The Nazis have up to 300 or so tanks.

Only artillery can stop them.

Comrade lieutenant general,

all of our combat-ready weapons

have been sent to the front lines.

We have only 30 left, only 12 are reliable,

the rest only fire five to six rounds, if we're lucky.

We will send you more weapons, now head out.

Five to six days, we're really counting on you.

Hold back the enemy at all costs, please.

Head of the school, open the gate.

Cordial greetings all the way from the infantry school.

Why are you so serious, pakhomov?

There's a reason for that, right, rail?

Mm-hmm.

Rail.

Ladies, there's something I've always wanted to know

and I was hoping you could assist us.

Is cpr done like this?

Or like this?

It's different every time, everyone's lips are different.

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

it's like our medical instructor told me, he said,

"pakhomov, before you lose consciousness

you better put your lips together

because your mouth doesn't conform to military standards.”

Masha!

Masha.

Alex asked me to tell you he can't come to see you today.

Why, what happened?

He's in detention, he and dimitry had a fight.

How come yakhin is so quiet today?

You asked me on a date but,

now you're dragging behind all tongue tied.

Shishkina... Lucy...

Well, what is it?

Shishkina...

I'm proposing to you.

So, will you marry me?

Artillery cadets assemble.

Infantry cadets, to the school, hurry, on the double.

Over here, yakhin, come on!

Comrades, cadets, and officers.

The Nazis are trying to break through to Moscow.

Our fathers and our brothers are laying down their lives

to halt their advance.

And so, today, it's now our turn.

We have been tasked with a crucially important mission.

We must get

to the ilyinsky frontier by morning.

Take up defenses, and hold back the enemy

for at least five days until reinforcements arrive.

No matter what the enemy chooses to throw at us,

no matter what forces we encounter,

we must persevere!

The outcome of the entire war,

the war against these fascist swine may now depend on us.

If we must die, then we will meet the moment

and we will die as heroes.

No surrender!

Looks like everyone's going to fight the Nazis.

No way I'm gonna stay behind.

Safronov, let me out, do you hear me?

Safronov!

Get in the vehicles.

Dimitry, let's break out of here.

The guard will bring us our lunch,

we'll tie him up, gently.

That's not going to work.

We'll just get ourselves 10 more days in here.

It'll work dimitry, it will.

Our guard is safronov.

Precisely, safronov.

Did you think about him, what they'll do to him?

Well, did you think about me,

back in the barracks or even how?

Can you for once in your life

do something outside of the charter?

Go on, come on, hit me.

Coward, a coward, hiding behind the charter.

Alex! Lavrov!

Alex, why are you and dimitry here?

It was just a little fight.

Is he all right?

Of course he is, we only tussled a bit,

it was no big deal.

Masha!

Grigorieva!

Masha, masha they'll release me five days from now,

only five more days.

I don't know where I'll be five days from now.

I will find you, I'll do whatever it takes.

Just be careful out there, okay?

It'll take at least 24-hours

for 3500 cadets to get there.

If the Germans happen to advance past ilyinsky,

then there's a good chance we can't stop them.

So we're deploying a vanguard.

Their task then,

is to cross the ilyinsky line by nightfall.

Join forces with captain starchak and his paratroopers.

We don't have more specifics?

Starchak taught military intelligence.

He formed a guerilla squad with his students

and kept its size secret.

- Why is that? - So that no one's able to tell

how many are still behind enemy lines.

Starchak's guerilla squad, together with ours,

will fight the enemy forces and hold them out

and by us time.

Comrade mamchich, assemble your men and equipment,

- and move out immediately. - Yes, sir.

Make sure to take the best cadets.

Yes, sir.

Alyoshkin, that troublemaker from yesterday,

what was his name, lavrov?

Yes, commander.

Guys like him are worth their weight in gold, do it now.

Sir.

Move it.

The ammo goes into the first two vehicles.

Cadets, hurry up, hurry up with the crates.

Stop it, mom, you're embarrassing me.

You pack your thermals?

Mom!

The nights are getting colder already.

We will only be gone for five days, mom.

You know that we have a topography test next week.

Son,

I'm begging you, don't do anything foolish.

Please remember that you're all I've got in this world.

All right, mom.

I mean, yes, comrade third rank military doctor,

permission to go?

Granted, cadet nikitin.

Masha!

Alex is going as well.

Strelbitsky himself put him in the vanguard.

They're leaving right now, before everyone else.

Lucky guys, they always.

Vanguard departing.

Convoy towards yukhnov departing.

Prepare to move out.

Move it, move it!

Off you go.

Come on, boys, get moving.

Open the gates.

Come on, boys, get moving.

Get that gun loaded up quickly.

Alex!

Shemyakin, snap out of it.

Hurry, hurry, everyone take two sets of five shells.

Five armor piercing, five shrapnel.

Move it, move it, move it, get those crates loaded.

Prepare to board.

Come on, come on, move it.

Dima, son! Dima!

Sir, move the truck back, move it now.

Comrade lieutenant, comrade lieutenant!

All relatives, do me a favor, clear the way!

Do as I say, please, now, take 10 steps back, please,

just get back, get back all of you.

You, play something that's easy here.

Step back, please, everyone.

Liza!

Sorry.

Coming through.

Liza, what are you doing here?

We were waiting, I made a soup.

Had lunch?

Papa, are you going to war now?

Not at all, not to war, son, just a drill.

Hm. Everyone's going to war except you?

Volvka.

- You behave yourself. - Mm-hm.

- You hear me? - Mm-hmm.

Everyone, step back.

And help your mom.

I'll be back, I promise I'll be back.

Please, women and children...

Alyoshkin,

come on already!

People, please, step back, please don't block the road.

T will return.

Come on, come on!

Volvkal

be a hero.

I will, I will for you, papa.

Clear the way.

From the Soviet information bureau.

All citizens of the Soviet union,

today the Nazi air force

carried out a series of air raids.

Due to our well-trained soldiers,

many attempted attacks were deterred.

But several groups of planes broke through,

dropping explosives and incendiary bombs

in various parts of the city.

Hey, read us a poem, would ya?

For most of us, life is a rugged terrain.

We're born into it out of screaming and pain.

We struggle to grow, to learn how to fly, but why?

Just for us to die?

I refuse to believe that, there's purpose in life.

Through the thick and through the thorns

a path can be carved with a knife.

We must accept the journey.

We must accept it without any fear.

And boldly approach this treacherous frontier.

Even if a dangerous foe stand in my way,

I'll soar like an eagle, I won't be the prey.

So I'll fight hand in hand, ti was born in Soviet land.

= take cover!

Everyone into the trees.

Hey, hey, you alive?

Everyone out, head for the trees!

Out, out!

What are you doing?

Get over here!

Get out!

What are you doing?

Let's get outta here.

Everybody, get out of the transport.

The shells are burning over there.

Down!

Get down, this is an order.

Get the shells outta there, quick, move it, move it,

- move it! - Move it, move it,

come on! = faster!

Over here, we have to get the shells

off of the truck.

Push, push it.

Get them off of there.

- Go, go, go. - Put it out, put it out!

Move the shells outta there.

Come on, techenko, come on,

- let's go. - Go, go!

I'll take it away, go!

Get back, everybody get back, it's gonna blow!

Techenko, get out!

Techenko.

Techenko?

He's alive.

Andrei!

You're alive, alive.

Back in the vehicles.

Get back in, everyone.

Come on, hurry up.

Medic, over here, bogatov's wounded.

Get a first aid pack, quick, hurry.

Hurry, lie down, give me your rucksack.

- Give me that. - Your rucksack.

Give it.

Easy.

My notebook.

Easy, easy.

Shh, shh, shh, shh.

Hey, buddy.

Hang in there.

Shh.

I didn't even make it to the front.

A true hero.

Yakhin and khalilov, come with me.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

Please stay where you are.

Sure, officer, kids, stay put.

Yuke and lever follow me.

Don't be afraid, we're friends.

Podolsk,

why should I trust you?

Yesterday some friends came to the village,

they killed four people and took our mayor away.

What do they need him for?

He's an old man

with one arm.

What do you got there?

What are we transporting?

Some old clothes, shoes, trousers, coat.

My kid's godmother's father died.

So, she gave us this stuff.

Show them, marusha.

Guessing you're the one in charge of this unit?

You've guessed correctly.

Commander of the infantry and artillery cadets vanguard,

senior lieutenant mamchich.

Intelligence instructor captain starchak.

These are my apprentices.

Documents, please.

There are more infiltrators here than toadstools.

Oh, yeah?

Alex, lavrov!

My bad, comrade captain.

Yurokin, right?

Yurokin, you know this one?

Yes, sir.

We're from the same orphanage, he's Alex lavrov.

That's good.

Stand down.

Stand down.

Yurokin!

Alex lavrov!

Bloody, look at you.

- And you! - Senior lieutenant.

Good to meet you.

This is how we capture Nazis around here,

using live bait like this.

Act like they own the place, goddamn.

But now that we have artillery, we'll give 'em hell, right?

Yurokin. Zatsiva.

That won't do, you shouldn't have shown your foot.

Also, you exposed the gun.

That's my mistake, comrade captain.

Mistakes like these could cost us lives!

Lucky our friends took pity on us.

Reconnaissance.

The main force will come later.

Let the motorcycles pass, we'll handle them.

Heavies are yours.

They're happy.

Because they don't khow the artillery's here.

Good luck.

Man your stations.

Gun number one, infantry, shrapnel.

Shrapnel, yes, sir.

Guns number two and three,

vehicles, armor piercing.

Armor piercing.

Armor piercing loaded!

Wait for it to center, go up to the right.

Armor piercing.

Armor piercing loaded.

Armor piercing loaded.

Ready!

Fire.

Fire.

Fire.

Got it.

Take cover!

I can see the enemy are here.

They are playing!

Loaded!

Fire!

Enemy soldiers, shrapnel.

Germans on the right side.

Move it, move it, come on.

Section two, follow me.

Yes, sir.

Cut off the infantry.

Follow me, follow me, follow me.

Lavrov, get back to your station.

Lavrov, what the hell, get back, get back!

All right, artillery?

Uh-huh.

Follow me.

I said, follow Mel!

Captain rossikov.

Yeah.

Yours?

Yes, he's gun layer junior sergeant lavrov.

Explain to me why your gun layers go off alone, huh?

At least he was attacking, not retreating.

Hmm.

Not taking this seriously.

So, determined to be a hero, you heard the battle cry.

And your feet went looking for a skirmish.

What if you got shot between the eyes?

Then you'd be lying here like these boys.

But they died doing their jobs.

Your job's artillery, you're a gun layer!

That makes you a specialist,

without specialists, there's no artillery.

And without artillery, the rest of us have no protection,

and we'll all end up like them,

side by side.

Lavrov,

for violation of the charter

you are demoted to ammo handler.

Yes, sir.

Move it, move it!

Look, they brought in green horn cadets.

Things must be pretty bad.

We'll all perish here for nothing.

Comrade colonel, please listen.

We built nine pillboxes on this side of the highway

and 11 more on the other.

Some of them aren't by the river, but further away,

oh the second and third lines, comrade colonel, please.

We've been working 20 hours a day.

Every single day.

We even dig at night.

Stop, what are you talking about?

You call this a line of defense?

Why isn't anything ready, huh?

Why do you say that, comrade colonel?

This is a good concrete pillbox.

One of many we've built.

This is a concrete coffin.

Why on earth aren't the gun ports armor plated?

Just one hit and the fragments will kill everyone inside.

Where are the doors?

A couple of grenades thrown in from the rear end,

we're dead meat.

There's no camouflage.

Have you noticed?

From above, from the opposite riverbank,

we're going to stick out like sore thumbs here.

They'll blow us to pieces and we won't even slow them down!

We've done all we could here.

You've seen it.

You've seen yourself that we even have women

and old men working without sleep, comrade colonel!

Don't you dare stand there and hide behind women's backs.

4,000, that's how many of my young boys

are on their way here just to be killed on the spot.

And you're gonna help them die faster?

Listen to me, colonel.

I have no armor plates, nor any doors either.

The fortifications were due to be completed

more than two months from now.

Nobody imagined that the Germans would make it,

would ever make it as far as here.

Look, smirnov's here.

Reports indicate that cadets have joined the locals

in fortifying the river bank,

as well as setting up anti-tank

and anti-infantry barricades.

The manifest shows that two more infantry battalions

will arrive tonight, and one more battalion in the morning.

Most of my cadets are still on the way as well.

There are no field kitchens, just a day's worth of rations,

and we haven't received any of the guns.

The vanguard will last a day or two at the most.

You have ideas on our defense strategy?

The Germans have no choice but to cross this bridge.

Zaitsevo and bolshaya shubinka are surrounded by marshes.

Even if the enemy attempts to go through those points,

we can push them back.

However, if their forces move over the bridge,

we'll be overwhelmed.

Therefore, I propose blowing up the bridge.

T forbid that.

I've been ordered to keep it for a counter attack,

for when our tanks arrive.

I consider it a necessity to increase support

for the vanguard.

They'll have to hold out much longer

than we had anticipated.

We must make arrangements

for the delivery of reinforcements, ammunition,

and provisions, organize medical care,

and evacuation of wounded.

As to the front,

colonel strelbitsky, I give you complete authority

to command anti-tank fire.

I've seen no refugees in two days.

That means the Germans are very close.

I'm sure we'll meet them soon.

What are you doing sitting around,

my darlings?

We just arrived, comrade lieutenant,

don't know what to do with ourselves.

Give us shovels.

We're ashamed not to be working.

Shame on you, indeed.

What do you need shovels for?

You're musicians after all, your calling is music.

So play, play, boys.

Give the people a bit of joy.

When the first shell explodes

near your pillbox, you get ready.

After another, grab the gun

and pull it from the pillbox.

Comrade colonel, a question?

I know, it's always against charter to remove the gun.

Of course, all of you know this.

So do the Germans.

Once they perfect their shot, it will hit the pillbox.

And at that moment, make sure you're not in it.

When the smoke clears, bring the gun back in

and continue as you were.

Not yet, now get ready to fire.

Come on!

Enemy tank!

Ready.

- Fire! - Fire!

Fire!

Missed it.

You son of a...

Adjust your aim, quick, adjust it!

Ready!

Fire.

Firing!

Well done, lavrov.

If I didn't see it myself, I wouldn't of believed it.

Keep digging, comrades, keep digging.

Hurry, please hurry up, the Germans are near.

Man your stations, gun number one, infantry, shrapnel.

To position, to position!

Yes, sir.

They bought us three days, that's good.

But we must hold out longer

until the fortifications are complete.

Then, hold out we will.

Lavrov, armor piercing.

I've only got shrapnel left.

Fire the shrapnel to hold them off,

then let's start retreating.

Get the wounded ready.

He's from the vanguard, get him ready for surgery.

Firing!

Move it, move it, come on.

Go.

Tanks, our tanks.

The vanguard is exhausted.

It's been holding off the enemy for five days.

Thankfully, the 17th tank division...

The tanks are now being sent to.

Also, I must inform you that the reserves will arrive

later than expected.

That means we'll have to face the enemy

here on this frontier.

Here's what I suggest we do.

Disband what's left of the vanguard.

And have all the cadets

rejoin their own battalions before sunrise.

- Thank you. - Good luck in.

68 dead.

Guys, have any of you seen junior sergeant lavrov?

Alex, he's here,

with captain starchak"s guys, near alexeyevka.

Drive faster, comrade captain, I'm running out of ammo!

This is as fast as one cylinder goes!

Firing!

Come on, come on, move along, faster!

So long, captain, godspeed.

Godspeed.

Godspeed, show the Germans no mercy.

Damn right.

Godspeed, good luck.

You too.

Move it, move it!

Masha.

Careful. Don't get up.

Where are we?

There are new orders for the vanguard.

Looks like they're to retreat to the main position.

And you, how come you're here?

Don't cry.

It's fine, trust me, these wounds are nothing.

So many got killed there.

We dug graves all night,

and still, we couldn't bury them all.

Lavrov, you're looking good.

Shell shock looks good on you.

Rest up and get well.

Remember where your place is?

Yes, I do.

That's right, remember.

You have a beautiful future wife, lavrov.

More important, a loyal one.

She said, "I'm his bride-to-be and

I'm not going anywhere until he's found.”

So we had to comb the entire area.

You're a lucky man, lavrov,

you should take good care of her.

Goodbye!

Move it.

Bride-to-be?

Come on, come on, come on, move along!

I miss you so much, I can't bear it.

Martha, my dear, my sweetheart,

I think of you always every minute of the day.

We sleep for three hours and then dig trenches.

All night long I gaze at the sky deep and dark

like your eyes, sweet Martha.

Now ask her about the cow.

Why aren't you sleeping?

I can't sleep, I'm starving all the time.

Here.

Whoa.

You're such a kind soul, vasilkov.

Look at what higher education has done to you.

I don't eat much, and you're a big guy.

You need food, so eat.

Mm.

Once we kick these Nazis back out,

you'll have to visit me in kherson.

Oh, I'll fatten you up, I swear, vasilkov.

My mom's famous beet root soup is to die for.

What is it pakhomov?

Comrades, put your helmets on.

Helmets on!

Down!

Get down!

Into the trenches, into the trenches, how, move!

Back in the trench.

They're just barrels.

They're just empty barrels, get back in here,

you'll get yourself killed.

What are you doing, you idiot!

Back into the trench.

Get down.

They're just barrels!

Get down.

Down!

Get back!

Buddy!

Stay down vasilkov, stay down!

Down!

Everybody stay put.

Get up, get up, come on, get up!

I can't hear anything!

I said, get up!

I can't hear anything.

Medic.

Sergeant will kill me, I lost my rifle.

Sergeant will kill me, my rifle.

Sergeant will kill me, I lost my rifle.

Listen up, everybody!

Get your weapons in order.

Listen up, you, get up, get up.

Get up, brothers!

Listen up, everybody, get your weapons in order!

Get your weapons in order!

Get your weapons in order! Get up!

Pakhomov, pakhomov.

Victor, did you see? Our trench collapsed.

And your rifle got buried in it.

It's so unfair, pakhomov, so unfair.

What about your mom's beet root soup, kherson, Victor?

Quiet down, quiet, vasilkov, quiet down.

I got smacked in the head, huh?

But I'm fine.

I survived the winter war,

I'll survive this one too, dummy.

Quiet, quiet.

Good lad, good lad, good lad, good lad.

Where's what's his name?

Who?

Comrade commander, comrade commander, tanks,

there were tanks on the other side.

Man your stations!

Man your stations, cadets!

Armor piercing.

Armor piercing!

Machine gunners,

prepare to cut off the infantry.

Target, leading tank.

Ready.

Fire.

Firing.

Target it! Target and fire, already1l

Firing!

Armor piercing now, come on, come on!

Fire!

Let's roll the gun out!

Pull the gun out of the pillbox, let's move it!

Get the gun back in, move it, move it.

Armor piercing loaded.

Fire, pavlov, fire!

Armor piercing.

Armor piercing loaded.

They're on us, roll the gun out!

Come on, move it, move it, move it!

Get behind the gun!

Your turn, lepyoshin.

Ready, fire!

Firing!

Nice one, well done, comrade lepyoshin.

Target retreating, enemy tank, armor piercing.

Ready, fire!

Firing!

Alex?

Dimitry?

You're alive, thank god you're alive.

Alyoshkin allowed me to go look for you.

At the medical post.

Nobody knows what's going on.

We're positioned in the second line.

Everyone is fighting except for us.

After three attacks on the frontier it's all gone quiet

and we don't know what to expect.

What about you?

Did you kill any Nazis?

Many dimitry, many,

but they killed a lot of our guys too.

Alexis knutson,

rustom,

vasily losey,

balushkin,

reshenko.

Shishko,

anatoly mukin,

mosarov,

gorakov,

yurovalov,

ready.

Alexey lin.

Fire.

Yakov lichstein.

Cotumov.

Rodiomov. = fire.

Nikolai andreiyev.

Fire.

Alexey yakonov.

Drill arms.

Theodore kromov.

Nikolai killiev, andrei pelov.

Shh.

They told me you were experienced,

but you're snorting like a horse.

I am experienced, comrade captain.

But the nights are getting cold and I've got a runny nose.

I'll cover you instead, captain,

this kid's just too scrawny.

What experience?

I was a scout in 1940, near vyborg.

What's that?

That's another divisional radio vehicle, the fourth one.

Which means at least four divisions were out here.

Here are the coordinates

where their vehicles are concentrated.

Take them to headquarters.

Yurokin, go with him.

We'll stay here to get us a squealer.

According to our intel in the simonovski lake area,

the Germans are gathering a powerful force

of armored vehicles and infantry.

We simply won't be able to hold them off any longer.

In a short amount of time,

we've already lost more than half

of our frontline troops, either dead or badly wounded.

We also lost a lot of equipment.

We'll need time to get reinforcements

and then to regroup.

Major, it looks like we can't do this without you.

Comrades, meet major dementeyv,

commander of rocket artillery division.

He brought us some new weapons that require special secrecy.

What do you say, major?

Presumed position of German military vehicles

and equipment is within shooting range

but we'll have to shoot from this field.

Two kilometers from the front line.

We're going to need at least a day

to properly repair all of our defenses.

Make no mistake, your help is vital.

We'll provide for your safety.

You shouldn't have left

the medical post without permission.

Just want to see the guys,

I'll get back in the morning.

Get on the ground and keep your heads down.

Show me your documents.

Was marta here?

Say what?

You can get up.

They're fine, back in the car.

I strongly request that you keep our encounter a secret.

Even from colonel strelbitsky?

He already knows where we're heading.

Guess we saw something we weren't supposed to see.

Why is he moving so slowly?

And with headlights off.

Comrade, have you seen a convoy?

I had to stop for a repair and fell behind.

Which way did they go?

I saw the convoy, it went that way towards.

Mm.

You have any matches?

Yeah, I have these.

You'll have to light it yourself.

It's my hand, I injured it yesterday

and it's all swollen now.

I'm gonna go to a hospital tomorrow.

What direction did they come from?

From there.

They left the same way.

Mm.

We must secure this field right here,

as well as this forest road.

Take fresh cadets from the reserve

and don't let anything go unnoticed.

Yes, sir.

Bastard, drinking shot after shot.

What do you think he's eating, a melon?

Pineapple.

A pineapple?

We've been on rations for days.

The boys would love that.

Let's do it.

Capture him.

Prepare to fire.

Ready?

What in the...?

Clear out!

Lavrov, cadet lavrov, you should be at the medical post.

He's begging you to spare his life.

He'll tell you everything he knows.

His superiors demand that they push for Moscow

as fast as they can.

They're preparing a strike on bolshaya shubinka

in the next few days.

They'll continue fighting for the bridge.

But they are gathering large forces

near bolshaya shubinka as well.

The officer just called his orderly

a cowardly cur,

and said that the ussr is a backward country.

He says that in Poland...

In a losing situation

Polish soldiers choose to surrender...

But Russian soldiers choose to die.

He says they recently ambushed a squad of red junkers.

He's probably talking about our vanguard.

He says, "we could have just massacred them all."

But we acted in a civilized manner by offering a surrender,

and what'd your red junkers end up doing?

Well? What did they do?

He says, "they pelted our troops

with hand grenades, who fights like that?"

Monster!

He says...

Go on, keep translating.

He says you raised a bunch of...

Savagees.

Have some, comrade captain, it's our trophy.

Eat, eat.

Well, goodbye, pakhomov.

Take care.

Oh, what do you have there?

Pineapple.

Pineapple.

Move it, move it, hurry up, brother.

Guys, lend us a hand here.

Hey guys, brought you some ammo.

Look, and some treats.

Looks like the fritzes shat their pants.

No sign of them in 24 hours, I bet they're hiding like rats.

You know they're hiding, that's for sure.

Grab some shovels, guys, and get to work.

Shovels?

We thought we could finally make use of our rifles.

Let me explain for you fearless lot,

it's hard to drop a bomb right into a trench.

When it explodes the breast brick shields you from shrapnel,

ends up keeping you safe.

We should get to work, brothers.

It'll keep you warm too.

We're not here to protect ourselves,

we're here to protect Moscow.

How will you protect Moscow

if a bomb fragment takes your head off?

Move it, move it, come on.

Take cover!

Gas masks on!

Gas, gas, everyone, put your gas masks on!

Raken, where's your gas mask?

It's not gas, it's smoke.

They're going to storm the bridge.

Fix bayonets, fire at the infantry!

Why have we spent days sitting here on the second line?

Our battery is the best in existence!

That's exactly the reason, we didn't get our howitzers.

Dementev's entire artillery division was withheld

and the tanks were diverted to.

Your battery, alyoshkin, is my very last hope.

Charge, charge, boys!

Fight to protect the heart of the motherland!

Fight for Moscow!

I got one.

I can't see anything, I can't see anything.

Do I still have my eyes?

Yes, yes, just shush, all right, Sergei,

they'll fix you good at the hospital.

I'm not going to the hospital.

I could be useful here, my hands are perfectly fine.

I could use them to load machine gun belts.

You fought before, huh?

Where?

In Spain.

A beautiful place.

Rail, rail, you alive?

Rail, wake up, come on, I'm begging you.

Wake up!

Sweetheart, can you hear me?

Wake up, wake up yakhin.

I'll marry you, I'll marry you!

Rail, I'll marry you.

They're melting.

They're melting.

Wait, he's alive.

Get him up, he's alive.

He's alive.

Snowflakes are melting on his skin.

- Don't bury him! - There, there, there.

- Don't bury him! - Come on. Take it easy.

Snowflakes are melting, just look.

He's alive.

Get him to the medical post now!

Tomorrow they'll strike at bolshaya shubinka.

Send more weapons there!

We only have old training guns.

Send whatever you have, binoculars.

We'll get Germans to pull as many forces there as possible

and get them stuck in the marshes.

But they won't stop attacking here, so, that in mind,

rig the bridge with explosives tonight

and be prepared to blow it

when I give you the order to do so.

What if our tanks arrive at the bridge?

I have no idea when our tanks will arrive.

But there are at least 200 enemy tanks

sitting across the river.

Our defenses are dwindling,

yet the main gateway is wide open.

Move it, move it, come on!

Guys, where's dimitry shemyakin?

Over there.

Come on, hurry up.

Hi there.

Hello.

I'm being sent to bolshaya shubinka

for their reinforcement.

Finally, there's real work for us to do.

We've grown tired of camping here.

I'll wait for you.

Really?

Yes.

What are you reading?

The charter.

Come on, hurry up.

Hey, Alex.

Hol

hey, guys.

I hope you get well soon.

Yes, so we can finally fight together.

I'm completely fine already, such nonsense.

They're keeping me out just because of a minor scratch.

Here's some dried bread for the road,

from those of us at the medical post.

- Oh-ho! - Take it.

Thank you, Alex.

Take these, you'll need your strength tomorrow.

Don't get the wrong idea.

Understand, we've been friends since we were three.

We grew up playing in the same sandbox together.

In school we shared the same desk.

Everyone always assumed we'd end up getting married.

Forgive me, Alex, the deal we made wasn't fair.

I was afraid to lose masha so... I acted wrong, sorry.

It's fine.

You sound like you're saying goodbye, stop it.

When you get back, then we'll talk.

Don't worry so much, they're just trying to scare us.

Once they're done with the bombing,

we'll give 'em hell.

Fire shrapnel at the infantry.

Fire, men!

Armor piercing.

Armor piercing loaded.

- Fire. - Fire.

- Armor piercing. - Armor piercing on the right.

Armor piercing loaded. It's jammed!

Everyone down! Get to the trench now, move it.

Slava, get into the trench!

Tell me, how are things in bolshaya shubinka, huh?

Don't worry, your slava is holding on great.

Is he?

Yes.

Slava, give me your hand.

- Andrei! - Help me get him!

- Don't leave me, andrei. - Don't forget him!

Don't let me go.

Stay here, cover me.

Nurse, do you know Lucy shishkina?

Lucy? Of course I know her.

Where is she posted now?

On the front line.

Sweet boy, please drink your tea.

Lucy helped pick the herbs for it.

She also washed your uniform.

They burned him, they burned andrei, kichinka.

Get me a rifle, get my rifle, now!

I've killed him, dimitry, I killed him.

He burned the great kichinka, and I killed him.

Yes, slava, you did great.

Really? Yeah.

Just please, don't tell my mom about it, okay?

Of course, we won't tell her.

No one at all, don't tell anyone at all.

Let them think that I'm alive.

My best buddy went to bolshaya shubinka too.

Name's.

We're from the same village where we were classmates.

We went fishing together, we did everything together.

When we were leaving for school his mom hugged us and said,

"take care of one another."

What will I say to her now?

He's got an urgent report from shubinka,

he's drifting in and out of consciousness.

He's dying, comrade colonel.

I'm junior political commissar philipov,

the Germans captured bolshaya shubinka.

Forgive us, we failed.

There are fewer than 40 infantry left alive.

They're holed up in houses around the perimeter.

And the artillery?

They're all dead, all of them.

They all got burned alive, all burned alive.

Everything was burned!

Ivan,

what is happening, Ivan?

You know what's happening, it's war.

Yes, it's war.

But why is this war

being fought by all of our young children?

Why is there no mention of them

in the communiques, as if they've all been forgotten?

They haven't seen anything in life yet.

They haven't even known life yet.

And now they're being blown to pieces and burned alive.

I'm supposed to accept that this is war?

It's a massacre, Ivan.

Why are you silent?

Soon there will be none of them left alive!

None out of 3,500 of them.

Where are these reserves

they keep telling us they're dying for?

It's not the reserve they're dying for.

Yeah.

They're protecting Moscow and our motherland.

But why doesn't our motherland care about them?

Or at least about those of them who aren't dead yet?

What do you want?

What can I say to you?

I have my orders.

Fight 'til the end.

Somewhere out there near bolshaya shubinka,

survivors still fight.

They're on their own.

And I can neither send them help nor order their retreat.

What else can I say to you?

But they will all perish out there.

All of them.

Then that's how it must be...

In this war.

Where's shishkina?

What?

Stop pretending you can't hear me.

Why is it that all of you are here and she isn't?

Oh, again.

Cigarette paper, that's good.

You could also stuff some of them in your boots

for extra warmth, it works for me.

What are you talking about, huh?

The messages that fall from the sky.

"Attention Valiant red junkers, although you fought bravely,

now your resistance has lost all of its meaning.

We seized the Warsaw highway almost up to Moscow."

Oh my!

They're already almost in Moscow

and we're here freezing our asses off.

"In one or two days we will capture Moscow.

You are true soldiers and we respect your valor."

You hear that guys? They respect us.

"Surrender and go over to our side,

and you will receive a friendly welcome, delicious food,

and warm clothes.”

Now guys, to be fair, what are we doing?

We're starving ourselves.

Look at this, a taste of the good life.

Sitting warm and delicious.

I bet there'll be schnapps too.

It says, "use these leaflets as your tickets."

You know what guys?

I simply can't wait any longer.

I think I'm gonna put this ticket to good use.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

Be careful, it could be laced with poison.

I'm off the test it.

What's wrong with you?

It's "cause he's shell shocked.

He was using that ticket to wipe his ass.

Something came over me, brothers.

Did I shoot him?

Huh? Did I shoot him?

What's wrong with you, Sergei?

I nearly shit my pants.

Don't even think about

returning to the front line.

We need beds for new arrivals from shubinka.

We're sending you to a hospital.

Why? I'm recovered.

I have to go join my guys!

What the hell?

Clearly, the cable got ripped up in an explosion.

What needs to be done?

Where did you come from, soldier?

Bolshaya shubinka.

But everyone there died.

Except me.

Dimitry?

Dimitry!

Dimitry!

You're alive, dimitry, you're alive!

You made it.

Are you wounded?

Dimitry, dimitry.

Hey!

Dimitry, dimitry, are you wounded?

Not a single scratch, can you believe it?

It's as if I'm bulletproof!

This is slava's blood.

Anyone else, has anyone else returned?

No, there's no one left alive.

Blow them.

Attention, cadets.

Well, why do we have to collect you

from trenches and pillboxes?

Why do you refuse to go to the hospital?

You're military men, and I gave you an order

to go to podolsk, it's my order.

Comrade colonel, we held a constable meeting and decided

that those of us who can still hold a weapon

must stay on the front line.

Here's the transcript.

We can still fight.

If the Germans cross the river we can at least help

by carrying ammo.

At the hospital we won't be of any use.

We'll die if need be.

But the Nazis will remember our resistance forever.

Boys.

I would gladly join you in bayonet battle myself

and tear into pieces any Nazi bastard who stands in our way.

But our mission is not to die as heroes,

but to withstand for as long as possible.

To do that we need to stay alive.

Also,

you must complete your studies

and I must see you graduate

because our army needs trained officers.

Then you will lead other soldiers

in our fight against the Nazis.

You have to go boys.

Hey, move these crates in.

You can't do that, Alex, I'm begging you,

please don't do it.

I won't go to the hospital, masha, I just won't.

This isn't a wound, it's just a scratch on my arm.

Personal belongings in the first vehicle,

medical equipment in third.

What about your shell shock?

Shell shock mush.

I can see, and hear, and have memory.

Please, Alex, you must stay alive.

I need you to stay alive.

They're like two young lovebirds.

Seeing them brings me joy.

Keep loading those crates.

Alex, please don't go, just don't go.

Cadet lavrov, replace your bandages and prepare to leave.

- Comrade militar... - You heard what I said.

Grigorieva, please assist him.

My bride-to-be.

Bye, guys, bye brothers, good luck to you.

Cadets into the vehicles, let's get moving!

Take care.

Safe journey.

- All right, my friend. - See you.

Dimitry, you need to help me stay.

Hide me, please.

I can't leave right now.

I know this is against the charter,

but I'm asking you as a friend to help.

Please come back.

Get into the vehicles.

Come on, dimitry, please do this for me.

- Nikitina is watching, wait. - Mm-hm.

Now.

Cadets, get into the vehicles now.

Now!

Bye, guys.

Safe journey.

Into the vehicles, come on.

See you back at school.

Come on, guys, you lot, into the second vehicle.

On you go!

Camouflage our position, soldiers.

Our pillboxes shouldn't be visible.

Get your first aid packs, boys.

Grigorieva, why are you running around?

- Into the shelter? - Yes, sir.

Get your first aid pack, soldiers.

Why are you suddenly like that?

Like what?

I don't know, just different somehow.

I don't like that you do as you please, no matter what.

So it's like that now, is it?

Alex, it looks like we're going back to school.

Who's we?

All of us, they're going to send all the new wounded

straight to podolsk.

Orders came for us to retreat to maloyaroslavets.

They'll announce it any minute now.

Did everyone get their first aid packs?

Yes, ma'am.

I still have to go to alyoshkin's pillbox.

Tanks!

Our tanks!

Our tanks!

Comrade lieutenant, our tanks are here!

Our tanks!

Now we'll show the Germans what we're made of.

Guys, they're German tanks, man your stations!

Man your stations.

Roll the guns to the emergency position now!

Lavrov, the front tank is yours.

How did they get behind us?

Lavrov, the front tank is yours.

Germans!

Battery, man your stations.

Pull the guns out to position.

Armor piercing, give it some lead.

Those Nazis put our flag on their tank.

First four made it through.

Alyoshkin will take care of them,

target the fifth tank.

Ready, fire!

Firing!

Target near tank, armor piercing.

Armor piercing loaded.

Ready, fire!

Firing.

Good lads, they cut off their escape route.

How'd the bastards get here?

Fire!

Firing!

Go, go, go, to the right.

- Go, bayonets. - Soldiers move it.

Man your stations, spread the outriggers.

Come on, come on, come on.

Armor piercing.

Come on.

Come on shakilov, do it.

I can't make it in time, I can't make it!

Thank you, my friend.

Turn the gun to face the bridge.

Load the outriggers.

Ready armor piercing, front tank.

Armor piercing loaded!

Hurry!

Ready, firing!

Got it, yeah!

Firing!

To the trenches, everyone go!

Fire!

Excellent, lads, nine targets in seven minutes.

The time has come.

Send out messengers to inform everyone

that our reserves have arrived

and our task is now completed.

Our orders are to retreat.

Get the gun back in the pillbox

before they get it buried.

Shiblack, get the outriggers.

Come on, come on, move it!

Go, go, go.

Comrade lieutenant, troops are ordered

to retreat to fortifications, reassemble at command post.

We must relay the order to retreat to comrade alyoshkin.

Comrade lieutenant, allow me to do it.

Do it, lavrov.

Shemyakin, man your gun.

Dimitry, dimitry.

Dimitry, everything will be fine.

No need, masha.

Don't say that!

I'm gonna help you now.

Masha.

There's no point now.

There is.

Now don't interfere with my work, cadet shemyakin.

You have always been stubborn.

Me? Really?

Remember the time I jumped into the river from the cliff

and nearly drowned?

You dragged me out on the sand crying.

Begging me not to die.

I was watching you, secretly.

You have such a great smile, you know.

So please, just keep smiling.

How old were we back then?

I was seven, and you were eight.

That's when I fell in love with you.

Tell me, did you really,

really kiss Alexander, huh?

Yes, yeah.

That's good.

You've always made your own decisions.

That's good.

Dimitry?

Is he hurt?

Dimitry?

Please, please, please, please.

Come on.

Look at me, dimitry!

Dimitry.

Alex.

Alex.

Dimitry.

Alex.

Friends.

Dimitry, dimitry!

Do something!

There must be something we can do to save him!

Shemyakin, shemyakin, shemyakin!

Lavrov, man your gun.

Comrade lieutenant, we're all ordered to retreat.

I was sent to relay the message!

That's right, go with the rest.

I'll stay back here and cover you.

Comrade lieutenant, you can't stay here on your own,

there's no one else left.

Retreat now lavrov, that's an order.

I got the second tank in my sights.

Do it, lavrov, aim at the tracks.

Ready.

- Fire. - Firing.

You're good gun layer, lavrov.

Thank you, comrade lieutenant.

You see that huge tank?

It's armor's hard to Pierce.

I think it's a hippo skin 30 millimeters along the side.

Focus on the second tank now.

The sides are weak, aim for the target.

He's looking for us, so soon he'll turn the right way.

Tell me something, have you been to red square?

No.

Too bad.

I'm.

We have our own kremlin.

Why, is the red square really all red?

No, not really.

The walls are white, the cobblestones are black.

But back in the old times, red, it meant beautiful.

I never did take my son to see it.

You will one day.

Only after the war now.

I have the target.

Germans, right outside with automatic rifles

and I'm out of ammo.

Take this.

Ready.

Let's do it!

That's it.

We're in plain view now.

We only have a minute before he spots us and takes aim.

Look for a weak spot, lavrov.

This will be our last shot.

Fire shrapnel at the enemy over by alyoshkin's pillbox.

Femezar, what's the hold up?

Come on.

Jammed bolt, comrade lieutenant.

Well, let's do something about it.

Comrade lieutenant, for the second time,

your orders are to retreat.

Comrade lieutenant!

Move over.

The Germans are building

a pontoon bridge, comrade lieutenant!

Wait just a bit, buddy, and we'll go.

Remember the exercises?

You shot the dummy tank straight down the barrel.

Wait for him to take aim at us.

There's only one tank left, the last one.

Come on, afanasiy, come on, my boy.

Attention, attention,

Moscow is speaking.

Our troops fought fierce defensive battles

along the whole front,

inflicting heavy losses on the enemy.

The operation resulted in the destruction

of 271 enemy tanks, 565 automobiles,

and decimated their ranks.

Moscow has important information

on those returning.