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— Volod'ka! — I love you too!

Very much!

It's time!

No matter what, just stay alive, okay?

I promise!

In real life, a mistress of a right officer

can learn the plans of a whole army.

What if an agent has a fiance?

He should understand that you'll get killed.

But I have a fiance, so I'd like to...

I don't care what you'd like to.

Your contacts with German officers should be

very

productive.

Is that clear?

We are not kids.

Excuse me, is this what you told us in the very beginning?

We will have to sleep with Germans?

You are the best girl in the world.

Marry me.

What?

I'd kill him with my bare hands.

He was executing our people. Women... Children...

Volod'ka!

Arina!

Arina!

My congratulations, Baroness von Rickert!

Everything will be okay.

Aides!

Come.

Mommy!

Thank you,

my darling!

SVETLANA IVANOVA

SVETLANA USTINOVA

VLADIMIR VDOVICHENKOV

IRINA ALEKSIMOVA

EVGENIY PRONIN

ANATOLIY RUDENKO

Camera Director KIRILL SPERANSKIY

Art Director ANDREY ROZIN

Composer DARIN SYSOYEV

Sound Producer IVAN RIPS

Picture Editor KONSTANTIN MAZUR

Screenwriter ALEXEY ONISHCHENKO

Executive Producers SVETLANA SLITYUK VLADIMIR KHABALOV

Producers ALEXEY MOISEEV DAVID DISHDISHYAN OLEG PIGANOV

Director Producer PHELIKS GHERCHIKOV

SPIES

MOSCOW 5 April 1944

Comrade Instructor, the practice route is completed.

Permission to report the results?

Report!

We've determined that it was a two-person tail.

The first one is a man,

red-haired in a checkered cap.

The second one is a young guy in a soldier's shirt. Tall.

No insignia.

You agree?

— Yes, Ma'am! — I disagree.

Talk, Fedotova!

According to my observation,

we were followed by four people.

They are still watching us.

Who?

That couple over there.

They don't even look at each other.

And she's holding flowers like a mop.

Not very romantic.

The other two are out of my sight now.

They change all the time.

The tall and the red-haired are a diversion.

You spotted them and got relaxed but you still have a tail.

Fedotova, you passed the test.

And you should listen to Matilda closer.

She explains everything.

Comrade Instructor,

permission to ask?

Take a seat.

What do you want?

Matilda Genrikhovna said

that we should talk more to experienced agents,

that their advice are priceless, that they can't be found in books.

So I thought...

You are the best.

The operations you've completed..!

Could you maybe mentor me?

In practice?

Because I am very good with theory.

Looking to be my apprentice?

I really want to become a good agent.

Like you.

Komsomol member?

Of course.

Asked to be an agent yourself?

I wrote a request.

Three times.

Do you have a fiance?

Yes.

Serves in the Guard.

He's in Byelorussia now.

Writes me letters. Every week.

You want to become a good agent?

I do.

See that man?

Yes.

Sleep with him.

What?

You don't know what it means?

— I know but... — Come over, set a meeting...

The streets are not very busy.

You can do it right in the park, on a bench.

Or go to some back-alley.

I can keep watch.

I'll stay around, smoking.

When you are over, we'll talk.

Are you joking?

Does it look like it?

Can you do that?

Wait, Comrade Instructor,

but I have a fiance...

If it's a problem for you, you won't become a good agent.

If you want me to mentor you, get up and approach him!

Our stop. Get out.

Fedotova, wait!

You go!

Listen, Valya...

We all have our own experience.

Mine can be different from others'.

Find yourself another mentor.

Maybe you get lucky.

Maybe it will turn out differently. Go.

I got a call from the Staff.

Group 5 comes back from the operation.

They'll be on the airfield in about four hours.

We need to meet them.

Yes, sir! Will meet the Group 5.

Have you visited Velichko recently?

Three days ago.

How is she doing?

On and off.

One moment she's better, another — she's back on IV.

Infection... Complication...

Is she on IV now too?

No. Medical examining board.

It's about time!

The doctors should reach a conclusion.

If it's very serious, we'll discharge her.

If she got better, we have a lot of operations.

I'll drop by the hospital

before the airfield.

Hello, Lev Samuilovich!

Ah, hello, hello!

We need to talk. About Velichko.

My congratulations!

Citizen Velichko passed the board.

— And? — Completely healthy.

Good for anything: bombing Hitler, having children...

We've been doing our best

and a relapse is out of the question.

Lev Samuilovich!

Lev Samuilovich!

There... Ordzhonikidze Zinaida...

...Genadievna came.

It's so very nice. I... Get her to the thoracic department.

I'll finish here and come over to say hi.

Our loyal and reliable helping hand.

And last week the wife of

Georgiy Dmitrov,

Roza Yulievna dropped by.

Can we talk alone?

Over here we

can have a conversation

if you don't mind it.

Yes, thank you.

I gave my office to physicians.

A lot of patients, you know.

I understand, right.

What is it?

It's about Velichko.

— She had it really rough. — Yeah, I know.

She had a lot of problems even before that.

What I mean is...

Life didn't treat her well. Not at all.

Comrade Captain, my dear,

are you unwell?

Academics' wives help you, right?

Yeah, of course.

It's... It's... It's good, right?

Yes.

I want to help you too.

Tell me, what do you need?

Food?

Ehm... Excuse me?

I can get it.

A lot of it.

Whatever you need. Canned food.

American.

As much as you need. Even a truck.

You know, my second name is not Rothschild.

I cannot buy a truck of cans.

I understand but...

...you don't have to buy it.

Germans will be finished soon anyway, right?

What if we don't risk Velichko's life?

She worked hard for our country.

I mean...

If you say that she's not fit for service,

I'll get you cans. Or sugar.

You can cover your needs

in the hospital.

2nd Hospital of Moscow

I have news for you.

They invalid you out.

How come?

Samuilovich said I'm good to bomb Hitler.

It's what he says to everyone.

But you can't go on operations again.

— Is that his decision? — Yes.

We just had a talk.

You get your papers, take Katya from the orphanage

and you are free... as a bird.

If you want,

you can stay at the intel school.

As an instructor.

Or in logistics.

I saw Samuilovich writing the report.

He said I'm healthy.

Do you know medicine?

No.

Stop talking then.

He's a doctor. He knows better.

I have a group to meet.

Did you give him money?

You wanted to be free.

Here's your freedom.

Just don't go around saying

you're healthy.

Granted.

Excuse me, girls.

Did you meet them?

Yes, sir!

Only Yakovleva stayed alive of the whole group.

I gave her half an hour to clean up.

Then you'll debrief her.

Okay.

About Velichko...

I talked to her doctors. The thing is...

Here she is!

Comrade Colonel,

Lieutenant Velichko is reporting for further duty.

Let's go greet her!

At ease!

Well... Hi there!

I see, they fed you well in the hospital.

Yes, sir! First class.

— How's your health? — Perfect.

— Here's the med report. — It's okay.

So?

Go get settled.

Catch up with the girls.

Yes, sir! Permission to leave?

Go.

Let me help you, Velichko.

I said they'll invalid you out. What are you doing?

— Saving you from prison. — What?

What you've heard.

What kind of experienced agent doesn't do initial recon?

— What does it have to do..? — Everything!

Samuilovich has three sons on the front.

He got death notice for two of them already.

I've personally heard him saying,

"The country is at war — everyone should be at war."

— Makes sense. — So why would you offer him some cans?

If someone starts these talks with Samuilovich,

he agrees at first,

then gets to a phone and signals to right people.

The whole hospital knows that.

When I realized what mess you've made,

I ran over to him,

explained everything.

We talked heart-to-heart.

Thank God, Samuilovich is okay. He's forgiven you.

Your new room.

I'll get the keys.

I can go myself.

Hi!

I'm okay. Got better.

Not that you care...

I wanted to thank you for Polotsk.

If it wasn't for you...

They passed me your thanks.

Welcome back!

Thank you.

What is it now?!

May I?

I'm sorry, I didn't know it's you.

You thought it's Velichko?

Do you want some?

You've been together on three operations.

Almost comrades-in-arms.

— And you still cannot forgive her? — She's fine as it is.

— What do you mean? — Captain, of course.

Jealous?

Not jealousy. Anger.

She asked you to forgive her already.

It's not about her.

I just used to think that there's justice in this world.

You know, like justice-justice.

I know.

I ran away from home when I was 16.

To Spain.

To help working people.

Managed to get to Vitebsk where police took me off the train.

It turned out my father called just about everyone to find me.

When I got older, Volod'ka asked me to marry him.

I said, "No. Let's do something great first.

Not for us — for our country."

And what do I get? Husband killed.

Not killed.

Missing in action. He might still be alive.

Father? Probably no father too.

Anything else?

Aborted a German's child.

Also an achievement.

I can't fall asleep without a bottle.

And this one...

She never cared about anyone.

Not giving a damn about her country or people...

A freebie for thugs.

But she's doing well.

Captain loves her. Her daughter is fine.

She's safe and sound.

You think it's fair?

The world is full of unfair.

Right. You do what you are supposed to

and live with it.

That's what Father Veniamin said.

He said right.

I'm not allowed to do anything!

Others go on operations, and I'll rot here soon.

Say something.

We value and love you very much.

We?

We.

Vorotynnikov and me.

Why, thank you!

Only I'm not so sure about Comrade Colonel.

I don't think he loves anyone.

Go to sleep.

You have classes tomorrow.

The lives of recruits depend on how much you manage to tell them.

I'm taking this with me.

Come in.

Take a seat.

Tell me.

I request to be sent on an operation.

Wait, Lieutenant!

You are a wonderful instructor.

Recruits put you on the same line with Matilda.

— FYI, it's... — I think you're exaggerating.

They love Matilda. Why would they love me?

I'm putting them through the wringer.

Well... You know... Never mind that.

Train hard, fight easy.

Your lessons save their lives.

Go to work.

Send me on an operation!

Lieutenant,

I value you very much

as an experienced instructor.

Your war is right here.

You've risked enough.

Not enough.

Send me, please!

I could finally be of some use.

Do you want to die?

I have nothing to live for.

There's always something.

When you understand that, we'll talk.

And now — dismissed.

Yes, sir!

Let me introduce myself.

Sergey.

Arina.

Nice to meet you.

Thank you.

Waiting for someone?

No.

It's good.

Ve-ry-good.

You know what, Arina?

I'm an officer.

I noticed.

I'm f... I'm fighting at the front like...

You are crawling in trenches...

Dirt...

Blood...

You break some German's neck —

just like that!

Anyway...

I don't like beating around the bush.

So speak upfront.

Come with me.

With you? What for?

You know what for.

Don't... you worry.

I will make it your worth.

Will you go? Eh?

May I?

What?

Your hands, Seryozha,

are so soft.

No calluses.

Nails are clean.

So what?

You are not crawling in trenches.

You are making war in drinking joints.

— Dirty ratling! — What?

You whore! I'm going to...

Aren't you afraid that I'll leave you here?

How can you get me out?

I hit a Staff officer on his head.

I'm looking at five to ten years now.

Unless, of course, you put me on an operation

and tell the Staff that it can't be anyone else.

Then yeah, it might...

Out!

You are the most seasoned

so I'm giving you the most difficult operation.

As you know, our troops are getting close to Poland.

Poles have a very strong partisan movement.

It's not uniform.

Some of the leaders are fighting even with each other.

The problem is they don't really like us.

Why would we need their affection?

Of course, we can do without their affection

but the total number of partisans

is about 45 thousand people.

If they make a united stand against our army,

it will hinder our advance further to the West.

Forty five thousand against us is not much.

They should understand that.

They have their own game.

Englishmen...

Right now they are more afraid of us than of Hitler.

They don't want us to enter Europe.

Zbigner-Tiernovetskiy,

one of the most influential commanders

of Polish resistance.

He went to London recently, to negotiate with Englishmen.

Our intelligence managed to learn

the proposal he received.

If the Poles stop the advance of our army,

the Englishmen might

call the truce with Germany.

United forces of England and Germany will consolidate in Poland

and stop our

advance into Europe.

But England often betrays its allies.

Doesn't Tiernovetskiy know that?

Of course, he knows.

So he works on several fronts simultaneously.

He met our representatives too.

We promised him that Poland will keep its independence.

In exchange he promised to get his people on our side.

So what did he decide?

That's the problem: we don't know.

He's a seasoned politician.

His promises are always fuzzy.

In several days, a convention of Polish partisan commanders

will take place in the East of Poland.

Tisernovetskiy will make a speech

and convince commanders to take one side or the other.

The event is official

so most likely he had some document prepared.

If Poles decide to take our side,

then we'll receive this document with signatures of every commander.

If not, the document will go to Englishmen.

Your objective is

to learn whose side Tiernovetskiy is going to play on.

It needs to be done before the convention.

Tiernovetskiy used to be a performer.

He really likes to flaunt.

Cars... Suits... Cigars...

But he's incredibly punctual.

His life is scheduled to a minute.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are always at the same time

no matter what the location.

His bodyguards are incredibly good-looking women.

One of them was killed several days ago.

Through a lot of third parties our agent in Wien

managed to offer his niece

as a new bodyguard.

Naturally, she doesn't exist.

It's a cover.

According to this cover, she lives in Wien

and speaks perfect German.

Arina,

you are the niece.

Am I Polish?

Yes. Your Mom died early.

You were brought up by your father — ex-military

so you know your way around guns.

So... In a few days there will be a convention

of Polish partisan commanders.

For them, Tiernovetskiy is of indisputable authority.

They would never meet without him.

As we know, he prepared an agreement draft in advance.

But an agreement with whom?

We don't know if it's us or Englishmen.

Arina, that's what you have to figure out.

By any means necessary,

you have to learn the contents of this document.

This will put him to sleep.

If the agreement is with us, he can wake up.

If not, here's a powerful poison.

You inject drops in his nose in his sleep.

His heart will stop. Can you do that?

I can.

The main thing is not to allow Polish armies

to make a united stand against us.

What are we for?

You'll provide backup.

You are small-time Ukrainian merchants.

There are a lot of them in Poland now.

Buy yourself a car.

Here's the money

and the documents.

If something doesn't work out with Arina,

like Tiernvovetskiy doesn't like her

or she is not able to terminate him,

then the floor goes to you, Comrade Captain.

Got it.

What's the convention venue?

Somewhere in Chelm disctrict. The exact place is unknown.

The main thing is not to allow Poles to take a stand against us.

EASTERN POLAND 8 June 1944

Hello!

Please!

So you are from Wien?

Yes.

Stefa said you are a good fighter.

My father taught me.

Do you see them?

No.

They should be in a living-room on the second floor.

But those windows are curtained.

Hiding out.

Arina should have no problems with taking the job.

The question is what impression she will make on Tiernovetskiy

and whether he'll want to take her as his mistress.

Yeah.

Also, how would other mistresses take it.

Why do you want to work for me?

I'm Polish.

I want Poland to be free.

Both from Germans and from Soviets.

Do you really want it?

No, I don't care.

It's war. People are starving.

And you pay well.

So you are interested only in money?

Not only.

There are other things that make our life more fun.

Yeah, sure. All these hats, trinkets and dresses...

Actually, I was talking about men.

I like your cynicism.

I trust cynics.

Unlike idealists.

I'm not an idealist by far.

I live in the moment.

Will I get an advance payment?

By all means.

The rumor is our camp will host a convention.

Yes.

Commanders from all over Poland will come here.

Russians are close. Germans are exhausted.

We'll be deciding what to do next.

Okay.

Afraid for you darling?

What darling?

Don't worry.

He's been with us for a year.

He's a good guy. I won't put him in harm's way.

Thank you.

Something else?

What would you have done?

With the boyfriend? I don't know.

I don't know.

But Germans should be finished.

No other way.

So you support Stalin?

Stalin?

No. But others are even worse.

I'm not choosing between good and bad.

I'm choosing between bad and very bad.

Tomorrow I'll go to Chelm before the convention.

I want to talk to our leader.

If he takes my side,

it's in the bag.

Well, Chriska, I have to go.

Put this on.

Is this Zbignev's coat of arms?

For you, he's Sir Tiernovetskiy!

Yes, of course.

Forgive me if I upset you somehow.

Have you come here to earn money?

Yes.

Work then.

If you start meddling into things, you'll regret it.

Excuse me, what do you mean?

Well, there are these girls

who think they are very clever,

They are always scheming... flirting...

I'm not like this.

Are you sure?

I don't know how to scheme.

At all.

Anyway, I understood everything.

I don't need any trouble.

Watch out then.

If I see you making a pass on Zbignev,

you are done.

Here she is.

Already in a uniform.

Means infiltration went well.

What's this?!

Get out of here.

Or I'll make dumplings out of you.

Going to Chelm.

You said today that you trust cynics.

So what?

I'm not a cynic.

I've been with you for six years.

Nobody worked for you this long.

If I was interested only in money,

I would've been long gone.

So you are an idealist.

If I were an idealist,

would I tolerate your affairs?

My sunshine,

I told you a thousand times:

I have so much work.

It's war and death all around.

I need to distract myself.

not to get a heart-attack.

Understand?

Do you want me to die?

You know I don't.

Don't worry then.

These petticoats mean nothing for me.

They are...

...like medicine.

You won't be jealous of a vial with solution.

Your health!

The new one makes me uneasy.

What's up with her?

Smart.

Too smart.

Elaborate.

She's smiling

but her eyes...

I don't know...

I don't know...

I just...

...feel it.

Intuition.

The clock is two minutes fast.

I'll arrange for it to be fixed.

Okay.

Stefa, you are very tired.

Very. You need to rest.

Should I go up with you?

I don't have time.

I need to work on some papers,

and tomorrow is an early morning.

Kravchik is coming.

Agneshka,

why aren't you sleeping?

I don't usually sleep at this hour.

What do you do at this hour?

Reading. If I'm not lucky.

And if you are lucky?

If I'm lucky,

I'm not asked what I like.

I'm told what to do.

You are smart.

Is it bad?

We'll see.

Tonight you'll be guarding the hallway at my room.

It's good that you read this book.

We'll discuss it later.

I warned you.

Don't touch him.

Don't touch him!

Don't touch him!

Stefa!

Stefa!

She...

She...

You are disgracing me, Stefa.

I have to convince commanders to make a stand against Soviets.

If you do this again in public,

what will they say?

"If you can't handle your women,

how can you go against Stalin?"

I'm sorry.

This won't happen again.

Go get yourself fixed.

Your shift is soon.

Yes, Ma'am!

Give me light!

Tiernovetskiy is going to take England's side.

Very soon.

He has to be terminated.

We don't know what stage Arina is on.

Maybe it's time for us to intervene.

We wait till morning.

— She might handle it herself. — What if she doesn't?

Then I'll enter the building

and plant a bomb.

Should we maybe do it now?

It's ten.

He dined already and most likely went to his room.

We wait.

How would you enter the house? It's full of guards.

I'll figure something out.

Why aren't you sleeping?

I had enough sleep.

Yes?

You expected to see someone else,

didn't you?

Stefa, don't start with this theater!

Theater?

That's how you talk to me?!

I don't want to take part in this show.

We have nothing to talk about.

Go to sleep!

Oh, no!

You'll hear me out!

I knew you were sleeping around with everyone

but I still stood by you.

But this time you crossed the line.

You undermined me in front of some underage wanna-be.

Is this you gratitude for years of loyalty?

Such a pity

but it's my fault.

An idealist...

Yes...

Only I made a wrong choice picking the ideal.

Stay.

Do you think I hate myself so much that I'll stay?

No.

But I know you love me so much.

What happened?

Tiernovetskiy is still alive.

What's the plan?

Thanks to obsessive

punctuality

of Zbignev, we know the exact time he'll go to breakfast.

It's our only chance.

That room is not watched well now.

So.... We have twenty three minutes.

Veslav!

Veslav!

What are you doing there?

Five minutes.

All clear.

There's a bomb!