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Zbignev-Tiernovetskiy.

Your objective is

to find out whose side Tiernovetskiy is going to play on.

Tiernovetskiy is going to take England's side.

This is our only chance.

There is a bomb!

Arina...

We don't know if she's alive.

Take her to the cellar and shoot her.

Wait! I'll tell you everything!

He won't touch her for now.

I am a Soviet intelligence agent.

Me and my comrades were supposed to kill you.

If she's Russian, I'm Stalin.

Kravchik,

you are completely out of your mind.

Kravchik is at odds with Tiernovetskiy now.

That's right.

What if Tiernovetskiy's men

will destroy Kravchik's detachment?

With witnesses left behind?

A war will break out between Polish detachments.

How far did we come?

About seven klicks, I think.

Not much.

We get to some stream and you leave me there.

I love you.

I want to live for you. You hear me?

Thank you so much.

Everything will be fine.

— How would you know? — I have to marry her.

Volodya!

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

Alive.

Alive!

Alive!

Alive.

Hang in there.

Hang in there, my love.

Medicine! I'll get it.

How can that be?

Because of you!

Because of you I hid in the forest.

When they came to shoot,

they were talking in Polish.

But when they were leaving — in Russian.

You brought them!

You!

Volodya is alive.

What?

Wounded. Heavily. He needs bandages.

Infirmary is over there.

Easy. Hang in there.

Hang in there. It's okay.

Everything is okay.

Not okay.

He is in bad shape.

There's a surgeon in Chelm.

He treats our people.

Help us! Please.

I honestly didn't know about that order.

I wasn't told anything.

I tried to explain.

Thought it will go peacefully.

I didn't ask you.

Hold his head. It's rocky.

CHERNIVTSI 16 June 1944

This book is boring.

Let's switch, Valera.

We will when I finish it.

Zoya!

But it's high...

It's fine. You taught me well.

Do you want go outside?

Of course, I do but...

...it's nap time. And my leg...

Window is not really an option for you.

Sit here.

How is he?

I finished the surgery. He'll live.

Thank you!

Your husband's condition is very serious.

He had a gunshot to his lungs.

He won't get better soon.

But he is alive!

Leave the celebration for when he's healthy.

He will need expensive medicine.

I'll make a list.

He needs to eat well

and obviously move out of the forest.

I understand.

If you follow my recommendations,

there's a chance he'll get better.

If you don't...

Can I see him?

Go ahead.

Nurse, wait!

— You are..? — I'm Nina.

Perepyolkina.

I can't remember your face, Comrade Perepyolkina.

Wait a minute, am I suspected in something?

— I'm just... — Wonderful!

Great!

The Chief is begging me, "Nina, get out of that medical battalion

and come to us. We are short of staff."

But I'm not welcome here...

I'm not allowed to take a patient to a procedure...

No, if Konstantin Aleksandrovich himself...

I don't object.

Go on with your work, please.

Am I an intel agent or what?

Thank you!

See, he's alive.

Good.

I...

heard there... in the camp...

You said he'll go to the front and now...

After he has been in captivity.

Penalty battalion, yes.

Who knows what now? Maybe even worse.

They might just call him a traitor.

And you?

What me?

Protect him!

I can't.

Why not?

You are a hero now.

You destroyed our unit.

Everyone will listen to you.

They will give your a medal.

A medal...

I'm a traitor.

When our plane came at night, I tried to stop them.

I disobeyed an order and ran away.

The officer will file a report now.

That's for sure.

My people will look for me.

We can't stay here.

We have to go to Germany.

I have... a grandma...

She's in... Rudolstadt city.

We can go there.

He doesn't have a passport.

We have no money.

We have a stash in the forest

with money and documents.

A plane is coming for us today.

Good.

They might know in Moscow where's Arina.

They might.

And one more thing... I...

...want to file a report.

What report?

About you carrying me.

Ah, but I didn't.

Agents did.

It was you before the agents.

I'll talk to Vorotynnikov.

They should give you a medal.

We were together.

You deserve a medal too.

I wasn't of much use there.

I don't even remember it well.

Only bits and pieces.

Naturally. A bullet in your leg.

You've lost a lot of blood.

Hence the... What are they called..?

Hallucinations.

I think I wasn't hallucinating.

You were.

Promised to marry me.

The things a delirious person can say...

I remember that.

I wasn't delirious.

I really want to marry you.

Will you be my wife?

I will.

Okay then...

When we return to Moscow, I'll submit two requests.

Why two?

One for marrying you and one for adopting Kat'ka.

Thank you for Kat'ka.

As far as the other one goes...

Why wait till Moscow?

If you want to marry me, do it now.

Okay.

— Only I don't know... — I do.

There's a rifle's unit nearby.

I talked to the Commander.

He'll register us.

Shall we?

We shall.

So I went to comms girls

and got you a shirt

and a suit.

Great. But how come the comms girls

have a man's shirt and a suit?

Are you interrogating or marrying me?

Marrying, of course.

Let's go.

How are you, my friend?

Excuse me.

My husband has a severe blast injury.

Get better!

Quiet.

— Where are we? — Don't talk.

We shouldn't get exposed.

Germans are all around us.

We are going to Germany.

Why Germany?

We have to.

I'll explain later. Remember,

you are a German soldier.

You have a severe blast injury.

You cannot talk. It's normal with blast injuries.

I'm your wife. Chrisya is my sister. We are taking you home.

— Why? — Easy-easy-easy.

Don't say anything.

Just don't say anything. Quiet.

We are taking a hospital train.

Money upfront.

Okay. How much?

Five hundred marks for me

and five more hundred for the train conductor.

Lift him up.

When will we arrive to Germany?

Soon. They let us through everywhere.

So you've decided to marry?

Yes, Comrade Major!

Okay. Only I have never...

Comrade Major?

We managed to start that German truck.

I'm busy. Later.

It's my first time to marry someone.

So I'll sign the paper

but I have no clue what to say.

Just say something.

From your heart.

Comrade Major, rounds for Schmeissers...

Could your Schmeissers wait a bit?!

Don't you see? I'm officiating.

I mean, registering.

I'm sorry.

We've seized a German storage.

Sorting through it now.

The certificate...

Sign it.

Your girl told me how serious you two are.

I think, there's no need to say anything.

If she was carrying you,

either she's crazy,

or she really loves you.

She doesn't look crazy.

So... Citizen Petrov

and citizen Velichko,

I pronounce you a husband and a wife.

Multiply, as they say, and replenish the earth

for the glory of the Communist Party

and the Soviet people.

Comrade Major,

we found flamethrowers.

Where do they go?

Can you handle her without a flamethrower?

I can.

Your say.

While they are not registered, I can give you one.

No need.

I will save one for my wife.

Kiss each other or something.

What are your staring at?

We have a wedding.

I think, the Major was more nervous than us.

Where did you even find him?

Well... I found him is what matters.

How do feel in your new role?

Ah, wonderful.

Captain Petrov and Lieutenant Velichko?

You're late. Actually, she's Lieutenant Petrova,

not Velichko.

We just got married.

Take them.

— What is it, Lieutenant? — You are under arrest.

It's some mistake.

— We are agents. — I know.

We are going to Moscow today. A plane is coming.

Call Colonel Vorotynnikov!

Easy!

Comrade Vorotynnikov is in the know.

And your plane is already here.

MOSCOW 17 June 1944

A military uniform dress.

A civilian dress.

A woman's purse.

Woman's summer boots. That's it.

Go through the contents of the desk.

Empty cognac bottle.

Another cognac bottle. Half-empty.

Cigarettes.

Matches.

A book in a foreign language.

Give it to me.

German.

Rulke.

Rilke.

Nothing else in the drawer.

How come your Prozorovskaya has so few things?

Nothing to work with.

When could she get more things?

She's on operations all the time.

Risking her life.

We'll find out

what she was risking.

Continue!

— Finished? — No!

Looking for stashes.

Do you want a drink?

Yeah.

Why are you so worried?

Arina is not a traitor.

I'm sure she had her reasons.

And I'm sure she knew what she was doing.

And that's called desertion.

— We don't know for sure. — Exactly.

So stop eating yourself.

Please.

Not everyone can be like you.

Like what?

What Prozorovskaya did will get back not to her

but to us, to all of us.

That's what you should worry about.

Enter.

Take a seat.

Investigator Karusova Elena Vladimirovna.

Petrova.

— Zoya Aleksanrovna. — Yeah, sure. Petrova.

Newly-wed.

— Congratulations. — Thank you!

Help yourself.

Thanks.

So, newly-wed Petrova...

Let's figure it out together

how you can quickly get out of here

to celebrate your wedding with your husband.

I'm all for it.

Great. Talk.

About what?

About Poland.

Not about the operation— I know that.

What happened there?

Lieutenant Prozorovskaya found out that Tiernovetskiy will play against us.

He had to be terminated.

Captain Petrov planted an explosive device for Tiernovetskiy.

Then we had to get Arina and leave.

But she didn't go out.

Why?

I don't know.

Okay. Continue.

We were attacked by Tiernovetskiy's guards.

Barely made it.

Captain Petrov was shot in his leg.

We got out of the city,

realized that we can't get close to Tiernovetskiy

and decided to get out back to our people.

We were walking by ourselves for a while and then agents

picked us up.

And what happened to Prozorovskaya?

I don't know.

We haven't see her since.

She could've died.

No, she didn't die.

She made contact a day later, send us a proposal

about negotiations.

So... She did a good job then?

No, she didn't.

When our plane came, she attacked an officer.

Then she fled into the forest.

Deserted.

— You know why? — No idea.

But... It doesn't sound like Arina.

It does... It doesn't... It's war!

Was she saying something? I don't know...

She's sick of the war... Doesn't like the Party...

Hitler is not so bad as... newspapers say.

Come on, come on!

Remember!

There's nothing to remember.

— I haven't heard anything like that. — You haven't heard...

You haven't heard... So what do we have?

What we have is...

What we have is that the group didn't complete its mission.

Prozorovskaya has deserted.

Moreover, not everything is clear with you and your husband.

— What's not clear? — Well...

You stumbled upon the agents by accident.

But maybe it was them who stumbled upon you?

Maybe you were going not to us but away from us?

Maybe... you are deserters too?

Comrade Investigator...

One more thing...

Prozorovskaya is not here.

We don't know her whereabouts. But you are here.

Your newly-wed husband

is the group leader.

Someone has to take responsibility.

And that someone

is you, not her.

Do you see where I am going?

I wish you only well.

Go on, remember everything she has done.

We'll put it all on paper and...

...you'll be free.

But if you won't remember it yourself,

I'll be interrogating you

for a long time.

Until you confess to everything.

— I... — I understand.

Don't be in a rush.

You need to talk it over.

Security!

Take her

— ...to the prison yard for a walk. — Yes, Ma'am!

And remember!

It's a one-time offer.

Did she tell you?

Yes.

What should we do?

It doesn't sound like Arina.

Why would she desert?

If she ran away, she had a reason.

She's probably still doing something

for the operation.

And here we are, making her a traitor...

She'll come back and go to jail.

That's if we don't take back our testimony.

If we take it back, we'll be perjurers.

Chop-chop to Siberia.

Between the devil and the deep blue sea.

What do we do..?

What do we choose..?

What you always do.

The right thing.

People are like wax.

You squeeze them — they bend.

But you are different, Kolya.

You are strong.

You like it fair.

So we can't bury Arina alive.

It's not fair.

Agree?

You see?

I learn from you.

There were times when I'd rat her out in a blink.

And now I'm sitting there with this investigator

and thinking, "I ruined Arina's life once. And now again? No."

How would I look you in the eye after that?

We need to think of something.

To twist it somehow so that

you come out.

Husband and wife live the same life. Heard that?

I did.

We'll make it together.

RUDOLSTADT 27 April 1945

Good afternoon, Herr Hoffman!

Hello Kristina!

As usual?

Helga, please get me a vial.

You niece is growing up in leaps and bounds.

Yes, her parents would've been proud of her.

Thank you very much.

These damned Americans...

My position is

if you make war,

make war with soldiers.

Bomb bases, tanks, trenches..!

But why would you drop bombs on the cities?

Left the kid an orphan...

Bastards!

Yeah, I understand.

Here you go.

How is your sister's husband doing?

Much better.

Only coughing a lot.

I wish him to get better soon.

Eighty marks.

Herr Hoffman,

I would like to talk to you.

What is it?

We ran out of money.

That's all we have.

I'm sorry...

Could you sell it on credit?

We'll pay back.

I promise.

It's not possible.

Please.

Helga!

Please go a milkman and buy one liter of milk.

Okay, Uncle.

Go. Go.

Trust me,

I respect your sister's husband very much.

And I want him to get better

but the times are difficult.

Every pfennig counts.

We'll write you a promissory note.

Tomorrow Americans will come.

These notes will be worth nothing.

Don't worry.

I have an idea.

What idea?

Such a beautiful girl

can pay

with something other than money.

Let's go upstairs?

Do you need this medicine?

I'll be waiting for you.

Frau Münzer,

how can I help you?

Courageous.

Bruna?

Brave.

Good. More examples?

Irma?

Valiant.

Good. Sit down.

Ushi?

Resolute.

Very good.

That's it for today.

The lesson is over.

Tomorrow we'll start with homonyms.

Good-bye!

Good-bye!

Good-bye!

No loan?

I'll go to the principal.

I have no money.

I haven't been paid in four months.

Like all of us.

I know you have an emergency reserve

for school's needs.

It was taken last month for army's needs.

Frau Schmidt, I value you very much.

I know that at this time very few people

are willing to work with no salary.

But I honestly have no money.

I understand.

Wait a minute.

This is the ration of our worker.

He was taken to the front lines.

Take it.

To the front lines?

He's in his fifties.

Germany above all else.

Thank you but I need money

for the medicine.

You have to eat something.

If you husband could do

some odd jobs around the school,

I could get him a ration.

Thank you.

Wow! We have a true feast today.

Thank you.

Mmmm. Wow, Arisha!

— Delicious! — Help yourself.

Arina?

Do you two opt for separate nutrition now?

Why don't you have meat?

I don't want it.

Me neither.

You need to get better, to gain your strength.

It won't do.

Give it to me.

Eat.

There will be no more medicine.

The pharmacist doesn't sell on loan.

So what?

I'm healthy already.

You got out of bed only a week ago.

I'm fine.

Lungs need to be treated.

— The doctor says... — It doesn't matter what he says!

And you say healthy...

Putting on lipstick?

First time I see that.

I should be beautiful.

For who?

One guy asked me on a date.

Where did you find this guy?

Even old men are taken to the front lines.

Tell me.

What?

Who is the lipstick for?

I have a date.

The pharmacist?

Wipe it off.

Why?

— If I do it with him... — It's not a solution.

Why?

One vial is good for one week.

We don't know how many we need.

He gets tired of you — then what?

We need to do something.

We do.

Where in the pharmacy are these pills kept?

Why?

Precaution.

There's a church service tonight.

We should go there.

Do we have to?

Sometimes they give flour after service.

A glass each.

Three of us — three glasses.

Well, if we have to...

We'll go.

I'll be right back.

She's been out for ten minutes.

You shouldn't talk.

Where is she?

I don't know.

Let's go.

We have to go.

What is she up to?

Tell me.

What are you doing here?

You?

What do you need?

No!

Please don't shoot! Please!

Difficult to talk.

Blast injury. You understand?

Yes. Yes, sure.

You were hitting on her sister and she loves her sister.

You see what you did?

Forgive me.

Never again...

Not a word. I promise!

Are we good then?

We are good.

Totally.

I swear!

Why did you come?

I found the medicine. Enough for a month.

Would you have shot him if I didn't come?

War is war.

It's not right, you understand?

I did a lot of wrong things, and I've been rewarded for that.

Everything for you.

No.

Not at this price.

Why?

— You don't understand why? — No.

I would do everything for you to live.

What happened to you?

You would like me to be different?

Different?

I don't recognize you at all!

I got married in '43

to a German pilot.

He used to execute our refugees. Women, children...

And he was proud of that.

Then I had to torture him.

He was strong. Very strong.

But I succeeded.

Before dying he said that I'm just like him.

Even worse.

And you know, he's right.

Don't try to be better than your enemy.

If you want to win, be worse than everyone.

I just want us to survive. That's it.

Say something.

I can't.

Yell then.

I can't.

That's worst of all.

Neither to yell, nor to talk...

Let's come back.

To our people.

Our people nearly killed you.

If we come back, we are done.

If not executed, then Siberia.

With you lungs, it's one month.

Maybe.

But we have to come back.

Understand?

Or it will be over.

Why?

We had love back there.

And you were so different.

And here...

There's no love left.

Will you go?

No.

Then I'll go myself.

Leaving me?

You killed yourself

because of me.

Inside.

If I leave,

you might get better.

Thanks, Chrisya! For everything!

And good-bye!

How is it, 'good-bye'?

Where is he going?

To our people.

How?!

You said, he can't.

You are nice, Chrisya.

Take this.

When you find your love, give him one.

They say, love exists.

And now excuse me. I want to be alone.

Wait!

Wait!

What about her?

You can't do it! This is wrong!

I know this is wrong.

But we can't make it right.

You have to fight! You have to make an effort!

You said yourself, you have it like in novels.

She waited. You waited.

If it's not love,

then love doesn't exist.

At all.

Life doesn't work like novels, Chrisya.

One move — and there's no solution.

If you love, you can find a solution.

You can find it!

We'll survive.

I don't know how

but we'll survive.

Together.

We'll forget everything bad.

Like nothing happened.

Soldier!

What's your name?

Keep on going. I'll be right back.

What's your name?

I asked

what's your name?

Excuse me, officer!

My husband has a severe blast trauma.

He can't hear anything

and barely talks.

Can I help you?

Yes, thank you.

I'm looking for a military base.

It should be somewhere here.

Can you give me directions?

Sure. But there are no soldiers there.

For a month now.

The war is lost. I'm not looking for soldiers.

I just need a place to stay.

It's cold and dirty there.

What about Frau Schultz?

She has a nice guesthouse.

No, thank you.

I need a bed just for one night.

The base will do.

Come with me. I'll show you.

Drive along this street

and turn right at the church.

You'll see it from there.

Thank you!

Good-bye!

He has a box in the cabin with a Top Secret stamp on it.

He's driving alone.

No security.

That's right.

When the war is lost, the losing side has two strategies.

The first one is to mix with the crowd.

The second is

to sell yourself to the winner.

To give him classified documents

and bargain yourself a pardon.

He'll spend the whole night on an abandoned base. Alone.