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Alive!

Alive.

It's because of you!

Because of you I had to hide in the forest.

Volodya is alive.

You are a hero now.

You destroyed our detachment.

I am a traitor.

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

I disobeyed an order and ran away.

Will you be my wife?

I will.

Captain Petrov and Lieutenant Velichko?

You are late. Actually, she's Lieutenant Petrova, not Velichko.

Take them.

Germans are all around us.

We are going to Germany.

— Why Germany? — We have to.

Arina is not a traitor.

I'm sure, she had her reasons.

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

And it's called a desertion.

Prozorovskaya is not here.

Someone has to take responsibility.

You, not her.

Let's go back.

Our people nearly killed you.

If we come back, we are done.

If she ran away, she had a reason.

And in this case we can't bury her alive.

It's not fair.

Soldier! What's your name?

Keep on going. I'll be right back.

Excuse me, officer!

My husband has a severe blast trauma.

He can't hear and barely talks.

Thank you!

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

He will spend the whole night on an abandoned base. Alone.

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

Damn!

Left?

I don't think so.

I doubt he'd leave the truck.

He took the box with him.

He's somewhere around.

You think he spotted us?

Not necessarily. Let's go.

He probably went upstairs.

It's a good vantage point.

Right.

Wait.

Don't worry.

Hands up!

Get away from the weapon!

What are you doing here?

Easy! Easy!

I asked what are you doing here?

So what's there?

You wouldn't believe how lucky we are!

— Classified data? — Not just classified.

These are the lists of people who worked for Abwehr.

In our country, in the US, in Europe.

Any intelligence would sell its soul for it.

It's a real treasure.

Treasure...

What should we do with this treasure?

You think if...

we give this data to our people,

they'll pardon us?

Maybe.

Right, I know myself they won't.

But in any case, this material should go

only to our people.

We can't allow them to end up, say...

in the hands of Americans.

Or...

We can't walk around with this box.

We're lucky nobody spotted us.

Microfilms.

This is getting interesting.

These are personal files.

It's... not just names. It's everything.

Photos, complete information.

Probably, even addresses.

Fifteen films

add up to almost 500 names.

You are right.

This information should get into right hands.

I think I know how to do it.

Tell me.

Germany

surrendered.

Good evening, Comrades Recruits!

So, my beautiful?

Happy victory!

Happy victory!

Sit down!

Would you give your Commander a glassful to drink to it?

Comrade Facility Commander, permission to speak?

I'm listening.

Is this the end?

How so?

I mean, we won.

Today — yes.

Let's drink to our people.

To those who...

To those who are not with us today.

Chrisya...

Are you leaving?

Chrisya, we have to. Understand?

No, don't! How can you..?

We can't stay.

If everything works out, you'll hear from us soon.

Are you abandoning me?

Come on, Chrisya!

You are like our sister! You...

...nursed me, saved me.

But now we have to take care of you, understand?

We can't stay close to you.

We are honestly very sad to part with you.

But it's the right thing to do.

— Try to understand. — I don't understand.

I don't understand why...

I don't understand but...

...but... if you have to, then you have to.

This is yours.

Keep it.

We hope that you will meet your true love very soon.

You definitely will.

MOSCOW SEPTEMBER 1945

A Soviet agent

is blackmailing her own country.

Demanding money..!

Swiss passports..!

Like she grew up in America.

Prozorovskaya set up a meeting on the American half of Berlin.

I think she'll come without the films. Just to make sure that...

...we are ready to negotiate.

We should use this meeting

to get hold of her,

bring her to our side

and shake everything she knows out of her —

how she got these films and where she's hiding them.

Comrade General Colonel, I have a suggestion.

Permission?

Meet each other.

Colonel Vorotynnikov. Major Kolokoltsev.

Good afternoon!

The Staff decided

that Major Kolokoltsev will run point on this operation.

I understand.

Permission to continue?

Continue.

I think it's crucial to go to the meeting

with the blank passports

and they money that Prozorovskaya demanded.

I'm sure she will run several checks

before handing over the films.

I don't mind.

One more thing.

Prozorovskaya made a condition.

Only the Petrov couple should come to the meeting.

She was with them on several operations.

What do you think about that, Comrade Major?

I believe this suggestion to be acceptable, Comrade General.

Prozorovskaya is familiar with Petrovs but not with my people.

We'll use Petrovs as a bait.

Act!

Good Lord!

Comrade Karusova herself wants to see me!

Change your clothes!

Why so harsh?

We've been together for a year.

We need more warmth in our relationship, don't we, Comrade Investigator?

You are accused of treason.

And you innocence hasn't been proven.

You yourself decided not to testify.

So you won't get any warmth from me.

Who would testify when treated like an animal?

Family visits were not allowed.

Food was bad.

Took the smoking away from me.

So?

Where am I sent?

They taught us to put two and two together.

You are buttering me up here.

Prepared the uniforms.

Means I'm needed

up there.

Change. Your husband is waiting.

Zoya!

Kolya!

Kolen'ka!

We'll use them as a bait.

The whole Berlin is busy with clearing debris.

It's a great cover.

That's basically it.

Nothing more is needed from them.

Prozorovskaya will be taken by my men.

I'm flying out today

with my men.

I will meet you tomorrow in Potsdam.

Agreed.

All the best!

How are you?

Better now.

Congratulations on the wedding!

Better late than never.

Thank you.

Thank you.

How is Katya?

She's okay. You'll see her tomorrow.

Only we are short of time.

New operation?

Yes.

What's the objective?

To seize our ex-agent.

It seems, she betrayed our country.

BERLIN. American occupation zone. SEPTEMBER 1945

A stroke of potluck.

Arisha?

Sorry, I keep thinking about the meeting.

They'll try to bring me in.

But we agreed

that we won't go to the meeting.

We'll observe from the distance.

Yeah, but they will definitely expect that.

So we'll have to make contact anyway?

We'll have to.

Wait!

Take this.

Katya?

Well? Do we have a deal?

Okay?

Only please come sooner!

I promise.

Go.

— Weird. — What?

This teddy bear.

The girl was always carrying it with her

and just gave it away.

Grew out of it.

She grew out of it a long time ago

but still was carrying it around.

Let's go.

BERLIN. Soviet occupation zone. SEPTEMBER 1945

Prozorovskaya set up a meeting right here.

They are clearing debris on this street now.

A lot of locals, mainly women.

Very convenient for her.

First of all, she can see if messengers came

and what they are holding.

And... of course, she can check

if there's an assault team nearby.

It's a very tricky setting to work in.

Comrades Petrovs will proceed to American territory

under the guise of Red Cross workers.

They will be putting up posters with the time and place

of the alleged delivery of humanitarian aid.

The assault team will stay nearby.

Objective.

Control over the streets

that Prozorovskaya might take to get to the meeting.

This street here.

It will be covered by

Yeremeeva.

This back alley

is covered by Sapozhenkova and Fyodorova.

Prozorovskaya is very experienced.

She understands that we'll try to bring her in.

She won't take any street until she's sure it's clear.

Agree, Comrade Colonel.

First of all, Prozorovskaya will try to control the street.

But she also needs to control the alley.

Doing this simultaneously is possible only

from a point above the horizon.

That is

from this floor of a high-rise

or from the viewing platform of this church.

There are no more similar vantage points

in this vicinity.

So... The building — Potapov.

The church — Nikolaeva.

Now in general.

Everyone will have a German passport.

All of you are residents of Eastern Berlin

who came to American territory

to look for their family or friends.

Work with extreme caution!

Memorize the looks of Prozorovskaya.

I remind you

that under no circumstances

she should raise

the alarm.

To prevent it, you'll have these devices.

As soon as Prozorovskaya is in your reach,

you have to open the safety pin.

The needle is treated with a paralyzing agent.

When entering the bloodstream,

it disables the person for about forty minutes.

During this period you have to bring Prozorovskaya

to our territory.

Clear?

BERLIN. American occupation zone. SEPTEMBER 1945

— Good afternoon! — Hello!

What's the purpose of your crossing

to American territory.

Humanitarian aid for local people.

Hello there, Nicolas!

Excuse me, are there some issues?

This is Mr and Mrs Bonparet.

They work for the Red Cross.

We have to be in Potsdam in an hour.

Our mission is there.

If something's wrong...

Fine. You can pass.

Thank you!

Thank you very much!

Good-bye!

Hello, can I see your passport?

Nicolas!

Hello!

Is the meeting here?

No, the next street around the corner.

Careful with Russian.

Thank you!

It's on.

I was asked to give you this.

The operation is blown. We are coming back.

So?

Have you figured out who came to the meeting?

Your friends.

What friends?

The Lieutenant. I saw him in the intel school.

Petrov.

He's a captain already.

And the one

that robbed your apartment.

Velichko.

Yeah.

Weird.

I didn't expect them at all.

Did they spot you?

No. I don't think so.

Good.

You are a leverage while nobody knows about you.

And they know you.

They shouldn't catch sight of you.

Will we change the plan?

We'll make some tweaks in it.

She predicted our actions.

She found a German girl that looks like her

and sent her with a note.

It has the meeting point.

Tonight we have to give her money or

she'll hand over the archives to Americans.

Smart.

It's curfew at night. Not a soul on the street.

Yeah, and it's a foreign territory.

Even if the assault team gets in,

it will be very difficult.

She'll spot them right away.

If she's so smart,

why not arrange the first meeting at night?

She wanted to show us,

"I see and know everything.

No way you can catch me.

So don't try any games."

Suggestions?

Prozorovskaya thinks that she drove us

into a corner.

She's sure we'll pay her.

So...

most likely

tonight at the meeting

she'll have the films.

She won't.

Most likely, she'll

hide it around somewhere.

Of course.

Even if messengers grab her

and give her the third degree somewhere on the American side, she

is taught to bite the bullet,

and we are short of time.

I suggest that only the Petrovs go to the meeting.

They know her well.

I think they'll find a way to get the films from her.

And then?

We can try to bring her to our side of Berlin.

But I leave it up to you.

It's risky.

If they run into a patrol,

the archives will go directly to Americans.

After Petrovs get hold of the films,

they have to terminate Prozorovskaya.

We can't let her live.

She might remember something from the archives.

This is your passports.

This is a back-up. In your lining.

This is your pocket money.

We should've went ourselves from the start.

Without any assault team.

Like Arina asked.

She didn't ask.

I want to know why she's doing what she's doing.

Only you can get her to open up.

That's why I added a little something

to her demands.

Thankfully, she was sending them on an encoded frequency

Nobody can verify.

Getting her to open up

is a good idea, only she...

...won't come there to talk.

That's right.

The most advanced technology.

It's shooting with paralyzing capsules.

Shooting range is up to five meters.

Should I maybe go by myself?

Kolya will hide

and sneak up on her.

No. She'll see this coming.

She's likely to set up noise traps in those places

where attack might come from.

She'll hear noise and shoot.

Agree.

So you go openly,

meet her.

She'll want to know if you have money and documents on you,

so she'll ask to show them from a distance.

Show them.

You'll be distracting her.

And you — pick your moment and shoot.

Clear.

After that, tie Prozorovskaya up.

The paralyzer works for half an hour.

Wait until she regains consciousness and...

...talk to her.

She should explain her actions

and tell you where the films are.

What if she doesn't?

Make her.

Okay.

And then?

Come back with the films.

Terminate Prozorovskaya

and return back to our side.

If Arina

has to be terminated anyway,

why should we talk to her?

I just want to understand why she did it.

For the future. So it wouldn't happen to other agents.

What if we find out

that she didn't have any other choice?

There's always another choice.

Kolya?

What?

Do you think Vorotynnikov feels sorry for Arina?

Who knows. He doesn't show.

I think he does.

Why else would he order to talk to her?

For the report, like he said.

Damn it!

He could have sent someone else

but he said that Arina wants to see us.

Maybe he wanted to help us?

To get us out of prison?

I'd say he realized

that anyone else would finish her off without a second thought.

Because it's an order.

And we...

We — what?

We were on operations with her.

We know that she is as ideological as it gets.

But what are the money and the documents for?

To start a new life, right?

Right.

But she had a thousand chances to start a new life.

When she married that pilot...

Say, she goes to Germany — what would we do?

Nothing.

She's a noblewoman rolling in money.

But she didn't go.

So now too...

...not because she is... a traitor.

It's probably just not working out any other way.

And the reason she needs money

is very serious.

It's not that she just wants to live abroad.

Let's say it's true. And?

What did Vorotynnikov say?

I'm waiting for the films and the report.

What if he put us on this operation on purpose,

so that we bring, we report

but handle it our way and...

What's wrong with it?!

Who made this ungodly contraption?!

How am I to shoot with this thing?!

We have an order.

Orders have to be carried out.

Then we'll carry it out.

What if they come not alone?

We don't know that.

We don't.

This Petrov...

Is he a good man?

Why do you ask?

Well...

We exchanged couple of words in Kiev.

He seemed to be nice.

Yeah, he's not a scum.

And Velichko?

The war is over.

But she's still on operations.

They trust her.

Looks like they do.

We've been together on four operations.

Make sure to choose a right position.

You have to hold the negotiator at gunpoint all the time.

Yes, you might have to shoot at our people.

Can you do that?

— Everything will be fine. — Okay.

Did you bring it?

Hi Arina!

Where are the films?

As if this is an honest exchange...

What's the catch, Comrade Captain?

A new weapon.

Shoots with a paralyzer.

You regain consciousness in forty minutes and we

make you say where the archives are and how you got them.

How sincere!

So I am supposed to trust you after this?

You didn't come by yourself.

I think it's time for Comrade Lieutenant to join us.

How did you know,

Comrade Captain?

Volodya?

You are alive.

I'm so glad. Honestly.

Do superiors know about that?

No.

You figured it out in the inn?

You knew it back in Poland.

Since all the cards are on the table,

let's decide what we should do next.

Don't move!

The cards are on the table

but we've got the aces.

Why don't we just shoot you and take the passports and the money?

You are not like this.

Because you know me so well?

If I know anyone, it's you.

Water under the bridge.

Yes but...

On the ground!

We all understand that this is an unpleasant situation.

Guys, what are we doing?

We've been facing death together for four years.

And now we are at each other's throats?

Please.

Let's talk.

Calmly.

This is yours.

And... forgive me.

I know you... don't care.

But back then, in '41, I didn't want anyone to die.

I wanted to go abroad with Kat'ka

so she'd go to school.

I needed money.

When I saw the ring,

I stole a revolver from Raven and...

I thought

I'd give you a scare and that'll be it.

But Raven figured it out and...

What happened — happened.

This is for you.

Are you letting me go or something?

We had an order

to terminate you when we get the films.

You give us the films —

we report up the chain that you've been terminated.

Operation is completed,

and no one will be looking for you.

And nobody knows a thing about Comrade Lieutenant.

If you return without the money and the documents,

it will look suspicious.

Take this.

Just say that you got me.

It's more convincing.

How would you..?

What will you live on?

With no money and no documents?

We'll sell the ring.

It's expensive.

We'll make things work.

Well...

It's a good-bye then.

Good-bye, Comrade Lieutenant.

Good-bye,

Comrade Captain.

Well then...

You know... Keep in touch.

Everything will be fine, you hear me?

I'll keep in touch.

Thank you!

So?

Can I congratulate you on a successful operation?

Yes, Comrade Colonel! How did you know?

Iohann told me on radio.

The one that helped you to get out of American territory.

Is Prozorovskaya dead?

Yes, we checked.

Is the archive here?

Yes.

The money and the microfilms are at the bottom.

Wonderful.

I hope I don't need to explain

the importance of us getting this data.

I'll file a report today for you to get government awards.

And all the charges against you will be dropped completely.

Well? What are your plans?

— We thought we'd debrief and... — Consider it done.

Under my responsibility, you are free till tomorrow evening.

Thank you.

Find a way to enjoy your free time.

We were thinking of going to the Reichstag

and signing the wall.

Good idea. It's allowed.

Tomorrow evening — back to Moscow.

Permission to ask?

Yes?

What'll happen to the intel school?

What do you mean?

Well... We won.

Today we won...

But you will always have work to do.

Both of you.

Operations? Or instruction?

We'll see.

So...

Twenty four hours

starting now.

Dismissed.

It's my wedding gift to you.

Thank you!

Thank you!

So it's fourteen microfilms

with no less than fifty names each.

Is Prozorovskaya dead?

Dead.

I have to admit, Comrade Colonel,

it was one of the most important and significant operations

I've ever run point on.

I'm very grateful to you

and you men.

Congratulations!

You too!

Thank you!

I'll be glad to work with you again.

Once again — thank you!

Where are Petrovs? Why did you let them go?

In '41 I studied a case,

a robbery in Prozorovskaya's apartment.

On paper it looked like

Zoyka stole an antique ring.

But she didn't have it in her things.

So she sew it into a toy?

That's why Katya was always carrying it with her?

So?

Oh dear God!

Please don't be silent!

Everything goes just like

I suspected.

Maybe he's not here at all.

He should be.

I just don't know how he looks.

Then it might be anyone.

Even him. That man.

He has decent stuff.

No, that's a regular dealer.

I'll try to ask.

He might know

the one we need.

That's a curious thing.

You have good taste.

I remember Herr Keller working here before the war.

His counter reminded me of a museum.

Do you know Herr Keller?

Not exactly. Is he alive?

Yes.

There he is.

Oh, right. I'll go say hello.

Disappeared.

Weird.

Hello Vladimir!

Hello Arina!

It's a trap.

Where's everyone else?

Who?

The assault team.

There's no assault team.

Petrovs talked?

I just had a thought

that Petrovs might let you live

and Zoyka will give you back the ring she stole from you.

You hoped they won't kill me?

No. It was just an idea.

I checked it out.

Turns out, it's true.

Take this.

These are documents of French citizens.

And a card of an antiques dealer.

He'll give a fair price for the ring.

And say hi to him from me and Matilda.

Mention 1921. In Crimea.

He'll give you even more.

Are they

letting us go?

Talk.

What?

If Matilda Genrikhovna would have come alone,

I'd believe you are letting us go.

But since you are here, there's a catch.

There is no catch.

I just thought you might

want to come back.

At some point.

Corpses don't come back.

I'm a traitor too.

Even a traitor always has a chance

to make amends.

Say yes!

I will help you to find a job in France.

Live there for a couple of years, get used to it.

Then you'll get an operation.

And I'll be looking for a way to resurrect you for the superiors

in a good light.

No!

I'm fed up with your intelligence.

I want to live for myself, not for others.

I just feel bad for your father...

What about my Dad?

Your family has widespread contacts in France.

And there's a new case against him.

If you accept my proposal, I'll...

...find a way to help him.

Comrade Lieutenant, the envelope

has a postcard with the address.

If she changes her mind, drop me a few lines.

"Got better.

Want to come back. A."

And put it into a mailbox.

I won't get better.

Your bosses know how to make surprises.

I hate them. Manipulators!

Only ideas! They don't care about people!

Not about you! Not about me!

Come on.

Your choice?