Original subtitles

And you remember our dorm?

Horrible!

Seriozha,

what are we doing here?

And what are you doing just standing there like that?

Hey, it's empty...

Let's go.

Bouin...

you asked Papa to buy candies at the city, right?

Don't be upset. Just wait a little longer.

He'll be back soon...

Let's sleep... Hush...

Close your eyes...

Good evening, comrade.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Have a nice workday, comrades.

And why do you think we're here?

You come here, make money, buy what you want and go back home, see?

Shit!

Shit, I never have time to relax and chat with my wife!

I can't! No time...

I'm working like a horse here... building the road.

And him, he's harvesting corn with a reaping-machine.

And what about us, do we have lots of roads back home?

Or maybe we overloaded our country with corns, huh?

Oh, thank you. Thank you!

Geez, just imagine:

we go to the other side of the world

to live normally back home.

Here, I have money! Here!

Here! I have money! I earned it!

And at home? What am I at home?

At home, I slave away like a devil,

and I can't even get a little damn wardrobe with a mirror!

I feel ashamed to my wife!

No! Put that away!

Hey, I'm getting offended!

You saw the pigeon?

You saw his dough?

And so?

- Let's pluck him a little, huh? - What are you talking about?

What are you talking about!

Without him, I'd have been roasting

-... on the steppe till now! - Let's palm off baby Lenin to him?

He received me like a human!

What's his name?

Gombo!

But you get what he's on about?

You understand?

He doesn't understand anything, and you pour out your soul to him!

What do they understand about our souls!

What soul? What soul?

Our soul. Here!

Here it is, our soul! Hey, you see?

Two yuans each! A soul for two yuans!

Here! Our soul! That's it!

Our soul, our soul... shit!

Hey, wait! Stop! What was your father's name?

What do you want from me, piss off!

No, tell me... What was his name?

Nikolai!

- Nikolai! Bravo! And your grandfather? - You're a cop or what?

Come on, make an effort! Your grandfather's name? Huh?

- Pyotr! - Pyotr! Well done!

And your great-grandfather?! You know, your grandfather's father? Come on!

You remember? Think hard!

- Think! - Gombo!

He can't remember! He forgot - shit!

And you?

What, what?

Do you remember the name of your great-grandfather?

Well?

Asshole philosopher!

Just a moment...

Excuse me, excuse me...

Excuse me... One minute!

Stop! Stop!

Just a minute! One minute! Guys, a waltz? Waltz!

A waltz, you know?

Here... for all of you... all of you! A waltz!

One minute! Just one!

No?

They don't know...

Oh, geez...

Good! Wait! A minute!

Wait!

Here we go... Here!

Here! The music! Notes!

"The Hills of Manchuria".

The notes!

I was young! And stupid! In the army! Young lad! In the army!

Go, play! Give it a go, come on, guys!

"...Hills are covered by darkness.

Suddenly, the moon shines through the clouds,

illumines the peaceful tombs.

These pale crosses in the night

watch over the sleep of the heroes.

The shades of the past wander endlessly,

and speak to us again and again of the victims of the war.

All is quiet around.

The wind has driven the mist away.

On the hills of Manchuria, The warriors are sleeping,

and they do not hear Russian tears.

The poor mother weeps and weeps.

The young wife is crying too.

We all are crying,

as one man,

cursing fate.

May the grass of the steppes

inspire you with dreams.

Sleep, heroes of the Russian land,

sons of your Fatherland.

Fallen for Russia,

You died for the Fatherland.

Know that we will avenge you,

and will honour your memory.

The poor mother cries and cries..."

But what's the matter, guys? I was singing a song...

... a beautiful song! About soldiers...

They all died here 100 years ago!

They died for you, dammit!

My grandfather also was here! He was wounded!

They don't know the words! And I have the music!

Come on, don't hang about!

What are you doing? Where are we going?

Sergei!

Sergei!

Van Biao!

Van Biao!

Come with me!

Something's happened!

- I can't! -Why? - You see, I'm playing!

Comrade Lee, please take over from me.

Go ahead.

- Let's go! - What's happened?

Come on, hurry up!

My friend has been arrested!

You should have said that straight away!

They just took him away!

Go ahead, I'll join you, I have my bicycle.

Leave your bicycle, I have horses!

Me? On a horse? In a dinner jacket?

You still know how to ride?

I'll try!

Quick!

- What did he do, maybe he killed somebody? - No, he just drank too much!

Let's go! To gallop!

Gombo! Quickly, find a ricksha! Over there!

Hey, here!

May I get in, comrade?

Quickly! Turn around!

You do not have the right! I am a foreigner!

Let's go, let's go! Don't disturb people!

Gombo... take him!

Thank you very much!

Excuse us, he just drank a bit more than he needed.

I'll take the horses.

- Here is my address, get them there. - OK.

- You're a good sort! You're so good... - Yes, yes... Oh, stop that, sit calmly!

So nice fellow... A good sort! Gombo! Where are you? Where did he go?

Are you crazy, or what? You've already got three! And you want the forth one?

So what? Genghis Khan was the fourth child in his family.

You're still waiting for a new Genghis Khan?

I was the seventh in my family.

So what? The times and the laws have changed.

Now the Chinese can have only one child.

And you being Mongolian can have three children, meanwhile I can only have one!

It's not my fault. The thing is...

Pagma cannot use contraceptives, the doctor forbids it.

And condoms?

Pagma says the same thing, that is why I came here.

You bought them?

No, I must go and ask the Lama.

You're gonna ride miles away to see him to ask how to use condoms!

Pagma says I'm a savage.

She says I have to watch TV.

And do you use those... condoms?

Of course, all the time!

What's it like?

Have you ever had a bath wearing boots?

I have to go and see the Lama.

Hello.

Take your hat off. Where are you from?

I came from far away... I wanted to ask advice from you.

You have your problems, I have my problems, Lord has His problems,

let us better pray together...

Altan!

Mourgoun! Who's that over there? Go get him!

Bayartou!

Pagma!

What are you doing here?

Look, he doesn't recognize Genghis Khan.

Who are you?

Me?

Just let me show you,

who I am!

You are Mongolian?

Me? Of course, Mongolian!

Where is your weapon?

What?

What's this iron shit you ride? Where's your horse?

My horse? Over there!

You're coming back from the war?

No, from the city.

You seized it?

No, I bought a TV. Pagma, you...

What's that?

This is a TV, for me to watch, not to be savage,

Pagma, it was you who wanted that!

Destroy this shit, now! Smash it up!

Sergei!

Help!

Help!

What are you doing with me? I am the one of you! A Mongol!

Hey, guys!

Hello!

You're here, God be praised! I��m lucky!

What are you doing?

I fell asleep at the wheel, fell asleep, you see? And the battery is dead.

Over there... Push!

Push!

Get this idiot, too, quickly!

Good job, guys! Thanks.

Hey! You don't have the right! I'm a foreigner!

Burn this garbage!

You don't understand? I'm... to build the road!

My truck...

belongs to the state!

Eh! Careful!

Gombo!

Sergei!

My windshield busted,

my shiftman got sick, I'm alone at the wheel 24 hours,

fell asleep at the wheel,

and now you in addition!

- Here, Mom, tobacco. - Thank you.

A new hat?

Huh? Bouin!

Bring me the manual, it's in the box!

Hurry!

Bouin, run quickly!

Hurry up!

Give it to me.

Bourma, the screwdriver!

- This one, Dad? - No, another one.

It suits you well, your new cap.

Bourma, come here... Hold it here, the wire.

Carefully... don't pull too hard.

Do you need anything else, Dad?

No, nothing, let's go to the yurt.

Did you buy what I told you?

No.

Why?

They didn't have any left.

Grandma! The Russian came back! Come and see his back!

This is how I, the fourth child of Gombo, was born.

They called me Taimoudjine, like Genghis Khan in his childhood.

It was my parents' idea.

Here, where my father planted his Urga on the steppe one day,

now there's a chimney.

It can be seen very well from the window in the big house where I now live.

Near from it, there's a gas station.

That's where I work.

I'm married.

No children for now.

I like to travel.

Last year, with my wife, we went to Baikal.

There used to be a lake there before, and also some Russians lived there...

This summer, we're going to Los Angeles,

to see the Japanese.

Just to relax.