"From the collection of Gosfilmofond films" " USSR" "The Old Jockey" "Production of the Moscow film studio of Lenin's name" " Mosfilm - 1940" "Scenario:" "M. Volpin, N. Erdman Director:" "B. Barnet" "Camera Operator:" "K. Kuznetsov" "Painters:" "A. Berger, V. Kamskii" "Composer:" "V. Urovskii" "Sound:" "A. Gornstein" "Assistant Director:" "A. Martinov" "Art Director:" "N. Vladimirov" "Ivan Sergeevich Trofimov, the old jockey:" "I. Skuratov" "Marusya, his granddaughter:" "A. Komolova" "Vasia Pichugin, horseman of the kolkhoz:" "L. Kmit" "Zot Yakovlech, director of the kolkhoz:" "S. Blinnikov" "Evgenia Fedorovna, doctor:" "L. Deykun Kostia, barber:" "I. Lubeznov" "Waiter:" "V. Popov Sasha:" "F. Kurihin" "Anatoliy Petrovich:" "V. Lepko" "On a spring day, in the Moscow Hippodrome..." "(The crowd mocks Trofimov.)" "I don't understand why racing is a lucrative sport for the world but a financial catastrophe for you and me." "This is the last time I bet on horses." "Comrades, allow me to read you an announcement." "To the management of the Moscow Hippodrome Society, from rider Ivan Sergeevich Trofimov." ""Please discharge me on the grounds of inadequacy."" "What did you mean, on the grounds of inadequacy?" "Understand it as it is." "I refuse to be a clown and a laughing stock for the crowd" "No matter how much you want a court jester." "Allow me." "It is no secret that Ivan Sergeevich has won no medals this season and has remained behind the flag four times" "On what horses!" "I'll tell you honestly, comrades." "Horses have nothing to do with it." "Ivan Sergeevich has asked me to give him Gulliver." "But how can I grant him that favor?" "It is no secret that Ivan Sergeevich has recently turned 64 years old." "Who's 64 years old?" "Yes, comrades." "It is true that according to my passport I am 64." "But for all you know, I can still get married." "My dear Ivan." "Retire and live happily with your spouse." "How can I entrust Gulliver to you?" "Look at how your hands shake." "What can I say?" "You're through." "Arm-wrestle!" "He can't even light a cigarette!" "All right, old man take Gulliver." " Well?" " Well, what?" "First fix this properly, then make me jump." "Due to unforeseen circumstances the jump of our barber is cancelled." "Comrades, now women's jumping begins." "Our local store's brave shop clerk Maria Vasiliovna Trofimova." "I never thought you were such a coward." "Indeed!" "Come on, come on, let's go." "Trofimova!" "I'm here!" "I have an urgent packet for you from Moscow." "Come and get it!" "What is this?" "An ordinary miracle of modern science." "A talking letter." "Greetings, comrade doctor." "You scared me, Vanechka." " So, it's your own, eh?" " Yes, Vanechka." " So, you won it, eh?" " I won it, Vanechka." " And now you have to pump." " Indeed, Vanechka." "Must be difficult." "Especially with the weight of the years behind you." "Let me help" "Thanks for your help." " Goodbye, Vanechka." " Goodbye, Evgenia Fedorovna." "Quiet, comrades, I'm turning it on." "My dearest granddaughter Marusya." " The festive day of May 1st approaches." " It's grandfather!" "I'll start it over again." "My dearest granddaughter Marusya." "The festive day of May 1st approaches." "I'm inviting you, my dear, to attend a wedding in Moscow." "You'll probably be puzzled about who's getting married." " The wedding is mine." " Bravo, granddad!" "At this moment, my fiancée Yana Nikiforovna and I are sitting in the Park of Culture and Relaxation constructed in honor of our great writer Gorky and talking into this talking letter." "Yana Nikiforovna is right next to me and also wishes to tell you something." " What's that hissing noise?" " It's the bride-to-be feeling bashful." "Comrade!" "Of course there won't be a big wedding." "Nothing like that." "But please do come." "Come for sure." "A city girl, and still bashful." "He must be taking a young one." "Comrades!" "I hope that they'll let you go even though your letters say that your leader is a car-crazed lunatic." "Come as early as you can, preferably on the 26th," "Come directly to the Moscow Hippodrome." "I'm racing on Gulliver that day." "Your loving grandfather, jockey Ivan Trofimov." "Marechka." "Leaving us?" "Yes, but not for long." "I'll be gone about four days." "That long?" "You know, I've been meaning to tell you this for a long time, but I'll say it now, honestly and directly." "Yes?" "Um, uh..." "Oh, stop fiddling with that thing!" "Oh." "One second." "Looking from here, it doesn't look that high up." "How strange, from here it looks high again..." "With parachutes, the important thing is not to deliberate for too long." "Ow!" "What's the most important thing?" "Courage." "Go to the end of the platform." "Bam!" "And what do you do?" "Scamper off." "You've shown yourself as a coward before the whole community." "The only coward in this place." "I'm not exactly the only one." "Who else then?" "You." "Why is that?" "I jumped." "You've been pining after Marusya for a year and a half." "But you still can't bring yourself to tell her." "That's none of your business." "That's easy to say." ""Tell her."" "What's so hard about that?" "You go up to her." "You tell her." "And that's it!" "But you're a coward." "You see, Kostia, I go up to her..." "And my eye starts twitching." "(Aunt lists the people who have come to send Maria off to Moscow.)" "And Vasiliy has come, too" "Pichugin?" "Not Pichugin, Zaitsev." "Let it go, aunt." "I can deal with the baggage myself." "Hey, come on." "Oh, I see." "Poor child." "Coward." "You are." "No, I'll go explain everything to her." "But you won't jump anyway." "I won't jump and you won't explain." "I will." "You'll explain, and I'll jump." "I'll go to the station now and tell her everything, directly and honestly." "Coward!" "Next!" "What can I do for you?" "Shave me." "You must be joking." "Comrade!" "Comrade!" "How do I get to the Moscow Hippodrome?" "Do you have a ticket?" "No." "Come with me." "What are you doing here?" "Looking for my grandfather." "I'll show you your grandfather." "Please do!" "Grandfather!" "Marusya!" "Thank you. comrade!" "(Maria has brought kvass.)" "You haven't forgotten anything?" "Good girl!" "Come on." "You can come to the stables after the 14th run" "And after we'll walk around Moscow." "What would you like?" "2 shots of vodka, 50 grams each and sandwiches, with bologna." "Excuse me - weren't you the woman talking with jockey Trofimov at the entrance?" "With my grandfather?" "Oh, so you're his granddaughter!" "Let me introduce myself." "Anatoliy Petrovich, engineer." "This is my assistant, Sasha." "Who's for the sandwich?" "The lady." "Allow me to be honest with you." "My last tenner." "In the name of my sick wife." "A holy woman!" "What do you think, which horse will win?" "Vorobei or Gitara?" "I don't know." "I'm asking you to speak just one word." "In the name of my sick wife." "Vorobei or Gitara?" "Well..." "Vorobei, then." "Vorobei" "As I was saying:" "a medium sized carafe of vodka." "A large one." "A large one." "Quickly." "Russian salad." "And for the lady..." "You're sure you won't drink with us?" "A pastry for the lady." "Well, Marusya..." "As an elder, you will allow me to call you Marusya?" "For the moment we have..." "Verbena, Veterok and Zmei Gorinich." "Let it be Zmei Gorinich this time." "Put all the money on Zmei Gorinich, number 5." "Zmei Gorinich" "The service is slow." "And your food is crap." "Give me some cognac, a bottle of port, and something light...a Georgian wine." "And change the napkins!" "We're not in a stable." "You were saying..." "Nochka." "Oh come, how can Nochka compete with these other horses?" "I said Nochka." "If you won't believe me, don't ask." "I guessed right twice in a row, didn't I?" " Nochka" " If you insist." "Nochka." "Number 7." "Number 7" "A couple of bottles of champagne." "I told you." "She knows it all in advance!" "Sasha, such moments are never repeated." "Her grandfather has told her everything." "She says, Chinese Ink." "Put everything on Chinese Ink and we will leave this place as millionaires!" "Evgeniy Onegin" "Mommy." "I swear on the health of my sick wife..." "This is the last time I bet on a horse." "Wait!" "You should be ashamed of yourself, comrades." "Leaving a debt of over 300 rubles." "Here." "347 rubles 65 kopecks." "347 rubles, 65 kopecks." "Be so kind as to hand them over." "Where are the engineers?" "Engineers indeed!" "They've hightailed it." "Oh, stop it, lady." "What's your name?" "Marusya." "You'll have to pay anyway, you know." "Or just put some money on Romashka." "Go granddad!" "Gulliver!" "What are you saying, lady?" "Your money's on Romashka." "Oh, look at that." "It's already lagging behind." "What will you do with me?" "I'll have to take you to the police station." "Look at that!" "Your Romashka is first!" "But what about my granddad?" "He's stuck behind with the others." "Next time, Marusya..." "Be more intelligent." "And don't allow people to abuse your kindness." "Hey, what are you doing?" "You took the money." "And now you're taking the goods, too." "It's rather impolite of you." "Well, I thought that...uh..." "Find yourself another fool." "Hey, you can't take the bottles!" "You only bought the liquid inside." "As if I need your bottles." "Is the rider who won here?" "Oh, I don't know how to thank you for coming in first." "Hi, granddad!" "Don't worry, grandfather." "It's nobody's fault that you had a crappy horse." "What on earth do you have in there?" "Champagne vodka, beer, cognac, some sweet concoction, Georgian wine, port, rum." "Well." "Pour me some more." "Granddad." "So when's your wedding?" "Today." "Then don't drink anymore, granddad" "You'll drink at the wedding." "I'm not going to the wedding." "Come on." "Where to, granddad?" "Indeed, where to." "To the place where old men must dwell." "And old men must dwell..." "Close to their graveyard." "Aunt!" "I'm so glad to see you." "Why don't you say hi to granddad?" "Oh, my." "Ivan Sergeevich!" "I didn't recognize you!" "We've heard about the calamity that has befallen you." "What can be pleasant about that." "You were running first and you finished last." "Comrade." "Don't be so sad." "Live here for a week or so, look around." "Then you'll find something to do." "Exactly!" "We won't snub you." "But we give you this challenge:" "Make our stables the best in this area." "Wait, Vasia." "He's already experienced a fiasco in that area." "Don't remind him of that." "Of course he feels down." "He was running first, and finished last." "Comrade!" "I think that a prominent cultural figure such as our Ivan Sergeevich can easily fill the role of a senior accountant in our community." "For 44 years, the name of jockey Trofimov was trumpeted across this country's hippodromes." "For 44 years, jockey Trofimov has raised and trained the best horses." "Many were envious of jockey Trofimov." "Many have tried to outdo him, in fame and luck." "Some honestly, some through deceit." "But never has anyone been able to lead jockey Trofimov astray." "And never has jockey Trofimov deceived or lied." "Only once did Trofimov lie" "Old age has come and cheated him." "And he has lied" "And pretended he didn't notice her." "And no more was jockey Trofimov." "Grandfather." "Don't." "Jockey Trofimov is dead." "And after that you tell me that I should search for new happiness in your stables." "What better place to start one's last ride than in accountancy?" "Thank you very much, comrades." "Give me a cigar, a good one." "Please." "Comrade, how do I get to the station?" "You're going the wrong way." "Hop on, we'll give you a ride." "Granddad!" "Where are you going?" "Farewell, granddaughter!" "Granddad!" "(One of the stable hands takes a shortcut to pursue Maria.)" "(Trofimov buys a ticket for Tashkent.)" "Granddad!" "Why are you leaving us?" "There are people, my little one who don't know how to be old." "It's very difficult for them." "But for others, who have to live with them, it's even more difficult." "I understand that well." "Don't you dare cry." "I hate it when people cry." "You haven't told me anything." "You haven't even said goodbye." "Wait." "You were asleep." "How did you get here so quickly?" "I came here on Egor." "One of the horses from the stable." "That's impossible." "It's, what, about 5 km to the station." "That's impossible." "Oh, stop bawling!" "You can't have such a horse in your stables." "We can, we do!" "There he is, over there!" "Do you know what sort of horse this is?" "This is a horse of international caliber." "In three years, the name of this horse will be pronounced with trepidation and awe." "Take it walking every morning." "Well..." "I'll return in three days." "Good bye." "Say hi to Yana Nikiforovna." "Oh!" "he forgot his kettle." "So how many meters till ground?" "About 20, maybe 25." "20, maybe 25..." "Jumping from an airplane is so much easier." "You can't see the ground." "Oh for hell's sake, jump already." "Hmm, I wonder what that truck is bringing to the village." "Kerosene or kvass?" "I thought so, kerosene." "Damn it, jump!" "Hey, Marusya's getting out." "What is she doing?" "Talking to the driver." "Oh, here comes Zaitsev." "Saying hi to her." "Laughing." "Who's laughing?" "She's laughing." "He's laughing," "And now they're both laughing" "Okay, I'm going to jump now." "Wait, don't jump!" "What are they doing?" "They've gone off, together." "Oh, damn it." "Just jump." "I'll do it tomorrow." "Coward." "A real coward." "Shut up!" "I won't jump so I'm a coward but you can't tell Marusya how you feel about her and you're not a coward?" "First you go talk to her, then go accusing people." "Don't lecture me." "I'll go and talk to her now." "I swear that if you do that, I'll jump." "I love you, Marusya." "No!" "I love you, Marusya!" "Hi, comrades." "So, you're still learning, Evgenia Fedorovna?" "Still learning, Zot Yakovlich." "Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it eventually." "I'm afraid I'll never get the hang of it, Zot Yakovlich." "You won't believe the trouble I've been having with that car." "I've almost destroyed a street today, and now this." "Don't be upset." "I'm not upset." "We'll get it back on the road in a moment." "Thank you, Zot Yakovlich, thank you." "You're welcome, you're welcome." "See?" "Now everything's okay, and you were so upset." "Now nothing bad can happen, it's a straight road." "(She thanks everyone.)" "Oh heck, not again." "Damn you, devils, can't you see that I'm trying to fish?" "Hey, lads!" "We've been given a car." "Whose car?" "The doctor's." "Did she give it away?" "Give it away, humph." "She exchanged it for a horse." "The old hag sure was tormented by that car." "Obviously it's much easier with a horse." "Listen:" "I want the stables clean and ready for inspection tomorrow morning." "And they say I'm a car crazed lunatic." "Hey, Egorka!" "Come over, come on." "You black eyed devil." "I bet the doctor will choose the black eyed devil." "Zot Yakovlich!" "Wait, Zot Yakovlich!" "What if she chooses Egorka?" "She'll choose whatever horse she likes." "So, who's left?" "Tsiganka." "You want it cut or curled?" "Curled." "You want it in ringlets or in waves?" "Say what you will, but I still think that her hair should be braided." "That's ridiculous." "Curl away." "Calm the client down, will ya?" "Eh, lads." "Maybe we shouldn't have started this." "She'll choose Egorka anyway." "Number 27." "Copper-colored, good mannered, obedient." "I offer to you... as the best horse of the stable." "This one's not bad, either." "It looks a bit wild, though." "Do you have any more?" "Sure." "Number 28." "Tsiganka." "Dark brown." "Comrade!" "Comrade!" "Stop, please." "Ride on, we'll walk to the village by foot." "I like this one too." "What's happening over here?" "Some managerial event." "Yes, very pretty." "And such a wonderful temperament, too." "I offer to you as the best horse of the stable." "Any more?" "Of course, number 29." "A light gray stallion, Egorka." "A very playful horse." "You'll see him now." "Those bastards!" "Ach!" "Those bastards!" "Scum." "What have you done, young man?" "No justifications, just get out!" "I'd better get out of here, I think." "Please, comrade, stay." "Of course I'm only the wife..." "If Ivan Sergeevich hadn't gone away..." "I'm sorry, I don't know what you're talking about." "Ivan Sergeevich still hasn't fully recovered from the heavy blow that landed on him." "He just got married and..." "Got married to whom?" "To me." "Please, comrade." "I ask you to take all that into account." "I beg of you, don't leave." "All right, all right, I'm not going anywhere." "Granddad!" "Granddad!" "My god, what a handsome horse." "He's a horse of limitless possibilities." "Handsome, pfft." "What a beauty!" "How adorable!" "Thank you, thank you so much." "What a dazzler." "Comrade Pichugin!" "Take the horse." "Ivan Sergeevich, please listen to me." "You're fired." "Ivan Sergeevich..." "Excuse me, please." "Thank you, thank you so much." "Idiot, what are you crying for?" "What else can I do?" "What else, what else?" "Go explain to him, idiot, before it's too late." "Run, little fool." "I love you, Marusya, damn it." "Granddad!" "Hi, where did you come from?" "Let me present my wife, Yana Nikiforovna." "Why aren't you congratulating me?" "Don't you like her?" "You do?" "Then congratulate your grandfather!" "Egorka was given to the doctor!" "He's been exchanged for her car!" "Look!" "Hey, wait!" "What are you doing, Evgenia Fedorovna?" "Washing Egorka." "Why don't you do it in the river?" "How can I?" "What if he drowns?" "How you're spoiling that horse!" "You're not planning to go to the village, are you?" "We have a sick old man on our hands." "Trofimov, the head of the stables." "He refuses to eat." "Doesn't get up from his bed." "But he doesn't complain of anything." "I'll go visit you today." "And take a look at your old man, Trofimov." "Thank you, take care." "Well, how is he?" "Is he going to live?" "He'll outlive us all, I'm sure." "Where are you going now?" "Home." "Why by foot?" "I've returned the horse to its rightful place." "What do you mean, you've returned it?" "I've returned it to your head of the stables." "Evgenia Fedorovna, wait!" "Now you won't get away from me!" "We'll have many years together, you and I, damn it." "Since you've given back the horse, take your car back!" "This community needs it more than me!" "That's irrelevant!" "If you don't want to take another horse then take the car back." "I'm giving it away!" "I beg your pardon, Evgenia Fedorovna." "But we're not beggars, we don't need gifts!" "If that's the way you're going to put it..." "Zot Yakovlich, maybe...?" "Please, drive away." "Drive away quickly, I have a nervous system, too." "I want to drink to the health of our doctor." "To a kind wonderful woman." "May she sit at the wheel of her car and hold on tightly to it." "(The work song of the rescue team.)" "One year later" "(The waiter turns Sacha and Anatoliy away.)" "Get in." "Remember. you're going for distance." "So don't go all out from the beginning." "Save your energy." "And most important don't be nervous." "Ivan Sergeevich, why would I be nervous?" "I've spent a year training under your guidance." "And you shouldn't be nervous." "I'm definitely not nervous" "And neither are you." "Isn't it wonderful that we're both not nervous?" "Drive off now." "Put it on horse number 4." "This is its first run." "if it wins we'll get an enormous sum of money." "It can't win." "It's a village horse." "And the rider is some dummy called Pichugin." "That's the only way to win properly." "Go on." "Number 4." "Stay here if you wish but I'll go get closer." "My nerves aren't what they used to be." "What are you so nervous about?" "I'm the one who sewed his costume." "I'll go with her!" "Hey, stop doing that!" "You'll break my fingers." "Oh, my." "Looking at a race from close by is even more nervewracking." "Egorka..." "Egorka!" "Sasha, I've in a bad way." "What's the matter, Anatoliy Petrovich?" "I've lost our ticket." "Somewhere in the crowd." "Pavel Nikolaevich, you should be ashamed of yourself." "You've lived to gray hair have won many medals and still you talk of old age." "Old age doesn't exist." "I'm telling you that officially." "You're hurt that you were beaten by a boy, Vaska Pichugin." "But it wasn't him who rode faster than you." "It was me." "And I'm older than you." "Please don't think that this was our last race." "We'll ride again." "And we'll ride faster than you again." "We'll see about that." "I tell you officially." "First of all, I'll outride Vasiliy myself." "Second, there's a Petka coming up in my stables that will easily keep ten paces ahead of your Vaska." "Well..." "We'll go to war, Pavel Nikolaevich." "To war Ivan Sergeevich." "The End - subtitled by Deviant Spook and jakewimmer61 for KG"