"Marina Klain" "Film by Georgii Daneliya" ""Passport"" "Main role played by Gerard Darmon" "Good day.--Comrade!" "Yeah?" "Is this taxi occupied?" "Taxi is, but my heart is not, sweetheart." "That habbit of yours, father." "People all around." "Why didn't you informed me in time?" "Tbilisi, capitol of Georgia, 1987" "Inga, father arrived." "Hello." "Hello, father.--You've recieved the passport allready?" "" " Yes.--Show it to me." "Give me your driving license." "This is an exit visa." "Passport they'll give when I arrive to Israel." "Come over here." "Here, look." "This one's mother is Jewish, and this one's is Georgian.--So what?" "Same face." "In this matter, the main thing who's the father, and you're saying "Nationality is determined by mother's side". --Well, you can think however you want." "How I want, I will do." "Georgian must live in Georgia." "And what have you achieved with this?" "Tomorrow I'll pay a visit to Militia, and they'll issue me another one." "Umh.." "Perestroika." "Granpa." "Granpa!" "Granpa, tell me, what should I send you from Israel?" "Atom Bomb." "Of American production." "Where's Merab?" "Where you disappeared?" "!" "Bought some hot bread for you!" "Nana loves it." "Thank you, brother." "Farewell!" "Come here.--What bad did I do now?" "Just brought my brother some bread.." "Catch up with them, and escort to Moscow." "Or it's turning out rude otherwise." "Wait!" "Tell them.." "That.." "I.." "No, don't say anything." "Two cups of tea." "And two candies.--Buy a ticket first." "Beauty." "Wait a sec, wait a sec.." "I know you." "And where's that you know me from?" "When I was little, I had a dream.." "On a green meadow..--Merab!" "You've seen the blue package somewhere?" "Yes, I throwed out." "What do you mean, you've thrown it out?" ".." "Have you lost your mind?" "!" "But there was nothing there.. just some rocks.." "Rocks?" ".." "That was Georgian soil I took with me, to honor the memory.." "What stunts are you pulling, thirsting for some jail time?" "!" "I'm sorry, my precious, forgive me." "Brother leaving his homeland for good, to Israel." "And we forgot to take earth from our motherland's soil." "What are you doing, son of a donkey?" "!" "This is breakstone from Astrakhan!" "Georgian soil is over There!" "Too lazy to make three steps!" "Starrin' (Besides The French Guy):" "Serjeant!" "I'm over here!" "On river, On river, At that shore..(Song "Marusenka" that makes cameo appearnce in nearly every film of the director, in.. one form or another)" "What's the name of this girl?" "Which girl?" "In the window, on the fifth floor.--Dunno." "Eh, how do you live here.." "Nobody knows anyone." "Is there anyway I can learn her telephone number?" "And you need it why?" "Because, when our Merab was a little boy, he saw her in his dream, at the green meadow." "My dear one, can you please, not meddle in?" "One allready.." "You allready shambled one.." "Now decided to start with me too, ha?" "Who's that she shambled?" "I'm not talking to you." "But I am, talking, to you." "Uncle Vasya, you got checkmated." "Yeah, yeah, good, nice one.." "Hey guys, why are we sitting like owls, let's go, relax somewhere." "Like, that hotel for foreign guests, for exmpale." "You excuse us, Vasilii, but we can't, Jacob wanted to practice in jewish language." "(One who guesses what he just said without subtitles, gets the point." "And the horse)" "Eh, we should have dragged that fool with us here." "Here it is, Capitalism." "And you don't need any visa to glimpse upon it.--Hey there!" "Comrades!" "Where are you going?" "To the restaurant?" "I beg your pardon, but are you staying here?" "No, we just came here to catch a dinner. --Then, I'm sorry, but it's not allowed." "Listen, commander, my army friend came to visit." "We haven't seen each other for a while." "Let's go, sergeant.--I did tell you, it's not allowed, didn't I?" "Maybe you'd take your hands off me?" "Militia station #169" "Stand here, still." "Hello !" "(Speaking with the purposely thick jewish accent) I came to you about arrestee Papashvilli." " I am listening." "Here." "He must be leaving to Israel today." "Chief will come in the morning, he'll say to what place he must be leaving." "The plane flies off at 9:05, he must be at the airport three hours earlier." "He'll be too late." "And that is not my conern YES, I'm listening?" ".." "Writing it down.." "Comrade major, one fool won't leave on time, and then all those jews over there will start such a noisy hustle." "UN. "Voice of America". "Human Rights".." "Yes, I wrote that down." "..Do we need that here?" "Yeah, I can understand that.." "But they've put a doorman, into the foutain." "What doorman will say?" "With doorman we allready figured everything out." "Oh ya?" ".." "Fine, he can go wherever he want..--Comrade major!" "And can you please let the second one go too, please?" "Vasilliy Kuzmich?" ".." "He what..he is..too..to Israel?" "Noo." "Vasilliy Kuzmich is the head rabbi of Moscow Oblast." "Where are we going.." "For what..--Enough, why you all the time snivel like a damsel." "Fed to the teeth with..--Woman!" "Who do you think you are talking with like that?" "!" "I'm a Georgian Jew!" "Not some of your.." "Merab." "Let's go, drink some champagne." "Two bottles of champagne, and two candies.--Weren't selling no alcohol." " Honey one, do it for us, please, ha?" "We asking you very much." "We don't have any, precious one." "You'll go through customs." "On the other side, they have all that." "Well there, brother-jews, too going to historical native land?" "What's this, they don't have them in Russian?" "No-oh.--Well you, country, my mother country.." "And this here is what?" "Drugs." "Just write "no"." "And here what should I write?" "Antique items.---Pounder, is an antique item?" "The grandmother's one?" "Took it with me, for memory." "Okay, what have suddenly happened, don't be anxious." "You'll be visiting me, I'll be visiting you." "Imps." "Didn't even let us drink champagne." "Come here, they have them in Russian language here." "Look after our things, okay?" "Atention, represntative of Savoy, representative of Savoy is asked to" "Can you please tell me if you know, are teeth suppose to be written in here too?" "Most certainly, madame, most neccesarily.--Write in your teeth." "But mine are iron.--Write them down anyway." "He took papa's passport." "Excuse me, comrades, excuse me, can I without waiting in the line, there's woman there, feeling very ill." "Please, glass of water...and..two bottles of champagne." "Friend, open this thing here, please, ha?" "Can't do.--I changed my mind." "I don't want to leave." "Would you allow me to pass, citizen?" "It's a country border, afterall.--Yes, yes, yes." "And if you decided not to leave your homeland, then pay a visit to Soviet embassy, in Vienna." "Changed his mind he did.--Yea-ah, sure." "Friend, open it." "I was just joking." "I've got two generals there, seeing me off." "I'll drink with them, and return, ha?" "Appeal to the supervisor." "Where is he?" "There. (Check-in for the plane to Vienna is announced)" "Young girl, where is your supervisor sitting?" "Who do you need, specifically?" "The most main one." "Ah, it's Fedorov, third floor, second room.-Aha, thank you.--And don't be late for Vienna plane, the check-in is in process." "Attention, go to the" "We'll be late!" "Go tell them, to announce on radio so this idiot came back!" "Don't scream!" "If they find out that I gave someone my passport, they'll take it away!" "Granma!" "Where is he?" "!" "The check-in is almost over!" "Ivan Petrovich probably in cafeteria." "Lunch break." "Excuse me, are you Ivan Petrovich?" "Ivan Petrovich, could you let me out, please?" "Where to?" "Back." "To USSR." "Give me a moment, I'll explain." "I'm not the one who suppose to be on the flight." "My brother is." "I took his passport and..used to get to the snack-bar." "As a joke." "And solder doesn't let me out." "Ivan Petrovich, I'm asking you, very much, could you tell him to..ha?" "You, my friend, got the wrong guy then, I'm in different sphere." "You need Luntz.." "Go to Luntz." "There he is. --Passenger, where are you going?" "Ha?" ".." "I'm searching for Luntz, where can I find him?" "!" "Luntz?" "Luntz boarded the plane long time ago, come." "This is the last one, lucky flight to you.--Come in, please, take any free sit.--I have no time to sit here!" "Show me Luntz!" "Luntz!" "Passenger Luntz, someone is searching for you." "He-ey, what are you doing, open up!" "Militia, call them, he must be there!" "No, everything seem to be correct." "Passenger Jacob Papashvili is onboard of the plane Moscow--Vienna." "And'a..when.. the plane.. will be coming back?" "Comrade pilot, brother.--What now?" "Listen, what if I'm gonna have right now a severe case of acute appendictis, we can make an emergency landing in Kiev, right?" "Go take a nap, you'll visit the embassy in Vienna, they'll do everything, okay?" ""Take a nap"." "Listen, terrorist, maybe you better just ask for a parachute from them, while we still flying over our territory, ha?" "I don't know how far Soviet embassy is from airport, but they've got a very beautiful gothic cathedral in Vienna." "Do you have any dollars on you?" "Little-bit-of-a-little-bit I've got, a bit." "Be a friend, sell some dollars to me?" "What are you talking about what are you talking about, who here needs your dry rubles?" ".." "Oh, definately, definately will be staying in this hotel." "Thank you!" "Russians are very hospitable." "Moscow." "Big Theatre." "That sir over there too gave me a present, russian balalayka." "Mister.." "Hey, uncle, uncle, no possible, I've changed my mind, in Russia I didn't cared about it, but the moment I left motherland, I've got overcomed with such nastalgia, just can't bear it." "Dove of Peace. (Writing says :" "Be vigilante of fire!" ")" "Here you are, my darling..."Comrade, we going faaar-faar, as far as we get, from our land (From a version of folk song, "Raskinulos More Shiroko (Sea Stretched Far Away)"" "I'm sorry, but this is not a gift." "Ten dollars." "And your Big Theatre too nothing special. 19th century." "Alrighty, terrorist." "I'll give you a ride to your dear embassy." "My treat." "New Mercedes." "Where did you managed to learn English?" "" " Was trying to get in INYAZ(short for Institute of Foreign Languages), three times." "Listen, business proposal, come work for me as a secretary." "Free food, rides, five bucks, and a pack of Malboro a day." "Will you?" "You better look here, gaze here, my friend." "Joint enterprise--Soviet balalayika and dollars of mine." "So then, wanna take off to Hawaii, ha?" "..Weren't you going to Israel?" "Me, to hebrews?" "God be with you, what have I forgot with them?" "I am hereditary noble, nephew of count Yasupov, should I show you the papers?" "Okay then." "First we going to visit Monte Carlo, swing around the roulette, and after" "Hawaii." "Then bring us to the grand supermarket." "Secretary." "What you say?" "Ready to enter the high society?" "Wait.." "Lets.. buy me a japanese vhs home videoplayer." "And at home, I'll return the debt with rubles, to whoever you say to, ha?" "Are you going to work for me?" "Or not?" "I told you, I just can't." "My brother awaits for me there." "Then I'm sorry, it's Capitalism here, man to a man is a.. wolf." "Say hello to ambassador." "Fool. (To the driver) Fast, roulette, Hitler is dead." "Understand, my friend?" "Good day..." "Hello..can you open please?" "Today is Sunday, no one at place, come on Monday." "Comrade diplomat, but I have a very important case." "I have to be send to Moscow today, urgently." "You have documents with you?" "Yeh, yes." "Here, but this is, you see..." "Repatriate." "Come at Monday, you'll fill an application, you'll get an answer in three months." "Nowdays it's simple." "Comrade diplomat, I'm not a repatriate, I'm ours, Soviet." "This passport is of my brother." "He's the one who is jewish." "Half, he..--Come up with something smarter, my good man." "You'll get yourself into prison. --For what?" "" " For crossing Austrian border with someone elses "paper piece"." "Aren't you ashamed of yourself?" "You can't do it here." "Here's how it is, bureaucrat." "Call the ambassador, and bring him here, right away." "Comrade diplomat, open please, I don't need to go inside, I'll just sit here, on the grass." "Open up!" "This ass allready called the police!" "They got me!" "I'll write a complain on you to Gorbachev!" "It's us.." " And you, didn't you left allready?" "Here we left, as you see." "And came back. --.." "Where's sergeant?" "Bastard he is, not a sergeant." "I hate those like him most of all, here they pretend to be patriots, but the moment an opportunity presents itself, they run to the other side." "We had an agreement that your organization will be meeting your immigrants and immediately sending them off to Israel." " And we doing exactly that.--Then what about this one?" "Created a demonstration, infront of Soviet Embassy." "Mister Papashivilli, where in a world have you been?" "I, in person, was standing before plan, holding a sign with your surname." "Or have you forgetten how to read?" "And where's your wife?" "Your child?" ".." "Creating a disturbance somewhere, as you?" "No." "They just got sick, with flu." "Will be here soon." "Your plane took off." "Shulman took off." "What am I suppose to do now, you tell me?" "One starts fights in clubs, others.." "Hush.--Marik, well, you can't send a thousand, send at least five hundreds.." "What?" "You bitch!" "This ball on which you and me live is small, I'll get my hands on you anyway!" "Alright, bye." "You doing it again?" "!" "I just called my mother, she's all alone, old, I'm her only son." "And who will be paying for all of this?" "Oh, common." "Aren't we all brother-jews here." "We won't be having a fight because of some change, won't we..--Both of you, wait for me here." "I'll try to find Shulman." "Hello.--Where are we?" "Where, where, Sahnut, an organization for sending jews to Israel." "You're suddenly became a jew?" "Who else I would be?" "My grandma is jewish." "You wanna see papers on that?" "Lost all your dollars, didn't you.--I did." "Stinkiing assholes." "When it's only about writing letters from America, they've got pool and mercedez, when you need to borrow a dollar from them they.." "L-lady!" "Please, can you tell me a telephone code, of Israel?" "I'm gonna try to escape, create a distraction for me.--Why?" "You just tell them you're not a jew, they'll throw you out themselves." "Busy line.--They'll put me in prison." "For what?" "For what, for flying over the border with someone elses passport." "Here's a thought, you'll end up put in prison by ours too." "Crossing the border with false papers, from three to five years." "For sure ." "Listen up, how about I'll sell you an idea, for five bucks?" "What idea?" "Your brother, who was supose to be meeting him there, in Israel?" ".." "Yes, I'm listening.--Vasya!" "Yasha somewhere over there?" "Sergeant, where are you?" "!" "I'll explain later, give him to me, quick!" "Dont' scream, Yasha, wait a second and listen, we don't have much time, go back to Georgia and sit there quietly." "I'll come back soon." "Wait!" "Give me an adress of Inga's uncle, in Israel!" "Wrap it up, Shulman is here!" "Shulman here, bye!" "This way, gentlemen." "Got to hell, you hunchy goaty ." "I don't like this envorinment, like in a penal colony ." "I don't know how it is in penal colony, never was there. --Don't worry, you've got all ahead of you." "Listen, you owe me seven shekils for the hat." "And I also made an arrangment with one guy, he'll give you circumcision for free." "Listen, just leave me alone.--Hey, kaco, kaco (slang for georgian), don't shake yourself." "Ha?" "You, twice allready, illegaly crossed the border." "Got it?" "This here is not Austria, this here..you know?" "So, put the hat on, and be examplary hebrew." "Go on, go on, do it." "Excuse me.--Yeah?" "This hats, do they give them to everyone?" "Nah-ah, only to party members." "Everyone who arrived with that kind of visa over there, go up the stairs to the second floor." "Thank you." "Congratulate me, I'm now citizen of Israel." "Go on, don't go yellow, just go in. --Excuse me, can I?" "Shalom.--Shalom (Good day)." "My sister. --Aha, shalom." "Hello there!" "How I'm happy that you came, you and me gonna swing such a "business" here, they there, in America, gonna piss with boiling.--You, bastard." "So you are a chore master of children's chore?" "Yes.--Here is one hundred shakels for your small time needs, put your signature here, please." "All seem to be in order.-Pardon, Jacob, I'm waiting for you in Russian restaurant, on the shore." "Sorry." "Mister Papashvili, are reasons behind your departure of religious, or political nature?" "Well, how to tell you, both ways." "So, you don't believe in Perestroika?" "Why not?" "Actually, not very much." "Everything end up only worse.--Mind providing an example?" "Well.. before..our chief engineer would take fifty rubles for a tire." "And now, he takes hundred!" "Hundred!" "Chief engineer of children's chore?" "No, chief engineer of a ..club." "He's a..he's repairing toilets." "Will you live with your relatives?" "With uncle of my wife.--Do you know their adress?" "No..but I'll find in the book..--No need to search, they are here, waiting for you." "Come, I'll show you.--Yeah?" ".." "Mister Bernstein.." "Here he is." "Izya.. he doesn't recognize you.--I do." "Hello, uncle Izya.." "I'm Yasha.." "Inga got sick." "With flu.. aand Nana too.." "My brother.." "Mirab..takes care of them.." "My younger brother.." "Yashin brother?" "So you're not jewish?" "N-n-noo..--That's a pity, I have prepared "Fish" fish." "But I adore "Fish" fish!" "Granma.." "Izya!" "We should send a telegram, to Gorbachev, so he'd send without passport Yasha and his family." "Is that possible?" "That's kind of uncomfortable to ask." "I've got another plan..." "Eh, Uncle Izya!" "Let's do it like this." "Buy me a tourist flight to Union, I'll go and quitely change passports with Yasha, they come here, and everything's fine!" ".." "Aand, I won't end up in prison." "Beautiful plan." "If you need something else, just say." "Don't be shy." "No, that would be impertinence on my part.--What are you talking about, we are relatives, after all." "..Can we get VHS player here?" ".." "And Yasha'll come, bring the money for it with him." "Do you like it?" "Izya came up with it." "Mother, make the fish warm.--But what if he likes it cold?" "No, he likes it warm." "Please, come in, my dear." "Okayyy, now you going to tell me the truth, who send you, and for what. "Yasha's brother"." "Excuse me, Yarmakov Vasilii Kuzmich lives here?" "Yes, one moment." "Vasya!" "Vas, someone came to you." "..Hello.--Hello. Are you the one Vasilii Kuzmich?" "Me." "I am asking you, sincerely, sign a declaration." "What kind of?" "What kind?" "Declaration that you are not a head rabbi of Moscow Oblast." "..And, umm, why?" "Because, head rabbi of Moscow synagogue is me." "Yes." "I heard many things about myself, but... about me, throwing the doorman, into the fountain.." "That one didn't happened yet." "Before now." "All good to." "You." "Why rabbis visiting you?" "Are you jewish?" "What are you talking about, not with a slightest bit of my face or even ear." "Vasya!" ".." "Israel calling you.." "Sergeant, is that you?" "!" "Me, me, call Inga to telephone, fast!" "They went away, to Georgia, all like you said, they sitting in father's basement!" "Get in contact with "ours" immediately!" "Inga must phone uncle Izya and confirm about the champagne. --Enough, comrade sergeant!" "We are jews, not idiots." ""Champagne"?" "Couldn't your KGB come up with better story?" "What KGB, uncle Izya, I'm an ordinary taxi driver, here's my license!" ".." " Throw away that bullshit, boy." "It's unthinkable, KGB too was left to make their own ends in cost accounting, and want the whole vhs player for one circumcisioned jew?" "Uncle Izya, are you..?" "Get the hell outta here, bastard, and remember: if Inga with daughter won't arrive in two weeks, I'll gundown you." "Take off the safety. "Rambo"." "No, you explain to me, if you didn't had money, why da hell you dragged yourself here?" "!" "" " No, it's you who must explain to me, what da hell you dragged me here?" "!" "I thought you have..--Guys, I'm sorry, my uncle there, was meeting me and..--Wait with your uncle for a sec.-Aha, okay." "Why did you think I've got money?" "Oh, common, Borya, everyone knows that you "evcuated" one hundred thousand of green with you." "Let's presume." "But if I had money, what I would need you for?" "" " I'm your brain center.--You?" "Me." "Gettahellouttahere.--Mm?" "Get the hell outta here." "Or I'll gnaw your nose off." "Okay then, Borya." "Here is not Odessa for you." "Here, we will... you." "We need to talk." "That idiot, Inga's uncle, think that..--Shitty asshole.---.." "Wait, listen." "He thinks that..." "I'm a KGB agent." "You think what, he's the only one who thinks so?" "Look.--Where?" "Look over there." "Recognize?" "That American?" "I recognize." "So?" "They are watching after you." "Don't look for me." "I'll find you myself." "Would you like to order something else?" ".." "Can I call from here, somewhere?" "Everything is possible here." "But wouldn't hurt to pay the check, first." "Here, my good man, take as much as needed." "Needed all that is here, plus as much." "Take that." "And that one." "And take caviar too." "But someone allready was eating it..--Where they were eating it, listen." "They just touched it, I'll straigten it, here.--Alright, forgotten." "For your health." "Buy my watch?" "No, I won't buy your watch, but here.." "What do you mean, you don't want it?" "I've allready opened the goods!" "..--Give me back my watch!" "Give me back My watch!" "Hello, my name is Jane.--I'm Tarzan." "So how do you like it, in Israel?" "Yes." "I like it.--Like what, for example?" "Well..for example, yesterday, at airdrome (airport), they gave me one hundred shakels." "And what about in our, jewish place?" "Would anyone give one hundred shakels, at airdrome?" "Ha?" "Finger they'll give you." "Someone you know?" "Someone." "Militia man." "From Tbilisi." "Excuse me." "Bye-Bye." "Bye." "A tourist?" "Yes.--Wait wait, call her, call her here!" "I've got very good goods..." "Here." "Real "Christian Dior".--She's got underwear." "Excuse me, what's your name?" "(After Stalin joke) Didn't recognize me or something?" "Seipiashvilli I am, Moshe.--Moshe, you probably thinking that I'm a cabbie, Merab?" "I'm not, I"m his brother, Yasha." "Yes, I guess I confused you, it's been hundred of years or so." "Moshe, do you have somebody left, back there?" "Yes, I've got sister there.--Moshe, I arrived yesterday." "Today there was a telegram, my wife got sick, have to fly quickly to here." "Lend me some money, and I'll return, from there." "You live in Sumvolvaki area?" "Yes.--Do you know Limping Albert?" "In school days, we were this close.--Hassan!" "Watch after my store." "Let's go.--Where?" "" " To Tengiz.--What Tengiz?" "Tengiz from Suhumi, today is the wedding, he's daughter getting married.--And what Albert have to do with it?" "Albert is friend of Tengiz, and you're Albert's friend." "Tengiz won't deny you in anything." "One prestige looking bouquet." "No!" "Two!" "Did you brought Georgian soil with you?" "It's on its way, with the rest of baggage.--Moshe, who died?" "Listen, mind your own business." "Here." "This is called "tuxedo"." "This is how we dress on such occassions now. --Thank you.--Wait, that one is mine." "Your size is forty two." "Wait." "Malkas!" "What?" "Lend me your tuxedo!" "It's in cleaning!" "Then give me back my bed!" "Nearly forgot." "Allow me to introduce, this is friend of Limping Albert.--Hello, repsected one." "Please, come in.---Thank you." "..I am the one who brought him." "There is Tengiz, standing next to rabbi." "Just don't forget to tell him, so he took me as his secretary." "What money can do, everyone came, everyone is here." "This there --academician Gashivlilli, awardee of Nobel Prize." "And that is--Hamlet, associate of Tengiz in Murumbia." "Dear guests, I will ask men to get up now." "Let's drink for health of the just married!" "Hold this." "Excuse me, granma." "What's this?" "Georgian soil.--Can I have some?" "Take everything." " Thank you very much." "I ask to excuse me, excuse me, gentlemen.." "Merob, let's go!" "What is this?" ".." "Most respected Tengzi, This.. is soil from Suhumi, it was send to you by Limping Albert.--Albert, you old bastard." "He delivered it here." "Him." "Arrived today." "He is my friend, we grown up together.--Hello.--Let me kiss you." "A moment of your atention!" "My friends!" "Let us, dear guests, drink a glass, for a young man, that delivered to me such a...--Stop!" "Stop!" "Stop, jews, don't drink!" "You have no idea for what kind of animal you are about to drink!" "This "gentlemen" is a Soviet spy!" "Yes!" "Yesterday, he arrived to Israel, and demanded a ransom!" "From me!" "For his own brother!" "And his family!" "Wh are hold captive there, in the dungeons of Kreml, by Georgian Intelligence!" "Excuse me.--Don't listen to him, comrades!" "Give me a moment, I'll explain to you everything!" ".." "What?" ".." "Comrade." "You know where the doors are, right?" "Most respected Tengiz, that man is a madman, just look at me, what kind of spy can I be?" "Spies-pies are of no interest to me." "But from man, who makes a trade, with life of his own brother, I don't take presents." "Not today, not today!" "You take a walk for now, boy." "We'll talk with you tomorrow." "I will help you to get out of the country.--Where?" "" " To Russia." "You have arrested our prince." "I propose to swop.--What's he got arrested for?" "Political reasons?" "No, just childish stuff, tried to smuggle some icons." "This swop doesn't make sense." "A notorious spy, for nothing, for some small-time smuggler." "You have to add." "Something.--Tell me, what is your price?" "(And his price was vhs video player." "For those who didn't get it. )" "Would you please, present the luggage for inspection, sir.--Madame, I've got diplomatic passport, you have no right.--Sir. Your luggage for inspection, please." "Mister Bernstein.--He's not home!" "We've got a present from relative to him!" "Call sappers, that spy send a bomb to our house!" "Is that you, Yasha's brother?" "Granma, did they also brought VHS player somewhere here?" "No.." "Comrade spy!" "They were dailing you from Georgia, and asked the moment you appear -- make a call to work." "In school.--Aha." "But not from us, Izya will get angry, go to Soviet consuls, they obliged to allow you, as to spy, a free line.--What consuls?" "We dont' have diplomatic relations with you." "What do you mean, we don't have?" "They sitting for two years allready in Finnish embassy." "Excuse me, where is Finnish embassy?" "" " On your right, this is American." "Who cuffed you?" "Myself." "They won't let me into America.--Why?" "If you could join me, there will be alot of fuss, we demonstrate, and the tv will come to see us." "What happened?" "Who was screaming so much in your office?" "Some..provoker came." "Took a big one to get rid of him." "Comrade consul." "I just can't go out from here." "They allready know that I am an agent." "They not taking me in yet, because...trying to find my contacts..." "Right now, at the customs, they let Hamlet go and me, opened the suitcase, peeked inside, and closed it." "..Why are you silent?" ".." "In the end and after all, I'm criminal, I tresspassed over the border, and I have to be returned.. on the crime scene." "Comrade consul.. one second!" ".." "You're not going anywhere from here, my good man, until they'll show us together on television." "Yes." " Well, finnish ambassador will be the one with whom they will be showing you on television." "I'll change it for three minutes on the phone." "Ha?" "Why you so slow, hurry up. --Coz it's hot." "Let's go, let's go, letsgo." "We don't need him." "Borya, have you got deaf?" "Boruh I am, Boruh, got it?" "Let's kepp going, just keep going.--Give me my money, Boruh!" "I need to make a call to Tbilisi." "Pots (moron), why are you tailing us?" "!" "Why are you compromising us!" "Already the whole Israel knows you are KGB." "Persian carpets." "Twenty milions in Swiz bank account." "You know her adress?" "" " Sure I do, I do, come on." "Hey, swindler-scammers!" "Okay!" "I am KGB agent." "But why our Commitee have to be paying for you, in a restaurant?" "Are you, what?" "Working for us?" "Ha?" "Give him twenty shakels, and let him choke on them." "I can hear very badly..." "Merab!" "Merab, one second!" "Papashivilli..--Hello." "First one." "I'm second." "Merab, here is a political inciddent." "Your father kidnapped American tourist." "And holding him hostage in a fort." "I'll connect a loudspeaker, tell him to let the guy go this instance." "Coz you understand yourself." "Otherwise, it's a big criminal case." "Father!" "Hello, father, how are you?" "Repeat.--That's me, Merab!" "Can you hear me, father?" "!" "Son, where are you?" "!" "" " I'm in Israel, dad, in Israel." " Dad, let the tourist go, ha?" "Tourist how related to all of this?" "No, until they return you I will not let him go!" "You hear this?" "Come back fast.--Smartie one." "Send one thousand dollars, I'll come back fast." "You go pay a visit to uncle Izya!" "He'll do everything!" "He allready did, everything." "They disconnected us!" "Well, when they'll connect us again, you'll call me then!" "Comrade Papashvili!" "Come to your senses!" "You're an examplary veterinarian, not a criminal!" "Let the tourist go!" "We only just, with such effort straigtened the relationship with America!" ".." "Mister Vahtang!" "And when you." "Will come to me, to Chicago." "I will treat you." "I'm a Soviet spy, where should I go to give myself up?" "Mister militia man!" "Mister militia man!" "Take this." "And don't look for trouble. " " Officer, I wasn't lookin' for trouble." "All I wanted is that I was swapped, on someone." " I'll give you such a swop, you'll remember for the rest of your life." "Now get lost." "You shouldn't touch unkown objects here..--.." "Ah, it's you..--It can be a bomb, ka-boom!" ".." " Very good." "Listen!" "Enough with following me!" "Okay?" "!" "Enough with following me!" "Come on, bring me to your superior!" "I don't understand anything, what superior?" "!" "What you don't understand?" "!" "Stop making a fool out of me, okay?" "!" "What, I can't see how you pushing buttons in this stupid bag?" "!" "Yes, because there is a voice recorder here.--Yes, I can see that it's not a piano, I'm not blind." "Alright, enough!" "Let's go to your contra intelligence Agency!" "This is a mistake!" "Tarzan." "What Agency?" "I'm American journalist!" "I'm making an article about jews from Russia!" ".." "Maybe this will convince you?" "What's this?" "Magazine "America"." " The one that is published in our country?" "Yes.--Yeah?" "And this all for what?" "This is for the "Voice of America"." "For radio?" "Yes, and your friends there not only gonna see you, but also will hear you.--Fantastical.--Here.( .." "Before, our chief engineer would take fifty rubles for a tire, and now..takes.hundred..)" "Savage.." "Savage!" "Moron!" "Hey, hey, what's with you?" "!" "Are you gone crazy?" "!" "" " It was my first news report!" ".." "Moron.." "..I'm sorry, Jane.Jane.." "I'm sorry..--Leave me be.." " Okay." "Stop ." "Just put new cassete in, I'll repeat, all from the beginning. --Eh, Like I needed you much.." "I recorded there such people.." "Such People.." "Come on, Jane, don't cry..--Get lost.." "It's not such a big deal." "You'll just make another report, and that's it.--When?" "I'm flying back this evening.--Flying.." "So why you wasting your nerves?" "Just look at me here." "..Look." "Well?" ".." "I'm not crying." "And on my side, if I wont' return tomorrow, my father will be jailed." "And how can I leave this place if they decided I'm a spy?" "No way." "And what is left for me to do?" "Ha?" "Just to walk and hang myself." "Yacob!" "Yacob!" "I think I might be able to help you." "Somehow." "..This question has to be brained hard." "Listen." "How he sitting here, in such..cold." "He's from Syberia.." "Anyways, that's how it is." "I'll escort him through the border.--Is that dangerous?" "We don't have any other option." "You know, maybe you'll just..show me the place on the map.. and I'll cross the border mysel..fff.." "Okay?" "You don't know who you dealing with." "Here, look." "Semyon Klein." "Intelligence commander of 43th division." "Without me, you won't make two steps, since they shadowing you." "During Second World War, I was scouting behind fascist enemy lines 123 times." "I told her. --Yes yes, ofcourse." "I gave her an interview, you'll listen what tales I shared." "Eh, no, no need to." "I know, we already listened to them together, just a moment ago.." "Eh, friends!" "Let's drink for this house." "So this house would always be happy....and prosperity.." "For your health." "I'll play on accordion now...---Excuse me, Senya.." "It's time." "I need to leave." "Thank you.--Everything gonna be alright." "Thank you, Jane." "(Singing folk song "By the wild steppes of the Transbaikaly" (not my translation, luckily for you)--On the wild steppes of Transbaikalia, Where people dig for gold in the mountains, A vagrant, bemoaning his fate (Jane:" "Good luck and happiness, Tarzan!" "), Is wandering with a bag on his back." "Hello?" "Tsure?" "Hello, brotha." "It's me, Merab." "Tell father, urgently, that he let the tourist go." "I'm already in Jordan." "Calling from a cabinet of our ambassador." "Okay, okay, I will!" "Merab!" "I'm out of screw-nuts-on-eight." "You look around." "If there is such there, buy at least for me." "Tell him to buy American condoms." "On the whole city?" "Sure, okay." "Bye." "Yours truck?" "No, the owner's." "There some guy snooting around here, we'll deal with him." "You come from the front, ask for cigarette, I from the back, turning him off." "No, why would we do that?" "There's a spot behind the ear, called "Snake bite"..you'll cuddle it, and uncle is in knockout." "Come on." "Give me..--What?" "Flask.--Maybe, enough?" "Don't be scared..." "Senya knows his limit." "Wanna take a piss?" "Can't get used to this heat." "Fridge, now that's for me..." "Hush.." "What that one doing here?" "Same as we.--You think?" "Nah, I don't like this goose." "Now, let's toast for Georgia." "I like that you respect your parents." "And my son went to Canada." "Everyday phones, "Daddy, come live with us"..." "I am jew!" "Here is my homeland!" "Here I will live!" "I had enough.--Wait, for Georgia, come on." "For Georgia.--Nice man!" "I don't like this goose also." "Chase her down!" "Stop." "I forgot them at home." "My friend got tired." "I took my turn behind the wheel." "Why do you let to drive man without driving license?" "I was sleeping." "He probably stoled my truck." "Coz they didn't feed me at hospital." "Do they feed us here with our, jewish kashir food (saying that to an arab)?" "Allah, forgive me!" "(Now it's jewish prison cell)" "Glory to Communist Party of Soviet Union!" "Papashvilli." "Follow me, you've being paid bail for." "My dear Merab." "Since Limping Albert called me, you're my best friend." "Prepare the table, we'll be in half an hour." "Stop it!" ".." "Hey, terrorist!" ".." "Merab.." "That was my friend." "Too oil baron. (You my little persian carpet)." "When we were little..." "Let's go, let's go." "It's all Moshe's fault." "I'll fire him from work." "Why?" "Everything was fun.---Really?" "You liked it?" "Are you completely out of your mind, old donkey?" "Get out of there!" "Why so noisy?" "You've got there comrade Stalin falling off." "And for some reason, I didn't like this goose." "Come on, come out." "You'll drive with me.--Listen, drive where you've been driving." "I don't want anything more ." "Suit yourself." "Oh, crap." "Seems like he died." "Yeah, for sure, he died." "He's not breathing." "He's breathing, ehg.." "Drink." "Drink!" "Take it!" "Got offened." "If they did took both of us, who would have found Albert?" "If Senya said he will get your across the border, then he will. --Why through border.." "Tengiz would have send me by plane.--Legally, you won't get out from here." "If person once was branded a spy, it's for life." "Here's an adress:" "In Stambul you'll visit, ask Mustafa, say you are from me, he'll do everything. --Aha, okay." "Some cash." "Just a little, but as much as I had." "Here.--No, no need..--Take, take it.--Thank you, Senya." "Eat healthy." "Here we are." "And you said "Yourself"." "Besides me, nobody would be able to handle this." "Okay, remember: cigarette and handkerchief (nose napkin) are mines." "Good luck." "Wait for a moment." "Quiet, I can see it." "But if somehow..by occasion, someone will end up in Omsk..." "Ask them to pay a visit to cemetry and put this on a grave of my wife." "Marina Klain." "41th area, number of a grave 8-7." "Senya." "Come with me." "Why you here alll by yourself, ha?" "Come?" "Come, my dear good man." "Here they will bury me..." "We'll see each other in afterlife, there's no borders there." "Go on." "Go on." "Stambul, capital of Turkey, year 1990." "You the one who was suppose to be here back then?" "Where have you been?" "Was learning arabic, in prison.--Smugglin'?" "Israel spy." "That's it." "From here, you walk alone." "Georgia." "When you gonna go over the border, put your hands up." "So border guard saw you don't have weapon on you." "Well.." "Border guard!" "Border guard!" "Brother!" ".." "Don't shoot at me.." "Don't shoot." "Don't shoot at me, brothers!"