"Ukranian Rhapsody" "Director:" "Sergei Parajanov" "The workers of the kolkhoz and the soldiers of the Soviet army have contributed to this film" "My friends my comrades" "I want you to listen" "This story is not only mine" "I have just returned home with a wonderful victory" "Me, a simple girl from a small village on the banks of the Dniepr" "I won first prize, the gold medal in an international singing competition" "I won it in a distant town in Western Europe where I arrived a week ago." "Italians, English, French at the Capitol." "Soviet singers at the Theatre du Capitol" "A city, strange to me" "A life unknown and distant" "Strange people" "How will they receive me?" "Can I find a way to their hearts?" "Today I'm indifferent to them" "But tomorrow?" "Italians, English, French at the Capitol" "Soviet singers at the Theatre du Capitol!" "Soviet singers at the Theatre du Capitol!" "Did you say something?" "The flowers have a unique scent." "Mademoiselle is Italian?" "Remember the rules of the competition" "In the first round, you are separated from the jury by a curtain." "The jury will only know your numbers." "You will sing in the language of the composer" "If the president of the jury says "merci"" "you will stop singing and leave the stage" "Please ladies, would you rejoin the queue" "Who will win the first prize?" "Don't worry my dear, you'll go through" "Don't be nervous" "Please, take one" "Please, take one" "Number 33, on stage." "What are you singing?" "The first on the programme." "Second round" "The next." "Me?" "Next" "Next" "Number 36, on stage." "Please" "Which score?" "The third" "Is she Italian?" "It doesn't really matter" "It's remarkable" "Jean, you are wrong" "There's still some hope for humanity" "We'll agree to differ" "What a paradox!" "Europe is like a cemetery, the world is in ruins." "Suddenly," "Lucia's aria." "Don't you like it?" "Not one bit" "In music, I only like military marches." " What did you say?" " What?" "Haven't you learnt anything?" "When people sing it's peaceful" "I like it, I really like it" "I asked if I could sing an encore." "An unforgettable song of my childhood" "This song has lived in my heart for as long as I can remember." "It's alright, let her listen" "Years went by and in my heart a new song is born" "You sing wonderully Oksana" "That bird sings even better" "Oksana" "When you sing everything stops to listen" "You know," "It seems to me that the plants come alive they are happy and dreamy and even tuneful" "You've seen how when the rye and the wheat have ripened they sing like an enormous choir" "And with the buckwheat, too the whole field resounds like an orchestra" "Close your eyes and listen" "How delighted he would have been, today" "How he would have smiled, my Anton, to hear of my success." "It's also his victory." "Perhaps more his than mine" "But he's no more." "Behind the window of a railway truck in Germany which has swallowed up my Anton for ever" "I've waited three years for this day" "It's as if I've come back from the dead" "Oksana won't recognise me" "Rudy!" "Everything returns to life" "You're going back." "God willing, my Geinrikht also" "I believe" "War leaves indelible marks" "We'll go this way, it's shorter" "Look" "A birch tree is growing on the altar" "The earth is thirsty for peace" "Goodbye, Rudy" "I hope we'll see one another again" "Good luck" "This is for you, as a souvenir" "Thank you" " Wind it up each morning" " Thanks" "Goodbye Germany!" "You have burnt me in a cruel fire" "And you yourself, have been burnt by the same flame" "But you haven't destroyed my spirit" "She fills my dreams once more." "Alive, with such unforgettable memories" "You hear her voice?" "You're going to marry," "You'll cultivate your garden." "You'll love your wife" "You'll have children" "And her?" "Did you think of her Anton?" "Her voice will take her to the Conservatoire." "I promise you, the Conservatoire." "And then the concert hall." "She must leave here" "With you?" "The concert now continues" "Here is a work by Rimsky-Korsakov." "And here's our colleague, a student at the Conservatoire:" "Vadim Tchaika." "Oksana?" "It was when we said goodbye, that I understood how much we loved one another." "Thank you" "May I ... ?" "Please." "Come in." "Pleased to meet you" "Well, now you're at the Conservatoire." " Welcome" " Thank you" "Fine, Oksana" " Shall we get to work?" " Yes, now that I'm here ..." "Most important of all, breathing" "You see?" "Let's try." "Right ..." "The genius of a composer, Beethoven expresses in his symphony, the spirit of liberty of mankind..." "That's enough, it's 4 in the morning." "The holidays are approaching." "We will see one another soon, Anton" "I was one of those who defended Kiev." "I couldn't find Oksana at the Conservatoire" "And the Conservatoire had disappeaped also." "We'll soon be at Sibirsk." "Sibirsk?" "One hour to go." "Are you going there?" "One hour?" "Yes" "Look what I've found." "Here, take it" "Thanks" "Do it for us." "Ask for a photo." "OK, I'll ask" "Forward march" "Anton!" "Vadim!" "How are you?" "You're looking well" "What is it, Anton?" "Nothing" "Where have you come from?" "I'm passing through" "By chance, I heard about you" "Are you staying long?" "I wanted to see you" "You and Oksana" "Thanks, Anton" "But Oksana isn't here." "Not here?" "She left." "With the company." "Well..." "Goodbye" "It's good to have seen you." "I'll come with you" "Thanks" "When she returns, give her this..." "Goodbye" "Write us, Anton" "Are you alright?" "It's nothing" "Nothing at all..." "Have you eaten anything today?" "Yes" "I can't, don't you understand?" "What's wrong?" "When one thinks..." "All Ukraine's on fire." "And us here, singing away." "It so pointless." "When you think of victory your exercises are important." "Perhaps." "But I can't any more." "I just can't." "The Conservatoire, had become my home, my family and a hope for the future." "How sad I felt." "How difficult to leave there." "But I had no choice." "I wanted to join the army." "This is where fate led me." "Don't just stand there, give us a hand." "Like this." "Be careful." "Oksana, he sings so beautifully." " Come and see." " I don't want to." " Just for a moment." "I'll stay here." " No" " Oksana" " Hello" "Excuse me." "It the rules." "What do you want?" "The same as always." "You can't." " Have you heard them?" " No, not yet." "That won't do." "Sit down" "You'll make yourself ill." "You must be strong." "You're a nurse!" "Lie down." " Sleep for a bit" " Nurse!" "Oksana" "I'm writing from the front." "I'm well despite everything, because I'm thinking of you." "Imagine a theatre in ruins." "The worn-out features of the soldiers." "The scenery has survived." "Everything is floating on Beethoven's majestic music." "Beethoven..." "He also was German." "I don't often listen to Beethoven." "If he had only written the Clair de Lune Sonata war would give way to it." "I listen to it" "And in my imagination I'm back in our village under the full moon." "Nurse!" "Nurse!" "Why aren't you listening to me?" "I'm listening" "Go on." "I can remember it all." "Write:" "Sibirsk," "The Conservatoire." "Oksana Marchenko." "Tanks!" "Anton was here." "I wasn't able to tell you" " He asked me to give you this..." " Read it." ""We know that you will be an actress." "Perhaps you will find yourself on the stage." "Then don't forget the price that one has payed..."" "Vadim, how can you?" "How can you?" "Oksana, try to understand." "Go on." "Do you hear?" "The battles" "The onslaughts" "Blood" "That's not the worst of war." "I've experienced worse than death" "Be careful." "One at a time." "What is it?" "What's the matter?" "We said that that a true artist is first of all a human being." "I wasn't able to understand." "I'm leaving for the front." "As a soldier?" "Yes." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "You are well again now." "You can leave." "I've some apples, and cakes." "Can I?" "Thank you" "Lena, a gown." " Who for?" " Andriev Igor" " Which room?" " Nine." "Mother couldn't come yesterday evening." "Would you like to talk to the doctor?" "No." "I must let mother know." "Excuse me." "You've forgotten these." "Please, leave them in the room." "Number nine." "The years have past." "But Solveig still waits for Pergunt." "And here he appears to her in a dream." "And happiness seems to have returned." "Pergunt will never leave." "But it's only a dream." "Do you understand?" "Thank you, nurse." "I can see." "Nadejda Petrovna!" "Oksana!" "My dear Nadejda Petrovna." "What is it?" "Here." "Solveig?" "We can try." "This parachute is for you" "Turn it into a beautiful evening gown, with sleeves like this." "It will soon be spring." "Victory" "Anton" "The Allies have arrived" "The Allied army is here." "Mary, mother of God." "Finally, comrades." "At last." "Anton" "They're Russian." "Follow me please." "You'll see Major Jackson." "Gentlemen, be seated please." "A cigarette?" "Anton Pitrienko." "Soviet soldier." "He escaped." "I've been hiding him." "You, ran away?" "German?" "Yes, I'm a organist." "I see." "You Russians you'll have to be detained." "Just a formality." "Excuse me gentlemen." "I have certain business to attend to." "You must stay here." "It's only a formality." "After you." "It's only a formality." "Only a formality..." "It lasted so long, I stopped counting." "Memories of the first spring after the war." "After days of anguished waiting, days of hope" "and unexpected meetings." "Anton!" "Oksana!" "Vadim." "Son!" "It's alright Mother." "Once more" "What's your name?" "Oksana." "D'you like singing?" "I love it" "Vadim what are you going to do?" "Stay here for a while." "I've come to understand a lot of things." "A new life lies ahead." "There's building work to do here." "Over there was the windmill, we'll have a new school" "You're laughing..." "Don't you believe me?" "I do." "The village..." "Our desks..." "I must leave." "More than ever, I want to sing." "and wait." "I believe." "Thank you Vadim." "That's it." "All over." "Excellent." "but I can only give you a "Good"." "Here, take this." " Thank you." " Well done, Oksana." "Thank you." "The tracks, the roads..." "Even the streams that flow into a great river and sink further on into the earth." "I'm returning to my native land." "I can't bring myself to believe that that which is on the path..." "Anton!" "Oksana!" "My darling." "Anton" "And the Dniepr" "We come to pay hommage to you" "The Dniepr" "Yesterday, all was darkness on your blessed banks." "Dniepr." "Today, the sun makes your waters sparkle." "Your mighty waves resound, with such joyous music." "Subtitles: corvusalbus"