"Mammy, I'm going to the movies, give me some money." "Come straight home after the cinema." " What is the movie about?" " Some "Sinful Angel"." "Take it, I got it at school." "Maybe I should put on my long trousers?" " You didn't want to be late." " I'll be on time." "Don't bother, it's warm now." " What about the cherries?" " Leave them in the kitchen." "How could you take children?" "The door!" "Do you want some?" "How are you boy?" "I'm not your boy." "And who are you?" "A girl?" ""LESSONS AT THE END OF SPRING"" "Comrades, why don't you go away?" "There is no bread." "Will you all go away!" "If I had any bread, I'd have given it to you." "Citizens, stop crowding here." "There is no bread." "We sold the morning bread and didn't get the afternoon supply." "Nikita the Miracle Worker, give us bread!" "Beat the Jews and the communists!" "Idiots, what are they doing?" "And the bastard himself gobbles with roles for sure!" "What a mess you landed us in, Nikita. all the wheat... abroad." "Idiots, what are they at?" "There should be a passage over there." "I've nothing to do with this!" "Let me go!" "We met at the fountain to go to the cinema." "Where to?" "Faster." "We know this passage." "That's great." "Give me your bag." "Follow me!" "I have to go..." "Comrade!" "I have to speak to the investigator or to the commanding officer." "I have no time, I got things to do." "Well, not everyone at once." "What's your name?" "My name is Semeniuk." "Please go in there comrade Semeniuk, will you all go in." "Where are you going?" "There is no room to fart in there." "I'll smash your face!" "Everybody up!" "Up, I said!" "What are you staring at, you fool?" "Here's your loo." "Ladies first." "Is it yours?" "Show me." " Who gave it to you?" " A friend." "It's filthy." "Comrade, you promised." "We came to an agreement.." "My name is Semeniuk." "We have to go to the toilet." "What do you want?" "What's going on here?" "What are you at?" "Open at once." "Leave it to me." "Are you crazy or what?" " Pah on you..." " Pah on you!" "Are there any communists in here?" "I'm a communist myself, that's why I ask." "Communists, hands up, please." "Are you out of your mind?" "How did you end up here?" "Do you want to lose your party tickets?" "And why are you here?" " I'm here by accident." " So are we." " Why aren't you doing anything?" " They're not after us yet.." "Who is that now?" "Get up!" "Get up at once!" "You swine!" "It's because of you, you bastard, because of you..." "It's ten o'clock already.." " Ten o'clock when?" " 10 p.m." "Vadim was here." "Mai 12, 19..." "Today they'll be calling you all." "Breakfast, it seems." "Milk." "And how shall we drink it?" "Who has a cup?" "Everybody queue up.." " Are you the last, my boy?" " I'm not your boy." "Enough, pal..." "You'll burst." "Quiet, over there.." "Women, we want to sleep, give us a chance." "Grandad, and where do you think you're going?" "Are you playing hide and seek or what?" "He's fainted." "Something wrong with his heart." "He needs some air, move away." "Just don't think this all is socialism." "No, don't think that, I beg you." "Don't tell anybody what happened here." "People won't understand." "They might get scared." "It's not true." "It's just not true." "That's it, it's my turn now." "I'm the boss." " Have you got a knife?" " No." "Give me a knife!" "Give me something sharp." "I've got a pen." "Everybody here." "Men first." "Closer!" "Then women, after them old men and children." "Hurry up!" "Put the old man under the bench." "What do you want?" "It's me..." "Stay there." "Face to the wall." "What happened?" "Did you wet your pants?" "Quiet, will you." "Where are you pouring water?" "Why do you hate people so?" "But I like myself." "Don't pour it on the back." "One could already plant potatoes there." " How much is it?" " Not so loud!" "90 kopecks." "Profiteer!" "Scoundrel!" "Valiev is on duty tomorrow." "He's cheaper." "Maybe tomorrow tey'll let me go." "Why tomorrow?" "Now, with flowers and a brass band" "First they should know that I'm here by mistake." "We're all here by mistake." "Well, I'm not by mistake." "What are you here for?" "I was always behind bars:" "as a deviationist, terrorist, saboteur." "connected with doctors-poisoners, cosmopolites, gravellers." "Do you know what that is?" "I was behind bars for it!" "This time I din't know what I'm here for." "Who are you?" "All the same, I like myself, the swine." "Off you go!" "I'd love to." "You go to empty the bucket." "Dear Mammy, I'm fine.." " What grade are you?" " Eighth." "Who are you, a teacher?" "Why, can one see it?" "He's spending there more time than anybody else." "The beer is better than water, so is vodka, but you have to pay" " You don't say!" " So there you are." "When Lvovsky is here don't talk too much, my friend" "Disinfection." "Disinfection." "That'll do." "What are you writing?" "I'm writing to my mother that I am in prison." "It can't go like that." "Write:" ""I'm detained on official business"." "What is this "official business"?" "It's good over there." "Why do they give an extra ration?" "I don't have to look at you." "Quiet -- quiet -- quiet!" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Excuse me, there's no water here!" "Here's your water.." "Didn't I tell you that the wash is over." "Come on, move." "My father is a general." "If you touch me, you'll be killed right now.." "Who's touching you?" "Who needs you?" "Take it, you're not at the seaside." "Thank you." "Mammy, I'm not guilty of anything." "It was a mistake." "Who gave you the trousers?" "The baths attendant." " And where did he get them?" " From a drawer." "Take them off." "This is my advice." " Why?" " Think about it." "Do you know what Bukhov told me?" "He says that your case is decided." "And do you know what?" "Bukhov sang me a song." "Just like that:" ""Why did you droop your head..." Understand?" "Well" "So Vadim don't talk too much when Vasiliek is around." "I didn't understand why the trousers..." "You're a fool!" "They're from a dead." "Did you get it now?" "Let him smoke." "Where will he get it later if he gets used to it?" "Teacher!" "Try to understand something." "What if he is sent to a colony, with criminals..." "Do you know how they teach you to smoke?" "Why are you trying to scare me?" "They'll find out that I'm innocent and they'll let me go." "And those trousers are not from a dead man." "You just try to scare me." "And how are you sending your postcards?" " What should you say, Vadim ?" " Excuse me." "Soon you'll get a letter and a parcel." "Yes, just now." "Wait, dont do it." "It'll hurt him too much." "It isn't hurting now, but once he regains consciousness, it will." "Let him sleep a little bit." "They did it through the cardboard, I know." "Do you know how they hit through the cardboard?" "They put the cardboard around your face, and there you go." "See: not a single bruise, not a single scratch." "But your face is black." "Does it hurt?" "Let me introduce myself:" "Pyort Ivanovich Romaniuk." "Sit down closer, don't be afraid." "Come on, talk." "Sit and talk." "Although you're probably tired of sitting." "Why am I being detained here?" "I was going to the cinema with a girl, and on the way there... were some disturbances, militia started catching people." "I really didn't do anything.." "And who is this girl?" " What is here name?" " Gala it seems." " This one?" " Yes." " Where did you meet?" " By the fountain." "And she said it was on the bridge, and that you're Vitya.." "And that you were going to the park." "What park?" "She just forgot." "You're a good boy, so don't get yourself into trouble." "Do you know, my friend, what sort of a girl she is?" "Such girls catch the likes of you into their nets." "And your mammy is waiting for you at home." "She's waiting.." "Where is my son, where is my little boy?" "And her son is in prison." "The poor mother is struggling so that her..." " How is she calling you?" " Vadik." "... so that her Vadik could be properly fed and dressed." "And is that how you show your gratitude?" "Are you not ashamed?" "You're an honest, clever nice fellow." "Is that a company for you?" " Are you not ashamed?" " Yes, I am." "You won't do it again?" "You give your word of honour?" "No, you say that." "I give my word of honour." "Take away your hands, I can't hear." "I give my word of honour that I won't do it again." "I'm telling him: it's necessary to reequip the whole factory." "And his answer is: there are no fortresses that the bolsheviks wouldn't be able to seize." "Firing squad for them, and that's it." "He's a fool, your manager." "They used files to turn spindles." "They brought our country to ruin, engineers..." " We did?" " You." "You brought it to ruin and we allowed it." "Firing squad for us" "Everybody should work properly, that's all." " What if fools don't allow it?" " They should be sacked." " Sacked to do what?" " To work as workers." "That's what I would do: already in a kindergarten and creche, if a child enjoys being a boss," "I'd put him immediately before the firing squad." "If you like power, you have no right to live." "As Tolstoy used to say: "He's scaring me, but I'm not afraid"" "Romantics should be first to face the firing squad." " And you wouldn't feel sorry?" " Only fools feel sorry." "Here's a bloke locked up for 3 months, and where's his mother?" "You're an old fool, that's all." "It's not your bloody business." "You're all fools." "You shouldn't say so, Vasiliek..." "Vadik, excuse me." "You don't like people." " I love people." " And I hate them." "For I'm a Russian." "I'm ashamed of my nationality." "I am ashamed because we have got sweet nothing." "And I'm not ashamed." "We were the first to go into space." "We defeated the fascists." "You haven't got any nationality -- you're a romantic, albino!" "Boys, who wants to go to the market on Saturday?" "I can take one with me." "There and back." "Victor Ivanovich!" "Don't fotget the letter." "May I go?" "To the market?" "It never happened before!" "Times have changed." " Maybe I could go?" " As if you'd been here for years." "Comrade Lvovsky!" " You'll run away." " No I won't." "End of discussion!" "You're dressing me up as if I were a cosmonaut." "Vasiliek please!" "Stop it." "May I go?" "May I go?" "Stop bothering us, greenhorn." "Nobody is going anywhere." "Ready?" "Who is coming?" "I am." "I am." "I am." "Take it, have a drink." " Thank you so much." " Don't mention it." "Only keep quiet." "This is enough to drive one crazy." "They have no right to keep me here." "Vasiliek won't come back, you'll see." "You'll never see your money." "And he'll tear your letters." "I'll tell them about you, that you are anti-soviets." "I'll tell them all about you." "Such a big boy and he goes to pieces like a sissy." " Have you got a father?" " Leave me alone!" "A boy can't live without a father, he becomes too soft." "It's important to be able to hit back." "Can you?" "Pour some water. ." "Faster.." " Lime. " "I came back already." "It's their idea of a joke -- "going to the market"." "They bring the fool down the corridor, then they shout:" ""Hide, the officer is coming!"" "And there's a hole over there." "You get down there and they pour burnt lime over you." "If you think about it, it's very funny." "They were laughing a lot, quite a lot." "Does it hurt?" "It'll pass; this will heal." "Up!" "Everybody up, faster!" "Face to the wall, move!" "Let's go." "Your legs wider." "Stick out your backs." "Open your mouth." "Everybody stands up!" " Your cigarettes?" " No." " Your things?" " Yes." "Let's go." "What did you lose here?" "Your wife's virginity?" "And the teacher is an informer." "As if I didn't know it." "You're a lucky sucker, that they didn't put you with criminals." "They'd have turned you into a girl double fast." " Mammy!" "" "Vadik, you shouldn't be here." "I've an important concert," "We'll go for an interrogation.." "To the wall!" "I didn't say anything like that." "What organisation?" "I'm not a member of any organisation." "Everybody has to give an explanation." "It's a standard form: you're sorry and it won't happen again" "Didn't you tell me that it won't happen again?" "So, sign it." "I said that it won't happen again, but I didn't say that I was a member of an illegal youth organisation, which has the aim to overthrow the Soviet system." "This is just a form, don't you understand?" "You'll sign it and then back home you go." "But I never said that." "What's the difference?" "Sign it, I've no time to waste." "But my mammy didn't allow me to sign papers." "All right then." " Go back and think about it." " But Pyotr Ivanovich..." " Go!" "" "Wait, come here." "Did you read that?" "There, in the corner, in small print." "I'll kill the bastard." "Get in." "Where are youre teeth?" "They were crooked anyway." " Have you got a wife?" " I have." " And can you see her?" " I'll ask to allow her in." "It's their duty to allow her to come and see you." "Will she do what you tell her to do?" "She will." "She'll do anything." "Ask her to go to see my mother and to tell her:" ""What sort of a mother are you to abandon your son?"" "And then she should slap her face!" "Scoundrel!" "Get away from me, you fool." "Is this the one?" "Vadik, you're a grown-up." "You have to understand your mother..." "Look, maybe she doesn't know that you're here." " How long have you been here?" " 153 days." "You said it yourself that she abandoned me." "I don't know and I don't understand anything anymore." "Before, everything was clear." "You're right, albino, Times have changed." " What do you teach?" " History." "Goodmorning, comrades." "Who are you?" "Anti Soviet activists?" "This one is an American spy." "Go, who'll guard us?" "Better bring us some breakfast." "Today I could bring someone to the cinema." " To the market, isn't it?" " No, they show a film here." "It's the October Revolution anniversary today." " What's the film?" " "Sinful Angel"." "What?" "May I go?" ""Sinful Angel"" "Not a bad crumpet." "One more word and we'll stop the show." "Vadim, aged 12, was here." "Is it yours?" "Show." " I like it." "I take it." " Give it back." "Good film." "Give me." "Ask Santa Claus." "To bring you a new one." "Give it back, I said." "Why are you teasing him?" "Give it back." " Hello!" "" " What's happening?" " The boys are fighting." "It's your fault." "If I meet you again -- watch out!" "Vadim was here again November 7 1964." "God, let me go." "Our Lord who art in Heaven..." "Jesus Christ, déliver me from this place." "Go ahead." "The dînner." "Excuse me." " What are you here for?" " For sticking leaflets." "Semion Dimenok." " When did they get you?" " The day before yesterday." "During the October festivities." "They got rid of Khrushchev." "Semion Dimenok." "Semion Dimenok." "Do you want to hear a joke about Khrushchev?" " No " "The beer is better than water" "Vodka as well but you have to pay." "Home brew -- that'll do!" "As a matter of fact, it's like that:" "your destination was a mistake." "Although you didn't behave as you should." "Here's your case.." "I tear it, as if nothing ever happened." "I forgive you," "You can tear the paper, but I remembered everything." "You'll pay for it, you'll be begging for forgiveness." "Bastard." "I hate you." "And I'll tell everything about the cardboard." "Swine!" "I hate you!" "Mammy!" "Mammy, what's wrong?" "What's wrong with you, Mammy?" "My son." "Vadim." "My son." "My son." "My son." "Wait just a minute." "My dear son, where have you been?" "How big you are." "My son." "Who hasn't been there, he'll be, and who has been, he won't forget it all his life." "And where heve you been, mother?" "Why didn't you protect me?" "You were free, and me in prison." "You forgot about me." "So what sort of mother are you?" "You're not a mother but..." "No, no!" "All the militia were looking for you." "They announced an All-Union search." "I brought your picture and they printed leaflets:" ""Militia is looking for them"." "And in September they came from your school, they were asking where were you, since you're on their list" "You're lying.." "Militia told me that there was no hope." "I want to sleep." "Just one minute." "Close the door." "They told me that after prison..." "What do you know about prison?" "What are you looking for, my son?" " From me?" " From everybody." "Your breakfast is ready." "I'm going to get the paper." " Vadik!" "They all came today." "Mammy!" "Come on, hit me, hit me hard." "It's all right.." "They told me, but I didn't believe." "I have to take my revenge." "I have to take my revenge on those bastards." "Oh no, no, keep quiet." "Why are you saying silly things?" "Stop it." " Who's th last?" " Not last, at the end." "There are only the last ones at the end of a queue." " I'm not the last." " I'm the last now." "Are you the last, Sir?" "No, I won't be queuing."