"The 1st of September, 1870" "The French army was defeated near Sédan." "The Emperor Napoleon III surrendered and was made a prisoner." "The Prussian army quickly advanced far inland." "They were taking cities..." "They were capturing provinces..." "PYSHKA (Boule de Suif" " Ball-of-Fat) based on the short story by Guy de Maupassant" "Screenplay and direction Michael Romm" "Cameraman Boris Volchek" "Designers:" "I. Shpinel and P. Beitner" "Cast :" "Elisabeth Rousset aka Boule de Suif" "A Prussian officer and nine patriots from Rouen" "Printed on Soviet film negative" "MOSFILM production" "Part 1" "Nine patriots were traveling." "They travelled for business from Rouen to Le Havre." "They travelled because nothing can stop trade, not even war." " But I'm hungry!" "(Comtesse" " E. Mezentseva)" " So am I..." "(Comte de Bréville" " M. Mukhin)" " I told you, we should have taken provisions with us!" "(Mme Loiseau" " F. Ranevskaya )" " Who knew we would travel all day long!" "(M Loiseau , a wine merchant" " A. Goryunov)" " We shall never make it to Le Havre!" "(Mme Carré-Lamadon" " T. Okunevskaya)" " That's possible." "(M Carré-Lamadon, a factory owner" " P. Repnin)" " Oh God, why do you punish us so?" "(The nuns" " S. Levitina,N. Sukhotskaya)" "The 9th passenger said nothing, he suffered his hunger in silence." "(M Cornudet, democrat" " V. Lavrinovich)" " You see, I can't go back to Rouen, I can't." "(Boule de Suif" " Galina Sergeeva)" " I had a scuffle with a German officer." " Bah, Boule de Suif!" "We can't, we can't!" "Our wives are with us!" " Sit down, Mademoiselle!" " The brazen hussy!" " It's Boule de Suif!" "Everyone in Rouen knows her..." "Part 2" " You are well provided for the journey, Madame!" " It's just hunger." " Nice trick!" " If I may offer the ladies and gentlemen..." " Come, come, don't stand on ceremony!" " We accept gratefully, Madame." " You acted like a Christian" " You acted like a Frenchwoman!" " I wouldn't have taken the chicken from a German." " They are real swine, they ought to be killed!" " Every citizen must hate the enemy!" " Our fatherland will fight back!" " I love my fatherland..." " And I had a scuffle with a German officer!" " Bravo, citizen!" " I grabbed him by his beard!" " This is nothing compared to what she might do yet." "Part 3" "Two Napoleons and six Louis stayed in this hotel in the past." " Your papers!" "This document has been issued to the girl Elisabeth Rousset, who has her own income,  and is officially permitted by the Rouen Police, to travel through the Prussian occupied zone." " You may go..." "Nine patriots where going to spend the night here." "Back on the road tomorrow at dawn." "A German soldier" " K. Gurnyak The maid" " V. Kuznetsova" " We won't harness the horses at all..." " The Prussian officer has forbidden it!" " We wish to start on our journey, sir." " No, you won't." " But why?" " Because I say so..." " You may go..." " Some formality?" " This formality will cost me 10,000 francs." "Part 4" "All day long they were lost in guesses." "By evening, though, they had calmed down a bit." " The Prussian officer sends me to ask if you have changed your mind yet?" " Kindly tell that swine, that stinking Prussian ..." " that dirty scoundrel ..." " that wet blanket that I will never consent!" " What does he want from you?" " He wants to spend the night with me!" " Barbarian!" " Animal!" " Beast!" " He seems to forget he's dealing with a French woman!" " Prussian!" " Villain!" " Scoundrel!" " You've defeated France but not the French women!" "Part 5" "Morning" " But he obviously keeps us here because of that woman!" " What will happen to your merchandise if we are late for the trade fair?" " If we stay another day, we won't be able to sell all of the wine..." " I couldn't possibly go in her place!" "Afternoon" " You haven't changed your mind, of course?" " You haven't changed your mind yet?" "Evening" " The Prussian officer sends me to ask if you have changed your mind...." " I don't see how she has any right to refuse!" " That slut should be bound and brought to the officer by force!" " You were the first to say that we shouldn't shake hands with the Germans!" "Part 6" " The only role of woman on earth, my child, is the perpetual sacrifice of her person..." " Judith yielded to Holofernes to save the fatherland, Mademoiselle." " My dear!" "There's nothing special to patriotism!" " Besides, he's such a handsome man...." " ..." "And you are so good-looking..." " But he is a German, an enemy!" " Saint Agnessa paid with her body..." " Saint Elisabeth paid with her body..." " Saint Agatha..." " Well, it's just a trifle!" " It's your profession, isn't it?" "Part 7" " He's so kind to give us an escort!" " Prussian!" " I'm so glad I don't sit next to her!" " She took such a fancy to this Prussian that she missed out both supper and breakfast..." " By the way, I'm hungry!" " She seems to be sobbing..." " Sobbing out of shame!" " Fine!" " You are filthy scoundrels!" " What luck I didn't take a seat next to her!" " You know, I'll still have enough time now to sell my wine." " Could you accept bread from the enemy?" " Never in my life!" "Thus the nine patriots of Rouen were leaving." "They were traveling for business." "Because nothing can stop trade, not even war." "The end English subtitles by steelhawk© corrections:" "IDBoris  serdar202"