"NASHE KINO FILM DISTRIBUTION and THE KAROPROKAT FILM COMPANY present" "A CTB FILM COMPANY PRODUCTION" "With the support of the agency for culture and cinematography of the Russian federation" "Alexie SEREBRYAKOV" "Daniil STRAKHOV" "Anastasia NEMOLYAEVA" "Yuri ITSKOV Svetlana STROGANOVA" "Kirill ULYANOV Yuri ORLOV" "in an Alexander Rogozhkin film" "TRANSIT" "make-up Ludmila CHUMAKOVA" "costumes Valentina KAMENYEVA" "sound Anatoly GUDKOVSKY" "composer Dmitry PAVLOV editor Yulia RUMYANTSEVA" "production designer Vladimir DYATLENKO" "director of photography Andrei ZHEGALOV" "producer Sergei SELYANOV written and directed by Alexander ROGOZHKIN" "...six, seven, eight..." "CHUKOTKA. 1943 ...twelve pilots." "They said there would be a squadron." "Maybe the Americans only have six planes in each squadron?" "What do you think, Semyon?" "They say each plane's got a leather coat and chocolate." "It's bitter but good for you." "Did you ever taste chocolate?" "You're not interested in anything." "Maybe you've lived so long because you know everything?" "Look, Lieutenant Ukhanov signed it here." "Sorry guys, carry on." "Kaiser, leave some space for me." " Did you hear me?" " I'll leave you space." "Let's go." "Good day, Comrade First Secretary." "Comrade Vasilkov himself has arrived." "He's with the regional military commander." "Want to hear a joke?" "A guy sees a Chukcha put a grenade down on a stone." "He starts hitting it with another stone." "The guy says to him, "It's going to explode."" "And he says, "That's okay, I have another one."" "We have to transfer the planes to the Front as fast as we can." "Have they all arrived?" "No, 8 are still on their way." "Comrade First Secretary, we should check the planes before we transfer them." "The Front is in dire need of military equipment, Capitain." "Command has ordered that the transfer be sped up." "You yourself understand this." "Yes sir." "But the pilots are new." "They are young boys." "It's dangerous to send them without checking the planes." "You don't trust the ally's technicians or your own men?" "We understand that the front needs planes." "We are doing everything we can to get the planes off in time." "Try, Comrades." "Try your best." "Don't worry." "Although I do understand your apprehension." "The boys are inexperienced." "Only one has a little more than twenty hours of flying time." "Those snivelers will ruin the equipment." "I won't sign the forms if they find even the slightest problem." "The ally landed a little rough." "I get chest pains just watching you land, Baron." "I'll give you a pillow." "So you don't break your butt when you land." "I don't land any worse than that ally." "Something happened." "It ran out of gas or the engine stalled." "Follow me!" "Stop all landings!" "Until the runway's been cleared everyone should hang in the air!" "Should I translate it as "hang"?" "Any way you can." "If they want to live they'll understand." "What happened?" "The engine probably stalled." "Shoot the heroics." "Or just the usual mess." "It's not going well for the allies either." "Quicker, guys!" "Four of you go there." "The rest follow me." "Run!" "Get it off the runway." "Push, guys!" "Come on, more." "Grab the handle." "Free up the wheel." "Ease up on the right wing!" "Hold it." "We did it!" "Hey, ally, get out of the plane." " You landed, Yankee." "Get out." " Maybe he broke something." "We made it in time." "But the ally doesn't want to get out." "Maybe he got hurt?" "God forbid." "Get him out!" "Yankee, that's it." "Kaput." " Get out!" " You alive?" "Open the door." "That's it." "You landed the plane." "Ally, over here, quick." "Your comrade locked himself in." "Explain to the ally that he's arrived." "Capitain Lisnevsky." " I understand." " The allies crapped themselves." "Let me take the allies to the john." "Do you ever clean this place?" "It's embarrassing." "It was built for the security guards." "They never use it." "Don't be ashamed." "It happens." "First time I parachuted, I crapped myself too." "Don't mind the mess." "It's almost never used." "Here's the hole where you do what you need to do." " No need to translate that." " I couldn't anyway." "Have no fear." "Just do everything in this hole." "Understand?" " Zip." " What is it, Ace?" "I'm showing the allies how to use the soldier's john." "They can't do it like that." "All the pilots that brought us the planes are women." "What?" "The girls just need to get themselves straightened out." "Are you sure about your guys?" "It's their first ferry." "The American girls made it." "What, are my guys worse?" "First the Americans lead them by radio." "Then we take them in." "And who's going to be your guide?" "You just get your mechanics to ready the planes." "The rest is my problem." "We'll get there." "There's no option." "Allow me to report." "Everything is in order in the unit under my command." "Please accept my request to be transferred to the Front." "This way, Comrade Vasilkov." "Come along, please." "I demand you accept my request!" "Relax, Foma." "Everyone to the Front!" "You've gotten spoiled in the rear!" "You're rats!" "Everyone to the Front!" "Cowards!" "Soldiers." "Remove him." "Who let him out?" "Who can keep track of him?" "He's like a mangy cat that squeezes through every crack." "Morse, give me a smoke." "You should smoke your own." "I'll buy some, don't worry." "The dark one's definitely mine." "She's cute." "Go introduce yourself." "They might leave today." "It doesn't seem proper." "I don't know the language." "No problem." "Lieutenant Zip doesn't know American either." "But he still communicated with the allies." "He showed himself in all of his glory." "He displayed the power of a pilot." "Stop it, Turovsky." "It's disgusting." "Even you could have found yourself in my place." "Surely I couldn't amaze them with my manhood." "Officers, attention!" "At ease." "Relax." "Tuitko." "Yes." "Why don't you entertain the allies?" "They're just bothering our guys." "I'll take care of it, Sir." "Now we'll entertain them." "Go on." "Muse, heal." "She's making eyes at us." "My blood pressure's rising." "Os, how do you say this simple phrase in American:" ""I'm madly in love with you?"" "I don't know." "That's alright, she'll understand." "Attention." "Foxtrot." "Men, ask the ladies for a dance." "How do you like it here in the USSR?" "Of course Chukotka's not Russia, but it's nice here too." "Sergei Mikhailovitch," "I asked this clown to somehow entertain the allies." "We need to stop this disgrace." "Ask Irina Vladimirovna to explain this to the Americans." "Explain what?" "Fine, I'll do it myself." "Irina Vladimirovna, based on this situation, I strongly request that you..." "You dance very well, Timur Fyodorovitch." "I studied dance in my youth." "I was even invited to join a professional group." "But I didn't go." "Why?" "You lead very nicely." "I have crooked legs." "It's okay that you crapped yourself." "It's natural." "And I say, what's natural is not embarrassing." "The guys call me Morse because I stutter." "I used to talk fine, but I crashed in a glider and then I started to stutter." "Pardon." "I haven't danced in a long time." "It's just study." "Understand?" "They say I'm a good dancer." "Nice weather." "I can't say anything." "Troops!" "Line up!" "Attention!" "Troops!" "Line up!" "We didn't know they would send women." "I don't even have a place for twelve women all at once." "In these time you have to be ready for anything, and you're crying like a woman." "Are you ready?" "We are happy to welcome..." "Who organized the dance?" "Sergeant Tuitko." "Well done, Sergeant." "It was under my initiative." "Course." "Bank indicator." "The landing gear broke on impact." " Will you fix it?" " We're on it." "I don't know how she landed it." "Three centimeters of fuel left in the tank." "It landed empty." "Strange." "The nose goes up and the fuel goes back." "I don't care." "Fix it." "And keep in mind, I'll be flying this one." "Everything clear?" "Get to work." "The engine drinks a lot of gas." "This one arrived almost empty." "Queen." "Take that." "My turn." "Vasily." "Vasily." "Help me." "You know American, don't you?" "I know a little." "I need to apologize." "I wrote it down." "Can you translate it into American?" "It's difficult, but I'll try." "But I have a lot of work." "Vasily, rescue me." "I'll owe you one." "Okay." "I'll do it." "Get up." "Attention." "At ease." "Well guys, will you take the planes to the front?" "We will." "Have no doubts." "In three days they will be smashing the fascists." "Very good." "What's your name?" "Second Lieutenant Shmatko." "Very well, Second Lieutenant." "Well, good luck, guys." "At ease." "They want to send us as soon as possible." "I understand, if something happens in his zone he'll get hell." "The Americans brought the planes." "Now it's Lisnevsky's problem." "Stop talking nonsense." "Anyone seen Zip?" "He's probably displaying his root to the Americans." "Stop your vulgar comments about your brother in arms." "You said the same things about Dennis." "Why can't I?" "Your brains have gone soft from idleness." "I can't wait to get home." "To our airdrome." "What are you looking at?" "Wanna light?" " That's it?" " I think that'll be enough." "No need to impress me with technical terms." "The planes arrived from Alaska." "So they can fly on, right?" "I expect to hear they've all left by morning." "Don't worry, they will." "Ilya Petrovich, you forgot a comrade." "You asked for a good cook." "I got one." "They sent him from Magadan." "Now I think the allies won't turn their noses up at the food." "Thank you very much." "Let's go." "Muse, come here." "You're not a diplomat, Sergei." "It's clear the planes won't fly until they're ready." "They don't understand anything." "For them a plane's like a reindeer sleigh." "You sit and go." "Come here." "Romadanovsky." "I was sent on the third and arrived the eleventh." "All of my papers correspond with my route and time." "Can you cook?" "Our last cook made porridge that poisoned the American mechanics." "Don't worry." "I know European and Russian..." "Sorry, Soviet cuisine." "There will be no problems." "Very well." "Go to the kitchen." "Valentina's there." "She'll get you acquainted with everything." "May I execute your order?" "Go." "The kitchen's over there." " Go, Roman Denisovitch." " Yes, Sir." "Another political prisoner." "It doesn't matter." "We need to prepare for the early morning departure." "Zip doesn't waste any time." "Look, he's already pulled up." "Lieutenant!" "Lieutenant!" "Wait." "First attempt - unsuccessful." "My God." "Soy - twenty bags." "Buckwheat - whatever's left." "Molasses - twenty-three jars." "Pemikan." "The Allies sent it." "We don't know what it is." "We tried making soup, but no one would eat it." "Do you want to keep looking or accept our inventory count?" "It's honest." "Even if we could steal, there's nowhere to hide." "Can I look some more?" "Vegemite." "May I go?" "I need to make dinner for the mechanics." "They're going to work all night." "I'll help you." "Real sago." "How is he?" "He's crazy." "He's mumbling something that isn't Russian." "We'll see what the poor wretch can make." "Have you seen Vasily, the Eskimo?" "He's not an Eskimo, he's Chukcha." "It's dripping oil." " No problem." " No problem?" "Okay." "Where's that Chukcha, Vasily?" "Walking around, that loafer." "Any message if I see him?" "Tell him that he's..." "No, I'll tell him myself." " Have you seen Vasily?" " Why aren't you sleeping?" "Take-off is set for 4am." "To your barracks, quickly." "Vasily, that pilot was looking for you." "What's he want with you?" "He asked me to teach him American." "When am I going to teach him?" "I have a lot of work." " Did you like the fish?" " Delicious." "What's your name?" " Romadanovsky." " Romadanovsky?" "By any chance, are you Roman Denisovitch's father?" "I am Roman Denisovitch." "I just look a little older." "Don't you recognize me?" "I'm Petrov." "I was a member of the State Commission." "You were engineering a fighter plane in 1932." "1931." "Roman Denisovitch," "I can ask the authorities if you can work with us?" "I don't work in aviation anymore." "Please, try the pie." "He's your acquaintance?" "We met in the design office." "Romadanovsky." "Time beat him up." "Raise the flag!" "The ceiling is 2.5." "Turovsky and Gevorkyan will lock off the line." "Everyone, stay in sight." "Most of the route will be flown without signals from land." "Radio checks every ten minutes." "We'll go along the coast and turn to the mainland at the bay." "Comrade Capitain, the weather report for the route." "The weather along the route is favorable." "Any questions?" "Ten-minute smoking break." "Squadron, at ease." "Is everything alright, Capitain?" "Fine." "Our best pilots will fly the three new planes." "Don't worry, it's not the first time and god willing, not the last." "Drain your bladders and anything else before the long ferry." "Write letters to your relatives and friends." "If you don't have any, just fill out a Party application." "Fuse, are you an idiot or just talking nonsense from fear?" "It's probably nerves." "His butt hole is fl-fl-fl flapping and shaking." "Exactly, Kaiser." "You guessed it." "Morse, give me a smoke." "Here is the mail and the planes' paperwork." "The cook asked for a pig to give the allies some variety." "Very well." "Is there anything else?" "We wish you all a safe flight." "Thank you." "Squadron, to your aircrafts." "Soldier." " The allies took off?" " Yes, Foma Ilyitch." "Our pilots ferried the fighters without any losses." "Everyone reached their destination." "Did anything happen during my absence?" "Everything's been quiet." "A new cook was sent from the mainland." " May I go, Comrade Commander?" " You are free." "I saw the greenhouses in Kolyma, but yours are beyond compare." "It's nice to hear such kind words about my modest garden." "Here's my pride, drainage with heat." "The steam's from the stove." "The fertilizer is mostly fish flour, and, excuse me, human waste." ""Feces" scientifically speaking." " Is that garlic?" " Yes." "It doesn't grow into a full-fledged bulb, but what a smell." "Ever notice how harsh conditions bring out the best qualities?" "Excuse me," "What were you charged with, spying or sabotage?" "Sabotage." "It was spying for me, in aid of Romania." "I asked the investigator, how about Germany or France?" "Romania's sort of insulting." "But no, so I'm a Romanian spy." "May I take some dill?" "Of course, I'm not growing it for show." " Tea or soup right away?" " Give me soup." "Good morning, Foma Ilyitch." "How many times must I tell you?" "You need to cool it." "It has to be cold." "Then it soothes the body." "It removes the gloom." "Understand?" "Did I behave myself yesterday?" " Did I make a racket?" " No, Foma Ilyitch." "What do you mean "no"?" "I'm heavy." "You're not heavy to me, sit." "I became heavy from you." "Well done." "You're sure it's from me?" " Excuse me." " Stand still." "Who are you?" "He's our new cook." "I'm not asking you, Valentina." "Civilian Romadanovsky, sent to work as a cook." "All of my documents are with administration." "Pour some more." "Under which article were you imprisoned?" "Article 58, for 8 years." "I was released on December 17, 1942." "Not the borsch." "Why are you only pouring one?" "Sit down." "Not you." "Romadanovsky, sit down." "I am the Airdrome Commander, Yurchenko Foma Ilyitch." "Without my approval, not even a fly can pass over here." "Excuse me, I don't drink." "I am afraid of possible ageusia." "Of what?" "It's a temporary loss of taste." "Don't be afraid, drink." "Or should I order you?" "Now tell me, how did you become an enemy of the people?" "Petrov, cover the outside." "Vasily." "Get in the goal." "I have no time." "I have a lot of work." "The captain shot a whole box of bullets, but only got two birds." "What, the engine broke down?" "In the village you can get two fox furs for a box of bullets." "Then you can trade them to the Americans for smokes or tins." "But what's the point?" "It's stupid." " What do you think?" " It's stupid." "A Chukcha won't ever take a grenade." "It's a stupid thing." "Last year a soldier tried to beat off a polar bear with grenades." "He hurt himself and some others and the animal escaped unharmed." "What grenades?" "I'm taking about trading bullets in the village." "Not long ago you told me about a Chukcha with a grenade." "It's a stupid thing." "A Chukcha will never take a grenade on a hunt." "I don't get it, what grenades?" "You've got the memory of an old reindeer." "Come on, turn it." "Turn it." "Faster." " Don't." " Stop, hen." "He's up to no good again." "Did he beat you?" "Are you alright?" "Yes, thank you." "Valya, please take the pots off the stove." "I'm asking, did he beat you?" "He's a sick man." "He can't control himself." "I've met his type." "Unfortunately, quite often." "He tied up Roman Denisovitch and began to interrogate him." "He said, "Admit it, you're a Japanese agent."" "He wanted to know who wants to poison him." "Want to kill me?" "I see right through you." "I'll make you roll in shit." "And in bloody snot." "You will crawl to my feet, and beg me for a quick death." "Is that clear?" "We had a good talk." "Give me a blanket." "I'm cold." "When are the allies coming?" "If there's flying weather it'll be soon." "Get in." "I'll bring more later." "Take some for your sister." "It's a useless thing." "What do I need it for?" "Take it." "And what do I need it for?" "To hunt lemmings?" "I'll bring more later." "My boss gave them to me." "Tomorrow I'll go to the sea." "Times are lean." "Heard the new joke?" "A Chukcha finds a bar of gold and hides it." "The police find out and arrest him." "They question him through a translator." "They say if he won't tell were he hid it they'll shoot him." "The Chukcha gets scared and says where he hid it right away." "The translator says, "Shoot him." "He won't tell you anything."" "The hunt's bad right now." "We can't get enough men together to hunt sea animals." "Did you get me sunglasses?" "Our transport's been held up." "The weather's nasty along the way." "They're stuck for two days." "Just as well." "Now the planes can be properly prepared for transit." "Without our normal rush." "The commander is quiet today." "The ally's Douglas is on its way." "It'll be here in forty minutes." "Very well." "Irina Vladimirovna." "I'm off to meet the allies." " How do you feel?" " Fine, thank you." "Did you notice how Muse has started walking like his master?" "When will our pilots arrive?" "In two days." "There's bad weather." "It's fine." "Turn it off." "You have to press to take off?" "Yeah, you press that." "The main thing is not taking off, but landing alive." "Let's go to the next one." "Don't worry." "You made a wonderful dinner." "They are eating with no enthusiasm." "They're spoiled bourgeois." "Translate." "I want to drink to the Second Front." "We've been spilling our blood for two years." "And you just send us planes." "You watch while we Soviets die in the struggle with the fascists." "Translate exactly what I say." "Better yet, don't." "No you maybe you can translate all of my words exactly." "Where is the Second Front?" "I'm asking you." "Of course we can defeat the enemy ourselves." "Without your weapons." "Why?" "Because we are who we are." "No one can bring us to our knees." "Is that clear you allied hens?" "Stop it, Commander." "Don't disgrace yourself." "I'm a disgrace?" "I want to know the truth." "It's you casting pearls before them, and I only want to hear one thing from them." "When will there be a Second Front?" "Don't worry, Foma Ilyitch." "You'll get your Second Front." "Silence!" "Are you having fun?" "Immigrant." "I'm not the one who needs it." "The Soviet people need it." "The people covered with blood fighting the fascists." "You're used to others pulling your coals out of the fire..." "Come on, one more time." "In front of witnesses." "Why are you standing there?" "Bring me my cane." " Pretty." " Skinny with long legs." "One like that won't give you a healthy son." "Why do I need them for children?" "What do you mean "Why"?" "Figure it out yourself." "You've started hanging around the allies a lot." "You asked me to listen to what they're saying." "So, what are they saying?" "They say that they will help our army beat the fascists." "Yeah?" "Let's go." "Heal." "It's kind of my own experiment - onion soup." "It's good." "But please, no experiments." "Not everyone liked your last soup." "The last load of millet was rather manco." "Please, speak like a human." "It was well underweight." "Underweight." "How much?" "In some bags up to two kilos." "No surprise." "They're stealing." "Who's stealing on my airdrome?" "Who?" "The devil knows." "I have a feeling it's everyone." "A strong statement." "It's not a statement." "It's an established fact." "Get ready." "They're arriving soon." "Don't make accusations." "It's warm again." "How many times must I teach you?" "Vodka must be cold." "It should numb your teeth and burn your insides." "Am I right, Roman Denisovitch?" "Sit." " Any mail?" " Yes." "How is it?" "Show me." "I told you it wouldn't make it." "Hold it." "What did you write on me?" "Are you mocking me?" " There's nothing there." " Don't play dumb." "What did you write?" "I wrote what I was supposed to." "I don't know how you read it." "That's not my responsibility." "Where are the Americans?" "In Alaska." "They left right away." "The one who I told what you wrote, was she there?" "Lieutenant MacLaine was there." "How is she?" "Fine." "She hasn't changed." "I didn't look closely." "Okay, go work." "Lieutenant." "Lieutenant." "Her name's Mary." "Mary MacLaine." "He got airsick." "He's not used to planes." "Roman Denisovitch are you going to raise pigs here?" "I asked for a pig." "But I meant a grown hog so we'd have fresh meat for the allies." "So, what can you make out of this?" "It's only enough for two cutlets." "What were you thinking?" "You're not a stupid guy." "What do we do with her now?" "It's a he." "A male." "I was told to bring a pig." "I didn't know what for." "I chose the liveliest one." "I thought there'd be a pig." "I couldn't have imagined they'd bring this creature." "This is not a pig farm." "I won't tolerate a pig on my airdrome." "The Douglas already left." "We'll have to wait until later." "You want to take the pig on plane rides?" "At least not kill him." "It's a shame." "He's cute and clean." "He only peed twice on the plane." "I even came up with a name for him during the flight" " Tarasik." "Remove the pig from the facility." "And take him where?" "He's already got a name." "Tarasik." "We can't keep him fed." "Please, close the door." "Don't let the cold in." " Hello, are you Ivan Yakovlevitch?" " What problems brought you?" "Can you do something to bring it back to life?" "Chinensis Minima." "It's impossible." "You should have brought the whole bush in a pot." "That's what me and Zip, I mean Lieutenant Nullin wanted, but the old lady refused to sell it." "She just gave us one branch." "It's difficult to grow in open soil." "The rose is demanding, yet generous." "It needs sun, warmth and bright light almost the whole day." "And where can we get that?" "Will there be a rose?" "I'll try." "I'm not omnipotent, but it's got me interested." "Sergei Mikhailovitch, in light of our pilot's delay I've come up with an idea." "We need to schedule the arrival of our pilots in such a way, that they won't meet the Americans." "This would give us more time to prepare the fighters and less problems with undesirable contacts." "Do we want them to start having affairs?" "I'm serious about this." "You saw those young roosters strutting for the Americans." "I don't mind, but you understand that if something happens there will be hell to pay." "I would write an order:" ""Please arrange the schedule so, our pilots time here will not coincide with the Americans."" "Go and write it." "Tuitko!" "Tuitko!" "Course - one hour fifteen." "Radio check every five minutes." "Visual contact with closest links." "We're going home." "Why is the pig still on the airdrome?" "What can we do with him, Comrade Commander?" "I don't care." "Do whatever you want, just get rid of the pig." "It's unsanitary to have a pig in a mess unit." "But Tarasik's tiny and clean." "He likes it when we scrub him." "We need to present him to the Americans." "It's a rich country." "They can feed him." "Number 11 crashed in our zone of responsibility." "Who prepared the plane?" "Experienced mechanics." "I checked the plane myself." "They put inexperienced boys behind the controls." "Remember last year, how many planes we lost that were the pilots' fault?" "Why do you keep talking about metal?" "A man died." "Nullin, Denis." "Born in 1925." "From the village of Hollow." "Education - seven years." "Completed his flight course this spring." "Young Party Member." "His biography is the least of my interest." "Judging by the number of his plane he was closing the ranks." "That means he was considered to be a good pilot." "So they'll try to find a technical reason for the crash." "The documentation." "It says the plane was ready for flight." "You responded quickly." "The commander won't go hunting today." "A plane crashed." "He's got more important things to do now." "Lieutenant Zip died." "He was a funny, cheerful guy." "He wanted to learn American." "What do you think, could I become a pilot?" " No." " Why not?" "I can speak American." "I'm healthy." "I shoot better than anyone on the airdrome." "And you babble more than anyone." "And so the last point on the agenda." "It's been submitted at Commander Yurchenko's insistence." "What's to be done with the pig?" "Foma Ilyitch, Tarasik is a hog." "He's not a pig." "You should have specifically ordered what was to be brought." "They brought a piglet." "Now we don't know what to do with him." "We need to give him to the Americans." "Let them feed and raise him." "Let them do whatever they want" "Well, Sergei Mikhailovitch?" "What do you think about Tarasik's destiny?" "Why make it a problem?" "It's already too late." "I'm putting to a vote." "The question of presenting the allies with a friendly token a piglet, Tarasik the Hog." "In favor?" "Opposed?" "Abstentions?" "Timur Fyodorovitch, don't be upset." "Your piglet will have a better life with the Americans." "Did they decide?" "They're giving him away." "I now call this Party Meeting adjourned." "Should I write "pig" or "hog" Tarasik?" "Tactfully is better." "For example, "It was decided at the Airdrome Party Meeting, to present the allies with the gift of Tarasik from mainland."" "The word "pig" or "hog" in Party Meeting minutes doesn't look very respectable." "Tuitko, write it tactfully." "The Americans won't come today." "The weather's bad over the straight." "They brought gold." "They say they give twenty kilos for each plane." "I think they're lying." "What do you think, Semyon?" "What do you need it for?" "A lot of the devices are labeled in American." "That's why I need to learn the language." "I'm not strong with technical terms, so I doubt I can help." "I'm also ready to study conversation." "Help me, please." "Just a few lessons so I can understand them." "I'm afraid a few lessons won't help." "What's your name, Lieutenant?" "Turovsky, Konstantin Pavlovitch." "And you're, Irina Vladimirovna?" "Come this evening." "I'll try to help you." "Konstantin Pavlovitch." "Just Kostya." "Can we start our lesson right now?" "It's a shame to lose time." "Why do they call you Ace?" "Is it connected to your family name?" "No, we all got special nicknames." "In an air battle you must talk to each other succinctly." "The Japanese lose battles over their complex language." "Their phrases are too long." "I'm not strong in Japanese, but what I've heard didn't seem very long." "Well, shall we start studying?" "I understand." "Please, smoke." "What should we start with?" "How do you say in American, "You have very beautiful planes."" "Lard, I see you've totally lost your appetite." "Valya, may I have thirds?" "I know why Second Lieutenant Shmatko has no appetite." "The allies haven't arrived." "The American that Lard's got his eye on is absent." "And so our second lieutenant is suffering." "Quiet, you can finish my helping." "Your generosity has no bounds." "I think soon I'll be the only one who eats." "You wish." "No one will spoil my appetite." "May I have more soup?" "What is it?" "An old recipe for a cold starter." "Truth is, there were no sheep innards." "I had to use a reindeer's with spices." "Maybe you'd like some soup?" "The pilots liked it." "The young guys like everything." "You can heat up slop for them and they'll eat it." "Get rid of the pig." "They work quickly." "They want to send the allies home quicker." "They're flying over there." "I see, Morse, they're flying." "We still won't be able to mix with the girls." "I wonder, if it's the same girls or new ones?" "I hope mine comes." " What will you two talk about?" " I'll find something." "The language of love is universal." "Most important are not words." "Glide your hands over the body." "Preferably not your own." "Otherwise, it's not called love, but self-gratification." "Or simply - masturbation." "What are you implying?" "You want time in the guard house, Second Lieutenant?" "I know." "Lieutenant Zip told me about you." "Denis Nullin." "That's him" " Denis." "He died Wednesday in a crash." "An accident." "He fell." "Denis crashed in one like that." "We dreamt of going to the Front." "I can't even dream of fighting in one of those." "They're only for the Guard's divisions." "Denis died." "He was carrying a rose for you that wilted on the way." "I don't understand." "I just started learning." "But I'll learn for sure." "Denis wanted to meet you." "He liked you very much, even though he's shy and modest." "Was." "I'm saying, it's a shame Zip crashed." "I saw his airplane go into a spin and fall." "It was foggy." "You couldn't see anything." "Just a flash." "Cooing?" "You decided to open the Second Front?" "In 9 months we'll find out the result." " Please stop your insinuations." " What insinuations, Lieutenant?" "You want to fight in the penal brigade?" "You've all become bold and obstinate." "Bold on the face, but nothing but shit inside." "Just press you a little with a tack, and you'll start screaming." "Quiet, you overseas whore." "Listen Lieutenant, maybe we can share the lend-lease supplies?" "Concede her." "I'm older." "Foma Ilyitch." "Sergei Mikhailovitch is looking for you." "She's not for you boy." "Forget her." "How do you feel?" "Thanks, I'm fine." "Examine the lieutenant." "He took a hard blow and he has to fly." "Certainly." " Let's go." "I'll take a look." " Goodbye, Mary." "Inhale deeply." " Does it hurt here?" " It's bearable." "Tighten your stomach muscles." "Right here?" "I see." "Get dressed." "You acted nobly, but very hastily." "I'll kill that jerk." "I would advise you not to get involved with him." "Nothing good will come of it." "It's a souvenir from us to you." "Tutko, translate." "This is a present." "He is smart." "He's intelligent and smart." "That's it." "So long." "Let's go." "It's canned corn." "You can't fill up on it." "The door was open so we came in." "It's for the guys at the second airdrome." "They have nothing to eat." "And they have a long flight." "Let's go." "I'll see what I can make." "Valya." "It's time." "Again, you didn't heat up the stove before bed." "The water's ice cold." "Hey beautiful, you can heat it up yourself." " Thanks very much." " Thanks." "Did you like it?" "Yes, but just a little unusual." "Don't hold a grudge against us." "Good morning." "Why are you doing everything?" "Olga and I won't have any work." "Is the mechanics' food ready?" "They asked for dinner at 5am." "I already prepared it." "Even Berlin strudel." "The pilots liked it." "It's fascist." "Why fascist?" "And what else if it's "Berlin"?" "It could be Viennese, Moldavian." "It's just strudel..." "What's he blabbing about?" "What, you came up with some idea to feed us Fascist shit?" " Attention!" " Styopa, calm down!" "Stand still!" "You useless scum..." "Watch it, you snot nose!" "You're washed and fed." "Now you want to start a riot?" "Go to the Front and show your bravery there." "How are you?" "Excuse me." "We forgot our jackets." "Please forgive him." "The Germans burned Fuse's family right in front of his eyes." "He's not right in the head from it." "How can they entrust him with a plane?" "He'll ruin himself and the equipment with those nerves." "I'm a fool." "Why did I scream at those boys?" "Two days of respite." "Shall we go for a hunt?" "I'll take Muse." "Sorry, I can't." "I've lots to do." "What happened between the commander and the pilot?" "Yurchenko didn't like that Turovsky was flirting with an American." "Actually flirting?" "Just say they were having a friendly chat." "Okay, "chat", but if something happens we'll get hell." "The guys are young and the Americans are wondrous to them." "We need to break it up in time." "What do we need this pain in the butt for?" "Good day." "Would you like some tea?" "Thank you." "Sit down, Sergei Mikhailovitch." "Drink some tea." "Thank you, Irina Vladimirovna." "Irina Vladimirovna." "And when you're screwing her, do you use her full name then too?" "Stop it, Foma." "It's interesting." "I'd like to know how your relationship's developing." "What else is interesting?" "Nothing else." "So tell me does she scream?" ""More, Sergei Mikhailovitch..."" "Or like this? "Like that, Sergei Mikhailovitch, good!"" "Don't, Sergei, he's just provoking you." "So, it is just Sergei." "That's right." "I, for one, disapprove of good manners in these kind of matters." "It stinks of falseness." "Of dishonesty." "It's absent of genuine passion." "Sergei, please leave." "And you Foma, please leave me alone." "Get out." "It's heavy." "A ballast." "I understand." "Semyon, have you seen Vasily?" "He was here." "Now he's disappeared." "Muse, you're going for a hunt." "He probably went to see his family." "Sergei Mikhailovitch!" "She doesn't want to go." "She's lazy." "Get up, I said." "Just leave her." "Comrade Chief, what do you think," "If a Chukcha found gold in the Tundra he wouldn't hide it, would he?" "He'd give it to the State, to buy airplanes or a tank for the Front, right?" "What gold, Semyon?" "Vasily told me about a Chukcha that found gold and hid it." "That's not good." "A Chukcha must give gold to the State, right?" "Of course, you're right, Semyon." "Come on already." "What gold?" "Who found it?" "Why don't you leave her?" "You'll end up carrying her." "She's too lazy for the hills." "Fine, go rest." "You've got no shame." "What gold were you talking about?" "You're a smart dog." "Bad weather is coming off the Big Water." "It's going to rain." "What's the delay?" "Bad weather along the route." "We think we won't make it." "Give us the ladder." "The first time it shook, Bullet was sitting in front of me..." "Valya, dear, bring some more tea." "Come on, everyone was scared." "They're only drinking tea." "They can't think about food after what they've been through." "Morse is still shaking from fear." "Maybe the stress will stop your stuttering?" "Good day, Comrade Officers." "Sit." "Well, how are your spirits?" " Cheerful." " Okay." "I'm glad you're in a good mood." "At 7 pm there will be a political lecture." "It's for the airdrome personnel and for you, Comrade Officers." "I request all of your presence." "Bon appetite!" " Yes, Sir." " Thank you, Sir." "Prepare some spicy snacks for the pilots." " To eat with vodka or spirits?" " Fire water, of course." "Let me set you up a table in here." "You're not going to sit with the boys, are you?" "Okay, Valentina." "We'll eat here." "Irina Vladimirovna, may I?" "Not bad." "You're improvement is noticeable." "But I'm not "Miss"." "I'm married, so it's "Missus"." "Excuse me, I didn't know, Missus Irina Vladimirovna." "I don't understand." ""A miss is a miss." It's an English proverb." "How old?" "I didn't understand." "May I construct the phrase like this?" "Do you like that American, Mary MacLaine?" "I don't know." "She's different." "I just can't understand her." "So let's continue." "Then you'll understand what Mary MacLaine is saying." "Write it like this." "Kostya, if you want to invite a lady for a walk, then it's better to say it like this..." "Kostya, no one's invited me to take a stroll in a long time." "A stroll." "What a strange word." "I caught myself thinking I can't remember what the word means." "I'm trying but I can't." "Irina Vladimirovna, maybe we should take a break?" "It's okay." "Kostya, would you like some tea?" "I have some biscuits." "I would." "You're beautiful." "Comrade Commander!" "Comrade Commander, a telegram from the mainland arrived." "Read it." "To:" "Airdrome Commander Yurchenko." "Immediately report why Soviet citizen Taras, family name unknown, was handed over to America?" "Specify the family name of Citizen Taras." "From:" "Military Unit Commander 21077." "What are we going to do?" "You sent the report to the Command, right?" "Idiot." "Now clean up this mess." "They could send an investigator." "I didn't write "Soviet citizen"." "I couldn't have called a piglet a citizen." "Alright, go." "Lieutenant Shmatko." "Vasily, what's the name of the dark-haired American?" "Warrant Lieutenant." "I don't know her name." "Warrant Lieutenant, what's that?" "It's between a sergeant and an officer." "Good." "It's like my rank." "What are you drunk or something?" "You drink swill." "Better to drink vodka." "You really stink." "Did you have to get so hammered?" "I don't feel well." "I need to get to the doctor." "You can already speak American?" "You can hear him from the other side of the airdrome." "He screamed so loud I thought something happened to him." "I can't say much, but I'm starting to understand." "She's from Virginia." "City of Charlottesville." "Her name is Warrant Lieutenant Tippy Kaufman." "She promised to give me another photograph." "She even signed it." ""To my Russian friend, Second Lieutenant Shmatko," "Happy Landings, Your Tippy"" "Try it, Comrade Commander." "Thank you." "But you didn't try it." "Stand up." "Attention." "Lieutenant, may I have a word?" "Let me take a look." "Don't be scared." "I won't take it away." "If you please, Sir." "Nice girl." "Yes, Sir." "When we land I'll have my picture taken." "It's not right I have her photo and Tippy doesn't have mine." "Yes, it's neglectful." "Did Turovsky get a photo too?" "Ace?" "I don't know." "Ace was talking to his girl, but I was busy with Tippy." "Funny name, isn't it?" "Tippy - it's like a raindrop." "And where's Turovsky?" "He went to the library to study American." "I decided to learn it myself." "In school they said I have a talent for languages." "I could repeat anything my German teacher said." "Very good." "Our scamp has a finger in every pie." "Relax." "Yes, sir." "Where have you been, Vasily?" "I got sick, Semyon." "I have tonic convulsions and a partial dysfunction of my motor abilities as a result of temporary atrophy." "I shouldn't work for a few days until my organism is restored." "That's what Ivan Yakovlevitch said." "Manage without me for a while." "I'll go restore my health." "I'm off to the village." "My parents will get me back on my feet in no time." "Illness finds the lazy one." "What did the Americans come for?" "Who knows." "They were in such a rush they didn't even eat." "What month are you in?" "In the third." "What is this?" "It's a soup Roman Denisovitch made out of seafood." "I'm not talking about that." "You're an idiot." "Give me a glass." "How did it go?" "She's a major gal working under a colonel?" "Yes." "Thanks, guys." "It was a fun flight." "I'm Capitain Lisnevsky." "Looks like the first lieutenant with the jokes is a big shot." " What difference is that to us?" " It's nothing interesting." "I'm Gutsava." "My assistant, Sergeant Chernikh." "Your room is ready." "We're not tired." "We can start working right now." "This way." "I wonder, did my Tippy arrive?" "She probably arrived." " Where's my Tippy?" " Let's go, Comrades." "He was lying like this?" "Yes, Sir." " Face up?" " Yes." "Strange." "Just the head was a little different." "Show me." "You didn't touch him or turn him?" "No, Comrade Investigator." "You didn't try to give him first aid or to check what was wrong?" "Dismissed." "I'm sure they touched him." "Like I told you, I edged it with stones right away." "It's beautiful here." "The hunting must be good, yes?" "There's game." "In the winter wolverines come right up to the barracks." "A lot of foxes and partridges." "Get up or you'll catch a cold." "Do you go hunting?" "Of course." "I hunt with Airdrome Commander Lisnevsky." "When we have free time." "Could you really even think that we or somebody else?" "It's impossible." "Let me determine, what's possible and what's not." "Chernikh, let's go." "L'Occitane." "Real Marseilles' soap." "The allies sent it to us." "You lead a modest life." "Who cleans the room?" "Valentina." "She works in the kitchen." "But since it happened nobody's touched a thing here." "Of course it's understood." "I see." "Let's go visit the man himself." "Comrade First Lieutenant." "He's over there, on the shelf." "Just that little wound?" "That's it." "A small piece of the cranium got inside." "See it, Inspector?" "I see." "And what does it mean?" "That the blow was from outside the cranium and not inside?" "I just wanted to point out the small size of the wound - just five or six millimeters." "Do you have any American rifles bought by tsarist Russia?" "5.6 caliber?" "I've never come across any." "Could there be any amongst the residential population?" "It's a very common weapon along the coast." "It's handy, easy to use." "Why do you suppose he was killed?" "No one's done an autopsy." "So do it, Doctor." "You were a neurosurgeon." "You've probably dug inside human heads quite a bit looking for hidden secrets?" "Let's go, Svist." "Chernikh!" "Keep an eye on the autopsy." "Number 14 crashed in Sector 6." "Who?" "Warrant Lieutenant Kaufman." "Let me deal with it." "That snoop is driving me nuts." "I don't see my Tippy." "Comrade First Lieutenant, what happened?" "Ivan Yakovlevitch, come quickly!" "Hurry up!" "I prepared my photo for her." "I wanted to give her my address for correspondence." "I can't take any more." "Hey guys, stop!" "Wait for me!" "It's a nice library." "In the North you can find amazing book collections." "Exiles have been collecting the rarest books for centuries." "We have to thank them for this." "You are not divorced from your departed husband" "Yurchenko Foma Ilyitch?" ""Atlas of Mosses and Lichens of Northern Europe and Scandinavia"" "Probably a rare edition, right?" "Should I answer the first question or the second?" "Of course the first." "Everything here is rather entangled and complicated." "It seems a lot of people longed for your husband's death." "That's a very bold statement." "Let's say it softer." "A lot of people were not over fond of your husband?" "Right." "Do you suppose I am involved in Foma Ilyitch's death?" "I must rely solely on facts." "And the facts say things to me that are ambiguous." "A successful officer." "A war hero." "The wife is beautiful and smart." "He could have had a good career on the mainland." "Instead, he goes to the middle of nowhere, into uncertainty." "Why?" "I don't quite understand." "It was my initiative to come here." "No one comes here voluntarily." "You can't go any further." "It's the end of the earth." "Now your uncle, he established an excellent plant in Kolyma." "The authorities ordered it, and so he went." "But you?" "You chose to volunteer?" "It's hard to believe." "Pardon my doubts." "I volunteered to come here with my husband." "That's commendable." "And what did Foma Ilyitch think about your..." "Let's say it softer." "How did your husband handle your romance with Lisnevsky?" "I'm not judging you." "It's not my right to judge you, but look for yourself." "The situation is delicate." "It leads me to thoughts not in your favor." "Sergei Mikhailovitch couldn't do such a thing." "Excuse me, you know better." "You knew the deceased better." "Yes, and Capitain Lisnevsky too." "And so farewell." "I mustn't take more of your time." "Irina Vladimirovna," "Why did you assume he was killed?" "That's how I was to understand, "He couldn't do such a thing."?" "I didn't say a word about the cause of Foma Ilyitch's death." "Yakov Illarionovitch!" "The doctor didn't find anything." "I rummaged through his head." "Here's what I found." "Dunce, maybe it was left over from the Front." "It's my fault, Comrade First Lieutenant." "Don't worry." "You're right, Petya." "His old wound was in the thigh not in the head." "5.6 caliber." "In which part of the skull was the bullet?" "The entrance was in this area." "So the shot came from below." "Who shot it?" "Yakov Illarionovitch, of course you'll find out." "Petya, walk around here." "Listen to what people are saying and I'll take a walk." "Yes, Sir." "Vasily's father found her." "Her spine's broken." "She's lucky she got thrown out of the cockpit." "She survived." "Can you give her this photograph?" "Somebody translate." "It's a photograph from Lieutenant Shmatko." "Do you know if a broken spine is serious?" "Get the legs higher." "Our village stableman fell, broke his neck and just died." "But she's breathing." "She even talked until she was sedated." "Let's go to the briefing, Vanya." "We'll hope for the best." "Give it more." "More." "That's it." "Turn it off." "Vasily." "Vasily!" "Get in." "Quit dawdling." "Get a move on." "Let's go." "We need to talk." "You want to become a pilot?" "You dream of flying?" "If you want, I can help you get into pilot's school." "Even with only five years of school, you're smart." " How old are you?" " I'll be seventeen soon." "Let's go take a walk." "You don't say much." "You disappear to who knows where." "You lead a double life." "Vasily, it's like a spy." "It's not good." "The base is a State secret." "Every detail must be clear." "Right?" "I don't know." "I know." "My job demands I know everything." "Especially everything about you, Vasily." "Where do you get the bullets?" "The bullets are for hunting." "Times are hard after winter." "My father asked me for them." "Your father asked and like a good son you got him bullets." "And one of those bullets killed Commander Yurchenko." "A hero." "A front-line soldier." "A decorated man." "A Communist." "You didn't like him, did you?" "He's the boss." "How can I not like him?" "Who loves bosses and authority?" "Show me that idiot." "Bosses and power need to be respected and feared, not loved." "Then it is power, not the love of a slave to a master." "It's a waste of time." "There's a lot of hunting and shooting practice here." "It's not your concern, Capitain." "You people just need to find a 5.6 caliber shell." "Can you really help me learn to fly?" "I won't teach you myself, but I can help you enter the school." "Sit down." "We'll get everything done right now." "Write a request." ""I, your name, born in 1927..." "Are you a Young Communist?" "Yes, I was admitted last year." "Should I write my Russian family name?" "Popov?" "Write Popov." "Yakov Illarionovitch!" "They found three, but they're old." "Lying there a few years already." "Keep searching." ""I request that you admit me to pilot's school in order to become a loyal falcon of Stalin and destroy the cursed fascists."" "Date and signature." "Give it to me." "Same exact mistake." "And the handwriting is the same." "I thought it was you who wrote the denunciations." "It was you, Vasya, who informed on Commander Yurchenko." "About his conflict with Lieutenant Turovsky." "Also known as "Ace"." "So, tell me everything in detail or you won't be flying." "You'll be felling trees in the swamps." "And you won't see your relatives for a long time." "What happened between Lieutenant Turovsky and the commander?" "It looks like there was combat here." "So many used shells and not one that we're looking for." "Let me dismiss my men, alright?" "There's the transit." "We need to prepare the planes." "The men need to rest." "It's not my decision." "Here comes my chief." "He'll decide if your men are needed or not." " You didn't find them?" " Nothing." "We even checked out to two hundred and fifty meters." "The Capitain requests to dismiss his security platoon." "Of course, let them go." "Why torment the men looking for a needle?" "And what will this shell tell us?" "Nonsense." "The residential population has a few dozen Winchester rifles." "Sergei Mikhailovitch." "Stay here for a talk, please." "It won't take much time." "Why are you standing there, Vasily?" "Go about your business." "He's a good guy." "He dreams of flying." "Don't write any more requests to go to the Front." "We need you here." "I don't understand you." "You've found shelter, like a cat, by the side of a pretty woman." "Anyone else would be happy, but you want to go to the Front." "What, is Irina Vladimirovna that bad?" "How dare you, First Lieutenant?" "I am a First Lieutenant in Internal Affairs." "I hope you understand." "God, how everything's all tangled up here." "You idiot." "You think it's me?" "You had the strongest motive to make an attempt on his life." "But it's stupid." "You're impulsive, as I confirmed, but are you that impulsive?" "Well, maybe for a loved one?" "Leave Irina out of this." "She's got nothing to do with it." "I'll decide who has nothing to do with it." "You looking for a scapegoat?" "Go to hell." "I killed him, if that's what you want!" "That's enough, Chernikh." "Sergei Mikhailovitch understood everything." "Very well, Capitain." "I don't think it's you." "You know why?" "You're a lousy shot." "Comrade First Lieutenant!" "May I address you?" "Go ahead." "I'm responsible for meteorological services and secretary for the Party unit." "How can I help you?" "I'm not a specialist in those areas." "The Party meeting report has a mistake about Tarasik." "I already sent it off." "It's not Citizen Tarasik, but a pig" " Tarasik." "What pig?" "A suckling-pig, Tarasik." "We couldn't feed him." "Pigs need to eat four kilos of feed to gain one kilo." "They keep eating more and more." "You go to hell with your pig!" "Like I need to feed their pig." "They've grown totally insolent from idleness." "Feed it yourself, you idiot." "It's a collection of cretins here." "That's no surprise." "The best minds are at the Front." "Here there are just invalids and whackos." "Wonderful dumplings." "Tastes like the dushpara we ate in Persia, remember?" "Would you like some more?" "Okay." "You know, it wouldn't hurt to have a little..." "Valentina Fedorovna." "Well, to the conclusion of an assignment." "What swill they supply you with." "If it hadn't been cold, I wouldn't have been able to get it down." "Foma Ilyitch demanded that it be cold." "Your Foma Ilyitch was an alcoholic." "I'll finish it so it won't turn sour." "Did he pester you?" "I'm talking about Commander Yurchenko." "Typical behavior for a man who drank more than the norm." "The norm?" "First Sergeant Lubotchkin could put down a liter and a half... and go out on a date no problem." "I didn't ask you." "I'm interested in Valentina Fedorovna." "Did Yurchenko harass her?" "Sometimes." "Sometimes." "Thank you for a lovely dinner." "I believe a talented person is talented in everything." "You were a great designer and now a great cook, I mean chef." "So, when are you expecting?" "In about six months." "But I can keep working." "There's no doubt." "It's not my right to interfere." "Did the father know that he was going to have a child?" "Yes, I knew." "Valentina told me." "Please understand." "There was no time to legalize our relationship." "What?" "I know we're not married, but I won't disown my child." "We can legalize our union if Valentina doesn't object." "Chernikhh, let's go." "You arrived here on the eleventh of last month." "Your future wife is in her third." "Nonsense." "Why did you do that?" "Life may have worn me down, but I'm not old." "I know." "But why did you say that?" "Will you agree to be my wife?" "I'll go, Sergei Mikhailovitch." "I need some rest after all of this." "Heal." "Comrade Capitain." "The Internal Affairs Lieutenant ordered me to send a telegraph." "Lieutenant Turovsky is to be arrested when he arrives there." "Is it possible he killed the Commander?" "I don't know." "What does the Lieutenant look like?" " I don't remember." " Me neither." "The boys all look the same." "What should I do?" "Orders are not discussed." "Orders are carried out." ""CHUKOTKA. 1944"" "Don't worry, they're not taking me to a camp." "They're taking me to a secret institute to design airplanes." "Maybe they'll need a cook there too." "Most important for you is to take care of Roma." "I'll get in touch as soon as I arrive." "I'll write if they'll let me." "Take care of sonny." "Roman Denisovitch!" "Roman Denisovitch!" "Take it." "To get started." "Go home, Taras!" "You can't return a present." "It's a souvenir from us." " Translate!" " Presents are not returnable!" ""CHUKOTKA. 1953"" "How are you?" "It's warm." "When will Roma go hunting with you?" "He's grown this past year." "He's become strong like his father." "Soon." "Stay here, son." "I'll be back soon." "It will be warm today." "Animals will come to the shore." "They will return with prey." "Don't scare the luck away." "Luck doesn't turn it's back on those with skill." "Your mother is a great hunter." "She can shoot a coin from three hundred paces." "She shoots and almost never wastes a bullet." "I never saw my mother shoot at coins." "It's stupid." "I just said it figuratively, so you would understand." "I know she can shoot." "That's why she's in the hunting artel." "Hi, Ivan." "How are you?" "I'm fine, Semyon." "It's a nice day today." "When does the store open?" "You mustn't drink." "It will take your life." "You can, Semyon." " Today you can." " I can." "This was the day your son Vasily flew off to the war." "Yes." "He would have been a big man." "He even flew to America." "Read it." "Everyone's heard it a hundred times already." "There are some words people can hear a thousand times but the meaning's only clear after the thousand and first." "Read, Roma." "Glory To The Hero." "On June 14, 1944, outnumbered and protecting his friends," "Second Lieutenant Vasily Popov died heroically." "Read on." "He shot down an enemy fighter, after which his plane was struck and he was mortally wounded..." "No need to go on." "That's enough." "Uncle Ivan, explain something." "A man shoots an animal for food." "Or to get its skin to make clothes or a boat." "Why would he shoot another man if he's not going to eat him?" "The question you ask is too childish if an adult can't answer it."