"GEORGIA-FILM Studio" "If Tsar IrakIy were alive, would he have conquered the Russian tsar?" "Sure thing." "He would've given him hot." "If only Tsar IrakIy and Giorgi Saakadze were alive..." "Are we any worse?" "Out of fear of constable Shakhtiyev, even birds don't sing." "He'II get fuck-aII." "Like hell!" "Gogi can fight real well." "Right, Gogi?" "No one in the whole wide world can overpower him." "The district chief Baratov says he'II give a thousand gold coins to one who can pin Gogi KenkiashviIi down to the floor." "Is the fly of death circling over you, you lousy carrion?" "When will you stop babbling, eh?" "AII right, Gogi, leave him alone." "It's enough for him." "Why are you harassing me?" "You scum!" "Good morning." "Greetings to Khareba." "This is Khareba Dzhibuti, guys, brother of the town clerk Simon." "He's the manager of Prince KarashviIi." "Greetings to the manager." " You got cold water?" " In the jug over there." "Why did you fight?" "wrestle with him if you're a real man." "really, do you want to wrestle?" "AII right, if you wish." "Make a wider circle, guys." "I see you're a strong lad." "Give me your hand." "You're really strong, my friend." "Lay off." "Where're you going?" "To TeIavi." "Have to sell my brother's cow." "If I help you sell it with good profit, will you wet the bargain?" "Why not?" "Omar PKHAKADZE Levan TEDIASHVILI in a film" "KHAREBA AND GOGI" "also starring MikhaiI SALADZE" "AvtandiI MAISURADZE Otar MEGVINETUKHUTSESI" "AIeksandr KAIDANOVSKY" "Directed by Georgy SHENGELAYA" "screenplay by" "Baadur BALARDZHISHVILI Georgy SHENGELAYA" "Director of Photography Leri MACHAIDZE" "Production Designers" "VasiIi ARABIDZE NikoIai SHANGELAYA" "Let's drink to our meeting." "If we're faithful to each other, we'II never become effeminate in heart." "May it be so." "actually, I've heard you're a strong guy." "I wanted to meet you, and test you." "So now we met." "Let's drink to our going through life like real men." "hello!" "hello!" "Peace to you, peace." "You know who he is?" "He's the fortuneteller Fridon." "He's a man, not a woman, I swear." "Want him to tell your fortune?" "Come here, Fridon!" "Bakhcho, treat the man to some wine." "Peace to you, peace." " How you doing, Fridon?" " Just like that." "tell my friend and me our fortunes." "As you wish." "Don't try to find out!" "Don't ask!" "What are you talking about?" "Not to ask what?" "No, for God's sake, don't ask." "tell us everything as it is." "There's death here, son." "There's death here." "I'II say no more." "No, tell it all, Fridon." "Why are you together, my children?" "You can't be together." "You will meet death together." "You're swimming in blood together." "I'm going to hive you a whack!" "May I never see the light of day again!" "May my brains get clouded!" "May the merciful Lord punish me!" "May I have no joy in this life!" "So, last summer I was at ChoIokashviIi's." "Once I saw her, I couldn't think of anything else." "Just take a look." "Look, what a snout!" "And the breast?" "So as I was saying, we met in a little while at the aIaverdoba feast." "I invited him to the table." "And that's when I bartered her." "How are things, Khareba?" "Have you been to LuashviIi's?" "I have, sir." "Everything's all right." "And at Donga's?" "I've seen Donga, too, and MaIkhaz MosiashviIi." "We've settled all accounts." "And what about Mikha?" "Nothing, sir." "What can we take if he's got nothing?" "They ask for more time." "You're driving me mad, boy." "AII right, come up here." "Are you my manager or their lawyer?" "If they don't pay, take it by force." "A debt is good when it is paid back." "It's not I who coined this phrase." "What can I do, sir?" "You know yourself that they're honest people, but poor." "Honest, you say!" "You call it honesty not to pay debts?" "We know that kind of honesty!" "They're all rogues and swindlers." "And you, too, are a bird of a feather." "You're all scoundrels and devils." "Why are you insulting me, sir?" "insulting you?" "Are you some governor-generaI or what?" "He acts like SimashviIi's advocate." "It's the fifth time that I sent you." "Deduct their debt from my wages." "Here's a real knight and a model of nobleness." "You'd better shake off your lice first and then make a knight of yourself." "One would sooner teach a dog your ways than those rascals." "Oh God, what have I been reduced to!" "Hey, you, come back!" "Come back, I said!" "How dare you!" "Go to hell!" "I'II banish you to Siberia, I will, believe me!" "Get him!" "Catch him!" "God would not give you any peace, brother." "Why are you staring at that ruin of yours?" "Damn the man who invented it!" "You rely on that thing, and we'II see what happens to you." "Simon, I want to live like a man." "Come to your senses, Khareba, marry a good girl." "And live in love and happiness." "I can't understand what else you want?" "Simon, I can't any longer impoverish those wretched people." "The blood rushes to my throat." "AII right, all right." "tell me at Ieast what's on your mind." "If KarashviIi asks me about you, what answer shall I give?" "tell him that I'II answer to him myself." "Dzhibuti!" "Khareba Dzhibuti!" "What is it?" "What's up?" "Open the gate." " Can you explain what's the matter?" " Open up, I said." "Stop!" "Stop!" "Or I'II shoot!" "The TeIavi District police inform that Prince KarashviIi's former manager Khareba Dzhibuti is accused of the murder of a representative of the authorities." "The one who reports about his whereabouts..." "Our humble respects to all Shakhtiyev." "C'mon, read it once more." "Announcement." "The TeIavi District police inform that Prince KarashviIi's former manager Khareba Dzhibuti is accused of the murder of a representative of the authorities." "The one who reports about the criminal's whereabouts will receive a hundred rubIe reward." "That boy was better than you." "Was?" "Is he no more?" "There're still good people in the world, dear." "We'II see." "We'II see on whom the fly of death sits down first." "Hey, profiteers!" "Who's the most gluttonous among you?" "Who wants to grab a hundred?" "To hell with you all!" "How did you get to me?" "This godly man showed me the way." "What's going on in the village, Shakro?" "Don't worry, everything's all right." "Sit down." "Let's eat." "Oh, I'm so hungry." "One of those two got away with it." "You shot a bullet right in his stomach, but he survived." "It doesn't make a difference to me now whether he survived or not." "Yes, Gogi, this is my home now." "From now on I'II be alone." "Why alone?" "You think I'm not a man?" "Or I came here just for nothing?" "Here, look." " What do you need it for?" " You think it won't come useful?" "What's on your mind?" "I can't understand you." "We've become brothers, haven't we?" "We have." " We shook hands, didn't we?" " We did." "What kind of brothers are we then?" "Or you doubt me?" "No, of course not, Gogi." "So it means you're not alone." "We'II share both joys and misfortunes." "And if we're destined to die, we'II die under the sun, Iike free deer." "And this is worth a Iot." "What kind of a meal is this?" "We'II still have a real feast, I promise you, Gogi KenkashviIi." "I'II have you meet such boys, their hearts are ablaze with fire." " If you say so, Gogi." " Then give me your hand again." "What?" "I'II give it good to you!" "I told you to serve a Iot of mushrooms." "It's enough, ilo." "We won't feed them with mushrooms alone." "I told you to serve a Iot, in abundance." "Understand?" "I think they're here." "Let's go and meet them." "hello." "hello." "welcome." "Hi, guys." "This is Sandro KavIashviIi, nicknamed uncle." "This is HeII-knows-who." "No one knows his real name." "These are TsinandaIians ZaIik SimonishviIi and Giorgik BerdzenishviIi." "And this Khareba Dzhibuti, boys." "And now, please, come to the table." "Listen to me now." "I'm not a toastmaster, I can't say long speeches." "But I'II tell you one thing." "Let's drink this glass to our today's meeting." "We're all strong guys here." "Here're two of you, uncle and HeII-knows-who." "And the two of us, Khareba and I." "And two more" " ZaIik and Giorgik." "We're six sons of different parents." "But we have the same goal - to vent our anger on our torturers, punish our enemies," "leave them without a piece of bread drive them to helpless fury." "That's what I wanted to say." "help us God." "Let Khareba speak." "Let's drink to our first meeting." "May we from now on meet one another with a kind word, hospitality and an open heart." "May it be so." "What's your name?" "Chache." "And yours, uncle?" "Utrukhune." "Are you a robber, too?" " What?" " I say, are you a robber?" "How can I be a robber?" "I got four kids yelling at home, one smaller than the other." "I'm a cabby, damn and blast it!" "And now let's drink to the future of our country." "To the tomorrow of our beautiful country." "May it be as we want to see it." "May the new times come as soon as possible." "May evil and violence disappear." "May honesty and nobleness win." "Let's drink to it from all our heart." "Here, take it, and put everything in order by the end of the month." "Thank you very much." "How are you doing, Simon?" "You don't recognize me?" "Or you don't want to?" "I'm Akvsenty Sidamonidze." "I see my coming is not to your liking." "But I just had to see you." "Though you've been avoiding us lately." "But I've come anyway." "I've got a wife and children, they need looking after." "It's not the way you talked before." "Everyone must serve the common cause." " Weren't it your own words?" " I never said that." "Maybe you didn't, but you listened to it." "Don't you remember?" "I remember much more." "I've had enough." "Now my brother, too, stepped onto a dangerous path." "It's about him I wanted to speak." "I doubt that Khareba can be useful to you." "Oh, Simon, you doubt because you don't know what we are." "You're afraid, Simon." "Not afraid, but doubtful." "How can these people have time for doubts?" "will you arrange a meeting with Khareba for me or not?" "Time is running short, or I would have found him myself." "My respects, Prince." "How are you doing?" "barely doing, that's the point." "My deputy, Prince OIkhovsky." "pleased to meet you." "Have a seat." "How is the Princess feeling?" "Does she have headaches?" "Oh, sir." "Not only the princess, but we all are tormented by headaches and stress." "What's the matter, Prince?" "What happened?" "What do you mean, what happened?" "Robbers and murderers play sabbath in front of the whole world." "Throwing their hats up in the heavens, as the saying goes." "What robbers?" "Where?" "Yesterday, they staged a revelry at IIo MeburishviIi's inn." "My former manager, may he be damned, who you're looking for, was among them, too." "Do you hear what's going on, OIkhovsky?" "We search for the robbers in the woods, and they're feasting under our nose without caring a damn." "please, don't worry, Prince." "We're here to guard your peace." "As you wish." "please." "call IIo." "hello." "welcome." "Where would you Iike a table laid?" "Come on." "Sit down." "How is your business going?" "What can I say?" "Now this way, now that way." "But I don't complain." "It's a great place, one can't deny it." "Right, Vaniyev?" "Yes, you can't find any better." "The courtyard, nature, fresh air." "They say great drinking sprees are held here sometimes." "Is it true?" "Now it's this way, now it's that way." "tell me straight why you're here." "I don't understand cunning talking." "This guy seems to be smart, isn't he, Vaniyev?" "absolutely right." "It's a pity to send him to Siberia." "I don't understand what you're driving at." "If I'm guilty, say so." "Don't play the fool, Meburov." "Don't pretend to be sanctimonious." "Why did Khareba Dzhibuti and his friends visit your inn?" "Why didn't you report it?" "Who's Dzhibuti?" "I don't know him." "Never seen him in my Iife." "Hundreds of people come to my inn." "How should I know who's who?" "Let's take him to TeIavi." "He'II sing a different tune there." "Don't be in a hurry, Shakhtiyev." "We'II give him time to prove his loyalty." "His old patrons will sure come here again." "And if you don't report it again, your inn and all your property will go to ruin." "You got me, Meburov?" "Got you, chief." "Very good." "That's enough for now." "I think you've understood everything alright." "Yes, chief, I've understood." "Goodbye." "Chache!" "What did they want?" "They told me to forget my man's honor and become a whore." "What?" "We're closing the inn, Chache." "Go and lock the gate." "May it all go down the drain." "AII we needed was an innkeeper." "We'II be doing so well now that even Saakadze gets jealous." "I didn't come here for you making fun of me." "Watch out, or it'II fire in your pants." "Wait, Gogi." "IIo, you're a family man." "You've got an old mother, your inn." "It's no good for you to follow our example." "We, so to speak, have neither house nor home." "I've had my say." "I was born a free man, and I want to live a free man." "To hell with the inn and with the income." "My mother is a strong woman, she can take care of the family." "And if you don't take me in, I'II act alone." "Oh, you tavern lion!" "Why are you pestering me?" "Lay off." "Enough, Gogi." "It's a serious matter." "Think it over, ilo." "I said I've made up my mind." "welcome." "How are you, Khareba?" "I'm fine." "How are things at home?" "Everything's all right." "I brought someone to see you." "He has some business to you." "Who's the man?" "Akvsenty Sidamonidze, the terrorist." " What does he want from me?" " I don't know." "He'II tell you." "This is Khareba." "That damned hard labor, it got me consumptive." "You're not a kind of man, Khareba, to beat around the bush with." "So I'II get right down to business." "You know ZaIik and Giorgik, right?" "So what?" " They both have been arrested." " What for?" "They've destroyed the TsinandaIi Office and discredited its chief in front of everybody." "Good for them." "Tomorrow they'II be taken to town, convoyed by 6 men, no less." "Don't drag it out." "Say what you want from me." "You can turn me down, of course," "I'm not forcing you." "These boys must be freed." "First, how can you force me?" "And, second, you don't have to ask us." "We gave our word to rescue one another from trouble." "uncle and HeII-knows-who will join us in Shaumtin Forest." "We'II do this thing, because it is our duty." "But, otherwise, remember:" "I don't do as others tell me to." "Enough chattering." "Time to eat." "You see, Khareba, what a great force is the unity." "Yes, you're right." "We're strong by our unity." "And so what?" "When you set out on the road, you must know where you're going." "Listen." "We're not going anywhere." "We're staying here, understand?" "So you're staying." "But you'II need a Iot of things." "You'II need arms, right?" "Who's going to give it to you?" "Think about it." "We'II sure need arms." "You know, Avksenty, we've chosen this road so that not to dance to someone else's tune." "I'm on your side, and you shun me like the devil shuns incense." "To procure arms is difficult." "It's easier to get money." "There're many moneybags here." "But it's different about arms." "I have a man who's dealing in such things." "ZaIik knows him." "I'm going to town tomorrow, Iet ZaIik come with me and bring him here." "You'II meet and talk." "Who knows, maybe something will work out." "What do you say, boys?" "What shall we do, uncle?" "shall I meet with him?" "Why not?" "What the devil, anything's possible." "Giorgik, ZaIik, Iet's go, perhaps I'II find you some clothes." "well, it's not high fashion, but it'II do." "There're no ladies in the woods." "And who are you?" "We're the priest's daughters." "I'm elo, and she's Tamro." "Nice meeting you." "I'm ZaIik SimonishviIi, and he's Giorgik BerdzenishviIi." "We didn't know you were here, so..." "It's even for the better, it means our guardian angel wanted us to meet." "So it looks like we're tied up to that man now?" "I don't know what to say." "And how smoothly he talked." "Take money from the moneybags, we'II deliver arms to you." "And how many are there of them, those sons of the bitch, those moneybags?" "Shavbekaidze, for one." "What a daughter-in-Iaw he got!" "Put that woman out of your head." "Forget about this business, you know." "We've taken such a road that we must check our every step." "Is your master home?" "Go and call him." "well, did you recognize me?" "So I'm unrecognizabIe." "I did." "I recognized you." "And since you did, you know that you'd better not mess around with me." "What's the matter?" "Maybe the fly of death is circling over you?" "Can you explain what's the matter?" "alright, Iet's get down to business." "You, TsiskarishviIi and KaIagishviIi will pool together 10 gold pieces each and tomorrow morning bring it to me at the ruins at the village outskirts." "Where can I get so much money?" "I've said my piece, or else this thing will talk to you." "You bloody dogs!" "You fucking bastards!" "Who was that man swearing?" "It's Gogi, he's with those who went into the woods." "How are you, Eter, my love?" "Why are you so scared?" "Or your nutty husband has come back from the mountains?" "Come here, honey." "Put down what you brought and split." "only this, they said..." "What?" "only this, they said, they got no more." "tell them it's enough for now." "We'II talk about the rest later." "And now beat it from here, or you'II get it, sons of the bitches!" "Stop!" "This, to the tailor for the Circassian coats." "This, to the shoemaker for the boots." "And this is for food." "Are we going to pay for food, too?" "Of course we are." "For the government, we're robbers, but not for the people." "well, well, this is quite a harvest." "Where do you find all this?" "The hell I know." "What's happened, ZaIik?" "You seem to be in a bad mood." "They killed the man that Sidamonidze sent with me." "Who killed him?" "Vaniyev." "You couldn't get the better of him?" "Besides Vaniyev, there were five more of them." "I'II either die or drink up their blood." "We can't postpone this." "We'II attack them tonight." "Here, you shoot, too!" "Shoot, or I'II finish you off, blast you!" "The shish kebabs are ready." "Vaniyev was killed with his bullet." "He did him in, I saw it with my own eyes." "Yes, it was he, I saw it, too." "He hit him right in the nose bridge." "If it was no one else, it was him, and that's it." "Now, brother, you'II have neither family, nor sweet piIaf." "You'II stay with us, you got no choice." "Or they'II catch you, you dumb head, and you'II be hanging from the gallows." "From now on, you and your phaeton will stay with us." "Aren't we good enough passengers?" "well, ZaIik, did you calm down?" "Yes, I feel better now." "We did only one thing wrong." "Not picking up guns and cartridges." "We got nothing left." "Fired off everything." "I thought about it, too, but we didn't get a chance." "We'II get it." "Sidamonidze will get us guns and cartridges." "And if we need money, TeIavi is close by." "TeIavi is rolling in money, right, Khareba?" "Hey, Shakhtiyev, the fly of death has sure sat down on you now." "This is too much, OIkhovsky." "What's going on in our district is becoming unbearable and is the cause for serious concern." "Your excellency." "RegrettabIy, our police proved helpless in this matter." "But this is the situation everywhere, not only in our district." "OIkhovsky, we're responsible for this district." "No one will forgive irresponsibility, neither yours nor mine." "Your excellency, the entire population is on the side of the robbers." "And I can understand it." "You can, but I cannot." "Starting from tomorrow, you'II be in charge of this case, and policeman Apushkin will go under your command." "frankly, your reaction surprises me." "You didn't give me a chance even to think, Your excellency." "We have no time for thinking." "Start acting right now." "It'II be good for you, too." "You won't be so bored in our society." "I have a pretty good opinion of the local society." "And I'm not bored at all here." "Then protect the interests of this society, OIkhovsky." "Get ready." "smile." "Taking a picture." "Ready." "Thank you." "Goodbye." "Come again." "welcome." "You probably want your photo taken?" "With pleasure." "Where would you Iike it?" "Against this background or that?" "well?" "Against the background of nature, but real nature." "Attention." "Attention." "This rifle goes here." "This here." "May I?" "wonderful." "Look there." "More cheerful please." "What a character!" "Great." "More cheerful." "Look here." "Taking a picture." "Ready." "End of Part One" "Part Two" "I report that in a certain place in the forest located near the village of Babaneuri there is a band which has just received food from the population." "But, Apushkin, there're many acres of forest near Babaneuri." "How are you going to find that certain place?" "The local population won't point it to you." "Peasant TandiIa here was present during the passing of the food." "He's willing to show us to the destination." "AII right, then." "The bells, damn it!" "I beg your pardon?" "Be sure to hang bells onto the harness of my carriage." "Yes, but..." "Pour it." "Those scoundrels drink good wine." "They could as well have left us some shish kebab, too." "Fate and cursed time Have parted us," "No longer do I glad see thee, My glad loved one." "What, indeed, can the heart Rent by thee do without thee!" "Secret thought manifests To thee what's hidden." "hello, girls!" "hello, elo." "hello, Giorgik." "You scared me to death." "hello, Tamro." "hello." "May you be happy and joyous, Giorgik and ZaIik." "Have you seen Gogi?" "If you see him, tell him that the butchers harass me." "I'm so scared that I can't walk by their stalls." "To get to TeIavi, I have to make a detour." "And now be quiet and disappear." "Is your father home?" "Daddy!" "Good afternoon, my children." "Come here." "Whenever he flashes his eyes, my heart sinks into my shoes." "Things look bad, my children." "What do you mean?" "Just that." "Sidamonidze didn't send the arms." "There've been problems in Batumi." "What problems?" "The Turkish seller's ship was arrested." "He himself was killed in an exchange of fire." "What, is there nothing to be done?" "Not now, they say." "You'II have it hard for a while, but then we'II think of something, he says." "Did he say anything more?" "Things are bad in TbiIisi, too." "He can't get to TeIavi." "If anything, he says, Iet them look for me in the city." "It looks nasty, Father." "Oh God, I almost forgot." "Take some food with you." "Come on, come on." "This is from me." "And this is from me." " Thank you." " Not at all." "You're our betrothed now." "Or can't two brothers marry two sisters?" "The seven brothers did get married to the seven sisters, didn't they?" "But you're not brothers." "And this happens only in fairy tales." "You two, come here." "Go with peace, my children." "Goodbye, Father." "I heard the story about your bells, Prince, while visiting SaradzhishviIi in TbiIisi." "His Highness's aide-de-camp told it as a joke." "unfortunately, the aide-de-camp's and yours mood is not shared by my chief, Prince Baratov." "Is it true that they leave you not only wine, but shish kebabs, too?" "Yes, and very good shish kebabs." "But I was always late and found shish kebabs cold." "Spades." "clubs." "Taking into account the society's patience, it's a misere, gentlemen." "Misere." "The point is, dear ladies, that the band of robbers is headed by a clever man, who is much more intelligent than my subordinate, Apushkin." "Is it true that there are many handsome men among them?" "What can I tell you?" "I haven't seen them, but I've heard them." "There's some Gogi among them." "Yes, KenkishviIi, a man of incredible strength." "He eats a raw sheep, without even dressing it." "It's interesting what they are really like?" "Just say so and I'II invite them whenever you Iike." "You won, Prince." "The game is over." "please, everybody come to the table." "I'II take you up on your offer, Prince." "Can you invite the robbers today?" "well, Iet me try." "I want to ask you something, Prince." "No!" "well, all right." " Hi, Khareba." " hello, Shakro." "AndronikashviIi sent you a letter." "hello, boys." "will you tell us what it's about?" "AndronikashviIi invites us to a party." "Ever heard of something like this?" "OIkhovsky is there, too." " You kidding?" " I don't understand anything." "They're testing us." "OIkhovsky is trying our dignity." "They're inviting us to a dinner party." "shall we attack them?" "No, they invite us in good faith." "So we must come in good faith, too." "I'II be damned!" "I would Iike to thank you for the invitation." "We'II try to return the favor." "May you live in goodness and joy." "For Mister OIkhovsky." "Ladies and gentlemen, our guests." "I'd Iike to raise a toast to your country and to your people." "Since childhood I've been attracted to your romantic parts." "And now I'm here, among you." "I'II drink to Georgian men and lovely women." "I'm raising my toast to the guests." "May God save you." "What else can one wish to a man who went to the woods?" "We Georgians have chivalry in our blood." "Let's keep it." "May you be healthy and happy, ladies and gentlemen." "Your happiness for you, and ours for us." "To what the sky, earth, water, grass, trees, animals and birds need alike." "To freedom." "To our country, from one part to another," "from one end to the other." "This is..." "I'II be damned!" "Does the music come from here?" "Do you Iike it?" "Why don't you stay longer?" "What can we do, ma'am?" "It's good being with you, but we feel more comfortable in the woods." "It's the first live robber I've seen in my Iife." "Don't think I'm blaming you." "On the contrary, I feel a strange desire to help you." "help us?" "I know that no robber believes at the bottom of his heart that he's a robber." "It seems you know a Iot, ma'am." "And if one day we're in trouble..." "I'II be happy to do for you what I can." "Goodbye." "We could at Ieast have taken that box making sounds?" "No." "What are you talking about?" "actually, the bells of your carriage ring so harmoniously, Prince." "I tried to do my best." "I Iove harmony." "uncle, don't cut your finger off!" "Don't you worry." "If you cut your finger off, you won't be able to pull the trigger." "May the Lord save you, my children." "Who would have helped me if not you?" "Me, the poor soul, forgotten by everybody." "May you have plenty, mother." "Why thank us?" "We have been longing for working in a vineyard." "C'mon, Pipo, dance." "Good boy." "There, get it, get it!" "Pipo." " What?" " Pick it." " No, I won't." " Pick it, I said." "No." "Let the birds get some, too." "Do as I said." "Pick it, you trash, or you'II get it in your ass." "You imbecile sIob." "Gogi, tell him not to harass me." "May you have a happy life, my children." "You humored me, the Ione woman." "But I troubled you just for nothing." "Why for nothing?" "I must give away all this harvest to the wine-merchant for debts." "Don't be afraid, mother, we'II say a couple of words to him." "If you want to live like a fool, go on and live so." "Get your things and go back to your beggar of a father." "You're a stupid boy." "Why do you care for sweets?" "Wasting so much money on them." "As though your granddad was rolling in pistachios and other delicacies." "Money likes to be counted." "You should know, too, how to save and hide it, understand?" "If you understood, here's 10 kopecks for you for a week." "welcome, welcome." "What sort of wine would you Iike?" ""Kardanakhi" is good, "Mukuzani", "Khodasheni"." "Oh, woe to me!" "Woe to you, and a bullet in the head." "please don't kill me, my dears." "I'II give you everything, take it all." "Listen, you go right now to PartsikashviIi's widow and tear up all her promissory notes." "I'II do everything." "I'II go first thing tomorrow morning." "And now open your cash-box and give us all the money." "Oh, God!" "The money will be safer with us." "AII right, Gogi, all right." "Here, Gogi, my dear, I won't spare anything for you." "Take it all." "Go to hell!" "holy Mother!" "Look, nothing will ever change him." "Don't you hurt this boy, you got me?" "I'II never hurt him, ilo, my dear, only don't kill me." "So, the measures you've taken yielded no result." "The population can see your weakness and, having no fear, supports the band of terrorists." "Prince OIkhovsky, whom you appointed to head the operation, has gone so far that he spends time dining and wining with the robbers." "Do you realize what it all means?" "The local population, Your excellency..." "That's what I'm talking about." "Why not punish severely a few of them?" "Then the rest would become your obedient slaves." "I give you my word..." "You don't need to say any more." "AII is quite clear as it is." "OIkhovsky will be exemplarily punished, of course." "As for you, I'm giving you my last warning." "And one more thing." "A special punitive detachment under command of" "Staff-Captain AkhvIediani is on its way to our district." "Yes, Your excellency." " It was Gogi." " Who?" "!" "Time to say goodbye, Prince." "Speaking frankly, we're distressed that you're leaving us." "We'II never forget you." "believe me, I'II always be thinking of your family with gratitude." "Can I be of some last service to you?" "You'II very much oblige me, Prince, if you send this thing" "to our mutual acquaintances in the woods." "Of course, I'II be pleased to do it." "Here comes another "hero"." "Who are they?" "They've come to suck our boys' blood." "Whose blood?" "Our boys'?" "Gogi will make it hot for them!" "Staff-Captain AkhvIediani is here as ordered." "please have a seat." "It's good you're here." "You came just at the right moment." "Thank you." "I'II try to do my duty with honor." "Let me fill you in, though you must have familiarized yourself with the case in TbiIisi." "The terrorists have got the whole district under their influence." "And what's even worse, the population took their side." "That's them." "The so-caIIed "boys"." "These pictures were taken by the well- known photographer RoinishviIi." "He was specially invited to the woods." "The people pass these photographs from hand to hand." "I had to confiscate the negatives." "May I?" "Sandro KavIashviIi nicknamed uncle." "IIo MeburishviIi, former innkeeper." "He hid his family in a neighboring district." "Utrukhune." "A cabman." "How do you Iike his name?" "ZaIik SimonishviIi, he used to work in a metal workshop." "His inseparable friend Giorgik BerdzenishviIi." "And this character's name is HeII-knows-who." "A very dubious character in every respect." "And, finally, Khareba Dzhibuti, the leader of the band." "His right hand, Gogi KenkishviIi." "This Dzhibuti is the most famous and strongest personality in the band." "Once he served as a manager with Prince KarashviIi." "The prince says he did his work pretty well." "But always showed sympathy with the poor." "Does he have a family?" "No, only a brother." "His brother is a family man." "Staff-Captain AkhvIediani." "May the Lord help you, my son." "More than the Lord's I need your help now, Father." "I'm listening." "I'm aware that you know well Dzhibuti and his friends, and you helped them more than once." "I'm a priest, it's my duty to give my help to all who's in need of it." "Those whom you consider to be in need are just robbers to me." "You're a spiritual shepherd, I'm a protector of the Iaw." "Everyone has his own duty, my son." "I'm speaking about the common weal, Father." "The sooner we put an end to the robbers' debauch, the sooner there will be peace for everyone, including you and your flock." "You must show us without delay the place where the band is based." "believe me, that will be only for the better." "For your personal safety," "I'm putting two guards with you starting from tomorrow." "Did you understand me?" "Goodbye." "What did he want?" "Pack the girls' things, tomorrow we'II send them to my sister in town." " Why?" " Do as I say." "The devil take you!" "There's some misunderstanding, Staff-Captain." "We'II sort it out later." "Don't be afraid, everything will be all right soon." "Go to your mother, I'II come there." " careful, you devil!" " Take it easy, ilo." "Let me make you look handsome." "Why are you as touchy as a sissy?" "Hurry up, Isak." "Don't you see we're all waiting?" "Lay off!" "Do I interfere in your robbers' business?" "I've been shaving beards 25 years!" "Boys, AkhvIediani is coming." "Isak, leave it and come here." "What have I got into!" "Dzhibuti, have a heart, don't shoot." "Look first whom I brought to you." "And now listen to me carefully." "My conditions:" "drop your guns and surrender." "Do I make myself clear?" "This is the best choice for you." "Enough blood has been split as it is." "believe me, if you want to stay alive, there's no other way for you." "See, your brother keeps silent." "It means he agrees with me." " You know, Khareba, he'II kill him." " I know." "AII of your relatives may get in the same situation." "I'm not threatening, I'm just saying what will happen." "You hear, Dzhibuti?" " We have to retreat." " You're right, we'II have to." " Isak." " What, my dear?" "Take the guns out to them." "Don't fear, they won't touch you." "This is all we've got." "Too bad, there's no denying it." "ZaIik, you and Giorgik will go to TbiIisi." "Find Sidamonidze, tell him about our situation." "Giorgik, get a phaeton from BatsaIashviIi." "Take Utrukhune with you, he may be useful." "Yes, but how about Simon?" "until they're back from town, we can't do anything." "This is all we've got." "Take it with you." "well, goodbye." "Good luck." "It's all very well, but we have to eat something." "You can't live by holy Ghost alone." "I'II go to the village and see Shakro." "uncle, you come with me." "I'II be damned!" "Hi, boys." "That's all I couId get." "AkhvIediani holds people in such fear that no one dares to give you anything." "He imposed a fine on all villages." "Put a guard with every family." "TandiIa MargaIitov got drunk" "and bragged that AkhvIediani gave him a Mauser." " You know what he was bragging about?" " What?" "believe it or not, he kept saying:" ""I'II kill Gogi KenkishviIi with my own hands." "Where's he hanging about?" "He's been mending the bridge in Babneuri for three days now." "Be careful, Gogi." "Me, to be careful?" "Me?" "!" "Hi, TandiI." "How you doing?" "Why are you staring at me?" "You didn't recognize me?" "Sure, I'm unrecognizabIe." "Wow!" "It's not me, Gogi, not me." "Come here." "C'mon, Iet's sit down." "Come and sit." "How are you doing, TandiI?" "Let me kiss you real good." "The fly of death did sit down on you!" "only two of you here?" "Utrukhune's waiting down the street with a phaeton." "Sit down." "Our things are bad." "real bad." "What shall we tell Khareba?" "tell him that we have no choice." "Advise him or tell it straight, but let him understand that he has to disband his detachment temporarily." "There're no more arms." "We must disappear, dissolve into the water, get into the earth." "Move over to Iran, if you want, until the situation changes." "We'II help you to do that." "And consider it a godsend." "There won't be a chance like that anymore." "hello, girls." "Come in." "What happened?" "Why do you look so scared?" "Yesterday our father came and told us such things that it made our hearts sink." "So that's what scared you?" "black days have come for our boys, he says." "Don't be scared, black days will come for our enemies." "When all this is over, we'II have a merry wedding, with a bishop marrying us." "The best khashi in TeIavi." "And the wine from Mukuzani." "The best khashi in TeIavi." "And the wine from Mukuzani." "Goodbye, girls." " What happened?" " Mikirtum was here with a gendarme." "Drive fast straight to TeIavi, and don't look back." "Your documents." "So either to go to Iran or give up everything and disband!" "Now that we're in blood up to our neck?" "And who will avenge ZaIik?" "Who?" "We must attack the prison." "And free Simon." "only those who want to will go." "You might as well have not said that." "Simon!" " Simon!" " I'm here, Khareba!" "Khareba, I'm here!" "Simon, are you in there?" "Keep back from the door." "Simon!" "Simon!" "Simon!" "Simon!" "Simon!" "Oh, what a misfortune!" "Get up, Khareba, Iet's go." "We can't do anything." "The Magran ravine is free." "Very good." "That's where we'II camp." "You say they'II pass here, through the Magran ravine?" "Yes, that's right." "There's no other way for them." "AII the crossings are in our hands." "We can get them only here." "So you agree to help us?" "And not only I, many others will come with me." "Take it." "If we're successful, you'II get more." "You?" "Yes, it's me, ma'am." "I dared to come." "Hear me out, please." "I'm listening." "Let's go inside." "No, ma'am, I got no time." "Things turned out so that we have to go away from here." "We need horses." "I see." "I'm ready to help you." "believe me, I wouldn't have disturbed you if it wasn't a desperate situation." "I knew, ma'am, that at a hard time" "I couId ask for your help." "I would be glad to help you with money, too." "Oh, no, ma'am." "You're already helping us out at such a time and with so necessary things." "I don't know how to thank you." "Utrukhune says we know a thing or two." "AkhvIediani, may he be damned, will never get through." "hello, Utrukhune." "hello, my dear." "Go, go." "well, all the best to you." "I'm always at your service." "I'm a simple man and not malicious." "help yourselves." "help yourselves, my dears." "You're welcome to it." "C'mon, have a drink first." "Of course, I will." "Your health." "There you go." "Let our enemies drink wine in the other world." "Catch it, uncle." "I got to go." "My wife and children are waiting." "Goodbye." "AII the best to you, Utrukhune." "I've taken it to them, sir." "They started drinking real good." "Let's not be in a hurry." "Khareba." "I'm telling you." "I Iook at you and I don't like your silence." "I know what you're thinking about." "And since we ended up together in the dock in this damned life of ours," "everyone has a right to speak his word." "And I address my word to you." "And to those who pass the verdict," "I shall answer with this." "And to you I'II speak with my brotherly love." "If you feel you're not right about anything..." "In a word, we're all together in it." "If we're right, we're all right together." "If not, then..." "well, why drag it out?" "To you and to all of us." "If there're heroes in this world, then we're heroes!" "Have you warned everybody?" "Yes, just as you ordered." "Every three of us take aim at each of them." "We don't shoot at Khareba yet." "First we shoot Gogi." "You first, and then..." "AII right, not at Khareba yet." "We must try to take him alive, if he surrenders, of course." "well, time to go." "Come on." "To the memory of our ZaIik and all those" "who were born free," "lived free, and left this life like real men." "May the Lord bless their souls." "And may we join them with honor and without fear." "Wait." "Gogi!" "uncle!" "Giorgik!" "IIo!" "Dzhibuti, drop the gun and surrender!" "See, we're not firing." "I don't want you to die." "Khareba, listen to what you're told!" "Come to your senses, Dzhibuti!" "Surrender, and I'II save your life." "And now go and bring that photographer here." "Khareba and Gogi" "Are walking along the AIazan shore." "One asks the other:" "Which land is better?" "Gogi says to Khareba:" "The NapareuIi land is better." "No, my friend Gogi," "The Magran forest is still better," "And it's more suitable for camping out," "And people are good there," "And the Magran forest is best" "For having a feast." "The End"