Mosfilm
What does the nature do without us all ?
Who sees that snow in winter's twilight fall ?
A question mark.
Who hears the summer thunder’s frightening notes ?
A question mark.
Who hails a silver lining yet from far ?
A question mark.
And why should waves rock desolate empty boats ?
And why should fall a falling star ?
A question mark.
Not why, for whom, these wonders are ?
What ?
I so much wish we had a child.
Why ?
He would be as talented as you are.
Talented are them. I’m just translating their verses.
He would so much love you! We would wait for you together.
Alla, you know, I can’t change anything in my life.
Sixth Creative Association
presents
Written by Alexander VOLODIN
AUTUMN MARATHON
Directed by Georgy DANELIA
Director of Photography Sergei VRONSKY
Art directors - Levan Shengelia Eleanora Nemecek
Music by Andrei Petrov
Directoed by Yuri Kushnerev
Camera B. Kromas, N. Yablonovsky
Production Manager Vitaly Krivonoschenko
A SAD COMEDY
- Morning, you ready? - Just a moment. I’ll tell my wife.
Nina!
We are off jogging.
My goodness, I could sleep one more hour.
Hello!
Why are you silent and breathing? Just say mew.
Next time pick it up yourself.
- Taste it, Bill. - Thanks.
- How do you call it? - Khvorost.
“Khvorost”.
Very tasty.
- Nina is a nice cook. - Take it easy, darling…
Sorry, it’s very quiet, I don’t understand.
- I’m talking to him. - She’s talking to me.
Bill, say, if some one is silent and breathing,
why it means that this call is for me?
- Sorry, what? - Why if some one…
- Maybe not to involve Bill… - Sorry, I don’t get you.
- She’s talking to me. - I’m talking to him.
I’m listening to you.
Buzykin, your Alla just waked me up
and asked to tell you to call her right now.
You left some kind of manuscript at her place.
Unfortunately, I can’t do it right now,
I’m overloaded with work.
I see, Nina is around?
OK, I’ll talk to her myself.
- You shouldn’t. - I should.
Bye.
Verigin called from publishing company. Rushes me.
- Is it the same in Denmark? - The same, yes.
Didn’t it seem to you that he had a female voice?
- Who? - Verigin.
He called through his secretary.
You like it? Nina cooked it herself.
Very tasty. Is it jam?
No, this is preserves. Excuse me.
Andrey, she’s angry a little,
Maybe I’d better go or better stay?
- The scandal will be less? - Nope.
She’s just feeling bad.
- Goodbye, Bill. - Goodbye.
From now on Andrey’ll entertain you, I’m leaving.
Nina, just say if we need to buy something.
- I’ll have time after seminar. - OK.
Buy flowers for the secretary.
She’s gone to her job.
Andrey, maybe you also have a job?
Maybe I’m taking your time?
Of course not, not at all.
Bill, I’ve read it.
Everything’s right but there are some inaccuracies.
Here: as far as I remember Dostoyevsky wrote:
“What do you take yourself for, you saucy slut, you green eipie”,
you wrote right - “Green ape”,
he meant “eippie” - this is slang.
Excuse me.
Hello?
- Buzykin, she’s crazy… - Who?
Our typist.
I’ve just called her back and tried to explain her everything,
and very delicately, she sent me to hell
and asked to tell you that you wouldn’t come any more.
What am I to do? Maybe I would come to her?
That's out of the question. Who asked you to meddle?
OK then, bye!
Andrey, I thought that “eippie”…
- is incorrect print. - No, this is correct print.
Sorry, Bill, I gotta go to the institute.
Andrey, I let you go,
But I've got one more small question.
Of course.
Give me a moment.
- Hi. - Hi.
- What's there? - Shershavnikov.
- So what? Why are you hiding? - Don't wanna give hand to the brute.
Why?
Don't you know what he did on the meeting yesterday?
Nope!
He failed Klyuchansky, pushed Semyonov,
and that's why Efimov is gonna be vice-head of department.
- Good day, Vladimir Nikolaevich. - Hi.
- Hey, have you seen Novikov? - No, I've not.
Hi Buzykin,
how is it going?
- If he'll arrive tell him to come to my place. - OK.
- Hello? - Can I talk to Alla Mikhailovna?
- She's not here. They let her home. - Why?
Her heart ached.
Yes!
What's up with you? What's happened?
- Nothing. A pain in my heart. - So let's call a doctor.
- He's already been. - What did he say?
He said to lie down.
- So lie down. - I'm lying.
What did she tell you?
Nothing new.
More exactly?
She said that your family
is very good,
that you lived in harmony hundred and fifty years,
that you're afraid of making her worry or upset.
I know it by myself but when you hear it from a stranger...
- You had to hang up. - That was awful, so I did.
- Is she unfaithful to you? - Who? Varvara?
Your wife.
- Varvara... - Hmm...
I guess, no
Why she sewed on the button with brown thread?
- Where? - On your belly.
Here.
- Indeed. - Well,
take it off.
Well...
- It's time to go home. - No, I need to publishing company
for 5 minutes and that's all.
Good, Andrey Pavlovich, good as always.
I'm glad.
But I'm not!
Why not?
That won't do.
- Why not? - That Simon spoke
with some racist article last week.
All the progressive people is outraged, protests.
So we're gonna advertise and translate him, huh?
Listen, Andrey Pavlovich,
In what condition is your “Broken Moon “?
- In broken. - What do you mean, in broken?
C'mon, it's written down here:
10th, Buzykin, “Broken Moon”, what's the date today?
9th. Tomorrow is the time.
- I won't be in time. - OK.
Will you be in time by 13th?
13th is dead line.
I'll do my best.
I'll work all the night.
You will, you will...
It's better than to wench…
at your age.
What do you mean?
Leningrad is small town, Andrey Pavlovich.
Hello.
- Hello… - Nina, this is me.
I’ll be home a little bit later today, Seems, we have a meeting.
Listen, it's indecent - he’s waiting for you 2 hours.
You promised to take him to Dostoyevsky’s places.
Damn! I plumb forgot it… Tell him, I’m coming!
- Where are you? - I told you, at the meeting.
But your meetings are on Thursday…
I’ll come home and explain. OK then, they’re knocking already.
- Where? AT the meeting? - OK then, later…
- Young man… - Me?!
You forgot your flowers.
Many thanks.
Flowers, validol, corvalol.
I gotta go. Hansen’s waiting for me.
What about the button?
Alla, it doesn’t looks very good. He’s waiting for me 2 hours.
I’ll be quick, you can eat meanwhile.
- Why have you got up? - ‘Cos you’re hungry.
Andrey,
Who does your daughter look like?
Like you or… like her?
Like nobody…
She dropped out of institute.
Doesn’t come to see us.
Her husband is a kind of a blockhead.
I try to communicate with him, but get no response.
You see,
if we had...
He would respect you...
OK, OK, I'm silent. Eat.
- Yes? - May I?
- Of course, Kolya. - How are you, heart case?
Much better.
- Hello, Andrey Pavlovich. - Hello, Nikolay Afanasievich.
Look, what she made to herself. That's all nerves, nerves.
Yes, nerves.
Kolya, let Andrey Pavlovich eat, he's in a hurry.
He's waited by professor from Denmark.
- Keep eating. - Thanks.
Andrey Pavlovich helps him to translate Dostoyevsky.
So you also know Danish?
Not that much, basic language is English.
Don't you think that eating Andrey Pavlovich looks like a rabbit?
Why are you so? Just a normal person.
Alla...
The point I've come is...
I just thought
that it'll be all over with your ordeal,
- you'll get hitched up. - Why are talking about it?
Andrey Pavlovich, maybe I'm talking too much?
Why too much... No.
You want you to know, Andrey Pavlovich,
that her father and I were very close friends,
so now he's gone and I'm like instead of her father.
Right?
I wouldn't interfere. Every one is his own master.
- Kolya, I beg you! - Wait a moment,
I'm coming to the point.
So I'm talking about
when you make a decision I'll move to the country
and my room will be all yours.
So all the apartment will be yours.
Oh my goodness! What's the fantastic notion!
I said it.
Pardon me!
- I won't disturb you anymore. - Have a good day.
Andrey, I'm so sorry about that.
You know, I can't tell him, that you...
- Well... - I see.
So, do I go?
Go!
I'm gone.
Take your jacket off.
- Why? - 'Cos I'm asking you.
Turn around.
Don't look!
Your hands...
Take a look!
- You like it? - Pretty good!
Thanks.
Why are you starring so?
I want you to be fashionable.
That's all! Go now.
Alla,
may I leave it here, otherwise...
I'll come home... And what will I say?
- Are you hurt? - Nope.
I do understand that you can do nothing there,
but you can do anything here!
Go, go!
I won't go!
Go, they're waiting for you!
Can't I see a sick person? I've got no right?
I don't know about your rights and don't wanna know!
- I'm gonna call and say I'll be late. - And not loud please.
'Cos Kolya doesn't know that you're married.
Are you going to bathroom?
Go ahead, feel free.
Thanks.
Andrey Pavlovich,
if you wanna wash your hands, there is a clean towel.
Thanks.
Andrey!
This is Yevdokimov's jacket.
It's too little for him, I took. May it'll fit Victor...
- Where have you been? - Me?
At Yevdokimov's.
It was his birthday.
I did call you and wanted to tell where I was...
But the phone couldn't connect.
And then I couldn't hail that damn taxi.
Then the drawbridges were opened. Why? Neva is nearly frozen.
Andrey, go to sleep.
I laid you there
on the sofa.
This jacket... I'll put it in the piano.
Lena and Victor will come, start playing
but no sound. What's up? They'll open the piano
and there is surprise...
No one needs me.
What?
No one.
Nina...
A man went to a birthday party of his institute friend.
- So what's the problem? - Don't. I called there.
- Where? - To Yevdokimov.
It's so terrible when no one needs you.
It's not true - I need you, Lena needs you.
- No... - Every one needs you, your job does.
No, even Lena doesn't need me.
I bought some curtains for them, wanted to hang them up.
They turned me out and said that they have their own style.
- I just bother everybody. - Nina!
I wasn't at Yevdokimov's...
Where then?
It's hard to say all that.
Well, come on, man...
say it.
It's hard now, later it'll easier!
For every one.
I was in the sobering-up center.
They gave you this over there?
I told you, this is Yevdokimov's jacket.
- He bought it. - May I?
Sure.
This way!
Daddy! What a guest!
Lena, how you're clad in such a cold weather.
I'd catch cold.
Mama did her best on choosing the curtains. And you?
Why should I hang those things up that I don't like.
'Cos you shouldn't be such an egoist.
You shouldn't just take, you should to give as well!
So I do give. Take it.
Lena, stop playing the fool.
Hang up the curtains and go back to your institute.
Ain't you sorry for mom?
- Look what you're doing to her. - Maybe it's not me?
- Who else? - You.
- Yermakova. - Yes.
This is for you.
- Alla! - Yes, my dear!
I won't be able to come to you.
Why?
Well, such things...
Come to me after these things.
It'll be too late.
OK then, they’re knocking already.
I'll call you back.
- Andrey! - What?
One, two, in, one, two, out.
- Hello Nina. - Hello Bill.
A little mess.
I decided to change wallpaper.
It's dark here.
Nice.
Very nice.
Why are you so sadly and reproachfully
looking at me, baby?
You think it was so easy to treat you so cowardly...
“Hey buddy.” he said to Smith
and was running from him and then ran away.
Well, Lifanov...
Excuse me, but I suppose that this is word-for-word,
- not a translation. - I'm looking for new forms.
I'm afraid that this is not new forms
but just a simply laxity.
Here you wrote: “was running” and then: “ran away”.
Couldn't you think of something else?
Please, I'm asking you to think of words
close to “run away”.
Rush.
- Escape! - Flee!
- Scram! - Scram...
Good.
How exactly to scram?
Now you, Lifanov.
- Quick... - Quick!
- What else? - Well... quick.
Quick.
Kovalyov?
Nip and tuck, in full sail, at full speed.
- Selyanina? - Full fling.
- Ilyinskaya? - No looking back!
- C'mon, Natasha. - Head over heels!
Alla.
Hello!
Andrey, have you deserted me?
You see, I am so snowed under...
My job, institute, Hansen.
But you could call me up.
Because I'm sitting
around a phone for a whole week
and waiting for your call.
Andrey Pavlovich, I can give you a lift.
No, thanks!
- Hello. - Hello.
Is she our student?
Not yours.
Well.
Good luck!
Thanks, goodbye!
Alla!
- Alla, well... - Well, Andrey.
- Let's talk. - Andrey, well, you're...
You're like that owner that was so sorry for his dog
and cut its tail piece by piece. It was very painfully. Don't...
Alla...
Alla, you got it all wrong way.
Wait, let me explain after all.
Andrey, don't, please.
Give my best regards to Nina!
Are you blind or what? Don't you see I'm driving?
Forgive me please! I didn't see.
What if I'd run you over? Would I go to jail?
- It's my bad. Forgive me. - Andrey!
What did he do to you?
- Oh my gosh, ran over? - It was me who ran into him.
- Shake your head! Feel sick? - You see...
No... I was thinking all the time.
- Hey you, come here! - What's up?
- Come here! - Where?
- You don't interfere. - Why not?
- Wait, Andrey, take it easy. - Here is a dent. What do we do?
- To planish, to dye. 10 rubles. - What to do?
- Give me 10 rubles! - No! How could he get here by head?
Like a deer! That's how he got in!
You know what, deer? Run away before I call the police.
You ran a person over and raise a fuss?!
You, go away, coquette, or I'll kick you so...
What are you doing?
What are you doing?!
He did it!
It means you punched me first?!
That's good.
- Please don't. - Girl, go away, I beg you!
- He won't anymore. - Alla, don't . I'll myself.
- Don't! - What are you doing?!
Somebody, help!
- Alla, I'll myself. - He ran a man over and beats now.
- Hey, men! - Yes, m'am!
Not this one! Why are you breaking hands? He's hurt!
- This one got into. - But that one ran over.
This on! I saw! They drive like mad.
- Let him go! - Idiot!
- Hey, are you crazy? - This one?
Call the police.
- Yes? - Buzykin, don't be surprised,
I guessed where you were.
- Everything's right? Reconciled? - Yes.
You'll be laughing but they didn't take.
They said: it doesn't correspond with stylistics.
I can't consider anything.
Come, Buzykin, I'm so bad.
Sorry, but now I can't.
- Then later. - And later I can't either...
Then that's all, I'm dead.
She hung up.
What did she want from you, this Thumbelina?
- She wanted me to help her. - So what did you say?
- I said I couldn't. - That's right!
You can't sweat her guts out all your life.
She's not that bad. Just odd.
She was fired from the institute all the times.
Odd like you?
- How do you like it? - Nice!
What is nice?
This...
What an observant you are. I did sew a new skirt!
- She sews. - Yes!
- And cooks. - Yes!
- And types. - Yes.
- And washes. - Yes!
And saves.
And tortures...
and loves. Where else would you find the same like me!
Nowhere!
That's all! My time has come.
No, I had to go to house office.
They wanted me to give them a lecture.
- What's up to you? - Nothing.
I'll go to nowhere and I'm not even intending.
Andrey! Can I ask you to give me a favour?
It's not about a baby. Don't worry.
Can you present me this damn watch?
Be my guest.
And from now on
no one will never hear
its damned churr anymore.
Zhenya!
- Why don't you say hello? - I didn't see you.
I saw. You took a look right in my eyes.
Andrey, meet.
- This is Ptashuk. - Nice to meet you. I'm Buzykin.
This Andrey Pavlovich.
I read his poetry at Valya's cottage.
- It's not my poetry, but translation. - What a difference? Words are yours.
We've just been at a cafe.
Really?
- So I've gotta go. - Go, go.
- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
Andrey!
- What's? - Why don't you wear my jacket?
I would wear it out upon wearing it at my job.
Such a wonderful thing.
Just wear it out. You'll think about me more often.
- Wear it tomorrow. - I will.
You know why he didn't say hello to me?
- Why? - 'Cos he's in love with me.
- Really? - Yes.
He called me a couple of times and invited to a theater.
- And you? - I didn't go.
- Why? - 'Cos I'm one-man woman.
Unfortunately.
What does she live for? I don't understand.
Who?
- Varya. - Who is Varya?
Varvara Nikitichna.
The only one her story was published his year.
Hardly.
Due to your help.
She'd better go working at travel agency
as a guide.
Andrey!
You'd better go and help her instead of to rack yourself.
- Will I leave you here all alone? - What's the problem, I'm not a child.
- No. - Go, go.
OK, let's do the following: you go the movie
and I go to Varvara and translate a few phrases for her.
And after the movie I'll be waiting for you around the poster.
Agree?
Is it so bad?
Why? No.
you did cut everything out.
Just some small things.
For example, “she-goat shouted in inhuman voice”.
I couldn't leave it.
In what voice then?
In no voice
She just shouted.
Tell me, Buzykin,
Maybe I'm untalented?
- Am I? - No.
Whose translations are better - mine or Shitova's?
- Of course yours! - Why the...
- Hello! - Varvara Nikitichna?
Just a second.
Damn.
Salute!
No, he's gone home.
Not at all, my dear.
Buzykin, want a shot?
Nope.
I like it when I'm working.
A shot in the arm.
Buzykin, are you crazy? You started all over?
Why?
- This good for nothing. - For you nothing, for me all.
Sweety, the time is half after 12 but we've got tons of work.
- How could it be half after 12? - Just like this. Just 20 mins to 1.
That's all! I'm dead.
- Alla's waiting for me. - She's not.
She called. I said that you went home long ago.
- Why? - Because!
I'm sorry for this little fool.
You'll fool her around until she's 40 and leave,
like my Volodya left me.
Alla! It's me. When you called up here
she said that I was not here, but I was here and I'm still here now,
I gave my watch to you...
She hung up.
- Hello. - Nina, it's me.
Listen, I've been at Varvara's, but now, while I've been running
they opened drawbridges...
You ready?
Ready!
Andrey! Tempo, tempo.
Damn you.
- Andrey? - Yes?
One little question. How's better to translate it?
Here, chapter 12.
Sorry, Bill.
It's Thursday.
Hello Vasily Ignatievich!
Ventured refurbishment?
A little mess.
This is Vasily Ignatievich, this is Mr. Hansen,
professor from Denamrk.
- Kharitonov. - Bill.
- Does he understand Russian? - He does.
I understand but not that much.
Came into the Soviet Union?
- Yes, I did. - For how long?
For a long time, but will leave in a while.
I've got day off today as well.
We work on Saturday.
And have day off on Thursday.
Well, Vasiliy Ignatievich,
we're working.
OK then.
We should celebrate the meeting.
We pass, we're working.
It won't prevent you from working.
Russian vodka!
Vodka! They like it.
We'd better take off the papers from the table.
So let's take it!
Put it down...
Vasily Ignatievich, where did you buy this jacket?
I found it! It was on the yard.
Are these foreign jackets
being thrown out away?
No.
This is pure cotton. It's expensive.
But here it was thrown away.
The sleeve was torn a little and they thrown it away.
Vasily Ignatievich, sell me it - it's too small for you anyway.
Andrey, I can't. Sorry - I can't.
I'd give to you for nothing but my wife saw it
she'd think that I ruined through drinking.
Sit down.
Vasily Ignatievich, let's postpone.
- But, Andrey... - We've got no time, really.
Andrey, you're wasting the time yourself.
Andrey, sit down please.
Professor, sit down you too.
Sit down, Bill.
Well? For professor!
- For your health. - Thank you.
Andrey, why he's not drinking?
Wine is bad in the morning.
Just per 150, just a formality.
Drink it Bill, he'll force anyway. Just try a little.
For your health!
No, you can't.
The person for whom they said the toast should drink it down.
I don't understand.
I drank for you.
It means that you're the person.
I drank it down and you...
drink it down. This is our custom.
- Vasily Ignatievich... - Thanks, I won't.
Vasily Ignatievich, leave him! Don't push at him.
You see he doesn't use to. Did I drink?
No, all people all over the world should drink with him.
Professor, I'll be hurt...
That's good then.
Stop! I won't drink anymore.
- I've gotta work. - Pour out back, Andrey?
What does he think about us?
OK, just know this is the last.
- For our health! - For our health!
- For your health!
That one who said a toast drinks it down.
- Bill, I'm gone, I've gotta work. - Wait. What are you doing?
It's not a kinda of our custom, Andrey, you have to sit now.
It's ok.
It's good to be sitting this way!
I've picked up a full basket of mushrooms in the morning.
And you Andrey, was sleeping, lazybones.
You should go for mushrooms.
You'd buy half a liter, fill out a shot and a mushroom...
Just one!
And your wife doesn't go for mushrooms.
I'm telling you: this is bad...
He teaches his wife bad way.
I tell you, Andrey...
Do you have mushrooms forests
abroad?
Abroad there are no mushroom forests.
Mushroom forests are everywhere.
This is...
- It doesn't go. - OK then, you shouldn't rush,
we'll get something instead of.
But I don't know what we should do with Scofield?
We'll have all the same.
No, Georgy Nikolaevich, Scofield is up to me.
I'm begging you...
- on my knees. - OK, I'll think about it.
Yes!
Buzykin, I re-typed and now everything's fine.
Listen.
“The Sad Life of Cheater.
The ground was disorderly covered with litter, ugly.
Canned food, scraps of newspapers,
bundles were scattered over the ground.
Ropes were hanging between
black lopsided posts.
The gray washing was hanging on them.
An old man in white clothes...
Stop twaddle!
Do you have rubber boots? I'll give them to Bill.
- What boots? What for? - We're going to mushrooms forest.
- What are the mushrooms? - He lived and didn't see it!
He'll have a lot to tell upon coming back.
No, c'mon, brers, you may do what ever you want but I can't.
There and back, that's it.
That's it...
How do you like our nature?
Yes, very much!
Would you like to rest
for a couple of days at the fresh air?
I'd like, yes!
- I can organize it. - Thank you.
I've got a friend in sanatorium.
He's head doctor.
Sanatorium for consumptives, but it's not dangerous.
The doctors work there and it's ok.
Tell me when.
Thanks. I'm so busy right now.
If it's possible during my next arrival.
It's possible. Then you'll let me know
- through Andrey. - All right.
Andrey,
if you you to, I can organize it for you too.
- No... - Bad for you.
It's not that forest, it's not.
The schmendriks came here in their cars.
and picked up all the mushrooms.
Professor, do you have a car?
Yes, I do.
I told you Andrey. You should buy a car.
We'd come here in your car now.
But with what money?
That's it. The forest is over
Let's go home!
There is a grove over there!
There must be a lot of orange-cap boletuses.
- First go there and then go home. - No, you can do whatever, I go home.
- Professor, you wanna go home? - No, I don't
Me either. We don't let you go.
- Let's go! - Wait!
What does it mean “don't let you go”?
You wanna pick up mushrooms. Right?
So pick 'em up! But I don't want to.
Don't wanna pick 'em up - don't, just walk then. Let's go.
Vasily Ignatievich, I told you that I don't want to pick 'em up.
But you don't respond. Like I'm not here.
Andrey, you came here along with us? You'll leave along with us.
Let's go Bill, let's go!
Wait!
Vasily Ignatievich, you're a strong-willed man.
You Bill, are also a strong-willed.
But I am a strong-willed man as well and no one can push at me.
I ask you to be used to this thought.
Good luck and enjoy!
It was too fast, I didn't get him.
- A key! - What key?
From my apartment!
Here.
Thanks.
Thank you very much.
Why?
'Cos I told him everything.
Why?
I was tired of lie.
Alla...
- I really was at Varvara's. - Andrey, you know what?
You'd lie in some only place.
'Cos you lie there and here... It's very difficult.
Stop typing at least when I'm talking to you.
Andrey Pavlovich, excuse me. I'm working and get paid for that.
Alla, you know I can also be offended. So then what?
Then?
Then you'll live at ease with your Nina.
I'll get married as well.
Whom to?
To Ptashuk, for instance.
Well...
If you'll be happy I'd be glad.
Would you?
Then I'll do my best for your sake...
Andrey, you'd better go away right now.
Go away please. I can't see you anymore, go away.
Or I'll throw myself out the window, really.
See you.
To the contrary, Alla,
let's don't make a decision in a rush.
I'm so tired now and my head’s all screwed up.
Tomorrow at 7 I'll be at your place.
I'll think all about and we'll make the final decision.
Stop!
Have a rest. I'll be right back.
I'll be right back.
Here's the householder.
Daddy, where have you been?
- Hello, Andrey Pavlovich. - Hello.
I played chess in the boulevard.
Hello, Victor.
- Is he gonna sit the way for 40 mins? - No, Gans should come.
They depart.
Where to?
To the island of Zhokhov, 8th station.
- Where is this island of Zhokhov? - Not far from the North Pole.
Are they kidding?
No, they are not.
Their hydrologist fell ill.
- So they offered his job to me. - We've a flight for tomorrow.
Do you let them go?
No, I don't let you go.
Daddy. We've got the tickets already and we signed the contract.
Just for 2 years. When we come back you'll finish the refurbishment.
- Just for 2 years. - Lena, you asked - here, Gans.
They're going to crack safe.
Hold on with your Gans.
Now we're gonna record you.
OK. Sit next to each other.
Dad, sit closer to mom.
Sing.
- Maybe to dance of joy? - This is to remember, Nina.
We record everybody and will listen it there.
Start, please.
Why're you standing swinging...
Stop, stop!
You're like at a funeral. Sing something more jolly.
I don't know...
We ride, ride , ride
To the distant lands...
We've got jolly neighbours,
We've got jolly friends.
Tra-ta-ta, tra-ta-ta,
We're carrying our cat...
- Hello! - Alla, did I wake you up?
No.
You see, the thing is
that Lena and Victor will fly away tomorrow.
For 2 years.
So that I won't be able to come to you.
- Can you hear me. - Yes.
And you've just known about it?
You know, all turned out so odd.
- I'll lead them and call you then. - No,
You won't call me anymore.
Andrey!
Andrey...
- What? - I forgot a juicer.
- It's in the cupboard in the kitchen. - Why do they need a juicer?
Why do they need a juicer there?
They'll squeeze juice. Vitamins...
All right!
May I?
Hello, Andrey Pavlovich! I'm up to you.
- Come in. - I'm just for a second.
Here, they asked to give it to you.
And one more thing...
- Excuse me. - Sure.
Yes?
Mr. Buzykin, this is from house office.
Just wanted to remind you that today you give a lecture at 19:00.
- What's the lecture? - Overall review, you promised.
Yes, indeed.
- I'll be there. - See you then.
Excuse me please
but I should to pack up things.
Andrey Pavlovich, Alla asked to tell you
That you wouldn't come to her anymore.
An odd mission.
I'm sorry.
Hello!
May I?
- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
- Who's that? - Ptashuk.
Form the police?
No.
- She's home? - She's gone.
Andrey, a trouble... They picked up Bill to the sobering-up center.
Why?
Yesterday after mushrooms we had a dinner - it wasn't enough,
To liquor store - it wasn't enough.
We rode one more time and there was the police.
I told them that this was a professor from Denmark.
They roared with laughter.
He was dressed in quilted jacket, I gave him my quilted jacket.
Where is he now?
At “5th”. Here, around the maternity consulting center.
Andrey, run.
- It works until 9. - No, I can't now.
Nina went to her job
- to take a day off. - Andrey!
- I should pack up all... - Andrey!
- I'll go after coming back.
I'm telling: at 9 they'll re-register him.
He'll get 15 days and they'll send a paper to my working place.
- Who made him drunk - Kharitonov! - All right then.
- And you, Andrey! - OK, I'm going.
If they'd ask something about me, say that... you know.
Andreay, I've gotta go, they brought tubes...
You'd better change your clothes, they could think you're the same.
- Last name? - Hansen.
- First name? - Bill.
2 “L's”
Middle name?
I don't know...
Don't you know you middle name?
This is not mine, but his.
- I'm asking yours. - Why mine?
He's got no certificate. Who should pay the penalty?
Buzykin, Andrey Pavlovich was born in 1933.
Lieutenant, could you please faster. My daughter has a flight at 11.
Name?
He's not here. He didn't sleep last night.
- It's him. - It's me.
Me.
Please faster, the taxi is waiting for me downstairs.
- I can't recognize him! - Thanks.
- Let's go. - There were a lot of new words...
- Yes, probably. - I remembered.
- This could be interesting. - Yes, sure.
Please.
Andrey, am I alchy?
Alchy, alchy.
- Andrey, are you a triper? - Triper, triper.
Well, Bill,
Now you should take a bath and go to bed.
I've gotta run.
- Andrey! - What?
It's good to be sitting this way!
May I ask?
- Has the flight to Anderma flew away? - I don't know, the boarding is over.
- Where do I go? - Over there, the lounge No 1.
Well now we're all alone.
Not we, but me.
And me.
Don't Andrey.
Probably it seems to you that Lena left
and I'm so lonesome, unhappy now.
And you should look after me, to be around.
But everything is vice versa.
I groveled and fought for you all the time
'cos didn't want to hurt Lena.
Now you're absolutely free and can live the way you want to.
Honestly it'd be better for me if you quit.
You know I began to be afraid of you,
I'm thinking all the time: “He'll lie again now”.
I can go crazy about it.
After all I would also be free.
I've got everything there
in past...
But now it's all over.
Nina.
Well,
forgive me please
Nina
I'm so sorry...
At last today you could come in time, she was waiting for you so,
all the time she asked “where's father?”
I was held in the sobering-up center -
where was I born, when - as if it might have any meaning.
- Stop the bus please. - No, please don't.
Wait - I'm not talking that it's me who was in the sobering-up center.
- What are you talking then? - This is Hansen who was there.
Please stop the bus, I need to go out.
Nina!
- Don't touch me. - I really was in sobering-up center.
- I swear by Lena. - You swear by Lena
when they're there in the air.
To the city please.
Buzykin, why do you lame? What has happened?
Nevermind.
Listen, I understanding that this is an idiocy,
- you know, what Verigin told me? - What?
He told that my translations are better than yours.
- This is hilariou . - My congrats.
- You know why did I come? - Why?
Have you been assigned for Scofield in the plan?
Yes.
Well... he gave it to me.
I wanna know what you think about all that.
I'm very glad.
I knew it!
Buzykin, do you have conscience?
The first time in my life I got something important.
Should I go and reject it?
What do you want from me? He gave - you translate.
I don't wanna you to think that this is rudeness.
Buzykin, it's very important for me.
OK, it's not rudeness.
Buzykin, have you already started?
Maybe you have some drafts?
Maybe you could give them to me, Buzykin?
Don't you wanna me to wash your floor? I will, just whistle!
- Good day, Andrey. - Hello!
- ...and without any complications. - I got it.
Hi Buzykin.
I don't give you a hand.
- Hello! - Hello!
- Are you crazy or what? Why? - Because.
It doesn't go to you. Remember it.
I'm telling you, Shershavnikov,
for future - don't put yourself in the stupid position.
- Have a good day! - Have a good day!
- What's up with him? - I don't understand.
Andrey Pavlovich!
Would you give me a pass, or they don't give me a grant.
I'll pass, just get free a little and pass.
The charter of translators, Lifanov,
says that translation should help people to
understand each other in the present time.
But you with your bubbling
will be just prevent.
And at all...
All, take into consideration:
from now on nobody'll get any indulgence.
Andrey!
Maybe you'll change your mind?
You lived together 20 years.
No.
I'll be right back.
- Can I help you? - What's there - only 2 shirts?
Andrey! I'm gone.
I save you from parting with lovely words. Farewell!
Evdokimov!
- What? - I'm not coming.
- You're lucky. She's gone. - What?
She's gone herself.
- Live alone! See you! - All right.
Damn!
Andrey,
what are you doing?
Have a rest.
And the door is opened.
- Yes? - Andrey,
the house where I slept - how it's called?
- Sobbing… erring-up center? - Sobering-up center.
- Sobering-up center? - Yes, sobering-up center.
- Thanks you. - You're welcome.
I'm listening to you.
- Did you go? - I did!
Did they release him?
They did.
Didn't they say anything about me?
They did.
What did they say?
They said that you mix
port and vodka.
So what?
- Why do they care? - I dunno.
They said.
It was just less then half a bottle...
- Grandpa. - What?
Go home, grandma's calling you, right now!
You see, they informed her already...
You told him, but he: “cocktail, cocktail”...
Shaggy hippie.
Yes?
Hello, it's me.
Did you call me?
Yes!
Did you decide anything?
Yes.
Well?
Yes.
Our phone was broken...
But now I've got own at my room.
Listen!
Andrey...
Is it true that... it's all over there?
Yes.
Hey, hello!
Where are you there?
I'm here.
Well?
When will we meet?
I'm noting.
Tomorrow, meeting at 7.
Andrey!
You ready?
Ready.
Cast:
Oleg Basilashvili
Natalia Gundareva
Marina Neyolova
Evgeny Leonov
Norbert Kukhinke
Nikolay Kryuchkov
Galina Volchek
Translated by Sivtsev Vrazhek