Kateryna Kovalchuk
Mikhail Gavrilov
Aleksey Yarovenko
Ksenia Mishina
Stanislav Boklan
Yulia Aug
Olga Sumskaya
Olesya Zhurakovskaya
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LOVE IN CHAINS
You know, Katya, what people miss most at war?
-No. -Love. Love and mercy.
You could give me some love.
Don’t touch me!
Look at you! You’re like an untamed horse.
Come on.
Katya.
Goddamn it.
Open, quick! I brought you water to wash your face.
A dessert gets sweeter when you have to wait for it.
Are you asleep there? What is...
What? Why are you yelling?
Do you want to wake up everybody? Get way!
What is Grigoriy Petrovich doing here so late?
He came to say good night.
Baby... I’m an old woman.
I know all about young masters’ goodnights.
Did he try to seduce you? Katya?
Goddamn him. I’ll tell the mistress.
I don’t want to disturb her this late, but I’ll tell her tomorrow.
No, Mom Pavlusia, don’t. It’s all my fault.
Maybe I gave him a reason. Maybe I was smiling too much.
I was the one who let him in. Yes, it is my fault.
If my godmother finds out, I’ll die. No. I’ll be more careful.
I’ll lock my door for the night.
Better pour me the water.
You’re such a child.
I know him and his father through and through.
They are ladies’ men! They don’t need any reason.
They already have one - ants in their pants.
Everything will be Fine, Pavlina.
He won’t stop. He’s a spoiled brat.
If he takes something into his head, he’ll get it or die trying.
Pavlusia, don’t worry. I can take care of myself.
My godmother has a weak heart, and you know it.
Promise you won’t tell her.
All right.
Just be careful.
Lock the door behind me.
Good night, Pavlusia.
Good night.
Tanya, look. Who is there?
Someone. Looks like he’s wearing a tunic.
It’s our Aleksey Fyodorovych.
Svirid, go tell the mistress young master is here.
Aleksey Fyodorovych, our treasure! He’s here!
Hello, Grandpa Yukhim. How are you?
I thought I’d be dead by Christmas. But then I decided: no way.
I have to wait for Aleksey Fyodorovych. Then I can die.
Don’t even think about it. Did you think it would make me happy?
Better tell me, is there still fish in the pond?
Why wouldn’t it be?
Get your fishing rods ready. We’ll go fishing.
-Of course we will. -Goodbye.
Come on, Aleksey Fyodorovych, my dear.
God bless you. He’s back!
I don’t think I’ll stay for long.
I’ll have some rest, spend some time with you,
and go back to the capital.
That’s where the real life is.
Good morning.
-Good morning. -Good morning, Father.
I’m glad you’re up already. I thought I’d have to wake you up.
Have your breakfast, and let me show you around.
It’s spring! There is so much to do. We need to be in the fields.
I apologize, Father, but I’m not going to any fields.
I know nothing about such things. Why go?
Besides, I was invited to the Shefers. I need to get ready.
Get ready? You’re not a girl. You don’t need to curl your hair.
I can’t appear in public as a country bumpkin, either.
Pyotr Ivanovich, your newspaper.
I must say, the finest townspeople come to Lida Shefer’s parties.
They said it was urgent and for your eyes only.
And their daughters.
Mother, let’s not beat around the bushes.
Are you planning to find me a match? Don’t waste your time.
I’m not interested in local fair ladies.
Grisha, is something wrong?
It’s from my comrade in arms. He was injured, like myself.
They thought he’d die, but he survived.
He had been in the hospital for a long time.
His mother wouldn’t answer his letters.
Now he came home and found out she had died from a heart attack.
Someone had told her by mistake that he was killed. But he wasn’t.
Father, I almost forgot. I need money.
What for?
What for? A new good suit.
Are you going to be a beggar? Do you think your medals will help?
You came to the wrong address. I don’t give away alms.
Vasilina, which of my gowns do you like most?
Let’s swap it for any of yours.
What do you mean.
All right, look. You can take any one you like.
In exchange, you’ll bring me one of yours. Any one you can spare.
Where would I wear it to? I’ll just give you one of mine.
No, it won’t do.
Maybe one day you’ll find use for it.
Will you bring me yours?
Yes.
Mother, why the hell would I stay here? I’m leaving.
Grisha, what are you saying? He is quick-tempered.
He has short fuse. It’s just who he is.
If my own father grudges me a piece of bread...
He can wear the same clothes for five years. I can’t.
I’m Grigoriy Chervinsky. I’m not some threepenny paper pusher.
-I need to have some spare money. -You’re right, Grisha.
I’ll give you the money. It’s not much, but still.
Here, 200 rubles. The rest is with your father’s.
Mother, I won’t take money from you.
Kitty, what is it? What are you wearing?
Get changed immediately.
Godmother, let me wear it.
What a strange idea! It’s awful.
Mother, leave her. Kitty looks even better in it.
I don’t think so. Kitty, there is no time for reading today.
Go back to your room and make yourself presentable.
Aleksey Fyodorovich, my dear! You’re back! You’re alive!
Thanks to your prayers, nanny.
I kept asking Our Lady for you, and She heard me.
You became such a handsome man! So tall, and the shoulders!
-The girls won’t be able to refuse you. -What are you saying?
-Alyosha is back! -Alyosha, brother!
-Alyosha! -Alyosha!
Marie, you are so pretty. And you, Vasya, are a big boy now.
Mother.
Son, let’s go inside. Come on.
I can’t believe it. Finally, I’m home.
We waited for you so eagerly. You can’t imagine!
Look how big you are! A spitting image of your father.
You must be hungry after your travels. Tell them to set the table.
Aleksey Fyodorovich is hungry.
Mother, I don’t want to eat. I want to see Natalya Aleksandrovna.
-Natalie? -Yes.
Your hopes were in vain. Nothing has changed in all these years.
I still love her.
Yes. Lidiya Shefer is giving a party today for the war heroes.
I have already sent a message to her.
Lidia expects you. I’m sure Natalie will be there, too.
Please stay with us. We’ve been waiting for so long.
You’re right, Mother. I’ll go to the Shefers tonight.
Galya, please give me a spoonful of honey.
One spoonful? In a moment.
Yes, Miss.
Is she a lady?
Get out of here!
She can wipe it herself.
Quick.
I said move it!
You lazy boy. What did the master pay so much for?
Since when have you become a blacksmith, Mr. Steward?
Are you going to teach me? I’ve been doing ot since I was a kid.
Nobody knows better than me when to hurry up and when to slow down.
Are you getting fresh with me?
Shut your trap! Move it.
Nobody ever whipped me.
Not a gentleman, not a half-gent.
Are you a rebel? I’ll make you weep blood.
Hey, you! Here, quick.
I’ll show you who is half-gent here.
Nobody whipped you, you say? Get him!
Get him to the pole.
Galia, you stupid girl! May your hands wither... Did you burn it?
Why Galia? Why me? It wasn’t my fault.
What are you doing here? Do you have nothing to do?
Go to the henhouse and kill the red hen.
Vasilina, go to milady. Ask if she need something. Move it!
What was it supposed to be?
Cream puffs with honey.
You know what, baby.
You should play the piano for the gentlemen and paint still life.
Leave the cooking to me.
Now, now. Forget those cream puffs.
You could have told me you wanted a dessert.
It’s not for me, Pavlusia. It was for Anna Lvovna.
We didn’t even read this morning.
I started her portrait, and now I don’t know when I’ll finish it.
Before, I always had something to do. Now I don’t know what to do with myself.
Milady was upset with me this morning. I wanted to do something nice for her.
Well, darling.
Her son has come back to her. She hasn’t got time for you.
Milady wants you in the parlor. She said to hurry up.
I’m at your service, Godm-- Milady.
How many times did I tell you? I’m your godmother, not milady.
Yes, Godmother.
Natalya Aleksandrovna needs someone on the piano to accompany her.
She insists that I sent you.
Natalie is going to sing the latest lieder at the Shefer ball tonight.
Go immediately. I’ve made the arrangements.
The carriage will be ready for you.
Yes, Godmother. Will I see you again tonight?
At what time do you want me back?
I want to spend the day with my darling son.
Stay with Natalie for as long as she needs you. Go.
I’ll whip you to death! I’ll whip the flesh off your bones.
Everybody look! Everyone!
The ones who avert their eyes will stand next to him.
As the Holy Bible says, spare the rod and spoil the child.
Remember this! Any disobedience will be punished.
Stay!
I said everybody must watch. Do you want to share the whip with him?
Yakov Yefimovich, I’m needed in the kitchen.
I need to start dinner.
So, Alyosha, we had a hard time while you were away.
I work day and night, but still there is no money.
It’s hard to be a widow. Harder still when you have young children.
Thank you.
If not for Lidiya Ivanovna, we wouldn’t survive.
Wouldn’t you?
This isn’t funny. I was prepared to mortgage the estate.
Lidia Ivanovna helped us with words, actions, and money.
When our scheming steward escaped, she found us a new one.
She is paying him herself. I don’t know.
I don’t think you can find a better match. She is pretty and rich.
More importantly, she loves you.
Mother, I didn’t expect you to intrude into my personal life.
I will never marry Mlle Shefer, because my heart belongs to Natalie.
-You know it very well. -Alyosha, please. That’s not what I meant.
That’s exactly what you meant. You want me to pay for your debts.
What? How could you? I would never! Do you hear me?
I’d never even dreamed of that.
Mother. Please forgive my expansiveness.
Alyosha, son. I want only the best for you.
Bird in hand...
I will decide my own fate.
And I pay your debts to your bird as soon as I settle our affairs.
What happened?
Yakov Yefimovich punished the new blacksmith.
God. Wait!
What did he punish him for?
Does Yasha need a reason? Just a bee in his bonnet.
Water...
Wait.
Here.
Katerina, go. Good luck.
Come on! Go!
Thank you.
Godspeed.
Come on, go.
Father, I...
Fathers are in church.
Daddy, allow me...
Are you going to ask me for money? I won’t give you any. Save your breath.
It’s not about money. Father...
What is it, then?
I was wrong this morning. I’m sorry.
God will forgive you.
Father, I want to help you in everything.
-What made you change your mind? -I didn’t change it.
I’m just like you, no matter if you want it or not.
I’m your son, as hot-tempered and stubborn as you are.
But you’ve made me sober up.
Now I realize you and Mother are all I have.
The land, the estate. Our roots, our past.
It’s what I call my own. It’s real.
This is something I really love.
Come on. I forgive you. I was young one day, too.
This is my duty and heart’s desire, helping you in every sense.
I’d like to know everything there is to know.
This is a man’s words.
Natalya Aleksandrovna, you sing beautifully.
I am in doubt, Kitty. The music is beautiful, but the words!
How can a man not return a lady’s love?
I think it happens.
No, my dear, this is how it happens.
You send them a smile, and they fall in love,
send you letters, flowers, and poems.
You are already tired of all this attention,
but he keeps moping around.
Men must love you so much. You are so beautiful.
Natalya Aleksandrovna, if we are finished, can I go home?
So soon? Have I bored you already?
No, of course not. It’s just...
I’m scared of driving past that old mill.
People say things.
Many years ago, a miller used to live there.
Girls loved him very much.
Even the wild forest mavka fell in love with him.
But the miller didn’t answer her feelings. His heart belonged to another.
So she caught the girl when she was alone and drowned her.
I don’t believe in curses and ghosts.
All right, dear. I’ll let you go when it’s still daylight, I promise.
But there’s still time till sunset. Please stay a little longer.
Will you? Also, Orysia wanted to ask you something. Right, Orysia?
Your master bought a blacksmith. Nazar. Have you seen him?
Yes. He’s getting settled in.
Our steward is giving him a hard time, though.
Yakov is very strict.
Miss, the seamstress brought your new dress.
Will you try it on?
Of course. We’ll find something for Kitty, too.
Come on, Kitty. We’ll make you look like a princess.
If God grants us good weather, the crops will be great.
Let’s hope so. I like it when everything goes well.
Goodbye, Fedor.
Milord, I have a request.
I’d like to get one more land plot, if you don’t mind.
You crook! These people! Everyone wants to grab something.
Do you realize you’d have to pay double tax then?
I don’t mind it, sir.
I’m going to give my daughter in marriage to Omelko,
son of Ivan Honchar in Poddubovka, this fall.
Fedor, are you sure you can cope with two fields?
Please help us out, sir.
I’ll have some rest after the wedding.
All right, Fedor. Yakov, give him the field over Sukhy Gay.
Fedor Prichepa, the lot at Sukhy Gay...
Thank you, sir.
-Don’t worry about my taxes. -Go.
I know the law! Thank you so much!
I’m so grateful. Good luck to you.
Be safe and sound!
This color suits you. Try it on, Kitty. Come on!
Ma’am, a note for you.
Speaking about unrequited love...
“My dear, unforgettable Natalie. The war is over.
I’m back in my home land, in my beloved Nezhin.
But even these familiar places will remain empty and gloomy for me
until I have seen you and you bright eyes,
until your smile brings peace and happiness back to me.
Hope to see you soon at Mlle Shefer’s reception.
Yours, forever yours, Aleksey Kosach.”
He sounds passionate. I’m happy for you.
I can make the girdle tighter.
No, I don’t think so.
Kitty, you look amazing!
This gown suits you perfectly. Look at you!
Look at these ruffles. Kitty, turn around! Again, again!
Adorable.
Stop here.
Who does this disgusting house belong to?
Semyon Boychenko. He died of fever last fall.
His sickly wife was left with four children.
Too many mouths, too few hands.
Isn’t Gnat Boychenko, the one who works at the mill, his son?
Yes. But what can he do alone? He needs a smart and handy girl.
But who would marry a pauper?
All right. We’ll find him a smart and handy girl.
Write this down.
Marry Gnat Boychenko immediately to Anna Prichepa.
It would be nice for the household,
and the girl won’t have to wait till the fall.
Go!
Why are you standing idle? Don’t you have work to do?
Shame on you, Yakov Efimovich. I know my duty, and so do you.
Let a irl listen to the song.
I should have whipped him harder so that he wasn’t able to sing.
Enough fooling around. Go back to work.
All right... Can’t I rest for a minute?
You’ll have rest when I come to you tonight.
Come, if you really mean it. You promised to come last Thursday.
I was waiting.
It’s none of your business. Just be waiting. I’ll come when I want.
And I’ll beat you up if you keep gazing at the blacksmith.
Grisha.
Mother.
You look so handsome. Come on.
I was going to ask you about your ride with your father.
I’m sorry, Mother, but I need to leave.
There is still time till the party. We were going to spend some time together.
Of course. But I have a small but urgent errand.
What errand?
Don’t worry, Mother.
Where is Kitty? Is she back already?
I don’t want to leave you bored and alone.
Don’t worry about me, go. Kitty will be back soon.
Just try to come back before the storm starts.
Don’t worry, Mother.
Miss! Miss!
Call me Katria.
Katria, tell me the truth. What happened to Nazar?
Our steward was upset with him. Yakov whipped him himself.
I got it that he was whipped. Is he alive?
Yes, but he was beaten badly.
I knew that. His attitude...
Miss... Katria. Please give him this. It’s a healing ointment.
It’ll help his wounds heal sooner and ease the pain.
Also... Tell him I’ll be praying for him.
I will.
Goodbye, Orysia.
Goodbye. Bye, Katria.
Young and strong bondmaid for sale.
Average height. Industrious.
Good looks. Trained as a house servant.
Young and strong bondmaid for sale. Average height. Industrious.
Good looks. Trained as a house servant. Is that all?
Publish it in the next issue.
Of course. Don’t worry. It will be in the morning issue.
Do you want to put it in a frame, to make it stand out?
Yes, do it.
Fifty kopecks.
Thank you. Don’t worry. Everything will be fine.
I’m counting on you.
Do you like the party? Are you having a good time?
Yes.
Good evening.
I’m glad to see you.
I’m glad to see you, too.
You look amazing tonight. Positively radiant.
Thank you.
-Excuse me. -Natalie.
-Lidia. -My dear.
Lidia, you organized it so well. Such a spectacular party!
The governor’s receptions in Kharkov are less magnificent.
I wasn’t trying to compete with anyone, my dear.
I just wanted everyone to have a good time.
And you succeeded. Don’t be so modest. Are you expecting someone else?
Yes. The Kaufmans were going to come. Ivan Lukich Podolsky, too.
Kosach. Romanenko also hasn’t come yet.
He promised to show the musicians a new cotillion.
Liddy, Kosach will be here. He sent me a note today.
Did he? Very well.
Liddy, stop pouting.
You know I don’t have feeling for Aleksey Fyodorovich.
Why are you still obsessed with him, though?
Do you still believe in that Christmas fortunetelling?
The first man you see, ask for his name. Got it?
Yes, yes.
Your name, quick!
Alyosha. Why?
Alyosha, you said?
Liddy, it was... a children’s game! A charming folly.
No, it wasn’t Excuse me. I need to tend to my guests.
I hope you won’t be bored.
Liddy...
Come on!
So the mavka cursed the miller and throw herself on the millstones.
The handsome miller is roaming the forest every night,
not quite dead and not quite alive.
What are you scared of, darling?
Godmother, can the mavka find me here?
Don’t be afraid, darling. It’s just a tale.
Go, go!
Whoa!