Original subtitles

"Uzbekfilm" Studio Production

"You're Not an Orphan"

The degree of responsibility of each citizen for the fate of the Motherland,

for the fate of soviet people, for the fate of future generations is immensely high"

Script - Rakmat Fayzi Director - Shuhrat Abbasov Photography - Hatam Fayziev

Art Directors - E. Kalantarov, N. Rakhimbayev

Music - I. Akbarov Sound - z. Akhmedov

Cast: Fatima-apa - L. Sarymsakova, Makham-aka - A. Zhalilov

Vanya - Gena Tkachenko, Abram - Fima Kaminer, zidra - Larisa Luppian

Lyana - Lyuda Porechina, Kolya - Robert Atabekov, Sarsanbay - Abil Azizov

Taras - Zhenya Artishevsky, Renat - Valery Rozhaev, Lesya - Lilya Penkova

- So! This is what you do! Thief!

- Why are you beating me? My mother doesn't beat me!

don't dare hit me anymore!

- Mitya, come here quick!

- I got you thief! Let's go to the department!

- Let me go! - Go to the department! I'll show you!

- I won't go! Won't go anywhere! - I'll teach you how to steal!

- Policeman!

- I am not going to police! - Aha! Now you are fighting!

- Let me go. I won't steal anymore! - I am not letting you go anywhere!

- I won't steal anymore!

- Let him go! Forgive him! He won't do it no more!

- Let go of me! - Forgive him, he won't steal anymore!

- It is none of your business! - Let him go. Give him to me!

- Who is he to you? - A son.

- Your own? - Yes.

- Well, go. I don't want to see you anywhere around the market!

Got it? Do you get it?

Alright, go.

- I'll watch him, he won't do it anymore!

- Ok, guys, you hide and sit there. I'll distract them. Go!

- Let's go! Run!

- Get him!

- Over there!

- There he is! - Traitor!

- Follow me!

- Stop!

- Aha! We got you! And the others?

It's alright, we'll get them! Schwaine!

Where are the partisans? Speak!

Where are the partisans?

Or I shoot!

- Oh! Look! They are going to kill him! - They don't need to.

- I count till three. If you don't speak - I shoot!

Ein!

Zwei!

Speak, you, soviet bastard!

"Un der schwain! Where are the partisans?

Speak! Where are the partisans?

If you don't speak - I shoot!

Ein! Zwei! Speak!"

- Abram! Abram! What's with you? My son!

- Here is water!

- Who offended you, son? Tell me.

Don't cry.

- Now, what happened here? Why did you beat him?

- No one beat him. We just played war game.

- God damn this war!

Here! Like this!

- I don't want to see you ever play this game!

- They are going and going!

It looks like the damned war killed all the fathers and mothers.

- When is the end to it? - It is fourth train already today!

- Can you take me? I heard you are taking children. Is that right?

- Yes, we did. - Will you take me?

- Father, don't take him. We already sold all the possessions at the market.

- Wait, where are you going? What is you name?

- Kolya. - Come here, Kolya.

- Sit down, Kolya. - But I am so dirty!

- It's ok, sit down. - Thanks.

- Where are you from? - From Smolensk.

- O you have parents? - Germans shot my parents.

- Why are you sitting around? We don't treat guests like this.

- Girls, bring the table-cloth. - Vanya, start the samovar.

- I'll start it myself.

- Sit, mother. They'll manage.

Are you still here?

- Bring the table, too.

- Vanya! - What is it father?

- Come here. - Just a second.

- Here, rub his back.

- And, maybe Taras can help? And I'll go work.

- It's ok, you'll have time. Take this.

I know how well you can rub.

- He is not a little kid, is he?

- Well, he can't reach for his shoulder blades on his own, you help him.

- No, dad, you can't wash him with a soap. We need some sand.

- What sand? Try soap first.

- Bend over!

- Like this.

- And, maybe I'll go fetch some kerosene?

- Kerosene? Quit that! Wash him well!

- Hey, easy! - Carefully, son!

- Look how clean he is! You see, we did well without kerosene. Good job. Thanks.

- You're welcome.

- Stop playing around! This is not yours, don't touch.

- This is for you. - Thank you.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

- Dear mom and dad, today I received your letter and a photograph.

I think you forgot how to count.

You write that now you have 11 kids, but there are only nine on the picture.

- That means he did not receive the last letter.

- Dear mom and dad, all of our company expresses their warmest greetings

and thanks you for giving shelter for 11 little brothers and sisters.

Thank you very much, your twelfth son, Batyr.

- Thirteenth!

Water it is, in one word - slops, two sips and it's gone!

- Do you want me to share with you? - I don't need no charity from you!

Eat yourself! What are you all looking at? Eat! Eat yourself! You, locust!

Now you all here - we are lacking everything!

- There he goes again!

- Someone cares about the work, another one about his stomach.

- You, animal! Let me eat right!

Here, feed yourself!

- Take, choke it! - Take, you greedy!

- Eat, glutton! - Take it!

- Eat, greedy face! - Help yourself my dear!

- Eat, Vanya, eat, but take your belt off or you'll blow up!

- Vany, let go of him now! - What do we do?

- Vanya, let him go!

- Stay back!

- You are so late today, I was worrying.

- How are children? - They are settled now.

But in the afternoon, Vanya beat Sarsanbai and bruised his head badly.

- Where is he? - Sits upstairs.

For five hours already, and he is still there, and he won't let nobody close to him.

- Father, forgive me, I won't do it anymore!

- You raised your hand on your brother!

I don't need a son like that, go away wherever you want!

- Father, it is chopping knife, isn't it? - Yes

- Father, this is chopping knife for kolkhoz, right?

- Yes.

- Father, you don't love me anymore, right?

- Bring me some water.

- Alright.

- What, want to make it up? - What?

- Then why are you here? - To swim.

- Why, couldn't you find another place? - I wasn't even looking.

- You see, there he boasts again!

- Hey, swim away from here! - Why?

- I told you to swim away from here! Or maybe you're deaf?

- Stop shouting or you'll get your bitters!

- I'll teach you now! - Let me go!

- Hey, lads! Look at him drinking water! - Let me go!

- He'll drown him!

- Why are you lying around? Let's help Vanya out!

- There you go!

- Vanya.

- You feel bad?

He racked you bad?

Let's go home.

- That long fellow got his bitters! Now he won't touch our brother!

- Let him just try!

- Good day, neighbor. Is Renat home? - Yes, he is, come in.

- Tell Renat to come to my house for a minute.

- Ok, I will. - Thanks.

- Renat, my son, please go to Khalim Okul, she asked you to.

- Put the head scarf on. It is sunny. - Thank you.

- Hello! - Hello!

- You are probably very hungry? - No. Please, I don't want.

- Take it, it is delicious! - I don't want.

- Don't be shy, take it.

- How is it? Tasty? - Very much!

- Is this samsa? Back in the days I put this big pieces of fat in the filling!

They were simply melting in the mouth!

I see you lost way too much weight, Renat. Of course, you are having hard times.

Way too many of you there are. How come they took so many children,

and you are not a youngster anymore, you could've helped them.

You could go to the market and sell sunflower seeds.

Do you want me to tell your mother that? Do you?

- You can't tell mother this.

She found out that I was selling cigarettes and burst into tears.

- Come here.

Chop some wood for me, I am not strong enough.

- Now I see why you gave me the patty. - Renat, please, shame on you!

- Ok, I will!

- Vanya, Marina, Kolya, eidre, Sarsanbai, Taras, Renat come here quick!

- Look, what I got. - Apples! Give me, too!

- So big! - Enjoy!

- So delicious!

- Where is Abram?

- He is there, washing the dishes, let me take one to him.

- Everyone got one! - Try mine!

- Please, don't!

Alright!

So sour! Impossible to eat!

- Mom, our neighbor... - What neighbor?

- The taleteller, her husband died on the front, she received the notification!

- Notification?

- Why are you so happy, silly girl?

- Khalim Okul! - Fatima apa!

- What a misery! It always comes unexpected!

What can I say? It is war. Everyone is in grief.

- How do I live now? - Calm down.

- Look what you've done with the book.

The pages are fine but the cover is almost ruined.

- Like this.

Nadya, what were you doing? You should have taken the book and glue it.

- There is one book for all - it will fall apart anyway!

- There is not much you can do. You have to live with it for now.

You must understand, where would we get the new one?

As soon as the war is over, I'll buy you a new one.

- When will it be over? Fascists are still advancing! They can come here!

- They won't! They don't have the guts for it.

- And, if fascists come, they will shoot you.

- Why? - Because you adopted Abram.

- So what? - But fascists hate Jews.

- They hate everybody. Russians and Uzbeks,

but they will pay for everything.

you'll grow up and see for yourself - there won't be war or fascists.

There won't be bread cards, too. But, you must try harder, guys. Grow faster!

- Father, you promised to give us money to go to cinema.

- There is a good film. - Which one?

- Merry Lads. - didn't you see it?

- Yes, but it is a very interesting film! Please!

- Alright, go watch!

- Not enough for everyone. That's all, only 10 tickets.

Liana, Renat, you'll go tomorrow.

- Hurray!

- Here is 50 kopecks left, I will ad some more tomorrow.

Well, I have to go to work.

- Liana. - Yes

- I saw Bakhchisarai in my dream again. - I never seen Kishinev though.

- I walk down the Pushkin street, and all the houses are new,

and you are standing near the khan's palace.

- Me? - You are.

I often see you in my dreams. As if we are not children, but grown-ups.

- Like husband and wife. - What? This can't be.

- Why? - Because we are brother and sister.

- This is temporarily. Once Batyr is back, they won't need us anymore.

- You are talking nonsense! - They say it themselves.

- You're lying! - I be damned! I heard it myself.

She said when Batyr is back - everything will be like before.

Like when there weren't us.

- They need us only for the bread cards. - Don't dare say that!

- Quiet, she comes.

- You are alone. Where is everyone? - Went to the movies.

- Didn't even have breakfast? - Yep.

- Poor ones, went hungry.

They brought sugar to the store, I reserved a spot in the line.

- I have to go so not to miss it. - You can't! You have to dry out! I'll go!

- It is raining heavily outside and you have nothing to wear!

No, you sit inside, I'll go myself.

- Are they strangers to us? They are doing so much for us!

- The storm is covering the sky, twisting the snow,

I howls like a wolf, it cries like a child.

- Yes?

- Hello. - Hello, madam.

- Hello.

- Does the blacksmith who adopts children live here?

- Yes, what do you want?

- My daughter Dzidra. - Dzidra? Our Dzidra?

- Yes, where is she?

- She went to the movies. I'll be right back.

Please come in, sit down, I'll get her.

"Merry Lads" Motion Picture.

- Grandpa, let me in, I need to call my sister.

- Do you have a ticket? - No, I will not watch the film.

Just one second. Her real mother is found, understand?

- No, you have to buy a ticket.

- I don't have much money, only 50 kopecks.

- Well, what do you know. Give it here. don't be shy.

- Are you children with no parents at all?

- No, not all, some of us know that they are all alone. Like, Abram.

Germans shot his parents right in front of him.

And my mother died, then they brought the father's death notification.

Taras wait for his sister here. He lost her in Tashkent.

Mahkam aka wrote everywhere - no answer.

- Mahkam aka is your stepfather? - Yes.

- Does he have children of his own? - A son on the front.

- So you are here temporarily? - I don't know. Depends.

- Of course, who would keep 12 stranger kids with their own son?

- Mother! Mom!

- Here she is, your Dzidra.

- No, this is not her.

- Forgive me girl, I didn't mean to hurt you.

But I am looking for my Dzidra.

Forgive me.

- Goodbye.

- I was afraid she would take you away. I am so happy are staying.

- We didn't finish the film because of that lady. Wasted the money.

- Of course, everyone wants to find exceptionally his or her own parents.

But is it already that bad here?

- Why you saying that? Who says that it is bad here?

- I say. They had no right to take 12 children!

They should have thought first - they are not young!

We are barefoot, my stomach is swelling from that slops.

- Why, you think it is better in children's home?

- Of course! - It is hard everywhere. War time.

Understand? If you don't like it here - leave.

- And I will!

"From 19th October. To the Southeast of Klemenchuk town.

Breaking the resistance of the enemy our troops

proceeded to advance from 15 to 20 kilometers ahead

and took by assault the city and a major railway junction, Pyatikhatka!

They also occupied more then 100 settlements!"

- Did you hear? Did you hear what Levitan said?

My village has been freed! Pyatikhatka is freed!

- Hurray! Hurray!

Hey you!

Why did you turn sour? Enjoy! you'll my portion of food now!

- Wait! Let me give him the bread card.

- Take it, your bread is bad - it will irritate our throats.

- Please, I'll do you a favor!

- Goodbye, family.

- Barno, take it.

- It's so cold. The sun is out but it doesn't warm up.

- Are you cold, mother? - Yes, slightly chilled.

- It's ok, it will be warm now. - That's good.

Sarsenbai, why is your bag on the floor?

Hang it where it belongs, I told you so many times.

- She is always shouting. - And she's doing the right thing.

- Dzidra, did your finish your homework? - Yes.

- No, she did not. You did not do arithmetics.

- Why are you deceiving your mother?

- I don't have a mother - I am an orphan, that's why I am in your house.

- What did you say? I can't understand what did I do you wrong?

- You may call me mother, and you may not do so - it's up to you.

But you are a daughter for me. Remember this.

You are still young. When you grow up - you'll understand.

And maybe regret about what you had said.

- Well, daughter, sit down and finish your homework.

And you don't disturb you sister.

- Tell me, what did you watch? Was the film interesting?

- We didn't finish it. Some lady came and said that she is Dzidra's mother

and it turns out that she is not her mom at all.

- Aha!

- Mom, mom, do you know that Renat has left.

- Left where? - Left for good.

- Left for good?

- Did you have a fight again? Tell me what has happened!

- I'll tell! Renat told me that you had no right to take 12 kids.

Renat said that you should have thought - you're not young.

- And left?

What did you do? How can you be so heartless? He is your brother!

Couldn't you talk him into staying? Why are you silent?

Tell me where did he go?

- We have to looking for him right away.

No one knows what could have happened to him.

What if he gets in the company of waifs?

- Mommy, I'll go with you! - Come, daughter. Here put it on.

- Have a rest.

- Everything went dark before my eyes.

- What's with you mommy? - I am not feeling well, daughter.

- Sirs, help - my mom is feeling bad.

- don't cry Marina.

- What happened?

- We were walking along the street and sudenly mom felt sick.

- What would you do if they take me to the hospital?

- don't worry about us. Get well fast.

- don't worry about me. What about these kids? There are 11 of them.

It's hard to raise them just like this.

- I know it is not easy for you. You bear all the burdens now.

I don't spend enough time with kids. I am thinking more about how to feed them.

- They won't die starving. we'll dress them, feed them.

I am worrying only about one thing.

They all are growing, changing. And they all so different.

- Fatima, you must take care of yourself and the kids will grow up,

and we'll baby-sit our grandchildren.

- I think this will not happen. One of them has ran away already.

- don't worry. we'll find Renat. You'll see.

Stop crying. I'll go get the doctor.

- What now? I'll be back soon.

Vanya, look after the rest of the kids.

- Mommy!

- It's all your fault! - No, it's not mine, it's Renat's fault.

- Here. - Not, you eat yourself, dad.

- Take it.

- Thanks.

- Well, I have to go to work. Will be there for two days.

- Why is that, dad? - I got an urgent order.

- Don't fool around without me. - Goodbye!

- Kolya. Visit your mother. You can do it on Friday. Look for Renat.

He is not in the children houses. I inquired already.

- Take this. This is the last. There is no more. Try to make it until I get paid.

- don't worry.

- Goodbye.

- Sarsanbai, bring some water. - Just a second.

- Wow! What a soup! Tomorrow I'll make besbarmak. Delicious!

- Come help.

- Kolya, they are giving white bread! I got some already.

- That is great! - White bread! White bread!

- I bought some apples for mommy. Here is the change.

- Go put it on the shelf.

- That's great!

- Must be delicious!

- Wow.

- If we buy white bread everyday, the money will only be enough for five days.

- We need to buy firewood. - We won't buy the firewood.

we'll pick it near the river, right?

- There are only five beets left. - And one pumpkin.

- It's alright. We'll make it till the end of the week. Dad will come back by then.

- Guys! Renat and some boys is leaving for Samarkand.

They went to the station. I saw them.

- Where are you going?

- What do you need? - Where is Renat?

- The young Tatar, why do you need him? - Need to talk, he is my brother.

- Your Tatar is not here! - I don't believe you!

- Renat! - Taras!

- Mom looked for youand fell sick! Now she is in the hospital.

Come back home, we are missing you so much!

- Why are you standing around here? They'll get us busted because of you!

- Get lost! - don't shout at me!

- You what? - Taras.

- Don't touch him. - Stay out of this!

- Taras! Taras!

- Guys! I found Galya! My sister! My Galya!

- Let me go!

- What is your name boy? - Mine?

- Yes. - Abram.

- Last name? - Mahkamov.

- And what is your name? - Dzidra.

- Last name?

- Why are you silent? Did you forget your last name?

- Mahkamova.

- Marina Mahkamova. - Lesya Mahkamova.

- Liana Mahkamova. - Nadya Mahkamova.

- Barno Mahkamova. - Sarsanbai Mahkamov.

- Ivan Mahkamov. - Nikolai Mahkamov.

- Taras Mahkamov. - Galya.

- Mahkamova. - Let it be Mahkamova.

- So you all are Mahkamovs. - Yes!

- I see you are very friendly. It is good. But it is bad that you are deceiving me.

- No, honestly! There are 12 Mahkamovs.

We were orphans before and now we have a father and a mother.

- Who is your father? - Blacksmith. He works at a military plant.

- And mother? - She is ill. She is in the hospital now.

- So what do we do now? - Get those to the lock-up ward,

and I'll see the family off myself.

- Hey, tall! What is lock-up ward?

- Come with me. What are you standing around for?

- Come, this is non of your business. - I won't!

- What does that suppose to mean? - I am not going anywhere!

- You will! - Kolya, guys!

- Come, come!

- Misses, please leave him with us. He is Mahkamov too.

We had hard times in the family and he left. Now he wants to come back.

You see, he's crying.

Let him go, misses. If he doesn't come back home, mom will die.

- Let him go, please! Misses!

- Leave him.

- Hello. - Thank you very much misses!

"If my mother was alive, she would say today:

"Happy Birthday, daughter. Happy birthday my dear. "

My sweet! My darling!

- Quick, quick, kids, or you'll be late for school.

Dana it is not the time to review - you should've done it earlier.

Vanya, stop playing during classes, the teacher complained about you.

But you are a nice boy and you will cope with that. Go now.

- Alright mom.

- What's this? Why don't you have your tie on? Where is it?

Let me put it on you.

Like this! Go.

Kolya! Watch the kids in the streets.

- Ok, mom!

- Watch carefully when you cross the road. don't run in front of the trams.

Better wait for a little while!

- Why are you back? - We forgot.

- What?

- Today is June 12th. Our Dzidra's birthday.

- Yes, yes, that's right. We have to make her some kind of a present.

- She is 10 today. - Good thing we remembered.

- Go to work and I'll figure something out.

- I'll try to come back earlier.

- What is it mom? We are selling stuff again?

- Today is Dzidra's birthday. - That means we'll make cake?

- Yes we will! - Cake, cakes! Cakes with apples?

- And with apples. - Oh, so wonderful!

- Take a seat. I am listening. - You wanted to buy a sewing machine,

here it is.

It is good, working well, don't worry. Look how it works.

Here. Look.

It doesn't rip the thread. The seam is straight.

We never repaired it for 10 years of work. I don't want it to be in strange hands.

- Here, please.

- Thank you!

- My dear daughter! My birdie!

Happy birthday! Be happy!

- Dzidra! Happy birthday!

- Thank you all my dears!

- Here is your present!

- Head scarf!

- Does this look good? - Very beautiful!

- Thank you dad! - Let me see you, daughter.

- Misses Fatima! Batyr Aka has come back! Honestly! I recognized him at once!

- My son! My son is back! - Batyr! Batyr!

- My son! My son! Alive! What a happiness!

- Uncle Batyr came back!

- Where are you from? - Hello!

- Hi! - I have a badge!

- It is so beautiful! - You can have it if you want it.

- Thank you. - Hi! Where are you from?

- Gustya, Gustya! - You came with Batyr aka, right?

- Come over here. - What a nice boy.

- Please, meet Gustav Klaman. German.

- German?

- Hello! - Hello.

- Well, hello Gustav.

- Fascist! I'll avenge my parents! - Don't touch him!

- Fascist! - Enough!

- Let me go! I'll avenge!

- Damned Fascist! - Calm down boy, don't do that.

- I didn't expect you to meet him like this. His parent dies before my eyes

and the house burnt down - nothing is left. Nothing!

I saved him. Got him out of the fire! He is like my brother.

- I am not fascist!

- Not fascist!

- Get him!

- don't let him go!

- Well now, calm down!

- Calm down, son, don't cry. Calm. No one will hurt you here. It is not your fault.

don't take offence at my kids,

they had been through great deal of misery in their lives.

- Come in Gustav.

- No one will hurt you. This is your house! Come, son, come!

- Why are you all so gloomy? You should not quarrel. Come.

- Why are you standing outside? Let's go home.

"Everything you saw in this film is true. It all really occurred.

In the memories of Tashkent blacksmith Shaakhmed Shamahmudov

and his wife Bakhri Abramova and all soviet people

who brought back the mother-love, house,

and happiness to become human for hapless children. "

The End