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The school is a secret military facility.

All communications with family and friends are forbidden.

We are willing to give you a chance.

If you serve your country, you'll be granted pardon.

Any insubordination to senior officers is considered to be treason.

She will be studying with you.

How can this be?! Comrade, dear... She...

Our country needs her too now.

Arina!

I didn't want this...

I mean, about your Mom...

Want to confess? Commanders will hear you out!

Arina!

Name the general officer ranks in Germany.

Artillery - General der Artillerie.

What is the coat of arms of Germany?

How to tell it apart from the Party coat of arms?

Anthem of the Third Reich!

"Germany above all else."

Lyrics by Fallersleben to Haydn's melody.

Sing!

Mommy! Mommy!

I'll run anyway. With or without you.

You help me - I make it your worth. You don't - I find your girl.

It's finished.

Here. Have it. Just bring back the bottle.

I might need it.

SVETLANA IVANOVA

SVETLANA USTINOVA

VLADIMIR VDOVICHENKOV

IRINA APEKSIMOVA

EVGENIY PRONIN

ANATOLIY RUDENKO

SPIES

Girls, it's a break-out! Velichko and Kovalchik.

Velichko has the keys of Comrade Petrov.

Girls, maybe we should inform the soldiers?

They know.

That's it, bitch. I'll find your girl!

- She'll swim in her blood! - Don't worry.

Do you hear me, you scum?

She'll stay behind bars for a long time now.

What's this raucous? We agreed to do it quietly.

We'll find it out.

I'll hunt you down, d'you hear me?

Why are you crowding?

Go to sleep! Keys!

Completely forgot...

Well done.

Thank you.

Damn!

Attention!

Good morning, Comrades Recruits!

Good morning, Comrade Facility Commander!

As you all saw, last night Recruit Kovalchik tried to run away.

Luckily, Recruit Velichko came to know about this and warned us.

She will receive a monetary reward.

Also, she is authorized to have an extra meeting with her family.

I hope all of you will always be as responsible as Recruit Velichko.

I'm done.

Prepare for a line-up!

Prozorovskaya, fall back!

Talk.

- I'm not clear what about. - We've interrogated Kovalchik.

You told her about the truck.

You eavesdropped on us, didn't you?

I asked you a personal favor. I wasn't interested in anything else.

You are a provocateur!

You set up a trap and she fell into it. You pressed the button.

- I don't understand. - Oh, but you do!

And you didn't have a fight with Yana.

You wanted to set Velichko up.

You knew she was going to run away with Kovalchik.

You knew yet didn't report them.

- But they failed. - Suppose they haven't!

Suppose Yanka didn't buy your idea and came up with something else?

You kept silent.

Just imagine them being on the loose!

They know about the intel school.

They know future agents by sight.

Komsomol member...

You care only about yourself..!

You don't give a damn about country's interests.

You are right, I am a bad intelligence agent.

If you decide to put me back in prison, I'll understand.

Change into civilian clothes and pack your things.

You will be picked up after lunch.

Yes, sir!

Lunch is over. Hand back the dishes.

Are you blind?

Or deaf?

You answer when you are asked.

Girls said you've been spying on me.

Spying is for agents. You are just a petty wretch.

Don't push me!

- I've forgiven you as it is. - What for?

For coughing up blood for a month because of you.

and not taking revenge.

So we are square.

And I didn't want for it to end like that.

Such a mess you've made!

Pick everything up immediately!

That's for the person at fault to do.

So shameless!

Ready?

Yes, sir.

Arinka!

Volodya!

Stay right there, Comrade Second Lieutenant.

Volodya!

Listen here, Comrade Facility Commander authorized your marriage.

- But how is this..? - You have two days.

Monday 9:00 am you have to be at the main gate. Clear?

Yes, sir.

Don't stand here then. Go.

Well?

You are an officer already.

Yeah.

Well?

My Arinka..!

What's up with you?

Let's go.

Beautiful couple.

Yes.

Only she's always up to something.

Good for her.

Else the Major wouldn't allow the wedding.

Meaning? Not just a trap but also a reward?

Why not? She came up with a nice plan.

It didn't work.

Not her fault.

What's important is molding a right character.

I thought we'd punish her.

If you draw a bow all the time but don't shoot, the string might snap.

I don't know.

She's a convict too... What if she doesn't return?

A test?

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

Survived. For us.

They should have photos.

Yeah.

But I won't be allowed to carry your photo. You can't even be taken photos of.

On the bright side, you serve our country.

Great deeds...

Like you wanted.

Like I wanted...

Only reality is very different.

Not like movies.

The chain is an infraction.

I'll carry it in my pocket.

It's small. Don't lose it.

I won't.

Bombing!

War.

Men and women of the Soviet Union,

the Soviet government

and its head, Comrade Stalin,

charged me with making

the following statement.

Today, at four in the morning,

without making any demands to the Soviet Union,

without declaring war

German troops

attacked our country,

assaulting our borders

at multiple points.

Using their airplanes,

they started bombing

our cities:

Zhitomir, Kiev, Sevastopol, Kaunas and others.

The number of killed and wounded...

Comrades Recruits,

our homeland is under an ominous threat.

German thugs made a treacherous attack on the Soviet Union territory.

The enemy was expecting to leave our army in dismay with the very first strike

and to bring our country to its knees.

But he made a serious miscalculation.

It's not the first time in history that Soviet citizens

are fighting for their freedom, always gaining victory.

Today too, our whole country,

all nations of our vast homeland

rose up to support our army and our navy.

They rose up to fight for the freedom and independence of our motherland.

Comrades Recruits,

you have the honor to fight for your motherland,

to take part in destroying the predatory horde of fascist invaders.

The time for you to prove yourself is close.

So be worthy of this mission!

Major, they are not ready yet.

Less than three months of training out of the intended nine.

- They didn't even have a practice operation. - Consider this trip their practice operation.

Konstantin Efremovich,

I have to fly with them.

A man of draft age on an occupied territory?

Nothing but problems.

We can make up a cover story. I...

Not practical.

Get the girls ready.

Velichko Z. Yegorova N. Prozorovskaya A. Sinitsina T.

Forgive me, but this list has girls who didn't do very well with the tests.

Comrade Instructor,

this is a special facility.

We prepare extraordinary infiltrators.

The ways for succeeding in our operations aren't textbook.

Call the girls I selected.

Nadya,

are we supposed to fight like they say in newspapers?

Yeah.

Meaning, 'at a little cost in blood on the enemy territory?'

Yeah.

They say, Germans took over Brest ànd Lviv. And we took nothing of theirs.

It's a strategy.

A cunning one.

Cunning? I don't understand this cunning.

If everyone understands everything, it's no longer a strategy.

Stop creating panic, anyway!

God forbid!

Kat'ka is here.

I was thinking what if it's Kiev...?

I mean, following the strategy.

Where do I put her?

Kiev?

Come on! They will never take Kiev.

Yegorova! Velichko!

Off to Facility Commander!

Permission to enter?

Take a seat.

The Center assigned us our first operation.

You've been selected to carry it out.

The man on the left in this picture

is Boris Serebrov.

Next to him is his wife, Mariya Serebrova.

Do they work for Germans?

No, it's photomontage based on their wedding picture.

Each one of you will have this newspaper

for you to know the appearance of Serebrovs.

He's a scientist. A physicist from Kharkov.

He sent a certain scientific proposal to Moscow before the war.

And now he is in Riga.

Germans took over Riga on July, 1st. It was broadcasted.

What is he doing there?

He went to visit his university friend, Heinrich Zeiler.

We don't know exactly where Serebrov is

but our man in Riga is looking for Zeiler's address.

- You'll find Serebrov through him. - Are we to bring him back?

Abwehr has a special department.

They look for prominent scientists on the occupied territories

and bring them to Germany to work for Reich.

We need to outrun Germans.

If for some reason extraction won't be possible,

Serebrov and his wife have to be terminated.

Germans cannot get hold of such a brain.

His wife is young.

Yes, she's his student.

Why her?

Might know the nature of his projects.

Everything is clear?

Yes, sir!

Dismissed.

Yes, sir!

Names are yours.

Surnames are different. Cover says you are Russian.

Parents brought you to the Baltics during the revolution.

You lived in the country.

Upon reaching the bride age you moved to Riga to look for husbands.

Pass around the documents.

Money is tricky.

Some places might not accept rubles and reichsmarks can raise suspicions so...

Here. Zoya!

Exchange this if necessary.

Stick to your cover.

You are friends. You have no certainty in life yet.

Take this one.

You take all sorts of jobs: vendors, secretaries...

Where will we live?

You rent an apartment for all four of you.

From our agent. His name is Artis.

He's a cab driver so his car will always be at your disposal.

Next. Serebrov and his wife.

They live on enemy land. They are scared.

Most likely, they won't trust you at first.

On meeting him, say 'hi' from his Auntie in Kharkov,

Nadezhda Alekseevna Sedova.

He will hear a familiar name and know that you are friends.

No notes!

As soon as you reach the destination, change clothes.

Your purses can have newspapers, documents and girl staff.

Everything that can give you away

should be buried at the drop-off point.

Questions?

- Will we be armed? - No.

The Old City has a lot of alleys.

A lot of alleys is good. Room for maneuvering.

Zoya!

Zoya!

Yeah?

I get it. A lot of alleys... Room...

Wow! I have nothing like this.

It's mine. Volodya has an identical one.

Bad luck you two have. Just got married and now...

So what? Everyone has it rough.

He didn't even have time to see you off.

He's out of Kiev already.

He was sent off to the front line.

At ease!

So, the flight takes almost five hours.

The landing zone is in the forest,

Here. Not far from the border.

When you land, establish your position,

put on civilian clothes

and develop a plan how to get to Riga based on circumstances.

Over here you will be met by Artis.

He will take you to the apartment and give you weapons.

Once you find Serebrov, send a radiogram.

Artis has a radioset.

Afterwards you'll get directions on extraction.

Yegorova runs point on this op.

All clear?

Yes, sir!

- Take the chutes and board. - Yes, sir!

Can you help me?

- Everything in order? - Yes, sir!

Zoya, give me a hand.

- The take-off is in ten minutes. - Yes, sir!

Permission to speak?

Granted.

Comrade Instructor,

operation can go different ways, right?

Give this to Kat'ka

if something happens to me.

In the event of Yegorova's death Sinitsina becomes the group leader.

In the event of Sinitsina's death - Prozorovskaya.

If the group leader sees that a group member

behaves like a coward and poses risk to the operation,

she has the right to act according to martial law.

Also, if the group members see that the leader is not performing well,

they must inform her about it.

If the situation is not remedied, martial law also applies.

The operation must be completed

at any cost.

All clear?

Yes, sir!

Good luck, girls!

Hands up! Turn around!

Naden'ka! Easy, easy, easy....

Nadya!

Nadya!

Nadya!

Nadya!

Come on!

What happened?

Nadya was killed.

Wait, I'll get you a handkerchief.

Here.

- Yes? - Permission to enter?

- Are they in? - Yes.

Good.

We wait for two days.

If they don't make contact, we move to Plan B.

Yes, sir.

Something else?

Permission to leave?

Go.

Why aren't you studying?

Matilda Henrikhovna sent me to get vinyls from the storage.

- Permission to leave? - Go.

We can't just walk around in the forest the whole day.

We don't even know where we're going.

Sooner or later those two will be found

and Germans will start sweeping the area.

And ta da! Here we are, all dressed-up.

Do you have any suggestions?

There was a village not far from where we landed.

If we haven't reached it yet, we're definitely headed the wrong way.

Maybe you are right. But we can't go back.

- The only way is forward. - Look!

- Germans. - Hide!

Villager.

Wait!

Hello! Can you give us a lift?

You see, we were driving a car. It broke down.

- I'm going to Drissa. - As are we.

Hop on then.

Thank you!

Can you tell us if Germans are in Drissa now?

Germans are everywhere.

Here's Drissa.

Listen, do you rent out beds or a room?

No.

Sorry.

- Tanya, why did you ask about a room? - To stay over.

Why?

We need to get to Riga.

Right, so we'll just buy train tickets.

Did you pay attention to the roads?

But we have to. We can ask for a ride.

Right.Try one of those.

We find a room, stay there, think about our next step,

look for options...

We find the safest one and then go to Riga.

How long will we think?

- What are you implying? - Nothing.

I remember everything. But asking for a ride is dangerous now.

Yeah. I wouldn't want to walk into these characters in a field.

We need to reach Riga.

We don't have a way to do it now. As soon as we do, we go. Questions?

We walk around, we ask locals for a bed.

War makes some people rich.

Supplier.

So what?

Goes around the rear area.

So?

Hold this. Smile when you have to.

Damn!

Excuse me! Excuse me, officer!

Oh dear God! Excuse me! I'll pick everything up.

How come you speak German?

Me and the girls... We are from Riga.

Many people love Germany there.

We are really happy you came.

Hey!

Pick this up!

Stop! Let it go.

I found out where we can spend the night. Where is Arishka?

What is she..?

We'll know soon.

Are they... your friends?

Yes. Tanya and Zoya. And my name is Arina.

Smile.

We came to visit our friend here. And then the war broke out.

Now we don't know how to get back to Riga.

- Excuse me again. - No problem.

Good-bye!

Wait a moment!

What is the name of the brunette?

- Hi Helmut! - Hi yourself Herbert!

- Curious cargo you have today. - Those are my new assistants.

Very interesting. Come over here.

Sure, Herbert.

Manfred, in the meanwhile check the rest of the cargo!

Yes, sir!

Get out of the truck!

Maybe it wasn't such a good idea?

They're sharing us.

No point in resisting now. We'll have to split.

Hey, pogue!

- We want some fresh meat too! - Come over here, girls!

Excuse me.

It was nice talking to you, Herbert!

See you, Helmut!

Ladies, did you decide to stay here with Herbert?

Thanks!

- Everything okay? - Yeah, sure.

I promised to take you to Riga, didn't I?

Unless, of course, you changed your mind.

No.

Comrade Facility Commander!

- Kovalchik escaped. - How so?

Crime department called.

Okay.

What do we do?

What do we do... What can we do?

Let the police look for her.

It's a mess there, like everywhere else now.

Do you have any suggestions?

Kovalchik swore to get back at Velichko.

If she finds out which orphanage her daughter stays at...

Right.

What's up? Hey!

- Nothing. - What happened?

Come on, tell me.

Did someone hurt you?

Here.

Why are you so sad, child?

You have such a nice drum!

No sticks? But you can use your hands.

Like a rabbit. Try.

- Hello, Comrade Headmaster! - Hello, Comrade Lieutenant!

What is going on with your crew?

What do you mean?

Look, right here.

Vandals.

What is this?

Poor bear!

Let's get this bear

to our house-lady.

She'll fix it right away and give it back to you.

Go ahead then, girl.

That was very good.

- But where do the new kids come from? - Well, they are from other orphanages.

Why here?

Well, one was bombed and the other one houses soldiers now.

So, you are the only one left in the whole Kiev?

Did you come for Katya?

Yeah.

LATVIA 60 km from RIGA. 13 July 1941

For Fuhrer!

For Fuhrer!

Officer,

is it true that Hitler will give Russian land to Germans?

To front-liners.

I'll get an estate. A big one.

A wife. Kids. Like it should be.

Now is not the time.

Now is the war.

But later...

Helmut, we are very happy for you but the road was very tiring.

It's time to sleep.

But we haven't danced.

Oh, that's true.

We haven't danced yet.

Helmut is fighting for us. How can we leave him without a dance?

Girls, it's not patriotic.

Excuse me.

I grew up with Tanya. She cannot drink.

Tomorrow she won't get out of bed.

If you don't want bad for her, let her go to sleep.

Yeah, my Mom used to say that I cannot drink.

She just never saw me in action.

Arisha is younger than me,

and the older ones don't always tell their secrets to the young.

I'm going to sleep.

Good night!

I'll have a smoke and off to bed.

Good night!

Good night!

(in Russian) Tanzi!

(in Russian) Tantzevat'.

(struggling to pronounce) Tantzevat'.

Tanzevat'. Tanzevat'.

Can I?

Why not?

Arinka looks daggers at me. I thought you might too...

I'm not Arinka.

Nad'ka still stays before my eyes.

I thought it'll get better after a drink, but no.

It will stay for a while.

How do you know?

Just do.

I am actually an actress.

I've heard from girls.

Regional theater. Small bits.

Always wanted the lead.

I never wanted anything. And I'm here anyway.

Yeah.

I'm curious...

There's no war here.

People live like they used to, listening to gramophone, drinking vodka...

Zoya, if Germans keep advancing like this, by winter it'll be over.

But Serebrov is important to us now, not by winter.

Who knows when we'll manage to find him.

Just imagine, the war is over and we're still looking for him.

We are good. We have passports. We can find some job.

We are like everyone. Normal. But when we find Serebrov...

If we find...

Where do we go?

Who do we report to? Unclear.

Got a husband?

Divorced.

- Children? - Just my mother.

I understand, you are worried about your girl.

But Germans are not animals. If someone is against them, then yes.

But your Kat'ka won't be sheltering wounded, right?

Tanya! Where are you?

It's for you.

- Tanya! - I'm coming, Helmut!

I'm waiting for you, my love!

Why?

She wants to get out.

To get out?

Yes. I talked to her.

What did she say?

She's scared.

We get caught - they shoot us. We don't get caught - we fly back.

Back to war.

And this way she has passport, money...

She lays low, finds a job.

Alive.

You know what?

Don't think people are like you.

Right. We'll see.

How do you think she can get out?

A number of ways.

Waves us farewell in Riga and goes on with her lover.

You can't stop her. Germans are all around.

This is bad. She knows about the operation.

If she wants to earn some money, she might tell Germans about Serebrov.

Yeah, say that louder. You'll leave her without a job.

I'm sure Tanya is not like this.

If you are sure, let's go to sleep then.

I can't ignore your words.

- Why? - Of course, you are wrong.

But if you are right, Germans might get hold of Serebrov.

We can't allow even a chance of this happening.

That's why

we need to make sure that Tanya doesn't plan to 'get out', as you put it.

- We need to test her. - All right.

For the period of testing I am the group leader.

Go ahead.

Only how are you going to test her?

We need to think.

Good morning!

- Oh, girls... - We need to talk.

How do we lose the German?

What do you mean?

Well, we can't go to Riga with him.

We rent an apartment there. Allegedly.

What if he wants to come to your place?

How will we send the radio?

What if he decides to continue relationship?

Starts taking you to restaurants? It's bad for the operation.

Riga is not a village.

It's good if the three of us manage to find him.

What if you are busy?

Yes, sure. But we are not in Riga yet.

Less than 100 kilometers left. It's nothing.

We asked around. There's a village nearby.

We say that you need to visit your Auntie or something along those lines.

He should drive to Riga alone.

And we go to the village. We pay someone to take us to Riga.

Well? This way is better, right?

For the operation.

Yeah, sure. You are right. I'll tell him to go to Riga by himself.

- We are going to have a breakfast. - We'll be in the kitchen.

Shit!

- Hello, my darlings! - Good morning, Helmut!

Good morning!

Tanya, my sweetheart!

Helmut, my dear,

I have a favor to ask.

Promise me to do it.

I will, my mistress.

Still... Why didn't we have breakfast?

We'll have breakfast in Riga.

And your friends?

Maybe we should've said good-bye to them?

I'm tired of them lecturing me.

I want to be with you.