Original subtitles

Peter Fyodorov

Evgeny Antropov Vladimir Yumatov

Evgeny Antropov Vladimir Yumatov Igor Chernevich

Vladislav Abashin Svetlana Kolpakova

Yana Sekste

Yana Gladkikh Sergey Zhuravel Sergey Byzgu

Sergey Sosnovsky Vyacheslav Chepurchenko Nadezhda Mikhalkova

Director of photography: Andrey Gurkin Production designer: Iraida Shults

Editor: Konstantin Mazur Composer: Darin Sysoev Sound mixer: Ivan Rips

Written by Dmitriy Konstantinov

Executive producer Maxim Korolev

Producers Alexey Moiseev Oleg Piganov

Directed by Dmitriy Konstantinov Yuriy Trofimov

THE DEPARTED

A telegraph operator recognized Yasha Tsigan in Perm.

She says he made a scene there, was waving his hands:

"Can you do it faster? My train is about to leave!".

It all seems too smooth.

They quickly found that operator, and her memory is like Lenin's.

You think Moscow Homicide got Yasha?

What does he know, that Yasha?

He knows enough for me to stay in jail for 15 years.

And for 10 years for you.

Why in hell would he go any further?

He could stay in Perm.

Yasha said he'd lived there after jail for six months.

Well, he used to live there. So what?

You know what's the difference between you and Chalice?

He has a brain.

Why, I'd do the same.

I'd raise hell with the telegram while the train's at the station,

like I'm going to Siberia, but actually'd lay low with my homie.

Alright, I gotta go. Glafira is making cheesecakes for me.

I just do what I'm told. I've written down the info and brought it to you.

And now it's for you to decide.

Also Glafira asked me to tell you.

If someone calls her Marta, she'll scratch his face.

Easy, easy! That's it, kids, come here!

Here's the beginning of the exposition, stand in a circle carefully!

Yura!

Enough! You have a rehearsal and also we have to take out the coffins.

Well, coffins are sacred, of course. Let's go, Lisa!

We are leaving.

He's insistent, that young man.

Tell him bluntly that he has not a chance with you.

Wait, why do you think he has not a chance with me?

Because you don't like him.

And you're not one of those girls who go out just for going out.

What a knowledge of female psychology!

Daughter psychology.

These are different things.

You know, what I'm gonna tell you, will surprise you.

I like him.

You shouldn't encourage him in order to prove something to your father.

Don't you think it's kinda ugly?

Don't you think it's progressing?

You know what matches me and what doesn't, who I like and who I don't.

- I've always known it. - Look, I'm an adult!

- I have my own life! - Let's talk about it at home.

We won't talk about it at all.

Is the reading room still open?

No, it's not. I'm leaving.

Are you going home? Maybe you're going my way?

I can't stand stupid questions! How can I know where you're going?

By the way we started to call each other by our first names

at the bed of a dying man. So, there's no way back.

Stunning impudence!

It's just amazing.

Impudence, freshly shaved face and a ticket to the cinema.

These are the three whales, on which a man must swim up to a woman.

I don't want to go to the cinema.

Me too.

Ivan, come here!

Well done! Stand here.

Get ready, guys!

That's it! You, chief, need to be treated with electricity.

It's time to be treated with electricity.

An error in the quote means minus one point.

Let's try again. Also starts with letter "V".

- You give up? - No!

What?

Take off your hats, bare your heads. They gonna take the body out now.

Don't interrupt me!

Why you shouting like a polar bear in warm weather?

Are you interrupting me on purpose?

Of course. My goal is to win at any cost.

Well, I give up then. That's it.

The sound of the wheel of fortune creaking was heard over the city.

Why did I say yes? Just disgraced myself!

Come on! To remember more than thirty quotes from Ilf and Petrov -

is an excellent result for a layman.

Did Sasha Galperin coach you?

No, I coached him.

I was his punching bag.

Some things remained in my memory.

Can you tell me why you broke up?

Why?

Speak it out. You'll feel better.

I feel good already.

One, two, three! Well done!

No one would let me go abroad.

Sasha knew this perfectly well

and said he wouldn't go to London.

He said it himself to his parents.

They shouted, scolded him,

then gave up

and found a good job for him here.

We set the date for our wedding, began to prepare.

And on the First of May

we were at Sasha's parents' and Sasha suddenly asked:

"And what with London?

Case already closed? "

I ran away, we quarreled. Then we quarreled again.

At the end of May we broke up.

I got a diploma, returned to Strunyevo, got a job at the library.

Here's the plain old story.

Why are you silent?

I'm listening.

You already know everything I can say.

I'm glad that you returned to Strunyevo, got a job at the library.

I have to go.

Father will come soon. I have to cook something for dinner.

I'll walk you home.

There's no need.

Doesn't Glafira forbid you to drink vodka with perps?

Let her try!

Do you have some food to drink with?

Musa, I don't drink. It's tea.

Well,

as you wish.

If you don't want to drink, I won't make you do it.

Let's talk without booze.

Let's talk, then.

I remembered

how you were talking about Andrei Petrovich.

That he was a teacher, a friend of yours.

And they tied his legs like sheep's.

And also that you wanted to send an anonymous letter to the cops.

- So what? - Just saying.

And now you go to the perps.

It doesn't make sense.

Musa, if you want to say something, say it. Why wriggling?

If I wanted I would've done so by now.

I think about the options.

What if you decided to send all of us together to jail?

- For Andrei Petrovich. - What are you talking about?

Of course, you won't!

You get that perps won't forgive you.

They'll get you everywhere,

and Dasha in prison,

and the children at your sister-in-law.

She lives in Tutaev near Yaroslavl, doesn't she?

Ok, I'll go if you don't want to drink.

- Musa, I thought you were my friend. - I am.

If I wasn't - other people would consider the options with you now.

No!

Tell me it's not true!

You were kidding, right? Just wanted to make me angry.

Lord, how did I make you angry in this life? What have I done wrong?

- Why did you send me this Taras? - There's no God.

A word more - and you'll be no more!

Just as something fits in my head, when there's a plan: he's here in a moment!

"Nothing's been spoiled here yet? Just give me five minutes!"

He either flees to gals to grab Yasha,

or his wife tracks him down.

Taras, you are a pest!

Any fool can act according to plan.

Don't they teach you to act according to the situation in Moscow Homicide?

Well done. Insolent man is a happy man.

Yes.

And the most important thing is they believe that he is in Perm!

How do you know?

I know.

Do you know another place to hide?

- Yasha? - Seeds!

Maybe, at the old water tower?

No, mushroomers walk around there.

That was the most reliable place.

He is a pest!

Alright then.

We got everything we could out of him.

We'll put him in the trunk, take him to Yaroslavl. Let 'em get him.

- To prison? - To a resort!

He's already been in prison.

If he gets there again it'll be all over for him. He'll become a jailbird.

Life is over. But he helped us! We also promised to help him.

New life, new name.

It turns out we lied to him?

- Didn't he try to kill you? - He didn't want to kill me.

He just hit me.

Dinner is ready.

Do you want me to bring it here while it's hot?

Set the table at home. We'll be there soon.

Masha!

He didn't even thank you.

What a shame! How can you live with this rude?

I live alright

and happily.

Actually, Masha, thank you so much!

You are just a wonder.

Do you get now how you should talk to your wife?

You're joking all the time, embarrassing me.

- I'm not a wonder at all. - There are many different kinds.

A wonder-monster, a wonder-tree.

Gonna stand here, until everything gets cold?

A sultry woman - a poet's dream!

- Lucky you, Taras. - Look, poet!

Make advances to other people's wives in Moscow.

- It's no use here. - Alright, I'll wait till I'm in Moscow.

Look, is the car at the station at night?

She loves me, you fool!

- There's no hope for you. - Yes, I got it.

Does Galiev leave the key in the car for the night?

Yes, he does.

He doesn't want to be disturbed if the car's needed urgently.

Excellent.

Now we have dinner and then we'll go for Yasha.

Also the postwoman knows where he is now.

What can she know?

She thinks I was with a girl there and Masha hit me on the head.

We can't risk it.

We'll get up in the morning and go.

Look, you told me that rumors spread quickly here.

They spread among women first and won't reach the criminals right now.

And I have kinda headache.

I haven't recovered yet.

Don't go, sit with for a while.

What is the most important thing in a man's life?

A woman.

Right. And what else?

Right, job!

I've had a woman already.

Now I'm going to work.

And I'll tell you something funny.

Taras is cheating on Masha.

- Really? With who? - I don't know.

There's a basement in the broken church. He meets with her there.

He goes there every day.

Masha tracked him down and hit him on the head.

What? It is funny!

Are you sure that he goes to a girl?

Who else to?

Alright.

See you later.

To bring a girl to the basement? There's shit and mold around.

I thought what if they keep Tsigan there?

They were with him when he got lost.

Taras and that one, with a hat.

Go there and check it.

Just in case.

Three minutes.

You have three minutes.

Chalice!

Don't shoot without need.

How do you know that he's there and that he's being watched?

I know nothing.

We're going there just to check.

So, we gonna go there without drinking first?

Maya is on duty in hospital today.

I'd go there for spirits.

It's close by, Thrush - 3 minutes!

We'll freeze our smiles off.

Alright, but quickly!

- Let's visit the hospital on our way. - No problem.

As soon as the car leaves run to the hostel and find Stotsky.

Uncle Pasha is on duty today there!

Let me throw a stone at the window. What room?

I don't know.

Run to Taras.

Find him and tell him personally

that we're going to the old church to check the basement.

- We're on our way already! - What's going on there?

Later. Please, Maya, do as I say. And don't tell anyone!

Pardon my waking you up, I need Taras!

It's urgent!

You're shameless!

You've ruined Dasha's life and now you're undertaking for mine?

Masha, please, this is important!

Don't yell, my children are asleep! Tell me, I'll tell him.

- I can't tell you. - Get outta here then!

I'm counting to three.

You stand here and wait until I come out. Is it clear?

Is it?

Never come here again, beauty!

- Who was it? - Grams Manya can't sleep. I gave her a pill.

And you said he was in Perm.

So, who has a brain among the two of us?

What's gonna happen now?

I don't know.

But you've rested, right?

Got strength

for new achievements.

Why are you silent?

I think how can I fix it.

Please, don't!

- How is he? - Still alive.

They took him to an old sawmill, he's guarded there.

Snake and Jew'll come in the afternoon. They're gonna ask him personally.

Hell!

What about Dasha and the children?

As promised. Children are at a resort in Yalta.

Dasha will be sent to a special prison. No one will ever touch her.

Don't be afraid, we keep our word.

Will you be there, at the sawmill?

Take up arms!

We're going to take the leader of the gang of counterfeiters - Yasha Tsigan.

According to intelligence, he's not alone there.

What a fine fellow I am that fixed this jalopy.

Now there's room for everybody.

We should take the cart anyway to take the bandits back.

Alright, let him go. It's funnier this way.

Thank you, Taras!

If not for you, where would I learn to act according to the situation?

You're welcome.

You got used to plan everything for 5 years ahead in Moscow.

When you don't know what you gonna do in half an hour,

the enemy can't figure you out for sure.

Well, finally! And I kept thinking: when will it dawn on you?

It's called "All or Nothing".

We're gonna shake this swamp, and that will be it!

If we don't find Dad in the next 24 hours,

most likely we'll never find him.

He said a whole army came from Moscow, everyone was arrested.

So who is Dad?

He says Fedya Marked.

They played you like a damn fiddle.

How could I know?

I was in the basement, heard some explosions.

Snake, where did you find him?

Same place where I'm gonna lose him.

Only it'll be too late.

What else have you told them?

- Nothing. I know nothing. - Oh, sure!

You don't know Tisha was thrown out the hospital window.

You don't know about the bank in Yaroslavl.

I was in the car, I saw nothing.

Of course, you didn't do anything yourself.

You were on the lookout.

Yes, I swear on my mother's life: I told them nothing.

You said you were an orphan.

Dear bandits!

Either you surrender, or you'll be killed. The choice is yours.

And what are you gonna kill us for?

First of all, for hiding from the investigation a hardened criminal,

the leader of the gang of counterfeiters, Yasha Tsigan.

But we've just got him and wanted to take him to you.

You'll tell this to our colonel in Homicide

when you're hanging from a chandelier by your balls.

Hey, Lieutenant, don't you think too much of yourself?

I don't like to be interrupted.

Secondly, for those guns you're holding in your sweaty hands now.

Look, aren't you too bold?

I give you 7 seconds to think.

6!

- What are you doing? - Better shoot in your head, moron!

He wanted to shoot the Lieutenant.

You can't give guns to apes.

Five and a half.

Well, that's it!

It's over!

We surrender.

We surrender!

Go out one by one.

Put your weapons on the ground, hands behind your heads.

What weapon? We're peaceful people.

Don't you see?

Everything we find, we'll hang on you.

Of course!

Go to the wall!

To the wall! Come on!

Go!

He's got so many guns, chief.

No doubt, he's the leader of the gang.

Disarm him.

Take these to the car!

To the car?

Stop!

Halt!

Taras, shoot!

Taras, move aside!

What?

Bitch!

He's gonna drown anyway. He's in handcuffs.

He's got no one to blame but himself. If he didn't run he would be alive now.

Let's go, while the rest haven't run away.

Jew, Snake, Chacha, Bynya. Which one is the weakest link?

It's not Bynya.

And it's not Snake.

Probably Jew.

Actually no, it's Chacha!

Yes, Chacha.

What's the weakest link?

Which of these four will confess first?

Then of course, Chacha. There's no doubt about that.

The tape recorder is confiscated. For a day. We'll give it back tomorrow.

I wonder how should we rehearse?

Without music for a while.

What do you mean without music?

This is a plastic performance!

Wait! Put it where you've taken it. How can you wear police uniform?!

Don't shove this piece of paper into my face!

Do you even know the cost of this thing?

We'll give it back alright.

Dear people!

Look what's going on!

Our own police is robbing people in the middle of the day!

You should be ashamed, comrades!

You have a good town here.

It's beautiful, people are friendly.

It is good.

There are good girls in the hostel.

There's this Georgian.

- Chacha. - Chacha.

What do you accuse me of, chief? Let's get to the point.

Just murder and robbery.

But it'll be later.

First of all, tell me:

how do you feel about Comrade Khrushchev?

To Khrushchev?

- I respect him. - He's kinda your boss?

He's everyone's boss.

And bosses don't get much respect usually.

I, personally, respect him.

You want to get into politics, chief?

I don't need politics.

Do you often visit Chacha's girls?

No, not now.

In spring almost every day.

And who is their chief?

Taras, you must be kidding.

Is it so hard for you to say?

No, but...

So, tell me. Chacha?

Well, Chacha.

According to our information, there is a person

who heads the criminal world of Strunyevo.

His name is Dad.

Do you know who he is?

Did he order to rob and to kill?

Citizen Chacha, grab your things and go out!

Though you can leave your things. You'll get everything you need.

Just look at our brave policemen!

They rob apartments by day, don't they, Fluffy?

And they take a man out of bed by night.

And they wonder why people don't like them?

Stop sqealing!

Should we wait in the corridor until you finish here?

Good idea, mister chief.

- Why can't you leave me alone? - Really!

Is he taken for a long time?

No, for about 3 months.

After that he's gonna be shot.

That's it, Chacha. Your friends have ratted you out!

You can understand them. They saved their asses.

You're so funny, guys.

Do you know how many times I've been intimidated?

Intimidated.

Peter Gavrilovich Shunin.

Nicknamed Snake.

According to our information, there is a person

who heads the criminal world of Strunyevo.

His name is Dad. Do you know who he is?

Chacha.

I respect him.

He's kinda your boss?

He's everyone's boss.

- And bosses don't get much respect usually. - I, personally, respect him.

If Chacha orders to kill, will you do it?

Of course I will.

He's lying.

Do I look like Dad to you?

Grigory Petrovich Ivolgin.

Nicknamed Grisha Thrush.

According to our information,

there is a person who heads the criminal world of Strunyevo.

His name is Dad.

Do you know who he is?

Well, it's Chacha.

- Did he order to rob and to kill? - No, not now.

In spring, almost every day.

Bastards!

They want me to pay for their crimes!

I told you so.

Are you crazy?

What are you doing here?

I've come to visit you.

Aren't you glad to see me?

And did they tell you

how Snake had thought of fake money?

How Jew had robbed the bank in Alexandrov?

No.

Only about you.

- I can tell a lot about them too. - You will, Chacha, you will.

You better think about this.

Look, six people, as one, pointed at you.

Do you think they thought of it themselves,

or maybe someone advised them to do so?

I've thought about it already.

Of course, Dad told them.

Dad told.

You get it now it wasn't them who ratted you out.

It was Dad.

Do you know who he is?

Nobody knows him.

But I can tell you

how he got in touch with us.

The postman checks the box at the square near the store every two hours.

I don't know who pays him.

If there's a letter for uncle Pasha, he immediately takes it to him.

Uncle Pasha?

The guard at the hostel?

So, he takes it to him, and then?

Then he calls to Jew in the pub,

to Snake in the park,

to Bynya in the warehouses, or to me.

To send someone to take a letter.

To whom? To anyone of the four of you?

Well, yes. There are different stamps on the envelope.

Animals, famous people, space stuff, or with Lenin.

Animals means a letter for you?

Lenin means a letter for me.

And if you need to contact Dad. What do you do?

Also a letter for uncle Pasha. Only without a stamp.

Are there any letters for Uncle Pasha?

How long have you been working as a messenger for bandits?

You must've been hit on the head, Taras?

Nina, don't you hurry!

You won't need to haste for the next 7 years now.

Nazar!

- My dear! - Akimych!

Akimych!

What's wrong with her?

She's in 1943 now.

When she received a death notice on me.

You know, we hardly saved her then.

She stayed in bed for a week. We thought she would die.

Akimych, the light was on all night at the police station.

Klava Karyakina dropped in. Chacha was interrogated there.

And before him they got Snake and Jew.

They will rat me out at the first interrogation.

I think they've already done so.

No, Zoya, I won't leave her alone.

What's gonna happen now, Akimych?

What's gonna happen...

They'll find and put in jail everyone they can reach.

The new perps will replace them.

I'm still thinking, Zoya, what have I done wrong?

You did everything right.

You and I get it - there's no other way. And these fools haven't even fought.

They just like to play war.

Well, a young, beautiful girl asked me for help.

How could I refuse?

Friendly assistance is not against the law yet.

Or is it already?

Don't worry, uncle Pasha. We'll find an article in the Criminal Code for you.

Go for it!

He's lying, Comrade Senior Lieutenant!

And you prove it first!

Now the lawyers have the power.

You can't send anyone to jail now.

You're digressing!

If you're innocent, just tell us honestly:

what did you do with letters without stamps?

Don't accuse me of something I didn't, chief!

There were no such letters.

Don't talk too much.

Everything is being recorded on tape.

Well, start talking now.

You took all the letters to uncle Pasha immediately, right?

Yes, right away.

But not all of them.

Artur Andreevich told me to bring him letters without stamps,

even if they were sent to uncle Pasha.

He lives in the hospital, so he's always there.

Artur Andreevich? The doctor?

Yes.

He said it was Dad's personal request.

Do you also know about Dad?

Everyone knows. The whole town.

Artur Andreevich paid me with money.

As a bonus for extra work.

- When did you bring him the last letter? - Tonight.

Just as it got dark. He has a gap in the door between the jamb and the wall.

Artur Andreevich told me to throw letters only into that gap.

I threw it, knocked and said "The letter".

He came out, thanked me, and that was it.

Taras, do you have a piece of paper?

May I take it?

What's under us? A room? Someone's office?

There's a female toilet. And still lower is a cellar.

And if this hole in the wall is slanted?

A cache might be somewhere on the side.

Rodion!

Look what I got!

Here. It was here.

Well done, Taras.

Anyone could get into that toilet.

And not only from the hospital.

Employee entrance is there. Even men go there when the male toilet is occupied.

Egor told me you're aware that he's working with us.

You even tried to help.

This means you're with us too.

Maya, do you know something?

No.

Maybe you suspect someone?

What if it's just nonsense?

And I would slander a person in vain.

I promise that we shall not put a person in jail for nothing.

Yes, of course.

Well, I came into Artur Andreevich' office once, and he was already...

I mean, he didn't hear anything already.

He was on the phone:

"Tell Marta to come for the test results urgently"

I thought it was strange, cause she hadn't taken any tests.

I keep records.

Marta.

- From ladies hostel? - She's already left that place.

She lives with Musa.

And once I went to the toilet, she was sitting on the sill and waiting.

All the stalls were free except that one, where this hiding place is.

I don't want to go to jail. Please!

- Please don't send me there! - Don't cry!

Everything will be recorded on tape.

- Maybe they won't put you in jail. - What?

She's the most important messenger.

She is the only one who knew Dad in the whole town.

I had no time even to think!

He said if I won't carry letters,

or if I tell someone about them, he would kick me out of town,

or put me in jail.

And who is so terrible?

What do you mean? We are sitting in his office.

- What do you want to say? - Quiet, Taras!

You mean

Ivan Zakharovich Liznyuk,

the police chief is Dad?

How could I know that he was Dad?

I was told by the chief policeman in town.

How couldn't I do it?

Ivan Zakharovich, open up!

Otherwise we'll knock the door out! Let's do it in an amicable way!

Taras, check the building!

Why, Ivan Zakharovich?