1 00:00:41,793 --> 00:00:45,668 Between 1836-1842 became the Brest fortress built on Russia's western border - 2 00:00:45,668 --> 00:00:48,209 - where the rivers Bug and Muchawez run together. 3 00:00:48,209 --> 00:00:51,501 The fort was believed to be impregnable. 4 00:00:51,501 --> 00:00:55,668 100 years later had new weapon technology made the fort almost redundant, - 5 00:00:55,668 --> 00:00:58,168 - but its defenders were equally steadfast. 6 00:00:58,168 --> 00:01:01,501 20 years after the war it was defenders' heroics described - 7 00:01:01,501 --> 00:01:04,584 - in Sergei Smirnov's book. In 1965, the fort was given the title Heltefort. 8 00:01:05,209 --> 00:01:10,751 In honor of the heroes of the Brest Fort and all the defenders of the fatherland. 9 00:01:42,376 --> 00:01:45,751 Brest Fort 10 00:01:50,126 --> 00:01:55,584 June 21, 1941. A park in Brest 11 00:02:06,084 --> 00:02:09,959 I remember that. I remember it all. 12 00:02:11,834 --> 00:02:16,376 There was dancing in the park on Saturday, as always. 13 00:02:18,001 --> 00:02:19,751 Thank you. 14 00:02:25,501 --> 00:02:29,334 It's me: Alexander Akimov. 15 00:02:30,543 --> 00:02:34,918 Student in it 333rd Regimental Military Band. 16 00:02:36,459 --> 00:02:40,668 My parents died in Spain in 1937. 17 00:02:41,626 --> 00:02:45,043 There was only my brother and I left. 18 00:02:45,668 --> 00:02:48,043 It's Anya. 19 00:02:48,209 --> 00:02:50,459 Just Anya. 20 00:02:50,626 --> 00:02:56,168 But for me she would never be "just" Anya. 21 00:02:59,876 --> 00:03:02,709 One moment. 22 00:03:20,001 --> 00:03:23,584 Sasha, why aren't you at the barracks? 23 00:03:25,293 --> 00:03:30,584 The entire orchestra has been sent home. The last ones left on Wednesday. 24 00:03:30,584 --> 00:03:33,959 Private Akimov in the military orchestra: 25 00:03:34,584 --> 00:03:38,043 I order you back to the fort at once. 26 00:03:38,043 --> 00:03:43,376 Why are you yelling at me? You are my commander in chief, not my father. 27 00:03:43,376 --> 00:03:46,543 Ask Sergeant Kovalenok give you an appropriate punishment. 28 00:03:46,543 --> 00:03:49,209 I will check it. Don't lie. 29 00:03:49,543 --> 00:03:51,293 Right about... 30 00:03:51,876 --> 00:03:53,626 Marching! 31 00:04:00,084 --> 00:04:03,293 And he calls himself my brother... 32 00:04:04,209 --> 00:04:09,376 - Officer family, stand up. - Anya, come here. What a circus! 33 00:04:10,834 --> 00:04:15,376 It's easier to keep track on a regiment than on you! 34 00:04:48,001 --> 00:04:52,334 It's my home. My fort. 35 00:04:53,501 --> 00:04:56,168 It's big. 36 00:04:56,418 --> 00:04:59,876 It is impossible to climb over the wall. 37 00:05:00,501 --> 00:05:05,251 But I knew some places, where I could hide - 38 00:05:05,584 --> 00:05:08,668 - where no one would find me. 39 00:05:44,543 --> 00:05:46,376 Thank you. 40 00:06:01,168 --> 00:06:06,376 Brest - the station 41 00:06:10,001 --> 00:06:12,584 Passengers! 42 00:06:12,584 --> 00:06:16,084 Keep calm. 43 00:06:16,543 --> 00:06:22,043 Don't stand in line at the ticket booth, there are no more tickets. 44 00:06:32,334 --> 00:06:37,459 There are no more tickets, not even for soldiers. 45 00:06:37,459 --> 00:06:41,834 I have three days to come back and forth. 46 00:06:42,001 --> 00:06:47,251 We have no tickets, not even in an emergency. 47 00:06:47,501 --> 00:06:52,834 I have a wife and child in Dauvgapils. They must be here with me. 48 00:06:52,834 --> 00:06:57,418 - July 20 is the earliest I have. - Cancel some reservations. 49 00:06:59,751 --> 00:07:05,626 Comrade Commissioner, I may not cancel reservations. 50 00:07:05,626 --> 00:07:09,751 I have received a directive from the army that I must follow. 51 00:07:09,751 --> 00:07:13,001 - So you can't do anything. - Does it matter? 52 00:07:13,001 --> 00:07:17,293 Why bring them here, when everyone else wants to get out of here? 53 00:07:17,709 --> 00:07:20,334 What do you mean by that? 54 00:07:23,043 --> 00:07:25,376 It's so hot here. 55 00:07:25,709 --> 00:07:30,251 Like in the Sahara. What a day. I want to lay down and die. 56 00:07:30,251 --> 00:07:31,793 The German extra train. 57 00:08:03,668 --> 00:08:06,793 Good day, Comrade Commissioner. 58 00:08:09,543 --> 00:08:11,751 Nicholas. 59 00:08:12,293 --> 00:08:14,793 - Do you have the film with you? - Yes. 60 00:08:33,959 --> 00:08:37,376 Hype, hype! Faster! 61 00:08:49,834 --> 00:08:52,001 Tugushev. 62 00:08:56,751 --> 00:09:01,043 Kolya is fast, but Tugushev is even faster! 63 00:09:05,126 --> 00:09:08,293 There will be no war. 64 00:09:14,293 --> 00:09:17,459 - Checkmate. - One wrong move! 65 00:09:17,459 --> 00:09:20,668 - One more game, come on! - Commissioner. 66 00:09:22,584 --> 00:09:26,501 - Hasn't the commissioner left? - I couldn't leave you guys. 67 00:09:26,501 --> 00:09:29,418 What kind playoffs would it be? 68 00:09:38,918 --> 00:09:41,543 Do you have the film with you? 69 00:09:42,001 --> 00:09:43,334 Yes. 70 00:09:44,043 --> 00:09:47,501 - And beer. - Maybe you should leave the beer alone. 71 00:09:47,959 --> 00:09:50,293 It's Sunday tomorrow. 72 00:09:50,793 --> 00:09:55,001 - People want to relax on Sunday. - So relax. 73 00:09:55,793 --> 00:09:57,626 Three beers. 74 00:09:58,751 --> 00:10:01,334 Alik, Nina, calm down. 75 00:10:04,293 --> 00:10:08,834 - And soda for the kids. - At least you think about them. 76 00:10:12,084 --> 00:10:14,168 Did we forget something? 77 00:10:15,459 --> 00:10:18,209 - Come on, soldiers. - Kids. 78 00:10:26,334 --> 00:10:28,376 CLOSED 79 00:10:43,918 --> 00:10:46,376 Do you have something for me? 80 00:10:47,376 --> 00:10:49,543 I have that. 81 00:10:50,918 --> 00:10:54,293 Do you want to talk about love again? 82 00:10:54,751 --> 00:10:56,209 Yes. 83 00:11:09,251 --> 00:11:13,251 - Caught in the act, Sergeant. - What? 84 00:11:13,251 --> 00:11:16,793 Do you want ironing? What are you doing here? 85 00:11:16,793 --> 00:11:20,251 I played wrong and my brother has good hearing. 86 00:11:20,251 --> 00:11:22,751 - What did you play? - Mazurka. 87 00:11:23,293 --> 00:11:27,793 Make sure you learn it for tomorrow, because you have to play it in the parade. 88 00:11:35,918 --> 00:11:38,251 Stop the music! 89 00:11:39,334 --> 00:11:42,668 Khrusch, what are you doing? What were you thinking about? 90 00:11:42,668 --> 00:11:46,584 Comrade Lieutenant, it sounds like Swan Lake. 91 00:11:57,126 --> 00:11:59,501 Good morning. 92 00:12:13,376 --> 00:12:17,418 When will the war against Germany break out? 93 00:12:18,876 --> 00:12:23,876 - So that's it? - I will investigate - 94 00:12:23,876 --> 00:12:30,418 - whether you have spread rumours of war against our allies. 95 00:12:30,793 --> 00:12:37,334 How did it happen, Mikhailovich, that you are called a rumor monger? 96 00:12:39,209 --> 00:12:42,418 Ask those who appointed you. 97 00:12:49,501 --> 00:12:54,793 help me I have neither high rank or any authority. 98 00:12:54,793 --> 00:12:59,251 I have a lot to look after and I know it's not your fault. 99 00:13:00,084 --> 00:13:02,959 Who spreads these rumors at the garrison? 100 00:13:05,293 --> 00:13:10,251 I asked you to come here, so we could get us a friendly chat. 101 00:13:10,459 --> 00:13:14,251 - Who is it, Comrade Major? - It was me. 102 00:13:14,709 --> 00:13:19,959 I have stated a few times, that the Germans will soon attack us. 103 00:13:22,334 --> 00:13:26,668 I haven't heard others say something similar. 104 00:13:28,084 --> 00:13:32,668 There is no panic in the garrison, Comrade Vainstein. 105 00:13:33,459 --> 00:13:37,168 You don't have to be afraid of that. 106 00:13:42,709 --> 00:13:44,876 Look here, lieutenant. 107 00:13:46,209 --> 00:13:50,668 If they come, are we trapped in a bottleneck. 108 00:13:51,334 --> 00:13:55,209 The garrison consists of 8000 men. And so many - 109 00:13:55,209 --> 00:13:58,793 - won't be able to come out of the North Gate. 110 00:13:58,793 --> 00:14:03,459 Here are mothers, grandmothers, children. All together with packaging. 111 00:14:03,459 --> 00:14:06,293 It is the pure sanatorium! 112 00:14:06,751 --> 00:14:12,334 Most of the garrison should be moved out of the fort, near the troops. 113 00:14:12,334 --> 00:14:17,334 I've been saying that for two years, and now I say it again. 114 00:14:18,001 --> 00:14:23,584 What about the 4th army, do you think they will leave us in the lurch, Mikhailovich? 115 00:14:23,959 --> 00:14:29,293 They won't, if everyone is where they need to be. 116 00:14:29,584 --> 00:14:33,293 But the soldiers are somewhere, and the officers another. 117 00:14:33,501 --> 00:14:37,793 When the soldiers stand without officers, panic will occur. 118 00:14:37,793 --> 00:14:40,918 It's that simple, Comrade Lieutenant. 119 00:14:47,043 --> 00:14:52,376 I understand what you mean. It has been a useful conversation. 120 00:14:53,168 --> 00:14:56,459 I must ask you to keep this to yourself. 121 00:14:56,459 --> 00:14:59,793 Your case will be heard on the 27th. 122 00:15:01,209 --> 00:15:05,834 May I go, Comrade Lieutenant? They are showing a movie in the club. 123 00:15:06,251 --> 00:15:08,376 Of course. 124 00:15:49,626 --> 00:15:52,084 Sonya? 125 00:15:53,459 --> 00:15:57,043 - Will you stay with me? - See how people live! 126 00:15:57,459 --> 00:16:01,751 Anyota, there is something I have long wanted to tell you... 127 00:16:47,001 --> 00:16:49,584 Thank you, Comrade Major. 128 00:17:30,751 --> 00:17:34,251 The tea has gone cold. 129 00:17:36,251 --> 00:17:39,126 Go to bed, Katyusha. 130 00:17:54,876 --> 00:17:57,834 Don't forget this day. 131 00:18:04,251 --> 00:18:09,834 German saboteurs infiltrated Brest, wearing our uniforms. 132 00:18:11,209 --> 00:18:15,543 They closed the water and the power supply for the fort. 133 00:18:22,626 --> 00:18:24,168 What is there? 134 00:18:24,876 --> 00:18:29,418 Another Polish deserter appeared at the border post today. 135 00:18:29,418 --> 00:18:33,251 He said the war will begin at four o'clock last night. 136 00:18:34,209 --> 00:18:37,168 - Do you believe him? - Of course not. 137 00:18:37,168 --> 00:18:42,501 But ten of them have come, that says war will break out. 138 00:18:42,751 --> 00:18:47,251 It's Anya I'm worried about. The girl has grown up. 139 00:18:47,459 --> 00:18:52,626 Before she told me everything, now I can ill squeeze a word out of her. 140 00:18:54,543 --> 00:18:57,001 Maybe she's sick? 141 00:18:57,418 --> 00:19:02,501 The disease is called Sasha Akimov. Our Anya is in love. 142 00:19:05,834 --> 00:19:08,709 That's the problem. 143 00:19:10,251 --> 00:19:11,876 Sasha. 144 00:19:12,459 --> 00:19:15,501 You promised to go with me on a fishing trip. 145 00:19:15,501 --> 00:19:20,751 - Your parents won't let you. - I sneak out when they are sleeping. 146 00:19:21,543 --> 00:19:26,126 Anya, play on, I go out and have a smoke. 147 00:19:53,001 --> 00:19:55,376 Let's get married! 148 00:19:55,793 --> 00:19:58,959 I don't remember you proposing. 149 00:20:00,293 --> 00:20:04,251 Don't you think I want that? I'll be right back. 150 00:20:08,376 --> 00:20:10,876 One moment! 151 00:20:53,668 --> 00:20:55,626 Good evening. 152 00:20:56,251 --> 00:21:01,043 - Name? - Kolka. I brought the film. 153 00:21:38,584 --> 00:21:44,001 June 22, 1941 at 03.58 154 00:23:53,876 --> 00:23:56,751 Exercise? We cannot sleep in peace. 155 00:24:02,293 --> 00:24:04,251 What's going on?! 156 00:24:05,834 --> 00:24:08,709 I want to see what happens. 157 00:24:12,001 --> 00:24:13,959 Down! 158 00:24:15,459 --> 00:24:18,209 - What's going on? - It's an exercise. 159 00:24:38,126 --> 00:24:42,043 - Run! Go home. I will find you. - What about you? 160 00:24:43,084 --> 00:24:46,293 - Where is Anya? - We have to find her. 161 00:24:46,293 --> 00:24:48,251 Where is Anya? 162 00:24:49,959 --> 00:24:51,626 Anya! 163 00:24:58,543 --> 00:25:01,043 Petya, is there a war? 164 00:25:02,209 --> 00:25:04,626 Katya, hurry! 165 00:25:04,626 --> 00:25:07,709 Do you have him? Run! 166 00:25:26,418 --> 00:25:31,334 Katya, do what I showed you, hide in the basement. 167 00:25:31,959 --> 00:25:35,709 Careful. Come here, my boy. 168 00:25:36,584 --> 00:25:40,334 - Be careful. - I'll come when it stops. 169 00:25:42,418 --> 00:25:44,084 Petya! 170 00:25:48,251 --> 00:25:52,084 - She'll probably find us, right? - How could that happen? 171 00:25:52,084 --> 00:25:55,084 Stay here. I'll manage. 172 00:25:58,293 --> 00:26:01,834 I'm going to regimental headquarters. Run! 173 00:26:02,668 --> 00:26:06,626 - Andryushenka! - Mother! 174 00:26:10,918 --> 00:26:12,876 Take her with you. 175 00:26:23,334 --> 00:26:26,584 Come now! 176 00:26:26,584 --> 00:26:29,626 Come on! 177 00:28:46,043 --> 00:28:49,668 I had tried to imagine what war was. 178 00:28:49,668 --> 00:28:54,001 But I didn't imagine that it looked like this. 179 00:28:54,001 --> 00:28:57,126 Everyone had been waiting for it. 180 00:28:58,293 --> 00:29:02,459 But no one had expected, that it would come so soon. 181 00:29:03,751 --> 00:29:06,751 So violent and terrible. 182 00:29:40,043 --> 00:29:42,918 I ran to the building. 183 00:29:42,918 --> 00:29:46,626 It was the assembly point in case of war. 184 00:29:58,668 --> 00:30:01,793 It was on the waiting list. 185 00:30:02,501 --> 00:30:07,584 But the waiting list was posted in a building that had been bombed. 186 00:30:07,584 --> 00:30:10,084 - Stop! - Let's get in! 187 00:30:10,084 --> 00:30:14,293 I do not hand over weapons, before the officers order it! 188 00:30:19,376 --> 00:30:22,584 I didn't get a weapon. 189 00:30:24,626 --> 00:30:28,043 But I had my own weapon. 190 00:30:30,834 --> 00:30:34,459 And it needed I do not have a power of attorney. 191 00:31:10,876 --> 00:31:13,293 It seems to be over now. 192 00:32:05,834 --> 00:32:07,918 Mother... 193 00:32:20,709 --> 00:32:22,584 Mother. 194 00:32:27,876 --> 00:32:29,918 Puss... 195 00:32:31,126 --> 00:32:33,918 Crawl down into the basement. 196 00:32:34,668 --> 00:32:37,251 Should I shoot them? 197 00:32:38,168 --> 00:32:40,668 Make them shut up. 198 00:32:45,584 --> 00:32:48,501 Hurry down to the basement, my boy 199 00:32:51,834 --> 00:32:54,834 You must not come in here. 200 00:32:55,626 --> 00:32:58,334 The Volyn fortification on the fort. The Lazarette 201 00:33:02,418 --> 00:33:04,168 What are you doing here? 202 00:33:07,001 --> 00:33:08,793 Out! 203 00:33:10,043 --> 00:33:12,376 Hurry up! 204 00:33:17,709 --> 00:33:19,626 Out of here! 205 00:33:21,251 --> 00:33:24,334 The Volyn fortification on the fort. The North Gate 206 00:33:40,084 --> 00:33:41,168 Mother! 207 00:33:49,334 --> 00:33:50,418 Mother! 208 00:33:50,793 --> 00:33:53,084 No panic! 209 00:33:55,001 --> 00:33:56,793 No panic... 210 00:33:56,793 --> 00:33:59,668 The Volyn fortification on the fort. Eastside 211 00:34:00,834 --> 00:34:03,209 Back to the barracks! 212 00:34:03,209 --> 00:34:06,626 No panic. Go back to the barracks. 213 00:34:09,084 --> 00:34:13,543 Game! Either way, play something! 214 00:34:13,959 --> 00:34:16,043 Hold on! 215 00:34:18,751 --> 00:34:21,626 Are you crazy, boy? Get away! 216 00:34:21,626 --> 00:34:24,168 - Where are the weapons? - Disappear! 217 00:34:31,418 --> 00:34:34,251 All officers, come here! 218 00:34:34,668 --> 00:34:37,168 We are lieutenants. 219 00:34:38,293 --> 00:34:43,668 Pull yourself together and behave properly, otherwise I'll shoot you! 220 00:34:45,126 --> 00:34:49,751 Everyone back to the barracks. Arm yourselves and get into position. 221 00:34:49,751 --> 00:34:52,251 Marching! 222 00:34:55,001 --> 00:34:58,459 The fort. Kholmskyporten 223 00:34:59,251 --> 00:35:03,459 Where are our troops?! I only hear Germans on the radio. 224 00:35:03,709 --> 00:35:06,626 Don't you know how it works?! 225 00:35:06,626 --> 00:35:08,376 Held! 226 00:35:08,668 --> 00:35:13,168 - I'm sorry, regimental commissar. - No panic. 227 00:35:13,584 --> 00:35:16,793 Is the regimental commander at the fort? 228 00:35:19,168 --> 00:35:20,709 No. 229 00:35:21,834 --> 00:35:24,793 I take command. Sergeant! 230 00:35:25,126 --> 00:35:29,334 Gather the troops and give them weapons. Man all windows. 231 00:35:29,501 --> 00:35:34,084 The Germans are not allowed to cross the bridge. Save the ammo. 232 00:35:34,084 --> 00:35:37,084 Try to get through. 233 00:35:37,584 --> 00:35:39,668 The fort here... 234 00:35:39,668 --> 00:35:43,751 Fort - 9th Border Guard Regiment Wait for my order. Let! 235 00:35:43,751 --> 00:35:45,918 We have too few weapons. 236 00:35:45,918 --> 00:35:48,709 - The party commissar? - Death. 237 00:35:52,501 --> 00:35:58,126 Anyone with a weapon will be here me. The rest try to find weapons. 238 00:36:00,126 --> 00:36:02,084 Germans! 239 00:36:05,959 --> 00:36:08,834 Keep an eye on the windows! 240 00:36:10,251 --> 00:36:12,668 Stay together! 241 00:36:47,584 --> 00:36:49,709 Regiment! 242 00:36:51,918 --> 00:36:54,334 Ready for battle! 243 00:36:55,793 --> 00:36:57,668 Follow me! 244 00:38:03,959 --> 00:38:05,668 The fort calls... 245 00:38:26,543 --> 00:38:31,043 The fort here. We are holding our ground, we are fighting. 246 00:38:32,501 --> 00:38:34,918 Awaiting reinforcements. 247 00:38:34,918 --> 00:38:37,959 The fort. The 13th NKVD battalion's barracks 248 00:38:44,418 --> 00:38:49,334 What device is it? Who has the command? 249 00:38:50,043 --> 00:38:55,043 Bring the commanding officer to me! 250 00:38:56,001 --> 00:38:58,793 NKVD Lieutenant Vainstein. 251 00:38:58,793 --> 00:39:03,293 You must leave the barracks, divide yourselves into smaller groups - 252 00:39:03,293 --> 00:39:06,501 - and move to a safer place. 253 00:39:06,501 --> 00:39:11,459 Major, we are leaving our post here, the Germans will penetrate the fort. 254 00:39:11,459 --> 00:39:14,293 We are holding our own until we get reinforcements! 255 00:39:14,293 --> 00:39:16,293 - Germans! - Fight back! 256 00:39:16,793 --> 00:39:19,459 Right and left... 257 00:39:28,251 --> 00:39:30,793 Carry out the order, lieutenant! 258 00:39:35,043 --> 00:39:39,043 Two regiments are on the way from Korbin to help us. 259 00:39:39,209 --> 00:39:42,293 It is pointless to sacrifice people. 260 00:39:43,251 --> 00:39:46,168 - And you, Sergeant... - Staff Sergeant Novikov. 261 00:39:46,168 --> 00:39:49,376 Do you know what happens to them? who refuses to obey orders? 262 00:39:49,376 --> 00:39:54,459 Comrade Major, I don't know you. May I see your ID? 263 00:39:55,001 --> 00:39:57,626 Yes. Of course. 264 00:39:58,668 --> 00:40:01,293 Being vigilant is a virtue. 265 00:40:02,418 --> 00:40:05,709 - And the boots. - The boots? 266 00:40:05,709 --> 00:40:11,126 Show me the boots. Ours has round rivets, the Germans have square ones. 267 00:40:11,334 --> 00:40:13,209 Novikov! 268 00:40:18,251 --> 00:40:20,293 Look for. 269 00:40:23,209 --> 00:40:25,334 Squared. 270 00:40:28,584 --> 00:40:30,709 Stop! 271 00:40:41,668 --> 00:40:44,334 German death mark. 272 00:40:44,668 --> 00:40:47,084 But the nails were round. 273 00:41:55,834 --> 00:41:57,209 Sonya! 274 00:42:05,709 --> 00:42:07,668 Sonya! 275 00:42:09,293 --> 00:42:10,584 Kolya. 276 00:42:11,168 --> 00:42:12,793 Sonya. 277 00:42:19,376 --> 00:42:21,418 Kolya! 278 00:42:25,959 --> 00:42:29,501 - Kolya, I'm here. - Sonya, I'm coming. 279 00:42:36,418 --> 00:42:39,668 The Germans are pulling get back to the clubhouse. 280 00:42:48,959 --> 00:42:51,001 Barricade the doors! 281 00:43:06,543 --> 00:43:08,418 Sonya. 282 00:43:12,334 --> 00:43:14,668 Kolya... 283 00:43:15,418 --> 00:43:18,418 Be quiet. Come now. 284 00:43:18,584 --> 00:43:22,584 Kolya, I can't go on. I'm so scared. 285 00:43:22,584 --> 00:43:25,626 Be quiet! There are Germans here. 286 00:43:25,918 --> 00:43:28,126 Now be nice! 287 00:43:28,293 --> 00:43:33,668 Be quiet. It's me. Don't cry. You are strong, I know that. 288 00:43:38,668 --> 00:43:40,626 Come forward! 289 00:43:42,584 --> 00:43:44,001 Kolya! 290 00:43:49,876 --> 00:43:52,168 I have found one. 291 00:44:00,751 --> 00:44:03,126 Shut up! 292 00:44:04,584 --> 00:44:14,168 The fort calls. We are in battle we hold our ground. 293 00:44:16,209 --> 00:44:20,834 Comrade Commissioner, look here. These are our people from the hospital. 294 00:44:32,834 --> 00:44:35,001 See. 295 00:44:39,876 --> 00:44:43,376 The nurse there treated my ear. 296 00:44:47,376 --> 00:44:50,334 what should we do Comrade Commissioner? 297 00:44:50,334 --> 00:44:52,834 Sergeant, come with me. 298 00:44:53,793 --> 00:44:56,251 Put your weapon here. 299 00:44:58,126 --> 00:45:02,334 Man all the windows. Aim at the cortege at chest height. 300 00:45:02,334 --> 00:45:04,168 Come with me. 301 00:45:09,209 --> 00:45:12,543 They have found someone to hide behind. 302 00:45:22,876 --> 00:45:24,251 Faster! 303 00:45:29,209 --> 00:45:32,501 You go slower than your parents! 304 00:45:41,918 --> 00:45:45,501 Commissioner! Come here! 305 00:45:49,793 --> 00:45:52,293 Faster! 306 00:46:22,584 --> 00:46:25,418 Faster! 307 00:46:29,918 --> 00:46:31,751 Down! 308 00:46:41,001 --> 00:46:43,501 Comrade Commissioner! 309 00:47:24,459 --> 00:47:27,334 Down in the basement! 310 00:47:28,293 --> 00:47:31,459 Down in the basement! 311 00:48:08,501 --> 00:48:13,501 We must go to Brest and find out, how the situation is there. 312 00:48:21,084 --> 00:48:23,876 Is the assignment understood? 313 00:48:24,543 --> 00:48:28,001 Yes, Comrade Regimental Commissar. 314 00:48:28,376 --> 00:48:30,793 Get off. 315 00:48:42,126 --> 00:48:47,543 See how many have died. 316 00:48:51,001 --> 00:48:53,376 Cartridges. 317 00:48:53,584 --> 00:48:55,376 Come here! 318 00:48:55,793 --> 00:48:58,459 Do you have cartridges? 319 00:48:58,459 --> 00:49:01,834 Cartridges? What are you talking about? 320 00:49:10,126 --> 00:49:12,501 Drive to Nordporten. 321 00:49:28,334 --> 00:49:31,418 The Kobrin Fortification. The Command Center 322 00:49:31,418 --> 00:49:34,251 I was looking for my brother. 323 00:49:35,459 --> 00:49:37,918 We lived here. 324 00:49:38,459 --> 00:49:43,376 Our family and the Pochernikov family. 325 00:50:05,918 --> 00:50:09,293 - Uncle Vanya! - Get away from the window. 326 00:50:09,668 --> 00:50:12,459 have you seen my brother 327 00:50:14,876 --> 00:50:17,168 Leave it to me. 328 00:50:33,876 --> 00:50:35,751 Shura, no! 329 00:50:36,293 --> 00:50:38,084 Come here! 330 00:50:43,668 --> 00:50:46,293 - Sasha, run! - No! 331 00:50:46,834 --> 00:50:49,334 It's an order! 332 00:51:19,459 --> 00:51:22,334 What should we do, Vanya? 333 00:51:23,876 --> 00:51:27,043 I will not be captured. 334 00:51:27,209 --> 00:51:29,293 I'll stay with you. 335 00:51:30,334 --> 00:51:32,584 I understand. 336 00:51:34,918 --> 00:51:38,376 I don't want to live without you and the kids. 337 00:51:44,793 --> 00:51:46,543 Shura... 338 00:51:48,334 --> 00:51:50,251 Forgive me. 339 00:51:55,793 --> 00:51:57,668 You must forgive me. 340 00:52:08,959 --> 00:52:11,543 Keep an eye on the windows! 341 00:52:12,543 --> 00:52:17,293 Keep the hallway clear. Stay together! Watch out for the windows! 342 00:52:18,918 --> 00:52:20,793 What are they doing? 343 00:53:24,293 --> 00:53:26,251 We turn around. 344 00:53:27,751 --> 00:53:30,459 We can't get through. 345 00:54:04,043 --> 00:54:06,584 The fort calls. 346 00:54:06,584 --> 00:54:09,209 Death is too good for them. 347 00:54:09,209 --> 00:54:13,376 We can't get through comrade regimental commissar. 348 00:54:13,376 --> 00:54:18,584 The fort calls. We are waiting for reinforcements. 349 00:54:19,793 --> 00:54:23,751 We are waiting for reinforcements. The fort calls. 350 00:54:24,501 --> 00:54:28,751 We are waiting for reinforcements. 351 00:54:43,084 --> 00:54:46,626 Comrade Major, tanks! 352 00:54:47,001 --> 00:54:49,793 Take it easy, Lieutenant. 353 00:54:57,251 --> 00:55:00,668 What did I say... 354 00:55:08,751 --> 00:55:11,168 We lack anti-tank protection. 355 00:55:11,168 --> 00:55:14,376 Ready for battle! Get the grenades ready. 356 00:55:17,459 --> 00:55:19,584 To arms! 357 00:55:23,709 --> 00:55:26,126 In position! 358 00:55:26,293 --> 00:55:28,418 Await order to fire! 359 00:55:31,376 --> 00:55:35,043 A few burns, but at least I'm alive. 360 00:55:36,126 --> 00:55:38,084 What else..? 361 00:55:38,251 --> 00:55:41,751 Take cover behind the tanks! 362 00:55:43,043 --> 00:55:46,334 Take cover behind the tanks! 363 00:56:08,959 --> 00:56:11,668 Spread out on the right flank! 364 00:56:16,126 --> 00:56:18,459 Who shot? 365 00:56:31,543 --> 00:56:33,293 Shoot! 366 00:56:35,626 --> 00:56:37,334 They are ours! 367 00:56:37,334 --> 00:56:38,834 Let! 368 00:56:42,209 --> 00:56:43,751 Aim! 369 00:56:44,959 --> 00:56:46,584 Shoot! 370 00:56:57,126 --> 00:56:59,459 Kovtun, grenades. 371 00:57:36,751 --> 00:57:38,876 To attack! 372 00:57:39,376 --> 00:57:41,626 Forward! 373 00:59:13,918 --> 00:59:16,626 What is your name? 374 00:59:16,959 --> 00:59:19,751 Lieutenant Akimov. 375 00:59:31,376 --> 00:59:33,751 Akimov... 376 00:59:37,043 --> 00:59:39,501 This is how my brother died. 377 00:59:39,959 --> 00:59:43,751 The first day. In the first games. 378 00:59:46,251 --> 00:59:50,168 The first order of withdrawal was given - 379 00:59:50,168 --> 00:59:53,251 - by the German High Command - 380 00:59:53,251 --> 00:59:57,001 - 22 June 1941 - 381 00:59:57,001 --> 00:59:59,876 - at 11 in the morning. 382 01:00:00,126 --> 01:00:03,084 Here at the fort in Brest. 383 01:00:03,084 --> 01:00:06,834 Many injured. We have 11 who are still armed. 384 01:00:06,834 --> 01:00:10,168 We have neither medicine, food or water. 385 01:00:10,793 --> 01:00:13,959 Where do the reinforcements go? 386 01:00:14,501 --> 01:00:18,418 Are they coming soon? What shall I say to the soldiers? 387 01:00:27,959 --> 01:00:30,918 They will come tomorrow morning. 388 01:00:32,501 --> 01:00:34,793 I promise. 389 01:00:52,126 --> 01:00:54,668 Have they all been buried? 390 01:00:55,543 --> 01:00:57,584 Yes. 391 01:01:17,251 --> 01:01:19,334 What about water? 392 01:01:19,334 --> 01:01:23,001 There is an ice cabinet in the basement. There is enough for a day. 393 01:01:23,001 --> 01:01:25,668 - And after that? - Comrade Major. 394 01:01:25,668 --> 01:01:29,751 Tomorrow our troops will beat them back… 395 01:02:20,959 --> 01:02:25,043 It's too dangerous to stay here. The building is completely destroyed. 396 01:02:25,043 --> 01:02:30,334 Take cover in the barracks basement until reinforcements arrive. 397 01:02:55,293 --> 01:02:57,459 Where is Anya? 398 01:02:57,834 --> 01:03:01,084 I thought she was with you… 399 01:03:06,959 --> 01:03:08,668 I have to go. 400 01:03:19,876 --> 01:03:23,626 I didn't know what happened. 401 01:03:24,793 --> 01:03:29,459 I didn't know what to do do or where I should go. 402 01:03:29,834 --> 01:03:34,543 I only knew that I had to survive until the next morning. 403 01:03:34,543 --> 01:03:39,418 So would our troops come and it would be over. 404 01:03:39,751 --> 01:03:41,793 23. june 405 01:04:26,459 --> 01:04:29,543 Soldiers. Officers. 406 01:04:30,168 --> 01:04:34,584 You can choose either to die in a hail of bullets - 407 01:04:34,584 --> 01:04:39,084 - or to show courage, surrender and thus survive. 408 01:04:40,834 --> 01:04:45,043 You are located in a hopeless situation. 409 01:04:45,918 --> 01:04:49,418 It is pointless to fight on. 410 01:04:49,626 --> 01:04:53,334 We have arrived to free your country - 411 01:04:53,334 --> 01:04:56,376 - from the Jews and the Bolsheviks. 412 01:04:56,668 --> 01:04:59,751 We will give you a new life - 413 01:04:59,751 --> 01:05:03,668 - without hard work. 414 01:05:04,709 --> 01:05:07,334 Surrender yourselves... 415 01:05:07,793 --> 01:05:10,584 Let me shoot them. 416 01:05:17,126 --> 01:05:19,668 No, don't do that. 417 01:05:19,959 --> 01:05:22,126 They will get what they deserve. 418 01:05:27,876 --> 01:05:29,751 Come here! 419 01:05:41,043 --> 01:05:43,501 Comrade Lieutenant. 420 01:05:45,376 --> 01:05:49,668 Akimov, Alexander, 333rd military band, reports. 421 01:05:51,043 --> 01:05:55,334 - Take him down to the basement. - Lieutenant, where's Anya? 422 01:05:56,459 --> 01:05:59,043 - What? - Where is Anya? 423 01:06:04,584 --> 01:06:07,209 I saw her running towards you. 424 01:06:10,459 --> 01:06:13,334 Get him down to the basement, now! 425 01:06:13,334 --> 01:06:15,959 - Let go. - Stop! 426 01:06:16,626 --> 01:06:19,251 I will find her! 427 01:06:19,584 --> 01:06:21,709 Akimov! 428 01:06:23,084 --> 01:06:26,709 - Sasha! - I want to find her! 429 01:06:27,293 --> 01:06:30,709 - We're running out of ammunition. - We need hand grenades. 430 01:06:30,709 --> 01:06:31,709 And reinforcements. 431 01:07:11,501 --> 01:07:14,876 No! Hold up! Don't do it! 432 01:07:20,418 --> 01:07:23,376 Don't kill me! 433 01:08:00,501 --> 01:08:02,668 No! 434 01:08:08,668 --> 01:08:10,959 Let me go! 435 01:09:05,459 --> 01:09:09,001 Come here with him! Notify Fomin! 436 01:09:09,959 --> 01:09:12,543 Hurry up! 437 01:09:12,918 --> 01:09:16,043 Commissioner, we have a prisoner. 438 01:09:16,043 --> 01:09:19,251 I remember Fomin and Zubachev. 439 01:09:19,751 --> 01:09:23,876 And their little platoon at the Kholmsky Gate. 440 01:09:25,543 --> 01:09:28,918 They did not escape over the enemy's bridge. 441 01:09:29,668 --> 01:09:33,543 I saw a German prisoner for the first time. 442 01:09:35,834 --> 01:09:37,668 Maslov! 443 01:09:37,918 --> 01:09:39,876 What does he say? 444 01:09:43,834 --> 01:09:47,209 He says they have taken Minsk. 445 01:09:52,251 --> 01:09:56,668 He says: "You guys are behind the front." 446 01:09:57,501 --> 01:10:02,126 What are you saying about Minsk? What are you doing here?! 447 01:10:02,126 --> 01:10:04,834 I swear: Minsk has fallen. 448 01:10:05,001 --> 01:10:07,001 You are lying. 449 01:10:11,126 --> 01:10:13,918 Comrade Commissioner, look! 450 01:10:21,668 --> 01:10:24,001 Our. 451 01:10:34,209 --> 01:10:36,418 Our. 452 01:11:17,834 --> 01:11:20,251 Behind you! 453 01:12:26,334 --> 01:12:28,168 Alive? 454 01:12:28,334 --> 01:12:30,501 Well done! 455 01:12:32,626 --> 01:12:34,709 Come on! 456 01:12:40,793 --> 01:12:43,126 Down into the crater! 457 01:12:55,126 --> 01:12:59,043 Lieutenant Karelin, 123rd Squadron. 458 01:12:59,043 --> 01:13:02,001 Regimental Commissioner Fomin. 459 01:13:02,168 --> 01:13:06,168 tell us what is happening in Brest and Kurbin. 460 01:13:06,668 --> 01:13:11,501 Why isn't the Air Force doing anything? Where do our troops go? 461 01:13:11,501 --> 01:13:15,918 There are no runways. They have all been bombed. 462 01:13:16,584 --> 01:13:21,709 The Germans are in Brest. Our troops has retreated to Minsk. 463 01:14:42,959 --> 01:14:44,959 Comrades! 464 01:14:47,376 --> 01:14:49,501 Soldiers! 465 01:14:53,001 --> 01:14:56,251 The Germans demand that we must surrender. 466 01:14:58,334 --> 01:15:02,251 They offer us a cowardly life in captivity. 467 01:15:05,376 --> 01:15:07,793 They are wrong! 468 01:15:08,793 --> 01:15:14,584 We are soldiers in the Red Army, and we defend our country to the death! 469 01:15:16,376 --> 01:15:19,876 It's our only choice! 470 01:15:28,334 --> 01:15:32,126 24. june 471 01:16:03,959 --> 01:16:07,001 Uncle, can I have some water? 472 01:16:07,876 --> 01:16:11,709 - We have nothing, my friend. - Give me something to eat, uncle. 473 01:17:07,834 --> 01:17:10,418 where is your family 474 01:17:10,584 --> 01:17:15,668 I don't know. I left them at home, in the basement. 475 01:17:17,834 --> 01:17:20,376 I don't know where they are now. 476 01:17:22,626 --> 01:17:27,334 I don't know either what has become of mine. 477 01:17:57,918 --> 01:18:01,334 Don't drink it. It's gasoline. 478 01:18:04,501 --> 01:18:08,793 I remember that morning, that day. 479 01:18:09,376 --> 01:18:14,251 I woke up and saw hands. Kovalenok's hands. 480 01:18:15,209 --> 01:18:18,543 He sliced one wooden flute for me. 481 01:18:19,418 --> 01:18:23,293 I looked at it and thought: What should I use it for? 482 01:18:23,834 --> 01:18:28,959 We must stick together and get away. No one will be looking for us here. 483 01:18:32,376 --> 01:18:36,293 We're getting out of here tonight, otherwise we all die. 484 01:18:36,668 --> 01:18:40,834 How are we going to get away? The fort is surrounded. 485 01:18:40,834 --> 01:18:44,543 The Germans have captured Brest. Where shall we go? 486 01:18:44,543 --> 01:18:49,626 - In captivity? To a camp? - In death? It's out with us! 487 01:18:49,876 --> 01:18:53,959 Many will die. Maybe all of us. 488 01:18:56,834 --> 01:19:01,334 We must fight while we have strength. We have to get out. 489 01:19:04,251 --> 01:19:06,626 Write an order. 490 01:19:06,793 --> 01:19:08,668 Number? 491 01:19:12,918 --> 01:19:15,334 "Order number 1. 492 01:19:16,293 --> 01:19:18,293 24 June 1941. 493 01:19:20,709 --> 01:19:22,626 The fort. 494 01:19:22,626 --> 01:19:26,793 The situation at the fort means, that we must depart from here immediately." 495 01:19:29,709 --> 01:19:33,043 Swipe "that we immediately must depart from here". 496 01:19:39,376 --> 01:19:43,376 Write: "Organizes military action - 497 01:19:43,793 --> 01:19:47,709 - to continue to could fight the enemy. 498 01:19:48,043 --> 01:19:50,168 Officers: 499 01:19:51,251 --> 01:19:54,334 Division Commissioner Fomin. 500 01:19:55,459 --> 01:19:57,959 Captain Zubachev. 501 01:19:58,626 --> 01:20:02,043 Lieutenant Vinogradov. Decision: 502 01:20:04,543 --> 01:20:09,293 Gathering the remaining troops - 503 01:20:10,209 --> 01:20:12,751 - in one unified unit. 504 01:20:15,168 --> 01:20:19,668 This device will break out of here tonight, - 505 01:20:19,834 --> 01:20:24,126 - on 24 June, to join the... 506 01:20:26,834 --> 01:20:29,626 To join - 507 01:20:29,793 --> 01:20:33,043 - The Red Army... 508 01:20:35,834 --> 01:20:39,626 ...The Red Army - 509 01:20:39,626 --> 01:20:43,293 - and continue the fight against the fascist invasion! 510 01:20:48,668 --> 01:20:51,668 Continue the fight against the fascists! 511 01:21:03,293 --> 01:21:06,251 The fort calls. 512 01:21:07,293 --> 01:21:11,001 We are in battle. We stand... 513 01:21:11,584 --> 01:21:13,543 Pugachev! 514 01:21:13,543 --> 01:21:17,043 Khablenko! Khablenko, come here! 515 01:21:17,793 --> 01:21:23,376 The shooting at the Tirespol gate and the East Gate suggests - 516 01:21:23,376 --> 01:21:27,001 - that our troops still fighting against there. 517 01:21:27,543 --> 01:21:32,334 Follow me! Break through to them at any cost. 518 01:21:32,793 --> 01:21:37,376 Report the situation and tell them we're going to break out. 519 01:21:37,668 --> 01:21:42,543 Try to reach them sooner the outbreak and came back here. 520 01:21:42,751 --> 01:21:44,918 Off! 521 01:21:44,918 --> 01:21:48,876 - Commissioner, may I say something? - Declined! 522 01:21:48,876 --> 01:21:54,334 - Drink some water, that's all I have. - Give it to the wounded, Commissioner. 523 01:21:56,584 --> 01:22:00,126 Take it with you to the wounded in the basement. 524 01:22:03,876 --> 01:22:05,959 Careful. 525 01:22:15,084 --> 01:22:17,209 Careful. 526 01:22:19,876 --> 01:22:21,834 Do it. 527 01:22:40,251 --> 01:22:42,126 Doctor. 528 01:22:44,001 --> 01:22:45,918 Doctor. 529 01:23:37,959 --> 01:23:42,959 On Saturday they delivered mineral water to the border post. 530 01:24:17,543 --> 01:24:19,918 Down in the basement! 531 01:26:09,793 --> 01:26:12,709 I can't do it, Sasha. 532 01:26:13,084 --> 01:26:17,168 Go to the East Fort, our troops are there. Give them the order: 533 01:26:17,168 --> 01:26:19,959 "We're breaking out tonight." 534 01:26:21,584 --> 01:26:24,001 I will tell them that. 535 01:26:24,709 --> 01:26:28,584 I knew that not something would happen to me - 536 01:26:29,418 --> 01:26:36,209 - because I was selected for to convey this order. 537 01:29:06,293 --> 01:29:08,626 It came from over there. 538 01:29:12,293 --> 01:29:14,126 Anya! 539 01:29:15,709 --> 01:29:20,376 There is no way out from here, so stay here. 540 01:29:22,584 --> 01:29:25,959 But I can't stay with you. 541 01:29:27,126 --> 01:29:30,584 I have an order which I shall pass on. 542 01:29:34,251 --> 01:29:36,584 Do you hear what I'm saying? 543 01:31:32,543 --> 01:31:35,001 There was no water. 544 01:31:35,959 --> 01:31:39,459 Or rather, it was there. 545 01:31:40,251 --> 01:31:43,876 Everywhere. But we could don't use it for anything. 546 01:31:43,876 --> 01:31:47,418 All attempts to reach the river bank was stopped. 547 01:31:50,043 --> 01:31:53,959 People died for a pot of water. 548 01:31:56,418 --> 01:31:59,126 What a mouthful. 549 01:32:00,501 --> 01:32:03,501 And the bit they got hold of, - 550 01:32:03,501 --> 01:32:07,668 - they used for the machine guns. 551 01:32:50,668 --> 01:32:54,376 Comrade Major, Do I have to make a report? 552 01:32:54,751 --> 01:32:58,584 Akimov, 333rd Military Band Regiment. 553 01:32:59,709 --> 01:33:04,334 I have to deliver an order. There will be a massive eruption tonight. 554 01:33:04,584 --> 01:33:07,501 The signal becomes a red signal flare. 555 01:33:21,918 --> 01:33:24,584 I'm lucky - 556 01:33:25,626 --> 01:33:28,043 - with Akimov. 557 01:33:31,709 --> 01:33:34,709 The fort calls... 558 01:33:35,168 --> 01:33:39,793 We stand, waiting for reinforcements. 559 01:33:40,751 --> 01:33:43,376 The fort calls. 560 01:33:44,209 --> 01:33:48,584 We stand, waiting for reinforcements. 561 01:33:50,751 --> 01:33:55,043 25. June at 01.55 562 01:34:50,668 --> 01:34:53,084 The time has come! 563 01:35:05,084 --> 01:35:07,001 Follow me! 564 01:35:13,084 --> 01:35:15,126 Come on! 565 01:35:20,043 --> 01:35:22,001 Forward! 566 01:36:17,834 --> 01:36:19,959 Follow me! 567 01:36:44,876 --> 01:36:47,043 Forward! 568 01:37:05,376 --> 01:37:09,459 - Tereshenko, what's wrong? - It's my shoulder. 569 01:37:09,626 --> 01:37:12,459 Pelechenko, help him! 570 01:37:13,043 --> 01:37:15,168 Take my hand! 571 01:38:24,543 --> 01:38:27,334 Back! 572 01:38:30,418 --> 01:38:32,584 Withdrawal! 573 01:38:35,418 --> 01:38:38,209 We retreat! 574 01:39:50,168 --> 01:39:52,501 Comrade doctor! 575 01:40:00,793 --> 01:40:02,709 I... 576 01:40:04,668 --> 01:40:07,751 I did everything I could. 577 01:43:21,584 --> 01:43:25,251 Show the children pity. 578 01:43:26,001 --> 01:43:29,959 Show the children pity. 579 01:43:33,418 --> 01:43:36,334 Show the children pity. 580 01:43:50,626 --> 01:43:53,251 Do something, officer! 581 01:44:17,668 --> 01:44:19,418 Anya! 582 01:44:33,418 --> 01:44:35,126 Anya! 583 01:44:37,959 --> 01:44:42,126 - I'm not going anywhere. - I'm not asking you to, Katya. 584 01:44:42,584 --> 01:44:45,418 You can't order me to do anything. 585 01:44:47,334 --> 01:44:49,459 I'm not going! 586 01:44:49,668 --> 01:44:51,959 Then no one goes. 587 01:44:52,543 --> 01:44:58,334 You are my wife. Officer's wife. They will follow you. 588 01:45:18,876 --> 01:45:23,751 We've lost everything, Anya. I don't want to lose you too. 589 01:45:25,293 --> 01:45:29,876 You must go. This is your last and only chance. 590 01:45:30,376 --> 01:45:33,959 You must take it. You must raise the children. 591 01:45:34,501 --> 01:45:38,209 You can do it. You are strong, very strong. 592 01:45:51,543 --> 01:45:53,334 Anya! 593 01:46:01,251 --> 01:46:04,459 Anya! Can you hear me? 594 01:46:05,709 --> 01:46:09,084 We have to go. Your father is waiting for you. 595 01:46:09,334 --> 01:46:12,709 He is waiting at the barracks. 596 01:46:13,709 --> 01:46:15,668 We have to go. 597 01:46:16,168 --> 01:46:18,376 We have to go! 598 01:47:25,334 --> 01:47:27,709 Go now, my boy. 599 01:47:29,418 --> 01:47:30,834 Go. 600 01:49:06,459 --> 01:49:08,959 Sheep. 601 01:49:18,084 --> 01:49:21,418 Anya! You are alive! 602 01:49:27,959 --> 01:49:29,626 Sasha! 603 01:49:33,709 --> 01:49:37,376 You must go. You can be followed. 604 01:49:40,918 --> 01:49:46,084 - It is my duty to stay here! - Pupil Akimov, it's an order! 605 01:49:46,084 --> 01:49:48,001 Are you listening?! 606 01:49:48,709 --> 01:49:55,126 Sasha, she won't go without you. Do you hear? She won't go. 607 01:49:56,126 --> 01:50:00,001 - Yes, comrade lieutenant. - Do it! 608 01:51:09,709 --> 01:51:14,876 26. June at 15.58 609 01:51:16,334 --> 01:51:20,501 To the last man! 610 01:51:31,459 --> 01:51:35,418 When all other attempts to capture the fort failed, - 611 01:51:35,418 --> 01:51:40,668 - blew up the Germans a two-ton bomb on the Brest Fort. 612 01:51:57,209 --> 01:52:00,793 The fort is calling. 613 01:52:02,543 --> 01:52:07,626 We are in battle, waiting for reinforcements. 614 01:52:08,876 --> 01:52:11,959 Holds up... 615 01:52:11,959 --> 01:52:16,084 The fort is calling. 616 01:52:17,584 --> 01:52:24,584 We are in battle, holding our ground. We are waiting for reinforcements. 617 01:52:25,834 --> 01:52:30,584 The fort is calling! 618 01:52:32,043 --> 01:52:36,084 We are in battle, holding our ground. 619 01:52:36,918 --> 01:52:40,043 Awaiting reinforcements. 620 01:56:43,876 --> 01:56:46,501 Hello, Russians - smile! 621 01:56:49,334 --> 01:56:51,543 Russians, come here! 622 01:57:12,126 --> 01:57:14,126 Collection! 623 01:57:31,376 --> 01:57:34,126 Collection! Be careful! 624 01:57:37,668 --> 01:57:42,751 Collect from the dead! Look for weapons. 625 01:57:42,751 --> 01:57:44,918 Take the orders! 626 01:58:31,001 --> 01:58:33,043 Russians, come! 627 02:00:00,293 --> 02:00:03,918 Come on - dance, pigs! 628 02:01:22,751 --> 02:01:24,876 Commissioners! 629 02:01:24,876 --> 02:01:27,043 Party members! 630 02:01:27,043 --> 02:01:29,709 Jews! - This way! 631 02:01:30,418 --> 02:01:32,543 No Jews. 632 02:01:32,793 --> 02:01:35,543 No commissioners. 633 02:01:44,376 --> 02:01:46,876 I am a commissioner. 634 02:01:52,959 --> 02:01:55,626 And communist and Jew. 635 02:02:00,501 --> 02:02:02,959 Step up! 636 02:02:03,543 --> 02:02:05,334 Let! 637 02:02:07,876 --> 02:02:10,001 Hang on! 638 02:02:24,668 --> 02:02:29,709 Division Commissioner Fomin, Yefim Moiseevich, - 639 02:02:29,709 --> 02:02:33,126 - was shot at the Kholmsky gate - 640 02:02:33,334 --> 02:02:37,543 - at the end of June 1941. 641 02:02:39,043 --> 02:02:42,626 In 1947 he was awarded - 642 02:02:43,209 --> 02:02:46,626 - The Order of Lenin. 643 02:02:47,584 --> 02:02:50,043 Posthumous. 644 02:02:58,293 --> 02:03:00,918 This is an order! 645 02:03:02,334 --> 02:03:05,501 Leave the fort one by one. 646 02:03:05,834 --> 02:03:08,959 Stay alive... 647 02:03:11,834 --> 02:03:14,376 ...as long as you can. 648 02:03:18,751 --> 02:03:22,001 Thank you, comrades. 649 02:03:26,293 --> 02:03:28,209 Goodbye. 650 02:03:30,376 --> 02:03:33,043 Thank you and goodbye. 651 02:03:34,751 --> 02:03:37,084 Thank you and goodbye. 652 02:03:38,959 --> 02:03:40,876 Goodbye. 653 02:03:42,793 --> 02:03:44,834 Goodbye. 654 02:03:45,543 --> 02:03:47,293 Thanks. 655 02:03:56,918 --> 02:04:02,084 Major Gavrilov, Pyotr Mikhailovich, was captured - 656 02:04:02,084 --> 02:04:05,501 - badly injured on the 32nd day of the war. 657 02:04:05,501 --> 02:04:10,418 As many prisoners of war became he after the war politically persecuted - 658 02:04:10,418 --> 02:04:14,501 - and was excluded from the Communist Party. 659 02:04:14,501 --> 02:04:19,293 First in 1957 he received the honor - 660 02:04:19,626 --> 02:04:23,001 - Hero of the Soviet Union. 661 02:04:52,209 --> 02:04:55,459 - Is that all? - That's everyone. 662 02:05:35,293 --> 02:05:38,168 I got away, mates. 663 02:05:40,168 --> 02:05:45,001 When the prisoners were led through the forest, I escaped. 664 02:05:50,501 --> 02:05:54,876 A bomb exploded right next to me. 665 02:05:57,959 --> 02:06:01,876 It was terrible. I think I have gone deaf. 666 02:06:02,626 --> 02:06:06,334 Comrade Lieutenant, I can't hear anything. 667 02:06:10,668 --> 02:06:14,751 While I still have the strength for it, I order you - 668 02:06:14,751 --> 02:06:18,793 - to break through the siege and head towards Terespol. 669 02:06:19,626 --> 02:06:25,043 Nikolaev, take command. I'll stay here and cover you. 670 02:06:25,376 --> 02:06:28,418 - Comrade... - Do what I say. 671 02:06:29,751 --> 02:06:32,418 - Do it. - Yes. 672 02:06:38,459 --> 02:06:40,126 Come here! 673 02:06:49,209 --> 02:06:51,334 help me 674 02:07:03,918 --> 02:07:09,334 Take it. You must get out of the fort. I know you can do it. 675 02:07:12,959 --> 02:07:17,626 Tell people everything you saw here. 676 02:07:18,418 --> 02:07:24,043 Tell them the truth, tell them about us. Are you listening, horn player? 677 02:07:26,751 --> 02:07:29,126 You can't hear me. 678 02:07:34,084 --> 02:07:37,001 Go now, Sasha. 679 02:07:38,251 --> 02:07:39,918 Go. 680 02:08:00,209 --> 02:08:03,126 In the window. Come on! 681 02:08:59,251 --> 02:09:02,251 In 1965 - 682 02:09:03,293 --> 02:09:09,918 - became the commander of the 9th border regiment, Kizhevatov, Andrei Mitrofanovich, - 683 02:09:11,001 --> 02:09:16,834 - awarded the honour Hero of the Soviet Union. 684 02:09:18,418 --> 02:09:20,459 Posthumous. 685 02:11:44,168 --> 02:11:48,668 My Anya and the whole Kizhevatov family, - 686 02:11:49,376 --> 02:11:54,293 - and the families of the others defenders of the Brest Fort, - 687 02:11:54,293 --> 02:11:58,543 - was shot by the Germans in the autumn of 1942. 688 02:12:43,168 --> 02:12:47,543 It reminds and that faith, I myself have, - 689 02:12:47,543 --> 02:12:51,251 - derives from that regimental spirit - 690 02:12:51,251 --> 02:12:54,668 - as Kizhevatov imprinted in me. 691 02:12:56,126 --> 02:12:58,709 I still mean, - 692 02:13:02,209 --> 02:13:04,668 - and you should too, - 693 02:13:05,043 --> 02:13:08,001 - that they all live on, - 694 02:13:08,543 --> 02:13:12,168 - all those, which I have told you about, - 695 02:13:13,876 --> 02:13:17,709 - and the others, which I do not know very well. 696 02:13:19,293 --> 02:13:22,709 They all live on somewhere. 697 02:13:27,126 --> 02:13:30,418 Also remember that when this happened - 698 02:13:30,834 --> 02:13:35,251 - were I the same age, as you may be now.