All language subtitles for Gli Ultimi Eroi (2021)

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[dramatic music]

[explosion rumbling]

[dramatic music]

[explosion rumbling]

[dramatic music]

Right, bridge two, enemy tank!

Bring the outriggers.

Ready your weapons!

[soldier] I have a target.

[soldier 2] Hurry.

Right, bridge two, enemy tank.

Move it, move it.

Armor piercing.

[soldier 3] I have a target.

[soldier 2] Tread 'em up!

- [soldier 5] Fire!
- [soldier 2] Hey, get back!

[explosion rumbling]

[grunts]

Hurry up.

Armor piercing loading.

Armor piercing loaded.

[dramatic music]

Ready.

- Fire.
- Firing!

[explosion rumbling]

Come on!

[all shouting indistinctly]

[soldier 5] The tank was hit.

[indistinct shouting]

Ready.

- Fire.
- Firing!

I'm either dead or I'm wounded.

If I'm wounded
be gentle with me,

if I'm dead just leave me be.

Not bad,
they were able to shoot it

straight down the barrel.

So who's the layer?

Cadet Lavrov, Comrade Colonel.

Lavrov, don't know him.

That's enough of the water.

[man] Cutting off the water.

[man 2] Pull the hose in.

Third target now.

Sir.

[dramatic music]

Ready.

Fire!

Firing!

[artillery blasting]

Lavrov, you say.

What are you doing?

Do you want us
to get disciplined again?

Well, Lavrov did it again.

Yes, better than the rest,
right?

Hmm?

[giggling]

[man] Nobody knows anything.

Remember what you said.

The best one
was Dimitry Shemyakin.

Look at him, no wonder
he's been sulking lately.

What are you talking about?
I can't hear you.

Cadet Techenko,
of course you can't hear us.

You're shell shocked.

Mm-hmm.

Replenish ammunition.

Get ready for the next exercise.

Sir.

Fall in, attention, eyes right.
[grunts]

- Comrade Colonel.
- [Colonel] As you were.

Who's the layer on gun one?

I'm the layer, Comrade Colonel.

Answer me properly!

Junior Sergeant Lavrov.

What am I to make of this,
Lavrov?

Forgive me, Comrade Colonel,
make of what?

Three shots, three hits
all within the allotted time.

But we accidentally destroyed
the linkage on the last target.

Mm, accidentally, so be it.

How many targets were destroyed?

- Three, Comrade Colonel.
- Two!

You destroyed two targets,
Cadet.

What about the third tank
out there?

It blew your gun to smithereens,
didn't it?

Right now
you've all been destroyed.

That tank rolled over you
and carried on to Moscow.

In my book that's
the definition of bad, very bad.

- I don't understand, Com...
- Anyone else have an excuse?

Sergeant Shemyakin.

The third shot hit the upper
part of the tank's turret

where the armor is at a low
angle to the shell's trajectory.

the shell ricochets off
and the target survives.

In just three months
you'll all be on the front line.

You'll be giving orders
to people older than you.

Your performance
is going to be paramount.

It will affect the outcome
of our war against the Nazis.

Childhood is over, understand?

People's lives
are in your hands now.

Every mistake you make
can result in deaths.

So remember that!

[dramatic music]

Please do.

[music continues]

Grub's up everyone.

- This is for you.
- Thanks.

Eat up.

Enjoy your food. [laughs]

Now you understand
Comrade's no joke.

It's not a carnival
shooting gallery.

[indistinct chattering]

And there are no girls there,
there's no one to impress.

There are girls.

[girls giggling]

They're talking about you.

Stay away from Masha.

Alex, she's a good girl,
not some kind of...

Of what, what exactly?

She's good and proper like you?

She's too good for me
and just right for you?

That's not what
I'm trying to say.

Then what?

Just because I grew up
in an orphanage

I should stay away from
her type, that right, Dimitry?

Oh, our glorious infantry
is returning.

Greetings to you field marshals!

[laughter]

You even get a chance
to shoot your rifles?

We sure did, we sure did.

Got to do an attack drill

and some hand-to-hand combat
as well.

[soldier] Then why won't they
let you guys fight yet?

[laughter]

Are you boys still hiding
behind your metal toys?

Some war gods you are.

[all laughing]

Fellas, did they expel you
from school,

or did they just
abandon you here?

We'll show you.

That's enough talking.

One, one, one, two three.

One, one,

- one, two three.
- Let's make an agreement.

Neither of us
makes a move on her.

But if she chooses one of us,
on her own, then so be it.

Where I'm from
we fight over girls.

But we're not gonna fight.

We have a deal?

[Alex] Deal.

[indistinct chattering]

[pensive music]

[door creaking and clanking]

I'm sorry, Comrade Doctor,
I fell asleep.

Fine, it happens.

Everything okay?

Mm-hmm.

[doctor] Oh, I thought I heard
footsteps in here.

Masha, go get
some proper sleep, huh?

Why don't you
put your textbooks away?

I need to memorize
all these Latin names.

I still have
so much left to study.

Who gave you those flowers?

I don't even know.

[chuckles]

Oh, girls, girls, girls,

I feel so sorry for you,
my dears.

You fall in love,
then he's off to the front.

- [objects rattling]
- [plane engines rumbling]

[sighs] They're flying
on Moscow again.

How much bombing
can the poor place take?

[glass clanking]

A draft?

Check the windows,
then get some sleep.

[door creaking and banging shut]

[soft music]

Lavrov.

I... come on,
what are you thinking? You...

Why would you
do something like this, Lavrov?

It wasn't me.

It was these flasks.

[music continues]

I thought you and I had a deal?

Yes, we did.

[Dimitry] And you welched on it.

Dimitry,

sorry, I didn't mean to.

"Didn't mean to?"

So it's that simple,
you didn't mean to?

Dimitry,

I know I'm guilty, but,
honestly, I couldn't help it.

Forgive me, my friend.

Forgive you, and that's it?

That's that.

Why are you smiling?

Just imagine, she kissed me
of her own accord, she did.

You orphan raised scum.

[grunting]

[men grunting]

[all clamoring]

Hey, stop it!

Get back to your bunks.

What's the meaning of this?

Comrade Battery Commander.

Right.

Looking good.

What happened?

Oh, I see.

Here's what happened.

Shemyakin, sleeping,
rolled out of his bunk

busting his lip on the table.

[all laughing]

And Lavrov smacked his head
on the bed frame

while helping his friend get up.

[soldiers snickering]

And if that's not what happened

then you can't continue
your training tomorrow.

Is that clear?

Clear, sir.

In that case, clean up and
get back to your bunks!

Comrade Lieutenant,
unfortunately,

that's not what happened.

What happened is, I had a fight
with Junior Sergeant Lavrov.

And according to the Charter,
we must be disciplined.

[soldiers chattering]

Quiet!

Well then, in that case,

five days of detention,

both of you.

Yes, sir.

That's not all.

Junior Sergeant Lavrov,

I'm afraid that
considering your antics,

including yesterday's
at the training grounds,

this situation could very
possibly lead to your expulsion.

[dramatic music]

[man over radio] Dodge 1002,
do you see it?

[man 2] Confirmed,
I see a convoy

of enemy armored vehicles.

It's moving along the Warsaw
Highway outside of Yukhnov.

[man over radio] How many?

Strigen, we need to know
how many of them.

[Strigen] I can't tell
how many, too many to count,

way too many.

[gun firing]

[plane engine roaring]

[dramatic music]

Moscow 190 Kilometers

[camera shutter clicks]

[man] Reports indicate
two days ago,

after fierce fighting,

the enemy breached
two of our front lines.

Immediately,
the enemy deployed

several large,
mechanized vehicles.

Today they captured Yukhnov.

At present,
we have no forces in place.

Regrettably, we can't stop them
from reaching Moscow.

We are ordered to mobilize
the Podolsk Military Schools.

They are the only resource
we have in the area.

Deploy all available resources
to hold back the enemy

until reserves arrive,
that's five to six days.

But Lieutenant General,

understand that they're
future Red Army Commanders.

They're like a gold reserve,

in another six weeks they'll
finish their training and...

Colonel Strelbitsky,

who and what
are they going to defend

in six weeks if the Germans
take Moscow tomorrow?

[music continues]

Trust me, Colonel,

it was a very tough decision
for us to make too

but we simply had
no other option.

Your orders are to move out
to the Ilyinsky Frontier.

Yes, Comrade Lieutenant General.

The combined detachment
will be under command

of head of the infantry school,
Major General Smirnov.

He will meet you
on the frontier.

You were appointed
as second in command,

your task, set up defenses
in the village of Ilyinsky.

Here's the highway,
the river, and the bridge.

we'll build pillboxes,
20 artillery, 20 machine guns.

The Nazis have up to 300
or so tanks.

Only artillery can stop them.

Comrade Lieutenant General,

all of our combat-ready weapons

have been sent
to the front lines.

We have only 30 left,
only 12 are reliable,

the rest only fire five to
six rounds, if we're lucky.

[dramatic music]

We will send you more weapons,
now head out.

Five to six days,
we're really counting on you.

Hold back the enemy
at all costs, please.

[upbeat traditional music]

[indistinct chattering]

[singing in Russian]

[pensive music]

[man] Head of the school,
open the gate.

[singing continues]

Cordial greetings all the way
from the infantry school.

Why are you so serious,
Pakhomov?

There's a reason for that,
right, Rail?

Mm-hmm.

- Rail.
- [girls giggling]

Ladies, there's something
I've always wanted to know

and I was hoping
you could assist us.

Is CPR done like this?

Or like this?

It's different every time,
everyone's lips are different.

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

it's like our medical instructor
told me, he said,

"Pakhomov, before
you lose consciousness

you better
put your lips together

because your mouth doesn't
conform to military standards.”

[soldier] Masha!

Masha.

Alex asked me to tell you
he can't come to see you today.

Why, what happened?

He's in detention,
he and Dimitry had a fight.

[singing continues]

How come Yakhin
is so quiet today?

You asked me on a date but,

now you're dragging behind
all tongue tied.

Shishkina... Lucy...

Well, what is it?

Shishkina...

I'm proposing to you.

So, will you marry me?

[trumpet blaring]

[man]
Artillery cadets assemble.

Infantry cadets, to the school,
hurry, on the double.

Over here, Yakhin, come on!

[man]
Comrades, cadets, and officers.

[dramatic music]

The Nazis are trying to
break through to Moscow.

Our fathers and our brothers
are laying down their lives

to halt their advance.

And so, today,
it's now our turn.

We have been tasked with
a crucially important mission.

We must get

to the Ilyinsky Frontier
by morning.

Take up defenses,
and hold back the enemy

for at least five days
until reinforcements arrive.

No matter what the enemy
chooses to throw at us,

no matter what forces
we encounter,

we must persevere!

The outcome of the entire war,

the war against these fascist
swine may now depend on us.

If we must die,
then we will meet the moment

and we will die as heroes.

No surrender!

[Alex] Looks like everyone's
going to fight the Nazis.

No way I'm gonna stay behind.

Safronov, let me out,
do you hear me?

Safronov!

[keys jingling]

[man 2, in distance]
Get in the vehicles.

Dimitry,
let's break out of here.

The guard will bring us
our lunch,

we'll tie him up, gently.

That's not going to work.

We'll just get ourselves
10 more days in here.

It'll work Dimitry, it will.

Our guard is Safronov.

Precisely, Safronov.

Did you think about him,
what they'll do to him?

Well, did you think about me,

back in the barracks
or even now?

Can you for once in your life

do something outside
of the Charter?

Go on, come on, hit me.

Coward, a coward,
hiding behind the Charter.

Alex! Lavrov!

Alex, why are you
and Dimitry here?

It was just a little fight.

[Masha] Is he all right?

Of course he is,
we only tussled a bit,

it was no big deal.

[woman] Masha!

Grigorieval!

Masha, Masha they'll release me
five days from now,

only five more days.

I don't know where I'll be
five days from now.

I will find you,
I'll do whatever it takes.

Just be careful out there, okay?

[somber music]

It'll take at least 24-hours

for 3500 cadets to get there.

If the Germans happen to advance
past Ilyinsky,

then there's a good chance
we can't stop them.

So we're deploying a vanguard.

Their task then,

is to cross the Ilyinsky line
by nightfall.

Join forces with Captain
Starchak and his paratroopers.

We don't have more specifics?

Starchak taught
military intelligence.

He formed a guerilla squad
with his students

and kept its size secret.

- Why is that?
- So that no one's able to tell

how many are still behind
enemy lines.

Starchak's guerilla squad,
together with ours,

will fight the enemy forces
and hold them out

and by us time.

Comrade Mamchich,
assemble your men and equipment,

- and move out immediately.
- Yes, sir.

Make sure to take
the best cadets.

Yes, sir.

Alyoshkin, that troublemaker
from yesterday,

what was his name, Lavrov?

Yes, Commander.

Guys like him are worth
their weight in gold, do it now.

Sir.

[dramatic music]

[lock rattling]

[indistinct chattering]

[man] Move it.

[man 2] The ammo goes into
the first two vehicles.

[woman] Cadets, hurry up,
hurry up with the crates.

Stop it, Mom, you're
embarrassing me.

You pack your thermals?

Mom!

The nights
are getting colder already.

We will only be gone
for five days, Mom.

You know that we have
a topography test next week.

Son,

I'm begging you,
don't do anything foolish.

Please remember that you're
all I've got in this world.

[music continues]

All right, Mom.

I mean, yes, Comrade
Third Rank Military Doctor,

permission to go?

Granted, Cadet Nikitin.

Masha!

Alex is going as well.

Strelbitsky himself
put him in the vanguard.

They're leaving right now,
before everyone else.

Lucky guys,
they always [indistinct].

[pensive music]

[man] Vanguard departing.

[soldiers clamoring]

[man 2] Convoy towards Yukhnov
departing.

[man 3] Prepare to move out.

[man 4] Move it, move it!

Off you go.

[dramatic music]

[man] Come on, boys, get moving.

[man 2] Open the gates.

[music continues]

Come on, boys, get moving.

Get that gun loaded up quickly.

[music continues]

[truck engine rumbling]

[Masha] Alex!

[music continues]

[pensive music]

[man] Shemyakin, snap out of it.

Hurry, hurry, everyone take
two sets of five shells.

Five armor piercing,
five shrapnel.

Move it, move it, move it,
get those crates loaded.

Prepare to board.

[man 2] Come on, come on,
move it.

Dima, son! Dima!

[indistinct shouting]

Sir, move the truck back,
move it now.

Comrade Lieutenant,
Comrade Lieutenant!

All relatives, do me a favor,
clear the way!

Do as I say, please, now,
take 10 steps back, please,

just get back,
get back all of you.

You, play something
that's easy here.

[people clamoring]

[upbeat band music]

Step back, please, everyone.

[indistinct shouting]

Liza!

Sorry.

Coming through.

Liza, what are you doing here?

We were waiting, I made a soup.

Had lunch?

[somber music]

Papa, are you going to war now?

Not at all, not to war,
son, just a drill.

Hm. Everyone's going to war
except you?

[soft music]

Volvka.

- You behave yourself.
- Mm-hm.

- You hear me?
- Mm-hmm.

[man] Everyone, step back.

And help your mom.

I'll be back,
I promise I'll be back.

[music continues]

[man] Please,
women and children...

[man2] Alyoshkin,

come on already!

[man] People, please, step back,
please don't block the road.

I will return.

[upbeat band music]

Come on, come on!

[people clamoring]

Volvkal!

Be a hero.

I will, I will for you, Papa.

[upbeat band music]

Clear the way.

[man over PA] From
the Soviet Information Bureau.

All citizens of
the Soviet Union,

today the Nazi air force

carried out
a series of air raids.

Due to
our well-trained soldiers,

many attempted attacks
were deterred.

But several groups of planes
broke through,

dropping explosives and
incendiary bombs

in various parts of the city.

[somber music]

[muttering softly]

Hey, read us a poem, would ya?

For most of us,
life is a rugged terrain.

We're born into it
out of screaming and pain.

We struggle to grow,
to learn how to fly, but why?

Just for us to die?

I refuse to believe that,
there's purpose in life.

Through the thick and
through the thorns

a path can be carved
with a knife.

We must accept the journey.

We must accept it
without any fear.

And boldly approach
this treacherous frontier.

Even if a dangerous foe
stand in my way,

I'll soar like an eagle,
I won't be the prey.

So I'll fight hand in hand,
I was born in Soviet land.

[artillery whooshing]

- [plane engine roaring]
- Take cover!

Everyone into the trees.

[plane engine roaring]

Hey, hey, you alive?

Everyone out,
head for the trees!

Out, out!

What are you doing?

Get over here!

Get out!

What are you doing?

Let's get outta here.

Everybody,
get out of the transport.

- [plane engine roaring]
- [indistinct shouting]

[man screams]

The shells are burning
over there.

Down!

Get down, this is an order.

Get the shells outta there,
quick, move it, move it,

- move it!
- Move it, move it,

- come on!
- Faster!

Over here,
we have to get the shells

off of the truck.

Push, push it.

Get them off of there.

- Go, go, go.
- Put it out, put it out!

Move the shells outta there.

[all clamoring]

[guns firing]

[dramatic music]

Come on, Techenko, come on,

- let's go.
- Go, go!

I'll take it away, go!

Get back, everybody get back,
it's gonna blow!

Techenko, get out!

[explosion rumbling]

[somber music]

[man] Techenko.

[music continues]

[soldier] Techenko?

He's alive.

[all cheering]

Andrei!

You're alive, alive.

[chuckling]

[all laughing]

Back in the vehicles.

[Bogatov yelling]

Get back in, everyone.

Come on, hurry up.

Medic, over here,
Bogatov's wounded.

Get a first aid pack,
quick, hurry.

Hurry, lie down,
give me your rucksack.

- Give me that.
- Your rucksack.

Give it.

Easy.

My notebook.

Easy, easy.

Shh, shh, shh, shh.

Hey, buddy.

Hang in there.

What a stupid way to die.

Shh.

I didn't even make it
to the front.

[soft music]

A true hero.

[all crying]

[music continues]

Yakhin and Khalilov,
come with me.

- Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir.

[suspenseful music]

Please stay where you are.

Sure, Officer, kids, stay put.

Yuke and Lever follow me.

Don't be afraid, we're friends.

Podolsk,

why should I trust you?

Yesterday some friends
came to the village,

they killed four people and
took our mayor away.

What do they need him for?

He's an old man

with one arm.

What do you got there?

What are we transporting?

Some old clothes,
shoes, trousers, coat.

My kid's godmother's
father died.

So, she gave us this stuff.

[tense music]

Show them, Marusha.

[whistles]

[dramatic music]

Guessing you're the one
in charge of this unit?

You've guessed correctly.

Commander of the Infantry
and Artillery Cadets Vanguard,

Senior Lieutenant Mamchich.

Intelligence Instructor
Captain Starchak.

These are my apprentices.

[pensive music]

Documents, please.

There are more infiltrators
here than toadstools.

Oh, yeah?

[gun clicking]

[horse whinnies]

Alex, Lavrov!

My bad, Comrade Captain.

Yurokin, right?

Yurokin, you know this one?

Yes, sir.

We're from the same orphanage,
he's Alex Lavrov.

[sighs]

That's good.

Stand down.

Stand down.

Yurokin!

[grunts] Alex Lavrov!

Bloody, look at you.

- [Alex] And you!
- Senior Lieutenant.

[gun clicking]

Good to meet you.

This is how we capture Nazis
around here,

using live bait like this.

Act like they own the place,
goddamn.

But now that we have artillery,
we'll give 'em hell, right?

Yurokin. Zatsiva.

That won't do, you shouldn't
have shown your foot.

Also, you exposed the gun.

That's my mistake,
Comrade Captain.

Mistakes like these
could cost us lives!

Lucky our friends
took pity on us.

[Starchak chuckling]

[motorcycle engines roaring]

[suspenseful music]

Reconnaissance.

The main force will come later.

Let the motorcycles pass,
we'll handle them.

Heavies are yours.

[dramatic music]

[indistinct chattering]

[tank rumbling]

[music continues]

They're happy.

[chuckling]

Because they don't know
the artillery's here.

Good luck.

Man your stations.

Gun number one,
infantry, shrapnel.

[soldier] Shrapnel, yes, sir.

[Mamchich]
Guns number two and three,

vehicles, armor piercing.

[soldier] Armor piercing.

[soldier 2]
Armor piercing loaded!

Wait for it to center,
go up to the right.

Armor piercing.

Armor piercing loaded.

Armor piercing loaded.

Ready!

Fire.

Fire.

Fire.

[dramatic music]

[all cheering]

Got it.

[man] Take cover!

I can see the enemy are here.

They are playing!

Loaded!

Fire!

Enemy soldiers, shrapnel.

[guns firing]

Germans on the right side.

Move it, move it, come on.

[music continues]

[Mamchich]
Section two, follow me.

Yes, sir.

[Mamchich] Cut off the infantry.

[pensive music]

[guns firing]

Follow me, follow me, follow me.

[Mamchich] Lavrov,
get back to your station.

Lavrov, what the hell,
get back, get back!

[Alex panting]

[gun fires]

[guns clicking]

[pensive music]

[gun firing]

All right, artillery?

Uh-huh.

Follow me.

I said, follow me!

[speaking indistinctly]

Captain Rossikov.

Yeah.

Yours?

Yes, he's gun layer
Junior Sergeant Lavrov.

Explain to me why your
gun layers go off alone, huh?

At least he was attacking,
not retreating.

Hmm.

Not taking this seriously.

So, determined to be a hero,
you heard the battle cry.

And your feet
went looking for a skirmish.

What if you got shot
between the eyes?

Then you'd be lying here
like these boys.

But they died doing their jobs.

Your job's artillery,
you're a gun layer!

That makes you a specialist,

without specialists,
there's no artillery.

And without artillery, the rest
of us have no protection,

and we'll all end up like them,

side by side.

Lavrov,

for violation of the Charter

you are demoted to ammo handler.

Yes, sir.

[somber music]

Move it, move it!

Look, they brought in
green horn cadets.

Things must be pretty bad.

[got bleating]

We'll all perish here
for nothing.

[grunts]

Comrade Colonel, please listen.

We built nine pillboxes
on this side of the highway

and 11 more on the other.

Some of them aren't by
the river, but further away,

on the second and third lines,
Comrade Colonel, please.

We've been working
20 hours a day.

Every single day.

We even dig at night.

Stop,
what are you talking about?

You call this a line of defense?

Why isn't anything ready, huh?

Why do you say that,
Comrade Colonel?

This is a good concrete pillbox.

One of many we've built.

This is a concrete coffin.

Why on Earth aren't
the gun ports armor plated?

Just one hit and the fragments
will kill everyone inside.

Where are the doors?

A couple of grenades thrown in
from the rear end,

we're dead meat.

There's no camouflage.

Have you noticed?

From above,
from the opposite riverbank,

we're going to stick out
like sore thumbs here.

They'll blow us to pieces and
we won't even slow them down!

We've done all we could here.

You've seen it.

You've seen yourself
that we even have women

and old men working
without sleep, Comrade Colonel!

Don't you dare stand there and
hide behind women's backs.

4,000, that's how many
of my young boys

are on their way here
just to be killed on the spot.

And you're gonna help them
die faster?

Listen to me, Colonel.

I have no armor plates,
nor any doors either.

The fortifications
were due to be completed

more than two months from now.

Nobody imagined that
the Germans would make it,

would ever make it
as far as here.

[somber music]

Look, Smirnov's here.

[man] Reports indicate that
cadets have joined the locals

in fortifying the river bank,

as well as setting up anti-tank

and anti-infantry barricades.

The manifest shows that
two more infantry battalions

will arrive tonight, and one
more battalion in the morning.

Most of my cadets
are still on the way as well.

There are no field kitchens,
just a day's worth of rations,

and we haven't received
any of the guns.

The Vanguard will last a day
or two at the most.

[typewriter keys clacking]

You have ideas
on our defense strategy?

The Germans have no choice
but to cross this bridge.

Zaitsevo and Bolshaya Shubinka
are surrounded by marshes.

Even if the enemy attempts
to go through those points,

we can push them back.

However, if their forces
move over the bridge,

we'll be overwhelmed.

Therefore,
I propose blowing up the bridge.

I forbid that.

I've been ordered to keep it
for a counter attack,

for when our tanks arrive.

I consider it a necessity
to increase support

for the Vanguard.

They'll have to hold out
much longer

than we had anticipated.

We must make arrangements

for the delivery of
reinforcements, ammunition,

and provisions,
organize medical care,

and evacuation of wounded.

As to the front,

Colonel Strelbitsky,
I give you complete authority

to command anti-tank fire.

I've seen no refugees
in two days.

That means the Germans
are very close.

I'm sure we'll meet them soon.

What are you doing
sitting around,

my darlings?

We just arrived,
Comrade Lieutenant,

don't know
what to do with ourselves.

Give us shovels.

We're ashamed not to be working.

Shame on you, indeed.

What do you need shovels for?

You're musicians after all,
your calling is music.

So play, play, boys.

Give the people a bit of joy.

[upbeat band music]

[Strelbitsky] When
the first shell explodes

near your pillbox,
you get ready.

After another, grab the gun

and pull it from the pillbox.

Comrade Colonel, a question?

I know, it's always against
Charter to remove the gun.

Of course, all of you know this.

So do the Germans.

Once they perfect their shot,
it will hit the pillbox.

And at that moment,
make sure you're not in it.

When the smoke clears,
bring the gun back in

and continue as you were.

[guns firing]

[dramatic music]

Not yet, now get ready to fire.

[dramatic music]

[soldiers yelling]

Come on!

[shouting indistinctly]
Enemy tank!

Ready.

- Fire!
- Fire!

Fire!

Missed it.

[soldiers screaming]

You son of a...

Adjust your aim,
quick, adjust it!

Ready!

Fire.

Firing!

[tense music]

[all cheering]

Well done, Lavrov.

If I didn't see it myself,
I wouldn't of believed it.

[guns firing]

[man] Keep digging, comrades,
keep digging.

Hurry, please hurry up,
the Germans are near.

Man your stations, gun
number one, infantry, shrapnel.

To position, to position!

Yes, sir.

They bought us three days,
that's good.

But we must hold out longer

until the fortifications
are complete.

Then, hold out we will.

[dramatic music]

[man] Lavrov, armor piercing.

I've only got shrapnel left.

Fire the shrapnel
to hold them off,

then let's start retreating.

Get the wounded ready.

[music continues]

He's from the Vanguard,
get him ready for surgery.

Firing!

[explosion rumbling]

Move it, move it, come on.

[dramatic music]

Go.

[artillery firing]

[upbeat band music]

Tanks, our tanks.

The Vanguard is exhausted.

It's been holding off
the enemy for five days.

Thankfully,
the 17th tank division...

The tanks are now
being sent to [indistinct].

Also, I must inform you
that the reserves will arrive

later than expected.

That means we'll have to
face the enemy

here on this frontier.

Here's what I suggest we do.

Disband
what's left of the Vanguard.

And have all the cadets

rejoin their own battalions
before sunrise.

[dramatic music]

- Thank you.
- Good luck in [indistinct].

68 dead.

Guys, have any of you
seen Junior Sergeant Lavrov?

Alex, he's here,

with Captain Starchak's guys,
near Alexeyevka.

[dramatic music]

Drive faster, Comrade Captain,
I'm running out of ammo!

This is as fast as
one cylinder goes!

Firing!

[all yelling]

[music continues]

[explosion rumbling]

[engine rumbling]

[man] Come on, come on,
move along, faster!

[man 2] So long, Captain,
Godspeed.

[man] Godspeed.

Godspeed,
show the Germans no mercy.

Damn right.

Godspeed, good luck.

You too.

[somber music]

Move it, move it!

[coughing]

Masha.

Careful. Don't get up.

[Alex] Where are we?

There are new orders
for the Vanguard.

Looks like they're to retreat
to the main position.

And you, how come you're here?

[music continues]

[Masha crying]

Don't cry.

It's fine, trust me,
these wounds are nothing.

So many got killed there.

We dug graves all night,

and still,
we couldn't bury them all.

Lavrov, you're looking good.

[chuckles]
Shell shock looks good on you.

Rest up and get well.

Remember where your place is?

[Alex] Yes, I do.

That's right, remember.

You have a beautiful
future wife, Lavrov.

More important, a loyal one.

She said,
"I'm his bride-to-be and

I'm not going anywhere
until he's found."

So we had to comb
the entire area.

You're a lucky man, Lavrov,

you should take
good care of her.

Goodbye!

[engines rumbling]

Move it.

[music continues]

Bride-to-be?

Come on, come on,
come on, move along!

[man] I miss you so much,
I can't bear it.

Martha, my dear, my sweetheart,

I think of you always
every minute of the day.

We sleep for three hours
and then dig trenches.

All night long I gaze at the sky
deep and dark

like your eyes, sweet Martha.

Now ask her about the cow.

[soldier snoring]

[shorts]

Why aren't you sleeping?

I can't sleep,
I'm starving all the time.

Here.

Whoa.

You're such
a kind soul, Vasilkov.

Look at what higher education
has done to you.

I don't eat much,
and you're a big guy.

You need food, so eat.

Mm.

Once we kick these Nazis
back out,

you'll have to visit me
in Kherson.

Oh, I'll fatten you up,
I swear, Vasilkov.

My mom's famous
beet root soup is to die for.

[plane engines roaring
in distance]

What is it Pakhomov?

[plane engines roaring]

[chickens clucking]

[tense music]

[plane engines roaring]

Comrades, put your helmets on.

Helmets on!

[plane engines roaring]

Down!

Get down!

Into the trenches,
into the trenches, now, move!

[objects whistling]

Back in the trench.

They're just barrels.

They're just empty barrels,
get back in here,

you'll get yourself killed.

What are you doing, you idiot!

[gun firing]

[explosion rumbling]

[dramatic music]

Back into the trench.

Get down.

They're just barrels!

Get down.

[music continues]

Down!

- [explosion rumbles]
- [shouts]

[women screaming]

[explosion rumbling]

[man] Get back!

Buddy!

Stay down Vasilkov, stay down!

Down!

[music continues]

[plane engines roaring]

[somber music]

[soldier panting]

[plane engines roaring]

[bombs whistling]

[explosions rumbling]

[somber music]

[Alyoshkin] Everybody stay put.

[plane engines roaring]

[rumbling]

[music continues]

[groaning softly]

[soldier] Get up, get up,
come on, get up!

[soldier 2]
I can't hear anything!

[soldier] I said, get up!

[soldier 2 yelling]

I can't hear anything.

[man screaming]

Medic.

[gasps]

[soldier] Sergeant will kill me,
I lost my rifle.

Sergeant will kill me, my rifle.

Sergeant will kill me,
I lost my rifle.

Listen up, everybody!

Get your weapons in order.

Listen up, you, get up, get up.

Get up, brothers!

Listen up, everybody,
get your weapons in order!

Get your weapons in order!

[men shouting indistinctly]

Get your weapons in order!
Get up!

[men shouting indistinctly]

Pakhomov, Pakhomov.

Victor, did you see?
Our trench collapsed.

And your rifle got buried in it.

It's so unfair, Pakhomoyv,
so unfair.

What about your mom's
beet root soup, Kherson, Victor?

Quiet down, quiet,
Vasilkov, quiet down.

I got smacked in the head, huh?

But I'm fine.

I survived the winter war,

I'll survive this one too,
dummy.

[Vasilkov crying]

Quiet, quiet.

Good lad, good lad,
good lad, good lad.

Where's what's his name?

Who?

[suspenseful music]

Comrade Commander,
Comrade Commander, tanks,

there were tanks
on the other side.

[man speaks indistinctly]

[man] Man your stations!

Man your stations, cadets!

[dramatic music]

Armor piercing.

Armor piercing!

[indistinct shouting]

[music continues]

Machine gunners,

prepare to cut off the infantry.

Target, leading tank.

Ready.

Fire.

Firing.

[guns firing]

[dramatic music]

Target it! Target and fire,
alreadyl

[guns firing]

Firing!

[explosion rumbling]

Armor piercing now,
come on, come on!

Fire!

[guns firing]

[explosion rumbling]

Let's roll the gun out!

Pull the gun out of the pillbox,
let's move it!

Get the gun back in,
move it, move it.

Armor piercing loaded.

Fire, Pavlov, fire!

[all cheering]

[music continues]

[soldier] Armor piercing.

[soldier 2] Armor piercing
loaded.

[explosions rumbling]

They're on us, roll the gun out!

Come on, move it,
move it, move it!

Get behind the gun!

[music continues]

[guns firing]

Your turn, Lepyoshin.

[yelling]

Ready, fire!

Firing!

Nice one, well done,
Comrade Lepyoshin.

Target retreating,
enemy tank, armor piercing.

Ready, fire!

Firing!

[fire crackling]

Alex?

Dimitry?

You're alive,
thank God you're alive.

Alyoshkin allowed me
to go look for you.

at the medical post.

Nobody knows what's going on.

We're positioned
in the second line.

Everyone is fighting
except for us.

After three attacks on
the frontier it's all gone quiet

and we don't know
what to expect.

What about you?

Did you kill any Nazis?

Many Dimitry, many,

but they killed
a lot of our guys too.

Alexis Knutson,

Rustom,

Vasily Losey,

Balushkin,

Reshenko.

Shishko,

Anatoly Mukin,

Mosarov,

Gorakov,

Yurovalov,

Ready.

[Alex] Alexey Lin.

Fire.

[Alex] Yakov Lichstein.

Cotumov.

- Rodiomov.
- Fire.

[Alex] Nikolai Andreiyev.

[soldier] Fire.

[Alex] Alexey Yakonov.

[soldier] Drill arms.

[Alex] Theodore Kromov.

Nikolai Killiev, Andrei Pelov.

[somber music]

[soldier sniffing]

[sniffing]

Shh.

They told me
you were experienced,

but you're snorting
like a horse.

I am experienced,
Comrade Captain.

But the nights are getting cold
and I've got a runny nose.

I'll cover you instead, Captain,

this kid's just too scrawny.

What experience?

I was a scout in 1940,
near Vyborg.

What's that?

[engine rumbling]

That's another divisional
radio vehicle, the fourth one.

Which means at least four
divisions were out here.

Here are the coordinates

where their vehicles
are concentrated.

Take them to headquarters.

Yurokin, go with him.

We'll stay here
to get us a squealer.

[man] According to our intel
in the Simonovski Lake area,

the Germans are gathering
a powerful force

of armored vehicles
and infantry.

We simply won't be able
to hold them off any longer.

In a short amount of time,

we've already lost
more than half

of our frontline troops,
either dead or badly wounded.

We also lost a lot of equipment.

We'll need time
to get reinforcements

and then to regroup.

Major, it looks like
we can't do this without you.

Comrades, meet Major Dementev,

commander of
rocket artillery division.

He brought us some new weapons
that require special secrecy.

What do you say, Major?

Presumed position
of German military vehicles

and equipment
is within shooting range

but we'll have to shoot
from this field.

Two kilometers
from the front line.

We're going to need
at least a day

to properly repair
all of our defenses.

Make no mistake,
your help is vital.

We'll provide for your safety.

[Alex] You shouldn't have left

the medical post
without permission.

[Dimitry]
Just want to see the guys,

I'll get back in the morning.

You two on the ground,
face down now, now I said!

Get on the ground and
keep your heads down.

Show me your documents.

Was Marta here?

Say what?

You can get up.

They're fine, back in the car.

I strongly request that you
keep our encounter a secret.

Even from Colonel Strelbitsky?

He already knows
where we're heading.

Guess we saw something
we weren't supposed to see.

[engine rumbling]

[suspenseful music]

[whispering]
Why is he moving so slowly?

[Dimitry whispering]
And with headlights off.

[man]
Comrade, have you seen a convoy?

I had to stop for a repair
and fell behind.

Which way did they go?

I saw the convoy, it went
that way towards [indistinct].

[man] Mm.

You have any matches?

Yeah, I have these.

You'll have to light it
yourself.

It's my hand,
I injured it yesterday

and it's all swollen now.

I'm gonna go
to a hospital tomorrow.

[man groaning]

[speaking German]

[tense music]

[music continues]

[door shuts]

What direction
did they come from?

From there.

They left the same way.

Mm.

We must secure this field
right here,

as well as this forest road.

Take fresh cadets
from the reserve

and don't let anything
go unnoticed.

Yes, sir.

[singing in German]

Bastard,
drinking shot after shot.

[singing continues]

What do you think he's eating,
a melon?

Pineapple.

A pineapple?

We've been on rations for days.

The boys would love that.

Let's do it.

Capture him.

[tense music]

[soldiers speaking German]

[music continues]

[guns firing]

[dramatic music]

Prepare to fire.

Ready?

[missiles whooshing]

What in the...?

Clear out!

[indistinct shouting]

[explosions rumbling]

[grand music]

[all cheering]

Lavrov, Cadet Lavrov, you should
be at the medical post.

[cheering continues]

[man speaking German]

[Vasilkov] He's begging you
to spare his life.

He'll tell you
everything he knows.

[man speaking German]

[Vasilkov] His superiors demand
that they push for Moscow

as fast as they can.

[speaking German]

[Vasilkov] They're preparing
a strike on Bolshaya Shubinka

- in the next few days.
- [man speaking German]

[Vasilkov] They'll continue
fighting for the bridge.

[man speaking German]

[Vasilkov] But they are
gathering large forces

near Bolshaya Shubinka as well.

[speaking German]

[Vasilkov] The officer
just called his orderly

a cowardly cur,

and said that the USSR
is a backward country.

[officer speaking German]

[Vasilkov] He says that
in Poland...

[officer speaking German]

[Vasilkov] In a losing situation

Polish soldiers choose
to surrender...

[officer speaking German]

[Vasilkov] ...but Russian
soldiers choose to die.

[speaking German]

[man2] He says they recently
ambushed a squad of red junkers.

He's probably talking about
our Vanguard.

[officer speaking German]

[Vasilkov] He says, "We could
have just massacred them all."

[officer speaking German]

But we acted in a civilized
manner by offering a surrender,

and what'd your
red junkers end up doing?

Well? What did they do?

[clears throat,
speaks in German]

[speaking German]

[Vasilkov] He says,
"They pelted our troops

with hand grenades,
who fights like that?"

[officer speaking German]

Monster!

He says...

Go on, keep translating.

He says you raised a bunch of...

[man yelling]

...Savages.

Have some, Comrade Captain,
it's our trophy.

Eat, eat.

Well, goodbye, Pakhomov.

Take care.

Oh, what do you have there?

Pineapple.

Pineapple.

Move it, move it,
hurry up, brother.

[whispering]
Guys, lend us a hand here.

Hey guys,
brought you some ammo.

Look, and some treats.

Looks like the Fritzes
shat their pants.

No sign of them in 24 hours,
I bet they're hiding like rats.

You know they're hiding,
that's for sure.

Grab some shovels, guys,
and get to work.

Shovels?

We thought we could finally
make use of our rifles.

Let me explain
for you fearless lot,

it's hard to drop a bomb
right into a trench.

When it explodes the breast
brick shields you from shrapnel,

ends up keeping you safe.

We should get to work, brothers.

It'll keep you warm too.

We're not here
to protect ourselves,

we're here to protect Moscow.

How will you protect Moscow

if a bomb fragment
takes your head off?

[man] Move it, move it, come on.

- [explosion rumbling]
- [bombs whistling]

Take cover!

[shouting indistinctly]

Gas masks on!

Gas, gas, everyone,
put your gas masks on!

Raken, where's your gas mask?

It's not gas, it's smoke.

- [bomb whistling]
- [explosion rumbling]

They're going to
storm the bridge.

[dramatic music]

[tank engines roaring]

[indistinct chattering]

[music continues]

[speaking German]

[artillery firing]

[explosion rumbling]

Fix bayonets,
fire at the infantry!

[music continues]

[bomb clanking]

[explosion rumbling]

[music continues]

Why have we spent days
sitting here on the second line?

Our battery
is the best in existence!

That's exactly the reason,
we didn't get our howitzers.

Dementev's entire artillery
division was withheld

and the tanks were diverted
to [indistinct].

Your battery, Alyoshkin,
is my very last hope.

[music continues]

Charge, charge, boys!

Fight to protect
the heart of the motherland!

Fight for Moscow!

[all shouting]

[dramatic music]

[man yelling]

[gun firing]

[whimpering]

[yelling]

[men shouting, grunting]

[dramatic music]

[men grunting]

[shouts] I got one.

[coughing and choking]

[somber music]

I can't see anything,
I can't see anything.

Do I still have my eyes?

Yes, yes, just shush,
all right, Sergei,

they'll fix you good
at the hospital.

I'm not going to the hospital.

I could be useful here,
my hands are perfectly fine.

I could use them
to load machine gun belts.

[music continues]

You fought before, huh?

Where?

In Spain.

A beautiful place.

[music continues]

[guns firing]

[bullets whizzing]

[guns firing]

[grunting]

Rail, Rail, you alive?

Rail, wake up, come on,
I'm begging you.

Wake up!

Sweetheart, can you hear me?

Wake up, wake up Yakhin.

I'll marry you, I'll marry you!

Rail, I'll marry you.

[music continues]

[music continues]

They're melting.

They're melting.

Wait, he's alive.

Get him up, he's alive.

[straining]

He's alive.

Snowflakes are melting
on his skin.

- Don't bury him!
- There, there, there.

- Don't bury him!
- Come on. Take it easy.

Snowflakes are melting,
just look.

He's alive.

Get him to the medical post now!

Tomorrow they'll strike
at Bolshaya Shubinka.

Send more weapons there!

We only have old training guns.

Send whatever you have,
binoculars.

We'll get Germans to pull
as many forces there as possible

and get them stuck
in the marshes.

But they won't stop attacking
here, so, that in mind,

rig the bridge
with explosives tonight

and be prepared to blow it

when I give you the order
to do so.

What if our tanks arrive
at the bridge?

I have no idea
when our tanks will arrive.

But there are at least
200 enemy tanks

sitting across the river.

Our defenses are dwindling,

yet the main gateway
is wide open.

Move it, move it, come on!

Guys, where's Dimitry Shemyakin?

Over there.

[soft music]

[man] Come on, hurry up.

Hi there.

Hello.

I'm being sent
to Bolshaya Shubinka

for their reinforcement.

Finally,
there's real work for us to do.

We've grown tired
of camping here.

I'll wait for you.

Really?

Yes.

What are you reading?

[soft music]

The Charter.

[man] Come on, hurry up.

[music continues]

[soldier] Hey, Alex.

Ho!

Hey, guys.

I hope you get well soon.

Yes, so we can finally
fight together.

I'm completely fine already,
such nonsense.

They're keeping me out just
because of a minor scratch.

Here's some dried bread
for the road,

from those of us
at the medical post.

- Oh-ho!
- Take it.

Thank you, Alex.

[soft music]

Take these, you'll need
your strength tomorrow.

[Masha crying]

Don't get the wrong idea.

Understand, we've been friends
since we were three.

We grew up playing in
the same sandbox together.

In school
we shared the same desk.

Everyone always assumed
we'd end up getting married.

Forgive me, Alex,
the deal we made wasn't fair.

I was afraid to lose Masha so...
I acted wrong, sorry.

It's fine.

You sound like
you're saying goodbye, stop it.

When you get back,
then we'll talk.

[both laughing]

[plane engines roaring]

[man] Don't worry so much,
they're just trying to scare us.

Once they're done with
the bombing,

we'll give 'em hell.

[dramatic music]

- [man shouts]
- [guns firing]

Fire shrapnel at the infantry.

Fire, men!

Armor piercing.

Armor piercing loaded.

- Fire.
- Fire.

- Armor piercing.
- Armor piercing on the right.

Armor piercing loaded.
It's jammed!

Everyone down!
Get to the trench now, move it.

[panting]

[plane engines roaring]

[explosion rumbling]

Slava, get into the trench!

[explosion rumbling]

[screaming]

Tell me, how are things
in Bolshaya Shubinka, huh?

Don't worry,
your Slava is holding on great.

Is he?

Yes.

[dramatic music]

[groaning]

Slava, give me your hand.

- Andrei!
- Help me get him!

- Don't leave me, Andrei.
- Don't forget him!

Don't let me go.

Stay here, cover me.

[music continues]

[shouting]

[screaming]

[yelling]

Nurse, do you know
Lucy Shishkina?

Lucy? Of course I know her.

Where is she posted now?

On the front line.

Sweet boy,
please drink your tea.

Lucy helped
pick the herbs for it.

She also washed your uniform.

[nurse crying]

[somber music]

[indistinct chattering]

[crying]

[soldiers speaking German]

They burned him,
they burned Andrei, Kichinka.

[sobbing]

[soldiers speaking German]

Get me a rifle,
get my rifle, now!

[soldiers speaking German]

[music continues]

- [gun firing]
- [shouts]

I've killed him, Dimitry,
I killed him.

He burned the great Kichinka,
and I killed him.

Yes, Slava, you did great.

Really? Yeah.

Just please, don't tell
my mom about it, okay?

Of course, we won't tell her.

No one at all,
don't tell anyone at all.

Let them think that I'm alive.

[soldiers speaking German]

[music continues]

[guns firing]

[man] My best buddy went
to Bolshaya Shubinka too.

Name's [indistinct].

We're from the same village
where we were classmates.

We went fishing together,
we did everything together.

When we were leaving for school
his mom hugged us and said,

"Take care of one another."

What will I say to her now?

[engine rumbling]

[indistinct chattering]

He's got an urgent report
from Shubinka,

he's drifting in and out
of consciousness.

He's dying, Comrade Colonel.

[soldier screaming in distance]

[somber music]

I'm Junior Political
Commissar Philipov,

the Germans captured
Bolshaya Shubinka.

Forgive us, we failed.

There are fewer than
40 infantry left alive.

They're holed up in houses
around the perimeter. [grunts]

And the artillery?

They're all dead, all of them.

They all got burned alive,
all burned alive.

Everything was burned!

[somber music]

Ivan,

what is happening, Ivan?

You know what's happening,
it's war.

Yes, it's war.

But why is this war

being fought by
all of our young children?

Why is there no mention of them

in the communiques, as if
they've all been forgotten?

They haven't seen anything
in life yet.

They haven't even
known life yet.

And now they're being blown
to pieces and burned alive.

I'm supposed to accept
that this is war?

It's a massacre, Ivan.

Why are you silent?

Soon there will be
none of them left alive!

None out of 3,500 of them.

[music continues]

Where are these reserves

they keep telling us
they're dying for?

It's not the reserve
they're dying for.

Yeah.

They're protecting Moscow
and our motherland.

But why doesn't our motherland
care about them?

Or at least about those of them
who aren't dead yet?

What do you want?

What can I say to you?

I have my orders.

Fight 'til the end.

Somewhere out there
near Bolshaya Shubinka,

survivors still fight.

They're on their own.

And I can neither send them help
nor order their retreat.

What else can I say to you?

But they will all perish
out there.

All of them.

Then that's how it must be...

in this war.

[melancholic music]

Where's Shishkina?

What?

Stop pretending
you can't hear me.

Why is it that all of you
are here and she isn't?

[music continues]

[plane engine roaring]

Oh, again.

Cigarette paper, that's good.

You could also stuff
some of them in your boots

for extra warmth,
it works for me.

What are you talking about, huh?

The messages
that fall from the sky.

"Attention valiant red junkers,
although you fought bravely,

now your resistance
has lost all of its meaning.

We seized the Warsaw Highway
almost up to Moscow."

Oh my!

They're already almost in Moscow

and we're here
freezing our asses off.

"In one or two days
we will capture Moscow.

You are true soldiers
and we respect your valor."

You hear that guys?
They respect us.

"Surrender and
go over to our side,

and you will receive a friendly
welcome, delicious food,

and warm clothes."

Now guys, to be fair,
what are we doing?

We're starving ourselves.

Look at this,
a taste of the good life.

Sitting warm and delicious.

I bet there'll be schnapps too.

It says, "Use these leaflets
as your tickets."

You know what guys?

I simply can't wait any longer.

I think I'm gonna put
this ticket to good use.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

Be careful, it could be
laced with poison.

I'm off the test it.

- [gun firing]
- [soldier yelping]

What's wrong with you?

It's 'cause he's shell shocked.

He was using that ticket
to wipe his ass.

Something came over me,
brothers.

Did I shoot him?

Huh? Did I shoot him?

What's wrong with you, Sergei?

I nearly shit my pants.

[all laughing]

[Dr. Nikitina]
Don't even think about

returning to the front line.

We need beds
for new arrivals from Shubinka.

We're sending you to a hospital.

Why? I'm recovered.

I have to go join my guys!

[gun firing in distance]

[guns firing in distance]

What the hell?

Clearly, the cable got ripped up
in an explosion.

What needs to be done?

[tense music]

[guns firing]

[soldiers speaking German]

[panting and gasping]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[panting and gasping]

[man] Where did you come from,
soldier?

[man 2] Bolshaya Shubinka.

[man] But everyone there died.

[man 2] Except me.

Dimitry?

Dimitry!

Dimitry!

You're alive, Dimitry,
you're alive!

You made it.

Are you wounded?

[somber music]

Dimitry, Dimitry.

Hey!

Dimitry, Dimitry,
are you wounded?

Not a single scratch,
can you believe it?

It's as if I'm bulletproof!

This is Slava's blood.

Anyone else,
has anyone else returned?

No, there's no one left alive.

[somber music]

[coughing]

Blow them.

[explosion rumbling]

Attention, Cadets.

Well, why do we have to
collect you

from trenches and pillboxes?

Why do you refuse
to go to the hospital?

You're military men,
and I gave you an order

to go to Podolsk, it's my order.

Comrade Colonel, we held
a constable meeting and decided

that those of us
who can still hold a weapon

must stay on the front line.

Here's the transcript.

We can still fight.

If the Germans cross the river
we can at least help

by carrying ammo.

At the hospital
we won't be of any use.

We'll die if need be.

But the Nazis will remember
our resistance forever.

[all soldiers agreeing]

Boys.

I would gladly join you
in bayonet battle myself

and tear into pieces any Nazi
bastard who stands in our way.

But our mission
is not to die as heroes,

but to withstand
for as long as possible.

To do that
we need to stay alive.

Also,

you must complete your studies

and I must see you graduate

because our army needs
trained officers.

Then you will lead
other soldiers

in our fight against the Nazis.

You have to go boys.

Hey, move these crates in.

You can't do that, Alex,
I'm begging you,

please don't do it.

I won't go to the hospital,
Masha, I just won't.

This isn't a wound,
it's just a scratch on my arm.

[man] Personal belongings
in the first vehicle,

medical equipment in third.

What about your shell shock?

Shell shock mush.

I can see, and hear,
and have memory.

Please, Alex,
you must stay alive.

I need you to stay alive.

[soft music]

They're like
two young lovebirds.

Seeing them brings me joy.

[man] Keep loading those crates.

Alex, please don't go,
just don't go.

[doctor clearing throat]

Cadet Lavrov, replace your
bandages and prepare to leave.

- Comrade Militar...
- You heard what I said.

Grigorieva, please assist him.

[Masha crying]

My bride-to-be.

[music continues]

[indistinct chattering]

Bye, guys, bye brothers,
good luck to you.

[soldiers chattering]

Cadets into the vehicles,
let's get moving!

Take care.

Safe journey.

- All right, my friend.
- See you.

Dimitry,
you need to help me stay.

Hide me, please.

I can't leave right now.

I know
this is against the Charter,

but I'm asking you
as a friend to help.

Please come back.

[mouthing words]

[man] Get into the vehicles.

Come on, Dimitry,
please do this for me.

[music continues]

- Nikitina is watching, wait.
- [Alex] Mm-hm.

Now.

[man] Cadets,
get into the vehicles now.

Now!

Bye, guys.

Safe journey.

Into the vehicles, come on.

[music continues]

[cadet] See you back at school.

[man] Come on, guys, you lot,
into the second vehicle.

On you go!

[artillery firing in distance]

[man] Camouflage our position,
soldiers.

Our pillboxes
shouldn't be visible.

[indistinct chattering]

[guns firing in distance]

Get your first aid packs, boys.

Grigorieva, why are you
running around?

- Into the shelter?
- Yes, sir.

Get your first aid pack,
soldiers.

Why are you suddenly like that?

Like what?

I don't know,
just different somehow.

I don't like that you do
as you please, no matter what.

[sighs] So it's like that now,
is it?

Alex, it looks like
we're going back to school.

Who's we?

All of us, they're going to send
all the new wounded

straight to Podolsk.

Orders came for us to retreat
to Maloyaroslavets.

They'll announce it
any minute now.

[dramatic music]

Did everyone get
their first aid packs?

[man] Yes, ma'am.

I still have to go
to Alyoshkin's pillbox.

[music continues]

Tanks!

Our tanks!

[all cheering]

[shouting indistinctly]

Our tanks!

[dramatic music continues]

[man] Comrade Lieutenant,
our tanks are here!

Our tanks!

[all cheering]

Now we'll show the Germans
what we're made of.

Guys, they're German tanks,
man your stations!

Man your stations.

Roll the guns
to the emergency position now!

Lavrov, the front tank is yours.

How did they get behind us?

Lavrov, the front tank is yours.

[all cheering]

Germans!

Battery, man your stations.

Pull the guns out to position.

Armor piercing,
give it some lead.

Those Nazis put our flag
on their tank.

[Alex]
First four made it through.

Alyoshkin will
take care of them,

target the fifth tank.

[dramatic music]

Ready, fire!

Firing!

[explosion rumbling]

Target near tank,
armor piercing.

Armor piercing loaded.

Ready, fire!

Firing.

Good lads, they cut off
their escape route.

How'd the bastards get here?

Could they have come here
via Bolshaya Shubinka?

[guns firing]

Fire!

Firing!

[dramatic music]

[Alyoshkin]
Go, go, go, to the right.

- Go, bayonets.
- Soldiers move it.

Man your stations,
spread the outriggers.

Come on, come on, come on.

[indistinct chattering]

Armor piercing.

[music continues]

Come on.

Come on Shakilov, do it.

I can't make it in time,
I can't make it!

[music continues]

[explosion rumbling]

Thank you, my friend.

Turn the gun to face the bridge.

Load the outriggers.

[dramatic music]

Ready armor piercing,
front tank.

Armor piercing loaded!

Hurry!

Ready, firing!

Got it, yeah!

[all cheering]

[guns firing]

Firing!

To the trenches, everyone go!

[explosion rumbling]

Fire!

[dramatic music]

Excellent, lads, nine targets
in seven minutes.

The time has come.

Send out messengers
to inform everyone

that our reserves have arrived

and our task is how completed.

Our orders are to retreat.

[soldiers clamoring]

Get the gun back in the pillbox

before they get it buried.

Shiblack, get the outriggers.

[indistinct shouting]

Come on, come on, move it!

Go, go, go.

[guns firing]

[dramatic music]

Comrade Lieutenant,
troops are ordered

to retreat to fortifications,
reassemble at command post.

[indistinct shouting]

[music continues]

We must relay the order
to retreat to Comrade Alyoshkin.

Comrade Lieutenant,
allow me to do it.

Do it, Lavrov.

[music continues]

[guns firing]

Shemyakin, man your gun.

[dramatic music continues]

[gun firing]

[Masha gasping]

[somber music]

[dramatic music]

[gun firing]

Dimitry, Dimitry.

[Dimitry groaning]

Dimitry,
everything will be fine.

[somber music]

No need, Masha.

Don't say that!

I'm gonna help you now.

[Masha crying]

Masha.

There's no point now.

There is.

Now don't interfere with
my work, Cadet Shemyakin.

You have always been stubborn.

Me? Really?

Remember the time I jumped
into the river from the cliff

and nearly drowned?

You dragged me out
on the sand crying.

Begging me not to die.

I was watching you, secretly.

You have such a great smile,
you know.

So please, just keep smiling.

How old were we back then?

I was seven, and you were eight.

[music continues]

That's when
I fell in love with you.

[Masha crying]

Tell me, did you really,

really kiss Alexander, huh?

Yes, yeah.

[Masha crying]

That's good.

You've always made
your own decisions.

That's good.

[guns firing]

Dimitry?

Is he hurt?

Dimitry?

Please, please, please, please.

Come on.

Look at me, Dimitry!

Dimitry.

Alex.

Alex.

Dimitry.

Alex.

Friends.

- [bullet whizzing]
- [Masha gasping]

[Alex] Dimitry, Dimitry!

[music continues]

Do something!

There must be something
we can do to save him!

[Alyoshkin]
Shemyakin, Shemyakin, Shemyakin!

[guns firing]

Lavrov, man your gun.

Comrade Lieutenant,
we're all ordered to retreat.

I was sent to relay the message!

[dramatic music]

That's right, go with the rest.

I'll stay back here
and cover you.

Comrade Lieutenant, you can't
stay here on your own,

there's no one else left.

Retreat now Lavrov,
that's an order.

[music continues]

[artillery firing]

[men screaming]

[Alyoshkin grunting]

[music continues]

I got the second tank
in my sights.

Do it, Lavrov,
aim at the tracks.

[Alex] Ready.

- Fire.
- Firing.

[explosion rumbling]

[grunting]

[Alyoshkin]
You're good gun layer, Lavrov.

[Alex]
Thank you, Comrade Lieutenant.

You see that huge tank?

It's armor's hard to pierce.

I think it's a hippo skin
30 millimeters along the side.

Focus on the second tank now.

The sides are weak,
aim for the target.

He's looking for us, so
soon he'll turn the right way.

[somber music]

[music continues]

Tell me something,
have you been to Red Square?

No.

Too bad.

I'm [indistinct].

We have our own Kremlin.

Why, is the Red Square
really all red?

No, not really.

The walls are white,
the cobblestones are black.

But back in the old times,
red, it meant beautiful.

I never did take my son
to see it.

You will one day.

Only after the war now.

I have the target.

Germans, right outside
with automatic rifles

and I'm out of ammo.

Take this.

[Alyoshkin] Ready.

Let's do it!

[both men grunting]

[Alyoshkin] That's it.

We're in plain view now.

We only have a minute before
he spots us and takes aim.

Look for a weak spot, Lavrov.

This will be our last shot.

[gun firing]

[speaking German]

[bomb clanking]

[grunts]

Fire shrapnel at the enemy
over by Alyoshkin's pillbox.

Femezar, what's the hold up?

Come on.

Jammed bolt, Comrade Lieutenant.

[Comrade Lieutenant] Well,
let's do something about it.

[dramatic music]

Comrade Lieutenant,
for the second time,

your orders are to retreat.

Comrade Lieutenant!

Move over.

The Germans are building

a pontoon bridge,
Comrade Lieutenant!

Wait just a bit, buddy,
and we'll go.

[music continues]

Remember the exercises?

You shot the dummy tank
straight down the barrel.

Wait for him to take aim at us.

There's only one tank left,
the last one.

Come on, Afanasiy,
come on, my boy.

[Masha gasping]

[tense music]

[bombs clanking]

[dramatic music]

[explosion rumbling]

[music continues]

[soft music]

[explosion rumbling]

[somber music]

[man over PA]
Attention, attention,

Moscow is speaking.

Our troops fought
fierce defensive battles

along the whole front,

inflicting heavy losses
on the enemy.

The operation resulted in
the destruction

of 271 enemy tanks,
565 automobiles,

and decimated their ranks.

Moscow has
important information

on those returning.

[music continues]

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