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Star Media presents

Yevgeniy Tkachuk, Yelena Shamova

Alexei Filimonov, Vadim Norshtein, Sergey Marin, Igor Artashonov

Valentin Gaft, Vsevolod Shilovskiy, Alexander Ilyin, Rimma Markova

Anatoliy Kot, Artem Osypov, Alexander Lazarev-junior, Artem Tkachenko

Oleg Shkolnik, Irina Tokarchuk Ekaterina Kopanova, Valeriy Bassel

Once upon a time in Odessa based on N. Babel�s �Odessa Stories�

Directed by Sergey Ginsburg

Created by Maksim Belozor

Music by Vladimir Davidenko

Director of Photography � Eduard Moshkovitch

Art Directors � Nikita Chernov, Yulia Sobinova and Svetlana Lytvynova

Casting � Anastasia Leonova

Post-Production Producer � Artem Yeliseyev

Executive Producer � Elizaveta Troitskaya

Produced by Vitaliy Bordachev and Vlad Ryashin

I beg your pardon. Who are you?

Tsilya, lie down!

Tsilya, this is all. That�s OK.

Misha, what�s going on? -Everything is fine.

Misha!

I got so scared! What was it? Misha?

Gulya? Gulya?

What? -Gulya! Are you alive?

I am. Where is the brat who jumped out of the window?

Who knows? They killed Shura! -What?

Gulya! -They killed him. -What is going on there?

Shura was killed! Three of them escaped!

Come here! Be quick!

Be quick, Khohol!

Lyova! Lyova! Lyova! Misha, they killed him! They killed him!

Sopha� -Misha, they killed him!

Stop! Sopha! Be quiet. Lyova. Lyova!

Lyova! Lyova! He is alive. This is just a scratch.

Misha� -What? -Misha, I don�t see you.

Lyova, how can it be?

Of course you can�t see me! You have no glasses on.

Well? Do you see me now? -Yes. It hurts.

Where does it hurt? Here? -Yes. It hurts. Sophochka�

She is here. Of course she is.

Tsilya, they killed him!

Everything is fine. He is wounded. Wait, wait.

Bring a sheet. He is wounded. Wait, wait. He�ll be all right.

Hold on, Lyova. Look at me. Lift him and put him on the sofa.

What sofa? We�ll stain it with blood!

Lift him, I tell you!

Come on!

Lyova� -How are you? -I�m fine. The bullet went right through. How is he?

Tsilya, now, come on�

How is he? Senya� I mean Stepa, take them home

and then go to Mayorchik. Tell him to take Palchik

and go to Gersh. I�ll come later. -We�ll do it.

Look� We�ll go because he might die.

Go home. I�ll come as soon as� -Go.

Go!

With a grenade, Gersh! What a great good morning!

It�s good that the bed was made of oak.

Otherwise it would have torn us to pieces.

Gypsy, what will you say?

Akula did it. He should be killed for what he did.

You may say what you want, Gersh but Akula won�t live.

Akula acted in a wrong way. But anyway it�s not

the right time to wage a war between each other.

I said my word and I won�t go back on my word, Gersh.

Sit down. Don�t whine.

We�ll kill Akula later. We shall think about other problems now.

It�s bad in the city. The authorities arrest and beat people up.

We shall bribe that man from Kiev�

He doesn�t want to take a bribe, Gersh. We visited him.

He says that he doesn�t take bribes.

You shall give him so much that it would be

impossible for him to refuse.

Think about a way to approach that guy!

I�ll think it over. But still � I want Akula�s blood.

I�ll tell Akula to come to you. If Akula fails to come

you may kill him. Anyone may kill him,

even his own people. This is my last word.

Thank you, Gersh.

Try mine.

So? Did he die?

He did. God save his soul!

This is not Lyova.

What have you done? There is a hole in you already,

and I�m going to cut your head off!

Does it hurt? -Of course it does!

It�s good that you�re in bed. Otherwise I�d maim you.

I told you to stay away from Yaponchik! -What are you doing, Osya?

Whom can he stick to? You, maybe?

Look � he is so brave and safe and sound!

And this fool is lying here with a hole in him! -Stop it!

Shut up!

Get out of here� while I�m still kind. -What will you do? Arrest me?

Misha�

Get out of here� If he died� I would�

Was that my fault? I barely escaped myself!

It�s your business! But leave him alone! -Don�t be such a smart aleck!

What? -You heard me! You and your boss from Kiev are responsible.

You arrest people for nothing. Why is that?

People can�t walk about the city because of mobsters like you!

We�re right to arrest! We need order, do you get it?

Osya, I beg you! -Lyova, shut up!

You killed so many people� for nothing!

They were not people but bandits. -Bandits? Maybe I�m a bandit too.

Maybe. -Maybe you�ll kill me too?

Maybe. -Guys, are you crazy? Be quiet! What are you doing?

Lie down! -Guys, you must be mad! Misha! Gulya, stop them!

What are you doing? I don�t understand!

Misha! Osya! What are you doing?

You�re fighting, aren�t you?

No, Sopha, of course not! I met an old acquaintance,

we�re welcoming each other.

I can see that. Get out of here! Get out of here now! Get out!

Lyova, I�ll visit you later.

Forget about the fact that we know each other!

I�ve forgotten about that long ago. -To hell with you! -Get off!

What is going on? Take this away! Is it yours?

I want to never see it again. -Khohol gave it to him.

Take it away! He doesn�t need it! -It�s for the health!

Drink it for your health!

Lyova� -Sopha�

Lyova, how are you feeling? Does it hurt very much?

It does hurt very much.

I wrote some poems for you.

Really? Are there a lot?

Not really. Two.

Two? Thank you.

Well? -I don�t know.

How do you like it?

What are you talking about? -I mean all this! Stop spitting, Mayorchik!

Why not? -Because! Clean it!

How interesting�. First Dodya disappeared

with the money and nobody knows anything.

Then somebody threw a grenade into my bed

and again nobody knows anything.

Nobody knew about the villa, am I right?

You�re right. -Nobody knew. But Akula knew.

Palchik, you rented that bloody villa, didn�t you?

I did. -What do you think about it?

Nothing.

Great! Why do you keep silence?

What can I say? -I don�t know. But I invited you to stay, Mayorchik,

and you left. And then I caught a grenade in my bed!

Where did you go at night? What did you want in the city?

Do you think I�m responsible? -What shall I think?

Gulya, check it.

Glikberg�s funerals are tomorrow.

Mayskiy has two holes. But nobody knows anything!

What about Pindos? -What?

Pindos. I was renting this villa with him. Maybe it was him.

Maybe it was Pindos. But he barely escaped himself.

Misha, Misha. Look�

Tsilya? Why did you come here? -I need to talk to you.

Why here? I told you that I�m working here.

You shouldn�t come to this place. -I� -Go to daddy.

I won�t leave until I talk to you. -What is going on?

I don�t want it to be like this anymore. -What do you mean?

I asked you to leave. Lyova was almost killed.

And we� We could have all die! -But they didn�t kill us, after all.

I don�t need such a life. And I don�t need such love.

You don�t need it, do you? -No, I don�t. You shall either be with me or�

Or what?

Or I�m not your wife and you�re not my husband anymore.

Go, then.

What? What?

Go. Why are you standing? Go to your daddy.

This conversation is over. Gulya, see her off.

You� you�

Don�t touch me.

I wish you were a normal person, like everybody else!

But you�re drinking like mad! Come to eat!

What? What�s the matter?

What�s the matter? It is morning but you�re already drunk!

How many times did I ask you to repair the shed?

So what?

What � so what? I said that I�d repair it, so I�ll repair it.

When will it happen? When? You should at least prop it up

with a stick for it might fall down. What will happen then?

All our firewood is there and�

I�ll buy some planks and prop it up.

He�ll buy the planks! When will it happen? When?

Tomorrow! I�ll buy them tomorrow.

Tomorrow? Do you have money for the planks?

You�re an impossible drunk! If I were a bit cleverer

I wouldn�t have married you!

Everything is like it used to be here.

Why did you marry me? -I was silly, that�s why!

No! You did it because you loved me to death!

What? Who? Me?

Not me!

What are you saying?

Galya, I beg your � pour me a bit.

A bit? -A smallest glass�

You shall get hot pitch and not a glass! Eat an egg!

Pour! Pour me a glass!

We have no vodka!

What do you mean? -We don�t have it! -What a terrific view!

I brought a bucket yesterday!

A bucket� he brought a bucket!

I�m sick and tired of you! You�re a real bastard!

Daddy is being taken to the toilet under guard.

Hello!

This is Senya Karapet.

He comes to Mary. He is like a cat now.

Is Mary at home? -She is at home but you can�t see her.

Why is that? -You can�t!

Stop! Hands up! Stand still, I tell you!

Didn�t I tell you? -Senya, what did you come for?

Didn�t you guess that there will be an ambush here?

Galya, why didn�t you warn him about the ambush? Why didn�t you?

I told him! I swear to God, I told him,

but he wasn�t listening, like deaf and dumb!

Senechka, don�t worry. Moysha will come and save you.

Mum! Senya is being taken away!

What a great life! We�re looking at our fathers from the roof!

Right. We shall either do something about it or it won�t end well.

Go! Don�t turn around! -Wait, Senya! I fried some pies! Eat some! Take them!

How can I? My hands are tied!

He can�t take anything. Go!

Wait!

That�s all! Go, go!

Let�s go. We shall save Karapet.

How? The dragons are all around!

It�s all right. I know one place. They won�t be able to pass it.

Mum, don�t go to the toilet. It�s too hot there.

This is Senya! Senya, we�re looking for you,

and you�re taking a promenade!

The hands!

Are you joking?

Throw the weapon! Throw it, fool. I�ll shoot you.

Take it away. If you shoot I won�t be able to take mercy on you.

Who are you? -Nobody. We met, said hello and separated.

Guys, you won�t shoot, will you?

Why would we?

Why are you standing still?

Good people leave after conversations.

Guys, give my weapon back. I�ll be punished for loosing it.

Stop it! Stepa, give me his weapon.

You�ll find it if you search well.

And don�t you dare whistle in my presence!

Otherwise I�ll tell Stepa and he�ll push that whistle

you know where. Lower your hands.

Karapet said that he was to be executed tomorrow.

How did he know?

That dragon told him. He said that they were going

to take everybody outside of the city and shoot.

No, we should do something about it for sure!

Right.

Sir General! Sir General!

Let me go! Let me go!

Sir General, tell him to let me go.

I have an important letter for you.

Let the boy go. Captain, sort it out.

What kind of letter is it? Give it to me.

I won�t. I was told to hand it over to General personally.

All right. Will you give it to me?

Where is the boy?

Call Rzhevskiy to me.

�Sir Governor General, we offer truce. We�re ready to pay for it

so generously that you can�t imagine.

On behalf of all the residents of the free Odessa �

Mikhail Yaponchik�.

What will you say?

They are convincing. The style is not high

but the idea is absolutely clear. I�m interested how

Your High Excellency is going to react to such a claim.

What do you think?

I believe that Odessa�s military dictator

can�t hold negotiations with the mobsters� dictator.

It was extremely cheeky of him to write such a letter.

It�d be silly to write an answer.

You�re mistaken. The letter shall be answered.

And I�ll answer it. Boris Anatolyevitch,

you proved yourself to be a decisive person. I�m ready

to give the garrison�s troops in your disposal.

The rest � follow me.

Stand still! Stop, I tell you!

Is here somebody from our guys?

Alexei Nicolayevitch, your favorite.

Thank you. -Your High Excellency, I fully agree with you.

We�ll restore comparative order in Odessa.

But please understand me right. It won�t last for long.

Let me be sincere. Go, brother.

The situation on the front is very serious.

Actually it�s desperate. A week or two, and the red army will�

Seize the city?

How can you say that? Alexei Nicolayevitch�

They will capture it. But this is not the scariest thing.

Do you want to hear what I consider to be the worst?

It�s the fact that we�re doomed.

The people will support the red army, not us. It�s evident.

I have no doubt that our failure is inevitable too.

Your High Excellency, then I have a question � what for?

It�s very simple. An officer and a nobleman

has no choice but to fight to the end, no matter what

it will be. I toast your health, gentlemen.

Cheers, General.

What do you have? -They are barricading on the third floor.

We have been trying to talk them into surrendering for half an hour.

How many of them are there? -I don�t know.

Cover for me.

Well, holy warriors, why don�t you capture them?

It�s impossible, Your Honor.

They are shooting from behind the door.

Who is there? -Makota and three other guys. I think we hit one.

Makota, don�t shoot! Listen to me! Surrender!

Surrender like a friend! Go out, and you�ll live. Who are you?

I�m Bashko, go out! We won�t shoot. You know me.

You�re lying, Ivan Kapitonovitch!

Do you want me to cross my heart?

Tell your people to go to the yard. Then we�ll see.

Gentlemen, listen to me.

If you don�t want to go out, then don�t. But let me in.

We�ll talk and sort it out.

Who is that brave man?

I�m the boss here. Will you let me come in?

Come in. Put your weapon on the floor. But no silliness!

Otherwise I�ll make a hole in your head.

When the train was leaving the lamps were shining.

The lights were shining� Let me� The train was leaving.

The lights were shining, The lights were shining

when the train was leaving. What?

Are you Makota?

I�m Makota.

Will you let me put my hands down?

Stop! Put them down. But don�t move.

What will you say? You�re so handsome!

What can I talk to you about? You�re dead!

What? What do you mean?

Look here.

Brothers, lie down!

What is crocked can�t become straight.

One can�t count what doesn�t exist.

He doesn�t want to eat and he is so funny in his pajama!

I say to him: �Eat, otherwise you won�t recover�.

And he answers: �But I�ll lose weight and you�ll fall for me�.

Can you imagine how funny he is, Tsilya? Tsilya?

He is funny.

I think I�ve already fallen for him.

Don�t think silly thoughts.

Why silly? Do you think you�re the only one who may love?

I don�t love anybody.

What are you saying? What about Misha?

I love him least of all.

You quarreled, that�s all.

No, I made a mistake and I don�t want you

to make a mistake too.

Lyova is not a bandit. He is an author.

Still, don�t think about anything silly.

You�re just angry. Misha is suffering too, by the way.

He is not.

Stand up.

I don�t care about what he is thinking.

I don�t care about where he is and what is going on with him.

Let�s stop this conversation and go to sleep.

I felt that the letter won�t give us anything.

He is Governor General, and who are we?

We�re not some brats too.

We have power, and it�s a great power.

What are you comparing? He is a general, and you are you.

What � general? Maybe I�m a general for myself!

If you�re a general then I�m a ballerina.

Yes, Izya, you�d make a bad general.

You dress poorly and your face is covered with spots.

But I�m insulted. Yes, I�m hurt. He could answer, couldn�t he?

To hell with that Almazov! Does he want a war?

We�ll show him!

Do you want some sugar?

Your High Excellency, here is your newspaper.

Do you want anything else?

Thank you.

What may we watch at the Opera Theatre?

Bon appetite, Your High Excellency. The morning is so good.

The morning is good indeed, Alexei Nicolayevitch.

Let�s go.

It�s raining in Moscow. But here�

Lie down!

Where did they come from?

I thought we killed all of them, but no, here they come�

Bloody General! That Tatar covered him

from the grenade with his body.

All righy, we�ll talk later.

Run!

Escape where you can.

Follow me! Follow me!

I beg your pardon. I�m sorry, lady!

Are you a revolutionary? -What? -You�re a revolutionary, aren�t you?

Something like that.

Come here, then. Hide here! Be quick!

Help! Help! Sir policeman, come here quick!

What a terrific view!

Sir policeman, I�m so happy you�re here. I saw a bandit! -Where?

He jumped from there with a gun! He pushed me, and I fell!

Where is he? Mademoiselle, where did he run?

He ran there!

Follow me! Follow me!

Brats! Come out.

Be quick. Oh, you�re wounded!

I twisted my leg.

Run in that direction. -Right. There is a passage there.

You�re a real actress!

Give my love to your revolutionary comrades!

Thank you, comrade!

Here you go.

Don�t move!

Misha! You�re alive.

I am alive indeed. -What�s wrong with your leg?

I twisted it. Yasha, were we beaten badly?

Yes. Three of our people are killed.

Really? Is Mayorchik here?

No.

I hope nothing bad has happened to Mayorchik.

We did badly. I can�t even imagine what will start now!

Wait. Let�s leave the city while it�s not too late. -Shall we?

We�ll wait it out and if everything is fine we�ll come back.

What will we do with the people?

What do you care for the people?

What are you saying? You can�t act like this, Yasha.

What�s wrong? Are you shot?

No. He was running through the door.

And there was a plank there which he didn�t notice.

What is he saying?

He has a splinter.

Yasha, who knows about this flat?

Nobody.

Barskiy knows. And Tsilya.

It means everybody.

We may change it, of course. But it�d be very difficult now.

How can we change it?

Gulya? -Yes? -When it gets darker go to the Avermans

and get to know what is going on there.

OK.

Izya! You�re alive.

I barely got here. -Take it off.

The soldiers are everywhere. How are you?

I barely escaped myself. Thanks God one weird girl saved me.

Listen to me. If you see any of our guys tell them to hide.

Those who can leave the city shall leave.

Forget about everything until Almazov calms down.

If he doesn�t, let it be so. The red army is approaching.

In two to three weeks� Odessa will be ours.

We�ll forget about this silliness like about a nasty nightmare.

It�s so nice when a lock comes out from under a woman�s hat �

Yes, it�s nice.

Hello, Tsilya. My respects, Monsieur Averman.

Kostya, are you joking? Where is Misha?

Can you have a walk?

What can I do? They tell me to go to the city park � and I go.

They tell me to have a walk � so I take a walk.

Do you want a newspaper?

Dad!

Tsilya, come on. -I�ll be back soon.

Kostya, where are we going?

We�re going to a place where a stream is heard in the woods.

Be careful. The wind is breathing there where it sleeps

on leaves. The moon is sailing under the clouds like a swan.

People don�t like Pushkin anymore, do they? -You�re right.

I must tell you something. You look magnificent.

Thank you.

I missed you so much! -Me too.

I was afraid that you wouldn�t come.

I didn�t want to come.

Why did you come, after all?

I just came.

I thought that you�d come,

I�d approach you and you�d slap me on the mug.

What kind of an expression is that � �the mug�?

All right, on the face. Do you know how scared I was?

Are you scared now?

A bit.

You�re right to be. Why here? Why didn�t you come to us?

I shouldn�t. They may find me. You�ll be in trouble then.

They are looking for you again, aren�t they?

Not really� There was a problem with that general�

With what general?

It makes no difference. Tsilya�

What? Did you arrange the attempt at Grishin-Almazov�s life?

I said it without thinking. Tsilya!

You�re a murderer!

What a terrific view!

Misha! Are you going to your parents?

It�s none of your business.

Don�t go there. There is an ambush there.

Did you meet your acquaintance, Osip Emilyevitch?

Yes, kind of.

He is a nice young man. Osip Emilyevitch.

I want to get to know him closer.

Sit down. I understand that you didn�t come to me

at night just for the sake of it.

Not really. I even think that maybe

I shouldn�t have come to you.

Tell me about it. You�re already here.

One man wants to meet you.

Who is he?

I can�t tell you. He asked me not to tell his name.

But he is a serious man. He is so serious that maybe

you shouldn�t meet him. However you must.

Or maybe you should. I don�t know. I believe you can make some use of him.

Who is he? You�re beating about the bush, Lev Yakovlevitch.

Right. But I don�t want to pull the wool over your eyes.

However he asked me not to tell you his name so I won�t.

This is my rule. He wants to meet you.

This is for you to decide.

All right, let him come if he needs it that badly.

Young man, is it a mare or a stud? -What do you care?

It�s bad to talk to old people this way.

If I�m asking it means I have my reasons.

This is a mare. Have you ever seen a stud with no accessories?

Is it quiet? -It is quiet sometimes. And sometimes it�s faster

than the wind. -What do you care? Maybe I�ll ride it. -No, I won�t take you.

Why is that? Are you a cabby or what?

I told you I won�t take you. I�m busy.

Monsieur Barskiy told me that you�ll take me to the place I need.

Did you come from Barskiy? Get in!

Go!

He has come. -Let him in.

My respects, young people.

Hello.

I�m interested, who is Yaponchik here?

Who are you? Where do you come from?

I want to talk to Yaponchik! -I�m Yaponchik.

You? I have what to tell you in person.

Why such secrets?

We will either talk one-on-one or I�m simply wasting my time.

Why are you standing? Go out. An old man asks you.

The End

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