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ALEKSANDRA NIKIFOROVA

DMITRIY FRID

SERGEY DRUZYAK

IRINA SIDOROVA ANDREY RYKLIN

BORIS KHVOSHNIANSKY ANDREY LUKYANOV

YULIYA TAKSHINA MAKSIM RADUGIN

NIKOLAY DENISOV YURI VNUKOV

WRITTEN BY ALEKSEY YUDIN

CHIEF WRITER - ANNA RULEVSKAYA

DIRECTED BY DENIS YELEONSKIY

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY - ANTON KOSTROMIN

MUSIC BY ANTON SILAYEV

PRODUCERS - NIKITA SHUMAKOV, VITALIY BORDACHIOV

ANNA PAVLOVSKAYA, PAVEL BABIN, VLAD RIASHIN

DETECTIVE ANNA SEASON 2

CLOSED

This Meshcherskiy Junior is an unsavory character.

EPISODE 30 THE FOX HUNT

I could feel his contempt every second.

Anton Andreyevich,

I keep telling you that you don’t need to pay any mind to such people.

Their time has passed,

and yours is just beginning.

When you say such things, I feel a surge of energy.

I would move heaven and earth for you.

Don’t move mountains. Just love me.

I love you. I love you madly, insanely, and you know it.

No, you don’t know anything. God, I almost forgot.

Pelageya Ivanovna...

This was my mother’s ring.

I’d be happy if you agreed to wear it.

I know, I remember you wanted to keep it secret.

However, I thought that as a symbol of our engagement...

Thank you.

It’s time for me to open the store.

I understand. Don’t worry.

I’ll leave through the back door.

Oh, how I look forward for not having to hide anymore.

I’ll take you on rides, to candy stores, on shopping trips.

I’ll make all your wishes come true.

Of course.

I love you.

May I?

Yes, of course.

Shtolman, the court investigator. We met yesterday.

Yes. You rescued me. Thank you.

Who did it to you?

I didn’t see his face.

You couldn’t miss seeing his face,

since you were lying on your back.

Was it your husband?

How could you even think that?

Of course not.

He is in hiding, and I have every reason to suspect him of killing the prince.

He might be scared.

Like many common people,

my husband doesn’t believe in getting justice.

And he has his reasons.

What is this ruckus?

Just you wait!

Vera Nikolayevna will come and show you!

The children don’t listen to you?

Children? They aren’t children: they are thugs!

There is no sense to try to teach them anything.

But Vera Nikolayevna manages somehow.

She plays the piano for them.

I can do that, too.

Did you know the prince was going to leave you something?

I didn’t.

Strange, isn’t it?

He was so fond of you,

and yet he didn’t tell you he was going to make you comfortable.

Maybe he didn’t have a chance.

Lately, I’ve been spending less time with him

because of Timofey.

He didn’t approve of your marriage, I’ve been told.

He thought Timofey didn’t deserve me,

and that we couldn’t be happy together.

But you...

You didn’t listen to him.

I don’t understand. What are you implying?

You did what you wanted.

The prince could change his will.

You are the one who benefited from your father’s death.

You became a rich woman overnight.

Your husband could have easily arranged the accident.

Children.

Vera Nikolayevna won’t be here today.

She’s sick.

But she is better already,

and she will be here the day after tomorrow.

Now you can go home.

Hurrah! Home!

You fool. Who is going to drive you 50 km to your home for two days.

Do you all stay here, too?

Three kids live in town,

and the rest are from faraway villages.

This is our barrack.

We live here while we study.

It’s not a barrack!

It’s warm, and the beds are so soft.

The food is good, too.

These pictures are so beautiful.

Who drew them?

Us! It was our homework, draw an animal.

Can I take them to the hospital to show Vera Nikolayevna?

- Yes! - Yes!

She’ll be so pleased.

Masha!

Is it true? Is it true what your note says?

Of course it is.

I wouldn’t have written to you if not for this emergency.

Rest assured I wouldn’t have come if it weren’t about Anna.

I take no pleasure in seeing you, either.

I hope we’re alone?

Yes. Your brother went to town.

I didn’t mean him.

I hope Mr. Rebushinsky won’t jump from behind the curtain

like Polonius in "Hamlet".

I asked Aleksey Yegorovich not to call on me today.

Thank you.

So he hasn’t moved into my house yet.

Don’t judge other people by your own debauchery.

Better think about what you’re going to tell your daughter.

Try to pretend to be a concerned father.

What?

What?

All of it happened because of you!

Your example!

Your frivolous behavior!

You forgot about decency, you associate with God knows who,

and you simply forget that you’re a mother!

You!

You!

Let me go!

Domna!

Domna!

Domna, I’m home.

Ania?

I’m here.

Your father is visiting with us.

Hello, Father.

Anna,

your mother and I need to talk to you.

I have found out about your crazy idea to go to Turkestan.

I hope you realize

that we will never let you go.

Moreover, I have to remind you that,

being an unmarried woman,

legally you are under my guardianship.

So if you decide to go anyway,

the police would find you

and send you home.

I understand.

Only men can do what they want in this world.

Our marital...

our parental duty is to protect you

from making that mistake.

Are you done? May I be excused?

Father, thank you for calling on us to fulfil your parental duty.

You should go, too.

You!

I was going to go to you.

What is it?

Sweetheart, who did it to you?

Who dared?

Go!

You can’t be here.

Go!

First tell me who hurt you.

It doesn’t matter, Timosha.

Just go!

Open up! Police!

Run! Through the back door.

Stop!

I received a letter from Vera.

She doesn’t want to accept her 50,000.

I hope, your excellency, being the wise older brother,

you will persuade her to change her mind.

This woman will never be a sister to me, Mr. Volpin.

Let’s get to business.

I know you take in interest in her.

I would be happy to make Vera Dmitriyevna my wife.

However, she...

She loves her yokel of a husband.

But he’ll be convicted for murder soon.

The Holy Synod allows divorcing convicts,

so it’s all in your hands.

I will pray for this.

I have an offer for you.

I won’t take these 50,000,

and I’ll even add something to her dowry,

if you only persuade her

to close the school.

I’ll do all in my power, your excellency.

You again?

Go away. I said I wasn’t going to talk to you.

I can’t help you.

Anna?

Anna Viktorovna?

Are you okay?

Yes.

“Timofey is innocent.

Find the fox.”

Did you write this?

No. A spirit.

Are you taking the pills?

Your pills don’t work.

They keep coming.

What do they want?

My help.

Your help?

Look at yourself.

You are empty inside, deceived, unhappy! It’s you who needs help.

Mr. Shtolman, I want to confess.

I told Timofey to hide in the hut in the woods.

I was worried Lev Dmitriyevich would try to revenge his father’s death.

I had no doubts he was innocent.

If the prince was killed, someone else did it.

I’m afraid only you and your husband had a motive.

Any of the hunters could have shot him.

The killer could have used another rifle.

My father had several English ones,

just like Timofey’s.

Have you checked them?

Vera Nikolayevna, don’t be like these women

who cover up for criminal for the sake of love.

Accept it.

There is a new life waiting for you.

With your inheritance...

I rejected it!

Excuse me, who are you?

Ivan Khristoforovich Volpin at your service.

Vera Nikolayevna, your father wanted to make you comfortable.

He told me about that.

Should you neglect his last will?

Did prince Meshcherskiy tell you about the will?

He did. I believe.

What do you mean you believe?

In this case I need to question you both.

Come to the precinct with me.

When did the prince tell you

that he was going to leave something to Vera Nikolayevna?

Around two months ago.

That’s when you first confessed

your love to me and started talking me

into leaving my husband.

You were at the hunt, too!

You could have killed my father and set up Timofey!

That’s true, Mr. Volpin.

From where you stood, you could have easily shot the prince.

Your ribbon was the purple one, right?

Here it is.

You had had enough time to get rid of the gun.

You’re mistaken, gentlemen.

I didn’t want to say anything,

because I didn’t want to hurt you

and didn’t want to go against the prince’s last will.

He said Timofey was innocent.

But I saw him turn around

and shoot the prince.

Mr. Volpin, perjury is still a criminal offence.

And I’m prepared to answer to the law.

I’ll do anything to clear my name.

Believe me!

It was your husband who killed the prince.

No, you’re lying.

It can’t be true.

I don’t believe you.

I didn’t chose this fate.

Nobody asked my opinion.

I just have to live with it.

I used to love my gift.

When people, dead and alive, came to me,

I could see they were miserable, confused, needing to feel safe.

Some hadn’t had a chance to say something to a loved one,

others wanted justice.

And if I was able to help them, it made me happy.

I believed I was making this world better.

But now I feel that only the dead still need me.

They are clinging to me and don’t want to let me go.

They are even in my dreams now.

And you know what is the worst of all?

I understand them.

I know what they want from me.

I can’t understand the living anymore.

I don’t trust them now.

I can feel life slipping away from me.

Because of this goddamned gift I will never be happy.

I will never know what my life could have been.

The things you’re talking about, Anna Viktorovna...

Many of them I cannot relate to,

but I know very well

what it means to be different.

Unfortunately, it’s a burden that everyone has to carry on his own.

Have you talked to your family?

They won’t let me go.

- But you still want to go, don’t you? - Yes, I do.

I want to live this life, no matter what it will be like.

Women have only one way to break free

from their father’s authority -

to go under her husband’s protection.

No. I won’t ever get married.

I’m glad to hear that.

I don’t want to have family, either.

So I have a proposal.

Marry me and be free as a bird.

Our marriage will be a formality.

We’ll go to Turkestan together if that’s what you want.

If not, you can go wherever you want.

Why do you want to do it for me?

I must say you’re the most able woman I’ve ever met,

and it’s time for you to break free from the grip of all these dead people.

Vera Dmitriyevna!

Why are you so stubborn about this school?

Let your brother have his way.

It isn’t going to happen. You can tell him that.

I’ll seek support from philanthropists.

Thank you for walking me home.

Raymonde, we will soon be together. My love!

My God.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Where is Uncle?

He had some errands in town.

It’s a shame. I wanted to talk to you both and to Father, too.

Mother, I’m sorry. I know I keep hurting you.

I don’t know what possessed me.

Of course I’m not going to Turkestan.

Ania, I’m so happy to hear it.

I’m sorry, Mama.

I’m sorry.

You have me for a daughter.

Ania, I’m often scared for you, that’s true.

But you can’t imagine how proud I am of you.

Are you?

I needed to hear it from you.

Ania,

you have always been special,

and not only because of your gift.

You are smart, brave, and kind.

But Ania...

please listen to me calmly,

without anger.

I’m glad you’ve found your calling,

but you cannot be happy without love.

Mother, you know everything.

That you love Shtolman?

That he is married? Yes, I know that.

But there is...

another man

who loves you sincerely,

with all his heart.

Who do you mean? Kliuyev?

Yes. And not because I want to marry you off.

I just don’t want you to miss out on a man

who is your destiny.

Miss.

You have a visitor.

Mrs. Krechetova.

Vera?

Show her in.

Ania!

My God, Vera, what happened?

I’m sorry to disturb you.

What happened?

The school burned to the ground last night.

- My God. How horrible! - And the children?

Was anyone hurt?

Thank God, no.

They were at the dormitory.

But the school is gone.

The kids said they gave you their drawings yesterday.

Can I have them?

I’m afraid that’s all I have left.

Of course.

It wasn’t an accident.

The school was doused with kerosene and set on fire,

one wall after the other.

The arsonist must have been alone.

Did he bring the kerosene with him?

No, your nobleness, there was some in a shed behind the school.

I hope God punishes him.

Were there any strangers at the estate yesterday.

Strangers?

Ivan Khristoforovich Volpin was visiting.

Take him to the precinct.

An order to arrest prince Meshcherskiy came late last night

from the secret police.

- The junior? - The senior.

The news of her death probably hasn’t reach the capital.

What can this possibly mean?

What, indeed? This is very strange.

I’m curious.

Can you use your connections to get some information?

Of course I will.

Every detail matters in this strange case.

Yes.

Vera, I understand how upset you are.

But you can rebuild the school.

You have money now. Other people can help, too.

I could talk to my uncle.

I’ll persuade him to make a donation,

I promise.

Find the fox.

What? What fox?

Where am I supposed to look for it?

Excuse me. I’m so clumsy.

Vera, who drew this?

Vania Steklov.

He has got talent.

Looks like it was drawn from nature.

His father makes stuffed animals, and Vania draws them.

Where is your Vania now?

At home, I suppose.

He is one of the few students living in Zatonsk.

His father has a hunters’ shop in Slobodka.

I think we’ll have to go visit them.

What for?

Your father told me to look for a fox.

So he did talk to you.

I heard about your gift, of course,

but I didn’t dare to ask you for help.

Consider that someone else has asked for you.

My God, yes.

But... It’s incredible!

Is it even possible?

My God, Vera, say it!

If it wasn’t a ricochet, and my father was killed by someone else,

it means Timofey had to get that fox.

He is a very good shot.

In this case, someone must have taken the body.

If we find out who did,

it will prove that my husband is innocent.

Gentlemen. I’m at your service.

Oh, Mr. Volpin, you’re here.

You were seen around the school last night.

I was walking Vera Nikolayevna home.

And after that? Were you sunbathing?

Excuse me?

Your face is red.

No... I had some vodka at dinner.

At your house?

Ivan Khristoforovich spent the night at my house.

I assure you, he didn’t go out.

In this case, I have to ask you about something else.

- Your sister... - I have no sister.

Vera Dmitriyevna, or Vera Nikolayevna,

told us there were other guns in the house.

We’d like to have a look.

I won’t stand in your way.

It’s here.

Vania!

Vera Nikolayevna.

Hello.

Did you draw this?

Yes, I did.

It’s a great picture. Good job.

Vania. Where did you see a fox like this?

When gentlemen go hunting,

sometimes they forget to pick up some of their trophies.

A rabbit or a weasel.

They don’t need it, and we can stuff it.

Did you find this fox in the woods, too?

Yes, at the edge of the clearing.

Hello, Vera Nikolayevna.

What can we do for you?

The fox Vania had found...

do you still have it?

At the workshop. I have skinned it already.

It’s nice fur.

The bullet barely spoiled it.

Have you kept the bullet?

Excuse us for barging in on you, Lev Dmitriyevich,

but it’s our duty to check everything.

You are excused, Nikolay Vasilyevich. I can handle it.

Skobelev? The White General?

Yes. They were friends with my father.

The great military leader, the conqueror of Turkestan.

Such an early and absurd death.

It was a murder.

No, no. It’s just rumors.

Rumors!

I disagree.

The general was loved by the army and the people too much.

Well?

One English rifle is missing.

How strange.

We need to search the house.

Anna!

It’s here.

Vania and his father are prepared to testify.

Great news. Congratulations.

Now go to the precinct and tell them everything.

And you?

I shouldn’t go.

Tell them you have figured it out by yourself.

Thank you. Anna, you have saved my husband.

Go. Take the carriage.

The pledge is good, Lev Dmitriyevich,

but the necessary reforms are being implemented too slowly.

Yes.

Every time it’s great expectations

and then the bitter disappointment.

Your excellency, can I have more cognac? It’s too good.

Help yourself, Ivan Khristoforovich.

Isn’t it the best way to while away a search.

This gun has recently been shot from.

We found it in the guest room.

These clothes smell of kerosene. How do you explain it, your excellency?

I can’t believe it Ivan Khristoforovich,

haven’t you spent the night in that room?

You are under arrest, Mr. Volpin.

Yes, this bullet is identical

to the one extracted from the prince’s body.

Do you confirm that you had extracted it from the fox’s body?

Yes, your nobleness.

So...

Tell me where you found it.

Tell me. Don’t be afraid.

I was walking down the path in the woods Sunday morning

when I heard the shots and the screaming.

I went to the clearing and picked it up.

Did you see the hunters in the clearing?

Yes, one. The others had already left.

He was sitting behind a bush with a gun, and then he left, too.

Will you be able to recognize him?

Yeah.

They’ll bring in this man now.

Take a good look and tell me if he was sitting

behind the bush with a gun.

He was there.

The boy is confused. I wasn’t in town that morning.

Shame on you!

Insulting a noble man!

Admit your mistake!

That’s better.

Your nobleness, shall I bring the suspect?

No. No need.

Come in.

Anna?

You...

I’m here on business.

We talked a lot about what Whirlpool’s goal might be.

I think I know now.

It’s his god, the one he believes in.

I haven’t seen this picture before.

Yes. It wasn’t in your "Encyclopedia of Heresies."

Have a good look.

A design like this one was painted on the wall near the bookstore

after the fire.

Yes. His legs are two snakes: mind and feelings.

He holds the whip of power in his right hand.

The power Whirlpool left at the vampires’ black mass.

The shield in his left hand is the shield of secret knowledge.

The rooster had. It was at the place where the baroness was killed.

Whirlpool killed Natalya Pavlovna.

The Cathars, the great heresy.

That’s what he believes in.

The Cathars believed that this world was created by devil,

and they wanted to destroy it.

This is Whirlpool’s goal.

He wants to destroy this world.

It’s impossible.

It was in the 13th century, but it isn’t now.

Remember Gordon Brown’s secret research?

Professor Sviridov’s plague in a test tube?

The secret poison that had almost killed Anton Andreyevich?

And the hypnosis.

It paralyzes people’s will, and they kill even their closest family.

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death,

and the children shall rise up against their parents.

But...

I didn’t figure it out myself. I had help.

Now you understand.

And you’ll have to deal with it alone.

Wait.

Believe me.

I’m begging you.

Stay.

I hate you.

I hate you! I hate you!

I’ll find him.

Hello, Lev Dmitriyevich.

Please address me as excellency.

Whatever you prefer.

You don’t like your patronymic,

your excellency?

This morning I received a reply to my request from St. Petersburg.

You father would have been under arrest and investigation

had he not been dead.

A couple months ago General Skobelev’s papers were found

which had been believed to be lost.

The plan to overthrow the monarchy and establish constitutional rule.

My father was mentioned there as the future minister of education,

one of the conspirators.

So you decided to prevent his disgrace?

Not him.

He can’t be forgiven.

I was trying to save the honor of the family.

You were saving your own honor.

And you almost succeeded.

But, unlucky for you,

the boy saw you that day at the hunt.

The little bastard.

I think you didn’t see his face,

but you saw his clothes and figured out he was one of the school students.

that’s why you were in such a hurry to close it

and send the children home.

No one will believe the boy.

In light of the newly discovered evidence,

they will.

I advise you to say you wanted

to spare him suffering,

knowing about his incurable disease.

Will you give me 15 minutes to settle some affairs?

No.

I won’t let you kill yourself.

The law is for everyone,

your excellency.

Your little mind is hiding from me.

But I will find it.

I’ll ask you questions.

If you give the wrong answer, I’ll lift this little lever again.

Your name?

My name is Nina.

THE FOX HUNT