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EPISODE TWELVE

Open up.

Yes, sir.

Did you fit an entire goat carcass in that suitcase, Missis Burdovskaya.

Comrade Colonel, what carcass? There are drills, pliers of some sortÖ

All kinds of tools.

Drills?

Yes. He works the machines here so he asked me to bring them.

Yes, he works the machines but so do many other inmates.

Well thatís why he wrote me asking to bring these tools since youíre short.

Goddamn itÖ workaholicsÖ

Whatís your name, GalinaÖ

Alexandrovna.

Donít get mad, Galina Alexandrovna, but we must search your bags.

These are the rules.

Please go ahead, I understand.

Tell me, how is he doing?

How do you think?

How can he be doing?

Heís not well. This is a prison, not a resort.

Every normal person would feel bad here.

Even me.

Inmate Vasiliev, time to go.

Walk.

Face the wall.

Go.

Face the wall.

Look at that. She dragged all that metal here on her own.

Thatís love.

Check all this crap, then take it to the workshop master and write it up.

Come in.

Hello.

You were expecting someone elseÖ

Well, I wrote you that I would be coming. Did you get my last letter?

I brought you some picturesÖ of the children.

Sasha is all grown upÖ and Nadia too.

I brought you some food as well.

Artem called, told me to say hi to you.

He wrote you a letter.

I placed all the letters in a folder over there.

Why didnít you bring anything to drink?

I did, Vasya.

Four bottles of cognac - they took everything.

Bastards.

Svetlana also says hi.

Hi is all I get?

Yes.

I seeÖ Did she divorce that Morozov yet or not?

She did and got remarried - you two are alike that way.

Hold your tongue!

We arenít alike. Donít compare the two of us.

Calm down, I meant nothing by it. Just saying.

You are, after all, brother and sister.

She despises me.

Itís understandable - Iíve done enough to be despised.

No, Vasenka. You donít deserve to be despised.

But loving youÖwhat is there to love you for?

What about you?

What about me?

You are such a child, Vasia. You were a child and you stayed that way.

I do love you.

If I didnít - I wouldnít have come.

But it means nothing.

Why not?

Because I got married. I love my husband.

He is a constructor, working on his doctorateÖ

He is an amazing human being.

He loves our kids and they love him back. He is respected at work.

They even gave him his own personal car.

Everything worked out for you.

You love him and you love me.

Yes. It is pretty stupid.

VasyaÖ Iím just a stupid human being, Vasily.

Are we just going to lay here?

Why not? Itís better this way.

The sun is coming up.

Donít you want to..?

I do what about you?

What do you think?

Put it there!

Pull it!

Itís like a damn tank!

Hey, Vasia, come along, dinner is ready.

You helped us out, Vasily.

I think they will have fond memories of you here for a while.

Come on now, Iím glad I could help.

We remember the good.

So for your service, so to speak, we would like to repay you.

Here you go.

What is that?

A present.

What were you on the outside? A pilot?

Well thatís you ticket to fly.

Thank you, brothers. I am grateful.

Hello. My surname is Timoshenko, you should have gotten a call from Moscow.

Yes, yes, yes, please come in.

Itís a pleasure to meet you.

Hello.

Have a seat.

Two calls came in from Moscow and a signal from the Vladimirsky branch of the Party too.

So we know, Ekaterina Semenovna.

Can I have a match?

Yes, of course.

How has he been holding up?

Well, you know how it is. He is alive and working.

His first wife came to visit him recently. From Moscow.

She brought all kinds of tools and equipment so he is doing a good job.

He even came up with a few proposals on improvements.

We put it all in his file.

Burdonskaya?

Yes, Ekaterina Semenovna. Burdonskaya.

Forgive me, while you and I are having this chat someone will check your bag.

These are the rules, you understand.

Yes, of course.

Then a guard will take you to the visiting area.

Vasily Josephovich, the boss wants to see you.

Do you know what for?

Someone here to see you.

Thanks.

Vasia, what happened?

What is it?

Itís nothing, just an old wound acting up.

It will pass.

Help me up.

Will you make it on your own?

Yes, get back to work, guys.

There.

Vasily Petrovich, do I switch it on?

Go on.

Donít you like them?

You know I smoke rollies.

Only the proletariat smokes them these days.

Intelligent people have switched to cigarettes.

I smoke rollies.

Well, forgive me. I only wanted whatís bestÖ

Eat something.

Iím not hungry.

Didnít you write me that you have a new husband?

Is he also a General?

A tank division commander.

Three tank fighters drank 300.

And the fourth had 800.

Does your husband know you came to see me?

He saw me off.

He asked me to say hello to you.

He decided to display masculine solidarity, letting his wife go like that?

I wouldnít have let you go.

Why did you come here?

I donít know.

Wanted to see me like this?

Like what?

Crushed and alone. Well take a good look.

Why didnít you come see me in Moscow?

Why?

When I was taken to Lefortovo? When I was incarcerated?

Were you scared or did your father tell you not to?

You had other bitches visit you there.

KatyaÖ

You should go home to your husband.

Send him my regards.

Vasya.

What?

Take it - you have to read this.

Be patient.

The downfall of the cult of personality

Straighten it out.

Dismissed.

Have a smoke, Vasya.

Have you seen this?

I have.

What do you think?

All liesÖ the dead canít defend themselves so they are shifting blame on others.

No, Iím afraid itís not all lies.

There is truth to this.

Itís just that we didnít know it before and now we do.

Someone said that everything in the dark will one day come into the light.

What did you call me in here forÖ boss?

There was an order, citizen VasilievÖ from the very top.

For you to express your opinion on the decisions made on the 20th meeting

of the Communist Party concerning the Cult of Personality.

How do you feel about this decision? Positively or not?

What do I have to write?

That I feel positively about the fact that my father was a murderer?

A dead Stalin doesnít care what others say about him.

Think of yourself, Vasily.

You can be released ahead of time. This year.

You could go free - it was implied to me.

Think about it and donít make rash decision.

Boss, can I return to my cell.

Go. Youíre a fool, Vasily.

I know I am. I wonít even deny it.

Were I smart I wouldnít be in here.

They want to see you again, Vasia.

They say your wife is here to see you again.

Another one this time.

Yeah, they love me.

Youíre a strange one, women flock in droves yet heís still unhappy.

Go on then. Maybe she brought smokes.

Go.

Get going.