Vanished Empire (Исчезнувшая империя)

Mosfilm

Supported by the Federal agency for Culture and Cinematography 'Courier' Film Studio

So where do you study?

Who told you I study?

That's how you introduced yourselves.

They're the students.

Kostya studies at the Institute of Fish

in the Caviar Department.

And Styopa who drinks vodka non-stop,

- he's in the Circus Institute. - You're joking!

- As what? - As clown.

Cool!

And what do you do?

- Me? - Yeah.

I work at the Red Partisan Factory.

- Red Partisan? - Yeah.

You don't look it.

- Why didn't you apply? - They'd never take me.

Why?

I'm a democrat and a dissident. They've got a record on me.

Wow.

I've never seen a democrat or dissident.

Here I am.

Let's go in there.

- No! - I wanna tell you something.

- Take it easy. Come on. - No.

Drop yourself.

That's it.

It's kind of getting late...

Really late...

Why're you drinking so much? You'll kill the vodka.

Listen, go get some more.

I'll give you 5 rubles for some vodka and a taxi.

You go if you need some.

- Can I have a word? - Sure.

Listen, man, you're acting weird.

It's like this.

You studied math, right?

2 chicks, 2 rooms. What's the result?

- What? - Time you took off, that's what.

Why me?

Who picked them up at the cafe?

Me.

Who's been dancing and making out with her? Me!

So now I'll dance and make out with her,

and you can take off.

Whatever...

Alexander LYAPIN

Lydia MILYUZINA

Yegor BARANOVSKY Ivan KUPREENKO

Armen DZHIGARKHANYAN Olga TUMAIKINA

with Vladimir ILYIN

in a film by Karen SHAKHNAZAROV

THE VANISHED EMPIRE

After Lenin's arrival in Samara,

a group of Marxists quickly gathered round him.

Even then,

he made quite an impression with his knowledge of Marxism.

In 1895

he united all the Petersburg groups

into the Union for the Liberation

of the Working Classes.

There were about 20 of them at the time.

What's going on!

I'm talking to you, young man!

- Who, me? - Yes, you!

Why are you making noise? Stand up.

- What's your name? - Mine?

I remember mine.

Find out from other students

exactly what kind of professor I am

and whether it's easy to pass my exams.

Narbekov...

I'm giving you your first and final warning.

The history of the Communist Party is no laughing matter. Got it?

Yes.

Sit down and take notes.

I'm telling very important

and very interesting things.

Under Vladimir Lenin's leadership

The Union for the Liberation of the Working Classes

brought about the unification of socialism

with workers' movements.

In 1895, Lenin was arrested

by the Tsarist authorities.

Even in prison

he continued his revolutionary work.

In Prison, Vladimir Lenin helped

the Union

with his pamphlets and leaflets.

In prison, he wrote his pamphlet "On Strikes."

Hey, Styopa.

You see the girl in the white sweater?

- Yeah, why? - You know her?

Haven't seen her before.

All I know's her last name's Beletskaya.

Thus the worker Babushkin,

who remembered Lenin's lectures to the workers...

What's her name?

Lida, I think.

Gotta know for sure.

Find out for yourself.

Who's whispering over there? You again, Narbekov?

You, next to him, stand up.

What's your name?

Molodtsov.

I'm warning you, this is a bad start.

Keep it in mind, Narbekov and Molodtsov.

Sit down.

And you, Narbekov, repeat my last sentence.

Stand up please.

Um...

So this worker remembered how Lenin

read a lecture in his free time

from the revolutionary struggle.

Narbekov...

What was the worker's name?

Dedushkin!

- Dedushkin! - It was Dedushkin!

- What did you say? - It was Dedushkin.

Leave immediately, Narbekov...

Your jokes won't work here!

This is no place for farces!

You've gotta look closely at the stitching

so they don't rip you off.

Come closer, Styopa,

you gotta know these things.

You see? Not a stitch out of place.

A true sign it's not homemade.

Fit well, don't they?

Real Wranglers!

I'd buy a pair.

- How much were they? - 70.

70?

You won't find cheaper anywhere.

How do I get that kind of cash?

I don't know, sell something.

What can I sell? I got nothing.

You got books at home.

Sell them at a second hand place. They pay cash.

I go there, sometimes.

Enough for jeans?

If they're good books, you're set.

Will you take me

next time you go?

Of course.

- Hi. - Hi.

Stop, miss!

You're breaking the law!

- Did I scare you, Lida? - It's Lyuda, not Lida.

- Sorry... - It's nothing,

you got mixed up.

We're in the same class, so let's be friends?

All right.

Let me make up for it

and invite you to a movie.

I'm not sure... Which?

"Back to the Future" at the Art Theatre.

All the girls are crazy for it,

but you can't get tickets.

I have.

Look.

What d'you say?

- Let's go. - All right.

When did you transfer?

Not long ago.

Dad got an apartment in Moscow

and I transferred.

- Are you from Moscow? - Yeah.

- Born here? - Yeah.

Wow! Check it out...

- Do you have a spare ticket? - No, we don't.

"News of the Day"

"The Tragedy of Chile"

This footage was shot on the day of the military coup

in Santiago, Chile.

The rebels quickly

consolidated power

and began their fascist terror.

They broke into the la Mondeda palace

and used traitorous force

with Commander in Chief

President Salvador Allende.

There was a protest at the Moscow Pedagogical Institute

against the crime of the Chilean warmongers.

Our people express their solidarity

and support for the Chilean patriots

and approve

of the government's decision

to break off diplomatic ties

because of the bloody junta in Chile.

This is where I live.

I see.

Do you want to come in?

Ok.

Wow! Great books!

My parents collect them.

Cool. You know how much Bulgakov is on the black market?

- No. - A hundred rubles!

Get out of here!