Little Alexander (Александр маленький)

Gorky Film Studio USSR

DEFA Film Studio GDR

in association with Sovinfilm

Screenplay by lngeburg KRETZSCHMAR

Valentin YEZHOV Vladimir YEZHOV

Vladimir FOKlN

Directed by Vladimir FOKlN

Director of Photography Sergey FlLlPPOV

Production Designer Erich KRULLKE

Music by Eduard ARTEMYEV

Starring Captain Tsvetov - Boris TOKAREV

Sergeant Chrishchanowitch Yuri NAZAROV

Private Kurykin Mikhail KOKSHENOV

Pinsel - Olaf SCHNElDER

Also starring Tessa - Ute LUBOSCH

Hubner - Gerry WOLFF Friedel - Walfriede SCHMlTT

Rusanov - Nikolai SKOROBOGATOV Peter - Olaf BODDEUTSCH

lrmgard - Jana LENZ Martha - Brit BAUMANN

Ralle - Stefan MARTH Felix - Andreas GUTOWSKl

Loberg Gerd Michael HENNEBERG

Flechsig - Harald WARMBRUNN

LlTTLE ALEXANDER

Stop, Kurykin. Pull over.

Park it here.

Well, girls, how you doing?

Comrade Sergeant, how about some grub?

- You starved? - Sure.

On the bank Katyusha stepped out...

Here, the very last, the sweetest.

That's it, guys.

We've run out of it.

ln an hour. ln ein hour.

Alright, then.

Everyone be here in an hour.

Girl!

You. Come here.

You. Come, don't be afraid.

Here. One moment.

All right, bitte now.

Shall we roll?

We're being transferred, Akimych.

Who's transferred?

They're sending me to Berlin, to a newspaper.

They say they need people who know the language.

So we're parting, right?

No such luck.

l did my best trying to get rid of you.

No, they say, comrade captain, you'll need...

...a driver anyway.

And without the sergeant...

What without the sergeant?

Without the sergeant, they say, the newspaper will never come out.

Yes, it's a real pity.

Comrade Captain. The new appointment calls for a drink.

What's this?

lt's their schnapps. l've tasted it personally. lt's quite drinkable.

What a bouquet! So you drink it personally, Kurykin.

Why? l like it.

Oh, she's got company there.

Yes.

Shall we go and get acquainted?

Akimych has already signed them up for rations.

Let's go, huh?

Bon appetite, Fraulein.

Thank you.

May we come in?

Are you living here?

No, we're just staying, we're refugees.

What's your name, boy?

He's scared, silly.

He's my brother Peter. And l'm lrmgard.

Shut up.

l didn't say anything wrong.

Drop it, kid.

Drop it, it doesn't suit you.

He got hit by hot tar during a bombing raid.

Kurykin, give him your forage cap. We'll get you a new one.

Sure you'll get it.

All right.

Do you have parents?

Father was killed in Russia by yours.

Do you have any idea what he was doing there?

And Mother's buried over there, by the road. We're refugees.

Stop whimpering.

So you're orphans.

No family at all?

Do you have any relatives?

Yes, in Berlin. Uncle Manfred and our aunt.

Here.

Berlin? You're lucky.

Do you want to go with us?

They have relatives in Berlin. Shall we take them along?

l'm not going. You want us to be sent to Siberia?

You silly. l'd love to go to Siberia.

But l got a lot of work here.

Let's go.

Greetings, beautiful! How can we get downtown?

Go there, straight ahead.

Get rolling, Kurykin. Thanks.

Greetings, Comrade Captain.

Are they yours?

Mine. Don't they look like me?

- Not exactly. - You don't say.

- Do you have any of your own? - Not yet.

Don't despair, we'll have some born.

lf you wish, we can let you have one.

Thanks, l'll manage on my own.

You can never do it on your own.

Kurykin!

Are all of your subordinates so knowledgeable?

l'm ready.

lt's no good to be late. lt's already 4 minutes after 9.

l'm sorry, Tessa. The edition was delayed. Let's go.

lt'd be good to live with someone like her.

She'll feed you on time, she'll put you to bed on time.

And she'll do on time everything else.

- Me, for example... - Kurykin!

- What? - Spare us your examples.

Wait for me here.

Really, Kurykin.

l spare no effort teaching you to be cultured.

Why is it always Kurykin?

l want you to do something.

This place, Blankenheim.

l want to put you in charge of the editorial secretariat. Can you cope?

l'll try to.

Yes, please try.

But first you have to go for a day to Blankenheim.

The burgomaster there is a...

Hubner, former concentration camp prisoner.

He organized a sort of children's home.

He just called, panicked.

He asks to send there someone from the editorial office.

The connection was terrible.

All l understood is that their situation is pretty bad.

Go there. Take two barrels of bacon with you.

- l'll give instructions. - That'll be fine.

And, yes, Tessa Tenser will go with you.

She's a German working for our newspaper.

Oh, that girl...

Yes. Have you already met?

How come she speaks Russian?

Her father is an engineer.

Worked in Russia for many years.

- Any more questions? - Yes, Comrade Colonel.

We have two kids with us, they're orphans.

We've to take them to their relatives. Can you tell me where this place is?

Berlin is a big city.

l guess Tessa will be of more help to you in this matter.

We'll find it.

- Do it. - Yes.

Yes, Germans will have a lot of work, too.

Turn left, please.

No, it can't even compare to Minsk.

Turn left... You can't find anything here.

l recognize this place, it's around the corner.

- This way, please. - Will do.

There's nothing to look at here.

Listen, let's go with us.

Look, Russians!

Russians! Russians are here!

Officers. Maybe they brought something to eat.

lf only l had a machinegun. l would've talked to that officer.

- The war is over. - Not for me.

Good afternoon, friends.

Who can show us the burgomaster's house?

They're not Russians, they're ours, in camouflage.

Why have you donned that uniform? Are you a traitor?

l'm Russian.

No Russian can speak our language so well.

Want me to teach you speak Russian? Everybody will just gasp.

l ain't speaking dogs' language. You traitor.

What did you say?

You aren't speaking humans' language now either.

What is he yelling about?

Nothing. He doesn't believe l'm Russian.

And you? Are you Russian, too?

You're Russian yourself.

You ride with them. Did they take you prisoner?

You stupid.

And this one with you. Why isn't she speaking? ls she mute?

But you're talking too much.

Pinsel, shut up. Or they won't give us anything to eat.

The hell l'll shut up!

The burgomaster's coming!

Good afternoon. Welcome to Blankenheim.

We're from the newspaper.

Sergeant Chrishchanowitch. Pleased to meet you.

We've been waiting for you. How could you make it here?

Bridges are blown up, roads are impassable. We're like on an island.

We got here thanks to Kurykin.

He's an army driver.

Greetings, Herr.

Hello. Let's go to my office. We can talk there.

My bag.

The coffee mill is flying!

Coffee mill! The coffee mill is flying!

Down!

lt's the newspaper. That's how they deliver it to us.

What was it?