Meeting on the Elbe (Встреча на Эльбе)

We stay here better, Hugo. Come what may.

If you want to hang out on the gallows, stay.

Do not say stupid things. We need to escape to the American.

Says Moscow.

Order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.

May 1, 1945.

Gone are the past and more difficult times will not return,

When the Red Army fought back, from enemy troops

near Moscow and Leningrad, near Grozny and Stalingrad.

Now our victorious troops are smashing the enemy's armed forces

in the center of Germany, far beyond Berlin, on the Elbe River.

Forward! For the final defeat of Hitler's Germany!

Ahtung, ahtung. Ludwig 24.

My God, we're late! Everybody left.

What does it mean?

Quiet. I need to stay, go with Walter, you still have time.

We're not going anywhere! Did you hear what I said?!

Comrade General, permit me to turn. Yes.

Allies, Americans. - Yes interesting. Here is the last day of the war

- second front have seen. - Okay.

- Firework! - Respect!

- Victor! - Victory!

Comrades, people of the whole world could live like this.

How so? Should I ruin, or what? No, so amicably. With certainty.

Yes, we could. If they did not get in the way.

Look at this idyll, gentlemen. These are the worst consequences of the war.

- Healthy! - Hello!

I am glad to welcome the valiant allied soldiers,

who fought for the common cause. "Major James Hill." - Major Kuzmin.

Jerry!

For a representative of the great army that struck the world

their strength and courage. "For the glory of the allied banners!"

Father, grandfather! Oh oh. Granddad.

This is whose apartment? - This is my house. "Last name?" - Otto Dietrich.

Ernst Smetau. The son-in-law is Mr. Dietrich. Elsa, my wife and his daughter.

Okay.

The house will be occupied by Major Kuzmin, okay? Go back.

It is necessary to move closer.

All... It's over.

Good-bye, Major. Maybe we'll never see each other again.

Yes, what a happiness it is: To know that the war will soon end

and you will return home. "Home, yes."

And I will remove this military uniform. After all, I'm a teacher, not an officer.

Listen, do you have a ruble? - Ruble? Yes. Here, chervonets.

Give it to me. As a memory of our meeting on the Elbe.

Well, write something. And I'll give you a dollar.

I beg.

Take this American cross-country vehicle,

for which there are no barriers throughout the world.

This chervonets is more expensive than a million,

for the friendship of soldiers can not be bought for any money.

Wow.

I beg. - Senk yu. - You are welcome. "Excellent binoculars." Senk yu.

The Germans have excellent binoculars. "It's a Soviet binocular, General."

Optical plant OGPU. "Oh... the GPU."

Through this binoculars you can see everything as in the palm of your hand. - Yes, it is a tested brand.

Tomi! - Here is our proposal: Tomorrow at 12 o'clock will meet representatives.

"Who is your commandant at Altenstadt, General?"

Major James Hill, and you? Commandant of the Soviet zone.

Major Nikita Ivanovich Kuzmin. Okay.

Hello, Major.

Good health, comrade general. "What are you looking at there?"

The Germans are attacking. - What is it? This is the key to the city. Show.

Take it to the museum.

This is already the past. Now we need a key to the soul of the German people.

For 12 years they breathed a fascist poison. This can not be forgotten.

Sorry. Comrade senior. Yes Yes?

Here the nuns say that the commandant allowed them to open the church.

But they do not have lamp oil.

And where do I get lamp oil? Tell them the light is fuel for the lamp.

Yes, I do. - So, citizens of a nun. And machine-gun oil will do?

Tell them what's right. It's okay. Hello, 33!

Zahvatkin, listen. This I say. Now two nuns will come to you.

Give them machine gun oil. We need weapons oil for the lamp.

- I beg. - Bye.

Mr. Russian! Mr. Russian! It lies under my bed absolutely dirty.

Can I wash it? "Who's that under your bed?"

I did not put it. I'm afraid to touch him, he can kill.

I ask, who is lying under your bed? The projectile. Such a large projectile.

Oh please. He does not interfere. But it's absolutely dirty. Can you wash it cute?

I do not advise. You are welcome.

Send sappers. Give the address.

You are welcome. Please, Sylerov 22, please. I beg.

- Mister soldiers. - Yes.

My name is Schulz, an optical plant worker.

Here, they delayed.

Comrade Popov! Take him to Major Berendeyev.

Mister soldiers. - Yes. "Our factory is intact."

The workers are waiting for your order. What to do next? - What to do?

Well, it's clear what to do. Work! And this is what you have, the Rot Front?

Yes. He guarded 13 years. Yes. You need to see Captain Glukhov.

Mr. Chief. Yes Yes. The thing is, I'm a conductor.

The fact is that music is not needed now. But we want to work. We are 30 people.

Please determine to some place.

Is that why music is not needed right now? So... Do you have a tool?

There is. - Pugovkin! - I! - Who is in charge of the department of culture?

Ivanov. - Ivanov! - I. "Make out the orchestra." - there is.

To Sergeant Ivanov. I ask you to. "Mister is the commandant." - Yes.

I work as a manufacturer. And I'm talking about my daughter.

I remember all your words, Comrade General,

and I will understand them not only with my head, but also with my heart.

And now for work. The Germans will help you.

Those Germans who did not bow their heads to the fascists.

It is necessary to release political prisoners from the city prison.

Hooray!

Kurt!

Your name?

Kraus. Helmut Kraus. Helmut Kraus, number 393. Please.

Attracted for the Gestapo, an active anti-fascist. - Yes Yes. - You are free.

Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations on the victory.

Comrades, we were sentenced to death.

The great army of the Soviet Union liberated us.

Long live the Red Army! "Long live the Soviet Union!"

We, the German Communists and social democrats,

we swear to the German people,

that it will strengthen the unity of the working class and all working people.

And build our new, free, democratic fatherland!

What is your name, comrade? Kurt Dietrich.

Dietrich? Do you have relatives in Altenstadt? Engineer Dietrich.

Its my father. "Does he know that you are here?"

When I joined the Communist Youth League, my father forbade me...

He kicked me out of the house. I see.

Heinrich Heine? Yes. The fascists destroyed his monument.

Can we count on the German social democrats

will they create a special Oriental bureau? Of course.

Which will not allow the unification of workers' parties

and undermine confidence in the Communists. I see.

We hope that members of your party in the Soviet zone

help in collecting information about the Russians,

which cause our curiosity. Well, we will provide money and support.

Optical plants of your concern on the other side of the river

did not suffer. Our pilots are good fellows.

American pilots are not far-sighted. The Russians were the first to enter Altenstadt.

The Russians will leave sooner or later. Our business is to disrupt dismantling

and gather specialists. Drink whiskey. Thank you.

Is there information about Frank? Not yet. In the eastern zone.

Do they know that he is a Nazi? "Very few people know him here."

Very well. In our time it's better to be in the shade. - Why?

Hard times, Hugo.

Hello? General McDermott is listening.

Stanley! What?

30% retired German owners.

We're the winners, damn it.

What is it? The bull and the girl? Just like the sign of our division. Bison and the girl.

This is the "Abduction of Europe". Very expensive Italian painting.

Yes? I see that the picture is expensive. Tom, mark and do not mix.

Hello!

Hello, Stanley? Another stake in Opel.

Take, take, take. Who does not like the prices? So give them half.

5 thousand dollars for organizational expenses you will receive.

I count on the German Social Democrats to talk,

but business. And it's time for you to return to the Soviet zone.

But what about the allied agreements?

Mister Major, I received your order for the dismantling of the laboratory.

Yes, this is my order.

Mister Major, I'm used to talking to you frankly.

You like to talk about the unity of Germany, about its restoration,

about the flowering, and they themselves ruin it. How cruel!

Do you dare to talk about cruelty? And what did your army do

on Soviet soil? - I have nothing to do with this. My laboratories...

Your laboratories helped the fascists

to prepare weapons of murder. And if I want to take these guns away,

then this requires a whole world. - But these laboratories are more than 100 years old.

They have grown into the land of Germany! "Our cities, destroyed by the fascists,"

stood a thousand years! If we took out all of your Germany,

up to the last lantern, it would not reimburse a tenth of that damage,

which you caused to my homeland.

Think not of the past of Germany. Think about her future.

And your past is ruins, blood and shame.

Calm down, gentlemen. This is blowing up the artillery depot.

Do not be distracted from work.

One cigarette.

Thank you, Ernst Smetau. "Mr. Sirk?" - Kraus.

Today Helmut Kraus.

Sit down.

I can not admit you. I'm an antifascist, I was in prison.

The troops of the Soviet army released me.

Where have you been?? In the concentration camp Altenstadt.

Do not worry, everything has already passed. - I do not worry.

Sorry. I'm so happy that I met you. It will be easier for me now.

Any instructions?

Yes. My daughter managed to escape from the Nazis to America.

She is alive? "I'm alive." What is her name?

I do not know yet.

Good morning.

Good morning, Major. "I know, Mr. Dietrich,"

that you keep the patents of military optics.

Yes. But I will not give it to you.

Do you consider them your personal property?

No. I consider them the property of Germany.

And I will not give them to you, even if you send me to Siberia.

Which property of Germany? Fascist?

Mister Major, if I say that I have long despised the Nazis,

you will find it a move on my part. And so that you do not think so,

I will tell you that I do not like them as much as you. "Thank you for your frankness."

Whom do you love? Germany. So.

Thank you, Mr. Major, for letting me use the books.

Tell me, do you think that Germany should pay debts?

Yes. Hence, it is necessary. But let it be reparations, not military trophies.

We Germans love order. If we pay,