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(PIANO CONCERTO NO. 23
IN A MAJOR PLAYING)

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(TELEPHONE RINGS)

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Radio Moscow.
Director Andreyev. What is it?

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Seventeen minutes.

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Yes, of course I can ring back
in 17 minutes.

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Yeah.

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Mm-hm.
Yes, I'm writing it down.

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(MOUTHING)
I can't get the...

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One, five...

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Sorry? Was that a nine, as in "fine"?

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Or... or another five as in, um...

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- "Hive."
- ..."hive"?

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Hello? Hello?

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- Hive?
- Who was it?

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The Secretariat
of the General Secretariat.

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Of the General Secretary.
The Secretary of the General...

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Stalin?

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- (MUSIC VOLUME INCREASES)
- Turn that down.

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(VOLUME DECREASES)

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Put that apple down.

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You're always eating bloody apples.

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I'm to call him back
in 17 minutes.

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Seventeen minutes from when
you picked up the phone

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or from when you put it down?

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Seventeen minutes from when I said
I'd call back in 17 minutes.

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- When was that?
- I don't know.

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Thirty seconds ago?

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- A minute?
- Well, which one?

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- A minute.
- A minute?

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A minute.

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- You sure?
- No.

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(MUSIC PLAYS)

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Well, well, well.

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Oh, I put Shteyman
on the list, the writer.

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- I know you like his work, but...
- No, leave him on.

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And, uh... Shteyman two, his wife?

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On.

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They're a couple, ain't they?

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We're talking about Stalingrad,
how cold it was,

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and we would do anything,
anything, to warm ourselves up.

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We'd throw live grenades
to each other.

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We'd pull the pin,
throw it to the prisoners.

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(CHUCKLES) They'd be jumping around
like drunken whores. "Oh, oh, oh!"

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- (CHUCKLES)
- What was the grenade?

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- A grenade.
- Georgy.

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- A grenade... what do you...
- No no no.

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You're obstructing the story.
Let him tell it.

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MAN:
<i>So, ten past, the call came in.</i>

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- Seventeen minutes...
- So call back 10:27?

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- Yeah.
- You don't seem confident.

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Well, I wasn't the one
on the phone.

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And it was definitely a nine,
wasn't it?

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- I wasn't the one on the phone.
- You keep saying that.

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- It's not helping.
- I wasn't, though. So...

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A grenade in his mouth!

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(GABBLES)

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- Always cracks me up, this one.
- KHRUSHCHEV: And then boom!

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I'll have these dispatched.

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That's how you turn a Prussian
into a bowl of soup.

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Oh, there he goes.

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Yes, we see your list, Beria.

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Shoot her before him,
but make sure he sees it.

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Oh, and this one... um...

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Kill him, take him to his church,
dump him in the pulpit.

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And I'll leave the rest
up to you.

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- (ENGINES START)
- Let's go!

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First three names on list.
Top name, apartment 15. Go.

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- (GUNSHOT)
- Go, go.

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(SHOUTING)

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(WAILING)

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(MAN CRIES IN RUSSIAN)

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(URGENT EXCHANGE IN RUSSIAN)

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(MAN PROTESTS)

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OFFICER: Come on. Where are you going?
Get round here. Get on the bus.

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Comrade, it's the greatest honour.

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(SIGHS) He can't see me bow.

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- Comrade Director.
- Oh, shit.

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Five... nine.

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(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

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(APPLAUSE)

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Hello.

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This is Stalin.

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- (APPLAUSE CONTINUES)
- MAN IN AUDIENCE: Bravo!

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Sorry. It's really noisy.
I'm sorry about that.

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How are you?
How is it wherever you are?

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Sorry. Sorry again.

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- <i>Are you there?</i>
- Receiving you.

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I want a recording
of tonight's performance.

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I'll send someone to pick it up.

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I think you split
a couple of notes.

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You cheeky bugger. I did not.

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- How was it? Was it good?
- I thought wonderful.

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Was the concerto recorded?

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Was it recorded? Please say yes.

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- Erm... no. It went out live.
- Stay. Stay.

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Okay, nobody leave! Nobody leave!
Lock the doors! Lock those doors!

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If you wouldn't mind
just taking your seats again.

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That would be fantastic.

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Take your seats.
Take your fucking seats.

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Don't worry, nobody's
gonna get killed, I promise you.

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This is just
a musical emergency.

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Take your seats. That's it.

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Nobody be alarmed. It's fine.

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Sit down! Do not defy me!

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Sit your arses down!

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(CHUCKLING)

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- Top me up. Everybody drinks.
- (POUNDS TABLE)

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KHRUSHCHEV: As I was saying,
we had this 12-year-old scout.

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His whole family
was wiped out by the Krauts.

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But before that he taught us
this trick. He taught us this trick.

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He taught us this trick.
If you stick somebody's little finger

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in a glass of water
while they're sleeping,

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they wet themselves.

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(LAUGHTER)

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Here, what next?

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You stick a bar of chocolate

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in their pocket,
they shit their pants?

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(LAUGHTER)

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But it's biology, Chief.
We did it to Polnikov in Stalingrad.

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But, anyway,
"shit your pants", that's great.

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Whatever became of Polnikov?

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(LAUGHTER DIES)

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You wanna know
where fucking Polnikov is?

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You wanna go there?

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I love that grenade story.

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- Oh, is there one in your pocket?
- No, no, come on. No, not again!

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No, don't you...

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God damn it!

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Caught red-handed. (LAUGHS)

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Well, I would die for the Motherland!

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(LAUGHTER AND ENCOURAGEMENT)

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(CHANTING) Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

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Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

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Take this, you bastards!

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All right, let's get going.

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Time for a cowboy movie.
Who's in my posse?

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(FILM SCORE PLAYS)

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Here we go. He rides out,
he gets shot off his horse.

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- Adios.
- (SHOUTING AND GUNSHOTS IN THE FILM)

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Thank you very much.
It's gonna be okay.

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Sit where you sat before.

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Right, what do you think?

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Well, half the audience have gone.
The acoustic will be very lively.

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Go and get some more people
in off the street.

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Fat ones, so we don't need as many.

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Really? How fat?

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I could get my wife.
She'd deaden the acoustic.

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Comrades...
Comrades, shut up!

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I have wonderful news.

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Comrade Stalin
loved tonight's concerto

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and would like
a recording of it right away,

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which we don't have, for reasons
that are myriad and complex and...

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But meanwhile the concerto
we just played will be played again.

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And this time we will record it
and we will applaud it.

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Yes. Yes.

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Brilliant. Okay.

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Excuse me.

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I won't do it.

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Come on, through here.
In you come.

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Sit down. Sit down.

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You, Joan of Arc,
do you want to get killed?

163
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Like my father got killed,
my brother? Like that?

164
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- But they would want you to live.
- I won't do it. You can't force me.

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- Can't we just get another pianist?
- That would be ridiculous.

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The sound would be
completely different.

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- Even Stalin could...
- Even?

168
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- I didn't mean...
- Even Stalin?

169
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I hope this office isn't bugged.

170
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Of course Comrade Stalin would
be able to tell the difference.

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He's a great man with a great ear.

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- Two great ears.
- Sharp. They're sharp.

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- The sharpest ears in the...
- In the Soviet Union.

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Maria Veniaminovna,
you have to play.

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I didn't...
I didn't mean what I said.

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So you said it, then?

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As God is my witness, I won't do it.
The Lord will see me through.

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10,000 roubles.

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20,000.

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Done. Let's go.

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(CONDUCTOR GASPS AND PANTS)

182
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Ohh!

183
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What the fuck?

184
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What fucking brainless fire-safety
fucking idiot put that there?

185
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Now we need a new conductor.
Let's go.

186
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Which one's your father in?

187
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Thank you. You've been very helpful.
Follow me.

188
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Open up!

189
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Let's get these on the bus.

190
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Keep it moving!
We've still got things to do!

191
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Come on, move!

192
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(WOMAN CRIES IN RUSSIAN)

193
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(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

194
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(KNOCKING PERSISTS)

195
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I love you. I love you.

196
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Now, you say whatever
you have to say to them. You say it.

197
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Oh, God.

198
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Hello. Hi.

199
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Deepest apologies, sir.

200
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Radio Moscow requests your
presence immediately, please.

201
00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:09,920
You're Moscow's finest and nearest
conductor, so... we must hurry.

202
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(LAUGHTER)

203
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BERIA: I rather enjoyed your reference
to Polnikov this evening.

204
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Stalin looked like he was
gonna split your head open.

205
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"What became of Polnikov and
Trotsky? I was a huge fan of his."

206
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"I miss the Tsar."

207
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I'm exhausted. I can't remember
who's alive and who isn't.

208
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Georgy, when you go home,
make sure your wife writes down

209
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everything you think
you said tonight.

210
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All right, this way in the morning
you know what you're dealing with.

211
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That's Khrushchev's Law.

212
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Good night, comrades. Long live
the Communist Party of Lenin-Stalin.

213
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Long live John Wayne
and John Ford.

214
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(LAUGHS)

215
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Goodbye, Molotov, old friend.

216
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Goodbye forever.

217
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Yeah. On the list.

218
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It would be simpler and cheaper

219
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if they just drove
straight into a river.

220
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Sweet dreams.

221
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Good night.

222
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Night.

223
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(ORCHESTRA TUNES UP)

224
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People in off the streets.

225
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Just this way.

226
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I don't think any of these people
have ever heard of Mozart.

227
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(CLAPPING)

228
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KHRUSHCHEV:
<i>I made a joke about the farmers.</i>

229
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- Did Stalin laugh?
- Yeah.

230
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I made a joke about the navy.

231
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- No laugh.
- No more navy jokes.

232
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Good evening.

233
00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:09,397
Get this lot checked in.

234
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Good. Nice.

235
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- MAN: Long live Stalin!
- (GUNSHOT)

236
00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:18,440
- MAN: Long live Stalin!
- (GUNSHOT)

237
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- (MUSIC ENDS)
- (APPLAUSE)

238
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- Shouldn't we check it?
- No time.

239
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If it's not okay, then Stalin's men
will chop you into dog meat.

240
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Thank you.

241
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Move, move, move, move, move.
Excuse me. Thank you.

242
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I have it. I have it.

243
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I have the recording. I just had to
get a new sleeve, a white one.

244
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The delay has been logged.

245
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I wish to convey a special
message from my heart.

246
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I wish to convey this recording
to Comrade Stalin.

247
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I want Comrade Stalin to know

248
00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,520
the full intensity
of my feelings for him.

249
00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:17,877
No, this is unauthorised narcissism.

250
00:15:17,879 --> 00:15:19,039
No.

251
00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,198
The item is now in my possession...
after a significant delay.

252
00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:25,440
Note the time.

253
00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:56,680
What took you so long?
You fucking walk here?

254
00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,360
(NEEDLE CRACKLES ON RECORD)

255
00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,320
(RECORD JUMPS)

256
00:16:16,279 --> 00:16:17,879
(GRUNTS)

257
00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,438
MARIA:
<i>Josef Vissarionovich Stalin,</i>

258
00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,280
<i>you have betrayed our nation
and destroyed its people.</i>

259
00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,198
<i>I pray for your end,
and ask the Lord to forgive you.</i>

260
00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:30,637
<i>Tyrant.</i>

261
00:16:30,639 --> 00:16:32,399
(LAUGHS)

262
00:16:35,759 --> 00:16:37,118
(GASPS AND CHOKES)

263
00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:40,200
Oh, fuck. Fuck...

264
00:16:44,279 --> 00:16:45,600
(HEAVY THUD)

265
00:16:48,799 --> 00:16:50,557
Should we investigate?

266
00:16:50,559 --> 00:16:53,599
Should you shut the fuck up
before you get us both killed?

267
00:16:54,679 --> 00:16:56,078
(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

268
00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,080
(STALIN GROANS SOFTLY)

269
00:17:04,799 --> 00:17:06,119
Good morning.

270
00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:10,799
Well?

271
00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:16,240
Comrade Stalin?

272
00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,037
Comrade Stalin?

273
00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:21,039
(PRISONER GROANS AND GRUNTS)

274
00:17:22,319 --> 00:17:23,679
I just need some names.

275
00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:27,357
Each name you give me
is one less bit of you I'll cut off.

276
00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,359
- (KNOCK AT DOOR)
- Enter.

277
00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:35,240
Sorry to interrupt, Comrade Minister.
It's Comrade Stalin.

278
00:17:36,759 --> 00:17:39,440
Oh, don't worry about him.
Those ears are full of blood anyway.

279
00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:42,360
Comrade Stalin is very ill.

280
00:17:43,079 --> 00:17:44,199
Very ill?

281
00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:46,000
Yes.

282
00:17:47,319 --> 00:17:48,439
Uh-huh.

283
00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,597
- You, carry on.
- Of course.

284
00:17:51,599 --> 00:17:53,277
(PRISONER COUGHS)

285
00:17:53,279 --> 00:17:56,240
Tell them Beria is on his way.

286
00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:01,600
They are to touch nothing,
call no-one. Understood?

287
00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:04,438
Tell me you understand
my instructions.

288
00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:06,638
I understand your instructions.

289
00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,117
Good.

290
00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:10,919
- (PRISONER COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS)
- GUARD: Shh, shh.

291
00:18:11,519 --> 00:18:13,039
What's your name, Lieutenant?

292
00:18:14,599 --> 00:18:16,158
S-Slimonov, sir.

293
00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:17,560
(IMITATES STUTTERING)
S-Slimonov?

294
00:18:18,759 --> 00:18:20,559
Be here when I g-get back.

295
00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:24,440
- MAN: Long live Stalin!
- (GUNSHOT)

296
00:18:28,519 --> 00:18:31,718
- Abramovsky still holding out?
- Yeah. He's close, though.

297
00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:33,478
He was close yesterday.

298
00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:34,837
- MAN: Long live Stalin!
- (GUNSHOT)

299
00:18:34,839 --> 00:18:36,557
Have his wife move into the next cell

300
00:18:36,559 --> 00:18:38,277
and start working
on her until he talks.

301
00:18:38,279 --> 00:18:39,757
Make it noisy.

302
00:18:39,759 --> 00:18:43,000
Shame. Mrs Abramovsky's been
most cooperative so far.

303
00:18:44,279 --> 00:18:47,238
Some women will do anything
to get their husbands released.

304
00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,438
Yeah, and she did everything.

305
00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,478
I thank the Union for bringing me
so many devoted wives

306
00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,440
who fuck like sewing machines.

307
00:18:54,839 --> 00:18:56,117
Glasses.

308
00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:57,479
(CHUCKLES)

309
00:18:58,599 --> 00:19:00,359
To his dacha. Urgently.

310
00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,357
MRS. KHRUSHCHEV:
Tanks, farmers, navy,

311
00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:11,878
grenade: funny.

312
00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,998
Beria, tomato, pocket: funny. Horse...

313
00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,837
- Funny?
- ...slippers: question mark.

314
00:19:16,839 --> 00:19:19,597
- Farmers, horse again, navy...
- There were no whores.

315
00:19:19,599 --> 00:19:23,317
What are you writing?
Oh, "horse". Is this in code?

316
00:19:23,319 --> 00:19:25,878
This is your drunken nonsense,
not mine. Don't blame my notes.

317
00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,557
"Molotov C-H-H-H..."

318
00:19:28,559 --> 00:19:30,277
Was I stuttering? What is that?

319
00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:31,920
Molotov... (HAWKS)

320
00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,759
Oh. It's Molotov...
(MIMICS SLICING SOUND)

321
00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,160
- He's on the list.
- Poor Molotov.

322
00:19:39,759 --> 00:19:41,480
First his wife, now him.

323
00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,600
- Georgy is off in a hurry somewhere.
- (TELEPHONE RINGS)

324
00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:46,239
Something's happening.

325
00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,119
Hello?

326
00:19:49,559 --> 00:19:50,678
What?

327
00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,158
Get my trousers.

328
00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,438
Just get my... No, not you.

329
00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,398
Who's there? Is Beria there?

330
00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:57,840
Never mind. I'll be right there.

331
00:19:58,559 --> 00:20:00,517
Your trousers. Your trousers.
Here are your trousers.

332
00:20:00,519 --> 00:20:02,200
- Okay, okay.
- Let me take your pyjamas.

333
00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,037
No, there's no time. Get my
shoes, please, Nina, my shoes.

334
00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:08,000
- Your shirt.
- Send me a shirt and tie.

335
00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,119
(DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE)

336
00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:27,918
Were you on duty
when he was found?

337
00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,597
- Yes, sir.
- No-one is to come in. Understood?

338
00:20:30,599 --> 00:20:32,077
Yes, sir.

339
00:20:32,079 --> 00:20:33,480
Remain at your stations.

340
00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:38,880
Oh, God.

341
00:20:43,039 --> 00:20:45,478
They told me
not to get a doctor.

342
00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:47,077
You did well, Matryona Petrovna.

343
00:20:47,079 --> 00:20:49,198
The Central Committee
will handle things now.

344
00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,840
- So they'll get a doctor?
- There are procedures in place.

345
00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,200
- So you'll get a doctor?
- I am the doctor.

346
00:20:56,319 --> 00:20:57,879
I'll see to everything. Come on.

347
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:02,440
Go on. He'll be fine.

348
00:21:03,559 --> 00:21:06,478
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

349
00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,559
Smells like a Baku pisshouse in here.

350
00:21:10,599 --> 00:21:11,639
Greetings, by the way.

351
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,119
Oh, shit.

352
00:21:22,519 --> 00:21:23,639
Uh-huh.

353
00:21:30,799 --> 00:21:32,200
(HE GRUNTS)

354
00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,039
Oh, come on. Fuck!

355
00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,680
(RAPS ON WINDOW)
Khrustalyov! Khrustalyov!

356
00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:10,797
(RATTLES THE WINDOW)

357
00:22:10,799 --> 00:22:12,678
- Take the papers.
- Let them go.

358
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,678
Take the papers or I'll cut
your eyes out one at a time

359
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:16,037
so you can watch it happening!

360
00:22:16,039 --> 00:22:17,359
- Drop it.
- Take them!

361
00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:21,200
(DROPS THE KEYS)

362
00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:27,720
(KNOCK AT DOOR)

363
00:22:36,519 --> 00:22:37,920
(KNOCK AT DOOR)

364
00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:43,600
- (INSISTENT KNOCKING)
- Come in.

365
00:22:48,799 --> 00:22:50,200
Oh, my God.

366
00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,198
Is this...
I'm guessing that this is...

367
00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,759
Yeah, he's feeling unwell, clearly.

368
00:23:02,559 --> 00:23:03,878
He's irreplaceable.

369
00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,800
(HE SOBS)

370
00:23:06,559 --> 00:23:08,599
How can we possibly...

371
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,918
All right, we must
think of the people.

372
00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:14,357
(SIGHS AND CLEARS THROAT)

373
00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:16,998
As Acting General Secretary,
I must step up.

374
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:22,198
I must... I must take his place
while he's... on the floor.

375
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,158
But you just said
he's irreplaceable.

376
00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,158
Irreplaceable. Take his place as in

377
00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,037
assembling the Central Committee,
of course.

378
00:23:28,039 --> 00:23:31,879
Good. I was testing you.
Get used to that sort of challenge.

379
00:23:33,559 --> 00:23:35,039
So, what next, boss?

380
00:23:36,599 --> 00:23:38,559
We should...
We should get a doctor.

381
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:40,559
Yeah...

382
00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:42,878
Yes. If only we hadn't...

383
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,077
put away all those highly
competent doctors for treason.

384
00:23:45,079 --> 00:23:46,837
- You remember?
- Yes, I do. I do.

385
00:23:46,839 --> 00:23:49,158
You know,
they were plotting to poison him.

386
00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,077
Yes, that's right.
You collected the evidence.

387
00:23:51,079 --> 00:23:53,878
Yes, I did. I did.
Are you still testing me?

388
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:55,120
(KNOCK AT DOOR)

389
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,520
Oh, this is calamity!

390
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:03,837
Calamity!

391
00:24:03,839 --> 00:24:06,199
Ah! Ohh...

392
00:24:06,599 --> 00:24:08,757
Oh. (WINCES)

393
00:24:08,759 --> 00:24:10,879
Oh-oh-oh, no!

394
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:15,998
Oh, he's on the floor.
He's on the fucking floor!

395
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,757
GEORGY:
Okay, be careful, careful.

396
00:24:17,759 --> 00:24:21,277
Oh, what to do? Oh, what to do?

397
00:24:21,279 --> 00:24:23,559
My heart, it feels sick...

398
00:24:25,519 --> 00:24:27,277
like it's going into battle.

399
00:24:27,279 --> 00:24:28,399
(SOBS)

400
00:24:32,039 --> 00:24:34,879
(SOBS CONTINUE)

401
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:39,797
Which doctor have you called?

402
00:24:39,799 --> 00:24:41,797
Well, the subject's currently
under discussion.

403
00:24:41,799 --> 00:24:43,277
As Acting General Secretary,

404
00:24:43,279 --> 00:24:45,757
I think that, well,
the Committee should decide.

405
00:24:45,759 --> 00:24:47,158
The Committee?

406
00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:51,198
But our actual General Secretary
is lying in a puddle of indignity.

407
00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,478
I mean, I think he's saying,
"Get me a doctor now."

408
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,757
No, I don't agree. I think
we should wait until we're quorate.

409
00:24:57,759 --> 00:25:01,198
Quorate? The room
is only 75 percent conscious!

410
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,438
- Are you wearing pyjamas?
- Yeah. So?

411
00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,200
- Why?
- Because I act, Lavrenti.

412
00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,238
Decisively and with great speed.

413
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:10,557
I said you'd be tested

414
00:25:10,559 --> 00:25:13,158
and now you're being tested
by a shouting man in pyjamas.

415
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,837
Have you got a nappy
under those too? Too late for him.

416
00:25:15,839 --> 00:25:19,039
(DOOR BANGS OPEN)
Out of my way, you fannies.

417
00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:25,119
Shit.

418
00:25:27,559 --> 00:25:30,718
(IN SLOW MOTION):
Where's the big fella?

419
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,319
Are we late?

420
00:25:33,759 --> 00:25:35,160
Sorry.

421
00:25:36,559 --> 00:25:39,478
He can't go, not like this.

422
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,438
- Careful. Careful.
- Whoa, whoa.

423
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,198
It's wet.

424
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,478
- So, was Beria here first?
- Yeah, what do you think?

425
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,638
This can't be happening.
This can't be fucking...

426
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,678
No, that's wet. For God's sake.

427
00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,158
You got here quick, comrade.

428
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,158
I didn't stop to put on cologne.

429
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,918
Hey, watch the suit. Watch the suit.

430
00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,718
Compelling drama, gentlemen,
but we do need to get him into bed.

431
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:01,238
- You take the head.
- Why?

432
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,599
- You're Acting General Secretary.
- I would be honoured.

433
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,277
It's just me here
kneeling in the piss, yeah?

434
00:26:06,279 --> 00:26:08,878
- Why don't you...
- But, there's piss...

435
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,398
- Come on.
- It is better. It's more balanced.

436
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,280
Yeah? Well, you can pay
my laundry bill, then.

437
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:16,718
You're not auditioning
for the Bolshoi.

438
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,357
- Who are you, Nijinsky? Come on.
- I have a bad back.

439
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,238
Too much social climbing, I expect.

440
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:24,238
- The head is the heaviest part.
- All right, ready?

441
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,198
- Three, two...
- Two.

442
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,240
One.

443
00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:29,480
- Lift. Jesus.
- (STRAINING AND GRUNTING)

444
00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:32,837
- God.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

445
00:26:32,839 --> 00:26:34,837
- To me.
- Turn, turn, turn.

446
00:26:34,839 --> 00:26:37,398
- This way. There we go.
- Yeah, all right.

447
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:38,757
Are you wearing pyjamas?

448
00:26:38,759 --> 00:26:40,438
Can we just stop twittering

449
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,478
like fishwives at the market
and concentrate?

450
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,878
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Open the door. Back up, back up.

451
00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:47,357
No, no, that way.

452
00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,757
Go. Right, go.

453
00:26:49,759 --> 00:26:51,398
- Get back to the kitchen now!
- Move!

454
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:52,600
- Move!
- Now. Now.

455
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,357
BULGANIN:
He's heavier than I thought he'd be.

456
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:58,438
- Do you think Stalin's too heavy?
- No, it's a compliment.

457
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,077
- Gold is heavy.
- Well, you'd know.

458
00:27:00,079 --> 00:27:02,277
You've looted enough of it,
you saucy little pirate.

459
00:27:02,279 --> 00:27:04,160
Get back in the dining room!

460
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,478
- Right, this one. This way, this way.
- Stop using his feet.

461
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,277
- I'm sorry.
- Can we just put him down?

462
00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:11,718
- I'm absolutely soaked.
- Lamp. Lamp, lamp.

463
00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,198
- Out of the way.
- No, wait a minute... move, move.

464
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,317
Mikoyan,
move out of the way, quickly.

465
00:27:16,319 --> 00:27:19,198
- I can't, I can't.
- Fucking hell!

466
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,918
- Fuck. Jesus Christ!
- Turn him over.

467
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,440
Fuck me! Three fittings
I had for this suit. Three.

468
00:27:26,039 --> 00:27:27,319
(ALL PANTING)

469
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,557
He looks ready now.

470
00:27:29,559 --> 00:27:32,357
- I need a vodka.
- I need a wash.

471
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,198
But we didn't drop him.
Well done, us.

472
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,597
Oh, I still got fucking tomato
in my pocket.

473
00:27:38,599 --> 00:27:40,039
It's still funny.

474
00:27:40,759 --> 00:27:43,678
All right, comrades,
now that we're quorate,

475
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,438
I propose we call a doctor.

476
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,158
All the best doctors
are in the gulag, or dead.

477
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,037
Yes, yes, because they tried
to kill the boss.

478
00:27:52,039 --> 00:27:56,718
So any doctor still in Moscow
is not a good doctor.

479
00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:01,878
What are people's thoughts
on getting a bad doctor?

480
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,757
What the fuck are you
talking about? That's mad.

481
00:28:04,759 --> 00:28:07,678
What if he recovers
and finds out?

482
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,718
Well, if he recovers,
then we got a good doctor,

483
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,440
and if he doesn't recover,
then we didn't, but he won't know.

484
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:15,678
What was the name of the...

485
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,120
that woman who gave evidence
against the doctors?

486
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:20,597
- Timashuk.
- Yes.

487
00:28:20,599 --> 00:28:23,277
She's got everything
we require for the situation.

488
00:28:23,279 --> 00:28:26,317
The location of all the remaining
doctors in the Moscow area,

489
00:28:26,319 --> 00:28:30,557
a proven desire to survive
and a talent for fellatio.

490
00:28:30,559 --> 00:28:32,438
Yeah, right, she gets my vote.

491
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,998
Good. Let her find us
some doctors.

492
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,878
Yeah, and if it goes badly,
we pin it all on Lady Suck Suck.

493
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,158
- Then we shoot her.
- Yes, that would work.

494
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,517
You see? We're better as a committee.
(SIGHS)

495
00:28:44,519 --> 00:28:45,559
Let's go.

496
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,880
You have a nice long sleep, old man.

497
00:29:13,519 --> 00:29:14,680
I'll take it from here.

498
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,240
TIMASHUK: That's him.
That's him there. There.

499
00:29:55,359 --> 00:29:57,359
(MAN PANTING)

500
00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:02,317
Please, I've done nothing wrong.

501
00:30:02,319 --> 00:30:03,438
Take the stethoscope.

502
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,597
Comrade Timashuk,
I retired six years ago.

503
00:30:06,599 --> 00:30:08,319
- Get that coat on him.
- Please, I...

504
00:30:08,759 --> 00:30:10,438
Look, (STUTTERS)
I can give you names.

505
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,238
- Come on. Stop resisting.
- What about my dog?

506
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:14,839
- This is appalling.
- Hurry up.

507
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:17,559
Get him in the van.

508
00:30:18,359 --> 00:30:19,919
We found some old friends of yours.

509
00:30:20,599 --> 00:30:22,559
DOCTOR: I've never met them
before in my life.

510
00:30:29,119 --> 00:30:31,158
KAGANOVICH:
So, Molotov's off the list.

511
00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,640
KHRUSHCHEV:
Yes, Beria's moving fast.

512
00:30:34,519 --> 00:30:36,277
But we can still outvote him.

513
00:30:36,279 --> 00:30:41,117
I always thought it would be you,
to fill Stalin's shoes, if I'm honest.

514
00:30:41,119 --> 00:30:42,439
Not Malenkov.

515
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,800
Who knows the future
of the Union?

516
00:30:48,799 --> 00:30:51,639
Well, the Union
could really use change.

517
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,597
Maybe some reforms
now that the old man...

518
00:30:54,599 --> 00:30:56,240
No, Nicky.

519
00:30:56,839 --> 00:30:59,039
Nobody needs factionalism.

520
00:31:00,039 --> 00:31:01,718
You want factionalism?

521
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,597
What about those two, fucking
Abbott and Costello over there?

522
00:31:04,599 --> 00:31:06,238
Christ.

523
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,597
When I piss, I try to make
eye contact with an officer.

524
00:31:09,599 --> 00:31:10,839
Ruins their day.

525
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,720
When I piss, I try to piss
on an officer. Also ruins their day.

526
00:31:15,839 --> 00:31:17,918
We should keep an eye
on Kaganovich.

527
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,317
Yeah, Khrushchev too,
his talking goat.

528
00:31:20,319 --> 00:31:23,757
Khrushchev. I spend my life
making people talk.

529
00:31:23,759 --> 00:31:26,279
I can't shut that gabbling idiot up.

530
00:31:27,559 --> 00:31:30,678
We need to assert our authority,
increase security in Moscow.

531
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,638
We should get
Stalin's children here.

532
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,998
Vasily will be lying face down
in a ditch full of vodka.

533
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,638
- But Svetlana...
- The people love her.

534
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,998
- I'm gonna get her in.
- Comrade ministers!

535
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:45,077
- Svetlana is here!
- I'm here. I'm over here!

536
00:31:45,079 --> 00:31:47,277
- Svetlana!
- Svetlana!

537
00:31:47,279 --> 00:31:49,077
Shit. The race has started.

538
00:31:49,079 --> 00:31:52,718
All right, we need to start putting
together a plan. We need change.

539
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,998
Put a halt to the arrests,
prison releases,

540
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,517
maybe even reform the Church.

541
00:31:56,519 --> 00:31:58,638
How can you run and plot
at the same time?

542
00:31:58,640 --> 00:31:59,918
Hello! Svetlana!

543
00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:01,638
- They're trying to cut you off.
- Where?

544
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,398
It's obvious. Svetlana!

545
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:04,918
- Svetlana!
- Svetlana!

546
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,077
- Oh, my darling.
- Where is he?

547
00:32:07,079 --> 00:32:09,317
- Where's my father? I would like...
- Oh, my dear.

548
00:32:09,319 --> 00:32:12,238
- I'm so sorry.
- I would like to see him.

549
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,357
- Yes, of course.
- Where is he?

550
00:32:14,359 --> 00:32:16,597
- (EVERYONE TALKING)
- We'll take you inside. He's in bed.

551
00:32:16,599 --> 00:32:18,837
God Almighty!
Look at that herb garden.

552
00:32:18,839 --> 00:32:20,037
Does nobody tend it any more?

553
00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:22,517
Do people no longer
eat herbs any more?

554
00:32:22,519 --> 00:32:24,077
Do they only eat weeds?

555
00:32:24,079 --> 00:32:26,277
- Come on, we'll take you to see him.
- Where is Vasily?

556
00:32:26,279 --> 00:32:28,277
- I will get your brother here.
- Most helpful.

557
00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:30,238
- All right.
- She wants Vasily.

558
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,837
If Vasily is coming, granted,
we should probably have tea and buns.

559
00:32:33,839 --> 00:32:36,119
- We'll get some buns and some tea.
- Soak up the vodka.

560
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,478
What?

561
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,077
I saw you and Big Boy
out in the woods earlier.

562
00:32:43,079 --> 00:32:45,079
- Yeah.
- There's bears in there.

563
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:48,198
You'd better watch your step, son.

564
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,559
- Well, there's bears in here too.
- Hm?

565
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:56,878
Come on, play! Play better!

566
00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:58,277
Urgh!

567
00:32:58,279 --> 00:32:59,839
Oh, Jesus.

568
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,837
When we play Hungary,
are we allowed to use guns?

569
00:33:02,839 --> 00:33:05,198
These are the best
I could find since the plane crash.

570
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,438
What plane crash?
There was never a plane crash.

571
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,037
Was there a plane crash?
Soviet planes do not crash.

572
00:33:10,039 --> 00:33:12,440
And Stalin's son
does not fuck up.

573
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:14,878
Christ!

574
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:16,478
We have Bobrov.
He wasn't on the plane.

575
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:17,519
What plane?

576
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,079
Bobrov!

577
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,000
- Go on. Hit it.
- No!

578
00:33:23,599 --> 00:33:26,517
He's terrified, practically leaving
a trail of yellow ice!

579
00:33:26,519 --> 00:33:29,357
You're the coach. Coach them so
they're as good as the dead team was.

580
00:33:29,359 --> 00:33:32,317
- Or I'll have you killed, okay?
- Apologies. And agreed.

581
00:33:32,319 --> 00:33:34,119
Or I'll just do it myself.

582
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,320
Come on! Play on!

583
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,198
Play through! Ignore me!

584
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,600
Get it. Give it. Hit it.

585
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:45,238
Vasily.

586
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,678
Play better, you clattering fannies!

587
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:48,998
Come.

588
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,878
Oh, fuck!
Do they know about the crash?

589
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,517
Give me a drink. I've got time
for a drink. Give me the flask.

590
00:33:53,519 --> 00:33:54,559
(OFFICER SOFTLY)
No, no.

591
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:58,837
You are to come
to your father's dacha.

592
00:33:58,839 --> 00:34:00,277
The plane should never have taken off.

593
00:34:00,279 --> 00:34:02,357
Do you suppose
that just because I am who I am

594
00:34:02,359 --> 00:34:03,998
that I can predict an ice storm?

595
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,837
Ice storm? Are you saying something's
happened to our national team?

596
00:34:06,839 --> 00:34:09,077
- Nothing's happened.
- What the fuck are you doing?

597
00:34:09,079 --> 00:34:11,517
My father will have you saddled
and ridden to Siberia,

598
00:34:11,519 --> 00:34:13,079
you rude fucking pies.

599
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,398
KHRUSHCHEV: These are good doctors,
my dear. They're the best.

600
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,200
They look like mental patients.

601
00:34:20,039 --> 00:34:22,279
Are they going to sing for us?
Why are they standing in a line?

602
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:24,400
Let's have it.

603
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,998
Following a group assessment
of Comrade Stalin,

604
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,517
we've arrived
at the unanimous conclusion,

605
00:34:39,519 --> 00:34:41,237
based on a collective finding...

606
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:42,679
Please put him out of his misery.

607
00:34:43,599 --> 00:34:46,597
Comrade Stalin has had
a cerebral haemorrhage.

608
00:34:46,599 --> 00:34:48,677
The right side of his body
is paralysed.

609
00:34:48,679 --> 00:34:49,759
SVETLANA:
Oh, God.

610
00:34:51,559 --> 00:34:53,318
(SIGHS)
What is the chance of recovery?

611
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:54,720
It is hard to say.

612
00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:01,719
Relax. I'm not gonna kiss you.
Will he recover, yes or no?

613
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:07,358
(WHISPERS)
No.

614
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:08,720
- No?
- No.

615
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:12,000
It's over.

616
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:14,398
It's over!

617
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,838
I want a second opinion.
I don't trust these creatures to...

618
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,597
- I mean, how old are you?
- I'm 29.

619
00:35:20,599 --> 00:35:22,438
That's a lie. How old are you?

620
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:23,599
You look dead.

621
00:35:24,559 --> 00:35:27,077
I know people in Stalingrad.
I know people in Moscow.

622
00:35:27,079 --> 00:35:31,517
No, no, no. We have all the doctors.
There is no other opinion.

623
00:35:31,519 --> 00:35:33,878
- Oh, God.
- And so it begins.

624
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:34,998
Oh, God! (SOBS)

625
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,717
I cry for Stalin.
I cry for all the people.

626
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,000
- I cry for the...
- Courage.

627
00:35:41,039 --> 00:35:43,838
Courage, little bird.
We're here for you.

628
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,318
(BREATHING HEAVILY)

629
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,278
Most of all, we cry for you,

630
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,758
little... bird.

631
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,320
We offer our tears,
though not as a gift, of course.

632
00:35:56,679 --> 00:35:58,559
Oh, God.

633
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:08,798
I want Moscow cauterised, now.

634
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,998
<i>Cut off the city.</i>

635
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:15,318
- Moscow's closed. No-one gets in.
- Especially you.

636
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:18,039
NKVD to displace army officers
at every station.

637
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,760
Army back to barracks.
We're taking over.

638
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,440
Remove Molotov from that last list.

639
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:31,480
Implement our lists.

640
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:33,480
New lists.

641
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:37,438
New lists.

642
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,079
Ladies and gentlemen,
reset your watches.

643
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:42,237
- New lists.
- New lists.

644
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:43,597
- New lists.
- New lists.

645
00:36:43,599 --> 00:36:45,239
- New lists.
- (GUNSHOT)

646
00:36:58,280 --> 00:36:59,918
Trophy hunting, comrade?

647
00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:03,318
Oh, Svetlana. No, no. I was...

648
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,557
We were just about to make a toast
to your father's health

649
00:37:06,559 --> 00:37:11,077
and I know he kept
some fine vodka here somewhere.

650
00:37:11,079 --> 00:37:13,597
Well, better you find it
than my brother.

651
00:37:13,599 --> 00:37:15,519
Ah, yes. Vasily.

652
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:18,159
I got a hold of him
and he's on his way.

653
00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:21,037
- Oh...
- Svetlana, I wanted to...

654
00:37:21,039 --> 00:37:24,920
There was one day when my brother
just rode a pig through here.

655
00:37:25,639 --> 00:37:28,597
- That must have been messy.
- It was terribly messy.

656
00:37:28,599 --> 00:37:30,998
(LAUGHS)
And my father was so cross.

657
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,398
Papa just chased him
around the room in a circle.

658
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,717
Right here around this sofa,
just there, look.

659
00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:40,318
Yes, I wanted to let you know
that no matter what happens,

660
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:45,157
I will never ever let any harm
come to you or your brother.

661
00:37:45,159 --> 00:37:48,117
- Who said anything about harm?
- No, that's what I'm saying.

662
00:37:48,119 --> 00:37:49,838
You know somebody
wants to harm us?

663
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:51,637
- Tell me. I demand to know.
- If someone...

664
00:37:51,639 --> 00:37:53,557
No. I should not have used
the word "harm".

665
00:37:53,559 --> 00:37:55,440
Yes. But you keep mentioning
the word "harm". Why?

666
00:37:56,199 --> 00:38:02,199
If anyone tries to... you,
they'll have to get through me first.

667
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:06,599
(LAUGHS WHEEZILY)

668
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,037
My father's going to die.

669
00:38:09,039 --> 00:38:11,000
I'm going to have you
to look after me.

670
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,080
I mean, I may as well
just shoot myself like Mother.

671
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:18,480
- Svetlana, we need to be strong.
- Who would put a lamp on a chair?

672
00:38:20,519 --> 00:38:21,759
(SHE SIGHS)

673
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:26,478
We need to be strong
and never afraid.

674
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:30,037
- I wasn't afraid. Now I am afraid.
- Don't be, because if any harm...

675
00:38:30,039 --> 00:38:31,278
- God, I actually...
- (DOOR OPENS)

676
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:32,517
can't believe you said that again.

677
00:38:32,519 --> 00:38:34,278
Quick! The boss is back!

678
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:35,680
- Ohh!
- Come on!

679
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,998
- Papa!
- KAGANOVICH: A miracle.

680
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,398
Stalin is invincible.

681
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,077
The boss has shipped death
back to the salt mine.

682
00:38:45,079 --> 00:38:47,319
What's happening?
This is impossible...

683
00:38:49,079 --> 00:38:51,480
and... and... and wonderful.

684
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,358
- He's pointing...
- What is it, Chief?

685
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:58,237
Maybe he's appointing his successor.

686
00:38:58,239 --> 00:38:59,279
Do you think?

687
00:39:01,159 --> 00:39:02,478
- No.
- Maybe not.

688
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:03,637
(GRUNTS)

689
00:39:03,639 --> 00:39:05,037
- What's he...
- It's the painting.

690
00:39:05,039 --> 00:39:07,878
- He's pointing at the painting.
- Hold on. You know what he's saying?

691
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:10,000
MALENKOV:
He is saying, "I am the lamb."

692
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:11,517
Huh?

693
00:39:11,519 --> 00:39:15,557
"I am the lamb and you, you,
my children, have given me life."

694
00:39:15,559 --> 00:39:16,599
Yes!

695
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:22,758
Or the lamb is the people
and the milk is socialism.

696
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:23,880
Maybe he's the milk.

697
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:25,918
Maybe you're the tit.

698
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:29,240
- Maybe he just wants a drink.
- A drink of milk.

699
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,037
- Possible.
- Milk here! Immediately!

700
00:39:32,039 --> 00:39:35,717
- Not milk. Water. Water.
- And not in a horn. In a glass.

701
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:37,398
(ALL TALKING)

702
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:38,758
So, Top Boy.

703
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,280
You had your hair
fucking embalmed or something?

704
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:43,720
I owe it to him and the people.

705
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:47,000
- There's going to be photos.
- Oh, right.

706
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:50,998
You're a hero, Comrade Lukomsky.

707
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,880
This sometimes happens and I...

708
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:58,159
I'm incredibly pleased.

709
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,040
I won't forget it.

710
00:40:13,559 --> 00:40:14,559
SOLDIER:
Comrade.

711
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,640
We've remained at our post
as you ordered.

712
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,037
Might we respectfully
stand down from our position?

713
00:40:22,039 --> 00:40:23,079
Beria...

714
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:25,559
...he's dead.

715
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:49,478
(CRIES OF DISMAY)

716
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:51,717
- Oh, Jesus!
- Fuck my boots!

717
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:53,517
Oh, my God.

718
00:40:53,519 --> 00:40:55,998
I'm sorry, boss.
I wish I could take it for you.

719
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,798
Thick skull, you know. It's
an incredibly strong, hard skull.

720
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:01,077
Shut up.

721
00:41:01,079 --> 00:41:02,758
We need to think about the Presidium.

722
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,240
MALENKOV:
Yes, succession. We need to...

723
00:41:06,159 --> 00:41:08,879
Oh, fuck. That's his...

724
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:12,758
Who organised the Wurlitzer?

725
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:15,677
- It's a respirator.
- Did you use it?

726
00:41:15,679 --> 00:41:18,557
- No. It's American.
- It's what?

727
00:41:18,559 --> 00:41:20,637
- It's from his hospital.
- It was his idea.

728
00:41:20,639 --> 00:41:23,918
Let's just pretend these last
six sentences never happened.

729
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:25,838
Because if they ever find out
that we brought in...

730
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:28,758
What are you doing to my father,
you jackals? Murderers!

731
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:31,197
- You'll kill him!
- Vasily, your father is dead.

732
00:41:31,199 --> 00:41:34,398
You're dividing the spoils.
Leave his brain alone!

733
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:35,918
- How old are you?
- I'm old.

734
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,237
You're not old!
You're not even a person!

735
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:41,237
You're a testicle!
You're made mostly of hair!

736
00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:43,117
- Vasily...
- Here's your fucking harvest.

737
00:41:43,119 --> 00:41:44,677
- Here it is.
- (GUNSHOT)

738
00:41:44,679 --> 00:41:46,799
Leave the man alone! I will not...

739
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:49,918
No! Don't let him shoot!

740
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,237
- Just get the gun off him.
- SVETLANA: Vasily!

741
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:54,677
- Let her through.
- Remember what Papa said.

742
00:41:54,679 --> 00:41:56,998
They have a machine
filling his brain with American lies.

743
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,517
"Wade gently through the river

744
00:41:58,519 --> 00:42:00,717
because there are snakes
and crocodiles."

745
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:03,597
It's okay, Vasily.
Everything's gonna be fine.

746
00:42:03,599 --> 00:42:06,597
- This is not exactly fine, is it?
- No, well, not exactly fine.

747
00:42:06,599 --> 00:42:08,157
My father's lying there
with his head open.

748
00:42:08,159 --> 00:42:10,998
Yes, your father is dead.
Your brother is shooting a gun.

749
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,358
It's not fine. You're right.

750
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:13,559
Come on. There we go.

751
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:17,719
You have all made
a deadly mistake.

752
00:42:20,079 --> 00:42:21,559
(SHOUTS OF DISMAY)

753
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:24,920
- Excuse me.
- That's right. Off you go, kitten.

754
00:42:39,199 --> 00:42:40,839
(SVETLANA COUGHS)

755
00:42:42,079 --> 00:42:43,759
(STRAINING AND GRUNTING)

756
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:48,519
Oh, come on.

757
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,597
- Just keep the gun away from him.
- I've got loads, anyway.

758
00:42:54,599 --> 00:42:56,197
Have you forgotten
how to salute?

759
00:42:56,199 --> 00:42:58,359
- No, sir.
- Then salute me.

760
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:02,280
Now, let that be a warning.

761
00:43:03,079 --> 00:43:06,117
SVETLANA:
"Be strong," I hear my father say.

762
00:43:06,119 --> 00:43:07,237
SOLDIER:
Come on, chop, chop.

763
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:08,439
Beria's picked you out.

764
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:11,117
Just do as he says.

765
00:43:11,119 --> 00:43:15,197
- My car is right this way.
- No, no. She'll be happier with us.

766
00:43:15,199 --> 00:43:17,199
Okay, but we need to go. Let's go.

767
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:20,119
- See you in Moscow.
- See you.

768
00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:24,559
Ah, nice.

769
00:43:31,679 --> 00:43:32,798
(HORNS BLARING)

770
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:36,080
We need to go through first!
No, let us go first!

771
00:43:51,519 --> 00:43:52,559
Go, go, go!

772
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:01,039
Go!

773
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,278
KHRUSHCHEV: Shit.
What, are we last now? Come on.

774
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:06,360
(HORN TOOTS)

775
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:30,358
Comrades, we share your grief.

776
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:33,278
You will assemble outside
for further instructions.

777
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:36,318
All staff into the transport.
Yes, that's it, hurry up.

778
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:38,677
Come on, get a move on.
In the transports, please.

779
00:44:38,679 --> 00:44:42,077
Where the fuck
did she come from? Get her out!

780
00:44:42,079 --> 00:44:43,679
Gently with that, will you?
Hurry up.

781
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,280
That's it, everything out.

782
00:44:51,199 --> 00:44:52,439
(DOCTOR WHIMPERS)

783
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:55,798
Lookalikes.
I think their contract's up.

784
00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:56,800
This way.

785
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:02,840
- You, come with me.
- But I don't understand.

786
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:06,278
Come on. Just this way.

787
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:07,280
You can stand down.

788
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:08,800
Food in the kitchen.

789
00:45:16,639 --> 00:45:18,037
- Halt!
- (GUNSHOT)

790
00:45:18,039 --> 00:45:19,639
Move them out!

791
00:45:25,119 --> 00:45:26,880
Last one! Move it out!

792
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:32,800
(GUNSHOT)

793
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:45,559
BERIA: <i>Hello again.</i>

794
00:45:47,039 --> 00:45:48,039
There you are.

795
00:45:50,679 --> 00:45:51,839
You're very quiet.

796
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:58,679
See the little birch in the meadow.

797
00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:03,119
See the leaves dancing
when the wind blows.

798
00:46:05,039 --> 00:46:06,079
No?

799
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:10,720
Well, come on, your voice was once
so beautiful, Polina Molotova.

800
00:46:13,079 --> 00:46:15,279
Oh, yes, sorry, meant to say.

801
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:17,679
Stalin's dead.

802
00:46:19,159 --> 00:46:22,239
No. The Stalin?

803
00:46:23,559 --> 00:46:25,199
Our Stalin?

804
00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:28,800
Yeah, your Stalin.

805
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:31,639
The one who put you here.

806
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:34,280
Come on.

807
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:39,117
Let's smarten you up
for Comrade Molotov.

808
00:46:39,119 --> 00:46:42,000
Good girl. Come on.

809
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:47,240
Oh, sorry, darling. Work.
I'll make it up to you.

810
00:46:47,679 --> 00:46:50,318
Fetch the mattress
and have her washed.

811
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:51,320
Okay.

812
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:53,440
Right, get in there. Go on.

813
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:55,998
Right, with me. Come on.

814
00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:59,480
All right, jug, rug, flowers.
Right, grab that.

815
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:03,557
- S-Slimonov, isn't it?
- Yes, sir.

816
00:47:03,559 --> 00:47:05,679
See you l-later, S-Slimonov.

817
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:07,480
Come on.

818
00:47:11,159 --> 00:47:14,159
Bought you a lovely new dress,
a nice dress.

819
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:27,880
(DOOR SHUTS)

820
00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:32,800
(SIGHS)

821
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:39,557
(GROANS) Oh, God.

822
00:47:39,559 --> 00:47:40,880
(KNOCKING)

823
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:46,278
Christ. You look like you're about
to be bulldozed into a lime pit.

824
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:47,480
Need your toilet.

825
00:47:49,639 --> 00:47:50,839
(RETCHES)

826
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:54,237
Do you want me to hold back your hair?

827
00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:56,119
Polina always used to do that for me.

828
00:47:56,559 --> 00:47:57,880
Oh, no. Nothing's coming up.

829
00:47:58,679 --> 00:48:00,758
- Futile gesture.
- (GROANS)

830
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:05,918
Listen, I wanted to invite you
to tomorrow's Committee meeting.

831
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:06,920
Meeting?

832
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:10,680
What meeting?
Why didn't I know about a meeting?

833
00:48:14,079 --> 00:48:16,000
(TOILET FLUSHES)

834
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:20,560
(QUITELY)
Stalin and Beria put you on a list.

835
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:24,000
Stalin?

836
00:48:26,199 --> 00:48:29,758
Oh, I must have wronged him so badly.
What did I do?

837
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:33,760
No, nothing. Don't you see?
Beria, he wants you out.

838
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:36,278
Now, I've been talking
with Comrade Bulganin.

839
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:37,358
No. No.

840
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:38,878
I think he's right.
We can outvote them.

841
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:41,438
No, no. This is factionalism.
Stalin didn't like factionalism.

842
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:43,079
Oh, Stalin is dead!

843
00:48:44,079 --> 00:48:48,037
I've seen inside of him.
For fuck's sake, we have to act.

844
00:48:48,039 --> 00:48:50,239
(WITH DESPAIR):
I can't believe he's gone.

845
00:48:51,679 --> 00:48:53,478
Ohh...

846
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:55,480
(SOBS)

847
00:48:57,639 --> 00:48:59,478
(TOILET FAILS TO FLUSH)

848
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,840
You have to wait for it to fill up.

849
00:49:03,159 --> 00:49:05,159
Fucking apartments.

850
00:49:06,679 --> 00:49:07,759
Listen to me.

851
00:49:08,519 --> 00:49:10,840
Beria had Polina killed.

852
00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:14,278
Now, surely you must have wanted to...

853
00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:17,077
Act against the party? Me?

854
00:49:17,079 --> 00:49:18,637
- No?
- No, never.

855
00:49:18,639 --> 00:49:19,838
- Really?
- No.

856
00:49:19,840 --> 00:49:21,677
- Not once?
- Not once.

857
00:49:21,679 --> 00:49:24,557
(DOOR OPENS)
BERIA: Hello? Anyone home?

858
00:49:24,559 --> 00:49:26,880
- BOTH: What are you doing here?
- What are <i>you</i> doing here?

859
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:29,438
We were just chatting.

860
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:31,200
About Polina.

861
00:49:32,119 --> 00:49:35,239
- Well, well, would you believe it?
- Treacherous sow.

862
00:49:36,519 --> 00:49:39,517
Or a wronged woman who was framed.

863
00:49:39,519 --> 00:49:41,159
No, no. She was a criminal.

864
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:42,800
I'm glad she's dead.

865
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:46,438
Right, because,
well, she betrayed the party.

866
00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:49,157
- She plotted against Stalin.
- No, Nicky. False narrative.

867
00:49:49,159 --> 00:49:51,878
- No, no, she was a parasite.
- She <i>was</i> a parasite.

868
00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:56,597
She betrayed all of us, and, in fact,
the evidence was flimsy.

869
00:49:56,599 --> 00:49:59,637
There were no witnesses.
And look. Polina's back.

870
00:49:59,639 --> 00:50:01,440
- Is it really you?
- (LAUGHTER)

871
00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:06,117
Oh, my Polina.
Oh, I can't believe it.

872
00:50:06,119 --> 00:50:07,998
Oh, look, everyone, look.

873
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:11,517
- My little Polinka's back.
- I am back.

874
00:50:11,519 --> 00:50:14,637
I kept her safe for you, Vyacheslav.

875
00:50:14,639 --> 00:50:17,037
And I kept him safe for you, Polina.

876
00:50:17,039 --> 00:50:19,398
- I've got so much to tell you.
- Good.

877
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,438
- I've bought a dog...
- Oh?

878
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:23,280
So many changes to come.

879
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:26,680
And you're gonna like
some of them, Nicky.

880
00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:29,480
(LAUGHTER IN BACKGROUND)

881
00:50:30,199 --> 00:50:31,639
KHRUSHCHEV:
It's great to have you back.

882
00:50:41,039 --> 00:50:42,519
(HINGES SQUEAK)

883
00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:45,120
Hello, my sweet.

884
00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:53,200
(BIRDS CHIRPING)

885
00:50:54,239 --> 00:50:55,359
SOLDIER:
You're the parents?

886
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:00,480
Thank you. You should go now.

887
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:06,720
MALENKOV:
<i>We ready?</i>

888
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:09,000
<i>Good.</i>

889
00:51:11,519 --> 00:51:13,639
Now, please don't go
until I say, okay?

890
00:51:15,719 --> 00:51:16,759
Did you hear me?

891
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:24,597
Okay.

892
00:51:24,599 --> 00:51:25,799
(CAMERA CLICKS)

893
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:28,800
Yes? It's good?

894
00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:31,840
I'd like to try one
with a faraway look.

895
00:51:34,079 --> 00:51:35,197
Comrade,

896
00:51:35,199 --> 00:51:38,637
I've scheduled some telephone calls
later with various members of the...

897
00:51:38,639 --> 00:51:40,517
I can't hear you.
Can you say that again?

898
00:51:40,519 --> 00:51:43,758
I'm sorry. I've scheduled
some telephone calls later with...

899
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:46,037
- Then tell me later.
- Of course.

900
00:51:46,039 --> 00:51:48,880
Mr Karloff, what an honour.
Love your work.

901
00:51:49,519 --> 00:51:53,197
Thinking of doing anything in colour?
(CHUCKLES)

902
00:51:53,199 --> 00:51:55,117
I need to talk to you about something.

903
00:51:55,119 --> 00:51:56,559
Would you please excuse me?

904
00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:00,159
I'll be right back.

905
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:03,519
(BERIA CHUCKLES)

906
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:08,320
Don't you ever... ever...

907
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:11,039
humiliate me again in front of...

908
00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:14,758
I am the General Secretary
of the Soviet Union.

909
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:16,557
Apologies. A line has been crossed.

910
00:52:16,559 --> 00:52:19,237
It is my duty to look good
for the people.

911
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:21,637
- Of course.
- Ah, comrade, apologies.

912
00:52:21,639 --> 00:52:24,157
I'm not gonna do the seating plan.
Give it to Blavatsky.

913
00:52:24,159 --> 00:52:27,117
- He's expert at sitting on his arse.
- Of course. Thank you.

914
00:52:27,119 --> 00:52:28,878
- The Committee meeting...
- Oh, yes, yes.

915
00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:33,480
Um, item one:
these lists and these arrests.

916
00:52:34,159 --> 00:52:37,077
I think we...
Should we take that down just a gear?

917
00:52:37,079 --> 00:52:38,440
Or hold off altogether?

918
00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:42,677
- Freeze them?
- Freeze, yes.

919
00:52:42,679 --> 00:52:44,878
Excellent thought.
Yes, we could freeze arrests.

920
00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:47,157
We could even release
some low-level prisoners.

921
00:52:47,159 --> 00:52:50,918
(SIGHS IN RELIEF)
Fuck me. I mean... I mean, yes.

922
00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:52,717
But what would the old man...

923
00:52:52,719 --> 00:52:57,438
Oh, Stalin... Stalin destroyed
the status quo and he built a new one.

924
00:52:57,440 --> 00:53:00,157
The changes he made
were both radical and popular.

925
00:53:00,159 --> 00:53:02,318
- Liberalisation would be radical.
- Popular.

926
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:04,117
- Radical.
- And popular.

927
00:53:04,119 --> 00:53:07,037
- (DOOR OPENS)
- I will deal with whatever horseshit

928
00:53:07,039 --> 00:53:08,438
you have presently.

929
00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:10,920
- Actually, I'd like you to see this.
- Come on through.

930
00:53:11,639 --> 00:53:15,717
You remember that famous photo
of Stalin and the little girl?

931
00:53:15,719 --> 00:53:16,838
Yes.

932
00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:20,478
Well, I was thinking
a photo of, you and the girl.

933
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:21,760
Continuity.

934
00:53:22,239 --> 00:53:25,517
And this way we're showing Stalin's
humanity moving forward, right?

935
00:53:25,519 --> 00:53:26,639
Yeah.

936
00:53:27,599 --> 00:53:29,998
I'm sorry about all that.
Find the girl.

937
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:31,719
- We should head to the Committee.
- We are.

938
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:38,998
So I'll outline the releases
under Article 31.

939
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:40,679
- Yes, please.
- Okay.

940
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:45,358
Please, understand that this
is not some cynical ploy.

941
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:48,438
I mean, these reforms
are correct reforms.

942
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:49,480
Totally understood.

943
00:53:52,320 --> 00:53:53,559
Are you wearing a corset?

944
00:53:57,079 --> 00:53:59,799
It's a girdle. I have a bad back.

945
00:54:01,159 --> 00:54:03,998
It's functional. It's not cosmetic.

946
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:05,119
You wear it well.

947
00:54:07,039 --> 00:54:09,758
Let's make this
a test of your discretion, shall we?

948
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:11,360
Of course. Of course.

949
00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:22,438
- So, in accordance...
- I call this meeting to order.

950
00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:23,760
My apologies.

951
00:54:24,519 --> 00:54:28,637
So, in accordance with his will,
I propose Comrade Malenkov

952
00:54:28,639 --> 00:54:30,398
be named Chairman
of the Council of Ministers

953
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:32,400
and General Secretary of the Party.

954
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:35,237
MALENKOV:
And I propose Comrade Beria

955
00:54:35,239 --> 00:54:38,117
for First Vice-Chairman,
Council of Ministers.

956
00:54:38,119 --> 00:54:40,557
So, let's take a vote.
Those in favour?

957
00:54:40,559 --> 00:54:42,358
Those are two separate proposals.

958
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:45,197
I suggest we vote one at a time.
Those in favour?

959
00:54:45,199 --> 00:54:47,717
I'm unsure of what's being proposed.

960
00:54:47,719 --> 00:54:49,918
I just said what was being proposed.
I just said it.

961
00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:51,878
And you're being obstructionist.

962
00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:54,557
Comrade Beria is busy
combining his role

963
00:54:54,559 --> 00:54:56,798
as Minister for both
Interior and Security.

964
00:54:56,800 --> 00:54:58,918
Wouldn't it be kinder if someone else

965
00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:00,677
carried the happy burden
of Vice-Chairman?

966
00:55:00,679 --> 00:55:02,478
I thank Comrade Khrushchev
for his concern,

967
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:05,237
but I'm perfectly capable
of doing two things at once.

968
00:55:05,239 --> 00:55:08,597
- Well, it's three things.
- Should we bring in an abacus?

969
00:55:08,599 --> 00:55:12,398
All right, let's move to a vote
on both proposals.

970
00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:15,677
All right? First me as... you know,

971
00:55:15,679 --> 00:55:18,197
and Comrade Beria as Vice-Chairman.

972
00:55:18,199 --> 00:55:19,279
All those in favour?

973
00:55:23,039 --> 00:55:24,119
Carried...

974
00:55:25,519 --> 00:55:27,478
u... nanimously.

975
00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:28,597
Right, next.

976
00:55:28,599 --> 00:55:31,157
We need someone
to take charge of the funeral.

977
00:55:31,159 --> 00:55:33,717
- What about Comrade Khrushchev?
- Where's this coming from?

978
00:55:33,719 --> 00:55:35,557
I formally propose Comrade Khrushchev

979
00:55:35,559 --> 00:55:37,438
be given the honour
of organising the funeral.

980
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:39,237
What? Come on,
I don't have any time to do that.

981
00:55:39,239 --> 00:55:41,438
What if I can do three things at once,
you can at least do two.

982
00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:43,478
- (CHUCKLING)
- What do I know about funerals?

983
00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:45,438
You said you wanted
to honour his legacy.

984
00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:47,480
You told me last night
in the bathroom.

985
00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:54,037
- All those in... all those in favour?
- All those in favour?

986
00:55:54,039 --> 00:55:55,517
No, uh...

987
00:55:55,519 --> 00:55:58,519
Well, I think you'd be good,
actually, you know.

988
00:55:59,679 --> 00:56:01,117
(KHRUSHCHEV SIGHS)

989
00:56:01,119 --> 00:56:02,758
Passed unanimously.

990
00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:05,237
Nicky Khrushchev, funeral director.
It suits you.

991
00:56:05,239 --> 00:56:06,998
- Yeah.
- It suits that face, anyway.

992
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:08,039
(GLASS BEING TAPPED)

993
00:56:09,239 --> 00:56:12,557
- Comrade Beria.
- I propose a halt to deportations,

994
00:56:12,559 --> 00:56:16,838
the release of some existing detainees
under Article 31 and the suspension

995
00:56:16,840 --> 00:56:19,597
of all arrests that were officially
sanctioned three days ago.

996
00:56:19,599 --> 00:56:24,077
Whoa, whoa. That's like wiping
your arse on Stalin's final list.

997
00:56:24,079 --> 00:56:25,878
- No, no, no.
- This is demonstrably revisionist.

998
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:30,119
Releasing people we arrested three
days ago will make us look cretinous.

999
00:56:30,679 --> 00:56:32,758
Listen, Stalin was misled.

1000
00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:34,717
- We were misled.
- Really? (SCOFFS)

1001
00:56:34,719 --> 00:56:38,197
Yes. So the people responsible
should be found and punished.

1002
00:56:38,199 --> 00:56:41,117
(LAUGHS) Who are you kidding,
Lavrenti, yourself?

1003
00:56:41,119 --> 00:56:44,597
We all knew what we were doing
when we signed those lists.

1004
00:56:44,599 --> 00:56:50,039
Stalin destroyed the status quo...
and he rebuilt it.

1005
00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:52,717
He was liberal.

1006
00:56:52,719 --> 00:56:54,237
- Radical.
- He was radical.

1007
00:56:54,239 --> 00:56:56,318
This is a blatant attempt
by Comrade Beria

1008
00:56:56,320 --> 00:56:57,838
to buy the support of the public.

1009
00:56:57,840 --> 00:57:00,838
I thought you were in favour of a more
liberal approach, Comrade Reformer.

1010
00:57:00,840 --> 00:57:04,077
All those in favour
of pausing the arrests,

1011
00:57:04,079 --> 00:57:06,639
of pausing the executions?

1012
00:57:08,079 --> 00:57:09,159
All those in favour?

1013
00:57:11,360 --> 00:57:17,079
Hmm. I've always been loyal to Stalin.
Always.

1014
00:57:17,639 --> 00:57:20,438
And these arrests
were authorised by Stalin.

1015
00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:23,157
But Stalin was also loyal
to the collective leadership,

1016
00:57:23,159 --> 00:57:25,519
and that is true loyalty.

1017
00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:31,398
However, he also had an iron will,
undeviating, strong.

1018
00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:34,240
Should we not do the same
and stick to what we believed in?

1019
00:57:36,079 --> 00:57:37,079
No.

1020
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,878
It is stronger still
to forge our own beliefs

1021
00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:43,840
with the beliefs
of the collective leadership.

1022
00:57:44,679 --> 00:57:47,519
Which I have now... done.

1023
00:57:51,840 --> 00:57:54,717
Carried... unanimously. Thank you.

1024
00:57:54,719 --> 00:57:56,319
I'll oversee the releases.

1025
00:57:57,559 --> 00:58:00,039
We have loosened
the Union's great corset.

1026
00:58:01,599 --> 00:58:04,998
Nicky, you've some bouquets
and swatches to look at.

1027
00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:06,679
A funeral doesn't organise itself.

1028
00:58:09,599 --> 00:58:10,679
(GUNSHOT AND THUD)

1029
00:58:12,039 --> 00:58:14,838
(GUNSHOT AND THUD)

1030
00:58:14,840 --> 00:58:17,358
- Long live Stalin.
- Stalin's dead. Malenkov's in charge.

1031
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:18,798
- Stop shooting.
- Long live Malenk...

1032
00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:20,717
- (SHOOTS)
- Amnesty effective immediately.

1033
00:58:20,719 --> 00:58:23,879
Orders of Comrade Beria.
We're moving out. Let's go.

1034
00:58:24,760 --> 00:58:26,120
Come on, let's go.

1035
00:58:41,159 --> 00:58:42,399
Come on.

1036
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:47,758
Ahh...

1037
00:58:47,760 --> 00:58:49,880
(CRIES)
Oh, my God!

1038
00:58:50,559 --> 00:58:52,799
Ohh! (SOBS)

1039
00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:28,517
KHRUSHCHEV: Not too much on that.
He's not Clark Gable, okay?

1040
00:59:28,519 --> 00:59:30,478
Can somebody get a duster up there?

1041
00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:32,798
We've got a cobweb
large enough to snag a sheep.

1042
00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:34,717
We're opening in 15 minutes.

1043
00:59:34,719 --> 00:59:36,278
Now, for the curtains
at the front, comrade,

1044
00:59:36,280 --> 00:59:38,077
do you want ruched, not ruched?

1045
00:59:38,079 --> 00:59:40,237
- Whatever. I don't care.
- Not ruched?

1046
00:59:40,239 --> 00:59:42,719
- That's good. That's...
- Ruched? Not ruched?

1047
00:59:43,239 --> 00:59:45,239
- Ruched?
- Would you stop with this?

1048
00:59:45,679 --> 00:59:47,879
Why do you think I care?
Ah, excuse me.

1049
00:59:49,519 --> 00:59:51,717
- Fix that button.
- Welcome, comrades.

1050
00:59:51,719 --> 00:59:53,998
How's the Minister
for Fixtures and Fittings?

1051
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:55,278
It's going well. I'm enjoying it.

1052
00:59:55,280 --> 00:59:57,517
- Yes, you're very passionate.
- Well...

1053
00:59:57,519 --> 00:59:59,318
Yes, the ruched, please. Thank you.

1054
00:59:59,320 --> 01:00:01,358
- You're doing a great job.
- I know.

1055
01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:03,237
Well, hello. Are these...

1056
01:00:03,239 --> 01:00:05,037
- Oh.
- These my...

1057
01:00:05,039 --> 01:00:06,318
Which one of these is my girl?

1058
01:00:06,320 --> 01:00:07,918
We couldn't find the actual girl, sir.

1059
01:00:07,920 --> 01:00:09,717
These are some possible alternatives.

1060
01:00:09,719 --> 01:00:12,037
No, no, I want you to find...
Excuse me.

1061
01:00:12,039 --> 01:00:13,998
I want you to find
the girl in the photograph.

1062
01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:15,920
Do you understand?
The nation depends on it.

1063
01:00:17,119 --> 01:00:18,679
- Thank you.
- Thank you.

1064
01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:22,720
All right, girls, the Snow King
does not approve. Wait over there.

1065
01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:25,677
What happened?
Where's the girl in the photograph?

1066
01:00:25,679 --> 01:00:27,398
We couldn't find the actual girl.

1067
01:00:27,400 --> 01:00:31,077
I thought the entire point of the NKVD
was to know everyone's whereabouts.

1068
01:00:31,079 --> 01:00:32,758
- Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir, yes.

1069
01:00:32,760 --> 01:00:35,320
- So, you find her, you camel cock.
- Comrade Khrushchev.

1070
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:37,677
- Maria Veniaminovna.
- Yes.

1071
01:00:37,679 --> 01:00:40,237
I'm sorry that you heard that,
but he is a camel cock.

1072
01:00:40,239 --> 01:00:42,159
- (KISSES) How are you, Maria?
- Stalin?

1073
01:00:42,800 --> 01:00:45,360
Yes. You want to have a look?

1074
01:00:49,079 --> 01:00:52,079
Comrade Beria, this is Maria.
She'll be playing piano tonight.

1075
01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:54,637
- Good to meet you.
- Comrade.

1076
01:00:54,639 --> 01:00:55,799
What do you think?

1077
01:00:57,119 --> 01:01:00,440
Small. He looks so small.

1078
01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:06,637
- Sad day, soldier.
- Yes, sir.

1079
01:01:06,639 --> 01:01:07,998
Sad day.

1080
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:10,400
Aslanov. You handsome devil.

1081
01:01:10,920 --> 01:01:13,398
Stick you in a frock,
I'd fucking ride you raw myself.

1082
01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:15,758
- I will take that as a compliment.
- Yeah, don't.

1083
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:19,280
Right, what's a war hero got to do
to get some lubrication round here?

1084
01:01:30,519 --> 01:01:32,117
Ah, Generalissimo.

1085
01:01:32,119 --> 01:01:34,039
There he is, eh, the great man.

1086
01:01:35,440 --> 01:01:39,117
I've seen a lot of death,
but that... that is a loss.

1087
01:01:39,119 --> 01:01:40,677
Tell me something.

1088
01:01:40,679 --> 01:01:44,998
Why has the army been replaced
by the NKVD all over Moscow?

1089
01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:48,677
(FAKE LAUGHS) I mean, I'm smiling,
but I am very fucking furious.

1090
01:01:48,679 --> 01:01:50,478
Perhaps this is a good time
for Comrade Yudina

1091
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:52,438
to go and prepare
those precious fingers.

1092
01:01:52,440 --> 01:01:54,077
Yes. One moment, General.

1093
01:01:54,079 --> 01:01:56,478
I will properly catch up with you
this evening.

1094
01:01:56,480 --> 01:01:59,838
- I'm looking forward to it.
- You never kiss my hand any more.

1095
01:01:59,840 --> 01:02:02,597
- I taught Nikita's niece to play.
- Yes, you did.

1096
01:02:02,599 --> 01:02:04,358
That was quite the salon recital.

1097
01:02:04,360 --> 01:02:06,240
Oh, I love the idea of you at a salon.

1098
01:02:06,880 --> 01:02:09,117
Do you have a party trick?
Burping the alphabet?

1099
01:02:09,119 --> 01:02:10,278
(FORCED LAUGHTER)

1100
01:02:10,280 --> 01:02:13,717
Comrade Malenkov, with sharper
cheekbones, as requested.

1101
01:02:13,719 --> 01:02:16,439
Sharp. Not sharp.
Sharp. Not sharp.

1102
01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:18,680
I would like...

1103
01:02:20,599 --> 01:02:23,358
...that one destroyed, thank you.

1104
01:02:23,360 --> 01:02:25,318
Good luck with the performance
tonight, by the way.

1105
01:02:25,320 --> 01:02:28,197
- Thank you.
- Nerve-racking, so many notes.

1106
01:02:28,199 --> 01:02:30,439
- Yes.
- Like your one to Stalin.

1107
01:02:32,079 --> 01:02:33,239
Which I have.

1108
01:02:36,239 --> 01:02:37,677
Come this way.

1109
01:02:37,679 --> 01:02:40,197
Why has the army
been confined to barracks?

1110
01:02:40,199 --> 01:02:43,157
The decision was mine,
supported by Comrade Malenkov.

1111
01:02:43,159 --> 01:02:44,597
Mm-hmm. Oh, was it indeed?

1112
01:02:44,599 --> 01:02:46,758
That right, Georgy?
It was your call?

1113
01:02:46,760 --> 01:02:50,358
Um, yes, of course.
We had to make a decision.

1114
01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:51,798
We're discussing the city's security.

1115
01:02:51,800 --> 01:02:53,637
- I know.
- Jesus Christ.

1116
01:02:53,639 --> 01:02:55,559
Did Coco Chanel
take a shit on your head?

1117
01:02:56,480 --> 01:02:59,517
- No, he did not.
- Listen, listen.

1118
01:02:59,519 --> 01:03:01,278
Moscow's gonna be boiling with people.

1119
01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:04,597
His little fucking apes at the NKVD
won't know what to do.

1120
01:03:04,599 --> 01:03:06,157
There's gonna be
thousands of civilians

1121
01:03:06,159 --> 01:03:07,998
flooding in from all over Russia.

1122
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:09,838
No, we're controlling
the crowd at source.

1123
01:03:09,840 --> 01:03:11,920
All trains and vans to Moscow
have been cancelled.

1124
01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:14,278
- You can't do that.
- Wait a minute.

1125
01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:15,517
People have a right to see him.

1126
01:03:15,519 --> 01:03:17,557
- Oh, come on. No, no, no.
- Just temporarily.

1127
01:03:17,559 --> 01:03:21,117
I'm the funeral. I'm the trains.
This is horseshit, okay?

1128
01:03:21,119 --> 01:03:24,557
I've been picking out funeral cushions
with Slim Hitler over there...

1129
01:03:24,559 --> 01:03:27,758
calico this, taffeta that,
and you've done what?

1130
01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:30,197
No, I'm the trains and
I want them back.

1131
01:03:30,199 --> 01:03:33,438
Well, let's see who can
mobilise first. Oh, seems to be me!

1132
01:03:33,440 --> 01:03:35,200
You sneaky little shit.

1133
01:03:36,039 --> 01:03:38,239
(MEZHNIKOV CLEARS HIS THROAT)
And we're opening the doors.

1134
01:03:54,280 --> 01:03:57,677
MEZHNIKOV: Good. Steady pace.
Very good. Yes, just like that.

1135
01:03:57,679 --> 01:03:59,679
(SOBBING)

1136
01:04:03,039 --> 01:04:04,400
(SOBBING)

1137
01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:06,519
SVETLANA:
Rather overwhelming, isn't it?

1138
01:04:08,280 --> 01:04:10,037
And nobody's making them do this,
are they?

1139
01:04:10,039 --> 01:04:11,199
- BERIA: No, no.
- No.

1140
01:04:12,199 --> 01:04:13,719
MEZHNIKOV:
Just round to the right. Thank you.

1141
01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:16,597
I don't suppose you want a chair?

1142
01:04:16,599 --> 01:04:20,677
Oh, no, no, no. I can't sit down.
I haven't sat down since he died.

1143
01:04:20,679 --> 01:04:22,239
One can't. He was too big.

1144
01:04:24,559 --> 01:04:25,639
Yes.

1145
01:04:28,360 --> 01:04:29,519
Do you remember Alexei?

1146
01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:35,077
- I remember everyone. It's a gift.
- Oh. (LAUGHS)

1147
01:04:35,079 --> 01:04:36,878
Do you remember
the way he used to laugh?

1148
01:04:36,880 --> 01:04:38,079
(HE LAUGHS)

1149
01:04:39,639 --> 01:04:42,359
- Alexei Kapler, yes, yes.
- Yes.

1150
01:04:43,199 --> 01:04:45,878
Yes, special to you, of course.

1151
01:04:45,880 --> 01:04:48,720
Some unsuitable associates.

1152
01:04:49,239 --> 01:04:51,597
Tragic, really.

1153
01:04:51,599 --> 01:04:53,559
I'm... I'm so sorry.

1154
01:04:54,239 --> 01:04:56,639
Yes, well,
I want you to bring him back.

1155
01:04:59,199 --> 01:05:01,159
The way that you brought
Molotov's wife back.

1156
01:05:02,800 --> 01:05:04,000
She...

1157
01:05:05,159 --> 01:05:08,879
- Well, I'd kept her as...
- Yeah, but I just want one person.

1158
01:05:09,840 --> 01:05:11,160
Just one person.

1159
01:05:11,840 --> 01:05:13,680
- Oh, my darling.
- Please.

1160
01:05:15,199 --> 01:05:17,519
For you,
I will attempt the impossible.

1161
01:05:18,840 --> 01:05:21,200
(SOMBRE CLASSICAL MUSIC)

1162
01:05:26,679 --> 01:05:29,519
MEZHNIKOV:
Keep it moving if you can. Thank you.

1163
01:05:29,920 --> 01:05:31,559
A lot of people to process.

1164
01:05:39,239 --> 01:05:40,557
(SNEEZING)

1165
01:05:40,559 --> 01:05:44,279
Oh, fucking pollen. They should make
gas bombs out of the stuff.

1166
01:05:46,679 --> 01:05:48,559
Wait, wait, wait.
That's not gonna fit.

1167
01:05:49,159 --> 01:05:52,358
- It's larger than the region itself.
- Go back. Go back.

1168
01:05:52,360 --> 01:05:53,920
Hunker down.

1169
01:05:56,280 --> 01:05:57,400
A quarter turn.

1170
01:05:59,480 --> 01:06:00,760
Through on that line.

1171
01:06:02,320 --> 01:06:05,358
- BULGANIN: How's Polina?
- She's well.

1172
01:06:05,360 --> 01:06:09,320
I can sense how sorry she is
for her treachery.

1173
01:06:11,639 --> 01:06:13,519
Jesus Christ, it's the bishops.

1174
01:06:15,199 --> 01:06:17,597
KAGANOVICH:
I thought we'd banned those freaks.

1175
01:06:17,599 --> 01:06:19,838
Sneeze on the bastards
as they go past.

1176
01:06:19,840 --> 01:06:21,758
- Did you invite them?
- No.

1177
01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:25,400
- Ask Beria if he invited the bishops.
- Don't give me orders.

1178
01:06:27,159 --> 01:06:29,677
Ask Beria if he invited the bishops.

1179
01:06:29,679 --> 01:06:32,679
- Did you invite the bishops?
- Yes.

1180
01:06:33,480 --> 01:06:34,838
- Yes.
- Well?

1181
01:06:34,840 --> 01:06:36,480
- He said yes.
- (SIGHS)

1182
01:06:37,239 --> 01:06:39,478
I'm going to give everyone
in Red Square a voucher

1183
01:06:39,480 --> 01:06:42,918
permitting one kick each
to his stupid face.

1184
01:06:42,920 --> 01:06:44,918
Is he asking for some delicious hay?

1185
01:06:44,920 --> 01:06:49,000
No, he said something quite
complicated about a voucher system.

1186
01:06:49,440 --> 01:06:53,677
Ask Nikita why in God's arse
he invited the bishops.

1187
01:06:53,679 --> 01:06:55,838
- No, I've already explained why...
- Ask Nikita.

1188
01:06:55,840 --> 01:06:57,039
You tell him...

1189
01:06:58,519 --> 01:07:00,798
- Never mind. Swap.
- No.

1190
01:07:00,800 --> 01:07:02,880
- Just swap with me.
- I said no.

1191
01:07:03,480 --> 01:07:05,320
We can make it look like
it's part of the ceremony.

1192
01:07:19,119 --> 01:07:20,839
What the fuck are you doing?

1193
01:07:24,440 --> 01:07:26,117
(DOOR BURST OPEN)

1194
01:07:26,119 --> 01:07:27,517
(RUNNING FOOTSTEPS)

1195
01:07:27,519 --> 01:07:30,077
Buttoned-up sacks of shit! Fleabags!

1196
01:07:30,079 --> 01:07:31,679
Should I handle this for you?

1197
01:07:32,559 --> 01:07:34,278
(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING
IN BACKGROUND)

1198
01:07:34,280 --> 01:07:37,517
Foreigners. A vile crime
has been perpetrated.

1199
01:07:37,519 --> 01:07:41,597
Hairy monsters in coats
have scooped out my father's brain

1200
01:07:41,599 --> 01:07:44,157
- and sent it to America.
- (TRANSLATORS SPEAK SOFTLY)

1201
01:07:44,159 --> 01:07:47,480
And these traitors,
sucking the cocks and balls...

1202
01:07:48,320 --> 01:07:50,478
...sucking the cocks and balls
of Zionist...

1203
01:07:50,480 --> 01:07:54,157
New York...
New York Zionist queers in petticoats.

1204
01:07:54,159 --> 01:07:56,878
Look at them. You see?
Those brain thieves.

1205
01:07:56,880 --> 01:07:58,717
- Do not translate this.
- I see you. Heed me.

1206
01:07:58,719 --> 01:08:01,398
- There's food next door, gentlemen.
- I'm Stalin's son!

1207
01:08:01,400 --> 01:08:04,758
You will not take me down.
I will not go down!

1208
01:08:04,760 --> 01:08:06,800
KHRUSHCHEV: Please,
this side. I'm sorry. I apologise.

1209
01:08:07,639 --> 01:08:09,717
I will not be silen...

1210
01:08:09,719 --> 01:08:11,599
I know about the hockey team.

1211
01:08:12,519 --> 01:08:14,918
- I'm most deeply...
- Up we go. That's it.

1212
01:08:14,920 --> 01:08:16,838
Thank you all for your...

1213
01:08:16,840 --> 01:08:18,357
- Medic!
- (GASPING)

1214
01:08:18,359 --> 01:08:19,718
Not today!

1215
01:08:19,720 --> 01:08:23,240
You're a fucking stain
on that uniform. You fucking behave.

1216
01:08:23,920 --> 01:08:25,397
SVETLANA:
What is going on?

1217
01:08:25,399 --> 01:08:27,437
He felt a little overwhelmed,
Svetlana.

1218
01:08:27,439 --> 01:08:30,718
Harm. This is a perfect
example of harm.

1219
01:08:30,720 --> 01:08:32,838
- He's okay.
- Come here. Get up.

1220
01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:35,518
- Who did this?
- I did, and I enjoyed it.

1221
01:08:35,520 --> 01:08:36,840
It's been a long time coming.

1222
01:08:37,800 --> 01:08:39,079
If any of you...

1223
01:08:40,720 --> 01:08:42,360
...should do anything...

1224
01:08:43,159 --> 01:08:45,037
Right, well, that's me told.

1225
01:08:45,039 --> 01:08:48,077
I'm off to represent
the entire Red Army at the buffet.

1226
01:08:48,079 --> 01:08:49,279
You girls enjoy yourself.

1227
01:08:51,439 --> 01:08:53,518
Are you all right? He fell very hard.

1228
01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:55,037
Why did you let him do that?

1229
01:08:55,039 --> 01:08:58,317
Yes, I should have intercepted
his fist with my face.

1230
01:08:58,319 --> 01:09:00,559
I want to make a speech
at my father's funeral.

1231
01:09:01,119 --> 01:09:04,237
- And I want to fuck Grace Kelly.
- I simply don't care.

1232
01:09:04,239 --> 01:09:06,477
I want to make a speech
at my father's funeral.

1233
01:09:06,479 --> 01:09:08,199
Comrade Malenkov, your view?

1234
01:09:09,399 --> 01:09:10,479
Well, I think, um...

1235
01:09:11,840 --> 01:09:13,878
it can be, um...

1236
01:09:13,880 --> 01:09:15,718
- no... no problem.
- Ah...

1237
01:09:15,720 --> 01:09:18,197
Technically, yes, but practically...

1238
01:09:18,199 --> 01:09:20,518
There are programmatic complications.

1239
01:09:20,520 --> 01:09:22,838
You know, I think I misspoke
when I said, "No problem."

1240
01:09:22,840 --> 01:09:25,119
What I meant was, "No."

1241
01:09:25,840 --> 01:09:26,840
"Problem."

1242
01:09:29,079 --> 01:09:31,918
Ignore me. I'm... It's no problem.

1243
01:09:31,920 --> 01:09:34,117
- Yes. I take that as a yes.
- Go ahead, Nikita.

1244
01:09:34,119 --> 01:09:36,918
I will unlock the schedule
and squeeze him in.

1245
01:09:36,920 --> 01:09:38,678
I will not be squeezed.

1246
01:09:38,680 --> 01:09:41,159
Sometimes the shortest speeches
are the most memorable.

1247
01:09:41,760 --> 01:09:43,838
- Well, that's as maybe.
- True. Fish! Let's eat.

1248
01:09:43,840 --> 01:09:45,638
- What's going on?
- I don't...

1249
01:09:45,640 --> 01:09:47,197
(SVETLANA TALKING TO GUESTS)

1250
01:09:47,199 --> 01:09:49,277
I look forward
to the five garbled words

1251
01:09:49,279 --> 01:09:51,437
we afford him
before we start the flypast.

1252
01:09:51,439 --> 01:09:54,237
Hey, we need to talk.
First the trains, now the bishops.

1253
01:09:54,239 --> 01:09:55,918
Who else are we pals with now?

1254
01:09:55,920 --> 01:09:58,357
- You invite any old Nazis?
- Excuse me.

1255
01:09:58,359 --> 01:10:01,077
These stairs are like climbing
Mount Kilimanjaro.

1256
01:10:01,079 --> 01:10:02,718
I'm more sweat than man.

1257
01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:04,718
- Did you see off Vasily?
- Yes, we did.

1258
01:10:04,720 --> 01:10:06,838
And thank you
for landing me this funeral.

1259
01:10:06,840 --> 01:10:08,838
Come on, Nicky. You're enjoying it.

1260
01:10:08,840 --> 01:10:11,317
But why did you
have to invite the bishops?

1261
01:10:11,319 --> 01:10:13,918
What, you think I wanted
those boyfriends of Christ here?

1262
01:10:13,920 --> 01:10:15,157
That was his idea.

1263
01:10:15,159 --> 01:10:17,598
Lavrenti, you of all people must know

1264
01:10:17,600 --> 01:10:19,437
that religion
has never been part of...

1265
01:10:19,439 --> 01:10:22,237
You lecturing me?
You standing in the Hall of Columns

1266
01:10:22,239 --> 01:10:24,519
still insisting on Polina's guilt?

1267
01:10:25,359 --> 01:10:27,359
Well, she... she is...

1268
01:10:28,159 --> 01:10:29,558
(STUTTERS)

1269
01:10:29,560 --> 01:10:32,437
- Um, sorry. Maybe I shouldn't have...
- Oh, come on.

1270
01:10:32,439 --> 01:10:35,638
No, no. You both called
the blameless Polina Molotova

1271
01:10:35,640 --> 01:10:38,558
a traitor and a parasite
in her own apartment. I heard you.

1272
01:10:38,560 --> 01:10:41,678
She was guilty.
You found her guilty.

1273
01:10:41,680 --> 01:10:44,077
And Stalin agreed.
Nobody doubted.

1274
01:10:44,079 --> 01:10:46,157
Nobody doubted.
Past tense, you see.

1275
01:10:46,159 --> 01:10:48,758
In the good old days you pine for,
that sort of dissonance

1276
01:10:48,760 --> 01:10:50,437
would have had you both shot.
Both of you.

1277
01:10:50,439 --> 01:10:53,197
Oh, (BLOWS OUT)
this is just fucking wordplay.

1278
01:10:53,199 --> 01:10:54,239
Oh, is it?

1279
01:10:54,640 --> 01:10:58,197
Allegiance to the party line, hm?
That was what Stalin demanded.

1280
01:10:58,199 --> 01:10:59,397
Correct, Comrade Molotov?

1281
01:10:59,399 --> 01:11:02,558
Um, allegiance to the party line? Yes.

1282
01:11:02,560 --> 01:11:04,558
And defiance of the party line,

1283
01:11:04,560 --> 01:11:06,560
that would mark you out
as a traitor, wouldn't it?

1284
01:11:07,680 --> 01:11:10,037
I'm ashamed and I... I...

1285
01:11:10,039 --> 01:11:13,598
I beg your forgiveness
for my selfish deceitfulness,

1286
01:11:13,600 --> 01:11:16,880
and I will go and reassure Polina.

1287
01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:23,838
You're just making this shit up
as you go along.

1288
01:11:23,840 --> 01:11:26,798
- What game is this, Lavrenti?
- Oh, don't be hysterical.

1289
01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:29,998
- We're in a new reality.
- What, you're the good guy now?

1290
01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:31,317
You locked up half the nation.

1291
01:11:31,319 --> 01:11:33,758
You beat them, you raped them,
you killed them.

1292
01:11:33,760 --> 01:11:35,397
Yes, and now I'm releasing them.

1293
01:11:35,399 --> 01:11:37,678
And you won't believe
how many will be free.

1294
01:11:37,680 --> 01:11:39,840
So now you want the public
to love you, is that it?

1295
01:11:40,720 --> 01:11:42,998
You're bending and cracking the truth
like a human body.

1296
01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:44,157
The truth?

1297
01:11:44,159 --> 01:11:46,838
This from the man who invited
his bit-on-the-side whore pianist

1298
01:11:46,840 --> 01:11:49,317
to play at the funeral,
even though she swore to kill Stalin,

1299
01:11:49,319 --> 01:11:50,437
who's now dead.

1300
01:11:50,439 --> 01:11:53,077
Whoa. What the barrelling fuck
are you talking about?

1301
01:11:53,079 --> 01:11:55,397
She wanted Stalin dead
and she knows your family.

1302
01:11:55,399 --> 01:11:57,599
She taught your niece
to play, remember?

1303
01:11:58,720 --> 01:12:00,000
I think you should read this.

1304
01:12:01,399 --> 01:12:05,598
It's the copy of a note I found
by Stalin's body, from the pianist.

1305
01:12:05,600 --> 01:12:08,077
It's lucky we both now live
in the new Soviet Union

1306
01:12:08,079 --> 01:12:09,437
or you and your wife and your family

1307
01:12:09,439 --> 01:12:12,639
would be a pile of dust
on the floor of a crematorium toilet.

1308
01:12:14,640 --> 01:12:17,638
Kobulov! My stomach's rumbling.

1309
01:12:17,640 --> 01:12:19,280
Is there any cheese in this building?

1310
01:12:22,319 --> 01:12:23,639
(EXHALES)

1311
01:12:25,760 --> 01:12:28,437
No, I don't have time
for that shit right now.

1312
01:12:28,439 --> 01:12:30,000
Wait, wait, wait.
Come back, come back.

1313
01:12:31,079 --> 01:12:32,199
No, go.

1314
01:12:33,600 --> 01:12:37,157
New security orders.
Restart the trains, all right?

1315
01:12:37,159 --> 01:12:40,119
Open the city's borders
and let the people back into Moscow.

1316
01:12:42,039 --> 01:12:43,718
They deserve to see the old man.

1317
01:12:43,720 --> 01:12:46,119
Let's see how Beria's goons
cope with that.

1318
01:12:46,600 --> 01:12:48,600
(TRAIN WHISTLE)

1319
01:12:50,560 --> 01:12:51,798
(STEAM HISSING)

1320
01:12:51,800 --> 01:12:54,518
MAN:
Train to Moscow in five minutes!

1321
01:12:54,520 --> 01:12:56,040
(LIVELY CHATTER)

1322
01:13:01,439 --> 01:13:03,117
(TRAIN WHISTLE)

1323
01:13:03,119 --> 01:13:05,239
(EXCITED CHATTER)

1324
01:13:07,359 --> 01:13:10,239
(TRAIN WHISTLE)

1325
01:13:17,520 --> 01:13:19,240
(FOOTSTEPS)

1326
01:13:22,800 --> 01:13:24,880
(LOW CHATTER)

1327
01:13:32,439 --> 01:13:35,359
- What's going on?
- Trains are bringing them in.

1328
01:13:42,760 --> 01:13:44,720
Quiet. Quiet, quiet.

1329
01:13:45,800 --> 01:13:47,039
Turn around!

1330
01:13:48,640 --> 01:13:52,397
- This is a secure area!
- We've come to see Comrade Stalin!

1331
01:13:52,399 --> 01:13:55,157
Back. Get back. Back!

1332
01:13:55,159 --> 01:13:56,720
- (SHOUTING)
- Back.

1333
01:13:57,399 --> 01:14:00,159
- Stay back.
- Stay where you are!

1334
01:14:02,239 --> 01:14:04,479
- (CROWD SHOUTING)
- Fire over their heads.

1335
01:14:06,640 --> 01:14:08,520
(GUNSHOTS AND SCREAMING)

1336
01:14:13,600 --> 01:14:15,880
(SHOUTING AND SCREAMING)

1337
01:14:24,520 --> 01:14:26,080
Don't let them through!

1338
01:14:26,680 --> 01:14:29,240
(GUNSHOTS)

1339
01:14:30,479 --> 01:14:31,639
(DOOR BURSTS OPEN)

1340
01:14:33,800 --> 01:14:35,518
This is your work, is it?

1341
01:14:35,520 --> 01:14:37,120
Why? Are there spelling mistakes?

1342
01:14:38,680 --> 01:14:42,157
Do you have any idea
what kind of man Beria is?

1343
01:14:42,159 --> 01:14:44,598
He's releasing people from prison.

1344
01:14:44,600 --> 01:14:47,200
That was my idea.
I was going to do that.

1345
01:14:48,319 --> 01:14:51,117
I'm the reformer. Me.

1346
01:14:51,119 --> 01:14:55,758
Don't you fucking laugh at me.
I was going to release the bishops.

1347
01:14:55,760 --> 01:14:58,077
- I thought you hated the Church.
- I do!

1348
01:14:58,079 --> 01:15:00,880
Just tell me it's not true.
Did you write this?

1349
01:15:02,279 --> 01:15:04,758
Stalin killed my family, my friends.

1350
01:15:04,760 --> 01:15:08,357
- Zinaida Reich, Kuperchinski.
- Kup... You knew Kuperchinski?

1351
01:15:08,359 --> 01:15:10,357
I should have you shot
just for saying his name.

1352
01:15:10,359 --> 01:15:12,558
Comrade Nikita Sergeyevich,
you know me. I...

1353
01:15:12,560 --> 01:15:16,277
Stop. No, I... I don't know you.
You don't know me.

1354
01:15:16,279 --> 01:15:20,437
You fucking taught
my niece piano lessons. That's it.

1355
01:15:20,439 --> 01:15:24,077
Don't you see what Beria's done now?
He's tied me to you.

1356
01:15:24,079 --> 01:15:25,319
We are tied together.

1357
01:15:26,319 --> 01:15:27,798
- Like a rock...
- I know.

1358
01:15:27,800 --> 01:15:29,437
...that's sinking and...

1359
01:15:29,439 --> 01:15:31,759
But I'm confident of everlasting life.

1360
01:15:33,399 --> 01:15:36,237
Who the fuck in their right mind
would want everlasting life?

1361
01:15:36,239 --> 01:15:38,199
The endless conversation.

1362
01:15:39,279 --> 01:15:40,399
(CLOSES THE DOOR SHUT)

1363
01:15:41,399 --> 01:15:42,918
(MURMUR OF VOICES)

1364
01:15:42,920 --> 01:15:45,437
Piano lessons, Nicky?
How's the fingering?

1365
01:15:45,439 --> 01:15:47,758
(SNIGGERS)
She hit the high note, did she?

1366
01:15:47,760 --> 01:15:49,397
(MIMICS PIANO SCALE)
F sharp?

1367
01:15:49,399 --> 01:15:51,598
Yeah, two clowns,
one joke between you.

1368
01:15:51,600 --> 01:15:53,079
Work on your fucking material.

1369
01:15:55,079 --> 01:15:56,718
Something's happening over there.

1370
01:15:56,720 --> 01:16:00,397
I hate him.
Hate her. Fucking wet box.

1371
01:16:00,399 --> 01:16:03,437
- Can you please just be cordial?
- I know the drill.

1372
01:16:03,439 --> 01:16:05,998
Smile, shake hands
and try not to call them a cunt.

1373
01:16:06,000 --> 01:16:07,399
Perfect. That's perfect.

1374
01:16:08,319 --> 01:16:10,998
- How many?
- 1500.

1375
01:16:11,000 --> 01:16:12,359
- Dead?
- Yes.

1376
01:16:12,880 --> 01:16:15,798
- I need a man with an army.
- Comrade minister.

1377
01:16:15,800 --> 01:16:20,037
I found her. She's uh...
grown a little since the photograph.

1378
01:16:20,039 --> 01:16:22,237
She's the size of an ostrich. No.

1379
01:16:22,239 --> 01:16:24,157
Okay, can we just go back
to my original idea

1380
01:16:24,159 --> 01:16:26,798
and find a girl
who looks like her but little?

1381
01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:29,477
No higher than this.
Chalk it on your fucking trousers.

1382
01:16:29,479 --> 01:16:33,077
Modern soldier's greatest fear.
It's not death. It's not starvation.

1383
01:16:33,079 --> 01:16:34,237
It's chafing.

1384
01:16:34,239 --> 01:16:36,758
And then he planted the flag
on Hitler's bunker

1385
01:16:36,760 --> 01:16:39,077
or he knocked the bear out
with one punch.

1386
01:16:39,079 --> 01:16:42,157
Either way, the man's a war hero.
Excuse us, please.

1387
01:16:42,159 --> 01:16:44,558
Listen, it was Goebbels' bunker,
not Hitler's.

1388
01:16:44,560 --> 01:16:47,357
Listen to me. I was the one
who put the trains back on.

1389
01:16:47,359 --> 01:16:49,077
- Comrade General...
- Fuck off!

1390
01:16:49,079 --> 01:16:50,798
Or I'll punch you into a sticky pulp.

1391
01:16:50,800 --> 01:16:53,037
- Thank you.
- What the fuck were you thinking?

1392
01:16:53,039 --> 01:16:55,037
I don't know, okay, but I did it.

1393
01:16:55,039 --> 01:16:57,798
- And I really need your help.
- To do what?

1394
01:16:57,800 --> 01:16:59,477
There's bodies fucking
piling up in the street.

1395
01:16:59,479 --> 01:17:00,558
It's a bit late, isn't it.

1396
01:17:00,560 --> 01:17:03,037
What if we blame this on someone...

1397
01:17:03,039 --> 01:17:04,838
- Wait.
- ...who's out of control.

1398
01:17:04,840 --> 01:17:07,840
Nicky, be very careful
what you say next.

1399
01:17:08,560 --> 01:17:09,640
Who?

1400
01:17:10,920 --> 01:17:12,079
Beria.

1401
01:17:13,039 --> 01:17:15,477
I'm gonna have to report
this conversation.

1402
01:17:15,479 --> 01:17:17,037
Threatening to do harm

1403
01:17:17,039 --> 01:17:19,798
or obstruct any member
of the Presidium in the process of...

1404
01:17:19,800 --> 01:17:21,558
Look at your fucking face.

1405
01:17:21,560 --> 01:17:24,039
(WHEEZING LAUGH)

1406
01:17:24,439 --> 01:17:26,237
Nikita Khrushchev.
(KISSES LOUDLY)

1407
01:17:26,239 --> 01:17:29,638
- You balls like Kremlin domes.
- Stop. Be serious. Are you in?

1408
01:17:29,640 --> 01:17:33,317
I'm in, I'm in. That fucker thinks
he can take on the Red Army.

1409
01:17:33,319 --> 01:17:37,037
I fucked Germany. I think I can take
a flesh lump in a fucking waistcoat.

1410
01:17:37,039 --> 01:17:39,758
- It's got to be tomorrow.
- Tomorrow?

1411
01:17:39,760 --> 01:17:41,838
Sorry.
You busy washing your hair or what?

1412
01:17:41,840 --> 01:17:43,277
Tomorrow's the funeral.

1413
01:17:43,279 --> 01:17:46,279
Yeah, the day that the entire fucking
army's in town with their guns.

1414
01:17:47,600 --> 01:17:48,998
(EXHALES) That's perfect.

1415
01:17:49,000 --> 01:17:51,798
But we need the Presidium on board.
Every one of them.

1416
01:17:51,800 --> 01:17:54,518
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
Malenkov's a bit tricky.

1417
01:17:54,520 --> 01:17:57,878
- No. We need fucking all of them.
- Well, I'll get him.

1418
01:17:57,880 --> 01:18:00,197
(SLOW PIANO MUSIC)

1419
01:18:00,199 --> 01:18:02,519
(WHISPERING)

1420
01:18:03,840 --> 01:18:05,317
- How many?
- 1500.

1421
01:18:05,319 --> 01:18:08,558
Find Khrushchev. I want to talk
to him about his future.

1422
01:18:08,560 --> 01:18:10,120
A very short conversation.

1423
01:18:11,439 --> 01:18:14,197
If you could do me a favour
and just nod as I'm speaking.

1424
01:18:14,199 --> 01:18:16,117
People are looking to me
for reassurance

1425
01:18:16,119 --> 01:18:17,718
and I have no idea what is going on.

1426
01:18:17,720 --> 01:18:20,678
We will bring the situation
under control. Order will be restored.

1427
01:18:20,680 --> 01:18:23,758
This moron has restarted the trains.

1428
01:18:23,760 --> 01:18:27,037
And your men pissed their pants
and killed 1500 people.

1429
01:18:27,039 --> 01:18:28,437
We were controlling the crowd.

1430
01:18:28,439 --> 01:18:30,077
Those people weren't
supposed to be there.

1431
01:18:30,079 --> 01:18:31,237
Are you blaming the dead

1432
01:18:31,239 --> 01:18:32,437
- for their own death?
- (SHUSHING)

1433
01:18:32,439 --> 01:18:35,638
I'm gonna tell you who's going to be
blamed. I am going to be blamed.

1434
01:18:35,640 --> 01:18:37,720
This shit sack is going to be blamed.

1435
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:40,199
Let's get out of here.

1436
01:18:43,279 --> 01:18:46,518
- Comrade, your girl. A girl.
- Ah! There you are.

1437
01:18:46,520 --> 01:18:47,638
(KISSES PASSIONATELY)

1438
01:18:47,640 --> 01:18:49,718
Are we ready for the balcony wave?

1439
01:18:49,720 --> 01:18:52,437
Who's gonna carry the can
for this farrago of shit?

1440
01:18:52,439 --> 01:18:54,638
That's easy. Khrushchev.
He put the trains back on.

1441
01:18:54,640 --> 01:18:56,598
And you shot the people
getting off them.

1442
01:18:56,600 --> 01:18:58,277
- Yes, he has a point.
- No, he doesn't.

1443
01:18:58,279 --> 01:19:00,037
There's no point
to Nikita Khrushchev.

1444
01:19:00,039 --> 01:19:03,077
Well, how about this?
We blame the security forces.

1445
01:19:03,079 --> 01:19:05,197
Right? Hothead officers
on the ground.

1446
01:19:05,199 --> 01:19:07,077
- (KHRUSHCHEV AGREES)
- Sorry. I'm sorry.

1447
01:19:07,079 --> 01:19:09,397
Do you still possess a working brain?

1448
01:19:09,399 --> 01:19:12,437
You dumb animal.
I <i>am</i> the security forces

1449
01:19:12,439 --> 01:19:15,518
and I'm not gonna be made the villain
for this catastrophe.

1450
01:19:15,520 --> 01:19:18,878
Look, even if you do get blamed,
we close ranks.

1451
01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:21,437
If anyone has a pop at you,
they have to come through us first.

1452
01:19:21,439 --> 01:19:24,197
Yes, good idea.
Give me the girl. All right?

1453
01:19:24,199 --> 01:19:26,878
- A lot of this is your own doing.
- You spineless rat.

1454
01:19:26,880 --> 01:19:29,558
You're just a cadaver
we propped up in a corset.

1455
01:19:29,560 --> 01:19:31,397
- Ohh...
- Hey, hey, easy.

1456
01:19:31,399 --> 01:19:34,598
It's time all of you realised who kept
the daggers out of your backs.

1457
01:19:34,600 --> 01:19:37,718
Show some fucking respect.
I... I've got... I've got...

1458
01:19:37,720 --> 01:19:40,157
I've got documents.
I have documents on all of you.

1459
01:19:40,159 --> 01:19:41,998
You, 13th of March, 1937.

1460
01:19:42,000 --> 01:19:45,317
Zolotov trials.
Forty-two dead, 173 exiled.

1461
01:19:45,319 --> 01:19:47,197
- Your signature.
- Beria, that's enough!

1462
01:19:47,199 --> 01:19:49,878
Yeah, well, you signed off
the life of your own brother!

1463
01:19:49,880 --> 01:19:52,437
Oh, you think that was easy?
You bastard!

1464
01:19:52,439 --> 01:19:53,718
Bagrov, Gorev.

1465
01:19:53,720 --> 01:19:55,918
How did your conscience
accommodate that?

1466
01:19:55,920 --> 01:19:59,477
And Zykov! Zykov!
Poor blameless, guileless Zykov.

1467
01:19:59,479 --> 01:20:00,559
All of you!

1468
01:20:01,800 --> 01:20:04,199
(SCREAMS) All of you.
I have documents on all of you!

1469
01:20:04,600 --> 01:20:05,678
I've seen what you've done.

1470
01:20:05,680 --> 01:20:07,437
I know the truth.
It's all written down.

1471
01:20:07,439 --> 01:20:11,479
It's all written down on a very...
on a very fucking long list!

1472
01:20:13,520 --> 01:20:15,600
- Just pick them up.
- (PAPERS RUSTLING)

1473
01:20:17,239 --> 01:20:18,678
Are we done? Hm?

1474
01:20:18,680 --> 01:20:22,317
(PANTING) We will convene
tomorrow after the funeral.

1475
01:20:22,319 --> 01:20:24,477
I will nominate some scapegoats.

1476
01:20:24,479 --> 01:20:27,357
We can arraign a couple
of the officers who fired.

1477
01:20:27,359 --> 01:20:28,638
- No harm done.
- Are you okay?

1478
01:20:28,640 --> 01:20:31,718
Only comrades and friends
could shout at each other like this.

1479
01:20:31,720 --> 01:20:34,237
Right, so we'll fix this
in committee, all right?

1480
01:20:34,239 --> 01:20:37,277
Right, right...
He's using you, Georgy.

1481
01:20:37,279 --> 01:20:39,357
He's using you
and then he's gonna kill you.

1482
01:20:39,359 --> 01:20:42,237
- You saw those papers.
- What are you talking about?

1483
01:20:42,239 --> 01:20:45,357
Jesus, Nicky, he was pointing at you.
He wasn't pointing at me.

1484
01:20:45,359 --> 01:20:46,798
No, he said "all of you".

1485
01:20:46,800 --> 01:20:49,718
No, no.
I was over there, you know?

1486
01:20:49,720 --> 01:20:52,638
- And he went "all of you".
- Yeah, "all of you".

1487
01:20:52,640 --> 01:20:54,758
- No, no.
- Yes.

1488
01:20:54,760 --> 01:20:56,678
- "All of you."
- All of us.

1489
01:20:56,680 --> 01:20:59,157
No, he said "all of you".

1490
01:20:59,159 --> 01:21:03,477
You know, all of you
can kiss my Russian arse.

1491
01:21:03,479 --> 01:21:04,759
All of <i>you.</i>

1492
01:21:05,680 --> 01:21:07,000
On the balcony. Let's go.

1493
01:21:09,119 --> 01:21:11,119
(CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)

1494
01:21:21,680 --> 01:21:24,237
KAGANOVICH: Why did Molotov
want to meet us at dawn?

1495
01:21:24,239 --> 01:21:27,237
- Is he planning a duel?
- Said he wanted to start early.

1496
01:21:27,239 --> 01:21:28,399
Murderer!

1497
01:21:29,159 --> 01:21:31,357
You killed hundreds, Nicky.

1498
01:21:31,359 --> 01:21:33,519
You certainly got your big funeral.

1499
01:21:34,279 --> 01:21:36,718
- I'm regretting this already.
- MOLOTOV: Get in the car.

1500
01:21:36,720 --> 01:21:39,157
- What?
- Can't talk. Get in the car.

1501
01:21:39,159 --> 01:21:41,159
(BIRDS CHRIPING)

1502
01:21:43,239 --> 01:21:44,639
(GROAN OF EXERTION)

1503
01:21:45,880 --> 01:21:48,077
I see she moults.

1504
01:21:48,079 --> 01:21:50,918
This is for hungry ears.

1505
01:21:50,920 --> 01:21:53,758
- The drivers.
- (DOG YAPS)

1506
01:21:53,760 --> 01:21:55,800
(YAPPING)

1507
01:21:56,359 --> 01:21:58,159
Let's do him in.

1508
01:21:58,680 --> 01:22:00,117
- Who?
- Beria.

1509
01:22:00,119 --> 01:22:02,638
The treacherous snake
brought back the bishops.

1510
01:22:02,640 --> 01:22:04,157
He brought back Polina.

1511
01:22:04,159 --> 01:22:06,477
He expressly ignored
all Stalin's orders.

1512
01:22:06,479 --> 01:22:08,799
His men opened fire
on innocent people.

1513
01:22:09,680 --> 01:22:12,638
He'll get the blame.
Clever, eh, Nicky?

1514
01:22:12,640 --> 01:22:14,518
Yes, Beria is the murderer here.

1515
01:22:14,520 --> 01:22:17,798
This is how the Soviet Union
was built. Not with bishops.

1516
01:22:17,800 --> 01:22:21,157
Today Beria gets
an eight-foot crucifix up his arse.

1517
01:22:21,159 --> 01:22:23,037
- Good.
- I've...

1518
01:22:23,039 --> 01:22:25,798
I've had nightmares
that made more sense than this.

1519
01:22:25,800 --> 01:22:28,678
- Now we have a majority.
- Yes, you do.

1520
01:22:28,680 --> 01:22:32,880
- You two, me and Bulganin.
- Mikoyan and Malenkov.

1521
01:22:33,600 --> 01:22:35,998
- No... but we still have a majority.
- No, no, no.

1522
01:22:36,000 --> 01:22:37,397
Everyone in or not at all.

1523
01:22:37,399 --> 01:22:41,037
Oh, come on. Slava, you just...
Dammit, you just said...

1524
01:22:41,039 --> 01:22:43,077
- All in or it's off.
- No...

1525
01:22:43,079 --> 01:22:47,197
This is what Stalin would have wanted.
The Committee as one.

1526
01:22:47,199 --> 01:22:51,277
But you've got to act fast, comrade.
Act fast or be dead.

1527
01:22:51,279 --> 01:22:53,918
- (YAPPING CONTINUES)
- Yes, Uncle Nicky's going to be dead

1528
01:22:53,920 --> 01:22:55,918
if he doesn't get a move on, isn't he?

1529
01:22:55,920 --> 01:22:57,239
Yes, he is.

1530
01:22:58,439 --> 01:23:00,039
- (DOOR OPENS)
- BERIA: How's my guest?

1531
01:23:00,479 --> 01:23:02,639
Yes, I'm working on my speech.
It's good.

1532
01:23:03,119 --> 01:23:04,279
I've brought you something.

1533
01:23:06,279 --> 01:23:07,598
No.

1534
01:23:07,600 --> 01:23:09,558
I'm not drinking.
I'm using water.

1535
01:23:09,560 --> 01:23:11,477
It's just to calm your nerves.

1536
01:23:11,479 --> 01:23:12,878
Yes, actually,
I will need some of that.

1537
01:23:12,880 --> 01:23:15,400
- No. He's not drinking.
- No, I'm not drinking.

1538
01:23:16,279 --> 01:23:18,998
- How's the speech?
- Um... ba-dum-ba-dum...

1539
01:23:19,000 --> 01:23:20,119
My father...

1540
01:23:21,600 --> 01:23:24,240
...was a warm and mighty bear,

1541
01:23:24,760 --> 01:23:29,598
and we are his 170 million
orphaned cubs.

1542
01:23:29,600 --> 01:23:33,558
Russian cubs, Georgian cubs,
Armenian cubs, Lithuanian...

1543
01:23:33,560 --> 01:23:35,798
We'll leave you to it. Come on.

1544
01:23:35,800 --> 01:23:37,718
So, Lithuanian cubs,

1545
01:23:37,720 --> 01:23:40,878
- Ukrainian cubs, Moldavian cubs...
- (DOOR CLOSES)

1546
01:23:40,880 --> 01:23:42,039
Svetlana.

1547
01:23:44,439 --> 01:23:45,799
Alexei's dead.

1548
01:23:50,279 --> 01:23:52,000
15th of March, 1949.

1549
01:23:53,000 --> 01:23:56,477
Attempted escape from Kolyma
with 12 others.

1550
01:23:56,479 --> 01:23:57,998
Executed. I'm sorry.

1551
01:23:58,000 --> 01:23:59,918
But you said you would get him back.

1552
01:23:59,920 --> 01:24:05,197
Listen, it was outside my direct
control. It just wasn't possible.

1553
01:24:05,199 --> 01:24:07,918
Yes, but you said that
you would attempt the impossible.

1554
01:24:07,920 --> 01:24:11,840
I hate being sober. It's a terrible,
terrible mood to be in.

1555
01:24:13,119 --> 01:24:14,397
Why don't we go through that speech

1556
01:24:14,399 --> 01:24:15,798
- one more time?
- Sit down.

1557
01:24:15,800 --> 01:24:17,237
Get off me.
I can see what you're doing.

1558
01:24:17,239 --> 01:24:18,639
- I don't want to sit down.
- Sit down.

1559
01:24:19,399 --> 01:24:21,079
(SCREAMS)
I don't want to sit down!

1560
01:24:24,680 --> 01:24:29,277
Right, many terrible things were done
in the service of the Union.

1561
01:24:29,279 --> 01:24:31,237
Evidence was fabricated.

1562
01:24:31,239 --> 01:24:33,838
Those who are responsible
will be found...

1563
01:24:33,840 --> 01:24:36,397
And what will you do to them?
Question them to death?

1564
01:24:36,399 --> 01:24:37,518
You know what I'm doing?

1565
01:24:37,520 --> 01:24:39,798
I'm offering you and
that bloated soak my protection.

1566
01:24:39,800 --> 01:24:43,800
- We are not children!
- You are a real listener. Thank you.

1567
01:24:45,079 --> 01:24:47,718
- I am not a child.
- Yes, you are. Yes, you are.

1568
01:24:47,720 --> 01:24:51,838
And I warn you, stick by my side
or you will both be beaten inside out

1569
01:24:51,840 --> 01:24:53,918
and strung up
for the crows by the others.

1570
01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:55,157
Why should I trust you?

1571
01:24:55,159 --> 01:24:57,279
Because I'm the only one
who's telling you.

1572
01:24:58,720 --> 01:25:00,000
Trust no-one.

1573
01:25:03,079 --> 01:25:04,319
(BELL TOLLING)

1574
01:25:11,119 --> 01:25:14,798
Georgy, Georgy.
Georgy, we have to act today.

1575
01:25:14,800 --> 01:25:16,157
Act, you limpet?

1576
01:25:16,159 --> 01:25:19,798
Act sombre, act respectful
like the rest of us, please.

1577
01:25:19,800 --> 01:25:21,758
Do you understand
how important this is?

1578
01:25:21,760 --> 01:25:23,878
- Would you...
- Places, comrades, please.

1579
01:25:23,880 --> 01:25:26,037
Form up either side of the...
Comrade, thank you very much.

1580
01:25:26,039 --> 01:25:28,277
If you could join
your comrades over here.

1581
01:25:28,279 --> 01:25:29,559
- Thank you.
- Damn it.

1582
01:25:35,199 --> 01:25:37,317
All right, guys, come on. Lift it up.

1583
01:25:37,319 --> 01:25:39,518
- That's it.
- Come on. Let's go.

1584
01:25:39,520 --> 01:25:40,678
- Which foot?
- Left foot.

1585
01:25:40,680 --> 01:25:42,077
MALENKOV: I don't have a good balance.

1586
01:25:42,079 --> 01:25:43,397
Okay. Yes.

1587
01:25:43,399 --> 01:25:45,079
Ooh. Argh.

1588
01:25:48,640 --> 01:25:50,638
- (SHOT)
- KHRUSHCHEV: Georgy...

1589
01:25:50,640 --> 01:25:53,838
Not now. God sakes.

1590
01:25:53,840 --> 01:25:55,000
(ANOTHER SHOT)

1591
01:25:55,520 --> 01:25:59,520
- Georgy, we really have to talk.
- Shut up. Have some respect.

1592
01:26:00,119 --> 01:26:02,838
- Is Malenkov on board?
- Yes, 100 percent.

1593
01:26:02,840 --> 01:26:04,477
Saddle up, cowboy.

1594
01:26:04,479 --> 01:26:08,357
- Is Malenkov with us?
- Trust me, 100 percent.

1595
01:26:08,359 --> 01:26:09,758
Yes!

1596
01:26:09,760 --> 01:26:12,598
- So you're on board, then, Molotov?
- Yeah.

1597
01:26:12,600 --> 01:26:14,758
Okay. You've got me, then, Nicky.

1598
01:26:14,760 --> 01:26:18,237
- Put your dancing shoes on.
- (HEAVY GUN SALUTE)

1599
01:26:18,239 --> 01:26:20,840
- MOLOTOV: Which way shall I...
- OTHERS: Left.

1600
01:26:21,600 --> 01:26:22,878
- (GRUNTING)
- All right.

1601
01:26:22,880 --> 01:26:26,239
Okay, let's go and catch
a pig for the pot.

1602
01:26:27,560 --> 01:26:31,718
MOLOTOV: <i>Stalin's love of the nation
was unwavering.</i>

1603
01:26:31,720 --> 01:26:36,798
<i>So must we now take
our unwavering pain,</i>

1604
01:26:36,800 --> 01:26:40,357
<i>our unwavering love,</i>

1605
01:26:40,359 --> 01:26:45,918
and with it build an unwavering,
unwavering... future.

1606
01:26:45,920 --> 01:26:47,918
Guns, please, gentlemen.

1607
01:26:47,920 --> 01:26:51,197
Take good care of this.
Don't want it going off.

1608
01:26:51,199 --> 01:26:55,477
MALENKOV: <i>Today we pause.
We pause in grief and sorrow.</i>

1609
01:26:55,479 --> 01:26:59,119
But is not a pause in itself
part of the revolution?

1610
01:27:03,840 --> 01:27:05,117
I think it is.

1611
01:27:05,119 --> 01:27:07,037
- (DOORS OPEN)
- Okay, let's tango.

1612
01:27:07,039 --> 01:27:08,758
You heard him, gentlemen. Let's go.

1613
01:27:08,760 --> 01:27:11,117
BERIA:
<i>We must embrace our terrible loss</i>

1614
01:27:11,119 --> 01:27:13,760
<i>with the strength and love
for our nation...</i>

1615
01:27:14,479 --> 01:27:17,037
<i>that Stalin himself held</i>

1616
01:27:17,039 --> 01:27:18,479
in his mighty heart.

1617
01:27:20,399 --> 01:27:21,639
Check the stalls.

1618
01:27:23,399 --> 01:27:26,037
<i>We promise you rights and liberties...</i>

1619
01:27:26,039 --> 01:27:28,638
bread... and peace.

1620
01:27:28,640 --> 01:27:29,798
(APPLAUSE)

1621
01:27:29,800 --> 01:27:31,117
(CLICK)

1622
01:27:31,119 --> 01:27:34,479
VASILY: <i>My father
was a great social scientist.</i>

1623
01:27:35,079 --> 01:27:38,317
But we,
the people of the Soviet Union,

1624
01:27:38,319 --> 01:27:40,399
are not laboratory animals.

1625
01:27:42,800 --> 01:27:45,640
<i>We are all but cubs.</i>

1626
01:27:46,439 --> 01:27:48,197
Russian cubs,

1627
01:27:48,199 --> 01:27:50,277
Georgian cubs,

1628
01:27:50,279 --> 01:27:52,638
Armenian cubs,

1629
01:27:52,640 --> 01:27:54,477
Lithuanian cubs...

1630
01:27:54,479 --> 01:27:57,039
- (JET ENGINES PASSING)
- Latvian cubs...

1631
01:27:57,600 --> 01:27:59,760
Estonian cubs.

1632
01:28:03,840 --> 01:28:05,840
(JET ENGINES FLYING PAST)

1633
01:28:08,239 --> 01:28:10,718
- Very good speech, Lavrenti.
- Thank you.

1634
01:28:10,720 --> 01:28:13,437
Yes, "bread and peace".
I knew it would work.

1635
01:28:13,439 --> 01:28:14,598
(CHUCKLING)

1636
01:28:14,600 --> 01:28:15,880
It was between "peace" and "sausages".

1637
01:28:16,520 --> 01:28:20,280
Both good things, but you know
where you are with a sausage.

1638
01:28:21,159 --> 01:28:25,277
Your name rings out.
Malenkov the hero. Good lad.

1639
01:28:25,279 --> 01:28:27,237
Vasily's face
when the planes flew over.

1640
01:28:27,239 --> 01:28:28,397
(CHUCKLING)

1641
01:28:28,399 --> 01:28:30,598
- Should have strafed the little shit.
- (CHUCKLES)

1642
01:28:30,600 --> 01:28:33,477
Poor Vasily. I sometimes wonder
if he's meant for this world.

1643
01:28:33,479 --> 01:28:36,397
I salute you, Top Boy,
and I salute your haircut.

1644
01:28:36,399 --> 01:28:38,439
- Goodnight, Vienna.
- Georgy.

1645
01:28:40,159 --> 01:28:42,197
Action is gonna be taken
at the meeting.

1646
01:28:42,199 --> 01:28:43,359
Action? What action?

1647
01:28:44,520 --> 01:28:47,240
Is this why everyone is treating me
like they wanna fuck my sister?

1648
01:28:48,439 --> 01:28:50,878
Zhukov has everybody on board
against Beria.

1649
01:28:50,880 --> 01:28:52,558
- When I heard that, I agreed too.
- Yes, yes.

1650
01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:57,317
But Zhukov...
is not governing the Soviet Union.

1651
01:28:57,319 --> 01:29:00,477
I am governing the Soviet Union.

1652
01:29:00,479 --> 01:29:02,277
- Do you understand that?
- Yes.

1653
01:29:02,279 --> 01:29:05,518
Now, I like him and I'll be happy
to listen to what he has to say.

1654
01:29:05,520 --> 01:29:07,798
You'll definitely have a chance
to talk to him.

1655
01:29:07,800 --> 01:29:11,197
Perhaps what we can do
is give Beria a slight demotion,

1656
01:29:11,199 --> 01:29:13,559
I don't know, Ministry for Fisheries.

1657
01:29:15,920 --> 01:29:19,359
All right, boys.
Meet your dates for tonight.

1658
01:29:19,920 --> 01:29:21,480
I'll take the tall blonde.

1659
01:29:23,600 --> 01:29:26,037
Comrades, time to set aside our grief

1660
01:29:26,039 --> 01:29:29,878
and begin to write the next chapter
of our great history.

1661
01:29:29,880 --> 01:29:31,718
- Comrade Malenkov...
- Proceed.

1662
01:29:31,720 --> 01:29:34,317
Item one, the unfortunate events
of yesterday evening.

1663
01:29:34,319 --> 01:29:37,918
It's clear that the regrettable deaths
of so many citizens...

1664
01:29:37,920 --> 01:29:41,397
Comrades. Comrades,
I would like to propose a new agenda.

1665
01:29:41,399 --> 01:29:43,878
Item one,
the conduct of Comrade Beria.

1666
01:29:43,880 --> 01:29:46,277
Seconded. Time to take stock.

1667
01:29:46,279 --> 01:29:48,558
If you have
a serious proposal, comrade,

1668
01:29:48,560 --> 01:29:49,918
I suggest "Any Other Business".

1669
01:29:49,920 --> 01:29:51,437
I accuse Comrade Beria

1670
01:29:51,439 --> 01:29:53,477
of centralising power
within his Ministry

1671
01:29:53,479 --> 01:29:55,518
at the expense of the Party
and Central Committee...

1672
01:29:55,520 --> 01:29:58,197
- There's no tabled motion.
- ...betraying the Soviet Union.

1673
01:29:58,199 --> 01:30:00,918
I deplore this wanton
breach of protocol. Georgy.

1674
01:30:00,920 --> 01:30:03,638
Breach, my arse!
This is an ad hoc motion.

1675
01:30:03,640 --> 01:30:06,558
It will end very badly for you.
Georgy, Georgy!

1676
01:30:06,560 --> 01:30:08,998
Georgy, press the button
underneath the desk.

1677
01:30:09,000 --> 01:30:11,077
- Press the button, Georgy.
- What button?

1678
01:30:11,079 --> 01:30:13,000
- Arrest that madman.
- Where's the button?

1679
01:30:13,439 --> 01:30:15,357
(PUSHES BUTTON FIRMLY)

1680
01:30:15,359 --> 01:30:17,518
- (WEAPONS COCKED)
- Good luck, ladies.

1681
01:30:17,520 --> 01:30:18,878
Guards!
(BANGS ON THE WINDOW)

1682
01:30:18,880 --> 01:30:20,319
(SOUND INAUDIBLE OUTSIDE)

1683
01:30:21,600 --> 01:30:22,678
- Guards!
- (DOOR BURSTS OPEN)

1684
01:30:22,680 --> 01:30:24,477
Hands up or
I'll shoot you in the face.

1685
01:30:24,479 --> 01:30:25,838
Guards!

1686
01:30:25,840 --> 01:30:27,317
Oh, shit.

1687
01:30:27,319 --> 01:30:28,920
- Guards!
- Oi!

1688
01:30:30,239 --> 01:30:32,277
(GROANS)

1689
01:30:32,279 --> 01:30:34,239
Want a job done properly,
you call the army.

1690
01:30:34,760 --> 01:30:36,237
Take his belt off.

1691
01:30:36,239 --> 01:30:37,998
It's hard to run away
with your pants falling down.

1692
01:30:38,000 --> 01:30:40,518
If you want to talk to General Zhukov,
now's your opportunity.

1693
01:30:40,520 --> 01:30:43,160
Spit it out, Georgy.
Staging a coup here.

1694
01:30:43,720 --> 01:30:45,437
He's got a knife by his ankle.

1695
01:30:45,439 --> 01:30:48,237
- You're a disgrace.
- Give his head a good kicking.

1696
01:30:48,239 --> 01:30:50,277
- Make you feel better.
- All in good time.

1697
01:30:50,279 --> 01:30:55,838
Oh, I'm gonna enjoy peeling the skin
from your self-satisfied face.

1698
01:30:55,840 --> 01:30:58,397
Not with that, you won't.
Come on, then.

1699
01:30:58,399 --> 01:30:59,879
(GRUNTS)

1700
01:31:04,119 --> 01:31:05,920
Sorry, comrades.

1701
01:31:06,439 --> 01:31:08,197
- Wrong room.
- Aslanov.

1702
01:31:08,199 --> 01:31:09,998
- ZHUKOV: Go and kill them.
- BERIA: Kobulov.

1703
01:31:10,000 --> 01:31:11,357
- Shall we?
- KHRUSHCHEV: Yes, right.

1704
01:31:11,359 --> 01:31:13,119
Let's do this.
Georgy, come on, now.

1705
01:31:13,760 --> 01:31:15,560
Suit doesn't really work
without this belt.

1706
01:31:23,359 --> 01:31:24,479
Oh, shit.

1707
01:31:27,239 --> 01:31:28,477
(THUD)

1708
01:31:28,479 --> 01:31:30,998
Third door on the left. On the left.

1709
01:31:31,000 --> 01:31:33,037
KAGANOVICH:
I have been picturing this moment

1710
01:31:33,039 --> 01:31:35,399
every day for the last three decades.

1711
01:31:36,720 --> 01:31:39,317
Arrest the staff.
Arrest all Beria's staff.

1712
01:31:39,319 --> 01:31:41,678
- (SOLDIER SPEAKS RUSSIAN)
- Check the bedrooms.

1713
01:31:41,680 --> 01:31:43,638
Come out. You're safe.
This way. Come out this way.

1714
01:31:43,640 --> 01:31:45,277
You're safe. Come out.

1715
01:31:45,279 --> 01:31:47,319
- You, take her down.
- This way.

1716
01:31:49,640 --> 01:31:51,558
Is this magisterial
enough for you all?

1717
01:31:51,560 --> 01:31:53,558
This charade? This is a lavatory!

1718
01:31:53,560 --> 01:31:56,518
Well, you should feel at home, then,
you little coil of shit.

1719
01:31:56,520 --> 01:31:57,598
Fuck me.

1720
01:31:57,600 --> 01:32:00,998
Georgy's eyes really do follow
you round the crapper. It's weird.

1721
01:32:01,000 --> 01:32:03,157
Why did they hang a picture
of my grandmother in here?

1722
01:32:03,159 --> 01:32:04,758
(SNIGGERING)

1723
01:32:04,760 --> 01:32:07,117
This is madness.
This is madness.

1724
01:32:07,119 --> 01:32:09,838
- He deserves a trial.
- He'll get a trial. Take it easy.

1725
01:32:09,840 --> 01:32:12,518
Georgy!
Can't even look me in the eye.

1726
01:32:12,520 --> 01:32:15,117
- Guilt. Guilty, all of you.
- Say nothing.

1727
01:32:15,119 --> 01:32:18,558
Georgy, you'll get over it.
I did. Took me about five minutes.

1728
01:32:18,560 --> 01:32:21,598
H-How long before the army's here?
We're in complete limbo now.

1729
01:32:21,600 --> 01:32:24,918
Not long. We have to wait
for the NKVD to leave the Kremlin.

1730
01:32:24,920 --> 01:32:29,117
In that case, if nobody objects,
I'm going to spend a kopeck.

1731
01:32:29,119 --> 01:32:30,800
It's the excitement, I think.

1732
01:32:31,840 --> 01:32:34,197
(INAUDIBLE VOICES)

1733
01:32:34,199 --> 01:32:35,638
Right, hold your fire.

1734
01:32:35,640 --> 01:32:38,157
Hold your fire. Hold your fire!

1735
01:32:38,159 --> 01:32:40,199
The army's back.
Did you miss us?

1736
01:32:43,479 --> 01:32:45,519
- Take their weapons.
- Come on, this way.

1737
01:32:48,399 --> 01:32:51,759
All right, Judy Garland,
boys and girls. It's showtime.

1738
01:32:54,119 --> 01:32:55,237
Georgy.

1739
01:32:55,239 --> 01:32:58,558
- Georgy, you have to sign this now.
- No. No.

1740
01:32:58,560 --> 01:33:01,560
No. He deserves a fair trial.
He's one of us.

1741
01:33:03,520 --> 01:33:06,197
What about Tukhachevsky
and Piatakov?

1742
01:33:06,199 --> 01:33:07,838
Did they get a trial?

1743
01:33:07,840 --> 01:33:09,680
What about Sokolnikov?

1744
01:33:10,159 --> 01:33:12,397
Who begged him to look after
his elderly mother.

1745
01:33:12,399 --> 01:33:15,519
And what did this monster do?
He strangled her in front of him.

1746
01:33:17,520 --> 01:33:18,680
It's too late.

1747
01:33:19,239 --> 01:33:22,800
The only choice we have
is between his death or his revenge.

1748
01:33:23,840 --> 01:33:25,680
And you will fucking sign this.

1749
01:33:38,079 --> 01:33:39,519
I want it to go on record:

1750
01:33:40,159 --> 01:33:42,079
this was not my first
course of action.

1751
01:33:45,079 --> 01:33:47,000
Stalin would be loving this.

1752
01:33:48,600 --> 01:33:50,440
(BERIA MOANS)

1753
01:33:52,680 --> 01:33:54,920
- Through the door.
- (SHOUTING)

1754
01:33:57,359 --> 01:34:00,357
- Get the table.
- KHRUSHCHEV: Let me through.

1755
01:34:00,359 --> 01:34:02,759
Sit him down here. Sit him down.

1756
01:34:03,640 --> 01:34:06,718
- All right, all right.
- This... This is a travesty!

1757
01:34:06,720 --> 01:34:09,678
You are all witnesses to a criminal...
criminal travesty.

1758
01:34:09,680 --> 01:34:11,798
- MAN: Come on!
- (BANGING)

1759
01:34:11,800 --> 01:34:14,598
I demand... I demand... Fuck you!

1760
01:34:14,600 --> 01:34:17,197
I demand my rights under Article...

1761
01:34:17,199 --> 01:34:20,437
- Will you stop banging?
- Read it, Georgy.

1762
01:34:20,439 --> 01:34:22,197
- Here's your trial.
- Spit it out.

1763
01:34:22,199 --> 01:34:24,638
- Marshal?
- Comrade General Secretary!

1764
01:34:24,640 --> 01:34:27,037
- Get on with it!
- Read it.

1765
01:34:27,039 --> 01:34:29,397
You're judging me!
You're judging me!

1766
01:34:29,399 --> 01:34:30,598
- I judge you!
- Fuck you!

1767
01:34:30,600 --> 01:34:34,117
I judge you!
I judge all of you. All of you.

1768
01:34:34,119 --> 01:34:36,277
- Where's the logic?
- Nicky, read it.

1769
01:34:36,279 --> 01:34:37,638
Would you like me to read it for you?

1770
01:34:37,640 --> 01:34:39,998
- Read it, Nicky.
- Come on, Nicky, read it.

1771
01:34:40,000 --> 01:34:41,918
"You are accused

1772
01:34:41,920 --> 01:34:44,037
"of using your position
as Minister of the Interior

1773
01:34:44,039 --> 01:34:46,317
- "to plot against the Soviet Union...
- Traitor!

1774
01:34:46,319 --> 01:34:50,117
...with the goal of forwarding
the interests of foreign powers."

1775
01:34:50,119 --> 01:34:52,638
Foreign powers?
Which one, the fucking moon?

1776
01:34:52,640 --> 01:34:55,998
"You are also accused
of 347 counts of rape,

1777
01:34:56,000 --> 01:34:59,758
"of sexual deviancy
and bourgeois immorality

1778
01:34:59,760 --> 01:35:03,678
and acts of perversion with children
as young as seven years old."

1779
01:35:03,680 --> 01:35:05,237
Exotic for old Beria!

1780
01:35:05,239 --> 01:35:07,237
Seven years old!

1781
01:35:07,239 --> 01:35:10,077
BERIA:
Rapists! Rapists! You are the rapists!

1782
01:35:10,079 --> 01:35:11,798
- Error! Error! Error!
- (EVERYONE SHOUTING)

1783
01:35:11,800 --> 01:35:13,838
- Get on with it.
- "Petra Nikova, aged 13.

1784
01:35:13,840 --> 01:35:18,437
"Nadia Ranova, aged 14.
Magya Holovic, aged seven."

1785
01:35:18,439 --> 01:35:20,518
Would you like to read
the list yourself?

1786
01:35:20,520 --> 01:35:24,317
"You are accused of treason
and anti-Soviet behaviour.

1787
01:35:24,319 --> 01:35:27,357
The court finds you guilty
and sentences you to be shot."

1788
01:35:27,359 --> 01:35:29,758
- (SHOUTING)
- I rescind that.

1789
01:35:29,760 --> 01:35:31,357
BULGANIN:
Take him out.

1790
01:35:31,359 --> 01:35:32,599
No, please!

1791
01:35:33,199 --> 01:35:35,758
Please, don't shoot me!
Don't hurt me.

1792
01:35:35,760 --> 01:35:38,598
- MAN: Shoot him!
- (SHOUTING)

1793
01:35:38,600 --> 01:35:40,277
- Get him out. Come on!
- (GUNSHOT)

1794
01:35:40,279 --> 01:35:42,319
- Get out of here...
- (THUD)

1795
01:35:45,279 --> 01:35:46,559
Well, that's got it done.

1796
01:35:48,720 --> 01:35:50,159
Come on, have a look.

1797
01:35:51,720 --> 01:35:52,878
Come on.

1798
01:35:52,880 --> 01:35:54,918
This is for us.
This is for the people.

1799
01:35:54,920 --> 01:35:56,440
Everybody happy? Proper dead?

1800
01:35:56,920 --> 01:36:00,197
- Ruined everything, Lavrenti.
- Come on, get him up.

1801
01:36:00,199 --> 01:36:02,237
Fuck off back to Georgia, deadboy.

1802
01:36:02,239 --> 01:36:04,157
- On the rocks.
- It was shit knowing you.

1803
01:36:04,159 --> 01:36:05,239
Who's got a light?

1804
01:36:06,479 --> 01:36:07,679
Get the cans.

1805
01:36:10,720 --> 01:36:12,119
I wish the old man
could have seen this.

1806
01:36:16,199 --> 01:36:17,319
ZHUKOV:
That'll do.

1807
01:36:22,359 --> 01:36:23,880
(SIGHS) Fucking hell.

1808
01:36:25,000 --> 01:36:28,079
I'm knackered.
It's been a busy old week.

1809
01:36:28,600 --> 01:36:32,197
You see? Old Molotov's
still got some scheming left in him.

1810
01:36:32,199 --> 01:36:34,079
(COUGHING)

1811
01:36:36,920 --> 01:36:39,157
I will bury you in history.

1812
01:36:39,159 --> 01:36:42,437
- You hear me, you fat fucker?
- That's enough.

1813
01:36:42,439 --> 01:36:43,879
That's enough. Come on, now.

1814
01:36:45,119 --> 01:36:48,199
You smell like rendered horse,
you burning arsehole.

1815
01:36:50,359 --> 01:36:52,359
That's how you deal with a problem,
isn't it?

1816
01:36:54,920 --> 01:36:56,277
I'm sorry you had to be here.

1817
01:36:56,279 --> 01:36:59,197
I hope you didn't tell Beria that
he was going to be safe from harm.

1818
01:36:59,199 --> 01:37:02,838
You will be safe, okay?
Vasily, too. If you listen to me.

1819
01:37:02,840 --> 01:37:05,117
- (FIRE CRACKLING)
- Why wouldn't we be safe?

1820
01:37:05,119 --> 01:37:07,397
- What are you talking about?
- Just be quiet now.

1821
01:37:07,399 --> 01:37:10,039
- I refuse to be quiet every time...
- Just shut up!

1822
01:37:12,560 --> 01:37:15,039
Vasily stays here in Russia
where we can take care of him.

1823
01:37:16,479 --> 01:37:17,679
Read it.

1824
01:37:18,439 --> 01:37:19,599
Vienna?

1825
01:37:24,279 --> 01:37:26,437
- If I stayed, I could contain Vasily.
- No. No.

1826
01:37:26,439 --> 01:37:29,277
No, you go to Vienna. He stays.

1827
01:37:29,279 --> 01:37:31,277
We can't have a drunken madman

1828
01:37:31,279 --> 01:37:33,317
spreading conspiracy theories
all over the world.

1829
01:37:33,319 --> 01:37:35,437
- He's not... He's not bad.
- Listen to me.

1830
01:37:35,439 --> 01:37:38,479
- He's just ill.
- No. No.

1831
01:37:40,800 --> 01:37:42,320
You understand what's going on?

1832
01:37:44,359 --> 01:37:47,119
This is how people get killed,
when their stories don't fit.

1833
01:37:49,800 --> 01:37:50,920
Safe travels.

1834
01:37:55,319 --> 01:37:56,719
I never thought it would be you.

1835
01:38:04,039 --> 01:38:05,439
KHRUSHCHEV:
Now we can turn the corner.

1836
01:38:06,279 --> 01:38:09,599
Yeah.
Put all the bloodshed behind us.

1837
01:38:15,920 --> 01:38:17,640
I'm worried about Malenkov, though.

1838
01:38:20,159 --> 01:38:21,359
KHRUSHCHEV:
Can we trust him?

1839
01:38:21,920 --> 01:38:23,720
KAGANOVICH:
Can you ever trust a weak man?

1840
01:38:26,439 --> 01:38:29,479
(PIANO CONCERTO NO. 23
IN A MAJOR PLAYING)

1841
01:38:33,800 --> 01:38:35,800
(WHIRRING)

1842
01:38:42,840 --> 01:38:45,520
(PIANO CONCERTO NO. 23
IN A MAJOR PLAYING)

1843
01:38:50,520 --> 01:38:52,520
(MUSIC CONTINUES)

1844
01:39:33,385 --> 01:39:38,385


1845
01:40:24,199 --> 01:40:25,599
(CAMERA CLICKS)