Krasnaya kapella (2004) - full transcript

Rossiya TV channel
presents

A REKUN-TV series

Starring Andrei Ilyin
and Alexei Gorbunov

Director
Alexander Aravin

THE RED CHAPEL

Script
Andrei Gorlov

Camera
Vladimir Bashta

Music
Alexander Zatsepin

Sound
Alexander Neiman

Attention! Attention! Attention!

Today at 4 a.m. the German troops



entered the territory of the Soviet Russia.

The Red Army is retreating in panic.

Producers Valery Todorovsky
and Ilya Neretin

Also starring

Dmitry Nazarov
Sergei Yushkevich

Ilya Shakunov
Kirill Pirogov

Yelena Xenofontova
Marina Mogilevskaya

Anastassya Aravina

Guest stars Michelle Mercier
and Daniel Bricait

Part Three

Paris.
The summer of 1941.

Attention! Attention! Attention!

Today at 4 a.m. the German troops

entered the territory of the Soviet Russia.



The Red Army is retreating in panic.

offering little resistance to victorious
German troops.

Please, call the grocery and order some
strawberries with cream for me.

- What?
- I asked you to call

and order some
strawberries with cream.

Didn't you understand me?

What strawberries, Margot?

I want some strawberries with cream.

Here and now.

Damn it!

- 6 months.
-What?

I said that we had
met six months ago.

Are we going to
celebrate this anniversary?

-We can go out to some place.
- I hate looking at the Germans.

I have an impression that all the German
armies invaded the Paris cafes.

Do you think there is a single private of
the first rank left in Germany?

There surely is one left.

-Where are you going?
- I have to be off.

Today is Sunday.

And we are not through with the discussion
of our jubilee...

What would you suggest?

I suggest we stay at home.

We'll buy some wine. I’ll cook something
delicious.

-What products do you have?
- Some oil.

- Is that all?
- No, I have some potatoes as well.

I’ll cook some baked pudding.

Again?

Well, the last time
was an occasional flop.

Why are you staring at me? I can cook.

I can cook.

You'll eat everything, including
my baked pudding.

Today you’ll do everything
I’ll ask you to do.

- Today?
- I can't wait for two days.

After all, we could have
met two days earlier.

-Are you Mr. Gilbert?
-Yes, I’m.

This is for you from our quartermaster.

Come in.

Put it here.

- Hello.
- Hello, Mr. Gilbert.

- Do you know the news?
-Yes, I’ve already guessed.

So the cognac box has been delivered to
you. My congratulations. You've won.

The Russians are retreating in panic.

Do you think we'll take
Moscow by this Christmas?

The Christmas is still six months away.

Change your mood. There are only six
months left.

Yes, another six months...

Yes, the Russian army is immense.

But they won’t fight for their commissars
and for their Jews.

The population is said to greet our troops
with vodka and flowers.

- These statements are hardly true.
-What?

I said it was not true. Such things could
seriously hamper our offensive.

Can you tell me who
needs our work now?

We are still on the run
Looking for something.

Very soon all these chapels and pianists
vanish on their own.

There will be no one to listen to them
in Moscow.

I wish I were that optimistic.

There is only one
thing that is clear to me.

For the Red Chapel
this attack is a real blow.

Yes, it is. Now what?

People are people.
Contact the police. Don't

hesitate to report to
me anything suspicious.

I mean all outbreaks of violence and all
suspicious types.

-Well, report to me everything unusual.
-All right.

-What is all this fuss about?
- They are moving.

The building will host
the Denitz fleet HQ.

His headquarters?

It is really interesting.

it could lead to very interesting results.

Well, the Germans have crossed the line.
The Non-Offensive Pact is done with.

I won't be ashamed to look into the eyes
of the people back there. Come on!

Do you think this war will end soon?

- I don't know.
- In about two weeks.

- It might even take three weeks.
-You seem to be bragging, man.

I think the war will continue until
this fall.

Propaganda is one thing and the Wehrmacht
military might is really not too small.

Until this fall? Our troops
will take Berlin in August.

The most important thing is for the
diplomats not to get into the picture.

I understand all that, but what are we
supposed to do?

Us? We are free to do anything the
wartime situation requires now.

Calm down, man!

-We won't derail the trains here.
-And this is a mistake.

- It is high time for all that now.
- Right now...

I want everyone to understand that.

The age of coffee house
intelligence is over.

Eva mistake of ours will take us
not to the courtroom.

No Embassy will protect us.

Our mistakes will take us to the hands of
the Gestapo artisans.

No one will help us. No one will even know
about our deaths.

Any mistake means death for all of us.

- Take my words at their face value.
- Come on!

Don't frighten us!

I’m not frightening you at all.

I simply evaluate the situation.

By the way, why aren't
you in the shop?

Damn it, what shop do you mean?

You mightn't have heard
that the war is on.

-You...
-You'll return to the shop floor now.

And you'll show up in the office next time
only when you are summoned here.

Why so?

You are just a shop assistant
in the company and thus...

you can not enter either this office or
my apartment.

I think I got it right.

This is a vivid display of
class inequality.

Will you raise a toast for our victory?

Yes, I will.

Eric, did you listen to the report of the
headquarters' new security officer keenly?

-Yes, I even made a few notes.
- That's good.

Now you are to invert all the statements
of this report in your actions.

-What do you mean?
- The security manual prohibits hiring

local workers for
the repairs in this building.

Publish an announcement
and take everyone.

Did you say ''take''?

I mean hire anyone. Find some old maps
and stack one of the sections with them.

- Take away the guards.
-Yes, sir.

That's all.

This organization is called ''Todt''.

Earlier they did the
construction works only,

and now they are responsible for supplying
the troops with food and ammo.

To put it in a nutshell, they are responsible
for every aspect of rear supplies.

-Are you listening to me?
-Yes, I’m. Continue, please.

You can hardly imagine what business
prospects the Todt membership opens.

Unrestricted entry to any county, tax
breaks and access to some very hot data.

What has happened to you?

Tell me whether you think I’m guilty too.

Guilty of what?

I had to make them listen to us.

To make whom? We've shouted right
into their ears for last 6 months that...

Hitler would start the war in summer.

And they kept feeding us with that
''British provocations'' bullshit.

Where is your professional intuition?

We were told that this opinion came
from the man at the top.

We had to provide the Op Center with the
data they couldn't ignore.

We had to find arguments
and work harder.

And I got too relaxed
during the last 6 months.

Excuse me. I have to make a call.

Hello, Jean. It is so good that you called.

I’m almost ready. Please buy some bread
on the way home. I forgot about it.

What? Why?

I have to leave the
county on business.

Will it be a long trip?

I don't know. It
might take a lot of time.

Do you have to depart right now?

- Yes, today.
- OK, what time do you leave? What station?

I’ll see you off.

You won't have time. I depart by plane
in half an hour.

-Where are you going?
- I don't have time to explain it to you.

Jean, will you be able to
write me a letter?

I don't know. Excuse me. I must be off.

Hello, Jean!

Well, today you are a late bird.

Well, this job takes a lot of time.

-Are you a businessman too?
-Yes, I’m.

Only our dogs suffer. And the dogs too...

Where did we stop?
Oh, yes, this war with Russia...

it is rumored to be very short.

Guderian, Manngeim,
Keitel, Kesselring...

These names are the names of military
geniuses.

Napoleon had Murat, Daladieu, Elait
and himself.

The Russians had their own generals, but
their chief general was General Bitter Frost.

So do you mean that if they don't take
Moscow before winter...?

No, not that far. Napoleon failed the
winter campaign because of his ego.

When a man doesn't see some evident things,
it speaks for itself.

At least it means that he doesn't
have the brains for understanding all that.

- Do you mean ghosts?
- No, I mean the heavenly revelations.

Revelations, Mr. Gilbert

Well, Mr. Dietrich, the heavens are not
responsible for everything in our lives.

Not for everything, but for
a considerable part of them.

As we live along, this area of
responsibility keeps augmenting.

I think you sound pessimistic.

No, I would say I'm a tragical optimist.

Hi there!

Well, what's up?

There are the HQ of the German navy
right here in this city.

Well, that's pretty convenient.
Continue, please.

I’m going to apply for some
house painter job there...

Now you are going to
return back to the shop.

- But you must listen to me!
-What for? I know what you'd say.

You are going to apply
for some job there...

find some heavily guarded room,

and steal some top secret maps.

-Am I right?
-Well...

Oh yes, before you depart, you'll
place bombs everywhere.

to blow the HQ to pieces.

- Have I forgotten anything?
- Now what?

Nothing. If the Germans are going to
repair this building...

hiring total strangers, they either are
imbeciles or not.

- They are not idiots, Sergei.
- So it must be a trap.

You are right. So go back to the shop.

Continue selling our overcoats.

Well, see you later.

You are lucky not to
know our top brass.

Especially the ones whose names
start with ''von''.

Here is an example.
We received an order for

the cloth for the Rommel
army tropical uniforms.

Before that we had purchased some
cloth for our artillery.

- Waiter!
- Yes, sir.

What's that?

It is the caviar that
you've ordered, sir.

Good. And what was the amount I’ve
ordered?

150 grams, sir.

Gilbert, if this serving weights at
least 100 grams, I’ll pay for our dinner.

Don't tell me that you have no scales.

- But...
- Please, bring the scales...

No, no, bring the scales here.

-And what about that Rommel order?
- The Rommel order?

One of my aides made a mess
of the production assignments

and they produced tropical shorts

for Rommel soldiers from
this artillery crap.

He must have disliked it very much.

You are not right. At that moment he
was so victorious that...

he didn't care about the buying outfits
of his soldiers.

Still there were people who publicized
this story.

The Germans are fond of
paying into other people's meals.

Yes, your job is pretty difficult.

Do you think I got this belly eating
caviar? No, I have a nervous job.

You shouldn't complain. While the war is on
in Europe, it'll keep you busy.

And I’m going to be ruined very soon.

The overcoats do not sell this season.

Although I think the German army needs both
overcoats and inflatable rubber boats.

What about that, Mr. Quartermaster?

Now everything is in the SS hands.

They check the backgrounds
of all suppliers

and the ones who suit their requirements,
are invited to join the Todt organization.

Mr. Gilbert, I’m a little man.

Here comes our little boy.

Look, it is 130 grams. Take away for
the weight of the dish.

We get 90 grams of caviar as a result.
That's how they cheat upon German soldiers.

Excuse me, sir.

Sir, it seems to be a misunderstanding.
We'll replace everything in a second.

Mr. Gilbert, I’d like a roll back
of three per cent.

These three percent will ensure you a place
in the ranks of the Todt suppliers.

It is a deal.

- Good morning, sir.
- Good morning.

Could you select me an overcoat
that won't get visibly dirty fast?

May I have something larger?

Do you think it is larger?

-Yes, it is.
- Listen, I’ve come here to spend my money.

Will you spend some of
your precious time on me?

- That's much better.
-You are welcome.

It looks great.

isn’t it too wide for me?

- It suits you perfectly.
- Perfectly?

This overcoat looks great. Simply great.

Do I look like Clark Gable?

A real Clark Gable.

Well, the sleeves.

Aren't the sleeves too short?

Everything is fine,
but the sleeves are too short.

May I have a look at
some other overcoat?

How about that? Is it better?

It must be ready in winter. It is going
to be a success.

Hi, Helen!

- Helen!
- Hi, Francois.

Liz, hi!

I’m so glad to see you again.

-Are you alone?
-Yes, I’m.

And where is your capitalist friend?

ls he busy counting his revenues from
another war?

How did you come to be a Marxist?

As you know, I studied in the
university, and the only thing I remember

from the economics course is that
capitalism is doomed.

You've made a friend of the man
from the dying class.

Helen, don't listen to him.
He's simply jealous.

Your new boyfriend is a decent man.

By the way, I want to make
a business proposal to him.

- Could you talk to him about that?
- I can not.

- He's left Paris.
-When did he depart?

- Is he going to be away for a long time?
- It is none of your business.

The session is over.

Helen, will you talk to him when
he comes back?

- I don't know when he comes back.
-When did he depart?

- The day before yesterday.
- What do you mean?

I saw him yesterday.

He was coming out of a hotel
in the company of some German.

You must have mistaken
him for someone else.

I’m not blind.

You seem to have a nice place here. I can
not afford it. I'm still in the army.

- Thank you, Jeanne. You may leave.
- Thanks.

Well, let's drink for a new official
trade partner of the Reich.

- I’ll read it later.
- OK.

Well, this is your first order.

These are patterns, sizes and other
important data.

But these are warm autumn overcoats.

Yes, the warm ones.

- Do you need two layers of cotton wool?
- In Russia it starts snowing in November.

Have you ever been to Russia?

The only place I haven't visited is
the Antarctic region.

I skipped it because polar bears are
hard to sell.

Gilbert, read these papers attentively. If
you have any questions, call me at home.

Don't call me in the
office. As to our deal...

I’d prefer gold billions
at the exchange price.

- It is very reasonable.
-Yes, it is.

All currencies are not
stable these days.

Comissaire, I beg you
to give it one more try.

This isn't the most
popular name in the district.

Yes, I’ll stay on the line.

Yes, yes. I’m writing all this down.

Yes. Yes, thanks.

Well, let's have a look. 450 overcoats
for non-commissioned officers.

And 170 overcoats for junior officers.

Ranked up to an obersturmfuhrer.

All the items require cotton wool lining.

OK. A NCO usually heads a squad consisting
of people.

A sturmoffizer commands from 70 to 120
soldiers.

All this adds up to 52 thousand people.

It equals approximately...

It equals three full-scale divisions.

- Hello.
Jean! Jean! Is that you?

You've dialed the wrong number, lady.

Jean!

They've called the wrong number.

So let's go on.

These are blueprints.

Rubber boots.

- I’ll make necessary calculations at home.
- Cloth...

Emma is getting nervous.

- I’ll finish the estimate tonight.
-All right.

And pass the results
immediately to Kent.

Not at once. Not at once!

I’ll pass them over tomorrow.

Gilie, dear, Gilbert has nothing
to do with that.

Helen, I had to do that.

I don't have the right to be myself.

I don't have the right
to explain anything to you.

Why are you silent?

Why are you so silent?

What should I talk about?

Jean, I hated you so much yesterday.

And today I really don't know.

How could you do that?

How could you do that?

I’ve never asked you about anything.

I’ve never made any requests.

I accepted all the
rules of your game.

I stayed with you because I wanted to
be with you so much.

You can not treat me like that.

Why have you done all that?

Listen, I don't have anyone closer
than you.

I’ve done all that,
because I feared for you.

You can not be at my side.

I can not explain
anything else to you. I

thought I would manage
without you, but I can't

I can not be without you and I can not be
with you.

I really don't know what to do.

it is up to you to decide.

-What's this?
- The keys to my apartment.

I hate myself so much.

What for?

Because I can not hate you.

Waiter, can we have more champagne?

Sir, would you like to honor us and

raise a toast for brilliant victories
of the German army over the Soviets?

Don't you want to drink
for the German army?

- OK, Hans, let's go.
- No, he'll drink for it.

Drink! I order you to drink!

Drink!

Bastard!

Gentlemen, he's a Communist!

Where are you running, idiot?

ls there any information from the Navy
headquarters?

Nothing. The trap didn't work.

There are a few reports from the police.

Only one is really interesting for us.

There was a drunk fight in a restaurant.

The participants were German officers
and some drunkard.

He managed to escape, but they alerted
all the neighborhood.

it helped to track him down. The officers
knocked at his door, he never opened and...

- The officers broke the door.
- They broke the door. What followed it?

When they got into the apartment,
they found two more people over there.

There also was some equipment there.

-What equipment?
- I don't know.

Might they be our pianists?

I don't think so.

Although you should go there
and check it.

Find out what kind of equipment it is.

Equipment, eh!

Freeze, everyone!

Halt!

-Why are you standing still? Follow him!
- Follow me!

You two will stay here.

Hurry up! Hurry up!

You follow me!

Can I see you papers?

Take it down. Ask them to call the Todt
organization to check his identity.

-Who, did you come to see?
- Charles.

I came to see Charles Pignon.

- Is he a friend of yours?
-Yes, he is.

- How old is he?
- He's about 40.

-What doe he look like?
-What do you mean?

What's the color of his hair and eyes?

He's dark-haired. And I really
don't remember the color of his eyes.

What's up?

The identity confirmed.
He works for them.

You should leave this place as soon as
possible.

His luck doesn't have anything to do
with that.

You must have set up the
guards in the street.

The guards...

And still he was so fortunate.

A good boy!

Now he must look like this.

If you had conducted the operation with
Less fuss, he'd have taken us to his master.

And in reality he went to the mattresses
with a new set of documents or even...

left the city altogether.

Take a seat!

Don't make too much fuss. The city is
sleeping.

Don't make any noise.

How can you remain so quiet?

Do something. Scream at me, after all.

What can I tell you after that?

it is your fault that we've lost our
transmitter and that our radio operators

are now being tried in the Gestapo prison.

- I didn't want to...
- I know what you wanted to do.

You wanted to face someone
in an honest battle.

Do you understand that you've put
all the network under fire?

What should I do next?

Should I commit suicide?

If you've changed your mind about
committing suicide, stop weaning.

Go to the mattresses. Disappear.

The only place for you now is our secret
hideout.

No contacts with any of us. That's all.

But can I spend this night here?

Should I sing a lullaby to you?

And tomorrow morning all the patrols
will be fresh and robust and

your portrait will get into
every policeman's hands...

I’ll take my little one
to the secret hideout.