Bountiful Summer (1951) - full transcript

Kiev Film Studios, 1950

BOUNTIFUL SUMMER

Screenplay: E. Pomeshchikov,

N. Dalyoky

Direction: B. BARNET

Cinematography: A. MISHURIN

Set Design: O. STEPANENKO,

N. YUROV

Music: E. ZHUKOVSKI

Song lyrics: A. MALYSHKO

Sound: A. DEMIDENKO

Nazar Protsenko:

N. KRYUCHKOV

Vera Goroshko:

N. ARKHIPOVA

Pyotr Sereda:

M. KUZNETSOV

Oksana Podpruzhenko:

M. BEBUTOVA

Ruban: V. DOBROVOLSKY

Teslyuk: K. SOROKIN

Darka: M. KREPKOGORSKAYA

Kolodochka: E. MAXIMOV

Prokopchuk:

A. DUNAYSKY

Podpruzhenko: M. VYSOTSKY

Zoologist: A. KAZANSKAYA

Ekaterina Matveevna:

V. KUZNETSOVA

Musyy Antonovich:

G. GUMILEVSKY

Oksana!

- Oksana!

- Father!

One moment!

Dear Oksana Sviridovna!

The Stakhanovite railway workers

salute the heroine

of socialist work!

Dear Oksana Sviridovna...

Comrade Podpruzhenko!

On behalf of the railway workers

and myself, I congratulate you.

Dear Oksana Sviridovna...

I repeat.

Salutations to the leader of

the workers, the kolkhoz heroine!

Me, I share the opinion of

the previous speaker.

Welcome!

Why does the accordion sing?

Why does it sing?

Don't touch the heart

of a young girl.

Why, proud one, do you laugh

Instead of answering me?

Nice young girl,

You must tell me "yes" or "no".

Why am I so indulgent

To the accordion player?

It's that this music,

This is love for me.

Why, proud one, do you laugh

Instead of answering me?

Nice young girl,

You must tell me "yes" or "no".

The accordion, over the shoulder,

What will you answer me?

You'll welcome the boy,

the month of May reigns in your heart.

Well, brave ones.

Give us a response right away.

Kind ones, brave ones!

Do you love us or not?

Two paths crossed

Allowing for our encounter

If you love me, if you believe me,

marry me without delay.

- What do we have here? Marriage?

- We're welcoming the heroine.

- What heroine?

- Why, a beautiful girl, right here!

Oksana!

- An acquaintance?

- A comrade!

Filipp!

Stop! Go back!

Hello, Oksana!

My regards to the young girls!

Oksana, I congratulate you!

Pretty as a picture! A beauty!

- And the bull?

- We can forget about it.

Olshanka's people are looking

for money. We can pay with cash.

An exploiter, seeing

his liquidation, is selling

this bull which has received

a medal from the expo!

- Then, let's buy it, absolutely!

- It's necessary to pay in cash.

Now, this is a financial offence.

- Has the veterinarian seen the bull?

- Yes. It's as strong as a Turk!

We mustn't let it pass us by.

We'll answer together.

Many flowers grow here

In the valley of my heart.

I languished, I sighed,

But I didn't love anyone.

My heart, be still,

He will surely come.

The nightingale always sings to me,

My beautiful friend...

I know a lad,

He is happy to speak to me.

Now, me, I don't respond to his words,

All the more to his look.

My heart, be still,

He will certainly come.

The nightingale always sings to me,

My beautiful friend...

The nightingale always sings to me,

My beautiful friend...

How did you fall?

Did you stumble?

- I saved you.

- Me?

- On the contrary, right?

- Well, yes. It was I who saved you.

It's nothing. It happens to people

all the time.

Put it on or you'll get cold.

Oh, it's our Oksana!

I know you,

you're Petro Sereda.

Exactly. I was born here.

- You were descended from

Protsenko? - Yes.

You know that Nazar Protsenko

is our president.

Oksana, she is the heroine.

So she's the only one who exists?

Only her, for now.

Well, put something on.

- And your family name?

- Goroshko.

- Ivan Spiridonovich?

- Yes.

But he had a...

Vera!

Oh, how you've grown, and me,

how I've aged!

What are you saying?

You've hardly aged at all.

So, Vera Ivanovna!

Hello! Yes, it's me.

Katerina Matveevna

doesn't have authority over me.

I have a power plant

that suffices, for the moment.

If you need a power plant,

build it.

I have other fish to fry,

at the moment.

Nothing doing...

That's it with our cooperation...

- Do you use this tone, boy,

to speak to people? - Mama...

I subject myself to you, regarding

the house. But as for business...

- You're a character!

- The character of an angel.

An angel!

Petro!

Mother, see who's paying us a visit!

Hello, Natalia Yukhimovna!

She didn't recognize me!

Petro has come back!

You, accordion, play softly.

Remember our youth,

Our younger years.

The golden springs

flew far away,

as on the wings of cranes in flight.

What once was, will no longer be.

But we regret nothing.

Oh, our friendship,

forged on the front-line.

Rekindles our hearts on the road.

The road that takes us far away.

The road that takes us far away.

My friend, never forget

How your mother equipped you

for battle,

Bidding you farewell

before your distant journey.

Far away, on the Elbe,

on the Danube.

What once was, will no longer be.

But we regret nothing.

Oh, our friendship,

forged on the front-line.

Rekindles our hearts on the road.

The road that takes us far away.

The road that takes us far away.

Are we going to stay like this

for much longer?

Well, Petro, let's go.

This is how we live.

We had good and bad too.

After the war, we had to remake

our lives anew.

And how well you did it:

a house, new furnishings.

Why is it all new with you?

Looking to get married?

That's part of the plan.

- Who is she?

- It's a big secret.

It's her! I hear her voice.

Hey girls!

What brings you by the house?

Well, come in! Enter!

Hello! Enter!

Hello!

- Hello, Oksana.

- Hello, Petro.

- You've returned! Unbelievable!

- Yes, I'm here.

Congratulations. I wish you...

Words fail me... let me kiss you!

I invite you to take

a place at the table.

The strawberry ripens

On a slope of a hill.

Why aren't you sleeping?

I can't sleep.

Listen, Nazar...

When are you getting married?

In the fall, I think.

Hello, Vera.

I brought you your jacket.

Good morning.

Thank you, and for the flowers too.

Or are they not for me?

No.

They're not for you.

- Vera! - I've no time to waste.

There's work to be done.

Team of Oksana Podpruzhenko:

3,000 kg to the hectare

Silence, comrades.

The general is coming.

Team of Prokopchuk:

2,600 kg to the hectare

You love to joke,

but as for work...

I know how to do both!

Are you having a bad day?

Did you see the sign

in front of Oksana's field?

And ours?

The other sign is better.

- Speak clearly. What's bugging you?

- Ours, it's a disgrace.

Crookedly placed,

and washed out by the rain.

As for doing our best, I don't

know how to do it, with you.

A fine group you are:

sloppy, hair a mess.

Tomorrow, our sign

will be just like Oksana's!

It's Nazar who had

it made in the city...

We're no poorer than Oksana.

- But she's a heroine!

- And us, can't we even dream?

Do you see Oksana's wheat?

Ours is no worse.

I'll ask the boss

to increase our figures.

Then, we'll see...

She's really sick.

Are we any worse? Lazy people

who don't know how to work, are we?

Perhaps we're

better than our neighbours.

- Are you on bad terms with Oksana?

- No.

We won't work more than we have done.

And it's to be seen

who works better here!

You talk about a heroine! Does

she have different soil than we do?

Verochka, as far as I'm concerned,

I'm ready for anything.

Are we really so lazy?

let us reflect, comrades!

Well, have you seen it?

This is the office of the agronomist.

This is my office and this is

your accounting department.

Hello, financiers!

I present to you Pyotr Sereda,

new head accountant.

Galya Kolesnik,

trainee accountant.

- Kolodochka, accountant.

- Head accountant for the interim.

Everyone has higher education.

Well, you manage there,

and me, I'll return later.

An academic!

Hello, comrades.

Is this for me?

Yes, this is the office

of the head accountant.

- Hello, Nazar.

- Hello, Oksana.

Why have you come?

To look at you.

Is that so unimportant?

And have you looked?

Go, you're preventing us

from working.

- You're harsh today.

- As always.

If it's as always,

then it's not serious.

And to think I believed

that something had changed.

- What could change?

- Anything can happen.

Thinking of something in particular?

Nothing special.

He's full of energy,

our Petro!

He's very good.

Some quickly forget

the good one did for them...

- Now, he's returned.

- Yes, returned.

But if things remain the same,

it won't be easy for him.

Do you think so?

You girls are sly.

And you don't even falter.

What are you talking about,

you, connoisseur of women?

Oksana!

Enough of pretence.

I'm not accusing you of anything.

Nazar, my dove...

You must know my character.

So that there's no misunderstanding,

tell me what you think,

but don't exaggerate.

Must you frighten me?

If it's like that, I can keep quiet.

Like what?

Nice talking.

Take care.

No. Wait, Nazar.

You're hiding something from me,

and your thoughts are bad.

My thoughts will stay with me

since you don't confide yours.

What do we do

with these work days?

In my opinion,

there's no such work.

- What do you make of it?

- What do we do?

He suddenly turned up

and descended on Karpenko.

Well, sort of like for maintenance.

These work days

are without foundation.

Maybe so,

but Nazar's approval is there.

I see.

You understand, the president

can also be mistaken.

But our task is to correct him.

The president?

Petro, my dear,

hello to you! Welcome!

Bravo, nothing to say.

An intellectual.

But you offended me

by not passing by my place.

Here's the bull who received

a medal at the expo.

Bought by order of the president.

I await your stamp.

Well, leave it here.

A monthly report for the work days.

- Are you managing the farm?

- I am.

Don't be in such a hurry.

Let's see here...

Milk maids, hog handlers,

milking machines... Maria Stasyuk, 25.

Nothing of work days.

And what about

a remuneration supplement?

Would the farms be weak?

No, they aren't.

Insufficiencies exist,

but one strives to make a go of it.

- Are you fulfilling this plan?

- It's the norm.

We'll see what

your striving consists of.

I'll also show you

how to make a report.

You're not doing everything correctly.

There's my decision.

The decision is there, but

Accounts doesn't agree with it.

- What Accounts?

- Our new head accountant.

- Did he see my decision?

- He saw it.

And then?

He said the president

can be mistaken,

but that our task is to correct him.

And you, what do you think?

It's our task...

The new head accountant

is my former friend,

that's why he corrects me.

He's a good man, full of energy.

I ask you to put and end to it!

What's the president got wrong now?

He stuck his nose in

and found something.

You have a low income,

and he's no help at all.

- Who is he? A zoologist?

- Our new head accountant!

That man who's speaking

with Oksana.

Talk to him, Nazar.

He's scarcely arrived and already

everything displeases him.

He is coming here.

Well, Nazar, it's beautiful!

Test tubes, a microscope,

and the "professor" in person.

- An academy, no more, no less!

- A sub-branch.

Petro, we mustn't hurt

our breeders.

You know they need

serious assistance.

I saw that they need it.

But I'm not of the same opinion

as Filipp Fedorovich.

- Again, the same thing!

- And how could it be otherwise?

Good care of the cattle

means a good income.

For unprofitable farms,

stimulation is necessary.

The cow on the one hand

and the work days on the other?

Exactly: yours, mine, his,

and the president's.

See to this business without me

while I go to the fields.

So it's like that!

Since we're alone,

let's go back to the office.

- And he ripped up his decision.

- He did well.

That is very bad

for the kolkhoz "Vperyod."

- Their president is Protsenko?

- Yes. And it's going very badly.

Look at this latest report.

The farms are in disorder.

The feeding team exists only on paper.

The president doesn't allow

the mowing of green wheat...

The cattle are malnourished,

the yield diminishes continually.

The manager of the farm

is a man of little culture,

and he has primitive ideas

about the farm.

- Who is he?

- Teslyuk.

Nothing interests him:

not lectures, not pamphlets...

In my position as a zoologist,

I ask you to intervene.

A good kolkhoz, with vast

possibilities. This is offensive!

Thank you very much.

I'll certainly take care of it.

Goodbye.

Kolkhoz "Vperyod."

Protsenko.

I've brought you some more,

Verochka.

Well, show me.

Not bad. But this photo

should be in the middle.

Anton Vasilyevich,

May I ask your opinion?

- Why aren't you sleeping?

- I have too much work to do.

In fact, the kolkhoz is vast.

Here's what's the matter.

Every day, several people

come to see me,

they speak, demand, worry...

The kolkhoz "Vperyod" can be

at the first rank and what's more,

not only for the wheat...

Today, I saw an old man.

- According to him, there aren't enough

dreams, boldness, or income. - Kirill.

He described an apiary

that he wanted to set up.

Speaking, he looked even younger!

But he's a guard in the garage.

And Uncle Kirill isn't alone.

For example, I'm a breeder,

but I work in the fields.

- You know our president!

- Don't speak against him.

Remember how it was before him.

He's a brave man.

Here are the calculations

I'd like to submit,

but I fear he'll drive me out

with attacks.

I'm new here, he is impetuous,

and the kolkhoz is vast.

I'd like to know your opinion

on farms, electrification,

mechanization, etc.

I'll give you figures,

which will only seem annoying.

In the past year, the income

of the kolkhoz constituted

954,000 roubles.

Let's dream a little.

Let's suppose that we made progress

on the farm

and that our farms

became model farms.

We'd estimate the yield of

one cow from 3 to 3,500 per year.

Income will constitute 200

and even 300,000 roubles.

Four or five kg of sheep's wool

will make 80,000 roubles...

Is the power station good?

No electricity for the farm...

You electrified threshing

and you yourself take things easy?

This is mystification,

not electrification.

This is what we want to build.

Kolkhozes stand together

and these are falling apart.

What are you waiting for?

You've seen a forest of wheat.

Are you a man or a calculator?

I'm trying, nevertheless,

to tell you that I agree with you.

Him, he can agree,

and me, no.

I'm going to eat now.

Goodbye.

- We agree on nothing?

- On nothing.

We have a beautiful harvest there.

You're behind the times!

Ours is no less beautiful.

If you need a power plant,

construct it.

While we'll manage our own.

- Is this your final word?

- Yes.

The final word will be spoken

to the Party Committee.

- Let's go. Don't let us waste time.

- Have a safe trip.

- Goodbye, Pyotr Andreevich.

- Good luck.

You're wrong. It's necessary

to cooperate with our neighbours.

Let them construct it themselves:

the river's big one!

I will not divide mine with them.

That's it!

- The power plant or the glory?

- This is the glory!

For the need to expand ourselves

next year.

That's it, your method

You'll be a year later

than your contemporaries.

And you, when will you have a visa

for the bull?

I need all the papers.

It's not cleared up yet.

The bull was bought by my order.

Maybe I'm not making this

clear enough for you?

- What are you saying, Nazar?

- It's me who's asking you.

Hello!

All sorts of rumours are being voiced:

not enough audacity, not enough

dreaming, not enough income.

I've not given each

the price of a bike...

And all that, behind my back.

You only have to say it straight!

That's good. That's what I want.

Sit down.

Sit down, Oksana. We'll see

what we'll tell this scholar.

First, the farm.

Where is your audacity?

Nadezhda Mikhailovna!

I would ask for your opinion,

as a zoologist.

I want to go to the farm.

Can you help me?

With pleasure. That's why

we're here. Let's talk about it

My friend, understand

that I don't say it out of spite.

Me, I'm new here,

and I see more.

In our kolkhoz,

not everything is taken into account.

Stopping by the farm, I saw

that it's going rather badly.

You're right, Petro.

Thus, all is not well

but especially the president.

Maybe you're right.

You know, Nazar, the one

who's offended by a friendly critic...

Are you really a friendly critic?

You told me your truth.

Now, you must hear mine.

Is something, or someone,

standing between us?

More clearly, please.

Come out and say it.

- Oksana, wouldn't she be between us?

- You cannot continue.

Petro, I've always loved you,

and I do love you, like a friend.

This is to make things clear.

And you, I don't want to see you

anymore for your dumb suspicions.

This is also to make things clear.

Nazar, why have we offended you

so much?

You... and did you only

think about me?

Do you believe me or

do you believe me not?

Stop acting like such a saint!

Do you like the land?

And who doesn't like it?

You, maybe?

I want to work on the farm.

Let me leave.

- How is that?

- The farm needs breeders.

What? You prepared the soil,

your wheat is without equal and you...

- You'll receive the title of heroine.

- The farm has needs too.

- Everything in its time.

- Why lose more time?

Yesterday, our head accountant

said

that if someone got attached to

this task...

Are you serious?

I won't let you leave.

And him, he won't bully people.

I'm the one who made this decision.

Not him. And it will stand.

It will not stand.

Let the better specialist leave?

Think it over, Vera.

You'll lose the heroine's star.

- The kolkhoz won't lose it.

- I won't let you leave.

- And the bull?

- What with the bull?

The new head accountant

is waiting for your response...

Why?

We paid for it in cash, and now,

it's me who has to respond.

- I told you: everything will work out.

- Good.

Hello.

The committee phoned:

Ruban will be at our meeting.

- Salutations to the "king"

of kok saghyz! - Hello!

We gave you a car "Pobeda".

And us, we've come by

horsepower.

He tries to save money

on everything.

Always the same refrain:

we need a treatment clinic.

The waters discovered here

drive them crazy.

A treatment clinic,

that's a good idea.

A good idea? And my ideas,

to me, are for the kok saghyz.

Goodbye, Dariya Kirillovna.

Greet the secretary of the party

on my behalf

and tell him that I haven't seen

the committee for a long time.

And tell him to think about

a treatment clinic.

So you also vote in favour

of a treatment clinic?

Me, I vote for whatever

the people want.

- I said you'll build it.

- Never!

Come on, nag!

That's all on the livestock.

Now other business.

Bee-keeping, Kirill Petrovich,

could give us at least

15 to 17,000 roubles.

Fish farming, Nikolai Ivanovich,

from 15 to 18,000 roubles.

Additionally,

the income of the kolkhoz

could constitute

close to 2,600,000 roubles.

And if we put in a big effort,

this plan will no longer be a dream,

but, well, a reality.

The plan, it's us

who must fulfil it.

Can I speak?

Allow us to leave

the agricultural teams

and pass to working on the farm.

And our task, the komsomols

will undertake and carry it out.

Anton Vasilyevich,

our team leader, agrees.

We ask you, you and

the directors of the kolkhoz,

for we no longer want to work

except in top gear.

Dariya, explain to everyone

how we've decided,

with a reduced team,

to accomplish our task.

It's easy to say: explain.

I don't agree at all.

How can we agree

if Vera and the others have left?

What about years of working together,

and you want me to agree?

But don't especially think

that I fear difficulties.

We'll arrive at achieving our goal

despite them.

But think about the enormous work

they've put in

for our wheat, our sugar beet,

our corn.

They leave the team and we'll

attribute their work to ourselves,

to say nothing of the eventual

rewards... I disagree with that.

For the rest, it's fine.

Allow me a glass of water.

- Who wants to intervene?

- Allow me.

Now the floor goes to

committee secretary, Ruban.

The report was well done.

I think that after such a report,

as well as the interventions

of the co-investigators,

you should review the five-year plan

of the kolkhoz.

For the power plant, you must

team up with your neighbours.

Life will oblige you, Nazar,

to accept the idea of association.

May I enter,

Marina Mikhailovna?

Hello, Anton Vasilyevich.

Enter.

I don't come alone...

- Hello. Is Oksana in?

- Yes.

- Oh, how many you are!

- We're here on business.

Sit down,

Anton Vasilyevich.

Let's hear it.

We came to rewrite

our contracts.

Your figure is 28? And mine, 30.

- Equalize them.

- No.

- Your figure is...?

- 32.

- What did you say?

- 32.

Are you crazy?

- And what did the team leader say?

- The same thing.

He's authorized the same figure

for the whole team.

We got you, Oksana!

Mother, pass me my agreement.

Instead of 28, 32.

- Nazar Trofimovich!

- Who's this?

- Ah, it's comrade Goroshko!

Are you leaving? - I leave tomorrow.

- Everything is in order, then?

- No, not everything. Another list.

- That's it?

- The other side.

- Have you considered

all possibilities? - Yes.

- You'll be asking for bird milk next.

- If we need it, I'll see.

You can take a running jump!

If I go away,

you'll accomplish nothing!

Don't speak so quickly!

Petro, it'll be necessary to

satisfy this request. Then, we'll see...

Nazar Trofimovich,

don't forget the veterinarian!

The discussion is over.

Why are you laughing?

There's nothing to laugh about.

For my part, I'll try

to assure you of that.

Thank you.

Goodbye. I leave

in the pastures of summer.

- I'll be missing you.

- Do you want me to believe you?

Hello, comrade Teslyuk.

Your greeting is very expressive.

Just like the cows.

You go "Aah" and they "Moo!"

- Don't quibble about words.

- These "Aahs" are words?

What kind of word is "Aah"?

Should I welcome you

with fireworks?

Enough quarreling!

Vera Goroshko

won't just be your assistant,

she'll also take care of

the cows with weak yield.

Designate four bad cows for her.

She'll assure their feeding and,

then, pass up to 4 milkings a day.

Which cows will you choose?

Zorka, Dushka, Zvyozdochka,

and Krasunya.

And we'll have rivers of milk...

- Don't laugh.

- Don't laugh!

I'm not laughing,

I'm crying.

As for these cows,

I find them inflexible.

- So what!

- And me, I say yes!

You're not only against us,

you're against science.

If it's a matter of science,

comrade Teslyuk says pass.

Take your cows

and do what the hell you want!

Breed your own stock,

me, I wash my hands of it!

You see this

unfortunate disciple of Morgan!

Comrade assistant,

I beg you to stop offending me.

What a lunatic!

Comrade assistant, when will you

mow the sanfoin. It's time.

We'll begin tomorrow.

Krasunya!

Zvyozdochka!

This is Krasunya's milk!

Two and a half litres.

Comrade Teslyuk. You promised

yesterday to mow the sanfoin.

We'll mow tomorrow.

If you have nothing against it,

you'll decant the milk.

Krasunya's milk.

How much?

- Five litres.

- Thank you.

Comrades! Come on,

I'm bringing Him!

He's beautiful! A real assault tank,

not a bull!

- Tomorrow, we'll mow.

- It's done. It's time to plough.

Tomorrow, we'll begin ploughing.

Diagram of

the growth of the cows' yield

Do you think I'm going

to do all the ox's work?

Oksana, my friend, this isn't for me,

but for the president.

- I can't go there.

- Well, I'm no substitute.

It's Nazar who decides.

I'm an accountant who executes

the decisions of the president.

Good accountant, maybe,

I'm Iousy as the president.

- You're fine.

- In any case, I won't do it.

- Eh, well, thanks anyway.

- It's nothing.

Petro, why aren't you going

to the pastures?

- And why should I go there?

- We get bored there without you.

The debit and the credit...

and the reports suffer.

You're a human calculator!

I'll go... without fail.

I'll come... "Hello"

It's necessary to mechanize

the supply of fodder before winter.

And talking about the water supply,

there are still no pipes.

It seems you're not listening to me.

Yes, I'm listening to you.

Sit down then.

We'll take notes.

800 metres of pipes

that we need.

Two engines.

Bricks.

How many?

20,000.

Boards... 8,000.

Sorry, not 8,000,

8 cubic metres.

- Is that all?

- Yes.

The farm must be equipped

in a manner to astonish the cows.

Goodbye.

Do you remember

the dives we made here?

I remember.

And it's just as well

if I don't return.

- You've become completely different,

Vera. - How so?

Before, you seemed

more straightforward with me.

I'm surprised that you've noticed.

My understanding was that

you said you wanted to leave.

They're proposing a post for me

at district level.

Should I agree or not?

I don't know.

Don't know.

Well, think about it.

Hello!

Receive the guests.

Let's gather close to the fire.

Bravo, my girls!

And where is your employer?

Comrade Teslyuk!

He's sleeping, probably.

Well, everyone together!

Filipp!

I have to speak to you.

I wanted to say...

So do your report.

The farm recently made

considerable progress.

Huge progress!

Why are you laughing?

There's nothing to laugh about!

It's comrade Goroshko

who should present it and not you.

Forgive me, comrades.

I have nothing to say:

you're up to date on everything.

If it's like that, then it's up to me

to make a report.

I brought 800m of water pipes

and two engines.

- How many bricks do you want?

- 20,000.

I brought 50,000.

The supply of fodder will be

mechanized before winter.

Here's the maternity project,

modest, but independent.

- What do you say, diva?

- Thank you, Nazar Trofimovich.

Are there questions?

Suggestions?

Lamp.

We obtain a lamp for

ultraviolet rays for the cows...

Listen, you stand in front of

that lamp, you'll end up a skeleton!

And why not an X-ray lamp?

The meeting is closed. Goodnight.

Nonetheless, think about

the ultraviolet rays.

Filipp, pass by my place tomorrow.

I must speak to you.

As to the order of the day,

the following questions remain:

the preparation of the kolkhoz

for the harvest,

participation in the regional

agricultural expo,

the modernization of the nursery

and kindergarten, etc.

Why did you send for me?

The directors of the kolkhoz

have decided to name

Vera Goroshko manager of the farm,

and you, her assistant.

- I don't want to be assistant.

- That's your business. Understand?

- What's next?

- And then this:

if you continue to work poorly,

they'll make you a night watchman.

- Then I'll wage a complaint.

- Do it.

Let's carry on.

The preparation for the harvest.

Word is given to

Anton Vasilyevich.

Good luck! First to sowing,

first to the harvest.

I will be, comrade Ruban.

I have a question to ask of you.

Please do.

The political report

gives a good impression of you.

Here's my question.

Tell me your opinion,

comrade secretary:

is jealousy

a throwback to capitalism?

- Yes, quite a question...

- Don't answer right away.

Inform yourself,

prepare before answering me.

I don't need to.

Of course it's a throwback.

Does it follow that love is, too?

If we love,

don't we have the right to worry?

If we love, we must believe.

I understand that.

But, sometimes, it's hard to believe.

- Hello, Nazar.

- Hello.

I didn't come

to discuss our reports.

- I won't let you leave.

- And I have no intention of doing so.

You know that,

apart from you and your mother,

I have nobody.

This is what I need,

the counsel of a friend,

a blessing and all that follows.

I met a young girl...

in a word, Vera Goroshko.

You did well by coming to see me.

Forgive me. I cruelly hurt you

and Oksana.

- She won't forgive me.

- She loves you, we'll see!

She will never forgive me.

Petro...

It's important

to organize the harvest.

To make the angels in the sky

sweat from the heat.

We'll do it!

304!

- Well, father, let's go!

- Alright.

319!

332!

380!

309!

315!

340 and a half!

340!

380. That's all!

It's not all, Svirid Demyanovich!

Another 23 kg.

Altogether, 408 tons, 870 kg,

on an area of 126 hectares.

And to the hectare...

How much?

One moment!

Well, how much,

don't hold back, Petro.

3,245 kg.

3,245 kg!

Congratulations,

Anton Vasilyevich!

Stop!

Come now, come now!

Congratulations,

Dariya Tarasovna.

And now, let's bow.

This is the wheat of

Oksana Podpruzhenko!

Hello!

Receive the wheat,

Nazar Trofimovich.

The regional agricultural expo

opens its doors today.

The best kolkhozes of the region

will be presented there:

"Zavety Ilicha," "Chapaev,"

"Vperyod,"

"Pobeda Kommunizma"...

In our assembled kolkhoz,

800 hectares will be devoted to

the orchards and vines.

Here we'll construct a stadium,

a creamery,

farms for breeding.

The whole kolkhoz will be

completely electrified.

This building will shelter a house

of agriculture and a club.

We will construct this perfectly

beautiful structure, comrades,

for we feel within ourselves

Herculean forces.

Three kolkhozes are associated!

Their forces are thus

multiplied by three.

Nazar Trofimovich,

what if you

Musyy Antonovich

and Ekaterina Matveevna...

- What, come together?

- You're in agreement?

Agreed.

Put it here, Nazar.

Me, I've researched, I've read...

This is a throwback, surely,

especially between you and her.

We will give to our kolkhoz

the name of our father,

comrade Stalin!

Subtitles: baaab

Revised: Chapaev & corvusalbus