Verimalja (2022) - full transcript

Thou hast put out their name
for ever and ever.

O thou enemy, destructions are
come to a perpetual end

and thou hast destroyed cities;
their memorial is perished with them.

EASTERN FRONT

The Chalice of Blood

We're too late!

Pekka. Get Sergeant Bauer.

Corporal.

Damn it. Lieutenant
wanted the priests alive.

Myllykoski and Walter
storm the building.

Lahtinen and Koivisto
go around from the right.



No prisoners. We'll check the
priests' bodies and leave.

Stay behind me.

Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.

Veikko!

You two!

Search.

Go!

Now Veikko's leg is bandaged.

Good. I'll take the first guard shift.
We'll leave in the morning.

Major Collan, Captain von Ballack.
Mission failed.

NKVD had been tipped off.
They had executed the priests-

Surely you combed the perimeter?

Captain. Inform the bishop.

We lost Sergeant Bauer. He-



Enter!

Finns are pulled off the line. You'll be
taken to Germany, and then back to Finland.

Inform the squad.

Lieutenant.
- Also, congratulations.

You are a sergeant now.

Dismissed.

We have been betrayed. The sacred chalice
must be kept safe. We must disperse.

Father Kazakov travels to Luga. Metropolitan
hides in the monastery of ST Meinhard.

We will stay here and die as martyrs,
but the chalice will be safe.

The emperor told of a vision
where holy Mary touched the chalice.

It is said that the Byzantine
emperor Basil II had his last

cup of the Eucharist
before he died. Brotherhood...

Look boys! Our new sergeant.
Sitting here all alone.

Waitress!

But... proper war. Proper war!

If a German's worth two Russkies,
then one of us is worth five Germans...

Crapper calls.

Right?

The priests in Ukraine
have no chalice!

Teutonic knights had received it

year 1204, but lost it in a battle-

Pekka! Shut your mouth.

Well! Time for a beer! My treat!

Private Koivisto.

Captain!

Do you know where
your group is currently?

They went to celebrate
Myllykoski's promotion.

I see. How is the leg healing?

It's fine. It was just
a scratch, after all.

You'll get a recovery leave
in any case. As you were.

Did the papers reveal
what the Russkies were after?

Which papers?

The ones Myllykoski found...

Have you picked up some
souvenirs from eastern Ukraine?

What do you mean captain?

You have papers that belong to us!

I found these in the pocket
of an NKVD officer

after a recent
reconnaissance mission.

Why didn't you report it to me?!

Captain, I meant to return them...

Give it to me!

Have you read these?

Yes, captain.

This information is
strictly classified.

Should we do something about it?

Berlin has given me an
order to continue the search.

Excellent. We have good leads.

Stalin's NKVD seeks to destroy the
orthodox priest hiding the chalice,

so make haste.

I will reinstate major Collan.

Do as you see fit.

I'll also try to replace von Ballack.

For that, we would be very sorry.

Captain has been on the mission
from the start. He is my dear friend.

It is important to us that
true believers be involved.

I can send him to aid the captain.
He has a military background.

Paratrooper division 185
if my memory serves me?

Father Stefano Lombardus, at your service.

Can you leave within two weeks?

Yes, he can.

Very well. You are dismissed.

The mission is assigned to
Nordland armor division.

You'll get a company without artillery.
Estonian and Norwegian volunteers.

You know what to do. I have to go.

I will not suck up to some Finns!

What are your plans after the war?

I'll move to Tampere.
And study, if I can afford it.

What about you, Matti?

Start a family. And work in
some small congregation.

Well, that suits you.

Sergeant Myllykoski,
Private Lahtinen. Help yourselves.

We would like to re-recruit you
into the Waffen-SS.

You'd help us find the treasure
mentioned in the Russian documents.

It will be well compensated, of course.

We are talking about a chalice,
originally from Constantinople.

Each of you will get 300
deutsche mark as a down payment.

We know that men like you
prefer the German military over the Finnish.

No need for formal salutations, nor-

Captain...

My family awaits me in Finland.

And we have enough money
to live, without gold bars.

No! I don't mean you to
decide on it right away.

I have granted you all
a month long leave.

Go home. Meet your
families. Think it over.

You can give your answer after you return.

Thank you for the leave Captain,
but there is really nothing to think about.

I have a farm and a wife,
and kids to feed.

You study theology, right?
This, if anything, is God's calling.

You will have time to graduate later.

When your leave ends,
come to the recruitment

office and tell us
what you have decided.

Kaarina!

Hi.

How are you?

Well.

Let's go somewhere more private.

Nationalization of vehicles
for military use

...obligated to turn in
all warfare equipment...

For fuck's sake!

Is Kaarina still here?

No. She went home from the church.

That's alright.

Let us have a chat.
Just the two of us.

Fine. Let's talk.

Did you hear they took my car?

Oh? I'm sure they'll return it-

Yeah, right.

Your father dropped by.

Yeah... He's having second thoughts
about Kaarina getting married.

Damn geezer!
Crooked as a parched pine!

He's just making threats.
Just keep working after the war and save.

It's too late after the war!

I was going to sell the car to
build a house. So much for that plan.

And now your father has promised
Kaarina to some fancy-pants captain!

Old man, just running his mouth.

The Germans have money.

Matti. Matti!

Keep me as the apple of the eye,

hide me under the shadow of
thy wings, from the wicked

that oppress me, from my deadly
enemies, who compass me about.

The Lord is my rock,
and my fortress, and my deliverer;

my God, my strength, in whom I will trust;

my buckler, and the horn of my
salvation, and my high tower.

For by thee I have run through a troop.

Pekka!

Matti is going with the Germans!

No, he isn't.

I'll talk some sense into him.
- He's already signed the papers!

Why don't you go and look
after him? Maybe it's destined...

You're already starting to sound like him.

Well, is there a treasure?

What is it?

Has Matti signed
a contract with the Germans?

Yes, he has.

Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou among women, and
blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,

now and in the hour of our death. Amen.

Captain?

Yes?

Transfer orders for Lahtinen.

The Pope entrusted this holy
mission to the Teutonic Order.

Everyone had to protect
the chalice with their lives.

The oath was meant to hold
until the second coming of Christ.

I found something
fascinating in the archives.

You, my friend...

are the heir to Teutonic warlord Helmut

in approximately the 30th generation.

You can break your family's curse
and bring back your honor.

This is your chance.

You truly are a prophet of God!

Do not hesitate.

Perform this holy mission
with everything you have.

I shall not ask the price!

May the prayers of saints follow you.

Matti. Why is there a priest sitting there?

Lieutenant says he's a
liaison to the bishop.

Let's take a break!

So, is the same girl still writing to you?

Yeah, that's the one...

Matti?
- What?

What's it like to be with a woman?

Oh come on!

And you chose an unmarried
clergyman to ask that!

Alright Matti...

Happy birthday.

From me, too.

Well thank you! Matroyshka!

Russian maps are a mess. Thankfully,

you know the area-

Lieutenant.

Here is corporal Saar.
Your new deputy leader.

Sergeant.

Welcome.

Lahtinen, take Saar to the squad. Dismissed.

My informants have tipped us
about the village of Luga.

They are hiding a priest
who was mentioned in the documents.

The chalice is there.

Lieutenant.

Line up.

LUGA, SOVIET UNION

We are interested in... a vase.

Father Vasilij Kazakov left us one.

Bring it!

Out! Hurry up!

Are there horses?

Other people?

Are there?

God dammit!

You think you can fool me?

What?

I don't understand.

Put them in a line. In a line!

Calm down.

Calm down.

What do you want?

Tell me! Where is the real vase?

That's the only one!

Sergeant! Shoot everyone who resists,

or doesn't talk.

Matti! Do something!

Sergeant, comply!

Lieutenant!

What the hell are you doing?

Only the Red Army and
partisans have horses.

Withdraw the troops!

Brigade Houser! Prepare to depart.

Major...

A voice was heard in Ramah,
lamentation, and bitter weeping;

Rahel weeping for her children,

refused to be comforted for her children,

because they were not.

Fret not thyself because
of evildoers, neither

be thou envious
against the workers of iniquity.

For they shall soon be
cut down like the grass,

and wither as the green herb.

For evildoers shall be
cut off: but those that wait

upon the Lord,
they shall inherit the earth.

I'm thinking of buying
an estate from Austria.

Come visit me with your family.

Captain! You will make sure this
doesn't happen again.

The whole operation
was a complete catastrophe.

And the bishop's breathing down my neck.

The documents mention "holy Meinhard".

That's a lead we could still follow.

Take care of it.
I have other things to attend to.

Told you so. The lieutenant
is a complete fucking lunatic.

He'll probably kill one of us next.

Pekka... don't conjure misfortunes.

What are we going to do now?

We wait.

I'm telling you, nobody
leaves here empty-handed..

Sergeant Myllykoski.

You'll get two weeks' leave.
Find out who "holy Meinhard" is.

You have access to the university's records?
- Yes, lieutenant.

Any questions?

What about Koivisto and Lahtinen?

Pawns.

We'll see about that!

Lahtinen, go shoot a rabbit or a grouse.

The provisions are late. Weren't
you a hunter as a civilian?

A farmer.
- All the same.

It's no different than shooting a Russkie.

Comrade major!

I am captain Merkurov.

Welcome.

Thank you. I would also like
to inform you that

Germans were to a nearby
village, looking for a chalice.

Did they find it?

No.

Good. We will interrogate the villagers.

How was it there?

Cold.

Open spaces and rolling hills.

And Caucasus?

Beautiful.

What about other village issues?

Mother has been worried about you.

That you don't have enough food
and warmth on the front line.

Is it true what they are saying,
that Germany is losing?

Who knows.

LUGA, SOVIET UNION

Pavel! The NKVD!

What? What happened?

They're looking for you. There, already!

Go inside and hide!
They're coming for me.

We're looking for Kazakov and the chalice.

The chalice? We gave it to the Germans.

It was me! I hid father Vasilij.

Bring him here.

He left already!

Pity for traitors is
cruelty to the people.

To Siberia with them all!

Come away from there.

I got it.
- Get back!

Captain. Myllykoski is
requesting more time.

What is your unit even
doing? Vacationing?

You've been in reserve
for months already.

I don't want to hear
another word about the chalice!

The Eastern Front could
break at any moment.

I'm proposing that the
search be called off.

Helsinki, December 11, 1943

Captain von Ballack. I found
Meinhard's name in the archives.

He was the patron saint of
the first monastery in Riga,

enclosed are copies of the pages.

I'm traveling back on Wednesday.

Give my regards to the unit.
SS-Sergeant Myllykoski.

Captain von Ballack!

Your Excellency.

I trust your trip was comfortable.

Welcome.
- Greetings!

Koivisto!

Patience, patience.

Merry Christmas.

Christmas!
Christmas, Christmas...

What's this?

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

And.. Merry Christmas!
- Thank you.

What do you know... Santa did
bring you something, after all.

What would Lahtinen have
preferred for a Christmas present?

A train ticket to Finland.

How about I ask the Lieutenant?

As you were.

Do the men have food and ammunition?

Yes, Lieutenant.

Is that from a girl?

Yes it is, Lieutenant.

Is the Lieutenant himself married?

No.

It's expensive.

Carry on.

Matti, since you're one of those clergymen,

couldn't you read the Christmas Gospel?

And it came to pass in those days,
that there went out a decree

from Caesar Augustus that
all the world should be taxed.

And this taxing was first made
when Cyrenius was governor of Syria...

The Lord is my light and my
salvation; whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the strength of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?

When the wicked, even mine
enemies and my foes,

came upon me to eat up my
flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Though an host should encamp
against me, my heart shall not fear:

though war should rise against me,
in this will I be confident.

Right...

Who's shooting?

Sergeant?

For in the time of trouble
he shall hide me in his pavilion:

in the secret of his tabernacle shall he
hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

And now shall mine head be lifted up
above mine enemies round about me:

therefore will I offer
in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy.

Your Excellency.

I have found out, that

Meinhard's monastery is now the
"Trinity abbey of St. Sergius",

and is located in Riga.

Metropolitan Sergei Voskresenski
resides there.

He knows about the chalice.

We need to get the metropolitan.

The metropolitan does not trust Germans.

Perhaps some other holy man
could gain his trust?

Good idea. Father Lombardus
could lure him to you.

If he reveals the location of the chalice,
you can promise him a passport to Argentina.

Unit Collan carries out the
abduction of Metropolitan Sergei...

Stop!

Drive diagonally across the road.

Panzerfaust secures the road.
The rest of you, follow me.

Halt! Don't move.

Hands up! Weapon on the ground.
On the ground!

Hands up! Hands up!

Well now, luck would have it!

Tell me what this is, swine!

Major!

Captain of the Germans.

Call the partisans!

Guard him!

Help! Please!

What's the matter?

Partisans! Stay down.

Out! Out of the car.
Are you deaf?

On the road, on your knees!

Who are you? What
are you doing here?

What is this?
A priest and catholic...

What brought you together?

Check their pockets.
Eyes on the ground, both of you.

Well well... what does the Father have here?

You aren't even an orthodox!

Catholic priest! What
does the major need you for?

We'll shoot you and leave
your bodies here to rot!

There.

What was that?

What the hell? You're throwing the Bible!

Idiot! I just told you to hold it.

Fascists!
- Don't let them get away!

Alert!

What the hell?

Hail Mary, full of grace...

I beg you!
Where is the chalice?

If I tell you, will you promise
not to let the partisans get me?

I promise.

In Estonia. Father Afanasi Serov.

Now that went straight to hell.

Nordenstam! Secure the car!

Where were you?!

Myllykoski, Lahtinen! Left!

Comrade Major!

Metropolitan?

Dead, but we found this on him.

In Estonia...

The mission failed.

Partisans had ambushed
the road before Ballack's unit.

That's unfortunate.

I escaped, but the Russians got the
Metropolitan. He's probably dead by now.

May he rest in peace.

Yes. But we had a chance to
talk for a moment in the car.

He said the chalice might be in Estonia,
with someone called Afanasi Serov.

Have you heard of him?

I think so.

Our Estonian contacts
heard there's a pharmacist

near Narva who is a former
Orthodox priest...

Marten Lapin

Understood. We'll pay him a visit.

Enter.

Marten Lapin?

Yes.

Do you know a father Serov?

Well... let me think.

By all means!

Are you quite sure
you don't know father Serov?

So you do know him.

Point on the map.

Major.

Everything depends on this.

We'll take no prisoners
and neither will they.

Questions?

Lahtinen, Koivisto! Go and
destroy that tank.

The two of us?

Enemy tank behind the clearing-destroy!

Can't we get more men?

What are you mumbling about
again, Lahtinen? Dammit!

Dammit...

Flank them!

Supporting gunfire! Now!

Machine gun to the position. Left.

Behind the building.

Russkies!

Go.

Veikko? Veikko!

Well done, Myllykoski.

Pekka. Pekka!

Lahtinen! Calm down-

Lahtinen! Did you know that disobeying
an order could be punishable by death?

He does, lieutenant.

Lahtinen. This is war.

Corporal. Get some civilians
for questioning.

Yes, lieutenant.

Father Lombardus. I had a
strange dream last night.

The Virgin Mary appeared to me
and said: bring me the chalice.

For fuck's sake!

Lieutenant! Get something to eat.
We'll take it from here.

Soldiers. Interrogations will
continue indoors.

Machine gun.

Horst!

I wonder if anyone would notice, if
lieutenant had a little accident.

Artillery only at the front,
to avoid hitting the chalice.

Inform the artillery.
- Understood!

Where's von Ballack?

On a break.

And where... is Father Serov?

I don't know.

Really?

Where is Father Serov?
Where is Serov?

Pekka. You cannot leave the group
without permission. Pekka!

Take cover! Take cov-

The edge of the forest!
To your positions!

Where's Myllykoski?

Went to find Lahtinen, lieutenant.

Saar. Congratulations.
You are now a sergeant.

Keep the defense here
and hold the positions.

Understood! Bring the Panzerfausts.

A local girl knows where the chalice is.

Follow me!

Go wait by the k?belwagen
prepare to flee.

Stay here.

Tank at 300. Destroy.

They're really trying to break through.

Well?!

Major, enemy is retreating!

Search that gray building.
I saw Germans.

Gray building! Move it!

Tell me where the chalice is
or I'll put you down right now!

Did you hear me!

How unfortunate that Lahtinen
and the lieutenant fell.

Why didn't the girl shoot you?

Perhaps you have some
kind of a blessing.

Captain! Look out!

Stop!

Run!

Turn off the vehicle!

Don't move or I'll shoot!

Move it! Move!

Connect to the artillery.

Not here either...

Well here you are!

What do we have here?

A barber kit? For...

Grenade!

What a...

They've taken the village back.
Back to headquarters.

O my Lord. How long shall it be
to the end of these wonders?

What shall be the end of these things?

Take the wine cup of this fury
at my hand, and cause

all the nations,
to whom I send thee, to drink it.

And they shall drink, and be
moved, and be mad, because

of the sword that I will send among them.

Then took I the cup
at the Lord's hand, and made

all the nations to drink,
unto whom the Lord had sent me.

If they refuse to take the cup at thine hand
to drink, then shalt thou say unto them,

Thus saith the Lord of hosts;

Ye shall certainly drink!

Medic! Here's another one!

And the slain of the Lord shall
be at that day from one end

of the earth even unto the other
end of the earth

they shall not be lamented,
neither gathered,

nor buried; they shall be
dung upon the ground

The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, surely
as I have thought, so shall it come to pass;

and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand.

Myllykoski.

The division commander has canceled
the mission given to the battalion.

Therefore, your service also ends.
Here you are.

Thank you for your outstanding work for
the battalion. Have a safe journey home.

Wherefore I praised the dead
which are already dead

more than the living
which are yet alive.

Yea, better is he than both they,
which hath not yet been,

who hath not seen the evil work
that is done under the sun.

We leave these spouses
and ourselves in your care.

Take us once to home in heaven.

Hear us through your Son,
Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.

I have canceled the mission.

The chalice is very important to me.

None of my business.

If you help, I can arrange
you to Argentina.

I'm not your... well...

A Danish SS unit
will have to do.

Thank you. May you be blessed, general Schr-

The car must be returned this evening.
Will you go to the town before that?

Mm. - Father left money
in the glove compartment.

Matti. Are you going or not?

Yes. I'll go.

Father needs his car back.

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?

Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

He that walketh uprightly,

He that sweareth to his own hurt,
and changeth not.