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NAIL IN THE BOOT
To the military newspaper of The Causasus Comsomol
"Young Worker" we dedicate our film.
Authors: The No. 1 team of Georgian film makers
Screenplay: A Perelman Director: M Kalatozov
Camera: Sh Apakidze Art Design: S Vasadze
Cast: Worker: A Dzhaliashvili
Red Army Soldier: S Palavandishvili Head of armoured train team: A Khintibidze
Prosecutor: A Khorava
The armoured train "Guardian of the Revolution", returns from the
front lines, with a team of shoe factory workers on board.
Victorious!
Going HOME
Guardian of the Revolution
Order 71.
I congratulate all soldiers and comrade shoe workers.
The orders of the Military Command were brilliantly executed.
Head of Division Orlik Commissar Didichka
These good shoe workers did not let us down!
Not only can they make boots...
...but also fight well in battle...
A railroad hand car went ahead to check if the way was safe...
...and hid the armoured train from the enemy with its smoke.
We WON the battle
The enemy never rests.
Headquarters! This is the chief! Headquarters! This is the chief!
But the phone was dead
Prepare to surrender!
...and the railway tracks are hopelessly destroyed...
...for two kilometres behind and ahead of us!
Every hour is precious for us, every minute means salvation...
...So, Comrade Commander, it's only us who can save the train.
Aim at the Reds' armoured train: elevation 48, 43 degrees
At the attacking enemy: Aim 90...
FIRE!
For help
The enemy came closer and closer to the motionless fortress.
The Red Army soldier continued, though limping badly
But a barbed wire fence stopped his barefooted progress.
Without his boot he can't pass!
Barbed wire...
BARBED WIRE...
...Sharp jagged strands...
A fence with no end
From the North - The Infantry
The Artillery - from the West
Cut off by the tanks
The enemy approaches
The armoured train, motionless
Nothing to fight the enemy with
The guns are silent
Will they come in time?
Damn this fence!
The black, oily puddle tempted him.
...But it proved fatal.
And when there are no shells
...and when there is nothing to fight the enemy with...
The soldiers find new shells
They put their slogans into their guns
In the name of the revolution...
FIRE!
Propaganda becomes a weapon
WORKERS OF THE WORLD! Capitalists make you fight
the first workers' country in the world.
Fight the capitalists. All power to the Soviets
But it was too late
The armoured train, choking in gas
The Proletarian Court tried his crime
Council for the Prosecution
Does the accused know that on manoeuvres it is the same as war?
Yes, on manoeuvres!
Does he understand the importance of delivering the report?
Does he understand the oath of the Revolutionary soldier?
You are captured. The enemy orders you to shoot at your own troops!...
You did shoot! A report not delivered...
is the same as a bullet!
Knowing about the duty and honour of the Prolerariat
He pitied his own feet and destroyed the armoured train.
Betrayed
Tell the dead!
We died in the armoured train!
WE...
There are moments when the passionate heart
is full of anger...
And one word is longer than the longest speeches
KILL
HIM
***!
We don't want
fathers like him
We will never be cowards!
You, citizen should not carry a gun in your hands, but...
Have you anything to say?
I am not the only guilty party
If a brick is badly made...
and the steel is not hardened enough!
A NAIL!
A nail in the boot!
You died in the armoured train!
You made bad boots!
You betrayed our defenders!
So, is there only one guilty?
Do you plead guilty?
Who allowed bad boots to be made?
Verdict: The defendant is
found guilty of disobeying an order. There are no extenuating circumstances.
There are only bad soldiers at war and at work.
ENEMY
The workers of the shoe factory are to be considered
enemies of the proletariat
We don't want such fathers
They will no longer be called proletarians
Comrades, Armoured train soldiers
For the future war
No nails!
Among those of you who sit in the movie theatre...
Are there many of you like these shoe workers?
The End