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Star Media presents
Ekaterina Vilkova
Dmitry Dyuzhev
Oleg Fomin
Nicolay Kozak
Dmitry Arbenin
Anton Sokolov
Maria Andreyeva
THE ATTACKERS
Created by Yuriy Korotkov, Konstantin Galdayev
and Sergey Kaluzhanov
Directed by Alexei Muradov
Music by Oleg Lyadov
Director of Photography ñ Robert Filatov, R.G.C.
Costumes by Alexandra Gofman
Art Directors ñ Ekaterina Tatarskaya and Andrei Bendyuk
Make-Up by Natalia Kirichenko
Casting by Tatyana Statsman
Montage Director ñ Alexei Volnov
Sound Director ñ Leonid Shushakov
Post-Production Producer ñ Artem Yeliseyev
Produced by Ekaterina Yefanova, Andrey Anokhin,
Vitaliy Bordachev and Vlad Ryashin
The song ìThe Sky on Fireî composed by V.Matetskiy
with lyrics by A.Lukyanov is performed by Alexander Marshal
Colonel Maksimov.
Commander of the regiment Lieutenant Colonel Kanischev.
On the army commandmentís order
weíll arrange a meeting here today. Convene your personnel.
They have a mission in an hour!
Very good. This is a perfect moment.
Comrades! This person committed the gravest crime
in the war time. He violated a battle order.
This is a difficult minute when our country strains its forces
to win over the enemy, when each of you doesnít spare
his or her life. However, this person got frightened,
betrayed this comrades and disgraces the title
of a Soviet officer! I think he has no place among us!
This is it. May I fall in?
You may.
Aye-aye.
Who else wants to say something?
The tribunal withdraws to pass a sentence.
For cowardice and treason demonstrated in the face of the enemy,
Mikhalev Nicolay Vladimirovitch is deprived of his military rank
and all the awards and is sentenced to execution by shooting.
The sentence is to be executed immediately.
How can it be a shooting?
HeÖ he has 252 battle flights behind him! Two wounds!
Restore order, Lieutenant Colonel.
Attention!
Give orders, Lieutenant Colonel.
Pilots, get ready for the take-off.
Turn to the right. Go to your planes. You may go.
Thank you!
Youíre dissatisfied with something, arenít you?
No, thank you. Iím happy with everything.
You know how to put people in high spirits
before a difficult mission.
I donít understand. Is it irony?
No, of course not. Thank you.
Iíll file a report. You were defending a criminal!
File what you want!
What shall we do with the medal?
Send it to his relatives.
Send me back to the regiment.
Your military ID says that you were discharged
on the grounds of wounds.
I was discharged because my arm was wounded.
But here it is, itís intact. You donít believe me, do you?
Send me to a medical examination. Let them decide.
I canít stay here any longer.
Iím not a teacher, not an instructor. Iím a battle pilot.
What am I talking to you for?
Come to the medical examination at 10 oíclock tomorrow.
I donít understand.
What do you mean?
I donít understand what is there to sort out.
Ilya Bestuzhev is a pilot of our aviation regiment,
he got missing during a battle.
Look, I may vouch for my pilot with my head!
Very well. However, I was ordered to talk to his comrades.
He is not reliable. I noticed that at once.
For what reason?
A reason? There were lots. I would talk to him,
and he would stare at me and smile. Not just simply smile
but with a hidden senseÖ Do you understand?
If you had suspicions, why didnít you report about him easier?
I was waiting for him to reveal his true self.
As they say, a thief is not a thief until caught in the act.
What reason did you have to suspect
that Sergeant Bestuzhev flew to the enemy side on purpose?
Comrade Bestuzhev is not like that.
What is he like?
He is decent, reliable and honest.
He is an excellent pilot. He canít be a traitor.
Why do you think that we consider him a traitor?
Donít you?
Weíre still working on his case. Letís sort it out together.
Letís do it!
Youíre unlucky with men, Dementyeva.
One of them betrayed you and another one betrayed Motherland.
Sit down. Sit down!
Oh, Pasha, Pasha!
Yes. Your arm is almost fine. Itís even strange.
To be discharged you should have had a more serious wound.
However, a young organism, home walls and peaceful life
work miracles sometimes. Lidia Litovchenko
may be considered fit for the military service.
Here you go. You may go to the military committee now.
Thank you.
HereÖ
Here you go. A military plane is flying to Voronezh today.
You may talk to the crew. Maybe theyíll take you with them.
Why take a train? Youíre more used to planes. Good luck!
Thank you.
Litovchenko? Have you received money for the shot-down planes?
I havenít.
Stop playing a fool. If you donít need the money,
give it to your mother.
Aye-aye.
This is a report from the Seventh Tank division ñ
the enemy attacks doubled there in the course
of the last two months. Does everybody remember
the fate of the 52nd regiment? The same situation
takes place along the entire front now.
Attack follows another attack. According to a report
from Kanischevís aviation regiment,
the Messerschmitts are positively swarming.
Thy feel the pressure after Stalingrad.
Thatís why they spare no efforts.
The problem is they bark at us like puppies and fly away.
Much ado about nothing.
Are they preparing for an advance? Exploring the ground?
Itís not clear yet.
Comrade Lykov, share your observations with us.
The enemyís activity has indeed increased in this area
of the front, especially in squares 12, 16 and 28.
Except for Square 5. All is quiet in Square 5.
Besides the Square is completely closed both from the air
and from the ground. We sent seven groups of scouts there.
Not a single one came back.
I see.
This is what that square is like.
Good bye.
Good bye.
Litovchenko, do you say?
Is something wrong?
There is a note here that youíve already received your money.
When would I have had time for that?
I donít know. Weíll check it. Sit down, please.
Itís very suspicious.
Suspicious, do you say? All right. Call your boss.
Weíll see who is getting money on behalf of Captain Litovchenko.
Come on, do it. Otherwise Iíll call him myself.
Georgiy Stepanovitch, she has come.
Litovchenko. Her papers are in order. Hand the money over.
Itís not your first day on this post. Good afternoon.
Is that all?
Isnít that enough?
Sign here.
The signature is already there. This is a tip.
What a ***!
Start the loading!
Show your papers.
Here you go.
Here you go. Thank you. Look here.
Will you take some?
Wait! Look here!
Stop!
Give us the money!
Be quiet, be quiet!
Good girl. More!
Give all you have!
What is an act of treason? Itís when a citizen of one country
intentionally serves another country.
Such moral monsters existed in all times.
And they were fought in all timesÖ
with the most decisive methods.
Comrade Captain, stop eating.
Elimination of treason is like amputation of a gangrenous limb
or expulsion of parasites. Humanism has nothing to do with it.
This is it. The lesson of political education is over.
You may be free.
Are you learning?
Youíre talking well.
We may continue this lesson on an individual basis.
Arenít you interested in the pilots anymore?
I thought you only wanted to have individual lessons
with comrade Komsomol Organizer.
Will you come at night?
I donít know. Maybe I will. Iím not quick to take offence.
What would you take offence for?
Sometimes youíre with me and sometimes you are not.
Stop fooling around! Will you come or not?
I will.
Iím so busy. The vegetable garden, the apples.
There are so many apples!
Shall I bake some tomorrow? You used to love baked apples
when you were little. Maksim Sergeyevitch asks how you are doing
and whether you need something.
Maybe you need something?
Tell him that I donít need anything.
All right.
Everything will be fine, mum.
Yes, everything will be fine.
Iíll bake some apples.
The guard said that you were running in your cell.
Canít you sit still?
I have been jogging for 10 km every day
since I was five. My father trained me so.
The father, Pavel Bestuzhev, an enemy to the state,
was shot in 1939. What else did he train you?
I studied your report. Itís an interesting story,
especially when youíre talking about those HWs.
Do I pronounce the word right?
Hee-wee.
An interesting word.
Itís an abbreviation of the German word ìHilfswillingerî.
It is translated as ìready to helpî.
Do you know German well?
Yes. I donít hide it.
Was it your father who taught it to you?
Go on.
You said that they had good nourishment,
comfortable housing and even wages from a certain moment.
This is true.
Letís sort it out.
You are stating that our Soviet soldiers
are voluntary serving the Fascist invaders.
Nobody wants to end up in a concentration camp.
Our soldiers are not tortured, shot or made suffer, are they?
Do you think itís a Soviet propaganda? Keep seated!
I wrote only what I saw myself.
I see. What did you come back for?
I was going back to my regiment where my place is.
Weíll decide where your place is.
You were recruited, this is clear.
You came back to carry out sabotage.
Your stories disgracing Soviet soldiers conform it.
I repeat my question ñ what did you come back for?
I was going back to my regiment.
Take him away.
Stand up. Arrested, go out.
You may be free. What shall we do?
We shall work on him for a day or two,
Comrade Colonel. I think heíll burst.
WellÖ Kanischevís regiment is rotten.
One of his men is a coward and another one is a traitor.
Work on him! I need a result!
Aye-aye.
Comrade Guards Lieutenant Colonel, may I come in?
You may. Go out to have a smoke. Sit down.
Tell them all about it. Close the door please.
They accuse Sergeant Bestuzhev of treason.
They say he flew to the enemy. According to him,
it is a different story ñ he was forced to land
on the enemyís territory, hid his documents
and went across the front line to us.
This is what happened! I saw where his ruined plane was!
We canít document it.
Taking into account the circumstances in which he was arrested
Ilyaís testimonies have been considered false
from the very beginning.
Simply speaking, nobody will bother to check them.
Maybe we shall make a picture of the place where he fell.
It wonít hurt to find his documents as well. Am I right?
Maslov? You may be seated.
You saw the place. Can one land there?
There is not enough place for a fighter there.
One wouldnít be able to take off from there.
But an U-2 can do it.
A light plane! Behind the front line, under the enemyís nose!
I canít give you such an order.
However, your comradeís life depends on it.
Why give an order, Viktor Stepanovitch?
Itís a training flight. I will show my comrade some maneuvers
and deviate from the course a bit.
Such things happen, donít they? They do.
Guys, I beg you ñ turn back at the slightest sign of danger!
I donít want to lose two more people!
Aye-aye!
Go.
Calm down. Sit down.
A birch with two trunks and two strips.
Or three birches and two strips?
Weíll sort it out there, Lenya.
Stop! First of all, I know U-2 better and secondly,
Iím a girl. Boys should give way to girls.
Why are you staring at me?
Logoza told me everything. Iíll fly there.
And thirdly? Will you tell us or shall we guess it ourselves?
And thirdly, Comrade Lieutenant, Iím senior to you in rank.
Donít you dare violate my order!
Borya, we should indeed give way to such girls.
Good luck! The plane is ready.
Off you go!
Aye-aye, off I go!
Hello, Bordeaux!
He said there was a birch with two trunks thereÖ
to the east from the plane.
Iíve found it!
Go out. To the wall.
I read in a newspaper that a community farm ìLeninís Rayî
gave you a plane as a present. How is it, by the way?
The Peasant is flying, itís fine. What about my request?
I have nothing against it.
I donít think the commander of the plane will have anything
against it either. Moreover, he couldnít care less
at the moment ñ he has just received a ìkilled in battleî notice
about his son.
LeonidovitchÖ The old man isnít breathing.
He was running around five minutes ago and sat down
to have rest. I looked at him, and he was already lying.
I ran to him, but there was no pulse. What is it?
A ìkilled in battleî notice about his son. He got in today.
It killed the old man.
One shot killed two people.
Where shall we take him now?
Iíll care about it. Sorkin,
please meet Captain Lidia Litovchenko.
Take her to the destination place.
How will I take her there on my own, without a second pilot?
She will be your second pilot. She used to fly fighters.
It means she can fly this trough as well.
Aye-aye.
Letís go!
Good luck!
When!
This morning
Where to?
I donítÖ
Where to, I ask you? Can you do something
so that it didnít creak? Hello!
The connection is broken.
Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, what did they say?
Will they send somebody?
No, they wonít send anybody.
Bes was taken away.
Where to? Who did it?
Iím sorry, Zhenya. It looks like you made a flight in vain.
May I go?
I canít do anything.
Grove to the 356th! Grove to 356th! I permit you to land.
What a familiar voice!
I wish I knew why such an honorÖ
Zhenya, the commander of the division Makarov is here.
They warned us an hour ago.
Nobody knows what he came for. An advance, I think.
Where is Makarov now?
With Kanischev.
Where are you going?
If heÖ
If he fails to help then nobody will succeed.
Oh, God!
Hey, soldier!
Run, I tell you!
They told us that they took you away...
They did. I was preparing for death.
But it turned out that we were going to the airdrome.
Makarov was going to you and got a report on my case.
I used to fly with Alexei Anatolyevitch in Spain.
He was the commander of my squadron there.
He vouched for me. This is how it may happen.
I was in prison this very morning and in a generalís MIG
in the afternoon. And you say that there is no God!
This isÖ it was just a coincidence.
As Diana, the goddess of the aerial hunting wish.
Stop joking! IÖ I worried for you.
I heard about your heroic deeds. You risked your life.
I wouldnít simply risk my life for you.
But youíre a valuable fighter. I did it for the regimentís sake.
By the way, Maslov was with me. I didnít fly there alone.
Thank you.
Youíre welcome.
Did you see Maslov?
Maslov?
Yes. Letís go and find him. Youíll kiss him too.
Zhenya!
Youíre grateful to him too, arenít you?
Weíll get even in this way.
Sergeant Bestuzhev is a person whom I trusted
with my life not once. He will never betray
or leave a person in trouble. This is what I can say
about him and I donít want to hear anything wrong about him.
I got you, Comrade General. May I go?
You may.
Aye-aye.
Letís get down to business. The place Iím talking about is here.
There is a blind zone from this river to
Perelazovskiy farmstead. I want you to become my eyes.
Have you salted cucumbers?
I did. They turned out tasty. Come in the evening to try them.
Yes, I will.
Iíll go.
VeraÖ
You havenít come for a long time.
I wonít be coming at all now. Our regiment is being relocated.
ThereforeÖ I came to say goodbye.
When?
In a few days.
There will be dances in the evening. Will you come?
I will.
See you in the evening then.
Come in. The evening is far away.
Youíre right.
Welcome back, Lidia!
Hi, Sasha.
Thank you.
Take it away!
A seminar of heads of the party centers took place
in N recently. They listened to Major Fedoseyevís speech
on Comrade Stalin and tasks of the party centers
with great interest. Komsomol Organizer Dementyeva,
pay more attention, please.
Thanks God! Lydka came back!
How is my Peasant? Is it still flying?
Of course it is! Look ñ I repaired the props
and patched the holes up.
It may fly to the Germans on its own now!
Why fly on its own? Iím here now.
Thank you, honey!
Iím ready to carry you in my arms!
Sydorenko, put me down!
Aye-aye, Comrade Captain!
Guys! Lyda has come back! Lyda!
Guys! Donít crush her!
Letís rock her! Hurray, hurray!
Let me go!
Hurray!
You didnít make a good instructor, did you?
I lack patience, Viktor Stepanovitch. However, anybody would!
These novicesÖ one canít work with them!
They are trying either to kill themselves
or to destroy the planes.
However, to tell you the truth, should I have such an instructor
I would run away without thinking twice.
While you were in the hospital and teachingÖ
many people died. Itís good that you came back so early. Fly!
Vadivasov approached me. And I saw a Messerschmitt
that was diving right at us.
And?
And? It was terrible.
I understand. What did happen to Maslov?
To Maslov? What could have happened to him?
Zhenya, youíre bad at telling stories!
They almost shot our U-2 down, Lyda! Oh!
I missed you so much!
This is the ìRed Moscowî, isnít it?
I got it together with the medal.
How great!
Do you want it?
Are you joking?
Take it. Do it, I donít need it.
ListenÖ
What about the dances?
The dances are in the village. Yes, the dancesÖ
What a box! All our guys are going andÖ weíre going too.
Weíre not.
Stop it! Weíll only be here for two more daysÖ
Lyda!
Who knows what the new place will be like!
Weíll dance when the war is over.
LydaÖ
The smell is so sweetÖ