72 Meters Page #4

We may all get drowned here.

Ten is betterthan two.

Nikolai,

suppose it was you

behind the partition?

I wouldn't knock

in their place.

Attention!

We're getting ready

to let you in. Clear?

At first we give you HPA.

By this time the doorto cell 3

should be open. Clear?

Watch the level to be reduced.

On reaching the third cell,

batten yourselves down,

give us a knock and

stand by.

Clear?

Give HPA!

Align pressure

between the cells.

Legkostupov, be careful!

I hope you all know

how to blow the air?

Fresher!

Quickly to the partition door.

When the level

reduces, batten yourself down.

- In 1986 boat 320...

- I remember.

An 0.5 difference smashed

Pressure in cells

reached seven point five.

Ready?

I count to three.

On three we open the door.

One,

two,

three!

'Ln this respect Assol

'was the same little girl

'who would every morning

whisper:

'Good morning, God! ' and

'Good night, God! '

'Ln her mind this little was

enough

'forthe God to keep away

all her misfortunes.

'She knew that God was busy

with other mlns of people

'and minor shadows of life

'she should take

patiently... '

A child was born and made

his first step,

and his first words were 'Spartak'

'Spartak' is the best.

I root for 'Locomotive'.

We'll make you warm

and reform you.

The song makes things prosper.

All in your cell safe?

I battened down in time.

I was dead asleep and woke up

right in the water.

- Seen anybody?

- Yes.

Gena?

I came on behalf

of the Commander.

It's not even me,

it is the baby who gets nervous.

And you left him behind?

No, he is here with me.

Usually he is quiet,

but today...

I even read a book to him...

- Did it help?

- For a while.

You know... They'll give you

a lift now

and then you'll go to sleep,

...sleep like an angel.

- Like an angel?

Yes. Because exercises

proceed as planned,

there is a contact

with the submarine.

Your husband has successfully

completed shooting...

Shooting...

I may send him your love

during next contact.

There is no need to do this.

It's not me, it's the baby

who gets nervous.

I see...

Now you've a sin on your soul.

You wanted me

to tell herthe truth?

Wait a second.

I know where to look forthem.

Have you sent our coordinates

to the HQ?

The emergency buoy

has been torn away by the storm.

We can't radio them

from underwater.

We have to surface.

Or at least to nearthe surface.

Which we can't do.

We can only... knock.

But we have to do something!

Do I irritate you?

Me? No.

Thanks.

Because even taxi drivers

stop talking to me

after a while.

- May I?

- Why not.

- Don't be too gluttonous.

- Yes.

Tomorrow we'll be leaving

through torpedo sections.

- Tomorrow?

- Tomorrow.

- We'll be using moustings.

- Moussings, you shitty scholar!

Treat yourself,

Captain.

Comrade Commander, may I?

I have known Yanychar

since military school.

Speak to the point.

I am sure:
Despite

his mischief

he would never leave

the assigned area...

Evidently the submarine was

moved away by underwater currents.

He should be somewhere here.

- Are you sure?

- Yes.

Not far away from home.

Comrade commander,

there are 12 breathers,

and we are 13.

Does it mean

that someone stays behind?

I even know who stays behind.

Me?

Everybody rests.

Wake up time at six a.m.

Who is to be the thirteenth

one?

- Haven't yet decided.

- Let it be me.

Why?

It all happened

because of me.

Not because of me personally,

because of this watch.

Your granddad gave it to you

before his death:

You said you wanted to become

a submariner.

- I've heard this story.

- Not exactly.

When I told him

I wanted to be a submariner,

he said:
'No way!

'And no watch foryou! '

And he died afterthat.

He was a very obnoxious person.

- He did not like submariners?

- He hated them.

His girlfriend had walked out

on him with a submariner.

So when he was lying

in the coffin, ljust...

- Lifted the watch?

- He did not need it anyway.

He was dead already!

What a man! You're still

full of surprises.

So it is all because of me.

- Why?

- Can't you see?

My granddad went to war

in this area,

he set mines.

So it was his mine!

- His mine?

- He has taken revenge on me!

Because of the watch!

Now is it clear?

Yes. Go to sleep.

Chernenko, what kind

of a song do you sing

when you feel afraid?

My mother's.

Sing it now.

I can't go to sleep.

- Will you?

- Oh, no.

Don't be too proud...

See, you have a mother. You

said you were lonely.

My mother is dead.

I am sorry.

Comrade commander!

Tell us some story. You have

a way of telling funny stories.

A screamer, eh. Just the right

time forfunny stories.

OK, you deserve it.

I'll tell you a fairy tale.

Not about a cockerel,

but about a cow.

This was not long ago,

but long ago, it seems.

Our army seemed to be

almost done for.

And it still seems

almost done for.

Some army:
People were afraid

to wear uniforms.

They'd steal and trade

everything,

from old underwear

to secret torpedoes,

at the same price, mind you.

Officers became bandits,

bankers, politicians.

But only two orthree persons

had left Gena...

So to survive through the winter

we went to a collective farm

to dig some potatoes.

Comrade commander,

they've brought empty sacks.

I say, empty sacks...

I and Gena doubled in

at an old lady's.

And her cow was even older,

nobody milked it

for a hundred years,

so the old lady decided

to have it slaughtered.

Somehow our citizens

are convinced

that a Russian mariner

may slaughter anybody,

even a cow.

I'll fry some liverforyou

and make steaks. Only slaughter

my beloved cow, pretty please.

Granny Manya, how can I ever

do it?

I am a submariner.

I had no wish

to slaughter her beloved cow.

I am fond of animals

since childhood.

Please, do it, my dear.

- Will you offer me a bottle?

- Two bottles!

Today they paid my daughter

with pepper vodka.

Well...

'Bandmaster'.

- What?

- I found a concertina.

Take it. You are welcome.

We had a miner, his name was...

never mind his name...

He'd slaughter

his own brother,

let alone a cow,

for a bottle,

Very well.

So I went to look for him,

but he was nowhere to be found.

So I went to Gena...

- Will she give us vodka?

- Two bottles!

We'll do this!

- The cow has a heart...

- on the left side...

On the left side.

If we put her

on her hind legs,

it will be on the left side...

But also the cow has horns.

Too bad.

Yes.

How about cracking a bottle

first?

Comrade captain.

You were looking for me?

A problem with a cow?

- Comrade captain, may I?

- Go ahead.

There is another way

of killing it. A secret weapon.

Explosion... No...

Guided action.

Here it is...

The newest development.

It all depends on where

you place the charge.

If you place it

underthe cow's tail,

it will be cut

into two equal parts.

If you fix it to her horns,

the explosion will be as strong

as a hammer blow

from the local smith.

To the horns!

A bit to the right.

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