Dersu Uzala Page #3

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We fight Hounhous.

I'm Arseniev.

We're exploring this area.

- Hello.

- Hello.

They took the women with them,

as always.

Hounhous go there.

Move, hurry!

Dersu, calm down.

They won't get far away.

Will you take care of these men?

Detachment, fall in.

In those places

where they robbed and killed...

people told us that the bandits

are not more than ten.

We'll handle them ourselves.

Well, good luck then.

- Good-bye.

- Good-bye.

Danger no.

Hounhous end.

At first sight, this river

seemed quiet and peaceful.

I sent some men with horses

to look for a place to ford it.

I myself with the others

tried to cross the river on a raft.

Stand here.

Let me.

Pull it!

Give me the weapons.

The pole! Where's the pole?

The pole! Throw it!

Come on! Do it!

Go along the bank, men!

Along the bank!

Run along the bank!

Get ahead of us! Ahead!

Run ahead!

Jump, Captain, jump!

Come on, come on!

- If we only had a rope!

- We used all the rope for the raft!

Cut down tree! Cut down!

- This one?

- No!

- This one?

- No!

- This one?

- Uh-huh!

Get the axes!

Tie the tree! Quick!

Tie the tree!

Take off your belts!

These will do too.

- We'll need levers.

- Cut them!

Hold on! Hold on!

Come on, guys, faster, faster!

How are you there?

Hold it!

Let it go little by little!

Go, go, go!

Hold it! Let go!

Dersu, give me your hand!

Grab me!

You were like a bear!

Summer end, Captain.

Autumn come.

That's good.

A bit to the left.

A bit to the left.

Good.

Okay, get ready.

Attention.

Hold it.

Good.

Turtygin, come here.

Now you take a picture of us.

Press here, okay?

My fondest memories of Dersu...

are connected with

the beginning of that autumn.

- What's wrong with that horse?

- Tiger.

Listen, tiger!

Soldiers fire rifle!

You go away. Go away!

What me do?

Kill tiger.

The tiger ran away.

He's unharmed.

No, tiger always run until die.

Now me much frightened.

Don't be afraid, Dersu.

A dead tiger can't harm you.

Kanga will!

He send another tiger!

Kanga is a forest spirit

whom the Goldi worship.

From that day Dersu changed.

He became morose and irritable.

What you do?

That sign say no ginseng here.

You break.

People search for ginseng,

all for nothing.

Bad man are you.

So he just jumped in the river

in all his clothes. He was drunk.

In all his clothes!

And I had an adventure-

Why throw meat into fire?

Meat throw into fire, lose.

Tomorrow we go,

other people here come...

see meat, eat.

Who would come here?

How's that? Who come?

Badger come, marten come.

Crow come, mouse come.

All kinds of men in forest.

Good evening, Dersu.

I say, salute!

The Ussurii autumn is brief.

Winter colds come fast.

I started getting ready for winter...

and sent some of the men

with all our horses to Olga Bay.

Smells! Men here!

- What men?

- Boars!

I don't smell anything.

- Dersu, why didn't you shoot?

- I not see.

Why not me see boar?

My nose see better than eyes.

I did not know then...

that this small incident

was a fore runner of tragic events.

A stag!

Where, Captain?

Where?

There, under the half-fallen tree.

- Did I hit it?

- No.

Didn't you see it?

Everyone misses sometimes, Dersu.

Why me not hit it?

Captain! Before,

I always first see an animal!

Shoot, always hit target.

Now not hit.

Bad are my eyes.

How I live in forest now?

Come to Khabarovsk with me.

My home is your home.

New Year's Eve came.

It was a strange night.

The tiger come to kill me.

Thank you, Captain!

Thank you!

What happened, Dersu?

Captain, you say your home my home.

Thank you, Captain!

Will you come with me to my place?

My eyes get bad.

Kanga not want me to live in forest.

He send the tiger.

Probably what Dersu

called the tiger...

was the specter of

his fear of the forest...

conjured by the imagination...

of a man grown old.

Listen here.

Vova recorded Dersu.

Well, well.

The Captain go hills, work.

Go back to city...

sit at a table, write, work.

Me no work in the city.

Stare into fire.

Look at hills far away.

And that's it.

It's true.

He doesn't like the city.

Never mind.

He'll get used to it.

Vova, did Dersu hear it?

Yes.

- What did he say?

- He said, ''Right, not word miss.''

Does he often talk to you

about the forest?

Yes. Dersu is not

afraid of anything.

Neither of wolves,

nor of boars, or of bears.

Snow storms and floods

are nothing for him.

You know, Dersu is Vova's hero.

He is crazy about him.

And I owed him my life

on several occasions.

He never mentioned it.

Well, he thinks it is quite

a regular thing to do.

Most people like to boast

about such things and exaggerate.

This men always with me

roam the forest...

many, many years.

This is a bear tooth...

and claws.

And these are claws of lynx.

For you. Take.

You give it to me?

Yes, Little Captain.

Really?

I am so happy.

It will be my talisman.

Don't you have tiger claws?

Didn't you hunt a tiger?

I shoot at tiger but-

It bad to kill tiger.

Why?

Very...

very bad.

Take this. Thank you.

Why give money for water?

Much water is in river.

- Why you take money for water?

- What?

You don't understand anything.

You are bad man!

- Where are you going?

- Shoot.

Don't even think of it! It's not

allowed to shoot guns in a city.

In barrel much dirt.

Me shoot a bullet, clean barrel.

Then wipe with cloth, shoot well.

There are many people here.

It's dangerous.

Me fire not people.

Me fire at air.

All the same, you cannot.

The city isn't the same as the hills.

Do you understand?

Do you?

Well, how are you, Dersu?

Sit I here, just like duck.

How can men sit in box?

You are right.

It isn't a very nice room.

We'll have to change the wallpaper...

make everything more cozy.

Meanwhile,

what if you live in my study.

Don't bother, Captain.

I pitch tent outdoors.

Sleep.

I don't disturb anyone.

See, Dersu...

it's not allowed in a city.

Why not?

Bad!

How should I explain?

That's a rule.

A rule.

Shoot a gun I can't.

Sleep outdoors I can't.

I not get enough air at all.

Pa, what happened?

Dersu's been arrested!

The police just called.

What is it again?

You know, he saw me buying firewood

yesterday and grew very angry...

and went to the city park

to chop down a tree.

Please...

let me go back to hills.

Live in city I cannot.

Where will you go?

To the hills.

Captain.

Missus.

Little Captain.

All fine people.

Me go- bad!

But I cannot live in a city.

Here, take this rifle as a gift.

New model.

It's easy to aim.

Mme avec une vue faible

tu toucheras au but.

Thank you. Captain

To Mr Arseniev

Your visiting card found

on dead goldi.

Request your presence to identify the body.

Police Headquerters.

Mr Arseniev?

Did you know him?

We were friends!

And his name was?

- Dersu Uzala...

- His occupation?

- A hunter.

- A hunter. How strange.

He didn't have a rifle.

There must have been.

A rifle of the latest model.

No, nothing was found...

except your visiting card...

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