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and you'll just agree,

because he always persuades you

just to do everything for him.

Becky, I'm doing this for us,

I'm doing it for both of us.

Leonard! - Five minutes.

Ilyusha.

Come to papa. Come to me.

- Pyotr.

Look, this is the center of the world

- My name is Savirski.

I understand, I understand,

electricity, electricity.

Falling water, turbine. I understand

everything, except one thing.

I understand it is important to get

governmental approval, I understand.

I had forgotten

how beautiful you are, Lena.

Why did you bring me here?

- Look, Mama.

Come here.

Come to me.

Did you draw that?

Go draw something else.

Go draw.

Keep traveling

around the world...

Why did you bring me to London?

I miss you, Lena.

I miss you both.

Is that why you left me in Russia,

so you could miss me from Italy?

Then you left me in Paris,

so you could miss me from Palestine?

I don't know where else. I want you

to return to Paris with me.

I know, Lena, I know.

Not a day goes by without my

thinking of you and Ilyusha.

I love you, Lena. I always have.

- I love you, too

but I want you to return with me.

I can't take it any longer.

I don't want to be alone any longer.

I want you with me, understand?

Listen, listen.

It is only for a few months.

In a few months I will begin building

my plant in Palestine.

And then you and Ilyusha will come.

- Yes, we will come...

You can speak

Russian there, too.

And our home will be by the plant.

- Yes, yes.

Here.

You see,

you will see me from the window.

And you will come home

at 5:
00 to eat with us? - Yes.

Possibly at 6:
00.

You will never change.

Never.

It is not customary here to barge in

with no advance notice...

It is not customary here?

- It is not customary here...

I leave you here alone

for two months,

and what do I find upon my return?

I have a wuss in hand, a wuss!

Mr. Rutenberg, I went to see

the offices they are offering me,

two rooms by Church St.,

two minutes from the City.

It is now or never for me.

Leonard, there are those

who create history,

and there are those who are

trampled by history.

So decide where you want to be.

- In the City.

In the City. So, I am going

to create an historic revolution

and you wish to remain

in London...

Son of a b*tch!

Pyotr, you must help him.

When you fled Russia...

After...

After Gapon.

There were people here who helped.

You got help.

Mama, look, foam.

He is your friend.

You were partners,

and you know

many influential people here.

Yes, and they are waiting

for the first mistake I make.

I am begging you,

do something, for me.

Please help him, for me.

Please, Pyotr.

All right.

Volodia.

Pyetkeh!

I understand everything.

I understand you must not

be seen with a Bolshevik.

You may be seen,

but I am a Bolshevik.

The situation in Russia

is worse today than under the Czar.

You know who their deputy minister

for coal industries is?

Ramizov. Our good friend.

We were wrong, Pyotr

Moiseyevich.

If Kerensky was not a coward, they

would have hung Lenin and Trotsky

and then they would have cried.

"We were wrong", you were wrong.

I was wrong...

I was only wrong

about one thing.

I chose the wrong friends.

Twenty years together,

and what do I receive in return?

A knife in the back.

I came to him,

to Ramizov's office,

and he said to me:

"Volodia, what do you want?

Times change. Everything changes.

We don't need you any longer."

He dumped me like a dog.

Listen to me,

I need your help.

Pyotr Moiseyevich, I need

papers to stay here.

I'm an illegal immigrant.

Help me.

I'm sorry, brother, I'm sorry.

Not now.

Pyotr, I won't last 2-3 months.

I need help now.

Pyotr, help me.

You're the last one I have left.

I'll die, like a dog.

I'm very sorry.

I'm very sorry.

Did you see Volodia, Pyotr?

- Yes.

Will you help him?

Pyotr.

Look, it lights up.

You see? - Yes.

That is electricity.

You see, Ilyusha?

Look.

You see, this wire...

Did you see? - Yes.

Electricity.

Mr. Rutenberg?

Mr. Rutenberg?

Are you done? Leonard,

we won't get anywhere this way.

We have plenty more time.

Besides, I don't understand

what you see in cinema. So vulgar.

Snob. - What? What did you say?

- Nothing, nothing at all.

You are not good

at anything?

I am simply allowing you

to realize yourself.

To realize, not fondle.

Becky, you really

must learn to draw.

This is how you see me?

- Who said it was you?

What is this, what is this,

this stupid hat?

It is not a hat.

It is a shoe. Rutenberg's.

Hey, not Weizman.

Leave Weizman alone.

Give me Weizman.

Give me...

What would you do without me?

- Fall down.

Go, Leonard.

Daddy's waiting for you.

Mordehai Savirski.

Okay, after incoming mail,

During the signing...

Who is that?

What is she doing here?

Who wants to know?

- Becky...

This is Becky Feinstein,

we are going to be married.

Married?

- Lf you allow him to.

Why didn't you tell me,

Leonard? Married.

Becky has volunteered to help us,

Mr. Rutenberg.

I appreciate

what you are doing for us.

You can save your gratitude,

Mr. Rutenberg.

All I want

is to leave here with Leonard,

as quickly as possible.

- We have tickets to the cinema.

All right. Let's see.

- This is the English version.

We thought you would prefer

to be here when

we begin

the Hebrew version.

There is no problem

with the diagrams,

we reviewed all of the data,

everything is okay, but... - But?

The technical details, they...

don't translate well into Hebrew.

There are not enough technical terms

in Hebrew. - Then create them.

Nice, Savirski, nice.

Leonard.

Churchill agreed to see you.

On Thursday.

Great.

I'm sorry,

I got the obituaries.

I would give

my last chip

to see the faces

of the Foreign Ministry clerks

as they see him leaving Churchill.

- You are so kind.

Don't worry, he's buried

in his papers, he won't see it.

You know him,

with all his funny ways.

What does it matter?

In two weeks it will be behind us.

I'm opening my own office

and you can stop

working for other people.

- He asked me to join him.

Think about it,

machinery for sale... - Leonard.

He offered

that I join him in Palestine.

Don't tell me you said yes.

- He is pressuring me.

I know those tricks. "There are

those who create history...

and those who are trampled

by history."

"Where do you want to be?"

Come here.

- Now, Lena, now?

Not when... - When you'll build

me a house in Palestine?

And you'll come home to eat

at 5:
00? Sit down.

Put the bags in, please.

Have a good life.

You got everything you wanted,

you succeeded. Be happy.

You got what

you wanted most in life.

Lena, don't leave me. My business...

- Again with your business?

My business will give us a life,

Lena. - Leave me alone!

Leave me alone! Let me be!

My business will give us a life,

Lena. - Let's go.

My business is also life...

it is also life, Lena.

Traitor. Provocateur.

Would have turned us all in. - Gapon?

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