The Justice of Wolves Page #5

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Here are some documents

and your drawings.

Kulpan kept them for you.

- Misha, take care of yourself.

- Thank you, Kulpan.

See that they don't steal it.

Petr Alexeevich, thank you

for believing in me.

Forgive me for all the wrong

I've done.

I won't let you down"

See you after the war!

Your apartment was destroyed

by a bomb during the siege.

This one is not bad either,

though there are only 2 rooms

I came back to Leningrad

in the early 1950-s

after Stalin ordered the Red Army

to be drastically reduced.

At the time I no longer cared

much about anything.

Leaving the army I was supposed

to return my gun but I didn't.

One evening sitting on n bench

in the park

I spotted my classmate Nelly,

who had unwillingly caused

my first murder.

You can't have seen me here.

Nelly!

Mika!

Where have you been for so long?

Let's go.

Hey, what the hell?

I ran out of money.

Iris' hard to raise a child alone.

It was my first time there.

My friend Verka the Rabbit

advised me to go there.

Rabbit?

H er nickname.

She's got a funny upper lip,

like that of a rabbit.

Rabbi; ..

Where did you get this from?

Never touch things that don't

belong to you!

Police Senior lieutenant

Potemkin.

What brings you here?

- Polyakov? M y classmate. ..

- Stepan?

- Mika!

- Stepan! Hello, Athos!

Look 111 you!

And look 111 you! Big chap!

Don 't stand there!

Come on in!

- Come in!

- Life's full of surprises!

By the way, I've been

discharged

I guess we both were dismissed

by the same decree?

- Where did you serve?

- In the Air Force.

I defended the icy Northern

borders of the Soviet Union"

- Stepan! Here 's to our reunion!

- To us!

Why didn't you return your gun?

- What gun?

- Don't give me this bullshit

I've got no gun"

You shouldn't mix with sluts

so much.

Then you wouldn't have to lie.

Tomorrow bring it yourself.

I'll take care of the formalities.

What's gotten into you ?!

If you don't, blame yourself?

You 'll be canned for illegal

possession"

We 're very strict about it now.

The underworld gives us

d hard time.

Come tomorrow:
lunch break

from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

See you"

The underworld that Stepan

told me about

was trying to use ma.

They somehow learnt about

my being able

to kill with a look

I told them No.

I enrolled in the Academy

of Fine Arts, I got married.

No more wine, honey.

Stepan, in the 1st grade

I was in love with you"

I promise I was.

Kiss the bride!

Let me kiss you!

Mika, come back here!

Very interesting works.

A beautiful piece.

What flight of thought!

Polyakov is an ex-pilot,

a military officer:

One can see the hand

of a master:

He's the best in year:

Nelly, I've been invited abroad'

To Warsaw!

Of course, I was glad:

My paintings would travel

to exhibitions all over Europe.

But the woman I wanted to share

my happiness with wash't there.

She was caught in the swirl

of restaurants.

Open she wouldn't come home

forgetting both about her son

and ma.

- Where's mom?

- She'll be home soon. Sleep.

Mika, draw a rabbit for ma

I 'll draw it tomorrow

It's late now.

Mika, please. ..

Au #gm.

- Hallo.

- Mika, can you drop by?

No, I can't

I don't feel like it.

You have to, Misha

You really have ta.

- Have you got anything to drink?

- I'll find something.

- All right, I 'll be them.

- Good!

Sorry I made you come here.

[But] had ta.

She was found in a lake.

In Vuoksa.

She was drunk.

She drowned.

She was hopeless

I'm sorry.

It's all my fault.

The Academy, my studies..

You couldn't have protected

her anyway, Misha.

Take my advice:

Go abroad and settle them.

What are you telling me, Stepan?

To settle in the West?

Me? A Russian?

Misha Polyakov?

I took Stepan's advice

and left the country

where I was born and grew up,

where I became an artist.

My exhibitions are held

all around Europa.

One can say that Mikhail Polyakov

is a success.

My only real friend is Leo Taub,

a writer:

He and his wife Heidi Marx

infected me with the idea

of creating the City of the Sun.

They wanted to build a new Atlantis,

a home for writers and artists

who would be happy

to live and work them

I believed them

I was glad to donate

all my royalties to their cause.

Still there was not enough money.

It was then that Alfred appeared.

Impressive house ..

Hello, darling

I'm so glad to see you"

Sit down"

I 'll join you in a second.

- Where 's the computer?

- In the drawing room.

You 're like a little boy.

I love computer games

Killing monsters..

Why do you keep speaking

about killings?

Who the hell are you?

- Hallo.

- It's me, Misha.

Glad to hear you, Lea.

Pick me up, please.

The program was on air

when I had a heart problem.

Let's take a stroll in

the English park

Germany for Germans!

Mika, I spoke about this

on radio "Liberty ".

About my little Jewish cousin

who had to hide

from German fascists

in Prague cellars in the 1940-s.

- Calm down, Lea.

- I can't believe it happens again!

I hate you!

You scum!

Leo! What's wrong, Leo?!

Bastards!

It was Leo's last words that

awoke the killer in me

that had been asleep

for many years.

Here you are.

I've got an idea regarding

your "New Atlantis".

- What idea?

- You must see Stepan"

I could talk to Stepan

over the phone.

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