Voyna i mir I: Andrey Bolkonskiy

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CTB Film Company

Alexei Chadov

Ian Kelly

Ingeborga Dapkunaite

Sergei Bodrov

Evklid Kurdzidis

Giorgi Gurgulia

I'm Yermakov' lvan.

And he was John.

So we're kind of namesakes.

We met in the summer of 2001 .

For two months I'd been locked up

in the village of Verkhny lskhoi

by Aslan Gugaev.

Back then' none of our

lot had heard of him.

His detachment wasn't that big.

There were three of us there.

Me' Fedka and a Jew - a commercial.

A businessman from Vladikavkaz.

Called Semyon' I think. . .

Me and Fedka were sawing up wood

when they brought them in on a truck.

There were another

two of our guys with them . . .

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Yuri Stepanov

You killed my brother!

Yes' I killed your brother!

And a whole lot more!

I whipped your sorry black arses and

I'll keep whipping them

because you're enemies. . .

Did they pay you well?

Don't kill me! Please!

I just arrived'

I'm not guilty! Please!

My mum's all alone. . .

Scum.

WAR:

Look down !

- What's he want?

- Something in English.

Take the bucket - it stinks!

- Who was shooting?

- They killed two of ours.

Give me your hand.

Sh*t happens. . .

Take the jug.

It'll be us next!

I didn't like her at first -

full of herself. Wouldn't even look at you.

I didn't understand

that she was just embarrassed.

We all crapped in the same bucket.

And I thought ginger

was a right weed.

In the hole' it's

every man for himself -

you're always hungry

and they beat you the whole time.

He wasn't too bad' though.

He looked after her.

A 'gentleman'.

And from the start with me. . .

because of my English' no doubt.

Back in Tobolsk I finished

computer school

and in Chechnya I'd get the news

by lnternet for Aslan.

. . . and a whole lot more besides.

I whipped your sorry black arses and

I'll keep whipping them

because you're enemies. . .

Did they pay you well?

Don't kill me! Please!

I just arrived' I'm not guilty! Please!

My mum's all . . .

I'm worn out. Can't get any relaxation.

There's a war on . . .

When will it end?

When all the Russians

will live in the North.

You're white.

You've got the White Sea.

We're black.

We've got the Black Sea.

Why did you kill the lads?

It took me three years

to find that Lieutenant.

I paid thirty grand to get him.

He shot my brother.

I found him in Rostov.

He killed a lot more

good M uslims besides. . .

And the youngster?

Who needs someone like that?

He goes off to get some vodka.

There's a war on'

and he leaves his post.

Is that any way to carry on' lvan?

No.

You're either a shepherd or a sheep.

Those who let themselves be skewered -

they're the sheep.

Russians.

There are people amongst you.

I saw one in jail near Virkhayansk.

A hardcore convict' strong'

like a Chechen.

If people like him led Russia'

you could win this war.

But you've got too few of them.

You're stupid and weak.

And you're led by half -wits.

You've given back

the Ukraine' Kazakhstan.

You've just given away

half the country for free.

Soon the Chinese

will take the Far East.

You're fighting us

while in Moscow I've got a hotel'

three restaurants' four brigades

in Petersburg' Moscow and Samara.

I milk the Russians like cows

but we still get money

out of the state budget.

Do you know. . .

why you fight badly?

You don't know?

Because you're not fighting

for your Homeland !

You fight because you've been herded

out here like a sheep.

I know my ancestors going

back seven generations.

I'm a descendant

of the M urid' Hadji Kazi.

A hundred and fifty years ago

he was already cutting you lot up.

This is my land

and I'll clear it of unbelieving dogs

until there's not a Russian

from here to Volgograd.

Got it?

So' what are they writing

about us on the lnternet?

The satellite's gone'

we'll catch another.

Aslan' tell your men

not to beat me round the head.

This is the lnternet'

you've got to use your brains

and there's a lot in English.

And the foreigners asked if they

could have a wash.

Come here.

I'll pay! I'll pay!

In accordance with

the Shariat

taking money from Jews

for military actions

is considered legitimate.

And while you won't pay us

I'll pay!

we will cut your fingers off.

I tried to translate

what Aslan had said'

but John didn't understand.

So I just said they don't like Jews.

Can I have another cigarette?

He got it immediately about Jews'

but that it was all a put on for him'

that they were getting him ready. . .

What did the Jew's seventy grand

matter to Aslan?

They didn't mention a ransom

to John for a month.

They beat one guy

to frighten the others.

The main thing for them is to break a man'

so that he'll pay the money himself.

And they certainly know

how to break a man.

Then they took us away.

Where're they taking him?

You just worry about yourself.

Shut up' b*tch !

- What's he want?

- Something to drink.

He can wait.

Nice place!

Been in long?

Captain Medvedev.

Give a proper report.

- What?

- Give a proper report.

Take it easy!

Right' attention !

Who are you?

Private Kulik.

Sergeant Yermakov.

Captured on May 1 0th' 2001 '

during a battle on the road

from Alkhan Yurt to Urus Martan'

while carrying supplies.

And them?

They're commercial.

Actors from England.

They were doing

a theatre tour in Georgia.

Well' they're actors. . .

At ease.

We mustn't let things slip' lads.

There's a war on.

Is it your back' Comrade Captain?

Contusion and shrapnel

round the vertebrae.

Let me take a look. Fedka!

How did it happen?

How? We were on a transporter.

A rocket went straight through Kit'

a guy in my platoon.

I only worked it out

when I came round.

Whoever was inside

the transporter bought it.

So we were lucky. . .

You may have been lucky. . .

But what about your platoon?

I got concussed just like you'

Comrade Captain.

And the bullet's here. . .

How long had you served?

Two weeks to go before

my tour was over.

And him?

Still wet behind the ears.

His first year.

Captain Medvedev was a tough nut'

no doubt about it.

Everyone worked that out straight away.

You can't break a guy like that'

can't wear him down.

If we'd had more like him'

what an army we'd have had !

We all felt his strength'

his confidence.

He's lying there' can't even get up'

but he's got this calm inside him.

A commander.

And Margaret fell in love with him -

I new straight away.

- I think we're somewhere here.

- Here?

It seemed to me they took us further.

Well' I'm getting hungry.

She says you have to exercise. . .

Careful' careful . . .

Here.

Like that?

Says they can't come up with two million'

even if they sell everything.

Says the government won't pay.

They're in negotiations

with the Russians.

He says they'll do everything.

Right' enough !

Same thing over and over

for half an hour!

What's she to him?

Fiancee.

He's not lying?

No.

Ask him if he could get

two million together.

Yes' he says he can.

Tell him the woman stays with me.

In exactly two months

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