«ZUGZWANG OF OBER LIEUTENANT BRUNO THEVS» Page #7

OTTO:

I am collecting material for an article about the XX anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.

BRUNO:

To the anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops?!

(shows interest in the topic)

OK! But the Soviet troops left twenty years ago, and how is this connected with the events in Omar-Kheyl?!

How did you get there?!

Otto lifts himself slightly on the stretcher.

OTTO:

I'm a journalist!

(unperturbed)

My place is where things happen!

Exhausted, he leans back.

OTTO:

Ober-lieutenant, excuse me for being tactless, can I ask you about one thing?

BRUNO:

(humorously)

I hope it's not to write an article for you?! With all my desire to be useful to you, we must remember that I am a military member of the ISAF group, and I have a lot of responsibilities: a entrusted unit and demanding superiors.

OTTO:

The request is simple — you just need to stop by the Spinzar Hotel, where I rent a room, and pick up a large travel bag from there. It contains all my luggage: clothes, change of underwear.

The room is paid for by the end of the month, there will be no problems with access.

(pause)

And here's another thing: there's an old, battered notebook in the top drawer of the bedside table. Please put it in the bag.

A pleasant female voice speaking German is heard from behind Bruno.

SEETA (V.O.)

Please put the wounded man on a gurney so that the orderly can take him to the operating room.

Bruno turns curiously, he is amazed – in front of him is a tall, beautiful oriental girl, her large dark brown eyes, long eyelashes, thick eyebrows against a light-skinned face, a thick black braid twisted into a ring reminded the stunned girl at the Mazar-I-Sharif airfield with her beauty. The girl is wearing a neat green medical suit — trousers and jacket, emphasizing a thin waist, lean loins, beautiful breasts, a badge "Dr.Akhmadzai" is attached to her chest.

Bruno, leaning over slightly, reads the name on the badge.

BRUNO:

Frau Akhmadzai, what a surprise!

You speak excellent German.

It's a pity that I'm only finding out about this now. At the airfield, to put it mildly, you were quite terse.

SEETA:

(shyly)

This is my second language.

BRUNO:

(surprised)

Strange. And I was sure that the first one.

SEETA:

I was born, and until last year I lived in Germany, Munich.

An Afghan orderly appears, rolls up a gurney, inadvertently pushes Bruno with it. Bruno pulls back slightly.

SEETA:

Excuse me, I must go.

Seeta gives a low command to the orderly in Dari.

SEETA:

Take the gurney to the operating room!

Seeta swims alongside with a graceful, dignified gait. Bruno gets excited.

Otto, riding off on a gurney, shouts to Bruno, who is numb, watching Seeta go.

OTTO:

Ober-lieutenant! What about my request?!

BRUNO:

(mentally)

I must definitely come back here! Perhaps Otto's request is God's providence that allows me to come here again.

Bruno, without taking his eyes off Sita and following her with his eyes, answers.

BRUNO:

Good! Warn the hotel administration by phone call, I will try to do it one of these days.

42. INT. OBERST JUNG'S OFFICE — EVENING.

The commanders of the special forces’ groups are leaving Oberst Jung's office. Oberst Jung passes by and sits down at his desk.

Ober lieutenant Zimmer sits in the chair at Oberst Jung's desk.

Bruno Thevs looks after the last person leaving and sits down in the chair opposite Zimmer.

Bruno is confused by Zimmer's presence, looks at Oberst Jung and addresses him.

BRUNO:

(hesitating)

I have a question, Mr. Oberst!

Bruno looks at Zimmer.

OBERST JUNG:

It's all right, Ober Lieutenant, tell me I have no secrets from counterintelligence.

BRUNO:

This reporter from "Der Spiegel", Otto Greenberg, you remember him, made a household request, requiring, if you don't object, two hours of my time.

OBERST JUNG:

Oh, I was thinking about him just now. This journalist may be very useful to us in the future.

(pause, Oberst thought)

OK! I rely on your responsibility, Ober-lieutenant, you are free!

Bruno comes out of Oberst Jung's office.

ZIMMER:

(haughtily)

What a Kipling’s soldier! I don't like these Deutsch-Russians. You never know what's in their head.

Oberst Jung grins.

OBERST JUNG:

Take a closer look at him.

43. INT. SPORTS GYM — EVENING.

Bruno, dressed in a sports uniform, runs on a treadmill. Reduces the pace, looks at the clock, goes to a quick step, gets off the treadmill. Approaches the projectiles with a barbell, puts additional pancakes on the neck, proceeds to bench presses.

He finishes training, dries himself with a facial towel, drinks from a bottle of water.

Bruno goes to the locker room, takes a hot shower.

44. INT. BRUNO'S ROOM – EVENING.

Bruno enters his room with replenished forces. Helmut Zimmer is awake.

Bruno greets Zimmer with a nod of his head, lies down on the cot dressed, looks at the ceiling, thinks. He takes a book out of the bedside table and plunges into reading.

HISTORICAL EVENTS FROM THE BOOK "THE GREAT GAME IN AFGHANISTAN".

45. EXT. ALIABAD VILLAGE — DAY.

TITLE:
ALIABAD VILLAGE, NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN. THE HEADQUARTERS OF KURBASHI IBRAHIM BEK, 1929.

On the outskirts of the village, near a large yurt a dozen horses are tied on a pole. A RIDER gallops up.

Dismounts, passes the horse's bridle to the guard. He hurries to a large yurt.

46. INT. BIG YURT — DAY.

Three dozen Basmachi are sitting in a circle inside the yurt, drinking tea, eating pilaf, boiled mutton with their hands, breaking off flat bread and passing it to each other.

In the back, facing the entrance, sits kurbashi Ibrahim bek, statuesque, broad-shouldered, dark-skinned with a black beard in a white turban and a national robe.

The rider enters the yurt.

RIDER:

(loudly greeting)

"AsSalamu Alaikum!"

The rider disarms at the entrance, gives up his saber, goes inside, approaches Ibrahim bek, bends his knee, comes close to his ear, reports:

RIDER:

Venerable Kurbashi!

A detachment of the Red Army invaded Afghanistan this morning. Their strength is up to 500 sabers.

47. EXT. AFGHANISTAN — DAY.

A large detachment of Uzbek kurbashi Ibrahim bek is moving to defeat Witmar's troops.

Ibrahim bek himself prances importantly ahead of the squad.

48. EXT. AFGHANISTAN — DAY.

Two fighters ride up to Witmar, who personally leads the squad.

THE FIGHTER:

A detachment of Basmachi horsemen is two versts away. Five hundred sabers.

Witmar orders an assistant.

WITMAR:

Put up 8 artillery pieces in the main direction!

Fighters begin to install guns and machine guns.

WITMAR (V.O.)

Install two machine guns on both sides of the road. Take the nearest section of road under the sights.

Let the Basmachi cavalry get as close as possible. Open direct fire from artillery guns on my command.

Hit the head of the approaching basmachs column with three guns, three — at the end, two — in the center. Complete the defeat with machine gun fire from the flanks.

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