The "Mosfilm Studio" production, USSR
Now listen to me you rotten lot and listen attentively!
Inmate Grigoryev has run away today.
Unitl he's found and brought back here,
the school will work under a special regime.
School! To the right! Dismiss!
FREEDOM IS PARADISE
- Are you the last? - Yes.
Script and direction — Sergei Bodrov
Camera — Yuri Skhirtladze
Art Direction — Valery Kostrin
Composer — Alexander Raskatov
Sound — Vyacheslav Karasev
Nina, yours has wet himself again!
Five years old and still wets himself.
I've got no more pants, he'll have to go bare-bummed.
Hello, Klava.
Shurik? I didn't recognise you.
Come in, why are you standing?
I have guests today and decided to dye my hair.
I've grown too old, honestly.
- You've been to the orphanage? - No.
Is it for me?
It's called "Tęte-a-tęte".
"Alone with you" in Russian.
Wow!
I didn't catch it, where from?
From the Reform School. Kids up to 14 are kept there.
Well, you should behave yourself.
Klava, do you know where my father is?
I don't want to know! And you forget about him!
Maybe he was stabbed.
We have enough parasites wandering around!
- Take it! - Thanks!
It's not mine. He's an orphan. Just dropped in.
Thank God! I've none of my own.
Kids are the apple of our eye, but let these apples
grow on other people's trees.
We should live in such a way
when you go by a kinder
every second kid will call you Daddy.
Klava, where do you get wine?
I see, you make it yourself! The neighbours may complain.
They make it themselves.
I've got to got to the 'loo. Gena, show me the way.
Go yourself. It's close.
Rosa, it's not nice.
A man shouldn't show you the way to the toilet.
Shurik, go to bed.
Let's dance?
Excuse me, Gennady, what do you see in her?
Such a smart guy and getting around with her...
- Do you think so? - I know her.
It's only a short affair.
- Smells nice. - It's mine.
French perfume!
"Alone with Me" in Russian.
- Well, what's the matter? - I don't feel right.
Don't. It's not right.
I liked you straight away.
Straight away, my love...
Hang on, I'll be quick.
O.K.
You can't even leave for the toilet.
Take him, you bitch!
Klava, shall I make tea for you?
Have you got a photo of me with Mum and Dad?
Come here.
What should I buy?
Some olive oil and sugar, if there's any.
Captain, I've brought him!
I'm busy. Let him wait.
- Have you written it down? - No.
- Where were you recorded? - Here.
"Wanted": Grigoryev from School No. 7.
Special marks: squint in the left eye. "FIH" tattoo on wrist.
Show it to me.
I've got a request from a prison camp in Archangel.
Your Father's been found.
Prisoner Grigoryev needs a certificate about his son.
He's denied this certificate.
He's long been stripped of his parental rights.
Did you steal a motorbike from the settlers' village?
No. I got here yesterday.
Sign here.
O.K. Bring your rocker here.
And deliver Grigoryev to the Reform School.
Come in.
Hands up.
Strip.
Put your clothes here.
Come in.
F I P - Freedom Is Paradise (A prison tattoo)
Stop talking! Lights out!
- Have you got the money? - No.
Get out of here!
Japan is a major capitalist country.
The Japanese are hard-working people,
but they are after profit,
and this ruins their health.
Exercise books on the desk!
I'll tell you later.
- What are you looking at? - At the map.
Our country is big.
As a kid I lived in Moscow at the house for V.I.P's.
I saw Gorky, Demyan Bedny and Stalin himself.
An old bitch!
- Who do you live with? - With a man.
- He's old? - He's not old. Forty-two.
Have you done the garden?
I've got a headache. Blood pressure.
Are you going to play cards today?
No. We'll be taken to work.
Grigoryev!
Now you need my permission to leave the school.
Tell us, are you an idiot
or you just pretend?
One more violation and you'll get the book thrown at you!
Understood? Now, leave.
They're all offspring of drunken parents.
- Were you badly beaten? - Normal.
Sveta, want to come with me into the bushes?
Blow your nose first.
Watch it, I may change my mind.
Hide!
Drive on!
- Was Grigoryev your friend? - Yes, we're from the same Home.
- How did he behave himself? - I don't know.
- Don't play the fool. - He didn't like it there.
- What didn't he like? - The bad food, the beatings.
Who was stealing?
- Where's he gone to? - There's nowhere for him to go.
What did he tell you?
Let's run away together, but I like it here.
You should've reported it.
I forgot.
O.K. Go.
We'll have to search.
I told you we need barbed wire and dogs.
The Police? I'm Ageev from the Reform School...
Put it back! It's the 2nd floor, you'll break your legs.
- I'll leave through the door. - Leave the things.
- And what did you want? - To change my clothes.
O.K. Do it.
I advise you to dress, too.
I didn't call you here. And I go around as I want.
Who is it?
Don't be afraid. It's not the Police.
Hi, Luba!
Excuse me, we were only just relieved.
I've brought food.
Goodbye!
Have you got money? Give him some.
Dollars!
- What do I need dollars for? - Exchange one for six.
Maybe you'll stay the night?
- You've got him for the night. - He'll leave soon.
- Who is it, Luba? - Just a friend.
Thank you!
I can't. I've run away. They're searching for me.
The Police.
I'm going to see my Father...
He's in prison...
Hey, lad! Come here! I want to talk to you.
Hey, where are you going?
Why did you let the dog go? You were told: "Hold it!"
Girls, come and join us!
Come on! It's your move.
They're rotten people. Major!
I'd destroy them all!
He's got one road and that leads to jail.
They're done for people.
- Not all of them! - 90 per cent.
They've come for Grigoryev!
- Hello, Grigoryev. - Hello.
How are you going?
I'm cleaning the toilet. The Commandant ordered it.
- Have you missed us? - No.
We've missed you very much.
Collect your things, you, swine!
Right index finger to your nose. Now the left one.
- When did you swallow it? - In the morning.
- Does it hurt here? - Yes.
Take him to the X-ray.
Nothing will happen to him.
Take me, you smelly goat!
Shut up, you, son of a bitch!
This kid is from the Police. He's swallowed a nail.
- A big one? - Middling.
Your surname?
- What's your surname? - Grigoryev.
- Should I take my pants off? - We'll take them off later.
Sit down, please.
- You've got a difficult job. - I'm fed up...
Well, come here.
- Why did you swallow it? - For fun.
- Well, is it there? - It's not clear so far.
May be, he'll be hospitalised.
O.K. What a troublemaker!
Are you dressed?
Where's that thug got to?
Hey, kid! Come here! Help me out.
Get undressed!
What're you doing, pickpocket? Give me the money!
You're taking it from a worker. Let's go!
See. I was passing by and
saw him picking a pocket!
What are we raising?
It's awful!
Hand him over to the Police at the next station.
Has he stolen much?
- I want to go to the toilet. - Only at the Police Station.
- I'll pee myself. - Just you try.
- What is it? - Dollars.
- What use are they to me? - Sell them one for six.
Alright, go...
- Who let you in here? - I've come to warm up.
There could be a fire here
and I'll be responsible. Let's go.
I'll fine your parents and it will serve you right.
A ticket to Kotlas.
- Is it good? - Yes.
- Where are you from, boy? - I'm from below.
You'd better go back there.
- Can I sit down? - You can.
Dear Vasya, I've had a dashing photo taken of me naked.
Dear Vasya, don't be angry, this is the latest fashion.
Though young and free, I'm not the girls' cup of tea.
Instead I turn the widows' heads.
Don't sing, don't sing, your voice has no true ring.
Bring your singing to and end, my hair is standing on end.
Come with me, please.
- What for? - I'll tell you later.
Come here.
What do you want?
- What's your name? - Sasha.
Will you kiss me?
- Have you got money? - No, only sweets.
And now I'll kiss you for real.
Attention, please!
All passengers on board are to prepare their documents
for examination.
- Whom are they looking for? - Whoever they want.
- What is it? - It's a search for a runaway.
Tell them, please, I'm with you.
Show your documents at the exit, please.
Go through!
He's my brother.
I've got to reach the camp.
Ask on board the tug.
- It's there, not far away. - Thank you.
God bless you!
First! Second! ...
Second cell, out!
Boy, get away from here!
Allow me to see my Father, Chief.
- Where are you from? - From Alma-Ata.
- Is it the truth? - I'm from a Reform School.
- What's your Father's name? - Kolya Grigoryev.
He wanted to hand in a certificate about me.
But he wasn't allowed to do it.
He's not allowed have visitors. He's in solitary.
I've got no right to bring him from there.
Where are you going?
I've got to send you back, lad.
Take him to the visitors' room and feed him.
Corporal Ulibka on duty.
Open up!
Open the cell door!
Stand! Line up!
Who is on duty?
Prisoner Minakov!
Why don't you report?
- Note it! - Yes, Sir!
What's Grigoryev's cell? Any complaints against him?
No special complaints. He was a little off yesterday.
Well, any complaints?
- Our kiosk is empty. - O.K. I'll fix it.
Good morning, listeners.
Radio Archangel in now on the air.
The Chief won't allow it, he did something wrong.
I've come a long way.
It's a banned object, it's not allowed.
- Should I drop my underpants? - Keep them on.
Get dressed.
Wait for me here!
We must declare you bankrupt and close you down.
What's to be done?
The two collectives made no decisions
year after year...
Prisoner, stand!
Come out!
- Where to? - You've got a visitor.
- Who is it? I won't go! - Come out. We'll see.
He's to see his kid.
The Chief's allowed him to stay till morning.
Put on your slippers!
Sasha!
- Got a smoke? - No.
- Not even a fag for your Dad! - I had no money.
What have you come here for?
You need a certificate about me.
So you're here instead?
No certificate will help me now.
The official guests drove along the streets
decorated with the flags of Italy and the Soviet Union.
At the St. George Hall in the Kremlin
an official ceremony was...
You've got a squint? I had one, too.
When I was released, I went to see you.
Your Mother asked me to come.
I had to change in Uralsk,
I had a friend there, we did time together.
Well, we met and drank to our freedom...
We did it one day, then one more and then it was all over.
I was at the station waiting for the train,
when they came to me and asked for my documents.
They took me to the Police but I couldn't understand why.
There was a man there. Dead drunk and he'd been robbed
"This one?" they asked. It seemed I was the one.
"You, sod!" I said. "It's the first time I've seen you."
He started twisting my arm and it made me mad.
I broke free and hit a copper.
I did the whole stretch and I was out...
Then we decided to knock off a cashier's till.
They'd sprung us in a week.
- How long have you got to do? - Eight.
I talk too much. How are you?
Great. Don't worry about me.
I didn't know my Father.
Food was scarce after the War. My Mum worked on a farm.
She stole 5 cucumbers and got a year for each.
She was 18, young and beautiful.
An affair with a thief or a guard, she didn't say,
was the only love that she had.
And I was born in prison.
When she was released
she wanted to leave me, still a baby, at the station and go.
She saw no one wanted me, and took pity.
When you're out we'll be living together.
I'll work where they pay well.
We'll buy a bike, build a house and have other things.
- Are you in a Home? - No, in a special shool.
- What special school? - For talented kids.
Don't tell anyone you have me. It'll spoil your record.
Just say you have no father.
They'll throw it in your face.
Who'd give up a father? What's wrong with you?
What's wrong?
Sasha, go away. I'll come soon.
I wanted to string myself up.
I had no one, Sasha.
Colonel, no incidents
occurred while I was on duty.
Corporal Abakumov reporting.
Write to me, son.
Thank you, Sir.
O.K. Go.
I'll be waiting for you.
Take him to a doctor, he coughs at night.
O.K. We will.
Starring
VOLODYA KOZYREV as Sasha
ALEXANDER BUREEV as Father
SVETLANA GAYTAN as Klava
VITAUTAS TOMKUS as the Camp Commandant
THE END
Filmexport Studio, Subtitles 1989