1 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:17,637 CTB Film Company 2 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:34,875 Alexei Chadov 3 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:47,549 lan Kelly 4 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:09,635 Ingeborga Dapkunaite 5 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:22,595 Sergei Bodrov 6 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,869 Evklid Kurdzidis 7 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:57,509 Giorgi Gurgulia 8 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,199 I'm Yermakov, Ivan. And he was John. 9 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,198 So we're kind of namesakes. 10 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:15,076 We met in the summer of 2001. 11 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:19,599 For two months I'd been locked up in the village of Verkhny Iskhoi 12 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,514 by Aslan Gugaev. 13 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,551 Backthen, none of our lot had heard of him. 14 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,033 His detachment wasn't that big. 15 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,516 There were three of us there. 16 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,157 Me, Fedka and a Jew - a commercial. 17 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,830 A businessman from Vladikavkaz. Called Semyon, I think... 18 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,039 Me and Fedka were sawing up wood when they brought them in on a truck. 19 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,357 There were another two of our guys with them... 20 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,869 Vladimir Gostyukhin 21 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:11,229 Yuri Stepanov 22 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:31,995 You killed my brother! 23 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,038 Yes, I killed your brother! And a whole lot more! 24 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,432 I whipped your sorry black arses and I'll keep whipping them 25 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:40,876 because you're enemies... 26 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:49,917 Did they pay you well? 27 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,317 Don't kill me! Please! 28 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,433 I just arrived, I'm not guilty! Please! 29 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,870 My mum's all alone... 30 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:08,991 Scum. 31 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:59,673 THE WAR 32 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,395 Look down! 33 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,114 - What's he want? - Something in English. 34 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,510 Take the bucket - it stinks! 35 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,918 - Who was shooting? - They killed two of ours. 36 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,998 Give me your hand. 37 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,912 Shit happens... 38 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,590 Take the jug. 39 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,036 It'll be us next! 40 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:29,278 I didn't like her at first - full of herself. Wouldn't even look at you. 41 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:33,911 I didn't understand that she was just embarrassed. 42 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,870 We all crapped in the same bucket. 43 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:43,154 And I thought ginger was a right weed. 44 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,714 In the hole, it's every man for himself - 45 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,669 you're always hungry and they beat you the whole time. 46 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,310 He wasn't too bad, though. He looked after her. 47 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,790 A 'gentleman'. 48 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,792 And from the start with me... because of my English, no doubt. 49 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,596 Back in Tobolsk I finished computer school 50 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,429 and in Chechnya I'd get the news by Internet for Aslan. 51 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,479 ...and a whole lot more besides. 52 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,712 I whipped your sorry black arses and I'll keep whipping them 53 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,592 because you're enemies... 54 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:25,589 Did they pay you well? 55 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,515 Don't kill me! Please! I just arrived, I'm not guilty! Please! 56 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:31,511 My mum's all... 57 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:49,957 I'm worn out. Can't get any relaxation. There's a war on... 58 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,356 When will it end? 59 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:57,672 When all the Russians will live in the North. 60 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,509 You're white. You've got the White Sea. 61 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,993 We're black. We've got the Black Sea. 62 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:07,839 Why did you kill the lads? 63 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,237 It took me three years to find that Lieutenant. 64 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,830 I paid thirty grand to get him. 65 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,833 He shot my brother. 66 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,588 I found him in Rostov. 67 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:25,311 He killed a lot more good Muslims besides... 68 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:27,871 And the youngster? 69 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,475 Who needs someone like that? 70 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:34,353 He goes off to get some vodka. 71 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:37,791 There's a war on, and he leaves his post. 72 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:44,032 Is that any way to carry on, Ivan? 73 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:46,309 No. 74 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:50,354 You're either a shepherd or a sheep. 75 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,839 Those who let themselves be skewered - they're the sheep. 76 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:56,473 Russians. 77 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,639 There are people amongst you. 78 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,835 I saw one in jail near Virkhayansk. 79 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:08,636 A hardcore convict, strong, like a Chechen. 80 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:15,949 If people like him led Russia, you could win this war. 81 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:20,233 But you've got too few of them. 82 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:25,794 You're stupid and weak. And you're led by half -wits. 83 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,436 You've given back the Ukraine, Kazakhstan. 84 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,593 You've just given away half the country for free. 85 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,838 Soon the Chinese will take the Far East. 86 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,310 You're fighting us 87 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:47,351 while in Moscow I've got a hotel, three restaurants, four brigades 88 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:51,468 in Petersburg, Moscow and Samara. 89 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,558 I milkthe Russians like cows 90 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:58,670 but we still get money out of the state budget. 91 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:02,870 Do you know... 92 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,910 why you fight badly? 93 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,191 You don't know? 94 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:14,238 Because you're not fighting for your Homeland! 95 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:19,469 You fight because you've been herded out here like a sheep. 96 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,989 I know my ancestors going back seven generations. 97 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:29,036 I'm a descendant of the Murid, Hadji Kazi. 98 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,755 A hundred and fifty years ago he was already cutting you lot up. 99 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:34,513 This is my land 100 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,157 and I'll clear it of unbelieving dogs 101 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:44,356 until there's not a Russian from here to Volgograd. 102 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,551 Got it? 103 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,435 So, what are they writing about us on the Internet? 104 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,792 The satellite's gone, we'll catch another. 105 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,870 Aslan, tell your men not to beat me round the head. 106 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,668 This is the Internet, you've got to use your brains 107 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,235 and there's a lot in English. 108 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:31,837 And the foreigners asked if they could have a wash. 109 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,194 Come here. 110 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,199 I'll pay! I'll pay! 111 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,715 In accordance with the Shariat 112 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,117 taking money from Jews for military actions 113 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:04,471 is considered legitimate. 114 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,274 And while you won't pay us 115 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:08,555 I'll pay! 116 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,109 we will cut your fingers off. 117 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,351 I tried to translate what Aslan had said, 118 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,552 but John didn't understand. 119 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,635 So I just said they don't like Jews. 120 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:53,388 Can I have another cigarette? 121 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,673 He got it immediately about Jews, 122 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:04,273 but that it was all a put on for him, that they were getting him ready... 123 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:10,752 What did the Jew's seventy grand matter to Aslan? 124 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,396 They didn't mention a ransom to John for a month. 125 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:19,709 They beat one guy to frighten the others. 126 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:24,715 The main thing for them is to break a man, so that he'll pay the money himself. 127 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,949 And they certainly know how to break a man. 128 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:31,836 Then they took us away. 129 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:39,235 Where're they taking him? 130 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:41,436 You just worry about yourself. 131 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,196 Shut up, bitch! 132 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:35,674 - What's he want? - Something to drink. 133 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,070 He can wait. 134 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:01,592 Nice place! 135 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,071 Been in long? 136 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,590 Captain Medvedev. Give a proper report. 137 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,309 - What? - Give a proper report. 138 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:20,879 Take it easy! 139 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,230 Right, attention! 140 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:26,155 Who are you? 141 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:28,515 Private Kulik. 142 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,476 Sergeant Yermakov. 143 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,759 Captured on May 10th, 2001, during a battle on the road 144 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:41,478 from Alkhan Yurt to Urus Martan, while carrying supplies. 145 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:43,313 And them? 146 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,279 They're commercial. Actors from England. 147 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:48,835 They were doing a theatre tour in Georgia. 148 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:04,792 Well, they're actors... 149 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:06,919 At ease. 150 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,993 We mustn't let things slip, lads. There's a war on. 151 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,030 Is it your back, Comrade Captain? 152 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,717 Contusion and shrapnel round the vertebrae. 153 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,310 Let me take a look. Fedka! 154 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,151 How did it happen? 155 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,916 How? We were on a transporter. 156 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:43,558 A rocket went straight through Kit, a guy in my platoon. 157 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,639 I only worked it out when I came round. 158 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,600 Whoever was inside the transporter bought it. 159 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,597 So we were lucky... 160 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:54,239 You may have been lucky... 161 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,074 But what about your platoon? 162 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,870 I got concussed just like you, Comrade Captain. 163 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:03,310 And the bullet's here... 164 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,714 How long had you served? 165 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,793 Two weeks to go before my tour was over. 166 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:12,839 And him? 167 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,628 Still wet behind the ears. His first year. 168 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,912 Captain Medvedev was a tough nut, no doubt about it. 169 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,118 Everyone worked that out straight away. 170 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,518 You can't break a guy like that, can't wear him down. 171 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:32,876 If we'd had more like him, what an army we'd have had! 172 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:38,319 We all felt his strength, his confidence. 173 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:43,156 He's lying there, can't even get up, but he's got this calm inside him. 174 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,120 A commander. 175 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:50,638 And Margaret fell in love with him - I new straight away. 176 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,117 - I think we're somewhere here. - Here? 177 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,795 It seemed to me they took us further. 178 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,709 No. We didn't go faster than 25 to 30 an hour. 179 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,353 And up into the mountains. 180 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,988 No, it's a mountain pass. 181 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,593 With machinegun placements. 182 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,356 I thinkthey're guarding the road to Georgia. 183 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,676 If only we knew what that river is... 184 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:16,871 What's the difference? 185 00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:21,588 Well, I'm getting hungry. 186 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,314 She says you have to exercise... 187 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,991 Careful, careful... 188 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,239 Here. 189 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,634 Like that? 190 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:22,553 Says they can't come up with two million, even if they sell everything. 191 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,834 Says the government won't pay. 192 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,474 They're in negotiations with the Russians. 193 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:03,590 He says they'll do everything. 194 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:05,956 Right, enough! 195 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,957 Same thing over and over for half an hour! 196 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:22,112 What's she to him? 197 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:24,112 Fiancee. 198 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,197 He's not lying? 199 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:27,995 No. 200 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,633 Ask him if he could get two million together. 201 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:40,951 Yes, he says he can. 202 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,197 Tell him the woman stays with me. 203 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:51,719 In exactly two months he gives me two million. 204 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:58,475 If he doesn't, the whole lot of us will fuck her 205 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:04,553 and then I'll cut her fucking head off. 206 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:05,954 Tell him. 207 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,317 Why're you using foul language? Allah forbids it. 208 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:13,832 Speaking Russian is the same as using foul language. 209 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:18,910 To Allah, all your words are the same. Translate. 210 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,754 I didn't believe they'd let us go. 211 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,470 It wasn't the Chechen way. Too smart for them. 212 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,189 And they like to play with you: 213 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,510 tell you you're going to be released. 214 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,552 Let you wash in the river. 215 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,633 Then you sit and wait for two days, get ready... 216 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:38,871 Well, I expected a trick... 217 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,230 Come on, what's the hold up? 218 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,755 It's not an order. Just a favour... 219 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,520 - Comrade Captain! - You know the address? 220 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,069 I'll do everything, if I get out before you. 221 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:11,031 I can't decide whether to let you go or not. 222 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,710 The baksheesh for you is rubbish. 223 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,349 They're paying nothing. 224 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,955 And who'll get on the Internet for me? 225 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:21,439 The Captain. 226 00:27:23,120 --> 00:27:26,874 I know you put the wrong address on the letter you wrote. 227 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,270 You said. 228 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,397 Alright, tell them about the Captain. 229 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,792 I'm tired - be a shame to kill him. 230 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,197 I paid fifty thousand for him. 231 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:46,117 If they don't let my nephew go, who'll give me that money back? 232 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:51,555 Tell them I'll wait another month and that's it. 233 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,838 Will he get the money together? 234 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,357 I think so. He wants to get married. 235 00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:05,113 We're counting from today. He's got two months. 236 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,631 0r he won't have anyone left to marry. 237 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:11,590 Alright. Don't come back. 238 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,157 I won't let you go a second time. 239 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,948 How should he pass the money on? 240 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,039 If he wants to, he'll find a way. 241 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:33,478 Tell him to give his number and I'll phone. 242 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:41,154 Give him this. He can watch it later. 243 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,993 No, they're not taking us to Grozny. 244 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,878 No, definitely not to Grozny. 245 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,879 Don't get worked up. They'll stop the car... 246 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,469 take us out and shoot us. You know Aslan. 247 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,798 He let us go. I don't know why. 248 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,879 No one paid for us, that's for sure! 249 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,793 If it had been Khattab or Basaev, that I'd understand... 250 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:51,559 there's politics involved. 251 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:53,876 But who's Gugaev? 252 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,191 Maybe it was a trade -off with the local security service. 253 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,870 Someone told me it happens all the time. 254 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:06,312 The FSB swap a gangster, then get the credit. 255 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:14,672 They said they'd carried out a secret service mission 256 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,749 to free us. Well, the usual nonsense. 257 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:22,475 It didn't make any difference to me who did what. 258 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,435 Could I have some more water? 259 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,279 What? 260 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,235 Yes, they should have. 261 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,836 No, they won't. 262 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,275 I don't know, cheap. 263 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,670 They don't pay a lot for a soldier. 264 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,912 We're not commercial, 265 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,471 just slaves really. 266 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,638 How much for a commercial? 267 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:26,433 Depends. 268 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:30,036 There's a market in Shatoi. The prices go up and down there. 269 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,834 Buy one, order another... 270 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:34,268 '0rder'? 271 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:38,268 Well, how do you 'order' a murder? Are you just off the moon? 272 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:40,352 But you're talking about gangsters! 273 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:42,153 Chechens are gangsters. 274 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,038 - All of them? - Yes. 275 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,191 That's the anger in you talking. 276 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:50,672 Well, you know best. Listen, can I have a cigarette? 277 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:25,517 We were slaves. We had to earn our food. 278 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:27,153 And what did you do? 279 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:34,118 Everything. In the fields, sawing wood. All sorts. 280 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:35,839 Was it hard? 281 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,232 Not really. Anything's better than sitting in the cellar. 282 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,154 0nly the nutcases used to beat us. 283 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:46,519 They'd get high and have some fun kicking us. 284 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,553 We wanted more food. And there was no salt. 285 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:53,751 You coming to Petersburg? 286 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,311 No, I'm going home. 287 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,280 I want to be in time to get into the Linguistics University 288 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,158 on the interpreter's faculty... 289 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:05,149 You don't know any English, and the exams have finished. 290 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,394 My Mum was at school with the rector. 291 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,870 And the military board will help. 292 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:14,397 Mum said I have to be quickthough. 293 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:21,630 Tobolsk, via Petersburg. 294 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:25,879 Listen, if you're ever in Nizhny, here... 295 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,274 Ivan, you know, I... 296 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:32,592 Alright, Fedka. Maybe we'll meet again... 297 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,478 Before going to the Medvedev family 298 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,757 I told everyone in Chechnya about the Captain 299 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,956 phoned headquarters 300 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:26,511 then managed to phone the Interior Ministry. 301 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,999 Told the cops about Gugaev's nephew in prison. 302 00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:32,674 Just the way Aslan wanted. 303 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:37,518 When I went to see the Medvedevs, I knew there was nothing doing. 304 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:42,311 They're good people, spoke with me, gave me tea. 305 00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:45,549 I just worried about my socks making a stink... 306 00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:49,632 - Please, help yourself. - Thank you. 307 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:51,717 And what's he doing there? 308 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,355 Nothing. Waiting for a prisoner exchange. 309 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,353 - Why don't they exchange him? - Mother! 310 00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:00,996 The Chechen was sentenced to execution, 311 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,352 then the sentence was reduced. He's a danger to society, 312 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:08,673 so they won't to let him go, and it s taking forever. 313 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,433 But why's it taking forever? 314 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:11,993 Mother, put the tea on. 315 00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:14,913 Why take forever? Why keep a Chechen they... 316 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,357 wanted to execute anyway? I don't understand. 317 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:23,316 I always said about those men in their caps. 318 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:26,398 I never used to buy my oranges from them in the market. 319 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,552 Tell me, is he really in good health? 320 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:37,799 Yes. What can I say? Do I look healthy? 321 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,510 Well, he's healthier than me 322 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:43,638 and he asked me to tell you not to worry. 323 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:49,154 Asked me to tell... asked me to tell... 324 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:02,793 My Dad's a hero. He's defending our Homeland against gangsters. 325 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:08,194 He'll come back soon, and we'll go to the zoo like we used to. 326 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:13,195 And then I went home to Tobolsk. And John went to look for the money. 327 00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:30,154 Ivan? Is it you? 328 00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,835 I thought you were at the war! 329 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,716 Don't you remember me? I'm Simakov, Stepan. 330 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,077 - So, all over then? - What? 331 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:41,833 Well, the war! 332 00:42:42,240 --> 00:42:46,233 We'll have to get them in! I'll tell the lads. 333 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:49,598 - How's your dad doing? - What about my dad? 334 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:54,470 Well, he's in hospital, up on the hill. 335 00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:20,833 Hi, Sliva. 336 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:22,389 Hi, Ivan. 337 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:26,428 Unfold it, and then put it through... 338 00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:38,952 Nothing had changed at home. In a word, Siberia. 339 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:43,228 Two years had passed - it was like I'd never left. 340 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:46,313 Sliva still a bandit, same as he was at school. 341 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:49,792 His parents got him out of being conscripted. 342 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:54,876 It's a shame - would've seen the world, worked some things out. 343 00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:59,754 Most of the people there haven't been further than Tyumen. 344 00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:06,557 Mum had aged a lot though, and Dad... 345 00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,512 Hi, Zinka. My dad's here... 346 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:16,156 Ivan! We saw you on TV! 347 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:17,589 Zin, my dad's here... 348 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:18,988 Have you seen Katya? 349 00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:21,238 Zin, my dad's here! 350 00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:23,317 Eh, yes, yes... 351 00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:32,199 Why do I drink, son? 352 00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:37,436 Because life's become boring. 353 00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:43,513 I lived until I was about forty 354 00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:46,793 and that was it. 355 00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:51,468 Misery, all of it. 356 00:44:55,240 --> 00:44:58,869 No love, son. 357 00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:08,231 It's good that you were at war. 358 00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:13,913 War makes a man of you. 359 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,997 And that's what you should be. 360 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:25,750 A man has strength. It's all held together by that strength. 361 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:37,478 I had strength, but it's gone. 362 00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:47,916 If I could be up and on my way to war now! 363 00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:57,798 Don't be angry with me about your mother 364 00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:01,877 she's a good woman 365 00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:05,875 but I've just fallen out of love with her. 366 00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:09,630 You'll understand later. 367 00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:13,000 Remember, son: 368 00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:17,116 if you fall out of love, walk away! 369 00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:22,354 You can't live without love. You mustn't, son! 370 00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:30,392 Hello, mum. 371 00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:33,035 Ivan! 372 00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:39,073 Everyone says they saw you on television, but I missed it. 373 00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:42,278 It's no big deal... 374 00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:11,636 To our brothers, Sapek, Uvar, Taran and Tolka 375 00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:15,198 who are no longer with us. 376 00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:31,274 They hadn't been at war. 0ur own Siberian lads killed them. 377 00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:36,676 We all went to the same school. Some my age, some older. 378 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:43,917 I didn't know Taran at all, but Sashka Uvarov was a friend of mine. 379 00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:03,070 Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs 380 00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:46,955 The position of the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Putin 381 00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:51,359 is that we mustn't pay ransoms to terrorists for hostages. 382 00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:54,559 So I apologize. 383 00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:04,716 I wanted to work with computers - nothing doing. 384 00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:08,629 You say you were in Chechnya, and they start scratching their chins. 385 00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:11,792 'We're using new technologies here,' they say. 386 00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:16,033 So I got knocked back everywhere. 387 00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:19,198 The military board were no use either. 388 00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:22,398 I could get work loading trucks without them. 389 00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:26,070 Ivan, let's get married. 390 00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,349 Where will we live? 391 00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:34,352 Dad will be out of the hospital soon, then what? 392 00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:37,348 Ivan, you asked me to wake you! 393 00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:40,274 I'm up Auntie Val! 394 00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:47,470 Put the tea on. 395 00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:09,835 - Why aren't you at worktoday? - Because it's Saturday. 396 00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:33,912 I bought some good tea, 'Akbar'! 397 00:51:49,560 --> 00:51:52,552 Aren't you from round here then? 398 00:51:55,160 --> 00:51:57,116 'No -speaka -di -Russian'... 399 00:51:59,840 --> 00:52:01,512 Ah, you want Ivan! 400 00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:05,230 Should have said, instead of mumbling away. 401 00:52:10,520 --> 00:52:13,671 How did he get there? I don't know. 402 00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:16,076 Doesn't speak a word of Russian. 403 00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:19,909 Alright, in Moscow they put him on a plane, but in Tyumen? 404 00:52:21,320 --> 00:52:25,074 He found the station, bought a bus ticket 405 00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:30,710 then on the ferry, then he found me. Good going. 406 00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:34,756 As soon as I saw him, I knew. 407 00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:37,158 Knew what? 408 00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:40,716 What was going to happen. 409 00:54:05,520 --> 00:54:07,670 ...into the mountains to hunt goats. 410 00:54:07,960 --> 00:54:10,190 Let's see the documents. 411 00:54:11,640 --> 00:54:13,915 And the cartridges? 412 00:54:14,720 --> 00:54:19,635 As they should be by law, officer. They're stored separately. 413 00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:24,155 Alright. Good day. 414 00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:41,279 - Can we have our own compartment? - Not shy, are we? 415 00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:43,830 We'll pay... 416 00:55:44,280 --> 00:55:46,953 I can't make any promises. 417 00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:50,638 Take Compartment Six for now and we'll see. 418 00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:52,916 Anything you say, my lovely! I'll be hoping... 419 00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:55,038 Be off with you, my 'Iovely'. 420 00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:02,957 Why did I go? Not for money, that s for certain. 421 00:56:03,480 --> 00:56:08,952 But why? I don t know. 422 00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:13,192 Maybe to get Aslan. 423 00:56:13,840 --> 00:56:18,072 Probably because of the Captain though. 424 00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:22,552 I asked our commander about him, I asked for help. 425 00:56:22,840 --> 00:56:25,559 He's got connections from back in Afghanistan. 426 00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:30,954 He said, 'What're you worried about, be happy you got out. 427 00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:35,154 'It's not your war, we'll manage without you.' 428 00:56:35,520 --> 00:56:38,239 I got angry about it. 429 00:56:39,800 --> 00:56:45,636 And I felt sorry for Ginger. Where'd he be without me? 430 00:56:47,080 --> 00:56:51,358 And why not ride to Vladikavkaz and back for free?! 431 00:56:51,840 --> 00:56:55,116 What were the gun and the ammunition for then? 432 00:56:55,520 --> 00:56:57,636 But we were going to the Caucasus! 433 00:56:57,880 --> 00:57:01,270 And the stuff was good, I could always use it for hunting. 434 00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:02,788 And he was paying! 435 00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:24,516 Hi, guys. I'm Alexander Matrosov! Where to? 436 00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:30,113 That way. 437 00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:33,875 I got it. I'll put the case away, alright? 438 00:57:34,520 --> 00:57:36,351 Hey, skinny! 439 00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:47,396 American? 440 00:57:47,600 --> 00:57:50,160 Alexander Matrosov. 441 00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:56,073 This is John, and I'm Ivan. 442 00:57:56,800 --> 00:57:59,314 Guys, I'm Alexander Matrosov! 443 00:57:59,960 --> 00:58:03,794 No free compartment, so I'll have to cramp your style. 444 00:58:04,160 --> 00:58:09,712 Soon the scum will clear off. But, for now, I'll play host! 445 00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:19,358 - Anything else? - Take it easy for the moment. 446 00:58:19,680 --> 00:58:23,912 They're reliable guys. They're responsible, 447 00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:26,998 you say the word, and that's it! No going back! 448 00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:30,431 0f course, they're black -arsed scum, 449 00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:35,760 but they deliver the goods bang on time and never screw you! 450 00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:39,717 And you know some major players down there? 451 00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:43,839 Come on, Ivan!! I'm Alexander Matrosov! 452 00:58:44,760 --> 00:58:48,548 Well, I might have some business for you, Matrosov. 453 00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:52,159 Hey, scumbag! 454 00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:58,951 Get us some more vodka, and get us some nibbles... 455 00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:05,112 Look, skinny's conked out. 456 01:00:04,800 --> 01:00:10,318 He was a funny guy, Alexander Matrosov. 457 01:00:10,680 --> 01:00:15,231 He was buying heroin from the Chechens and taking it to Russia. 458 01:00:15,520 --> 01:00:19,513 We got very drunk in the restaurant car. 459 01:00:19,800 --> 01:00:21,995 I saw straight away he was a con -artist. 460 01:00:22,320 --> 01:00:25,437 I didn't tell him anything, just checked him out... 461 01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:03,629 Arriving in Vladikavkaz! Do you want the ticket receipts? 462 01:02:22,040 --> 01:02:26,511 Hello? Can I speak to Alexander Kardanov? 463 01:02:27,840 --> 01:02:30,070 Yes, Kardanov. 464 01:02:32,080 --> 01:02:34,674 They'd talked a lot of rubbish to John in Moscow. 465 01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:39,596 There was no big shot ex-KGB guy who exchanges hostages. 466 01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:43,157 The guy said he was an FSB Major. 467 01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:46,352 He knew we were coming and was waiting. 468 01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:52,072 When I met him I knew we'd landed in a right mess. 469 01:02:52,480 --> 01:02:57,349 But what was I supposed to do - turn round and go home? 470 01:02:57,560 --> 01:03:00,836 You were prepared to kill, even then? 471 01:03:01,800 --> 01:03:07,352 Journalist, you go off to play pool back in Moscow. 472 01:03:07,600 --> 01:03:11,991 What's your goal? To pocket some balls, in order to win. 473 01:03:12,240 --> 01:03:14,515 Well, this is war, this is... 474 01:03:14,720 --> 01:03:19,714 Sergeant, what're you getting so worked up for him about? 475 01:03:20,360 --> 01:03:25,115 Comrade Major, it's not my money, so I couldn't care less. 476 01:03:25,320 --> 01:03:29,313 But ten percent is steep. He hasn't got much as it is. 477 01:03:29,640 --> 01:03:34,794 Gugaev knows how much we've got - any less and he won't let her go. 478 01:03:35,320 --> 01:03:40,314 He'll either rape her or cut her ears off - I know. 479 01:03:41,080 --> 01:03:43,674 And we're late - only four days left. 480 01:03:43,840 --> 01:03:45,671 The ten percent isn't for me. 481 01:03:45,840 --> 01:03:48,991 There's my people, the people in Chechnya. 482 01:03:49,160 --> 01:03:52,311 It's a big operation - an illegal operation, Sergeant. 483 01:03:56,800 --> 01:04:00,952 What if we said 50,000? 484 01:04:01,400 --> 01:04:06,190 I wouldn't be sitting here, Sergeant. What are we haggling for? 485 01:04:06,400 --> 01:04:09,870 You ve got the money with you? 486 01:04:10,080 --> 01:04:14,073 Who carries that kind of money, Comrade Major? 487 01:04:15,040 --> 01:04:17,429 What guarantees can you give? 488 01:04:17,840 --> 01:04:20,957 Serious people in Moscow gave you my number, Sergeant, 489 01:04:21,200 --> 01:04:24,192 and I don't give out l0Us. 490 01:04:26,120 --> 01:04:30,830 You've no choice, Sergeant. Without me you're screwed, got it? 491 01:04:31,840 --> 01:04:36,356 Day after tomorrow, we meet here. I'll bring the money. 492 01:04:36,560 --> 01:04:40,712 There s one condition - I go with you. 493 01:05:49,040 --> 01:05:51,235 We'd got tails everywhere. 494 01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:54,233 I noticed when I got our bags from the station. 495 01:05:54,560 --> 01:06:00,635 Guys watching, gangster faces, harder than our Siberian guys. 496 01:06:01,280 --> 01:06:07,037 They weren't looking for me - they didn't need me. 497 01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:11,399 And John was in the tram. So the game was on... 498 01:06:24,040 --> 01:06:27,271 Listen, where're you from? 499 01:06:27,920 --> 01:06:30,514 Nizhny Tagil. 500 01:06:33,160 --> 01:06:37,756 Almost my neck of the woods. I'm from Tobolsk. 501 01:06:38,680 --> 01:06:41,433 - In for much longer? - Five months. 502 01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:44,514 - Conscript? - 0n a contract. 503 01:06:44,840 --> 01:06:46,432 Been to Chechnya? 504 01:06:46,640 --> 01:06:48,949 What do you think we're doing here? 505 01:06:49,240 --> 01:06:51,390 What do you want? 506 01:06:52,320 --> 01:06:54,993 I really need to get into Chechnya. Give us some help... 507 01:06:55,200 --> 01:06:58,192 I'm here for the first time, we never went in from this side. 508 01:06:58,440 --> 01:07:01,398 Always through Mozdok. I've got no idea here. 509 01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:04,353 If I got over the border, I'd find my way from there. 510 01:07:04,640 --> 01:07:07,154 Leave something behind over there? 511 01:07:08,320 --> 01:07:10,117 I was captured over there. 512 01:07:10,280 --> 01:07:14,273 I've been in civvies for a month, but I've got a debt to pay. 513 01:07:16,280 --> 01:07:19,989 Tell me who I've got to talkto, and whatever I've got I'II... 514 01:07:20,280 --> 01:07:23,636 - Well, what have you got? - What do you need? 515 01:07:25,720 --> 01:07:28,473 What size do you take? 516 01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:12,438 What've you got in here? 517 01:08:12,680 --> 01:08:14,750 Nothing worth thieving! 518 01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:19,869 That's a joke, right? What're you looking at? 519 01:08:44,600 --> 01:08:46,318 Is that it then? 520 01:08:46,600 --> 01:08:50,718 Stay down! We'll be going through their border now. 521 01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:54,072 Don't sweat it - they're our guys on the post. 522 01:09:09,960 --> 01:09:11,598 See you round, guys! 523 01:09:11,880 --> 01:09:14,713 You guys are totally fucking mad! 524 01:09:38,080 --> 01:09:40,071 Tourist! 525 01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:45,309 I'd noticed that he was filming everything 526 01:09:45,520 --> 01:09:47,590 mumbling to himself, but so what? 527 01:09:47,800 --> 01:09:53,909 When he spoke to me, I understood, but otherwise... 528 01:09:54,400 --> 01:10:01,909 But shooting a film? You've told me, but I never would've guessed... 529 01:10:03,560 --> 01:10:07,712 They're about to kill his woman, and he's filming. 530 01:10:08,280 --> 01:10:11,352 They're strange. 531 01:10:12,720 --> 01:10:18,192 It's funny - in English 'to film' and 'to shoot' are the same word - 'shoot'. 532 01:10:18,440 --> 01:10:21,591 I didn't know. He told me later. 533 01:10:21,840 --> 01:10:24,308 Anyway, we went on, just the two of us. 534 01:11:22,520 --> 01:11:24,636 Keep up! 535 01:11:57,400 --> 01:12:00,153 Shit, the map's too small! 536 01:13:23,560 --> 01:13:25,551 Shit! 537 01:14:18,920 --> 01:14:20,911 Idiot! 538 01:14:46,760 --> 01:14:50,070 You're working well. 539 01:14:51,280 --> 01:14:54,033 Where's your owner? 540 01:14:54,520 --> 01:14:56,238 Are you deaf? 541 01:17:20,600 --> 01:17:22,795 Nice! 542 01:20:39,160 --> 01:20:42,596 He was nearly broken then. 543 01:20:42,840 --> 01:20:45,752 I didn't go near him for the rest of the day. 544 01:20:46,000 --> 01:20:50,869 He mumbled into his camera, I had a bit more to drink and slept. 545 01:20:51,120 --> 01:20:55,159 I thought, if he keeps moaning, I'll hand myself in to our guys. 546 01:20:55,400 --> 01:20:58,995 The bastards had all our military locations on their maps. 547 01:20:59,400 --> 01:21:01,595 I even knew where I'd go. 548 01:21:01,960 --> 01:21:05,953 But the next morning he's as fresh as a cucumber. 'Come on,' he says, 'let's go.' 549 01:21:31,120 --> 01:21:32,872 Waiting for a bus? 550 01:21:39,760 --> 01:21:41,955 End of the road, darky. 551 01:21:42,320 --> 01:21:47,269 Russian! I'm just a shepherd! I've been tending my flock! 552 01:21:47,520 --> 01:21:52,753 Listen, scum, I know a lot. 0ne word of bullshit and I'll shoot. 553 01:21:53,080 --> 01:21:56,470 If you hear the word 'three', you're no longer living. 554 01:21:56,720 --> 01:21:59,154 - Name? - Ruslan Shamaev! 555 01:21:59,400 --> 01:22:02,790 - How many slaves? - No slaves, I just tend a flock... 556 01:22:03,040 --> 01:22:04,712 0ne, two... 557 01:22:04,920 --> 01:22:08,959 0K! Two, ages ago, but my brother tookthem for a debt I owed him! 558 01:22:09,280 --> 01:22:11,271 When did you shave the beard off? 559 01:22:11,560 --> 01:22:14,791 Two weeks ago! They made me! I'm a simple fellow, I live in the mountains! 560 01:22:15,280 --> 01:22:17,077 Where? 561 01:22:18,480 --> 01:22:20,232 Nizhny Alkun! 562 01:22:20,600 --> 01:22:22,989 Where's Aslan Gugaev?! 0ne, two... 563 01:22:23,320 --> 01:22:25,038 - He was in Katan-Yurt... - Three... 564 01:22:25,320 --> 01:22:28,039 Russian! I know! I'll show you! Whatever you want! 565 01:22:28,320 --> 01:22:31,995 Careful, scum. You're my slave now. 566 01:22:32,320 --> 01:22:36,313 And if you screw up, I'll blow your head off. 567 01:22:36,720 --> 01:22:38,438 Gugaev. 0ne... 568 01:22:38,640 --> 01:22:43,475 0n the pass! Protecting the mountain pass! 569 01:22:43,720 --> 01:22:46,359 Now we're talking! 570 01:22:46,800 --> 01:22:49,792 Get up and show me on the map. 571 01:22:50,120 --> 01:22:55,035 If I have any doubts about what you say, it's over - I've counted to three. 572 01:22:55,360 --> 01:22:58,989 I don't know Russian so good. You speak fast. 573 01:22:59,520 --> 01:23:02,034 I shoot even faster! 574 01:23:08,320 --> 01:23:12,108 We're here. Where's Aslan? 575 01:23:16,920 --> 01:23:19,195 Not here. 576 01:23:19,480 --> 01:23:21,471 Well done. 577 01:23:22,640 --> 01:23:26,394 You've passed the first test. Let's try the second. 578 01:23:26,800 --> 01:23:28,791 Where? 579 01:23:30,080 --> 01:23:33,470 0ver there. My hand's tied, I can't point. 580 01:23:33,760 --> 01:23:37,719 - Here? - No. There! 581 01:23:38,680 --> 01:23:41,831 There, you've passed the second test. 582 01:23:42,200 --> 01:23:44,794 Just the third one left. 583 01:23:54,880 --> 01:24:00,876 Now, my shepherd friend, you show us how to get there fast and safe. 584 01:24:01,160 --> 01:24:05,551 And so that you don't think I'm joking, I'll tell you straight: 585 01:24:06,560 --> 01:24:12,556 me and the Lone Ranger are finished anyway, same as you! Got it?! 586 01:24:13,440 --> 01:24:19,151 But, if we complete our NAT0 mission, I give you my word as a Russian paratrooper: 587 01:24:19,520 --> 01:24:23,559 I'll let you go! You can go tend your flock! 588 01:24:23,800 --> 01:24:26,837 But, you know how difficult these things can be... 589 01:24:27,920 --> 01:24:30,514 Albatross Four! 590 01:24:32,800 --> 01:24:35,553 Albatross Four! 591 01:24:37,280 --> 01:24:42,308 Ruslan Shamaev. Nizhny Alkun. Check his identity and report back. 592 01:24:42,560 --> 01:24:49,796 If I'm not on the wire tomorrow, kill all his relatives. All of them. 0ver. 593 01:24:59,080 --> 01:25:01,753 This is Beslan Khatuev's jeep. 594 01:25:02,000 --> 01:25:05,913 His brother's disappeared. Everyone's looking for him. 595 01:25:06,640 --> 01:25:11,873 We won't get there in this jeep. We have to go across the glacier. 596 01:25:12,760 --> 01:25:15,115 Faster that way. 597 01:25:16,200 --> 01:25:21,797 Ruslan believed us, especially when we dumped the Landrover. 598 01:26:08,520 --> 01:26:12,354 Get up! Move it! 599 01:26:20,080 --> 01:26:21,957 Get a move on! 600 01:26:43,040 --> 01:26:45,429 I said move it! 601 01:27:06,080 --> 01:27:08,833 Don't worry. 602 01:27:09,080 --> 01:27:13,790 I've told them to leave your family for now. But they're fierce... 603 01:27:14,000 --> 01:27:17,470 I'll do everything, Russian! 604 01:27:17,800 --> 01:27:20,473 Let's take a break. 605 01:28:01,680 --> 01:28:05,036 I know a way through the ravines. 606 01:28:05,320 --> 01:28:09,996 There's no one round here. All the villages are deserted. 607 01:28:10,240 --> 01:28:14,631 After the deportations, the Chechens didn't come back. 608 01:28:17,600 --> 01:28:22,754 - You're from Moscow, yes? - Yes. 609 01:28:23,160 --> 01:28:26,197 - You have a university there? - Yes. 610 01:28:26,480 --> 01:28:28,755 You studied there? 611 01:28:29,000 --> 01:28:31,514 Everyone in Moscow studies there. 612 01:28:31,840 --> 01:28:36,197 My uncle lives in Moscow. He didn't study there. 613 01:28:36,640 --> 01:28:38,949 But he's not Russian, is he! 614 01:28:42,160 --> 01:28:46,870 My eldest son is very clever. I want him to study in Moscow. 615 01:28:47,200 --> 01:28:49,475 Have you got contacts there? 616 01:28:49,880 --> 01:28:52,189 Yes, but it's expensive. 617 01:28:52,680 --> 01:28:59,392 I've got money. I want our clan to have a politician! 618 01:29:00,000 --> 01:29:02,070 But he's not very good at reading. 619 01:29:02,360 --> 01:29:07,115 That's not important anymore. You just need contacts. 620 01:29:07,680 --> 01:29:09,910 You'll help, yes? 621 01:29:10,400 --> 01:29:14,518 No problem. If your son survives. 622 01:29:54,600 --> 01:29:59,754 Come on! Hold on John! 623 01:30:36,640 --> 01:30:39,234 Who did the jeep belong to? 624 01:30:39,480 --> 01:30:41,357 Beslan Khatuev. 625 01:30:41,600 --> 01:30:43,636 What's his call-sign? 626 01:30:43,880 --> 01:30:46,599 I don't know Khatuev's - honest! 627 01:30:46,880 --> 01:30:48,916 Who's do you know? 628 01:30:49,360 --> 01:30:52,830 Loads. Who's do you need? 629 01:30:53,200 --> 01:30:56,192 Get Gugaev. 630 01:31:38,800 --> 01:31:40,916 Gugaev! 631 01:31:44,680 --> 01:31:49,674 Salaam, Aslan! How's the Internet doing without me? It's Ivan. 632 01:31:53,720 --> 01:31:57,998 Salaam, Ivan. What do you want? 633 01:31:58,320 --> 01:32:01,039 Just to say 'Salaam'... 634 01:32:01,240 --> 01:32:05,597 I heard the Englishman is bringing the money. 635 01:32:06,800 --> 01:32:11,669 He's late. I'm waiting, for now... 636 01:32:13,040 --> 01:32:15,395 How are my friends? 637 01:32:15,720 --> 01:32:18,359 They're fine. 638 01:32:21,720 --> 01:32:26,919 I'm sure they are. He's bringing the money. 639 01:32:27,800 --> 01:32:32,510 But first you promise before Allah that you won't trick us. 640 01:32:32,920 --> 01:32:36,549 0K. Who'll hand over the money? 641 01:32:37,120 --> 01:32:42,148 '0K' isn't good enough - promise before Allah! 642 01:32:43,200 --> 01:32:48,194 I've got a witness here. A Muslim believer. 643 01:32:48,640 --> 01:32:53,111 I swear before Allah! When? 644 01:32:54,120 --> 01:32:57,999 In four days time. 0ver and out. 645 01:32:58,360 --> 01:33:01,875 We'll see how faithful you are to Allah. 646 01:33:02,840 --> 01:33:06,355 We have to get there in two days. Got it? 647 01:33:27,440 --> 01:33:33,197 We got there in a day and a half. Ruslan took us across some goat-tracks 648 01:33:33,600 --> 01:33:38,355 in from the Georgian side which was totally unguarded. 649 01:33:38,640 --> 01:33:40,790 All we had to do was make the exchange. 650 01:34:54,200 --> 01:34:58,239 Russian, he won't keep his word. 651 01:35:01,520 --> 01:35:05,832 I heard how he spoke. All Gugaevs are lying dogs! 652 01:35:06,840 --> 01:35:09,877 0ur families have always lived close together 653 01:35:10,320 --> 01:35:13,437 on either side of the mountain pass. 654 01:35:13,640 --> 01:35:19,909 He's our blood enemy! They always stole our cattle through the pass. 655 01:35:20,280 --> 01:35:23,955 0ur grandfathers fought, even made peace. 656 01:35:24,240 --> 01:35:28,074 In the second war they took 60 sheep from us. 657 01:35:28,360 --> 01:35:30,749 'I'm a fighter, you're a shepherd,' he says. 658 01:35:31,040 --> 01:35:34,476 'Your father's brother wanted to kill my grandfather. 659 01:35:34,800 --> 01:35:38,634 But he got scared, and you're just the same!' he says. 660 01:35:39,240 --> 01:35:42,994 Why're you telling me all this? 661 01:35:43,360 --> 01:35:48,115 Tomorrow he'll kill the American, then you, and then he'll kill me. 662 01:35:48,640 --> 01:35:53,430 You won't answer the radio, so my family will be killed too. 663 01:35:53,720 --> 01:35:56,188 That's right. 664 01:37:29,440 --> 01:37:35,151 So, proud Chechen shepherd, can you use thing? 665 01:37:35,360 --> 01:37:41,071 Not all Chechens can tend a flock, but all Chechens can shoot. 666 01:37:42,520 --> 01:37:47,753 You have a chance to save the honour of your clan. 667 01:38:02,280 --> 01:38:08,549 Russian, tell yours to leave my family alone. They'll kill you... 668 01:38:09,080 --> 01:38:10,718 maybe... 669 01:38:11,040 --> 01:38:15,716 I'm your family now, got it?! Protect me, and you'll save them. 670 01:38:16,040 --> 01:38:19,828 If I see it's all over for us, then I'll tell them. 671 01:38:20,280 --> 01:38:22,191 Let's go. 672 01:38:23,560 --> 01:38:29,271 In his book and film, John says you were beating the Chechen shepherd... 673 01:38:29,440 --> 01:38:31,112 ...and then you just give him weapons. 674 01:38:31,400 --> 01:38:33,516 So what? 675 01:38:33,800 --> 01:38:36,109 Weren't you afraid he'd shoot you in the back? 676 01:38:36,360 --> 01:38:40,797 0f course not, I had his family as hostages. 677 01:39:40,680 --> 01:39:41,954 Salaam, Aslan. 678 01:39:42,240 --> 01:39:43,559 Salaam, Ivan. 679 01:39:47,800 --> 01:39:50,030 You're a mountain man, Ivan. 680 01:39:50,320 --> 01:39:51,469 I live on the plains. 681 01:39:51,720 --> 01:39:53,915 We brought the ransom. Let's go. 682 01:40:37,360 --> 01:40:39,999 - Where're the keys? - There. 683 01:40:52,600 --> 01:40:54,397 Ruslan! 684 01:40:56,160 --> 01:40:58,549 No! 0bey your orders! 685 01:42:09,400 --> 01:42:11,630 You won't get out of here! 686 01:42:11,920 --> 01:42:16,152 Then you won't get the money. Tie his hands! 687 01:42:42,560 --> 01:42:44,869 What about your oath, Aslan? 688 01:43:37,360 --> 01:43:39,237 Go to the machinegun. 689 01:43:39,560 --> 01:43:42,279 Tell your people already. 690 01:43:42,560 --> 01:43:44,471 It's still too early! 691 01:44:07,840 --> 01:44:09,034 Morning, Comrade Captain! 692 01:44:09,280 --> 01:44:12,113 Hello, Sergeant. Give us a smoke. 693 01:45:24,920 --> 01:45:30,358 We'd landed ourselves right in it. We couldn't use Aslan for cover. 694 01:45:30,880 --> 01:45:35,192 No way backthrough the pass with the Captain. 695 01:45:35,640 --> 01:45:42,512 We could go down through the village, but there were a lot of beards down there. 696 01:45:42,920 --> 01:45:48,836 The Captain said it: climbing a tree is easy, getting back down's the hard part. 697 01:45:49,680 --> 01:45:54,549 He's a great guy. He thought of using the river. 698 01:45:55,480 --> 01:45:57,835 They weren't expecting that. 699 01:49:16,400 --> 01:49:20,439 Comrade Captain, we need air support. We're finished without it. 700 01:49:20,880 --> 01:49:23,440 We're too far off to use the radio. 701 01:49:32,960 --> 01:49:35,872 Let's try the satellite phone. 702 01:49:36,760 --> 01:49:39,718 You're well-stocked, Sergeant! 703 01:49:47,760 --> 01:49:49,432 How does it work? 704 01:49:49,680 --> 01:49:53,992 Simple - we need to catch a satellite. 705 01:49:58,240 --> 01:50:00,435 I'll tune it in. 706 01:50:03,960 --> 01:50:08,112 Hello! Give me HQ chief, Colonel Malykhin! 707 01:50:08,720 --> 01:50:11,837 Captain Medvedev! Move it! 708 01:50:12,160 --> 01:50:15,232 Great line! If only we had these... 709 01:50:27,120 --> 01:50:31,875 It's Captain Medvedev. Hi, Kolya. 710 01:50:32,120 --> 01:50:37,433 Listen, we're surrounded - send some air support! 711 01:50:37,800 --> 01:50:40,633 There's five of us, two English. 712 01:50:41,640 --> 01:50:47,715 The Shatoi region, south of Itum-Kali, coordinate 34. 713 01:50:48,640 --> 01:50:53,475 There's an abandoned village with a big old tower! We're in the tower. 714 01:50:55,360 --> 01:50:58,158 Yes, they're firing at us! 715 01:50:59,400 --> 01:51:02,073 I think we can hold out for an hour. 716 01:51:04,600 --> 01:51:07,273 There's nowhere to land. 717 01:51:07,920 --> 01:51:10,229 Alright then. 718 01:51:10,840 --> 01:51:15,072 So? Are they coming? 719 01:52:55,680 --> 01:52:57,910 Lads, give us a cigarette. 720 01:52:59,680 --> 01:53:03,070 - Long to go? - Seven months. 721 01:53:05,920 --> 01:53:09,230 - Just back from Chechnya? - From Grozny. 722 01:54:10,920 --> 01:54:15,391 Here. It's a bonus from NAT0 723 01:54:16,400 --> 01:54:20,109 for the fight against international terrorism. 724 01:54:22,640 --> 01:54:27,430 It s English money - almost two thousand dollars. 725 01:54:32,600 --> 01:54:34,670 You know the rest. 726 01:54:34,920 --> 01:54:37,480 John made a film and became famous. 727 01:54:37,800 --> 01:54:42,669 I'm being prosecuted for killing citizens of the Russian Federation - 728 01:54:43,640 --> 01:54:46,279 I was a civilian, after all. 729 01:54:46,760 --> 01:54:50,469 John put it all in the film, about the woman in the jeep 730 01:54:50,760 --> 01:54:54,355 and the old man with his kid at Aslan's. 731 01:54:54,640 --> 01:54:57,074 How did he shoot it all? 732 01:54:57,320 --> 01:55:01,233 He wrote a book as well - 'My Life in Russia'. 733 01:55:01,480 --> 01:55:05,951 He didn't come to the court case, of course. Gave evidence over there. 734 01:55:06,760 --> 01:55:12,039 But the brave shepherd Shamaev turned up, detailing how I tortured him 735 01:55:12,720 --> 01:55:16,599 how I cynically slaughtered Chechen women and children. 736 01:55:16,960 --> 01:55:20,953 He lives in Moscow now. His son's at university there. 737 01:55:23,800 --> 01:55:27,554 Margaret never did marry John. 738 01:55:27,880 --> 01:55:31,668 I gave the Captain all the money - 739 01:55:32,040 --> 01:55:35,828 I knew what was waiting for him back home. 740 01:55:36,240 --> 01:55:41,473 His wife wrote, said they'd done some expensive operations. 741 01:55:41,880 --> 01:55:47,034 He's stuck up for me. He's a good man. 742 01:55:47,960 --> 01:55:52,238 I don't thinkthey'll put me away, but who knows. 743 01:55:52,760 --> 01:55:55,832 0ur lot in Tobolsk keep looking to Moscow: 744 01:55:56,120 --> 01:56:01,797 what will Putin say, will there be legal reforms? 745 01:56:02,560 --> 01:56:08,032 Still haven't seen that film. It'd be fun to watch it now.