STAR MEDIA presents
Yevgeny Tkachuk, Yelena Shamova
Aleksey Filimonov, Vadim Norshtein, Sergey Marin, Igor Artashonov
Valentin Gaft, Vsevolod Shilovsky, Aleksandr Ilyin, Rimma Markova
Anatoly Kot, Artiom Osipov, Aleksandr Lazarev Jr., Artiom Tkachenko
Oleg Shkolnik, Irina Tokarchuk, Yekaterina Kopanova, Valery Bassel
in ONCE UPON A TIME IN ODESSA based on ‘The Odessa Tales’ by I.E. Babel
Directed by Sergey Ginzburg
Written by Maksim Belozor
Music by Vladimir Davydenko
Director of photography: Eduard Moshkovich
Production designers: Nikita Chernov, Yulia Sobinova, Svetlana Litvinova
Casting by Anastasia Leonova
Postproduction producer: Artiom Yeliseyev
Produced by: Yelizaveta Troitskaya
Executive producers: Vitaliy Bordachev and Vlad Ryashin
M-me Basia!
Why are you so late, my friend?
I was busy, M-me Basia.
Hi!
Hi.
Lechaim!
Look, there's Umanets.
Who's he?
Nothing special. He seems to come from Shepetovka.
His team includes five men. They don't intrude in our business.
Don't worry then.
Respects, Yaponets.
Evening.
My guys ask whether they can work with you.
Why me? Are there no other people to work with? Shark, for instance.
Shark… We don't want to work with Shark.
Why so?
Shark does crazy things… We want to join you. Wholeheartedly.
All right, if this is the case. Take seats.
Thank you. Some next time. Guys, come here.
Wait.
Yasha, where are the guys?
Our common fund. It's all we have.
Ah! Gorgeous sight! Hello, guys. Do you recognize me?
We did not think in the train that… If only we had known…
Excuse us.
Okay. Let's consider we’ve met anew.
Okay, you may go. If we need something, we'll let you know.
And what do Central Rada offer to us, comrades?
The revolution is underway in Russia.
Peasant councils have taken the power in Petersburg and Moscow.
And here in Odessa we still have the old regime.
Yes! Yes!
Why, comrades? Because the Mensheviks have occupied the council…
Mayorchik, tell me why an angry is always so unattractive?
Misha! Misha! Vinnitsky!
Hello! -Hello! How are you?
Quite well. -I see.
Meet my guys.
Ivan. -Yasha.
Mayorchik. -How?
Izya.
So, made up your mind to join us? Look.
Oh, no-no-no. I stay away from politics.
You shouldn’t think so. Do join us, if you change your mind.
Okay. Bye.
Bolsheviks of Mensheviks. I don't care a fig.
You are a politically unaware gangster, Mayorchik.
What?
What, what… When I was in prison,
I got acquainted with Bolsheviks and there are serious guys among them.
How did it go? Was it a success?
When wasn't it? This is your share.
How? Is that all? -150.000.
What 150 thousand, if there was half a million.
The rest is mine.
How so? Wait, we have made an agreement. You take the half.
I've changed my mind. This is even too much for you.
In the future you will get one third. This is my condition.
But it was us who pointed you to the diligence.
So what? I faced the bullets. One of my guys was killed.
So, you should know, I work for two thirds.
This is a disgrace. -Comrades, it’s… it’s a robbery. I will kill you, scum…
Vania!
Call me any time.
I told you, we should have worked with Misha.
Vinnitsky would have never done such a thing.
They all are alike; criminal scum.
Misha served a term as apolitical prisoner. He is a different kind.
Comrade Mokhov, can you talk to him?
Do you think he will agree?
I am sure he will.
No, Vania. Why would I need all this?
You’ve got your own stuff, and I’ve got my own business.
I told you I didn't want to get involved in politics.
Politics has nothing to do with that. I'm telling you: it’s Expropri… Expr…
We need money. You do it anyway.
What?
Rob.
Raya, live us for a while.
You could help us. You could help the revolution.
What will I get from this, buddy? I am doing fine without you.
You should not say this. We have people everywhere.
Sometimes we know things other people don't.
We have pointed Shark on pretty money.
But he’s become too brazen. So, the Committee decided to work with you.
You should agree. You should understand that the power will be ours.
And you will be a friend to this power.
Stop pressing on me. I said no. It's it.
Misha! Will you help us with Shark?
What about Shark?
We need him dead.
Well, I declare…
The Committee decided to strike off the scum.
He betrayed us. He knows everyone of us. We need him killed.
Then do so. What do I have to do with all that?
You said you are fed up with him… That you…
Vania, bear this in mind and tell to the others:
Misha Yaponets does not do wet work without reason.
Should I kill Skark only because he talks bad about me?
Misha.
You should understand, I'm fed up with Shark, but not enough to shoot him.
So, take care of him on your own. Clear?
It is.
Go then.
Misha! Misha, tell Mayorchik about me, what is he doing?
Stop yelling. Why are you awake? Eh?
I took part in a job.
What job, you jobber?
There's nothing funny about it. I heard them make arrangements,
so I followed them, and Mayorchik drove me away.
He did right.
What’s right about it?
Everything. I told you to keep your nose out of it.
I don't understand where did they go?
To Grecheskaya street.
Come, show me the way. I'm not going to sleep anyway.
What's this? Who are you?
Stop yelling.
I told you to stop yelling.
Show us your safe. -What do you want, gentlemen?
I… I will give everything… Please… Don't do any harm.
Come on, be quick.
Izya!
Misha.
Why did you leave without me?
Barsky said it was urgent, so we had to…
Dad, the door slammed…
Tsilia…
You?
Gorgeous sight.
Already done? Why are you empty?
The thing is… I don't know what to do.
Izya, where did you take me, eh? -Misha, don’t! Easy, easy!
Why? It was Barsky who pointed! I’ve got nothing to do with that!
Are you mad because of his daughter?
Couldn’t you tell me it was the Avermans house?
How was I supposed to know? He said, it was 18 Grecheskaya Str.! -Hands off!
How was I supposed to know? He did not tell me anything!
He said he had a store! Let me go!
You hit me to blood, bastard. You always hit in the face at any occasion.
Come on!
Come on what?! Am I a little boy or what?
I'm sorry!
And you hit me in their presence.
I told you, I'm sorry!
Izya, couldn’t you have asked Barsky whether we were going to do the Avermans?
Izya! Follow me. Izya!
Guys, where are you going?
Where? To help you.
How can you help me, Liova? Stay here.
Misha!
What?
The flowers. – Yep.
I'm telling you he's sick.
Don't make noise. I’m here on such a business that he will recover at once.
How can he recover if there was a robbery last night?
Monsieur Averman, my respects.
He wants to see you, master.
My God, you've come again.
Don't be afraid. I’m here on such a business that you will feel happy at once.
What business?
Let's sit down and I will tell you everything.
I am not dressed properly.
It doesn’t matter. I’ll sit down. -Yes, please.
Felia, please, take the gentleman's things.
Are you going to eat? The girls are already there. It’s going to get cold.
Go, go, later. I’ll come later.
Monsieur Averman, do you know who I am?
Yes, I do. You are Moisei Vinnitsky. and you are Misha Yaponets.
You are right. You might have also heard that I never make empty promises.
So, I want to say that I am sorry.
What happened last night was a terrible mistake.
God forbid from having another night like that again.
But life continues, Monsieur Averman. Do you agree that it continues?
Of course, I agree, it continues.
No, it does not. It has stopped.
No, I mean it has stopped for me. Monsieur Averman, I want to marry your daughter.
What?
I want to marry your Tsilia. I am not a good speaker, but I speak bluntly:
I want to marry your Tsilia.
Marry? How?
According to all rules, with all necessary arrangements.
In the Brodsky Synagogue. With guests and songs.
It’s going to be the most chic wedding ever in Odessa, I swear.
Listen to me, Monsieur Averman. I am young, but I already have a start and I will go far.
You will have ten stores, Monsieur Averman.
I will persuade your competitors that trade is not for them and close their stores.
No thief will ever appear in your street.
And you will have a king as your son-in-law. A king, not some milksop.
What is your answer?
I don't know what to say, Misha.
Is this a “no”?
Did I say “no”? I'm not brave enough to say “no”. But it is not a “yes” either.
So, what is your answer?
I have no answer. How can I an answer?
Monsieur Averman, I am getting nervous.
I always get nervous when I don't understand things.
Misha, I can see that you are a noble man. I am no worse.
Go to her. And ask her. If she says “yes”, I won't say “no”.
Are you mad? How can you say so! Even think so!
What's wrong with what I have said?
Dad, why did you let him in?
Tsilia, please, mind your talks.
Do you really think I'm going to marry a bandit?
I'm no bandit.
Really? How interesting! You break into our house at night, with a gun,
my Dad nearly died: he has a weak heart.
That was a mistake.
A mistake! How nice! Do you think I don't know you? I know you.
I remember you. You may not remember me, but I remember you.
You have already broken into this house before. With a gun. It was long ago.
You were a young down-and-out then, and now you are a real bandit!
Tsilia!
I told you, I'm no bandit.
And you dare to think, to hope that I will marry you? Misha Yaponets?
Why not?
You are madman.
So, the answer is “no”.
Then I will tell you something.
I don't give a care about what you've just shouted, I will forget it.
What?!
You heard me.
Monsieur Averman, give your daughter some drops from the vial on your windowsill.
Misha, I'm begging you, don't take it close to heart.
I am begging you, Monsieur Averman!
I don't take it to heart, if nobody cares about my heart here.
But will tell you this: we'll see.
Good bye.
Adieu.
Misha! – The hat! – Misha!
Misha! Your hat! Misha!
I feel so ashamed, so ashamed! Barsky knows everything,
but he did not know that Misha wanted to marry Averman's daughter.
How was I supposed to know,
when I know that Aaron Lerner's son is making courts to her.
I don't want to offend Misha, but Lerner is a good match.
Lev Yakovlevich, forget it. I am talking about a different thing.
It is easy for you to say “forget it”!
I couldn’t sleep all night lont, when I learned about this saddening misfortune.
Nothing of this kind has ever happened to Barsky.
Do you understand what it means?
Stop clucking please.
Excuse me.
Bring me a glass of something.
Mayorchik, be seated. Don't jump like a boy.
Izya, you should understand, this surprise with Averman…
I’ve got bad nerves. Why are you making such a face, as if I’ve hit you?
Okay, hit me.
Hit me, in front of everyone. Want me to hit myself?
Don't fool around.
Forgive me, Izya. I mean it.
Okay. Forget it.
I understand that you are the boss, you're a king.
But Misha, we are friends. Not mere acquaintances. You should keep this in mind.
No, Mayorchik, you are not a friend of mine. You are my brother.
Have you seen him, Grinia?
I have.
Tell me everything.
He said that Yaponets is going to rob the Paramonov store.
And?
They are going to rob them tonight. I sent Shaber to the crime department.
And the one who betrayed Yaponets… Does he want money?
I don’t understood him. He seems not to need money.
Maybe, he’s got some grudge against Yaponets. I’m not sure.
Okay, we'll see. Come.
Hey, lady, buy some fish. This is good fish. I’ll give it for cheap. Wait. Where are you going?
So, father, show us the stuff.
Here. It’s here.
I see.
Wow! Tweed! Just look at it! Twill from Romania. My Dad would die to have it.
Who is your father, Yasha? -Kostia, you are surprising me.
Have you never heard about tailor Matvey Palchik? Haven’t you?
Yasha, quit your habit to chat at work. Take this out.
Yasha, don't make a mess. Easy! Don't fret.
Osia, what are you doing here?
Hands up. Hands up.
What's next?
That's all. You get out. Drop your guns we go to prison then.
What prison?
You are surrounded. So, don't play fools.
What if we refuse?
I warned you I would shoot, didn’t I?
Okay, let's go.
Freeze! Yasha, take the guys and go out.
Won't your dragons shoot us all?
There's no one there. I'm alone.
Pindos, stop that.
Why are you standing? Go out. Yasha, put this rubbish where it was.
Osia. I'm shocked.
You will leave now. But I won't let you go the next time.
Maybe I won't get caught next time. How did you know?
Shark's people squealed to me. Why does he dislike you so much?
And how did Shark know?
Use your brains.
He thought nobody would find out,
got a tip about the raid and sent some of his men to Osia, on the quiet.
But how? Which of our guys sold us to Shark?
I am shocked. What Osia decided to take us out of principle, he can do so.
He can't do so that to us.
Yeah, you wish.
Okay, it’s not about Osia. We should finish with Shark.
Come on.
Yes, we should. Wise people told me to, but I refused.
Who told you?
It doesn’t matter. I stuck in his throat right as I emerged.
So now we can't live in Odessa together.
I want her.
It’s not allowed. Madam Basia forbids.
What do you mean? Look, jerk…
Madam Basia forbids.
Do you know who I am?
Grinia! Grinia, what's going on?
Madam Basia, I want Rosa. And this jerk says she’s forbidden.
Why do you need Rosa? Is this Rosa really so special? – Well, eh…
Let’s come upstairs, and I will show you such a beauty that you will be happy. Lionia!
Yes?
Take him to Katia. -Yes, Madam?
This way please.
But I… I want Rosa.
He simply does not know our Katia. Go. She wanted to get acquainted with you.
Me?
Yes you, go.
O my God.
Misha. You think you're king? You think you can do whatever you like, eh?
I think you should go to bed now.
What? Do you know what my brother will…
Grinia, come.
If Gersh allowed you, then you think you can do everything, eh?
My brother will kill you like a dog. Like a dog! I will…
Let's go, Grinia.
You are such a passionate young man.
How can it be so that young and nice people quarreled that much?
Grinia, let's come upstairs. Katia is waiting for you. Come.
Damn your Katia…
Don’t say so?
Excuse me, Yaponets.
Jerk indeed.
I’m not sure now: maybe, we'd really have bumped him off? For a start. And then his brother too.
Lionia, don't yell so loud. I gave a start myself.
Misha…
Why are you so nervous? And why are YOU grinning? You've scared the artiste.
We are sorry, we didn’t mean to.
Excuse us.
Misha…
Misha, why do you need these idiotic tricks?
I am sorry.
I’ve got bad nerves, Misha.
Lionia, here some business. I badly need you and your talent. A girl lives nearby, who I love…
No. Don't get up.
Tsilia, I want to see who's there.
I said no.
Tsilia!
Switch off the light! Don't come close to the window.
Sofa, get away from the window.
Tsilia! Tsilia! Won't you look out?
I won't.
I would if I were you.
O my God, it is so banal.
Why banal? It’s very romantic.
So look out, Sofie.
I will, Tsilie.
Dad! Dad! Do something! It’s not proper before people.
Look. Misha, I think it's a bad idea.
Mind your own business.
Misha, I am serious. This is a cheap trick. You need something… sort of warm.
Please, don't be messing around.
Either I have feelings for the girl, or the girl is not worth of me.
You’d better tell me how to say “love” in French. -Je t’aime. – Je t’aime…
I beg your pardon. I beg your pardon.
Leizer, you are wonderful. – Ah, Monsieur Averman! Misha. My compliments.
Ah, Monsieur Averman! Is your daughter asleep?
She is not. She has become too clever.
And She does not respect her parents, but this is nothing.
The main thing is that she has no respect for you and for your noble intentions.
What does she say?
I feel so uncomfortable, Misha. What does she say? She says you should stop taking interest in her.
I beg your pardon. This is so childish of her. But she still is a child.
Okay. Gorgeous sight! Monsieur Averman, you've been lucky for flowers lately.
Maestro, stop making noise, people are sleeping all around.
What does your daughter want, I wonder? She wants an earl, doesn’t she.
Tell her that an earl is nothing if compared to the King.
Folks, don't be standing out there, let's go. My compliments.
My compliments, Misha. -Move.
You’ll be laughing now. Two men came to my mother this morning. Officers.
They were young and handsome, and in addition they were not alone.
They brought a machine-gun with them and said,
“Madam Lavandovskaya, the Reds are near Odessa,
so we are installing this machine at your window.”
Do you know what my mother did? You're right.
My mother drove them away. “How this could possibly be? What will my neighbors say?
Riva is not married, and some unknown men will be sticking in her window? No way!”
Bend down, damned you. Who are you?
We are locals.
He is shooting like a devil. Mayorchik, how many grenades do we have?
You can't take them with a grenade. It won't reach.
Izya, show him who is the master in this household.
He’s Izya Mayorchik.
Stop shooting. Spare the cartridges.
Your Mayorchik has escaped.
Mayorchik is not this kind of men.
See?
Charge! Come on, come on!
Hey, Misha! Just stop lying there. Misha! Misha! It’s is a gorgeous sight from here!
Clean work.
You bet. We are a serious firm.
Dymchenko. Almaz. Thank you, Comrade.
Misha! Misha, look what I’ve found!
What's there? Oh! Yasha, look here, this is my dossier.
Don’t say so.
“Mikhail Vinnitsky. A political convict.” And the pictures.
Just look at it! You're handsome as Apollo.
That’s hardly the word!
Give it to me; I will show it to Mom.
Are you nuts?
No need to make your mother upset.
So, “Let’s renounce the old world”, eh?
Just do that.
Hey! Form a rank! Okay. All Exellencies. Oh, here one should be careful.
So, Osia, your store got closed now, hasn’t it?
Let them go.
Whom? Them? What say you, Uncle Vasia? Okay.
Hey, gangmen, don't do any harm to the gentlemen officers.
Let them drag home. Why standing? Good bye. No kisses.
Osia. Wait. What are you going to do now?
Sleep.
well, it’s a good job too. Maybe, you’ll join me, eh?
I don't think so.
I asked just in case.
Do you think we have to leave? -I think we should wait.
Wait? We can't wait. They said they would requisition everything.
They have already visited me. -And what?
What? They took everything. All they could carry.
You think we should stay and they won't stay here long?
I think they will stay, But they won't stay for long.
Monsieur Gepner, this short while will be enough for me.
It won't take long to deal with Prul. They come, take, and kill him. Will it take long?
So, you think we should leave?
Ah, leave me alone! I’ve broken my mind already by thinking on this. To leave or not to leave...?
I think we should not leave; I think we should wait and see.
Though, there is nothing pleasant to look at.
Gentlemen! Gentlemen!
Where is the kitchen? Tell me quickly.
Over there, over here. Misha!
Monsieur Averman, I am sorry to bother you. I’m here just for a moment. Here…
What's this, Misha?
This? Ah, it’s some foodstuff. It’s such a time now that… it won't be any superfluous.
You again? Dad, what's going on here?
Tsilie, this is Misha. Misha has brought us some food.
What? What's this?
This? This is a chicken. A good fat chicken.
Why have you brought all this? Take this all and go away.
Mademoiselle Tsilia…
Tsilie, honey, I'm begging you…
Dad, don't you understand that all this stuff is stolen?
There’s no pleasing her…
Tsilia, aren't you ashamed?
Should I be ashamed? It's he, who should be ashamed. And you should be ashamed too.
People are starving in town, and you steal from the starving ones.
Me? -Tell me I'm wrong. -What makes you think so? -Where did you take all this?
These are provisions.
Then take your provisions and go away.
You know what? If you so much want to yell, you can yell as much as you like. Is it clear?
What?! -You heard me. If I brought you some food, it does not mean I took it from those who starve.
If you don't need it, you can throw it away.
Or give it to someone else. And you can eat only hominy as much as you like. Come on.
You don't have to marry him, but you could thank him at least.
Dad!
Monsieur Averman, tell your hysterical daughter that I don't want to bother her anymore.
And if she worries about the starving that much,
let her not, ‘cause we will feed the starving.
Misha, Misha! Don't take it close to heart, I'm begging you! Thank you a lot, Misha!
The citizens of revolutionary Moldavanka,
at the time when everyone does not give a damn that
the working people have nothing to eat,
Misha Yaponets does care.
So, drink and eat.
And have a heart – don't hide too much food in your bosom.
‘Cause there are plenty of you, and we have only 40 pounds of sausage.
Mayorchik, just look how they’ve fallen on the food.
They are swallowing like seagulls. How are things, Uncle Sania?
How? There is no bacon on the tables, Misha.
Uncle Sania, what bacon? How possibly could it be here? -Why?
Why, why? Jews and bacon are way away.
Just eat sausage, leave him alone.
Eat what you are given. -I say the same.
Eh… Lechaim! May God give you health.
May God give it to he who deserves it before God.
Ida, do I not deserve? Or my Meyer, has not deserved it before God?
Well, Madam Glikberg, what did I want?
I wanted my Moisha to work at a store and be a respectable man.
But when everyone is glad that he's a gangster, let him be a gangster then.
Meer, jus stop that.
Stop what? You’re always stopping me.
Shut up your jaws. Don't spoil the celebration to the people.
Berchik, are you crazy or what?
What's wrong?
I’ll show what's wrong. Put the glass down. Now.
It’s Madeira, it’s not strong. -Mayorchik, hit him in the forehead.
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