Star Media presents
Yevgenii Tkachuk, Yelena Shamova
Aleksei Filimonov, Vadim Norshtein, Sergey Marin, Igor Artashonov
Valentin Gaft, Vsevolod Shilovsky, Aleksandr Ilyin, Rimma Markova
Anatolii Kot, Artem Osipov, Aleksandr Lazarev Jr., Artem Tkachenko
Oleg Shkolnik, Irina Tokarchuk, Yekaterina Kopanova, Valerii Bassel
Once upon a time in Odessa, Based on I.E. Babel’s Odesa Tales
Producer: Sergey Ginzburg
Written by Maksim Belozor
Music by Vladimir Davydenko
Cameraman: Eduard Moshkovich
Production Artists: Nikita Chernov, Yulia Sobinova, Svetlana Litvinova
Casting by Anastasia Leonova
Post-Production Producer: Artem Yeliseev
Executive Producer: Yelizaveta Troitskaia
Produced by Vitalii Bordachev and Vlad Ryashin
Kostia, go to all carriages and tell everyone there must be discipline.
If they misbehave, I will punish them personally.
Here, throw it away. Why are you standing here?
Take the seats according to the tickets. Is this mine? -Yes.
Okay, that’s all. I need to have a rest.
Hello, darling.
What a surprise.
I decided to go with you.
He will make her get off the train. -No.
I am telling you. Not in the middle of nowhere, but he will make her get off.
We’ll see.
Kostia, what do you think?
The time is just right. People go to war. They go to die.
And she is traveling with her husband on a soft carriage.
I have been thinking and I decided, if you are like this…
I love you. And I don’t want to live without you.
Tsylia, how do you imagine this?
Have they gone insane or what?
Tsylia! -Wait! Wait!
Where are you going?
Go back!
Go back I said.
Get on the train. Tsylia, where are you going? -I’m going with you.
Put it down. Where are you carrying this? Get back!
Misha! Look at this. -Leave the goose, Marek. -What are you doing, Misha?
Leave the goose, I said. Mayorchik, take her to the carriage.
Get on the train!
You tramps, form up!
Quickly!
Tell me about this gang. Who are you? Where do you come from?
Are you from investigation department to ask questions?
Are you from Odesa? -Yes.
I am from Moldavanka. -I am from Deribasovskaya.
The rest are from the market area.
The regiment’s commanding officer Vinnitsky.
The division’s commanding officer Deev. Hello, comrade.
Hello, comrade. -Mayorchik.
Is this your rank? -No, my childhood nickname.
Misha, I am very sorry, but when we will get something to eat?
We haven’t eaten since yesterday?
Quiet. -Look at his muzzle. Petlura will feed you, devil’s soul.
I am very sorry, Curly, but I was not talking to you.
Misha, I’m not joking.
For how long we will be tormented in this heat?
I am out of strength. -Yonik, fall in.
You are too mild with them.
Take your team and lead them to the village behind the forest.
Lodge them in the houses. Who does not get a bed will sleep outside.
The nights are warm. The well is clean, we’ve checked.
What about the food?
We’ll give you some food, but later. In three hours.
Improve the discipline.
Soon the commanding officer of the division will be here.
Do you know what kind of person he is?
He was surprised as soon as he was born.
He is militant. He is young, but he is a very good fighter.
So, take your men and…
Boss, I am very sorry, are there any skirts there?
Listen to me. Not skirts, but comrades in arms.
It is not a beach. Take them away. Apology for soldiers…
I have no other soldiers.
A horse is a comrade in arms and women perform a different function.
Okay. The pears are good and soft. Misha, will you have one?
What about you, Gulia?
I would rather eat some sausages.
Goulash would do even better.
Okay, I will go and find some food.
Why did you swear?
Have a look. They have scattered the rifles around and idle.
It is good we have no alcohol. They demand food.
I am hungry too.
There is a fight.
Go away! Go away!
Go away I said.
What kind of people are you? Whom are you fighting?
Your own people. -Misha, we talked to them in a good way.
Get off.
Misha, stop getting nervous about trifles.
We will eat now and have a nice talk.
Why did you attack them?
Why are they stealing food?
Stand still! -This is not for you, I told you.
We are bringing this to the horse troops in the neighboring hollow.
What about us? -What about you? I don’t know you.
Who? You us well when you need someone to shed blood.
And when it comes to food, we are nobody.
Quiet! Don’t chirr.
Okay, Misha, that’s all. I am sorry. -You are like…
Come on, calm down. I am sorry, Misha, we got too excited.
All of us.
What’s going here? -We were trying to bring food
to the 25th regiment that stands near the hollow.
And they have attacked us and started to beat. -Show me the attackers.
That one in a peaky cap
and that big face started to beat me with a ladle in the face.
Shoot him. -Quiet. Shoot so soon?
Who are you? -Vinnitsky.
Yaponets. I told you about him.
Commander of the 54th regiment.
Why do you have such look? -We were having a rest, we are tired.
I must report. That was shenanigan. People have not eaten since yesterday.
Those who desert, rob or disobey must be shot immediately.
This is true, but there are not more than a dozen of you here,
and my boys are good fighters, but their morale is low.
God forbid if anything happens.
Let him go.
What about the food?
Give them food. -Really? So? Welcome to my residence.
Quiet! What meals do we have, I wonder?
You’ll eat what I give to you.
Will there be meat or gruel?
I told you this is unreasonable.
They all must be disarmed until it is too late and Yaponets should be arrested.
We’ll see.
Borshch? -I told you, a soup.
A soup from donkey’s balls.
The soup is thin, but nourishing.
You will be thin, but aware,
Petliura is three versts from here in Golubivka.
You are here and Golubivka is here. -Okay.
These are haidamaks’ headquarters.
Five kurins which count for about 3.000 people.
And a hundred of cavalry. According tour estimations,
they will attack in a few days, but they may start even earlier.
What do we need to do? -Keep the defense. Don’t let them get to the station.
Isn’t that too numerous an enemy for us?
At any cost. In other areas it is not easier.
What about the cavalry?
Cavalry is a reserve force.
It will stay behind, so that you could not run away.
Are you confident in your soldiers?
I am confident. How far is Golubivka from here?
Three versts.
What did you tell you father, I wonder?
He does not know.
Sofa knows, and father thinks I went to see aunt to Inkerman.
I should have made you get off the train. But I was too week.
No, it was God’s decision.
What did He decide? That you should be under bullets?
Me or us, it’s the same.
I told you so many times that it is the end. But I can’t. I love you.
You love me.
So, it is destiny.
Okay, Tsylia, I need to go to the guys. It is night. I must go.
I will go with you. -Where will you go? -Misha.
Sit here. I am not Misha anymore. I am your commander.
So, you either go home on a cart or follow my orders.
There is Golubivka. A village. Haidamaks are stationed there.
There are lots of them. And they will attack us tomorrow.
What are we going to do?
Are we supposed to run away?
Yes. I thought the same at first.
Then I thought: why would I run?
Who are they? I will tell you. They are tramps.
Those are poor peasants.
They were given rifles, but there is mud under their nails.
And who are we? We are adventuresome people. We are lucky.
And we are extremely lucky.
And we are talented thieves.
So, I decided to pay a visit to these haidamaks before they attack.
Misha, we will kill them. We will scare Petlura.
Let’s go.
Izia. Have you handed out the grenades?
Yes.
I am sorry.
Misha, we are lucky. These are headquarters.
Come on then.
I am sorry to wake you up. -Anything happened?
There is a battle going on in Golubivka. -What?
You can hear it all around the steppe. -What battle? Petlurites are there!
There is only Yaponets’ regiment in Golubivka.
Have a seat.
Do you think it was Yaponets’ initiative to attack?
Damn. What if he takes the village?
I doubt it. But when Petliura defeat his gang
and starts a breakthrough across the empty field…
I told you. Yaponets won’t listen to anyone.
Anyway, we have to wait.
We cannot send backup to Yaponets, we have no time.
Let’s wait.
Marek, where are you carrying the goose again?
It’s for supper. -What supper?
Good supper.
Izia, how are you? Tired?
They have killed 20 our men or so.
We haven’t counted. What are we going to do with these?
Maybe, shoot them all down? -Mayorchik, are you mad?
Are we going to wet-nurse them or what? -Misha… -Okay, we won’t shoot them.
We’ll drive them to a house and burn it.
Misha, they will be sent to the station.
Yeah, right. Who is the boss here?
Izia, wasn’t I clear enough?
I am the boss.
Who are you?
Sadylo. Kurin ataman.
Really? Bring him into the house.
Ataman without trousers!
I was against this. But they took Golubivka after all. So…
Nobody ever judges the winners.
Yaponets is a hero. What will you say, Comrade Kotovsky?
A hero, yeah.
Comrade Feldman, under this situation we must keep Golubivka.
Send my gratitude to Yaponets and his fighters. You may go.
Yes, sir.
Fighters of the Red Army.
Rabble. -Heroic rabble.
Gangsters. And gangsters make quick decisions.
They are with us today, but tomorrow…
Grigoriy Ivanovych, I know this. But Golubivka is ours.
Tell to Yaponets keep it. -Will he?
For one day. On sheer boldness. Maybe even longer.
A day will be enough to maneuver and hit Petliura from the flank.
This must be enough. And Yaponets asked for trouble.
Now let him fight. Why should we sympathize with scum?
Leave a covering force behind them to block any retreat. You may go.
Yes, sir.
Gulia! Gulia! Whoa!
How did you manage? Where did you find it?
Treat yourself, Gulia. And treat your guys, too.
I am not greedy. -This is a good thing.
Tell me, where did you find this vodka?
You should know where to look.
My guys and I took a pot-house.
And there is lots of this good.
My soul sings and weeps.
You are behaving like a skirt. -What? Okay, okay.
Stop it! Let’s go. Quickly.
Guys, the jar! Return the jar!
Did you see what’s going on there?
Misha, where did they find the vodka?
Sasha, have a seat. Let’s have some drink.
Have you all gone mad? They are all drunk! Why are they clanging the bell?
They are happy. Sit down, let’s drink to revolution.
Where did you get the vodka? Stop it now!
This is not vodka. This is moonlight.
It was distilled from wild apricots.
Not from wild apricots. Usual moonlight from usual corn.
It was distilled it from wild apricot.
Izia, it is from corn.
What Izia? I’m not Izia.
Who are you? I am chief of staff.
Pour me some. Stop, stop, stop.
Sasha, I did not notice. I thought there was nothing in there.
Haidamaks had either hanged or drowned the pot-house keeper.
I thought they had drunk everything.
But the bastards have found a cellar. A secret cellar…
There is no way a pot-house keeper does not have hidden supplies.
This is impossible.
They have found two barrels. -You should have seized them. -Yeah, seize.
You won’t drive them away even with a machine gun.
I shouted at them. But there is no use.
That’s why we are sitting here.
Okay, don’t look like a beast at me. -Sit down and drink.
I have placed the guard. Maybe they won’t pass anyone.
Hello, hello to you.
Pindos.
Gulia.
Gulia, this is a foreign suit. What are you doing?
I am sorry.
I need to sharpen the pencil. “We, citizens of free Odesa announce…”
Tsylia.
Sleep.
What about you?
I don’t want to. I am thinking.
I had a dream. We were walking along the seashore.
And the sea was so blue. Almost green.
And you said, “You did not want to.”
And I asked, “What?”
And you said, “This is not the sea, this is the Bay of Biscay.”
Were there only two of us?
Yes.
That was a wrong dream.
Tsylia.
There are three of us now.
Tsylia…
Mayorchik, I don’t understand. Did I order a cannonade?
Where are your guards? They are all drunk.
Stop! Stop!
Run, Misha, Run!
Where? -Damn it. Run! Now!
Thousands of enemies are coming here from the steppe.
Run! -Stop!
Have a look.
Tsylia. -We’ve lost the village.
The party is over. We are leaving. Leave it here! Let’s go!
Why are you lying here?
Have a look.
Misha, those are ours. Why are they shooting?
Scum.
Kotovsky’s men.
Stop! Who are you? I will shoot.
Who are you? -And who are you?
Yonik, stop getting on my nerves. It’s me, Misha.
My goodness! This is Misha.
I thought they’ve killed you all. Take away the guns, idiots.
Haidamaks have killed many of our people.
Lots of them. They minced Vaska. I saw it with my own eyes.
We started to run away across the steppe. We wanted back to the Reds,
but their cavalry started to chop us like Aunt Mania chops the cabbage.
My guys and I escaped. I don’t know about the rest.
Maybe some others escaped.
Misha, I don’t get it. Why would they kill their own men?
Yes. We should not go back to the Reds now.
There is Berzula station nearby.
We did not go there, because we were afraid.
Where are we going now, Misha?
What a nice situation!
This is now way to saw. Saw it. Enough.
I need to chip wood later. And how will I chip this wood?
I will tell Comrade Lutsker and you will be in for it.
Sit and don’t complain.
What? Are you telling me to stop complaining?
Who else? -You should not talk back to me. Because Comrade Lutsker…
Good day, sir.
Railroad Station Officer Eremenko.
The regiment’s commanding officer Vinnitsky.
Eremenko, could you give some water for my guys?
Treat yourself. -Thank you. Kostik, Umanets, bring some water.
And you treat yourself. -Thank you.
Are you a telegrapher? -Yes. -I am Commissar of Regiment Feldman.
I need to contact the headquarters of division right now.
We are welcome.
An urgent message to Comrade Yakir…
Commander, we are departing tomorrow. Is the task clear?
Yes, sir.
Commander, may I? -What do you have?
A telegram from the commissar of the 54th regiment,
Feldman or what is his name.
Yaponets has survived. Send a message to Feldman.
Disband the regiment. Arrest Yaponets. The rest will scatter.
Hello, guys. -Good day. -Is the train operating well?
There is a smoke. Nothing wrong can happen to it.
Who are they? -These? These are my men. The men from my regiment.
Do you have an engine driver? -Of course. There is even a coal heaver. Why?
No reason. I just wanted to work in the railway since childhood.
Good bye. -Bye.
The remains of the regiment are on the station.
Please, give one more chance to Vinnitsky.
Commissar of Regiment Feldman.
Sasha, what are you doing? Where are you typing to?
To the division. -They have betrayed us. They have written us off.
Misha. I must arrest you.
Thank you.
Fool.
Listen to me. They have written us off. Totally.
The regiment has been disbanded. And they are going here.
They need me. They won’t touch you.
So, let everyone decides for himself.
What about you Misha?
I want to go to Odesa on a train. Maybe we will get luck.
My goodness.
Gulia, Yonik.
Sure.
It’s to hot to go on feet.
I am sorry. In which direction is Odesa?
Don’t make us nervous, give us the rifles.
Come on, darling. Quickly!
Okay, guys. Make up you mind whether you will go with us or not.
I am going with you. -Okay.
Are you going?
No. And you should not go either.
What do you recommend?
You should go to Kyiv and get an appointment?
Where will I get an appointment?
To Heaven? Bye. All kind of things may happen.
We’ll meet if we don’t die.
Excuse me if I did anything wrong.
To Commissar Feldman. You must arrest Yaponets now.
Shoot him in case of resistance.
To the regiment’s commanding officer. Vinitsky is heading to Odesa on a train.
I am sorry about the people. They got in trouble because of me.
And so many got killed.
Because of my foolishness.
Well, you did not force them. They came on their own will.
Yes, they thought Misha was a king. And I sent them to death.
There will be a station now. Take Tsylia and get off the train.
Where? -Don’t interrupt. You will go to Odesa on foot. It will be safer.
I am not going without you. -This is an order. You are the chief now. Come on.
And you? Aren’t you going?
I’ll join you later.
No. -Listen to me and don’t interrupt.
As soon as you come to Odesa, leave immediately. Okay?
Take your Dad, Sofa, Leva, and leave. Only find Barsky.
He will tell you where the money is, in which banks and how much.
It will be enough and even more.
I have made over everything to you. -Without you?
I can’t go with you. I will come as soon as I sort it out everything here.
And then I’ll come. If come in time, we will leave together.
If not, I will go to the Bay of Biscay.
I don’t want to!
Do you think I want?
I don’t want to go, Misha.
You must. Do you understand? For the son.
Or the daughter, I don’t know.
What’s going on? -This is the end. The journey is over. We cannot go further.
And what’s behind? It’s empty.
Station Khatsapetovka. We have come.
Misha, what are we going to do?
Listen to me. I will go to them.
And you take the men and go backwards.
You’ll cross the river and go to Odesa across the woods.
No, Misha, I’m going with you. -Where? This is the end.
I don’t care if it is the end or not.
I don’t care about your heroism.
You must lead Tsylia and the guys to Odesa.
Then you will be a hero. Do it for me.
I am asking you as a brother.
Misha! Don’t go!
How can I not go? People are waiting.
How can I run away from such a meeting?
What a nice situation!
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Mikhail Vinnitsky a.k.a Mishka Yaponchik was killed on July 1. 1919.
The rest of his regiment was totally destroyed by Kotovsky’s cavalry.
After the death of her husband, Tsylia Averman leaved for Paris
where she spent the rest of her life in wealth.
Grigoriy Ivanovich Kotovsky was killed at a Soviet farm Chabanka on August 6, 1925.
According to one of the versions, he was killed
by Meer Zeider a.k.a. Mayorchik as a revenge for Mishka’s murder.
What a nice situation!
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