lf we find her, we shall surely bust Fox.
She is no Sobolevskaya.
This lover is of great interest to him. Here is his den.
Vladimir Visotskiy as Zheglov
What does it mean?
Sobolevskaya knew the deceased, didn't she?
Vladimir Konkin as Sharapov
What's your name? lt's not very good that l always call you comrade Sharapov.
My name is Vladimir.
And l am Varvara.
The age of mercy.
l didn't kill her!
l did not do it!
l did not! l am telling you!
Screenplay by Vayner brothers.
- Hello. - Your lD, comrade.
My lD? My lD is all right, citizens.
Damn you, bastard!
You sold out all of us, including those who died but...
...never got scared of the gangster's bullet. You sold us out!
Now the gangsters will think that they can scare a man from Moscow Criminal Police.
Directed by Stanislav Govorukhin
You often meet Fox, don't you?
When did you meet him last time?
lt was 5 or 6 days ago.
- Where? - ln the ''Astoria'' restaurant.
You'll have to go to ''Astoria'' with us to identify him.
- Who do you think l am? - You know the man...
...we suspect of a murder. The murder of your friend, by the way.
lt's very bad. A tribunal is quite possible.
Can we tell the authorities who is reading it now?
- What shall l do, Gleb? - l don't know! Think about it!
Here it is... Your case...
Gleb! Where did you find it, Gleb?
Where did l find it? lt's not a lost property office here.
l took it to register with the training group.
You, bastard!
Besides that l taught you a lesson. You'll never leave a case on the table again.
l'm going out of my mind. l may as well go and hang, and you are playing...
...such dirty tricks on me. - Don't be that nervous, Volodya.
- You've got your lesson. - My lesson?
l am no milksop to you. l do understand the words, don't l?
l am a war officer! While you stayed here, in the rear, l...
...went behind the front line for 22 times!
And you are teaching me these lessons. What a bustard you are, Zheglov.
And l thought you are a worthy man.
l don't want to know you anymore.
Get the hell out of my room today!
- Get the hell out of it! - Well, OK.
l should never tell you these words.
Women are fond of strong and resolute men.
But you are the only person l can talk to.
Do you really know what men women love?
Varya, l can't get used to it.
People are chasing and busting each other, they are shooting, whores are laughing...
l don't know if l am right or wrong.
Volodya, was it easier in the war?
Everything was clear in the war: the enemy was behind the front line.
And this damn work makes me doubt myself.
You are young. You are very tired.
And you doubt yourself because you are only a beginner.
You can't prove yourself.
Believe me. Women can feel it.
They need you more than Zheglov at your place.
Uncle Slava!
Varya! Varyukha!
You are a grown-up! Your friend?
- How are my people getting on? - l'll tell them.
- They'll be so happy! - Wait! l'll do it myself.
Uncle Slava, they switched on the elevator today.
lt's OK.
lt's so good to be home.
Varyukha! My brother has come back from the war!
He's alive! Hurray!
My brother has come back from the war!
He's alive!
l was not very nice...
...with Zheglov. l told him to get out.
No doubt, it was a dirty trick he played on me.
Suppose, l was hurt. And so?
l can find a place to spend the night. lt's not that difficult, right?
But l invited a homeless man.
Then l got angry and sent him out.
l can't call him back.
He would think that l'm trying to lick his boots.
What do you think?
What shall l do?
Turn off the light, Sharapov!
You never give me any rest. Neither at day nor at night.
Why are you yelling?
What's up, Shura?
- Have you done something wrong again? - Get out of here...
Coupons!
What's the reason for the noise as nobody fights? What's up?
Tell me what happened.
Wait. Shura. Give it to me...
Wait. Well?
They stole my coupons! All my food coupons.
Calm down! You frighten the kids.
The month has just begun! And they stole all my food coupons!
- How can we survive it? My kids will die. - The gangster never feels sorry for you.
l'll find the thief!
And l'll find your food coupons! l shall do it!
Gleb, my dearest, where can you find him?
What a gangster mug he is!
My kids are so thin and skinny.
lt's OK. The war is over.
We'll never starve to death. We'll survive the winter together.
- Sharapov, where are our coupons? - l don't know where you stuck them.
Here they are. Take them!
Well, half of the kids will have some food. Now...
Let me through, people!
- Here it is! Take it! - No!
- Gleb, l won't take it. - Shura, you've got kids to feed.
We'll need soldiers in future.
The Age of Mercy, Mikhail Mikhailovich, is yet far away from now, right?
Gleb, guys, l'll repay you for your kindness.
- l'll do your washing, l'll clean up your room. - Alexandra!
l don't want to hear any of this anymore. Got it?
Yes.
What are you waiting for, Sharapov? Boil the kettle. l am late.
Just a minute!
Where are you now? Who's fondling...
...you like l was?
Where is your Chinese...
Sharapov, it's my home suit, sort of pajamas.
Why?
Because l have never put it on and probably l'll never have to do it.
- lt becomes you! - Where is your Chinese...
..by the name of Lea?
You seemed to be in love
With a handsome Portuguese man.
Or did you go with a Malayan to sea?
Think it over, Sharapov.
We've got nothing to eat this month.
Look, Pasyuk boasted of lard his relatives sent him from the village.
Kopytin will give us some sauerkraut.
You drove your car along the darkest road,
Or maybe in the dens of San-Francisco...
We'll work it out. ...Some jet-black man...
...has helped you
...with your coat.
We'll sell some uniform.
All right... Sharapov, l won't have tea.
l am already late. So...
- See you in the clubhouse. - OK.
Hello. Katya, meet...
...Pavel lvanovich.
Comrade Mamykin.
- Kolya, hello. - Nice to meet you.
And here is comrade Grisha, ''6x9''.
- Sharapov! - Coming!
They nicknamed me after that incident.
l'd like to tell you about it. lt's very interesting.
Well, some man came to me once and he told me that...
Senior lieutenant Sharapov reports for duty.
Sharapov! Where has this handsome man come from?
- What a great iconostasis! - Why are you blushing?
- l am pleased. - And you never told us about it.
- Katya, he's my best... - Glad to meet you.
l'm Vladimir. Alexander lvanovich, my congratulations on the holiday.
- Thank you. - Thank you very much.
Look, Lyuba, these are the eagles l train.
Sharapov! When you get the same awards for your work in the Criminal Police,
...you'll say that your life was worth it.
Look, Sharapov! l'll write an article about you in our office newspaper.
- Right, Grisha. - With a picture of 6x9 or 9x12.
She's not here yet, Volodya.
Sorry. l'll be right back.
- Did you see it? - Yes, we did...
Good evening!
Well done, Sharapov. l see your military bearing.
Our lumps are no match to you. You could put two fists under their belts.
- How is your service going on? - There is nothing to be proud of yet.
lt's just a beginning.
Zheglov is satisfied with your work.
While our people bled...
...fighting for the great Socialist achievements, for our Motherland,
...the criminal waste woke up in the rear.
They established their gangs.
They got their dens. Profiteers went to live on our necessities.
And now the terrible war is over...
...but this gangster swamp is still active.
The gangsters have got lots of captured weapons.
They know that at this moment...
...we don't have enough people to crush them...
...once and for all. And they use it.
Many our comrades perished at the battlefields.
We don't have enough experienced officers.
That is why we rest our hopes upon the fresh forces,
...upon the people who come back...
...from the war!
We hope for their boldness,
...for their selflessness,
...for their war resourcefulness...
...and keen eyes.
l asked 2 experienced dentists...
...to get the moulds of the toothmarks left on the chocolate bar.
We compared the moulds of Gruzdev's and Larisa's teeth with this specimen.
- And? - Here you are.
There is evident space between the lower central incisors...
...of the person who left the toothmarks on the chocolate.
Besides that, his incisors are twisted.
There is nothing like that in the comparative moulds.
But Larisa set the table for two.
l don't care. l need pure facts...
...without any inclusions.
We have also got the following:
there are fingerprints left on the bottle of wine.
That's it.
These fingerprints do not belong to Gruzdev...
...or Gruzdeva,
...but to some other person.
Some other person again.
l think you should meet him.
Sharapov, Zheglov wants to see you!
Gruzdev has volunteered for an interrogation.
Bring him in!
That's it! The ice is broken. He'll confess now.
Sit down, Sharapov, and watch it.
Hello.
lvan Sergeyevich.
Sit down.
The officer on duty said you wanted to talk to me. Right?
- Sit down. - Yes, l did.
lt doesn't matter if l talk to you or to someone else.
Though you are the last person l'd like to talk to.
Why are you saying this, lvan Sergeyevich?
Did l hurt you somehow? All of us work for a common cause here.
Me, Sharapov, and the investigator.
Look, you...
Cut off this idle talk of yours!
Don't tell me that you are working here!
No! You don't do a thing!
You keep an innocent man in jail!
Do we?
And l thought...
...your conscience tormented you.
You decided to purge yourself of your sin.
And you still stand your ground, don't you?
Don't you dare!
Son of a bitch!
l am an old man.
l'm a Soviet citizen. l'll complain about you.
But it does not matter how l address you.
The point is just the same.
And still l don't want to talk with you anymore.
And l do!
l want to know...
...about your accomplice to the murder - Fox!
l want to run a competition and to see...
...which of you will tell us more about the other.
According to your testimony the court will decide...
...who is an accomplice and who is an initiator of the crime.
Do you follow me?
l know this method pretty well.
l read about it in the books.
One investigator is rude and mean,
...and the other one is kind and polite.
Naturally a man is drawn...
...to a kind investigator.
l understand that l am too naive, but...
l am asking you to leave. Please, leave us alone.
l'll talk to him.
Deal.
Sharapov is a novice here, but he is persistent.
l don't mind it.
But remember:
...only frank confession and sincere repentance...
...can save your life.
And tell us about Fox!
Until it's too late.
You should not say so, lvan Sergeyevich. You don't know Zheglov.
l am a beginner in the criminal police. l've got too little experience.
But you know what?
When l was in command of a scout company in the front...
...l often sent a fresh man to our observer.
The observer reported what he saw...
...and the fresh man checked it all up.
Sometimes it was very useful.
After the whole day of tense observation...
...the eyes of the man lost their sharpness.
Sometimes he saw the things that never existed...
...and fail to notice something new.
Do you understand me?
Zheglov's eyes could also lose their sharpness.
Besides that you just can't get along.
You brawl and fight!
You should understand me. l'm not going to make a scapegoat out of you.
lf you are guilty, answer in accordance with the law.
lf you are not, go in peace.
But l want to get into this case.
Understand? l want to get into it.
But you don't believe a single word of mine.
OK,
...and you should not believe us.
Let us be guided by facts...
...and common sense. - Common sense?
- Let's try. - Let's do.
- Come on! - Come on!
Then l've got a question to you.
This is the reason l am here.
l'm listening to you.
The experts found out...
...that the bullet, shot out of my gun was not a typical one.
- Am l right? - Yes, you are.
Now.
During the examination in your presence they found a box...
...of genuine ''Bayard'' bullets in my wardrobe...
...at Larisa's place.
You are a military man. Tell me.
Suppose l decided to commit a crime. Then why would l load a gun...
...with a non-typical bullet if l've got a box of genuine ones?
ln the very crucial moment the gun could jam...
...or malfunction.
Where is your common sense?
Tell me!
You can't, can you?
Then l'll tell you. The real murderer did not know...
...where l kept the genuine bullets. And he loaded the gun...
...with the first one he found, which fitted the weapon.
How could you miss it? lt's obvious.
- ls it? - Suppose, you are right.
Then how can you explain that we found the gun in your new apartment?
That's it! That is the problem.
You kill me with this question on the spot.
- Sit down. - OK.
But we can find an answer to this question as well. l told you: l don't know.
l don't know!
- You should look for the answer. lt's your business. - And we're looking for it.
And we have already found something.
That's why comrade Zheglov asked you about Fox.
l don't know any Fox. l told you about it.
lf l knew him, l would tell you everything. l think...
...you found some Larisa's belongings at this place. Right?
You didn't hit the bull's eye. But as we said on the front line...
...you chose the right direction.
l long for a smoke.
Now.
You consider the testimony of my neighbour Lipatnikov...
...a strong evidence against me. He told you that he ran across me in the stairs.
But l'm telling you once again: he met me...
...at 4 o'clock and not at 7.
And l didn't see Larisa.
That's why l left her a note.
l don't know how to prove it.
Help me.
Why do you think that Lipatnikov tells you the truth and l lie?
You believe him unconditionally and you don't believe me at all.
Your neighbour takes no interest in this case.
Suppose you're right. But he's a human being.
People make mistakes. lt's Latin.
Ask other neighbours. Check up his clock.
Maybe... maybe they stopped.
Though he said that...
They could malfunction. But do something.
Do something! You should be more active.
Ask my wife once again.
Compare her testimony against the words of our landlady.
You should understand...
...just a couple of words can solve the mystery...
...or become fatal.
This unfortunate ''Bayard'' is the main evidence against me...
...And it's really a deadly one.
Suppose, l didn't commit the crime.
Then someone planted it...
...on me.
Most probably, the murderer.
But then l should know him, right?
There was a Chinese sage by the name of Confucius. He used to say:
...lt's so hard to look for a black cat in a dark room...
...particularly if there's none there.
lt seems that someone deliberately confused me...
...with this evidence.
You know,
...l have always thought that l am not stupid and quite practical.
But l can't chase the shadows,
...staying here, in jail.
l can't look for a black cat in a dark room.
And l'll never get out of here.
Look, Sharapov.
l know you are a good guy.
You are the only one who can save me.
Find the true murderer.
l'm asking you.
l'm begging you. Find him.
You'll manage, l know.
lf you fail to find him, you'll be a murderer yourself.
You'll kill an innocent man.
Sharapov, find him.
lf they convict me, find him.
You should save my reputation if not my life.
- Gleb! - Well, dig it up then...
Listen to me.
Do you remember, Gruzdev's neighbour could not tell us the exact time of their meeting?
And we referred to the football match, right?
Hello! l'll be out of the office for 5 minutes. Zheglov.
And he could not remember who played that day, right?
He said that he was no football fan.
- Hello! - Will you listen to me?
- Do you remember it? - Why harp on the same string?
Stop beating about the bush.
l want you to remember all the details. l went to the radio station.
They told me that there was one more football match that day.
''Zenit'' - ''Spartak''. The broadcast was over at 4.
Just imagine, at 4!
lt changes everything! Here is the report. lt undermines...
...the testimony of the neighbour, but we did not build the version on it.
l am sorry. lt undermines our conclusions...
...and not the testimony of the neighbour. - Why, Volodya?
Because Gruzdev told us from the very beginning that he met Lipatnikov at 4.
- He could not know the testimony of the neighbour. - Damn this testimony!
- We can manage without it. - We haven't managed until now.
Gleb, it was you who told me about Gruzdev's reserved character.
You worked out a theory. lf he conceals something...
Look here, eagle!
You'd better be an attorney and not a detective.
lnstead of proving his guilt,
...you try to save the criminal from the punishment.
Gleb, why say this? l just want the punishment...
...to be really legal. - And l don't want it, do l?
But you've got nothing against Gruzdev.
You convinced yourself of his guilt and don't want to give it up?
- But why should l give it up? - Because we've got facts!
- What facts? - Listen to me and try to stay cool.
l thought a lot after our talk with Gruzdev.
And Fox... They've got nothing in common.
l can't imagine 2 absolutely different people...
...can come to some agreement.
There are many things you can't imagine.
Don't bully me, Gleb! Listen to me.
Sobolevskaya helped me to understand something important.
Fox knew Larisa and Gruzdev has nothing to do with it.
They had a real love affair.
- At least Larisa thought so. - Well, come on, come on.
When l learnt about the second match...
...something clicked in my head. Look here!
Now all the pieces come together.
- The bullet was not typical. - Right.
- The fingerprints on the bottle don't belong to him. - Come on...
- Neither do the toothmarks on the chocolate. - Well, yes...
And they could meet at 4 and not at 7.
We've got the only evidence left. That is the gun.
This gun, Volodya, would outweigh 100 000 other proofs.
Yes!
l understood that the criminal could think just the same.
That's why l went to Gruzdev's place.
l spoke with his landlady and his wife...
...and learnt what happened on the 20-th and 21-st this month.
- Every minute of every day. - Tell me.
On the 21-st about 11 o'clock in the morning...
...some plumber came to check the water pipes.
- Right. - He stayed for about 20 minutes there.
He was tall, handsome, black-haired.
- They saw a uniform under his raincoat. - Go on, go on.
But there is no plumber like this...
...in the administration of the village.
We have to set Gruzdev free! Any questions, comrade chief?
Suppose, Gruzdev's wife wants to cover her husband. Then even under oath...
...she'll tell the court that it was you who planted the gun,
...and besides that she'll tell us what Father Varlaam talked...
...with Grishka the lmposter about on the border with Lithuania.
They could work with the landlady.
They could frighten her.
- They are not witnesses. - And who is then?
Fox!
He's the one and the only witness.
The witness of all the times and all the people, as they say.
We'll bust him and then...
- But you know that Gruzdev is innocent! - Suppose you're right.
But we can't let him go.
Because the killer will understand that Gruzdev is not a suspect anymore.
He'll hide and what shall we do?
But does Gruzdev have to stay in jail because of some gangster?
Every day in jail is worth 10 years of freedom for him!
Look here, Sharapov! Stop whining! lt's Criminal Police here...
...and not the college for noble damsels.
A woman was murdered.
And the criminal is still free.
- And he has to be in jail. - But Gruzdev...
He'll stay in jail!
l say so.
Until l find the real murderer.
And then, lieutenant Sharapov,
...l am responsible for this operation.
So would you be so kind to obey a superior officer?
- Yes, comrade captain. - Good.
l'm asking for permission to talk with lieutenant colonel Pankov.
Where have you come here from?
Do you remember everything, Svetlana?
Yes, everything you taught me.
Let's do it.
- Yes? - Sveta?
- Yes, it's me. - Where is Petka?
Why are you crying, fool? What's up?
They busted Petenka.
Fox, my dear, help us.
What shall l do now?
And how did you survive it?
He was caught with the tally.
Red-handed.
l got it.
Listen to me attentively.
Don't call me anymore. l'll call you myself.
lf the cops get you, keep silent as if you're dumb.
Then l'll help you. lf you tell them anything,
...l'll cut off your tongue. That's all!
- Where did he call from? - OK, Sharapov.
He called from the lobby of the ''Astoria'' restaurant.
Got it.
OK, brothers, this is public money.
Don't show off there.
Besides that we don't know if he turns up today.
l won't give 100 rubles each of you every day.
lt's impossible to show off there with 100 rubles.
- What can we buy for 100 rubles? - For 100 rubles?
A cup of coffee, a glass of dry wine,
...a bottle of lemonade.
But you've got nothing to do with it. Kopytin and you will stay here.
- Look, Gleb, you know me... - Stop talking!
Stop talking! You'll cover us here.
No one knows what will happen there.
Got it?
OK, don't read the papers, don't tell the rubles. Clear?
- Clear. All right. - Does everyone know his position?
Yes.
- What shall we do if we identify Fox? - What shall we do?
We'll stay calm, Kolya.
We'll drink coffee for all the 100 rubles...
...and wait till Fox finishes his meals and drinks.
Till he goes home or to the toilet.
- Got it? - Yes.
We should arrest him in the cloakroom.
He is armed and can easily shoot several people.
- Right? - Right.
- And now let's go. - And what if we don't identify him?
We shall.
There is a man here who'll identify him for sure.
Follow Taraskin. We'll wait a little.
- Well good luck! - Go to hell.
Well?
God help us.
Good evening. Welcome.
Hello.
l haven't been here for ages.
What would you like to drink? Vodka, cognac,
...sweet liqueur, champagne?
Give me the menu, please.
They've got menus in the dining hall.
And we have this...
A price list.
A cup of coffee, please, and the...
ls that all?
That's all for now. And then we'll see.
Would you like something else, young man?
One more cup of coffee, please.
l'll stay here long. Very long.
What would you like?
- Good evening. Would you like anything? - No. Thanks.
- Some chocolate, cigarettes. - l don't smoke.
Here is ''Ptifur'' cookies. Your girl-friend will like it.
Thank you. No.
Buy some muscatel. They don't sell it in the bar.
Look, get out of here with your cart!
What a rude fellow!
And he's well dressed... Nura, look at him!
- Mariana! - Evgeniy Petrovich!
- Come here. - Good evening.
What would you like?
- Shall we dance? - No. l can't. We are not allowed.
- The final dance. - No, no. l can't.
l can't. We are not allowed. l can't.
Get out of my way! Criminal Police!
- Halt! Halt! - Gleb!
Kopytin, come on! He'll escape!
A car was waiting for him! Come on!
Taraskin, jump!
Tell them to raise alarm around the city. Clear?
Where? Where are you going?!
You are a chief in your office, Gleb Yegorovich. And l am in charge here!
We shall lose him, Kopytin!
We'll never lose him!
He can't escape.
Here he is!
Kopytin, my dear, don't fall behind him!
l can't race him, Gleb Yegorovich.
His engine is thrice more powerful than mine.
Gleb Yegorovich, my tires will burst in a little while.
- l told you many times... - Come on! Come on, old man!
lt's not the best time now. We'll talk it over later.
He's heading for Sokolniki!
He can easily hide there.
Shoot!
Shoot him, Gleb! What are you waiting for?
Shoot!
Pasyuk, Vanya! Hold me!
- How shall l hold you? - Tenderly!
Gleb Yegorovich, shoot him!
Shoot, Gleb Yegorovich, or they'll escape.
You still haven't calmed down, have you?
l showed you the way you should shoot.
Climb out. l don't want to wet my feet.
Captain!
Pull out the corpse of his driver and take his fingerprints. Come on!
You are lucky today, citizens.
A lucky man can make a rooster lay eggs.
And l'll make a bird like lay eggs as well.
Go to the car!
People bled for this medal
And you killed them wearing it.
l wish l shot you there, sucker.
Come on!
Everything is ready. We may begin.
Sit down here.
These are witnesses.
Sit down there.
These are dummies.
Gruzdev's wife is here.
Hello. Come in.
Don't be nervous. Try to calm down.
Now in the presence of these people...
...you'll examine three young men.
Don't hurry. Be attentive.
lf you recognize anyone, tell me about it.
Bear in mind that you're responsible...
...for false testimony.
- But don't be nervous. - l am calm, young man.
- l am calm. - All right. Here they are.
Which one?
Here he is.
- So which one? - At the bookcase.
What is his name? Where did you meet him? When?
l don't know his name. And we don't know each other.
He is a plumber from the housing administration from Losynka.
Do you meet him often?
l saw him only once.
That unfortunate day when...
- lvan Sergeyevich... - Calm down.
What happened that day?
He came to repair the water pipes.
- And you remember him, right? - Right.
And what were you doing while he was checking the pipes?
l was writing a report at the verandah.
And then he went out of the kitchen and said that everything was all right.
- Then he left. This is all. - Right.
Everybody but Fox is free.
Thank you, citizen Zheltovskaya. You may go.
Sergey lpatyevich, here he is...
...that notorious Fox.
He found a good driver. Right, Sergey lpatyevich?
We took his fingerprints.
Volodya, do you remember a pike that killed Vasya Vekshin?
The fingerprints we found on it match the prints of the driver l shot.
Take him away.
l'd like to eat some hot soup...
...with pluck now.
Sharapov, would you mind some hot soup with pluck?
l'd prefer cabbage soup.
- Would you? - Yes. But ''Astoria'' is far away from here.
And the canteen is closed till 7.
- Shall we do it in the morning? - OK, in the morning.
Gleb, let's finish with Gruzdev.
Why? You'll send for him in the morning and let him go.
l'm more interested in Fox now.
And l'm interested in Gruzdev.
Why, Volodya?
lt's late at night now. Why should we wake him up?
l think that he would be happy to wake up any time of the day.
Besides that his wife is still here.
You're still a calf, Volodya.
- There's no transport for them to get home. - l think they will go on foot.
Let's finish it, Gleb. And then we'll go home.
OK, do what you want.
- Hello. Get me Simakov! - Simakov speaking.
Simakov? Sharapov speaking.
- Bring Gruzdev with his staff. - What?
Bring Gruzdev with his staff here.
OK, you'll finish with Gruzdev...
...and l'll talk to Pankov while he's here.
Gleb!
Gleb, do you want to say good-bye to Gruzdev?
Why should l?
l think we should apologize to him.
What are you talking about, Volodya?
He'll kiss your hands.
He doesn't have to kiss our hands.
He was punished though not guilty.
Remember, Sharapov,
...there's no punishment without guilt.
He had to clear the mess...
...with his women at once...
...and to take care of his guns.
Clear?
So, there's no punishment...
...without guilt, Sharapov.
Come in.
For God's sake...
For God's sake tell me what's going on?
lvan Sergeyevich is absolutely innocent!
Don't be nervous. Come in, please.
May l?
Galya!
Stop it. Stop it, Galya.
Galya, stop it. Stop it.
Where shall l go? To the Butyrka prison or...
lvan Sergeyevich.
Dear lvan Sergeyevich, l'm very glad for you.
We found the true murderer. You are free.
l congratulate you.
What happened to your face?
l had a dinner in ''Astoria''.
You may go, lvan Sergeyevich.
Sharapov, my dearest...
Thank you!
l believed in you... Galya!
- Yes. - l believed in him from the very beginning.
My dear, if it were not for you...
- Galya, thank him. - Thank you.
- lt happened so. - There's nothing to talk about here.
Hello.
There is a lot to talk about here.
l am a superior officer.
And l'd like to apologize for myself...
...and for my comrades.
We were wrong, suspecting you.
We are sorry.
Believe, someone...
...will be punished for it.
Thank you.
We'd like to ask you not to punish anyone...
...for us.
Good bye, comrade Zheltovskaya!
Thank you.
- l wish you happiness. - Good bye.
Let's go.
l'll be right here.
Sharapov!
l want to tell you something.
l am sorry for being straight.
But this Zheglov is bad.
l'm saying this not because he did it to me...
He thinks people are rubbish.
Don't say so, lvan Sergeyevich.
Listen to me.
l'm grateful to you and l'm older than you are.
He can step over anybody.
He'd step over you if he had to.
You are leaving with a hard feeling, lvan Sergeyevich.
Now you are trying...
...to condemn him.
And you don't know...
...that you can go free now...
...because 2 hours ago Zheglov risked his life...
...under the gangster's bullets.
Well, good bye.
Let me have a look.
Give me your handkerchief.
Ye. F.
lt's beautiful.
There is your fingerprint on this bottle...
...we found in the apartment of the deceased.
lt doesn't prove a thing, chief.
Yes, l remember, Larisa and l drank wine
''Kurdamur''.
But it was at Easter.
- We'll check it up. - Come on, do it.
We found a letter with the threats to Larisa Gruzdeva.
One more discrepancy, chief. lt's not my handwriting.
Not yours. Of course, it's evidence against you.
Experts graphologists will find out.
All right, find out.
l shall read some sentences from this book.
And you put them down. Try to make no mistakes.
- We'll see who makes more mistakes. - OK, OK.
Write it down.
''Leo Kassil''.
A new paragraph.
- ''What does it mean ''there is no biography?'' - Don't rush it.
l'm not a typewriter.
''My dear, it's not a biography that constitutes a man...
...but vice versa''.
Did you write it? A new paragraph again.
''A.S. Pushkin''. A new paragraph.
''l saw three czars''.
''The first one told his man to take my cap and reproved...
...reproved my nanny''.
Reproved...
- Did you write it? - Yes, l did.
''The second one was not kind to me''.
''The third one made me a chamber page''.
''But l don't want to change him for another one''.
''Leave well enough alone''.
And one more. A new paragraph.
''Speranskiy L. A.''
A new paragraph.
''The weather is stormy here''.
''We think we may sink down''.
''Our friend got ill and retired''.
Did you write it?
''l send my best regards with him, Anyuta''.
''Be kind to him''.
''He brought good news. Give him clothes, shoes and food''.
''Forever your friend''.
Did you write it? Now the date and your signature.
Speranskiy... Speranskiy...
Who is this Speranskiy? Never heard of him.
Leo Alexandrovich. He's a great novelist.
- A contemporary one? - Yes, sure.
He writes excellent novels.
Give it to me! Bastard!
- Popov! - All right, all right!
Enough, chief!
Let go! lt hurts!
Without any records, Sharapov.
l'll tell you some words.
You are very sly, cops, with all your tricks.
But bear in mind...
...we've got enough knives for all of you.
You'll get them all, like that time, at the boulevard.
Bye-bye, take care, Sharapov!
Best regards to your faithful dog - Senya Tuzik!
l send my best regards with him, Anyuta.
Be kind to him.
He brought good news. Give him clothes, shoes and food.
Forever your friend.
Fox.
You look great, Sharapov.
Now we can call Anya.
We found her number in the Pickpen's phone book.Have you checked the number?
Yes, it's a liaison.
Some nice little old lady lives there.
- She has never seen any Anya. - But still Anya calls her.
- Probably. - Then we shall ask the lady to tell Anya...
...that we'd like to meet her.
Because Fox's life is at stake.
l think, she'll fall for this bait.
We don't know. They may have some other way of communication...
...in this case.
Come on, Gleb. They are no spies, are they?
Just criminals, gangsters. They got this phone by chance.
OK. Don't get distracted, Volodya.
l'll tell her that l'm a criminal.
l'll explain why they let me go.
l made friends with Fox in the cell.
l'll give her the letter and say that...
...Fox wanted me to tell their leader everything else.
- Right. - She'll bring me to their den.
There are no criminals who know me.
According to Fox's order l set the date for the operation.
We'll discuss the details later. Now we need to take a decision to do it.
And during this operation we shall bust them all.
lt's a good idea about Anya.
We shall try to lure her out.
Damn it, l wish l could go there.
But it's impossible.
They'll learn everything at once.
- Every dog knows me by sight. - You are out of the question.
Come on, Gleb. We need a decision. Time is money. lf we don't do it now,
...we'll never get such a good chance again.
Hello. Get me Pankov.
He's out...
Hello.
- Speaking. - Hello, old woman!
Call Anya, please.
And where can l find her?
She is out.
Tell me what you want.
l'll tell her everything.
Listen to me attentively.
Do what you want, but find her.
And tell her, a messenger from Fox called. l've got some news.
No, l won't call you again. l can't!
OK. lt's too late today.
Tomorrow at 4 o'clock l'll be waiting for her at Tretyakov alley...
...near the Metropol.
l'm not very tall. l'll wear a black overcoat...
...and a gray cap.
l'll have an ''Ogonyok'' magazine in my hand.
She'll see me if she wants to.
l don't have time to call you. Because l am a guest here.
l've got little time.
Did you understand it? Well, bye, old woman.
Bye.
You were good and calm.
That's the way to do it.
- Are you afraid? - How can l put it?
Almost every time l went over the frontline...
...l was afraid.
And now with this scum... lt's a shame to be afraid of them.
- You are right. - You've got the right idea, Sharapov.
A gangster wears many masks.
For example, your friend Fox.
You shouldn't be afraid of them,
...but you should watch out for them.
lt's good for our business.
- OK, dismissed. - Let's go.
Zheglov, stay.
l'm listening to you.
l see this fire in your eyes. Keep in mind:
Vekshin is quite enough for us.
You don't go to their den.
And no improvisations, right?
Not exactly, comrade lieutenant colonel.
On the one hand, you tell us: ''Come on''.
''Why are they still free?''
And on the other hand you restrict any initiative.
lmprovisation, and not initiative.
- Yes, l get it. - But you should always consider the situation.
You've got a head to think it over.
Dismissed.
- l get it. - Zheglov!
You must inform me...
...on all the changes in the course of the operation. - Yes.
Yerofeyeva Anna lvanovna.
28 years old, a swindler.
Gold,
...diamond-looking pieces of glass etc.
Kachalkina Anna,
...born in 1917,
...a fence for stolen goods.
Adeberlenova Neyad, born in 1913,
...a drug dealer, cannabis.
OK. Natalya Kostryuk, Nadezhda Semyonova,
...lvleva Anastasia, Anna Novikova.
Born in 1921, a thief, works on confidence.
She's beautiful.
Remember her.
She's got a razor scar on her neck.
Let's go on.
Let's do.
Lvova Anna Vladimirovna.
Born in 1921, a thief, works on confidence.
Shumakova Anna Borisovna.
Born in 1922, a thief.
She's so small, like an 8 year old boy. She used a window to enter a house.
- Who? - Household thefts.
Barkova Anna Lvovna.
l don't know her. Born in 1920.
She's blonde.
Rozdestvenskaya Anna Vladimirovna.
Born in 1919, she's got red hair.
She often goes to restaurants with different men.
She uses Streptocid to tint her hair.
Loginova Anna lvanovna.
Born in 1914.
She's tall, squint-eyed,
...a wife of Yegunov,
...executed for an armed robbery of a money collector.
And his murder.
Larincheva...
Manya... Check it up.
...alias Anna Yefidorenko,
...alias Ella Katznelbogen,
...alias Anna Ogurenkova,
...alias lzolda Menshova,
...alias Valentina Poneyad. Right? - Exactly.
A pimp, a thief,
...4 convictions,
...she's got a tattoo on her left arm - a dove and three letters ANA.
Exactly!
- Right. - Fox could fall for this one.
You know, Sharapov, l'm sick of them.
- Let's take a break. - OK.
What an ugly mug you are, Volodya!
You look terrible.
Yerofeyeva Anna lvanovna.
Who is she? Why don't l know her?
- City! - 28 years old, her maiden name is...
She's got a birthmark on her cheek.
Hello.
Varenka, it's me.
Zheglov was polite to go out.
We can't meet today.
No, l am not tired.
Last time l didn't say what l wanted to tell you.
No, not over the phone.
l need to look into your eyes.
Tomorrow? l don't know.
l don't know.
l don't know, Varya.
Sharapov, here are the girls from the railway public catering.
All of them are Anyas. Do you remember, Volokushina said that...
...Anya works in a dining car?
- Remember them. - Anna Lvova, a waiter, 40 years old.
She's hardly the one we need.
Anna Dudoreva, a peddler, 22 years old.
Anna Dyachkova, a manager, 28 years old.
- Anna Skulova, a dishwasher. - Where did you do the time, Volodya?
At Kolyma river.
A ''Happy'' gold mine. l panned gold there.
- What did they bust you for? - For nothing.
- Just like the others. And still? - ln 1943...
...l got the second wound at the Dnepr river and was transferred to reserve.
l got the second type of disablement. l recovered a little...
...and got a job of a truck driver, here in Moscow.
Once some lieutenant waved me down at the Byelorusskiy railway station.
He said: ''Do you want to earn a little money?'' Well, of course, l do.
So we went to the ''Badayev'' brewery.
They loaded several kegs of beer in my truck.
l brought them to the Krasnaya Presnya st. l even helped them to unload the kegs.
And a week later cops came to my place.
They brought me to jail.
- They took me by the horns and put me in the stall. - Well.
They asked me: ''And where did you hide the beer that you stole...
...with your accomplice?'' l said: ''What accomplice?''
''You got the beer using fake invoices...
...as if for the headquarters of the regional military formation''.
Right.
l tried to convince them that l didn't know a thing.
l remembered that lieutenant. He was tall and wore short moustache.
- And his face was burnt. - Well?
They gave me 4 years of prison. That's it.
But you are innocent, aren't you?
- Yes, l am! - An innocent man.
When l told Fox about it, he stayed at his plank bed for 3 days.
He was laughing at me.
Fox knows this lieutenant. And he's no lieutenant.
- He's a swindler. And his nickname is... - The Burnt.
- The Burnt! - That won't do!
- What won't do? - Everything we created.
This story won't do.
- But why? - Because l say so. Look at yourself.
You are no driver and no criminal.
Anyone can see that you studied in school for 10 years.
- Well, Gleb, you know... - lt's not my whim. They cracked Vasya Vekshin.
And Vasya Vekshin was not a novice.
He investigated 9 murders and robberies.
He busted Yashka the Sharp.
- Gleb, what shall we do? - Nothing!
Pankov is right. And l won't take a sin on my soul.
You can't go to their den.
- Gleb, but l... - Listen to me attentively.
You meet her, give her the letter, get an answer and leave.
Clear? They will follow you.
You'll go to the Yaroslavskiy railway station and get on a suburban train.
Our guys will cover you.
- Gleb, but l... - That's it!
l say so.
Hello.
Did you want to see me?