Stalker

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00:00:02 MOSFILM
00:00:12 Second Artists' Association
00:00:30 ALISSA FREINDLIKH
00:00:37 ALEXANDER KAIDANOVSKY
00:00:43 ANATOLY SOLONITSYN
00:00:49 NIKOLAI GRINKO
00:00:55 in
00:00:59 STALKER
00:01:08 Screenplay by Arkady STRUGATSKY
00:01:13 based upon the story
00:01:19 Directed by
00:01:26 Director of Photography
00:01:33 Production Designer
00:01:40 Music by
00:01:46 Director L. TARKOVSKAYA
00:01:51 Verses by F.I. TIUTCHEV
00:01:58 Sound by V. SHARUN
00:02:05 English Subtitles by
00:03:11 STALKER
00:03:17 "What was it?
00:03:21 A visit of inhabitants
00:03:25 One way or another,
00:03:29 has seen the birth of a miracle -
00:03:32 We immediately sent troops there.
00:03:36 They haven't come back.
00:03:38 Then we surrounded the Zone
00:03:42 Perhaps, that was the right thing to
00:03:46 From an interview with Nobel Prize
00:09:34 Why did you take my watch?
00:09:39 Where are you going, I'm asking you?
00:09:45 You gave me your word
00:09:54 All right, you're not thinking about
00:09:58 Did you think about your child?
00:10:02 She's just getting used to you,
00:10:10 You've made an old woman of me.
00:10:14 Not so loud, you'll wake up
00:10:18 I can't wait for you forever.
00:10:35 You wanted to start working!
00:10:39 You've been promised
00:10:45 I'll be back soon.
00:10:49 You'll be back to prison!
00:10:51 Though this time you'll get
00:10:53 And for ten years you will have
00:10:59 And I'll be dead in the meantime.
00:11:04 Oh God, for me it's prison
00:11:11 - Let me go!
00:11:14 Let go, I said!
00:11:25 Go!
00:11:31 Be damned the day
00:11:35 God himself has cursed you
00:11:40 And me too, because of you, jerk!
00:12:28 My dear,
00:12:31 Therefore, there can be no telepathy,
00:12:36 nothing like that.
00:12:38 The world is ruled by cast-iron laws,
00:12:43 Alas, those laws are never violated.
00:12:46 They don't know how to be violated.
00:12:49 So don't even hope for a UFO,
00:12:54 And how about the Bermuda Triangle?
00:12:58 I am. There is no Bermuda Triangle.
00:13:02 There's only Triangle ABC that equals
00:13:07 Do you feel the boredom
00:13:12 To live in the Middle Ages was
00:13:15 Every home had its house-spirit,
00:13:19 People were young!
00:13:23 It's so boring, my angel.
00:13:26 But you said that the Zone
00:13:29 was the product of a superior
00:13:32 It must be boring, too,
00:13:36 and no house spirits,
00:13:41 Because if God is also
00:13:46 then I don't know what to think.
00:13:52 It's for me! Great!
00:13:55 Goodbye, my dear friend.
00:13:58 This lady was so kind as to agree
00:14:02 She's a very courageous woman.
00:14:05 I beg your pardon, your name is..?
00:14:08 Are you really a stalker?
00:14:17 Wait... I'll explain everything.
00:14:27 Go...
00:14:36 What a cretin!
00:14:42 You did get drunk after all.
00:14:44 Me? What do you mean?
00:14:47 I had a drink, like one half
00:14:51 The other half gets drunk.
00:14:55 I just had a drink though.
00:15:17 Damn it, what a mess here.
00:15:34 Go on, drink. We've got time.
00:15:39 How about a glass for the road?
00:15:44 What do you think?
00:15:59 Take it away.
00:16:00 I see. Dry law.
00:16:06 All right, we'll drink beer.
00:16:10 Is he with us?
00:16:12 Never mind, he'll sober up.
00:16:24 Are you really a professor?
00:16:27 If you don't mind.
00:16:28 Then let me introduce myself.
00:16:33 Your name is Writer.
00:16:35 Well. And what is my name?
00:16:37 Yours? Professor.
00:16:41 I see. I'm a writer,
00:16:44 so, naturally, everyone calls me
00:16:47 - And what do you write about?
00:16:51 Obviously, there's nothing else
00:16:53 One should write about nothing at all.
00:16:57 And what are you? A chemist?
00:17:02 A physicist rather.
00:17:04 That must be boring, too.
00:17:09 It's hiding and you keep searching
00:17:13 You dig in one place -- eureka!
00:17:17 You dig in another -- great!
00:17:19 Triangle ABC equals
00:17:24 With me it's quite different.
00:17:27 While I am digging for the truth,
00:17:33 that instead of discovering the truth
00:17:35 I dig up a heap of, pardon...
00:17:45 You're lucky!
00:17:47 But imagine some antique pot
00:17:50 It was used at its time
00:17:53 but now it's an object of
00:17:57 for its laconic pattern
00:18:00 Everyone goes oh! and ah!
00:18:03 And suddenly it turns out
00:18:08 that some joker has palmed it off
00:18:12 just for fun.
00:18:14 Strange as it may seem, the admiration
00:18:18 Is it what you think about
00:18:23 God forbid!
00:18:25 In fact, I don't think much.
00:18:28 It's impossible to write, thinking
00:18:33 Naturlich! But if no one is going
00:18:38 why the hell should I write at all?
00:18:42 Tell me, Professor, why did you let
00:18:47 What do you need the Zone for?
00:18:50 I'm a scientist in some sense.
00:18:56 But what do you need it for?
00:18:59 You're an "in" writer.
00:19:02 Women must be running after you
00:19:05 My inspiration has been lost,
00:19:11 Have you been used up?
00:19:13 What?
00:19:19 Do you hear it? Our train.
00:19:29 - Have you taken the roof off the car?
00:19:44 Luger, if I don't come back,
00:20:06 Damn it, I forgot to buy cigarettes.
00:20:10 Don't go back.
00:20:13 - Why?
00:20:16 - You're all like this.
00:20:19 Believing such nonsense.
00:20:23 Well, I'd better leave it for a rainy
00:20:28 Are you really a scientist?
00:22:03 Down!
00:22:08 Don't move!
00:22:39 Go and look, is there anyone there?
00:22:46 Move it, for God's sake!
00:22:54 There's no one there.
00:22:56 Go to the other exit.
00:23:24 Where on earth did you look, Writer?
00:26:27 - You didn't forget the jerry can?
00:26:45 Everything I told you before...
00:26:48 is a lie.
00:26:54 How would I know
00:27:00 How would I know that actually
00:27:05 Or that I actually don't want
00:27:10 They are elusive things:
00:27:12 the moment we name them,
00:27:14 melts, dissolves
00:27:20 My conscience wants vegetarianism
00:27:24 And my subconscious is yearning
00:27:28 But what do I want?
00:27:32 World domination.
00:27:34 Quiet!
00:27:39 Why a diesel locomotive in the Zone?
00:27:41 It services the outpost.
00:27:45 They don't like going there.
00:27:53 Take your places!
00:27:58 The guards have arrived.
00:29:07 Hurry!
00:30:02 Go look if there’s a trolley
00:30:07 What trolley?
00:30:31 Go back, I'll do it.
00:32:25 The jerry can!
00:32:51 Give it to me!
00:32:54 Get rid of your knapsack,
00:32:57 You may travel light, if you wish,
00:33:02 If someone gets hit,
00:33:05 If they see you, they'll kill you.
00:33:07 When everything settles down,
00:33:11 They'll pick you up in the morning.
00:33:28 Can they catch up with us?
00:33:30 They fear it like the plague.
00:33:35 Fear what?
00:37:46 Here we are... home, at last.
00:37:53 How quiet it is.
00:37:57 This is the quietest place in
00:38:05 So beautiful here.
00:38:09 What about us?
00:38:10 Three men can't spoil the place
00:38:13 Why? They can.
00:38:19 It's strange that flowers don't
00:38:25 Do you feel anything?
00:38:26 I feel the stench of the bog.
00:38:29 No, that's the river. There's a river
00:38:33 There was a flower-bed nearby,
00:38:39 The smell lingered
00:38:45 Why did he do it?
00:38:49 I don't know.
00:38:52 I asked him why, too.
00:38:55 And he said:
00:38:59 I think he just came to hate the Zone.
00:39:06 Porcupine, that's his name?
00:39:10 A nickname, like yours.
00:39:15 He had been taking people to the Zone
00:39:19 He was my teacher.
00:39:26 He was called Teacher then,
00:39:33 Then something happened to him,
00:39:39 Though I think
00:39:42 Will you help me? Tie those strips
00:39:47 And I... will go for a walk.
00:39:52 I need to do something...
00:40:06 Don't go anywhere.
00:40:15 Where's he going?
00:40:18 He wants to be alone, I guess.
00:40:20 Why? Even with the three of us
00:40:26 A date with the Zone.
00:40:31 And what does that mean?
00:40:34 You see, being a stalker
00:40:38 - I thought he'd be different.
00:40:42 Well, you know, the Leather Stockings,
00:40:47 His background is even more frightful.
00:40:50 Several times in prison,
00:40:54 He has a mutant daughter,
00:40:57 They say she's got no legs.
00:41:03 And what about this Porcupine?
00:41:06 What does it mean, "was punished"?
00:41:10 Or was it just a figure of speech?
00:41:14 One day Porcupine returned from here
00:41:20 and got rich overnight.
00:41:24 Fabulously rich.
00:41:26 You call it punishment?
00:41:29 A week later he hanged himself.
00:41:32 Why?
00:41:34 Quiet!
00:41:38 What was that?
00:43:31 Presumably a meteorite fell down
00:43:37 It had burned down the settlement.
00:43:40 They searched for this meteorite,
00:43:46 Why "of course"?
00:43:48 Then people began disappearing here.
00:43:52 They came here and never returned.
00:43:57 So it was concluded...
00:43:59 that this meteorite
00:44:05 At first...
00:44:09 they circled the place with barbed
00:44:17 All this gave rise to rumours
00:44:25 where wishes come true.
00:44:27 Naturally, they began to guard
00:44:35 Who knows what kind of fish
00:44:40 What was it if not a meteorite?
00:44:46 I told you, no one knows.
00:44:49 And what do you think?
00:44:53 Nothing.
00:44:59 A message to mankind,
00:45:03 Or a gift.
00:45:10 Some gift.
00:45:13 Why on earth would they do it?
00:45:15 To make us happy.
00:45:21 The flowers are blooming again,
00:45:26 Sorry for leaving you two here,
00:45:35 Did you hear it?
00:45:38 Maybe someone lives here?
00:45:41 Who?
00:45:44 You told me yourself
00:45:47 about some tourists camped here
00:45:52 There's no one in the Zone and
00:45:59 Well, it's time.
00:46:46 How are we going to return?
00:46:49 - They don't return here.
00:46:53 We'll go as we agreed.
00:47:01 I'll show the direction.
00:47:04 Any deviation from it is dangerous.
00:47:08 The first landmark is that last pole.
00:47:12 You go first, Professor.
00:47:27 Now you.
00:47:36 Try to follow in his footsteps.
00:48:54 Oh, my God! And where are...
00:48:57 Did they remain here like that?
00:49:02 Who knows.
00:49:04 I remember them packing at the station,
00:49:10 I was just a boy.
00:49:13 We all thought then
00:49:23 You first, Professor.
00:49:33 Now you, Writer.
00:51:58 Your room is over there.
00:52:04 Why were you hiking up the price?
00:52:10 Yes, but the hand
00:52:15 We don't have such a hand.
00:53:21 Don't! Leave it alone!
00:53:24 Don't touch it!
00:53:29 Don't touch it, I said!
00:53:32 Are you crazy? What's the matter
00:53:38 It's not the place for leisurely
00:53:42 The Zone wants to be respected.
00:53:44 Don't you ever try it again...
00:53:52 I warned you, didn't I?
00:53:54 Are we to go there?
00:53:57 Yes. Up, enter it and to the left.
00:54:00 Only we are not going this way.
00:54:06 Why?
00:54:09 People don't go this way.
00:54:11 In the Zone, the longer way,
00:54:15 And to go straight ahead is fatal?
00:54:17 He told you it's dangerous.
00:54:19 - And making a detour's not dangerous?
00:54:23 What do I care that they don't?
00:54:26 Listen, what's the matter with you...
00:54:28 To go all the way around!
00:54:31 Here a risk, there a risk.
00:54:35 You're being very flippant
00:54:40 I'm fed up with all those nuts
00:54:43 You may do as you wish,
00:54:47 - You're insane.
00:54:50 May I?
00:55:03 The wind is coming up...
00:55:07 Can you feel it? The grass...
00:55:18 All the more so.
00:55:22 What do you mean?
00:55:39 Wait!
00:55:40 Keep your hands off!
00:55:43 Professor be my witness,
00:55:49 You go of your own will.
00:55:52 Of my own will. What else?
00:55:55 Nothing. Go.
00:56:04 God help you to be lucky.
00:56:20 Listen!
00:56:22 Should you notice something,
00:56:25 or just feel something,
00:56:28 go back at once, or...
00:56:31 Just don't throw iron poles at me.
00:57:40 Stop! Don't move!
00:57:46 - Why did you do it?
00:57:50 - Why did you stop him?
00:58:33 What's up?
00:58:38 I didn't stop you.
00:58:39 Who did it then? You?
00:58:46 Who the hell knows...
00:58:50 You're smart, Mister Shakespeare.
00:58:53 To go straight ahead is scary,
00:58:56 So you gave yourself a command.
00:59:02 - What?
00:59:04 - Why have you emptied the bottle?
00:59:22 The Zone is a very complicated system...
00:59:29 of traps,
00:59:36 I don't know what's going on here
00:59:39 but the moment someone shows up,
00:59:47 Old traps disappear
00:59:51 Safe spots
00:59:55 Now your path is easy,
01:00:04 That's the Zone.
01:00:07 It may even seem capricious.
01:00:12 But it is what we've made it
01:00:19 It happened that people had
01:00:25 Some of them even died
01:00:30 But everything that's going on here
01:00:33 So it lets the good ones pass
01:00:38 I don't know.
01:00:40 I think
01:00:43 have lost all hope.
01:00:45 Not good or bad,
01:00:51 But even the most wretched will die
01:01:04 You have been lucky,
01:01:12 I guess I'll wait for you here
01:01:16 until you come back,
01:01:21 It's impossible!
01:01:23 I've got sandwiches, a thermos...
01:01:26 You won't last even an hour here
01:01:29 Besides, one doesn't return here
01:01:34 Anyway, I would prefer...
01:01:36 Then we're going back right away.
01:01:39 I'll return your money
01:01:44 for the trouble, so to speak...
01:01:46 Have you come to your senses,
01:01:53 All right. Go on, throw your nut.
01:02:50 Part Two
01:02:55 STALKER
01:03:04 Where are you? Come here!
01:03:29 Oh, God!
01:03:34 Judging by his tone, he's going to
01:03:57 Let everything that's been planned
01:04:01 Let them believe.
01:04:05 And let them have a laugh
01:04:08 Because what they call passion
01:04:13 but just the friction between
01:04:17 And most important,
01:04:21 Let them be helpless like children,
01:04:25 because weakness is a great thing,
01:04:33 When a man is just born,
01:04:37 when he dies,
01:04:41 When a tree is growing,
01:04:44 but when it's dry and hard,
01:04:50 Hardness and strength
01:04:55 Pliancy and weakness are
01:05:01 Because what has hardened
01:05:24 Come here!
01:05:29 Soon we'll come to a dry tunnel,
01:05:32 Knock on wood.
01:05:34 - Are we on our way already?
01:05:39 I thought you just wanted
01:05:44 - What about my knapsack?
01:05:47 I left it there.
01:05:51 - There's nothing we can do about it.
01:05:56 - It's impossible!
01:05:58 Can't you understand that no one here
01:06:04 Forget about your knapsack.
01:06:08 The room will give you
01:06:12 Really. It will drown you
01:06:16 How far is it, this room?
01:06:18 If you go straight, about 200 meters,
01:06:23 Let's go.
01:06:26 Give up your empiricism, Professor.
01:06:33 Remember how St. Peter
01:06:40 Go, Writer.
01:06:44 Go where?
01:06:46 Up these stairs.
01:06:58 Professor, where are you?
01:08:46 Here is the dry tunnel!
01:08:49 You call it dry?
01:08:52 This is a local joke.
01:09:24 Wait, where's Professor?
01:09:27 - What?
01:09:30 How could it happen?
01:09:35 He probably lagged behind and
01:09:39 No, he didn't lose his way!
01:09:42 He won't be able to make it now.
01:09:46 Shall we wait for him?
01:09:47 We can't. Things change here
01:10:20 Look! What is it? How could it be?
01:10:23 - I already explained.
01:10:27 It's the Zone, don't you understand?
01:10:52 There he is!
01:11:06 I'm certainly grateful to you
01:11:10 How did you get here?
01:11:14 Mostly I had to crawl up here
01:11:21 Incredible.
01:11:25 What do you mean, "overtake"?
01:11:33 And how has our nut gotten here?
01:11:38 Oh, my God, that's...
01:11:46 Porcupine put this nut here
01:11:53 How could the Zone let us through?
01:12:03 Oh God, I'm not going
01:12:09 I don't like it.
01:12:16 That's it! We rest!
01:12:32 But keep off this nut,
01:12:37 Sorry, but I thought that
01:12:42 You see, I...
01:12:45 I never know beforehand what kind
01:12:49 Everything gets clear only here,
01:12:54 What's important is that Professor's
01:13:00 Don't stick your nose in someone's
01:13:05 What is there to understand?
01:13:12 Some psychological abysses!
01:13:15 You have a bad reputation
01:13:17 They don't give you money
01:13:20 So you decide to pack a knapsack
01:13:27 penetrate the Zone illegally...
01:13:30 and put all these miracles
01:13:35 No one in the world
01:13:39 So we'll work a sure sensation!
01:13:42 The television, fans raving
01:13:48 Here our Professor appears,
01:13:53 and declares:
01:13:58 Everyone gaping
01:14:01 and shouting:
01:14:08 You lousy scribbler,
01:14:14 You're only good for painting walls
01:14:21 No good. Too sluggish.
01:14:26 You don't know how to do it.
01:14:29 All right. I'm going to get
01:14:33 And what are you after?
01:14:37 with the pearls
01:14:42 I don't care a damn about mankind.
01:14:46 I'm interested
01:14:51 Whether I'm worth anything
01:14:57 And if you find out
01:15:01 You know, Mr. Einstein,
01:15:08 Truth is born of argument,
01:15:15 Listen, Chingachgook...
01:15:21 You've brought here
01:15:27 Not as many as I would like.
01:15:30 That's not the point. Why did they
01:15:36 Happiness, I guess.
01:15:38 Yes, but what kind of happiness?
01:15:44 People don't like to speak about
01:15:48 And it's neither yours
01:15:52 In any case, you've been lucky.
01:15:55 As for me, I haven't seen
01:15:59 Me neither.
01:16:01 They return from the room
01:16:05 and we never see each other again.
01:16:09 It's not that wishes come true
01:16:13 Have you ever wished
01:16:23 I'm fine as I am.
00:00:40 Speaking of the purchased inspiration.
00:00:45 Let's imagine that I enter this room
00:00:48 and return to our God-forsaken
00:00:59 A man writes because he's tormented,
00:01:05 He needs to constantly prove
00:01:09 that he's worth something.
00:01:14 And if I know for sure
00:01:19 Why write then?
00:01:23 What the hell for?
00:01:28 Well, I must say
00:01:31 that we exist for...
00:01:34 Will you be so kind
00:01:39 Let me get a wink,
00:01:44 Keep your complexes to yourself.
00:01:47 In any case,
00:01:55 all those blast furnaces, wheels...
00:02:00 and other bullshit
00:02:04 are only designed in order
00:02:09 They are all just crutches,
00:02:14 And mankind exists
00:02:20 works of art.
00:02:24 Unlike all other human activities,
00:02:32 Great illusions!
00:02:38 Are you listening to me, Professor?
00:02:43 What unselfishness are you talking
00:02:46 People still die of hunger.
00:02:59 And they are considered to be
00:03:04 You're not even capable of thinking
00:03:08 Are you going to teach me
00:03:17 And also how to think?
00:03:20 It's useless. You might be
00:04:14 And there was
00:04:20 And the sun became black
00:04:24 And the moon became like blood...
00:04:28 And the stars of the sky
00:04:32 as a fig tree casts
00:04:36 when shaken by a great wind.
00:04:40 And the sky was split apart
00:04:44 And every mountain and island
00:04:54 And the kings of the earth and
00:05:00 and the rich and the chiliarchs
00:05:04 and the strong and every free man,
00:05:10 hid themselves in the caves
00:05:13 and they said to the mountains and
00:05:18 and hide us from the presence of
00:05:22 and from the wrath of the Lamb,
00:05:25 for the great day of His wrath
00:05:29 and who is able to stand?"
00:08:27 And that very day two...
00:08:30 two of them...
00:08:34 were going to a village
00:08:39 named...
00:08:41 and they were conversing with each
00:08:45 And while they were conversing
00:08:48 He Himself approached,
00:08:53 But their eyes were prevented
00:08:58 And He said to them:
00:09:03 you are exchanging with one another,
00:09:07 And one of them, named...
00:09:22 Are you awake?
00:09:30 You were speaking of the meaning...
00:09:33 of our... Life...
00:09:36 of the unselfishness of art...
00:09:42 Take music, for instance.
00:09:50 Less than anything else,
00:09:54 or if connected at all, it's done
00:09:58 just by a sheer sound, devoid of...
00:10:06 And yet, music, as if by some miracle,
00:10:15 What is it that resonates in us in
00:10:20 making it the source
00:10:24 which stuns us and brings us
00:10:28 What's all this needed for?
00:10:35 You would say,
00:10:39 Unselfishly.
00:10:42 No.
00:10:45 I don't think so.
00:10:49 After all,
00:10:53 Sense and reason.
00:11:25 Do we have to go there?
00:11:31 Unfortunately, yes.
00:11:50 It looks morbid, don't you think,
00:11:58 I don't feel like going there first.
00:12:02 And Chingachgooks
00:12:06 I think we'll have to draw lots.
00:12:11 For this, I would rather have
00:12:17 Have you got matches?
00:12:26 Thanks.
00:12:39 The long one will go.
00:12:44 Pull it.
00:12:52 The long one.
00:13:10 Why don't you throw one of your nuts
00:13:14 Sure. As you wish.
00:13:52 One more?
00:14:02 All right... I'll go.
00:15:48 Hurry up, Professor!
00:19:50 There's... There's a door here!
00:20:13 Go that way!
00:20:26 Me again?
00:20:30 You've drawn the lot.
00:20:40 What have you got there?
00:20:44 You'll have yourself killed,
00:20:47 Don't you remember the tanks?
00:20:50 Drop it, I beg you.
00:20:52 Don't you understand?
00:20:55 If something happens,
00:21:01 I beg you!
00:21:20 Go, we haven't got much time!
00:21:26 There's water here!
00:21:29 Hold on to the handrail and go down.
00:22:16 But don't go anywhere!
00:22:34 I hope you haven't got anything
00:22:37 - Like what?
00:22:40 No. As a last resort
00:22:43 - What ampule?
00:22:48 Oh, God! Did you come here to die?
00:22:57 No, it's just in case.
00:23:26 Writer! Come back!
00:23:28 Come back! You want to get yourself
00:23:30 I told you to wait by the exit!
00:24:19 That's all your pipe.
00:24:21 - Why?
00:24:26 He was so scared that he went
00:26:11 One more experiment.
00:26:16 Experiments, facts,
00:26:23 There's no such thing as facts.
00:26:28 All this is someone's
00:26:33 Don't you feel it?
00:26:37 But you, of course, must find out
00:26:42 And why.
00:26:45 What good can your knowledge do?
00:26:48 Who is going to get guilty conscience
00:26:53 I've got no conscience.
00:26:57 Some bastard would criticize me,
00:27:00 Another would loud me,
00:27:04 I would put my heart and soul in it,
00:27:11 I would relieve my soul of filth,
00:27:15 They're all so literate.
00:27:19 They all got sensory deficiency.
00:27:23 And they're all swarming around,
00:27:27 editors, critics,
00:27:33 And they all demand:
00:27:39 What hell of a writer am I
00:27:46 If it's constant torment for me,
00:27:51 sort of squeezing out a hemorrhoids.
00:27:56 I used to think that someone would
00:28:00 No, nobody needs me!
00:28:03 In two days after I die they'll start
00:28:10 I wanted to change them,
00:28:14 Making me in their own image.
00:28:22 The future used to be just
00:28:27 with all the changes looming far
00:28:31 Now the future and the present
00:28:41 Are they ready for it?
00:28:44 They don't want to know anything!
00:29:02 Gosh, how lucky you are!
00:29:05 My goodness, now...
00:29:23 Yes. But why not forever?
00:29:30 Like the eternal Jew.
00:30:10 You are probably a fine man.
00:30:14 I almost didn't doubt it.
00:30:17 I can imagine what torture it was
00:30:22 This pipe is a horrible place!
00:30:25 It's called "the meat mincer",
00:30:28 So many people perished there!
00:30:35 Porcupine sent his brother
00:30:41 The boy was so delicate,
00:30:46 Here, listen to this.
00:30:49 So summer is gone,
00:30:54 It's still warm in the sun,
00:30:59 All that true could have come,
00:31:02 Like a five-fingered fluff,
00:31:07 Only that's not enough.
00:31:10 No evil was slighted
00:31:15 World was festively lighted,
00:31:20 Life forever was tucking,
00:31:26 I was really lucky,
00:31:31 No leaves ever seared,
00:31:36 Day, like glass, washed all clear,
00:31:43 Good, aren't they?
00:31:46 Why do you fidget?
00:31:50 - I'm just...
00:31:52 I'm so happy! It's not often that
00:31:57 You did everything right.
00:32:01 I'm proud that I was right about you.
00:32:02 Look at him! He's happy
00:32:06 Fate! Zone!
00:32:11 You think I didn't see how you
00:32:14 - No, you don't understand...
00:32:16 I'm sorry, Professor,
00:32:20 but this jerk has chosen you
00:32:22 Come on, it's unfair!
00:32:24 And me, a second-rate creature,
00:32:28 Meat mincer! To think of such
00:32:32 What right have you got to decide
00:32:34 who is to live and
00:32:37 You've chosen it yourself!
00:32:39 What? One long match out of the two
00:32:43 The matches are nothing.
00:32:45 The Zone had let you through
00:32:48 so it became clear that only you
00:32:53 And we just followed you.
00:32:54 Well, it's too much...
00:32:56 You can't even imagine how dangerous
00:33:02 But someone had to be first!
00:33:04 Yes? No, it's not a clinic!
00:33:09 You see, someone has to go first!
00:33:20 Don't touch it!
00:33:42 Laboratory nine, please.
00:33:45 Just a minute.
00:33:53 - Hello?
00:33:56 - What do you want?
00:34:00 You've hidden it. I've found it.
00:34:03 The old building. Bunker four.
00:34:08 I'm alerting the security
00:34:11 You may do it.
00:34:16 you may set my colleagues against me,
00:34:20 I'm now at a stone's throw
00:34:26 Do you realize that's the end of you
00:34:29 Well, you may rejoice!
00:34:30 Do you realize what will happen
00:34:36 Trying to scare me again?
00:34:39 All my life I've been afraid of
00:34:45 But now I'm not afraid of anything,
00:34:49 Oh God, you are not even
00:34:52 It's just that you've always wanted
00:34:55 because twenty years ago
00:34:59 And now you're delighted
00:35:03 Well, go and do your...
00:35:08 Don't you dare hang up on me!
00:35:11 Prison is not the worst thing
00:35:15 The worst is that you'll never be
00:35:18 I already see you hanging from your
00:35:25 What are you up to, Professor?
00:35:30 Do you realize what will happen
00:35:36 And all come rushing here?
00:35:40 It's only a question of time.
00:35:44 If not today, then tomorrow!
00:35:47 Unfulfilled emperors,
00:35:52 self-appointed benefactors
00:35:56 And they'll come not for money or
00:36:01 I never take here people like that.
00:36:03 What on earth can you understand?
00:36:06 You're not the only stalker
00:36:09 No stalker can know
00:36:11 what those you lead bring with them
00:36:15 And the number of unmotivated
00:36:18 Isn't that your doing?
00:36:20 Take coups d'etat by the military,
00:36:25 aren't they all your clients?
00:36:27 Or lasers and all those
00:36:31 all that filth, kept for the time being
00:36:36 Will you please stop this
00:36:39 Can you really believe
00:36:41 Not in the good ones, no!
00:36:46 Come on!
00:36:48 A human being is not capable
00:36:53 that would extend over
00:36:57 Well, money, a woman,
00:37:01 Let my boss be overrun by a car,
00:37:05 But ruling over the world!
00:37:08 God's kingdom on earth!
00:37:10 These are not just wishes,
00:37:17 Unconscious compassion
00:37:22 As a regular
00:37:25 There cannot be happiness
00:37:30 I can see quite clearly now
00:37:32 that you plan to overwhelm
00:37:38 As for me, I'm not a bit worried
00:37:42 and least of all about mankind.
00:37:45 Because you're not going
00:37:49 At best you'll get your Nobel Prize.
00:37:54 Or rather you'll get something
00:37:59 something you don't even think about.
00:38:05 You dream of one thing,
00:38:11 Why did you do that?
00:38:26 Telephone... electricity...
00:38:34 Look, very good sleeping pills.
00:38:37 They don't make ones like that any
00:38:45 Maybe we'd better be going?
00:38:48 It will be dark soon,
00:38:59 By the way, it's absolutely clear
00:39:03 that all this poem reciting
00:39:07 is just a form of apologizing.
00:39:10 I can understand you.
00:39:17 But don't have any illusions,
00:39:24 Will you please stop it,
00:40:17 Professor, come here, please.
00:40:52 Wait a minute.
00:40:56 I'm in no hurry whatsoever.
00:41:46 I know, you're going to get mad.
00:41:51 Anyway, I must tell you...
00:42:00 We are now...
00:42:12 This is the most important moment
00:42:20 You must know that...
00:42:23 Your innermost wishes
00:42:30 Your most sincere wish!
00:43:03 No need to say anything.
00:43:09 You just have to...
00:43:12 concentrate
00:43:20 When a man thinks of the past,
00:43:26 And most important...
00:44:00 Most important...
00:44:06 You have to believe!
00:44:17 Now you can go.
00:44:24 Who wants to be the first?
00:44:31 Maybe, you?
00:44:34 Me? No, I don't want to.
00:44:38 I understand, it's not easy,
00:44:44 I doubt...
00:44:47 that it will pass.
00:44:50 If I begin recalling my life,
00:44:55 it's very unlikely I'll get any kinder.
00:44:59 Besides, don't you feel
00:45:20 Humiliating yourself,
00:45:26 What's so bad in praying?
00:45:31 It's just your pride speaking.
00:45:34 Calm down, you're not ready yet.
00:45:42 Maybe, you first?
00:45:51 Yes, me.
00:46:03 We see before us
00:46:09 An appliance exploring human souls!
00:46:13 It's only a bomb.
00:46:16 What?
00:46:19 You must be kidding.
00:46:21 No, it's just a bomb.
00:46:27 What for?
00:46:39 We had it assembled with my friends.
00:46:44 With my former colleagues.
00:46:52 This place will never bring any
00:47:00 But if this thing gets into the wrong
00:47:07 Though, I'm not sure any more.
00:47:11 We came to the conclusion then...
00:47:15 that we shouldn't destroy the Zone
00:47:19 Even if it's some miracle,
00:47:25 and therefore, a hope in a sense.
00:47:30 They had hidden that bomb,
00:47:34 The old building, bunker four.
00:47:42 I guess there must be a principle...
00:47:47 Never do anything
00:47:50 I understand everything, I'm not some
00:47:56 But as long as this plague lies
00:48:04 I can get no peace, no sleep.
00:48:13 Or maybe, my innermost
00:48:22 Poor man, some problem
00:48:48 Give it to me!
00:49:03 Give it to me!
00:49:10 You're a civilized man, aren't you?
00:49:19 - Why? What's the matter with you?
00:49:24 Why?
00:49:29 He wants to destroy your hope!
00:49:55 That's all people have got left
00:49:59 It's the only place
00:50:04 if there's no hope left for them.
00:50:09 You yourself have come here!
00:50:11 Why destroy hope then?
00:50:14 Shut up!
00:50:19 I can see through you!
00:50:22 You don't give a damn about people!
00:50:25 You just make money,
00:50:31 It's not even the money.
00:50:32 You're enjoying yourself here.
00:50:36 You, a hypocritical louse, decide
00:50:41 He deliberates!
00:50:44 Now I see why you stalkers
00:50:48 You revel in all that power,
00:50:54 What else is there to wish for?
00:50:56 It's not true!
00:51:04 A stalker must not enter the room.
00:51:06 A stalker must not even enter
00:51:11 Remember Porcupine?
00:51:16 Yes, you're right, I'm a louse.
00:51:18 I haven't done any good in this world,
00:51:23 I couldn't give anything
00:51:26 I can't have any friends either.
00:51:31 They'd already taken everything from
00:51:39 So all that's mine is here.
00:51:45 My happiness, my freedom,
00:51:52 I bring here people like me,
00:51:55 People who have nothing else
00:52:00 And I can help them!
00:52:03 No one else can help them,
00:52:09 I'm so happy to be able to help them
00:52:12 And that's all.
00:52:36 I don't know. Maybe.
00:52:39 Anyway, excuse me, but...
00:52:43 You're just a God's fool.
00:52:47 You have no idea
00:52:53 Why do you think Porcupine
00:52:57 He came to the Zone
00:53:00 He made his brother die
00:53:03 I know.
00:53:07 Why didn't he come here again,
00:53:11 In way of repenting.
00:53:14 He wanted to... I don't know.
00:53:18 Because he realized that
00:53:22 but only your innermost wish.
00:53:32 Not what would you holler
00:53:42 Coming true here is
00:53:46 with your essence,
00:53:49 But it's there, in you,
00:53:53 You didn't understand anything,
00:53:56 It wasn't greed that had done
00:53:58 He was crawling in this puddle,
00:54:02 But what he got was only money,
00:54:07 because render unto Porcupine
00:54:11 And things like conscience, anguish,
00:54:16 He realized that and hanged himself.
00:54:22 I'm not going to your room.
00:54:26 I have no wish to pour my filth
00:54:31 Even yours.
00:54:33 And then to put my neck into
00:54:37 I'd rather drink myself to death
00:54:44 You don't understand anything
00:54:50 if you take to the Zone
00:55:00 And something else...
00:55:03 Why do you think that this miracle
00:55:08 Who told you that wishes
00:55:15 Have you seen a single man
00:55:21 Was it Porcupine?
00:55:27 As a matter of fact,
00:55:32 about Porcupine, about that room?
00:55:37 He did.
00:56:40 Then it makes no sense to me at all.
00:56:44 What's the use coming here?
00:58:06 It's so quiet...
00:58:09 Can you feel it?
00:58:16 What the heck... Why not chuck it all,
00:58:21 take my wife, Monkey,
00:58:29 For good.
00:58:32 There's no one here.
01:02:41 So you're back.
01:02:49 Where did you get this?
01:02:52 He got attached to me.
01:03:13 Well, shall we go?
01:03:22 Are you coming?
01:03:37 Does any one of you need a dog?
01:03:42 I've got five of them at home.
01:03:54 So you love dogs, don't you?
01:03:57 What?
01:03:59 That's very good.
01:04:06 All right, let's go.
01:07:03 You can't even imagine
01:07:07 God only knows!
01:07:11 Calling themselves intellectuals,
01:07:15 Don't get so excited.
01:07:17 They don't believe in anything!
01:07:20 They've got the organ with which one
01:07:28 Stop it. Come on.
01:07:32 It's too damp here for you...
01:07:40 Take it off.
01:08:50 Oh God, what people...
01:08:52 Calm down, it's not their fault.
01:08:56 You ought to pity them,
01:08:59 Haven't you seen them? They've
01:09:13 The only thing
01:09:17 is how to sell themselves
01:09:20 How to get as much as possible
01:09:25 They know they were "born for
01:09:32 After all, they live "only once"!
01:09:36 Can people like that
01:09:40 Stop it, calm down.
01:09:44 Try to sleep, will you?
01:09:52 And nobody believes.
01:09:58 Who am I going to take there?
01:10:04 Oh, God...
01:10:06 And what's most awful...
01:10:10 is that no one needs it.
01:10:12 No one needs that room.
01:10:17 Why do you say that?
01:10:26 I'm not going there with anybody
01:10:31 Do you want me to go with you?
01:10:36 Where?
01:10:38 You think I've got nothing
01:10:45 No...
01:10:50 You can't go there.
01:10:52 Why not?
01:10:56 No, no.
01:11:02 What if it wouldn't work
01:11:40 You know, my mother was against it.
01:11:45 You've probably noticed already
01:11:52 All our neighborhood laughed at him.
01:11:55 He was such a bungler,
01:12:00 My mother used to say:
01:12:03 he's doomed,
01:12:06 Don't you know what kind of
01:12:09 And I... I didn't even argue with her.
01:12:15 I knew it all myself,
01:12:19 that he was an eternal prisoner,
01:12:26 Only what could I do?
01:12:28 I was sure
01:12:33 Of course, I knew I'd have a lot of
01:12:37 But it's better to have
01:12:43 a gray, dull life.
01:12:50 Perhaps,
01:13:03 But then he approached me and said:
01:13:07 And I did,
01:13:15 Never.
01:13:19 We had a lot of sorrow,
01:13:22 a lot of fear, and a lot of shame.
01:13:24 But I never regretted it,
01:13:30 It's just our fate, our life,
01:13:41 And if we haven't had our misfortunes,
01:13:46 It would have been worse.
01:13:50 Because in that case, there wouldn't
01:13:57 And there wouldn't have been
01:14:48 I love your eyes, my darling friend,
01:14:52 Their play, so passionate and
01:14:57 When a sudden stare up you send,
01:15:00 And like a heaven-blown lightning,
01:15:03 It'd take in all from end to end.
01:15:07 But there's more that I admire:
01:15:11 Your eyes when they're downcast
01:15:14 In bursts of love-inspired fire,
01:15:18 And through the eyelash goes fast
01:15:22 A somber, dull call of desire...
01:18:09 The End