Stalingrad (Сталинград)

Today, March 11th...

I received the tragic news...

...of an unprecedented earthquake...

...of magnitude 9...

...and the destruction...

...caused by the tsunami.

The number of victims is growing steadily...

...and the extent of the damage...

...caused by this disaster...

...is impossible to assess at this moment.

Foreign volunteers are joining...

...our massive rescue efforts.

We will overcome this setback...

--rebuild the ravaged areas, and Japan itself.

Join me in praying...

...for our success.

Total number of casualties? Roughly?

Nearly 8000 in our area.

It's a rotten situation. Could blow at any time.

I can't use any machines.

It's all hanging...

...by a thread.

Twenty-eight people were taken out alive.

They say there are five more in the dining hall.

Two girls, three guys. All Germans.

They're in there.

It rained and the mud sealed it tight.

We cleaned it up and put in a tube with a camera.

We'll try from the other side too.

That's all we can do right now.

None of them...

...are hurt badly. But they're lying only 30 centimeters below the slab.

Very dangerous. It could go again at any moment.

Keep calm, kids.

This is the doctor speaking.

Don't all talk at once.

There isn't much oxygen. Just one of you.

Answer after I've asked a question.

Briefly describe things for me.

Who is this?

This is Nina.

Can you hear me?

There are five of us.

We're all-- We're all still alive.

Very good, kids. Here's how we're going to do this:

Stay still and try to conserve oxygen.

After we get you out...

...we can talk in more detail.

No. Please don't go.

Just talk to us a little, okay? Please.

I can't go. The subway is closed. Does anyone know you're here?

Your mother? Father?

Yes. My mother knows.

My father is dead.

I miss him so much.

Hey, Nina. Nina, don't cry.

You'll use up all the oxygen.

I had five fathers...

...and I miss them all.

They're all dead. But I'm not crying.

Five fathers?

That's not possible.

Possible, impossible.

How would you know?

It is possible.

Stalingrad

My God.

Walking on water?

Yeah. We're all apostles now.

Shush, you little shit.

Barely out of diapers...

...and you make jokes.

I'll give you a whipping.

That's enough, Pop.

The sappers swamped the crossing...

...so you can't see it from above.

God help them then.

Let's go, brothers.

It was in Stalingrad.

Autumn, 1942.

The Russians were crossing the Volga...

...to gain a foothold on the other bank...

...and keep the Germans...

...from taking the city and the river access.

This was all but impossible.

But they didn't think about that.

Each one fought his best...

...not knowing that he was fighting...

...in the bloodiest battle...

...in human history.

Not good.

Scouts.

Jump.

Pouch, helmet.

Okay, jump-

Sit down.

Did you mark the ways through?

Any mines?

Have you tried talking?

Chvanov.

At our factory we had a deaf mute...

-...a retard. - There are no retards...

...in the USSR.

There are mentally ill, but no retards.

Okay. Wait for the assault group...

...lead them to the oil tanks, then catch up.

Let's go.

We're here. The building is here.

We sneak in. Then it's a coin flip...

...heads or tails.

Heads, we look for the detonator.

Should be on the second floor.

No reason for them to put it any higher...

...where it could get hit. Tails, we find...

...the detonator right away and kill them all.

We cut every wire we find.

That's it.

Jurgens. Jurgens.

- The Russians are coming. - What?

Radio the news.

There's no signal, captain.

All right, Jurgens.

I'd rather not ask why there's no signal.

Blow up the tanks.

But that's the fuel...

...for the whole army, captain.

JUrgens.

You're an idiot. The Russians are here.

I'll be back in a second.

The Russians have trenches there.

Both flanks are mined. We couldn't advance...

...due to heavy fire.

Grenades!

Found you, you son of a bitch.

Well, God save us. Let's go, son.

My boy.

Stand guard.

I'll go upstairs.

Comrade. I'm one of you. I'm a spotter.

Find my radio. I need it.

Comrade.

There it is.

We made it here yesterday from the fire station.

The Germans killed my radioman.

Are you scouts?

Yeah. But what the hell are you?

I told you, I'm a spotter. An officer.

- Officer? - I direct artillery.

Why'd the krauts hang you like a Christmas ornament?

I haven't slept for three days.

I was weak. I froze.

You fucked up the crossing, asshole.

They burned alive. There was no cover fire.

- And you haven't slept? - Commander.

- What is it? - Semyonov's dead.

Our radio's broken.

His works. Should we keep him?

You really know how to use the radio?

Yes.

Contact headquarters.

I Will.

Give me the frequency and your call sign.

It's Kaluga...

...44 and three.

Sissy.

Don't call me "Sissy."

I'm an officer of the worker-peasant army.

Give me a gun, please.

Contact HQ.

If you don't, I'll shoot you.

Captain! Come quick.

Who's he got?

Is it a boy?

Are you okay, kid?

It's a girl.

Definitely a girl, commander.

She's shell-shocked, out of her mind.

We'll sort it out later.

And Nikiforov?

There he is.

He brought a grubby guest.

Who the devil are you?

I'm no devil, comrade captain. I'm an angel.

Polyakov. Gun commander.

- Gun commander? - Yes, sir.

And where's this gun you command?

Over there, in the archway.

- Got any shells? - Yes.

One round.

I see.

Well, then, let's do some fighting.

Comrade captain!

It's division HQ.

Sit down.

So we have to...

...babysit her now?

That's all we need, damn it.

Commander, look what the krauts did to her.

It's a war, Angel. She's alive.

That's how they met.