COMMUNISM & RUSSIA
THE RED SQUARE; FULL LENGTH RUSSIAN LANGUAGE MOVING PICTURE DRAMA FEATURING LENIN LOOK-ALIKE. WITH ENGLISH SUB-TITLES. YOUNG COMMISSAR TRIES TO RECRUIT HOME COMING SOLDIERS INTO LENIN'S RED ARMY.
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LARGE STATUE OF MAN AND WOMAN, HE WITH SWORD RAISED AND SHE WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE TORCH (?). VARIOUS SHOTS LONG LINES OF PEOPLE SLOWLY ENTERING LENIN MAUSOLEUM ON RED SQUARE IN MOSCOW. RUSSIAN TITLE SUPER-IMPOSED ON SCENE.
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MS GREAT LENIN LOOK ALIKE, WITH COAT DRAPED OVER SHOULDERS, SEATED ON EDGE OF DESK REMINISCING OUT LOUD (IN RUSSIAN) AS HE LOOKS OUT WINDOW TO SMALL GATHERING OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE STANDING IN SNOW. ENGLISH SUB-TITLES. MORE OF LENIN IN OFFICE REMINISCING OUT LOUD.
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LENIN SAYS, " NO ONE DISPUTES THE NEED FOR A SOCIALIST ARMY"
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CU YOUNG MAN AT TRAIN CROSSING, HOLDS UP PAMPHLET AND TELLING UNIFORMED TRAINMAN, ALONGSIDE TRACKS, TO STOP THE TRAIN. TRAINMAN ANGRILY SAYS HE WILL NOT STOP TRAIN, "THEY'RE FRONT LINE SOLDIERS (ON TRAIN)". (COMING HOME FROM WAR (WW 1). (SEE SUB-TITLES)
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MS THE YOUNG MAN NOT HEEDING TRAINMAN, RUNS TO SWITCH AND SWITCHES TRACKS, WITH TRAINMAN YELLING HYSTERICALLY AT HIM. APPROACHING STEAMING TRAIN SWITCHES TRACKS AND COMES TO SCREECHING HALT.
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HUNDREDS OF ANGRY, YELLING TROOPS JUMP OUT OF BOX CARS AND RUN TOWARDS TRAINMAN WHO SAYS TO YOUNG MAN WHO DID IT, "IT WASN'T ME. YOUNG MAN TELLS HIM NOT TO WORRY, HE WILL HANDLE IT. ANGRY SOLDIER RUNS UP, PUNCHES THE TRAINMAN TO THE GROUND AS OTHER YELLING SOLDIERS APPROACH.
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CU YOUNG MAN STOPS SOLDIERS FROM ATTACKING TRAINMAN, IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AS AS DIMITRY AMELIN, AN OFFICIAL OF THE "ALL-RUSSIAN COLLEGIUM AND EXPLAINS WHY HE STOPPED TRAIN. HE GETS THEM INSIDE STATION FOR A MEETING.
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ONCE INSIDE DIMITRY, TELLS THE SOLDIERS THAT THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO GO HOME. EXPLAINS LENIN'S NEED FOR A SOCIALIST ARMY TO PROTECT THE REVOLUTION, AND THE NATION FROM INVADERS. ASKS THEM TO JOIN UP BY SIGNING PAPERS.
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TO 00:17:06 HEATED ARGUMENTS INSUE WITH SEVERAL SOLDIERS ARGUING CON AND PRO. THEY FORCE DIMITRI OUT OF ROOM AFTER HE PULLS HIS GUN TO DEFEND HIMSELF.
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WHILE OUTSIDE, DIMITRI DECIDES TO TAKE ACTION ON HIS OWN. RUNS TO TRAINS ENGINEER AND CONVINCES HIM TO LEAVE STATION, THUS STRANDING THE TROOPS. HEARING THE TRAIN LEAVE TROOPS RUN OUT AND FIRE ON THE TRAIN, WHICH JUST KEEPS GOING.
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THE SOLDIERS TURN THEIR WRATH ON DIMITRY, AS THEY WALK ANGRILY TOWARDS HIM, THEY ARE STOPPED BY THEIR OFFICER WHO AGREED WITH DIMITRY'S ARGUMENT. TELLS THEM "I WON'T LET YOU KILL HIM.
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SOLDIERS TURN THEIR WRATH ONTO THE OFFICER AND YELL FOR HIS COURT-MARTIAL. THEY LOCK HIM UP. THE RIFT CAUSES A SPLIT IN THE RANKS AND SOME GO TO JOIN DIMITRI, ASK TO BE SIGNED UP IN HIS VOLUNTEER ARMY.
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| 00:21:08 1210 |
ABOVE VIEW SOLDIERS LINING UP ALONG TRACKS FOR MARCH BACK HOME.
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DIMITRY PUTS UP SIGN ON DOOR, "COMMISSAR, 38TH REGIMENT" THEN GOES INSIDE HIS NEW RECRUITING OFFICE (?). SOLDIER FROM OPPOSING GROUP (?) TEARS OFF PART OF SIGN.
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OLD TIMER RUSSIAN SOLDIER, PIPE IN MOUTH, EXITS RECRUITING OFF, COMES FACE TO FACE WITH YOUNG NAIVE SOLDIER WHO ASKS OLD TIMER WHY HE SHOULD SIGN UP. THE OLD TIMER TAKES HIM CLOSE, TELLS BOY (LIE), ALL NEW RED ARMY VOLUNTEERS, WILL BE ISSUED NEW BOOTS WITH DOUBLE STEEL-LIKE SOLES. BOY PROMISES NOT TO TELL. BUT HE TELLS THE FIRST COMRADE HE MEETS.
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MS DIMITRI SHAVING HIMSELF WITH STRAIGHT EDGE BLADE, SEES YOUNG WELL-DRESSED WOMAN ARRIVING BY HAND POWERED TRAM. SHE ASKS ONE OF THE SOLDIERS WHO IS JOINING TROOPS MARCHING AWAY FROM SITE, ABOUT WHEREABOUTS OF HER LIEUTENANT HUSBAND. HE TELLS HER HE IS ARRESTED.
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WOMAN ENTERS DIMITRI'S OFFICE. SHE ASKS DIMITRI WHAT HER HUSBAND WAS ARRESTED. HE TELLS HER, THOUGH HE IS COMMISSAR, HE COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT THE ARREST. SHE ANGRILY WALKS OUT.
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SOLDIERS ASKS OLD TIMER IF THE STORY ABOUT THE BOOTS IS TRUE. THE OLD TIMER TELLS THEM IT IS.
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FACE SHOT YOUNG WIFE OF ARRESTED OFFICER ARGUES WITH COMMISSAR DIMITRY, IN HIS OFFICE. SHE ANGRILY WALKS OUT SCREAMING "HOW DID YOU DARE?"
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OLD SOLDIER RUNS TO REGIMENT OF SOLDIERS MARCHING BACK. ASKS THEM WHY THEY CAME BACK? "CARLOAD OF AUSTRIAN BOOTS, SAYS A FEW OF THEM. DIMITRI ASKS OLD TIMER, "WHAT CARLOAD, WHAT BOOTS". WHEN OLD-TIMER TELLS DIMITRY ABOUT THE LIE HE (DIMITRY) GOT VERY ANGRY.
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DIMITRI TELLS OLD TIMER, HE SHOULD NEVER LIE, "ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH". DIMITRI LINES UP THE MEN, TELLS THEM THE STORY OF THE BOOTS WAS A LIE. THE TROOPS REFUSE TO BELIEVE DIMITRI,MARCH ON.
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DIMITRI GOES TO PLACE WHERE LIEUTENANT IS LOCKED UP. ORDERS SOLDIER TO OPEN UP AND LET HIM GO. HE FINDS WIFE THERE WITH HUSBAND, FREES THEM BOTH. GIVES THE LIEUTENANT BACK HIS SWORD.
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VARIOUS SHOTS DIMITRY IN LIVING ROOM OF LIEUTENANT AND HIS PRETTY WIFE, DISCUSSING POLITICS AS THEY SIT FOR TEA, LIEUTENANT CLEANS HIS GUN. AFTER CONVERSATION, DIMITRY LEAVES.
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CU LIEUTENANT'S WIFE TELLS HUSBAND, "I THINH HE (DIMITRY) HAS FALLEN FOR ME". LIEUTENANT LAUGHS IT OFF AS HE CONTINUES CLEANING GUN. SHE SAYS, SUPPOSE I FALL FOR HIM?" "THEN I WILL SHOOT HIM DEAD", SAYS LIEUTENANT.
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MS DIMITRY RUNNING RAPIDLY TOWARDS CAMERA, AS HE YELLS AT FIRING SQUAD, ABOUT TO SHOOT OLD SOLDIER FOR STEALING FOOD RATIONS. HE SAVES THE MAN JUST IN TIME. POLITICAL ARGUMENT ENSUES.
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CU LIEUTENANT YELLS OUT ORDERS FOR THE MEN TO LINE UP. THEY DO. HE TELLS THEM THAT THEY WILL START MILITARY DRILLS STARTING EARLY NEXT DAY. HE THEN DISMISSES THEM.
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MS GOOD SHOT HAND POWERED TRAM RIDING TOWARDS CAMERA, COURIER JUMPS OFF, TAKES MESSAGE TO DIMITRY'S OFFICE. FINDS LIEUTENANT'S WIFE NURSING DIMITRY AS HE LIES IN BED, SUFFERING FROM OLD MALARIA ATTACK.
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AS MEN STARTS THEIR BAYONET PRACTICE, NAVYMAN ASKS LIEUTENANT ABOUT HIS POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS. THE LIEUTENANT SAYS HE HAS NONE, HE IS NO POLITICIAN, "I AM A (CAREER) SOLDIER". NAVY MAN DOES NOT LIKE ANSWER..
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VARIOUS SHOTS SOLDIERS DOING BAYONET PRACTICE AND TARGET PRACTICE WITH RIFLES. DURING PRACTICE A SOLDIER APPROACHES THE LIEUTENANT AND REPORTS SOMETHING TO HIM. THE LIEUTENANT TELLS SOLDIER THAT HE MUST SALUTE THE LIEUTENANT BEFORE HE SPEAKS.
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THE SALUTE COMMENT ENRAGES THE NAVY MAN WHO CALLS IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE OTHER MEN. THEY ACCUSE THE OFFICER OF BEING ELITIST. "YOU SPAWN OF MAPOLEUM" SAYS THE SAILOR. THEY DEMAND THAT THE LIEUTENANT SALUTE THEM. HE DOESN'T.
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THE LIEUTENANT IS PUT UP AGAINST WALL FOR EXECUTION. MACHINE GUNNER FIRES A BURST OVER LIEUTENANT'S HEAD. THEN ASKS HIM TO SALUTE THE"TOILING PEOPLE". HE STUBBORNLY REFUSES.
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DIMITRY RUNS TO SCENE WITH THE GIRL, ARRIVES JUST AS GUNNER LEVELS THE MACHINE GUN AT LIEUTENANT'S MID SECTION. DIMITRY PLACES HIMSELF ALONGSIDE THE LIEUTENANT JUST AS THE MACHINE GUNNER STARTS TO FIRE. THE GUN IS KNOCKED OVER JUST IN TIME. DIMITRY TAKES CONTROL OF PRISONER, LOCKS HIM UP.
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DIMITRY IN OFFICE WITH LIEUTENANT'S WIFE, FINALLY GETS CHANCE TO READ MESSAGE DELIVERED TO HIM WHILE HE WAS SICK. IT TELLS OF FORTHCOMING GERMAN ATTACK. HIS SOLDIERS BURST IN AND TELL HIM OF ADVANCING GERMANS.
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LS VARIOUS SHOTS APPROACHING REGIMENT OF GERMAN SOLDIERS WITH CANNON AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT MARCHING IN SNOWBOUND FIELDS. DIMITRY CHECKS THEM OUT THROUGH BINOCULARS.
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AS MEN LINE UP FOR BATTLE, DIMITRY, REALIZING HIS LACK OF MILITARY EXPERIENCE, GETS ADVICE FROM THE JAILED LIEUTENANT AND ADMITTING HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE TO HIM.. LIEUTENANT TELLS DIMITRY WHAT TO DO, THROUGH THE BARRED WINDOW. LIEUTENANT LAYS OUT PLAN TO ENTRAP GERMAN DIVISION.
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DIMITRY AND ONE OF HIS MEN DRESS UP LIKE TRAINMEN AND GO OUT TO MEET THE GERMANS AT THE TRAIN STATION. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WITH MACHINE GUNS, STAND READY IN ROOMS OVERLOOKING TRAIN STATION. THEY WATCH DIMITRY NEGOTIATING WITH GERMANS AS TRAIN PULLS INTO STATION.
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MS DIMITRY SIGNALS WITH BELL, SHOOTS GERMAN SOLDIER WITH HIDDEN GUN. AT SIGNAL, RUSSIAN SOLDIERS POUR OUT OF BOX CARS AND RUSSIAN MEN IN HIDING, BEGIN FIRING ON THE GERMANS WITH MACHINE GUNS, ALL WHILE LIEUTENANT WATCHES FROM JAIL CELL. DIMITRY RUNS TO JAIL WINDOW TO GET FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS FROM EXPERIENCED LIEUTENANT.
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LIEUTENANT IS FINALLY FREED FROM CELL, AND HE JOINS DIMITRY AT FORTIFICATION POSITION. HE TAKES OVER THE COMMAND. HE ORDERS HIS MEN TO CEASE FIRE, AS HE CALLS OUT TO GERMANS (IN GERMAN) TO LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS AND SURRENDER.
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TO 00:59:30 LIEUTENANT ORDERS HIS MACHINE GUNNERS TO FIRE INTO TREES ABOVE GERMAN'S HEADS AS A WARNING. CU MACHINE GUNS FIRING. GERMAN SPEAKING RUSSIAN SOLDIER YELLS TO GERMANS, TELLS THEM HE WILL COUNT TO FIVE BEFORE FIRING. HE STARTS TO COUNT, AND GERMANS SURRENDER AS COUNT REACHES 4.
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VARIOUS SHOTS RUSSIAN SOLDIERS GATHERING AND PILING UP GERMAN RIFLES, AS ANOTHER RUSSIAN COUNTS AND LISTS THEM. PAN TO LIEUTENANT PUTTING ON HIS SWORD AFTER BEING BACK IN GRACES OF THE TROOPS..
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DIMITRY CALLS OUT, "NO LOOTING" AS HE SEES A RUSSIAN SOLDIER PULL BOOTS OFF DEAD GERMAN. THE OLD SOLDIER PASSIONATELY SAYS HE CAN TRADE THEM FOR A PIG TO FEED HIS CHILDREN WHO ARE STARVING, THEN THROWS THEM TO THE GROUND. DIMITRY SAYS, "OH, TAKE THEM, DAMN YOU".
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OLD SOLDIER WALKS AWAY WITH BOOTS IN HAND. PAN SNOW COBERED GROUND WITH DEAD GERMAN SOLDIERS, TO OPEN BOX CARS AND ONE RUSSIAN SOLDIER SPRAWLED OUT IN BOX CAR (GRAPHIC).
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DIMITRY, SURROUNDED BY VICTORIOUS SOLDIERS, ADDRESSES THEM, AS THEY ALL AGREE TO JOIN THE RED ARMY. THEY ALL AGREE TO FOLLOW THEIR "HEROIC COMMANDER", LIEUTENANT (NIKOLAI KUTASOV).
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DIMITRY IN LT. NICKOLAI AND WIFE'S HOME IS TOLD BY LIEUT. THAT HE (LT.) WILL NOT JOIN THE RED ARMY. THAT HE IS A CAREER SOLDIER AND WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN CIVIL WAR, BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER. WIFE (NATASHA) TAKES BOTH THEIR HANDS AND READS THEIR PALMS. SAYS THEY HAVE THE SAME LIFLINE AND SHARE THE SAME FUTURE.
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VARIOUS SHOTS PARADE OF ARMY, WITH MILITARY BANDS) MARCHING INTO RED SQUARE (?) HUGE CROWDS CHEERING, BANNERS WITH FACE OF KARL MARX. PAN SMALL GROUPS HAVING DISCUSSIONS, INCLUDING LENIN. FILM CREW GRINDING CAMERA, AS TROOPS MARCH IN B/G. CHILDREN WATCH FROM ATOP STATUES. WW1 BI-PLANE FLIES OVERHEAD.
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MS LENIN AND OTHERS WATCH PLANE DROPPING LEAFLETS. PLANE PASSES BY DOMES AND CROSSES OF FAMED CATHEDRAL LT. (NIKOLAI) IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES, PICKS UP AND READS LEAFLET. WATCHES AS LENIN TAKES THE SPEAKERS PLATFORM.
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FACE SHOT DIMITRY WATCHES IN ADMIRATION AS LENIN SPEAKS. VARIOUS SHOTS GREAT LENIN LOOK ALIKE MAKING INSPIRING SPEECH. PEOPLE RESPOND IN ONE VOICE (MAKE PLEDGE ?). LENIN STEPS DOWN FROM PLATFORM, JOINS RANKS OF RUSSIAN TROOP HE JOINS THEM IN TAKING PLEDGE. ZOOM IN NIKOLAI, AS HE LISTENS TO PLEDGE.
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CU FACE SHOT, LENIN TAKING PLEDGE. BAND PLAYS NATIONAL ANTHEM. LENIN STEPS OUT OF RANKS, TROOPS MAKE RIGHT TURN, MARCH FORWARD. LENIN GOES BACK TO PLATFORM, SALUTES THE MARCHING TROOPS. MS NICOLAI WATCHES LENIN IN ADMIRATION.
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