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<i> Yekaterina Orlova. Katya?</i>
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<i> Never heard of her.</i>
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<i> The patronymic's Borisovna.
Katya Borisovna Orlova.</i>
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<i>- Have a think, Barley.
- Don't know a Katya.</i>
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<i>Never screwed one,
never flirted with one,</i>
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<i>never proposed to one,
never even married one.</i>
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<i>What is she, the usual fat-arsed frump?</i>
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<i> She visited the British Council's
audio fair in Moscow exactly a week ago.</i>
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<i> Audio fair?</i>
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<i> Cassettes.
Books of the bloody future.</i>
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<i>- So why didn't you go?
- I can go. I can not go.</i>
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<i>I'm my own man. But you wouldn't
know anything about that.</i>
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<i> Crap, Barley. You rented
a stand, booked your hotel, your flight...</i>
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<i>Why didn't you show up?</i>
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<i> I have a board.
I have family shareholders.</i>
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<i>The firm's having withdrawal pains at the
bank, if it's any of your bloody business.</i>
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<i> It is.</i>
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<i>Tell me something.
Do you know Niki Landau?</i>
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Excuse me. Do you know
Mr Bartholomew Scott Blair?
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<i>Yeah, I know Niki. Short-arse Polish
cockney sales rep. Goes at it like a rabbit.</i>
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Barley? Sure, I know Barley.
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House of Abercrombie and Blair,
publishers, drunk or sober.
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A gent. One of the best.
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I must speak to Mr Scott Blair.
It is very urgent.
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He's not here, darling.
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But he was not here yesterday.
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Mr Scott Blair never came. He's absent.
AWOL. Not among those present. Sorry.
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<i> Irritating little sod.
I'm quite fond of him really.</i>
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I have an important manuscript for him.
It is for Mr Blair. Only for Mr Blair.
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Listen, I'm trying to make a living here.
And not for Mr Blair, love him as I may.
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<i> Might one inquire
why she should ask Niki about you?</i>
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<i> I don't know. I don't know her.</i>
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<i> So you know Niki,
but not Katya?</i>
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Oh, now you're getting it, old boy.
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- Is that Scotch over there?
- Help yourself.
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Hold everything.
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OK.
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You must be very kind and help me.
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A Russian friend of mine
has written an important novel.
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Its message is important
for all of mankind.
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Nice.
42
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In spite of glasnost, my friend's
novel cannot yet be published...
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in the Soviet Union.
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Mr Scott Blair has undertaken
to publish it... with discretion.
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Don't worry. With Abercrombie and Blair,
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your friend's book is virtually guaranteed
to appear in total secrecy.
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If you love peace, please,
take this to England to Mr Scott Blair.
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- It is a gift of trust.
- It is better that you smile.
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- Excuse me?
- Smile.
50
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This is Anglo-Soviet cultural exchange.
We smile, we exchange culture.
51
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Looking scared is something different.
Got it in there, have we?
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This is dangerous for you.
You must believe in what you are doing.
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Smile.
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We smile, we kiss. Formal Russian kiss.
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That's right.
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Now we've done it. You have brought me
an official farewell gift from...
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October Publishing
on the last day of the fair.
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<i>And I have given you Shakespeare's
Sonnets for Careful Drivers.</i>
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Would you... like
a nice dinner out somewhere?
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It is not convenient.
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Thank you.
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<i> You can't think of any reason
why a book editor called Katya Orlova</i>
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<i>should risk her neck
to send you a manuscript?</i>
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Barley?
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Who said..."risk her neck"?
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I did.
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- Must be quite a book.
- It is.
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- May I see it?
- Let's begin with the letter.
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<i>"Personal. For Mr Bartholomew
Scott Blair. Urgent. "</i>
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We'd like to find out why a woman
you don't know should send you a letter
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beginning "My beloved Barley",
and sign herself "Your loving K".
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She's potty. Certifiable.
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Where is this manuscript?
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<i>- That's none of your business.
- Like hell it isn't.</i>
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<i>She sent it to me as a publisher.</i>
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- It's a bloody sight more mine than yours.
- Please calm down.
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It's in safe hands, Barley.
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The manuscript was in three notebooks.
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<i>When Niki couldn't find you in London,
he had the sense to bring them to us.</i>
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The first notebook is worthless,
scientifically speaking.
81
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Oh?
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Peacenik manifestos, slogans,
poems, quotations.
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It has psychological interest, Minister,
in so far as the writer sounds...
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Absolutely barking.
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<i>- Would you say?
- It's not a medical term, sir.</i>
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Unstable, perhaps.
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- As for notebooks two and three?
- Genuine science.
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Written by someone in the business.
No question.
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The business?
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Destruction paths, payloads, aim points,
bias, rate of burn, trajectories, telemetry.
91
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Of course, it doesn't necessarily
describe the true state of affairs.
92
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<i>What the hell does it purport to describe?</i>
93
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In a nutshell, the Soviet's strategic
capability for waging nuclear war.
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And addressed to boozy Barley Blair.
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Well, if it's strategic, we can't
evaluate it without the Americans.
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So it's their baby, not ours.
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- Throw Scott Blair to the Americans.
- Unfortunately, we haven't found him yet.
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Eureka! We've got him.
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A Lisbon bank account, my dears!
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- We've got him.
- Lisbon.
101
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<i>- Why did you run away?
- Run away? I own a flat here.</i>
102
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<i> Why Lisbon, Barley?</i>
103
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<i> Why Langley, Bob?</i>
104
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You brought a woman?
105
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What's it to you if I brought a woman,
a man or a fuckin' Muscovy duck?
106
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What do you do with yourself
in Lisbon, Barley?
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Well, I was having a drink.
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<i>Until I was interrupted.</i>
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- Mr Blair?
- Eh?
110
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I believe I'm addressing Mr Bartholomew
Scott Blair. Yes? Correct?
111
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- Yes.
- I'm Merrydew. I'm from the embassy.
112
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We received a rather urgent
message for you over our link.
113
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Are you trying to tell me
someone's dead, old boy?
114
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No. That would be consular.
I'm commercial.
115
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Well, I never knew an honest debt
that couldn't wait till Monday.
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Loosen your girdle, Merrydew.
Have a drink with the unwashed.
117
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I say, Blair, the man's the Queen's
emissary, for Christ's sake.
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Have they moved the embassy, or are you
hijacking me? What's going on, tubby?
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- I'm commercial. Strictly commercial.
- Mr Blair, sir?
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My name's Ned.
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I'm about to move the goal posts.
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There's no urgent message. There's no
crisis in your affairs - beyond the usual.
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I'm from British Intelligence.
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Come and meet the others.
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This is Clive. This is Walter.
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<i>Over here is Bob, who is almost family.
Meet Barley, everyone.</i>
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00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,113
- Hello, Barley!
- Proud to know you, Barley.
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00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,949
I'm the odd man out here. I work
for the Central Intelligence Agency,
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which, as you probably know, is based
in Langley in the state of Virginia.
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00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,358
Let's have some fun. Let's do some good.
131
00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,550
Now isn't that jolly?
132
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So, where are we all off to?
Nicaragua? Chile? Iran?
133
00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,114
Or are we just assassinating
some local nuisance?
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00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,800
Don't rant. Sit down.
135
00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,075
Perhaps you can tell us
what this letter's all about.
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00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,032
- Recognise the handwriting?
- Read it slowly.
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00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,549
Take all the time in the world, Barley.
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She's barmy.
139
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<i> Who is she?</i>
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Yekaterina Orlova. Katya?
141
00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,672
- Never heard of her.
- The patronymic's Borisovna.
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Katya Borisovna Orlova.
Have a think, Barley.
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I don't know a Katya. Never screwed one,
144
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<i>never flirted with one, never proposed
to one, never even married one.</i>
145
00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,392
<i>What is she, the usual fat-arsed frump?</i>
146
00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:29,559
<i>So, she wrote you a letter
signed "Your loving K",</i>
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00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:35,196
- and you tell me you don't know her?
- I told you. I never met the hag.
148
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She's off her tree.
149
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She wasn't even there.
150
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- Where?
- At Peredelkino.
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<i>It's a Soviet writers' village.</i>
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<i>They value their writers. The ones
who behave get their own dachas.</i>
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I was lucky enough to be a guest.
154
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When was this?
155
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Three or four months ago.
One of my trips.
156
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But there wasn't any Katya.
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<i>- What happened?
- I was brilliant.</i>
158
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<i>- Yes?
- Oh, yes.</i>
159
00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:12,358
<i>How to save the world between
lunch and dinner. I was flying.</i>
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<i>I believe in the new Russia.
You may not, but I do.</i>
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00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:21,469
20 years ago, it was just a pipe dream.
Today, it's our only hope.
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00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:27,830
We thought we could bankrupt you
by raising the stakes in the arms race.
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Gambling with the fate of the human race.
164
00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:33,516
Barley, you won your gamble.
Nuclear peace for 40 years.
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00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:35,358
Oh, rubbish. What peace?
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00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:39,758
Ask the Czechs, the Vietnamese,
the Koreans. Ask the Afghans.
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00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:44,237
No. If there is to be hope,
we must all betray our countries.
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We have to save each other,
because all victims are equal.
169
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And none is more equal than others.
170
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It's everyone's duty to start the avalanche.
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A heroic thought, Barley.
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00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,393
Listen, nowadays you have
to think like a hero
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00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:05,035
just to behave like
a merely decent human being.
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00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,638
And did you believe this nonsense?
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00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:14,877
I don't know. I believe it when I say it.
176
00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:17,790
But you've got to be there.
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00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:23,797
You're taking a leak
in some filthy public urinal,
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and the man in the next stall leans across
and asks you about God, or Kafka,
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00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,918
or freedom versus responsibility.
180
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So you tell him. Because you know.
Because you're from the West.
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And before you've finished shaking your
dick, you think "What a great country."
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That's why I love them.
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00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,835
And they're very fond of me.
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00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:53,749
Anyway... later we talked about jazz,
and I played some.
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00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,113
What, somebody had a saxophone?
186
00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,232
What else? Drum kit? Rhythm section?
187
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How many women were there?
188
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Three or four. But no Katya.
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<i>But there was someone, wasn't there?</i>
190
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Yes. There was someone.
191
00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,718
Someone who is the reason
why we're all here. Yes?
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- A man or a woman?
- Name?
193
00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,676
Christ. The way you people
come alive when you smell blood.
194
00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,035
They called him... Dante.
195
00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:37,512
<i>As in "Inferno".</i>
196
00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:41,553
<i>The others said he was on holiday.
A drinking holiday.</i>
197
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He worked some place
where drinking wasn't on.
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<i>Everyone deferred to him.</i>
199
00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:50,435
<i>He never spoke.
He just got drunk and stared.</i>
200
00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,037
- Stared?
- Mm. At me.
201
00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,799
<i>Did Dante arrive on his own
or with others?</i>
202
00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,591
I don't know.
203
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Keep going.
204
00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,951
Then I decided to give them all
a rest from wonderful me,
205
00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,435
let them talk Russian for a while.
206
00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,677
There's a graveyard
a couple of hundred yards up the hill.
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00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,109
<i>It's a place of pilgrimage.</i>
208
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"If there is to be hope,
we must all betray our countries."
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00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,270
Ah, Dante, old chum.
210
00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,914
Come to pay your respects
to old Boris, have you?
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00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:33,996
Boris Pasternak.
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Do you think he knows
people are allowed to read him again?
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00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:41,918
"All victims are equal.
None is more equal than others."
214
00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,077
<i>Yes, well... some write better than others.</i>
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00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:50,149
"How sweet it is to hate one's native land,
to desire its ruin,
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and in its ruin to discern
the dawn of universal rebirth."
217
00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:00,753
- Pasternak?
- No. Pecherin. An earlier poet.
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Pecherin understood that it's possible to
love your country while hating its system.
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If you say so.
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I love my country.
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00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,433
<i>I love it too - your country.</i>
222
00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,269
And I'm reasonably fond of my own.
223
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To save it, perhaps
it's necessary to betray it. Yes?
224
00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,794
Because you and I, we love truth.
225
00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,476
Who are you, Dante?
226
00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,389
What do you do for a living?
227
00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,471
I am a moral outcast.
228
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Oh, it's always nice to meet a writer.
229
00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,793
And what sort of rubbish
are you turning out now?
230
00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:47,876
Lies.
231
00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,396
I am the lie.
232
00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,074
Really?
233
00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:00,436
You spoke the truth.
234
00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:06,351
Promise me that you are not a spy, and
then I will make you a promise in return.
235
00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,390
I'm not a spy, actually. Not my line.
236
00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,072
You are nobody's spy? Not even ours?
237
00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:19,908
Dante, I'm getting a bit jumpy,
to be honest.
238
00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,595
I'm nobody's spy.
239
00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,750
Let's talk about something else.
How about chess?
240
00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:33,715
Oh, chess. In chess there are no lies.
But in my game lies are everything.
241
00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:37,112
What game is that?
242
00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,550
The Soviet knight is dying
inside his armour.
243
00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,591
You are in danger only from our lies.
244
00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,792
I commit the lie every day.
I lie even to my masters.
245
00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:51,278
So, promise me that if I ever find
the courage to think like a hero,
246
00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:55,598
then you will act like
a merely decent human being. Right?
247
00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,589
- Dante, leave me out, will you?
- Hey, you cannot reject me.
248
00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:02,995
Because I am strengthened
by your rejection.
249
00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:05,270
So, promise me.
250
00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,151
What the hell am I promising,
for God's sake?
251
00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,196
Promise.
252
00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,476
All right.
253
00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,555
If you ever manage to be a hero,
254
00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,797
I'll be a... decent human being.
255
00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:25,075
OK?
256
00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:26,713
Promise?
257
00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:28,796
I promise.
258
00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:35,272
Why didn't you come to us?! I know why.
You put your head in the sand.
259
00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,960
<i>Don't know because don't want to know.</i>
260
00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,750
I'm sorry, but we're going to need
your rather serious help.
261
00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:52,548
<i>Then I asked him "What am I supposed
to be promising, for God's sake?"</i>
262
00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,275
<i>Why didn't you come to us?! I know why.
You put your head in the sand.</i>
263
00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,709
<i>Don't know because don't want to know.</i>
264
00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,594
- Who the hell is that?
- Walter? He's a character.
265
00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:06,474
<i>I'm sorry, but we're going to need
your rather serious help.</i>
266
00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,512
- That's it.
- And the notebooks?
267
00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,837
The notebooks don't mesh
with any disinformation artist,
268
00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,758
con man or intelligence peddler we know.
269
00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,190
Our psychology and handwriting gurus
tried to fault them.
270
00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,676
- And?
- They failed.
271
00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,356
Try harder, Russell.
272
00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:28,318
No.
273
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:30,758
No.
274
00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,193
No.
275
00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,356
Not even a perhaps or a maybe?
276
00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:40,190
No. Not even a tickle, old boy.
They're not in Dante's class.
277
00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:42,836
All right.
278
00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:51,392
Is that Katya?
279
00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,512
- That's her.
- You remember her now?
280
00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:02,796
No such luck.
281
00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,197
Choose someone else.
282
00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,959
We didn't choose you. Dante did.
283
00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,396
Because I wasn't a spy.
284
00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,956
We're not asking you to build
the beastly rockets or push the button.
285
00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,514
Only to help improve
our knowledge of the enemy.
286
00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:47,235
And if the enemy turns out to be a friend,
where's the harm?
287
00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:50,716
I thought we were all supposed
to be chums together now.
288
00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:52,671
Oh, my dear Lord!
289
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,509
Because this year it suits them
to roll over and play nice doggie?
290
00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,677
Because this year they're
on the floor anyway? You ninny.
291
00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,314
All the more reason to spy
the daylights out of 'em.
292
00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,910
Kick 'em in the balls
every time they get to their knees.
293
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,270
Well, that's where I disagree.
294
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,717
I'll back my Russia against yours
any time.
295
00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:13,950
Nah.
296
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,514
I'm sorry, Ned. No go.
297
00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,237
Bloody woman. I must've given offence.
298
00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,716
She has a point.
299
00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,230
Worry about Dante.
300
00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:00,112
He reached out for you.
301
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,549
Would you rather
throw him to the Americans?
302
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:04,989
Don't be fooled by Bob's Yaley manner.
303
00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:08,556
The Yanks will take Dante,
put him on a spit and have a barbecue.
304
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,910
How will you live with yourself?
305
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,235
<i>I don't live with myself.</i>
306
00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,194
In fact, I try to give myself a wide berth.
307
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,869
I'm offering you a fresh start.
And a fat cheque.
308
00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,274
Never mind the money.
Barley's far too grand.
309
00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,550
This is something people write in for.
310
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:29,229
The chance to be an active player
in the defence of their country.
311
00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:32,318
You live in a free society.
You've no choice.
312
00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:36,513
Any decent church would've
burnt you bastards years ago.
313
00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,235
You're a fool to use me.
314
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:47,916
I let people down.
315
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:01,398
<i>Abercrombie and Blair.</i>
316
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:06,640
Is it the office of...
Mr Bartholomew Scott Blair?
317
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:08,637
<i>Yes. But he isn't in at the moment.</i>
318
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,149
<i>Can I help, or would you
like to leave a message?</i>
319
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,192
No, thank you. It is a publishing matter.
320
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,788
I will telephone again. Thank you.
321
00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:23,238
<i> Crowds are good,
if you keep moving.</i>
322
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:29,635
<i>Open spaces are good.</i>
323
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,472
<i>Talking in the street is OK, if you have to.</i>
324
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,353
<i>Never, never talk in a car
or in your hotel room,</i>
325
00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,358
<i>except for the benefit
of their microphones.</i>
326
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:47,112
<i>If you've read anything about playing
the radio or running the taps, forget it.</i>
327
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,993
That's right. The source
is the star of the show.
328
00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:54,033
And the star decides
whether to make the meeting or abort.
329
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,831
This is fun. Is that why you keep it secret?
330
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,955
Did you spot our watchers?
331
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,230
The tramp raiding the dustbin,
the woman with the white shoes,
332
00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:09,193
and, of course, the man with the tracksuit.
333
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,392
You scored nil. Out of a possible 12.
334
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,791
The lesson is
you'll never know who they are.
335
00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:23,392
If you need to write something down, use
a single sheet of paper on a hard surface.
336
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,189
That leaves no impression.
337
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,551
How many such surfaces
can you see in this room?
338
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,558
Well, including the windowsill... four.
339
00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:36,718
Seven.
340
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,035
This is often easiest.
341
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,638
Then wipe it clean - rubbing hard.
342
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,591
<i>The issue is why.</i>
343
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,038
That's what you're looking for all the time.
344
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,879
If we trust the motive, we trust the man.
345
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,150
Then we can trust the material.
346
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,909
Why did Dante pick on Katya?
347
00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,754
Why does he put her life at risk?
348
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,916
Why does she let him?
349
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:05,198
<i>Is she a spy?</i>
350
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:09,552
- It's voice-activated, sir. You switch...
- I know all this. I've had it up to here.
351
00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:12,148
I just want to get it done.
What's the hold-up?
352
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:17,794
It's everything we ever wanted to know
about Russia and were afraid to ask.
353
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,310
- Sounds like the pot of gold.
- Sounds like a crock of shit.
354
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:25,229
Some unidentified walk-in is telling us
the Russians are way behind,
355
00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:28,352
they can't hurt us,
we can pull in our horns.
356
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,950
Who the hell is gonna
sell that story on the Hill?
357
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,637
Russell?
358
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,797
It could turn around
and bite us right in the ass.
359
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:39,956
Let the Brits run with it for a while.
360
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:44,119
Dante is their source,
and, uh... Scott Blair is their problem.
361
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,835
I'll go with that, Russell. But I want
Joe and Larry with him in London.
362
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:49,791
Friendly observers, OK?
363
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,635
You'll do us proud, Barley.
364
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,316
I've brought you a present.
365
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,114
It's not to keep. It's just to sniff.
366
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:11,388
- Am I supposed to offer to publish it?
- Offer him anything he wants.
367
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,512
Say anything you need to say
to keep him with us.
368
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,835
Except the truth?
369
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,150
Bon voyage, Barley.
370
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:26,759
<i>Come back with the goods on Dante,
starting with his real name,</i>
371
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,872
<i>and I'll get you a knighthood for literature.</i>
372
00:28:33,120 --> 00:28:35,156
The Russia House.
373
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,909
Barley Scott Blair.
Abercrombie and Blair?
374
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,430
<i>London. The publishers.</i>
375
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,275
I believe you know Niki Landau.
376
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:01,389
<i>Yes.</i>
377
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:05,672
Well, Niki was very insistent that I should
give you a call. How do you do?
378
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:08,712
<i>How do you do?</i>
379
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,593
I'll tell you why I'm calling.
I'm here in Moscow.
380
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,633
And Niki's sent you about a ton of tea.
Well, a couple of pounds.
381
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:17,716
I hope you like tea.
382
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,550
I was wondering
if we could arrange a handover.
383
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,353
<i>- A handover?
- Do you ever escape for lunch?</i>
384
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,630
Yes. Of course.
385
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,911
<i>Well, how about today?
I'm at the Ukraine Hotel.</i>
386
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,676
<i>- That would be convenient.
- Good. Marvellous.</i>
387
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,030
Well, I'll be outside from 12.30 on.
388
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,470
<i>- How will I know you?
- Oh, listen, I'm easy to recognise.</i>
389
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,639
I look like a large, unmade bed
with a shopping bag attached.
390
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:52,555
We're off.
391
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,116
Hi. Hello.
392
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,072
You're Katya, of course.
393
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,192
Yes. And you must be Mr Barley.
394
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,357
Yes, indeed. The same. Well done.
395
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,079
Well, er... where shall we go?
396
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,158
I brought your stuff from Niki,
but I'll carry it.
397
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,919
How did you recognise me, Mr Barley?
398
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:42,278
<i>Well, Niki said you were Russia's answer
to the Venus de Milo.</i>
399
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,196
That is ridiculous.
400
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,112
I was nearly arrested here
three years ago.
401
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,393
They said I was photographing
a military subject.
402
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:09,990
- And were you?
- No. A soldier and his girlfriend.
403
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,429
They asked me to take their picture.
404
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,639
Obviously I received the manuscript.
405
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,995
I will take you to where
we can have lunch.
406
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,634
If you do not mind, I will first buy shoes.
407
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,830
Shoes?
408
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,595
Today there is a shipment of shoes.
409
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:42,474
With perestroika, there is
even less available than before.
410
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,998
- Really? I thought things were improving.
- Everything is corrupt and incompetent.
411
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:50,351
Perhaps different people
are now stealing. I don't know.
412
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:52,277
Keep your voice down.
413
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:54,595
Complaining is our new human right.
414
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:58,076
Glasnost gives everyone
the right to complain and accuse,
415
00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:00,475
but it doesn't make more shoes.
416
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,192
Tell me about your new Russian book.
417
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:24,831
Oh, yes. The book.
418
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:29,998
Well, my problem is that, er,
I don't know the author's real name,
419
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,192
let alone where he gets
all his information from.
420
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,153
Learned his craft and so forth. Hm?
421
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,234
Such personal questions
are not appropriate.
422
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,113
Some writers can only work in obscurity.
423
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,796
But you know publishing, hm?
424
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:49,152
If a fella's written about
the hill tribes of northern Burma,
425
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:53,193
well, you're entitled to know if he's
ever been further south than Minsk.
426
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:57,438
Especially if it's a really important book.
Which this one is.
427
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,196
Dynamite, in fact.
428
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:04,310
The author was inspired by certain
opinions of a British publisher
429
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,715
concerning world peace.
430
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,671
Do you think he'd like
to meet that publisher again?
431
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,392
It is not known. This can be established.
432
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,353
<i>The publisher would like
to meet him again.</i>
433
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,718
How long are you staying in Moscow,
please, Mr Barley?
434
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,718
Seven days... Mrs Katya.
435
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,714
- Where do you live?
- With my children.
436
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,274
Your children? How many?
437
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:01,188
I have a boy and a girl.
They are eight and nine years old.
438
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,276
It is not relevant.
439
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,430
What does your husband do?
440
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,791
It is not important.
441
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,309
- Is he a publisher too?
- No.
442
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,317
Is he a writer?
443
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:14,475
No.
444
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,795
A composer? A cook?
445
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,994
Is he a dressmaker in Vladivostok?
446
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:24,434
His factory prefabricates houses
for rural areas.
447
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:30,439
We are divorced.
Like everybody else in Moscow.
448
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:41,116
Unfortunately, I have
to return to my children now.
449
00:34:41,240 --> 00:34:43,310
Isn't someone looking after them?
450
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:46,398
Well, ring up. Tell them
you've met a fascinating man
451
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,353
that wants to talk literature
to you all day.
452
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,232
I'm sorry. I cannot.
453
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,669
Oh, look, we've hardly met.
454
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:02,353
I need time.
455
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:06,359
I've got 10,000 enormously
serious things to discuss
456
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:08,675
with a beautiful Russian woman.
457
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,556
I don't bite, I don't lie...
Have dinner with me.
458
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:17,069
- At least show me something of Moscow.
- It is not convenient.
459
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,839
- Then give me your home number.
- It is not convenient.
460
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:21,916
- Will you call me, then?
- Perhaps.
461
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:22,995
When?
462
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,395
Perhaps I shall call you late tonight.
463
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,397
No, not "perhaps".
464
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:29,476
I shall call you.
465
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,795
You forgot to give her the tea.
466
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,795
- Mr Blair, sir?
- Wicklow.
467
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,231
Excellent morning's work, sir.
No problems.
468
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:08,831
Oh, by the way, you asked why so many
Russians use the word "convenient".
469
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:13,632
In Russian it's "udobno".
But it also means "proper".
470
00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:18,357
- A bit confusing really.
- Yes, it is indeed.
471
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,432
We have an interim, sir.
472
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:39,634
Katya left her office, took a taxi,
unknown destination. We have it covered.
473
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:52,998
<i>Da?</i>
474
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:54,633
<i>Da, eta Alina.</i>
475
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:58,870
<i>- Dobry dyen.
- Barley!</i>
476
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,309
- Welcome to Moscow, my dear chap!
- Alik.
477
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:05,911
Why do you look so healthy? Why
have you no hangover? Are you in love?
478
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:08,112
How did you know, Alik?
479
00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:11,994
Meet Leonard Carl Wicklow,
our new editor of Soviet books.
480
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,680
Alik Zapadny of VAAP,
481
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:18,395
the all-suffocating
Soviet Copyright Agency.
482
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:24,035
- How is Barley paying you, Mr Wicklow?
- Oh, Russia's top of the pops these days.
483
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,357
Mention to the money boys
that we want to build up a Russian list
484
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,357
and they throw money at us.
485
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:34,031
Have you a sales force, or are you
still relying on divine intervention?
486
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,390
And how about translators?
487
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:41,435
On fiction we will use our own
and take another 5% royalty. How's that?
488
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,673
- We'll consider it.
- No, I don't think so.
489
00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:48,356
We don't have the margin.
490
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,436
Exactly.
491
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:52,876
Well done, Wickers.
492
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,636
- Jesus, Barley!
- Yuri.
493
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,911
What are you doing here?
You're a month early for the book fair.
494
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:05,192
Yuri, I want you to meet Len Wicklow,
our new Russian-speaking specialist.
495
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,276
Hello. You a spy?
496
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:10,392
- Only in my spare time, sir.
- Jesus, I like him.
497
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,829
Oh, thank you. Sit down, friend.
498
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,436
Let's deal direct, OK?
499
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,358
To hell with those assholes at VAAP.
500
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,677
Stay away from them.
Especially Zapadny.
501
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:26,917
I don't say he's KGB.
502
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,953
All I say is he needed some damned good
friends to get him back into circulation.
503
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:32,911
Know what I mean?
504
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:35,110
<i>- Cheers.
- Na zdorovye.</i>
505
00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:38,792
Oh, Barley... I have something for you.
506
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:44,231
Some of these writers haven't yet
been to jail. But I'm working on it.
507
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:49,036
I'll make them famous in the West
even if it kills them.
508
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:56,235
It's me.
509
00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:58,358
Do I disturb you?
510
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,275
Deeply. Come over.
511
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:08,638
You invited me to show you Moscow
tomorrow, I think.
512
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,836
I did. Where do I send the glass coach?
513
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:17,873
I have the tapes, and I've never heard
such pussyfooting around in my life!
514
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,470
Barley has gotta tell Katya:
no more Greta fucking Garbo.
515
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,875
And Dante better shit or get off the pot.
516
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,389
<i>I'm being pelted with crap
in the streets here!</i>
517
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:29,239
All right, Russell, message understood.
518
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:31,073
Brock?
519
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,237
Russell's metaphors are becoming
rather scatological.
520
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,113
Signal Paddy at the embassy.
I want him to talk to Barley.
521
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:56,916
Er, we're this way.
522
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:18,835
I hope you like churches.
523
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:22,396
In Russia we don't ask that.
It is not convenient.
524
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,557
Ah. I think you mean "proper". No?
525
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:27,636
- Proper?
- Mm.
526
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,230
<i>Nyet. Convenient.</i>
527
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:44,078
Now you know why hardly anyone
comes up here. Mind your head.
528
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:48,836
One more to go. This way.
529
00:40:58,240 --> 00:41:00,356
This is just like school.
530
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,631
Dear old, bloody old... school.
531
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:12,269
Who is that man down there?
532
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,834
Oh, he's my editor. He's keeping lookout.
533
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,389
Are we ready? Thank you, Brock.
534
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,559
Why is an editor keeping a lookout?
535
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:27,432
Well...
536
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:33,951
Do you drink this stuff?
537
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:35,672
No.
538
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:38,756
Me neither.
539
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:44,993
What's Dante's real name, huh?
540
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:48,996
Who is he?
541
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,396
Does he test things?
542
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,072
Is he a physicist?
An engineer? Is he army?
543
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,277
Does he like ice cream?
544
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,436
Does he like the movies?
545
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:06,476
<i>Is he one man? Is he two? Is he a group?</i>
546
00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:12,471
Why don't you just start talking
and let's see how it goes?
547
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:15,956
Come on, Katya. You started this, I didn't.
548
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:22,354
Come on, it's me, Barley Blair.
I do jokes, I do bird noises, I drink.
549
00:42:23,720 --> 00:42:25,676
I'm a friend.
550
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:30,389
- Who is he?
- I don't know what I may tell you.
551
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:34,669
What did he tell you to tell me?
552
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:38,553
Whatever is necessary.
That I should trust you.
553
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,433
He was generous. It is his nature.
554
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,630
Why did you send me the book
if you didn't trust me?
555
00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:50,279
It was for him that I sent it.
I did not select you, he did.
556
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:53,393
Oh.
557
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:58,800
He is... my friend.
558
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,554
Is this what you usually do for friends?
559
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:05,319
Smuggle their manuscripts
out to the West?
560
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,715
Risk your life, your children?
561
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:11,837
Does he understand the consequences?
Does he care?
562
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:13,871
He is reconciled.
563
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,560
- Are you?
- Of course.
564
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,636
And your children?
565
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,394
It is for them and their generation.
566
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:26,999
He is inspired by the new openness here.
567
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:30,192
But he knows that nothing
will change by itself.
568
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:32,911
- And you agree?
- Yes! And so do you!
569
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:36,237
You spoke for him.
It is for you we are here!
570
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,150
That's worth a drink.
571
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:57,634
He is not a soldier.
He is a scientist. He is a physicist.
572
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:01,430
<i>- Also qualified in aspects of engineering.
- Better! Ha-ha!</i>
573
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:04,233
Engineering.
We're making progress, gentlemen.
574
00:44:05,240 --> 00:44:07,231
Where was he trained?
575
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:09,078
He went to the LITMO.
576
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:12,317
Afterwards to postgraduate studies
at the university.
577
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:13,475
What's the LITMO?
578
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:18,192
Leningrad Institute of Mechanical and
Optical Science! Write that down, fellas.
579
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:22,433
LITMO is the Leningrad Institute
for Mechanical and Optical Science.
580
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:27,429
He was extremely brilliant.
At 14 he won a mathematics olympiad.
581
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:29,516
Mathematics.
582
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:34,313
When I was at school,
they were the people I couldn't stand.
583
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:40,712
Naturally, if you are not so intelligent,
you will be jealous.
584
00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:57,951
From university he went
to Academgorodok,
585
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:00,640
the City of Science at Novosibirsk.
586
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:04,116
He was... like a meteor there.
587
00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:06,276
Is that where you met him?
588
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:08,192
No!
589
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:12,279
In Leningrad. I was a child.
A great intellectual of 16.
590
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:14,960
- I met Yakov at the club...
- Yakov?
591
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:18,428
- Yakov is Dante?
- Yes. Yakov.
592
00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:21,717
- First name Yakov!
- Jacky.
593
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:24,872
We met at the Club of Scientists.
594
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:28,276
It was at a closed showing
of a foreign film.
595
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:31,756
<i>It was by Godard.
A bout de souffle. Breathless.</i>
596
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:34,030
I went with my father.
597
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:39,555
And what year are we talking about now?
598
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:41,272
1968.
599
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:43,675
You remember '68?
600
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:47,509
The Paris students at the barricades,
American students against Vietnam,
601
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:50,632
and for us it was Czechoslovakia.
602
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:58,869
Yakov said that the Russians
would never stop
603
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,753
the extraordinary reforms
happening there.
604
00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:04,189
It was the start of a new age.
605
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:07,400
He had come back to Leningrad
to be a part of it.
606
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:09,636
- From where?
- From the military.
607
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:14,796
They had seduced him with privileges,
money for his researches...
608
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:16,873
They had corrupted him.
609
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:22,518
He had come back to Leningrad
to recover his innocence.
610
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:25,516
He was beautiful.
611
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:27,915
Not like a scientist, like an...
612
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:31,156
artist.
613
00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:35,715
So you fell in love with him.
614
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:40,628
He was my first lover.
615
00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:01,036
It was the same night
that the tanks entered Prague.
616
00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:06,519
There was no more innocence anywhere.
617
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:10,912
Yakov said that innocence
was a delusion.
618
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:14,555
And a few weeks later
he returned to the military.
619
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,758
I did not talk to him for many years.
620
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:25,718
Until last year, when he met a British
publisher who spoke to his heart.
621
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:29,915
Next day, Yakov telephoned me
at the office.
622
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:34,989
He had decided what he must do.
He needed my help.
623
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:39,634
<i>Is he alone in this?
Does he need anyone else's help?</i>
624
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:41,758
<i>No.</i>
625
00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:44,792
<i>- None of his drinking friends?
- No.</i>
626
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:47,750
How can you be so certain?
627
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:54,230
Because I am certain that
in his thoughts he is completely alone.
628
00:47:57,320 --> 00:47:59,436
Are you happy with him?
629
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:03,470
- Please?
- I mean, er... do you like him?
630
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:07,718
As well as loving him.
Does he make you laugh? Hm?
631
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:11,718
I believe that Yakov
is a great and important man,
632
00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:18,234
who is trying to restore himself
and cannot survive without me.
633
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:22,435
Oh.
634
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:27,638
Jesus Christ, Mother of God! It's Savelyev!
635
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,958
Yakov Yefremovich Savelyev!
636
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:37,998
Did he mention anything about, er...
falsification of results?
637
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:46,950
He talks about "the great lie".
Everything is part of the great lie.
638
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:48,718
Ah. Go on.
639
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:51,559
Are you part of the great lie also, Barley?
640
00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:52,351
What?
641
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:55,677
I think I am also allowed to ask questions.
642
00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:58,750
Oh, of course. Ask.
643
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:03,394
Are you Mr Bartholomew Scott Blair?
644
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:05,909
- Aw, for God's sake...
- Are you?
645
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,110
- Yes.
- Are you a publisher?
646
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:13,158
Yes.
647
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:15,991
Are you a spy?
648
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:19,432
No.
649
00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:24,236
Are you alone in this,
or were you sent by others?
650
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:30,756
Answer her.
651
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:37,277
I'm alone.
652
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:39,915
Jesus! Fuck.
653
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:43,268
I'm alone, and that's the God's truth.
654
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:50,590
Never been more alone.
655
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:05,717
Yakov said he will meet you in Leningrad
in four days from now.
656
00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:08,752
He has proposed three places
and three times.
657
00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:13,351
He will keep one of the appointments,
if he can.
658
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:17,352
Good.
659
00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:22,474
Reconstruction. Openness.
660
00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:25,514
He's going to reconstruct
the balance of terror,
661
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:28,996
and open the ultimate can of worms.
662
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:33,751
Savelyev?! My God, if Dante is Savelyev,
you guys don't know what you've got!
663
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:36,269
<i>- Yes, we do. Trouble.
</i>
664
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:39,358
Yakov Savelyev is
the right hand of God over there.
665
00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:43,678
<i> And he says it's shit?
The Soviet threat's one big lie?</i>
666
00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:45,233
<i>And look at this.</i>
667
00:50:45,360 --> 00:50:48,989
- They're bullshitting the Kremlin.
- Honour is due, Ned.
668
00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:51,793
<i>Russell, I need your money.
And your love.</i>
669
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:55,629
I want an American partner for Barley.
I want him in Leningrad on Friday.
670
00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:59,199
I hear you, Ned. I'll get right back to you.
671
00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:04,716
If he says they can't hit Nevada on a clear
day, you better believe it. And be joyful.
672
00:51:04,840 --> 00:51:09,277
Joyful? Most of our customers
come to this town with contracts
673
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:13,996
to bring peace and prosperity to
the arms industry for the next 50 years.
674
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:16,516
But how the fuck
do you peddle an arms race
675
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:19,791
when the only asshole you've got
to race against is yourself?
676
00:51:38,560 --> 00:51:40,516
The night train to Leningrad.
677
00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:45,668
I may have mentioned Mr Potomac Books,
my new American partner?
678
00:51:45,800 --> 00:51:49,759
Well, he's doing Leningrad,
and he summoned me for a powwow.
679
00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:52,913
<i>- Powwow?
- I thought you knew English.</i>
680
00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:55,750
"Powwow" is not English.
681
00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:59,073
<i>- You must sit down.
- Sit down? Why?</i>
682
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:02,795
It is our custom before a long journey
first to sit down.
683
00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:05,750
Well, I'm lying down. Won't that do?
684
00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:12,235
Well... you are supposed
to sit on your luggage
685
00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:15,033
and sigh a little and cross yourself.
686
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:20,596
Hold everything.
687
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:29,558
OK.
688
00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:34,270
I was more comfortable lying down.
689
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:37,595
Are you coming back to Moscow?
690
00:52:37,720 --> 00:52:40,632
<i>No, not this time.
I have to fly straight back to school.</i>
691
00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:42,318
School?
692
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:45,671
<i>Work. England.
It's a stupid expression of mine.</i>
693
00:52:46,160 --> 00:52:48,230
I hope I didn't bore you last night.
694
00:52:48,360 --> 00:52:50,590
<i>You did not bore me.</i>
695
00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:52,950
Oh. Perhaps next time.
696
00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:57,432
I'll make a special journey
just to talk about myself.
697
00:52:58,560 --> 00:53:00,755
I wish you a good journey, Barley.
698
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:03,188
I'll miss you.
699
00:54:26,240 --> 00:54:30,392
I want you to know something, Scott.
This little country is on the move.
700
00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:32,272
I smell hope here.
701
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:34,789
I smell change. I smell commerce.
702
00:54:36,600 --> 00:54:40,752
And we are buying ourselves a piece of it.
I'm proud. Proud.
703
00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:47,755
0800 hours. Barley and Wicklow
are in Leningrad.
704
00:54:47,880 --> 00:54:49,871
Checked in at the Pribaltiyskaya Hotel.
705
00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:52,710
<i>Good. We're on schedule.</i>
706
00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:55,434
<i>Barley's got three chances
to make contact.</i>
707
00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:57,630
<i>Now it's up to Dante.</i>
708
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:45,915
You want to sell me something?
709
00:55:47,240 --> 00:55:50,789
Cigarettes, Scotch, drugs, currency?
710
00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:52,990
No, thanks. Cheerio.
711
00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:56,157
You get lost?
712
00:55:56,280 --> 00:55:58,794
<i>That's a good idea. Why don't you try it?</i>
713
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:08,479
One down, two to go.
714
00:56:26,960 --> 00:56:28,598
Where are you, Dante?
715
00:57:23,160 --> 00:57:26,755
Sir. Excuse me, sir,
but I think we are acquainted.
716
00:57:27,360 --> 00:57:31,194
Good God! The great Dante,
as I live and breathe!
717
00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:35,589
We met at that writer's party
at Peredelkino, remember?
718
00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:37,915
The only two sober people there.
719
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:41,109
- How are you?
- I'm very well.
720
00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:44,037
Welcome to Leningrad.
721
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:47,311
You can walk a little?
It is safest to keep moving.
722
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:49,635
Yes, they told me that.
723
00:57:52,880 --> 00:57:56,156
Barley's made contact! He's done it.
724
00:57:56,880 --> 00:57:58,996
Unfortunately, he couldn't find me.
725
00:57:59,120 --> 00:58:04,194
So he gave it to our authorities.
People of... discretion. Experts.
726
00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:07,596
You have betrayed me.
727
00:58:08,120 --> 00:58:10,076
Nobody's betrayed you.
728
00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:14,355
I told you. Your manuscript
went astray, that's all.
729
00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:18,109
<i>Our authorities admire your book.</i>
730
00:58:18,920 --> 00:58:21,229
But they need to know if it's true.
731
00:58:22,320 --> 00:58:26,108
The best way would be
for you to talk with them.
732
00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:29,272
You came to tell me
you refuse to publish me?
733
00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:31,595
Dante, you're going too fast.
734
00:58:31,720 --> 00:58:33,631
Russia has no time.
735
00:58:33,760 --> 00:58:36,752
When the ice is thin,
you have to walk fast.
736
00:58:36,880 --> 00:58:39,110
To lose time is to lose everything.
737
00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:44,678
And then we all slide into the grave.
So be it. I will be the first corpse.
738
00:58:44,840 --> 00:58:47,149
And Katya second. What about her?
739
00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:49,236
She also chose.
740
00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:53,352
If we act together,
we will survive together.
741
00:58:53,960 --> 00:58:57,396
Have you forgotten
your words at Peredelkino?
742
00:58:59,720 --> 00:59:02,871
I am not the man you thought I was.
743
00:59:03,560 --> 00:59:07,838
You do not need to remind me that
man is not equal to his rhetoric.
744
00:59:07,960 --> 00:59:10,428
Our new people talk about openness.
745
00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:14,070
Disarmament. Peace.
746
00:59:17,040 --> 00:59:18,996
Words.
747
00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:22,480
You like graveyards, Barley?
748
00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:26,118
Look. Here is ours if we fail.
749
00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:30,599
Chose a monument.
750
00:59:44,360 --> 00:59:47,796
Leave Katya out.
Go with the experts and leave her out.
751
00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:51,959
I shall wish a book jacket that is only
letters. No sensational drawings. Yes?
752
00:59:52,080 --> 00:59:54,514
Send the money to a deserving cause.
753
00:59:54,640 --> 00:59:57,359
- Dante...
- What is the matter? Are you afraid?
754
00:59:57,480 --> 00:59:59,755
Well, of course I'm bloody afraid!
755
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:04,711
Here... the Revolution started.
756
01:00:05,480 --> 01:00:10,952
<i>Imagine this place on that day when
the battleship Aurora fired that blank shot</i>
757
01:00:11,080 --> 01:00:13,196
which signalled the Revolution.
758
01:00:14,520 --> 01:00:20,789
The next revolution shall begin with a few
gentle phrases of Johann Sebastian Bach.
759
01:00:22,080 --> 01:00:27,552
Or maybe with some of the jazz
you play so beautifully.
760
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:32,112
Yes, a little Sidney Bechet.
761
01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:34,838
It's time.
762
01:00:44,520 --> 01:00:46,476
<i>Da?</i>
763
01:00:53,440 --> 01:00:56,079
Got a present for you.
They asked me to give it to you.
764
01:00:56,200 --> 01:00:59,078
It tells you how to get in touch with them.
I'll try to...
765
01:00:59,200 --> 01:01:02,670
Have you learned nothing?
They are against you, and against me.
766
01:01:02,800 --> 01:01:05,075
Those are not the decent people.
767
01:01:05,200 --> 01:01:09,318
How the hell do you know
who the decent people are any more?
768
01:01:09,440 --> 01:01:12,796
Come to England. Then you can
tell the world everything you want.
769
01:01:12,920 --> 01:01:15,514
You are wearing grey today, Barley.
770
01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:20,118
My father was sent to prison by grey men.
771
01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:25,636
He was murdered by men
who wore grey uniforms.
772
01:01:27,200 --> 01:01:32,638
Grey men ruined my beautiful profession,
and take care, or they will ruin you too.
773
01:01:37,680 --> 01:01:39,557
Will you publish me?
774
01:01:39,680 --> 01:01:44,071
Or must I start again for my search
for a decent human being?
775
01:01:45,760 --> 01:01:47,557
No.
776
01:01:47,680 --> 01:01:49,636
I'm with you.
777
01:01:50,360 --> 01:01:52,555
I believe you're right.
778
01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:03,553
I dropped another notebook into your bag.
779
01:02:05,360 --> 01:02:07,669
Throw your friends a few bones.
780
01:02:10,680 --> 01:02:12,716
Publish me.
781
01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:51,955
Barley. Welcome back.
782
01:02:52,080 --> 01:02:54,435
Nedski. Why aren't you working?
783
01:02:54,920 --> 01:02:58,595
I'm the red carpet.
And the bunting, and the brass band.
784
01:02:59,360 --> 01:03:01,555
Oh. You got the notebook.
785
01:03:02,280 --> 01:03:06,910
- Good stuff, was it?
- The best. You're the hero of the hour.
786
01:03:07,040 --> 01:03:08,996
You're a star.
787
01:03:09,480 --> 01:03:12,438
Where's Walter? Off with the boy scouts?
788
01:03:12,560 --> 01:03:16,269
Well, he's off the job, I'm afraid.
But he sends his love.
789
01:03:21,120 --> 01:03:23,873
<i> The fourth notebook
is a deal-breaker.</i>
790
01:03:24,720 --> 01:03:29,635
It's come-to-Jesus time for both sides
now, the hawks and the doves.
791
01:03:31,600 --> 01:03:34,990
The Agency has gotta
get off the fence, Russell.
792
01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:18,117
Only three weeks old,
and already a classic.
793
01:04:20,120 --> 01:04:23,078
Feel the weight of all the expert opinions.
794
01:04:25,360 --> 01:04:29,194
- Is there a conclusion?
- Clive, there is a conclusion.
795
01:04:30,280 --> 01:04:33,477
Drop it down the toilet,
and your guy with it.
796
01:04:38,200 --> 01:04:39,952
Ned?
797
01:04:45,080 --> 01:04:48,311
<i>- Is that what you think, Russell?
- What I think?</i>
798
01:04:48,440 --> 01:04:53,355
Well, expert opinion has it that
this notebook was written very quickly,
799
01:04:53,480 --> 01:04:57,519
or very slowly, by a man or a woman,
in anger or in jest.
800
01:04:57,640 --> 01:05:01,952
The writer was right- or left-handed.
He was a scientist and a non-scientist.
801
01:05:02,080 --> 01:05:04,036
<i>What I think?</i>
802
01:05:04,600 --> 01:05:07,478
For experts, there's no toilet deep enough.
803
01:05:09,880 --> 01:05:11,438
Good for you, Russell.
804
01:05:11,560 --> 01:05:15,678
The trouble is,
a lot of highly paid favourite sons
805
01:05:15,800 --> 01:05:19,031
are in danger of having their
rice bowls broken and going hungry,
806
01:05:19,160 --> 01:05:22,152
all on account
of these goddamn notebooks.
807
01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:28,676
The Russian military effort is stalled,
the American military effort is stalled.
808
01:05:28,800 --> 01:05:33,555
Their rocket motors suck instead of blow,
their ICBMs can't get out of their kennels,
809
01:05:33,680 --> 01:05:37,036
their scientists can't do
solid fuel for shit...
810
01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:40,239
Our customers don't like to hear that.
811
01:05:43,560 --> 01:05:47,473
Jesus Christ. I have to come
all this way to tell you this?
812
01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:53,710
And yet here you are.
813
01:05:54,800 --> 01:05:56,870
And yet here I am.
814
01:05:57,800 --> 01:06:00,234
Clive, Ned, I'll tell you something.
815
01:06:00,640 --> 01:06:03,359
I am an honest-to-God glasnostic.
816
01:06:04,120 --> 01:06:08,910
I was born a glasnostic. My parents
are old glasnostics from way back.
817
01:06:09,800 --> 01:06:13,110
My children will be raised as glasnostics -
although I don't have any.
818
01:06:13,240 --> 01:06:18,473
And I really believe that Dante
is a source from glasnost heaven.
819
01:06:20,800 --> 01:06:24,634
I can't look away. He'll invade my sleep.
820
01:06:25,720 --> 01:06:29,235
And for the rest of my fucking life
I'll be hearing him say
821
01:06:29,360 --> 01:06:33,751
"Russell, you had it in your hand.
Ned gave it to you."
822
01:06:37,720 --> 01:06:39,517
Honour is due, Ned.
823
01:06:45,240 --> 01:06:48,038
<i>- You won't regret it, Russell.
- You might.</i>
824
01:06:49,280 --> 01:06:51,271
We wanna meet your Mr Barley.
825
01:06:51,400 --> 01:06:54,915
In the back room,
with the lights in his eyes.
826
01:07:14,840 --> 01:07:18,753
<i> Mr Blair,
you have all the attributes.</i>
827
01:07:18,880 --> 01:07:21,997
Generosity, wit, courtesy,
828
01:07:22,720 --> 01:07:26,599
sang-froid, saxophone and reckless folly.
829
01:07:27,560 --> 01:07:31,712
So... what in the hell takes you
to Russia every five minutes?
830
01:07:32,600 --> 01:07:35,558
Are you, uh... buying property over there?
831
01:07:37,400 --> 01:07:38,833
That's a fair question.
832
01:07:38,960 --> 01:07:42,714
Fuck whether it's a fair question.
Just tell us the answer.
833
01:07:45,120 --> 01:07:47,076
I love the place.
834
01:07:47,200 --> 01:07:49,156
It draws me.
835
01:07:52,120 --> 01:07:54,076
It's such a shambles.
836
01:07:54,960 --> 01:07:57,793
They try so hard, from so far back...
837
01:07:58,600 --> 01:08:01,433
Poor buggers.
They just want to be like us.
838
01:08:03,600 --> 01:08:08,071
They have this huge heart
and... huge ignorance.
839
01:08:09,760 --> 01:08:11,910
And they always keep their word.
840
01:08:12,040 --> 01:08:14,235
Ugh... Acorns!
841
01:08:15,040 --> 01:08:17,998
They're gathering acorns
and making coffee from them!
842
01:08:18,120 --> 01:08:19,872
That's what they're doing here.
843
01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:25,199
Mr Blair, we are buying a Picasso. OK?
844
01:08:26,320 --> 01:08:28,959
You don't mind
an occasional metaphor, do you?
845
01:08:29,080 --> 01:08:31,196
- Not at all.
- Good.
846
01:08:31,640 --> 01:08:35,838
Some people don't like my metaphors.
I don't know why, but...
847
01:08:35,960 --> 01:08:40,112
Anyway, everyone in this room
is buying the same Picasso.
848
01:08:40,760 --> 01:08:45,356
It's, uh, very rare.
Medium rare, well done. What the fuck?
849
01:08:45,480 --> 01:08:48,870
The bottom-line question is
"Did Picasso paint it?"
850
01:08:49,760 --> 01:08:52,718
And you're the man who is selling it to us.
851
01:08:53,360 --> 01:08:55,669
It is not my Picasso, Russell.
852
01:08:56,560 --> 01:09:00,519
<i>It is not my Picasso.
And I'm not saying it is a Picasso.</i>
853
01:09:01,080 --> 01:09:03,833
And furthermore, I'm not selling it to you.
854
01:09:04,600 --> 01:09:08,832
And lastly, I don't give a fuck
whether you buy it or not.
855
01:09:19,600 --> 01:09:23,912
Quinn is army from the anus up.
He likes plain answers.
856
01:09:25,800 --> 01:09:28,030
I'll tell Barley.
857
01:09:30,080 --> 01:09:33,709
Have you ever had any homosexual
experiences, Mr Blair?
858
01:09:34,560 --> 01:09:37,518
Just the usual adolescent hand-held job.
859
01:09:38,560 --> 01:09:40,869
Same as yourself, I suppose?
860
01:09:42,200 --> 01:09:44,998
- Has this man been fluttered?
- What's that?
861
01:09:45,120 --> 01:09:48,078
Lie detector. No, Colonel, he hasn't.
862
01:09:50,520 --> 01:09:53,114
Your background is fairly liberal,
isn't it, Mr Blair?
863
01:09:53,240 --> 01:09:55,708
- Background?
- Your father.
864
01:09:55,840 --> 01:10:00,391
No. My father hated liberals.
He took the communist line mainly.
865
01:10:01,880 --> 01:10:04,030
Your father died eight years ago?
866
01:10:04,160 --> 01:10:05,070
Yes.
867
01:10:05,200 --> 01:10:09,113
Which is about the time your visits
to the Soviet Union became pretty regular.
868
01:10:09,240 --> 01:10:12,949
<i>- I hadn't made the connection.
- Have you formed any connection</i>
869
01:10:13,080 --> 01:10:17,756
with any peaceniks, dissidents
or other unofficial groups of that nature?
870
01:10:18,760 --> 01:10:22,275
You meet all sorts.
Jazz people, book people...
871
01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:25,472
That's an impossible question. I'm sorry.
872
01:10:26,000 --> 01:10:30,118
Well, let me turn that around and ask if
you've made any connection, whatsoever,
873
01:10:30,240 --> 01:10:32,151
with any peace people in England?
874
01:10:32,280 --> 01:10:36,353
Oh, hundreds, I should think.
You have to stay indoors to avoid them.
875
01:10:36,480 --> 01:10:38,755
Are there any musicians
you fraternise with
876
01:10:38,880 --> 01:10:43,795
whom you would describe, or who would
describe themselves, as anarchists?
877
01:10:46,440 --> 01:10:48,795
Ah. There was a trombone player.
878
01:10:50,760 --> 01:10:53,149
Wilfred Baker was his name.
879
01:10:53,600 --> 01:10:55,830
He's the only jazz musician I can recall
880
01:10:55,960 --> 01:10:59,555
who was completely devoid
of anarchist tendencies.
881
01:11:02,840 --> 01:11:06,276
Do you disapprove of the English
social structure, Mr Blair?
882
01:11:06,600 --> 01:11:10,070
Absolutely. Give me America every time.
883
01:11:10,440 --> 01:11:12,556
- Thank you, Mr Blair.
- Not at all.
884
01:11:12,680 --> 01:11:16,275
But you seem to go to Russia
rather more than you come to America.
885
01:11:16,400 --> 01:11:19,073
Yes. Because I prefer Russia.
886
01:11:20,560 --> 01:11:25,588
It's as corrupt as America, but...
there's less bullshit.
887
01:11:30,120 --> 01:11:35,114
He acted like a man who's going
his own way. Wouldn't you say?
888
01:11:37,640 --> 01:11:41,792
I'd say he behaved like someone
who didn't need to be careful.
889
01:11:42,760 --> 01:11:44,716
He might have.
890
01:11:45,480 --> 01:11:49,598
Oh, Rene. Mr Blair likes to have
a bottle of Scotch in his room.
891
01:11:50,920 --> 01:11:52,911
After his cricket.
892
01:11:55,360 --> 01:11:57,510
- Very good.
- That was nearly a six.
893
01:11:57,920 --> 01:11:59,194
Mr Brady, Barley.
894
01:11:59,320 --> 01:12:02,392
Looks like you've done
a fine thing, Barley.
895
01:12:02,520 --> 01:12:05,193
Anybody say thank you along the way?
896
01:12:05,320 --> 01:12:06,833
No.
897
01:12:06,960 --> 01:12:10,748
Did I read somewhere you once played
in the great Ray Noble's band?
898
01:12:10,880 --> 01:12:13,519
Ah. A beardless boy in those days, Brady.
899
01:12:14,160 --> 01:12:16,230
Wasn't Ray the sweetest man
you ever met?
900
01:12:16,360 --> 01:12:18,032
Ray was a prince.
901
01:12:18,160 --> 01:12:20,435
Did you ever play chess with him?
902
01:12:21,000 --> 01:12:23,992
- As a matter of fact, I did.
- Who won?
903
01:12:24,720 --> 01:12:27,075
- I did.
- So did I.
904
01:12:36,520 --> 01:12:41,310
<i> Close your eyes, please.
No undue excitation of any kind.</i>
905
01:12:41,440 --> 01:12:43,237
Always answer truthfully.
906
01:12:53,240 --> 01:12:55,754
Answers to be "yes" or "no" only.
907
01:12:55,880 --> 01:12:57,836
Merv.
908
01:12:58,360 --> 01:13:00,316
Is your name Blair?
909
01:13:00,680 --> 01:13:02,716
Scott Blair.
910
01:13:02,840 --> 01:13:06,116
- Is your name Scott Blair?
- Yes.
911
01:13:12,640 --> 01:13:13,595
<i> No.</i>
912
01:13:13,720 --> 01:13:15,950
- I am being blackmailed.
- No.
913
01:13:16,080 --> 01:13:18,275
I am being coerced.
914
01:13:18,400 --> 01:13:19,549
Yes.
915
01:13:19,680 --> 01:13:21,477
By the Soviets?
916
01:13:21,600 --> 01:13:22,635
No.
917
01:13:26,760 --> 01:13:30,548
I am operating in collusion
with the woman Katya Orlova.
918
01:13:30,680 --> 01:13:32,159
No.
919
01:13:32,280 --> 01:13:34,271
Yes. What do you mean?
920
01:13:34,400 --> 01:13:36,755
- Hold it.
- Don't break the rhythm, Mr Blair.
921
01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:41,078
We have people do that on purpose
just to shake off a bad question.
922
01:13:41,200 --> 01:13:44,158
I am operating on behalf
of the Soviet Union.
923
01:13:44,280 --> 01:13:47,238
- No.
- In collusion with Katya Orlova.
924
01:13:47,360 --> 01:13:50,272
- No.
- I am the lover of Katya Orlova.
925
01:13:51,160 --> 01:13:51,876
No.
926
01:13:52,000 --> 01:13:55,310
I am motivated
by my love for Katya Orlova.
927
01:13:55,840 --> 01:13:57,512
No.
928
01:14:03,680 --> 01:14:05,636
Get rid of him, Clive.
929
01:14:07,040 --> 01:14:11,079
He's wrong for us.
Put in a professional. One of our people.
930
01:14:11,680 --> 01:14:15,150
If Dante's a good boy,
he gets the jackpot. I'll see to it.
931
01:14:15,280 --> 01:14:18,636
A million's no problem.
Ten million's even better.
932
01:14:18,760 --> 01:14:21,991
That way Dante's a traitor
our patriots can understand.
933
01:14:22,120 --> 01:14:26,716
Dante won't deal with a professional.
He won't be bribed or threatened.
934
01:14:26,840 --> 01:14:29,718
He's straight. Do you remember straight?
935
01:14:30,360 --> 01:14:33,591
Nobody hired us
for our brotherly love, Ned.
936
01:14:39,040 --> 01:14:40,996
Russell.
937
01:14:44,440 --> 01:14:46,749
- Brady?
- Clive?
938
01:14:48,120 --> 01:14:50,111
Is there a seat on your plane?
939
01:14:50,240 --> 01:14:52,196
Of course.
940
01:15:11,440 --> 01:15:13,396
Barley?
941
01:15:15,200 --> 01:15:17,156
Barley?
942
01:15:19,200 --> 01:15:21,156
You've won!
943
01:15:24,080 --> 01:15:26,514
You've beaten their whole apparatus.
944
01:15:27,080 --> 01:15:29,196
There'll be no turning back now.
945
01:15:29,520 --> 01:15:32,637
Well done, Ned Jolly good show.
946
01:15:34,280 --> 01:15:39,308
Well, that's what you want, isn't it?
To go back to Moscow. To see it through.
947
01:15:41,600 --> 01:15:43,750
Three cheers for our side.
948
01:15:51,000 --> 01:15:54,390
Blair stays, and Langley
are taking over the case.
949
01:15:54,520 --> 01:15:57,080
They're preparing
a shopping list for Dante.
950
01:15:57,200 --> 01:16:01,034
It'll be the list to end all lists.
A grand-slam questionnaire.
951
01:16:01,160 --> 01:16:04,311
Pentagon, Defense, State...
Endorsed by the president.
952
01:16:04,440 --> 01:16:06,908
<i>You made them a present of my joe?</i>
953
01:16:07,440 --> 01:16:11,069
The role of the Russia House
will be respected. Russell values the link.
954
01:16:11,200 --> 01:16:14,715
We're taking over Barley's resettlement
and his pension, Ned.
955
01:16:14,840 --> 01:16:17,195
You gave away my joe for his pension?
956
01:16:17,320 --> 01:16:19,914
We're on the same bloody side,
aren't we?
957
01:16:20,040 --> 01:16:24,158
God, this is a list of questions that could
unlock all the Sov military secrets
958
01:16:24,280 --> 01:16:26,271
and win the arms race at a stroke!
959
01:16:26,400 --> 01:16:29,790
<i> Or lose it. I don't like lists, Clive.</i>
960
01:16:30,160 --> 01:16:32,958
<i>Lists tell you too much
about the people who make them.</i>
961
01:16:33,080 --> 01:16:36,152
<i> I think you'll enjoy our facility.</i>
962
01:16:36,280 --> 01:16:39,192
Bloody marvellous.
Blair's tapes encrypted,
963
01:16:39,320 --> 01:16:43,552
bounced by satellite to London,
then decrypted - all in minutes.
964
01:16:55,720 --> 01:16:58,075
Ah, Vladimir.
965
01:16:58,200 --> 01:17:01,670
You know my partner, JP Henziger?
No, you don't? You should.
966
01:17:01,800 --> 01:17:04,951
- Leonard Wicklow, my associate.
- Jack Henziger.
967
01:17:05,080 --> 01:17:06,991
Spikey! They let you in again?
968
01:17:07,120 --> 01:17:09,873
- Not bankrupt yet?
- No. Close, but no cigar. Here.
969
01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:12,833
- Party on Thursday. Live music.
- Hey.
970
01:17:14,000 --> 01:17:16,514
Bit early in the day even for me, George.
971
01:17:16,640 --> 01:17:18,676
Er, Leonard Wicklow, JP Henziger.
972
01:17:18,800 --> 01:17:21,268
- Brought your saxophone?
- But of course.
973
01:17:21,440 --> 01:17:26,798
Alik. A cordial invitation from
Potomac Blair to a party on Thursday.
974
01:17:26,920 --> 01:17:29,639
- So what was so important in Leningrad?
- Come on.
975
01:17:29,760 --> 01:17:32,558
You don't care about Leningrad, do you?
976
01:17:32,680 --> 01:17:34,910
I'm sorry I disappeared. Here.
977
01:17:35,960 --> 01:17:39,191
If she was young and beautiful,
I forgive you.
978
01:17:42,720 --> 01:17:46,395
It is so good, Barley.
Really, it is so good to see you.
979
01:17:47,400 --> 01:17:50,358
Welcome to Moscow again.
Welcome to the book fair.
980
01:17:50,480 --> 01:17:52,755
To hell with the book fair.
981
01:18:19,600 --> 01:18:21,875
This is too beautiful to wear.
982
01:18:39,520 --> 01:18:42,239
She is asking... are you married?
983
01:18:43,240 --> 01:18:45,470
No. Not at present.
984
01:18:45,840 --> 01:18:48,877
But tell her that I'm always open to offers.
985
01:19:19,160 --> 01:19:21,799
<i>Lapta! Lapta!</i>
986
01:19:22,880 --> 01:19:24,950
Baseball, cricket...
987
01:19:25,080 --> 01:19:27,196
What's he saying?
988
01:19:27,320 --> 01:19:30,790
Matvey assures me lapta is the origin
989
01:19:30,920 --> 01:19:33,992
of American baseball
and your English cricket.
990
01:19:34,120 --> 01:19:37,237
He believes it was introduced to you
by Russian immigrants.
991
01:19:37,360 --> 01:19:40,955
Well, if that's true,
it's the end of the British Empire.
992
01:19:55,520 --> 01:19:57,238
Now, my news.
993
01:19:57,360 --> 01:20:00,636
After your meeting with Yakov
he missed his next phone call.
994
01:20:00,760 --> 01:20:02,796
I was very worried. But it is all right.
995
01:20:02,920 --> 01:20:07,198
Yakov wrote me a long letter.
He was ill, but he has recovered.
996
01:20:07,320 --> 01:20:12,075
He will make a special visit to Moscow
during the book fair to meet you.
997
01:20:12,200 --> 01:20:14,634
<i>- How was he ill?
- With gipetit.</i>
998
01:20:15,720 --> 01:20:19,679
<i>I... Prasti. Sorry. Er, hepatitis?</i>
999
01:20:20,240 --> 01:20:21,992
I will read it to you.
1000
01:20:22,120 --> 01:20:24,998
It arrived eight days ago.
Igor telephoned at my house.
1001
01:20:25,120 --> 01:20:28,112
- Who's lgor?
- A trusted friend of Yakov.
1002
01:20:28,240 --> 01:20:32,836
He telephoned. He said "I have some
medicine for you." Medicine is a letter.
1003
01:20:32,960 --> 01:20:36,748
I thought he didn't have
any trusted friends except you.
1004
01:20:36,880 --> 01:20:39,075
What does he do, this lgor?
1005
01:20:39,760 --> 01:20:43,389
He is a scientist like Yakov,
at one of the ministries.
1006
01:20:43,880 --> 01:20:47,759
What does it matter? Do you wish me
to translate Yakov's letter or not?
1007
01:20:47,880 --> 01:20:49,836
Go on.
1008
01:20:51,200 --> 01:20:55,079
He is in a special hospital,
perhaps in a special town.
1009
01:20:55,200 --> 01:20:56,633
What town?
1010
01:20:56,760 --> 01:21:01,595
Some of our towns have no names,
even today. Only postal numbers.
1011
01:21:04,800 --> 01:21:06,916
"My darling Katya..."
1012
01:21:12,160 --> 01:21:16,039
He writes love talk. I shall not translate.
1013
01:21:17,080 --> 01:21:18,832
Does he usually do that?
1014
01:21:18,960 --> 01:21:22,191
What "usually"?
It is not usually he writes to me.
1015
01:21:22,680 --> 01:21:24,671
Ah, now we come to you.
1016
01:21:30,080 --> 01:21:35,950
"Please tell our good friend that I shall
try my best to see him during his visit."
1017
01:21:36,080 --> 01:21:41,154
"I will bring more material. If he has
a message for me, he must tell you."
1018
01:21:43,560 --> 01:21:45,596
Do you have a message?
1019
01:21:46,120 --> 01:21:48,076
No. No.
1020
01:21:49,400 --> 01:21:51,789
"Tell him to bring all further questions,
1021
01:21:51,920 --> 01:21:55,993
because after this I do not wish
to answer any more questions."
1022
01:21:56,120 --> 01:22:00,193
"Tell him his list should be final and..."
1023
01:22:02,440 --> 01:22:04,556
Like... complete.
1024
01:22:05,720 --> 01:22:07,153
Comprehensive?
1025
01:22:07,280 --> 01:22:10,352
Yes. Comprehensive.
1026
01:22:10,760 --> 01:22:12,716
Com... Comprehensive.
1027
01:22:13,240 --> 01:22:15,390
Full marks.
1028
01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:29,154
He says "Please bring
a sample page of translation,
1029
01:22:29,280 --> 01:22:31,794
but in print, please, if you can."
1030
01:22:32,440 --> 01:22:36,479
"Tell me publishing dates.
Which is the best season?"
1031
01:22:36,600 --> 01:22:37,589
Um...
1032
01:22:37,720 --> 01:22:41,030
"Please make your suggestions
for a title."
1033
01:22:41,680 --> 01:22:46,993
"Will there be an introduction to the
book? Who will write the... digest?"
1034
01:22:49,320 --> 01:22:51,550
Er, the blurb.
1035
01:22:53,080 --> 01:22:54,798
Blurb?
1036
01:22:54,920 --> 01:22:56,876
Yes, the blurb.
1037
01:22:59,440 --> 01:23:01,396
Blurb?!
1038
01:23:01,920 --> 01:23:03,512
Oh!
1039
01:23:06,480 --> 01:23:10,075
Er, it's a war wound.
It's very good. You must tell her.
1040
01:23:10,200 --> 01:23:12,668
- You tell her.
- Fantastic.
1041
01:23:31,960 --> 01:23:34,315
When do you speak to Yakov again?
1042
01:23:37,080 --> 01:23:40,914
You cannot come to the hospital, Barley.
It is not safe.
1043
01:23:41,640 --> 01:23:44,837
<i>If it's not safe for me,
then it's not safe for you.</i>
1044
01:23:47,280 --> 01:23:50,397
- How does he end his letter?
- That is not for you.
1045
01:23:51,240 --> 01:23:54,915
- More love talk, hm?
- Barley, I think it is clear to hedgehog
1046
01:23:55,040 --> 01:23:57,600
that you are being a little childish.
1047
01:24:00,520 --> 01:24:02,556
Which hedgehog?
1048
01:24:03,400 --> 01:24:05,630
Why does he write like that?
1049
01:24:06,880 --> 01:24:10,793
He is lonely. He exaggerates
his feelings. It is normal.
1050
01:24:14,200 --> 01:24:15,758
Yeah.
1051
01:24:16,200 --> 01:24:18,156
It's normal.
1052
01:24:35,920 --> 01:24:38,673
That's it! No more! No more fucking tapes!
1053
01:24:50,800 --> 01:24:53,758
Final and comprehensive list. Why?
1054
01:24:54,760 --> 01:24:56,796
He's nervous. Why not?
1055
01:24:57,440 --> 01:24:59,590
Maybe I don't mind the list.
1056
01:24:59,720 --> 01:25:02,280
Maybe I mind him
writing her chatty letters.
1057
01:25:02,400 --> 01:25:04,356
People do when they've been ill.
1058
01:25:04,480 --> 01:25:08,758
Maybe I mind the red car and
the white car. You saw the watch report.
1059
01:25:08,880 --> 01:25:11,269
And lgor. Igor who? lgor when?
1060
01:25:11,400 --> 01:25:13,197
Ned, Ned, Ned, Ned, Ned!
1061
01:25:15,080 --> 01:25:19,039
It's early days. We're all jumpy.
1062
01:25:39,000 --> 01:25:40,558
<i>Katya, Katya.</i>
1063
01:25:40,680 --> 01:25:45,276
Did you know Agatha Christie?
Matvey is crazy for detective fiction.
1064
01:25:45,400 --> 01:25:48,312
Alas, Agatha and I were never introduced.
1065
01:25:48,440 --> 01:25:52,558
Raymond Chandler,
Dorothy Sayers, Conan Doyle...
1066
01:25:56,320 --> 01:25:58,390
Leningrad.
1067
01:25:58,520 --> 01:26:00,476
Family.
1068
01:26:01,200 --> 01:26:03,191
<i>Family. Da.</i>
1069
01:26:13,320 --> 01:26:15,470
What's he saying now?
1070
01:26:24,320 --> 01:26:26,754
He is talking about the siege.
1071
01:26:29,800 --> 01:26:34,794
The Germans were four kilometres
from Leningrad on the south side.
1072
01:26:34,920 --> 01:26:37,195
- I love you.
- You can still see...
1073
01:26:38,080 --> 01:26:43,677
the marks of the machine-gun fire
in the old buildings in the outskirts.
1074
01:26:43,800 --> 01:26:45,074
I love you.
1075
01:26:45,200 --> 01:26:48,590
All my failings were
preparations for meeting you.
1076
01:26:50,320 --> 01:26:54,472
The city refused to... accept defeat.
1077
01:26:55,040 --> 01:26:59,909
- Shostakovich still composed music...
- It's like nothing I have ever known.
1078
01:27:00,960 --> 01:27:02,518
It's...
1079
01:27:03,520 --> 01:27:06,910
unselfish love. Grown-up love.
1080
01:27:07,040 --> 01:27:09,270
- You know it is.
- Barley, please.
1081
01:27:09,400 --> 01:27:11,436
It's mature, absolute,
1082
01:27:13,200 --> 01:27:15,395
thrilling love.
1083
01:27:17,040 --> 01:27:19,793
You have bewitched my family.
1084
01:27:20,280 --> 01:27:26,037
My children think all you British are now
Santa Claus in beautiful tweed clothes.
1085
01:27:26,680 --> 01:27:30,958
There's no Santa Claus.
And nobody is what he seems.
1086
01:27:31,080 --> 01:27:33,036
Except you.
1087
01:27:33,760 --> 01:27:37,719
Why do you want to take away my rights?
Go and sit down.
1088
01:27:44,840 --> 01:27:49,709
I hope you are not being frivolous, Barley.
My life now only has room for truth.
1089
01:28:00,480 --> 01:28:02,277
- What are you doing?
- Shh.
1090
01:28:38,400 --> 01:28:40,755
I'm with you.
1091
01:29:04,720 --> 01:29:06,676
<i> I know it now.</i>
1092
01:29:46,280 --> 01:29:48,589
A final and comprehensive list.
1093
01:29:49,400 --> 01:29:51,994
One chance, then close down.
1094
01:29:53,440 --> 01:29:54,395
Why?
1095
01:29:54,520 --> 01:29:57,398
I really think you should get some sleep.
1096
01:29:57,520 --> 01:30:00,671
- I don't think I'm tired.
- Oh, I think you are.
1097
01:30:01,280 --> 01:30:03,032
I think you're tired as hell.
1098
01:30:03,160 --> 01:30:07,517
If the Sovs were playing Dante back at us,
they wouldn't close him down.
1099
01:30:07,640 --> 01:30:10,996
You wouldn't close him down
if you were Sov, would you?
1100
01:30:11,120 --> 01:30:13,350
I might have to
if my methods were Russian.
1101
01:30:13,480 --> 01:30:15,038
Why?
1102
01:30:15,680 --> 01:30:18,956
Because Dante may not
be presentable any more.
1103
01:30:19,640 --> 01:30:24,236
He may not be able to use the telephone.
He may not be able to use a spoon.
1104
01:30:26,240 --> 01:30:28,196
He may be dead.
1105
01:30:29,480 --> 01:30:32,916
Dante is going to phone Katya
at the hospital today.
1106
01:30:33,680 --> 01:30:36,752
If he does that, will you shut the fuck up?
1107
01:30:38,120 --> 01:30:40,315
Or stay out of my operation?
1108
01:30:45,040 --> 01:30:47,429
<i> You must be very quiet.</i>
1109
01:30:47,960 --> 01:30:52,556
If the children come, we must dress
and we must be very serious.
1110
01:30:53,400 --> 01:30:55,516
I'll tell them I love you.
1111
01:30:56,040 --> 01:30:57,996
I shall not interpret.
1112
01:30:59,080 --> 01:31:01,036
<i>Can I tell you?</i>
1113
01:31:01,680 --> 01:31:03,671
If you are quiet.
1114
01:31:03,800 --> 01:31:05,756
Will you interpret?
1115
01:31:11,400 --> 01:31:13,755
You are my only country now.
1116
01:31:35,080 --> 01:31:37,036
Sorry I'm late.
1117
01:33:00,080 --> 01:33:01,718
<i>Da?</i>
1118
01:33:03,280 --> 01:33:04,315
Are you connected?
1119
01:33:05,440 --> 01:33:07,635
- Bingo.
- We're in business.
1120
01:33:09,680 --> 01:33:12,035
What did he say? Tell me.
1121
01:33:16,840 --> 01:33:20,037
<i> That's a neat fit.
Dante keeps it short.</i>
1122
01:33:20,160 --> 01:33:22,674
<i> Embracing?</i>
1123
01:33:22,800 --> 01:33:24,756
<i> They're happy.</i>
1124
01:33:27,880 --> 01:33:30,235
<i>- Why is he driving?
- Men like to drive women.</i>
1125
01:33:30,360 --> 01:33:32,555
<i>He's a male chauvinist.</i>
1126
01:33:57,280 --> 01:34:00,795
- Your people saying he's still in the flat?
- You see what I see.
1127
01:34:19,680 --> 01:34:22,194
Come on, come on, where's the tape?
1128
01:34:24,880 --> 01:34:26,836
Geronimo.
1129
01:34:28,080 --> 01:34:31,277
<i> Hello, Barley.
What do you think of Cy's lorry?</i>
1130
01:34:31,400 --> 01:34:34,039
<i>- Or "truck", as he calls it.
- It's very impressive.</i>
1131
01:34:34,160 --> 01:34:36,469
<i>- How'd it go, Barley?
- Good.</i>
1132
01:34:36,600 --> 01:34:39,990
<i>Well, we're bang on target, Paddy.
The meeting is on.</i>
1133
01:34:40,200 --> 01:34:43,954
Dante's coming to Moscow on Friday.
He's borrowing that apartment.
1134
01:34:44,080 --> 01:34:46,435
- Well done. What time?
- 1800.
1135
01:34:46,560 --> 01:34:48,312
Good.
1136
01:34:49,040 --> 01:34:50,996
Anything unusual?
1137
01:34:51,520 --> 01:34:56,150
No. Nothing I couldn't handle.
But Katya's not as tough as she thought.
1138
01:34:57,160 --> 01:35:00,152
Wound herself up a bit, I think,
waiting for that phone call.
1139
01:35:00,280 --> 01:35:04,319
But I gave her a cup of tea
and held her hand for a bit.
1140
01:35:06,880 --> 01:35:08,677
Well done.
1141
01:35:10,680 --> 01:35:12,830
Well done indeed.
1142
01:35:27,000 --> 01:35:28,752
Leo, good to see you.
1143
01:35:28,880 --> 01:35:31,075
How's Olga? Still eating?
1144
01:35:31,200 --> 01:35:32,952
How's your dog, Barley?
1145
01:35:33,080 --> 01:35:36,038
Arkady. I haven't got a dog.
Why do you ask?
1146
01:35:36,160 --> 01:35:40,233
Because it's safer to discuss one's dog,
I would say, than one's friends.
1147
01:35:40,360 --> 01:35:42,476
Getting careless in our excitement, huh?
1148
01:35:42,600 --> 01:35:46,036
The informants will have
a good harvest this season.
1149
01:35:47,520 --> 01:35:49,636
- Hello, Barley.
- Alik.
1150
01:36:24,680 --> 01:36:26,636
Katya.
1151
01:36:31,920 --> 01:36:34,957
- Are you well?
- Thank you, I am very well.
1152
01:36:36,760 --> 01:36:39,274
Now, who don't you know?
1153
01:36:47,280 --> 01:36:49,316
Comrades! Ladies and gentlemen!
1154
01:36:49,560 --> 01:36:52,870
To you, and to our
new partnership, welcome.
1155
01:36:53,520 --> 01:36:55,750
Let's make each other free.
1156
01:36:55,880 --> 01:36:59,077
<i>- And let's make each other rich.
</i>
1157
01:36:59,200 --> 01:37:01,191
We want Barley!
1158
01:37:01,320 --> 01:37:04,153
Barley! Give us a tune! Come on!
1159
01:37:05,240 --> 01:37:08,312
<i> Barley! Barley! Barley! Barley!</i>
1160
01:37:11,120 --> 01:37:16,148
Wickers, you've got a real publisher in
you. When this business is over, go for it.
1161
01:38:21,640 --> 01:38:23,676
- Why Zapadny?
- Ned!
1162
01:38:24,160 --> 01:38:28,153
Barley buys Soviet books.
He's keeping his cover in trim.
1163
01:38:36,720 --> 01:38:38,915
Call it off, Russell.
1164
01:38:41,120 --> 01:38:43,429
You're not tired. You're sick!
1165
01:38:44,000 --> 01:38:45,718
Pixie voices!
1166
01:38:45,840 --> 01:38:50,038
If Dante is blown, Katya's blown.
Why is she still walking around?
1167
01:38:50,160 --> 01:38:51,513
I don't know.
1168
01:38:51,640 --> 01:38:55,076
OK. If Dante's blown,
who was on the hospital phone?
1169
01:38:55,560 --> 01:38:56,515
I don't know.
1170
01:38:56,640 --> 01:38:58,710
If it wasn't Dante,
why didn't she tell Barley?
1171
01:38:58,840 --> 01:39:01,718
<i>And if she did tell Barley,
why isn't Barley telling us?</i>
1172
01:39:01,840 --> 01:39:03,353
I don't know.
1173
01:39:03,520 --> 01:39:06,159
Don't give us hunches. Give us facts.
1174
01:39:06,280 --> 01:39:10,114
You brought us into this. Don't jump
off the tiger at the first fucking stop!
1175
01:39:10,240 --> 01:39:12,071
It's over, Russell.
1176
01:39:12,320 --> 01:39:14,197
Dante is straight.
1177
01:39:14,320 --> 01:39:17,153
Those were your words,
and I loved you for them.
1178
01:39:17,520 --> 01:39:19,272
Ned.
1179
01:39:19,720 --> 01:39:21,711
He's blown.
1180
01:39:21,840 --> 01:39:24,673
We had him, but we lost him.
1181
01:39:25,120 --> 01:39:26,951
It's over.
1182
01:39:27,800 --> 01:39:32,590
And my joe's out there
telling us that he's bang on target.
1183
01:39:56,320 --> 01:39:59,278
<i> This is the flat
where Dante is waiting.</i>
1184
01:39:59,400 --> 01:40:03,188
You'll be glad to hear that
the lift was working this morning.
1185
01:40:03,320 --> 01:40:06,551
Fourth floor, green-painted door,
bang opposite the lift.
1186
01:40:06,680 --> 01:40:10,559
Right. Then in that case
this will be your window.
1187
01:40:11,440 --> 01:40:14,477
Now, when you get in,
let us see you at that window.
1188
01:40:15,560 --> 01:40:16,993
Good.
1189
01:40:17,120 --> 01:40:20,556
Jack will walk you halfway.
Then you're on your own.
1190
01:40:20,680 --> 01:40:25,117
Tell Dante you want to walk out
with as many answers as he can give you.
1191
01:40:26,520 --> 01:40:28,476
This is it. The shopping list.
1192
01:40:28,600 --> 01:40:32,832
You'll have to tell him to wet the pages.
The questions will float to the surface.
1193
01:40:32,960 --> 01:40:35,315
Uh, make sure you bring it back.
1194
01:40:36,600 --> 01:40:39,672
We think the whole thing
will take two hours. Three, for luck.
1195
01:40:39,800 --> 01:40:42,917
Tell him you want a date
for a final meeting to fill in the blanks.
1196
01:40:43,040 --> 01:40:47,079
And when you want to leave,
pull the curtain. We'll pick you up.
1197
01:40:47,200 --> 01:40:48,713
How's that?
1198
01:40:48,840 --> 01:40:50,796
Good.
1199
01:40:50,920 --> 01:40:55,038
Give this to Ned, will you?
Just in case something goes wrong.
1200
01:40:56,120 --> 01:40:58,315
Nothing's going wrong.
1201
01:41:17,640 --> 01:41:20,677
That's it over there. Second from the right.
1202
01:41:33,320 --> 01:41:35,470
You'll be fine from here, Barley.
1203
01:41:36,920 --> 01:41:38,876
Fingers crossed, Jack.
1204
01:41:39,600 --> 01:41:41,556
Cheerio.
1205
01:42:06,560 --> 01:42:08,516
Thank you.
1206
01:42:15,000 --> 01:42:18,675
Sir, the shopping list...
It's only questions, isn't it?
1207
01:42:18,800 --> 01:42:21,837
- It wouldn't tell anyone anything?
- Everything.
1208
01:42:22,480 --> 01:42:25,597
<i>It would tell what we know
by telling what we don't know.</i>
1209
01:42:25,720 --> 01:42:28,678
And it would tell
what we would most like to know.
1210
01:42:28,800 --> 01:42:32,349
If the Sovs get the list, we might as well
have published the notebooks,
1211
01:42:32,480 --> 01:42:34,914
just as Barley promised Dante.
1212
01:42:39,000 --> 01:42:41,195
<i>Yes, I do know.</i>
1213
01:42:43,000 --> 01:42:45,594
Barley's made a deal.
1214
01:42:45,720 --> 01:42:49,235
<i>He's keeping his promise to Dante
in his own way.</i>
1215
01:42:49,360 --> 01:42:51,749
<i>And he's trying to save Katya.</i>
1216
01:42:51,880 --> 01:42:53,950
- He's giving them the list!
- Come on, Ned.
1217
01:42:54,080 --> 01:42:57,197
The Sovs are just waiting
for Barley to give it to them.
1218
01:42:57,320 --> 01:42:59,117
Jesus Christ!
1219
01:43:05,720 --> 01:43:08,314
- Brock, signal the truck.
- Don't!
1220
01:43:08,440 --> 01:43:10,158
- Signal Paddy. Abort.
- Don't!
1221
01:43:19,680 --> 01:43:21,796
Looking good!
1222
01:43:21,920 --> 01:43:24,559
And he's coming back smiling.
1223
01:43:25,040 --> 01:43:27,474
<i>And you can take a long, long vacation.</i>
1224
01:43:29,360 --> 01:43:31,510
My joe's crossed over.
1225
01:44:26,440 --> 01:44:27,998
<i> He went in.</i>
1226
01:44:28,560 --> 01:44:30,551
He never came out.
1227
01:44:30,680 --> 01:44:32,636
About seven hours.
1228
01:44:33,200 --> 01:44:34,872
Yes, sir.
1229
01:44:41,920 --> 01:44:44,150
Shit city, Ned.
1230
01:44:51,960 --> 01:44:54,076
Honour is due.
1231
01:45:03,640 --> 01:45:07,394
Well, folks, better put
the chairs back on the tables.
1232
01:45:11,360 --> 01:45:13,316
Till next time.
1233
01:45:27,640 --> 01:45:29,949
<i>
Yekaterina Borisovna Orlova.</i>
1234
01:45:30,080 --> 01:45:32,036
<i> Yes. Katya.</i>
1235
01:45:32,160 --> 01:45:37,837
<i>- The letter was signed "Katya"?
- No, just the initial. "Your loving K."</i>
1236
01:45:38,200 --> 01:45:41,795
<i>British Intelligence showed you
the letter for the first time in Lisbon?</i>
1237
01:45:41,920 --> 01:45:42,477
<i>Yes.</i>
1238
01:45:42,600 --> 01:45:46,991
<i>And it referred to your first meeting
with Savelyev, whom you know as Dante?</i>
1239
01:45:47,120 --> 01:45:49,350
<i>Yes. At Peredelkino.</i>
1240
01:45:49,480 --> 01:45:51,436
<i>But Mrs Orlova was not at Peredelkino?</i>
1241
01:45:51,560 --> 01:45:55,917
<i>- As I keep telling you, I didn't meet her...
- Please. Allow me.</i>
1242
01:45:56,680 --> 01:46:00,150
<i>Did Savelyev arrive at Peredelkino
by himself or with others?</i>
1243
01:46:00,280 --> 01:46:02,919
<i>I don't know. Why don't you ask him?</i>
1244
01:46:03,240 --> 01:46:06,118
<i>Unfortunately,
Professor Savelyev is dead.</i>
1245
01:46:06,240 --> 01:46:08,708
<i>He became very ill with hepatitis.</i>
1246
01:46:10,320 --> 01:46:13,551
<i>A great loss to the Soviet
scientific community.</i>
1247
01:46:14,600 --> 01:46:16,397
<i>We all mourn him.</i>
1248
01:46:20,120 --> 01:46:22,076
Me too.
1249
01:46:23,560 --> 01:46:26,916
I have nothing further
to add to what I have said.
1250
01:46:27,320 --> 01:46:30,471
You have the shopping list -
payment in full.
1251
01:46:31,440 --> 01:46:34,000
Yes. The celebrated list.
1252
01:46:34,720 --> 01:46:38,713
We have a deal.
I expect you to honour that deal.
1253
01:46:39,640 --> 01:46:42,632
Yes, I'm talking about honour,
not ideology.
1254
01:46:42,800 --> 01:46:48,113
<i>I've left a letter behind me just in case
they don't know the difference.</i>
1255
01:46:53,360 --> 01:46:55,749
<i>Tell me about the letter.</i>
1256
01:46:58,720 --> 01:47:01,951
<i>"Dear Nedski, change of plan, old chum."</i>
1257
01:47:03,480 --> 01:47:05,710
<i>"Sorry I couldn't let you know."</i>
1258
01:47:05,840 --> 01:47:08,718
<i>"I thought you'd be onto me
if anyone was. "</i>
1259
01:47:09,960 --> 01:47:12,428
<i>"But perhaps you taught me too well."</i>
1260
01:47:13,320 --> 01:47:16,471
<i>"Anyway, Dante is blown,
as you would say. "</i>
1261
01:47:18,480 --> 01:47:20,755
<i>"His letter to Katya was a fake."</i>
1262
01:47:21,680 --> 01:47:25,309
<i>"His phone call to the hospital
was KGB-controlled. "</i>
1263
01:47:25,960 --> 01:47:28,952
<i>"But Dante and Katya
had worked out a code. "</i>
1264
01:47:29,960 --> 01:47:32,155
What did he say?
1265
01:47:32,280 --> 01:47:33,872
Tell me.
1266
01:47:34,000 --> 01:47:37,709
He is taken. Yakov is taken.
1267
01:47:37,840 --> 01:47:40,479
<i>"If he was caught,
he called her by the wrong name. "</i>
1268
01:47:40,600 --> 01:47:42,750
He used the wrong name.
1269
01:47:43,720 --> 01:47:47,998
If we are safe, he calls me Alina.
lf... if he is caught, Maria.
1270
01:47:48,120 --> 01:47:50,236
He called me Maria.
1271
01:47:51,600 --> 01:47:54,239
He was telling me we are dead.
1272
01:48:05,320 --> 01:48:07,390
Give me the key.
1273
01:48:07,560 --> 01:48:12,111
<i>"So there we were. And I was thinking
'Why haven't they arrested us?"'</i>
1274
01:48:14,520 --> 01:48:16,795
<i>"It took me a while to work it out."</i>
1275
01:48:16,920 --> 01:48:20,310
<i>"But of course!
They wanted the shopping list. "</i>
1276
01:48:21,160 --> 01:48:22,878
<i>"So there was the crunch:</i>
1277
01:48:23,000 --> 01:48:27,915
<i>to save your precious secrets,
or to trade them for Katya and her family. "</i>
1278
01:48:28,040 --> 01:48:30,634
<i>"The easiest decision I ever made."</i>
1279
01:48:31,360 --> 01:48:34,989
<i>"And if you wouldn't have done the same,
then you've learned nothing. "</i>
1280
01:48:35,120 --> 01:48:36,712
<i>"Dante was right."</i>
1281
01:48:36,840 --> 01:48:42,710
<i>"The grey men are keeping alive the arms
race, which nobody is supposed to want. "</i>
1282
01:48:45,440 --> 01:48:49,513
<i>"It's all over for the secrets game.
Your day is done, old boy. "</i>
1283
01:48:49,640 --> 01:48:51,835
<i>"Publish and be safe."</i>
1284
01:48:52,640 --> 01:48:56,519
I need to betray my country,
and I haven't got much time.
1285
01:48:57,960 --> 01:49:02,397
And don't tell me you don't know
who to get in touch with. Just do it, hm?
1286
01:49:06,280 --> 01:49:10,876
I want to meet them in the morning
and agree a contract. All right?
1287
01:49:15,200 --> 01:49:17,031
<i>"I did my best for you, Ned."</i>
1288
01:49:17,160 --> 01:49:20,357
<i>"But now I have to do my best
for Dante, and for Katya. "</i>
1289
01:49:21,880 --> 01:49:24,075
Smile. You must smile.
1290
01:49:24,200 --> 01:49:27,317
They're watching us.
Your side and my side.
1291
01:49:28,320 --> 01:49:30,550
We're going to beat them both.
1292
01:49:34,680 --> 01:49:37,638
I can't save Yakov. Nothing can.
1293
01:49:40,600 --> 01:49:42,636
But you're safe.
1294
01:49:42,760 --> 01:49:45,832
The children are safe.
Uncle Matvey's safe.
1295
01:49:50,360 --> 01:49:52,316
I love you.
1296
01:49:53,000 --> 01:49:55,275
And I won't let you down.
1297
01:50:06,120 --> 01:50:10,875
<i>"It was my first good contract.
Real people for unreal arguments. "</i>
1298
01:50:12,120 --> 01:50:14,714
<i>"I got everything I wanted,</i>
1299
01:50:14,840 --> 01:50:18,913
<i>down to a safe passage for Wicklow,
Henziger and the others. "</i>
1300
01:50:21,040 --> 01:50:24,316
<i>"No doubt there'll be
hell to pay at your end. "</i>
1301
01:50:25,480 --> 01:50:28,790
<i>"But you shouldn't open
other people's letters. "</i>
1302
01:50:29,520 --> 01:50:32,478
<i>"Love, and luck. Barley."</i>
1303
01:50:36,800 --> 01:50:38,756
What about Russell?
1304
01:50:39,200 --> 01:50:41,430
Russell's a survivor.
1305
01:50:42,400 --> 01:50:45,995
Rumour has it that the shopping list
was really a brilliant deception,
1306
01:50:46,120 --> 01:50:48,588
planted on the Russians
by our clever Russell,
1307
01:50:48,720 --> 01:50:51,154
who also started the rumour.
1308
01:50:51,280 --> 01:50:56,115
If he can get the Sovs to believe it,
everything's back to square one.
1309
01:50:56,240 --> 01:50:58,549
Dante need never have bothered.
1310
01:50:59,800 --> 01:51:01,756
And Barley?
1311
01:51:02,560 --> 01:51:04,676
Oh, Barley.
1312
01:51:05,000 --> 01:51:08,117
<i>He's home free. Back in Lisbon.</i>
1313
01:51:08,240 --> 01:51:10,549
It's not a large flat, of course.
1314
01:51:11,360 --> 01:51:15,558
But by Moscow standards...
We'll all squeeze in.
1315
01:51:16,400 --> 01:51:18,789
Still backing your Russia, Barley?
1316
01:51:19,640 --> 01:51:21,596
Well, we'll see.
1317
01:51:21,720 --> 01:51:26,874
You know, I chose this flat because
I like to watch the ships come in.
1318
01:51:28,000 --> 01:51:31,117
I must have known
that one day it would be my ship.
1319
01:51:31,960 --> 01:51:34,952
And you think that Katya's
going to be on it?
1320
01:51:35,840 --> 01:51:38,229
Well, perhaps it's your due.
1321
01:51:38,360 --> 01:51:42,399
It took some guts. And you seem
to think you did the decent thing.
1322
01:51:45,760 --> 01:51:47,876
Good luck, Barley.
1323
01:52:14,240 --> 01:52:16,196
Katya!
1324
01:52:19,360 --> 01:52:21,316
Come on!
1325
01:52:24,320 --> 01:52:26,959
Come on, Katya! Come on!
1326
01:56:57,800 --> 01:57:01,349
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