00:00:01:MOSFILM 00:00:14:AN UNFINISHED PIECE|FOR THE PLAYER PIANO 00:00:16:Based on the works|by A.P. Chekhov 00:00:20:Written by|A. ADABASHIAN, N. MIKHALKOV 00:00:24:Directed by Nikita MIKHALKOV 00:00:28:Director of Photography|Pavel LEBESHEV 00:00:31:Production Designers: 00:00:33:Alexander ADABASHIAN|Alexander SAMULEKIN 00:00:36:Music by Eduard ARTEMYEV|Sound by Valentin BOBROVSKY 00:00:39:English Subtitles|by T. Kameneva 00:01:03:Cast: 00:01:05:Mikhail Vassilyevich Platonov -|Alexander KALYAGIN 00:01:09:Sophia Yegorovna - Yelena SOLOVEY|Sashenka - Yevgenia GLUSHENKO 00:01:13:Anna Petrovna Voinitseva -|Antonina SHURANOVA 00:01:15:Sergey Pavlovich Voinitsev -|Yuri BOGATYRYOV 00:01:17:Pavel Petrovich Shcherbuk -|Oleg TABAKOV 00:01:19:Porfiry Semyonovich Glagolyev -|Nikolai PASTUKHOV 00:01:21:Ivan Ivanovich Triletsky -|Pavel KADOCHNIKOV 00:01:22:Nikolai Ivanovich Triletsky -|Nikita MIKHALKOV 00:01:24:Gerasim Kuzmich Petrin -|Anatoly ROMASHIN 00:01:26:Verochka - Natalya NAZAROVA|Lizochka - Xenia MININA 00:01:29:Yakov - Sergey NIKONENKO|Petechka - Seryozha GURYEV 00:02:05:Do you remember the Kalitins? 00:02:08:Ksyusha Kalitina, that plump girl... 00:02:11:I had an affair with her|which was even more annoying. 00:02:14:I kept calling on them, 00:02:16:putting her mother to great expenses|in terms of coffee. 00:02:23:We took walks on shady paths.|I was young and timid then. 00:02:31:So once they made me stay|for the night. 00:02:37:Well, I stayed for the night.|I went to bed. 00:02:40:And in the middle of the night,|you know... 00:02:45:The door opens,|and an old woman appears in my room. 00:02:51:She was about eighty, absolutely deaf,|and with an enema bag in her hands. 00:02:55:And, pardon me,|she gave me an enema. 00:02:59:I didn't resist. I decided|it was a custom at their house. 00:03:05:And in the morning I found out|that she just got the wrong room. 00:03:10:After that, of course, I stopped|visiting them as a suitor. 00:03:16:- And what's even more funny...|- It's neither funny, nor proper! 00:03:20:Thank you! My flesh is yearning for|a smoke. I haven't smoked today yet. 00:03:25:Last winter at the opera 00:03:29:I saw a young man cry|under the impact of beautiful music. 00:03:33:- Do you think it's good?|- It's very good. 00:03:38:Then tell me, please, 00:03:40:why the ladies and gentlemen|around him were smiling? 00:03:45:Smiling at what? 00:03:47:- Porfiry Semyonovich.|- I'm listening. 00:03:51:It's them, simple people like him,|are the keepers of morality. 00:03:57:In them is the salvation of our idea. 00:04:00:You're stepping on his foot. 00:04:02:In our time people lived differently,|they loved differently. 00:04:07:We loved women|like gallant knights. 00:04:13:We treated them differently,|we saw in them the best person. 00:04:20:And the woman, Sergey Pavlovich,|is the best person. 00:04:29:Why cheat?|How did that pawn get here? 00:04:34:You put that pawn here. 00:04:39:- Oh, yes, pardon.|- That's right, pardon. 00:04:44:In our time one was ready to go|into fire for one's friends. 00:04:48:And what do we have now? 00:04:50:Now we have firemen|to go into fire. 00:04:55:Let's get serious, however. What|I was talking about the other day... 00:05:00:I see the national idea|as a kind of cloud 00:05:07:filled with a life-giving moisture|ready to irrigate the fields of 00:05:11:culture sown with the seeds of|progress. 00:05:17:Maman doesn't like it... 00:05:19:Poor Russia, our kind country. 00:05:23:Come here, nice dog.|Come here, my little doggie. 00:05:27:Oh, how she whistles, my God!|Just like a mouzhik. 00:05:33:An amazing woman. 00:05:37:Are you going to make your move? 00:05:41:I'm bored, let's finish it later. 00:05:45:When she's winning,|she wouldn't budge. 00:05:48:As soon as she begins to lose,|she's bored. 00:05:50:Anna Petrovna, it's not fair,|let's continue. 00:05:56:Or I'll consider you the loser. 00:05:58:Well, you may consider so. 00:06:01:In that case, you owe me 3 rubles.|With your previous debt, 10. 00:06:06:When may I have the honor of|collecting that money, good woman? 00:06:10:When will the Gypsies be here at last? 00:06:26:Nikolai Ivanovich, I...|I don't like it! 00:06:30:Maman, tell him! 00:06:43:Shall I consider you my debtor|or you'll pay right away? 00:06:49:Sergel, give to this God's fool|ten rubles. 00:06:54:But, maman... 00:07:00:I don't know...|When father was alive... 00:07:06:I don't know... 00:07:14:I'd better go and drink some wine. 00:07:34:The gentry! They're worse than|paisants. 00:07:38:No hygiene! Drowning a chair! 00:08:31:So the woman is the best person,|Porfiry Semyonovich? 00:08:36:The best. 00:08:38:You're a great lover of women,|Porfiry Semyonovich. 00:08:42:Yes, I love women.|I worship them. 00:08:47:It's enough to know|only one woman, you, 00:08:50:to worship all of them. 00:08:58:Oh, God!|The Platonovs are coming! 00:09:03:Well, at last! 00:09:11:- By the way, what do you think of him?|- Michel is a clever man. 00:09:16:I lost my cuff-link while mowing.|Where on earth could I lose it? 00:09:22:I'll go look for it. 00:09:24:One cannot but respect Michel.|Talking to him is a pleasure. 00:09:29:He's a nice man. 00:09:32:Though too hot and captious...|Too young. 00:09:37:God gracious, our Mikhail has swollen|like a devil! A real bull! 00:09:44:His wife has put on weight, too.|Small and round, like a bun! 00:10:11:Would you like some tea?|Come to the table, please. 00:10:14:At long last we're not at home.|This winter has been endless! 00:10:20:For 6 months we haven't seen parquet,|or high ceilings, or even people. 00:10:25:How are you?|Are you good to your stepson? 00:10:29:Of course, I am! He's calling me|maman now, instead of stepmother. 00:10:33:And we were so much bored|throughout the winter. 00:10:35:We ate, we slept, and read|to each other... Too bad... 00:10:38:Why bad? It was a little dull,|but we lived well. 00:10:44:My goodness, they both grew so stout!|Happy people! 00:10:50:We're having Gypsies today,|and a wonderful surprise. 00:10:56:Porfiry Semyonovich,|I can see you! Hello! 00:11:07:But Sergel!|Is that really him? 00:11:12:Where's your long hair, your blouse,|your small tenor? Say something! 00:11:16:- I'm a nincompoop!|- A basso! 00:11:20:A perfect basso! 00:11:25:- It's so stuffy!|- I guess there will be a rain. 00:11:47:Misha! Mishenka! 00:11:55:Dammit, Sergey Pavlovich! 00:11:58:Why didn't you tell me, my dear?|You've got married, and not saying it! 00:12:04:Well, how do you like me?|I did it fast and neat! 00:12:10:I fell in love and got married. 00:12:12:Congratulations!|I wish you all the best! 00:12:16:Now you'll know|the best side of life. 00:12:19:She wouldn't be pleased until you|marry. She's crazy about weddings. 00:12:22:It's not weddings, I just like|everything to be right. 00:12:25:I'm so pleased!|Thank you! 00:12:29:I'm happy, very happy! 00:12:41:What? What? 00:12:44:What? Oh, no, nothing. 00:13:02:- What is it?|- I just wanted some milk. 00:13:07:You know, in Syzran a blue-eyed|raven was caught by maiden Tereshchuk. 00:13:14:In Syzran! 00:13:17:But where's Sophie? 00:13:21:Sophie and Porfiry Semyonovich went|to the pond. They'll be back soon. 00:13:27:I'm not some Oriental sovereign|to hide my wife from you. 00:13:32:Salute to the enlightened Slavs!|Long live the relatives! 00:13:37:Hurray to the General's wife! 00:13:40:Ah, the lousy physician,|good to see you! 00:13:45:Hale and healthy, shining and ruddy,|reeking of wine from early morning! 00:13:52:Trying to be clever? Don't bother. 00:13:55:Who was it shooting? Kolka? 00:13:58:- At whom?|- At me. 00:14:00:- Did he miss?|- No, on the spot! 00:14:03:Oh, my dear! 00:14:06:Papa, you're already here! 00:14:08:Colonel Triletsky's lucky|constellation! How are you, my dear? 00:14:14:You're saluted from a Krupp cannon!|Oh God, it's too bad. 00:14:19:Sashenka, my darling!|I haven't beholden you for ages. 00:14:24:Sit down! Sit down, I said!|I order you! 00:14:29:Are you in good health, Sashenka?|Me, I have never been ill in my life. 00:14:34:Though my heart sometimes ached|on the account of the weaker sex, 00:14:39:but that ailment is delightful,|no need for pharmacopoeia. 00:14:42:Who put the broom here?|Was it Mitka? Stupid. 00:14:46:- How is my grandson?|- He's fine. He bows his regards. 00:14:50:He already knows how to bow? 00:14:53:- That should be taken figuratively.|- Yes, of course, figuratively! 00:14:58:Anna Petrovna, my dear! 00:15:01:You know, I... Leave me alone!|You know, I bought a new double-barrel. 00:15:06:We'll go and hunt snipes! 00:15:09:My divine Diana!|I adore such creatures. 00:15:15:That's what women's emancipation|is all about. 00:15:20:You kiss her shoulder,|and it smells of gun-powder. 00:15:25:Your Excellency!|Alexandra of Macedonia! 00:15:30:You've already had a shot|in the morning, Colonel? 00:15:35:Now I see why you're clucking so|boisterously. 00:15:40:I was here as early as 8 o'clock. 00:15:43:Everybody was still asleep|when I came here 00:15:48:and began stomping my feet. 00:15:51:Then she appeared, laughing. 00:15:56:We split a bottle of madeira.|Diana had 3 glasses, and I, the rest. 00:16:02:Is it necessary to tell about it? 00:16:06:And here I am! Hello! 00:16:11:Hello, sis! 00:16:16:What is it?|A hat? And this? 00:16:21:And who is that over there?|How are you, Your Excellency? 00:16:43:Well, how you doing, Michel? 00:16:45:It's a long story,|and not very interesting. 00:16:57:Excuse me... 00:17:01:Nikolai Ivanovich,|I don't like yourjokes! 00:17:05:Maman, tell him! 00:17:10:Nikolai Ivanovich,|I don't like... 00:17:22:- Is your Kolka all right?|- Yes, he's all right. 00:17:25:- Has he grown a big boy?|- A big boy. 00:17:31:- Very, very big?|- Very, very big. 00:17:46:Father! 00:17:49:Colonel! 00:17:51:Nowadays they give|only Greek names. 00:17:55...
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