SkyFuryM. Gorky Central Film Studio
for Youth and Children
THE DAWNS HERE ARE QUIET
In two parts
Written by Boris VASSILYEV
Stanislav ROSTOTSKY
Directed by
Stanislav ROSTOTSKY
Director of Photography
Vyacheslav SHUMSKY
Production Designer
Sergey SEREBRENNIKOV
Music by Kirill MOLCHANOV
Starring
Andrei MARTYNOV
Irina DOLGANOVA
Yelena DRAPEKO
Yekaterina MARKOVA
Olga OSTROUMOVA
Irina SHEVCHUK
Also starring L. ZAITSEVA
A. MESHCHERYAKOVA
N. YEMELYANOVA, A. CHERNOV
Part One
IN THE SECOND ECHELON
What kind of a commander is he
if he cannot find his army boots?
It's right here!
I threw it under the bed.
Oh, you did, didn't you?
When fighting men return from the
front line, they like to live it up.
Only I won't stand for any breach
of the regulations.
Comrade Major!
Five days extra guard duty!
She won't let me milk her without
a kerchief.
You make a report, I'll reprimand
you and send you new soldiers.
And then it will be the same again,
right?
Try to send me non-drinking guys who
can keep their hands off the girls...
You mean eunuchs?
As you see fit.
You can't even maintain order.
Women!
The civilians aren't under my command,
and they are who make trouble.
Comrade Major, come in the house.
The samovar is still hot.
No, thanks, I must be going.
All right, Vaskov.
And you, section commander, place
yourself at the disposal of HQ.
Yes, sir!
I'll be sending you soldiers, Vaskov,
who'll keep their noses out of the
booze and their hands off the women.
- Why can't we stay for a while?
- Let's go!
Good luck and give them hell!
Calm down...
- They were such good guys.
- We have only ourselves to blame.
Our respects to the Commandant!
Remember us well!
This is no way for Command HQ
to run things. No way at all.
Three days now the depot's got no
protection.
The Major acted too hot.
He got himself a problem.
Can't find good soldiers
for our section.
It's quiet here, isn't it?
It's all on account of you women.
I think we should ship
all the females from the front.
To Siberia!
If you did that, who would wash
for you?
This is it. Out you get!
You're here, fighters.
The anti-aircraft crew is here.
With their own commander?
It doesn't look like it, Fedot
Yefgrafovich.
Thank goodness. When there're
two in charge it's awful.
Hey, boys, the anti-aircraft gunners
are here!
Let's go and see!
Fall in!
- So you're here.
- That's right.
Attention!
Comrade Senior Sergeant,
1st and 2nd squads of the 3rd section
of the 5th Anti-Aircraft Battalion
are here at your disposal
to defend the depot!
Reporting Section Leader
Kiryanova!
Well... So they've found
non-drinking soldiers.
- Hey, grab this!
- Hurry it up there.
- Move, girls!
- Over here.
Couldn't you find something lighter?
Set up the kitchen on the bank.
You won't overstrain yourself.
Can't stand on your feet?
Step on it, girls, get settled in.
The last anti-aircraft team
was housed in billets.
Sure, only they were men and not
girls.
- What's your name?
- Lisaveta Brichkina.
- Where are you from?
- From Vologda.
You worked on a state farm?
I did.
But mostly helped my father.
You're a smart girl.
Let's get that table in place.
All right now. No one leaves camp
without my permission.
- Even to go gathering berries?
- Wrong time of the year.
Can't we even get watercress?
We'll get skinny without extra food.
Only don't go beyond the river.
There's a lot of it here.
Lyuda, Vera, Katya, guard duty!
Now just wait a minute!
Anything wrong, Sergeant?
- Katya will be guard commander.
- Well, thanks for nothing.
Posting of sentries should be done
strictly according to the regulations.
And this is just a travesty.
The regulations...
The regulations to a soldier are his...
The Commander personally authorized
us to do so, Comrade Sergeant.
For military secrecy.
You mind going now?
We've got to get organized.
You'd better think of the amenities.
What amenities?
Something better