I'll do whatever it takes!
Sit down.
You're pretty lucky, Skvortsov.
Where are you going?
To Georgievsk, the village of Sosnovka.
I could be there by tomorrow.
- No, my friend.
The way things are going nowadays,
a day won't be enough.
I'll give you two days to get there
and two to get back.
And two to fix the roof.
Satisfied?
Comrade General.
Can I go now?
- Go!
Just make sure you're back on time.
- Yes, Comrade General!
Fellows, give us a hand!
- Take care!
- Thanks, guys!
- Have a good trip!
- Thank you!
Hey, friend! Wait a minute!
Are you going on leave?
- Yes.
- To Georgievsk?
- Yes.
I'm from Uzlovaya.
We're neighbors!
Stop by at this address.
- I won't have enough time. I can't.
You have to change trains
at Uzlovaya anyway.
Chekhov Street.
Not far from the station.
Stop by, friend!
- Okay. What should I say?
Say that you saw me!
Tell Liza that her Sergei is all right,
that you saw him yourself.
Tell his Liza that he dreams
about her day and night.
Sergei, you ought to give her
some sort of present.
What can he give?
Everything he has is army-issue.
Quit talking!
Sergeant, give Sergei a cake of soap!
It's for his wife!
- His ration is only for one washing.
- Give him a whole cake.
I have only two cakes
for the entire platoon.
- Well, give him one.
- That's against regulations.
- Come on, Comrade Sergeant!
- Don't be stingy!
It's for his wife.
Open it.
She's going to be happy.
- Soap is now a delicacy.
- A deficit, you moron.
She'll be happy regardless.
- Let him have the second one, too!
- He's right, Sergeant!
Come on, Sergeant.
- Comrade Sergeant...
- Here. Take it!
Close it.
- 7 Chekhov Street.
- I'll find it.
Let me help you.
Where are you going?
- To Gorisov.
Me, too.
That's where I'm changing trains.
Going home?
- Yes, I've finished fighting.
I'm going home, too.
On leave. I got lucky.
We'll be traveling
to Gorisov together.
Thanks, friend.
- I'll help you in Gorisov, too.
- Someone will meet me there.
Your wife?
My wife.
Keep an eye on my suitcase.
I have to send a telegram.
What on earth are you doing?
The train's here.
It's about to leave.
- What's with you?
- What do you mean? We have to go!
I have your suitcase.
- So go by yourself.
- What's wrong?
- What do you want? Beat it!
Beat it? I have your suitcase.
Fine, I'm going.
- Wait a minute. Don't be angry, friend.
Things are hard for me.
I wrote to my wife
and told her I wouldn't be coming.
- Why?
- I have to.
Even before the war,
things weren't working out.
I was jealous of her.
And now--
Be quiet!
I don't want to, you understand?
She's young and pretty.
She'll find her happiness, right?
I don't know.
She will.
- What about you?
- What?
Where will you go now?
Russia is a big country.
That's despicable!
It's despicable to think that way!
She's waiting for you.
And what do you do?
You lie! It's despicable!
Wanna smoke?
Got a piece of paper for me?
- Here.
- Hey, friend, can you spare one?
Pass one over here.
How thin!
Kill the enemy. Read it
and pass it on to your comrade.
And how's the tobacco supply
on the front?
On the front? It's available.
It's available, hero!
That reminds me of the soldier
who asked a collective farmer
for a glass of water and said,
''Lady, give me something to drink.
I'm so hungry
that I don't have a place to sleep.''
Exactly!
The story of your life.
A good woman.
I can't forget her.
Then why forget about her?
After the war, go and marry her.
You fool!
She's already got a husband.
- Pockmarked like you?
- No, smooth.
Why would she trade
a guy with smooth skin
for someone pockmarked like you?
How should I know?
Maybe he has some other defect!
- Are you accompanying your friend?
- No, I'm by myself.
- Are you on a mission?
- No.
- Being transferred?
- No again.
- Then what?
- Home. On leave.
Who do you think you're kidding?
Come on!
I'm telling the truth.
I knocked out two