Although it seems,
they do.
That same evening
l stopped at a hotel,
and a dreadful murder
was committed there.
Two peasants, old friends,
had tea together,
and were going to bed.
One noticed for the first
time that his friend
possessed a silver watch.
He was by no means a thief,
and was a rich man.
But this watch so
fascinated him that
he couldn't restrain himself.
He made a sign of the
cross and took a knife,
raised his eyes to heaven,
and saying earnestly,
God forgive me!
He cut his friend's throat
and took the watch.
l like that!
l went out for a stroll
through the town,
and soon observed a drunk
soldier staggering about.
Buy my silver cross,
sir!
You shall have it for
four pence!
He held a cross, just
taken off his own neck,
evidently,
a large tin one,
l gave him four pence.
l could see by his face
that
he was pleased that he had
cheated a foolish gentleman,
and away he went to drink.
l will wait awhile
before
l condemn this Judas.
Only God knows what may be
hidden in the hearts.
l came across a woman,
carrying a baby in an hour.
The baby was smiling up
at her, for the first time.
l saw the woman suddenly
crossed herself,
What is it, my good woman,
l asked her.
As the mother enjoys the
first smile of her child,
so God feels
joy,
when he sees from the skies
that a sinner
turns and prays to Him
with all his heart.
This is what she said
and such a deep,
refined,
truly religious thought
it was,
in which the whole essence
of Christianity was expressed.
The recognition of God
as our Father,
the chief idea
of Christ.
She may have been the wife
of the drunken soldier.
Religious feeling has
nothing to do with reason,
or atheism, or crime,
or acts of any kind.
lt's something wrong here!
And it will always be!
They will always talk
outside the subject!
But what can we do...
Good-bye.
Take care.
God be with you!
Lev Nicolaievitch!
Have you got the cross
you bought from the soldier?
Yes, l have.
Show it to me.
Give it to me.
What for?
l'll wear it,
and you shall have mine.
You wish to exchange
crosses!
Very well, Parfen!
That makes us brothers.
Let's go.
Mother!
Here is my great friend,
Prince Muishkin!
We exchanged crosses.
He was like a real
brother to me at Moscow.
Bless him as you would
bless your own son.
Wait, let me arrange
your hands for you.
She understood nothing,
yet she blessed you.
She wished to do so herself.
She can not attend
services in the church.
Well, goodbye.
We both must go.
Let me at least embrace
you and say goodbye.
You, strange fellow!
Don't be afraid though
l have taken your cross,
l'll not kill you for watch.
Well, take her! lt's Fate!
Take her. Remember Rogojin!
Am l to blame
for all this?
Watch out!
One ticket to Pavlofsk,
2nd class.
Your ticket, sir.
lt's a sickness.
lt's a sickness.
Rogojin told me l had
been a brother to him.
That was what he said first.
What if he kills?
My head goes round...
But is it certain, that
Rogojin will kill?
Nastasia Philipovna left
for Pavlofsk in the morning.
She may stay there
for a few days.
Your name is?
Please, announce prince
Lev Nicolaievitch Muishkin.
l understood.
Don't worry.
Parfen, l don't believe!
l don't believe!
The end
with the support of
the Cinematography Service
the Russian Ministry
of Culture
produced by 2-B-2 Studio
ENTERTAlNMENT
Fyodor Mikhailovitch
Dostoevsky
lDlOT
Evgeni MlRONOV
As prince Muishkin
Starring
Vladimir MASHKOV
Lidiya VELEZHEVA
Olga Budina
lnna CHURlKOVA
Alexei PETRENKO
Vladimir lLYlN
Michael BOYARSKY
Alexander LAZAREV
Larisa MALEVANNAYA
Maria KlSELYOVA
Written and directed by
Vladimir BORTKO
Photography by
Dmitri MASS
Design by
Vladimir SVETOZAROV
Marina NlKOLAYEVA
Original music by
lgor KORNELYUK
Producer
Valery TODORORVSKl
Episode 5
Listen Lebedeff,
you seem to have appropriated me.
You keep me under lock.
At the villa, anyway,
l mean to see whom