away, and save her
and myself!
Coward!
Coward!
How funny, how crazy,
How untimely,
And how wonderful!
Without any reason and
Without any meaning...
At all!
There comes a day,
There strikes an hour,
There comes a moment,
There comes a time,
And the connection breaks,
Granite boils,
Ice catches fire,
Light down knocks
You off your feet,
What madness!
Weeds start to blossom,
The old owl sings like a
Nightingale,
And even the thinnest of
Threads...
Can not be cut in half
By a steel dagger!
By a steel dagger!
How funny, how crazy,
How untimely,
And how wonderful!
Without any reason
And without any meaning...
At all!
Cast:
Oleg Yankovsky
Irina Kupchenko
Yevgenyi Solomin
Yevgenia Simonova
Alexader Abdulov
Ekaterina Vasilyeva
Yuri Solomin
Andrei Mironov
and others
Scriptwriter and director
Mark ZAKHAROV
D.O.P. Nikolai NEMOLYAEV
Set decorations
Lyudmila KUSAKOVA
Music composed by
Gennadyi GLADKOV
Lyrics by
Y. MIKHAILOVMOSFILM studio
and the Creative Association
of TV Films present
a film made to the order
of GOSTELERADIO
A USUAL WONDER
Part Two
Based on a play by Yevgenyi
SCHWARZ of the same name
There comes a day,
There strikes an hour,
There comes a moment,
There comes a time,
And the connection breaks,
Granite boils,
Ice catches fire,
Light down
Knocks you off your feet.
What madness!
Weeds start to blossom,
And old owl sings
Like a nightingale,
And even the thinnest of
Threads...
Can not be cut in two
By a steel dagger!
By a steel dagger!
How funny, how crazy,
How untimely,
And how wonderful!
Without any reason
Or meaning...
At all!
There comes a time,
And it brings...
Shivers and fear,
And a secret fever,
Power and delight,
Laughter and pain,
Light and shadow,
And throws it all into
One big fire.
What madness!
And out of a mirage,
Out of nothing...
Out of my own wild fantasies
Appears someone's face,
And it acquires shape
And color,
Flesh and passion,
Flesh and passion.
How funny, how crazy,
How untimely,
And how wonderful!
Without any reason
Or meaning...
At all!
Have you been talking to
someone?
I don't know.
Maybe.
I know I'm not well.
- Can I help?
- I doubt it.
- Unlock the door, I'm leaving.
- That's impossible.
Do you hear how quiet
it is?
I tried to go out, but
I couldn't.
We're buried under the snow.
- I can't leave then?
- No.
Then lock me in.
I can't meet with her.
I love her.
The Princess?
- How did you know?
- I just asked.
Is she in this tavern?
Yes, disguised in a man's
outfit.
Now I understand how she
insulted me.
- Did you hear what she said?
- No, I haven't.
But I've lived a long life,
and I understand everything.
I won't say another word!
I thought I was talking to a
young man who looked like her.
That was a mean thing to do!
It is over now!
- Lock me in.
- Here's the key.
I won't lock you in.
I wouldn't want you to
break my new lock.
Good night.
Where will you dind peace?
You won't.
Lock yourself in a monastery. -
solitude will remind you of her.
Set up a tavern by the
road. -
every knock at the door will
remind you of her.
Damn! The candle keeps
blowing out.
Well of course it is.
I was thinking of you.
Emily...
Well I'll be damned!
Do you recognize me?
Emil?
Yes.
That was the name of a young man
whom a very mean girl forced to
flee to no-man's land.
Don't look at me like that.
My face is wind-beaten.
I see you like you were
20 years ago.
I forgot how to cry.
I became mean and callous.
I smoke sailors' tobacco,
devilish stuff.
That's what became of me.
You were always like that.
Stubborn and proud by nature.
It's just a new form it
acquired, that's all.
That's the whole difference.
Damn!
At every crowded
masquerade...
I would recognize you
under any mask.
You remember?
Yes.
My lady, don't you think
The weather is better
Than ever?
I will answer, my lord...
I do find...
That the weather is quite
Unusual indeed.
My