you got it into your head
that I'm, so to speak, a loser.
I, personally, don't think so.
I regard myself as a useful
member of society,
more useful, incidentally,
than you all taken together.
I'm rolling down a snow-covered road,
the sun is shining, and I sing.
And 700 kilometers away,
people are waiting for me,
they need me, and I'll get to them.
And I like it,
strange as it may seem to you.
So mind you, my friends,
I have no intention of
pretending, just to please you,
to be better
than I am.
A man should remain
true to himself.
It's a very advantageous position.
Yes, sometimes I feel drawn...
to my native place.
Well, it didn't work out.
So much the better.
But remember:
I'm a free,
cheerful and happy man.
And I'll be happy yet
in many ways and on various occasions.
And I wish the same to you.
With this, auf Wiedersehen.
Sasha.
Wait.
I'm proud of you.
Yes, proud.
You're proud of me?
Why did you get all shriveled...
...chief engineer?
Am I shocking you?
Let's go.
I'll go when
the hostess asks me to.
Toma, you want me to go?
Well... all right.
Sort it out here without me.
I'm off.
Goodbye.
Perhaps I'd better go?
Say so, I'll understand.
Shall I go?
Sashenka...
What's the matter with you, Sasha?
Please forgive me.
Calm down, Sasha.
Come here, sit down.
There you go, sit down and calm
yourself.
I had carried your letters with me
throughout the war.
I tied them up with a string
and carried them in my kit bag.
Then, after hospital,
they got lost somewhere.
The war was over, and everything
seemed to be in the past.
A new life was ahead,
and new joys.
Why go back
to your old parts...
Forgive me, Toma.
Why are you kissing my hands,
they're dirty.
Oh, stop kissing my blouse.
You're so smart,
so honest, so good.
You wanted me to go
with you somewhere.
If you haven't changed your mind,
I agree, let's go away.
- You won't regret it.
- I know I won't regret it.
You suffered so much because of me.
No, everyone suffered, the time was
such that the whole country suffered.
After I saw you off,
I enrolled in the nurses' courses.
Injections, splints...
I trained for 5 months,
but I'd never got to the front.
You should know that I love...
...you all.
And I'll be looking forward
to the day
when I see you again.
After Lucia'a death,
I took Slava in.
I was working in a hospital then.
He was a baby, only 2 years old.
I took him with me to the hospital.
He ran about the wards,
got tired and fell asleep somewhere,
it was quite a thing to find him.
Then I was very sick for half a year.
I returned to the factory
only at the end of the war.
We worked 16 hours a day.
We had enough of everything.
And we'll have enough now.
My life here was good.
I've had much happiness in my life.
May God give everybody as much.
And besides...
I never lose heart.
Never.
And now...
Everything will be different.
Sleep, Sasha. Sleep.
Tomorrow is Sunday.
We can go to Zvenigorod.
It's so beautiful there.
I've never been there though,
but people say so.
It's beautiful in Arkhangelskoye too.
I haven't been there either,
but people say so.
Yes, Sashenka...
Only let be no war.
Only let be no war.
Only let be no war...
The End