were so hungry that
we ate all his oatmeal.
And it took us two weeks to get here!
We were kept in sidings for days.
With no place to wash up.
Victor Ivanovich,
he is not here.
I know. He stayed behind.
Maksakov? Oh!
He's absolutely crazy!
He just kept saying: I won't abandon
my motherland, I won't abandon it.
Stasik!
Wort abandon my motherland. I said
to him, what kind of motherland is it?
- What's the matter with you?
- With me?
What? What are you so happy about?
What a character, eh? He's broken
the contract.
What are we going to do without him?
He's a fool. Got chummy with Gorky.
But Gorky used to be a tramp.
But it's foolish. What is he...
What is he going to do there
without us?
Never mind. We've got Kanin. We'll
shoot him. Would you like some wine?
Leave me alone!
By the way, in Paris...
Leave me alone!
Ladies and gentlemen, I invite
everybody to a buffet at my place!
Goodbye, Vladimir Alexeyevich.
Ladies and gentlemen,
wait for me!
Pause.
Look at the portrait.
Great. Good girl.
Now turn. Good...
Enters the count... Good, he enters...
Zhukov, go!
Good. Look around. Great!
Now go for her, go for her!
Push him off! Here goes the countess!
Good, the countess goes...
Great! Great!
Very good, very good...
On your knees! On your knees!
- Bend back even more!
- I'm uncomfortable.
- Hold on!
- I'm uncomfortable!
Countess, breathe rapidly. Cut!
How is it with you?
We did it!
Bravo, Alexander Alexandrovich!
Congratulations!
Mind your own business.
Come here, boys, quick!
Everything is all right, Lisa.
Take everything away, boys. Hurry!
- Some milk?
- No, thank you.
Mishenka, go have a smoke.
This way, this way. Good!
What are you doing here, little nymph?
You're in my way.
- I think it's good.
- What's good?
Don't you understand that it's not
the truth? It's some rubbish!
What truth are you talking about,
Olga Nikolayevna?
What's important is beauty. The rest
is Maksakov's stuff. Forget it!
He forgot about us, we'll forget
about him.
What? Who?
What has Maksakov to do with it?
He's empty like a drum!
He's just a mannequin!
I don't agree, Olenka.
You see, Savva Yakovlevich?
He's a very interesting artiste,
and we should be grateful to him.
You should be too, Olenka.
Yes, my dear. That is Maksakov!
Why should I be grateful to him?
I was already a star
when I started working with him!
For your information, it's him,
yes, it's him, that nonentity...
- Olga Nikolayevna!
- Leave me alone!
It's him who should be
grateful to me and...
He is nobody,
a two-bit actor, a nil!
He's even a nonentity...
I no longer can work here!
And tomorrow I'm leaving for
Paris! Mother!
Blessed is he who visited this world
at its most fateful moment...
You know, my mother...
Oh God, what are we doing?
Who needs all that?
Everything is so temporary,
everything's done on the run.
After all I am 28,
I am a famous actress.
Am I entitled to a bath
at my home after work?
There's been no hot water at my hotel
for a week, and I never complained.
It's freezing at night! I share
the bed with my mother and the girls.
I want a normal life!
I'm going to Paris tomorrow!
What Paris are you talking about?
Don't try to talk me out of it!
Even a child can see what's going on
with you. To Paris...
You should go to Moscow.
Is it about Maksakov again? He's
a nobody, your Maksakov! He's a nil!
And don't you tell me about him!
Don't you tell me that!
Stop yelling!
- What?
- Enough.
What?
Do you realize
who you're talking to?
- Olga Nikolayevna...
- Who are you?
Tell me, who are you?
Open the door now!
Some lousy cameraman!
Stop the car now!
Do you hear?
Stop the car!
Come to your senses, ladies and
gentlemen! Where are you going?
What we're doing is awful!
You're just wasting time!
You're being deceived!
Maksakov has no talent at all!
And I... What I'm doing
is terrible, trivial, tasteless!
I've been made an idol.
But I'm just a woman.