Petrovich.
- Good bye.
- Erast...
Erast Petrovich, why are you doing this?
It's now...
or never...
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- Run!
- Leave it, Listvitsky,
you'll just make things worse...
- Go home...
- Allah is gracious, Anwar-effendi.
Welcome to Vidin.
There's blood on your sleeve.
Have you injured yourself?
- I had to kill a Russian prisoner.
He had seen my face.
I can't take risks. The stakes are too high.
Destroy the plate now!
- Don't you worry. Right this moment.
Everything will be done.
Bring the photoplate into my study.
I'll destroy it personally.
Please, come into the house, Anwar-effendi.
Everything had been prepared as you wished.
- E2-E4...
- Will you not take a look
at the board again? E7-E5...
- G2-G3...
- You are sacrificing the pawn, Effendi.
But the laws of hospitality do not permit me
to take advantage of your negligence.
- Yusuf-pasha, the game of chess
is like the game of war.
And no laws are applicable to war...
Make your move, the pawn is yours.
- Where are the sentries?
- Please meet Colonel Ismail-bey,
the personal aide-de-camp
of Field-Marshal Osman-pasha...
- I'm not familiar with details of your mission,
but you are a legendary man.
- I think I'll take your pawn anyway...
- Well now... You must make this move,
I'll make another... You move here -
it's the only option you have.
And that's it, Honorable Yusuf-pasha,
your game is lost.
And all because of a tiny pawn.
It's called 'gambit' - sacrificing the unimportant
to gain initiative. I'll do same to Russians.
Tomorrow Osman-pasha will capture Pleven
and flank the Russian troops.
Russians will attack Pleven and will be
stuck there for a long time.
The offensive will be stopped.
- Of course, when Anwar-effendi himself takes
matters in hands there's no need to worry.
However, Effendi, it's time to pray.
Please proceed to this room -
it's windows face Mecca.
TURKISH GAMBIT
- July the 2nd?... Well, it's today...
Osman-pasha flanks the Russian army
and captures Pleven...
Russians will move towards Pleven
and will be stuck there for an indefinite time -
the offensive will be stopped...
It's called 'gambit' - sacrificing the unimportant
to gain initiative...
It's no less than 160 km from Vidin to Pleven...
Damn... Time to hurry...
Olga KRASKO
as Varvara Suvorova
Egor BEROEV
as Erast Fandorin
- I told you it's a girl in disguise...
- She's with me. Take this...
Mademoiselle, mademoiselle...
You should have waited for your fiance
back home.
It's no Mayne Reid novel.
The place is swarming with bashi-bazouks.
- But how?.. I mean, who told you...
- No suntan - it's one. I can see the hair
from under your hat - it's t-two.
Why would a Russian lady want to try
get secretly into the army?
Romantic considerations. That's t-three.
The man with mustache that accompanied you
and then disappeared - was he your g-guide?
- Yes.
- And you naturally left all your
possessions with him?
- Yes.
- Pretty stupid. That's four.
Who are you? Where are you from?
Erast Petrovich Fandorin. A Serbian
volunteer. I have escaped from Turks.
Varya... Suvorova Varvara Andreyevna.
Nice to meet you.
What am I to do with you
Varvara Andreyevna Suvorova?
We need one more means of transportation...
- I need a donkey.
- 10 lira... - I don't have any money...
- Where's the donkey?
- One more time! - Donkey!
- I said, one more time!
White ears, red saddle.
White ears, red saddle. Alright...
You won the beast, didn't you?
What's in your pocket? A revolver, yes?
Unfortunately, my pocket is empty.
And what if you haven't scared him off
- that one with a bad eye?
I never gamble with a person
who can't be scared...
But you had no money.
What did you gamble on?
You.
ME?! You... you are an dishonorable rascal!
I never lose when I gamble.
That's why I don't gamble at