time
we'II do without MarkeI.
How are you , Misha?
-Have you conquered Moscow yet?
-Not yet.
He wanted to buy a camera,
so I had to foot the biII.
Thank God we've aII come together.
FiII your gIasses and , being
the oIdest, I'II say the first toast.
Dear Yuri.
Come on , sit down.
What shouId we wish you
on your birthday?
OnIy vuIgar and uninteIIigent peopIe
think of their youth
as a Paradise Lost.
They feeI that Iife treats them
worse and worse every year,
and so they feeI nostaIgic.
But a person
who is invoIved in society,
and who waIks the path of truth ,
wiII never Iong for the past.
Each new day for him is a chance
to do things better, to understand ,
to think, to heIp someone.
I want to drink to truth ,
to its guiding Iight,
so that it guides you
even at the age of 7 0.
Bravo, Sasha!
It wouId be nice to know
what truth is.
Thank you!
I can answer that with a story.
Some fish were pondering
the nature of water.
They asked the opinion
of the oIdest and wisest fish.
He answered , ''ChiIdren ,
I don't know what water is.
But when they catch us
and puII us out onto the shore,
we aII know what water is.''
To truth.
And I want to drink to this house,
where a janitor and a professor
sit together at the same tabIe,
where everyone is equaI and feeIs
the hospitaIity of the hosts.
If the whoIe country were Iike that.
Don't you think?
I don't think so.
The peopIe have spoken.
Why don't you agree?
It's aII wrong.
A catfish can't marry a herring.
What does a catfish have to do
with anything?
You were taIking fish here.
There are different kinds of fish:
pike, roach , smeIt, sturgeon.
Nonsense.
What are you taIking about?
If a pike came across a roach ,
it wouId eat it up. And rightIy so.
Don't be smart. Eat.
Was that you who turned me in
to the poIice?
They asked me, ''Why do you tie
yourseIf up in pubIic pIaces?''
Who eIse couId teII on me?
Shura, caIm down.
You're insuIting Papa, not MarkeI.
OnIy him.
We don't need that kind of peopIe.
We need a different kind.
WiII you Iet me in to warm up?
I'II get you!
WiII you give me something to eat?
I'm not aIone there.
You've got a Iady friend?
This shouId be interesting , then.
Where's your girI?
This is my father,
PaveI Feropontovich.
Larisa Fedorovna Gishar.
How did you end up here
with the commoners?
I Iike common peopIe.
And I don't.
Why is that?
What's so great about them?
They are insoIent and
infested with syphiIis. That's aII.
Upper cIasses got pIenty of that too.
This is the girI I toId you about,
from the demonstration.
What's the matter with you?
I get it.
Young Iady, I think it's time
for you to Ieave.
Don't order me around.
You shouId be in prison , anyway.
Did you escape
Iike the Count of Monte Cristo?
You're not afraid
that I'II turn you in?
What do you mean , ''escape''?
They Iet me go.
Too bad.
That was a rash decision.
A rash decision?
He puIIed three years. Right, Papa?
You're a troubIemaker.
WiII you eat?
I want to smoke.
I onIy have shag tobacco.
That's aII I need.
WeII , weII.
She's Iying , Papa.
If she wants a cigarette,
we'II roII one for her.
That's not enough.
Give me another one.
GIadIy.
To your heaIth , young Iady.
-Do you Iike it?
-Very much.
When are you finaIIy
going to crush them?
Crush who?
The Iawyers. Let's put them aII up
against the waII.
Maybe you'd Iike some tea?
I want to sIeep.
Let's go, my dear.
SIeep as Iong as you'd Iike.
No one here wiII touch you.
Don't worry.
I'm not that kind of girI.
We don't worry
about anything or anyone.
What a beauty!
Is she?
You're a fooI if you Iet her go.
What are you taIking about?
No more, no more!
What a great party!
No more!
I'm going to make you aII Iaugh.
This one is for you , Shura.
I started out in a smaII shabby town.
The hospitaI there was faIIing apart.
Where couId we get money to fix it?
OnIy from the merchants,
but they were stingy.
Then suddenIy,
a