only human
when he both rejoices and grieves.
Would you find attractive someone
who never thinks?
No.
But if someone starts thinking...
it means he is either doubtful of something
or hopeful of something.
Will there be people who think
in a class-free society?
There will be real people.
When the haze of money is removed
from the world...
there is no division into
the rich and the poor...
...the suffering regains its purity...
...and becomes a natural part
of human life.
That's what I think.
And I don't think I'm wrong.
Is that so?
That is so.
Don't get up.
Why should you get up?
Why those good manners?
Such politeness?
Who are you by birth?
A peasant.
Fantastic.
Well, we'll get up soon.
You can read. Something light,
pleasant, uplifting.
I'll send you something.
You want Hamsun?
I've got it, thank you.
Light and uplifting.
I'll read you the very beginning.
The epigraph. Want to hear it?
Okay.
If you love
without evoking love in return...
that is, if your loving as loving
does not produce reciprocal love...
if through a living expression of yourself
as a loving person
you do not make yourself
a beloved one...
then your love is impotent
- a misfortune.
That's good! Excellent!
About love!
Unrequited love!
The most magical compound
of happiness and unhappiness.
Will there be unreciprocated love
in a class-free society?
There will be.
What did you read from?
Was it Hamsun?
See, I've guessed correctly
that you loved Hamsun.
It's not Hamsun.
If you love
without evoking love in return...
that is, if yoiur loving as loving
does not produce reciprocal love...
if through a living expression of yourself
as a loving person
you do not make yourself
a beloved one...
then your love is impotent
- a misfortune.
Karl Marx.
It's fantastic!
You know what it is?
A friend sent it. A YCL member.
The third set of
requirements.
A set of moral values...
...a YCL member must cultivate.
The first rule applies to you,
Dr. Stepanov.
There are no identical people.
It's bourgeois equality.
The very concept of competition
removes the concept of equality.
Equality is immobility.
Competition is motion.
Take cue from the best, help those who lag behind
and achieve a general improvement.
The best are our leaders...
The best are those who create
thoughts, science, technics, music...
The lofty minds...
Those who wrestle with nature,
the conquerors of death.
Who's writing that? A poet?
A friend of mine,
a future engineer, a student.
Grisha Fokin.
It's fantastic...
He's coming!
He's coming.
I'm not here.
It will be hard to resist.
I don't want any reconciliation!
Hello.
Where's the host?
Where's the host of this house?
Where's Grisha?
- He's not here.
A shame.
I came to say I'm sorry.
Tell him, please,
that he's a remarkable young man.
He says there are many people like him,
but he has proven that few are like him.
So I'm ashamed.
Tell him that:
Dr. Stepanov is ashamed.
It's very unpleasant,
when a grown-up man is ashamed.
Tell him: we're leaving for London
and throwing a party.
We would like him
to come and visit.
He won't.
Why?
Don't you understand?
I'm saying I'm sorry.
He will come!
Don't talk nonsense.
He's dreaming about it.
He really loves...
It's okay. It's okay.
He loves Masha? I know.
You told me yourself.
You remember? You were naked.
He won't come.
You offended him.
Tell him that Masha
asks him to come.
Masha, too?
Such a shame he isn't here.
The hell with it!
You want to open the closet -
open it!
I won't come.
A YCL member must be proud.
A person is standing in the closet
and speaks of pride.
A YCL member
must have a sense of humor!
Tell Masha that I won't come.
Sit there, you idiot.
Are you coming back?
Of course.
Grisha.
Wake up.
Grisha!
You know, he's been working
all night long.
Grisha! Get up!
No, he won't wake up now.
Grisha!
You can fire a cannon, it's useless.
Grisha.
Fyodor!
Fyodor!