1:08:01
And you?
1:08:02
Yes, I hear, But not very clearly,
1:08:06
What are they saying?
1:08:09
The elder Piotrovsky is asking,,,
1:08:13
whether the director's telephone is
still under surveillance,
1:08:17
His son tells him, "Forget that,
1:08:20
"I would prefer telling you
about the Hermitage cats,
1:08:25
"They are still here,,,, "
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There are so many people
that I wasn't able to help.
1:08:34
Ten years have passed.
You know what I'm referring to.
1:08:40
But everyone speaks well of you.
1:08:42
Your books are still in print.
Those of Mr. Orbeli, too.
1:08:46
That's particularly admirable.
1:08:48
The dead weep with joy when their books
are reprinted.
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Especially 37 years Iater, Mikhail.
1:08:55
Is something still troubling you?
1:08:59
Is it the authorities?
1:09:02
They want acorns from oak trees.
1:09:05
They are not interested in knowing
how to nurture the tree of culture.
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But it will be their doom if the tree falls.
1:09:12
Then there will be nothing Ieft.
Can't they understand that?
1:09:15
Mr. Orbeli, what awaits us?
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-I'm coming!
-Speak!
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-Listen, Mikhail....
-Let him go.
1:09:28
You're completely alone.
1:09:36
They won't tell him anything.
I know, ask me!
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I am asking you,,,,
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Everyone can see the future...
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but no one remembers the past.
1:09:52
Look how handsome they are!
Such fine young men!
1:09:57
Beautiful uniforms,
even if I don't Iike the military.