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* The format |text| is used for improper English. If you can find a way to reword any of these, please do.
* For the most part, Russian word order is preserved. I prefer mostly literal translations for the text, but proper wording for the dialog.
--Nikitakit

“Marya Morevna – a beautiful queen from Russian fairy tales. According to some interpretations, Morevna comes from the word "mor" – which means “death”; according to others, the image of "a strong woman living in the steppe" or "queen-girl" refers to the matriarchal nomadic Sarmatians.”

Wikipedia (ru.wikipedia.org)

Intro

EXT. IVAN'S HOUSE – DAY - ESTABLISHING

Ivan's house is a small wooden building. Smoke coming out from the pipe on the roof.

INT. IVAN'S ROOM – DAY

IVAN, 18, sits in front of a computer, facing the camera. He wears a white jacket and light-colored jeans. Under the jacket is a green sweater.

NARRATOR (V.O.)

Once upon a time there lived a Tsarevich, named Ivan, who had three sisters. One sister was mechanic, the other a doctor and the third a priestess.

SISTER-MECHANIC, 19, runs by behind Ivan, carrying a wrench. Then SISTER-DOCTOR, 21, runs through the room with the first aid kit. Finally, SISTER-PRIESTES, 23, slowly passes through, reading some magical book.

NARRATOR (V.O.)

One beautiful sunny day a terrible clap of thunder sounded, the wall split in two and a car crashed into their house.

The sun, seen out of the window, is covered by clouds. There is a thundering sound of a crash. The ground shakes, pieces of plaster fall from the ceiling. Ivan turns his head towards the source of the noise. Sister-Mechanic and Sister-Priestess run past in the same direction.

INT. SISTER-DOCTOR'S ROOM – DAY

A car with a broken windshield sticks out of one of the room's walls. Someone lies on the floor – a BUSINESSMAN - who seems to have been thrown out of the car as result of collision. Sister-Doctor is leaning over the Businessman.

NARRATOR (V.O.)

A handsome young man was thrown from the car. He took one sister as his wife and returned to where he came from.

Sister-Doctor gives the Businessman an injection. Businessman springs to his feet and with a gesture invites Sister-Doctor to sit in the car. Sister-Doctor enters the car and they leave together.

NARRATOR (V.O.)

Ivan was left with the two sisters.

Ivan and two sisters are rebuilding the broken wall.

NARRATOR (V.O.)

Time passed. Then the wall split in two again after another car crashed into their house.

Another car crashes into the opposite wall in the same room. From the car, breaking the windscreen, flies RAPPER. Ivan and Sister-Mechanic recoil, but Sister-Priestess stays in place.

NARRATOR (V.O.)

A handsome rapper–young-man was thrown from the car. He took the younger sister as his wife, and left to where he came from.

Rapper, springs from floor to his feet in a break-dance style. Then he runs to Ivan, shakes his hand, tells him something and points to the Sister-Priestess. She blushes. Rapper and Sister-Priestess, hand in hand, get into the car and leave.

INT. SISTER-MECHANIC'S ROOM – MORNING

The sun is seen rising up, through the window. Sister-Mechanic is sleeping in her bed.

NARRATOR (V.O.)

A month passed by and then a Raven – handsome young man - crashed into their house in his car. He was dressed in a leather like a rocker.

A car crashes into a wall from outside and breaks through it. But no one flies out. Sister-Mechanic wakes up and shrieks, trying to cover herself with a bedsheet. ROCKER unfastens his seatbelt, turns off the car audio and steps out from the car. He stands right in front of the Sister-Mechanic and smiles.

A door bursts open and Ivan appears on the doorstep. In a flash, Sister-Mechanic turns to him and becomes angry. She kicks the Rocker with a wrench that was hidden beneath a pillow. Rocker is out like a light. Then she flings her jacket right over her nightgown, drags his unconscious body to the car and takes off.

NARRATOR (V.O.)

He took the last sister.

Ivan stands looking at the wall with a photo of his sisters' weddings. Then he sighs, turns around and walks off, scratching his head.

NARRATOR (V.O.)

So Ivan is left alone. Soon he felt miserable, but nothing could be done about it.

Visit of Nazar

INT. IVAN'S HOUSE UNDERGROUND FLOOR – DAY

Ivan sits in front of his computer and chats. There is a glass full of some liquid on the table near him.

EXT. ROAD TO IVAN'S HOME – DAY

Semi-truck with trailer appears on the road. Truck is heading right to the Ivan's house. An emblem on the trailer reads: “M2 Motors”.

INT. IVAN'S HOUSE UNDERGROUND FLOOR – DAY

Vibration running through liquid in a glass. Ivan suddenly stops typing. He turns around and look behind. His eyes narrowed like in suspicion.

EXT. ROAD TO IVAN'S HOME – DAY

The Truck is coming closer to the house. Its speed is not decreasing.

INT. IVAN'S HOUSE UNDEERGROUND FLOOR – DAY

Ivan jumps out of his chair and runs upstairs to the outside.

EXT. IVAN'S HOUSE YARD - DAY

Ivan stands right in front of the house. He is facing the coming trailer and it seems, trying to shield his home with his body.

IVAN

(desperately waving hands)

No-o-o-o! No-o-o-o!!!

Screech of brakes. The Truck stops right in front of Ivan, pinning him to the house's wall. Ivan pants, his face covered with sweat. NAZAR THE BRAVE, 26, jumps out of the truck's cabin. He takes several steps forward, examining the surroundings.

IVAN

(timidly)

Um... There is no one else left here!

NAZAR THE BRAVE

Don't panic, Ivan-tsarevich, it is you that I'm looking for.

Ivan is in a panic.

NAZAR THE BRAVE (CONT'D)

I was sent by my sister – the beautiful queen Marya Morevna. She want to meet you, Ivan Tsarevich. Come now.

IVAN

(still shocked)

But how?

Ivan Nazar stand, in front of the door to the trailer, their backs to the camera. The door slowly opens. There is a cool shiny sports car inside. Ivan stands motionless, awed by the sight. Then Nazar grabs his attention by jiggling a keyring in his hand. Ivan looks at the keys.

INT. IVAN'S HOUSE UNDERGROUND FLOOR – DAY

Computer is still turned on. There is a text “Fedora Home” on the desktop. A “New message” icon flashes in the tray. There are a few windows opened. One of them is a chat window containing the text:

(11:12:32) TSAREVICH: moreover, this modification in suspension bracket will decrease whole system stability.
(11:13:00) М^2: Hey, you definitely should work on us! We need professionals like you.
(11:13:12) * Personal vCard received from M^2*
(11:13:18) TSAREVICH: Sounds interesting, but looks too far for me...
(11:14:40) М^2: Has my brother arrived there yet? ;)

A text appearing on the screen: “File with new location received”. Then screen goes black and then progress bar appears with the text: “Loading...”

Titles

EXT. DAY - HIGHWAY

Ivan drives his new car down the highway. The car's stereo is turned up to full volume. The sun sets and rises a few times.

Meeting Marya Morevna

EXT. ABANDONED TOWN – DAY

The road passes through the hills on the outskirts of a city. Along the road stands a fence covered with graffiti. Beyond the fence, an advertisement board is attached on a tall framework.

By all appearances, a war/shooting recently occurred there - buildings nearby are damaged by explosions, some are destroyed. The road is covered by bodies of people in military uniforms, wrecks of motorcycles and other machinery, various street weapons... Here and there signs of grenade explosions are visible. Amidst the junk lying on the ground there are [pistols], machine guns, and various other weapons, but they were all destroyed or deformed by some unknown force. One tommy-gun lies crushed by someone's foot as if it was made from a foil. There are also street-fighting weapons – debris, clubs, metal pipes, chains and hammers.

Ivan's car approaches. He can't drive any further because otherwise he will have to run over the bodies. Ivan gets out of the car and looks around in a daze. Then he closes the car door. A sound indicates that the car alarm system is turned on. Ivan carefully starts to go forward. His foot accidentally touches a bat on the ground. The bat rolls aside and stop near laying soldier. Ivan goes through the smoking remains and bodies.

Hand of a soldier near the bat begins to move.

There is a small rise at the road nearby. A gorgeous bike is at the top. Ivan starts climbing up to see that the bodies of soldiers form a circle around the body of a girl leaning across the bike – MARYA MOREVNA, 21. She sits on the ground, leaning her back against the bike. She has violet hair and wears a long black cape and high-platform boots. A strange amulet, part of which is broken, is tied on a cord around her neck.

Ivan jumps to her side, shakes her shoulders.

IVAN

Hey! Wake up! Are you alive?

Ivan turns around, looking for help.

IVAN

Anyo-o-one! Is there is any one alive here?!

Ivan breaks off a rear-view mirror from the motorcycle and, after wiping it against his clothing, brings it to the girl's face. The mirror barely clouds from her breath.

Ivan wipes the perspiration from his forehead, drops the mirror, carefully takes girl in his arms. He lifts her and as he turns, we see the logo of “M^2 motors” on her coat.

Ivan bears Marya Morevna to his car. The girl's hand hangs down lifelessly. A katana, attached to her waist with some belts, drags along the ground behind her.

Ivan stops at the foot of hill. The threatening group of people form and bars the way. Apparently, they were lying on the ground until now, and have just come to. Although they are in uniform, they more resemble bandits, than soldiers. THE GENERAL stands out from them. He has a fresh bruise under one eye. The rest also appear completely rumpled.

GENERAL

Stop, Sir, if you value your life.

Ivan keeps silent, not knowing what to say. He takes the view in. The band are armed with weapons they had just picked up. Stressed pause. Soldiers stand still, holding weapons in their hands.

GENERAL

Return her to us.

IVAN

(surprised/wonderingly)

Why is that?

GENERAL

All this mighty force

(gesturing with his hand)

was slain by Marya Morevna aka the Beautiful Queen. We wanted to blow up her reign, but luck was not on our side.

Ivan looks at the girl, who lies in his arms, with surprise. He recalls the “M^2 Motors” logo on her back. He looks at the soldiers. His eyes meet with the eyes of General. Ivan sighs, he lowers his eyes and carefully places Marya Morevna on the ground.

The Soldiers relax a little. The General, with a creepy smirk on his face, steps forward. Suddenly, Ivan's hand picks up a pipe from the ground. Ivan steps in front of the crowd, shielding Morevna, who lies at some distance on the ground.

IVAN

(his lips shaking)

I do n... can not do that.

General spits out viciously to one side.

GENERAL

Son of a...

The General makes a gesture and a very strong soldier moves forward - PAYLAT. Paylat approaches Ivan, heavily and smoothly, his steps making dull thumps as his feet hit the asphalt. Ivan squeezes the pipe in his hand. His other hand appears to be hold something in the fist.

Paylat swings his cudgel. At this moment Ivan presses a button on his car remote, hidden in his hand. The car behind the soldiers fires up its headlights and honks its horn. The Soldiers turn around. Paylat is also distracted for an instant. Ivan seizes the moment, hits Paylat in the hand and the cudgel flies away to the side. Ivan quickly makes a step forward, ending up behind the back of Paylat. He intends to hit Paylat in the knees from behind. But at this time he notices what one of the soldiers jumps, trying to grab him. Then Ivan sets foot back to the ground without kicking, and grabs Pilat by collar. Pilat, trying to catch Ivan, starts to turn, Ivan uses his motion to turn as well, such that once again he is behind Paylat. The jumping soldier flies by.

At the same time Ivan making a sudden movement by punching his fist right into the Pylat's face. Pylat tries to dodge back and falls. The two bodies fall at the same time - Paylat onto the ground and the jumping soldier into some garbage bins nearby.

Ivan lifts his hand from the ground, pinning Paylat's back with his knee. Ivan breathes heavily, his eyes wide open. He cannot tear his eyes away from the prostrate enemy, not believing his success. Finally, he shifts his attention and sharply raises his head to the remaining crowd.

IVAN

Drop your weapons to the ground, and I won't break his arm...

(he moves his knee from the back onto the neck)

...or his neck.

Paylat looks up at the General. General raises an eyebrow. A strange contented smile appears on his face.

GENERAL

Take him.

Soldiers carry out the order and they run to Ivan. Ivan looks at the General's smirk behind the crowd of the running soldiers. He lowers his eyes, the soldiers grab him, but he hads not yet done anything to Paylat.

Soldiers hold Ivan as they beat him, and the car remote control lays under their feet. They step on it as part of the rhythm of their impacts, and each time the car honks its horn sorrowfully. They do not pay it any attention.

Ivan slips down to the ground and is dragged towards the General.

The General swings back for still one more punch, but a gust of wind blows by, and an unearthly ray of light illuminates his face (the reflection of the sun on Marya Morevna's katana). He raises his head upward and looks off in that direction. The remaining soldiers also turn around.

Nearby Maria Morevna stands on her feet. Her raincoat and hair blow wildly in the wind. She holds a katana, tilting it to direct the reflected sunlight at face of General. The General's face is distorted by the expressions of distrust, spite and fear.

Top view of Ivan lying on the ground. The Soldiers leave his body and exit the screen as they rush off towards Maria Morevna, picking up weapons as they go. View pans smoothly back to lying Ivan.

Ivan looks into the sky. White fluffy clouds sail on the blue sky. In front of the sky appears the inclined face of Maria Morevna.

MARIA MOREVNA

What is your name?

Cut to face of Ivan, with all his cuts and bruises, with wide smile.

IVAN

I am Ivan. Also known as “Tsarevich”.

MARIA MOREVNA

I know you then. I am Maria Morevna.

IVAN

I know.

MARIA MOREVNA

(laughs)

That means we know each other!

She gives him a hand. Ivan takes it and she helps him up.

Ivan stands to his full height, covering the view of Maria Morevna. Morevna then moves onto the foreground, shoulder first, giving Ivan a smile.

Ivan turns around; the two stand back-to-back. The camera circles around them, showing the soldiers getting up from the ground and starting to surround them.

Fight begins. In the crowd Ivan only manages to dodge impacts, is finally hit and falls to the ground. At this moment Maria Morevna and blocks with her sword a blow aimed at Ivan. Ivan starts to stand up, but the crowd has encircled them. The bodies of people surround Maria Morevna and Ivan. Above the crowd flies the katana, hit out of her hands. In an instant their two bodies fly out of the crowd.

Ivan and Maria Morevna fly in the air face up and parallel to each other. Time slows down as they turn their heads to each other. Morevna is surprised to see Ivan smiling at her.

When they fall on the earth, Ivan uses inertia in order to rise immediately, not slowing his movements to give Morevna his hand. Ivan is pulling Morevna towards himself and they start to dance face-to-face amongst the soldiers, not forgetting to kick them off. As they dance they step on various objects under their feet, which, tossed up, fly to the sides and hit the bandits.

Morevna, not believing her eyes, looks at Ivan. The amulet on her neck starts to shine. Around them forms something like a vortex, which throws back the soldiers as it expands.

The debris, pulled upward by the vortex, falls into advertising board attached on a tall framework, which immediately breaks apart into numerous pieces, which slowly begin to fall from the sky similar to rose petals.

Morevna and Ivan remain alone among the devastated opponents. The sun is already setting.

Military helicopters with the searchlights appear from behind the tops of buildings. The searchlights refract through the "petals" circling in the air, as a result acquiring color, and illuminating all around. Under these iridescent (rainbow) rays Morevna and Ivan continue to dance.

One of the people, peering out from a helicopter, shouts “fire!”

Morevna and Ivan run, holding hands beneath the hail of shots, to the motorcycle and sit on it. The motorcycle rears up and takes off. They rush along the road.

EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT

Morevna and Ivan ride on the motorcycle along the night road. Nazar the Brave passes them in his trailer; they wave to him.

INT. BAR - NIGHT

Maria Morevna and Ivan again dance together. (This time normally.)

EXT. MOTOCLUB - DAY

Wedding of Morevna and Ivan. The wedding is in the motoclub. Ivan's sisters and Nazar the Braze are present. Above the newly-weds flies a sparrow with a flower in the beak.

Morevna's departure

EXT. THE ESTATE OF MARYA MOREVNA - DAY

Marya Morevna's estate consists of a palace on the hill, two garages, and around them a garden, something like a small grove. The palace is enclosed by a wall.

A howl is heard, and a howling body flies out of the grove, launched into the air by an invisible force.

EXT. THE ESTATE OF MARYA MOREVNA - GROVE - DAY

AGENT sits in the brushwood near the wall of house and follows the body with a horrified gaze. The wall of house is rigged with a large quantity of explosives. Agent wipes the sweat from his forehead and lowers his eyes to the cord stretching from the explosives. With shaking hands he takes out a matchbox. He strikes a match on the box.

Behind his back, from somewhere above, Ivan hangs face down on a rope. A puff of air resulting from this motion puts out the match. But Agent does not notice Ivan behind him and takes out a new one. Ivan looks at his actions with interest. With shaking hands, the Agent moves the match near the fuse.

IVAN

What did forget here, |good person|?

Agent shouts and jumps up out of surprise. Ivan [disattaches his harness from the rope] and puts his feet on the ground.

Agent snatches out knife. Then, after some thinking, his other hand takes his identification from his breast pocket.

AGENT

I'm government agent!

IVAN

(tiredly)

Yes, I know- I know... And I am the owner of this house.

EXT. THE ESTATE OF MARYA MOREVNA - COURT - DAY

Ivan leaves the grove, dragging Agent by the foot. There is an enormous lump on the head of Agent. In his other hand Ivan carries a large bundle of explosives, which were previously used to rig the wall. In the very center of the court stands a threatening catapult. Agent desperately scrapes his fingers on the earth, but Ivan confidently takes step after step forward in the direction of the catapult. Marya Morevna appears from one of the doors of the house.

IVAN

(still walking)

Ah, Marya Morevna, here's what I can't make sense of - |Is this place, like, covered in honey?| We don't really live that richly, but they just keep coming here! [Rotten Extremists!]

Ivan places Agent in the catapult.

IVAN

… As if there are no other houses around!

Ivan presses on the [trigger] and the catapult throws the howling agent into air, far beyond the wall of estate.

MARYA MOREVNA

As if this entertainment doesn't make you happy.

IVAN

Of course! But say, why did you throw my 32-inch monitor on his head?

EXT. THE ESTATE OF MARYA MOREVNA - GROVE - DAY - FLASHBACK

Chibi-style animation. Agent stands opposite Ivan holding a knife and his identification. From the window above, Marya Morevna throws a monitor on Agent's head. Ivan jumps up from surprise and shakes his fists.

EXT. THE ESTATE OF MARYA MOREVNA - COURT - DAY

MARYA MOREVNA

(spreads her hands)

It's all right. We'll sell the explosives and purchase you a 33-inch one.

IVAN

At his rate I may soon open a TNT trade! I wonder, when will they [realize] that we have webcams set up everywhere?

Marya Morevna walks a motorcycle from the garage.

MARYA MOREVNA

I'm going to a biker gathering. It's far away, I won't return until tomorrow.

(Takes out keys)

Here are the keys to all the doors in the house. Feel free to go anywhere, but don't touch this key and don't unlock the door it opens.

IVAN

(takes keys)

Why?

MARYA MOREVNA

(stomps her foot)

You shouldn't, I said!

Ivan shrugs with a smile, as if saying “fine, fine”.

MARYA MOREVNA

Well, bye…

She sits down on the motorcycle and leaves. Ivan waves after her.

TL Note: I translate заминировать/zaminirovat' as "to rig with explosives". Please edit if you have a better translation. --Nikitakit 23:00, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Return of Koshchei The Deathless

TL Note: Possible naming alternatives are: Koschei/Koshchei/etc.; "The Deathless", "The Immortal". Any preferences? (I'd prefer "Koschei", it's shorter as well as the version used by Wikipedia) --Nikitakit 00:37, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

I prefer "Koshchei The Deathless" or just "Koshchei", because it's sounds closer to original pronounce. Though, I could mistaken. --KonstantinDmitriev

INT. ESTATE OF MARYA MOREVNA - ROOM - DAY

Ivan sits at his computer. The screen displays the desktop of the OS Fedora Castle. Next to Ivan stands a can with some beverage. Ivan lifts it to take a drink, but jar it is empty. Ivan sighs and rises from the table.

INT. ESTATE OF MARYA MOREVNA - CORRIDOR - NIGHT

Ivan, holding a candle, walks up to the door of cellar, unlocks it and goes in.

INT. ESTATE OF MARYA MOREVNA - CELLAR - NIGHT

Door into the cellar opens with a squeak. Ivan goes down the stairs.

Legs of Ivan, walking on the cellar floor.

Ivan looks around, as if searching for something. In the cellar there are many barrels, bottles, some |foodstuffs| as well as the explosives taken from the extremists.

Ivan passes by a massive [|forged|] door with and enormous lock and finally stops next to a shelf with bottles.

IVAN

Aha… Here!

Ivan extends his hand towards the bottle. The sound of a bubbling liquid is heard.

KOSHCHEI

(from behind the door, in a sepulchral voice)

He-eeelp me-e-e...

IVAN

peering from around the corner)

Huh? What?

KOSHCHEI:

(a little more clearly)

Hee-eeee-eelp me-e-e...

Ivan looks at the lock, then to the keyring. |Instantaneous flashes in his subconsciousness|, which show Morevna and Koshchei. They battle in some cave. The appropriate key falls from the ring by itself.

IVAN

Oh... the forbidden key!

(puts key in the lock)

Well, let's see...

Ivan opens the door slightly and carefully peers in. |Again a flash.| Ivan shouts out of fright, shock and surprise.

In the closet on 12 chains hangs KOSHCHEI (who resembles a robot-transformer). Ivan enthusiastically examines him.

Ivan

(awed, in a whisper, almost about itself)

[Such amazing tuning...]

The eyes of Koshchei open, his view passing over the figure of Ivan.

KOSHCHEI

Who are you?

IVAN

I am Ivan-Tsarevich.

KOSHCHEI

Ivan-Tsarevich! How good it is that you are here. Give me a drink...

Ivan readily hands Koshchei his bottle.

KOSHCHEI

… some gasoline.

Ivan runs away and returns with the canister of gasoline. Koshchei drinks. His eyes light ablaze, and he laughs with sinister laughs. Koshchei tears apart the chains and stands up to his full height, towering above Ivan.

KOSHCHEI

Thanks, Ivan-Tsarevich. You helped me. Now you won't see Marya Morvna. |Like your own ears!| [TL Note: In Russian, this is an idiom]

Koshchei's engines flare, he transforms into a flight vehicle and flies away after breaking a few beams in the ceiling, as well as the window in the wall.

Slow-Motion effect: Koshchei flies out, fragments from the broken in window flying to all sides. Then the camera quickly returns into the cellar through the holes made by Koshchei. Now sober, Ivan is in panic. He quickly runs out of the cellar, runs to the garage, sits in a car and rides out in pursuit.

EXT. ROAD - NIGHT

Along the road Ivan hastily tries to call Morevna on her cell. Subscriber is temporarily inaccessible.

EXT. CLEARING WITH MOREVNA'S BROKEN MOTORCYCLE - NIGHT

Ivan sees Marya Morevna's broken motorcycle on the road, all in flame. Morevna's sword is thrust into the ground nearby, and near it lies a wounded bird - VOROBUSHEK (SPARROW). Ivan sharply brakes, as result of which his car drifts and stops perpendicular to road. Ivan jumps out and runs to the motorcycle, but the nearer he goes, the more he slows down, finally slowing to a walk. He bends to his knees, taking VOROBUSHEK in his hands.

IVAN

What happened here?

VOROBUSHEK:

What misfortune! An evil robot-transformer kidnapped Marya Morevna. And it hooked me. Good-bye, Ivan-Tsarevich.

Vorobushek dies.

IVAN

No!

VOROBUSHEK

(raises its head)

And tell my family that I loved them all dearly.

Ivan pulls Marya Morevna's katana from the ground and puts it behind his back.

Ivan

(with the tears and shaking his fist)

I will tell them, I will definitely tell them. And I will save Marya Morevna as well! Farewell. [TL: I assume this is directed towards Vorobushek --Nikitakit 00:37, 3 March 2009 (UTC)]

Ivan runs to the car, sits down, and drives away.

While he drives, pictures blink on the screen, showing him visiting his sisters.

Encounter with the first sister. Sister-Doctor walks towards him with the Businessman. She hugs Ivan. They talk. Sister-Doctor runs out of the frame and then runs through the background with a first-aid kit, in the direction of her car.

Encounter with the Sister-Nun. Ivan sits at the table, he eats and tells them. They are sad and remain silent. Then Ivan suddenly smiles and says something about the food. Nun looks happy.

Encounter with the Sister-Mechanic. Ivan asks her husband and her about something, they think, but contritely shake their heads. Rocker opens a briefcase before Ivan. Ivan nods and takes it.

Government

[TL Note: Actual Russian title translates as "Meeting" (or "Conference") --Nikitakit]

INT. COMMAND CENTER - DAY

Luxurious hall with high windows. There is a long table in the middle. At the table sit the General, MINISTER OF FINANCE, ADVISER, MINISTER OF SCIENCE, MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH, MINISTER OF CULTURE. At the head of the table sits the President - OROSHAY POLIVAYEVICH, 38. The General's face is completely covered with plasters (band-aids). All in all, everyone present resembles patients of a psychiatric hospital - enormous bags under their eyes, tic, shaking hands, mimic spasms, shaking lips, and shifty glances.

Photographs of Koshchei the Deathless flying with Marya Morevna's body on his shoulders are scattered across the table.

Church chorus stands behind the back of the President.

ADVISER

Well, and what do you propose we do now? In the present situation...

GENERAL

I repeat: without the aircraft forces any of our actions are doomed to failure.

MINISTER OF FINANCES

General, you like to war, don't you? Do you understand how much each helicopter costs the government? I am frightened to even remember how the last encounter of our armored vehicles formations with Marya Morevna ended.

["War" could be a verb. Or am I wrong here? --KonstantinDmitriev 03:48, 19 March 2009 (UTC) Yes, "war" could be a verb. I changed it based on sounds-good philosophy (which is just my personal opinion). --Nikitakit 05:08, 19 March 2009 (UTC)]

GENERAL

I repeat, this was the pilot's mistake!

MINISTER OF FINANCES

(sarcastically)

Of course, and the legendary attack on our research center was also the pilot's mistake!

MINISTER OF SCIENCE

(in the background, with disgust)

Eeek!

MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

(in the background, simultaneously)

Don't mention it!

GENERAL

If our respected minister

(points in the direction of the Minister of Science)

had immediately reported the incident with Yaga, we would not have simply dismissed her, but would have coop her up in the right place. And then...

MINISTER OF SCIENCE

Yaga was outstanding specialist. If there had been proper control over the criminal gangs during that period, then such an incident simply could not have occured at all and EVNN would have been completed.

[TL Note: EVNN is a reference to the war machine which was developed by government. Criminal gangs were involved into the attack on main research center. As result the EVNN was activated before completion and gone mad and outta control. EVNN is Koshchey himself. Minister of science saying what if the gangs were under control during that period, then the attack to lab could not happen. If no attack would happen, then EVNN would be completed. I know, it's a bit confusing and kind of "out of story", but it's important to mention that in screenplay. --KonstantinDmitriev 03:48, 19 March 2009 (UTC)]

GENERAL

I am putting forth my best efforts, but I don't have enough people. If you had granted me helicopters earlier, we would finish with Marya Morevna and this entire farce.

MINISTER OF FINANCES

I completely understand your desire to singlehandedly destroy Marya Morevna. Indeed, it was you who aimed to be “the carrier of death”.

GENERAL

(bangs his fist on the table)

That's a serious accusation!

ADVISER

You must be grateful that we sent to you help during the previous incident.

GENERAL

Then why so late? It was already time to send medical helicopters!

MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

(suddenly awake)

Of course we would have sent you medical helicopters, but, as you remember, our budget was cut and we could not make even one flight!

All begin to speak simultaneously, an uproar rises.

ADVISER

Is it for this reason that the minister has arrived in a private jet?

MINISTER OF FINANCES

We were forced to do this in order to finance the construction of the national cathedral.

MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

I like no other am concerned about the President's health!

[TL: Does "like no other" refer to the minister or the president? Your version creates some ambiguity. Compare "I am the one most concerned over his health" (my version) vs "I am more concerned about the President's health than anyone else's (a possible understanding of your version). --Nikitakit 22:23, 18 March 2009 (UTC)]

[TL: Agree. --KonstantinDmitriev 03:48, 19 March 2009 (UTC)]

[TL: I'll change it to "I like no other am..." (my original) rather than "I am like no other..." --Nikitakit 05:08, 19 March 2009 (UTC)]

GENERAL

But where is this cathedral? Money has already been allocated four times!

MINISTER OF CULTURE

Yes, the people need religion; we need something to have their minds occupied!

President bangs his fist on the table out of fury.

OROSHAY POLIVAYEVICH

Enough!

Silence reigns.

OROSHAY POLIVAYEVICH

We know the location, we know the situation. All the maps are still in our hands. Use helicopters to strike.

General looks victoriously at the minister of finances.

OROSHAY POLIVAYEVICH

In case of failure, mine and blow up the entire island along with both of them to hell.

The eyes of General flare up still brighter.

OROSHAY POLIVAYEVICH

(wipes his sweaty forehead with the palm of his hand)

I'm tired and, moreover, I can't miss dinner.

CHURCH CHOIR

(begins to sing)

Oh esteemed President,

God save you,

Your family, friends, relatives.

Lord, save the tsar!

Accompanied by the sounds of their voices, Oroshay Polivayevich leaves the room with the blissful smile on his face.

At the Old Ruins

EXT. EVENING - RUINS OF RESEARCH CENTER / COURTYARD

Late evening. The sun has almost entirely vanished beyond the horizon. Old ruins of some research center next to the highway. The complex has been neglected for a long time; it is evident that the main building was seriously damaged by a powerful explosion in the past.

It begins to drizzle.

Ivan's car drives past the ruins, but then stops. Ivan looks at the ruins.

The rain picks up.

Ivan brushes his fingers around his red, bruised, eyes and puts his car into reverse. He drives into the courtyard and hides the car under a canopy near the building. Ivan turns off the engine, reclines his seat, and lies back in it. He closes his eyes.

The moon peeks out through the clouds. The rain drums on the roof of the car, drops running down the windshield. The ruins seem absolutely lifeless. Ivan is asleep.

Morevna's Flashback

EXT. STONY WASTELAND - DAY - FLASHBACK

Picture in mono-chrome.

Stony landscape. A sea splashes in the distance. Out of the stones grows an enormous, thick, and knotty tree - an oak. The surroundings are shrouded by smoke. A building is mounted into the body of tree, like a parasite. There is a dark crevice in the building - the entrance.

A trail of blood leads to the crevice, as if someone injured had gone inside.

Camera zooms towards the crevice and into the darkness.

INT. LABORATORY INSIDE THE OAK - FLASHBACK

In the darkness, some fluff begins to fall from above. But in reality it is gray fur. It spins in the air, appearing from nowhere and falling downward.

MARYA MOREVNA (V.O.)

Yes, I knew... I came to destroy her…

Instead of the fluff, duck feathers begin to spin in the air.

MARYA MOREVNA (V.O.)

But at that moment she became my only way to... my only source of the power. The only source. And I've taken her...

A luminous girl hovers in air among the feathers. It is possible to recognize her as Marya Morevna. In the center of her body a shines a thin gold line that is similar to the needle.

In front of Marya Morevna an amulet hangs in the air, surrounded by a white substance.

MARYA MOREVNA (CONT'D)

...and I became her.

EXT. STONY WASTELAND - DAY - FLASHBACK

Figure of Morevna walking away from the oak. There is the amulet on her neck. When she walks away up to a decent distance, far away, on the horizon, on the other side of the sea, a fortress (the laboratory) flies apart into smithereens.

Darkness.

Encounter at the old ruins

EXT. NIGHT - RESEARCH CENTER RUINS, INDUSTRIAL YARD

Drizzle. The moon is visible through moving clouds. IVAN is still asleep in his car.

Headlights suddenly shine brightly through his windshield. Ivan wakes with a start and looks around in confusion.

A tractor-trailer truck, similar to NAZAR's, enters the yard. It turns in the yard and stops. A figure in a raincoat jumps down out of the cab onto the damp earth. This is BABA-YAGA, but the camera does not reveal her face as she walks through the ruins.

IVAN's car is shadowed by a shed and so she doesn't notice it. She walks rapidly over the mud toward the gates in front of the main building. IVAN watches her. Once she passes out of sight inside of the building, he jumps out of his car to follow her.

INT. NIGHT - RESEARCH CENTER RUINS

IVAN follows carefully. He looks around uncertainly, not knowing where he needs to go. He comes to a large double door. On it, half-eroded capital letters "EVNN" can be made out, and below them smaller text, reading "Electronic Versatile Nanodevice Network". The doors are ajar. IVAN stands near them in indecision. Through them he hears a sound like something heavy falling onto the stone floor. IVAN goes through the doors and down a long dark corridor. In it there are many doors, almost all of which bear a logo with the abbreviation "EVNN".

IVAN passes through some laboratories, where various technological debris is left behind: computers and electro-mechanical equipment. A ray of light leaks into the room from one door. Ivan sneaks towards it.

INT. NIGHT - RESEARCH CENTER RUINS, LABORATORY

The room resembles a computer server farm. There are rows of rackmount frames with various computer components in them. In the walls there are fans. A pair of working tables stand in the middle. To one side are prototype mechanical arms and other equipment.

IVAN moves stealthily into the room. The light of a lantern moves around somewhere behind the cabinets. IVAN happens to knock a photograph in a broken frame off of the table towards the floor, but he snatches it out of the air before it smashes into the ground.

IVAN looks at the photograph. In it, two smiling girls are sitting at a table, apparently in this office. Behind them stands a somewhat older woman with white hair in a dressing gown (this is BABA-YAGA in her youth).

IVAN returns the photograph to the table and hides behind one of the racks. The raincoated figure has turned one of the cabinets around. This one is taken up by a large tank in which some liquid gurgles. The tank walls are heavily insulated. BABA-YAGA intently studies the tank. She coughs. IVAN looks intently at her. BABA-YAGA suddenly raises her head as if feeling his gaze.

IVAN stands still, hiding behind of one of the cabinets, out of the BABA-YAGA's field of view. It is not clear whether he managed to hide himself in time or not. There is a rustle and the sound of footsteps. Then complete silence. Ivan waits. He carefully attempts to look out of his hiding place. At this moment, the silhouette of BABA-YAGA appears right behind him in the shadows. She grabs for IVAN's neck.

IVAN grunts and turns to flee, after pushing BABA-YAGA aside. But BABA-YAGA tripped him and IVAN noisily falling into a heap of debris and trips. IVAN scramble to turn and draw his sword, but BABA-YAGA's sword (just like MOREVNA'S SWORD!) is already in his face. The lamp light reflects off the blade into his eyes.

IVAN lifts his hand to block the light. BABA-YAGA, after looking him over, returns her sword to its scabbard and reaches out her hand. IVAN looks with distrust at the raincoated figure.

Sister-Doctor and The Little Sparrow

EXT. NIGHT - CLEARING WITH MOREVNA'S BROKEN MOTORCYCLE

SPARROW lies on a tilted stump. SISTER-DOCTOR's car is nearby. SISTER-DOCTOR attempts to resuscitate SPARROW. MAN-IN-BLACK approaches.

SISTER-DOCTOR:

(without turning, angled away from MAN-IN-BLACK)

Is it his time already?

[In the original text there's more doubt in the question. This asking is closer to a prayer, she can't believe that it's time to die for SPARROW. She asking herself, but it equally can be addressed to a MAN-IN-BLACK. And the meaning is like "Can't be it's his time already?", "Surely his time has come?", "Is it really his time already?", "Is it his time has come?" That's the dual-meaning of the scene - it's not clarified to the viewer is SISTER-DOCTOR really see and hear MAN-IN-BLACK or not, but at the both cases scene remains sane. --KonstantinDmitriev 15:21, 30 January 2010 (UTC) ]

[Okay, this has the double meaning you wanted Digitante ]

MAN-IN-BLACK:

(smiling faintly)

No, no. I only stopped in passing...

[Not sure what the intent is here. What does he want to ask her? He might say he's "just curious" or "just watching" if the intent was only to find out what's going on with the SPARROW. Digitante 03:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)]

[Yes, "just watching" - is close to the right meaning. I meant something like "just passing through" / "just passing by" - don't what is correct. --KonstantinDmitriev 15:21, 30 January 2010 (UTC)]

[Okay, "stopped in passing" avoids the unimportant detail and emphasizes motion -- pausing and then leaving without doing anything. Of course MAN-IN-BLACK is "Death", so SPARROW is spared. Digitante 03:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)]

MAN-IN-BLACK passes by behind SISTER-DOCTOR.

SPARROW opens eyes. From his point of view we see a cloudy image of SISTER-DOCTOR. There is no one behind her.

Getting the map

INT. NIGHT - RESEARCH CENTER RUINS, LABORATORY

BABA-YAGA sits near the tank she has turned around, and untwists its cap. She coughs. IVAN sits on the floor nearby, leaning against the wall with his arms folded. BABA-YAGA fills a container with the silvery liquid in the tank.

BABA-YAGA

(absent-mindedly)

No, I've seen no robots around here.

She puts two wires into the liquid in the container. The contained liquid instantly hardens into a whimsical form.

BABA-YAGA

(continuing)

What does it look like? Who's controlling it?

She takes the solid form out of the container and holds it up to her eyes.

IVAN

No one...

BABA-YAGA raises her head, dropping the object on the floor.

BABA-YAGA

No one?

IVAN

(not noticing her reaction)

It looked that way to me. It talked by itself and...

BABA-YAGA

(looking at Ivan in shock)

He escaped after all...

IVAN

He?

BABA-YAGA

The robot you are looking for. Koshchei. Oh, dark times are coming.

BABA-YAGA gets up off of the floor.

IVAN

Wait, you do know something?

BABA-YAGA grasps for a handle on the tank.

BABA-YAGA

Go home, young man. No time for that now.

IVAN

(emotionally)

Wait, tell me where to find him!

BABA-YAGA attempts to pull the tank across the floor, but it's too heavy for her.

BABA-YAGA

(coughs)

You don't need to know about this. Don't search for your death.

IVAN

(runs up to her)

Please! This is very, very important to me!

BABA-YAGA

(looking fixedly at him)

So you are...

(pause)

Help me out, young man, and I will show you.

EXT. NIGHT - RESEARCH CENTER RUINS, INDUSTRIAL YARD

IVAN and BABA-YAGA pull the tank into the trailer of her truck. BABA-YAGA climbs into the cab, and reaches out with a map.

BABA-YAGA

Here, take this. Koshchei is on Buyan Island.

(points out a road on the map)

This is the way to get there.

IVAN

(taking the map)

Thanks.

BABA-YAGA

Good luck, young man.

BABA-YAGA's truck drives off into the night.

Crossing the bridge

EXT. NIGHT - BRIDGE TO BUYAN ISLAND

There are many SOLDIERS encamped near the bridge. They have military vehicles and trucks loaded with explosives. The bridge is blocked by barricades with signs reading “DANGER!” and “ROAD CLOSED!”

IVAN'S CAR appears from behind the top of nearest hill and stops. IVAN looks at the bridge. Then he guns the accelerator and the car plunges towards the barricades at full speed. SOLDIERS see him, but it's too late, because he's already too close. SOLDIERS run confused.

A SOLDIER:

Stop! Not this way! It's blocked!

IVAN'S CAR crashes through the barricades and over the bridge. Two POLICE CARS chase after him. Pursuit continues briefly, but then IVAN makes a high-speed sharp turn which the POLICE CARS can't follow. They crash into bushes on the side of the road and get stuck.

A POLICEMAN comes out of one car, looking towards IVAN'S CAR departing.

POLICEMAN:

That guy is out of his mind...

POLICE CARS leave in disarray, returning back to the bridge.

First escape

EXT. NIGHT - KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS

IVAN'S CAR races towards KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS.

KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS is enclosed by a rock wall. At the corners, there are several towers. In the center is a main building (the fortress itself), with a central tower above it. A very large garage is attached to one side of the main building.

There is fighting near the FORTRESS. Several helicopters are vainly attempting to shoot at KOSHCHEI as he flies around them. One helicopter is being controlled by PAYLAT. KOSHCHEI shoots down two of the helicopters, but a third succeeds in firing a rocket into KOSHCHEI.

PILOT 1

Take that, Koshchei, you bastard!

KOSHCHEI flies away, but his shell immediately recovering from the damage made by the missile. He continues the battle.

PILOT 1

Damn it! How could it be?

PILOT 2

The Water of Death...

[I'm pretty clueless as to what that was about. But I learned some Russian cuss words. I get that "Water of Death" is significant from the fairy tale, but how is it being used here? An invocation/expletive? Or is he concerned that Koshchei is about to use the Water of Death or something? Also not sure about "Is that so?" -- is Pilot 1 supposed to be taunting Koshchei for running away?Digitante 22:29, 2 February 2010 (UTC)]

[In brief: Koshchei is recovering and pilot 1 wonders how is it possible. Pilot 2 drops in reply: "Death Water", meaning that Koshchei is made of Death Water. But he is to concentrated on the battle to explain that in detail. Death Water concept is briefly described here: http://synfig.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=458#p458 --KonstantinDmitriev 05:33, 3 February 2010 (UTC)]

[I knew what the "Water of Death" was, but I wasn't sure how it related to the conversation (mainly because I misinterpreted the sentence before it) -- thanks for clarifying. I restored this to "Water of Death" which I think you should adopt, because: 1) it's the formula used in the fairy tale, 2) it has been used in a similar way in English stories and science fiction books (particularly your nanomachine explanation occurs in "The Snow Queen" and "The Summer Queen" by Joan Vinge), 3) "Death Water" sounds mundane and boring while "Water of Death" has 'weight' (it sounds archaic, but that's good in this situation), and 4) it is symmetric with "Water of Life", which of course, has a _long_ history in English-language stories and will be immediately understood. Digitante 04:23, 5 February 2010 (UTC)]

[You convinced me. ^___^ --KonstantinDmitriev 07:23, 5 February 2010 (UTC)]

KOSHCHEI, running low on fuel, returns to hide inside the FORTRESS.

PILOT 1

What's going on? Where's he gone?

PILOT 2

He must be out of fuel. He can't last long. Still using A-76, eh?

[I'm guessing this is some kind of reference to the gas station company "76"? Digitante 22:29, 2 February 2010 (UTC)]

[Here's A-76 gasoline referenced, a very low grade kind of gasoline. I don't know is it related to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76_%28Conoco_Phillips%29 or not. --KonstantinDmitriev 05:33, 3 February 2010 (UTC)]

PAYLAT:

Hey, it's a good bargain!

[If this was a word play, you're going to have to explain it to me. Digitante 22:29, 2 February 2010 (UTC)]

[That fits very well! ^__^ --KonstantinDmitriev 05:33, 3 February 2010 (UTC)]

PILOT 1:

Cut the chatter! Our priority is killing the target. Concentrate your fire on the central tower!

It's at this moment that IVAN'S CAR arrives at the FORTRESS. IVAN gets out of the car. PAYLAT sees him and takes his helicopter down.

PILOT 2:

Paylat!

PILOT 1:

Hell with it, follow the order!

The helicopters move towards the central tower.

INT. NIGHT - KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS, CENTRAL TOWER, UPPER ROOM

MOREVNA is unconscious, hanging from chains on the wall. Her amulet is gone. In the room is a table and chair. The chair is similar to a dentist's chair.

[I'm assuming this is meant to imply torture rather than dental hygiene Digitante 22:29, 2 February 2010 (UTC)]

[LOL --KonstantinDmitriev 05:33, 3 February 2010 (UTC)]

EXT. NIGHT - KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS, CENTRAL TOWER

Helicopters direct sights at the upper room of tower.

EXT. NIGHT - KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS, [WINCH?]

PAYLAT'S HELICOPTER lands in front of IVAN'S CAR. IVAN can see into the HELICOPTER. PAYLAT in turn looks at IVAN.

EXT. NIGHT - KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS, CENTRAL TOWER

Rockets fly from the HELICOPTERS. They go towards the CENTRAL TOWER, but explode several meters short. The tower is unharmed.

PILOT 1:

There's a force field! Damn!

PILOT 2:

The source must be...

(cut off)

Now, GUNS on the walls and outer towers open fire on the HELICOPTERS.

PILOT 1:

It's a trap!

INT. NIGHT - KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS, LABORATORY

KOSHCHEI sits at a control panel, consisting of radar screen, other monitors, and lots of buttons.

KOSHCHEI

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

[God this is cheesy. He needs to have a nice metallic filtered laugh. Would be awesome. Still cheesy though. Digitante 22:29, 2 February 2010 (UTC)]

[^__^ --KonstantinDmitriev 05:33, 3 February 2010 (UTC)]

[I'm auditioning for that part when the time comes to find voices. ;-) Digitante 04:23, 5 February 2010 (UTC)]

With relish swallows gasoline from the mug in his hand.

KOSHCHEI:

Bwa-ha-ha-ha!

EXT. NIGHT - KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS, CENTRAL TOWER

HELICOPTERS, maneuvering between the towers, are trying to avoid the guns and escape. Above them flies PAYLAT'S HELICOPTER. Guns shoot down one HELICOPTER and heavily damage another.

PILOT 1:

Retreat! Retreat!

PAYLAT'S HELICOPTER also flies away damaged, rocking absurdly as it flies.

INT. NIGHT - KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS, LABORATORY

Points on the radar screen fly away to the edges, away from the fortress. KOSHCHEI looks with satisfaction at the screen, swallows from mug and stands up in front of the control panel.

The camera exits through the LABORATORY window and tracks to the ROOF of the CENTRAL TOWER.

EXT. NIGHT - KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS, CENTRAL TOWER ROOF

Ivan stands on the roof. A rope is tied to his belt. IVAN jumps from the roof downward, swinging Tarzan-style. He hovers directly outside the window of the UPPER ROOM. He can see MOREVNA through the window.

IVAN reachs back and pulls his sword out.

IVAN

Hi, Baby!

[This was in English originally. We could also do it in Russian in the English version (but I'm not sure what would fit) Digitante 22:29, 2 February 2010 (UTC)]

[Let's leave it English. Ivan uses slang, but I'm really not sure that any English-speaking person would use Russian words as a slang in that kind of situation. --KonstantinDmitriev 05:33, 3 February 2010 (UTC)]

INT. NIGHT - KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS, CENTRAL TOWER, UPPER ROOM

IVAN cuts the fetters with his sword.

EXT. NIGHT - KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS, LABORATORY

The fortress gates burst open in an explosion and IVAN runs out, carrying MOREVNA. He runs to the car. KOSHCHEI, hearing the explosion looks out the window to see them.

KOSHCHEI:

(enraged)

What?!

KOSHCHEI runs away from the window. The garage doors open. Two bright headlights are seen within. There is a roar from a motor, and KOSHCHEI exits the garage in his BELAZ [A very large dumptruck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BELAZ ]

First chase

EXT. NIGHT - BUYAN ISLAND ROAD

Koshchei is chasing Ivan (Pursuit in the style "Need For Speed Underground", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_For_Speed_Underground).

IVAN tries as hard as he can to escape the pursuit, but he doesn't succeed. KOSHCHEI'S BELAZ is a really souped up machine with modifications.

KOSHCHEI laughs loudly in the cab as he gets nearer. Then he hits the "nitro," fire belches from the smokestack and the BELAZ flies through the air over IVAN'S CAR.

The BELAZ is reflected in the windshield of IVAN'S CAR as it flies over. The BELAZ lands on the road in front of it, blocking the way. IVAN slams on the breaks to avoid hitting it and stops.

KOSHCHEI gets out of the BELAZ and approaches IVAN'S CAR. He tears the window off of the passenger side of the car and pulls MOREVNA out, completely ignoring IVAN. IVAN jumps out of the car in a rage to confront KOSHCHEI, but he's brought up short as KOSCHEI turns to him.

KOSHCHEI:

A word of advice, Ivan. Forget Marya Morevna. I'll let you escape this once, but next time there will be no mercy!

IVAN droops his head. KOSHCHEI takes MOREVNA into the BELAZ and leaves. A strange smile appears on IVAN's face.

Blow'em up

INT. NIGHT - COMMAND CENTER

OROSHAY POLIVAYEVICH stands near one of the windows, facing the window, hands folded behind him. He enjoys the view. An adviser enters and whispers something to him quietly.

OROSHAY POLIVAYEVICH

(nods):

Set them off.

Adviser departs.

Second escape

EXT. NIGHT - KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS

From the central tower we hear MOREVNA's cries.

MOREVNA:

Let me go! Let me go, damn it! Or I'll tear you apart!!!

INT. NIGHT - KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS, TOWER ROOM

KOSHCHEI stands facing MOREVNA, who is tied up with ropes. She strains against the ropes, trying (unsuccessfully) to get loose. KOSHCHEI reaches and takes the AMULET from around her neck, and tosses it idly in his hand.

KOSHCHEI:

I'll be in my laboratory. But you will stay here!

KOSHCHEI leaves with the AMULET. Rustling is heard at the window. MOREVNA looks through the window, where Ivan is hanging on the rain gutter.

IVAN:

All right, let's go?

MOREVNA:

Ivan Tsarevich!

EXT. NIGHT - KOSHCHEI'S FORTRESS

IVAN and MOREVNA run out through the open gates and into the car. As KOSHCHEI passes by the window, he looks through and sees them.

KOSHCHEI:

(totally enraged)

What?!

[For future reference, you probably wanted "flipped off", though "pissed" or "pissed off" is my dialect. These expressions are very regional, though. "Enraged" will be understood by all. Digitante 04:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)]

KOSHCHEI runs to the garage, and starts his BELAZ.

Second chase

EXT. NIGHT - BUYAN ISLAND, HIGHWAY

IVAN and MOREVNA are in IVAN'S CAR, running away from KOSHCHEI'S BELAZ.

IVAN:

Faster! Go faster!

MOREVNA:

What are we going to do?

IVAN:

I don't know! I just want to get you back!

MOREVNA

But what can we do about Koshchei?

IVAN:

If we can't shake him, we might have to find a way to finish him off.

MOREVNA:

But there's no way. He's immortal.

IVAN:

How do you know that?

MOREVNA:

His death - is...[me]

The BELAZ rams the back of the car and her last words drown in the sound of crashing metal, but we can see MOREVNA's lips pronouncing "me."

[Yes, the sentence is incomplete. She should say "His death - this is me" --KonstantinDmitriev 07:59, 5 February 2010 (UTC)]

[Okay, if I understood the treatment, this should now make sense. We're referring to the nanomachine connection between Morevna and Koshchei. The word should be in the screenplay since the actor and animator need to know it to get this right. I used "in me" instead of "is me" because I think we're talking about the nanomachines being in her body (this would be Water-of-Death technology jargon, so it would be understood by Ivan only under the assumption that he is familiar with the technology -- which I _think_ is true in your story). Another possibility is "is mine" -- as in "if he dies, so do I". Ivan would probably understand that even if he hadn't heard of the Water of Death, even though it's a weird sympathetic-magic idea. It doesn't seem to be important whether the audience understands this connection at this point in the story(?). Notably, the lips will look very different for "me" versus "mine". Digitante 14:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)]

[Still it's better to stick to "is me" version, because the exact meaning here is "if I die - then he dies". Nanomachines are not referenced directly as being inside of her body, instead of that Morevna is treated as Koshchei's death herself - that' s closer to original meaning. And yes, it doesn't important whether the audience understands this connection at this point in the story. --KonstantinDmitriev 15:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)]

[BTW: "treatment" is screenwriters' jargon for what you titled "story plot" on the Synfig forum, that is "an informal description of a plot" it can be either a "short" or "summary" treatment (like what you wrote) or it can be a "detailed" treatment, which usually has one paragraph to describe each scene in the final screenplay. Digitante 14:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)]

[Oh, that's good to know for me! ^___^ --KonstantinDmitriev 15:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)]

IVAN [desperately] turns the steering wheel, trying his best to keep the car on the road. But his eyes are filled with surprise at what he just heard. He's looking at her instead of the road.

Pictures flash by in black-and-white:

• An opened chest standing inside a cave.

• A broken egg shell on the stones, covered by feathers.

IVAN:

God...

KOSHCHEI laughs out loud and accelerates. The BELAZ'S right wheel hits the left side of IVAN'S CAR (where Ivan is sitting), and rolls right over, crushing the entire left side of the car into the asphalt, along with IVAN himself.

MOREVNA, in the right side of the car, remains intact. Her eyes are wide with horror and she cannot speak at first. Then she cries out hysterically.

An image of IVAN talking just now flashes before her eyes and wheel of the BelAz crushing the car with him. [cutaway?][flashback?].

[My issue here was only that the direction seems to say what _Morevna_ sees, but we need to know what the _camera_ sees. I'm assuming we're cutting either to a still image or a moving image of Ivan talking. Does the flashback include seeing him die? (the machine translation mentions a "wheel", but that could be either the "steering wheel" or the "wheel of the BelAz crushing the car+Ivan" (Eww). Digitante 14:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)]

[Yes, the camera shows event from the Morevna's point of view. Distracting moment, eh? --KonstantinDmitriev 15:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)]

She continues to scream, even louder. The window behind her (on the right side of the car) is torn away, and KOSHCHEI'S metal hands pull her out of the car. She tries to escape, holding on to the mutilated car, but KOSHCHEI simply pulls her away and carries her off.

Before MOREVNA's eyes flicker images of her memories:

MONTAGE

• IVAN and MOREVNA in a clearing near the house. MOREVNA'S head on IVAN'S shoulder.

• IVAN and MOREVNA on the motorcycle driving on a sunny day. IVAN is sitting on the baggage carrier [isn't trunk a better word?].

• IVAN and MOREVNA swinging on a rope together. MOREVNA screams, but IVAN appears to be enjoying himself.

• IVAN and MOREVNA on the beach, fighting a shark.

The BELAZ is riding away. MOREVNA holds onto the window looking back. We see the road. MOREVNA, going into shock, sits depressed and listless in the seat. KOSHCHEI drives the truck without looking at her.

Revival

EXT. ISLAND IS THE BRAWLER OF HIGHWAY THE PLACE FOR DEATH OF IVAN THE MORNING

The mutilated machine of Ivan costs in the puddle of the blood. It dawns.

The machines of the sisters of Ivan drive up from three sides to the machine. From them first crawl out their husbands, and then also sisters themselves.

Sister- doctor snatches out syringe and with the medical cart and the first-aid kit departs for the sequence to the machine. Because of the sequence begin to throw out the fragments, boots, bottles and so forth. junk.

Sister- mechanic then approaches. It obtains open-end wrench and begins something to sculpture, unscrewing something, welding and the like.

Then the turn of Sister- nun begins. It obtains cross and it begins to read incantation according to the magic book. In this time other two sisters all around run sprinkling all by living water. The glow begins to go from the book.

The post of light escapes from the broken machine, after tossing up several fragments into air. Light becomes all brighter.

Husbands, who stand at some distance, put on black glasses. Everything, except businessman - it thus entire [mult] in the black glasses.

The dark figure , which resembles the figure of Ivan, appears from the light. Left eye catches fire by red flame. Becomes evident that this Ivan, but his head is surrounded by metallic hoop with the stone, left eye artificial, right hand and left leg mechanical.

Husbands in the shock.

Ivan opens his eyes, he rocks, sisters support him. It looks with the horror at its hands, looks into the sky and [izdaet] howl.

Sky grows dark, find clouds, it begins to drizzle shower.

It sits on the stone- near the fragments of its machine, [prigoryunivshis], Ivan. They near cost the machine of sisters.

Sister- mechanic sits in the salon. Next to it [Roker]. They keep silent, they look at the figure of Ivan. Yard-keepers work. Sister sighs, and he leaves from the machine.

It approaches Ivan, but it is not decided to address. Remaining two sisters from behind approach.

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SISTER- MECHANIC: Let us go into the machine. We worry about you.

Ivan a little compresses and unclenches metallic hand. It [poskripyvaet] in the rain.

Ivan: ( without raising head) why all this?

SISTER- MECHANIC: I… I do not know. (pause) that you do intend to make?

Ivan: To make… What I can make?

Flickers the sequence of speaking [Morevny] “its death this… “, but without the sound.

Ivan: I myself. All destroyed by its hands… I cannot make anything.

SISTER- DOCTOR: (sorrowfully) but you must save Maria [Morevna]!!!

Ivan: (it jumps up) it must?!! I MUST? How? No! There is no to me method! (heavily it does breathe) why, why it was return? There to me and road! Now I… (raises my upward metallic hand) now I entirely as… (it brings down it to the nearest [torchashchuyu] from the earth cliff, cliff it flies away)

Ivan lies on the splinters quietly sobbing.

Ivan: (in a whisper) also monster…

SISTER- DOCTOR: (it approaches it) listen to, Ivan…

Sister- doctor concerns by the hand of his arm but it with the wild view it repulses it.

Ivan: Do not touch! Leave me!

Sister- doctor falls on the earth. Ivan here itself jumps aside as scalded. With the horror it looks at the sister lying on the earth, catches its view. It looks at its mechanical arm.

Repulsing by hands air, makes one step back, another, it stumbles and runs away for the shroud of rain. Sister- doctor makes step after it, but Sister- mechanic stops.

SISTER- MECHANIC: We made all that they could.

It looks to it after.

Despair

EXT. ISLAND IS BRAWLER STONY WASTE LAND THE DAY

Ivan runs. It passes to the step. It shaves on the stony earth, without investigating road. Head is omitted, it does not look where it goes, drops drip from the wet hair.

EXT. SOAKED [KOSHCHEYA] COURT THE DAY

Soaked [Koshcheya]. In the court it costs [BelAZ]. [Koshchey] of [volochet] after itself absolutely [ponikshuyu], not being resisted [Morevnu].

EXT. BRIDGE TO THE ISLAND BRAWLER IS THE DAY

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Soldiers mine bridge and base of island.

EXT. ISLAND IS THE BRAWLER OF HIGHWAY THE PLACE FOR DEATH OF IVAN THE DAY

Sisters stand all under the rain. On the foreground Of [roker] it rings on the cell phone.

EXT. ISLAND IS BRAWLER STONY WASTE LAND THE DAY

The bell luminesces on the cell phone of Ivan. Ivan looks, and rejects cell phone to the stones. It goes further.

EXT. ISLAND IS THE BRAWLER OF HIGHWAY THE PLACE FOR DEATH OF IVAN THE DAY

[Roker] looks at the telephone, then some another number is set up.

[ROKER]: Allo… Yes, I. It not completely.

EXT. ISLAND IS BRAWLER STONY WASTE LAND THE DAY

Ivan goes further. At the horizon because of the shroud of rain shows the silhouette of dark building - some ruins.

INT. SOAKED [KOSHCHEYA] CENTRAL TOWER UPPER ROOM THE EVENING

Maria [Morevna] lies at the armchair even not connected and by lifeless view it looks into the window. The lattices are established on the window. After the back Of [morevny] is visible the back of outgoing [Koshcheya].

INT. ISLAND IS BRAWLER RUINS THE EVENING

Ivan goes inside the building of ruins. It [smerkaetsya], clouds disperse.

INT. SOAKED [KOSHCHEYA] CENTRAL TOWER UPPER ROOM THE NIGHT

[Morevna] looks into the window at the moon. Before its eyes flicker the fragments of its old battle [Koshcheem] in mono-chromium.

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INT. ISLAND IS BRAWLER RUINS THE NIGHT

Ivan looks to this - moon through the window. It descends to the elbows and, [zazhmuriv] eye, in the desperation it concerns by the head of floor.

Clouds finally disperse from the moon.

Ivan will sleep, after being rolled up [kalachikom] on the rock floor. The light of moon through the breach in the ceiling illuminates it.

Fellow in the black

INT. ISLAND IS BRAWLER RUINS THE MORNING

Ivan opens eyes.

Near fellow in the black sits on the pebble. Something it makes it hammers together from the boards. As if no attention to Ivan is turned.

Ivan rises, he sits down herself. To it to [pofigu]. Man continues to make.

Pause is involved. Ivan wants to arise and to leave, but manages to make only easy motion by hand and only tax body forward (in this case it is heard light rustle). Fellow in the black catches this motion and throws view from under the strand of hair to it.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: Impolite, Ali entirely by view is narrow it did become?

Ivan dies and is turned to it.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: How do you do, Ivan.

Ivan: ([smushchenno]) how do you do.

Ivan sits after standing still as was, without knowing as himself news. Fellow in the black continues his work.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: What [prigoryunilsya]? … You would go home.

Pause.

Ivan: Home? … (faster to itself, than to man) do not have i now house… I indeed now… Now entirely as it. I now by Maria [Morevne] to the eyes seem cannot… To indulge I now. Anything not better…

Thus far Ivan he speaks it looks at its mechanical arm. Flickers the sequence of that rejected to the earth of Sister- doctor.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: Hammer you do here see? It is possible to board up nails by it, to build house. But it is possible also head to man to break. This is tool. It not poor and not good. All depends on man, who manages it.

Fellow in the black thus far speaks, [otklvdyvaet] hammer to the side and it begins to sharpen by knife the piece of tree (aspen stake). Ivan involuntarily follows its motions and to him behave in a queer way themselves any abominations - together with the wood of men it as if grinds off pieces its it is finger, absolutely

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without noting this. [Byaka]-[byaka]! Ivan in the horror looks, but he is worthwhile for it to blink, as vision it disappears.

Ivan: (all still in the shock from the the [uvidenogo], unable to detach view away from the hands of fellow in the black) from where you do know as me they do call? You, sky, sisters my did send?

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: ([khokhotnuv]) sisters in you is simple gold. No they sent me not they. Yes even not time by them to still me see.

Ivan: But to me, does leave, time?

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: You indeed like to here die did intend?

Ivan: (wonderingly) from where you did learn?

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: It arrived to help.

Ivan: (it does jump up) that???

But already they fly in it, as if darts, nails. Ivan [uvorachivaetsya]. Nails fly directly near its face. Ivan, carrying out by their view it sees as they they insert themselves into the rock wall.

Ivan turns around again to the man. That already flies to it with the hammer in one hand and the stake in another.

Ivan [uvorachivaetsya] from one impact, another. For it succeeds to grip fellow in the black for the hand and to knock out first stake, then hammer. Fellow in the black jumps aside to the side and at the following moment Ivan sees that the fellow holds in the hands amulet, very similar to that that had Maria [Morevny], but another form. Fellow in the black sneers.

Ivan, without knowing what to expect, makes step back. Man strongly compresses amulet and that it catches fire by from within gleam.

In the head of Ivan the flashes ignite. Eyes are enlarged, pupils become narrow, Ivan squeezes teeth. Follows still one flash and the mechanical leg of Ivan breaks. Ivan falls to the earth. In its ears crack, hissing, the sounds are similar to the howls.

Here mechanical arm begins to suffocate it. Ivan chokes it attempts to resist, but in the eyes already he grows turbid. Above it appears the figure of fellow in the black.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: Well look to itself. Give, die, you, evil unclean.

Suddenly instead of the figure of man appears Maria [Morevny]'s figure, exactly also as at the beginning, when they first time were encountered.

MARIA [MOREVNA]: How you they do call?

Ivan: I Ivan. That which tsarevich.

Flashes of personnel of the life of Ivan with The the [morevnoy]. They are sped up

Ivan: I Ivan [Tsarevich]!

[Melteshnya].

Ivan: I IVAN IS TSAREVICH!

Ivan yells not by his voice. And the [vsleduyushchiy] moment all ceases - and sounds and flash. Silence. Ivan stands face to face with the fellow in the black, holding by one hand (mechanical!) it for the hand with the stopped up amulet. Fellow in the black appears slightly astonished, but contented. It easily pushes Ivan into the stomach by free hand. From this push Ivan flies away to the opposite wall.

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Ivan here jumps up. Fellow in the black already runs along the half-wrecked stairs upward to the roof. Ivan rushes by track.

INT. ISLAND IS BRAWLER RUINS ROOF THE MORNING

Ivan stops in the aperture of output at the roof. Before it spreads infinite distance, fields, blue sky and gold sun ascending at the horizon. Ivan stands that bewitched by picture. On top after the back of Ivan is lowered the being rocked leg of fellow in the black - it sits on the cornice above the output to the roof from which recently it ran out Ivan.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: (it admires rise) if is the spirit, strong as steel - the rest nothing and it does not mean.

Ivan: ( it deeply inhales) now I know what it is to stand, when there are all foundations for already lying.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: (departing) this is your force. You took from each other the better. Really you do think that you simply so from there they did let go?

Ivan turns around, but around already there is no one, only two black plumelet turn in air. There, where only that there was fellow in the black on the stone- it lies the cell phone of Ivan.

Where the sun arises at the horizon, the figures of the going sisters of Ivan appear at the background of gold sky.

Ivan looks at the cell phone. The number is already collected on it, it remains to harvest the button of the removal of tube only.

EXT. SOAKED [KOSHCHEYA] CENTRAL TOWER UPPER ROOM THE EVENING

Maria [Morevna] sits in the tower in the complete desperation. Some rustle reaches from the side of window. [Morevna] does not react. Then bell is heard - cell phone on the window-sill rings. [Morevna] is turned in the consternation, sees telephone and departing away [Vorobushka]. Telephone continues to ring. [Morevna], all still fear to believe take tube.

INT. ISLAND IS BRAWLER RUINS ROOF THE MORNING

Ivan: Allo! Maria [Morevna]? :.

EXT. SOAKED [KOSHCHEYA] CENTRAL TOWER UPPER ROOM THE EVENING

Maria [Morevna] with the surprise chokes and falls back, directly to the floor, to the back. It lies on the spin, looking by the sightless view into the ceiling.

MARIA [MOREVNA]: (almost in a whisper, it breathes out) To [vau]! :. You is living!

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INT. ISLAND IS BRAWLER RUINS ROOF THE MORNING

Ivan: You do not know, where By the [koshchey] immortal such wheelbarrows does take?

Baba Yaga's automobile workshop

EXT. BRIDGE TO THE ISLAND BRAWLER IS THE DAY

Ivan in the machine is carried past the barrages across the bridge. No one of the soldiers manages even to react.

EXT. RAM- YAGI AUTO-SALON

_ on building, resembling auto-washing and ONE HUNDRED hang signboard: “The auto-salon of Ram- Yagi ". Ivan drives up, he leaves from the machine and approaches the door.

DOOR: Password?

Ivan removes hair from the eyes and are shut eyes. Its face assumes the pacified expression.

Ivan: Cottage- cottage, become to the scaffolding backwards, and to me front.

Door is opened.

INT. RAM- YAGI AUTO-SALON THE DAY

Ram -[Yaga] - grey [sukhonkaya] elderly woman with the hooked nose and the black eyebrows - sits at the table, on which it costs [noutbuk]. _ in angle near door hang black raincoat - that same, in which it be in ruins laboratory. Ivan enters. Raincoat is located beyond its back and it does not note it.

Ivan: It is healthy, the ram -[Yaga] of aka bone foot. Give this wheelbarrow to me so as to pass [BelAZ] Of [koshcheya] of immortal!

RAM -[YaGa]: [Koshcheya] of immortal, you do speak? Let us go with me.

Is opened the door, beyond which is located dark corridor. Ram -[Yaga] goes inward, Ivan makes several steps and he dies. Throughout entire corridor stand the robots, similar to [Koshcheya].

RAM -[YaGa]: Does not fear, follow me.

Ivan: For second it seemed me… that they living. (it goes after by ram -[Yagoy]).

RAM -[YaGa]: (it smiles) that you, [milok], machine cannot be living… (it coughs also through the pause quietly it adds) without the man.

Ivan: But… from where this all here.

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The ram Of [yaga] ignoring a question it approaches the door.

RAM -[YaGa]: The most rapid wheelbarrow is for sure necessary to you.

Ivan: Machine I myself - this all, on what I can hope.

Dark screen. Rises the door of the garage against the background of bright light they are visible the silhouettes of Ram- Yagi and Ivan. The eyes of Ivan are enlarged.

Ivan: (in the shock) God is my…

Final escape

EXT. HIGHWAY ARE THE DAY

Ivan will go along the road on the Dnieper Cossack.

EXT. BRIDGE TO THE ISLAND THE BRAWLER

Luxurious machine drives up. The General with the protection leaves from it. Approaches COMMANDER and something they report.

Ivan on the Dnieper Cossack by passes, he brings down barrages and it will go across the bridge. Everything after opening mouths in the silent surprise they observe this picture.

GENERAL: (in the consternation) that this was?

COMMANDING: I… I…

GENERAL: This is it! Explode faster, from the island no one not to let out!

EXT. SOAKED [KOSHCHEYA] THE DAY

Ivan drives up to the lock Of [koshcheya] of immortal. Something speaks on the telephone, then it crawls out from the machine.

INT. SOAKED [KOSHCHEYA] CENTRAL TOWER UPPER ROOM THE DAY

Maria [Morevna] is buried after the improvised barricade from the furniture.

EXT. SOAKED [KOSHCHEYA] THE DAY

Ivan throws to spread to garnet into the window of Maria [Morevny]'s tower. Explosion.

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Past the window it passes As [koshchey], ceiling crumbles directly to it to the head, filling up it. Remain visible only feet, by which it stirs in air.

Tousled, but contented Maria [Morevna] shows in the breach. Using a raincoat as parachute, Maria [Morevna] jumps from the tower to the earth.

[Morevna] embraces Ivan.

MARIA [MOREVNA]: God, as this so came out…

Ivan: It is more rapid!

It for the hand is taken, they sit down themselves into the machine. Ivan harvests to the gas, they leave.

[Koshchey] it is selected from the heap of fragments, shakes by cams and rushes into the garage.

Last pursuit

EXT. ISLAND IS THE BRAWLER OF HIGHWAY THE DAY

Ivan and [Morevna] rush on the Dnieper Cossack along the road. Them overtakes [BelAZ] Of [koshcheya].

Ivan harvests to the additional pedal of gas and Dnieper Cossack two increases her speed, being torn off from [BelAZa] Of [koshcheya].

[KOSHCHEY]: What???

Is included the lever of nitrogen and it also increases speed.

Bridge in front is seen.

EXT. BRIDGE TO THE ISLAND THE BRAWLER

GENERAL: Explode!

Explosive detonates. Bridge first explodes, then explosions begin to disperse from it to the different sides on the base of island.

EXT. ISLAND IS THE BRAWLER OF HIGHWAY THE DAY

Ivan: (frightenedly) God is my! Bridge…

Maria [Morevna] raises head.

Ivan: It is necessary to impede!

MARIA [MOREVNA]: No! I give I will bring!

It attempts to undertake control.

Ivan: (in panic) no!

MARIA [MOREVNA]: Believe to me! Release me for the control!

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Ivan: I believe but… (entire it is compressed, it squeezes teeth) I all wanted to you to say… This I in everything am guilty! I let out [Koshcheya]! I! This I must all correct!

Maria [Morevna] with the surprise looks at it, then soft smile appears at its face.

MARIA [MOREVNA]: I know. This is your fault.

Ivan still more greatly is compressed and squeezes teeth. [Morevna] embraces it for the arms.

MARIA [MOREVNA]: But I still with you. And not for which I will return. Not for which. (Ivan it reveals eyes) I with you, therefore that I so want.

Ivan raises head.

Ivan: (quietly, through the tears) I also greatly want.

MARIA [MOREVNA]: It means together…

Ivan releases it and they two together undertake control. Machine runs up on the break of bridge and flies into the precipice.

Ivan and Maria [MOREVNA]: It [neeeeeeet]!!!!

Darkness.

Flashback

INT. DAY FLASHBACK - BABA-YAGA'S AUTO-SHOP

BABA-YAGA:

You're certainly going to need a fast car.

IVAN:

Me and my car -- such is my only hope.

BABA-YAGA:

That's where... you are totally wrong!

Battle

EXT. BRIDGE TO THE ISLAND BRAWLER IS THE DAY

Dnieper Cossack flies from the bridge. Suddenly from it are advanced the white wings, similar to the wings of bird. Dnieper Cossack rockets upwards and it flies so far to another edge of bridge. When it is already ready to land, its lower part is converted into the feet. Dnieper Cossack lands to the feet. In the cab [torchat] of leg and arm of Ivan and Maria [Morevny] - they [posvalivalis] from the seats in the time of landing. Machine stands several seconds motionlessly, it then continues transformation - from the upper part appear one after another the hands, cab is equalized relative to the earth, being converted into the cab of control.

By [koshchey] it sharply impedes, its [BelAZ] barely will bring in and it stops on the opposite side of bridge. The island brawler cover explosions and it begins to sink in the sea abyss. [BelAZ] hides itself in the shroud of fire.

Soldiers together with the General with the consternation look on the raised before them robot.

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Ivan: ( it is joyfully examined all around) holy mare! As… As this all…

[Morevna] rushes to it to the neck.

MARIA [MOREVNA]: We was able!

Hoop on the head of Ivan [treshchit] and it is broken into pieces. Now it has normal head. [Morevna] irons Ivan on the cheek.

GENERAL: (in the shock) this… purpose is number one! (it shouts) fire, to destroy this!

Soldiers begin to shoot at the robot. Ivan begins to pull by the levers, but nothing he occurs - machine remains fixed.

Ivan: How? How so?

Suddenly shooting ceases - because of the shroud of the fire of the exploded island departs [Koshchey] immortal, entire burnt and terribly evil. It rapidly approaches. Around the robot of Ivan and [Morevny] appears the glow, it rockets upward and still several small transformations occur with it - the seat of Ivan displaces nearer to the head, and Maria [Morevn] after arranging hands to the sides it is located in the center of the body of robot, the bracelets wind around its wrists - it becomes the energy source .

Control panel in the cab of Ivan catches fire, Ivan is sufficient at the levers and is fixed by towards [Koshcheyu]. Battle begins. Ivan battles [Koshcheem], and in parallel occurs conversation inside [Morevny].

INT. BLACKNESS

_ in complete darkness hang illuminated figure Maria [Morevny] in the same pose, in which it be in robot.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: (after the sequence) you, finally, did call me?

MARIA [MOREVNA]: Yes.

EXT. NEAR THE EXPLODED BRIDGE THE DAY

By [koshchey] and Ivan they battle. Soldiers they look without being decided to [vstryat].

INT. BLACKNESS

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: (after the sequence) which to you is necessary?

MARIA [MOREVNA]: I am guilty.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: (after the sequence, a little with the sarcasm) really?

MARIA [MOREVNA]: But how much people did suffer? And… Does stand one life of this?

Fragments of the [razdavlenoy] machine of Ivan, the fragments of the battles Of [koshcheya] with the helicopters.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: Perhaps it is bad to want to live? 34

MARIA [MOREVNA]: I simply did not want to die.

The fellow in the black is manifested from the darkness.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: You do know that does promise our encounter?

MARIA [MOREVNA]: Yes.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: You do not want more to live?

EXT. NEAR THE EXPLODED BRIDGE THE DAY

[Koshchey] it behaves more confidently in the fight than Ivan. Its impacts more frequently achieve goal, but Ivan does not weaken pressure.

INT. BLACKNESS

MARIA [MOREVNA]: There are the errors, which determine entire your life. Their no one can forgive, therefore that you itself never will forgive… But you do not feel sorry about them, because from for them you the one who there is now. During one day you realize them, and from the realization of the fact that not to correct them and with them now to live you become another person.

EXT. NEAR THE EXPLODED BRIDGE THE DAY

By [koshchey] it stands in the break, to it Ivan flies with the impact. At the last moment [Koshchey] it is sultry and smashing attack on the back of the robot of Ivan is delivered.

INT. BLACKNESS

MARIA [MOREVNA]: I am not right to request forgiveness. This hardly can be forgiven, but I obtained chance. Thus it came out that I saw sufficiently bright in order not to consider the life of useless and senseless. And even it is more - I was happy. It in the manner that me wanted. But this is given not all. Not floodlands than I deserved, most likely is not. I am grateful to life for this.

Fellow in the black attentively controls it.

MARIA [MOREVNA]: (it throws up head) now I madly want to live. But it is ready to die.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: For it?

EXT. NEAR THE EXPLODED BRIDGE THE DAY

To [koshchey] is placed foot on the body of the devastated robot, without giving to it to rise it will bring in hand for the completing impact. 35

INT. BLACKNESS

MARIA [MOREVNA]: For it.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: Yes it will be thus.

Fellow in the black stretches hand through the body of Maria [Morevny] and obtains from there needle. [Morevna] yells as from the prick, but at the following moment its face assumes the pacified expression.

EXT. NEAR THE EXPLODED BRIDGE THE DAY

The enormous sword, similar to the needle, appears at that - moment in the hands of the robot of Ivan. Ivan pierces by this sword Of [koshcheya]. That it stands, first without understanding in than the matter, then its eyes [potukhayut] and it falls from the break downward into the water.

It sinks and its eyes [potukhayut].

All with the consternation look downward.

The robot of Ivan thickens not moved is not more than energy of that feeding it. Ivan is selected from the robot.

Ivan: Yes! We conquered! You do hear? We conquered!

Sees the lifeless body of Maria [Morevny], it thickens on the spot, words [zastrevayut] in its throat. Then sharply it runs up to the robot and takes out Maria [Morevny]'s body. It places it to the earth, applies ear to the breast. People all around are gathered. Among them - [Paylat].

Ivan: (finally it does extrude from itself) as?

Ear to the breast again applies, hand is taken, it attempts to grope pulse. It glances at it into the person.

Ivan: But you… We… (it chokes in the tears, after being buried by head)

Soldiers surrounded Ivan exchange glances, the mixed expression of confusion, fault and regret appears at their faces. Someone [neuverenno] is examined, someone lowered eyes into the earth. The howl of the desperation of Ivan is heard from the middle of crowd.

Ivan it lies after being forced against Maria [Morevny]'s breast, it cries and it cannot stop.

Maria [Morevny]'s eyes are opened. It sees above itself sky. Exactly so as saw to its wound Ivan. Hears, as if from a distance the weeping of Ivan. It places hand to it to the head, irons.

Ivan ceases to sob. It raises itself. And sharply with the cry it jumps up on the feet, it jumps aside, not thus horror, not thus unexpected contingency.

Ivan: $$SP4!

Maria [Morevna] raised on the elbow even it is examined, rubbing head.

MARIA [MOREVNA]: (puzzled) but why?

Ivan, having finally arrived into himself from the repeated shock, runs up to Maria [Morevne], forces against itself, worthite, and finally descends together with it to the earth, after embracing. 36

By fellow to black passes after the backs of people.

FELLOW IN THE BLACK: By whom itself they was conceited. (with the light smile) they still think that by them to decide, when time, but when no.

Fellow in the black departs.

MARIA [MOREVNA]: Lord, I am so glad. And… I do not understand. (it smiles)

Ivan: (it irons it on the cheek) I also. But now this is not important.

They arise, looking at the remains of brawler island, that are immersed in the water.

Then they are turned havoc they penetrate the crowd of people, which makes room before them. They go to near the machine confronting, in which arrived the General.

GENERAL: You will stop them! These people - state criminals!

Soldiers do not move from the place. Then slowly they begin to disperse to the different sides.

[PAYLAT]: Ivan!

Ivan turns around. [Paylat] throws to it keys.

GENERAL: (in the powerless fury, splashing by saliva) you only that betrayed your native land!

Ivan and Maria [Morevna] sit down themselves into the machine.

[PAYLAT]: however, (it does turn around ) that this after the native land, for which human life - nothing?

Ivan: (attentively it looks into the eyes to General) General… (pause) iditol home to the children.

General stands, soundlessly moving lower jaw, unable to say something. Its eyes acquire the strange lost expression. After its back the soldiers depart to the different sides.

MARIA [MOREVNA]: Time and to us…

They exchange glances.

Ivan: (it starts engine it is removed to the back of armchair) home.

Ivan harvests to the gas and they leave along the road far.

End.