Sergey Bondarchuk credited as playing...
Andrey Sokolov
- Sokolov: Herr Commandant, Prisoner Sokolov reporting as ordered.
- Muller: Well, well, Russian Ivan... four cubic meters is too much to quarry, eh?
- Sokolov: Yes sir, Herr Commandant. Too much.
- Muller: And you only need one cubic meter for a grave?
- Sokolov: Yes sir, Herr Commandant. That's plenty. There'd be room to spare.
- Muller: [stands up from the table] I'm going to do you a great honor: I'll shoot you myself for saying that.
- [approaches Andrey]
- Muller: Not in here, though.
- [gestures with his gun]
- Muller: Let's go outside.
- Sokolov: As you wish.
- [turns around sharply]
- Muller: Have a drink... before you die...
- [pours a glass of vodka]
- Muller: Russian Ivan.
- [gives the glass to Andrey]
- Muller: To the triumph of German weaponry.
- [officers around the table stand for the toast]
- Sokolov: [places his drink down on the table] I thank you for your offer, but I'm not much of a drinker.
- Muller: You don't want to drink to our victory?
- [goes to the table, returns with a piece of bread]
- Muller: In that case...
- [hands Andrey the glass and the bread]
- Muller: I propose you drink to your demise.
- Sokolov: To my demise... and my release from this torment... I will drink!
- [drinks the entire glass in one draught, places it on the table and the bread on the top of the glass]
- Sokolov: I'm ready now, Herr Commandant. Come on, let's go polish me off.
- Muller: Chase it down with something... before you die.
- Sokolov: I never chase my first glass down.
- Muller: [pours another glass full, offers it along with the bread]
- Sokolov: [drinks second glass dry, places it and the bread on the table again]
- Muller: Have a bite. Don't be shy, go ahead.
- Sokolov: Sorry, Herr Commandant... but I don't chase my second glass down, either.
- Muller: [officers at table, laughing and applauding; Muller returns to the table, slowly pours a third drink, filling the glass to the brim]
- Sokolov: [accepts the third glass and bread, pauses, then drinks entire glass while staring at Muller, eats a tiny bit of bread, leaves the rest with the glass on the table]
- Muller: [officers applaud; Muller orders them to be silent and confronts Andrey] Listen here... Sokolov. You're a real Russian soldier. A brave soldier. I'm a soldier, too, and I respect a worthy opponent. I'm not going to shoot you. This morning our brave forces reached the Volga... and seized Stalingrad!
- [officers stand for the toast once again]
- Muller: This news brings us great pleasure, and therefore... I generously grant you your life. Back to your barracks.
- [picks up a loaf of bread and salo from the table]
- Muller: Here's a reward for your courage.
- Sokolov: [slowly walks out of the commandant's office]
