Dersu Uzala (1975)
Yuriy Solomin: Arsenev
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Quotes
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Arsenev : Thank you, Dersu. Thank you. What would I have done without you?
Dersu Uzala : Walk together, work together. No need to say thank you.
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Dersu Uzala : Captain, give rice, salt, matches.
Arsenev : What for?
Dersu Uzala : Put it in bark, leave it in hut.
Arsenev : Do you intend to come back? Why?
Dersu Uzala : Others come this way. Find dry wood there. Food to eat. People no die.
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Arsenev : Dersu, maybe we should wait till the rain stops?
Dersu Uzala : Time to get ready. Birds begin singing, you hear? Rain soon finish now. Sun shine soon.
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Arsenev : And how old are you?
Dersu Uzala : How old, me not know. Me have lived plenty summers.
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Arsenev : It's getting cold. Maybe we should ask him over to the fire.
Dersu Uzala : No, Captain. Got to let him be alone. Now he think plenty. Dream of house, dream of garden. Garden all in flowers.
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Arsenev : How've you been all those years? How many sables have you got?
Dersu Uzala : Plenty. Plenty of money too. Only Dersu lose all money. Rich merchant ask me to his house. Plenty vodka. Me give all money to merchant to look after. Then me not find him no more. Why he that way? Me not understand.
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Dersu Uzala : Captain, listen real good. Got to work and work good. We don't work real good, we soon be dead.
Arsenev : Work at what?
Dersu Uzala : Cut marsh-grass.
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Arsenev : We're exploring this region, the big hills, the valleys, the rivers. Do you want to be our guide?
Dersu Uzala : Me, sleep on it.
Arsenev : All right, you think it over. It's time that we turned in too. The next day, without saying a word, Dersu took his place at the head of the group.
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Dersu Uzala : Please, Captain, me want to go away. Me can't live in town.
Arsenev : Where do you want to go?
Dersu Uzala : Me go back to mountains. Captain... Missus lady... Little captain... You all good fellows. Me go away bad. Sorry. But Dersu can't live in town.
Arsenev : Very well, take this new rifle with you. It's a present. The sights on it are very good. Even if you don't see so well, you can't miss with it.
Dersu Uzala : Me thank you, Captain.
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Arsenev : They call me Arseniev. What about you?
Dersu Uzala : Dersu Uzala.
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Arsenev : [voiceover] He also had - a beautiful spirit. He considered the needs of a person he didn't know and likely would never meet.
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Arsenev : Man's measure is dwarfed by the vastness of nature.
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Arsenev : I couldn't help admiring him. He was so wise. He had a deep knowledge born of a lifetime spent in the wilds. He was goodhearted, generous minded. He could think of a man he'd never met, and that he probably would never meet.
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Arsenev : Sometimes the mountains and the forest look pleasant, welcoming. Sometimes though, they can be silent and forbidding. This wasn't just a personal feeling, every man in the survey group felt the same way.
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Dersu Uzala : We go back to dugout soon? Me plenty plenty bad scared.
Arsenev : The lake's not far off. We'll go that far and come back.
Dersu Uzala : Me do what you say. You say alright, Dersu say alright.
Arsenev : A vast silence reigned over the frozen lake. The very silence seemed in a way to be menacing.
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Arsenev : We spent three months in the wilds, and spring gave way to summer. We explored a lot of country. But if Dersu had been with us, we would've explored a lot more. All the time I kept hoping that I'd meet up with him again. Where are you, Dersu?
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Arsenev : Will the fog clear up soon?
Dersu Uzala : It clear very soon. Forest and earth are all sweating. Very soon be fine weather.
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Arsenev : This valley reminded me of a painting of the Witches' Sabbath. I could almost imagine them coming on their broomsticks.
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Arsenev : Even the best marksmen miss a shot now and then.
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Arsenev : Does he often talk to you about the wilds?
Vova : Yes. Dersu's not afraid of anything, not of wolves, or bears either. Nor of blizzards, nor of floods.
Anna : Dersu is Vova's hero. He's crazy about him.
Arsenev : I'd have died many times if it hadn't been for him.
Vova : Dersu never said anything about it.
Arsenev : Well, he doesn't think it something to talk about. There are lots of others who would brag about such things.
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Dersu Uzala : Me do bad thing! Amba bad hurt!
Arsenev : The tiger ran away.
Dersu Uzala : No. Amba always run till him die. Me am now bad frightened.
Arsenev : A dead tiger won't do you any harm.
Dersu Uzala : Kongnga going to send another Amba after Dersu.
Arsenev : Kongnga is the spirit of the forest worshipped by the Gold people. From that day Dersu became moody and irritable.
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Arsenev : At the time I didn't realize that this small incident heralded tragic events.
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Arsenev : It's probable that what Dersu called Amba was a manifestation of the terror the wilds now held for him, a phantom that preyed upon the imagination of a tired old man.
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Arsenev : Well, how are you, Dersu?
Dersu Uzala : Me sitting here like dead log in woods. Me no understand how fellows live inside box.
Arsenev : Well, I must agree, it's not a cheerful room. I think we might change the paper, make it more comfortable. In the meantime you can move into my study.
Dersu Uzala : No, thanks, Captain. Me go outside, make good tent. Sleep there, not bother no one.
Arsenev : In a town, that's not allowed.
Dersu Uzala : Why not? Not good?
Arsenev : How can I explain to you. That's the law.
Dersu Uzala : Funny law... Shooting guns not allowed, sleep in tent not allowed. Me not breathe. Need plenty fresh air.
