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Charlotte Wilson
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E/I. LUBYANKA PRISON -DAY

Two male SOLDIERS escort the ten through the entrance of a graying yellow multistory 18th century building.

SUPER: "Lubyanka Prison, Moscow, 1950"

 

Inside, first left, they troop down a Soviet-green hallway, past a propaganda poster on the wall - the face of a stern man pointing to a big star in yellow and red.

INT. LUBYANKA PRISON -DAY

The men sit at a long table, no talking, very glum. Their meal consists of potatoes and a hunk of bread. Frederic looks down at a small glass of clear liquid; he takes a sip. Eyes light up, he turns to the man next.

 

FREDERIC

Vodka.

(German with subtitles)

All we need is wiener schnitzel and a little J.S. Bach in the background.

The man nods with a small laugh.

 

INT. LUBYANKA PRISON -DAY

Frederic's "guest room" resembles a prison cell - a sink and a toilet under a picture of Stalin. He lies in a small bed, a raw ugly reading light goosenecks over his head. He closes his book - Turgenev's "Torrents of the Spring," in English.

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