"watch this man'. So I did. Every time he came. And never once did he do anything...
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Rudolf Abel: Standing there like that you reminded me of the man that used to come to our house when I was young. My father used to say: "watch this man'. So I did. Every time he came. And never once did he do anything remarkable.
James Donovan: And I remind you of him?
Rudolf Abel: This one time, I was at the age of your son, our house was overrun by partisan border guards. Dozens of them. My father was beaten, my mother was beaten, and this man, my father's friend, he was beaten. And I watched this man. Every time they hit him, he stood back up again. So they hit him harder. Still he got back to his feet. I think because of this they stopped the beating. They let him live. "Stoit i muzhik," I remember them saying... "stoit i muzhik." Which sort of means like uh, 'standing man'. Standing man
James Donovan: And I remind you of him?
Rudolf Abel: This one time, I was at the age of your son, our house was overrun by partisan border guards. Dozens of them. My father was beaten, my mother was beaten, and this man, my father's friend, he was beaten. And I watched this man. Every time they hit him, he stood back up again. So they hit him harder. Still he got back to his feet. I think because of this they stopped the beating. They let him live. "Stoit i muzhik," I remember them saying... "stoit i muzhik." Which sort of means like uh, 'standing man'. Standing man
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Making them prove it matters
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The fiction is
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Whether you did it or not doesn't matter
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The state has to prove it that you're a spy
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So you're not curious
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No not really
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I always assumed you were an artist
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My wife she's the artist
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She's a musician
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in the Children's Orchestra of Moscow
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What instrument
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The harp
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Oh
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Then she's an angel
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Standing there like that you remind me of a man
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who used to come to our house when I was young
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My father used to say Watch this man
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So I did every time he came
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And never once
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did he do anything remarkable
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And I remind you of him
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This one time I was about the age of your son
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Our house was overrun by partisan border guards
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Dozens of them
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My father was beaten my mother was beaten
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and this man my father's friend he was beaten
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And I watched this man
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Every time they hit him
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he stood back up again
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So they hit him harder
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Still he got back to his feet
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I think because of this they stopped the beating
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They let him live
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I remember them saying it
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It sort of means like uh
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standing man
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Standing man
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Movie Summary
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
