Dovbush (2023)

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We express gratitude

to our Polish colleagues

for their contribution

to making this film,

and to the Polish nation

for their continued support for Ukraine.

Leave me be.

You probably came to listen to the legend

of a glorious mountain avenger

who robbed from the rich,

gave to the poor

and hid the gold

all over mountains, right?

Or maybe about an avenger

who could stomp

from one mountain to another

lightning flashing from his eyes,

and tuck the sun into his belt, right?

There's none of that here.

I'll tell you the truth, not a tale.

I'll tell you how God gives

and how God takes,

how people praise to heaven

and then trample underfoot.

I'll tell you about a man

who I knew like myself.

His name

Dovbush.

1733. The king of Poland is dead.

France, Spain, Austria and Russia

compete to capture the throne.

A brutal and bloody w*r starts.

The destiny of Poland

is being decided near Gdask.

Russias army has surrounded

Hetman Potockis troops.

The Russian cannons must be destroyed

in order to break through the siege.

Potocki sends elite hussars

and desperate Carpathian conscripts.

HAGELSBERG CANNON FORThe cavalry will att*ck

when our flag flies above the tower.

Hetman Potocki promises freedom

to any who survive.

Let's go, boys.

It's the only path to freedom.

Hang onto this.

Guard.

Wait.

Let's go, boys.

Three

Follow me.

Watch out!

- Take him!

- I'm here!

Hurry up!

Men coming!

Message for Hetman Potocki!

Hetman! We're ready to att*ck!

Any news?

We're fighting

but there is no flag on the tower!

We wait!

Wait for the signal!

Sir!

No surrender!

Sir! Get to the top!

Get down!

Sir! Get up!

Time for the signal!

Let's go!

Be quiet!

Everything is going to be okay.

Sound the att*ck!

Lucky devil!

Oleksa, come back. I'm waiting

Hold your horses

My brother's getting married

Just look at her!

Marichka!

Last chance to change your mind!

Oleksa

Out of the way! Your Princess is coming!

Ivan!

Ivan! Get out of here!

Run, brother!

What's your name?

Dovbush.

Where do you hail from?

The Carpathians. Black Mountain.

Take it.

Here. You earned it.

You promised me my freedom.

I'll talk to the Hetman.

Don't worry.

You'll see your mountains again soon.

Drink it!

Hold on, soldier!

To victory!

Glory to Hetman Potocki!

Glory!

Princess Jabonowska.

To you as well!

I wanted to see his fall from power.

Instead I witness his victory.

You lost a battle. Not the w*r.

Princess Jabonowska.

Your Grace.

How could our enemy hope

to vanquish a knight like you?

I'm astonished to see you.

w*r is no place

for a fragile highborn lady.

We are here to serve our homeland.

To victory!

To victory!

And for our army's return home.

Princess, we are fighting a w*r.

I need the army here.

My lands are inhabited by Ruthenians.

They're savage and rebellious.

I need soldiers. And a commander.

Gentlemen, Colonel Przeuski!

Gentlemen!

The hero of the day!

Behold, a true knight!

I saw him destroy the enemy cannons!

- Glory!

- Glory!

- Glory!

- Glory!

I hereby promote him to captain!

My son,

I need a loyal officer

to guard the border.

Princess Jabonowska is a widow

Our great princess!

- Hurrah!

- Hurrah!

- Do something.

- Yes, my lord.

To victory!

Hurrah!

Take him.

You son of a bitch.

Damn to hell these

who brought w*r to God's earth.

Lords hide their sons in their cellars

and send the poor

to die like cattle to slaughter.

My Oleksa vanished like that in the w*r.

No. Think he's the only one

who'll be buried like that?

I didn't go to that funeral.

Couldn't bear it.

They paid me for Oleksa's death.

My son's bones rot in a foreign land.

I don't want this money.

Take the money.

And erect a cross in Oleksa's memory.

THREE YEARS LATER

Bandits!

It's The Butcher!

You're almost there.

Glory to God!

It's the Butcher! God save us!

- The Butcher?

- See this Kn*fe?

- We're just merchants

- Shut your mouth.

Now listen.

Listen good.

The nobles have no power here.

This road is mine.

And if you don't pay

or raise your hand against me

your name will be carved on this Kn*fe.

Who are you? Who?

Your name! Say your name!

What did I tell you? Say your name!

Yatsek.

Yatsek Voitsekhovski

What did I tell you, bastard?

What did I say?

- For God's sake, please

- Silence!

All of you! Remember my name!

My name is Dovbush.

GRAND PRINCESS JABONOWSKA'S CASTLE

Is something wrong?

Tenants complain about being robbed.

They say there is no order in my lands.

I'll show you what they write.

I'll take care of it.

How?

Every time our Smolaks go after them,

the Opryshkos vanish

into the Black Mountain.

Opryshkos I'll make them come to us.

- My Colonel Przeuski

- I'm a captain.

Poland honors its heroes.

You're a colonel now.

My lady, how can I thank you?

You know how.

The soldiers dragged Oleksa into the army.

I haven't had a moment's peace since.

It was my fate, not his.

I would've found a way out.

I've missed him every day he's been gone.

I see him everywhere.

I asked you, to bring him back, Lord.

But you're deaf to me.

Now, Lord, I ask you nothing.

I'll take care of things myself.

Move your, asses, bastards!

Chain him to the stocks!

You'll all die here!

Oleksa!

Oleksa!

The cliff had blood stains.

Did you see it?

Ivan, we need to go home.

- Mom will be mad.

- You're afraid?

When we become Opryshkos,

we will hide here ourselves.

Look, there's a sign on the wall!

Don't move!

Just you two here?

What's your name?

I'm Oleksa. That's my brother Ivan.

Are you going to die?

See this?

It's the a* of Tanas.

He who has it will never

be touched by Death.

I want to be an Opryshko!

I'm not scared of anything!

Oh, put out your hand!

The a* will be yours!

- And to you.

- Long life.

Show us again.

I'll show you one more time.

Shake it, shake it again and

you win it all!

Understood?

Understood!

Look at how the boys enjoy themselves.

Let 'em have their fun.

We only live once.

I'd sell my soul to play like that!

Ivan! Listen to it!

Why do you always do this?

Why do you provoke God?

Are you looking for death?

No. Not death.

Glory.

Protect me, Lord.

Please. Take what God has given me.

I'm not a thief.

Who could ever think that?

Are you alone here?

One is never alone.

But other than me,

there is no one else here.

Is that the road to Kuty?

Yes.

But don't go there now.

Manhunters are there!

Calamity haunts you. Misfortune!

Your way is to the mountains.

To the polonynas!

Your road goes there.

That's where your destiny calls you.

That's where you'll lose your chains.

There you will see your name on the stone.

REST IN PEACE

OLEKSA DOVBUSH

Give me the next one!

He is a good match for you, my lady.

Now!

I am a widow

and the Grand Princess of the Crown.

You propose I become

a colonel's wife?

Your Grace, may I

I represent someone I cannot name.

Who offers you support.

But you must show

that you rule your lands,

and your subjects fear and obey you.

Go on!

Go on! Bring it here!

Good boy!

Russia spreads its talons

and looks to the West.

I see a woman with a crown

in Poland's future.

Russia's gold will help you

buy an army and take power.

But you must show you have

no mercy on all who oppose you.

Teofila!

Something ventured, something gained.

Glory to Jesus Christ.

Glory forever. Come in.

Smolaks are looking

for someone in the valley.

Either Opryshkos or prisoners.

You'll stay with us for now.

- You like my a*?

- Yeah.

It's magical.

It was used to k*ll a werewolf.

Its owner can't be k*lled by a b*llet.

And will never be touched by Death.

- Can I hold it?

- Why not?

- Take it.

- Thank you.

Mykhailo.

- How is life down in the valley?

- Bad times.

Jabonowska's olonel Przeuski

and his Smolaks

are all over the mountains,

hunting Opryshkos

The bandit Dovbush is wanted for robbery,

m*rder and treason.

They came to Vasyl Dovbush's house.

They took everything.

Grilled him about

where his son Ivan is hiding.

By law, all possessions

of the outlaw Dovbush's family

are transferred to the Crown,

and to the ruler of the Black Mountain

and the Jabonowski territory,

Grand Princess of the Crown,

Teofilia Jabonowska.

- Vasyl told them nothing.

- Where's your son hiding?

You want to find my son?

You can join him right now!

The funeral is today.

You think you people are free?

You are our property.

If you raise your hand against a noble,

you will die!

My beautiful child!

My beloved Vasyl!

Get up, look at me, walk with me!

My beloved child,

who will I live with now?

How can I go on living?

What if he doesn't come, sir?

He'll come.

He's a Hutsul.

He has to be at his parents' funeral.

It's their law.

Hold him!

It can't be

You told me he was dead!

There's too many of them!

Welcome, brother.

I'll have revenge.

I'll never forgive.

They loved you.

When the army sent word you were dead,

Mama cried her eyes out.

Father put up a cross in memory of you.

I saw that cross.

And Marichka?

Married to Dzvinchuk.

Polish power ends beyond that mountain.

It's Wallachia there.

Go there. Live as a free man.

I won't be free until I avenge them.

Then join my g*ng.

You're a bandit.

You rob people.

I am an Opryshok!

I take back what's mine.

I only k*ll when I have to.

These are my mountains.

I am the master here.

If someone comes to my home

and tells me how to live,

I'll cut out his liver.

Our people are sheep.

Useless.

They've been milked and skinned alive.

But they can't stop fighting each other.

Someone has to fight for them.

Let's go.

The Black Mountain lands

are just clay and rock.

You could have all of Poland.

- What about my subjects?

- The peasants?

They will go to the Czarina

along with their cattle.

They are not even Catholics.

You'll get enough gold

to overthrow Jzef Potocki.

All we need is your signature.

"With land as the recognizance"?

My father granted

these people their freedom.

I'll betray his word.

It's only fair.

The Russian Czarina needs a guarantee.

If your father's word

is more important to you,

he'd be surprised by your choice.

Grand Princess.

It's your Ladyship's decision.

Please think about it.

Would you rather have this rebellious,

wild land?

Or the Polish Crown?

You're going abroad.

To bring back an important shipment.

- And what about the Colonel?

- Will wait for you here.

Oleksa, is what people say true?

You were struck by lightning

when you were a child?

Yes!

I saw it!

We were children, herding goats.

There was a strong thunderstorm,

just like now.

We decided to hide behind a rock

I look around. A goat is missing.

The black one.

I ran out and grabbed the goat.

But the goat raised its tail,

and wagged its wiener in God's face!

I was gaping at all this

It was the Devil!

Yes?

What's with that Devil?

What's with that Devil?

The Devil stood there gaping at me.

- Right Hand, is there gunpowder?

- That's all there is.

No Smolaks. No guards! He's cheap.

Come on.

Ivan!

I'm with you.

But I won't k*ll for no reason.

Nobody's k*lling anyone.

We're just fooling around.

- Glory to Jesus.

- Glory forever.

Hold this.

- Glory to Jesus.

- Glory forever.

This your boy?

What does Mama call you?

Know who I am?

You're Ivan Dovbush. The Butcher.

Yeah!

What's your name?

See this Kn*fe?

Want his name carved on it too?

Where's the money?

Tell him where the money is.

He's crazy. He'll gut the kid!

Hurry up and show the money!

- I myself am afraid of him.

- Have pity on your boy!

Where's the money?

Show me the money!

I'll finish the little sh*t right now!

I'm gonna cut him!

I don't have any money!

What should I cut off first?

Maybe his ear?

You choose!

I told you. He's a lunatic!

I'll gut him like a pig!

- He's crazy!

- I'm crazy!

- He's out of his mind. Hurry!

- I'm gutting him now!

With this Kn*fe!

- I'll show you!

- I'll gut him!

I've got a key!

Hurry! Unlock the chest! Faster!

Don't k*ll him!

He's cooperating.

Don't sh*t yourself, boy!

The b*llet hit Oleksa point blank.

But it didn't k*ll him.

It bounced off like nothing.

The Devil had to help him.

If you married Oleksa you'd be poor.

God saved you from that.

No matter.

What's this?

- Where's the money?

- This is money.

These are people's debts.

They're to be in debt forever.

Them, their children, their grandchildren.

That's how it works. Right?

Oleksa took the papers

and b*rned them.

He b*rned the debts!

We don't owe anything to anyone, Marichka.

I can't believe

we're coming back empty-handed.

I've never seen our people happier.

- Help me. It's heavy.

- Oleksa.

The b*llet hit you in the chest. I saw it.

How are you still alive?

Saw it with my own eyes.

The b*llet was gigantic!

Fellow told me he saw it happen.

The b*llet that hit him was huge.

Right in the heart. He just

Caught it! In his bare hand.

At the last second, he caught it.

Like this!

His hands are strong.

And his eye sees into your soul!

When they ran out of b*ll*ts,

Oleksa choked them all.

With his bare hands.

Three hundred soldiers.

Choked them to death. Alone.

Choked them to death. Alone.

He choked them all.

Oh, Dovbush, Dovbush!

Look.

Bastard hit my a*.

Keep it to yourself.

Marichka!

Grab this stick!

- Oleksa!

- Hold on!

Give me your hand!

Oleksa

They told me you were dead.

You were so beautiful

in your bridal crown.

I remember our wedding night.

We didn't have a wedding night.

Your eyes.

Your lips

I kissed them so many times in my dreams.

Oleksa, I was waiting for you.

- Goodbye, Marichka.

- Wait!

I vowed in tserkov to be Dzvinchuk's wife.

But I vowed before God to be yours.

I'm a poor orphan, no father, no mother

All I own is between my legs

With no one to bother

She crossed a bridge

And gave it to a mute

It's good with a mute

an't spread ill repute

Oh, the young lady

Loved Peter and Ivan

And Petra only until lunch

Nice pipe you've got there, Oleksa.

What's it to you?

Nothing. Nothing at all.

Quiet!

To the left. Hurry! The rest with me!

Did he have fun?

He shouldn't have gone to the village!

Quiet. Someone ratted us out.

Oleksa, stop.

A woman's been the death

of more than one Opryshko.

You hear me? The whole g*ng

will hang because of your Marichka.

They are following us.

How does it look?

No way out. Forty Smolaks coming.

Thirty or forty of them

One must be a good pathfinder.

They're tracking us.

We can take them here.

No. We go to the cliff.

Are you crazy?

To the cliff! Move!

- Hurry up! We've got him trapped!

- Hurry up!

- Go first.

- Gone! Gone! Let's go!

Follow him, go!

My a*!

- Hurry!

- We're not going to make it.

Oleksa, you next.

I'll lead them away.

Are you crazy?

Don't wait for me!

They're behind us!

He's running away!

Hold it.

There. After them!

Surround him!

- Don't sh**t at him!

- Yes, sir.

He's mine.

Missed!

Wait, there's Oleksa!

Bastard! Where'd he go?

Find him!

Now!

- Yes, sir.

- Look for his trail!

Find him, sons of b*tches!

Hurry!

- Do you see him?

- No.

He could have survived, right?

- He could have jumped.

- It's a long way down.

If he jumped,

his bones rot at the bottom of the ravine.

And if Przeuski caught him

he'll wish he jumped.

What took you so long?

The food's cold!

Damn!

- You're alive!

- Oh, man!

You made it!

Get a load of this guy!

I told you! Nobody can k*ll him!

- Your second resurrection!

- How'd you get away?

What do you need this for?

I must avenge them.

They were wronged. That's the law.

Are you sure you're the one to do it?

You're not like your brother.

Your heart is different.

It aches for your people.

Would you act differently in my place?

There is no justice without mercy.

My dear friend,

the blessing of a friend is more important

that the blessing of an angel.

I found a pipe in the river.

Is it yours?

This land is your home too.

I won't forget that, Besht.

May you merit to do more good deeds.

Vartan! Food!

Remember. I'm the leader.

If I tell you to do something,

you listen and do as I say.

Vartan!

Tell Ivan what you told me.

About the gold.

An iron-clad carriage

is leaving Wallachia.

Przeuski and 20 Smolaks

are meeting it here.

It's carrying gold. Lots of gold.

It's Muscovite money.

Word is the money

bought our land and our people.

And the Russian gold will buy an army.

And that army will sh**t us all.

Like chickens.

But if the gold is ours?

We can put together our own army.

And give our people their freedom.

- How about it, Ivan?

- Someone's got to fight for our people.

Let's do it.

Yeah!

It's a trap! Get out of here!

Get on your horses! Now!

Follow me! Quick! To the bridge!

Move it!

A gift, gentlemen!

Look out!

Smolaks!

Oleksa!

- My Kn*fe!

- I will take it!

- Leave it!

- I need my Kn*fe!

- Jump!

- For f*ck's sake! Pick it up!

- Wait, not yet!

- Got it!

Kiss my ass, you m*therf*ckers!

f*ck!

Arkan!

Our power! Our will!

Arkan!

Our gold!

I'm alone in this wasteland

But not for long.

I wrote to Hetman Potocki.

He'll send his army

and I'll restore order.

I need good soldiers.

I can't rely on anyone.

You can rely on me.

I'll find them.

I'll turn over every stone.

Every village.

I'll find them and destroy them.

I'll decorate trees with their bowels.

Gauge out their eyes.

Rip out their tongues and nails.

Every one of them.

Their wives.

Their children.

Their grandparents. Everyone.

Boys!

I've made equal shares.

So

grab one

and let's get out of here.

I'll go with you.

Wallachia for me.

- Coming, brother?

- Wait

What about the people?

We've earned this! The right to live well.

- Yes or no?

- Yes!

You see? It's settled.

Let's go.

But what about the people?

Jabonowska and Przeuski

will punish them.

Now we have gold.

We can buy weapons

and overthrow the lords.

You think they need arms?

They'll drink away

those arms and betray you.

They need a good whipping!

I don't want to live among slaves.

- Ivan, stop it!

- Back off!

- Ivan! Wake up!

- Now we can win back our freedom.

We'll never have freedom here! Or power!

Only the lords will change.

One after another.

Time's up!

Brothers. Let's go!

Who's with me?

Boys

Look at these dogs.

You'll all lose your heads. For him.

Think I don't know why you want to stay?

- Shut up.

- He doesn't care about any of you.

- Shut up!

- Only about his Marichka

- Shut your mouth!

- His whore!

- You Herod!

- Leave him!

I love you, brother.

"I, Grand Princess of the Crown"

"Teofilia Jabonowska, ne Jasinowska"

announce to all whom it may concern."

"to end the robberies

of the bandit Dovbush,

who robs towns with his Opryshkos"

"and hides in various villages."

"We announce"

"a reward for his head

of 100 Zloty.

Anyone who leads us

to the Opryshkos' hiding places

and to Dovbush himself,

will be freed from the obligation

to pay taxes for life.

And will earn praise and eternal glory."

We'll keep it here. Its time will come.

You take the rest.

You know what to spend it on.

Be smart about it.

We need fighters.

Not talkers.

- You guys should go to hell.

- Too far.

We'll go to Kuty.

They've got some fighters there.

- Good. I'll go East. You take the West.

- We'll find enough men.

- We need g*ns.

- The Vlachs will get us g*ns.

They'd go to hell if there was gold in it.

Hell is not necessary.

Then go to the Vlachs.

Go now.

People paid taxes with it.

They pay with our money.

Rumor has it the Dovbush brothers

had a quarrel.

Like it? We've got more!

Pistols, muskets, gunpowder, b*ll*ts.

Got enough gold, we'll get you a cannon.

- Where from?

- Hungary.

These guys have waited two days

to make a deal.

Good. We'll talk.

I'll wait out here.

Glory to Jesus!

You're surrounded!

Surrender!

Cover the rear! Fight!

Break down the door!

Aim!

Where is Oleksa Dovbush?

Coming after you!

A real bandit. The real deal.

- Has he talked?

- Not yet.

Forgive me, Father.

Soon, I will commit a sin.

I will k*ll a man.

Who will you k*ll, my son?

I will k*ll

you, Father.

BORDER FORTRESS, WALLACHIA

My dear, how wonderful you are!

Look at her, how beautiful she is!

I've come a long way.

Lost everything, but found you.

They've promised 300 Zlotys for his head.

But if you k*ll him, the Devil himself

I'll tell you a secret.

They say Przeuski strangled babies

at the breast with his bare hands.

Przeuski poured burning

tar down peoples' throats

I hope that Herod

will go to the bottomless pit!

But no one would betray the boys.

He stole the gold

and gave it to the people.

Of course they won't betray him.

The nobles won't just hand

over their property and gold.

They offer their wedded wives

to save themselves!

Oleksa fears nothing.

Neither God, nor Devil.

Nothing helps.

I've tried everything.

Roots, herbs nothing helps.

The wound is cursed.

A brother's blood was shed.

He dreams and sees his Marichka.

He calls his soul mate.

"Marichka, Marichka."

- Oleksa! It's us!

- Marichka

Oleksa! I'm already here with you.

Loafers hang around here

Drink it.

He who has it will never

be touched by Death.

I want to be an Opryshko.

I'm not scared of anything!

No?

Put out your hand!

What if you got sh*t in the heart?

Only if it's a silver b*llet

blessed by 12 priests

in 12 different tserkovs.

Want me, honey?

Hey, buddy. Pay, this is my

My Kn*fe.

Nice flutes.

I wish I had a cannon.

Is it true that b*ll*ts can't k*ll Oleksa?

Should I tell them the story of the a*?

- Have you seen the mark on Oleksa's back?

- Yes.

Know how he got it?

Listen up!

Zabo.

Oleksa was a little boy.

There was a terrible storm

in the mountains.

Oleksa was hit by lightning.

Zabo!

His father found him half-dead on a rock.

He didn't know what to do.

He dug a hole and laid him in the ground

From the sun, from the clouds,

from the Void

The earth returned Oleksa to life.

When you defend your own land,

your mountains, no b*llet will take you.

Oh, people

Before, they used

to curse Oleksa high and low.

Said he robs and kills for no reason,

and visits married women.

And now they pray to him like a holy icon.

The rich spread out their tables

and pay him to leave them be.

And the poor

go to Oleksa Dovbush like a judge.

Before, they said Marichka was a whore

because she played around with Oleksa.

But now they say it's Dzvinchuk's fault,

and should now give her back to her lover.

They also say he'd be better off

hanging himself from a spruce.

- Your husband is home.

- I don't care. You are my husband.

You have to go.

You almost d*ed yesterday.

I can't.

I can't lose you again.

Haven't you heard?

No one can k*ll me.

My a* protects me.

Death itself runs away from me.

Don't joke. It's not funny.

Who's joking?

Unless someone makes a b*llet.

A pure silver b*llet.

Blessed by 12 priests and 12 masses.

Maybe then.

But no one will ever

make a b*llet like that.

Marichka! Give me a blanket!

Pour it on me!

They b*rned down the tserkov.

Everyone thinks it was us.

It was the Dovbush brothers,

the bandits.

It was them! Robbed the tserkov

and then set it on fire!

I don't believe it. They're our kind.

Ivan held a Kn*fe to my throat

and asked, "What's your name?"

The bell-ringer swears it was Ivan.

But I wasn't scared.

- Then he told Oleksa to burn the tserkov!

- That's not true! It wasn't Oleksa!

- How would you know?

- Let her speak!

- Oleksa didn't do that!

- How?

Because I was with him last night!

I went by the tavern.

Signs of a fight. And blood.

None of our guys were there.

And one more thing,

Adam, our Polish friend, has disappeared.

If it's true

we've got to stop him.

Glory to God!

See that Kn*fe?

This road belongs to me.

And if you don't pay,

your name will be carved on this Kn*fe.

It's a sin to rob us, my good man.

We are men of God.

Sins don't scare us. We're sinners.

I'm Ivan Dovbush.

Is that so?

You're way uglier than Ivan.

Oleksa, you're wounded.

- Just sh**t him!

- Go ahead. sh**t, you pig.

Your father was a dog.

He d*ed like a dog. By my Kn*fe.

Oleksa! Let me sh**t him!

He's mine.

Come on!

Oleksa! What are you doing?

Now you're dead, bastard.

It's over

Our Father

Who art in heaven

Hallowed be Thy Name

Thy kingdom come

The Dovbushes!

People, stop it!

This is who b*rned down the tserkov.

Who is this?

That's Scar!

They know the truth.

Tell the truth!

Money.

Rebuild the tserkov.

Stolen money.

Our people's money.

Earned by our sweat and blood.

Ivan's Kn*fe.

With the names of his victims.

Please, pray for them.

- My lady! My dove!

- What lady?

I am your lady!

I'll show you the dove at home.

WALLACHIAN TAVERN

"AT THE SIGN OF THE DOVE"

A man has wronged me.

My honor is violated.

I want him dead.

Everything has a price.

Name?

Oleksa Dovbush.

He will come to my house.

We've heard about the bounty on his head.

I'll give you the reward.

And this

This is all my money.

But everyone must think I k*lled him.

You will send me

this pigeon when he comes.

Scar is back. Call the Colonel!

Scar?

You didn't let us own our land,

but you won't rule us.

You stole our land and took our freedom.

As you don't fear

to t*rture and skin people

I don't fear the sin of taking your life.

No walls,

no iron gates, no hetman,

no tsar will protect you.

Count. I want my papers back.

An outlaw has emerged on your lands.

They say no w*apon can k*ll him.

I'll pay back the gold.

The royalty, whose name I will not speak,

negotiates only with those who hold power.

The Lord of Black Mountain

is Oleksa Dovbush.

Not you, my lady.

I'll fix everything.

Our fortress is impregnable.

When Potocki's army gets here

We'll crush Dovbush's riot.

You ruined my life.

You ruined everything.

To end the rage

and defiance of Oleksa Dovbush

who robs towns and villages,

kills and destroys,

I, Jzef Potocki, Voivode of Stanisaww,

and Great Hetman of the Crown,

am personally heading

to the lands of Galicia to Stanisaww

with the Crown army.

From this day on,

any man who gives shelter to the Opryshkos

will be put to death!

Any man who joins the bandits

will be put to death!

Any man who by word

or deed violates the nobles'

lawful right to land,

will be put to death!

They're looking for you everywhere!

The Smolaks will be here soon.

Petro and Pavlo are dead.

Thirty of our brothers are in prison.

Right Hand will be tortured.

Then ex*cuted in the market like a dog.

Oleksa, let's go far away.

Where nobody knows us.

Marichka. I'm done running.

I want to live. Here.

Free! On my own land!

Take me with you.

Let me go.

I'll be back for you in three days.

Give me just three days, and nothing,

not God, not any man, will keep us apart.

Oleksa.

You are my life.

Go

Full company with wagon trains.

Crown Guard.

Potocki's army. They'll hold their line.

They fire at 50 paces.

They reload quickly.

The officers are yours.

Just don't sh**t their musicians.

May our land protect us.

Reload!

Fire!

Forward!

Get down!

Fire!

Where are they?

Get to the top!

Down!

To the top!

Wait! Do not burn them.

My name is Oleksa Dovbush.

I was a soldier, just like you.

Like you, my officers drove us

like cattle to the slaughter.

If you don't want

to burn in hellfire right here,

put down your weapons.

We're fighting for our land!

What are you fighting for?

Potocki's Guards have finally arrived!

Get the Colonel!

Company Halt!

Open the gate!

We've captured Dovbush!

They've got Dovbush!

- Open the gate!

- Forward!

Betrayal!

Disguised Opryshkos!

Defend!

Man the barricades!

Man the barricades!

Hold the fort!

a*!

Come on!

Find our prisoners! Don't hurt our men!

Vasyl, cover me!

Take him!

Follow me! To the tower!

I've found an entrance to the dungeon.

- Aim!

- Fire at will!

Here!

Fight to the last breath!

Stop them!

Get the keys!

Hang on, brothers! We're here!

- Zabo!

- I'm here.

Hold on, my brother.

Come on!

You won't take me alive!

Bastards!

You're alive.

Alive.

What do you think? I'm immortal.

Easy, easy.

Is it day or night?

It's morning.

Stay with him.

Dovbush! Come for me!

Closer, closer a bit!

Dovbush, time to die!

Stop!

Give me another! Faster!

Come to me!

We will all die!

Take the weapons.

Burn the rest of the lords' belongings.

We defeated a hundred.

But thousands will come.

Get everyone together and head for Kuty.

I'm going for Marichka.

What did you do, Stefan?

Did you buy a bird to keep it in a cage?

Let her go.

If that's what you want.

Here.

Wait.

So everyone knows she's mine.

Here.

A mouse in the pantry.

- Where?

- Sit, my bird. Think about it.

- Stefan, open up!

- I will be back on Saturday.

Open the door!

Marichka!

Marichka!

Marichka!

In here!

Stefan locked me in.

I'm coming in!

Where are you?

Dovbush!

You really believe

only a silver b*llet can k*ll you?

Who are you?

Who are you?!

Your death.

- Ivan.

- No.

Ivan Dovbush is dead.

You stole his g*ng.

You stole his glory.

You stole my name.

You chose to leave.

I wanted to live.

Then go live!

Or come back to us. People need our help!

People need money!

Money for Dovbush's head!

People need one who will k*ll for them.

And die for them.

sh**t.

I am Dovbush.

Oleksa!

- Oleksa! Are you hurt?

- I'm alive.

Blessed Mother!

Soldiers coming!

Oleksa!

We have to hurry. But easy!

- My a*!

- Get out of here!

Hurry!

Hurry!

Oleksa, I'm staying.

What? No!

- I'll come to you to the Black Mountain.

- Marichka, no.

Blessed Mother! They k*lled him!

k*lled him!

What happened?

k*lled him!

You k*lled my Oleksa!

You k*lled my Oleksa!

k*lled my Oleksa

This is Dovbush?

Stefan, you k*lled my Oleksa!

Say that you k*lled him!

- Say that you k*lled him!

- Yes.

Declaration in the name of Jzef Potocki,

present here.

For high state treason

and the attempt to seize power,

by this secret decree

Grand Princess Teofilia Jabonowska

forfeits all her Galician

castles and lands

to the Polish Crown,

under the control of Hetman Jzef Potocki.

Today I will announce

that you now choose

to serve the Virgin Mary

and have entered the convent

for the rest of her life.

Hear ye, hear ye!

"I, Grand Princess Teofilia Jabonowska,

am pleased to declare

that the leader

of all the disorders and upheavals,

who is guilty of destroying

the wealth and estate of ours,

the outlaw Oleksa Dovbush, is dead.

Stefan Dzvinchuk, the subject of mine,

who has brought the bandit to grave

from this day forward is freed

from the duty to pay taxes

and receives 300 pieces of gold.

The body of the outlaw Oleksa Dovbush

will be hacked into 12 pieces

and hung along the roads of Galicia!

So rules the high court

in the presence

of the sovereign of Galician lands,

Grand Princess Teofilia Jabonowska."

What do I do now?

We show them that here, we are the power.

You see, God

I

I knew a man who cheated death.

His name

Dovbush.

OUR STRUGGLE GOES ON