Gorky Park (1983)

Ian Bannen: Chief Prosecutor Iamskoy

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• Arkady Renko : It is more than possible that KGB killed those three people.

  Iamskoy : I agree.

  Arkady Renko : Then it is likely they are laying a trap for me.

  Iamskoy : Why?

  Arkady Renko : Three years ago I tried to arrest Major Pribluda. I proved he was an assassin. You remember those two bodies found by the river.

  Iamskoy : God, it's cold out here. You want to freeze my blood even more?

• Iamskoy : [enters]  I read your report, Arkady. And I can see that you are anxious for the KGB to take over the case. This is not like you, huh? Why? What's wrong?

  Arkady Renko : May I speak freely?

  Iamskoy : To me? Always.

  Arkady Renko : It is more than possible that KGB killed those three people.

  Iamskoy : I agree.

  Arkady Renko : Then, it is likely they are laying a trap for me.

  Iamskoy : Why?

  Arkady Renko : Two years ago, I tried to arrest Major Pribluda. I proved he was an assassin. Remember the two bodies by the river?

  Iamskoy : God, it's cold out here. You want to freeze my blood even more?

  Iamskoy : I proved KGB did it. I moved for the indictment. And I was arrested and beaten senseless.

  Iamskoy : And who got you out?

  Arkady Renko : I was grateful to you. I am grateful to you. But it's a poisonous farce.

  Iamskoy : Arkady, things are changing. Believe me, I have more power than used to be the case. They are more vulnerable. You're easily the best policeman in Moscow. I need your help. I need it badly.

  Arkady Renko : And you can protect me and my men?

  Iamskoy : Listen, our Soviet constitution is a noble piece of work. But only if honourable men and women respect it. Now, I'm determined to stand on legality. KGB must not, cannot, work outside the law, otherwise they're little better than the CIA.

  Arkady Renko : But how?

  Iamskoy : Support me. Don't try to unload the case. We mustn't give them a centimetre. And I promise you, Arkady... I promise you, I'll be behind you every step of the way.

  [Irina enters] 

  Iamskoy : Yes, my dear?

  Irina Asanova : [to Arkady]  You are the only one here who is going back to Moscow tonight... .

  Arkady Renko : It seems so.

  Irina Asanova : Will you take me with you?

  Iamskoy : At this hour? Is there something wrong?

  Irina Asanova : Please?

  Iamskoy : You'd better first persuade Mr Osborne to give you a fur coat, my dear. The investigator's car has no heater.

• Jack Osborne : The Ancient Greeks, as usual, understood the mechanics of power very well. Justice they said, Justice is in the interests of the strong. I've heard the same sentiment expressed in not-too-dissimilar terms in America. Those with the gold make the rules someone said.

  Iamskoy : Do you mean, in America, only those with money can be innocent?

  Jack Osborne : No. I mean in America, attorneys do very well for themselves.

  [Iamskoy chuckles] 

  Anton : Well, do you know what you're doing here when you engage a defence lawyer?

  Jack Osborne : Wasting money.

  [Iamskoy and Osborne chuckle] 

• Iamskoy : And a very good morning to you.

  Arkady Renko : Oh, I've been up all night.

  Iamskoy : Come, come. No man can work so many hours.

  Arkady Renko : Don't worry, I'm going home to bed. This is my breakfast.

  Iamskoy : The poet lays down his pen, the killer his axe, and even you must learn to relax.

  Arkady Renko : Well, bed. I can relax in bed.

  Iamskoy : Just the thing to open up your pores and unclog your weary mind, you know. This is my daily regime. A brisk walk, a leisurely dip. It's wonderful.

  [cut to interior of a Russian bathhouse] 

  Iamskoy : Even we humble servants of the state need to be refreshed from time to time, eh?

  [Osborne enters] 

  Iamskoy : Ah!

  Jack Osborne : Well, well, this is a surprise.

  Iamskoy : You recall Chief Investigator Renko from last weekend at my dacha?

  Jack Osborne : Oh, yes, surely. I'm not quite sure whether he arrested, or abducted the young lady who accompanied me.

  Arkady Renko : *Rescued*.

  Iamskoy : Say, from the machinations of a capitalist.

• Iamskoy : Listen, our Soviet Constitution is a noble piece of work. But only if honorable men and women respect it.

• Iamskoy : Osborne? Jack Osborne? Why would an American businessman kill three nobodies in the middle of Moscow?