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METRO-2

Written by Lee A. Miller

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07/04/2013 12:58:32 PM


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When the Nazis attempt to win the war by using a

mysterious "Portal" device they inadvertently send an

elite army of paratroopers and planes, flying through

time to present day Moscow.

White opening credits appear on a blank black screen but

with alternating sounds back and forth from the 1940s

Germany newsreels (Hitler speeches) to 2014 Russiatelevision (speeches of the Russian President).

FADE IN:

EXT. 1943 RUSSIA - NEWSREEL

Russian language newsreels from 1943 show the end of theBattle of Stalingrad. The German surrender is the firstbig defeat for Hitler's armies. Hitler begins his slowmarch backwards. Russians are slowly taking back theirland.

The first three minutes of the film are a series of SMASHCUTS back and forth between 1940s Germany and 2014Russia. This is not done to startle the audience, but toshow that (at least in this film) there is really verylittle standing between 1944 and 2014. Although

separated by 70 years, the two eras on the screen arerelevant to one another.

Wait!!! This is a film involving time travel. Are theseevents talking place at the same time? The movie savvyaudience will understand immediately. The lesssophisticated viewer will learn eventually. It is the jobof every good director to reward the attuned with earlyinformation.

The shots from Russia are introductory and establishing

shots. They introduce positive characters or locations tothe audience. They first three minutes are backgroundknowledge for future scenes.

The 1940s footage is emotive and serves to vilify the

Nazis. Only a few seconds is required for each shot.

EXT. 2014 RUSSIA VNUKOVO AIRPORT


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Russian language television news broadcast. The TV showsthe President of Russia, Alexander Grishin, boarding hisIlyushin airplane about to depart Russia for a foreignconference. The announcer for the most part is voice

over; the picture is Grishin waving and boarding theplane. Grishin is the guy we're most interested in.Picture a taller, broader, sawyer and rougher lookingVladimir Putin.

NEWS ANCHORThe President of Russia, AlexanderGrishin, has left Moscow on hisplanned visit to the United Statesfor a key global summit and a much-anticipated meeting with the AmericanPresident, the Kremlin confirmedtoday. The Kremlin announced lastmonth that Grishin is to join theother leaders of the Group of Eightindustrial nations meeting outsideWashington beginning tomorrow.

EXT. 1943 RUSSIAN NEWSREEL

The Romanian government proposes to the Allies thetransfer of 70,000 Jews to Palestine, but receives noresponse from Britain or the U.S.

INT. 2014 MOSCOW - VNUKOVO AIRPORT

Traditional Russian grandmother sits in waiting area,sewing.


Red Army recaptures the city of Kursk in the SovietUnion.

EXT. 2014 MOSCOW SIDEWALK

Street children run from government social servicesworker and steal cell phones.



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German and Italian troops in North Africa surrender toAllies.


Airport security screens passengers before they boardairplanes.


Benito Mussolini is deposed and killed.

INT. 2014 MOSCOW SHOP

Lady and child buy German chocolates from store.


Hitler survives an assassination attempt by ColonelStauffenberg, who places a bomb in a briefcase under atable close to Hitler.

EXT 2014 OUTSIDE OF MOSCOW

Elite Russian soldiers train for endurance.


Massive escape from Sobibor as Jews and Soviet POWs breakout, with 300 making it safely into nearby woods. Ofthose 300, fifty will survive. Exterminations then ceaseat Sobibor, after over 250,000 deaths. All traces of thedeath camp are then removed and trees are planted.

EXT 2014 MOSCOW STREET

Firemen battle blaze. Use axes to gain entrance tobuilding. They rush into the burning building withoutdelay.


Teheran conference between the Big Three: Churchill, FDRand Joseph Stalin, of the Soviet Union.

EXT. 2014 RUSSIAN TELEVISION - JUST OUTSIDE THE KEMLIN


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The news shows protesters in the streets. There is alwayssome unemployment, and the media is speculating perhapsthere is a lack of direction and vision. There are manyquestions for the new President, but the media will overdramatize things to get peoples attention and more

viewers.

NEWS ANCHORMeanwhile our new young Presidentfaces pressure from protests andopposition criticism at home.Grishin's departure was marred byviolence at an opposition rally todaywhen protesters tried to move toanother, unsanctioned, location.Police dispersed the rally anddetained hundreds. What does all thismean?

(pause)And now we turn to our politicalanalyst. Is there too much doubt andhas Alexander Grishin received ahoneymoon period in office like otherworld leaders traditionally havereceived?


Russian troops reach former Polish border.

EXT. 2014 RUSSIA TELEVISION STUDIO

NEWS ANCHORSo how is our new President doing?

TV ANALYSTHe is new and young. Energetic andperfectly able to engage the world,but President Grishin is not entirely

popular at home; Russia has manyproblems and most of them rest on hisshoulders. This is his first foreigntrip as President and there is a lotat stake with most of the majorpowers to be in Washington at the G-8conference. The Russian people want abear; he looks like a bear, but is


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he? How will it go? Russia will haveto wait and see.


Newsreels from 1944 showing a Hitler speech where hepromises new secret wonder weapons and ultimatelyvictory.

EXT. 2014 RUSSIA TELEVISION STUDIO

NEWS ANCHORAlso in the news today the Governmentof Moscow approved the concept fordevelopment of undergroundterritories of the city where roads,parking areas and shopping malls areto be built. Besides, construction ofanother ring metro line located twoor three spans away from the existingone is to be considered this summer.


Adolf Hitlercalls up all remaining males between 16 and60 in Germanyfor army service.

INT. 2014 MOSCOW CITY MEETING TELEVISED

We see a speaker and he is presenting a plan to expandthe subway system. The news anchor is voice over.

NEWS ANCHORThe tremendous plans will inevitablylead to contacts with specialservices that are in charge of thesecret system of metro tunnels ofmany kilometers, shafts and bunkersthat were built under the surface for

Russian leaders of the Soviet epoch,Russias Izvestia newspaper reports.


Russian language newsreel from 1944 show German forcesslowly retreating through Byelorussia. They are harassed
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by resistance fighters and followed by the Soviet Army.Hitler continues his slow retreat back to Berlin.

INT. 2014 RUSSIA ALLEGED INTERIOR OF METRO-2

The audience is given a brief preview of Metro-2 andshown what looks to be an illicit or amateur video clipof a portion of the tunnel system. It is perhaps a hiddencamera in a brief case or in a hat.

NEWS ANCHOR(adding a bit of humor)

Writer Vladimir Gonik has beenexploring Moscows underground

territories for 25 years already; hecoined a new term Metyro-2 in the1990s and wrote a novel titledPreispodnyaya. He described

everything that was located under theterritory of Moscow in such adetailed way that he was evensummoned for and unpleasantconversations with special services.

NOTE FOR FILMS ART DIRECTOR: You, of course, can make

any film you like, with the director this is your job. Ibelieve it would be best to preview one Metro-2 andreveal later in the film a different look. For example,

show photos of an old run down spooky dark tunnel andlater have it to be a freshly waxed shiny tool of modernRussia. Or, preview a modern tunnel system but reveal anold antiquated system. This is a movie, only the artdirector can tell us what it really looks like anyway!

In the Russian media, myth and reality dont always

match.


Film footage of German V-1 and V-2 and Me 262.

EXT 2014 MOSCOW CONSTRUCTION SITE

Moscow is booming and construction projects areeverywhere.



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Allied landings in Normandy on the coast of northernFrance.

EXT 2014 MOSCOW SIDEWALK

A Muslim man leaves the new Moscow Congregational Mosqueand takes a taxi.


Russian troops liberate the first concentration camp, atMajdanek where over 360,000 had been murdered. Thenewsreel shows the horrors of the Nazi Death Camps

EXT. 2014 MOSCOW - VNUKOVO AIRPORT

A Russian call girl sits in the bar stirring her drink.Waiting.


Soviet troops reach the Slovakian border.

EXT. 2014 MOSCOW - VNUKOVO AIRPORT

A female ticket agent greets people with a smile.


Allied armies liberate Paris.

EXT. 2014 MOSCOW ROAD

Moscow cars are standing still in traffic congestion.What they call progress.


Erwin Rommel is forced to commit suicide by the Nazigovernment.

INT. 2014 MOSCOW MILITARY BARRACKS

Russian special forces officer is shown polishing hissurfboard.


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Red Army liberates Auschwitz, finds more convincingevidence of SS atrocities and of the Holocaust.


Russian customs agents welcome an Americanfamily into the country.


The U.S., British, and Soviet governments agreethat postwar Germany will be divided into zonesof occupation governed by the victoriousAllies.

INT. 2014 MOSCOW RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

People are praying.

INT. 1944 GERMANY, THULE SOCIETY MEETING

The Study Group for Germanic Antiquity is a Germanoccultist and vlkisch group meeting in a dark room inBerlin. VERY WIDE SHOT - it is a very large room but arelatively small table, the 12 to 15 most ardent Nazis.

CLOSE ON - Rudolf Hess, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank,Wilhelm Frick, Hans Fritzsche, Walther Funk, SophieScholl, Walther Hewel, Karl Gebhardt are in attendance.Some mysterious female occultists are talking to thegroup. CLOSE ON unit patch of Black Sun Legion.Several high ranking officers of the Black Sun Legion,the Reichs secretive occult section of the SS, arelistening taking notes.

Again, a VERY WIDE SHOT to add mystery. It is a secretivesociety.

MYSTERIOUS WITCH(mostly inaudible)

..Hitler, black forces, invisible

hierarchies, unknown superiors,

Devils Key, weapon, unlimited

power.


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The above words make it to the subtitles.

Place the microphone far from the actor. She is actuallysaying

MYSTERIOUS WITCHHer Hitler, Leader of the Reich,master of Black Forces and InvisibleHierarchies and his Unknown Superiorscall on you to deliver the DevilsKey, a weapon of unlimited power.

We can gather from the symbols in the room and theparticipants Hitler is looking to the occult forsomething to change his sinking fortune. Perhaps theoccult will provide him with this wonder weapon.

Most of this scene is a WIDE SHOT because most reasonablepeople would not sit at this table.

INT. 2014 MOSCOW RED SQUARE SUNNY DAY

Tourists enjoy their visit.

EXT. 1944 BYELORUSSIA, SMALL VILLAGE

There is fighting in the distance and German soldierslook nervous and are rushing around. The village is being

ransacked. Colonel Jungen Mller, a high-ranking officerwithin the Black Sun Legion is searching a tinyByelorussia village for the Devils Key, a mythicalweapon which is rumoured to grant the ability to walkthrough walls and cross continents in the blink of aneye.

GERMAN SOLDIER(from grave he is amazed)Colonel!!!

The soldier has found the portal weapon in the grave of amedieval crusader. In the casket, there is a disk likeportal device, several modern pistols and an ancientbook.

JUNGEN MLLERRemove everything from the grave.


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The witch takes the book and opens it and begins to readquickly. The Germans need something to carry the body ofthe Knight and the items in. The Colonel looks around. Hesees some town people moving a coffin.

JUNGEN MLLERBring me that coffin.

They hesitate and do nothing. Mller points apistol at them. The soldiers stop searching.

JUNGEN MLLERDump the body!

The town people dump the coffin but it contains a liveresistance fighter and some weapons. The resistancefighters pick up the weapons and spray the Germans with

machine gun fire. The witch is killed instantly and bookfalls to the ground. During the battle, the items areremoved from the grave of the knight and are placed inthe back of a military truck.

Belarusian resistance fighters attack and keep Mllerfrom possessing the book, but the portal device fallsinto the hands of the Germans. A priest comes and picksup the book for safekeeping.

Just as the Nazis truck pull out of the village the

liberating Soviet army arrives.

EXT. 2014 MOSCOW RAPID RESPONSE FORCE COURTYARD

Soldiers are sitting squatting alongside a wall in acourtyard, like chickens on a perch. No one is in ahurry. This is a very disciplined group; no one isexercising their tongues. They can be observed bypasserbys on the sidewalk.

Some have a firm grip of their weapons; others not

letting the "Kalashnikovs" more than a few inches away.But this picture isnt so strange, almost all nations

have soldiers waiting, but especially Russia. But only itis normal at first glance, in fact, nothing strange, usedto seeing this. But on the contrary, it is strange to goto the latrine unarmed. Strange, is the picture of a manrelieving himself with a gun.


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INT. 1944 SECRET WAREHOUSE IN GERMANY

WIDE SHOT - The device is on a table and occultists areexamining it.

S.S. GENERAL(mostly inaudible)work, function, return

MYSTERIOUS WITCH #2(mostly inaudible)

entire armies, land, naval and air

forces, move entire armies,surprise, no fuel, spies can

walk through walls and armies crosscontinents in the blink of an eye.

Again the audio is distant and only these wordsmake it to the subtitles. But she is actuallysaying in German.

MYSTERIOUS WITCH #2(mostly inaudible)

This can more entire armies, land,naval and air forces. We can moveentire armies for surprise attacks.No fuel. Spies can walk through wallsand armies can cross continents in

the blink of an eye.

INT. 2014 MOSCOW RAPID RESPONSE FORCE COURTYARD

A older woman shouts down from the sidewalk at thesoldiers.

WOMANThank you, soldiers.

Some of the soldiers wave.

INT. 1944 HALL OF NEW REICH CHANCELLERY

S.S. General comes from a room that contains Hitler andEva Braun. Through the door at it opens and closes, wesee a grown woman (Eva) jumping rope. The General walksnext door.


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INT. 1944 MAP ROOM IN NEW REICH CHANCELLERY

There is a table and maps and papers are laid out. Plansfor use of the weapon are materializing.

S.S. GENERALThere is intelligence informationthat Stalin will be returning toMoscow on a flight from Samara intoVnukovo, tomorrow. There isnt a bookwith instructions. However, the Nazioccultists seem to think whenactivated it will bring the forcewhere it is needed and on time.

There is no discussion. They are only robots at thisstage.

EXT. 2014 UNITED STATES ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE

On television, the President of Russia doesnt look

happy. He boards the Russian jet without any fan fare.Something has gone wrong with the summit.

RUSSIAN TV NEWS ANCHORIn a sign he may not be ready tohandle the international pressures,Russia's President Alexander Grishin

abruptly left the global politicalsummit in Washington today, a dayearly, the Kremlin confirmed.

EXT. 1944 GERMAN LUFTWAFFE BASE

Junkers transport planes are outfitted with eliteparatroopers.

S.S. GENERAL(briefing group of officers)

Your orders are to kidnap or killStalin, secure the airport and usethe government tunnels to reach andKremlin. Here is a list of othertargets.


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JUNGEN MLLERThis is quite a list. Moscow StateUniversity?

S.S. GENERAL

Nuclear physicists.

JUNGEN MLLERThe facilities and archives atMosfilm?

S.S. GENERALPropaganda.

JUNGEN MLLERUnderstood.

S.S. GENERAL(realistically)

If you can capture Stalin, wonderful.But you must take over the airport tofacilitate the landing of a largerforce tomorrow. Here are extensivemaps of the airport and the city.

JUNGEN MLLERWhat about the tunnels?

S.S. GENERALFind Stalins tunnel system, as best

as we can tell they are separate fromthe public Metro. We speculate theyhave four lines, and they lie 50 to200m deep. It is said to connect theKremlin with the security serviceheadquarters, the government airportat Vnukovo and several other keypoints in the city.

EXT. 2014 MOSCOW TELEVISION STUDIO

ANNOUNCERPresident Grishin set the tone forthe discussion on Syria at the G8summit which opened Washington D.C.,when he rounded harshly on American


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President Barack Obama for supportingrebels who

CUT TO tape of Grishin.

PRESIDENT GRISHINkill their enemies and eat theirorgans.


This film can easily be a Luftwaffe fest. ManyMesserschmitt fighters are prepared with ammunition andfuel.

INT. 2014 RUSSIAN CLOSE COMBAT TRAINING

President Grishin practices judo. He throwsunderlings half way across the room.

INT. 1944 GERMAN CLOSE COMBAT TRAINING

Jungen Mller practices judo. He throws hisunderlings half way across the room.


ANNOUNCER

Hitting back at this weeks decisionby U.S. President Barack Obama whomhe had met privately at the summit -to give the rebels military support

Grishin asked

CUT TO tape of Grishin.

PRESIDENT GRISHINAre these the people you want tosupply weapons? The rebels dont

have any sort of civilizedconstitution only a barbarictradition.


Stuka dive bombers prepare for the mission.


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ANNOUNCERThe venue for the two-day gatheringof US, Russian, Canadian, French,

German, Italian, British and Japaneseleaders was worlds away from theSyrian killing fields


It is more like and invasion force given the amount ofequipment they have mustered. Most notably they areloading 30 or 40 motorcycles on board transport planes.


ANNOUNCERThe White House announced thatGrishin is unable to join the otherleaders of the other nations inaiding the Muslim rebels. BarackObama accused Grishin of furtherarming the government in Syria.


Heinkel heavy bombers are loaded for the mission.


ANNOUNCERThe Kremlin said Grishin needs tofinish work setting up his newgovernment.

PRESIDENT GRISHINI cant spend anymore time helping

the American president set up Sharia

Law in countries in our sphere ofinfluence. It is waste of my timelistening to Obamas dreams. We will

protect our friends and we willprotect Russia. Always!



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Colonel Mller supervises the loading of a small crateonto one of the transports. This is the lead transportsand has the symbol of the Black Sun on the fuselage. Theother planes are regular Luftwaffe.


ANNOUNCERPresident Grishin will be back inMoscow tomorrow afternoon.

INT. 2014 PRESIDENT OF RUSSIAS ILYUSHINIL-96

While his plane is in route to Moscow, President Grishingoes over a speech he is going to give when arriving inMoscow.

In chairs in front of Grishins desk, a senior policy

adviser whispers to the President's Chief of Staff...

POLICY ADVISERYou can kiss any trade agreement withthe EU out the window. No armscontrol agreements. No progress. Itmight be the cold war all over again.A political disaster.

Grishin hears them but only looks at them disapprovingly.

Grishin begins.

GRISHINI have to apologize, I have been awimp. I have not acted and I have satand listened to appeasers andpacifists for too long.

The two advisors look at each other worryingly.

GRISHIN

As you know, three weeks ago AmericanPresident Barack Huseain Obama, incooperation with other Muslimgovernments, began shipping arms tothe Muslim terrorists trying to overthrow the Syrian government. Thesecriminals would bring a brutal andsadistic reign of religious terror to


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Syria, a friendly nation. Theirefforts thus far have given newmeaning to the word horror. I amproud to say now that the Syriangovernment will not fall. The Russian

government will match or even exceedany and all weapons shipments toSyria.

The men look incredulous. Grishin continues.

GRISHINAnd now, yesterday's biggest threatto world peace... has opposition.There will be no Sharia law infriendly nations. From now on, Russiawill view it a crime against humanityto point a gun at a population anddemand it become a theocracy.

Grishin pulls the page from the notebook, folds it andslides it into his pocket. He removes his glasses andlooks at the two men. His tone becomes more personal.He's not reading the speech anymore. It seems he has thelast part memorized.

GRISHINWhat we did here was important. We

finally pulled our heads out of thesand, we finally stood up to thebrutality and said "We've had enough.Every time we ignore these atrocities- the rapes, the death squads, theassasinations - every time wenegotiate with these, these thugs tokeep them out of our country and awayfrom our families, every time we dothis we legitimize terror.

Grishin looks them in the eye as he speaks.

GRISHINTerror is not a legitimate system ofgovernment. Some men and theirreligions are not fit for government.The purpose of government is not toenforce religious conformity. And


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for the United States and otherpowers to attempt to installterrorists into a government isagainst our national interest.

Tatiana Romanova, a flight attendant, comes into removeto tea trays.

GRISHINA woman in Washington said to me,Why wont you do what Obama asks you

to do? Well, I have an answer,

Because, Obama is not the President

of Russia.

Romanova pauses to listen, she chuckles. Thetwo advisors disapprove of her.

GRISHINI dont know if Obama is a Muslim or

just an appeaser, but I can tell youone thing he wont appease them by

handing them a country in our sphereof influence. We will not pay forhis appeasement of the Muslims.

ROMANOVAForeigners dont understand national

interests. Twenty five millionRussians dead because of foreign

invasion in the last century and theythink we will simply agree withanything. Ha!

The men are silent. Romanova exits.

POLICY ADVISERShe isnt supposed to say anything.

GRISHINRelax. Was she wrong? The Americansdont think we have any security

interests.

POLICY ADVISERA woman actually said that to you?


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GRISHINI think Im about to make her famous.

POLICY ADVISERYes. If you make this speech, she

will be the woman known for re-starting the cold war.

INT. 1944 GERMAN BLACK SUN TRANSPORT

Colonel Mller briefs the pilot as the planes engineswarm.

JUNGEN MLLERThis plane contains a portal devicethat will deliver us to Moscowunharmed. But your mission will notbe complete until you return theplane to this base. The minute yousee Vnukovo airport

(shows him photos)then immediately turn the plane to

the West and return the device toGermany safely. The SS-Helferin willoperate the device. Understood?

EXT. 2014 AIRPORT SIDEWALK

A mid-level federal security officer lectures Afghanveterans who are assembled there with protest signs. Heis simply reminding them of the rules. He delivers thespeech in a monotone manner, suggesting he has given thisspeech several hundred times. And the veterans arent

paying too much attention. They have heard it probably100 times as well. A thin newspaper journalist is therecovering the protest.

SECURITY OFFICER

Listen up, the Presidents Limo willpass by this location inapproximately one hour. You WILLfollow all of the applicable laws oryou will be punished.


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Unlawful entry (trespass), Fine of upto 10,000 rubles and imprisonment forup to 180 days.

Malicious destruction of property,

Fine of up to 50,000 rubles andimprisonment up to 10 years.

Rioting or inciting to riot, Fine ofup to 100,000 rubles and imprisonmentfor up to 10 years.

Wearing a mask, Fine of up to 5000rubles and imprisonment of up to 180days.

Defacing property, this includesgraffiti on buildings and chalkingsidewalks. Maximum possible fine of10,000 rubles and imprisonment up to180 days.

Disorderly conduct, Fine of up to5000 rubles and imprisonment for upto 90 days.

Disorderly conduct on publicproperty, Fine of up to 5000 rubles

and imprisonment for up to 6 months.

Simple Assault, Fine of up to 10,000rubles and imprisonment for up to 180days, Assault on a police officer,Fine of up to 100,000 rubles andimprisonment for up to 10 years.

Possession of a prohibited weapon,this can include flagpoles,backpacks, water bottles, etc. The

following are always consideredprohibited weapons, even if they arenot being actively used and aremerely possessed: knuckles,slingshots, switchblade knives, andblades longer than 3 inches. Fine ofup to 10,000 rubles and imprisonmentup to 1 year.


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Blocking passage, obstructing anystreet or sidewalk. Fine of up to5000 rubles and imprisonment for upto 90 days.

Failure to obey a lawful order,Minimum fine of 1000 rubles andmaximum fine of 10,000 rubles.

Crossing a police line, Fine of up to3000 rubles.

Understood?

EXT. FORWARD OPERATING BASE GERMANY

Hundreds of German paratroopers in full battle rattle andan attack dog load into the Junkers. Moving fast,wordlessly, loading weapons and gear under the intensebright white light, then - doors slam, engines whine and over 100 Luftwaffe planes rise above the runway anddisappear into the morning light.

EXT. 2014 PRESIDENT GRISHINS PLANE

The Presidents plane is approaching Vnukovo. They are 30miles out at 10,000 feet.

INT. 2014 KREMLIN OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

President Grishins personal secretary, Anna

Petrushevskaya, is a very responsible woman in her 50s,

leaves the office and walks across the street to have herhair done.

INT. 1944 GERMAN TRANSPORTS OVER BYELORUSSIA

The German paratroopers check their equipment and are

focused on mission.

INT. 2014 PRESIDENT GRISHINS PLANE

The pilots make preparations. The passengers find a placeto sit and buckle their seat belts.

INT. 1944 STALINS PLANE


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Pilots are bringing in Stalins plane.

EXT. 2014 THE SKY OVER VNUKOVO

Dark Clouds form in the West. They foreshadow an event.

EXT. 1944 THE SKY OVER BYELORUSSIA

The huge German airborne force is meet with a few RussianPolikarpov I-15 and I-16 fighters. There is panic in thevoice of the Russian pilots.

POLIKARPOV PILOT #1What do we do?

POLIKARPOV PILOT #2Minsk! Minsk! Incoming mass ofGerman planes. Possible bombing andparatrooper forces. Twenty or moretransport planes. Twenty heavyBomber, Twenty medium bombers.Fighter escort.

POLIKARPOV PILOT #1How can they have fighters this farEast?

POLIKARPOV PILOT #2It doesnt matter. They are here.

Dark Clouds form in the East.

INT. 2014 VNUKOVO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER

Airport personnel are organizing the traffic into theVnukovo and monitoring the radios.

HEADSET IN 2014

Minsk! Minsk! Incoming mass ofGerman planes. Possible bombing andparatrooper forces. Twenty or moretransport planes. Twenty heavyBomber, Twenty medium bombers.Fighter escort.

The air traffic controller has an odd look on his face.


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CONTROLLER #1This is Vnukovo air traffic control.Please identify yourself.

HEADSET(partly inaudible)This is Soviet Air Force Lieutenant

There is too much atmospheric interference to understandany more.

INT. 2014 ILYUSHIN-96, FLIGHT DECK

Pilot Anasenko and Co-Pilot Igoshin are bringing in thePresidents plane.

MOSCOW CONTROLLER #2(radio)

Ilyushin One Heavy, you are clearedfor priority landing, all runways areclear.

LT. COL. IGOSHINMoscow tower has cleared local airspace.

COL. ANASENKOChanging course heading to 276 point

five. Dropping to ten thousandfeet.


There are simply too many German planes to stop. The twoSoviet pilots line up and are about to attack the leadGerman plane, the plane carrying the device.

POLIKARPOV PILOT #1What do we do?

POLIKARPOV PILOT #2First things first.

EXT. 1944 MINSK CIVIL DEFENSE

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guns are ready. Stalins plane from Samara turns abruptly

to leave out of the area.

INT. 2014 VNUKOVO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER

CONTROLLER #1You are on a restricted frequency.

COL. ANASENKOThis is Ilyushin One requestinglanding instructions.

CONTROLLER #2(off mic and nervous)

It is the President.

COL. ANASENKOThis is Ilyushin One requestinglanding instructions.

Hostile time travelers from 1944 are about to visitpeaceful bustling 2014 Moscow.


Just as the few Soviet Polikarpov fighters are about toclose in and shot down the lead plane. The portal deviceis totally activated and dark clouds obscure everything.

The German forces have disappeared from 1944.


The German forces arrive out of the dark clouds and onthe tail of the President of Russias plane just as it is

landing at Vnukovo. Grishin is one mile out and at 3000feet.

INT. 2014 VNUKOVO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

The air traffic controller looks at radar and suddenlythere are 100 planes over the airport.

CONTROLLER(off mic)

Abort. Abort.

He realizes his mistake.


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CONTROLLER(on mic)

Abort. Abort.

INT. COCKPIT OF MIG 29

From an elevated position and a healthy distance away,the fighter escort have an over view of the situation.

PILOT #1Ilyushin One. This is SquadronCommander Canton, your escort. Youare in the middle of somecommemorative (and criminal) airshow. There are 100 or more German

1940s vintage airplane all aroundyou.

PILOT #2Victory Day Parade Flypast was inearly May. This is not it!!!

They race with after burners to the situation.

EXT. 2014 MESSERSCHMITTS IN THE SKY OVER VNUKOVO

The German radio is eerily quiet. But the time travel

doesnt delay the German pilots more than a few second.They look around; there is very little consternation anddebate.

GERMAN PILOT #1The airport is bigger than I thought.

GERMAN PILOT #2They have the new jet engines.

GERMAN PILOT #1

Look at the size of Stalins plane.

GERMAN PILOT #2It is a wonder the thing can evenfly. The wing span must be over 60meters and the length is what 55meter?


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GERMAN PILOT #1They could have built 20 fighters forwhat this cost.

GERMAN PILOT #2

No wonder they are going to lose thewar.

GERMAN PILOT #1What decadence.

JUNGEN MLLERProceed with the mission.

INT. ILYUSHIN ONE FLIGHT DECK PRESIDENTS PLANE

COL. ANASENKOThis is Ilyushin One Heavy. I'mcoming to full throttle. ETA toSheremetyevo seventeen minutes. We'vegot a mix up here.

As the Russian radio goes wild with panicked chatter.


The German fighters attack and disable the strange modernplane carrying the President. The engines are on fire

and/or failing. The two Messerschmitt 109s, who haveappeared on the tail of the Presidents Ilyushin Il-96,do their job and the plane begins to fall to the runway.

INT. 2014 PRESIDENT GRISHINS PLANE FLIGHT DECK

The alarms are going off and everything is done to avoidcrashing.

EXT. 2014 THE VNUKOVO AIR DEFENSE AREA

There is a S-300 air defense system protecting Vnukovo.The S-300 is regarded as one of the most potent anti-aircraft missile systems currently fielded. Its radarshave the ability to simultaneously track up to 100targets while engaging up to 12. However S-300 deploymenttime is five minutes.


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The crew runs for the SAMs. Some run so hard they losecontrol and tumble. They turn on the electronics. Theybegin to fuel the missiles. They wait impatiently.

YOUNG RUSSIAN SOLDIER

(panicked)Go. Go.

EXPERIENCED RUSSIAN SOLDIER(limited and concerned)

Five minutes. They just appeared outof nowhere. They have carte-blanchfor four more minutes.


The lead German plane exits the battle and returns toGerman in the West. It seems that they turn withoutreally assessing the situation. Their goal is not tosubject the new weapon to any risk. It is possible theydont even realize the device has brought them to 2014.

INT. 2014 PRESIDENT GRISHINS PLANE FLIGHT DECK

Pilot Anasenko and Co-Pilot Igoshin are franticallytrying to get the plane down safely.

INT. 2014 BEAUTY SALON NEAR THE KREMLIN

The Presidents personal secretary is having her hairdone in anticipation of the Presidents return. She is

watching television.


There are two modern Russian fighters escorting thePresidents plane but the radar air-to-air missiles taketime and then refuse to lock onto the small fighters atVERY close range, one flys wildly into the airport

facilities.

The MiGs race to use their close range cannons butovershot their slow moving targets. There are nearlyseveral mid-air collisions. But then all seems lost; thePresidents plane is crashing landing onto the runway It

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The Heinkel bombers proceed with most of the fighterescort toward the city of Moscow. The remainingMesserschmitts strafe the Russian Air Force planes parkedas well as all of the police, fire and security forcevehicles.

Stuka dive bombers bomb the airport, barracks and fueldepots. The police, fire and rescue building and garagesare bombed.

The Junkers release their parachute troops who land andquickly move to the terminal and control tower.

INT. 2014 THE VNUKOVO TERMINAL

The airport security is designed against lone or smallgroups of terrorists. This takes the entire airport bysurprise. However, airport security does respond on theground even though they are outnumbered and out gunned.

Jungen Mller stops at a tourist kiosk and picks up mapsand brochures about all the sites of Moscow.

He gives modern tourist maps and the brochures to severalofficers. The officers race to rejoin their soldiers atthe VIP building.

INT. TV NEWS STUDIO

ANNOUNCERWe interrupt this program with latebreaking news. Vnukovo airport isunder air attack by an unknown groupof terrorists. We have reports ofgunfire and air-to-air combat overthe site where the Presidents planeis due to land any minute now. Staytuned for details as they are madeavailable.

EXT. 2014 THE VNUKOVO RUNWAY

Other Junkers land and taxi toward the VIP building.

As the smoke clears, it is clear that President Grishinhas survived but is a slightly injured and left with onlya two security men.


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There is a portly journalist who survives the crash withhis smart phone. His cameraman and the high qualitycamera are destroyed. His cell phone however can send lowquality images to his TV station.

There is a sexy female flight attendant, TatianaRomanova, who has survived and she is trying to forceopen a locker.

Papers containing NUCLEAR WAR STRATEGIES and MISSILELAUNCH CODES are strewn on the pavement. Several aides,although seriously injured, manage to collect a few ofthem. The shredded remains of the nuclear football areburning.

INT. 1944 ROOM OF NEW REICH CHANCELLERY

Hitler, his face unseen, is sitting in a chair watching agrown woman jump rope. He is sitting and waiting. Perhapswe can see his hands, they are shaking and folded tosuggest worry or doom.

EXT. 2014 THE VNUKOVO RUNWAY CRASH SITE

Through the smoke and debris, Grishin sees the Nazisoldiers landing and running for objectives.

INT. 2014 THE PRESIDENTS OFFICE IN THE KREMLIN

President Grishin flashes forward and we can visualizehis greatest fear. A Nazi army officer sitting at hisdesk smoking his cigars.

EXT. 2014 THE VNUKOVO RUNWAY CRASH SITE

Back in reality, President Grishin immediately andimpulsively reaches to his side, for his old a familiarburden his Kalashnikov. He looks for a second, as a

cripple without a crutch. Grishin, a long time away fromhis war, lacks something now. It has happened beforestartled, forgetting himself, frightened and threatenedGrishin would bring a hand where the machine gun normallywas. He is unarmed now. But he finds only a phone in hispocket.

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Jungen Mllers parachute lands and he immediatelygetshis field glasses out and surveys the situation. Heespecially is interested in the downed plane.

INT. KREMLIN, SWITCHBOARD ROOM

GRISHINCome on Anna, pick up.

A chipper woman in her early-20s picks up the call. Sheis probably not burning the brightest candle.

SWITCHBOARDKremlin switchboard. How may I directyour call.

GRISHIN(hushed urgency)

Okay listen, listen carefully. Thisis an emergency call. Who's there? Isthe Vice-President there?

SWITCHBOARDWho can I say is calling?

GRISHINThis is the President.

SWITCHBOARDYeah, right.

GRISHINDon't cut me off. This is anemergency; the plane just crashed.

SWITCHBOARDSir, the President does not call thisparticular number. So whoever you are

get a life, before I have this calltraced.

GRISHINYou don't understand. This is anemergency and this is the only numberthat I know. Let me talk to anyone.


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The switchboard operator thinks for a moment. Maybe shecan have some fun with this nutcase.

SWITCHBOARDOkay... if you're the President,

when's your mistress's birthday?

GRISHINLook lady, I don't have a mistress.Just put the....

SWITCHBOARDIm sorry. Thank you for calling the

Kremlin...

GRISHINNo. no. no. Wait. Wait.

It looks as if the Nazi paratroopers might becomeinterested in the wreckage and are organizing to assaultwhat is left of the plane. So Grishin is urged to leave.

INT. TV NEWS STUDIO

There is cell phone video from a distance of thepartially burning wreck.

ANNOUNCER

This just in we have unconfirmedreports that the Presidents plan hascrashed.

INT. BEAUTY SOLON NEAR THE KREMLIN

The Presidents personal secretary pulls out her cell

phone and calls the Presidents cell phone.

Even though the plane has gone down, there was a veryhard landing and he is just clear of a burning fuselage,

President Grishin answers. He sees it is his secretary.

GRISHINAnna, we are about to move. Hold theline. Where are you?


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ANNAThe beauty shop across from thestreet from the Kremlin.

GRISHIN

You are having your hair done?

ANNAEverytime you are out of the countryand sometimes even when you are not.

GRISHINOkay okay. You need to get to somecommunications facility and get me intouch with the government.

She looks out the window and sees an internetcaf.

EXT. 2014 SCHOOL PLAYGROUND VERY NEAR VNUKOVO

Children have been playing sports outside but now arewatching the battle above their school.


MiG-29s have a 30 mm cannon in the right wing but thecapacity is for only 100 rounds. Two Messerschmitts are

shot down. But there are many many more.

MIG PILOT #1That is it, 100 rounds.

The pilot frantically radios for other planes to respond.

MIG PILOT #1Help. Help. Patriotic War era Germanplanes have downed the Presidents

Il-96. Request full military

response.

One of the escort MiG-29, out of cannon and over whelmedby the shear number of fighters over the airport, isdiabled by the Messerschmitts.

MIG PILOT #1Im bailing out.


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The radar guided missles havent been affective at

extremely close range. But the pilot sees out of thecorner of his eyes the Heinkels moving North and at agood distance now. He moves his dying plane in that

direction and fires two missiles.


The MiG pilot is about to bail out but he stays in theplane to avoid a school.

MIG PILOT #1School! School!

INT. 2014 INTERNET CAF

The patrons of the caf have been online but the radiointerrupts with the news and they immediately begin

streaming the TV news to their computers. Anna chargesin and everyone looks They have been watching the TV and

are aware.

ANNAMy name is Anna Petrushevskaya andIm the Presidents personal

secretary. He needs your help. Weare going to coordinate official

government business. Understood?

The men simply stare in disbelief. These men think theirbrains operate at the speed of electricity but theydilute themselves. Things not dealing with mathematicshave to be explained to them.

PATRONHis plane has crashed, they have noofficial communications.

Now the others understand and they rush to type a fewmore keys. Anna looks the days code word up on her smart

phone.

ANNATodays code word is Hungry Duck at

Midnight All the phone numbers are

at government.ru/situation_rooms.html


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(short pause)Are we there yet?

To save time and have everyone look up, she barks outorders to them by their distinguishing looks.

ANNAYou, call the office of the PrimeMinister.

(pointing)You in the red shirt, Minister ofForeign Affairs

(pointing to a mansmoking)

Cancer stick, Minister of InternalAffairs

(pointing to a man in aTexas Ranger hat)

American baseball, Minister ofDefense

(pointing to a man with aToshiba laptop)

Toshiba, Minister of EmergencySituations

(pointing to a businessman)Suit and tie, Minister of Justice

(pointing to man wearinga dog collar)

Dog boy, Minister of Transport(pointing to the proprietor)

Lock that door and send out for somepizza for these heroes.

Before they can look up she has given all theassignments. They begin dialing and talking to theircounterparts.


The German paratroopers are deployed and continue to tryto take control of the airport. It isnt easy they

security people have side-arms. A few have automaticrifles.

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Two Heinkel bombers are struck by missiles fired from theMiG and crash into suburban Moscow.


Every Russian joins the fight -- the food venders, thefight attendants, Muslims, a German Sheppard, Americantourists, street children, ticket agents all participatein the defense of the airport. They pick up weapons, theybegin to watch and strategize intensely. Many move to animproved position.

INT. 2014 THE VNUKOVO TERMINAL WAITING AREA

A band of German soldiers make their way into the waitingarea. All the waiting passengers remain seated as theysoldiers approach. They are trying to comprehend this oddunbelievable situation.

A young girl is accompanying her blind grandfather andhis dog. She tells him everything that she sees indetail.

YOUNG GIRLGrandfather, do you remember when wewere at the park and I said there wasa lion lose and walking around?

GRANDFATHERYes.

YOUNG GIRLIm sorry. There wasnt a lion.

The German Sheppard becomes anxious to go.

GRANDFATHERYes, I know. But why did you waituntil now to tell me.

YOUNG GIRLBecause you wont believe me now

unless I confess.

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GRANDFATHEROkay. Tell me what you see.

YOUNG GIRLSoldiers. Nazi soldiers from the

Great Patriotic War.

The dog confirms to the grandfather with a slight growl.

YOUNG GIRLOne is dragging a lady by the hair.

A German soldier has a female airline employeeby the hair and is questioning her.

GERMAN SOLDIERWhere is the airport control center?

The employee actually doesnt know. The German

glances to the young girl and her blindgrandfather. And then back to his victim.

GRANDFATHERGet them, Fritz.

GERMAN SOLDIERMy name is not Fritz.

The dog springs into action and takes down thesoldier. His gun goes sliding across the floorto an American tourist.

GRANDFATHERIf you are perfectly still he willstop biting you.

GERMAN SOLDIER(screaming in pain)

What do you mean, how can I be still

when he is biting me?.

GRANDFATHERFigure it out.

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and she rushes over and with the help of the airlineemployee ties up the German.

The American tourist calmly shots a German soldier who iscoming to help. The eyes of this children become very

large in dismay.

A group of street children who have been begging watch.


We are still waiting for the S-300 air defense system tocome online.

INT. SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF AIRPORT VIP BUILDING

Afghan veterans groups have been protesting and hoping toget the attention of the new President but in the midstof all the bombing and explosions they dont flinch. All

walk quietly to their cars or the buses. Some returnwith tire irons some remove the hand rails from the buswith a screwdriver. One picks up a very large rock. Somesiphon gas from cars to make fire-bombs. Some cut thefence and they make their way out to confront theparatroopers some who are still floating down.

AFGHAN VETERANFriend, you have some binoculars in

your car?

THIN JOURNALISTYes. Oh. Yes, of course.

AFGHAN VETERANThank you. Do you have a cell phone?

The veteran uses an electric pole to climb up on top ofthe roof of the building. The journalist follows.Obviously our veteran was an observer in the war.

INT. 2014 THE VNUKOVO PASSENGER WAITING AREA

A Muslim man continues to pray throughout the attack. AGerman soldier approaches him and shouts.

GERMAN SOLDIERGet up!


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The praying man doesnt get up. The soldiergets very near him and is about to kick him,but the Muslim man kicks the Germans leg out

from under him and the German crashes to the

ground. With a knife to his thoat the Germangives his weapon to a ticket agent.

INT. 2014 INTERNET CAF

The caf is ready to relay any messages.

ANNAPresident Grishin? Are you there?

INT. 2014 THE VNUKOVO RUNWAY

The journalist is recording the Presidents swift action

on his cell phone.

GRISHINYes. Here is what I want you to do.

EXT. 2014 ROOF OF AIRPORT BUILDING

The thin journalist and his veteran observer, have anexcellent vantage point. With the cell phone they can seealmost all the tactical parts of the battle.


The security force with President Grishin survey thesituation. They are in the middle of the airport runway.No cover and only one vehicle left to escape with thelimousine waiting in front of the VIP building. Thedriver is waving at them to come.

PRESIDENT GRISHINRun for the limousine.

Just before the security team, the portlyjournalist, Tatiana and President reach thelimo a Stuka dive bomber bombs it. While thelimo is heavily damaged it is clearly armouredand actually still running.

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The grandmother who tied up the German soldier tells thestreet children to drag the man to an isolated area andto watch him. Some are teenagers and can handle theresponsibility.

They do and interrogate the soldier.

YOUNG MANWhat is your mission?

INT. THE PRESIDENTIAL LIMOUSINE

They get inside and there is remarkably littledamage. The driver is deaf from the bomb butotherwise uninjured.

Tatiana Romanova motions for the driver to call her.

TATIANA ROMANOVA(smiling at him)

Call me.

The driver does and now they can communicate bytext messaging.

PRESIDENT GRISHINAsk him if this thing still runs.

TATIANA ROMANOVA(smiling at him)

It does.

PRESIDENT GRISHINTell him to drive out of here.

The limo begins to roll. The engine appears tobe on fire but it is still running. It goesvery very slowly. In the back, they take

account of the situation.

PRESIDENT GRISHINWeapons.

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grenades, smoke bombs, flashlights, nightvision equipment, hand cuffs and otherequipment she rescued from the locker.

TATIANA ROMANOVA

It is just a little something.

The weapons are distributed.

The men want to take all of her guns but shekeeps the best. They look at her like she hasbeen cheating at cards.

TATIANA ROMANOVAWhat? My father was an instructor; Ican fire a weapon more accuratelythan anyone in here.

There is an odd silence.

TATIANA ROMANOVAOh, except for the President ofcourse who I understand is anexcellent marksman.

They try to make an exit from the airport inthe limo but it will only travel at about 5mph. A Nazi soldier catches them and running

beside the limo.

GERMAN SOLDIERCome out! Stalin!

The soldier sprays the side of the limo withmachine gun fire. The bullets bounce off. TheNazi soldier is still running beside the limo.

GERMAN SOLDIERCome out! Stalin you pig!

The soldier places a hand grenade in the pathof the limo. The charge does nothing.

GERMAN SOLDIERCome out! Stalin you bastard!


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Finally the German attaches a rather seriouslooking demolition explosive to the windshield.

The party become worried that this is the endand they look to the President. Grishin nods

his head that it will be okay. He seems to knowthe specifications for the glass. The Germanuses a long trip wire to detonate it. Theexplosion blackens the windshield enough thedriver cant see. And the limo finally stops

running.

PRESIDENT GRISHIN(into his cell)

Underground. Metro-2.

The three man group and the flight attendant guarding thePresident exit the vehicle and run toward the VIPbuilding.


The captured German soldier looks a bit damaged,evidently the boys have beat him a bit.

YOUNG MANIf you dont tell me what you are

doing Im going to put this cigarette

out in your eye?

The German cracks.

GERMAN SOLDIERStalin. We are here to kidnap Stalin.

The boys in the group are awed but then laugh.

YOUNG MANIdiot

(to his friends)Beat him.

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The passengers who are waiting on planes return to theirseats as German soldiers run past every so often. Somepassengers pretend to read the newspaper, but are peeringover at all the action.

They hear laughter from the isolated area and one of theboys return for some more twine.


The Russian air defense personnel on the ground aretrained for air attack but against modern aircraft andfrom a much greater distance. They however, find an oldershoulder mounted surface-to-air heat seeking missile,which is fired at one of the 1944 era planes.

It accidentally hits the second escort MiG-29. The pilotbails out of the plane.

The remainder of the transport planes land and taxi tothe Vnukovo VIP facility.


Airport security has won some territory the middle of thewaiting area. They are fighting Nazi at both ends of theterminals. This leaves our passengers in the waiting areaunencumbered.

INT. 2014 THE VNUKOVO VIP BUILDING

The German paratroopers have found a stairway entrance tothe Metro-2 behind a bar in the building.


The Nazi soldier who was captured is hoisted up into theair by the twine made into a rope. He is suspended fromone of the rafters like a bat. Escape is impossible.

The boys return to the waiting area with all the Germans

equipment and clothes. One boy thinks he was takenadvantage of in dividing up the spoils.


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STREET BOY #1These clothes are worthless. Feelthis. It is rough and of poorquality.

STREET BOY #2But the patches with the insignia,even though clearly imitations theycan be sold to collectors.

STREET BOY #1But you have all the hardware, thecanteen and plate. The knife andfork. You have the soap. It isunfair.

STREET BOY #2Life is tough.

STREET BOY #1(on the verge of tears)

You have a little stove. I want alittle stove.

STREET BOY #2Okay, want to swap?

They return almost nothing of the twine to the

grandmother.

EXT. 2014 THE VNUKOVO VIP BUILDING

The Nazi transport planes are unloaded with all the mostsophisticated 1944 light weaponry.

INT. THE VNUKOVO VIP BUILDING

These German soldiers are so well trained, even though ina strange new time, they dont hesitate one second. The

motorcycles are raced off the transport planes and downthe stairs into the Metro-2.

They destroy the modern subway cars meant to transportthe leadership in case of nuclear war. These arent your

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Nazi soldiers run lines for German field phones throughthe tunnels and throughout the airport.

INT. THE METRO-2

The German motorcycle troops have orders to race thoughMetro-2 to strategic locations to seal off entry into thesystem Kremlin and NKVD/FSB building entrances, etc.

As the cycles race through the system, we get a quicktour of the facilities. There are stations atintermittent location on the Metro-2 just like the publicline. However they seem to each serve a purpose. TheNazis on motorcycles pass bomb shelter stations last usedin the Great Patriotic War. Some stations are almostcompletely beds but with a massive public bathroom. Thereis a map room in on space on the line. The Nazis pass anoffice and a huge walk in safe. A supply depot andsomething that resembles a machine shop in a factory.

The Nazis race past tens of tightly sealed metal doorsand gates, that without the help of hydraulics could notbe opened by 20 men. One could reason that there are foodstocks in bank level security. Actually, there is lesssecurity (thinner doors) for the Kremlins gold.

They have two-man motorcycle teams stop at each entrance

from the surface and plant demolition charges. They cutthe lines to the Russian telephones in Metro-2. Nazisoldiers run more lines for German field phones. They arevery methodical. It will be very difficult to get rescuepeople into the tunnels.


There is a running gun battle. The four men (one is deafand one is a journalist) and one woman security force,with President Grishin, are racing German soldiers on

foot for the entry to the Metro-2. They arent aware ofmotorcycle soldiers already in the tunnels. Grishins

group wins the race, to the hidden stairwell.

INT. VNUKOVO CONTROL TOWER

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being shielded by the others and reasons that it isprobably Stalin. He runs into the VIP building.

JUNGEN MLLERStalin.

(Into the radio)The sparrow is in the barn.

The bombers turn on the message and find new targets.Their new mission is to cut off and seal with bombs theMetro-2 tunnels. Flares are released as a message to theparatroopers.


The Presidents security team has to shot a few Nazi

soldiers to gain access to the building.

Tatiana immediately grabs all of the flammable liquorbottles she can. They look at her strange but sheexplains by throwing a Molotov cocktail at some Nazimotorcycles parked just outside.

EXT. VNUKOVO AIRPORT

Seeing the flare, almost all of the German ground forcesbegin to move toward the VIP building.


Grishin stops and sees that the secret stairwell has beenexposed and reasons there are already Germans in the

tunnel. There is a land line phone the Nazis haventdestroyed yet.

PRESIDENTIAL BODY GUARD #1Sir, I have the FSB Headquarters onthe phone.

But the President looks at all the massive German force,men and equipment, above ground and he plans on leadinghis group underground.

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Presidential Body guard #2 returns fire at theGermans.

PRESIDENTIAL BODY GUARD #1Sir, they dont want you to do that.

We will be out of communications.

Tatiana Romanova has disappeared from the group who isducking down behind the bar.

PRESIDENT GRISHINTell them we are going in and starttoward Moscow and to send help.

PRESIDENTIAL BODY GUARD #1But if you do they said burn thisbuilding to seal off this end of thetunnel..

PRESIDENT GRISHINGood idea.

They stack up what furniture they can from thebar and with the help of all the spilled boozethey start a fire.

PRESIDENTIAL BODY GUARD #2Where is the girl?

Now they hear automatic gunfire from the tunnel. Theydescend the stairwell. She has killed two Nazi soldiers.

The men look closely at her to determine if she is goingto become emotional. To which she shrugs like it isnt

that big of a deal.

INT. VIP BUILDING RUSSIAN TV

ANNOUNCER

In the most recent news, only momentsago President Grishin was evacuatedinto the Metro-2 tunnel system. For ashort time after the crash he wasguarded in the VIP building. But weunderstand now he is in the Metro-2tunnels with security guards. We are


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now with our military and counter-terrorist expert.

(to analyst)Your ideas on this? Is this a smartmove?

ANALYSTIn my mind, yes. From the tapes wecan see he only had a small securitydetail perhaps only two or threesurvived the crash. There are anincredibly large number of terroristswho have over run the airport. Heprobably had no other alternative.

ANNOUNCERUnconfirmed reports say that theseterrorists are dressed in 1940s eraNazi uniforms and are speakingGerman. What about that?

ANALYSTWe dont know. They may be a very

large neo-Nazi fascist group or thiscould be some sort of a ruse and acoupe attempt.

ANNOUNCER

Address the issue of a coup d'etat.

ANALYSTThis is very odd what is happening.The reports. The ruse might be tosomehow escape accountability orblame. The Russian democracy isclearly being threatened. It could befrom an internal source or anexternal one. We dont know.

ANNOUNCERCould this be about the Kremlin gold.

ANALYSTYes, it is possible. They do seempreoccupied with the tunnels. Thismight be nothing more than a well-orchestrated bank heist.


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ANNOUNCERWhat if they are actually Germans?

ANALYST

Fortunately, the Russian President isan ex-military and policeman. Trainedin hand-to-hand combat, a Judo expertand he speaks German also. If hemeets a German in the tunnel, Imsure he will let us know the answerat the first opportunity.

ANNOUNCERIs help on the way?

ANALYSTOf course.

ANNOUNCERSo it really doesnt matter to the

President if they are Germans or

not?

ANALYSTRegardless. This might not be easyfor him, but it is surmountable.

EXT. SKY OVER AIRPORT

Twelve missiles seem to fly aimlessly into theatmosphere. One it seems accidentally hits a Stuka. Butthey gather direction and scream off after the Heinkels.The Heinkels have a big head start.

INT. STAIRWAY TO THE METRO-2

As the President moves down the tunnel in the directionof Ramenki, several German troops run through the smoke

and flames and following them into the tunnel. One Nazicatches his uniform on fire. Most German soldiershesitate. Meanwhile Grishin and the others escape.

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ANNOUNCERIt appears that the building is onfire. A small amount of smoke isvisible.

EXT. MOSCOW ZOO

A lone Heinkel has been crippled by the cannon of a MiG-29. It crashes into the Moscow Zoo pond. One parachutistlands dangling in a tree with a lion clawing at his feet.

One parachutist lands in the elephant enclosure and iscornered. The Nazi soldier tries to move to the left andescape; the elephant blocks his exit. The nazi moves tothe right and the elephant counters his move. He istrapped and the elephant simply stares and waits.

One of the chimpanzees has disarmed an unconscious Naziand thrown his gun in his pond. When he wakes up, thechimpanzee has the Nazi by the hair and will not let go.

INT. THE METRO-2

On of the security guards picks up one of the phones inthe tunnel. It seems they dont work as the lines were

cut. They try to get the subway car there to work. Itwill not run. It is badly shot up. Grishin has his cellphone and the journalist with them has his phone.

EXT. AIRPORT BUILDING ROOF

The veteran is watching it all with the binoculars. Thejournalist arrives and wants to interview him.

JOURNALISTWhat can you tell me about this?

AFGHAN VETERANIt is the most bazaar thing I have

ever seen.

JOURNALISTThey are German?

AFGHAN VETERANNo.


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JOURNALISTNo?

AFGHAN VETERANNazis. That is worse. Those are Nazi

era planes and uniforms.

JOURNALISTOkay?

The journalist writes in his journal.

AFGHAN VETERANWhat are you writing? By the time youpublish anything it will be over.

JOURNALISTOkay. I have a cell phone.

AFGHAN VETERANCall 112..

He dials.

JOURNALISTBusy.

AFGHAN VETERAN

Of course. Isnt there anyone youknow in the police?

JOURNALISTWhat is the number for the military?

AFGHAN VETERANGrishin has already arranged for thatIm sure.

JOURNALIST

Grishin. I think he is dead.

The journalist motions toward the downed plane.

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Metro-2. He is probably back at theKremlin by now.

JOURNALISTHow do you know?

AFGHAN VETERANI watched him.

JOURNALISTNo. How do you know about Metro-2 forsure.

AFGHAN VETERANListen would you live in a city withtraffic like ours and with 5,000nuclear weapons pointed at us and NOThave an underground?

JOURNALISTGood point.

AFGHAN VETERANNewspaper men, you all spell verywell.

JOURNALISTTelevision!

The journalist sees a TV news camera man shotand the camera falls to the pavement. There isa remote broadcast truck in the parking lot.

The journalist waves to the engineer at thetruck. He climbs down from the roof, andretrieves the camera. The signal goes from thecamera to the truck and then back to the TVstation.

AFGHAN VETERANThere you go.

The veteran nods his approval.


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JOURNALISTHello. Im a newspaper journalist.

Im at the airport and I have a

former military observer with me.(listening)

Yes. Yes, I can.

The journalist turns on the camera to the airfield.

JOURNALISTDo you have this?

CUT TO Russian television news.

AFGHAN VETERANThere are approximately 14 Nazi eratroop transports on the ground. Ibelieve there are six in the processof landing. I estimate approximately200 troops. Mechanized soldiers inmotorbikes. They seem to be gatheringat the VIP terminal. There must be 50inside the building the others arescattered about the airport.

JOURNALISTCan you tell us what you saw earlier?

AFGHAN VETERANA Il-9 probably carrying thePresident was shot down whilelanding. That is the wreckage. A fewof the survivors and what looked tome as the President made it to thelimo and then into the VIP building.

(turning)There is a MiG-29 crashed out in thatfield beside the school and anotherone out on the other end of the

airport.(turning)

Twenty or thirty heavy bombers wereflying North.

JOURNALISTWhat do you see now?


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AFGHAN VETERANHand-to-hand fighting. Some gunfire.My friends are assaulting the VIPbuilding.

JOURNALISTWho are they? Why?

AFGHAN VETERANThe are veterans from the Afghan war.They havent killed anyone in a

decade or two and maybe Russian needsthem again.

JOURNALISTNo the terrorists. Who? Why?

AFGHAN VETERANI only know what I see. Offices saywhy. Im enlisted. I wasenlisted.

JOURNALISTWhat do we need to do?

AFGHAN VETERANWe need some helicopter gunships todirect their fire at the VIPbuilding. The enemy is collecting

weapons and men there.

INT. THE METRO-2 TUNNEL

A motorcycle approaches in the distance and Grishin andthe others stop.

SECURITY GUARD #1Quick in here.

They find a utilities closet for electrical and

mechanical storage.

PRESIDENT GRISHINI think we are in a caldren. It seemsthere are Nazi like figures onmotorcycles down here. The access toMetro-2 was breached before we gotthere. There are no telling how many.


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They probably raced through-out thesystem.

TATIANA ROMANOVAThen we have to get out. Leave this

too them. We will find a differentway.

PRESIDENT GRISHINAnd in a few minutes Spetsnaz unitswill be at the airport.

They watch wave after wave of German soldierstream by. Most of them will be to the North ofthem.

TATIANA ROMANOVAThat is good.

PRESIDENT GRISHINWe will wait here. For 15-30 mins andthen we will go back to the airportand hope the Spetsnaz has control.

They watch wave after wave of German soldier stream by.

TATIANA ROMANOVAWhat do they want?

PRESIDENT GRISHINKremlin. Me. All of Moscow.

TATIANA ROMANOVA(gesturing to the North)

Where does this go?

PRESIDENT GRISHINKremlin. Moscow State University.Mosfilms, Lubianca. Many places the

red, green, purple and blue lines go.But it doesnt run parallel.

TATIANA ROMANOVAHow do our cell phones work downhere?


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PRESIDENT GRISHINThe track it carries electricity butalso serves as a cell tower.

EXT. MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY

The Heinkels reach their target drop theirbombs, which miss and hit near the building. Wecan blow up some tourist buses and cars in themovie. Several less important (innocent)buildings can be blown up.

INT. SWANKY MOSCOW RESTAURANT

Suddenly, everyones attention is diverted;

there is a slow buffeting, as if the air aroundthem is being sucked out and replaced quickly.

The table shakes slightly. There is a distantROLLING NOISE like interrupted thunder. All thepatrons have stopped talking and eating; a fewstand up and look out toward the window and thebuildings and park beyond. The buffeting andNOISE CONTINUES; they all stand silently.Suddenly it stops.

EXT. SKY ABOVE MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY

The people from the caf walk outside and look

up. Soon after dropping the bombs the surfaceto air missiles destroy the Heinkels.

INT. FSB COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY ROOM

VIDEO PLAYBACK, fast forward, a speeding blur of imagesfrom a surveillance cameras at the airport. It's twohours worth of footage, they're scanning for Girshin'scrash and

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONSGo. Keep going Go...Wait. Stop. Youwent past it.

There it is Grishin leaving the wreckage with theTantiana, her bag, a relatively immobile journalist andsome security agents


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DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS(staring at the monitor)

It's him. My God, it's really him...

Computer specialist #1 is working the console. Freezing

the image. Punching it up.

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS(pointing to screen)

Who are these people?

COMPUTER SPECIALIST #2Two security agents. A journalist andan attendant with the airplane.

VIDEO PLAYBACK fast forward. They're scanning for Girshinrunning to the limo and find it.

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONSGot it.

VIDEO PLAYBACK fast forward. Girshin is shown runningfrom the limo to the VIP building.

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONSNow bring up the footage of insidethe building.

VIDEO PLAYBACK fast forward. Girshin runs down the stairsand into the Metro-2.

Director of Operations picks up the phone.

COMPUTER SPECIALIST #1What is he doing?

COMPUTER SPECIALIST #2Maybe he is safe. Maybe he's on thecar and heading to the Kremlin.

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONSCall the car and see.

Computer specialist #2 reaches for his phone.

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONSCant be sure. We've just got to be

the first ones there.


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(decision time)Get everybody up. I want them allactivated ten minutes ago.

INT. METRO-2 ON RUSSIAN TV STUDIO

The TV stations now have a new video showing thePresident and his party enter the utility room. It isbroadcast.

ANNOUNCERBreaking news. This just in from theThe All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod ofFools and Jesters computer hackergroup. The President of Russia,Alexander Grishin is confirmed to beinside Metro-2 along with what couldbe 100s of terrorists.

(pause)Ladys and gentlemen, this is nolonger a mission to remove the enemyfrom the tunnels meant to transportour leaders out of a nuclearsituation. The President is almostalone, isolated and vulnerable. It isnow a rescue mission.

(sensational dramatics)A race against time.

INT. VNUKOVO AIRPORT

The airport has TVs in the bars and restaurants. One ofthe Nazi soldiers notice and points this out to his

superior.

SOLDIERIt says he is underground.

They watch television for a moment. The superior officer

goes to one of the Nazi era field phones and informs thesoldiers in the tunnel to search all the utility rooms.

NAZI OFFICERHe is in an electrical room. Look forthis type of room.


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The Nazi officer rushes off. The Nazis dont have enoughsoldiers to control everyone at the airport. It has growntoo rapidly, as a result many people there areunmolested.

The call girl at the deep dark end of the bar appears tothe Nazi soldiers in a come get me pose and as he walksdeeper into the bar, he is struck over the head by aticket agent.

INT. RUSSIAN TELEVISION

ANNOUNCERA warning to our viewers that thefollowing may be disturbing to someviewer.

INT. FSB COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY ROOM

COMPUTER SPECIALIST #2Sir you better come see this.

The Nazis have arrived at the crashed airplane. They lineeveryone up who is still at the plane, many are wounded,and execute them.

INT. COMMAND ROOM AT HELICOPTER BASE NEAR MOSCOW

The commanding officers are watching it all on TV. Theyhave seen the Germans unloading equipment in the VIP

building and now the veteran observer is directing themto fire. The information is relayed to attackhelicopters.

EXT. HELICOPTER BASE

A two darkly painted attack helicopters lift off from aheavily fortified, concealed compound. They cross abarbed wire and guarded perimeter. They fly low over

Moscow rooftops and parks in a rush to help.

INT. VIP BUILDING AT VNUKOVO

Smoke is still coming from the bar area where thestairwell is but soldiers are entering the tunnel. Theyare carrying equipment and cases of ammunition.


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German Officer reports to Colonel Mller.

GERMAN OFFICER #1Colonel. Blitzkrieg. In the face ofsuperior numbers and superior

weaponry. Surprise has given us avictory. The airport is ours andalmost all the special soldiers areunderground.

JUNGEN MLLERIt isnt over. I would expect a

counter attack. We must have theairport open for the main forcetomorrow.

GERMAN OFFICER #1We have made preparations. They willnot take back the airport. Stalinwill soon be our prisoner and theglorious Third Reich will, as part ofits destiny, own Russia. Lebensraum.Hail Hitler.

As the German officer drones on patriotically, the secondGerman officer voices his concerns.

GERMAN OFFICER #2

Something strange is going on and Ihave never seen such weapons. I fearthat we cant win the war. Her Hitler

and our government has kept theRussian technological successes asecret.

JUNGEN MLLERBut the mission has been a success.And there isnt any sense frightening

the public.

GERMAN OFFICER #1Stalin or someone very important is

in the tunnels and they shouldproceed regardless.

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JUNGEN MLLERThe motorcycle units have allprobably reached their assignments.And the bombers should have reachedtheir targets.

GERMAN OFFICER #1We have the criminal Stalin trappedlike a rat.

JUNGEN MLLERLets hope.

The Nazis turn and see two Mil Mi-24. They ofcourse have never seen a helicopter.

A Nazi officer bravely (or stupidly) runs outon to the tarmac and fires at the helicopterwith this pistol. The helicopter turns theswivel gun in the front at the man. He stopsfiring and runs back into the building.

Inside, the officers are smart enough to beginmoving toward the stairwell down into theMetro-2.

EXT. VNUKOVO BUILDING ROOF RUSSIAN TV

The journalist and veteran are on TV again.

AFGHAN VETERANOkay boys, let them have it.

There is a pause of a few seconds. The helicopter is justhovering waiting to the word to be relayed to them.

EXT. VIP BUILDING AT VNUKOVO

The gunships unload on the VIP building, as many Nazis

make a mad dash into the Metro-2 stairwell.

After a short time, the entire building collapses and theMetro-2 tunnel now impassable from this location.

The airport entrances are sealed off by the Russian army.

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The Heinkels arrive at Mosfilm and drop theirbombs. The explosions arent so terrific. Less

fire and more dust from the collapsed parts ofbuildings. It is just that we have made so much

progress in blowing things up; the bombs from1944 dont seem to spectacular by todaysstandards. Immediately afterwards, the surfaceto air missiles destroy the Heinkels.

EXT. VNUKOVO AIRPORT BUILDING ROOF RUSSIAN TV

More Mil Mi-24s arrive and destroy the many German planeson the taxiway near the VIP building.

INT. MOSFILM

As a testament to the new order in Russia, there isextensive damage to the buildings from bombing but theelectricity to Mosfilm is restored quickly with moderndiesel powered electric generators. Electriciansaccustomed to arranging lighting for film stages begin tomake repairs. Where a stairwell is damaged the setbuilders design and carpenters build a new betterstairwell. NOTHING CAN STOP MOSFILM!!!

INT. PASSENGER AREA

Grandmother is pinned down by gunfire. But the Nazi gunjams. Grandmother gets up from the floor takes her caneand begins to wallop the soldier.

INT. VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE AIRPORT

The street children are organized now. They have hired ataxi out in front of the airport and are filling thetrunk with Nazi uniforms and gear. The dead and capturedNazis are practically naked. The boys have carted offsome motorcycles.

EXT. VNUKOVO AIRPORT RUSSIAN TV

Elite Russian assault troops arrive on helicopters andretake the airport. The only remaining Nazis remainingare now underground and surround President Grishin.

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As the Elite Russian soldier are disembarking thehelicopters, the street children make their exit. Theyhave a taxi FULL of memorabilia and five or six motorcycles.

INT. FSB HEADQUARTERS BUILDING BASEMENT

The FSB do try to assault their entrance into Metro-2 butit is defended by the motorcycle troops. Progress in adefended tunnel is nearly impossible.

INT. RUSSIAN TV STUDIO

The television station has tapped into the FSB securitycameras in the tunnel and the progress of the rescuesoldiers is reported.

ANNOUNCERIn breaking news from Moscow, we havebeen provided the latest footage fromVnukovo airport and are making itavailable on our website. Warningthis video shows fighting in theMetro-2 line and may be disturbing tosome viewers.

INT. METRO-2 NEAR FSB HEADQUARTERS BUILDING BASEMENT

Progress in a defended tunnel is nearly impossible. Slowurban (column-to-column) fighting.

INT. METRO-2 ON RUSSIAN TV STUDIO

ANNOUNCERIt appears from the video two groupsof Russian soldiers have made entryinto the system. One group isfighting near the Kremlin and the

force is fighting under the FSB headquarters.

The members of the club, probably most of the guys fromthe internet cafe, are monitoring all 128 of the tunnelcameras available at their website.

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Twelve elite Russian troops have entered Metro-2 from theKremlin on a rescue mission, but their progress is slowedby the motorcycle troops. Only a small group enter thetunnel before the entrance is blown up by the two German

motorcycle troops who were sent forward.

INT. FSB HEADQUARTERS, SITUATION ROOM

Grishins face, a video image frozen on a computer

monitor. It's Grishin looking at the camera. Grishinlooking up at the camera in the Metro 2 system.

The FSB director enters the room in a rush.

FSB DIRECTORIs the President safe yet?

FSB STAFF #1Not yet, but the extraction team willhave him very soon. His personalsecretary is on that line; she is onthe phone with him.

FSB DIRECTORHow did this happen? How did they getMetro-2. It is one of the mostclosely guarded secret for years.

FSB STAFF #1I dont know sir.

FSB DIRECTORWho are they? Libyans, Egyptians,Chechens?

FSB STAFF #1I think they are Nazis sir.

FSB DIRECTORNazis?

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FSB DIRECTOROptions?

They begin watching the helicopters on TV.

FSB STAFF #1I think we are already there sir.

FSB DIRECTORWhere is President Grishin?

FSB STAFF #1Metro-2 en route to Ramenki.

FSB staff number two is reading a manual.

FSB STAFF #2The cars have been disabled. He is onfoot.

FSB STAFF #1We cant flood the tunnels with gas.

President Grishin would be in danger.

FSB STAFF #2Negotiate?

FSB STAFF #1

With who?

FSB DIRECTORHow many of our soldiers are inMetro-2?

FSB STAFF #1A team of 12 entered from here andanother from the Kremlin entrance tenminutes ago.

FSB DIRECTORWell?

FSB STAFF #1Stiff resistance.

FSB DIRECTORMore men. Send more men.


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INT. METRO-2 NEAR FSB HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

Progress in a defended tunnel is nearly impossible.

EXT. FSB HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

Two of the Heinkle bombers and six of the Stukas bomb thebuilding.

INT. FSB HEADQUARTERS BUILDING BASEMENT

The bombs seal off the entrance to Metro. Bricks anddebris make sending more soldiers in from this locationis now impossible.

EXT. CHILDRENS PARKADJACENT TO THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING

In a cozy enclosed yard, landscaped yard surrounded by afence, we see an occupied childrens playground. A large

military transport pulls up to the park and the tiresscreech on the pavement. The park is assaulted by FSBsoldiers. Children go running and screaming. Protrudingabove the surface are some strange objects, it appearsthat they are for the children to climb upon. But whenthe tops of all five objects come off we learn they wereintended to supply air to the tunnels. The Russiansoldiers climb into the manifolds and repel down the air

shafts.

They can see electric light illuminating the ribbed cast-iron tubing, cable brackets with bundles of wires, rustypipes and at the bottom of the tunnel gleaming rails. Nowthere are three rescue teams in the tunnel system.

EXT. 1944 LUFTWAFFE BASE

The plane with the portal device is not destroyed by theRussian Air Force. It seems to have escaped back to 1944

Germany. This sets up the sequel film Metro-3 about thesecond wave of German soldiers planned for the next day.

INT. 2014 METRO UTILITY ROOM NEAR VNUKOVO

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journalist. One of the security detail has a smallmachine gun trained on the door; he is expecting company.

PORTLY JOURNALISTPresident Grishin what are your

thoughts right now?

GRISHINThis is a well organized and wellfunded terrorist attack. However itwill not succeed.

INT. 2014 METRO-2 NEAR THE KREMLIN

Nazi soldiers see, behind iron bars, palettes of gold (ata distance) at the end of a side tunnel, but they runinto a 2014 security measure a computer self-guidedautomatic machine gun, known as "Owl". It is anelectronic trap. They walk into it and are machine-gunned.


PORTLY JOURNALISTExactly how vast is this tunnelsystem?

GRISHIN

I realize that the Russian peoplewill soon, because of this incidencelearn of the vastness of this space.And I want them to know that I agreewith them and have been shocked atthis madness. Incredibly expensive,they are just as much a pointless anduseless. God forbid, nuclear war,those for whom they were built, whowould have have time to take refugein them? The time for missiles from

bases in Europe is calculated inminutes. We probably would not evenhave time to go down.

INT. METRO-2 TUNNEL NEAR THE KREMLIN


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Nazi soldiers approach the door to a utility room andkick the door in. Will the President be killed orcaptured? But they find no one.


PORTLY JOURNALISTHow much did this

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