Klitschko: More Than a Fight (2024) Movie Script
The following programme contains
distressing scenes.
(ALARM BLARES IN DISTANCE)
(ALARM CONTINUES BLARING)
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
Klitschko's looking for another one,
and finds it.
Vitali Klitschko!
You want to see
a heavyweight destroyer?
Vitali Klitschko
wants to be your man!
Utterly dominant.
(CROWD CHANTS IN UKRAINIAN)
(JET ENGINGES ROARING)
(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)
REPORTER: "Putin says he's only
targeting military targets."
Bullshit!
REPORTER 2:
"Vitali's brother, Wladamir,
"also a former heavyweight champion,
"came to town
to help out his brother."
Mr Mayor, do you have a message
for Vladimir Putin?
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
But sometimes, a fight is
more than a fight to a fighter.
Klitschko took that, too,
without going down.
(TRAINER COUNTS IN UKRAINIAN)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(TRAINER SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
We are talking about digital...
dital... ditsal... Digitalisation.
He is clumsy.
And that made him very uncomfortable
in the boxing ring,
and guess what,
in the politics as well.
He's not the regular politician.
(HUMS DRAMATIC TUNE)
Oh, yoy, yoy, yoy, yoy, yoy.
(HIS HEAD THUDS)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(THEY SING IN UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(LAUGHTER)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
REPORTER:
"A defiant Volodymyr Zelenskyy
"receiving standing ovations
from the British House of Commons."
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
This former comic actor,
cast in a new role
of war time Commander-In-Chief.
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(AIR RAID SIREN BLARES)
TV: "The Mayor of Kyiv says things
could become apocalyptic this month
"if Russia continues to strike
its energy infrastructure."
(PIANIST PLAYS MELANCHOLY TUNE)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(AIR RAID SIREN BLARES)
TV: "Temperatures this week have
dropped down to minus eight degrees,
"with hundreds of thousands
of people right across the capital
"without power and without heating.
"Residents saying that they
would rather live in the cold
"than live with Russians."
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(MICROWAVE BEEPS)
I could hear. You made my mum cry.
So, you're in trouble.
(LAUGHTER)
We were born in a family
of a teacher,
that's our mum, and a military
service man, and that's our father.
My brother was born in Kyrgyzstan.
After some while Father was
relocated to another military base
in Kazakhstan where I was born.
I was born, he was there.
I don't even know the time
without him.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
And we kept on going,
changing countries,
cultures, religions.
Our mum is from Siberia,
so she is so-called Russian.
But our dad was as Ukrainian
as Ukraine could be.
He loved to communicate in Ukrainian
even though Russian
was the dominant language.
And we grew up speaking Russian.
When I was eight we arrived in Kyiv.
I was raised in kindergarten knowing
the enemy is the United States,
so we need to fight them.
Then later on
I had military classes.
I had to learn how to put AK-47
together, throw a grenade.
WLADIMIR: Our father was one of
the true fighters for that system.
He was communist with a pride.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(NADIIA SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(AIR RAID SIREN BLARES)
(EXPLOSION)
REPORTER: "Kyiv was attacked
again this morning.
"Russia has increased its strikes
on the Ukrainian capital,
"launching arial assaults
almost every day."
(EXPLOSION)
(EXPLOSION)
(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)
(GLASSES CLINK)
(DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) Nice to meet you.
Welcome to Kyiv.
Welcome, welcome, welcome.
Right now, delegation from Israel.
Shalom.
Shalom!
Thank you for everything
what you are doing for Ukraine.
One more time.
Thank you very much.
OK, OK, OK.
So, and this is innocent, and these
are also European values, right?
Squashy.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
We have a proposal.
You see here the Champs-Elysees.
Great news. Great news. Great news.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
(UPLIFTING TRUMPET MUSIC)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB:
Spread Your Love
(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SCHISTON SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
HANDSOME BOY MODELLING SCHOOL:
Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)
(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(MAN SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(AIR RAID SIREN)
(PEOPLE TALKING UKRAINIAN)
(AIR RAID SIREN CONTINUES)
(UNNERVING MUSIC)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(EXPLOSION)
(DEBRIS RAINING DOWN)
Ahh!
(WOMEN AND GIRLS SCREAMING)
(AMBULANCE SIREN BLARES)
REPORTER: "Ballistic missiles fired
from somewhere just inside Russia
"travelled to the Ukrainian capital
in less than two minutes."
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
REPORTER: "The death toll continues
to rise for civilians
"with some of their heaviest
losses seen in children."
The Russians want Ukraine without us,
without Ukrainians.
LAPTOP: "We appreciate the
you taking time to join us.
"Thank you. New this morning,
"tension between the United States
and China escalating here again.
"This is what we know..."
(TURNS OFF LAPTOP)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
How are you doing?
DIRECTOR: I'm OK. How are you?
Marathon.
It's been a busy few days.
Busy last year.
Have you been sleeping at all?
Not so much.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
What was it like when the war
started for you and the family?
Terrible.
I was crying,
like, probably one week.
Because I didn't know who to call.
I was calling to my ex-husband,
and the hardest part was
that we were already
in the process of divorce.
But outside everyone thought
we are still... husband and wife,
perfect family couple.
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
Do you ever feel scared
for your father?
I... Well... all the time.
Erm, you know,
when the war first started,
propagandists of Russian said
they would take the president,
they would take the mayor.
They would line them up on the main
street and they would hang them.
So... its definitely scary.
Do you feel he was ready to die?
Yeah, absolutely.
Which kind of scared me as well
because I knew he would be.
You know. So...
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
One of my father's mantras:
Only something hard
can sharpen a knife.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
The way he taught us things
was in a very military-esque manner.
He gives you a command, you do it,
you fulfil it.
If you fail,
he'll tell you to do it again.
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
I wish that he would just,
like, finally just mellow
and just slow down because how long
you can work like this, man?
But he always want to leave in this
world his big signature, you know,
so it was always his dream,
and he's done it already.
Like, I don't know how many times,
and that was always my question,
what else do you want to achieve?
Why?
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(TV REPORTER SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(TV REPORTER SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
Good evening. Another stunner
tonight from the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev recommended
that the party's ruling
central committee be disbanded,
which in effect would be the end of
communist rule in the Soviet Union.
The Russian flag has replaced the
hammer and sickle over the Kremlin.
Nobody is sure what happens next
in the new commonwealth
of independent states.
(CHEERING)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
I was the youngest
in the heavyweight division
with not much experience.
Ukraine back then was first time
representing
as an independent country.
(CROWD CHEERING)
Brother, I-
In sport
- I love you, brother.
You made my day.
I spent years in sport
to achieve a result.
Wladimir do it so easily.
COMMENTATOR: A man from Kyiv
is the new super heavyweight
gold medallist.
(UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM)
I was 20 years old,
so it was just life-changing moment.
It was life-changing moment for both
of us, for Vitali and for myself.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
RUN THE JEWELS (FEATURING GREG NICE
AND DJ PREMIER): Ooh La La
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(DON KING LAUGHING)
(DON KING PLAYING PIANO)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(THEY LAUGH)
'How did you meet your ex-husband?'
'I was a model,
and he came to one of the shows.'
This huge guy sitting
in the first row, and staring.
And I was so afraid
to look into his eyes.
This Viking man,
but inside he had a big heart.
I fell in love brutally
with this man.
(CROWD CHEERING)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
WOMAN: Whoo!
Whoo!
I was at every fight.
But it was always
about the two brothers.
Wladimir is everything for...
for Vitali.
(MAN SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
COMMENTATOR:
He called him by his brother's name.
Which Klitschko is which?
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(COMMENTATOR SPEAKS GERMAN)
(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
Let's call it cowboy style.
He's not a fluid athlete.
He moves like a piece
of construction equipment.
Robotic and ugly to watch.
(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
Klitschko's looking for another one
and finds it.
Oh, dear, look at his eyes.
Vitali Klitschko
wins the WBO heavyweight title.
(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SHOUTS IN UKRAINIAN)
(COMMENTATOR SPEAKS IN GERMAN)
Chris Byrd,
Wladimir's golden opportunity
to reinstate the name Klitschko.
The revenge of the brothers.
(CROWD CHANTS)
Before February 24th
I thought I knew myself,
but I was wrong.
What you have achieved in your life,
awards, medals, titles...
so unimportant.
Now the only questions is,
what can I do for Ukraine?
I'm different to my brother
because I'm not a politician,
I'm not representing
any governmental institution,
but I am Ukrainian.
I'm part of this country,
I am an activist,
and I'm trying to deliver
anything I can:
humanitarian help, military help.
REPORTER: "This week Ukrainian officials
pleaded for more support from the West.
"Ukraine is dependent on Western
ammunition, and it's running out."
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
Ten out of ten!
Germany is one of
our most important allies.
I spent most of my life in Germany.
So, I can explain to Germans
what it is being in the war
and what we need.
(REPORTER SPEAKS GERMAN)
Wladimir Klitschko.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS)
(WLADIMIR SPEAKS GERMAN)
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
It's showtime.
(THEY SPEAK GERMAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
They need longer-range rockets
called ATACMS,
and they need cluster munitions
to defeat the Russians.
I think they can expel Russia.
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
Hey, Kaia, it's Ronald. Look who
I met at the Capital building.
We're just hanging out,
me and Grimace.
Chilling, doing a tour.
Good to see you. Good to see you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I want to say thank you
to the United States of America
for all the supply of the weapons.
We are family.
A signed pair of boxing gloves.
Do you want to go to 5 for me?
We're going to 5 now. $5,000
And now I need 6. Sold at $7,000.
Thank you so much.
Sold! At $16,000.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Criticising your partner
in the midst of a war is difficult,
but I agree with you, here are
things the Ukrainian government
needs to do to accelerate and finish
some pretty critical reforms.
I think if we come to the end
of the conflict,
and these things are not in place,
it will be a disappointment.
We have every confidence in you.
You've made Kyiv work,
you made the parliament work,
you can make some
of these reforms work.
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
Nice to see you, welcome.
- Very good to see you again.
How are you? - Great, thank you.
I think you make fundamentally
important points,
but there's an opportunity
perhaps to build back better.
Build back better not simply
the physical infrastructure
that's destroyed,
but the social
and governance infrastructure.
And we're determined
to work with you on that.
REPORTER: "Vitali Klitschko
delivered an unprecedented critique
"of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy."
REPORTER 2:
"Zelenskyy is becoming an autocrat.
"He is reshaping Ukraine
into an authoritarian state
"no different from Russia."
REPORTER 3:
"The first signs of a growing rift
"in Ukrainian leadership."
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(CROWD CHEERING)
COMMENTATOR: This is when
the real nerves hit you.
The dawning that he's going
in for the biggest job of his life.
He's fighting for the heavyweight
title against Lennox Lewis.
One of the few fighters
in boxing history
to have defeated every opponent
he has ever faced.
Lennox Lewis!
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(BELL RINGS)
It's a good start, this,
by Klitschko.
He rips him again with the right
hand. Lewis momentarily rattled.
Klitschko looks the boss
at the moment.
This is the point where one punch
could turn the whole thing around.
Big right hand by Lewis!
(BELL RINGS)
Oh it's terrible. It's terrible.
A really, really bad cut.
Oh, a horrible gash, which might
signal the end of the fight.
Is he going to be able to carry on
with that?
Vitali always told me:
"If you want to be at the fight
and sit there,
"control your emotions."
But for the Lennox Lewis fight
was really very hard.
Vitali is certainly ahead on points,
- but can he finish the fight
with that eye? - No way!
- DIRECTOR: Have you ever felt like
stopping one of his fights? - Oh, no.
It's not possible.
His entire mantra of life is, like,
"Failure is not an option."
(BELL RINGS)
The cut's bad. He's blinking
away the blood, Klitschko.
It's a problem.
He can no longer see.
He's fighting on pure heart.
Klitschko looks strong as he pulls
Lewis back across the ring.
Oh, what an upper cut!
But Klitschko took that too
without going down.
This big strong Ukrainian.
And he lands a huge right hand
on Lewis.
Klitschko is looking
the likely winner of this.
(BELL RINGS)
He can still do it.
One good right hand and Lennox Lewis
is on the canvas.(BELL RINGS)
They've stopped the fight.
They've stopped the fight.
They're going to declare Lewis
the winner.
Klitschko cannot go on
because of the cuts.
The crowd are in uproar.
Klitschko shouting "No! No!"
He can't believe it.
He was ahead on points
and he could have won that fight.
That should be a rematch.
No doubt in my mind.
The crowd here believe
that Klitschko has got a raw deal.
Klitschko is claiming
a moral victory.
(CROWD BOOING)
CROWD:
Klitschko! Klitschko! Klitschko!
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
A month ago I went to our troops.
They were asking
for a group of cars.
This car was purchased
with private donations.
What's amazing about it is we have
production right here in Ukraine.
This car is actually Land Cruiser
that has been equipped
with bulletproof armour.
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(SOLDIERS CHATTING)
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
REPORTER:
"The city of Bakhmut is obliterated,
"a city once home to 80,000 people."
REPORTER 2: "31,000 causalities
in Ukraine's military
"since the start
of this full-scale invasion.
"They really are struggling
without that western aid."
REPORTER 3: "The summer
counter-offensive in Ukraine
"is drawing to a close,
without the breakthroughs
"so many had hoped for."
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(THEY SING IN UKRAINIAN)
(SINGING CONTINUES)
(PEOPLE PROTESTING IN UKRAINIAN)
REPORTER: "Hundreds of thousands
of pro-democracy Ukrainians
"in the streets today,
protested against the result
"of the presidential election.
"Pitting their candidate
"of west-leaning challenger
Viktor Yushchenko
"against the pro-Moscow
prime minister Viktor Yanukovych."
REPORTER 2: "The country's election
commission ignored reports of fraud
"declaring Kremlin-backed
Yanukovych the winner."
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
REPORTER; "While Vitali Klitschko is
concentrating on Danny Williams,
"his thoughts are also
with his countrymen in Ukraine.
"He and his brother Wladimir
are supporters of Victor Yushchenko,
"the reform candidate.
A lot of drama there.
"He has apparently survived a
poisoning which has disfigured him."
Vitali Klitschko has it in his head
that a victory in this fight,
could enhance the change
for the political reform
he is hoping for in Ukraine.
Is that a dangerous psychological
burden to bring in here?
A fighter
who can punch like Willaims
is the real danger
to Vitali Klitschko,
but sometimes a fight is more
than a fight to a fighter.
(CROWD ROARING)
(BELL RINGS)
And Klitschko lands
a big right hand.
Williams hands jump.
Another right hand.
Klitschko's ready to take him out
here. Here goes.
It's a hammering.
As everybody underestimated
Vitali Klitschko,
he's just a nightmare
for Danny Williams.
Come on, your children are watching
at home. Your children are watching.
Klitschko is boxing beautifully.
If you can call
what he does beautiful.
Oh, there we go.
Over in the 8th round.
In a ring
completely smothered with blood.
And all around the arena
we have orange ticker tape.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
The era
of Klitschko dominance began.
(UKRAINIAN HIP-HOP MUSIC)
Now we'll tell you the remarkable
tale of the brothers Klitschko.
The top two heavyweights
in the world, Vitali,
and his younger brother Wladimir.
Tonight, its celebrating
with my brother
that we collect all
of the belts in the heavy division.
Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko
are the undisputed kings
of the heavyweight division.
CROWD: Klitschko!
Klitschko! Klitschko!
Klitschko! Klitschko! Klitschko!
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(ROMANTIC PIANO MUSIC)
This is one of the deputy's
from Klitschko's party,
and people here are against
building a big city parking.
All the citizens
here are against Klitschko.
He is the worst mayor
in the history of our cabinet.
(PROTESTERS CHANT)
REPORTER: "Demonstrators in Kyiv
show their support
"for a more western vision
of Ukraine,
"and want the democracy and rights
they see in Europe and America."
(CAR HORN BLARES)
REPORTER 2: "They are protesting
their president's decision
"to reject a trade deal
with the European Union
"and move closer to Russia."
REPORTER 3: "Vitali Klitschko,
heavyweight world champion
"and fast emerging as the most
popular opposition leader."
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(CHEERING)
"What started as a peaceful
anti-government protest in Kyiv
"descended into chaos."
"Reports now say the government is
issuing combat weapons to police."
(GUNSHOT)
(GUNFIRE)
"At least 80 protestors dead so far.
"The death toll continues to rise.
"Viktor Yanukovych is wanted
for mass murder."
The country now descending
into civil war.
REPORTER: "The video appears
to show President Yanukovych
"fleeing from
his luxurious mansion."
REPORTER 2: "Protestors have toppled
their own Ukrainian government,
"something no-one in Russia,
nor the West saw coming."
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
REPORTER: "Kyiv mayor's office
is facing prosecution
"by its own Ukrainian government
after three people died
"when they were unable
to access a bomb shelter."
REPORTER 2: "The building's
security guard failed
"to open the bomb shelter in time.
"Many couldn't get in and had to
watch as their loved ones perished."
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(PEOPLE ARGUING IN UKRAINIAN))
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(BOY SOBS)
(HE SOBS)
Sshh.
There's quite
an ugly bit of political fallout
from what was
a deeply tragic incident.
President Zelenskyy didn't hold back
his criticisms of Vitali Klitschko.
REPORTER: "Zelenskyy was joined
by more than 40 European leaders
"at the summit of the European
political community in Moldova."
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
One second.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
DIRECTOR: When is the most emotional
you have seen him?
I have seen him a lot of times.
When he was younger, to be honest.
Before... Before the politics.
Yeah, to be honest.
And then he started to change.
And you see that I am kind of
a little bit sad about it.
Because I realised,
when he went to become a politician,
that I'm starting to lose him...
my, that time, husband.
He is always at work.
Always at work.
We barely ever got to see him
very often at all.
And whenever he did come home,
sometimes he would bring
the office into the home.
That really shows
that he loves his people.
He wants to make a true change
in the country.
Even at the expense
of his own family, sometimes.
(INHALES DEEPLY)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(MELANCHOLY PIANO MUSIC)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
We saw the comments
from Zelenskyy in Moldova.
Could you respond to his comments
about this situation?
I don't want to make
a comment on that.
But I am... who was in the army...
...as a soldier.
I am... who was inside the ring
and knows what is a battle.
(PENCIL WRITING ON PAPER)
Mm-hm.
And right now my battle
for the lives of my citizens.
This will be biggest mistake
to make political battles
inside the country.
And people forget who sent
the missiles to our hometown.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SOLDIERS CHATTING IN UKRAINIAN)
(THEY CHAT IN UKRAINIAN)
(EXPLOSIONS IN FAR-OFF DISTANCE)
(THEY CHAT IN UKRAINIAN)
(WOMAN LAUGHS)
(MICROWAVE TURNTABLE WHIRS)
(MICROWAVE BEEPS)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(URGENT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)
distressing scenes.
(ALARM BLARES IN DISTANCE)
(ALARM CONTINUES BLARING)
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
Klitschko's looking for another one,
and finds it.
Vitali Klitschko!
You want to see
a heavyweight destroyer?
Vitali Klitschko
wants to be your man!
Utterly dominant.
(CROWD CHANTS IN UKRAINIAN)
(JET ENGINGES ROARING)
(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)
REPORTER: "Putin says he's only
targeting military targets."
Bullshit!
REPORTER 2:
"Vitali's brother, Wladamir,
"also a former heavyweight champion,
"came to town
to help out his brother."
Mr Mayor, do you have a message
for Vladimir Putin?
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
But sometimes, a fight is
more than a fight to a fighter.
Klitschko took that, too,
without going down.
(TRAINER COUNTS IN UKRAINIAN)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(TRAINER SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
We are talking about digital...
dital... ditsal... Digitalisation.
He is clumsy.
And that made him very uncomfortable
in the boxing ring,
and guess what,
in the politics as well.
He's not the regular politician.
(HUMS DRAMATIC TUNE)
Oh, yoy, yoy, yoy, yoy, yoy.
(HIS HEAD THUDS)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(THEY SING IN UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(LAUGHTER)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
REPORTER:
"A defiant Volodymyr Zelenskyy
"receiving standing ovations
from the British House of Commons."
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
This former comic actor,
cast in a new role
of war time Commander-In-Chief.
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(AIR RAID SIREN BLARES)
TV: "The Mayor of Kyiv says things
could become apocalyptic this month
"if Russia continues to strike
its energy infrastructure."
(PIANIST PLAYS MELANCHOLY TUNE)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(AIR RAID SIREN BLARES)
TV: "Temperatures this week have
dropped down to minus eight degrees,
"with hundreds of thousands
of people right across the capital
"without power and without heating.
"Residents saying that they
would rather live in the cold
"than live with Russians."
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(MICROWAVE BEEPS)
I could hear. You made my mum cry.
So, you're in trouble.
(LAUGHTER)
We were born in a family
of a teacher,
that's our mum, and a military
service man, and that's our father.
My brother was born in Kyrgyzstan.
After some while Father was
relocated to another military base
in Kazakhstan where I was born.
I was born, he was there.
I don't even know the time
without him.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
And we kept on going,
changing countries,
cultures, religions.
Our mum is from Siberia,
so she is so-called Russian.
But our dad was as Ukrainian
as Ukraine could be.
He loved to communicate in Ukrainian
even though Russian
was the dominant language.
And we grew up speaking Russian.
When I was eight we arrived in Kyiv.
I was raised in kindergarten knowing
the enemy is the United States,
so we need to fight them.
Then later on
I had military classes.
I had to learn how to put AK-47
together, throw a grenade.
WLADIMIR: Our father was one of
the true fighters for that system.
He was communist with a pride.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(NADIIA SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(AIR RAID SIREN BLARES)
(EXPLOSION)
REPORTER: "Kyiv was attacked
again this morning.
"Russia has increased its strikes
on the Ukrainian capital,
"launching arial assaults
almost every day."
(EXPLOSION)
(EXPLOSION)
(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)
(GLASSES CLINK)
(DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) Nice to meet you.
Welcome to Kyiv.
Welcome, welcome, welcome.
Right now, delegation from Israel.
Shalom.
Shalom!
Thank you for everything
what you are doing for Ukraine.
One more time.
Thank you very much.
OK, OK, OK.
So, and this is innocent, and these
are also European values, right?
Squashy.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
We have a proposal.
You see here the Champs-Elysees.
Great news. Great news. Great news.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
(UPLIFTING TRUMPET MUSIC)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB:
Spread Your Love
(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SCHISTON SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
HANDSOME BOY MODELLING SCHOOL:
Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)
(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(MAN SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(AIR RAID SIREN)
(PEOPLE TALKING UKRAINIAN)
(AIR RAID SIREN CONTINUES)
(UNNERVING MUSIC)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(EXPLOSION)
(DEBRIS RAINING DOWN)
Ahh!
(WOMEN AND GIRLS SCREAMING)
(AMBULANCE SIREN BLARES)
REPORTER: "Ballistic missiles fired
from somewhere just inside Russia
"travelled to the Ukrainian capital
in less than two minutes."
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
REPORTER: "The death toll continues
to rise for civilians
"with some of their heaviest
losses seen in children."
The Russians want Ukraine without us,
without Ukrainians.
LAPTOP: "We appreciate the
you taking time to join us.
"Thank you. New this morning,
"tension between the United States
and China escalating here again.
"This is what we know..."
(TURNS OFF LAPTOP)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
How are you doing?
DIRECTOR: I'm OK. How are you?
Marathon.
It's been a busy few days.
Busy last year.
Have you been sleeping at all?
Not so much.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
What was it like when the war
started for you and the family?
Terrible.
I was crying,
like, probably one week.
Because I didn't know who to call.
I was calling to my ex-husband,
and the hardest part was
that we were already
in the process of divorce.
But outside everyone thought
we are still... husband and wife,
perfect family couple.
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
Do you ever feel scared
for your father?
I... Well... all the time.
Erm, you know,
when the war first started,
propagandists of Russian said
they would take the president,
they would take the mayor.
They would line them up on the main
street and they would hang them.
So... its definitely scary.
Do you feel he was ready to die?
Yeah, absolutely.
Which kind of scared me as well
because I knew he would be.
You know. So...
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
One of my father's mantras:
Only something hard
can sharpen a knife.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
The way he taught us things
was in a very military-esque manner.
He gives you a command, you do it,
you fulfil it.
If you fail,
he'll tell you to do it again.
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
I wish that he would just,
like, finally just mellow
and just slow down because how long
you can work like this, man?
But he always want to leave in this
world his big signature, you know,
so it was always his dream,
and he's done it already.
Like, I don't know how many times,
and that was always my question,
what else do you want to achieve?
Why?
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(TV REPORTER SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(TV REPORTER SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
Good evening. Another stunner
tonight from the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev recommended
that the party's ruling
central committee be disbanded,
which in effect would be the end of
communist rule in the Soviet Union.
The Russian flag has replaced the
hammer and sickle over the Kremlin.
Nobody is sure what happens next
in the new commonwealth
of independent states.
(CHEERING)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
I was the youngest
in the heavyweight division
with not much experience.
Ukraine back then was first time
representing
as an independent country.
(CROWD CHEERING)
Brother, I-
In sport
- I love you, brother.
You made my day.
I spent years in sport
to achieve a result.
Wladimir do it so easily.
COMMENTATOR: A man from Kyiv
is the new super heavyweight
gold medallist.
(UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM)
I was 20 years old,
so it was just life-changing moment.
It was life-changing moment for both
of us, for Vitali and for myself.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
RUN THE JEWELS (FEATURING GREG NICE
AND DJ PREMIER): Ooh La La
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(DON KING LAUGHING)
(DON KING PLAYING PIANO)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(THEY LAUGH)
'How did you meet your ex-husband?'
'I was a model,
and he came to one of the shows.'
This huge guy sitting
in the first row, and staring.
And I was so afraid
to look into his eyes.
This Viking man,
but inside he had a big heart.
I fell in love brutally
with this man.
(CROWD CHEERING)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
WOMAN: Whoo!
Whoo!
I was at every fight.
But it was always
about the two brothers.
Wladimir is everything for...
for Vitali.
(MAN SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
COMMENTATOR:
He called him by his brother's name.
Which Klitschko is which?
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(COMMENTATOR SPEAKS GERMAN)
(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
Let's call it cowboy style.
He's not a fluid athlete.
He moves like a piece
of construction equipment.
Robotic and ugly to watch.
(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
Klitschko's looking for another one
and finds it.
Oh, dear, look at his eyes.
Vitali Klitschko
wins the WBO heavyweight title.
(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SHOUTS IN UKRAINIAN)
(COMMENTATOR SPEAKS IN GERMAN)
Chris Byrd,
Wladimir's golden opportunity
to reinstate the name Klitschko.
The revenge of the brothers.
(CROWD CHANTS)
Before February 24th
I thought I knew myself,
but I was wrong.
What you have achieved in your life,
awards, medals, titles...
so unimportant.
Now the only questions is,
what can I do for Ukraine?
I'm different to my brother
because I'm not a politician,
I'm not representing
any governmental institution,
but I am Ukrainian.
I'm part of this country,
I am an activist,
and I'm trying to deliver
anything I can:
humanitarian help, military help.
REPORTER: "This week Ukrainian officials
pleaded for more support from the West.
"Ukraine is dependent on Western
ammunition, and it's running out."
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
Ten out of ten!
Germany is one of
our most important allies.
I spent most of my life in Germany.
So, I can explain to Germans
what it is being in the war
and what we need.
(REPORTER SPEAKS GERMAN)
Wladimir Klitschko.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS)
(WLADIMIR SPEAKS GERMAN)
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
It's showtime.
(THEY SPEAK GERMAN)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
They need longer-range rockets
called ATACMS,
and they need cluster munitions
to defeat the Russians.
I think they can expel Russia.
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
Hey, Kaia, it's Ronald. Look who
I met at the Capital building.
We're just hanging out,
me and Grimace.
Chilling, doing a tour.
Good to see you. Good to see you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I want to say thank you
to the United States of America
for all the supply of the weapons.
We are family.
A signed pair of boxing gloves.
Do you want to go to 5 for me?
We're going to 5 now. $5,000
And now I need 6. Sold at $7,000.
Thank you so much.
Sold! At $16,000.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Criticising your partner
in the midst of a war is difficult,
but I agree with you, here are
things the Ukrainian government
needs to do to accelerate and finish
some pretty critical reforms.
I think if we come to the end
of the conflict,
and these things are not in place,
it will be a disappointment.
We have every confidence in you.
You've made Kyiv work,
you made the parliament work,
you can make some
of these reforms work.
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
Nice to see you, welcome.
- Very good to see you again.
How are you? - Great, thank you.
I think you make fundamentally
important points,
but there's an opportunity
perhaps to build back better.
Build back better not simply
the physical infrastructure
that's destroyed,
but the social
and governance infrastructure.
And we're determined
to work with you on that.
REPORTER: "Vitali Klitschko
delivered an unprecedented critique
"of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy."
REPORTER 2:
"Zelenskyy is becoming an autocrat.
"He is reshaping Ukraine
into an authoritarian state
"no different from Russia."
REPORTER 3:
"The first signs of a growing rift
"in Ukrainian leadership."
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(CROWD CHEERING)
COMMENTATOR: This is when
the real nerves hit you.
The dawning that he's going
in for the biggest job of his life.
He's fighting for the heavyweight
title against Lennox Lewis.
One of the few fighters
in boxing history
to have defeated every opponent
he has ever faced.
Lennox Lewis!
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(BELL RINGS)
It's a good start, this,
by Klitschko.
He rips him again with the right
hand. Lewis momentarily rattled.
Klitschko looks the boss
at the moment.
This is the point where one punch
could turn the whole thing around.
Big right hand by Lewis!
(BELL RINGS)
Oh it's terrible. It's terrible.
A really, really bad cut.
Oh, a horrible gash, which might
signal the end of the fight.
Is he going to be able to carry on
with that?
Vitali always told me:
"If you want to be at the fight
and sit there,
"control your emotions."
But for the Lennox Lewis fight
was really very hard.
Vitali is certainly ahead on points,
- but can he finish the fight
with that eye? - No way!
- DIRECTOR: Have you ever felt like
stopping one of his fights? - Oh, no.
It's not possible.
His entire mantra of life is, like,
"Failure is not an option."
(BELL RINGS)
The cut's bad. He's blinking
away the blood, Klitschko.
It's a problem.
He can no longer see.
He's fighting on pure heart.
Klitschko looks strong as he pulls
Lewis back across the ring.
Oh, what an upper cut!
But Klitschko took that too
without going down.
This big strong Ukrainian.
And he lands a huge right hand
on Lewis.
Klitschko is looking
the likely winner of this.
(BELL RINGS)
He can still do it.
One good right hand and Lennox Lewis
is on the canvas.(BELL RINGS)
They've stopped the fight.
They've stopped the fight.
They're going to declare Lewis
the winner.
Klitschko cannot go on
because of the cuts.
The crowd are in uproar.
Klitschko shouting "No! No!"
He can't believe it.
He was ahead on points
and he could have won that fight.
That should be a rematch.
No doubt in my mind.
The crowd here believe
that Klitschko has got a raw deal.
Klitschko is claiming
a moral victory.
(CROWD BOOING)
CROWD:
Klitschko! Klitschko! Klitschko!
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
A month ago I went to our troops.
They were asking
for a group of cars.
This car was purchased
with private donations.
What's amazing about it is we have
production right here in Ukraine.
This car is actually Land Cruiser
that has been equipped
with bulletproof armour.
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(SOLDIERS CHATTING)
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
REPORTER:
"The city of Bakhmut is obliterated,
"a city once home to 80,000 people."
REPORTER 2: "31,000 causalities
in Ukraine's military
"since the start
of this full-scale invasion.
"They really are struggling
without that western aid."
REPORTER 3: "The summer
counter-offensive in Ukraine
"is drawing to a close,
without the breakthroughs
"so many had hoped for."
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(THEY SING IN UKRAINIAN)
(SINGING CONTINUES)
(PEOPLE PROTESTING IN UKRAINIAN)
REPORTER: "Hundreds of thousands
of pro-democracy Ukrainians
"in the streets today,
protested against the result
"of the presidential election.
"Pitting their candidate
"of west-leaning challenger
Viktor Yushchenko
"against the pro-Moscow
prime minister Viktor Yanukovych."
REPORTER 2: "The country's election
commission ignored reports of fraud
"declaring Kremlin-backed
Yanukovych the winner."
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
REPORTER; "While Vitali Klitschko is
concentrating on Danny Williams,
"his thoughts are also
with his countrymen in Ukraine.
"He and his brother Wladimir
are supporters of Victor Yushchenko,
"the reform candidate.
A lot of drama there.
"He has apparently survived a
poisoning which has disfigured him."
Vitali Klitschko has it in his head
that a victory in this fight,
could enhance the change
for the political reform
he is hoping for in Ukraine.
Is that a dangerous psychological
burden to bring in here?
A fighter
who can punch like Willaims
is the real danger
to Vitali Klitschko,
but sometimes a fight is more
than a fight to a fighter.
(CROWD ROARING)
(BELL RINGS)
And Klitschko lands
a big right hand.
Williams hands jump.
Another right hand.
Klitschko's ready to take him out
here. Here goes.
It's a hammering.
As everybody underestimated
Vitali Klitschko,
he's just a nightmare
for Danny Williams.
Come on, your children are watching
at home. Your children are watching.
Klitschko is boxing beautifully.
If you can call
what he does beautiful.
Oh, there we go.
Over in the 8th round.
In a ring
completely smothered with blood.
And all around the arena
we have orange ticker tape.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
The era
of Klitschko dominance began.
(UKRAINIAN HIP-HOP MUSIC)
Now we'll tell you the remarkable
tale of the brothers Klitschko.
The top two heavyweights
in the world, Vitali,
and his younger brother Wladimir.
Tonight, its celebrating
with my brother
that we collect all
of the belts in the heavy division.
Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko
are the undisputed kings
of the heavyweight division.
CROWD: Klitschko!
Klitschko! Klitschko!
Klitschko! Klitschko! Klitschko!
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(ROMANTIC PIANO MUSIC)
This is one of the deputy's
from Klitschko's party,
and people here are against
building a big city parking.
All the citizens
here are against Klitschko.
He is the worst mayor
in the history of our cabinet.
(PROTESTERS CHANT)
REPORTER: "Demonstrators in Kyiv
show their support
"for a more western vision
of Ukraine,
"and want the democracy and rights
they see in Europe and America."
(CAR HORN BLARES)
REPORTER 2: "They are protesting
their president's decision
"to reject a trade deal
with the European Union
"and move closer to Russia."
REPORTER 3: "Vitali Klitschko,
heavyweight world champion
"and fast emerging as the most
popular opposition leader."
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(CHEERING)
"What started as a peaceful
anti-government protest in Kyiv
"descended into chaos."
"Reports now say the government is
issuing combat weapons to police."
(GUNSHOT)
(GUNFIRE)
"At least 80 protestors dead so far.
"The death toll continues to rise.
"Viktor Yanukovych is wanted
for mass murder."
The country now descending
into civil war.
REPORTER: "The video appears
to show President Yanukovych
"fleeing from
his luxurious mansion."
REPORTER 2: "Protestors have toppled
their own Ukrainian government,
"something no-one in Russia,
nor the West saw coming."
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
REPORTER: "Kyiv mayor's office
is facing prosecution
"by its own Ukrainian government
after three people died
"when they were unable
to access a bomb shelter."
REPORTER 2: "The building's
security guard failed
"to open the bomb shelter in time.
"Many couldn't get in and had to
watch as their loved ones perished."
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(PEOPLE ARGUING IN UKRAINIAN))
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
(BOY SOBS)
(HE SOBS)
Sshh.
There's quite
an ugly bit of political fallout
from what was
a deeply tragic incident.
President Zelenskyy didn't hold back
his criticisms of Vitali Klitschko.
REPORTER: "Zelenskyy was joined
by more than 40 European leaders
"at the summit of the European
political community in Moldova."
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
One second.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
DIRECTOR: When is the most emotional
you have seen him?
I have seen him a lot of times.
When he was younger, to be honest.
Before... Before the politics.
Yeah, to be honest.
And then he started to change.
And you see that I am kind of
a little bit sad about it.
Because I realised,
when he went to become a politician,
that I'm starting to lose him...
my, that time, husband.
He is always at work.
Always at work.
We barely ever got to see him
very often at all.
And whenever he did come home,
sometimes he would bring
the office into the home.
That really shows
that he loves his people.
He wants to make a true change
in the country.
Even at the expense
of his own family, sometimes.
(INHALES DEEPLY)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(MELANCHOLY PIANO MUSIC)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)
We saw the comments
from Zelenskyy in Moldova.
Could you respond to his comments
about this situation?
I don't want to make
a comment on that.
But I am... who was in the army...
...as a soldier.
I am... who was inside the ring
and knows what is a battle.
(PENCIL WRITING ON PAPER)
Mm-hm.
And right now my battle
for the lives of my citizens.
This will be biggest mistake
to make political battles
inside the country.
And people forget who sent
the missiles to our hometown.
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(SOLDIERS CHATTING IN UKRAINIAN)
(THEY CHAT IN UKRAINIAN)
(EXPLOSIONS IN FAR-OFF DISTANCE)
(THEY CHAT IN UKRAINIAN)
(WOMAN LAUGHS)
(MICROWAVE TURNTABLE WHIRS)
(MICROWAVE BEEPS)
(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)
(URGENT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)