"February 23, 1945. Drunk Stirlitz walks along Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse in budenovka with red star, plays the balalaika, and sings Russian obscene chastushkas about Hitler. Narrator: "Never before has he been so close to failure." (last phrase is exact quote from movie)"

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