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The river trip
was a great success.
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She saw what I had done
in the Crimea and she wept.
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In awe.
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And did you tell her you were
fucking half its population?
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Oh, believe nothing
of what you hear about me.
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I only sleep with women I like.
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Mind you, they are a very
likeable bunch in the Crimea.
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Oh, my God!
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Oh.
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Yes. Countess Bruce,
may I introduce
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my adjutant Valerian Zubov.
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And his brother, Platon.
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Where have they
been keeping you?
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Minsk.
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Come. I'd like you
to meet the Empress.
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Story of my life.
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Pleasure.
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Your Majesty.
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May I introduce
Platon Zubov?
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Your brother
has done us good service.
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Welcome to court.
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It is a great honour
to meet Your Majesty.
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And what brings you here?
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Are you interested in politics?
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The situation in France?
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You find that disturbing?
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I am afraid I have absolutely
no understanding of politics
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Your Majesty.
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Well, thank God for that.
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Anyone who says they
understand politics is an idiot.
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Come.
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Your Majesty...
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The Turks have locked
our ambassador to Istanbul
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in the Fort of the Seven Towers.
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It is a curious way
of declaring war.
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It's the way they always do it,
my friend.
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I don't care how
the fucking Turks declare war.
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I don't care if they dance
around in a circle
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wave their baggy trousers
over their collective heads.
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Do you wish me to organise
a declaration of war
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Your Majesty?
- I do indeed.
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How do you want us
to declare war, Your Majesty?
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In a very loud voice,
and ring some bells.
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Now!
- Yes, Your Majesty.
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And you'd better recall
Alexei Orlov to court.
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Matushka, no!
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You need help.
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Matushka, please!
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Why do people who declare war
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think they're going to win?
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Wouldn't they be better off
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not announcing who they're
going to try and kill?
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From Orlov?
I need help from Orlov?
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Is that why you're recalling
Orlov from court?
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You can't do this on your own.
You're getting old. You're ill.
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Nonsense!
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I'm fine. Huh?
I'm perfectly fine.
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Why do you want
to run this war anyway?
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I mean, what is it?
You love killing people?
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Oh, come on.
You know it's not that.
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And I never said that I wanted
this war in the first place.
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What is it then? Glory?
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I would like to remind you
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that you owe all of your
advancement to me.
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You owe all of your money,
all of your palaces
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and all of your military power
to me.
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I own you. Don't forget that.
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Please, Matushka.
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All I'm saying
is that we don't need Orlov.
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That is all I'm saying.
Jesus fucking Christ!
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I don't like
reminding you of your place.
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But sometimes I have to.
You know that.
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And I know that I have built
a huge empire of my own.
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I wanted you to see it, Matushka
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because I did it for you.
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For Russia.
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I am loyal.
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I am utterly loyal.
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I know that.
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But you do need help.
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And what do you need?
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Probably a good fuck.
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HE LAUGHS
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Company... halt!
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What the hell are
your German soldiers doing here?
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They are expressly forbidden
to approach this palace.
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You know that.
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I have come to offer
my four battalions, Mother.
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Over a thousand men.
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For the war.
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I want to do something.
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Staying at home with your wife
is the best thing you can do.
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Russian soldiers may not have
the shiniest boots in the world
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but they have courage.
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They have the desperate courage
of the decent poor.
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Something you will never
understand
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because you have had nothing
but a life of privilege
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and false entitlement.
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Now put your toy soldiers
back in their box!
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Order them out of here now!
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Shoulder arms!
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About face!
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Forward march!
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Move out!
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Her Majesty
has given me command
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of both the army
and the navy.
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My good friend
Count Rumiantsev
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has been brought in
to share the command
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because Her Majesty
thinks that I'm getting
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too big for my boots.
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- No, no, no, no.
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She is right.
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I'm getting much too big
for my boots.
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Bring me bigger fucking boots!
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What?
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This is the uniform I wore
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when I took the throne
many years ago.
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The security of everyone
in this room
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depends on my hanging on to it.
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Everyone.
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Now, I like peace.
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But I do not dislike
the great events of war.
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Now, as you know,
this is Ochakov.
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The Turks' major fort
on the Black Sea.
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They say it can't be taken.
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I want you to disprove
that notion.
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- Ah, Count Orlov.
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I'm glad you could join us.
- Welcome, Orlov.
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I have offered my services
to Her Majesty in this war.
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Our navy served her well
in the Black Sea.
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Your Majesty,
we will do our best...
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Please, can you pass me my boot?
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But we will do it slowly.
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We will not enter this war to
squander Russian lives easily.
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No, you're going into it
to cut short Turkish lives
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as many of them as possible.
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We will take Ochakov, we will.
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But we need to lay siege to it.
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It will take some time.
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So...
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I'm more than happy
for Count Orlov to serve.
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Under my command.
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Under your command?
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You heard me. If you've got a
problem with that
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if you can, there's the door.
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Your Majesty...
is he asking for my resignation?
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I think he is.
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If you won't serve under him.
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And are you going to allow that
to happen?
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He is the Commander in Chief.
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But I am sure you can do us
great service.
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Your Majesty.
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I wanted to go to war
with my brother
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and Prince Potemkin.
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My brother said no.
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He's always looked after me.
Almost too much.
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My dream would be to serve under
Prince Potemkin.
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Oh, he can't have everything
for himself.
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Shouldn't he have charge
of all of it?
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Army, navy...
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Why not the civil service?
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They don't do anything,
do they?
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You work too hard...
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You don't want
an old woman like me.
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Don't say that.
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How did you get on
with your mother?
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I loved her.
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But that has nothing to do...
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with...
- With what?
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With you.
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I'm never conscious of your age.
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You just... are.
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And you're always occupied.
Always at the centre of things.
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You're young.
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You always will be.
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End of story.
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This is all completely
new to me.
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You're so kind,
Masha, thank you.
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He will love staying
with you, I'm sure.
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Won't you, Sashenka?
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Yes, of course I will.
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I know how much
he loves coming here
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and I try to encourage him
in that.
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Because...
- Because?
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He has doubts about
staying with me?
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No, no.
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You know how children are.
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They need their mothers.
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Yes, of course.
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OK. Off you go!
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So, how is Paul?
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I hear that
he's a little too interested
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in one of your maids of honour.
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Katerina Nelidova.
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Tell your husband
to be very careful.
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I like you, Maria.
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But he...
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He must show himself capable
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and worthy of ruling
this country.
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Sashenka!
Wave goodbye to Mama.
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Goodbye, Mother!
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Bye!
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So, Sashenka, my little prince.
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I want you to sign
a document for me.
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OK.
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What exactly was it
that I signed, Granny?
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Well, it's a letter of intent.
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Look, why don't you read
that little bit to me?
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"I, Alexander
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acknowledge my father
is not fit to rule
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and that I will take the throne
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when the Empress Catherine
dies..."
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Good.
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Good.
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Now...
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This is going to be
our little secret.
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Alright?
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You're not to tell
anybody about this.
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No, Granny. Promise.
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Good.
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We'll get him back
sooner or later.
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No, she has stolen him.
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While she honeys and makes love
over that nasty sty...
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She dotes on our son.
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That is good for us, Paul.
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What are we going
to do about her?
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You have to hold your nerve.
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Never look as if
it's getting to you.
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The closer you are to her,
the better for us.
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She isn't getting any younger.
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My mother is poisoning
the boy against me.
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That is her general
tactic in politics.
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Divide and rule.
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But I am genuinely concerned
that she may be
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no longer quite capable
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of properly
sustaining government.
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And I am not being disloyal,
Maria Feodorovna.
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He has genuine concern.
Mother is in thrall to Potemkin.
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She's given him everything.
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He's running Ochakov
exactly how he wants to.
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He's completely out of control.
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He will destroy her.
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Unless we destroy him.
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When we think we have it all,
that's when we lose everything
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Your Excellency.
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I am not going to be made
of no account.
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I am not going to sit
in the corner
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while my mother struts
around the stage.
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And all my mother listens
to are flatterers.
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Oh yes, Your Excellency.
You're absolutely right.
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Which is why I have asked
young Zubov here today, sir.
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I know how upsetting you find
the arrival of these...
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young men in your mother's life.
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You think we can use this one,
do you?
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How?
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To make a final break
between her and Potemkin.
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We don't have to do
very much at all.
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- Come up, Zubov!
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We're just discussing
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Potemkin's campaign
in the Crimea.
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Who are you writing to?
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Prince Potemkin.
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Ah.
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He won't do as he's told.
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I always do what I'm told.
266
00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:21,836
I know you do.
267
00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,591
It's a very attractive quality.
268
00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,194
But one not often found
in generals, I fear.
269
00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:37,312
I heard someone say that he...
270
00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:39,829
Hm? That he...?
271
00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:41,151
What?
272
00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:46,433
I can't even remember
who it was.
273
00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:48,272
It's not worth repeating.
- No, no, what?
274
00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:54,871
Some people are saying
he's lost his nerve.
275
00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,070
He's frightened
to attack Ochakov.
276
00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,960
It's because all he thinks about
is power and money.
277
00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:09,316
And girls.
278
00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,038
And he wants my job.
279
00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,075
Do they say that?
280
00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,591
They said all sorts
of dreadful things.
281
00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:33,756
And I wanted to say,
"How dare you?"
282
00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:35,950
You know?
283
00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:40,553
"How dare you?
What have you done?"
284
00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:44,231
But I didn't.
285
00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:51,110
Because I...
286
00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,472
really am a very
unimportant person.
287
00:16:57,920 --> 00:16:59,593
You're not unimportant
to me.
288
00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:19,839
So, when do we go in?
289
00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:22,516
Not yet. We wait.
290
00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,354
And bore them into surrendering,
is that the idea?
291
00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,199
I don't like losing men,
General.
292
00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:29,798
I know you're
a compassionate man
293
00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:32,559
and I respect your desire
not to waste lives
294
00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:34,597
but Ochakov is not Troy.
295
00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,438
We do not have ten years.
296
00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,949
The fact is, she's had enough.
She expects you to attack.
297
00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,317
Did she tell you
to say that to me?
298
00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,391
If she's got something to say,
she can say it herself.
299
00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:45,516
Is she a general?
300
00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:47,758
Who's in charge here?
- She is!
301
00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:50,271
Chain of command. Obey orders.
Kill the bastards.
302
00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:51,993
We wait! OK? We wait!
303
00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:54,432
We starve them into surrender.
304
00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:00,713
What's the matter,
my old friend?
305
00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:04,314
We wait, OK?
306
00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:08,230
Show them out.
307
00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:12,590
After you, sir.
308
00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,393
Because he has such lovely
black hair
309
00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,191
we girls call him "Blackie".
310
00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,194
Colonel Zubov is a very handsome
young man.
311
00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:32,510
At one point in my life
312
00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,039
I thought I was going to be
handsome.
313
00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,311
But it turned out
not to be the case.
314
00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:37,871
Oh...
315
00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:41,433
What's he like, this Zubov?
316
00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,149
People say he's nice
317
00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,316
but some people say
he's a scheming little bastard
318
00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:47,191
don't they?
319
00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,473
Have you formulated a View?
320
00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,314
Madam,
I am in the civil service.
321
00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:56,196
Give me time.
322
00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,070
I say he's a scheming
little bastard
323
00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:02,269
and will ruin us all.
324
00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:04,431
I..-
325
00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,311
I am a great admirer
of Potemkin.
326
00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,594
He is away risking his life
for all of us.
327
00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,029
I don't want Blackie
to wreck things
328
00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:15,957
between Madam
and Potemkin because...
329
00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:17,189
Because?
330
00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:24,593
You really love each other.
331
00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:27,951
You were the most
beautiful couple.
332
00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:31,032
Really, I have never seen love
like it, Your Majesty.
333
00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:34,918
Blackie,
this is the Countess Bruce.
334
00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:36,914
She's just leaving.
335
00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:40,270
Your Majesty.
336
00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,279
More letters from her,
all urging me to attack...
337
00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,353
Well, seeing as no-one
gives a fuck
338
00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,038
whether we live or die,
let's attack.
339
00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:53,831
God help us.
340
00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:57,233
Gentlemen, let's attack!
341
00:19:57,840 --> 00:19:58,989
We attack now!
342
00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:00,559
In line! Now or never.
343
00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,116
Move! For Russia!
344
00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,277
We go for the Stamboul gate!
345
00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:08,271
Gentlemen,
there will be no retreat.
346
00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:13,558
The guns will breach the wall
and we shall take the town.
347
00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,429
The town is taken.
348
00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:13,592
Ochakov is ours!
349
00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:32,471
Help!
350
00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,589
We need to get Her Majesty
down here. Catherine.
351
00:21:58,880 --> 00:21:59,995
Catherine! Your Majesty?
352
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,237
Silence for your Empress!
353
00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:17,636
Russia is no longer
crawling to Europe.
354
00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:19,911
We are a great nation
355
00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,233
and the world has been forced
to recognise that fact.
356
00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,994
We have an empire now,
a Russian Empire
357
00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:29,990
free from Europe.
358
00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,959
And we fight like no-one else!
359
00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:34,633
Silence for your Empress!
360
00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:39,437
Russia has taken her place
among the great nations
361
00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,318
and it is a position
we will never give up.
362
00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,633
Potemkin! Potemkin!
363
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,509
Potemkin! Potemkin!
364
00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,434
I can't tell you
what a privilege it is
365
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,995
to be here with you,
Prince Potemkin.
366
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,235
Well, it's certainly a lot safer
than Ochakov.
367
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,314
- Just.
368
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,232
The German and the English
ambassadors
369
00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,112
have requested an audience
with the Council.
370
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,152
We must assume it is serious.
371
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:36,350
Bring them in.
372
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,194
Eure Majestät.
373
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,993
Wir haben eine ernste
Ankündigung zu machen.
374
00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,752
Any language but German!
375
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:03,033
Your Majesty.
376
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:07,120
We apologise for interrupting
the business of the council
377
00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,552
but we have a very serious
announcement to make.
378
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,150
Unless the Russian government
379
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,750
return the fortress of Ochakov
to the Turks
380
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:24,232
both England and Germany
will declare war on you.
381
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:25,236
What?
382
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,916
I think we should discuss this
in the other room, privately.
383
00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:29,630
Do you indeed?
384
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,671
If you think for one moment,
I will go crawling to Germany
385
00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:35,080
then you--
- With respect, Your Majesty
386
00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:37,031
we... what Prince Potemkin
is trying to say--
387
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:38,479
Your Majesty
388
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,633
we must have a response
by tomorrow morning.
389
00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,398
And you will have one.
- No, no.
390
00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:44,715
When we have taken the time
391
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,229
to consider our response.
- No, I will not be dictated--
392
00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:48,350
That is all!
393
00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,749
You do not presume to speak
over my head
394
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,952
to a foreign ambassador
in the presence of the Council!
395
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,879
...not tolerate our position on
the Crimean peninsula.
396
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:08,718
Might I remind you--
- With Constantinople--
397
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,871
I supply you
with millions of rubies
398
00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,514
to finance not only your women
but your armies--
399
00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,757
Might I remind you,
I waded through blood for you!
400
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,479
You wanted to swallow
the Ukraine, Crimea
401
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,478
cross the Black Sea,
Constantinople, and I did it!
402
00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:24,919
You wanted that too!
- I did it!
403
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,229
But I don't discuss it
404
00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,357
in front of the Council
with a bunch of foreigners!
405
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,118
With that two-faced little boy!
406
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:31,798
He's not two-faced.
- He is so!
407
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:33,239
If that's what you thought
of him, why didn't you
408
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,238
say so earlier?
- They laugh at you, ha-ha-ha!
409
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:37,879
How dare you!
410
00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:39,115
I dare!
411
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:42,551
You're ill.
412
00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:44,354
Yes, I'm fucking ill.
413
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,471
Why?
Why are you being like this?
414
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:50,955
Oh, God...
415
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:53,119
There's a disease down there.
416
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,399
Matushka, a disease.
417
00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,040
I spend most of my nights
coughing my guts up.
418
00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,959
Surrounded by men and women
and children
419
00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:03,077
children I slaughter for you,
like cattle.
420
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:07,194
Why are we both like this?
421
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:10,593
Yes, I've got no idea either.
422
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:12,190
I've got no idea.
423
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:15,676
Please, come on. Come on.
424
00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:18,872
We wanted power and glory
425
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,072
we have it,
and look what it's done to us.
426
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,031
This is such an old, old story.
427
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:29,916
Your Majesty.
428
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,111
Some fucking privacy, please!
429
00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:12,350
You remember this?
430
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:13,955
I do.
431
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:15,870
Of course.
432
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:20,957
I'm going to give a big dinner
for you tomorrow evening.
433
00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,791
A farewell
before you go back south.
434
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:26,516
Yes, back down south
to build more cities
435
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,199
and kill more people.
436
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:30,110
Hm?
437
00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:32,440
Why? For whom?
438
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:34,360
For me, I suppose.
439
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,277
I am the state, Grishenka.
440
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,078
I have no life of my own left.
441
00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:41,838
I'm going to give you
another palace.
442
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,079
Yes, well, that's what you do
443
00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:46,350
for all your old lovers when
you've finished with them.
444
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,638
You know I could never
let you go.
445
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,271
We're committed to each other,
you know that.
446
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:53,230
Do I really?
447
00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,516
I see the way you look at me
since I've been back.
448
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,114
You're tired of my victories.
449
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:03,434
You think I'm a threat.
450
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,313
You think that I want
the throne.
451
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,869
Do you imagine for one moment
I would give it up to you?
452
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,196
The way we forced my husband
to give it up to me?
453
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,591
You are hard, Matushka.
You are so hard!
454
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:16,589
It's just...
455
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,750
It's not the state,
it's just you, it's...
456
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:23,753
You love nobody but yourself.
457
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,110
Yeah, well,
that's humanity for you.
458
00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:27,998
What the fuck
is the matter with you?
459
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,959
Why can't you just
let somebody in!
460
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,991
Why can't you trust somebody?
461
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,839
Because it's never been safe
for me to do that.
462
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:37,756
Ever.
463
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:39,194
How could you think
for one second
464
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,390
that I would turn my armies
against you?
465
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,231
You will have to make nice
with the Germans.
466
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,270
Sometimes you just have to
make a deal.
467
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:49,430
Have you forgotten?
468
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:55,591
Your actions have consequences.
- SHE SIGHS
469
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,910
I will not go crawling
to the Germans.
470
00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:59,473
Yes, you will.
Because you have to.
471
00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:00,749
My mother was a German.
472
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,553
She was a horrible, greedy,
selfish bitch.
473
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:14,391
Come here.
474
00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:42,398
Oh, I will do as you suggest.
475
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,920
Of course.
Because I am always right.
476
00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:51,230
As am I.
477
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:54,718
I will make nice
with the Germans
478
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,593
and you will go south
and make peace with the Turks.
479
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:01,192
Life's a compromise. I know.
480
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:06,716
And you were right.
481
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,711
I expect the Countess Bruce
has told you.
482
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:14,510
Zubov is a two-faced
little bastard.
483
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:19,674
Yes...
484
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,234
You'll have to get rid of him.
485
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,953
People think I'm stupid
in that direction
486
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,399
but I am not stupid.
487
00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:26,556
I know.
- I will, I'll get rid of him.
488
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,077
But not until
I've had the best out of him.
489
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:31,510
You wicked...
490
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:33,351
selfish...
491
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:35,839
unregenerate...
492
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:37,316
corrupt...
493
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,273
highly-sexed old witch, you.
494
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,831
No, no, no, I'm not corrupt.
- I take that back.
495
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,790
I mean, how can you talk
to your Empress like that?
496
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,397
It seems to come
very easily to me.
497
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:56,994
At the party tomorrow night
498
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,519
I want you to kneel before me.
499
00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:04,079
And tell everyone there
that you worship me totally
500
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:08,120
and that you are utterly
and completely loyal to me.
501
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:58,592
When they get older and wiser
502
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,873
sometimes husband and wife
need separate bedrooms
503
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:03,950
my old friend.
504
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:26,831
Mm...
505
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:30,796
Ah, Sashenka, you're back!
506
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:33,271
Good.
507
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,276
So, did you have
a lovely time with Mama?
508
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:38,439
Yes.
- Good.
509
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:39,831
Good.
510
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,630
I wondered...
- Yes?
511
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,031
I wondered whether I might
take him with me?
512
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:49,030
Take him home?
513
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:52,511
Maria.
514
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,351
He is the future
Emperor of Russia.
515
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,550
His place is here with me,
you know that.
516
00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:02,389
Anyway, he has everything
he needs here
517
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:03,635
don't you, Sashenka?
518
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:07,195
Yes, Granny.
519
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,557
He was saying
you got him to sign something.
520
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,878
Oh? Was he?
521
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,239
He's clearly very young.
522
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,636
Whatever it was,
do you think he understood it?
523
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:19,279
It was about the succession.
524
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:22,315
You know that.
525
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:24,629
Or you suspected.
526
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,389
Do you really think we should be
having this discussion
527
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:31,909
in front of the boy?
- He knows who his father is.
528
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:34,231
As do you.
529
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,476
Do you seriously think
that Paul is capable
530
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:40,920
of governing this country?
531
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,914
I think he is my husband
and I am loyal to him.
532
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:45,230
Good.
533
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:46,751
Very good.
534
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:48,918
Well, if you ever
change your mind
535
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:52,396
perhaps you may write something
to the effect that you think
536
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,592
your son should succeed
instead of his father.
537
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:57,512
Do you really imagine
I would do that?
538
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:03,069
What must you think of me?
539
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,154
- Bye, my darling.
- Bye, Mummy.
540
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:07,071
Goodbye.
541
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:33,190
Where is he?
542
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:34,913
You were going
to bring him home.
543
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,159
What happened to
"getting close to her"?
544
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,399
She made him sign something.
545
00:34:40,240 --> 00:34:41,469
It's about the succession.
546
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:44,878
What is it? What does it say?
547
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:47,995
He would succeed.
548
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:50,031
Instead of you.
549
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:56,998
Darling, it's alright.
It doesn't...
550
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,676
No, it doesn't mean anything.
It means nothing.
551
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:03,114
She tried to get me
on her side.
552
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:04,631
To write something...
553
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:06,239
something that would allow Sasha
to take the throne
554
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:07,509
instead of you.
- And?
555
00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:09,790
I'm loyal to you.
556
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:11,274
I said I'd do
nothing of the kind.
557
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,357
Wives betray their husbands.
558
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,079
Children betray their parents.
559
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:16,713
There is no loyalty.
There isn't...
560
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:18,470
I am loyal to you.
561
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:22,400
You know I am.
- There isn't any...
562
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:25,914
Paul, I am loyal to you.
563
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:30,840
And I hope you remain
loyal to me.
564
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,479
I just thought
you'd bring him home.
565
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:46,632
The British
and German ultimatum
566
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:48,318
has been withdrawn.
567
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:51,797
It seems everyone is suddenly
more frightened of France
568
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:52,796
than of Russia.
569
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:55,796
There is no longer
any danger of war
570
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:57,592
on two or three fronts.
571
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,956
It seems Prince Potemkin
may have been a little hasty
572
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,595
apologising to the Germans
for winning a war
573
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:06,755
Your Majesty.
574
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,878
You may have noticed, Alexei,
that the common people in France
575
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,069
are demanding control
over taxation.
576
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,752
We will be at war
with them next
577
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:17,795
and, as always
578
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:19,990
we need as many friends
as we can get.
579
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,919
Prince Potemkin
is a very skilled negotiator.
580
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,510
Sir? Sir, are you alright, sir?
581
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:56,591
Oh, God.
582
00:36:58,600 --> 00:36:59,590
I can't breathe.
583
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,510
Help me up.
584
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:16,874
I must write to her.
585
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:18,231
Yes, sir.
586
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,590
This is for her eyes only,
you understand?
587
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:40,590
No one else.
588
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:43,918
I'll make sure my brother
doesn't see it, sir.
589
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:46,476
You're a good man.
590
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:48,589
You've done good service.
591
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,953
Well, what is it? I can tell
from your face it's bad news.
592
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:29,036
It's...
593
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:30,870
What? Just say it.
594
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:32,513
Give me the letter,
tell me the worst.
595
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:33,874
He's dead, Your Majesty.
596
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:35,796
Who is dead?
597
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:37,431
Potemkin.
598
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:42,956
Potemkin?
599
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:47,950
Potemkin's dead?
600
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:51,150
Your Majesty.
601
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:53,639
This letter is for
your eyes only.
602
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:23,355
Your Majesty!
603
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:58,673
My darling Matushka.
604
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:01,919
What I want to say is this.
605
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:04,874
In going where you have to go
606
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,560
and doing what you have to do,
you wear away at love.
607
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:10,639
Even a love like ours
608
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,036
born out of reason and laughter
609
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:15,957
and happiness
and great ambition.
610
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:19,430
But I do not regret
611
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,073
all the things
we have achieved together.
612
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:23,275
Not for a moment.
613
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,595
And I would rather have had our
love used and out in the world
614
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,075
than kept in some drawer
with anniversaries
615
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:34,476
and the dried roses and
the good opinion of moralists.
616
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:36,599
I love you as I ever did.
617
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:39,432
And one day,
the world will know of it.
618
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,635
Be as true to me
as I was to you, Matushka.
619
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:46,879
It gives you a lot of scope.
620
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:13,393
The Turkish war is over.
621
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:17,910
We are at peace.
622
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:25,990
What is it?
623
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,997
...to fight the wicked
revolution in France.
624
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,998
Since King Louis XVI and his
queen, Marie Antoinette
625
00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:37,392
were arrested after attempting
to flee to Varennes last year
626
00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:42,438
our armies are in readiness
to fight revolution
627
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,637
wherever we find it!
628
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:48,798
Can you believe this prick?
629
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:51,354
How can she stay with him?
I know he's my brother
630
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,357
but she's lost it
since Potemkin died.
631
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:57,518
We better get on with
what happens after she dies.
632
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,036
She will decide what happens
after she dies.
633
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:03,633
And none of us
can do anything about it.
634
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:08,640
And how will she manage that?
635
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,353
Will she still be dictating
636
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:14,355
even when the soil
is in her mouth?
637
00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:16,472
Has anyone seen this?
638
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:19,670
Has anyone seen this filth?
639
00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:22,836
Why are people
allowed to write these things?
640
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:24,951
Your Majesty...
- Don't "Majesty" me.
641
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:28,949
This is treason.
642
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:33,639
People are writing and printing
sheer treason.
643
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:39,234
We have peace abroad
644
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:40,920
and enemies at home.
645
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:43,709
If I have made wars
646
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:46,072
it is for the sake
of the country I love.
647
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:48,557
But the author of this work
648
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:52,513
presumes to call me
a murderer and a tyrant
649
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:53,959
on these grounds alone.
650
00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:01,076
"The Empress has become
the greatest murderer
651
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:02,474
in the commonwealth.
652
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:06,798
She is the greatest robber
and the greatest traitor
653
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:10,913
and a most savage enemy
of the weak and the...
654
00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:13,791
poor and the enslaved..."
655
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,790
I have ordered the arrest
and trial of the creature
656
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:22,955
who wrote this book.
657
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,597
If he is found guilty,
he will be executed.
658
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:31,716
Be warned.
659
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:34,314
I am your Empress
660
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:37,680
and I hold tight
to the reins of power.
661
00:43:39,240 --> 00:43:42,119
Do not imagine that the death
of our first minister
662
00:43:44,240 --> 00:43:47,551
and dearest friend
Prince Potemkin
663
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:49,672
has weakened my resolve.
664
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:24,199
Your Empress has spoken.
665
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:36,799
I'm not a cripple.
666
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:38,234
No need to carry me,
you know.
667
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:39,395
I'm sorry, Matushka.
668
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:42,873
Platon is very, very sorry
he upset Matushka.
669
00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:45,036
And you don't need to call me
by that name...
670
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:47,916
Matushka.
671
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:50,270
Matushka.
672
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:53,715
Matushka.
673
00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:58,156
That's what he used to call me,
Matushka, Matushka, Matushka.
674
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:02,229
You can call me old woman.
675
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:05,111
Any woman.
The way the peasants do.
676
00:45:06,240 --> 00:45:08,880
I own peasants.
Thousands of them.
677
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:13,196
They work and they drink
and we whip them senseless
678
00:45:13,240 --> 00:45:14,753
if they dare to answer back.
679
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:16,555
Do you think that's right?
680
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:19,158
Do you? Mon petit noiraud.
681
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:20,395
Don't answer that.
682
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:23,989
Tu n'est pas qualifié
pour répondre.
683
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:29,470
Oh, my grandson,
he's such a sweet boy.
684
00:45:31,240 --> 00:45:32,913
Oh, but his father.
685
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:34,669
God, his father.
686
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:38,270
Are you alright?
687
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:40,512
Mm?
- I'm worried about you.
688
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:41,709
I get these headaches.
689
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:43,797
Oh, such headaches
you wouldn't believe.
690
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:46,639
Mm.
- Where are we going?
691
00:45:47,240 --> 00:45:48,753
To an orgy, of course.
692
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:51,229
A witches' sabbat.
693
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,430
I'm going to fly you around
on my broomstick.
694
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,110
There are those who are sure
that I am a fucking witch.
695
00:45:59,720 --> 00:46:00,755
Well, I read Latin.
696
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,155
I like to screw young men.
Witch, clearly.
697
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:06,712
Foul-mouthed old woman,
not nice.
698
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:07,796
Not nice...
699
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:15,519
Her Majesty has decided to have
all French books burned.
700
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:18,279
She seems to think they bear
some responsibility
701
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:20,590
for causing
the French Revolution.
702
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:23,474
Reading creates a prejudice.
703
00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:31,034
Ah... Voltaire!
704
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:43,830
"Religion began when the first
scoundrel met the first fool.“
705
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:57,039
Rousseau! He was a disgusting
little man.
706
00:46:59,040 --> 00:46:59,871
Ha!
707
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:02,274
"Man is born free
708
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:06,279
but everywhere
he is in chains."
709
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:09,074
What's that supposed to mean?
710
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:10,951
It means...
711
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:14,231
It meant...
712
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:18,311
Burn them!
713
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:20,793
Burn... burn them all.
714
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:27,479
Burn all of those Frenchmen
and their endless questions.
715
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:45,870
What are you doing here?
716
00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:51,711
Reading.
717
00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:54,392
You'd better
be careful what you read.
718
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:57,193
You used to like Voltaire.
719
00:47:58,240 --> 00:47:59,071
Perhaps.
720
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:01,559
When I was young and foolish.
721
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:04,509
He made you laugh.
722
00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:06,796
I don't deny it.
723
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:08,840
You were so full of hope.
724
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:11,076
And charity.
725
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:15,429
Supported the arts and science.
726
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:19,116
You showed the world
what women can achieve.
727
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:22,990
I did what I did.
728
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:28,757
When I was young,
I dreamed of freedom.
729
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:32,038
As people do
when they are young.
730
00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:34,072
I dreamed of breaking chains.
731
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:38,476
But as you get older,
your choices narrow.
732
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:42,109
So what did I do instead?
733
00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:44,599
I gave us an Empire.
734
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:46,675
Which is something.
735
00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:51,236
And you loved the greatest man
of the age.
736
00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:56,190
Oh, I loved him.
737
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:02,190
I enjoyed it all.
Every single second.
738
00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:05,398
Life takes everything from you.
739
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:08,189
Piece by piece by piece.
740
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:10,434
It does, doesn't it?
741
00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:14,560
But I knew exactly
what I was doing.
742
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:19,675
And I wouldn't have had
any of it any other way.
743
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:28,759
They executed Louis.
744
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:33,349
What is this world?
745
00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:36,677
I don't recognise it anymore.
746
00:49:39,720 --> 00:49:40,551
Oh!
747
00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:43,754
I recognise you.
748
00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:47,196
In the end...
749
00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:49,196
there is only...
750
00:49:50,720 --> 00:49:51,676
flesh.
751
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:54,591
Oh!
752
00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:57,591
Oh, my head.
753
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:05,070
In here.
754
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:13,509
Are you alright, Matushka?
755
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:18,798
My darling Matushka.
756
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:24,150
The only man...
757
00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:26,958
The only man I ever loved.
758
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:32,153
My Grishenka...
759
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:34,475
You were the one.
760
00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:41,592
Matushka? Matushka!
761
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:44,037
Help! Please help!
762
00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:14,239
Where are her
private papers?
763
00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:16,790
Where are they?
764
00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:26,590
Get out.
765
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:29,718
She's still alive.
- Get out! Out!
766
00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:40,715
I leave the throne to
my grandson, Alexander
767
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:43,912
who witnesses this document
with his signature.
768
00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:52,078
Is this what she made you Sign?
769
00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:52,991
Is it?
770
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:20,999
What!
- She is dead.
771
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:24,910
Your Majesty.
772
00:53:01,720 --> 00:53:02,630
Be careful.
773
00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:14,236
Today...
774
00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:17,270
we bury again
the body of my father.
775
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:20,314
He will lie next to his wife
776
00:53:21,160 --> 00:53:24,516
my mother, Catherine,
in the Kazan Cathedral.
777
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:29,070
I am proud to be the son
of Peter III
778
00:53:30,200 --> 00:53:31,952
and take this opportunity
to tell you
779
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:34,958
that from this day,
we will enact legislation
780
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:36,399
to ensure that no woman
781
00:53:38,360 --> 00:53:40,749
ever again rules Russia.
782
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:44,876
You will place the crown
on my father's coffin
783
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:48,356
as we bear the two of them
to their shared grave.
784
00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:55,634
My mother took the crown
from my father.
785
00:53:56,240 --> 00:53:57,719
It was never hers by right.
786
00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:02,270
And now it is mine.
787
00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:10,750
And after me...
788
00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:13,439
it will go to my sons
789
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:19,199
and in time, their sons.
790
00:54:24,720 --> 00:54:28,429
Make sure that you erase
all trace of that man Potemkin.
791
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:31,114
He is buried in the Ukraine.
792
00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:33,517
Wipe out the grave
and every palace she gave him.
793
00:54:34,120 --> 00:54:35,235
He is not to be spoken of.
794
00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:37,672
Ever.
- Yes, Your Majesty.
795
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:40,035
Who was he?
796
00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:44,191
Nothing.
797
00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:47,512
I even heard ignorant people say
798
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:49,278
that he and my mother
were married.
799
00:54:59,880 --> 00:55:06,149
♪ Since history is
written by crooks and fools ♪
800
00:55:06,680 --> 00:55:10,560
♪ Heigh-ho,
the blizzard and the ice ♪
801
00:55:11,880 --> 00:55:16,431
♪ And made by bastards
who break the rules ♪
802
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:22,036
♪ Heigh-ho,
but love is very nice ♪
803
00:55:23,160 --> 00:55:28,599
♪ And marriages were not made
to last ♪
804
00:55:29,640 --> 00:55:35,079
♪ Heigh-ho,
the forest and the bear ♪
805
00:55:47,240 --> 00:55:49,959
If no one knows we are married
but we two...
806
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:51,470
is it still real?
807
00:55:52,840 --> 00:55:55,150
It's the truth, Matushka.
808
00:55:56,120 --> 00:55:57,349
Soon we'll find out.
809
00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:01,079
Love“.
will always be a private matter.
810
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:04,274
And all the sweeter for it.
811
00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:06,279
We chose each other, Grishenka
812
00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:09,997
although we had no choice
in the matter.
813
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:15,758
And so we stay ourselves
814
00:56:18,200 --> 00:56:20,874
even now we are one.
815
00:56:24,040 --> 00:56:24,871
Forever.
816
00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:43,720
Love is what's left of us
817
00:56:44,520 --> 00:56:46,397
after everything else has gone.
818
00:56:48,520 --> 00:56:50,955
Poets would like us
to believe that.
819
00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:54,238
But what do they know?