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[Nina] What we're doing
in Donetsk, it's important.
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[Count] And what
about living your own life?
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You're still so young.
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Head Waiter Rostov.
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[Count]
Do you know what never works
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with women?
Leaving them entirely ignorant
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as to your affection for them.
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Might I show you to your table?
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You can show me
anything you like.
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[grunts]
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[Anna]
Minister of Culture!
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So good to see you
again, darling.
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One good turn deserves
another after all.
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- Alexander Ilyich?
- Nina?
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My husband's in trouble.
He's been arrested.
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He's been sentenced
to five years, corrective labor.
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What I need is for someone
to watch over Sofia
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while I get myself settled.
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I'll come back for her.
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♪ dramatic music ♪
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♪
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♪ gentle piano music ♪
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♪
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[thumping]
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[wind whistling]
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[doors thumping]
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Well, well.
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I suppose we should think
about getting you to bed.
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All right. This way.
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Head Waiter Rostov?
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[elevator clanking]
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♪ contemplative music ♪
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♪
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It's all right.
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It's, it's not as steep
as it looks.
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♪
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It's just along here.
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Now... here we are.
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Um...
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just you rest there a moment,
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and, uh...
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we'll put you
down here next to me.
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♪
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♪ lush orchestral music ♪
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♪
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♪
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[distant bell tolls]
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[wind whistling outside]
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[floorboards creaking]
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[footfalls echo]
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[Count grunts]
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Oh.
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Ow.
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[grunting]
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Oh.
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Yes.
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[grunts]
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Good morning, Sofia.
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[groans]
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Shall we see about getting you
some breakfast?
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Don't you like it?
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So tell me.
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What is your dolly's name?
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Dolly doesn't have a name.
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What's that?
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No name?
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But, surely, your dolly
should have a name.
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- Why?
- So that she can be addressed.
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So that she can be
invited for tea,
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called to from across the room,
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discussed in conversation
when absent,
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and included in one's prayers.
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I shall call her Dolly.
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Mama said you had a secret room.
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Yes, this was her room, too.
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♪ contemplative music ♪
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♪
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Is this for me?
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Oh.
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Well.
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How hard could this be?
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Ow.
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Oh. Sorry.
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Ow.
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Uh...
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Good day.
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[elevator bell dings]
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[Count] You can see
the predicament I'm in.
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No, I can see the predicament
that Sofia is in.
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Well... yes, quite.
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[Marina] What on earth
have you done with her hair?
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[Count]
I'm not up to the task.
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I've done my very best.
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If this is to become
a regular occurrence,
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you need to find someone else.
I've enough on my own plate
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- with work and my little one--
- I-I'll find someone else.
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I just need a little time.
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Sofia?
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Marina will look after you
till I get back.
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Will you take care of Dolly?
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Good girl.
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- Thank you.
- Head Waiter Rostov?
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Manager Halecki
would like a word.
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Thank you.
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But where on earth
is the child sleeping?
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In the attic with me.
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I mean, it's not
an ideal situation, I admit.
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Institutions exist
for parentless children.
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Surely we should contact
the relevant authorities.
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She's not a parentless child.
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Her mother is
an old friend of mine.
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She could belong to anyone.
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This is most irregular,
Manager Halecki.
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All right.
Just... pipe down a moment,
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would you?
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I take it this is
a temporary situation?
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Clearly.
I'm unable to leave the hotel.
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What sort of upbringing could
someone like me provide?
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The child can stay for a month.
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Then, after that,
we'll have to inform,
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you know.
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One month. Thank you.
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But should her presence
interfere with your duties...
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we'll be forced to reconsider.
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- [door closes]
- Might I remind you,
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Leplevsky, that you are
still deputy manager.
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Of course.
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- [door closes]
- [exhales]
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[Emile]
Nina's in Sevvostlag?
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Her husband got
into some sort of trouble.
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I'm sure
they'll straighten it out.
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Well.
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Uh, I wish I could give you
this evening off,
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but the restaurant's
fully booked,
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including some of our...
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most esteemed Party members.
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"Esteemed"?
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- Mm.
- Last time those two
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were in at the same time,
it ended in a brawl.
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So...
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they'll have to be seated
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well apart from each other
and receive
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- identical levels of service.
- [chuckles]
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- Can I leave it with you?
- Yes, of course.
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Good.
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[Anna]
1 p.m. Let yourself in,
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I'll be waiting.
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Great Scott!
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[exhales]
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[music playing faintly]
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[Teddy Wilson's
"Ain't Misbehavin'" playing]
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Hello?
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[water splashing softly]
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My profound apologies.
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There has been a...
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a series
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of unfortunate events
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entirely out of my control.
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But I assure you,
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I will make it worth the wait.
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Room for a small one.
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[shrieks, panting]
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[gasps]
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[grunts]
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[gasps]
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- [spitting]
- [shushing]
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Olga?
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The damn things
have laddered again.
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[sighs]
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Olga?
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[song ends]
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Good afternoon.
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I fear I might be
a-a little late.
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[chuckles softly]
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Put some clothes on, Alexander.
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- [Olga] Do us all a favor!
- [water splashing]
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Nothing that just occurred
was funny.
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Oh, I beg to differ.
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I had hoped that we would be...
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[quietly] taking clothes off
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rather than putting them
back on again.
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You're not alone in that.
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But I have rehearsals this
afternoon, followed by dinner.
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Oh.
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Who is the lucky gentleman?
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A director.
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Boris Milanovich.
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I'm to be his leading lady.
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Onscreen or off?
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Let's not overcomplicate things,
Alexander.
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[door opens]
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Olga,
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have you recovered
from that ordeal?
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So much promise,
so little offered.
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I'm sure it's the greatest
thrill she's had in years!
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You don't know the half of it.
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I'll be waiting downstairs.
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Who was the girl?
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Sofia.
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Nina Kulikova's daughter.
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- Nina?
- Yes.
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It's been years
since you've heard from her.
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She came to the hotel
last night.
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I could barely recognize her.
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Her husband's
in some sort of trouble.
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She's asked me to look
after Sofia for a little while.
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You must learn
to brush her hair.
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You start at the very ends,
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- work your way up.
- Actually,
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I wanted to ask you a favor.
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No. Absolutely not.
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Don't imagine for one second
that I'm going to be coerced
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into some kind
of family arrangement.
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No, I-I had...
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hoped I might borrow a suitcase.
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- Oh.
- Two, if possible.
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[exhales]
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- Yes. Over there.
- Oh. Thank you.
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I'll need them back.
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I'm leaving tomorrow
for a few weeks.
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Give it a moment
before you leave.
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Yes.
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[door closes]
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♪ whimsical music ♪
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♪
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[gulps, smacks lips]
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♪ rapid, tense music ♪
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♪
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[door creaking]
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[grunts]
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[door creaking]
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[door creaking]
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[fire crackling softly]
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There.
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What do you say about that?
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Is Mama back soon?
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It'll be a little while yet.
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Get some sleep.
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Oh.
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Good night, Sofia.
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[grunts]
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[groans]
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[exhales]
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[sighs]
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Are you awake?
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Well, I am now.
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I left Dolly in Marina's room.
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♪ gentle music ♪
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♪
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[grunting]
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[sighs]
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♪
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[grunting softly]
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♪ intriguing music ♪
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♪
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[breathing heavily]
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♪
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- [spits]
- Mm.
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Oh. All right.
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Oh.
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Right.
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Now,
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Sofia,
we're going to play a game.
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The rules are very simple.
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You have to stay as still
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and as quiet as possible.
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Can you do that?
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Very good.
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Your clock's broken.
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Yes, it certainly seems like it.
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It didn't chime.
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No, it's a twice-tolling clock.
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It chimes only at midday
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and, uh, midnight.
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Why?
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Because it was designed
that way.
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Why?
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Well, that's a tale
for another time. Sofia,
279
00:19:32,504 --> 00:19:34,673
I really have to finish
this book for an appointment
280
00:19:34,673 --> 00:19:37,050
with a very important man
this evening.
281
00:19:40,637 --> 00:19:41,972
[sniffles]
282
00:19:43,932 --> 00:19:46,018
Oh. So-Sofia.
283
00:19:47,019 --> 00:19:48,020
I'm sorry.
284
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,022
I didn't mean to upset you.
285
00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:51,523
[stammers]
286
00:19:51,523 --> 00:19:52,691
How 'bout a story?
287
00:19:52,691 --> 00:19:54,026
Would you like that?
288
00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:56,862
Yes? Um...
289
00:19:57,905 --> 00:19:59,198
Oh, yes.
290
00:19:59,198 --> 00:20:00,532
All right.
291
00:20:00,532 --> 00:20:02,075
Here. Now...
292
00:20:03,076 --> 00:20:05,037
"Happy families...
293
00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:07,122
are all alike;
294
00:20:07,122 --> 00:20:11,251
every unhappy family
is unhappy in its own way."
295
00:20:12,753 --> 00:20:14,171
[grunts softly]
296
00:20:14,171 --> 00:20:16,715
Yes, perhaps Anna Karenina is...
297
00:20:16,715 --> 00:20:19,218
not really what we need
right now.
298
00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:20,761
Um...
299
00:20:22,095 --> 00:20:24,598
Would you like to play a game?
300
00:20:24,598 --> 00:20:27,351
Not the "sitting still quietly"
one.
301
00:20:27,351 --> 00:20:29,645
No, not that game.
302
00:20:30,646 --> 00:20:33,190
This thimble
is a very special thimble.
303
00:20:33,190 --> 00:20:35,192
It belonged to my grandmother,
304
00:20:35,192 --> 00:20:39,238
and it likes to get itself lost
so that it can be found again.
305
00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:42,866
Now, you'll go into the bedroom
and count to 200.
306
00:20:42,866 --> 00:20:44,868
I will remain
307
00:20:44,868 --> 00:20:47,996
and hide the thimble within
the boundaries of the study.
308
00:20:48,956 --> 00:20:52,125
You can count to 200, can't you?
309
00:20:52,125 --> 00:20:53,752
No.
310
00:20:54,670 --> 00:20:56,964
But I know
how to count to 100 twice.
311
00:20:57,965 --> 00:20:59,007
Well done.
312
00:20:59,007 --> 00:21:00,092
Right.
313
00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:05,764
♪ whimsical music ♪
314
00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:10,352
One, two, three, four, five,
315
00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:12,604
six, seven...
316
00:21:12,604 --> 00:21:14,690
♪
317
00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:21,280
...97, 98,
318
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,032
99, 100.
319
00:21:24,032 --> 00:21:25,200
[inhales]
320
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,868
One, two...
321
00:21:26,868 --> 00:21:28,954
♪
322
00:21:32,791 --> 00:21:35,002
...98, 99,
323
00:21:35,002 --> 00:21:36,420
100!
324
00:21:36,420 --> 00:21:39,006
Coming! Ready or not!
325
00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:43,844
Take your time.
326
00:21:45,012 --> 00:21:46,305
No rush.
327
00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:48,098
- Found it.
- What?
328
00:21:49,725 --> 00:21:51,184
Oh.
329
00:21:54,021 --> 00:21:54,980
Again?
330
00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:56,023
It's your turn.
331
00:21:56,023 --> 00:21:57,024
What's that?
332
00:21:57,024 --> 00:21:58,275
It's your turn to look
333
00:21:58,275 --> 00:21:59,985
and my turn to hide.
334
00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:01,194
[stammers]
No.
335
00:22:01,194 --> 00:22:02,821
S-Sofia,
336
00:22:02,821 --> 00:22:04,823
now, you see, I do the hiding
337
00:22:04,823 --> 00:22:07,659
and you do the looking.
338
00:22:07,659 --> 00:22:10,245
If you always did the hiding
and I always did the looking,
339
00:22:10,245 --> 00:22:11,913
then it wouldn't be
a proper game.
340
00:22:11,913 --> 00:22:13,665
Well, it-it--
341
00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:16,001
It would be you sitting
and me playing.
342
00:22:19,713 --> 00:22:20,839
[sighs]
343
00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:22,090
[exhaling sharply]
344
00:22:22,090 --> 00:22:23,425
All right. All right.
345
00:22:23,425 --> 00:22:25,218
[chuckles softly]
346
00:22:26,386 --> 00:22:29,973
Alexander, you won't peek?
347
00:22:29,973 --> 00:22:31,308
Peek?
348
00:22:31,308 --> 00:22:33,352
I'll have you know
I am a Rostov.
349
00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:35,187
I am offended
at the very question.
350
00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:37,147
Peek, indeed.
351
00:22:37,147 --> 00:22:38,190
- What's a Rostov?
- Me.
352
00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:39,191
I am.
353
00:22:39,191 --> 00:22:40,484
I'm a Rostov.
354
00:22:40,484 --> 00:22:43,195
Alexander Ilyich Rostov.
355
00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:44,738
No peeking.
356
00:22:44,738 --> 00:22:47,366
One, two, three,
357
00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:51,203
four, five, six,
358
00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:52,245
seven,
359
00:22:52,245 --> 00:22:56,833
eight, nine, ten,
360
00:22:56,833 --> 00:22:59,378
11, 12...
361
00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:03,090
♪
362
00:23:03,090 --> 00:23:05,175
...177...
363
00:23:05,175 --> 00:23:07,219
[chair scraping]
364
00:23:09,429 --> 00:23:11,890
...178,
365
00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:13,433
179...
366
00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:19,022
Coming!
367
00:23:19,022 --> 00:23:20,732
Ready or not!
368
00:23:24,361 --> 00:23:26,321
Ah.
369
00:23:26,321 --> 00:23:28,281
Now...
370
00:23:29,866 --> 00:23:31,993
...where could it be?
371
00:23:31,993 --> 00:23:34,454
I wonder.
372
00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:40,085
Am I getting warmer?
373
00:23:42,212 --> 00:23:44,881
Warmer? Warmer?
374
00:23:44,881 --> 00:23:46,466
Hmm?
375
00:24:06,528 --> 00:24:08,321
♪ tense, playful music ♪
376
00:24:08,321 --> 00:24:09,781
♪
377
00:24:21,168 --> 00:24:22,377
Give up?
378
00:24:22,377 --> 00:24:24,129
Absolutely not.
379
00:24:37,934 --> 00:24:39,811
Aha!
380
00:24:39,811 --> 00:24:42,189
Very clever. Up you get.
381
00:24:55,368 --> 00:24:56,995
Well done.
382
00:24:56,995 --> 00:24:58,163
Are you giving up?
383
00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:00,874
I concede.
384
00:25:00,874 --> 00:25:02,000
Is that the same as giving up?
385
00:25:03,084 --> 00:25:04,836
It is the same as giving up.
386
00:25:04,836 --> 00:25:06,171
Then you should say so.
387
00:25:08,590 --> 00:25:11,468
I... give up.
388
00:25:18,099 --> 00:25:19,392
But that's not fair!
389
00:25:19,392 --> 00:25:21,353
But you said
I could hide it in the room.
390
00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:22,562
When I hid it,
391
00:25:22,562 --> 00:25:24,981
your jacket was in the room.
392
00:25:24,981 --> 00:25:27,108
The chair-- why did you move it?
393
00:25:27,108 --> 00:25:28,443
So you would look.
394
00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:34,533
Well done, Sofia.
395
00:25:34,533 --> 00:25:36,284
Well played.
396
00:25:37,494 --> 00:25:39,079
[chuckles]
397
00:25:40,664 --> 00:25:42,123
All right.
398
00:25:42,123 --> 00:25:43,375
Now...
399
00:25:44,334 --> 00:25:45,627
[grunts]
400
00:25:45,627 --> 00:25:47,629
Again?
401
00:25:47,629 --> 00:25:49,464
Why not?
402
00:25:51,591 --> 00:25:53,134
- [clock chiming]
- Ah.
403
00:25:54,094 --> 00:25:55,971
You see?
404
00:25:55,971 --> 00:25:57,597
I told you it wasn't broken.
405
00:25:58,223 --> 00:26:01,935
The moving of the chair
was pure dissemblance.
406
00:26:01,935 --> 00:26:03,353
The sleight of hand
was remarkable.
407
00:26:03,353 --> 00:26:04,938
I couldn't have done it better
myself.
408
00:26:04,938 --> 00:26:07,440
[chuckles]
You sound like a doting father.
409
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:08,483
First it will be Czechoslovakia.
410
00:26:08,483 --> 00:26:10,151
Then it will be Poland.
411
00:26:10,151 --> 00:26:12,153
Let the Nazis come
and try that here.
412
00:26:12,153 --> 00:26:14,197
I admit to a sense of pride,
although I can claim
413
00:26:14,197 --> 00:26:15,615
no credit for her chicanery.
414
00:26:15,615 --> 00:26:17,158
We will drive them back
into the North Sea.
415
00:26:17,158 --> 00:26:18,535
- Exactly.
- [Andrey] Yasha and Ilya,
416
00:26:18,535 --> 00:26:21,121
this is a kitchen,
not a gossip house.
417
00:26:21,121 --> 00:26:22,914
Back to work. Now!
418
00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:26,876
War. War.
419
00:26:26,876 --> 00:26:29,671
It's all they talk about.
And yet they have no idea
420
00:26:29,671 --> 00:26:31,339
what it really means.
421
00:26:31,339 --> 00:26:33,425
Until you've lived through one,
how could you?
422
00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:37,512
Good luck.
423
00:26:37,512 --> 00:26:38,597
Yes.
424
00:26:39,556 --> 00:26:41,224
Don't forget your book.
425
00:26:41,224 --> 00:26:42,309
Oh.
426
00:26:44,227 --> 00:26:45,478
Thank you.
427
00:26:46,563 --> 00:26:48,481
[Osip chewing loudly]
428
00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:55,030
It's a very long book.
429
00:26:55,030 --> 00:26:56,531
Yes. Well, don't be too hard
on yourself.
430
00:26:56,531 --> 00:26:58,617
Many people don't make it
through to the end.
431
00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:00,035
I read all of it.
432
00:27:00,035 --> 00:27:02,912
Well, excellent.
Uh, good for you.
433
00:27:02,912 --> 00:27:04,331
The first volume
434
00:27:04,331 --> 00:27:07,334
on the Americans'
political system was slow going.
435
00:27:07,334 --> 00:27:11,421
Yes, the first chapter
is detailed to a fault.
436
00:27:11,421 --> 00:27:13,965
But the second volume,
on their society
437
00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:15,634
is interesting.
438
00:27:16,635 --> 00:27:19,095
I am sure you're not alone
in thinking so.
439
00:27:19,095 --> 00:27:21,056
"The love of well-being
440
00:27:21,056 --> 00:27:25,518
is now the predominant taste
of the nation."
441
00:27:27,354 --> 00:27:28,480
Indeed.
442
00:27:32,734 --> 00:27:36,029
What should we make
of the assertion
443
00:27:36,029 --> 00:27:39,240
that democracy is particularly
suited to industry?
444
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:43,078
Well, that... Yes, that's
a very good place to-to dig in.
445
00:27:44,287 --> 00:27:46,498
What did you make of that?
446
00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:47,624
I asked you.
447
00:27:47,624 --> 00:27:49,668
Yes, but as your tutor,
448
00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:51,670
it would be remiss of me
to skew your impressions
449
00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,588
before you have a chance
to formulate them.
450
00:27:53,588 --> 00:27:56,007
Have you actually read the book?
451
00:28:00,470 --> 00:28:02,347
I have read 87 pages of it.
452
00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:05,517
Circumstances intervened.
453
00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:08,144
Unexpected circumstances.
454
00:28:09,437 --> 00:28:11,523
The young girl
who's staying with you.
455
00:28:14,567 --> 00:28:17,112
Yes, the daughter of a friend.
456
00:28:17,112 --> 00:28:18,571
Nina Kulikova?
457
00:28:20,615 --> 00:28:22,617
It's an unfortunate situation.
458
00:28:22,617 --> 00:28:25,537
She followed her husband
to Siberia.
459
00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:28,373
That was a mistake.
460
00:28:29,624 --> 00:28:32,252
Young girls get scared
461
00:28:32,252 --> 00:28:33,712
when their mothers leave them.
462
00:28:35,338 --> 00:28:36,756
You should go.
463
00:28:36,756 --> 00:28:39,592
♪ quiet, pensive music ♪
464
00:28:39,592 --> 00:28:42,554
Oh. Thank you.
465
00:28:44,347 --> 00:28:45,432
Alexander?
466
00:28:50,437 --> 00:28:51,563
We'll cover it next time,
467
00:28:51,563 --> 00:28:53,440
and I expect you
to have read it.
468
00:29:03,658 --> 00:29:05,076
[door opens]
469
00:29:05,076 --> 00:29:06,494
Sorry I'm late.
470
00:29:08,163 --> 00:29:09,748
Sofia.
471
00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:11,416
Shouldn't you be asleep?
472
00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:13,251
[Marina]
She wanted to wait up for you.
473
00:29:13,251 --> 00:29:15,420
Insisted upon it, in fact.
474
00:29:16,045 --> 00:29:18,673
Well, thank you, Marina.
I've spoken to the chambermaids,
475
00:29:18,673 --> 00:29:20,633
and Natasha is going to
look after Sofia
476
00:29:20,633 --> 00:29:22,469
when I need to work.
477
00:29:22,469 --> 00:29:23,470
Good night, Sofia.
478
00:29:23,470 --> 00:29:25,805
Good night, Aunty Marina.
479
00:29:25,805 --> 00:29:28,141
- [door opens]
- Aunty Marina?
480
00:29:28,141 --> 00:29:30,101
- [door closes]
- You two have made friends.
481
00:29:31,186 --> 00:29:33,188
Will the clock ring at midnight?
482
00:29:33,188 --> 00:29:35,064
Yes, it will.
483
00:29:36,858 --> 00:29:39,110
Would you like to
know more about it?
484
00:29:42,238 --> 00:29:46,785
My father commissioned it
from Breguet's,
485
00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:49,579
the finest clockmaker in Paris.
486
00:29:50,663 --> 00:29:52,749
He used to say a man should not
487
00:29:52,749 --> 00:29:54,793
attend too closely to the clock
488
00:29:54,793 --> 00:29:57,420
but should be diligent and
industrious in the morning.
489
00:29:57,420 --> 00:30:00,215
And then,
when the clock strikes 12,
490
00:30:00,215 --> 00:30:01,716
he should have achieved
491
00:30:01,716 --> 00:30:04,302
everything he needs to
for the day.
492
00:30:04,302 --> 00:30:06,221
And what about
the rest of the day?
493
00:30:06,221 --> 00:30:08,223
- [clock chimes]
- Ah.
494
00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:13,728
Well, it should be spent
in wise liberty,
495
00:30:13,728 --> 00:30:15,563
reading and what have you.
496
00:30:15,563 --> 00:30:17,440
And the second chime?
497
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:19,567
Ah, well,
498
00:30:19,567 --> 00:30:23,321
most definitely a remonstrance,
a telling off,
499
00:30:23,321 --> 00:30:25,198
because anyone who hears it
500
00:30:25,198 --> 00:30:27,742
should already be in bed.
501
00:30:29,536 --> 00:30:31,246
Good night, Uncle Alexander.
502
00:30:33,331 --> 00:30:34,666
Oh.
503
00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:36,167
Good night, Sofia.
504
00:30:36,167 --> 00:30:37,669
Sleep well.
505
00:30:46,386 --> 00:30:47,554
[breathing deeply]
506
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,765
[grunting softly]
507
00:30:56,604 --> 00:30:58,606
You want to join in?
508
00:30:58,606 --> 00:31:00,942
Come on then.
509
00:31:00,942 --> 00:31:03,611
You go down...
510
00:31:03,611 --> 00:31:05,697
[breathing deeply]
511
00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:07,699
♪ quiet, gentle music ♪
512
00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:09,742
♪
513
00:31:15,999 --> 00:31:17,375
Good lord.
514
00:31:25,842 --> 00:31:27,760
[breathing heavily]
515
00:31:30,388 --> 00:31:32,432
♪
516
00:31:36,603 --> 00:31:38,855
♪
517
00:32:07,717 --> 00:32:09,260
...and who should see
518
00:32:09,260 --> 00:32:11,930
the blind Princess Golitsyn?
519
00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:14,015
The blacksmith's son.
520
00:32:14,015 --> 00:32:15,558
The very same.
521
00:32:15,558 --> 00:32:17,352
And remembering
the princess's kindness
522
00:32:17,352 --> 00:32:18,436
all those years before,
523
00:32:18,436 --> 00:32:20,563
he took her back to his home,
524
00:32:20,563 --> 00:32:23,441
and they lived out the rest
of their lives together.
525
00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:25,777
I like happy endings.
526
00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:27,487
So do I.
527
00:32:28,571 --> 00:32:30,615
[light piano music playing]
528
00:32:33,993 --> 00:32:36,329
I wish we could go outside.
529
00:32:41,125 --> 00:32:44,295
It feels a long time
since Mama went away.
530
00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:48,508
When your mother
was a young girl,
531
00:32:48,508 --> 00:32:51,094
she had the run of this hotel.
532
00:32:51,094 --> 00:32:52,762
No one
533
00:32:52,762 --> 00:32:54,597
and nothing could stop her
from going
534
00:32:54,597 --> 00:32:56,057
where she wanted to go.
535
00:32:59,018 --> 00:33:01,020
She will come back?
536
00:33:02,397 --> 00:33:04,357
Of course she will.
537
00:33:05,984 --> 00:33:07,986
[Olga]
Absolute piffle.
538
00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:11,322
Miss Urbanova
will have her suite.
539
00:33:11,322 --> 00:33:12,740
[Bishop]
Of course, technically,
540
00:33:12,740 --> 00:33:15,326
and I'm sure you realize this,
the room is not,
541
00:33:15,326 --> 00:33:17,453
in fact, Comrade Urbanova's.
542
00:33:17,453 --> 00:33:18,830
It was booked in her name.
543
00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:20,999
Well, the booking
had to be changed.
544
00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:22,667
We have many other suites
which I'm sure--
545
00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:24,752
[Olga] Well, I suggest
that you move the guest
546
00:33:24,752 --> 00:33:26,462
that you have in Suite 317
547
00:33:26,462 --> 00:33:27,880
into one of those other rooms.
548
00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:31,759
Everyone loves Anna Urbanova,
549
00:33:31,759 --> 00:33:34,429
especially our Comrades
in the politburo.
550
00:33:36,681 --> 00:33:39,517
I might suggest
they love Mila Federova
551
00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:40,893
a little more.
552
00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:45,023
Certainly true of
General Secretary Stalin.
553
00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:47,483
He's just made her
Honorable First Actress
554
00:33:47,483 --> 00:33:48,735
of the Russian Federation.
555
00:33:48,735 --> 00:33:50,862
Vasily, will you
speak to this... man?
556
00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:51,988
[Bishop]
The second floor suites
557
00:33:51,988 --> 00:33:53,072
really are lovely.
558
00:33:53,072 --> 00:33:54,741
What's happened to my room?
559
00:33:54,741 --> 00:33:56,617
Room 317 has been reallocated.
560
00:34:03,833 --> 00:34:05,418
See the luggage to my room.
561
00:34:05,418 --> 00:34:08,046
I must congratulate
Stalin's new darling.
562
00:34:09,464 --> 00:34:10,882
Mila!
563
00:34:16,637 --> 00:34:18,389
Thank you.
564
00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:20,808
[elevator bell dings]
565
00:34:20,808 --> 00:34:22,435
Come with me.
566
00:34:32,195 --> 00:34:33,738
[clears throat]
567
00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:35,615
Floor two, please.
Quick. Quickly.
568
00:34:42,538 --> 00:34:44,749
Good afternoon.
569
00:34:46,209 --> 00:34:48,836
Good afternoon, dear.
570
00:34:48,836 --> 00:34:52,048
I noticed you arrived at
the hotel with Anna Urbanova.
571
00:34:52,048 --> 00:34:55,093
I wonder if she's
terribly busy this afternoon?
572
00:34:55,093 --> 00:34:57,178
Comrade Urbanova is always busy.
573
00:35:02,183 --> 00:35:05,603
When was the last time you gave
this poor girl a hair wash?
574
00:35:05,603 --> 00:35:08,606
I only have a simple
wash basin in my room.
575
00:35:10,858 --> 00:35:12,110
[sighs]
576
00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:13,945
Come with me, dear.
577
00:35:18,491 --> 00:35:19,951
I've seen all of your films.
578
00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:22,662
My mama used to take me
when I was a little girl.
579
00:35:23,830 --> 00:35:26,457
How sweet.
580
00:35:26,457 --> 00:35:27,625
Honestly, I've been
worrying myself sick
581
00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:28,960
about what you'd say.
582
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,878
I just hope I live up to
your expectations.
583
00:35:30,878 --> 00:35:32,213
So often, our heroes can be
584
00:35:32,213 --> 00:35:34,549
a dreadful disappointment
in the flesh.
585
00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:41,806
But that's not what you meant.
586
00:35:48,104 --> 00:35:49,814
You took my part.
587
00:35:49,814 --> 00:35:51,941
It was offered to me.
588
00:35:51,941 --> 00:35:54,819
I didn't know you'd been
promised anything.
589
00:36:01,826 --> 00:36:03,828
Good for you.
590
00:36:07,623 --> 00:36:08,833
You could play Mathilde.
591
00:36:10,251 --> 00:36:12,211
The-the mother? Your mother?
592
00:36:12,211 --> 00:36:13,921
You'd be amazing in it,
593
00:36:13,921 --> 00:36:16,174
and it would be such an honor
to work with you.
594
00:36:16,174 --> 00:36:17,550
How old are you?
595
00:36:17,550 --> 00:36:18,968
Oh, God.
596
00:36:18,968 --> 00:36:20,511
How old do you think I am?
597
00:36:20,511 --> 00:36:22,680
No. Don't, don't...
don't answer that.
598
00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:32,690
Good luck, dear.
599
00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:41,032
[Olga singing in Russian]
600
00:36:52,168 --> 00:36:54,629
[continues singing]
601
00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:01,719
[Count] I'd be lying
if I didn't say that
602
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:03,054
I've rather enjoyed
having the company.
603
00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:04,931
Has there been
any word from Nina?
604
00:37:04,931 --> 00:37:06,641
Mm. Nothing.
605
00:37:06,641 --> 00:37:08,809
I thought perhaps
one of your friends in the party
606
00:37:08,809 --> 00:37:10,770
might be able to help.
607
00:37:10,770 --> 00:37:13,689
- Friends are fickle.
- Hmm.
608
00:37:13,689 --> 00:37:15,942
Sofia asked
who would look after her
609
00:37:15,942 --> 00:37:18,110
if her mama didn't come back.
610
00:37:18,110 --> 00:37:19,612
What did you say?
611
00:37:19,612 --> 00:37:21,239
Well, there's nothing
I could say.
612
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:24,784
How do you begin to talk to
a child about such a thing?
613
00:37:24,784 --> 00:37:26,953
Well, you might have to.
614
00:37:26,953 --> 00:37:29,872
No, Nina will come back.
You don't know her like I do.
615
00:37:29,872 --> 00:37:31,123
And if she doesn't?
616
00:37:31,123 --> 00:37:32,124
Well, I doubt
she would want Sofia
617
00:37:32,124 --> 00:37:33,751
staying with me forever.
618
00:37:33,751 --> 00:37:35,294
Why not?
619
00:37:35,294 --> 00:37:36,754
Well, it's not right,
a small girl,
620
00:37:36,754 --> 00:37:38,172
living in an attic with somebody
621
00:37:38,172 --> 00:37:40,091
confined to living in a hotel.
622
00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:41,676
She needs someone who can
623
00:37:41,676 --> 00:37:43,594
take her to school,
show her the world.
624
00:37:43,594 --> 00:37:45,012
- Don't say it...
- At this juncture of her life,
625
00:37:45,012 --> 00:37:46,347
what she really needs
is a mother.
626
00:37:46,347 --> 00:37:48,266
Well, apparently
that's all I'm good for now.
627
00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:49,767
[lighter clatters]
628
00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:51,602
- What?
- I credited you
629
00:37:51,602 --> 00:37:52,937
with more imagination than that,
630
00:37:52,937 --> 00:37:54,272
but, clearly,
I was completely wrong.
631
00:37:55,648 --> 00:37:57,942
Why, I seem to have hit a nerve.
632
00:37:57,942 --> 00:38:01,779
[sighs] No.
No, nothing so important.
633
00:38:01,779 --> 00:38:04,699
Just that child Mila
has stolen my role.
634
00:38:05,992 --> 00:38:08,077
Oh.
635
00:38:08,077 --> 00:38:10,037
I am sorry.
636
00:38:12,707 --> 00:38:14,625
And that's not what
I was asking of you.
637
00:38:16,210 --> 00:38:19,088
But if Sofia is to stay
with me, well, any longer,
638
00:38:19,088 --> 00:38:23,009
she'll need someone
who can take her outside.
639
00:38:23,009 --> 00:38:24,802
What she needs is love.
640
00:38:26,053 --> 00:38:28,973
Children wither on the vine
without it.
641
00:38:30,099 --> 00:38:31,809
I was supposed to
look after my sister.
642
00:38:31,809 --> 00:38:33,269
I failed her miserably.
643
00:38:33,269 --> 00:38:36,772
You're still the best
that little girl's got.
644
00:38:36,772 --> 00:38:38,316
Well, on my own, I'm not enough.
645
00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:41,319
- [door opens]
- [Olga] There we are.
646
00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:43,696
Fresh and clean.
647
00:38:46,949 --> 00:38:49,243
♪ slow, dramatic music ♪
648
00:38:50,286 --> 00:38:51,746
Write.
649
00:38:51,746 --> 00:38:53,164
To me.
650
00:38:53,164 --> 00:38:54,832
Every month.
651
00:38:58,044 --> 00:38:59,378
Look after Mama for me.
652
00:39:03,090 --> 00:39:05,718
Don't do anything stupid, hmm?
653
00:39:05,718 --> 00:39:09,180
And don't forget who you are
or where you came from.
654
00:39:10,139 --> 00:39:11,182
I never could.
655
00:39:12,725 --> 00:39:13,851
Goodbye, Papa.
656
00:39:16,270 --> 00:39:19,023
♪
657
00:39:27,448 --> 00:39:29,200
You're going to
have to let me go.
658
00:39:42,963 --> 00:39:45,383
♪
659
00:40:12,451 --> 00:40:14,745
[playing Chopin's
Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2]
660
00:40:18,082 --> 00:40:19,750
[Count]
It might be hard to believe,
661
00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:23,879
but this piazza was once
the heart of Moscow society.
662
00:40:23,879 --> 00:40:26,382
The finest Russian families
dined here,
663
00:40:26,382 --> 00:40:29,510
princes and princesses
rubbed shoulders with...
664
00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:32,805
Sofia?
665
00:40:39,103 --> 00:40:41,856
This was playing when Mama left.
666
00:40:46,819 --> 00:40:49,238
Then we shall
go back to our room.
667
00:40:53,033 --> 00:40:54,201
Alexander Rostov?
668
00:40:57,997 --> 00:41:00,833
[Count] Sofia's mother may
walk in the door any day now.
669
00:41:00,833 --> 00:41:02,793
[Bishop] Or she might never
be heard from again.
670
00:41:02,793 --> 00:41:04,545
What will that mean?
671
00:41:04,545 --> 00:41:07,131
The girl is supposed to live in
a hotel attic with a criminal?
672
00:41:07,131 --> 00:41:08,466
It won't come to that,
673
00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:10,134
and my criminal days
are long behind me.
674
00:41:10,134 --> 00:41:12,219
[scoffs] It's who you are.
675
00:41:12,219 --> 00:41:14,472
You're asking a great deal
of me, Alexander.
676
00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:17,475
You said yourself, it's...
it's no place for a child here.
677
00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:19,435
- I did.
- And in this very room,
678
00:41:19,435 --> 00:41:21,520
you said that you weren't able
to look after her indefinitely.
679
00:41:23,355 --> 00:41:25,399
It's been more than a month.
680
00:41:25,399 --> 00:41:27,443
- My opinion has changed.
- I'm afraid the decision
681
00:41:27,443 --> 00:41:29,153
has already been made.
682
00:41:29,153 --> 00:41:31,447
I took it upon myself to contact
the relevant authorities.
683
00:41:31,447 --> 00:41:33,866
The girl will be
picked up this evening.
684
00:41:33,866 --> 00:41:35,117
I never asked you to do that.
685
00:41:35,117 --> 00:41:36,327
To take her where?
686
00:41:36,327 --> 00:41:37,995
To an institution
where she'll be
687
00:41:37,995 --> 00:41:39,622
looked after until
her mother returns for her.
688
00:41:39,622 --> 00:41:41,999
An orphanage?
689
00:41:41,999 --> 00:41:44,084
Stalin cares for
all Russia's children.
690
00:41:45,336 --> 00:41:48,964
Wouldn't you agree,
Manager Halecki?
691
00:41:55,054 --> 00:41:56,180
Um...
692
00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:58,015
If you were the child's family,
693
00:41:58,015 --> 00:42:00,976
it would, of course,
be a different matter,
694
00:42:00,976 --> 00:42:02,561
but, um...
695
00:42:02,561 --> 00:42:04,605
as it is,
696
00:42:04,605 --> 00:42:07,483
I'm afraid I have no choice.
697
00:42:07,483 --> 00:42:09,485
The girl must go.
698
00:42:09,485 --> 00:42:11,487
♪ ominous, somber music ♪
699
00:42:11,487 --> 00:42:13,572
♪
700
00:42:33,425 --> 00:42:35,886
Shall I put Dolly to bed?
701
00:42:40,724 --> 00:42:45,479
Sofia, there's something
we have to discuss.
702
00:42:48,107 --> 00:42:50,442
The people from the hotel...
703
00:42:51,735 --> 00:42:54,697
...think you might be better off
staying somewhere else,
704
00:42:54,697 --> 00:42:57,324
where there are
lots of children to play with.
705
00:42:58,409 --> 00:43:00,578
♪ slow, dramatic music ♪
706
00:43:00,578 --> 00:43:03,581
Will you be there, too?
707
00:43:03,581 --> 00:43:07,042
Well, the thing
about this place is
708
00:43:07,042 --> 00:43:10,129
only children
are allowed to live there.
709
00:43:12,548 --> 00:43:16,969
If it's a place for children,
then who is in charge?
710
00:43:17,595 --> 00:43:20,180
Well there'll be some grown-ups
looking after you.
711
00:43:20,180 --> 00:43:22,975
Maybe even ones who know
how to comb your hair.
712
00:43:25,728 --> 00:43:27,980
But I want to be with you.
713
00:43:29,064 --> 00:43:31,317
And you're good at hair now.
714
00:43:33,569 --> 00:43:36,989
You'll get to play with
all these other children, and...
715
00:43:38,282 --> 00:43:40,451
And then your mama will come
716
00:43:40,451 --> 00:43:43,621
and take you to your papa.
717
00:43:43,621 --> 00:43:45,748
You'll go on the long train.
718
00:43:45,748 --> 00:43:47,583
♪
719
00:43:49,168 --> 00:43:51,587
It's hard for you
to understand, but I...
720
00:43:54,465 --> 00:43:56,717
...I'm not the best person
to look after you.
721
00:43:57,718 --> 00:44:00,679
I can't provide
all the things you'll need.
722
00:44:04,058 --> 00:44:07,353
Clothes, an education.
723
00:44:09,605 --> 00:44:12,107
You see...
724
00:44:12,107 --> 00:44:14,276
this room is all I have,
725
00:44:14,276 --> 00:44:16,153
and it's no place
for a little girl.
726
00:44:16,153 --> 00:44:20,449
I-I'm not... [stammers]
727
00:44:20,449 --> 00:44:22,618
It's not a good place.
728
00:44:22,618 --> 00:44:24,620
And...
729
00:44:24,620 --> 00:44:27,247
I'm not sure
730
00:44:27,247 --> 00:44:29,416
that I'm a good person for you.
731
00:44:31,543 --> 00:44:33,420
♪
732
00:44:33,420 --> 00:44:35,506
Don't you love me?
733
00:44:38,634 --> 00:44:41,011
I do. Of course I love you.
734
00:44:41,804 --> 00:44:44,640
Then why can't I stay?
735
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:46,517
I want to stay with you.
736
00:44:59,738 --> 00:45:01,365
I know it's a lot to ask,
737
00:45:01,365 --> 00:45:02,741
and I would never
think badly of you
738
00:45:02,741 --> 00:45:04,702
for saying no.
739
00:45:13,794 --> 00:45:15,421
♪ somber, dramatic music ♪
740
00:45:15,421 --> 00:45:16,547
♪
741
00:45:16,547 --> 00:45:18,716
[elevator bell dings]
742
00:45:46,618 --> 00:45:48,412
Two dry martinis.
743
00:45:53,542 --> 00:45:55,252
Good evening.
744
00:45:55,252 --> 00:45:56,336
Evening.
745
00:45:57,755 --> 00:45:59,673
I spoke to Boris.
746
00:46:00,799 --> 00:46:02,760
I told him that
I wasn't right for the part.
747
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:04,470
Now, why on earth
748
00:46:04,470 --> 00:46:06,221
would you say a thing like that?
You're perfect for it.
749
00:46:06,221 --> 00:46:08,557
I felt bad.
750
00:46:08,557 --> 00:46:10,768
You felt? Oh, darling,
751
00:46:10,768 --> 00:46:12,478
if you're gonna last
one day in this industry,
752
00:46:12,478 --> 00:46:15,689
you leave your feelings
at the door.
753
00:46:15,689 --> 00:46:17,775
Thank you, Audrius.
754
00:46:17,775 --> 00:46:19,109
Thank you.
755
00:46:20,569 --> 00:46:22,404
To your success.
756
00:46:29,870 --> 00:46:31,538
It's water.
757
00:46:31,538 --> 00:46:34,208
Mila, this is Audrius.
758
00:46:34,208 --> 00:46:36,126
- He's going to be your friend.
- Pleased to meet you.
759
00:46:36,126 --> 00:46:37,586
You will need an Audrius
760
00:46:37,586 --> 00:46:39,630
in every hotel bar you go to
with these men,
761
00:46:39,630 --> 00:46:41,548
whose jokes
you'll be forced to laugh at
762
00:46:41,548 --> 00:46:44,384
for the next ten years
of your life.
763
00:46:44,384 --> 00:46:46,804
They will want to take more
than you would like to give.
764
00:46:48,430 --> 00:46:50,724
You have to walk a tightrope.
765
00:46:50,724 --> 00:46:52,559
Give them
just enough encouragement
766
00:46:52,559 --> 00:46:54,895
to believe they have a shot,
but not so much
767
00:46:54,895 --> 00:46:57,356
they feel aggrieved
when they miss the mark.
768
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,192
Stay in control.
769
00:47:02,528 --> 00:47:03,445
How?
770
00:47:03,445 --> 00:47:04,738
Whenever I order a drink
771
00:47:04,738 --> 00:47:06,448
with two fingers
up in the air like this,
772
00:47:06,448 --> 00:47:08,283
no matter what I've ordered,
773
00:47:08,283 --> 00:47:10,160
- Audrius here...
- Serves water.
774
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:11,537
That way, while they're
775
00:47:11,537 --> 00:47:12,788
deep in their cups,
776
00:47:12,788 --> 00:47:14,414
and struggling
to keep their balance...
777
00:47:14,414 --> 00:47:16,542
I can walk the tightrope.
778
00:47:19,419 --> 00:47:20,629
Well, run along now.
779
00:47:20,629 --> 00:47:22,339
They're waiting for you.
780
00:47:29,721 --> 00:47:31,890
That was kind of you.
781
00:47:31,890 --> 00:47:34,601
I'm softening in my old age.
782
00:47:34,601 --> 00:47:36,395
You're not that old.
783
00:47:36,395 --> 00:47:37,521
And there are other films,
784
00:47:37,521 --> 00:47:38,939
and other directors.
785
00:47:38,939 --> 00:47:41,525
No. No, I don't
believe there are.
786
00:47:43,235 --> 00:47:46,864
I've served my time,
I've made my money, and...
787
00:47:46,864 --> 00:47:48,866
I'm done playing those parts.
788
00:47:48,866 --> 00:47:50,868
♪ quiet, dramatic music ♪
789
00:47:50,868 --> 00:47:52,452
♪
790
00:47:52,452 --> 00:47:54,371
[laughs]
791
00:47:54,371 --> 00:47:57,207
I never realized what a relief
it would be to say that.
792
00:47:58,375 --> 00:48:00,961
What will you do?
793
00:48:00,961 --> 00:48:04,214
I've always loved the theater,
794
00:48:04,214 --> 00:48:05,757
and Chekhov
is a far better writer
795
00:48:05,757 --> 00:48:07,843
than the Ministry
for Propaganda.
796
00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:10,846
It's been fun.
797
00:48:10,846 --> 00:48:13,390
It has.
798
00:48:14,558 --> 00:48:16,560
Thank you, Anna.
799
00:48:17,811 --> 00:48:19,771
You've been good to me
over the years,
800
00:48:19,771 --> 00:48:24,234
and I will always be grateful
for your discretion.
801
00:48:24,234 --> 00:48:26,695
No one will ever hear of
your business from me.
802
00:48:29,865 --> 00:48:32,451
I'm forever in your debt.
803
00:48:32,451 --> 00:48:34,912
♪ quiet, dramatic music ♪
804
00:48:34,912 --> 00:48:37,372
It's a relief you say that,
because there is one favor
805
00:48:37,372 --> 00:48:39,249
I need to ask of you.
806
00:48:54,723 --> 00:48:56,683
Are you all right?
807
00:48:56,683 --> 00:48:58,852
Surprisingly so.
808
00:49:00,979 --> 00:49:02,773
[elevator bell dings]
809
00:49:02,773 --> 00:49:04,775
♪
810
00:49:15,827 --> 00:49:17,079
There she is.
811
00:49:17,079 --> 00:49:19,206
And I don't want any fuss.
Let's make it swift.
812
00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:21,416
Come on, Sofia.
813
00:49:21,416 --> 00:49:22,793
It's all right.
814
00:49:29,383 --> 00:49:30,342
[Olga]
You can't have been much older
815
00:49:30,342 --> 00:49:31,677
when I found you.
816
00:49:31,677 --> 00:49:33,762
♪
817
00:49:35,555 --> 00:49:39,476
Not a day goes by when I'm not
eternally grateful for it.
818
00:49:47,317 --> 00:49:49,027
[Bishop] Madam Stravinsky
will take care of her now.
819
00:49:49,027 --> 00:49:51,488
Where are the child's things?
820
00:49:52,531 --> 00:49:55,325
My niece will be
staying here with me.
821
00:49:55,325 --> 00:49:56,994
Your niece?
822
00:49:56,994 --> 00:49:58,996
She isn't his niece.
He's just saying that.
823
00:49:58,996 --> 00:50:00,497
Mr. Halecki?
824
00:50:01,164 --> 00:50:04,501
You did say if she were family
it would be possible
825
00:50:04,501 --> 00:50:05,669
for her to stay.
826
00:50:07,963 --> 00:50:09,756
Uncle Alexander, I'm tired.
827
00:50:09,756 --> 00:50:11,008
I've other children
I need to pick up.
828
00:50:11,008 --> 00:50:12,801
Is the child
coming with me or not?
829
00:50:12,801 --> 00:50:14,428
You are the manager
of this hotel.
830
00:50:14,428 --> 00:50:16,096
I believe the decision is yours
831
00:50:16,096 --> 00:50:18,390
as to who stays
within its walls.
832
00:50:20,892 --> 00:50:24,521
May I take her back to my room?
833
00:50:24,521 --> 00:50:26,440
♪
834
00:50:29,568 --> 00:50:30,819
Of course.
835
00:50:30,819 --> 00:50:34,489
My apologies,
Comrade Stravinsky.
836
00:50:34,489 --> 00:50:36,033
It appears you've been
invited here in error.
837
00:50:36,033 --> 00:50:37,826
This is absurd.
838
00:50:37,826 --> 00:50:38,869
[Count]
Come on, Sofia.
839
00:50:56,428 --> 00:50:59,056
People will find out
what happened here today.
840
00:50:59,056 --> 00:51:01,099
You can do whatever you like.
841
00:51:01,099 --> 00:51:03,393
I don't care.
842
00:51:03,393 --> 00:51:05,437
♪
843
00:51:41,181 --> 00:51:43,767
All right, let's get you
off to bed.
844
00:51:43,767 --> 00:51:45,852
- Will you tuck me in?
- Of course.
845
00:51:49,689 --> 00:51:51,525
There we are.
846
00:51:59,116 --> 00:52:01,618
[Sofia]
Uncle Alexander?
847
00:52:01,618 --> 00:52:02,911
[Count]
Hmm?
848
00:52:02,911 --> 00:52:04,830
Will Mama come tomorrow?
849
00:52:07,165 --> 00:52:09,209
I don't know.
850
00:52:09,209 --> 00:52:11,461
Will she ever come?
851
00:52:16,591 --> 00:52:18,176
I don't know.
852
00:52:19,970 --> 00:52:21,138
But until she does,
853
00:52:21,138 --> 00:52:24,141
you'll stay here with me.
854
00:52:24,141 --> 00:52:26,726
And I'll look after you
for as long as it takes.
855
00:52:28,687 --> 00:52:30,480
Even forever?
856
00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:33,108
Even forever.
857
00:52:33,108 --> 00:52:36,153
♪ quiet, uplifting music ♪
858
00:52:36,153 --> 00:52:39,489
Now, get some sleep.
859
00:52:40,991 --> 00:52:42,659
Good night.
860
00:52:53,170 --> 00:52:56,548
[narrator]
The weeks went by without word.
861
00:52:56,548 --> 00:52:59,593
Weeks turned into months.
862
00:53:00,552 --> 00:53:03,513
But my mother
never came back for me.
863
00:53:07,517 --> 00:53:09,060
[wind whistling]
864
00:53:09,060 --> 00:53:12,981
Years later, I tried to discover
what happened to her,
865
00:53:12,981 --> 00:53:15,609
but there was no record.
866
00:53:15,609 --> 00:53:19,029
Perhaps it was lost
in the chaos that followed.
867
00:53:20,989 --> 00:53:23,700
She was my whole life.
868
00:53:23,700 --> 00:53:26,578
And then she was suddenly gone.
869
00:53:28,330 --> 00:53:31,082
I never found out
exactly what happened.
870
00:53:34,002 --> 00:53:36,129
She simply disappeared into
871
00:53:36,129 --> 00:53:38,548
the vastness of
the Russian East.
872
00:53:43,053 --> 00:53:45,055
♪ slow, dramatic music ♪
873
00:53:45,055 --> 00:53:47,140
♪
874
00:54:04,157 --> 00:54:06,117
♪ somber piano music ♪
875
00:54:06,117 --> 00:54:09,246
♪
876
00:54:34,729 --> 00:54:44,781
♪