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[gentle piano music playing]

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[Rauscher] Do you like it?

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It's very tight.

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One day, you'll be Emperor
of our great Austria, Franz…

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20 YEARS EARLIER

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…and she is indeed
a very precious treasure.

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Our enemies wish to steal her from us.

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You have to protect her
in war and in peace.

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Why me?

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It is God's will.

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The Lord's appointment.

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[inhales]

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If God's a good person,
why must he make us fight all the time?

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[music continues]

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It suits you wonderfully, my dear Franz.

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As I wear a uniform,

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then will I have to join the army
just like other soldiers?

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[Sophie] No.

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Your soldiers go to battle for Austria.

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You wear a uniform like them
so they can look up to you.

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You are now a commander of men.

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You're very special, Franz.

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Never forget that.

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[music continues]

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[theme music playing]

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THE EMPRESS

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[theme music fades]

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[bells ringing in the distance]

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Thank you, Theo.

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[Theo] This is indeed
a great day, Your Majesty.

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It is, truly.

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-[bell rings]
-[door opens]

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Your Majesty, the Archduchess.

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Your Imperial Highness.

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Franz, do you hear the bells?

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We have waited so long for this day.

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[Franz inhales]

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The uniform.

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He is a newborn.

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He's not just getting his name
before God, Franz.

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He will be getting his title.

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Where is our Rudolf?

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Our little angel?

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Elisabeth has taken him with her.

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Of course.

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[Elisabeth] May I introduce you?
Your little brother.

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[Rudolf exhales softly]

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He's so very quiet.

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He doesn't cry like you once did.

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But strangers frighten him.

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[Rudolf exhales]

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You'd have taken good care of him.

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[footsteps approaching]

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[Franz] Here you are.

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You are always with me, Fienchen,
whatever I do.

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Your father and I
think of you all the time.

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[melancholy music playing]

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[Rauscher] And so we baptise you,
Rudolf Franz Karl Josef,

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one day to be Emperor of Austria…

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-[Rudolf crying]
-…and as of today,

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Colonel of the 19th
Imperial Infantry Regiment.

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[Rauscher speaking in Latin]

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-Amen.
-[all] Amen.

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[Rudolf continues crying]

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Give him to me.

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-[Rudolf stops crying]
-Hush there, Rudolf. It's done now.

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You did it.

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You were so good.

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[Elisabeth chuckling]

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What's wrong with him?

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He's just been made head of the military.

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I'd cry as well.

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He will also be head of the empire.

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-But not today.
-[Rudolf crying]

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Congratulations have come
from across Europe, you see?

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More than a thousand messages
have arrived.

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These are all the letters
from your family back home,

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and these are from the common folk.

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[Charlotte sniffs]

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-This cannot…
-[Elisabeth] What is it?

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Who's that one from?

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Countess Apafi.

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From Leontine? What's happened?

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[Elisabeth] She merely congratulates me.

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[paper rustling]

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There's no address.

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The postmark is illegible.

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[exhales] There is hope.

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-To the heir to the throne!
-[all] To the heir to the throne!

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[Grünne] The future
of Habsburg is secured.

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-[man] Congratulations, Your Majesty.
-I thank you.

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Could we talk, Your Majesty?

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I have to tell you
about a rather unfortunate

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recent political development in Lombardy.

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Today is not the day for politics,
Foreign Minister.

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I'm sure it can wait. I don't want
to foist it on Your Highness now.

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It's a bit late for that.

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[indistinct chattering]

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Well, um, we have heard
there are now thousands of recruits

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from a number of Italian regions

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who've joined the independence movement
in Lombardy, Your Highness.

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It's an assault, just like an avalanche.

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Do I not get one single day
to celebrate having an heir to the throne?

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Where do these rebel fighters come from?

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[Buol inhales]

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They come from the regions
that are supporting Garibaldi.

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Modena, Parma, Sicily.

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Have you spoken with Her Highness
about our Sicily trouble?

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I know that she will oppose your idea.

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Her Highness will yield to our will
when political challenges are surfacing.

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We urgently need the other Italian states
to help stop the rebellion,

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and our closest ally
is the Kingdom of Sicily.

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We have to strengthen that bond.

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And how do we do that?

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The King of Sicily is terminally ill.

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His son Francesco
will soon be on the throne,

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but he doesn't yet
have a Queen by his side.

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And you have one going spare?

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[inhales] To maintain their position
within the empire,

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they'll need to secure a matrimonial union
with a ruling European family.

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[sighs]

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We could give that to them.

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Mimi has just turned 16.

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She was due to be wed next year anyway.

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Oh please.

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She needs a man, Franz,
who she can fall in love with.

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Not everyone can be as happy as we are.

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Marriages secure political alliances.

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And the empire
depends on this one. Really.

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[sombre music playing]

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[sighs]

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When would it happen?

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We will need them to marry straight away.

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[Elisabeth sighs]

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[both in Italian] Down with the Habsburgs!

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Freedom for Italy!

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MILAN, AUSTRIAN PROVINCE

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[crowd shouting]

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Freedom for Italy!
Down with the Habsburgs!

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[both] Freedom for Italy!

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[soldier] Stay where you are!

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[all] Freedom for Italy!

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Down with the Habsburgs!

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[in English] Highness,
you have to get away from here.

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General Gyulai has imposed a curfew
on all citizens.

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I remind you that I am still the Viceroy.

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Highness, we must leave. Immediately.

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[shouting]

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[crowd in Italian] Freedom for Italy!

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Down with the Habsburgs!

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Freedom for Italy!

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Down with the Habsburgs!

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Freedom for Italy!

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Down with the Habsburgs!

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Freedom for Italy!

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[von Bach] The situation
is coming to a head.

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Garibaldi's rebels come from far and wide.

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There are reports of riots
almost every night.

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[Grünne] Our intelligence
has learnt that Piedmont

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is gathering troops along our border.

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Your Majesty,

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we must send word to Piedmont
this amount to war.

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That is exactly what Cavour wants.

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No, Your Majesty, this is a grave error.

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[Buol] For years, Cavour
has been inciting our people against us.

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The other great powers are showing
sympathy for Italian unification.

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Queen Victoria pleads with us to grant
Lombardy the independence they seek.

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You have to take heed of that.

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Then we ask Queen Victoria
to grant India their independence,

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and she will have to take heed of that.

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The other great powers want to see
our empire diminish, that is all.

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Lombardy belongs to Austria.

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So declaring war on Piedmont
is our only course.

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Cavour wants a seat at the adults' table,
so let's see what comes of that.

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[von Bach] That's exactly why I wonder

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what on earth
the Piedmontese want a war for,

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when Austria is so superior.

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The rebels in our country are fighting
for something they believe in.

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And if they join forces
with troops from Piedmont,

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then we will end up firing at our own.

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Send an ultimatum to Turin in Piedmont.

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Cavour has three days to lay down arms

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and cease giving
Lombardian rebels his aid.

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If he does this…

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we can start to negotiate.

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Otherwise…

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it's a declaration of war.

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[Grünne clears throat]

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You can go.

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[door opens]

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Elisabeth's sister is coming today
for the bridal preparations, Franz.

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I will make sure she travels
on to Naples as early as possible.

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The Sicilians really must stop
the influx of rebels.

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Is she to marry
Prince Francesco of Sicily? [chuckles]

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I've heard he's intellectually challenged,

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and that his appearance
is somewhat repulsive.

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Then you had best not wed him, had you?

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Uh, Highness.

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[footsteps receding]

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[sombre music playing]

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Have you ever been to Vienna?

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[In Italian] No.

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[in English] Do you know
my sister, Her Highness?

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[In Italian] No.

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[in English] It's my first time away
from Bayern.

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Is it lovely in Sicily?

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[In Italian] Yes.

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[music continues]

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[coachman trilling]

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-Whoa!
-[horse whinnies]

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[carriage door opens]

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[horse whinnies, snorts]

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Elisabeth.

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Your Majesty. [chuckles]

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It's so good to see you.

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[Mimi exhales]

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-I shall wed soon. Can you believe it?
-[Elisabeth] Mm-mm.

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[woman in Italian] Your Majesty.

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[in English] This is Donna Nina.

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The King of Sicily sent her
to accompany me on the journey.

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-And she is my waiting-woman.
-You are welcome.

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So, what are we doing? What happens now?

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Well, now we have to try on
your bridal garments, Mimi.

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Is that so?

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[in Italian] Yes.

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[Mimi chuckles]

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[in English] Is she always so cheery?

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[in Italian] Yes.

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[both laughing]

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[in English] In Naples,
there are lemon trees and lizards,

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and people only eat macaroni.

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-[scissors snipping]
-Did you know that?

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[Elisabeth] Mm-mm. [chuckles]

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You've been much missed.

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I will wear this when the day comes.

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Will it please Prince Francesco?

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Of course it will.

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I've never seen him.

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I know not what he looks like,
what his interests are.

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Nothing.

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I wish to have some time with my sister.

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[seamstress] Very well, Your Majesty.

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-[Elisabeth] Let us sit.
-[seamstress] Come along, ladies.

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[door opens]

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[Elisabeth sighs]

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[door closes]

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I know this is hard for you, Mimi.

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Are you afraid?

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That's not it.

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I still have not…

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[Mimi sighs]

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What?

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-You can tell me, Mimi.
-[Mimi inhales]

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…bled yet.

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Mother says you're not supposed
to marry if you haven't bled.

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In the autumn,
I told her I'd started bleeding.

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But I was lying about it.

258
00:13:33,583 --> 00:13:34,750
I have not yet bled.

259
00:13:35,791 --> 00:13:37,291
Allow me to take care of this.

260
00:13:41,666 --> 00:13:43,500
-[bell rings]
-[door opens]

261
00:13:45,458 --> 00:13:46,916
Her Majesty the Empress.

262
00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,208
[Margarete] Your Majesty.

263
00:13:48,291 --> 00:13:50,208
Your Majesty, what can I do for you?

264
00:13:51,041 --> 00:13:53,250
My sister is not yet ready to be wed.

265
00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:56,708
I was afraid that
you were going to say that.

266
00:13:57,500 --> 00:13:59,708
She says her monthlies have not yet begun.

267
00:14:01,666 --> 00:14:04,791
That is unfortunate, but not a hindrance.

268
00:14:05,375 --> 00:14:06,500
Since when is it not?

269
00:14:06,583 --> 00:14:09,333
The Sicilians help us,
and they get a bride from Habsburg.

270
00:14:09,416 --> 00:14:10,500
We have that understanding.

271
00:14:10,583 --> 00:14:12,500
All other concerns
are problems for the future.

272
00:14:12,583 --> 00:14:15,041
My sister knows nothing at all
about her bridegroom.

273
00:14:15,125 --> 00:14:16,958
Not even what he looks like.

274
00:14:17,041 --> 00:14:20,166
I knew how my Karl looked.
It didn't make it any better for me.

275
00:14:20,250 --> 00:14:21,625
[Margarete stops buffing nails]

276
00:14:22,291 --> 00:14:24,250
I can withdraw my consent at any time.

277
00:14:26,458 --> 00:14:28,000
Tell me the truth about him.

278
00:14:34,875 --> 00:14:37,083
Francesco was a very sickly child.

279
00:14:37,583 --> 00:14:40,250
He didn't speak a word
until he was six years old.

280
00:14:41,541 --> 00:14:43,958
They say he is withdrawn and bigoted.

281
00:14:45,083 --> 00:14:47,458
Francesco's father is a brutal tyrant.

282
00:14:47,541 --> 00:14:49,750
Everyone fears him
and hates the whole family.

283
00:14:49,833 --> 00:14:50,666
Will that do?

284
00:14:50,750 --> 00:14:52,791
[spoon clinking]

285
00:14:52,875 --> 00:14:54,000
Men wage war,

286
00:14:54,083 --> 00:14:56,833
but we secure the empire
on our wedding day.

287
00:14:56,916 --> 00:14:58,166
That is our place in history.

288
00:14:58,750 --> 00:15:00,041
It was ever thus, my dear.

289
00:15:01,958 --> 00:15:05,166
Even if it comes to war, Elisabeth,
which I'm trying to prevent,

290
00:15:05,666 --> 00:15:08,875
the distance between Piedmont and Sicily
is almost a thousand miles.

291
00:15:08,958 --> 00:15:12,333
Your subjects in Sicily
all hate the royal family.

292
00:15:12,916 --> 00:15:16,500
What do you think will happen to them all,
and my sister, Franz,

293
00:15:16,583 --> 00:15:18,500
if they start a revolution there?

294
00:15:19,458 --> 00:15:21,333
She must be prepared
to do what we demand of her

295
00:15:21,416 --> 00:15:22,583
for the sake of the empire.

296
00:15:24,333 --> 00:15:25,500
Would you do that too?

297
00:15:26,791 --> 00:15:28,333
You can't do this to me.

298
00:15:32,958 --> 00:15:34,750
-[birds chirping]
-[owl hooting]

299
00:15:37,250 --> 00:15:38,333
[door opens]

300
00:15:38,416 --> 00:15:40,625
[footsteps approaching]

301
00:15:41,208 --> 00:15:42,583
Is there anything new?

302
00:15:44,541 --> 00:15:48,000
My brother gave the rebels and Piedmont

303
00:15:48,083 --> 00:15:50,750
three days to lay down their arms
or else there's war.

304
00:15:51,375 --> 00:15:55,000
What choice had he? As Piedmont
would do nothing but provoke him.

305
00:15:55,083 --> 00:15:56,125
There was another way.

306
00:15:56,833 --> 00:15:58,666
He could sit down
with Cavour and Lombardy.

307
00:15:58,750 --> 00:15:59,750
He won't do that.

308
00:16:00,625 --> 00:16:01,875
[exhales sharply]

309
00:16:02,416 --> 00:16:04,125
He's making
the biggest mistake of his reign.

310
00:16:04,208 --> 00:16:07,708
-[breathing shakily] I cannot allow it.
-And why not?

311
00:16:08,750 --> 00:16:09,875
He's my brother.

312
00:16:09,958 --> 00:16:12,208
He does not care at all what you think.

313
00:16:13,208 --> 00:16:15,250
He's treating you like a boy again.

314
00:16:15,333 --> 00:16:16,166
[inhales]

315
00:16:18,708 --> 00:16:21,083
Was it ever really about Lombardy?

316
00:16:22,250 --> 00:16:23,250
Or the empire?

317
00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:25,791
Or is it really about your brother?

318
00:16:25,875 --> 00:16:27,875
[tense music playing]

319
00:16:29,833 --> 00:16:31,750
Why did he even give me this position?

320
00:16:34,250 --> 00:16:36,333
Just so that he could take it away again.

321
00:16:44,916 --> 00:16:47,791
-I must speak with him.
-Resolve this, Maximilian.

322
00:16:52,625 --> 00:16:53,583
Do you hear me?

323
00:16:55,333 --> 00:16:56,916
Or there's no me and you.

324
00:17:05,750 --> 00:17:06,916
I telegraphed ahead.

325
00:17:07,500 --> 00:17:09,375
We must speak to the Emperor at once.

326
00:17:10,041 --> 00:17:12,208
-[valet] Very well, Lieutenant Colonel.
-[horse whinnies]

327
00:17:14,708 --> 00:17:17,125
[indistinct chattering]

328
00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,625
I trust that you slept well
last night, Your Majesty.

329
00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,083
I won't until we hear from Piedmont.

330
00:17:34,208 --> 00:17:37,791
[valet] Lieutenant Colonel Rosmini,
Your Majesty. He says it's urgent.

331
00:17:37,875 --> 00:17:40,458
-I'll deal with this, Majesty.
-I will talk to him.

332
00:17:40,541 --> 00:17:42,291
[footsteps approaching]

333
00:17:44,666 --> 00:17:47,125
Your Majesty. Thank you for your time.

334
00:17:52,166 --> 00:17:53,666
We confiscated this crate

335
00:17:53,750 --> 00:17:56,125
after the latest riots
on our border with Piedmont.

336
00:17:56,708 --> 00:17:59,833
[Grünne] Muskets. The Piedmontese
have been smuggling them across the border

337
00:17:59,916 --> 00:18:01,875
to Austrian rebels for months.

338
00:18:01,958 --> 00:18:03,375
This is not a surprise.

339
00:18:08,083 --> 00:18:09,500
[unsettling music playing]

340
00:18:09,583 --> 00:18:10,625
[Sophie gasps]

341
00:18:11,333 --> 00:18:12,500
It's the French eagle.

342
00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,833
Cavour and Napoleon
must be collaborating somehow.

343
00:18:17,583 --> 00:18:20,500
[Grünne] Therefore,
if we declare war on Piedmont…

344
00:18:20,583 --> 00:18:22,916
-[Buol] We'll be at war with France.
-[musket thuds]

345
00:18:26,416 --> 00:18:28,125
Why didn't we know this?

346
00:18:28,208 --> 00:18:30,416
I'm just as surprised as you,
Your Majesty.

347
00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:34,500
It is not your duty to be surprised,
but to be prepared for it!

348
00:18:35,291 --> 00:18:37,625
Your Majesty, I never thought that

349
00:18:37,708 --> 00:18:40,375
Napoleon would give his support
to Cavour in this way.

350
00:18:41,583 --> 00:18:42,958
I cannot see his advantage.

351
00:18:43,041 --> 00:18:45,958
He's using
the Lombards' rebellion to destroy us.

352
00:18:46,041 --> 00:18:48,166
Highness, Napoleon's army
is not unbeatable.

353
00:18:48,250 --> 00:18:49,458
I couldn't care less!

354
00:18:50,458 --> 00:18:54,791
I want to decide who I go to war with,
and not be surprised on the battlefield!

355
00:18:55,416 --> 00:18:57,333
[music continues]

356
00:18:58,041 --> 00:18:59,708
You've taken that away from me.

357
00:19:04,875 --> 00:19:05,875
Now, just get out.

358
00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,000
[birds chirping]

359
00:19:22,041 --> 00:19:23,291
[Elisabeth] Is my sister here?

360
00:19:23,375 --> 00:19:25,333
-[maid] Yes, Your Majesty.
-[Elisabeth] Thank you.

361
00:19:25,416 --> 00:19:26,583
Elisabeth!

362
00:19:30,708 --> 00:19:31,541
Your Majesty.

363
00:19:33,250 --> 00:19:35,458
-Good morning.
-[Mimi] Look what Aunt Sophie gave me.

364
00:19:36,791 --> 00:19:38,625
[Sophie] It belonged to Maria Theresia.

365
00:19:38,708 --> 00:19:41,166
And you look like
a real Queen with it on, Mimi.

366
00:19:41,666 --> 00:19:44,083
Maria Theresia was steadfast and strong.

367
00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:46,250
She would never give up.

368
00:19:46,333 --> 00:19:48,041
An example to us all.

369
00:19:48,916 --> 00:19:50,916
I'd like to be alone
with my sister, please.

370
00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,083
Your sister and I
have had so much to talk about.

371
00:19:54,166 --> 00:19:56,333
How life in Sicily could be difficult.

372
00:19:56,958 --> 00:19:59,750
But Mimi is a very brave
young woman indeed.

373
00:20:00,875 --> 00:20:03,208
And she will honour our family greatly.

374
00:20:03,291 --> 00:20:04,416
I know she will.

375
00:20:05,333 --> 00:20:07,250
You obviously don't agree I should go.

376
00:20:07,916 --> 00:20:09,958
I sense Elisabeth is jealous.

377
00:20:10,041 --> 00:20:11,833
You could soon be more adored
throughout Europe

378
00:20:11,916 --> 00:20:13,083
than she could hope to be.

379
00:20:13,166 --> 00:20:14,833
That's nonsense, Mimi. It's a joke.

380
00:20:17,041 --> 00:20:18,000
[Sophie] Hm.

381
00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,333
[cup clinking]

382
00:20:21,666 --> 00:20:23,375
I have duties to attend to.

383
00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,166
Eat your meat, Mimi.

384
00:20:25,250 --> 00:20:27,208
It will stimulate the blood.

385
00:20:29,416 --> 00:20:30,500
[Elisabeth inhales]

386
00:20:31,791 --> 00:20:33,208
Why did you tell her?

387
00:20:33,291 --> 00:20:35,625
-Ignore Aunt Sophie.
-I trusted you, Elisabeth.

388
00:20:36,250 --> 00:20:38,291
You cannot go through with this farce.

389
00:20:40,083 --> 00:20:42,208
-And why not?
-It's too dangerous.

390
00:20:43,125 --> 00:20:45,291
And, Mimi, a revolution could come.

391
00:20:51,125 --> 00:20:52,250
And Francesco?

392
00:20:55,500 --> 00:20:57,541
Are you jealous, then,
like Aunt Sophie said?

393
00:20:57,625 --> 00:20:58,833
No, Mimi.

394
00:20:58,916 --> 00:21:01,125
I just want you to be aware of the facts.

395
00:21:02,666 --> 00:21:05,291
You have no right to tell me
what I can't do or what I can.

396
00:21:07,250 --> 00:21:08,416
[carriage rattling]

397
00:21:13,791 --> 00:21:14,625
[coachman] Halt.

398
00:21:15,125 --> 00:21:16,750
-[coachman trilling]
-[horse snorts]

399
00:21:20,666 --> 00:21:22,250
[valet] Your Imperial Highness.

400
00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:30,250
I'll go straight to him.
Will you be all right?

401
00:21:32,041 --> 00:21:33,625
I didn't know it was so impressive.

402
00:21:34,750 --> 00:21:35,583
Is that envy?

403
00:21:37,458 --> 00:21:40,166
Envy's an emotion
for those who can't get what they want.

404
00:21:43,625 --> 00:21:44,625
I will see you soon.

405
00:21:46,083 --> 00:21:47,041
[horse whinnies]

406
00:21:54,041 --> 00:21:57,125
His Imperial Highness
the Archduke Maximilian, Your Majesty.

407
00:21:58,083 --> 00:21:59,083
[Maximilian] Your Majesty.

408
00:22:00,083 --> 00:22:01,916
I telegraphed that I was coming.

409
00:22:05,291 --> 00:22:06,666
[footsteps approaching]

410
00:22:11,666 --> 00:22:12,833
Withdraw the ultimatum.

411
00:22:13,333 --> 00:22:15,791
We must negotiate with the Piedmontese.

412
00:22:17,666 --> 00:22:20,125
It isn't just the Piedmontese
against me now.

413
00:22:21,041 --> 00:22:22,750
-What do you mean?
-Napoleon.

414
00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:28,291
He supports the rebels.
He has an agreement with Cavour.

415
00:22:30,791 --> 00:22:33,458
It is clear that this
is what he wanted from the start.

416
00:22:33,958 --> 00:22:36,250
To trick us
into declaring war on them all.

417
00:22:38,208 --> 00:22:40,333
-Then we must give Lombardy freedom.
-[Franz sighs]

418
00:22:40,416 --> 00:22:42,833
-And there will be no reason for war.
-And then?

419
00:22:44,750 --> 00:22:46,541
You think that would be the end of it?

420
00:22:46,625 --> 00:22:48,541
Do you not see what's happening here?

421
00:22:48,625 --> 00:22:50,625
Napoleon will come one step closer,
then another,

422
00:22:50,708 --> 00:22:52,083
until he's standing here in Vienna.

423
00:22:52,166 --> 00:22:56,000
I will not be the little child
that Emperor Napoleon has running scared.

424
00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,000
Do you not see it, Franz?

425
00:22:59,083 --> 00:23:00,916
You yourself are partly to blame.

426
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000
If you had talked to the Lombards,
this would not have happened.

427
00:23:03,083 --> 00:23:05,333
Is that all you have been doing
for the last year and a half?

428
00:23:05,416 --> 00:23:08,791
And what's bled our coffers dry?
Is it? You talked?

429
00:23:08,875 --> 00:23:11,708
I am very proud of everything Marie
and I did in Lombardy this last year.

430
00:23:11,791 --> 00:23:12,875
However, it didn't work.

431
00:23:13,458 --> 00:23:15,041
[Maximilian breathing heavily]

432
00:23:16,083 --> 00:23:18,166
[Maximilian] You cannot
blame me for this disaster.

433
00:23:19,291 --> 00:23:22,125
Just when I had the trust of the Lombards,
along came Gyulai,

434
00:23:22,208 --> 00:23:25,375
and he ruined it all
because he was following your damn orders!

435
00:23:25,916 --> 00:23:27,791
You gave me an impossible task.

436
00:23:28,708 --> 00:23:30,875
You wanted to enjoy my failure.

437
00:23:34,708 --> 00:23:36,166
And what makes you think so?

438
00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:39,125
You just can't forgive me, can you?

439
00:23:39,208 --> 00:23:41,583
I wouldn't risk the empire for that, ever.

440
00:23:41,666 --> 00:23:43,958
-[footsteps approaching]
-[Buol] Your Majesty.

441
00:23:45,666 --> 00:23:47,041
There's word from Turin.

442
00:23:48,541 --> 00:23:50,041
[sombre music playing]

443
00:23:52,083 --> 00:23:53,541
[Napoleon in French] Read it.

444
00:23:58,416 --> 00:24:00,333
Cavour rejected the ultimatum.

445
00:24:01,375 --> 00:24:04,125
[music continues]

446
00:24:04,208 --> 00:24:05,250
[inhales]

447
00:24:05,333 --> 00:24:07,041
Is there news from Vienna yet?

448
00:24:09,458 --> 00:24:10,416
From him?

449
00:24:11,083 --> 00:24:12,041
[Jean] Not yet.

450
00:24:14,833 --> 00:24:16,833
[music continues]

451
00:24:35,541 --> 00:24:37,416
[in English] We are now
at war with Piedmont,

452
00:24:38,208 --> 00:24:39,625
and with France as well.

453
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,291
Order mobilisation.

454
00:24:46,375 --> 00:24:49,125
Absolutely the right decision,
Your Majesty.

455
00:24:49,208 --> 00:24:50,458
Ministers Grünne and Buol,

456
00:24:50,541 --> 00:24:52,416
the time for you
to leave my service has come.

457
00:24:53,833 --> 00:24:56,000
I expect your resignations
by this evening.

458
00:24:56,083 --> 00:24:59,750
Your Majesty,
we all misjudged the situation.

459
00:25:00,250 --> 00:25:03,083
-But you can't do this to us…
-Napoleon deceived us all.

460
00:25:03,166 --> 00:25:05,583
But since the beginning
of this conflict in Lombardy-Venetia,

461
00:25:05,666 --> 00:25:08,791
you have yet to present
one good idea to resolve it.

462
00:25:08,875 --> 00:25:11,458
Send in the military for strength,
that was all.

463
00:25:12,250 --> 00:25:13,291
That's not enough.

464
00:25:14,291 --> 00:25:16,208
We received information, Count Buol,

465
00:25:16,791 --> 00:25:20,708
that you've lucrative investments
in artillery and ammunition factories.

466
00:25:20,791 --> 00:25:22,750
That's why you kept up production.

467
00:25:22,833 --> 00:25:25,583
You pursued your own interests
and not Habsburg's.

468
00:25:26,125 --> 00:25:27,041
You can go.

469
00:25:44,416 --> 00:25:45,333
[door closes]

470
00:25:46,250 --> 00:25:48,958
And I want a letter of resignation
from you as well.

471
00:25:51,250 --> 00:25:52,208
From me as well?

472
00:25:52,291 --> 00:25:53,958
You are the Viceroy of Lombardy.

473
00:25:54,833 --> 00:25:57,791
The world must see
that our family holds itself responsible.

474
00:26:05,583 --> 00:26:06,916
[sombre music playing]

475
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,125
You just need a scapegoat.

476
00:26:10,416 --> 00:26:11,708
I just need my brother.

477
00:26:16,333 --> 00:26:17,458
[footsteps]

478
00:26:22,166 --> 00:26:24,583
[in French] Emperor Franz Josef
has declared war.

479
00:26:26,875 --> 00:26:29,250
It happened exactly as you predicted.

480
00:26:32,583 --> 00:26:33,541
That's good.

481
00:26:35,666 --> 00:26:36,833
Isn't it, Your Majesty?

482
00:26:38,041 --> 00:26:40,500
[music continues]

483
00:26:40,583 --> 00:26:42,625
I just felt sorry for him for a moment.

484
00:26:44,083 --> 00:26:45,125
[Jean] Franz Josef?

485
00:26:47,333 --> 00:26:48,375
Why?

486
00:26:50,958 --> 00:26:54,666
It's the beginning of the end for Austria.
He doesn't know it yet.

487
00:26:56,083 --> 00:26:58,083
[music continues]

488
00:27:00,625 --> 00:27:01,583
[Elisabeth] Franz?

489
00:27:02,916 --> 00:27:03,791
Franz.

490
00:27:09,250 --> 00:27:10,750
[Franz] I had no other choice.

491
00:27:11,666 --> 00:27:12,666
[Elisabeth] I know.

492
00:27:12,750 --> 00:27:14,916
[inhales, exhales]

493
00:27:23,083 --> 00:27:25,708
The whole of Europe will think that
the Emperor's little brother

494
00:27:25,791 --> 00:27:28,291
has failed utterly as the Viceroy.

495
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:30,916
We are at war.

496
00:27:32,416 --> 00:27:36,541
-I have to stand by my family.
-But this war rests on his shoulders.

497
00:27:36,625 --> 00:27:37,666
His only.

498
00:27:38,750 --> 00:27:39,666
He needs me.

499
00:27:40,625 --> 00:27:41,666
That's what he said.

500
00:27:42,833 --> 00:27:44,166
And what about us?

501
00:27:45,416 --> 00:27:47,666
That family is no good for you.
Can you not see?

502
00:27:47,750 --> 00:27:49,333
Yet they're my only family.

503
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,375
I didn't mean that, Marie.

504
00:27:59,458 --> 00:28:00,416
Habsburg.

505
00:28:02,333 --> 00:28:06,125
That family of yours will be
on the wrong side of history, Maximilian.

506
00:28:06,208 --> 00:28:08,625
Do not be so dumb as to join them.

507
00:28:11,833 --> 00:28:13,875
[footsteps receding]

508
00:28:16,125 --> 00:28:17,625
[horses whinnying]

509
00:28:28,791 --> 00:28:31,458
Mimi, I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have unsettled you.

510
00:28:32,666 --> 00:28:33,500
No.

511
00:28:35,041 --> 00:28:36,000
You were right.

512
00:28:37,666 --> 00:28:38,958
I do not want this.

513
00:28:39,875 --> 00:28:41,291
[Donna Nina clears throat]

514
00:28:41,375 --> 00:28:43,125
May I have a moment with my sister?

515
00:28:47,416 --> 00:28:48,333
You must wed him.

516
00:28:49,250 --> 00:28:50,208
But you…

517
00:28:51,583 --> 00:28:54,041
-You said that you didn't even want this.
-I know.

518
00:28:54,958 --> 00:28:57,083
But it's not about what I want, my love.

519
00:28:57,166 --> 00:28:59,125
What if the family
is as horrid as you once said,

520
00:28:59,208 --> 00:29:00,791
and they really are disgusting?

521
00:29:00,875 --> 00:29:01,958
[breathing shakily]

522
00:29:02,041 --> 00:29:03,416
And if they are, then…

523
00:29:03,916 --> 00:29:05,958
Then I really
don't want to be a Queen there.

524
00:29:06,041 --> 00:29:09,583
Mimi, Queens don't just wear nice clothes
and host parties all the time.

525
00:29:10,791 --> 00:29:12,958
Queens give the people
something to hold on to

526
00:29:13,041 --> 00:29:14,833
when all around them is darkness.

527
00:29:15,541 --> 00:29:16,625
[gentle music playing]

528
00:29:16,708 --> 00:29:17,583
[Mimi sighs]

529
00:29:19,541 --> 00:29:21,000
And that's why you must go.

530
00:29:22,750 --> 00:29:25,458
So that there's someone there
that the people can believe in.

531
00:29:28,166 --> 00:29:31,250
If you really cannot stand it,
I will come and bring you back.

532
00:29:43,916 --> 00:29:45,250
You represent the empire.

533
00:29:46,666 --> 00:29:49,166
[horses snorting]

534
00:29:55,958 --> 00:29:57,291
You will think well of me?

535
00:29:59,666 --> 00:30:00,875
Yes, my darling.

536
00:30:10,833 --> 00:30:12,500
[Mimi] Farewell, Your Majesties.

537
00:30:15,041 --> 00:30:17,000
[footsteps receding]

538
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,000
[Sophie] I never would have believed it.

539
00:30:24,916 --> 00:30:26,625
That I would ever send her there?

540
00:30:27,291 --> 00:30:28,166
[carriage door closes]

541
00:30:28,250 --> 00:30:30,666
That you would be a true Habsburg one day.

542
00:30:35,958 --> 00:30:37,166
-[coachman] Hyah!
-[whip cracks]

543
00:30:37,250 --> 00:30:38,583
[horse whinnies]

544
00:30:41,791 --> 00:30:44,791
[ominous music playing]

545
00:30:48,666 --> 00:30:53,916
3 WEEKS LATER

546
00:30:56,583 --> 00:31:02,791
GARRISON HOSPITAL I, VIENNA

547
00:31:02,875 --> 00:31:04,500
[patients coughing]

548
00:31:07,708 --> 00:31:10,333
[sombre music playing]

549
00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:18,375
[muttering incoherently]

550
00:31:25,333 --> 00:31:28,333
In Magenta, there were many thousand dead,

551
00:31:28,833 --> 00:31:32,083
8,000 wounded, and 4,500 missing.

552
00:31:32,750 --> 00:31:34,791
[music continues]

553
00:31:34,875 --> 00:31:37,750
General Gyulai
has ordered them to retreat.

554
00:31:41,833 --> 00:31:45,333
Napoleon was ahead of us at every turn.

555
00:31:45,833 --> 00:31:47,458
[patient breathing shakily]

556
00:31:47,541 --> 00:31:50,750
[music continues]

557
00:31:59,750 --> 00:32:01,541
[breathing shakily]

558
00:32:13,583 --> 00:32:15,583
[breathing slows down]

559
00:32:19,166 --> 00:32:22,583
[von Hess] Your Majesty,
what do you command us to do?

560
00:32:24,250 --> 00:32:26,250
[exhaling softly]

561
00:32:28,583 --> 00:32:30,041
How could this happen?

562
00:32:33,791 --> 00:32:37,333
Tens of thousands lost.
What is General Gyulai doing there?

563
00:32:37,416 --> 00:32:38,833
[Margarete crying]

564
00:32:43,666 --> 00:32:44,666
[Margarete whimpers]

565
00:32:55,666 --> 00:32:56,791
What is this crying for?

566
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,916
[Margarete] My brother is in the army.

567
00:33:02,250 --> 00:33:03,875
He was there, in Magenta.

568
00:33:06,041 --> 00:33:07,083
[Margarete gulps]

569
00:33:07,166 --> 00:33:09,250
I'll not tolerate weakness, Margarete.

570
00:33:10,083 --> 00:33:13,333
This is no way to behave
when our men are fighting for the empire.

571
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,708
I know it's not, Imperial Highness.

572
00:33:17,250 --> 00:33:18,208
[inhales sharply]

573
00:33:27,375 --> 00:33:28,625
[sobbing]

574
00:33:36,625 --> 00:33:37,500
[sighs]

575
00:33:47,958 --> 00:33:49,333
[sighs]

576
00:33:56,916 --> 00:33:57,916
[bell rings]

577
00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,458
LEONTINE
COUNTESS APAFI

578
00:33:59,541 --> 00:34:00,458
[door opens]

579
00:34:01,750 --> 00:34:02,583
[door closes]

580
00:34:03,416 --> 00:34:05,500
Majesty, can I be of service?

581
00:34:07,541 --> 00:34:09,666
I often wonder what Leontine would do.

582
00:34:10,958 --> 00:34:13,833
What she would say to me
in such a situation.

583
00:34:13,916 --> 00:34:15,791
[inhales, exhales]

584
00:34:16,625 --> 00:34:19,916
Highness, I know that
you and Countess Apafi became very close,

585
00:34:20,666 --> 00:34:22,500
and that I cannot replace her.

586
00:34:24,041 --> 00:34:26,375
But if there is something that I could do…

587
00:34:26,458 --> 00:34:27,375
[gulps]

588
00:34:28,208 --> 00:34:31,416
Can you tell me if there's something
about Leontine that I am not aware of?

589
00:34:33,333 --> 00:34:34,375
[inhales]

590
00:34:36,583 --> 00:34:38,541
There's one thing that you do not know.

591
00:34:38,625 --> 00:34:39,625
[inhales]

592
00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:47,458
When Leontine went…

593
00:34:49,541 --> 00:34:50,958
she was with child.

594
00:34:55,208 --> 00:34:58,833
All the other stories about Leontine,
they were just nonsense.

595
00:34:59,583 --> 00:35:00,833
[inhales]

596
00:35:05,333 --> 00:35:06,458
[door opens]

597
00:35:07,250 --> 00:35:08,625
[valet] Your Majesty.

598
00:35:08,708 --> 00:35:10,333
Her Majesty the Empress.

599
00:35:14,750 --> 00:35:18,125
What can I do for you, Your Majesty?
Is it about our military hospital?

600
00:35:18,208 --> 00:35:20,208
Leontine deceived us both, Minister.

601
00:35:22,208 --> 00:35:24,625
I know as little about
who she really was as you do,

602
00:35:25,208 --> 00:35:26,666
or where she came from.

603
00:35:26,750 --> 00:35:29,500
The Countess Apafi,
or whatever her real name was,

604
00:35:29,583 --> 00:35:30,958
was nothing but a swindler.

605
00:35:31,916 --> 00:35:36,041
And she is not worth you wasting any more
of your precious time, Imperial Highness.

606
00:35:37,458 --> 00:35:38,791
She was with child.

607
00:35:41,958 --> 00:35:43,666
I tried all I could to find her…

608
00:35:45,250 --> 00:35:47,375
but I don't think
I'm the one who should be searching.

609
00:35:50,958 --> 00:35:52,333
[inhales]

610
00:35:52,833 --> 00:35:54,291
[door opens]

611
00:35:56,250 --> 00:35:57,666
[footsteps approaching]

612
00:36:13,125 --> 00:36:14,291
[Rauscher sighs softly]

613
00:36:15,916 --> 00:36:18,208
The Lord's on our side, standing by.

614
00:36:19,833 --> 00:36:22,958
Victory will be ours.
He's our guide in this conflict.

615
00:36:26,833 --> 00:36:29,500
Can you recall the first day
that I put on my uniform?

616
00:36:31,625 --> 00:36:33,375
I asked you to tell me
that if God were good,

617
00:36:33,458 --> 00:36:35,833
then why does he allow
wars to happen, Cardinal.

618
00:36:37,083 --> 00:36:38,416
I do remember it.

619
00:36:40,625 --> 00:36:42,541
I do not recall you answering.

620
00:36:42,625 --> 00:36:45,291
[gentle music playing]

621
00:36:46,708 --> 00:36:48,166
I don't believe that you can.

622
00:36:52,250 --> 00:36:54,291
It was me who baptised you, Franz.

623
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,166
It was me who crowned you and married you.

624
00:36:58,250 --> 00:37:00,041
I know you, Franz Josef.

625
00:37:00,833 --> 00:37:02,916
You may be an Emperor by the grace of God,

626
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:06,541
but you feel, suffer, and doubt
like everyone else.

627
00:37:08,375 --> 00:37:09,541
It's your weakness…

628
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,541
but also your strength.

629
00:37:15,291 --> 00:37:16,541
[inhales deeply]

630
00:37:19,750 --> 00:37:20,625
You are right.

631
00:37:24,166 --> 00:37:25,541
Excuse me, Your Eminence.

632
00:37:39,958 --> 00:37:42,375
[von Bach] Your Majesty,
do you have a moment?

633
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,083
[Franz] What is this?

634
00:37:51,916 --> 00:37:52,875
Will you explain?

635
00:37:53,666 --> 00:37:57,083
You cannot leave. We're losing
a thousand soldiers every single day.

636
00:37:58,333 --> 00:37:59,916
This war is not your fault, von Bach.

637
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,125
It was mine as much as it was all of ours.

638
00:38:03,916 --> 00:38:04,750
[inhales]

639
00:38:04,833 --> 00:38:05,666
Uh…

640
00:38:06,750 --> 00:38:08,708
Over this past year,
my judgement has been erratic.

641
00:38:08,791 --> 00:38:10,875
You're the only Minister I can trust.

642
00:38:11,958 --> 00:38:13,791
Whatever you blame yourself for,

643
00:38:14,916 --> 00:38:15,916
I forgive you.

644
00:38:16,416 --> 00:38:18,916
That is generous, Your Majesty.

645
00:38:20,708 --> 00:38:23,833
[inhales] But I must implore you
to dismiss me from duty.

646
00:38:26,375 --> 00:38:28,250
And what if I want to keep you?

647
00:38:28,333 --> 00:38:30,416
I will still leave your service, Majesty.

648
00:38:32,958 --> 00:38:35,375
I've done someone wrong, and it haunts me.

649
00:38:35,458 --> 00:38:38,041
I have to atone for my actions
before it's too late.

650
00:38:39,708 --> 00:38:42,500
Majesty, I've been so proud
being in your service.

651
00:38:52,541 --> 00:38:53,416
Alexander?

652
00:38:57,208 --> 00:38:59,333
It can never be too late for one to atone.

653
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,000
[footsteps receding]

654
00:39:10,833 --> 00:39:12,333
-[whimpers]
-[door opens]

655
00:39:13,250 --> 00:39:14,625
[door closes]

656
00:39:18,583 --> 00:39:19,625
[Elisabeth] Franz?

657
00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:23,083
[Franz] Leave us alone, please.

658
00:39:23,583 --> 00:39:24,541
[Rudolf whimpering]

659
00:39:30,291 --> 00:39:31,541
I've made a decision.

660
00:39:36,041 --> 00:39:37,541
I'm going to the front.

661
00:39:38,666 --> 00:39:39,625
Franz.

662
00:39:42,833 --> 00:39:43,875
How come?

663
00:39:45,166 --> 00:39:46,541
I have to do this.

664
00:39:50,125 --> 00:39:51,875
And what difference will that make?

665
00:39:53,708 --> 00:39:56,125
Do you think that
you can do better than your generals?

666
00:39:56,208 --> 00:39:57,791
[sombre music playing]

667
00:39:57,875 --> 00:39:58,875
Not remotely.

668
00:40:01,791 --> 00:40:03,291
But I'm ashamed, Elisabeth.

669
00:40:04,333 --> 00:40:06,375
[inhales] I've yet to become a man.

670
00:40:08,583 --> 00:40:11,666
I've been wearing
this uniform for 20 years.

671
00:40:13,750 --> 00:40:14,958
And what for?

672
00:40:15,041 --> 00:40:16,458
Please, Franz, don't go.

673
00:40:17,333 --> 00:40:20,125
You've seen what this war
is doing to our soldiers.

674
00:40:20,708 --> 00:40:22,416
It is my duty to accompany them.

675
00:40:22,500 --> 00:40:24,125
[music continues]

676
00:40:33,208 --> 00:40:34,833
Your support is essential.

677
00:40:36,833 --> 00:40:37,833
[breathing shakily]

678
00:40:54,291 --> 00:40:56,250
I have something I need to say.

679
00:40:58,583 --> 00:41:00,875
General Gyulai has been demoted.

680
00:41:01,708 --> 00:41:02,750
At the end of the week,

681
00:41:02,833 --> 00:41:05,125
I will join our troops
at the front in Lombardy,

682
00:41:05,208 --> 00:41:06,958
and I will assume command of them.

683
00:41:10,166 --> 00:41:11,291
My decision is final.

684
00:41:14,958 --> 00:41:15,916
[Sophie] Why?

685
00:41:17,333 --> 00:41:20,500
More than 6,000 soldiers dead.
Just as many wounded.

686
00:41:20,583 --> 00:41:22,500
Morale has never been worse.

687
00:41:22,583 --> 00:41:23,583
[cutlery clinking]

688
00:41:23,666 --> 00:41:24,666
With war, that happens.

689
00:41:24,750 --> 00:41:26,750
It is a war that I couldn't avoid.

690
00:41:27,541 --> 00:41:29,708
The least I can do
for our soldiers is join them.

691
00:41:29,791 --> 00:41:33,416
No, Franz.
You do not belong on the battlefield.

692
00:41:33,916 --> 00:41:36,375
It is a foolish notion,
and your duty's to stay here.

693
00:41:37,625 --> 00:41:39,166
Napoleon's there though.

694
00:41:39,250 --> 00:41:41,041
Napoleon is a fighter.

695
00:41:41,791 --> 00:41:43,833
A general who never stops or gives in!

696
00:41:43,916 --> 00:41:46,458
You're not the same kind of man as he is.
You are just…

697
00:41:46,541 --> 00:41:47,500
Too weak?

698
00:41:49,916 --> 00:41:52,083
I knew that
the whole of Europe thinks that,

699
00:41:52,583 --> 00:41:53,916
but not my own mother.

700
00:41:59,875 --> 00:42:01,125
This is your idea.

701
00:42:01,875 --> 00:42:02,708
No.

702
00:42:02,791 --> 00:42:03,833
It sounds like it.

703
00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:06,041
It's your influence, isn't it?

704
00:42:07,208 --> 00:42:08,250
I support him.

705
00:42:16,041 --> 00:42:17,250
[breathing shakily]

706
00:42:19,208 --> 00:42:20,500
Will you excuse me?

707
00:42:24,291 --> 00:42:25,375
Utter madness.

708
00:42:26,250 --> 00:42:27,708
[Franz] You're right, Mother.

709
00:42:28,291 --> 00:42:30,708
There's a big difference
between Napoleon and me.

710
00:42:32,583 --> 00:42:34,166
He declared himself Emperor.

711
00:42:36,958 --> 00:42:38,166
A choice I never had.

712
00:42:55,541 --> 00:42:56,583
Franz…

713
00:42:59,208 --> 00:43:00,708
you said that you needed me.

714
00:43:03,500 --> 00:43:04,458
[exhales]

715
00:43:04,541 --> 00:43:06,791
[inhales] If anything
should happen to you…

716
00:43:08,166 --> 00:43:09,166
I'll be here.

717
00:43:10,833 --> 00:43:12,125
I have my son, Maximilian.

718
00:43:13,875 --> 00:43:15,583
He's not yet a year old.

719
00:43:16,291 --> 00:43:17,625
I could stand in for him.

720
00:43:17,708 --> 00:43:20,541
Between our mother and my wife,
Austria is in good hands.

721
00:43:21,500 --> 00:43:23,125
[sombre music playing]

722
00:43:24,125 --> 00:43:25,791
What do you want from me, Franz?

723
00:43:27,125 --> 00:43:29,500
-Tell me.
-Will you stop this?

724
00:43:30,875 --> 00:43:33,916
-Our empire needs us to fight…
-This empire is not mine at all.

725
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,416
That's right.
Not yours, and not mine either.

726
00:43:38,208 --> 00:43:39,416
And as Emperor,

727
00:43:40,250 --> 00:43:42,833
my role is to keep it safe,
and that is all.

728
00:43:47,208 --> 00:43:50,625
[music continues]

729
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:02,125
[exhales]

730
00:44:13,583 --> 00:44:15,625
[Donna Nina in Italian]
Hail Mary, full of grace,

731
00:44:15,708 --> 00:44:16,583
the Lord is with thee.

732
00:44:16,666 --> 00:44:18,250
Blessed art thou among women,

733
00:44:18,333 --> 00:44:20,875
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.

734
00:44:20,958 --> 00:44:22,458
Holy Mary, Mother of God,

735
00:44:22,541 --> 00:44:26,666
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.

736
00:44:26,750 --> 00:44:28,250
[music continues]

737
00:44:35,333 --> 00:44:37,541
[music continues]

738
00:44:38,791 --> 00:44:39,833
[exhales]

739
00:44:46,458 --> 00:44:48,458
[music continues]

740
00:44:55,791 --> 00:44:56,750
[kisses]

741
00:45:16,708 --> 00:45:19,666
[bells tolling]

742
00:45:19,750 --> 00:45:21,500
[music continues]

743
00:45:21,583 --> 00:45:23,916
[footsteps receding]

744
00:45:29,458 --> 00:45:30,416
[sighs]

745
00:45:41,291 --> 00:45:42,500
[Franz] Thank you, Theo.

746
00:45:53,125 --> 00:45:55,375
-[commander] Attention!
-[horse whinnies]

747
00:46:03,458 --> 00:46:04,458
[horse snorts]

748
00:46:05,750 --> 00:46:07,666
[horse whinnies]

749
00:46:18,708 --> 00:46:19,958
[inhales]

750
00:46:27,583 --> 00:46:28,666
Goodbye, Mother.

751
00:46:32,416 --> 00:46:34,625
[footsteps crunching on gravel]

752
00:46:38,541 --> 00:46:40,833
[horse whinnies]

753
00:46:41,708 --> 00:46:42,625
Which hand?

754
00:46:46,916 --> 00:46:47,750
Right.

755
00:46:53,166 --> 00:46:56,083
Fienchen asked where the stars
disappear to in the day.

756
00:46:56,166 --> 00:46:59,083
[melancholy music playing]

757
00:47:17,083 --> 00:47:18,166
We will meet again.

758
00:47:24,125 --> 00:47:25,708
[footsteps crunching on gravel]

759
00:47:36,791 --> 00:47:38,166
[horse whinnies]

760
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:42,875
[horse snorts]

761
00:47:44,291 --> 00:47:45,666
[commander] Stand fast!

762
00:47:45,750 --> 00:47:47,750
[music continues]

763
00:48:08,291 --> 00:48:10,291
[music builds]

764
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,416
[Sophie crying]

765
00:48:40,250 --> 00:48:42,166
[footsteps approaching]

766
00:48:44,333 --> 00:48:45,458
[Sophie sobbing]

767
00:48:55,083 --> 00:48:56,833
[breathing shakily]

768
00:48:58,083 --> 00:48:59,000
That's enough.

769
00:48:59,708 --> 00:49:00,666
[Sophie] Leave me.

770
00:49:02,958 --> 00:49:04,166
Just leave!

771
00:49:09,333 --> 00:49:10,916
[Sophie breathing heavily]

772
00:49:11,583 --> 00:49:14,541
Why must it be you
who remains here with me?

773
00:49:15,083 --> 00:49:16,083
[inhales sharply]

774
00:49:20,708 --> 00:49:21,958
[inhales sharply]

775
00:49:23,791 --> 00:49:26,375
[Sophie breathing shakily]

776
00:49:33,791 --> 00:49:36,000
What do I do if he doesn't come back?

777
00:49:37,833 --> 00:49:39,458
I've sacrificed so much.

778
00:49:40,833 --> 00:49:41,875
I know you have.

779
00:49:41,958 --> 00:49:44,000
[sombre music playing]

780
00:49:44,083 --> 00:49:46,458
What if these dark days are never over?

781
00:49:48,208 --> 00:49:50,750
What if everything I've done
wasn't worth anything?

782
00:49:55,291 --> 00:49:57,333
All that we can do is continue to hope…

783
00:50:00,458 --> 00:50:01,541
and keep going.

784
00:50:04,791 --> 00:50:05,666
For now.

785
00:50:12,916 --> 00:50:14,958
[music continues]

786
00:50:28,958 --> 00:50:30,375
[dramatic music playing]

787
00:52:27,416 --> 00:52:28,875
[music fades]