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A NETFLIX SERIES
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-[guns firing in distance]
-[bell tolling]
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6 YEARS EARLIER
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-[indistinct yelling]
-[gunfire continues]
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[bell tolling in distance]
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[man] Go, go, go!
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Go, go, go!
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[Sophie] We'll leave Vienna
until the conflict is over.
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If we do nothing,
the revolution will destroy us.
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Your uncle, the Emperor, is finished.
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Your time has come, Franz.
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-[indistinct yells]
-[guns firing]
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-Father is next in line.
-[Sophie] No.
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Your father is a snivelling wretch
like his brother.
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[baby coos]
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[Sophie] Do not fear.
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We'll do it together.
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You and I.
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[theme music playing]
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-[baby crying]
-[guns firing]
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[Sophie gasps]
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[breathing heavily]
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Good morning, Your Majesty.
You were dreaming.
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Thank you.
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The cabinet is awaiting both His Majesty
and yourself for an urgent debate
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to assess the Russian crisis.
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Furthermore,
I am pleased to inform Your Highness
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that the Empress
has now not bled for 30 days.
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There is every reason to hope
she is with child.
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Then see to it that hope becomes certainty
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and that the girl
was worth all the worry, after all.
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The honeymoon phase is over.
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[birds chirping]
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[Elisabeth inhales]
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[Elisabeth groans]
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[exhales]
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[breathes deeply]
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[Franz breathes deeply]
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You must stop staring at me
the whole night like a little owl.
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It's not even two months
and you're bored of me?
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[Elisabeth chuckles] Hmm.
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-Yes, actually.
-[both chuckle]
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But?
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The food's exquisite.
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[Franz chuckles]
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-And the view…
-[both chuckle]
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-[knocking on door]
-[door opens]
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[Theo clears throat]
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Your Majesty,
the gentleman are waiting for you.
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[Franz] The ministers.
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I'm sorry.
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Is this about Russia?
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[Franz] Mm-hmm.
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[Franz breathes deeply]
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My regiment will soon be here.
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[footsteps treading]
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-Three, two, one.
-[door opens]
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[doorman] Your Majesty,
Countess Esterhazy.
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-Good morning, Your Majesty.
-[servant] Good morning, Your Majesty.
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[Esterhazy] I hope you are well-rested.
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-[Amalia] Good morning.
-[Charlotte] Good morning, Your Majesty.
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[Amalia] The sun is shining.
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We could prune the flowers.
Or continue our embroidery.
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-[egg cracks]
-[Elisabeth chuckles]
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Countess, you know I adore your raw eggs,
but please, could I have a coffee today?
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You last bled a month ago,
and we are full of hope.
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We trust, Your Majesty,
that this time, it has indeed worked.
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[spoon clatters]
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Things will take care of themselves.
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Have a little faith, Countess.
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If anything were to happen to His Majesty,
God forbid,
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and we were left
with no heir to the throne,
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we would surely be thrusted
towards succession.
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So if you're really asking me, no.
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The future of Habsburg
will not "take care of itself."
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[Elisabeth chuckles]
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Ugh!
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Today, I brought you something else.
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[Elisabeth] What is that?
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It is the placenta of a woman
who just gave birth to her eighth son.
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[Charlotte gags]
Ugh, I beg your pardon, Your Majesty.
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Forgive me, Countess.
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We must ensure that we have an heir
to the throne, mustn't we?
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And if I have a girl and not a boy?
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[Esterhazy] A girl
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cannot rule.
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-[door shuts]
-The French have stopped answering.
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Since your wedding, Majesty,
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all diplomatic communiqués
have been severed.
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I do not understand
what has upset Napoleon so much.
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[Maximilian slurps]
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Did the Tsar receive my letter?
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[Sophie] The time for friendly diplomacy
has run out once and for all.
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You cannot tolerate
this escalation any more, Your Majesty.
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We must reinforce our troops.
On both borders. Now.
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[Sophie] I'm afraid
we have no money for that.
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-We're building a railway.
-[men chuckle]
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We have more than enough
to defend our empire, Mother.
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We will not have to defend it
if we all put on a show of our strength.
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I will not get involved
in a senseless bloody war.
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There is another way.
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[man yells in distance]
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Surely contact with St. Petersburg
or Paris is feasible still.
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You're my highest-ranking diplomat,
not a damn stable boy!
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[man continues yelling]
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Any other suggestions then?
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No?
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We will invite the Tsar's son to Vienna.
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Alexander? He's not on the throne.
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That is not a good idea.
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Tsar Nicholas will surely see that
as a provocation.
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I'm sure Alexander
does things differently from his father.
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With him, I can talk about the future.
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That will be all.
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[intense music playing]
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[door opens]
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Why is my brother here?
You know I don't want him around me.
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He's idle.
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And you know
how dangerous he is when idle,
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so give him something to do.
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[door shuts]
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-[swords clanking]
-[men grunting]
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[Franz] I'll take over.
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[fencer] Your Majesty.
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-[Maximilian grunts]
-[both breathing heavily]
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Scared?
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Did she throw you out of bed?
Or should I be so lucky?
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Why don't you now show me
if your legs are as quick as your tongue?
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[grunting]
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[breathing heavily]
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Is that all?
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[dramatic music playing]
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[both grunting]
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[Maximilian grunts]
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[grunts]
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[Maximilian groans]
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[panting]
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Do you want to kill me?
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[both panting]
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You've changed since the wedding, Maxi.
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You told me to stay out of the way,
so I'm staying out.
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-Since when do you do as you're told?
-You think I'm here to entertain?
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To clown around for you?
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-Lick my arse.
-Stop acting as if this is all my fault.
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You aren't happy at court
and never were, were you?
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You really think you know me?
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Then tell me I'm wrong.
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It was selfish to bring you back here.
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You need your own life.
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Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Fleet.
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What say you?
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[scoffs]
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[chuckles] You think I'm that naive?
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Our navy? I know our navy.
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Two ports, eight worm-ridden rowboats.
It's a joke, Franz.
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Then tell me what you want.
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Make me Governor of Bohemia.
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Or at least Tyrol.
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A chance at leadership.
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You're no statesman, Maxi.
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And there it is.
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An empire stretching
to the Carpathian Mountains,
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and you can't share any of it.
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You're acting as if I'll steal something.
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As you always do.
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But do you know
when people steal from others?
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When they're given scraps.
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[sombre music playing]
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Good luck with Russia.
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[Maximilian exhales]
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[classical music playing]
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[Amalia] Did you hear
that Prince Ferdinand of Kinsky
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asked Princess Marie of Lichtenstein
for her hand in marriage?
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[Charlotte] The Prince of Kinsky?
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He was having a fling
with the Princess of Auersperg, I heard.
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[Amalia chuckles] Exactly.
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[Charlotte] Lucky girl.
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Hold the needle
with two fingers, Leontine. Hmm?
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It'll be easier.
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Charlotte, will you pass me the scissors?
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Charlotte?
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That is a Schwarzenberg, Charlotte.
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One of the best families in the Empire.
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You can forget about it.
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[Leontine] Ah shit.
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-I beg your pardon.
-[scattered clapping]
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-You curse better than you sew.
-I wonder which is more important.
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-[chuckles]
-[servant] Ladies.
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[Charlotte] Thank you.
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Is this how you imagined
court life in Vienna would be?
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What means, Your Highness?
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Living in a big city
is what I always dreamt of.
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Don't you wonder how things are out there?
Outside the walls?
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Yes, Leontine, you never talk of yourself.
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Your home. Your family.
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[Charlotte gasps] The Emperor!
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[all] Your Majesty.
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I have a little time.
Shall we take a walk?
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I have a better idea.
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[scribbling]
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[horse gruffs]
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[Elisabeth chuckles]
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[horse gruffs]
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Don't look at me. That way.
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[horse gruffs]
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[Elisabeth chuckles]
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Take off your shirt.
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And your trousers.
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[chuckles]
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[exhales]
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[chuckles]
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[gentle music playing]
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[chuckles]
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Stop grinning.
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[horse gruffs]
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[chuckles]
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Is that how I look?
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Mm-hmm.
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Yes.
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I look at it every day.
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[Franz chuckles]
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[gentle music continues]
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[both breathing heavily]
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[Franz exhales]
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[both chuckling]
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How does it feel?
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Why did he try to murder you?
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He had nothing to lose.
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Kempen managed to apprehend
everyone involved in the attack.
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But that's not what matter.
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The people are still angry.
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So many live in poverty.
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Franz.
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You can change that.
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I'm certain.
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[Sophie] I hear you went swimming.
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He looks very content, Elisabeth.
And that makes me content.
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Thank you.
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I know it isn't easy
to share him all the time.
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It doesn't feel like that.
He tells me all.
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And
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I hear there is cause for hope?
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Soon you will have a duty of your own.
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[classical music playing]
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[Maximilian] Did you have a good morning?
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I saw and you and the ladies in the park.
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Were you hiding in the bushes
to get a clearer view?
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How many handkerchiefs have you got now?
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One for every woman
whose heart you have broken.
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[chuckles]
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[Maximilian] So you're doing well?
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Unlike you predicted, yes. Outstandingly.
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The Tsar's son is heading home
from Hesse and going via Bayern.
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Prepare a letter.
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Franz?
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If we send a message,
he could be here this weekend.
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[Sophie] That gives us
no time at all to prepare.
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We will invite him another time.
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This is a real opportunity, isn't it?
260
00:17:15,791 --> 00:17:19,041
How could we even be ready?
It would be completely undignified.
261
00:17:19,125 --> 00:17:20,375
[Maximilian] Dumplings!
262
00:17:21,375 --> 00:17:24,791
-Then we will simply have to hurry, yes?
-This is ridiculous.
263
00:17:24,875 --> 00:17:26,916
Anything less than perfect
would be a disgrace.
264
00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,958
A grand reception is not necessary.
265
00:17:30,708 --> 00:17:32,375
What do you mean, Elisabeth?
266
00:17:33,416 --> 00:17:35,708
It could be intimate.
267
00:17:35,791 --> 00:17:36,958
Intimate?
268
00:17:37,916 --> 00:17:39,541
My father always took people hunting
269
00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:41,416
when there was
something important to discuss.
270
00:17:41,500 --> 00:17:43,375
[Maximilian] Oh, a hunt
is a wonderful idea.
271
00:17:43,458 --> 00:17:45,583
We could visit Father at Auhof then.
272
00:17:46,416 --> 00:17:48,291
[Sophie chuckles]
273
00:17:49,375 --> 00:17:50,208
Out of the question.
274
00:17:51,666 --> 00:17:54,708
If you want to talk in peace,
without the circus,
275
00:17:54,791 --> 00:17:56,625
it might be the right decision.
276
00:17:57,500 --> 00:17:58,416
"Circus"?
277
00:17:59,416 --> 00:18:02,291
Alexander should feel
that we are not trying to impress him.
278
00:18:02,375 --> 00:18:03,250
Yes?
279
00:18:10,416 --> 00:18:11,583
We will do it.
280
00:18:12,666 --> 00:18:15,416
-[bell rings]
-No banquet, no ceremony.
281
00:18:17,041 --> 00:18:18,458
An informal talk.
282
00:18:22,208 --> 00:18:24,833
[Sophie] But the Empress
should not go on the hunt.
283
00:18:25,375 --> 00:18:26,208
[Elisabeth] Why not?
284
00:18:27,208 --> 00:18:28,791
[Sophie] In your delicate condition,
285
00:18:29,375 --> 00:18:30,625
it's too dangerous.
286
00:18:30,708 --> 00:18:31,833
I will go instead.
287
00:18:36,458 --> 00:18:37,583
But I'd like to.
288
00:18:41,041 --> 00:18:42,208
We go alone.
289
00:18:43,208 --> 00:18:46,000
Elisabeth and I, Alexander and Maria.
290
00:18:50,791 --> 00:18:52,583
-[knocking on door]
-[door opens]
291
00:18:53,333 --> 00:18:56,000
[Esterhazy] Is there anything else
I can do, Your Highness?
292
00:18:56,083 --> 00:18:57,041
[Sophie] No.
293
00:18:58,875 --> 00:19:01,083
A hunt. It's ridiculous.
294
00:19:02,416 --> 00:19:03,875
You absolutely must go with them.
295
00:19:03,958 --> 00:19:06,666
Yes, of course, I will go with them.
War is on the brink.
296
00:19:08,458 --> 00:19:10,666
And we've invited him to the chicken farm.
297
00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:13,666
Karl lives at Auhof
to be kept out of affairs of state.
298
00:19:13,750 --> 00:19:16,833
Whatever next?
Are we going to send Luziwuzi to Napoleon?
299
00:19:16,916 --> 00:19:20,583
[chuckles] Your husband will understand
that the stakes are high.
300
00:19:20,666 --> 00:19:22,291
I'll have a new uniform sent to him.
301
00:19:22,375 --> 00:19:25,291
How dare that impudent girl
go over my head?
302
00:19:25,375 --> 00:19:26,750
[Esterhazy] Your Imperial Highness,
303
00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:30,125
some matters are best left
to follow their natural course.
304
00:19:30,208 --> 00:19:33,500
Let her fall flat on her face,
and let the whole world see.
305
00:19:33,583 --> 00:19:35,458
What real harm can she do?
306
00:19:39,291 --> 00:19:43,250
-[uplifting music playing]
-[bell tolling]
307
00:19:44,875 --> 00:19:48,750
I cannot wait to see the Tsar's son.
I've heard he's very handsome.
308
00:19:49,333 --> 00:19:50,583
Good morning, ladies.
309
00:19:56,291 --> 00:19:58,000
[horse gruffs]
310
00:19:58,083 --> 00:20:00,625
You do know he only has an honorary title?
311
00:20:01,125 --> 00:20:02,041
And?
312
00:20:02,541 --> 00:20:05,625
You are an Apafi, he is an accountant.
313
00:20:07,666 --> 00:20:12,000
A man that is a good mathematician
is, uh, good at, um,
314
00:20:12,833 --> 00:20:13,666
counting.
315
00:20:13,750 --> 00:20:17,041
[Charlotte chuckles]
316
00:20:19,791 --> 00:20:22,500
I do not know
what the Empress sees in her.
317
00:20:22,583 --> 00:20:23,791
She is vulgar.
318
00:20:25,208 --> 00:20:26,750
She is amusing.
319
00:20:27,250 --> 00:20:31,000
When something looks like sauerkraut
and reeks of sauerkraut,
320
00:20:31,625 --> 00:20:33,833
it is rarely mousse au chocolat.
321
00:20:35,708 --> 00:20:38,541
-[indistinct chatter]
-[horse gruffs]
322
00:20:38,625 --> 00:20:39,750
[von Bach] Your Majesty?
323
00:20:44,875 --> 00:20:47,541
It is here. The contract from Sina.
324
00:20:49,125 --> 00:20:50,333
We have the loan.
325
00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:52,791
You just need to sign it.
326
00:20:55,750 --> 00:20:57,666
Now nothing stands in the way
of the railway line.
327
00:20:57,750 --> 00:20:58,750
[Sophie] Congratulations.
328
00:20:58,833 --> 00:21:01,375
Let's hope our cannons
don't need replacing.
329
00:21:03,125 --> 00:21:06,333
-[indistinct chatter]
-[dramatic music playing]
330
00:21:08,875 --> 00:21:10,500
[charioteer] Ho! Ho!
331
00:21:34,708 --> 00:21:36,541
[horse whinnies]
332
00:21:37,625 --> 00:21:39,041
My son.
333
00:21:39,125 --> 00:21:40,041
[Franz] Father.
334
00:21:40,125 --> 00:21:42,541
-It is very good to see you.
-You also.
335
00:21:42,625 --> 00:21:45,708
It was Elisabeth's idea.
So let us not get sentimental.
336
00:21:45,791 --> 00:21:47,416
-[dog barking]
-[indistinct chatter]
337
00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:48,916
[Sophie] I'll be in the garden.
338
00:22:06,750 --> 00:22:09,583
I hope you understand
why I couldn't stay behind.
339
00:22:11,291 --> 00:22:13,041
This is too important for us.
340
00:22:13,791 --> 00:22:15,500
Naturally, I understand.
341
00:22:18,833 --> 00:22:19,708
If I am with child,
342
00:22:19,791 --> 00:22:22,416
then a weekend in the woods
will not change anything.
343
00:22:23,791 --> 00:22:26,666
And I swallowed
all the eggs Esterhazy made me eat.
344
00:22:27,166 --> 00:22:28,666
So what could go wrong?
345
00:22:28,750 --> 00:22:30,875
Well, your confidence is impressive.
346
00:22:33,291 --> 00:22:36,208
I bathed in salt
until my skin flaked off like fish scales
347
00:22:36,291 --> 00:22:39,500
and ate so many raw eggs
that I vomited every morning.
348
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,916
It didn't help.
It still took me six years.
349
00:22:45,458 --> 00:22:48,458
It is challenging having a baby.
350
00:22:49,166 --> 00:22:51,083
I know that very well.
My mother had eight.
351
00:22:51,166 --> 00:22:53,958
We are talking about an heir!
It is your only task.
352
00:22:54,041 --> 00:22:55,958
So accomplish it before you seek another.
353
00:23:02,208 --> 00:23:04,750
[contemplative music playing]
354
00:23:17,500 --> 00:23:19,500
[bell tolling in distance]
355
00:23:21,291 --> 00:23:23,541
-[horse gruffs]
-[charioteer clicking tongue] Hyah!
356
00:23:35,791 --> 00:23:37,250
[Maximilian] Good evening, gentlemen.
357
00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:38,625
Milady.
358
00:23:39,625 --> 00:23:41,291
My thanks to you all for coming.
359
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,166
His Imperial Highness is very unhappy
360
00:23:44,250 --> 00:23:46,541
with the course Habsburg is taking
at this time.
361
00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:47,708
[Maximilian] Indeed.
362
00:23:47,791 --> 00:23:50,250
And I have an interesting offer for you.
363
00:23:50,333 --> 00:23:53,458
-[dramatic music continues]
-[horse whinnies]
364
00:24:06,625 --> 00:24:08,875
[horse gruffs]
365
00:24:16,583 --> 00:24:18,833
-[Franz] Imperial Highness.
-Your Majesty.
366
00:24:19,375 --> 00:24:21,000
[Franz in Russian] Welcome to Austria.
367
00:24:21,083 --> 00:24:22,500
[in English] Welcome to Austria.
368
00:24:22,583 --> 00:24:25,625
So this is the woman
all Europe is talking about.
369
00:24:25,708 --> 00:24:29,458
"As beautiful as the rising sun,"
my envoy wrote to me.
370
00:24:29,541 --> 00:24:31,000
No exaggeration.
371
00:24:31,083 --> 00:24:33,208
He was drinking champagne all night.
372
00:24:33,291 --> 00:24:36,500
[chuckles]
373
00:24:37,375 --> 00:24:40,541
Last time, he was just a youth.
Now he is Emperor.
374
00:24:40,625 --> 00:24:41,750
And I'm not.
375
00:24:42,708 --> 00:24:45,916
You'll have to tell me
how to dispose of one's father, won't you?
376
00:24:46,916 --> 00:24:49,833
-[Franz] Where is your wife?
-Yes. Where is she?
377
00:24:51,041 --> 00:24:53,041
-Maria!
-[Maria] Oh.
378
00:24:53,625 --> 00:24:56,333
Are we already here? [groans]
379
00:24:56,416 --> 00:24:58,166
[dog whimpers]
380
00:25:01,875 --> 00:25:03,708
-Your Majesty.
-Maria.
381
00:25:05,041 --> 00:25:08,125
-How nice to see you.
-[Maria chuckles] A great pleasure.
382
00:25:08,208 --> 00:25:12,083
-Puppy needs to relieve herself.
-Hmm. And so she shall.
383
00:25:12,791 --> 00:25:14,958
Tomorrow? At sunrise?
384
00:25:15,875 --> 00:25:18,541
-Perfect.
-[Sophie] I can hardly wait.
385
00:25:22,541 --> 00:25:24,583
[dog continues whimpering]
386
00:25:24,666 --> 00:25:27,333
[barking]
387
00:25:30,916 --> 00:25:33,708
We agree that the Emperor
has lost his mind.
388
00:25:33,791 --> 00:25:35,708
We should've made an alliance
with France long ago.
389
00:25:35,791 --> 00:25:37,750
Napoleon's offer has been withdrawn.
390
00:25:37,833 --> 00:25:39,208
Napoleon is so offended
391
00:25:39,291 --> 00:25:42,625
that we could find ourselves in a war
on two fronts if we do not act.
392
00:25:43,250 --> 00:25:45,458
Russia on one side,
France on the other side.
393
00:25:45,541 --> 00:25:47,791
We should declare war on Russia.
Show strength.
394
00:25:47,875 --> 00:25:49,166
Change Napoleon's mind.
395
00:25:49,250 --> 00:25:52,833
-I'm with you, but the Emperor disagrees.
-What are you saying?
396
00:25:54,416 --> 00:25:58,125
I have assurances from the French court
that Habsburg will not be a target.
397
00:25:59,625 --> 00:26:00,791
And, furthermore,
398
00:26:01,291 --> 00:26:04,458
that Habsburg has their support
if there is war with Russia.
399
00:26:04,541 --> 00:26:05,750
[man] That cannot be.
400
00:26:05,833 --> 00:26:08,750
Napoleon favours the Emperor again?
Where did you learn this?
401
00:26:10,541 --> 00:26:12,791
Perhaps I have not made myself clear.
402
00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:17,041
My brother will not get help from France.
403
00:26:17,125 --> 00:26:19,166
[intense music playing]
404
00:26:19,250 --> 00:26:21,083
But a new emperor will.
405
00:26:29,375 --> 00:26:30,958
But there is a condition
406
00:26:32,125 --> 00:26:33,791
that Russia is not our ally.
407
00:26:35,666 --> 00:26:38,291
What if the Emperor, though,
succeeds in striking a peace agreement
408
00:26:38,375 --> 00:26:39,583
with the Tsar's son?
409
00:26:42,916 --> 00:26:44,083
Leave that to me.
410
00:26:51,083 --> 00:26:53,791
-[Amalia] Good morning, Your Majesty.
-[Elisabeth] Good morning.
411
00:26:54,833 --> 00:26:57,333
[Alexander] Hmm.
I do not like any of them.
412
00:26:57,833 --> 00:27:00,750
-[Sophie] Grand Duchess.
-[Maria] Imperial Highness, good morning.
413
00:27:00,833 --> 00:27:03,416
Your Majesty,
this is a Zaisenberger hunting rifle
414
00:27:03,500 --> 00:27:04,875
with octagonal muzzle.
415
00:27:05,541 --> 00:27:07,291
Freshly sighted and accurate.
416
00:27:08,166 --> 00:27:09,500
It is our best model.
417
00:27:11,250 --> 00:27:14,583
It handles well.
You should've given me this one earlier.
418
00:27:15,083 --> 00:27:17,083
I never show all my cards at once.
419
00:27:18,333 --> 00:27:20,250
So you have more up your sleeve?
420
00:27:20,875 --> 00:27:21,833
Who knows?
421
00:27:23,791 --> 00:27:25,000
I'll take the rifle.
422
00:27:26,416 --> 00:27:28,125
-Good choice.
-[Alexander] Empress.
423
00:27:28,916 --> 00:27:30,000
Good morning.
424
00:27:31,958 --> 00:27:35,041
[Maximilian] The one thing
I really can't abide about hunting
425
00:27:35,125 --> 00:27:37,500
is why one must always start so early.
426
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,250
This is a surprise.
427
00:27:45,083 --> 00:27:47,458
Grand Duke, it is my honour.
428
00:27:47,541 --> 00:27:48,916
I simply couldn't miss the chance
429
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,625
to help my brother
on this important weekend.
430
00:27:54,083 --> 00:27:55,458
Pleasure to see you, Majesty.
431
00:27:55,541 --> 00:27:58,041
[Alexander]
There you are at last, Maschenka.
432
00:27:58,541 --> 00:28:00,000
-Good morning.
-[Sophie] Good morning.
433
00:28:00,083 --> 00:28:02,458
-[Maria] Gorgeous! Ah, the weather!
-[Alexander] All right.
434
00:28:02,541 --> 00:28:04,083
[claps] Shall we go?
435
00:28:08,333 --> 00:28:09,958
[Elisabeth] I'll take this one.
436
00:28:10,541 --> 00:28:14,375
Uh, Maria was hoping that you would take
a walk with her, my dear.
437
00:28:15,250 --> 00:28:18,250
So leave the hunting to the gentleman,
Your Majesty.
438
00:28:18,958 --> 00:28:21,916
We ladies will go on our own outing.
How wonderful!
439
00:28:23,791 --> 00:28:26,500
[Elisabeth] I would like to get acquainted
with the princess on my own.
440
00:28:26,583 --> 00:28:28,458
If that is allowed.
441
00:28:31,666 --> 00:28:33,750
[sombre music playing]
442
00:28:33,833 --> 00:28:35,083
[guns fire in distance]
443
00:28:35,166 --> 00:28:37,916
[Maria] You would rather have gone hunting
with the men, wouldn't you?
444
00:28:38,541 --> 00:28:40,208
No, this is wonderful.
445
00:28:41,208 --> 00:28:43,791
I wondered what your peculiarity would be.
446
00:28:43,875 --> 00:28:45,208
Peculiarity?
447
00:28:45,291 --> 00:28:47,666
The very thing
that sets you apart as Empress.
448
00:28:47,750 --> 00:28:49,375
Does one need such a thing?
449
00:28:50,750 --> 00:28:53,541
Marie Antoinette
had those extravagant dresses,
450
00:28:53,625 --> 00:28:55,708
seven kilograms of fabric!
451
00:28:55,791 --> 00:28:59,291
Catherine the Great reportedly
had more than 20 lovers, they say.
452
00:28:59,375 --> 00:29:02,541
And you know Maria,
the former Queen of France?
453
00:29:03,541 --> 00:29:06,791
She did her own cooking at court
and invented her own pastries.
454
00:29:06,875 --> 00:29:08,166
So what's yours then?
455
00:29:09,166 --> 00:29:10,625
Isn't it obvious?
456
00:29:10,708 --> 00:29:12,208
I love animals.
457
00:29:12,291 --> 00:29:15,416
I have four dozen horses,
dogs and two monkeys.
458
00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:17,625
At my home in Hesse, I even had a donkey.
459
00:29:19,666 --> 00:29:22,375
Oh, and I build hospitals
and things like that.
460
00:29:23,041 --> 00:29:24,875
It gives them something to talk about.
461
00:29:24,958 --> 00:29:27,208
And it gives us significance.
462
00:29:27,291 --> 00:29:29,500
Something for people to remember.
463
00:29:29,583 --> 00:29:31,083
[gun fires]
464
00:29:31,166 --> 00:29:34,291
My hope is to be a good empress
and that people remember that.
465
00:29:34,875 --> 00:29:36,458
And not how I wore my hair.
466
00:29:36,958 --> 00:29:38,416
I'm sure they will.
467
00:29:39,875 --> 00:29:42,250
I must say, your hair really is splendid.
468
00:29:47,291 --> 00:29:48,958
In Russia, we shoot bears.
469
00:29:49,041 --> 00:29:51,083
Did you not say
there would be wild boar here?
470
00:29:51,166 --> 00:29:54,000
-[Franz] Not in season.
-Ah. [chuckles]
471
00:29:54,083 --> 00:29:58,125
Sometimes a man must break the rules
to get what he wants. [chuckles]
472
00:29:59,583 --> 00:30:02,875
[Franz] I read about your plans
to abolish serfdom with great interest.
473
00:30:02,958 --> 00:30:04,125
Trying to flatter me?
474
00:30:04,208 --> 00:30:06,166
[Franz] No.
I think we have much in common.
475
00:30:06,666 --> 00:30:09,125
I think you owe a great deal to Russia.
476
00:30:09,208 --> 00:30:10,208
[Franz] That too.
477
00:30:10,916 --> 00:30:12,958
My father saved your hide
in the revolution.
478
00:30:13,041 --> 00:30:15,083
And we will forever be in your debt.
479
00:30:15,166 --> 00:30:17,000
Not deep enough, it's clear.
480
00:30:17,083 --> 00:30:18,750
My father's heart is broken.
481
00:30:18,833 --> 00:30:22,000
But you're the one
who decides the future, right?
482
00:30:22,708 --> 00:30:24,333
My father is still on the throne.
483
00:30:24,416 --> 00:30:25,958
[Franz] As long as God wills it.
484
00:30:26,541 --> 00:30:28,375
But forgive me for speaking frankly.
485
00:30:28,875 --> 00:30:31,458
People are dreaming
of a new kind of ruler.
486
00:30:32,125 --> 00:30:34,250
One for whom peace
is more important than war.
487
00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:35,750
You really do flatter.
488
00:30:36,916 --> 00:30:40,166
Withdraw your army from our border,
and I promise we'll not attack you.
489
00:30:43,250 --> 00:30:44,208
I like you.
490
00:30:45,208 --> 00:30:47,541
Let's just enjoy the hunt, my friend.
491
00:30:47,625 --> 00:30:49,791
Talk of war and peace can wait for now.
492
00:30:54,750 --> 00:30:57,000
-[gentle music playing]
-[indistinct chatter]
493
00:30:58,083 --> 00:31:00,750
[dog barks]
494
00:31:13,791 --> 00:31:16,208
-[dog barks, whimpers]
-Good, yes, very good.
495
00:31:22,583 --> 00:31:25,291
The future Tsarina is extraordinary.
496
00:31:27,291 --> 00:31:28,458
They say that on Wednesdays,
497
00:31:28,541 --> 00:31:32,250
Alexander falls in love with someone new
and ends it all before the week is over.
498
00:31:33,041 --> 00:31:34,875
She deals with it very well.
499
00:31:34,958 --> 00:31:35,958
[Elisabeth chuckles]
500
00:31:36,958 --> 00:31:39,791
Thank goodness.
I thought you couldn't abide me.
501
00:31:43,125 --> 00:31:44,166
You thought that?
502
00:31:45,666 --> 00:31:47,708
You've avoided me since the wedding.
503
00:31:47,791 --> 00:31:49,125
You know why.
504
00:31:51,958 --> 00:31:54,500
Why are you here today, Your Highness?
505
00:31:54,583 --> 00:31:55,708
Why are you here?
506
00:31:56,500 --> 00:31:57,916
You should be resting.
507
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,583
Ugh. Not you as well.
508
00:31:59,666 --> 00:32:03,208
My family needs you for one task only,
and it's not foreign policy.
509
00:32:03,291 --> 00:32:05,416
Better for one task than for none, hmm?
510
00:32:06,041 --> 00:32:07,083
Ow.
511
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,333
-[both chuckle]
-Sorry.
512
00:32:11,416 --> 00:32:15,333
-You bring out the very worst in me.
-Well, as long as I bring out something.
513
00:32:18,500 --> 00:32:21,083
-[dog barking]
-[indistinct chatter]
514
00:32:27,208 --> 00:32:30,416
If you're in need at all, I'm here.
515
00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:34,333
[all clapping]
516
00:32:34,416 --> 00:32:35,625
What would I need?
517
00:32:36,208 --> 00:32:38,250
-[woman] Very good.
-[man] Very good, indeed.
518
00:32:38,875 --> 00:32:39,791
[Elisabeth scoffs]
519
00:32:48,541 --> 00:32:52,208
It's going very well.
Hunting was a fabulous idea.
520
00:32:53,666 --> 00:32:55,541
[Karl] That was very nice, Countess.
521
00:32:55,625 --> 00:32:57,041
[Charlotte] Thank you.
522
00:32:57,125 --> 00:32:58,458
We've not yet met.
523
00:32:59,083 --> 00:33:01,541
Leontine from Apafi,
Your Imperial Highness.
524
00:33:01,625 --> 00:33:04,500
From Apafi. The Apafis of Siebenbürgen.
525
00:33:04,583 --> 00:33:06,166
I know your parents.
526
00:33:06,250 --> 00:33:09,458
Your father is Count Michael. Your mother…
527
00:33:11,625 --> 00:33:13,791
-Agnes.
-[Karl] Agnes. Right.
528
00:33:13,875 --> 00:33:16,875
Your mother's pride and joy.
The apple of her eye.
529
00:33:16,958 --> 00:33:19,500
How is she? She must miss you terribly.
530
00:33:20,125 --> 00:33:21,541
I write all the time.
531
00:33:22,125 --> 00:33:25,833
I seem to recall even as a child
you could already speak French.
532
00:33:26,333 --> 00:33:29,875
[Amalia in French] Of course
you speak French, don't you, Leontine?
533
00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:31,791
[in English] Hence my name.
534
00:33:31,875 --> 00:33:34,375
[in French]
You like literature, as I understand.
535
00:33:34,458 --> 00:33:36,541
What do you think of Monsieur de Balzac?
536
00:33:37,333 --> 00:33:39,666
I love this story.
537
00:33:39,750 --> 00:33:42,750
His writing is so passionate.
538
00:33:43,250 --> 00:33:44,916
[in English] Excuse me, please.
539
00:33:46,541 --> 00:33:47,541
Oh!
540
00:33:47,625 --> 00:33:49,583
Can you not give us a little taste?
541
00:33:49,666 --> 00:33:51,250
Why so shy?
542
00:33:53,041 --> 00:33:55,291
[Amalia in French]
Excuse me, Your Highness.
543
00:34:01,666 --> 00:34:04,458
[Amalia in English]
You really are quite the riddle, Countess.
544
00:34:06,125 --> 00:34:07,708
But do not worry yourself.
545
00:34:09,291 --> 00:34:10,958
I will solve it.
546
00:34:12,875 --> 00:34:15,125
Stay away from me, you whore.
547
00:34:16,500 --> 00:34:19,041
[dramatic music playing]
548
00:34:22,166 --> 00:34:23,083
[exhales]
549
00:34:31,666 --> 00:34:34,125
[Maximilian inhales, grunts]
550
00:34:34,208 --> 00:34:35,750
Forgive me, Your Highness.
551
00:34:36,750 --> 00:34:38,125
I have nothing to hide.
552
00:34:38,208 --> 00:34:41,208
[urinating]
553
00:34:41,291 --> 00:34:42,666
[Maximilian sighs]
554
00:34:44,416 --> 00:34:46,875
[Alexander] The young Empress
really is quite something.
555
00:34:46,958 --> 00:34:50,083
-As I'm sure you've already noticed.
-[Maximilian] Indeed I have.
556
00:34:50,166 --> 00:34:52,416
Passionate. So impulsive.
557
00:34:53,291 --> 00:34:56,375
Can your pretty brother cope with that,
or does she need variety?
558
00:34:58,083 --> 00:34:58,958
[chuckles softly]
559
00:35:02,916 --> 00:35:05,083
Has he promised peace
and eternal friendship?
560
00:35:05,666 --> 00:35:07,458
What's wrong with peace and friendship?
561
00:35:08,041 --> 00:35:10,083
Mmm, be careful. That's all.
562
00:35:12,333 --> 00:35:14,291
Knifing your brother in the back?
563
00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:21,458
Out with it.
564
00:35:23,041 --> 00:35:26,750
If France, Russia, and all the rest
keep this war going for years,
565
00:35:26,833 --> 00:35:29,791
tear each other apart
and bleed to death, who wins?
566
00:35:32,625 --> 00:35:36,875
And who takes a slice of the Ottoman pie
without shedding even a drop of blood?
567
00:35:49,125 --> 00:35:51,041
[horn blowing]
568
00:35:51,125 --> 00:35:53,333
-For 15 years, my father was living…
-[horn blows]
569
00:35:53,416 --> 00:35:55,625
[hunter] Prey sighted! To the east!
570
00:35:56,458 --> 00:35:57,750
Then let's head out again.
571
00:35:57,833 --> 00:35:59,208
I'll get myself a stag.
572
00:35:59,791 --> 00:36:03,375
Will you join me this time, Majesty?
I insist.
573
00:36:07,125 --> 00:36:08,166
[dog barking]
574
00:36:08,250 --> 00:36:10,833
It is unusual
for a woman to enjoy hunting.
575
00:36:10,916 --> 00:36:13,708
When I was young,
I always went into the forest alone.
576
00:36:13,791 --> 00:36:15,291
Weren't you afraid?
577
00:36:15,375 --> 00:36:17,291
The darkness, the silence.
578
00:36:18,291 --> 00:36:20,125
No, never. It's enticing.
579
00:36:21,208 --> 00:36:23,125
Are you quite sure you're not Russian?
580
00:36:28,458 --> 00:36:32,083
[birds tweeting]
581
00:36:39,125 --> 00:36:41,041
Are you scared that we're alone?
582
00:36:42,458 --> 00:36:44,625
Like I said, nothing here scares me.
583
00:36:48,625 --> 00:36:50,750
[gentle music playing]
584
00:37:10,958 --> 00:37:12,875
She could ride on it for hours…
585
00:37:16,250 --> 00:37:18,375
while she watched me smoke my pipe.
586
00:37:21,750 --> 00:37:23,833
"Do not smoke so much, Father,"
she always said.
587
00:37:23,916 --> 00:37:25,416
Do not speak of her.
588
00:37:27,250 --> 00:37:29,583
It would do you good to talk about her.
589
00:37:32,208 --> 00:37:34,916
-They would've been friends, Elisabeth a--
-No.
590
00:37:35,791 --> 00:37:39,458
Our little girl was quite different.
Not a bit like Elisabeth.
591
00:37:41,333 --> 00:37:43,291
-Elisabeth is--
-Elisabeth's like you.
592
00:37:43,375 --> 00:37:45,375
[gentle music continues]
593
00:37:49,458 --> 00:37:50,625
Are we lost?
594
00:37:51,208 --> 00:37:52,125
Oh no.
595
00:37:54,750 --> 00:37:55,583
Dusk's soon.
596
00:37:56,500 --> 00:37:59,833
-And I will protect you.
-[guns firing in distance]
597
00:37:59,916 --> 00:38:01,708
[Elisabeth] That will not be necessary.
598
00:38:02,750 --> 00:38:04,708
Forgive me if I offended you.
599
00:38:06,208 --> 00:38:07,208
[branch snaps]
600
00:38:08,375 --> 00:38:11,958
Do you know what your husband
wants from me? Complete faith in him.
601
00:38:12,041 --> 00:38:12,916
But…
602
00:38:14,208 --> 00:38:15,666
can I really trust him?
603
00:38:16,833 --> 00:38:18,250
Help me, Empress.
604
00:38:19,583 --> 00:38:22,541
He wants our empire safe.
He does not intend to expand it.
605
00:38:22,625 --> 00:38:25,500
He'd be the first man in the world
not to want that.
606
00:38:25,583 --> 00:38:27,666
[sucks teeth]
But I won't bore you with politics.
607
00:38:27,750 --> 00:38:30,833
-Then why did you ask me?
-Because you know your husband.
608
00:38:30,916 --> 00:38:31,916
He is different.
609
00:38:32,416 --> 00:38:33,291
No.
610
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,375
You and your clever little head,
611
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,291
you are different.
612
00:38:41,625 --> 00:38:42,500
Hmm.
613
00:38:46,291 --> 00:38:50,250
It's likely that the future
of this enormous, cumbersome empire
614
00:38:51,166 --> 00:38:54,666
lies not with him,
nor with the Archduchess.
615
00:39:00,458 --> 00:39:02,625
It's likely Habsburg's future
616
00:39:03,791 --> 00:39:05,250
lies on your shoulders.
617
00:39:05,333 --> 00:39:06,208
[Elisabeth gasps]
618
00:39:07,541 --> 00:39:08,375
Or…
619
00:39:10,166 --> 00:39:12,375
you really are what everyone says you are.
620
00:39:13,083 --> 00:39:14,583
A simple country girl.
621
00:39:18,333 --> 00:39:20,458
Even though life at the palace
is not what I'm used to--
622
00:39:20,541 --> 00:39:21,625
I knew it.
623
00:39:22,625 --> 00:39:25,666
If you want to win,
you must take the road less travelled by.
624
00:39:26,416 --> 00:39:27,916
My father taught me that.
625
00:39:29,708 --> 00:39:31,000
[gun fires]
626
00:39:33,375 --> 00:39:35,375
-[boar grunts]
-You've made him angry.
627
00:39:35,458 --> 00:39:38,750
-[tense music playing]
-[boar grunts]
628
00:39:39,916 --> 00:39:41,583
[gun loads]
629
00:39:41,666 --> 00:39:42,916
[boar grunting]
630
00:39:47,083 --> 00:39:48,875
[boar grunting]
631
00:39:50,291 --> 00:39:51,791
[boar groans]
632
00:39:56,500 --> 00:40:00,541
[Maximilian clapping]
Whoo-hoo-hoo! Excellent shot!
633
00:40:00,625 --> 00:40:02,833
[Maximilian clapping]
634
00:40:07,083 --> 00:40:11,416
[Karl] To today's finest shot,
Your Majesty, Empress Elizabeth.
635
00:40:11,500 --> 00:40:14,583
-[man] To Elisabeth!
-[all] To Elisabeth!
636
00:40:14,666 --> 00:40:16,250
[indistinct chatter]
637
00:40:16,833 --> 00:40:18,833
[Charlotte] Is a wild boar
really so deadly?
638
00:40:18,916 --> 00:40:21,166
[Karl] A boar that large
can definitely kill a man.
639
00:40:21,250 --> 00:40:24,541
[Charlotte] So the Empress
saved the life of the Tsar's son.
640
00:40:26,041 --> 00:40:27,083
[chatter stops]
641
00:40:27,166 --> 00:40:29,375
We're leaving, Maria. Now. Do you hear me?
642
00:40:29,458 --> 00:40:30,458
We're leaving.
643
00:40:32,250 --> 00:40:34,750
[Maria] Oh. Already?
644
00:40:34,833 --> 00:40:36,750
[sucks teeth, scoffs]
645
00:40:36,833 --> 00:40:38,666
[dog whimpers, barks]
646
00:40:45,875 --> 00:40:49,666
By the time the Tsar's son had reloaded,
you'd have been torn apart.
647
00:40:49,750 --> 00:40:52,458
What choice did you have? Not shoot?
648
00:40:53,416 --> 00:40:55,375
It is men who made these rules, not us.
649
00:41:02,791 --> 00:41:06,833
Is this your way of playing politics?
By giving me a defective gun?
650
00:41:06,916 --> 00:41:08,916
Elisabeth simply followed her instinct.
651
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,375
My instinct tells me
everything here stinks.
652
00:41:12,625 --> 00:41:14,875
What are you hiding
behind that boyish face, hmm?
653
00:41:14,958 --> 00:41:16,541
I've been honest with you, Alexander.
654
00:41:17,125 --> 00:41:17,958
Hmm.
655
00:41:19,083 --> 00:41:20,958
You know what my grandmother always said?
656
00:41:21,625 --> 00:41:25,041
When something seems too good to be true,
it's probably shit.
657
00:41:25,125 --> 00:41:28,250
All I want for us now
is to pledge peace to each other.
658
00:41:28,333 --> 00:41:30,416
Did you think
I'd go against my father's will?
659
00:41:30,500 --> 00:41:32,333
I thought you saw this war differently.
660
00:41:33,666 --> 00:41:34,708
Maybe I don't.
661
00:41:37,541 --> 00:41:39,458
Our bordering territories, Alexander.
662
00:41:40,041 --> 00:41:43,375
-What's happening there is unjust.
-[Alexander chuckles]
663
00:41:43,458 --> 00:41:46,833
Oh please.
What is happening in your realm?
664
00:41:46,916 --> 00:41:50,583
You oppress Hungary, Venetia, Lombardy.
665
00:41:52,333 --> 00:41:53,166
Fine.
666
00:41:54,208 --> 00:41:55,625
I demand you pull your troops out.
667
00:41:55,708 --> 00:41:56,666
Or what?
668
00:41:57,416 --> 00:41:59,958
Will you get your wife with her rifle?
669
00:42:00,041 --> 00:42:02,000
Well, at least she wouldn't miss.
670
00:42:04,625 --> 00:42:06,250
[chuckles]
671
00:42:07,291 --> 00:42:08,875
You're frightened, Majesty.
672
00:42:10,041 --> 00:42:13,500
I will defend my realm, Alexander,
with all that I am.
673
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:15,791
Then we'll meet again on a battlefield.
674
00:42:16,500 --> 00:42:17,541
So be it.
675
00:42:24,416 --> 00:42:26,375
[door opens, slams shut]
676
00:42:26,458 --> 00:42:29,791
[sombre music playing]
677
00:42:39,125 --> 00:42:41,208
[Sophie] We shall assemble the cabinet.
678
00:42:41,291 --> 00:42:42,291
Tonight.
679
00:42:46,208 --> 00:42:47,333
Do not worry.
680
00:42:58,250 --> 00:42:59,458
[indistinct chatter]
681
00:43:00,500 --> 00:43:01,916
[horse whinnies]
682
00:43:21,458 --> 00:43:23,041
[horse whinnies]
683
00:43:33,250 --> 00:43:34,916
What did Alexander say?
684
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,083
I'm going back now. You can come
in the morning with the others.
685
00:43:38,166 --> 00:43:41,125
-Will he withdraw his troops now?
-It is not your concern.
686
00:43:43,625 --> 00:43:45,875
Are you implying this is all my fault?
687
00:43:48,250 --> 00:43:50,625
No, but you could've showed
some restraint, yes?
688
00:43:54,500 --> 00:43:56,333
Do you know how he treated me?
689
00:43:56,416 --> 00:44:00,791
[thunder rumbles]
690
00:44:00,875 --> 00:44:02,666
Though I imagine it's allowed.
691
00:44:08,708 --> 00:44:10,208
I'm going with my mother.
692
00:44:12,708 --> 00:44:13,791
Goodnight.
693
00:44:16,583 --> 00:44:17,916
[charioteer] Your Majesty.
694
00:44:22,625 --> 00:44:24,333
I hope you understand me now.
695
00:44:25,750 --> 00:44:28,125
You haven't the faintest idea
what you're doing.
696
00:44:31,125 --> 00:44:32,125
[horse gruffs]
697
00:44:32,208 --> 00:44:35,166
[sombre music continues]
698
00:44:42,791 --> 00:44:43,625
[door opens]
699
00:44:46,375 --> 00:44:48,375
-[door shuts]
-[Maximilian clears throat]
700
00:44:49,916 --> 00:44:51,916
That really was a remarkable shot.
701
00:44:54,416 --> 00:44:56,250
Are you sure you won't stay on a while?
702
00:44:56,833 --> 00:44:58,333
No, I'll go.
703
00:45:04,041 --> 00:45:04,958
Would you…
704
00:45:07,625 --> 00:45:08,750
come with me?
705
00:45:14,791 --> 00:45:16,750
[Maximilian]
It's not your fault, Elisabeth.
706
00:45:17,250 --> 00:45:18,583
Franz disagrees.
707
00:45:19,708 --> 00:45:20,583
I disgraced him.
708
00:45:20,666 --> 00:45:21,833
You did not.
709
00:45:22,666 --> 00:45:24,333
Believe me, I know how it looks.
710
00:45:26,416 --> 00:45:27,666
You did not bulk.
711
00:45:29,875 --> 00:45:31,708
You did what you thought was right.
712
00:45:33,291 --> 00:45:35,958
Then why does it feel
so very wrong, though?
713
00:45:36,666 --> 00:45:40,958
For the simple reason that our role
in this family is to applaud the others.
714
00:45:42,250 --> 00:45:43,583
To look pretty.
715
00:45:46,958 --> 00:45:49,833
And we go down with the ship,
but are not asked what we think.
716
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:58,750
-[Elisabeth] So what now?
-[Maximilian inhales]
717
00:45:58,833 --> 00:46:00,208
[chuckles]
718
00:46:12,416 --> 00:46:14,875
[Maximilian chuckles]
719
00:46:16,458 --> 00:46:19,416
[both chuckle]
720
00:46:19,500 --> 00:46:22,000
-This is your solution?
-Oh no!
721
00:46:22,083 --> 00:46:24,041
[Elisabeth chuckles]
722
00:46:24,125 --> 00:46:25,166
Don't be silly.
723
00:46:26,833 --> 00:46:28,041
There's no solution.
724
00:46:31,541 --> 00:46:32,875
Only here and now.
725
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:35,916
[glasses clink]
726
00:46:52,666 --> 00:46:53,875
[imitates bird call]
727
00:47:01,541 --> 00:47:04,875
What is so urgent?
We only just arrived here, Egon.
728
00:47:14,875 --> 00:47:16,875
[lights match]
729
00:47:18,375 --> 00:47:21,500
[Egon] Why didn't you let us know
about the hunt in the forest?
730
00:47:25,208 --> 00:47:26,458
Far from the palace,
731
00:47:27,625 --> 00:47:29,583
minimal guards, plenty of cover.
732
00:47:30,708 --> 00:47:33,083
It was the opportunity
we have all been waiting for.
733
00:47:33,166 --> 00:47:35,583
No. There was no time,
and we need better preparation.
734
00:47:35,666 --> 00:47:37,500
Do not take me for a fool.
735
00:47:38,958 --> 00:47:41,416
Why are you delaying the cause?
736
00:47:45,541 --> 00:47:47,416
Perhaps there is another way.
737
00:47:47,500 --> 00:47:50,000
The Emperor is a murderer.
He deserves to die.
738
00:47:50,583 --> 00:47:52,666
But what if we were wrong about him?
739
00:47:54,125 --> 00:47:55,000
[scoffs]
740
00:47:55,708 --> 00:47:57,083
What is wrong with you?
741
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:01,166
[Leontine] They are not all bad, Egon.
I'm telling you.
742
00:48:06,416 --> 00:48:08,166
You are not a countess, Ava.
743
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:11,000
Have you forgotten?
744
00:48:12,583 --> 00:48:13,833
Where you really come from?
745
00:48:17,291 --> 00:48:20,875
You were born in the gutter,
and that's exactly where you'll end up.
746
00:48:26,250 --> 00:48:28,125
And you act so refined.
747
00:48:35,041 --> 00:48:36,625
In your pretty clothes.
748
00:48:41,875 --> 00:48:44,250
But we both know what you've done.
749
00:48:49,958 --> 00:48:52,583
These people are going to die.
750
00:48:54,291 --> 00:48:57,000
Decide now which side it is
you want to be on.
751
00:49:00,833 --> 00:49:03,208
[dramatic music playing]
752
00:49:13,833 --> 00:49:16,000
-[charioteer] Halt!
-[horse neighs]
753
00:49:16,083 --> 00:49:19,750
-[Maximilian and Elisabeth chuckling]
-[Maximilian] Yes, yes, yes!
754
00:49:19,833 --> 00:49:21,125
You didn't… Whoa!
755
00:49:21,208 --> 00:49:24,250
[both chuckling]
756
00:49:28,041 --> 00:49:29,500
Oops. [exhales]
757
00:49:29,583 --> 00:49:31,916
[both continue chuckling]
758
00:49:33,958 --> 00:49:35,166
[horse whinnies]
759
00:49:38,416 --> 00:49:39,916
[Maximilian sighs]
760
00:49:41,916 --> 00:49:44,791
Gentleman. I'll to bed.
761
00:49:45,958 --> 00:49:46,916
Tired.
762
00:49:49,125 --> 00:49:49,958
Oh.
763
00:49:58,541 --> 00:50:00,208
I told you to come tomorrow.
764
00:50:02,208 --> 00:50:04,333
If I made a mistake with Alexander,
I'm sorry.
765
00:50:05,791 --> 00:50:06,750
I mean it.
766
00:50:10,208 --> 00:50:11,833
What is it? Tell me.
767
00:50:14,208 --> 00:50:15,583
[horse gruffs]
768
00:50:15,666 --> 00:50:17,666
So why do you always run to him?
769
00:50:18,541 --> 00:50:21,416
I don't trust him, and you know that.
I won't have it.
770
00:50:21,500 --> 00:50:24,083
-Don't speak to me like I were a child.
-Stop acting like one!
771
00:50:28,333 --> 00:50:29,500
Go to bed, yes?
772
00:50:30,500 --> 00:50:31,666
You should rest.
773
00:50:39,458 --> 00:50:40,750
[horse gruffs]
774
00:50:41,291 --> 00:50:43,291
[gentle music playing]
775
00:51:08,166 --> 00:51:10,375
[dramatic music playing]
776
00:51:18,750 --> 00:51:21,250
[dramatic music continues]
777
00:52:29,291 --> 00:52:31,458
[music fades out]