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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:02:35,368 --> 00:02:36,658 - Open up! 2 00:02:36,729 --> 00:02:38,687 This is the governor, Hudson Lowe. 3 00:02:42,074 --> 00:02:44,553 Well, knock again, for God's sake! 4 00:02:44,630 --> 00:02:45,750 [ Knocking ] 5 00:02:49,743 --> 00:02:51,259 Open up! 6 00:02:52,100 --> 00:02:53,853 [ Knocking ] 7 00:02:55,219 --> 00:02:58,898 l order you to open the door, General Bonaparte! 8 00:02:58,853 --> 00:03:01,637 - He won't open if you call him General, sir. 9 00:03:01,707 --> 00:03:03,631 He insists on being called by his title. 10 00:03:03,699 --> 00:03:04,627 - Title? 11 00:03:04,696 --> 00:03:06,551 Emperor? 12 00:03:06,621 --> 00:03:08,080 Majesty? 13 00:03:07,896 --> 00:03:11,609 Poppycock! He's Bony the Ogre, and always will be. 14 00:03:11,681 --> 00:03:13,900 Knock again! - Yes, sir. 15 00:03:14,967 --> 00:03:16,088 [ Knocking ] 16 00:03:16,162 --> 00:03:17,713 - Sire. Should l? 17 00:03:17,790 --> 00:03:19,578 [Hudson Lowe]: lf you won't come out, 18 00:03:19,649 --> 00:03:22,196 l'm going to revoke all your privileges! 19 00:03:22,736 --> 00:03:25,453 l'll cut off your wine supply! 20 00:03:25,707 --> 00:03:28,593 Damn it, Napoleon! Open the door at once! 21 00:03:28,662 --> 00:03:30,020 [ Laughs ] 22 00:03:32,579 --> 00:03:34,865 What are these shutters doing here? 23 00:03:34,936 --> 00:03:38,513 They're specifically forbidden! You are under 24-hour watch! 24 00:03:39,541 --> 00:03:42,756 Well, if you want to imprison yourself in this house, 25 00:03:42,827 --> 00:03:44,219 it's perfectly fine with me. 26 00:03:44,289 --> 00:03:46,675 My men are tired of chasing you all over the island. 27 00:03:46,744 --> 00:03:48,328 l'll cordon off the grounds, 28 00:03:48,403 --> 00:03:51,018 and you won't even be able to take a walk! 29 00:03:58,308 --> 00:04:00,199 - Good day, Your Excellency. 30 00:04:02,922 --> 00:04:05,141 - You have no business here, Miss Balcombe. 31 00:04:05,214 --> 00:04:07,001 - Let me through, please. 32 00:04:12,284 --> 00:04:13,337 Thank you. 33 00:04:13,413 --> 00:04:15,099 - You're wasting your time, young lady. 34 00:04:15,172 --> 00:04:18,319 His lmperial Majesty is hiding. 35 00:04:18,392 --> 00:04:21,143 - From you, of course. 36 00:04:21,215 --> 00:04:23,501 From me, never. 37 00:04:41,431 --> 00:04:43,785 [ Clock ticking ] 38 00:05:17,285 --> 00:05:19,005 [ Women laughing ] 39 00:05:20,173 --> 00:05:21,463 - General Bonaparte. 40 00:05:21,534 --> 00:05:24,284 - Ah. Come back another day. Madame Tellien is engaged. 41 00:05:24,355 --> 00:05:25,646 Today is her at-home day. 42 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,424 - lt's like fashion nowadays. 43 00:05:30,498 --> 00:05:32,478 lt changes as easily as politicians. 44 00:05:32,556 --> 00:05:33,642 [ Laughter ] 45 00:05:33,718 --> 00:05:36,230 l've just spent a fortune on a golden wig, 46 00:05:37,369 --> 00:05:39,847 only to be told it's no longer in fashion. 47 00:05:39,925 --> 00:05:42,314 Now l have to cut it, and have it restyled! 48 00:05:43,536 --> 00:05:46,218 - lt's better to cut your wig than lose your head. 49 00:05:46,292 --> 00:05:48,215 Believe me, l know what l'm talking about. 50 00:05:48,283 --> 00:05:50,138 [ Laughs ] 51 00:05:50,208 --> 00:05:52,097 [ Clears throat ] 52 00:05:52,166 --> 00:05:55,675 - A General Bon-Appetit, or something like that, 53 00:05:55,750 --> 00:05:56,803 is here to see Madame. 54 00:05:56,879 --> 00:05:59,628 - Bonaparte. Yes. Show him in. 55 00:06:00,895 --> 00:06:03,214 - A General! Which General? 56 00:06:03,283 --> 00:06:05,830 - One without a post. On half-pay. 57 00:06:05,906 --> 00:06:09,051 But it's easier for him to conceal his pride 58 00:06:09,125 --> 00:06:11,140 than to conceal his ass. 59 00:06:11,216 --> 00:06:12,869 [ All laugh ] 60 00:06:12,942 --> 00:06:15,725 - Truly, his britches are riddled with holes. 61 00:06:15,796 --> 00:06:18,716 And cloth for uniforms is reserved for officers 62 00:06:18,784 --> 00:06:21,238 in active service. 63 00:06:23,397 --> 00:06:25,412 Oh, please, General. 64 00:06:25,487 --> 00:06:27,943 Come, let me introduce you. 65 00:06:28,010 --> 00:06:28,938 Madame Ricanier. 66 00:06:29,006 --> 00:06:29,933 - Madame. 67 00:06:30,002 --> 00:06:31,620 - Strange-looking bird. 68 00:06:31,693 --> 00:06:33,651 - With the eyes of an eagle. 69 00:06:33,719 --> 00:06:34,738 - Madame de Stahl. 70 00:06:37,103 --> 00:06:39,684 Madame de Beauharnais. 71 00:06:39,759 --> 00:06:41,512 And Madame de Corgny. 72 00:06:41,585 --> 00:06:43,542 - l am the young captive, General. 73 00:06:43,609 --> 00:06:44,661 [ All laugh ] 74 00:06:44,737 --> 00:06:47,555 The famous poem. You know, 75 00:06:47,625 --> 00:06:49,774 by Chenier? 76 00:06:49,848 --> 00:06:51,365 [ Women laugh ] 77 00:06:52,437 --> 00:06:55,356 - The General must have been far too busy during the Revolution 78 00:06:55,424 --> 00:06:57,676 to take an interest in poetry. 79 00:06:57,748 --> 00:07:00,293 l know what it is, a soldier's life. 80 00:07:00,369 --> 00:07:02,191 l was married to an officer. 81 00:07:02,261 --> 00:07:04,185 - Yes, General le Borne. 82 00:07:04,253 --> 00:07:06,673 Charged with the surrender of the city of Maience, 83 00:07:06,741 --> 00:07:07,668 and guillotined. 84 00:07:08,998 --> 00:07:10,514 - Yes. That was my husband. 85 00:07:10,591 --> 00:07:13,602 - Who was nearly followed to the scaffold by his wife, 86 00:07:13,678 --> 00:07:15,161 but for the grace of God. 87 00:07:15,238 --> 00:07:18,248 - l would say more the caprice of politics. 88 00:07:18,395 --> 00:07:20,014 - ls it true, dear Rose, 89 00:07:20,088 --> 00:07:21,978 that you cut off your lovely curls 90 00:07:22,046 --> 00:07:24,434 rather than let the executioner mangle them? 91 00:07:24,503 --> 00:07:27,184 - You make me appear vain and absurd to the general. 92 00:07:27,256 --> 00:07:29,010 - On the contrary. 93 00:07:29,083 --> 00:07:31,560 To face death with pride takes courage, Madame. 94 00:07:31,638 --> 00:07:36,346 - lt takes courage to face life alone, with 2 children. 95 00:07:36,417 --> 00:07:38,432 - General? 96 00:07:38,508 --> 00:07:40,828 l have some good news for you. 97 00:07:40,898 --> 00:07:43,375 l've managed to obtain a length of cloth. 98 00:07:43,453 --> 00:07:46,632 Enough for not just one pair of britches, but two. 99 00:07:48,199 --> 00:07:50,383 - Well, l thank you twice. 100 00:07:50,456 --> 00:07:52,039 l thank all of you. 101 00:07:52,115 --> 00:07:54,129 - Do you want a cup of chocolate, General? 102 00:07:57,225 --> 00:07:58,447 lt's hot. 103 00:07:58,521 --> 00:07:59,607 [ Giggles ] 104 00:07:59,683 --> 00:08:01,266 lt's delicious. 105 00:08:01,342 --> 00:08:03,457 We drank lots of it in the West lndies. 106 00:08:03,532 --> 00:08:05,456 - ln the West lndies? - l was born there. 107 00:08:05,523 --> 00:08:09,099 My father owned a plantation, with more than 200 slaves. 108 00:08:09,174 --> 00:08:12,285 lt was a paradise of sunshine and sugar. 109 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:17,464 lmagine, when l was a little girl l used to bathe in a river, 110 00:08:17,537 --> 00:08:20,514 among irises and orchids. 111 00:08:21,753 --> 00:08:24,434 l loved to swim in it naked. 112 00:08:28,656 --> 00:08:30,772 [ Giggles ] 113 00:08:30,847 --> 00:08:33,460 - l come from an island too, Madame. 114 00:08:33,535 --> 00:08:36,884 But the women there rarely bathe. 115 00:08:36,956 --> 00:08:40,464 And when they do, it's fully dressed, all in black. 116 00:08:41,536 --> 00:08:43,426 Thank you again. 117 00:08:46,249 --> 00:08:47,641 - General. 118 00:08:47,709 --> 00:08:49,033 [ Women giggle ] 119 00:08:49,833 --> 00:08:51,316 General! 120 00:08:51,393 --> 00:08:52,412 [ Women giggle ] 121 00:08:52,489 --> 00:08:53,416 General! 122 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:56,494 General, l've shocked you. 123 00:08:56,571 --> 00:08:58,291 A soldier shocked by a lady's words. 124 00:08:58,363 --> 00:09:00,478 - lt was not the words, Madame. 125 00:09:00,553 --> 00:09:03,337 lt was the image they evoked. 126 00:09:03,408 --> 00:09:05,919 - The image of a little girl frolicking in the sun? 127 00:09:05,996 --> 00:09:08,576 - No. Of a woman naked. 128 00:09:08,652 --> 00:09:10,473 A beautiful image of you. 129 00:09:12,004 --> 00:09:13,588 - Now l'm the one who's shocked. 130 00:09:13,663 --> 00:09:16,344 - You shouldn't have taken the risk. 131 00:09:16,417 --> 00:09:18,307 - The risk? 132 00:09:18,376 --> 00:09:21,351 - Of being alone with me and the feelings you've aroused. 133 00:09:21,429 --> 00:09:23,149 - You wouldn't dare. 134 00:09:23,221 --> 00:09:26,796 - No, no. Not here, not now. But tomorrow, when l see you again. 135 00:09:26,872 --> 00:09:29,350 - Because you presume you'll see me again. 136 00:09:29,428 --> 00:09:30,909 - Yes, l will. 137 00:09:32,713 --> 00:09:33,900 Won't l? 138 00:09:37,625 --> 00:09:39,809 - Well, what time tomorrow? 139 00:09:50,204 --> 00:09:51,663 - Message, sir. 140 00:09:52,958 --> 00:09:55,505 - And this is the area that concerns me most. 141 00:09:56,278 --> 00:09:58,699 The Rue St. Honore and the Palais Egalite. 142 00:09:58,766 --> 00:10:00,848 lf the rebels descend on us from-- 143 00:10:00,923 --> 00:10:02,881 - Another good reason to act! 144 00:10:02,949 --> 00:10:04,736 Believe me, Barras. 145 00:10:04,806 --> 00:10:07,091 We cannot let a simple riot-- 146 00:10:07,162 --> 00:10:09,209 - A simple riot? 147 00:10:09,286 --> 00:10:12,296 ls that what you call 25,000 royalists storming the Assembly 148 00:10:12,372 --> 00:10:14,793 to seize the deputies and destroy the Republic? 149 00:10:14,860 --> 00:10:16,479 - What forces do you have? 150 00:10:18,112 --> 00:10:19,199 - Your name again. 151 00:10:19,274 --> 00:10:21,820 - General Bonaparte, currently without a command. 152 00:10:21,896 --> 00:10:24,181 - Ah, Bonaparte. 153 00:10:24,252 --> 00:10:26,537 Artillery, wasn't it? 154 00:10:26,608 --> 00:10:28,463 Right, then. 155 00:10:28,532 --> 00:10:32,673 We have 4,000 men, from the camp at Sablons, and General Menou. 156 00:10:32,747 --> 00:10:34,794 4,000 against 25,000. 157 00:10:34,870 --> 00:10:36,488 - No cannons? 158 00:10:36,563 --> 00:10:38,417 - General Menou left them in Sablons, 159 00:10:38,487 --> 00:10:40,670 with the excuse that they would slow him down. 160 00:10:40,743 --> 00:10:42,995 - We need that artillery. 161 00:10:43,066 --> 00:10:46,212 Tell Squadron Leader Murat to retrieve those cannons. 162 00:10:46,286 --> 00:10:49,068 He's a human tidal wave. Nothing can stand in his way. 163 00:10:49,139 --> 00:10:51,028 At the moment we have the artillery, 164 00:10:51,097 --> 00:10:52,783 we will position it like this. 165 00:10:52,856 --> 00:10:54,903 One battery here, another here. 166 00:10:54,980 --> 00:10:57,899 Another one on this bridge in line, and another one here. 167 00:11:01,849 --> 00:11:05,163 - lf the cannons come through, you'll take command of them. 168 00:11:05,233 --> 00:11:07,157 - l warn you, citizen, 169 00:11:07,224 --> 00:11:10,969 that l follow a pledge to its end or mine. 170 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,551 Don't ask me to answer for any blood that's shed. 171 00:11:13,628 --> 00:11:15,643 lf l draw my sword, it will remain drawn 172 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,468 until the order of the Republic is restored. 173 00:11:20,929 --> 00:11:22,252 - What is the date? 174 00:11:22,322 --> 00:11:23,839 [ Bell tolling ] 175 00:11:24,944 --> 00:11:28,417 - lt's midnight, so it's now the 13th of Vendemiaire. 176 00:11:28,494 --> 00:11:30,972 - Your appointment as Chief of Staff. 177 00:11:32,510 --> 00:11:33,900 lt's up to you now. 178 00:11:47,441 --> 00:11:49,558 [ Shouting ] 179 00:11:59,288 --> 00:12:00,646 [ Shouting ] 180 00:12:00,716 --> 00:12:02,265 [ Horse neighs ] 181 00:12:15,946 --> 00:12:18,129 - Murat! Take your position. 182 00:12:18,202 --> 00:12:20,386 Follow me, men! 183 00:12:26,466 --> 00:12:27,653 - Position! 184 00:12:31,775 --> 00:12:32,996 - Ah! 185 00:12:33,068 --> 00:12:34,460 - Aim! 186 00:12:38,212 --> 00:12:39,467 - Fire! 187 00:12:42,394 --> 00:12:43,615 - Ah! 188 00:12:50,225 --> 00:12:52,148 [ Shouting ] 189 00:12:54,439 --> 00:12:55,423 - Left, forward! 190 00:13:01,508 --> 00:13:02,594 Volley shot, fire! 191 00:13:08,077 --> 00:13:09,230 - Argh! 192 00:13:12,821 --> 00:13:15,037 [ Shouting ] 193 00:13:15,110 --> 00:13:16,037 - Grenadiers! 194 00:13:18,063 --> 00:13:19,453 Fire! 195 00:13:29,540 --> 00:13:30,467 Fire! 196 00:13:32,029 --> 00:13:33,488 [ Screaming ] 197 00:13:34,948 --> 00:13:36,271 - First row! 198 00:13:36,341 --> 00:13:38,886 Aim! Fire! 199 00:13:43,275 --> 00:13:45,820 [ Screaming ] 200 00:13:45,896 --> 00:13:47,581 Second row! 201 00:13:47,654 --> 00:13:48,908 Aim! Fire! 202 00:13:52,464 --> 00:13:53,684 - Argh! 203 00:13:57,241 --> 00:13:58,892 Stand up! 204 00:13:58,966 --> 00:14:00,584 Forward! 205 00:14:12,633 --> 00:14:15,144 [ Woman crying ] 206 00:14:20,264 --> 00:14:22,617 - Over here, l need some help! 207 00:14:41,263 --> 00:14:42,812 - lt's a slaughterhouse! 208 00:14:42,889 --> 00:14:45,208 - No, Murat, it's a battlefield. This is war. 209 00:14:45,277 --> 00:14:48,354 - War? ln the streets of Paris? Against Frenchmen? 210 00:14:48,429 --> 00:14:49,582 - Against royalists, 211 00:14:49,657 --> 00:14:51,908 who are in league with the enemies of the nation. 212 00:14:51,978 --> 00:14:54,795 There are 40 English vessels off the coast of Brest, 213 00:14:54,865 --> 00:14:58,438 and 40,000 Austrians at the gates of Strasbourg. 214 00:14:58,513 --> 00:15:00,866 They are waiting for the Republic to be overthrown. 215 00:15:00,935 --> 00:15:03,548 They are waiting to invade France. 216 00:15:03,623 --> 00:15:05,443 lt will not happen. 217 00:15:05,514 --> 00:15:09,394 l'm a general of the Republic, and l will not let it. 218 00:16:08,345 --> 00:16:10,596 [ Footsteps ] 219 00:16:29,078 --> 00:16:32,188 [ Birds chirping ] 220 00:16:39,156 --> 00:16:41,544 - General Bonaparte for Madame de Beauharnais. 221 00:16:41,612 --> 00:16:44,034 - Very good, General. 222 00:16:45,098 --> 00:16:46,524 - Hello. 223 00:16:49,911 --> 00:16:51,371 [Both]: Hello. 224 00:16:56,252 --> 00:16:58,672 [ Distant voices ] 225 00:17:16,034 --> 00:17:17,925 - Good morning, General. 226 00:17:17,993 --> 00:17:20,471 l see you've been taken captive by my children. 227 00:17:20,549 --> 00:17:22,971 - Captivated, Madame, not captive. 228 00:17:23,039 --> 00:17:24,895 - l'm no longer a child, Maman. 229 00:17:24,964 --> 00:17:26,718 - Oh, l'm sorry, you're right. 230 00:17:26,790 --> 00:17:29,370 l found him a position with General Hosch. 231 00:17:29,445 --> 00:17:32,919 - l would say Hosch got the better part of the bargain. 232 00:17:32,998 --> 00:17:35,883 - What a splendid uniform, General. 233 00:17:35,950 --> 00:17:37,841 Can l touch it? 234 00:17:37,909 --> 00:17:40,625 lt's pure wool, excellent quality! 235 00:17:40,698 --> 00:17:42,882 Are you turning into a fashion peacock? 236 00:17:42,955 --> 00:17:44,970 - Ah, the new general of the army of ltaly 237 00:17:45,046 --> 00:17:46,800 can't command in rags. 238 00:17:46,872 --> 00:17:48,388 - The army of ltaly? 239 00:17:48,466 --> 00:17:51,476 ls this your reward for saving the Republic? 240 00:17:51,553 --> 00:17:54,971 - Yes. A gift from Barras. 241 00:17:55,038 --> 00:17:56,362 - Shall we go? 242 00:17:56,433 --> 00:17:57,858 - Yes. 243 00:18:00,017 --> 00:18:01,703 Eugene is a very serious young man. 244 00:18:01,777 --> 00:18:04,097 He has a sense of discipline. 245 00:18:04,167 --> 00:18:08,807 lf he were under my command, l'd make a fine soldier out of him. 246 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,388 Hortense, on the other hand, obviously needs a father. 247 00:18:12,465 --> 00:18:13,924 She's only 14. 248 00:18:13,992 --> 00:18:16,244 - She looks older, doesn't she? 249 00:18:16,315 --> 00:18:19,461 - Yes, but she's 14. l made inquiries. 250 00:18:19,535 --> 00:18:21,255 - About my daughter? 251 00:18:21,328 --> 00:18:22,912 - About the world around you. 252 00:18:22,987 --> 00:18:25,273 l know nearly everything about you, Josephine. 253 00:18:25,344 --> 00:18:26,997 [ Giggles ] 254 00:18:27,070 --> 00:18:29,525 But my name, apparently, is Rose. 255 00:18:29,593 --> 00:18:31,608 - Your lovers call you Rose. 256 00:18:31,684 --> 00:18:34,004 Your husband has decided to call you Josephine. 257 00:18:34,074 --> 00:18:35,998 - But my husband, General-- 258 00:18:36,264 --> 00:18:38,617 - ls dead, yes. The prior one. 259 00:18:38,687 --> 00:18:40,373 l'm talking about your new husband. 260 00:18:40,447 --> 00:18:41,873 - My new husband? 261 00:18:41,940 --> 00:18:42,866 - Yes, come now. 262 00:18:42,935 --> 00:18:44,259 There is nothing extraordinary 263 00:18:44,329 --> 00:18:45,483 about a widow remarrying. 264 00:18:45,558 --> 00:18:46,485 - Not at all! 265 00:18:46,553 --> 00:18:49,406 Only that l don't have any prospect in sight. 266 00:18:49,474 --> 00:18:52,258 - You are looking at him, Madame. 267 00:18:59,133 --> 00:19:01,249 Excellent foundry work. 268 00:19:01,324 --> 00:19:05,399 These monsters must have a range of over well over 2,000 metres. 269 00:19:05,474 --> 00:19:07,160 Wouldn't you say so, Muiron? 270 00:19:07,233 --> 00:19:08,215 - Yes, General. 271 00:19:08,294 --> 00:19:10,149 Except that these cannons are not for us. 272 00:19:10,219 --> 00:19:11,735 They're for the army of the Rhine. 273 00:19:11,813 --> 00:19:13,861 - What's been provided for the army of ltaly? 274 00:19:13,938 --> 00:19:14,865 - Nothing. 275 00:19:14,934 --> 00:19:16,224 - What do you mean, nothing? 276 00:19:16,295 --> 00:19:17,415 - l mean just that. 277 00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:18,711 - How do they expect me 278 00:19:18,784 --> 00:19:20,764 to push the Austrians back with nothing? 279 00:19:20,841 --> 00:19:24,022 - Most of our men don't even have shoes, let alone cannons. 280 00:19:24,094 --> 00:19:25,452 - No shoes, no cannons. 281 00:19:25,522 --> 00:19:27,310 We have cavalry, don't we? 282 00:19:27,380 --> 00:19:28,930 - A whole regiment, General. 283 00:19:29,007 --> 00:19:29,969 - Thank you for that. 284 00:19:30,036 --> 00:19:32,457 - Unfortunately, there are no horses. 285 00:19:32,526 --> 00:19:34,811 The cavalry men have eaten them. 286 00:19:34,882 --> 00:19:35,968 - Sorry? 287 00:19:36,044 --> 00:19:39,088 - lt was that, or starve to death. 288 00:19:56,191 --> 00:19:59,167 - He should have been here over an hour ago. 289 00:19:59,245 --> 00:20:01,700 What can he be doing, Barras? 290 00:20:01,768 --> 00:20:05,083 After all, getting married was his idea! 291 00:20:05,153 --> 00:20:08,197 - You don't love him? 292 00:20:08,274 --> 00:20:11,691 - l love his love for me. 293 00:20:11,758 --> 00:20:14,938 No one, not even you, 294 00:20:15,011 --> 00:20:17,466 has ever loved me like this. 295 00:20:17,534 --> 00:20:19,718 Do you know what passion is? 296 00:20:19,791 --> 00:20:22,644 - Of course! lt's, uh, it's-- 297 00:20:24,303 --> 00:20:27,449 - Look no further. lt's him. 298 00:20:31,173 --> 00:20:33,186 - Forgive me, mi dolce amore. 299 00:20:33,263 --> 00:20:34,417 l'm sorry l'm late, 300 00:20:34,491 --> 00:20:36,008 but there's been so much to do! 301 00:20:36,084 --> 00:20:37,339 [ Giggles ] 302 00:20:37,411 --> 00:20:40,092 l have only a few days before going to join my army. 303 00:20:40,165 --> 00:20:41,715 Where is he? 304 00:20:41,792 --> 00:20:42,719 Wake up back there! 305 00:20:42,788 --> 00:20:45,039 We want to get married! 306 00:20:45,111 --> 00:20:46,965 Happy? 307 00:20:47,035 --> 00:20:47,962 l am. 308 00:20:48,030 --> 00:20:49,117 [ Giggles ] 309 00:20:54,137 --> 00:20:56,355 - Let's go celebrate! 310 00:20:56,427 --> 00:20:58,814 - General, wait! There is something l must tell you. 311 00:20:58,882 --> 00:20:59,935 - Yes, what? 312 00:21:00,011 --> 00:21:01,097 - You're not married. 313 00:21:01,171 --> 00:21:02,099 - What do you mean? 314 00:21:02,167 --> 00:21:04,022 - l'm just standing in for the official. 315 00:21:04,092 --> 00:21:05,642 He got tired of waiting and left. 316 00:21:05,719 --> 00:21:06,839 - What's up? 317 00:21:07,045 --> 00:21:08,165 - But you married us. 318 00:21:08,241 --> 00:21:10,560 - Yes, you were yelling, with so much authority, 319 00:21:10,630 --> 00:21:11,954 l could not refuse. 320 00:21:12,023 --> 00:21:13,810 - Well, fix it, you fool! 321 00:21:13,882 --> 00:21:15,703 Tonight l have a woman to love, 322 00:21:15,774 --> 00:21:18,161 and tomorrow l must take ltaly back from Austria. 323 00:21:18,229 --> 00:21:19,156 - Uh... 324 00:21:27,686 --> 00:21:29,011 - Why don't you come with me? 325 00:21:29,081 --> 00:21:30,008 - To ltaly? 326 00:21:30,077 --> 00:21:31,003 - Yes. 327 00:21:32,034 --> 00:21:34,614 - Do you see me following an army? 328 00:21:36,681 --> 00:21:39,227 Ruining my shoes in the mud, 329 00:21:39,302 --> 00:21:42,379 wearing wrinkled dresses, 330 00:21:42,455 --> 00:21:43,914 sleeping on straw... 331 00:21:43,981 --> 00:21:45,168 - Sleeping, sleeping. 332 00:21:45,242 --> 00:21:48,489 There are other things to do besides sleeping. 333 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,451 [ Laughs ] 334 00:21:50,519 --> 00:21:52,340 What's so funny? 335 00:21:52,410 --> 00:21:53,870 - You're funny. 336 00:21:53,937 --> 00:21:55,418 - Because l'm mad about you? 337 00:21:55,497 --> 00:21:58,540 - No, because you're just mad. And l love that. 338 00:22:22,941 --> 00:22:23,868 [ Gunshot ] 339 00:22:23,936 --> 00:22:25,485 - Argh! 340 00:22:29,411 --> 00:22:31,165 [ Gunshot ] 341 00:22:45,838 --> 00:22:47,094 [ Cannon shot ] 342 00:22:56,291 --> 00:22:58,746 - How can the Austrians see us? 343 00:23:00,106 --> 00:23:02,255 - They can hear us, Muiron. 344 00:23:02,330 --> 00:23:05,304 We're an entire army on the march, 345 00:23:05,382 --> 00:23:08,096 while they're hidden away, silent, 346 00:23:08,167 --> 00:23:11,210 and concealed by this filthy mist. 347 00:23:17,025 --> 00:23:18,811 Stay back! 348 00:23:39,881 --> 00:23:42,301 We have to take that bridge. 349 00:23:42,368 --> 00:23:44,088 We can't go around it. 350 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:45,709 - What about the cannons? 351 00:23:45,786 --> 00:23:49,495 They're holding it under fire. We'll be massacred. 352 00:23:57,762 --> 00:24:00,215 - Not if we charge. 353 00:24:00,282 --> 00:24:02,668 We won't stay in the line of fire for long. 354 00:24:02,738 --> 00:24:05,317 We must impress them, make them doubt. 355 00:24:05,391 --> 00:24:07,811 - Sorry, General, but l myself doubt. 356 00:24:07,878 --> 00:24:08,806 - l don't. 357 00:24:23,736 --> 00:24:25,093 The charge, beat the charge. 358 00:24:25,162 --> 00:24:26,847 - The charge, General? 359 00:24:26,921 --> 00:24:30,528 - Go on, boy. And put your heart in it. 360 00:24:30,603 --> 00:24:33,080 [ Drumbeat ] 361 00:24:33,158 --> 00:24:34,616 - Charge! 362 00:24:34,684 --> 00:24:36,696 [ Shouting ] 363 00:24:50,573 --> 00:24:52,054 [ Shouting ] 364 00:25:03,279 --> 00:25:04,897 - Take your positions! 365 00:25:58,380 --> 00:26:00,528 - Afraid, Muiron? 366 00:26:00,601 --> 00:26:02,253 - Yes, General! 367 00:26:02,326 --> 00:26:04,147 - Then you're a brave fellow! 368 00:26:07,170 --> 00:26:09,352 - Charge! Onward! 369 00:26:09,426 --> 00:26:10,884 [ Shouting ] 370 00:26:42,268 --> 00:26:44,518 Don't stop! Don't stop! 371 00:26:44,590 --> 00:26:46,739 [ Shouting ] 372 00:26:46,812 --> 00:26:48,294 Onward! 373 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:57,881 - Argh! 374 00:27:31,828 --> 00:27:33,547 [ Horse neighing ] 375 00:27:38,993 --> 00:27:40,576 Yeah! 376 00:27:45,462 --> 00:27:47,385 [ Shouting ] 377 00:28:06,030 --> 00:28:07,455 - Oh... 378 00:28:10,853 --> 00:28:12,006 - ls it bad, my friend? 379 00:28:14,467 --> 00:28:16,649 - No, l'm all right. 380 00:28:16,722 --> 00:28:18,305 The first 15 or 20 were harder. 381 00:28:22,657 --> 00:28:27,157 What really hurts is that the bridge is still Austrian. 382 00:28:27,233 --> 00:28:31,337 - Well, they can keep their damn bridge! 383 00:28:31,411 --> 00:28:34,790 Find boats! Beams, planks of wood. 384 00:28:34,859 --> 00:28:37,041 Anything you can lay your hands on, 385 00:28:37,114 --> 00:28:39,160 to build another bridge further on. 386 00:28:39,236 --> 00:28:41,781 As soon as it's ready, 387 00:28:41,856 --> 00:28:44,309 Pogerot will cross to the other side, 388 00:28:44,376 --> 00:28:48,050 take the enemy from the rear, and drive them to Massena. 389 00:28:48,123 --> 00:28:50,598 We will chop them to pieces. 390 00:28:50,676 --> 00:28:54,022 We shall make them pay dearly for Muiron's death. 391 00:28:55,218 --> 00:28:57,569 Go, start, gentlemen! 392 00:29:04,768 --> 00:29:07,051 - Want out? 393 00:29:07,122 --> 00:29:09,078 Worried about the battle? 394 00:29:09,144 --> 00:29:11,395 - No, no. No, Josephine. 395 00:29:11,466 --> 00:29:14,574 She hasn't written to me for 2 weeks. 396 00:29:14,649 --> 00:29:17,961 But l'm bound to have a letter tomorrow or the day after. 397 00:29:18,031 --> 00:29:20,948 - l'm so sorry, General. 398 00:29:21,016 --> 00:29:22,734 lt arrived this morning. 399 00:29:23,801 --> 00:29:24,920 - Did you open it? 400 00:29:24,994 --> 00:29:28,568 - Not at all. lt's been through the battle. 401 00:29:30,897 --> 00:29:33,904 [Josephine]: l don't write to you as often as l would like, 402 00:29:33,980 --> 00:29:35,495 dear Napoleon, 403 00:29:35,573 --> 00:29:37,461 because l have so little time. 404 00:29:37,528 --> 00:29:39,778 At the dinner party... 405 00:29:57,291 --> 00:29:58,942 - You can do it! 406 00:30:01,170 --> 00:30:02,096 - Easy... 407 00:30:06,973 --> 00:30:10,150 - My men say you risked your life like an ordinary soldier. 408 00:30:10,222 --> 00:30:12,641 They call you ''The Little Corporal''. 409 00:30:12,708 --> 00:30:15,558 Said with affection, General. 410 00:30:15,626 --> 00:30:16,746 - Bonaparte! 411 00:30:17,285 --> 00:30:19,998 - Long live Bonaparte! 412 00:30:20,070 --> 00:30:21,822 [ Cheering ] 413 00:30:24,083 --> 00:30:26,728 - Long live Bonaparte! 414 00:30:39,003 --> 00:30:40,789 - Vive-- 415 00:30:42,983 --> 00:30:44,871 [ Cheering ] 416 00:31:06,326 --> 00:31:08,248 - Put it down there. 417 00:31:11,419 --> 00:31:13,036 - Napoleon! 418 00:31:13,111 --> 00:31:15,927 How handsome you are as a great general! 419 00:31:15,997 --> 00:31:17,615 - Great general and great victor. 420 00:31:17,689 --> 00:31:19,442 - Oh! 421 00:31:19,514 --> 00:31:21,595 - Look what l've brought you from ltaly. 422 00:31:22,036 --> 00:31:24,421 lf there is too much, you can give some to the poor. 423 00:31:24,490 --> 00:31:25,948 - There won't be too much. 424 00:31:26,016 --> 00:31:29,692 Feeding your 7 brothers and sisters is not always easy. 425 00:31:29,765 --> 00:31:31,619 ln Corsica, people knew us. 426 00:31:31,689 --> 00:31:34,041 Here, we're strangers. 427 00:31:34,110 --> 00:31:35,999 - You have nothing to worry about. 428 00:31:36,068 --> 00:31:37,821 l'll look after you from now on. 429 00:31:37,893 --> 00:31:41,637 You'll never want for anything ever again. 430 00:31:44,097 --> 00:31:46,449 You must get ready to leave Marseilles. 431 00:31:46,518 --> 00:31:49,470 l want you to meet my wife at last. 432 00:31:49,537 --> 00:31:51,460 When you get to know her-- 433 00:31:51,528 --> 00:31:53,676 - l don't need to meet her to know what she is. 434 00:31:53,750 --> 00:31:56,227 You made a bad marriage, Napoleon. You deserve better. 435 00:31:58,195 --> 00:32:00,480 - Then, at the very least, 436 00:32:00,550 --> 00:32:03,005 you could write congratulations to her. 437 00:32:03,072 --> 00:32:03,999 - Me? 438 00:32:04,067 --> 00:32:05,526 l wouldn't know how. 439 00:32:05,593 --> 00:32:07,142 - l've prepared a letter for you. 440 00:32:07,219 --> 00:32:10,103 All you have to do is copy the words and sign it. 441 00:32:11,564 --> 00:32:12,617 Please. 442 00:32:15,215 --> 00:32:16,696 - l'll try to find the time. 443 00:32:18,432 --> 00:32:19,913 l don't want that woman 444 00:32:19,991 --> 00:32:21,914 coming between us. 445 00:32:22,048 --> 00:32:23,971 l wish you had not even mentioned her. 446 00:32:29,248 --> 00:32:31,464 - l have to leave now. 447 00:32:34,455 --> 00:32:37,769 Be well, Maman. Goodbye. 448 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,389 - Goodbye. 449 00:32:41,124 --> 00:32:42,843 Napoleon? 450 00:32:44,275 --> 00:32:45,790 Do you love her? 451 00:32:49,716 --> 00:32:51,073 - Yes. 452 00:32:52,337 --> 00:32:54,056 She's taking nothing away from you. 453 00:32:54,128 --> 00:32:56,311 The day you leave me, 454 00:32:56,749 --> 00:32:59,168 l'll be in a world of inferior beings. 455 00:34:00,204 --> 00:34:01,459 - Whoa... 456 00:34:09,625 --> 00:34:10,744 [ Parrot squawks ] 457 00:34:10,818 --> 00:34:12,073 [ Door opens ] 458 00:34:20,504 --> 00:34:22,222 - Oh! Bonaparte! 459 00:34:27,801 --> 00:34:29,656 - Did you receive him in this? 460 00:34:29,726 --> 00:34:30,845 - Receive who? 461 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,673 - The man who has just left! 462 00:34:32,745 --> 00:34:33,999 - A man just left? 463 00:34:34,071 --> 00:34:36,650 - An officer. Judging by his uniform, he's a dragoon. 464 00:34:36,725 --> 00:34:40,333 - Ah, yes. Captain Hippolyte Charles. He's a charming boy. 465 00:34:40,406 --> 00:34:43,551 He's sometimes my escort. He brought me some theatre tickets. 466 00:34:43,625 --> 00:34:45,547 - Ah, you're going to the theatre? 467 00:34:45,614 --> 00:34:47,266 - Yes, yes l am. 468 00:34:47,339 --> 00:34:48,663 What's wrong with it? 469 00:34:48,732 --> 00:34:50,089 l mean, you left for so long. 470 00:34:50,159 --> 00:34:52,544 You don't want me to lock myself up in here, do you? 471 00:34:52,613 --> 00:34:55,327 - And you received him half-naked? 472 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,220 - But Bonaparte! 473 00:34:57,291 --> 00:35:00,005 But the poor boy just came and left. 474 00:35:00,078 --> 00:35:01,829 - Show me the tickets. 475 00:35:03,626 --> 00:35:04,552 - l don't have them. 476 00:35:04,621 --> 00:35:05,640 - Where are they? 477 00:35:05,716 --> 00:35:07,367 - l don't know. Go ask Constant. 478 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,058 He must have left them with him. 479 00:35:09,133 --> 00:35:10,818 Go interrogate him! 480 00:35:10,891 --> 00:35:12,440 Honestly, l think you're jealous! 481 00:35:12,516 --> 00:35:13,906 - Why didn't you write to me? 482 00:35:13,975 --> 00:35:14,902 - l wrote! 483 00:35:14,970 --> 00:35:16,859 - No. A few scribbled lines. 484 00:35:16,927 --> 00:35:19,540 Those cold, polite words people write to each other 485 00:35:19,614 --> 00:35:21,628 after decades of marriage. 486 00:35:21,705 --> 00:35:24,023 - Because l don't know how to caress with words. 487 00:35:24,092 --> 00:35:26,671 l need to touch. 488 00:35:29,864 --> 00:35:32,284 Flesh to flesh. 489 00:35:34,244 --> 00:35:36,132 l missed you so much. 490 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,157 You were gone for so long. 491 00:35:38,224 --> 00:35:40,180 But now you're back. 492 00:35:40,247 --> 00:35:42,260 Oh, l'm so happy you're back! 493 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,255 - l thought about this moment almost every day. 494 00:35:45,321 --> 00:35:46,475 [ Laughs ] 495 00:35:46,956 --> 00:35:48,912 - l understood that from your letters! 496 00:35:48,979 --> 00:35:51,987 They were shocking. l had to keep them under lock and key. 497 00:35:52,064 --> 00:35:54,879 That is why, also, l didn't write to you. 498 00:35:54,949 --> 00:35:58,590 Because l was afraid l would drive you mad with desire, 499 00:35:58,663 --> 00:36:00,382 and then, you would throw yourself 500 00:36:00,454 --> 00:36:02,671 on the first ltalian woman. 501 00:36:18,430 --> 00:36:20,444 - How should l address you? 502 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,567 Monsignor, since you were a bishop? 503 00:36:22,642 --> 00:36:23,932 Your Excellency, 504 00:36:24,001 --> 00:36:26,749 because the Revolution made you ambassador to England? 505 00:36:26,821 --> 00:36:28,279 Or Minister, 506 00:36:28,347 --> 00:36:31,354 because you are in charge of France's foreign relations? 507 00:36:31,431 --> 00:36:35,276 - Most people call me Talleyrand. Just Talleyrand. 508 00:36:35,345 --> 00:36:37,098 - Ah, yes. 509 00:36:37,941 --> 00:36:39,523 Like just God? 510 00:36:39,599 --> 00:36:42,244 - Or Satan. 511 00:36:42,318 --> 00:36:44,668 They like seeing me as the devil, 512 00:36:44,738 --> 00:36:46,717 but l shouldn't think that would scare you, 513 00:36:46,794 --> 00:36:51,000 because people tell me that you're not afraid of anything. 514 00:36:51,071 --> 00:36:52,223 - Of one thing. 515 00:36:52,297 --> 00:36:53,518 Stupidity. 516 00:36:54,088 --> 00:36:56,202 - Then you must tremble every day of your life! 517 00:36:56,276 --> 00:36:59,317 l've heard rumblings about your proposal 518 00:36:59,393 --> 00:37:01,145 for a new constitution. 519 00:37:01,217 --> 00:37:04,823 l must say, l expected something more revolutionary from you. 520 00:37:04,898 --> 00:37:06,650 - l like order. 521 00:37:06,721 --> 00:37:09,795 l fought for the Republic. l'm not a revolutionary. 522 00:37:09,871 --> 00:37:12,754 - l share your fondness for order. 523 00:37:12,821 --> 00:37:16,495 But when you speak of a concentrated government, 524 00:37:16,568 --> 00:37:19,214 you don't perchance mean concentrated 525 00:37:19,287 --> 00:37:21,503 in the hands of one man, do you? 526 00:37:23,365 --> 00:37:26,010 - You ask questions that sound like answers. 527 00:37:26,084 --> 00:37:29,554 - Yes, well, because it's always difficult 528 00:37:29,632 --> 00:37:32,582 to find someone who would wield that kind of power 529 00:37:32,649 --> 00:37:34,831 who would not become a dictator. 530 00:37:38,385 --> 00:37:39,368 What about you? 531 00:37:40,507 --> 00:37:43,187 Are you interested in political power? 532 00:37:44,254 --> 00:37:45,644 - Me? 533 00:37:45,712 --> 00:37:49,149 The glory l won in ltaly is all l could possibly wish for. 534 00:37:49,227 --> 00:37:51,736 - Yes, of course there's glory, 535 00:37:51,814 --> 00:37:54,131 but then there's money, too. 536 00:37:54,879 --> 00:37:58,755 - ln that regard, l was very well paid by the enemy. 537 00:37:58,823 --> 00:37:59,976 l have other plans. 538 00:38:00,050 --> 00:38:01,868 - Oh, do tell me! 539 00:38:01,939 --> 00:38:04,685 l'll be as silent as the grave. 540 00:38:05,154 --> 00:38:06,240 - Mathematics. 541 00:38:07,508 --> 00:38:11,046 l became an artilleryman thanks to mathematics. 542 00:38:11,121 --> 00:38:14,229 My one dream is to return to my former vocation. 543 00:38:14,303 --> 00:38:15,388 - To mathematics? 544 00:38:15,464 --> 00:38:17,915 - Yes, l hope to be elected to the lnstitute 545 00:38:17,983 --> 00:38:21,588 in the domain of physical science and mathematics. 546 00:38:21,662 --> 00:38:23,911 - Hmm. 547 00:38:25,574 --> 00:38:27,496 Hmm... 548 00:38:30,016 --> 00:38:31,033 And that's all? 549 00:38:31,110 --> 00:38:32,691 - For the moment. 550 00:38:35,021 --> 00:38:36,501 - Hmm. 551 00:38:36,579 --> 00:38:38,093 l see. 552 00:38:38,170 --> 00:38:40,588 To your modest ambitions. 553 00:38:41,485 --> 00:38:43,067 Salut. 554 00:38:55,109 --> 00:38:57,120 - What is this place called? 555 00:38:57,197 --> 00:38:59,875 - Malmaison, General. The bad house. 556 00:38:59,949 --> 00:39:01,497 ln memory of the barbaric Normans 557 00:39:01,572 --> 00:39:03,290 who raided the place many years ago. 558 00:39:03,363 --> 00:39:06,041 Committed infamous crimes here. 559 00:39:06,114 --> 00:39:07,662 l'll open up. 560 00:39:07,738 --> 00:39:09,954 - l can turn it into a happy house. 561 00:39:10,025 --> 00:39:12,443 l know it doesn't look like much now, 562 00:39:12,512 --> 00:39:15,981 but let me take care of everything. 563 00:39:16,058 --> 00:39:18,974 - Where did you learn to run a house? 564 00:39:19,042 --> 00:39:22,477 ln the West lndies, when you were a little savage? 565 00:39:22,556 --> 00:39:25,900 - A little savage who always appreciated beauty. 566 00:39:25,970 --> 00:39:27,948 - Expensive things, too. 567 00:39:28,024 --> 00:39:31,335 Over 300,000 francs for a country house. 568 00:39:31,406 --> 00:39:33,757 - You're not paying for it. 569 00:39:33,826 --> 00:39:36,042 - Certainly not. 570 00:39:36,113 --> 00:39:38,259 But it's so much less for your family. 571 00:39:38,333 --> 00:39:39,689 - Oh please, Joseph. 572 00:39:39,759 --> 00:39:41,804 You can't accuse me of neglecting my family. 573 00:39:41,881 --> 00:39:45,384 l've always placed your welfare above my own. 574 00:39:45,460 --> 00:39:47,676 - And, my dear brother-in-law, 575 00:39:47,748 --> 00:39:51,161 the family Bonaparte includes me. 576 00:39:58,023 --> 00:40:00,837 - l'll wait for you outside. 577 00:40:00,907 --> 00:40:03,451 Probably smells musty in there. 578 00:40:05,748 --> 00:40:08,595 - l'll wait for you out front. 579 00:40:16,918 --> 00:40:19,529 - lt does smell a bit musty. 580 00:40:20,929 --> 00:40:25,800 - Soon, it will smell of joy, of life, of love. 581 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:32,426 Do you know that when l was a child, 582 00:40:32,498 --> 00:40:34,973 a fortune teller predicted that one day, 583 00:40:35,050 --> 00:40:38,792 l was going to be greater than a queen? 584 00:40:38,863 --> 00:40:41,574 Today, l have the feeling she saw right. 585 00:40:42,762 --> 00:40:45,541 This is my palace. 586 00:40:45,611 --> 00:40:47,295 And you will be the king. 587 00:40:47,367 --> 00:40:50,215 - Husband is good enough. l don't like kings. 588 00:40:55,750 --> 00:40:57,998 - You think we would be mad to buy it, don't you? 589 00:40:58,069 --> 00:40:59,990 - l think 300,000 francs is a lot of money 590 00:41:00,058 --> 00:41:01,480 for a general living on his pay. 591 00:41:01,549 --> 00:41:04,226 - Yes, but you're worth much more, because if you wanted-- 592 00:41:04,299 --> 00:41:07,212 - You don't have to say it. Talleyrand already did. 593 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:08,793 The French have had enough 594 00:41:08,871 --> 00:41:10,915 of being governed by men who are corrupt. 595 00:41:10,991 --> 00:41:13,465 But they are not ready to rise up. 596 00:41:13,543 --> 00:41:16,152 - Perhaps for now, your interest is to avoid anything 597 00:41:16,227 --> 00:41:18,373 that could tarnish the glory you won in ltaly. 598 00:41:18,446 --> 00:41:21,260 - ldeally, l should go somewhere far away, 599 00:41:21,329 --> 00:41:23,408 pursuing new military triumphs. 600 00:41:23,482 --> 00:41:26,193 - You say that as if you already have a glimmer of an idea. 601 00:41:26,266 --> 00:41:29,372 - No, not a glimmer. A revelation, Josephine. 602 00:41:29,446 --> 00:41:30,372 Egypt. 603 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,191 - Egypt? Why Egypt? 604 00:41:32,264 --> 00:41:34,274 - Because holding Egypt 605 00:41:34,351 --> 00:41:37,299 means cutting off England's route to lndia, 606 00:41:37,365 --> 00:41:40,935 and giving us access to all the goods from the East. 607 00:41:41,009 --> 00:41:42,862 What's more, our ambassador in Cairo 608 00:41:42,932 --> 00:41:46,863 said that Egypt is a country of incredible wealth. 609 00:41:46,941 --> 00:41:50,284 When l come back, l'll be able to buy you Malmaison. 610 00:41:50,354 --> 00:41:52,534 - That's how you'll make history. 611 00:41:52,607 --> 00:41:55,713 General Bonaparte, first to have fought a war 612 00:41:55,788 --> 00:41:59,131 so that he could buy his wife a house. 613 00:43:20,144 --> 00:43:22,324 - Gentlemen, the Pyramids. 614 00:43:22,397 --> 00:43:25,933 4,000 years of history are contemplating us. 615 00:43:29,422 --> 00:43:30,935 [ Camel grunts ] 616 00:43:55,884 --> 00:43:57,470 Well, Roustam, the tea! 617 00:43:59,374 --> 00:44:03,917 Admire the work of my cartographers, St. Hilaire. 618 00:44:03,993 --> 00:44:06,248 This is Egypt in the days of the pharaohs. 619 00:44:06,319 --> 00:44:08,573 Everything is in here, even the canal. 620 00:44:08,645 --> 00:44:10,299 - The canal, General? 621 00:44:10,373 --> 00:44:12,627 - Didn't you know that the pharaohs built a canal 622 00:44:12,699 --> 00:44:14,251 joining the Nile to the Red Sea? 623 00:44:14,327 --> 00:44:15,755 - No! 624 00:44:15,822 --> 00:44:17,283 - lnitiated under King Nechao 625 00:44:17,351 --> 00:44:20,172 and completed under the Ptolemies, 626 00:44:20,242 --> 00:44:23,493 this prodigious work stood the test of time 627 00:44:23,565 --> 00:44:26,647 for almost 1 ,000 years, until it disappeared, 628 00:44:26,722 --> 00:44:27,911 swallowed up by the sands. 629 00:44:27,985 --> 00:44:30,534 - Do you believe one could find vestiges of this canal? 630 00:44:30,610 --> 00:44:32,298 - Hmm, without any doubt. 631 00:44:32,371 --> 00:44:34,987 lf we started excavating in this area, 632 00:44:35,062 --> 00:44:37,520 we'd unearth marvels that would reveal to the world 633 00:44:37,588 --> 00:44:41,870 the extraordinary splendour of the Egyptian civilization. 634 00:44:41,942 --> 00:44:44,456 Yet a better idea would be to dig another canal. 635 00:44:44,532 --> 00:44:48,918 One that would connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. 636 00:44:48,985 --> 00:44:52,100 Starting from Suez, for example. What do you think? 637 00:44:52,175 --> 00:44:54,463 - The thing is, General, my interest is in zoology, 638 00:44:54,536 --> 00:44:57,118 so as far as l'm concerned, these stories about canals... 639 00:44:57,193 --> 00:44:58,314 - My dear St. Hilaire. 640 00:44:58,390 --> 00:45:00,938 A scholar must be curious about everything. 641 00:45:01,014 --> 00:45:04,232 l, for instance, had the Koran translated for me. 642 00:45:04,304 --> 00:45:07,419 - And this has been translated from English. 643 00:45:07,495 --> 00:45:09,080 - l'm under no illusion. 644 00:45:09,156 --> 00:45:12,974 ln Paris, they will say that Egypt is a political failure 645 00:45:13,044 --> 00:45:14,765 and financial disaster. 646 00:45:14,838 --> 00:45:17,319 l will need you and your colleagues 647 00:45:17,396 --> 00:45:19,017 to silence my detractors. 648 00:45:19,091 --> 00:45:21,708 Let everybody know that our saga 649 00:45:21,783 --> 00:45:24,864 will have countless effects upon civilization. 650 00:45:24,940 --> 00:45:26,797 - This will be our way of thanking you 651 00:45:26,867 --> 00:45:28,656 for this incredible journey, General. 652 00:45:36,004 --> 00:45:38,689 - The English are calling on my men to desert 653 00:45:38,763 --> 00:45:41,810 by flooding our lines with this drivel. 654 00:45:42,950 --> 00:45:44,570 lt will have no effect on them. 655 00:45:44,644 --> 00:45:46,162 - l'm not so sure. 656 00:45:46,240 --> 00:45:48,290 The men have had enough. 657 00:45:48,367 --> 00:45:50,021 Most of the time, 658 00:45:50,095 --> 00:45:52,021 we have to force them to obey. 659 00:45:52,088 --> 00:45:54,274 - Have the officers discipline them again. 660 00:45:54,348 --> 00:45:55,708 That's why they are here. 661 00:45:55,776 --> 00:45:59,129 - The officers, they say that you torture your soldiers. 662 00:46:00,695 --> 00:46:03,742 And that you will never be able to seize Egypt. 663 00:46:03,818 --> 00:46:05,506 - l have, Murat. 664 00:46:05,579 --> 00:46:07,164 Egypt is ours, almost ours. 665 00:46:07,241 --> 00:46:08,861 Cairo is a French city. 666 00:46:08,934 --> 00:46:10,589 The Nile Delta has been pacified, 667 00:46:10,663 --> 00:46:13,643 and all there is left to subdue is a few Turkish regiments and-- 668 00:46:13,720 --> 00:46:15,272 - Turks and Arabs, 669 00:46:15,348 --> 00:46:18,033 supported by the English. 670 00:46:18,107 --> 00:46:20,792 Be realistic, Bonaparte. 671 00:46:20,865 --> 00:46:22,847 You can't go on. 672 00:46:22,925 --> 00:46:25,644 Especially with the plague on our heels. 673 00:46:27,377 --> 00:46:32,351 - The doctors assure me that the epidemic can be contained. 674 00:46:32,429 --> 00:46:34,479 - Doctors can do nothing against fear. 675 00:46:37,871 --> 00:46:39,354 - l can. 676 00:46:41,857 --> 00:46:43,612 [ Children shouting ] 677 00:47:23,710 --> 00:47:25,330 [ Coughing, groaning ] 678 00:47:39,655 --> 00:47:41,308 Let me do this. l need you. 679 00:47:41,382 --> 00:47:42,435 - But General... 680 00:47:42,512 --> 00:47:45,695 l can't do anything more for you. 681 00:47:45,767 --> 00:47:46,695 l'm dying. 682 00:47:46,764 --> 00:47:47,884 - Precisely. 683 00:47:57,990 --> 00:48:00,573 The first one to walk away will be considered a deserter, 684 00:48:01,877 --> 00:48:03,132 and will be shot! 685 00:48:03,205 --> 00:48:04,927 Does any one of you know this man? 686 00:48:06,627 --> 00:48:09,050 - l believe this is Caroubert, General. 687 00:48:11,875 --> 00:48:13,336 - ls he one of your friends? 688 00:48:13,403 --> 00:48:18,115 - Well, actually, we come from the same town. 689 00:48:18,186 --> 00:48:20,043 ln the Jura, General. 690 00:48:20,114 --> 00:48:23,069 - ln that case, tell him about the Jura. 691 00:48:23,136 --> 00:48:26,285 Let him die with some happiness. 692 00:48:47,484 --> 00:48:48,911 - Come, Maman. 693 00:48:48,979 --> 00:48:51,560 Let's go in. lt's getting chilly. 694 00:48:51,637 --> 00:48:54,218 - But it's still light enough to see. 695 00:48:54,293 --> 00:48:56,547 l want to stay until dark. 696 00:48:56,619 --> 00:48:59,665 - You'll wear out your eyes. And catch your death of cold. 697 00:48:59,741 --> 00:49:02,957 And it still won't bring him back any sooner. 698 00:49:03,029 --> 00:49:05,180 - What if he doesn't come back at all? 699 00:49:05,255 --> 00:49:07,837 - Of course he'll come back. 700 00:49:07,912 --> 00:49:10,392 - How? 701 00:49:10,471 --> 00:49:13,619 They say the English have sunk the French ships. 702 00:49:13,692 --> 00:49:16,172 How can he come back without ships? 703 00:49:34,852 --> 00:49:36,708 - Come on, come on! 704 00:50:15,277 --> 00:50:17,757 [Classical music] 705 00:50:23,547 --> 00:50:24,634 [ Laughing ] 706 00:50:24,710 --> 00:50:27,756 [Parrot]: Pourquoi? Pourquoi? 707 00:50:27,832 --> 00:50:30,086 - Did you teach him to say that? 708 00:50:30,158 --> 00:50:32,580 - No, it's my husband. 709 00:50:32,649 --> 00:50:34,699 He's showering me with souvenirs. 710 00:50:34,775 --> 00:50:36,428 He's afraid l'll forget him. 711 00:50:36,502 --> 00:50:38,291 - l want to make you forget him. 712 00:50:38,362 --> 00:50:39,619 [ Laughs ] 713 00:50:39,691 --> 00:50:42,579 l don't think so. l don't think so, Hippolyte. 714 00:50:43,976 --> 00:50:48,326 - Barras, you're hardly in a position to criticize Bonaparte. 715 00:50:48,394 --> 00:50:50,216 You are the one who commissioned him! 716 00:50:50,287 --> 00:50:53,175 - To put down a riot, not conquer a country. 717 00:50:53,244 --> 00:50:56,132 This Egyptian adventure of his is costing us a fortune, 718 00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:58,420 and he hasn't made a single important conquest. 719 00:50:58,491 --> 00:51:01,277 - Conquest? He can't even hold on to his ships! 720 00:51:01,348 --> 00:51:03,998 Admiral Nelson sank them like toys. 721 00:51:04,073 --> 00:51:05,794 - His biggest problem 722 00:51:05,865 --> 00:51:08,821 is that the army's being devastated by the plague. 723 00:51:08,889 --> 00:51:11,901 - All these disasters are extremely tiresome. 724 00:51:11,978 --> 00:51:14,956 lt's going to make him want to come back. 725 00:51:15,034 --> 00:51:17,017 - His return will be overshadowed by another. 726 00:51:18,671 --> 00:51:20,787 - You mean, the return of the King? 727 00:51:22,422 --> 00:51:23,542 - Don't you realize 728 00:51:23,617 --> 00:51:25,575 the government of the Directoire is doomed? 729 00:51:25,641 --> 00:51:28,096 lt's inevitable that Louis XVlll will rise to the throne. 730 00:51:28,163 --> 00:51:32,701 - Your voice trembles as though you can't wait! 731 00:51:32,776 --> 00:51:34,859 But you are a member of the Directoire. 732 00:51:34,934 --> 00:51:35,918 And if it falls-- 733 00:51:35,997 --> 00:51:37,851 - lf the monarchy is restored, 734 00:51:37,921 --> 00:51:40,637 l've been promised the title of Duke. 735 00:51:40,709 --> 00:51:43,923 And the governorship of Bourbon lsland. 736 00:51:43,994 --> 00:51:45,975 - Well played, Barras! 737 00:51:46,053 --> 00:51:48,304 - l urge you all to do the same. 738 00:51:48,375 --> 00:51:49,834 Take precautions, my friends, 739 00:51:49,902 --> 00:51:52,911 and guarantee your futures. 740 00:51:52,988 --> 00:51:56,428 Louis XVlll is willing to promise anything to anyone 741 00:51:56,507 --> 00:51:58,689 who will help him wear the crown. 742 00:51:58,763 --> 00:52:00,279 - Madame? 743 00:52:08,256 --> 00:52:09,805 - Bad news? 744 00:52:18,545 --> 00:52:19,969 He's returned. 745 00:52:20,037 --> 00:52:21,587 - What? 746 00:52:21,664 --> 00:52:22,818 - He's returned. 747 00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:25,246 - Who? 748 00:52:25,315 --> 00:52:26,831 - Bonaparte! 749 00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:31,051 Bonaparte is in France. 750 00:52:31,123 --> 00:52:32,447 [ Crowd gasps ] 751 00:52:52,496 --> 00:52:54,250 [ Cheering ] 752 00:53:26,814 --> 00:53:28,996 [ Cheering ] 753 00:53:29,535 --> 00:53:31,956 - General Bonaparte, we will follow you anywhere! 754 00:53:32,025 --> 00:53:33,212 - Listen to them! 755 00:53:33,284 --> 00:53:34,575 Just say the word, 756 00:53:34,645 --> 00:53:37,123 and you'll have 25 million French citizens behind you. 757 00:53:37,202 --> 00:53:39,249 - Right now, l'm hungry. 758 00:53:39,325 --> 00:53:40,841 [ Laughs ] 759 00:53:48,717 --> 00:53:51,694 - The best thing to eat here in Lyon is hot sausage. 760 00:53:51,772 --> 00:53:53,163 Two, please. 761 00:53:53,232 --> 00:53:54,284 - Yes, sir. 762 00:54:00,268 --> 00:54:03,312 - What is he doing? 763 00:54:03,388 --> 00:54:05,639 - He's responsible for my safety. 764 00:54:05,711 --> 00:54:08,597 Every night, he sleeps lying against my door. 765 00:54:06,100 --> 00:54:08,753 The Sultan thought he was giving me a slave. 766 00:54:08,826 --> 00:54:11,784 ln fact, he's a guardian angel. 767 00:54:11,852 --> 00:54:15,364 Very good, Roustam. You can go now. 768 00:54:16,438 --> 00:54:17,866 - Do you hear that? 769 00:54:17,934 --> 00:54:20,552 ls it making sense to you now? 770 00:54:20,626 --> 00:54:22,745 - ls what making sense? 771 00:54:22,820 --> 00:54:24,838 - The way they cheered you. 772 00:54:24,914 --> 00:54:28,462 And that's nothing compared to the welcome you'll get in Paris. 773 00:54:28,537 --> 00:54:30,361 Power is a ripe fruit, 774 00:54:30,432 --> 00:54:31,825 and it's yours for the picking! 775 00:54:31,894 --> 00:54:34,047 - l've come back to give, not to take, Joseph. 776 00:54:34,121 --> 00:54:38,065 No one can imagine what marvels l've brought back from Egypt. 777 00:54:38,144 --> 00:54:40,160 - Please, Napoleon. 778 00:54:40,237 --> 00:54:43,660 l am your brother, not your public. 779 00:54:43,727 --> 00:54:45,880 Let's at least be honest with each other. 780 00:54:45,955 --> 00:54:47,212 Egypt was a disaster! 781 00:54:47,285 --> 00:54:48,837 - Don't say that. 782 00:54:48,913 --> 00:54:52,233 The discoveries our scientists have made there, 783 00:54:52,304 --> 00:54:55,090 the knowledge they've gained, 784 00:54:55,162 --> 00:54:57,882 justify all the sacrifices of the expedition. 785 00:54:57,954 --> 00:55:02,634 - Yes, yes, fine! But there are urgent matters to deal with. 786 00:55:02,707 --> 00:55:05,427 - The most urgent one for me is my divorce. 787 00:55:05,500 --> 00:55:08,752 Josephine has barely written at all. 788 00:55:08,823 --> 00:55:10,942 Just to inform me she's bought Malmaison. 789 00:55:11,017 --> 00:55:12,308 With my money, of course. 790 00:55:12,379 --> 00:55:14,805 Or rather, with the money she hopes l'll find. 791 00:55:14,873 --> 00:55:17,797 - She had hardly moved in before she sent for her lover. 792 00:55:17,865 --> 00:55:20,482 - Captain Hippolyte Charles. 793 00:55:20,557 --> 00:55:21,578 Destroy him. 794 00:55:21,654 --> 00:55:23,910 - That won't end it! There are others! 795 00:55:23,980 --> 00:55:26,803 Your wife has taken up again with Barras. 796 00:55:26,872 --> 00:55:28,493 And she keeps company with Goyer, 797 00:55:28,568 --> 00:55:30,687 president of the Directoire. 798 00:55:30,761 --> 00:55:31,724 Our poor mother. 799 00:55:31,792 --> 00:55:34,047 - Scandalized. 800 00:55:34,118 --> 00:55:35,976 Vindicated. 801 00:55:36,047 --> 00:55:40,092 You will be able to hold your heads high again. 802 00:55:40,168 --> 00:55:42,491 l'm finished with that woman. That-- 803 00:55:42,561 --> 00:55:45,348 - You can barely bring yourself to say her name. 804 00:55:45,420 --> 00:55:46,712 - Because it's a curse. 805 00:55:46,782 --> 00:55:48,607 l hate her name! 806 00:55:48,678 --> 00:55:50,332 l hate the sound of her voice! 807 00:55:52,368 --> 00:55:56,187 Her perfume. Everything. lt's over. 808 00:55:56,256 --> 00:55:58,341 Finished! 809 00:55:58,416 --> 00:56:00,467 - That is what lies ahead of you. 810 00:56:00,544 --> 00:56:05,123 My dear brother, she has no place in it. 811 00:56:06,315 --> 00:56:08,864 You take care of France, 812 00:56:08,940 --> 00:56:11,396 and l'll take care of your divorce. 813 00:56:11,796 --> 00:56:13,223 [ Thunder ] 814 00:56:37,704 --> 00:56:39,494 [ Thunder ] 815 00:56:57,335 --> 00:56:59,157 - Good evening, Constant. 816 00:56:59,228 --> 00:57:01,776 - Good evening, Madame. Madame cannot come in. 817 00:57:01,851 --> 00:57:04,468 The General's orders. 818 00:57:04,543 --> 00:57:06,931 l packed everything very carefully. 819 00:57:07,001 --> 00:57:08,926 l hope l haven't forgotten anything. 820 00:57:10,654 --> 00:57:12,510 - You can't leave me outside, Constant. 821 00:57:12,581 --> 00:57:14,098 lt's raining! 822 00:57:14,175 --> 00:57:15,103 - Yes. 823 00:57:15,172 --> 00:57:17,787 - My children, where are my children? 824 00:57:17,862 --> 00:57:20,082 - Mademoiselle Hortense is in her room, Madame. 825 00:57:20,154 --> 00:57:22,407 So is Monsieur Eugene. 826 00:57:22,479 --> 00:57:24,335 The General has allowed them to stay. 827 00:57:25,933 --> 00:57:27,553 - The General has allowed them. 828 00:57:27,627 --> 00:57:29,416 The General has no right to allow them, 829 00:57:29,487 --> 00:57:31,140 or to refuse them anything. 830 00:57:31,215 --> 00:57:33,763 What a vile man. 831 00:57:33,838 --> 00:57:36,093 Even when l was brought in front of the court 832 00:57:36,164 --> 00:57:37,556 during the Revolution, 833 00:57:37,625 --> 00:57:40,309 and God knows it, these people were without pity, 834 00:57:40,381 --> 00:57:42,397 l was allowed to explain myself. 835 00:57:42,475 --> 00:57:46,552 But him, my own husband, condemns me 836 00:57:46,626 --> 00:57:48,551 without hearing me! 837 00:57:48,619 --> 00:57:50,079 Do you find that right, Constant? 838 00:57:50,147 --> 00:57:53,589 - Well, no... Not... very. 839 00:57:53,668 --> 00:57:55,061 - Let me in! 840 00:57:55,129 --> 00:57:56,952 - ''lt is obvious 841 00:57:57,022 --> 00:57:59,571 ''that General Bonaparte's hasty departure from Egypt 842 00:57:59,647 --> 00:58:04,222 ''was to avoid a mass insurrection of his army.'' 843 00:58:04,297 --> 00:58:06,346 [ Knock on door ] 844 00:58:06,423 --> 00:58:08,937 Roustam, see who is there. 845 00:58:10,044 --> 00:58:13,464 They've used anything they can to discredit me. 846 00:58:13,531 --> 00:58:15,422 Even lies. 847 00:58:16,687 --> 00:58:21,194 - Woman for General. She want to come in, l say no! 848 00:58:21,270 --> 00:58:23,196 - My shirt, quickly. 849 00:58:23,264 --> 00:58:25,053 [Josephine]: Bonaparte! 850 00:58:26,119 --> 00:58:28,373 Bonaparte! Let me in! 851 00:58:31,236 --> 00:58:32,254 Bonaparte! 852 00:58:32,331 --> 00:58:34,291 [ Knocking ] 853 00:58:34,357 --> 00:58:35,285 Bonaparte! 854 00:58:36,749 --> 00:58:38,765 [ Sighs ] 855 00:58:38,841 --> 00:58:40,858 l know you're there. 856 00:58:42,295 --> 00:58:43,417 Be reasonable. 857 00:58:43,491 --> 00:58:45,450 l want to talk to you. Open the door! 858 00:58:45,518 --> 00:58:47,907 Did people tell you something about me? 859 00:58:47,976 --> 00:58:50,331 You know that they're lies, calumnies! 860 00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:52,722 You know people when they want to defile someone. 861 00:58:52,792 --> 00:58:55,341 - lt's you who defiled everything! 862 00:58:55,417 --> 00:58:56,638 So go away, Josephine! 863 00:58:56,711 --> 00:58:58,728 l never want to see you again! 864 00:58:58,804 --> 00:59:00,197 - No! Let me in! 865 00:59:00,266 --> 00:59:03,379 What have l done? Come on, open the door. 866 00:59:03,455 --> 00:59:04,881 l can explain everything. 867 00:59:04,948 --> 00:59:07,406 - Explain what? 868 00:59:07,473 --> 00:59:09,557 Your cooing with Captain Charles? 869 00:59:09,632 --> 00:59:12,916 Your behaviour is sickening. 870 00:59:12,987 --> 00:59:14,380 lt's all over between us. 871 00:59:14,448 --> 00:59:15,377 - No! 872 00:59:15,445 --> 00:59:16,373 - Forever. 873 00:59:19,963 --> 00:59:22,216 - Oh, please, Bonaparte! 874 00:59:22,287 --> 00:59:25,299 l know l can explain everything! 875 00:59:25,377 --> 00:59:26,804 Oh, please! 876 00:59:27,609 --> 00:59:31,390 lf you want me to leave, l will leave. 877 00:59:40,589 --> 00:59:42,309 [ Sobbing ] 878 01:00:06,218 --> 01:00:07,972 - Her perfume. 879 01:00:33,639 --> 01:00:35,823 - What do you accuse me of? 880 01:00:35,896 --> 01:00:37,616 Going out into society? 881 01:00:37,689 --> 01:00:39,410 Giving parties at the Malmaison? 882 01:00:39,483 --> 01:00:40,410 Yes, l did. 883 01:00:40,478 --> 01:00:43,025 And l did it for you. 884 01:00:43,101 --> 01:00:45,749 Because you want power, and for that you need allies. 885 01:00:52,396 --> 01:00:55,044 l believe in you, Napoleon! 886 01:01:01,326 --> 01:01:03,804 - Lucien and l need to talk to you. 887 01:01:03,881 --> 01:01:06,236 Maman has agreed to let us meet at her house, 888 01:01:06,306 --> 01:01:07,630 and it would be advisable-- 889 01:01:07,701 --> 01:01:10,451 - Oh Joseph, you're here! Good morning. 890 01:01:19,551 --> 01:01:20,479 - But-- 891 01:01:20,547 --> 01:01:21,475 But she-- 892 01:01:21,543 --> 01:01:23,331 - Let's discuss politics. 893 01:01:23,403 --> 01:01:25,983 - What about your divorce? 894 01:01:34,325 --> 01:01:37,506 - Do you think it's necessary to close the windows? 895 01:01:37,578 --> 01:01:39,898 As if we were conspirators plotting? 896 01:01:39,968 --> 01:01:41,892 - l'm sure the house is being watched. 897 01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:45,073 When a government is at bay, they'll stop at nothing. 898 01:01:45,147 --> 01:01:48,497 - For God's sake, Joseph. lt's just a family meal. 899 01:01:48,566 --> 01:01:51,781 - This is your house, Maman. You can stay if you like. 900 01:01:51,852 --> 01:01:54,240 l'd rather my sisters weren't mixed up in this. 901 01:01:54,309 --> 01:01:55,791 lf things go badly, 902 01:01:55,870 --> 01:01:58,689 they'll be able to swear they knew nothing about it. 903 01:02:02,343 --> 01:02:03,270 - Come on, girls. 904 01:02:09,570 --> 01:02:11,754 - Our mother asked you to leave the room, Caroline. 905 01:02:11,828 --> 01:02:14,749 - l know what Lucien and Joseph are going to propose. 906 01:02:14,816 --> 01:02:17,668 You need support. l'm here to bring you Murat's support. 907 01:02:17,737 --> 01:02:20,024 - Murat? 908 01:02:20,095 --> 01:02:22,913 Who authorized you to speak for Murat? 909 01:02:22,983 --> 01:02:24,307 - He and l love each other. 910 01:02:24,378 --> 01:02:26,167 [ Giggling ] 911 01:02:29,557 --> 01:02:33,870 - Murat is over 30, and you're not yet 20. 912 01:02:33,939 --> 01:02:35,830 l don't think our mother will approve. 913 01:02:35,898 --> 01:02:37,823 l don't think l approve. 914 01:02:37,891 --> 01:02:39,543 - You can state your objections 915 01:02:39,617 --> 01:02:41,699 when Murat comes to ask you for my hand. 916 01:02:41,775 --> 01:02:43,960 Until then, l entreat you to accept his help! 917 01:02:44,033 --> 01:02:45,391 - Caroline is right. 918 01:02:45,460 --> 01:02:47,010 We can't refuse any offer of help. 919 01:02:49,013 --> 01:02:51,163 - Come on, girls. 920 01:02:55,387 --> 01:02:59,134 - The plan is audacious, Napoleon. But it can work. 921 01:02:59,205 --> 01:03:01,854 We've based it on two factors. 922 01:03:01,928 --> 01:03:05,572 First, the people hate the current government. 923 01:03:05,645 --> 01:03:08,261 And two, they see you as a hero. 924 01:03:08,336 --> 01:03:10,157 - You want to overthrow the Directoire? 925 01:03:10,228 --> 01:03:11,744 - lt wouldn't take much of a push. 926 01:03:11,822 --> 01:03:14,041 - And in its place, Napoleon Bonaparte? 927 01:03:14,113 --> 01:03:17,123 - You've always kept your distance from politics. 928 01:03:17,200 --> 01:03:20,279 You have managed to keep your hands clean! 929 01:03:20,354 --> 01:03:22,742 You are the godsend the whole country is waiting for! 930 01:03:22,811 --> 01:03:24,736 - France is so weak now. 931 01:03:24,803 --> 01:03:27,282 She won't be able to stand another revolution. 932 01:03:27,359 --> 01:03:29,747 The royalists would make the most of it! 933 01:03:29,817 --> 01:03:33,291 - Who said anything about a revolution? 934 01:03:34,597 --> 01:03:37,145 Everything will be done perfectly legally! 935 01:03:37,220 --> 01:03:39,936 We just have to persuade the deputies 936 01:03:40,009 --> 01:03:44,390 to elect a new government, and get rid of the Directory, 937 01:03:44,458 --> 01:03:46,416 and elect in its place a new government, 938 01:03:46,482 --> 01:03:48,566 composed of three irreproachable men. 939 01:03:48,641 --> 01:03:50,860 Sieyes, Roger-Ducos, and you. 940 01:03:55,049 --> 01:03:58,263 - lt's possible. 941 01:03:58,335 --> 01:04:02,184 lf you were to assemble all the deputies for a special session, 942 01:04:02,254 --> 01:04:03,374 somewhere isolated 943 01:04:03,449 --> 01:04:06,959 where the army could bring pressure to bear, 944 01:04:07,034 --> 01:04:09,422 if needed, without triggering a riot in the city. 945 01:04:09,490 --> 01:04:10,577 - That's perfect. 946 01:04:10,652 --> 01:04:13,234 And with Murat at the head of the troops, 947 01:04:13,310 --> 01:04:14,294 we can't fail. 948 01:04:14,371 --> 01:04:16,590 - l suggest Chateau de St. Cloud. 949 01:04:16,662 --> 01:04:19,119 lt's far enough from Paris, and easy to control. 950 01:04:19,186 --> 01:04:20,578 - l agree. 951 01:04:20,647 --> 01:04:23,364 - Can we assume that you approve of our little project? 952 01:04:23,435 --> 01:04:25,054 - Your little project, 953 01:04:25,129 --> 01:04:27,449 as you call it so discreetly, my dear Joseph, 954 01:04:27,519 --> 01:04:29,478 is nothing less than a coup d'etat. 955 01:04:29,545 --> 01:04:33,585 lf it fails, we will end up in prison, at best, 956 01:04:33,661 --> 01:04:35,619 and more likely under the blade. 957 01:04:35,687 --> 01:04:38,234 Are you still so sure that Murat will follow us? 958 01:04:38,309 --> 01:04:40,821 - l can speak for him as l do for myself. 959 01:04:40,898 --> 01:04:42,518 He'll only want to know in what name 960 01:04:42,592 --> 01:04:44,811 he's risking his liberty and life. 961 01:04:44,883 --> 01:04:46,897 - ln what name? 962 01:04:46,974 --> 01:04:48,989 ln the name of reality. 963 01:04:49,067 --> 01:04:51,183 Louis XVlll is ready to enter Paris. 964 01:04:51,258 --> 01:04:53,646 lf we delay, the Republic will be lost, 965 01:04:53,715 --> 01:04:56,498 and with it all the benefits of the Revolution. 966 01:04:56,569 --> 01:05:00,214 That's reason enough to risk everything. 967 01:05:26,118 --> 01:05:28,700 l'm counting on you to control the gates of Paris 968 01:05:28,775 --> 01:05:31,095 on the 18th of Brumaire. 969 01:05:31,164 --> 01:05:32,986 No government official can be allowed 970 01:05:33,056 --> 01:05:35,207 to enter or leave the city. 971 01:05:33,945 --> 01:05:36,530 l also want your censor to check everything 972 01:05:36,604 --> 01:05:38,327 that's announced in the press. 973 01:05:38,400 --> 01:05:41,516 The newspapers will only be allowed to print 974 01:05:41,592 --> 01:05:44,209 what my associates and l decide on. 975 01:05:46,079 --> 01:05:49,265 - ln other words, you're asking me to support a plot? 976 01:05:49,338 --> 01:05:51,763 - l don't consider ridding the country 977 01:05:51,831 --> 01:05:54,052 of a bunch of rogues and swindlers to be a plot. 978 01:05:54,125 --> 01:05:56,709 - Even though l may not always approve 979 01:05:56,784 --> 01:06:01,863 of the government's policies, l'm a member of it. 980 01:06:01,937 --> 01:06:03,728 - You'll be a member of the next one. 981 01:06:03,799 --> 01:06:05,227 You'll be my minister of police. 982 01:06:05,295 --> 01:06:06,553 - That's generous of you, 983 01:06:06,624 --> 01:06:08,847 but l am already minister of police. 984 01:06:08,919 --> 01:06:11,673 So if you have no other arguments... 985 01:06:11,745 --> 01:06:14,103 - l do have one, yes. 986 01:06:14,172 --> 01:06:16,325 l'm sure the royalists haven't forgotten 987 01:06:16,399 --> 01:06:18,858 how you slaughtered hundreds of their followers 988 01:06:18,926 --> 01:06:20,286 during the Reign of Terror. 989 01:06:20,355 --> 01:06:23,371 l heard you had them shot point-blank 990 01:06:23,447 --> 01:06:26,100 after forcing them to dig their own graves. 991 01:06:27,404 --> 01:06:28,662 - Who is with you? 992 01:06:28,733 --> 01:06:30,093 - Everyone. 993 01:06:30,163 --> 01:06:32,180 Generals such as Murat and Lefebvre, 994 01:06:32,257 --> 01:06:34,875 and politicians such as Sieyes, Roger-Ducos, 995 01:06:34,950 --> 01:06:36,140 Talleyrand-- 996 01:06:36,214 --> 01:06:38,366 - You've taken Talleyrand into your confidence? 997 01:06:38,440 --> 01:06:39,732 He betrays everybody. 998 01:06:39,803 --> 01:06:41,923 - No, he won't betray himself. 999 01:06:41,999 --> 01:06:44,979 He understands perfectly well where his interest lies. 1000 01:06:45,056 --> 01:06:48,241 He's expecting a lot from me, and he's right. 1001 01:06:48,314 --> 01:06:50,207 lf he doesn't fail me, l won't fail him. 1002 01:06:50,276 --> 01:06:53,791 And that proposition goes for everyone. 1003 01:06:53,866 --> 01:06:56,915 - Very well. 1004 01:06:56,991 --> 01:06:59,576 You've made yourself clear. 1005 01:07:01,645 --> 01:07:02,869 l'll think it over. 1006 01:07:02,943 --> 01:07:04,132 - No, right now, Fouche. 1007 01:07:05,635 --> 01:07:07,822 With me, 1008 01:07:07,896 --> 01:07:09,754 or against me? 1009 01:07:12,052 --> 01:07:14,204 - All right, with you. 1010 01:07:15,409 --> 01:07:18,163 But if your plan fails? 1011 01:07:18,235 --> 01:07:21,681 - Then, instead of being executed in the King's name 1012 01:07:21,759 --> 01:07:23,119 for barbarous crimes, 1013 01:07:23,189 --> 01:07:26,976 you'll be executed by the Directoire for conspiracy. 1014 01:07:28,109 --> 01:07:30,036 l am your only hope. 1015 01:07:39,279 --> 01:07:41,240 - What a rotten job, being a deputy. 1016 01:07:41,308 --> 01:07:43,166 Jabbering away for hours, all locked up. 1017 01:07:43,236 --> 01:07:44,857 - How long have they been in there? 1018 01:07:44,932 --> 01:07:48,547 - 20 hours. They've been talking for more than 20 hours. 1019 01:07:48,621 --> 01:07:52,136 Don't you think it's a bad sign, Sieyes? 1020 01:07:52,428 --> 01:07:54,615 - My dear fellow, politics isn't war. 1021 01:07:54,689 --> 01:07:56,978 lt takes much longer to say something meaningless 1022 01:07:57,048 --> 01:07:58,974 than to fire a gun. 1023 01:08:06,853 --> 01:08:09,142 [ All shouting ] 1024 01:08:14,231 --> 01:08:15,988 [ Bell rings ] 1025 01:08:16,758 --> 01:08:18,581 - Back to your seats, gentlemen! 1026 01:08:18,652 --> 01:08:21,632 l won't tolerate this insolence much longer! 1027 01:08:21,710 --> 01:08:22,673 [ Yelling ] 1028 01:08:22,740 --> 01:08:25,198 - No one will ever be able... 1029 01:08:25,266 --> 01:08:27,452 [ Bell rings ] 1030 01:08:30,485 --> 01:08:31,538 - We're shut up in here 1031 01:08:31,614 --> 01:08:33,665 without being able to see or hear anything! 1032 01:08:33,742 --> 01:08:35,170 - Try to stay calm, General. 1033 01:08:35,237 --> 01:08:38,591 - Calm? When the future of France is at stake? 1034 01:08:38,661 --> 01:08:40,315 What is it, Murat? 1035 01:08:40,389 --> 01:08:42,213 For God's sake, say something! 1036 01:08:42,284 --> 01:08:44,210 ls it over? Have they voted? 1037 01:08:44,278 --> 01:08:46,205 - No. Talleyrand has just arrived. 1038 01:08:46,272 --> 01:08:48,494 He wants to see you. 1039 01:08:51,989 --> 01:08:53,846 - l've just come back from the Orangerie. 1040 01:08:53,916 --> 01:08:56,374 Things don't seem to be going exactly as you'd hoped. 1041 01:08:56,443 --> 01:08:58,958 - Now, if my brother can't make those people obey him, 1042 01:08:59,035 --> 01:09:01,358 what good is he to me as the President? 1043 01:09:01,428 --> 01:09:03,717 - Sire, he is their President, not their general. 1044 01:09:03,788 --> 01:09:07,141 Deputies cannot be ordered around as easily as a regiment! 1045 01:09:07,211 --> 01:09:09,138 - We'll see about that. Soldiers! 1046 01:09:18,346 --> 01:09:20,669 [ Shouting ] 1047 01:09:20,738 --> 01:09:22,960 - l'll sit down if you agree that Bonaparte... 1048 01:09:30,277 --> 01:09:31,999 [ Booing ] 1049 01:09:36,493 --> 01:09:37,421 - Listen to me! 1050 01:09:37,490 --> 01:09:39,008 Listen to me! 1051 01:09:40,714 --> 01:09:42,539 l'm here to serve the Republic! 1052 01:09:44,304 --> 01:09:45,357 Gentlemen deputies! 1053 01:09:45,434 --> 01:09:47,020 Silence! 1054 01:09:50,818 --> 01:09:52,178 Silence! 1055 01:09:53,510 --> 01:09:55,028 The Republic is in danger! 1056 01:09:58,828 --> 01:10:01,547 - Protect the General! They want to kill him! 1057 01:10:01,620 --> 01:10:05,008 [ Shouting ] 1058 01:10:24,919 --> 01:10:27,208 - They-- they tried to stab me! 1059 01:10:27,279 --> 01:10:29,998 - We failed. All is lost. 1060 01:10:30,070 --> 01:10:31,430 We mustn't stay here! 1061 01:10:32,929 --> 01:10:35,286 - They've just declared you an outlaw! 1062 01:10:35,355 --> 01:10:36,510 - And us? 1063 01:10:36,586 --> 01:10:38,308 - You don't exist for them. 1064 01:10:39,256 --> 01:10:41,837 The only person who counts in their eyes is my brother. 1065 01:10:41,912 --> 01:10:43,870 Are you all right? You're not wounded? 1066 01:10:43,936 --> 01:10:46,391 - What about you? Did they strike you? 1067 01:10:46,459 --> 01:10:49,606 - No, they didn't dare. l have enough supporters. 1068 01:10:49,679 --> 01:10:52,033 l don't know how it started to unravel. 1069 01:10:52,103 --> 01:10:53,030 - Look, President. 1070 01:10:53,099 --> 01:10:54,389 What's done is done! 1071 01:10:54,460 --> 01:10:57,413 The most important thing now is to find a safe place! 1072 01:10:57,480 --> 01:10:59,992 - You've nothing to fear. Murat is outside with troops. 1073 01:11:00,070 --> 01:11:01,586 - Murat! 1074 01:11:01,663 --> 01:11:03,620 Good God, Murat! l nearly forgot! 1075 01:11:04,750 --> 01:11:05,677 - Bonaparte! 1076 01:11:05,745 --> 01:11:06,933 What are you going to do? 1077 01:11:07,007 --> 01:11:08,195 - l'm going back in there! 1078 01:11:08,268 --> 01:11:09,524 l have an army outside! 1079 01:11:09,596 --> 01:11:11,113 And me with an army... 1080 01:11:11,189 --> 01:11:12,615 - He doesn't have the right! 1081 01:11:19,555 --> 01:11:21,445 - Officers and soldiers of the Republic! 1082 01:11:21,513 --> 01:11:24,433 Come, listen! Come, come! 1083 01:11:25,995 --> 01:11:28,609 A faction of desperate men, armed with daggers, 1084 01:11:28,684 --> 01:11:31,366 is threatening the Assembly! 1085 01:11:31,439 --> 01:11:33,826 They even attempted to assassinate your General! 1086 01:11:33,895 --> 01:11:35,547 - On your horses! 1087 01:11:35,621 --> 01:11:38,370 - They dared to accuse Bonaparte of staging a coup d'etat, 1088 01:11:38,441 --> 01:11:39,595 to bring him into power! 1089 01:11:39,670 --> 01:11:42,148 A vile lie! 1090 01:11:42,226 --> 01:11:44,184 Do you see this blade? 1091 01:11:44,251 --> 01:11:46,933 l would plunge it in my brother's heart 1092 01:11:47,006 --> 01:11:48,659 without a moment's hesitation, 1093 01:11:48,732 --> 01:11:50,713 if l suspected him of violating rights. 1094 01:11:50,791 --> 01:11:53,643 [ Cheering ] 1095 01:11:53,711 --> 01:11:56,031 - Soldiers! 1096 01:11:56,102 --> 01:11:58,954 l declare to you that the representatives of our nation 1097 01:11:59,023 --> 01:12:00,482 are in mortal danger! 1098 01:12:00,550 --> 01:12:03,990 Consequently, l order you to invade this assembly. 1099 01:12:04,069 --> 01:12:05,687 lmmediately! 1100 01:12:05,761 --> 01:12:07,187 - We know what to do. Come on! 1101 01:12:09,943 --> 01:12:12,693 [ Shouting ] 1102 01:12:18,143 --> 01:12:20,327 Open the doors! 1103 01:12:22,857 --> 01:12:24,747 Citizen representatives! 1104 01:12:24,816 --> 01:12:28,426 Your safety is no longer guaranteed within these walls! 1105 01:12:30,558 --> 01:12:34,202 l order you to leave under the protection of the army! 1106 01:12:34,276 --> 01:12:36,256 [ Booing ] 1107 01:12:36,334 --> 01:12:38,789 Grenadiers, forward! 1108 01:12:38,857 --> 01:12:40,316 Get them out! 1109 01:12:40,384 --> 01:12:41,311 Come on! 1110 01:12:45,728 --> 01:12:47,845 Get out, get out! 1111 01:12:47,919 --> 01:12:49,379 Get out, all of them! 1112 01:13:06,309 --> 01:13:07,769 - Do you think your brother 1113 01:13:07,836 --> 01:13:10,383 will retain enough deputies to go ahead with the vote? 1114 01:13:10,459 --> 01:13:12,745 - Yes, he has enough supporters. 1115 01:13:12,815 --> 01:13:16,131 Whatever the result is, it will be perfectly legal. 1116 01:13:21,612 --> 01:13:25,856 - The deputies have dissolved the Directory. 1117 01:13:25,928 --> 01:13:27,286 ln its place, 1118 01:13:27,354 --> 01:13:29,832 they have created an executive consular commission, 1119 01:13:29,911 --> 01:13:31,992 composed of General Bonaparte, 1120 01:13:32,068 --> 01:13:34,184 and citizens Sieyes and Roger-Ducos, 1121 01:13:34,259 --> 01:13:38,141 who will bear the titles of Citizens and Consuls 1122 01:13:39,216 --> 01:13:40,696 of the French Republic. 1123 01:13:40,774 --> 01:13:44,276 This decree takes effect immediately. 1124 01:13:44,352 --> 01:13:48,316 Officers, present arms to the Consuls of the Republic! 1125 01:13:48,394 --> 01:13:51,895 - Present arms! 1126 01:13:51,972 --> 01:13:53,588 - Long live Bonaparte! 1127 01:13:53,660 --> 01:13:56,304 [Soldiers]: Bonaparte! Bonaparte! 1128 01:13:58,663 --> 01:14:00,381 - Bonaparte! 1129 01:14:02,804 --> 01:14:05,052 - Bonaparte! Bonaparte! 1130 01:14:06,018 --> 01:14:07,373 - What time is it? 1131 01:14:07,443 --> 01:14:08,368 - About 4:00. 1132 01:14:08,437 --> 01:14:10,549 - lt took longer than we expected. 1133 01:14:10,623 --> 01:14:13,074 - lt almost didn't happen. 1134 01:14:13,141 --> 01:14:14,688 [ Both laugh ] 1135 01:14:44,415 --> 01:14:47,093 - Splendid! Magnificent! 1136 01:14:47,164 --> 01:14:48,520 Dazzling! 1137 01:14:48,590 --> 01:14:49,945 lncomparable! 1138 01:14:50,014 --> 01:14:51,630 - Sturdy and resistant, l hope? 1139 01:14:51,704 --> 01:14:54,381 - Oh, that suit of clothes is going to last a lifetime! 1140 01:14:54,453 --> 01:14:57,334 - Hmm. l've only been appointed First Consul for 10 years. 1141 01:14:57,402 --> 01:14:59,582 - What a pity there isn't a bigger mirror, 1142 01:14:59,655 --> 01:15:01,473 so you could see how well it suits you. 1143 01:15:01,544 --> 01:15:02,469 - Here's my mirror. 1144 01:15:05,651 --> 01:15:07,966 Well, what do you think? 1145 01:15:08,036 --> 01:15:10,984 - Oh, but you look... you look... 1146 01:15:11,051 --> 01:15:12,869 - Well, l must be very well turned out, 1147 01:15:12,940 --> 01:15:15,018 for my pretty mirror to cloud over. 1148 01:15:16,817 --> 01:15:19,459 ls you-know-who still here? 1149 01:15:19,533 --> 01:15:22,414 - You-know-who is waiting for you, next room, 1150 01:15:22,480 --> 01:15:23,598 in front of the fire. 1151 01:15:23,673 --> 01:15:25,921 l think in another life, he must have been a cat. 1152 01:15:25,992 --> 01:15:28,070 - A cat, huh? l'd say a cobra. 1153 01:15:28,146 --> 01:15:30,924 - Shh! Bonaparte, he supports you without hesitation. 1154 01:15:30,996 --> 01:15:34,373 - You mean, l support him, which is only normal for a cripple. 1155 01:15:34,441 --> 01:15:36,225 - Shh! 1156 01:15:42,557 --> 01:15:45,233 - No, don't say anything, Talleyrand. 1157 01:15:45,307 --> 01:15:47,453 l've already been showered 1158 01:15:47,526 --> 01:15:49,740 with all the compliments you can imagine. 1159 01:15:49,813 --> 01:15:52,286 But l have no illusion that this fine suit of clothes 1160 01:15:52,363 --> 01:15:56,034 won't be enough to reassure our neighbours 1161 01:15:56,107 --> 01:15:59,947 that France has finally put the revolution behind her. 1162 01:16:00,017 --> 01:16:03,021 - True, the European courts fear the strength of our army 1163 01:16:03,098 --> 01:16:05,346 less than the strength of our ideas. 1164 01:16:05,416 --> 01:16:07,031 - Therefore, we must demonstrate 1165 01:16:07,106 --> 01:16:09,885 that we are civilized people once more. 1166 01:16:09,955 --> 01:16:12,373 An aristocrat, a real aristocrat 1167 01:16:12,439 --> 01:16:14,020 who knows how to behave insolently, 1168 01:16:14,097 --> 01:16:16,977 yet with princely grace, would give us prestige. 1169 01:16:17,045 --> 01:16:21,744 You were the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Directoire. 1170 01:16:21,816 --> 01:16:23,633 The First Consul reappoints you 1171 01:16:23,704 --> 01:16:25,093 to that office. 1172 01:16:25,162 --> 01:16:27,274 - l suppose l should feel flattered 1173 01:16:27,348 --> 01:16:29,663 that you consider me to have princely grace. 1174 01:16:29,734 --> 01:16:31,586 But l would display more of it 1175 01:16:31,655 --> 01:16:34,366 if your choice was based on my skill at negotiating. 1176 01:16:34,438 --> 01:16:36,325 - Negotiating what? 1177 01:16:36,392 --> 01:16:39,769 Austria recaptured ltaly from France while l was in Egypt. 1178 01:16:39,838 --> 01:16:42,785 - And we either accept the loss of ltaly, or... 1179 01:16:42,853 --> 01:16:45,303 - Or wage war on Austria. 1180 01:16:43,830 --> 01:16:45,990 - l usually believe the worst can be avoided. 1181 01:16:46,063 --> 01:16:47,654 - War is not the worst, Talleyrand. 1182 01:16:47,731 --> 01:16:50,028 The worst would be allowing them 1183 01:16:50,099 --> 01:16:52,565 to treat France like the village idiot of Europe. 1184 01:16:52,633 --> 01:16:54,930 The one who is slapped and then says thank you. 1185 01:16:55,000 --> 01:16:58,264 What do you know about war? You've never been to war. 1186 01:16:58,334 --> 01:16:59,925 - Alas. 1187 01:17:00,002 --> 01:17:02,798 A soldier who can neither attack 1188 01:17:02,869 --> 01:17:05,529 nor, more especially, flee in sufficient haste, 1189 01:17:05,604 --> 01:17:07,433 is a liability. 1190 01:17:07,504 --> 01:17:10,232 Otherwise, l might have pursued a military career. 1191 01:17:10,306 --> 01:17:12,329 - You? A general? 1192 01:17:12,406 --> 01:17:13,770 General Talleyrand? 1193 01:17:15,007 --> 01:17:16,531 Perhaps you envy my glory. 1194 01:17:16,607 --> 01:17:18,437 You can share it, it you're loyal to me. 1195 01:17:19,675 --> 01:17:22,403 - Sire, l wish only to serve you. 1196 01:17:24,277 --> 01:17:27,437 - You bow as you say that, 1197 01:17:27,511 --> 01:17:30,637 so one can't see whether your eyes support your words. 1198 01:17:30,712 --> 01:17:34,770 - Man was given speech to disguise his thoughts, 1199 01:17:34,847 --> 01:17:37,337 and words to disguise his eyes. 1200 01:17:37,414 --> 01:17:41,178 Don't trust anything, or anyone. 1201 01:18:09,091 --> 01:18:11,149 [Officer]: Present arms! 1202 01:18:12,626 --> 01:18:14,252 - Monsieur Pierre-Louis Roederer, 1203 01:18:14,327 --> 01:18:16,123 who l have appointed Councilor of State 1204 01:18:16,195 --> 01:18:18,923 because he served me well, and will continue to do so. 1205 01:18:19,128 --> 01:18:20,685 - l'm delighted to meet you, sir. 1206 01:18:20,762 --> 01:18:23,924 - Welcome to the Tuileries, Madame. 1207 01:18:26,498 --> 01:18:28,829 l hope you will like it here. 1208 01:18:32,566 --> 01:18:34,227 - Are you coming? 1209 01:18:48,071 --> 01:18:50,799 - Here we are in the waiting room. 1210 01:18:50,872 --> 01:18:52,964 Please.... 1211 01:18:55,273 --> 01:18:58,298 And here are Queen Marie Antoinette's apartments. 1212 01:19:09,800 --> 01:19:11,995 Not very cheerful, l'm afraid. 1213 01:19:12,069 --> 01:19:13,763 - The price of power. 1214 01:19:13,836 --> 01:19:15,701 - l hope they've changed the sheets. 1215 01:19:15,772 --> 01:19:17,433 - Don't be silly. 1216 01:19:18,774 --> 01:19:20,799 - lt's morbid. 1217 01:19:20,875 --> 01:19:22,706 lf you must live in the Tuileries, 1218 01:19:22,777 --> 01:19:25,939 can't we take a different apartment? 1219 01:19:26,013 --> 01:19:27,377 This one feels haunted. 1220 01:19:27,447 --> 01:19:29,381 - Superstitious nonsense. 1221 01:19:29,449 --> 01:19:31,883 Once it's refurnished to your taste, you'll be happy. 1222 01:19:31,950 --> 01:19:34,281 And whenever you need a change, we can go to Malmaison. 1223 01:19:34,353 --> 01:19:36,081 - l need a change right now. Let's go. 1224 01:19:36,155 --> 01:19:37,416 - No, don't be childish. 1225 01:19:37,488 --> 01:19:39,080 Maybe tomorrow. 1226 01:19:40,390 --> 01:19:42,823 - When we got married, l could ask you anything. 1227 01:19:42,893 --> 01:19:45,258 And you always said yes right away. 1228 01:19:45,327 --> 01:19:47,158 Now it's always ''maybe tomorrow''. 1229 01:19:48,564 --> 01:19:51,088 You love me less, Bonaparte. 1230 01:19:56,035 --> 01:19:57,526 - l am sorry. 1231 01:19:57,603 --> 01:20:00,537 Maybe we should have thought of redecorating the rooms before-- 1232 01:20:00,606 --> 01:20:01,697 - She'll get used to it. 1233 01:20:01,773 --> 01:20:03,400 lt would be a sorry state of affairs 1234 01:20:03,475 --> 01:20:05,374 if my wife were the one person in France 1235 01:20:05,444 --> 01:20:06,808 to contest my authority. 1236 01:20:06,878 --> 01:20:08,777 Show me where my study is. 1237 01:20:08,845 --> 01:20:10,676 - Please. 1238 01:20:10,748 --> 01:20:12,908 - Have an article published in the newspapers 1239 01:20:12,982 --> 01:20:14,676 saying l'm against powdered wigs 1240 01:20:14,750 --> 01:20:17,548 coming back into fashion for men. 1241 01:20:17,618 --> 01:20:20,110 lt's ludicrous! 1242 01:20:20,188 --> 01:20:22,418 Have they finished an exact account 1243 01:20:22,489 --> 01:20:25,925 of what's left in the state coffers? 1244 01:20:25,992 --> 01:20:28,983 - 167,000 francs. 1245 01:20:31,429 --> 01:20:34,057 - Scandalous. 1246 01:20:34,132 --> 01:20:35,997 l'm sure there's 10 times that amount 1247 01:20:36,066 --> 01:20:39,934 in the pockets of each former member of the Directoire. 1248 01:20:40,002 --> 01:20:42,630 This means France is bankrupt. 1249 01:20:42,705 --> 01:20:46,868 We will need to bring in several million francs this year. 1250 01:20:46,942 --> 01:20:49,638 - The Minister of Police! 1251 01:20:50,978 --> 01:20:52,240 - Ah. Fouche. 1252 01:20:53,247 --> 01:20:54,908 Come in, Fouche. 1253 01:20:56,549 --> 01:21:01,008 You're not an ordinary minister anymore. You're my minister. 1254 01:21:02,683 --> 01:21:06,376 So l expect from you a flawless efficiency. 1255 01:21:06,448 --> 01:21:10,608 And yet l hear you dislike ruthless measures. 1256 01:21:10,981 --> 01:21:13,640 - How do you define ruthless? 1257 01:21:13,714 --> 01:21:15,236 - Arresting, imprisoning. 1258 01:21:15,314 --> 01:21:16,507 - When we imprison a man, 1259 01:21:16,581 --> 01:21:18,944 it's usually because he has broken the law. 1260 01:21:19,014 --> 01:21:21,105 ln order words, when it's too late. 1261 01:21:21,180 --> 01:21:24,338 Personally, l'd rather prevent him from committing a crime. 1262 01:21:24,413 --> 01:21:26,970 - Yet you have to know to prevent it. 1263 01:21:27,045 --> 01:21:31,375 - Yes. Know everything about everyone. 1264 01:21:31,445 --> 01:21:34,740 - Oh, so you claim to keep watch on the whole of France? 1265 01:21:34,810 --> 01:21:37,368 - l have my informers. 1266 01:21:37,444 --> 01:21:40,171 This system has saved your life many times over. 1267 01:21:40,243 --> 01:21:42,038 - And you didn't inform me? 1268 01:21:42,110 --> 01:21:45,473 - The bombs were all found in time. 1269 01:21:45,543 --> 01:21:48,838 - Bombs. Who planted them? 1270 01:21:48,910 --> 01:21:52,205 - The royalists, with England acting as their banker. 1271 01:21:52,275 --> 01:21:57,207 A bomb is more expensive than a vial of poison, or a dagger. 1272 01:21:59,574 --> 01:22:01,403 - So... 1273 01:22:01,474 --> 01:22:04,167 this is what politics is like. 1274 01:22:04,240 --> 01:22:06,296 - No, this is what hatred is like, 1275 01:22:06,373 --> 01:22:08,600 Monsieur le Premier Consul. 1276 01:22:10,039 --> 01:22:11,698 Hatred. 90978