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[blowing wind]
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- Ah!
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- Ah!
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[grunts]
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- It's us, Sire!
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And it's you!
You're here at last.
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[gurgling]
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- Ah, gentlemen.
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The King of Rome's first charge,
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and as you see,
he's chosen to attack the heights
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like I did in Austerlitz.
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- Alas, Sire,
Austerlitz is far away.
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The defeat of our armies--
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- Not a defeat. A retreat.
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- Certainly, Sire.
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But thousands of our men
are still in Russia.
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Without you there,
what can they do?
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- I came back because
the affairs of France demanded it,
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but I have Murat at the head
of our troops and I know him.
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He will save all
that can be saved.
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The men he brings home
will stay home forever.
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As it is nearly Christmas,
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I have decided to give a present
to all the French people,
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and most of all
to you, my dearest.
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The wars are over.
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I declare peace to the world.
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[gasping]
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- Bravo, Sire! Bravo!
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[soldier:] Company!
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Present arms!
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- This way, please.
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The fact that the people of Paris
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adore their beloved
Empress more each day
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is a great joy for us all.
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- That's not what
she says in her letters.
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- No? Oh, her natural
discretion, I expect.
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Your Excellency would
agree that it's tactless
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for a woman to acknowledge
that she is irresistible.
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- Humility is hardly
a prominent virtue
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in a Princess
of the House of Austria.
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Wouldn't you agree?
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- Let us not forget
that the Empress Marie-Louise
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has become completely French,
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like most of Europe.
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- Only France is French,
Monsieur de Caulaincourt.
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The other countries
are French by force.
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So it's temporary.
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- Come now, Metternich!
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[clicks heels]
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No need for rituals.
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The Austrian ambassador
is at home here.
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But first of all, tell me
how dear old Francois is.
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- His Majesty the Emperor
of Austria is very well.
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And you, Sire?
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- I couldn't be better,
ever since I declared
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peace to the world.
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- An admirable phrase, Sire.
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- I'm glad you like it.
It's not just a phrase.
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- In that case, Sire,
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you are bound
to accept the conditions
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that Emperor Francois
has asked me to relay to you.
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- Conditions?
- Yes.
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What we expect
in exchange for this peace
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that France has asked for.
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- Perhaps I have been
unclear, Metternich.
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I'm not asking for peace,
I'm making it.
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In fact, I'm imposing it.
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- I'm afraid France
is in no position to impose
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anything at all, Sire.
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Everyone is aware
that you have lost
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most of your troops in Russia.
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- You dare order me
to give up my conquest?
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And to restore
the old boundaries?
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So hundreds of
thousands of Frenchmen
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will have suffered and
died for nothing?
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You're insane.
Your Emperor is insane!
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- Your Majesty is free
to do as he pleases, of course.
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- Oh, thank you so much.
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- But if France
refuses to subscribe
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to the conditions we propose...
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Austria unfortunately
will be obliged
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to declare war on France.
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- Austria declare war on me?
On me?
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It can't be.
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Have you forgotten
whom l've married?
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Come over here,
Let me show you something.
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[cheering]
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It only took me three months
to build up the Grand Army again.
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This is one of my new regiments.
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[cheering]
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- Your new toy soldiers, you mean.
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They are children, Sire.
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- You're wrong to disparage them.
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They are called the Marie-Louise,
named after my wife.
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Because of her, my son
has Austrian blood in his veins,
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so if your Emperor
declares me war,
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he will be rising up against
his own daughter and grandson.
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- Rest assured that Emperor
Francois has not forgotten
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that he gave you his daughter
as Empress of France.
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But he can and will act solely
in the interests of his people.
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[cheering]
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- It's not in Austria's
interests to attack France.
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Prussia, Russia and England
are using you, and that's a fact.
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I married Marie-Louise for peace,
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and obviously l've been betrayed.
It is not surprising.
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French people have
thought all along
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that they were getting
another Marie Antoinette.
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- I was told they had
come to love her.
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- You were misinformed.
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Nobody loves her.
No one except me.
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Take this answer
back to your master:
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of Austria dares
to declare war on me,
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I will reduce Vienna to rubble.
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I swear it.
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- Then you are lost, Sire.
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You are lost.
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[crumpling paper]
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[singing in German]
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[man:] Fire!
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Company, pull back!
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[men shouting]
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- So you're deserting!
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- Sire, I know you
do not mean that.
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Marshall Murat was
informing Your Majesty
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that he's going to his kingdom
of Naples for reinforcements!
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- His kingdom?
I made you king.
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of I fall, you fall.
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And I don't believe a word about
your damned reinforcements!
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You have negotiated
your departure with the Austrians.
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- What are you implying?
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- I'm not implying,
I'm saying it to your face.
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Murat, there is only one way,
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just one, for you
to convince me of your loyalty.
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Come back from
Naples with troops
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who are ready to give
their lives for me.
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- Sire,
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I do have to take my leave.
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This wound of mine--
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- Your wound?
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Yesterday, you said
it was a mere scratch.
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I won't hold you back!
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Well, gentlemen!
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Any more candidates for desertion?
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No one is indispensable
to me, you know!
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- Sire, Sire. We love you.
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Those who must go leave
with broken hearts.
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For those who stay,
we only ask you
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for one thing: the truth.
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We have lost the war, haven't we?
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- Lost the war? Because
the enemy has a few more troops?
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I have my reserves, easily
enough for a counter-attack.
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[murmuring]
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What was that? General!
What did you say?
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- He was saying, Sire,
a counter-attack is impossible.
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We can barely hold on
to our positions as it is.
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Perhaps an orderly retreat,
to defend France--
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- France?
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Fight on our own soil?
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- France must be defended, Sire.
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She is in mortal danger.
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[chickens clucking]
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- Go away!
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I have nothing to give you.
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I've got nothing
left but my hens!
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And if you take them--
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- You can keep your hens.
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We need horses,
two or three will do.
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- You've got horses!
They're right under your asses!
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- We need farm horses
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to pull our cannons
out of the mud.
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And if you have any sons
to lend us a hand...
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- I had two sons.
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But that monster Napoleon
got them both killed!
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I will make him suffer for it,
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if I have to follow him to hell!
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- Sire! We're wasting time.
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- Sire?
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He called you Sire?
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You're...
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- The monster.
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- No! Leave her.
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What were your sons called?
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- The oldest was Gervais.
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The little one, Clement.
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He wasn't even 16.
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- Gervais and Clement.
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We cannot let them
die for nothing.
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- They died for you.
But you're nothing!
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You're less than that pile of dung!
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- You have a right to refuse.
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But if you lend us your horses,
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to pull out
our cannons of the mud,
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their shells
will avenge your boys.
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- What's the use?
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The enemy is all over France.
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Everyone says we're finished.
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- No, no.
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We're never finished. Never!
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All France is fighting
against the enemy.
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Your sons gave their life
so this country might survive.
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I'm giving my life for it.
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And you cannot give up a horse?
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- One of you come
to the stables with me.
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[bell tolling]
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[bell ringing]
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[grunts]
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- Madame, it's Joseph!
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The Emperor's brother!
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Open the door, please!
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- You've had news
of His Majesty?
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- Yes. Well, no.
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It's all terribly confusing.
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But you must leave
Paris right away.
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- What?
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- The enemy is
at the gates of the city.
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All of them! The Russians,
the Austrians, the Prussians!
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Please! Take the child and flee!
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- Flee? of I leave,
the population will think
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they have been abandoned!
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And their despair
will cause more damage
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than the enemy's cannons.
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I swore to wait here
for Napoleon to return.
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Otherwise, the Empire will be lost!
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- Madame, it's an order
from the Emperor,
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dated the 8th of February 1814.
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''of the enemies
march in Paris
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''with troops that
cannot be resisted--''
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which is the present
situation, Madame--
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''then send my wife and child away.
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''l would rather know that my son
was drowned in the Seine
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''than in the hands
of France's enemies.''
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You recognize
His Majesty's writing?
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- Yes, but not his mind.
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Napoleon cannot want
his son's death.
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- Only as a last resort,
if escape is impossible!
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But it will be possible!
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I've arranged everything
for your departure.
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- What about him? Where's he?
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At the head of his armies,
l suppose.
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[scoffs]
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- His armies.
What's left of them.
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- Go! Find the little King of Rome.
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Get him ready for a journey.
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Where have you arranged
for me to go?
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- To Blois,
on the banks of the Loire.
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- Very well. But I warn you,
I shall not stay there.
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I shall join the Emperor
wherever he is.
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He cannot bear to be
parted from his son for long.
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And you, Monsieur,
can I count on you
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to assure the defence of Paris
till the bitter end?
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- I hope you do not doubt
my courage, Madame.
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[thunder clap]
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- We need the horses.
It is very urgent...
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- l've already told you,
I have none to give you.
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- Please, Sire.
I don't want to force you.
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[discussion continues
in distance]
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- You can have them.
258
00:22:16,847 --> 00:22:18,002
- OK. Thanks.
259
00:22:22,427 --> 00:22:24,750
They have agreed
to give us fresh horses!
260
00:22:24,821 --> 00:22:26,405
We can be in Paris
in an hour.
261
00:22:27,677 --> 00:22:30,531
- They are not shouting
''Long live the Emperor.''
262
00:22:34,255 --> 00:22:35,614
It's the first time.
263
00:22:35,717 --> 00:22:37,834
- Well, Sire...
264
00:22:44,421 --> 00:22:47,172
- General Beliard?
What are you doing here?
265
00:22:47,277 --> 00:22:48,794
- Marshall Marmont's orders, Sire.
266
00:22:48,871 --> 00:22:50,989
I have come to find
housing for the troops
267
00:22:51,063 --> 00:22:52,786
who will evacuate the capital.
268
00:22:52,892 --> 00:22:54,511
- Evacuate the capital?
269
00:22:54,586 --> 00:22:56,341
Are you mad, General?
270
00:22:56,412 --> 00:22:59,595
My brother Joseph is in charge
of the defence of Paris!
271
00:22:59,702 --> 00:23:01,323
- He has signed the surrender,
272
00:23:01,397 --> 00:23:04,013
and has given the order
to withdraw the troops.
273
00:23:10,997 --> 00:23:12,753
- Even the army has given up.
274
00:23:12,824 --> 00:23:15,802
But the people of Paris
have never let me down!
275
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,998
I will call them to take up arms,
276
00:23:18,073 --> 00:23:20,690
and drive out the enemy.
The Battle of Paris!
277
00:23:20,765 --> 00:23:22,950
- There will be
no Battle of Paris, Sire.
278
00:23:25,515 --> 00:23:28,801
It's too late. It's over.
279
00:23:29,867 --> 00:23:31,918
They've signed the surrender,
280
00:23:31,994 --> 00:23:35,345
and Your Majesty
is honour-bound to respect it.
281
00:23:36,146 --> 00:23:38,763
France has given her word, Sire.
282
00:23:59,567 --> 00:24:01,220
[clock ticking]
283
00:24:10,464 --> 00:24:13,511
- Even my bodyguard deserts me.
284
00:24:13,585 --> 00:24:14,946
[door closing]
285
00:24:21,693 --> 00:24:22,983
- Sire?
286
00:24:26,244 --> 00:24:29,166
The Cossacks have entered Paris.
287
00:24:44,083 --> 00:24:48,931
The people will agree to any
treason to protect the city.
288
00:24:51,159 --> 00:24:54,910
They even applauded
the Allies' decree
289
00:24:56,009 --> 00:24:58,297
demanding your abdication...
290
00:25:00,460 --> 00:25:03,779
abdication, under these conditions.
291
00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:07,562
[laughs]
292
00:25:07,637 --> 00:25:10,095
- I don't need to read it
293
00:25:10,163 --> 00:25:14,139
to know the conditions
are unacceptable.
294
00:25:18,633 --> 00:25:23,481
- Unappealing, perhaps,
Sire, but unacceptable...
295
00:25:25,046 --> 00:25:29,486
is a word that is no longer
in our vocabulary.
296
00:25:32,321 --> 00:25:34,075
You have to leave France.
297
00:25:35,609 --> 00:25:40,491
But they are granting you
sovereignty of the Isle of Elba.
298
00:25:43,682 --> 00:25:45,199
It's off the coast of Italy.
299
00:25:45,276 --> 00:25:48,562
- I know the place. It's a pebble.
300
00:25:50,692 --> 00:25:54,939
Napoleon, king of a pebble.
Grotesque!
301
00:25:59,662 --> 00:26:02,119
- Sire! There's a Polish lady who--
302
00:26:02,187 --> 00:26:04,338
- Countess Walewska.
303
00:26:05,941 --> 00:26:10,516
I gave everyone else so much,
and they all abandoned me.
304
00:26:12,319 --> 00:26:16,329
And I refused her the one thing
she desired the most,
305
00:26:16,406 --> 00:26:20,019
the sovereignty of
her beloved Poland,
306
00:26:21,787 --> 00:26:23,712
and yet she has come.
307
00:26:24,810 --> 00:26:26,928
- Shall I bring her in,
Your Majesty?
308
00:26:27,003 --> 00:26:28,023
- Yes.
309
00:26:29,859 --> 00:26:31,287
No!
310
00:26:32,717 --> 00:26:34,337
No, I can't see her.
311
00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,782
Tell her to go away.
312
00:26:40,856 --> 00:26:44,504
of they hear I have received her,
313
00:26:44,578 --> 00:26:46,299
they could use it as an excuse
314
00:26:46,370 --> 00:26:50,550
to stop me seeing Marie-Louise
and my son again.
315
00:26:52,285 --> 00:26:56,068
My conquerors are very petty,
Caulaincourt.
316
00:26:56,172 --> 00:26:58,686
Marie will understand.
317
00:26:59,924 --> 00:27:02,077
I'm sure she will.
318
00:27:05,938 --> 00:27:07,659
I'm sure she will.
319
00:27:25,439 --> 00:27:28,487
- What has been decreed for him?
320
00:27:28,895 --> 00:27:30,220
- Exile.
321
00:27:31,386 --> 00:27:32,313
- Forever?
322
00:27:32,382 --> 00:27:35,734
- It's out of his hands, Madame.
323
00:27:35,804 --> 00:27:38,228
But one can hardly imagine
the Emperor's agreeing
324
00:27:38,295 --> 00:27:41,274
to be a phantom king for long.
325
00:27:41,352 --> 00:27:43,244
They were allowing him
326
00:27:43,313 --> 00:27:46,562
to assemble a royal court...
of sorts.
327
00:27:46,634 --> 00:27:48,821
- Does that mean
I'd be able to visit him?
328
00:27:48,893 --> 00:27:50,048
- Oh, yes.
329
00:27:50,155 --> 00:27:54,007
Perhaps not right away, of course.
330
00:27:54,076 --> 00:27:55,763
But...
331
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,243
Madame...
332
00:28:02,845 --> 00:28:04,828
the Emperor, he...
333
00:28:06,069 --> 00:28:07,156
he...
334
00:28:10,255 --> 00:28:12,338
Madame, the Emperor loves y--
335
00:28:12,447 --> 00:28:13,963
- He loves me.
336
00:28:22,446 --> 00:28:24,599
Give this to the Emperor.
337
00:28:25,935 --> 00:28:29,548
Explain that it's not because
I'm angry with him,
338
00:28:29,623 --> 00:28:31,808
but because he might need it.
339
00:28:31,881 --> 00:28:35,734
I know his enemies.
They are mine too.
340
00:28:35,835 --> 00:28:41,046
They will strip him of everything,
introduce him to nothing.
341
00:28:42,146 --> 00:28:45,103
- Madame.
[clicks heels]
342
00:28:56,930 --> 00:28:58,855
[clock ticking]
343
00:28:58,923 --> 00:29:02,107
[Napoleon:]
My sweet Marie-Louise.
344
00:29:02,180 --> 00:29:05,725
I love you more
than anything in the world.
345
00:29:05,801 --> 00:29:08,621
Know that my misfortunes
trouble me
346
00:29:08,691 --> 00:29:11,580
only because
they make you suffer.
347
00:29:11,648 --> 00:29:13,970
Kiss your son for me.
348
00:29:15,069 --> 00:29:17,855
Farewell, dear Marie-Louise.
349
00:29:17,926 --> 00:29:19,320
I am yours.
350
00:29:51,081 --> 00:29:52,406
[Napoleon groaning]
351
00:29:52,476 --> 00:29:54,061
- Your Majesty?
352
00:29:54,137 --> 00:29:55,792
[coughing]
353
00:29:57,394 --> 00:29:58,854
Your Majesty-- oh my God!
354
00:29:59,951 --> 00:30:01,311
Your Majesty!
355
00:30:01,379 --> 00:30:02,343
[groaning]
356
00:30:04,701 --> 00:30:06,820
Help! Help!
357
00:30:06,928 --> 00:30:08,151
Sire...
358
00:30:10,084 --> 00:30:11,839
Go get Dr. Ivan! Rush!
359
00:30:11,911 --> 00:30:13,167
[groaning]
360
00:30:16,396 --> 00:30:18,581
- Sire? What's happening?
361
00:30:18,688 --> 00:30:20,444
- Drink! He's poisoned himself.
362
00:30:20,548 --> 00:30:21,975
- Sire?
363
00:30:22,708 --> 00:30:24,600
Yes!
364
00:30:26,595 --> 00:30:30,344
Sire! Sire!
365
00:30:31,744 --> 00:30:34,961
Sire! Sire!
366
00:31:12,739 --> 00:31:16,522
- These beans remind
me of Corsica.
367
00:31:16,592 --> 00:31:18,382
So does the sun.
368
00:31:18,453 --> 00:31:21,376
Many things here
remind me of Corsica.
369
00:31:21,442 --> 00:31:24,026
It's not so bad here.
370
00:31:25,861 --> 00:31:27,412
- We are so far away.
371
00:31:27,722 --> 00:31:29,411
- Far from what?
372
00:31:30,313 --> 00:31:34,028
Army tents in the mud, carriages
that people throw bombs at?
373
00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:36,059
Men who have betrayed you?
374
00:31:36,126 --> 00:31:38,516
Women who have been unfaithful?
375
00:31:39,583 --> 00:31:42,561
Ah, Napoleon, judging
from what l've seen,
376
00:31:42,638 --> 00:31:46,059
ruling over France brings
very little happiness.
377
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:49,602
- Ruling over this island
brings even less.
378
00:31:49,681 --> 00:31:53,193
- Ruling? But you're not ruling here.
379
00:31:53,668 --> 00:31:56,091
You're like a landowner,
380
00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,978
what you would have been
in Corsica if you had stayed.
381
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,522
- It was my father
who wanted me to be a soldier.
382
00:32:03,601 --> 00:32:06,524
He sent me to school in France,
383
00:32:06,591 --> 00:32:09,842
without asking me
if I wanted to go.
384
00:32:09,913 --> 00:32:11,962
- You would have left anyway.
385
00:32:12,072 --> 00:32:13,928
Our island was too small for you.
386
00:32:13,998 --> 00:32:15,788
You found even France too small,
387
00:32:15,860 --> 00:32:17,977
you had to make it
bigger and bigger.
388
00:32:18,086 --> 00:32:22,559
- Not to spread our borders,
but to spread our ideas!
389
00:32:22,636 --> 00:32:26,149
Our love of liberty,
our audacity, our youth!
390
00:32:26,224 --> 00:32:28,841
That's what I wanted to spread
throughout Europe.
391
00:32:28,915 --> 00:32:30,840
- And Europe didn't want your gift.
392
00:32:30,941 --> 00:32:33,197
Or maybe the colour
of the ribbon you tied
393
00:32:33,267 --> 00:32:35,918
was too much the colour of blood.
394
00:32:37,022 --> 00:32:38,878
- It was England
that didn't want it.
395
00:32:38,948 --> 00:32:41,733
The English plotted everything,
right from the start.
396
00:32:41,804 --> 00:32:43,198
of it had not been for them,
397
00:32:43,267 --> 00:32:46,314
I would never have
fought with Spain.
398
00:32:46,390 --> 00:32:48,372
The Czar would have
stayed my friend.
399
00:32:48,450 --> 00:32:50,409
And Austria would not
have forgotten
400
00:32:50,475 --> 00:32:52,164
that I was a part of the family.
401
00:32:52,237 --> 00:32:55,453
I'm sure it's the English who
are stopping my wife and son
402
00:32:55,526 --> 00:32:56,647
from coming to see me.
403
00:32:56,722 --> 00:33:00,198
- What makes you think
she wants to come here?
404
00:33:00,276 --> 00:33:02,791
Your wife's become Austrian again.
405
00:33:02,868 --> 00:33:05,949
You've seen the last
of her and your son.
406
00:33:22,502 --> 00:33:25,390
It's a beautiful day!
407
00:33:25,458 --> 00:33:28,607
You should try to enjoy
yourself a little.
408
00:33:32,302 --> 00:33:33,457
[lively music]
409
00:33:42,965 --> 00:33:44,585
[applause]
410
00:33:55,856 --> 00:33:58,314
[man laughing]
411
00:34:01,835 --> 00:34:05,654
- That signora is not dancing!
Do your duty, Cambronne.
412
00:34:05,723 --> 00:34:08,407
- But, Sire, she's
the fishmonger's wife.
413
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:13,123
- What of it? You're
the son of a wood merchant.
414
00:34:17,982 --> 00:34:20,993
- Would you give me
the pleasure of this dance, madame?
415
00:34:32,830 --> 00:34:35,085
[speaking in Latin]
416
00:34:35,422 --> 00:34:37,505
That's Latin. It means:
417
00:34:37,581 --> 00:34:40,627
''Napoleon is happy
wherever he is.''
418
00:34:40,704 --> 00:34:42,359
My new motto.
419
00:34:44,026 --> 00:34:47,639
- Sire, Cipriani has just
arrived from Genoa.
420
00:34:56,751 --> 00:34:58,902
- At last, you're here!
421
00:34:58,976 --> 00:35:00,492
No one suspected anything?
422
00:35:00,603 --> 00:35:02,687
- I introduced myself
as your steward,
423
00:35:02,796 --> 00:35:06,307
saying l'd come to buy goods
that can't be found on the island.
424
00:35:06,384 --> 00:35:08,933
As soon as you talk
business with the Genoese,
425
00:35:09,008 --> 00:35:10,232
they drop their guard.
426
00:35:10,372 --> 00:35:12,228
I have good news
and bad news for you.
427
00:35:12,298 --> 00:35:15,378
The good news is very good,
but the bad is worse than ever.
428
00:35:15,488 --> 00:35:17,004
- Start with the bad news.
429
00:35:17,081 --> 00:35:18,407
- The English don't believe
430
00:35:18,477 --> 00:35:21,061
you've resigned yourself
to ending your days here.
431
00:35:21,135 --> 00:35:22,720
The fact that the
Island of Elba
432
00:35:22,796 --> 00:35:25,252
is only three or four days by sea
from the French coast
433
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:26,679
keeps them awake at night.
434
00:35:26,749 --> 00:35:29,105
They are planning to send
you to another island.
435
00:35:29,175 --> 00:35:31,758
- They cannot do that!
436
00:35:33,226 --> 00:35:35,153
The Island of Elba
was assigned to me
437
00:35:35,220 --> 00:35:38,007
by an international treaty,
signed by all the powers!
438
00:35:38,079 --> 00:35:39,471
- The English don't care.
439
00:35:39,539 --> 00:35:40,865
They plan to capture you
440
00:35:40,935 --> 00:35:43,052
and smuggle you in
secret to St. Helena.
441
00:35:43,161 --> 00:35:44,416
- St. Helena?
442
00:35:44,589 --> 00:35:47,069
- It's in the middle of
the south Atlantic Ocean,
443
00:35:47,147 --> 00:35:49,367
thousands of miles
from all inhabited land.
444
00:35:49,439 --> 00:35:51,523
- What's the good news?
445
00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:54,317
It had better be good,
to make up for that one.
446
00:35:54,422 --> 00:35:56,937
- I think Your Majesty
will appreciate it.
447
00:35:57,047 --> 00:35:59,131
According to my informers,
448
00:35:59,206 --> 00:36:02,253
the situation in France
is turning very bad, very fast.
449
00:36:02,330 --> 00:36:05,547
After welcoming the Russians
and Austrians as liberators,
450
00:36:05,619 --> 00:36:07,601
the people can't
stand them anymore.
451
00:36:07,678 --> 00:36:10,227
The Emperor was right
to want to gut them,
452
00:36:10,303 --> 00:36:11,661
is what they're saying.
453
00:36:11,764 --> 00:36:16,375
As for King Louis XVIll, opinion
is unanimous. They all hate him.
454
00:36:16,482 --> 00:36:20,265
So many Parisians have thrown
away their royalist badges
455
00:36:20,334 --> 00:36:22,883
that the main sewer is blocked up.
456
00:36:22,992 --> 00:36:25,315
- What I wouldn't give to see it.
457
00:36:25,384 --> 00:36:28,397
- What they wouldn't
give to see you, Sire.
458
00:36:28,474 --> 00:36:31,294
They want you back,
with all their hearts.
459
00:36:33,226 --> 00:36:37,201
- I have a brig and
a schooner at my disposal.
460
00:36:37,277 --> 00:36:39,894
Small ships, but built for speed.
461
00:36:39,968 --> 00:36:44,816
We might manage to slip
past the English fleet...
462
00:36:46,314 --> 00:36:49,293
if the night is dark enough.
463
00:36:58,738 --> 00:37:00,494
Come on.
464
00:37:02,027 --> 00:37:04,450
inform General Bertrand
we have news.
465
00:37:04,519 --> 00:37:07,373
Join me after
the ball, both of you.
466
00:37:07,476 --> 00:37:09,831
[new song begins]
467
00:37:13,589 --> 00:37:17,631
Will you give me
the honour of this dance?
468
00:37:21,495 --> 00:37:23,454
You have been crying,
my little Fanny.
469
00:37:25,516 --> 00:37:27,338
of Bertrand has been
unkind to you,
470
00:37:27,409 --> 00:37:29,301
just tell me
and I will punish him.
471
00:37:30,632 --> 00:37:32,749
I'll make you my mistress.
472
00:37:32,823 --> 00:37:35,043
- I have been crying, Sire.
473
00:37:35,116 --> 00:37:39,059
But my husband has nothing to do
with it. It's because of you.
474
00:37:39,169 --> 00:37:40,153
- Me?
475
00:37:40,232 --> 00:37:41,557
- Yes, Sire.
476
00:37:41,628 --> 00:37:44,244
When I think of the grief
I am going to cause you.
477
00:37:44,551 --> 00:37:47,474
I have received a letter from
France, from Caulaincourt.
478
00:37:47,542 --> 00:37:50,022
He should have written
to Your Majesty directly,
479
00:37:50,099 --> 00:37:52,024
instead of choosing me
as a messenger
480
00:37:52,092 --> 00:37:53,518
to bear you such sad news.
481
00:37:53,620 --> 00:37:58,039
- Nothing's happened
to my son or my wife?
482
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:03,085
Josephine?
483
00:38:03,187 --> 00:38:05,305
- Sire, she's dead.
484
00:38:05,413 --> 00:38:07,464
[echoing:] She's dead.
485
00:38:07,573 --> 00:38:10,189
At first they thought
she had caught a chill,
486
00:38:10,264 --> 00:38:11,850
but it was far worse than that.
487
00:38:11,925 --> 00:38:13,318
Purulent pharyngitis.
488
00:38:13,386 --> 00:38:16,604
Madame de Beauharnais
put up a very brave fight
489
00:38:16,676 --> 00:38:20,357
for several days, but
the fever got the better of her.
490
00:38:20,463 --> 00:38:22,580
Caulaincourt says
that her last words were:
491
00:38:22,655 --> 00:38:24,672
Bonaparte.
492
00:38:24,748 --> 00:38:26,730
[echoing:] Bonaparte.
493
00:38:26,842 --> 00:38:29,730
Bonaparte.
494
00:38:29,798 --> 00:38:31,848
Bonaparte.
495
00:38:33,486 --> 00:38:35,106
Bonaparte.
496
00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:36,143
- Sire.
497
00:38:39,831 --> 00:38:41,053
Sire?
498
00:38:44,216 --> 00:38:45,473
Sire?
499
00:39:01,094 --> 00:39:02,385
- Cambronne!
500
00:39:02,489 --> 00:39:04,606
Fetch the almanac.
501
00:39:04,681 --> 00:39:08,689
I want to know the date
of the next lunar eclipse.
502
00:39:09,763 --> 00:39:12,776
Gentlemen, I want the brig
L'Iconstant and the schooner
503
00:39:12,853 --> 00:39:16,296
moored in a quiet bay
outside the port.
504
00:39:16,374 --> 00:39:20,158
Have them repainted
to look like English ships.
505
00:39:24,481 --> 00:39:25,941
- Yes, Sire.
506
00:39:55,110 --> 00:39:56,538
- Row! Row!
507
00:40:15,608 --> 00:40:17,533
Row! Row!
508
00:40:19,595 --> 00:40:21,350
Men, haul her up!
509
00:40:23,780 --> 00:40:25,331
Come on, men!
510
00:40:26,106 --> 00:40:28,428
- Come on! Come on!
511
00:40:37,601 --> 00:40:40,386
Sire! We live close by,
512
00:40:40,491 --> 00:40:43,969
and my wife always has
a good fish soup on the fire.
513
00:40:44,046 --> 00:40:45,835
I'd be honoured if you'd wait
514
00:40:45,906 --> 00:40:48,454
for the rest of
your army at our house.
515
00:40:48,564 --> 00:40:50,115
- That is my army.
516
00:40:50,191 --> 00:40:51,448
- That's it?
517
00:40:51,519 --> 00:40:52,777
That's all
the men you have
518
00:40:52,850 --> 00:40:55,205
to drive out the King
and his bunch of scoundrels?
519
00:40:56,636 --> 00:41:00,386
Listen, if you need
more help, take my sons!
520
00:41:00,457 --> 00:41:02,416
They're only 9 and 10,
521
00:41:02,483 --> 00:41:04,703
but I'm sure they could
still be useful!
522
00:41:04,776 --> 00:41:06,599
- I have a blunderbuss
in my cabin!
523
00:41:06,670 --> 00:41:07,597
I'll get it!
524
00:41:07,666 --> 00:41:09,817
- You will not need a weapon!
525
00:41:09,891 --> 00:41:12,044
I intend to reclaim my throne
526
00:41:12,118 --> 00:41:15,663
without spilling a single
drop of French blood.
527
00:41:17,765 --> 00:41:20,846
[all:] Long live the Emperor!
528
00:41:29,293 --> 00:41:33,608
- Monsieur de Talleyrand-
Perigord, Prince de Benevent,
529
00:41:33,679 --> 00:41:37,189
begs Your Majesty
to grant him an audience.
530
00:41:37,265 --> 00:41:39,916
- Prince de Benevent,
and what else?
531
00:41:39,990 --> 00:41:43,036
Kindly oblige me by renouncing
those preposterous titles
532
00:41:43,113 --> 00:41:45,129
bestowed on you by the usurper.
533
00:41:45,206 --> 00:41:46,598
What's that?
534
00:41:46,667 --> 00:41:49,817
- A dispatch, Sire, from
the head of the telegram service,
535
00:41:49,891 --> 00:41:51,747
and judging by
the state he was in,
536
00:41:51,817 --> 00:41:53,368
it must be of
some importance.
537
00:41:53,445 --> 00:41:55,596
-[laughing:]
In a state?
538
00:41:55,670 --> 00:41:58,026
Was I in a state
during all those years
539
00:41:58,096 --> 00:42:01,743
that the odious Bonaparte spent
loitering in this armchair?
540
00:42:01,817 --> 00:42:05,066
I awaited my hour,
and my hour has come,
541
00:42:05,138 --> 00:42:07,099
and this armchair is mine now.
542
00:42:07,166 --> 00:42:09,917
It's exceedingly
uncomfortable, actually.
543
00:42:09,989 --> 00:42:11,811
I shall have it upholstered.
544
00:42:11,882 --> 00:42:14,170
Do you know what's
in this dispatch of yours?
545
00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:16,200
- I do not, Sire.
546
00:42:16,268 --> 00:42:20,210
- Bonaparte has
landed in Provence.
547
00:42:20,287 --> 00:42:25,102
Take it to the Minister of War.
He will know what to do.
548
00:42:40,387 --> 00:42:41,847
- Have you heard the rumour?
549
00:42:41,914 --> 00:42:43,466
Napoleon
has escaped from Elba.
550
00:42:43,543 --> 00:42:46,465
The English were fools
to leave him on an island!
551
00:42:46,532 --> 00:42:49,454
A man like that should be
locked up in a fortress!
552
00:42:49,555 --> 00:42:52,410
- One will need to catch him
before one locks him up.
553
00:42:52,513 --> 00:42:54,992
- That won't be a problem
with a regiment!
554
00:42:55,070 --> 00:42:57,121
I'm on my way to
the King right now
555
00:42:57,195 --> 00:42:59,088
to offer to take charge of this.
556
00:42:59,156 --> 00:43:01,943
I will bring that madman
back in an iron cage!
557
00:43:02,047 --> 00:43:04,006
- Don't you think it
would be better
558
00:43:04,073 --> 00:43:05,862
to bring him back
dead, on a cart?
559
00:43:05,966 --> 00:43:08,854
- It would be wasteful.
Parisians adore sensations.
560
00:43:08,923 --> 00:43:12,038
They would love seeing him
in a cage, gripping the bars
561
00:43:12,113 --> 00:43:14,695
and roaring like
the bloodthirsty beast he is.
562
00:43:14,804 --> 00:43:16,265
- I'm curious, Ney.
563
00:43:16,332 --> 00:43:19,481
Why such hatred after
so much devotion?
564
00:43:19,554 --> 00:43:22,668
- I could ask you
the same question.
565
00:43:22,743 --> 00:43:24,635
- I only ever served him.
566
00:43:24,737 --> 00:43:28,883
Changing masters is natural for
a servant. But you loved him.
567
00:43:28,989 --> 00:43:30,449
People say one of the reasons
568
00:43:30,517 --> 00:43:32,635
he tried to kill himself
in Fontainebleau
569
00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:34,692
was because you'd deserted him.
570
00:43:34,803 --> 00:43:37,987
- Nonsense! I was not
the only one to take my leave.
571
00:43:38,059 --> 00:43:39,417
He lost almost everyone
572
00:43:39,487 --> 00:43:41,707
who believed in him
and followed him.
573
00:43:41,845 --> 00:43:45,855
- And what if he seduces
them once again?
574
00:43:45,965 --> 00:43:48,752
- With what? Napoleon
is a wanted man now.
575
00:43:48,856 --> 00:43:50,249
Alone and on the run,
576
00:43:50,317 --> 00:43:52,967
with nothing but
the boots on his feet!
577
00:44:40,249 --> 00:44:44,033
- Sire, I beg you.
Take cover behind your men!
578
00:44:44,103 --> 00:44:47,285
Let me try to talk to them.
579
00:44:47,358 --> 00:44:51,742
- With a gun in your hand?
Put it away, Cambronne.
580
00:44:51,810 --> 00:44:53,236
- But, Sire!
581
00:44:53,338 --> 00:44:54,731
Ah, shh--
582
00:44:56,527 --> 00:44:58,385
- I beg your pardon?
583
00:44:58,454 --> 00:44:59,914
- Nothing.
584
00:44:59,982 --> 00:45:03,664
- I recognize their insignias.
It's the 5th of the Line.
585
00:45:03,770 --> 00:45:05,320
And Ney is in command!
586
00:45:05,397 --> 00:45:06,790
- Soldiers!
587
00:45:07,125 --> 00:45:08,416
Prepare to fire!
588
00:45:14,567 --> 00:45:16,821
[guns cocking]
589
00:45:23,669 --> 00:45:25,923
- Soldiers! Lower arms!
590
00:45:33,635 --> 00:45:35,220
Marshall Ney!
591
00:45:37,024 --> 00:45:39,505
Soldiers of the 5th of the Line!
592
00:45:40,612 --> 00:45:42,435
I am your Emperor.
593
00:45:44,266 --> 00:45:45,692
- On my command,
594
00:45:46,990 --> 00:45:47,976
fire!
595
00:46:02,338 --> 00:46:05,884
Take the names of all
who refused to shoot!
596
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:07,851
They will be charged
with mutiny
597
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:09,971
in the face of
the enemy, and shot!
598
00:46:10,079 --> 00:46:12,468
Men to replace the mutineers!
599
00:46:16,624 --> 00:46:18,414
- Soldiers!
600
00:46:19,248 --> 00:46:22,567
of any one of you wants
to kill his Emperor,
601
00:46:22,636 --> 00:46:23,962
here I am.
602
00:46:40,012 --> 00:46:41,370
[cheering]
603
00:47:09,545 --> 00:47:11,437
- Well! You took your time, Ney.
604
00:47:11,505 --> 00:47:14,823
You always used to be the first
to come for my orders.
605
00:47:14,927 --> 00:47:17,214
Keep your sword, you fool.
606
00:47:17,318 --> 00:47:20,298
How will you be able to defend
your Emperor without it?
607
00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:24,226
[soldiers cheering]
608
00:47:25,524 --> 00:47:27,507
- You're right, Sire!
609
00:47:27,585 --> 00:47:30,270
Paris is still a good way off.
610
00:47:30,342 --> 00:47:33,694
Officers and soldiers
of the 5th of the Line!
611
00:47:33,763 --> 00:47:35,780
In force! Music at the head!
612
00:47:35,857 --> 00:47:38,712
And tear up those rags,
for God's sake!
613
00:47:38,780 --> 00:47:41,600
The tricolour or nothing!
614
00:47:41,703 --> 00:47:43,324
[cheering]
615
00:48:01,137 --> 00:48:03,754
- I asked you to come,
my dear architect,
616
00:48:03,828 --> 00:48:06,445
because there are too
many things in here
617
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:10,666
that remind me of the usurper.
I cannot concentrate.
618
00:48:10,739 --> 00:48:14,160
I would be grateful if
you would change the furniture,
619
00:48:14,227 --> 00:48:17,184
hang new curtains,
and repaint the walls.
620
00:48:17,251 --> 00:48:19,210
- Repaint the walls, Sire?
621
00:48:19,277 --> 00:48:21,133
By the time they are dry--
622
00:48:21,237 --> 00:48:23,059
- I have learned to be patient.
623
00:48:23,130 --> 00:48:25,181
I waited many years
for my throne.
624
00:48:25,257 --> 00:48:26,581
- Yes, of course, Sire.
625
00:48:26,652 --> 00:48:29,699
But it is said that
Bonaparte has crossed Lyon.
626
00:48:30,771 --> 00:48:32,526
- What of it?
627
00:48:32,598 --> 00:48:35,112
How does that affect my paint?
628
00:48:40,837 --> 00:48:43,125
[horses passing]
629
00:48:44,725 --> 00:48:47,341
- It's him! It's him, it's Napoleon!
630
00:48:50,073 --> 00:48:51,589
[cheering]
631
00:49:05,388 --> 00:49:06,644
- Out.
632
00:49:09,108 --> 00:49:11,226
Your Majesty.
[grunts]
633
00:49:11,833 --> 00:49:14,188
Tomorrow, monsieur, tomorrow.
634
00:49:14,258 --> 00:49:16,409
It is well past my bedtime.
635
00:49:16,484 --> 00:49:20,098
- Your Majesty, Napoleon has
already reached Fontainebleau.
636
00:49:20,172 --> 00:49:22,255
He's marching on Paris.
637
00:49:24,457 --> 00:49:27,209
- So it's all over, is it?
638
00:49:27,280 --> 00:49:32,457
All by himself, that man
has retaken France.
639
00:49:32,530 --> 00:49:35,384
Who would have thought it?
640
00:49:38,942 --> 00:49:41,456
- We must go, Your Majesty.
641
00:49:41,533 --> 00:49:45,247
- But I would so
much rather go to bed.
642
00:49:46,648 --> 00:49:49,696
- l've made all the arrangements
for Your Majesty's flight.
643
00:49:49,772 --> 00:49:52,988
- Departure, Monsieur.
I'm not Louis XVI,
644
00:49:53,060 --> 00:49:56,447
and I have no intention of
restaging that shabby drama
645
00:49:56,517 --> 00:49:58,170
of the flight to Varennes!
646
00:50:01,499 --> 00:50:02,620
Quickly, quickly!
647
00:50:02,694 --> 00:50:04,949
My poor wretched feet.
I'm out of bed.
648
00:50:06,282 --> 00:50:09,171
And on top of everything,
it's raining!
649
00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:12,353
Oh! Oh!
Push! Push me!
650
00:50:13,293 --> 00:50:15,717
Push me. Push me again.
651
00:50:20,834 --> 00:50:23,517
- Wherever you may go, Sire,
652
00:50:23,590 --> 00:50:25,573
I will join you.
653
00:50:25,651 --> 00:50:29,093
- Say no more, Monsieur
de Talleyrand, I beg you.
654
00:50:33,557 --> 00:50:35,777
[thunder clap]
655
00:50:37,278 --> 00:50:39,327
- of the need arises.
656
00:50:54,554 --> 00:50:56,013
[cheering]
657
00:51:02,128 --> 00:51:05,084
- Do you hear that,
Caulaincourt?
658
00:51:05,151 --> 00:51:07,234
I have never known
such enthusiasm.
659
00:51:07,310 --> 00:51:09,292
Not even the day
after Austerlitz,
660
00:51:09,369 --> 00:51:11,658
not even at
the coronation, gentlemen.
661
00:51:11,762 --> 00:51:13,347
- While France exalts, Sire,
662
00:51:13,423 --> 00:51:14,883
England mobilizes troops.
663
00:51:14,950 --> 00:51:16,672
And they are not alone.
664
00:51:16,745 --> 00:51:19,758
Austria, Prussia, and almost
certain, Russia too.
665
00:51:19,834 --> 00:51:22,349
- You have a new coalition
against you, Sire.
666
00:51:22,426 --> 00:51:23,887
- For what?
667
00:51:23,954 --> 00:51:27,035
To put that old King
back on the throne?
668
00:51:27,109 --> 00:51:28,797
- He's meaningless, Sire.
669
00:51:28,871 --> 00:51:30,887
It's you they want
to catch and cage.
670
00:51:30,963 --> 00:51:33,320
- Ney also said he
would put me in a cage!
671
00:51:33,389 --> 00:51:35,178
And I had him eating
out of my hand.
672
00:51:35,249 --> 00:51:38,262
And they will be all eating out
of my hand at the first victory.
673
00:51:38,339 --> 00:51:41,193
- Victory? You mean war again?
674
00:51:41,263 --> 00:51:44,546
- I have no choice.
They're always attacking me.
675
00:51:44,617 --> 00:51:50,156
I've always wanted peace,
and they prevent me every time.
676
00:51:50,232 --> 00:51:55,080
- Sire! Marshall Murat
wishes to see Your Majesty.
677
00:51:55,149 --> 00:51:56,633
- Murat.
678
00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:07,733
[door opening]
679
00:52:28,470 --> 00:52:29,863
- Here I am, Sire.
680
00:52:29,931 --> 00:52:31,551
- So I see.
681
00:52:34,515 --> 00:52:37,834
What about the reinforcements
682
00:52:37,904 --> 00:52:39,761
you were bringing back from Naples?
683
00:52:39,831 --> 00:52:42,481
- That was almost a year ago!
684
00:52:42,555 --> 00:52:43,982
- Yes.
685
00:52:44,782 --> 00:52:47,331
Yes, almost exactly.
686
00:52:47,439 --> 00:52:51,119
- It's been a bad year
for both of us, Sire.
687
00:52:51,192 --> 00:52:54,239
But misfortune
has brought some good.
688
00:52:54,316 --> 00:52:57,566
When I lost my crown
as King of Naples,
689
00:52:57,638 --> 00:52:59,823
I became plain Murat again.
690
00:52:59,897 --> 00:53:03,148
Marshall Murat.
Murat the cavalryman!
691
00:53:03,253 --> 00:53:06,005
Whom you will need
for the war ahead of us.
692
00:53:06,076 --> 00:53:07,332
- Need?
693
00:53:08,401 --> 00:53:09,624
I think not.
694
00:53:09,697 --> 00:53:11,555
Neither need nor want.
695
00:53:11,624 --> 00:53:14,104
Thank you for offering
your services,
696
00:53:14,182 --> 00:53:16,299
but it is one year too late.
697
00:53:16,374 --> 00:53:18,594
- Do you feel as bitter as that?
698
00:53:18,699 --> 00:53:20,286
- Bitter?
699
00:53:20,361 --> 00:53:22,841
I gave you my sister,
I made you King,
700
00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:24,176
and you betrayed me.
701
00:53:24,247 --> 00:53:25,833
How should I feel, Murat?
702
00:53:25,910 --> 00:53:28,889
How can you even look at me?
703
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:32,816
Ney will take your place
at the head of the cavalry.
704
00:53:38,799 --> 00:53:40,849
[horses galloping]
705
00:53:52,752 --> 00:53:55,073
[Napoleon:]
We will confront regiments
706
00:53:55,143 --> 00:53:58,123
from Hanover and Brunswick,
Bavaria and Wurttemberg,
707
00:53:58,200 --> 00:53:59,492
Hesse and the Piedmonts,
708
00:53:59,563 --> 00:54:02,779
Holland, Belgium,
Prussia and Russia,
709
00:54:02,850 --> 00:54:04,073
Austria and the English.
710
00:54:04,147 --> 00:54:07,795
- 700,000 of them,
only 200,000 of us.
711
00:54:07,869 --> 00:54:10,292
- 700,000 once
they have joined together.
712
00:54:10,359 --> 00:54:12,148
We must attack
them separately,
713
00:54:12,220 --> 00:54:14,699
and fight the Prussian
army under Blucher,
714
00:54:14,777 --> 00:54:16,998
and the English army
under Wellington,
715
00:54:17,070 --> 00:54:18,859
before they can
combine forces.
716
00:54:18,964 --> 00:54:20,889
I hand the Prussians
over to you, Grouchy.
717
00:54:20,991 --> 00:54:21,974
- Thank you, Sire.
718
00:54:22,917 --> 00:54:26,202
- And the English to you, Ney.
- With pleasure, Sire.
719
00:54:28,830 --> 00:54:31,582
[bagpipes playing]
720
00:54:33,980 --> 00:54:35,407
- Attack!
721
00:54:56,902 --> 00:54:58,794
- Has Ney lost his mind?
722
00:54:58,862 --> 00:55:00,154
I didn't give the order yet!
723
00:55:00,225 --> 00:55:01,516
Never, never charge infantry
724
00:55:01,587 --> 00:55:04,067
before they've been broken up
by a round of shells!
725
00:55:04,145 --> 00:55:06,930
- I heard him say he wanted
to earn his reputation
726
00:55:07,001 --> 00:55:09,118
as the best cavalry
officer in the army
727
00:55:09,194 --> 00:55:12,275
by leading a wonderful charge.
728
00:55:13,347 --> 00:55:15,169
- A brilliant massacre!
729
00:55:15,240 --> 00:55:18,320
Who could cost us the battle as well
as the future of France!
730
00:55:18,396 --> 00:55:19,620
Send for Grouchy!
731
00:55:19,693 --> 00:55:21,980
He will have finished
with the Prussians by now.
732
00:55:22,052 --> 00:55:25,132
He must direct his movements
to fall on Wellington's left wing.
733
00:55:25,207 --> 00:55:26,497
- Yes, Sire.
734
00:55:39,624 --> 00:55:41,346
[cannon blasts]
735
00:55:42,449 --> 00:55:45,461
- Marshall Grouchy,
do you hear the cannons?
736
00:55:45,538 --> 00:55:46,795
- Yes, I'm not deaf!
737
00:55:46,866 --> 00:55:48,056
- It is the Emperor.
738
00:55:48,129 --> 00:55:50,349
He's engaging the English.
We must join him!
739
00:55:50,455 --> 00:55:53,773
- My orders are
to pursue the Prussians,
740
00:55:53,843 --> 00:55:55,327
so I'm pursuing the Prussians!
741
00:55:55,405 --> 00:55:57,093
- How do you know
they're up ahead
742
00:55:57,166 --> 00:55:58,558
and not spread around us?
743
00:55:58,627 --> 00:56:01,673
- I do not answer to you,
General, only to the Emperor!
744
00:56:01,750 --> 00:56:03,767
The Prussians are
over that hill,
745
00:56:03,844 --> 00:56:06,562
and I'm preparing
a big surprise for them.
746
00:56:06,635 --> 00:56:08,685
Go, ride!
747
00:56:13,144 --> 00:56:15,568
[cannons blasting]
748
00:56:26,401 --> 00:56:28,451
- Over there, Sire, over there!
749
00:56:28,527 --> 00:56:30,146
That cloud of dust!
750
00:56:30,221 --> 00:56:31,976
- An army on the march.
751
00:56:32,047 --> 00:56:35,469
It's Grouchy bringing
us 30,000 more men.
752
00:56:35,537 --> 00:56:36,794
Victory!
753
00:56:36,865 --> 00:56:38,382
- Send out scouts immediately.
754
00:56:38,460 --> 00:56:40,509
Make sure it's
Marshall Grouchy's army!
755
00:56:40,585 --> 00:56:42,239
- What's gotten into all of you,
756
00:56:42,313 --> 00:56:45,756
taking initiative without
waiting for my orders?
757
00:56:45,834 --> 00:56:47,590
Do you doubt what
I see, Cambronne?
758
00:56:47,662 --> 00:56:48,816
Of course it's Grouchy!
759
00:56:48,891 --> 00:56:50,817
I called him back.
Where else could he be?
760
00:56:50,885 --> 00:56:52,811
- Order rescinded, Sire?
761
00:56:52,878 --> 00:56:55,630
- No, no, no. Send out
your scouts if it reassures you,
762
00:56:55,702 --> 00:56:57,286
if you're all so afraid!
763
00:56:57,362 --> 00:56:58,880
As soon as Grouchy arrives,
764
00:56:58,957 --> 00:57:02,106
tell him I'm waiting for him
at the Sainte La Haye farm.
765
00:57:02,180 --> 00:57:03,936
We will take it
from the English.
766
00:57:04,007 --> 00:57:05,830
- Yes, Sire.
767
00:57:58,124 --> 00:57:59,450
- Vive la France!
768
00:58:11,744 --> 00:58:14,100
- Sire, this prisoner
has just been captured.
769
00:58:14,169 --> 00:58:17,126
- I have no time now
to interrogate an English soldier.
770
00:58:17,194 --> 00:58:18,315
Have someone else.
771
00:58:18,390 --> 00:58:20,677
- He's not English, Sire.
He's Prussian.
772
00:58:20,748 --> 00:58:21,903
- Prussian?
773
00:58:22,011 --> 00:58:26,020
How can he be Prussian?
Where was he captured?
774
00:58:26,097 --> 00:58:29,076
- This army approaching us,
it's not Grouchy.
775
00:58:29,153 --> 00:58:31,804
It's the entire Prussian
army led by Blucher.
776
00:58:31,877 --> 00:58:34,234
- The Prussian army still exists?
777
00:58:34,302 --> 00:58:37,054
What is Grouchy doing?
What's happening?
778
00:58:37,127 --> 00:58:39,312
Why don't people
do what I say?
779
00:58:39,385 --> 00:58:42,307
Why can't I count on anyone?
780
00:58:42,375 --> 00:58:45,456
- Sire, we are all doing our best.
781
00:58:46,528 --> 00:58:48,316
- Yes, sorry.
782
00:58:48,388 --> 00:58:52,070
I know you're all putting
your hearts into it.
783
00:58:52,143 --> 00:58:53,297
Send in the guard!
784
00:58:53,372 --> 00:58:55,263
- They are the last troops we have.
785
00:58:55,332 --> 00:58:56,260
- I know!
786
00:58:57,491 --> 00:58:59,178
I know.
787
00:59:03,703 --> 00:59:05,629
[explosion]
788
00:59:29,151 --> 00:59:31,076
- Over here, soldiers!
789
00:59:31,144 --> 00:59:34,655
Come and see how a Marshall
of France meets his death!
790
00:59:34,731 --> 00:59:36,521
[shouting]
791
00:59:36,592 --> 00:59:39,017
[all shouting]
792
01:00:16,225 --> 01:00:18,513
- French soldiers!
793
01:00:19,980 --> 01:00:23,163
No one will ever
forget your courage,
794
01:00:23,235 --> 01:00:26,554
but it's time
to lay down your arms!
795
01:00:26,623 --> 01:00:28,515
- The hell it is!
796
01:00:28,584 --> 01:00:30,203
Charge!
797
01:00:30,311 --> 01:00:31,670
[men shouting]
798
01:00:42,271 --> 01:00:45,284
[bagpipes playing]
799
01:01:12,869 --> 01:01:14,556
- Form the square!
800
01:01:33,997 --> 01:01:36,012
Protect the retreat!
801
01:02:09,543 --> 01:02:13,621
We will block the road
to Charleroi to cover our retreat.
802
01:02:14,959 --> 01:02:16,613
Our retreat.
803
01:03:19,907 --> 01:03:22,364
[door opens and closes]
804
01:03:24,224 --> 01:03:27,939
The blow l've been
dealt this time...
805
01:03:29,008 --> 01:03:31,829
is mortal, Caulaincourt.
806
01:03:31,898 --> 01:03:33,258
Mortal.
807
01:03:39,008 --> 01:03:41,262
[thunder clap]
808
01:03:53,857 --> 01:03:56,112
[crowd cheering]
809
01:03:57,712 --> 01:03:59,897
[clock ticking]
810
01:03:59,971 --> 01:04:02,224
- Those people who
are cheering you,
811
01:04:02,296 --> 01:04:05,682
I hope you do not envision
calling them to arms, Sire.
812
01:04:05,752 --> 01:04:09,569
A few hundred Parisians
who are still unaware
813
01:04:09,639 --> 01:04:12,787
that Waterloo was
a complete disaster.
814
01:04:16,183 --> 01:04:21,426
- I have done all I can to heal
the scars of the Revolution.
815
01:04:21,497 --> 01:04:25,813
I will not reopen them
by provoking a civil war.
816
01:04:27,146 --> 01:04:29,728
- Then let's get this over with.
817
01:04:29,803 --> 01:04:34,312
The deputies have given you
one hour to sign your abdication.
818
01:04:34,389 --> 01:04:39,100
of you fail to do so,
they will depose you publicly.
819
01:04:41,696 --> 01:04:44,018
It will be painful for everyone.
820
01:04:44,089 --> 01:04:45,516
- Silence!
821
01:04:46,846 --> 01:04:50,198
I will not allow you
to dictate my conduct.
822
01:04:50,267 --> 01:04:53,915
Nothing can force me
to yield to your deputies!
823
01:04:53,989 --> 01:04:56,106
Yes, I say your deputies,
824
01:04:56,181 --> 01:05:01,028
because I believe it was you
who turned them against me!
825
01:05:01,098 --> 01:05:05,210
I don't care about them.
I challenge their vote!
826
01:05:05,284 --> 01:05:07,674
- That would be difficult.
827
01:05:07,742 --> 01:05:10,064
In fact, impossible.
828
01:05:14,120 --> 01:05:17,632
- Then I shall
dissolve the chamber.
829
01:05:17,708 --> 01:05:19,168
- The members have decreed
830
01:05:19,236 --> 01:05:22,023
that anyone who attempts
to dissolve the chamber
831
01:05:22,093 --> 01:05:23,747
will be considered a traitor.
832
01:05:27,741 --> 01:05:29,928
- You are the traitor.
833
01:05:33,488 --> 01:05:35,810
Stab me in the heart with this.
834
01:05:35,879 --> 01:05:39,527
It would be more loyal
than anything you've done.
835
01:05:39,601 --> 01:05:41,028
- Calm down.
836
01:05:41,096 --> 01:05:45,706
Worse things can happen
than falling from power.
837
01:05:45,781 --> 01:05:48,432
You have been through
this once before.
838
01:05:48,505 --> 01:05:52,684
- But I rose again in triumph,
839
01:05:52,757 --> 01:05:54,683
called back by the people.
840
01:05:54,783 --> 01:05:57,207
- It only lasted 100 days.
841
01:05:57,276 --> 01:06:00,492
Should that be called
rising again,
842
01:06:00,564 --> 01:06:03,486
or just a last, desperate leap?
843
01:06:06,477 --> 01:06:08,233
- Get out, Fouche.
844
01:06:08,339 --> 01:06:11,554
- Your humble servant, Sire...
845
01:06:11,626 --> 01:06:14,582
for the next 45 minutes.
846
01:06:14,649 --> 01:06:18,364
At which time, I shall
have to ask you to leave.
847
01:06:23,154 --> 01:06:26,734
- I should have had you hanged.
848
01:06:28,403 --> 01:06:30,951
- A topic for your memoirs, Sire.
849
01:07:18,267 --> 01:07:22,550
- Paris. June the 24th, 1815.
850
01:07:23,617 --> 01:07:26,267
People of France,
851
01:07:26,341 --> 01:07:30,918
I give myself up as a sacrifice
852
01:07:30,993 --> 01:07:35,138
to the hatred
of France's enemies.
853
01:07:36,341 --> 01:07:38,822
My political life is over.
854
01:07:40,394 --> 01:07:43,780
I abdicate
and I proclaim my son
855
01:07:43,849 --> 01:07:45,898
Emperor of the French,
856
01:07:46,573 --> 01:07:49,496
under the name of Napoleon II.
857
01:08:02,452 --> 01:08:06,962
My presence in Paris
could create disturbances,
858
01:08:07,337 --> 01:08:10,224
so I thought
to take refuge here.
859
01:08:10,293 --> 01:08:13,510
But Malmaison belongs to you,
and perhaps you don't want to--
860
01:08:13,581 --> 01:08:16,867
- Oh, I welcome
you with open arms, Sire.
861
01:08:16,937 --> 01:08:19,327
This is your home from now on.
862
01:08:19,395 --> 01:08:22,250
So redecorate,
move things around--
863
01:08:22,318 --> 01:08:25,140
- No, no.
I love this house as it is.
864
01:08:25,209 --> 01:08:28,030
Just as your mother
wanted it to be.
865
01:08:28,099 --> 01:08:31,350
And I shall stay only
a few days, anyway.
866
01:08:31,422 --> 01:08:32,972
I have great plans.
867
01:08:33,049 --> 01:08:35,473
- Please, Sire, I beg you.
Don't think of--
868
01:08:35,541 --> 01:08:39,188
- No, don't worry.
I have no desire to reign again.
869
01:08:39,261 --> 01:08:41,153
But I can't stand idleness!
870
01:08:41,221 --> 01:08:44,405
I shall go to America
and start a new career.
871
01:08:44,478 --> 01:08:46,494
Science, Hortense!
872
01:08:47,734 --> 01:08:50,485
I shall be able
to devote myself to science.
873
01:08:50,557 --> 01:08:53,140
It's what I have dreamed
about for so long.
874
01:08:53,215 --> 01:08:55,695
I shall cross
the continent of America
875
01:08:55,773 --> 01:08:59,658
from the north of Canada
to the south of the Land of Fire.
876
01:08:59,726 --> 01:09:03,112
And this great journey
will keep me busy for years,
877
01:09:03,181 --> 01:09:05,966
and will give me
the chance to study
878
01:09:06,038 --> 01:09:09,424
all the psychical
phenomena of the planet.
879
01:09:09,493 --> 01:09:12,744
I want history to remember me
as a great scientific mind,
880
01:09:12,816 --> 01:09:14,299
and forget...
881
01:09:15,374 --> 01:09:17,230
I was also an Emperor.
882
01:09:27,333 --> 01:09:28,726
[sighs]
883
01:10:30,753 --> 01:10:32,213
- Thank you.
884
01:10:35,038 --> 01:10:36,555
[door opening]
885
01:10:39,059 --> 01:10:41,380
Ah, pull up a stool, Cipriani,
886
01:10:41,450 --> 01:10:43,138
and try some of this.
887
01:10:43,210 --> 01:10:46,291
We will never find, mmm,
888
01:10:46,366 --> 01:10:48,722
fish soup like this in America.
889
01:10:48,791 --> 01:10:50,909
- We're not in America yet, Sire.
890
01:10:50,983 --> 01:10:54,133
There's an English fleet
cruising off the coast
891
01:10:54,207 --> 01:10:56,495
under orders
to inspect all vessels
892
01:10:56,565 --> 01:10:58,491
sailing under the French flag.
893
01:10:58,558 --> 01:11:02,739
- Hmm. I would have taken
the same precautions myself.
894
01:11:02,812 --> 01:11:04,328
Very well.
895
01:11:04,405 --> 01:11:07,588
We cannot escape by sea.
What about over land?
896
01:11:07,661 --> 01:11:10,016
- Hmm. l've come from Rochefort.
897
01:11:10,086 --> 01:11:14,402
The whole town is teeming
with troops sent by Louis XVIll.
898
01:11:14,472 --> 01:11:16,193
- Anything would be better
899
01:11:16,265 --> 01:11:19,221
than falling into
the hands of that fat pig.
900
01:11:19,289 --> 01:11:21,645
- I have thought of a plan.
901
01:11:21,714 --> 01:11:23,502
We can hide you in a barrel,
902
01:11:23,574 --> 01:11:27,221
and load it on a small fishing
boat carrying salted cod.
903
01:11:27,295 --> 01:11:28,779
The English will let it through.
904
01:11:28,856 --> 01:11:32,299
And then we will join a ship
chartered by your brother Joseph.
905
01:11:32,378 --> 01:11:33,862
I've spoken to some fishermen.
906
01:11:33,939 --> 01:11:37,054
- Napoleon Bonaparte a stowaway?
I was crowned Emperor,
907
01:11:37,129 --> 01:11:40,017
and will remain Emperor
until the end of my life.
908
01:11:40,119 --> 01:11:43,471
Abdication or no
abdication, I am France,
909
01:11:43,540 --> 01:11:47,119
and France doesn't flee
in a barrel of cod.
910
01:11:47,195 --> 01:11:50,084
- But you can't just stay
here until they capture you!
911
01:11:50,152 --> 01:11:51,974
- I could take the initiative,
912
01:11:52,045 --> 01:11:54,230
and appeal
to our opponents' honour.
913
01:11:54,303 --> 01:11:56,626
- Hand yourself over
to the English,
914
01:11:56,697 --> 01:11:59,743
who fought you
with such hatred?
915
01:11:59,819 --> 01:12:03,670
- My real crime in their eyes
was overthrowing tradition,
916
01:12:03,739 --> 01:12:05,165
not conquering Europe.
917
01:12:05,233 --> 01:12:08,587
I'm prepared to swear
that I will never again act,
918
01:12:08,656 --> 01:12:11,839
in word or in deed,
against their damn monarchy.
919
01:12:11,911 --> 01:12:16,329
I will even swear
to stay away from America.
920
01:12:16,396 --> 01:12:19,284
What I want is...
921
01:12:19,353 --> 01:12:22,739
a little house in
the countryside, near London.
922
01:12:22,808 --> 01:12:25,731
A cottage, a garden...
923
01:12:27,126 --> 01:12:29,086
and a few rose bushes.
924
01:12:31,013 --> 01:12:33,096
How can they refuse?
925
01:12:35,399 --> 01:12:40,281
It's probably the last important
decision I shall ever make.
926
01:12:40,349 --> 01:12:43,272
And it may well be the wisest.
927
01:13:02,906 --> 01:13:04,990
[fire crackling]
928
01:13:06,793 --> 01:13:09,148
And you know
the rest, Miss Betsy.
929
01:13:09,218 --> 01:13:12,764
When the English ship
I had boarded in trust
930
01:13:12,840 --> 01:13:14,765
reached Plymouth Harbour,
931
01:13:14,832 --> 01:13:17,346
the First Sea Lord informed me
932
01:13:17,424 --> 01:13:20,313
that I was not
allowed to disembark,
933
01:13:20,381 --> 01:13:25,160
scorning all laws of honour
and staining her flag forever.
934
01:13:25,231 --> 01:13:27,281
England went back
on her word,
935
01:13:27,357 --> 01:13:30,370
and turned me from
a guest into a prisoner,
936
01:13:30,446 --> 01:13:33,663
under house arrest
on the Island of St. Helena.
937
01:13:33,736 --> 01:13:35,662
- But St. Helena is better
938
01:13:35,729 --> 01:13:38,742
than being locked up
in an English prison
939
01:13:38,819 --> 01:13:40,404
or sent off to Russia!
940
01:13:40,480 --> 01:13:41,906
- St. Helena is a prison.
941
01:13:41,974 --> 01:13:45,621
Your presence is the only thing
that makes it bearable for me.
942
01:13:46,857 --> 01:13:49,870
- Yes. We're really
good friends now.
943
01:13:49,947 --> 01:13:53,990
When I think how scared of
you I was in the beginning!
944
01:13:54,067 --> 01:13:56,956
But this is the last
time we'll see each other.
945
01:13:57,025 --> 01:13:59,742
- Oh, this is another
one of your jokes.
946
01:13:59,814 --> 01:14:01,240
Weren't you satisfied
947
01:14:01,309 --> 01:14:04,730
burning my fingers
with candle wax the other day?
948
01:14:04,796 --> 01:14:07,686
What a wicked little
English girl you are!
949
01:14:09,149 --> 01:14:11,165
- We're going back to England.
950
01:14:11,243 --> 01:14:13,225
My father has been
posted to London.
951
01:14:18,750 --> 01:14:21,332
- At Hudson Lowe's request.
952
01:14:21,806 --> 01:14:24,956
He's doing all he can to isolate me,
953
01:14:25,030 --> 01:14:27,782
sending away everyone
I care for.
954
01:14:28,849 --> 01:14:30,435
I know what he's doing.
955
01:14:30,510 --> 01:14:34,294
Once there are no witnesses,
he will be free to carry out his...
956
01:14:35,660 --> 01:14:37,019
evil deed.
957
01:14:38,085 --> 01:14:40,169
- What evil deed?
958
01:14:40,244 --> 01:14:41,433
[laughs]
959
01:14:41,507 --> 01:14:42,833
The Governor is a goose!
960
01:14:42,902 --> 01:14:45,824
He's too silly to be
as devilish as you think he is!
961
01:14:45,892 --> 01:14:49,642
- He wants to kill me, Miss Betsy...
962
01:14:49,712 --> 01:14:53,325
by poisoning me
in small doses.
963
01:14:53,400 --> 01:14:56,718
I don't know how he's
doing it, but the fact is...
964
01:14:56,788 --> 01:15:01,138
I'm growing weaker every day.
965
01:15:02,237 --> 01:15:04,026
At night...
966
01:15:05,127 --> 01:15:08,740
I have such pains in my stomach
967
01:15:08,815 --> 01:15:12,032
that I have to bite my sheets...
968
01:15:12,104 --> 01:15:14,493
to keep from screaming.
969
01:15:16,887 --> 01:15:18,280
In London...
970
01:15:20,044 --> 01:15:22,400
when you hear of my death...
971
01:15:23,333 --> 01:15:26,255
remember what l've
told you today.
972
01:15:26,322 --> 01:15:30,638
Remember everything l've told
you during these last three years,
973
01:15:31,206 --> 01:15:34,682
when you were kind enough
to keep me company so often.
974
01:15:39,113 --> 01:15:42,363
Will you be my message
in a bottle?
975
01:15:42,435 --> 01:15:46,251
Tell them all that
they were wrong about me.
976
01:15:48,382 --> 01:15:51,066
That I'm not a monster.
977
01:15:55,391 --> 01:15:57,645
Ah, we can't have
you going away
978
01:15:57,717 --> 01:16:00,197
with such a gloomy
impression of me.
979
01:16:00,274 --> 01:16:03,955
And it's gloomy in here too,
so, Marchand, the lamp!
980
01:16:04,028 --> 01:16:07,415
- No, l'll do it!
Let me give you some light.
981
01:16:07,484 --> 01:16:11,901
I'm afraid it's all I can
give you as a parting gift.
982
01:16:13,961 --> 01:16:16,782
Have you finished
dictating your memoirs?
983
01:16:16,852 --> 01:16:18,109
- Almost.
984
01:16:19,178 --> 01:16:21,691
- And what have you
said about me?
985
01:16:21,802 --> 01:16:23,728
- Nothing.
986
01:16:25,457 --> 01:16:27,676
- Because I'm not worth it?
987
01:16:27,748 --> 01:16:31,928
Because you ruled the world
and I am just a stupid little girl?
988
01:16:33,029 --> 01:16:35,544
- The Imperial Crown of France
989
01:16:35,622 --> 01:16:39,269
will contribute
less to my legend
990
01:16:39,342 --> 01:16:41,460
than the crown of thorns...
991
01:16:43,164 --> 01:16:45,485
England forces me to wear now.
992
01:16:45,556 --> 01:16:47,344
But you are not a thorn,
993
01:16:47,415 --> 01:16:49,397
far from it.
994
01:16:50,604 --> 01:16:53,527
So you have no place
in my legend.
995
01:16:53,595 --> 01:16:56,913
But in my heart,
it's a different story.
996
01:16:59,675 --> 01:17:02,631
Your parting gift is beautiful.
997
01:17:04,126 --> 01:17:06,051
What can I give you?
998
01:17:07,880 --> 01:17:11,323
Can you see any trinkets
you'd like take away with you
999
01:17:11,401 --> 01:17:13,361
to remember me by?
1000
01:17:16,948 --> 01:17:20,268
- Just give me a lock of your hair.
1001
01:18:08,409 --> 01:18:10,493
[door slamming]
1002
01:18:13,359 --> 01:18:15,080
[drum playing]
1003
01:18:30,700 --> 01:18:34,642
- Do you think you could
see America, little general?
1004
01:19:07,742 --> 01:19:10,199
[footsteps approaching]
1005
01:19:13,290 --> 01:19:15,340
- ls that you, Marchand?
1006
01:19:15,450 --> 01:19:17,238
- Yes, Sire.
1007
01:19:17,310 --> 01:19:20,697
Is there anything I can
do for Your Majesty?
1008
01:19:20,766 --> 01:19:22,158
- No.
1009
01:19:23,820 --> 01:19:25,610
I'm very weary.
1010
01:19:26,678 --> 01:19:28,830
I shall try to sleep.
1011
01:19:30,100 --> 01:19:31,528
Tell me,
1012
01:19:31,595 --> 01:19:33,849
has it been raining
like that for long?
1013
01:19:35,448 --> 01:19:36,909
- Raining?
1014
01:19:39,170 --> 01:19:43,055
But Sire, it's very
fine weather today.
1015
01:19:43,720 --> 01:19:46,472
The sun is shining.
1016
01:19:46,544 --> 01:19:49,093
Your Majesty must
be dreaming.
1017
01:20:04,916 --> 01:20:07,171
[children's voices]
1018
01:20:12,391 --> 01:20:14,441
[rhythmic clacking]
1019
01:20:14,749 --> 01:20:16,800
[man:] Three, four!
1020
01:20:20,530 --> 01:20:22,114
Forward!
1021
01:20:22,191 --> 01:20:24,808
Push! Push!
1022
01:20:26,643 --> 01:20:30,188
[man continues
shouting in distance]
1023
01:20:38,635 --> 01:20:41,614
- Welcome to
the Royal Military Academy, Sire.
1024
01:20:41,691 --> 01:20:43,414
- This is my son, Napoleon.
1025
01:20:45,712 --> 01:20:48,135
- l'll take good care of him.
Don't worry, Sire.
1026
01:20:48,204 --> 01:20:49,686
You should leave now.
1027
01:21:05,545 --> 01:21:07,866
[rain falling on roof]
1028
01:21:09,531 --> 01:21:12,748
Everything here at
the Royal Military Academy of Brienne
1029
01:21:12,821 --> 01:21:16,706
works towards subjugating
character and suffocating pride.
1030
01:21:16,774 --> 01:21:20,024
The cell doors are locked at night.
1031
01:21:20,096 --> 01:21:23,846
In case of absolute necessity,
you have a bell.
1032
01:21:23,949 --> 01:21:26,996
Any misuse of it will
be severely punished.
1033
01:21:31,956 --> 01:21:33,812
[lock turning]
1034
01:21:47,038 --> 01:21:50,118
[groaning]
1035
01:21:51,989 --> 01:21:54,038
[coughing]
1036
01:21:56,806 --> 01:21:58,731
[thunder clap]
1037
01:22:01,423 --> 01:22:03,178
- It's all right, Sire.
1038
01:22:03,250 --> 01:22:05,435
You've just had a bad dream.
1039
01:22:05,509 --> 01:22:10,085
The storm will blow out to sea,
and it'll be sunny tomorrow.
1040
01:22:10,160 --> 01:22:11,780
[wheezing]
1041
01:22:22,219 --> 01:22:23,475
[thunder]
1042
01:22:26,073 --> 01:22:30,116
I've had some good news from
the Comte de Montholon.
1043
01:22:30,192 --> 01:22:34,610
Your dear mother is sending
you a new doctor from Italy...
1044
01:22:34,710 --> 01:22:36,931
and also a priest.
1045
01:22:39,561 --> 01:22:40,886
[thunder]
1046
01:22:50,889 --> 01:22:52,544
[sighs]
1047
01:22:57,933 --> 01:23:01,251
[man:] And in this type of
cannon, fire makes the charge.
1048
01:23:01,322 --> 01:23:04,244
The shaft of light
pierces at an angle
1049
01:23:04,311 --> 01:23:06,599
from back to front.
1050
01:23:06,670 --> 01:23:09,819
Here by the breach, gentlemen--
1051
01:23:09,892 --> 01:23:12,011
You, over there.
1052
01:23:12,085 --> 01:23:14,542
Are you not interested
in what I'm saying?
1053
01:23:14,610 --> 01:23:15,935
- I know that already.
1054
01:23:16,004 --> 01:23:18,654
- Who do you think you are
to answer me like that?
1055
01:23:18,728 --> 01:23:19,986
- I am a man.
1056
01:23:20,757 --> 01:23:23,270
[laughing and jeering]
1057
01:23:49,791 --> 01:23:53,336
- The mad dog has gone
back into his kennel.
1058
01:23:55,704 --> 01:23:58,253
I doubt that we'll
see him again.
1059
01:23:58,363 --> 01:24:01,805
[groaning]
1060
01:24:13,809 --> 01:24:15,736
- No.
1061
01:24:15,804 --> 01:24:18,782
It helps me sleep.
1062
01:24:18,860 --> 01:24:21,283
I would not
exchange my bed now
1063
01:24:21,351 --> 01:24:23,899
for all the thrones in the world.
1064
01:24:24,009 --> 01:24:26,297
[clock ticking]
1065
01:24:41,682 --> 01:24:43,405
[squeaking]
1066
01:24:46,135 --> 01:24:50,053
Not even the rats
are afraid of Napoleon.
1067
01:25:03,442 --> 01:25:06,693
[laughing and jeering]
1068
01:25:18,956 --> 01:25:21,007
[laughing]
1069
01:25:34,271 --> 01:25:35,857
[screaming]
1070
01:25:47,959 --> 01:25:50,214
- You call yourself a man?
1071
01:25:50,284 --> 01:25:53,931
All I see is a little boy
who cannot control himself.
1072
01:25:54,038 --> 01:25:55,726
You will not go far, little fellow.
1073
01:25:55,799 --> 01:25:57,726
You will not go far.
1074
01:26:04,039 --> 01:26:06,496
[groaning]
1075
01:26:15,964 --> 01:26:16,893
[gasps]
1076
01:26:18,556 --> 01:26:20,210
[inhales]
1077
01:26:22,509 --> 01:26:24,026
- Head...
1078
01:26:25,965 --> 01:26:28,082
army.
1079
01:26:51,743 --> 01:26:53,601
[sobbing]
1080
01:27:21,676 --> 01:27:23,999
[bell tolls]
1081
01:27:39,217 --> 01:27:40,972
[bell tolls]
1082
01:27:42,572 --> 01:27:44,588
[clock ticking]
1083
01:27:54,697 --> 01:27:57,281
- Forty-nine minutes past five.
1084
01:28:08,053 --> 01:28:09,808
[bell tolls]
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