1 00:00:17,285 --> 00:00:20,165 [Mr. Gilliard] In my efforts to solve the mystery of the young girl  2 00:00:20,245 --> 00:00:22,325 who claimed to be Princess Anastasia, 3 00:00:22,845 --> 00:00:25,805 the sole surviving heir  of the Russian imperial family, 4 00:00:26,445 --> 00:00:30,765 I was joined by someone who'd known her all her life, her aunt. 5 00:00:34,125 --> 00:00:35,565 Your Imperial Highness. 6 00:00:35,885 --> 00:00:36,725 [aunt] Olga. 7 00:00:37,445 --> 00:00:38,485 Just Olga now. 8 00:00:41,285 --> 00:00:43,365 The resemblance is only slight. 9 00:00:45,765 --> 00:00:46,965 The physical evidence... 10 00:00:48,005 --> 00:00:48,845 debatable. 11 00:00:49,605 --> 00:00:51,485 If she is my little Pixie, I'll know. 12 00:00:52,205 --> 00:00:53,045 Pixie? 13 00:00:53,925 --> 00:00:55,685 My nickname for her as a toddler. 14 00:00:58,565 --> 00:00:59,845 What does your gut say? 15 00:01:03,845 --> 00:01:05,045 She tried to kill herself. 16 00:01:06,325 --> 00:01:09,205 She must have been through something terrible to do that. 17 00:01:10,485 --> 00:01:12,605 But so many others have made claims. 18 00:01:13,045 --> 00:01:13,925 [Olga] I know. 19 00:01:15,285 --> 00:01:16,445 But it's not the lies, 20 00:01:17,925 --> 00:01:20,405 it's how they force you to rake it all up again. 21 00:01:24,485 --> 00:01:31,365 [clock ticks] 22 00:01:32,525 --> 00:01:33,405 [gun shot] 23 00:02:05,925 --> 00:02:08,205 [Mr. Gilliard] The body of Grigori Rasputin 24 00:02:08,845 --> 00:02:12,285 was discovered beneath the ice of the Malaya Nevka River 25 00:02:13,645 --> 00:02:16,005 on the 19th of December, 1916. 26 00:02:22,245 --> 00:02:25,005 The infamous mystic had been poisoned, 27 00:02:25,125 --> 00:02:27,365 beaten and shot in the head. 28 00:02:38,045 --> 00:02:40,485 But while the imperial family mourned, 29 00:02:41,205 --> 00:02:44,165 many hoped that this was Russia's second chance 30 00:02:44,725 --> 00:02:47,965 to rule free of Rasputin's poisonous influence. 31 00:03:19,325 --> 00:03:20,365 [Alix] He's gone. 32 00:03:21,245 --> 00:03:23,365 The only man who could save our son. 33 00:03:26,205 --> 00:03:27,525 What do we do now? 34 00:03:28,645 --> 00:03:29,965 We carry on. 35 00:03:30,925 --> 00:03:34,085 He had faith in us.  He said God shines on us. 36 00:03:34,725 --> 00:03:36,845 Now we must have faith in ourselves. 37 00:03:42,125 --> 00:03:42,965 [kiss] 38 00:03:44,805 --> 00:03:46,805 [sniffs] Mm. 39 00:03:50,885 --> 00:03:52,925 [Montefiore] Rasputin has been murdered. 40 00:03:53,445 --> 00:03:57,085 There is a chance for Nicholas to reform  and to make changes. 41 00:03:57,405 --> 00:04:01,165 And yet, Nicholas continues exactly  the same way as before. 42 00:04:02,205 --> 00:04:03,845 Everyone realizes suddenly,  43 00:04:03,925 --> 00:04:06,925 that actually it wasn't Rasputin  who was governing Nicholas. 44 00:04:07,045 --> 00:04:09,165 It was Nicholas governing Nicholas. 45 00:04:09,685 --> 00:04:12,485 [female voice on phone] I understand you need time to mourn, Nicky. 46 00:04:12,605 --> 00:04:14,365 But you must put this behind you 47 00:04:14,445 --> 00:04:15,765 and listen to your family. 48 00:04:16,005 --> 00:04:18,085 The country needs your leadership. 49 00:04:18,165 --> 00:04:20,645 My family murdered Grigori. 50 00:04:21,445 --> 00:04:23,125 [Nicky] Felix should be punished. 51 00:04:23,725 --> 00:04:25,045 He deserves a parade. 52 00:04:25,725 --> 00:04:27,125 Here, give me that. 53 00:04:29,965 --> 00:04:31,525 Nicky, Nicky, 54 00:04:31,765 --> 00:04:32,925 listen to your sister. 55 00:04:33,765 --> 00:04:34,845 You need to act now. 56 00:04:35,485 --> 00:04:36,685 Appoint new ministers, 57 00:04:37,045 --> 00:04:39,045 and regain the confidence of your people, 58 00:04:39,765 --> 00:04:43,005 -or there will be total anarchy. -I have to go, Mother. 59 00:04:43,325 --> 00:04:45,965 But please have faith. 60 00:04:46,045 --> 00:04:46,885 [click] 61 00:04:49,645 --> 00:04:51,245 All they do is criticize. 62 00:04:55,765 --> 00:04:57,485 What would Father Grigori say? 63 00:05:00,885 --> 00:05:02,525 To trust my instincts. 64 00:05:08,885 --> 00:05:10,325 I will head back to the war. 65 00:05:11,485 --> 00:05:13,485 That's where I'm needed, not here. 66 00:05:13,565 --> 00:05:15,245 I can keep the ministers in line. 67 00:05:18,165 --> 00:05:21,325 We will continue the way we were. 68 00:05:27,405 --> 00:05:30,645 [Dr de Orellana] This is a decision that could doom the Romanovs. 69 00:05:30,885 --> 00:05:33,325 When Nicholas goes back to military headquarters, 70 00:05:33,445 --> 00:05:36,085 Nicholas is in fact leaving control  of government,  71 00:05:36,325 --> 00:05:38,845 exactly when government needed him  the most. 72 00:05:38,925 --> 00:05:41,765 When Russia needed to be held together  by its Czar. 73 00:05:44,765 --> 00:05:47,485 [Dr Hetherington] The war by this time is deeply unpopular. 74 00:05:47,565 --> 00:05:48,685 It's not only unpopular, 75 00:05:48,765 --> 00:05:52,605 it's also arguably the engine that's causing economic crisis, 76 00:05:52,685 --> 00:05:55,005 that's causing general unrest. 77 00:05:55,605 --> 00:05:57,125 Partly because of the war, 78 00:05:57,205 --> 00:05:59,205 there's food shortages in the cities, 79 00:05:59,365 --> 00:06:00,565 there's bread rationing, 80 00:06:00,645 --> 00:06:01,845 people are starving. 81 00:06:04,325 --> 00:06:05,885 To help the Russian war effort, 82 00:06:05,965 --> 00:06:08,685 workers are toiling  under horrendous conditions, 83 00:06:08,805 --> 00:06:12,005 and winter has made life even more unbearable. 84 00:06:12,085 --> 00:06:13,685 [noise of cart wheels] 85 00:06:15,845 --> 00:06:18,805 [Dr de Orellana]The very day that Nicholas leaves, there is a strike  86 00:06:18,885 --> 00:06:20,565 at the Putilov armaments factory. 87 00:06:20,765 --> 00:06:22,885 This strike is joined by more and more  workers 88 00:06:22,965 --> 00:06:24,165 throughout Petrograd, 89 00:06:24,245 --> 00:06:27,125 and over the day we see a snowball  striking effect. 90 00:06:27,205 --> 00:06:29,365 [hubbub] 91 00:06:29,445 --> 00:06:35,245 Workers are turning to revolution as  the only way to change their fate. 92 00:06:36,285 --> 00:06:39,285 There are dozens of political groups and factions, 93 00:06:39,365 --> 00:06:43,805 all with different agendas  and varying levels of extremism. 94 00:06:44,405 --> 00:06:47,765 And at the radical edge of  the revolutionary parties  95 00:06:48,125 --> 00:06:50,925 are the Bolsheviks, led by Lenin. 96 00:06:52,485 --> 00:06:55,885 Lenin's vision of the rule  of the working class 97 00:06:55,965 --> 00:06:57,685 means the utter annihilation  98 00:06:58,125 --> 00:07:01,245 of the royal family, headed by the Czar himself. 99 00:07:01,325 --> 00:07:05,845 [gunfire] 100 00:07:06,125 --> 00:07:08,125 [man shouting] 101 00:07:08,325 --> 00:07:12,485 [gunfire] 102 00:07:12,565 --> 00:07:15,525 [Dr de Orellana] Nicholas returns to a catastrophic situation at the front. 103 00:07:15,605 --> 00:07:18,685 Not only is the Russian army losing everywhere 104 00:07:19,005 --> 00:07:21,725 but the Russian army is also falling apart. 105 00:07:21,805 --> 00:07:24,645 -[gunfire] -[shouting] 106 00:07:26,085 --> 00:07:29,485 The Czar's reputation amongst the military has completely collapsed. 107 00:07:30,125 --> 00:07:31,045 [gunfire] 108 00:07:31,165 --> 00:07:33,885 It was the revolutionaries that were much more popular 109 00:07:33,965 --> 00:07:35,885 amongst the military rank and file. 110 00:07:35,965 --> 00:07:36,965 [gun shot] 111 00:07:37,045 --> 00:07:39,365 [Montefiore] Men like Yakov Yurovsky, 112 00:07:39,485 --> 00:07:41,525 whose hatred of the Czarist regime 113 00:07:41,845 --> 00:07:44,325 has turned him into a fervent Bolshevik. 114 00:07:44,405 --> 00:07:45,365 [man shouting] Up! 115 00:07:46,125 --> 00:07:46,965 Up! 116 00:07:47,285 --> 00:07:48,205 [boom] 117 00:07:49,365 --> 00:07:50,405 -[gun fires] -Get up! 118 00:07:50,485 --> 00:07:51,445 Get up! 119 00:07:52,085 --> 00:07:53,085 [gun fires] 120 00:07:54,285 --> 00:07:55,565 Get rid of that corpse. 121 00:07:56,085 --> 00:07:57,645 -[gun fires] -Fucking peasants. 122 00:07:57,725 --> 00:07:59,165 Rife with disease. 123 00:07:59,485 --> 00:08:01,045 He was under your command, sir. 124 00:08:01,605 --> 00:08:03,405 Doesn't he deserve some respect? 125 00:08:03,605 --> 00:08:06,565 [gunfire] 126 00:08:06,925 --> 00:08:08,165 -[thwack] -[thud] 127 00:08:11,525 --> 00:08:13,685 So, that's what we get for serving Mother Russia? 128 00:08:14,765 --> 00:08:15,645 [commander] No! 129 00:08:16,445 --> 00:08:18,205 Keep up your Bolshevik bullshit  130 00:08:18,565 --> 00:08:20,085 and you'll get the bullet. 131 00:08:20,205 --> 00:08:22,125 [gunfire] 132 00:08:22,925 --> 00:08:23,805 Up! 133 00:08:25,165 --> 00:08:31,645 [gunfire continues] 134 00:08:33,885 --> 00:08:37,605 [Montefiore] Across the Russian empire, resentment of the Czar is building. 135 00:08:38,085 --> 00:08:39,845 [Dr de Orellana] And in February 1917, 136 00:08:39,925 --> 00:08:42,445 this resentment is displayed  in Saint Petersburg 137 00:08:42,605 --> 00:08:44,365 by one of the most unlikely groups. 138 00:08:49,925 --> 00:08:52,125 [Dr Alexandrova] It's International Women's day. 139 00:08:52,205 --> 00:08:55,285 A hundred thousand women  flood the streets of Petersburg, 140 00:08:55,925 --> 00:08:57,765 protesting the shortages of bread. 141 00:08:59,005 --> 00:09:00,525 [hubbub] 142 00:09:00,605 --> 00:09:03,965 [Dr Antonova] As they go into the street, factory workers join them. 143 00:09:04,925 --> 00:09:07,205 More strikes spread  from factory to factory. 144 00:09:07,285 --> 00:09:09,005 It begins to spread even to Moscow 145 00:09:09,085 --> 00:09:10,685 and becomes huge in scale. 146 00:09:19,085 --> 00:09:20,045 How many? 147 00:09:21,125 --> 00:09:23,085 But I was told these protests were small. 148 00:09:23,165 --> 00:09:26,325 Perhaps your Interior Minister  is holding back bad news, sir. 149 00:09:27,325 --> 00:09:30,485 Then my wife will deal with him,  General Ruzsky. 150 00:09:33,885 --> 00:09:36,525 [Montefiore] In Saint Petersburg you have this crazy situation 151 00:09:36,605 --> 00:09:39,405 where Alexandra, who all her life  had isolated herself  152 00:09:39,485 --> 00:09:41,365 and disdained politicians, 153 00:09:42,205 --> 00:09:44,485 now she found herself running  the Russian Government. 154 00:09:47,525 --> 00:09:49,285 Sorry, Your Highness. 155 00:09:50,605 --> 00:09:52,605 The children were asking where you were. 156 00:09:55,365 --> 00:09:56,725 I'm in mourning. 157 00:10:00,605 --> 00:10:03,445 Also, the ministers are still waiting inside for you. 158 00:10:09,005 --> 00:10:11,485 They have some urgent news from the city. 159 00:10:11,965 --> 00:10:14,845 Tell them to come back tomorrow. 160 00:10:28,965 --> 00:10:31,965 [Dr de Orellana] Nicholas and Alexandra are completely unable to understand 161 00:10:32,045 --> 00:10:33,765 what's happening in the streets of Petrograd. 162 00:10:33,845 --> 00:10:35,765 They do not understand the discontent. 163 00:10:35,845 --> 00:10:38,045 Their mentality has become so isolated 164 00:10:38,485 --> 00:10:40,565 that they really believe that the central link 165 00:10:40,645 --> 00:10:43,525 between the Czar and the Russian people remains unbroken. 166 00:10:43,605 --> 00:10:45,085 This is a major mistake. 167 00:10:46,685 --> 00:10:49,605 [Prof Fedyashin] What begins with a female bread riot, 168 00:10:50,365 --> 00:10:54,125 begins to acquire a political context. 169 00:10:54,205 --> 00:10:58,245 [sounds of an angry crowd] 170 00:10:58,325 --> 00:11:02,685 [Montefiore] The streets are filled with protesters and revolutionaries 171 00:11:02,805 --> 00:11:05,285 who are no longer just demonstrating. 172 00:11:05,645 --> 00:11:08,965 They're calling for the overthrow  of the regime. 173 00:11:09,045 --> 00:11:13,325 [cheering] 174 00:11:14,525 --> 00:11:16,885 200,000? 175 00:11:18,925 --> 00:11:20,925 My report says nothing like that. 176 00:11:21,005 --> 00:11:22,725 Your Interior Minister, sir, 177 00:11:22,805 --> 00:11:24,805 is not only incompetent, 178 00:11:25,125 --> 00:11:26,485 he is a liar. 179 00:11:33,285 --> 00:11:38,805 [faint sounds of military marching] 180 00:11:39,125 --> 00:11:42,005 Send out the Petrograd garrison  to disperse the crowds. 181 00:11:44,125 --> 00:11:45,365 We need to put this down. 182 00:11:46,285 --> 00:11:47,205 Now. 183 00:11:47,725 --> 00:11:50,645 [marching feet] 184 00:11:50,725 --> 00:11:52,765 [Montefiore] It's chaos in the streets. 185 00:11:52,845 --> 00:11:55,605 The soldiers obey the orders.  They fire into the crowds. 186 00:11:55,885 --> 00:11:57,525 Hundreds of people are killed. 187 00:11:57,605 --> 00:12:00,005 -[gunfire] -[shouting] 188 00:12:01,405 --> 00:12:03,445 [Dr de Orellana] This is a horrible atrocity. 189 00:12:03,525 --> 00:12:07,205 There is a child that is poignantly  crucified by bullets 190 00:12:07,325 --> 00:12:09,245 on a fence near the Winter Palace. 191 00:12:09,325 --> 00:12:12,365 Some soldiers at this point are even  joining the protesters. 192 00:12:12,485 --> 00:12:15,005 This is a make or break moment  for the Czarist regime. 193 00:12:15,085 --> 00:12:16,365 [angry shouts] 194 00:12:16,525 --> 00:12:20,125 [Montefiore] Despite the massacre  the people won't back down. 195 00:12:20,205 --> 00:12:23,725 The next day, a group marches  to the palace itself. 196 00:12:23,805 --> 00:12:30,325 [screams and shouts from the crowd] 197 00:12:46,645 --> 00:12:47,645 [sniffs] 198 00:12:49,805 --> 00:12:51,285 [sighs, sniffs] 199 00:12:53,485 --> 00:12:54,725 Apologies, Your Highness. 200 00:12:55,645 --> 00:12:57,485 But the doctor wants you to see something. 201 00:13:02,645 --> 00:13:03,485 Measles. 202 00:13:05,445 --> 00:13:06,885 What about the Czarevich? 203 00:13:07,205 --> 00:13:10,005 He's got it, but not so badly. 204 00:13:11,525 --> 00:13:13,005 Right, come on everyone, to bed. 205 00:13:14,525 --> 00:13:16,245 -[man] Your Highness. -[Alix] Come on. 206 00:13:18,165 --> 00:13:20,485 Maybe now is a good time  to leave the palace. 207 00:13:20,725 --> 00:13:22,765 The girls would benefit from  a warmer climate. 208 00:13:24,645 --> 00:13:26,685 There are protesters at the gates. 209 00:13:33,245 --> 00:13:35,245 Well, the children are far too sick to be moved. 210 00:13:36,645 --> 00:13:38,845 The people will come to their senses. 211 00:13:41,325 --> 00:13:44,325 As Father Grigori used to say, "No fear. No hate. 212 00:13:45,485 --> 00:13:46,325 Only love." 213 00:13:49,845 --> 00:13:53,565 [screaming, shouting] 214 00:13:53,645 --> 00:13:55,365 [Montefiore] Alexandra is oblivious, 215 00:13:55,445 --> 00:13:58,445 she believes that this revolution  is just a few hooligans, 216 00:13:58,525 --> 00:14:00,845 that the army is totally loyal to them. 217 00:14:01,445 --> 00:14:05,485 In fact, morale is very low at the front. 218 00:14:06,165 --> 00:14:08,005 The war is going very badly. 219 00:14:08,085 --> 00:14:12,645 And nothing drives revolution like political and military defeat. 220 00:14:12,805 --> 00:14:14,845 [whistle blows] 221 00:14:14,925 --> 00:14:15,885 Get up! 222 00:14:16,205 --> 00:14:17,685 You have your orders. 223 00:14:18,445 --> 00:14:20,165 On your fucking feet! 224 00:14:20,365 --> 00:14:24,365 [gunfire in background] 225 00:14:24,685 --> 00:14:28,165 -[commander] Up that ladder! -[soldier] You don't have to. Stand firm. 226 00:14:30,485 --> 00:14:33,925 You do know the penalty for mutiny? 227 00:14:34,965 --> 00:14:36,805 Same as if he climbs that ladder. 228 00:14:38,205 --> 00:14:40,285 You will follow my orders. 229 00:14:40,885 --> 00:14:41,845 [cocks gun] 230 00:14:43,365 --> 00:14:46,965 [several guns are cocked] 231 00:14:56,725 --> 00:14:59,285 That time is gone. 232 00:15:27,525 --> 00:15:30,085 [Dr de Orellana] The Russian army is, at this point, 233 00:15:30,165 --> 00:15:31,005 dissolving. 234 00:15:31,165 --> 00:15:32,525 We've got mass desertions, 235 00:15:32,605 --> 00:15:35,085 entire battalions simply deciding 236 00:15:35,205 --> 00:15:37,525 to walk away from the battlefield. 237 00:15:37,605 --> 00:15:41,805 [angry shouting from crowd] 238 00:15:41,885 --> 00:15:43,805 [Montefiore] Even more worryingly for Nicholas, 239 00:15:43,885 --> 00:15:45,725 those battalions are heading home 240 00:15:45,805 --> 00:15:49,365 to cities in the grip  of rising revolutionary fury. 241 00:15:49,845 --> 00:15:51,885 Russia is ready to explode. 242 00:15:51,965 --> 00:15:54,645 [screams from crowd] 243 00:16:01,725 --> 00:16:04,565 [flicks lighter] 244 00:16:06,885 --> 00:16:07,725 [bang] 245 00:16:08,445 --> 00:16:09,485 This morning, sir, 246 00:16:10,645 --> 00:16:13,445 thousands more soldiers deserted  to join the uprising. 247 00:16:15,445 --> 00:16:17,685 Where are my family? Are they safe? 248 00:16:17,765 --> 00:16:20,365 Your wife refuses to leave the palace, sir. 249 00:16:20,445 --> 00:16:21,805 The children are too sick. 250 00:16:25,725 --> 00:16:28,525 Deploy the entire Marine Guard  to the palace. 251 00:16:28,605 --> 00:16:31,125 I want loyal soldiers guarding the imperial family. 252 00:16:32,045 --> 00:16:33,365 Get me home, General. 253 00:16:34,005 --> 00:16:34,845 Sir. 254 00:16:37,365 --> 00:16:38,205 [door shuts] 255 00:16:38,285 --> 00:16:39,125 [sniffs] 256 00:16:39,525 --> 00:16:41,925 [train whistle sounds] 257 00:16:42,005 --> 00:16:48,925 [steam hisses] [wheels rattle over sleepers] 258 00:16:49,645 --> 00:16:50,485 Sir. 259 00:16:50,805 --> 00:16:53,885 We have to take the route east, via Malaya Vishera. 260 00:16:53,965 --> 00:16:56,005 How much time will that add  to the journey? 261 00:16:56,245 --> 00:16:57,685 Look, I need to be home now. 262 00:16:57,765 --> 00:17:00,885 Sir, it is the troops you dispatched to reinforce Petrograd, 263 00:17:00,965 --> 00:17:03,365 we need to keep the main line open for them. 264 00:17:05,685 --> 00:17:07,045 Alright. Let them through. 265 00:17:12,565 --> 00:17:14,245 -[whistle blows] -[sighs] 266 00:17:14,325 --> 00:17:17,445 [hubbub] 267 00:17:17,525 --> 00:17:21,005 [Prof McMeekin] Before long, a number of soldiers have taken to the streets, 268 00:17:22,765 --> 00:17:26,765 some of them begin waving red flags, they commandeer vehicles. 269 00:17:27,925 --> 00:17:31,405 And by evening, it is clear  that the government has lost control  270 00:17:31,525 --> 00:17:33,005 of public order in Petrograd. 271 00:17:34,765 --> 00:17:36,165 [Montefiore] The strange thing is 272 00:17:36,245 --> 00:17:38,525 that there's no leadership in this revolution. 273 00:17:38,845 --> 00:17:41,765 Nicholas's secret police have been incredibly effective. 274 00:17:41,925 --> 00:17:43,005 They've arrested 275 00:17:43,285 --> 00:17:44,125 or exiled 276 00:17:44,205 --> 00:17:47,045 all the leaders of the revolutionary parties. 277 00:17:47,565 --> 00:17:49,045 Stalin is in Siberia. 278 00:17:49,125 --> 00:17:50,565 Lenin is in Switzerland. 279 00:17:51,245 --> 00:17:55,125 This is that rare thing, a truly spontaneous revolution. 280 00:18:00,725 --> 00:18:01,565 [click] 281 00:18:04,925 --> 00:18:06,165 No one can contact Nicky. 282 00:18:07,045 --> 00:18:08,805 Telegrams aren't getting through. 283 00:18:10,805 --> 00:18:12,765 Petrograd is falling to the mob, 284 00:18:14,325 --> 00:18:16,805 and the Ministry have no idea  where my son is. 285 00:18:17,965 --> 00:18:18,845 [sighs] 286 00:18:20,565 --> 00:18:24,165 [screams and shouts from the crowd] 287 00:18:26,685 --> 00:18:33,645 [distant sounds of unrest continue] 288 00:18:40,365 --> 00:18:42,845 [Alix, sighing] Don't worry, my darlings. 289 00:18:42,925 --> 00:18:45,005 It's nothing the guards can't handle. 290 00:18:46,445 --> 00:18:47,445 [door clicks] 291 00:18:50,885 --> 00:18:51,845 Your Highness. 292 00:18:52,365 --> 00:18:53,565 We have to leave. 293 00:19:02,445 --> 00:19:04,605 We are in a fortress, Monsieur Gilliard. 294 00:19:05,685 --> 00:19:07,565 And you are scaring the children. 295 00:19:21,525 --> 00:19:26,965 -[screaming and shouting] -[rattling of gates] 296 00:19:27,045 --> 00:19:30,565 [Prof Fedyashin] It's very important to understand how many deserters 297 00:19:30,645 --> 00:19:34,365 from the front lines have made  their way back to the city. 298 00:19:35,685 --> 00:19:36,845 It was a situation 299 00:19:37,085 --> 00:19:42,485 that was pregnant with disaster  because never before had so many people 300 00:19:42,565 --> 00:19:45,565 been armed in the streets  of the Russian capital. 301 00:19:45,645 --> 00:19:48,885 -[gates rattle] -[crowd screams] 302 00:19:48,965 --> 00:19:49,805 [bang] 303 00:19:52,925 --> 00:19:55,645 [whistle blows] [wheels rattle on sleepers] 304 00:20:00,645 --> 00:20:02,685 We've had no news for six hours.  305 00:20:02,765 --> 00:20:05,765 Will somebody please tell me what's  going on with my family? 306 00:20:12,565 --> 00:20:18,325 [distant sounds of unrest] 307 00:20:18,445 --> 00:20:19,485 [man clears throat] 308 00:20:19,805 --> 00:20:20,885 How is he? 309 00:20:25,045 --> 00:20:26,765 The guards did their best. 310 00:20:30,365 --> 00:20:32,165 [Mr. Gilliard] He bled to death in the lobby. 311 00:20:34,445 --> 00:20:35,445 [Alix] Er.. 312 00:20:37,645 --> 00:20:38,485 Er... 313 00:20:39,845 --> 00:20:40,965 I, uh... 314 00:20:42,725 --> 00:20:44,085 I need to telegram Nicky. 315 00:20:44,765 --> 00:20:46,365 He needs to tell me what to do. 316 00:20:46,445 --> 00:20:48,405 [quick footsteps] 317 00:20:49,405 --> 00:20:52,605 A revolutionary gang has captured  the railway line ahead. 318 00:20:54,525 --> 00:20:56,245 How far are we from Petrograd? 319 00:20:56,325 --> 00:20:58,045 We're 60 miles. But it's no use. 320 00:20:58,645 --> 00:21:00,365 They've commandeered machine guns. 321 00:21:00,445 --> 00:21:01,685 Then find another route! 322 00:21:01,765 --> 00:21:05,565 [angry shouting] 323 00:21:05,645 --> 00:21:08,085 [Dr de Orellana] One of the soldiers of the Petrograd garrison 324 00:21:08,165 --> 00:21:11,165 assassinates an officer  that had slapped him the day before 325 00:21:11,445 --> 00:21:15,645 during the protests,  and the entire regiment joins the protest. 326 00:21:15,725 --> 00:21:18,645 The next day,  they tie red ribbons around their rifles. 327 00:21:18,765 --> 00:21:21,805 Suddenly, the military has joined the revolution. 328 00:21:21,885 --> 00:21:24,285 [angry shouting] 329 00:21:24,365 --> 00:21:28,365 Nicholas has long relied on military force to keep his empire together. 330 00:21:28,445 --> 00:21:30,045 He has just lost the military. 331 00:21:30,125 --> 00:21:34,285 [angry shouting] 332 00:21:44,565 --> 00:21:48,685 [distant sounds of unrest continue] 333 00:21:54,125 --> 00:21:54,965 [door clicks] 334 00:21:56,605 --> 00:21:58,765 Mama, the taps aren't working. 335 00:21:59,325 --> 00:22:00,445 There's no water. 336 00:22:00,925 --> 00:22:02,405 The electricity is off too. 337 00:22:14,685 --> 00:22:17,405 Well, then we will use candles. 338 00:22:19,325 --> 00:22:20,845 There's no need to be afraid. 339 00:22:22,205 --> 00:22:24,005 Everything is in the hands of God. 340 00:22:25,365 --> 00:22:26,245 And tomorrow, 341 00:22:27,285 --> 00:22:28,645 your father will be back. 342 00:22:31,765 --> 00:22:32,645 [child] Mama? 343 00:22:33,205 --> 00:22:34,365 [Mr. Gilliard] Your Highness, 344 00:22:35,365 --> 00:22:36,765 the soldiers are leaving. 345 00:22:41,165 --> 00:22:42,565 [Alix] My own Marine Guard. 346 00:22:44,125 --> 00:22:45,085 I don't believe it. 347 00:22:47,405 --> 00:22:49,285 [shouts] And where the hell is Nicky? 348 00:22:50,045 --> 00:22:51,805 Why hasn't he replied? 349 00:22:52,405 --> 00:22:53,245 [gasps] 350 00:22:55,205 --> 00:22:57,445 If the entire Marine Guard has deserted, 351 00:22:57,525 --> 00:22:59,245 then who is protecting my family? 352 00:23:08,045 --> 00:23:10,005 Telegram the President of the Duma. 353 00:23:12,445 --> 00:23:14,445 Tell him he can have whatever he wants. 354 00:23:14,565 --> 00:23:15,485 Sir. 355 00:23:29,085 --> 00:23:30,805 [Montefiore] Nicholas offers concessions, 356 00:23:30,885 --> 00:23:32,925 he offers to make a representative government, 357 00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:35,245 give the Duma much more control, 358 00:23:35,765 --> 00:23:37,565 but it's way too late by this point. 359 00:23:37,645 --> 00:23:38,805 [wind howling] 360 00:23:38,885 --> 00:23:41,725 [Dr de Orellana] None of the forces that were destroying the monarchy 361 00:23:41,805 --> 00:23:43,045 were stoppable. 362 00:23:43,125 --> 00:23:45,445 The war could not have been won overnight, 363 00:23:45,565 --> 00:23:49,285 major grievances like food shortages,  employment could not be resolved. 364 00:23:49,605 --> 00:23:52,805 There was nothing at this point that Nicholas could truly do  365 00:23:53,045 --> 00:23:54,885 to repair the political situation. 366 00:23:54,965 --> 00:23:57,805 [angry shouting] 367 00:23:57,885 --> 00:24:00,445 [whistle blowing] [steam hissing] 368 00:24:08,445 --> 00:24:09,645 [general] Your Highness. 369 00:24:09,725 --> 00:24:11,805 Petrograd is lost. 370 00:24:13,085 --> 00:24:17,085 Any further troops we send  will only mutiny. 371 00:24:20,245 --> 00:24:21,845 So, what do you want me to do? 372 00:24:24,525 --> 00:24:28,405 [general] You must renounce the throne in favor of your son, Alexei. 373 00:24:29,925 --> 00:24:32,165 With your brother Michael as regent. 374 00:24:34,965 --> 00:24:35,845 This... 375 00:24:36,685 --> 00:24:39,685 is the unanimous decision  of all your generals, 376 00:24:41,125 --> 00:24:43,525 as well as the Admiral of the Baltic Fleet 377 00:24:44,125 --> 00:24:46,565 and Grand Duke Nicholas. 378 00:24:49,205 --> 00:24:50,685 Nikolasha... 379 00:24:52,445 --> 00:24:53,445 It is, sir, 380 00:24:53,525 --> 00:24:55,525 the only choice you have left. 381 00:25:08,765 --> 00:25:09,965 Telegram the generals. 382 00:25:13,645 --> 00:25:14,565 Tell them that-- 383 00:25:20,005 --> 00:25:22,765 as a duty of conscience for our people, 384 00:25:24,685 --> 00:25:28,405 I have decided to renounce the throne  of the Russian Empire. 385 00:25:30,365 --> 00:25:32,645 In favor of your son, sir? 386 00:25:36,245 --> 00:25:37,085 Sir? 387 00:25:47,645 --> 00:25:49,245 My son has a condition. 388 00:25:56,085 --> 00:25:57,045 Hemophilia. 389 00:26:03,965 --> 00:26:05,925 He may only have a few years left. 390 00:26:09,245 --> 00:26:12,005 So, surely, we have a right to keep him for ourselves. 391 00:26:13,445 --> 00:26:14,525 Yes, sir. 392 00:26:19,525 --> 00:26:22,285 I will renounce the throne in both my name and his. 393 00:26:23,445 --> 00:26:25,925 My son will live with his family. 394 00:26:33,645 --> 00:26:34,805 All of us. 395 00:26:39,965 --> 00:26:40,845 Together. 396 00:26:42,005 --> 00:26:43,245 [general] Your Highness. 397 00:27:19,365 --> 00:27:20,365 [catches breath] 398 00:27:28,045 --> 00:27:28,885 [sighs] No. 399 00:27:30,645 --> 00:27:31,685 Nicky. 400 00:27:32,085 --> 00:27:33,045 [catches breath] 401 00:27:35,405 --> 00:27:36,245 [sighs] 402 00:27:37,605 --> 00:27:41,645 [Dr Alexandrova] Nicholas' abdication is one of the most important moments 403 00:27:41,885 --> 00:27:43,365 in the twentieth century. 404 00:27:45,845 --> 00:27:47,925 With just one stroke of the pen, 405 00:27:48,005 --> 00:27:52,925 he eliminates 300 years   of Romanovs' rule. 406 00:27:53,485 --> 00:27:55,965 This event sends shockwaves throughout  the world. 407 00:27:59,525 --> 00:28:02,285 [Dr Antonova] He ends the last full autocracy in Europe. 408 00:28:02,565 --> 00:28:05,605 He has a huge effect  on the outcome of World War I, 409 00:28:05,685 --> 00:28:09,005 but he also brings about instability  in Russia that ultimately leads 410 00:28:09,085 --> 00:28:10,005 to a revolution. 411 00:28:11,845 --> 00:28:14,245 [Prof Fedyashin] One feels sympathy for Nicholas, 412 00:28:14,325 --> 00:28:18,205 but he brings everything upon himself,  ultimately. 413 00:28:19,285 --> 00:28:22,605 It's his cascade of catastrophic decisions 414 00:28:23,005 --> 00:28:27,405 that ends up culminating with the loss of an empire. 415 00:28:34,845 --> 00:28:36,285 [man shouts] He's abdicated! 416 00:28:38,165 --> 00:28:39,285 He's abdicated! 417 00:28:49,245 --> 00:28:50,125 It's true. 418 00:28:51,445 --> 00:28:53,165 It's actually happened. 419 00:28:55,525 --> 00:28:58,045 I'm going home, back to Ekaterinberg. 420 00:28:58,485 --> 00:29:00,405 To a war we can win. 421 00:29:06,165 --> 00:29:09,365 [hissing of steam] 422 00:29:10,005 --> 00:29:12,125 You didn't have to come all the way here. 423 00:29:13,125 --> 00:29:14,045 I'll be fine. 424 00:29:14,125 --> 00:29:15,845 Oh, this is so humiliating. 425 00:29:16,685 --> 00:29:19,245 Kept here under armed guard,  like a criminal. 426 00:29:19,325 --> 00:29:21,325 They're taking me to the palace, Mother. 427 00:29:22,325 --> 00:29:24,645 It's hardly Napoleon's exile  to Saint Helena. 428 00:29:32,485 --> 00:29:33,765 Will you go back to Kiev? 429 00:29:33,925 --> 00:29:34,805 Yes, 430 00:29:35,925 --> 00:29:37,845 but Russia is no longer safe for you. 431 00:29:38,405 --> 00:29:39,485 Promise me, Nicholas. 432 00:29:40,365 --> 00:29:42,685 You'll get the family out as soon as you can. 433 00:29:47,125 --> 00:29:49,565 I was thinking the retreat in Livadia. 434 00:29:51,005 --> 00:29:52,285 I like the flowers there. 435 00:29:52,445 --> 00:29:53,285 No! 436 00:29:53,725 --> 00:29:54,565 No! 437 00:29:54,765 --> 00:29:56,205 Another country! 438 00:29:56,965 --> 00:29:58,365 England, perhaps. 439 00:29:58,445 --> 00:29:59,805 Speak to cousin George. 440 00:29:59,885 --> 00:30:01,685 [Nicholas] I'm going home, Mama. 441 00:30:06,085 --> 00:30:06,965 [Mother] Then... 442 00:30:07,565 --> 00:30:08,845 God protect you. 443 00:30:13,605 --> 00:30:16,285 Heaven knows when we shall meet again. 444 00:30:38,525 --> 00:30:39,965 [gentle knocking] 445 00:30:43,605 --> 00:30:44,725 Where is Mama? 446 00:30:45,405 --> 00:30:48,045 She's talking to your sisters.  447 00:30:49,085 --> 00:30:50,565 She asked me to speak to you. 448 00:30:56,845 --> 00:30:58,005 Your father... 449 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:02,485 doesn't want to be Czar anymore. 450 00:31:07,245 --> 00:31:08,245 [Alexei] Why? 451 00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:11,885 It's complicated. 452 00:31:15,925 --> 00:31:18,005 He's trying to do his best for everyone. 453 00:31:22,045 --> 00:31:23,725 [Alexei] Am I going to be Czar then? 454 00:31:25,285 --> 00:31:26,125 No. 455 00:31:30,125 --> 00:31:30,965 But 456 00:31:31,205 --> 00:31:32,365 if there isn't a Czar,  457 00:31:33,125 --> 00:31:34,805 who is going to rule Russia? 458 00:31:45,805 --> 00:31:48,405 [Dr de Orellana] Nicholas abdicates in favor of his brother Michael, 459 00:31:48,485 --> 00:31:50,885 who is only Emperor for less than one day. 460 00:31:51,685 --> 00:31:55,165 [Dr Hetherington] His brother realizes that this is absolutely a poison chalice, 461 00:31:55,245 --> 00:31:57,245 he wants no part of this whatsoever. 462 00:31:57,525 --> 00:31:59,405 So, he turns down the throne 463 00:31:59,485 --> 00:32:00,485 and once that happens 464 00:32:00,605 --> 00:32:02,765 it's clear that Russia no longer has a Czar. 465 00:32:27,525 --> 00:32:31,485 Russia had gone from one-man rule  to political chaos. 466 00:32:42,085 --> 00:32:45,965 The Czar doesn't really understand what's  happening around the country. 467 00:32:46,045 --> 00:32:47,925 He doesn't understand the revolution. 468 00:32:48,005 --> 00:32:50,565 And he seems to be in denial  about the situation. 469 00:32:51,445 --> 00:32:55,005 And that is why neither Nicholas nor his family leave the country. 470 00:33:11,685 --> 00:33:12,565 [sniffs] 471 00:33:22,525 --> 00:33:23,765 [Nicholas] I'm sorry. 472 00:33:26,485 --> 00:33:29,485 You are more precious to me as my husband 473 00:33:31,765 --> 00:33:32,725 than as Czar. 474 00:33:35,845 --> 00:33:36,685 [laughs] 475 00:33:58,885 --> 00:33:59,725 [bump] 476 00:34:00,565 --> 00:34:02,005 [Nicholas] Oh, my boy. 477 00:34:06,965 --> 00:34:09,725 [sobs] 478 00:34:09,925 --> 00:34:11,045 I'm so sorry. 479 00:34:20,685 --> 00:34:24,645 [Nicholas sniffs, sighs] 480 00:34:34,285 --> 00:34:36,085 [Prof McMeekin] Russia's political condition 481 00:34:36,165 --> 00:34:38,365 in the weeks after the abdication of the Czar 482 00:34:38,445 --> 00:34:42,005 is sometimes referred to as dvoyevlastiye, which means 'dual power'. 483 00:34:43,245 --> 00:34:45,765 [Dr de Orellana] Now, we have got two main bodies 484 00:34:45,845 --> 00:34:48,365 competing for legitimacy on power in Petrograd. 485 00:34:48,445 --> 00:34:49,565 We have got the Duma. 486 00:34:49,645 --> 00:34:52,405 On the other hand, we have got the far  more radical  487 00:34:52,485 --> 00:34:56,325 and deeply revolutionary Petrograd Soviet. 488 00:34:57,965 --> 00:34:59,845 [Dr Antonova] Neither of them is powerful enough 489 00:34:59,925 --> 00:35:02,125 to outmaneuver the other, so they join together 490 00:35:02,205 --> 00:35:05,205 and create the provisional government, a temporary government, 491 00:35:05,285 --> 00:35:07,205 that's meant to just hold things together, 492 00:35:07,285 --> 00:35:09,045 hold the war effort together 493 00:35:09,125 --> 00:35:12,085 until something more permanent can be decided on. 494 00:35:15,645 --> 00:35:17,725 [Montefiore] The real dynamo, the real energy 495 00:35:17,805 --> 00:35:19,725 in this new Provisional Government  496 00:35:19,805 --> 00:35:21,365 is Alexander Kerensky. 497 00:35:23,405 --> 00:35:25,485 He's a member of the Soviet and the Duma. 498 00:35:26,845 --> 00:35:29,085 [Dr Antonova] He's a socialist revolutionary, 499 00:35:29,165 --> 00:35:31,445 but he's also worked with the Duma, 500 00:35:31,525 --> 00:35:34,165 and so he's trusted to a degree  by both sides. 501 00:35:35,725 --> 00:35:38,205 [Prof Fedyashin] It is ironic that a man 502 00:35:38,285 --> 00:35:40,485 who had called for the overthrow  503 00:35:40,565 --> 00:35:45,365 of the Czar several weeks earlier is now in charge  504 00:35:45,445 --> 00:35:48,045 of keeping the royal family safe. 505 00:35:55,125 --> 00:35:56,005 Hello. 506 00:35:57,005 --> 00:35:58,565 I'm the "medieval regime." 507 00:36:05,925 --> 00:36:07,845 Shall we take a walk? 508 00:36:19,205 --> 00:36:23,005 I assure you, you can have complete  confidence in the Provisional Government 509 00:36:23,125 --> 00:36:25,125 to keep you and your family safe. 510 00:36:27,325 --> 00:36:28,325 But there are rules. 511 00:36:29,245 --> 00:36:30,965 The telephone line has been cut. 512 00:36:31,045 --> 00:36:33,405 Any communication must be via my office. 513 00:36:35,245 --> 00:36:36,325 Your belongings... 514 00:36:40,645 --> 00:36:42,605 your belongings will be searched. 515 00:36:42,925 --> 00:36:46,445 And like all public servants,  you will survive on a ration for food. 516 00:36:46,845 --> 00:36:48,085 So, my home is a prison. 517 00:36:49,045 --> 00:36:50,965 Am I allowed outside to exercise? 518 00:36:53,725 --> 00:36:57,325 [Montefiore] At first, it looks like Alexander Kerensky is the ultimate radical 519 00:36:57,405 --> 00:36:59,605 hostile to the family. 520 00:36:59,885 --> 00:37:02,605 But gradually, as he begins to take charge of them, 521 00:37:02,685 --> 00:37:05,765 they realize that actually he's rather sympathetic to them. 522 00:37:05,845 --> 00:37:07,405 He becomes almost fond of them. 523 00:37:07,525 --> 00:37:10,725 And he begins to worry about how to protect them 524 00:37:11,005 --> 00:37:13,965 from the more extreme elements,  the Bolsheviks and others 525 00:37:14,045 --> 00:37:15,725 who might threaten their lives. 526 00:37:16,445 --> 00:37:17,285 [thud] 527 00:37:18,445 --> 00:37:22,085 [Montefiore] The position of the Romanovs has changed beyond imagination, 528 00:37:22,165 --> 00:37:24,125 one incident really sums this up, 529 00:37:24,365 --> 00:37:27,645 as they sit as prisoners in their old home, the Alexander Palace, 530 00:37:27,725 --> 00:37:31,005 soldiers actually dig up the remains  of Rasputin, 531 00:37:31,365 --> 00:37:34,405 the Empress Alexandra's  most beloved advisor, 532 00:37:34,725 --> 00:37:38,045 and mutilate the body in full view of the palace. 533 00:37:38,245 --> 00:37:42,405 [stabbing sounds] 534 00:37:42,725 --> 00:37:46,885 The Romanov family rely on Kerensky  for their protection. 535 00:37:47,085 --> 00:37:48,885 But by the middle of the summer, 536 00:37:49,085 --> 00:37:52,965 Kerensky's own position becomes  increasingly tenuous. 537 00:37:53,045 --> 00:37:57,725 It does not look like Kerensky  will actually be able 538 00:37:57,805 --> 00:37:59,525 to convince the Russian population 539 00:37:59,925 --> 00:38:02,645 to stay in the war and to sacrifice for it, 540 00:38:02,725 --> 00:38:06,045 and his political power  is under serious threat. 541 00:38:14,685 --> 00:38:15,885 So, we have to leave? 542 00:38:16,925 --> 00:38:18,245 It is no longer safe here. 543 00:38:20,045 --> 00:38:21,205 And not just for you. 544 00:38:24,725 --> 00:38:26,685 My officers will escort you. 545 00:38:28,845 --> 00:38:29,685 I trust them. 546 00:38:32,085 --> 00:38:35,325 If you say we must leave now, we will. 547 00:38:43,845 --> 00:38:47,245 [Montefiore] Just in time, Kerensky moved them in great secrecy  548 00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:49,725 to Tobolsk, far away in Siberia 549 00:38:49,805 --> 00:38:52,645 where they'll be safe from the extremists, 550 00:38:52,725 --> 00:38:54,245 fanatics, and revolutionaries 551 00:38:54,325 --> 00:38:56,165 who threaten them in Petrograd. 552 00:38:56,245 --> 00:39:01,645 [angry shouting] 553 00:39:01,725 --> 00:39:05,285 [Prof Fedyashin] Three months after the Romanov family leaves Petrograd, 554 00:39:05,365 --> 00:39:08,325 Kerensky's government itself is overthrown 555 00:39:08,405 --> 00:39:10,045 in a coup d'état 556 00:39:10,125 --> 00:39:12,565 by Lenin and the Bolsheviks. 557 00:39:12,645 --> 00:39:15,085 [hubbub] 558 00:39:15,165 --> 00:39:18,085 [Dr de Orellana] As the Bolsheviks are taking over, during a period of only  559 00:39:18,165 --> 00:39:21,605 twenty hours, Kerensky is forced to flee. At one point, 560 00:39:21,685 --> 00:39:25,525 he's almost shot at a checkpoint  as he tries to leave Petrograd. 561 00:39:25,605 --> 00:39:27,405 [roar of fire] 562 00:39:27,485 --> 00:39:30,805 [Montefiore] Suddenly we're in a more merciless, more flint-hearted, 563 00:39:30,885 --> 00:39:32,445 more ruthless era. 564 00:39:33,245 --> 00:39:36,965 [Prof Fedyashin] Lenin had spent 20 years calling for the violent overthrow 565 00:39:37,045 --> 00:39:40,165 of the monarchy, even for the execution of the Czar. 566 00:39:40,645 --> 00:39:43,445 [Dr de Orellana] Now, the Bolsheviks are in charge of the royal family. 567 00:39:43,565 --> 00:39:47,085 The fate of the imperial family is in  Bolshevik hands. 568 00:39:47,725 --> 00:39:51,685 [Montefiore] And those hands happen to include former army medic, 569 00:39:51,765 --> 00:39:53,405 Yakov Yurovsky. 570 00:40:01,405 --> 00:40:03,325 I'm the Military Commissar 571 00:40:03,725 --> 00:40:05,365 from the Ural Soviet. 572 00:40:05,445 --> 00:40:07,525 Honored to meet you, Comrade Goloschekin. 573 00:40:08,325 --> 00:40:12,125 Your work for the secret police  has been noticed. 574 00:40:12,205 --> 00:40:17,165 But I need your diligence for a little  more delicate operation.  575 00:40:18,325 --> 00:40:19,685 Top secret. 576 00:40:19,765 --> 00:40:20,885 Straight from Moscow. 577 00:40:21,085 --> 00:40:22,285 From Comrade Lenin. 578 00:40:25,525 --> 00:40:29,605 A house is being prepared here  in Ekaterinberg 579 00:40:30,165 --> 00:40:33,165 for some high-profile guests. 580 00:40:34,645 --> 00:40:36,165 They will arrive in secrecy 581 00:40:37,205 --> 00:40:40,125 and need to be kept  under maximum security. 582 00:40:40,565 --> 00:40:41,405 How many? 583 00:40:41,925 --> 00:40:44,565 It's a family of seven and their servants. 584 00:40:46,645 --> 00:40:50,805 [Dr de Orellana] By the Spring of 1919, the imperial family are in huge danger. 585 00:40:50,885 --> 00:40:52,765 They are split into two groups, 586 00:40:52,885 --> 00:40:55,445 Nicholas, Alexandra and one of the girls are taken 587 00:40:55,525 --> 00:40:58,485 to their new safe-house deep in Bolshevik territory. 588 00:40:58,605 --> 00:41:00,365 -[engine starts] -[door shuts] 589 00:41:00,445 --> 00:41:07,325 [sound of car engine] 590 00:41:08,845 --> 00:41:10,245 [Dr de Orellana] A few weeks later, 591 00:41:10,325 --> 00:41:14,045 the Romanov children are sent  to join their parents in Ekaterinburg. 592 00:41:14,125 --> 00:41:15,245 [sound of train] 593 00:41:15,325 --> 00:41:17,605 [man shouts] Let's move, the truck is waiting. 594 00:41:17,685 --> 00:41:20,405 [whistle blows] 595 00:41:23,365 --> 00:41:24,405 Move! Move! 596 00:41:24,485 --> 00:41:27,485 [Mr. Gilliard] Where are you taking us? [guard] Not you, just the children. 597 00:41:27,565 --> 00:41:30,365 No, no, I am their teacher! 598 00:41:30,445 --> 00:41:31,765 Then you understand my words. 599 00:41:31,845 --> 00:41:34,205 I promised their father I would stay with them. 600 00:41:34,525 --> 00:41:36,925 You have no right to stop me  from doing my duty. 601 00:41:40,165 --> 00:41:41,565 We are no good to them dead. 602 00:41:43,245 --> 00:41:44,765 [Mr. Gilliard] Look after each other. 603 00:41:45,085 --> 00:41:46,325 Stay safe. 604 00:41:46,645 --> 00:41:47,525 Anastasia! 605 00:41:48,805 --> 00:41:50,245 -[screams] No! Please! 606 00:41:50,605 --> 00:41:51,685 Anastasia! 607 00:41:55,445 --> 00:41:56,285 [bang] 608 00:41:57,245 --> 00:41:58,125 Let's go. 609 00:41:58,245 --> 00:42:00,565 [engine starts] 610 00:42:06,205 --> 00:42:07,365 My poor niece. 611 00:42:08,725 --> 00:42:12,125 Hoping desperately that someone would come and rescue her. 612 00:42:21,805 --> 00:42:23,125 She's waited long enough.  613 00:42:24,565 --> 00:42:25,445 Shall we? 614 00:42:30,885 --> 00:42:32,285 [nurse] I am so sorry. 615 00:42:32,365 --> 00:42:34,205 She asked to come out to meet you. 616 00:42:41,725 --> 00:42:43,765 [Olga] Please. Just a moment. 617 00:42:55,445 --> 00:42:56,885 I am so happy to meet you. 618 00:42:59,205 --> 00:43:00,805 Is the hospital treating you well? 619 00:43:05,245 --> 00:43:06,885 If there's anything you need... 620 00:43:08,405 --> 00:43:09,565 you must let us know. 621 00:43:15,005 --> 00:43:16,325 Aren't you lovely, my dear. 622 00:43:25,005 --> 00:43:26,125 [girl] Please, 623 00:43:26,965 --> 00:43:28,405 I'm your little Pixie. 624 00:43:32,685 --> 00:43:33,685 What did you say? 625 00:43:37,445 --> 00:43:38,325 Say it again. 626 00:43:40,365 --> 00:43:41,245 Pixie. 627 00:43:45,045 --> 00:43:47,325 I am the only person in the world 628 00:43:48,125 --> 00:43:49,285 that called her that. 629 00:44:17,605 --> 00:44:19,605 Subtitle translation by Metia Bethell