1 00:01:36,370 --> 00:01:37,030 What's the matter? 2 00:01:37,250 --> 00:01:39,670 One of the horses appears to have gone lame, Your Excellency. 3 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:40,900 I'll just see what it is. 4 00:01:48,050 --> 00:01:50,330 What a beautiful spring day, Your Excellency. 5 00:01:51,650 --> 00:01:52,770 How mild it is. 6 00:01:54,470 --> 00:01:55,870 Everything's coming out too early. 7 00:01:57,330 --> 00:01:59,050 Amazing how they respond to a bit of warmth. 8 00:02:01,210 --> 00:02:03,650 Only that old oak wants to sleep on. 9 00:02:04,290 --> 00:02:05,430 Stubborn things, oak trees. 10 00:02:06,050 --> 00:02:07,050 Never want to wake up. 11 00:02:07,370 --> 00:02:08,810 Never want to face the summer again. 12 00:02:09,370 --> 00:02:10,370 Look at him. 13 00:02:11,050 --> 00:02:12,510 Same old tale, he says. 14 00:02:12,790 --> 00:02:14,350 Spring and love and happiness. 15 00:02:15,390 --> 00:02:16,550 Don't believe in it. 16 00:02:17,170 --> 00:02:18,610 It's all stuff and nonsense. 17 00:02:19,310 --> 00:02:20,310 Leave me alone. 18 00:02:20,750 --> 00:02:22,110 I've seen it all before. 19 00:02:27,770 --> 00:02:29,790 Must have picked up a stone somewhere, Your Excellency. 20 00:02:29,791 --> 00:02:31,631 It'll be all right till we get to Count Rostov. 21 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:52,140 Yes, the oak is right. 22 00:02:52,940 --> 00:02:54,260 A thousand times right. 23 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:56,960 Spring is a delusion. 24 00:02:58,540 --> 00:03:00,640 The young are deceived by it, but not us. 25 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:03,380 Our life is finished, finished. 26 00:03:04,820 --> 00:03:06,520 Just leave me alone and let me live it out. 27 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:09,100 Yes, the oak is right. 28 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:35,920 Count Rostov, Prince Volkonsky to see you. 29 00:04:35,921 --> 00:04:36,921 Oh God, sweet. 30 00:04:44,490 --> 00:04:45,490 Ah, Prince. 31 00:04:46,130 --> 00:04:47,350 This is a pleasure. 32 00:04:47,730 --> 00:04:48,270 An honor. 33 00:04:48,570 --> 00:04:51,430 How wonderful of you to come all the way out to Adradny to see us. 34 00:04:51,470 --> 00:04:52,846 I thought it time I introduced myself. 35 00:04:52,870 --> 00:04:53,810 Of course, of course. 36 00:04:53,870 --> 00:04:55,110 It should have happened sooner. 37 00:04:55,350 --> 00:04:57,190 Prokofiev, tell the Countess we have a visitor. 38 00:04:58,370 --> 00:04:59,970 Well, isn't it wonderful weather? 39 00:05:00,550 --> 00:05:02,430 Have you come all the way from Bald Hills today? 40 00:05:02,610 --> 00:05:04,450 No, no, I've been visiting the Riazani estates. 41 00:05:04,550 --> 00:05:05,830 Ah, the Riazani estates, yes. 42 00:05:07,530 --> 00:05:08,430 They're in your area. 43 00:05:08,431 --> 00:05:09,990 Yes, of course, certainly. 44 00:05:10,370 --> 00:05:11,510 They belong to my son now. 45 00:05:11,870 --> 00:05:15,950 I see, and you're here... in connection with the transfer. 46 00:05:16,110 --> 00:05:16,450 Precisely. 47 00:05:16,810 --> 00:05:19,170 My father transferred them to my son, making me the trustee. 48 00:05:19,370 --> 00:05:22,230 Since you're the local marshal of the nobility... You must come to see me. 49 00:05:23,070 --> 00:05:24,110 Well, that's fortunate. 50 00:05:24,310 --> 00:05:26,310 Business brings us together where nothing else did. 51 00:05:27,030 --> 00:05:29,730 But that means I must send to Moscow for the papers. 52 00:05:30,110 --> 00:05:31,546 And that can't be done till tomorrow. 53 00:05:31,570 --> 00:05:32,510 Oh, but surely... 54 00:05:32,511 --> 00:05:36,670 Not possible, but we'll make a virtue of necessity and you'll stay the night. 55 00:05:36,671 --> 00:05:37,250 Wonderful. 56 00:05:37,570 --> 00:05:39,490 No, no, you seem to have a lot of guests already. 57 00:05:39,550 --> 00:05:40,810 Oh, there's always room. 58 00:05:41,250 --> 00:05:42,890 Ah, my dear, see who's here. 59 00:05:42,950 --> 00:05:43,770 Prince Volkonsky. 60 00:05:43,850 --> 00:05:45,470 He was visiting the Riazani estates. 61 00:05:45,770 --> 00:05:46,750 And he came to see us. 62 00:05:46,770 --> 00:05:47,350 Isn't that wonderful? 63 00:05:47,610 --> 00:05:50,430 You are well known to us, Prince, through so many acquaintances. 64 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:53,130 It seems extraordinary that we've never met before. 65 00:05:53,510 --> 00:05:56,550 And this is my wife's cousin, Princess Druvetskaya. 66 00:05:56,610 --> 00:05:57,610 Ah, dear friend. 67 00:05:57,810 --> 00:05:58,810 Druvetskaya. 68 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,066 Are you related to Boris Druvetskaya? 69 00:06:00,090 --> 00:06:01,090 He's my son. 70 00:06:01,650 --> 00:06:04,325 He's told me all about you and how kind you 71 00:06:04,326 --> 00:06:06,810 were to him in the early days of his career. 72 00:06:06,950 --> 00:06:08,270 As I remember, I did very little. 73 00:06:08,550 --> 00:06:10,150 I'm sure he'll go far of his own accord. 74 00:06:10,210 --> 00:06:11,950 Oh, yes, Boris is very ambitious. 75 00:06:12,230 --> 00:06:14,590 Oh, Prince Volkonsky was a great help. 76 00:06:15,170 --> 00:06:16,371 Natalie, I told you, remember? 77 00:06:17,190 --> 00:06:19,031 He used to mention you so often in his letters. 78 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,710 We have some young friends staying with us. 79 00:06:23,110 --> 00:06:24,310 There's my eldest, Vera. 80 00:06:26,370 --> 00:06:27,370 Vera, my dear. 81 00:06:27,555 --> 00:06:28,930 Come and meet Prince Volkonsky. 82 00:06:29,630 --> 00:06:30,870 And this is my daughter, Vera. 83 00:06:30,871 --> 00:06:31,871 Countess. 84 00:06:32,250 --> 00:06:33,250 Captain Bear. 85 00:06:33,710 --> 00:06:34,751 We've met before, I think. 86 00:06:35,350 --> 00:06:35,590 Really? 87 00:06:36,050 --> 00:06:38,031 I don't... Three years ago. 88 00:06:38,110 --> 00:06:42,371 I was sharing quarters with Boris Drubetsko at Olmert's, just before Austerlitz. 89 00:06:44,170 --> 00:06:45,170 Ah, yes, I remember. 90 00:06:47,090 --> 00:06:48,506 The Count's son, Nikolai, called in to see Boris. 91 00:06:48,530 --> 00:06:49,810 You remember, Count, I told you. 92 00:06:50,150 --> 00:06:52,750 Oh, yes, it was a long time ago now. 93 00:06:53,130 --> 00:06:54,430 Three years already. 94 00:06:57,250 --> 00:06:58,850 So you've met my son, too, then, Prince? 95 00:06:58,950 --> 00:06:59,950 So it would seem. 96 00:07:00,650 --> 00:07:02,290 Oh, he's been decorated, you know. 97 00:07:02,350 --> 00:07:03,590 He's a real soldier now. 98 00:07:04,010 --> 00:07:05,370 Made it his career and everything. 99 00:07:06,630 --> 00:07:07,630 Vera, call Natasha. 100 00:07:07,710 --> 00:07:09,066 I want her to meet Prince Volkonsky. 101 00:07:09,090 --> 00:07:09,470 Of course. 102 00:07:10,050 --> 00:07:12,150 Boris, too, has made it his career, Prince. 103 00:07:12,790 --> 00:07:15,890 You know, he was in Tilsit at the meeting of the two emperors. 104 00:07:16,550 --> 00:07:18,330 He was attached to the Sovereign's staff. 105 00:07:18,990 --> 00:07:19,350 Really? 106 00:07:19,870 --> 00:07:23,010 Well, he was so efficient, the Sovereign was forced to take notice of him. 107 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,330 Oh, I heard it, of course, not from Boris, but from Prince Dolgorukhov. 108 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:31,950 Ah, darling. 109 00:07:32,450 --> 00:07:33,990 Come and meet Prince Volkonsky. 110 00:07:34,350 --> 00:07:36,110 This is my younger daughter, Natasha. 111 00:07:36,550 --> 00:07:38,350 Hello, I nearly knocked you over. 112 00:07:38,930 --> 00:07:39,330 Yes. 113 00:07:39,850 --> 00:07:41,650 I was trying to scare the others. 114 00:07:41,770 --> 00:07:44,330 They'd been so bored all day, I thought it would liven them up. 115 00:07:44,690 --> 00:07:45,690 Oh, Natasha. 116 00:07:46,130 --> 00:07:47,226 Well, you certainly scared me. 117 00:07:47,250 --> 00:07:47,870 No, I didn't. 118 00:07:48,090 --> 00:07:49,630 I saw your face as I passed. 119 00:07:50,130 --> 00:07:54,030 It had that, good God, what does she think she's doing expression on it. 120 00:07:54,810 --> 00:07:56,650 I didn't realize I was so easily raised. 121 00:07:57,930 --> 00:07:59,210 Are you staying? 122 00:08:00,250 --> 00:08:01,490 It seems I must. 123 00:08:01,690 --> 00:08:04,110 I have to wait for some papers from Moscow. 124 00:08:05,570 --> 00:08:08,490 Ilya, darling, why are we all standing up like this? 125 00:08:08,530 --> 00:08:09,290 Oh, forgive me. 126 00:08:09,490 --> 00:08:10,590 Prince, do sit down. 127 00:08:11,050 --> 00:08:12,910 I'll order some refreshments. 128 00:08:15,090 --> 00:08:16,090 Volkonsky! 129 00:08:16,270 --> 00:08:17,270 Volkonsky! 130 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:19,046 Come on, Natasha, we're waiting. 131 00:08:19,070 --> 00:08:20,650 Oh, excuse me, my friends. 132 00:08:20,850 --> 00:08:21,850 I'd better join you. 133 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:31,580 Did you never return to the army, Prince? 134 00:08:31,581 --> 00:08:32,581 No. 135 00:08:32,980 --> 00:08:33,980 What a pity. 136 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:36,780 We heard so much about Kutuzov's aid. 137 00:08:37,420 --> 00:08:38,516 I did very little, I'm afraid. 138 00:08:38,540 --> 00:08:41,540 Oh, come, Prince, everyone heard of your run down the hill with the banner. 139 00:08:43,560 --> 00:08:46,260 It's still mentioned even today when people talk of Austerlitz. 140 00:08:46,705 --> 00:08:48,856 Well, one does many foolish things in the heat of battle. 141 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:50,840 Well, that's just what my Nikolai says. 142 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,344 Do you know, Anna, he confessed to me that his 143 00:08:53,345 --> 00:08:56,141 memories of most of the battles are quite hazy. 144 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,600 Well, it's well known, Countess, that when the mind is in a high state of 145 00:08:59,601 --> 00:09:02,800 excitement, it selects only one or two important things to be aware of. 146 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:05,400 Even bodily sensations are diminished. 147 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,414 For example, at the end of a battle, many soldiers find 148 00:09:08,415 --> 00:09:10,701 themselves wounded and can't remember when it happened. 149 00:09:11,910 --> 00:09:13,536 They're utterly astounded to find blood on them. 150 00:09:13,560 --> 00:09:16,280 Even quite serious wounds that only now are troubling. 151 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:18,100 Isn't that so, Prince? 152 00:09:20,140 --> 00:09:21,140 Prince Volkonski? 153 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,020 Oh, Sonia, come and look. 154 00:10:00,020 --> 00:10:01,300 It's just beautiful. 155 00:10:02,460 --> 00:10:03,460 Come to bed. 156 00:10:03,540 --> 00:10:04,640 I can't. 157 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:07,720 Oh, come and look at the moon, Sonia. 158 00:10:08,260 --> 00:10:09,260 Please. 159 00:10:14,030 --> 00:10:15,590 Yes, it's beautiful. 160 00:10:16,770 --> 00:10:18,010 Is that all you can see? 161 00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:22,020 Go to bed. 162 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:30,800 Sonia, how can you sleep? 163 00:10:31,740 --> 00:10:33,800 I could stay here all night. 164 00:10:35,380 --> 00:10:37,620 You should see the stars. 165 00:10:38,820 --> 00:10:40,420 There are millions of them. 166 00:10:41,940 --> 00:10:42,940 Millions! 167 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:48,320 Oh, I feel as if I could just fly off right out into the night. 168 00:10:48,540 --> 00:10:49,880 Take care you don't fall off. 169 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,120 Oh, Sonia, you spoil everything for me. 170 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:00,100 Well, if I must, I must. 171 00:11:05,070 --> 00:11:07,530 And for her, I might just as well not exist. 172 00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:16,070 I wonder... I wonder if that oak was really right. 173 00:11:17,670 --> 00:11:20,250 In a few weeks, he'll be spreading his leaves again, even he. 174 00:11:21,370 --> 00:11:22,570 He'll join the rest of them. 175 00:11:23,730 --> 00:11:25,930 Spring, love and happiness, the same old tale. 176 00:11:27,330 --> 00:11:28,890 But it is a beautiful tale. 177 00:11:31,930 --> 00:11:33,930 Now, life is not over at thirty-one. 178 00:11:35,250 --> 00:11:37,210 It's not enough to know what I have in me. 179 00:11:37,790 --> 00:11:39,030 Everyone else must know it too. 180 00:11:40,030 --> 00:11:42,850 Pierre, that young girl who wanted to fly away. 181 00:11:43,690 --> 00:11:48,202 All of them must learn to know me so that my life is not 182 00:11:48,203 --> 00:11:52,930 lived for myself alone but may be reflected in them all. 183 00:11:53,830 --> 00:11:57,870 That they and I may live in harmony together. 184 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:09,120 Yes, yes, we should talk about that. 185 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:10,720 Yes. 186 00:12:11,140 --> 00:12:12,420 You don't mind my mentioning it? 187 00:12:12,580 --> 00:12:13,580 No, no, certainly. 188 00:12:14,660 --> 00:12:17,220 After all, you have a right to know. 189 00:12:17,780 --> 00:12:18,780 It should be discussed. 190 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:20,360 I think so. 191 00:12:21,140 --> 00:12:24,260 After all, if I were to allow myself to marry without knowing how much I had to 192 00:12:24,540 --> 00:12:28,480 depend on to maintain my wife, well... that would be acting very foolishly. 193 00:12:29,660 --> 00:12:30,660 Yes, absolutely. 194 00:12:31,420 --> 00:12:33,740 No, no, I like your being businesslike about it. 195 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:36,600 After all, the wedding will be soon. 196 00:12:37,620 --> 00:12:38,620 Yes, amazing. 197 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,140 Oh, time goes so quickly. 198 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:43,900 And Vera will want to know. 199 00:12:44,660 --> 00:12:45,660 Naturally, naturally. 200 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:50,863 She and I have budgeted our own income and I 201 00:12:50,864 --> 00:12:52,760 think you'll find we've done rather well with it. 202 00:12:53,260 --> 00:12:54,860 The only thing is the dowry. 203 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,520 We still aren't sure how much she'll bring with her. 204 00:12:59,620 --> 00:13:01,420 Yes, well now, let me see. 205 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:06,460 Of course, I haven't got my steward with me, so I'm not entirely sure of the figures. 206 00:13:07,140 --> 00:13:09,100 But you must have some thoughts on the subject. 207 00:13:09,101 --> 00:13:10,580 Oh, naturally, naturally. 208 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,200 Let me see now. 209 00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:21,322 It's hard to be precise, but suppose I were to 210 00:13:21,323 --> 00:13:25,880 offer you a note of hand for 80,000 roubles. 211 00:13:26,580 --> 00:13:27,580 How would that be? 212 00:13:28,140 --> 00:13:32,360 Well, that's generous, but I have so many expenses. 213 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:34,580 I shall need 20,000 in cash. 214 00:13:35,050 --> 00:13:37,930 If you could manage that, I'll take a note of hand for the balance of 60. 215 00:13:38,330 --> 00:13:39,330 Yes, yes, to be sure. 216 00:13:39,690 --> 00:13:44,360 Only you must allow me to give you the 20,000 and a note of hand for 80,000. 217 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:45,860 That's more than generous. 218 00:13:46,300 --> 00:13:47,600 There then, that's settled. 219 00:13:51,980 --> 00:13:53,560 Thank you, Papa. 220 00:13:57,660 --> 00:13:59,380 Now I think Vera is waiting for me. 221 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:01,020 Oh yes, yes, dear chap, you go on. 222 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,320 What was all that about? 223 00:14:22,321 --> 00:14:23,980 Oh, nothing, my dear. 224 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:27,380 We've settled the dowry. 225 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:29,960 It had to be done. 226 00:14:30,620 --> 00:14:31,620 How are you, my love? 227 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:33,040 What did you agree on? 228 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:34,940 Oh, 80,000. 229 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:37,740 I'm giving him 20,000 in cash. 230 00:14:38,460 --> 00:14:39,460 He'll need it. 231 00:14:40,180 --> 00:14:41,180 Is your headache better? 232 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,160 In addition or on account? 233 00:14:44,180 --> 00:14:45,180 In addition. 234 00:14:47,350 --> 00:14:50,620 We set aside estates for each of the girls when they were born. 235 00:14:50,621 --> 00:14:52,160 We've had to sell them. 236 00:14:52,780 --> 00:14:55,000 Each year we have to mortgage more and more. 237 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:57,240 Where does the money go? 238 00:14:57,900 --> 00:14:58,900 I don't know. 239 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:00,920 Well, it's not as bad as that. 240 00:15:01,820 --> 00:15:04,040 You don't know how bad. 241 00:15:04,340 --> 00:15:05,340 Or how good. 242 00:15:05,660 --> 00:15:07,240 You leave all the books to the steward. 243 00:15:07,380 --> 00:15:08,460 Well, he's a clever fellow. 244 00:15:09,265 --> 00:15:10,280 It worries me. 245 00:15:11,510 --> 00:15:13,560 I wish Nikolai would leave the army and come home. 246 00:15:13,660 --> 00:15:14,740 He could look after things. 247 00:15:15,850 --> 00:15:16,480 My pet, there's no need to worry. 248 00:15:16,580 --> 00:15:17,580 Believe me. 249 00:15:18,555 --> 00:15:20,816 We keep so many people here, the place looks like a hotel. 250 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,040 Sometimes I come in, I wonder if I'm in the right house. 251 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:24,920 Do you know what I thought of doing? 252 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:25,960 What? 253 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,160 I thought of going to Petersburg and asking for a government post. 254 00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:33,050 Well, that would at least bring in a salary. 255 00:15:34,340 --> 00:15:35,700 Ilya, darling, work! 256 00:15:35,980 --> 00:15:36,760 Well, why not? 257 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:37,960 Other people do it. 258 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,220 But Ilya... No, my mind's made up. 259 00:15:40,260 --> 00:15:41,260 I'm going to Petersburg. 260 00:15:42,300 --> 00:15:43,360 Why don't we all go? 261 00:15:43,361 --> 00:15:47,640 We should give the children a last fling before we start the economies. 262 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:49,280 What a good idea. 263 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:51,680 Oh, what a wonderful woman you are. 264 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:43,280 THE GENERAL STATEMENT Prince Volkonsky, may I introduce myself? 265 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:44,440 I'm Mikhail Speransky. 266 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:45,680 Of course. 267 00:16:45,740 --> 00:16:46,740 I knew you at once. 268 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,716 I've been wanting to meet you since I read of your reforms of the government. 269 00:16:49,740 --> 00:16:50,740 That's very kind. 270 00:16:52,295 --> 00:16:55,055 There's a great deal to do and too few people, right people, to do it. 271 00:16:55,790 --> 00:16:57,856 I've read your report on the suggested reforms of the army. 272 00:16:57,880 --> 00:16:58,540 I was so impressed. 273 00:16:58,740 --> 00:16:59,120 Thank you. 274 00:16:59,670 --> 00:17:01,136 Very little seems to have happened to it. 275 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,560 Well, these things take time and there's a lot of opposition. 276 00:17:03,740 --> 00:17:05,554 I just wanted to say how glad I am that someone 277 00:17:05,555 --> 00:17:07,721 of your ability is involving himself in this work. 278 00:17:08,220 --> 00:17:12,140 When I left the war, I suffered such a reaction against public work, I became 279 00:17:12,290 --> 00:17:13,290 something of a recluse. 280 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:14,620 You were too young for that. 281 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,081 Well, you know, Austerlitz was an unforgivable disaster. 282 00:17:17,380 --> 00:17:18,380 It needn't have happened. 283 00:17:18,780 --> 00:17:20,960 It left me only with a desire to get away from it all. 284 00:17:21,260 --> 00:17:23,220 So I spent my time reorganizing my states. 285 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:24,580 Yes, I heard about it. 286 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:28,300 You're among the first to introduce quitterence and liberate yourselves. 287 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:30,120 How should we generally follow? 288 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:32,000 Oh, I think it will be given time. 289 00:17:32,460 --> 00:17:35,300 There are economic advantages too, you know, that people are unaware of. 290 00:17:35,301 --> 00:17:36,980 It isn't all humanitarianism. 291 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,000 Well, I just wanted to say how glad I am to see you back in harness, as they say. 292 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:43,300 We have the air of his majesty, you know. 293 00:17:43,460 --> 00:17:45,020 This is a wonderful time we're working. 294 00:17:45,460 --> 00:17:48,440 I understand that you're revising the legal code. 295 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:49,680 That is so. 296 00:17:49,980 --> 00:17:53,380 The commission has been in existence for 50 years and has done absolutely nothing. 297 00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:55,860 Do you have any ideas on this subject? 298 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,120 Only in those areas where it touches on the position of the aristocracy. 299 00:17:59,580 --> 00:18:00,580 Excellent, excellent. 300 00:18:00,780 --> 00:18:01,816 Let's meet and talk about it. 301 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:02,480 Do come and see me. 302 00:18:02,481 --> 00:18:05,860 I think we could have helped each other, and to Russia too. 303 00:18:06,620 --> 00:18:09,320 Well, at a ball one must dance. 304 00:18:44,820 --> 00:18:45,880 Are we late? 305 00:18:46,140 --> 00:18:47,240 Not at all, Countess. 306 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:48,900 The lords have not even arrived yet. 307 00:19:15,550 --> 00:19:17,150 There, I fixed Mama's dress. 308 00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:18,970 No, Sonia, not there. 309 00:19:19,190 --> 00:19:21,130 Oh, for pity's sake, be still. 310 00:19:21,370 --> 00:19:22,790 How can I finish your hair? 311 00:19:22,930 --> 00:19:23,750 Just a minute, Mother. 312 00:19:23,890 --> 00:19:24,970 We're going to be dreadfully late. 313 00:19:24,990 --> 00:19:25,590 No, we're not. 314 00:19:25,770 --> 00:19:28,090 We should have been there at ten o'clock, and it's ten o'clock now. 315 00:19:28,110 --> 00:19:28,850 There, that's done. 316 00:19:29,070 --> 00:19:29,690 No, that's better. 317 00:19:29,890 --> 00:19:30,670 That's much better. 318 00:19:30,710 --> 00:19:31,530 The hen's done. 319 00:19:31,590 --> 00:19:31,990 The hen's done. 320 00:19:31,991 --> 00:19:32,470 Oh, no. 321 00:19:32,770 --> 00:19:32,970 There. 322 00:19:32,971 --> 00:19:34,030 Well, fix it. 323 00:19:34,130 --> 00:19:35,530 Don't crouch there, screeching. 324 00:19:35,570 --> 00:19:36,770 Where's the needle and cotton? 325 00:19:37,970 --> 00:19:39,330 Oh, almost ready, Papa. 326 00:19:39,331 --> 00:19:40,350 Don't come in yet. 327 00:19:40,670 --> 00:19:40,970 There. 328 00:19:41,390 --> 00:19:42,230 How does that look? 329 00:19:42,270 --> 00:19:43,910 Oh, lovely, Sonia. 330 00:19:44,470 --> 00:19:46,910 Oh, you look exquisite, doesn't she, Maggie? 331 00:19:46,990 --> 00:19:47,410 Yes, she does. 332 00:19:47,490 --> 00:19:48,890 Now, will you please be still? 333 00:19:49,070 --> 00:19:50,686 Now, do you want to get to the ball or not? 334 00:19:50,710 --> 00:19:51,826 Yes, of course I do, my darling. 335 00:19:51,850 --> 00:19:52,650 Only do hurry. 336 00:19:52,750 --> 00:19:53,790 Yes, well, it's almost done. 337 00:19:53,791 --> 00:19:55,770 Oh, good heavens, I'm so excited. 338 00:19:56,330 --> 00:19:57,846 Do you think the Tsar will really be there? 339 00:19:57,870 --> 00:19:58,970 Well, of course he will. 340 00:19:59,250 --> 00:20:00,590 Said so on the invitation. 341 00:20:01,150 --> 00:20:04,030 The Tsar doesn't say he's going to a ball and then not go. 342 00:20:04,550 --> 00:20:07,670 Oh, Natasha, do you think anyone will ask us to dance? 343 00:20:07,830 --> 00:20:08,830 Of course they will. 344 00:20:08,950 --> 00:20:11,390 I couldn't bear it if we were left standing all evening. 345 00:20:12,090 --> 00:20:13,726 There'll be so many beautiful women there. 346 00:20:13,750 --> 00:20:15,570 But we'll be the best, won't we, Maggie? 347 00:20:15,730 --> 00:20:16,610 Oh, what a question. 348 00:20:16,750 --> 00:20:17,750 Of course you will. 349 00:20:17,830 --> 00:20:19,270 Oh, Olga, haven't you finished yet? 350 00:20:19,290 --> 00:20:19,470 Not yet. 351 00:20:19,610 --> 00:20:20,570 Please keep still. 352 00:20:20,590 --> 00:20:20,910 Hurry there. 353 00:20:20,990 --> 00:20:21,530 Your hair's done. 354 00:20:21,630 --> 00:20:22,230 Now, where's the cornet? 355 00:20:22,250 --> 00:20:22,890 It's in the drawer. 356 00:20:23,150 --> 00:20:23,770 Coming in. 357 00:20:23,870 --> 00:20:25,230 Oh, just a minute, Papa. 358 00:20:25,770 --> 00:20:26,990 Oh, Mavra, do hurry. 359 00:20:27,130 --> 00:20:28,310 I am hurrying. 360 00:20:28,330 --> 00:20:29,990 It's you that's been dawdling all evening. 361 00:20:29,991 --> 00:20:32,870 If only Nikolai were here, he'd dance with us. 362 00:20:32,871 --> 00:20:34,530 Oh, you'll have plenty to dance with. 363 00:20:34,590 --> 00:20:35,170 Don't worry. 364 00:20:35,510 --> 00:20:39,010 Still, it would be nice to go in with a young man, especially in uniform. 365 00:20:39,230 --> 00:20:41,150 Yes, but Nikolai, he's such a terrible dancer. 366 00:20:41,750 --> 00:20:42,250 He's not. 367 00:20:42,350 --> 00:20:42,930 Oh, he is. 368 00:20:42,970 --> 00:20:43,970 He's so stiff. 369 00:20:44,290 --> 00:20:47,730 Now, if that Denisov were here... Sonia, do you remember him? 370 00:20:48,270 --> 00:20:49,750 What a good dancer he was. 371 00:20:49,870 --> 00:20:51,430 The mazurka, that's all he could do. 372 00:20:51,470 --> 00:20:52,790 But how he could dance it. 373 00:20:52,791 --> 00:20:53,050 There. 374 00:20:53,290 --> 00:20:54,290 Now, let me see. 375 00:20:56,250 --> 00:20:57,250 It's beautiful. 376 00:20:59,290 --> 00:21:00,290 Wait, wait. 377 00:21:01,410 --> 00:21:03,670 Oh, Papa, how nice you look. 378 00:21:03,770 --> 00:21:04,770 You look wonderful. 379 00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:06,010 Just wonderful. 380 00:21:06,970 --> 00:21:09,730 Sonia, my little Sonia, doesn't she look lovely? 381 00:21:09,810 --> 00:21:10,310 Yes, how's that? 382 00:21:10,430 --> 00:21:11,310 It's lovely, Olga. 383 00:21:11,390 --> 00:21:11,930 Is it straight? 384 00:21:12,090 --> 00:21:13,406 Well, stand straight, my darling. 385 00:21:13,430 --> 00:21:13,770 Let me see. 386 00:21:13,810 --> 00:21:15,650 How can I tell with you bending over backwards? 387 00:21:16,190 --> 00:21:17,030 No, it's not straight. 388 00:21:17,150 --> 00:21:18,510 Can't you sew a straight hem? 389 00:21:18,590 --> 00:21:19,710 How can I sew it straight? 390 00:21:19,790 --> 00:21:21,470 She keeps walking all over the house. 391 00:21:21,510 --> 00:21:22,570 Oh, it won't move to me. 392 00:21:22,630 --> 00:21:23,530 It's your first ball. 393 00:21:23,610 --> 00:21:24,050 Are you mad? 394 00:21:24,051 --> 00:21:25,570 Turn round. 395 00:21:25,930 --> 00:21:26,430 Let me see. 396 00:21:26,490 --> 00:21:27,830 You see, the hem isn't straight. 397 00:21:27,910 --> 00:21:28,650 I can't see anything. 398 00:21:28,750 --> 00:21:30,266 It's as plain as the nose on your face. 399 00:21:30,290 --> 00:21:31,410 Oh, marvellous. 400 00:21:31,510 --> 00:21:32,510 Quarter past ten. 401 00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:35,070 It's a ball, not a competition for straight hems. 402 00:21:35,150 --> 00:21:36,550 You need a telescope to see that. 403 00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:37,610 Are you ready? 404 00:21:38,050 --> 00:21:40,150 Oh, Mama, you look lovely. 405 00:21:40,350 --> 00:21:41,770 You look younger than both of you. 406 00:21:41,771 --> 00:21:42,150 Just a minute. 407 00:21:42,650 --> 00:21:45,630 Oh, Ilya, don't they look beautiful? 408 00:21:46,310 --> 00:21:47,710 Well, are we ready? 409 00:21:47,970 --> 00:21:48,390 Ready. 410 00:21:48,850 --> 00:21:50,510 The Rostovs are coming. 411 00:21:50,950 --> 00:21:51,970 Make way. 412 00:21:52,470 --> 00:21:54,270 Oh, I think they'd look beautiful. 413 00:21:54,870 --> 00:21:56,910 The ball may even be there already. 414 00:21:57,350 --> 00:21:59,310 In which case, we'll have to wait outside a bit. 415 00:22:49,150 --> 00:22:51,950 The Rostovs are coming. 416 00:22:55,630 --> 00:22:56,630 Here. 417 00:22:57,530 --> 00:22:59,010 I didn't think I'd find you here. 418 00:22:59,750 --> 00:23:00,906 What are you doing in Petersburg? 419 00:23:00,930 --> 00:23:03,010 I'm here in connection with the reforms for the army. 420 00:23:03,490 --> 00:23:04,730 You're back in the world, then? 421 00:23:04,830 --> 00:23:05,190 Yes. 422 00:23:05,550 --> 00:23:07,270 And you, I saw you come in with your wife. 423 00:23:07,790 --> 00:23:08,110 Yes. 424 00:23:08,550 --> 00:23:10,110 It's not all over then, as you thought. 425 00:23:11,510 --> 00:23:15,870 Well, you know, Andrei, it was for her sake she wanted to come back. 426 00:23:17,170 --> 00:23:18,370 It'll never be the same again. 427 00:23:19,290 --> 00:23:20,310 Your father, how is he? 428 00:23:20,820 --> 00:23:21,550 He looks a lot older. 429 00:23:21,725 --> 00:23:22,885 You should come and visit us. 430 00:23:23,050 --> 00:23:23,670 He'll enjoy arguing. 431 00:23:24,030 --> 00:23:24,730 I won't. 432 00:23:25,010 --> 00:23:26,010 Your sister, how is she? 433 00:23:26,790 --> 00:23:28,010 Surrounded by god folk. 434 00:23:28,670 --> 00:23:30,370 Like you, she takes solace in religion. 435 00:23:33,310 --> 00:23:35,450 May I present my daughter, Natasha. 436 00:23:35,930 --> 00:23:36,350 Where are they? 437 00:23:36,570 --> 00:23:37,790 And my niece, Sonia. 438 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:39,250 Where are they? 439 00:23:51,550 --> 00:23:52,550 Hello. 440 00:24:03,590 --> 00:24:05,230 There are Mama and Papa. 441 00:24:05,530 --> 00:24:06,770 They've come at last. 442 00:24:07,985 --> 00:24:09,530 The girls are pretty. 443 00:24:10,330 --> 00:24:12,470 Compared to you, they look pale and wild. 444 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:34,560 Mama, look. 445 00:24:34,980 --> 00:24:36,180 There's Countess Bazooka. 446 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:38,520 Isn't she beautiful? 447 00:24:41,540 --> 00:24:44,900 You see, an imperial prince is head over heels in love with her. 448 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,420 And it has no business to be. 449 00:24:46,620 --> 00:24:47,620 She's a married woman. 450 00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:49,840 Natasha, look at that one. 451 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:51,040 Don't voice it. 452 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,380 She's so plain. 453 00:24:52,620 --> 00:24:54,020 So absolutely plain. 454 00:24:54,060 --> 00:24:55,800 And she's got all those men around her. 455 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:57,280 Boys! 456 00:24:57,860 --> 00:24:59,640 One of them's borrowed to bed school. 457 00:24:59,641 --> 00:25:00,641 Boys. 458 00:25:00,820 --> 00:25:01,880 So it is. 459 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:04,120 What a fancy priest. 460 00:25:04,180 --> 00:25:05,880 Mama, we haven't seen him for years. 461 00:25:06,180 --> 00:25:07,260 Look, she's going to dance. 462 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,080 Mama, everyone's dancing except us. 463 00:25:23,340 --> 00:25:24,340 Have patience. 464 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:26,120 If only Nikolai were here. 465 00:25:26,220 --> 00:25:27,940 Oh, no, children, don't worry. 466 00:25:28,580 --> 00:25:30,660 I'll dance with you both myself, if necessary. 467 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,300 You don't want to dance with us, Papa. 468 00:25:34,220 --> 00:25:35,600 That's not the point. 469 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:37,940 It's got nothing to do with you. 470 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:42,540 Well, I'll ask someone to dance with you. 471 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:45,340 That would be awful. 472 00:25:46,620 --> 00:25:47,900 Oh, Mama, tell him not to. 473 00:25:51,980 --> 00:25:54,060 Vera, what a lovely dress. 474 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:54,960 Where did you get it? 475 00:25:55,010 --> 00:25:56,040 Here in Petersburg. 476 00:25:56,180 --> 00:25:57,440 Our aunt knows a dressmaker. 477 00:25:57,540 --> 00:25:58,680 She's quite wonderful. 478 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:00,380 And how is the little nest? 479 00:26:00,660 --> 00:26:02,080 It's now completely furnished. 480 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:04,800 We intend to hold our first soirée next week. 481 00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:06,180 You're all invited, of course. 482 00:27:13,870 --> 00:27:14,870 Oh. 483 00:27:32,910 --> 00:27:35,310 There's Boris dancing with that girl again. 484 00:27:36,775 --> 00:27:38,250 Do you think he hasn't noticed us? 485 00:27:38,690 --> 00:27:39,810 No, of course not. 486 00:27:39,850 --> 00:27:40,850 He'd have come over. 487 00:27:41,290 --> 00:27:44,750 Perhaps he feels we're not as important in Petersburg as we are in Moscow. 488 00:27:45,070 --> 00:27:46,850 My dear, what a thing to say. 489 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:09,680 Aren't you dancing? 490 00:28:09,780 --> 00:28:10,780 No. 491 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:11,840 Would you do me a favour? 492 00:28:12,420 --> 00:28:13,420 What is it? 493 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,080 Well, I've just seen a young friend of mine here. 494 00:28:17,340 --> 00:28:20,900 I think it's her debut, and she's not dancing, and she looks very unhappy. 495 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,100 Would you ask her for the next dance? 496 00:28:24,260 --> 00:28:24,780 Where is she? 497 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:26,160 She's over there. 498 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:27,880 The Rostov girl? 499 00:28:28,060 --> 00:28:29,060 Yes, you know her? 500 00:28:29,460 --> 00:28:31,700 I called on her father to discuss some business. 501 00:28:32,700 --> 00:28:34,180 Would you ask her for the next dance? 502 00:28:34,420 --> 00:28:35,420 Of course. 503 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:05,580 Rostov Count Rostov. 504 00:29:05,740 --> 00:29:07,420 Prince Volkovsky, how very kind. 505 00:29:07,980 --> 00:29:08,960 Do you remember my wife? 506 00:29:08,961 --> 00:29:10,580 Of course, Countess. 507 00:29:11,010 --> 00:29:12,120 My daughter Natasha. 508 00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:14,100 And his son. 509 00:29:14,540 --> 00:29:19,120 I came over to ask your daughter if she'd do me the honour of dancing with me. 510 00:29:20,540 --> 00:29:21,540 Oh, yes. 511 00:29:22,220 --> 00:29:23,420 Oh, yes, I would. 512 00:29:55,530 --> 00:29:57,270 I don't know. 513 00:29:58,730 --> 00:30:01,250 Is there anyone else dancing except us? 514 00:30:01,570 --> 00:30:02,570 No. 515 00:30:03,530 --> 00:30:05,510 Is everybody looking at us? 516 00:30:07,150 --> 00:30:08,470 They're certainly looking at you. 517 00:30:15,470 --> 00:30:16,590 When did you arrive? 518 00:30:16,990 --> 00:30:17,990 Ages ago. 519 00:30:18,630 --> 00:30:20,930 I thought no one was ever going to ask me to dance. 520 00:30:21,410 --> 00:30:22,850 You must have been hiding somewhere. 521 00:30:23,210 --> 00:30:24,850 I would certainly have asked you earlier. 522 00:30:25,190 --> 00:30:26,590 I was right in the back. 523 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:28,760 I saw you. 524 00:30:57,450 --> 00:31:00,810 Rostov They were worried that no one would ask me to dance. 525 00:31:01,430 --> 00:31:02,530 They've never stopped. 526 00:31:03,865 --> 00:31:06,550 Don't you think Volkovsky is monopolising her a little? 527 00:31:07,170 --> 00:31:08,250 What's the matter with her? 528 00:31:08,970 --> 00:31:11,010 She'd like to see the young men get a chance. 529 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:12,360 Oh, I... 530 00:31:12,930 --> 00:31:13,410 Boris! 531 00:31:13,770 --> 00:31:15,970 I was beginning to think you'd never notice us. 532 00:31:16,110 --> 00:31:16,950 I only just saw you. 533 00:31:17,010 --> 00:31:18,690 I didn't even know you were in Petersburg. 534 00:31:18,770 --> 00:31:20,210 Boris, my boy. 535 00:31:21,910 --> 00:31:22,910 Oh, Angelina. 536 00:31:23,190 --> 00:31:24,310 It's important. 537 00:31:24,750 --> 00:31:27,270 You don't come to see us anymore, Boris. 538 00:31:27,510 --> 00:31:29,090 No, I don't have the opportunity, aunt. 539 00:31:29,170 --> 00:31:31,570 The army has kept me away from Moscow over these three years. 540 00:31:36,670 --> 00:31:39,230 Is that Natasha with Volkovsky? 541 00:31:39,231 --> 00:31:40,410 She didn't recognise me. 542 00:31:41,470 --> 00:31:42,630 She's so grown up. 543 00:31:48,670 --> 00:31:49,870 I had a room beneath yours. 544 00:31:49,970 --> 00:31:50,970 I couldn't help it. 545 00:31:53,470 --> 00:31:54,470 So embarrassing. 546 00:31:54,590 --> 00:31:55,590 No, no, it was charming. 547 00:31:56,350 --> 00:31:58,870 I kept asking your cousin to come and look at the moon with you. 548 00:31:59,530 --> 00:32:00,970 I listened to you for quite a while. 549 00:32:01,650 --> 00:32:03,990 I shall be much more careful next time. 550 00:32:05,510 --> 00:32:07,190 No, it isn't in your nature to be careful. 551 00:32:19,170 --> 00:32:20,170 Boris! 552 00:32:20,770 --> 00:32:22,767 Well, Prince, now that we're all here in 553 00:32:22,768 --> 00:32:24,970 Petersburg, I do hope you'll come over and see us. 554 00:32:25,130 --> 00:32:26,130 Thank you. 555 00:32:26,170 --> 00:32:27,890 And I hope we may dance again later. 556 00:32:29,950 --> 00:32:32,090 What do you think of your little playmate? 557 00:32:32,670 --> 00:32:33,950 Well, she's grown so pretty. 558 00:32:34,210 --> 00:32:35,270 I should hope so. 559 00:32:35,670 --> 00:32:37,090 I was such an ugly duckling. 560 00:32:37,091 --> 00:32:39,210 You were nothing of the kind. 561 00:32:40,010 --> 00:32:41,010 Yes, I am. 562 00:32:43,650 --> 00:32:44,650 Boris! 563 00:32:47,090 --> 00:32:49,290 I can't get over how we've all changed. 564 00:32:49,550 --> 00:32:50,970 Only outwardly, I hope. 565 00:32:51,450 --> 00:32:54,430 I like to think you're the same sweet children you always were. 566 00:32:55,590 --> 00:32:57,570 Well, I must take my little tix in the supper. 567 00:32:57,810 --> 00:32:58,946 Boris, will you come with us? 568 00:32:58,970 --> 00:33:02,030 No, excuse me, Uncle, but I promised to take Judy Karagin with me. 569 00:33:02,890 --> 00:33:04,010 Remember this to Judy. 570 00:33:04,590 --> 00:33:05,050 Yes, I will. 571 00:33:05,051 --> 00:33:07,750 We were very sorry to hear about her brother's death. 572 00:33:08,590 --> 00:33:12,170 It seems so sad one can only inherit money as a result of death. 573 00:33:14,210 --> 00:33:15,810 Well, we'll see you later, then. 574 00:33:16,170 --> 00:33:16,490 Good night. 575 00:33:16,610 --> 00:33:16,990 Go, young. 576 00:33:17,470 --> 00:33:18,470 Come, come. 577 00:33:47,260 --> 00:33:50,021 If you will wait here, Prince, I will tell my master you have arrived. 578 00:33:52,660 --> 00:33:54,420 No, on second thoughts. 579 00:33:55,220 --> 00:33:55,680 Don't bother. 580 00:33:55,900 --> 00:33:57,440 I'll just leave my card. 581 00:34:07,980 --> 00:34:08,660 Good morning. 582 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:09,760 Good morning. 583 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:11,120 I was just passing. 584 00:34:11,220 --> 00:34:11,760 I thought I'd call. 585 00:34:12,180 --> 00:34:12,840 Nobody's up. 586 00:34:13,140 --> 00:34:14,140 I'm embarrassed. 587 00:34:14,380 --> 00:34:15,516 I had no idea it was so early. 588 00:34:15,540 --> 00:34:16,540 They're all asleep. 589 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:17,680 Of course. 590 00:34:17,720 --> 00:34:18,760 It was thoughtless of me. 591 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:20,361 You must have got home very late. 592 00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:22,360 It was almost five o'clock. 593 00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:25,860 How did you manage to rise so early? 594 00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:27,360 Oh, I couldn't sleep. 595 00:34:27,460 --> 00:34:28,480 I was so excited. 596 00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:30,300 Wasn't it wonderful? 597 00:34:30,540 --> 00:34:30,980 The ball? 598 00:34:31,420 --> 00:34:32,460 Yes, it was very pleasant. 599 00:34:32,860 --> 00:34:34,360 Oh, I thought it was wonderful. 600 00:34:35,340 --> 00:34:37,680 But then you've been to so many, I suppose. 601 00:34:38,220 --> 00:34:39,220 Quite a few. 602 00:34:39,580 --> 00:34:41,900 But I thought that was one of the more enjoyable ones. 603 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:43,260 Oh, I'm so glad. 604 00:34:43,780 --> 00:34:46,260 Because I thought it was wonderful. 605 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:49,280 Wouldn't you like to sit down? 606 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:51,600 I think I should go. 607 00:34:51,601 --> 00:34:53,800 Oh, they'll have told my father you're here by now. 608 00:34:54,300 --> 00:34:55,461 And then they ought to be up. 609 00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:56,860 It's such a beautiful morning. 610 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,680 Did you come to see my father about something? 611 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:09,721 To be frank, I have no excuse except I enjoyed the company of your family last night. 612 00:35:12,780 --> 00:35:14,300 How long will you be in Petersburg? 613 00:35:15,020 --> 00:35:16,180 A few weeks. 614 00:35:16,181 --> 00:35:17,181 Ah. 615 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:21,481 Well, then it'll give me the opportunity to... You know, you're quite enchanting. 616 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:23,960 What a lovely thing to say. 617 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:27,900 It wasn't right. 618 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:28,260 I'm sorry. 619 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:29,720 No, please don't spoil it. 620 00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:33,300 I won't hold you to it, even if you change your mind tomorrow. 621 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:39,680 Ah, Prince. 622 00:35:39,980 --> 00:35:41,400 I'm sorry we were late. 623 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:42,600 Oh, please don't apologize. 624 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:43,600 I'm embarrassed already. 625 00:35:43,700 --> 00:35:46,076 I was saying to your daughter, I had no idea it was so early. 626 00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:46,420 Never. 627 00:35:46,660 --> 00:35:47,600 It's us who are late. 628 00:35:47,601 --> 00:35:50,140 We're not the earliest risers after last night. 629 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:52,140 Do sit down. 630 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:52,900 I've ordered some breakfast. 631 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:53,360 No, no, please. 632 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:53,980 I won't stop. 633 00:35:54,060 --> 00:35:56,100 I'm on my way to a meeting with the Minister of War. 634 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:58,140 Oh, but surely, won't you... No, please. 635 00:35:58,500 --> 00:35:59,660 Give my regards to your wife. 636 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:01,840 Goodbye. 637 00:36:05,220 --> 00:36:06,220 I'll... 638 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:08,480 I'll call again. 639 00:36:12,340 --> 00:36:13,660 Oh, what a strange chap. 640 00:36:14,940 --> 00:36:16,280 What on earth did he call for? 641 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:18,520 Well, I'd better tell your mother. 642 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:19,800 Papa? 643 00:36:21,580 --> 00:36:23,360 He said I was enchanting. 644 00:36:23,860 --> 00:36:24,620 So you are, my dear. 645 00:36:24,700 --> 00:36:25,040 So you are. 646 00:36:25,180 --> 00:36:26,180 Everyone says so. 647 00:37:03,530 --> 00:37:05,530 What is it this effect she has on me? 648 00:37:06,790 --> 00:37:07,790 I could weep. 649 00:37:08,290 --> 00:37:08,830 For what? 650 00:37:08,890 --> 00:37:09,270 For Lisa? 651 00:37:09,490 --> 00:37:10,490 For past love? 652 00:37:10,550 --> 00:37:11,550 For lost illusions? 653 00:37:11,910 --> 00:37:12,910 I don't know. 654 00:37:13,850 --> 00:37:16,930 When I look at her, she makes me feel as if my life is not yet over. 655 00:37:18,910 --> 00:37:19,910 Pierre was right. 656 00:37:20,210 --> 00:37:23,610 In order to be happy, one must believe in the possibility of happiness. 657 00:37:23,611 --> 00:37:24,890 Ah, that's it. 658 00:37:25,690 --> 00:37:26,870 She makes me believe. 659 00:37:27,930 --> 00:37:30,530 She makes me believe in the possibility of happiness. 660 00:37:30,910 --> 00:37:31,910 Yes, that's it. 661 00:37:32,310 --> 00:37:34,370 That's why I could weep. 662 00:37:35,170 --> 00:37:36,170 Weep. 663 00:37:46,230 --> 00:37:47,310 Lovely, Natasha. 664 00:37:47,720 --> 00:37:49,390 I've never heard you sing it so well. 665 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:50,950 Bravo, my dear, bravo. 666 00:37:51,550 --> 00:37:53,210 Well, Prince, wasn't that lovely? 667 00:37:58,740 --> 00:37:59,900 I've kept you all so late. 668 00:38:00,500 --> 00:38:01,580 Oh, please don't apologize. 669 00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:02,900 It's been a pleasure. 670 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:05,660 Oh, the Prince knows he is welcome at any time. 671 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:08,880 Good night. 672 00:38:09,340 --> 00:38:11,980 And thank you for more than just the song. 673 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:13,760 Beautiful though it was. 674 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:17,640 You've all been very kind. 675 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:19,080 No, please, don't get up. 676 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:20,660 I know my way out well enough by now. 677 00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:27,500 Well? 678 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,660 Oh, Mama, please don't ask me questions. 679 00:38:29,940 --> 00:38:30,940 Not now. 680 00:38:46,850 --> 00:38:47,850 Busy? 681 00:38:48,470 --> 00:38:51,610 No, I was just going over the transaction of our last lodge meeting. 682 00:38:51,930 --> 00:38:52,930 Have guests? 683 00:38:53,550 --> 00:38:54,550 Helen has guests. 684 00:38:55,930 --> 00:38:58,430 She has become a brilliant hostess, haven't you heard? 685 00:38:59,110 --> 00:39:00,170 I'm not keeping you in. 686 00:39:00,450 --> 00:39:01,450 No. 687 00:39:02,070 --> 00:39:03,130 I left them an hour ago. 688 00:39:03,230 --> 00:39:06,390 They look on me as some kind of eccentric lodger she had to take with the house. 689 00:39:07,250 --> 00:39:08,250 I let them. 690 00:39:09,090 --> 00:39:12,430 She has become infame charmante, as spiritual as she is beautiful. 691 00:39:13,530 --> 00:39:15,599 People sit at her feet and listen to the wise 692 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,550 and witty sayings that drop from her lips. 693 00:39:18,190 --> 00:39:20,730 I never cease to be amazed at the stupidity of man. 694 00:39:22,090 --> 00:39:23,210 You're not happy, my friend. 695 00:39:24,490 --> 00:39:25,490 Who is happy? 696 00:39:27,350 --> 00:39:29,030 I tell you, André, life is a puzzle. 697 00:39:30,070 --> 00:39:33,410 I find great comfort now in Freemasonry, but something is missing. 698 00:39:33,810 --> 00:39:36,850 It is you I have to thank for reminding me of the possibility of being happy. 699 00:39:36,990 --> 00:39:37,590 When did I do that? 700 00:39:37,870 --> 00:39:38,690 Yes, about a year ago. 701 00:39:38,790 --> 00:39:41,790 You came to see me at Bogucharvo, full of your new Freemasonry. 702 00:39:42,090 --> 00:39:46,510 You said I wasn't alive, that I must learn to live again and love again. 703 00:39:47,470 --> 00:39:48,470 Yes, I remember. 704 00:39:49,030 --> 00:39:50,190 I am in love, my friend. 705 00:39:51,610 --> 00:39:52,870 Yes, I think I know with whom. 706 00:39:53,690 --> 00:39:55,490 With Natasha Rostova, is it not? 707 00:39:55,590 --> 00:39:56,830 I would never have believed it. 708 00:39:56,910 --> 00:39:58,166 Well, of course, who else could it be? 709 00:39:58,190 --> 00:39:59,190 Of course, who else? 710 00:39:59,630 --> 00:40:03,710 I never thought this intensity was in my range of feeling. 711 00:40:04,470 --> 00:40:06,050 I loved Lisa, but... 712 00:40:07,150 --> 00:40:10,590 I'm in torment and agony, and I wouldn't exchange it for anything in the world. 713 00:40:11,210 --> 00:40:12,210 What's the matter? 714 00:40:12,330 --> 00:40:13,330 Nothing. 715 00:40:13,410 --> 00:40:16,990 Forgive me, I had to talk to someone, and here I am prattling on about how happy 716 00:40:16,991 --> 00:40:19,971 I am, while you, your own life is... Yes, yes. 717 00:40:20,550 --> 00:40:23,150 I envy you the feelings that you have inside you at this moment. 718 00:40:24,310 --> 00:40:25,350 I'm glad for you too. 719 00:40:27,070 --> 00:40:28,070 You believe that? 720 00:40:28,730 --> 00:40:30,350 She's a treasure, that girl. 721 00:40:30,710 --> 00:40:31,710 A rare spirit. 722 00:40:32,250 --> 00:40:32,930 She is life. 723 00:40:33,150 --> 00:40:34,150 She's all life. 724 00:40:34,850 --> 00:40:38,050 You can hear it in her voice, you can see it in the way she walks and dances. 725 00:40:39,170 --> 00:40:41,990 That boundless zest for living, the... 726 00:40:41,991 --> 00:40:46,210 spring bubbling up from the earth, virgin, clear and unclouded. 727 00:40:46,690 --> 00:40:47,690 The life force. 728 00:40:48,550 --> 00:40:50,530 The vital spirit that dims in so many of us. 729 00:40:54,110 --> 00:40:55,370 You've known her a long time. 730 00:40:56,330 --> 00:40:57,090 Yes, a long time. 731 00:40:57,210 --> 00:40:58,130 You think I should marry her? 732 00:40:58,131 --> 00:40:59,510 Yes, yes. 733 00:40:59,610 --> 00:41:00,630 I'm too old for her. 734 00:41:00,910 --> 00:41:02,110 Just marry her. 735 00:41:02,590 --> 00:41:04,710 There'll be no happier man on earth, of that I'm sure. 736 00:41:05,090 --> 00:41:06,090 But what of her? 737 00:41:06,310 --> 00:41:07,190 She loves you, I know. 738 00:41:07,310 --> 00:41:07,970 Oh, don't talk rubbish. 739 00:41:08,090 --> 00:41:09,550 She loves you, I know it! 740 00:41:10,790 --> 00:41:12,230 If only you were right. 741 00:41:13,050 --> 00:41:14,110 I am right. 742 00:41:14,530 --> 00:41:15,530 Ask her. 743 00:41:15,590 --> 00:41:16,590 You'll see. 744 00:41:21,190 --> 00:41:22,190 Oh! 745 00:41:22,610 --> 00:41:24,850 So now you want to talk, at this hour? 746 00:41:24,970 --> 00:41:25,970 Yes. 747 00:41:26,090 --> 00:41:27,370 Couldn't it wait until morning? 748 00:41:27,371 --> 00:41:27,650 No. 749 00:41:28,190 --> 00:41:29,370 Come and lie down. 750 00:41:30,710 --> 00:41:31,710 Here. 751 00:41:41,890 --> 00:41:42,890 Well? 752 00:41:43,230 --> 00:41:44,410 What do you think? 753 00:41:45,370 --> 00:41:46,170 About what? 754 00:41:46,310 --> 00:41:48,430 Oh, you know about what? 755 00:41:48,910 --> 00:41:49,910 About him. 756 00:41:50,650 --> 00:41:51,190 Prince Andre? 757 00:41:51,670 --> 00:41:52,670 Yes. 758 00:41:53,310 --> 00:41:54,310 I don't know. 759 00:41:54,710 --> 00:41:55,890 I don't know what to think. 760 00:41:57,370 --> 00:41:58,970 What did he talk to you about tonight? 761 00:41:59,370 --> 00:42:00,370 I can't remember. 762 00:42:00,830 --> 00:42:03,930 Everything he says to me goes out of my head the minute he's said it. 763 00:42:04,170 --> 00:42:06,650 Well, he's not the only one you don't listen to. 764 00:42:07,730 --> 00:42:10,830 Honestly, Mama, I'm in a daze when he speaks to me. 765 00:42:11,470 --> 00:42:11,810 Oh, wait. 766 00:42:12,190 --> 00:42:14,510 He asked me where we were going to spend the summer. 767 00:42:15,390 --> 00:42:17,750 And he asked me about Boris. 768 00:42:18,270 --> 00:42:19,270 Boris? 769 00:42:19,390 --> 00:42:22,070 Vera told him we were sweethearts and we were children. 770 00:42:22,130 --> 00:42:22,670 She would. 771 00:42:23,110 --> 00:42:24,190 But he only laughed. 772 00:42:24,191 --> 00:42:27,130 I don't know why he's so different from Boris. 773 00:42:27,910 --> 00:42:30,910 Boris is narrow, like the dining room clock. 774 00:42:31,210 --> 00:42:32,290 Oh, what nonsense. 775 00:42:33,130 --> 00:42:33,870 No, he is. 776 00:42:34,090 --> 00:42:35,090 Can't you see? 777 00:42:35,390 --> 00:42:36,750 Narrow and pale grey. 778 00:42:37,730 --> 00:42:39,190 Now, Bersukhov is blue. 779 00:42:39,950 --> 00:42:42,170 Dark blue and red and square. 780 00:42:43,470 --> 00:42:44,750 Oh, stop it. 781 00:42:45,270 --> 00:42:46,510 Oh, stop giggling, Mama. 782 00:42:46,570 --> 00:42:47,570 I'm serious. 783 00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:49,760 You flirt with him, too. 784 00:42:49,950 --> 00:42:51,370 No, I don't. 785 00:42:51,620 --> 00:42:53,250 Not since I found out he was a Freemason. 786 00:42:53,251 --> 00:42:57,910 But Prince Andrei, he's white and silver. 787 00:42:58,710 --> 00:43:00,670 And he shines in the sun. 788 00:43:01,750 --> 00:43:03,090 Like a knight. 789 00:43:03,970 --> 00:43:05,750 Well, why not? 790 00:43:07,620 --> 00:43:08,620 I don't know. 791 00:43:10,330 --> 00:43:12,030 Do you think he's in love? 792 00:43:12,870 --> 00:43:13,870 Yes. 793 00:43:14,370 --> 00:43:15,370 Yes, I do. 794 00:43:16,030 --> 00:43:18,450 Oh, I knew you'd say that. 795 00:43:19,070 --> 00:43:20,270 I think so, too. 796 00:43:21,330 --> 00:43:23,170 It's as if it all had to happen. 797 00:43:23,950 --> 00:43:26,490 His coming to Petersburg while we were here. 798 00:43:27,130 --> 00:43:28,150 Our meeting at the ball. 799 00:43:28,230 --> 00:43:29,230 Everything. 800 00:43:29,650 --> 00:43:30,990 It just had to happen. 801 00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:43,640 THE END