1 00:01:04,508 --> 00:01:06,216 Open up, for the love of God! 2 00:01:06,966 --> 00:01:08,466 I was attacked by bandits. 3 00:01:09,966 --> 00:01:10,966 Turks? 4 00:01:11,508 --> 00:01:12,508 Honestly... 5 00:01:12,966 --> 00:01:15,258 Turks, Moldavians, Greeks... 6 00:01:15,383 --> 00:01:16,758 What is it to me? 7 00:01:17,258 --> 00:01:18,633 Let me in, for pity's sake. 8 00:01:18,841 --> 00:01:20,716 The barbarians killed my escort 9 00:01:20,883 --> 00:01:22,841 and stole my luggage, my horses... 10 00:01:23,383 --> 00:01:24,508 I am wounded. 11 00:01:24,716 --> 00:01:25,841 I've nothing left. 12 00:01:28,383 --> 00:01:30,008 Keep on your way, sir. 13 00:01:30,133 --> 00:01:31,966 We open this door to no one. 14 00:01:33,258 --> 00:01:34,966 Find shelter for the night. 15 00:01:35,133 --> 00:01:36,508 And tomorrow at dawn, 16 00:01:37,008 --> 00:01:38,883 take the path leading west. 17 00:01:39,841 --> 00:01:41,508 Walk without stopping. 18 00:01:42,383 --> 00:01:44,966 You will come to the house of old Gorcha. 19 00:01:46,258 --> 00:01:50,258 He will find you provisions and a horse for your journey. 20 00:01:51,133 --> 00:01:52,466 Gorcha, you say? 21 00:01:54,383 --> 00:01:55,341 Fine. 22 00:01:55,508 --> 00:01:56,633 Whatever happens, 23 00:01:57,258 --> 00:01:58,883 do not stop on the way. 24 00:02:00,883 --> 00:02:03,008 The forest seethes with danger. 25 00:02:05,008 --> 00:02:06,133 Farewell, sir. 26 00:03:01,383 --> 00:03:07,091 THE VOURDALAK 27 00:05:34,883 --> 00:05:35,966 Don't hurt me! 28 00:05:39,466 --> 00:05:40,508 Ma'am, I am... 29 00:05:41,883 --> 00:05:44,341 Marquis Jacques Antoine Saturnin d'Urfé. 30 00:05:44,508 --> 00:05:46,133 Envoy of the king of France. 31 00:05:51,258 --> 00:05:52,383 Apologies. 32 00:05:52,508 --> 00:05:53,591 Sir, I... 33 00:05:55,591 --> 00:05:58,341 I'm a traveller who lost his way, looking for 34 00:05:58,508 --> 00:06:01,341 the house of old Gorcha. I was told he could 35 00:06:01,508 --> 00:06:02,758 come to my aid. 36 00:06:31,633 --> 00:06:33,008 What happened here? 37 00:06:39,133 --> 00:06:40,966 Is this the work of the Turks? 38 00:06:45,383 --> 00:06:46,883 Are the inhabitants safe? 39 00:08:00,508 --> 00:08:01,716 Sit down. 40 00:08:26,966 --> 00:08:28,508 He wants to see the old man. 41 00:09:03,967 --> 00:09:05,217 Thank you kindly. 42 00:09:05,634 --> 00:09:06,884 I'm dying of hunger. 43 00:09:35,134 --> 00:09:36,134 Ma'am, I... 44 00:09:36,634 --> 00:09:37,759 I am... 45 00:09:38,134 --> 00:09:41,342 Marquis Jacques Antoine Saturnin d'Urfé, diplomatic envoy of the... 46 00:09:42,134 --> 00:09:43,134 king of France. 47 00:10:04,967 --> 00:10:06,009 Anja! 48 00:10:06,634 --> 00:10:07,634 Father? 49 00:10:07,759 --> 00:10:08,717 Vlad! 50 00:10:09,634 --> 00:10:10,967 Your father's home. 51 00:10:11,717 --> 00:10:12,884 Praise the Lord. 52 00:10:23,259 --> 00:10:24,384 Jegor. 53 00:10:35,509 --> 00:10:37,092 How I missed you. 54 00:10:39,884 --> 00:10:41,884 What on earth are you wearing now? 55 00:10:45,634 --> 00:10:47,009 Is Father awake? 56 00:10:52,134 --> 00:10:53,009 Who's he? 57 00:10:56,884 --> 00:10:57,884 Sir, I am 58 00:10:58,092 --> 00:11:00,259 Marquis Jacques Antoine Saturnin d'Urfé, 59 00:11:00,634 --> 00:11:02,884 diplomatic envoy of the king of France. 60 00:11:03,009 --> 00:11:06,092 An unpleasant incident resulted in the loss 61 00:11:06,717 --> 00:11:08,217 of my escort and luggage. 62 00:11:09,342 --> 00:11:13,217 I was told that one Gorcha could give me a horse to travel onward. 63 00:11:14,009 --> 00:11:17,592 Naturally, upon safe arrival, I'll ensure the gentleman is 64 00:11:18,092 --> 00:11:19,217 richly compensated. 65 00:11:22,759 --> 00:11:24,509 This is old Gorcha's house. 66 00:11:26,634 --> 00:11:27,967 We are his children. 67 00:11:31,009 --> 00:11:32,092 I am Jegor, 68 00:11:32,634 --> 00:11:33,759 his eldest son. 69 00:11:35,592 --> 00:11:37,759 And this is my wife, Anja. 70 00:11:39,509 --> 00:11:41,009 Our son, Vlad. 71 00:11:42,342 --> 00:11:43,967 My brother, Piotr. 72 00:11:44,884 --> 00:11:46,509 And my sister, Sdenka. 73 00:11:50,009 --> 00:11:52,259 We rarely receive visitors, sir. 74 00:11:52,759 --> 00:11:54,634 Certainly not of your rank. 75 00:11:55,342 --> 00:11:57,134 But you are welcome here. 76 00:11:57,759 --> 00:12:00,259 We'll do all we can to help. 77 00:12:00,384 --> 00:12:02,259 Jegor, we have no horses left. 78 00:12:02,384 --> 00:12:03,634 Anja... 79 00:12:04,134 --> 00:12:05,634 They took all of them. 80 00:12:06,384 --> 00:12:07,884 I know where to find one. 81 00:12:08,384 --> 00:12:09,884 I'll fetch it tomorrow. 82 00:12:11,384 --> 00:12:12,842 I thank you, sir. 83 00:12:13,634 --> 00:12:15,467 Most charitable of you. 84 00:12:19,509 --> 00:12:21,259 You will have noticed 85 00:12:22,217 --> 00:12:24,884 our village was ransacked by the Turks. 86 00:12:26,509 --> 00:12:28,134 Barely more than a month ago. 87 00:12:32,759 --> 00:12:35,884 I defended as best I could my family and home. 88 00:12:38,717 --> 00:12:40,009 Following that, 89 00:12:41,009 --> 00:12:45,259 I joined the few local survivors who had taken up arms. 90 00:12:47,134 --> 00:12:48,384 We pursued them. 91 00:12:50,259 --> 00:12:51,717 We laid a trap for them. 92 00:12:53,467 --> 00:12:54,759 And we took revenge. 93 00:12:56,092 --> 00:12:57,884 We slit a dozen throats. 94 00:12:59,759 --> 00:13:01,384 Unfortunately, their leader... 95 00:13:02,259 --> 00:13:03,592 vile Alibek 96 00:13:04,384 --> 00:13:05,634 escaped us. 97 00:13:16,634 --> 00:13:18,134 Interesting. It so happens... 98 00:13:19,092 --> 00:13:22,134 I too belong to a family famous for feats of valour. 99 00:13:22,509 --> 00:13:25,134 Not against the Turks, naturally. Against... 100 00:13:25,342 --> 00:13:26,509 the lords of Beaujeu. 101 00:13:27,134 --> 00:13:28,092 In the... 102 00:13:28,967 --> 00:13:30,092 13th century. 103 00:13:34,884 --> 00:13:38,509 I'll go and greet my father to ensure he can see you. 104 00:13:46,009 --> 00:13:47,009 Father? 105 00:14:00,884 --> 00:14:02,092 His room is empty. 106 00:14:02,259 --> 00:14:03,217 Where is he? 107 00:14:04,759 --> 00:14:06,217 Answer me. Where is he? 108 00:14:07,384 --> 00:14:08,384 He's gone. 109 00:14:10,592 --> 00:14:12,092 What do you mean, gone? 110 00:14:13,634 --> 00:14:14,884 Gone to fight. 111 00:14:16,009 --> 00:14:17,009 Fight? 112 00:14:18,967 --> 00:14:21,384 He took down his old musket and left. 113 00:14:22,967 --> 00:14:25,467 He refused that anyone might call him a coward. 114 00:14:27,009 --> 00:14:28,134 This is absurd. 115 00:14:30,634 --> 00:14:32,509 How could you let him go? 116 00:14:33,509 --> 00:14:35,384 At his age? In his state? 117 00:14:36,384 --> 00:14:37,384 Where'd he go? 118 00:14:38,009 --> 00:14:39,217 Which direction? 119 00:14:39,592 --> 00:14:40,717 What did he say? 120 00:14:41,634 --> 00:14:42,884 "My children. 121 00:14:45,509 --> 00:14:46,509 "I'm going. 122 00:14:48,509 --> 00:14:50,009 "Wait six days for me. 123 00:14:51,717 --> 00:14:54,634 "If, after those six days, I have not returned 124 00:14:55,592 --> 00:14:57,717 "say a prayer in memory of me, 125 00:14:57,884 --> 00:15:00,509 "for I shall have been killed in battle. 126 00:15:04,009 --> 00:15:05,384 "But if ever 127 00:15:07,259 --> 00:15:09,134 "and may God preserve you 128 00:15:11,009 --> 00:15:14,134 "I were to return after six days have passed 129 00:15:15,634 --> 00:15:18,884 "I enjoin you to forget I was your father 130 00:15:19,842 --> 00:15:21,884 "and to refuse me entry 131 00:15:22,092 --> 00:15:24,217 "whatever I may say or do. 132 00:15:24,759 --> 00:15:25,884 "For then 133 00:15:26,384 --> 00:15:29,217 "I shall be no more than an accursed Vourdalak." 134 00:15:37,259 --> 00:15:39,092 What is this nonsense? 135 00:15:42,009 --> 00:15:44,134 Are you all out of your minds? 136 00:15:46,384 --> 00:15:47,467 When did he go? 137 00:15:48,884 --> 00:15:52,259 It will be exactly six days tonight, at six o'clock. 138 00:15:59,092 --> 00:16:02,217 In that case, let us be ready to welcome him. 139 00:16:04,092 --> 00:16:06,467 Anja, prepare supper. Do not skimp! 140 00:16:06,634 --> 00:16:09,009 Sdenka, pick blackberries for him. 141 00:16:10,467 --> 00:16:11,217 And you, 142 00:16:12,134 --> 00:16:13,384 change your clothes. 143 00:16:16,092 --> 00:16:16,759 Let's go. 144 00:16:55,717 --> 00:16:56,717 Well then, 145 00:16:56,884 --> 00:16:59,259 thank you for the broth. It was... 146 00:16:59,467 --> 00:17:00,759 It was delicious. 147 00:17:02,717 --> 00:17:03,884 Another helping? 148 00:17:06,342 --> 00:17:07,384 No, thanks. 149 00:17:12,759 --> 00:17:15,134 Excuse me, may I ask a question? 150 00:17:16,634 --> 00:17:17,592 I heard a word 151 00:17:17,759 --> 00:17:20,009 whose meaning I don't know. What is... 152 00:17:21,009 --> 00:17:21,884 a "vourdalak"? 153 00:17:26,384 --> 00:17:27,634 I don't know. 154 00:17:40,384 --> 00:17:42,634 Not very friendly, your sister-in-law, Sdenka. 155 00:17:43,467 --> 00:17:44,342 Yet 156 00:17:45,384 --> 00:17:47,009 that was her downfall. 157 00:17:48,759 --> 00:17:49,884 How come? 158 00:17:52,509 --> 00:17:53,634 Poor girl! 159 00:17:55,217 --> 00:17:58,342 Falling like that for the first vagabond passing through. 160 00:18:00,967 --> 00:18:02,384 Around here, word gets out. 161 00:18:03,592 --> 00:18:06,384 And that is why no one ever wanted to marry her. 162 00:18:07,592 --> 00:18:08,592 Alas! 163 00:18:09,467 --> 00:18:11,342 She's forced to stay here. 164 00:18:11,759 --> 00:18:12,759 With us. 165 00:18:14,384 --> 00:18:15,634 Forever. 166 00:18:18,134 --> 00:18:19,092 Which 167 00:18:19,592 --> 00:18:20,634 we wouldn't mind 168 00:18:21,092 --> 00:18:22,259 at all. 169 00:18:22,467 --> 00:18:24,592 But she's always daydreaming, 170 00:18:25,259 --> 00:18:26,634 mumbling prayers, 171 00:18:27,384 --> 00:18:28,967 and doing things... 172 00:18:29,634 --> 00:18:30,759 Strange things! 173 00:18:35,759 --> 00:18:37,592 I think she's gone mad. 174 00:18:38,009 --> 00:18:38,967 Well... 175 00:18:40,134 --> 00:18:41,759 Thank you for the broth. 176 00:19:04,259 --> 00:19:05,592 What a pretty picture. 177 00:19:08,092 --> 00:19:09,509 Do you want some help with... 178 00:19:10,384 --> 00:19:11,134 picking? 179 00:19:11,342 --> 00:19:12,509 You like blackberries? 180 00:19:13,259 --> 00:19:14,134 Yes, I... 181 00:19:15,592 --> 00:19:16,509 I adore them. 182 00:19:18,384 --> 00:19:19,634 I loathe them. 183 00:19:33,217 --> 00:19:34,217 You must be 184 00:19:35,009 --> 00:19:36,634 very worried about your father. 185 00:19:38,134 --> 00:19:39,092 No. 186 00:19:43,259 --> 00:19:44,509 Tell me. What is a... 187 00:19:45,217 --> 00:19:46,217 A "vourdalak"? 188 00:19:47,842 --> 00:19:50,134 What's the point? You wouldn't believe it. 189 00:19:51,009 --> 00:19:52,759 Say anyway. I like novelties. 190 00:19:54,509 --> 00:19:57,217 There are things it's preferable not to mention. 191 00:20:00,009 --> 00:20:01,134 If you say so. 192 00:20:03,509 --> 00:20:04,634 Sdenka! 193 00:20:05,759 --> 00:20:07,092 Beautiful Sdenka! 194 00:20:08,134 --> 00:20:10,259 Your eyes are like flames that... 195 00:20:22,592 --> 00:20:23,592 Here. 196 00:20:24,759 --> 00:20:25,717 An apple. 197 00:20:43,134 --> 00:20:44,967 Refrain from judging us, stranger. 198 00:20:50,509 --> 00:20:53,134 And we'll refrain from doing the same to you. 199 00:20:54,467 --> 00:20:55,384 Here. 200 00:21:00,009 --> 00:21:02,009 Why torture me so, little peasant? 201 00:21:02,592 --> 00:21:03,842 Why such cruelty? 202 00:21:04,884 --> 00:21:05,884 Come. 203 00:21:06,634 --> 00:21:08,092 No one will see us. 204 00:21:10,467 --> 00:21:11,509 Wait. 205 00:21:13,259 --> 00:21:15,134 First, I'll show you something. 206 00:21:18,509 --> 00:21:21,217 The spot where I like to bathe in secret. 207 00:21:24,259 --> 00:21:25,467 Follow me. 208 00:21:42,634 --> 00:21:43,759 Wait for me! 209 00:21:47,259 --> 00:21:48,342 Where are you? 210 00:21:49,134 --> 00:21:50,467 Follow my voice. 211 00:21:57,634 --> 00:21:58,634 Help! 212 00:22:11,134 --> 00:22:14,592 Imagine if someone should happen to fall. 213 00:22:15,884 --> 00:22:18,967 Imagine his skull hitting the rocks below. 214 00:22:24,134 --> 00:22:26,384 Do you hear the foul crunch of bone? 215 00:22:28,967 --> 00:22:30,259 Frightening, isn't it? 216 00:22:32,259 --> 00:22:33,634 I'd offer you my arm 217 00:22:33,842 --> 00:22:36,509 but I'd say you've held it enough for one day. 218 00:22:43,009 --> 00:22:46,759 You're no better than the catty coquettes at the French Court. 219 00:22:47,634 --> 00:22:48,842 The French Court? 220 00:22:49,467 --> 00:22:50,384 Yes. 221 00:22:50,884 --> 00:22:52,009 The Court of... 222 00:22:52,634 --> 00:22:53,592 Why? 223 00:22:55,009 --> 00:22:56,259 You're interested? 224 00:22:57,634 --> 00:22:58,634 Say anyway. 225 00:23:00,759 --> 00:23:02,009 What's the point, ma'am? 226 00:23:03,634 --> 00:23:05,384 There are things not to mention. 227 00:23:11,509 --> 00:23:12,884 I miss the Court. 228 00:23:14,759 --> 00:23:17,134 And what I miss most is French cooking. 229 00:23:18,884 --> 00:23:19,967 Dinners. 230 00:23:20,884 --> 00:23:22,884 Conversation with pretty ladies. 231 00:23:23,509 --> 00:23:25,009 There are very few here. 232 00:23:26,842 --> 00:23:28,509 I share your opinion. 233 00:23:29,342 --> 00:23:30,134 By the way, 234 00:23:30,884 --> 00:23:32,592 you tasted Anja's cooking? 235 00:23:39,509 --> 00:23:40,842 I miss the festivities, too. 236 00:23:42,884 --> 00:23:43,884 Balls. 237 00:23:47,009 --> 00:23:48,134 Dancing. 238 00:23:54,717 --> 00:23:55,884 What are you doing? 239 00:23:56,467 --> 00:23:57,509 The saraband. 240 00:23:58,009 --> 00:23:59,134 Or... 241 00:23:59,259 --> 00:24:00,342 the minuet. 242 00:24:04,259 --> 00:24:05,384 It's ridiculous. 243 00:24:05,842 --> 00:24:06,759 Stop it. 244 00:24:07,634 --> 00:24:08,634 Definitely not. 245 00:24:09,134 --> 00:24:10,342 It's so enjoyable. 246 00:24:11,009 --> 00:24:11,884 Try it? 247 00:24:14,509 --> 00:24:15,467 Never. 248 00:24:29,259 --> 00:24:30,259 What is that? 249 00:24:31,259 --> 00:24:32,384 A map of Europe. 250 00:24:33,342 --> 00:24:34,342 Look. 251 00:24:41,384 --> 00:24:42,884 But it shows all the roads. 252 00:24:43,509 --> 00:24:44,592 The roads. 253 00:24:45,009 --> 00:24:46,384 Mountains, rivers, yes. 254 00:24:47,634 --> 00:24:48,634 You see? 255 00:24:49,009 --> 00:24:50,134 France is here. 256 00:24:52,134 --> 00:24:53,467 And we are... 257 00:24:58,592 --> 00:24:59,592 Over here. 258 00:25:09,717 --> 00:25:11,509 I should have liked to leave. 259 00:25:12,842 --> 00:25:13,759 And go anywhere. 260 00:25:16,384 --> 00:25:19,884 Only sadness and brutality flourish on our lands. 261 00:25:22,467 --> 00:25:23,592 Why do you stay? 262 00:25:25,009 --> 00:25:26,009 Where would I go? 263 00:25:28,092 --> 00:25:29,718 All my memories are here. 264 00:25:31,260 --> 00:25:32,968 The cliff is my only friend. 265 00:25:34,260 --> 00:25:38,093 I'll dash myself from there the day my misery is complete. 266 00:25:45,010 --> 00:25:46,218 I enjoy life. 267 00:25:47,385 --> 00:25:49,010 But it's not what I prefer. 268 00:25:50,635 --> 00:25:52,010 What are you saying? 269 00:25:57,385 --> 00:25:58,635 His name was Jovan. 270 00:26:02,635 --> 00:26:05,510 He wasn't from here, and had neither future, 271 00:26:05,718 --> 00:26:07,135 nor money to offer me. 272 00:26:08,968 --> 00:26:10,010 But I loved him. 273 00:26:13,260 --> 00:26:15,093 We wanted to run far away. 274 00:26:18,635 --> 00:26:19,760 Alas... 275 00:26:19,885 --> 00:26:21,218 someone found out. 276 00:26:23,385 --> 00:26:26,260 We'd arranged to meet at midnight on the clifftop. 277 00:26:28,593 --> 00:26:30,010 I waited a long time. 278 00:26:32,635 --> 00:26:33,718 A long time. 279 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,260 And I heard the gunshot. 280 00:26:46,260 --> 00:26:47,593 I went home to bed. 281 00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:53,260 This is where I buried him. 282 00:26:55,218 --> 00:26:57,135 Where my dreams lie now. 283 00:26:58,385 --> 00:27:00,218 But my dreams still talk to me. 284 00:27:02,218 --> 00:27:04,593 Everything talks to those who can hear. 285 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:08,885 Even the dead. 286 00:27:21,635 --> 00:27:22,885 Give me your hand. 287 00:27:25,510 --> 00:27:26,468 My hand? 288 00:27:29,010 --> 00:27:29,968 Here. 289 00:27:32,885 --> 00:27:34,010 How awful! 290 00:27:40,385 --> 00:27:42,218 Anyway, I don't believe in fate. 291 00:27:42,635 --> 00:27:44,093 Naturally. You have none. 292 00:27:58,218 --> 00:27:59,260 Sdenka! 293 00:28:25,885 --> 00:28:26,885 The bell. 294 00:28:29,510 --> 00:28:30,718 It's six o'clock. 295 00:28:32,510 --> 00:28:33,885 He's not returned. 296 00:28:35,635 --> 00:28:37,010 Our father is no more. 297 00:28:46,093 --> 00:28:47,718 Nothing proves he's dead. 298 00:28:47,885 --> 00:28:49,260 He himself said it. 299 00:28:49,385 --> 00:28:50,635 Quiet, idiot! 300 00:28:50,968 --> 00:28:52,468 I didn't ask you to speak. 301 00:28:52,635 --> 00:28:53,635 Not so harsh. 302 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:55,010 Quiet, all of you! 303 00:28:56,260 --> 00:28:58,760 I am your elder. And you must obey me. 304 00:29:04,468 --> 00:29:05,635 My God! Father! 305 00:29:12,468 --> 00:29:13,718 He's breathing! 306 00:29:17,010 --> 00:29:17,718 Wait. 307 00:29:18,510 --> 00:29:20,010 How long has he been there? 308 00:29:21,135 --> 00:29:23,468 I'm sure he's been there for days. 309 00:29:24,343 --> 00:29:25,593 Our own father! 310 00:29:26,135 --> 00:29:27,843 Don't do this, Jegor. 311 00:29:28,010 --> 00:29:29,468 Shame on you all! 312 00:29:42,635 --> 00:29:44,093 Father, are you wounded? 313 00:29:44,468 --> 00:29:45,885 Sit! He needs air. 314 00:29:48,135 --> 00:29:49,510 Father, can you hear me? 315 00:30:00,718 --> 00:30:01,760 That dog... 316 00:30:06,135 --> 00:30:07,510 Make it shut up. 317 00:30:19,885 --> 00:30:21,218 Piotr, obey. 318 00:30:43,635 --> 00:30:44,635 My goodness. 319 00:30:56,260 --> 00:30:58,635 You should have some food, father. 320 00:31:06,135 --> 00:31:07,468 I'll bury him. 321 00:31:37,385 --> 00:31:38,968 You are in pain, father. 322 00:31:40,843 --> 00:31:41,885 What madness, 323 00:31:42,635 --> 00:31:45,135 going off to fight the Turks alone. 324 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:46,968 At your age. 325 00:31:48,260 --> 00:31:50,635 Especially after I had gone to fight. 326 00:31:59,510 --> 00:32:00,718 Alibek. 327 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,635 Hang it over the door. 328 00:32:05,593 --> 00:32:08,760 So everyone knows he is no more. 329 00:32:08,968 --> 00:32:11,718 And that it was at Gorcha's hand 330 00:32:11,885 --> 00:32:13,260 that he perished. 331 00:32:23,635 --> 00:32:25,010 How can this be? 332 00:32:29,010 --> 00:32:32,093 Are you laughing at me, lad? 333 00:32:33,010 --> 00:32:35,010 Yes, grandfather. You're funny. 334 00:32:53,468 --> 00:32:54,885 How I love the boy. 335 00:32:56,135 --> 00:32:58,260 Is there a purer treasure 336 00:32:58,468 --> 00:32:59,718 in this world 337 00:33:00,343 --> 00:33:02,010 than that innocent gaze? 338 00:33:02,593 --> 00:33:04,010 Come along, it's late. 339 00:33:04,510 --> 00:33:05,635 Vlad, come to bed! 340 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:06,635 Yes! 341 00:33:11,135 --> 00:33:15,218 Father, I must tell you we have a guest at our table. 342 00:33:16,343 --> 00:33:17,510 A foreigner. 343 00:33:17,718 --> 00:33:20,010 A rich lord lost on our land. 344 00:33:20,218 --> 00:33:22,510 He has no horse and tomorrow I'll go... 345 00:33:26,843 --> 00:33:30,843 I hope my lord will forgive the modesty of my abode. 346 00:33:32,593 --> 00:33:34,260 We are but humble folks. 347 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,343 And if our manner seems blunt, 348 00:33:39,218 --> 00:33:40,593 may he grant 349 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:44,343 that we're not used to welcoming at our table 350 00:33:44,968 --> 00:33:47,010 powdered courtiers. 351 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:51,635 Pardon me? 352 00:33:52,718 --> 00:33:54,260 I am very weary. 353 00:33:54,885 --> 00:33:56,760 May my lord forgive me. 354 00:33:57,510 --> 00:33:59,135 We shall talk tomorrow. 355 00:34:01,218 --> 00:34:02,635 Carry me to my room. 356 00:34:03,218 --> 00:34:04,510 And put me to bed. 357 00:34:46,885 --> 00:34:48,135 Dogs do not think. 358 00:34:50,385 --> 00:34:54,843 Their brain, paltrier than that of man, does not allow them to... 359 00:34:56,635 --> 00:34:57,635 bear judgment. 360 00:34:58,885 --> 00:35:00,635 Nor to make conjectures. 361 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,510 However, when a dog loves you, 362 00:35:04,635 --> 00:35:06,218 that love is unconditional. 363 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:09,760 It is so, whoever you may be... 364 00:35:11,135 --> 00:35:14,718 however you may appear in the eyes of those who think, 365 00:35:15,385 --> 00:35:16,718 make conjectures, 366 00:35:18,510 --> 00:35:20,635 and allow themselves to bear judgment. 367 00:35:30,885 --> 00:35:31,843 Here. 368 00:35:33,385 --> 00:35:34,635 You lost it. 369 00:35:40,885 --> 00:35:42,135 Thank you, sir. 370 00:35:46,510 --> 00:35:47,510 Come. 371 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:50,468 I'll show you to your room. 372 00:36:06,885 --> 00:36:07,885 There you are. 373 00:36:08,968 --> 00:36:10,010 I hope 374 00:36:10,968 --> 00:36:12,260 it suits you. 375 00:36:14,218 --> 00:36:15,218 Yes, it's... 376 00:36:16,468 --> 00:36:17,385 It's perfect. 377 00:36:18,593 --> 00:36:19,760 Thank you kindly. 378 00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:22,385 Good night, sir. 379 00:36:23,135 --> 00:36:24,468 Good night, Piotr. 380 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:30,218 What are you doing here? 381 00:40:32,218 --> 00:40:33,260 Dancing. 382 00:40:33,385 --> 00:40:34,343 Why? 383 00:40:37,385 --> 00:40:38,385 Up. 384 00:40:42,968 --> 00:40:44,635 Jegor wants a word with you. 385 00:41:05,510 --> 00:41:06,343 Morning. 386 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:08,593 Sir... 387 00:41:09,260 --> 00:41:10,343 Come. 388 00:41:10,510 --> 00:41:12,510 Jegor, your son's caught something. 389 00:41:12,718 --> 00:41:14,093 Not now, Anja. 390 00:41:31,593 --> 00:41:32,968 I don't understand. 391 00:41:35,385 --> 00:41:38,510 I stayed at his bedside the whole night. 392 00:41:41,468 --> 00:41:44,385 I suppose I must have dozed off for an hour. 393 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:46,343 Or two, at the very most. 394 00:41:49,885 --> 00:41:51,885 You have no idea, I'm so ashamed. 395 00:41:52,885 --> 00:41:55,385 If something happened to him, I'd... 396 00:41:57,010 --> 00:41:58,593 I must go after him. 397 00:42:01,135 --> 00:42:02,385 Let me come with you. 398 00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:05,468 No, I'll go alone. 399 00:42:08,093 --> 00:42:11,386 Of course, you will have to wait for your horse. 400 00:42:12,511 --> 00:42:13,511 I understand. 401 00:42:19,386 --> 00:42:20,844 Please, listen to me. 402 00:42:21,886 --> 00:42:23,136 He has a fever. 403 00:42:24,219 --> 00:42:25,344 He's not eating. 404 00:42:25,511 --> 00:42:26,636 Anja, calm down. 405 00:42:26,761 --> 00:42:27,761 Let me past. 406 00:42:29,011 --> 00:42:31,344 For your father, you'd abandon your son? 407 00:42:31,511 --> 00:42:33,386 What kind of man are you? 408 00:42:40,761 --> 00:42:42,719 It's only a fever. Put him to bed. 409 00:42:46,761 --> 00:42:48,261 I'll be back this evening. 410 00:42:49,386 --> 00:42:50,511 Don't worry. 411 00:43:12,844 --> 00:43:14,094 Thank you, sir. 412 00:43:18,386 --> 00:43:19,886 I'm scared I'll go mad. 413 00:43:22,844 --> 00:43:23,844 What's wrong? 414 00:43:27,386 --> 00:43:29,761 Last night, I had a terrible dream. 415 00:43:33,886 --> 00:43:35,594 I could hear something. 416 00:43:36,344 --> 00:43:37,469 A kind of voice. 417 00:43:37,636 --> 00:43:38,761 Whispering. 418 00:43:38,886 --> 00:43:39,886 There. 419 00:43:40,511 --> 00:43:41,719 In Vlad's room. 420 00:43:43,886 --> 00:43:45,094 I got up. 421 00:43:46,386 --> 00:43:49,636 I waited for my eyes to grow accustomed to the dark. 422 00:43:50,594 --> 00:43:51,886 But nothing changed. 423 00:43:54,886 --> 00:43:56,344 I wanted to call to Vlad. 424 00:43:57,761 --> 00:43:59,011 But I didn't dare. 425 00:43:59,969 --> 00:44:03,469 As if I were terrified at the idea of someone hearing me. 426 00:44:06,636 --> 00:44:07,761 And suddenly, 427 00:44:09,011 --> 00:44:10,136 very far off... 428 00:44:11,636 --> 00:44:12,719 a sound. 429 00:44:13,886 --> 00:44:15,511 A sound so obscene 430 00:44:17,136 --> 00:44:18,386 and repulsive. 431 00:44:21,511 --> 00:44:23,511 Like soggy chewing. 432 00:44:28,261 --> 00:44:30,219 My hands encountered something. 433 00:44:32,386 --> 00:44:33,594 His little bed. 434 00:44:35,386 --> 00:44:36,969 But Vlad wasn't in it. 435 00:44:38,011 --> 00:44:39,094 I looked 436 00:44:39,594 --> 00:44:41,011 but all I could find was 437 00:44:41,844 --> 00:44:43,094 a sheet that was damp 438 00:44:44,136 --> 00:44:45,261 and soiled. 439 00:44:54,594 --> 00:44:57,386 And just then, the air filled with such a... 440 00:44:58,094 --> 00:44:59,261 stench! 441 00:45:00,969 --> 00:45:02,886 It was unbearable. Sorry... 442 00:45:14,011 --> 00:45:15,219 What's wrong with him? 443 00:45:15,761 --> 00:45:16,761 Nothing. 444 00:45:19,094 --> 00:45:21,011 Strange. I too had a troubling dream. 445 00:45:21,136 --> 00:45:22,094 Come. 446 00:45:37,011 --> 00:45:38,136 Will he die? 447 00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:41,386 If we do nothing, probably. 448 00:45:41,969 --> 00:45:43,094 Say what? 449 00:45:44,011 --> 00:45:45,636 We need hawthorn branches. 450 00:45:46,594 --> 00:45:48,386 Garlic flowers and quaking aspen. 451 00:45:49,511 --> 00:45:50,761 Quaking aspen? 452 00:45:50,969 --> 00:45:52,344 I know a spot. 453 00:45:55,261 --> 00:45:56,511 Where are we going? 454 00:45:59,386 --> 00:46:00,969 The branch to your left. 455 00:46:01,136 --> 00:46:02,511 That will do the trick. 456 00:46:07,844 --> 00:46:11,511 Piotr, trim it and cut it to a sharp point. 457 00:46:13,594 --> 00:46:15,469 Might I know what this is for? 458 00:46:17,094 --> 00:46:18,011 A stake. 459 00:46:19,469 --> 00:46:20,386 A stake? 460 00:46:21,219 --> 00:46:22,219 So be it. 461 00:46:24,969 --> 00:46:27,386 Things of the tomb must stay there. 462 00:46:27,511 --> 00:46:30,261 Our father is no longer our father. 463 00:46:30,469 --> 00:46:32,094 He is vile carrion, 464 00:46:32,261 --> 00:46:35,136 who has come back solely to drink our blood. 465 00:46:36,094 --> 00:46:38,719 A vourdalak does not attack at random, sir. 466 00:46:39,511 --> 00:46:42,636 It delights most in the blood of close relations 467 00:46:42,761 --> 00:46:44,636 and those dearest to its heart. 468 00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:49,011 They die and, in turn, come back. 469 00:46:50,136 --> 00:46:53,261 Whole families and villages have been decimated. 470 00:46:54,011 --> 00:46:56,261 Love itself is a curse in these parts. 471 00:47:15,011 --> 00:47:17,011 It's said they soak up their slobber 472 00:47:17,136 --> 00:47:19,969 by chewing the shroud they were interred with. 473 00:47:20,136 --> 00:47:22,594 They chew like pigs while spying on us. 474 00:47:24,261 --> 00:47:25,469 You're serious? 475 00:47:25,636 --> 00:47:28,511 They're sly, pernicious bloodsuckers, sir. 476 00:47:28,636 --> 00:47:30,011 Nothing can kill them. 477 00:47:31,636 --> 00:47:33,261 To stop them doing harm... 478 00:47:34,386 --> 00:47:36,011 either burn their house, 479 00:47:36,219 --> 00:47:38,969 have a man of God sprinkle them with holy water, 480 00:47:40,511 --> 00:47:41,844 or immobilise them. 481 00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:47,011 When the dead try to rise again, 482 00:47:48,094 --> 00:47:49,511 our only salvation 483 00:47:50,844 --> 00:47:52,261 is to nail them down. 484 00:47:55,469 --> 00:47:56,969 Let's go in. It's time. 485 00:48:11,386 --> 00:48:12,219 Wait for me. 486 00:48:15,636 --> 00:48:17,761 You don't mean to kill your father? 487 00:48:17,969 --> 00:48:19,386 Catch your breath, sir. 488 00:48:21,969 --> 00:48:24,511 At all events, you walk at a good clip. 489 00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:27,136 You would leave far behind my friends at Court. 490 00:48:27,344 --> 00:48:31,136 Whatever you may think of me, I also have woman friends, 491 00:48:31,261 --> 00:48:33,511 to whom I am close and greatly respect. 492 00:48:34,261 --> 00:48:35,386 Lucky you. 493 00:48:36,011 --> 00:48:37,761 It's highly amusing. 494 00:48:38,344 --> 00:48:41,219 They walk seldom, usually from one chair to another. 495 00:48:41,386 --> 00:48:42,511 Lucky them. 496 00:48:42,969 --> 00:48:46,511 For longer distances, they call for a sedan chair. Imagine! 497 00:48:46,636 --> 00:48:47,719 Fascinating! 498 00:48:47,886 --> 00:48:48,886 Truly! 499 00:48:49,261 --> 00:48:51,386 I need tales of the Court now. 500 00:48:52,011 --> 00:48:54,719 Formidable pertinence is a French trait? 501 00:48:57,469 --> 00:48:58,469 Come. 502 00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:37,094 I don't understand... 503 00:50:38,219 --> 00:50:39,636 I looked everywhere. 504 00:50:40,386 --> 00:50:41,344 No sign of him. 505 00:50:51,761 --> 00:50:53,761 We'll keep the lanterns lit 506 00:50:54,261 --> 00:50:56,011 and the front door open, 507 00:50:56,511 --> 00:50:58,261 in case he comes home tonight. 508 00:50:59,136 --> 00:51:00,261 As for your horse... 509 00:51:00,761 --> 00:51:02,219 It's not the priority. 510 00:51:02,386 --> 00:51:03,511 Don't worry. 511 00:51:05,969 --> 00:51:07,094 What is that? 512 00:51:08,136 --> 00:51:09,386 Stand aside. 513 00:51:21,511 --> 00:51:22,844 What did you do to him? 514 00:51:26,261 --> 00:51:27,386 Answer, you wretch! 515 00:51:27,594 --> 00:51:28,636 Let him go. 516 00:51:28,886 --> 00:51:30,261 You know what's happening. 517 00:51:30,386 --> 00:51:31,511 The old man warned us. 518 00:51:35,886 --> 00:51:39,886 May those who won't open their eyes answer for our imminent woes. 519 00:51:40,886 --> 00:51:42,136 Take off that cloak. 520 00:51:42,511 --> 00:51:43,511 It's not yours. 521 00:51:58,886 --> 00:52:01,011 They're taking leave of their senses 522 00:52:01,219 --> 00:52:03,136 with these old wives' tales. 523 00:52:05,219 --> 00:52:08,136 To think my brother believes in them, too. 524 00:52:09,469 --> 00:52:11,136 It comes as no surprise. 525 00:52:11,344 --> 00:52:13,719 You know what he played with as a boy? 526 00:52:14,969 --> 00:52:16,094 With ribbons. 527 00:52:24,886 --> 00:52:27,886 You must think we're brutes, my father and me. 528 00:52:28,761 --> 00:52:31,386 Truth is, if this family's still alive, 529 00:52:32,386 --> 00:52:33,761 it's thanks to us. 530 00:52:34,511 --> 00:52:36,886 Definitely not thanks to their gris-gris 531 00:52:37,011 --> 00:52:38,386 and their songs. 532 00:52:40,969 --> 00:52:42,344 As an educated man, 533 00:52:42,511 --> 00:52:45,969 don't tell me you believe vourdalaks exist. 534 00:52:52,344 --> 00:52:53,469 I don't know. 535 00:52:54,344 --> 00:52:55,261 No. 536 00:52:56,136 --> 00:52:57,511 Of course not. 537 00:53:00,511 --> 00:53:02,761 Why not vampires while we're at it? 538 00:53:07,511 --> 00:53:08,386 Yes. 539 00:53:38,469 --> 00:53:40,219 Vlad! 540 00:53:47,636 --> 00:53:49,136 Come closer. 541 00:54:12,636 --> 00:54:13,636 Boy! 542 00:54:44,761 --> 00:54:46,136 Stop. Where are you going? 543 00:54:53,011 --> 00:54:54,219 Wake up. 544 00:54:55,761 --> 00:54:57,094 Can you hear me? 545 00:55:16,094 --> 00:55:17,094 Where are you? 546 00:55:19,886 --> 00:55:21,219 Show yourself, sir! 547 00:55:24,094 --> 00:55:27,886 Sir, if I weren't in your debt for your hospitality, 548 00:55:28,094 --> 00:55:31,136 I might doubt your intentions towards this boy. 549 00:55:32,386 --> 00:55:33,511 Is that so? 550 00:55:35,136 --> 00:55:36,219 Yes. 551 00:55:38,094 --> 00:55:39,844 I forbid you to approach him. 552 00:55:40,636 --> 00:55:42,011 I warn you I'm armed. 553 00:55:42,844 --> 00:55:43,761 And how. 554 00:55:45,636 --> 00:55:49,386 This legendary rapier saw my ancestor through the Italian wars. 555 00:55:50,011 --> 00:55:51,636 I won't hesitate to use it. 556 00:55:51,761 --> 00:55:53,011 Well then... 557 00:55:59,136 --> 00:55:59,886 So... 558 00:56:00,636 --> 00:56:04,761 in order to protect my family, my lord stays among us. 559 00:56:05,886 --> 00:56:07,511 My lord is too kind. 560 00:56:13,594 --> 00:56:17,761 But is it not my daughter's petticoats that detain him? 561 00:56:21,386 --> 00:56:23,511 You wouldn't be the first, you know. 562 00:56:29,469 --> 00:56:30,511 You... 563 00:56:30,844 --> 00:56:32,386 You're mistaken, sir. 564 00:56:34,594 --> 00:56:37,136 My intentions are the most upright. 565 00:56:38,511 --> 00:56:41,261 I confess, I feel for Sdenka... 566 00:56:41,469 --> 00:56:44,886 profound affection, but not in the least reprehensible. 567 00:56:45,386 --> 00:56:46,969 I know only too well. 568 00:56:48,261 --> 00:56:50,136 My lord is admirable. 569 00:56:51,636 --> 00:56:53,469 His heart is pure. 570 00:56:54,511 --> 00:56:56,386 His blood is noble. 571 00:56:57,594 --> 00:57:01,594 And if he were to persist in staying among us, 572 00:57:02,136 --> 00:57:06,469 I would have no choice but to accept him as one of us. 573 00:57:07,386 --> 00:57:09,636 And in the end, no doubt, I'd... 574 00:57:10,511 --> 00:57:11,386 love him. 575 00:58:19,094 --> 00:58:20,094 Jegor! 576 00:58:20,886 --> 00:58:21,844 Your son! 577 00:58:22,011 --> 00:58:23,011 Your father! 578 00:58:59,470 --> 00:59:04,262 The snake is in its pit 579 00:59:04,887 --> 00:59:09,845 And the wolf sleeps tonight 580 00:59:10,387 --> 00:59:15,137 All is quiet, my dear child 581 00:59:15,845 --> 00:59:20,762 Above all, make no sound 582 01:00:29,387 --> 01:00:33,012 There is the fruit of our negligence. 583 01:00:35,512 --> 01:00:36,512 Father! 584 01:00:37,012 --> 01:00:38,887 Praise be to God. You're back! 585 01:00:39,637 --> 01:00:42,220 What have we done to the child? 586 01:00:44,887 --> 01:00:49,095 What have we done to the sun of our later years? 587 01:00:49,845 --> 01:00:52,637 He was the best of us. 588 01:00:53,970 --> 01:00:55,137 Alas! 589 01:00:55,262 --> 01:00:58,012 Our tears won't bring him back. 590 01:01:01,012 --> 01:01:02,387 Be strong, my son. 591 01:01:22,012 --> 01:01:23,220 My lord... 592 01:01:24,262 --> 01:01:25,637 Timely arrival, sir. 593 01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:28,345 As head of this family, 594 01:01:28,512 --> 01:01:30,762 it's for you to bless this grave. 595 01:01:33,387 --> 01:01:34,637 You hear? 596 01:01:35,762 --> 01:01:37,512 Bless the grave immediately. 597 01:01:37,720 --> 01:01:38,887 I command you. 598 01:01:42,345 --> 01:01:43,512 You command me? 599 01:01:44,637 --> 01:01:46,137 Piotr, how dare you? 600 01:01:47,387 --> 01:01:50,012 A son commanding his father? 601 01:01:50,762 --> 01:01:52,262 Has that ever been? 602 01:01:57,220 --> 01:01:58,220 Say the prayer. 603 01:01:58,387 --> 01:01:59,512 And if I refuse? 604 01:02:02,095 --> 01:02:03,512 You're not our father. 605 01:02:03,970 --> 01:02:05,012 Piotr, stop! 606 01:02:06,470 --> 01:02:08,387 I'm not your father anymore? 607 01:02:09,220 --> 01:02:11,095 In that case, who am I? 608 01:02:11,762 --> 01:02:13,595 Now, Piotr. Do it. 609 01:02:13,762 --> 01:02:15,970 Yes, what are you waiting for? 610 01:02:17,095 --> 01:02:18,095 Do it! 611 01:02:24,095 --> 01:02:25,137 I knew it! 612 01:02:26,345 --> 01:02:27,512 Sissy! 613 01:02:39,137 --> 01:02:40,637 Shame on you. 614 01:02:42,387 --> 01:02:43,970 Attacking me... 615 01:02:45,345 --> 01:02:48,845 When I have nothing but love for you all. 616 01:02:49,845 --> 01:02:51,970 Even you, daughter. 617 01:02:53,012 --> 01:02:57,220 You, who sordidly dishonoured us 618 01:02:57,387 --> 01:02:59,012 with that vagabond. 619 01:03:06,095 --> 01:03:09,637 Fortunately, my old musket watches over the family. 620 01:03:11,637 --> 01:03:14,887 Let us leave Jegor to his paternal duty. 621 01:03:16,220 --> 01:03:17,262 Let's go in. 622 01:03:31,137 --> 01:03:35,470 Nothing is sweeter for a father than a home at peace. 623 01:03:48,137 --> 01:03:50,137 Sit down there, make no fuss. 624 01:03:52,262 --> 01:03:55,887 His home must be cruelly missed by my lord. 625 01:03:56,512 --> 01:03:59,845 How might we alleviate his pain? 626 01:04:01,845 --> 01:04:03,012 I know! 627 01:04:03,220 --> 01:04:04,262 Let's dance. 628 01:04:08,637 --> 01:04:10,137 Dance with my daughter. 629 01:04:10,762 --> 01:04:12,012 You're dying to. 630 01:04:16,095 --> 01:04:17,720 Dance, I said! 631 01:04:36,887 --> 01:04:37,887 There we are. 632 01:04:45,262 --> 01:04:46,345 Where's the stake? 633 01:04:47,220 --> 01:04:48,470 Piotr has it. 634 01:04:49,220 --> 01:04:50,470 I'll fetch it. 635 01:05:54,095 --> 01:05:57,887 My lord's calves! How they must enrapture 636 01:05:58,762 --> 01:06:01,137 the young ladies at the French Court. 637 01:06:04,762 --> 01:06:06,637 How I understand them. 638 01:06:43,637 --> 01:06:45,720 My son, there you are, at last. 639 01:06:58,595 --> 01:07:00,512 Don't go catching cold. 640 01:07:06,012 --> 01:07:07,137 Here. 641 01:07:09,512 --> 01:07:10,637 Come. 642 01:07:12,387 --> 01:07:13,762 Come with me. 643 01:07:17,970 --> 01:07:19,095 Look. 644 01:07:21,262 --> 01:07:23,512 How you cut a fine figure! 645 01:07:25,220 --> 01:07:26,595 You are like me, Jegor. 646 01:07:27,387 --> 01:07:29,137 You are a conqueror. 647 01:07:30,012 --> 01:07:31,387 You are a man! 648 01:07:32,262 --> 01:07:33,262 Flee. 649 01:07:33,637 --> 01:07:34,637 Escape. 650 01:07:35,012 --> 01:07:36,387 I went hard on you. 651 01:07:37,137 --> 01:07:39,345 But I have no regrets for... 652 01:07:40,262 --> 01:07:41,637 Back, corpse! 653 01:07:43,637 --> 01:07:44,887 Even dead... 654 01:07:45,095 --> 01:07:46,220 you come to torture us. 655 01:07:48,137 --> 01:07:50,720 It's the end for you, monster. 656 01:07:51,387 --> 01:07:52,262 Jegor, 657 01:07:52,387 --> 01:07:53,595 Sdenka, grab him. 658 01:08:04,470 --> 01:08:07,637 If a father is not everything for his children, 659 01:08:08,262 --> 01:08:09,470 he is nothing. 660 01:08:22,012 --> 01:08:24,595 Bury him with his dog. 661 01:08:54,262 --> 01:08:55,637 Little brother. 662 01:09:13,637 --> 01:09:14,512 Listen... 663 01:09:17,470 --> 01:09:18,512 I'm sorry. 664 01:09:19,137 --> 01:09:20,262 Look at me, Sdenka. 665 01:09:20,470 --> 01:09:21,512 We must leave. 666 01:09:22,262 --> 01:09:23,762 We must leave now. 667 01:09:24,470 --> 01:09:27,137 Remove your hands from my sister now. 668 01:09:29,512 --> 01:09:32,137 Everything was fine here before you arrived. 669 01:09:32,262 --> 01:09:35,595 You, stranger, brought misfortune on our family. 670 01:10:05,262 --> 01:10:06,887 I am a man of honour. 671 01:10:08,220 --> 01:10:09,637 My word is my bond. 672 01:10:10,137 --> 01:10:12,387 Tomorrow morning, you'll have your horse. 673 01:10:12,512 --> 01:10:15,637 You will leave and never come back. 674 01:10:16,762 --> 01:10:19,387 If ever I see you again, sir, 675 01:10:20,595 --> 01:10:22,887 without hesitation, I'll kill you. 676 01:10:43,095 --> 01:10:44,262 Mama! 677 01:11:01,262 --> 01:11:02,470 Flee, Anja! 678 01:11:03,387 --> 01:11:04,720 That's not your son. 679 01:11:04,887 --> 01:11:06,012 Vlad! 680 01:11:06,137 --> 01:11:07,137 My boy! 681 01:11:09,345 --> 01:11:10,262 Listen to me! 682 01:11:10,470 --> 01:11:11,387 Go home! 683 01:11:18,387 --> 01:11:19,637 Save your breath. 684 01:11:20,720 --> 01:11:22,262 He cannot hear you. 685 01:11:22,762 --> 01:11:23,887 He's dead drunk. 686 01:11:24,887 --> 01:11:26,345 That's not your son, Anja. 687 01:11:27,387 --> 01:11:29,262 You buried him, you poor loon. 688 01:11:31,095 --> 01:11:32,637 You think I've forgotten? 689 01:11:33,637 --> 01:11:34,720 So, flee! 690 01:11:35,887 --> 01:11:36,887 Flee! 691 01:11:38,220 --> 01:11:40,220 We both know what he is now. 692 01:11:41,387 --> 01:11:42,970 You think that death 693 01:11:43,845 --> 01:11:46,345 and all the demons in hell 694 01:11:47,387 --> 01:11:50,137 might, for one second only... 695 01:11:58,137 --> 01:11:59,512 prevent a mother 696 01:12:00,637 --> 01:12:02,512 from embracing the child 697 01:12:03,012 --> 01:12:05,262 that was torn from her? 698 01:12:08,887 --> 01:12:09,845 Brute! 699 01:12:11,345 --> 01:12:12,512 You are all 700 01:12:13,262 --> 01:12:14,387 brutes! 701 01:12:16,262 --> 01:12:17,220 Mama! 702 01:12:17,387 --> 01:12:18,387 I'm cold. 703 01:12:22,387 --> 01:12:23,595 My little boy. 704 01:12:49,637 --> 01:12:50,637 A bird. 705 01:12:56,512 --> 01:12:57,637 You hear it? 706 01:12:59,137 --> 01:13:00,137 Listen. 707 01:13:02,387 --> 01:13:03,970 It heralds my arrival. 708 01:13:07,345 --> 01:13:08,220 Say what? 709 01:13:10,845 --> 01:13:11,845 Piotr! 710 01:13:13,220 --> 01:13:14,637 My darling brother! 711 01:13:16,012 --> 01:13:17,512 The bird was sent by you. 712 01:13:19,845 --> 01:13:22,887 You alone kept me among the living. 713 01:13:24,137 --> 01:13:25,637 But you have arrived now. 714 01:13:26,762 --> 01:13:27,970 And I shall join you. 715 01:13:32,762 --> 01:13:34,387 I have woven hawthorn. 716 01:13:35,137 --> 01:13:37,762 The circle is closing at last. 717 01:13:43,887 --> 01:13:44,887 Fair bird... 718 01:13:46,512 --> 01:13:48,512 Go and tell my cliff 719 01:13:48,720 --> 01:13:50,512 to open its hospitable arms. 720 01:13:52,512 --> 01:13:56,220 Amid the vapours of sage and incense, 721 01:13:57,762 --> 01:13:59,887 I shall leap from its edge. 722 01:14:02,345 --> 01:14:03,012 Go! 723 01:14:04,137 --> 01:14:05,262 Little bird. 724 01:14:06,345 --> 01:14:07,470 Fly fast. 725 01:14:09,387 --> 01:14:10,970 My journey is ended. 726 01:14:12,845 --> 01:14:13,887 My misery 727 01:14:14,345 --> 01:14:15,512 is complete. 728 01:14:19,970 --> 01:14:22,595 Don't do it. For heaven's sake, no! 729 01:14:23,970 --> 01:14:25,095 Sdenka, come back! 730 01:14:25,970 --> 01:14:27,512 Release me, I beg of you. 731 01:14:30,345 --> 01:14:31,720 So my brother kills you? 732 01:14:32,595 --> 01:14:33,637 What a good idea! 733 01:14:35,387 --> 01:14:37,970 Wait here for your horse, sir. And leave! 734 01:14:38,887 --> 01:14:40,512 It's better for everyone. 735 01:14:42,262 --> 01:14:44,512 Don't do anything! We'll leave together. 736 01:14:44,720 --> 01:14:46,095 I'll take you to the Court. 737 01:14:47,012 --> 01:14:48,595 I'll show you the gardens. 738 01:14:49,887 --> 01:14:50,887 The balls. 739 01:14:51,845 --> 01:14:52,887 You'll be happy. 740 01:14:54,887 --> 01:14:55,887 I swear. 741 01:14:58,220 --> 01:14:59,262 The Court. 742 01:15:03,720 --> 01:15:04,887 With pleasure once. 743 01:15:09,512 --> 01:15:10,512 Alas... 744 01:15:21,262 --> 01:15:22,512 Farewell, Sdenka. 745 01:16:20,638 --> 01:16:22,096 Farewell. Thanks for everything. 746 01:18:01,638 --> 01:18:02,513 Thank God. 747 01:18:18,638 --> 01:18:19,513 Come! 748 01:18:19,721 --> 01:18:20,721 We must go. 749 01:18:31,388 --> 01:18:32,638 What are you doing? 750 01:18:32,763 --> 01:18:33,971 Pull yourself together. 751 01:18:37,721 --> 01:18:39,263 This really isn't the time. 752 01:20:21,971 --> 01:20:25,513 My lord's taste is quite exquisite. 753 01:20:48,513 --> 01:20:49,596 Why? 754 01:21:01,013 --> 01:21:02,263 Sdenka, where are you? 755 01:21:22,013 --> 01:21:22,971 Sir... 756 01:21:23,763 --> 01:21:24,763 Here at last. 757 01:21:29,971 --> 01:21:31,763 I owe you an apology. 758 01:21:32,263 --> 01:21:35,013 I let my temper get the better of me. 759 01:21:36,638 --> 01:21:38,721 And I bitterly regret it, my friend. 760 01:21:42,221 --> 01:21:43,888 Come back, my friend. 761 01:21:44,096 --> 01:21:45,096 Come back! 762 01:21:45,388 --> 01:21:46,388 Sdenka! 763 01:21:49,138 --> 01:21:50,138 Wait! 764 01:21:56,138 --> 01:21:58,638 Don't resent me, handsome stranger. 765 01:22:01,013 --> 01:22:02,388 Don't hate me 766 01:22:03,096 --> 01:22:05,763 for not knowing how to be free. 767 01:22:08,346 --> 01:22:09,721 Cruel destiny! 768 01:22:11,138 --> 01:22:12,388 If only 769 01:22:13,013 --> 01:22:14,888 I had met you earlier. 770 01:22:15,888 --> 01:22:19,346 How different my life might have been. 771 01:22:22,263 --> 01:22:23,513 I love you. 772 01:23:00,763 --> 01:23:02,013 A curse on you. 773 01:23:46,263 --> 01:23:47,513 Don't jump, Sdenka. 774 01:23:54,263 --> 01:23:55,346 My time is short. 775 01:23:58,596 --> 01:23:59,763 But you're free. 776 01:24:02,638 --> 01:24:04,596 If you feel any friendship for me 777 01:24:06,221 --> 01:24:07,721 listen to what I will say. 778 01:24:10,763 --> 01:24:12,888 Don't leave the world without knowing it. 779 01:24:13,471 --> 01:24:14,846 It's vast and surprising. 780 01:24:16,346 --> 01:24:17,638 It will please you. 781 01:24:25,638 --> 01:24:27,346 Go, perhaps, to the French Court. 782 01:24:30,388 --> 01:24:32,513 Yes! Why not? 783 01:24:36,263 --> 01:24:37,471 Go and show 784 01:24:38,763 --> 01:24:40,513 those people what beauty is. 785 01:24:41,971 --> 01:24:43,138 What nobility is. 786 01:24:49,721 --> 01:24:51,096 Live as you please. 787 01:25:09,263 --> 01:25:10,346 Sorry. 788 01:25:12,013 --> 01:25:13,138 Excuse me. 789 01:25:16,013 --> 01:25:17,013 Sorry. 790 01:26:15,513 --> 01:26:17,096 From Duchess of Gramont's diary... 791 01:26:17,263 --> 01:26:18,721 Versailles, 7th June 17... 792 01:26:18,888 --> 01:26:21,513 Towards four in the morning, my maid entered, 793 01:26:21,721 --> 01:26:24,138 followed by a most singular creature. 794 01:26:24,263 --> 01:26:27,596 A foreign woman, confused and as pale as tallow, 795 01:26:27,763 --> 01:26:29,971 who seemed to require my protection. 796 01:26:30,138 --> 01:26:32,096 I had no hesitation taking her in. 797 01:26:32,263 --> 01:26:36,263 God! Such a mournful expression, yet such a graceful manner. 798 01:26:36,471 --> 01:26:39,096 I've known the poor child but a few hours, 799 01:26:39,263 --> 01:26:41,221 and am already most fond of her. 800 01:26:41,388 --> 01:26:43,888 I do believe she begins to love me, too. 801 01:30:28,096 --> 01:30:30,721 Subtitles: Simon John