1 00:00:14,973 --> 00:00:17,559 ♪ lush orchestral music ♪ 2 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:14,157 ♪ ominous choral music ♪ 3 00:01:39,670 --> 00:01:42,046 No. Please. 4 00:01:45,190 --> 00:01:46,983 Stop! Please! 5 00:02:12,030 --> 00:02:13,020 State your name. 6 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:15,570 Alexander Ilyich Rostov. 7 00:02:16,710 --> 00:02:17,610 Address? 8 00:02:17,940 --> 00:02:19,710 For the last four years, I have resided 9 00:02:19,710 --> 00:02:22,740 in Suite 317 of the Metropol Hotel. 10 00:02:22,740 --> 00:02:23,610 Why? 11 00:02:24,390 --> 00:02:26,340 My house was burned down. 12 00:02:27,570 --> 00:02:28,560 Occupation? 13 00:02:29,820 --> 00:02:32,670 It is not the business of gentlemen to have occupations. 14 00:02:35,730 --> 00:02:38,520 You do not seem to appreciate the gravity of your position. 15 00:02:38,850 --> 00:02:40,980 No, I fear I understand it perfectly. 16 00:02:41,790 --> 00:02:45,930 You left Russia for Paris in the spring of 1914? 17 00:02:45,930 --> 00:02:48,120 Yes, I remember apple blossom in the trees. 18 00:02:49,050 --> 00:02:50,580 In all likelihood, it was spring, yes. 19 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:52,680 What concerns us here 20 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,590 is your return in 1918. 21 00:02:55,770 --> 00:02:59,310 Why did you come back only a year after the Revolution? 22 00:02:59,310 --> 00:03:01,950 You must have understood the reception a man of your... 23 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:04,170 nobility would receive. 24 00:03:05,330 --> 00:03:06,620 I missed the climate. 25 00:03:08,150 --> 00:03:09,080 Are you the author 26 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,660 of this poem of 1913: 27 00:03:11,660 --> 00:03:13,610 "Where Is Our Purpose Now?" 28 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,460 Were you the author? 29 00:03:25,630 --> 00:03:28,300 It was attributed to me, yes. 30 00:03:29,990 --> 00:03:32,570 Many consider this poem 31 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,850 a call to revolutionary action. 32 00:03:34,850 --> 00:03:36,560 Hard for us to equate with a man 33 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,910 who has clearly succumbed to the corruptions of his class 34 00:03:41,330 --> 00:03:43,880 and now is a threat against Russia and her people. 35 00:03:44,450 --> 00:03:45,650 I am one of her people. 36 00:03:45,650 --> 00:03:46,430 You were. 37 00:03:47,630 --> 00:03:50,420 It is our inclination to have you put against the wall. 38 00:03:54,540 --> 00:03:57,540 But there are those within the senior ranks of the Party 39 00:03:57,540 --> 00:03:59,850 who, because of your poem, 40 00:03:59,850 --> 00:04:03,270 count you among the heroes of the revolutionary cause. 41 00:04:03,750 --> 00:04:06,030 Therefore, it is the judgment of this committee, 42 00:04:06,030 --> 00:04:08,850 now the Metropol is under full Party control, 43 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,270 that you be returned to the hotel of which you are so fond, 44 00:04:12,270 --> 00:04:14,850 where you will remain for the rest of your days. 45 00:04:19,630 --> 00:04:20,950 And make no mistake, 46 00:04:21,730 --> 00:04:25,210 should you ever set foot outside of the Metropol again, 47 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:27,280 you will be shot. 48 00:04:44,550 --> 00:04:46,950 Gentlemen, I think I can find my own way. 49 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:49,710 Move. 50 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:55,504 ♪ energetic orchestral music ♪ 51 00:05:06,860 --> 00:05:09,680 That day, the Count thought his life was over, 52 00:05:10,980 --> 00:05:13,590 but in truth it was only the beginning. 53 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:17,610 Not just for him but for me, too. 54 00:05:18,330 --> 00:05:20,400 And in the years that followed, 55 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:24,960 Count Alexander Rostov would come to mean the world to me. 56 00:05:44,690 --> 00:05:46,250 Your Excellency, we didn't think you'd-- 57 00:05:46,580 --> 00:05:47,540 Good to see you, Vasily. 58 00:05:53,370 --> 00:05:56,190 My suite is on the third floor, gentlemen. 59 00:05:56,190 --> 00:05:57,690 The lift or the stairs? 60 00:05:59,370 --> 00:06:01,440 How are we supposed to win on the field of battle 61 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,960 if we can't decide between the lift and the stairs? 62 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,940 Have you ever been on the field of battle? 63 00:06:06,660 --> 00:06:07,800 The stairs it is. 64 00:06:30,474 --> 00:06:32,726 Ah, ah, ah. 65 00:06:54,250 --> 00:06:56,620 It's a beautiful view of the Bolshoi, isn't it? 66 00:07:14,390 --> 00:07:16,700 All these things are yours? 67 00:07:17,390 --> 00:07:19,760 S-Save for the floorboards and the bed, yes. 68 00:07:28,340 --> 00:07:29,540 I read your poem. 69 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:31,760 The tone of your voice suggests 70 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:33,800 that you are not a great admirer. 71 00:07:34,070 --> 00:07:35,330 I found it hard to believe 72 00:07:35,330 --> 00:07:38,000 those words came from the mouth of a man like you. 73 00:07:38,670 --> 00:07:40,260 What is the meaning of all this? 74 00:07:40,260 --> 00:07:42,210 I'm here to show you to your quarters. 75 00:07:42,210 --> 00:07:43,980 Theseare my quarters. 76 00:08:13,869 --> 00:08:16,329 ♪ sinister music ♪ 77 00:08:44,370 --> 00:08:45,330 What is this place? 78 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,030 Before the Revolution, these rooms were 79 00:08:48,030 --> 00:08:50,010 for the servants of the hotel guests. 80 00:09:04,220 --> 00:09:05,660 Well, it has a window at least. 81 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:10,930 And I'll just about fit on this bed. 82 00:09:12,460 --> 00:09:14,560 Ah, G-sharp, I believe. 83 00:09:15,950 --> 00:09:18,980 Yes. This will do very nicely, thank you. 84 00:09:20,940 --> 00:09:23,430 Your diminished circumstances won't allow you 85 00:09:23,430 --> 00:09:25,080 to keep all of your possessions. 86 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,530 But I will allow you to take a few personal items. 87 00:09:28,890 --> 00:09:29,820 And the rest? 88 00:09:29,820 --> 00:09:31,710 Becomes the property of the people. 89 00:09:33,140 --> 00:09:35,000 I should add, we've liberated your currency 90 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,110 from the hotel safe. 91 00:09:36,110 --> 00:09:37,760 Food and board will be provided. 92 00:09:38,690 --> 00:09:42,080 Life for you and your kind is over in Moscow. 93 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:47,090 You must never leave this hotel. 94 00:09:51,270 --> 00:09:52,080 If you do... 95 00:09:53,690 --> 00:09:54,620 I'll be waiting. 96 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:00,510 Apologies. 97 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:02,520 I never thought to ask your name. 98 00:10:03,210 --> 00:10:04,890 My name is not your concern. 99 00:10:06,970 --> 00:10:09,760 Well, thank you. You have carried out your duties 100 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,100 with the greatest courtesy available to you. 101 00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:33,633 ♪ melancholy music ♪ 102 00:10:48,090 --> 00:10:48,780 You open the door, 103 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:51,840 raise the weights... 104 00:10:53,925 --> 00:10:54,960 ...once a week. 105 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,350 Without fail, Alexander. 106 00:11:35,696 --> 00:11:37,322 Helena. 107 00:13:28,016 --> 00:13:30,102 ♪ string music ♪ 108 00:13:34,370 --> 00:13:35,570 Good evening, Andrey. 109 00:13:35,810 --> 00:13:36,860 Your Excellency,bonsoir. 110 00:13:38,580 --> 00:13:40,920 I wasn't sure if you would be dining with us this evening. 111 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,590 I was assured food and board. 112 00:13:43,860 --> 00:13:45,210 I'll show you to a table. 113 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:52,370 Thank you. 114 00:14:05,345 --> 00:14:07,222 Imbeciles. 115 00:14:06,540 --> 00:14:10,110 A saltimbocca requires veal wrapped in prosciutto. 116 00:14:11,580 --> 00:14:13,410 Where is the prosciutto? Where is the sage? 117 00:14:13,410 --> 00:14:16,260 We have no prosciutto, Chef, or sage. 118 00:14:16,260 --> 00:14:17,700 Then this is not a saltimbocca! 119 00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:19,980 - No, Chef. - It is merely badly cooked veal. 120 00:14:20,340 --> 00:14:23,100 Sorry, Chef, we're out of veal. 121 00:14:26,010 --> 00:14:27,690 Of course we're out of veal! 122 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:31,410 A saltimbocca on table seven. 123 00:14:33,250 --> 00:14:34,150 For the Count. 124 00:14:35,350 --> 00:14:36,070 The Count? 125 00:14:37,540 --> 00:14:38,110 Is he here? 126 00:14:51,650 --> 00:14:53,840 - What's he doing? - I believe 127 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:55,250 he's refusing to be beaten. 128 00:14:58,940 --> 00:15:01,550 Everything to your satisfaction, Your Excellency? 129 00:15:03,290 --> 00:15:04,220 The saltimbocca... 130 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:07,940 ...with chicken instead of veal? 131 00:15:07,940 --> 00:15:08,900 Mm-hmm. 132 00:15:08,900 --> 00:15:11,780 And instead of prosciutto, 133 00:15:12,140 --> 00:15:13,940 shaved Ukrainian ham? 134 00:15:14,330 --> 00:15:15,950 In place of the sage, 135 00:15:15,950 --> 00:15:18,020 and I must admit this took me a moment, 136 00:15:18,020 --> 00:15:20,564 but I think it's nettle. 137 00:15:28,310 --> 00:15:31,550 A man with taste is a rare thing these days. 138 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:33,770 Nettle it was, Your Excellency. 139 00:15:33,770 --> 00:15:36,500 Your palate remains, uh, unsurpassed. 140 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:37,430 Bravo, sir. 141 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:40,420 Bravo. 142 00:15:51,290 --> 00:15:52,190 Your Excellency. 143 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:54,940 I-I didn't expect you. 144 00:15:54,940 --> 00:15:57,820 Yaroslav, for you, I am happy to wait. 145 00:15:59,864 --> 00:16:01,866 ♪ jaunty music ♪ 146 00:17:18,650 --> 00:17:19,369 Hello. 147 00:17:21,170 --> 00:17:21,920 Hello. 148 00:17:22,790 --> 00:17:24,140 I like your mustache. 149 00:17:24,260 --> 00:17:24,740 Oh. 150 00:17:25,730 --> 00:17:28,099 I like your, uh, hair. 151 00:17:35,014 --> 00:17:37,224 Alexander Ilyich? 152 00:17:37,770 --> 00:17:38,820 Is it really you? 153 00:17:39,030 --> 00:17:41,910 Prince Nikolai, my dear friend, it's so wonderful to-- 154 00:17:42,830 --> 00:17:43,880 It's just Nikolai now. 155 00:17:45,930 --> 00:17:47,790 You're looking well. 156 00:17:48,030 --> 00:17:49,230 How have you been? 157 00:17:52,420 --> 00:17:54,190 I-I'll be with you in a moment. 158 00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:56,500 Tell me everything. 159 00:17:56,950 --> 00:17:59,290 The last time I saw you, you were playing Bach 160 00:17:59,290 --> 00:18:01,120 at one of your grandmother's dinner parties. 161 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:03,550 I guess I'm still playing Bach at dinner parties. 162 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:05,980 I-I'll be here most weeks. 163 00:18:06,370 --> 00:18:08,200 And your mother and sister are well? 164 00:18:09,340 --> 00:18:10,390 They're in Switzerland. 165 00:18:10,750 --> 00:18:12,850 Oh, yes, I think I had heard that. 166 00:18:16,390 --> 00:18:18,700 Are you still, uh, living at the old palace? 167 00:18:19,420 --> 00:18:20,560 They've taken it over. 168 00:18:21,490 --> 00:18:23,440 But, um, they let me keep a room. 169 00:18:26,910 --> 00:18:28,500 Well, at least we have our health. 170 00:18:33,510 --> 00:18:35,610 Well, I-I'd better get on. 171 00:18:35,610 --> 00:18:37,560 Of course. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to keep you. 172 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,910 Perhaps w-we could have a drink at the bar 173 00:18:42,090 --> 00:18:43,230 after my dinner. 174 00:18:45,390 --> 00:18:46,920 I'd like that very much. 175 00:18:50,460 --> 00:18:51,270 Nikolai. 176 00:18:52,830 --> 00:18:56,310 They can take away your house or your rooms. 177 00:18:56,310 --> 00:18:58,260 They can't take away who you are. 178 00:19:30,250 --> 00:19:31,720 I thought you were in Paris. 179 00:19:31,990 --> 00:19:35,110 Why on earth did you return to this madhouse? 180 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,530 To get my grandmother safely on a ship to England. 181 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:43,470 Audrius, could we have the same again? 182 00:19:43,470 --> 00:19:44,790 Yes, Your Excellency. 183 00:19:45,150 --> 00:19:45,930 Thank you. 184 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:52,920 I was sorry to hear about your sister. 185 00:19:56,790 --> 00:19:58,710 What are we still doing here? 186 00:20:00,570 --> 00:20:02,040 When I was a young boy, 187 00:20:02,610 --> 00:20:06,600 not long after my parents died, my grandmother the Countess 188 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,790 invited a boy over from the neighboring estate. 189 00:20:08,790 --> 00:20:10,080 She thought it might cheer me up. 190 00:20:10,890 --> 00:20:12,720 Obolensky he was called. 191 00:20:12,870 --> 00:20:15,510 He beat me at a game of draughts. 192 00:20:16,110 --> 00:20:17,460 I didn't take it well. 193 00:20:18,150 --> 00:20:19,920 Tears were shed, pieces were scattered. 194 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:21,660 I might even have uttered a curse. 195 00:20:22,410 --> 00:20:23,550 Later that evening, 196 00:20:23,550 --> 00:20:25,590 she found me still full of rage. 197 00:20:25,590 --> 00:20:26,670 And she said, 198 00:20:26,790 --> 00:20:30,840 "There's nothing pleasant to be said about losing, 199 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,810 and that Obolensky boy certainly is a pill, 200 00:20:34,770 --> 00:20:37,410 but, Sasha, my dear, why on earth 201 00:20:38,010 --> 00:20:40,020 would you give him the satisfaction?" 202 00:20:45,330 --> 00:20:46,560 Obolensky... 203 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,870 That's not Vladimir Obolensky, is it? 204 00:20:49,980 --> 00:20:51,360 Of the Nizhny Obolenskys? 205 00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:52,530 - Yes, the very same. - Oh. 206 00:20:53,370 --> 00:20:55,710 Your grandmother's correct, he is a pill. 207 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:56,970 He was. 208 00:20:58,350 --> 00:21:00,090 They burned him alive in his house. 209 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,850 They won't stop, Sasha. 210 00:21:11,020 --> 00:21:14,590 I know someone wh-who can... 211 00:21:15,210 --> 00:21:18,570 provide papers ensuring safe transit. 212 00:21:20,710 --> 00:21:22,450 We-we could leave the country. 213 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:24,850 Unless we were recognized en route. 214 00:21:25,390 --> 00:21:27,340 Well, you'd have to clip your wings. 215 00:21:27,430 --> 00:21:29,230 No, that alone is a good reason to stay. 216 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:30,880 Sasha, how can you joke? 217 00:21:32,310 --> 00:21:34,140 Because if I take it seriously, 218 00:21:34,470 --> 00:21:38,070 I could fall into a dark despair I could find no way out from. 219 00:21:39,010 --> 00:21:40,840 There's no bars across the doors. 220 00:21:41,380 --> 00:21:43,360 Once you're out of the hotel, we could disappear. 221 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:44,710 Go east, go west. 222 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:47,450 We could start again. 223 00:21:47,450 --> 00:21:50,420 As who? As what? 224 00:21:50,420 --> 00:21:52,370 Does it matter? We would be alive. 225 00:21:55,820 --> 00:21:57,830 This is still my country. 226 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:02,320 Thank you. 227 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:06,290 To Russia. 228 00:22:08,130 --> 00:22:09,270 To Russia. 229 00:22:14,210 --> 00:22:16,170 ♪ ominous music ♪ 230 00:22:19,270 --> 00:22:20,620 Is it just us now? 231 00:22:32,686 --> 00:22:35,772 Yes, you're so good. 232 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,910 Apologies for my tardiness. 233 00:23:15,510 --> 00:23:17,370 What will it be today, Your Excellency? 234 00:23:17,370 --> 00:23:19,200 Just the usual, if you'd be so kind. 235 00:23:21,460 --> 00:23:22,180 I was next. 236 00:23:22,690 --> 00:23:24,670 I will be with you in just a moment, sir. 237 00:23:26,630 --> 00:23:27,620 I was here before he was. 238 00:23:27,890 --> 00:23:29,840 Oh, uh, I have a standing appointment 239 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:31,310 at 12 on a Tuesday. 240 00:23:31,310 --> 00:23:32,660 If you would just please wait. 241 00:23:33,350 --> 00:23:35,510 Why should I? Why should he go before me? 242 00:23:35,510 --> 00:23:36,470 Well, as I explained, I have a-- 243 00:23:36,740 --> 00:23:38,360 He has a standing appointment. 244 00:23:40,170 --> 00:23:42,630 I was here first. 245 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:45,540 You'll have your appointment soon enough. 246 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:47,670 Your Excellency. 247 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:52,830 Hey! 248 00:24:03,270 --> 00:24:03,990 Thank you. 249 00:24:17,090 --> 00:24:19,190 Oh, that won't be necessary. I know it by heart. 250 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:23,840 Oh, you must be the guest from the top floor. 251 00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:26,060 Yes, delighted to make your acquaintance. 252 00:24:30,710 --> 00:24:31,490 Oh, um... 253 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,970 Well, yes, I will have the fillet of sole. 254 00:24:35,390 --> 00:24:38,810 Would you like a glass of wine with your fish? 255 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,380 A Sauternes, perhaps? 256 00:24:42,380 --> 00:24:44,060 Oh, I think a bottle of Chateau Baudelaire 257 00:24:44,060 --> 00:24:45,080 might be more fitting. 258 00:24:49,550 --> 00:24:50,000 Of course. 259 00:24:51,070 --> 00:24:51,580 Thank you. 260 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:03,190 - Your fish, sir? - Ah. 261 00:25:03,190 --> 00:25:04,480 Ah, that looks delicious. Thank... 262 00:25:12,029 --> 00:25:13,614 Mmm. 263 00:25:15,940 --> 00:25:18,490 - Where did they go? - I beg your pardon? 264 00:25:18,490 --> 00:25:21,070 - Your mustaches. - Well, they, uh... 265 00:25:21,250 --> 00:25:23,710 - I... it... - Is it true that you're a count? 266 00:25:23,890 --> 00:25:26,200 - It is. - Have you ever known a princess? 267 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:27,700 I have known many princesses. 268 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:29,680 Was it terribly hard to be a princess? 269 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:33,640 Terribly. Especially so since our glorious revolution. 270 00:25:51,590 --> 00:25:52,880 Is that any good? 271 00:25:54,740 --> 00:25:56,240 Didn't you have a lunch of your own? 272 00:25:56,870 --> 00:25:59,450 - At a different table? - I didn't like it. 273 00:26:06,620 --> 00:26:08,150 With my compliments. 274 00:26:13,155 --> 00:26:14,489 Hmm. 275 00:26:15,410 --> 00:26:17,420 So, how would a princess spend her day? 276 00:26:18,860 --> 00:26:20,300 Like any young lady. 277 00:26:20,510 --> 00:26:22,340 In the morning, she would have lessons. 278 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,800 In the afternoon, she would visit with friends. 279 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,470 And at lunchtime, she would eat her vegetables. 280 00:26:27,830 --> 00:26:30,200 My father says that a princess personifies 281 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:31,970 the decadence of a vanquished era. 282 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,280 Well, perhaps a few. 283 00:26:34,820 --> 00:26:36,560 Not all, I can assure you. 284 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,440 Don't worry. Papa knows everything there is to know 285 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,060 about the workings of a tractor, 286 00:26:41,060 --> 00:26:44,630 but absolutely nothing about the workings of a princess. 287 00:26:51,460 --> 00:26:52,960 Have you ever been in a duel? 288 00:26:56,110 --> 00:26:57,130 Not exactly. 289 00:27:03,250 --> 00:27:05,830 But my godfather was a second 290 00:27:05,830 --> 00:27:07,180 on more than one occasion. 291 00:27:07,180 --> 00:27:08,680 - A second? - When two gentlemen 292 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,500 agree to duel, they each appoint seconds, 293 00:27:11,710 --> 00:27:14,680 lieutenants who settle upon the rules of engagement. 294 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,390 What sort of rules of engagement? 295 00:27:16,390 --> 00:27:19,240 The time, the place, what weapons will be used. 296 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,430 If it's pistols, how many paces. 297 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,890 One of the duels my godfather seconded 298 00:27:25,890 --> 00:27:27,840 sprang from a dispute that occurred 299 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:32,460 in this very hotel, between an admiral and a prince 300 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,760 whose differences came to a head one night in the lobby. 301 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:37,440 Were they in love with the same woman? 302 00:27:37,620 --> 00:27:39,030 I don't think a woman was involved. 303 00:27:39,270 --> 00:27:41,280 A woman is always involved. 304 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,550 Yes, well, whatever the cause, at the time, 305 00:27:44,940 --> 00:27:47,520 the hotel was managed by a fellow named Keffler. 306 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,500 And it was well known that he kept 307 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:52,980 a pair of antique pistols in his office behind a painting, 308 00:27:52,980 --> 00:27:54,840 so that if a challenge was accepted, 309 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,220 carriages could be summoned, 310 00:27:56,220 --> 00:27:59,610 and parties could be whisked away, weapons in hand. 311 00:28:00,300 --> 00:28:01,530 In the hours before dawn? 312 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,780 To a secluded spot. 313 00:28:07,930 --> 00:28:11,290 The reality, I'm afraid, was not quite as romantic. 314 00:28:13,861 --> 00:28:15,279 Hmm. 315 00:28:23,010 --> 00:28:25,170 The hotel manager would like to speak to you. 316 00:28:27,170 --> 00:28:29,540 What? Might I finish my lunch first? 317 00:28:30,050 --> 00:28:30,680 Of course. 318 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:41,040 Thank you. 319 00:29:02,550 --> 00:29:03,990 I appreciate your stopping by. 320 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:05,700 It's my pleasure. 321 00:29:06,390 --> 00:29:07,710 It's been brought to my attention 322 00:29:07,710 --> 00:29:10,500 that certain members of the staff, uh, 323 00:29:10,890 --> 00:29:12,240 when addressing you, 324 00:29:12,870 --> 00:29:14,790 h-have continued to make use of certain... 325 00:29:15,990 --> 00:29:19,270 um... amplifications. 326 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:21,240 Amplifications? 327 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,120 Yeah, "Your Excellency," and what have you. 328 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:25,470 Ah. Yes. 329 00:29:26,190 --> 00:29:27,540 - I suppose they have. - Hmm. 330 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,370 Well, if it, you know, if it were up to me, um, 331 00:29:34,050 --> 00:29:35,040 you know, naturally enough... 332 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,110 well, you know, goes without saying, 333 00:29:37,110 --> 00:29:37,860 but what with... 334 00:29:40,900 --> 00:29:44,740 Uh, honorifics were elegant things in their day, 335 00:29:44,740 --> 00:29:48,670 but they, uh, they do seem to have outlived their usefulness. 336 00:29:49,300 --> 00:29:52,510 It is the business of times to change, Mr. Halecki. 337 00:29:52,990 --> 00:29:55,450 And gentlemen to change with them. 338 00:29:56,110 --> 00:29:56,770 Quite. 339 00:29:58,810 --> 00:30:02,740 Might I ask who brought this to your attention? 340 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:08,410 You know why they allow this hotel 341 00:30:08,410 --> 00:30:09,820 to continue operating, 342 00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:12,670 serving the clientele that it does? 343 00:30:14,070 --> 00:30:16,140 So that everyone can be watched. 344 00:30:17,940 --> 00:30:20,640 So they can find those disloyal to the party. 345 00:30:21,150 --> 00:30:22,920 It's been that way since the Revolution. 346 00:30:23,430 --> 00:30:24,870 It's only gonna get worse. 347 00:30:25,410 --> 00:30:27,270 This hotel is a dangerous place. 348 00:30:27,390 --> 00:30:28,470 Especially for you. 349 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:30,180 As you can see, Vasily, 350 00:30:30,750 --> 00:30:32,250 I'm in the middle of a conversation 351 00:30:32,250 --> 00:30:33,300 with one of our guests. 352 00:30:33,300 --> 00:30:34,770 My apologies to you both, 353 00:30:34,770 --> 00:30:37,830 but if I could see you for a moment... 354 00:30:39,670 --> 00:30:40,000 Very well. 355 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:44,970 Um... 356 00:30:47,890 --> 00:30:48,250 Eh... 357 00:31:21,173 --> 00:31:23,049 ♪ slow, somber music ♪ 358 00:32:48,260 --> 00:32:48,980 How do you propose 359 00:32:48,980 --> 00:32:50,000 we go about it? 360 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:51,800 We'd have to wear a disguise. 361 00:32:53,110 --> 00:32:54,910 I-I can steal some coats 362 00:32:54,910 --> 00:32:57,550 from the Red Army soldiers that are staying at my home. 363 00:33:06,310 --> 00:33:08,620 You walk with confidence, no one will pay us any heed. 364 00:33:08,620 --> 00:33:10,960 - Just another Bolshevik soldier. - Yes. 365 00:33:18,540 --> 00:33:21,240 Outside, I'll make sure there's a car waiting, 366 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,760 and from there, we'll go to the train station. 367 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,100 There's Red Army soldiers all over Moscow, but... 368 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:28,400 these papers 369 00:33:28,610 --> 00:33:29,600 that I can have drawn up, 370 00:33:29,930 --> 00:33:31,850 they should get us as far as the train. 371 00:34:12,250 --> 00:34:13,929 From there, we lose 372 00:34:13,929 --> 00:34:15,310 our Red Army insignia 373 00:34:15,310 --> 00:34:18,670 and we walk the 200 miles to Minsk... 374 00:34:19,759 --> 00:34:22,219 ...and to our freedom. 375 00:34:29,810 --> 00:34:31,340 And-and our belongings? 376 00:34:31,940 --> 00:34:32,210 No. 377 00:34:34,429 --> 00:34:37,310 We can't take anything with us that might give us away. 378 00:34:45,580 --> 00:34:46,750 Not even Helena. 379 00:35:05,810 --> 00:35:06,740 How much will you need? 380 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:11,900 Do you think that might suffice? 381 00:35:12,590 --> 00:35:14,180 - Well, maybe... some... - Oh. 382 00:35:15,470 --> 00:35:16,430 Thank you. 383 00:35:23,870 --> 00:35:25,070 Will they really shoot you 384 00:35:25,070 --> 00:35:26,570 if you go outside? 385 00:35:26,570 --> 00:35:29,150 You appear and disappear like a spirit. 386 00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:32,390 - What's your name? - Nina Kulikova. 387 00:35:32,870 --> 00:35:35,000 Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov. 388 00:35:36,530 --> 00:35:38,690 - Where is your father? - He's working. 389 00:35:39,170 --> 00:35:40,460 He's always working. 390 00:35:40,460 --> 00:35:42,230 - And your mother? - Dead. 391 00:35:43,370 --> 00:35:44,900 Oh, I am sorry to hear that. 392 00:35:45,380 --> 00:35:48,410 I lost both my father and my mother at a similar age. 393 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:50,390 People aren't lost. 394 00:35:50,630 --> 00:35:52,250 They're taken from us. 395 00:35:58,170 --> 00:35:59,250 Ah, little Nina, 396 00:35:59,370 --> 00:36:02,010 how are we going to survive these endless days 397 00:36:02,010 --> 00:36:03,360 stuck in this hotel? 398 00:36:06,110 --> 00:36:07,520 I've found a way to escape. 399 00:36:10,147 --> 00:36:12,733 ♪ atmospheric, elegant music ♪ 400 00:36:14,670 --> 00:36:17,520 I have a passkey that opens every door in the hotel. 401 00:36:22,380 --> 00:36:25,320 It's important to remember that there are rooms behind rooms 402 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:26,520 and doors behind doors. 403 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:27,090 Come on. 404 00:36:29,420 --> 00:36:31,280 - Where are you taking us? - You'll see. 405 00:36:33,030 --> 00:36:34,620 This is the perfect place 406 00:36:34,620 --> 00:36:36,060 to destroy secret messages 407 00:36:36,060 --> 00:36:37,620 and illicit love letters. 408 00:36:37,770 --> 00:36:40,200 You do receive illicit love letters, Count? 409 00:36:40,530 --> 00:36:41,640 Most certainly. 410 00:36:42,490 --> 00:36:43,360 There's more. 411 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:53,110 - I'm not sure we should-- - Don't be such a fuddy-duddy. 412 00:36:53,110 --> 00:36:54,940 Look, we can spy on the ballroom. 413 00:36:56,290 --> 00:36:56,680 Come on. 414 00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:00,280 If you pull this lever, it throws the ballroom 415 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,500 into complete darkness. 416 00:37:03,190 --> 00:37:03,580 This way. 417 00:37:14,140 --> 00:37:15,100 Oh, she's the maid who used 418 00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:16,480 to change my sheets. 419 00:37:18,490 --> 00:37:19,810 ...eyes closed, eyes closed. Her name's Marina. 420 00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,420 Every day she collects leftover food, 421 00:37:22,420 --> 00:37:24,400 to make a feast for her little boy. 422 00:37:25,690 --> 00:37:26,650 His name's Yasha. 423 00:37:32,820 --> 00:37:34,380 These are all the novels and travel guides 424 00:37:34,380 --> 00:37:35,940 hotel guests leave behind. 425 00:37:38,070 --> 00:37:40,290 This was my godfather's favorite chair. 426 00:37:41,530 --> 00:37:42,550 They're just things. 427 00:37:53,420 --> 00:37:55,250 All my memories exist within them. 428 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,083 Through here. 429 00:38:20,260 --> 00:38:22,120 Come on, there's more I have to show you. 430 00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:23,590 Come on. 431 00:38:27,349 --> 00:38:29,643 ♪ soft, contemplative music ♪ 432 00:38:34,730 --> 00:38:35,510 Look. 433 00:38:40,740 --> 00:38:43,020 I didn't know this was here. What's all this for? 434 00:38:43,020 --> 00:38:44,640 Papa says some government work 435 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:47,130 is too important even for the Kremlin. 436 00:38:57,099 --> 00:38:59,935 ♪ slow, somber music ♪ 437 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,020 Come on, let's go. 438 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,393 Hide. 439 00:39:10,393 --> 00:39:10,893 ♪ slow, suspenseful music ♪ 440 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:11,890 How many do we have 441 00:39:11,890 --> 00:39:15,220 to get through tomorrow? Uh, 14 in the morning 442 00:39:15,220 --> 00:39:17,440 and 12 in the afternoon. Only 12? 443 00:39:17,590 --> 00:39:19,150 That we have gathered evidence against. 444 00:39:19,300 --> 00:39:22,330 Evidence? What evidence do you need? 445 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,330 Give me a man and I will find a crime. 446 00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:26,800 Five more names. 447 00:39:31,872 --> 00:39:35,042 ♪ intense, operatic music ♪ 448 00:40:26,426 --> 00:40:28,387 ♪ slow, somber music ♪ 449 00:41:08,060 --> 00:41:09,620 They're rounding more people up, 450 00:41:09,830 --> 00:41:11,420 putting them on trial. 451 00:41:11,420 --> 00:41:12,890 It doesn't matter to them whether a crime 452 00:41:12,890 --> 00:41:14,150 has been committed or not. 453 00:41:15,980 --> 00:41:18,110 That's all the more reason for us to go. 454 00:41:18,110 --> 00:41:19,490 For you to go. 455 00:41:19,580 --> 00:41:21,830 And quickly, while you still have a chance. 456 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:23,960 I saw your name on a list. 457 00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,360 I picked up the papers today. 458 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,090 A few more weeks and everything will be in place for our escape. 459 00:41:30,210 --> 00:41:32,160 We don't have a few more weeks, it could be days. 460 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:33,180 Hours. 461 00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:35,100 You have to leave now. 462 00:41:35,100 --> 00:41:36,870 But you have to come with me. 463 00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:39,380 I can't. 464 00:41:43,220 --> 00:41:44,930 For the same reason I couldn't leave before. 465 00:41:47,870 --> 00:41:48,440 Helena? 466 00:41:50,030 --> 00:41:50,360 Yes. 467 00:41:55,970 --> 00:41:57,920 There's no use me telling you that... 468 00:41:59,140 --> 00:42:01,240 she'd want you to live your life. 469 00:42:02,510 --> 00:42:04,250 Perhaps I don't deserve to. 470 00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:16,350 You ever change your mind... 471 00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:22,610 ...these will get you safe passage. 472 00:42:27,130 --> 00:42:28,390 You are a true friend. 473 00:42:31,490 --> 00:42:32,390 But no. 474 00:42:35,460 --> 00:42:37,800 Now, you must go. Tonight. 475 00:42:42,860 --> 00:42:43,460 I will. 476 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,810 After I've played Rachmaninoff on Russian soil one last time. 477 00:43:26,230 --> 00:43:27,400 And would you know, Nina, 478 00:43:27,670 --> 00:43:31,060 Nikolai Petrov is a real-life prince? 479 00:43:31,390 --> 00:43:31,930 Yes. 480 00:43:32,530 --> 00:43:34,390 His father was a famous general, 481 00:43:34,780 --> 00:43:36,160 but fighting wasn't in his blood. 482 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:37,960 His one great love is music. 483 00:43:38,170 --> 00:43:40,930 And they say that since he was three years old, 484 00:43:40,930 --> 00:43:44,530 he spent more time with a violin in his hand than without. 485 00:45:20,125 --> 00:45:23,045 ♪ intense, dramatic music ♪ 486 00:45:24,980 --> 00:45:25,820 Nikolai. 487 00:45:29,290 --> 00:45:30,220 Nikolai. 488 00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:33,490 Nikolai! 489 00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:37,720 Nikolai! 490 00:46:16,940 --> 00:46:19,640 Your friend did some business 491 00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:21,470 with an element we've been watching. 492 00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:26,880 I'm curious as to why he needed two sets of travel documents. 493 00:46:43,460 --> 00:46:45,500 Years later, the Count would tell me 494 00:46:45,500 --> 00:46:47,840 that he wished he'd had the courage to do more. 495 00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:51,440 In truth, had he left the hotel that night, 496 00:46:52,270 --> 00:46:55,210 he would have died on the pavement a few seconds later. 497 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:58,490 And I would not be alive to tell this tale. 498 00:47:30,726 --> 00:47:32,811 ♪ atmospheric, dramatic music ♪