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- [SHOUTING]
- [COUGHING]
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GUARD: This way, your majesty.
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Do you know who I am?
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Do you know who you are?
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Ruler...
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[CHAINS CLANKING]
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[SIGHS WEAKLY]
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I am Lord...
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of all Russia...
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cousin of Emperor Peter.
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[CHAINS CLANKING]
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You stole the crown from him.
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You should... give it back.
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[CHAIN RATTLES]
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One morning...
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I heard... birds...
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sing..
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In my brain.
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Great honor.
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What is?
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Her Majesty paying us
a visit at Schlusselberg.
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Prisoner Number One.
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Obviously someone very important.
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I've heard rumors.
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Obviously.
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- Don't listen to rumors.
- GUARD: Your majesty,
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[GATE OPENS, CLOSES]
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Thank you. I've seen enough.
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The lieutenant will take
you back to the boat.
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I've seen you before...
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Your Majesty.
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Lieutenant Mirovich.
With the guard here.
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Yes, you made requests for money
to my office several times.
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And we told you to stop.
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I'm sorry if I offended,
Your majesty, I...
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I can assure you it was never my...
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It's a mistake to ask
rich people for money.
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How do you think they got rich?
By giving it away?
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Your Majesty.
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Did you appoint Lieutenant Mirovich
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to guard Prisoner Number One?
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I'm not sure I was responsible
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for his appointment, Your Majesty.
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CATHERINE: I don't trust him.
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PANIN: Your Majesty,
I've been looking at your speech
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and on pages 12 and 13,
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- I have made some revisions.
- Revisions?
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This is my speech,
Minister Panin, not yours.
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I've been working on this for years.
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You know how important it is to me.
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All I feel, Your Majesty,
is that some of it...
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That some of it... is too liberal.
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CATHERINE: I'll be the judge of that.
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What would Your Majesty
like me to do with these?
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Well, I can think of a place
I would like you to put it,
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but I'm not minded to be vulgar.
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So give it back to Minister Panin.
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Maybe he can nibble on it for his tea.
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He's always been very good
at eating his own words.
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PANIN: Yes, Your Majesty. Count Orlov.
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[SIGHS]
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Don't you remember that young man?
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- Mm?
- Lieutenant Potemkin.
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He was with us on the day of the coup,
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when we took your husband
from the throne.
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Peter allowed himself to be deposed,
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like a child being put to bed.
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SOLDIER: She eats men alive.
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You know that?
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Sounds like an interesting proposition.
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Let's listen.
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CATHERINE:
When I first came here from Germany,
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many years ago,
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I did not even speak the language.
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I had little knowledge of the beauties
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of the Russian Church,
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and even less of the courage
and the strength of its people.
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But I fell in love with this country,
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its spirit,
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its passion,
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its soul.
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But in these more enlightened times,
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I believe we need laws...
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that everyone respects and obeys.
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The rich and the powerful,
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as well as the poor and dispossessed.
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And so...
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something needs to change.
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Slavery does not have to
be a Russian institution.
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[CROWD MURMURS]
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That didn't go down well.
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I'm afraid I tried to warn your mother.
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All of the audience here own serfs.
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Most of them have thousands.
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Russia's not ready for change.
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Is it right for a rich man
to own another human being,
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which is still the case in this country?
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Look at Orlov.
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The man who put her on the throne,
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and now wants some of it for himself.
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[MURMURING CONTINUES]
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I believe in reason.
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I believe in progress.
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And when the indomitable Russian people
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fight for these things,
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and fight to gain a new empire
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in which they will be
universally acknowledged,
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then Russia,
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your Russia,
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my Russia,
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our Russia,
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will be truly and eternally great.
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[CROWD CLAMORS]
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PANIN: She just got out of that one.
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Patriotism. Always good.
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You helped her get rid of her husband,
Peter III, correct?
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And now she thinks she can
do what she likes, but...
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does she have a right to the throne,
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and what did you... get out of it?
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And? What are you saying?
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MIROVICH: I'm saying she's a usurper.
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Now, suppose there was a man
with a legitimate claim
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to be the Emperor of Russia,
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I believe that man is a prisoner
at Schlusselberg.
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[SWORD UNSHEATHES]
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Present arms.
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GRIGORY ORLOV: Well, they didn't seem
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to enjoy that very much, did they?
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CATHERINE: Not so much.
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My son came late and looked bored.
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ORLOV: Yes, well,
he wants your job, doesn't he?
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CATHERINE: "She took the throne,
we can take it from her,"
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that's what they think.
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We're not going to let them do that.
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The army remains loyal to us.
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CATHERINE: Why was Mirovich
outside causing trouble?
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I told you he can't be trusted.
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PANIN: I honestly have no idea,
Your Majesty.
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And I can see that it makes him...
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potentially a risk, as far as the...
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very important person he was guarding.
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Oh, well,
that's a colossal understatement.
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Well, if you say you didn't know,
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you didn't know.
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But my son must never
be told about this.
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Of course not, Your Majesty,
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- this is between...
- You and I.
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And let us make sure it stays that way.
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May I...
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make a suggestion?
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I'm afraid since the coup
your position is vulnerable,
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and anyone, however mad,
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even with a distant claim
to the throne, is a great risk.
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Therefore, can I suggest an order
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that states clearly that if there is
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any attempt at an escape,
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Prisoner Number One...
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is to be killed?
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I know it goes against
your liberal principles, but...
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it comes from me.
You had no idea it was in place.
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It's for your own protection.
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We cannot risk a challenge
to your throne.
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"Divorce is possibly as old as marriage,
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although I suppose marriage
is a few weeks older."
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- [COUNTESS BRUCE CHUCKLES]
- Voltaire.
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- Oh, you're working.
- Mm.
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I just passed Count Orlov in
the corridor, looking glum.
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Oh. My fault I suppose.
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- Men.
- Men.
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[SIGHS] And what are you doing?
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I was thinking of wasting your time...
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if that was all right.
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- [CLAMORING]
- [DOG BARKS]
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[CATHERINE SIGHS]
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Your Majesty.
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What about the girls' college?
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Yes. Yes, that's done.
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- That is approved.
- Thank you.
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- Approved.
- COUNTESS BRUCE: Don't mind me.
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- Your Most Imperial
- Don't worry, I won't.
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Your Majesty, the Turkish ambassador
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has sent a strong note
to us, if we stray
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- into their territory...
- Fire and death,
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and the wrath of Allah.
Take absolutely no notice.
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Of course, Your Majesty.
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Auntie, aren't Christians supposed
to turn the other cheek,
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especially when people
are trying to kill them?
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Ah. Your Majesty Peter? Still dead?
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'Fraid so!
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I came to tell you I saw
the most gorgeous man.
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Oh. Where?
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In the courtyard round the corner.
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If he's still there.
He may have been snapped up.
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Oh, there's always another
gorgeous man around the corner.
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How long have you got?
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Long enough.
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[COUNTESS BRUCE GIGGLES]
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[LAUGHING]
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CATHERINE: That's Lieutenant Potemkin.
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COUNTESS BRUCE: I saw him first.
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CATHERINE:
I don't think that's strictly true.
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Anyway, who is the Empress of Russia?
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You are, Your Majesty.
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I think we should
inspect him more closely.
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Lieutenant Potemkin!
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Are you lost?
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I was once, Your Majesty, but not now.
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What are you looking for,
the office of the palace guard?
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The gentleman of the bedchamber?
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GRIGORY POTEMKIN: It was you...
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Your Majesty, you.
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Well. Here I am.
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My regiment said I was to
report to your private office.
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Thomas Dimsdale has
arrived, Your Majesty.
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I have to go.
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Dimsdale being the doctor that
inoculates against smallpox?
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Well, you're very well informed. Yes.
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Yes, I'm thinking of trying it.
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It's a risk,
but then life's a risk, isn't it?
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From...
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what I've heard, the evidence
supports your choice.
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I'll enjoy speaking with you again,
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but now, as usual, I'm busy.
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The Countess Bruce will look after you.
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- I obey.
- [CATHERINE CHUCKLES]
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[KISSES]
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Lieutenant Potemkin.
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ORLOV: What about him?
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You're right,
it was the day of the coup.
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When I rode out in front of the troops,
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he bent down, and he picked up
something I'd dropped.
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He did.
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A sword knot for your sabre.
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CATHERINE: [CHUCKLING] Yes!
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He obviously has a talent
for picking up things.
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[CHUCKLES]
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We should invite him to the dinner.
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You have an objection to that?
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How could I?
It's not as if we're married, is it?
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Don't let's have this
conversation again.
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We've had it so many times.
You know it's impossible.
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I'm not asking to marry you.
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Well, what are you asking for, then?
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Recognition.
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Gratitude...
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for what we did for you.
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You know you have that.
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But in public.
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Public and private are two
completely different things.
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- Your life is lived in public.
- Thanks to you.
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ORLOV: That wasn't the deal.
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I can't do this.
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I'm sorry, I just can't.
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[SOLDIERS CLAMORING]
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00:15:51,297 --> 00:15:52,647
[HORSE WHINNIES]
263
00:15:52,672 --> 00:15:56,210
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING]
264
00:15:56,235 --> 00:15:59,136
[BOTH PANTING AND MOANING]
265
00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:05,452
[MOANING CONTINUES]
266
00:16:05,477 --> 00:16:07,397
ALEXEI ORLOV: How's my big brother?
267
00:16:07,422 --> 00:16:09,021
Do you mind?
268
00:16:09,046 --> 00:16:10,913
Can I not have a little romance?
269
00:16:10,938 --> 00:16:12,405
Oh, is that what this is?
270
00:16:12,430 --> 00:16:14,546
What do you think I get at home, Alexei?
271
00:16:14,881 --> 00:16:16,448
Can I talk to you for a minute?
272
00:16:18,404 --> 00:16:19,770
[SIGHS]
273
00:16:19,795 --> 00:16:22,147
ORLOV: I'll just be a moment.
274
00:16:29,592 --> 00:16:31,702
How's it going with her?
275
00:16:31,969 --> 00:16:34,236
Well, she's not the most exciting girl
276
00:16:34,261 --> 00:16:36,850
- I've screwed in the last...
- With her.
277
00:16:37,110 --> 00:16:39,717
- Is that any business of yours?
- It's politics.
278
00:16:39,742 --> 00:16:41,874
You fuck it up with her,
what happens to us,
279
00:16:41,899 --> 00:16:43,833
and all that we've worked for?
280
00:16:43,858 --> 00:16:45,522
She's never going to marry me.
281
00:16:45,804 --> 00:16:48,358
All right? God knows I've tried.
282
00:16:48,892 --> 00:16:50,999
We put her there. Without us...
283
00:16:51,024 --> 00:16:53,905
and our armies, she's nothing.
284
00:16:54,525 --> 00:16:57,577
She owes us, Grigory, and she knows it.
285
00:16:57,602 --> 00:16:58,999
Use that.
286
00:17:02,102 --> 00:17:04,030
Does it matter what I wear?
287
00:17:04,865 --> 00:17:07,522
Does she care a damn
that I'm reaching 19?
288
00:17:08,922 --> 00:17:10,823
Does she love anything apart from power?
289
00:17:10,848 --> 00:17:12,553
She loves a lot of things,
Your Excellency.
290
00:17:12,578 --> 00:17:13,811
A lot of men.
291
00:17:13,836 --> 00:17:16,928
She's a very clever and
well-read woman, sir.
292
00:17:17,408 --> 00:17:18,538
As you know,
293
00:17:18,563 --> 00:17:21,569
she came here when she was 15,
taught herself Russian by...
294
00:17:21,594 --> 00:17:23,427
Sleeping with a lot of Russian men.
295
00:17:24,221 --> 00:17:25,954
That'll do...
296
00:17:25,979 --> 00:17:27,546
for the service, I'm sure.
297
00:17:30,471 --> 00:17:31,796
Where is she?
298
00:17:33,714 --> 00:17:35,796
With the Orlovs, probably.
299
00:17:36,447 --> 00:17:39,053
Murdering my father has made them close.
300
00:17:39,554 --> 00:17:42,241
They kick him off the throne,
then she becomes Empress,
301
00:17:42,266 --> 00:17:45,200
and then they kill him.
On her orders, probably.
302
00:17:45,225 --> 00:17:46,967
Now she's terrified they'll kill her
303
00:17:46,992 --> 00:17:48,811
unless she's sufficiently grateful.
304
00:17:48,836 --> 00:17:51,030
We do not know that
anyone killed your father,
305
00:17:51,055 --> 00:17:53,055
- Your Highness.
- No.
306
00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,210
There's an official explanation.
307
00:17:56,251 --> 00:17:58,327
You probably drafted it.
308
00:17:58,352 --> 00:18:00,538
"Hemorrhoidal colic", wasn't that it?
309
00:18:00,563 --> 00:18:03,241
Terminal piles. My God, I hate her.
310
00:18:03,817 --> 00:18:05,202
You do not hate her.
311
00:18:05,227 --> 00:18:07,405
She is your mother. You love her.
312
00:18:09,055 --> 00:18:11,038
Although sometimes,
of course, you hate her.
313
00:18:11,063 --> 00:18:12,296
This is only natural.
314
00:18:13,584 --> 00:18:15,484
One day, you will succeed her.
315
00:18:16,674 --> 00:18:18,708
No ruler lasts forever.
316
00:18:20,215 --> 00:18:21,608
One day soon.
317
00:18:22,629 --> 00:18:23,727
How soon?
318
00:18:25,671 --> 00:18:26,671
Mother.
319
00:18:27,998 --> 00:18:28,998
Your Majesty.
320
00:18:30,164 --> 00:18:33,116
Is that suitable for your
coming-of-age ceremony?
321
00:18:33,141 --> 00:18:34,274
PANIN: It is not to your taste?
322
00:18:34,298 --> 00:18:35,695
CATHERINE: He's about to become a man...
323
00:18:35,719 --> 00:18:38,428
- PAUL: If you'll let me, Mother.
- ... not a head steward.
324
00:18:39,809 --> 00:18:43,467
[TUTS] Look, I just want you to be...
325
00:18:43,492 --> 00:18:46,263
Be someone of whom I can be proud.
326
00:18:50,355 --> 00:18:51,849
You understand?
327
00:18:53,624 --> 00:18:54,966
Um...
328
00:18:55,317 --> 00:18:56,912
Ah. That one.
329
00:19:01,775 --> 00:19:06,388
[RINGING]
330
00:19:08,678 --> 00:19:10,670
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
331
00:19:10,695 --> 00:19:12,334
[GROANS]
332
00:19:13,857 --> 00:19:15,693
[POTEMKIN GROANS]
333
00:19:15,718 --> 00:19:17,974
[BOTH EXHALE]
334
00:19:18,206 --> 00:19:21,310
- [GIGGLING]
- Oh, God.
335
00:19:21,335 --> 00:19:23,368
[SIGHS]
336
00:19:24,596 --> 00:19:27,030
It's not me you're interested in.
337
00:19:27,055 --> 00:19:29,998
[PANTING] I thought I expressed
a great deal of interest.
338
00:19:30,023 --> 00:19:32,646
[CHUCKLES, SIGHS]
339
00:19:32,845 --> 00:19:36,029
Oh, Lord. I'm interested again.
340
00:19:36,054 --> 00:19:38,354
[BOTH LAUGH]
341
00:19:38,379 --> 00:19:40,763
No, she is the one you want.
342
00:19:40,788 --> 00:19:42,263
You're clever.
343
00:19:43,124 --> 00:19:44,654
She likes clever men.
344
00:19:44,679 --> 00:19:47,154
Madam, I'm a lieutenant
of no great import.
345
00:19:47,179 --> 00:19:49,341
All I have is a liberal education,
346
00:19:49,366 --> 00:19:51,631
- and a great fucking interest...
- [CHUCKLES]
347
00:19:51,656 --> 00:19:53,177
... and she is the Empress of Russia.
348
00:19:53,202 --> 00:19:56,107
Precisely. She is the one you want.
349
00:19:56,305 --> 00:19:58,537
Yes, but the higher one climbs,
350
00:19:59,606 --> 00:20:01,607
the more visible one's arse.
351
00:20:01,632 --> 00:20:05,709
So that could...
come to my advantage, I'm told.
352
00:20:05,734 --> 00:20:06,982
Huh?
353
00:20:07,007 --> 00:20:09,623
[BOTH LAUGH]
354
00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:15,913
I have good reason for wanting
you to go to this dinner,
355
00:20:15,938 --> 00:20:17,515
and make a good impression.
356
00:20:17,540 --> 00:20:19,788
The more she likes me,
the better for you, yes?
357
00:20:20,093 --> 00:20:22,179
Where do I come into all this?
358
00:20:22,204 --> 00:20:24,104
You come in...
359
00:20:26,234 --> 00:20:28,553
[BREATHES HEAVILY] Right here.
360
00:20:28,587 --> 00:20:31,234
[BELL TOLLS]
361
00:20:31,259 --> 00:20:32,390
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
362
00:20:32,415 --> 00:20:36,184
Why is my son so unattractive?
363
00:20:36,209 --> 00:20:38,648
It may be something
to do with his father.
364
00:20:38,673 --> 00:20:41,859
The Emperor Peter was the
ugliest man east of Berlin.
365
00:20:41,884 --> 00:20:45,562
CATHERINE: Yes, and now
Paul wants to be emperor too...
366
00:20:47,468 --> 00:20:48,913
The moment he was born,
367
00:20:48,938 --> 00:20:50,585
my mother in law took him away from me.
368
00:20:50,610 --> 00:20:53,867
She left me on the floor,
bathed in my own blood and sweat.
369
00:20:53,892 --> 00:20:56,757
From that point on, I really...
[SIGHS] Oh, I never saw him.
370
00:20:56,782 --> 00:20:59,596
ORLOV: Lieutenant Potemkin,
looking very smart.
371
00:20:59,621 --> 00:21:01,471
Who are you trying to impress?
372
00:21:02,069 --> 00:21:03,636
Is something troubling Your Majesty?
373
00:21:03,661 --> 00:21:04,957
CATHERINE: That's Lieutenant Mirovich.
374
00:21:04,981 --> 00:21:07,510
What's he doing here? Do you know him?
375
00:21:07,741 --> 00:21:09,932
POTEMKIN: Yes,
he's a drinker and gambler.
376
00:21:09,957 --> 00:21:11,862
He owes money everywhere.
377
00:21:14,331 --> 00:21:15,909
Seems in a hurry to leave.
378
00:21:16,642 --> 00:21:17,823
The army is dangerous.
379
00:21:17,848 --> 00:21:20,385
If they think they put
you in power, Your Majesty,
380
00:21:20,410 --> 00:21:22,310
they'll always think
they can take it away.
381
00:21:22,335 --> 00:21:25,245
Are you implying Her Majesty's soldiers
382
00:21:25,270 --> 00:21:26,846
are disloyal, Lieutenant?
383
00:21:27,181 --> 00:21:29,338
I'm saying anyone can be manipulated.
384
00:21:29,363 --> 00:21:32,030
Does the man know your son?
385
00:21:32,055 --> 00:21:33,992
- Oh...
- ORLOV: Sorry, Lieutenant,
386
00:21:34,017 --> 00:21:36,227
is this any concern of yours?
387
00:21:36,252 --> 00:21:39,531
What was Lieutenant Mirovich doing here?
388
00:21:39,556 --> 00:21:41,122
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
389
00:21:41,147 --> 00:21:44,079
Praying, I assume, Your Majesty.
I really do not know.
390
00:21:44,104 --> 00:21:45,707
Would you tell my son I
wish to speak with him
391
00:21:45,731 --> 00:21:47,164
after the ceremony?
392
00:21:50,647 --> 00:21:53,607
Well, Lieutenant, we must pray too.
393
00:21:53,632 --> 00:21:55,366
POTEMKIN: Yes, we must.
394
00:21:58,594 --> 00:21:59,693
Sir.
395
00:22:02,053 --> 00:22:05,654
We should keep our eye
on Lieutenant Potemkin.
396
00:22:06,021 --> 00:22:07,623
He's dangerous.
397
00:22:08,954 --> 00:22:11,560
ARCHBISHOP ARSENIUS:
... the Son do nothing of himself
398
00:22:11,585 --> 00:22:14,068
than that which he seeth his Father do.
399
00:22:14,583 --> 00:22:16,795
When we come to man's estate,
400
00:22:16,820 --> 00:22:19,967
we listen to the wisdom of our fathers,
401
00:22:19,992 --> 00:22:22,834
and claim what is ours by right.
402
00:22:25,163 --> 00:22:29,513
A prosperous and peaceful life,
health and salvation,
403
00:22:29,538 --> 00:22:34,365
and, in all, the best help give,
Lord, to your servant Paul.
404
00:22:34,390 --> 00:22:36,825
And keep him for many years.
405
00:22:42,888 --> 00:22:49,888
[SINGING MNOGAYA LETA]
406
00:23:12,751 --> 00:23:15,670
MIROVICH: We wait here til night comes.
407
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,592
Check your weapons.
408
00:23:20,539 --> 00:23:23,029
I was 16 when they
married me to your father.
409
00:23:23,054 --> 00:23:24,952
I didn't know that men and
women were any different
410
00:23:24,976 --> 00:23:28,162
under their clothes,
if you understand what I mean!
411
00:23:29,911 --> 00:23:32,521
I brought myself up so
I'm afraid I think that
412
00:23:32,546 --> 00:23:34,365
that maturity is just...
413
00:23:34,390 --> 00:23:36,324
It's a decision that we make.
414
00:23:36,349 --> 00:23:37,715
Is it?
415
00:23:37,740 --> 00:23:42,177
Oh. You two are always
in each other's company.
416
00:23:42,731 --> 00:23:45,279
Are you hatching some conspiracy?
417
00:23:46,391 --> 00:23:48,576
[STAMMERS, CHUCKLES] We were not.
418
00:23:48,601 --> 00:23:50,232
- We were...
- Not? Not...?
419
00:23:50,257 --> 00:23:52,709
Oh. Not, not, not, not. Not what?
420
00:23:53,222 --> 00:23:55,107
- Hmm?
- I... I...
421
00:23:55,132 --> 00:23:58,052
I think our conversations may
have touched on the fact that,
422
00:23:58,077 --> 00:24:01,131
at certain stages,
some thought that when...
423
00:24:01,406 --> 00:24:04,574
Paul reached his majority,
perhaps he might, um...
424
00:24:05,279 --> 00:24:07,638
Yes? Might? Might what?
425
00:24:08,003 --> 00:24:10,795
Many people had envisaged,
Your Majesty, that...
426
00:24:10,820 --> 00:24:12,486
that you would act as regent
427
00:24:12,511 --> 00:24:15,646
until Paul obtained
his majority, after which...
428
00:24:16,406 --> 00:24:18,076
He would, um...
429
00:24:20,009 --> 00:24:21,631
Yes, what?
430
00:24:21,848 --> 00:24:25,427
Take more responsibility, Your Majesty.
431
00:24:28,111 --> 00:24:30,744
So many people want the Russian throne.
432
00:24:31,752 --> 00:24:33,318
They die trying to get it,
433
00:24:33,343 --> 00:24:36,115
and sometimes they die
trying to hand onto it.
434
00:24:36,913 --> 00:24:41,315
People will tell you lies
about what you are, Paul.
435
00:24:41,340 --> 00:24:45,037
But remember,
you are the son of Peter III.
436
00:24:45,062 --> 00:24:47,693
You are the heir to the Russian throne.
437
00:24:49,255 --> 00:24:50,615
One day.
438
00:24:51,066 --> 00:24:52,615
Never forget that.
439
00:24:54,263 --> 00:24:56,271
Now you've reached your majority,
440
00:24:56,296 --> 00:24:58,740
I think you should get married.
441
00:24:58,765 --> 00:25:00,670
[CHUCKLES]
442
00:25:00,695 --> 00:25:02,995
- Yes, Mother.
- Aww.
443
00:25:03,020 --> 00:25:06,221
Why don't you run along and
think about beautiful women?
444
00:25:12,968 --> 00:25:15,170
Has he been speaking with the army?
445
00:25:15,786 --> 00:25:17,152
How much does he know about
446
00:25:17,177 --> 00:25:18,366
what's going on at Schlusselberg?
447
00:25:18,390 --> 00:25:19,857
Nothing. I swear it, Your Majesty.
448
00:25:19,882 --> 00:25:22,616
You never talk about the succession!
449
00:25:22,734 --> 00:25:26,470
Or about power sharing.
Do you understand me?
450
00:25:26,495 --> 00:25:28,094
Yes, Your Majesty.
451
00:25:30,918 --> 00:25:32,623
I want responsibility for the boy.
452
00:25:32,648 --> 00:25:34,081
That's all, Your Majesty.
453
00:25:35,248 --> 00:25:37,548
I have always been loyal to you,
454
00:25:37,652 --> 00:25:40,076
ever since we put his
father from the throne.
455
00:25:40,494 --> 00:25:42,209
Always loyal.
456
00:25:43,843 --> 00:25:45,043
I want you to find out
457
00:25:45,068 --> 00:25:46,735
everything that's going
on at Schlusselberg.
458
00:25:46,759 --> 00:25:49,138
I want to know about this Mirovich.
459
00:25:50,208 --> 00:25:54,404
I do not employ you to foster
my son's illusions about himself,
460
00:25:54,736 --> 00:25:56,873
but to protect me from
those who wish me harm,
461
00:25:56,898 --> 00:25:58,435
and there are many.
462
00:25:58,929 --> 00:26:03,929
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
463
00:26:04,869 --> 00:26:05,968
Quiet.
464
00:26:24,923 --> 00:26:30,097
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
465
00:26:30,122 --> 00:26:32,923
CATHERINE: Ah. So...
466
00:26:36,217 --> 00:26:39,017
To my son on his birthday
467
00:26:39,042 --> 00:26:42,786
in the expectation of wisdom! [CHUCKLES]
468
00:26:42,811 --> 00:26:45,674
- To Paul.
- ALL: To Paul.
469
00:26:45,699 --> 00:26:48,070
[CATHERINE CHUCKLES]
470
00:26:48,095 --> 00:26:50,836
Now, you may have noticed
there is an empty chair.
471
00:26:50,861 --> 00:26:53,467
I have invited one of
the brightest and best
472
00:26:53,492 --> 00:26:56,473
of our young men, and he's late!
473
00:27:04,647 --> 00:27:06,804
CATHERINE: Ah, bon appétit!
474
00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:23,710
Lieutenant Potemkin, at last.
475
00:27:24,509 --> 00:27:27,156
POTEMKIN: I am so sorry to be late,
Your Majesty.
476
00:27:27,224 --> 00:27:30,258
CATHERINE: Well,
you look quite ravishing.
477
00:27:30,283 --> 00:27:32,570
Coming from the most beautiful
woman I have ever seen,
478
00:27:32,595 --> 00:27:34,195
that is indeed a compliment.
479
00:27:37,223 --> 00:27:38,757
CATHERINE: No, no, no, no.
480
00:27:38,782 --> 00:27:40,181
Before you sit down,
481
00:27:40,206 --> 00:27:42,807
everyone has to say something amusing,
482
00:27:42,832 --> 00:27:46,374
and we hear that you are very amusing.
483
00:27:46,599 --> 00:27:48,594
POTEMKIN: What shall we say
in such illustrious company
484
00:27:48,618 --> 00:27:50,217
to raise a laugh?
485
00:27:51,496 --> 00:27:54,090
When I first came to this country,
486
00:27:54,115 --> 00:27:56,679
a long, long time ago,
I knew nothing about it,
487
00:27:56,704 --> 00:27:58,890
but I fell in love with its people,
488
00:27:58,915 --> 00:28:01,781
their passions, their soul,
489
00:28:01,806 --> 00:28:04,006
the indomitable Russian spirit,
490
00:28:04,247 --> 00:28:06,445
and yet this country must change.
491
00:28:06,470 --> 00:28:08,859
Slavery is not a Russian institution.
492
00:28:09,660 --> 00:28:13,624
Only then can your Russia, my Russia,
493
00:28:13,649 --> 00:28:15,749
our Russia,
494
00:28:15,774 --> 00:28:18,968
become truly and eternally...
495
00:28:19,775 --> 00:28:20,898
... great.
496
00:28:23,017 --> 00:28:24,960
[MEN GRUNTING]
497
00:28:27,346 --> 00:28:29,492
[LAUGHS HEARTILY]
498
00:28:29,517 --> 00:28:32,460
[GUESTS LAUGHING]
499
00:28:32,485 --> 00:28:33,784
Very good.
500
00:28:33,809 --> 00:28:35,484
The history of women, Your Majesty,
501
00:28:35,509 --> 00:28:37,515
is the history of the worst
tyranny in the world.
502
00:28:37,540 --> 00:28:38,774
That of the weak over the strong.
503
00:28:38,798 --> 00:28:40,406
ORLOV: But in the end, Lieutenant,
504
00:28:40,431 --> 00:28:43,046
the strong have
the last word, don't they?
505
00:28:43,071 --> 00:28:44,570
Don't men rule the world?
506
00:28:44,595 --> 00:28:47,095
Well, I'll beg your pardon, Count Orlov,
507
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:48,773
I believe all of us here in Russia
508
00:28:48,798 --> 00:28:50,187
are governed by a woman.
509
00:28:50,212 --> 00:28:53,476
[GUNSHOT]
510
00:28:53,501 --> 00:28:56,835
[MEN YELLING]
511
00:28:57,286 --> 00:28:59,202
[CHAINS CLATTERING]
512
00:28:59,227 --> 00:29:00,961
[IVAN GASPS]
513
00:29:02,399 --> 00:29:04,890
- [SWORDS CLANKING]
- [MEN YELLING]
514
00:29:06,015 --> 00:29:09,211
No one at my table is
punished for making jokes.
515
00:29:09,488 --> 00:29:12,274
The only crimes are stupidity,
516
00:29:12,688 --> 00:29:14,734
gnawing things...
517
00:29:14,759 --> 00:29:16,827
and yawning!
518
00:29:16,852 --> 00:29:19,188
[GUESTS LAUGHING]
519
00:29:20,482 --> 00:29:21,906
[WHISPERS] Grigory.
520
00:29:22,719 --> 00:29:24,253
She's fucking with you.
521
00:29:24,901 --> 00:29:26,422
So is he.
522
00:29:30,300 --> 00:29:32,281
You know who he is!
523
00:29:32,306 --> 00:29:34,273
- Free him!
- [SWORDS CLANKING]
524
00:29:35,329 --> 00:29:39,665
- [IVAN PLEADING INDISTINCTLY]
- [CHAINS CLATTER]
525
00:29:39,690 --> 00:29:42,078
VLASEV: Shh. Shh. Easy does it.
526
00:29:42,103 --> 00:29:44,399
MIROVICH: Free him! Free him!
527
00:29:44,424 --> 00:29:47,055
- Orders are orders, Lieutenant.
- MIROVICH: No! No, no!
528
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,453
[IVAN WHIMPERS]
529
00:29:51,328 --> 00:29:52,456
[SWORD CLATTERS TO FLOOR]
530
00:29:52,481 --> 00:29:57,266
MIROVICH: He was Ivan VI,
rightful ruler of Russia.
531
00:29:57,487 --> 00:30:00,521
VLASEV: My orders are
from Empress Catherine.
532
00:30:02,447 --> 00:30:05,247
MIROVICH: Catherine the usurper!
533
00:30:06,357 --> 00:30:08,375
[SNIFFS] So...
534
00:30:09,826 --> 00:30:11,914
You like this boy?
535
00:30:12,010 --> 00:30:13,010
What on earth
536
00:30:13,035 --> 00:30:15,302
- is that supposed to mean?
- [ORLOV SCOFFS]
537
00:30:15,327 --> 00:30:17,794
You made it fairly obvious.
538
00:30:17,819 --> 00:30:19,385
Look, I can talk to whoever I choose,
539
00:30:19,410 --> 00:30:21,177
in whatever manner I choose.
540
00:30:22,978 --> 00:30:25,142
Do you know what I hold in my hand?
541
00:30:25,794 --> 00:30:27,963
Absolute power.
542
00:30:27,988 --> 00:30:30,947
Do you have any understanding
of what that means?
543
00:30:31,125 --> 00:30:32,223
Well...
544
00:30:33,300 --> 00:30:35,799
It can mean nothing at all.
545
00:30:36,478 --> 00:30:38,812
May I remind your Majesty
546
00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:40,870
that when we put you on the throne...
547
00:30:40,895 --> 00:30:44,556
Now you mind your language
very carefully, Grigory.
548
00:30:45,344 --> 00:30:47,644
Remember who I am now.
549
00:30:47,669 --> 00:30:49,345
Have you forgotten?
550
00:30:49,593 --> 00:30:51,993
You would do so at your peril.
551
00:30:53,008 --> 00:30:55,642
We killed your husband.
552
00:30:57,572 --> 00:30:59,720
I know who killed my husband.
553
00:30:59,745 --> 00:31:01,603
I have it in black and white,
554
00:31:01,628 --> 00:31:04,142
in your bloody brother's handwriting.
555
00:31:04,167 --> 00:31:06,189
Are you holding that over my head?
556
00:31:06,214 --> 00:31:07,424
Still?
557
00:31:07,449 --> 00:31:12,244
Because you do that,
you watch, and you wait,
558
00:31:12,269 --> 00:31:14,760
and then you move against people.
559
00:31:14,908 --> 00:31:18,743
Everything I do is wrong, isn't it?
560
00:31:19,737 --> 00:31:21,142
So, I yawn.
561
00:31:21,167 --> 00:31:27,037
Sometimes, dinner with you
can be a bit fucking dull!
562
00:31:31,754 --> 00:31:33,987
You're running out of friends.
563
00:31:40,075 --> 00:31:41,720
[DOOR CLOSES]
564
00:31:45,910 --> 00:31:48,299
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
565
00:31:48,324 --> 00:31:50,564
What are you thinking about?
566
00:31:51,012 --> 00:31:54,158
- Gherkins.
- [LAUGHS LOUDLY]
567
00:31:54,183 --> 00:31:55,831
POTEMKIN: What does
any Russian think about
568
00:31:55,855 --> 00:31:57,104
- when he makes love?
- [COUNTESS BRUCE LAUGHING]
569
00:31:57,128 --> 00:31:58,315
POTEMKIN: Gherkins, of course.
570
00:31:58,339 --> 00:32:00,041
COUNTESS BRUCE: Seriously... Stop, stop.
571
00:32:00,066 --> 00:32:01,533
- Seriously.
- [POTEMKIN GROANS]
572
00:32:01,558 --> 00:32:03,471
Seriously, Lieutenant,
what are you thinking about?
573
00:32:03,495 --> 00:32:04,674
I never know.
574
00:32:05,460 --> 00:32:07,330
POTEMKIN: I'm thinking about her.
575
00:32:07,355 --> 00:32:10,135
- The Empress, of course.
- [CATHERINE CHUCKLES]
576
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:13,166
I enjoy spending time in her company.
577
00:32:13,191 --> 00:32:14,556
The fact that she happens to be
578
00:32:14,581 --> 00:32:16,281
the most powerful woman in the world
579
00:32:16,306 --> 00:32:18,373
is entirely incidental?
580
00:32:18,647 --> 00:32:19,746
Yes.
581
00:32:20,848 --> 00:32:22,199
Oh.
582
00:32:22,516 --> 00:32:24,503
Are you looking for Countess Bruce,
583
00:32:24,528 --> 00:32:25,660
Your Majesty?
584
00:32:25,685 --> 00:32:26,831
Uh, yes. Yes, I was,
585
00:32:26,856 --> 00:32:28,964
- but... maybe it's best...
- [MOANING]
586
00:32:28,989 --> 00:32:31,059
- ... not to disturb her.
- COUNTESS BRUCE: There! There!
587
00:32:31,083 --> 00:32:33,483
Unless, of course,
you like that sort of thing.
588
00:32:33,508 --> 00:32:35,912
I'm a married woman, Your Majesty.
I've nothing to do with that...
589
00:32:35,936 --> 00:32:39,154
Would you tell her that
she and Lieutenant Potemkin
590
00:32:39,179 --> 00:32:41,568
are invited to play
cards tomorrow night?
591
00:32:41,934 --> 00:32:46,225
The lieutenant made a
most favorable impression.
592
00:32:46,250 --> 00:32:48,256
MAID: Yes, Your Majesty.
593
00:32:48,281 --> 00:32:51,182
[COUNTESS BRUCE LAUGHS]
594
00:32:51,207 --> 00:32:55,268
[POTEMKIN CHATTERING]
595
00:32:55,293 --> 00:32:58,612
[COUNTESS BRUCE SHRIEKS AND LAUGHS]
596
00:33:03,417 --> 00:33:06,218
PANIN: They wanted you to see
it had been done, Your Majesty.
597
00:33:10,868 --> 00:33:13,002
Violence is disgusting, but...
598
00:33:15,961 --> 00:33:18,595
[SIGHS] No one else knows?
599
00:33:18,956 --> 00:33:20,588
Mirovich is under guard.
600
00:33:22,743 --> 00:33:25,911
He knows they were under
orders to kill Ivan.
601
00:33:27,472 --> 00:33:31,034
I am afraid everyone will assume that...
602
00:33:31,059 --> 00:33:32,626
it came from you.
603
00:33:37,494 --> 00:33:40,695
Anyone with a claim to
the throne is a danger to me.
604
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:41,952
Even this...
605
00:33:42,255 --> 00:33:44,788
poor deranged creature.
606
00:33:47,022 --> 00:33:49,752
- Even...
- Your son. Your Majesty?
607
00:33:50,901 --> 00:33:53,001
Paul is easily led.
608
00:33:54,229 --> 00:33:56,396
There are unscrupulous people in Russia.
609
00:33:56,421 --> 00:33:58,887
Fortunately, I am one of them.
610
00:33:59,573 --> 00:34:01,054
So as you know.
611
00:34:06,170 --> 00:34:08,003
We could offer Mirovich
612
00:34:08,005 --> 00:34:09,872
a last minute pardon on the scaffold,
613
00:34:09,874 --> 00:34:11,974
on the condition that
he does not say anything
614
00:34:11,976 --> 00:34:13,509
about the death of this gentleman.
615
00:34:13,511 --> 00:34:17,099
"We"? Are you suggesting
that I offer him a pardon?
616
00:34:17,471 --> 00:34:19,972
It is obviously important
to show firmness.
617
00:34:19,997 --> 00:34:22,431
A public execution does that, but...
618
00:34:22,456 --> 00:34:25,411
I also know that you are
inclined to be merciful.
619
00:34:25,436 --> 00:34:26,927
Hm. Not always.
620
00:34:26,952 --> 00:34:29,216
Ask the girl who does my hair.
[CHUCKLES LIGHTLY]
621
00:34:29,241 --> 00:34:31,775
Showing mercy would be popular,
Your Majesty.
622
00:34:32,679 --> 00:34:34,478
It could be so.
623
00:34:34,503 --> 00:34:38,204
I am inclined to mercy where I can be.
624
00:34:38,973 --> 00:34:40,497
I hope by now, I...
625
00:34:40,522 --> 00:34:42,989
understand the way
your mind works, Your Majesty.
626
00:34:43,014 --> 00:34:44,435
So do a lot of people.
627
00:34:44,460 --> 00:34:45,654
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
628
00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:47,599
CATHERINE: Put your money
down, gentlemen.
629
00:34:48,233 --> 00:34:50,935
Bets on, bets on. Quickly.
630
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,583
- [MAN GROANS]
- Ah, you all lose.
631
00:34:54,568 --> 00:34:57,268
It seems everyone knows
everything nowadays.
632
00:34:58,025 --> 00:35:00,091
The Archbishop has somehow found out
633
00:35:00,116 --> 00:35:02,341
about the death of Prisoner Number One.
634
00:35:02,366 --> 00:35:03,965
If he starts talking...
635
00:35:03,990 --> 00:35:06,333
CATHERINE:
I've had him sent away before he does.
636
00:35:07,299 --> 00:35:09,021
I think the English had the right idea
637
00:35:09,046 --> 00:35:10,746
in the 16th century:
638
00:35:10,771 --> 00:35:12,943
Getting rid of senior
clergy and major nobility
639
00:35:12,968 --> 00:35:15,401
- at the same time.
- CATHERINE: Well, Lieutenant.
640
00:35:15,426 --> 00:35:17,685
Not only good-looking but clever, too.
641
00:35:17,710 --> 00:35:19,343
I'm lucky to have found you.
642
00:35:19,368 --> 00:35:23,370
For those in power must
learn to be criminal.
643
00:35:27,473 --> 00:35:28,536
What is any kingdom but
644
00:35:28,561 --> 00:35:31,122
a great piece
of highway robbery, after all?
645
00:35:32,113 --> 00:35:33,145
Saint Augustine?
646
00:35:33,170 --> 00:35:35,778
- [CATHERINE LAUGHS]
- Yes. [LAUGHS]
647
00:35:35,803 --> 00:35:38,504
He reads as well! [CHUCKLES]
648
00:35:39,136 --> 00:35:42,536
But will you fight for Her Majesty,
649
00:35:42,561 --> 00:35:45,328
and not just feed her smart remarks?
650
00:35:45,353 --> 00:35:48,106
Isn't a war with the Turks
coming any day now?
651
00:35:49,130 --> 00:35:51,129
Will you fight for the Empress?
652
00:35:51,154 --> 00:35:52,487
To the death...
653
00:35:53,169 --> 00:35:54,676
Your Majesty.
654
00:35:56,141 --> 00:35:58,129
ORLOV: May I make a suggestion
655
00:35:58,154 --> 00:36:00,325
- about this Mirovich?
- No.
656
00:36:00,606 --> 00:36:01,965
You may leave us, Grigory.
657
00:36:01,990 --> 00:36:03,614
The rest of you can go, too.
658
00:36:03,639 --> 00:36:06,684
I want to speak to
Lieutenant Potemkin, alone.
659
00:36:10,263 --> 00:36:15,263
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
660
00:36:31,508 --> 00:36:32,541
Tell me.
661
00:36:32,566 --> 00:36:34,265
- About?
- Mirovich.
662
00:36:34,290 --> 00:36:36,497
Your judgement of him was accurate.
663
00:36:36,522 --> 00:36:38,890
He has done something very foolish.
664
00:36:38,915 --> 00:36:41,781
POTEMKIN: Well, I know nothing
about that affair, Your Majesty,
665
00:36:41,806 --> 00:36:44,325
and I certainly will not raise
his name in conversation.
666
00:36:44,350 --> 00:36:47,718
[CATHERINE LAUGHS] Oh,
I like you, Lieutenant.
667
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,200
You know,
Panin has offered him a pardon;
668
00:36:51,225 --> 00:36:53,036
that was the minister's idea, not mine.
669
00:36:53,061 --> 00:36:54,360
And why would he do that?
670
00:36:55,305 --> 00:36:57,575
Well, the danger is, you see,
671
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:01,075
a man who is about to die
may say anything he wishes.
672
00:37:01,100 --> 00:37:04,778
He may throw around
wild accusations on the scaffold.
673
00:37:04,803 --> 00:37:07,348
So... Minister Panin
has led him to believe
674
00:37:07,373 --> 00:37:09,590
that he is to expect
a last minute reprieve
675
00:37:09,615 --> 00:37:11,138
- on the scaffold...
- CATHERINE: Mm-hmm.
676
00:37:11,162 --> 00:37:12,761
... in order to buy his silence.
677
00:37:14,008 --> 00:37:15,646
But I mean,
if you pardon him anyway, what...
678
00:37:15,670 --> 00:37:17,145
Very good, Lieutenant.
679
00:37:17,170 --> 00:37:20,551
If Mirovich is allowed to live,
there's always a risk.
680
00:37:21,502 --> 00:37:24,168
Always there to be used by your enemies,
681
00:37:24,193 --> 00:37:26,692
to challenge your claim to the throne.
682
00:37:26,717 --> 00:37:28,051
Quite.
683
00:37:28,538 --> 00:37:31,006
I must say, I suspect Minister Panin's
684
00:37:31,031 --> 00:37:34,606
sudden enthusiasm for a show of mercy...
685
00:37:34,881 --> 00:37:38,473
The truth is I'm running out of people
I can trust, Lieutenant.
686
00:37:40,563 --> 00:37:42,012
Do you know...
687
00:37:43,330 --> 00:37:45,817
I have never passed a sentence of death.
688
00:37:46,228 --> 00:37:49,707
I always wanted to be a merciful,
liberal ruler.
689
00:37:49,732 --> 00:37:51,666
Must be a very difficult decision.
690
00:37:51,951 --> 00:37:53,150
CATHERINE: Mm.
691
00:37:53,175 --> 00:37:56,910
But one that, in the end,
only you can make.
692
00:38:03,386 --> 00:38:04,762
ORLOV: Potemkin.
693
00:38:05,671 --> 00:38:07,457
The coming man.
694
00:38:09,146 --> 00:38:10,549
Well, success at court
695
00:38:10,574 --> 00:38:14,009
is the quickest route
to failure, I am told.
696
00:38:14,034 --> 00:38:16,471
I hear you play billiards.
697
00:38:16,496 --> 00:38:17,963
Very badly.
698
00:38:17,988 --> 00:38:19,687
ORLOV: Then let us play for money.
699
00:38:26,792 --> 00:38:28,057
[POTEMKIN EXHALES]
700
00:38:30,070 --> 00:38:32,003
[SIGHS]
701
00:38:32,255 --> 00:38:35,572
A thousand. If you can sink it.
702
00:38:36,268 --> 00:38:37,735
I tell you what.
703
00:38:37,942 --> 00:38:39,846
If you give me thousand now,
704
00:38:39,871 --> 00:38:41,424
if I miss I'll give it straight back,
705
00:38:41,449 --> 00:38:44,885
plus an additional thousand.
If I sink it, you give me five.
706
00:38:44,971 --> 00:38:46,354
Five thousand.
707
00:38:46,878 --> 00:38:48,926
[ALEXEI AND GRIGORY LAUGH]
708
00:38:48,951 --> 00:38:52,213
- What's so funny?
- [LAUGHTER CONTINUES]
709
00:38:52,238 --> 00:38:55,172
It's funny is it? [LAUGHS]
710
00:38:55,478 --> 00:38:57,932
[POTEMKIN LAUGHS]
711
00:38:58,313 --> 00:39:01,502
What do you gentlemen take me for? Hm?
712
00:39:01,726 --> 00:39:03,660
Just another ambitious young man
713
00:39:03,685 --> 00:39:06,619
who's come to court to make his money,
714
00:39:06,644 --> 00:39:10,971
to lie and deceive and
flatter his way to power?
715
00:39:11,182 --> 00:39:14,229
Huh? [EXHALES]
716
00:39:15,036 --> 00:39:18,604
[ALL LAUGHING]
717
00:39:18,629 --> 00:39:21,690
Yes, you think I want to shine, eh?
718
00:39:21,715 --> 00:39:23,775
The way the rest of you guys shine.
719
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:25,986
Like rotten wood.
720
00:39:28,979 --> 00:39:31,596
Well, there you have it.
You owe me five thousand.
721
00:39:31,621 --> 00:39:34,080
If you're men of your word, that is...
[GROANS]
722
00:39:40,481 --> 00:39:41,801
[BILLIARDS CUE CLATTERS ON FLOOR]
723
00:39:50,232 --> 00:39:54,729
[GROANS, COUGHS]
724
00:39:56,871 --> 00:40:00,337
Boys, boys, boys, boys.
725
00:40:00,362 --> 00:40:02,673
Huh? [LAUGHS]
726
00:40:04,288 --> 00:40:06,329
[GRUNTING]
727
00:40:06,363 --> 00:40:09,275
- [THUD]
- [POTEMKIN GROANS]
728
00:40:10,921 --> 00:40:14,056
[BOTH PANTING]
729
00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:17,052
ORLOV: Fuck off.
730
00:40:17,077 --> 00:40:20,213
[BOTH PANTING]
731
00:40:20,238 --> 00:40:21,637
ALEXEI: Oh, You've done it now.
732
00:40:21,662 --> 00:40:23,129
You've killed the bastard.
733
00:40:23,154 --> 00:40:24,819
GRIGORY: He's better off dead.
734
00:40:24,844 --> 00:40:26,176
[GROANS]
735
00:40:32,088 --> 00:40:34,861
[GROANS, LAUGHS]
736
00:40:34,886 --> 00:40:38,658
You... Did you both
kill the Emperor Peter?
737
00:40:38,683 --> 00:40:40,283
Or was it just you, Alexei?
738
00:40:40,308 --> 00:40:42,447
[LAUGHS]
739
00:40:48,734 --> 00:40:51,275
ORLOV: All right... All right. Get off.
740
00:40:51,300 --> 00:40:57,619
[CROWD CLAMORING, BOOING]
741
00:40:57,928 --> 00:41:00,315
PANIN: A lively crowd, Your Majesty.
742
00:41:00,340 --> 00:41:03,018
CATHERINE: Yes. Yes, they are.
743
00:41:09,958 --> 00:41:13,057
Our friend isn't showing
much concern, is he?
744
00:41:13,419 --> 00:41:14,971
He isn't.
745
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,963
I am glad Your Majesty has seen fit
746
00:41:21,988 --> 00:41:23,655
to show mercy in this instance.
747
00:41:24,554 --> 00:41:26,821
Did I say that was what I'd done?
748
00:41:28,538 --> 00:41:33,743
By the grace of God, we, Catherine II,
749
00:41:33,768 --> 00:41:38,633
the Empress and the
autocrat of all Russia,
750
00:41:38,658 --> 00:41:43,649
have uncovered a conspiracy
to put an illegitimate
751
00:41:43,674 --> 00:41:48,571
pretender on the throne,
and have no hesitation
752
00:41:48,596 --> 00:41:53,946
in ordering the supreme
penalty for this hideous crime.
753
00:41:53,971 --> 00:41:55,105
- [CROWD CHEERING]
- This is a mistake!
754
00:41:55,129 --> 00:41:56,946
MIROVICH: I was assured
I would be pardoned!
755
00:41:56,971 --> 00:41:58,086
This is a mistake!
756
00:41:58,111 --> 00:42:00,532
I was assured I would be pardoned!
757
00:42:00,557 --> 00:42:03,430
She murdered our true emperor!
758
00:42:03,455 --> 00:42:05,344
You all know she did!
759
00:42:05,369 --> 00:42:07,236
- No! No!
- WOMAN: You're the traitor!
760
00:42:07,261 --> 00:42:08,828
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
761
00:42:08,853 --> 00:42:10,259
[CROWD YELLING AND CLAMORING]
762
00:42:10,284 --> 00:42:15,235
[CROWD JEERING]
763
00:42:15,408 --> 00:42:16,970
What have you done?
764
00:42:17,337 --> 00:42:18,936
I spoke to him myself.
765
00:42:18,961 --> 00:42:20,961
I never told him anything.
766
00:42:24,615 --> 00:42:29,087
[CROWD CHANTING]
767
00:42:44,577 --> 00:42:50,884
[QUILL SCRATCHING]
768
00:42:50,909 --> 00:42:52,306
What are you doing?
769
00:42:52,331 --> 00:42:55,032
Isn't it obvious? I'm writing.
770
00:42:55,753 --> 00:42:57,032
What about?
771
00:42:58,252 --> 00:43:01,196
Ideas about equality for
everyone under the law.
772
00:43:01,221 --> 00:43:03,196
They're just ideas at the moment, but...
773
00:43:05,865 --> 00:43:08,392
It feels like something has changed.
774
00:43:09,298 --> 00:43:10,743
Between us...
775
00:43:11,526 --> 00:43:13,696
I will always love you...
776
00:43:21,056 --> 00:43:23,220
but it is over between us.
777
00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:25,728
Why?
778
00:43:26,813 --> 00:43:29,113
Because you have fallen
out of love with me,
779
00:43:29,138 --> 00:43:31,368
and you don't have
the courage to say so.
780
00:43:31,910 --> 00:43:34,813
Oh, I know all about
those girls you screw,
781
00:43:34,838 --> 00:43:37,228
even if I choose not to comment on it,
782
00:43:37,704 --> 00:43:39,604
because I still care for you.
783
00:43:42,169 --> 00:43:45,170
But you want something
I cannot give you.
784
00:43:45,654 --> 00:43:48,157
You want power.
785
00:43:51,936 --> 00:43:54,009
Is that a bruise on your face?
786
00:43:54,034 --> 00:43:55,829
Have you been fighting?
787
00:43:56,743 --> 00:43:59,196
This fucking thing...
788
00:43:59,221 --> 00:44:01,563
Pushes my tits out too far.
789
00:44:01,971 --> 00:44:06,971
[MUSIC PLAYING]
790
00:44:14,585 --> 00:44:16,438
Can't go to the ball.
791
00:44:19,404 --> 00:44:21,063
Your Majesty!
792
00:44:21,272 --> 00:44:22,938
Splendid you look!
793
00:44:24,212 --> 00:44:26,743
Your Majesty, so nice to see you.
794
00:44:26,769 --> 00:44:29,993
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
795
00:44:30,018 --> 00:44:32,431
[LAUGHS]
796
00:44:36,708 --> 00:44:38,665
PANIN: How do we look, Your Majesty?
797
00:44:39,148 --> 00:44:40,954
[CATHERINE CHUCKLES]
798
00:44:40,979 --> 00:44:42,646
I think one of you looks like a lesbian,
799
00:44:42,671 --> 00:44:45,103
and I'm not quite sure
which one! [LAUGHS]
800
00:44:45,128 --> 00:44:46,927
I'm looking for Potemkin.
801
00:44:50,124 --> 00:44:51,923
Too much rouge on this side.
802
00:44:52,647 --> 00:44:54,610
Engorgement not quite right.
803
00:45:01,535 --> 00:45:03,220
[CORSET CREAKING]
804
00:45:06,747 --> 00:45:08,646
I can't let her see me like this.
805
00:45:08,772 --> 00:45:10,383
Well...
806
00:45:11,791 --> 00:45:14,791
I think your neckline
may be too low, but...
807
00:45:18,095 --> 00:45:19,561
[POTEMKIN SNIFFLES]
808
00:45:20,149 --> 00:45:25,087
I can't... Like this? [SIGHS]
809
00:45:25,112 --> 00:45:26,759
You poor thing.
810
00:45:26,784 --> 00:45:27,946
[POTEMKIN SIGHS]
811
00:45:27,971 --> 00:45:30,271
You really are in love
with her, aren't you?
812
00:45:33,756 --> 00:45:37,438
I'm a woman, Auntie, and I'm pregnant.
813
00:45:37,463 --> 00:45:39,397
How could that happen?
814
00:45:40,354 --> 00:45:42,884
You should get rid of that fool.
815
00:45:43,227 --> 00:45:45,985
Whatever you're paying
for his jokes is too much.
816
00:45:46,010 --> 00:45:49,415
You can have my head
whenever you need it, Auntie.
817
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:51,298
I keep a spare head.
818
00:45:51,323 --> 00:45:54,962
I kept this one from my last job.
819
00:45:54,987 --> 00:45:58,931
Oh, didn't she like your jokes?
820
00:45:58,956 --> 00:46:01,298
You handsome bastard.
821
00:46:11,923 --> 00:46:15,634
I am Victor Heinrich Emanuel,
the Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt
822
00:46:15,659 --> 00:46:16,660
- Your Majesty.
- CATHERINE: Mm.
823
00:46:16,684 --> 00:46:18,845
I hear you look for a
wife for Prince Paul.
824
00:46:18,870 --> 00:46:20,603
I have three attractive daughters...
825
00:46:20,628 --> 00:46:22,798
- CATHERINE: Yes, very beautiful.
- This is my wife...
826
00:46:22,823 --> 00:46:24,415
Very beautiful.
827
00:46:26,017 --> 00:46:27,682
Lieutenant Potemkin!
828
00:46:34,085 --> 00:46:36,052
ALEXEI: I should have killed him.
829
00:46:36,077 --> 00:46:38,643
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
830
00:46:41,108 --> 00:46:43,579
I'm not going to ask
who did this to you.
831
00:46:45,278 --> 00:46:47,946
And let us not think about revenge.
832
00:46:49,818 --> 00:46:51,860
Yet. Come.
833
00:46:58,507 --> 00:47:02,142
CATHERINE: You know,
we'll do great things together.
834
00:47:02,167 --> 00:47:05,701
And don't worry, you will have your day.
835
00:47:06,349 --> 00:47:08,582
They will not go unpunished.
836
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:12,134
And you will blossom.
837
00:47:13,678 --> 00:47:15,118
But not yet,
838
00:47:15,462 --> 00:47:17,923
'cause the Turks are preparing for war.
839
00:47:19,105 --> 00:47:22,735
We need men like you.
840
00:47:25,871 --> 00:47:29,038
Now, let's celebrate new beginnings.
841
00:47:34,337 --> 00:47:38,837
[LAUGHS] I want something Russian!
842
00:47:38,862 --> 00:47:42,313
[CLAPS HANDS]
843
00:47:48,102 --> 00:47:54,556
[CATHERINE LAUGHS]
844
00:48:01,305 --> 00:48:03,267
[POTEMKIN LAUGHS]
845
00:48:06,947 --> 00:48:09,213
[MUSIC INCREASES PACE]
846
00:48:42,577 --> 00:48:46,132
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