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CATHERINE THE GREAT
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Episode 2
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Two years have passed since the ball.
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Potemkin fights a bloody war
with the Turkish empire.
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Civil unrest ensues as Catherine's war
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forces her to abandon slavery
reforms and the serfs.
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... complete history of my family
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and I thought it was fascinating,
it really was.
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Aunties I'd never heard of,
Uncles from down south...
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I'm sorry, what are you talking about ?
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I'm just telling you about my parents.
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About how kind they were to me and
how wonderful they've always been.
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I have to work.
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Do you ? Can't we...
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I am managing the tail end of a war.
In case you hadn't noticed.
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So, Major-General and Gentleman
Not of the Bedchamber.
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I was just getting to know you
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and away you go to make
war against the Turks.
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Who deserve someone as terrible
as you as an opponent.
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Have you really been away so long ?
I can't believe it.
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If I'd known the Turkish war would
have dragged on for two years,
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I would have thought twice
about sending you away
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when I'd only just found you.
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From Her Majesty !
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First class work.
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Attacked when you said you would.
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Excellent.
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Lunch ?
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General Rumiantsev reports great
things of your bravery.
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You have done everything
we asked you to do.
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Risen through the ranks to glory and
the decorations of honour.
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For my part, however,
I very much wish to preserve
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those who are zealous, brave,
clever and skilful.
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This letter is to ask you not
to endanger yourself further
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and return to us.
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She's writing to you
under separate cover.
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Good not to show
how pleased you are.
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First class work.
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Your Majesty,
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permit me to offer you
my most humble congratulations
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on the conquest of another Turkish town
on the Danube.
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I can only hope that this major defeat
for the Turks
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will somehow bring this
long war to a speedy conclusion.
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Letter for Her Majesty.
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I feel unable to express in words
my most humble gratitude to you.
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And yet I must confess
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I am proud to kill
and risk my own death
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for the sake
of Your Majesty's glory.
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The origins of the Turkish war,
Your Majesty,
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were a dispute
over territorial incursion
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but it may be something that the Turks
had been planning and was...
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well, in a sense, an excuse.
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The "casus belli" was not, actually
the "casus", if you see what I mean.
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The causes of war really are not
as simple as they seem, are they ?
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Forward the whole file
to the Minister.
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Perhaps it is wrong for me
to write this to you,
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for after reading it you may fear
that I should forget you.
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Or replace you in my affections.
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But you're not so easy
to forget, my friend.
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You lurk in the mind, dangerously.
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Come back, dear Major-General,
come back.
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I am telling you the truth !
The Emperor Peter III is alive !
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His spirit is alive in me. He is back.
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To avenge himself on his
bitch wife Catherine.
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I will rule !
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I will rule with my son, Paul,
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who is betrayed
by his cow of a mother.
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Pugachev !
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Who would come between
a father and his son ?
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There he is.
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The Emperor Peter III. My father.
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- You said.
- Weak chin. Don't you think ?
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So, how do you like your new name ?
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Natalia. I love it, Your Majesty.
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It's Russian. You should love it.
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Sir.
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I wanted to ask you something.
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Yes, ask.
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I wanted to join the Council.
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No.
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- He would have wanted it.
- He also wanted me in prison.
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Or dead.
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I am simply asking
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if I might be allowed to sit on
the Council and do the work of...
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No.
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Thank you, Alexei, most helpful.
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Gentlemen, we have urgent business...
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It is a devastating defeat for the
Turks. They are suing for peace.
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Our armies have pushed south to Kabul
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and my fleet has wiped out the Sultan's
ships in the Mediterranean.
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- The sea is...
- "Red with the blood of infidels".
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Apparently.
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And it seems Major General
Potemkin has distinguished himself.
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Anyway, I have summoned
him back to court.
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And I thought Prince Orlov might join
the peace negotiations in Turkey.
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Is this your way of trying
to get rid of me completely ?
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Why on earth would Your Excellency
think such a thing ?
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I would like a word
with Prince Orlov alone.
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I accept that we are over,
but am I to have no influence at all ?
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Is that your idea ?
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I have great regard for you.
You know that.
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This is an opportunity.
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Take it.
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- It's all over.
- Not yet. Not yet !
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- So you asked Potemkin to come back ?
- I did.
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And now you don't know
what to do with him.
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Correct.
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What are you going to do about him ?
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I'm not sure. I thought I wanted
him back but then I saw him...
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- I was in love with Orlov, you know.
- I know.
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I just...
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don't want to go through
all that again.
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No. I can see that.
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Men want power.
They like to feel they are in control.
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- And women ?
- Yes, of course, we want that too.
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The difficulty here is that
I am in control. I have the power.
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You are the Empress. And he
can be your devoted servant.
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You think it is as simple as that ?
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- I do not.
- It's just...
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Giving your heart, it's just
such a risk. It lays you open.
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Suddenly you're at the mercy
of the whole world.
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I wouldn't know about that.
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Come along.
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Paul... Natalia.
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Why does my son's
new wife not bow to me ?
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Is there some prejudice against
bowing in Hesse Darmstadt ?
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There may be, Your Majesty.
I will look into it.
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She won't let me join the Council.
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Are you listening ? Why are you
staring at Count Razumovsky ?
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Was I staring at Count Razumovsky ?
I don't think I was.
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I was listening to you darling.
I always listen.
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You are a very interesting man.
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Why write to me
if she doesn't want me ?
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It's a game.
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That's all it is.
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Play it.
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Does my son's wife
want everyone to know
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that she is fucking
his best friend ?
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You don't need to answer that question.
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Is not she wonderful ?
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She is absolutely wonderful.
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Is she a baritone ?
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This way you can look at her
when you come.
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Fuck her.
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That is so obviously
what you want to do darling.
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- She's frightened.
- Of what ?
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- Of what she feels for you.
- You think ?
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Who's that fucking boy up there
next to her ? That rat. Who's he ?
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It'll all be over soon.
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What in God's name
do you think you are doing ?
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I'm leaving !
I won't stand for this any more.
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But you've only been
back about a week.
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Do you want to end up like me ?
And all these loyal citizens ?
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Where do you think you are going ?
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To God ! The monastery.
I shall be a monk.
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- Don't be ridiculous...
- Who is being ridiculous ?
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- She is in love with you, my friend.
- What makes you say that ?
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I shall tell you why.
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I have never
seen two people more in love.
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She's got a funny way of showing it.
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Patting the cheek
of that... ludicrous boy.
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I may be in love, but I am not...
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What ?
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Not happy. I'm not happy at all.
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He's here !
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Brothers and sisters !
Children of Russia.
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I greet you in love and friendship.
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I am your lost Emperor, Peter III.
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This sword was given to me
by Peter the Great !
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I am sent by God
to raise you up from the dust.
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To feed you, and clothe you
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and give you a way
of escaping the slavery
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in which you have been held by
the bitch Catherine.
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Pugachev ! Pugachev !
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Russia belongs to us all !
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I'm planning a dinner for the
new French ambassador.
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What do you think,
Russian food or French ?
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- Why not both ?
- Yes that's a good idea.
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So, to what do we owe
the honour of this visit ?
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Potemkin.
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Yes, what of him ?
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He's leaving.
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Leaving ? Leaving who ? Leaving what ?
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Leaving court.
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And leaving you,
since you are the court.
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Well, why are you telling me this ?
Why are you pleading his cause ?
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Why am I saying what I am saying ?
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I like love.
I like watching it develop.
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In other people.
I have never known it myself.
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But you...
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I think you have a great
capacity for love.
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Of the violent and unpredictable kind.
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It will shake you.
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But I am your friend and...
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I can see you feel for him things...
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No, no, no. You better go.
I am terribly busy.
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And your friend Potemkin
might be missing you.
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He is no longer my friend.
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In that capacity.
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Natalia.
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Count Razumovsky.
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I want to speak with you. Now.
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If you want to stay married to that
insolent girl,
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you will probably
have to lock her up.
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You have no idea, do you ?
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Even when it is right
in front of your nose.
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Well. I see someone else
has got your attention.
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I do not know how you have the nerve
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to lecture me about my love life
while you ogle...
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Oaf. I see the way you look at him.
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Is it "love" ? Is that what this is ?
At your age ?
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Love should wait upon
judgement, mother.
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But not you.
You're like a fly to honey aren't you ?
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Go !
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- You're leaving ?
- Yes, I've thought about it. But...
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Something detained you ?
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Yes. You, Your Majesty.
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I... I have neglected
you since your return.
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You have had other things
to occupy you.
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- New friends.
- I choose friends as I need them.
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And discard them when
they are no longer useful it seems.
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- You are being impertinent.
- I am being honest.
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They can look similar.
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There is no real love without
absolute honesty.
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Do people lie to you Your Majesty ?
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Because of your position ?
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All the time, I'm afraid.
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What do you want from me ?
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Nothing.
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This. Now.
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Standing next to you.
That's enough.
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So money and titles...
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I will take as much I can get my hands
on. But I will not be given things.
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- You want...
- I want what any man wants.
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- To make his own way.
- Yes. I can see that.
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And...
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to find love. If possible.
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You did some very brave things
against the Turks.
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I was very grateful to Your Majesty
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for the opportunity to kill as many
of the little buggers as possible.
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Come up to my private apartments.
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Any time you want.
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Come by the private staircase.
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But shout as you come up,
in case I am in the bath.
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Are Potemkin and my mother...
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Anything is possible with her.
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She never lets me anywhere near power.
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I know how you feel, Your Excellency.
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This... Pugachev...
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What about him ?
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They say he wants
to put me on the throne.
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I do not imagine Your Excellency
would want
253
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to owe your power
to an illiterate peasant.
254
00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,400
No, no... But...
255
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,400
He obviously has more taste
than my mother in certain matters.
256
00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:02,480
Major General Potemkin is on his way up
to see her even as we speak.
257
00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,480
I heard them, yesterday.
Making an assignation.
258
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,400
Get up those stairs. Now. If you want
any kind of career at court.
259
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:13,480
- I don't think she wants me there.
- She doesn't know what she wants.
260
00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:14,920
Get up there. Now.
261
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,520
... and this is for King
Gustav of Sweden.
262
00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:19,680
Minister Panin !
263
00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:24,240
I think we need a Council meeting
about this business in Samara. This..
264
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,280
- Pugachev, Your Majesty.
- Pugachev.
265
00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:27,560
Why do I keep
forgetting his name ?
266
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,080
Is that significant or is it just a
sign of his own insignificance ?
267
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,680
That may have something
to do with it, Your Majesty.
268
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,000
There's always something in the
countryside.
269
00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:37,640
I'm sure it's nothing
to worry about.
270
00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,440
Wherever there are Russians there
is something to worry about.
271
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,480
It's not surprising that our serfs are
in rebellion, the way we treat them.
272
00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,640
If only the landowners
had listened to me...
273
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,480
And you need to speak with my son.
D'you know...
274
00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,680
- He behaved abominably to me.
- Your Majesty... I must...
275
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,280
And I need to be briefed on
those Turkish negotiations.
276
00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:56,920
I hear Count Orlov is making
a fool of himself again.
277
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,800
I must be kept informed.
Do you understand ?
278
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,920
The papers are on their way,
Your Majesty. I have advised my office.
279
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,400
May I remind you that...
280
00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,600
- You need...
- Have you seen General Potemkin ?
281
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,160
I asked him to come to see me and,
282
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,160
I am sure he is on his way,
Your Majesty...
283
00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:15,360
You're up to something.
284
00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,920
Oh yes, I can see it in your eyes.
285
00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:29,440
Did we arrange for you to come today ?
286
00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,800
- I thought we did, Your Majesty.
- No, no. Get your clothes on now.
287
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,160
I have to work.
288
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,400
Your Excellency.
How wonderful to see you.
289
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,480
Your Excellency, I think Her Majesty...
290
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,160
Say something.
291
00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,240
What would you like me to say,
Your Majesty ?
292
00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:58,920
Something intelligent.
293
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,520
I think this has gone far enough.
294
00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:13,480
Minister Panin.
295
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:15,840
- Your Excellency !
- Good day.
296
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,320
Please continue, Lieutenant.
297
00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,440
You're going down
and I was going... up.
298
00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:42,600
Thank you, Major General.
299
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,760
Sorry, Your Majesty.
Am I disturbing you ?
300
00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,920
No, no, not at all. Not at all. No.
301
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,520
Nothing interesting
was happening.
302
00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:53,000
Please continue singing.
I like it.
303
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:55,960
More than I can say.
304
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,840
You could sing in here if you like.
305
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,000
If that is what Your Majesty desires,
then that is what I shall do.
306
00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:25,640
I want you to talk to you about the
women you have been involved with.
307
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:32,320
I shall do my best Your Majesty.
I may have to consult my notes.
308
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,400
I am sure there
have been a great many.
309
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,480
You are a very attractive man.
310
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,840
When I was twelve and a half...
in a barn near Smolensk..
311
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,360
I think I will go first.
312
00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:48,280
A very good idea,
I think, Your Majesty.
313
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,080
My husband Peter was
one of the most unpleasant men
314
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:54,760
I have ever met in my life.
315
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,000
So you may discount him.
316
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,280
Yes, I never thought much of him,
Your Majesty.
317
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,000
You couldn't really say
we had a sex life.
318
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,840
D'you know, he had a condition
of the foreskin
319
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:12,120
whereby for a very long time it was
impossible for him to get an erection.
320
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,520
- I never knew that, Your Majesty.
- Well...
321
00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:18,520
No need to go into any further
details about Peter III.
322
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,360
He could be so frightening.
323
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,720
He was violent. He was drunk.
He was like an angry child.
324
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,400
I was terrified of him.
325
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:35,080
Other men ?
326
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,520
- I heard...
- Yes ? What did you hear ?
327
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,200
Fifteen...
328
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,560
- What ?
- No ! No.
329
00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,320
Oh, what lies they tell
about women in power.
330
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:53,720
So ?
331
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,440
Not that many. Five.
332
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,840
There was one when I was living
under the Empress Elizabeth,
333
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,200
still married to that pig, Peter.
334
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:11,800
The only significant one is Orlov,
unless you count the King of Poland...
335
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,800
I am jealous of Orlov.
336
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,200
You shouldn't be.
Although I was in love with him.
337
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,520
He wanted to marry me. Well, of course
he did, he wanted the power.
338
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,440
I will not share my throne with anyone.
339
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,800
Grigory resented the power.
340
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,320
The power I seem to have.
341
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,040
The power you have.
342
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:48,080
He has no idea of how difficult
it is to maintain such a thing.
343
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:49,640
How many the dangers,
344
00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,600
how varied the directions
from which they emerge.
345
00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:59,680
I am not interested in debauchery.
346
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,840
I am interested in love. And honesty.
347
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:09,520
That is all that interests me.
348
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,040
I need love.
349
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,880
Have an obsessive need for it.
I will confess that.
350
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:26,320
So if you want to be with me,
you have to love me, always.
351
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,040
And always tell me the truth.
352
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,400
At fifteen there was a girl
in a field outside of Smolensk..
353
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,400
No, no, no ! Enough, enough
of these confessions !
354
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:42,160
I got you ! I did...
355
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:47,000
Listen, I find my private bath house
is a wondrous place to relax.
356
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:51,080
I'm going to tell them that you are
to be allowed access whenever you wish.
357
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:52,480
Very generous of you, Your Majesty.
358
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:56,200
Though I make no promises about
any debauchery that might occur.
359
00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:59,720
Fields... barns...
Smolensk... Minsk...
360
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,400
Your record in this area
is very troubling.
361
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,200
It is so reassuring
to have you back at court.
362
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:13,800
So...
363
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:17,680
When I was sixteen and a half...
364
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:25,480
Well.
365
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:30,240
And what do you want
to do now ?
366
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,840
Well I was thinking that I might...
367
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,560
quit while I'm ahead.
368
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,040
The only ones
who have reason to be frightened
369
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,000
are the pigs
who steal your land
370
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:13,480
and beat you like dogs !
371
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,680
This is your Governor.
372
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:28,160
And his wife,
Lady Anna Vasilievna.
373
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:30,440
No !
374
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:38,400
Pigs !
375
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,440
There are still slaves in Russia.
376
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,560
Do you want to be slaves ?
377
00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:00,000
Don't you think she looks
like Catherine ?
378
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,640
Maybe she is Catherine.
Look at those eyes.
379
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,520
She wants to fuck
everything she sees.
380
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:10,800
Including my horses.
381
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,000
Kill the child !
382
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,360
I thought you might like
a tour of the barracks.
383
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:45,320
Because I know how passionate
Your Excellency is about soldiering.
384
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,840
- Do you understand ?
- Yes, sir !
385
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:54,160
You heard the officer !
On the double, on command !
386
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,360
What's remarkable about the
Preobrazhensky guard
387
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:01,040
is that we take peasants
and we turn them into soldiers.
388
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:02,320
For your mother's wars.
389
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,760
And why is it the peasants dream
of my father returning to save them ?
390
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:10,200
Because Russia must be ruled
by a man, Your Excellency.
391
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,200
I don't know how impressed
the Turks are by our peasants.
392
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,320
But I can tell you this,
they terrify me.
393
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,120
And what do you make
of this Pugachev business ?
394
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,040
I think it may be more serious
than she believes.
395
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:29,560
She's taken her eye off the ball.
She only has eyes for...
396
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:34,640
Her Majesty needs to pay attention
to the Preobrazhensky.
397
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,600
They put her in power
and they can take it away again.
398
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,800
Oh, I am sure she is very aware
of any threat they may pose.
399
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,080
She doesn't miss much, sir.
400
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,760
And may I say, Your Excellency...
401
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:51,240
Now that my brother
is hardly in court any more
402
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,080
how sorry I was
about your father.
403
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,320
I was very much a junior partner
in that business.
404
00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,240
I am sure you understand.
405
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:06,360
I understand all about being
excluded from power, Count Orlov.
406
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,080
She is putting Potemkin
on the council, I hear.
407
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:16,000
Meteoric rise !
408
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:24,520
Who's there ?
409
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,560
I am here by permission of our Empress.
410
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:30,680
I also.
411
00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:34,480
I am stark naked, Your Majesty.
412
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:36,720
As am I.
413
00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:38,920
Under my clothes.
414
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,440
Drape yourself in something and
come out here. I need your advice.
415
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:52,800
I am attempting to cover my equipment.
It is a colossal task.
416
00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:57,440
- What time did he go in ?
- An hour ago.
417
00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,360
- And her ?
- Fifteen minutes.
418
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,080
He's been hard at work while
I've been down south.
419
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,120
Let's see how much time they devote to
fucking.
420
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:10,840
It has important political
implications.
421
00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:15,720
This man Pugachev, in the Lower Volga.
What do you think ?
422
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,920
Well, I don't know what to think yet.
423
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,800
- I came across him. Down South.
- Yes ?
424
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:26,400
Yes. I heard he'd fled from the army.
425
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,280
Not from the Volga.
A Don Cossack, an Old Believer.
426
00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:30,800
Is he sane ?
427
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:33,000
There are those who say that running
away from the Russian army
428
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:34,920
is a positive sign of sanity.
429
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,400
Do I think that this Pugachev
business is serious ?
430
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:43,040
Yes, I do.
431
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,280
You see I didn't think
it was that serious, but...
432
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:52,560
I think maybe it is ?
The peasants could listen to him.
433
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,280
They always think they need to be
ruled by a man. Poor lost souls.
434
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,120
"Slavery does not have to be
a Russian institution."
435
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,200
Some woman said that.
436
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,120
And yet it does.
437
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,440
However much
we wish that not to be true.
438
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:15,440
You know, you really are
a very attractive man.
439
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:23,440
I can't tell you how pleasant it is
to have someone to talk to.
440
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:29,560
Well, yes. Tell me...
441
00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:34,560
Lieutenant Vasilchikov...
442
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,040
No, no, I'm going to get rid of him.
Oh, yes.
443
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,320
I've offered him 60,000 rubles.
And quite a nice palace.
444
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:42,400
Panin is making all the arrangements.
445
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:51,840
You see, if...
we were to be lovers it would...
446
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,400
- It would have to be...
- For all time.
447
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:57,760
Are you proposing ?
448
00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:01,560
How would one go about proposing
such a thing, Your Majesty.
449
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,840
That's an impossible idea, I'm afraid.
450
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:10,760
I was I thinking we were going to
make love. We end up talking politics.
451
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:12,920
And that's why I like you so much.
452
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,840
What the fuck are you
two doing out here ?
453
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:53,400
Timing you.
454
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,480
It takes more than
ten minutes to satisfy her.
455
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,160
And I suppose your little brother's
out here with his hand on his cock,
456
00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:02,360
hoping to watch somebody having sex.
457
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:04,320
Probably the closest
thing he gets to it.
458
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,200
A bit like his hands off approach
to naval warfare.
459
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,680
You won't last with her.
Or anyone else, Potemkin.
460
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:13,440
You are a vulgar little counter jumper
and your days are numbered.
461
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,440
Fancy trying for the other eye,
do you Alexei ?
462
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,360
We are not listening to this.
463
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,560
You going to join your brother and
fuck off from court too, are you ?
464
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,920
I don't know how you can stay,
I mean, where is your self respect ?
465
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,720
I will never allow the country I love
466
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:32,360
to be governed by a disgusting little
upstart like you.
467
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,120
This little disgusting upstart
has been away at war.
468
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:39,200
I don't know about you, but I've been
cutting my way through Turkish hordes.
469
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:42,240
And given the opportunity,
I will do you the same to you.
470
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,400
What do you want, Potemkin ?
471
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,040
I don't think it's gone through
your thick skull, has it ?
472
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:49,920
I am not here to use the woman,
473
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:53,240
or squeeze her to make money
out of her, no !
474
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:54,880
I'm not here to use her
475
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:58,720
as a stepping stone to
my brilliant fucking career, am I ?
476
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:03,400
I love the woman. I love her ! In the
way a man should love a woman.
477
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,520
Do you want a bit of this ?
Come on, give the fuck over !
478
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,160
You're mad !
479
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,120
Potemkin... insane !
480
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,760
So Grigory Orlov has finally
left court. I wonder why ?
481
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,320
I showed him my penis, Your Majesty.
482
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:46,840
It seems Monsieur Pugachev
is moving towards Moscow.
483
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:52,800
He has taken Kazan.
He destroyed General Kar.
484
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:55,240
This is serious, Grishenka.
485
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,800
Panin and the rest of them think
we are too preoccupied with each other.
486
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,440
- They say we are having an affair.
- Well aren't we ?
487
00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:07,320
Not that I have noticed.
488
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,120
Not yet, anyway.
489
00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:14,560
- We did send a small force.
- I know, they were cut down.
490
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:18,200
Any loss of Russian soldiers' life
is like losing a part of myself.
491
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:24,040
Now we need someone of proven
experience.
492
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,600
Major General Potemkin,
your opinion ?
493
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,760
Your Majesty, if Pugachev
is indeed marching on Moscow,
494
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:31,560
then we need
to mobilise now.
495
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:35,200
Agreed. A large force.
But who should lead it ?
496
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:39,160
I don't think this is a job
for the navy, Count Orlov.
497
00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:41,680
Unless of course you mean
to navigate your way to Kazan.
498
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:43,600
It is possible Your Majesty that...
499
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:47,760
There is someone at this table who
has fought hand to hand with the Turks
500
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,680
and brought home
astonishing victories...
501
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:53,880
Major General Potemkin ?
502
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:56,680
If it is thought I am the man
to succeed Your Majesty,
503
00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:00,880
then I am more than happy to settle
this deluded traitor once and for all.
504
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,800
- An excellent notion, Your Majesty.
- Good, then it is agreed.
505
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:07,360
Potemkin will take command of the army.
Let us put it into motion.
506
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:15,320
Well. It seems I must
go and you must stay.
507
00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:19,600
Stay alive. That's all I ask.
508
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:21,880
And when I come back ?
509
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:24,920
If I come back.
510
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,240
You will come back.
You will. You must.
511
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:47,920
Lieutenant Potemkin.
512
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,440
I think you will find I have been
promoted, Your Excellency.
513
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,040
- Some time ago.
- I know people like you.
514
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,040
You crawl to my mother and
think you will get money and...
515
00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:58,120
I crawl to no-one.
516
00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,720
I serve my country, need I remind you ?
517
00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:04,760
Whose dog are you
if it comes to that ?
518
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:09,520
You cannot speak to me like that !
519
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:11,360
I just did.
520
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:15,360
Now Sir, I have a war to win.
521
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,360
You'd look wonderful in uniform sir.
522
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:41,240
War, war !
523
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,280
All I want to do is
talk about sex.
524
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:48,760
Or gardening.
525
00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:51,080
You want to talk about
Potemkin. Don't you ?
526
00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:55,000
Yes, yes I do ! I do !
527
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,160
That's just like my husband.
528
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:08,760
Peter used to drill little
toy soldiers.
529
00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:12,760
For hours on end.
Dressed in full Holstein uniform.
530
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:15,360
And we have to find
Alexei Orlov a job.
531
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:17,440
Or he's going to cause trouble.
532
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:20,240
Always keep the awkward ones busy.
533
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,840
And only get rid of them if
they actually fuck it up.
534
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,840
Minister of War ?
535
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:29,680
That's an idea !
536
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:33,120
My father was the father
of his people.
537
00:44:33,720 --> 00:44:39,200
And one day I will fulfil the duties
and responsibilities of that role.
538
00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:44,160
I will lead a disciplined
army of soldiers
539
00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:48,200
to make his dream for this
great country come true !
540
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:51,040
Discipline gentlemen.
541
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:55,680
Martial, masculine discipline !
542
00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:00,640
Present arms !
543
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,360
About face !
544
00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:10,360
Are you planning your own little coup ?
545
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:13,160
Is that what this is all about ?
546
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,200
Well you won't succeed young man.
547
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,920
The army is loyal to me.
548
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:20,880
And the peasants will do
as they are told.
549
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:24,080
I am sorry but that is the truth. The
mass of the people always obey orders.
550
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:29,720
It would be a terrible mistake
to go against me.
551
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:34,280
Because I know more about politics
than you will ever know.
552
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:37,040
I survive,
553
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:41,640
as I have survived for half a century
in a world that does not want me.
554
00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:54,600
You would not last two minutes
as a ruler of Russia.
555
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:57,120
And all your drilling with
your little toy soldiers
556
00:45:57,200 --> 00:45:59,160
will get you nowhere at all.
557
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:04,400
You see power.
Power is a balancing act.
558
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,080
You have to learn how to walk the line.
559
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:10,960
You always spoke of reform when
you first began to rule.
560
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:13,120
Yes, well I had all sorts of
ideas when I was younger.
561
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:16,000
And I still believe
in justice for all.
562
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:21,320
But I would remind you always to
remember from where your power,
563
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:26,600
if you are ever to have any,
which I doubt, will derive.
564
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:32,400
- All I am saying is...
- This is my country ! You stupid boy.
565
00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:39,760
- Look to your wife. Get me an heir.
- You lied to me about my father.
566
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:44,960
And you lie to the country and promise
them one thing then give them another.
567
00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:49,040
I want my father to be alive.
568
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,880
I want him here.
Beside me. Is that a crime ?
569
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:15,160
Look. I understand. I know you're
going to rule, one day, probably.
570
00:47:15,720 --> 00:47:18,680
And I do want to hear
your political ideas.
571
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:21,120
Why don't you write something about,
572
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:24,000
I don't know, the peasants' unrest.
And send it to me.
573
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:26,320
I will read it, I will. I promise.
574
00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:31,080
Agreed ?
575
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:02,920
It's you...
576
00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:05,600
Go fuck yourself you one eyed cunt !
577
00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:07,480
Stand up !
578
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:15,800
You think you're fucking invisible ?
579
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:25,560
Potemkin has finished him off.
580
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:30,360
He is riding back to St Petersburg
with Pugachev in a cage,
581
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:32,280
like the wild beast that he is.
582
00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:34,680
Major General Potemkin deserves
our thanks, Your Majesty.
583
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:37,080
I am not usually in favour
of triumphal marches.
584
00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:39,320
It smacks too much of the last
days of the Roman Empire.
585
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:42,520
But I think I will ride
out to meet him.
586
00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:45,400
Is that wise, Your Majesty ?
587
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,640
Why would it not be, Minister ?
588
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:50,760
You could be in danger, Your Majesty.
589
00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:53,800
Is the countryside entirely pacified ?
590
00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:55,920
How would you know Minister ?
You hardly ever go there.
591
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:57,720
Make the arrangements.
592
00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:00,960
I will ride out at the head
of the Preobrazhensky Guard.
593
00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:02,040
I...
594
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:07,080
I do feel that this is dangerous,
Your Majesty.
595
00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:09,000
They need to see me...
596
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:12,040
Minister.
597
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:16,920
I do have one piece of advice,
however I would like from you.
598
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:20,680
I want it to be thoroughly researched
and I would like comprehensive answers
599
00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:23,400
in the best traditions
of the Russian Civil Service.
600
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:31,560
What am I going to wear ?
601
00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:36,160
What am I going to wear ?!
602
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:38,720
Your Majesty...
603
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:40,960
Pugachev ! Pugachev !
604
00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:44,800
God sees all your suffering,
my children.
605
00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:46,480
He sees everything.
606
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:51,800
Through my eyes he sees it !
Through my eyes !
607
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:54,960
Pugachev !
608
00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:58,200
Pugachev !
609
00:50:40,720 --> 00:50:43,160
We congratulate you on your service !
610
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:45,040
Your Majesty.
611
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:47,320
Pugachev !
612
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:51,360
Your Majesty. Catherine ! Mother of
all Russia, we are not worthy.
613
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:55,120
- We bow before you, Your Majesty.
- Bless us, Your Majesty.
614
00:50:56,040 --> 00:51:00,200
Catherine ! Catherine !
615
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:04,360
Catherine !Catherine !
616
00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:08,800
Catherine ! Catherine !
617
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:33,400
Whore !
618
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:43,520
They want a public execution.
619
00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:46,960
I have told the hangman
he is not to be disembowelled.
620
00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:51,440
Why do they think cruelty
can wipe out the memory of cruelty ?
621
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:03,640
What you need,
Major General Potemkin, is a bath...
622
00:52:05,720 --> 00:52:07,160
Do I...
623
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:11,320
Not unpleasantly.
624
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:18,280
I do not dislike the
smell of fresh sweat on a man.
625
00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:25,640
My bath house ? In ten minutes ?
626
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:37,320
Come and join me. But lock the door.
627
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:40,440
People are inquisitive
in this palace.
628
00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:43,920
And I am the most inquisitive
of all of them.
629
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:50,000
Please, join me.
630
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:18,440
No need to wear a towel.
It is wonderfully hot in here.
631
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:26,840
Now I want to see if everything
they say about you is true.
632
00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:34,880
I would apologise in advance
633
00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:40,000
for any deficiencies that I might have.
634
00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:19,760
I want you not because of
what you can give me.
635
00:54:22,120 --> 00:54:24,040
Or who you are.
636
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:28,040
All I want...
637
00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:31,440
I want you because I love you.
638
00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:36,120
I love you. And that will never change.
639
00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:40,840
Is that a proposal ?
Are you proposing ?
640
00:54:42,160 --> 00:54:45,200
It is ! It sounds like a proposal !
641
00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:51,040
CATHERINE THE GREAT
642
00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:53,800
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