1 00:00:06,464 --> 00:00:10,343 TV Channel RUSSIA presents 2 00:00:10,802 --> 00:00:13,430 TV Channel RUSSIA 3 00:00:19,644 --> 00:00:22,063 Moskino Production Company 4 00:00:22,981 --> 00:00:26,276 Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation 5 00:00:26,735 --> 00:00:29,112 General Sponsor VTB Bank 6 00:00:30,071 --> 00:00:32,824 In memory of Stanislav Govorukhin 7 00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:37,996 Boris Godunov Sergei Bezrukov 8 00:00:41,416 --> 00:00:44,419 Maria Skuratova Svetlana Khodchenkova 9 00:00:45,503 --> 00:00:47,589 Ivan The Terrible Sergei Makovetsky 10 00:00:50,425 --> 00:00:52,761 Malyuta Skuratov Victor Sukhorukov 11 00:00:53,303 --> 00:00:55,096 Fyodor Romanov Alexander Ustyugov 12 00:00:55,805 --> 00:00:58,308 Ksenia Shestova Maria Andreeva 13 00:00:59,142 --> 00:01:01,811 Vasily Shuisky Andrei Merzlikin 14 00:01:02,604 --> 00:01:05,065 Irina Godunova Anna Mikhalkova 15 00:01:06,941 --> 00:01:09,110 Fyodor Ivanovich Fyodor Lavrov 16 00:01:11,196 --> 00:01:13,448 Deacon Shchelkalov Vladimir Steklov 17 00:01:13,990 --> 00:01:16,326 Maria Nagaya Irina Pegova 18 00:01:17,118 --> 00:01:20,288 Bodgan Belsky Anton Kuznetsov 19 00:01:21,122 --> 00:01:23,541 Queen of Livonia Anna Kovalchuk 20 00:01:24,584 --> 00:01:27,003 Fyodor Mstislavsky Alexander Gorbatov 21 00:01:27,837 --> 00:01:30,674 Written by Ilya Tilkin Co-Written by Nikolai Borisov Created by Ekaterina Zhukova 22 00:01:31,257 --> 00:01:33,927 Photography by Sergei Machilsky 23 00:01:34,636 --> 00:01:35,970 Art Directors Evgeny Kachanov Anna Lazareva 24 00:01:36,221 --> 00:01:37,514 Costumes by Natalya Saltykova Make-up by Anastasia Esadze 25 00:01:41,393 --> 00:01:43,019 Music by Artem Vasilyev 26 00:01:43,395 --> 00:01:44,729 The Leading Producer Alexander Plotnikov 27 00:01:45,188 --> 00:01:48,191 Produced by Ekaterina Zhukova Maria Ushakova, Anton Zlatopolsky 28 00:01:48,817 --> 00:01:51,611 Directed by Aleksei Andrianov 29 00:01:52,404 --> 00:01:55,281 GODUNOV 30 00:01:56,241 --> 00:01:59,369 Episode One 31 00:02:03,081 --> 00:02:06,001 Moscow. The middle of the XVIth century. 32 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:08,545 The rule of Ivan The Terrible. 33 00:02:08,586 --> 00:02:10,755 To enforce the State and his power, 34 00:02:11,089 --> 00:02:13,717 the Tsar founds an army of his guardsmen: the “oprichniks”. 35 00:02:13,758 --> 00:02:17,178 These men have every right to pardon and kill without trial 36 00:02:17,262 --> 00:02:19,639 in the name of The Ruler of Muscovy. 37 00:02:19,723 --> 00:02:21,725 All the citizens, children and adults alike, 38 00:02:21,766 --> 00:02:24,269 are betaken with terror. 39 00:02:24,853 --> 00:02:27,105 The Tsar trusts nobody but just a few people. 40 00:02:27,188 --> 00:02:31,109 Among them is Malyuta Skuratov, his loyal servant. 41 00:03:18,239 --> 00:03:19,657 How tall are you? 42 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:24,829 Two arshins and six and a half vershoks. 43 00:03:31,586 --> 00:03:36,049 - Would you remind me your name? - Boris Godunov. 44 00:03:40,345 --> 00:03:45,558 - So, about six vershoks. - Six and a half. 45 00:03:49,145 --> 00:03:50,480 Very well, 46 00:03:51,272 --> 00:03:52,941 in my respect to your uncle, 47 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,403 I will take you as my armour bearer. 48 00:03:58,279 --> 00:03:59,823 The previous one, 49 00:04:00,156 --> 00:04:02,367 Mitka, was condemned of treason. 50 00:04:07,497 --> 00:04:09,457 Mikhailo, take him to our people. 51 00:04:09,791 --> 00:04:13,503 Let them move their asses and show him around the place. 52 00:04:13,586 --> 00:04:16,548 Give him Mitka's habit. 53 00:04:18,174 --> 00:04:19,551 It must be his size. 54 00:04:25,223 --> 00:04:26,558 Come with me. 55 00:04:35,150 --> 00:04:36,484 Six vershoks... 56 00:04:50,665 --> 00:04:52,000 Stop this game. 57 00:04:52,792 --> 00:04:57,672 Grigory Lukyanych ordained to take him into service 58 00:04:58,298 --> 00:04:59,632 in Mitka's stead. 59 00:05:04,387 --> 00:05:07,140 Where you came from, in Mitka's stead? 60 00:05:08,016 --> 00:05:09,517 From behind the gate. 61 00:05:11,227 --> 00:05:12,687 And what's your name? 62 00:05:13,271 --> 00:05:15,398 - Boris Godunov. - We know the Godunovs. 63 00:05:16,274 --> 00:05:18,026 Our fellow countrymen from Kostroma. 64 00:05:19,402 --> 00:05:22,280 I'm Fyodor Romanov, you've heard about me, eh. 65 00:05:22,739 --> 00:05:24,991 And this one here is Vasily Shuisky. 66 00:05:26,326 --> 00:05:27,827 You know what, Kostroma fellow, 67 00:05:29,287 --> 00:05:31,831 go first thing to the steam house. 68 00:05:32,624 --> 00:05:33,958 - You serious? - Of course. 69 00:05:34,292 --> 00:05:37,587 You can't wear an oprichnik's kaftan atop a dirty neck. 70 00:05:37,712 --> 00:05:41,007 Go ahead. And then we'll give you all the clothes. 71 00:05:41,466 --> 00:05:43,718 - See that steam? - Maybe you're right. 72 00:05:44,052 --> 00:05:45,929 Steam bath sounds verily good. 73 00:05:47,222 --> 00:05:48,556 Go ahead. 74 00:06:18,128 --> 00:06:20,463 Get out, you dog. 75 00:06:21,256 --> 00:06:22,590 Or I'll behead you. 76 00:06:25,218 --> 00:06:27,220 Chase him out, girls. 77 00:06:32,517 --> 00:06:34,894 Be off with you, you shameless one! 78 00:06:35,020 --> 00:06:37,689 How did you like the steam bath? 79 00:06:38,481 --> 00:06:40,817 That fat girl showed you hell? 80 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:43,445 I mean Darya-Wash-My-Pants. 81 00:06:43,778 --> 00:06:47,449 No, 'twas a slim red-haired girl with such noble looks. 82 00:06:48,116 --> 00:06:48,158 She threatened to behead me. 83 00:06:48,324 --> 00:06:50,243 She threatened to behead me. 84 00:06:51,995 --> 00:06:53,788 - A real pretty one. - You mean Marya? 85 00:06:56,291 --> 00:06:58,752 Marya washing herself together with common girls? 86 00:06:59,127 --> 00:07:01,338 It turns out Boris saw your bride naked 87 00:07:01,629 --> 00:07:03,965 even earlier than you managed to. 88 00:07:06,009 --> 00:07:07,552 Stop scoffing. 89 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,306 Malyuta summons us. We're going to the palace. 90 00:07:47,634 --> 00:07:49,511 Vaska, catch it! 91 00:08:11,783 --> 00:08:13,326 Wait here. 92 00:08:23,795 --> 00:08:28,842 Take that, you brainless oaf, for your awkwardness and obstinacy. 93 00:08:29,217 --> 00:08:32,053 Even a bear would master this game. 94 00:08:32,220 --> 00:08:35,557 Have mercy, Your Lordship. I can't overplay your cleverness. 95 00:08:35,849 --> 00:08:38,685 You are such a disappointment. 96 00:08:38,893 --> 00:08:40,854 Go hence, Bogdashka, or else I'll kill you. 97 00:08:48,403 --> 00:08:51,072 - Malyuta. - I'm here, Your Lordship. 98 00:08:54,075 --> 00:08:55,827 Treason, Malyuta. 99 00:08:56,661 --> 00:09:00,123 A report arrived from Torzhok about Betskoy, the voivode. 100 00:09:00,457 --> 00:09:03,084 My Lord, Betskoy is a quiet man. 101 00:09:04,502 --> 00:09:06,171 We have nothing on him. 102 00:09:08,298 --> 00:09:11,801 A striped cat slept quietly, but, unseen by anyone, 103 00:09:11,926 --> 00:09:13,845 she lapped up all the cream. 104 00:09:14,721 --> 00:09:17,724 The word is he keeps the captured Livonians in the fortress 105 00:09:18,141 --> 00:09:21,102 and hides the weapons somewhere there. 106 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:24,022 Waiting for me to pass by… 107 00:09:25,607 --> 00:09:27,317 So, what would you say? 108 00:09:27,776 --> 00:09:29,778 We'll reach Torzhok by tomorrow's night. 109 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:31,821 Be sparing with the horses. 110 00:09:32,322 --> 00:09:34,282 They are God's creatures to be pitied. 111 00:09:59,099 --> 00:10:02,310 TORZHOK 112 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:37,303 I'm asking you for the last time, Voivode. 113 00:10:37,554 --> 00:10:41,725 Do you admit you spinned evilstry against His Lordship? 114 00:10:41,933 --> 00:10:43,852 It's a lie and calumny. 115 00:10:44,185 --> 00:10:48,815 But what about the Livonian captives you intended to arm 116 00:10:48,898 --> 00:10:51,026 and send them against the Tsar? 117 00:10:53,445 --> 00:10:54,779 It's all calumny. 118 00:10:56,156 --> 00:10:57,866 Where are the captives? 119 00:11:00,869 --> 00:11:02,203 I'll tell you where. 120 00:12:06,017 --> 00:12:07,811 Kill them all. 121 00:12:58,319 --> 00:12:59,696 I'll bring Mikhailo... 122 00:13:11,750 --> 00:13:13,084 You dog... 123 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,611 God, I give my word 124 00:14:21,945 --> 00:14:23,738 to shed blood never ever again... 125 00:14:52,350 --> 00:14:54,519 You fell for him? 126 00:14:54,853 --> 00:14:59,107 - I was just moved by pity. - Oh, you sinful soul. 127 00:15:00,859 --> 00:15:05,113 Should your father know, he'd have pulled you by your braids. 128 00:15:06,072 --> 00:15:10,243 Mother Feodosiya, tell me: 129 00:15:10,577 --> 00:15:16,708 why women's lot is so humiliating? 130 00:15:17,876 --> 00:15:20,962 Why should we obey them as if they are smarter? 131 00:15:22,172 --> 00:15:24,507 Don't anger God, Ksenia. 132 00:15:24,549 --> 00:15:27,594 For it was said: a wife should cling to her husband. 133 00:15:28,303 --> 00:15:29,846 Oh, it's such a bag of nonsense. 134 00:15:30,638 --> 00:15:32,557 I'd rather take the veil like you did. 135 00:15:32,849 --> 00:15:35,310 What are you babbling? Don't you dare 136 00:15:35,685 --> 00:15:37,520 as long as it is not God's will. 137 00:15:38,021 --> 00:15:41,191 Reverend Mother, did you have a husband? 138 00:15:43,318 --> 00:15:44,652 And you loved him? 139 00:15:46,529 --> 00:15:48,031 So I want to be in love too. 140 00:15:48,365 --> 00:15:51,409 I'll treat you to a good lashing for such words, Ksenia. 141 00:16:11,179 --> 00:16:14,265 Man has a certain length of intestines. 142 00:16:15,058 --> 00:16:19,729 They tore out just two of them, 143 00:16:20,313 --> 00:16:22,399 and I put them back into my guts. 144 00:16:22,899 --> 00:16:24,526 You saved me. 145 00:16:24,859 --> 00:16:27,612 That was why I took you into my cart. 146 00:16:29,072 --> 00:16:30,949 And you are a damned coward. 147 00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:34,244 But I pardon you, son of a dog. 148 00:16:34,911 --> 00:16:40,500 I will tell no one, or else your father will die from such disgrace. 149 00:16:41,668 --> 00:16:44,587 And you won't be my Son-in-Law. 150 00:16:44,963 --> 00:16:48,383 Get out of my sight, you stinky dog. 151 00:16:56,516 --> 00:16:58,727 I stitched up Malyuta himself 152 00:16:59,102 --> 00:17:01,396 with such horsehair. 153 00:17:01,938 --> 00:17:06,401 The silly boyars don't want to be stitched up, and then they die. 154 00:17:06,735 --> 00:17:10,530 They say I'm an “ill wizard” and a “horsehair whisperer”. 155 00:17:11,656 --> 00:17:14,034 I say: "Very well. 156 00:17:14,576 --> 00:17:17,704 "Then I can stitch you up with rayon, hemp, 157 00:17:17,996 --> 00:17:20,498 or hare's tendon". 158 00:17:21,499 --> 00:17:24,419 But they prefer ash. 159 00:17:25,086 --> 00:17:28,131 Whereas ash is only good for scratches 160 00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:34,512 and bad for grave wounds. 161 00:17:35,472 --> 00:17:38,016 He's in fever. I'm worried for him. 162 00:17:38,725 --> 00:17:43,396 Don't be, Irina Fyodorovna. Your brother will come to no harm. 163 00:17:45,023 --> 00:17:47,275 Marya, I'm thirsty. 164 00:17:47,817 --> 00:17:49,402 Splash some water on my brow... 165 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,989 He fell in love, silly soul. 166 00:17:54,866 --> 00:17:56,993 How much should I pay you, Doctor Eilof? 167 00:17:58,995 --> 00:18:02,123 I remember very well who summoned me here, 168 00:18:02,457 --> 00:18:07,337 so it would be indiscreet – oh, what a tongue-twisting word – 169 00:18:07,754 --> 00:18:09,255 to take the money. 170 00:18:14,719 --> 00:18:16,596 When he comes to, 171 00:18:17,639 --> 00:18:21,142 tell him Doctor Eilof was attending him. 172 00:18:21,393 --> 00:18:23,853 If he memorizes my name – 173 00:18:24,562 --> 00:18:28,942 that would be a good endowment for me in itself. 174 00:18:47,502 --> 00:18:49,295 Well, my dear daughters, 175 00:18:50,714 --> 00:18:53,133 look at my saviour. 176 00:18:53,591 --> 00:18:56,428 If it were not for him, you would be fatherless now. 177 00:18:57,303 --> 00:18:58,972 Bow low to this man. 178 00:19:04,394 --> 00:19:06,604 And you, Boris, now look at them. 179 00:19:07,313 --> 00:19:10,483 I grant you to make a choice of the one you like. 180 00:19:12,068 --> 00:19:14,195 And then I'll give her away as your wife. 181 00:19:17,866 --> 00:19:20,326 Well, which of them? 182 00:19:23,079 --> 00:19:24,414 What you froze? 183 00:19:24,914 --> 00:19:26,833 None of them is to your liking? 184 00:19:32,255 --> 00:19:34,049 Marya Grigoryevna. 185 00:19:34,924 --> 00:19:36,634 But what about Shuisky, Father? 186 00:19:36,885 --> 00:19:40,764 Shh. Vaska Shuisky is no groom for you anymore. 187 00:19:42,474 --> 00:19:46,728 Boris, maybe you'll choose someone else? 188 00:19:47,896 --> 00:19:49,814 She'll be such a headache. 189 00:19:51,483 --> 00:19:52,817 Very well then. 190 00:19:54,319 --> 00:19:56,696 Marya, bow to your groom. 191 00:19:57,572 --> 00:19:59,741 And you, Boris, send the matchmakers. 192 00:20:25,392 --> 00:20:27,018 I need to talk to you. 193 00:20:28,770 --> 00:20:30,105 Fill it with water. 194 00:20:30,730 --> 00:20:33,274 'tis no good to be with you alone with no need at all. 195 00:20:35,485 --> 00:20:39,781 Father is infirm these days. I won't thwart him, God bless him. 196 00:20:41,408 --> 00:20:43,034 But I will tell you something. 197 00:20:43,618 --> 00:20:46,496 I won't marry you. Forget about it. 198 00:20:47,205 --> 00:20:49,833 What makes me so unpleasant? 199 00:20:51,376 --> 00:20:54,754 - Everything, Boris Godunov. - It'll pass. 200 00:20:55,422 --> 00:20:57,257 With time, you'll change your attitude. 201 00:21:00,885 --> 00:21:03,513 - What are you smiling? - You remember my name. 202 00:21:04,055 --> 00:21:05,557 I'll always remember you. 203 00:21:05,807 --> 00:21:08,560 You saved my father. But nothing more. 204 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,496 A caravan arrived from Zvenigorod yesterday. 205 00:22:10,038 --> 00:22:11,790 Zvenigorod is the homeland of my forefathers. 206 00:22:12,123 --> 00:22:13,792 It sweetens all things there. 207 00:22:14,042 --> 00:22:18,421 Whatever they bring from the new lands granted by the Tsar 208 00:22:19,089 --> 00:22:21,257 tastes differently. 209 00:22:22,467 --> 00:22:25,303 Maybe it's because I never killed anyone in my home place. 210 00:22:27,430 --> 00:22:28,932 Send the matchmakers. 211 00:22:29,933 --> 00:22:32,102 We'll wrap Marya in a bow, and she'll succumb. 212 00:22:37,565 --> 00:22:41,736 Through her envoy Bowes, the English queen 213 00:22:42,070 --> 00:22:46,157 is offering her assistance against king Bathory. 214 00:22:46,825 --> 00:22:49,202 But for this 215 00:22:51,413 --> 00:22:53,415 she wants the monopoly. 216 00:23:06,094 --> 00:23:10,223 So that only the English merchants 217 00:23:10,849 --> 00:23:13,393 could hold trade through our Northern ports. 218 00:23:13,935 --> 00:23:17,522 And to oust all other foreigners. 219 00:23:18,773 --> 00:23:21,067 What do you think, Shchelkalov? 220 00:23:21,693 --> 00:23:23,862 This is what I think, My Lord. 221 00:23:25,321 --> 00:23:26,823 'tis not good at all. 222 00:23:27,157 --> 00:23:30,577 We should bargain with Her Majesty. 223 00:23:30,994 --> 00:23:32,996 “Bargain” is what's on your mind all the time. 224 00:23:33,580 --> 00:23:36,332 Should I refuse, Bogdashka? 225 00:23:37,876 --> 00:23:39,794 I'm not sure you should, Your Lordship. 226 00:23:40,545 --> 00:23:44,382 Who knows: maybe if Elizabeth hadn't sent last year 227 00:23:45,133 --> 00:23:47,510 the ships with copper and fire mixtures, 228 00:23:48,136 --> 00:23:50,472 we wouldn't have driven Bathory away from Pskov. 229 00:23:53,058 --> 00:23:55,477 Malyuta, what do you think? 230 00:23:56,895 --> 00:23:59,147 'tis too much honor to indulge the English. 231 00:23:59,481 --> 00:24:01,524 But they may come in useful in war, my Sovereign. 232 00:24:04,361 --> 00:24:07,155 Maybe the ship bells can give me some advice? 233 00:24:09,115 --> 00:24:10,450 And who are you? 234 00:24:11,159 --> 00:24:13,286 He is that man who saved me in Torzhok. 235 00:24:15,205 --> 00:24:18,208 I'm Boris, the son of Fyodor Godunov, My Sovereign. 236 00:24:19,334 --> 00:24:21,419 What would you say, Boris Godunov? 237 00:24:24,881 --> 00:24:27,384 - Don't take the horseman. - What? 238 00:24:28,593 --> 00:24:31,471 The horseman lures you into a trap, Sovereign. 239 00:24:31,805 --> 00:24:33,431 In two moves you will lose your voivode. 240 00:24:33,973 --> 00:24:37,143 And in three more moves he will get you into the corner. 241 00:24:39,521 --> 00:24:42,565 But it wasn't the chess I was asking you about. 242 00:24:43,149 --> 00:24:44,651 It wasn't? 243 00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:47,362 You don't mean you seek my advice in stately matters? 244 00:24:47,821 --> 00:24:49,864 But suppose I do? 245 00:24:50,407 --> 00:24:53,451 Speak up if you have what to say. 246 00:24:56,246 --> 00:24:58,456 If the treaty includes the paragraph 247 00:24:58,665 --> 00:25:00,917 they will be together with you against Bathory, 248 00:25:01,126 --> 00:25:02,919 then you can show them your respect. 249 00:25:03,253 --> 00:25:04,963 Instead of the monopoly, lower the taxes. 250 00:25:05,255 --> 00:25:08,508 On this, you can always take your word back. 251 00:25:18,977 --> 00:25:20,437 I'll keep him in the palace. 252 00:25:22,522 --> 00:25:23,857 As my butler, for starts. 253 00:25:24,441 --> 00:25:25,900 Bogdashka, make all the necessary orders. 254 00:25:28,862 --> 00:25:30,447 Come with me, butler. 255 00:25:46,046 --> 00:25:50,300 Make your move, Shchelkalov. 256 00:26:11,529 --> 00:26:13,114 Come here. 257 00:26:19,746 --> 00:26:21,539 Try the tsarist bread, 258 00:26:23,124 --> 00:26:26,586 - the best in Russ. - I'm not hungry. 259 00:26:26,795 --> 00:26:31,758 Even if you're filled, it'll make your mouth water. Eh? 260 00:26:38,765 --> 00:26:41,434 You're not such a simpleton, as I can see. 261 00:26:41,685 --> 00:26:44,229 Only remember: beware. 262 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,816 Tsar's close people can't be too many. 263 00:26:48,233 --> 00:26:50,235 Live with caution in the palace. 264 00:26:50,485 --> 00:26:53,780 Or they'll nibble off your head and then will swallow you. 265 00:26:54,364 --> 00:26:57,867 I'd rather be close not to the Tsar but to you, Bogdan Yakovlevich. 266 00:26:59,536 --> 00:27:00,870 How come? 267 00:27:01,204 --> 00:27:03,581 You are Marya Grigoryevna's cousin, aren't you? 268 00:27:04,749 --> 00:27:06,876 Grew up together. Malyuta told me. 269 00:27:07,127 --> 00:27:09,045 And so? Wait... 270 00:27:10,588 --> 00:27:12,507 You mean you chose her at your peril? 271 00:27:12,924 --> 00:27:14,634 Help me, Bogdan Yakovlevich. 272 00:27:15,885 --> 00:27:19,097 She turned my soul inside out and made me sleepless. I love her. 273 00:27:19,431 --> 00:27:21,599 Teach me how to win her favor. 274 00:27:23,601 --> 00:27:27,439 You hapless soul. All right, I will think how to help you. 275 00:27:28,481 --> 00:27:29,816 Oh that Marya... 276 00:27:31,526 --> 00:27:32,861 Gee! 277 00:27:37,907 --> 00:27:39,284 How cheerful! 278 00:27:49,169 --> 00:27:50,628 Ivan, our father is here... 279 00:27:51,087 --> 00:27:56,384 Ivan, I'm waiting for you to read the epistle from the Polish Sejm, 280 00:27:56,718 --> 00:27:59,512 - and you still indulging your woman? - I'm at your service. 281 00:28:01,097 --> 00:28:03,808 Go to your chambers, darling. I will join you later. 282 00:28:04,601 --> 00:28:06,895 Ivan, hurry up, don't anger him for God's sake. 283 00:28:07,228 --> 00:28:11,107 Don't get married, Brother. He'll crunch your bones. 284 00:28:14,652 --> 00:28:17,113 They are both a real punishment. 285 00:28:18,114 --> 00:28:21,201 One heir only cares for women and snow games, 286 00:28:22,369 --> 00:28:24,537 and the other kindles icon lamps. 287 00:28:26,122 --> 00:28:27,457 Petty sacristan. 288 00:28:27,707 --> 00:28:29,584 Fyodor, where you going? 289 00:28:31,169 --> 00:28:33,713 To the church, Father, to say my prayers. 290 00:28:34,714 --> 00:28:36,633 Go on then. 291 00:28:37,592 --> 00:28:40,553 Pray for us sinners, you pure soul. 292 00:30:26,868 --> 00:30:28,203 Godunov, 293 00:30:30,955 --> 00:30:33,208 and what are you doing here? 294 00:30:34,751 --> 00:30:36,711 I'm waiting for my sister, Tsarevich. 295 00:30:37,420 --> 00:30:40,632 Ah, your sister. I see. 296 00:30:43,510 --> 00:30:46,763 Godunov, I need to talk to you, 297 00:30:47,138 --> 00:30:49,307 that is to ask you about something. 298 00:30:49,974 --> 00:30:51,309 Fyodor Ioannovich, 299 00:30:51,643 --> 00:30:55,605 my sister Irina is not bespoken to anyone or betrothed. 300 00:31:00,026 --> 00:31:01,361 You know, 301 00:31:02,779 --> 00:31:04,614 I want to propose to her. 302 00:31:04,948 --> 00:31:07,992 You are orphaned, and you are her brother. 303 00:31:08,493 --> 00:31:11,204 Will you give her away as my wife? 304 00:31:18,545 --> 00:31:20,505 Only I don't know how my father will react. 305 00:31:21,339 --> 00:31:23,216 What a serpent you are, Boris, 306 00:31:23,883 --> 00:31:26,094 for slipping in your sister to my quietnik. 307 00:31:26,428 --> 00:31:28,888 He keeps saying how he loves her. 308 00:31:29,264 --> 00:31:32,267 Don't be angry at your son. He is a pure and sincere soul. 309 00:31:32,642 --> 00:31:34,436 The likes of him won't stab you in the back. 310 00:31:34,769 --> 00:31:37,480 Yes, I know that his soul is harmless though petty. 311 00:31:38,481 --> 00:31:42,610 Ah, you’ve bared up your castle for an attack... 312 00:31:45,864 --> 00:31:47,198 Very well then. 313 00:31:51,286 --> 00:31:53,663 There you are, Boris. Check. 314 00:31:54,539 --> 00:31:56,082 All right. Let him get married. 315 00:31:56,624 --> 00:31:59,794 But you can't offer any dowry for your sister. 316 00:32:00,628 --> 00:32:04,174 After several years in the palace, you are still a pauper. 317 00:32:04,466 --> 00:32:06,092 Nevertheless, I do have something. 318 00:32:06,426 --> 00:32:09,929 I can offer for my sister what you wish most of all. 319 00:32:10,263 --> 00:32:13,600 What can I wish that I am not able to get myself? 320 00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:17,145 Victory, My Lord. Do you wish me to surrender now? 321 00:32:17,854 --> 00:32:20,940 You son of a bitch. You have lost to me already. 322 00:32:22,442 --> 00:32:23,777 Wherein is the trick? 323 00:32:25,362 --> 00:32:27,072 You're lying. Such a dowry won't do. 324 00:32:27,405 --> 00:32:30,492 - Go on. - Then don't be angry. 325 00:32:32,744 --> 00:32:34,079 Checkmate. 326 00:32:42,087 --> 00:32:43,421 You thief! 327 00:32:46,132 --> 00:32:47,467 You’ve cheated me again. 328 00:32:48,051 --> 00:32:49,594 You deserve to be impaled, 329 00:32:51,179 --> 00:32:53,515 but then I'll have no one to play chess with. 330 00:32:55,433 --> 00:32:58,603 Bogdan told me about your misfortune. 331 00:33:00,855 --> 00:33:03,233 Did you send the matchmakers to Malyuta? 332 00:33:05,235 --> 00:33:07,946 She doesn't fancy me. I can't do it against her will. 333 00:33:08,363 --> 00:33:09,698 Why doesn't she fancy you? 334 00:33:10,323 --> 00:33:12,492 She says I'm no match for her. 335 00:33:14,744 --> 00:33:16,079 Aha. 336 00:33:18,998 --> 00:33:21,584 Then you will need a real good matchmaker. 337 00:33:23,628 --> 00:33:24,963 Bogdashka, 338 00:33:27,382 --> 00:33:29,134 get the sleigh ready. 339 00:33:30,301 --> 00:33:33,346 - Yes, Sovereign. Where to? - To pay a visit. 340 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,015 Maria! 341 00:33:59,164 --> 00:34:01,541 We came with a good intention. 342 00:34:02,459 --> 00:34:04,544 We have a cockerel, you have a hen. 343 00:34:05,879 --> 00:34:09,341 Your cockerel wants to take your hen away to his street. 344 00:34:10,425 --> 00:34:12,802 Malyuta, I came seeking marriage 345 00:34:14,763 --> 00:34:17,057 for my close man, Boris Godunov. 346 00:34:17,932 --> 00:34:19,642 I want to marry him off to your daughter. 347 00:34:24,856 --> 00:34:27,067 Or maybe you don't like him? 348 00:34:39,788 --> 00:34:43,458 I do, Sovereign. Your will is sacred. 349 00:34:44,668 --> 00:34:46,795 I'll be the most faithful wife to him. 350 00:34:49,089 --> 00:34:51,675 Godspeed then and good luck. 351 00:35:24,207 --> 00:35:25,542 Shh! 352 00:35:26,459 --> 00:35:29,087 Silence, I'll say a speech. 353 00:35:32,549 --> 00:35:34,592 Your mother didn't live to see this. 354 00:35:35,510 --> 00:35:38,096 You, Marya, are her spitting image. 355 00:35:39,014 --> 00:35:41,975 You have my character, of course, but nevermind that. 356 00:35:43,393 --> 00:35:45,145 My most precious Son-in-Law. 357 00:35:46,271 --> 00:35:48,648 You are an orphan, too. 358 00:35:48,982 --> 00:35:51,651 Your only family is your sister. 359 00:35:52,485 --> 00:35:55,488 So, now, children, here I am. 360 00:35:57,907 --> 00:36:00,827 I will be your father, your mother, and your in-law. 361 00:36:02,662 --> 00:36:08,418 Yes, from this very day, you will be my own children. 362 00:36:09,586 --> 00:36:12,756 And above me is only 363 00:36:14,466 --> 00:36:17,552 Tsar Ioann Vasilyevich. Let us drink his health. 364 00:36:20,805 --> 00:36:23,308 To our Great Sovereign, the Grand Prince, 365 00:36:23,683 --> 00:36:25,477 - we sing glory! - We sing glory! 366 00:36:25,727 --> 00:36:28,021 - We sing glory! - We sing glory! 367 00:36:31,941 --> 00:36:33,276 Music! 368 00:37:06,768 --> 00:37:10,855 Thank you, Bogdan Yakovlevich. I'll never forget your good favor. 369 00:37:12,524 --> 00:37:15,860 Don't be sad, Boris. Patience. 370 00:37:18,446 --> 00:37:20,740 You yourself have chosen this stubborn girl. 371 00:37:21,491 --> 00:37:22,992 Not exactly. 372 00:37:23,952 --> 00:37:26,413 As I already told you, I just saw her and was lost. 373 00:37:27,580 --> 00:37:30,750 You mean you didn't choose the Tsar as your matchmaker? 374 00:37:30,959 --> 00:37:34,004 How could I? He proposed it himself. 375 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,592 You are smart. Real smart. 376 00:37:42,053 --> 00:37:45,181 How strange. You're the elder daughter, 377 00:37:45,724 --> 00:37:47,392 but it's the middle one getting married. 378 00:37:48,018 --> 00:37:52,856 Oh, what kind of groom is he? Just look at him. It's ridiculous. 379 00:37:53,732 --> 00:37:57,694 Marya didn't get Shuisky, so he'll be mine. 380 00:37:58,820 --> 00:38:02,615 Father said he is waiting for the matchmakers. 381 00:38:03,616 --> 00:38:05,243 - From Prince Vasily? - No, 382 00:38:06,327 --> 00:38:07,954 he will never forgive Vasily. 383 00:38:09,247 --> 00:38:12,834 But his brother Dmitry is quite a different matter. 384 00:38:13,460 --> 00:38:15,712 Look how handsome he is. 385 00:38:20,258 --> 00:38:22,010 Why are you so sad, Brother? 386 00:38:25,847 --> 00:38:27,307 Here is a friend for you. 387 00:38:28,266 --> 00:38:29,726 He stole my bride. 388 00:38:31,227 --> 00:38:32,729 And put me at odds with Malyuta. 389 00:38:33,438 --> 00:38:35,899 No, Vasily, blame yourself 390 00:38:36,524 --> 00:38:38,693 - and not Boris. - I can see through him. 391 00:38:40,236 --> 00:38:43,156 He put an eye on her on that very first day. 392 00:38:43,490 --> 00:38:46,868 Otherwise he wouldn't have risked his life for Malyuta's sake. 393 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,122 That serpent is very calculative. 394 00:38:51,623 --> 00:38:53,458 Forget about it. 395 00:38:55,043 --> 00:38:56,378 No, I won't. 396 00:38:57,170 --> 00:39:00,590 Pull out the offender into the middle of the room 397 00:39:01,716 --> 00:39:03,510 and fight with him, eh? 398 00:39:04,219 --> 00:39:07,722 It's beneath me, a Russian prince, to fight with a lowborn one. 399 00:39:08,264 --> 00:39:11,142 Coward. Then shut up and eat. 400 00:39:26,324 --> 00:39:27,659 My darling... 401 00:39:32,288 --> 00:39:34,124 you were in all my prayers 402 00:39:36,334 --> 00:39:37,669 and in all my dreams. 403 00:39:38,420 --> 00:39:41,214 My dear Masha... Masha... 404 00:40:15,665 --> 00:40:17,459 Love and happiness. 405 00:40:39,314 --> 00:40:40,774 He's so angry today. 406 00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:46,279 Don't you vex him, Fyodor Nikitich. Succumb to your father. 407 00:40:49,115 --> 00:40:51,534 Where are you off to, Fyodor Nikitich? 408 00:40:51,910 --> 00:40:54,579 On governing business. 409 00:40:56,247 --> 00:40:58,291 On governing business? Around the monasteries? 410 00:41:00,877 --> 00:41:03,546 Why asking me since you yourself know everything? 411 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:05,590 You are Tsar's nephew. 412 00:41:05,757 --> 00:41:08,718 Every dog in Muscovy knows you, and they report to me. 413 00:41:09,010 --> 00:41:11,930 Your family is equal to Tsar's family. 414 00:41:12,430 --> 00:41:13,848 - But you... - What? 415 00:41:15,517 --> 00:41:17,977 Why are you wandering around the monasteries? 416 00:41:18,311 --> 00:41:22,148 Only don't lie to me. I won't believe that you're praying. 417 00:41:25,610 --> 00:41:27,070 I'm looking for a girl. 418 00:41:27,404 --> 00:41:29,614 She took care of me when I was wounded. 419 00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:34,536 Her face was so angelic. 420 00:41:36,037 --> 00:41:38,289 Then she returned to some monastery. 421 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,626 - Angelic face? - Yes, Father. 422 00:41:42,293 --> 00:41:45,338 On seeing her, you would rejoice too. 423 00:41:45,964 --> 00:41:48,883 Listen to me, my beloved son. 424 00:41:49,217 --> 00:41:53,388 Prince Ivan Mstislavsky is coming to dinner today 425 00:41:53,888 --> 00:41:56,850 to talk about the marriage between you and his Alyona. 426 00:41:57,475 --> 00:42:00,645 Don't be angry, Father. The marriage was your idea. 427 00:42:01,938 --> 00:42:04,065 But you know my character very well. 428 00:42:04,399 --> 00:42:06,401 That's why I will go on looking for my Ksenia, 429 00:42:06,776 --> 00:42:08,987 married or not married, until I find her. 430 00:42:10,071 --> 00:42:11,531 Open the gate! 431 00:42:12,657 --> 00:42:13,992 Well, well... 432 00:42:28,590 --> 00:42:29,924 Give me some alms... 433 00:42:47,859 --> 00:42:49,194 What do you want? 434 00:42:49,611 --> 00:42:52,155 I'm looking for a novice. Her name is Ksenia. 435 00:42:52,405 --> 00:42:55,784 Mother Superior forbids to visit anyone. 436 00:42:55,950 --> 00:42:57,494 Wait. 437 00:42:57,994 --> 00:42:59,329 Feodosiya? 438 00:42:59,788 --> 00:43:02,332 Mother Superior's name is Feodosiya? Is there the one? 439 00:43:02,665 --> 00:43:04,959 - Yes. - Then I came to see her. 440 00:43:07,754 --> 00:43:09,714 My Lord Fyodor Nikitich, for the love of God. 441 00:43:10,548 --> 00:43:13,802 We are circling like homeless dogs around the monasteries. 442 00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:16,638 Isn't it the time for some repast? 443 00:43:18,056 --> 00:43:21,559 - Stop it. - You didn't see her face properly. 444 00:43:22,811 --> 00:43:24,938 What if she is a fright in her looks? 445 00:43:25,897 --> 00:43:29,275 Let's go away, My Lord. 446 00:43:29,776 --> 00:43:31,528 God forbid you will catch cold. 447 00:43:31,861 --> 00:43:35,573 For this your father, Nikita Yuryich, will break my bones. 448 00:43:35,740 --> 00:43:38,243 Stop it. Now you will see 449 00:43:38,868 --> 00:43:40,578 a beauty second to none. 450 00:43:41,204 --> 00:43:44,040 I hope the old woman will bring her out. 451 00:43:46,710 --> 00:43:49,796 How do you do, Reverend Mother. Do you remember me? 452 00:43:50,422 --> 00:43:53,341 - You were taking me from Torzhok. - I remember you. 453 00:43:54,718 --> 00:43:59,180 And that girl, Ksenia – who looked after me – could you call for her? 454 00:43:59,931 --> 00:44:01,850 You came too late. 455 00:44:04,060 --> 00:44:05,603 What do you mean by “too late”? 456 00:44:07,022 --> 00:44:09,482 She has left last week. 457 00:44:10,442 --> 00:44:11,776 Left to where? 458 00:44:12,694 --> 00:44:14,738 Back to her home in Kostroma. 459 00:44:15,238 --> 00:44:16,865 Her father had sent her a letter. 460 00:44:19,159 --> 00:44:21,411 She was bespoken for marriage. 461 00:44:23,496 --> 00:44:24,831 What should I do…? 462 00:44:28,168 --> 00:44:29,669 May God help you. 463 00:45:05,246 --> 00:45:07,374 What are you screaming, you fools? 464 00:45:07,707 --> 00:45:10,001 Where is Tsarevich Ivan? 465 00:45:13,672 --> 00:45:15,215 I didn't dare to see You here. 466 00:45:15,548 --> 00:45:17,425 “I didn't dare”… Where’s Ivan? 467 00:45:18,134 --> 00:45:20,970 - But he didn't visit me today. - He didn't visit you 468 00:45:21,304 --> 00:45:23,556 for you aren't dressed properly. 469 00:45:23,807 --> 00:45:25,475 What will your maids think? 470 00:45:26,393 --> 00:45:29,187 Don't you know how a tsarevna should be dressed? 471 00:45:30,271 --> 00:45:31,815 You'll soon wander naked around the palace. 472 00:45:32,273 --> 00:45:34,109 I can't wear apparels, My Sovereign. 473 00:45:34,484 --> 00:45:35,777 I feel hot. 474 00:45:37,654 --> 00:45:39,739 The baby is leaping in my womb. 475 00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:46,538 Yet unborn, it already rebels. 476 00:45:50,750 --> 00:45:54,170 Put on an apparel with golden embroidery this very minute 477 00:45:55,296 --> 00:45:58,842 and present yourself in my chambers together with Ivan. 478 00:46:24,701 --> 00:46:27,037 I had them all married. 479 00:46:27,746 --> 00:46:30,165 I made them all happy, 480 00:46:32,208 --> 00:46:34,210 and still the dogs are howling. 481 00:46:34,836 --> 00:46:38,173 I will be a torturer in eternity. 482 00:46:43,887 --> 00:46:45,972 I will take the vows... 483 00:46:47,557 --> 00:46:48,892 I will pray. 484 00:46:50,518 --> 00:46:52,520 May Ivan rule... 485 00:47:13,166 --> 00:47:14,668 Oh, God Almighty. 486 00:47:27,222 --> 00:47:29,140 Kill that dog. 487 00:47:46,324 --> 00:47:48,284 Yours is a hard service, Boris. 488 00:47:50,245 --> 00:47:52,330 The Tsar is surrounded by so many enemies. 489 00:47:52,747 --> 00:47:55,625 One day they can bribe someone in the palace 490 00:47:56,918 --> 00:47:58,753 to poison eatables. 491 00:47:59,671 --> 00:48:03,216 As the royal carver, you'll be the first one to die. 492 00:48:10,265 --> 00:48:12,350 Aren't you scared? 493 00:48:13,018 --> 00:48:16,896 Yes, you are, since you’re licking the bezoar stone. 494 00:48:17,731 --> 00:48:19,399 But it's so silly, Boris. 495 00:48:19,983 --> 00:48:23,361 If it's true that such stone can save you from poison, 496 00:48:23,695 --> 00:48:25,155 then you shouldn't be scared. 497 00:48:25,780 --> 00:48:28,450 The Tsar will be poisoned, but you'll survive. 498 00:48:29,659 --> 00:48:32,328 Anyway, you'll be done for. 499 00:48:34,873 --> 00:48:36,207 Serve it to the Tsar. 500 00:49:24,506 --> 00:49:27,759 It's you? What are you looking for? 501 00:49:29,302 --> 00:49:30,970 What happened? 502 00:49:31,221 --> 00:49:32,555 Speak up. 503 00:49:33,014 --> 00:49:34,349 I've brought the news. 504 00:49:35,642 --> 00:49:37,977 My wife, Tsarevna Elena, 505 00:49:39,145 --> 00:49:41,856 has been just delivered of a child 506 00:49:42,232 --> 00:49:43,775 prematurely by three months. 507 00:49:44,901 --> 00:49:46,236 I had a son, 508 00:49:49,197 --> 00:49:51,074 but he died. 509 00:50:02,002 --> 00:50:03,545 Are you happy now? 510 00:50:04,504 --> 00:50:07,924 You scared her, and she miscarried. 511 00:50:09,467 --> 00:50:11,386 You had separated me from two wives. 512 00:50:13,054 --> 00:50:15,807 You had sent them to monasteries for being childless. 513 00:50:16,516 --> 00:50:20,061 And now, when you nearly had a heir... 514 00:50:20,228 --> 00:50:21,813 Shut up, don't drive me to a sin. 515 00:50:22,355 --> 00:50:26,151 A sin? You have never been afraid of sinning 516 00:50:26,526 --> 00:50:30,113 because you think you are God, but you aren't. 517 00:50:31,740 --> 00:50:35,452 Are you against your own father putting him after your wife? 518 00:50:35,785 --> 00:50:37,120 - Don't... - You dog! 519 00:50:37,454 --> 00:50:38,455 Wait... 520 00:50:38,788 --> 00:50:41,624 I won't take my words back... Murderer... 521 00:50:45,879 --> 00:50:48,256 - Murderer... - No! 522 00:50:49,174 --> 00:50:51,676 No, Your Lordship, don't kill him! 523 00:50:52,302 --> 00:50:53,636 Don't thwart my will! 524 00:51:00,810 --> 00:51:03,021 Come here, you dog! 525 00:51:25,835 --> 00:51:28,713 God, have mercy on me... 526 00:51:29,172 --> 00:51:32,717 Cleanse me from iniquity... 527 00:51:33,802 --> 00:51:36,012 Send forth Thy all-forgiveness... 528 00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:38,682 Cleanse me from my sins... 529 00:51:39,057 --> 00:51:41,184 God, have mercy... 530 00:51:42,352 --> 00:51:45,063 Don't forsake me, Oh my God... 531 00:51:50,235 --> 00:51:52,987 God, have mercy on me, the sinner… 532 00:51:53,571 --> 00:51:55,240 Show Thy mercy... 533 00:51:56,991 --> 00:52:01,454 Help me to redeem my sins.