1 00:00:03,044 --> 00:00:07,173 Life for you and your kind is over in Moscow. 2 00:00:07,173 --> 00:00:09,759 You must never leave this hotel. 3 00:00:09,759 --> 00:00:11,136 If you do, I'll be waiting. 4 00:00:11,136 --> 00:00:13,555 Will they really shoot you if you go outside? 5 00:00:13,555 --> 00:00:16,224 I have a passkey that opens every door in the hotel. 6 00:00:16,224 --> 00:00:20,687 There are rooms behind rooms and doors behind doors. 7 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:23,023 This hotel is a dangerous place, especially for you. 8 00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:26,985 Are you the author of this poem of 1913: 9 00:00:26,985 --> 00:00:29,112 "Where Is Our Purpose Now?" 10 00:00:29,112 --> 00:00:31,031 It was attributed to me. 11 00:00:36,911 --> 00:00:37,871 Nikolai! 12 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:39,289 If I take it seriously... 13 00:00:39,289 --> 00:00:41,249 ...I could fall into a dark despair 14 00:00:41,249 --> 00:00:43,251 I could find no way out from. 15 00:00:56,973 --> 00:01:01,144 We must continue with a form of state capitalism 16 00:01:01,144 --> 00:01:02,270 to ensure progress! 17 00:01:02,270 --> 00:01:04,189 The pig must be fattened for the feast. 18 00:01:05,190 --> 00:01:07,192 We've got to be realistic. 19 00:01:07,192 --> 00:01:09,194 We can't switch to pure communism. 20 00:01:09,194 --> 00:01:11,029 The New Economic Policy is needed... 21 00:01:11,029 --> 00:01:13,323 There's nothing new about it. 22 00:01:14,324 --> 00:01:15,950 The workers still toil, 23 00:01:15,950 --> 00:01:18,411 but now the new landowners profit instead of the old ones. 24 00:01:18,411 --> 00:01:20,288 For a period of transition, perhaps... 25 00:01:20,288 --> 00:01:23,750 No, we have suffered under the yoke of tyranny too long. 26 00:01:23,750 --> 00:01:27,420 We fought for revolution, not slow transition. 27 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:31,091 Together we can build a new Russia. 28 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:32,509 It is within our grasp... 29 00:01:32,509 --> 00:01:34,010 ...but we must be brave, 30 00:01:34,010 --> 00:01:37,013 reach out and take it. 31 00:01:37,013 --> 00:01:37,931 Mishka. 32 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:40,141 There can be no compromise. 33 00:01:40,141 --> 00:01:41,518 You know him? 34 00:01:41,518 --> 00:01:42,727 Yes. 35 00:01:42,727 --> 00:01:45,563 We must build a world of equal opportunity for all. 36 00:01:47,023 --> 00:01:48,358 We can't go on like this. 37 00:01:48,358 --> 00:01:52,987 Children are going hungry. Families are freezing to death 38 00:01:52,987 --> 00:01:54,697 in their homes. 39 00:01:54,697 --> 00:01:58,243 Yes, there should be enough to go around, 40 00:01:58,243 --> 00:02:01,162 but the rich are still taking everything. 41 00:02:02,163 --> 00:02:03,915 It isn't right. No! 42 00:02:03,915 --> 00:02:05,583 It isn't right. 43 00:02:05,583 --> 00:02:07,752 Where's our humanity? 44 00:02:07,752 --> 00:02:10,130 Where's our love for our fellow man? 45 00:02:11,422 --> 00:02:13,508 ♪ slow, dramatic music ♪ 46 00:02:20,723 --> 00:02:23,268 Mishka. 47 00:02:27,730 --> 00:02:29,941 Alexander Ilyich. 48 00:02:29,941 --> 00:02:31,985 Good to see you again. 49 00:02:31,985 --> 00:02:33,945 I'd hoped it might be sooner. 50 00:02:33,945 --> 00:02:36,489 Yes, I've been doing important work. 51 00:02:37,073 --> 00:02:41,161 Remind me, under which yoke of tyranny did you suffer? 52 00:02:42,871 --> 00:02:43,997 I seem to recall you enjoying 53 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:45,415 your stays with my family at Idlehour. 54 00:02:45,415 --> 00:02:47,333 They burned it to the ground, by the way. 55 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:48,251 I know. 56 00:02:48,251 --> 00:02:49,460 I was glad to hear 57 00:02:49,460 --> 00:02:51,713 the Countess managed to escape. 58 00:02:52,463 --> 00:02:55,300 I invited you into my home. 59 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:56,885 I clothed you, I fed you. 60 00:02:56,885 --> 00:02:58,428 The clothes didn't fit. 61 00:02:58,428 --> 00:03:00,180 You were my friend. 62 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:01,806 I treated you like a brother. 63 00:03:01,806 --> 00:03:05,643 You were ashamed of me. 64 00:03:07,437 --> 00:03:10,190 You gave me good reason to be. 65 00:03:12,442 --> 00:03:16,863 Everything that happened was because of you. 66 00:03:17,405 --> 00:03:19,532 ♪ anxious, dramatic music ♪ 67 00:03:31,294 --> 00:03:34,088 ♪ lush orchestral music ♪ 68 00:04:33,231 --> 00:04:35,441 ♪ slow, contemplative music ♪ 69 00:05:08,641 --> 00:05:11,311 I don't recall ordering room service. 70 00:05:13,479 --> 00:05:15,940 If you could give it a dust while you're there, 71 00:05:15,940 --> 00:05:17,650 it'd be greatly appreciated. 72 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,238 Is nothing sacred anymore? 73 00:05:22,238 --> 00:05:23,698 It's from your grandmother. 74 00:05:23,698 --> 00:05:26,534 Oh, apparently not. 75 00:05:27,493 --> 00:05:29,370 The traitors in exile 76 00:05:29,370 --> 00:05:31,456 are still dreaming of a glorious return. 77 00:05:31,456 --> 00:05:35,501 A restoration of the Romanov dynasty. 78 00:05:58,441 --> 00:06:01,110 Mikhail Fyodorovich Mindich. 79 00:06:01,110 --> 00:06:03,029 You know him? 80 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:06,282 Yeah, a passing acquaintance. 81 00:06:06,282 --> 00:06:09,202 You lived together at university. 82 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:11,662 Despite your difference in politics and background, 83 00:06:11,662 --> 00:06:14,707 I'd say he was your closest friend. 84 00:06:16,667 --> 00:06:18,419 Then why ask? 85 00:06:18,419 --> 00:06:23,508 Because there's truth to be found in the lies we tell. 86 00:06:23,508 --> 00:06:25,676 We were close friends 87 00:06:25,676 --> 00:06:28,471 until circumstances came between us. 88 00:06:28,471 --> 00:06:29,972 What circumstances? 89 00:06:29,972 --> 00:06:33,434 He wanted to erase the class to which I belong. 90 00:06:33,434 --> 00:06:36,396 That may have been true once. 91 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,401 Mishka first came to my attention at your trial. 92 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:44,654 Apparently, he has influence within the Party. 93 00:06:45,905 --> 00:06:48,699 I'd like your help... 94 00:06:49,450 --> 00:06:52,161 ...to understand him better. 95 00:06:55,373 --> 00:06:57,250 I'm not sure what use I could be. 96 00:06:57,250 --> 00:06:59,669 You've known him over a decade. 97 00:06:59,669 --> 00:07:03,756 You must have some insight into his character. 98 00:07:04,841 --> 00:07:06,801 ♪ slow, dramatic music ♪ 99 00:07:12,849 --> 00:07:17,562 It can take time for people to understand how this works. 100 00:07:18,855 --> 00:07:22,108 But they always do in the end. 101 00:07:33,411 --> 00:07:36,122 But the Princess was on her way to the Tushins' ball. 102 00:07:36,122 --> 00:07:38,207 Well, precisely. So she would've been perfectly 103 00:07:38,207 --> 00:07:41,335 within the bounds of courtesy to excuse herself. 104 00:07:41,335 --> 00:07:44,714 Instead, she insisted that she took the old lady 105 00:07:44,714 --> 00:07:47,425 to visit her son, the blacksmith, 106 00:07:47,425 --> 00:07:49,343 in the town of Kudrovo, 107 00:07:49,343 --> 00:07:51,304 more than seven miles away. 108 00:07:51,304 --> 00:07:52,513 And then? 109 00:07:52,513 --> 00:07:56,267 The blacksmith's family gathered around the carriage, 110 00:07:56,267 --> 00:07:59,604 and the old lady invited the Princess 111 00:07:59,604 --> 00:08:02,190 into their humble home for tea. 112 00:08:03,274 --> 00:08:05,485 The blacksmith winced. 113 00:08:05,485 --> 00:08:07,111 The coachman gasped. 114 00:08:07,111 --> 00:08:10,907 The blacksmith's son flushed with embarrassment. 115 00:08:10,907 --> 00:08:12,658 Why? 116 00:08:12,658 --> 00:08:14,911 Because she was a princess. 117 00:08:14,911 --> 00:08:17,288 And going into a working man's house was beneath her. 118 00:08:17,288 --> 00:08:19,999 Is this your story or mine? 119 00:08:19,999 --> 00:08:23,127 Whether stories truly belong to anyone is questionable. 120 00:08:26,797 --> 00:08:30,510 Princess Golitsyn gracefully accepted 121 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:31,844 the old crone's invitation, 122 00:08:31,844 --> 00:08:33,679 even though it meant 123 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:35,723 missing the Tushins' ball altogether. 124 00:08:35,723 --> 00:08:38,392 Did she marry the blacksmith's son? 125 00:08:38,392 --> 00:08:40,645 Good God, certainly not. 126 00:08:40,645 --> 00:08:41,896 She finished her glass of tea, 127 00:08:41,896 --> 00:08:44,148 climbed back in the carriage 128 00:08:44,148 --> 00:08:45,775 - and went home. - Oh. 129 00:08:45,775 --> 00:08:48,694 But her behavior was befitting of a princess, 130 00:08:48,694 --> 00:08:51,364 which is the object of this lesson. 131 00:08:51,364 --> 00:08:52,532 I would've preferred it 132 00:08:52,532 --> 00:08:54,450 if she married the blacksmith's son. 133 00:08:54,450 --> 00:08:55,576 So, too, would he, I imagine. 134 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:19,475 Olga, please do something. 135 00:09:28,568 --> 00:09:32,863 Uh, d-do those fine creatures belong to you? 136 00:09:32,863 --> 00:09:34,282 They do. 137 00:09:37,076 --> 00:09:38,578 Ah. 138 00:09:42,790 --> 00:09:46,919 Here. Come, come, come. There you are. 139 00:09:47,461 --> 00:09:49,046 I'm afraid they're quite ill-bred. 140 00:09:49,046 --> 00:09:52,216 Oh, on the contrary, they appear to be perfectly bred. 141 00:09:57,221 --> 00:09:59,473 What I meant to say is that they are ill-behaved. 142 00:09:59,473 --> 00:10:04,103 Ah. Behavior is a matter of handling, not breeding. 143 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:08,274 And for that reason, the well-bred dogs 144 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:10,401 belong on the shortest of leashes. 145 00:10:10,401 --> 00:10:12,320 Oh, I always think the best-bred dog 146 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,905 belongs in the surest of hands. 147 00:10:17,658 --> 00:10:19,785 Yes, I'm sure you do. 148 00:10:28,502 --> 00:10:29,920 She's an actress. 149 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:31,756 Ah. 150 00:10:32,173 --> 00:10:33,674 I've seen her films. 151 00:10:33,674 --> 00:10:35,843 They're not very good. 152 00:10:35,843 --> 00:10:37,637 Hmm. 153 00:10:40,056 --> 00:10:42,183 ♪ pensive, dramatic music ♪ 154 00:12:14,692 --> 00:12:16,193 Hello? 155 00:12:36,672 --> 00:12:38,758 ♪ quiet, uplifting music ♪ 156 00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:47,558 Hmm. 157 00:12:47,558 --> 00:12:49,477 Now, if you could unlock the door, Nina, 158 00:12:49,477 --> 00:12:52,438 - then we could get started. - All right. 159 00:13:09,747 --> 00:13:12,416 Ah, slow down, slow down! 160 00:13:42,363 --> 00:13:43,948 Yes. 161 00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:17,231 How did you and Mishka meet? 162 00:14:17,231 --> 00:14:20,651 We were friends at university. 163 00:14:20,651 --> 00:14:23,070 But not anymore. 164 00:14:23,070 --> 00:14:25,322 Someone came between us. 165 00:14:25,322 --> 00:14:26,866 A woman? 166 00:14:26,866 --> 00:14:27,992 Did you have a duel? 167 00:14:27,992 --> 00:14:29,118 Certainly not. 168 00:14:29,118 --> 00:14:32,079 Were you both in love with her? 169 00:14:32,997 --> 00:14:36,542 We both loved her, but... 170 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:39,295 not in the way you imagine. 171 00:14:41,964 --> 00:14:46,969 The Princess could never marry the blacksmith's son. 172 00:14:50,014 --> 00:14:51,807 It's getting late. 173 00:14:51,807 --> 00:14:54,894 We'll be keeping our regular appointment tomorrow. 174 00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:56,186 Naturellement. 175 00:14:56,186 --> 00:14:57,229 Merci. 176 00:14:57,229 --> 00:14:59,189 Good night. 177 00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:12,786 ♪ quiet, pensive music ♪ 178 00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:10,552 Thank you for mending them, Marina. 179 00:16:11,178 --> 00:16:12,554 I'll pay, of course. 180 00:16:12,554 --> 00:16:14,807 I'll fix these when I'm next in the sewing room. 181 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:17,768 I'm doing some housekeeping work for Manager Halecki. 182 00:16:17,768 --> 00:16:19,186 Oh, you've had a promotion? 183 00:16:19,186 --> 00:16:21,605 Well, very well deserved, I'm sure. 184 00:16:21,605 --> 00:16:23,691 Yasha, you must be very proud of your mama. 185 00:16:23,691 --> 00:16:24,775 Yasha, leave that. 186 00:16:24,775 --> 00:16:27,319 Oh, that's all right. That's all right. 187 00:16:31,073 --> 00:16:32,074 Come on. 188 00:16:32,074 --> 00:16:34,493 The staff are having a New Year's Eve party. 189 00:16:34,493 --> 00:16:35,703 You should come. 190 00:16:35,703 --> 00:16:37,788 Well, that's very kind of you. 191 00:16:37,788 --> 00:16:39,623 Thank you very much. 192 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:45,087 Thank you. Thank you. 193 00:16:45,546 --> 00:16:47,589 Goodbye, little man. 194 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:20,080 Hey! 195 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,832 I heard that he's already dead. 196 00:17:21,832 --> 00:17:23,125 I can assure you, Comrade Lenin 197 00:17:23,125 --> 00:17:24,334 is in the rudest of health. 198 00:17:24,334 --> 00:17:26,962 - The rudest. - So it's not syphilis? 199 00:17:26,962 --> 00:17:28,005 I beg your pardon? 200 00:17:28,005 --> 00:17:29,298 Well, he was in exile a long time, 201 00:17:29,298 --> 00:17:31,050 and there's only so much you can do in Finland. 202 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:33,093 Take it from one who's had the pleasure. 203 00:17:33,093 --> 00:17:34,845 Or the lack thereof. 204 00:17:34,845 --> 00:17:37,389 I can assure you it was not syphilis. 205 00:17:37,389 --> 00:17:39,224 But it is true he had a stroke? 206 00:17:39,224 --> 00:17:41,852 That'll be how he caught it in the first place. 207 00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:42,978 It's certainly not true. 208 00:17:42,978 --> 00:17:45,230 He doesn't have anything. Nothing has happened. 209 00:17:45,230 --> 00:17:47,941 And you'd be well minded to keep your voice down. 210 00:17:47,941 --> 00:17:49,151 Thank you, Olga. 211 00:17:49,151 --> 00:17:50,694 Glory to the Revolution. 212 00:17:50,694 --> 00:17:52,112 Just make sure our room is in order, 213 00:17:52,112 --> 00:17:53,197 if you'd be so kind. 214 00:17:53,197 --> 00:17:55,240 I checked myself, this morning. 215 00:18:02,581 --> 00:18:05,292 Can I assist, madam? 216 00:18:05,292 --> 00:18:07,086 Um... 217 00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:08,462 Your coats? 218 00:18:08,462 --> 00:18:11,423 Oh, yes. Yes. Thank you. 219 00:18:14,384 --> 00:18:15,761 Ooh. 220 00:18:15,761 --> 00:18:18,639 And if the frog does croak? 221 00:18:20,307 --> 00:18:23,143 Then it would either be Trotsky or Kamenev. 222 00:18:24,269 --> 00:18:25,437 Both of whom recognize 223 00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:27,689 the importance of film as a medium, 224 00:18:27,689 --> 00:18:30,192 and both are great fans of yours. 225 00:18:31,401 --> 00:18:32,903 And you know this. 226 00:18:32,903 --> 00:18:35,823 They are regular visitors to the Ministry of Culture. 227 00:18:35,823 --> 00:18:38,075 We speak often. 228 00:18:39,785 --> 00:18:41,370 And what about the man of steel? 229 00:18:41,370 --> 00:18:42,621 No, he's a thug. 230 00:18:42,621 --> 00:18:46,458 No one's seriously talking about Stalin. 231 00:18:52,923 --> 00:18:55,843 Trotsky and Kamenev do have their favored film directors. 232 00:18:55,843 --> 00:18:58,178 I'm good friends with all of them, 233 00:18:58,178 --> 00:19:00,347 and could, of course... 234 00:19:00,347 --> 00:19:02,641 arrange introductions. 235 00:19:03,183 --> 00:19:06,478 Everything in this new world comes at a cost. 236 00:19:08,063 --> 00:19:10,107 I'd like to have dinner with you, 237 00:19:10,107 --> 00:19:12,442 and drinks afterwards. 238 00:19:12,442 --> 00:19:13,986 We'll have lunch. 239 00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:15,696 With drinks. 240 00:19:15,696 --> 00:19:17,364 Well, we've got to get through it somehow. 241 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,370 I look forward to it. 242 00:19:23,370 --> 00:19:26,081 I'll be in touch. 243 00:19:26,081 --> 00:19:28,083 Mmm. 244 00:19:28,083 --> 00:19:30,127 Vodka. 245 00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:34,214 Boy, more vodka here. Now. 246 00:19:34,214 --> 00:19:36,842 Sorry, you wait like everyone else. 247 00:19:37,676 --> 00:19:38,927 What? 248 00:19:38,927 --> 00:19:43,724 I said, you wait like everyone else. 249 00:19:46,518 --> 00:19:48,562 You say that again. 250 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,197 Where's Vasily? 251 00:19:58,197 --> 00:20:01,200 Madam, would you be so kind? 252 00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:31,438 All right. 253 00:20:34,274 --> 00:20:36,735 Calm down, both of you. 254 00:20:44,409 --> 00:20:46,703 No, I can manage. 255 00:20:50,165 --> 00:20:52,125 On second thought... Yeah. 256 00:20:58,757 --> 00:20:59,800 Ow! 257 00:21:05,472 --> 00:21:08,183 You still don't know how to fight. 258 00:21:08,183 --> 00:21:10,602 You don't know how not to. 259 00:21:10,602 --> 00:21:12,688 What was the cause? 260 00:21:12,688 --> 00:21:14,648 Bad manners. 261 00:21:15,274 --> 00:21:17,401 That I can get behind. 262 00:21:24,658 --> 00:21:26,785 With our compliments. 263 00:21:27,494 --> 00:21:29,329 Oh, thank you. 264 00:21:29,329 --> 00:21:31,039 Thanks, Audrius. 265 00:21:32,749 --> 00:21:34,793 To your health. 266 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:42,634 It was dangerous of you to involve yourself. 267 00:21:42,634 --> 00:21:45,429 You would've done the same for me. 268 00:21:45,429 --> 00:21:48,432 How are you adjusting to your new surroundings? 269 00:21:48,432 --> 00:21:50,517 Well, most of my friends are dead, 270 00:21:50,517 --> 00:21:51,977 my house was seized and burned, 271 00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:54,313 my grandmother's in exile. Other than that... 272 00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:57,024 Yeah, well, it was the Tsar who ordered his Cossacks 273 00:21:57,024 --> 00:21:59,985 to ride over innocent women and children. 274 00:22:00,944 --> 00:22:03,405 Petrov is gone. 275 00:22:03,405 --> 00:22:05,866 What threat was he? 276 00:22:05,866 --> 00:22:08,910 All he wanted to do was play his violin. 277 00:22:09,453 --> 00:22:11,079 Sasha, we used to talk late into the night 278 00:22:11,079 --> 00:22:12,581 about how the world could be made better. 279 00:22:12,581 --> 00:22:14,666 - We argued. - No, we agreed. 280 00:22:14,666 --> 00:22:16,043 You once believed 281 00:22:16,043 --> 00:22:18,295 all people should have the opportunity and freedom 282 00:22:18,295 --> 00:22:20,839 to become whatever they wanted in life. 283 00:22:21,465 --> 00:22:22,966 Everyone has dreams, Mishka. 284 00:22:22,966 --> 00:22:25,594 Only children believe them after they wake up. 285 00:22:25,594 --> 00:22:28,055 I know the love you have for Russia, 286 00:22:28,055 --> 00:22:31,641 the love you have for its people. Your people. 287 00:22:37,314 --> 00:22:42,069 We can look forward rather than back. 288 00:22:43,070 --> 00:22:46,406 Don't you think we've both lost enough already, Sasha? 289 00:23:09,304 --> 00:23:10,764 Ha! 290 00:23:30,784 --> 00:23:32,744 - Excuse me. - Yeah, Vasily. 291 00:23:32,744 --> 00:23:37,124 A message for you from Comrade Urbanova. 292 00:23:37,124 --> 00:23:40,627 The owner of the two rather large dogs. 293 00:23:52,848 --> 00:23:54,433 Thank you. 294 00:23:58,770 --> 00:24:02,482 You were late for our appointment. 295 00:24:08,029 --> 00:24:11,199 A rare opportunity has presented itself, 296 00:24:11,199 --> 00:24:14,411 and I'm afraid we will have to delay until tomorrow. 297 00:24:14,411 --> 00:24:17,080 We had a prior arrangement, and I need to talk to you. 298 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,624 Yeah, but we just agreed on tomorrow instead. 299 00:24:19,624 --> 00:24:22,502 You suggested tomorrow. We agreed today. 300 00:24:22,502 --> 00:24:25,338 I'll give you 20 rubles. 301 00:24:25,338 --> 00:24:26,423 Fifty? 302 00:24:26,423 --> 00:24:29,050 Miss Urbanova is inquiring as to why 303 00:24:29,050 --> 00:24:31,636 you are hiding behind a plant pot. 304 00:24:31,636 --> 00:24:32,679 Uh... 305 00:24:32,679 --> 00:24:35,724 Nina, whatever it is, I'm sure it can wait. 306 00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:37,017 Please. 307 00:24:37,017 --> 00:24:39,728 Count Rostov? 308 00:24:46,651 --> 00:24:48,445 Good evening. 309 00:24:48,445 --> 00:24:50,238 I'm so pleased you could drag yourself away 310 00:24:50,238 --> 00:24:51,448 from the flower arrangements. 311 00:24:51,448 --> 00:24:54,284 The pleasure is mine, Miss Urbanova. 312 00:24:54,284 --> 00:24:55,368 Oh, please. 313 00:24:55,368 --> 00:24:57,496 Call me Anna. 314 00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:00,832 Shall we? 315 00:25:04,377 --> 00:25:07,339 Your four-legged friends will not be joining us? 316 00:25:07,339 --> 00:25:08,757 They shan't. 317 00:25:08,757 --> 00:25:10,842 But I see your two-legged one shall be. 318 00:25:10,842 --> 00:25:11,885 Is this your daughter? 319 00:25:11,885 --> 00:25:13,470 - Him? No. - No. 320 00:25:13,470 --> 00:25:15,805 I don't know who this is. 321 00:25:17,933 --> 00:25:19,684 Shall we go somewhere else? 322 00:25:19,684 --> 00:25:21,645 The Hotel Britannia has a fantastic restaurant. 323 00:25:21,645 --> 00:25:23,647 He's not allowed to leave the hotel 324 00:25:23,647 --> 00:25:24,648 'cause he's a criminal... 325 00:25:24,648 --> 00:25:26,149 - All right, Nina. - ...and a danger 326 00:25:26,149 --> 00:25:27,400 - to the Russian people. - Nina, that's enough. 327 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:28,443 Thank you. 328 00:25:28,443 --> 00:25:30,195 So you do know her? Hardly at all. 329 00:25:30,195 --> 00:25:32,906 More than I would like. 330 00:25:38,578 --> 00:25:40,789 Room 317. 331 00:25:40,789 --> 00:25:43,041 Give me 20 minutes. 332 00:25:50,048 --> 00:25:52,133 Nina? 333 00:25:52,133 --> 00:25:54,553 Nina. 334 00:26:16,533 --> 00:26:17,409 Yes? 335 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:20,579 Ah, um... I am expected. 336 00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:24,666 Comrade Urbanova will be just a moment. 337 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:39,889 Ah. Hello, girls. 338 00:27:07,292 --> 00:27:09,669 Get that, would you? 339 00:27:11,046 --> 00:27:13,298 Ah, good evening. 340 00:27:14,924 --> 00:27:16,468 Just there, please. 341 00:27:16,468 --> 00:27:18,720 Ah. I've been in two restaurants 342 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,639 and a bar today and haven't had a bite to eat. 343 00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:23,141 I'm absolutely starving. 344 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:26,227 Admiring the additions to the theatre? 345 00:27:26,227 --> 00:27:30,023 "Admire" might not exactly be the word I would use. 346 00:27:30,607 --> 00:27:32,275 Mm, apparently, Lenin's going to announce 347 00:27:32,275 --> 00:27:34,611 the formation of the new Soviet state. 348 00:27:34,611 --> 00:27:37,280 If he isn't already dead, of course. 349 00:27:37,822 --> 00:27:39,783 Well, shall we see what we've got? 350 00:27:39,783 --> 00:27:43,119 Oh. Thank you. 351 00:27:48,792 --> 00:27:51,169 Mmm. 352 00:27:55,006 --> 00:27:56,424 So... 353 00:27:58,051 --> 00:27:59,386 ...two restaurants and a bar? 354 00:27:59,386 --> 00:28:01,721 Five journalists in three hours, 355 00:28:01,721 --> 00:28:03,515 the same stories recounted each time 356 00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:04,808 as if it were the first. 357 00:28:04,808 --> 00:28:06,518 And then a meeting with a director 358 00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:08,520 younger than most of my shoes. 359 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,356 Golubev imagines himself a genius, 360 00:28:11,356 --> 00:28:15,318 but I pride myself on being 361 00:28:15,318 --> 00:28:18,196 an impeccable judge of character. 362 00:28:19,030 --> 00:28:21,116 Take you, for example. 363 00:28:21,116 --> 00:28:22,325 Take me? 364 00:28:22,325 --> 00:28:24,369 A man of certain means. 365 00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:26,287 Well, not anymore. 366 00:28:26,287 --> 00:28:28,707 But in the past you never wanted for anything. 367 00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:29,874 Oh, I wanted for many things 368 00:28:29,874 --> 00:28:31,835 I never had the opportunity to enjoy. 369 00:28:31,835 --> 00:28:34,921 Not for lack of money. 370 00:28:36,464 --> 00:28:37,507 And I'm sure there are 371 00:28:37,507 --> 00:28:41,219 many things you did enjoy all too readily. 372 00:28:47,934 --> 00:28:49,352 Go on. 373 00:28:50,770 --> 00:28:53,773 You're from a family of some stature-- 374 00:28:53,773 --> 00:28:55,734 inherited rather than earned? 375 00:28:55,734 --> 00:28:57,819 Well, it was earned at some point. 376 00:28:57,819 --> 00:28:59,279 Mm. 377 00:29:00,196 --> 00:29:01,740 But not by you. 378 00:29:07,245 --> 00:29:10,415 You don't have the air of a great military leader. 379 00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:13,042 Luckily, or else I would be dead by now. 380 00:29:13,042 --> 00:29:14,753 Given who you are, you should be dead. 381 00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:18,673 Instead you're imprisoned at the Metropol Hotel. 382 00:29:18,673 --> 00:29:20,133 Why? 383 00:29:20,133 --> 00:29:22,385 Why are they keeping you here? 384 00:29:23,178 --> 00:29:24,345 My turn. 385 00:29:24,345 --> 00:29:25,597 The way you deboned that fish, 386 00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:28,433 I would say you are the daughter of a fisherman. 387 00:29:30,518 --> 00:29:32,854 I was raised in a village on the Black Sea. 388 00:29:32,854 --> 00:29:35,148 You had no siblings. 389 00:29:35,148 --> 00:29:36,941 That I know of. 390 00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:40,403 So you lived in this village, dreaming of escape. 391 00:29:40,403 --> 00:29:41,905 That's what drew you to the stage, 392 00:29:41,905 --> 00:29:45,909 a place where you could forget about your life. 393 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,996 I was at my happiest there. 394 00:29:49,996 --> 00:29:52,999 I'd go to the beach and help my father mend nets. 395 00:29:52,999 --> 00:29:55,502 He died when you were very young. 396 00:29:55,502 --> 00:29:57,921 That's why you wanted to escape. 397 00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:00,298 Back to you. 398 00:30:00,298 --> 00:30:01,883 Am I right? 399 00:30:01,883 --> 00:30:04,385 Back to you. 400 00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:07,639 Your wife left Russia after the Revolution 401 00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:08,848 and took the children. 402 00:30:08,848 --> 00:30:10,558 I have neither wife nor child. 403 00:30:10,558 --> 00:30:11,935 Lack of opportunity or desire? 404 00:30:11,935 --> 00:30:15,772 There was no shortage in either department, I can assure you. 405 00:30:15,772 --> 00:30:16,689 And you? 406 00:30:16,689 --> 00:30:18,525 Children? No. 407 00:30:18,525 --> 00:30:20,902 No, it would've been an impossible burden. 408 00:30:20,902 --> 00:30:22,320 Why? 409 00:30:27,116 --> 00:30:28,409 Why did they let you live? 410 00:30:28,409 --> 00:30:31,204 Why did you want to run away from home? 411 00:30:36,793 --> 00:30:38,670 I've done enough talking for today. 412 00:30:51,683 --> 00:30:54,102 - Forget about the shoes. - No. What about your sheets? 413 00:30:54,102 --> 00:30:57,063 Oh, for goodness' sake. 414 00:30:58,606 --> 00:31:02,026 Oh. 415 00:31:15,498 --> 00:31:17,584 Mm. 416 00:31:17,584 --> 00:31:19,586 Have you always lived in Moscow? 417 00:31:19,586 --> 00:31:21,337 In the winters. 418 00:31:22,463 --> 00:31:24,924 Summers were spent in the region of Nizhny Novgorod, 419 00:31:24,924 --> 00:31:27,927 at Idlehour, our family estate. 420 00:31:27,927 --> 00:31:30,430 Oh, I take it you ate your fair share of apples. 421 00:31:30,430 --> 00:31:34,392 Mm. We were surrounded by forests full of them. 422 00:31:35,852 --> 00:31:39,397 According to local folklore, there is a tree 423 00:31:39,397 --> 00:31:43,943 deep within the forest with fruit as black as coal. 424 00:31:43,943 --> 00:31:47,280 And if you can find this tree and eat of its fruit, 425 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,158 you can start your life anew. 426 00:31:56,122 --> 00:31:57,707 So, would you? 427 00:31:57,707 --> 00:31:59,250 Would I what? 428 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:01,628 Would you take the bite? 429 00:32:03,463 --> 00:32:07,008 How could I possibly relinquish the memory of this? 430 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:08,885 Hmm. 431 00:32:08,885 --> 00:32:11,012 Or of all the princesses and duchesses 432 00:32:11,012 --> 00:32:12,180 who have come before me? 433 00:32:12,180 --> 00:32:15,892 Oh. Some, not all. 434 00:32:15,892 --> 00:32:18,770 I'm surprised you countenanced sleeping with a lowly actress. 435 00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:23,441 Well, as everyone keeps telling me, times have changed. 436 00:32:25,860 --> 00:32:28,947 What exactly do you mean by that? 437 00:32:30,239 --> 00:32:31,991 Very little. 438 00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:36,579 Oh, because I would be beneath a man like you? 439 00:32:37,288 --> 00:32:40,124 Well, I-I wouldn't say that was necessarily true. 440 00:32:40,124 --> 00:32:43,002 Necessarily true? 441 00:32:49,258 --> 00:32:53,179 If you wouldn't mind, close the door on your way out. 442 00:32:57,433 --> 00:32:58,726 Oh. 443 00:33:00,311 --> 00:33:02,105 Of course. 444 00:33:02,105 --> 00:33:04,315 ♪ slow, intriguing music ♪ 445 00:33:43,146 --> 00:33:45,314 ♪ gentle, wistful music ♪ 446 00:34:34,781 --> 00:34:36,991 I believe I owe you something of an apology. 447 00:34:36,991 --> 00:34:41,412 We had a prior arrangement, and I should've honored it. 448 00:34:41,412 --> 00:34:43,206 You should've. 449 00:34:43,706 --> 00:34:47,710 I-I neglected our friendship. I was in the wrong. 450 00:34:47,710 --> 00:34:50,338 You were. I'm ready for it now. 451 00:34:50,338 --> 00:34:51,839 Ready for what? 452 00:34:51,839 --> 00:34:53,049 Your apology. 453 00:34:53,049 --> 00:34:57,095 - But I-- - You said you owe me an apology. 454 00:35:00,973 --> 00:35:02,767 I'm sorry, Nina. 455 00:35:04,102 --> 00:35:06,062 Apology accepted. 456 00:35:07,647 --> 00:35:11,192 - Shall we get some breakfast? - I'm staying here. 457 00:35:11,984 --> 00:35:15,404 When we return to Moscow in the new year, 458 00:35:15,404 --> 00:35:17,990 Papa says I shall be starting school. 459 00:35:17,990 --> 00:35:20,493 Apparently, I'm in danger of going off the rails. 460 00:35:20,493 --> 00:35:23,913 Mm, the most interesting people in life are rarely on them. 461 00:35:23,913 --> 00:35:27,458 If I stay here, you could teach me. 462 00:35:28,209 --> 00:35:31,045 Yes, but lessons in the conduct of princesses are 463 00:35:31,045 --> 00:35:32,839 of little use now. 464 00:35:32,839 --> 00:35:36,134 An education would give you a true sense of the world. 465 00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:37,969 But I like it here. It's fun. 466 00:35:37,969 --> 00:35:40,429 Yes, but it's not just about where you are. 467 00:35:40,429 --> 00:35:42,140 It's about the people you meet. 468 00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:43,516 And at school you would make 469 00:35:43,516 --> 00:35:45,059 the best friends of your life. 470 00:35:45,059 --> 00:35:46,644 Like you and Mishka? 471 00:35:49,021 --> 00:35:50,481 Indeed. 472 00:35:50,481 --> 00:35:53,151 ♪ slow, dramatic music ♪ 473 00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:55,838 Please, do come in. 474 00:36:58,925 --> 00:37:01,886 I'd like to talk to you about an incident 475 00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:03,596 that occurred several days ago. 476 00:37:04,138 --> 00:37:06,140 Yes. War and Peace, Tolstoy's finest work-- 477 00:37:06,140 --> 00:37:08,059 in actual fact, anyone's finest work. 478 00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:11,646 - Uh, you have read it? - I know the story. 479 00:37:12,980 --> 00:37:14,106 You got into an altercation 480 00:37:14,106 --> 00:37:16,859 with one of our factory administrators. 481 00:37:16,859 --> 00:37:18,402 I had no idea who it was, 482 00:37:18,402 --> 00:37:21,656 nor would it have made any difference. 483 00:37:22,365 --> 00:37:26,285 Have you had time to reflect on our previous conversation? 484 00:37:27,912 --> 00:37:30,164 Why are you so interested in Mishka? 485 00:37:30,164 --> 00:37:33,084 Because he risked his standing in the Party 486 00:37:33,084 --> 00:37:35,294 to save your life. 487 00:37:39,382 --> 00:37:41,008 There is nothing you can learn 488 00:37:41,008 --> 00:37:42,677 about Mikhail Fyodorovich Mindich from me 489 00:37:42,677 --> 00:37:43,844 that you could not glean 490 00:37:43,844 --> 00:37:45,513 by simply meeting the man himself. 491 00:37:45,513 --> 00:37:46,973 He is loyal to a fault. 492 00:37:46,973 --> 00:37:49,350 He is the very best that humanity has to offer. 493 00:37:49,350 --> 00:37:53,437 Then why did you deem him unworthy of your sister? 494 00:37:57,149 --> 00:38:00,152 Because I wrongly believed that nobility is a birthright. 495 00:38:00,152 --> 00:38:02,405 Because a Bolshevik could never be a gentleman? 496 00:38:02,405 --> 00:38:05,116 I'm certain that's not true of all of them. 497 00:38:05,116 --> 00:38:06,867 And what about me? 498 00:38:08,911 --> 00:38:10,830 Do you believe I'm a gentleman? 499 00:38:14,417 --> 00:38:16,252 I don't know you. 500 00:38:18,212 --> 00:38:19,422 Well, let's just say I'm charged 501 00:38:19,422 --> 00:38:21,424 with keeping track of certain men of interest. 502 00:38:21,424 --> 00:38:23,926 ♪ slow, plaintive music ♪ 503 00:38:23,926 --> 00:38:25,928 Easily done when they're under house arrest. 504 00:38:25,928 --> 00:38:29,682 It's easier still when you place them in the ground. 505 00:38:35,271 --> 00:38:37,440 We'll speak again, I've no doubt. 506 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,400 Neither do I. 507 00:38:44,822 --> 00:38:46,866 Wait. 508 00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:50,703 Before you go... 509 00:38:53,205 --> 00:38:55,541 Consider it a Christmas present. 510 00:38:56,542 --> 00:38:59,462 The celebration of Christmas is outlawed. 511 00:39:00,338 --> 00:39:01,922 Uh... 512 00:39:25,321 --> 00:39:27,156 Both Lenin and Trotsky are 513 00:39:27,156 --> 00:39:28,366 huge fans of Golubev. 514 00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:31,077 I can be sure to mention you next time he visits us. 515 00:39:31,077 --> 00:39:33,371 Would you like to come to my room? 516 00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:36,374 Would-would I... 517 00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:37,416 With you? 518 00:39:37,416 --> 00:39:40,252 I understand I'm not particularly of your persuasion, 519 00:39:40,252 --> 00:39:42,713 - but... - Is it so obvious? 520 00:39:44,465 --> 00:39:45,800 To me. 521 00:39:46,509 --> 00:39:49,595 But rumors of an affair with a leading lady of cinema 522 00:39:49,595 --> 00:39:53,557 would distract most people from the truth. 523 00:39:55,476 --> 00:39:58,646 One good turn deserves another, after all. 524 00:40:16,372 --> 00:40:17,164 Ah. 525 00:40:17,164 --> 00:40:18,707 Yes, uh, my usual table, thank you. 526 00:40:18,707 --> 00:40:20,167 Of course. 527 00:40:24,547 --> 00:40:26,507 Your Countship. 528 00:40:26,507 --> 00:40:27,758 Happy New Year. 529 00:40:27,758 --> 00:40:30,553 All the joys of the season to you, sir. 530 00:40:30,553 --> 00:40:31,971 Ah. 531 00:40:33,180 --> 00:40:34,640 I'm dining with Father later, 532 00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:38,310 so I've only ordered myself an hors d'oeuvre. 533 00:40:38,310 --> 00:40:39,353 The hors d'oeuvre? 534 00:40:39,353 --> 00:40:41,522 Oui. 535 00:40:41,522 --> 00:40:43,816 Would you like to peruse the menu? 536 00:40:43,816 --> 00:40:45,192 No, thank you, my good man. 537 00:40:45,192 --> 00:40:47,153 Just a glass of champagne and a spoon. 538 00:40:50,072 --> 00:40:51,740 Of course. 539 00:40:57,538 --> 00:40:59,748 Will you be all right without me? 540 00:40:59,748 --> 00:41:02,168 There's really no need for you to concern yourself 541 00:41:02,168 --> 00:41:03,627 with an old fuddy-duddy like me. 542 00:41:03,627 --> 00:41:06,464 All the same. I shall. 543 00:41:07,715 --> 00:41:10,593 - How is that hors d'oeuvre? - Splendid. 544 00:41:10,593 --> 00:41:13,804 I understand you might leaving us. 545 00:41:14,722 --> 00:41:15,723 Such a pity. 546 00:41:15,723 --> 00:41:17,808 Thank you. 547 00:41:25,274 --> 00:41:30,946 To an entirely unanticipated and truly wonderful friendship. 548 00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:38,787 And this... 549 00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:41,415 ...this is a little something 550 00:41:41,415 --> 00:41:43,709 that my sister made very good use of 551 00:41:43,709 --> 00:41:45,711 when she was your age. 552 00:41:52,092 --> 00:41:56,013 You have always known me best. I shall treasure them. 553 00:41:58,641 --> 00:42:00,976 It's getting late. 554 00:42:00,976 --> 00:42:02,269 Come on. 555 00:42:02,269 --> 00:42:04,855 I don't want you to keep your father waiting. 556 00:42:04,855 --> 00:42:07,483 And you should go to the party. 557 00:42:07,483 --> 00:42:08,984 It would be the noble thing to do. 558 00:42:13,906 --> 00:42:16,242 From Mademoiselle. 559 00:42:17,368 --> 00:42:19,036 Nina, this is too much. 560 00:42:19,036 --> 00:42:23,999 You must promise not to open it until the stroke of midnight. 561 00:42:23,999 --> 00:42:26,794 You have my word. 562 00:42:27,419 --> 00:42:30,756 Goodbye, Alexander Ilyich. 563 00:43:10,254 --> 00:43:13,382 Cheers. Happy New Year! 564 00:43:51,754 --> 00:43:53,672 Good evening. 565 00:44:12,566 --> 00:44:14,943 Sasha! Come. 566 00:44:14,943 --> 00:44:16,904 Mishka. 567 00:44:19,782 --> 00:44:21,408 Ah. Thank you. 568 00:44:21,408 --> 00:44:23,118 Ah. 569 00:44:23,118 --> 00:44:24,995 Good evening. 570 00:44:25,663 --> 00:44:26,830 I thought you might like some brandy. 571 00:44:26,830 --> 00:44:27,915 Please, join us. 572 00:44:27,915 --> 00:44:31,001 It's a wonderful choice, Your Excellency. 573 00:44:32,002 --> 00:44:35,047 Uh, are there any glasses, Mishka? 574 00:44:40,844 --> 00:44:42,846 Champagne region. 575 00:44:42,846 --> 00:44:44,390 Obviously. 576 00:44:44,390 --> 00:44:48,686 Ugni blanc grapes, double oaked. 577 00:44:48,686 --> 00:44:52,815 And the turn of the century. 578 00:44:53,649 --> 00:44:57,027 I would say 1906. 579 00:44:57,027 --> 00:44:58,487 Oh, very close. 1908. 580 00:44:58,487 --> 00:44:59,822 But still... 581 00:44:59,822 --> 00:45:02,366 It is to be drunk with friends. 582 00:45:03,075 --> 00:45:03,992 Cheers. 583 00:45:13,502 --> 00:45:14,628 Oh, who's this? 584 00:45:14,628 --> 00:45:19,508 This is my son, Ilya, three months old. 585 00:45:19,508 --> 00:45:21,009 Goodness. 586 00:46:57,564 --> 00:46:59,733 I often wonder if she'd still be alive 587 00:46:59,733 --> 00:47:02,569 if I hadn't come between you two. 588 00:47:05,864 --> 00:47:08,450 Maybe I would've become a nobleman. 589 00:47:08,450 --> 00:47:13,330 We could marry and both now be dead. 590 00:47:17,042 --> 00:47:21,088 I am truly sorry I came between you and Helena. 591 00:47:24,049 --> 00:47:27,886 I know what you did for me, Mishka, with the poem. 592 00:47:29,763 --> 00:47:32,224 I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you. 593 00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:35,602 You saved my life. 594 00:47:35,602 --> 00:47:38,605 I should stand and go whilst I'm still able to. 595 00:47:38,605 --> 00:47:42,192 Will you visit me again, Mishka? 596 00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:45,988 If you'd like me to. 597 00:48:00,669 --> 00:48:03,547 ♪ gentle, intriguing music ♪ 598 00:49:17,871 --> 00:49:19,998 ♪ soaring, wistful music ♪