1 00:00:12,889 --> 00:00:15,349 I overheard my father talking last night. 2 00:00:15,350 --> 00:00:18,140 He said your father is a fool, that you have practically no money, 3 00:00:18,144 --> 00:00:20,484 and that you'll soon lose everything. 4 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,940 I don't think that's true. We had strawberries last night. 5 00:00:23,942 --> 00:00:26,442 - So? - They are an expensive fruit, 6 00:00:26,444 --> 00:00:29,574 and I always equate them with optimism and happiness. 7 00:00:29,572 --> 00:00:32,782 - God, you are a child. - Not true. 8 00:00:32,784 --> 00:00:36,754 - I am to be married'. - Who would marry you? 9 00:00:36,746 --> 00:00:38,916 Does this crazy man know your family situation? 10 00:00:38,915 --> 00:00:42,285 - That you have nothing? - He cares not for such matters. 11 00:00:42,293 --> 00:00:45,713 Emperor Peter and I are about finer things. 12 00:00:45,714 --> 00:00:47,304 Emperor Peter? 13 00:00:48,383 --> 00:00:49,383 Of Russia? 14 00:00:49,384 --> 00:00:50,724 Yep. 15 00:00:51,803 --> 00:00:53,563 Russia. 16 00:00:59,018 --> 00:01:03,438 I am to be empress of Russia, Angeline. 17 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,280 Isn't that so... 18 00:01:06,568 --> 00:01:08,608 completely right? 19 00:01:08,611 --> 00:01:10,111 - No'. - Yes. 20 00:01:10,113 --> 00:01:11,663 - No. - Yes'. 21 00:01:11,656 --> 00:01:14,076 - No. - Da. 22 00:01:14,075 --> 00:01:15,445 Nyet. 23 00:01:16,786 --> 00:01:18,746 They have bears. 24 00:01:18,747 --> 00:01:20,667 I may get one. 25 00:01:20,665 --> 00:01:22,325 They look cute. 26 00:02:07,045 --> 00:02:08,045 Door'. 27 00:02:16,387 --> 00:02:17,677 Emperor. 28 00:02:35,073 --> 00:02:36,493 You look taller in your portrait. 29 00:02:38,576 --> 00:02:41,366 Send her back. Get me a tall one. 30 00:02:49,504 --> 00:02:53,174 Rich. Rich. 31 00:02:53,174 --> 00:02:55,094 See what I did, then? 32 00:02:55,093 --> 00:02:56,763 I'm kidding. Kidding. 33 00:02:56,761 --> 00:02:59,101 - Oh, I see. Um, very amusing. 34 00:03:00,139 --> 00:03:03,429 Emperor Peter, I present this branch of spruce. 35 00:03:04,060 --> 00:03:08,110 It is an evergreen, and I hope it will be a symbol of our feelings for each other, 36 00:03:08,106 --> 00:03:11,816 that we will be constant and caring all our lives. 37 00:03:13,695 --> 00:03:16,445 She gave me a twig. She's not another inbred, is she? 38 00:03:16,447 --> 00:03:17,947 It wasn't mentioned. 39 00:03:18,992 --> 00:03:22,082 I assure you, I am of sound mind, sir. 40 00:03:22,912 --> 00:03:24,792 I wanted to thank you for your letter. 41 00:03:24,789 --> 00:03:26,959 Noble, poetic sentiments. 42 00:03:26,958 --> 00:03:29,088 It, it warmed my heart. 43 00:03:30,545 --> 00:03:32,705 I, too, wish the same as you. 44 00:03:32,714 --> 00:03:35,634 That our love will grow from a small ember 45 00:03:35,633 --> 00:03:39,013 to a blaze that will warm a whole kingdom. 46 00:03:39,762 --> 00:03:42,642 - I wrote a letter? - We threw a little something together. 47 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:43,980 How about that? 48 00:03:43,975 --> 00:03:46,805 Well, you liked it, so that's grand. 49 00:03:46,811 --> 00:03:49,561 - Welcome. - I hope I will make you happy. 50 00:03:49,564 --> 00:03:51,114 You're perfect. 51 00:03:51,107 --> 00:03:52,857 I need an empress who's from aristocracy, 52 00:03:52,859 --> 00:03:55,699 but not from a family that is powerful or a player. 53 00:03:55,695 --> 00:03:57,235 Your family, apparently, are fucked. 54 00:04:03,578 --> 00:04:06,038 - You smell funny. Is that usual? - I... 55 00:04:07,165 --> 00:04:09,535 - I have been traveling. - Let's hope that's it. 56 00:04:09,542 --> 00:04:12,712 Wedding's at seven. Archbishop Samsa will now give you instructions. 57 00:04:12,712 --> 00:04:15,212 Boy, you're cute. I have to get back to my whores. 58 00:04:16,049 --> 00:04:19,259 Whor-ses. Horses. 59 00:04:19,260 --> 00:04:21,680 Going riding. Hmm. 60 00:04:26,684 --> 00:04:28,274 He seems lovely. 61 00:04:28,269 --> 00:04:30,729 Obviously, some cultural issues may be at play, 62 00:04:30,730 --> 00:04:33,270 but I will soon get used to that and we will be as one. 63 00:04:33,274 --> 00:04:36,534 Hmm. Aren't you gorgeously optimistic? 64 00:04:36,527 --> 00:04:39,447 It has been said. I believe there's no other way to be. 65 00:04:39,447 --> 00:04:42,947 Indeed. And how is your relationship with the Lord our God? 66 00:04:43,493 --> 00:04:44,623 We've had no trouble. 67 00:04:45,536 --> 00:04:50,116 You must allow me to be a spiritual mentor to you, a guide touched by God. 68 00:04:50,792 --> 00:04:53,542 Of course. Thank you. 69 00:04:56,965 --> 00:04:59,375 This is Marial. She'll be your girl. 70 00:05:00,051 --> 00:05:01,471 Empress. 71 00:05:03,012 --> 00:05:05,392 I now need to find out if you're intact. 72 00:05:05,390 --> 00:05:06,390 I'm sorry? 73 00:05:07,308 --> 00:05:11,398 Whether your interior wall has been breached. 74 00:05:12,563 --> 00:05:13,903 What wall are we talking about? 75 00:05:20,071 --> 00:05:22,701 - My... - It is the way of things, 76 00:05:22,699 --> 00:05:24,579 a tradition for royalty. 77 00:05:29,914 --> 00:05:31,674 Lay down. 78 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:51,560 Oh. Okay. 79 00:05:57,859 --> 00:05:59,189 Empress. 80 00:06:00,945 --> 00:06:04,865 It is the latest from Paris. You recognize it, no doubt? 81 00:06:04,866 --> 00:06:06,866 I do not, but... 82 00:06:06,868 --> 00:06:10,118 I recognize it as... special. 83 00:06:11,456 --> 00:06:13,036 General, stop staring at the empress. 84 00:06:13,041 --> 00:06:14,921 It will attract his attention. 85 00:06:14,917 --> 00:06:19,127 She is a vision of radiance. I must make my introduction. 86 00:06:19,130 --> 00:06:20,470 Bad idea. 87 00:06:21,174 --> 00:06:23,974 This fucking duck is delicious. Do you not find? 88 00:06:24,635 --> 00:06:26,295 Indeed. 89 00:06:26,304 --> 00:06:29,394 - Ever eaten duck as good as this, Archie? - I have not. 90 00:06:29,390 --> 00:06:32,640 - Ever eaten pussy? 91 00:06:32,643 --> 00:06:33,983 I have not. 92 00:06:33,978 --> 00:06:37,108 Oh, God is a cruel master. 93 00:06:37,106 --> 00:06:41,486 Empress, this is Velementov, my general in charge of our war on the Swedes. 94 00:06:44,072 --> 00:06:46,872 I saw soldiers on the road on my trip. 95 00:06:46,866 --> 00:06:48,786 Oh. Did they look happy? 96 00:06:48,785 --> 00:06:51,075 They seemed scattered and badly wounded. 97 00:06:51,079 --> 00:06:53,959 Oh, shit, maybe we lost. Velementov, you horse's bitch. 98 00:06:53,956 --> 00:06:57,166 Sir, I've heard no definitive report from the front. 99 00:06:57,168 --> 00:06:59,338 However, a rider who is expected-- 100 00:07:00,922 --> 00:07:04,762 - Go on'. Go on'. 101 00:07:06,385 --> 00:07:08,755 You are so beautiful. 102 00:07:08,763 --> 00:07:11,933 It's like the sun has floated into our court and exploded. 103 00:07:12,683 --> 00:07:14,563 - Thank you. - I am Aunt Elizabeth, 104 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:19,440 much younger sister to his dear, long-departed mother. 105 00:07:20,024 --> 00:07:23,324 You may call be Bet. No one else may call me that. 106 00:07:23,861 --> 00:07:27,161 Oh, well, some do, a few, and now you. 107 00:07:28,699 --> 00:07:30,369 It is wonderful to meet you. 108 00:07:30,368 --> 00:07:33,698 Be kind to him. He's a delicate soul. 109 00:07:33,704 --> 00:07:35,044 - Huzzah'. 110 00:07:37,458 --> 00:07:39,788 I miss my mother today. 111 00:07:39,794 --> 00:07:41,094 How she would have loved this. 112 00:07:42,296 --> 00:07:46,256 She was the last empress of Russia. 113 00:07:46,259 --> 00:07:48,089 Huzzah'. 114 00:07:48,094 --> 00:07:51,264 But a toast to my new wife, 115 00:07:51,264 --> 00:07:53,394 the new empress of Russia'. 116 00:07:54,725 --> 00:07:56,515 - Huzzah'. 117 00:08:00,398 --> 00:08:02,358 - It is a-- - No, you don't talk, my love. 118 00:08:02,358 --> 00:08:03,898 Oh. Of course. 119 00:08:03,901 --> 00:08:08,111 So, a wedding gift for my new wife seems in order. 120 00:08:11,075 --> 00:08:13,695 - I hope you like it. 121 00:08:15,955 --> 00:08:17,705 Oh. 122 00:08:19,125 --> 00:08:20,745 Thank you. 123 00:08:24,714 --> 00:08:27,554 - Huzzah'. - Huzzah'. 124 00:08:27,550 --> 00:08:29,930 - Let us drink'. 125 00:08:29,927 --> 00:08:31,387 Drink'. Drink'. 126 00:08:37,310 --> 00:08:41,110 Madam, where are the rest of your clothes? 127 00:08:41,105 --> 00:08:43,395 Oh, they're somewhere, I'm sure. 128 00:08:43,900 --> 00:08:46,490 Me, a married woman. 129 00:08:46,485 --> 00:08:48,905 How I dreamt of this. 130 00:08:48,905 --> 00:08:50,195 Congratulations. 131 00:08:51,407 --> 00:08:53,077 And did I tell you about the bear? 132 00:08:53,075 --> 00:08:55,235 You did. But I am happy to hear it again. 133 00:08:55,244 --> 00:08:59,294 I once dreamed of-- Well, I had a vision of a bear, 134 00:08:59,290 --> 00:09:02,380 and the bear embraced me, and my heart was aflame. 135 00:09:02,376 --> 00:09:06,206 And from that moment, I always knew I'd have a great love. 136 00:09:06,214 --> 00:09:09,434 Um, madam, if I may speak. 137 00:09:09,425 --> 00:09:13,465 You do know, um... uh... 138 00:09:13,471 --> 00:09:16,641 Are you ready for tonight? You do know what to expect? 139 00:09:16,641 --> 00:09:20,521 You suppose me more naive than I am. My mother has explained everything. 140 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:21,649 She has? 141 00:09:22,188 --> 00:09:26,858 The man caresses you softly, pressing his lips to yours. 142 00:09:26,859 --> 00:09:31,199 Your breasts and skin awaken and shiver with palpitating joy. 143 00:09:31,197 --> 00:09:34,907 Between your legs quivers and moistens with longing. 144 00:09:34,909 --> 00:09:37,499 He enters you and you become one. 145 00:09:37,495 --> 00:09:40,995 Your bodies meld, your souls mesh. 146 00:09:40,998 --> 00:09:44,338 As a sensation takes hold of you, you fall into a black sky 147 00:09:44,335 --> 00:09:46,835 filled with the shiniest of stars. 148 00:09:46,837 --> 00:09:49,217 You float for a time in ecstasy, 149 00:09:49,215 --> 00:09:54,005 before waves of pleasure push and pull you back into your body. 150 00:09:54,011 --> 00:09:57,931 Your body ushers forth yelps, and sometimes song, 151 00:09:57,932 --> 00:10:00,852 before he and you explode within, 152 00:10:00,851 --> 00:10:04,271 collapsing together, spent and unified. 153 00:10:04,272 --> 00:10:07,862 Then, you lay together, laughing softly, 154 00:10:07,858 --> 00:10:10,528 weeping occasionally with ecstatic joy, 155 00:10:10,528 --> 00:10:13,068 and finally, he wraps his arms around you, 156 00:10:13,072 --> 00:10:15,032 whispers poetry softly into your ear, 157 00:10:15,032 --> 00:10:17,542 and you fall into a... delicious sleep. 158 00:10:21,706 --> 00:10:23,286 Yep, that's pretty much it. 159 00:10:23,291 --> 00:10:25,251 - Grigor? - It's him. 160 00:10:29,922 --> 00:10:31,222 Good luck. 161 00:10:31,215 --> 00:10:33,545 - Hmm? Ducks? 162 00:10:33,551 --> 00:10:35,641 He was saying it will bring the ducks to you, 163 00:10:35,636 --> 00:10:38,056 instead of you having to find them. 164 00:10:38,556 --> 00:10:40,806 - My dearest Peter. 165 00:10:40,808 --> 00:10:43,058 But then he does it, he blows this caller. 166 00:10:43,060 --> 00:10:45,860 I don't believe it, and then-- Empress. 167 00:10:49,275 --> 00:10:52,235 - The fucking ducks come from everywhere, 168 00:10:52,236 --> 00:10:54,606 but not like four or five, like, 50. 169 00:10:54,613 --> 00:10:56,283 - That's hilarious. - Truly comical. 170 00:10:56,282 --> 00:11:00,202 Fucking ducks everywhere, and we all just started running for cover. 171 00:11:00,202 --> 00:11:04,082 Firing like crazy, ducks are dropping, people are screaming. 172 00:11:04,081 --> 00:11:07,211 - Oh, I'd love to see it. - Well, we'll get him to do it again. 173 00:11:07,209 --> 00:11:09,999 No, but this time, we will-- 174 00:11:15,468 --> 00:11:18,548 We'll watch from the balcony, no danger to us. 175 00:11:20,139 --> 00:11:21,179 Marvelous. 176 00:11:23,059 --> 00:11:26,019 Let us hope my seed has found purchase. 177 00:11:26,020 --> 00:11:28,360 Have a pleasant evening, Empress. 178 00:11:28,356 --> 00:11:31,686 Grigor, shall we crack that new vodka from Kiev? 179 00:11:31,692 --> 00:11:33,402 Huzzah. 180 00:12:07,061 --> 00:12:09,151 Love Peter. 181 00:12:11,565 --> 00:12:13,975 Make him love me. 182 00:12:18,447 --> 00:12:21,447 Find culture and education here. 183 00:12:23,285 --> 00:12:25,535 Are you all right, Empress? 184 00:12:25,538 --> 00:12:26,958 Quite fabulous. 185 00:12:27,706 --> 00:12:31,206 Last night was all... all right? As you'd imagined? 186 00:12:31,210 --> 00:12:33,380 To be honest, it was brief. 187 00:12:33,379 --> 00:12:34,709 Brief is often a relief. 188 00:12:34,713 --> 00:12:37,633 And not as much... as I had imagined. 189 00:12:37,633 --> 00:12:39,513 I'm sorry, 'cause I had thought of warning you. 190 00:12:39,510 --> 00:12:43,220 It is possible I had an overly romantic view of its unfolding. 191 00:12:43,222 --> 00:12:44,562 I do that. 192 00:12:44,557 --> 00:12:46,347 Well, you would not be the first. 193 00:12:47,810 --> 00:12:49,310 The truth is we do not know each other. 194 00:12:50,354 --> 00:12:52,024 Our love is an ember, 195 00:12:52,022 --> 00:12:54,362 a mere spark, 196 00:12:54,358 --> 00:12:57,188 and I must blow on it with the full force of my lungs, 197 00:12:57,194 --> 00:13:00,034 so that it bursts into passionate flames. 198 00:13:01,365 --> 00:13:02,695 Right. 199 00:13:06,036 --> 00:13:09,036 Shall you breakfast here or in the garden? 200 00:13:09,039 --> 00:13:11,709 I will breakfast with my husband. 201 00:13:11,709 --> 00:13:13,039 Where's that? 202 00:13:15,463 --> 00:13:18,383 I am not to be disturbed. I will cut your throat. 203 00:13:18,382 --> 00:13:20,722 I'd rather you kiss it, dear husband. 204 00:13:20,718 --> 00:13:23,298 Oh, hello. What do you want? 205 00:13:25,014 --> 00:13:27,564 - Maid'. 206 00:13:27,558 --> 00:13:29,308 Bring the emperor two raw eggs, 207 00:13:29,310 --> 00:13:32,690 tomato juice, salt, pepper, and a jigger of vodka. 208 00:13:32,688 --> 00:13:35,068 - Shake and pour it into a glass. - No. 209 00:13:35,065 --> 00:13:37,065 I like to be alone in the morning. 210 00:13:37,067 --> 00:13:40,397 I'm sure you did, but now, we shall greet the day together, 211 00:13:40,404 --> 00:13:43,074 with sunny dispositions and fearless hearts. 212 00:13:44,617 --> 00:13:47,327 - Mm. Hello, dog. 213 00:13:48,412 --> 00:13:50,582 My father liked to imbibe heavily. 214 00:13:50,581 --> 00:13:53,251 This was his solution to the morning troubles. 215 00:13:53,250 --> 00:13:54,960 It has vodka in it? 216 00:14:04,678 --> 00:14:06,098 Huzzah'. 217 00:14:09,099 --> 00:14:11,849 I like it. Yes, that's better. You are a witch. 218 00:14:11,852 --> 00:14:13,442 You must break a lot of glasses. 219 00:14:13,437 --> 00:14:15,227 Yes, I suppose we do. 220 00:14:16,941 --> 00:14:17,981 Come. 221 00:14:21,987 --> 00:14:25,027 - Shall we perhaps picnic today? - This is Mother. 222 00:14:27,576 --> 00:14:28,946 I would not bury her. 223 00:14:29,537 --> 00:14:31,617 I could not bear the thought of never seeing her. 224 00:14:31,622 --> 00:14:34,462 Oh. She is pretty. 225 00:14:35,584 --> 00:14:37,344 Mother, this is Catherine. 226 00:14:40,130 --> 00:14:41,720 It is my honor. 227 00:14:43,092 --> 00:14:46,102 She was a goddess. Extraordinary. Powerful. 228 00:14:46,095 --> 00:14:47,925 No one like her. 229 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:51,599 Strangely, I felt paralyzed whenever she was around. 230 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,020 Someone should work out what goes on between a chap and his mother. 231 00:14:54,019 --> 00:14:55,269 There'd be money in that. 232 00:14:55,938 --> 00:14:57,568 I suppose so. 233 00:14:57,565 --> 00:14:59,185 Right. That's done. 234 00:15:00,109 --> 00:15:02,399 - Where shall we go now? - I have men's things. 235 00:15:02,403 --> 00:15:04,573 - Madame Georgina Dymov. - Emperor. 236 00:15:04,572 --> 00:15:06,912 Take the empress to the other ladies and speak of hats. 237 00:15:06,907 --> 00:15:08,237 Of course. 238 00:15:08,242 --> 00:15:10,082 It may indeed be pleasant to have a wife. 239 00:15:11,412 --> 00:15:14,422 Yes. It is pleasant. 240 00:15:15,791 --> 00:15:18,461 Velementov, come here, you fat fuck'. 241 00:15:18,460 --> 00:15:20,630 Come here'. 242 00:15:21,672 --> 00:15:23,342 Let us walk. 243 00:15:26,218 --> 00:15:27,888 He is a mercurial fellow. 244 00:15:28,887 --> 00:15:30,677 Deep of heart, I feel. 245 00:15:31,765 --> 00:15:33,845 A curious jester. 246 00:15:33,851 --> 00:15:38,731 How sweet you are. I could put you in my mouth and you would dissolve. 247 00:15:38,731 --> 00:15:41,821 Then do not, for I am too happy. 248 00:15:41,817 --> 00:15:44,397 I will be your dearest friend and confidante. 249 00:15:44,403 --> 00:15:45,703 You will need one. 250 00:15:45,696 --> 00:15:49,066 Most of the women have tongues in the shape of a cat-o'-nine-tails. 251 00:15:54,913 --> 00:15:57,793 Oh, Empress'. Empress. 252 00:15:57,791 --> 00:15:59,921 Oh, Empress'. 253 00:16:02,087 --> 00:16:04,377 Congratulations'. 254 00:16:04,381 --> 00:16:07,511 Hats have just arrived from Paris. 255 00:16:07,509 --> 00:16:09,009 You must know all the latest. 256 00:16:09,011 --> 00:16:10,761 On... hats? 257 00:16:12,264 --> 00:16:14,274 I've never been much interested in hats. 258 00:16:15,726 --> 00:16:18,596 However, have any of you read 259 00:16:18,604 --> 00:16:21,364 the latest Rousseau, The Social Contract? 260 00:16:21,357 --> 00:16:23,107 I have a copy if you would like. 261 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,780 - A delightful jest. Bravo. 262 00:16:32,868 --> 00:16:35,118 We cannot read. 263 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,080 - None of you? - It is... not done. 264 00:16:38,082 --> 00:16:40,632 - And seems dull. - And time-consuming. 265 00:16:43,253 --> 00:16:47,263 Anyways, more interestingly, Captain Dostovey is seeing Lenka. 266 00:16:48,842 --> 00:16:51,392 - That is nice. - It is, unless you're his wife. 267 00:16:54,807 --> 00:16:57,477 Oh, there is champagne being set outside. 268 00:16:57,476 --> 00:16:59,646 Shall we roll balls on the lawn? 269 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:13,030 - What happens now? - Well, they bring them back up, 270 00:17:13,033 --> 00:17:15,123 and then we do it all again. 271 00:17:16,453 --> 00:17:17,663 I see. 272 00:17:18,997 --> 00:17:21,127 - For how long? - All afternoon. 273 00:17:27,589 --> 00:17:29,129 Empress. 274 00:17:29,133 --> 00:17:30,633 You seem tired. 275 00:17:30,634 --> 00:17:32,684 Might I escort you to your apartments? 276 00:17:32,678 --> 00:17:35,758 Indeed. I am. 277 00:17:36,682 --> 00:17:39,732 Marial, you speak out of turn. 278 00:17:39,727 --> 00:17:43,767 You must wait for the empress or one of the ladies of court to address you. 279 00:17:43,772 --> 00:17:44,942 You cannot just speak. 280 00:17:44,940 --> 00:17:48,360 You may rip my tongue from my foolish body, dear Lady Svenska, 281 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:51,740 or try to, and we shall see what develops from there. 282 00:17:51,739 --> 00:17:53,909 Remember your place, Marial. 283 00:17:57,995 --> 00:18:02,205 My apologies, ladies. Sometimes I... forget who I am. 284 00:18:02,207 --> 00:18:05,627 Well, we are within our rights to whip you to remind you if needs be. 285 00:18:05,627 --> 00:18:07,757 - A bit harsh. - Marial has apologized, 286 00:18:07,755 --> 00:18:11,045 and we are all reminded of where we stand. 287 00:18:11,049 --> 00:18:12,679 In time, she will adjust. 288 00:18:12,676 --> 00:18:17,006 Empress, would you like Marial to escort you to your apartments? 289 00:18:18,348 --> 00:18:19,558 Indeed. 290 00:18:20,309 --> 00:18:21,849 Perhaps I shall see you later. 291 00:18:21,852 --> 00:18:23,602 That is the beautiful thing, my dear. 292 00:18:24,104 --> 00:18:25,904 You will see us every day now. 293 00:18:28,358 --> 00:18:29,738 They do not read. 294 00:18:29,735 --> 00:18:32,395 No wonder they're cruel and vapid. 295 00:18:32,404 --> 00:18:34,874 - We must feel for them. - It is impossible. 296 00:18:36,492 --> 00:18:38,702 Do you wish to explain the exchange on the lawn? 297 00:18:38,702 --> 00:18:40,542 Not particularly. 298 00:18:41,997 --> 00:18:43,537 Do it anyway. 299 00:18:47,836 --> 00:18:50,256 I was, until recently, a lady of the court. 300 00:18:50,255 --> 00:18:54,375 My father fucked with the emperor, and so he made us all servants. 301 00:18:54,384 --> 00:18:55,474 To humiliate you? 302 00:18:55,469 --> 00:18:58,009 It was uncharacteristically clever of him. 303 00:18:58,013 --> 00:18:59,973 It serves as a standing warning to all the court, 304 00:18:59,973 --> 00:19:02,943 you could wake up tomorrow shoveling shit. 305 00:19:02,935 --> 00:19:04,475 That's sad. 306 00:19:05,229 --> 00:19:08,019 - You best be careful, then. 307 00:19:08,023 --> 00:19:11,493 It is unfortunately not part of my nature. 308 00:19:11,485 --> 00:19:13,855 If you are a servant, your nature's not relevant, 309 00:19:13,862 --> 00:19:15,992 and your insolence will get you beaten. 310 00:19:15,989 --> 00:19:17,569 I don't want that. 311 00:19:17,574 --> 00:19:20,124 It is well put. I shall try. 312 00:19:20,118 --> 00:19:23,578 - You, I like, very much. - And I, you. 313 00:19:23,580 --> 00:19:27,460 Inside, you are still a lady, albeit an angry one. 314 00:19:52,442 --> 00:19:54,652 - Husband. - Wife? 315 00:20:00,367 --> 00:20:01,367 Huzzah. 316 00:20:05,622 --> 00:20:07,252 Stop that. Move over. 317 00:20:08,667 --> 00:20:10,127 Come, Empress. 318 00:20:11,962 --> 00:20:14,422 And join us. It'll be romping good fun. 319 00:20:16,300 --> 00:20:19,970 Oh, for fuck's sake. Do not be boring and have a peasant's morality. 320 00:20:19,970 --> 00:20:22,100 And do not look at me as Mother would: disdainful and hurt. 321 00:20:22,097 --> 00:20:24,637 I will not fucking stand for it. 322 00:20:25,642 --> 00:20:28,022 I want you in this bed. Please? 323 00:20:28,854 --> 00:20:32,654 Please, make your husband happy. Is that not what you came here to do? 324 00:20:38,822 --> 00:20:39,872 Come on. 325 00:21:01,136 --> 00:21:05,176 Oh. Sorry, um... Grigor. 326 00:21:05,182 --> 00:21:07,102 We met at the wedding. 327 00:21:08,018 --> 00:21:10,268 - She is your wife? - Yes. 328 00:21:11,688 --> 00:21:14,688 And he is my emperor, and I love him. 329 00:21:15,984 --> 00:21:20,284 So, that is... that. 330 00:21:22,157 --> 00:21:24,827 Is it not hard, though, to share? 331 00:21:24,826 --> 00:21:27,536 Marriage is a struggle on a number of levels. 332 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,040 I'm beginning to see that. 333 00:21:54,064 --> 00:21:56,784 If you spy a rabbit, point but do not yell. 334 00:21:58,151 --> 00:22:02,451 It must be an enormous responsibility and honor to lead a country of such import. 335 00:22:02,447 --> 00:22:04,067 It's actually not that hard. 336 00:22:04,908 --> 00:22:06,408 The decisions must weigh heavy. 337 00:22:06,410 --> 00:22:09,290 No. Not really. I was born to rule. 338 00:22:09,287 --> 00:22:11,747 - Rabbit'. 339 00:22:11,748 --> 00:22:13,538 Damn'. 340 00:22:16,044 --> 00:22:19,514 I would like to be useful to Russia, to help its greatness. 341 00:22:19,506 --> 00:22:22,176 You will bear my heirs. There is no higher use. 342 00:22:22,175 --> 00:22:23,335 You are blessed. 343 00:22:24,428 --> 00:22:27,258 - Are you with child yet? - I am not. 344 00:22:27,264 --> 00:22:29,934 I must empty myself into you again soon. 345 00:22:29,933 --> 00:22:32,483 - Rabbit. 346 00:22:32,477 --> 00:22:33,897 Damn'. 347 00:22:36,314 --> 00:22:39,114 I thought perhaps I could help in education. 348 00:22:39,109 --> 00:22:41,449 There's an explosion of ideas in France. 349 00:22:41,445 --> 00:22:43,485 And an explosion of syphilis in Kiev. 350 00:22:43,488 --> 00:22:44,818 What? 351 00:22:45,574 --> 00:22:48,624 It is a joke. You are slow of mind and wit. 352 00:22:48,618 --> 00:22:51,828 Gents, I said there is an explosion of syphilis in Kiev. 353 00:22:55,959 --> 00:22:57,879 Did you roll colored balls with the ladies? 354 00:22:57,878 --> 00:23:00,458 - Mm. Briefly. - It is a lark. What fun. 355 00:23:01,339 --> 00:23:04,089 We are, in fact, modernizing in a European way. 356 00:23:04,092 --> 00:23:07,762 I have banned beards in men under 50. It is a better look. 357 00:23:07,763 --> 00:23:10,433 The big Russian beards look like men are eating a whole beaver, 358 00:23:10,432 --> 00:23:14,022 - and it will not do. - Beards. Yes, indeed. 359 00:23:14,936 --> 00:23:17,936 My question is, can I fund a small school? 360 00:23:17,939 --> 00:23:19,939 Will it stop you talking about dull things? 361 00:23:19,941 --> 00:23:21,441 And I jest, of course. Sort of. 362 00:23:21,443 --> 00:23:24,913 - It will. - If it makes you happy, you may do it. 363 00:23:24,905 --> 00:23:27,315 Talk to Bettina for funds. 364 00:23:28,867 --> 00:23:31,997 - Let us drink. - Yes'. Huzzah'. 365 00:23:31,995 --> 00:23:34,745 - Huzzah'. 366 00:23:34,748 --> 00:23:36,958 Now let us fight. 367 00:23:38,877 --> 00:23:41,627 - Come on. Fight back, fatso'. - And stay'. 368 00:23:41,630 --> 00:23:42,960 Hit me'. 369 00:23:46,301 --> 00:23:48,641 - Oh. Oh'. 370 00:23:51,723 --> 00:23:54,813 Finally, some fight in the military. About fucking time. 371 00:23:57,938 --> 00:23:59,978 Oh, rich. Rich. 372 00:23:59,981 --> 00:24:03,321 Peter'. Peter'. Peter'. 373 00:24:03,318 --> 00:24:05,698 - Rabbit. 374 00:24:19,209 --> 00:24:22,709 We will paint it. Brighten it up. 375 00:24:24,339 --> 00:24:26,679 Some chairs will be brought over from the palace. 376 00:24:26,675 --> 00:24:31,425 - May I... learn? - You must. 377 00:24:34,057 --> 00:24:35,807 Where is the library? 378 00:24:35,809 --> 00:24:39,059 - The what? - Well, books. We must have books. 379 00:24:39,062 --> 00:24:41,152 And perhaps we could have talks on ideas. 380 00:24:41,148 --> 00:24:43,318 Like I said, 45-degree angle. 381 00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:46,066 - And a full arm swing? - Exactly. 382 00:24:46,945 --> 00:24:48,815 Actually, I know where the books are. 383 00:25:10,719 --> 00:25:12,099 Shit. 384 00:25:15,056 --> 00:25:17,766 - What are you reading? - Uh, a book. 385 00:25:19,227 --> 00:25:22,057 Uh, by a fellow, uh... 386 00:25:22,063 --> 00:25:25,903 a brilliant fellow called René Descartes. 387 00:25:25,901 --> 00:25:28,951 - And you were moved? - I'm-- I'm sorry. 388 00:25:28,945 --> 00:25:32,405 Uh, it, it is embarrassing and unmanly. 389 00:25:32,407 --> 00:25:34,737 I'm such a dickhead. Fuck. 390 00:25:34,743 --> 00:25:38,543 His ideas light the mind. I told him so. 391 00:25:38,538 --> 00:25:41,628 - You know him? - I only met him the once. 392 00:25:41,625 --> 00:25:44,785 He seemed sweet and smelt of cheese, 393 00:25:44,794 --> 00:25:46,764 but... what a mind. 394 00:25:46,755 --> 00:25:48,215 Yes. 395 00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:53,930 - I am Count Orlo. - Orlo. A pleasure. 396 00:25:53,929 --> 00:25:55,219 Pleasure. 397 00:25:55,222 --> 00:25:58,482 I am seeking books to put in my school. 398 00:25:58,475 --> 00:26:00,225 Your school? 399 00:26:01,144 --> 00:26:04,314 The emperor has ordained I should have a school. 400 00:26:04,314 --> 00:26:09,154 I will teach women to read, and, hopefully, talk much on Descartes. 401 00:26:10,612 --> 00:26:14,072 You, sir... you're welcome to help me. 402 00:26:16,618 --> 00:26:18,448 So talk, Velementov. 403 00:26:18,453 --> 00:26:21,333 The, uh...the battle... 404 00:26:21,331 --> 00:26:23,001 it did not go as hoped. 405 00:26:22,999 --> 00:26:26,039 Fuck'. Again, why are we losing? 406 00:26:26,044 --> 00:26:27,464 Anyone? 407 00:26:30,006 --> 00:26:31,086 Anyone? 408 00:26:31,091 --> 00:26:34,091 I believe I called for a halt and a regroup. 409 00:26:34,094 --> 00:26:36,764 - Uh, my opinion-- - Blame'. 410 00:26:37,514 --> 00:26:38,564 Blame. 411 00:26:38,556 --> 00:26:41,386 I would have won if what? 412 00:26:41,393 --> 00:26:43,813 What, the rest of us had not an opinion? 413 00:26:43,812 --> 00:26:48,072 It seems a good summation of Velementov's rather churlish attitude. 414 00:26:48,066 --> 00:26:49,356 And yet possibly true. 415 00:26:51,278 --> 00:26:54,488 His plans are often twisted by the group, 416 00:26:54,489 --> 00:26:58,449 when in fact, he is a brilliant strategist. 417 00:26:59,828 --> 00:27:00,828 Thank you, sir. 418 00:27:00,829 --> 00:27:06,079 I believe Orlo will now talk of suing for peace as he revels in our losses. 419 00:27:06,084 --> 00:27:08,464 Is that true, Orlo? You revel in our losses? 420 00:27:08,461 --> 00:27:11,881 - No, sir. Um-- - I will stuff this marble 421 00:27:11,881 --> 00:27:14,051 - deep in your ass if it is. - Oh... 422 00:27:14,551 --> 00:27:17,261 Fuck'. What do we do? 423 00:27:18,888 --> 00:27:22,558 Well, the archbishop started this war when God sent him a vision. 424 00:27:22,559 --> 00:27:28,019 Perhaps he could revisit this vision and provide more details on how to win it. 425 00:27:28,023 --> 00:27:30,903 God has called us to it. We must win it. 426 00:27:30,900 --> 00:27:34,200 God is all care and no responsibility at times. 427 00:27:34,195 --> 00:27:39,325 I do not doubt the Russian fighting man, and it is treasonous to do so. 428 00:27:39,326 --> 00:27:42,786 We lost some 1,800 lives. 429 00:27:43,872 --> 00:27:45,582 Goddamn it. 430 00:27:45,582 --> 00:27:47,292 Well, how does that look? 431 00:27:47,292 --> 00:27:51,632 Bad. Bad, is how, in case anyone was wondering. 432 00:27:51,629 --> 00:27:56,179 My father won battles. He expanded the kingdom. 433 00:27:57,635 --> 00:28:01,255 I also do not like all the limbless soldiers in the halls. 434 00:28:01,264 --> 00:28:06,104 It casts a pall over the fun of a ball when so many can't dance. 435 00:28:07,562 --> 00:28:10,692 I can win this for us. 436 00:28:10,690 --> 00:28:12,280 So do. 437 00:28:12,275 --> 00:28:16,355 On another matter, uh, may I commend the emperor 438 00:28:16,363 --> 00:28:19,703 on his decision to allow the empress a school. 439 00:28:19,699 --> 00:28:21,949 I make women happy, Orlo. 440 00:28:21,951 --> 00:28:24,621 Sometimes they yelp like newborn puppies. It's a lovely thing. 441 00:28:24,621 --> 00:28:27,291 You should try it, if your cock ever finds its way out of your hand 442 00:28:27,290 --> 00:28:28,630 - into a woman. 443 00:28:28,625 --> 00:28:31,535 - Uh, indeed. - Blushing. 444 00:28:31,544 --> 00:28:33,804 - God, you're a virgin. 445 00:28:33,797 --> 00:28:37,127 I'd like to approve the texts she wishes to teach. 446 00:28:37,133 --> 00:28:39,473 She may bring new ideas from the West. 447 00:28:39,469 --> 00:28:43,639 The French are affecting Europe's thinking in a distressing way. 448 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,640 In an astounding way that blows light into our age. 449 00:28:47,644 --> 00:28:50,154 The fact that women will be part of this, 450 00:28:50,146 --> 00:28:53,726 as I believe, is a stunning achievement for our nation 451 00:28:53,733 --> 00:28:56,903 and will be celebrated across Europe. 452 00:28:56,903 --> 00:28:59,863 - Women? - What? 453 00:29:12,419 --> 00:29:14,749 - They burned down my school'. 454 00:29:14,754 --> 00:29:17,674 You must seek justice'. Wreak havoc upon them'. 455 00:29:17,674 --> 00:29:19,634 Oh, you did not say this school was for girls. 456 00:29:19,634 --> 00:29:21,144 - Did I not? - No. 457 00:29:21,136 --> 00:29:25,176 - Yes'. Women here cannot read. - And they shall not. 458 00:29:26,015 --> 00:29:28,305 Women are for seeding, not reading. 459 00:29:28,309 --> 00:29:30,269 Huh. Pithy. 460 00:29:30,270 --> 00:29:32,110 Gents, I said women are for seeding, not reading. 461 00:29:37,110 --> 00:29:39,990 - You burned my school down. - I did. 462 00:29:41,656 --> 00:29:43,576 Well, you may go. I forgive you, of course, 463 00:29:43,575 --> 00:29:46,195 as I am of gentle heart and massive cock. 464 00:29:46,202 --> 00:29:49,912 Gentlemen, I said I am of gentle heart and massive cock. 465 00:29:49,914 --> 00:29:51,584 - Huzzah'. - You are disgusting'. 466 00:29:51,583 --> 00:29:52,883 - You don't lie to me again'. 467 00:29:52,876 --> 00:29:54,416 - Ooh'. - Oh, you are admirably quick. 468 00:29:54,419 --> 00:29:57,419 - Huh. Huzzah'. - Huzzah'. 469 00:29:57,422 --> 00:29:59,382 Right. Who's next? Ivan? 470 00:30:15,190 --> 00:30:18,320 Did you see Grigor carrying two baby ducks everywhere yesterday? 471 00:30:18,318 --> 00:30:19,688 Hilarious. 472 00:30:19,694 --> 00:30:21,404 Nipping at vodka in his pocket, they were. 473 00:30:27,535 --> 00:30:29,495 We do not have to breakfast together. 474 00:30:29,496 --> 00:30:32,326 - I wish it to bring us closer. - How is that working? 475 00:30:34,792 --> 00:30:37,212 May I read a passage from Diderot? 476 00:30:37,212 --> 00:30:39,882 - Orlo found it for me. - Orlo is a lobcock. 477 00:30:40,423 --> 00:30:44,093 A smart one, and handy for the thinking part of running the country. 478 00:30:44,093 --> 00:30:47,103 And I do not care who fucks who, as long as one fucks. 479 00:30:47,764 --> 00:30:50,394 Though I suspect he does not even do that. 480 00:30:50,391 --> 00:30:51,771 What sort of a life is that? 481 00:30:56,147 --> 00:30:57,357 Just musing. 482 00:30:58,566 --> 00:31:00,896 - So I shall read. - Mm. 483 00:31:02,487 --> 00:31:04,447 "Man will never be free 484 00:31:04,447 --> 00:31:09,787 until the last king has been strangled with the entrails of the last priest." 485 00:31:12,705 --> 00:31:14,035 Love it. 486 00:31:15,458 --> 00:31:16,788 Bye. 487 00:31:16,793 --> 00:31:19,503 Zeus.Come on. 488 00:31:20,046 --> 00:31:21,796 Are you pregnant? 489 00:31:21,798 --> 00:31:23,798 - No. - Annoying. 490 00:31:25,593 --> 00:31:26,933 Come on. 491 00:31:31,683 --> 00:31:33,313 I hate you. 492 00:31:33,309 --> 00:31:36,689 What the fuck's going on, Archie? You said she was the one. 493 00:31:36,688 --> 00:31:39,148 You said you'd seen it. You said she'd make me happy. 494 00:31:39,148 --> 00:31:42,318 - I... - Do I look happy? Grigor, my face. 495 00:31:42,318 --> 00:31:45,198 - Oh, discontented at the minimum. - At the fucking minimum. 496 00:31:45,196 --> 00:31:46,696 Remind me of this vision. 497 00:31:46,698 --> 00:31:51,288 He saw her name drawn in the sand on a beach where Jesus was walking. 498 00:31:51,286 --> 00:31:55,076 - All marriages take time to-- - My parents' didn't, and mine should not. 499 00:31:55,081 --> 00:31:57,791 You need to fix her. I will not be... 500 00:31:57,792 --> 00:32:00,672 - Ugly with discontent? - Exactly. 501 00:32:05,049 --> 00:32:07,339 - You throw like Orlo. 502 00:32:09,470 --> 00:32:13,270 - Is it not beautiful? - Yes. 503 00:32:13,891 --> 00:32:15,391 I'll tell you a secret. 504 00:32:15,393 --> 00:32:18,943 If you look closely, that icon is rusting, 505 00:32:18,938 --> 00:32:21,608 and that one is bent at the side. 506 00:32:22,775 --> 00:32:25,065 Nothing, of course, is perfect. 507 00:32:25,612 --> 00:32:28,112 You refer metaphorically to the marriage? 508 00:32:29,532 --> 00:32:34,252 - I liked you the moment I-- - Put your fingers inside me. 509 00:32:35,913 --> 00:32:38,373 It was distressing for me as it was for you. 510 00:32:38,374 --> 00:32:40,044 I doubt that. 511 00:32:42,378 --> 00:32:44,628 There's a way of things here. 512 00:32:44,631 --> 00:32:47,511 - And a way of things with Peter. - I have tried. 513 00:32:47,508 --> 00:32:48,928 We think our hearts are spent. 514 00:32:49,677 --> 00:32:54,347 God refills them if we can but find the... 515 00:32:54,349 --> 00:32:57,559 - Ladle? - Indeed. 516 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,150 So you would like me to try. 517 00:32:59,145 --> 00:33:04,185 An unhappy emperor makes rash decisions that affect millions. 518 00:33:04,192 --> 00:33:06,442 This is bigger than you and your happiness. 519 00:33:06,444 --> 00:33:09,864 Your father has already been through his initial payment from us 520 00:33:09,864 --> 00:33:12,374 and been back for more, and we furnished him with this, 521 00:33:12,367 --> 00:33:15,827 but that tap can be turned off. 522 00:33:16,746 --> 00:33:19,996 - I cannot be happy here. - I'm not asking you that. 523 00:33:19,999 --> 00:33:22,129 I'm asking you to pretend. 524 00:33:23,336 --> 00:33:27,336 People underestimate the joy in suffering. 525 00:33:32,595 --> 00:33:36,095 Walk through the pain... 526 00:33:36,891 --> 00:33:39,271 and on the other side... 527 00:33:40,436 --> 00:33:43,606 joy and purity. 528 00:33:47,944 --> 00:33:49,534 And I do love the smell. 529 00:34:09,090 --> 00:34:10,380 Empress. 530 00:34:11,718 --> 00:34:13,548 - General? - I was... 531 00:34:14,262 --> 00:34:18,812 I saw you in the sun and I worried for your alabaster skin. 532 00:34:19,392 --> 00:34:21,642 I felt if I positioned myself at 90 degrees, 533 00:34:21,644 --> 00:34:24,654 my torso would provide shade cover. 534 00:34:26,733 --> 00:34:29,613 I trust my interruption is forgivable? 535 00:34:29,610 --> 00:34:31,650 I am happy in the sun. 536 00:34:33,281 --> 00:34:37,331 I imagine myself floating in the sky, far from here. 537 00:34:37,326 --> 00:34:39,076 But I appreciate your thoughtfulness. 538 00:34:40,830 --> 00:34:42,750 - How goes the war? - Uh... 539 00:34:43,666 --> 00:34:45,206 Ups and downs. 540 00:34:46,002 --> 00:34:49,012 There's some conjecture as to the best way forward. 541 00:34:50,381 --> 00:34:53,891 I fear paralysis, but, uh... 542 00:34:56,012 --> 00:34:59,142 We must, uh... We trust the emperor's wisdom. 543 00:34:59,140 --> 00:35:00,480 Is that wise? 544 00:35:01,392 --> 00:35:02,392 I... 545 00:35:02,393 --> 00:35:04,983 My father was in the military. 546 00:35:04,979 --> 00:35:09,569 He said that to some, war is merely a chess game, 547 00:35:09,567 --> 00:35:12,897 and to others, a horror of responsibility for the blood of men. 548 00:35:14,322 --> 00:35:16,532 Where do you fall on this? 549 00:35:16,532 --> 00:35:20,502 You win the chess game, you win men's lives. 550 00:35:21,454 --> 00:35:23,464 That's how I see it. 551 00:35:24,749 --> 00:35:28,039 Good day. I-- You... 552 00:35:28,044 --> 00:35:33,054 look... lovely... again. 553 00:35:42,642 --> 00:35:44,022 Empress'. 554 00:35:45,061 --> 00:35:46,401 The party'. 555 00:35:58,699 --> 00:36:02,039 Someone refill this fucking samovar. 556 00:36:03,037 --> 00:36:05,407 - Explain it to me. - It's called a sight. 557 00:36:05,414 --> 00:36:08,634 Your eye falls between the two marks, and then your target lines up with it. 558 00:36:08,626 --> 00:36:09,836 I have perfect aim, though. 559 00:36:09,836 --> 00:36:15,046 Oh, but to less-perfect hunters than your royal self, it is a boon, 560 00:36:15,049 --> 00:36:17,679 and accurate up to 50 yards. 561 00:36:17,677 --> 00:36:18,927 No. I don't believe it. 562 00:36:25,977 --> 00:36:26,977 Aah'. Gah'. 563 00:36:28,896 --> 00:36:30,896 Sorry, Sergei. 564 00:36:35,611 --> 00:36:39,031 I prick my maid's finger, add a few drops of blood to the cream, 565 00:36:39,031 --> 00:36:41,081 and it creates this rosy hue. 566 00:36:41,075 --> 00:36:42,575 You lie. 567 00:36:42,577 --> 00:36:45,787 There's no point owning these people if you can't use them as you wish. 568 00:36:48,124 --> 00:36:52,924 Your wig, Madame Svenska, it's not supposed to be like that. 569 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:56,970 They are meant to be fitted to your heads. They are not hats. 570 00:37:03,139 --> 00:37:05,219 - Fool'. 571 00:37:07,184 --> 00:37:09,944 Cheer up, my darling. It is a party. 572 00:37:09,937 --> 00:37:11,557 - Eat this. - I don't-- 573 00:37:11,564 --> 00:37:13,614 It's moose-lips mousse. Is it not divine? 574 00:37:13,608 --> 00:37:15,528 Though one cannot help but wonder, 575 00:37:15,526 --> 00:37:18,526 where is the moose and what's he doing now? 576 00:37:19,739 --> 00:37:22,949 - Come, my dears. 577 00:37:42,094 --> 00:37:45,184 Shall we walk in the garden, Empress? 578 00:37:45,890 --> 00:37:49,190 Yes. I could use some fresh air. 579 00:38:02,907 --> 00:38:04,867 Oh, dear. Someone's cross. 580 00:38:05,701 --> 00:38:06,791 Good shot, huh? 581 00:38:42,738 --> 00:38:45,158 We've got problems, haven't we? 582 00:38:45,157 --> 00:38:48,157 You are the only person who has not loved me. 583 00:38:49,036 --> 00:38:51,656 It is inconceivable to me and says nothing good about you. 584 00:38:51,664 --> 00:38:56,964 If you had shown me an ounce of kindness, I was ready with a heart full of love. 585 00:38:59,130 --> 00:39:03,010 - You look really pretty. - My heart is breaking. 586 00:39:04,802 --> 00:39:06,642 I miss home. 587 00:39:07,888 --> 00:39:10,598 I'm lonely for family, 588 00:39:10,599 --> 00:39:15,269 for friends, fun, ideas, 589 00:39:15,271 --> 00:39:16,401 strawberries. 590 00:39:17,106 --> 00:39:19,776 - And I need my cock sucked. - What? 591 00:39:19,775 --> 00:39:22,485 Well, we're sharing, right, our needs? 592 00:39:22,486 --> 00:39:24,656 Just let me go home, please. 593 00:39:24,655 --> 00:39:26,815 That's not going to happen. 594 00:39:26,824 --> 00:39:29,084 Strawberries, I'll work on. 595 00:39:29,076 --> 00:39:30,996 Friends... the women at court? 596 00:39:30,995 --> 00:39:34,075 Gossiping morons, 597 00:39:34,081 --> 00:39:36,041 obsessed with the next affair or dalliance. 598 00:39:36,042 --> 00:39:39,842 You're so judgmental. You might want to look at that. 599 00:39:40,838 --> 00:39:43,338 I mean, you know your problem? You have no idea how lucky you are. 600 00:39:43,340 --> 00:39:45,590 - Soldiers are dying. - Because of you. 601 00:39:45,593 --> 00:39:49,223 - Serfs beaten daily. - You could stop that. 602 00:39:49,221 --> 00:39:53,061 If you would just read these books with me, 603 00:39:53,059 --> 00:39:55,899 these ideas that are sweeping Europe: 604 00:39:55,895 --> 00:39:58,975 justice, humanity, every man a valued soul. 605 00:39:58,981 --> 00:40:01,071 We could rule Russia in a different manner-- 606 00:40:01,067 --> 00:40:03,607 No, I rule. You serve. 607 00:40:03,611 --> 00:40:05,741 Is it that difficult to understand? 608 00:40:05,738 --> 00:40:09,238 What happened to that happy little girl who gave me a twig? 609 00:40:09,825 --> 00:40:11,035 She died. 610 00:40:11,660 --> 00:40:14,460 Seems overly dramatic. I am mostly kind to you. 611 00:40:14,455 --> 00:40:15,455 Do I beat you? 612 00:40:15,456 --> 00:40:18,126 I suffer the blows of your disdain daily. 613 00:40:18,125 --> 00:40:20,455 It's not the same as actual blows, though, is it? 614 00:40:20,461 --> 00:40:22,301 - Well... - What, you don't know? 615 00:40:25,716 --> 00:40:27,836 Well, compare and get back to me. 616 00:40:30,763 --> 00:40:32,603 Mother and Father never acted like this. 617 00:40:32,598 --> 00:40:36,098 My mother was a saint. I'm glad she's not alive to see this. 618 00:40:36,685 --> 00:40:38,475 Not that I'm glad she's dead. I'm not. 619 00:40:38,479 --> 00:40:39,649 Never. Sometimes. 620 00:40:39,647 --> 00:40:41,517 Just once. 621 00:40:42,900 --> 00:40:46,320 Don't look at me like that. You're a disappointment to me, too. 622 00:40:47,446 --> 00:40:50,446 I do not need a wife with a poisonous mouth and a dry cunny. 623 00:40:51,784 --> 00:40:53,914 I will shut you up at my pleasure. 624 00:40:53,911 --> 00:40:57,831 - You will try and fail. - You will be happy. 625 00:40:57,832 --> 00:41:00,042 You will die here in content old age, 626 00:41:00,042 --> 00:41:02,422 having given me many hours of pleasure and service, 627 00:41:02,419 --> 00:41:04,049 and many heirs. 628 00:41:04,046 --> 00:41:05,916 Boys, preferably. 629 00:41:09,426 --> 00:41:13,096 I do have a temper and some rage. You cannot cross me. 630 00:41:13,097 --> 00:41:17,227 Especially not in front of others, or you will pay. 631 00:41:17,226 --> 00:41:18,556 Endlessly. 632 00:41:19,562 --> 00:41:21,152 And you will never win. 633 00:41:21,939 --> 00:41:24,819 You'll just be in pain. 634 00:41:45,087 --> 00:41:46,797 Are you all right, Empress? 635 00:41:46,797 --> 00:41:49,507 I would be better if I had wings. 636 00:41:52,928 --> 00:41:55,058 Might I suggest vodka instead? 637 00:42:02,730 --> 00:42:04,900 I'm a fool, Marial. 638 00:42:06,108 --> 00:42:08,528 A great love. 639 00:42:10,154 --> 00:42:12,034 I looked at myself in the mirror and laughed 640 00:42:12,031 --> 00:42:14,281 at my own stupid face this morning. 641 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:17,410 Do you want one? 642 00:42:19,038 --> 00:42:20,958 I resolve to know my place. 643 00:42:20,956 --> 00:42:23,076 Yet you brought two glasses. 644 00:42:33,469 --> 00:42:35,509 I need you to help me escape this place. 645 00:42:35,512 --> 00:42:37,312 I would be signing my own death warrant. 646 00:42:37,306 --> 00:42:39,306 - A carriage is all I need. - I'm sorry. 647 00:42:43,479 --> 00:42:44,979 I cannot. 648 00:42:50,319 --> 00:42:54,109 - Sorry to startle you. - You didn't. You reek of incense. 649 00:42:54,114 --> 00:42:56,204 I smelt you five minutes ago. 650 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,910 - How is she? - Unhappy. 651 00:42:58,911 --> 00:43:02,251 - Hmm. - She wants to leave. 652 00:43:02,248 --> 00:43:04,418 And how are you? 653 00:43:04,416 --> 00:43:07,286 Learning my place. 654 00:43:07,294 --> 00:43:09,884 Hmm. I doubt that'll ever happen. 655 00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:48,400 Uh, sir-- 656 00:44:54,109 --> 00:44:55,609 Uh... 657 00:45:26,308 --> 00:45:27,938 Escort the empress back. 658 00:46:34,126 --> 00:46:36,546 Would you like a cake with that knife, Empress? 659 00:46:36,545 --> 00:46:39,375 Do not try to stop me. Just leave me be. 660 00:46:39,381 --> 00:46:40,971 I would not presume to speak. 661 00:46:40,966 --> 00:46:45,796 For the empress is so smart, and book readingly, 662 00:46:45,804 --> 00:46:48,104 that I'm sure her judgment is sound. 663 00:46:48,098 --> 00:46:49,218 I am resolved. 664 00:46:50,851 --> 00:46:52,521 Vlad will get a bucket for the blood. 665 00:46:52,519 --> 00:46:54,309 Yes, miss. 666 00:46:54,313 --> 00:46:55,523 There is no other way. 667 00:46:57,191 --> 00:46:59,571 - I am a prisoner here. - Indeed. 668 00:47:00,402 --> 00:47:01,652 Married to an idiot. 669 00:47:01,653 --> 00:47:03,783 This has never happened to a woman before. 670 00:47:03,780 --> 00:47:06,740 Yes, but to an emperor. He's a madman. 671 00:47:06,742 --> 00:47:09,752 - He-- He is one of a kind. It is true. 672 00:47:13,582 --> 00:47:17,252 Towels, too, Vlad. There may be some overflow. 673 00:47:19,546 --> 00:47:22,626 What am I to do? Just live at someone else's whim? 674 00:47:22,633 --> 00:47:24,093 God forbid, Empress. 675 00:47:25,594 --> 00:47:29,434 Ever since I was a child, I felt like greatness was in store for me. 676 00:47:30,057 --> 00:47:31,847 A great life, I felt. 677 00:47:32,392 --> 00:47:35,562 Life God himself had spat me forth to land on this Earth 678 00:47:35,562 --> 00:47:38,272 and in some way transform it. 679 00:47:38,273 --> 00:47:41,493 That I was here for a reason, a purpose. 680 00:47:41,485 --> 00:47:45,605 - Why did He make you a woman, then? - For comedy, I guess. 681 00:47:47,658 --> 00:47:50,868 That idea now feels like some delusion when I'm trapped here. 682 00:47:52,579 --> 00:47:56,629 Yet I felt it, Marial, in my being... 683 00:47:58,460 --> 00:48:00,420 deep in my bones. 684 00:48:08,470 --> 00:48:10,640 It is not a lineage. 685 00:48:13,850 --> 00:48:15,730 - What? - Russia... 686 00:48:17,145 --> 00:48:19,435 It does not go to an heir if there is not one. 687 00:48:20,232 --> 00:48:23,112 If the emperor dies, it goes to the empress. 688 00:48:24,319 --> 00:48:25,529 What do you mean? 689 00:48:25,529 --> 00:48:27,989 I'm just giving you a lesson on how things work here. 690 00:48:31,660 --> 00:48:35,790 You're also not the only unhappy one. There are men here, unhappy, 691 00:48:35,789 --> 00:48:36,959 who are looking for a leader. 692 00:48:38,166 --> 00:48:39,876 And is there one? 693 00:48:42,838 --> 00:48:44,878 I hope I am looking at her. 694 00:48:46,341 --> 00:48:47,381 Me? 695 00:48:48,510 --> 00:48:51,560 - I'm a foolish child. - But what if you are not? 696 00:48:51,555 --> 00:48:54,515 What if your vision of the bear, and the great love, 697 00:48:54,516 --> 00:48:59,346 your heart filled and glowing, what if that great love was Russia itself? 698 00:49:00,689 --> 00:49:02,479 Not Peter. 699 00:49:05,527 --> 00:49:07,947 I will get coins to place on your eyes. 700 00:50:04,503 --> 00:50:06,593 Huzzah. 701 00:50:08,590 --> 00:50:12,760 ♪ Welcome to your life ♪ 702 00:50:12,761 --> 00:50:17,271 ♪ There's no turning back ♪ 703 00:50:17,265 --> 00:50:21,475 ♪ Even while we sleep ♪ 704 00:50:21,478 --> 00:50:23,608 ♪ We will find you ♪ 705 00:50:23,605 --> 00:50:27,975 ♪ Acting on your best behavior ♪ 706 00:50:27,984 --> 00:50:32,034 ♪ Turn your back on Mother Nature ♪ 707 00:50:32,030 --> 00:50:37,580 ♪ Everybody wants to rule the world ♪ 708 00:50:47,003 --> 00:50:51,473 ♪ It's my own design ♪ 709 00:50:51,466 --> 00:50:55,636 ♪ It's my own remorse ♪ 710 00:50:55,637 --> 00:50:59,767 ♪ Help me to decide ♪ 711 00:50:59,766 --> 00:51:04,266 ♪ Help me make the most of freedom ♪ 712 00:51:04,271 --> 00:51:06,901 ♪ And of pleasure ♪ 713 00:51:06,898 --> 00:51:10,648 ♪ Nothing ever lasts forever ♪ 714 00:51:10,652 --> 00:51:15,492 ♪ Everybody wants to rule the world ♪ 715 00:51:15,490 --> 00:51:19,750 ♪ There's a room Where the light won't find you ♪ 716 00:51:19,745 --> 00:51:24,165 ♪ Holding hands While the walls come tumbling down ♪ 717 00:51:24,166 --> 00:51:28,166 ♪ When they do I'll be right behind you ♪ 718 00:51:28,170 --> 00:51:32,420 ♪ So glad we've almost made it ♪ 719 00:51:32,424 --> 00:51:36,434 ♪ So sad they had to fade it ♪ 720 00:51:36,428 --> 00:51:42,638 ♪ Everybody wants to rule the world ♪