1 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:30,016 THE BLOODY SHIELDS 2 00:00:31,768 --> 00:00:38,485 P� 9th century existed England �not now as a nation. 3 00:00:38,778 --> 00:00:44,919 The country was divided in independent kingdoms- 4 00:00:45,119 --> 00:00:51,378 - of which Wessex was the biggest and richest. 5 00:00:52,713 --> 00:00:56,853 A prince lived here named Alfred- 6 00:00:57,053 --> 00:01:04,229 - who dreamed of a united country under the same law. 7 00:01:05,897 --> 00:01:10,955 But in 871 he was only 22 years old 8 00:01:11,155 --> 00:01:16,880 - and barbaric Danish heathens made their way across the North Sea- 9 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:21,999 - to plunder his land. 10 00:05:19,161 --> 00:05:26,963 - Are they worthy to become priests? - They are worthy of carrying that burden. 11 00:05:28,591 --> 00:05:30,677 Prince Alfred! 12 00:05:35,976 --> 00:05:39,105 Where is he? 13 00:05:41,775 --> 00:05:44,196 Alfred! 14 00:05:48,242 --> 00:05:52,248 Alfred, I need to talk to you. No nonsense! 15 00:05:52,540 --> 00:05:56,888 - The king's council ordered me to come. - What are you doing in God's house? 16 00:05:57,088 --> 00:06:00,509 I am Athelstan of Lambourne. 17 00:06:02,095 --> 00:06:07,602 The Danes have landed with one arm�! 18 00:06:08,395 --> 00:06:15,154 Fighting is your business. What does mean a Danish hearing more or less? 19 00:06:15,488 --> 00:06:17,916 It's an invasion! 20 00:06:18,116 --> 00:06:23,040 Your brother the king is wounded! 21 00:06:39,771 --> 00:06:44,786 - Is my brother mortally wounded? - No, he fell from the fall. 22 00:06:44,986 --> 00:06:48,700 Typical of Ethelred. He does everything only half way. 23 00:06:53,581 --> 00:06:57,837 - Look at me... - Away with the paws! 24 00:06:58,046 --> 00:07:01,384 You stink of sweat and blood! 25 00:07:02,052 --> 00:07:08,184 Soon I'll be a priest and I'll be done with you and your battles! 26 00:07:08,643 --> 00:07:11,940 They mean nothing to me. 27 00:07:12,982 --> 00:07:19,033 Now get rid of your stench. I will pray in privacy. 28 00:07:19,575 --> 00:07:23,298 - The Danes have landed? - Yes, a whole arm. 29 00:07:23,498 --> 00:07:27,837 That young fool Is second in command! 30 00:07:29,255 --> 00:07:33,636 - I understand him. - Soon he will be a priest of Satan! 31 00:07:38,143 --> 00:07:45,069 - Make sure he gives in. - But if he's telling the truth... 32 00:07:45,278 --> 00:07:48,448 ...you must think. 33 00:07:52,037 --> 00:07:57,335 If he came an hour later... if I were a priest. 34 00:08:26,501 --> 00:08:29,922 You must choose now. 35 00:08:50,826 --> 00:08:54,997 - Come with me there. - My lord... 36 00:08:57,293 --> 00:09:01,047 Thank God! No nonsense! 37 00:09:52,034 --> 00:09:55,748 God, Alfred - when are we going to attack? 38 00:10:22,283 --> 00:10:26,715 Pick up torches. Place them around the king's tent. 39 00:10:26,915 --> 00:10:29,877 Put torches around the king's tent! 40 00:10:31,087 --> 00:10:34,591 In a circle around the tent! 41 00:10:52,075 --> 00:10:55,663 - Well, my brother... - Alfred? 42 00:10:59,085 --> 00:11:06,094 You must give the orders. I just can be present with my sad form. 43 00:11:07,138 --> 00:11:13,313 - No, you play an important role. - What are your plans? 44 00:11:16,150 --> 00:11:21,532 The Danes are up by the valley. We must force them to come down. 45 00:11:23,409 --> 00:11:29,042 - Do you remember how we caught wolves? - Yes, very well. 46 00:11:29,752 --> 00:11:35,810 - That's how we're going to fool the Danish wolves. - You were always good at that. 47 00:11:36,010 --> 00:11:40,766 - But what do you have to do now? - Your, your majesty... 48 00:11:44,855 --> 00:11:47,901 The Danes must believe they are strengths are down here- 49 00:11:49,737 --> 00:11:53,617 - while we sneak up above the valley. 50 00:11:54,159 --> 00:11:58,758 I put out torches to blind the enemy- 51 00:11:58,958 --> 00:12:02,429 - and make them believe that our forces are around the king. 52 00:12:02,629 --> 00:12:05,884 - Why does the king lack protection? - Yes. 53 00:12:07,135 --> 00:12:11,851 - Unthinkable! - Not at all. You're an idiot, Hadric. 54 00:12:12,226 --> 00:12:19,319 I like the plan. I get nothing to do without doing nothing! 55 00:12:20,571 --> 00:12:24,325 Yes, I like it too. 56 00:12:28,206 --> 00:12:33,764 Athelstan, you take the forest in the west, my men take the right slope. 57 00:12:33,964 --> 00:12:41,098 At the first blow of the horn, it attacks half, at other places the others. 58 00:12:41,391 --> 00:12:45,437 No nonsense now, Alfred? 59 00:12:46,648 --> 00:12:50,778 All this is foolishness... 60 00:14:07,259 --> 00:14:12,515 We must attack before dawn! Where is the prince? 61 00:14:13,017 --> 00:14:15,854 - He's begging. - He must give the signal. 62 00:14:22,321 --> 00:14:28,120 Let me fight the enemy with courage... and not with lust. 63 00:14:52,862 --> 00:14:56,993 Three ranks must attract them. Others stay here. 64 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,907 - Give the signal! - Not �n. 65 00:16:00,747 --> 00:16:02,966 What is he waiting for? 66 00:16:03,166 --> 00:16:06,462 They kill the king! We must attack now! 67 00:16:24,570 --> 00:16:28,325 God... They make my blood run cold 68 00:16:41,843 --> 00:16:45,432 Now... 69 00:19:17,140 --> 00:19:19,726 Retreat! 70 00:19:39,420 --> 00:19:43,843 Stand still and fight! 71 00:20:50,142 --> 00:20:53,021 How is it? 72 00:20:53,772 --> 00:20:56,693 It is not a deep wound. 73 00:21:13,215 --> 00:21:15,218 Old Gods, Asher… 74 00:21:17,221 --> 00:21:21,434 ...makes us obsessed and turns us into animals. 75 00:21:26,191 --> 00:21:29,862 People do weird things things of suffering. 76 00:21:30,238 --> 00:21:32,409 Yes... 77 00:21:33,159 --> 00:21:35,412 Very strange, my lord. 78 00:21:35,830 --> 00:21:40,878 The Danes are found in East Anglia. They can attack again at any time. 79 00:21:42,463 --> 00:21:46,845 The arm follows you - not me. 80 00:21:49,682 --> 00:21:55,398 Ethelred... I have learned to read Latin. 81 00:21:56,023 --> 00:22:01,072 There are books in the monastery on the wisdom of Greece and Rome. 82 00:22:01,698 --> 00:22:04,785 What do you know about the world? 83 00:22:05,161 --> 00:22:09,417 You had to go with father to Rome when you were five. 84 00:22:12,796 --> 00:22:16,677 That was perhaps when it started. 85 00:22:17,553 --> 00:22:20,724 What a world it was! 86 00:22:21,476 --> 00:22:28,860 Large stone buildings, filled with lights and music and paintings. 87 00:22:32,156 --> 00:22:35,661 It would be easy to find God there. 88 00:22:35,912 --> 00:22:39,750 We live in darkness and ignorance- 89 00:22:40,084 --> 00:22:46,884 - like blind men in a pit who shoot for the stars! 90 00:22:51,183 --> 00:22:55,322 Now I'm not good enough to be a priest. 91 00:22:55,522 --> 00:22:58,485 Alfred... 92 00:23:00,612 --> 00:23:05,119 - You haven't heard a word I said. - Sorry. 93 00:23:08,456 --> 00:23:15,508 But you are king, you have no choice. But I want my freedom. 94 00:23:15,883 --> 00:23:22,183 I had two brothers before me. Death put me on the throne. 95 00:23:22,559 --> 00:23:27,357 Father never thought I would regret him, a scroll. 96 00:23:30,862 --> 00:23:33,575 There is the sword he gave you. 97 00:23:35,827 --> 00:23:38,330 What did I get? 98 00:23:40,834 --> 00:23:47,217 Would you or I become a priest? Why did you inherit father's sword? 99 00:23:47,427 --> 00:23:50,598 And I his cross? 100 00:24:07,328 --> 00:24:14,338 I will never lift a sword again. Believe not me to play prince at court. 101 00:24:15,380 --> 00:24:18,511 I will travel to Rome and find the answers. 102 00:25:05,949 --> 00:25:10,164 Leave space for King Buhrud of Mercia! 103 00:25:16,548 --> 00:25:20,637 Welcome to Wessex! 104 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:50,261 King Buhrud of Mercia! 105 00:26:05,449 --> 00:26:13,125 - They said you couldn't travel. - Yes, extremely unfortunate. 106 00:26:13,376 --> 00:26:15,337 You know the members of my council. 107 00:26:20,052 --> 00:26:23,348 My daughter Aelhswith. 108 00:26:27,980 --> 00:26:34,613 - Where is the war hero Alfred? - I have sent for him. 109 00:26:36,741 --> 00:26:38,910 Ethelred! 110 00:26:41,832 --> 00:26:47,298 What is it? I said I didn't wants to do with the court. 111 00:26:48,299 --> 00:26:52,971 King Buhrud wants to discuss a contract with us. 112 00:26:53,263 --> 00:26:57,269 We want to reconcile both of us the kingdom against the Danes. 113 00:26:58,103 --> 00:27:01,609 Good. Why are you sending for me? 114 00:27:11,538 --> 00:27:13,791 Aelhswith of Mercia... 115 00:27:22,804 --> 00:27:28,478 You stole my apple. - The biggest on the tree, and she stole it. 116 00:27:29,562 --> 00:27:34,361 - I helped hunt her down. - You couldn't catch me. 117 00:27:38,826 --> 00:27:41,830 Apples and steals! 118 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:46,336 You learn to be a soldier, not a priest! 119 00:27:48,339 --> 00:27:52,302 I picked the apple, she stole it. 120 00:27:53,513 --> 00:27:56,641 I never trust again p� n�n from Mercia. 121 00:27:56,850 --> 00:27:59,604 May your devil's apples rot! 122 00:27:59,980 --> 00:28:05,203 You Saxons have tricked me! Is he a priest? 123 00:28:05,403 --> 00:28:09,158 Not �n. We will explain. 124 00:28:10,702 --> 00:28:16,002 - How do you want to repay it? - It was a map that made me sick. 125 00:29:04,527 --> 00:29:07,822 Asher, we're pulling the ladies out. 126 00:29:09,115 --> 00:29:12,287 No, we want to hear the Bible. 127 00:29:14,541 --> 00:29:17,544 Do you prefer that I translate? 128 00:29:22,677 --> 00:29:27,767 'The wise do not mix kisses with legs.' 129 00:29:28,393 --> 00:29:33,525 'If she defends herself, then take those kisses she doesn't give you.' 130 00:29:34,568 --> 00:29:39,510 'It's power women want.' 131 00:29:39,908 --> 00:29:42,545 'They love to deny it they long to give.' 132 00:29:42,745 --> 00:29:49,296 - That's not the Bible I read. - No, they also write in Latin. 133 00:29:49,589 --> 00:29:56,389 - Ovidius was no fool... - You don't know the Mercia girls. 134 00:29:57,015 --> 00:30:00,019 Is this more to your taste? 135 00:30:04,191 --> 00:30:08,406 'When two lovers goes to his bed -' 136 00:30:08,698 --> 00:30:12,828 '- no poet needed behind their bolted door.' 137 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:16,709 'Without his help words are whispered -' 138 00:30:17,043 --> 00:30:21,590 '- and the hands are not still on their bed.' 139 00:30:21,965 --> 00:30:28,015 'Fingers caress when they share which love sets on fire.' 140 00:30:29,684 --> 00:30:34,023 What we've been missing out on because we can't read! 141 00:30:34,398 --> 00:30:38,279 Literacy does not improve what you can do in bed. 142 00:30:38,655 --> 00:30:44,705 In Mercia, princes win hearts and beats without formation. 143 00:30:44,997 --> 00:30:48,335 We leave books to priests. 144 00:30:49,336 --> 00:30:52,758 Good, very good. 145 00:30:53,092 --> 00:30:56,762 Such clever answers from a couple of pats! 146 00:30:57,847 --> 00:31:03,897 So breast it! Food can fill the stomach, but fill your skull first! 147 00:31:04,189 --> 00:31:09,655 You are ignorant and proud and makes me sick to my stomach! 148 00:31:11,324 --> 00:31:16,832 He soon regrets it. He is ruled by suffering. 149 00:31:17,124 --> 00:31:20,379 It blows like a storm. 150 00:31:26,303 --> 00:31:32,277 - Did you say anything that hurt Prince Alfred? - I think so. 151 00:31:32,477 --> 00:31:38,486 Take it easy. He doesn't learn remain a prince for a long time. 152 00:31:38,987 --> 00:31:40,905 I think he wants me. 153 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,485 Look, Zeno! 154 00:32:43,242 --> 00:32:46,664 Run, Zeno! 155 00:33:01,225 --> 00:33:05,314 A miracle - that you are up so early. 156 00:33:08,277 --> 00:33:11,030 Zeno! 157 00:33:17,205 --> 00:33:24,006 - Lucky the dog didn't chase you. - It wouldn't get hold of me. 158 00:33:26,718 --> 00:33:29,054 Try... 159 00:33:49,791 --> 00:33:52,212 Look after her! 160 00:34:12,447 --> 00:34:15,284 Zeno! Come here! 161 00:34:17,203 --> 00:34:20,125 You shouldn't tease him. 162 00:34:20,625 --> 00:34:23,169 He didn't do anything to me. 163 00:34:25,464 --> 00:34:27,801 No... 164 00:34:28,886 --> 00:34:31,389 Your skin... 165 00:34:57,009 --> 00:35:00,680 No, you're like a tiger! 166 00:35:13,615 --> 00:35:16,201 We are not children. 167 00:35:43,488 --> 00:35:45,992 Wait... 168 00:36:09,941 --> 00:36:12,862 do you want to marry me 169 00:36:13,195 --> 00:36:17,493 - But you wanted to be a priest, didn't you? - Yes. 170 00:36:18,870 --> 00:36:24,754 - I thought so once. - And now? 171 00:36:26,547 --> 00:36:29,802 Now I'd rather have you. 172 00:36:30,136 --> 00:36:32,847 I love you! 173 00:37:33,054 --> 00:37:35,391 Asher... 174 00:38:29,131 --> 00:38:31,636 It's over... 175 00:38:31,928 --> 00:38:37,017 - The king! - And right now... 176 00:38:39,730 --> 00:38:42,400 Typical Ethelred! 177 00:38:45,571 --> 00:38:50,411 Alfred, good news. 178 00:38:51,161 --> 00:38:55,376 Your brother... is dead. 179 00:39:56,584 --> 00:40:01,090 The king is dead! The king is dead! 180 00:40:05,597 --> 00:40:11,145 Prince Alfred, I have spoken with the council members. 181 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:19,741 You are best suited to rule now. I must ask you to be our king. 182 00:40:24,956 --> 00:40:29,712 No... Athelstan, you'll get better. 183 00:40:29,963 --> 00:40:33,635 No, it has to be you! 184 00:40:40,645 --> 00:40:43,398 Asher! 185 00:40:47,572 --> 00:40:53,454 If I had known he was dying... I deceived myself with lust. 186 00:40:53,745 --> 00:40:57,918 - You should have stopped me. - So it's over? 187 00:41:01,673 --> 00:41:07,724 That he made it through the wedding! Me said he would die before morning! 188 00:41:11,562 --> 00:41:14,149 is everything ready? 189 00:41:17,446 --> 00:41:20,365 You knew that? 190 00:41:21,326 --> 00:41:26,082 You knew he was dying and kept quiet about it. 191 00:41:26,374 --> 00:41:29,211 Did I say something stupid? 192 00:41:30,714 --> 00:41:36,638 To get me to refrain from to become a priest, and become a warrior king. 193 00:41:44,398 --> 00:41:52,117 You too... Devil's pig means nothing to me. 194 00:41:52,409 --> 00:41:55,580 But you... 195 00:41:56,832 --> 00:42:02,048 - I liked the trap myself. - Look at me... 196 00:42:04,050 --> 00:42:09,141 I need you just as much like the kiss of death! 197 00:42:24,245 --> 00:42:27,415 I'm sorry. You loved your brother. 198 00:42:29,377 --> 00:42:32,672 Marriage will not come to be completed. 199 00:42:38,055 --> 00:42:44,772 - I understand. - Neither now nor any other time! 200 00:42:46,274 --> 00:42:49,946 There shouldn't be nothing between us. 201 00:42:53,659 --> 00:42:59,125 A cunning plan! To purify kingdoms and make me king! 202 00:42:59,334 --> 00:43:03,339 Your father and the council worked it out well! 203 00:43:03,672 --> 00:43:09,306 I would drive away the Danes, and you were the bait in the trap! 204 00:43:13,186 --> 00:43:19,329 I return to the monastery and becomes a priest. No one can stop me now. 205 00:43:19,529 --> 00:43:24,785 The wedding vows mean nothing, if you remain a virgin. 206 00:43:25,411 --> 00:43:29,583 I love you and I thought you loved me. 207 00:44:12,768 --> 00:44:15,438 That's how it has to be... 208 00:44:18,776 --> 00:44:22,866 No, please... 209 00:44:30,627 --> 00:44:32,170 oh god... 210 00:44:32,545 --> 00:44:33,345 oh god... 211 00:44:46,981 --> 00:44:50,653 Holy Mother of God... 212 00:44:51,028 --> 00:44:55,618 You say well I will forgive him. 213 00:44:56,662 --> 00:45:01,085 Are all men so violent? 214 00:45:05,799 --> 00:45:09,228 And I still love him. 215 00:45:09,428 --> 00:45:11,974 And I'll try him first. 216 00:45:18,107 --> 00:45:22,196 He hates his lust… 217 00:45:24,241 --> 00:45:29,415 ...which got him to break his priestly vow. 218 00:45:29,873 --> 00:45:36,257 He hates me… because he loves me. 219 00:45:37,968 --> 00:45:41,346 And he is proud. 220 00:45:44,226 --> 00:45:47,447 But I'm also proud! 221 00:45:47,647 --> 00:45:53,989 Do I have to be humble? But I leave him... 222 00:45:55,491 --> 00:46:00,332 ...if he in a single word... 223 00:46:00,582 --> 00:46:04,588 ...asking me for forgiveness. 224 00:46:06,757 --> 00:46:11,096 Doesn't he say the single word... 225 00:46:11,764 --> 00:46:17,856 ...can my love turn to hate- 226 00:46:18,523 --> 00:46:21,443 - as strong as his. 227 00:46:32,292 --> 00:46:36,514 - Revenge, Guthrum! - I'll have more than that! 228 00:46:36,714 --> 00:46:42,639 We are Odin's sons and will take it here the land of slaves and riches. 229 00:46:44,392 --> 00:46:46,938 Everything will be worth it! 230 00:46:47,313 --> 00:46:54,615 May the Saxons sleep in fear. They have forsaken our gods. 231 00:46:54,907 --> 00:47:00,706 They have a new god, god of peace and love. 232 00:47:00,999 --> 00:47:07,307 Does he defend them? They are scared for life, save for death! 233 00:47:07,507 --> 00:47:13,932 Mostly they fear that they gods the forsaken shall destroy them! 234 00:47:14,266 --> 00:47:17,479 Let us feed their fear! 235 00:48:18,562 --> 00:48:27,079 Come, Mercians! Beware the chest! 236 00:48:33,624 --> 00:48:37,180 The Danes are pouring into Mercia! 237 00:48:37,380 --> 00:48:44,222 - They were paid to disappear. - Yes, they make such deals in gold. 238 00:48:44,723 --> 00:48:48,269 The Danish debt is not enough. 239 00:48:50,481 --> 00:48:57,115 I might escape across the channel. You should do the same. 240 00:48:58,993 --> 00:49:06,544 I stay in Wessex and fight. If you run away, I'll have you executed. 241 00:49:06,836 --> 00:49:09,757 What d�? 242 00:49:10,090 --> 00:49:15,973 According to the treaty You owe me loyalty. 243 00:49:16,515 --> 00:49:19,937 I think you mean it. 244 00:49:26,197 --> 00:49:28,240 If he finds me... 245 00:49:31,954 --> 00:49:35,542 You shall not go with your father. 246 00:49:35,918 --> 00:49:39,214 Why should I stay? 247 00:49:44,388 --> 00:49:50,855 You are queen. You must do your duty, like me. 248 00:49:57,865 --> 00:50:03,623 I will do my duty as queen. Are you satisfied? 249 00:50:04,249 --> 00:50:08,130 - Did I ask for more? - No, nothing more. 250 00:50:08,338 --> 00:50:11,801 And you will get nothing. 251 00:50:12,593 --> 00:50:15,348 I am satisfied there. 252 00:50:17,976 --> 00:50:22,482 I travel to Wilton to raise an army against the Danes. 253 00:50:22,691 --> 00:50:26,195 You should get ready for it. 254 00:51:24,817 --> 00:51:27,580 - Alfred! - Cerdic... 255 00:51:27,780 --> 00:51:34,122 The Danes have taken all of Mercia. Buhrud's arm is broken! 256 00:51:34,455 --> 00:51:37,635 - I think he has fled. - And Athelstan? 257 00:51:37,835 --> 00:51:40,087 He waits at the ford. 258 00:51:44,385 --> 00:51:45,479 - Are you thinking of fighting? - No. 259 00:51:45,679 --> 00:51:48,641 - Are you thinking of fighting? - No. 260 00:51:50,853 --> 00:51:53,564 I want a deduction. 261 00:52:54,399 --> 00:52:57,945 I am Guthrum, son of Odin. 262 00:52:59,905 --> 00:53:02,493 This is Ivar. 263 00:53:04,245 --> 00:53:10,253 Ivar Benl�s, before he is born with cartilage instead of bone. 264 00:53:11,422 --> 00:53:14,091 Show them… 265 00:53:25,941 --> 00:53:28,863 He can fight too. 266 00:53:30,322 --> 00:53:36,372 Alfred of Wessex. My cousin Athelstan of Lambourne. 267 00:53:36,622 --> 00:53:40,210 He only jumps on Danish graves. 268 00:53:41,128 --> 00:53:47,179 - You are welcome to come in peace. - We sell peace - for silver coins. 269 00:53:48,305 --> 00:53:50,223 Then we have to talk. 270 00:53:53,187 --> 00:53:58,527 - We keep Mercia? - If the Danes don't touch Wessex. 271 00:54:03,992 --> 00:54:06,330 My price is 20,000 marks. 272 00:54:10,502 --> 00:54:12,922 Then we will fight. 273 00:54:14,466 --> 00:54:20,182 Don't try! I have seen your arm. 274 00:54:24,521 --> 00:54:27,692 Do you have many concubines? 275 00:54:28,193 --> 00:54:30,871 This is my wife. 276 00:54:31,071 --> 00:54:35,912 - We Christians only have one woman. - I have twenty Saxon girls. 277 00:54:36,246 --> 00:54:43,639 Chosen from 300 slaves. Some said they were married to your god. 278 00:54:43,839 --> 00:54:48,345 They were nuns, brides of Christ. 279 00:54:49,722 --> 00:54:56,231 Your Christ is not like Frey. The girls blush for him... 280 00:54:57,357 --> 00:55:01,446 My god is eternal life. Your gods are dead. 281 00:55:03,324 --> 00:55:12,128 No, they speak in English and slang, children's lullabies and lovers' kisses. 282 00:55:13,379 --> 00:55:21,891 Before they were your gods. Saxon kings learn to be the sons of Odin. 283 00:55:22,933 --> 00:55:25,354 It is a lie. 284 00:55:25,772 --> 00:55:30,277 He is a cruel god, looking for power and knowledge. 285 00:55:30,611 --> 00:55:35,993 He was hung on a tree to find wisdom. 286 00:55:38,078 --> 00:55:44,930 He found nothing. Your gods learn nothing, they lack wisdom. 287 00:55:45,130 --> 00:55:49,095 They have the wisdom of blood. 288 00:55:50,222 --> 00:55:57,899 In the blood there is no wisdom, only pain, hunger and lust. 289 00:55:58,274 --> 00:56:02,572 Christ conquers suffering, so that life and wisdom can begin. 290 00:56:04,991 --> 00:56:09,706 - Without suffering? - Yes, otherwise we are animals. 291 00:56:12,877 --> 00:56:17,050 So you master all suffering? 292 00:56:25,061 --> 00:56:30,443 Now I understand. You are Odin's son. 293 00:56:34,782 --> 00:56:38,621 I'll take 15,000 marks. 294 00:56:40,206 --> 00:56:45,422 - 15000, on one condition. - Which one? 295 00:56:46,883 --> 00:56:51,764 I choose my own hostage. I have to be sure. 296 00:56:55,728 --> 00:56:59,149 12000, and you get to choose the hostage. 297 00:57:01,319 --> 00:57:03,821 Now I have your ass. 298 00:57:09,246 --> 00:57:12,167 There we are. 299 00:57:30,191 --> 00:57:33,696 Now it's sealed. 300 00:57:39,537 --> 00:57:44,837 Your hostage is my illegitimate brother, born of a slave woman. - Olaf! 301 00:57:52,638 --> 00:57:59,773 His wits have been blown away too the north wind, but he fights well. 302 00:58:00,357 --> 00:58:05,114 - Yes, I fight well. - G�! 303 00:58:15,753 --> 00:58:19,133 Now you're going to give me the hostage I choose. 304 00:58:19,425 --> 00:58:22,429 Your wife Aelhswith... 305 00:58:27,936 --> 00:58:34,446 - You must choose a man! - You promised... man or woman. 306 00:58:35,530 --> 00:58:38,702 You have to keep it. 307 00:58:40,370 --> 00:58:43,249 I refuse. 308 00:58:46,838 --> 00:58:52,388 - Give me the benefit. - We are too weak to fight. 309 00:58:53,223 --> 00:58:56,059 There will be no peace! 310 00:58:56,393 --> 00:58:58,812 my lord... 311 00:59:00,900 --> 00:59:02,818 I am willing. 312 00:59:19,174 --> 00:59:21,928 Well spoken! 313 00:59:24,223 --> 00:59:28,646 She seems less afraid of me than you! 314 00:59:38,117 --> 00:59:40,202 Aelhswith... 315 00:59:42,957 --> 00:59:46,670 Are you offering it for Wessex's sake? 316 00:59:49,131 --> 00:59:52,428 - Before the robbery? - What else? 317 00:59:59,730 --> 01:00:02,649 There is some action there. 318 01:00:07,573 --> 01:00:10,994 And you accept the offer? 319 01:00:15,334 --> 01:00:17,670 For Wessex... 320 01:00:25,263 --> 01:00:29,978 - I have to say yes. - Aelhswith is coming to the Danes! 321 01:01:02,732 --> 01:01:06,069 Hurry up, soldiers! 322 01:01:10,117 --> 01:01:13,955 - My camp is in Gloucester. - Where the maid and I can live? 323 01:01:14,747 --> 01:01:20,047 - Ask for what you want. - I may need a room for my child. 324 01:01:20,840 --> 01:01:25,555 Then I have two hostages! 325 01:01:27,390 --> 01:01:32,063 - How stupid your king must be! - He doesn't know anything about it. 326 01:01:32,689 --> 01:01:37,947 - You haven't said that? - I was hoping to lose the baby. 327 01:01:39,198 --> 01:01:45,833 Protect my honor - the king must knowing that it is his own child. 328 01:01:46,250 --> 01:01:51,424 Cunning, but children are born and the gods are patient. 329 01:01:51,717 --> 01:01:54,303 I can also be patient. 330 01:03:08,821 --> 01:03:11,408 Back into the ranks! 331 01:03:18,710 --> 01:03:22,632 - Who do the men belong to? - the Elder of Thanet. 332 01:03:23,841 --> 01:03:26,929 They should be three times more. 333 01:03:29,474 --> 01:03:33,063 They must come and be in battle! 334 01:03:34,314 --> 01:03:39,906 The men desert, it is harvest time. 335 01:03:40,281 --> 01:03:48,250 - They will come when the harvest is saved. - Do you intend to obey my command? 336 01:03:48,542 --> 01:03:53,590 You cannot change the seasons. The men have to work. 337 01:03:56,886 --> 01:04:04,188 - Whip him. - You can't beat a nobleman. 338 01:04:04,522 --> 01:04:08,611 - Why not? - Because he is a nobleman! 339 01:04:09,570 --> 01:04:12,324 Why not a king? 340 01:04:13,659 --> 01:04:16,872 I will flog his vassals too�! 341 01:04:18,833 --> 01:04:23,798 - Do you think the Danes tell the difference? - But there is peace! 342 01:04:24,842 --> 01:04:28,220 While we are strong. A dozen raps… 343 01:04:34,104 --> 01:04:37,860 I give myself up! 344 01:04:38,319 --> 01:04:41,823 Keep it up like this, Am I done with you! 345 01:04:42,157 --> 01:04:47,749 And my justice must be served without exception for anyone. 346 01:04:49,751 --> 01:04:52,297 Do your duty. 347 01:05:05,564 --> 01:05:08,819 Fools! Idiots! - Cerdic! 348 01:05:21,252 --> 01:05:25,591 You can't! - Stop... 349 01:05:34,688 --> 01:05:39,568 I hate you, Alfred. God's curse upon you! 350 01:05:58,052 --> 01:06:02,016 Open the gate! A message to the king! 351 01:06:04,020 --> 01:06:06,355 Close the gate! 352 01:06:08,358 --> 01:06:14,825 The Danes have taken out from his territory with a strong arm! 353 01:06:16,953 --> 01:06:22,377 - On Epiphany! - Summon your nobles again! 354 01:06:22,711 --> 01:06:24,964 - Don't kill him. - Apologize to them! 355 01:06:25,257 --> 01:06:30,388 - No, I have my own arm here. - You are deceiving yourself. 356 01:06:30,764 --> 01:06:34,644 Betrayal we answer with violence, God's angels will be with us! 357 01:06:35,687 --> 01:06:40,819 - You are too proud. - My promise must not be broken! 358 01:06:41,945 --> 01:06:47,913 I will never die with a sword! My sword will become a cross for me! 359 01:06:48,288 --> 01:06:54,088 - In the armor of God we shall prevail! - You are too proud... 360 01:08:06,312 --> 01:08:09,149 They were defeated at Chippenham. 361 01:08:10,233 --> 01:08:12,570 Put him on the bed. 362 01:08:15,074 --> 01:08:17,952 What about the king? 363 01:08:18,828 --> 01:08:21,415 How about you? 364 01:08:22,834 --> 01:08:25,587 My sword is clean. 365 01:08:25,921 --> 01:08:30,302 You don't need a sword to kill people. 366 01:08:30,970 --> 01:08:37,896 I'm not fit to be king. My pride killed them all... 367 01:08:40,525 --> 01:08:47,826 We met them on an open field. They were fewer than we feared. 368 01:08:48,954 --> 01:08:52,874 A light snowfall, it was cold. 369 01:08:54,293 --> 01:08:58,383 We attacked, broke their ranks. 370 01:08:58,800 --> 01:09:04,599 You should have seen us! They fled and we followed them! 371 01:09:06,059 --> 01:09:09,982 We never said they were waiting for us. 372 01:09:13,653 --> 01:09:17,159 They were waiting for us... 373 01:09:18,326 --> 01:09:20,496 Can you hear them? 374 01:09:23,750 --> 01:09:26,254 Spare us, in the name of Jesus! 375 01:09:29,842 --> 01:09:33,430 I killed all... 376 01:09:37,268 --> 01:09:44,236 Collect as many men as you can. The Danes learn to come here. 377 01:09:44,445 --> 01:09:47,241 They must not find you. 378 01:09:48,159 --> 01:09:53,333 There is threshing floor nearby. You must hide there. 379 01:11:10,772 --> 01:11:14,861 You say you are Christ Is the god of love. 380 01:11:19,201 --> 01:11:23,873 - What is it? - It is kindness and gentleness! 381 01:11:25,082 --> 01:11:27,921 Against all God's creatures. 382 01:11:30,256 --> 01:11:34,221 Sigurd, show her what love is! 383 01:11:54,873 --> 01:11:57,795 Wait, you... 384 01:11:58,546 --> 01:12:01,298 ...and look at. 385 01:12:43,607 --> 01:12:46,360 The child is safe! 386 01:13:01,048 --> 01:13:04,051 I have waited long enough. 387 01:13:04,384 --> 01:13:11,770 Stand still. Before you do anything just because you have strong arms? 388 01:13:12,395 --> 01:13:18,613 - You die before you do what you want. - Not the way I want... 389 01:13:21,074 --> 01:13:24,579 Not like only I want… 390 01:13:29,044 --> 01:13:34,634 Your will says no, but your body says yes. 391 01:13:57,375 --> 01:14:00,921 Who would want to use... violence? 392 01:14:11,978 --> 01:14:15,941 See how our blood flows together. 393 01:14:17,068 --> 01:14:23,493 Now you have been given to me... 394 01:15:10,767 --> 01:15:14,312 Here there is no way out of the threshing floor. 395 01:15:15,815 --> 01:15:17,901 We're going back. 396 01:15:31,253 --> 01:15:33,923 There is no danger with me. 397 01:16:13,728 --> 01:16:19,235 - Don't kill them! Who are you? - Soldiers fighting against the Danes! 398 01:16:33,254 --> 01:16:37,176 A nobleman's sword - how did you come across it? 399 01:16:38,636 --> 01:16:43,269 - I got it. - You stole it. 400 01:16:47,023 --> 01:16:49,695 We bring them to the camp! 401 01:17:14,644 --> 01:17:17,481 We escape the Danes... 402 01:17:17,815 --> 01:17:20,987 ...and are taken by bandits. 403 01:17:38,928 --> 01:17:41,181 You had the sword... 404 01:17:44,852 --> 01:17:47,439 Let me see your face. 405 01:17:49,192 --> 01:17:51,611 You are a leader. 406 01:17:54,908 --> 01:17:59,997 But here I am the leader, people do as I command. 407 01:18:03,461 --> 01:18:07,424 - Have you no master whom you serve? - No, we are outlaws. 408 01:18:07,716 --> 01:18:11,764 What should a poor man say? A nobleman with the help of a dozen men in court. 409 01:18:13,891 --> 01:18:18,731 I didn't find anyone, so we're outlaws. 410 01:18:27,535 --> 01:18:32,375 I need help. Can we become allies? 411 01:18:35,087 --> 01:18:37,842 How many men do you have? 412 01:18:41,262 --> 01:18:45,727 - The ones I had with me. - You really need help. 413 01:18:50,316 --> 01:18:54,155 If you have done no harm, had the king bened you. 414 01:18:54,948 --> 01:18:59,371 The king? How would I find the king? 415 01:19:03,042 --> 01:19:05,754 You have his sword. 416 01:19:11,762 --> 01:19:15,392 I said he was too proud. 417 01:19:25,489 --> 01:19:29,161 It's good to have the king as a friend! 418 01:19:32,082 --> 01:19:35,671 And I need friendship. 419 01:20:07,298 --> 01:20:11,721 Aelhswith... I want you. 420 01:20:14,557 --> 01:20:18,396 How long are you going to make me wait? 421 01:20:19,314 --> 01:20:22,401 Do not wake the child. 422 01:20:31,496 --> 01:20:36,795 You know what? I will make yourself queen of Wessex. 423 01:20:38,631 --> 01:20:42,888 - Maybe I'll marry you. - No. 424 01:20:49,271 --> 01:20:52,742 You are attached to yours call Saxon lord... 425 01:20:52,942 --> 01:20:55,404 No! 426 01:20:55,863 --> 01:21:01,205 I hate him. I hate him with all my heart. 427 01:21:03,207 --> 01:21:08,839 I refuse for him not to have the joy of calling me a traitor. 428 01:21:09,883 --> 01:21:14,931 I will despise myself if I let his people down. 429 01:21:18,310 --> 01:21:21,606 He shall not despise me. 430 01:21:47,684 --> 01:21:51,982 He forced his way inside. He looks like a bandit. 431 01:21:53,400 --> 01:21:58,741 - Leave those books alone! - No danger! 432 01:22:00,869 --> 01:22:05,541 The 'Bandit' understands their value. 433 01:22:17,308 --> 01:22:19,894 is everything well 434 01:22:20,395 --> 01:22:24,067 That will do. This is what I remember. 435 01:22:26,320 --> 01:22:32,453 A squad that uses the shields to ward off an attack. 436 01:22:33,329 --> 01:22:38,127 The Spartan Phalanx. Sun tactics we must have against the Danes. 437 01:22:39,337 --> 01:22:44,229 Your arm... The nobles are worried. 438 01:22:44,429 --> 01:22:48,643 They think you should take power from them. 439 01:22:49,895 --> 01:22:56,779 - Do they prefer the Danes? - The Danes tax the poor the hardest. 440 01:22:59,449 --> 01:23:02,286 Damn take them! 441 01:23:02,787 --> 01:23:05,040 The bandits are better. 442 01:23:08,002 --> 01:23:14,803 I like them. That they are dangerous is only our fault. 443 01:23:16,723 --> 01:23:23,273 They are outlaws, their only ones crime is that they are ignorant. 444 01:23:24,735 --> 01:23:29,541 We need a book of laws on our Saxon Mother's Day! 445 01:23:29,741 --> 01:23:31,994 Latin is for priests. 446 01:23:34,414 --> 01:23:38,961 - You love them? - Otherwise I can't lead them. 447 01:23:43,426 --> 01:23:50,977 You once said to see me could be slaughtered like the animals they were. 448 01:23:58,112 --> 01:24:04,204 Do you understand that the bandits Are like the sufferings in your soul. 449 01:24:04,454 --> 01:24:08,335 Dangerous only when not used? 450 01:24:18,724 --> 01:24:22,103 I have to go back to the camp before the evening. 451 01:25:49,766 --> 01:25:54,230 - What are you up to? - A woman should not see the Frej rites. 452 01:25:56,108 --> 01:26:01,782 A blood sacrifice to the gods which gives fruitfulness. 453 01:26:02,491 --> 01:26:07,164 Nine creatures of every kind shall be slaughtered. 454 01:26:11,170 --> 01:26:15,592 - Stop them! - I can't. 455 01:26:16,468 --> 01:26:19,974 It is a sacred ritual! 456 01:26:20,349 --> 01:26:25,523 - Stop them! - For the Saxons to be slaughtered? 457 01:26:26,732 --> 01:26:29,445 Because they are people! 458 01:26:48,095 --> 01:26:54,570 You are cold to me, without feelings! I bring your body, not your heart! 459 01:26:54,770 --> 01:26:59,234 Is it my heart you want? 460 01:26:59,777 --> 01:27:02,031 You know that. 461 01:27:02,364 --> 01:27:07,120 The pagan savage believes in love? What a conversion! 462 01:27:07,663 --> 01:27:14,682 - A new religion! - You are so beautiful when you are angry! 463 01:27:14,882 --> 01:27:18,220 - Let me make you queen! - No! 464 01:27:18,637 --> 01:27:25,437 - Why do you refuse? - I want to love you. Do you understand? 465 01:27:28,316 --> 01:27:36,912 But what's stopping you? Are you scared for the promise you made before a priest? 466 01:27:37,663 --> 01:27:44,798 What a strange religion that fights against everything that flesh, blood, bone desires! 467 01:27:45,173 --> 01:27:51,056 - It's just a disease of the heart! - Love is the disease. 468 01:27:51,431 --> 01:27:56,479 No promise can stop me from loving you, or force me to. 469 01:27:59,442 --> 01:28:02,780 That's not your promise. 470 01:28:05,075 --> 01:28:07,537 - You love Alfred. - No. 471 01:28:09,038 --> 01:28:13,670 I defeated him, but not you. He defeated you. 472 01:28:17,008 --> 01:28:20,012 - Never. - He defeated you! 473 01:28:27,314 --> 01:28:29,942 And I will have your love! 474 01:29:13,794 --> 01:29:15,880 Use the sword! 475 01:29:24,560 --> 01:29:29,274 The Saxon whore is getting fat from lying on your back! 476 01:29:31,527 --> 01:29:34,498 Guthrum knows her very well- 477 01:29:34,698 --> 01:29:39,997 - and the son she bore calls father him and learn to be Danish! 478 01:29:41,415 --> 01:29:43,995 - Let me kill him! - No. 479 01:29:45,588 --> 01:29:52,054 Greet your master that he broke his promise to me. For that I will kill him. 480 01:29:52,346 --> 01:29:54,433 Do you understand? 481 01:29:58,021 --> 01:30:00,775 Let him go! 482 01:31:00,106 --> 01:31:02,276 Alfred... 483 01:31:04,361 --> 01:31:07,199 He would have killed you. 484 01:31:08,325 --> 01:31:12,748 I have sworn on� to never again kill with the sword. 485 01:31:19,465 --> 01:31:24,931 - You have to die to live. - I don't dare. 486 01:31:25,682 --> 01:31:31,398 There is a... joy in that. 487 01:31:31,815 --> 01:31:36,572 First fear, then joy. 488 01:31:37,323 --> 01:31:42,581 You only kill when you have to, so your promise is stupid. 489 01:31:47,672 --> 01:31:51,844 You loved your queen, didn't you? 490 01:31:57,518 --> 01:32:00,689 Lust is like a plague for me. 491 01:32:01,023 --> 01:32:04,736 Plagues must be cured in bed! 492 01:32:07,114 --> 01:32:11,079 - There will be no permanent cure. - Where are you going? 493 01:32:14,625 --> 01:32:19,757 I want to see my four-year-old son. Help me into the Danes' camp. 494 01:33:24,303 --> 01:33:26,806 Come on, Edward! 495 01:34:05,025 --> 01:34:07,195 Take them! 496 01:34:44,747 --> 01:34:48,044 Bring the women to the monastery! 497 01:35:17,208 --> 01:35:19,544 Edith... 498 01:35:31,895 --> 01:35:33,814 where is my son 499 01:35:35,315 --> 01:35:37,703 where is my son 500 01:35:37,903 --> 01:35:40,615 What have you done with Edward? 501 01:35:42,909 --> 01:35:46,623 He is mine, I see. No harlot shall have him. 502 01:35:49,585 --> 01:35:53,882 You must let me meet him At least once. 503 01:35:54,426 --> 01:35:56,428 No. 504 01:36:00,684 --> 01:36:05,481 - Kill me then. - Shall I take on your debt? 505 01:36:06,442 --> 01:36:11,156 A queen can die, whores shall rot away. 506 01:36:16,246 --> 01:36:20,001 - And then? - Life imprisonment. 507 01:36:26,469 --> 01:36:31,351 God's curse upon you for what you are. 508 01:36:31,684 --> 01:36:37,317 Tyrant! Hypocrite! I thought getting clean made you better. 509 01:36:37,651 --> 01:36:44,577 - You are the cruelest man I know. - Crueler than your Danish pirate? 510 01:36:45,286 --> 01:36:50,377 Much crueler! He only tortures bodies. 511 01:36:50,752 --> 01:36:57,679 - But you torture the soul! - Am I torturing? 512 01:36:58,346 --> 01:37:02,142 You yourself - you try to be God, and becomes worse than a human. 513 01:37:03,477 --> 01:37:08,442 You torture others so that they just Are people, like I was. 514 01:37:15,536 --> 01:37:18,707 What have I done? 515 01:37:19,959 --> 01:37:23,964 I tried to walk the way of Christ! 516 01:37:24,297 --> 01:37:31,223 Christ is forgiveness, compassion. You have never trusted yourself. 517 01:37:33,144 --> 01:37:40,112 Because you have human weaknesses! Before you could sin! 518 01:37:40,487 --> 01:37:45,502 You will torture yourself until you rot! 519 01:37:45,702 --> 01:37:49,833 The hellhounds in you driving you to the grave! 520 01:37:50,167 --> 01:37:55,341 God knows how many will suffer before the world gets rid of you! 521 01:38:13,616 --> 01:38:16,703 I love you... 522 01:38:40,151 --> 01:38:43,948 Come on, Edward. I'll take you home. 523 01:38:50,582 --> 01:38:54,380 Don't look at me like that. I am your father. 524 01:39:04,518 --> 01:39:08,983 Tyrant, hypocrite... You torture the soul. 525 01:39:09,442 --> 01:39:15,074 You are the cruelest man I know. You have never trusted yourself. 526 01:39:15,450 --> 01:39:23,002 Because you have human weaknesses! You torment yourself until you rot! 527 01:39:30,679 --> 01:39:32,931 Are you injured? 528 01:39:36,479 --> 01:39:41,401 Don't be afraid! The wind scared him. 529 01:39:41,651 --> 01:39:44,323 I'll help you up. 530 01:39:47,326 --> 01:39:50,164 Do you hear them in the tree? 531 01:39:54,795 --> 01:39:59,676 Don't be afraid of them. They are part of us. 532 01:40:03,098 --> 01:40:08,397 The demons won't take you, you're too ugly - they exist within us. 533 01:40:12,111 --> 01:40:14,864 You have to learn to live with them. 534 01:40:22,958 --> 01:40:25,879 Don't be afraid of them. 535 01:40:27,047 --> 01:40:30,552 You're safe with me, Edward! 536 01:40:45,906 --> 01:40:48,995 Such a small person is... 537 01:40:50,329 --> 01:40:55,379 ...and the market is so big. No danger. 538 01:41:36,392 --> 01:41:39,563 Spring is here. Do you know? 539 01:41:42,901 --> 01:41:45,864 Now we are ready to fight. 540 01:41:48,450 --> 01:41:52,289 Send out messengers to the nobles. 541 01:41:52,706 --> 01:41:56,545 The king is ready to raise his sword again. 542 01:41:58,423 --> 01:42:01,426 Roger, now we kill because we have to. 543 01:42:07,060 --> 01:42:09,771 Do you think they will? 544 01:42:12,316 --> 01:42:14,695 Yes. 545 01:42:16,197 --> 01:42:20,495 If you win, you don't need me anymore. 546 01:42:20,829 --> 01:42:27,129 You will be king, your counsel says that there must be order in Wessex. 547 01:42:27,963 --> 01:42:34,514 The nobility's land must be secured, and you will listen to them. 548 01:42:35,974 --> 01:42:41,699 As long as I live, there is no security for the nobility... 549 01:42:41,899 --> 01:42:49,326 ...or you. - Then I need you even more. 550 01:42:51,746 --> 01:42:55,333 Or you kill me to forget. 551 01:42:58,755 --> 01:43:03,637 - There will be others like you. - Yes. 552 01:43:06,349 --> 01:43:08,935 Remember that. 553 01:44:20,617 --> 01:44:23,297 They are not many. 554 01:44:23,497 --> 01:44:25,917 There will be more. 555 01:44:49,490 --> 01:44:51,409 Look over there! 556 01:45:03,926 --> 01:45:06,012 Athelstan! 557 01:45:47,736 --> 01:45:51,742 Athelstan, thank God you came! 558 01:46:08,430 --> 01:46:12,144 We didn't come to save you. We came to kill you! 559 01:46:15,440 --> 01:46:21,281 No, stop! Listen to me! 560 01:46:21,698 --> 01:46:26,255 Kill me if you want. I shouldn't have spanked you. 561 01:46:26,455 --> 01:46:30,835 Not until you are a nobleman, but no law gave me the right to do so. 562 01:46:32,047 --> 01:46:38,104 The gods our fathers worshipped only knew the law of power! 563 01:46:38,304 --> 01:46:44,405 In my new kingdom we shall have a law book that everyone can read! 564 01:46:44,605 --> 01:46:50,489 Whoever violates them shall investigated and punished according to the law. 565 01:46:52,241 --> 01:46:55,788 No one should stand or outside the law. 566 01:46:58,834 --> 01:47:04,967 One law for the whole people - when the Danes are gone. 567 01:47:05,676 --> 01:47:14,229 If you're going to kill me, do it now - and go free! 568 01:47:14,522 --> 01:47:21,782 Otherwise put down your sword and serve me, as I promise to serve you! 569 01:47:22,450 --> 01:47:25,621 You are all free men! 570 01:48:24,117 --> 01:48:26,370 Now... 571 01:50:29,371 --> 01:50:32,042 Attack and drive them into sight! 572 01:50:33,585 --> 01:50:37,507 Shields down, away with the dead! 573 01:52:06,837 --> 01:52:09,425 With the sword! 574 01:52:37,420 --> 01:52:40,426 - We need help! - We can't stop them! 575 01:52:40,718 --> 01:52:44,473 Ask the monks to come and fight! 576 01:52:44,933 --> 01:52:53,110 The villagers, women and old men! They are coming to the Athelny Threshold! 577 01:52:53,986 --> 01:52:59,034 Everyone's going to Athelny! King Alfred needs you! 578 01:53:02,915 --> 01:53:05,970 Come to the threshing floor, or die the king! 579 01:53:10,341 --> 01:53:12,428 They kill Alfred! 580 01:53:19,854 --> 01:53:22,442 The king needs you all! 581 01:53:38,881 --> 01:53:40,516 Attack! 582 01:53:40,716 --> 01:53:44,013 The men are tired! 583 01:53:44,764 --> 01:53:47,559 Up with you! 584 01:53:58,240 --> 01:54:01,244 There will be more Danes! 585 01:54:11,509 --> 01:54:14,763 Up with you! 586 01:54:54,233 --> 01:54:57,237 They are too many! 587 01:55:16,513 --> 01:55:18,850 Alfred, they're here! 588 01:55:43,550 --> 01:55:47,515 Sons of whores! There are no soldiers there! 589 01:57:45,217 --> 01:57:47,929 Do it, Alfred! 590 01:57:48,179 --> 01:57:51,142 Send me to my gods! 591 01:58:39,292 --> 01:58:42,587 There will be others like him. 592 01:58:45,967 --> 01:58:50,473 But... not for you and me. 593 01:59:05,284 --> 01:59:10,668 Alfred, I bow to your god. 594 01:59:11,001 --> 01:59:14,172 He gave you a triumph. 595 01:59:17,677 --> 01:59:20,014 My triumph? 596 01:59:33,574 --> 01:59:36,119 Your love god is very powerful. 597 02:00:02,321 --> 02:00:06,243 Here England was united. 598 02:00:06,535 --> 02:00:11,209 And Alfred became its only one king who came to be known as "the Great".