1 00:00:10,750 --> 00:00:13,417 CENTRAL PARTNERSHIP 2 00:00:17,042 --> 00:00:19,792 KINOSLOVO 3 00:00:22,708 --> 00:00:25,833 NIKITA MIKHALKOV'S TRITE STUDIO GAZPROM MEDIA 4 00:00:28,792 --> 00:00:31,833 WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CINEMA FUND 5 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,917 Have you looked on all the shelves? 6 00:00:45,958 --> 00:00:47,917 Everywhere! It's not there. 7 00:00:58,708 --> 00:01:01,541 What are you offering? Why would I need Zhukovsky? 8 00:01:01,542 --> 00:01:03,042 Let's find Alex's book. 9 00:01:03,958 --> 00:01:06,250 Not a single book! 10 00:01:06,375 --> 00:01:08,124 When are you going to start selling? 11 00:01:08,125 --> 00:01:10,707 - For crying out loud! - Four, I'll pay four! 12 00:01:10,708 --> 00:01:13,582 Ladies and gentlemen, don't brawl! 13 00:01:13,583 --> 00:01:16,582 - Maybe in a week's time. - Another week?! 14 00:01:16,583 --> 00:01:18,332 A week? Really? 15 00:01:18,333 --> 00:01:19,708 We've been waiting for so long! 16 00:01:19,917 --> 00:01:22,374 Young man, I told you, we don't have Pushkin. 17 00:01:22,375 --> 00:01:24,125 Here, I found one. 18 00:01:24,292 --> 00:01:26,917 Oh, you're in luck! I'll gift wrap it for you. 19 00:01:27,042 --> 00:01:28,166 Have you seen that? 20 00:01:28,167 --> 00:01:31,625 Bloodshed is the last thing I need. 21 00:01:31,958 --> 00:01:34,417 Take it, take it. 22 00:01:35,333 --> 00:01:38,250 Don't mob me, please! 23 00:01:38,583 --> 00:01:41,125 Get back! 24 00:01:41,333 --> 00:01:42,875 Young sir, what do you have there? 25 00:01:43,458 --> 00:01:45,291 Give us the books! 26 00:01:45,292 --> 00:01:46,832 Have you heard? 27 00:01:46,833 --> 00:01:48,666 They say his wife is not pretty. 28 00:01:48,667 --> 00:01:51,249 Natalia Goncharova is a beauty, and they share true love. 29 00:01:51,250 --> 00:01:52,957 He was brilliant at studies. 30 00:01:52,958 --> 00:01:54,707 He hated his lyceum whole-heartedly. 31 00:01:54,708 --> 00:01:56,791 I heard he is fantastically lucky. 32 00:01:56,792 --> 00:01:59,374 EUGENE ONEGIN No! He gambled away his last trousers. 33 00:01:59,375 --> 00:02:01,457 Superstitious beyond all limits. What a shame! 34 00:02:01,458 --> 00:02:02,499 No! It's impossible. 35 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:06,832 - Look dear, it's all Pushkin again. - He's the talk of the town. 36 00:02:06,833 --> 00:02:11,291 I heard he's of a dark complexion, and shoulder-height, almost a gnome. 37 00:02:11,292 --> 00:02:12,541 - Seriously?! - It's true. 38 00:02:12,542 --> 00:02:16,666 - He'd never write such vulgarity. - What naïveté, mon Cher. 39 00:02:16,667 --> 00:02:19,916 Pushkin has written words unspeakable in a lady's presence. 40 00:02:19,917 --> 00:02:21,957 I say, how many has he known? 41 00:02:21,958 --> 00:02:26,000 Strasbourg pie! Pushkin's favorite meal! 42 00:02:26,667 --> 00:02:30,250 Pozharsky ground-meat cutlets, the poet's favorite rissoles! 43 00:02:30,417 --> 00:02:33,957 - The say the emperor himself will come. - Aren't they enemies? 44 00:02:33,958 --> 00:02:37,332 - Look... Where are they all flocking? - Hey! 45 00:02:37,333 --> 00:02:41,083 I heard the contrary, he's fought a hundred duels and spared no one. 46 00:02:42,250 --> 00:02:44,457 Read it first, then pass the judgment. 47 00:02:44,458 --> 00:02:45,999 I don't want to read anything. 48 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,292 I haven't read, but it's a sin not to get interested. 49 00:02:50,125 --> 00:02:51,999 Extra, extra! Get your newspapers! 50 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,124 Pushkin is the Sun of Russian Poetry. 51 00:02:55,125 --> 00:02:56,749 Buy a newspaper! 52 00:02:56,750 --> 00:03:02,541 Pushkin! Pushkin! Pushkin! 53 00:03:02,542 --> 00:03:05,458 Pushkin! Pushkin! 54 00:03:05,583 --> 00:03:14,625 Pushkin! Pushkin! Pushkin! 55 00:03:14,917 --> 00:03:16,291 Alex, look. 56 00:03:16,292 --> 00:03:18,666 Pushkin! Pushkin! 57 00:03:18,667 --> 00:03:19,999 Alex! 58 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:25,792 Pushkin! Pushkin! 59 00:03:39,333 --> 00:03:41,916 THE POET 60 00:03:41,917 --> 00:03:44,125 THE STORY OF ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 61 00:03:50,208 --> 00:03:51,250 Pushkin. 62 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,833 Pushkin. LITERATURE JOURNAL 63 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,417 Pushkin. 64 00:04:00,417 --> 00:04:02,957 "Long live our comradely union..." TSAR'S VILLAGE LYCEUM, 1814 65 00:04:02,958 --> 00:04:03,958 Pushkin! 66 00:04:07,167 --> 00:04:09,332 [in Latin] If you're not moving forward, you're moving backward. 67 00:04:09,333 --> 00:04:10,332 Hurry slowly. 68 00:04:10,333 --> 00:04:13,625 - As you wish, but they've already left. Damn it! 69 00:04:18,292 --> 00:04:19,582 Kostya. 70 00:04:19,583 --> 00:04:21,375 - Danzas! - Quiet! 71 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:23,874 - Tell me who went with them? - Ivan Pushchin. 72 00:04:23,875 --> 00:04:26,167 Ivan?! How could he agree? 73 00:04:48,708 --> 00:04:51,708 The great Derzhavin is coming today. Put that away. 74 00:04:58,833 --> 00:05:01,250 - They're in the park already. - Give me the keys. 75 00:05:11,208 --> 00:05:14,499 Well well, Danzas, I see we have a traitor among us. 76 00:05:14,500 --> 00:05:15,707 Ivan Pushchin. 77 00:05:15,708 --> 00:05:17,582 You didn't set a time and place to fight. 78 00:05:17,583 --> 00:05:19,249 - I was compelled. - Please refrain. 79 00:05:19,250 --> 00:05:22,500 It's a real weapon, I don't want to lose you. 80 00:05:27,542 --> 00:05:29,958 Hang on, Pushkin, you mean I risked 81 00:05:30,250 --> 00:05:31,833 stealing the keys and sword, 82 00:05:32,042 --> 00:05:34,833 but all the dishonor will be bygones if he mumbles an apology? 83 00:05:35,250 --> 00:05:36,625 The die is cast. 84 00:05:39,167 --> 00:05:44,000 Baron von Korff, I'm prepared to listen to your full apology. 85 00:05:45,167 --> 00:05:49,417 What exactly should I apologize for? For calling you a fool? 86 00:05:50,375 --> 00:05:52,208 Or a pauper? 87 00:05:53,250 --> 00:05:54,667 Or a monkey? 88 00:05:56,083 --> 00:05:59,083 - Gentlemen, desist. - Stop it, enough! 89 00:06:00,500 --> 00:06:03,292 - Enough! - Lay down your arms! 90 00:06:12,667 --> 00:06:13,792 Stop! Stop! Stop! 91 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:17,416 That's a breach of the code duello! 92 00:06:17,417 --> 00:06:20,667 Messieurs! Desist at once! 93 00:06:21,542 --> 00:06:23,542 What shame! 94 00:06:24,125 --> 00:06:27,583 His Majesty has most strictly forbidden duels. 95 00:06:28,708 --> 00:06:32,124 But for Alexander Pushkin, 96 00:06:32,125 --> 00:06:34,625 the emperor’s word means nothing. 97 00:06:35,167 --> 00:06:39,000 Speak up, give us an explanation for your savagery. 98 00:06:41,375 --> 00:06:43,083 May I go straight to the dungeon? 99 00:06:44,500 --> 00:06:46,000 See what happens 100 00:06:46,833 --> 00:06:48,250 when you ban flogging? 101 00:06:48,792 --> 00:06:52,583 The character of a moral degenerate. Bottom of almost every class. 102 00:06:53,458 --> 00:06:54,875 Devoid of talent. 103 00:06:55,458 --> 00:06:56,958 But not to worry. 104 00:06:58,167 --> 00:07:00,250 I'll discipline him. 105 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,542 Mister Piletsky. 106 00:07:05,125 --> 00:07:09,667 I wouldn't want to make light of Alexander's misdeed. 107 00:07:09,917 --> 00:07:12,208 But he's incredibly gifted. 108 00:07:12,833 --> 00:07:15,332 You'll hear his poem at today's examination. 109 00:07:15,333 --> 00:07:18,208 It's astounding. 110 00:07:28,125 --> 00:07:31,542 "I gorged myself at supper time, And Yakov shut the door too rashly. 111 00:07:31,792 --> 00:07:35,000 Oh how I felt, brother of mine, Just like Küchelbecker makes me queasy." 112 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,332 Why Küchelbecker? What have I got to do with it?! 113 00:07:38,333 --> 00:07:40,875 How dare you read out my private notes? 114 00:07:41,958 --> 00:07:46,792 Mon Cher, Alexander is saving the best for our guest of honor. 115 00:07:46,917 --> 00:07:48,207 Isn't that right? 116 00:07:48,208 --> 00:07:51,000 To perform in front of Derzhavin, the great poet? 117 00:07:53,458 --> 00:07:55,958 What makes you think you're worthy of such an honor? 118 00:07:56,708 --> 00:07:59,917 What would you know of honor, Piletsky? 119 00:08:14,667 --> 00:08:17,083 Choose your words more carefully. 120 00:08:17,750 --> 00:08:19,542 Address me in a befitting manner. 121 00:08:19,833 --> 00:08:21,833 What would be befitting? 122 00:08:23,083 --> 00:08:27,917 Monsieur jailer or Monsieur censor? Monsieur, how can I put it politely? 123 00:08:28,125 --> 00:08:29,916 - I beg your pardon? - I pardon you! 124 00:08:29,917 --> 00:08:33,124 - Alex, enough! - Until you reckon with me, I won't agree. 125 00:08:33,125 --> 00:08:35,916 - Young man, what insolence! - Of the highest degree. 126 00:08:35,917 --> 00:08:38,666 But it'd be worse to say nothing About how you insolent you are. 127 00:08:38,667 --> 00:08:40,957 I see your values. Want to jot down my quotes? 128 00:08:40,958 --> 00:08:43,541 You speak of libertas But stick your nose in my notes. 129 00:08:43,542 --> 00:08:47,167 If you don't fall silent right now, I'll expel you from the examination. 130 00:08:49,250 --> 00:08:53,875 You've proved my point, how uncouth. You silence the speakers of the truth. 131 00:08:54,167 --> 00:08:59,207 The lyceum taught us about liberté. And you're not going to take it away. 132 00:08:59,208 --> 00:09:04,167 We'll pursue great ambitions, And we won't let them be forgotten. 133 00:09:04,333 --> 00:09:08,707 The lyceum taught us about liberté, And you're not going to... 134 00:09:08,708 --> 00:09:09,791 Silence! 135 00:09:09,792 --> 00:09:14,208 Put a few words to a pathetic rhythm, and call yourself a poet? 136 00:09:15,167 --> 00:09:18,666 Pushkin, I see right through you: Lazy, talentless boor. 137 00:09:18,667 --> 00:09:22,624 You'd do anything not to study, Revel, and fight in duels. 138 00:09:22,625 --> 00:09:25,124 Look, you'll regret it yourself. 139 00:09:25,125 --> 00:09:28,832 I'm telling you, forget success If you keep up that rudeness. 140 00:09:28,833 --> 00:09:31,249 I wouldn't wish your fate on an enemy. 141 00:09:31,250 --> 00:09:35,166 Boy, here's my advice to you: Obey me and cut out that nonsense too. 142 00:09:35,167 --> 00:09:38,082 Thanks for the offer, But I have to turn you down. 143 00:09:38,083 --> 00:09:40,375 What can a coward like you endow? 144 00:09:40,625 --> 00:09:42,832 Who doesn't embrace his wife at night, 145 00:09:42,833 --> 00:09:45,250 But hugs a gendarme's rulebook Of wrong and right. 146 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:50,291 Indeed, it's easy to play the victor Wearing a military tunic with swagger. 147 00:09:50,292 --> 00:09:53,207 Shutting me up puts you at ease, No wonder, do as you please. 148 00:09:53,208 --> 00:09:55,707 Take my rights away, But don't deny the truth in what I say. 149 00:09:55,708 --> 00:09:57,916 And even if you bemoan, We'll do it alone. 150 00:09:57,917 --> 00:10:00,500 With our freedom and might, We're sure to become great. 151 00:10:00,750 --> 00:10:02,916 There's a lot of you here, But I'm no soloist either. 152 00:10:02,917 --> 00:10:05,666 My words can be vouched for By every lyceum student, mon frère. 153 00:10:05,667 --> 00:10:08,166 Like Emperor Alexander beat Napoleon, 154 00:10:08,167 --> 00:10:10,417 We'll write a new history like Karamzin. 155 00:10:10,667 --> 00:10:12,999 We'll advance science like Lomonosov. 156 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,875 Like Derzhavin, we'll write great poetry. 157 00:10:24,292 --> 00:10:26,042 Derzhavin himself has arrived. 158 00:10:27,917 --> 00:10:29,500 A great among us. 159 00:10:29,667 --> 00:10:33,125 Monsieur Derzhavin, it's an honor for us to have you here. 160 00:10:49,042 --> 00:10:53,999 We'll pursue great ambitions, And we won't let them be forgotten. 161 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,917 The lyceum taught us about liberté, And you're not going to take it away. 162 00:10:59,167 --> 00:11:04,166 We'll pursue great ambitions, And we won't let them be forgotten. 163 00:11:04,167 --> 00:11:09,458 The lyceum taught us about liberté, And you're not going to take it away. 164 00:11:14,167 --> 00:11:19,374 We'll pursue great ambitions, And we won't let them be forgotten. 165 00:11:19,375 --> 00:11:24,708 The lyceum taught us about liberté, And you're not going to take it away. 166 00:11:27,125 --> 00:11:31,125 "Of life I have seen but the beginning..." SAINT-PETERSBURG, 1817 167 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:36,749 African blood... My word, you've grown pale! 168 00:11:36,750 --> 00:11:39,791 Climate has that effect on you, huh? I barely recognize you. 169 00:11:39,792 --> 00:11:41,208 What? 170 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,292 It looks good. 171 00:11:43,917 --> 00:11:46,875 Great sewing skills. I'm ever so grateful. 172 00:11:47,125 --> 00:11:50,583 You'll mend that floorcloth yourself. Didn't they teach you at the poorhouse? 173 00:11:53,042 --> 00:11:54,583 Masha, stop! 174 00:11:56,375 --> 00:11:58,333 Greetings, Pushkin! 175 00:11:58,875 --> 00:12:01,082 Steep fall from the lyceum to St. Petersburg, huh? 176 00:12:01,083 --> 00:12:05,542 Danzas! Don't pay him any heed. It's a good neighborhood, very quaint. 177 00:12:21,375 --> 00:12:23,875 - You have a hole in your collar. - I know. So what? 178 00:12:25,333 --> 00:12:27,625 - Leave it alone! - Great costume! 179 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:32,042 I'll give you a second one. 180 00:13:02,750 --> 00:13:04,500 Will they let us fly? 181 00:13:04,667 --> 00:13:07,042 An original creation of Montgolfier brothers. 182 00:13:07,708 --> 00:13:09,791 Evening, ladies! 183 00:13:09,792 --> 00:13:10,750 What? 184 00:13:11,125 --> 00:13:13,583 - Are you going to wish every...? - Evening... 185 00:13:16,083 --> 00:13:17,707 Don't dither, watch and learn. 186 00:13:17,708 --> 00:13:21,249 You get only one chance to make an impression on the capital's ladies. 187 00:13:21,250 --> 00:13:24,458 - I'm wasting no time. - Alex, clothes don't make a man. 188 00:13:24,792 --> 00:13:27,374 You serve in the Collegiums of Foreign Affairs. 189 00:13:27,375 --> 00:13:29,999 - A lowly sinecure. - But with great promise. 190 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,124 Of course. 191 00:13:31,125 --> 00:13:33,417 I'll introduce you to friends, important people. 192 00:13:33,667 --> 00:13:36,916 - Recite them something. Ay? - Forget them, recite to the ladies. 193 00:13:36,917 --> 00:13:38,874 The one about the cat, oak, and chain. 194 00:13:38,875 --> 00:13:39,708 Your invitation, please. 195 00:13:39,958 --> 00:13:41,625 - Welcome! - Let's go. 196 00:13:41,917 --> 00:13:44,375 Monsieur… Your invitation? 197 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:46,875 Invitation? 198 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:53,625 Now, I see. Welcome to Saint Petersburg! 199 00:13:55,625 --> 00:13:56,917 Look! 200 00:14:12,500 --> 00:14:14,500 One more glass! 201 00:14:35,333 --> 00:14:36,875 Our champagne! 202 00:14:45,125 --> 00:14:47,208 Well, my friends? Leap into action! 203 00:14:48,542 --> 00:14:52,000 - Evening, ladies! - Alex! Zhukovsky! 204 00:15:03,167 --> 00:15:07,374 "I know the good shall have a feast When on the other side; 205 00:15:07,375 --> 00:15:11,792 There's a place for me to join So I shall celebrate." 206 00:15:12,333 --> 00:15:14,583 - Oh please, it's nothing. - Magnificent! 207 00:15:14,750 --> 00:15:19,208 Vasily, congratulations on your post. Educating a princess is a great honor. 208 00:15:19,375 --> 00:15:23,167 - Let's get out of here. - Ivan Pushchin. Remember me? 209 00:15:26,083 --> 00:15:28,667 No, but thank you. It's in God's hands. 210 00:15:29,125 --> 00:15:32,167 I'd like to introduce you to my friend, another poet... 211 00:15:32,333 --> 00:15:33,750 Alexander Pushkin. 212 00:15:35,125 --> 00:15:38,750 The same Pushkin our late mentor Derzhavin was enamored with? 213 00:15:39,125 --> 00:15:41,458 Terrific, and what are you writing? 214 00:15:41,667 --> 00:15:43,458 - He's writing a poem. - A poem? 215 00:15:43,583 --> 00:15:45,042 How ambitious! 216 00:15:47,833 --> 00:15:49,083 Recite it. 217 00:15:51,917 --> 00:15:53,458 I've only started writing it. 218 00:15:54,333 --> 00:15:57,625 "In Lukomorye a green oak grows, Around it a golden chain…" 219 00:16:29,125 --> 00:16:30,625 Bravo! 220 00:16:30,750 --> 00:16:35,167 Eudoxia, how vulgar to delight in attention so. 221 00:16:38,708 --> 00:16:39,749 Eudoxia... 222 00:16:39,750 --> 00:16:41,792 What were you saying about Lukomorye? 223 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,832 - What are you doing? - Putting you out of your misery. 224 00:16:45,833 --> 00:16:47,750 Gentlemen! Ladies! 225 00:16:48,208 --> 00:16:49,583 A minute of your attention! 226 00:16:50,375 --> 00:16:53,792 Her Radiance, the dazzling Princess Natalia Golitsyna, 227 00:16:53,958 --> 00:16:57,333 who has kindly opened up her beautiful home to all of us, 228 00:16:57,583 --> 00:17:00,417 has prepared a surprise for the guests. 229 00:17:01,792 --> 00:17:04,750 Tonight, you'll hear a recital by a young poet, 230 00:17:04,917 --> 00:17:08,500 a poet lauded by the great Derzhavin himself. 231 00:17:09,333 --> 00:17:11,500 Alexander Pushkin, 232 00:17:11,667 --> 00:17:15,667 and his poem "Ruslan and Larisa". 233 00:17:15,792 --> 00:17:17,167 Idiot. 234 00:17:21,583 --> 00:17:26,708 Derzhavin lost the plot towards the end, began hailing street urchins poets. 235 00:17:31,667 --> 00:17:34,125 "Run, and begone from my view, 236 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,417 You listless Cytherean princess! 237 00:17:38,708 --> 00:17:43,875 Bane of tsars, tell me, where are you? Where are you, Liberty's proudest muse? 238 00:17:44,292 --> 00:17:49,417 Come, tear the laurels off my head, And then smash up the coddled lyre... 239 00:17:49,833 --> 00:17:55,000 May the world Liberty's song admire, Let her stun the enthroned vice. 240 00:17:55,708 --> 00:18:00,917 Alas! Where ever I cast my gaze - Bodies are flayed and others are chained, 241 00:18:01,083 --> 00:18:06,291 Serfs weep, shedding powerless tears, Guilty lawmakers should be ashamed; 242 00:18:06,292 --> 00:18:09,582 Far and wide, unrighteous Power Reigns in a fog of prejudices; 243 00:18:09,583 --> 00:18:13,375 Slaver's terrible genius, Along with glory's ill-fated fervor, 244 00:18:14,542 --> 00:18:17,832 And crime committed from on high Will be fought with our righteous vigor 245 00:18:17,833 --> 00:18:21,207 In a hand uncorrupted by Insatiable greed or just fear. 246 00:18:21,208 --> 00:18:25,332 Sovereigns! Know that your throne and crown Are given by Man, not Nature's hand. 247 00:18:25,333 --> 00:18:28,875 Though above us you may well stand, The Law is still there to bring you down. 248 00:18:29,125 --> 00:18:32,000 Tsars, listen, know that this is true: Not one punishment, no accolades, 249 00:18:32,167 --> 00:18:35,499 No stone dungeon walls or altars Can provide steadfast shelter for you. 250 00:18:35,500 --> 00:18:39,832 Be the first to lower your head, Bowed beneath the Law's safe canopy, 251 00:18:39,833 --> 00:18:43,041 And the People's peace and Liberty 252 00:18:43,042 --> 00:18:47,292 Shall guard your throne 253 00:18:48,542 --> 00:18:50,125 Forevermore." 254 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,667 Alex, let's go. 255 00:19:09,875 --> 00:19:12,083 You should've done the one about the cat. 256 00:19:28,750 --> 00:19:30,292 Very brave! 257 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,125 Pushkin is the bard of freedom. 258 00:19:42,417 --> 00:19:46,833 "But I see you, I follow you. 259 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:50,667 What of it? I'm a weak man too! 260 00:19:51,417 --> 00:19:55,458 Freedom is lost forevermore. Against his will the heart adores." 261 00:19:58,917 --> 00:20:01,083 You're very talented, my boy. 262 00:20:03,958 --> 00:20:06,125 But I won't give you my heart. 263 00:20:08,292 --> 00:20:09,875 Don't despair though. 264 00:20:10,208 --> 00:20:12,042 I'll give you much more. 265 00:20:13,750 --> 00:20:15,125 What then? 266 00:20:17,792 --> 00:20:19,750 The following of Saint Petersburg. 267 00:20:23,542 --> 00:20:26,041 - Alexander! Alexander! - Recite another! 268 00:20:26,042 --> 00:20:27,250 Bravo! Alexander! 269 00:20:27,667 --> 00:20:28,917 Bravo! 270 00:20:36,792 --> 00:20:41,166 His road is on the edge The routes don't change 271 00:20:41,167 --> 00:20:46,000 The whole province of Champagne Toasts to his risks again 272 00:20:46,167 --> 00:20:50,667 They all cry: "You madman!" In the eye of the storm, he's forsaken 273 00:20:50,792 --> 00:20:55,582 Oh! He dodged all the bullets He's the darling of these streets 274 00:20:55,583 --> 00:20:57,000 The city sings with me in unison 275 00:20:57,125 --> 00:20:59,958 - Is it Pushkin? - Alexander, hello! 276 00:21:00,125 --> 00:21:04,707 The city sings with me in unison The city sings! 277 00:21:04,708 --> 00:21:08,999 The city sings with me in unison 278 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:13,874 Lady luck loves the one who goes all in 279 00:21:13,875 --> 00:21:18,124 A white night brings a drunk sunrise 280 00:21:18,125 --> 00:21:23,208 The city of bridges sings From the Neva to the skies 281 00:21:23,458 --> 00:21:25,917 Alex, it's time you considered Russia's future. 282 00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:33,208 "Have faith, my fellow! She'll arise, Star of mesmerizing happiness, 283 00:21:33,333 --> 00:21:38,207 Russia shall arise from her slumber, And inscribe each one of our names 284 00:21:38,208 --> 00:21:41,250 On the debris of absolute power." 285 00:21:42,333 --> 00:21:44,874 Alexander, when will you finish "Ruslan"? 286 00:21:44,875 --> 00:21:46,041 Never! 287 00:21:46,042 --> 00:21:50,416 St. Petersburg is awash again Corks go through the roof 288 00:21:50,417 --> 00:21:54,625 He'll kick the door in with a smash If the key won't fit or it's on the latch 289 00:21:54,750 --> 00:21:57,541 On the lookout for a princess He breaks every female heart 290 00:21:57,542 --> 00:21:58,958 Drive faster! 291 00:21:59,083 --> 00:22:00,582 I love you! 292 00:22:00,583 --> 00:22:04,249 Life's a game whose script is written By this genius of a bard 293 00:22:04,250 --> 00:22:08,749 The city sings with me in unison The city sings with me in unison 294 00:22:08,750 --> 00:22:11,167 The city sings with me in unison 295 00:22:13,417 --> 00:22:16,457 The city sings with me in unison 296 00:22:16,458 --> 00:22:19,124 - A lesson for the tsars! - Alexander, who is that? 297 00:22:19,125 --> 00:22:22,666 Louvel, the assassin of an heir to the French throne. 298 00:22:22,667 --> 00:22:27,041 The end of the night A drunken sunrise 299 00:22:27,042 --> 00:22:31,792 The city of bridges Sings about love 300 00:22:31,917 --> 00:22:35,708 The city sings 301 00:22:41,375 --> 00:22:43,000 You must not be interested in that. 302 00:22:43,125 --> 00:22:44,624 We're standing on our legs! 303 00:22:44,625 --> 00:22:46,624 Walk on your own two. 304 00:22:46,625 --> 00:22:51,249 Listen, order a fen-berry pie for me. 305 00:22:51,250 --> 00:22:53,000 Everyone visits her. You'll see. 306 00:22:53,125 --> 00:22:57,000 Madame, the great Pushkin. 307 00:22:57,500 --> 00:22:59,500 Straight from Mount Olympus. 308 00:22:59,750 --> 00:23:05,792 He wishes to lift the fog hanging over his bright future. 309 00:23:09,708 --> 00:23:12,542 The great poet won't remember a thing in the morning. 310 00:23:13,750 --> 00:23:17,958 What are friends for, Oracle of Delphi? 311 00:23:18,708 --> 00:23:22,625 - You'll be the scribe, my boy. - Thank you. 312 00:23:27,875 --> 00:23:29,917 The great Pushkin. 313 00:23:31,625 --> 00:23:34,292 He really does have a gift. 314 00:23:42,375 --> 00:23:45,167 A wild, indomitable spirit. 315 00:23:47,917 --> 00:23:50,708 And where he goes, 316 00:23:52,167 --> 00:23:53,917 danger follows. 317 00:23:56,708 --> 00:23:58,208 "DANGER" And... 318 00:24:01,625 --> 00:24:04,417 A long and distant journey. 319 00:24:04,583 --> 00:24:06,958 Not always of your own free will. 320 00:24:08,833 --> 00:24:10,833 Much suffering. 321 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,832 A woman... 322 00:24:25,833 --> 00:24:27,458 A sister? No. 323 00:24:27,667 --> 00:24:29,375 A friend? No. 324 00:24:30,250 --> 00:24:31,375 A wife. 325 00:24:32,125 --> 00:24:33,167 "A WIFE" 326 00:24:34,333 --> 00:24:35,958 You're going to lose someone. 327 00:24:37,333 --> 00:24:41,000 A close one? A relative? Perhaps a friend? 328 00:24:44,750 --> 00:24:47,583 Yes, a friend. 329 00:24:48,625 --> 00:24:50,167 Happiness. 330 00:24:54,917 --> 00:24:57,250 Much later, or... 331 00:25:01,792 --> 00:25:03,333 Death and eternity. 332 00:25:04,250 --> 00:25:05,958 You can choose. 333 00:25:09,375 --> 00:25:13,333 Eye whites, bloodshot eyes. Fear the color white. 334 00:25:13,625 --> 00:25:16,042 White horses... White manes... 335 00:25:16,417 --> 00:25:18,000 Fair hair... 336 00:25:33,208 --> 00:25:36,791 Danger. A long unwanted journey. Suffering. A wife... 337 00:25:36,792 --> 00:25:38,832 - My condolences. - A lost friend... 338 00:25:38,833 --> 00:25:41,957 - Don't hold your breath. - Then happiness, or death and eternity. 339 00:25:41,958 --> 00:25:45,374 - Alex... - Fear white horses, manes or hair. 340 00:25:45,375 --> 00:25:47,082 - Alex! Alex! - Ouch! 341 00:25:47,083 --> 00:25:49,375 - Alex! - Stop slapping me! 342 00:25:50,458 --> 00:25:52,542 Are you coming to eat pie, or what? 343 00:25:55,167 --> 00:25:57,082 - We're going to Béranger's! - Yes. 344 00:25:57,083 --> 00:25:59,542 To Béranger's! To Béranger's! 345 00:26:04,125 --> 00:26:05,542 Mr. Pushkin. 346 00:26:08,208 --> 00:26:10,333 You're arrested. 347 00:26:20,333 --> 00:26:22,166 - Did Küchelbecker send you? - Aim! 348 00:26:22,167 --> 00:26:24,292 Please, send him our respects. 349 00:26:24,417 --> 00:26:26,125 We're bowing down! 350 00:26:33,333 --> 00:26:36,500 You two stay here. 351 00:26:44,792 --> 00:26:46,583 - I forgot my top hat. - Go! 352 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,666 I'm not guilty... I'm not guilty! 353 00:27:33,667 --> 00:27:35,208 I'm not guilty! 354 00:27:35,917 --> 00:27:38,416 A. K. BENCKENDORFF 355 00:27:38,417 --> 00:27:42,542 We’re free birds, my brother! Time… time we took flight 356 00:28:04,333 --> 00:28:07,958 Wait, but we took that gnome down from the pillar. 357 00:28:08,292 --> 00:28:10,042 We gave him ten rubles. 358 00:28:12,042 --> 00:28:16,083 All jokes aside, I'll return Trubetskaya's cats. 359 00:28:21,917 --> 00:28:23,542 May I leave now? 360 00:28:29,250 --> 00:28:31,167 Very well, I completely understand… 361 00:28:31,583 --> 00:28:34,167 Louvel's portrait… The debris of autocracy. 362 00:28:37,167 --> 00:28:41,167 - It was fun while it lasted though. - Fun? 363 00:28:44,667 --> 00:28:47,667 Then I imagine you won't be bored in Siberia either. 364 00:28:51,875 --> 00:28:53,167 Excuse me. 365 00:28:55,583 --> 00:28:59,917 - Vasily Zhukovsky. - Alexander von Benckendorff. 366 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,749 Not enough arrests to pay for a new office yet? 367 00:29:06,750 --> 00:29:09,083 As it happens, I'm already moving. 368 00:29:09,750 --> 00:29:12,792 In that case, the move will have to be put on hold. 369 00:29:18,458 --> 00:29:23,916 Thank the Lord Princess Golitsyna hasn't realized 370 00:29:23,917 --> 00:29:25,875 whose aid she's come to. 371 00:29:26,958 --> 00:29:29,792 But mark my words, she will. 372 00:29:30,167 --> 00:29:32,208 - And I can't wait... - Wait. 373 00:29:32,583 --> 00:29:36,833 - We'll give the lad a chance for now. - Vasily! 374 00:29:38,583 --> 00:29:41,167 But won't it be difficult 375 00:29:41,833 --> 00:29:45,374 for him to use that chance in the capital? 376 00:29:45,375 --> 00:29:49,208 Considering his young blood, the many temptations. 377 00:29:50,542 --> 00:29:56,000 - Not need to worry with the Lord's help. - Yes, it's all in God's hands, but... 378 00:29:56,375 --> 00:29:58,375 You and I can help too. 379 00:30:00,583 --> 00:30:04,292 We'll send the young talent to serve somewhere quieter. 380 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,749 Surely the princess wouldn't mistake such help from you and I 381 00:30:08,750 --> 00:30:11,333 for contempt for her request, would she? 382 00:30:13,917 --> 00:30:15,750 I imagine not. 383 00:30:17,708 --> 00:30:20,542 Are you exiling me from St. Petersburg? 384 00:30:27,625 --> 00:30:29,292 Let me help you. 385 00:30:31,542 --> 00:30:35,625 Sir Pushkin, thought you could slip away? 386 00:30:36,250 --> 00:30:37,875 Alexander! 387 00:30:39,458 --> 00:30:42,792 I read "Ruslan" in one sitting. I'm overcome. 388 00:30:43,625 --> 00:30:46,000 Here's some inspiration for you. 389 00:30:49,958 --> 00:30:54,000 To a victorious student from a defeated tutor. 390 00:30:55,625 --> 00:30:58,792 And this is for the road. Byron, hot off the press. 391 00:30:59,833 --> 00:31:01,417 Delicious writing! 392 00:31:19,833 --> 00:31:21,542 I need to get a grip, don't I? 393 00:31:21,667 --> 00:31:24,667 Or you'll regret coming to my defense. 394 00:31:24,958 --> 00:31:26,208 You fool. 395 00:31:27,875 --> 00:31:31,000 - Farewell, brother. - Until we meet again. 396 00:31:33,625 --> 00:31:36,833 You've had your turn, Ivan. Let me embrace him. 397 00:31:45,375 --> 00:31:47,458 Well, my buddy! 398 00:31:47,625 --> 00:31:50,541 - "Nastiness and ghastliness abound. - In the drinking glass and beauty: 399 00:31:50,542 --> 00:31:53,125 That's where life's happiness is found! Yes!" 400 00:31:54,042 --> 00:31:56,333 - Our days of mischief aren't over yet. - Yes. 401 00:32:31,125 --> 00:32:34,875 "My friends, our union is glorious, 402 00:32:35,750 --> 00:32:39,333 Inseparable and eternal like the soul, 403 00:32:39,833 --> 00:32:44,832 Unwavering, free, no cares at all, 404 00:32:44,833 --> 00:32:48,333 A woven canopy of friendly ties. 405 00:32:48,792 --> 00:32:51,458 Whether fate carries us near or far, 406 00:32:52,500 --> 00:32:55,249 And where ever happiness may lead, 407 00:32:55,250 --> 00:32:58,541 We know who we are: The rest of world is abroad. 408 00:32:58,542 --> 00:33:00,207 "I wallow in dirt..." SOUTH, 1823 409 00:33:00,208 --> 00:33:03,208 Tsar's Village is our fatherland" 410 00:33:11,333 --> 00:33:12,917 Well, gentlemen! 411 00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:16,041 Collegiate Secretary Pushkin, 412 00:33:16,042 --> 00:33:20,167 has been sent here by order of Governor-General Vorontsov. 413 00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:24,417 Who can tell me what gentlemen do here? 414 00:33:25,458 --> 00:33:29,999 Erm... So, it went there. 415 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,582 Then whistled that way... 416 00:33:31,583 --> 00:33:34,083 So we've gone and razed everything. 417 00:33:35,750 --> 00:33:37,125 That's all. 418 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,082 "Locusts flew over the plain, landed on the ground, 419 00:33:41,083 --> 00:33:42,999 ate everything they found, and flew off again." 420 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:47,458 - Is this a joke? - Almost a word-for-word account. 421 00:33:48,083 --> 00:33:49,917 Remind me, Pushkin, 422 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,083 do you have an estate? 423 00:33:54,958 --> 00:33:59,417 - Alas, the Lord didn't provide. - But left you in debt up to your ears. 424 00:34:04,583 --> 00:34:10,542 They say coachmen already refuse to cart your lordship around. 425 00:34:14,542 --> 00:34:17,458 You've spent three years touring the southern governorates 426 00:34:17,583 --> 00:34:22,167 with admirers galloping after you like a nosebag of verses. 427 00:34:23,958 --> 00:34:28,375 But I don't need a poet around here. 428 00:34:32,292 --> 00:34:35,625 If you won't work, I'll strip you of your salary in a wink. 429 00:34:35,917 --> 00:34:38,208 I want the report ready by this evening. 430 00:34:38,875 --> 00:34:41,625 The end is nigh! The end is nigh! 431 00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:44,708 Lenormand has predicted the end of the world! 432 00:34:45,125 --> 00:34:49,125 Extra, extra! The end is nigh! The end is nigh! 433 00:34:52,625 --> 00:34:55,917 When will you pay, your lordship? 434 00:35:06,458 --> 00:35:09,874 "Accept them with a smile, my friend, offerings of Liberty's muse." 435 00:35:09,875 --> 00:35:13,375 Some Pushkin wrote it. Have you read it? 436 00:35:18,292 --> 00:35:20,833 I'm afraid I haven't had the pleasure. 437 00:35:21,167 --> 00:35:22,583 Is he any good? 438 00:35:23,750 --> 00:35:26,791 Magnificent. A quaint tale: "The Prisoner of the Caucasus". 439 00:35:26,792 --> 00:35:29,208 As if penned by the great Lord Byron's quill. 440 00:35:32,125 --> 00:35:33,999 Please excuse my rudeness. 441 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:39,208 But perhaps you'll find time to read me that Pushkin? 442 00:35:40,042 --> 00:35:44,749 - I want to be enlightened. - My pleasure. I love to enlighten. 443 00:35:44,750 --> 00:35:46,042 Lisonne! 444 00:35:47,042 --> 00:35:49,707 - Forgive me, I won't make lunch. - Why not? 445 00:35:49,708 --> 00:35:52,750 I'll be late, don't wait up for me. Lay down to sleep. 446 00:35:53,458 --> 00:35:56,500 Pushkin, get to work! I want it by this evening! 447 00:36:00,333 --> 00:36:03,000 So now I have a little free time. 448 00:36:04,625 --> 00:36:06,958 Or has Byron lost interest? 449 00:36:10,250 --> 00:36:13,625 You mean you admire the heroine who got rid of another? 450 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,250 Prepared to do anything for love. 451 00:36:18,125 --> 00:36:20,625 "Once we caught in mid-flight 452 00:36:21,125 --> 00:36:23,874 A winged moment of heavenly bliss 453 00:36:23,875 --> 00:36:29,083 The joys on the bed of delights Moved beauty to blush..." 454 00:36:37,708 --> 00:36:40,000 So you arouse curiosity and leave? 455 00:36:42,167 --> 00:36:43,458 Stay. 456 00:36:46,083 --> 00:36:47,833 Read me this. 457 00:36:49,917 --> 00:36:50,875 Now. 458 00:36:51,708 --> 00:36:55,208 I'm afraid it's late for reading. Don't you think? 459 00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,333 Lisonne? 460 00:37:01,417 --> 00:37:03,958 Lisonne! What's got into you? 461 00:37:07,042 --> 00:37:09,167 Fantasizing about the harem? 462 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:15,417 - Have you decided to take me captive? - Yes. Now you're my literary slave. 463 00:37:18,250 --> 00:37:20,875 Don't be so boring, Byron. 464 00:37:23,208 --> 00:37:26,582 Your Byron doesn't have time. Your husband will work him into an early grave. 465 00:37:26,583 --> 00:37:29,625 To hell with that nonsense. Are you a poet or what? 466 00:37:30,042 --> 00:37:34,208 - Lisonne, nonsense keeps a poet fed. - How dull. 467 00:37:35,417 --> 00:37:38,417 If I had even a drop of your talent, 468 00:37:38,917 --> 00:37:44,250 I'd write day and night, leave everything and crisscross the globe. 469 00:37:44,875 --> 00:37:47,708 Byron is above scribbling reports. 470 00:37:49,042 --> 00:37:51,083 Byron doesn't live in Russia. 471 00:37:51,833 --> 00:37:53,750 You can't earn a living from poetry here. 472 00:37:54,250 --> 00:37:57,832 Derzhavin was a senator, Zhukovsky educates the grand princess. 473 00:37:57,833 --> 00:38:00,541 Vyazemsky was a prince over tens of thousands of serfs. 474 00:38:00,542 --> 00:38:03,792 And I... I write reports. 475 00:38:05,875 --> 00:38:07,917 No, you're no Byron. 476 00:38:09,042 --> 00:38:10,375 You're no hero. 477 00:38:15,417 --> 00:38:17,292 I'm no hero? 478 00:38:24,833 --> 00:38:27,042 And why does everyone buy Byron? 479 00:38:27,333 --> 00:38:31,832 He writes magnificently and leads such a colorful, interesting life. 480 00:38:31,833 --> 00:38:36,167 - Everyone talks about it. - Everyone talks, that's why he sells. 481 00:38:37,375 --> 00:38:39,833 And who does everyone talk about here? 482 00:38:42,375 --> 00:38:43,958 Oh, Alex. 483 00:38:49,167 --> 00:38:51,625 I can take care of that. 484 00:38:52,625 --> 00:38:55,042 The count split with his mistress 485 00:38:56,292 --> 00:38:58,625 So he decided to grab the scissors 486 00:38:59,375 --> 00:39:05,875 He cut off his locks with a few snips And was the word on everyone's lips 487 00:39:06,583 --> 00:39:09,624 The marquess wanted to be stylish 488 00:39:09,625 --> 00:39:13,083 But he knew absolutely nought 489 00:39:13,208 --> 00:39:15,999 The suit would fit If it weren't for the gaudy color 490 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:20,250 Poor thing He was the word on everyone's lips 491 00:39:21,333 --> 00:39:26,833 Boredom - they're so bored 492 00:39:27,042 --> 00:39:34,042 That from dusk until the dawn They need to dish dirt on everyone 493 00:39:35,125 --> 00:39:40,750 Scary - they're so scared 494 00:39:41,583 --> 00:39:45,166 To become the target of the loud rumors 495 00:39:45,167 --> 00:39:50,625 So they dish the dirt on others 496 00:39:52,708 --> 00:39:59,083 Sharp tongues spread controversy To slash the monotony 497 00:39:59,958 --> 00:40:06,500 Tearing off masks, zealously They slap labels on everybody 498 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:13,042 Either crazy or ingenious out-and-out Without a shadow of a doubt 499 00:40:13,167 --> 00:40:16,499 Risking it all to stand their ground 500 00:40:16,500 --> 00:40:20,291 They give us something to talk about 501 00:40:20,292 --> 00:40:21,124 Here! 502 00:40:21,125 --> 00:40:26,542 Boredom - they're so bored 503 00:40:27,583 --> 00:40:34,583 That from dusk until the dawn They need to dish dirt on everyone 504 00:40:34,958 --> 00:40:40,875 Scary - they're so scared 505 00:40:41,458 --> 00:40:45,292 To become the target of the loud rumors 506 00:40:45,458 --> 00:40:50,042 So they dish the dirt on others 507 00:40:50,208 --> 00:40:52,582 Pushkin - the noble dueler! 508 00:40:52,583 --> 00:40:54,541 Ladies and gentlemen! 509 00:40:54,542 --> 00:40:57,083 Soon, thanks to the part I played, 510 00:40:57,333 --> 00:40:59,166 a new poem will be published 511 00:40:59,167 --> 00:41:03,167 by the great Pushkin: "The Fountain of Bakhchisaray". 512 00:41:36,917 --> 00:41:42,167 Boredom - they're so bored 513 00:41:43,083 --> 00:41:50,083 That from dusk until the dawn They need to dish dirt on everyone 514 00:41:51,083 --> 00:41:57,000 Scary - they're so scared 515 00:41:57,333 --> 00:42:01,249 To become the target of the loud rumors 516 00:42:01,250 --> 00:42:07,167 So they dish the dirt on others 517 00:42:48,042 --> 00:42:52,042 - Well? Time to conquer the world now? - You're insatiable. 518 00:42:53,583 --> 00:42:56,374 Hey! Can you hear me, Paris? 519 00:42:56,375 --> 00:42:59,416 Can you hear me, London? Open the gates - we're coming! 520 00:42:59,417 --> 00:43:02,208 - Shut up. - You shut up! 521 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,500 Lisonne, let me in! 522 00:43:29,583 --> 00:43:30,750 Alex! 523 00:43:33,500 --> 00:43:38,042 - Keep it down! Alex, what happened? - What was meant to happen. 524 00:43:40,917 --> 00:43:45,083 We leave for Kishinev now, from there to Vienna and on to Paris. 525 00:43:45,375 --> 00:43:47,458 The carriage is waiting... I wrote to you. 526 00:43:50,208 --> 00:43:54,541 Yes, but I was thinking, perhaps we've taken our mischief too far? 527 00:43:54,542 --> 00:43:58,667 Can you imagine the uproar when everyone realizes we've run away? 528 00:44:00,792 --> 00:44:02,375 Where's the champagne? 529 00:44:04,792 --> 00:44:05,875 Right. 530 00:44:07,042 --> 00:44:08,167 Alex. 531 00:44:08,583 --> 00:44:12,792 Alex, forgive me, I won't leave the man I walked down the aisle with. 532 00:44:13,292 --> 00:44:16,082 - Such sins are unforgivable. - Balderdash! 533 00:44:16,083 --> 00:44:18,333 We're heroes, they love us. 534 00:44:19,292 --> 00:44:20,833 - Right. - Yes. 535 00:44:23,458 --> 00:44:25,999 But one misstep and they'll drag us through the dirt. 536 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:29,042 There's nothing more entertaining than watching a hero fall. 537 00:44:31,542 --> 00:44:33,458 Rumors about me would reach Paris. 538 00:44:34,333 --> 00:44:35,958 It'd be the death of me. 539 00:44:41,583 --> 00:44:42,833 Alright. 540 00:44:45,458 --> 00:44:46,792 I'll call everything off. 541 00:44:51,583 --> 00:44:52,958 No need. 542 00:44:58,000 --> 00:44:59,500 You go. 543 00:45:00,833 --> 00:45:05,166 Live life to the fullest, revel in salons all over Europe. 544 00:45:05,167 --> 00:45:09,208 Lisonne, why would I want to tour all those damn salons without you? 545 00:45:10,125 --> 00:45:11,250 Alex. 546 00:45:13,542 --> 00:45:15,083 May this talisman 547 00:45:17,333 --> 00:45:19,500 guard you on your travels. 548 00:45:25,917 --> 00:45:29,417 I don't need it. I'm not going anywhere. 549 00:45:33,208 --> 00:45:34,875 Go, Alexander. 550 00:45:35,500 --> 00:45:38,125 I forbid you from setting foot inside this house. 551 00:45:41,083 --> 00:45:42,417 Lisonne... 552 00:45:43,625 --> 00:45:47,375 I'll report you to my husband if I see you again. 553 00:46:24,125 --> 00:46:28,875 "But I am someone else's wife, I shall be true to him for life." 554 00:46:41,792 --> 00:46:43,625 Turn back! 555 00:46:43,833 --> 00:46:47,292 As you wish, sir! Wakey wakey, turn back! 556 00:46:56,958 --> 00:46:58,625 Governor, Your Excellency? 557 00:47:00,292 --> 00:47:02,792 I thought you don't have trouble sleeping at night. 558 00:47:06,042 --> 00:47:08,458 You're discharged from the service. 559 00:47:10,083 --> 00:47:13,792 These officers will escort you 560 00:47:14,250 --> 00:47:17,958 to your native village of Mikhaylovskoye. 561 00:47:20,208 --> 00:47:21,583 You're exiled. 562 00:47:23,792 --> 00:47:26,582 From one exile to another? That's ridiculous! 563 00:47:26,583 --> 00:47:29,374 You don't get exiled here for bruised marital pride. 564 00:47:29,375 --> 00:47:31,458 - My lord! - Stop, stop, stop. 565 00:47:34,750 --> 00:47:37,167 Stupid boy. 566 00:47:37,667 --> 00:47:40,375 I have no fewer connections than your patrons. 567 00:47:40,792 --> 00:47:42,667 Benckendorff sends his regards. 568 00:47:46,125 --> 00:47:47,750 One more thing. 569 00:47:54,458 --> 00:47:56,542 A word of advice for the road. 570 00:47:57,875 --> 00:48:01,542 Be kinder to those upon whom your fate depends. 571 00:48:13,167 --> 00:48:18,749 "Guard me, guard me, my talisman, Guard me on days of persecution, 572 00:48:18,750 --> 00:48:23,707 On days of repentance, fret: On a day of sorrow us two met. 573 00:48:23,708 --> 00:48:25,457 Never let memories, not one, 574 00:48:25,458 --> 00:48:26,499 Hey, Anton! 575 00:48:26,500 --> 00:48:28,332 Reopen the wounds of love so bitter. 576 00:48:28,333 --> 00:48:31,749 Farewell to hope; And sleep, desire; 577 00:48:31,750 --> 00:48:34,375 Guard me, guard me, my talisman." 578 00:48:38,750 --> 00:48:42,542 Well then, my lord, where should I put your scribbles? 579 00:49:18,333 --> 00:49:21,250 THE PRISONER OF THE CAUCASUS 580 00:49:26,542 --> 00:49:27,958 EUGENE ONEGIN 581 00:50:34,417 --> 00:50:37,749 Hey, I'm a poet The most pathetic geezer 582 00:50:37,750 --> 00:50:40,250 A waffler and a jester No hero or tyrant either 583 00:50:40,458 --> 00:50:45,374 If flames engulf your home Call on me to pen a line in your album 584 00:50:45,375 --> 00:50:50,541 And until I'm sacrificed to Apollo I'll sit drunk in a salon and wallow 585 00:50:50,542 --> 00:50:55,166 Inside I carry a cursed gift Like a blazing fire I've got to put out 586 00:50:55,167 --> 00:50:59,457 Put it out, put it out, ow, ow, it's hot What a divine word, the word is "hot" 587 00:50:59,458 --> 00:51:06,374 What a divine word, the word is "hot" Hot, hot, ow, ow 588 00:51:06,375 --> 00:51:15,875 What a divine word, the word is "hot" Hot, hot, hot 589 00:51:16,292 --> 00:51:20,707 Exiled to the sticks and miffed Trapped with this dumb demanding gift 590 00:51:20,708 --> 00:51:23,916 Of all the dungeons of the soul Why is mine in such a hole? 591 00:51:23,917 --> 00:51:29,457 Let a flock of snow-white pages fly Only with you I'm like a bird in the sky 592 00:51:29,458 --> 00:51:34,332 If in this world I get trapped in a net I'll create a dozen new worlds in it 593 00:51:34,333 --> 00:51:36,832 No one can take freedom away from me 594 00:51:36,833 --> 00:51:39,124 O Divine word, set me free... - My lord... 595 00:51:39,125 --> 00:51:42,832 Set me free, free me... O Divine word Set me free... 596 00:51:42,833 --> 00:51:44,250 The censors wrote back. 597 00:51:49,792 --> 00:51:51,500 NOT PRINT-WORTHY 598 00:51:54,667 --> 00:51:56,542 Not print-worthy. 599 00:51:57,333 --> 00:52:00,999 Burn in the night, my lines Slavishly spit up onto my alter 600 00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,082 Fade into the crowd at dawn 601 00:52:03,083 --> 00:52:07,624 Holy smoke in my incense burner I'd rather the smoke of a cigar 602 00:52:07,625 --> 00:52:12,749 How weary I am of worldly vulgarity I'd blow this worldly melancholy 603 00:52:12,750 --> 00:52:17,917 Even if I catch a bullet in my heart I'm a poet, I'd only die in part 604 00:52:28,167 --> 00:52:33,207 O Divine word, I'm your servant O Divine word, don't fall silent 605 00:52:33,208 --> 00:52:38,042 Protect me, Divine word Don't leave, don't leave me deserted... 606 00:52:46,125 --> 00:52:48,541 - I'm Ruslan today. - My turn! 607 00:52:48,542 --> 00:52:50,042 Let me go! 608 00:52:52,292 --> 00:52:55,125 You do the scrubbing in this damn tub! 609 00:53:04,875 --> 00:53:06,250 Ivan... 610 00:53:12,250 --> 00:53:14,833 I was wondering where our Pushkin got to. 611 00:53:16,958 --> 00:53:19,917 - Here he is on the floor. - Give it a rest, brother. 612 00:53:20,667 --> 00:53:23,457 Don't read that, it won't go to print anyway. 613 00:53:23,458 --> 00:53:25,667 You can disseminate it among friends. 614 00:53:26,042 --> 00:53:27,999 Want to accompany me to Siberia? 615 00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:30,749 How are things in the capital? 616 00:53:30,750 --> 00:53:34,124 A rumor has spread that the emperor is weary or ill... 617 00:53:34,125 --> 00:53:36,458 He'll abdicate soon. 618 00:53:39,833 --> 00:53:43,457 Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich will accept our draft Constitution. 619 00:53:43,458 --> 00:53:44,999 With freedom of speech. 620 00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:50,625 So your days of censorship and exile will soon be over. 621 00:53:57,375 --> 00:54:00,666 "A youthful voice resounds anew From the sweet lyre!" 622 00:54:00,667 --> 00:54:03,583 And that's the voice we need right now. Whoa, easy. 623 00:54:04,500 --> 00:54:07,999 - Who needs it... - We all do. You were always my hero. 624 00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:09,917 And now not only in my eyes. 625 00:54:13,292 --> 00:54:18,167 We've read all your poetry. Your words go straight to the heart. 626 00:54:19,458 --> 00:54:25,333 You sparked burning passion for freedom. We'll awaken Russia from her slumber. 627 00:54:27,083 --> 00:54:31,167 And we could really do with your voice right now. 628 00:54:55,625 --> 00:54:59,042 The censors will hang me, I won't live to see your Constitution. 629 00:54:59,875 --> 00:55:04,500 "...stripped the decrepit throne. The fetters fell..." 630 00:55:05,542 --> 00:55:07,250 André Chénier. 631 00:55:11,875 --> 00:55:13,708 I'll be careful. 632 00:55:32,208 --> 00:55:34,500 Will you make it back in this blizzard? 633 00:55:45,333 --> 00:55:47,249 Hegh! Go! 634 00:55:47,250 --> 00:55:48,458 Go! 635 00:55:48,708 --> 00:55:50,208 Go! 636 00:56:13,542 --> 00:56:17,625 A long and distant journey. Not always of your own free will. 637 00:56:17,792 --> 00:56:22,750 Someone will leave. A close one? A relative? Perhaps a friend? 638 00:56:23,708 --> 00:56:26,124 Yes, a friend. 639 00:56:26,125 --> 00:56:29,082 My Lord! Just go outside if you wish to catch your death. 640 00:56:29,083 --> 00:56:33,583 Fear the color white. White horses... White manes... Fair hair... 641 00:56:39,375 --> 00:56:40,666 We need to back him up. 642 00:56:40,667 --> 00:56:41,958 Will he agree? 643 00:56:42,542 --> 00:56:43,791 Is it true? 644 00:56:43,792 --> 00:56:46,292 Stay awake, my lord! Guard up! That's more like it! 645 00:56:46,917 --> 00:56:49,916 Emperor Alexander is dead. 646 00:56:49,917 --> 00:56:51,792 God rest his soul. 647 00:56:53,500 --> 00:56:55,458 And long live Konstantin Pavlovich. 648 00:56:56,958 --> 00:56:59,666 - We'll set out after I shave. - What for, my lord? 649 00:56:59,667 --> 00:57:03,875 - He'll be buried when we get there. - I don't care about the dead emperor. 650 00:57:05,625 --> 00:57:07,332 It's time to swear allegiance to the living. 651 00:57:07,333 --> 00:57:09,999 - What do you mean he abdicated? - In a secret renunciation. 652 00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:12,167 Ave Nicholas I! 653 00:57:16,917 --> 00:57:18,624 A bad omen. 654 00:57:18,625 --> 00:57:23,458 It couldn't get any worse. He'll never set his mind to change. 655 00:57:24,833 --> 00:57:26,082 Fear the color white. 656 00:57:26,083 --> 00:57:29,292 Then we need to march. And demand Konstantin. 657 00:57:30,250 --> 00:57:31,917 And the Constitution. 658 00:57:33,375 --> 00:57:34,708 Let's go. 659 00:57:35,833 --> 00:57:38,875 We have a plan. The regiments are at the ready. 660 00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:44,375 - Whoa, whoa, whoa. - Not a white horse. Find another. 661 00:57:44,583 --> 00:57:47,167 Well then, ready to march, friends? 662 00:57:56,042 --> 00:57:57,500 The horse stalled. 663 00:57:57,917 --> 00:58:00,125 - Hand over the reins, you oaf! - My lord... 664 00:58:00,542 --> 00:58:01,542 Yah! 665 00:58:07,458 --> 00:58:08,583 Let it go. 666 00:58:43,583 --> 00:58:46,291 Your Imperial Highness, there's an uprising. 667 00:58:46,292 --> 00:58:48,375 You'll be escorted to safety. 668 00:58:54,667 --> 00:58:57,583 - [in German] O my God! - All will be well, mein Herzchen. 669 00:58:57,917 --> 00:58:59,583 "Wait a little, wait a little, 670 00:59:00,750 --> 00:59:02,500 Only a day, one day: 671 00:59:03,833 --> 00:59:07,375 And no more executions, freedom for all, 672 00:59:08,875 --> 00:59:11,667 And a great citizen will live Among great people." 673 00:59:17,042 --> 00:59:19,833 To Konstantin and the Constitution! 674 00:59:20,417 --> 00:59:22,833 Hooray! 675 00:59:25,625 --> 00:59:28,667 - God damn it! - I'll mend it now, my lord. 676 00:59:46,833 --> 00:59:49,875 Done, my lord! We can press onward. 677 00:59:56,958 --> 00:59:58,542 Turn back. 678 01:00:23,167 --> 01:00:27,083 Your Imperial Highness, the conspirators have been arrested. 679 01:00:28,875 --> 01:00:31,292 Pushkin's work was found in their homes. 680 01:00:33,625 --> 01:00:36,167 Including censored work. 681 01:00:36,833 --> 01:00:38,500 I wrote it. 682 01:00:40,083 --> 01:00:45,125 I think that he is no less guilty of sparking this deplorable incident. 683 01:01:01,458 --> 01:01:02,917 Pack up your things. 684 01:01:05,083 --> 01:01:07,042 What happened to the rebels? 685 01:01:08,375 --> 01:01:10,375 The instigators were hanged. 686 01:01:16,167 --> 01:01:18,083 And Ivan Pushchin? 687 01:01:20,958 --> 01:01:23,208 Siberia. Hard labor. 688 01:01:30,542 --> 01:01:34,292 "My first friend, my priceless friend! 689 01:01:34,750 --> 01:01:38,917 I hailed destiny, When my secluded court was filled 690 01:01:39,125 --> 01:01:43,542 By your sleigh bells as the sound Drifted in on the sorrowful snow to me. 691 01:01:44,417 --> 01:01:51,125 I pray Divine providence: may my voice Give your soul the same consolation, 692 01:01:51,625 --> 01:01:56,792 May he illuminate your incarceration In a ray from our bright lyceum days!" 693 01:02:52,500 --> 01:02:53,499 Who are you? 694 01:02:53,500 --> 01:02:56,874 Thought I'd fall to my knees and beg for your mercy? 695 01:02:56,875 --> 01:02:59,833 Why to your knees, Alexander? No one asked for that. 696 01:03:00,667 --> 01:03:01,833 Pleased to meet you. 697 01:03:02,958 --> 01:03:05,583 - Your Imperial Highness. - Nicholas Pavlovich. 698 01:03:07,458 --> 01:03:11,417 - You appear to have already met. - Have you moved into your new office? 699 01:03:11,542 --> 01:03:15,500 Yes. I've made Benckendorff the head of the Gendarmes 700 01:03:16,333 --> 01:03:18,458 and Secret Police. 701 01:03:18,875 --> 01:03:20,499 I've even made him a count. 702 01:03:20,500 --> 01:03:22,708 Address me in the proper manner. 703 01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:29,500 - Save it, Pushkin. Do you play tennis? - Play what? 704 01:03:35,042 --> 01:03:38,625 - Nicolas Pavlovich, I'm confused. - You'll get it, Pushkin. 705 01:03:38,917 --> 01:03:42,083 You use this racket to hit a ball back and forth over a net. 706 01:03:43,208 --> 01:03:45,625 And don't aim for Benckendorff's forehead. 707 01:03:46,875 --> 01:03:48,292 Your side of the court. 708 01:04:03,292 --> 01:04:07,832 Did your lyceum not offer sports? Only libertinism and poetry? 709 01:04:07,833 --> 01:04:11,833 Think again, we stomped Hessian boots Fenced and clashed swords in rivalry 710 01:04:12,125 --> 01:04:16,374 Easy, be more cunning with him The count will find weak spot in the end 711 01:04:16,375 --> 01:04:18,082 We could've been classmates, 712 01:04:18,083 --> 01:04:21,042 shared an iamb And I could have even been your friend 713 01:04:25,083 --> 01:04:29,249 But we weren't mates, we didn't chat And you're no friend of mine either 714 01:04:29,250 --> 01:04:33,832 I seriously doubt it, Freedom means less to you than power 715 01:04:33,833 --> 01:04:38,208 - I'll change the system from within - I prefer to judge a man by his deeds 716 01:04:38,333 --> 01:04:41,833 How about a change of subject then Did the lyceum plant any seeds? 717 01:04:42,625 --> 01:04:46,791 Tutors taught lessons about liberty Equality and courageous fraternity 718 01:04:46,792 --> 01:04:50,332 "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" I've been reciting it for years 719 01:04:50,333 --> 01:04:52,042 Like "the Lord's Prayer" 720 01:05:04,167 --> 01:05:08,457 If they gave you a crown It'd make you a king 721 01:05:08,458 --> 01:05:12,542 How would you ascend the throne? What would you do with the power it brings? 722 01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:17,292 If they gave you a crown It'd make you a king 723 01:05:17,417 --> 01:05:21,292 How would you ascend the throne? What would you do with the power it brings? 724 01:05:21,792 --> 01:05:25,667 I know we need change in this country Hey, where should I start? 725 01:05:26,042 --> 01:05:31,167 I heard tsars are high and mighty With absolute power, you don't need my advice 726 01:05:32,833 --> 01:05:37,166 - Russia needs education - So we've found a job for you 727 01:05:37,167 --> 01:05:41,167 - End slavery, down with flagellation - That idea has been on my mind too 728 01:05:41,500 --> 01:05:45,624 - No more censorship, a full abolition - Of course, it should end at once 729 01:05:45,625 --> 01:05:47,917 Censorship destroys the cultural foundation 730 01:05:48,125 --> 01:05:50,042 From now on, I'll read your verse 731 01:05:50,250 --> 01:05:53,958 We'll relax surveillance later Abolish censorship, you have my word 732 01:05:54,458 --> 01:05:58,874 - We have a deal, is that what you infer? - A tsar's word, like what you heard? 733 01:05:58,875 --> 01:06:03,124 The soonest return of the exiled rebels And my main request from you 734 01:06:03,125 --> 01:06:07,333 I can tell an iamb from a choreus But that's something I'm not willing to do 735 01:06:07,625 --> 01:06:12,166 I can vouch for Ivan's name Of injustice I'm sick and tired 736 01:06:12,167 --> 01:06:16,208 Who's to blame? Thanks for the game I promise to have his case reviewed 737 01:06:16,625 --> 01:06:19,249 - You may return to St. Petersburg - Thanks 738 01:06:19,250 --> 01:06:22,957 Forgive me for this scandal I should be rotting in the dungeon murk 739 01:06:22,958 --> 01:06:27,207 - I never thought I'd be so servile - I never wanted to be tsar 740 01:06:27,208 --> 01:06:31,542 - People only criticize tsars like me - But we tsars are mortal too 741 01:06:31,917 --> 01:06:33,792 And what kind of ruler would you be? 742 01:06:33,917 --> 01:06:38,041 If they gave you a crown It'd make you a king 743 01:06:38,042 --> 01:06:42,125 How would you ascend the throne? What would you do with the power it brings? 744 01:06:42,458 --> 01:06:46,749 If they gave you a crown It'd make you a king 745 01:06:46,750 --> 01:06:50,875 How would you ascend the throne? What would you do with the power it brings? 746 01:06:53,042 --> 01:06:55,500 Fine game all the same, don't you agree? 747 01:06:57,042 --> 01:06:59,000 Pity it won't take off here. 748 01:07:06,208 --> 01:07:07,708 Alexander. 749 01:07:09,917 --> 01:07:12,625 If you'd been there on the day of the revolt, 750 01:07:12,792 --> 01:07:14,500 what would you have done? 751 01:07:18,375 --> 01:07:20,875 Faced incrimination as a conspirator... 752 01:07:22,458 --> 01:07:24,750 And stood by my friend's side. 753 01:07:35,875 --> 01:07:38,542 Loyalty is worth its weight in gold these days. 754 01:07:55,792 --> 01:08:00,833 "Weariness, cold and granite..." SAINT-PETERSBURG, 1828 755 01:08:15,833 --> 01:08:17,667 Pushkin! 756 01:08:18,000 --> 01:08:19,750 Pushkin! 757 01:08:20,250 --> 01:08:24,582 All sold out in one day. I've never seen anything like it. 758 01:08:24,583 --> 01:08:27,750 - "You did it, Pushkin! - You did it, you son of a bitch." 759 01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:31,333 They can't get enough of you. Our 3rd edition of "the Fountain". 760 01:08:31,500 --> 01:08:34,957 - How's "Godunov" coming along? - The tsar's reading, can't be rushed. 761 01:08:34,958 --> 01:08:37,625 Of course, of course. But we can't wait for it. 762 01:08:41,625 --> 01:08:44,332 Mr. Pushkin, would you be so kind? Please, sign this for me? 763 01:08:44,333 --> 01:08:46,374 - Mine too, please. - You're the best! 764 01:08:46,375 --> 01:08:48,167 Thanks, Alexander! 765 01:08:50,458 --> 01:08:52,916 - When's the next chapter? - Will Onegin be with Tatyana? 766 01:08:52,917 --> 01:08:56,082 Mesdames, make way for a genius! 767 01:08:56,083 --> 01:08:58,667 Shoo! Shoo! Oh my, have you hit the jackpot? 768 01:08:59,750 --> 01:09:03,167 Time for a drink and a dance. They've got better girls there. 769 01:09:03,292 --> 01:09:07,042 - Can we just have dinner at Béranger's? - Desist! 770 01:09:07,167 --> 01:09:11,167 Your friend has returned from the war. Wounded and decorated. 771 01:09:12,250 --> 01:09:15,000 He gets to choose. Drive! 772 01:09:30,083 --> 01:09:33,125 Good evening! Why haven't you been brought champagne? 773 01:09:33,375 --> 01:09:36,000 - Pushkin! - Alexander, do us the honor...? 774 01:09:39,958 --> 01:09:42,042 Katya, hurry, they're already dancing. 775 01:09:42,167 --> 01:09:46,167 You're not a maid at the inn to break into a jig at the first sound of music. 776 01:09:46,583 --> 01:09:48,250 [in French] Be more sensible. 777 01:09:56,042 --> 01:10:00,916 Embroiders all day, reads, not too much. No daughter, she's an angel. 778 01:10:00,917 --> 01:10:04,458 They all are angels at first. 779 01:10:40,417 --> 01:10:42,958 Please, recite one. Just one. 780 01:10:46,875 --> 01:10:51,666 Forgive me, now would be highly objectionable. 781 01:10:51,667 --> 01:10:55,583 - Excuse me. - Don't curl up into a ball, Alex. 782 01:10:56,208 --> 01:10:58,292 The ladies are begging you. 783 01:11:02,208 --> 01:11:06,708 "How ambrosial, but God, how dangerous 784 01:11:07,042 --> 01:11:10,375 You to heed, your sweet gaze to meet. 785 01:11:11,167 --> 01:11:14,249 Will I forget the smile, the beautiful gaze? 786 01:11:14,250 --> 01:11:18,332 And fiery, enchanting conversation? Enchantress, why did I see you - 787 01:11:18,333 --> 01:11:22,167 Knowing you, I learned bliss - And happiness my own 788 01:11:24,167 --> 01:11:25,416 became loathsome." 789 01:11:25,417 --> 01:11:27,249 - Excuse me. - Where are you going? 790 01:11:27,250 --> 01:11:30,625 - They're almost ready. - Well go on, you take it from here. 791 01:11:31,083 --> 01:11:32,625 What's the matter with you? 792 01:11:32,875 --> 01:11:36,166 Where's the old Alex who woke up each morning with a new lady? 793 01:11:36,167 --> 01:11:37,624 - Kostya. - Charge into battle! 794 01:11:37,625 --> 01:11:39,625 Will you calm down? Enough. 795 01:11:40,250 --> 01:11:43,833 It's been a year since you were dry. Enough with the champagne. 796 01:11:44,583 --> 01:11:46,167 Go home. 797 01:11:49,833 --> 01:11:52,458 Are you abandoning your friend on the battlefield? 798 01:11:53,792 --> 01:11:55,167 Traitor. 799 01:12:03,583 --> 01:12:05,292 Say you're sorry. 800 01:12:06,458 --> 01:12:09,167 You betrayed Ivan, now me? 801 01:12:11,333 --> 01:12:13,499 Have you descended into complete delirium? 802 01:12:13,500 --> 01:12:16,042 Ah, you've a new little friend now, Nikolaschka. 803 01:12:16,208 --> 01:12:17,625 Our little monkey… 804 01:12:19,250 --> 01:12:21,542 Will you repeat that at the barrier line? 805 01:12:29,500 --> 01:12:31,000 Sorry. 806 01:12:50,458 --> 01:12:52,374 Excuse me, could you step back? 807 01:12:52,375 --> 01:12:54,375 Just one step back, please. 808 01:13:04,167 --> 01:13:07,167 "Blessed is he amid the town's din Who dreams of solitude." 809 01:13:09,750 --> 01:13:11,667 Beautiful, who wrote that? 810 01:13:12,417 --> 01:13:15,917 - Alexander Pushkin. - Oh, I heard something about him. 811 01:13:28,833 --> 01:13:30,542 I’m Alexander Pushkin. 812 01:13:31,333 --> 01:13:32,875 Oh, sorry. 813 01:13:33,458 --> 01:13:34,958 Natalia Goncharova. 814 01:13:42,375 --> 01:13:44,458 Afraid they won't leave anything to drink? 815 01:13:45,750 --> 01:13:46,875 No. 816 01:13:49,625 --> 01:13:51,957 Maman wants to match me with the old general, 817 01:13:51,958 --> 01:13:53,457 but won't let me have champagne. 818 01:13:53,458 --> 01:13:55,750 But it's the only way I can bear him. 819 01:13:57,333 --> 01:13:59,625 Is it worth bearing? 820 01:14:00,333 --> 01:14:03,000 Of course, it’s my duty to marry. 821 01:14:07,000 --> 01:14:09,292 Did you not hide a second glass? 822 01:14:11,042 --> 01:14:12,208 Alas. 823 01:14:30,333 --> 01:14:32,833 Are you also being matched up? 824 01:14:35,333 --> 01:14:37,875 Oh, no, I seem to have grown weary of society. 825 01:14:41,250 --> 01:14:44,208 No, I meant the balls. 826 01:14:48,083 --> 01:14:49,792 Well, I like them. 827 01:14:51,458 --> 01:14:55,042 I'd rather dance with an old man than be locked up with Maman. 828 01:15:00,625 --> 01:15:03,083 I feel I'm even locked up here. 829 01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:08,333 You should try dancing too. 830 01:15:08,667 --> 01:15:12,125 You feel so light and free, forget everything else in the world. 831 01:15:13,792 --> 01:15:16,083 You owe me a glass. 832 01:15:17,875 --> 01:15:20,667 'Til we meet again, Alexander Pushkin. 833 01:15:24,625 --> 01:15:26,667 - Let's go now. - Let me, please. 834 01:17:27,708 --> 01:17:30,667 What were you thinking? Be more sensible. 835 01:17:33,417 --> 01:17:35,250 Katrin, time to go home. 836 01:17:38,333 --> 01:17:40,250 Madam, madam! 837 01:17:40,833 --> 01:17:43,541 I never meant to offend, not you, nor your daughter. 838 01:17:43,542 --> 01:17:46,791 She's a child, she didn't know what sort of person you are. 839 01:17:46,792 --> 01:17:49,791 But, madam, that's in the past. 840 01:17:49,792 --> 01:17:52,625 Now I'm more than worthy of your trust. 841 01:17:53,917 --> 01:17:55,958 Pariah with a quill. 842 01:17:58,250 --> 01:17:59,625 Drive! 843 01:18:22,792 --> 01:18:24,750 EMPEROR NICHOLAS I 844 01:18:32,792 --> 01:18:35,708 His Imperial Highness has retired to his chambers. 845 01:18:41,375 --> 01:18:42,875 Again. 846 01:18:45,917 --> 01:18:47,833 They won't let me see him. 847 01:18:48,625 --> 01:18:52,833 You're raising the grand heir, you see him every day. 848 01:18:54,250 --> 01:18:57,458 - Ask to have me admitted. - Lord, what have you done now? 849 01:18:59,667 --> 01:19:01,083 Nothing. 850 01:19:01,292 --> 01:19:03,791 In that case, he probably doesn't have time. 851 01:19:03,792 --> 01:19:06,167 But I'm powerless here. 852 01:19:07,250 --> 01:19:10,958 Alright, so that means I can just storm in to see him? 853 01:19:11,375 --> 01:19:13,916 Never abuse the emperor's goodwill. 854 01:19:13,917 --> 01:19:17,167 Anger him, and everyone kissing your hand will spit in it. 855 01:19:18,042 --> 01:19:19,375 Hand it over. 856 01:19:20,458 --> 01:19:23,375 You're lucky to have a mentor like me. 857 01:19:24,583 --> 01:19:26,375 What's troubling you? 858 01:19:26,875 --> 01:19:28,333 You live a charmed life. 859 01:19:28,458 --> 01:19:31,457 Everything you pen goes down in the history of literature. 860 01:19:31,458 --> 01:19:33,458 To hell with literature! 861 01:19:40,958 --> 01:19:43,958 It's been months since they let me see her. 862 01:19:46,750 --> 01:19:49,833 What if he writes a letter, huh? 863 01:19:50,542 --> 01:19:53,750 To say that he reads my work and can vouch for me. 864 01:19:54,208 --> 01:19:56,832 - I'm afraid he doesn't read you. - He does. 865 01:19:56,833 --> 01:19:59,082 Listen, ask him to write a letter 866 01:19:59,083 --> 01:20:01,791 to vouch for my honorable moral character. 867 01:20:01,792 --> 01:20:03,208 Will you ask him? 868 01:20:05,667 --> 01:20:08,291 Nicolas Pavlovich entrusts all decisions about you 869 01:20:08,292 --> 01:20:10,792 to your favorite gendarme. 870 01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:13,792 You should see him. 871 01:21:00,375 --> 01:21:01,500 Good day. 872 01:21:02,333 --> 01:21:03,958 Splendid office. 873 01:21:05,250 --> 01:21:08,792 I've learned that the emperor appointed you as my censor. 874 01:21:09,292 --> 01:21:10,583 Very well... 875 01:21:12,375 --> 01:21:16,042 At least someone reads my work. 876 01:21:17,417 --> 01:21:20,083 - I demand... - I must interrupt you. 877 01:21:21,667 --> 01:21:23,625 I don't take kindly to demands. 878 01:21:28,708 --> 01:21:32,333 I beg your pardon, Your Excellency. 879 01:21:32,833 --> 01:21:38,042 If Your Excellency doesn't consider it too much trouble, 880 01:21:38,458 --> 01:21:44,375 I implore you most humbly to vouch for my honorable character in a letter. 881 01:21:45,833 --> 01:21:48,291 For the happiness of the girl I love, 882 01:21:48,292 --> 01:21:51,917 whose mother considers me 883 01:21:52,583 --> 01:21:53,958 "a pariah with a quill". 884 01:22:01,458 --> 01:22:03,708 And are you of honorable character? 885 01:22:05,500 --> 01:22:07,667 Always have and always will be. 886 01:22:15,708 --> 01:22:17,542 Pushkin's case file. 887 01:22:32,458 --> 01:22:36,041 Pushkin, you keep breaking records For being most insolent 888 01:22:36,042 --> 01:22:39,666 A rebel, dueler, slanderer of tsars And a bullheaded belligerent 889 01:22:39,667 --> 01:22:42,750 A poser, Chief Gambler With only limericks in his noggin 890 01:22:43,000 --> 01:22:46,750 The definition of "degenerate" character Should read "Alexander Pushkin" 891 01:22:47,000 --> 01:22:51,166 Much is true of what you say But pardon the sins of yesterday 892 01:22:51,167 --> 01:22:54,124 I atoned for them in exile Where you sent me for a while 893 01:22:54,125 --> 01:22:57,667 So you hastened to take up pens For "Deep in the Siberian Mines" 894 01:22:57,833 --> 01:23:01,166 To sanctify the Decembrists With your audacious pains 895 01:23:01,167 --> 01:23:04,999 - I dedicated it to sacred friends - And in "Godunov", don't you say 896 01:23:05,000 --> 01:23:08,332 That to tsar Herod it's a sin to pray? 897 01:23:08,333 --> 01:23:12,083 Two centuries have passed since Godunov died - But the state lives on today 898 01:23:12,292 --> 01:23:16,041 The people should be unified But you, Pushkin, sow seeds of discord and affray 899 01:23:16,042 --> 01:23:19,457 It's hard for you to understand: My duty is to guard 900 01:23:19,458 --> 01:23:23,291 The fragile human consciousness From tumultuous creation's mess 901 01:23:23,292 --> 01:23:26,624 I only want to look after Those condemned to stray 902 01:23:26,625 --> 01:23:30,291 This ephemeral world of our day Could do with some law and order 903 01:23:30,292 --> 01:23:33,707 You accused me of conspiracy With the flick of a pen 904 01:23:33,708 --> 01:23:37,374 But everyone loves my poetry From generals to coachmen 905 01:23:37,375 --> 01:23:41,041 "Graf Nulin", fairy tales, and "Onegin" Were none of them to your liking? 906 01:23:41,042 --> 01:23:44,499 Engaging little pieces But they hardly do much uniting 907 01:23:44,500 --> 01:23:47,749 Is that so? So how do they know: "The less you show your love to a woman..."? 908 01:23:47,750 --> 01:23:49,249 "...the more her love will grow." 909 01:23:49,250 --> 01:23:52,874 - "They came together. Wave and stone..."? - "...Verse and prose, ice and flame." 910 01:23:52,875 --> 01:23:56,166 Come on, count, sing along Or do you not sing the people's song? 911 01:23:56,167 --> 01:23:59,749 - "Habit is heaven's gift to us..."? - "...To replace happiness." 912 01:23:59,750 --> 01:24:02,957 I don't deny you're a genius of verse Or course 913 01:24:02,958 --> 01:24:05,917 - But "Genius and villainy..."? - "...Grievous incompatibility." 914 01:24:06,250 --> 01:24:09,499 It's hard for you to understand: My duty is to guard 915 01:24:09,500 --> 01:24:13,249 The fragile human consciousness From tumultuous creation's mess 916 01:24:13,250 --> 01:24:16,832 I only want to look after Those condemned to stray 917 01:24:16,833 --> 01:24:20,167 In your time of need, I'm here To save your with poetry 918 01:24:20,292 --> 01:24:23,417 Then write something grand To unite us all as one 919 01:24:23,625 --> 01:24:26,833 With respect for the fatherland And rulers of the nation 920 01:24:27,000 --> 01:24:30,832 What do you make of Peter the Great? The tsar holds him in great regard 921 01:24:30,833 --> 01:24:34,249 An ode to him is bound to unite And win the nation's hearts 922 01:24:34,250 --> 01:24:37,874 Tailor stanzas like suits? I decline I'm a poet, I don't sew sonnets 923 01:24:37,875 --> 01:24:42,041 If it'd prove your character's fine Would you still be in doubt? 924 01:24:42,042 --> 01:24:45,791 What do you say, Pushkin? No one wants to wed to a libertine 925 01:24:45,792 --> 01:24:48,916 What do you say Pushkin? Or do you not want me to intervene? 926 01:24:48,917 --> 01:24:52,374 It's hard for you to understand: My duty is to guard 927 01:24:52,375 --> 01:24:56,207 The fragile human consciousness From tumultuous creation's mess 928 01:24:56,208 --> 01:24:59,874 I only want to look after Those condemned to stray 929 01:24:59,875 --> 01:25:03,416 This ephemeral world of our day Could do with some law and order 930 01:25:03,417 --> 01:25:07,041 - The muse won't forgive me forgeries - Why forge it? Be fair 931 01:25:07,042 --> 01:25:10,250 - But genius and villainy… - I see countless cases of their unity 932 01:25:10,458 --> 01:25:13,792 - I've built my monument… - I'll tear it down in the blink of an eye 933 01:25:13,958 --> 01:25:15,999 - Blessed is… - One who serves 'til they're sick 934 01:25:16,000 --> 01:25:18,833 - Frost and sun... - Carrot and stick 935 01:25:27,708 --> 01:25:29,292 TESTIMONY OF HONORABLE CHARACTER 936 01:25:38,542 --> 01:25:41,958 I asked Nicholas Pavlovich to view Ivan Pushchin the rebel's case. 937 01:25:42,208 --> 01:25:44,167 I haven't heard back. 938 01:25:44,708 --> 01:25:47,708 Would you be so kind as to remind him? 939 01:25:50,958 --> 01:25:53,375 Don't mistake mercy for weakness. 940 01:26:00,333 --> 01:26:02,250 Hooray! 941 01:26:07,583 --> 01:26:09,333 Hooray! 942 01:26:26,542 --> 01:26:30,542 Why don't we give the rest of the festivities a miss? 943 01:26:30,667 --> 01:26:33,333 I wanted to ask you that. 944 01:26:39,958 --> 01:26:42,208 Go! Faster! 945 01:27:47,125 --> 01:27:48,833 "No, to see you every minute, 946 01:27:49,125 --> 01:27:51,166 "If only time would stand still..." TSARSKOE SELO, 1831 947 01:27:51,167 --> 01:27:53,250 Follow you everywhere, 948 01:27:53,792 --> 01:27:59,166 The smile on your lips, flickering eyes, Captured in my own loving gaze, 949 01:27:59,167 --> 01:28:04,250 To greedily devour you, to comprehend All your perfection with the soul, 950 01:28:05,042 --> 01:28:11,542 Freeze in the throes before you, Grow pale and waste away… That's bliss!" 951 01:28:11,792 --> 01:28:14,167 Well... Not bad. 952 01:28:15,292 --> 01:28:17,167 - Not bad? - Uh-huh. 953 01:28:18,250 --> 01:28:20,708 Why you! "Not bad"... 954 01:28:21,042 --> 01:28:22,042 Alex. 955 01:28:23,333 --> 01:28:24,958 Not bad, huh? 956 01:28:46,875 --> 01:28:48,833 You've finished "Onegin"? 957 01:28:52,333 --> 01:28:55,792 Alex, wait! I want to read it, Alex! 958 01:28:55,917 --> 01:28:57,250 Wait! 959 01:28:58,667 --> 01:29:01,208 - Alex. - Natalia! 960 01:29:02,750 --> 01:29:06,749 Why did you get up? I'll be back in a flash. 961 01:29:06,750 --> 01:29:09,374 I'll visit Smirdin for a game of cards and be right back. 962 01:29:09,375 --> 01:29:12,625 - What would you like me to bring back? - I don't need anything. 963 01:29:16,250 --> 01:29:17,583 I love you. 964 01:29:25,833 --> 01:29:28,000 - No horseback riding. - Uh-huh. 965 01:29:35,583 --> 01:29:37,749 Bonjour, family! - Alex! 966 01:29:37,750 --> 01:29:39,124 The carriage has been broken. 967 01:29:39,125 --> 01:29:42,041 Just imagine, we drove with a missing wheel! 968 01:29:42,042 --> 01:29:44,124 - Alex, I missed you so. How are you? 969 01:29:44,125 --> 01:29:46,624 I'm well. - How was the road? 970 01:29:46,625 --> 01:29:49,583 The Urals are magnificent! The locals… 971 01:29:50,167 --> 01:29:51,708 The roads… 972 01:29:52,625 --> 01:29:55,125 I've conceived a fine work. About Pugachev. 973 01:30:04,083 --> 01:30:05,333 Alex… 974 01:30:06,708 --> 01:30:09,917 Soon, soon, don't disturb me. 975 01:30:18,250 --> 01:30:22,208 Alex, do you think we could move to St. Petersburg? 976 01:30:29,292 --> 01:30:30,999 Well, firstly, it'd be expensive. 977 01:30:31,000 --> 01:30:33,583 I've done the sums, we have more than enough. 978 01:30:47,875 --> 01:30:51,000 We have our world, we're happy. Why do we need that? 979 01:30:51,792 --> 01:30:54,417 - I'm the happiest I've ever been. - Me too. 980 01:30:55,000 --> 01:30:59,625 Very happy. But I've grown a little weary. 981 01:31:00,167 --> 01:31:04,625 I yearn for a little more liveliness. The city, society, people. 982 01:31:05,375 --> 01:31:08,791 Why don't we try a month? We'll do a year's worth of dancing. 983 01:31:08,792 --> 01:31:11,958 We'll have fun, and return when we get tired. You and I. 984 01:31:12,708 --> 01:31:14,083 Shall we? 985 01:31:16,542 --> 01:31:17,958 Yes! 986 01:31:50,500 --> 01:31:53,042 - What were you doing there? - I spoke to Balzac. 987 01:31:53,417 --> 01:31:55,125 Thank you. 988 01:31:59,208 --> 01:32:00,957 Alex, let's go? 989 01:32:00,958 --> 01:32:05,749 - You go, I'll go greet everyone. - Alright. Don't keep me waiting long. 990 01:32:05,750 --> 01:32:07,000 I will. 991 01:32:08,500 --> 01:32:10,083 Oh, Pushkin is so lucky. 992 01:32:10,792 --> 01:32:12,792 Pushkin and Goncharova are a brilliant couple. 993 01:32:22,417 --> 01:32:23,417 Pushkin. 994 01:32:38,000 --> 01:32:41,999 "Stroking my lyre, I'll strum a rhythm for the guests. 995 01:32:42,000 --> 01:32:45,332 All I ask is for your name! Who stands before me, my lord?" 996 01:32:45,333 --> 01:32:48,417 - No one, please desist. - Oh, why so modest, Alexander? 997 01:32:48,583 --> 01:32:51,167 Not just anyone, the court's poet laureate. 998 01:32:53,333 --> 01:32:58,082 With all due respect to you and your court, I'm just a poet. 999 01:32:58,083 --> 01:32:59,749 Alexander is too modest. 1000 01:32:59,750 --> 01:33:02,917 Like many things, he learned that from me. 1001 01:33:03,333 --> 01:33:05,041 I must excuse myself. 1002 01:33:05,042 --> 01:33:09,541 I promised to read your work, but I haven't had one free minute. 1003 01:33:09,542 --> 01:33:12,625 - The country awaits. - Oh, not to worry. 1004 01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:20,625 Benckendorff and I have also found a certain... common ground. 1005 01:33:21,125 --> 01:33:23,458 Yes, I've heard it firsthand. 1006 01:33:24,583 --> 01:33:29,833 I read the historical novel about Peter, intriguing, but it still needs editing. 1007 01:33:33,792 --> 01:33:36,083 - Which parts? - Peter was a great ruler. 1008 01:33:36,583 --> 01:33:38,708 I hoped to see my hero. 1009 01:33:39,292 --> 01:33:42,583 But I saw a complete stranger. Know what I mean? 1010 01:33:45,958 --> 01:33:51,707 I wouldn't want to make him a monument. After all, he was interesting, complex. 1011 01:33:51,708 --> 01:33:54,958 Yes, but I'm not sure that's really what the readers need. 1012 01:33:55,417 --> 01:33:59,249 I've been writing for years, I know exactly what they need. 1013 01:33:59,250 --> 01:34:03,708 Alexander, where is your spouse, huh? You still haven't introduced us. 1014 01:34:06,042 --> 01:34:07,583 Natalie. 1015 01:34:15,958 --> 01:34:17,542 Bravo, Pushkin! 1016 01:34:18,667 --> 01:34:22,208 Such a jewel is above a poet's gaze, worthy of an emperor’s eye. 1017 01:34:23,917 --> 01:34:28,208 Nicolas Pavlovich, you know, in my experience, 1018 01:34:29,083 --> 01:34:32,791 ladies tend to prefer poets to rulers. 1019 01:34:32,792 --> 01:34:33,958 Is that so? 1020 01:34:34,917 --> 01:34:36,875 I hope that's not true of all of them. 1021 01:34:38,000 --> 01:34:40,875 Have a merry time. Let's go, mein Herzchen. 1022 01:34:44,208 --> 01:34:48,999 What have you uttered? Go apologize at once. 1023 01:34:49,000 --> 01:34:52,082 Afraid he'll think I learned my insolence from you too? 1024 01:34:52,083 --> 01:34:55,207 I care about you. You've got so much writing left in you. 1025 01:34:55,208 --> 01:34:58,958 I'll write. Literature won't suffer. Nor will your name. 1026 01:35:02,333 --> 01:35:05,624 - I look at you and can't help smiling. - I know the feeling. 1027 01:35:05,625 --> 01:35:08,542 I look at her the same way at home. 1028 01:35:08,833 --> 01:35:10,958 - Good evening! - Good evening! 1029 01:35:11,083 --> 01:35:14,666 - Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès. - Pleasure to meet you. Alexander. 1030 01:35:14,667 --> 01:35:17,333 Pushkin? I recognized you, I'm your fan. 1031 01:35:17,500 --> 01:35:19,667 I haven't heard anything about you. 1032 01:35:20,625 --> 01:35:24,250 I can only dream of attaining a mere whiff of your glory. 1033 01:35:24,458 --> 01:35:28,333 You feared St. Petersburg, but here you are, surrounded by fans. 1034 01:35:29,625 --> 01:35:32,792 - Natalia... - I want to dance. 1035 01:35:36,208 --> 01:35:40,125 My apologies. I didn't think Natalia has such a famous spouse. 1036 01:35:40,625 --> 01:35:43,250 - And such a respected one. - No hard feelings. 1037 01:35:43,583 --> 01:35:46,082 I hope you won't judge a fellow for his good taste. 1038 01:35:46,083 --> 01:35:47,958 I should apologize too. 1039 01:35:48,250 --> 01:35:51,333 I mistook you for a hunter of other men's' wives. 1040 01:35:51,750 --> 01:35:53,875 You weren't wrong. 1041 01:35:57,458 --> 01:35:59,957 In my defense, I must say, 1042 01:35:59,958 --> 01:36:03,583 you were a true libertine in your youth. 1043 01:36:04,167 --> 01:36:09,167 I've heard all about your antics. Or is it a wicked lie? 1044 01:36:09,792 --> 01:36:12,333 Yes, yes. I've sinned. 1045 01:36:13,000 --> 01:36:14,457 But what sin is here? 1046 01:36:14,458 --> 01:36:19,750 Wooing another's wife is the surest way to attract society's attention. 1047 01:36:20,250 --> 01:36:22,749 Your thoughts are familiar to me. 1048 01:36:22,750 --> 01:36:28,458 But now I'm married and I condemn everyone for such mischief. 1049 01:36:28,958 --> 01:36:32,292 I'm sure you've given Natalia everything she's dreamed of. 1050 01:36:35,833 --> 01:36:39,457 Look. A typical story. 1051 01:36:39,458 --> 01:36:45,250 An old man with no money married a beautiful woman, but poor too. 1052 01:36:45,375 --> 01:36:48,499 He doesn't give her presents. She's bored. 1053 01:36:48,500 --> 01:36:53,250 How can the poor thing be helped? 1054 01:36:57,000 --> 01:37:00,417 Or him. Look how funny he is. 1055 01:37:00,792 --> 01:37:04,541 - But he's no old man. - Not far off. How old is he? 1056 01:37:04,542 --> 01:37:06,250 Around 35? 1057 01:37:07,458 --> 01:37:09,125 I'm 34. 1058 01:37:12,042 --> 01:37:13,625 You still have a year. 1059 01:37:15,125 --> 01:37:16,833 I'm joking! 1060 01:37:18,917 --> 01:37:23,708 Sir Pushkin, His Imperial Highness wishes to see you. 1061 01:37:25,875 --> 01:37:27,791 Please excuse me, Monsieur d'Anthès. 1062 01:37:27,792 --> 01:37:31,250 Blessings to you and your beautiful wife. 1063 01:37:37,083 --> 01:37:41,125 Ah, Pushkin, come in, my friend, join me for a drink. 1064 01:37:41,958 --> 01:37:43,625 Help yourself. 1065 01:37:47,875 --> 01:37:51,167 After much deliberation, I've decided you need a new rank. 1066 01:37:52,417 --> 01:37:54,292 I serve the Fatherland. 1067 01:37:55,500 --> 01:37:58,083 You work hard, it's true. 1068 01:37:59,208 --> 01:38:02,833 And have earned the right to be my kammerjunker. 1069 01:38:03,958 --> 01:38:05,500 I beg your pardon? 1070 01:38:06,375 --> 01:38:07,583 But... 1071 01:38:09,208 --> 01:38:13,999 I'm too old to be a kammerjunker, that would be a lowly rank for me. 1072 01:38:14,000 --> 01:38:16,208 No, on the contrary, it's a great honor. 1073 01:38:17,292 --> 01:38:18,917 Vivat! 1074 01:38:37,333 --> 01:38:38,917 Nicholas Pavlovich, 1075 01:38:41,042 --> 01:38:44,250 I can't accept it, it's a courtier's title, 1076 01:38:44,625 --> 01:38:48,042 but Natalia and I didn't plan to stay in St. Petersburg. 1077 01:38:53,417 --> 01:38:55,583 Address me in the proper manner: 1078 01:38:58,833 --> 01:39:01,125 Your Imperial Highness. 1079 01:39:06,750 --> 01:39:09,792 Lucky I wasn't sent to that lyceum of yours after all. 1080 01:39:10,042 --> 01:39:12,458 Or I wouldn't know my place either. 1081 01:39:12,708 --> 01:39:16,667 Oh yes, and in my experience, women prefer emperors to kammerjunkers. 1082 01:39:28,667 --> 01:39:29,958 Nicholas Pavlo... 1083 01:39:31,000 --> 01:39:34,874 Your Imperial Highness, if I many ask, 1084 01:39:34,875 --> 01:39:38,167 have you made a decision on the fate of Ivan Pushchin the rebel? 1085 01:39:42,958 --> 01:39:44,167 Yes. 1086 01:39:47,083 --> 01:39:49,792 As far as I recall, I pardoned him there and then. 1087 01:39:52,042 --> 01:39:53,667 I think that should suffice. 1088 01:40:04,417 --> 01:40:09,124 "Know this, o haughty poet! Fortune's darling of yesterday. 1089 01:40:09,125 --> 01:40:13,583 My lyre christens you A buffoon henceforth. 1090 01:40:39,750 --> 01:40:43,375 "Other news: I'm a kammerjunker..." SAINT-PETERSBURG, 1836 1091 01:40:44,792 --> 01:40:46,250 Katya. 1092 01:40:48,250 --> 01:40:50,666 - Good morning, Dad! - Good morning, family. 1093 01:40:50,667 --> 01:40:52,333 - Good morning! - Good morning! 1094 01:41:03,333 --> 01:41:04,958 Here's another one, Katya. 1095 01:41:05,333 --> 01:41:07,250 You know who invited us? 1096 01:41:07,833 --> 01:41:09,917 Alex, don't start the day with reports. 1097 01:41:10,458 --> 01:41:12,750 Should it start with invitations to balls? 1098 01:41:15,333 --> 01:41:17,083 Children, come with me. 1099 01:41:22,125 --> 01:41:23,208 Alex, 1100 01:41:24,833 --> 01:41:26,917 I'm looking for a suitor for Katya. 1101 01:41:27,583 --> 01:41:29,457 The poor thing is 25 already. 1102 01:41:29,458 --> 01:41:31,542 Do you want her to live with us forever? 1103 01:41:32,000 --> 01:41:35,625 A suitor for Katya, or admirers for you? 1104 01:41:43,875 --> 01:41:45,708 My dear husband, 1105 01:41:46,167 --> 01:41:50,207 have I ever given you a reason with anything I've said or perhaps done 1106 01:41:50,208 --> 01:41:52,042 to question my faithfulness? 1107 01:42:02,292 --> 01:42:03,833 No, forgive me. 1108 01:42:05,375 --> 01:42:06,917 Alex... 1109 01:42:07,958 --> 01:42:09,875 Where has this jealousy come from? 1110 01:42:10,042 --> 01:42:13,042 I always invite you to come. Shall we go with them today? 1111 01:42:16,417 --> 01:42:17,875 I'll try. 1112 01:42:28,000 --> 01:42:32,124 "Deaf masses, Winged novelties of a blind mistress, 1113 01:42:32,125 --> 01:42:37,166 Each day the haughty darlings change, Tumbling down each step with a bang 1114 01:42:37,167 --> 01:42:39,916 The idols crowned by her yesterday." 1115 01:42:39,917 --> 01:42:43,166 Lord Pushkin! You promised to pay a month ago. 1116 01:42:43,167 --> 01:42:45,957 He borrowed a 1,000 rubles six months ago. 1117 01:42:45,958 --> 01:42:49,917 Pushkin, how long can this go on? Want to end up in debtors' prison? 1118 01:42:52,208 --> 01:42:54,708 Sorry, but I won't print it. 1119 01:42:57,333 --> 01:43:00,167 - Why not? - The title is fathomless. 1120 01:43:00,583 --> 01:43:03,292 - "The Captain's Daughter"? - Don't beat around the bush. 1121 01:43:04,042 --> 01:43:08,332 Mr. Pushkin, it's a serious historical topic. 1122 01:43:08,333 --> 01:43:12,708 But you're a kammerjunker. The public will laugh you off. 1123 01:43:13,333 --> 01:43:19,083 You should write something simpler, with an original plot. 1124 01:43:20,792 --> 01:43:23,542 - Sign mine too, mine too, please. - Thank you. 1125 01:43:24,208 --> 01:43:28,625 When you were a hero to them, they devoured every word you wrote. 1126 01:43:31,417 --> 01:43:33,250 But times are changing. 1127 01:43:41,000 --> 01:43:42,625 How much did he want? 1128 01:43:50,125 --> 01:43:53,542 Will you forgive my jealous dreams? 1129 01:43:54,250 --> 01:43:57,583 And delirious anxiety for my beloved? 1130 01:43:58,375 --> 01:44:02,292 You're faithful so why does it seem 1131 01:44:02,417 --> 01:44:05,832 You love filling my imagination Full of dread? 1132 01:44:05,833 --> 01:44:09,708 DANGER Surrounded by a crowd of admirers 1133 01:44:10,333 --> 01:44:14,542 Why must you be everybody's darling? 1134 01:44:14,875 --> 01:44:18,499 And give them all the false hope They desire 1135 01:44:18,500 --> 01:44:22,375 Your wonderful gaze, tender or brooding 1136 01:44:22,667 --> 01:44:25,041 He's here, he's arrived Pushkin the laureate 1137 01:44:25,042 --> 01:44:28,957 Oh, how will this go, it'll be awkward Does he know? Hush, no! What an idiot! 1138 01:44:28,958 --> 01:44:33,041 A great talent, a great cuckold He's here, Pushkin the laureate 1139 01:44:33,042 --> 01:44:37,207 Oh, how will this go, it'll be awkward Does he know? Hush, no! What an idiot! 1140 01:44:37,208 --> 01:44:40,333 - A great talent, a great cuckold - Natalie... 1141 01:44:42,208 --> 01:44:43,833 It'll be awkward 1142 01:44:45,333 --> 01:44:47,666 A great talent, a great cuckold 1143 01:44:47,667 --> 01:44:55,916 Your queen mounted a different steed Cheated with him and repeated the deed 1144 01:44:55,917 --> 01:45:12,500 The time has come To tear him off his damn podium 1145 01:45:29,208 --> 01:45:32,375 I implore you 1146 01:45:33,167 --> 01:45:37,124 Time and space 1147 01:45:37,125 --> 01:45:41,292 Give me grace 1148 01:45:41,583 --> 01:45:45,500 Return my face 1149 01:45:45,708 --> 01:45:49,916 I implore you 1150 01:45:49,917 --> 01:45:53,458 Time and space 1151 01:45:53,583 --> 01:45:58,083 Have shrunk for me 1152 01:45:58,208 --> 01:46:02,332 Return my face 1153 01:46:02,333 --> 01:46:06,416 "A gloomy tempest 1154 01:46:06,417 --> 01:46:10,500 Obscures the sky 1155 01:46:10,625 --> 01:46:14,582 And like a beast 1156 01:46:14,583 --> 01:46:18,167 It lets out a cry..." 1157 01:46:32,167 --> 01:46:34,458 I'm so happy to be with you, ladies. 1158 01:46:35,042 --> 01:46:37,708 Alex, you remember Georges d'Anthès, don't you? 1159 01:46:38,833 --> 01:46:43,083 Oh yes, we're both connoisseurs of beautiful ladies. 1160 01:46:45,583 --> 01:46:48,041 - Why are you here? - We have good news. 1161 01:46:48,042 --> 01:46:50,917 Georges has come to propose to our Katya. 1162 01:46:57,083 --> 01:46:58,292 Do you like it? 1163 01:47:00,083 --> 01:47:01,167 Very much so. 1164 01:47:03,167 --> 01:47:06,083 - It's magnificent. It cost a fortune. 1165 01:47:15,042 --> 01:47:20,042 You give me the feeling I'm not welcome in this family. 1166 01:47:21,583 --> 01:47:22,708 Alex… 1167 01:47:26,083 --> 01:47:29,249 Your feelings, my dear friend, don't deceive you. 1168 01:47:29,250 --> 01:47:30,499 Alex. 1169 01:47:30,500 --> 01:47:31,875 Please excuse me. 1170 01:47:36,542 --> 01:47:38,042 Alex! 1171 01:47:38,292 --> 01:47:39,542 Alex, talk to me. 1172 01:47:39,667 --> 01:47:41,832 Natalia, let go, I'll kill him right here. 1173 01:47:41,833 --> 01:47:43,458 No, I forbid you. 1174 01:47:43,583 --> 01:47:48,292 - Then I'll challenge him to a duel. - No! I forbid you. 1175 01:47:58,167 --> 01:48:02,667 Why, are you protecting your beloved? 1176 01:48:04,167 --> 01:48:07,166 Alex, he sent signs of affection, but I never reciprocated. 1177 01:48:07,167 --> 01:48:11,249 - You brought him into our home? - Yes, to marry Katya. 1178 01:48:11,250 --> 01:48:13,457 - To kill those rumors. - That's ludicrous! 1179 01:48:13,458 --> 01:48:16,791 That's ludicrous, Natalia! It's ludicrous. 1180 01:48:16,792 --> 01:48:19,832 I was like him with Countess Vorontsova, I know his kind. 1181 01:48:19,833 --> 01:48:23,417 - I know exactly what's on his mind. - I'm not Vorontsova, Alex. 1182 01:48:24,292 --> 01:48:27,042 - Alex, why won't you believe me? - How can I? 1183 01:48:27,500 --> 01:48:30,791 How can I trust you if I only see you in the morning? 1184 01:48:30,792 --> 01:48:33,291 If you gallivant around balls for days? 1185 01:48:33,292 --> 01:48:37,167 Alex, I've always invited you. I begged you to come with us each time. 1186 01:48:40,208 --> 01:48:42,749 - I've always invited you to come. - Let me go, God damn it. 1187 01:48:42,750 --> 01:48:44,417 I won't let you. 1188 01:48:45,417 --> 01:48:47,042 Let me go. 1189 01:48:47,292 --> 01:48:50,500 Natalia, let me go. Let me go. 1190 01:48:54,708 --> 01:48:57,667 Very well, I'll write him a letter. 1191 01:49:02,250 --> 01:49:04,750 One that will make him challenge me himself. 1192 01:49:06,958 --> 01:49:10,333 - Alex, but what if you die? - I won't die. 1193 01:49:13,208 --> 01:49:17,708 "Fear fair hair". But d'Anthès doesn't have fair hair. 1194 01:49:26,667 --> 01:49:31,167 "Danger, a long unwanted journey..." Alex, what is this raving nonsense? 1195 01:49:32,083 --> 01:49:33,583 It's not nonsense. 1196 01:49:34,208 --> 01:49:37,000 Don't you see?! It was foretold: a lost friend... 1197 01:49:37,292 --> 01:49:38,792 Wife. 1198 01:49:39,167 --> 01:49:42,792 Look, all of it's come true. Look. 1199 01:49:50,000 --> 01:49:52,042 Alex, I see, let's... 1200 01:50:06,792 --> 01:50:11,542 I see how hard it is to not believe 1201 01:50:13,625 --> 01:50:18,000 The things that they speak of 1202 01:50:18,875 --> 01:50:24,875 And they'll repeat it And they'll repeat it 1203 01:50:25,750 --> 01:50:29,792 Just for fun 1204 01:50:33,833 --> 01:50:40,417 You're a passionate fighter You're a believer in freedom 1205 01:50:41,250 --> 01:50:46,042 Always mean what you say 1206 01:50:46,375 --> 01:50:49,583 And you leap into the fray 1207 01:50:49,708 --> 01:50:56,708 But the enemy is such a giant Bigger than you and I 1208 01:51:00,708 --> 01:51:06,750 It's so easy to fall into the abyss 1209 01:51:07,250 --> 01:51:12,875 An abyss like the mouth of a beast 1210 01:51:14,000 --> 01:51:20,292 Take one step, and you're trapped 1211 01:51:21,000 --> 01:51:26,250 We're standing on the edge Not holding on 1212 01:51:26,500 --> 01:51:29,583 In total darkness 1213 01:51:32,000 --> 01:51:34,333 In total darkness 1214 01:51:34,500 --> 01:51:39,624 Find my hand And know that I'm here 1215 01:51:39,625 --> 01:51:44,707 Even though you can't see me In total darkness 1216 01:51:44,708 --> 01:51:50,332 Where everything disappears We're waltzing away 1217 01:51:50,333 --> 01:51:55,875 While it's just the two of us In total darkness 1218 01:51:58,500 --> 01:52:03,582 In total darkness In total darkness 1219 01:52:03,583 --> 01:52:06,167 Don't lose me 1220 01:52:06,292 --> 01:52:08,750 In total darkness 1221 01:52:08,958 --> 01:52:11,582 Don't lose me 1222 01:52:11,583 --> 01:52:17,166 In total darkness Don't lose me 1223 01:52:17,167 --> 01:52:27,125 Don't lose me 1224 01:52:27,250 --> 01:52:31,208 Don't lose yourself 1225 01:52:34,875 --> 01:52:38,333 In total darkness 1226 01:52:58,083 --> 01:52:59,083 THE QUEEN OF SPADES 1227 01:53:15,417 --> 01:53:18,333 Don't lose yourself 1228 01:53:25,875 --> 01:53:27,916 In total darkness 1229 01:53:27,917 --> 01:53:30,458 Alex, let's go to bed, you can finish tomorrow. 1230 01:53:33,542 --> 01:53:35,875 You go, I'll stay up a little longer. 1231 01:54:23,917 --> 01:54:25,500 Alex… 1232 01:54:26,708 --> 01:54:27,708 Alex! 1233 01:54:40,250 --> 01:54:41,917 Long time no see. 1234 01:54:55,875 --> 01:54:58,750 COADJUTOR OF THE ORDER OF THE CUCKOLDS 1235 01:55:04,167 --> 01:55:07,208 - Why me, not Zhukovsky? - He'll try to dissuade me. 1236 01:55:08,208 --> 01:55:10,833 Run off to the emperor to complain. 1237 01:55:12,375 --> 01:55:13,833 I need you. 1238 01:55:14,083 --> 01:55:17,542 - But what if... - Brother, I won't die. 1239 01:55:18,250 --> 01:55:19,875 Not today. 1240 01:55:20,250 --> 01:55:22,042 It's not my fate. 1241 01:56:18,667 --> 01:56:20,332 Tell me where he is, now! 1242 01:56:20,333 --> 01:56:21,292 Where's Alex? 1243 01:56:22,125 --> 01:56:23,708 I haven't the foggiest. 1244 01:56:29,500 --> 01:56:31,167 Damn it. 1245 01:56:40,125 --> 01:56:41,457 A duel? 1246 01:56:41,458 --> 01:56:43,958 I beg you, think of who we could lose! 1247 01:56:54,792 --> 01:56:56,707 His carriage is bound for the Chernaya River. 1248 01:56:56,708 --> 01:56:59,708 Search the area. Stop that duel. 1249 01:57:03,125 --> 01:57:05,000 Move! Go! 1250 01:57:12,292 --> 01:57:13,542 Let's begin. 1251 01:57:55,375 --> 01:57:58,791 Alex, you've had many duels but never killed a man. 1252 01:57:58,792 --> 01:57:59,958 Kostya… 1253 01:58:00,125 --> 01:58:03,333 It'll turn you inside out. It's hard to live with. 1254 01:58:04,083 --> 01:58:06,042 The die is cast. 1255 01:58:19,250 --> 01:58:20,500 About-face. 1256 01:58:49,333 --> 01:58:50,625 Attention. 1257 01:58:53,208 --> 01:58:56,292 You wounded me. I'm ready. 1258 01:58:57,458 --> 01:58:59,167 I'm going to shoot. 1259 01:59:12,042 --> 01:59:14,500 - Georges! - Alex! 1260 01:59:15,625 --> 01:59:17,417 Did I kill him? 1261 01:59:19,667 --> 01:59:21,083 No. 1262 01:59:25,542 --> 01:59:27,000 Good. 1263 01:59:28,667 --> 01:59:30,125 Good. 1264 01:59:32,750 --> 01:59:36,458 - Time out until I recover? - Oh, you goon. 1265 01:59:38,458 --> 01:59:39,958 Hang in there. 1266 01:59:41,500 --> 01:59:43,707 That's it, just a little further. 1267 01:59:43,708 --> 01:59:45,417 We're here, we're here... 1268 01:59:47,083 --> 01:59:48,292 We're here. 1269 01:59:48,500 --> 01:59:51,125 - Take him, I'll open the door. - Alex! 1270 01:59:51,875 --> 01:59:53,500 Alex! 1271 01:59:53,792 --> 01:59:54,833 Alex! 1272 01:59:55,000 --> 01:59:56,500 Alex! 1273 01:59:57,458 --> 02:00:00,042 - What are you doing? - You've got snowy hair. 1274 02:00:00,875 --> 02:00:02,583 Hang in there, you hear? 1275 02:00:03,458 --> 02:00:05,208 Fair hair? 1276 02:00:07,000 --> 02:00:08,499 Alex! 1277 02:00:08,500 --> 02:00:10,333 - My lord! - Stay awake, Pushkin! 1278 02:00:10,458 --> 02:00:12,291 Alex! Alex! Alex! 1279 02:00:12,292 --> 02:00:15,041 Hold on! You hear me? Don't you dare die! 1280 02:00:15,042 --> 02:00:16,625 Alex! 1281 02:00:53,375 --> 02:00:56,792 Natalia, for Christ's sake, I beg you. Leave us, Leave us. 1282 02:00:58,125 --> 02:00:59,624 Doctor, he's in here! 1283 02:00:59,625 --> 02:01:01,375 Let me see him! 1284 02:01:02,792 --> 02:01:05,750 - I need a towel and water! - I'll fetch them now… 1285 02:01:06,875 --> 02:01:07,875 So... 1286 02:01:08,833 --> 02:01:10,499 Easy, easy. 1287 02:01:10,500 --> 02:01:12,167 Here. Here's the water. 1288 02:01:13,125 --> 02:01:16,374 - Well? What are my chances? - Everything will be alright. 1289 02:01:16,375 --> 02:01:20,042 You'll rile everyone for years to come. 1290 02:01:20,250 --> 02:01:22,791 - Where is he? - Is it true? 1291 02:01:22,792 --> 02:01:25,166 - Alex, how are you feeling? - Doctor! 1292 02:01:25,167 --> 02:01:27,208 Everyone out, at once! 1293 02:01:27,375 --> 02:01:29,958 - His Imperial Highness… - Be right back. 1294 02:01:30,167 --> 02:01:31,708 Wait here. 1295 02:01:39,708 --> 02:01:41,749 Lower, hang in, hang in. 1296 02:01:41,750 --> 02:01:44,208 - Natalia… Nikita... - What? 1297 02:01:44,750 --> 02:01:47,250 Get everyone out, let me be with my wife. 1298 02:01:48,375 --> 02:01:51,749 - Right, both of you, get out of here! - I'm trying to help... 1299 02:01:51,750 --> 02:01:54,417 The lord wants to be left with his wife! Go on! 1300 02:02:22,750 --> 02:02:26,000 - Pass the cloudberries. - What? 1301 02:02:27,583 --> 02:02:31,375 - Cloudberries… - Yes, one moment... 1302 02:02:33,792 --> 02:02:35,417 Here. 1303 02:02:44,750 --> 02:02:46,750 Ah, one moment. 1304 02:02:58,500 --> 02:02:59,833 Tasty. 1305 02:03:05,000 --> 02:03:06,500 You try. 1306 02:03:08,500 --> 02:03:10,292 I'll try now… 1307 02:03:14,333 --> 02:03:15,833 Sour. 1308 02:03:21,875 --> 02:03:23,542 Everything will be alright. 1309 02:03:26,625 --> 02:03:30,082 Enough! Natalia, for Christ's sake, I beg you... 1310 02:03:30,083 --> 02:03:32,708 Come with me, come with me. 1311 02:03:33,750 --> 02:03:35,708 - Hush, hush. - I... 1312 02:05:21,000 --> 02:05:22,625 Alex… 1313 02:05:33,667 --> 02:05:35,542 Are you feeling better? 1314 02:06:05,208 --> 02:06:17,082 Pushkin! Pushkin! Pushkin! 1315 02:06:17,083 --> 02:06:19,208 Alex, look! 1316 02:06:49,000 --> 02:06:54,708 "Beset by spiritual thirst, I stagger through a gloomy desert, 1317 02:06:56,458 --> 02:07:01,708 And before me at the crossroads, Appeared there a six-winged seraph. 1318 02:07:03,833 --> 02:07:09,333 With a touch as light as a dream, His feathery fingers closed my eyes. 1319 02:07:11,458 --> 02:07:16,792 Wide open his pupils had gazed, Like a startled eagle's eyes might seem. 1320 02:07:17,750 --> 02:07:19,833 His arm reached out and touched my ears, 1321 02:07:20,333 --> 02:07:23,583 And they were filled with noise and clamors: 1322 02:07:24,875 --> 02:07:31,000 I listened to the heavens shake, And angels' flight above the mountains, 1323 02:07:32,167 --> 02:07:37,625 Sea monsters' underwater motion, And the vines in the valleys growing. 1324 02:07:39,542 --> 02:07:45,542 And he cleaved my chest with a sword, And took out from it my trembling heart, 1325 02:07:47,417 --> 02:07:53,083 And seized a coal of blazing heat, And put the fire coal in my chest. 1326 02:07:54,792 --> 02:08:00,542 I lay like a corpse in the desert, And I heard the voice of God call out: 1327 02:08:01,875 --> 02:08:04,250 Arise, prophet, 1328 02:08:05,458 --> 02:08:07,500 And see, and hark, 1329 02:08:08,833 --> 02:08:11,292 My will be done on earth, 1330 02:08:13,375 --> 02:08:16,792 And, over land and sea embark, 1331 02:08:18,167 --> 02:08:21,708 Ignite the people's hearts with words." 1332 02:08:29,250 --> 02:08:36,250 THE POET THE STORY OF ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 1333 02:08:42,583 --> 02:08:44,000 Mr. Zhukovsky. 1334 02:08:46,792 --> 02:08:48,375 Yes, young man. 1335 02:08:48,792 --> 02:08:51,917 Alexander Pushkin has greatly inspired me, and I... 1336 02:08:52,500 --> 02:08:55,583 I wrote this poem about him. Could you read it? 1337 02:09:01,833 --> 02:09:03,625 What's your name? 1338 02:09:04,500 --> 02:09:06,167 Mikhail Lermontov. 1339 02:09:11,000 --> 02:09:13,750 DIRECTED BY FELIX UMAROV 1340 02:09:14,583 --> 02:09:17,708 PRODUCERS: PYOTR ANUROV VADIM VERESCHAGIN, GRIGORY STOYALOV 1341 02:09:18,792 --> 02:09:21,958 PRODUCERS LEONID VERESCHAGIN, NIKITA MIKHALKOV 1342 02:09:22,458 --> 02:09:24,249 SCRIPTWRITERS VASILY ZORKY and ANDREY KURGANOV 1343 02:09:24,250 --> 02:09:26,000 WITH FELIX UMAROV 1344 02:09:26,833 --> 02:09:29,417 DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MIKHAIL KHASAYA RGC 1345 02:09:30,208 --> 02:09:32,833 ART DIRECTORS ALEXEY PADERIN, SERGEY ZAIKOV 1346 02:09:33,958 --> 02:09:37,083 COSTUME DESIGNER TATIANA PATRAKHALTSEVA 1347 02:09:38,667 --> 02:09:41,167 MAKEUP ARTISTS VALERIA NIKULINA, YULIA FAZLETDINOVA 1348 02:09:43,833 --> 02:09:46,625 CASTING ALLA PETELINA, EKATERINA LOBANOVA 1349 02:09:48,208 --> 02:09:50,708 CHOREOGRAPHER OLEG GLUSHKOV 1350 02:09:52,167 --> 02:09:54,917 COMPOSER RIAN OTTER 1351 02:09:56,167 --> 02:09:58,708 MUSIC PRODUCER ANASTASIA ZDEB 1352 02:10:00,083 --> 02:10:02,750 ALEXEY SAMODELKO 1353 02:10:03,958 --> 02:10:06,625 EDITOR MARIA LIKHACHOVA