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MAN IN BACKGROUND:
You, out!
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Go on!
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PEOPLE COUGH
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MAN:
Move!
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VLASEV:
This way, Your Majesty.
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Do you know who I am?
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CHAINS RATTLE
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Do you know who you are?
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PRISONER:
Ruler.
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HE GRUNTS
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HE SIGHS
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PRISONER:
I am Lord...
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of all Russia
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cousin of Emperor Peter.
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You stole the crown from him.
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You should...
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give it back.
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CHAINS CLATTER
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One morning...
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I heard...
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birds...
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sing...
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in my brain.
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A great honour.
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VLASEV:
What is?
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Her Majesty...
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paying us a visit
at Schlisselburg.
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Prisoner Number One.
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Obviously someone
very important.
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I've heard rumours.
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Obviously.
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Don't listen to rumours.
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MAN: Your Majesty.
- DOOR SHUTS
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CATHERINE: Thank you.
I've seen enough.
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The Lieutenant
will take you back to the boat.
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CATHERINE:
I've seen you before.
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Your Majesty?
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Lieutenant Mirovich.
With the guard here.
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Yes, you made requests
for money to my office.
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Several times.
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And we told you to stop.
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I'm sorry if I offended...
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Your Majesty, I can assure you
it was never...
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CATHERINE: It's a mistake
to ask rich people for money.
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How do you think they got rich?
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By giving it away?
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Your Majesty.
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Did you appoint
Lieutenant Mirovich
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to guard Prisoner Number One?
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I'm not sure I was responsible
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for his appointment,
Your Majesty.
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CATHERINE:
I don't trust him.
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PANIN: Your Majesty.
I've been looking at your speech
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and on pages 12 and 13
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I have made some revisions.
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Revisions?
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This is my speech,
Minister Panin. Not yours.
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I've been working on this
for years.
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You know how important
it is to me.
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All I feel, Your Majesty,
is that some of it...
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That some of it is too liberal.
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CATHERINE:
I'll be the judge of that.
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POTEMKIN: What would
Your Majesty like me
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to do with these?
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I can think of a place
I would like you to put it
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but I'm not minded
to be vulgar.
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So give it back
to Minister Panin.
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Maybe he can nibble on it
for his tea.
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He's always been very good
at eating his own words.
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PANIN: Yes, Your Majesty.
Count Orlov.
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Don't you remember
that young man?
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- Hm?
- Lieutenant Potemkin.
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He was with us
on the day of the coup
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when we took your husband
from the throne.
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Peter allowed himself
to be deposed
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like a child being put to bed.
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SOLDIER:
She eats men alive.
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You know that?
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Sounds like
an interesting proposition.
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Let's listen.
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CATHERINE: When I first
came here from Germany
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many years ago
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I did not even speak
the language.
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I had little knowledge
of the beauties
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of the Russian church
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and even less of the courage
and the strength of its people.
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But I fell in love
with this country
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its spirit, its passion
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its soul.
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But in these
more enlightened times
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I believe we need laws
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that everyone respects
and obeys
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the rich and the powerful
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as well as the poor
and dispossessed.
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And so,
something needs to change.
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Slavery does not have to be
a Russian institution.
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CROWD MURMURS
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That didn't go down well.
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I'm afraid
I tried to warn your mother.
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All of the audience here
own serfs.
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Most of them have thousands.
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Russia's not ready for change.
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Is it right for a rich man
to own another human being?
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Which is still the case
in this country.
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HE WHISPERS:
Look at Orlov.
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The man who put her
on the throne
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and now wants some of it
for himself.
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CROWD MURMURS
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CATHERINE:
I believe in reason.
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I believe in progress.
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And when the indomitable
Russian people
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fight for these things
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and fight to gain a new empire
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in which they will be
universally acknowledged
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then Russia...
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your Russia, my Russia...
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our Russia
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will be truly and eternally
great.
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MAN IN CROWD:
Great!
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CROWD CLAMOURS
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PANIN:
She just got out of that one.
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Patriotism. Always good.
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You helped to get rid
of her husband, Peter the Third
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correct?
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And now she thinks
she can do what she likes
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but does she have a right
to the throne?
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And what did you get out of it?
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And? What are you saying?
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MIROVICH: I'm...
I'm saying she's a usurper.
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Now, suppose there was a man
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with a legitimate claim to be
the Emperor of Russia.
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I believe that man
is a prisoner at Schliesselburg.
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Attention!
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GRIGORY: Well, they didn't
seem to enjoy that very much
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- did they?
- CATHERINE: Not so much.
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My son came late
and looked bored.
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GRIGORY: Yes, well,
he wants your job, doesn't he?
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CATHERINE:
"She took the throne.
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We can take it from her,"
that's what they think.
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We're not gonna let them
do that.
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The army remains loyal to us.
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CATHERINE: Why was Mirovich
outside causing trouble?
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I told you he can't be trusted.
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PANIN: I honestly
had no idea, Your Majesty.
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And I can see that it makes him,
potentially
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a risk as far as the...
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very important person
he is guarding.
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Oh, well, that's
a colossal understatement.
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Well,
if you say you didn't know
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you didn't know.
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But my son must never be told
about this.
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Of course not, Your Majesty.
This is between...
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You and I.
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And let us make sure
it stays that way.
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May I...
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make a suggestion?
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I'm afraid since the coup,
your position is vulnerable
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and anyone, however mad
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even with a distant claim
to the throne is a great risk.
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Therefore,
can I suggest an order
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that states clearly
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that if there is any attempt
at an escape
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Prisoner Number One...
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is to be killed.
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I know it goes against
your liberal principals
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but it comes from me.
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You had no idea it was in place.
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It's for your own protection.
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We cannot risk a challenge
to your throne.
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"Divorce is possibly
as old as marriage.
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Although I suppose marriage
is a few weeks older."
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COUNTESS LAUGHS
- CATHERINE: Voltaire.
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- Oh, you're working.
- Mm.
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I just passed Count Orlov
in the corridor, looking glum.
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Oh, my fault, I suppose. Men!
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Men.
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CATHERINE SIGHS
And what are you doing?
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I was thinking
of wasting your time...
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if that was alright?
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INDISTINCT CHATTER
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OFFICIAL: You will all be seen
in good time.
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DOGS BARK
- Just...
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Your Majesty,
what about the Girls' College?
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Yes. Yes. That's done.
That is approved.
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COUNTESS: Don't mind me.
- MAN: Your most imperial...
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CATHERINE:
Don't worry, I won't.
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Your Majesty,
The Turkish ambassador
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has sent a strong note to us.
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If we stray
into their territory...
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CATHERINE: Fire and death
and the wrath of Allah.
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Take absolutely no notice.
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OFFICIAL:
Of course, Your Majesty.
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FOOL:
Auntie...
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aren't Christians supposed
to turn the other cheek?
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Especially when people
are trying to kill them.
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Ah! Your Majesty Peter?
Still dead?
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AS PUPPET: 'Fraid so.
- PUPPET SHRIEKS
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COUNTESS: I came to tell you
I saw the most gorgeous man.
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Oh, where?
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In the courtyard
round the corner.
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If he's still there.
He may have been snapped up.
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Ah, there's always
another gorgeous man
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- around the corner.
- How long have you got?
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- Long enough.
- COUNTESS GIGGLES
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THEY LAUGH
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CATHERINE:
That's Lieutenant Potemkin.
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COUNTESS:
I saw him first.
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CATHERINE: I don't think
that's strictly true.
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Anyway, who is
the Empress of Russia?
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You are, Your Majesty.
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INDISTINCT CONVERSATION
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I think we should inspect him
more closely.
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CATHERINE:
Lieutenant Potemkin!
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Are you lost?
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POTEMKIN:
I was once, Your Majesty.
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But not now.
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CATHERINE:
What are you looking for?
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The Office of the Palace Guard?
The Gentlemen of the Bedchamber?
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POTEMKIN:
It was you...
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Your Majesty. You.
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Well, here I am.
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My regiment said I was to report
to your private office.
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Thomas Dimsdale has arrived,
Your Majesty.
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I have to go.
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Dimsdale being the doctor
that inoculates
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against smallpox?
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Why, you're very well informed.
Yes.
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Yes, I'm thinking of trying it.
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It's a risk, but then
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life's a risk, isn't it?
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From what I've heard
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the evidence supports
your choice.
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I'll enjoy speaking
with you again
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but now, as usual, I am busy.
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The Countess Bruce
will look after you.
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COUNTESS: I obey.
- CATHERINE CHUCKLES
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Lieutenant Potemkin.
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GRIGORY: What about him?
- You're right, it was the day
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of the coup when I rode out
in front of the troops.
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He bent down and he picked up
something I'd dropped.
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He did.
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- A sword knot for your sabre.
- CATHERINE LAUGHS: Yes!
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He obviously has a talent
for picking up things.
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SHE LAUGHS
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We should invite him
to the dinner.
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You have an objection to that?
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How could I?
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It's not as if we're married,
is it?
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Don't let's have
this conversation again.
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We've had it so many times.
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You know it's impossible.
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FOOTSTEPS RECEDE
- DOOR CLOSES
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I'm not asking to marry you.
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Well, what are you
asking for then?
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Recognition...
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gratitude...
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for what we did for you.
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- You know you have that.
- But in public.
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Public and private are
two completely different things.
260
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- Your life is lived in public.
- Thanks to you.
261
00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:21,400
GRIGORY SCOFFS
262
00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:23,354
That wasn't the deal.
263
00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,229
I can't do this.
264
00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:45,909
I'm sorry. I just can't.
265
00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:54,832
INDISTINCT SHOUTS
266
00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:55,920
SOLDIERS:
Sir.
267
00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:57,080
OFFICER:
Soldiers!
268
00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:00,278
SOLDIERS:
Sir!
269
00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,112
INDISTINCT SHOUTS
270
00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,319
ALEXEI:
How's my big brother?
271
00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:14,880
Do you mind?
272
00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:16,840
Can I not have a little romance?
273
00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:18,474
Oh, is that what this is?
274
00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,517
What do you think
I get at home, Alexei?
275
00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:22,560
Can I talk to you for a minute?
276
00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:25,800
GRIGORY SIGHS
277
00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:27,835
GRIGORY:
I'll just be a moment.
278
00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:37,235
How's it going with her?
279
00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:40,112
Well, she's not the most
exciting girl
280
00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,590
- that I've screwed in the last...
- With her.
281
00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,193
Is that any business of yours?
282
00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:47,192
It's politics.
You fuck it up with her
283
00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,840
and what happens to us
and all that we've worked for?
284
00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:51,120
She's never going to marry me.
285
00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:53,913
Alright? God knows I've tried.
286
00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:56,156
We put her there.
287
00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,597
Without us and our armies,
she's nothing.
288
00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,315
She owes us, Grigory.
And she knows it.
289
00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:04,840
Use that.
290
00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:09,640
Does it matter what I wear?
291
00:17:11,120 --> 00:17:13,271
Does she care a damn
that I'm reaching 19?
292
00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:16,759
Does she love anything
apart from power?
293
00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:18,080
PANIN:
She loves a lot of things
294
00:17:18,120 --> 00:17:19,554
- Your Excellency.
- A lot of men.
295
00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,998
She's a very clever
and well read woman, sir.
296
00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,514
As you know, she came here
when she was 15
297
00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:27,696
taught herself Russian by...
298
00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:29,359
Sleeping with a lot
of Russian men.
299
00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:31,640
That'll do.
300
00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:33,400
For the service, I'm sure.
301
00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:37,840
Where is she?
302
00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,120
With the Orlovs, probably.
303
00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:44,752
Murdering my father
has made them close.
304
00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:47,040
They kick him off the throne
305
00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:49,351
then she becomes Empress
and then they kill him.
306
00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:50,960
On her orders probably.
307
00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:53,073
Now she's terrified
they'll kill her
308
00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:54,799
unless she's sufficiently
grateful.
309
00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,117
We do not know
that anyone killed your father
310
00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:58,118
Your Highness.
311
00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:00,840
Ah, there's
an official explanation?
312
00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,512
You probably drafted it.
313
00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,478
"Haemorrhoidal colic",
wasn't that it?
314
00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:09,189
"Terminal piles."
My God. I hate her.
315
00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:11,036
PANIN:
You do not hate her.
316
00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:12,918
She is your mother.
You love her.
317
00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,153
Although sometimes of course,
you hate her.
318
00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:18,310
This is only natural.
319
00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,400
And one day,
you will succeed her.
320
00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:24,360
No ruler lasts forever.
321
00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:27,520
One day soon?
322
00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:29,920
How soon?
323
00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,000
Mother.
324
00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:35,515
PANIN:
Your Majesty.
325
00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:39,200
Is that suitable
for your coming of age ceremony?
326
00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,509
PANIN:
It is not to your taste?
327
00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:41,816
CATHERINE:
He's about to become a man...
328
00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:43,096
PRINCE PAUL:
If you'll let me, mother.
329
00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:44,440
...not a Head Steward.
330
00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:52,072
Look, I just want you to be
someone of whom I can be proud.
331
00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:57,720
Do you understand?
332
00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:00,880
Um...
333
00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:02,875
Ah, that one.
334
00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:11,673
BELLS JANGLE
335
00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,000
POTEMKIN GRUNTS
336
00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:21,593
HE SIGHS
337
00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:27,320
Oh, God.
338
00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:32,633
It's not me
you're interested in.
339
00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,120
I thought I expressed
a great deal of interest.
340
00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:40,200
Oh, Lord.
341
00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:42,040
I'm interested again.
342
00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:44,238
THEY LAUGH
343
00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:46,233
Ah, she is the one you want.
344
00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:48,400
You're clever.
345
00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:50,714
She likes clever men.
346
00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,792
Madam, I am a lieutenant
of no great import.
347
00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:54,999
All I have is
a liberal education
348
00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:57,153
and my great fucking interest.
349
00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,240
And she is
the Empress of Russia.
350
00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,960
Precisely.
She is the one you want.
351
00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,319
Yes, but the higher one
climbs...
352
00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:07,713
the more visible one's arse.
353
00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,318
Although that could come
to my advantage, I am told.
354
00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:12,960
Huh?
355
00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:17,160
POTEMKIN GRUNTS
356
00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:19,270
I have good reason
357
00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:21,832
for wanting you to go
to this dinner.
358
00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:23,520
And make a good impression.
359
00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,796
The more she likes me,
the better for you. Yes?
360
00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,000
But where do I come
into all of this?
361
00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:29,480
You come in...
362
00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:33,840
right here.
363
00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,191
BELLS CHIME
364
00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,752
Why is my son so unattractive?
365
00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,791
COUNTESS: It may be something
to do with his father.
366
00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,515
The Emperor Peter was
the ugliest man east of Berlin.
367
00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,118
Yes, and now Paul wants to be
Emperor too.
368
00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:54,989
The moment he was born
369
00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:56,600
my mother-in-law took him
away from me.
370
00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,673
She left me on the floor bathed
in my own blood and sweat.
371
00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:02,510
From that point on, I really...
I never saw him.
372
00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,430
GRIGORY: Lieutenant Potemkin,
you're looking very smart.
373
00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,234
Who are you trying to impress?
374
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,480
Something troubling
Your Majesty?
375
00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:12,200
CATHERINE: That's Lieutenant
Mirovich. What's he doing here?
376
00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:13,480
Do you know him?
377
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,992
POTEMKIN: Yes, he's a drinker
and a gambler.
378
00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:17,230
He owes money everywhere.
379
00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:21,755
He seems in a hurry to leave.
380
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,070
The army is dangerous.
381
00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,516
If they think they put you
in power, Your Majesty
382
00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,280
they'll always think
they can take it away.
383
00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,239
Are you implying
Her Majesty's soldiers
384
00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:32,674
are disloyal, Lieutenant?
385
00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,159
I'm saying
anyone can be manipulated.
386
00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,359
Does the man know your son?
387
00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:42,032
GRIGORY: Sorry, Lieutenant,
is this any concern of yours?
388
00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,559
What was Lieutenant Mirovich
doing here?
389
00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,114
Praying, I assume, Your Majesty.
I really do not know.
390
00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:51,816
Will you tell my son
I wish to speak with him
391
00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:52,910
after the ceremony.
392
00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,032
Well, Lieutenant,
we must pray too.
393
00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:01,120
POTEMKIN:
Yes, we must.
394
00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:05,960
Sir.
395
00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:11,199
We should keep our eye on
Lieutenant Potemkin.
396
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:13,400
He's dangerous.
397
00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:17,352
ARCHBISHOP: "The son can do
nothing of himself
398
00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:19,712
but that which he seeth his
father do."
399
00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,479
When we come to man's estate
400
00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,316
we listen to the wisdom
of our fathers
401
00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:28,476
and claim what is ours by right.
402
00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:35,230
A prosperous and peaceful life,
health and salvation
403
00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,799
and in all
the best help give, Lord
404
00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,234
to your servant, Paul
405
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,512
and keep him for many years.
406
00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,276
THEY SING "MNOGAYA LETA"
407
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,397
SOLDIER:
Make way! Make way!
408
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,437
SOLDIER 1: Whoa!
- SOLDIER 2: Whoa.
409
00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,231
MIROVICH:
We wait here till night comes.
410
00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:24,280
Check your weapons.
411
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:28,911
I was 16 when they married me
to your father.
412
00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,056
I didn't know that men and women
were any different
413
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,230
under their clothes.
414
00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:33,840
If you understand what I mean?
415
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:37,200
I brought myself up
416
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,239
so I am afraid I think
that maturity is just...
417
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,075
- It's a decision that we make.
- Is it?
418
00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:45,040
CATHERINE:
Oh!
419
00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:47,795
You two, you're always
in each other's company.
420
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:50,952
Are you hatching
some conspiracy?
421
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,280
Uh... We were not. We were...
422
00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:56,360
CATHERINE:
Not... Not...
423
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,272
Ooh. "Not, not, not, not..."
Not what?
424
00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:00,874
- Hm?
- I... I... Um...
425
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,033
I think our conversations
may have touched
426
00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:04,120
on the fact that
427
00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,511
at certain stages,
some thought that
428
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:10,355
when Paul reached his majority,
perhaps he might... Um...
429
00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:13,279
Yes? "Might, might..."
Might what?
430
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,073
Many people had envisaged,
Your Majesty
431
00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,470
that...
that you would act as Regent
432
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,439
until Paul attained
his majority, after which...
433
00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:23,716
he would, um...
434
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:27,400
Yes? What?
435
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,039
Take more responsibility,
Your Majesty.
436
00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:36,511
So many people want
the Russian throne.
437
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:39,440
They die trying to get it
438
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,796
and sometimes they die
trying to hang on to it.
439
00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:46,717
People will tell you lies
about what you are, Paul.
440
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:48,520
But remember
441
00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:50,996
you are the son
of Peter the Third.
442
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,232
You are the heir
to the Russian throne.
443
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:56,440
One day.
444
00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:58,480
Never forget that.
445
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,114
Now you've reached
your majority
446
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,312
I think you should get married.
447
00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:08,120
Yes, Mother.
448
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,749
Why don't you run along
and think about beautiful women?
449
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:20,754
Has he been speaking
with the army?
450
00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:22,958
How much does he know
451
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,480
about what's going on
at Schlisselburg?
452
00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:25,920
Nothing.
I swear it, Your Majesty.
453
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,071
Never talk
about the succession...
454
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:30,360
or about power sharing.
455
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:31,760
Do you understand me?
456
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:33,756
Yes, Your Majesty.
457
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:38,674
I want responsibility
for the boy
458
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:39,830
that's all, Your Majesty.
459
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,153
I have always been loyal to you
460
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,878
ever since we put his father
from the throne.
461
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:47,920
Always loyal.
462
00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:52,077
I want you to find out
everything that's going on
463
00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:53,078
at Schlisselburg.
464
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:54,799
I want to know
about this Mirovich.
465
00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,150
I do not employ you to foster
my son's illusions about himself
466
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,997
but to protect me
from those who wish me harm
467
00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:04,080
and there are many.
468
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:06,040
WATER SPLASHES
469
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,200
SOLDIER:
Stay close.
470
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:12,200
SOLDIER 2:
Quiet.
471
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:39,400
CATHERINE:
So...
472
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,949
To my son on his birthday
473
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,835
in the expectation of wisdom.
474
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:48,956
THEY LAUGH
475
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,953
- To Paul.
- ALL: To Paul.
476
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,720
Now, you may have noticed
there is an empty chair.
477
00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:58,150
I have invited
478
00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,630
one of the brightest and best
of our young men
479
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:02,280
and he is late.
480
00:27:02,360 --> 00:27:03,555
SHOCKED MURMUR
481
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:12,360
CATHERINE:
Ah, b o n a p p é tit.
482
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,154
INDISTINCT CHATTER
483
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,234
Lieutenant Potemkin.
484
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:29,600
At last.
485
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:32,877
POTEMKIN: I am so sorry
to be late, Your Majesty.
486
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,030
CATHERINE:
Well, you look quite ravishing.
487
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,600
Coming from the most beautiful
woman I have ever seen
488
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:39,960
that is indeed a compliment.
489
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:44,795
CATHERINE:
No, no, no, no.
490
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,150
Before you sit down
491
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,397
everyone has to say
something amusing.
492
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,159
And we hear
that you are very amusing.
493
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,976
POTEMKIN: What should I say
in such illustrious company
494
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,000
to raise a laugh?
495
00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:59,593
"When I first came
to this country
496
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,397
a long long time ago,
I knew nothing about it.
497
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:04,798
But I fell in love
with its people
498
00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:06,236
their passions
499
00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:07,958
their soul
500
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:09,838
the indominable
Russian spirit.
501
00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,557
And yet,
this country must change.
502
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:14,597
Slavery is not
a Russian institution.
503
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:17,639
Only then can your Russia
504
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,400
my Russia, our Russia
505
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:26,438
become truly
and eternally great".
506
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:30,590
SOLDIER CRIES
507
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:35,159
SHE LAUGHS
508
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:37,513
THEY LAUGH
509
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,593
The history of women,
Your Majesty
510
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:43,552
is the history of
the worst tyranny in the world
511
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:44,920
that of the weak
over the strong.
512
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:46,434
GRIGORY:
In the end, Lieutenant
513
00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,512
the strong have the last word,
don't they?
514
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:50,640
Don't men rule the world?
515
00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:52,598
I'll beg your pardon,
Count Orlov.
516
00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:54,994
I believe all of us here
in Russia
517
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:56,150
are governed by a woman.
518
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,152
GUNFIRE AND INDISTINCT SHOUTS
519
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,036
SOLDIER:
Clear!
520
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:05,709
HE PANTS
521
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:07,840
SOLDIER:
Keep your wits about you!
522
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,632
SWORDS CLATTER
- SOLDIERS SHOUT
523
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,829
CATHERINE: No one at my table
is punished for making jokes.
524
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,031
The only crimes are stupidity
525
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:20,274
gnawing things...
526
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,511
GUESTS LAUGH
- And yawning.
527
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:27,960
ALEXEI:
Grigory.
528
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:30,269
She's fucking with you.
529
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:32,350
And so is he.
530
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:38,074
You know who he is!
531
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:39,520
Free him!
532
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,479
IVAN: Ruler. Ruler.
Lord of all Russia.
533
00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,116
I am the rightful ruler.
534
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:48,200
VLASEV:
Easy does it.
535
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,158
MIROVICH:
Free him! Free him!
536
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,840
- Orders are orders, Lieutenant.
- MIROVICH: No! No, no!
537
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:02,714
He was Ivan VI,
rightful ruler of Russia.
538
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,031
VLASEV: My orders are
from Empress Catherine.
539
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,235
MIROVICH:
Catherine is a usurper!
540
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,518
GRIGORY SNIFFS
So...
541
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:17,549
you like this boy.
542
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:19,919
What on earth
is that supposed to mean?
543
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,000
GRIGORY SCOFFS
544
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,432
You made it fairly obvious.
545
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:25,400
Look, I can talk
to whoever I choose
546
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,153
in whatever manner I choose.
547
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,073
Do you know
what I hold in my hand?
548
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,833
Absolute power.
549
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:37,000
Do you have any understanding
of what that means?
550
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:38,520
Well...
551
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,199
It can mean nothing at all.
552
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:44,439
May I remind Your Majesty
553
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:46,998
that when we put you
on the throne...
554
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,152
Now, you mind your language
very carefully, Grigory.
555
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,199
Remember who I am now.
556
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:55,030
Have you forgotten?
557
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,718
You would do so at your peril.
558
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,352
We killed your husband.
559
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:05,593
I know who killed my husband.
560
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,593
I have it in black and white
561
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,036
in your bloody brother's
handwriting.
562
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,152
Are you holding that
over my head?
563
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,711
Still? Because you do that.
564
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,036
You watch and you wait
565
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,392
and then you move
against people.
566
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,471
Everything I do is wrong,
isn't it?
567
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:27,110
So I yawn?
568
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:32,720
Sometimes dinner with you
can be a bit fucking dull!
569
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:39,713
You're running out of friends.
570
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,032
FOOTSTEPS RECEDE
571
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:47,880
DOOR SHUTS
572
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,359
COUNTESS:
What are you thinking about?
573
00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:58,993
- Gherkins.
- SHE LAUGHS
574
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,016
POTEMKIN: Oh, what does
any Russian think about
575
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:03,296
- when he makes love?
- COUNTESS LAUGHS
576
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,880
- POTEMKIN: Gherkins, of course.
- COUNTESS: Seriously, stop!
577
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:07,673
COUNTESS: Seriously...
- POTEMKIN SIGHS
578
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:09,576
Seriously, Lieutenant.
What you are thinking about?
579
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:10,600
I never know.
580
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:13,120
POTEMKIN:
I'm thinking about her
581
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:14,670
the Empress, of course.
582
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,110
CATHERINE SNORTS
583
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,995
I enjoy spending time
in her company.
584
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:20,754
The fact that she happens to be
585
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:22,354
the most powerful woman
in the world
586
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:23,874
is entirely incidental?
587
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:25,798
Yes.
588
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:27,154
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
589
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:28,520
MAID:
Oh!
590
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,355
Were you looking for
Countess Bruce, Your Majesty?
591
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,110
- Yes. Yes, I was. But...
- MOANS AND LAUGHTER
592
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,157
Maybe it's best
not to disturb her.
593
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,072
Unless of course
you like that sort of thing.
594
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,160
MAID: I'm a married woman,
Your Majesty.
595
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:42,158
I've nothing to do with...
596
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,834
CATHERINE: Would you tell her
that she and Lieutenant Potemkin
597
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,397
are invited to play cards
tomorrow night.
598
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:52,030
The Lieutenant made
a most favourable impression.
599
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:53,800
MAID:
Ah, yes, Your Majesty.
600
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:56,559
COUNTESS GIGGLES
601
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,436
POTEMKIN CHATTERS
602
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,752
COUNTESS SHRIEKS WITH LAUGHTER
603
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,400
PANIN: They wanted you to see
it had been done, Your Majesty.
604
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:18,719
Violence is disgusting, but...
605
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:24,440
No one else knows.
606
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:26,360
Mirovich is under guard.
607
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,635
He knows they were under orders
to kill Ivan.
608
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:38,192
I am afraid everyone will assume
that it came from you.
609
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,360
Anyone with a claim
to the throne is a danger to me.
610
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,590
Even this poor,
deranged creature.
611
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:55,431
- Even...
- Your son, Your Majesty?
612
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:58,759
CATHERINE:
Paul is easily led.
613
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,437
There are unscrupulous people
in Russia.
614
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,591
Fortunately, I am one of them.
615
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:06,916
So as you know.
616
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,154
PANIN: We could offer Mirovich
a last-minute pardon
617
00:34:15,240 --> 00:34:16,198
on the scaffold
618
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:18,000
on the condition
that he does not say anything
619
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:19,394
about the death
of this gentleman.
620
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:20,398
CATHERINE:
We?
621
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,835
Are you suggesting
that I offer him a pardon?
622
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,996
PANIN: It is obviously
important to show firmness.
623
00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:27,878
A public execution does that.
But...
624
00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:30,990
I also know that you are
inclined to be merciful.
625
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:32,960
CATHERINE SCOFFS
Not always.
626
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:34,600
Ask the girl who does my hair.
627
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,790
PANIN: Showing mercy
would be popular, Your Majesty.
628
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:40,035
CATHERINE:
It could be so.
629
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,832
I am inclined to mercy
where I can be.
630
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,277
PANIN:
I hope by now, I understand
631
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:48,879
the way your mind works,
Your Majesty.
632
00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:50,560
CATHERINE:
So do a lot of people.
633
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:51,830
LAUGHTER AND CHATTER
634
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,553
COUNTESS: Put your money down,
gentlemen.
635
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:55,869
CATHERINE:
Bets on, bets on.
636
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:57,120
Quickly.
637
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,317
- GUESTS GROAN
- CATHERINE: Ah, you all lose.
638
00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:00,798
MAN:
There we go.
639
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,598
It seems everyone
knows everything nowadays.
640
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,118
The Archbishop
has somehow found out
641
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:07,998
about the death
of Prisoner Number One.
642
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:09,756
If he starts talking...
643
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,391
CATHERINE: I've had him
sent away before he does.
644
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:15,119
I think the English had
the right idea
645
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:16,475
in the 16th century:
646
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:18,960
getting rid of senior clergy
and major nobility
647
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:19,958
at the same time.
648
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:21,040
CATHERINE:
Well, Lieutenant.
649
00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:23,473
Not only good looking
but clever too.
650
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:25,155
I'm lucky to have found you.
651
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:29,031
For those in power
must learn to be criminal.
652
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,160
"What is any kingdom
but a great piece
653
00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:36,799
of highway robbery" after all?
654
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:39,440
- St Augustine.
- POTEMKIN: Yes!
655
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:41,113
THEY LAUGH
656
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:43,872
- He reads as well.
- GRIGORY: Evidently.
657
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,279
But will you fight
for Her Majesty?
658
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,917
And not just feed her
smart remarks?
659
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,830
Isn't a war with the Turks
coming any day now?
660
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:56,560
Will you fight for the Empress?
661
00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:58,476
To the death...
662
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:00,709
Your Majesty.
663
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:04,352
GRIGORY:
May I make a suggestion
664
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,113
- about this Mirovich...
- CATHERINE: No.
665
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,440
You may leave us, Grigory.
And the rest of you can go too.
666
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:12,429
I want to speak
to Lieutenant Potemkin alone.
667
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,274
- Tell me.
- About?
668
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:40,360
Mirovich.
669
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,273
Your judgement of him
was accurate.
670
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:44,558
He has done something
very foolish.
671
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,795
POTEMKIN: Well, I know nothing
about that affair, Your Majesty.
672
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,156
And I certainly will not raise
his name in conversation.
673
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:51,436
CATHERINE LAUGHS
674
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:53,398
CATHERINE:
Oh, I like you, Lieutenant.
675
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,239
You know,
Panin has offered him a pardon.
676
00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,073
That was the Minister's idea.
Not mine.
677
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:00,594
POTEMKIN:
But why would he do that?
678
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,632
Well, the danger is, you see
679
00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:06,713
a man who is about to die
may say anything he wishes.
680
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,710
He may throw
around wild accusations
681
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:11,871
- on the scaffold.
- POTEMKIN: So...
682
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:13,400
Minister Panin
has led him to believe
683
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,636
that he is to expect
a last-minute reprieve
684
00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:17,154
- on the scaffold...
- Mm-hm.
685
00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:18,754
...in order to buy his silence.
686
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:21,720
But I mean,
if you pardon him anyway...
687
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:23,035
Very good, Lieutenant.
688
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,113
If Mirovich is allowed to live
689
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:26,630
he's always a risk...
690
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,110
always there to be used
by your enemies
691
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,157
to challenge your claim
to the throne.
692
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:33,960
Quite.
693
00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:35,638
I must say
694
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,758
I suspect Minister Panin's
sudden enthusiasm
695
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,320
for a show of mercy.
696
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:42,992
The truth is I'm running out
of people
697
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:44,673
I can trust, Lieutenant.
698
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:47,880
Do you know...
699
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:51,592
I have never passed
a sentence of death.
700
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,359
I always wanted to be
a merciful, liberal ruler.
701
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:57,553
Must be
a very difficult decision.
702
00:37:58,200 --> 00:37:59,200
Mm.
703
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,671
But one that, in the end,
only you can make.
704
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:11,632
GRIGORY: Potemkin...
- SOLDIER: Yes, sir.
705
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:13,235
...the coming man.
706
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,035
Success at court is the...
707
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:19,793
quickest route to failure,
I am told.
708
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,437
I hear you play billiards.
709
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:23,800
Very badly.
710
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:25,474
GRIGORY:
Then let us play for money.
711
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:32,797
POTEMKIN SIGHS AND MUTTERS
712
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:41,155
ALEXEI:
A thousand, if you can sink it.
713
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:43,790
I tell you what...
714
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:45,509
You give me the thousand now.
715
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:47,514
If I miss,
I give it straight back
716
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:48,875
plus an additional thousand.
717
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,440
If I sink it, you give me five.
718
00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:52,240
Five thousand.
719
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:54,680
GRIGORY LAUGHS
720
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:56,396
POTEMKIN:
What's so funny?
721
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:58,519
THEY LAUGH
722
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:00,115
You find that funny, do you?
723
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:02,760
OK.
724
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:07,070
What do you gentlemen
take me for? Hm?
725
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:09,878
Just another ambitious young man
726
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:12,111
who's come to court
to make his money?
727
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:16,430
To lie, and deceive and flatter
his way to power?
728
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:23,440
POTEMKIN EXHALES
- THEY LAUGH
729
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,319
Yes, yes.
730
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:27,754
You think I want to shine
731
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:29,593
the way the rest
of you guys shine?
732
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:31,514
Like rotten wood.
733
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,320
Well, there you have it.
You owe me five thousand.
734
00:39:37,720 --> 00:39:39,176
If you're men of your word,
that is...
735
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:40,873
HE GRUNTS
736
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:51,715
POTEMKIN GROANS
737
00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:59,554
POTEMKIN GROANS AND SPLUTTERS
738
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,114
POTEMKIN:
Boys, boys, boys, boys...
739
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,438
Huh?
HE SPLUTTERS
740
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:23,040
GRIGORY:
Fuck off!
741
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:27,555
You've done it now.
742
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:29,115
You've killed the bastard.
743
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,916
ALEXEI: He's better off dead.
- POTEMKIN MURMURS
744
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:40,671
HE GROANS AND LAUGHS
745
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,159
Did you both kill
the Emperor Peter?
746
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:46,195
Or was it just you, Alexei?
747
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:47,954
HE LAUGHS
748
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:54,960
GRIGORY:
Alright.
749
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:56,952
Alright. Alright. Get off.
750
00:40:58,240 --> 00:41:00,232
CROWD BOOS
751
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:05,799
PANIN:
A lively crowd, Your Majesty.
752
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:08,432
CATHERINE:
Yes. Yes, they are.
753
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:15,156
MAN IN CROWD:
Traitor!
754
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,472
Our friend isn't showing
much concern, is he?
755
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:20,880
He isn't.
756
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,719
I am glad Your Majesty
has seen fit to show mercy
757
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:29,760
in this instance.
758
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:32,559
Did I say that
was what I had done?
759
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:36,513
MESSENGER:
By the grace of God
760
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,356
Queen Catherine the Second
761
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:44,000
the Empress and Autocrat
of all Russia
762
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,316
have uncovered a conspiracy
763
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:51,800
to put an illegitimate Pretender
on the throne
764
00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:57,793
and have no hesitation
in ordering the supreme penalty
765
00:41:58,440 --> 00:41:59,999
for this hideous crime.
766
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:01,080
This is a mistake!
767
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:02,794
I was assured
I would be pardoned!
768
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:04,190
This is a mistake!
769
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:06,317
I was assured
I would be pardoned!
770
00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:09,155
She murdered our true Emperor!
771
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:11,240
You all know she did!
772
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:12,994
WOMAN IN CROWD:
You're the traitor!
773
00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:14,874
CROWD SCREAMS AND GASPS
774
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:16,076
MAN IN CROWD:
Again, again!
775
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:18,833
CROWD CHEERS
776
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:22,910
What have you done?
777
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:24,956
I spoke to him myself.
778
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:26,913
I never told him anything.
779
00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:35,952
CROWD ROARS
780
00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:58,429
GRIGORY:
What are you doing?
781
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,557
Isn't it obvious? I'm writing.
782
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:03,230
GRIGORY:
What about?
783
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:07,200
Ideas about equality
for everyone under the law.
784
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:08,880
They're just ideas
at the moment.
785
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,237
GRIGORY: It feels like
something has changed...
786
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:16,596
between us.
787
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:19,240
I will always love you.
788
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,078
But it is over between us.
789
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:31,600
Why?
790
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,151
Because you have fallen
out of love with me
791
00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:37,232
and you don't have the courage
to say so.
792
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,356
Oh, I know all about those girls
you screw.
793
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:42,997
Even if I choose
not to comment on it.
794
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,719
Because I still care for you.
795
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:50,836
But you want something
I cannot give you.
796
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:53,952
You want power.
797
00:43:58,240 --> 00:43:59,959
Is that a bruise on your face?
798
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:01,520
Have you been fighting?
799
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:04,832
GRIGORY:
This fucking thing...
800
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:07,198
pushes my tits up too far.
801
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:22,360
POTEMKIN:
I can't go to the ball.
802
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:28,435
GUEST: Your Majesty!
How splendid you look.
803
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:32,512
GUEST 2: Your Majesty,
it's so nice to see you.
804
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:35,116
The minister's to the right.
And your son is this way.
805
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:36,680
There.
806
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:38,520
GUEST 3:
Your Majesty!
807
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:40,672
GUEST 4:
Course nothing fitted me!
808
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,176
Had to go
through the whole wardrobe...
809
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:44,680
PANIN:
How do we look, Your Majesty?
810
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:48,736
CATHERINE: I think one of you
looks like a lesbian
811
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:50,240
but I'm not quite sure
which one.
812
00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:52,511
SHE LAUGHS
I'm looking for Potemkin.
813
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:57,589
Too much rouge on this side.
814
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:00,434
Engageantes are not quite right.
815
00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:14,394
I can't let her see me
like this.
816
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:16,280
COUNTESS:
Well...
817
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:19,912
I think your neckline may be
too low, but...
818
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:25,789
POTEMKIN SOBS
819
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:29,560
Like this.
820
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,470
- You poor thing.
- HE SIGHS
821
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:36,271
You really are in love with her,
aren't you?
822
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:41,360
FOOL:
I'm a woman, Auntie.
823
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:43,076
And I'm pregnant.
824
00:45:43,720 --> 00:45:45,040
How could that happen?
825
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:48,558
GRIGORY:
You should get rid of that fool.
826
00:45:49,720 --> 00:45:52,076
Whatever you're paying
for his jokes is too much.
827
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:54,834
FOOL: You can have my head
whenever you need it, Auntie.
828
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:57,034
FOOL:
I keep a spare head.
829
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,274
I kept this one
from my last job.
830
00:46:01,240 --> 00:46:02,435
Oh...
831
00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:06,839
Didn't she like your jokes,
you handsome bastard?
832
00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:08,596
FOOL MOANS
833
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,198
I am Victor Heinrich Emmanuel
834
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:21,839
the Landgrave
of Hesse Darmstadt
835
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:22,838
Your Majesty.
836
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:24,840
I hear you're looking for a wife
for Prince Paul...
837
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:26,719
I have three
attractive daughters.
838
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:27,800
CATHERINE:
Yes, very beautiful.
839
00:46:27,801 --> 00:46:29,917
- This is my wife...
- Very. Very beautiful.
840
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:33,510
Lieutenant Potemkin?
841
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:41,760
ALEXEI:
I should have killed him.
842
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:49,517
I'm not going to ask
who did this to you.
843
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:53,273
And let us not think
about revenge.
844
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:54,555
SPEAKER:
Ladies and gentlemen
845
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:56,296
if you would like to make
your way to the floor...
846
00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:58,835
- Yet. Come on.
- The dance is about to start.
847
00:46:59,920 --> 00:47:01,957
MUSICIANS PLAY
848
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:07,918
CATHERINE: You know, we will
do great things together.
849
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:09,549
And don't you worry.
850
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:11,554
You will have your day.
851
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:14,513
They will not go unpunished.
852
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:17,993
And you will blossom.
853
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:21,160
But not yet.
854
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:23,513
Because the Turks are preparing
for war.
855
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,512
We need men like you.
856
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:34,954
Now, let's celebrate
new beginnings.
857
00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:44,675
SHE LAUGHS
I want something Russian!
858
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:46,519
CATHERINE CLAPS
859
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:51,473
THEY PLAY RUSSIAN FOLK MUSIC
860
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:00,519
SHE LAUGHS
861
00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:06,632
GUESTS CHEER
61028
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