All language subtitles for The.Queen.Of.Spades.1949.1080p.BluRay.x265-RARBG_English

For heaven's sake,
don't play the queen of spades.

She's unlucky.

What does it matter?
They're all unlucky for me tonight.

But you can back any spade.

My win.

Your win.

My win.

Your win.

My win. Your win.

Mine.

- The unlucky card!
- What a fool to risk the queen.

You win.

Good night, andrei andreiovich.
Thank you.

- Oh, don't go, Petrov.
- Don't leave us.

I think I'll be getting to bed.

Have a glass of wine first.

- All my year's pay, gone.
- Oh, never mind.

You'll have another year's pay
in another year's time.

Petrov, I challenge you.

I challenge you to one more hand.

Fyodor, no, no. It's getting too late.

Gentlemen, let's drink.

There's food on the side tables.
Help yourselves.

I want to go on playing.
I don't care if I lose every kopek.

Who'll play for double stakes?

Sit down.
We'll have another hand later.

Don't interfere. Leave me alone.

Hey, why doesn't he play?
Yes, you, sir,

standing here every night
like a French spy watching us.

Haven't the engineers quarters
of their own?

Don't listen to him, Herman.
It's only the wine talking.

I want an answer to my question.

Stop it, fyodor!
Captain suvorin is here as my guest.

He has every right not to play
if he doesn't care to.

Well, I beg your pardon.

But tell me this, sir.

If you're so interested
as to come here night after night,

- why do you never touch a card?
- Tell us.

Yes, I've often wondered
how he can resist playing.

Are you trying to work out a system?

Play interests me very much.

But I cannot afford to risk the necessary

in the hopes of winning the...
Superfluous.

Mashenka!

I'll show them all one day.

Why does Herman suvorin
come here every night?

Yes, why? He never plays cards.

He's the sort of man who'd be afraid
to stake anything

unless he was sure of winning.

- Can anyone be sure of winning?
- No.

What was that you were telling us
about your grandmother, fyodor?

- The countess ranevskaya?
- She's a wonderful old woman.

Is it true she's over a hundred?

Are you speaking of
old countess ranevskaya?

- Why? Do you know her?
- No, but I soon shall.

My aunt is going to persuade her
to ask general volcholnikov

make me his aide-de-camp.

Oh, really?

My aunt swears she's the most
grotesque creature you ever saw,

with a high powdered wig
like they used to wear 50 years ago

and a crinoline to match.

I believe she's a witch.

- Nonsense.
- Why that's absolute rubbish.

But it is true that the countess
had the secret of how to win at cards.

It's true that on one occasion she won
an immense amount of money.

By selling her soul to the devil.

For a secret like that, I'd sell mine.

The secret of how to win at cards?

Get to bed, drunkard.

Yes, sir.

Shut the stove.

- Good night, sir.
- Get out.

Good night, your honor.

I... I'm sorry about fyodor pavlovitch's
behavior tonight.

- I... I came to apologize.
- Thank you.

You seemed less put out by it than I was.

Perhaps you prefer me
not to come to your card parties.

Oh, no, of course not.
Why should I? I mean...

It may embarrass you.

You see, I'm only a poor captain
in the engineers.

You're rich aristocrats.

Guard's officers.

Oh, now, I think
you're exaggerating things a bit.

You see, poor old fyodor was...
Well, he was well in his cups and...

Herman, why not come back?

- Don't you like listening to the gypsies?
- Gypsies.

Why not call them what they are?

Oh, don't be quite so hard on them.

What chance have they,
born in such circumstances?

You never blame anyone, do you?

No, not if I can help it.

I believe all human beings
are fundamentally good.

I'm convinced of it.

- Are you?
- Yes.

And I believe also that evil is a force,
a mighty force that is abroad in the world

to take possession of men's souls,
if they will allow it to.

I'm not interested in problems
of good and evil.

To me they're beside the point.

- Won't you come back, Herman?
- No.

But, aren't you fascinated
by that gypsy dancer, mashenka?

- Yes, I've seen her.
- But don't you agree?

I've told you.
I'm not interested in that sort of woman.

Then perhaps you'll come as my guest.

You're very kind, but no, thank you.

Look here, Herman,
I know we have to be careful about money.

But after all, we have been paid today,
and you needn't spend much.

I cannot afford to spend anything.

You're always too proud to accept anything
from anyone, aren't you?

Well, deuce take it, you're quite right.

Senseless to go back there.
I could do with some sleep.

- Good night.
- Good night.

So they've paid you at last, have they?

- Must be almost a year.
- Ten months.

Don't you want to keep
one of these things?

I've taken enough for my needs.

Well, I've never saved a kopek in my life.

I've spent it all
on food and drink and women.

So here I am, 54 and a wretched notary.

Vodka? But I'm content.

If I was to be put
under the ground tomorrow,

I wouldn't grumble.

I've had everything I want out of life.
God's been very good to me.

Everything a man could want.

Well, I haven't.

Oh, you've done very well.
You're a captain.

Yes. In engineers,

at my age.

Over here, no one can win promotion
unless he's rich,

or unless he has
some important and powerful relatives

to use their influence on his behalf.

Exceptional men are stifled
and never have the chance to succeed.

Look at France.

Napoleon Bonaparte,
he was a general at 26.

My advice to you is to be content,
as I am.

Take life as you find it.

I'd rather take it by the throat
and force it to give me what I want.

You've forgotten your receipt.

I deducted five rubles for my fee,
if that's agreeable.

As you wish.

This is a very rare book.

I wouldn't recommend it to everyone.

Tells of strange things that some say
are better left alone.

- How much is it?
- Three rubles.

That's a lot, I know.

But there are plenty of people
who believe in things

neither looked for nor heard of.

What mean these premonitions,
these hauntings, these apparitions,

these tales of horror and of far sight
in time and space?

Believe me, there are things to be seen
the eye has not seen

and things to be heard
the ear has not heard.

Who knows what you may learn from it.

Why, you might end up
by gaining a fortune

or losing your precious soul.

"Containing the true stories
of people who sold their souls

in return for wealth, power or influence.

Chapter iv:
The secret of the cards.

Countess r."

Countess ra nevskaya?

"In the year 1746"...

60 years ago...

"The count of St. germain
arrived in St. Petersburg.

He chose for his residence
a deserted palace

on the outskirts of the city,

and soon there were strange rumors

about the weird dwelling
and its mysterious occupant.

It was certainly true that
in the vaults of the palace,

he had a curious collection
of wax figures,

which, so it was whispered,

contained the souls
of those who had fallen

under his evil influence.

He would derive intense pleasure

from modeling the wax figures
of his intended victims,

each one of whom was chosen
with deliberate appreciation.

Thus the countess ranevskaya,

acknowledged the most
beautiful woman in Russia,

came to excite his attention.

He had learned that,
in spite of a jealous husband,

all the men of fashion
vied with each other for her favor."

Go now. Later.

Countess.

Who is it? What do you want?

I think you'll need my master's help.

I need no one's help.

You will, countess.
You will need it tomorrow.

Tomorrow?
Can he see into the future, then?

He can see a long way.

Who is he?

He's known as St. germain.

You will find him at the dolgoruky palace.

"When the last of the guests had left,

the countess went down
the secret stairway

to admit the young stranger
she had promised to meet.

She alone had the key to the hidden door.

But in the early hours of the morning..."

What are you doing?

Where's the money?

I beg you. I beseech you.

The money's not mine.

My husband will find out.

Do you wish to ruin me?

I have no wish but to save myself
from ruin, countess.

Give me the key.

Who are you, pray?

A common thief parading as a gentleman?

You should take more care, madame,
with your amorous escapades.

My husband.

- Anna, is anything the matter?
- Give me the key.

Anna! Why don't you answer me?

"She was haunted
by the fear of scandal.

The money belonged
to her husband's regiment.

Somehow she must replace it
without delay.

In her despair,

she remembered the strange message
from St. germain.

She had no alternative
but to answer the mysterious summons.

Nothing else could save her.

She would sell her soul, anything,

to save herself.

She went to the dolgoruky palace."

"St. germain gave her the secret
of the three winning cards.

In return, she made a solemn vow

that no one else would
ever know the secret."

Holy virgin, have mercy.

Have mercy on me.

"One hour later, she was
on the way to the gaming rooms."

Accept this pledge.

"She played the three cards
in succession.

She won a fortune.

But the horrors of her visit
to St. germain

left a Mark on her soul

for the rest of her life."

Please, sir, spare a kopek.

Please. Please, sir.

Spare a kopek. Please.

Please, sir, spare a kopek.

Please. Please.

Who owns that house?

Countess ranevskaya.

Not often she gives a ball.

Countess ranevskaya.

Is she still alive?

- Oh!
- Will you do me a favor?

- I like the army.
- Oh. That's very good for me.

What is it?

- Well, you see, it's...
- A secret of the heart.

Yes. Yes.

Do you know
the young woman in the house?

Lizaveta ivanovna?
Of course I know her.

This is her dress I've got here now.

Wants to make it look new, poor thing.
As if we could work miracles.

Is there a chance
of meeting lizaveta ivanovna?

I don't know. The old countess
never lets her out of sight.

It's “come here, do this, do that, “
all day long.

This coat of mine, vassilisa...

Look, the seam here. Could you?

Lizaveta!

Ana fyodorovna.

Why do you come
creeping into the room?

You're like the rest of them
in this house.

The sudden shock might bring on
a heart attack, you hope.

If you think me capable of
such wicked thoughts, Anna fyodorovna,

- would it not be better for me to go?
- Go?

And where could you go, pray?

Is that the gratitude
you give your benefactress

for taking you, a poor orphan,
into her care?

You cannot want me here
if you think I wish for your death.

Why are you dressed up like that, pray?

Whom are you intending to captivate?

The prince, my grandson,
was announced just now.

You said we were going for a drive,
Anna fyodorovna.

Drive? In this weather?

It's calm out.
There's not a breath of...

What's that you say?

It's calm out, and quite mild.

Nothing of the sort.
It's windy and bitterly cold.

- You don't wish to go, then?
- I should think not.

Sit down and read to me.

- But Anna fyodorovna...
- “But!" "But!" Always objections.

I was about to remind you
that prince fyodor is here.

Oh. Well...

Now, get the book.

What were we reading?

Don Juan, countess.
I think it's on the shelf here.

Love stories, love stories.

Always reading love stories.

What are you doing there?

No, not there, not there!

Close it!
Close it, I said! Close it!

How dare you!

You're a wicked, wicked girl.

I am sorry, Anna fyodorovna.

I had no idea there was anything there.
I'm...

Where is the key to that door?
Give it to me.

But I have no key, Anna fyodorovna!

You've been using that staircase
to admit lovers to your room!

- How can you say such...
- Lies and duplicity!

No one in this house speaks the truth,
not anyone.

You will see, lizaveta ivanovna.

We shall find the key missing.

There it is... after all.

Prince krikunin and prince narumov.

Quick! Give me my stick!

Give me my stick.

How do you do, grandmama?
Allow me to present my friend,

andrei andreiovich, prince narumov.

Be seated. And you too, fyodor.

No, no, no! No, no, no!

Oh, my poor little one.

Narumov. Narumov.

Yes. I remember your dear mother
quite well, Princess darya petrovna.

That was my grandmother, countess.

Your grandmother?

Oh, yes, yes, of course.

I was forgetting.

What have you been reading lately,
fyodor?

You must bring me some
of the latest French novels.

Not one where the heroine
drowns herself for love.

- Va rva rush ka.
- What is it, my little one.

Oh, there.
Tell old varvarushka all about it.

I know I oughtn't to mind anymore.

But she's so cruel,
varvarushka, darling.

Why should she be so cruel?

She's old.

She's near the grave,
and she hasn't found peace, poor soul.

I was so happy once.

A home,

my mother, my father.

So happy.

You will be again, poor lonely heart.

Will I? Sometimes I feel
I'll never leave this house.

I know. Little caged bird.

But you'll see. Be patient,
and someday soon, perhaps,

you will meet someone
who will love you very much,

and he will help you
to be free and happy again.

Where is that dog taking us?

This is not the way to the bird market.

It's the way we always come,
Anna fyodorovna.

Well, it looks quite different to me.

Oh, look! There's a carriage!

Lizaveta ivanovna? Orderly narumov.

I came with fyodor pavlovitch
the other day.

I hoped to be presented to you,
but you ran away.

Yes, of course. Prince narumov.

- May I accompany you?
- Yes, if you wish.

I have to buy some more little birds
for the countess's aviary.

Your honor.

Buy a nice fat duck, sir.
Oh, buy a duck, sir.

Oh, sir, buy a nice, fat duck.

Yes, your honor?

I hate to see caged birds.
How can one enjoy their singing?

If I ever come into a fortune,
I shall buy all little birds.

Every one of them.

And I shall set them free
and watch them fly away into the clouds.

Go and tell lizaveta ivanovna
to come at once!

- I cannot be kept waiting here all day.
- Yes, excellency.

- Will you be at the opera next week?
- Yes, indeed.

- Do you think I might see you there?
- Please do, if you wish.

Perhaps we might continue
our conversation.

Do you think, lizaveta ivanovna,

I might come to your box
with prince fyodor?

Oh, I do, yes, indeed I do.
Please excuse me now.

I daren't keep the countess waiting.

Come on, andrei, drink up.
What's the matter with you?

Oh, nothing at all.

You've got all the symptoms
of a man in love.

- Have I?
- Do I know her?

In a sense, yes.

Do you remember
your grandmother's young companion?

What, lizaveta ivanovna?
She's a pathetic little creature.

Is she?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I didn't know you knew her.

Where on earth
did you manage to see her?

I met her accidentally
one day in the bird market.

She was buying some canaries
for your grandmother.

My dear old fellow, you're not really
serious about this, are you?

Yes.

I've never been
more serious in my life.

Come on, have a drink.

Come in.

Oh, so you're in.

I wondered why you stopped
coming to our card parties.

Why not come tonight?

No, thank you. I'm not interested
in cards at the moment.

Oh, forget hard work for once.

Oh, I'm not working.
I'm... writing a love letter.

You, writing a love letter?

But you've never written one
in your life, have you?

Well, have you?

Well, not properly, no, but I know now
what it's like to be in love.

Then tell me, how would you compose
a letter of this sort?

I mean, what burning phrases
would you use, hmm?

I should say, "I love you to distraction.

Your dark eyes have driven away
my rest and peace.

Oh, if you could but love me."

I've got a letter for you.

- This can't be for me.
- But it is.

No, it couldn't be.
I don't know this person.

Herman suvorin?
I've never heard of him in my life.

Well, it's addressed to you.

No. There must be some mistake.

Of course it's for you.
You read it through properly and see.

Why have you torn it up
if it isn't for you?

- Oh, you must go now.
- What shall I say?

Haven't you got a message for him?

Tell him please not to write to me again.

"I love you to distraction.

Your dark eyes have driven away
my rest and peace."

"Your dark eyes have driven away
my rest and peace.

Lizaveta, if you could but love me."

To lizaveta ivanovna.

I revere you.

I esteem and admire you.

You are dearer to me
than language has the power of telling.

You are dearer to me...

Than language...

Has the power...

Of telling.

Don't clench my arm like that,
or I shall be black and blue.

That will do. That's enough.

No, don't fidget me, my dear.

I'm quite capable of walking by myself.

"I'll be waiting for you
at the entrance of the opera house."

Who's there? Who's this?

It is I, grandmama.
Pray don't disturb yourself.

I cannot endure people
creeping up behind me.

How are you, my dear boy?

Liza, make room for the prince.

No, please.
I can see well enough from here.

If you don't meet me tonight,
I shall kill myself,

and you will be responsible for my death.

Fyodor pavlovitch,
you're making fun of me.

- No, I assure you. You've made a conquest.
- Who is it, then?

A very charming friend of mine.

- Is he in the army?
- Yes.

The engineers?

No, he's in the horse guards with me.

Don't you recall the occasion
I brought him to the countess' house,

and we heard you crying
on the staircase?

Yes, of course, I...

Oh, so that's who it is.

But why the engineers,
lizaveta ivanovna?

Oh, no particular reason.

Come, now. You're blushing.

- I've discovered your little secret.
- Nothing of the sort.

- There's no secret at all.
- What are you whispering about?

The music, grandmama.

Well, pull up your chair.
You can't see from there.

I do not like that dress, lizaveta.

A girl of your age
should not expose herself like that.

Pray, do not wear it again.

Remember, you must make yourself as
agreeable as possible for the countess.

- Flatter her a little.
- What, aunt Katia?

Flatter. Flatter her a little.

Oh, yes, I see.
What sort of thing should I say?

Where are your wits, my dear boy?

What would you say to
some charming young girl?

I don't know, aunt Katia.

Pay her some compliments.
Be gay and amusing.

- Countess ra nevskaya.
- Yes.

I have my nephew with me.

He's the grandson of your old friend,
count dolbrinsky.

He's been plaguing me
to present him to you.

- Well, where is he?
- Nicky? Nicky?

Well, so you're dolbrinsky's grandson.

Yes.
Well, I should never have known it.

He was the handsomest man
in the imperial guard.

And I daresay he still is.

I didn't really know my grandpapa,
countess.

I can just remember a great,
fat man with a purple face

who was always hitting the servants
with his stick and making us all laugh.

Must be 15 years since he died,

but I can still remember
his coffin being carried out.

What is the boy saying?

Yes, it was most unfortunate.

Most unfortunate.

Why unfortunate, aunt Katia?
After all, he was nearly 80.

What else could you expect
at that age?

We shall be seeing you
at the ball tomorrow.

Young lout.

- Oh, andrei.
- Who's that?

Oh, now, make room

for prince narumov, my dear.

What's the matter with you tonight?

It's quite all right.
I can see quite well from here.

How hot it is in here.
Quite stifling.

- Are you feeling unwell?
- It's my head. I feel faint.

I think I'll sit in the foyer for a while.

Yes, of course. May I escort you?

No. It's only the heat.
I shall have recovered in a few moments.

- But I think that...
- No, I insist. I insist.

That probably accounts
for the young baron's interest.

He's reputed to be uncommonly fond of...

- Lizaveta.
- I can't meet you here.

- Where else can we meet?
- Someone is bound to see us.

I must speak to you.

They'll be looking for me.
I have only a moment.

Please.

Listen, lizaveta,
that was no idle threat in my letter.

If I cannot go on seeing you,
there is only one solution, death.

- Death?
- Yes, I'd rather die here at your feet

than live without you.

- Death is nothing to me.
- You frighten me when you talk like that.

Oh, then I'll be silent.
Only I beg, don't send away the man

to whom the sight of you
is all the consolation he has left.

I don't make
any demands upon you, but I must,

unless I carry out my threat,
have leave to see you.

When and where?
I can never leave the house alone.

Promotion? And how can you get promotion?

My coat. How can you get promotion

unless you win the favor
of some general, you stupid boy!

- I was only trying to be gay and amusing.
- Gay and amusing?

Ah! Don't talk to me about gay
and amusing.

You must get away from this life.

You must do as I say.

When do you go out
with the countess again?

Tomorrow night at the ball.

Tomorrow?
And what time do you return?

At 3:00.

I'll slip into the house
at midnight and wait.

Will there be any servants about?

No. They all retire to sleep,
awaiting our return.

Help me, lizaveta. Where can I wait?

Where can I conceal myself?

No. Please forget what I said.

- I must be out of my senses.
- Lizaveta!

- Please let me go now.
- I love you.

Do you believe me?

- Yes.
- Then do as I say

and tell me how to find
my way inside the house.

I think I'll go and see how she is,
fyodor. I feel uneasy.

You'll only anger her. Don't worry.
She'll be back before long.

I cross the hall and come
right to the servants' staircase.

Yes. The sewing room is at the top.
Wait for me there.

And the countess's bedchamber,
you say,

is on the first floor
beyond the drawing room?

Yes. Be quite sure you don't go that way.

I must go back now.

I'm frightened.
Please let us wait.

There's nothing to be frightened of.

And please put a candle
at your bedroom window.

If it isn't there,
I'll know something has gone wrong.

Where's captain suvorin?

His honor will be back in a minute,
your excellency.

Andrei!

What a surprise.

I want an explanation from you.

What are your relations
with lizaveta ivanovna leodovski?

Come now. No playacting, please.

I saw you together
at the opera house last night.

And since when do I have to explain
my actions to you?

What are your intentions
towards lizaveta ivanovna?

I insist on knowing!

Now, what's the reason
for this sudden outburst?

Just because you see me with a girl
in the foyer of the opera house?

You're planning a cold-blooded seduction.

Why else should you meet
lizaveta ivanovna so secretly?

Don't interfere with my plans, you...

Insolent young puppy.

I'm warning you, suvorin.

I shall hold you responsible
for any ii! That may befall her.

What is lizaveta doing?
Go and find out!

Oh, not both of you!
Oh, go away, go away, go away!

This is mother's girl!

Yes. Now, take care of angele
and see that she doesn't get near fomka.

Hmm? Where is fomka?

Where is the dog? Fedya!

I could be set on by thieves
at my own door, for all my servants care.

Styopka doesn't like the dog,
your excellency.

It's always growling at him.

See that he is brought up here instantly!

Lizaveta iva novna!

How much longer
am I to be kept waiting?

Have you taken leave
of your senses, Liza?

Don't stand there!
What have you been doing?

I'm sorry, Ana fyodorovna.

I forgot my reticule.

I wonder, do you think I might be excused
from coming to the ball?

Oh. What is it now?

Another of those swooning fits we were
treated to at the opera last night?

Yes, and what are
those flowers in your hair?

Modesty of demeanor
is all that is required of you.

Come now.

They've been waiting for me
at the ball this half hour.

Hurry up! Don't leave us here all night.

It's the countess.
I don't want to disturb her.

- General volcholnikov, countess.
- What's that?

General volcholnikov.

I know perfectly well who it is,
thank you.

There's no occasion to shout at me.

Well, general,
I trust you're enjoying good health.

Splendid! Splendid! And you?

- Excellent! Excellent!
- Capital!

- Prince narumov, countess.
- Hmm? Oh, narumov.

And how is my old friend,
your mother?

She's in excellent health, countess,
and sends you her regards.

Capital, capital.

I've come to beg the honor of a dance
with lizaveta ivanovna, countess.

That's unfortunate.

She's not in very good health.
She's not feeling well tonight.

Oh, yes, I am, countess.
Will you excuse me?

No, no. That's impossible.

I cannot be left
sitting here by myself.

I expect Princess ivashin
to join me later.

Perhaps then,
lizaveta will be well enough to dance.

Lizaveta ivanovna,
are you doing everything in your power

deliberately to try and provoke me?

All this evening, you've been complaining
of feeling ill and faint

and begging me to let you go home.

The next instant,
you're ready to dance about like a zany

with the first person
who chooses to ask you.

What are you so amused about?

- I knew it.
- You knew what?

- You wouldn't get to dance.
- Why?

You don't know my grandmother.

She hates being left alone.
She always gets her own way.

Yes, and she's the most exasperating...

She's an old woman,
and she's afraid of death.

She's got too much courage
to show it to anybody.

Lizaveta, is it cold in here?

- Cold?
- No, I don't think so.

Put my shawl around me.

I feel cold.

Fomka! Come back!

Ladies and gentlemen,

please take your partners
for the mazurka.

Lizaveta iva novna,

I must speak to you after the dance.

Yes, of course. What about?

It's most important.
It's about Herman suvorin.

- But, lizaveta!
- I don't wish to discuss it.

I know nothing of your relations
with suvorin.

Please, I beg you, do not trust him.
He's dangerous.

You presume too much on your
slight acquaintance with me, prince.

Please, Liza...

If anything should happen to you,

I'd never forgive myself
for failing to warn you.

I'm amazed that one officer should try to
defame another as you have done to me.

Good night, prince.

Vassili, are you there?
The countess is back.

Good night, countess.

Herman?

Now...

Now you'll sleep tonight.

You must go to bed.

I cannot sleep. I cannot sleep.

Good night, Ana fyodorovna.

God be with you. May the power
of the holy cross protect you.

Holy virgin,

have mercy on me.

Have mercy on me.

Holy virgin, have mercy on me.

Have mercy on me.

Holy virgin...

Don't cry out!

Don't be alarmed.
Please don't be alarmed.

I don't mean you any harm.

I've come to ask a favor of you.

That's all.

A favor.

It'll cost you nothing.

But to me,

it will bring happiness

for the rest of my life.

I want the secret of the cards.

That's all.

Come. What is it?

The three cards.

The names of the three cards.

Please.

Oh, it's no use pretending
you don't know anything about it.

I know you've been given the secret,
and I know who gave it to you.

Please.

Just think those three words aloud.

And I'll trouble you no more. I'll go.

What good is the secret to you?

For whom are you keeping it?

For your grandson?
He's rich enough.

What would another fortune
mean to him?

A wastrel and a spendthrift.
But I'm not a man of that sort.

I know the value of money.

I could do great things, I tell you.

Great things.

If only I had money.

For the love of god.

If you have any human feeling
in your breast, you can't refuse me.

I beg. I beseech you.

I know why you won't speak.

The secret is connected
with some terrible sin.

That's it, isn't it?
But I make a bargain with you.

Tell me your secret,
and I'll take your sin upon my soul.

Do you hear me? I mean it!
A bargain!

I'll take your sin upon my own soul!

Oh, speak!

Speak to me, you old fiend!

Or by god, I'll make you.

I'll ask for the last time.

Are you going to tell me
the secret of the cards,

or are you...

Herman.

Where have you been?

What is it?

Are you ill?

Herman, what has happened?

I've been to the countess's room.

Did she see you?

She's dead.

What did you say?

She's dead.

- But I must go to her.
- Do you want us to be discovered?

What are we going to do?

Herman...

What are we going to do?

If only you hadn't taken
the passage to the left.

I did it deliberately.

Deliberately?

She had a secret.

I wanted that secret.

- I don't understand.
- But she died...

And took the secret with her.

You wanted her secret?

That was the reason
for your rituals outside my window?

She... cheated me.

Your letters, your wonderful letters?

A fortune was within my grasp.

They were lies, then. All lies.

And she refused to speak.

Oh, what have I done?

Holy mother. What have I done?

She deserved... to die.

Murderer!

No.

No, I never meant to kill her.

The pistol is not loaded. Look.

Don't come near me.
Get out of here.

If you have any sense of decency,
spare me your sight.

But it's nearly dawn.
The servants will be up.

- How do I leave the house?
- I don't know.

There's a secret staircase
from the countess's room

that leads down to the street.

How do I find it?

The door is part of the bookcase.

Press the carving on the sixth shelf.

The key is on the dressing table.

Murderer?

The sixth bookshelf. The sixth...

"The dead shall give up
their secrets."

I am commanded...

To Grant your request.

Three, seven, ace.

I forgive you my death

on condition

that you marry

my ward,

lizaveta I vanovna.

Three.

Seven.

Ace.

Three.

Seven.

Ace.

The cards.

The secret.

To your health.

Now, would you just mind
signing that, please?

Thank you.

47,000 rubles. Well, there you are.
And that's quite a fortune. Yes.

And what about a little
something for myself, eh?

Oh, and I deserved it. Yeah.

Wasn't easy realizing all that money
on such short a notice.

What are you going to do with it?
Something foolish, I'll be bound.

I know you quiet ones
when you decide to break out.

Vodka and gypsy girls.

Here's luck.

I wish I were in your shoes.

Careful, now.

Good-bye, my little one.

My darling.

Think of old varvarushka sometimes.

Of course I shall think of you,
my darling.

We shall never see each other
in this life again.

May god bless and keep you and the power
of the holy cross protect you.

Good-bye. Good-bye.

Lizaveta.

Lizaveta iva novna.

I have something to tell you.

Please let me pass.

But it's of the utmost importance to you.

Why have you come back
to torment me like this?

Not to torment you, lizaveta.

I've come back to ask your forgiveness.

Forgive me, lizaveta.

For what you've done to me,
I forgive you.

But for the countess's death,
I can never forgive either you or myself.

Lizaveta...

I don't want to listen to you.
I'm going away.

No, you can't. You can't.

Lizaveta, listen to me.

Please, please listen to me.

I admit when I first saw you at the window
and made my plans,

you were nothing to me, a stranger.

My love was feigned.

But it all has changed now.

Don't you see, lizaveta?

I love you. Yes.

I love you.

And I'm asking you to be my wife.

No. You're nothing but a murderer to me.

Think of me what you like.
Only marry me.

Oh, I see.

You don't want to be the wife
of Herman suvorin

because I'm only a humble
captain in engineers.

Don't you make a mistake.
That will all be different tomorrow.

For tonight,

I shall come into a vast fortune.

I despise you.

You fool.

Stay as you are, then...

A paid companion, a drudge.

But you'll come crawling tomorrow,
I tell you, with all the rest of them,

all these people in St. Petersburg

begging for admission to my house.

And I'll let you crawl.

All of you.

And I'll remember my sufferings...

My humiliation...

And I'll stamp on you.

Liza, what's happened?
There, calm yourself.

Oh, he's mad. I'm sure he is.
Suvorin. Herman suvorin.

No, no. Stay with me!
Don't go, andrei!

Andrei! Andrei!

He's gone.

Liza.

Liza, you can't leave like this.

Let me take you to my parents' house.

I wish only for your happiness.
You know that.

I must tell you.
I cannot keep it to myself any longer.

He killed the countess.

He threatened her with a pistol,
and she died of fright.

It's my fault. I...

I'm sorry I wouldn't listen to...

Liza...

Liza, I'll take care of you if you let me.

- No, suvorin...
- Don't worry about him.

I promise you
he'll never trouble you again.

Oh, take care, andrei.

Please.

He's evil.

It was like
looking into the eyes of Satan.

Maroussia! Herman!

I'll make you pay for this,

prince narumov!

You may choose your weapons.

I shall.

- But I make one condition.
- Yes?

That you play a hand of faro
with me tonight.

- He wants to play.
- Well, that's a sporting offer.

Accept, accept, andrei andreiovich.

I accept.

I'll take the bank.

How much?

47,000 rubles.

But nobody here has ever staked
more than 250 rubles at a time.

You accept?

Oh, yes, yes. I accept.

But I must ask you
to put your money on the table.

47,000

I was not prepared to play
on such a scale tonight.

I must ask you to accept
my note of hand.

47,000 rubles.

Three.

Your win.

My win.

Your win.

My win.

Your win.

My win. Your...

Iwin.

Another one.

Very well. How much?

94,000

94,000 rubles.

Seven.

My win.

Your win.

My win.

Your win.

My win.

Your win.

Iwin.

And a last one?

188,000?

I accept.

188,000 rubles.

376,000.

Ace.

My win.

Your win.

My win.

Your win.

My win.

Your win.

My win.

Your win.

My win.

Your...

The ace wins.

Your queen has lost!

Three,

seven, ace.

Be content, as I am.

Take life as it comes.

I'd rather take it by the throat
and force it to give me what I want.

Three, seven, ace.

Your queen has lost!

Three, seven, ace.

Your queen has lost!

I shall come into a vast fortune.

Fortune, or lose your precious soul.

- I shall come into a vast fortune.
- Or lose your precious soul.

- Vast fortune.
- Or lose your precious soul.

- Vast fortune.
- Lose your precious soul.

Stop it!
Stop it, gentlemen! Stop!

Herman...

Three,

seven...

Ace.

Herman!

Come.

Three,

seven...

Queen?

Three,

seven...

Ace?

Three,

seven...