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Lord, forgive me.

God rest his soul.

Look!

He’s going to Nezhin to bring the gendarmes.

The stable is on fire! The horses! Horses are burning!

Nazar! You need to go. Do you hear?

Grisha! Grisha!

Now, now.

-Grig. -Calm down. It’s over.

I was so scared! Why did they do it, Grig?

Yakov, the bastard! He was robbing them blind.

So they ran out of patience.

Grig, I was so scared! For you, for us.

It was horrible. They are savages!

You’re exaggerating. Don’t.

What will happen to Yakov now?

I’ll revise all his accounts.

Revise them? You should throw him out!

Why would we need a manager like this?

It’s my decision.

What now?

Let all the landlords know: those who hurt their peasants will die.

They should remember people’s patience has its limits.

What do we do now?

We should leave.

Get ready. That whipmaster didn’t go to the city to visit his mother-in-law.

He’ll bring the gendarmes.

Take everything.

-Where are the leaflets? -Right here.

It’s me.

I’m alive.

Here, touch me.

Right. She’s alive.

Yes. She is.

Whom did the landlady bury, then?

Me.

Our Lord omnipotent and full of grace,

forgive your servant Zakhar for he does not know what he does

but is only an instrument of ill will.

Shut up!

Fill it in! What are you waiting for?

Our Lord and Savior, save the soul of Your servant Lidiya

for she does not know what she does.

God, forgive them, and Thy will be done.

Thank you.

Thank God, not me.

I’m not a murderer.

I beat people when they were at fault but not on a whim.

I don’t need this sin on my conscience.

And I won’t let the mistress lose her soul, either.

-Where will I go now? -Wherever you want.

I’ll fill in the grave the way it was.

You don’t exist anymore.

What are you waiting for? Go!

I see...

So, Zakhar died for nothing.

He was innocent.

He let you go.

What do you mean, he died?

Yes.

That’s how it started.

The people burned the mistress

and the house.

Alive?

Yes.

What a horrible fate. God save her soul.

And my father?

Where is he? You were together, weren’t you?

He followed the landlady into the house.

He wanted to kill her like he killed Zakhar.

I don’t know whether he caught up with her, but he died, too.

There is a riot in the village!

What? Where?

At the Shefer estate. They burned their mistress alive!

I see.

That’s really something.

You crook!

Let’s sit it out here. Nobody will come to the haunted mill.

-They’re scared of it. -No. Let’s leave. It’s spooky.

What are you afraid of?

It’s old women’s’ tales, about the miller

and that... what was her name?

It’s good for us that people never come here.

My husband died here. He shot himself.

I don’t know how he could do it.

He didn’t.

He was killed.

Why don’t you tell me the name of the hero

who was buried without his well-deserved awards because of you?

Bastard! You’ll let her go! You’ll confess to everything, or I’ll kill you!

Who was the other one? Did you see his face?

No. I didn’t.

So Aliosha was killed.

Suicides don’t shoot themselves twice.

I knew it.

I knew he couldn’t have done it.

Thank God.

All right. We’ll stay here till dawn and then go toward Poltava.

I’ll send you all to prison!

I’ll put you in irons.

Who started it?

Who is the arsonist?

Confess, you bastards! Repent!

We have nothing to confess, sir.

The fire started by itself.

It did!

You’re lying!

You’re lying! Who set the manor on fire?

-Nobody. -It caught fire by itself, I swear.

Why didn’t you save your mistress, then? Where is the steward?

We tried to save her, but we only got ourselves burned.

We didn’t do anything wrong, sir.

What’s this?

“Down with serfdom”?

It’s a riot!

I’ll put you all in irons and send you to Siberia.

Sir, it’s not their fault. It was all Stepan, the outsider.

-And the people who came with him. -Stepan who?

The hired help!

He killed Zakhar and was chasing the mistress.

The men who were with him set the manor on fire.

Our people didn’t do it.

Have we ever turned against our mistress?

See? And you’re saying it just caught fire.

Where is this Stepan?

He died in the fire, and his friends ran away.

Search the estate.

Don’t miss any shed. Look into every pit!

What are you waiting for? Go!

Search everywhere!

Good morning, Your Grace.

What’s good about it?

Shefer’s peasants mutinied against her

and burned her in her own house.

How horrible.

To put it mildly.

It’s mind-boggling! In our quiet Nezhin.

We need to take urgent measures to stop this from spreading.

I completely agree. What happened there?

Go there and find out. The gendarmes have already sealed the perimeter.

Me?

Yes, my friend. You.

It all started with that letter of yours.

Maybe nothing would have happened if not for your complaint.

The doctor said you should stay in bed for at least ten days.

I can’t stand it anymore.

I want to be back on my feet and take care of the household.

Taras isn’t with us anymore, and you can’t imagine

how quick everything can fall apart without a steward.

-Let’s hire a new one. -Easier said than done.

Ma’am, Taras Ivanovich is here for you.

Show him in.

What can I do for you?

Sofya Stanislavovna, good morning.

I heard you

haven’t found a new steward yet.

So I was going to ask you...

I’m ready to work for a smaller salary.

What, Lidiya Ivanovna doesn’t like you anymore?

-Don’t you know? -About what?

Here.

Put this on, or someone will recognize you.

Yes. Smear your face with mud, too.

You’re too pretty for a boy.

We need to go. Quick.

-Let’s go. -Just give me a minute.

We don’t have a minute. Let’s split.

Student, I’ll meet you near Nezhin at our spot.

All right.

Quick.

The gendarmes are here.

Go upstairs. Quick! Hurry!

Come on, quick!

What for? Come here.

The planks are rotten. They won’t hold us two.

They are here!

The dogs picked up the trace. One is running to the woods!

Follow him!

Look! It’s them.

Got you, bastard!

Where are the others?

-I’m alone. -You’re lying.

I’m alone.

There was three of you, or maybe more.

-Where are the rest? Tell me! -I’m telling you, they scattered.

What about you? Were you waiting for us?

-I stretched my leg. -Stretched your leg?

-So there is no one here, you say? -No one.

Of course there is no one. It’s all rotten.

Get up.

Let’s go.

Get out! How dare you come with such news when you know about my mother’s condition?

The poor woman.

-I didn’t know. I just wanted... -Go away now.

No. Taras, stay.

Mother.

It’s not your fault.

I’ll take you back.

As for your salary, I can’t make you an offer yet.

You can cut it in half.

All right.

-Now, your first commission. -Yes, of course.

Go to Lid...

to the Shefer estate and bring this girl,

Katia Verbitskaya.

Impossible.

Why is that?

She’s dead.

Sir!

Yes?

Did you come to our Katia?

What happened here? Where is Katia?

Katia is no more.

Our mistress killed her.

She ordered to bury her alive.

-That’s what he deserves. -He deserves it!

Go.

Tie this bastard. Tie him tight.

All right, Yakov Yuhymovych, now you’ll get what you deserve.

There is God in Heaven, after all.

Maybe the master just wants to scare him. Maybe he’ll let him go.

Let’s see how the master keeps his promises.

Do you remember this... Yakov Yuhymovych?

The master is coming!

Let’s see. We’ll sort it out.

Sir!

Please forgive me.

In the name of God

and all saints!

I’ll repent for whatever wrongs I’ve done.

Yes, you will.

I’ve been serving you all these years.

Untie him.

He’ll let the bastard go.

He’ll let the bastard go.

You bastard!

The thief! The viper!

Tie him to the stake. He’ll get his due.

So he’s just scaring him.

You bastards!

Beat him!

For your loyalty!

That’s right, sir!

For loyalty! For honesty! For loyalty! For honesty!

For loyalty! For honesty!

Yes! Beat him!

-More? -Yes!

Nazar! Are you here?

Let’s go. They are beating Yashka.

Nazar!

Oh God. What happened to you?

Let me...

Oh God.

I’ll be right back, Nazar.

For loyalty! For honesty!

My cane.

Good morning, Grigoriy Petrovich. I’m sorry for interrupting.

It’s okay. I’m punishing a thief.

Is something amiss?

Yes. There are riots in the region.

The rioters set the Shefer’s estate on fire.

I noticed the smell of smoke from that side last night.

I thought it was hay.

-It was an arson. -I hope Lidiya Ivanovna is all right.

Alas.

She was burned alive.

Darling! Don’t just stand here!

How are you? Pavlina, take her back inside.

-I hope the culprits were caught. -Only one of them. The rest escaped.

That’s why we are searching the area looking for suspects.

Order everyone to gather here.

They are all here.

It’s not every day that they see their master flogging the steward.

Search! If someone is burned, or their clothes are burned,

or they smell of smoke, bring them here.

The blacksmith isn’t here.

Nazar! Come on, run! They are looking for you.

Come on, Nazar. Oh my God.

The rioter! Arrest him.

What are you saying, sir? He’s not a rioter. It’s Nazar.

Shut up!

Look at the burns.

He was at the Shefer’s fire.

Come on, answer me. Where were you last night?

He was with me, sir.

Did you go to the Shefer estate, too?

No, sir. We were here.

You’re lying. He was burned in the fire.

No, he was burned here. I swear.

Have I ever deceived you, sir?

Stop crying, you fool.

Stand up and tell us what happened.

What can I explain?

We did it, Nazar

and I... We made love.

This is the first time I hear about burns from lovemaking.

Where were you... doing it?

Right here.

And then... Nazar started tickling me,

and I shoved him so hard that he fell on the hearth.

His shirt caught fire,

he started yelling and running in circles...

See how everything here is broken?

I just froze and didn’t know what to do.

You’re lying! Did someone see it?

Were there any witnesses?

What witnesses? We...

Nazar and I were alone.

I...

I saw everything.

What did you see?

Everything.

Be more specific. What did you see?

What were you doing here?

They didn’t invite you here, I suppose.

I was watching them. I was jealous, and I wanted to kill them both.

But now he is barely alive anyway.

To hell with them. Let them do what they want.

Is she telling the truth?

Was he burned here?

He was. He fell into the fire.

Lukyan...

You...

Thank you.

My poor children.

Katia, Aliosha...

What a horrible fate.

Poor kids.

People treated them cruelly.

Mother, don’t.

They are together now.

Yes.

In Heaven.

God rest their souls.

God rest the soul of your servant Katerina...

and forgive her sins of commission and omission.

Rest in peace, Katrusia.

Rest in peace.

God, why did You punish her so? Why?

KOSACH

Yes?

Grigoriy Petrovich, may I?

Othello? Come in.

I’m Lukyan, sir.

I know who you are. I put you there to count the sacks.

Did you bring the paper?

What’s wrong?

This...

This isn’t my hand.

See? This is my handwriting.

And here, see, figure two was added. I didn’t write that.

This Yakov!

The clever bastard.

He would have gotten away with it if not for the riot.

How could you be such a dimwit? He forged your report in your own pocket!

I don’t know.

All right. Off you go.

-Sir! -What now?

Let me go to the city for render.

Why can’t you stay here?

I can’t be where she is. I love her, but...

I understand.

Do you want me to marry her to you?

I’ll give an order to do it tomorrow.

-No. Not like this. -Like what, then?

She doesn’t love me.

Taking her by force... It’s not the godly way.

Whatever you want.

I can’t let you go, though.

I don’t have the right.

Why?

You should ask Natalya Aleksandrovna, not me. She is your mistress.

-Thank you, Grigoriy Petrovich. -Off you go.

You know that Shefer’s peasants were sent over the edge.

They answered atrocities with ones of their own.

Nonsense.

What happened to this girl is, of course, horrible.

But it’s no excuse for their actions.

It’s my duty to punish everybody involved.

The instigator was Katerina’s father, Stepan Zaduma.

He died in the fire along with Lidiya Ivanovna.

I don’t think any of the rest is dangerous.

They are just peasants who are horrified of what had happened.

You underestimate the danger.

It says he wasn’t alone.

His accomplices have escaped!

Some of Shefer’s bondmen are also on the run.

We need to find and punish them all.

You’re right, Yevgeny Prokofyevich.

But we need to fight the root of all evil, not just the consequences.

If not for Lidiya Ivanovna’s outrageous actions,

nothing would have happened.

You’re saying dangerous things, Nikolay Aleksandrovich!

We need to flog them, not argue with them.

They need to know their place.

Have mercy, Grigoriy Petrovich.

I was slandered! It’s all lies.

Have mercy on me. Grigoriy Petrovich!

You crook!

I saw the ledger with your double accounting with my own two eyes.

It means prison, not just flogging.

Please don’t do this!

I’ll give everything back.

What will you give me back? I found it all.

Took all the money from your hiding place.

So, you’re going to jail.

Father will be so surprised to find out that his loyal dog is in Siberia

when he comes back from Paris.

I’ll always be your true and loyal servant if you have mercy on me.

Panas, hi.

Let me help you.

Want some milk?

It’s still warm.

No, thanks. You...

Thank you for the food you brought us.

Did you like it? Was your brother happy? I’ll bring more.

Don’t.

It’s the masters’. Don’t.

I never took anything that didn’t belong to me, and I don’t want you to, either.

Whatever.

I wanted to make you happy.

If you don’t like it, though…

Don’t be mad at me.

I like everything you do.

Just don’t steal anymore.

It’s easier when you live a righteous life.

So, I’d send it to the market every week

and come back for the money the next week.

Here, Grigoriy Petrovich, I’ve told you everything.

So in fact the estate brings much more money

than you had let me know before.

All right.

I forgive you.

God bless you. I’ll pray for you.

I’ll leave quietly, so that nobody noticed you had let me go.

-Who said I let you go? -But...

You’ll keep working the way you always did.

I won’t find another steward as smart as you.

But you owe me now.

You’ll keep working for me as my slave until I decide that the debt is paid out.

A slightest failure or theft means prison for you.

This is enough for three life sentences, you crook.

So, do you accept?

-I accept. -Good.

Make sure you keep the people in check.

Sell those who were acting out here yesterday. Quietly.

All right. Go. They’ll be looking for you at the kitchen.

Panas, are you sending me away?

Don’t you like me?

Of course I do. I like you very much.

You’re my stars and moon.

But we don't need to do this before the wedding.

But...

you know I’m...

so...

I don’t care about it. Do you hear?

It’s bygones.

For me, you’re as pure as dew.

Everything will be right between us. The honest way. Do you hear?

Orysia, go inside.

The mistress is asking after you. Go!

You bastard, what have you done?

Don’t you realize she has disgraced herself forever?

What will her fate be now?

Did you need to get into that fire?

I was trying to save Uncle Stepan.

He went into the house after their mistress.

He killed her, but he died, too.

Stepan...

The free spirit.

Does Katria know?

Katria is no more.

Shefer killed her.

Buried her alive.

-What? -That’s why the people rebelled.

Oh...

God!

What a disaster!

Woe is me!

Close it.

Why are you wailing?

What happened?

The ill fate!

Calm down! Is it your mistress?

My poor girl! My God!

Katrusia!

-It’s all your fault! -My fault?

You allowed to sell her to Shefer, and she...

she buried her alive!

What happened? Stop wailing! Whom did she bury? Katia?

Alive!

What do you mean?

This goddamned Shefer woman!

They burned her in this life -

now let her rot in hell in the next one!

God...

Saddle a horse for me.

Poor, poor Liddy!

-My friend... -Grig!

Are you leaving? Where? Why?

I need to leave on a business.

What business, Grig? Grig?

Are you going to leave me here alone? Now, Grig?

Don’t worry. I’ll be back soon.

You aren’t alone. Pavlina is here, and so is Orysia.

No! No! Grig, don’t leave. Don’t abandon me!

I have to go. Please understand.

-Darling, don’t be a child. -Grig, please!

Please!

Ma’am.

I have a request for you.

Let me go to Kiev for render.

No! No!

We’re done.

Aunt Pavla!

Do you need something? Maybe a cup of tea?

Go!

Leave me alone.

Leave me!

Go away.

Go!

No!

No!