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Love in Chains

KIEV. ZHADAN’S HOUSE

Left? Wait, when did she leave?

Yesterday. I mean today. I mean, last night.

What for? Where?

- I sort of don’t know. - What do you mean you don’t know?

She had to leave an address for forwarding mail, for other needs.

- She should have, but, Miss… - Miss Rodzievich!

I heard the noise and immediately realized it was you.

Good evening, Irina Dorofeyevna. I need to see Katia at once.

She promised to come see me today, but she never showed up.

Demyan told you the truth.

Katia went on a trip last night with Andrey.

But I saw her yesterday, and she wasn’t going anywhere.

And last night she changed her mind.

She and Andrey had a long conversation before that.

Too many ordeals they had to get through after their wedding.

So they decided they needed some time alone,

far from envious strangers and bad thoughts,

to remember about their love.

When should we expect them back?

Who knows?

When they come back, I’ll tell them you asked about Katia,

I promise.

Goodbye.

You were right. She isn’t there, and neither is he.

Goddamn it, we shouldn’t have let her go home alone yesterday.

Home!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

She finally left.

I think she won’t come back for a week or two.

Are you trying to starve yourself?

I can’t make myself eat anything.

What have I done? What have I don’t to the woman I love?

Don’t say that! You didn’t kill her, after all.

Katia needs time to calm down, to think about everything, to accept it.

She could have done something irreparable in the heat of passion.

She saw you as a saint in some sense.

You married a woman whose soul is too pure for you, Andrey.

- She will never forgive me. - Of course she will.

Places like these have always existed, and they always will.

That’s how this world works.

But not for Katia.

You know, this girl needs to return to the real world from her fantasies.

After all, she was born in serfdom and has seen things.

So maybe not quickly, but she will accept it.

Maybe it’s to the best that Katia now knows everything.

A man and a wife should be on the same page!

Yes?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[NO DIALOG]

What makes you think she is in danger? Maybe they really made peace.

She is his wife, after all. No matter what he is, he loves her.

He loved Vera, too, as they say. It didn’t stop him from killing her.

The girl from the brothel swore it wasn’t Zhadan.

He called her there.

Has it ever occurred to you that Vera might know where she was going?

What did you say, Olga Platonovna?

Stefan Yanovich, I know how it sounded.

But you said it yourself, the note read “to solve the issue you’re interested in.”

It’s hard to believe, but she could have decided…

She couldn’t have.

Olga Platonovna, please never say anything like this again. Stop.

Wait, where are you going?

[NO DIALOG]

Go!

Goddamn it.

[NO DIALOG]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Easy, easy, Katerina Stepanovna.

- What are you doing? - You might hurt yourself.

You have no right! Do you hear? Let me go this minute!

What is it? What is it? No!

It’s just ether. You need to sleep, have some rest.

Easy, easy. Don’t be afraid.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Vera!

10 YEARS AGO. KIEV

[SAD MUSIC]

TO MRS. GNATKEVICH

“My dear Vera Maksimovna,

I’m glad to inform you that it is possible to solve your issue.

If you haven’t changed your mind, if your intentions remain the same,

be at noon at 17, Andreyevsky Decent,

the room with a butterfly on the door.

Yours, Andrey Zhadan.”

[SAD MUSIC]

No…

[SAD MUSIC]

My God! How horrible! The poor girl!

Is she one of yours, Liubov Semionovna? I don’t remember her.

She was only getting a feel of it. She hadn’t started yet.

It’s a lie! She couldn’t have! She couldn’t! No!

Stepan Georgiyevich, don’t be stubborn. You’re making it worse for yourself!

As I said, I have nothing to confess. I didn’t kill Vera.

Why is the investigation closed?

Why aren’t they looking for the real killer?

Don’t be a fool. Both the judge and the prosecutor feel for you.

They know what a noble man feels,

having found out that his wife decided to earn some money in this way. So…

[SAD MUSIC]

[NO DIALOG]

Andrey Andreyevich. What should I tell Irina Dorofeyevna?

Andrey Andreyevich!

[NO DIALOG]

Andrey Andreyevich, good evening.

How is she?

Katerina Stepanovna only briefly regained consciousness,

but it was enough for me to notice her extreme nervous excitement.

As I told you yesterday, in this cases complete rest is the best treatment.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

She will definitely sleep through the night.

You should go home, Andrey Andreyevich. I’ll be here.

You may go, Pavel Petrovich. I will stay with my wife.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Stop. We’re here.

Hold it!

I had been waiting for you all night. Couldn’t you send a boy with a message?

I offended you, and I wanted to apologize again.

They lied to you.

Zhadan isn’t traveling. I saw him with my own eyes.

I’m sorry I didn’t send a boy,

but it isn’t easy to find one in the middle of the night near Zhadan’s house.

Wait.

Do you believe that Katia is in there, and they don’t let her see anyone?

I don’t know.

But Zhadan left in a hurry in the middle of the night with no luggage,

and he hasn’t been back yet. Maybe he keeps Katia in some other place.

What do you suggest?

Nothing. Watch the house and the movements of its inhabitants,

especially Zhadan himself.

I hope you have free time.

Yes. I think they can do without me at the factory for one day.

Great. Get ready, then. I’ll soon come to relieve you.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Where are you going?

To the place where it all started.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

KIEV. ZHADAN’S HOSPITAL

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Katia. Katia, my dear.

- Why am I here? - Forgive me. Please forgive me.

Please, please!

I should have told you everything from the beginning.

I was just scared of losing you.

You tied me down here because you are scared!

I love you, love you more than my life. Tell me, what can I do to fix it?

Fix what, Andrey?

You’ve been living in this horrible lie for all these years!

Don’t touch me! Untie me immediately.

I can’t be with you, don’t you understand? I can’t turn a blind eye to all this.

You are my wife, and you always will be. I won’t let you go anywhere!

Good morning, Katerina Stepanovna. How do you feel?

I demand an explanation! On what grounds am I kept here?

You were brought here unconscious.

Andrey Andreyevich said you had a nervous breakdown.

You could harm yourself, so…

It’s a lie! I’m in sound mind and memory, Pavel Petrovich.

I found out about some unsavory facts regarding my husband’s business,

which he wants to hide from everybody.

That’s why he tied me down here!

Professor, can I talk to you for a minute?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

What can I do for you, sir?

- Where is the Butterfly Room? - Upstairs, where else?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

What do you want, good sir?

Hello, girls. Where can I find Mrs. Makarova?

I’m late already. Will you show him?

All right, goodbye.

Follow me. Madame must be at her office.

She stays here, under your care. Nobody can know about it.

You said it yourself: she needs rest after all these commotions.

Make sure she has it.

I’m a doctor. I swore an oath. You can’t make me…

I will, and you know it.

If, of course, your family still means something for you.

What?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Splendid.

Get some guards. I can’t stay here all the time.

Let them bring her food. She needs to get her strength back.

Of course I remember. I don’t go back on my words.

You say you would take any job.

Any job if it’s enough to keep me alive.

Well, I need someone to escort me to the bank,

the sewing shop, and other places.

Also, to carry letters to our important clients.

You will be free by three or four o’clock. I can pay you up to 1.5 rubles a week.

What do you say?

I can work here, too, as a bouncer or a doorman, if you need one.

Let’s see how you fare,

and then I might think about it.

Tell me… You said you used to work for a young lady.

- That’s right. - What did you do for her?

Escort her to a place like this one, on Esplanadnaya.

I couldn’t understand that. A noble woman making money like this?

It’s not that unusual. Noble women come to us, too.

Women sell what they have for sale, even if they look clean and dignified.

What about their noble families?

Have they never tried to rise grievances with you?

Remember, if a noble young lady ends up in a brothel,

it’s her family who are to blame.

All right, I’ll see you here tomorrow at nine.

If you come late or drunk, I’ll fire you at once.

- Yes, ma’am. Can I go now? - Go.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

He has been back for an hour,

but the carriage isn’t in the coach house yet.

Looks like he is going to go out again.

- Was he alone? - Yes.

And as far as I could see, he was in a foul mood.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Look at this.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

I would like to know why this gentleman is in such hurry.

Nazar, thank you for taking up the job. I will talk to the smithy master myself.

Don’t worry, you will get your pay.

Don’t worry about the money, Andrey Andreyevich.

I owe you a debt till my dying day.

Tell me, what do the doctors say? Is Katia really that bad?

No, but she needs a break from everyone, even those closest to her.

She is better off at the hospital right now.

Don’t let anyone in except for the doctor, and stay away from her yourself.

- I understand. I’ll do it. - Come in, Bogdan Yuryevich!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

What is so urgent?

The boy said you wanted me to come to your house at once.

- What is going on? - I want to get rid of the brothels, now.

All of them?

Each and every one of them.

[NO DIALOG]

Where is he going? And he looks suspiciously decent at that.

Olga Platonovna, did you accuse me of excessive suspiciousness?

Do you often see blacksmiths riding around in a nobleman’s coach?

You might be right. It’s too big an honor for this good man.

- We should follow him. - You go. I’ll stay here.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Go!

[No Dialog]

Mr. Professor, Mr. Zhadan sent me to you.

Right, right. Thank you for coming so fast.

I’m sorry, I have an urgent patient.

Follow me.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Professor.

Alas, my suspicions have confirmed. We’ll have to seal this wing.

Too bad, but what can we do? It’s too dangerous.

Make sure no one comes close to the ward.

Of course.

Professor, what a happy coincidence! I have been looking for you.

Miss Rodzievich! My regards. What can I do for you?

I’ve been admiring your brainchild for a year,

and now my financial situation finally allows me

to become a donor for the hospital.

So I want to see it all: the old, the new, the parts that aren’t functioning yet.

It’s my great pleasure, Olga Platonovna. Where would you like to start?

Why not that wing?

I’m afraid we can’t go there, my dear Olga Platonovna.

A cholera patient is isolated there.

Then show me anything you want me to see. I’m interested in everything.

Shall we?

Relieve her pain and illness of mine,

protect and ward disaster off your servant Katerina.

I call to your mercy and protection.

- Hello, Pavlina Yosypivna! - Oh my God.

Mr. Malevanny, how do you manage to always show up at the worst time?

As well as you manage to scare off your guests with your warm welcome.

Why did you ask me to come if you don’t want to see me?

Here. The rabbit and the herbs you asked for.

Goodbye.

Come on, wait.

Do you want tea?

I’ve baked pies with cabbage and apples.

You said you liked apples, so I thought maybe…

- Do you mean you baked these pies for me? - Well…

But I prefer liver pies.

- What? - But I love apple pies, too!

[SAD MUSIC]

Let’s hope Kalekut won’t deceive us

and will wait for us over the mountains with the supplies and weapons.

We need to get there first.

Prince, there are too many jailers.

They have guns, and believe me, they are good shots.

Maybe we shouldn’t rush it.

Two years in prison.

Two years I could have spent in my homeland.

Is this plan risky? Yes.

They stole fifteen years of my life, and I’m not going to give them another day.

You can stay if you want.

No, Prince.

I also have something to run to.

Let’s do it.

[SAD MUSIC]

KRAKOW. YABLONEVSKIY’S CASTLE

Why don’t you stay at home?

I’ll see you tonight.

My God! How horrible! The poor girl!

- Everything is clear. Take him away! - Let me go! Let me go!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

He hasn’t eaten?

Let him go, Prince.

This pain will kill him.

Let him have his vengeance.

He can kill his enemy, but it will not save him from himself.

[SAD MUSIC]

Are you crazy? Why did you take the prince outside?

Prince. Why are you doing this?

The doctor is coming. He will help you.

Don’t be angry, Stefan.

I asked Adil to bring me here.

I’m beyond any doctor’s help, and you know it.

Sit.

[SAD MUSIC]

It’s nice out here, isn’t it?

Yes.

When I asked you to delay your departure until I’m dead,

I actually hoped that time would tame your anger

and your craving for revenge,

that this house will become come to you.

I won’t change my mind.

Don’t ask me to.

Even for your sake, I can’t…

I won’t.

But revenge gives you nothing but bitterness.

Stefan, you can start over

before something irreversible has happened.

You can chose life.

Jan! Jan!

Jan, no! No! No!

[SAD MUSIC]

Jan?

[SAD MUSIC]

Your debt has been paid. The prince is in the better world now.

I must say I was starting to worry.

Olga Platonovna, you have been away for so long.

- Are you all right? - I’m very well.

I think I know where they keep Katia.

You are my only hope, Mother.

CHERNIGOV. MONASTERY

No one else can solve this trouble of ours.

Taking the monastic vows is a complicated decision.

You see, Kseniya, my stepdaughter, is very young.

I thought she would grow up to help me in everything,

but after her mother’s death she became possessed by a demon.

She is rude, she swears, she gets handsy.

What else will bring her back if not zealous prayer?

If you need any help, money or anything else the monastery needs,

just tell me.

Just help my girl to find her path to God.

Show her the way, teach her, guide her to the light.

You can do it.

I’m not omnipotent… but God is.

If He brought you to my doors, it means He wants me to take care of this.

[SAD MUSIC, CHURCH BELLS RINGING]

Kseniya.

Come out, don’t be scared.

Here you will find quiet

and peace of mind.

You sellout bitch! How much did this freak pay you?

[SAD MUSIC]

Leave this young woman to the care of our Lord and our prayers.

You are right. Nothing else will be able to save her soul from this dark prison.

Sister Agafya, sisters, give us a hand.

- Come on, my dear. - No! No!

No! I won’t stay here!

Goddamn you, you pious hypocrites!

My child.

Thank you, mother. God bless you. You are a saint.

God bless you.

[NO DIALOG]

So I won’t let any of the girls, brought here by their fate, get hurt.

Why are you suddenly so interested in my business?

I’m not interested in your business.

There is something else I want to know, Liubov Vasilyevna.

You seem a kind woman who has some notion of good and evil.

How come your fate brought you into this business?

Well, Ivan. It’s a story that would take many hours.

Maybe you will hear it one day.

The only thing I can tell you is that sometimes this place

can be more honest and peaceful than what’s outside its doors.

Matrona, come here. Where is she?

Take this.

Make sure you have some desserts with ice cream ready by tonight, got it?

We don’t have any new girls on offer,

so we should at least earn something on the treats.

Will do, ma’am.

Mr. Zhadan has been waiting at your office for half an hour.

He is very upset.

- He has asked for coffee twice already. - Go, go.

Liubov Vasilyevna, if you don’t need me anymore,

maybe I should be on my way.

You know, wolves live by their legs.

All right. Don’t come tomorrow. I’ll see you here on Saturday at nine.

[NO DIALOG]

That’s an interesting painting. I never noticed it before.

You never paid be unexpected visits in the middle of the day, either.

I’m sorry for making you wait. What brings you here, Andrey?

My word, Liuba, my word.

Remember, I promised you that you’d be the first to know

if I decide to get rid of this place.

Well, I have decided.

What? How?

Don’t you believe it is in my power to overcome these problems?

I’m selling all brothels and quitting this business.

You have two days to decide whether you want to stay here as the owner.

How much do you want for my salon?

Ten thousand, but it’s only for you.

If anyone else were to buy it, I’d ask for twice as much.

So think about it, Liuba. Think.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[NO DIALOG]

Auntie, stop it.

Please stop crying.

I wish they would let me at least take a peek at her.

You heard what the professor says. For her, joy can be as hurtful as grief.

They won’t anybody see her, even the family and friends.

I know, I know.

It’s hard for you, but imagine how hard it is for Andrey Andreyevich.

Don’t even start it.

He barely sleeps or eats. He will worry himself to death.

Doesn’t the doctor let him see her, either?

He doesn’t.

Oh God. My baby there, all alone!

She isn’t alone.

The professor is always with her during the day,

and in the night she sleeps, while I guard her door.

[NO DIALOG]

Katia, you need to eat.

Come on. I’m saying it as your doctor. You need your strength.

You are very convincing in pretending to care about me, Pavel Petrovich.

Didn’t my husband order you to starve me to death?

Believe me, Andrey Andreyevich doesn’t wish you ill.

Did he tell you that?

Do you really believe all this looks like a loving husband?

I have seen many different families in my lifetime,

and believe me, love sometimes takes weird forms.

Just recognize that he bought you,

like he always buys love, friendship, and respect.

I remember how he reminded you about some debt

when you refused to teach me.

How much do you owe him?

I’m just curious how much my freedom is worth.

A debt, Katerina Stepanovna, doesn’t always mean money.

Your husband saved my son from prison. My only son.

He got in with a bad crowd as a student. Big ideas, hot heads.

They were arrested while distributing pamphlets calling for a rebellion.

They brought charges against him.

The gendarmes were trying to pose him as the mastermind.

The trial would be quick and merciless.

They were talking about twenty-five years of prison.

Was Andrey able to change the court’s mind?

There wasn’t a trial, thanks to him.

My son’s name had miraculously disappear from the case files.

He was reinstated at the university, and now he is a doctor, like myself.

He is in Odessa working under Pirogov now.

He feels Dr. Pirogov is a more promising mentor

than his own father.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

You can’t come in there.

How dare you?

I’m professor Verkhovinets’s right hand, Dr. Solod.

I’m here on an urgent business that cannot wait.

I said you can’t come in.

Wait here. I’ll bring the professor.

I tried to say no to Mr. Zhadan

when I realized that not everything was how he made it look,

but he gave me to understand that the information about my son

had not disappeared without a trace,

and if I refused to do what he wanted, my son would suffer.

I see. So you preferred that I suffered.

Katia, please eat something.

By starving yourself, you can only harm yourself, can’t you?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Here.

Professor, Dr. Solod wants to see you. I think something is wrong.

In a minute.

Believe me, I take no pleasure in all this, believe me.

I would prefer to see you at the dressing ward

or assisting me at the operating room, not here.

I’m begging you to understand. It’s about my son!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Nazar.

Nazar, if it’s you, please say something. I’m begging you.

Yes, Katia, it’s me.

Nazar, dear, please help me. Please! Do you hear me?

Please open the door before he comes back.

Nazar, do you hear me, Nazar?

Katrusia, what would I save you from?

You are at the hospital.

The professor himself is taking care of you.

Nazar, don’t believe anyone, do you hear? I’m here against my will.

They are keeping me here on Andrey Andreyevich’s orders.

I’m not sick, do you hear me?

Nazar, please help me. Nazar.

No! Don’t come closer!

Now, now, my dear. Why get yourself in a state?

- Fearing some imaginary dangers. - Wait, wait.

Why do you believe them?! Are you on their side?

- Nazar! Nazar!! - You’ll have to hold her down.

- You’ll be better off here. - No! No! Help!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Now, now. It’s all right. It’s all right.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Our Lord, have mercy on Your servant Katerina.

Only You can assuage the sorrows of her soul.

Pavel Ignatyevich, you haven’t been here a while.

[MERRY MUSIC]

Is everything all right? Merci.

Ilya Semionovich! We’ve been waiting for you.

Welcome back, welcome back.

I’ll tell you a secret: we’ve been missing you.

The girls were desperate, especially Lialia.

Look how this girl was waiting for you! Look at her, Ilya Semionovich!

Looks like I really was absent for too long.

- Of course. - Thank you for the invitation.

Of course! Of course. Is everything all right?

Yevgeniy Antonovich! Come in, come in. Today we’ll have a wonderful evening.

Champagne for the councilor of state!

What a feast! Just like in the good old times!

[MERRY MUSIC]

Your excellence. Let us relive you of all sorrows.

No sad thoughts. Only joy here, with us. Double joy!

A minute of your attention!

A minute of your attention!

I think it’s time to remind Kiev

how much fun Madame Makarova’s salon can be.

Champagne for everyone on the house!

Music!

Let’s dance and have fun.

Let this evening be unforgettable for everyone.

More champagne!

Well…

Madame Volshynskaya proved a very thrifty manager.

Well, if we don’t have a better offer, let her buy it.

Andrey, please reconsider it.

You’re losing too much money by selling them in such hurry.

It’s unwise.

You aren’t the one to teach me what is wise and unwise in my business.

I told you to get rid of everything. Can’t you do even this simple job?

I’m sorry. You’re right.

We have bidders offering decent price for almost all the establishments.

I think we will be able to finish all this in one week.

Come in.

They brought this from the hospital. They said it was urgent.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Professor Verkhovinets cannot take care of Katia anymore.

He writes,

“I did everything the way you wanted,

but I can’t hold a healthy and miserable woman in this hospital any longer.

I will accept any decision you make,

but I trust your decency

and beg you not to ruin Anton’s life.”

I will have charges brought against his son tomorrow.

No need. I’ll take care of Verkhovinets myself.

Auntie, go to Boyarka at dawn

and make sure the summer house is ready for us.

I’ll bring Katia there by noon.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Here comes the professor.

Let’s go, Makar.

Makar, wake up. Wake up!

We’re going home. Finally we are going home. Go.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

I thought he was going to stay for the night.

Wait for me at the back door in five minutes.

Olga Platonovna, are you sure you can deal with the horses?

Do you always ask the same question three times in a row?

I have said it twice: yes, I know how to drive a carriage.

Take care of your part of the plan.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Mr. Professor, did you forget something?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Katia!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

You…

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[THEME MUSIC]