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[NO AUDIO]

[THEME MUSIC]

Love in Chains

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Katerina, you?

What are you doing here so late? And since when have you become a nun?

Please, I’m begging you, don’t say anything to Piotr Ivanovich.

Ask for whatever you want. He can’t know that I come here to see my son.

You have a kind heart.

- I’m begging you. Please! - Larisa…

Lev needs me so much. I’m begging you.

Please get up.

- I can’t live without him. - Calm down. Calm down.

Mr. Chervinskiy took their son away from her and won’t let her see him.

He promised to set dogs on her of he ever sees her around Lev Petrovich.

But why?

Get it into the carriage. Careful.

If you break anything, I’ll skin you alive.

Now, Madame Makarova…

Stop!

My salon is full of guests, Yevgeniy Antonovich.

Be so kind and carry your treasures through the back door.

Take it to the back door.

I’ve hold up to my end of the bargain. Now I expect you to do your part.

So, where do I look for Mr. Yablonevskiy?

Here.

What?

You will find him here, at the salon, tomorrow at noon.

I give you my word, Mr. Bezus.

I hope we won’t ever get back to these issues.

I won’t give you another chance, my dear Liubov Vasilyevna.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

He never even gave me a chance to explain.

I was trying to tell him that I had quit the theater,

that he and Lev are much more important to me, but…

Galia was there and so him yelling at me in rage.

That’s why I have to come here in secret, while he is away, so that no one saw me.

This is unthinkable.

It’s uncharacteristically cruel even for Piotr Ivanovich.

Doesn’t he realize that, by punishing you, he makes his own son suffer?

I’m so grateful to Galia for taking pity on us. If not for her…

I’m afraid we’ll get caught one day, and my master will not go easy on me.

On the other hand, why would I care?

Even if he decides to kick me out, I will manage.

What do you mean, kick you out?

Why does he behave as if he owned this place?

Don’t you know?

Piotr Ivanovich has got the estate back almost a month ago.

What?

By what right?

Hush.

Tikhon!

Galia!

Your master is here. Why nobody welcomes him home?

[SAD MUSIC]

He has been drinking a lot since he got here.

I don’t know if it’s because of his grief or something else.

If it were someone else, I’d think he was sad.

All right, you should both go. He is vicious like devil when he’s drunk.

I have come home. I’m not going anywhere

until I find out why Piotr Ivanovich owns Chervinka again.

Katerina Stepanovna, please come with me.

You shouldn’t talk to him while he is like this.

Spend the night at my house. I will tell you everything I know.

Tomorrow you will decide what you want to do. Please.

Panas will drive you. Come on, go.

Quick, quick, quick!

Let’s go.

Why doesn’t anybody listen to me? Galia, come here!

Piotr Ivanovich.

Come on, get up.

Go. Go away, you disgusting face! Go!

Did you call me, sir? I was putting Lev Petrovich to bed.

Lev, baby!

Lev Petrovich! Son… Son.

You and I, we don’t need anyone else, son. No one!

Just you and me. Hey!

Lev… Come on, quick. That’s it.

Lean on me.

- I’m uncomfortable. - Come on.

KIEV. BEZUS’S MANSION

[NO DIALOG]

Rogneda Vasilyevna, are you waiting for me like a perfect little wifey?

How adorable.

My God, what happened here?

- A robbery, perhaps. - A robbery? Tsk, tsk.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Why ruin the painting, though?

You are the detective here.

You find the person who will be able to answer this question.

What are you waiting for? Clean it up, quick!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Yevgeniy Antonovich, I’ve been meaning to ask you…

Do you hate me so much because I was unable to give you an heir?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Not at all, darling, not at all.

I don’t care about all this procreation nonsense.

Rather the opposite. It’s not about the children.

It’s about your goddamned arrogance.

Do you know why your dear father, God rest his soul,

gave his consent to our marriage?

It’s because no one else seemed prepared

to tolerate you till death do you part.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Throw it into the fireplace. It’s beyond saving.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

- We can go. - Godspeed. Go!

[NO DIALOG]

I think they are following us.

They are, Olga Platonovna.

It’s Mr. Zhadan himself.

All right. That’s splendid. Godspeed to all of us.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Are you sure they are going to her?

Do you have any other clues? Do you know where to find her?

Let’s follow her. They will lead us straight to her.

[NO DIALOG]

It fits perfectly.

And it suits you much better than the habit.

Thank you, Larisa Viktorovna. You are very kind to me.

Don’t mention it. It’s the least I can do to thank you.

That day when Lev was born, I didn’t even have a chance to thank you.

Are you still thinking about your husband?

Why did he go behind my back?

Selling the estate to Piotr Ivanovich without even telling me.

"He didn’t sell it; he gave it to him. As a gift, so to say."

It’s even worse.

Maybe he wanted to stop that flow of mud slinging at me in the newspapers.

But why hide it from me?

Would you have agreed to Piotr Ivanovich’s conditions?

I don’t think so.

I believe Andrey Andreyevich simply wanted to protect you

from this horrible slander.

My husband never told me who put him up to it,

but I know for a fact he didn’t come up with it by himself.

His desire to get Chervinka back took the better of him.

[FOLK MUSIC]

Thank you. Karp Karpovich.

- What do I owe you? - Eh?

- How much for this? - 85 kopecks.

Hello, Mr. Malevanny.

Pavlina Yosypivna, you came!

I’m patiently waiting for your decision.

Please don’t keep me in suspense. I barely sleep these days.

I have made my decision. I need some beef liver for pies.

You didn’t send me a pumpkin,

and you didn’t bring one with you today.

Does it mean that your answer is yes?

Why?

What makes you think that?

Maybe I didn’t have a good pumpkin at hand.

[FOLK MUSIC]

Is it true that you didn’t go to Vasylkov to propose?

Gospel truth!

Will you marry me?

Do you have to be so straightforward?

Young girls dream about marriage, sew and embroider clothes for their dowry.

I have almost lived through my life… alone.

I have stopped dreaming a while ago.

Pavlina Yosypivna.

I have feelings for you. True feelings.

The truest.

I also didn’t expect it to ever happen to me, but it did. So…

What am I supposed to do?

Tell them, “Go away, this isn’t a good time”?

It won’t listen to me anyway.

Well, Karp Karpovich…

My heart starts beating like crazy every time I hear your voice.

The thoughts get all confused in my head.

Karp Karpovich…

Don’t you think we deserve to be happy, Pavlina Yosypivna?

Do you want to live the rest of your life

regretting that you didn’t let me love you?

I don’t know, Karp Karpovich. Give me a little time, all right?

Also, some beef liver for the pies.

I will wait. I will wait for as long as I have to.

Beef liver.

- Yes. Come in. - Did you send for me?

I did. Did you have to drag Marichka’s client to the door

through the entire salon?

I told you that you should throw out the rowdy ones throw the back door.

To set an example for the others.

Girl get bloody noses and bruises every day.

He left her a decent tip.

You mean he can maim her if he pays for it?

Ivan.

Take a seat.

I was going to ask you…

Have you ever killed anyone?

I was at war, Liubov Vasilyevna. So yes.

And after the war?

Did I hate anyone so much that I wanted to kill them? Yes.

But I haven’t taken anyone’s life so far.

Why are you asking?

No reason. I was just curious.

All right, I’ll need you soon. Please don’t go anywhere.

Whatever you say.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

They didn’t stop in the town, except to change horses at the inn.

Andrey, you know where this road goes. They are going back to Kiev.

And, as far as I can tell, without Katerina Stepanovna.

They picked her up at the inn.

I was watching the carriage. No one got into it.

You didn’t look close enough.

[NO DIALOG]

Look at this road! Pothole after pothole.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Hey! Whoa! Go!

- Oh my. - Are you hurt, Olga Platonovna?

No, I’m all right.

Listen, are you out of your mind? You could have gotten hurt.

Out of the way!

- Move! - I’m not going to.

So I was right!

Stay away, Mr. Zhadan.

Andrey. There is no one there but a baby.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Let’s go. She isn’t here.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Go!

Thank you.

I should have done it back at the inn.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Pass me sour cream.

Isn’t father going to come to lunch?

He’s coming. There is a delivery of chicken.

- You’ll tell him after lunch. Got it? - Got it.

What is it you’re going to talk to Father about?

Nothing. We want him to swap rooms with us.

Ours is too small, and his is big with two rooms.

He doesn’t need such a big room just for himself.

Why the hell is that? Miron is the eldest.

If someone should move into Father’s room, it would be us.

You’ve been married for three years,

and God still hasn’t blessed you with children.

My whole family is fertile.

I’m sure I’ll get pregnant before the fall comes.

We can’t live with a baby in our tiny room.

First get pregnant and then start claiming rooms.

Miron and I will move into Father’s room.

Are you dividing up my house? I was still alive last time I checked.

Father, we love you very much.

We respect you, and we wish you a long life.

But in all fairness, Timofey and I need a bigger room

more than you or Miron and Dusia do.

If you need more room, I’m not holding anyone here by force.

You’re welcome to move out, build a house of your own,

and live happily ever after.

As for me, soon my single life will come to an end,

and I want to bring my new wife to my room

and not to whatever closet you see fit for me. Got it?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

You are such a slob, Lialia. How could you tear a thread on the flower?

Do you know how much this purse costs?

Hello.

Hello, Vania. Oksana, I’m sorry.

Honestly, you can’t even see it. Do you want me to mend it?

No, thank you. Not with your deft hands.

Come on, move it. You’re making me late.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Vera, no!

Wake up, darling. Baby, open your eyes.

[SAD MUSIC]

Hello, Mr. Yablonevskiy. I strongly advise you against running.

Believe me, I know all exits at this establishment.

My people are waiting for you at every one of them.

You shouldn’t have lied to me.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Such a curious little thing. It doesn’t suit you, though.

Did you take it as a keepsake?

Take it to Oksana’s room. I believe it’s hers.

Well, Mr. Yablonevskiy, or should I say Mr. Gnatkevich?

In any case, you are under arrest.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Thank you, Liubov Vasilyevna.

We don’t have much time.

Galia said Piotr Ivanovich would be back for lunch.

NEZHIN. CHERVINSKIY’S ESTATE

- Did you want to meet with someone? - Nobody can know that I am here.

Don’t worry about me, Larisa Viktorovna. Go to your son,

and I’ll just walk around for a while and wait for you in the carriage.

Valet Tikhon is my husband’s new butler.

All right. I know him.

Promise me you will keep out of his way.

Galia said he would betray his own mother to get on Piotr Ivanovich’s good side.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Piotr Ivanovich, I came to ask for Katerina’s hand.

It’s impossible.

Katerina is a bondmaid, in case you didn’t know. My bondmaid.

I have invested a lot of money in her.

Piotr Ivanovich, it’s not about money.

Stay out of this, Anna Lvovna. I’ll deal with my property myself.

She is an expensive toy. As expensive as a breeding horse.

You want to marry her? Why not? But you’ll have to buy her from me.

Ten thousand in golden ingots.

Sold! Lidia Ivanovna, congratulations. It’s a splendid purchase.

The girl is yours now.

Get out!

I’m not going anywhere. It’s my home!

Get out of here! If you ever come back,

I will set dogs on you or kill you with my own hands.

Ma’am, forgive my clumsiness. Don’t be angry of me.

It’s all right. Don’t worry.

Are you from Chervinka?

I saw you earlier at the estate.

They only bought me a month ago.

- Bought you? - Yes.

Are there serfs in Chervinka again?

Yes. The master bought me,

a blacksmith with his apprentices, and for other bondmen.

What kind of work do you do?

Anything they tell us.

Of course, no one would want to pay hired help when they can have bondmen.

At nights, I fan away smoke in his study if the master stays up working till late.

How did it happen?

I’m sorry, ma’am, I have a lot of work to do. I need to run.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Whoa, whoa!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

MADAME MAKAROVA’S MUSIC SALON

Good day. You wanted to see Madame Makarova.

It’s me. What can I do for you?

I know what kind of establishment is hiding behind the music salon front.

Let’s be sincere: you aren’t the only one who knows this secret.

Excuse me, you didn’t tell me your name.

I also know that people of high standing come to your establishment.

Darling, if you suspect your husband

and want to find out if he spends his nights here,

I will have to disappoint you.

Neither I, nor the girls, not anyone else

will give you any information about our customers, our guests. So…

I came…

to offer you my services.

You want a job?

Yes.

Please. This isn’t a good place for this conversation.

Please follow me.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Look at this lace! Is it Venetian?

I hope you’re satisfied.

Yes, absolutely.

But now I need you to lift your veil.

- I must see your face. - No.

My face will remain a secret both for you and the guests.

At least for the time being.

But I need to see the goods to establish the price.

You know that I will be your establishment’s major asset

and bait anyway.

You don’t have anyone like me and you never will.

All right. Never mind it.

What do you want to call yourself?

Mademoiselle Gautier.

All right, Mademoiselle Gautier, I will gladly present you to our guests.

- When do you want to start? - Tomorrow.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[NO DIALOG]

You’ve been quiet on our way here. What happened?

I wanted so much to come to Chervinka.

It felt like home, like my stronghold.

But today I realized that nothing good ever happened to me there.

I lived through so much pain in this house. House, not a home.

Many things feel different after some time, Katerina Stepanovna.

I remember how happy I was

when Piotr Ivanovich found this apartment for me.

It’s so close to the theater,

and I couldn’t imagine my life without the theater then.

Now I’m not even sure what play they are rehearsing.

Miss Mariya! Mariya, wait! Wait!

Why did you lie to me so shamelessly? You said I had talent.

Mariya?

Sister Katerina? You?

Katia. I was so stupid.

God, what happened?

Mr. Zadunayskiy.

“But, Othello, speak: Did you by indirect and forced courses

Subdue and poison this young maid's affections?

Or came it by request and such fair question As soul to soul affordeth?”

Oh, Larisa Viktorovna, I’m not in the mood for the classics.

I warned Mariya Yevgenyevna that she was far

from ready to meet the director.

But no! Why listen to someone with experience.

It seemed a fortunate opportunity. There was a rehearsal.

I did everything the way you taught me, Vladimir Olegovich,

and the director said that theater and I were incompatible.

You lied to me.

Larisa Viktorovna, my dear! You were sent to us by God.

Take Mariya as your apprentice. You can turn a log into an actress.

Vladimir Olegovich, all you can turn a log into is firewood.

Besides, I quit the theater, and I’m not going back even as a mentor.

My dear, now, now!

Believe me, one can be happy outside the theater.

Come with me, I’ll give you some tea.

You need to calm down, Mariya. Let’s go.

KIEV PRISON

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

A letter came from Kiev. Zhadan still lives there.

He is a renowned philanthropist and an outstanding citizen now…

Sit down.

Are you firm in your decision?

He has to die… from my hand.

Well… Than it’s time for you to get a new name.

They won’t be happy to see the runaway Gnatkevich in Kiev,

but they will be happy to receive

a Polish heir prince Yablonevskiy.

It’s easier to take revenge when you don’t raise suspicions.

I will write to the city council.

Stepan, and yet, please don’t close up your heart.

It doesn’t have to be filled with revenge alone.

You have no right to detain me here! I’m a citizen of the Habsburg Empire!

I demand a meeting with the consul. Hey!

[SAD MUSIC]

Don’t make your already complicated situation even worse.

There will be no meeting with the consul.

Why?

Because we aren’t sure that you have legal rights

to the title of prince Yablonevskiy, Mr. Gnatkevich.

So send a request to the Krakow city council, Mr. Bezus.

I’m sure they won’t make you wait for the answer long.

Who knows, who knows.

The bureaucracy can be very slow and unmanageable sometimes.

Courts in this country, on the other hand, act much faster.

It might happen so that you go to the jail much sooner

than the city council’s answer comes.

I think you will be sentenced to death, though.

What am I accused of?

Kidnapping and killing the wife of the renowned philanthropist,

first guild merchant Andrey Zhadan.

What? Is Katia dead?

Goodbye, Mr.… We’ll call you Yablonevskiy for now.

You will soon be called for an interrogation.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Welcome back, Andrey Andreyevich.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

I was late, Auntie. She wasn’t there. I was late again.

Don’t be harsh on yourself, Andrey. Mr. Bezus was here yesterday.

He has caught the Pole.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Hush.

It’s nice here, Zoriana, isn’t it? Hush.

[SAD MUSIC]

Are you settling in well? The room isn’t big, but…

Not at all, Olga Platonovna.

There is more than enough room for my daughter and I.

Thank you for giving us shelter.

Tell me how much I owe you for the lodging.

As I said, you don’t have to…

- I have to. - Besides…

I can’t do it any other way. I’ll go back to work immediately and…

try to do something with my life.

You… Just don’t worry, all right? Because everything will be all right.

This is Lucia. She will babysit Zoriana today.

Good morning, ma’am.

Good morning.

[LYRICAL MUSIC]

[NO DIALOG]

- Hi, guys. - Hi! Hi, Nazar.

Hello to you, too, Nazar.

Sir, I apologize for being absent for so long.

My daughter was very sick.

I had to bring her back from the dead, literally.

I will work day and night to make up for it.

It’s true, I know. Don’t be in a hurry to put the apron on.

I don’t have work for you.

What do you mean? I know the guys are overwhelmed with work.

I said there was no job for you.

There is for them, but you don’t come back.

Sir, I’m telling you I wasn’t drinking or something.

My daughter was ill. You know how I can work.

Yes, you were doing good. I haven’t had a better smith for a while.

You shouldn’t have crossed paths with powerful people.

I don’t want to have them as enemies.

So better go, Nazar. Get out of harm’s way.

Oh, I see.

Well, it is what it is.

I’ll go seek a place where people are judged fairly

and not according to orders of a moneybag.

Don’t hold your breath, my friend.

I don’t think anyone will hire a man who stands in Zhadan’s way.

You should have stayed out of other people’s business.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

CHERVINSKIY’S ESTATE

Galia!

Galia!

This way, quick.

Galia, serve me lunch!

Why are you yelling? Don’t you see that the child is asleep?

You aren’t my master to call me Galia and demand lunch.

What do you want me to call you?

Galina Romanovna.

- Now, be quick. Get out of here. - Easy, easy, Galina Romanovna.

You have no place at my kitchen. I will call you when the food is ready.

Come out.

You can spend another quarter of an hour with Lev Petrovich,

but after that - I’m sorry. I need to feed the valets and maids.

Thank you, Galia.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Hush, hush.

You’re up.

Hush, hush.

You see it for yourself. If we pay the debt,

we won’t have enough left even for rose attar.

So we’ll pay for it from our future profit.

Roman Petrovich, I’m not going to discuss it any further.

We need to pay out the loan immediately.

Maybe you could ask Mr. Zhadan for a respite.

I’m not going to ask this gentleman about anything.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Nazar Ivanovich.

I was at two smithies in Bessarabka.

They need smiths, but they won’t hire me.

I was in Podol, too. No luck there, either.

As soon as I say my name, they stop listening.

Roman Petrovich, go.

Alas, Zhadan is a very influential man.

Even people in high places are afraid of going against him.

I probably should go back to Chervinka.

There is nothing for me here.

There is no job, which means I can’t pay you for the room.

Olga Platonovna, will you let me and Zoriana stay till tomorrow?

Wait. Why rush?

We need to think about it.

Nazar Ivanovich, you know what?

You need a job? I have job for you here, at my factory.

What do you think I am going to do here?

You will be the manager.

Good evening, Piotr Ivanovich.

Yes, the best evening. Tell Galia to make me coffee.

You’ll bring it to my study. Call the new girl, too. Let her fan me.

Piotr Ivanovich?

What now?

Something is going on behind your back in this house.

I am sure you need to know about it.

Hello, Auntie Pavla.

- Nazar! - Would you be so kind to pack our stuff?

I’ll wait for you here. I don’t want to come inside.

Where have you been, you devil?

Where is the baby? Where is Katia?

It’s a long story.

[SAD MUSIC]

Look who is here.

Andrey told me all about your heroic deeds.

What do you want here?

Here, son. Take this.

Auntie Pavla, it looks like there is too much.

Orysia and I didn’t have so many things.

This one is yours, and this is mine.

Where are you going, Pavlina Yosypivna, at this time of night?

Shall I go, Auntie Pavla?

Go, son.

Did you know about all this indecency, about your nephew’s establishments?

Did you?

You helped him present Katia as a crazy woman

and lock her in the hospital, didn’t you?

The wife should stay out of her husband’s business.

Especially when she owes him everything. Her freedom, her life.

What are you saying? Do you think she is God?

He bought himself a wife,

so now he can do whatever he wants with her?

Everyone who lives in this house owes Andrey everything.

Everything in this house belongs to him, even these pies.

I am a free woman. Have been for a while.

I don’t owe anyone anything.

Goodbye. Sheesh!

Tikhon, how can you be such a heartless dolt?

Why did you tell the master about Mrs. Larisa?

All right, he kicked me out. But the child has lost his mother now.

And all that for you to suck up to the master.

I don’t give a damn about her. And you deserve this for being so haughty.

You can order your husband around if he likes to be henpecked.

I won’t have it!

Don’t talk about my family, do you hear?

Go on, pack your things.

The master said you should get out of here before he comes back.

Would you forgive him after everything he had done?

Katia, I love him. I love him in spite of everything.

How strange. I don’t expect anyone.

Katia, stay in the bedroom just in case.

Your failure to respect my decisions, Larisa Viktorovna,

compels me to post guards in Chervinka.

Piotr Ivanovich, I know you are angry.

You can punish me in any way you want, but have mercy on Lev.

He is so young, and he needs his mother.

Let me come sometimes in your absence. I shall not bother you.

Don’t you dare come close to my house or my son.

You don’t deserve him.

Now, now.

Don’t try to make me pity you with your tears.

Actresses’ tears aren’t worth much.

I’ll have you know that I threw Galia out.

She is banned from entering the estate.

Come again, and I’ll have you committed to the madhouse.

Is that clear?

Don’t be in a hurry, Piotr Ivanovich.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Katia?

What are you doing here?

Reclaiming my property.

What?

My husband lied to you.

I didn’t sign any documents. The deed isn’t valid.

My signature was forged. You don’t have any claim to Chervinka.

KIEV PRISON

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

What did you do to her, bastard? What did you do to her?

I don’t know what you’re talking about, Mr. Gnatkevich.

I am charged with murdering Katia. You know very well I didn’t kill her.

Oh, you mean this.

In this case you probably want to hear my offer.

Why don’t you control yourself?

Otherwise, these gentlemen will hold you until you and I finish the conversation.

[THEME MUSIC]