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[NO AUDIO]

[THEME MUSIC]

Love in Chains

KIEV. ZHADAN’S HOUSE

I believe you, Andrey.

I do. You loved her.

There is no ordeal worse than the death of a person you love.

Knowing that you are the one to blame makes your life hell.

I believe that you didn’t want it to end like this.

- Thank you. - I want it to end soon.

You are the only one who can do it.

You killed Vera, you destroyed her husband’s life,

and you must confess.

- Do you want me to go to jail? - It’s not for me to decide.

I don’t know what the law decides, but it can’t be any other way.

This secret will poison your life till the day you die. Mine, too.

I’ve told you everything. Isn’t it enough?

No. I can’t cover for you all my life, Andrey.

I can’t live with this secret. I just can’t.

You… demand the impossible.

Stop! You aren’t going anywhere!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Who are you?

Did the Andrey Zhadan I fell in love with even exist?

The honest, noble man with an open mind

and passionate desire to make this word better.

Or was it all fiction, a cover?

I told you there were things in your business I couldn’t put up with.

I’m out of this game.

Why the drama, Andrey Andreyevich? What happened?

Krutovskiy

killed himself the same night he signed that disastrous contract with you.

His note said he did it for the good of his family and their honest name.

I blackmailed with revealing the truth about his shameful inclination.

He made his choice. Don’t exaggerate your role in it.

Take this.

What is it?

Your share.

You wanted to buy manumissions for yourself and your family. Here.

This should be enough. If, of course, you stay with me.

Otherwise, I’m sorry but I will have

to deduct a compensation for my losses.

Your makeover cost quite a lot, as you can imagine.

If it carries on like this,

soon you will make quite a fortune for yourself.

You will be able to afford a lot of things if you want to.

Why did you have to ruin all this? Why couldn’t you just let us be happy?

Andrey, don’t you understand? You killed a person.

You took a woman’s life only because you couldn’t accept

that she doesn’t love you.

Ten years I’ve been cursing myself for it. Ten years!

Liuba, stop! Don’t you dare!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Liuba, consider it a warning!

- What is this noise? What is going on? - Thank God! Stop him! I’m begging you.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Lukerya is a baby-whisperer.

Two minutes, and the child is fast asleep.

Why are you here?

Is something bothering you?

I’ve been thinking about what you said.

[SAD MUSIC]

Olia…

I’m a former bondman. I’m not rich or educated.

I’m no match for you.

That’s for me to decide.

[SAD MUSIC]

Or have I imagined our love, while in truth…

No. Olia, don’t say that. What is between us is real.

Then we don’t need to care about anyone’s opinion.

We’ll get married as soon as the mourning is over.

[SAD MUSIC]

God, when is it going to end?

Calm down, Andrey. Girls, you, too.

Wait here a minute. I’ll make tea for everyone.

- Tea? - Of course.

You always offer tea or coffee when you have company.

Coffee isn’t good for you so late at night, but tea will be just right.

KIEV. BEZUS’S MANSION

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Madame, I think you don’t have reasons to be offended.

You got the most of it.

Thank you for these ten unforgettable years.

I hope you won’t miss me too much.

Andrey, she won’t tell anyone, and I will stay silent, I promise.

Don’t you want to live? Come on, tell him something!

I won’t tell anyone about Vera and everything else.

- Will you keep it secret? - Yes.

Andrey, let us leave. Please, Andrey.

I will not lay claims on the salon. Honestly.

Will you forgive me? We will start over, and you will accept me the way I am?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

You are a bad liar.

Here comes the tea. Bitter guilder.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Turn around.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Here. No need to wait for me.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

My dear, you are incredibly lucky. Do you want to make some money?

Irina Dorofeyevna, what are you doing? How can you?

- Auntie… - Shut up!

Do you want your business to be in ruins?

No! I won’t let it happen. I will not.

And I will not let you take another sin upon your soul.

You’ve committed enough of them,

but you have atoned for them a million times over.

Look at all those people you helped, all the good things you’ve done.

It’s all on me. Nobody will be able to accuse you.

Tomorrow, the entire Kiev will be sorry for your loss.

She came to meet with our Katia, and Katia offered her tea.

But, inexperienced hostess as she was,

she mixed up the jars and added rat poison instead of sugar.

They drank their tea and both passed away.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

There was nobody around to help them. Pavlina quit, and I was asleep.

Irina Dorofeyevna! Come to senses! What are you…

Zhadan!

[GUNSHOT]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Drink! Drink! Drink!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Mr. Bezus! Mr. Bezus!

What are you doing?

Tell her that I don’t regret anything.

Wait! Don’t!

A week later, there will be a new scandal,

and everyone will forget this thing about your wife…

Goodbye.

Oh my God!

Oh my God!

Someone help!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[NO DIALOG]

[KATIA SCREAMING]

[EERIE MUSIC]

Andrey!

Andrey!

No.

[KATIA SCREAMING]

[TRAGIC MUSIC]

[BACKGROUND DIALOG]

[SAD MUSIC]

Pack the books, too.

Yes, ma’am.

Pavlusia.

Did they let you in? Did you see her? How is she?

They did. She doesn’t say anything and averts her eyes,

as if there is no one around.

She accepted her winter clothes, but turned away from my pies.

She didn’t take your money, either.

I pity her.

Pity?

Irina almost took your life, and you pity her.

They didn’t even sentence her to death or jail, only ten years of exile.

She is a strong woman. She will survive.

She is all alone in this world now, Pavlusia.

She has no one left.

No one to live for. It’s worse than any jail.

That’s true.

She has nothing now.

All right, forget about her.

Have you decided what you are going to do with the house?

Yes. I’ll tell everyone today.

I’ll go to the hospital after lunch.

[BACKGROUND DIALOG]

[SAD MUSIC]

Lesia.

Lesia!

What is it?

Give me some vodka.

Father, that’s enough.

Bring it, I said.

Oh, Pavlina, Pavlina, Pavlina Yosypivna…

[SAD MUSIC]

What have you done to me?

I thought I would be happy in my old age,

and look what happened.

What is God punishing me for?

Where did I sin without noticing?

Father, please don’t kill me.

What are you talking about?

I didn’t do it on purpose. I didn’t.

I curse myself every day.

My memory is like a sieve.

It wasn’t Pavlina. It was my candle.

It all happened because of me.

Why did you go there in the middle of the night, you fool?

I wasn’t alone. We went with Dusia.

The valet said you came to tell me about something important.

What is it? What do I owe this visit?

Mrs. Bezus, yesterday a male body was washed ashore by the Dnieper.

Is it my husband, councilor of state Bezus?

The body had been in the water for too long.

Unfortunately, it’s unrecognizable.

But he was wearing a councilor of state’s uniform… and this.

[EERIE MUSIC]

Is this his ring? Do you recognize it?

Yes, it was my wedding present.

My condolences, Mrs. Bezus.

I have to go.

Wait.

Are his teeth all intact?

Excuse me?

He was so proud of his healthy teeth, that’s why I’m asking.

No, no, his teeth are all there, Rogneda Vasilyevna, intact and accounted for.

[EERIE MUSIC]

ODESSA

[WOMEN GIGGLING]

Hey, beauties! Take your glasses.

Come on, come on.

Yes, that’s right. Come on, come on.

Beauty!

To our meeting.

You are generous, my darling. Not many people in Odessa are like this.

I can see you are not a common man. Where are you from?

Kiev? Or maybe St. Petersburg?

No, baby, you’re wrong.

I’m a man without ranks or titles, free like a wind.

I’m the commonest man there is. I am saying goodbye to my homeland.

Tomorrow a ship will take me overseas.

I will not see this country again till my dying day.

Hey, waiter! More champagne and desserts.

Let’s have a lot of fun.

Let them remember Mr. Rastorguyev celebrating the start of his new life.

Come on!

[SAD MUSIC]

Make way!

KIEV

- Make way! - God bless you.

[SAD MUSIC]

All I need is to buy lace for the veil.

Lanka, buy some dry fruits. We’ll be back soon.

Yes, ma’am.

[SAD MUSIC]

Dry fruit, please. These and these.

Excuse me, can you tell me what this girl’s name is?

- My mistress? - Yes.

Miss Lutsenko, Kseniya.

She is to become Mrs. Litvinkovich soon, though.

She is getting married.

We came to Kiev to have her dress made and to buy some jewelry.

Thank you, God!

Oh Lord, I thank you for warding off the disaster.

She’s alive! God gracious, she’s alive.

Oh Lord, give her happiness, be kind to her.

Save and protect Your servant Kseniya.

She’s alive!

- What did he say? - He sealed his consent with a kiss.

KIEV. ZHADAN’S HOSPITAL

Olga Platonovna Viter - doesn’t it sound good?

Father will be happy that I’ll stop disgracing his name

and will start disgracing my husband’s.

Has your mother come visit you again?

No. Father forbade her talking to me.

I don’t know what I am supposed to do to make him realize

that he shouldn’t be ashamed of me.

Olia, you already have done something, and you keep doing it.

Thank you for accepting my proposal.

I’m so sorry I will not have a chance to see

you and Nazar happy faces at the altar.

Katia.

That’s very sad.

What are we supposed to do?

Hello, Katerina Stepanovna.

Thank you all for coming. Sit down, please.

I am sure you are worried about what is going to happen to this hospital.

As you all know, it was founded by Andrey Andreyevich Zhadan

and financed by him.

- Are you closing the hospital? - Just a minute, Professor Tishchenko.

Two days ago I sold the sugar factory,

the shares in the First Bank of Chernigov,

and two textile factories.

With the proceeds,

I founded St. Faith, Hope, Charity, and Sofia Philanthropic Society.

The mansion in Aleksandrovskaya, the money, and the hospital

come under the charge of this society.

The hospital will continue offering free medical aid,

and the mansion will host a shelter for orphans and women in trouble.

Will you be in charge of the society, making decisions about all our needs?

No.

Personal reasons force me to leave Kiev in the near future.

The most charitable and honest person I know

agreed to be in charge of the society.

Olga Platonovna, please.

Good day. My name is Olga Rodzievich, and I don’t know much about medicine,

but I know a lot about using money to benefit your cause.

The paintings, the daguerreotypes, the letters, the books,

my gowns, Yevgeniy Antonovich’s suits - burn them all.

The Verkhovskys will move in next week.

They’ll decide who stays at the house then.

I don’t want this house. I won’t stay here another minute.

By the way, Khristia, Madame Verkhovsky needs a maid

who knows her way with the furs, so you will definitely keep your job.

Thank you, ma’am.

Where are you going? Will you live in Yuryevka now?

No. I don’t belong in the country. I have a different plan.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Good day, Pavlina Yosypivna.

Good day to you, too, Karp Karpovich.

I know I don’t deserve you forgiveness but…

Pavlina Yosypivna.

Pavlina, dear, please forgive the old fool.

I said things I shouldn’t have in the heat of the moment.

I know it wasn’t your fault. The girls left that candle.

They confessed today.

That’s good. Better late than never.

Pavlina, I will beg you for forgiveness all my life.

I forgive you. Go.

Pavlina, do you have a heart? You can see I’m here to make up.

Do you need to torture me? I can beg on my knees if you want.

- Oh God. - Come back.

It’s not the same without you.

We’ll restore the shop. You will be the lady of the house.

You…

Get up! Karp Karpovich, get up. What if someone sees us?

I won’t change my mind. Don’t ask me to.

You said you forgave me.

I forgave you at once, on the next day.

As soon as I calmed down, I forgave you.

People say things when they are angry, especially after a devastating fire.

I understand. It was your entire life.

What is it, then?

Don’t you like me anymore?

I do.

But I don’t want to intrude on your family.

Warring with my daughters-in-law? No, thank you.

Besides, I am leaving the day after tomorrow.

Where to? Back to Chervinka?

No. Katrusia and I are going back to Zurich.

She has a dream, and she is like daughter to me.

She can’t make it without me.

I promised her I’d stay with her till the day I die.

She is the closest thing to family I ever had.

What about you and me?

Pavlusia, help me with the dustcovers in the parlor.

Good evening, Karp Karpovich.

Good evening, Mrs. Zhadan.

[SAD MUSIC]

Don’t think ill of me.

It wasn’t meant to happen.

And if I couldn’t find my happiness before,

there is no sense to try in my old age.

- Pavlina, dear… - Oh God. Can you just go?

Don’t reap my heart apart.

Go! I will not change my mind.

[SAD MUSIC]

Pavlusia…

Pavlusia, why are you treating him like this?

He loves you, Pavlusia. He does.

Will you change your mind?

I won’t.

This is the report for the faraway warehouse.

Everything is here, including the numbers. Here.

KIEV. RODZIEVICH’S PERFUME FACTORY

Nazar Ivanovich, I am so sorry. Have you told Olga Petrovna?

Roman Petrovich, why are you so sad?

- May I, Mr. Manager? - Yes, please.

I will go check the oils.

Olga Platonovna.

What’s wrong with her?

What is it you are supposed to tell me, Nazar Ivanovich?

I was going to tell you at home, but…

Olia, Olga Platonovna…

What is it? Tell me.

Here is the report.

Roman Petrovich will check today if everything is correct.

Olia, I quit.

I can’t do this anymore.

This is ridiculous.

I saw the paperwork. You are good at it.

The state of affairs at the factory - it’s all owing to you.

It’s your business. Your passion.

I know why you are trying to give me a job, but…

it isn’t right when a man depends on his wife.

I have to become someone and only then promise you a good life.

Do you mean you leave not only the factory?

Olia, come on.

You have to understand that I will become a burden to you in less than a year.

We can’t go out or entertain guests.

You make all decisions for both of us, because I’m not your equal.

I want to be someone.

Olia, I want to be the man of the house.

How can you do it? What about Zoriana?

If you allow me, I’d like to leave her with you for a couple days

until I find a place and a job.

Do you mean you’re leaving me? Like this?

I don’t want to be a millstone around your neck.

And I will not be.

[SAD MUSIC]

I’m sure this is enough to pay for his studies

and lodging at the monastery.

KIEV. MONASTERY OF THE CAVES

Also, for normal food, not the watery soup the nuns eat.

Yes, yes, this is more than enough. Yes.

The rest you will spend the purchasing and equipping a workshop

for him after he finishes his studies

and for paying him monthly stipend until the money runs out.

Whatever you say.

Believe me,

it will not be a problem for me to find out what every kopeck was spent on.

So don’t even think about taking half a kopeck from these money

for the needs of the monastery and the sisters.

This money belong to Mikhail Yarovoy.

The sisters don’t need what doesn’t belong to them.

But what do you want me to tell Misha about who his benefactor is?

Tell him his mother’s friend left the money for him on her request.

Let him be grateful to his mother.

She wanted the best for her till her very last moment.

[SAD MUSIC]

Katerina Stepanovna, hello. Demyan said I would find you here.

Hello, Stefan Yanovich.

Pavlusia, I’ll take it from here.

We need to close up the library and the nursery.

Katerina Stepanovna, I came to say thank you.

Is the trial over? Were you acquitted?

Yes,

considering all circumstances and, of course, your testimony.

However, governor general gave me to understand

that in the future I will be persona non grata in Kiev,

as well as the empire in general.

So I have two days to leave the city.

It’s the right decision.

I’m leaving, too.

I want to start over.

- Have you decided where you are going? - To Zurich.

My dream is the only thing I have left.

Katerina Stepanovna, allow me to accompany you.

No, Stefan Yanovich. It would be cruel and unfair on my part.

I have no right to promise you anything.

I can’t give you even a slim hope. Don’t ask from me what I am unable to give.

We should both go our separate ways.

Katerina Stepanovna, I just want to offer you my protection.

I know you are a strong and brave woman,

but being a woman in this world means being vulnerable

to gossip, to evil people.

The only way for me to repay for your kindness is my protection.

Stefan Yanovich, I’m grateful for this offer…

I swear I would never compromise you,

I would never put you in an awkward situation.

Everything will be the way you want it.

Let me be your protector.

[SAD MUSIC]

I want to be honest with you.

There is something you need to know about.

If you will not withdraw your proposal after I’ll tell you about it,

I will accept it.

MADAME MAKAROVA’S MUSIC SALON

Liudmila Golo…borodko.

It’s me.

The guests call me Lialia. I’m a bad singer but a passionate dancer.

Oksana Rukavishnikova.

Oksana?

Yes, I’m here.

[SAD MUSIC]

Hello.

Do I need to kiss your hand or is there no need for formalities?

- Are you drunk? - Me?

I’m sad.

I want you to be merry by tonight, or you are going back to the streets.

I will be.

Oksana’s fiance duped her.

She packed her bags and went to him the other day, but he wasn’t there.

He wasn’t at home or at the office

and he took back the down payment for the house.

And that was the last that was ever seen of him.

And where is this…

Mariya Krutko?

Marichka quit.

The bird is out of the cage. Phew, and she’s gone.

Her grandmother left her some money, and Marichka decided to quit our business.

She has 300 rubles now.

All right.

Everything here is going to change now.

This place will be the most fashionable, luxurious, refined,

and expensive brothel in Kiev.

No more Irkas and Marichkas,

no dog names like Zhuzhu and Kiki.

You have to become mysterious, unreachable, and intoxicating.

The more attractive you are, the more money you make.

If you can’t come up with a new image for yourselves,

if you stay dull and boring, I will kick you out.

Maybe she will really make this place beautiful.

Enjoy it, until your first deductions from salary.

I suspect we will start missing Liubov soon enough.

She had a reason to refuse to deal with Rogneda.

- Where is she now, our Madame? - Who knows…

Did you have to do it so abruptly, without warning?

A BOURGEOIS’ HOUSE ON THE OUTSKIRTS

She probably will say no. She has classes every day.

Your efforts have always been generously rewarded, weren’t they?

Good day, Mrs. Makarova.

Hello, Liza. Hello, my darling.

Liza, look at me. Liza.

I don’t know how you will take it. In a word, I’m leaving Kiev forever.

I want to start over in a different place.

You will not come to visit me anymore, will you?

- No. - Let me come with you.

I can do any chores, anything you ask me.

- When do we leave? - My God. Immediately.

There is nothing left here for us.

God, what joy! My darling…

Nina Petrovna, pack Liza’s belongings. We are leaving.

Where will we go, Liubov Vasilyevna?

You can call me Mother now, Liza.

There is no need to hide anymore.

No need.

My darling!

My darling.

[HAPPY MUSIC]

[NO DIALOG]

Olia. Everything is ready. I need to go.

Have you find someone to be with Zoriana? Lucia can stay with you for a while.

No. There is no need. I found a nanny right next door.

She will watch my daughter all day

while I am at work learning the new trade.

What trade is it?

Feldman’s jewelry shop.

He says I have talent.

God willing, I’ll start my own business.

Godspeed.

[SAD MUSIC]

Olia.

[SAD MUSIC]

It will be better this way. You know it.

You will be happy, you’ll see.

[SAD MUSIC]

Can I at least see Zoriana…

sometimes?

Of course. You are family now.

Well… goodbye.

[SAD MUSIC]

Demyan, maybe you will change your mind. We have room in the couch.

I would be glad to have a familiar face in the new place.

I can’t, Katerina Stepanovna. My mother in the village needs my help.

Don’t worry about me. I will be all right.

All this rush, all this running around! What is it? Where is the big trunk?

It’s already tied to the couch.

- Are you sure? - Yes.

If you forgot something, I will come back to box your ears.

Here, take this. Tie it thoroughly.

Bind it fast but carefully, so that it didn’t get crushed on the way.

All right, I will take this.

Come on, son.

[SAD MUSIC]

Katerina Stepanovna.

It’s a wonderful day to start a new life. Don’t you think so?

Yes.

I hope this time fate will be more benevolent to us all.

That’s all.

Well, Katrusia, shall we?

We can go.

What? Hey, turn around!

Good day, Pavlina Yosypivna.

Since when have you become a coachman, Karp Karpovich?

From this very minute, Pavlina Yosypivna.

Unlike you, I don’t believe in fate.

Fate, Pavlina Yosypivna, is something you build with your own hands!

I decided if you don’t come to me, I’ll come to you.

What about your house? Your store?

I left them to my children. They knew how to burn it down;

now let them figure out how to make it work again.

They seem happy.

They don’t need me there. I hope you will not send me away?

[HAPPY MUSIC]

Looks like someone got really lucky with a new life.

Yes. Let’s leave it to it. Will you keep me company?

Gladly.

[HOPEFUL MUSIC]

KRAKOW. YABLONEVSKIY’S CASTLE

Why are you drugging your feet? Move faster!

Come on, boys, hurry up.

Zosia.

When you finish with the tablecloths, start with the silver.

I want them to shine so that they could see it in Krakow.

Mr. Peter, is it true that the princess was pregnant when they had the wedding?

Did the prince know?

Stupid girl! You are here in the castle to work, not to spread rumors.

- Do you want me to tell Mrs. Pavlusia? - I’m sorry, Mr. Peter.

The entire district is going to have a party tonight.

The Yablonevskiy family is going to get an heir today!

Baby, just a bit more! Come on, come on!

Come on! Push!

Goddamn it, where did all the matches go?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[KATIA SCREAMING]

Thank God.

Cry, cry, baby.

Let everybody hear.

Go to your momma.

Come on, come to mommy.

Come on. Hold up the head.

[HAPPY MUSIC]

A daughter?

Your son needs a name, Mr. Yablonevskiy.

It’s a boy.

What are you going to call your child,

Stefan Yanovich?

Yanos.

Yanos Adam Mateus Yablonevskiy.

[THEME MUSIC]