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MARS MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT

AMEDIA

present

MARS-FILM production

The creators of this film did not seek

to reconstruct the events of the Mongol-Tatar Yoke epoch.

The plot and the heroes are the product of the authors' imagination.

ALEXANDER USTYUGOV RAMIL SABITOV

YULIA PERESILD SVETLANA KOLPAKOVA

SABINA AKHMETOVA SANJAR MADI

SERGEI PUSKEPALIS ARTUR IVANOV

ARUZHAN DJAZILBEKOVA DINA TASBULATOVA

KARINA ANDOLENKO ARTEM ALEXEEV

EVGENIA DMITRIEVA LARISSA DOMASKINA

SERGEI SOTSERDOTSKY BORIS KAMORZIN

WRITTEN BY OLGA LARIONOVA

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MORAD ABDEL-FATTAKH

MUSIC BY ZINOVIY ARVANITIDI

ART DIRECTORS - DAVID DADUNASHVILI YURY GRIGOROVICH

EDITED BY ELENA DENISEVICH DENIS LUZANOV, IGOR REPIN

SOUND BY OLGA SUBBOTINA VADIM RUDOBELETS

COSTUMES BY MARIA YURESCO

MAKE-UP BY ELENA ARSHINOVA ELENA MAMEDOVA

CASTING BY LIKA LEONIDZE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GALINA NAKHIMOVSKAYA

POST-PRODUCTION BY ALENA KORNEEVA

LINE PRODUCERS - VAZGEN KHACHATRYAN ALEXANDER MARTYNOV

PRODUCER ARAM MOVSESYAN

PRODUCER ELENA DENISEVICH

GENERAL PRODUCERS RUBEN DISHDISHYAN

LEONARD BLAVATNIK NELLI YARALOVA

a film by TIMUR ALPATOV

THE GOLDEN HORDE

Episode Five

Where have you been?

I'm sorry, milady.

Khan Mengu's envoys are said to be here soon.

And they'll bring thousands of people.

Bakhar-agha and attendants are in a frenzy.

Nobody expected them so soon.

It's as if they flew here.

Allah forbid Berke will order to delay the girl's execution

on account of his nephew's arrival.

A servant girl heard the mullah

ordering an attendant to prepare Aizhan for death.

It means I'll become the favorite wife again.

She's my last hope.

The girl committed a terrible sin.

That's why she must be executed.

Great Khan, Karagay-khatun wants to see you.

Let her in.

Speak.

Great Khan, Aizhan is a virgin.

When the mullah finishes his prayer,

the executioner takes up his sword. Don't meet anyone's eyes.

Don't dare turning to look at the executioner.

Moon-faced Aizhan,

the Great Khan asks you to accept these gifts

and prepare for your wedding.

He has ordered to prepare for the wedding.

She'll become his wife...

His wife!

Get out.

Sit down.

When Berke brought you, young and beautiful,

to the headquarters,

I wanted to howl like a wolf.

And to go for your throat.

You were calm when you gave me your wedding gift.

Because I realized

that unless I became like a rock,

I wouldn't be able to live.

We have no choice, Kekhar.

Go, prepare a wedding gift to the new wife of the Khan.

Kekhar-khatun asks to see the Great Khan

I didn't sent for her nor I wish to see her.

What is it with you, Kekhar?

Have your lost your mind?

I'll take everything from this hand,

both kindness and pain.

Kill me, Khan!

Kill me before you call her your wife!

You have lost your mind.

Go away.

And remember - your time is over.

Now she's my favorite.

What about me?

Am I your favorite?

She's the only one.

Just remember:

even if you shower her with gold,

she's going to hate you forever.

And no one,

no one will love you but your faithful Kekhar.

Good morning, Prince.

I was told that Hulagu, Ilkhan's envoy, is a guest of this house.

What is the reason for his visit?

He has asked for our assistance if they war against the Mongols.

Great Prince, we've been talking about Nargiz and Eremei.

We must wed them immediately, before the rumors start.

If they decry the girl, we'll never find a husband for her.

Why do you care for Nargiz so much?

She saved our son.

I think you too wish her well.

Tell me as a woman,

is our Eremei truly such a blessing for a young woman?

Any boyar daughter

would gladly marry the voevode of the Prince's army.

Perhaps, the Great Prince regards her higher that our best brides?

If you mean those sluggards who gaze out of the window

all day long, then Nargiz is better than all of them.

Did you hear what he said about that wench?

She is better than boyar daughters!

Fine...

We'll baptize her

and she'll be wed tomorrow.

He should baptize her himself.

Why such honor for a lowly girl?

The Great Prince for Godfather!

That means protection, precious gifts, and esteem!

Forget about gifts, I don't care for them.

But it also means that he'll never, never lie with her.

He won't lie with her because he has a wife! A lawful one!

It seems to me that since the Tatar girl has come to our house,

the Prince feels single again.

While I was pregnant with Daniil, he never left my side.

He visited to me up to the delivery even though midwives shooed him.

What am I saying...

I need to talk to the Prince about the baptism.

Don't even think about it, Mother!

Go to Filaret and talk to him about it.

Let him stir the Prince to the right path

and offer to baptize the girl while he's at it.

My clever girl! What would I do without you, Stesha dear.

I'm going to Father Filaret.

Did you run your mouth off to the Prince?

I told him I'm a virgin. But he didn't believe me.

You silly girl! At it again!

There's no getting it into your head!

- He came to me! - Fat chance!

Run to Eremei! Beg on your knees to take you away from here tomorrow!

I won't go anywhere!

Then your days are numbered.

You'll be ruined, girl.

The Prince will ruin you himself

when he realizes you lead him to sin.

They order to pour mead and beer. The Princes are returning from the hunt.

I'll go with you.

Stay, Marfa Nikitichna.

Come here, dear. Don't be scared.

Come, he won't bite you.

All this is for you. If you agree to marry me.

I'll care for you; nothing will be denied to you.

I'll protect and support you.

The Prince gave us his supreme blessing.

Nargiz!

Go after her, Eremei!

You'll convince her.

He doesn't want you.

No one wants you here but me.

I know you don't love me.

I'll make it that you will.

I promise not to touch you until you want me to.

I want you to tell the Prince that I'm a virgin.

Do you think he'll send the Princess to a convent

and marry you, a Tatar, a lowly kinless girl?

Do tell him!

If he rejects me again,

I'll be yours.

Alright, I'll tell him.

It's good you seldom hunt with us, Father.

You get all the game. We're left with nothing to do.

That why I took you hunting with me since you were little.

Do you remember how we went to the wenches?

You forbade me to tell who you were.

My tongue itched to do that.

Such ancient times you recall.

Not that ancient.

Radmila was near her delivery then.

- Tell them I'll butcher the boar myself. - Yes, Prince.

When I saw newly born Daniil,

I instantly lost my desire to sin.

As if God looked down from heaven at me.

When will you mend your ways, Vladimir?

Your bride is waiting for you in the Byzantine Empire.

It's a short work to gather the envoy. I'll marry you off myself!

No, Father. I'll knock about some more.

You marry off Uncle Boris!

He's a free bird now.

Boris has a wife.

Ustinia. And there will be no other woman till his dying days.

Yegor!

Bring the ax, let's butcher the boar.

If Eremei was at the steam bath, did he see that madman?

If he did, he wouldn't say.

I've been told just now Eremei has been seen with Nargiz.

The girl was wearing an expensive caftan.

That's good.

I spoke to the metropolitan.

God bless, Father Filaret taught me some good sense.

Told me to pray to St. Fevronia and show no displeasure to my husband.

Did he promise to talk to the Prince? About the baptism?

He'll arrange everything.

You are a groom.

I want to confess, Prince.

Speak.

The other day I said

it was true that Nargiz and I...

That we...

Nothing happened between us, Prince. I didn't touch her.

Did she ask you to tell me that?

She did.

She said that if after that

you'd be willing to marry her off to me, she'd agree.

Tell her to prepare for the wedding.

Unless you've changed your mind, of course.

Go.

Eremei!

Don't lie to me again.

Especially over such a trifle as a woman.

We've arrived, Milady.

Greetings, Great Khan.

I fulfilled your order.

You came sooner than we expected.

I brought new people.

For the most of them we've set a camp in the valley.

You look tired, Mengu-Timur.

Rest. We'll talk later.

Let's do this:

go to the Khan and tell him the Russian team won't work

unless they're allowed to meet the envoys.

The Khan will be furious.

We don't care.

Alright.

Igor! Neighbor!

- Trishka, you're alive! - How's my Mom?

- Fine, praise God! - How's Katya?

She's married now.

Is there anyone from Suzdal?

Is there anyone from Suzdal?

- Ivan? - Hush, hush.

- Semyonych, do you hear? - I do.

That's him.

Go!

My son could not disobey the Great Khan's order.

You would tell me yourself:

if I want to be a Khan someday,

I have to learn to make daring decisions.

Soon you'll understand it has been the right move.

The right move?

To anger the Great Khan? To lose his trust?

Prince Yaroslav wants to unite all the separated Russian lands.

If he manages that, he'll become the ruler of a large and strong country.

I'd like to have such ally.

Yaroslav's days are numbered.

Soon he'll come to the Horde to get a new yarlyk.

And he won't keep his throne for certain.

Go, Mengu-Timur.

I can't look at the man who has disgraced our family.

Milady...

- What do you want? - We need your decision.

Among others Khan Mengu brought a Princess,

the Great Prince's daughter-in-law.

She demands a separate marquee and servants.

Undress! You'll be washed and changed. Hurry up!

I won't.

Obey, dear. Don't harm yourself.

Did you hear what I said?

What is that thing you can do

that has clouded my son's mind so much?

This is Princess Ustinia, the Great Prince's daughter-in-law.

All sorts of titled women have been here.

And none of them was squeamish about the shared baths.

Do you know why?

Because here in the Horde your title means nothing.

You're just a slave.

And a good slave must be obedient.

If you are, you might survive here.

My lady!

Send the servant to the kitchen to wash pots.

Undress this one and wash!

Where is the Godfather?

The Prince should be here by now.

The Prince said to start without him.

He refuses to come.

If he isn't ready, we'll wait.

If the bride isn't baptized,

there'll be no wedding.

I'll talk to the Prince.

The Prince won't be her Godfather.

Father, we'll do everything ourselves.

And the Prince himself will be her Godfather.

He won't.

Mother, she's feeble-minded! She doesn't know what she's saying!

I won't be your wife.

Yaroslav, the Tatar girl has refused to be baptized.

She said she wouldn't do it until the Prince comes.

Really?

I know it's an honor much above her station

but Eremei implores you to be her Godfather.

Will you hurt your voevode with a refusal?

Why is there such a rush with the baptism?

- Are demons dragging her to hell? - But everything has been arranged!

Has the Great Khan called for me?

Nogai's people counted the warriors

you brought from Vladimir.

There are only 10,000.

And I ordered you to bring 40,000.

Oh Great One! The Russian army is depleted.

People are ready to riot. And they would've.

You were far away.

I had to make the decision myself. I thought that

on the verge of war with Hulagu we didn't need that bloody riot.

I've earned your anger.

If you order to execute me,

I'll accept it without complaint.

I forbid Khan Mengu to leave the headquarters

until my special order.

His troops go under your command for now, Nogai.

Take him away.

Go, Nogai. You've got a lot to do.

Yes, Great Khan.

You are not allowed to leave the camp.

You'll be given arms.

If you lose or damage them, you'll be punished severely.

You'll be divided in tens.

You'll stake your lives on each other.

If one flees, his entire ten will be executed.

Now the people I choose

are going to step forward and line up over there!

These people will learn the military arts and get a horse.

The rest will go to the train and chores.

You...

You...

You...

Some people came with servants and grooms.

From now on all the servants are shared.

You...

What is that?

They took the servants from their masters.

What will happen now?

You'd better think of your own hide.

Your master went to the troops.

And you might be fed to the dogs.

Get up!

Choose!

I need men for building a mosque.

Which of you can work stone or wood?

Take me! I can mix mortar.

And paint...

People say I'm rather good.

No. Artists are in my line.

Let's see what you can do, boy.

Interesting drawings.

So what?

Are there craftsmen among you?

Yes!

Yes!

This one...

this...

this...

and this one.

Not this one. He's to be sent far away from the city.

- Why? - Tulai's order.

Wait!

Tulai is sore at his master for some reason and takes it out on him.

- His master? - Yes.

A young warrior he came with.

Why is he torturing me, Stesha dear?

He should've taken her quietly and sent her out of sight.

God, what now?

Nargiz is a virgin.

Eremei didn't touch her.

She's keeping herself for him.

We need to hurry up with the wedding.

I know the Prince well.

He won't give his blessing for this wedding.

The Prince won't quarrel with Eremei over a slave girl.

And he adores the she-devil

and won't give up the notion.

From your lips to God's ears.

Why are you so happy?

It's a nice day, Marfa-khanum.

Wait, dear.

I want to talk to you.

Listen to me, girl.

You're a very young. You can build a life for yourself.

But only through a good husband.

If a girl stays unmarried here, a bad fate awaits her.

And a short life.

As for the Prince...

He might not be averse to have some fun with you,

so fresh and doe-eyed.

And throwing yourself on him!

But he'll grow tired of you after a week.

And will send you to the servants' quarters.

Let him sent me there.

But nobody will accept you here.

Everyone'll turn their backs; they'll spit on you and curse you.

Enough, Stepanida. She understands now.

If she does, then she should go to the church and get baptized.

And wed right away.

Do you think I don't understand?

I understand everything.

And I have eyes. Our Prince is such a handsome man!

Clever and brave!

If I were younger, I would've...

I would've fallen in love so deep...

But it's all fairytales, Nargiz.

And then there's life.

I'll tell you something.

Many could only dream about the life you'll have with Eremei.

Listen to me.

Just marry him.

Happiness will come later.

You'll thank God for the way everything has happened.

Marfa-khanum,

I want to be happy

now.

Prince, you wanted to see me?

If the girl

doesn't want to marry you, don't force her.

But what will happen to her if she doesn't marry me?

You know our women, they'll drive her to suicide!

Great Prince! A messenger has come from Tver; he says it's urgent.

Call him in.

Greetings, Great Prince.

Patrols have reported that two Polovtsian clans

are going to attack Novgorod.

Feed the messenger and take care of his horse.

Damned fool...

Wake up, you moron!

Get out!

Father, what are you doing?

You and your fellows stirred up a hornets' nest.

Polovtsian Princes are coming to attack Novgorod.

Princes, you say?

But we attacked only one clan.

The Polovtsian have eight clans.

Why can't they unite and punish an insolent brat?

But you'll help me, won't you?

Sober up first.

Cover the light,

- I've ordered not to disturb me. - It's me, your mother.

Go away.

I want to be alone.

You will. In the grave you've dug for yourself.

All the more reason for you not to worry.

It's over for me.

Get up, you scoundrel!

And get dressed, you're not talking to a wench.

Where is your respect, Mother?

Have you forgotten that's not the way to talk to a man?

I see no man here.

What am I to do? Berke is without mercy.

First come to your senses.

The fact that you're still alive

gives us hope that his anger is not too great.

Don't make monster out of Berke.

The most important thing is not to do anything stupid.

And promise me you'll forget about that Russian whore.

I can give her to Berke right now. I took her

because there was nothing else to take from the Russians.

If he learns that you've exchanged an entire army,

his army, for a wench, it'll be over for us for sure.

Also

I caused some damage to her hide.

Now she's only fit to entertain the guards.

What?

You ordered to brand her?

She's my son's slave,

an impertinent and disobedient one at that.

- Is she alive? - I'm told she is.

Though I'd prefer death if I were her.

Gather up.

What do you want?

I want to speak to Ush-khatun.

Ush-khatun comes here only if she wishes so.

Please.

What are you doing here?

He's sick.

What kind of sickness is that?

Perhaps, he's one of those?..

Whom God made a man but who think themselves a woman?

I'll tell you what we do to such people here.

Show me what you're hiding!

You're strange, Tulai.

It seems you can't wait to take off my shirt.

There will be a fight tonight.

We'll see what kind of a man you are.

How's back at home?

All the same. The Princes rob us, the Tatar burn us.

Aren't you tired to be under the Tatars?

You, the Suzdal guys, are brave. We, the Tver men, are less so.

We want to save our skins.

Have you saved a lot of it?

All of us here will have the same end.

Are you sure? We might live some more.

- That's not life. - Ivan-agha!

Finally I've found a man I've been looking for!

A worthy artist.

Look at the drawings!

What an interesting face.

Where did you see this man?

He came with us from Vladimir.

With the old man they didn't give me as an assistant?

Yes, with him.

Bakhtiar, I'll be back soon.

What? They'll hang you!

- Go on! - Go on, Nikita, take courage!

Move!

Halt!

Who threw the stone?

I'm asking you, who threw the stone?

Calm down, Tulai.

The Russian won, everyone saw it.

If you don't need such a warrior,

I'll take him.

Will you join the captain's troops?

I ask that my servant be returned to me.

Alright. Your servant will come to you.

- Good job, Nikita! - Well done!

- Right, guys? - Well done!

Let's go!