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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 Sixteen

Aizhan!

You're alive?

I found a lost she-goat in a dry well;

I went down to get her and there was...

A baby?

- Alive? - Looks like our goat saved it.

So put him to her.

We've got nothing to feed him with.

Wait.

Take him to the house.

What happened, Sir? You've rode your horse to death!

Get me Mikola!

Wait!

Get the freak, too.

What happened to the girl?

What happened to the Tatar girl, I said?

She ran away.

What? What did you say?

I'm going to cut you're the ear off; where is she?

I don't know!

Guards!

Take him away.

- The Grand Prince with his army is here. - What?

Lock the gate; I've ordered not to let anyone in!

But that's the Prince. We've already let him in.

Leave us...

Is that the way you meet your father after his long journey?

- You're back? - Did you hope I wouldn't?

It was you,

you who betrayed me!

You barely buried my mother before marrying that one.

And then you gave up me, your lawful heir, for this milksop?

You're 25,

an adult man, but you speak like a peeved boy.

I wanted to leave my throne to you

but you possess no love,

compassion or generosity.

- You only know revenge. - Yes, I do.

And I've had my revenge on you, Grand Prince.

You don't know yet how but I've had my revenge.

Your wench Nargiz, you should've heard her screams

when we passed her round.

- Where is she? - You Tatar girl ran away.

So search for her, Grand Prince, search for her across Russia

if you want a girl who entertained entire Novgorod.

I'm your son,

you taught me everything.

Do you remember our hare hunt? Our fishing expeditions?

I fell into water and you saved me.

You are not my son anymore.

You have no fiefdom.

Get out.

Take a horse,

a sword, and as much money as you can carry, and get out.

Keep out of my sight.

Or else you won't survive.

Radomir.

Tell them,

if anyone knows where Nargiz is,

let them bring her to Vladimir.

The Prince has returned!

Glory to the Grand Prince!

Glory to the Grand Prince!

Forgive me.

Forgive me, my love, my heart,

for leaving you alone with those hawks.

You're so thin.

So pale.

Are you wounded?

I felt a bit sick on my way.

But as soon as I entered the yard, my sickness subsided.

I won't let you go anywhere again, do you hear me?

I won't let you go anywhere again.

Where is Boris?

He's in the dungeon.

Not now.

Now you're mine.

Mine.

Beware of stepping on a rat, Prince; there's a lot of them here.

I see you didn't expect me back?

Decided to snatch the vacancy?

You've always thought I am a fool

hoping for an off chance.

I'm rather curious

what you might say upon learning that I've taken care

for you not to leave the Horde alive.

Yet I'm here.

If Khan Berke got my letter,

you don't have much time left on this earth.

So that was the reason the Khan looked at me so oddly.

I didn't expect such fervor from you.

I thought you would ask your wife for help once again.

She's not my wife anymore!

I'm sure that slut has done a lot.

So she'll be hanged on the same tree as her lover.

You are much closer to an execution right now that she is.

Will you order to execute me?

You deserve to die.

Are you craving revenge, kind and noble Prince?

A man who tried to cut my son's throat

in order to secretly open our city gate to our enemy

deserves such an end.

Then bear it in mind when you're going

to punish the man who not only brought the enemy to your city walls

but is also having fun with your wench.

Don't you dare!

Every one of you will answer for her suffering.

You're awake, dear?

Thank God.

Why am I at the convent again?

You've been very ill.

Barely alive.

Your tormentor went away for a while

and a good man brought you to us.

She didn't accept my sacrifice.

- The earth goddess, Mother Etugen. - What are you talking about, dear?

I had a dream

that my beloved one would get in trouble.

And I only have prophetic dreams.

I asked Mother Etugen

to take my life but save his.

But she didn't accept my sacrifice.

Death to Judas the traitor!

You'll burn in hell!

Brother!

Brother, I stood up for you my entire life!

I misstepped once!

Yes, I betrayed you, I'm sorry!

Forgive me like a Christian! Satan made me do it!

I was hurt that I had been helping you for so long but you didn't care.

Would you really have the heart to execute your own brother?

How will you face God with such a sin upon your soul?

Don't listen to him, Prince! He brought death upon us!

Prince Boris is worse than a Tatar!

He sold out his own people! Execute him!

Execute him!

You didn't betray me;

you betrayed them.

For this sin you'll have no forgiveness; but you're right about one thing.

I will take

consequences of my sins.

Curse you, Prince.

Curse you, Prince!

Curse you, Ustinia!

Speech returned to him during the day

but then seizures started

and the Khan began to sink into oblivion.

When he woke up, he ordered to call for you.

I think the Khan will pronounce his successor today.

Did you find her?

Is she dead?

No, Great Khan.

Aizhan-khatun disappeared.

I lost.

The Great Berke

lost to a girl.

Promise me,

make a vow!

That I'll be buried alone.

I want to be entombed in the White Mosque.

Where her portrait is.

So that her eyes

looked at my tomb.

What portrait are you talking about, Great Khan?

Move the remains

of Kekhar and Sartaq to the new capital.

Build two small mosques in their honor.

And pray every day

for their souls.

Are you happy now?

Leave, except

for Nogai,

the mullah,

and the scribe.

After my death

there will be no one left who has loved me.

But there is a man

who has been loyal till the end.

I give you my throne,

Nogai, to keep

and multiply the Mongol glory.

Punish the traitor Hulagu

and the renegade Mengu-Timur.

Swear it to me.

I swear, Great Khan.

That is all.

Let everything said here

remains a secret for now.

I will announce Khan Berke's will myself.

As you wish, Great Khan.

I have sad news.

The Great Khan is dead.

That's it then.

Today will be a good day.

Greetings, Great Khan.

Don't call me that, Ereden.

I haven't become it yet.

The spies reported

a big army approaching us.

Did that jackal Mengu-Timur brought enemies upon us?

Gather 300 of our best riders.

I'll meet the renegade myself.

Are you feeling unwell, Great One?

Tell everyone

that Togtai-khatun's heart has stopped.

Are you surprised, Nogai?

Yes, I am.

I don't like to fight

but I will fight if I have to.

I don't feel comfortable in the saddle with a sword.

You, Nogai, will feel just the same on the Khan's throne.

Especially if you're to rule over widows and children

whose fathers died in a fight for your title.

What are you driving at, Mengu?

It'll be a fight in the name of Great Khan Berke!

- And the entire Mongol tribe. - Berke doesn't care anymore.

And you should care for the people by protecting them instead of killing.

By making them Hulagu's slaves?

Is that how you suppose to protect your people?

Hulagu has enough slaves.

He's far from a desire to enslave the Mongols.

All we have to sacrifice

is a sliver of land at our eastern border we don't control anyway.

- Did you say "we"? - Yes.

Me, the Great Khan,

and you, my right hand,

the general of the entire Horde Army,

Khan Nogai.

I exchange the lives of your subjects for the title of the Great Khan.

Listen, everyone!

Great Khan Berke passed away.

Before his death he named the new Khan,

Mengu-Timur.

- Long live the Great Khan! - Long live the Great Khan!

Long live the Great Khan!

Where have you been? What is all that noise?

My lady,

Nogai announced the Great Khan's will.

Berke named Mengu-Timur his successor.

Thank God!

Matriona,

give me the red dress!

Also the city is preparing for the arrival of Mengu-Timur's bride.

What?

The niece of Ilkhan Hulagu.

Greetings, Ush-khatun.

Greetings, Azar.

I come to tell you

that you've been forgiven, Ush-khatun.

Your son is generous and merciful.

Let the gods send him a long life.

But he said to tell you to close your mouth forever

and only speak when you are asked to.

Thank you, Azar.

I will obey my son's order.

The Khan mentioned a portrait

he wanted to be buried under.

I guess he was delirious.

No, Mengu-Timur. It's here.

Rafik?

What did you do?

Why, Rafik?

The poor man was unable to destroy it; an artist overcame a slave in him

and he disobeyed the order. Such dedication to perfection.

You're right, Great Khan.

As long as the spirit of the man who took his own life lingers here,

we can't arrange a burial.

It will be according to the ancient custom.

Khan Berke will ascend to heaven

together with his lawful wife, Togtagai-khatun.

Destroy the portrait.

I have happy news.

The old spider died.

Now you're free.

You can return to the headquarters.

The new Khan grants freedom to everyone who fled from Berke.

We won't go back.

We'll go to the sea.

And then we'll sail wherever we want to.

Let the heaven take their souls. Amen.

He was the Great Khan of the Golden Horde;

he built a city;

he instilled fear in nations.

And only a handful of ashes will be left of him.

Like it will be of me.

Doctor, help him.

I beg you in the name of God;

I'll give you anything you want, just save him.

It's too late, my lady. The sickness has reached his heart.

I've seen that before.

This sickness comes from cattle.

It seems the Grand Prince was served undercooked meat.

Only him?

Cursed be the land and people than brought us so much sorrow!

I hope that vulture Berke suffered a lot before his death!

Calm down, wife.

Come here.

I thought you to be just a woman

but you saved our city and our son twice.

I'm not afraid of dying with such a wife.

No, I won't let you give up,

I won't!

Be happy, Radmila.

And remember, I'm proud of you.

I bless you...

Daniil!

I'm leaving you a tough inheritance, son.

Forgive me that.

Forgive me also for leaving your vicious enemy alive.

The most terrible thing is

that the enemy is your brother.

Remember that. Be on your guard.

I haven't told you so many things, son.

But perhaps it's unnecessary.

Live by your heart.

Think before you act.

You'll think out for yourself.

You're smart boy.

Your mother and Eremei will help you.

Listen to them.

Prince, you have a visitor.

They brought her from a convent.

So you are alive.

Let's leave them alone to talk.

I got baptized.

But what about your spirits?

Won't they be angry at you?

They'll understand.

A nun told me

that even in the afterlife

we couldn't be together.

Because we aren't married.

But when I die,

I'll still come to the Heaven's gate;

I'll stand there and wait

in case you walk by.

Promise that you won't take the veil.

Be a novice, a pilgrim,

but live secularly.

Celebrate this life,

smile at every day.

I want you to experience the blessing

that you gave to me.

Thanks to you

I'm leaving happy.

I'll ask God

to take care of my Nargiz,

to spare her any trouble

and sorrow.

I want the marquee to be decorated with white silk.

And cover the ground around it with Persian carpets.

Ilkhan Hulagu should see

that my future bride is given the utmost honor.

Do you want to ask me something?

I only want to wish the Great Khan happiness.

Wait for me tonight.

Heaven,

send us rain!