Original subtitles

["Pomp and Circumstance"]

["Pomp and Circumstance"]

["Pomp and Circumstance"]

["Pomp and Circumstance"]

["Pomp and Circumstance"]

["Pomp and Circumstance"]

After two and a half years, the most devastating war the world had ever known reached a stalemate,

and the casualties on both sides were close on twelve million dead.

To the Allies, the supreme warlord of Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II,

was portrayed as a foul monster, a living symbol of German aggression.

In reality, he was a man older than his 59 years,

tired and beaten by events which had escalated far beyond his ability to control.

A sick, hailing Kaiser, whose grip upon his country's destiny was slipping rapidly through his fingers.

He had made his supreme headquarters at the Great Country House of Place.

His Chancellor, Betman Halveg, Field Marshal von Hindenburg, his Chief of Staff,

General Ludendorf, and Admiral von Plotsendorf await his decisions on policy and strategy.

Feel the Marshal?

John Perry on Majesty.

General?

Majesty.

Admiral?

Majesty.

And Betman Halveg.

Your Majesty.

Well, what instructions do you have for me this time?

With respect, sir, we are here to present your Majesty the present situation as we see it,

and to seek your Majesty's advice.

I didn't want this war.

I was not even responsible for its declaration.

This war is decimating our youth, its crippling our economy, our whole nation-gentlemen is crying out for peace.

Peace, your Majesty, can only be achieved by absolute and complete victory.

At the cost of how many more German soldiers lives, General?

We are highly little war on two flights, gentlemen.

We have the enemy before us, eight that are real.

British Blocquet has us on the brink of starvation.

There is a limit to which may push a nation-gentle.

If this war is not soon ended, it will be the German people telling us what to do, not the other way around.

As you are aware, Majesty, I have explored every possibility of a peaceful settlement of this war. Without success, the Allies have rejected our proposals out of hand.

The Allies.

I have one cousin who is King of England, another Tsar of Russia.

He would have thought, wouldn't you, that between the three of us?

No.

I sometimes think that Nikki and George can spy against me.

I tell you, gentlemen, my grandmother was still alive today. She would never have allowed this.

From a purely military point of view, your Majesty, our armies and the enemies can hold their positions on the Western Front indefinitely.

It is time we had a radical reappraisal of our strategy.

Indeed.

For with every day that passes, the enemy grows stronger by building up supplies, raw materials, food.

Within six days, Majesty, I can have six flotillers of your boats commanding the sea lanes of the North Atlantic. I give you my word, Majesty.

The German Navy will bring England to her knees within four months.

And America into the war within four weeks!

Possibly, Your Majesty. We must be prepared for that threat.

You make all these proposals, gentlemen, but it is I who must accept responsibility for the final decisions.

It's too much for anyone, man.

With the utmost respect, you have not heard all our proposals.

As Your Majesty rightly pointed out, we are fighting a war on two fronts.

The Russian Front must be eliminated.

You think feel now, Sean?

In the years that you were a general in the field and knew nothing to what was going on behind the scenes in the Wilhelm Strasser, that I was not conscious of that fact.

We are all deeply sensible of your foresight, Majesty.

With Russia out of the war, I can release 122 divisions from the east, more than doubling our strength on the Western Front and enabling us to mount a major offensive.

They learned of a breakthrough. Complete victory.

But have I not chance again and again tried to get my cousin Mickey to sign a separate peace treaty with the Central Palace?

I have personally in writing guarantee that every single German soldier will be taken from Russian soil in return for a guarantee of a separate peace that you don't know my cousin, Phil Marshall, is as scabber as he is treacherous.

With respect, Majesty, I am confident that there are other means of detaching Russia from her commitment to the Western Allies.

In Russia, there are certain disruptive groups.

Every week I hear the same thing.

Russia is on the verge of a civil war. Her army is on the brink of muting.

That we should try to win this war by encouraging a Bolshevik revolution in Russia is sharing sanity.

If we should succeed, what then?

We should have an armed Bolshevik nation on our doorstep.

If you are an enemy, we would create a monster.

If your imperial Majesty will not make some decision, then an army might well retire from the field before another drop of German blood is shed.

We must either fight this war to win or sue for peace at any price.

Go very well.

But I place the responsibility for this on your shoulders, gentlemen.

Very well.

Admiral, you may have your unrestrained submarine warfare.

And the day hostilities cease on the Eastern Front, Lundorf, you may have your complete victory.

What dreadful tea does it? Where does it come from nowadays?

Aristocratic conspirators murdered Gregori Rasputin.

His death was for Russia a sign of liberation.

The dark shadow that is hung for too long over the imperial court has been removed.

But the bright ray of enlightenment we had all hoped for has not fallen on this government.

Those of us who pledged our faith to our Tsar and to our country when this war broke out

are now almost lost in despair as we watch our economy crumbling.

And our soldiers at the front forced into defeat for want of food and ammunition.

This government has increasingly displayed its incompetence, its total contempt for this constituent assembly,

and its inability to govern in this most perilous hour.

As leader of the Democratic Liberal Party,

and in the name of those millions who this war has claimed,

I demand that this cabinet be replaced.

I am a man who deserves a mass of people.

I am astounded at the mild mannered politeness with which deputy Malukov addresses these buffoons.

I will not be insulted in this manner, Mr. Korenzke.

Deputy Malukov demands the resignation of the government.

I say that this assembly should demand the resignation of the man who put this government into office.

Korenzke is in competence and corruption.

One must always look to the top for this government-alvered fleeting shadows.

The country knows full will who sends them here.

The one man who by his disdain of any democratic form of government,

for his refusal to institute any other form for which this country so desperately cries out,

his inability to defend this nation against our enemies has shown that he is clearly ill-suited to be called Saa of all the Russians.

It is not only this government that should go, but the Saa himself,

and his entire court of lackeys, toadies and incompetence.

If you will not listen to the voice of warning me on, you will be faced with the fight!

Look out! Look out for the distant Russians and the skies of Russia!

This Saa may believe that he has been ordained by God,

than let him be deposed.

By man, I say remove him!

Remove the Saa!

Remove the Saa!

Remove the Saa!

Remove the Saa!

Phew!

Phew!

Phew!

Phew!

Phew!

Phew!

Phew!

Phew!

Phew!

Phew!

Phew!

Phew!

Phew!

Phew!

Phew!

I must earnestly beg your Majesty to reconsider.

To leave the capital at this particular moment,

I've readily been interpreted by many people as well...

Don't start an example to me, Shiaevich.

Well, as we get to duty, Majesty, not that I have course nor any...

I am usually at this moment, as to my general staff.

They're expecting me to have orders on tomorrow evening, I will be there.

A few days, lay Majesty, a week the most, until we can bring this situation under control.

Unbelievable!

Monstress!

Who is this lunatic Korensky?

A socialist man, lead of the so-called Labour Group, where I have him watch day and night.

But, of course, little man, this speech is open treason against Imperial Crown and against the state.

I have astonished, Alexander Domingo-Mentry, which that you did not have him arrested on the spot.

I fear your Majesty does not fully appreciate the mood of the Duma.

I must confess at one moment, I was in fear of my own life.

If this sort of speech continues to be tolerated, we shall all be in fear of our lives.

It is not enough that the city is calling with anarchist Bolshevik strators.

Now, we must tolerate the sort of behaviour in the Duma.

My day is now near to become over-emotional, I'm sure, Alexander Domingo-Mentry, which has no matter what in hand.

I'm only thinking of you, Nicky.

If anything should happen to you...

My dear, there have been at least a dozen accounts of attempts upon my life in the foreign press's pos-

I was even reported dead in one Swedish newspaper.

I'm still here. You worry too much, Alex.

I'm Agistus Fears are not entirely without foundation, your Majesty.

Then you must deal with the situation as you see it. You have the authority.

If your Majesty were prepared to...

If your Majesty were prepared to address the Duma, it would restore their confidence.

Why are you telling me that I must deserve their confidence?

Isn't it rather they who should try to restore mine?

It is a matter of diplomacy, Your Majesty.

You must not allow yourself to be intimidated by a gaggle of petty bourgeois troublemakers.

If our dear friend were alive, he would not have allowed this to happen.

I sometimes wonder whether my people fully realise that terrible way to responsibility,

I carry upon my shoulders.

We must be grateful to Providence, Nikki, that he fits the back for the burden.

And yet you look so tired, my dearest.

Well, it'll be quiet at headquarters where from all this.

Perhaps the rest will tell me God.

It is ironic, Majesty, that it should be quieter at the front than it is here at the capital.

Alexander D'Amitriy, A.B.I.T.H.

I understand your concern for my welfare.

But it matters all as bad as you say, and there's nothing to be gained by standing here and discussing it.

Have the authority to act? I suggest you do so quickly.

I will never to do my best, Your Majesty.

And you'll keep me informed of development.

Daily, Your Majesty.

That is all Alexander D'Amitriy had.

God, go with you on your journey, Your Majesty.

Good day, Your Majesty.

Good day, my...

I don't want to leave you, I didn't.

I'm so lost with you.

Nick!

If anything, should happen.

No, shit.

Look after the children.

I won't say goodbye to them.

I'm sorry, my dear.

I'm sorry, my dear.

I'm sorry, my dear.

I'm sorry, my dear.

I won't say goodbye to them.

Goodbye, my dear, sweet Nicky.

You look splendid.

One day.

One day.

The hapsies.

Chomp!

Chomp!

T-chomp!

T-chomp!

Ah!

In Petrograd, a general strike exploded into riots

as a starving population defied the police and the military in search of food.

But the Tsar's government could no longer rely upon the troops of the Imperial garrison.

And as the soldiers began to fraternize, it became clear that the revolution was imminent.

We ask, Roth, what is so important that you'll risk yourself down there?

I need a police permit and a travel pass.

We'll go for...

Constat and then under Copenhagen.

There will be so many Russian revolutionaries in Copenhagen.

It's important that I leave here tonight.

If you're right in the street and you can't wait to leave Russia to announce that the revolution has started,

it'll come to nothing as in 1905.

What a pessimist you are.

No, I'm a realist.

Come real.

What name do you want on your pass this time?

Prey.

Prey?

Go like once, you know.

Well, there's a lot of people in the UK.

Oh, there's a lot of people in the UK.

They're in the morning.

That's how it is.

I'm afraid to see you, Doctor.

Oh, thank you.

You look exhausted, my dear fellow.

Ah, yes, I came straight from the boat.

Well, sit down.

Thank you. A drink?

No, thank you.

Will that be your letter, too?

Oh, one minute.

Telegraph this to a Dusseldorf immediately.

Yes, of course.

Why do you call yourself Breck now?

Um...

It seemed experience to kill off Rothenstein.

Life is odd, isn't it?

I buy coal from the Germans and sell it to the Russians.

Copper, tin, aluminium and steam.

German steel to make Russian guns to kill German soldiers.

But the Germans must know what you're doing.

This is a capitalist war, mania Grasko.

The industrialists don't care who buys from them so long as they make a profit.

That is what wars are all about, profit.

The only thing the Germans don't know is that most of the profit I make here

finds its way eventually into the hands of the Russian revolutionaries.

Amusing, don't you think?

I don't find anything about war amusing.

I imagine you have news from Pettergred.

Oh, yes.

There are riots in the streets. The government will collapse.

Krensky has called for the application of the sun.

God preserve us from middle class intellectuals.

So, that means the war will go on.

They have declared the policy to be one of relentless prosecution of the war.

Did you know that for weeks now,

German U-boats have been sinking every merchant vessel on site, neutral or otherwise.

America will be in the war before April.

So now, more than ever, the Kaiser must get Russia out of the war.

It is his only hope.

And do you know who the German Foreign Office is hoping will achieve that medical?

Me.

Not the Imperial German Army.

But Alexander, how bad?

A socialist revolution in Russia has to happen.

It must.

And if a socialist revolution means an end to the war,

then the German Foreign Office will finance it.

It is only just, don't you think, that we should use capitalist money to finance a proletarian revolution?

Krenrod, I'm very tired, I haven't stepped for three nights.

I don't find your flippancy in these matters amusing.

You take politics too seriously, my dear gaskoff.

I've just come from a country where men and women are being shot.

Hop being shot for their politics.

You sit in this office, treating the whole thing like some ground game of chess.

I was out in the streets carrying a red flag before you were born.

I had been in and out of every prison in Germany.

I have devoted my entire life to the socialist movement.

One of the first requirements of a socialist revolution is a sense of humor.

We are in a unique position, you and I, Kommritt.

We hold the course of European history in our hands.

You know, one day, the whole of Europe will go on vast socialist state.

Russia, Germany, France, even England.

But there will be one place where life will go on just as it always has done.

Right here in Switzerland!

But it won't happen in our lifetime.

We will stay here any longer, Poulogia.

You'll become a bourgeois farmer and settle down breeding cows.

I haven't spent 30 years fighting for the revolution all over Europe.

In order to settle down in this miserable country.

I was just making a joke.

Have you read Kerensky's speech?

I'm just doing so.

The man is a lunatic.

The socialist party is about to be a socialist.

I'm not a socialist.

I'm doing so.

The man is a lunatic.

The socialist parties of the Allied powers would be failing in their patriotic duty to their respective countries,

where they in this prison conflict to engage in any revolutionary activity

which might jeopardize their country's efforts to continue the war against German imperialism.

Any war undertaken by capitalist government is imperialism.

The clown read any books.

He is a lawyer.

What in earth has it got into old Bronsky?

Hello!

It's...

It's happened!

It's lost!

It's happened!

It's not!

Come all the way from the station to papers.

Read, suit what it says.

I can't believe it.

After all the years.

All these years.

Well, old friend.

Now that this happened.

I don't know what to say.

I like you.

Revolution, you are.

Here. You haven't read all this.

The provisional government consists in largely of the cadet party and the Octoberist liberals

have passed a motion demanding the immediate application of the Tsar.

Here.

The Tsar ordered the immediate dissolution of the Duma which at once replied

by refusing to dissolve and proclaiming itself a constituent assembly which is in effect.

Ten to mount to declaring a state of revolution.

The factory workers have organized a Soviet of workers deputies.

Nine day one that it cannot last.

Deputies of soldiers and sailors Soviets.

They will be shot.

Cossack refused to fire on demonstrators.

Soldiers marched with workers barricaded in the streets.

A crowd of 30,000 soldiers, workers and students assembled outside the Duma.

Well, if the revolution in Russia has begun.

What in the name of God are we doing in Switzerland?

The Bolsheviks must immediately carry out propaganda and agitation.

Legal and illegal.

For an international, chromatarian revolution.

And the conquest of the Duma.

The Bolsheviks must immediately carry out propaganda and agitation.

Legal and illegal.

And the conquest of power by the Soviet of workers deputies.

Come right in.

Few has just arrived from there.

From over here.

Gregory.

Telling grams have been arriving all day.

From Germany. From America.

Unbelievable.

I cannot waste a moment.

I cannot stay another minute till this accursed switch along.

All soldiers, regiments and Petrograd have pleased themselves to support the revolution.

Proto-Papa has been arrested.

Continue.

Spread out.

A round new section.

Awake fresh initiatives from organizations in every layer.

Prove to them.

That peace can only come with the armed Soviet of workers deputies in power.

And the arming of the masses in the fight for peace.

Bread and freedom.

The comet, Glasgow.

The Bolsheviks in Russia are not organized.

The voice of the proletariat has not yet made itself heard in the land.

If we are not there now to lead them, the revolution will be overwhelmed by the idiot current skin.

He's a bourgeois bonger.

I tell you, we stand on here.

Helpless and useless.

Congratulating ourselves on a revolution we're not even involved.

No, that's a true comrade.

Aragitators are at work in the factory.

Soganizing the soldiers.

The revolution will not become a proletarian revolution until the entire bulk of the population.

Workers, peasants, soldiers are shown that they have the power to make its own.

Power, comrades.

The power of two million people.

Not a handful of middle class intellectuals in one city.

But if we are not there now, at least crucial power in our country's history.

Perhaps even in the history of the world, there will be no revolution.

Ah, you will see.

This little cupboardly shake-up will crumble like a child's side castle.

Can I get out of Switzerland by Italy or France?

The Allies will arrest us as the treaters to their war effort.

And if we're trying to cross the German frontier, we'll be arrested as enemy aliens.

Just get there.

I must.

Comrade Lenin.

It is possible that I have the answer.

I don't know you.

If we could talk in private, Comrade.

He'll pan.

He's a profiteer and an adventurer. He makes money out of war.

Now he seeks to profit by revolution. He's a scoundrel.

I agree. I agree with you, Comrade.

But if it's influence with the German foreign office can help to get you back to Russia, what does it matter where the money comes from?

Well, it does to me.

The end justifies the means.

Look, to accept German help in getting to Russia would expose me to accusations of treason, of being an enemy agent!

We'll have the most serious repercussions.

No, there must be another way.

By aeroplane.

Aeroplane?

I could disguise myself.

He was a false passport.

Ah, there are a dozen ways.

Oh, no.

There is only one way.

Through Germany.

And help him, he's on his way to Berlin now.

If he can arrange matters.

No.

Your presence in Petrograd is vital.

Would you have the Bolshevik revolution led by men like Stalin and Chiquit?

I expected telegram tonight or tomorrow.

I'll report to you as soon as I receive.

I can see this opportunity slipping through my fingers.

Just...

slipping through my fingers.

Thank you, Vodka.

Now, would you need that over to me?

You are hereby commanded to dispatch three cavalry squadrons and four infantry regiments.

And as many machine gun detachments as can be spared from the northern sector.

Under the command of General Ivanov and selected loyal and trustworthy officers.

To march at once upon Petrograd to restore order in the capital.

And pro-grame a state of martial law.

Yes, good.

You can dispatch it to General Alexia over the next station.

With respect to Majesty, would it not be wiser to wait until you've discussed the matter

with the cabinet?

I have no wish Colonel to arrive in Petrograd only to be arrested by a wild horde of drunken panics.

Besides, I have my family to think.

The train's slowing down a week, stopping.

I will enquire, Majesty.

General Ruski?

I am a syncyst on an audience with the Emperor at once.

The matter is of the utmost gravity.

General Ruski.

I am the Emperor of Majesty.

I am the Emperor of Majesty, the request of the delegates of the Duma,

and the cabinet of ministers of the Provisional Government.

But I gave orders for the Duma to be dissolved three days ago.

And the express command of General Alexia to request in view of the gravity of the political situation

and the imminent danger of civil war.

But that your Majesty abdicate the throne immediately.

Representatives from the Provisional Government will take the earliest opportunity

to present your Majesty with the necessary documents.

I do not quite understand the position of a monarch who reigns but does not govern.

I have sworn a duty before God to serve my country

and accept responsibility for state affairs.

If I agree to curtail or relegate that power,

I may relinquish control over the country's affairs,

but I cannot evade responsibility for them,

even if I would wish it.

Even if I would wish it, I cannot see it to your request.

Then sir, the Duma will not request

but demand.

The Duma will be able to make a decision.

The Duma will be able to make a decision.

The Duma will be able to make a decision.

The Duma will be able to make a decision.

The Duma will be able to make a decision.

Excuse them.

All are entitled to the

We pledge ourselves and our arms to our brothers, the workers, to defend the cause of the people.

Long live the revolution!

The Soviet have worked as deputies have elected me.

As leader of the Social Democratic Duomo delegation, and have instructed me to sail if we support the provincial government entirely.

Comrade's my name is Kowanski, I am Minister for Justice and the Revolution of Government.

And in that capacity I have already ordered the immediate release of all political prisoners.

Good!

And a prisoner is in Siberia.

Yes, and I have instructed that our comrade deputies and members of the Democratic faction should be returned from exile in Siberia with special honors.

Good!

I face my activities on the will of the people of the people.

Do you trust me, Comrade?

Yes!

Because the future of Russia is in your hands.

Long live the revolution!

I am the revolution!

Now, it's Comrade Kowanski!

Well, the government is willing to abide by the decisions made by the Executive Committee of the Pentagon Soviet.

At all times, Comrade!

Indeed.

And are you aware, Comrade Kowanski?

That at a meeting this afternoon of the Executive Committee, it was unanimously agreed that the Army should submit only to the directions of the Soviets.

Comrade, there must be a central constitutional government even in her revolution.

And that the soldiers' Soviets of the Pavlovski Regiment, of the Volinsky Regiment, of the Littopski Finansky and the Grenadiers have demanded that the government put an end to this war at once?

Down with the war!

Comrade and soldiers!

No army can remain in idleness.

The restoration of the fighting capacity of the Russian Army.

And its assumption of an offensive against the enemy.

Is the immediate and fundamental task of free Russia.

For the sake of the revolution.

And in the name of democracy and liberty, this war must.

And will be won.

And will be won.

And will be won.

And will be won.

Our own reports from Russia indicate that there is increasing disaffection with the war.

And that the Bolsheviks are demanding an end to hostilities.

I've always assured you Chancellor, that should the Bolsheviks come to power, Russia will be out of the war.

Quite.

But they are urgently in need of organizers and political agitators.

And the most experienced of these are exiled abroad, mostly in Switzerland.

And as soon as they are in Russia, the better.

The only problem is how?

They will not be permitted to travel through Italy or France.

The Allies are not likely to encourage a Bolshevik revolution.

Then they must be transported through Germany.

It is the only way Chancellor.

That too presents certain problems.

Majesty, I did not expect your badge.

I'm sure you didn't, Bitman Hoveg.

And who is this?

This is Dr. Helpant, Majesty.

Our principal contact with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia.

We were discussing means.

I am well aware of what you were discussing, Chancellor.

I am not utterly without sources of information in my government.

I am sure your Majesty, there was nothing secret in our discussion.

It is a matter of transporting certain revolutionaries in Switzerland.

Across Germany into Russia, Majesty.

Would your Majesty's permission?

Would you really imagine, Doctor, that we would willingly give our permission for the encouragement of a Bolshevik revolution in Russia?

But I had been given to understand Majesty.

We have no intention of building up a power which could one day destroy us.

Bolsheviks want only peace, Majesty.

On whose terms?

That must be a matter for negotiation, Majesty.

Any peace treaty will not be signed on their terms.

That you may be assured.

I am confident that they are aware of that, Your Majesty.

We shall drive a very hard bargain, Doctor.

One that even the Bolsheviks, however much they may desire peace,

it is hard to swallow.

Our interests in the wheat fields, the oil fields of Eastern Europe are very ambitious.

Their first consideration, Majesty, is peace.

Without peace, there can be no revolution.

I think you will find them willing to listen to reason.

These Bolsheviks in Switzerland,

by all accounts, an assaulted lot, are they reliable?

As far as I am concerned, there is only one man that matters.

He has been planning this revolution for 30 years.

He has bitterly opposed to the war, and he has the support of the Bolsheviks.

Who in turn have many supporters in the army and navy?

Do you think that he will agree to this suggestion?

He is in a difficult position.

Open support from the German government could, politically, be extremely embarrassing for him.

But on the other hand, he is determined to return to Russia by any means he can.

And secrecy is most important.

It is imperative, Chancellor.

And you, Doctor, hold upon.

What is your interest in this?

This little plot.

I am a socialist, Your Majesty.

I will be happy to have played any part in bringing about a socialist revolution in Russia.

A revolution which you hope will then spread all across Europe.

That, I fear, Majesty, is only a matter of time.

If the German military plight were not so serious, I would forbid any action of this kind.

And I have your Majesty's permission to proceed.

With the greatest reluctance.

I tell you, if this scheme of your succeeds bet by all of it,

it will become something which Germany, one day, will live to regret.

The German Minister in Bern has already made arrangements with the Swiss government for a German train to be made available at Bern.

From there, it will cross the frontier, I got Madigan.

Carry on through Germany to Sassanets on the Baltic.

A German train across Germany.

There is no other way coming.

The Germans have insisted on the following conditions.

All luggage must be sealed, but there will be no inspection of package, no passports, customs.

No one will be permitted to leave on board the train, while it is travelling through Germany.

Two German officers are to accompany the train to the end of German territory.

Food will be provided with the women.

How many people in their conditions?

Twenty.

It is not enough. There must be at least forty.

comrade, I have spent all night with the Minister in Bern agreeing to these details.

You can go back to the Minister in Bern and tell him that I insist on certain conditions too,

when one is that there must be at least forty persons on that train.

But why? There are only twenty Bolsheviks in the United States.

Think about it.

The trainload of Bolsheviks transported across enemy territory at German expense.

Destroy our political credibility.

Or we will be shot for traitors as soon as we are arrived in Russia.

No.

Everyone must participate in this plan.

Menchific social democrats, Bundest, everyone.

You are right.

You can further tell the Minister in Bern that no names of anyone will be taken on this train.

That we shall be assured extraterritorial rights through Germany.

And there will be no propaganda use on this mission in the press or in any other manner.

If I hurry, I'll just catch the ten o'clock train.

What the... What happens if the Germans don't accept your proposals?

Men will find another way.

Oh.

Tell me now, I'm not doing the right thing.

It is for you to decide.

I don't know.

The name is Hoda Meeting.

I never heard such a ludicrous suggestion.

We will be branded as traitors by every newspaper in the world, except in Germany.

The Germans have assured us that the Germans have assured us.

The whole operation, the whole operation, will be conducted in complete secrets.

Ha ha!

A trainload of revolutionaries crossing enemy territory can be no secret comrade.

I must admit, I have already heard talk of it in the cafes.

It will be the political scandal of the century.

It will destroy all our chances of a successful revolution.

Comrades.

Comrades.

Arguing in this manner is neither democratic nor constructive.

We have not heard Comrade Lenin's point of view.

I'd point of view.

I agree with everything that has been said.

As you say, our enemies could make political capital out of this for years to come.

Again, as you say, it could seriously prejudice our status without Comrade in Russia.

What do you say? I agree with.

When it's settled, we don't go.

Well, isn't it agreed?

Do you have an alternative suggestion, Comrade Mjökoff?

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Do you want to eke out the rest of your days in this god-forsaken country,

while our Comrades in Russia struggle to bring about a revolution, perhaps being arrested?

Oh, shot!

Look, how will you feel, Comrade Mjökoff?

Three or four months from now, when the revolution has been wiped out by Kerensky and his bourgeoisie.

The soldiers and sailors' deputies arrested, imprisoned, and all hopes of a true proletarian revolution destroyed.

How will you feel as you sit in the Kafe Central in Zurich and read about it in the Swiss newspapers?

The provisional government has already granted amnesty to hundreds of Bolsheviks and revolutionaries.

Now, if we had their permission...

... permission...

... we will send a telegram.

To Kerensky!

Dear Comrade Kerensky, the Central Committee for the return of Russian exiles in Switzerland kindly requests your permission to return to Russia in order that they may overthrow your provisional government.

Hm.

Comrades, we must build a revolution that will outlive any political slander that may be leveled of us.

I agree with Comrade's enough, if we must accept this offer, we have no choice.

Nothing matters but the revolution. Nothing. And without peace, there can be no revolution. And without us, there will be no revolution.

You see, there is no alternative Comrade. Believe me, I have thought to map this very deeply, but there is no alternative.

And time is running out! I beg you, think carefully, and you will agree.

We have to accept.

Thank you.

We're incessancing it's in one hour.

Russia.

Russia!

Wait for me to let it in.

Let's have a gillion. I've been instructed to remain with you until we reach Petrograd.

What's the position there, Lieutenant?

This has been a long journey. We've had little news.

It's a madhouse.

Peasards and soldiers pouring in from all over the province in their thousands, meetings and demonstrations.

We're not going to have to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

The soldiers and soldiers pouring in from all over the province in their thousands, meetings and demonstrations on every street corner.

The Dorita Palace is bedlam.

Workers and soldiers' deputies holding committed meetings in every room, even in the corridors.

We Russians are a passion for holding meetings.

When a people find its voice for the first time, it has a lot to say.

There's so many parties.

Committees for this, committees for that, subcommittees, delegations, deputation.

And what is your assessment of the political situation?

What kind of reception shall we receive?

I'm a soldier. I know nothing of politics.

Petrograd, we're coming into Petrograd at last.

But all we know is we'll be arrested as soon as we step off the train.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.

We're not going to wait until we get to the end of the war.