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TV Channel Russia

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Written by Arif Aliev
Art director Vladimir Menshov

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Directed by Alexandr Baranov,
Ramil Sabitov Camera - Maxim Shinkorenko

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Production Designers
Sergey Vorobjev, Sergey Onipenko

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Music by Nikolai Rostov

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Make-up Artists
Marina Dedova, Ilona Levitskaya

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Leading Editor
Nadezhda Tarnovskaya

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Leading Producer
Alexei Kublitsky

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Producers - Alexandr Akopov
Ekaterina Efanova, Natalia Shneiderova

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Empress Elizaveta I - Yulia Aug

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Grand Duke Pyotr Fyodorovich,
Emperor Peter III - Alexandr Yatsenko

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Count Bestuzhev - Vladimir Menshov
Count Lestocq - Konstantin Lavronenko Count Razumovsky - Alexandr Lazarev (Jr.)

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Prince Saltykov - Rinal Mukhametov
Captain Orlov - Sergey Strelnikov

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Princess Johanna - Isabel Schosnig
Count Shuvalov - Nikolai Kozak General Apraksin -Vitaly Kravchenko

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Jemma - Elena Shamova
Pimen - Ivan Dobronravov Matrena - Svetlana Korchagina

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Prince Ponyatovsky - Aleksei Vorobyev
Brekdorf - Maxim Kerin Betskoy - Kirill Rubtsov

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Frederick II - Hartmut Krug
Mardefelt - Vitus Eisenach Chetardie - Patrick Roullier Rollin

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Nanny of Tsar Ivan VI -
Valentina Talyzina

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With Marina Alexandrova
as Ekaterina II

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EKATERINA

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Mother, everything has been resolved at last.

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No less than thousands of thalers.
She could make me a present too.

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The Empress has given us enough.

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Yes, yes, she's generous.

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She's ready to give away anything,
even her mother's name.

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Do you like your new name?

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If I become an empress, I'll be Ekaterina (Catherine) II,

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for there had already been one Ekaterina in this country.

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But Ekaterina II sounds better than Louis XV.

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The French call their kings by nicknames, not by numbers.
The Sun King, the Father of the People.

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Well, the Russians also have nicknames.

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Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great.

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And I'll be called...I will be Ekaterina the Wise.

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Or Ekaterina the Faithful.

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You will be called Ekaterina the Naive Girl.

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I allow you, Mother, to call me
Figchen. For one last time.

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O God Almighty, our Creator and Helper.

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For You said with Your pure lips
that without You I can do nothing.

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O my Lord, I believe in You
with all my soul

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and all my heart, I prostrate myself
before Your goodness:

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help me the sinner that I am
to accomplish the thing I begin

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to the glory of Your name. In the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

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Do you remember how the rite of
christening is done?

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God's servant Ekaterina is being christened.

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In the name of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit.

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Welcome to St. Petersburg.

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Her Imperial Majesty is looking forward to seeing you.
You'll be showed to your quarters, Mr. Caramaldi.

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Before that, we have to discuss
the amount of my pay.

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The former sum doesn't suit me.
-Of course.

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I came to give the Empress treatments
for a delicate problem.

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I was sure I was going to a modern
European city.

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Get rid of these burrow dogs immediately,
and shut up all the burrows.They are the hotbed of diseases.

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Mr. Caramaldi, please, take a rest and have dinner.

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You think I'll be more compliant after
dinner? Don't even hope so.

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After dinner I'll sleep for exactly 2 hours.

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And if upon waking up I'll see the dogs
with rats in their mouths, I'll get angry again.

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Don't worry. I'll give orders. Please.

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As soon as she gives birth,
she must be taken to a convent.

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Doctor, Im not a common lass for you to paw.

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With all due respect,
Your Majesty.

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But I don't see any difference
between a common lass and you.

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Doctor!

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You can give birth just like
a strong common lass.

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Not like noble ladies who
often have difficulties with childbearing.

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Do you mean I can have a child?

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Physically, you're disposed to it.

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It seems your female organs
are just lazy. But it can be helped.

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Medicinal leeches, morels, physical exercise.

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Doctor, when I give birth to the heir,
you'll get loaded with money.

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So do your best. And you too.

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And I want to fence, hunt and sail.

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Really? What are you going to sail on?

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Oh, I thought, on a boat.

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On a boat too.

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We will sail and
catch fish with a net.

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I'm afraid my Aunt may
not like this willfulness.

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Will you like it?

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What would you want?

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It's nothing.

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Tell me anyway?

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I don't know. For example, to fly a kite.

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Do you think she won't allow it?

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No she won't; I want the kite
to be burned in the sky.

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Why wont we fly it?

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So easy?

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But you want it.

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I don't know anymore… No.

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Why did you do that?

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I wanted to…

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Without permission from your Aunt.

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Bravo!

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Ekaterina, bravissimo!
C'est exellent!

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Now the greeting!

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You can't curtsey in a wedding dress.
You have to do your greetings differently.

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A slight bow with your head. Your arms along...
your hands outward,

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and a smile out of the corners of your lips.

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Her Majesty asks you to spare
some time to the Doctor. Caramaldi.

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He will examine you.

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Why? Im not ill.

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Hasn't she been examined before,
Your Majesty?

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She has been examined by
a previous doctor, but it doesn't matter anymore.

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I want to be sure that Ekaterina
can get pregnant and bear a healthy child.

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And I also want to be sure of her virginity.

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Virginity has nothing to dowith the
ability of child-bearing, Your Majesty.

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As if I don't know it myself.

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Mi scusi...

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Your Highness, make haste,
theyre waiting for you.

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Where did that doctor come from?

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He was recommended by
Count Razumovsky.

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Thank God, not by
the French Ambassador.

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Tense your belly, Your Highness.

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More. The physical form of
Ekaterina Alekseyevna is perfect for child-birth.

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Perfect for child-birth…
Anything can happen in this world.

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The abdominal wall muscle is strong
and well developed;

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the joints are flexible.

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The sacrum, the coccyx, the size
and form of the pelvis are perfect for child-birth.

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I need the confirmation.

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I am a virgin. Ask your man who spies on me.

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For a delicate examination,

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I ask Your Highness to spread your legs
up to the width of your shoulders.

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Please.

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She is a virgin.

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Shit!

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Greetings, Your Highness.

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You look upset. But
sadness doesn't suit young brides.

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I'm just a little tired, Mr. Mardefelt.

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I am your friend, like King Frederick.

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You can tell your friends
about all your sorrows

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I have no sorrows I would like
to share with King Frederick.

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You are a subject of King Frederick.

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So don't forget where your real homeland is.
You're a German, Friederike.

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There is no Friederike.

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There is Ekaterina Alekseyevna,
a maiden of Russian Orthodox faith,

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a betrothed bride of the heir to the Russian throne.

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Do you remember how
the rite of wedding goes?

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Yes, we do.

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Let's repeat it.

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What do the lit candles in the hands
of the groom and bride signify?

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The candles
signify love.

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Our love, as pure
and flaming as fire.

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What else? Pyotr Fyodorovich.

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The lit candles signify...

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Chastity,

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mine and Ekaterina's. And something else…

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God's grace.

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Read the prayer to the Guarding Angel
and the Sequel to Holy Communion thrice.

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Aren't you happy?

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Sorry, but I am not.

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We've been waiting for it for so long.

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If I could, I wouldve sailed far, far away and never returned.

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To India or China… And I would have lived there in obscurity and peace.

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Pyotr Fyodorovich, I'm trying
to understand you, but I cannot.

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Today I'm beginning medical experiments.

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Perhaps, one can understand people by cutting them open.
by cutting rats open.

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What are you talking about, Pyotr Fyodorovich?

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Excuse me, I need to be alone.

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Did you see something awful in your sleep?

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Something awful? I saw you.

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About face!

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March! 1, 2, 3, 4.

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1, 2, 3, 4.

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1, 2, 3, 4.

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1, 2, 3, 4.

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Attention! About face!

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1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4,

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1, 2...

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If I had 200 fine fellows
like these and landed in Denmark,

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I wouldve showed you a blitz-krieg.

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You shouldn't laugh.

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I'm glad you don't have them.

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Forward! March!

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1, 2, 3, 4! 1, 2, 3, 4!

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1, 2, 3, 4! 1, 2, 3, 4!

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Halt! 1, 2. Dress!
Greetings, Your Highness!

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Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!

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Thank you for your service!

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Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!

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Oh, you…

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Ugly Face! Thank you!

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You, my Eagle Eye! Thank you.

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Brave lad!
Let me kiss you!

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Thank you! Well, you dog!

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Thank you for your service, Corporal.

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Execution!

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Traitor! Deserter!

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Rat, rat, you rat! You traitor!

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Come here!

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Stop it! Pyotr Fyodorovich, your joke has come too far!

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The offender will be subjected
to a horrible torture and cut up.

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For treachery and betrayal. Is that clear?

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It's clear.

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I will love you for who you are.
I'll get used to you.

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So do it.

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Start with Russia.

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The new Turkish ambassador
arrived to Petersburg in March.

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He brought a ruby from the
Sultan's turban as a present.

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Empress Elizaveta Petrovna thanked him for the gift
and expressed her confidence in the friendship of the two great powers.

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The new French ambassador did not arrive.
It has been two months since Marquis Chetardie's banishment.

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Is that all? I want the details.

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Mardefelt will shortly receive important
information from your secret well-wisher.

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In two weeks we'll start the offensive on Paris.
Is Russia going to strike us in the back?

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Or not? Can you tell me: yes or no?!

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You're silent? Your work is no good
yours and that of your Secret Office!

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I need the information now,
not in the nearest future!

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Tell this to your "secret well-wisher"...

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Good evening, Your Highness.

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Arina, is the Princess in?

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Yes, Your Highness.

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Here and here, there will be bridges
and castles, all in stone.

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The columns will be made of marble, as well as ceilings and walls.

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We'll build the bridges with huge arches
and flowers all around the city.

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I'll build you a castle, and
we'll live there together.

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Which color
do you prefer?

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Count Lestocq has been stripped of his title,
imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress and branded a traitor.

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Why did you stop, Ivan
Ivanovich? Read on.

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The former Emperor Ioann Antonovich

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heartlessly reduced to the state of a primitive savage,
has been languishing in prison since his childhood years.

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He cannot even speak.

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How does she know that?

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Who told her?

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Alexandr Ivanovich, help him remember.

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It was your order, Your Majesty.

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So you liked it?

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Did you succumb to your emotions
and go into collusion?

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Shes an experienced madam
greedy for money and pleasures.

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Shes envious –
and stupid, since she got caught.

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Tell me, what's her secret?

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There is no secret. She declared her love for me.

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But I remained indifferent.
-Youre lying.

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Your Majesty, why do you treat me like that?
- What for?

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Please, don't destroy the drawings.
Pass them on to the Academy.

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Is this yours?

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No, but I can explain.

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I'm listening.

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What's going on, Mother?

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Forgive me, Your Majesty, I wanted...

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I don't speak Russian well.
I wanted to...

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You cannot explain it.

239
00:24:44,519 --> 00:24:46,680
I am scared.

240
00:24:49,039 --> 00:24:51,920
Before you die, you'll be tortured.

241
00:24:51,959 --> 00:24:55,039
We must know
what you managed to pass on.

242
00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:57,720
Did you know?

243
00:24:57,759 --> 00:24:59,000
Know what?

244
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,879
Answer me! Did you know?

245
00:25:03,159 --> 00:25:05,519
Can you explain what happened?

246
00:25:05,519 --> 00:25:08,560
I will, though I don't have to.

247
00:25:09,319 --> 00:25:13,800
Your mother is spying on us;
she writes letters to King Frederick.

248
00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,079
Were you helping her?

249
00:25:16,079 --> 00:25:18,680
I don't understand what you're talking about.

250
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,839
I'm talking about truely spying for Prussia.

251
00:25:22,839 --> 00:25:31,759
Yes, Ive been writing to the King.
I was flattered by the attention of a great man.

252
00:25:31,759 --> 00:25:38,680
It's a lie. You wrote to him for money.
How much have you been paid?

253
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:39,879
4,000.

254
00:25:39,879 --> 00:25:41,759
Alexandr Ivanovich.

255
00:25:41,759 --> 00:25:44,519
I'm talking to the Princess, not to you.

256
00:25:44,519 --> 00:25:46,759
I'm sorry, Your Majesty.

257
00:25:51,439 --> 00:25:54,839
How did you know about the secret prisoner?

258
00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:00,360
Who told you about the torturing of Lestocq?

259
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:06,680
Was it that fool, Betskoy?

260
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,839
Or Pyotr Fyodorovich?

261
00:26:11,159 --> 00:26:12,879
Or maybe Saltykov?

262
00:26:14,959 --> 00:26:18,479
I don't remember. I overheard it.

263
00:26:18,479 --> 00:26:23,159
Who gave you the money? Baron Mardefelt?

264
00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,759
Baron Mardefelt gave me 2,000
and promised 2,000 more.

265
00:26:27,759 --> 00:26:29,680
In roubles, I hope?

266
00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:31,839
In thalers.

267
00:26:33,239 --> 00:26:38,519
In thalers… Poverty is in your blood.

268
00:26:38,839 --> 00:26:44,639
Didn't you understand you were
ruining your daughter's future?

269
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,680
Your Majesty, forgive my mother.
We'll go home immediately.

270
00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:55,800
And neither with a thought
nor with a word we'll ever reproach Your Imperial Majesty.

271
00:26:55,800 --> 00:27:00,479
I will thank the Lord and pray for your health. I…

272
00:27:01,479 --> 00:27:03,319
Home?

273
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:07,280
Now tell me the truth about
you and your mother,

274
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,039
or you both will go to the fortress.

275
00:27:10,039 --> 00:27:12,959
Friederike knew nothing. Nothing!

276
00:27:12,959 --> 00:27:14,879
Friederike?!

277
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,280
There is no Friederike anymore!

278
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:24,519
There is Ekaterina Alekseyevna,
a maiden of Russian Orthodox faith,

279
00:27:25,439 --> 00:27:31,560
a betrothed bride of the heir
to the Russian throne.

280
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,319
Ive made a mistake.

281
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,360
About you, everything is clear.

282
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,920
What shall we do with the girl?

283
00:27:54,959 --> 00:27:57,879
You can say goodbye to your mother.

284
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:32,800
Your Imperial Highness,
are you aware that wild animals and rats

285
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:37,079
are the causes of many diseases?

286
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:42,600
I will agree to your
hunter's whims

287
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:49,079
only on the condition that
all the rats will be destroyed,

288
00:28:49,079 --> 00:28:54,479
along with the other wild animals
won't be used for training dogs.

289
00:28:56,159 --> 00:28:59,720
Foxes can be replaced by domestic rabbits.

290
00:29:01,959 --> 00:29:07,400
I shall head the force fighting the rats
and destroy all the enemies.

291
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,800
All of them!

292
00:29:10,639 --> 00:29:17,600
I still hope for your
good sense, Your Highness.

293
00:29:26,519 --> 00:29:31,239
Out! Get out!
Aunt, I demand to be received!

294
00:29:31,239 --> 00:29:33,039
Leave him alone.

295
00:29:33,039 --> 00:29:39,319
For your sake, I've chosen the Russian Orthodox faith,
I learned the Russian language and I speak Russian.

296
00:29:39,839 --> 00:29:45,400
You've chosen the name for me.
Though I liked my former name Karl Peter,

297
00:29:46,039 --> 00:29:48,519
I got used to being Pyotr Fyodorovich.

298
00:29:48,639 --> 00:29:52,879
You've chosen a bride for me,
you've even chosen the name for my bride.

299
00:29:52,879 --> 00:29:58,239
Auntie, I am
doing my best, but I ask you;

300
00:29:58,239 --> 00:30:03,239
no, I demand to leave me my dogs.

301
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:05,959
You're behaving like a little boy.

302
00:30:08,119 --> 00:30:11,439
It's time to grow up, Pyotr Fyodorovich.

303
00:30:13,519 --> 00:30:15,639
You like hunting?

304
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:21,039
Give orders to harness the Tsar's
equipage. We'll go together.

305
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:26,280
For deer, for ducks – what do you prefer?

306
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:28,920
You are not a huntsman.

307
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,000
You are the heir to the throne.

308
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:36,039
And you should behave according to your status and predestination.

309
00:30:48,439 --> 00:30:50,439
All right...

310
00:30:52,039 --> 00:30:54,360
we'll leave you your dogs.

311
00:30:55,639 --> 00:30:58,720
How can I train dogs without a burrow?

312
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,759
I'm busy, and you're disturbing me. Go now.

313
00:31:05,159 --> 00:31:07,280
Go!

314
00:31:11,959 --> 00:31:13,839
Damn.

315
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,560
It's modest, but not without taste.

316
00:31:47,119 --> 00:31:50,839
It's wonderful here, Your Majesty.

317
00:31:51,879 --> 00:31:57,759
Well, enough of that.
Learn to keep a royal bearing.

318
00:31:58,239 --> 00:31:59,639
Open it.

319
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,319
Thank you.

320
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:07,200
The bride of the heir to the throne
should have many dresses.

321
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,759
How many dresses
do you think I have?

322
00:32:09,759 --> 00:32:11,439
1,000?

323
00:32:12,479 --> 00:32:14,560
32,000.

324
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:20,039
This mirror was brought by
the Venetian ambassador.

325
00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:22,239
87 years…

326
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,319
87 years what?

327
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:34,759
If you, Your Majesty, wear a different dress every day, you will
live for another 87 years, 7 months and 4 days.

328
00:32:34,759 --> 00:32:44,920
Really? You're good at counting.

329
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:48,039
I know a system of fast count.

330
00:32:50,439 --> 00:32:52,400
Make yourself comfortable, my dear.

331
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,680
Your Majesty.

332
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,319
Do you want to ask me about your mother?

333
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:08,959
Why didn't you ask
right away?

334
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,239
Though it's good that you didn't.

335
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:15,439
She is not being tortured.

336
00:33:15,439 --> 00:33:19,720
She will tell everything on her own.
And as soon as she does, we'll send her home.

337
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,319
I think you're smarter than she is.

338
00:33:45,479 --> 00:33:47,000
Mommy!

339
00:33:47,239 --> 00:33:50,759
Its a good room. This is the real palace.

340
00:33:51,119 --> 00:33:53,560
I'm happy for you, my girl.

341
00:33:53,879 --> 00:33:55,680
Mother, why did you do it?

342
00:33:55,879 --> 00:33:58,079
Don't shout, dear. The servants might hear you.

343
00:33:59,439 --> 00:34:03,439
Yes, I behaved thoughtlessly.
But I didn't expect it to end this way.

344
00:34:03,439 --> 00:34:06,039
We were
lucky it ended this way.

345
00:34:06,039 --> 00:34:10,159
If it were not for the Empress's mercy, we
both would have been in the fortress.

346
00:34:10,159 --> 00:34:14,959
And no one would have done a thing to get us out of there including your King Frederick.

347
00:34:16,439 --> 00:34:18,400
"Your" King Frederick?

348
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:21,959
Youve forgotten your homeland
so quickly.

349
00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:29,800
You were so hasty to shed Prussia
off of you like a worn jacket.

350
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,639
And I knew that one
day I would have to go back.

351
00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:36,239
You've always thought only of yourself.

352
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,680
And who did I think of when I set out
on that reckless journey

353
00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:46,560
enduring the cold, adversity
and humiliation? Have I deserved that?

354
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:56,920
I am still beautiful and young.
I too have always dreamt of shining at the Court.

355
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,360
Your dreams could have brought
you to the torture rack. Go away!

356
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,519
I can't bear the sight of you!

357
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:16,239
Mommy!
Mommy!

358
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:17,639
Forgive me.

359
00:35:17,639 --> 00:35:22,879
You forgive me, my girl.
when I think that I could be hanging from the rack...

360
00:35:23,119 --> 00:35:25,200
Mother, I love you.

361
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:28,039
I love you too.

362
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:56,839
Are you spying on me?!
You scum!

363
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:15,039
Wedded is God's servant Pyotr
to God's servant Ekaterina

364
00:36:15,159 --> 00:36:20,200
in the name of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

365
00:36:25,319 --> 00:36:27,839
Wedded is God's servant Ekaterina

366
00:36:27,839 --> 00:36:35,159
to God's servant Pyotr in the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

367
00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:42,519
Wedded...

368
00:37:48,519 --> 00:37:49,839
Minuet.

369
00:37:49,839 --> 00:37:54,280
Dancing are Pyotr Fyodorovich
and Elizaveta Petrovna.

370
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:26,360
Your Highness, may I introduce to you
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov

371
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:31,759
the only Russian scientist
in the Academy of Sciences, poet and dramatist.

372
00:38:31,759 --> 00:38:35,079
I would like to congratulate you
on behalf of the scientists and invite

373
00:38:35,079 --> 00:38:39,159
Pyotr Fyodorovich and you to visit the
Academy of Sciences in case you are interested.

374
00:38:39,159 --> 00:38:41,360
Thank you, Mikhail Vasilyevich.

375
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:44,959
The Grand Duke and I will be glad
to take advantage of your invitation.

376
00:39:35,639 --> 00:39:38,319
Please, give your blessing, Your Grace.

377
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:53,360
They are a fine couple – Ekaterina
and Pyotr – aren't they?

378
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,319
What were those
unfit affectations?

379
00:39:56,319 --> 00:40:00,239
There were no such dances
even under Peter the Great.

380
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:03,680
Yes, today is a happy day for them.

381
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:11,920
Not every woman is so lucky as at 17
to go to the altar with the beloved husband.

382
00:40:14,439 --> 00:40:17,839
Some are not wed even at 35.

383
00:40:18,039 --> 00:40:22,079
Would you like to shift the conversation
to your person, Your Majesty?

384
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,439
I'm taking advantage of your kindness.

385
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:45,639
You are the Empress given to
Russia by Lord God and anointed to reign.

386
00:40:46,959 --> 00:40:51,680
It's not good for the Church
to sanctify your vain sin.

387
00:40:51,730 --> 00:40:56,280
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