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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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Summer of 1757, Russian troops
score two major victories over Prussia.

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They seize Memel and smash
Prussian troops near Gross-Jagersdorf.

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But perhaps due to the Empress's illness,
no orders come to move towards Berlin.

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Russian troops are on the enemy's territory,
we can end the war

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by a complete defeat of Prussia.

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But Pyotr Fyodorovich doesn't even hide his attitude
to this war and his admiration of King Frederick.

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That's why I don't trust him!

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And I don't trust Ekaterina Alekseyevna!

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Because we all know
whose son Pavel Petrovich really is.

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Why do you say it now?
- Do not flatter yourself.

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Our enemies
know about this as well.

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It's all rumors, gentlemen.

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Let us rally our efforts and persuade the
heir to continue the war to the victorious end.

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We should carry on the offensive.

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Because if we stop, the Prussian
troops will regroup and attack from the flanks.

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Gentlemen, I am ready to go to Berlin and conclude
an everlasting peace with the king of Prussia.

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Peace with Frederick is more
important than the Finnish lands.

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Would Your Highness kindly explain
who has made this decision?

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I, Peter III.

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By the way, can I issue a decree and change
my name or add some heroic nickname?

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Peter III, it sounds too ordinary.

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I don't want to be mentioned in
historical annals as 'the third'.

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You are 'the third', Your Highness,
and it can't be changed.

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You are wrong.
Everything is possible.

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Pyotr Fyodorovich, you may rest assured,
we shall find some solution.

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Pyotr Fyodorovich, I assure
you in my support.

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So, when is Auntie's funeral?

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What funeral? She is alive.

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Yes, shes alive, God bless her.

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Heres a letter from
Count Bestuzhev.

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Get me dressed.

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Where do they meet?

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I don't know.

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In the palace?

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The Count didn't mention it,
and Her Highness silently got dressed and left.

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Go.
Quick!

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So? Im asking you, have you been sleeping when on duty?

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You missed the conspiracy!

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Get everyone here, on the double!

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According to the doctors,
Her Majesty will soon die.

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Ive planned everything.

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Count Apraksin is supporting me.

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Soon you will receive letters from him
with his personal assurance of his loyalty to you.

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But Pyotr Fyodorovich is
the heir to the throne.

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Pyotr Fyodorovich is against
the war with Prussia.

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Our troops are on the enemy's territory,

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but he wants to admit our defeat
and summon the army back to Russia.

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Should we suffer Pyotr to ascend the throne,
we shall cease to exist as a state.

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It turns out that our soldiers
have been dying for nothing?

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It would be good for Russia if
your son will ascend to the throne.

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I'm offering you the regency.

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I will not participate in a conspiracy.

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If you don't seize power,

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Pyotr Fyodorovich would hide you in
Shlissenburg and announce you dead.

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And he'd concoct a most unhandsome disease for you -

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like, say, that his wife died
from a hemorrhagic colic.

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In the end, he'd lose the crown, you'd lose your family,
and your life would hardly be long.

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No. Her Majesty will die
and I'll take my son back.

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Pyotr Fyodorovich won't object
to this. And the Empire…

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won't perish. Russia saw all kind
of people on the throne. But it still goes on.

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Empires are built for centuries and ruined
in a blink of an eye.

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Are you afraid?

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I'm afraid to lose.

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In Russia they blame the one
who gets beaten first.

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Very well, there is another idea, a worse one.

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For you to get married

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to Ioann Antonovich,

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our secret prisoner.

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He is the legitimate Emperor who has reigned for two weeks.

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How old is he?
-17.

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We'll release him, enthrone him, you'll marry
him and become the Empress.

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Fear not: he won't be a nuisance -
he's weak in the head.

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What about Pyotr Fyodorovich?

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Hell die.

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He will.

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And no one will shed a single tear about him.

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No, there will be no blood on me.

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You fool! You silly woman!

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A conspiracy is on the way,
involving Bestuzhev and your wife.

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I feel it my duty to warn you
and assure you of my loyalty.

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After Elizaveta Petrovna's demise the conspirators intend to enthrone...

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Pavel. Under the regency
of Ekaterina Alekseyevna.

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How did you find out?

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After Elizaveta's death, we'll
hold the Council and think about it.

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Why, why this quick tempo again?

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You should play 'andante'.

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Together!

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There is a letter to you, Your Highness.

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What does she want from me?

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She asks me to dine with her.

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What an extraordinary folly! I hate her!

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Why don't you eat?

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Pyotr Fyodorovich, hear me out.

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Most probably, Elizaveta Petrovna
is going to die soon.

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Our marriage is a failed one.

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After everything happens, I
would like to leave.

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Probably, leave Russia.

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Together with Pavel.

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You may leave wherever you wish.

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Thank you…
-But Pavel will stay with me.

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And what did you expect?

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That I will allow you to take my son away?

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He is not your son.

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You foul traitor! Do you think I know nothing?

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You and Bestuzhev conspire against me!

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Your Highness...

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Call the doctor!

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Pavel is not my son?
He is my spitting image!

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Alyosha...

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Alyosha!
- Here. I'm here, My Lady.

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What happened?
What, my darling?

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I'm hungry.

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Thank God. Thank God.
Thank God.

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Your Majesty, Aleksey Grigoryevich, Count Shuvalov
is here with an urgent report.

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Will you
receive him?

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I was just brought back to life.
Can't I have some peace? Let him wait.

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I'm so happy to see Your Majesty
in good health.

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Lyoshenka, order to lay the
table in the parlor. I'm hungry.

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Yes, yes, my darling.

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I'm sorry, Your Majesty,
to disturb you at such a moment,

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but weve intercepted letters evidently
pertaining to a conspiracy against you.

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And against me, too.
They want to kill me.

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So dreadful. Who?

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Apraksin, Bestuzhev,
and Ekaterina Alekseyevna.

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Where are the letters?

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Take Apraksin and Bestuzhev
to the dungeon. Their guilt is obvious to me.

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Ekaterina Alekseyevna I will talk to myself.

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This way, please.

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Be still and silent.

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Bestuzhev, in the name
of Her Imperial Majesty,

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you are arrested
for plotting a coup.

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Come with me.

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We have friendly relations with Stepan Fyodorovich,
but this fact could hardly do you any harm.

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My dear, did you agree to take part in a coup?

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No.

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Don't believe her.
She's being devious, she's lying.

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Be quiet.

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She should be put in the dungeon
and tortured until she confesses.

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Youve nearly killed your
wife and your future child.

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Imagine if it happened and how
we would have looked in people's opinion.

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Get out.

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Youre beginning to take interest in
things that don't concern you, my dear.

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I did nothing of the kind.

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But here I can read quite the opposite.

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Count Bestuzhev said
there were other letters as well.

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Then Bestuzhev lied.

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Tell me the truth, I'm not going to punish you.

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I didn't take part in the conspiracy.

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I really hope I'm not wrong
about you, my dear.

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It will hurt, Stepan Fyodorovich.

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It already hurts, Alexander Ivanovich.

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I'm weak and can't bear pain.

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Confess, and you'll not
be tortured.

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I'll send you to a cell and bring dinner from the tavern.
You must be hungry.

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Hunger is the worst torture for me.
What confession are you expecting?

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Of treason. Betrayal. Tell me why you stopped
the offensive on Konigsberg. And tell me about your accomplices.

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Arina! Arina! Call the doctor.
- Has is started?

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What was the role of Ekaterina
Alekseyevna in all this?

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Ekaterina Alekseyevna?

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Your mistress. Is it true she
is insatiable and refuses no one?

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If she refuses no one, make sure of it yourself then.

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Torture him with hot iron.

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Damn you, I'll sign everything.

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Very nice. Untie the Field Marshal.

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Be ready to put it down.

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Well, the pot-belly turned to be weak.

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Bring in Bestuzhev! Now!

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Your Highness, it's a girl.
A fine and robust baby.

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I'm glad it's a girl.

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When she is baptized, I'll put the
Order of St. Catherine on the white ribbon on her.

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I'll ordain two dozen of dresses
remade to the sizes from infancy to 5 years of age.

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Little girls can be lovely.

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Upon recovery from her illness, Elizaveta Petrovna
orders a resumption of hostilities against Prussia.

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Konigsberg is taken.

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All citizens of Eastern Prussia are
made to swear allegiance to the Russian Crown,

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including the philosopher Immanuel Kant.

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Elizavetas troops go on to further victories in Zorndorf.

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Grigory Orlov takes part, but is wounded in battle.

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Ekaterina Alekseyevna suffered a great loss:
her daughter died.

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She is still in mourning, so
please be quiet and polite with her.

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Your Excellency,
why did the child die?

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Such was Gods will.

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Did the previous maids of honour die too?

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Good God, Liza, no. The Gagarin sisters left
to bring up their own children.

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The servant is waiting at the southern entrance. Go.

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You should address Count Razumovsky
as His Grace and not His Excellency.

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Why? He is just a Count and not of the royal family.

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Liza, because of you they will send us away.

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Didn't I teach you? No asking
questions, no joking or laughing out loud.

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You've always been ashamed of me, Uncle.

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Oh, don't talk like this.
I love you. I love both of you equally.

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Nobody loves me.

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Enough, Liza.

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So, if you are asked any questions,
make your answers short and sweet.

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Keep silent if you don't know what to say.
And don't hide your talents.

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Dancing, graceful gait, and playing music is what
they expect of young ladies in waiting.

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Godspeed.

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Oh Lord...

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I won't be able to bear two deaths
back to back.

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Please, God...

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My Lady, there is a letter for you.

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Grigory is alive!

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Oh, God, thank you, praised be.

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Don't move,

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Your Highness.

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Mademoiselle, let's begin our lesson. This dance is called...
- Bourree!

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French Bourree. I can dance it, Teacher.

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And…

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Thank you, enough.

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And you?

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And…

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Wonderful, wonderful! Can you show
the palatial gait?

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Let me show it?

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No need, thank you.
Why? I studied the palatial gait.

235
00:24:54,041 --> 00:24:58,458
Mademoiselle Liza, have you happened
to study anything else?

236
00:25:11,041 --> 00:25:16,041
Bach's suite? It's a very difficult piece.
Who is such a virtuoso?

237
00:25:16,041 --> 00:25:22,709
we used to have only one virtuoso.
I don't even know how he'll take to a competitor.

238
00:25:26,041 --> 00:25:32,959
Let's continue. Keep your poise,
hands together, a low plie...

239
00:26:21,667 --> 00:26:27,083
You don't know how to begin a conversation,
Your Highness? Ask me about something.

240
00:26:33,166 --> 00:26:34,792
About what?

241
00:26:36,041 --> 00:26:38,208
Anything you wish.

242
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,041
Anything?

243
00:26:42,041 --> 00:26:43,709
At all.

244
00:26:45,542 --> 00:26:47,834
Why do you limp?

245
00:26:51,208 --> 00:26:53,917
A donkey kicked me,

246
00:26:54,208 --> 00:26:57,375
and I tore off its ears,
so it wouldnt kick anymore!

247
00:26:58,250 --> 00:26:59,875
Are you serious?

248
00:26:59,875 --> 00:27:02,750
No, I was joking.

249
00:27:03,291 --> 00:27:05,291
It's not my leg.

250
00:27:05,291 --> 00:27:12,583
I was born with one leg, so they sewed up a goatling's
leg when I was little, but I grew up, so now it's too short for me.

251
00:27:14,792 --> 00:27:16,834
Is that the way to answer questions?

252
00:27:16,834 --> 00:27:19,291
Such questions - yes.

253
00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:22,917
Should I ask you
whence these marks on your face

254
00:27:22,917 --> 00:27:28,750
you are hiding so thoroughly
under a thick layer of powder, what would you answer?

255
00:27:29,375 --> 00:27:35,625
I don't know. It's inappropriate to ask a heir
to the throne such questions.

256
00:27:35,625 --> 00:27:38,792
You're evading my question out of modesty, Heir.

257
00:27:38,792 --> 00:27:44,542
What I see on your face
are the wounds from shrapnel.

258
00:27:48,291 --> 00:27:50,500
Go on playing.

259
00:28:06,875 --> 00:28:10,458
Ive fallen in love, Katya, and I feel
that he likes me too.

260
00:28:10,458 --> 00:28:11,333
Who?!

261
00:28:11,333 --> 00:28:14,792
Who else? His Highness, the heir to the throne.

262
00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:20,458
You are lame and freckled, no one can like you except
maybe for a stray dog, and only in case you throw a bone to it.

263
00:28:20,458 --> 00:28:22,750
You're just being jealous.
- Don't you dare, Lizaveta!

264
00:28:22,750 --> 00:28:29,333
He fell in love with me!
- You're as silly as only you can be. Choose some other object for your fantasies!

265
00:28:41,709 --> 00:28:49,417
Tension between Russias allies, including Austria and France,
have delayed King Fredericks capitulation.

266
00:28:49,417 --> 00:28:52,417
The war drags on.

267
00:28:56,709 --> 00:29:01,625
The guard officers still find a chance
to make a short visit to Russia.

268
00:29:02,834 --> 00:29:09,208
Grigory will be here soon! I can't
live a single day without my beloved.

269
00:29:14,583 --> 00:29:15,709
Katya?

270
00:29:16,667 --> 00:29:18,834
Where is Liza?

271
00:29:23,750 --> 00:29:26,417
No need to answer.

272
00:29:28,709 --> 00:29:33,500
Charge! Hurrah!

273
00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:35,250
Why being so slow?

274
00:29:35,250 --> 00:29:37,500
They should move with the lightning speed!

275
00:29:37,500 --> 00:29:39,458
My General, you should order them to!

276
00:29:54,125 --> 00:29:58,458
Charge! Hurrah!

277
00:29:59,542 --> 00:30:02,125
Faster! Faster!

278
00:30:03,917 --> 00:30:07,834
Very bad! Try once more!

279
00:30:08,417 --> 00:30:10,375
Faster, faster, faster!

280
00:30:11,917 --> 00:30:14,208
Faster, faster, faster!

281
00:30:16,375 --> 00:30:18,166
Your Highness, let's do it together!

282
00:30:18,458 --> 00:30:19,792
Let us!

283
00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:24,917
Charge! Hurrah!

284
00:30:46,041 --> 00:30:47,709
Hurrah!

285
00:30:57,625 --> 00:31:00,458
Hurrah! Victory, my Field Marshal!

286
00:31:27,125 --> 00:31:29,417
You're so beautiful, my General.

287
00:31:46,250 --> 00:31:48,500
What would you like,
Your Highness?

288
00:31:48,917 --> 00:31:51,500
Hush… Be quiet. My wife is asleep.

289
00:31:55,083 --> 00:31:56,333
Your wife?

290
00:31:57,291 --> 00:31:59,250
Go and buy some flowers.

291
00:32:00,417 --> 00:32:02,625
What flowers, Your Highness?

292
00:32:04,375 --> 00:32:06,208
The most beautiful ones.

293
00:32:06,208 --> 00:32:07,792
How many of them?

294
00:32:07,792 --> 00:32:11,000
As many as you can find.

295
00:32:26,500 --> 00:32:29,542
Gentlemen, let's not forget whose name
our regiment bears!

296
00:32:29,542 --> 00:32:32,041
We do remember, and we are proud of it!

297
00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:36,083
To the Izmailovsky Guards
regiment of Her Majesty

298
00:32:40,542 --> 00:32:43,458
Lets get it rolling, gentlemen.

299
00:32:44,709 --> 00:32:46,834
To the Staff Captain Orlov,

300
00:32:47,041 --> 00:32:49,083
the hero of Zorndorf!

301
00:32:49,083 --> 00:32:50,375
Welcome back, Grigory.

302
00:32:50,375 --> 00:32:53,291
Thank you, Colonel. Thank you, gentlemen,

303
00:32:53,291 --> 00:32:57,375
I'm happy to serve with you
and especially happy to fight together with you.

304
00:32:57,375 --> 00:33:01,125
Only why do you
toast me when the war is not yet over.

305
00:33:01,125 --> 00:33:03,166
To the victory of Russian arms!

306
00:33:03,166 --> 00:33:06,792
To the victory! Death to Prussia!
Death to Frederick!

307
00:33:11,125 --> 00:33:14,542
And now, gentlemen, I offer to change our location:
-And?

308
00:33:14,542 --> 00:33:17,709
Let us go and visit the actresses!

309
00:33:26,959 --> 00:33:28,792
I'm all for it.
Will you excuse me.

310
00:33:42,625 --> 00:33:46,750
I love you so much, Ekaterina Alexeyevna,
I can't live without you!

311
00:33:47,166 --> 00:33:50,291
Grigory,
I want to have your child!

312
00:33:50,625 --> 00:33:54,333
Do you want a son or a daughter,
Your Highness?

313
00:33:54,500 --> 00:34:01,500
I want a son. I want him to grow up
as brave as you.

314
00:34:02,250 --> 00:34:05,500
And as bright as you, my star.

315
00:34:10,333 --> 00:34:13,458
Her Highness Grand Princess
Ekaterina Alekseyevna

316
00:34:13,458 --> 00:34:18,500
is having a liaison with the officer
of Izmailovsky regiment, Grigory Orlov.

317
00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:20,291
Not interesting. What else?

318
00:34:20,291 --> 00:34:22,667
His Highness Grand Prince
Pyotr Fyodorovich

319
00:34:22,667 --> 00:34:26,750
is having a liaison with the
lady in waiting, Elizaveta Vorontsova.

320
00:34:26,750 --> 00:34:31,500
Now that sounds interesting. Any proof?

321
00:34:31,500 --> 00:34:33,583
It's all in the record log.

322
00:34:33,583 --> 00:34:35,166
Can there be a mistake?

323
00:34:35,166 --> 00:34:39,125
We interrogated the duty man.
He saw everything with his own eyes.

324
00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:42,834
This is some snub.

325
00:34:44,250 --> 00:34:50,375
What happens if Elizaveta Vorontsova
has a child?

326
00:34:51,291 --> 00:35:00,959
Ekaterina's children can be registered as Pyotr's,
the children of the lady in waiting remain bastards, am I right?

327
00:35:00,959 --> 00:35:02,166
Yes, Your Majesty.

328
00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:04,333
No!

329
00:35:09,041 --> 00:35:12,834
They would be
great grandchildren of Peter the Great.

330
00:35:12,834 --> 00:35:17,083
I have been waiting for 20 years
for him to father a child.

331
00:35:17,083 --> 00:35:21,250
Grand Prince Pyotr Fyodorovich petitioned
the Synod about a divorce.

332
00:35:23,208 --> 00:35:27,208
He dared to, even without my permission.

333
00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:29,709
What will be your orders, Your Majesty?

334
00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:34,417
Nothing for now.

335
00:35:36,291 --> 00:35:40,959
You will be surprised but I agree that he remarries.

336
00:35:42,208 --> 00:35:44,333
On one condition:

337
00:35:47,208 --> 00:35:56,500
Pyotr Fyodorovich can get married
only if Vorontsova gets pregnant by him.

338
00:35:58,083 --> 00:36:01,500
Summon Pyotr Fyodorovich without delay.

339
00:36:01,500 --> 00:36:07,500
As for that officer... Send him back to
the regiment and let him fight.

340
00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:11,750
Grigory Orlov has just returned.

341
00:36:11,750 --> 00:36:13,417
He took part in the Zorndorf Battle, was wounded thrice.

342
00:36:13,417 --> 00:36:17,667
He's entitled to an extended leave.
But I can take that rogue to...

343
00:36:18,166 --> 00:36:28,333
Do it on the quiet. Find some pretext. But
he should leave Petersburg this very day.

344
00:36:31,375 --> 00:36:33,083
Your Majesty...

345
00:36:33,750 --> 00:36:36,542
I forbid Ekaterina to leave the palace.

346
00:36:36,792 --> 00:36:38,375
As you wish.

347
00:37:57,500 --> 00:38:02,709
My darling, my love Ekaterina Alekseyevna.

348
00:38:03,250 --> 00:38:05,500
Again we are not fated to be together.

349
00:38:06,667 --> 00:38:11,333
I was ordered to join the
regiment in Konigsberg tomorrow.

350
00:38:34,792 --> 00:38:40,417
Well, tell me about that Vorontsova.

351
00:38:41,792 --> 00:38:48,500
Is she good in bed? What are
her special tricks and secrets?

352
00:38:48,750 --> 00:38:52,875
I do not intend to talk about Elizaveta
Romanovna with whomever it is in her absence.

353
00:38:52,875 --> 00:38:54,959
And your questions, Auntie,

354
00:38:54,959 --> 00:39:02,875
I won't answer even if your order to send me in the dungeon
and even if they twist my arms there on the rack and burn me with hot iron.

355
00:39:04,041 --> 00:39:08,834
So it is serious. Very well, then.

356
00:39:13,083 --> 00:39:16,500
I will order the doctor to examine your Vorontsova.

357
00:39:17,583 --> 00:39:20,834
After that I will decide what to do
with you two.

358
00:39:20,834 --> 00:39:23,291
Don't you dare, Auntie.

359
00:39:27,667 --> 00:39:30,458
What if you father similar children?

360
00:39:40,458 --> 00:39:42,667
Get out!
Out of my sight!

361
00:39:42,667 --> 00:39:44,333
Out! Someone take him away!

362
00:39:44,333 --> 00:39:48,125
I have hated you,
I still hate you and wait for your death.

363
00:39:48,125 --> 00:39:53,291
It won't be long in coming.
You will die, and I will leap for joy.

364
00:39:53,291 --> 00:39:56,917
When I become the Emperor,
I'll have all your portraits burned,

365
00:39:56,917 --> 00:40:04,000
and the coffin with your ugly fat
body I will send to Frederick for him to make fun of it!

366
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:12,041
You, wretched woman,
your time is over, your life is over!

367
00:40:18,041 --> 00:40:20,917
Oh Great and Holy Mikhail,

368
00:40:21,041 --> 00:40:25,125
Archangel of God, have mercy and protect

369
00:40:25,125 --> 00:40:30,333
the servant of God Grigory from all enemies visible and invisible.

370
00:40:30,542 --> 00:40:33,667
Deliver me from all temptation
of the demons...

371
00:40:35,083 --> 00:40:39,333
Oh Lord Jesus Christ,
the only-begotten Son of the eternal Father...

372
00:40:39,333 --> 00:40:43,208
Thou hast said, "Without me you can do nothing."

373
00:40:43,208 --> 00:40:50,542
In faith I embrace Thy words,
Oh Lord, and bow before Thy goodness.

374
00:40:50,542 --> 00:40:52,375
Get him.

375
00:40:54,709 --> 00:41:00,166
God is All-merciful, God will send
death upon my ruthless aunt.

376
00:41:00,216 --> 00:41:04,766
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