1 00:00:01,291 --> 00:00:04,166 TV Channel Russia 2 00:00:18,041 --> 00:00:21,917 Written by Arif Aliev Art director Vladimir Menshov 3 00:00:22,709 --> 00:00:26,125 Directed by Alexandr Baranov, Ramil Sabitov Camera - Maxim Shinkorenko 4 00:00:26,709 --> 00:00:29,333 Production Designers Sergey Vorobjev, Sergey Onipenko 5 00:00:31,166 --> 00:00:34,458 Music by Nikolai Rostov 6 00:00:35,834 --> 00:00:38,667 Make-up Artists Marina Dedova, Ilona Levitskaya 7 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:42,208 Leading Editor Nadezhda Tarnovskaya 8 00:00:43,583 --> 00:00:46,458 Leading Producer Alexei Kublitsky 9 00:00:48,417 --> 00:00:51,083 Producers - Alexandr Akopov Ekaterina Efanova, Natalia Shneiderova 10 00:00:54,834 --> 00:00:58,291 Empress Elizaveta I - Yulia Aug 11 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:02,625 Grand Duke Pyotr Fyodorovich, Emperor Peter III - Alexandr Yatsenko 12 00:01:03,125 --> 00:01:06,667 Count Bestuzhev - Vladimir Menshov Count Lestocq - Konstantin Lavronenko Count Razumovsky - Alexandr Lazarev (Jr.) 13 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:10,834 Prince Saltykov - Rinal Mukhametov Captain Orlov - Sergey Strelnikov 14 00:01:11,625 --> 00:01:15,041 Princess Johanna - Isabel Schosnig Count Shuvalov - Nikolai Kozak General Apraksin -Vitaly Kravchenko 15 00:01:15,667 --> 00:01:19,250 Jemma - Elena Shamova Pimen - Ivan Dobronravov Matrena - Svetlana Korchagina 16 00:01:19,792 --> 00:01:23,333 Prince Ponyatovsky - Aleksei Vorobyev Brekdorf - Maxim Kerin Betskoy - Kirill Rubtsov 17 00:01:23,875 --> 00:01:27,500 Frederick II - Hartmut Krug Mardefelt - Vitus Eisenach Chetardie - Patrick Roullier Rollin 18 00:01:28,083 --> 00:01:30,083 Nanny of Tsar Ivan VI - Valentina Talyzina 19 00:01:35,542 --> 00:01:38,250 With Marina Alexandrova as Ekaterina II 20 00:01:38,250 --> 00:01:43,667 AEKATERINA 21 00:02:06,083 --> 00:02:07,667 Behind you! 22 00:02:09,083 --> 00:02:10,375 Bastards! 23 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,458 There! 24 00:02:24,083 --> 00:02:26,000 Attack him. 25 00:02:36,917 --> 00:02:38,959 The Emperor's servants are as weak as he is. 26 00:02:43,583 --> 00:02:45,792 Grigory, I thought I'd never see you again. 27 00:02:51,875 --> 00:02:53,458 Go! 28 00:02:53,750 --> 00:02:55,667 Alexey, ride forward, alert the regiment. 29 00:02:56,834 --> 00:02:58,125 Go. 30 00:03:13,417 --> 00:03:14,875 Speak, Alexander. 31 00:03:15,208 --> 00:03:18,291 Ekaterina has fled the palace. With someone's help probably. 32 00:03:18,917 --> 00:03:20,500 Several of my people were killed. 33 00:03:23,667 --> 00:03:25,041 Search! 34 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:26,792 Find! 35 00:03:28,166 --> 00:03:30,208 Ekaterina and everyone, every single one 36 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:33,166 who has helped her are to be sent to prison! 37 00:03:33,458 --> 00:03:34,625 To the torture chambers! 38 00:03:34,917 --> 00:03:36,250 Your Majesty, 39 00:03:37,917 --> 00:03:39,417 I beg you! 40 00:03:44,792 --> 00:03:48,041 Count, bring Ekaterina back to the palace. 41 00:04:19,458 --> 00:04:22,166 Hush, you'll wake the baby. 42 00:04:23,375 --> 00:04:24,834 Give me. 43 00:04:31,792 --> 00:04:35,291 Here is your son, Grigory Orlov. 44 00:04:41,208 --> 00:04:42,750 Son. 45 00:04:50,834 --> 00:04:52,208 Hello... 46 00:04:54,500 --> 00:04:57,417 - Ivan. - I named him Alexey. 47 00:04:58,542 --> 00:05:00,125 Alexey won't do. 48 00:05:01,041 --> 00:05:03,583 Ivan is a good name. Ivan is power and bravery, 49 00:05:03,917 --> 00:05:06,709 a generous soul. And it's the father who should name a child. 50 00:05:07,083 --> 00:05:08,959 We will christen him Alexey. 51 00:05:19,208 --> 00:05:21,083 Let it be Alexey then. 52 00:05:23,083 --> 00:05:24,750 I'll get used to it. 53 00:05:26,166 --> 00:05:30,250 Lord willing, Alexey will have siblings. 54 00:05:32,083 --> 00:05:33,709 No time for dreaming now. 55 00:05:34,041 --> 00:05:36,000 It's time to think about rescue. 56 00:05:36,667 --> 00:05:38,792 Grigory, I want to address officers. 57 00:05:39,625 --> 00:05:42,750 I don't ask to agree; I ask to argue, think, and advise. 58 00:05:47,125 --> 00:05:50,000 The soldiers and officers are very discontented now. 59 00:05:51,375 --> 00:05:53,667 Entire Prussia is flooded with Russian blood. 60 00:05:54,291 --> 00:05:55,834 And Pyotr has surrendered the victory. 61 00:05:56,917 --> 00:05:59,208 - Do you think they'll stand for me? - They must. 62 00:06:02,709 --> 00:06:04,750 They must, Ekaterina Alekseevna. 63 00:06:06,208 --> 00:06:09,625 But isn't it better to wait for the Army to return from Prussia? 64 00:06:10,458 --> 00:06:13,166 If they're late, I'll die in the prison or in a monastery! 65 00:06:13,542 --> 00:06:16,250 I won't let it happen. Trust me. 66 00:06:17,792 --> 00:06:20,959 You need to get your strength back. Rest now. 67 00:06:25,166 --> 00:06:26,959 It's all in Lord's hands. 68 00:06:34,625 --> 00:06:36,458 God be with you, Grigory. 69 00:06:38,417 --> 00:06:40,709 If I'm needed, I'll be there at once. 70 00:06:51,166 --> 00:07:00,041 As Russia withdraws from the war, its former allies, Austria and France, suffer a string of crushing defeats. 71 00:07:00,625 --> 00:07:03,500 The Germans consider Emperor Frederick the winner. 72 00:07:04,667 --> 00:07:14,125 By tilting the odds in Prussias favor, Pyotr Fyodorovich now faces the wrath of his own people. 73 00:07:16,875 --> 00:07:19,291 Barracks of Izmailovsky Regiment June 1762 74 00:07:19,792 --> 00:07:22,333 I ask for a resolute and swift advance. 75 00:07:22,792 --> 00:07:25,125 I don't discuss the military course of the coup, 76 00:07:25,458 --> 00:07:26,750 you know it and will do it better than me. 77 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:30,417 With God's help and your support I promise 78 00:07:30,959 --> 00:07:33,583 to rule Russia fairly and prudently. 79 00:07:34,166 --> 00:07:37,542 Catherine, we don't know yet who will support us 80 00:07:38,542 --> 00:07:40,417 and who will prefer to betray us. 81 00:07:40,750 --> 00:07:44,083 For the coup I need a hundred of resolute officers. 82 00:07:44,792 --> 00:07:48,041 Above all they must be swift and ready to stand till the end. 83 00:07:50,792 --> 00:07:52,542 On June 29th, 84 00:07:57,083 --> 00:07:59,959 Pyotr Fyodorovich will be wed. 85 00:08:00,625 --> 00:08:04,458 And after that he'll be able to do anything to you and to me. 86 00:08:05,458 --> 00:08:07,166 We must advance before that. 87 00:08:08,417 --> 00:08:10,625 Brave officers, who is with me? 88 00:08:56,500 --> 00:08:58,625 Line up! 89 00:08:59,041 --> 00:09:01,333 First platoon, line up! 90 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:04,500 Fifth squadron, line up! 91 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 Second squadron, line up! 92 00:09:25,208 --> 00:09:26,625 My angel, 93 00:09:27,542 --> 00:09:29,250 protect me from rage and envy, 94 00:09:29,542 --> 00:09:31,792 defeat my enemies, give me strength. 95 00:09:37,834 --> 00:09:39,750 It's time, Your Majesty. 96 00:09:53,625 --> 00:09:56,792 Arrest her and send her to the fortress. Why do you loiter? 97 00:09:57,333 --> 00:10:00,250 Your Majesty, to arrest her, we must crush a guard regiment. 98 00:10:00,542 --> 00:10:02,333 Moreover we don't know who else supports the coup. 99 00:10:02,625 --> 00:10:04,583 Why don't you know? You must know! 100 00:10:04,875 --> 00:10:06,625 The secret office has been disbanded as per your order. 101 00:10:06,959 --> 00:10:08,792 Our investigative capabilities are limited. 102 00:10:09,208 --> 00:10:12,959 You're right. Good deeds have turned into evil. 103 00:10:13,792 --> 00:10:15,834 If I ever intend to do another good deed, 104 00:10:16,166 --> 00:10:18,917 please, remind me of this terrible day. 105 00:10:19,250 --> 00:10:21,542 Your Majesty, you'd better leave. 106 00:10:22,291 --> 00:10:24,125 We shall stay and gather the officers loyal to you. 107 00:10:24,917 --> 00:10:26,542 Why do you need to gather anybody? 108 00:10:27,208 --> 00:10:29,750 They must come and protect me on their own. They are sworn to me. 109 00:10:30,333 --> 00:10:31,625 Your Majesty, this is a coup. 110 00:10:32,709 --> 00:10:34,667 Some of them have already decided to go against you. 111 00:10:35,208 --> 00:10:36,959 The situation is highly unpredictable. 112 00:10:37,458 --> 00:10:39,166 What do you suggest? To run? 113 00:10:39,458 --> 00:10:40,792 For me to run? I'm the Emperor! 114 00:10:45,041 --> 00:10:49,458 Let Ekaterina take her son and leave. 115 00:10:49,792 --> 00:10:52,417 Tell her I don't mind. Can you tell her that? 116 00:10:52,750 --> 00:10:54,250 Your Majesty, we cannot. 117 00:10:54,542 --> 00:10:56,875 For another thing, it's prudent to take Pavel with you. 118 00:11:01,500 --> 00:11:05,417 Alexander, it's low - to hide behind a child. 119 00:11:06,667 --> 00:11:08,250 Do you want to save yourself? 120 00:11:14,250 --> 00:11:16,166 I do. 121 00:12:00,166 --> 00:12:02,083 Prepare to fight! 122 00:12:12,750 --> 00:12:14,959 There will be many of them, Pyotr. 123 00:12:20,750 --> 00:12:23,125 Don't ask me, Lizaveta, I won't run. 124 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,291 20 years of waiting, the longed-for freedom. 125 00:12:28,667 --> 00:12:30,542 I am the lawful Emperor. 126 00:12:31,542 --> 00:12:33,000 I am not ill. 127 00:12:33,333 --> 00:12:35,959 I've never felt better. 128 00:12:36,291 --> 00:12:38,125 I love and I am loved. 129 00:12:39,250 --> 00:12:40,542 And now this is the end. 130 00:12:42,125 --> 00:12:43,667 Disgrace is ahead. 131 00:12:44,458 --> 00:12:47,583 The life of a dependant from the silly relatives in Holstein. 132 00:12:49,041 --> 00:12:50,542 I prefer death. 133 00:13:14,291 --> 00:13:16,709 Your Majesty, here it is, the seal. 134 00:13:22,083 --> 00:13:23,542 Where is the will? 135 00:13:23,875 --> 00:13:25,917 There might not be a will at all. 136 00:13:27,166 --> 00:13:29,500 What will be your first decree, Your Majesty? 137 00:13:36,667 --> 00:13:38,583 I think I know where it might be. 138 00:14:10,125 --> 00:14:11,667 Officers, 139 00:14:13,542 --> 00:14:15,959 I'm a bad commander and a bad Emperor. 140 00:14:16,333 --> 00:14:17,875 I order you to surrender your weapons! 141 00:14:19,166 --> 00:14:20,750 Surrender them! 142 00:14:31,875 --> 00:14:34,000 Save yourselves! Run, run! 143 00:14:38,917 --> 00:14:40,875 Go, Your Majesty. 144 00:14:41,458 --> 00:14:43,166 I will delay them. 145 00:14:52,166 --> 00:14:53,792 No, no, my friend. 146 00:14:54,291 --> 00:14:55,792 You go. 147 00:14:56,333 --> 00:14:58,500 Save yourself. 148 00:15:10,667 --> 00:15:12,583 Kneel before the Empress! 149 00:15:44,375 --> 00:15:46,458 Are you cold, Your Highness? 150 00:15:47,375 --> 00:15:49,166 Your Majesty. 151 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:52,834 Count, I have always respected you. 152 00:16:06,625 --> 00:16:09,125 Are you looking for this? 153 00:16:09,834 --> 00:16:13,000 - Nobody needs it anymore. - Give me. 154 00:16:15,417 --> 00:16:17,250 Let me take a look. 155 00:16:19,750 --> 00:16:21,959 The will of Empress Elizabeth. 156 00:16:25,375 --> 00:16:28,208 I declare count Alexey Razumovsky 157 00:16:28,709 --> 00:16:32,250 the heir to the Russian throne after my death. 158 00:16:33,583 --> 00:16:35,208 You had wed her. 159 00:16:38,291 --> 00:16:41,041 She named you the heir to the throne. 160 00:16:43,166 --> 00:16:45,041 Please note that both the will 161 00:16:46,375 --> 00:16:49,750 and the registry of marriage are genuine. 162 00:16:51,041 --> 00:16:53,458 But you decided to keep it a secret. 163 00:16:55,834 --> 00:16:57,875 Why so? 164 00:17:01,542 --> 00:17:04,041 Do what you want to do. 165 00:17:20,291 --> 00:17:21,750 Count, 166 00:17:24,333 --> 00:17:26,583 would you like to return to the service? 167 00:17:30,625 --> 00:17:32,875 Let me leave for my estate, Your Majesty. 168 00:17:34,583 --> 00:17:36,375 As you wish. 169 00:17:38,542 --> 00:17:43,125 If you surrender the palace, we shall remain friends. 170 00:17:48,542 --> 00:17:50,333 Your friendship is invaluable to me. 171 00:17:53,458 --> 00:17:55,792 But let me ask for one favor. 172 00:17:58,250 --> 00:18:00,125 Don't execute Pyotr Fyodorovich. 173 00:18:00,458 --> 00:18:03,041 - Why do you ask for him? - He considered me a friend. 174 00:18:03,667 --> 00:18:05,250 Was he mistaken? 175 00:18:07,208 --> 00:18:08,709 Your Majesty, 176 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:13,917 Empress Elizabeth did many dark deeds. 177 00:18:14,750 --> 00:18:18,083 But for the 20 years of her reign she hadn't executed a person. 178 00:18:20,834 --> 00:18:24,000 She left alive the Emperor she had dethroned. 179 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,792 Ivan lives a terrible life. 180 00:18:28,542 --> 00:18:30,208 It's impossible. 181 00:18:31,667 --> 00:18:32,959 Yet it's a life. 182 00:18:37,417 --> 00:18:40,041 I don't intend to reave Pyotr of life. 183 00:18:41,208 --> 00:18:42,667 But the Army considers him a traitor. 184 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:23,834 Lisaveta, why do I reject the life of a dependant? 185 00:19:24,333 --> 00:19:26,667 We will love each other, raise our children, 186 00:19:27,041 --> 00:19:30,166 play ball. Is it happiness to be an Emperor? 187 00:19:37,166 --> 00:19:39,333 Is it really the end? 188 00:19:39,667 --> 00:19:42,083 Would I leave no memory behind me as I die? 189 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:45,375 Not a single of your actions resulted in someone's death. 190 00:19:45,667 --> 00:19:47,083 You are kind. 191 00:19:47,417 --> 00:19:49,125 I'm ashamed, Liza! 192 00:19:49,709 --> 00:19:52,792 It's all dust. Soon you'll witness my pitiful demise. 193 00:19:53,125 --> 00:19:55,208 No, I want to live my life with you, Pyotr, 194 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:57,041 in love and happiness. 195 00:19:57,375 --> 00:20:00,709 I want to listen to your violin, want to raise our children... 196 00:20:01,041 --> 00:20:04,417 But if this is never to be, we shall die together. 197 00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:06,834 We will be joined in Heaven. 198 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,875 A very clever person and I've never guessed it. 199 00:20:38,458 --> 00:20:41,250 Your Majesty, why then we let this clever person go? 200 00:20:41,542 --> 00:20:45,083 As I see it, Empress Elizabeth herself named him 201 00:20:45,417 --> 00:20:48,583 - the Emperor in her will. - There is no will. 202 00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:52,917 And never has been. He rejected it on his own. 203 00:20:53,417 --> 00:20:56,750 Grigory, promise me 204 00:20:57,166 --> 00:20:58,792 that you won't lay a finger on Pyotr. 205 00:20:59,583 --> 00:21:01,208 I promise, Your Majesty. 206 00:21:17,250 --> 00:21:19,083 Ekaterina is kind 207 00:21:21,375 --> 00:21:24,208 deep down in her soul. 208 00:21:26,959 --> 00:21:28,875 She won't do that. 209 00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:35,458 Blood of Peter the Great flows in you. 210 00:21:37,792 --> 00:21:39,750 They wouldn't dare to lay their hand on you. 211 00:21:45,458 --> 00:21:47,041 What are you doing, gentlemen? 212 00:21:47,375 --> 00:21:49,417 Are you mad? It is a theater! 213 00:21:50,417 --> 00:21:51,709 It was a theater. 214 00:21:53,083 --> 00:21:54,500 Now there will be stables. 215 00:21:55,041 --> 00:21:57,417 What do you want from us, gentlemen? 216 00:21:58,750 --> 00:22:01,542 From you personally we want nothing. Go. 217 00:22:02,083 --> 00:22:05,542 What? I won't go anywhere. I'll stay with Peter. 218 00:22:05,875 --> 00:22:07,875 Gentlemen, Elizaveta is my wife; 219 00:22:08,208 --> 00:22:10,542 she has the right to know anything you want to say to me! 220 00:22:11,166 --> 00:22:15,625 Don't touch her! Unhand her! Liza! 221 00:22:17,083 --> 00:22:18,667 - Hush, don't struggle! - Let me go! 222 00:22:19,291 --> 00:22:20,542 Petya! 223 00:22:27,667 --> 00:22:30,667 Pyotr Fyodorovich, write it down. 224 00:22:41,750 --> 00:22:44,041 Let me go, you brute, unhand me! 225 00:22:44,875 --> 00:22:47,709 Quiet, you mad woman! Go away, your lame majesty! 226 00:22:48,041 --> 00:22:50,583 He will relinquish everything and I don't need anything; 227 00:22:50,959 --> 00:22:52,542 - just let us be together! - Are you mad? 228 00:22:52,917 --> 00:22:54,667 Why do you want that? Do you want to die? 229 00:22:55,083 --> 00:22:56,458 What? 230 00:22:57,208 --> 00:22:59,792 Petya dear! They'll kill you! Run! 231 00:23:00,208 --> 00:23:02,333 Shut up or I'll cripple your other leg. 232 00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:06,291 Move fast and gag her. 233 00:23:06,667 --> 00:23:10,792 For my entire life I relinquish 234 00:23:13,083 --> 00:23:16,709 the aforementioned state as I have no desire to rule it 235 00:23:19,166 --> 00:23:20,750 either absolutely 236 00:23:23,750 --> 00:23:29,458 or by any other form of government 237 00:23:32,250 --> 00:23:36,250 as well as to strive for it 238 00:23:39,083 --> 00:23:43,917 by means of somebody else's assistance. 239 00:23:52,458 --> 00:23:54,667 Why do I abdicate in favor of Ekaterina? 240 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,875 Pavel is the heir to the throne. 241 00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:59,417 Sign it. 242 00:24:02,458 --> 00:24:04,000 I wanted to implement the reforms. 243 00:24:04,333 --> 00:24:06,458 I wished for Russia to become a European state. 244 00:24:06,792 --> 00:24:08,583 She is European. 245 00:24:09,583 --> 00:24:12,291 It is Frederick who thinks us below him. 246 00:24:12,583 --> 00:24:15,250 And you gave up Prussia that had sworn to Russia. 247 00:24:15,667 --> 00:24:18,667 You are a weak man. You are a traitor. 248 00:24:19,208 --> 00:24:21,834 Losing East Prussia would've eliminated the very thought 249 00:24:22,875 --> 00:24:26,583 about the German motherland. Russia and Prussia are bound. 250 00:24:27,375 --> 00:24:29,917 - I saved Russia! - I won't argue with you. 251 00:24:30,250 --> 00:24:32,000 I just tell you that they are ravings of a madman. 252 00:24:32,333 --> 00:24:34,333 The Russian Emperor shouldn't care about the German homeland. 253 00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:38,458 Sign it, we are waiting. 254 00:24:43,166 --> 00:24:45,875 What will happen to Elizaveta? 255 00:24:47,834 --> 00:24:49,834 Is she pregnant? 256 00:24:51,625 --> 00:24:53,083 In that case nothing will happen. 257 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:55,542 She'll be dismissed from the maids of honour and married off. 258 00:24:55,875 --> 00:24:58,583 But Elizaveta wishes to marry me. 259 00:24:59,291 --> 00:25:01,208 - Too late. - Watch your tongue, Alexey. 260 00:25:02,166 --> 00:25:03,709 Why? 261 00:25:04,792 --> 00:25:07,542 He has thousands of our friends' lives on his head. 262 00:25:12,542 --> 00:25:14,792 He thought he was playing with the toy soldiers. 263 00:25:19,291 --> 00:25:20,959 Will you give me poison? 264 00:25:21,291 --> 00:25:22,709 We don't have any poison. 265 00:25:28,500 --> 00:25:30,083 It's my own fault. 266 00:25:31,917 --> 00:25:34,041 I matured too late. 267 00:25:35,208 --> 00:25:36,709 Too late. 268 00:26:19,083 --> 00:26:22,375 Shlisselburg fortress June 1762 269 00:27:19,208 --> 00:27:24,667 I am very glad to see you. 270 00:27:27,125 --> 00:27:29,458 To see your face, 271 00:27:32,667 --> 00:27:34,625 your eyes, 272 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,333 your body. 273 00:27:37,959 --> 00:27:40,709 Excuse the disorder; 274 00:27:42,917 --> 00:27:45,959 I am Emperor Ivan VI 275 00:27:48,625 --> 00:27:51,208 - and you are? - Ekaterina. 276 00:27:52,750 --> 00:27:54,583 Ekaterina... 277 00:27:55,709 --> 00:27:57,875 - I've been told you can't... - Speak? 278 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,875 No, I can speak; 279 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,917 it is that nobody has spoken to me for a long time. 280 00:28:08,291 --> 00:28:11,959 But I know Bible by heart 281 00:28:13,166 --> 00:28:15,125 and I recite it aloud to myself. 282 00:28:15,834 --> 00:28:18,417 - Who gave you the Bible? - My kind nanny did. 283 00:28:27,166 --> 00:28:32,125 And this soldier was given to me by a kind magician. 284 00:28:34,083 --> 00:28:36,333 His name is Pyotr. 285 00:28:37,417 --> 00:28:39,959 I pray for him every day. 286 00:28:40,417 --> 00:28:42,208 I haven't brought you anything. 287 00:28:44,291 --> 00:28:46,458 I am glad to see you. 288 00:28:48,417 --> 00:28:50,792 I will pray for you too. 289 00:28:54,208 --> 00:28:57,041 Will you set me free? 290 00:29:00,333 --> 00:29:01,917 I will. 291 00:29:04,458 --> 00:29:06,041 I saw a bird once. 292 00:29:06,750 --> 00:29:09,208 It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen! 293 00:29:13,333 --> 00:29:15,959 Your Majesty, do you know about the order to put 294 00:29:16,291 --> 00:29:18,583 the secret prisoner to death upon an attempt to free him? 295 00:29:19,417 --> 00:29:21,417 Does the order stand? 296 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:25,500 The order stands. 297 00:29:30,083 --> 00:29:32,583 Will be any further orders about the fate of the secret prisoner? 298 00:29:32,959 --> 00:29:35,000 Act upon your conscience. 299 00:29:35,375 --> 00:29:36,667 Please, clarify, Your Majesty. 300 00:29:37,375 --> 00:29:39,500 You are a brave and noble person; you will make 301 00:29:39,917 --> 00:29:42,583 - the only right choice. - I understand, Your Majesty. 302 00:30:16,333 --> 00:30:18,083 It's terrible. 303 00:30:18,667 --> 00:30:22,291 Officer, stop it! It is an antique violin, a precious instrument; 304 00:30:22,583 --> 00:30:24,709 you might ruin it. 305 00:30:26,750 --> 00:30:29,083 Alas, I was never taught to play a violin. 306 00:30:31,583 --> 00:30:34,542 Care to play, Your ex-Majesty? 307 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:21,250 Open up, I have an order from the Empress to free the secret prisoner! 308 00:31:21,792 --> 00:31:23,709 I want to see the bird! 309 00:31:24,417 --> 00:31:26,458 - So he can talk? - It doesn't matter now. 310 00:32:11,583 --> 00:32:12,917 Why have you come? 311 00:32:14,417 --> 00:32:16,500 My place is next to you and my son. 312 00:32:18,542 --> 00:32:20,542 You are 7 years late. 313 00:32:23,417 --> 00:32:26,000 Soldiers must serve. 314 00:32:33,542 --> 00:32:35,458 Good night to you. 315 00:34:10,542 --> 00:34:12,709 September, 1762 316 00:34:55,250 --> 00:34:58,583 By the Grace of God, Ekaterina II. 317 00:35:00,083 --> 00:35:03,125 Empress and autocratrix of all the Russias, 318 00:35:03,625 --> 00:35:08,792 Moscow, Kiev, Vladimir, Novgorod, 319 00:35:09,333 --> 00:35:12,917 Queen of Kazan, Queen of Astrakhan, 320 00:35:13,625 --> 00:35:17,375 Queen of Siberia, Monarchess of Suzdal, 321 00:35:17,667 --> 00:35:19,625 and Grand Duchess of Pskov, 322 00:35:21,041 --> 00:35:24,875 Duchess of Estland, Livonia, Karelia, 323 00:35:25,333 --> 00:35:28,959 Tver, Yugra, Perm, 324 00:35:29,625 --> 00:35:32,625 Vyatka, Bulgaria and other, 325 00:35:33,375 --> 00:35:35,542 Chernigov, Ryazan, 326 00:35:36,208 --> 00:35:38,458 Rostov, Yaroslavl, 327 00:35:38,959 --> 00:35:40,959 Belozero, Khutor... 328 00:35:41,291 --> 00:35:47,125 Empress Ekaterina II was crowned on September 13th, 1762, 329 00:35:47,458 --> 00:35:50,417 and reigned her empire for 34 years. 330 00:35:51,417 --> 00:35:55,250 She was named 'the Great' while alive. 331 00:35:56,417 --> 00:35:59,375 Of the lands Circassian, Caucasian and other, 332 00:35:59,709 --> 00:36:03,959 the hereditary Monarchess and Domina. 333 00:36:04,009 --> 00:36:08,559 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0