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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:48,802 --> 00:00:53,674 Synced & corrected by QueenMaddie www.addic7ed.com 2 00:01:05,382 --> 00:01:08,574 _ 3 00:01:08,599 --> 00:01:11,480 _ 4 00:01:11,872 --> 00:01:16,660 _ 5 00:01:16,685 --> 00:01:21,452 _ 6 00:01:24,539 --> 00:01:25,777 When I was 12, 7 00:01:25,801 --> 00:01:30,023 they gave me this book with the complete history of my family 8 00:01:30,048 --> 00:01:32,874 and I... I thought it was fascinating. 9 00:01:32,899 --> 00:01:34,151 It really was. 10 00:01:34,176 --> 00:01:35,909 Aunties I'd never heard of, and... 11 00:01:35,934 --> 00:01:37,949 - uncles from down south... - I'm sorry, what... 12 00:01:37,974 --> 00:01:39,411 What are you talking about? 13 00:01:40,177 --> 00:01:42,391 Uh, just telling about my parents. 14 00:01:42,761 --> 00:01:45,298 About how kind they were to me and how... 15 00:01:45,323 --> 00:01:47,289 how wonderful they've always been. 16 00:01:48,798 --> 00:01:50,465 I have to work. 17 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,743 Well, do you? Can't we... 18 00:01:53,537 --> 00:01:55,714 I am managing the tail end of a war, 19 00:01:55,739 --> 00:01:57,604 in case you hadn't noticed. 20 00:02:04,127 --> 00:02:07,194 Sir Major-General 21 00:02:07,219 --> 00:02:10,571 and Gentleman Not of the Bedchamber. 22 00:02:11,341 --> 00:02:12,907 I was just getting to know you, 23 00:02:12,932 --> 00:02:16,244 and away you go to make war against the Turks... 24 00:02:16,443 --> 00:02:20,336 who deserve someone as terrible as you as an opponent. 25 00:02:20,943 --> 00:02:22,323 Have you really been away so long? 26 00:02:22,348 --> 00:02:24,891 Have you really been away so long? 27 00:02:24,916 --> 00:02:26,381 I can't believe it. 28 00:02:27,961 --> 00:02:31,825 If I'd known the Turkish War would have dragged on for two years, 29 00:02:31,850 --> 00:02:34,589 I would have thought twice about sending you away 30 00:02:34,614 --> 00:02:36,520 when I'd only just found you. 31 00:02:43,261 --> 00:02:46,403 Check your muskets, men! Make 'em safe. 32 00:02:54,264 --> 00:02:55,764 From Her Majesty. 33 00:02:58,375 --> 00:03:00,285 First-class work. 34 00:03:01,003 --> 00:03:03,436 Attacked when you said you would. 35 00:03:11,276 --> 00:03:12,459 Excellent. 36 00:03:14,001 --> 00:03:15,100 Lunch? 37 00:03:17,367 --> 00:03:18,949 General Rumiantsev 38 00:03:18,974 --> 00:03:21,982 reports great things of your bravery. 39 00:03:22,007 --> 00:03:25,383 You have done everything we asked you to do, 40 00:03:25,928 --> 00:03:27,990 risen through the ranks to glory, 41 00:03:28,015 --> 00:03:30,115 and the decorations of honor. 42 00:03:32,053 --> 00:03:35,498 For my part, however, I very much wish to preserve 43 00:03:35,523 --> 00:03:39,366 those who are zealous, brave, clever and skillful. 44 00:03:40,189 --> 00:03:44,635 This letter is to ask you not to endanger yourself further 45 00:03:44,660 --> 00:03:46,542 and return to us. 46 00:03:53,814 --> 00:03:56,254 She's writing to you under separate cover? 47 00:03:56,551 --> 00:03:58,650 Good not to show how pleased you are. 48 00:03:59,507 --> 00:04:00,947 First class work. 49 00:04:03,832 --> 00:04:05,364 Your Majesty, 50 00:04:06,248 --> 00:04:09,482 permit me to offer you my most humble congratulations 51 00:04:09,507 --> 00:04:13,276 on the conquest of another Turkish town on the Danube. 52 00:04:19,213 --> 00:04:23,629 I can only hope that this major defeat for the Turks 53 00:04:24,156 --> 00:04:26,089 will somehow bring this long war 54 00:04:26,114 --> 00:04:27,980 to a speedy conclusion. 55 00:04:29,830 --> 00:04:31,543 Letter for Her Majesty. 56 00:04:32,889 --> 00:04:35,016 I feel unable to express in words 57 00:04:35,041 --> 00:04:37,474 my most humble gratitude to you... 58 00:04:39,770 --> 00:04:41,920 And yet I must confess, 59 00:04:43,463 --> 00:04:46,317 I am proud to kill and risk my own death 60 00:04:46,342 --> 00:04:48,776 for the sake of Your Majesty's glory. 61 00:04:58,625 --> 00:05:01,095 The origins of the Turkish War, Your Majesty, 62 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,446 were a dispute over territorial incursion, 63 00:05:03,471 --> 00:05:06,299 but it... it may be something that the Turks had been planning 64 00:05:06,324 --> 00:05:09,459 and... and was, well, in a sense, uh, an excuse. 65 00:05:09,484 --> 00:05:13,200 The "casus belli" was not actually the "casus," 66 00:05:13,225 --> 00:05:14,940 if you see what I mean. 67 00:05:15,372 --> 00:05:17,866 Causes of war really are not as simple as they seem, 68 00:05:17,891 --> 00:05:19,391 - are they, Your Majesty? - Forward the whole file 69 00:05:19,415 --> 00:05:20,701 to the minister. 70 00:05:21,176 --> 00:05:23,823 Perhaps it is wrong for me to write this to you, 71 00:05:23,848 --> 00:05:25,570 for after reading it, 72 00:05:25,595 --> 00:05:28,255 you may fear that I... I should forget you, 73 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:30,514 or replace you in my affections. 74 00:05:31,737 --> 00:05:35,247 But you're not so easy to forget, my friend. 75 00:05:35,659 --> 00:05:38,793 You lurk in the mind, 76 00:05:38,818 --> 00:05:40,640 dangerously. 77 00:05:41,403 --> 00:05:46,273 Come back, dear major general, come back. 78 00:05:46,298 --> 00:05:48,217 I am telling you the truth! 79 00:05:48,242 --> 00:05:51,942 The emperor, Peter III is alive! 80 00:05:51,967 --> 00:05:55,027 His spirit is alive in me! 81 00:05:55,052 --> 00:05:57,953 He is back to avenge himself 82 00:05:57,978 --> 00:06:00,200 on his bitch wife Catherine. 83 00:06:00,225 --> 00:06:01,534 Pugachev! 84 00:06:01,559 --> 00:06:04,020 - I will rule! - Pugachev! 85 00:06:04,045 --> 00:06:06,999 I will rule with my son, Paul... 86 00:06:08,347 --> 00:06:10,850 who was betrayed by his cow of a mother. 87 00:06:10,875 --> 00:06:12,897 Pugachev! Pugachev! 88 00:06:12,922 --> 00:06:15,732 Who would come between a father and his son? 89 00:06:17,872 --> 00:06:19,272 There he is. 90 00:06:19,992 --> 00:06:22,889 The Emperor Peter III. 91 00:06:23,306 --> 00:06:24,672 My father. 92 00:06:24,697 --> 00:06:25,703 You said. 93 00:06:25,728 --> 00:06:27,661 Weak chin, don't you think? 94 00:06:32,133 --> 00:06:33,199 Hm. 95 00:06:34,499 --> 00:06:36,798 So, how do you like your new name? 96 00:06:36,994 --> 00:06:38,417 Natalia. 97 00:06:38,670 --> 00:06:40,503 I love it, Your Majesty. 98 00:06:40,528 --> 00:06:43,039 It's Russian. You should love it. 99 00:06:47,928 --> 00:06:48,928 Sir. 100 00:06:50,636 --> 00:06:53,234 I wanted to ask you something. 101 00:06:53,259 --> 00:06:54,524 Yes, ask. 102 00:06:56,223 --> 00:06:58,022 I wanted to join the Council. 103 00:06:58,568 --> 00:06:59,813 No. 104 00:07:03,362 --> 00:07:04,795 He would have wanted it. 105 00:07:04,820 --> 00:07:06,876 He also wanted me in prison. 106 00:07:07,542 --> 00:07:08,641 Or dead. 107 00:07:08,666 --> 00:07:11,168 I... am simply asking 108 00:07:11,193 --> 00:07:14,137 if I might be allowed to sit on the Council 109 00:07:14,162 --> 00:07:16,129 - and do the work my fa... - No. 110 00:07:33,762 --> 00:07:36,313 Thank you, Alexei. Most helpful. 111 00:07:36,801 --> 00:07:39,879 Gentlemen, we have urgent business to discuss... 112 00:07:47,639 --> 00:07:50,018 It is a devastating defeat for the Turks. 113 00:07:50,043 --> 00:07:51,931 They are suing for peace! 114 00:07:54,214 --> 00:07:57,771 Our armies have pushed south to Kagul 115 00:07:57,796 --> 00:08:00,396 and my fleet has wiped out the Sultan's ships 116 00:08:00,421 --> 00:08:02,053 in the Mediterranean. 117 00:08:03,488 --> 00:08:07,340 - The sea is... - Red with the blood of infidels, 118 00:08:07,365 --> 00:08:08,567 apparently. 119 00:08:08,592 --> 00:08:11,354 And it seems Major General Potemkin 120 00:08:11,379 --> 00:08:13,246 has distinguished himself. 121 00:08:13,708 --> 00:08:14,708 Very good. 122 00:08:14,733 --> 00:08:17,224 Anyway, I have summoned him back to court. 123 00:08:20,494 --> 00:08:22,727 And I thought Prince Orlov 124 00:08:22,752 --> 00:08:25,973 might join the peace negotiations in Turkey. 125 00:08:26,781 --> 00:08:29,278 Is this a way of trying to get rid of me completely? 126 00:08:29,303 --> 00:08:31,468 Why on earth would Your Excellency think such a thing? 127 00:08:31,602 --> 00:08:34,088 I would like a word with Prince Orlov alone. 128 00:08:40,310 --> 00:08:42,614 I accept that we are over, 129 00:08:42,639 --> 00:08:45,310 but am I to have no influence at all? 130 00:08:45,335 --> 00:08:46,841 Is that your idea? 131 00:08:47,549 --> 00:08:49,942 I have great regard for you. 132 00:08:50,038 --> 00:08:51,482 You know that. 133 00:08:52,715 --> 00:08:55,017 This is an opportunity. 134 00:08:55,306 --> 00:08:56,405 Take it. 135 00:09:07,649 --> 00:09:10,750 - It is all over. - Not yet. Not yet! 136 00:09:22,124 --> 00:09:24,258 So, you asked Potemkin to come back? 137 00:09:24,283 --> 00:09:25,283 I did. 138 00:09:26,742 --> 00:09:28,632 Now you don't know what to do with him. 139 00:09:28,657 --> 00:09:29,723 Correct. 140 00:09:34,482 --> 00:09:36,047 What are you going to do about him? 141 00:09:36,555 --> 00:09:37,555 I'm not sure. 142 00:09:37,580 --> 00:09:40,380 I thought I wanted him back, but then I saw him... 143 00:09:47,988 --> 00:09:49,615 I was in love with Orlov, you know. 144 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:50,773 I know. 145 00:09:52,705 --> 00:09:54,284 I just... 146 00:09:54,993 --> 00:09:57,559 I don't want to go through all that again. 147 00:09:57,584 --> 00:10:00,345 - No, I... I can see that. - You know, men want power. 148 00:10:00,370 --> 00:10:03,005 They all... They like to feel they're... they're in control. 149 00:10:03,030 --> 00:10:04,816 - And women? - Well yes, of course. 150 00:10:04,841 --> 00:10:06,149 We want that too. 151 00:10:06,174 --> 00:10:08,691 The difficulty here is that I am in control. 152 00:10:08,716 --> 00:10:10,383 I have the power. 153 00:10:10,408 --> 00:10:11,654 You are the Empress 154 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,894 and he can be your devoted servant. 155 00:10:14,434 --> 00:10:16,912 You think it's as simple as that? 156 00:10:17,469 --> 00:10:18,734 I do not. 157 00:10:18,759 --> 00:10:20,659 It's just... 158 00:10:20,684 --> 00:10:23,777 giving your heart is... Is just such a risk. 159 00:10:23,802 --> 00:10:25,501 It lays you open. 160 00:10:25,976 --> 00:10:28,811 Suddenly you're at the mercy of the whole world. 161 00:10:28,836 --> 00:10:31,166 Oh, I wouldn't know about that. 162 00:10:37,768 --> 00:10:39,001 Come along. 163 00:10:39,771 --> 00:10:42,558 Ah! Ha-ha. 164 00:11:00,084 --> 00:11:02,450 Paul. Natalia. 165 00:11:19,869 --> 00:11:22,832 Why does my son's new wife not bow to me? 166 00:11:22,857 --> 00:11:26,047 Is there some prejudice against bowing in Hesse Darmstadt? 167 00:11:26,072 --> 00:11:28,137 - Hm? - There may be, Your Majesty. 168 00:11:28,162 --> 00:11:29,539 I'll look into it. 169 00:11:39,707 --> 00:11:41,640 She won't let me join the Council. 170 00:11:42,266 --> 00:11:43,665 Are you listening? 171 00:11:43,690 --> 00:11:45,993 Why are you staring at Count Razumovsky? 172 00:11:46,018 --> 00:11:47,632 Was I staring at Count Razumovsky? 173 00:11:47,657 --> 00:11:49,291 Don't think I was. 174 00:11:49,507 --> 00:11:52,391 I was listening to you, darling. I always listen. 175 00:11:52,995 --> 00:11:55,029 You are a very interesting man. 176 00:12:08,672 --> 00:12:11,089 Why write to me if she doesn't want me? 177 00:12:12,058 --> 00:12:13,233 Hm? 178 00:12:13,535 --> 00:12:15,093 It's a game. 179 00:12:15,790 --> 00:12:18,123 That's all it is. 180 00:12:21,494 --> 00:12:22,660 Play it. 181 00:13:09,547 --> 00:13:11,502 Does my son's wife want everyone to know 182 00:13:11,527 --> 00:13:13,360 that she's fucking his best friend? 183 00:13:13,385 --> 00:13:15,585 You don't need to answer that question. 184 00:13:17,078 --> 00:13:18,724 Is not she wonderful? 185 00:13:18,749 --> 00:13:21,217 She's absolutely wonderful. 186 00:13:21,242 --> 00:13:22,875 Is she a baritone? 187 00:13:26,224 --> 00:13:28,571 This way you can look at her when you come. 188 00:13:28,596 --> 00:13:30,302 Oh, fuck her. 189 00:13:32,428 --> 00:13:35,273 That is so obviously what you want to do, darling. 190 00:13:41,214 --> 00:13:44,106 - She's frightened. - Of what? 191 00:13:44,131 --> 00:13:45,848 Of what she feels for you. 192 00:13:45,873 --> 00:13:47,312 You think? 193 00:13:47,337 --> 00:13:49,312 Who's that fucking boy up there next to her, 194 00:13:49,337 --> 00:13:51,528 that rat? Who's he? 195 00:13:51,553 --> 00:13:52,926 It'll all be over soon. 196 00:13:53,746 --> 00:13:56,143 I wasn't talking about... 197 00:14:09,374 --> 00:14:11,709 What in God's name do you think you're doing? 198 00:14:11,733 --> 00:14:12,857 I'm leaving. 199 00:14:12,882 --> 00:14:14,854 I can't... I won't stand for this anymore. 200 00:14:14,879 --> 00:14:17,121 But you've only been back about a week. 201 00:14:17,146 --> 00:14:20,943 Do you want to end up like me and all these loyal citizens? 202 00:14:21,348 --> 00:14:23,048 Where do you think you're going? 203 00:14:23,073 --> 00:14:25,868 To God! The monastery! I shall be a monk. 204 00:14:25,893 --> 00:14:27,408 Oh, don't be ridiculous. 205 00:14:27,433 --> 00:14:29,367 Who's being ridiculous? 206 00:14:29,392 --> 00:14:31,404 She is in love with you, my friend. 207 00:14:31,429 --> 00:14:32,684 What makes you say that? 208 00:14:32,709 --> 00:14:34,382 I shall tell you why. 209 00:14:34,643 --> 00:14:37,583 I have never seen two people more in love. 210 00:14:37,897 --> 00:14:39,984 She's got a funny way of showing it. 211 00:14:40,155 --> 00:14:41,814 Patting the cheek of that... 212 00:14:41,816 --> 00:14:43,632 ludicrous boy! 213 00:14:45,131 --> 00:14:47,031 I may be in love but I'm not... 214 00:14:47,819 --> 00:14:49,186 What? 215 00:14:49,211 --> 00:14:51,024 I'm not happy. 216 00:14:51,049 --> 00:14:52,587 I'm not happy at all. 217 00:15:01,655 --> 00:15:02,987 He's here! 218 00:15:03,353 --> 00:15:06,997 Brothers and sisters, children of Russia, 219 00:15:07,315 --> 00:15:11,380 I greet you in love and friendship. 220 00:15:11,405 --> 00:15:14,906 I am your lost emperor, Peter III. 221 00:15:16,636 --> 00:15:20,912 This sword was given to me by Peter the Great. 222 00:15:21,990 --> 00:15:24,391 I am sent by God 223 00:15:24,943 --> 00:15:28,111 to raise you up from the dust... 224 00:15:28,136 --> 00:15:31,416 to feed you and clothe you, 225 00:15:31,894 --> 00:15:34,220 and give you a way of escaping the slavery 226 00:15:34,245 --> 00:15:37,385 in which you've been held by the bitch Catherine! 227 00:15:37,410 --> 00:15:39,266 Pugachev! Pugachev! 228 00:15:39,291 --> 00:15:41,357 Russia belongs to us all! 229 00:15:55,915 --> 00:15:57,247 Oh. 230 00:15:57,621 --> 00:16:00,442 I'm planning a dinner for the new French ambassador. 231 00:16:00,467 --> 00:16:02,601 What do you think: Russian food or French? 232 00:16:03,493 --> 00:16:04,892 Why not both? 233 00:16:04,917 --> 00:16:06,617 Yes, that's a good idea. 234 00:16:13,491 --> 00:16:16,359 So, to what do we owe the honor of this visit? 235 00:16:17,645 --> 00:16:18,976 Potemkin. 236 00:16:21,030 --> 00:16:22,463 Yes? What of him? 237 00:16:23,067 --> 00:16:24,657 He's leaving. 238 00:16:26,581 --> 00:16:28,414 Leaving? Leaving who? Leaving what? 239 00:16:28,439 --> 00:16:30,072 Leaving court. 240 00:16:30,324 --> 00:16:31,591 And... 241 00:16:31,942 --> 00:16:35,278 leaving you, since you are the court. 242 00:16:37,944 --> 00:16:39,452 Well, why are you telling me this? 243 00:16:39,477 --> 00:16:41,811 Why are you pleading his cause? 244 00:16:41,836 --> 00:16:44,069 Why am I saying what I'm saying? 245 00:16:46,693 --> 00:16:49,661 I like love. I like watching it develop... 246 00:16:49,686 --> 00:16:52,861 in other people; I've never known it myself. 247 00:16:52,886 --> 00:16:54,385 But you... 248 00:17:04,567 --> 00:17:08,659 I think you have a great capacity for love... 249 00:17:09,989 --> 00:17:13,357 of the violent and unpredictable kind. 250 00:17:13,832 --> 00:17:15,864 It will shake you. 251 00:17:17,271 --> 00:17:19,972 But I am your friend, and... 252 00:17:20,723 --> 00:17:24,758 I can see you feel for him things... 253 00:17:24,783 --> 00:17:26,649 No, no, no. You... 254 00:17:26,674 --> 00:17:30,609 You'd better go. I'm... I... I'm terribly busy. 255 00:17:39,187 --> 00:17:42,321 And your friend, Potemkin, might be missing you. 256 00:17:43,821 --> 00:17:47,790 He is no longer my friend 257 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:50,867 in that capacity. 258 00:18:34,921 --> 00:18:36,325 Natalia. 259 00:18:37,144 --> 00:18:38,977 Count Razumovsky. 260 00:18:39,154 --> 00:18:41,172 I want to speak with you, now. 261 00:18:50,285 --> 00:18:52,898 If you want to stay married to that insolent girl, 262 00:18:52,923 --> 00:18:55,090 you'll probably have to lock her up. 263 00:18:58,614 --> 00:19:00,914 You have no idea, do you? 264 00:19:00,939 --> 00:19:03,305 Even when it's right in front of your nose. 265 00:19:07,222 --> 00:19:09,753 Well, I see someone else has got your attention. 266 00:19:09,973 --> 00:19:13,177 I do not know how you have the nerve 267 00:19:13,202 --> 00:19:16,800 to lecture me about my love life when... 268 00:19:16,825 --> 00:19:18,541 When you ogle that... 269 00:19:19,311 --> 00:19:20,839 oaf! 270 00:19:21,053 --> 00:19:23,642 I see the way you look at him. Oh, is it love? 271 00:19:23,667 --> 00:19:25,351 Is that what this is? At your age? 272 00:19:25,376 --> 00:19:27,208 Love should wait upon judgement, Mother. 273 00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:28,351 But oh, no, not you. 274 00:19:28,376 --> 00:19:30,910 - You're like a fly to honey. - Go! 275 00:19:43,876 --> 00:19:46,239 - You're leaving? - Yes, well, I've... 276 00:19:46,264 --> 00:19:48,656 - thought about it, but... - Something detained you? 277 00:19:48,681 --> 00:19:50,354 Well, yes. You... 278 00:19:50,790 --> 00:19:52,435 Your Majesty. 279 00:19:55,270 --> 00:19:56,369 I... 280 00:19:56,394 --> 00:19:58,495 I have neglected you since your return. 281 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:01,287 Oh, you've had other things to occupy you. 282 00:20:01,758 --> 00:20:02,791 New friends. 283 00:20:02,816 --> 00:20:04,551 I choose friends as I need them. 284 00:20:04,576 --> 00:20:06,818 And discard them when they are no longer useful, it seems. 285 00:20:06,842 --> 00:20:08,246 You're being impertinent. 286 00:20:08,271 --> 00:20:10,004 I am being honest. 287 00:20:11,864 --> 00:20:13,497 They can look similar. 288 00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:18,265 There is no real love... 289 00:20:19,136 --> 00:20:20,869 without absolute honesty. 290 00:20:24,919 --> 00:20:29,521 Do people... lie to you, Your Majesty? 291 00:20:30,332 --> 00:20:32,099 'Cause of your position. 292 00:20:32,124 --> 00:20:33,923 All the time, I'm afraid. 293 00:20:42,746 --> 00:20:44,245 What do you want from me? 294 00:20:44,517 --> 00:20:45,616 Nothing. 295 00:20:50,570 --> 00:20:51,916 I want this... 296 00:20:52,262 --> 00:20:53,354 now... 297 00:20:54,307 --> 00:20:56,407 standing next to you. That's enough. 298 00:20:56,981 --> 00:20:58,740 So, money and titles? 299 00:20:58,765 --> 00:21:00,829 I will take as much as I can get my hands on, 300 00:21:00,854 --> 00:21:03,022 but I will not be given things. 301 00:21:04,951 --> 00:21:07,685 - You want... - I want what any man wants. 302 00:21:08,516 --> 00:21:11,417 - To make his own way. - Yes, I can see that. 303 00:21:15,807 --> 00:21:16,911 And... 304 00:21:19,265 --> 00:21:21,700 to find love, if possible. 305 00:21:26,354 --> 00:21:29,266 You did some very brave things against the Turks. 306 00:21:29,449 --> 00:21:31,903 And I was very grateful to Your Majesty 307 00:21:31,928 --> 00:21:34,181 for the opportunity to kill 308 00:21:34,206 --> 00:21:36,539 as many of the little buggers as possible. 309 00:21:45,862 --> 00:21:48,130 Come to my private apartments... 310 00:21:49,316 --> 00:21:50,881 any time you want. 311 00:21:54,261 --> 00:21:56,368 Come by the private staircase. 312 00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:04,987 Oh, but shout as you come up in case I'm in the bath. 313 00:22:12,825 --> 00:22:16,526 Are Potemkin and m... my m... mother... 314 00:22:17,990 --> 00:22:20,423 Anything is possible with her. 315 00:22:23,196 --> 00:22:25,496 She never lets me anywhere near power. 316 00:22:27,269 --> 00:22:29,369 I know how you feel, Your Excellency. 317 00:22:30,617 --> 00:22:33,381 This, um, Pugachev... 318 00:22:34,185 --> 00:22:35,351 What about him? 319 00:22:35,376 --> 00:22:37,209 They say he wants to put me on the throne. 320 00:22:39,767 --> 00:22:43,131 I do not imagine Your Excellency would want to owe your power 321 00:22:43,156 --> 00:22:45,289 - to an illiterate peasant. - No. 322 00:22:45,314 --> 00:22:46,647 No, no. 323 00:22:47,873 --> 00:22:49,172 He obviously has more taste 324 00:22:49,197 --> 00:22:50,864 than my mother in certain matters. 325 00:22:58,750 --> 00:23:01,151 Major General Potemkin is on his way up to see her 326 00:23:01,176 --> 00:23:02,716 even as we speak. 327 00:23:02,741 --> 00:23:05,849 I heard them yesterday making an assignation. 328 00:23:05,874 --> 00:23:08,010 - Well, I... - Get up those stairs now! 329 00:23:08,035 --> 00:23:09,686 If you want any kind of career at court. 330 00:23:09,711 --> 00:23:11,368 I don't think she wants me there, Minister... 331 00:23:11,392 --> 00:23:13,282 She doesn't know what she wants. 332 00:23:13,307 --> 00:23:15,184 - I want this to go to my mother... - Get up there now! 333 00:23:15,208 --> 00:23:17,931 And this is for King Gustav of Sweden. 334 00:23:17,956 --> 00:23:20,074 Ah, Minister Panin. 335 00:23:20,352 --> 00:23:22,026 I think we need a Council meeting 336 00:23:22,051 --> 00:23:24,557 regarding this business in Samara, this, um... 337 00:23:24,842 --> 00:23:26,675 - Pugachev, Your Majesty. - Pugachev. 338 00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:28,901 Why do I keep forgetting his name? Is that significant? 339 00:23:28,926 --> 00:23:31,397 Or is it just a sign of his own insignificance? 340 00:23:31,422 --> 00:23:32,849 That might have something to do with it, 341 00:23:32,873 --> 00:23:34,473 Your Majesty. Um... 342 00:23:34,498 --> 00:23:36,264 There's always something in the countryside. 343 00:23:36,289 --> 00:23:37,923 I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. 344 00:23:37,948 --> 00:23:40,474 Wherever there are Russians there is something to worry about. 345 00:23:40,602 --> 00:23:43,111 It's not surprising that our serfs are in rebellion 346 00:23:43,136 --> 00:23:45,960 the way we treat them. If only the landowners had listened to me. 347 00:23:45,985 --> 00:23:48,685 Oh, and you need to speak with my son. Do you know, he... 348 00:23:48,853 --> 00:23:50,830 He behaved abominably to me yesterday. 349 00:23:50,855 --> 00:23:52,036 Your Majesty. Uh, I must... 350 00:23:52,061 --> 00:23:54,713 And I need to be briefed on those Turkish negotiations. 351 00:23:54,738 --> 00:23:57,309 I hear Count Orlov is making a fool of himself again. 352 00:23:57,334 --> 00:23:59,085 I must be kept informed. Do you understand? 353 00:23:59,110 --> 00:24:00,471 The papers are on their way, Your Majesty. 354 00:24:00,495 --> 00:24:01,954 I have advised my office. 355 00:24:02,168 --> 00:24:06,062 Uh, may I remind you that, um... you need... 356 00:24:06,087 --> 00:24:07,987 Have you seen Major General Potemkin? 357 00:24:08,228 --> 00:24:10,562 I asked him to come to see me and... 358 00:24:10,587 --> 00:24:13,713 I'm... sure he's on his way, Your Majesty. 359 00:24:13,950 --> 00:24:15,866 Oh, you're up to something. 360 00:24:16,595 --> 00:24:18,995 Oh, yes, I can see it in your eyes. 361 00:24:27,511 --> 00:24:29,645 Did we arrange for you to come today? 362 00:24:31,369 --> 00:24:33,015 I... I thought we did, Your Majesty. 363 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,213 No, no. No, no. Get your clothes on now. 364 00:24:35,238 --> 00:24:36,770 I have to work. 365 00:24:42,846 --> 00:24:44,151 Your Excellency. 366 00:24:44,402 --> 00:24:45,768 How wonderful to see you. 367 00:24:47,538 --> 00:24:49,607 Uh, Your Excellency, I think Her Majesty... 368 00:24:51,832 --> 00:24:53,232 Say something. 369 00:24:55,236 --> 00:24:57,522 What would you like me to say, Your Majesty? 370 00:24:57,547 --> 00:24:59,014 Something intelligent. 371 00:25:08,488 --> 00:25:10,721 I think this has gone far enough. 372 00:25:12,020 --> 00:25:13,867 Minister Panin... 373 00:25:14,281 --> 00:25:16,853 - Your Excellency. - Good day. 374 00:25:20,787 --> 00:25:21,986 Um... 375 00:25:34,564 --> 00:25:36,653 Please continue, Lieutenant. 376 00:25:37,343 --> 00:25:39,709 You were going down and I was going... 377 00:25:40,196 --> 00:25:41,295 up. 378 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,053 Thank you, Major General. 379 00:25:55,831 --> 00:26:00,383 ♪ Oh, sweet lady ♪ 380 00:26:02,529 --> 00:26:07,407 ♪ Love me as I love you ♪ 381 00:26:15,686 --> 00:26:21,087 ♪ It's love that makes us new ♪ 382 00:26:24,087 --> 00:26:31,026 ♪ You will go down to the green garden ♪ 383 00:26:31,028 --> 00:26:37,723 ♪ And weave your garlands there ♪ 384 00:26:37,748 --> 00:26:41,325 ♪ Take me to... ♪ 385 00:26:41,350 --> 00:26:43,784 Sorry, Your Majesty, I... 386 00:26:43,809 --> 00:26:45,075 Am I disturbing you? 387 00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:47,800 No, no. Not at all, not at all. No. 388 00:26:47,825 --> 00:26:50,043 Nothing interesting was happening. 389 00:26:50,068 --> 00:26:51,968 Please, continue singing. 390 00:26:52,213 --> 00:26:53,650 I like it. 391 00:26:54,831 --> 00:26:56,416 More than I can say. 392 00:26:56,441 --> 00:27:00,700 ♪ Go down to the sweet... ♪ 393 00:27:00,725 --> 00:27:01,758 Um... 394 00:27:01,783 --> 00:27:04,066 You could sing in here if you like. 395 00:27:04,091 --> 00:27:05,523 If that is what Your Majesty desires, 396 00:27:05,547 --> 00:27:07,071 then that is what I shall do. 397 00:27:07,273 --> 00:27:10,141 ♪ Go down, go down ♪ 398 00:27:10,166 --> 00:27:14,132 ♪ To the swift river ♪ 399 00:27:14,157 --> 00:27:19,263 ♪ And throw your flowers in ♪ 400 00:27:19,938 --> 00:27:22,606 ♪ Take me to... ♪ 401 00:27:22,631 --> 00:27:24,327 I want to talk to you about the women 402 00:27:24,352 --> 00:27:26,264 you've been involved with. 403 00:27:28,365 --> 00:27:30,866 Well, I shall do my best, Your Majesty, 404 00:27:30,891 --> 00:27:32,691 though I may have to consult my notes. 405 00:27:32,716 --> 00:27:35,283 I'm sure there have been a great many. 406 00:27:35,637 --> 00:27:38,137 You are a very attractive man. 407 00:27:38,162 --> 00:27:41,186 Uh, when I was 12 and a half 408 00:27:41,211 --> 00:27:43,419 - in a barn outside Smolensk... - All right. 409 00:27:43,648 --> 00:27:44,995 I think I'll go first. 410 00:27:46,268 --> 00:27:48,634 A very good idea, I think, Your Majesty. 411 00:27:50,706 --> 00:27:53,386 My husband, Peter, was one of the most unpleasant men 412 00:27:53,411 --> 00:27:55,041 I've ever met in my life. 413 00:27:55,526 --> 00:27:57,893 So, you may discount him. 414 00:27:57,918 --> 00:28:00,785 Yes, I never thought much of him, Your Majesty. 415 00:28:00,906 --> 00:28:03,366 You couldn't really say we had a sex life. 416 00:28:03,739 --> 00:28:07,140 Do you know, he had a condition of the foreskin 417 00:28:07,142 --> 00:28:09,520 whereby for a very long time 418 00:28:09,545 --> 00:28:12,290 it was impossible for him to get an erection. 419 00:28:12,315 --> 00:28:14,395 I never knew that, Your Majesty. 420 00:28:14,420 --> 00:28:15,515 Well. 421 00:28:15,540 --> 00:28:18,812 No need to go into any further details about Peter III. 422 00:28:21,963 --> 00:28:23,462 Oh, he was... 423 00:28:24,610 --> 00:28:26,561 He could be so frightening. 424 00:28:27,327 --> 00:28:31,229 He was violent. He was drunk. He was like an angry child. 425 00:28:31,719 --> 00:28:33,691 I was terrified of him. 426 00:28:34,265 --> 00:28:35,364 Other men? 427 00:28:36,254 --> 00:28:37,984 I mean... 428 00:28:38,009 --> 00:28:39,732 - I heard... - Yes? 429 00:28:39,757 --> 00:28:41,599 - What did you hear? - Fifteen. 430 00:28:43,410 --> 00:28:44,476 What? 431 00:28:44,501 --> 00:28:47,302 No. No. 432 00:28:47,327 --> 00:28:50,808 Oh, what lies they tell about women in power. 433 00:28:52,845 --> 00:28:53,944 So. 434 00:28:58,164 --> 00:28:59,708 Not that many. 435 00:28:59,733 --> 00:29:01,186 Five. 436 00:29:01,930 --> 00:29:05,220 There was one when I was living under the empress, Elizabeth. 437 00:29:05,245 --> 00:29:07,588 Still married to that pig, Peter. 438 00:29:07,613 --> 00:29:08,845 The only... 439 00:29:08,870 --> 00:29:11,037 significant one, really, is Orlov, 440 00:29:11,062 --> 00:29:12,365 unless you count the King of Poland. 441 00:29:12,389 --> 00:29:14,294 I am jealous of Orlov. 442 00:29:14,761 --> 00:29:16,221 You shouldn't be. 443 00:29:16,685 --> 00:29:18,485 Although I was in love with him. 444 00:29:19,421 --> 00:29:20,554 He wanted to marry me. 445 00:29:20,579 --> 00:29:22,879 Well, of course he did; he wanted the power. 446 00:29:24,497 --> 00:29:27,932 I will not share my throne with anyone. 447 00:29:35,484 --> 00:29:38,279 Grigory resented the power. 448 00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:40,688 The power I seem to have. 449 00:29:40,713 --> 00:29:42,824 Oh, the power you have. 450 00:29:44,391 --> 00:29:46,615 He has no idea how difficult it is 451 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,329 to maintain such a thing. 452 00:29:48,354 --> 00:29:50,288 How many the dangers. 453 00:29:50,396 --> 00:29:53,963 How varied the directions from which they emerge. 454 00:29:57,381 --> 00:30:00,113 I'm not interested in debauchery. 455 00:30:01,067 --> 00:30:03,394 I'm interested in love. 456 00:30:03,748 --> 00:30:05,445 And honesty. 457 00:30:07,621 --> 00:30:09,421 And that is all that interests me. 458 00:30:13,899 --> 00:30:15,233 I need love. 459 00:30:17,928 --> 00:30:21,596 I have an obsessive need for it. I will confess that. 460 00:30:21,621 --> 00:30:23,250 So if you want to be with me, 461 00:30:23,275 --> 00:30:26,886 you have to love me always. 462 00:30:27,350 --> 00:30:29,550 And always tell me the truth. 463 00:30:33,826 --> 00:30:36,521 At 15, there was a girl in a field outside of Smolensk. 464 00:30:36,552 --> 00:30:38,189 No, no, no! 465 00:30:38,213 --> 00:30:39,713 Enough! Enough with these confessions! 466 00:30:39,737 --> 00:30:41,304 - I got you, though. I got you. - No! 467 00:30:41,328 --> 00:30:42,779 - I did. I got you. - Listen, 468 00:30:42,804 --> 00:30:44,585 I find my private bath house 469 00:30:44,610 --> 00:30:47,325 is... is a wondrous place to relax. 470 00:30:47,350 --> 00:30:50,257 I'm going to tell them that you are to be allowed access 471 00:30:50,282 --> 00:30:51,514 whenever you wish. 472 00:30:51,539 --> 00:30:52,798 Very generous of Your Majesty, 473 00:30:52,823 --> 00:30:55,547 though I make no promises about any debauchery that might occur. 474 00:30:56,421 --> 00:31:00,312 Fields, barns, Smolensk, Minsk... 475 00:31:00,337 --> 00:31:04,039 Your record in this area is very troubling. 476 00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:11,601 Oh, it is so reassuring to have you back at Court. 477 00:31:12,830 --> 00:31:14,293 So... 478 00:31:15,995 --> 00:31:17,851 When I was 16 and a half... 479 00:31:24,660 --> 00:31:25,784 Well... 480 00:31:28,093 --> 00:31:30,027 What do you want to do now? 481 00:31:30,052 --> 00:31:31,652 - Mm? - Well, 482 00:31:31,677 --> 00:31:34,477 - I was thinking that I might... - Mm? 483 00:31:37,027 --> 00:31:38,492 ... quit while I'm ahead. 484 00:32:03,975 --> 00:32:07,587 The only ones who have reason to be frightened... 485 00:32:07,869 --> 00:32:10,161 are the pigs who steal your land... 486 00:32:12,195 --> 00:32:13,999 ... and beat you like dogs. 487 00:32:21,179 --> 00:32:22,646 This is your governor! 488 00:32:24,062 --> 00:32:25,157 And his wife! 489 00:32:26,328 --> 00:32:28,668 Lady Anna Vassilaevna! 490 00:32:29,221 --> 00:32:30,969 No, please! 491 00:32:36,677 --> 00:32:38,768 Because of these pigs... 492 00:32:39,303 --> 00:32:41,858 there are still slaves in Russia. 493 00:32:43,721 --> 00:32:45,172 Do you wanna be slaves? 494 00:32:45,197 --> 00:32:48,131 No! 495 00:32:48,156 --> 00:32:49,551 No! 496 00:32:55,136 --> 00:32:56,336 No! 497 00:32:56,671 --> 00:32:57,671 No! 498 00:32:57,696 --> 00:32:59,378 Don't you think she looks like Catherine? 499 00:32:59,403 --> 00:33:02,873 - No! Please! - Maybe she is Catherine. 500 00:33:03,263 --> 00:33:04,724 Look at those eyes. 501 00:33:06,258 --> 00:33:09,055 - She wants to fuck everything she sees. - No, please. 502 00:33:09,451 --> 00:33:11,365 Including my horses! 503 00:33:21,369 --> 00:33:23,709 - Kill the child! - No! 504 00:33:39,251 --> 00:33:41,817 I thought you might like a tour of the barracks 505 00:33:41,842 --> 00:33:43,547 because I know how passionate 506 00:33:43,572 --> 00:33:45,639 Your Excellency is about soldiering. 507 00:33:47,113 --> 00:33:48,851 Do you understand? 508 00:33:48,876 --> 00:33:50,281 Yes, sir! 509 00:33:50,623 --> 00:33:52,362 You heard the officer! 510 00:33:52,387 --> 00:33:54,579 On the double on command! 511 00:33:54,604 --> 00:33:57,739 What's remarkable about the Preobrazhensky guard 512 00:33:57,764 --> 00:34:01,261 is that we take peasants and we turn them into soldiers, 513 00:34:01,286 --> 00:34:02,652 for your mother's wars. 514 00:34:02,677 --> 00:34:05,999 And why is it the peasants dream of my father returning to save them? 515 00:34:06,024 --> 00:34:10,960 Because Russia must be ruled by a man, Your Excellency. 516 00:34:12,204 --> 00:34:14,455 I don't know how impressed the Turks are with our peasants, 517 00:34:14,479 --> 00:34:17,279 but I can tell you this: they terrify me. 518 00:34:19,888 --> 00:34:22,344 What do you make of this Pugachev business? 519 00:34:22,369 --> 00:34:25,242 I think it may be more serious than she believes. 520 00:34:25,533 --> 00:34:27,896 She's taken her eye off the ball. 521 00:34:27,921 --> 00:34:29,921 She only has eyes for... 522 00:34:31,823 --> 00:34:33,728 Her Majesty needs to pay attention 523 00:34:33,753 --> 00:34:35,350 to the Preobrazhensky. 524 00:34:35,375 --> 00:34:37,112 They put her in power, 525 00:34:37,486 --> 00:34:38,948 and they can take it away again. 526 00:34:38,973 --> 00:34:42,275 Oh, I'm sure she's very aware of any threat they may pose. 527 00:34:42,300 --> 00:34:44,366 She doesn't miss much, sir. 528 00:34:45,113 --> 00:34:48,307 And may I say, Your Excellency, 529 00:34:48,332 --> 00:34:51,072 now that my brother is hardly in Court anymore, 530 00:34:51,371 --> 00:34:53,757 how sorry I was about your father. 531 00:34:54,279 --> 00:34:57,897 I was very much a junior partner in that business. 532 00:34:57,922 --> 00:34:59,455 I'm sure you understand. 533 00:35:00,453 --> 00:35:01,785 Oh... 534 00:35:02,444 --> 00:35:05,391 I understand all about being excluded from power, 535 00:35:05,416 --> 00:35:06,549 Count Orlov. 536 00:35:10,260 --> 00:35:13,628 She's putting Potemkin on the Council, I hear. 537 00:35:14,007 --> 00:35:15,988 Meteoric rise. 538 00:35:23,497 --> 00:35:24,935 Who's there? 539 00:35:26,299 --> 00:35:28,820 I'm here by permission of our Empress. 540 00:35:29,189 --> 00:35:31,053 I also. 541 00:35:32,258 --> 00:35:34,792 I'm stark naked, Your Majesty. 542 00:35:35,594 --> 00:35:37,140 As am I. 543 00:35:37,849 --> 00:35:39,530 Under my clothes. 544 00:35:40,602 --> 00:35:42,376 Drape yourself in something and come out here; 545 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:43,980 I need your advice. 546 00:35:48,336 --> 00:35:51,037 Attempting to cover my equipment... 547 00:35:51,062 --> 00:35:53,283 is a colossal task. 548 00:35:55,471 --> 00:35:56,765 What time did he go in? 549 00:35:56,790 --> 00:35:57,806 An hour ago. 550 00:35:57,831 --> 00:35:59,964 - And her? - Fifteen minutes. 551 00:36:01,446 --> 00:36:04,407 He's been hard at work while I've been down south. 552 00:36:05,202 --> 00:36:08,093 Let's see how much time they devote to fucking. 553 00:36:08,365 --> 00:36:11,135 It has important political implications. 554 00:36:11,971 --> 00:36:15,054 And this man, Pugachev, in the Lower Volga, 555 00:36:15,079 --> 00:36:16,145 what do you think? 556 00:36:16,368 --> 00:36:19,336 Well, I don't know what to think yet. 557 00:36:19,937 --> 00:36:22,492 I came across him down south. 558 00:36:22,517 --> 00:36:23,649 Yes? 559 00:36:23,674 --> 00:36:26,975 Yes, he, uh, I heard he'd fled from the army. 560 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,427 He's not from the Volga; a Don Cossack, and Old Believer. 561 00:36:29,452 --> 00:36:31,031 Is he sane? 562 00:36:31,056 --> 00:36:32,161 Well, there are those that say 563 00:36:32,185 --> 00:36:33,313 running away from the Russian army 564 00:36:33,337 --> 00:36:35,091 is a positive sign of sanity. 565 00:36:38,382 --> 00:36:41,249 Do I think that this Pugachev business is serious? 566 00:36:42,144 --> 00:36:43,783 Yes, I do. 567 00:36:43,808 --> 00:36:45,074 Hmm. 568 00:36:45,345 --> 00:36:48,246 You see, I didn't think it was that serious but I... 569 00:36:49,673 --> 00:36:51,331 I think maybe it is? 570 00:36:51,356 --> 00:36:53,263 The peasants could listen to him. 571 00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:56,544 They always think they need to be ruled by a man, 572 00:36:56,569 --> 00:36:57,599 poor lost souls. 573 00:36:57,624 --> 00:37:00,460 "Slavery does not have to be a Russian institution." 574 00:37:00,485 --> 00:37:02,385 Some woman said that. 575 00:37:03,838 --> 00:37:05,838 And yet it does. 576 00:37:06,046 --> 00:37:08,731 However much we wish that not to be true. 577 00:37:08,756 --> 00:37:10,389 Oh... 578 00:37:10,414 --> 00:37:11,647 You know... 579 00:37:12,374 --> 00:37:13,940 you really are... 580 00:37:13,965 --> 00:37:16,025 a very attractive man. 581 00:37:19,505 --> 00:37:21,943 I can't tell you how pleasant it is 582 00:37:21,968 --> 00:37:24,269 to have someone to talk to. 583 00:37:24,294 --> 00:37:25,527 Mm. 584 00:37:26,251 --> 00:37:28,707 Well, yes. Well, then... 585 00:37:28,732 --> 00:37:30,262 tell me... 586 00:37:32,787 --> 00:37:34,847 Lieutenant Vasilchikov... 587 00:37:34,872 --> 00:37:36,786 No, no. I... I'm gonna get rid of him. 588 00:37:36,811 --> 00:37:39,233 Oh yes. I've offered him 60,000 rubles 589 00:37:39,258 --> 00:37:40,590 and quite a nice palace. 590 00:37:40,615 --> 00:37:43,038 Panin is making all the arrangements. 591 00:37:46,548 --> 00:37:47,831 You see... 592 00:37:48,683 --> 00:37:52,445 if we were to be lovers, it would... 593 00:37:53,065 --> 00:37:55,698 - it would have to be... - For all time. 594 00:37:56,130 --> 00:37:58,064 Are you proposing? 595 00:37:58,351 --> 00:38:00,901 Well, how would one go about proposing such a thing, 596 00:38:00,926 --> 00:38:02,392 Your Majesty? 597 00:38:02,539 --> 00:38:05,306 That's an impossible idea I'm afraid. 598 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,669 Here I was, thinking we were gonna make love, 599 00:38:09,694 --> 00:38:11,086 and we end up talking politics. 600 00:38:11,111 --> 00:38:13,377 And that's why I like you so much. 601 00:38:49,502 --> 00:38:52,129 What the fuck are you two doing out here? 602 00:38:52,154 --> 00:38:53,920 Timing you. 603 00:38:53,945 --> 00:38:56,793 It takes more than ten minutes to satisfy her. 604 00:38:56,818 --> 00:38:58,017 Ah. 605 00:38:58,042 --> 00:38:59,417 And I suppose your little brother's out here 606 00:38:59,441 --> 00:39:02,586 with his hand on his cock hoping to watch somebody having sex. 607 00:39:02,816 --> 00:39:04,564 Probably the closest thing he gets to it. 608 00:39:04,589 --> 00:39:07,419 A little like his hands-off approach to naval warfare. 609 00:39:07,444 --> 00:39:09,999 You won't last with her or anyone else, Potemkin. 610 00:39:10,024 --> 00:39:12,494 You are a vulgar little counter jumper 611 00:39:12,519 --> 00:39:13,819 and your days are numbered. 612 00:39:13,844 --> 00:39:15,782 Fancy trying for the other eye, do you, Alexei? 613 00:39:15,807 --> 00:39:17,640 - We're not listening to this. - Huh? 614 00:39:19,686 --> 00:39:22,780 You gonna join your brother and fuck off from court too, are you? 615 00:39:23,300 --> 00:39:24,817 I don't know how you can stay. 616 00:39:24,842 --> 00:39:26,270 I mean, where's your self-respect? 617 00:39:26,295 --> 00:39:29,049 I will never allow the country I love 618 00:39:29,074 --> 00:39:32,743 to be governed by a disgusting little upstart like you. 619 00:39:32,768 --> 00:39:35,335 This little disgusting upstart has been away at war. 620 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:36,724 I dunno what you were doing but I've been 621 00:39:36,748 --> 00:39:39,294 cutting my way through Turkish hordes. 622 00:39:39,612 --> 00:39:42,607 Given the opportunity, I will do the same to you. 623 00:39:43,637 --> 00:39:45,689 What do you want, Potemkin? 624 00:39:45,721 --> 00:39:48,317 I don't think it's got through your thick skull, has it? 625 00:39:48,342 --> 00:39:50,303 I'm not here to use the woman 626 00:39:50,328 --> 00:39:52,894 or squeeze her to make money out of her. 627 00:39:52,919 --> 00:39:54,052 No, hey? 628 00:39:54,077 --> 00:39:56,378 I don't want to use her as a stepping stone 629 00:39:56,403 --> 00:39:59,079 to my brilliant fucking career, am I? 630 00:39:59,104 --> 00:40:00,703 I love the woman, huh? 631 00:40:00,728 --> 00:40:01,995 Come on, I love her! 632 00:40:02,020 --> 00:40:03,798 In the way a man should love a woman. 633 00:40:03,823 --> 00:40:04,856 You want a bit of this? 634 00:40:04,881 --> 00:40:06,746 Huh? Come on, bend the fuck over! 635 00:40:07,945 --> 00:40:09,304 You're mad! 636 00:40:09,908 --> 00:40:12,371 Potemkin! Insane! 637 00:40:12,396 --> 00:40:13,661 Yes! 638 00:40:26,157 --> 00:40:28,890 So, Grigory Orlov has finally left court. 639 00:40:28,915 --> 00:40:30,167 I wonder why. 640 00:40:30,192 --> 00:40:32,225 I showed him my penis, Your Majesty. 641 00:40:43,466 --> 00:40:47,335 It seems Monsieur Pugachev is moving towards Moscow. 642 00:40:49,011 --> 00:40:50,717 He's taken Kazan. 643 00:40:50,742 --> 00:40:53,107 Destroyed General Kar. 644 00:40:53,228 --> 00:40:55,061 This is serious, Grishenka. 645 00:40:57,907 --> 00:40:59,740 Of course, Panin and the rest of them 646 00:40:59,765 --> 00:41:02,227 think that we are too preoccupied with each other. 647 00:41:02,252 --> 00:41:04,186 They say we're having an affair. 648 00:41:04,211 --> 00:41:05,377 Well, aren't we? 649 00:41:05,402 --> 00:41:06,828 Not that I noticed. 650 00:41:06,853 --> 00:41:09,554 Oh. Not yet, anyway. 651 00:41:11,386 --> 00:41:12,820 We did send a small force, 652 00:41:12,845 --> 00:41:13,884 - Your Majesty, and... - I know, I know. 653 00:41:13,908 --> 00:41:14,972 They were cut down. 654 00:41:14,997 --> 00:41:16,901 Any loss of a Russian soldier's life 655 00:41:16,926 --> 00:41:18,792 is like losing a part of myself. 656 00:41:21,413 --> 00:41:24,448 Now we need someone of proven experience. 657 00:41:24,473 --> 00:41:26,880 Major General Potemkin, your opinion. 658 00:41:27,242 --> 00:41:30,343 Your Majesty, if Pugachev is indeed marching on Moscow, 659 00:41:30,368 --> 00:41:31,838 then we need to mobilize now. 660 00:41:31,863 --> 00:41:33,141 Agreed. 661 00:41:33,166 --> 00:41:35,967 A large force, but who should lead it? 662 00:41:37,020 --> 00:41:39,490 I don't think this is a job for the Navy, Count Orlov. 663 00:41:39,515 --> 00:41:42,048 Unless of course you mean to navigate your way to Kazan. 664 00:41:42,073 --> 00:41:43,645 It is possible, Your Majesty, 665 00:41:43,670 --> 00:41:45,427 - that, um... - There is someone at this table 666 00:41:45,451 --> 00:41:48,019 who has fought hand to hand with the Turks, 667 00:41:48,044 --> 00:41:50,577 and brought home astonishing victories. 668 00:41:52,173 --> 00:41:53,982 Major General Potemkin. 669 00:41:54,732 --> 00:41:57,099 If it is thought I am the man to succeed, Your Majesty, 670 00:41:57,124 --> 00:41:58,671 then I am more than happy to settle 671 00:41:58,696 --> 00:42:01,156 this deluded traitor once and for all. 672 00:42:01,181 --> 00:42:02,470 An excellent notion, Your Majesty. 673 00:42:02,494 --> 00:42:04,103 Good. Then it is agreed. 674 00:42:04,128 --> 00:42:06,139 Potemkin will take command of the army. 675 00:42:06,164 --> 00:42:07,847 Let us put it into motion. 676 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:13,895 Well, it seems I must go, and you... 677 00:42:14,418 --> 00:42:16,039 must stay. 678 00:42:16,748 --> 00:42:18,328 Stay alive. 679 00:42:18,526 --> 00:42:19,926 That's all I ask. 680 00:42:20,571 --> 00:42:22,404 And when I come back... 681 00:42:23,459 --> 00:42:25,556 If I come back... 682 00:42:34,175 --> 00:42:37,443 You will come back. You will and you must. 683 00:42:46,576 --> 00:42:48,209 Lieutenant Potemkin. 684 00:42:48,234 --> 00:42:50,853 I think you'll find I have been promoted, Your Excellency, 685 00:42:50,878 --> 00:42:53,332 - some time ago. - I know people like you. 686 00:42:53,737 --> 00:42:56,265 You crawl to my mother and think you will get money... 687 00:42:56,290 --> 00:42:58,268 I crawl to no one. 688 00:42:58,293 --> 00:43:00,435 I serve my country. 689 00:43:00,735 --> 00:43:02,557 Need I remind you? 690 00:43:02,582 --> 00:43:05,193 Whose dog are you if it comes to that? 691 00:43:07,178 --> 00:43:09,742 You cannot speak to me like that. 692 00:43:10,190 --> 00:43:11,690 I just did. 693 00:43:11,835 --> 00:43:13,399 And now, sir... 694 00:43:14,185 --> 00:43:15,981 I have a war to win. 695 00:43:25,033 --> 00:43:28,619 You'd look wonderful in uniform, sir. 696 00:43:38,646 --> 00:43:41,649 Oh, war, war, war, war! 697 00:43:43,299 --> 00:43:45,490 All I want to do is talk about sex. 698 00:43:47,164 --> 00:43:48,931 Or gardening. 699 00:43:48,956 --> 00:43:51,386 You want to talk about Potemkin, don't you? 700 00:43:51,411 --> 00:43:52,913 Yes. 701 00:43:52,938 --> 00:43:55,828 Yes, I do, I do! 702 00:43:55,853 --> 00:43:57,487 Right wheel... 703 00:43:58,368 --> 00:43:59,859 forward! 704 00:44:00,356 --> 00:44:02,054 Right wheel... 705 00:44:02,653 --> 00:44:03,752 forward! 706 00:44:03,777 --> 00:44:05,321 That's just like my husband. 707 00:44:05,345 --> 00:44:07,479 - Left, right! - You know, Peter used to drill 708 00:44:07,504 --> 00:44:09,046 little toy soldiers 709 00:44:09,071 --> 00:44:12,768 for hours on end, dressed in full Holstein uniform. 710 00:44:13,611 --> 00:44:15,668 And we have to find Alexei Orlov a job 711 00:44:15,693 --> 00:44:17,425 or he's gonna cause trouble. 712 00:44:17,714 --> 00:44:19,972 Always keep the awkward ones busy. 713 00:44:21,052 --> 00:44:22,261 And then get rid of them 714 00:44:22,286 --> 00:44:24,019 if they actually fuck it up. 715 00:44:24,044 --> 00:44:26,153 Minister of War? 716 00:44:28,666 --> 00:44:30,006 Well, there's an idea. 717 00:44:30,031 --> 00:44:33,559 My father was the father of his people. 718 00:44:33,891 --> 00:44:36,982 And one day I will fulfill the duties 719 00:44:37,007 --> 00:44:39,748 and responsibilities of that role. 720 00:44:39,915 --> 00:44:44,499 I will lead a disciplined army of soldiers 721 00:44:44,524 --> 00:44:48,439 to make his dream for this great country come true. 722 00:44:49,057 --> 00:44:51,418 Discipline, gentlemen. 723 00:44:52,134 --> 00:44:56,241 Martial, masculine discipline. 724 00:44:57,988 --> 00:45:00,943 Present arms! 725 00:45:04,212 --> 00:45:06,941 About face! 726 00:45:08,559 --> 00:45:10,825 Are you planning your own little coup? 727 00:45:11,365 --> 00:45:13,490 Is that what this is all about? 728 00:45:14,137 --> 00:45:16,596 Well you won't succeed, young man. 729 00:45:16,969 --> 00:45:19,186 The army is loyal to me, 730 00:45:19,211 --> 00:45:20,897 and the peasants will do as they are told. 731 00:45:20,922 --> 00:45:22,128 I'm sorry, but that's the truth. 732 00:45:22,152 --> 00:45:24,652 The mass of the people always obey orders. 733 00:45:26,416 --> 00:45:30,056 It would be a terrible mistake to go against me. 734 00:45:30,886 --> 00:45:33,186 Because I know more about politics 735 00:45:33,211 --> 00:45:34,877 than you will ever know. 736 00:45:35,750 --> 00:45:37,351 I survive, 737 00:45:37,741 --> 00:45:40,208 as I have survived for half a century 738 00:45:40,233 --> 00:45:42,566 in a world that does not want me. 739 00:45:51,391 --> 00:45:54,943 You would not last two minutes as the ruler of Russia. 740 00:45:54,968 --> 00:45:57,500 And all your drilling with your little toy soldiers 741 00:45:57,525 --> 00:45:59,625 will get you nowhere at all. 742 00:46:00,366 --> 00:46:02,233 You see, power... 743 00:46:02,466 --> 00:46:05,047 power is a balancing act. 744 00:46:05,072 --> 00:46:07,448 You have to learn how to walk the line. 745 00:46:07,473 --> 00:46:09,648 You always spoke of reform 746 00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:11,222 when you first began to rule. 747 00:46:11,247 --> 00:46:13,541 Yes, well, I had all sorts of ideas when I was younger, 748 00:46:13,566 --> 00:46:16,333 and I still believe in justice for all. 749 00:46:16,358 --> 00:46:19,349 But I would remind you always to remember 750 00:46:19,374 --> 00:46:21,975 from where your power... 751 00:46:22,500 --> 00:46:25,365 ... if you were ever to have any, which I doubt... 752 00:46:26,015 --> 00:46:28,106 - ... will derive. - All I'm saying is... 753 00:46:28,131 --> 00:46:30,757 This is my country. 754 00:46:30,782 --> 00:46:32,982 You stupid boy. 755 00:46:33,975 --> 00:46:35,715 You look to your wife. 756 00:46:35,740 --> 00:46:38,074 - You get me an heir. - You lied to me. 757 00:46:38,621 --> 00:46:40,654 About my father. 758 00:46:41,069 --> 00:46:42,564 And you lied to the country. 759 00:46:42,589 --> 00:46:44,789 You promise them one thing then give them another. 760 00:46:47,370 --> 00:46:50,015 I want my father to be alive. 761 00:46:55,864 --> 00:46:58,432 I want him here beside me. Is that a crime? 762 00:47:09,811 --> 00:47:12,145 Look, I... I understand. 763 00:47:12,178 --> 00:47:15,608 Look, I know you're going to rule one day, probably. 764 00:47:15,876 --> 00:47:18,816 And... And I do want to hear your... your political ideas. 765 00:47:18,841 --> 00:47:20,581 Um, why don't you write something? 766 00:47:20,606 --> 00:47:21,911 Um, something about, oh, I don't know, 767 00:47:21,935 --> 00:47:24,348 the... the peasants' unrest and send it to me 768 00:47:24,373 --> 00:47:26,706 I will read it. I will. I promise. 769 00:47:29,905 --> 00:47:31,194 Agreed? 770 00:48:01,009 --> 00:48:03,092 Yes, you. 771 00:48:03,117 --> 00:48:06,247 Go fuck yourself, you one-eyed cunt. 772 00:48:06,248 --> 00:48:07,448 Stand him up! 773 00:48:13,366 --> 00:48:15,967 You think you're fucking invisible? 774 00:48:22,831 --> 00:48:25,097 Potemkin has finished him off. 775 00:48:25,122 --> 00:48:26,554 Ha-ha! 776 00:48:27,602 --> 00:48:29,184 He's riding back to St. Petersburg 777 00:48:29,209 --> 00:48:32,503 with Pugachev in a cage like the wild beast that he is. 778 00:48:32,511 --> 00:48:34,989 Major General Potemkin deserves our thanks, Your Majesty. 779 00:48:35,014 --> 00:48:37,414 I'm not usually in favor of triumphal marches; 780 00:48:37,439 --> 00:48:39,865 it smacks too much of the last days of the Roman Empire, 781 00:48:39,890 --> 00:48:43,224 but I think I will ride out to meet him. 782 00:48:43,249 --> 00:48:45,638 Is that... wise, Your Majesty? 783 00:48:45,663 --> 00:48:48,141 Why would it not be, Minister? 784 00:48:48,566 --> 00:48:51,033 You could be in danger, Your Majesty. 785 00:48:52,015 --> 00:48:54,131 Is the countryside entirely pacified? 786 00:48:54,156 --> 00:48:56,332 How would you know, Minister? You hardly ever go there. 787 00:48:56,357 --> 00:48:57,960 Make the arrangements. 788 00:48:57,985 --> 00:49:01,107 I will ride out at the head of the Preobrazhensky Guard. 789 00:49:01,132 --> 00:49:02,332 I... 790 00:49:04,743 --> 00:49:07,416 I do feel that this is dangerous, Your Majesty. 791 00:49:07,441 --> 00:49:09,208 They need to see me. 792 00:49:11,198 --> 00:49:12,898 Minister. 793 00:49:13,479 --> 00:49:15,903 Oh, I do have one piece of advice, however, 794 00:49:15,928 --> 00:49:17,228 I would like from you. 795 00:49:17,253 --> 00:49:19,025 I want it to be thoroughly researched 796 00:49:19,050 --> 00:49:21,017 and I would like comprehensive answers 797 00:49:21,042 --> 00:49:23,876 in the best traditions of the Russian Civil Service. 798 00:49:30,136 --> 00:49:31,929 What am I going to wear? 799 00:49:34,387 --> 00:49:36,601 What am I going to wear? 800 00:49:39,545 --> 00:49:41,100 Pugachev! 801 00:49:42,897 --> 00:49:45,127 God sees all your suffering, my children. 802 00:49:45,152 --> 00:49:46,452 He sees everything. 803 00:49:47,589 --> 00:49:49,850 Through my eyes, he sees! 804 00:49:50,674 --> 00:49:52,139 Through my eyes. 805 00:49:54,089 --> 00:49:55,261 The whore, Catherine... 806 00:49:55,286 --> 00:49:58,199 will try and fuck my corpse! 807 00:50:40,831 --> 00:50:43,411 We congratulate you on your service. 808 00:50:43,776 --> 00:50:45,486 - Your Majesty. - Move back! 809 00:50:45,510 --> 00:50:47,310 - Pugachev! - Move! 810 00:50:47,335 --> 00:50:48,335 Catherine. 811 00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:49,885 - Your Majesty. - Catherine. 812 00:50:49,909 --> 00:50:51,810 Mother of all Russia. We are not worthy. 813 00:50:51,835 --> 00:50:53,326 We bow before you, Your Majesty. 814 00:50:53,350 --> 00:50:55,010 Bless us, Your Majesty. 815 00:50:55,035 --> 00:50:57,370 We bow before you, Your Majesty. 816 00:50:57,395 --> 00:51:01,603 Catherine, Catherine, Catherine. 817 00:51:01,628 --> 00:51:06,224 Catherine, Catherine, Catherine. 818 00:51:06,249 --> 00:51:10,919 Catherine, Catherine, Catherine... 819 00:51:32,220 --> 00:51:33,933 Whore! 820 00:51:41,738 --> 00:51:44,305 They want a public execution. 821 00:51:44,330 --> 00:51:47,101 I've told the hangman he is not to be disemboweled. 822 00:51:47,864 --> 00:51:49,117 Why do they think cruelty 823 00:51:49,142 --> 00:51:51,509 can wipe out the memory of cruelty? 824 00:51:52,279 --> 00:51:53,882 Hmm. 825 00:52:00,087 --> 00:52:03,924 What you need, Major General Potemkin, is a bath. 826 00:52:04,422 --> 00:52:07,035 Mm. Do I? 827 00:52:09,152 --> 00:52:11,853 Mm. Not unpleasantly. 828 00:52:13,856 --> 00:52:16,457 I do not dislike the smell of... 829 00:52:16,482 --> 00:52:18,616 fresh sweat on a man. 830 00:52:23,728 --> 00:52:26,261 My bath house in ten minutes? 831 00:52:34,422 --> 00:52:36,088 Come and join me. 832 00:52:36,113 --> 00:52:37,769 But lock the door. 833 00:52:38,384 --> 00:52:40,589 People are inquisitive in this palace. 834 00:52:41,333 --> 00:52:43,991 And I am the most inquisitive of all of them. 835 00:52:48,262 --> 00:52:50,750 Please, join me. 836 00:53:14,074 --> 00:53:15,860 No need to wear a towel. 837 00:53:16,623 --> 00:53:18,991 It's wonderfully hot in here. 838 00:53:22,732 --> 00:53:24,460 No, I want to see 839 00:53:24,485 --> 00:53:27,319 if everything they say about you is true. 840 00:53:32,641 --> 00:53:35,209 I will apologize in advance 841 00:53:35,543 --> 00:53:38,417 for any deficiencies... 842 00:53:38,442 --> 00:53:39,783 I might have. 843 00:54:15,331 --> 00:54:17,316 I want you not because of... 844 00:54:18,549 --> 00:54:20,286 what you can give me... 845 00:54:22,389 --> 00:54:23,889 or who you are. 846 00:54:26,549 --> 00:54:28,209 Oh, I want you. 847 00:54:28,774 --> 00:54:31,069 I want you. I want you because... 848 00:54:32,587 --> 00:54:34,421 I love you. 849 00:54:34,574 --> 00:54:36,674 And that will never change. 850 00:54:37,793 --> 00:54:39,094 Was that a proposal? 851 00:54:39,855 --> 00:54:42,071 - Are you proposing? - No! 852 00:54:42,096 --> 00:54:43,096 It is! 853 00:54:43,139 --> 00:54:45,633 It sounds like a proposal. 854 00:54:46,086 --> 00:54:49,086 Synced & corrected by QueenMaddie www.addic7ed.com 60604

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