1 00:04:08,755 --> 00:04:13,797 - ls she dead? - Barely alive. Fetch Master Guillaume. 2 00:04:14,380 --> 00:04:18,213 I think she needs God far more than she needs a doctor. 3 00:04:28,088 --> 00:04:34,088 It's useless. l'm doomed. But you must save her. 4 00:04:36,380 --> 00:04:40,172 The Princess of lskander. Shéhérazade. 5 00:04:40,213 --> 00:04:43,172 She was going to Baghdad, to the Caliph. 6 00:04:51,380 --> 00:04:53,922 You have to save her. You have to. 7 00:05:11,922 --> 00:05:17,422 Swear, l'm dying. Swear. Swear! 8 00:05:39,172 --> 00:05:43,463 - What will you do? - What I swore to do. 9 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,338 Only those who want to will follow me. 10 00:06:47,963 --> 00:06:53,172 ' Tally-ho! ' Tally-ho! 11 00:07:03,005 --> 00:07:06,713 We're being attacked! Someone betrayed us. 12 00:07:51,297 --> 00:07:55,088 Ahmed! Take Shéhérazade to the lair! Hurry! 13 00:08:07,713 --> 00:08:11,047 Didier! They're taking her away! 14 00:08:56,463 --> 00:09:00,547 You must give up, Renaud. Look. 15 00:09:00,588 --> 00:09:05,672 They took refuge in those ruins. Attacking would cost us half our men. 16 00:09:05,713 --> 00:09:08,505 We must now resume our way to Baghdad, Renaud. 17 00:09:30,838 --> 00:09:33,505 - Are they attacking? - No, but their chief just arrived. 18 00:09:58,838 --> 00:10:01,797 - Who are you and what do you want? - I am Renaud of Villecroix, 19 00:10:33,797 --> 00:10:39,005 Let's talk as friends: if I give you Shéhérazade, what will you give me? 20 00:11:21,005 --> 00:11:24,713 But, first, come and see. Come. 21 00:11:45,255 --> 00:11:48,463 Look at her, and tell me who's the real thief, you or me. 22 00:11:53,255 --> 00:11:56,838 Do you see this young lord? He wants to buy you back, 23 00:12:04,088 --> 00:12:08,963 But you probably want to see her better still. Wait. 24 00:12:24,922 --> 00:12:29,588 50 sheep... Surely you wouldn't dare. 25 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,880 - Is that all? - I don't have anything else. 26 00:12:37,922 --> 00:12:40,963 You forget about your ring. 27 00:12:46,463 --> 00:12:49,088 Less than nothing. 28 00:12:54,172 --> 00:12:58,297 You'd rather do it yourself. As you wish. 29 00:13:12,588 --> 00:13:14,338 You really haven't got anything more? 30 00:13:36,713 --> 00:13:41,713 L'd rather be the benefactor of your nights than the remorse of your days. 31 00:13:41,755 --> 00:13:44,838 May Allah go with you. 32 00:14:31,505 --> 00:14:35,922 - Are you looking for your star? - Yes. While I wait for you. 33 00:14:52,755 --> 00:14:57,463 Now I just want to look at you and shut my mouth. 34 00:15:11,380 --> 00:15:15,047 - Why do you flee from me, Shéhérazade? - l'm scared. 35 00:15:19,672 --> 00:15:22,797 - Of me? - Of us. 36 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,880 Of what passed between us in the raider's lair. 37 00:15:28,130 --> 00:15:33,380 I never saw you before and, suddenly, I saw nothing but you. 38 00:15:57,797 --> 00:16:00,797 There's no such thing as "after" in love, Shéhérazade. 39 00:16:24,297 --> 00:16:28,338 There's another form of courage, then. Maybe an easier one. 40 00:16:44,213 --> 00:16:47,213 For far more serious reasons, that you are wrong to mock. 41 00:17:05,172 --> 00:17:09,380 - Don't you believe in anything? - I believe in what is. 42 00:17:21,130 --> 00:17:24,172 How long have you been wearing this scarf? 43 00:17:33,922 --> 00:17:37,047 The wind tore it from me while I watched you riding by. 44 00:17:41,838 --> 00:17:45,380 I had to come in the heart of the desert to find it again. 45 00:18:03,547 --> 00:18:05,797 No, leave me. 46 00:18:07,797 --> 00:18:12,130 Come. The storm is brewing and my supper is waiting for us. 47 00:18:37,172 --> 00:18:45,630 oh, you, my tender love, 48 00:19:11,088 --> 00:19:13,380 I just came back from the banks of the Tigris River. 49 00:19:18,755 --> 00:19:23,130 L'm scared, Renaud. What did you decide? 50 00:19:40,005 --> 00:19:43,963 No, Renaud. It would have been merely difficult. 51 00:19:58,755 --> 00:20:01,755 Listen to me. We're but one man and one woman. 52 00:20:01,797 --> 00:20:05,547 I don't believe in love challenging misery and time. 53 00:20:26,588 --> 00:20:29,130 We'll have mortally offended the two masters of the world, 54 00:20:44,422 --> 00:20:48,963 We'll forget. Time rubs everything out. 55 00:21:24,463 --> 00:21:26,963 May peace be with you, my lord. 56 00:21:36,505 --> 00:21:38,422 Greetings to you too, Shéhérazade. 57 00:21:49,338 --> 00:21:52,672 You have maybe some farewells to say? 58 00:22:31,755 --> 00:22:35,172 So the moment has come. There's still time, Renaud. 59 00:22:52,588 --> 00:22:55,463 Don't. 60 00:23:38,463 --> 00:23:42,713 Sir Renaud of Vi llecroix, ambassador of Emperor Charlemagne 61 00:24:14,088 --> 00:24:18,630 No: rise, Renaud of Villecroix, my friends do not kneel before me. 62 00:24:19,630 --> 00:24:22,297 Welcome to this palace. 63 00:24:55,797 --> 00:24:58,880 Here is a message of friendship from Emperor Charlemagne. 64 00:25:09,547 --> 00:25:12,713 But right now, other obligations claim me. 65 00:25:26,672 --> 00:25:28,380 I hope that you and your friends 66 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:55,672 Shirin, Princess of Bassorah. 67 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:09,630 Djemilah, Princess of Great Cairo. 68 00:26:16,713 --> 00:26:21,880 Shéhérazade, Princess of lskander. 69 00:27:07,088 --> 00:27:09,422 You are beautiful as the night, Shirin, 70 00:27:22,838 --> 00:27:26,547 I thank you, Djemilah, for coming from so far away. 71 00:27:39,463 --> 00:27:44,088 As for you, Shéhérazade,l was smiling at the praise that poets 72 00:28:09,922 --> 00:28:11,672 May Allah forgive me, 73 00:28:24,297 --> 00:28:28,838 Master, l'm not young enough to tell which one is the most desirable, 74 00:28:37,588 --> 00:28:42,838 Djemilah, a water snake with two tails saved a whole people 75 00:29:14,380 --> 00:29:17,630 Well answered too. 76 00:29:31,297 --> 00:29:36,713 No, I thank Him for allowing a thorny bush to grow roses. 77 00:29:38,838 --> 00:29:42,130 Master, I spoke too hastily. 78 00:29:48,005 --> 00:29:51,755 Maybe the second test will decide between them. 79 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:09,338 Praise to Allah who made all of you equally beautiful. 80 00:31:08,047 --> 00:31:11,547 Your turn, Djemilah. 81 00:31:26,380 --> 00:31:29,505 Your turn, Shéhérazade. 82 00:32:00,505 --> 00:32:03,880 So we must proceed with the third test. 83 00:32:23,130 --> 00:32:25,547 Fill the cups. 84 00:32:53,797 --> 00:32:58,255 If you consider that Harun al Raschid's love is not worth risking your life, 85 00:33:19,797 --> 00:33:22,005 These men have been sentenced to die. 86 00:34:07,255 --> 00:34:13,380 Now you're going to tell me whether you refuse or accept. 87 00:34:17,172 --> 00:34:19,172 I refuse. 88 00:34:24,755 --> 00:34:27,505 Maybe Allah would have chosen you. 89 00:34:41,172 --> 00:34:43,297 What about you? What do you decide? 90 00:34:50,338 --> 00:34:52,755 I accept too. 91 00:35:13,172 --> 00:35:16,338 Let Shéhérazade choose first. 92 00:35:33,505 --> 00:35:38,505 Your turn, now, Shirin. 93 00:35:51,047 --> 00:35:54,213 I can't. I can't. 94 00:35:56,005 --> 00:36:02,088 Could you? 95 00:36:17,047 --> 00:36:19,588 NQ! 96 00:36:27,630 --> 00:36:32,172 How did you guess that none of the three ewers contained poison? 97 00:36:43,297 --> 00:36:48,172 You can now tell your servant to rise. He played his part very well. 98 00:36:58,838 --> 00:37:02,463 I choose you, Shéhérazade. 99 00:37:35,630 --> 00:37:39,547 Praise Allah! Praise Harun al Raschid! 100 00:38:38,713 --> 00:38:42,172 He's probably gone to drink in one of the brothels around. Let's look again. 101 00:38:43,297 --> 00:38:47,005 For three days, he's been acting as if he'd lost his head. He's scaring me. 102 00:40:25,047 --> 00:40:27,755 Yakouma! Yakouma! 103 00:40:29,047 --> 00:40:34,005 Here I am, my white lambs! Patience, patience! 104 00:40:35,338 --> 00:40:39,422 Now, men of Baghdad, open your eyes. 105 00:40:45,547 --> 00:40:49,088 The wedding night of our beloved Caliph 106 00:41:17,672 --> 00:41:23,463 Look, look! But a pretty girl is like the fruit of the orange tree 107 00:41:30,005 --> 00:41:34,380 Look: here she is, now clad in her sole beauty, 108 00:41:48,588 --> 00:41:52,255 No... My lord... what are you doing? My lord, stop! 109 00:41:58,755 --> 00:42:02,297 Are you crazy? What did you do? 110 00:42:20,672 --> 00:42:24,005 All I can see is that time passes and you're doing nothing. 111 00:43:16,005 --> 00:43:18,047 Speak. 112 00:43:29,588 --> 00:43:31,713 Peace be with you, Shirin. 113 00:44:28,297 --> 00:44:31,338 And you're afraid to tell me? Why? 114 00:44:32,630 --> 00:44:36,797 Tell me the name of the man. And of the woman! I want to know. 115 00:44:43,588 --> 00:44:45,797 MY anger, YOU say? 116 00:45:08,088 --> 00:45:09,630 I was waiting for you. 117 00:45:37,630 --> 00:45:41,088 Here is my answer to your Emperor's request. 118 00:45:46,047 --> 00:45:51,088 The sepulchre of your God is now placed under my protection. 119 00:45:55,838 --> 00:45:59,963 You'll be able to leave tomorrow with peace in your heart. 120 00:46:11,588 --> 00:46:16,130 I thank you. Please allow me to go now. 121 00:46:23,130 --> 00:46:26,463 Take a seat and watch. 122 00:46:30,672 --> 00:46:35,463 Never again will you see what you're about to see. 123 00:48:05,463 --> 00:48:10,172 Shéhérazade, you agreed to dance for us tonight, 124 00:48:42,338 --> 00:48:45,213 Dance, Shéhérazade. 125 00:51:25,672 --> 00:51:28,963 I thank you, Harun al Raschid. 126 00:51:29,130 --> 00:51:31,880 But you were wrong earlier: 127 00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:35,463 l'll always see again what l've just seen. 128 00:51:37,297 --> 00:51:40,588 May l 8° now? 129 00:52:12,463 --> 00:52:14,880 - May I talk to you? - Who are you? 130 00:52:26,005 --> 00:52:30,547 Would you like to see her one last time before you go? Alone? 131 00:52:37,255 --> 00:52:39,755 Where are you going? We leave in two hours. 132 00:52:51,672 --> 00:52:54,672 I needed you. Where were you this time? 133 00:53:34,338 --> 00:53:37,505 - Why would you do this for me? - For nothing. 134 00:53:49,588 --> 00:53:52,505 He'll be here in no time. 135 00:54:06,255 --> 00:54:10,963 Come, and don't forget that you are Selim son of Mammud, the caravan master. 136 00:54:22,213 --> 00:54:25,630 Come: my mistress wants to see you. 137 00:54:53,088 --> 00:54:57,338 - It's done, mistress. He's with her now. - Very well. 138 00:55:01,922 --> 00:55:03,130 - Mistress. - Yes. 139 00:55:18,963 --> 00:55:23,672 No, leave me, Renaud. You were mad to come here. 140 00:55:35,380 --> 00:55:37,463 But I didn't know that I loved you. 141 00:56:02,755 --> 00:56:05,672 I got you into this palace, l'll know how to get you out of it. 142 00:56:13,297 --> 00:56:16,213 I accept to see it rise only once if l'm with you. 143 00:56:24,213 --> 00:56:28,297 No, Renaud, no. 144 00:56:40,713 --> 00:56:43,588 So it was true. 145 00:56:59,588 --> 00:57:01,880 Nothing forced you to come to me. 146 00:57:26,963 --> 00:57:30,922 What about the man, Master? Do you want me to get rid of him? 147 00:57:39,505 --> 00:57:44,255 Listen to me. She's innocent. 148 00:58:11,630 --> 00:58:14,463 Your prisons must be large enough for two innocents. 149 00:58:30,588 --> 00:58:33,880 You're free. 150 00:58:51,213 --> 00:58:54,172 Let's go: he's not here. 151 00:59:20,797 --> 00:59:24,338 - Renaud. - Leave me alone. 152 00:59:24,380 --> 00:59:26,963 Stop watching the accursed tower! 153 01:01:32,213 --> 01:01:35,672 Shéhérazade, Princess of lskander, 154 01:02:12,588 --> 01:02:16,172 - l'm ready. - I know. 155 01:02:21,838 --> 01:02:25,797 No: it's useless. 156 01:03:17,213 --> 01:03:21,047 No use. lt's over. 157 01:03:47,922 --> 01:03:50,588 StOp! 158 01:03:56,963 --> 01:04:01,630 Harun al Raschid, Caliph of Caliphs and commander of the true believers, 159 01:04:17,463 --> 01:04:20,838 You were her sun, she turned her back to the sun. 160 01:04:23,297 --> 01:04:26,130 The death you chose for her is far too sweet. 161 01:04:27,505 --> 01:04:33,213 Give us the bitch, my Lord, and we, in turn, will give her the nights she deserves. 162 01:04:34,630 --> 01:04:39,505 You may. The law allows it. 163 01:04:54,297 --> 01:04:57,838 Will you suffer this, Didier? I won't, l'm warning you. 164 01:05:14,713 --> 01:05:17,338 Stop, Mou loud! 165 01:05:19,422 --> 01:05:22,422 Back! 166 01:05:26,380 --> 01:05:29,088 - Let go of that woman. - Beware. 167 01:06:26,838 --> 01:06:29,338 He we are on the threshold of the desert, as you wished. 168 01:06:52,130 --> 01:06:54,963 May God keep you safe. Farewell, Renaud. 169 01:07:01,963 --> 01:07:08,380 Renaud, take my sword. lt's never been in better hands. 170 01:08:45,547 --> 01:08:50,297 The well was filled, and it's a two days walk to the next one. 171 01:08:52,338 --> 01:08:55,088 The water in the desert also belongs to the Caliph. 172 01:09:00,047 --> 01:09:02,338 Tomorrow we'll start again on the North trail. 173 01:09:03,630 --> 01:09:06,547 Have faith. 174 01:10:00,755 --> 01:10:03,880 Renaud! 175 01:10:15,963 --> 01:10:18,755 Why didn't they take both horses away? 176 01:10:20,380 --> 01:10:22,838 Why didn't they cut our throats on the spot? 177 01:10:26,505 --> 01:10:30,088 Too soon, Renaud. The dead do not suffer. 178 01:10:43,088 --> 01:10:48,505 We're going to die, my love. 179 01:10:54,755 --> 01:10:59,588 - A black rider arrow. - Cowards! 180 01:11:44,588 --> 01:11:48,255 You're burning with a fever. We must stop, Renaud. 181 01:11:50,297 --> 01:11:53,213 You don't even have the strength to smile at me anymore. 182 01:11:56,588 --> 01:11:59,172 We must reach the Tirkit springs. 183 01:12:44,005 --> 01:12:46,547 Renaud! 184 01:12:50,672 --> 01:12:54,422 I can't anymore. I can't anymore, it's over, Shéhérazade. 185 01:12:58,588 --> 01:13:01,547 In what? We don't own anything anymore. 186 01:13:34,463 --> 01:13:38,255 L'll leave him to you. Stay in his shadow. 187 01:14:06,755 --> 01:14:11,547 May peace be with you, Shéhérazade. 188 01:14:22,255 --> 01:14:25,838 Take, then. You won't take much. 189 01:15:04,380 --> 01:15:07,255 You'll come back, Shéhérazade. 190 01:15:47,255 --> 01:15:53,588 Renaud. Renaud. It is I. It is I. No! 191 01:15:57,213 --> 01:15:59,297 Harun al Raschid, where are you? 192 01:16:12,963 --> 01:16:16,172 Renaud! 193 01:16:58,255 --> 01:17:02,005 Avillage, Renaud. You are saved. 194 01:17:15,547 --> 01:17:19,463 This man is ill. Can anyone here cure him? 195 01:17:21,797 --> 01:17:25,422 This man is going to die. You must cure him. 196 01:17:27,005 --> 01:17:30,172 Don't you understand? I tell you he's going to die. 197 01:17:31,963 --> 01:17:35,713 You don't have a right. What about the law of the desert? 198 01:17:37,130 --> 01:17:40,422 Is it gold that you want? Here, l'll give it all to you. All of it. 199 01:17:44,422 --> 01:17:46,672 Where must we go so that he lives? 200 01:18:13,422 --> 01:18:16,588 Baghdad. 201 01:21:36,672 --> 01:21:39,255 I knew you'd come. 202 01:21:46,130 --> 01:21:51,505 Defeated to the core. And here you are. 203 01:22:11,213 --> 01:22:14,963 And now defend yourself. Defend him. 204 01:22:16,422 --> 01:22:20,922 I wasn't the only one who waited for you. The executioner did too. 205 01:22:38,005 --> 01:22:40,088 I love you. 206 01:22:45,213 --> 01:22:52,172 What are you waiting for? Lie to me! I might believe you. Try. 207 01:22:57,047 --> 01:23:02,088 But no: you are Shéhérazade, you wouldn't beg! 208 01:23:46,588 --> 01:23:48,922 He'll go, l'll stay. 209 01:24:12,380 --> 01:24:17,255 Let God judge me. I could kill you both with one blow... 210 01:24:18,672 --> 01:24:19,838 and I do not dare. 211 01:24:29,963 --> 01:24:32,880 He was to take you to a safe hideout 212 01:24:57,880 --> 01:25:02,297 Take this man, and care for him as if he were me. 213 01:25:21,047 --> 01:25:25,213 Then we must give the order to rebel. That's our last chance, Barmak. 214 01:25:26,713 --> 01:25:30,380 You can really only rely on the mercenary troops stationed in Baghdad. 215 01:25:39,713 --> 01:25:42,338 - Ten days. - That's more than we need. 216 01:25:59,755 --> 01:26:03,380 He's saved, Shéhérazade. There's no danger anymore. 217 01:26:12,922 --> 01:26:14,838 Then he'll go tomorrow. 218 01:26:49,422 --> 01:26:55,047 My love... My love... 219 01:27:04,422 --> 01:27:08,255 - Shéhérazade. - We are saved. 220 01:27:10,047 --> 01:27:13,963 Nothing threatens us anymore. We shall live. 221 01:27:21,088 --> 01:27:24,297 - Who brought me here? - I did. 222 01:27:33,297 --> 01:27:37,380 You saw Harun and you bought my life from him. That's it, right? 223 01:27:39,380 --> 01:27:41,838 At what price, Shéhérazade? 224 01:27:46,588 --> 01:27:49,463 What will become of us? What shall we do, one without the other? 225 01:28:01,963 --> 01:28:03,005 Farewell, Renaud. 226 01:29:31,838 --> 01:29:34,422 You 're late, Adballah. 227 01:29:35,380 --> 01:29:39,338 The longest ways are usually the safest. 228 01:30:03,255 --> 01:30:07,255 They will. They always follow when there's something to break down. 229 01:30:09,088 --> 01:30:11,463 She'll give the signal from the palace. 230 01:31:35,713 --> 01:31:38,297 May peace be with you. 231 01:31:44,005 --> 01:31:46,047 Don't force yourself to smile at me. 232 01:32:16,005 --> 01:32:18,963 You are here and l'll keep you. 233 01:32:48,547 --> 01:32:51,172 You must flee, master, you must leave Baghdad. 234 01:33:54,963 --> 01:33:56,963 - You're going to give me back my jewelry. - No. 235 01:33:58,505 --> 01:34:01,463 - Give me back my jewelry now! - Let me go or I kill you. 236 01:34:48,922 --> 01:34:52,922 - Come, hurry, the Caliph has fled. - You wretch! What did you say? 237 01:34:55,338 --> 01:34:58,630 - How many of them? - A dozen men, Moussour, the Caliph and the Sultana. 238 01:35:12,213 --> 01:35:15,172 There they are. 239 01:36:28,213 --> 01:36:32,547 It's a trick. The ford is on the left. Follow me. 240 01:37:32,255 --> 01:37:35,713 Take him alive. 241 01:37:48,172 --> 01:37:52,172 - You! - Now you won't prevent the Caliph from arriving in Kerbellah. 242 01:38:11,797 --> 01:38:14,547 They took her, master. lt's over. 243 01:38:16,047 --> 01:38:19,380 Let's go. I don't want her death to be in vain. 244 01:39:07,547 --> 01:39:11,338 Master. l've been told of a great number of riders and mercenaries 245 01:39:17,547 --> 01:39:21,005 And five hundred of us. 246 01:39:25,213 --> 01:39:27,088 You don't have anything to fear. 247 01:39:51,297 --> 01:39:54,297 I know that the Frank knights encampment is around here. 248 01:41:06,588 --> 01:41:11,963 Renaud! Renaud! 249 01:41:20,547 --> 01:41:24,838 Allah, do not forsake me. 250 01:41:40,797 --> 01:41:44,088 A sand storm. We must take shelter. 251 01:42:44,130 --> 01:42:47,880 It's abating. We can see the sun again. 252 01:43:24,047 --> 01:43:27,463 Shéhérazade! 253 01:43:30,713 --> 01:43:35,088 - I knew I would find you. - Now l'll keep you. 254 01:43:38,213 --> 01:43:42,213 No, Renaud, I haven't come to join you. 255 01:44:06,130 --> 01:44:08,922 Where is the Caliph, Moussour? Did they take him? 256 01:44:08,963 --> 01:44:15,922 No, he could flee. There. The mountain. 257 01:45:06,838 --> 01:45:12,172 Counter-attack! 258 01:45:49,880 --> 01:45:52,380 Forward! 259 01:47:17,880 --> 01:47:21,088 Tonight, we'll sup in the Caliph's palace. lt's over. 260 01:47:26,463 --> 01:47:28,838 Look! 261 01:53:31,672 --> 01:53:35,588 So you appear together before me for the third time. 262 01:53:59,838 --> 01:54:02,172 I give her to you. 263 01:54:03,422 --> 01:54:06,880 I do not give her to you because I stopped loving her. 264 01:54:19,672 --> 01:54:24,713 Go now. Get out, all of you. I want to stay alone with her. 265 01:54:25,838 --> 01:54:29,422 You're the greatest and noblest man I ever met, Harun al Raschid. 266 01:54:37,672 --> 01:54:43,005 Why do you cry? You're going to enter the gardens of bliss 267 01:55:11,213 --> 01:55:14,047 Why did God give me only one heart? 268 01:55:18,130 --> 01:55:21,713 And I did nothing but hurt you. Forgive me. 269 01:55:21,755 --> 01:55:25,463 I forgave you in advance the first time I saw you. 270 01:55:45,713 --> 01:55:50,047 But what is it? Are you wounded? You must call... 271 01:55:55,630 --> 01:56:01,838 I wish I could hide it from you until the end, but I can't. 272 01:56:08,088 --> 01:56:11,797 Leave me now, I want to be alone. 273 01:56:16,755 --> 01:56:20,963 May peace be with you, Harun al Raschid. 274 01:56:33,338 --> 01:56:37,088 My God, everything is accomplished. 275 01:56:49,338 --> 01:56:52,755 Help me.