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"1647 was a strange year, in which
various signs on Heaven and Earth..."

2
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...foretold of disaster
and of uncommon events.

3
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"The summer saw a total eclipse,
later a comet appeared in the sky."

4
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"Finally, the seasons became jumbled
as never before."

5
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"So, all of Ruthenia looked with
trepidation at the wild steppes..."

6
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...which stretched from the banks of
the Dnieper almost to the Black Sea...

7
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"...and to the Crimea of the Tartars,
whence danger could come."

8
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"In a film by Jerzy Hoffman,
based on the novel..."

9
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"... " "With Fire and Sword"
"by Henryk Sienkiewicz."

10
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Is he alive?

11
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"Yes, sire. He's someone important."

12
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The horse is worth two towns.
Can we keep it?

13
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Rzedzian...

14
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"Spoils, that's all."

15
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Water!

16
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Let me go. I'll pay.

17
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Thank God we were nearby.
Bandits attacked you...

18
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...pretending to be Tartars.

19
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"Ah, yes..."

20
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Do you know him?

21
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My neighbor's servant.

22
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Thank you for saving me.

23
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Are you a nobleman?

24
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I am Zenobii Abdank
with a cross on my coat-of-arms.

25
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Noble and colonel in Duke Dominik
Zaslawski's Cossack regiment.

26
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"Jan Skrzetuski, lieutenant
in the armored regiment..."

27
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...in the service
of Duke Jeremy Wisniowiecki.

28
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You serve a famous warrior.

29
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Thank you.

30
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Where are you off to in such a haste?

31
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"Duty calls, I'm carrying orders."

32
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If perchance we meet again...

33
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...perhaps I shall be able
to repay you.

34
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Good bye valiant soldier!
You know not who you've saved!

35
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I am Bohdan Chmielnicki.

36
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WITH FIRE AND SWORD

37
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CZEHRYN
Poland's eastern borderlands

38
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"This film is dedicated
to my wife, Walentyna."

39
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"I tell you, Czaplinski
will catch Chmielnicki."

40
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- "No, he won't!"
- "Yes, he will!"

41
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- I'll wager a ducat.
- Make it two!

42
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He'll catch Chmielnicki and hang him.

43
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"Chmielnicki means " "hops man."
"Hops are only good for beer!"

44
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The beer here in Czehryn
is like horse piss!

45
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"Hanka, fill our glasses!"

46
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"Come back here, wench!
Bring me mead, the best you have!"

47
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If not for my men...

48
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...Chmielnicki would've been killed
by bandits out on the steppe.

49
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The hetman has issued warrants
for Chmielnicki's capture.

50
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How could I have known?
I've been in the Crimea.

51
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Where'd you meet him?

52
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On the other side of the Dnieper.

53
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"Jesus Christ, he's gone to the Sich."

54
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He's not the only one.

55
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He stole my royal letters.

56
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"In them, the King urges the Cossacks
to rebel against the nobility."

57
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"The Sich is a tinderbox,
which those letters could set off."

58
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"You foresee rebellion, colonel?"

59
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I already see it.

60
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"Colonel Barabasz, you are a Ruthenian."

61
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You are respected by the Cossacks.
Go to the Sich.

62
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Half my men escaped with Chmielnicki.

63
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"If not for Lieutenant Colonel Bohun,
they all would have."

64
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"A grave, not a baton, awaits me."

65
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Greetings!

66
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"Czaplinski, a ruffian and cutthroat.
Chmielnicki's greatest foe."

67
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Do you know where Chmielnicki is?

68
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"Hanging, or soon will be,
or my name isn't Czaplinski!"

69
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Don't spill your wine.

70
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Are you going to catch him?

71
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My men will ambush him
out on the steppe.

72
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Don't spill your wine.

73
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Chmielnicki's free
and on his way to the Sich.

74
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Impossible!

75
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Sir Skrzetuski saved him
and took care of your bandits.

76
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What about the warrants?

77
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He didn't know about them.
He's returning from the Crimea.

78
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I'll see you in stocks!

79
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Smell this!

80
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Guards!

81
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Gentlemen! This man is leaving!

82
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Shall I dress your wounds?
I'm a skilled nurse.

83
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Silence!

84
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Cheers!

85
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"Thank you, gentlemen!"

86
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"Allow me, sire, to offer my services."

87
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"Jan Onufry Zagloba,
with a coat-of-arms you can see."

88
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This hole in my head from a Turkish
bullet in the Holy Land...

89
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...where I fought to atone
for the sins of my youth.

90
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You said you were hit with a tankard.

91
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"No, a Turkish bullet.
You're mixing things up."

92
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Health!

93
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"To your health, gentlemen!"

94
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Introduce me to the lieutenant.

95
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"Why, of course!"

96
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This here is Sir Long Anus.

97
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Longinus.

98
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"Known as " "Trouser Snatcher."

99
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Hoodsnatcher!

100
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From Dogbowels.

101
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Mousebowels.

102
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It's all the same!

103
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"I don't know what's worse,
dog or mouse bowels."

104
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I'm sure I wouldn't want
to live in either.

105
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"Staying there is difficult,
and leaving is embarrassing."

106
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"Sir, for a week I've been drinking
for this nobleman's money."

107
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"His sword is as heavy as his purse,
and as leaden as his jokes."

108
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"Oh, cease your prattle."

109
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Why do you carry
an executioner's sword?

110
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"A Teutonic sword, won in battle.
It's a family heirloom."

111
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"Must be terribly heavy.
Used with two hands, no doubt."

112
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"You can use two, or one."

113
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Let me have it.

114
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Which of you can do it?

115
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We've already tried!

116
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Now you.

117
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"Damn you, man!
Why, you should serve the Duke."

118
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I'm here looking for someone
to recommend me to Duke Jeremy.

119
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He'll be pleased to have you.

120
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"The Duke shall have two spits for
the hearth, the knight and his sword."

121
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They say a great war
against the Turks is being readied.

122
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I heard about it in the Crimea.
The Tartars are afraid.

123
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"If the King attacks the Turks,
our Duke will attack the Crimea."

124
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May God grant a holy war
to honor Christianity and our nation...

125
00:11:34,764 --> 00:11:38,928
"...and may I, a sinner, do what
I vowed or find an honorable death."

126
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What vow is that?

127
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My coat-of-arms
is called "Hoodsnatcher."

128
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"One of my forefathers, with one swipe
of this sword, severed..."

129
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...the heads of three hooded knights
at the battle of Grunwald.

130
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King Jagiello gave him
the coat-of-arms, "Hoodsnatcher."

131
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You've inherited his arm.

132
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What of it?

133
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I vowed to the Virgin Mary
that I would live in chastity...

134
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"...until I too,
like my famous forefather, cut off..."

135
00:12:04,627 --> 00:12:08,030
...three heads with one fell blow.

136
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You haven't cut off three?

137
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It hasn't worked out.

138
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Fortune hasn't been with me.
Sometimes there've been two...

139
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...but never three.

140
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I'm not much of a hood snatcher.
A laughing stock for people...

141
00:12:19,642 --> 00:12:24,647
"...as Zagloba rightly states, which
I accept and offer up to Lord Jesus."

142
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Have you remained chaste?

143
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God himself sees my sorrow.

144
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"There's strength in the loins,
and a fortune too..."

145
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...but not three heads
and it makes one's blood boil.

146
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"If you need a bloodletting, sire,
I shall be glad to do it."

147
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Rzedzian!

148
00:12:39,762 --> 00:12:41,627
But I know how to do it.

149
00:12:42,665 --> 00:12:45,168
"You'll get your chance
with Duke Jeremy, or you never will."

150
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God grant it.

151
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Chastity will be hard to keep.

152
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The maidens at the Duke's court
will make you drool.

153
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A man gets hot
just seeing how they eye him.

154
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My God...

155
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Sire!

156
00:13:03,619 --> 00:13:05,883
"Let him go, brother!"

157
00:13:09,625 --> 00:13:11,593
Where are you off to?

158
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You are special above all others.
Just the sight of you inflames me.

159
00:13:21,637 --> 00:13:27,598
Just the sight of you inflames me.
You are special above all others.

160
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Knights!

161
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Help these damsels in distress!

162
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"I've sent for my sons, but it will
be late by the time they arrive."

163
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There are graves nearby!

164
00:13:42,658 --> 00:13:45,923
"Since you took a vow of chastity,
you take the old one."

165
00:13:46,862 --> 00:13:48,420
Oh brother...

166
00:14:16,626 --> 00:14:18,093
Thank you.

167
00:14:25,134 --> 00:14:28,237
I would leap into fire
for such thanks.

168
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Fire?

169
00:14:29,939 --> 00:14:31,702
I wouldn't have believed it yesterday.

170
00:14:33,643 --> 00:14:35,907
How can I believe it today?

171
00:14:38,347 --> 00:14:39,849
May God bless you.

172
00:14:39,849 --> 00:14:43,352
We're from Rozlogi.
I'm prince Kurcewicz's widow.

173
00:14:43,352 --> 00:14:46,956
We couldn't have left you
and your daughter without help.

174
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She's not my daughter.
She was orphaned by my brother-in-law.

175
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"Rozlogi is not far, surely
you won't disdain my hospitality."

176
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"Go ahead, little one!"

177
00:15:07,109 --> 00:15:09,111
Please accept my service.

178
00:15:09,111 --> 00:15:12,114
Such service shall bring you
only misfortune.

179
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It will bring what God wills.

180
00:15:35,738 --> 00:15:38,140
"Welcome mother,
the wagons are on their way."

181
00:15:38,140 --> 00:15:41,598
"No need, these knights have helped us."

182
00:15:42,445 --> 00:15:47,712
"My four sons and their leader,
Bohun, like a son to me..."

183
00:15:48,451 --> 00:15:53,656
...a Cossack officer.

184
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Go my sons and prepare
the home for guests.

185
00:16:01,597 --> 00:16:06,261
"I've come to greet you, mother,
and to see about the princess."

186
00:16:06,702 --> 00:16:10,570
"Greetings Bohun, tonight
you'll play the lute for us."

187
00:16:11,607 --> 00:16:15,168
"You've grown sad, Miss,
please smile again."

188
00:16:16,112 --> 00:16:18,080
He's an awful person.

189
00:16:20,316 --> 00:16:25,379
"What do I care about some Cossack,
or even the whole Sich?"

190
00:16:29,825 --> 00:16:31,884
"Get away from the carriage, Pole."

191
00:16:39,835 --> 00:16:41,837
I see that Cossack is mad.

192
00:16:41,837 --> 00:16:46,297
He's hot tempered, but dashing
and like our own flesh and blood.

193
00:17:11,300 --> 00:17:13,768
ROZLOGI
Home of the Kurcewicz princes

194
00:17:33,823 --> 00:17:35,624
Welcome to our humble abode.

195
00:17:35,624 --> 00:17:37,592
Our home is your home.
We're very happy you're here.

196
00:17:38,627 --> 00:17:43,087
Welcome. Please come in.

197
00:17:48,637 --> 00:17:49,604
Sons...

198
00:17:53,142 --> 00:17:56,600
So you've decided to pick a fight
with that young nobleman?

199
00:17:59,148 --> 00:18:02,845
"That Pole had better stay away
from her, or he'll feel my sword."

200
00:18:03,085 --> 00:18:07,590
"If anything happens to him,
the Duke will make us pay."

201
00:18:07,590 --> 00:18:09,592
He'll cast us out of here
and take Helen to Lubnie.

202
00:18:09,592 --> 00:18:11,193
You want to feel the pale?

203
00:18:11,193 --> 00:18:14,356
"He's come, he'll go,
but you'll remain."

204
00:18:15,698 --> 00:18:20,761
"As you wish. Though my heart will ache,
I'll be sweet to them."

205
00:18:24,607 --> 00:18:26,768
Let's give our guests some food!

206
00:18:27,610 --> 00:18:29,669
Let's drink to the war
against the Muslims.

207
00:18:31,113 --> 00:18:32,580
We'll carouse in the Crimea.

208
00:18:34,316 --> 00:18:36,619
I see the expeditions that have
brought you glory are not enough.

209
00:18:36,619 --> 00:18:39,522
"Small wars bring little glory,
big wars bring great glory."

210
00:18:39,522 --> 00:18:42,582
"Son, sing us a song of Cossack glory."

211
00:19:27,102 --> 00:19:31,163
Stop tormenting our souls!
Hey you! Strike up a tune!

212
00:20:00,636 --> 00:20:03,839
"Well brother, I made a vow
of chastity to the Blessed Virgin..."

213
00:20:03,839 --> 00:20:09,800
...until I cut off three heads...
You haven't pledged chastity?

214
00:22:22,745 --> 00:22:28,706
"Holy Mary, give me Sir Jan
for a husband."

215
00:22:29,952 --> 00:22:34,616
Make Sir Jan my husband
and save me from Bohun.

216
00:22:59,181 --> 00:23:00,816
A maiden stopped me on my way.

217
00:23:00,816 --> 00:23:02,117
Which maiden?

218
00:23:02,117 --> 00:23:03,778
"The princess, of course."

219
00:23:05,220 --> 00:23:06,687
Why didn't you tell me?

220
00:23:08,924 --> 00:23:10,325
Because you didn't ask.

221
00:23:10,325 --> 00:23:11,690
Swain...

222
00:23:12,928 --> 00:23:16,887
"I'm no swain, I'm a nobleman,
albeit a poor one."

223
00:23:21,937 --> 00:23:22,938
I have my honor.

224
00:23:22,938 --> 00:23:23,905
What did she say?

225
00:23:25,140 --> 00:23:26,107
Who?

226
00:23:30,145 --> 00:23:33,649
She asked if someone could believe it
when you give your word.

227
00:23:33,649 --> 00:23:34,911
And you?

228
00:23:36,752 --> 00:23:38,811
I told her this...

229
00:23:39,254 --> 00:23:45,215
"...if you promised me the horse
I was riding, I'd know it was mine."

230
00:23:48,463 --> 00:23:50,226
Take the horse.

231
00:23:51,466 --> 00:23:56,631
Word is that the Kurcewiczes
want to give the princess to Bohun.

232
00:24:00,075 --> 00:24:04,171
She inherited Rozlogi from her father
and Bohun promised...

233
00:24:04,613 --> 00:24:07,216
"...that if they give him the princess,
he'll let them stay there."

234
00:24:07,216 --> 00:24:09,017
It's good you learned of this.

235
00:24:09,017 --> 00:24:12,120
"But Sire, if I had learned
only part of the story..."

236
00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:14,623
"...you would have said,"
"I'll give you the horse..."

237
00:24:14,623 --> 00:24:18,081
"...but not the saddle."
"What good is a bare-back horse?"

238
00:24:18,627 --> 00:24:24,588
"Rzedzian, you're a wily one.
Take the horse and the saddle."

239
00:24:25,634 --> 00:24:27,499
"My humble thanks, sire."

240
00:24:41,850 --> 00:24:44,152
We thank you for your hospitality.

241
00:24:44,152 --> 00:24:46,120
"Always glad to see you, gentlemen."

242
00:24:47,756 --> 00:24:51,317
Could I speak to you
and your sons in private?

243
00:24:51,660 --> 00:24:54,322
In private? All right.

244
00:24:59,167 --> 00:25:04,469
"Forgive me for my uncustomary
behavior, but there's no other way."

245
00:25:06,108 --> 00:25:10,374
I'm asking that you give me
Helen's hand in marriage.

246
00:25:12,014 --> 00:25:13,777
"What, you want Helen?"

247
00:25:13,916 --> 00:25:15,383
"Yes, I do."

248
00:25:16,118 --> 00:25:19,121
"Forgive me sir, but nothing
will come of this..."

249
00:25:19,121 --> 00:25:21,623
...I have promised Helen to another.

250
00:25:21,623 --> 00:25:24,726
"Bohun, and against her wishes."

251
00:25:24,726 --> 00:25:27,229
Because that Cossack has promised
to let you stay in Rozlogi.

252
00:25:27,229 --> 00:25:29,031
That doesn't concern you.

253
00:25:29,031 --> 00:25:30,794
You want to take what's hers.

254
00:25:32,134 --> 00:25:36,503
The Duke will burn this place
and you'll rot in the dungeon.

255
00:25:37,339 --> 00:25:41,298
I'll leave you Rozlogi
and won't demand any payment.

256
00:25:42,144 --> 00:25:45,047
It isn't yours to give.

257
00:25:45,047 --> 00:25:48,450
"Either you answer to the Duke,
or the girl's mine..."

258
00:25:48,450 --> 00:25:50,816
...and you get to keep Rozlogi.
I give you my word as a knight.

259
00:25:52,254 --> 00:25:58,160
"Well sons, what do you say
to this humble proposal by our knight?"

260
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:02,397
"Say the word and we'll kill him.
Tell us to give him Helen, we will."

261
00:26:02,397 --> 00:26:05,901
Bohun is a madman.
Who'll protect us from his revenge?

262
00:26:05,901 --> 00:26:07,766
I have to be going. Choose.

263
00:26:09,204 --> 00:26:11,006
This must remain a secret.

264
00:26:11,006 --> 00:26:12,371
Are you giving me the girl?

265
00:26:14,409 --> 00:26:15,671
Yes.

266
00:26:21,216 --> 00:26:22,918
You won't betray me?

267
00:26:22,918 --> 00:26:25,682
If only we could.

268
00:26:27,622 --> 00:26:29,783
You never even thought to ask her.

269
00:26:31,326 --> 00:26:33,794
Let's ask her in your presence then.

270
00:26:36,131 --> 00:26:37,291
Helen!

271
00:26:40,736 --> 00:26:44,797
"If you so desire,
this is your future husband."

272
00:26:48,343 --> 00:26:49,644
Is it true?

273
00:26:49,644 --> 00:26:51,111
As God is in heaven.

274
00:27:39,327 --> 00:27:40,692
Welcome Jan!

275
00:27:42,230 --> 00:27:43,697
I've missed you terribly.

276
00:27:43,832 --> 00:27:46,034
"Me too, Michael."

277
00:27:46,034 --> 00:27:47,636
The Duke's been asking about you.

278
00:27:47,636 --> 00:27:50,002
"Rzedzian, prepare my clothes!"

279
00:27:51,139 --> 00:27:54,643
"This is Sir Longin,
from the house of " "Hoodsnatcher"

280
00:27:54,643 --> 00:27:57,703
...with the strongest arm
I've ever seen.

281
00:27:58,046 --> 00:28:00,310
"Michael Wolodyjowski,
a swordsman of unmatched skill."

282
00:28:01,683 --> 00:28:03,585
You once put a few notches in me.

283
00:28:03,585 --> 00:28:05,746
"As you did to me, Michael."

284
00:28:05,987 --> 00:28:08,590
What did you two fight over?

285
00:28:08,590 --> 00:28:10,251
A girl.

286
00:28:10,492 --> 00:28:12,194
"Here, they all yearn for him."

287
00:28:12,194 --> 00:28:13,195
My Lord...

288
00:28:13,195 --> 00:28:17,359
They'll have to find someone else
to yearn for. I've fallen in love!

289
00:28:19,401 --> 00:28:21,266
And asked for her hand!

290
00:28:27,709 --> 00:28:30,371
Now all of them here
will go into mourning!

291
00:28:33,615 --> 00:28:36,778
I'm very pleased that you wish
to wed the young Kurcewicz girl.

292
00:28:37,719 --> 00:28:43,680
"A fine old family, and Helen's father
was a real patriot."

293
00:28:44,025 --> 00:28:49,292
"You did well in the Crimea,
but your mission was in vain."

294
00:28:50,632 --> 00:28:52,600
There'll be no war with Turkey!

295
00:28:54,035 --> 00:28:58,904
The King dreams of going to war
but the Senators won't let him.

296
00:29:00,675 --> 00:29:05,044
So there'll be a rebellion.
Chmielnicki has gone to the Sich.

297
00:29:05,780 --> 00:29:07,338
I know him from the battlefield.

298
00:29:08,683 --> 00:29:12,449
The Cossacks haven't had such a leader
since hetman Sachajdaczny.

299
00:29:12,787 --> 00:29:15,090
I have to send someone trusted
to the Sich to see what's going on.

300
00:29:15,090 --> 00:29:16,591
When do I leave?

301
00:29:16,591 --> 00:29:17,592
You've just returned.

302
00:29:17,592 --> 00:29:19,094
I'm ready to leave right now.

303
00:29:19,094 --> 00:29:20,996
The princess is on the way?

304
00:29:20,996 --> 00:29:23,098
"Yes, your excellency."

305
00:29:23,098 --> 00:29:26,659
"Well, you saved Chmielnicki's life,
he's in your debt."

306
00:29:27,702 --> 00:29:32,571
"As a cover, I'll give you letters
to several trusted atamans."

307
00:29:32,707 --> 00:29:36,074
See if Chmielnicki's allying himself
with the Tartars.

308
00:29:43,418 --> 00:29:47,184
"I'll return in a month.
Don't worry about me, my dear."

309
00:29:47,722 --> 00:29:49,624
A priest waits for us in Lubnie.

310
00:29:49,624 --> 00:29:51,387
I fear for you.

311
00:29:53,628 --> 00:29:56,688
They won't harm an envoy.

312
00:30:15,450 --> 00:30:18,112
"Careful, don't drop that,
those are the lieutenant's things."

313
00:30:18,253 --> 00:30:20,414
You take care of your things.

314
00:30:22,257 --> 00:30:25,160
Here are the letters to Tatarczuk
and my nephew Barabasz.

315
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:29,824
He'll tell you what Chmielnicki
is really up to.

316
00:30:29,965 --> 00:30:33,668
I don't know if it isn't too late
for this expedition of yours.

317
00:30:33,668 --> 00:30:37,434
"Send a dispatch-rider to the Prince,
I have my orders."

318
00:30:41,776 --> 00:30:43,141
"That's Zagloba, isn't it?"

319
00:30:43,878 --> 00:30:45,780
"Yes, the drunkard."

320
00:30:45,780 --> 00:30:47,682
He always drinks with Bohun.

321
00:30:47,682 --> 00:30:49,149
Rzedzian!

322
00:30:52,787 --> 00:30:54,254
See that fat man?

323
00:30:55,690 --> 00:30:59,456
"Tell him someone wants to see him,
but don't tell him who."

324
00:31:01,730 --> 00:31:07,335
You're going too late.
The people are up in arms.

325
00:31:07,335 --> 00:31:11,640
"During wartime, Cossacks are good
and we give them privileges."

326
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:17,145
"Afterwards, our nobles chain them
in stocks like peasants!"

327
00:31:17,145 --> 00:31:23,106
May God grant me a swift death
so that I don't see a civil war.

328
00:31:24,753 --> 00:31:30,714
"Here, in ill-fated Ukraine,
it will be brother against brother."

329
00:31:33,662 --> 00:31:34,822
He's coming.

330
00:31:34,963 --> 00:31:37,124
Sir Skrzetuski!

331
00:31:37,465 --> 00:31:40,730
You who opened the tavern door
with Czaplinski.

332
00:31:41,269 --> 00:31:43,471
That impressed me tremendously.

333
00:31:43,471 --> 00:31:46,474
Welcome. Allow us a farewell drink.

334
00:31:46,474 --> 00:31:49,177
Only a fool refuses
when a wise man invites.

335
00:31:49,177 --> 00:31:51,839
Rzedzian! Mead!

336
00:31:53,481 --> 00:31:54,983
An official mission to the Sich.

337
00:31:54,983 --> 00:31:56,450
You'll find it hot there.

338
00:31:56,685 --> 00:31:57,886
What's Bohun doing here?

339
00:31:57,886 --> 00:32:01,122
"All the Cossacks love him.
Wherever he goes, they'll follow."

340
00:32:01,122 --> 00:32:03,625
He's in love with a noblewoman.
He wants to marry her.

341
00:32:03,625 --> 00:32:07,083
"So, it'd look bad fraternizing with
peasants on the eve of his wedding."

342
00:32:09,731 --> 00:32:11,633
This is excellent mead.

343
00:32:11,633 --> 00:32:12,600
Drink up.

344
00:32:14,235 --> 00:32:16,338
He wants me to adopt him...

345
00:32:16,338 --> 00:32:19,941
"...and make him a nobleman, for
the maiden comes from a fine family."

346
00:32:19,941 --> 00:32:25,902
This is not the first time I've put
myself in danger to protect Poland.

347
00:32:26,047 --> 00:32:30,416
That's why you drink with Cossacks?
You want to befriend them...

348
00:32:30,552 --> 00:32:35,657
...as security when danger threatens.
You are shameless.

349
00:32:35,657 --> 00:32:39,616
My shame is my business.
I'll swallow it myself!

350
00:32:40,061 --> 00:32:43,622
"And service is like oil,
it must rise to the top."

351
00:32:43,865 --> 00:32:46,425
"The crew is ready, sire.
It's time to go."

352
00:32:47,168 --> 00:32:49,830
One for the road!

353
00:32:50,071 --> 00:32:52,938
God grant that we meet again soon.

354
00:34:05,613 --> 00:34:07,478
"My God, Sire..."

355
00:34:07,816 --> 00:34:10,182
...I've never seen
so much water in my life!

356
00:34:10,919 --> 00:34:12,386
The Dnieper.

357
00:34:20,929 --> 00:34:22,230
Why are you so glum?

358
00:34:22,230 --> 00:34:25,597
All this land going to waste.

359
00:34:25,733 --> 00:34:30,738
"Back home, my parents are suing
over one pear tree in a field."

360
00:34:30,738 --> 00:34:32,540
The trial has been going on
for 50 years.

361
00:34:32,540 --> 00:34:34,843
"This is the field,
and my grandfather..."

362
00:34:34,843 --> 00:34:36,444
"Hey, captain!"

363
00:34:36,444 --> 00:34:39,811
"Where are all the people?
Look, no fishermen!"

364
00:34:39,948 --> 00:34:42,610
"Escaped to the Sich, most likely."

365
00:34:46,855 --> 00:34:48,413
Hoist sail!

366
00:35:44,646 --> 00:35:46,910
Turn back!

367
00:35:52,253 --> 00:35:55,356
"Rzedzian, afraid of death?"

368
00:35:55,356 --> 00:35:57,659
"What are you talking about, sire?"

369
00:35:57,659 --> 00:35:59,360
The Sich is a place
you don't return from.

370
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:00,952
Why are you going then?

371
00:36:01,696 --> 00:36:05,359
That's my business.
You'll return to Rozlogi.

372
00:36:06,100 --> 00:36:09,003
"Sire, I am afraid of death..."

373
00:36:09,003 --> 00:36:11,706
"...but I will not abandon you,
because I'm not some peasant..."

374
00:36:11,706 --> 00:36:14,108
"...but a nobleman, albeit a poor one."

375
00:36:14,108 --> 00:36:15,910
I can order you to go.

376
00:36:15,910 --> 00:36:21,115
"If you killed me, I wouldn't go.
Am I Judas to leave you to die?"

377
00:36:21,115 --> 00:36:24,881
Go. You'll save my life twofold.

378
00:36:27,622 --> 00:36:28,923
Which horse?

379
00:36:28,923 --> 00:36:32,327
"Mine, even. You'll take them letters."

380
00:36:32,327 --> 00:36:38,132
"If they can't read, have them go
to Lubnie, for war is coming."

381
00:36:38,132 --> 00:36:41,836
"Well then, I have to go."

382
00:36:41,836 --> 00:36:47,001
"But I feel so bad, that even
if you were to give me your belt..."

383
00:36:47,241 --> 00:36:49,903
You'll leave
when I've written the letters.

384
00:37:43,231 --> 00:37:44,596
Look out!

385
00:37:51,839 --> 00:37:52,840
Who are you?

386
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:53,941
And you?

387
00:37:53,941 --> 00:37:56,102
Talk or I'll start shooting.

388
00:37:56,644 --> 00:38:01,182
"His excellency, an envoy from
Duke Wisniowiecki to ataman Koszowy."

389
00:38:01,182 --> 00:38:02,547
- Who is the envoy?
- I am.

390
00:38:05,086 --> 00:38:07,452
"We'll take you to him, on a leash."

391
00:38:30,611 --> 00:38:33,580
THE COSSACK SICH
April 1648

392
00:39:12,587 --> 00:39:16,546
A letter from Wisniowiecki
to ataman Koszowy to turn me in.

393
00:39:17,892 --> 00:39:21,596
Two letters to atamans Tatarczuk
and Barabasz instructing them...

394
00:39:21,596 --> 00:39:24,656
...to look after the envoy and see
that he gets whatever he needs.

395
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,560
"What do you think
of these letters, atamans?"

396
00:39:31,606 --> 00:39:33,574
Could Koszowy have hidden them?

397
00:39:33,808 --> 00:39:36,174
"Yes, he could have!"

398
00:39:36,911 --> 00:39:38,572
"He could have, but he didn't."

399
00:39:39,614 --> 00:39:40,615
"In other words, our brother?"

400
00:39:40,615 --> 00:39:41,816
Brother!

401
00:39:41,816 --> 00:39:43,918
I believe him absolutely.

402
00:39:43,918 --> 00:39:44,885
"Thank you, Bohdan."

403
00:39:47,121 --> 00:39:49,624
Thank you all for your respect.

404
00:39:49,624 --> 00:39:51,626
"You deputies,
go make the announcement."

405
00:39:51,626 --> 00:39:53,890
Koszowy is an honest man!

406
00:40:14,448 --> 00:40:20,409
"If Koszowy didn't betray us,
then who is the traitor?"

407
00:40:21,656 --> 00:40:23,715
Why did they write letters to you?

408
00:40:23,858 --> 00:40:28,124
What have I done?
Did I open the letter? No!

409
00:40:28,663 --> 00:40:31,928
"Even if I had, I would've taken it
to the scribe..."

410
00:40:32,667 --> 00:40:35,636
...as I can't read or write.

411
00:40:36,671 --> 00:40:42,132
"Brothers, I was in the Crimea with you
and shed my blood for you."

412
00:40:42,677 --> 00:40:45,680
"Why do you suspect me, hetman?"

413
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:49,047
Tatarczuk is a good man!
He's our brother!

414
00:40:52,386 --> 00:40:57,692
"Yes, but when a brother betrays,
my heart is heavy."

415
00:40:57,692 --> 00:41:00,160
Why do the Poles write to you?

416
00:41:01,929 --> 00:41:07,595
Why do they tell you to see that
their envoy gets whatever he needs?

417
00:41:08,836 --> 00:41:12,101
Their envoy wants to find out
if we're preparing for a rebellion...

418
00:41:13,140 --> 00:41:16,200
...and if the Tartars are with us.

419
00:41:16,844 --> 00:41:20,648
Tatarczuk and Barabasz are traitors.

420
00:41:20,648 --> 00:41:22,115
Death to them!

421
00:41:26,654 --> 00:41:28,622
"Brothers, have mercy!"

422
00:41:30,658 --> 00:41:32,626
Why?

423
00:41:33,661 --> 00:41:36,129
People!

424
00:41:41,669 --> 00:41:43,136
Judas!

425
00:41:53,180 --> 00:41:56,684
I know that Pole.
He was in the Crimea.

426
00:41:56,684 --> 00:41:58,185
Who are you?

427
00:41:58,185 --> 00:42:04,090
"An envoy sent to you, Ataman.
My men have been slaughtered."

428
00:42:04,725 --> 00:42:08,629
"His excellency, Duke Wisniowiecki,
will come for me."

429
00:42:08,629 --> 00:42:10,597
Death to him!

430
00:42:13,634 --> 00:42:14,601
Silence!

431
00:42:15,636 --> 00:42:19,140
The people request
that you give us the Pole.

432
00:42:19,140 --> 00:42:21,608
Put him to death!

433
00:42:22,643 --> 00:42:24,645
Wait!

434
00:42:24,645 --> 00:42:25,612
Be quiet!

435
00:42:26,647 --> 00:42:28,615
This is an envoy!

436
00:42:29,450 --> 00:42:31,714
Understand? An envoy!

437
00:42:31,953 --> 00:42:32,954
"A spy, not an envoy!"

438
00:42:32,954 --> 00:42:34,155
Kill him!

439
00:42:34,155 --> 00:42:38,421
"Give him to us,
or we'll take him ourselves."

440
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,320
Duke Wisniowiecki will pay in gold.

441
00:42:42,863 --> 00:42:45,627
"We'll take him, father!"

442
00:42:45,866 --> 00:42:50,633
"Away, you infidel dogs!"

443
00:42:52,673 --> 00:42:54,140
Begone!

444
00:42:56,177 --> 00:43:02,082
"You've come to take my prisoners?
Oh no, you pig-eaters!"

445
00:43:03,617 --> 00:43:05,084
Begone!

446
00:43:06,020 --> 00:43:08,682
Tuhaj-Bej is angry!

447
00:43:09,623 --> 00:43:12,126
Give us the Pole!

448
00:43:12,126 --> 00:43:14,594
Silence!

449
00:43:20,835 --> 00:43:23,599
Tuhaj-Bej is angry.

450
00:43:28,943 --> 00:43:33,209
He is very angry!

451
00:43:52,666 --> 00:43:55,430
How much ransom will he fetch?

452
00:43:56,170 --> 00:43:58,672
He's an important man.

453
00:43:58,672 --> 00:44:04,011
The terrible Duke loves his men.
2000 thalers.

454
00:44:04,011 --> 00:44:06,571
I'll give you 2000.

455
00:44:07,615 --> 00:44:09,583
You'll give 3000.

456
00:44:10,117 --> 00:44:11,118
Why 3000?

457
00:44:11,118 --> 00:44:13,586
Because you want him.

458
00:44:14,622 --> 00:44:17,090
"Yes, he saved my life once."

459
00:44:18,626 --> 00:44:20,628
Then you'll give 4000.

460
00:44:20,628 --> 00:44:24,432
I'll give 4000 myself.
I don't want to owe him anything.

461
00:44:24,432 --> 00:44:26,992
How do you know
what I plan to do with you?

462
00:44:28,035 --> 00:44:33,598
War is coming.
I'd prefer to pay you now.

463
00:44:34,942 --> 00:44:37,604
4000

464
00:44:46,353 --> 00:44:48,116
I feel sleepy.

465
00:44:48,255 --> 00:44:50,416
Take him to his chambers.

466
00:44:50,558 --> 00:44:51,616
Let's go.

467
00:45:01,602 --> 00:45:05,406
We're even now.
You're free to go if you give...

468
00:45:05,406 --> 00:45:10,411
...your word as a knight that you
won't betray what you saw here.

469
00:45:10,411 --> 00:45:11,712
I can't do that.

470
00:45:11,712 --> 00:45:13,270
Then I won't let you go...

471
00:45:13,614 --> 00:45:15,916
...until my army is ready.

472
00:45:15,916 --> 00:45:18,819
"All this because Czaplinski
took your farm, is that it?"

473
00:45:18,819 --> 00:45:20,020
That he seduced your wife?

474
00:45:20,020 --> 00:45:21,282
Silence!

475
00:45:25,926 --> 00:45:28,292
Czaplinski killed my son.

476
00:45:29,630 --> 00:45:33,396
These thousands would follow me
if all I thought about was myself.

477
00:45:34,135 --> 00:45:38,595
Look at what's going on in Ukraine.
Who here is happy?

478
00:45:39,940 --> 00:45:43,398
The magnates and a handful of nobles!

479
00:45:45,646 --> 00:45:51,312
They have the land and freedom.
And the rest?

480
00:45:52,853 --> 00:45:54,411
Cattle!

481
00:45:55,156 --> 00:45:59,160
How much gratitude was shown
the Cossack army for...

482
00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:03,062
...the blood shed defending Poland?
Where are the Cossack privileges?

483
00:46:06,100 --> 00:46:10,059
They want to turn
free Cossacks into serfs.

484
00:46:10,604 --> 00:46:13,767
"It's them I want to fight,
not the King."

485
00:46:14,608 --> 00:46:18,913
The King is our father
and Poland our mother.

486
00:46:18,913 --> 00:46:21,177
And so you sell your mother
to the Tartars?

487
00:46:21,815 --> 00:46:24,579
Are we to go to certain death? No!

488
00:46:24,818 --> 00:46:29,585
Are we to meet the same fate
as previous rebellions?

489
00:46:30,624 --> 00:46:34,492
"It is not me, but the magnates
who are killing mother Poland."

490
00:46:35,329 --> 00:46:39,633
"If not for them, the Republic
would have not two but three nations."

491
00:46:39,633 --> 00:46:42,636
Thousands of faithful sabers
against the Turks...

492
00:46:42,636 --> 00:46:44,138
...Tartars and Muscovites.

493
00:46:44,138 --> 00:46:48,242
"Who are you, hetman,
to be judge and executioner?"

494
00:46:48,242 --> 00:46:51,145
Why don't you leave judgement
and punishment to God?

495
00:46:51,145 --> 00:46:53,747
Once when we presented
our complaints to the King...

496
00:46:53,747 --> 00:46:58,207
"...he said, " "Don't you have guns
and sabers at your sides?"

497
00:46:58,652 --> 00:47:01,088
"If you stood before
the King of Kings, he would say..."

498
00:47:01,088 --> 00:47:03,591
"Forgive your enemies
as you do your friends."

499
00:47:03,591 --> 00:47:05,957
I don't want war with Poland.

500
00:47:07,094 --> 00:47:11,360
Give us back our rights
and I'll take care of the Tartars.

501
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:16,858
"Hetman, the Poles are on the march!"

502
00:47:20,207 --> 00:47:21,071
War.

503
00:49:51,925 --> 00:49:56,885
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