1 00:00:48,712 --> 00:00:53,526 Synced and corrected by QueenMaddie www.addic7ed.com 2 00:01:16,817 --> 00:01:18,897 The river trip was a great success. 3 00:01:19,629 --> 00:01:23,267 She saw what I'd done in the Crimea and she... 4 00:01:23,292 --> 00:01:24,491 wept... 5 00:01:25,052 --> 00:01:26,110 in awe. 6 00:01:26,135 --> 00:01:28,876 And did you tell her you were fucking half its population? 7 00:01:28,876 --> 00:01:31,311 Oh, believe nothing of what you hear about me. 8 00:01:31,487 --> 00:01:33,613 I only sleep with women I like. 9 00:01:34,195 --> 00:01:37,229 Mind you, they are a very likeable bunch in the Crimea. 10 00:01:37,254 --> 00:01:38,821 Oh, my God. 11 00:01:39,132 --> 00:01:40,132 Oh. 12 00:01:41,967 --> 00:01:44,334 Yes, Countess Bruce, may I introduce 13 00:01:44,359 --> 00:01:47,393 my adjutant, Valerian Zubov, 14 00:01:47,841 --> 00:01:49,657 and his brother, Platon. 15 00:01:53,837 --> 00:01:56,029 Where have they been keeping you? 16 00:01:56,054 --> 00:01:57,141 Minsk. 17 00:01:57,778 --> 00:01:59,385 Come. I'd like you to meet the Empress. 18 00:02:00,387 --> 00:02:02,656 Oh, story of my life. 19 00:02:03,355 --> 00:02:04,487 A pleasure. 20 00:02:07,498 --> 00:02:08,864 Your Majesty. 21 00:02:08,889 --> 00:02:09,863 Mm? 22 00:02:09,888 --> 00:02:11,468 May I introduce... 23 00:02:11,493 --> 00:02:13,160 Platon Zubov. 24 00:02:13,629 --> 00:02:15,956 Your brother has done us good service. 25 00:02:15,981 --> 00:02:17,548 Welcome to court. 26 00:02:17,573 --> 00:02:19,563 It is a great honor to meet Your Majesty. 27 00:02:19,588 --> 00:02:21,430 And what brings you here? 28 00:02:21,959 --> 00:02:25,377 Are you, um... interested in politics? 29 00:02:25,708 --> 00:02:27,441 The situation in France? 30 00:02:27,466 --> 00:02:29,327 Do you find that disturbing? 31 00:02:29,962 --> 00:02:32,737 I'm afraid I have absolutely no understanding 32 00:02:32,762 --> 00:02:33,927 of politics, Your Majesty. 33 00:02:36,161 --> 00:02:39,047 Well, thank God for that! 34 00:02:39,306 --> 00:02:42,484 Anyone who says they understand politics is an idiot. 35 00:02:44,134 --> 00:02:45,366 Come. 36 00:02:53,727 --> 00:02:56,147 The Turks have locked our ambassador to Istanbul 37 00:02:56,172 --> 00:02:57,704 in the Fort of the Seven Towers. 38 00:02:57,729 --> 00:02:59,370 It is a curious way of declaring war. 39 00:02:59,395 --> 00:03:01,102 It's the way they always do it, my friend. 40 00:03:01,127 --> 00:03:03,995 I don't care how the fucking Turks declare war! 41 00:03:04,020 --> 00:03:06,254 I don't care if they dance around in a circle 42 00:03:06,279 --> 00:03:09,171 and wave their baggy trousers over their collective heads. 43 00:03:09,196 --> 00:03:11,111 Do you wish me to organize a declaration of war, 44 00:03:11,136 --> 00:03:12,303 - Your Majesty? - I do indeed. 45 00:03:12,328 --> 00:03:14,044 How do you want us to declare war, Your Majesty? 46 00:03:14,068 --> 00:03:15,497 In a very loud voice, 47 00:03:15,522 --> 00:03:18,301 - and ring some bells, now! - Yes, Your Majesty. 48 00:03:18,326 --> 00:03:21,637 And you'd better recall Alexei Orlov to court. 49 00:03:21,966 --> 00:03:23,364 Matushka, no! 50 00:03:23,389 --> 00:03:24,755 You need help. 51 00:03:26,078 --> 00:03:28,278 Matushka, please! 52 00:03:28,342 --> 00:03:30,309 Why do people who declare war 53 00:03:30,334 --> 00:03:31,682 think they're going to win? 54 00:03:31,707 --> 00:03:34,141 Wouldn't they be better off not announcing 55 00:03:34,166 --> 00:03:36,209 who they're going to try and kill? 56 00:03:36,234 --> 00:03:38,443 Orlov? I need help from Orlov? 57 00:03:38,468 --> 00:03:40,302 Is that why you're recalling Orlov from court? 58 00:03:40,327 --> 00:03:42,581 You can't do this on your own; you're getting old. 59 00:03:42,606 --> 00:03:44,373 - You're ill. - Nonsense! 60 00:03:44,398 --> 00:03:46,474 I'm fine, huh? I'm perfectly fine. 61 00:03:46,499 --> 00:03:48,445 Why do you want to run this war anyway? 62 00:03:48,469 --> 00:03:49,457 I mean, what is it? 63 00:03:49,482 --> 00:03:50,656 - You love killing people? - Oh, come on! 64 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,276 You know it's not that. I... And I never said that 65 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:53,739 I wanted this war in the first place. 66 00:03:53,763 --> 00:03:55,697 What is it then? Glory? 67 00:03:55,722 --> 00:03:57,067 I would like to remind you 68 00:03:57,092 --> 00:03:59,659 that you owe all of your advancement to me. 69 00:03:59,684 --> 00:04:02,819 You owe all of your money, all of your palaces 70 00:04:02,844 --> 00:04:05,187 and all of your military power to me. 71 00:04:05,212 --> 00:04:06,409 I own you. 72 00:04:06,434 --> 00:04:07,729 Don't forget that. 73 00:04:07,754 --> 00:04:10,655 Please, Matushka. All I'm saying is that... 74 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,964 is that we don't need Orlov. 75 00:04:12,989 --> 00:04:15,912 That is all I'm saying. Jesus fucking Christ. 76 00:04:18,442 --> 00:04:20,941 I don't like reminding you of your place, 77 00:04:20,966 --> 00:04:22,692 but sometimes I have to. 78 00:04:22,717 --> 00:04:23,819 You know that. 79 00:04:23,844 --> 00:04:28,847 I know that I've built a huge empire on my own. 80 00:04:30,859 --> 00:04:32,725 I wanted you to see it, Matushka, 81 00:04:32,750 --> 00:04:35,384 because I did it... for you. 82 00:04:37,781 --> 00:04:39,280 For Russia. 83 00:04:39,305 --> 00:04:41,004 Oh, I am loyal. 84 00:04:41,443 --> 00:04:43,076 I am utterly loyal. 85 00:04:44,526 --> 00:04:45,866 I know that. 86 00:04:49,951 --> 00:04:51,518 But you do need help. 87 00:04:52,144 --> 00:04:54,068 And what do you need? 88 00:04:54,093 --> 00:04:55,959 Probably a good fuck. 89 00:05:41,225 --> 00:05:43,775 Company, halt! 90 00:05:44,569 --> 00:05:47,309 And front! 91 00:05:47,572 --> 00:05:49,226 Order, arms! 92 00:05:49,250 --> 00:05:52,259 What the hell are your German soldiers doing here? 93 00:05:52,284 --> 00:05:55,212 They are expressly forbidden to approach this palace. 94 00:05:55,237 --> 00:05:56,237 You know that. 95 00:05:56,262 --> 00:05:59,129 I have come to offer my four battalions, Mother. 96 00:05:59,219 --> 00:06:02,019 Over 1,000 men, for the war. 97 00:06:02,676 --> 00:06:03,948 I want to do something. 98 00:06:03,973 --> 00:06:07,436 Staying at home with your wife is the best thing you can do. 99 00:06:07,461 --> 00:06:10,161 Russian soldiers may not have the shiniest boots in the world, 100 00:06:10,186 --> 00:06:11,868 but they have courage. 101 00:06:12,198 --> 00:06:15,823 They have the desperate courage of the decent poor. 102 00:06:15,894 --> 00:06:17,668 Something you will never understand, 103 00:06:17,693 --> 00:06:20,169 because you have had nothing but a life of privilege 104 00:06:20,194 --> 00:06:22,061 and false entitlement. 105 00:06:22,086 --> 00:06:25,583 Now put your toy soldiers back in their box! 106 00:06:25,961 --> 00:06:28,466 Order them out of here now. 107 00:06:29,166 --> 00:06:31,951 Shoulder arms! 108 00:06:33,877 --> 00:06:36,331 About face! 109 00:06:40,870 --> 00:06:43,586 Forward march! 110 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,233 Move out! 111 00:06:49,071 --> 00:06:53,033 Her Majesty has given me command of both the army and the navy. 112 00:06:53,219 --> 00:06:56,226 My good friend, Count Rumiantsev, 113 00:06:56,251 --> 00:06:58,317 has been put in to share the command... 114 00:06:59,420 --> 00:07:00,732 because Her Majesty thinks 115 00:07:00,757 --> 00:07:03,036 that I'm getting too big for my boots. 116 00:07:03,061 --> 00:07:05,499 No. No, no, no, no. 117 00:07:05,524 --> 00:07:06,574 She is right; 118 00:07:06,599 --> 00:07:08,543 I'm getting much too big for my boots. 119 00:07:08,568 --> 00:07:10,290 Bring me bigger fucking boots! 120 00:07:15,171 --> 00:07:16,392 What? 121 00:07:20,881 --> 00:07:23,059 This is the uniform I wore when I took the throne, 122 00:07:23,084 --> 00:07:24,449 many years ago. 123 00:07:25,223 --> 00:07:27,626 The security of everyone in this room 124 00:07:27,651 --> 00:07:29,884 depends on my hanging on to it. 125 00:07:31,369 --> 00:07:32,729 Everyone. 126 00:07:34,868 --> 00:07:37,072 Now, I like peace. 127 00:07:37,097 --> 00:07:40,598 But I do not dislike the great events of war. 128 00:07:42,505 --> 00:07:46,072 Though as you know, this is Ochakov, 129 00:07:46,097 --> 00:07:48,847 the Turks' major fort on the Black Sea. 130 00:07:48,872 --> 00:07:50,707 They say it can't be taken; 131 00:07:50,991 --> 00:07:53,928 I want you to disprove that notion. 132 00:07:53,953 --> 00:07:54,953 Yeah, but... 133 00:07:54,978 --> 00:07:57,653 Ah, Count Orlov. I'm glad you could join us. 134 00:07:57,678 --> 00:07:58,944 Welcome, Orlov. 135 00:07:58,969 --> 00:08:02,329 I've offered my services to Her Majesty in this war. 136 00:08:02,354 --> 00:08:05,850 Our navy served her well in the Black Sea. 137 00:08:05,875 --> 00:08:08,129 Your Majesty, we will do our best. 138 00:08:08,709 --> 00:08:10,943 Please, pass me my boots. 139 00:08:11,789 --> 00:08:14,349 But we will do it slowly. 140 00:08:14,635 --> 00:08:15,901 We did not enter this war 141 00:08:15,926 --> 00:08:17,476 to squander Russian lives easily. 142 00:08:17,501 --> 00:08:19,902 No, you're going into it to cut short Turkish lives, 143 00:08:19,930 --> 00:08:21,341 as many of them as possible. 144 00:08:21,366 --> 00:08:23,358 We will take Ochakov. We will. 145 00:08:23,736 --> 00:08:25,538 But we need to lay siege to it. 146 00:08:25,563 --> 00:08:27,396 That will take some time. 147 00:08:27,421 --> 00:08:31,523 So, I'm more than happy for Count Orlov to serve... 148 00:08:32,152 --> 00:08:33,816 under my command. 149 00:08:33,841 --> 00:08:35,574 Under your command? 150 00:08:35,599 --> 00:08:36,734 You heard me. You got a problem with that, 151 00:08:36,758 --> 00:08:38,765 if you can, there's the door. 152 00:08:39,077 --> 00:08:43,212 Your Majesty, is he asking for my resignation? 153 00:08:43,884 --> 00:08:46,273 I think he is, 154 00:08:46,298 --> 00:08:48,428 if you won't serve under him. 155 00:08:48,645 --> 00:08:51,215 And are you going to allow that to happen? 156 00:08:53,471 --> 00:08:55,744 He is the commander in chief. 157 00:08:55,769 --> 00:08:58,279 But I'm sure you can do us great service. 158 00:08:59,598 --> 00:09:01,086 Your Majesty. 159 00:09:06,038 --> 00:09:07,395 I wanted to go to war 160 00:09:07,419 --> 00:09:09,300 with my brother and Prince Potemkin, 161 00:09:10,087 --> 00:09:12,154 but my brother said no. 162 00:09:12,379 --> 00:09:14,297 He's always looked after me. 163 00:09:14,322 --> 00:09:15,655 Almost too much. 164 00:09:17,374 --> 00:09:19,517 My dream would be to serve under Prince Potemkin. 165 00:09:19,542 --> 00:09:21,841 Oh, he can't have everything for himself. 166 00:09:23,912 --> 00:09:25,873 Shouldn't he have charge of all of it? 167 00:09:26,263 --> 00:09:30,043 Army, navy... Why not the civil service? 168 00:09:30,068 --> 00:09:31,801 They don't do anything, do they? 169 00:09:32,278 --> 00:09:33,843 You work too hard. 170 00:09:36,150 --> 00:09:38,554 You don't want an old woman like me. 171 00:09:38,579 --> 00:09:39,778 Don't say that. 172 00:09:41,041 --> 00:09:43,174 How did you get on with your mother? 173 00:09:43,985 --> 00:09:45,251 I loved her. 174 00:09:46,445 --> 00:09:48,645 But that has nothing to do... 175 00:09:48,670 --> 00:09:50,583 - with... - With what? 176 00:09:50,801 --> 00:09:52,200 With you. 177 00:09:52,448 --> 00:09:57,581 I'm never conscious of your age. You just... are. 178 00:09:57,825 --> 00:10:00,077 And you're always occupied, always... 179 00:10:00,102 --> 00:10:01,911 at the center of things. 180 00:10:02,638 --> 00:10:04,035 You're young. 181 00:10:05,735 --> 00:10:07,302 You always will be. 182 00:10:08,153 --> 00:10:09,754 End of story. 183 00:10:26,227 --> 00:10:29,310 This is all... completely new to me. 184 00:10:35,434 --> 00:10:38,438 You are so kind, Masha. Thank you. 185 00:10:38,478 --> 00:10:40,923 He will love staying with you, I'm sure. 186 00:10:40,948 --> 00:10:42,021 Won't you, Sashenka? 187 00:10:42,046 --> 00:10:43,212 Yes, of course I will. 188 00:10:43,236 --> 00:10:45,770 I know how much he loves coming here, and I... 189 00:10:45,795 --> 00:10:48,606 try to encourage him in that. Hm? Because... 190 00:10:48,631 --> 00:10:50,197 Because... 191 00:10:50,222 --> 00:10:52,127 he has doubts about staying with me? 192 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:54,137 No! No. 193 00:10:54,241 --> 00:10:56,106 You know how children are. 194 00:10:56,471 --> 00:10:58,031 They need their mothers. 195 00:10:58,718 --> 00:11:00,130 Yes, of course. 196 00:11:00,540 --> 00:11:02,202 Now get in. Off you go. 197 00:11:04,547 --> 00:11:07,087 So, um, how is Paul? 198 00:11:07,365 --> 00:11:11,225 Well, I hear that he's a little too interested 199 00:11:11,250 --> 00:11:13,124 in one of your maids of honor. 200 00:11:14,332 --> 00:11:16,359 Katerina Nelidova. 201 00:11:18,223 --> 00:11:20,927 Tell your husband to be very careful. 202 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,082 I like you, Maria. 203 00:11:24,577 --> 00:11:25,977 But he... 204 00:11:26,304 --> 00:11:29,524 he must show himself capable 205 00:11:29,549 --> 00:11:32,487 and worthy of ruling this country. 206 00:11:42,305 --> 00:11:45,422 Sashenka, wave goodbye to Mama. 207 00:11:45,447 --> 00:11:46,894 Goodbye, Mother. 208 00:11:46,919 --> 00:11:49,087 - Goodbye. - Let's go. 209 00:11:53,220 --> 00:11:55,752 So, Sashenka, my little prince... 210 00:11:55,777 --> 00:11:57,843 I want you to sign a document for me. 211 00:11:57,868 --> 00:11:59,100 Okay. 212 00:12:08,567 --> 00:12:11,168 What exactly was it that I signed, Granny? 213 00:12:11,193 --> 00:12:13,645 Well, it's a letter of intent. 214 00:12:13,670 --> 00:12:16,070 Look, why don't you read that little bit to me? 215 00:12:16,806 --> 00:12:18,081 "I, Alexander, 216 00:12:18,106 --> 00:12:21,241 acknowledge my father is not fit to rule... 217 00:12:21,793 --> 00:12:23,770 and that I will take the throne 218 00:12:23,795 --> 00:12:25,615 when the Empress Catherine dies." 219 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:26,873 Good. 220 00:12:27,111 --> 00:12:28,176 Good. 221 00:12:30,984 --> 00:12:32,083 Now... 222 00:12:35,153 --> 00:12:37,986 this is going to be our little secret, all right? 223 00:12:38,011 --> 00:12:40,353 You're not to tell anybody about this. 224 00:12:40,378 --> 00:12:42,411 No, Granny. Promise. 225 00:12:43,264 --> 00:12:44,362 Good. 226 00:12:46,073 --> 00:12:48,146 We'll get him back, sooner or later. 227 00:12:48,178 --> 00:12:49,911 No, she has stolen him. 228 00:12:50,064 --> 00:12:52,724 While she honeys and makes love 229 00:12:52,749 --> 00:12:55,288 - over that nasty sty... - She dotes on our son. 230 00:12:55,313 --> 00:12:56,913 That is good for us, Paul. 231 00:12:59,703 --> 00:13:01,149 What are we going to do about her? 232 00:13:01,173 --> 00:13:03,261 You have to hold your nerve. 233 00:13:05,457 --> 00:13:07,630 Never look as if it's getting to you. 234 00:13:08,029 --> 00:13:10,896 The closer you are to her, the better for us. 235 00:13:12,269 --> 00:13:14,232 She isn't getting any younger. 236 00:13:19,299 --> 00:13:21,368 My mother is poisoning the boy against me. 237 00:13:21,393 --> 00:13:23,741 That is her general tactic in politics: 238 00:13:23,766 --> 00:13:25,060 divide and rule. 239 00:13:25,524 --> 00:13:27,111 But I am generally concerned 240 00:13:27,136 --> 00:13:30,574 that she may be no longer quite capable of 241 00:13:30,599 --> 00:13:32,532 properly sustaining government. 242 00:13:32,557 --> 00:13:35,835 And I am not being disloyal, Maria Feodorovna. 243 00:13:35,860 --> 00:13:37,020 He has genuine concern. 244 00:13:37,044 --> 00:13:40,244 Mother is in thrall to Potemkin. She's given him everything. 245 00:13:40,269 --> 00:13:42,660 He's running Ochakov exactly how he wants to. 246 00:13:42,685 --> 00:13:44,327 He's completely out of control. 247 00:13:44,352 --> 00:13:46,084 He will destroy her. 248 00:13:46,109 --> 00:13:47,419 Unless we destroy him. 249 00:13:47,444 --> 00:13:49,127 Oh, when we think we have it all, 250 00:13:49,152 --> 00:13:51,732 that's when we lose everything, Your Excellency. 251 00:13:51,757 --> 00:13:54,259 I am not going to be made of no account. 252 00:13:54,284 --> 00:13:56,182 I am not going to sit in the corner 253 00:13:56,207 --> 00:13:58,673 while my mother struts around the stage. 254 00:13:58,698 --> 00:14:00,496 And all my mother listens to are flatterers. 255 00:14:00,521 --> 00:14:02,721 Oh, yes, Your Excellency. You're absolutely right. 256 00:14:03,606 --> 00:14:07,416 Which is why I've asked young Zubov here today, sir. 257 00:14:07,905 --> 00:14:11,834 I know how upsetting you find the arrival of these... 258 00:14:11,859 --> 00:14:14,162 young men in your mother's life. 259 00:14:14,377 --> 00:14:16,343 You think we can use this one, do you? 260 00:14:16,595 --> 00:14:17,595 How? 261 00:14:17,620 --> 00:14:20,021 To make a final break between her and Potemkin. 262 00:14:20,046 --> 00:14:22,816 We don't have to do very much at all. 263 00:14:23,682 --> 00:14:24,951 Come up, Zubov. 264 00:14:24,976 --> 00:14:28,645 We're just discussing Potemkin's campaign in the Crimea. 265 00:15:04,125 --> 00:15:05,309 Who are you writing to? 266 00:15:05,333 --> 00:15:06,399 Oh. 267 00:15:07,446 --> 00:15:09,041 Prince Potemkin. 268 00:15:09,066 --> 00:15:10,198 Ah. 269 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:12,977 He won't do as he's told. 270 00:15:13,002 --> 00:15:15,035 I always do what I'm told. 271 00:15:15,060 --> 00:15:16,429 I know you do. 272 00:15:16,602 --> 00:15:18,971 It's a very attractive quality. 273 00:15:19,782 --> 00:15:23,155 But one not often found in generals, I fear. 274 00:15:29,513 --> 00:15:31,868 I heard someone say that he... 275 00:15:32,622 --> 00:15:35,212 Hm? That he... what? 276 00:15:38,873 --> 00:15:40,556 I can't even remember who it was. 277 00:15:40,581 --> 00:15:42,747 - It's not worth repeating. - No, no. What? 278 00:15:46,656 --> 00:15:49,245 Some people are saying he's lost his nerve. 279 00:15:52,854 --> 00:15:55,959 He's frightened to attack Ochakov. 280 00:15:56,359 --> 00:15:59,394 It's because all he thinks about is power and money. 281 00:16:02,485 --> 00:16:03,660 And girls. 282 00:16:09,485 --> 00:16:11,365 And he wants my job. 283 00:16:11,983 --> 00:16:13,565 Do they say that? 284 00:16:16,653 --> 00:16:19,016 They said all sorts of dreadful things. 285 00:16:25,544 --> 00:16:27,810 And I wanted to say, "How dare you?" 286 00:16:29,083 --> 00:16:30,182 You know? 287 00:16:32,857 --> 00:16:35,158 "How dare you? What have you done?" 288 00:16:37,149 --> 00:16:38,610 But I didn't. 289 00:16:44,046 --> 00:16:45,920 Because I... 290 00:16:46,418 --> 00:16:49,954 really am a very unimportant person. 291 00:16:51,850 --> 00:16:53,749 You are not unimportant to me. 292 00:17:00,235 --> 00:17:01,982 Quickly! Get them down on the ground. 293 00:17:12,547 --> 00:17:14,281 So, when do we go in? 294 00:17:14,306 --> 00:17:15,638 Not yet. 295 00:17:15,718 --> 00:17:17,079 We wait. 296 00:17:17,104 --> 00:17:19,733 And bore them into surrendering? Is that the idea? 297 00:17:19,758 --> 00:17:22,045 I don't like losing men, General. 298 00:17:22,070 --> 00:17:23,856 I know you're a compassionate man 299 00:17:23,881 --> 00:17:26,795 and I respect your desire not to waste lives, 300 00:17:26,820 --> 00:17:29,053 but Ochakov is not Troy. 301 00:17:29,078 --> 00:17:30,729 We do not have ten years. 302 00:17:30,754 --> 00:17:33,415 The fact is, she's had enough; she expects you to attack. 303 00:17:33,510 --> 00:17:35,837 Did she tell you to say that to me? 304 00:17:36,455 --> 00:17:38,760 She's got something to say she can say it herself. 305 00:17:38,785 --> 00:17:40,176 She a general? 306 00:17:40,201 --> 00:17:42,468 - Who's in charge here? - She is! 307 00:17:42,493 --> 00:17:44,610 Chain of command. Obey orders, kill the bastard. 308 00:17:44,635 --> 00:17:46,762 - We wait! Okay? We wait! - It's perfectly simple. 309 00:17:46,787 --> 00:17:48,887 We starve them into surrender. 310 00:17:53,095 --> 00:17:55,249 What's the matter, my old friend? 311 00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:59,055 We wait. Okay? 312 00:18:01,351 --> 00:18:02,726 Show them out. 313 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,233 Come this way, please. 314 00:18:05,258 --> 00:18:06,977 After you, sir. 315 00:18:10,345 --> 00:18:14,013 Because he has such lovely black hair, 316 00:18:14,038 --> 00:18:15,405 we girls... 317 00:18:15,865 --> 00:18:17,844 call him "Blackie." 318 00:18:19,296 --> 00:18:22,649 Colonel Zubov is a very handsome young man. 319 00:18:25,460 --> 00:18:26,664 At one point in my life, 320 00:18:26,689 --> 00:18:28,288 I thought I was going to be handsome. 321 00:18:28,313 --> 00:18:30,947 But it turned out not to be the case. 322 00:18:31,068 --> 00:18:32,334 Oh. 323 00:18:33,523 --> 00:18:36,077 What's he like, this Zubov? 324 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:38,306 People say he's nice, 325 00:18:38,331 --> 00:18:40,671 but some people say he's a scheming little bastard, 326 00:18:40,696 --> 00:18:41,928 don't they? 327 00:18:41,953 --> 00:18:43,886 Have you formulated a view? 328 00:18:46,061 --> 00:18:47,794 Madam, I'm in the civil service. 329 00:18:49,398 --> 00:18:51,679 - Give me time. - Oh. 330 00:18:52,806 --> 00:18:55,302 I say he's a scheming little bastard 331 00:18:55,327 --> 00:18:56,793 and will ruin us all. 332 00:18:57,588 --> 00:18:58,588 I... 333 00:18:59,380 --> 00:19:02,013 I am a great admirer of Potemkin. I... 334 00:19:02,038 --> 00:19:05,006 H... He is away, risking his life for all of us. 335 00:19:05,554 --> 00:19:07,254 I don't want Blackie 336 00:19:07,279 --> 00:19:10,126 to wreck things between Madam and Potemkin because... 337 00:19:10,151 --> 00:19:11,284 Because? 338 00:19:17,174 --> 00:19:19,063 You really love each other. 339 00:19:19,966 --> 00:19:22,203 You are the most beautiful couple. 340 00:19:22,228 --> 00:19:25,857 Really, I have never seen love like it, Your Majesty. 341 00:19:27,242 --> 00:19:29,609 Blackie, this is the Countess Bruce. 342 00:19:29,634 --> 00:19:31,366 She's just leaving. 343 00:19:33,345 --> 00:19:34,811 Your Majesty. 344 00:19:39,499 --> 00:19:42,496 More letters from her, all urging me to attack. 345 00:19:42,829 --> 00:19:45,372 Well, seen as no one gives a fuck whether we live or die, 346 00:19:45,397 --> 00:19:46,496 let's attack. 347 00:19:47,023 --> 00:19:48,565 God help us. 348 00:19:49,723 --> 00:19:51,778 Gentlemen, let's attack! 349 00:19:51,981 --> 00:19:53,323 We attack now! 350 00:19:53,348 --> 00:19:56,128 In line. Now or never. Move! 351 00:19:56,153 --> 00:19:57,519 For Russia! 352 00:19:57,544 --> 00:19:59,823 We go for the Stamboul Gate. 353 00:20:00,393 --> 00:20:02,922 Gentlemen, there will be no retreat. 354 00:20:03,246 --> 00:20:05,412 The guns will breach the wall, 355 00:20:05,993 --> 00:20:08,211 and we shall take the town. 356 00:21:03,190 --> 00:21:04,904 The town is taken. 357 00:21:05,746 --> 00:21:08,372 Ochakov is ours! 358 00:21:31,854 --> 00:21:33,768 Please, I beg you! 359 00:21:50,276 --> 00:21:53,022 We need to get Your Majesty out here. Catherine! 360 00:21:53,047 --> 00:21:54,642 Catherine, Your Majesty! 361 00:22:05,327 --> 00:22:07,707 Silence for Your Empress. 362 00:22:07,985 --> 00:22:12,091 Russia is no longer crawling to Europe. 363 00:22:12,116 --> 00:22:14,284 We are a great nation, 364 00:22:14,309 --> 00:22:18,771 and the world has been forced to recognize that fact! 365 00:22:20,484 --> 00:22:22,062 We have an empire now, 366 00:22:22,087 --> 00:22:24,328 a Russian empire free from Europe. 367 00:22:24,353 --> 00:22:26,403 And we fight like no one else! 368 00:22:26,991 --> 00:22:29,144 Silence for your Empress. 369 00:22:29,169 --> 00:22:32,003 Russia has taken her place 370 00:22:32,028 --> 00:22:34,061 among the great nations, 371 00:22:35,272 --> 00:22:39,009 and it is a position we will never give up! 372 00:22:41,323 --> 00:22:45,560 Potemkin! Potemkin! Potemkin! 373 00:22:45,585 --> 00:22:49,482 Potemkin! Potemkin! Potemkin! 374 00:22:49,507 --> 00:22:53,775 Potemkin! Potemkin! Potemkin! 375 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,896 Potemkin! Potemkin! Potemkin! 376 00:22:57,921 --> 00:23:00,732 Potemkin! Potemkin... 377 00:23:00,757 --> 00:23:02,770 I can't tell you what a... 378 00:23:02,795 --> 00:23:06,962 privilege it is to be here with you, Prince Potemkin. 379 00:23:06,987 --> 00:23:09,854 Well, it's certainly a lot safer than Ochakov. 380 00:23:11,126 --> 00:23:12,808 Uh, just. 381 00:23:19,401 --> 00:23:21,447 The German and the English ambassadors 382 00:23:21,472 --> 00:23:23,772 have requested an audience with the council. 383 00:23:25,461 --> 00:23:27,495 We must assume it is serious. 384 00:23:29,444 --> 00:23:30,710 Bring them in. 385 00:23:52,047 --> 00:23:54,349 Oh, any language but German. 386 00:23:55,566 --> 00:23:57,242 Your Majesty, 387 00:23:57,267 --> 00:24:01,174 we apologize for interrupting the business of the council, 388 00:24:01,388 --> 00:24:04,889 but we have a very serious announcement to make. 389 00:24:05,824 --> 00:24:08,373 Unless the Russian government 390 00:24:08,398 --> 00:24:12,266 return the fortress of Ochakov to the Turks, 391 00:24:12,525 --> 00:24:16,340 both England and Germany 392 00:24:16,365 --> 00:24:18,336 will declare war on you. 393 00:24:18,361 --> 00:24:19,361 What? 394 00:24:19,853 --> 00:24:22,801 I think we should discuss this in the other room, privately. 395 00:24:22,826 --> 00:24:24,462 Do you indeed? 396 00:24:24,487 --> 00:24:28,012 If you think for one moment I will go crawling to Germany 397 00:24:28,037 --> 00:24:29,088 - then you... - With respect, Your Majesty, 398 00:24:29,112 --> 00:24:31,138 maybe that we... what Prince Potemkin is trying to say... 399 00:24:31,162 --> 00:24:32,828 Your Majesty, 400 00:24:32,853 --> 00:24:35,864 we must have a response by tomorrow morning. 401 00:24:35,889 --> 00:24:37,571 - And you will have one... - No. 402 00:24:37,596 --> 00:24:38,961 ... when we have taken the time 403 00:24:38,986 --> 00:24:41,426 - to consider our response. - No, I will not be dictated... 404 00:24:41,451 --> 00:24:42,550 That is all. 405 00:24:52,227 --> 00:24:54,927 You do not presume to speak over my head 406 00:24:54,952 --> 00:24:56,612 - to a foreign ambassador... - European powers have made it 407 00:24:56,636 --> 00:24:58,415 - abundantly clear they will not - ... in the presence of the council! 408 00:24:58,439 --> 00:25:00,813 Tolerate our position on the Crimean Peninsula. 409 00:25:00,838 --> 00:25:02,671 - Might I remind you... - Well, Constantinople; 410 00:25:02,695 --> 00:25:04,410 - we must give them something. - ... I supply you with millions 411 00:25:04,434 --> 00:25:06,865 of rubles to finance not only your women, 412 00:25:06,890 --> 00:25:09,010 - but your armies... - Might I remind you 413 00:25:09,035 --> 00:25:11,447 I waded through blood for you! 414 00:25:11,616 --> 00:25:14,717 You wanted to swallow the Ukraine, Crimea, 415 00:25:14,742 --> 00:25:17,671 cross the Black Sea, Constantinople, and I did it! 416 00:25:17,696 --> 00:25:18,824 You wanted that too. 417 00:25:18,849 --> 00:25:20,404 I did it, but I don't discuss it 418 00:25:20,429 --> 00:25:22,529 in front of the council, with a bunch of foreigners, 419 00:25:22,554 --> 00:25:24,266 with a two-faced little pissant boy! 420 00:25:24,291 --> 00:25:26,094 - He's not two-faced... - He is so! 421 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:27,121 If that's what you thought of him, 422 00:25:27,145 --> 00:25:28,687 why didn't you say so in the first place? 423 00:25:28,711 --> 00:25:29,782 They laugh at you! 424 00:25:30,275 --> 00:25:33,369 - How dare you! - I dare! 425 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:37,019 You're ill. 426 00:25:37,044 --> 00:25:38,479 Yes, I'm fucking ill. 427 00:25:38,504 --> 00:25:40,822 Well, why? Why are you being like this? 428 00:25:43,743 --> 00:25:45,827 Oh, God damn it. 429 00:25:45,852 --> 00:25:48,052 There's a disease down there. 430 00:25:48,077 --> 00:25:49,610 Matushka, a disease. 431 00:25:49,635 --> 00:25:52,358 I spend most of my nights coughing my guts up 432 00:25:52,383 --> 00:25:55,155 surrounded by men and women and... and children... 433 00:25:55,180 --> 00:25:57,513 Children I slaughter for you like cattle. 434 00:25:59,995 --> 00:26:01,767 Why are we both like this? 435 00:26:03,035 --> 00:26:05,335 Yes, I've got no idea either. 436 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:06,727 I've got no idea. 437 00:26:07,401 --> 00:26:10,032 Please, come on. Come on. 438 00:26:11,118 --> 00:26:13,494 We wanted power and glory. 439 00:26:15,411 --> 00:26:17,644 We have it, and look what it's done to us. 440 00:26:20,066 --> 00:26:22,833 This is just an old, old story. 441 00:26:22,858 --> 00:26:24,094 Your Majesty. 442 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,687 Some fucking privacy, please! 443 00:27:05,348 --> 00:27:06,680 You remember this? 444 00:27:07,060 --> 00:27:08,159 I do. 445 00:27:09,051 --> 00:27:10,184 Of course. 446 00:27:12,969 --> 00:27:15,770 I'm gonna give a big dinner for you tomorrow evening. 447 00:27:15,942 --> 00:27:18,358 A farewell before you go back south. 448 00:27:18,383 --> 00:27:20,183 Yes, back down south, 449 00:27:20,208 --> 00:27:22,887 to build more cities and kill more people. 450 00:27:23,170 --> 00:27:24,235 Hmm? 451 00:27:25,101 --> 00:27:27,130 Why? For whom? 452 00:27:27,155 --> 00:27:28,621 Oh, for me, I suppose. 453 00:27:28,646 --> 00:27:30,645 I am the state, Grishenka. 454 00:27:30,670 --> 00:27:32,837 I have no life of my own left. 455 00:27:33,981 --> 00:27:36,266 I'm going to give you another palace. 456 00:27:36,636 --> 00:27:39,239 Yes, well, that's what you do for all your old lovers 457 00:27:39,264 --> 00:27:40,717 when you've finished with them. 458 00:27:40,837 --> 00:27:43,204 You know I could never let you go. 459 00:27:43,994 --> 00:27:46,461 We're committed to each other, you know that. 460 00:27:46,486 --> 00:27:47,751 Do I really? 461 00:27:50,382 --> 00:27:52,982 I see the way you look at me since I've been back. 462 00:27:54,886 --> 00:27:56,319 You're tired of my victories, 463 00:27:56,344 --> 00:27:58,959 you think I'm a threat, you think that... 464 00:27:59,134 --> 00:28:00,858 Well, you think that I want the throne. 465 00:28:00,883 --> 00:28:03,121 Do you imagine for one moment I would give it up to you, 466 00:28:03,146 --> 00:28:05,473 the way we forced my husband to give it up to me? 467 00:28:05,498 --> 00:28:09,318 You are hard, Matushka, you are so hard. 468 00:28:09,411 --> 00:28:10,926 It's just... 469 00:28:13,532 --> 00:28:16,300 It's not the state, it's just you. It's... 470 00:28:16,325 --> 00:28:17,942 You love nobody but yourself. 471 00:28:17,967 --> 00:28:18,989 Yeah, well... 472 00:28:19,014 --> 00:28:20,601 That's humanity for you. 473 00:28:20,626 --> 00:28:22,792 The fuck is the matter with you? 474 00:28:23,141 --> 00:28:24,875 I mean, why can't you just... 475 00:28:24,900 --> 00:28:28,188 let somebody in? Why can't you trust somebody? 476 00:28:28,213 --> 00:28:31,954 Because it's never been safe for me to do that. Ever. 477 00:28:31,979 --> 00:28:33,427 How could you think for one second 478 00:28:33,452 --> 00:28:35,851 that I would turn my armies against you? 479 00:28:37,237 --> 00:28:40,138 You will have to make nice with the Germans. 480 00:28:40,163 --> 00:28:42,779 Sometimes you just have to make a deal. 481 00:28:42,804 --> 00:28:44,036 Have you forgotten? 482 00:28:47,665 --> 00:28:49,714 Your actions have consequences. 483 00:28:49,738 --> 00:28:52,103 I will not go crawling to the Germans. 484 00:28:52,128 --> 00:28:53,794 Yes, you will because you have to. 485 00:28:53,819 --> 00:28:56,456 My mother was a German. She was a horrible, greedy, 486 00:28:56,481 --> 00:28:58,314 selfish bitch. 487 00:29:07,395 --> 00:29:09,450 Come here. Come on. 488 00:29:34,835 --> 00:29:37,035 Oh, I will do as you suggest. 489 00:29:40,419 --> 00:29:41,419 Of course. 490 00:29:41,936 --> 00:29:43,603 Because I am always right. 491 00:29:44,269 --> 00:29:46,740 - As am I. - Hmm. 492 00:29:46,891 --> 00:29:48,887 I will make nice with the Germans 493 00:29:48,912 --> 00:29:52,146 and you will go south and make peace with the Turks. 494 00:29:53,391 --> 00:29:55,938 Life's a compromise. I know. 495 00:29:59,575 --> 00:30:01,709 And you were right. 496 00:30:01,902 --> 00:30:04,102 I expect the Countess Bruce has told you. 497 00:30:06,255 --> 00:30:09,154 Zubov is a two-faced little bastard. 498 00:30:14,151 --> 00:30:15,280 We're gonna have to get rid of him. 499 00:30:15,304 --> 00:30:17,304 Well, people think I'm stupid in that direction 500 00:30:17,329 --> 00:30:19,259 - but I'm... I'm not stupid. - I know. 501 00:30:19,284 --> 00:30:21,051 I will. I'll... I'll get rid of him. 502 00:30:22,170 --> 00:30:24,603 Not until I've had the best out of him. 503 00:30:24,628 --> 00:30:27,049 - You wicked... - Hmm. 504 00:30:27,074 --> 00:30:28,732 - ... selfish... - Hmm. 505 00:30:28,757 --> 00:30:30,431 - ... unregenerate... - Hmm. 506 00:30:30,456 --> 00:30:31,892 ... corrupt... 507 00:30:31,917 --> 00:30:34,528 ... highly sexed old witch! 508 00:30:34,553 --> 00:30:36,500 No, no, no. I'm not... I'm not corrupt. 509 00:30:36,525 --> 00:30:38,945 I undo that. I take that back. 510 00:30:41,417 --> 00:30:43,926 I mean, how can you talk to your empress like that? 511 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,160 Well, it seems to come very easily to me. 512 00:30:49,676 --> 00:30:53,392 At the party tomorrow night, I want you to kneel before me, 513 00:30:54,217 --> 00:30:57,229 and tell everyone there that you worship me, 514 00:30:57,254 --> 00:30:58,316 totally, 515 00:30:58,341 --> 00:31:02,876 and that you are utterly and completely loyal to me. 516 00:31:50,884 --> 00:31:53,251 When they get older and wiser, 517 00:31:54,067 --> 00:31:57,199 sometimes husband and wife need separate bedrooms, 518 00:31:57,224 --> 00:31:58,390 my old friend. 519 00:32:22,398 --> 00:32:25,358 Oh, Sashenka, you're back. 520 00:32:26,422 --> 00:32:27,654 Good. 521 00:32:28,006 --> 00:32:31,293 So, my dear, did you have a lovely time with Mama? 522 00:32:31,318 --> 00:32:32,850 - Yes. - Good. 523 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:34,219 Good. 524 00:32:34,244 --> 00:32:37,115 - I, uh, wondered... - Yes? 525 00:32:37,907 --> 00:32:40,491 I wondered whether I might take him with me? 526 00:32:41,999 --> 00:32:43,777 Take him home? 527 00:32:45,564 --> 00:32:47,197 Maria, 528 00:32:47,327 --> 00:32:49,930 he is the future emperor of Russia. 529 00:32:50,308 --> 00:32:52,942 His place is here with me; you know that. 530 00:32:53,902 --> 00:32:55,167 Anyway, 531 00:32:55,192 --> 00:32:58,106 he has everything he needs here, don't you, Sashenka? 532 00:33:00,138 --> 00:33:01,337 Yes, Granny. 533 00:33:01,339 --> 00:33:04,273 He was saying you got him to sign something? 534 00:33:04,275 --> 00:33:06,375 Oh, was he? 535 00:33:06,833 --> 00:33:08,421 He's clearly very young. 536 00:33:08,446 --> 00:33:11,069 Whatever it was, do you think he understood it? 537 00:33:11,828 --> 00:33:13,881 It was about the succession. 538 00:33:15,174 --> 00:33:16,650 You know that. 539 00:33:17,433 --> 00:33:19,070 Or you suspect it. 540 00:33:20,710 --> 00:33:23,677 Do you really think we should be having this discussion 541 00:33:23,702 --> 00:33:26,497 - in front of the boy? - Oh, he knows who his father is. 542 00:33:27,396 --> 00:33:28,984 As do you. 543 00:33:30,097 --> 00:33:33,711 Do you seriously think that Paul is capable 544 00:33:33,736 --> 00:33:35,373 of governing this country? 545 00:33:35,398 --> 00:33:38,305 I think he is my husband and I am loyal to him. 546 00:33:38,330 --> 00:33:39,563 Good. 547 00:33:40,195 --> 00:33:41,261 Very good. 548 00:33:41,286 --> 00:33:43,167 Well, if you ever change your mind, 549 00:33:43,192 --> 00:33:45,629 perhaps you may write something to the effect that 550 00:33:45,654 --> 00:33:48,568 you think your son should succeed 551 00:33:48,593 --> 00:33:49,849 instead of his father. 552 00:33:49,874 --> 00:33:52,136 Do you really imagine I would do that? 553 00:33:55,963 --> 00:33:57,721 What must you think of me? 554 00:33:58,887 --> 00:34:00,323 - Goodbye, my darling. - Goodbye, Mommy. 555 00:34:00,348 --> 00:34:01,447 Goodbye. 556 00:34:26,252 --> 00:34:27,618 Where is he? 557 00:34:27,643 --> 00:34:29,476 You were going to bring him home. 558 00:34:29,618 --> 00:34:31,595 What happened to getting close to her? 559 00:34:32,017 --> 00:34:34,192 She's made him sign something. 560 00:34:34,282 --> 00:34:35,681 It's about the succession. 561 00:34:36,904 --> 00:34:39,378 What is it? What does it say? 562 00:34:41,025 --> 00:34:42,518 He would succeed. 563 00:34:43,175 --> 00:34:44,584 Instead of you. 564 00:34:48,264 --> 00:34:50,652 Darling. Darling, it's all right. 565 00:34:50,677 --> 00:34:52,210 It doesn't... 566 00:34:52,574 --> 00:34:54,145 No, no. It doesn't mean anything. 567 00:34:54,170 --> 00:34:55,654 It means nothing. 568 00:34:55,964 --> 00:34:58,806 She tried to get me on her side, to write something; 569 00:34:58,831 --> 00:35:00,491 something that would allow Sasha to take the throne 570 00:35:00,515 --> 00:35:02,015 - instead of you. - And? 571 00:35:02,945 --> 00:35:05,565 I'm loyal to you. I said I'd do nothing of the kind. 572 00:35:05,590 --> 00:35:07,425 Wives betray their husbands. 573 00:35:07,450 --> 00:35:09,983 Children betray their parents. There is no loyalty. 574 00:35:09,985 --> 00:35:11,552 There isn't any. 575 00:35:11,554 --> 00:35:12,953 I am loyal to you. 576 00:35:15,127 --> 00:35:17,026 You know I am. 577 00:35:18,364 --> 00:35:20,420 Paul, I am loyal to you! 578 00:35:23,593 --> 00:35:25,626 And I hope you remain loyal to me. 579 00:35:31,955 --> 00:35:34,155 I just thought you'd bring him home. 580 00:35:38,962 --> 00:35:41,094 The British and German ultimatum 581 00:35:41,119 --> 00:35:42,586 has been withdrawn. 582 00:35:43,968 --> 00:35:46,038 Seems everyone is suddenly more frightened of France 583 00:35:46,063 --> 00:35:47,332 than of Russia. 584 00:35:47,778 --> 00:35:50,246 There is no longer any danger of war 585 00:35:50,271 --> 00:35:52,204 on two or three fronts. 586 00:35:53,601 --> 00:35:57,268 Seems Prince Potemkin may have been a little hasty 587 00:35:57,293 --> 00:35:59,828 apologizing to the Germans for winning the war, 588 00:35:59,853 --> 00:36:01,059 Your Majesty. 589 00:36:01,084 --> 00:36:04,714 You may have noticed, Alexei, that the common people in France 590 00:36:04,739 --> 00:36:07,694 are demanding control over taxation. 591 00:36:07,911 --> 00:36:10,278 We will be at war with them next. 592 00:36:10,620 --> 00:36:11,920 And, as always, 593 00:36:11,945 --> 00:36:14,224 we need as many friends as we can get. 594 00:36:14,249 --> 00:36:17,583 Prince Potemkin is a very skilled negotiator. 595 00:36:38,919 --> 00:36:40,519 Good boy. 596 00:36:43,345 --> 00:36:45,719 Sir. Sir? Are you all right, sir? 597 00:36:48,218 --> 00:36:51,507 No. No I'm not. 598 00:36:52,702 --> 00:36:54,235 I can't breathe. 599 00:36:55,827 --> 00:36:57,159 Help me up. 600 00:36:57,184 --> 00:36:58,450 Come on. 601 00:37:09,679 --> 00:37:11,513 I must write to her. 602 00:37:11,515 --> 00:37:12,847 Yes, sir. 603 00:37:30,283 --> 00:37:33,617 This is for her eyes only, you understand? 604 00:37:33,642 --> 00:37:35,213 And no one else. 605 00:37:36,107 --> 00:37:38,540 I'll make sure my brother doesn't see it, sir. 606 00:37:39,543 --> 00:37:41,300 You're a good man. 607 00:37:41,507 --> 00:37:43,206 You've done good service. 608 00:38:19,282 --> 00:38:22,221 Well, what is it? I can tell from your face it's bad news. 609 00:38:22,246 --> 00:38:23,845 It's, um... 610 00:38:23,870 --> 00:38:25,014 What? Just say it. 611 00:38:25,039 --> 00:38:26,785 Give me the letter. Tell me the worst. 612 00:38:26,810 --> 00:38:28,510 He's dead, Your Majesty. 613 00:38:28,898 --> 00:38:30,131 Who's dead? 614 00:38:30,475 --> 00:38:31,934 Potemkin. 615 00:38:36,032 --> 00:38:37,276 Potemkin? 616 00:38:40,952 --> 00:38:42,661 Potemkin's dead? 617 00:38:43,935 --> 00:38:45,835 Your Majesty... 618 00:38:46,092 --> 00:38:48,359 uh, this letter is for your eyes only. 619 00:39:16,361 --> 00:39:17,956 Your Majesty! 620 00:39:51,162 --> 00:39:52,961 My darling Matushka. 621 00:39:54,242 --> 00:39:56,504 What I want to say is this: 622 00:39:57,399 --> 00:40:00,619 In going where you have to go and doing what you have to do, 623 00:40:00,644 --> 00:40:02,826 you wear away at love. 624 00:40:03,173 --> 00:40:05,504 Even a love like ours. 625 00:40:05,699 --> 00:40:08,300 Borne out of reason, and laughter, 626 00:40:08,325 --> 00:40:10,891 and happiness, and great ambition. 627 00:40:12,591 --> 00:40:14,162 But I do not regret all the things 628 00:40:14,187 --> 00:40:15,861 we have achieved together. 629 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,021 Not for a moment. 630 00:40:19,066 --> 00:40:21,867 And I would rather have had our love used 631 00:40:21,892 --> 00:40:22,928 and out in the world 632 00:40:22,953 --> 00:40:25,192 than kept in some drawer with anniversaries 633 00:40:25,217 --> 00:40:29,188 and the dried roses and the good opinion of moralists. 634 00:40:29,213 --> 00:40:31,127 I love you as I ever did. 635 00:40:31,500 --> 00:40:33,978 And one day the world will know of it. 636 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,411 Be as true to me as I was to you, Matushka. 637 00:40:39,403 --> 00:40:41,391 It gives you a lot of scope. 638 00:41:05,906 --> 00:41:08,039 The Turkish War is over. 639 00:41:10,869 --> 00:41:12,393 We are at peace. 640 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:18,830 ... together, 641 00:41:18,855 --> 00:41:20,544 - with the rest of Europe... - What is it? 642 00:41:20,569 --> 00:41:24,571 ... to fight the wicked revolution in France. 643 00:41:25,119 --> 00:41:28,458 Since King Louis XVI and his queen, Marie Antoinette, 644 00:41:28,483 --> 00:41:32,391 were arrested after attempting to flee to Varennes last year, 645 00:41:32,416 --> 00:41:36,919 our armies are in readiness to fight revolution 646 00:41:36,944 --> 00:41:39,025 wherever we find it. 647 00:41:40,919 --> 00:41:42,942 Can you believe this prick? 648 00:41:42,967 --> 00:41:44,754 How can she stay with him? 649 00:41:44,779 --> 00:41:46,597 I know he's my brother, but she's lost it 650 00:41:46,622 --> 00:41:48,297 since Potemkin died. 651 00:41:48,354 --> 00:41:52,395 We'd better get on with what happens after she dies. 652 00:41:52,799 --> 00:41:55,141 She will decide what happens after she dies. 653 00:41:56,324 --> 00:41:58,190 And none of us can do anything about it. 654 00:42:01,171 --> 00:42:03,218 And how will she manage that? 655 00:42:03,655 --> 00:42:06,045 Will she still be dictating 656 00:42:06,070 --> 00:42:08,470 even when the soil is in her mouth? 657 00:42:08,832 --> 00:42:11,042 Has anyone seen this? 658 00:42:11,358 --> 00:42:14,134 Has anyone seen this filth? 659 00:42:14,796 --> 00:42:16,980 Why are people allowed to write these things? 660 00:42:17,005 --> 00:42:19,727 - Your Majesty... - Don't "Majesty" me. 661 00:42:21,807 --> 00:42:23,661 This is treason. 662 00:42:23,686 --> 00:42:28,288 People are writing and printing sheer treason. 663 00:42:32,021 --> 00:42:35,689 We have peace abroad, but enemies at home. 664 00:42:36,541 --> 00:42:38,240 If I have made wars, 665 00:42:38,242 --> 00:42:40,742 it is for the sake of the country I love. 666 00:42:40,744 --> 00:42:43,377 But the author of this work... 667 00:42:43,770 --> 00:42:46,713 presumes to call me a murderer and a tyrant 668 00:42:46,738 --> 00:42:48,638 on these grounds alone. 669 00:42:51,453 --> 00:42:55,252 "The Empress has become the greatest murderer 670 00:42:55,277 --> 00:42:56,579 in the Commonwealth. 671 00:42:56,604 --> 00:43:00,989 She is the greatest robber and the greatest traitor 672 00:43:01,014 --> 00:43:05,774 and a most savage enemy of the weak, and the... 673 00:43:05,799 --> 00:43:08,165 poor and the enslaved." 674 00:43:13,596 --> 00:43:15,429 I have ordered the arrest and trial 675 00:43:15,454 --> 00:43:17,494 of the creature who wrote this book. 676 00:43:19,243 --> 00:43:23,245 If he is found guilty, he will be executed. 677 00:43:24,806 --> 00:43:26,274 Be warned: 678 00:43:26,867 --> 00:43:29,108 I am your empress, 679 00:43:29,133 --> 00:43:32,166 and I hold tight to the reins of power. 680 00:43:33,279 --> 00:43:36,514 Do not imagine that the death of our first minister... 681 00:43:38,276 --> 00:43:41,978 and dearest friend, Prince Potemkin, 682 00:43:42,003 --> 00:43:44,303 has weakened my resolve. 683 00:44:16,732 --> 00:44:18,733 Your Empress has spoken. 684 00:44:29,324 --> 00:44:30,825 I'm not a cripple. 685 00:44:30,850 --> 00:44:32,534 You don't need to carry me you know. 686 00:44:32,559 --> 00:44:34,065 I'm sorry, Matushka. 687 00:44:34,543 --> 00:44:37,051 Platon is very, very sorry he upset Matushka. 688 00:44:37,076 --> 00:44:39,337 And you don't need to call me by that name. 689 00:44:40,915 --> 00:44:42,770 Matushka. 690 00:44:43,407 --> 00:44:44,829 Matushka. 691 00:44:46,609 --> 00:44:48,374 Matushka. 692 00:44:48,629 --> 00:44:52,470 That's what he used to call me. Matushka, Matushka, Matushka. 693 00:44:53,254 --> 00:44:54,321 Mm. 694 00:44:54,941 --> 00:44:57,190 You can call me a woman. 695 00:44:57,215 --> 00:44:59,931 Any woman, the way the peasants do. 696 00:45:00,052 --> 00:45:03,457 I own peasants, thousands of them. 697 00:45:04,639 --> 00:45:07,447 They work and they drink, and we whip them senseless 698 00:45:07,472 --> 00:45:09,385 if they dare to answer back. 699 00:45:09,498 --> 00:45:11,221 Do you think that's right? 700 00:45:11,391 --> 00:45:14,725 Do you, Mon petit noiraud? Don't answer that. 701 00:45:15,531 --> 00:45:18,547 Tu n'es pas qualifié pour répondre. 702 00:45:21,288 --> 00:45:24,307 Oh, my grandson, he's such a sweet boy. 703 00:45:25,257 --> 00:45:29,092 Oh, but his father. Oh, God, his father! 704 00:45:31,334 --> 00:45:32,630 Are you all right? 705 00:45:32,654 --> 00:45:33,661 Mm? 706 00:45:33,686 --> 00:45:35,861 - I'm worried about you. - Mm, I get these headaches. 707 00:45:35,886 --> 00:45:38,545 Oh, such headaches you wouldn't believe. 708 00:45:39,862 --> 00:45:41,227 Where are we going? 709 00:45:41,252 --> 00:45:43,561 To an orgy, of course. 710 00:45:44,186 --> 00:45:48,188 A witches' sabbat. I'm gonna fly you around on my broomstick. 711 00:45:50,224 --> 00:45:53,678 There are those who are sure that I am a fucking witch. 712 00:45:53,703 --> 00:45:56,333 Well, I read Latin, I like to screw young men; 713 00:45:56,358 --> 00:45:57,999 witch, clearly. 714 00:45:58,875 --> 00:46:01,949 Foul-mouthed old woman. Not nice. Not nice. 715 00:46:05,333 --> 00:46:09,686 Her Majesty has decided to have all French books burned. 716 00:46:09,711 --> 00:46:12,540 She seems to think they bear some responsibility 717 00:46:12,565 --> 00:46:14,995 for causing the French Revolution! 718 00:46:15,020 --> 00:46:17,776 Reading creates a prejudice. 719 00:46:22,315 --> 00:46:23,514 Ah. 720 00:46:24,256 --> 00:46:25,729 Voltaire. 721 00:46:34,218 --> 00:46:38,419 "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool." 722 00:46:47,167 --> 00:46:48,465 Rousseau! 723 00:46:49,259 --> 00:46:51,654 He was a disgusting little man. 724 00:46:52,917 --> 00:46:53,982 Ah! 725 00:46:54,976 --> 00:46:56,929 "Man is born free, 726 00:46:57,635 --> 00:46:59,544 but everywhere 727 00:46:59,569 --> 00:47:00,868 he is in chains." 728 00:47:01,810 --> 00:47:03,405 What's that supposed to mean? 729 00:47:03,973 --> 00:47:05,543 It means... 730 00:47:06,909 --> 00:47:08,666 It meant... 731 00:47:11,371 --> 00:47:13,105 Burn them. 732 00:47:13,163 --> 00:47:15,331 Burn... Bu... Burn them all. 733 00:47:17,459 --> 00:47:22,273 Burn all those Frenchmen and their endless questions. 734 00:47:38,847 --> 00:47:40,279 What are you doing here? 735 00:47:44,860 --> 00:47:46,293 Reading. 736 00:47:46,493 --> 00:47:48,860 You'd better be careful what you read. 737 00:47:49,572 --> 00:47:51,712 You used to like Voltaire. 738 00:47:52,159 --> 00:47:53,636 Perhaps. 739 00:47:53,955 --> 00:47:56,423 When I was young and foolish. 740 00:47:57,349 --> 00:47:58,816 He made you laugh. 741 00:47:59,914 --> 00:48:01,346 I don't deny it. 742 00:48:01,371 --> 00:48:03,526 Hmm. You were so full of hope. 743 00:48:04,146 --> 00:48:05,605 And charity. 744 00:48:07,030 --> 00:48:10,347 Supported the arts and science. 745 00:48:10,922 --> 00:48:13,622 You showed the world what women can achieve. 746 00:48:15,954 --> 00:48:17,663 I did what I did. 747 00:48:20,779 --> 00:48:23,145 When I was young, I dreamed of freedom. 748 00:48:24,494 --> 00:48:26,412 As people do when they are young. 749 00:48:26,437 --> 00:48:28,704 I dreamed of breaking chains. 750 00:48:30,424 --> 00:48:33,147 But as you get older, your choices narrow. 751 00:48:34,771 --> 00:48:36,938 So what did I do instead? 752 00:48:37,083 --> 00:48:39,060 I gave us an empire. 753 00:48:39,692 --> 00:48:40,958 Which is something. 754 00:48:42,890 --> 00:48:45,457 And you loved the greatest man of the age. 755 00:48:49,339 --> 00:48:50,889 Oh, I loved him. 756 00:48:53,911 --> 00:48:56,626 I enjoyed it all, every single second. 757 00:48:57,609 --> 00:48:59,884 Life takes everything from you, 758 00:48:59,909 --> 00:49:02,712 piece, by piece, by piece. 759 00:49:02,737 --> 00:49:05,271 Hm. It does, doesn't it? 760 00:49:05,896 --> 00:49:09,234 But I knew exactly what I was doing. 761 00:49:09,942 --> 00:49:14,244 And I wouldn't have had any of it any other way. 762 00:49:19,975 --> 00:49:21,815 They executed... 763 00:49:22,274 --> 00:49:23,712 Louis. 764 00:49:26,232 --> 00:49:27,989 What is this world? I... 765 00:49:28,848 --> 00:49:31,331 I don't... I don't recognize it anymore. 766 00:49:33,764 --> 00:49:35,034 Oh. 767 00:49:36,502 --> 00:49:38,176 I recognize you. 768 00:49:40,166 --> 00:49:41,665 In the end, 769 00:49:42,167 --> 00:49:43,829 there is only... 770 00:49:44,716 --> 00:49:46,174 flesh. 771 00:49:47,651 --> 00:49:48,866 Oh. 772 00:49:50,569 --> 00:49:52,283 Oh, my head. 773 00:49:57,967 --> 00:49:59,857 In here. 774 00:50:02,456 --> 00:50:04,256 Yes, it's safe. 775 00:50:04,281 --> 00:50:05,946 Yes, he won't find that. 776 00:50:06,275 --> 00:50:08,213 Are you all right, Matushka? 777 00:50:10,776 --> 00:50:13,258 My darling Matushka. 778 00:50:17,050 --> 00:50:19,116 The only man I... 779 00:50:19,381 --> 00:50:21,616 The only man I ever loved. 780 00:50:24,568 --> 00:50:26,434 My Grishenka. 781 00:50:27,281 --> 00:50:29,053 You were the one. 782 00:50:33,553 --> 00:50:36,101 Matushka? Matushka! 783 00:50:36,126 --> 00:50:38,536 Help! Please help! 784 00:51:06,904 --> 00:51:08,504 Where are her private papers? 785 00:51:09,974 --> 00:51:11,323 Where are they? 786 00:51:19,732 --> 00:51:20,831 Get out. 787 00:51:20,856 --> 00:51:22,940 - She's still alive. - Get out! 788 00:51:22,965 --> 00:51:24,387 Out! 789 00:51:31,115 --> 00:51:34,833 I leave my throne to my grandson, Alexander, 790 00:51:34,858 --> 00:51:38,559 who witnesses this document with his signature. 791 00:51:44,470 --> 00:51:46,448 Is this what she made you sign? 792 00:51:46,473 --> 00:51:47,605 Is it? 793 00:52:13,343 --> 00:52:15,408 - What? - She is dead. 794 00:52:17,938 --> 00:52:19,171 Your Majesty. 795 00:52:55,988 --> 00:52:57,308 Careful. 796 00:53:07,271 --> 00:53:11,873 Today, we bury again the body of my father. 797 00:53:12,907 --> 00:53:15,242 He will lie next to his wife, 798 00:53:15,267 --> 00:53:17,093 my mother, Catherine, 799 00:53:17,185 --> 00:53:19,238 in the Kazan cathedral. 800 00:53:20,913 --> 00:53:23,950 I am proud to be the son of Peter III, 801 00:53:24,260 --> 00:53:27,406 and take this opportunity to tell you that from this day, 802 00:53:27,431 --> 00:53:31,267 we will enact legislation to ensure that no woman... 803 00:53:32,416 --> 00:53:35,116 ever again rules Russia. 804 00:53:36,545 --> 00:53:40,046 You will place the crown on my father's coffin, 805 00:53:40,143 --> 00:53:43,375 as we bear the two of them to their shared grave. 806 00:53:46,946 --> 00:53:50,347 My mother took the crown from my father. 807 00:53:50,372 --> 00:53:52,205 It was never hers by right. 808 00:53:55,186 --> 00:53:57,058 And now it is mine. 809 00:54:03,874 --> 00:54:07,808 And after me, it will go to my sons. 810 00:54:10,233 --> 00:54:13,886 And in time, their sons. 811 00:54:18,833 --> 00:54:23,002 Make sure that you erase all trace of that man, Potemkin. 812 00:54:23,831 --> 00:54:25,653 He is buried in the Ukraine. 813 00:54:25,678 --> 00:54:28,211 Wipe out the grave and every palace she gave him. 814 00:54:28,236 --> 00:54:29,868 He is not to be spoken of. 815 00:54:29,893 --> 00:54:31,015 Ever. 816 00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:32,339 Yes, Your Majesty. 817 00:54:32,957 --> 00:54:34,448 Who was he? 818 00:54:35,156 --> 00:54:36,222 Mm? 819 00:54:37,260 --> 00:54:38,493 Nothing. 820 00:54:39,829 --> 00:54:41,595 I even heard ignorant people 821 00:54:41,597 --> 00:54:43,731 say that he and my mother were married. 822 00:54:51,558 --> 00:54:54,092 _ 823 00:54:54,117 --> 00:54:57,403 ♪ Since history is written ♪ 824 00:54:57,428 --> 00:55:00,778 ♪ By crooks and fools ♪ 825 00:55:00,803 --> 00:55:05,160 ♪ Hey ho, the blizzard and the ice ♪ 826 00:55:05,939 --> 00:55:11,383 ♪ And made by bastards who break the rules ♪ 827 00:55:11,415 --> 00:55:17,298 ♪ Hey ho, but love is very nice ♪ 828 00:55:17,331 --> 00:55:22,984 ♪ And marriages were not made to last ♪ 829 00:55:23,009 --> 00:55:25,777 - ♪ Hey ho ♪ - ... The Father, the Son, 830 00:55:25,850 --> 00:55:29,578 - and the Holy Spirit. - ♪ The forest and the bear ♪ 831 00:55:41,280 --> 00:55:44,480 If no one knows we are married but we two, 832 00:55:44,505 --> 00:55:46,171 is it still real? 833 00:55:47,506 --> 00:55:49,702 It is the truth, Matushka. 834 00:55:50,164 --> 00:55:52,331 Soon we'll find out. 835 00:55:52,356 --> 00:55:55,891 Love... will always be a private matter. 836 00:55:56,914 --> 00:55:58,914 And all the sweeter for it. 837 00:55:58,939 --> 00:56:00,972 We chose each other, Grishenka. 838 00:56:02,086 --> 00:56:04,732 Although we had no choice in the matter. 839 00:56:06,691 --> 00:56:10,159 And so, we stay ourselves... 840 00:56:12,321 --> 00:56:15,255 even now we are one... 841 00:56:18,013 --> 00:56:19,347 ... forever. 842 00:56:35,010 --> 00:56:38,638 Love is what's left of us 843 00:56:38,663 --> 00:56:40,996 after everything else is gone. 844 00:56:42,567 --> 00:56:45,706 Poets would like us to believe that. 845 00:56:46,687 --> 00:56:48,527 But what do they know? 846 00:56:50,914 --> 00:56:54,407 _ 847 00:56:54,432 --> 00:56:57,172 _ 848 00:56:57,197 --> 00:57:00,158 _ 849 00:57:00,298 --> 00:57:04,416 _ 850 00:57:04,441 --> 00:57:08,020 _ 851 00:57:08,926 --> 00:57:12,326 Synced and corrected by QueenMaddie www.addic7ed.com