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At the dawn of the Great War.

The Russian Empire ruled over
more than 100 ethnic groups.

The Caucasus Region supplier of 50%
of the world's oil.

The Land where East meets West.

- Father, I want to get married.

- You want me
to find you a beautiful wife?

- I want to marry Nino Kipiani.

- Her hips are too slim,
like all Georgians.

- Father?

- A woman's hips
are more important

than her education, my son.
Remember that.

When do you want to marry?

- Soon.

- I should like my grandson
to be born in may.

It is a lucky month.

Why did you choose her?

- I love her, father.

- Generally speaking, loving
a woman is not a good idea.

- Father.

- Ali Khan

congratulations on graduating.

It's a very well-deserved
celebration for you.

- Will you be going on
to study in Moscow?

- I haven't decided.

May I ask you for this dance?

- Father?

Certainly.

KIPIANI SUMMER RESIDENCE, TBILISI

- How much fertilizer?
- How big is..

- No, no.

- May I?

- Yes, of course.
- Thank you.

- I'm Malik Nakhararyan.
- Oh. Nino Kipiani.

- Pleasure to meet you.
- Lovely to meet you.

- I'm a very good friend
of your father.

- Oh.
- We are in business together.

- Oh.

- Thank you.

- After all,
the supply have to go soon.

- Well, at least we try to.

- Prince Ali Khan,
you are most welcome.

- I am so sorry,
but my train was late.

- Not at all.
- Come and join us.

- I have just learned of
your ennoblement, your highness.

My Sincere congratulations.

- You are most kind. Thank you.

- Thank you.

- God is in our wine.

It can do you no harm.

- Father,
Ali Khan does not take alcohol.

It's against his religion.

- On this occasion
I will make an exception

so I can toast prince Kipiani.

- Thank you, young man.

- Prince Kipiani.
- Prince Kipiani.

- You must go and look at our
gardens after dinner, Ali Khan.

We have the most beautiful
ancient trees.

- Thank you, your highness,
but I came to visit you

not your trees.

- What, you have something
against trees?

- Ali Khan is afraid of trees,
Mr. Nakhararyan.

- Not exactly,
but what others feel for trees

I feel for the desert.

- The desert?

It's just scrub and sand.

- That's what I love about it

its simplicity.

- Maybe that's the difference
between east and west.

The desert asks for nothing

promises nothing

but the woods
are full of questions.

- Well...
- Ali Khan.

Eagles come from the mountains

and tigers from the forest

but nothing,
nothing comes from the desert.

- Lions and warriors
come from the deserts.

- Lions and warriors.

- And not to forget, the source
of our wealth, our oil.

Ali Khan.

- I'm so happy you came.
- I'm sorry I was late.

- I was getting worried.

- Who was that man
sitting next to you?

- Malik?

He's from a very important
Armenian family.

- Your father's a prince now.

Does that make you a Princess?

- It does.

I think I love you, Ali Khan..

Even though I'm a Princess.

- Maybe you won't be one
for very long.

- What do you mean?

- Don't you lose the title
when you get married?

- Is that supposed to be
a proposal?

- Yes.

- Will you always love me,
Ali Khan?

- Yes.

- And will you stay with me,
whatever happens

and take no other wives?

- Yes.

- Won't your father demand
I become a Muslim?

- No.

- I've always wanted
to go to Paris

more than anywhere in the world.

- I promise I will take you
to Paris for our honeymoon.

Now..

Will you marry me?

- I will.

I will, Ali.

- Khan.

Khan.

A telegram for you.

4th AUGUST 1914.

- My dear son,
the czar has seen fit

to declare war
on various European monarchs.

Return at once to Baku
and be ready to do your duty.

- Who's this war against?

- I don't know.

"The German kaiser,
the Austrian emperor

"the king of Bavaria

"the king of Prussia,
the king of Hungary

the sultan
of the ottoman empire... "

- and who are Russia's allies?

- "The king of England,
the king of Serbia

"the king of the Belgians

"the president
of the French Republic

and the emperor of Japan."

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN

SHIRVANSHIR PALACE

- I know when our family
ruled this country

how many of them fought
and died on the battlefield..

Your father, your grandfather.

And I feel part of that.

But why should I fight
for one Christian monarch

against another?

Why should I fight for Russia's
cause, whatever it may be?

We've grown used to thinking
of ourselves as part of Russia.

We are not.

They invaded us
a hundred years ago

and took away
our family's power.

We were an occupied country.

Believe me, father, I shall be
proud to die in battle

when the time comes..

But this is not our fight.

- You're crazy.

You mean you're going to pass
off this wonderful opportunity?

- Ilyas, we're here

and the front line
will be around here

2000 miles away in Belgium.

If we get to fight at all

it will most probably be
against the Turks

our cousins,
why should I want to do that?

- For the glory.

- Listen, do you care
who wins this war?

- No, not in the least.

- You just want to fight.
- Yes, I want to be a soldier.

I've always wanted to be.

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

- You'll be jealous
when you see me

in my officer's uniform, Ali.

- I'm sure you'll both be
brave officers, but why?

- It will be an adventure.

That's the important thing.

- What do you think, Seyid?

- I'm with you.

I don't think
this war is any of our business.

- At least I won't have
to go back to school.

- Oh!

Beautiful.

- When will you go and see him?

My father.

- Soon.

- Your excellency
can assure the czar

there will be no interruption
in the oil supply

in the coming months.

There is even scope
for an increase.

Prince Ali Khan.

I'm afraid it has to be admitted
that, regrettably

war is extremely good
for business.

- As you may know, our family
were rulers in this region

for nearly 700 years.

- Yes.

- We have retained
enough property in the city

to make us financially secure.

- I don't doubt it.

- So..
- Yes?

- I have the honor to ask
your Highnesses' permission

to marry Princess Nino.

- This is genuinely an honor,
Ali Khan

not only for Nino,
but for our entire family.

However..

I can't help feeling

she's still rather young
to marry

to say nothing
of the differences in background

and in, uh, religion, uh..

Sure this is also of concern
to your father.

- No.

I've discussed it with him.

- Well, anyway, main thing is
the world has embarked

on a terrible
and unpredictable war.

I think we should wait
to see its outcome.

Don't you agree?

- Ali Khan.

Are you alright?

What's the matter?

- How dare he?

A hundred years ago, a Kipiani
would have kissed my feet

for such an opportunity.

My father will laugh at me.

- He didn't actually say no.
- The end of the war.

This war could go on
for 20 years.

- What are you gonna do?
- We'll run away together.

- You mean, kidnap her?

Well, I'm not against the idea.

It's the traditional way
to settle problems of this kind

but it should be
the last resort, shouldn't it?

I think..

Someone should explain
to prince Kipiani

what a wonderful marriage
this would be

for all kinds of political
and cultural reasons.

- Who is going to do that?

- I can. Leave it to me.

- Thank you.

- Why did you say
at the end of the war?

- I don't think
there is any need

to rush into it.

Everyone says
it will be over by Christmas.

- But how do you know?

Nobody knows
how long it's going to last.

- I thought it would be
good for you

to have some thinking time.

- Why do I need thinking time?

- You'd rather just join
his harem without thinking?

- But he said he's not gonna
take any other wives.

- Nino, don't be so naive.

Once they get what they want

men don't always remember
their promises.

- A Georgian, an Azerbaijani
and an Armenian

three great Caucasian people.

- Thank you. Thank you so much.

- My wife could tell it to you..

- Recite one of your poems.

- Yeah, well, certainly.

- Really?
- No, I don't think so.

- What's happening in the war?

- The Germans have occupied
Poland.

Russians are advancing
on Baghdad.

It's all the same to us.

- Well, better than school,
anyway.

We have horses. We have guns.

- Can't you volunteer
for the front?

- They won't take
Muslim officers at the front

in case we refuse to fire
on other Muslims.

- And they're right.

I don't want to kill
my Turkish brothers.

- Courtesy of the officers.

- Pork chops for the boys.

- You see the kind of thing
we have to deal with?

You were so right
not to join up.

- Hi.

- I'm gonna go.
- Okay.

- It's all on me.

- Is Malik making any progress?

- He's certainly trying
hard enough.

But my mother still
calls you a wild Muslim.

- I don't think anyone's ever
called me wild before.

I quite like that.

- I don't think she meant it
as a compliment.

- Ah!

Ah!

- I know your friends
are serving in the army, Ali.

But between you and me..

I'm sorry, the Russians
are doing so well.

- Does it matter to us?
- It does.

Because unless
the Russians are defeated

we have no chance to achieve
what our country most needs.

- And what is that?

- Our independence.

- My father thinks we have
no chance of independence.

- I think he is wrong.

Slower. Slower. Hut, one two.

- Ali, it's me.
- Any news?

- Malik's here.

He's telling them
that in this region

he thinks mixed marriages
are the only way forward.

- Is that so?
- Yes.

And I think after the war

maybe, even more..

- Alright. Maybe we can
see each other later.

- Mm-hmm.
- Uh..

More..

Complicated, yeah.

- Oh, hmm.
- Hmm.

- So, I'll see you
after the opera.

- I think
it's time for us to go.

- See you later.
- Nino?

Are you coming?

- Bye.

- If Russia takes
Turkey and Persia

the czar has said he will close

our mosques and schools
and abolish our languages.

And yet
the czar asks us for money.

Why should we collaborate

in the destruction
of our own culture?

All we can be sure of

is that after the war everything
will be quite different.

All the great powers
will be weak and exhausted

but we will still have
our strength

our money and our oil.

Wouldn't it be wonderful
if we could become

the first Democratic
Muslim nation?

- I don't like the way
he's trying to portray the czar.

- I agree with Fatali Khan.

We should liberate ourselves.

And I don't mean
go back a 100 years ago

to the way it was
before the Russians came.

I mean, we should create
a modern progressive country

and run it ourselves.

- Thank you so much for agreeing

to accompany me,
Mr. Nakhararyan.

I wouldn't have missed it
for the world.

- It's my pleasure.

- We have to talk
to the young people..

- It was a wonderful evening.

Thank you.

- Wait. Wait.

I like you.

I really like you.

- Wha... what are you doing?

- We can
leave the country together.

- We will get married in Moscow.
- No.

- Yeah.
- And then we'll go to London.

- No, no, no. Malik.
- What are you doing?

Let me out.
Stop the car! Malik!

Let me out!

Let me go! Let me go!

Stop the car, Malik!

- Good to have your support.

Thank you for inviting me, sir.

- Thank you, Fatali Khan.

- You conducted yourself
very well, my son.

- Ali!

Ali.

- Nakhararyan
has kidnapped Nino.

- No. They were just going
to the opera.

- No.
- He was trying to kiss her.

Then he drove off with her.

- What do you think you're doing?
- Let me go!

- You better stay with me.
- Do you understand?

- Let me go! You can't do this!
- No! You can't go.

You're mine now.

I'm not gonna say it again.

- They were heading
for the coast road.

- Maybe it's for the best.

- Oh!
- Ah! Ah!

- No, Ali.

- Ah!

- Aah!

- Ali.

- Oh.

- What happened?

- I thought..

- You thought what?

- I mean, did he..

- Did he what?

No, he didn't.

He's dead.

- I have 40 men
guarding the house.

- You have to leave tonight.
- Why?

- The Nakhararyans, they have
put a price on your head.

They are going to come
looking for you.

I am going to send you
to our people in the mountains.

- How long
do I have to stay away?

- A very long time.

- Good evening.
- Good evening.

- Would you like to sit?

- In the circumstances, Khan..

I'm convinced..

The only honorable solution
is for them to marry.

- It cannot be done, prince.
- Yes.

It could be done tonight.

- Where is he?

- I believe he has gone
to his uncle's in Persia.

- They have to marry.

- I'm sure you'll be able to
find her some suitable husband.

- We both know that
no one will marry her now.

- Thank you for coming.

- What's this?
- Hashish.

It's good for the pain.

- And for the conscience.

- Ali.

- Kazi mullah?

This is Ali Khan Shirvanshir.

He needs your protection.

- Follow me, your honor.

- Ali Khan. Ali Khan.

I'm afraid he's very ill.

- No one is ill for long
in Dagestan.

- I'm sorry.

Really, I don't understand
what you're saying.

- Prince Kipiani, out of respect

for the Nakhararyan family

our community feels obliged
to ask that your daughter

refrain from attending mass

for the foreseeable future.

- I don't know
what else I can do.

- Well, you'd better
think of something.

Look at her.

Look at you.

We can't go on like this.

- I don't want to go to Moscow.

- I'm afraid, on this occasion
we are not asking your opinion.

- I refuse...
- the arrangements have already been made.

- Father, please.
- No!

- It's quite obvious
there's no future for you here.

- There is no future for me
in Moscow.

- There is a chance
not everyone there

will have heard what happened.

- My parents are sending me
to Moscow tomorrow.

- Then it's your duty
to obey them.

Is it not?

- If you won't take me,
I'll go on my own.

- Nino?

- Yeah.

- Nino.

How did you get here?

- Seyid Mustafa brought me.

I've missed you so much.

- Seyid.

Go fetch the mullah
and tell him I need

to get married immediately.

- We don't need a mullah.

I know how to conduct
a marriage.

I just need to prepare
the papers.

- Good.
- In an hour's time then.

- You really want to do this?

- Do you?

- Are you prepared
to marry a fallen woman?

- Are you prepared to stay here?

This hut?
Won't you be bored?

- No.

- What is your name?

- Ali Khan Shirvanshir.
- Son of Safar Khan.

- Your religion?

- Shia Muslim.

- What's your wish?

- To take this woman as my wife.

- What is your name?

- Princess Nino Kipiani.

- Your religion?

- Georgian orthodox.

- What is your wish?

- To be this man's wife.

- Do you wish
to retain your religion?

- Yes, I do.

- Please, sign here.

- What... what name
should I sign?

- Your new name.

- My dear parents,
please don't worry about me.

Ali and I are married

and everything has turned out
for the best.

Life is simple in the mountains.

We raise chickens,
and we grow our own vegetables.

We work all day

and play a full part
in the life of the village.

We have none of the comforts
of the city.

But I can honestly say

I have never been so happy
in my life.

With all my love, Nino.

- I need something warm.

Something warm.
Something warm.

Oh.

My father suggests
we make our way to Sweden.

Neutral country.

- Does he suggest
how we might get there

in the middle of a war?

- They pay no attention.

- When you write back

tell them we are living the way
most people live in our country.

And it makes sense.

- Hurr.
- Burrah.

Burrah.

AUTUMN 1917

- It belonged to Ali's mother.

- Thank you so much, Safar Khan.

Thank you.

- Do you fetch the water
from the well

every morning, my child?

- Mm-hmm.

- And do you do all the cooking?

- Yes, I do.

- Thank you.

I approve of your wife,
Ali Khan..

But she is a very bad cook.

- Safar Khan,
can I tempt you to some more?

- No, thank you. Delicious.

I couldn't.

- How's life in Baku?

- All is much the same

except the streets
are rather chaotic

because our Russian governor
has run away.

- Why would that be?

- The czar abdicated.

- What?

- Yes. So the Russians
have all left the city.

And our soldiers
are back from the front

released from their oath
to the czar.

- But what about
the Nakhararyans?

- The entire Nakhararyan family
has fled to Moscow.

- And my family?

- I believe they have
very sensibly gone to Tbilisi.

- Does that mean we can go back?

- I see no objection.

- We've been happy here.
- Do we have to leave?

- This is the best chance
we'll ever have

to take our independence.

Was it like this when you left?

- No.

- The revolution in Russia
has caused chaos everywhere!

The Russians may have gone,
but we are still in danger.

Brothers, come closer, please.

I want to make the situation
clear to you.

Our town is surrounded
by deserters

from the czar's armies.

They're going village to village

killing everyone in their path.

They've set fire
to the oil fields

and are almost upon us.

Desperate and resolved
to loot and destroy our houses.

Rape our women.

They outnumber us!

And we have fewer weapons.

I ask you to join us
to defend our home

and keep the enemy
from our door!

You're back
just when we need you most.

- Ali Khan.

- What happened to your eye?

- Piece of Russian shrapnel.

- So one day
fighting for the Russians

the next day
fighting against them.

- At least they trained us.
- Come.

We need to start preparing.

The deserters will be here..

- Please, take these
instruments inside

and sterilize them.

- Our job is to protect
the old town.

Nobody gets past us
and nobody fires

until they get the order.

Get ready.
To your positions.

Hey.

- Now!

- Aah!

Aah!

- Mehmed.

Mehmed.

- What happened?

Mehmed. Mehmed.

- We have to go.

- I have to fetch Nino.

- We have to leave.
- What?

What about all the wounded?

- The city's
about to be destroyed.

We have to leave.

You alright?

I'm staying here with Ilyas.

You have to go with my father
to Persia.

- No, I want to stay with you.
- No, you can't.

This fight isn't over yet.

- I'll call the baby Ali.

TEHERAN, PERSIA

- This is Yahya Guli.

He will show you
to your quarters.

- Welcome to Persia, my lady.

I am your eunuch. Please.

Follow me, Princess.

Please.

- I would think
it must be very tiring

to be the only wife
of a young husband.

But of course,
all you have to do

when he gets too much for you

is to send him off
to the dancing boys.

Has he ever given you a disease?

- No.

- You are very lucky with him.

Wear this.

Wear, wear.

It will protect you
against any rival.

- Thank you.

- Any news?

- What are all these?

I told you
I don't want to wear a veil.

- I am sorry, Princess.

I can't allow you to leave
the harem without one.

- What do you mean?

I'm just going to the bazaar.

- You have to wear a veil.
- It is the law of the land.

I can't let you be arrested.

- Arrested?

Then I'll stay in.

I'll stay in.

Please go.

Thank you.

Go. Get out.

It's been weeks
since I've heard from you, Ali.

I'm so lonely here.

Please come for me.

I'm afraid my state of mind
can't be good for the baby.

Promise you'll come
as soon as you can.

28th MAY 1918.

- Fatali Khan.
- Ali.

- When did you get here?
- This afternoon.

The national council
have given me a job to do.

- What?

- Well, it's an announcement
of a new country.

- Fatali Khan is here
to proclaim our independence.

- This is extraordinary.

- Yes!
- Yes!

- I declare the creation
of a new Southern nation.

It will guarantee
civil and political rights

to all its citizens
regardless of ethnic origin

religion, class or gender.

The Azerbaijan Democratic
Republic.

Let us pledge allegiance here

and say aloud our promise
to our new country.

- Our flag is raised.
- Our flag is raised.

- And it will never fall.
- And it will never fall.

- I thought I'd lost you, Ali.

I thought I'd be here
for the rest of my life.

- When can we go home?
- Not yet.

But when the baby's born,
you'll be able to leave.

- I can't wait that long.
- I can't.

I feel like a prisoner.

I can't go out with you.
I can't receive guest.

I can't go out to Tehran

because I'm not allowed
to mix with unbelievers.

Do you wonder
I can't bear it here?

And I can't stand that eunuch
another day.

He keeps wanting
to paint my nails

and shave all the hair off
my body.

I don't want to see him
ever again.

And I don't want
to see you either.

So, please..

Please.

What's more important to you?

Your wife and child
or your country?

- Ali Khan. It's a girl.

- It's a girl, father.

- Next time it will be a boy.

- Hey.

- She's so beautiful.

- I love you.

- I love you too.

- Will you come
and join us soon?

- No. I have decided
to stay here.

- But what will you find
to do in Tehran?

- I don't know.

I will probably marry again.

You should come back when
everything falls apart in Baku.

- What do you mean?

- I think you know what I mean.

The war may be over

but our troubles
are only just beginning.

Have a safe journey, my son.

- Goodbye, father.
- Goodbye, my son.

SUMMER 'l 919.

- Shh, shh.

- Prime minister.

- We're like some blind,
helpless newborn creature

trying to swim through
shark-infested waters.

Still, at least our neighbors
are respecting our independence.

- What worries me,
prime minister, is that

we are a small country

and up there
are a 160 million Russians

very thirsty for oil.

- You worry too much, Ali Khan.

I thought I'd make you
deputy foreign minister.

What do you think?

- Thank you, prime minister.

I will do whatever you wish.

- Good.
- Then that's settled.

We need to find a place to
entertain our diplomatic guests

and I am told
you're redecorating.

- Yes, the palace
should be ready in two weeks.

- Any chance
you could make that a week?

- I was surprised to find
you have an opera house here.

- Yes. Quite a lot of us
can read and write as well.

- Sorry for interrupting.

Ali, when you talked to the high
commissioner, what did he say?

- He said
the treaty of Versailles

is about to Grant us
full nationhood

and guarantee
diplomatic recognition.

- To independence.
- To independence.

AZERBAIJANI-RUSSIAN BORDER,
SIX MONTHS LATER

- They were not exaggerating
when they said 30,000 men.

- No.

- And I don't believe
they're here for their health.

- They can't do anything.

The treaty of Versailles says...

- by the look of them,
I'd say not too many of them

have read
the treaty of Versailles.

- No.

- The Russians aren't going
to march here just like that.

Besides, they've just signed
a friendship treaty with us.

- Then why are they
massing on the border?

- Maneuvers, they say.

Why have they chosen
the closest possible point

to Baku for their maneuvers?

They can be here in three hours.

- It's a bargaining ploy to get
us to lower the oil price.

- I think they want it for free.

- I'm happy. I'm happy.
- I have a wonderful...

- She is a good girl.
- She is a good girl.

Now I'll live forever, yes?

- You'll give me one wish?
- Tell me.

- If I ask, you'll say yes?
- Depends.

- I want you to come home
to Tbilisi with us.

- No.
- But you have to.

I want you to tell your husband
to leave this place.

It's not safe.

This man Lenin said
the revolution will not survive

without Baku oil.

They'll be coming for it.

28th APRIL 'I920.

- My girl.

- Ali Khan?
- Yes, Ilyas.

- The Bolsheviks
have crossed the border.

They've commandeered trains.
They're on their way to Baku.

It's time to leave.

- Alright.

We have to go.

- Prime minister.

I've just been informed
that the Bolsheviks

are gaining on us.

We'll make sure you escape
across the border.

We'll do whatever it takes
to hold them off.

Sir.

- Ilyas, I have known you
for a very long time

and you have proved
your great courage.

I salute you.

May Allah be with you.

- There's something
I need to say to Ilyas.

Ilyas.

Nino, I'm going to stay
with Ilyas for a couple of days.

To help him.

- No. No.

- No, no, no, no, no.
- I have to.

Ali..

Don't we mean anything to you?

- You mean everything.

- Look what happened
last time we were separated.

- It's not the same.

You're not traveling
to a strange country.

You're going to your parents.

I have to do this, Nino.

It will be our baby's country
when she grows up.

It has to be defended.

I'll be with you on Friday.

- Yeah.

On Friday.

- And we'll go to Paris.

For that honeymoon.

- And we'll, we'll have a house
with a garden.

- Yes.

- And our next child
will be a boy.

Goodbye.

- Get down!

Ali Khan Shirvanshir died caged 24.

Prime Minister Fatali Khan
was assassinated 6 weeks later.

It was 71 years before, in 1997

Azerbaijan reclaimed
its independence.

Nino and her daughter escaped to Paris,
they never returned to Baku