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At the dawn of the Great War
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The Russian Empire ruled over
more than 100 ethnic groups.
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The Caucasus Region supplier
of 50% of the world's oil.
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The Land where East meets West.
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But we did it yesterday.
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He said he loved it.
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I'm so glad he clapped,
because if not it... would be...
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Father, I want to get married.
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You want me to find you a beautiful wife?
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I want to marry Nino Kipiani.
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Her hips are too slim, like all Georgians.
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Father!
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A woman's hips are more important than
her education, my son. Remember that.
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When do you want to marry?
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Soon.
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I should like my grandson to be born in May.
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It is a lucky month.
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- Why did you choose her?
- I love her, Father.
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Generally speaking,
loving a woman is not a good idea.
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Father.
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Ali Khan, congratulations on graduating.
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It's a very well-deserved
celebration for you.
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Will you be going on to study in Moscow?
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I haven't decided.
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May I ask you for this dance?
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Father?
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Certainly.
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KIPIANI SUMMER RESIDENCE, TBILISI
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How much for the land, sir?
How big is your domain?
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Well, sometimes I'm quite shy, but...
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No, no.
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May I?
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- Yes, of course.
- Thank you.
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- I'm Malik Nakhararyan.
- Oh. Nino Kipiani.
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- Pleasure to meet you.
- Lovely to meet you.
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I'm a very good friend of your father.
We are in business together.
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Oh.
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Thank you.
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But we have to do that. After all,
it's the supply, we have to control.
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Well, at least we try to.
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Prince Ali Khan, you are most welcome.
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I am so sorry, but my train was late.
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Not at all. Come and join us.
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- Welcome here.
- Thank you.
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I have just learned of your ennoblement,
Your Highness. My sincere congratulations.
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You are most kind. Thank you.
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Thank you.
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God is in our wine. It can do you no harm.
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Father, Ali Khan does not take alcohol.
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It's against his religion.
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On this occasion, I will make
an exception so I can toast Prince Kipiani.
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Thank you, young man.
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- Prince Kipiani.
- Prince Kipiani.
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You must go and look at our gardens
after dinner, Ali Khan.
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We have the most beautiful ancient trees.
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Thank you, Your Highness, but I came
to visit you, not your trees.
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What, you have something against trees?
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Ali Khan is afraid of trees, Mr. Nakhararyan.
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Not exactly, but what others feel
for trees, I feel for the desert.
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The desert? It's just scrub and sand.
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That's what I love about it, its simplicity.
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Maybe that's the difference
between East and West.
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The desert asks for nothing,
promises nothing...
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...but the woods are full of questions.
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- Well...
- Ali Khan.
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...eagles come from the mountains...
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...and tigers from the forest...
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...but nothing...
nothing comes from the desert.
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Lions and warriors come from the desert.
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Lions and warriors.
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And not to forget, the source
of our wealth, our oil.
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Ali Khan.
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I'm so happy you came.
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I'm sorry I was late.
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I was getting worried.
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- Who was that man sitting next to you?
- Malik?
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He's from a very important Armenian family.
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Your father's a prince now.
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Does that make you a princess?
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It does.
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I think I love you, Ali Khan.
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Even though I'm a princess.
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Maybe you won't be one for very long.
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What do you mean?
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Don't you lose the title
when you get married?
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Is that supposed to be a proposal?
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Yes.
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Will you always love me, Ali Khan?
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Yes.
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And will you stay with me,
whatever happens...
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...and take no other wives?
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Yes.
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Won't your father demand I become a Muslim?
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No.
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I've always wanted to go to Paris...
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...more than anywhere in the world.
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I promise I will take you
to Paris for our honeymoon.
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Now...
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...will you marry me?
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I will.
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I will, Ali.
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Khan.
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Khan.
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A telegram for you.
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4th AUGUST 1914
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My dear son, the czar has seen fit...
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...to declare war
on various European monarchs.
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Return at once to Baku
and be ready to do your duty.
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Who's this war against?
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The German kaiser, the Austrian emperor...
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...the king of Bavaria, the king
of Prussia, the king of Hungary...
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- ...the sultan of the Ottoman Empire...
- And who are Russia's allies?
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The king of England, the king of Serbia...
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...the king of the Belgians,
the president of the French Republic...
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...and the emperor of Japan.
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BAKU, AZERBAIJAN
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SHIRVANSHIR PALACE
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I know, when our family ruled this country...
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...how many of them fought
and died on the battlefield.
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Your father, your grandfather.
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And I feel part of that.
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But why should I fight for one
Christian monarch against another?
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Why should I fight for Russia's cause,
whatever it may be?
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We've grown used to thinking of ourselves
as part of Russia. We are not.
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They invaded us a hundred years ago
and took away our family's power.
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We are an occupied country.
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Believe me, Father, I shall be proud
to die in battle when the time comes.
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But this is not our fight.
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You're crazy.
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You mean you're going to pass up
this wonderful opportunity?
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Ilyas, we're here...
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...and the front line will be around here...
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...2,000 miles away in Belgium.
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If we get to fight at all, it will
most probably be against the Turks...
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...our cousins, why should I want to do that?
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- For the glory.
- Listen, do you care who wins this war?
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No, not in the least.
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- You just want to fight.
- Yes, I want to be a soldier.
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I've always wanted to be.
I'm sorry, I don't understand.
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You'll be jealous when you see me
in my officer's uniform, Ali.
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I'm sure you'll both
be brave officers, but why?
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It will be an adventure.
That's the important thing.
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What do you think, Seyid?
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I'm with you.
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I don't think this war
is any of our business.
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At least I won't have to go back to school.
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Oh!
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Beautiful.
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When will you go and see him?
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My father?
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Soon.
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Your Excellency can assure the czar
there will be no interruption...
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...in the oil supply in the coming months.
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There is even scope for an increase.
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Prince Ali Khan.
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I'm afraid it has to be admitted
that, regrettably...
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...war is extremely good for business.
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As you may know, our family were rulers
in this region for nearly 700 years.
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Yes.
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We have retained enough property
in the city to make us financially secure.
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I don't doubt it.
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- So...
- Yes?
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I have the honor to ask
Your Highness' permission...
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...to marry Princess Nino.
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This is genuinely an honor, Ali Khan...
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...not only for Nino
but for our entire family.
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However...
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...I can't help feeling she's still
rather young to marry...
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...to say nothing of the differences
in background and in, uh...
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...religion. I'm...
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Sure this is also of concern to your father.
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No.
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I've discussed it with him.
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Well, anyway...
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...main thing is, the world has embarked
on a terrible and unpredictable war.
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I think we should wait to see its outcome.
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Don't you agree?
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Ali Khan.
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Are you all right? What's the matter?
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How dare he?
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A hundred years ago, a Kipiani would have
kissed my feet for such an opportunity.
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My father will laugh at me.
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- He didn't actually say no.
- The end of the war.
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This war could go on for 20 years.
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- What will you do?
- We'll run away together.
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You mean kidnap her?
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Well, I'm not against the idea.
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It's the traditional way
to settle problems of this kind...
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...but it should be
the last resort, shouldn't it?
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I think...
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...someone should explain
to Prince Kipiani...
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...what a wonderful marriage this would be...
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...for all kinds of political
and cultural reasons.
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Who is going to do that?
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I can. Leave it to me.
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Thank you.
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Why did you say the end of the war?
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I don't think there is any need...
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...to rush into it.
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Everyone says it will be over by Christmas.
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But how do you know?
Nobody knows how long it's going to last.
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I thought it would be good
for you to have some thinking time.
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Why do I need thinking time?
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You'd rather just join
his harem without thinking?
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But he said he's not gonna
take any other wives.
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Nino, don't be so naive.
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Once they get what they want...
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...men don't always remember their promises.
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A Georgian, an Azerbaijani,
and an Armenian...
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...three great Caucasian people.
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- Oh, thank you. Thank you so much.
- My wife will tell it to you every minute.
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- Gregor, you're bad.
- Tell him. Recite one now.
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Recite one of your poems now.
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- We have the same face.
- Really? Oh, I don't think so.
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What's happening in the war?
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The Germans have occupied Poland.
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Russians are advancing on Baghdad.
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It's all the same to us.
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Well, better than school, anyway.
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- We have horses. We have guns.
- Can't you volunteer for the front?
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They won't take Muslim officers at the front
in case we refuse to fire on other Muslims.
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And they're right.
I don't want to kill my Turkish brothers.
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- Courtesy of the officers.
- Pork chops for the boys.
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You see the kind of thing
we have to deal with?
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You were so right not to join up.
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Hello!
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- I'm gonna go.
- Okay.
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Bye.
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Salaam alaikum.
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Is Malik making any progress?
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He's certainly trying hard enough.
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But my mother still calls you a wild Muslim.
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I don't think anyone's
ever called me wild before.
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I quite like that.
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I don't think she meant it as a compliment.
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I know your friends
are serving in the army, Ali.
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But between you and me...
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...I'm sorry the Russians are doing so well.
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Does it matter to us?
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It does. Because unless
the Russians are defeated...
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...we have no chance to achieve
what our country most needs.
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And what is that?
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Our independence.
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My father thinks we have
no chance of independence.
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I think he is wrong.
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Left, left, one, two, three!
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- Ali, it's me.
- Any news?
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Malik's here. He's telling them
that in this region...
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...he thinks mixed marriages
are the only way forward.
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- Is that so?
- Yes. And I think...
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...after the war, maybe, even more...
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All right. Maybe we can see each other later.
253
00:23:02,966 --> 00:23:05,252
- Mm-hmm?
- Uh...
254
00:23:05,332 --> 00:23:06,853
...more...
255
00:23:07,332 --> 00:23:11,105
- ...complicated, yeah.
- Oh, hmm.
256
00:23:11,185 --> 00:23:15,052
- So I'll see you after the opera.
- I think it's time for us to go.
257
00:23:15,131 --> 00:23:18,818
- See you later.
- Nino? Are you coming?
258
00:23:19,566 --> 00:23:21,145
Bye.
259
00:24:07,132 --> 00:24:10,821
If Russia takes Turkey and Persia,
the czar has said...
260
00:24:10,901 --> 00:24:15,151
...he will close our mosques
and schools and abolish our languages.
261
00:24:15,231 --> 00:24:18,285
And yet the czar asks us for money.
262
00:24:18,365 --> 00:24:21,452
Why should we collaborate
in the destruction of our own culture?
263
00:24:21,532 --> 00:24:23,786
All we can be sure of
is that after the war...
264
00:24:23,866 --> 00:24:26,251
...everything will be quite different.
265
00:24:26,331 --> 00:24:29,385
All the great powers
will be weak and exhausted...
266
00:24:29,465 --> 00:24:31,986
...but we will still have our strength...
267
00:24:32,065 --> 00:24:34,619
...our money, and our oil.
268
00:24:34,699 --> 00:24:39,772
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could become
the first democratic Muslim nation?
269
00:24:43,032 --> 00:24:46,449
I don't like the way
he's trying to portray the czar.
270
00:24:48,766 --> 00:24:50,814
I agree with Fatali Khan.
271
00:24:52,232 --> 00:24:55,861
We should liberate ourselves. And I don't
mean go back a hundred years ago...
272
00:24:55,941 --> 00:24:57,786
...to the way it was
before the Russians came.
273
00:24:57,866 --> 00:25:00,789
I mean, we should create
a modern progressive country...
274
00:25:01,098 --> 00:25:03,114
...and run it ourselves.
275
00:25:09,365 --> 00:25:12,552
Thank you so much for agreeing
to accompany me, Mr. Nakhararyan.
276
00:25:12,632 --> 00:25:15,118
I wouldn't have missed it for the world.
277
00:25:16,199 --> 00:25:18,083
It's my pleasure.
278
00:25:37,832 --> 00:25:42,289
Amir, you have to talk to
the young people. They listen to you.
279
00:26:10,399 --> 00:26:12,442
It was a wonderful evening.
280
00:26:17,565 --> 00:26:19,384
Thank you.
281
00:26:25,766 --> 00:26:28,252
Wait. Wait.
282
00:26:31,432 --> 00:26:33,313
I like you.
283
00:26:34,699 --> 00:26:36,585
I really like you.
284
00:26:38,199 --> 00:26:40,415
Wha... what are you doing?
285
00:26:42,632 --> 00:26:45,813
We can leave the country together.
We will get married in Moscow.
286
00:26:45,892 --> 00:26:48,302
- No.
- Yeah. And then we'll go to London.
287
00:26:48,382 --> 00:26:51,085
No, no, no. Malik. What are you doing?
288
00:26:51,165 --> 00:26:54,085
Let me out. Stop the car! Malik!
289
00:26:54,165 --> 00:26:55,861
Let me out!
290
00:26:59,632 --> 00:27:02,485
Let me go! Let me go!
291
00:27:03,265 --> 00:27:05,243
Stop the car, Malik!
292
00:27:05,964 --> 00:27:09,135
Good to have your support.
Thank you for inviting me, sir.
293
00:27:09,215 --> 00:27:11,101
Thank you, Fatali Khan.
294
00:27:15,299 --> 00:27:16,951
You conducted yourself very well, my son.
295
00:27:17,031 --> 00:27:18,540
Ali!
296
00:27:19,582 --> 00:27:20,771
Ali.
297
00:27:22,499 --> 00:27:25,452
- Nakhararyan has kidnapped Nino.
- No, they were just going to the opera.
298
00:27:25,532 --> 00:27:28,686
No. He was trying to kiss her.
299
00:27:28,766 --> 00:27:30,843
Then he drove off with her.
300
00:27:42,931 --> 00:27:45,462
What do you think you're doing?
You're gonna stay with me.
301
00:27:45,542 --> 00:27:50,015
- Let me go! You can't do this!
- No! You can't go. You're mine now.
302
00:27:50,998 --> 00:27:52,868
I'm not gonna say it again.
303
00:27:58,666 --> 00:28:00,883
They were heading for the coast road.
304
00:28:22,732 --> 00:28:24,947
Maybe it's for the best.
305
00:29:26,699 --> 00:29:28,406
What are you doing?
306
00:29:35,631 --> 00:29:37,519
No, Ali.
307
00:31:20,365 --> 00:31:21,873
Ali.
308
00:32:32,332 --> 00:32:34,184
What happened?
309
00:32:35,631 --> 00:32:37,450
I thought...
310
00:32:38,731 --> 00:32:40,748
You thought what?
311
00:32:42,564 --> 00:32:44,518
I mean...
312
00:32:44,597 --> 00:32:46,543
...did he...
313
00:32:47,798 --> 00:32:49,616
Did he what?
314
00:32:53,564 --> 00:32:55,781
No, he didn't.
315
00:33:01,399 --> 00:33:03,276
He's dead.
316
00:33:29,132 --> 00:33:31,452
I have 40 men guarding the house.
317
00:33:31,531 --> 00:33:34,085
- You have to leave tonight.
- Why?
318
00:33:34,165 --> 00:33:37,452
The Nakhararyans,
they have put a price on your head.
319
00:33:37,531 --> 00:33:39,777
They are going to come looking for you.
320
00:33:44,465 --> 00:33:47,551
I am going to send you
to our people in the mountains.
321
00:33:47,631 --> 00:33:49,986
How long do I have to stay away?
322
00:33:51,165 --> 00:33:52,831
A very long time.
323
00:33:57,332 --> 00:34:00,148
- Good evening.
- Good evening.
324
00:34:02,498 --> 00:34:04,307
Would you like to sit?
325
00:34:06,165 --> 00:34:08,245
In the circumstances, Khan...
326
00:34:10,598 --> 00:34:12,468
...I'm convinced...
327
00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:17,678
...the only honorable solution
is for them to marry.
328
00:34:19,464 --> 00:34:23,511
- It cannot be done, Prince.
- Yes. It could be done tonight.
329
00:34:25,399 --> 00:34:27,207
Where is he?
330
00:34:28,998 --> 00:34:31,882
I believe he's gone to his uncle's in Persia.
331
00:34:34,165 --> 00:34:36,217
They have to marry.
332
00:34:37,781 --> 00:34:42,261
I'm sure you'll be able
to find her some suitable husband.
333
00:34:43,565 --> 00:34:47,209
We both know that no one will marry her now.
334
00:34:52,265 --> 00:34:54,112
Thank you for coming.
335
00:35:56,598 --> 00:35:59,118
- What's this?
- Hashish.
336
00:35:59,198 --> 00:36:01,285
It's good for the pain.
337
00:36:01,364 --> 00:36:03,176
And for the conscience.
338
00:36:06,331 --> 00:36:07,843
Ali.
339
00:37:35,598 --> 00:37:37,418
Kasi Mullah?
340
00:37:38,098 --> 00:37:41,977
This is Ali Khan Shirvanshir.
He needs your protection.
341
00:37:50,431 --> 00:37:52,675
Follow me, Your Honor.
342
00:38:06,865 --> 00:38:09,678
Ali Khan. Ali Khan.
343
00:38:17,264 --> 00:38:19,747
I'm afraid he's very ill.
344
00:38:21,731 --> 00:38:24,616
No one is ill for long in Dagestan.
345
00:38:31,931 --> 00:38:33,742
I'm sorry.
346
00:38:35,665 --> 00:38:38,351
Really, I don't understand
what you're saying.
347
00:38:38,931 --> 00:38:40,985
Prince Kipiani...
348
00:38:41,165 --> 00:38:44,418
...out of respect
for the Nakhararyan family...
349
00:38:44,498 --> 00:38:46,465
...our community feels obliged to ask...
350
00:38:46,545 --> 00:38:49,251
...that your daughter refrain
from attending Mass...
351
00:38:49,331 --> 00:38:51,412
...for the foreseeable future.
352
00:39:12,798 --> 00:39:14,818
I don't know what else I can do.
353
00:39:14,898 --> 00:39:17,108
Well, you'd better think of something.
354
00:39:18,831 --> 00:39:20,644
Look at her.
355
00:39:21,965 --> 00:39:23,779
Look at you.
356
00:39:24,898 --> 00:39:26,982
We can't go on like this.
357
00:39:48,898 --> 00:39:50,518
I don't want to go to Moscow.
358
00:39:50,598 --> 00:39:53,051
I'm afraid, on this occasion,
we are not asking your opinion.
359
00:39:53,130 --> 00:39:56,019
- I refuse...
- The arrangements have already been made.
360
00:39:56,098 --> 00:39:58,218
- Father, please.
- No!
361
00:39:58,298 --> 00:40:00,751
It's quite obvious
there's no future for you here.
362
00:40:00,831 --> 00:40:02,384
There is no future for me in Moscow.
363
00:40:02,464 --> 00:40:06,278
There is a chance not everyone there
will have heard what happened.
364
00:41:48,865 --> 00:41:51,303
My parents are sending me to Moscow tomorrow.
365
00:41:52,765 --> 00:41:55,585
Then it's your duty to obey them.
366
00:41:56,064 --> 00:41:57,876
Is it not?
367
00:41:58,581 --> 00:42:01,050
If you won't take me, I'll go on my own.
368
00:43:23,498 --> 00:43:25,084
Nino?
369
00:43:25,324 --> 00:43:26,852
Yeah.
370
00:43:27,531 --> 00:43:29,039
Nino.
371
00:43:35,498 --> 00:43:37,235
How did you get here?
372
00:43:38,114 --> 00:43:40,485
Seyid Mustafa brought me.
373
00:44:01,064 --> 00:44:03,151
I've missed you so much.
374
00:45:26,378 --> 00:45:27,806
Seyid.
375
00:45:28,731 --> 00:45:31,950
Go fetch the mullah and tell him
I need to get married immediately.
376
00:45:32,030 --> 00:45:35,417
We don't need a mullah.
I know how to conduct a marriage.
377
00:45:35,497 --> 00:45:37,751
I just need to prepare the papers.
378
00:45:37,830 --> 00:45:40,042
Good. In an hour's time, then.
379
00:45:50,031 --> 00:45:51,975
You really want to do this?
380
00:45:53,131 --> 00:45:55,008
Do you?
381
00:45:57,464 --> 00:46:00,266
Are you prepared to marry a fallen woman?
382
00:46:01,398 --> 00:46:03,685
Are you prepared to stay here?
383
00:46:04,464 --> 00:46:06,432
This hut?
384
00:46:06,512 --> 00:46:08,360
Won't you be bored?
385
00:46:09,464 --> 00:46:11,050
No.
386
00:46:19,231 --> 00:46:20,773
What is your name?
387
00:46:20,853 --> 00:46:24,484
Ali Khan Shirvanshir. Son of Safar Khan.
388
00:46:24,564 --> 00:46:27,585
- Your religion?
- Shia Muslim.
389
00:46:27,665 --> 00:46:29,549
What's your wish?
390
00:46:31,864 --> 00:46:33,752
To take this woman as my wife.
391
00:46:36,298 --> 00:46:38,141
What is your name?
392
00:46:40,097 --> 00:46:42,177
Princess Nino Kipiani.
393
00:46:43,264 --> 00:46:44,917
Your religion?
394
00:46:44,997 --> 00:46:48,679
- Georgian Orthodox.
- What is your wish?
395
00:46:50,977 --> 00:46:53,250
To be this man's wife.
396
00:46:53,330 --> 00:46:55,783
Do you wish to retain your religion?
397
00:46:55,863 --> 00:46:57,363
Yes, I do.
398
00:47:01,330 --> 00:47:04,614
Please, sign here.
399
00:47:07,897 --> 00:47:10,313
What... what name should I sign?
400
00:47:10,830 --> 00:47:12,558
Your new name.
401
00:48:23,097 --> 00:48:26,751
My dear parents, please don't worry about me.
402
00:48:27,531 --> 00:48:32,166
Ali and I are married, and everything
has turned out for the best.
403
00:48:36,630 --> 00:48:39,085
Life is simple in the mountains.
404
00:48:39,664 --> 00:48:43,483
We raise chickens,
and we grow our own vegetables.
405
00:48:46,264 --> 00:48:50,677
We work all day and play
a full part in the life of the village.
406
00:48:54,031 --> 00:48:56,640
We have none of the comforts of the city.
407
00:48:59,098 --> 00:49:01,318
But I can honestly say...
408
00:49:01,697 --> 00:49:03,992
...I have never been so happy in my life.
409
00:49:05,331 --> 00:49:08,113
With all my love, Nino.
410
00:49:28,464 --> 00:49:30,485
I need something warm.
411
00:49:30,664 --> 00:49:33,984
Something warm. Something warm.
412
00:49:34,663 --> 00:49:36,151
Oh.
413
00:49:53,730 --> 00:49:57,018
My father suggests we make our way to Sweden.
414
00:49:57,597 --> 00:49:59,448
Neutral country.
415
00:50:00,597 --> 00:50:03,642
Does he suggest how we might
get there in the middle of a war?
416
00:50:05,231 --> 00:50:07,115
They pay no attention.
417
00:50:07,830 --> 00:50:09,652
When you write back...
418
00:50:11,231 --> 00:50:14,474
...tell them we are living the way
most people live in our country.
419
00:50:15,364 --> 00:50:17,248
And it makes sense.
420
00:51:32,875 --> 00:51:34,879
AUTUMN 1917
421
00:51:58,164 --> 00:52:00,181
It belonged to Ali's mother.
422
00:52:02,730 --> 00:52:05,181
Thank you so much, Safar Khan.
423
00:52:06,663 --> 00:52:08,474
Thank you.
424
00:52:14,797 --> 00:52:17,884
Do you fetch the water from the well
every morning, my child?
425
00:52:17,964 --> 00:52:19,514
Mm-hmm.
426
00:52:20,897 --> 00:52:22,717
And do you do all the cooking?
427
00:52:22,797 --> 00:52:24,767
Yes, I do.
428
00:52:27,363 --> 00:52:29,211
Thank you.
429
00:52:36,298 --> 00:52:38,689
I approve of your wife, Ali Khan...
430
00:52:39,630 --> 00:52:41,151
...but...
431
00:52:42,529 --> 00:52:44,717
...she is a very bad cook.
432
00:52:44,797 --> 00:52:48,483
Safar Khan, can I tempt you to some more?
433
00:52:48,563 --> 00:52:51,221
No, thank you. Delicious. I couldn't.
434
00:52:52,423 --> 00:52:56,317
- How's life in Baku?
- All is much the same, except...
435
00:52:57,097 --> 00:53:02,333
...the streets are rather chaotic because
our Russian governor has run away.
436
00:53:03,463 --> 00:53:06,954
- Why would that be?
- The czar abdicated.
437
00:53:08,463 --> 00:53:09,984
What?
438
00:53:10,064 --> 00:53:13,917
Yes. So the Russians have all left the city.
439
00:53:13,997 --> 00:53:18,079
And our soldiers are back from the front,
released from their oath to the czar.
440
00:53:22,430 --> 00:53:24,284
But what about the Nakhararyans?
441
00:53:24,363 --> 00:53:28,017
The entire Nakhararyan family
has fled to Moscow.
442
00:53:28,097 --> 00:53:29,917
And my family?
443
00:53:29,997 --> 00:53:34,043
I believe they have
very sensibly gone to Tbilisi.
444
00:53:39,613 --> 00:53:41,900
Does that mean we can go back?
445
00:53:42,363 --> 00:53:44,243
I see no objection.
446
00:53:56,330 --> 00:53:59,747
We've been happy here. Do we have to leave?
447
00:54:03,430 --> 00:54:07,707
This is the best chance we'll ever
have to take our independence.
448
00:54:46,930 --> 00:54:49,216
Was it like this when you left?
449
00:54:50,030 --> 00:54:51,538
No.
450
00:55:02,730 --> 00:55:06,817
The revolution in Russia
has caused chaos everywhere!
451
00:55:06,897 --> 00:55:11,283
The Russians may have gone,
but we are still in danger.
452
00:55:11,363 --> 00:55:13,851
Brothers, come closer, please.
453
00:55:14,280 --> 00:55:17,093
I want to make the situation clear to you.
454
00:55:18,580 --> 00:55:22,174
Our town is surrounded by deserters
from the czar's armies.
455
00:55:23,263 --> 00:55:27,450
They're going village to village
killing everyone in their path.
456
00:55:27,530 --> 00:55:30,884
They've set fire to the oil fields
and are almost upon us...
457
00:55:30,964 --> 00:55:34,917
...desperate and resolved
to loot and destroy our houses...
458
00:55:34,997 --> 00:55:36,883
...rape our women.
459
00:55:37,797 --> 00:55:39,884
They outnumber us!
460
00:55:39,964 --> 00:55:42,276
And we have fewer weapons.
461
00:55:44,163 --> 00:55:47,451
I ask you to join us to defend our homes...
462
00:55:48,131 --> 00:55:50,784
...and keep the enemy from our door!
463
00:56:00,163 --> 00:56:02,699
You're back just when we need you most.
464
00:56:05,764 --> 00:56:07,212
Ali Khan.
465
00:56:08,098 --> 00:56:11,750
- What happened to your eye?
- Piece of Russian shrapnel.
466
00:56:15,097 --> 00:56:17,617
So one day fighting for the Russians...
467
00:56:17,697 --> 00:56:19,750
...the next day fighting against them.
468
00:56:19,830 --> 00:56:21,918
At least they trained us.
469
00:56:22,897 --> 00:56:24,474
Come.
470
00:56:27,830 --> 00:56:32,081
We need to start preparing. The deserters
will be here in a matter of hours.
471
00:56:37,864 --> 00:56:39,450
Please...
472
00:56:39,730 --> 00:56:42,271
...take these instruments inside
and sterilize them.
473
00:56:59,597 --> 00:57:02,038
Our job is to protect the old town.
474
00:57:02,597 --> 00:57:06,614
Nobody gets past us and nobody
fires until they get the order.
475
00:57:06,694 --> 00:57:09,577
Get ready. To your positions.
476
00:58:48,463 --> 00:58:51,140
Hey. Skkrsh.
477
00:59:06,597 --> 00:59:08,230
Now!
478
01:01:22,963 --> 01:01:24,480
Mehmed.
479
01:01:34,464 --> 01:01:36,014
Mehmed.
480
01:01:38,130 --> 01:01:41,463
What happened? Mehmed. Mehmed.
481
01:01:56,730 --> 01:01:59,988
- We have to go.
- I have to fetch Nino.
482
01:02:20,664 --> 01:02:24,483
- We have to leave.
- What? What about all the wounded?
483
01:02:24,563 --> 01:02:27,503
The city's about to be destroyed.
We have to leave.
484
01:02:32,063 --> 01:02:33,949
You all right?
485
01:02:35,030 --> 01:02:38,916
I'm staying here with Ilyas.
You have to go with my father to Persia.
486
01:02:38,996 --> 01:02:42,383
- No, I want to stay with you.
- No, you can't.
487
01:02:42,463 --> 01:02:44,549
This fight isn't over yet.
488
01:02:47,863 --> 01:02:49,916
I'll call the baby Ali.
489
01:03:33,792 --> 01:03:35,840
TEHERAN, PERSIA
490
01:03:48,896 --> 01:03:52,745
This is Yahya Guli.
He will show you to your quarters.
491
01:04:05,696 --> 01:04:10,768
Welcome to Persia, my lady.
I am your eunuch. Please.
492
01:04:30,829 --> 01:04:32,838
Follow me, Princess.
493
01:05:22,030 --> 01:05:23,582
Please.
494
01:05:58,430 --> 01:06:02,284
I would think it must be very tiring...
495
01:06:02,963 --> 01:06:05,840
...to be the only wife of a young husband.
496
01:06:07,463 --> 01:06:11,383
But of course, all you have to do
when he gets too much for you...
497
01:06:11,463 --> 01:06:13,740
...is to send him off...
498
01:06:13,820 --> 01:06:16,485
...to the dancing boys.
499
01:06:17,463 --> 01:06:20,076
Has he ever given you a disease?
500
01:06:22,063 --> 01:06:23,571
No.
501
01:06:27,996 --> 01:06:29,826
You are very lucky with him.
502
01:06:35,063 --> 01:06:36,950
Wear this.
503
01:06:37,629 --> 01:06:39,484
Wear, wear.
504
01:06:40,562 --> 01:06:43,493
It will protect you against any rival.
505
01:06:46,929 --> 01:06:48,740
Thank you.
506
01:07:14,562 --> 01:07:16,415
Any news?
507
01:07:35,063 --> 01:07:37,050
What are all these?
508
01:07:37,130 --> 01:07:39,482
I told you I don't want to wear a veil.
509
01:07:39,562 --> 01:07:44,549
I am sorry, Princess. I can't allow you
to leave the harem without one.
510
01:07:44,629 --> 01:07:48,250
What do you mean?
I'm just going to the bazaar.
511
01:07:48,330 --> 01:07:51,749
You have to wear a veil.
It is the law of the land.
512
01:07:51,829 --> 01:07:54,516
I can't let you be arrested.
513
01:07:54,596 --> 01:07:55,951
Arrested?
514
01:08:01,429 --> 01:08:03,233
Then I'll stay in.
515
01:08:03,862 --> 01:08:07,067
I'll stay in. Please go.
516
01:08:08,796 --> 01:08:10,213
Thank you.
517
01:08:11,596 --> 01:08:14,215
Go. Get out.
518
01:08:30,130 --> 01:08:33,616
It's been weeks
since I've heard from you, Ali.
519
01:08:33,696 --> 01:08:35,818
I'm so lonely here.
520
01:08:39,829 --> 01:08:42,083
Please come for me.
521
01:08:42,163 --> 01:08:45,784
I'm afraid my state of mind
can't be good for the baby.
522
01:08:46,763 --> 01:08:48,984
Promise you'll come as soon as you can.
523
01:09:53,667 --> 01:09:55,671
28th MAY 1918
524
01:10:10,996 --> 01:10:13,848
- Fatali Khan.
- Ali.
525
01:10:14,629 --> 01:10:17,616
- When did you get here?
- This afternoon.
526
01:10:17,696 --> 01:10:20,550
The National Council
have given me a job to do.
527
01:10:21,230 --> 01:10:22,750
What?
528
01:10:23,130 --> 01:10:24,659
Well...
529
01:10:25,246 --> 01:10:27,536
...it's an announcement of a new country.
530
01:10:27,616 --> 01:10:30,883
Fatali Khan is here
to proclaim our independence.
531
01:10:30,963 --> 01:10:32,973
This is extraordinary.
532
01:10:35,262 --> 01:10:36,833
Yes!
533
01:10:48,963 --> 01:10:53,549
I declare the creation
of a new sovereign nation.
534
01:10:54,428 --> 01:10:56,470
It will guarantee...
535
01:10:56,550 --> 01:11:00,016
...civil and political rights
to all its citizens...
536
01:11:00,096 --> 01:11:05,616
...regardless of ethnic origin,
religion, class, or gender.
537
01:11:05,696 --> 01:11:08,716
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
538
01:11:13,529 --> 01:11:18,179
Let us pledge allegiance here and say
aloud our promise to our new country.
539
01:11:19,229 --> 01:11:21,649
- Our flag is raised.
- Our flag is raised.
540
01:11:21,729 --> 01:11:25,515
- And it will never fall.
- And it will never fall.
541
01:12:19,030 --> 01:12:21,283
I thought I'd lost you, Ali.
542
01:12:21,963 --> 01:12:24,916
I thought I'd be here
for the rest of my life.
543
01:12:24,996 --> 01:12:26,505
When can we go home?
544
01:12:26,685 --> 01:12:29,463
Not yet. But when the baby's born,
you'll be able to leave.
545
01:12:29,543 --> 01:12:32,749
I can't wait that long. I can't.
546
01:12:32,829 --> 01:12:34,784
I feel like a prisoner.
547
01:12:35,663 --> 01:12:39,382
I can't go out with you.
I can't receive guests.
548
01:12:39,462 --> 01:12:43,550
I can't go out to Tehran because
I'm not allowed to mix with unbelievers.
549
01:12:44,179 --> 01:12:46,643
Do you wonder I can't bear it here?
550
01:12:48,429 --> 01:12:50,883
And I can't stand that eunuch another day.
551
01:12:51,362 --> 01:12:55,113
He keeps wanting to paint my nails
and shave all the hair off my body.
552
01:12:56,162 --> 01:12:58,581
I don't want to see him ever again.
553
01:13:02,729 --> 01:13:04,977
And I don't want to see you either.
554
01:13:05,696 --> 01:13:08,179
So please...
555
01:13:08,929 --> 01:13:10,437
...please.
556
01:14:26,829 --> 01:14:30,516
What's more important to you?
Your wife and child...
557
01:14:30,596 --> 01:14:32,478
...or your country?
558
01:15:01,929 --> 01:15:03,883
Ali Khan.
559
01:15:03,963 --> 01:15:07,406
- It's a girl.
- It's a girl, Father.
560
01:15:10,796 --> 01:15:14,546
Next time, it will be a boy.
561
01:15:19,262 --> 01:15:20,772
Hey.
562
01:15:26,596 --> 01:15:28,608
She's so beautiful.
563
01:15:56,896 --> 01:15:58,712
I love you.
564
01:16:02,446 --> 01:16:04,290
I love you too.
565
01:16:15,796 --> 01:16:20,635
- Will you come and join us soon?
- No. I have decided to stay here.
566
01:16:21,129 --> 01:16:23,349
But what will you find to do in Tehran?
567
01:16:23,429 --> 01:16:27,310
I don't know. I will probably marry again.
568
01:16:30,262 --> 01:16:33,549
You should come back
when everything falls apart in Baku.
569
01:16:35,029 --> 01:16:36,916
What do you mean?
570
01:16:37,796 --> 01:16:39,816
I think you know what I mean.
571
01:16:40,195 --> 01:16:44,667
The war may be over,
but our troubles are only just beginning.
572
01:16:48,296 --> 01:16:50,383
Have a safe journey, my son.
573
01:16:51,062 --> 01:16:54,146
- Good-bye, Father.
- Good-bye, my son.
574
01:17:05,958 --> 01:17:08,007
SUMMER 1919
575
01:17:56,362 --> 01:17:58,180
Prime Minister.
576
01:18:02,429 --> 01:18:05,282
We're like some blind,
helpless newborn creature...
577
01:18:05,362 --> 01:18:08,217
...trying to swim
through shark-infested waters.
578
01:18:09,496 --> 01:18:13,114
Still, at least our neighbors
are respecting our independence.
579
01:18:14,396 --> 01:18:16,848
What worries me, Prime Minister,
is that we are a small country...
580
01:18:16,928 --> 01:18:22,015
...and up there are 160 million
Russians very thirsty for oil.
581
01:18:22,095 --> 01:18:24,305
You worry too much, Ali Khan.
582
01:18:41,562 --> 01:18:45,186
I thought I'd make you deputy
foreign minister. What do you think?
583
01:18:48,579 --> 01:18:50,450
Thank you, Prime Minister.
584
01:18:51,329 --> 01:18:53,149
I will do whatever you wish.
585
01:18:53,229 --> 01:18:55,906
Good. Then that's settled.
586
01:18:56,855 --> 01:19:00,949
We need to find a place
to entertain our diplomatic guests...
587
01:19:01,489 --> 01:19:04,312
...and I am told you're redecorating.
588
01:19:06,462 --> 01:19:09,105
Yes, the palace should be ready in two weeks.
589
01:19:09,862 --> 01:19:13,115
Any chance you could make that a week?
590
01:19:24,322 --> 01:19:27,049
I was surprised to find
you have an opera house here.
591
01:19:27,129 --> 01:19:30,811
Yes. Quite a lot of us
can read and write as well.
592
01:19:32,663 --> 01:19:36,326
Sorry for interrupting. Ali, when you
talked to the high commissioner...
593
01:19:36,406 --> 01:19:38,397
...what did he say?
594
01:19:38,762 --> 01:19:42,049
He said the Treaty of Versailles
is about to grant us full nationhood...
595
01:19:42,129 --> 01:19:44,333
...and guarantee diplomatic recognition.
596
01:19:46,795 --> 01:19:48,715
- Hmm.
- Thank you, darling.
597
01:19:48,795 --> 01:19:51,852
- To independence.
- To independence.
598
01:21:03,292 --> 01:21:07,342
AZERBAIJANI-RUSSIAN BORDER, SIX MONTHS LATER
599
01:21:29,395 --> 01:21:33,009
They were not exaggerating
when they said 30,000 men.
600
01:21:33,595 --> 01:21:35,182
No.
601
01:21:35,562 --> 01:21:38,371
And I don't believe
they're here for their health.
602
01:21:41,529 --> 01:21:45,433
They can't do anything.
The Treaty of Versailles says that...
603
01:21:45,543 --> 01:21:50,005
By the look of them, I'd say not too many
of them have read the Treaty of Versailles.
604
01:21:53,362 --> 01:21:54,999
No.
605
01:21:57,662 --> 01:22:00,715
The Russians aren't going
to march here just like that.
606
01:22:00,795 --> 01:22:03,848
Besides, they've just signed
a friendship treaty with us.
607
01:22:03,928 --> 01:22:06,848
- Then why are they massing on the border?
- Maneuvers, they say.
608
01:22:06,928 --> 01:22:10,282
Why have they chosen the closest
possible point to Baku for their maneuvers?
609
01:22:10,362 --> 01:22:12,448
They can be here in three hours.
610
01:22:13,062 --> 01:22:16,539
It's a bargaining ploy
to get us to lower the oil price.
611
01:22:17,895 --> 01:22:19,909
I think they want it for free.
612
01:22:23,226 --> 01:22:24,455
I'm happy. I'm happy.
613
01:22:24,535 --> 01:22:26,682
- I have a wonderful girl.
- She is a good girl.
614
01:22:26,762 --> 01:22:30,593
She is a good girl.
Now I'll live forever, yes?
615
01:22:34,695 --> 01:22:37,467
- You'll give me one wish?
- Tell me.
616
01:22:37,546 --> 01:22:40,915
- If I ask, you'll say yes?
- Depends.
617
01:22:40,995 --> 01:22:43,677
I want you to come home to Tbilisi with us.
618
01:22:46,396 --> 01:22:48,015
- No.
- But you have to.
619
01:22:48,095 --> 01:22:53,049
I want you to tell your husband
to leave this place. It's not safe.
620
01:22:53,129 --> 01:22:58,940
This man Lenin said the revolution
will not survive without Baku oil.
621
01:23:00,095 --> 01:23:01,906
They'll be coming for it.
622
01:23:23,125 --> 01:23:25,178
28th APRIL 1920
623
01:23:30,196 --> 01:23:32,009
Do you like it?
624
01:23:40,828 --> 01:23:43,281
Come here. Oh.
625
01:23:48,762 --> 01:23:49,982
- Ali Khan?
- Yes, Ilyas.
626
01:23:50,062 --> 01:23:53,402
The Bolsheviks have crossed the border.
They've commandeered trains.
627
01:23:53,481 --> 01:23:56,547
They're on their way to Baku.
It's time to leave.
628
01:23:56,627 --> 01:23:58,477
All right.
629
01:24:02,795 --> 01:24:04,679
We have to go.
630
01:25:18,761 --> 01:25:20,582
Prime Minister.
631
01:25:21,062 --> 01:25:24,116
I've just been informed
that the Bolsheviks are gaining on us.
632
01:25:24,695 --> 01:25:26,882
We'll make sure you escape across the border.
633
01:25:26,962 --> 01:25:29,819
We'll do whatever it takes to hold them off.
634
01:25:30,229 --> 01:25:31,747
Sir.
635
01:26:34,628 --> 01:26:36,175
Ilyas...
636
01:26:36,826 --> 01:26:41,682
...I have known you for a very long time
and you have proved your great courage.
637
01:26:41,762 --> 01:26:43,367
I salute you.
638
01:26:45,461 --> 01:26:47,395
May Allah be with you.
639
01:26:57,095 --> 01:26:59,337
There's something I need to say to Ilyas.
640
01:27:06,361 --> 01:27:07,670
Ilyas.
641
01:27:37,645 --> 01:27:40,848
Nino, I'm going to stay
with Ilyas for a couple of days.
642
01:27:40,928 --> 01:27:42,742
To help him.
643
01:27:44,129 --> 01:27:45,679
No.
644
01:27:46,595 --> 01:27:49,611
- No. No, no, no, no, no.
- I have to.
645
01:27:50,661 --> 01:27:52,319
Ali...
646
01:27:53,295 --> 01:27:55,547
...don't we mean anything to you?
647
01:27:56,828 --> 01:27:58,871
You mean everything.
648
01:28:00,146 --> 01:28:02,548
Look what happened last time we separated.
649
01:28:02,628 --> 01:28:04,548
It's not the same.
650
01:28:04,628 --> 01:28:06,715
You're not traveling to a strange country.
651
01:28:06,795 --> 01:28:08,840
You're going to your parents.
652
01:28:10,795 --> 01:28:12,806
I have to do this, Nino.
653
01:28:14,628 --> 01:28:17,671
It will be our baby's country
when she grows up.
654
01:28:19,096 --> 01:28:21,105
It has to be defended.
655
01:28:29,495 --> 01:28:31,506
I'll be with you on Friday.
656
01:28:32,795 --> 01:28:34,376
Yeah.
657
01:28:35,828 --> 01:28:37,748
On Friday.
658
01:28:37,828 --> 01:28:39,642
And we'll go to Paris.
659
01:28:41,628 --> 01:28:43,680
For that honeymoon.
660
01:28:46,995 --> 01:28:48,496
And...
661
01:28:49,164 --> 01:28:52,606
- ...we'll have a house with a garden.
- Yes.
662
01:28:56,261 --> 01:28:59,541
And our next child will be a boy.
663
01:29:19,161 --> 01:29:21,012
Goodbye.
664
01:32:03,635 --> 01:32:05,481
Get down!
665
01:35:04,668 --> 01:35:07,351
Ali Khan Shirvanshir died aged 24
666
01:35:08,631 --> 01:35:13,040
Prime Minister Fatali Khan
was assassinated 6 weeks later
667
01:35:13,754 --> 01:35:18,719
It was 71 years before, in 1991,
Azerbaijan reclaimed its independence
668
01:35:18,798 --> 01:35:23,747
Nino and her daughter escaped to Paris,
they never returned to Baku
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