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Nikolai Gogol's
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
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Cast
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As Khlestakov
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Screenplay by / Literary Advisor
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Director of Photography
Production Designer / Costume Designer
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Music by / Lyrics by
Produced by
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Audio System
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Directed by
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Don't look into the mirror,
if you have a splay mouth!
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Well? Will you tell us
where our town is located?
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So will you tell us or not?
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Is it in America, Africa, Australia,
or in Europe?
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Well? Or is our town
on the Moon, eh?
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You blockhead!
Go to the corner!
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Go on!
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He thinks we live on the Moon.
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No, children.
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Our town is on Earth.
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On the globe, on the map
and we can be proud of it.
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As even if its
inhabitants and dignitaries
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could be found in any
other town in the world,
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our town is striving to be an exemplar
and a mirror of the whole world.
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Put everything away!
The hetman is going shopping.
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What are you packing?
- Cloth.
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Why are you packing it?
- It's expensive cloth.
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If it's expensive,
have it sent to my flat!
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Hurry up!
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Has mail arrived for
Petr Ivanovich Bobchinsky?
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Have you mail for
Petr Ivanovich Dobchinsky?
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Nothing, gentlemen, nothing.
No mail has arrived for
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gentlemen farmers Bobchinsky
or Dobchinsky for ten years now.
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Well, nothing doing.
- It can't be helped.
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Very well.
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Mr. A. A. Skvoznik-Dmuchanovsky
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Should I open it or not,
open it or not...
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Open it or not.
I should not.
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I should.
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An inspector!
- Inspector!
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An Inspector General from St. Petersburg
and on a secret mission on top of it!
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You see! We had absolute peace
and here we have it!
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Good Lord, who is the letter from?
- A friend of mine from St. Petersburg.
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He writes: My Dear Friend,
Godfather and Benefactor...
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...and that he must inform me...
Oh, here it is.
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I hurry to inform you that
an official has arrived with an order
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to inspect the whole gubernia
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and especially our district.
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He works oneself off as
a private person.
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And because I know that like everyone
else, you have some little sins...
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...from here on,
he writes about family affairs.
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And in the end he writes:
I advise you to be cautious,
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I advise you all to be cautious.
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As he may come at any moment,
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if he has not arrived already
and is living among you.
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He's been staying here for a fortnight
on trust and doesn't pay his bills!
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You and your master,
you are both knaves!
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And tell your master
that he's a rascal!
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And that who doesn't pay,
won't eat!
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But, sir...
- I won't mollycoddle him.
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I'll have him locked up
and complain to the town hetman!
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As the Town Hetman,
I informed you beforehand, gentlemen.
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Beware, gentlemen.
And you in particular, Zemlyanika.
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Me? Why me in particular?
- Because he'll be most interested
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in those charitable institutions
of yours.
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Have the floors washed.
- I will.
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They haven't been washed for ten years
at least. - They weren't.
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And buy two cuspidors.
- I'll buy three.
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And spray them with carbolic acid.
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So that it smells like in hospital
and not in a pub.
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The patients will do everything today.
- And make sure they don't smoke.
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And if they do, they mustn't
smoke that cheap tobacco.
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It would be also advisable to make
the patients look better!
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And that court house of yours
is also in a terrible mess.
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Mine? - Yes, yours. You keep
geese and other fowl in the hall.
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You have pigeons and chicken grain
in the bookshelves instead of files.
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And instead of prisoners,
you keep hounds in jail.
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A farm is a nice thing, but don't
make pig-sties out of offices,
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it's not proper, my friend.
- But... - Moreover...
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You accept bribes.
- I do not!
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I only accepted the hounds
and that is not a bribe.
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A hound or not, it is a bribe.
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And what if someone's fur coat
costs five hundred roubles?
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Or his wife's shawl... - Very well,
let us say a hound is not a bribe.
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But you don't believe in God
and don't go to church!
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You should be on your guard
too, Schoolmaster!
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Me? I didn't do anything!
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And where are the books from
the town library? Where are they?
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Bargain books!
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Two pounds for two roubles.
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They cost five hundred roubles.
But let's not talk about it.
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You ought to keep an eye
on that history teacher.
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He lectures with such ardor
that he's often beside himself.
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I listened to him once and as long
as he spoke about the Assyrians,
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and the Babylonians, all went well. But
once he came to Alexander the Great...
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Alexander the Great
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rushed into the fiercest battle
as a lion!
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The enemy began retreating.
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Alexander the Great was victorious!
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Alexander the Great was a hero!
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Alexander the Great indeed
was a hero, but why break chairs?
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It inflicts damage upon
the public treasury, gentlemen,
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and you see what it leads to.
An inspector!
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And an inspector likes that dogs out
pokes his nose into everything!
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Good hail, what a fine helping!
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Good hail, what a fine helping!
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Where's our meal?
- We're hungry.
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Just a moment, gentlemen.
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I'm just inspecting, gentlemen.
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Inspect...
...or!
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Come here!
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Who is he?
- When did he arrive?
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He's here for a fortnight! An official
from St. Petersburg, a Mr. Khlestakov.
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An official?
- From St. Petersburg?
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You see, gentlemen,
I am not afraid.
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But what if there
was some denunciation.
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Why would an inspector
otherwise come here?
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I expect the door
will open suddenly
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and he'll storm in.
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An extraordinary event!
- Unexpected news!
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Quite unforeseen!
- What's the matter?
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I come from the inn.
- No, I come from the inn!
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He accompanied me.
- Allow me, Petr Ivanovich,
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I shall tell them.
- No, Petr Ivanovich, I'll tell them.
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Sit down, gentlemen.
Tell us what happened?
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Let's start from the beginning.
- Yes, from the beginning.
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We were terribly hungry.
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So we dropped in the inn.
- Yes, we rushed into the inn,
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and there - crickey!
- Indeed, gentlemen, crickey!
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Standing in front of us is...
- Who?!
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A stranger. - Young.
- Serious...
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A gentleman in plain clothes.
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Walking to...
- And fro.
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Looking quite serious.
- Composed.
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That look!
- Those manners!
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So, we told ourselves...
- There's something fishy about that.
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I nodded towards the waiter.
Come here.
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And he says: It's Ivan Alexandrovich
Khlestakov from St. Petersburg.
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He's heading for the Saratov Gubernia
and he's been here for a fortnight now!
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For a fortnight!
- He doesn't leave the inn.
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He doesn't pay for anything,
he lives on credit!
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That's why I told myself - well now!
- No, I was the first to say "well now".
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I was the first to say "well now"
and then you said "well now".
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Well now. Why is he here?
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He is...
- The inspector!
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The inspector!
- For heaven's sake!
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Just think what happened
in the two weeks?
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The sergeant's wife was whipped,
the prisoners weren't fed,
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the streets are dirty!
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Gentlemen, let's set to work!
Give the alarm!
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Anton!
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He left.
And it is all your fault!
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For being so foppish and sluggish.
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One more pin, one more ribbon.
- But, Mother!
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Hush! It's your fault
they left without us.
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Now I don't even know
how the inspector looks.
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What color are his eyes,
how does he dress.
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A tail-coat.
What if I sell my tail-coat?
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I'm terribly hungry.
- So am I.
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Terribly hungry.
Like master like servant.
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Did I ask you something, Joseph?
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If I had money,
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we'd go home in an equipage,
I inside and you liveried at the back.
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And before the crowd,
you would step down
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and announce... - Ivan Alexandrovich
Khlestakov from St. Petersburg.
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Someone's coming.
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The innkeeper says it's the last time.
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What did you bring us?
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Soup and roast-meat.
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How come just two courses?
- Just two.
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I do not accept that!
Wait, leave it here.
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What's this?
What's this?
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It's a helping for a sick man.
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And not for a man
who hasn't eaten for two days!
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Where's the starter?
- There's no starter.
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And why not? This morning,
I saw two fellows in the kitchen
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stuffing themselves with salmon
and God knows what else!
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Aren't I such a guest too?
- No, you're not.
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Why not?
- Because they pay.
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I don't give a damn about that!
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What's this?
What's this?
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Is this supposed to be roast-meat?
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It's a roast axe, not meat!
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Rascals! Scoundrels!
So this is how you treat me!
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Ah, the innkeeper.
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Here's your soup.
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What's up? What's the matter?
- He's angry.
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Who's angry?
- The official from St. Petersburg.
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The official from St. Petersburg!
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How could you get him so angry!
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And he didn't even...
- Hush! - Shh!
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But...
- Hush!
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He's an inspector!
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Shh!
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Shh!
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Who was that?
Shh!
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Shh! Gendarmes!
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That innkeeper is such a bugger.
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He peached on me to the hetman
and the hetman brought gendarmes.
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What if they really put me in jail!
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That can't be possible.
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They can't take me through the town
like some merchant or tradesman!
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I'm an official from St. Petersburg.
- Yes, sir. - What?
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Indeed! I will put it straight to him!
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I'm an official from St. Petersburg!
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How dare you!
- Yes, sir!
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How dare you!
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Come in!
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Good day, sir.
- Good day.
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I beg your pardon.
- Not at all.
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And... how dare you?
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As the local hetman,
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I consider it my duty
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to look after the well-being
of travelers
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and fellow citizens on the whole,
to make sure no harm is done to them.
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To ensure order,
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and on the whole...
- And on the whole,
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and order on the whole.
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The meat tasted like an axe
and I spilled the soup.
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Don't be angry, sir, I'm not to blame.
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Believe me, meat on our market
is usually fine.
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And God knows where
the rascal got it from.
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I beg you not to tell anyone else.
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If you wish, you could move.
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Move?
- To another flat.
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To jail.
So you think
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I'll go to jail because of you.
Catch me doing it!
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How dare you!
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Do you know who I am?
I'm an official from St. Petersburg!
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I'm not going with you anywhere!
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If I go somewhere,
I'll go complain to the Minister!
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Have mercy.
I have a wife and a child!
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Why should I care!
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Should I go with you just because
you have a wife and a child, eh?
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And end up in jail?
All for your pretty eyes!
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And as the whole
town is such a mess,
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I'll go complain to the Tsar himself!
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Forgive me, please.
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It's all because of my inexperience.
The Lord knows!
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Kindly see
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that the dismal circumstances...
242
00:22:56,480 --> 00:23:00,600
If I ever accepted
a small graft here and there,
243
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it was merely something for the kitchen,
or a trinket for my wife or child.
244
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A trifle.
- This is no trifle.
245
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:12,320
This is a question of big money.
- I didn't take any money!
246
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Only trifles or a loan...
247
00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,640
A loan, eh?
I can't lend you money.
248
00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,880
I have no money myself.
249
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It's my duty to help travelers.
250
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,440
If you allow me, I would...
- The thing is...
251
00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:33,800
The thing is that a certain captain
252
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fleeced me of all my money
and so I would need,
253
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,880
let's say two hundred roubles.
254
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:48,080
Well, if you allow me,
255
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I would...
256
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,400
I can see
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that you are a considerate person.
258
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,720
And this completely changes
the whole situation.
259
00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,440
He took it!
- He took it.
260
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,320
He took it.
261
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,760
He took the money.
Let's hope everything will be settled.
262
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,200
Bring him our best food, quick!
263
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,720
Sit down.
264
00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:32,920
The room seems rather damp.
265
00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,720
Well, that wouldn't be so bad.
266
00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:40,000
But the bedbugs are big as beans.
267
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,840
And they bite like mad dogs.
268
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:47,360
Oh! Such a prominent guest
like you suffers?
269
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:52,240
And from what?
From miserable, anonymous bedbugs!
270
00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:59,080
Could I ask you, Your Grace?
271
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:03,000
You may.
272
00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:06,320
Could I humbly offer to Your Excellency
273
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a beautiful and airy flat in my house.
274
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It would be an honor for me.
275
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:21,840
Indeed, it would be an honor for you.
276
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I accept.
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00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:38,160
My wife and my daughter will be most
pleased, if you do us the honor
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and step on the porch of our house.
279
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With pleasure.
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00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,760
I demand only four things.
281
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Respect and loyalty,
loyalty and respect.
282
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My manservant Joseph.
283
00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,280
Get out!
There's no time for this!
284
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,520
Refreshment will be served
during the tour of the town.
285
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,280
You shall see for yourself
how all is in apple-pie order.
286
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,440
We shall inspect the jail and...
287
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,680
What's all this jail business?
288
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,040
Let's inspect the storerooms,
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00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,400
the kitchens, et cetera.
- As you wish.
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00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:26,480
Your Grace, would you allow me
to write a note to my wife,
291
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:30,360
to prepare to welcome
such a prominent guest?
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00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,280
Of course.
- Oh yes.
293
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,960
Could I write it on this bill?
294
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,160
Thank you.
295
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:49,000
Oh my!
What a pleasant surprise.
296
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:52,240
Did you hurt yourself?
297
00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:55,520
It's nothing.
298
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,240
We don't mean to disturb you.
299
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,120
It's venison in cream sauce.
- It is, Your Excellency.
300
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:34,160
And a pikeperch is in the oven.
- Indeed, Your Excellency.
301
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,480
Take this to my wife.
302
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,880
And will there be a starter?
303
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,960
Yes, Your Excellency.
- Very well!
304
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,480
Good day, Anna Andreyevna.
305
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,920
Shame on you! You ran away
and I didn't know what was happening.
306
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:31,600
But...
- I nursed your little Ivan.
307
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,160
And your Lizzie,
while you treat me like that.
308
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,360
Good Lord, I was in such a hurry
309
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:41,160
to pay my respects to you
I can hardly catch my breath.
310
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,000
Go on, tell me what happened.
311
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,400
Anton Antonovich sends this note.
312
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,680
Who is that man? A general?
313
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,760
He's not a general, though
he certainly grades up with a general.
314
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:56,280
He has such authority and manners.
315
00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:00,720
The hetman must be writing
something very important. - Is he?
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00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,520
I kiss your hand, my dear,
317
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:09,040
and remain your
Anton Skvoznik-Dmuchanovsky.
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00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,440
I do not understand.
319
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,480
Here's the beginning,
Anna Andreyevna!
320
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,920
He outran me with the end.
- I see.
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00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,720
I hurry to inform you, my dear,
that my position was rather somber,
322
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:22,960
yet having faith in God,
323
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,720
two pickles for five kopecks each,
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00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,360
half a serving of caviar.
325
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,560
What do the pickles mean?
326
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,920
Anton Antonovich wrote it in a hurry
on a piece of paper at the inn.
327
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,440
It was a bill.
- It was.
328
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,480
Yet having faith in God and His mercy,
329
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,280
I trust everything shall end well.
330
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:51,360
Prepare a room for a prominent
guest forthwith.
331
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:54,560
The one decorated with yellow tapestry.
332
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:59,160
It must be done at once. Such a noble
gentleman! Where did they go?
333
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,800
They went to inspect...
...the charitable institutions.
334
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,240
How did I teach you.
335
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:08,120
As soon as the door opens,
you will say:
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00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:11,600
Welcome, Inspector General.
337
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:16,720
Welcome, Inspector General.
338
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,600
Where were you?
Sit down at once!
339
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,160
Sit down!
340
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:27,720
Don't put me to shame!
341
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:32,120
Welcome, Inspector General.
342
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,600
Should I put the goat in the yard
or leave it here?
343
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,600
Out! Out with it!
Quick!
344
00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,960
Hush! Quiet!
345
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:49,520
Who the devil is it this time!
346
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:57,800
Welcome, Inspector General.
347
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,840
Thank you for such a kind welcome.
348
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,160
This is a charming orphanage.
349
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,840
This is a school, Your Excellency.
350
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,800
Oh, it is a school, eh?
351
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,760
Dear children, how old are you?
How old is he?
352
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:19,640
Seven, Excellency.
- Seven? Can that be?
353
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,440
Really, Your Excellency,
he's seven.
354
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,920
Is it possible to get so dirty
in seven years?
355
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,040
No!
- It's broken, Excellency.
356
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:43,720
The chair?
- Yes.
357
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,360
When was it broken?
358
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:56,920
The chair was broken
during the reign of Alexander the Great.
359
00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,640
It lasted quite long.
360
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,400
How do you like your school,
children?
361
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,840
Your teacher likes it here.
362
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:16,280
The children too, Excellency,
they can't do without their school.
363
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,160
That is praiseworthy.
364
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:23,200
So, those who cannot do without
the school will stay here,
365
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:25,760
while the rest will have holidays
for two weeks.
366
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:27,760
Yippee!
367
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,120
They can't do without it, eh?
368
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:41,160
It seems your pupils rolled away
like a heap of melons.
369
00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:00,400
Your Excellency.
- Very well then.
370
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:04,040
I'm deeply touched.
Shall we continue?
371
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,520
Thank you.
- This way.
372
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,400
An adorable boy.
373
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:14,480
Your Excellency! I'm innocent
and they had me whipped.
374
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:18,760
That miserable town hetman had
me whipped although I'm innocent!
375
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:23,280
I swear she is lying, Your Excellency!
- I'm not lying! - Go away!
376
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:28,200
I'm not lying, Your Excellency!
- Go away! This way, Your Excellency.
377
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:32,800
Let us continue, Your Excellency.
378
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,640
You need a tamer for this snake.
379
00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,640
Where shall we go now?
380
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,440
To the town jail, Your Excellency.
- To jail?
381
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,080
What's all this jail business about?
382
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,800
Why don't you show me
where I'm staying instead.
383
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,800
As you wish, Your Excellency,
the room is ready.
384
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,480
This way, Your Excellency.
385
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,360
Over here, please.
386
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,760
The General will live here.
387
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,680
Oh my, I was so hungry.
Terribly hungry.
388
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,720
When will the General come?
- What general?
389
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:40,920
Your master, of course.
390
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,440
Who told you he's a general?
391
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,840
Isn't he a general?
- He is.
392
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:50,880
See.
- But under cover!
393
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,560
Under cover, eh?
- Yes.
394
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,840
And is his ranking higher or lower
than of a true general?
395
00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:00,680
Higher.
But you know nothing!
396
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,200
And not a word to anyone!
397
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,040
Of course.
398
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,000
It's such a drudgery.
399
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,080
Such drudgery.
400
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,280
It's him!
- It must be him!
401
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:36,760
He's handsome.
- Quite a good looker.
402
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:40,160
He's such a handsome man.
403
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,920
Come in, Your Excellency.
- Your institutions are remarkable.
404
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:02,000
Besides, I like how you show
everything to travelers.
405
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:08,000
In other towns,
they've shown me nothing.
406
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,160
In other towns,
forgive me for being so daring,
407
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:13,000
town hetmans
care about their own benefit.
408
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:17,520
I care about the prosperity of the state
and the welfare of the people.
409
00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:27,640
Your Excellency, allow me to introduce
410
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,800
the wife and the daughter.
- Whose wife? Whose daughter?
411
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,000
My own, Your Excellency.
412
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:43,200
Madam, I am so pleased
to have ended here,
413
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:47,520
in your town.
- I am more pleased
414
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,720
to be able to welcome
such a noble guest.
415
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:54,640
Sit down, please.
- Thank you.
416
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:02,960
Sit down, gentlemen.
417
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,600
Do sit down,
I'm not fond of much ado.
418
00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:14,800
I like being unnoticed.
419
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,840
But as soon as I appear somewhere
back in St. Petersburg
420
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:21,120
I hear everyone say:
"Ivan Alexandrovich is coming."
421
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:25,600
Soldiers jump out
from the guardhouse, saluting me.
422
00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:29,880
Pushkin calls at me:
"Where are you going, my friend?"
423
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,960
And I answer: "Nowhere in particular."
424
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:36,960
I heard you are also a writer.
425
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:42,200
Indeed, I wrote a good many works.
426
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:46,560
I can hardly remember them all.
At random, I can tell you
427
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:51,200
that I wrote Figaro's Wedding,
Robinson Crusoe,
428
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,960
Dante's Divine Comedy by Petrarca.
429
00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:58,880
That's interesting.
- I live for literature.
430
00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:03,840
My house is full of artists,
from the cellar to the roof.
431
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:07,800
Visitors, counts, princes.
432
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:12,080
It looks like in a beehive in the
morning, everything is buzzing.
433
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:24,960
I throw balls and receptions.
434
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:28,160
Serving all sorts of specialities.
435
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:31,080
A melon for seven hundred roubles.
436
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:36,040
The soup is shipped
directly from Paris by boat.
437
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,480
You won't find such
steam anywhere else.
438
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:41,800
That smell!
439
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:49,160
And when I'm not at home,
440
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,960
couriers run around all over
the city and find me
441
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,560
even if I were bathing
in my birthday costume.
442
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,840
I wish to write now.
Where's my room?
443
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:05,840
As you wish, Your Excellency.
444
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:20,240
Would you like to have a rest,
Your Excellency?
445
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:24,760
Oh no, thank you.
446
00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:27,040
I shall write.
447
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,480
Does it have two tips?
Isn't it crippled?
448
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:50,320
What a man!
449
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:54,880
I've never been in the company
of such a personage.
450
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:59,040
I almost died of fear!
I was shivering like that.
451
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:02,080
I shivered more.
- I beg your pardon, I shivered...
452
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,120
Wait, I...
- Come now, gentlemen!
453
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:10,240
I think he's a general in the least.
454
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:15,080
A general, he must be
at least a generalissimo!
455
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,240
Didn't you hear how he
made the state council sweat?
456
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:22,000
How counts and princes are
buzzing in his hall?
457
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,120
Princes and counts.
- And what did I say?
458
00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:26,880
Come now, gentlemen.
- Let's go.
459
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:30,440
We'll be back in no time in our best.
- And we shall request an audience.
460
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:32,760
At your service.
- At your service.
461
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:46,920
I only wanted to tell you
462
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:49,920
that in case you need anything
463
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:52,520
just ring the bell.
464
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,520
Unfortunately, there's no bell here.
465
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,160
It doesn't matter though.
I can do
466
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:02,400
ding dong like that, but I don't
need anything for now.
467
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:05,680
Well, in case you do need anything
468
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:09,000
do that ding dong.
469
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:13,920
Ding dong.
470
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:23,000
Buy yourself some tea and tell me
what interests your master the most.
471
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:25,840
What does His Excellency like the most?
472
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,800
He likes to be well feasted.
473
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:33,640
Buy yourself a pretzel and continue.
474
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:37,920
Well, when we leave some place,
my master always asks me:
475
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:40,960
"Well, Joseph, how did they treat you?
476
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:44,960
And I tell him:
"Badly, master, badly."
477
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:49,480
And he says:
"That's a bad husbandman, Joseph.
478
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:53,320
Remind me of his name when
we come to St. Petersburg."
479
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:58,680
Come, tell us about your master.
We will give you some money too.
480
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:00,960
Out you go!
Go to the other room!
481
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:04,440
Come here, buy yourself a vodka
482
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:08,480
and tell your master
483
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:11,600
that if someone peached
on me that he's a liar!
484
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:15,200
Peach on you.
Who would dare such a thing?
485
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:19,360
We must dare to do it!
- Yes, we have to complain.
486
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:22,440
Yes!
- Wrong is being done to us!
487
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:27,760
He takes everything he sees.
- Everything!
488
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:32,040
Let's put it down in writing.
- Let's do that!
489
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:34,040
Write it down.
490
00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:01,400
My Dear Friend, Those asses take me
for an Inspector General.
491
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:05,440
You would burst with laughter,
if you saw the honors they do me.
492
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:17,720
There are guards everywhere,
493
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:29,200
as if I were a Governor.
494
00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:33,680
You'll stay here! And should someone
come with a complaint
495
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,560
or should he look
as if coming to file a complaint,
496
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:38,680
you'll throw him out!
And properly!
497
00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:41,720
What's this? Quiet!
498
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:43,960
If only he took the palm grease.
499
00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:46,760
If we could palm it on him somehow.
- Who shall go first?
500
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,680
Not me! Not me.
- Shh! Quiet!
501
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:52,560
His Excellency must be writing
a letter to St. Petersburg.
502
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,280
Mr. Tryapichkin, Editor
St. Petersburg
503
00:44:05,720 --> 00:44:07,680
I'm going first!
504
00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:44,760
Enter!
505
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:09,720
Is some dog scratching away its fleas?
506
00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:14,880
Oh, it's you.
507
00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:23,840
Do you have cold fever?
- I have the honor to introduce myself.
508
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:27,440
I am the judge of the local
District Court, Lyapkin-Tyapkin.
509
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:29,240
I beg your pardon?
- Lyapkin-Tyapkin.
510
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:33,040
I was nominated for the fourth class
Order of St. Vladimir.
511
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:36,160
Oh, Vladimir is nice,
512
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:40,440
and fourth class is higher
than the third.
513
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,320
You've beat out some money!
514
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:50,520
It's not worth mentioning,
Your Excellency.
515
00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:52,200
Three hundred roubles.
516
00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:54,320
How much?
517
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:04,920
You are, as they say,
careless with money.
518
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:13,720
What if you lend me the money?
519
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:17,120
With greatest pleasure,
Your Excellency.
520
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:19,320
I shall be most honored,
521
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:22,640
and I shall strive to deserve it
with immense diligence
522
00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:28,080
and obedience, and I shall not take
Your Excellency's time any longer.
523
00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:31,080
Is there anything else?
524
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:34,920
That's enough for the time being.
525
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:01,360
Come in.
526
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:10,360
Your Excellency,
allow me to introduce myself.
527
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:12,200
Postmaster Shpekin.
528
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:14,640
Postmaster?
529
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:18,640
You accept money, don't you?
- No, I don't.
530
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:20,640
Never, Your Excellency.
531
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:22,840
I don't think so.
532
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:28,520
I believe you accept
and send monetary consignments.
533
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:33,000
The thing is I am amazed that
no one has sent me any money,
534
00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:35,920
although I need it rather urgently.
535
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:44,080
Do you have three
hundred roubles on you?
536
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:48,360
I don't, but I have
four hundred roubles.
537
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:50,400
Four hundred?
538
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:54,600
Well, this somewhat interferes
with my budget,
539
00:47:54,720 --> 00:47:57,320
but nothing doing, give it to me.
540
00:47:57,560 --> 00:47:59,720
It's settled then.
541
00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:03,120
Have you any other special orders,
Your Excellency?
542
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:06,520
I have.
543
00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:11,960
Send this letter for me,
postage shall be paid by the state.
544
00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:14,000
You may go.
545
00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:28,520
Hurry up.
546
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:34,720
Next!
547
00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:47,880
Your schools are well managed.
548
00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:50,800
I'm very pleased.
549
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:56,960
Is your button missing?
550
00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:59,960
It isn't.
Button up.
551
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:04,200
You may go.
552
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:40,800
Allow me to introduce myself.
553
00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:45,200
I am the superintendent of the charity
institutions, Zemlyanika.
554
00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:47,480
Zemlyanika.
555
00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:52,640
Do you wish to add anything else?
556
00:49:56,480 --> 00:50:00,880
I mean as a traveling man...
- I understand.
557
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:02,560
You do...
- I fully understand.
558
00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:06,440
Besides, it's prepared
here in the envelope.
559
00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:12,720
Thank you.
I won't keep you any longer.
560
00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:14,360
Time is money.
561
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:18,320
Money. I always say the same,
Your Excellency.
562
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:22,320
Money.
Don't put it away.
563
00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:25,320
Its contents is valuable.
564
00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:29,560
I most pleased that
you offer me your help
565
00:50:29,720 --> 00:50:31,800
in such a delicate manner.
566
00:51:57,880 --> 00:51:59,560
Zemlyanika!
567
00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:09,840
You are to submit three hundred roubles
for duty stamps to this application.
568
00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:12,440
As you wish, Your Excellency.
569
00:52:12,720 --> 00:52:16,840
Don't forget, Zemlyanika.
570
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:19,760
I won't. Zemlyanika.
571
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:26,720
Let's go to His Excellency!
- Let's go!
572
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:34,600
What's the matter here?
573
00:52:35,720 --> 00:52:38,640
Throw them out! Whip them out!
- Out you go!
574
00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:48,360
I'm a retired major,
Excellency.
575
00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:51,320
I served under Zadunaysky.
576
00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:56,200
I know Zadunaysky.
A short, podgy man, isn't he?
577
00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:59,520
Not at all, Your Excellency,
he's tall and slim.
578
00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:04,440
He's tall and slim, you're right.
He has a beard and looks like Napoleon.
579
00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:08,320
Napoleon!
- But he died, Your Excellency.
580
00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:11,680
He passed away thirty years ago.
581
00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:16,120
Did he?
But whom do I know then?
582
00:53:17,640 --> 00:53:21,720
I also served with Trepatkin.
- With Trepatkin.
583
00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:24,560
I don't want to keep you.
Do you have money for me?
584
00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:28,600
What money?
- For me, not to pass it over.
585
00:53:28,720 --> 00:53:30,440
I don't have any money.
586
00:53:30,560 --> 00:53:35,080
I came to ask Your Excellency
587
00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:37,480
to put in a word for me
in St. Petersburg.
588
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:41,040
As my petitions to increase
my pension were in vain.
589
00:53:41,240 --> 00:53:43,680
When was that?
- Well, that was in the year...
590
00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:46,480
...thirty years ago.
591
00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:49,520
Thirty years ago?
So you will apply
592
00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:53,520
for the Order of St. Vladimir
for waiting for sixty years.
593
00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:55,560
For thirty years.
- For sixty years.
594
00:53:55,680 --> 00:53:59,520
You've waited for thirty, you'll wait
for another thirty, that makes sixty.
595
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:01,120
Farewell.
596
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:09,800
What's the matter?
597
00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:12,760
Let's go home in time, my lord.
598
00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:15,400
Let's come home famous!
599
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:19,880
Nonsense, we won't leave now,
when money is pouring in, you fool.
600
00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:35,160
I bring one more petitioner,
Your Excellency.
601
00:54:35,640 --> 00:54:37,560
I see.
- Your Grace.
602
00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:42,320
I took the liberty of arranging
a dinner in your honor.
603
00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:47,880
The best food, the most
expensive beverages, and music.
604
00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:59,440
Long live His Excellency!
- Vivat!
605
00:57:04,440 --> 00:57:06,520
Ladies and Gentlemen.
606
00:57:06,680 --> 00:57:08,440
My dear children.
607
00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:10,600
I am satisfied with the inspection.
608
00:57:10,720 --> 00:57:13,680
And I am more than glad
to declare that you all take...
609
00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:17,840
take everything
bearing in mind your responsibility.
610
00:57:18,440 --> 00:57:22,920
I feel like in St. Petersburg.
611
00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:31,200
At home in St. Petersburg
I enjoy respect.
612
00:57:31,600 --> 00:57:37,560
Bribable officials
call me my lord.
613
00:57:37,960 --> 00:57:44,320
When I ride in my equipage
across the Neva Prospect,
614
00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:52,120
no one gets in my way,
everyone showing their respect.
615
00:57:55,920 --> 00:58:02,400
At home in St. Petersburg,
when I come to the palace,
616
00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:09,120
the Tsar is walking in his gardens,
inviting me upstairs.
617
00:58:09,960 --> 00:58:16,640
He offers me tea with vodka,
chatting like old friends.
618
00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:24,840
After tea with Nikolai,
we play cards till the break of day.
619
00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:55,760
Let's hope they don't find out.
620
00:58:55,960 --> 00:58:59,840
Find out what?
- That we drank.
621
00:58:59,960 --> 00:59:05,120
I see, I thought you mean that they
wouldn't find out... oh my.
622
00:59:22,120 --> 00:59:24,480
The air is wonderful here.
623
00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:27,400
I assure you
624
00:59:27,520 --> 00:59:33,760
that the Tsar and the Tsarina will
come here to spend the summer.
625
00:59:36,920 --> 00:59:39,680
I must do that trick
with the handkerchief.
626
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:09,080
That's strange, I've done it
more than a hundred times
627
01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:12,160
and I've never managed to do it right.
628
01:00:13,440 --> 01:00:16,320
But I'll work with the table.
629
01:00:36,280 --> 01:00:41,360
Do you know, you sly dogs,
that I like it here very much?
630
01:00:41,480 --> 01:00:44,160
As long as Your Excellency
is satisfied here.
631
01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:49,520
I'm more than satisfied. I'm actually
thrilled with my staying here.
632
01:00:49,640 --> 01:00:54,920
Thrilled! I truly do not know
how shall I reciprocate.
633
01:00:56,440 --> 01:00:59,240
I would have a humble request,
634
01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:02,080
Your Grace.
- Say it.
635
01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:05,280
I beseech you...
- So do I.
636
01:01:05,400 --> 01:01:09,760
When you come to St. Petersburg,
tell all those noble men,
637
01:01:10,200 --> 01:01:12,320
senators, and admirals,
638
01:01:12,440 --> 01:01:15,280
"Your Eminence or Excellency,
639
01:01:15,400 --> 01:01:20,560
Petr Ivanovich Bobchinsky
lives in this town."
640
01:01:20,920 --> 01:01:22,480
Nothing else.
641
01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:25,280
That Petr Ivanovich Bobchinsky
lives in this town.
642
01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:29,680
And Petr Ivanovich Dobchinsky,
a gentleman farmer.
643
01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:31,480
I shall tell them.
644
01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:35,760
And should you speak to the Tsar,
tell him:
645
01:01:36,480 --> 01:01:38,800
"Your Majesty,
646
01:01:40,000 --> 01:01:41,960
Petr Ivanovich Bobchinsky,
647
01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:46,800
a farmer, lives in this town.
648
01:01:46,920 --> 01:01:51,760
And Petr Ivanovich Dobchinsky,
also a farmer.
649
01:01:51,880 --> 01:01:55,480
Very well, I shall.
Farewell.
650
01:01:55,600 --> 01:01:58,760
Goodbye.
- We are most grateful.
651
01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:02,680
Anna Andreyevna.
- Good night. - Good night.
652
01:02:14,080 --> 01:02:16,800
Are you leaving as well?
653
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:21,080
I don't mean to disturb you. You surely
have more serious work to do.
654
01:02:21,240 --> 01:02:22,840
Not at all,
655
01:02:23,040 --> 01:02:26,640
your eyes are far more prettier,
656
01:02:27,720 --> 01:02:30,400
than the most serious work.
657
01:02:30,520 --> 01:02:33,160
You're speaking like in St. Petersburg.
- Because of you.
658
01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:38,400
I'd like to offer you a chair.
Not a chair! A throne!
659
01:02:39,920 --> 01:02:43,960
A throne.
And I would kneel in front of it.
660
01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:49,040
I would like to be your necklace
661
01:02:49,160 --> 01:02:52,800
and embrace your lily-white neck.
662
01:02:53,440 --> 01:02:57,200
I would like to kiss your red lips.
663
01:03:00,240 --> 01:03:01,640
Look!
664
01:03:03,280 --> 01:03:06,720
My dear children!
I'm so happy!
665
01:03:07,600 --> 01:03:10,320
What a surprise!
- What honor!
666
01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:13,120
What fortune! Truly.
- God bless you, my dear daughter.
667
01:03:13,240 --> 01:03:18,360
Who would ever think of this!
My child!
668
01:03:18,720 --> 01:03:22,160
Who would have guessed?
Such a thing.
669
01:03:23,560 --> 01:03:26,280
Let us go to bed now, children.
- Yes.
670
01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:29,280
You may kiss. There.
671
01:03:30,600 --> 01:03:32,440
Thank you.
672
01:03:32,680 --> 01:03:36,720
Dear Excellency,
go and rest into your room.
673
01:03:36,840 --> 01:03:39,040
Oh yes, I shall go to my room.
- Very well.
674
01:03:44,040 --> 01:03:48,280
Good night,
good morning, dear family.
675
01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:55,880
Now you put perfume on,
when it's all over.
676
01:03:56,080 --> 01:03:58,920
Who could have imagined before.
- I did, immediately.
677
01:03:59,680 --> 01:04:03,280
He watched no one but you all evening.
678
01:04:03,400 --> 01:04:06,320
He didn't take his eyes off you.
679
01:04:06,440 --> 01:04:10,040
Fortune has come.
680
01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:14,920
I ordered the water to be warmed up.
You will take a bath.
681
01:04:15,040 --> 01:04:18,040
His Excellency,
your fianc๏ฟฝ will also take a bath.
682
01:04:18,520 --> 01:04:20,960
We shall let him rest now.
683
01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:25,280
Bye bye, my dear Excellency.
684
01:04:34,240 --> 01:04:38,200
What fortune!
685
01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:41,520
The whole town has to know.
686
01:05:22,480 --> 01:05:25,480
The hetman thinks
he'll become a general.
687
01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:27,960
It would suit him like a saddle a cow.
688
01:05:28,920 --> 01:05:30,640
A general, eh?
689
01:05:31,240 --> 01:05:34,760
What do you think, could they
soon promote me to a general?
690
01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:37,160
Of course, leave that to me.
691
01:05:37,320 --> 01:05:42,080
We'll move to St. Petersburg
and you can give up your hetmanship.
692
01:05:42,200 --> 01:05:43,880
Of course!
693
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:48,080
It's so easy for him to have
me appointed as the governor,
694
01:05:48,200 --> 01:05:53,000
if he's friend with all the ministers
and visits the palace.
695
01:05:53,120 --> 01:05:55,960
You shall finish with them varmints!
696
01:05:56,080 --> 01:05:58,400
Indeed!
697
01:05:59,200 --> 01:06:01,480
What if they appoint me
698
01:06:01,600 --> 01:06:04,360
as a minister?
699
01:06:06,040 --> 01:06:09,320
I will send people to Siberia.
700
01:06:09,640 --> 01:06:15,000
Show me, is your chest
wide enough for medals?
701
01:06:15,440 --> 01:06:19,520
There's room for plenty!
- Come, congratulators are here.
702
01:06:26,560 --> 01:06:31,920
Don't congratulate him!
The inspector is a fake!
703
01:06:32,360 --> 01:06:35,000
Read here,
what he writes about you all.
704
01:06:35,120 --> 01:06:38,680
What names he calls you!
All of you.
705
01:07:16,120 --> 01:07:20,000
...and the schoolintendent
is such an idiot,
706
01:07:20,120 --> 01:07:24,320
good only for watching
the cattle range!
707
01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:38,360
There will be really something
to laugh at in St. Petersburg!
708
01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:43,840
Look, my dear people,
look, all Christian world
709
01:07:43,960 --> 01:07:47,720
how he deceived me!
Me, a town hetman!
710
01:07:48,800 --> 01:07:50,520
Where is he?
711
01:07:56,080 --> 01:07:57,640
He's gone!
712
01:08:00,880 --> 01:08:05,800
Laugh at me!
I'm dead! I'm ruined!
713
01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:12,040
Hetman, the Inspector General
has just arrived from St. Petersburg
714
01:08:12,160 --> 01:08:14,720
and asks you to visit him immediately.
715
01:08:36,520 --> 01:08:40,840
The End
716
01:08:41,305 --> 01:08:47,185
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