1 00:00:12,869 --> 00:00:15,329 I overheard my father talking last night. 2 00:00:15,330 --> 00:00:18,120 He said your father is a fool, that you have practically no money, 3 00:00:18,124 --> 00:00:20,464 and that you'll soon lose everything. 4 00:00:20,460 --> 00:00:23,920 I don't think that's true. We had strawberries last night. 5 00:00:23,922 --> 00:00:26,422 - So? - They are an expensive fruit, 6 00:00:26,424 --> 00:00:29,554 and I always equate them with optimism and happiness. 7 00:00:29,552 --> 00:00:32,762 - God, you are a child. - Not true. 8 00:00:32,764 --> 00:00:36,734 - I am to be married'. - Who would marry you? 9 00:00:36,726 --> 00:00:38,896 Does this crazy man know your family situation? 10 00:00:38,895 --> 00:00:42,265 - That you have nothing? - He cares not for such matters. 11 00:00:42,273 --> 00:00:45,693 Emperor Peter and I are about finer things. 12 00:00:45,694 --> 00:00:47,284 Emperor Peter? 13 00:00:48,363 --> 00:00:49,363 Of Russia? 14 00:00:49,364 --> 00:00:50,704 Yep. 15 00:00:51,783 --> 00:00:53,543 Russia. 16 00:00:58,998 --> 00:01:03,418 I am to be empress of Russia, Angeline. 17 00:01:03,420 --> 00:01:05,260 Isn't that so... 18 00:01:06,548 --> 00:01:08,588 completely right? 19 00:01:08,591 --> 00:01:10,091 - No'. - Yes. 20 00:01:10,093 --> 00:01:11,643 - No. - Yes'. 21 00:01:11,636 --> 00:01:14,056 - No. - Da. 22 00:01:14,055 --> 00:01:15,425 Nyet. 23 00:01:16,766 --> 00:01:18,726 They have bears. 24 00:01:18,727 --> 00:01:20,647 I may get one. 25 00:01:20,645 --> 00:01:22,305 They look cute. 26 00:02:07,025 --> 00:02:08,025 Door'. 27 00:02:16,367 --> 00:02:17,657 Emperor. 28 00:02:35,053 --> 00:02:36,473 You look taller in your portrait. 29 00:02:38,556 --> 00:02:41,346 Send her back. Get me a tall one. 30 00:02:49,484 --> 00:02:53,154 Rich. Rich. 31 00:02:53,154 --> 00:02:55,074 See what I did, then? 32 00:02:55,073 --> 00:02:56,743 I'm kidding. Kidding. 33 00:02:56,741 --> 00:02:59,081 - Oh, I see. Um, very amusing. 34 00:03:00,119 --> 00:03:03,409 Emperor Peter, I present this branch of spruce. 35 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:08,090 It is an evergreen, and I hope it will be a symbol of our feelings for each other, 36 00:03:08,086 --> 00:03:11,796 that we will be constant and caring all our lives. 37 00:03:13,675 --> 00:03:16,425 She gave me a twig. She's not another inbred, is she? 38 00:03:16,427 --> 00:03:17,927 It wasn't mentioned. 39 00:03:18,972 --> 00:03:22,062 I assure you, I am of sound mind, sir. 40 00:03:22,892 --> 00:03:24,772 I wanted to thank you for your letter. 41 00:03:24,769 --> 00:03:26,939 Noble, poetic sentiments. 42 00:03:26,938 --> 00:03:29,068 It, it warmed my heart. 43 00:03:30,525 --> 00:03:32,685 I, too, wish the same as you. 44 00:03:32,694 --> 00:03:35,614 That our love will grow from a small ember 45 00:03:35,613 --> 00:03:38,993 to a blaze that will warm a whole kingdom. 46 00:03:39,742 --> 00:03:42,622 - I wrote a letter? - We threw a little something together. 47 00:03:42,620 --> 00:03:43,960 How about that? 48 00:03:43,955 --> 00:03:46,785 Well, you liked it, so that's grand. 49 00:03:46,791 --> 00:03:49,541 - Welcome. - I hope I will make you happy. 50 00:03:49,544 --> 00:03:51,094 You're perfect. 51 00:03:51,087 --> 00:03:52,837 I need an empress who's from aristocracy, 52 00:03:52,839 --> 00:03:55,679 but not from a family that is powerful or a player. 53 00:03:55,675 --> 00:03:57,215 Your family, apparently, are fucked. 54 00:04:03,558 --> 00:04:06,018 - You smell funny. Is that usual? - I... 55 00:04:07,145 --> 00:04:09,515 - I have been traveling. - Let's hope that's it. 56 00:04:09,522 --> 00:04:12,692 Wedding's at seven. Archbishop Samsa will now give you instructions. 57 00:04:12,692 --> 00:04:15,192 Boy, you're cute. I have to get back to my whores. 58 00:04:16,029 --> 00:04:19,239 Whor-ses. Horses. 59 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,660 Going riding. Hmm. 60 00:04:26,664 --> 00:04:28,254 He seems lovely. 61 00:04:28,249 --> 00:04:30,709 Obviously, some cultural issues may be at play, 62 00:04:30,710 --> 00:04:33,250 but I will soon get used to that and we will be as one. 63 00:04:33,254 --> 00:04:36,514 Hmm. Aren't you gorgeously optimistic? 64 00:04:36,507 --> 00:04:39,427 It has been said. I believe there's no other way to be. 65 00:04:39,427 --> 00:04:42,927 Indeed. And how is your relationship with the Lord our God? 66 00:04:43,473 --> 00:04:44,603 We've had no trouble. 67 00:04:45,516 --> 00:04:50,096 You must allow me to be a spiritual mentor to you, a guide touched by God. 68 00:04:50,772 --> 00:04:53,522 Of course. Thank you. 69 00:04:56,945 --> 00:04:59,355 This is Marial. She'll be your girl. 70 00:05:00,031 --> 00:05:01,451 Empress. 71 00:05:02,992 --> 00:05:05,372 I now need to find out if you're intact. 72 00:05:05,370 --> 00:05:06,370 I'm sorry? 73 00:05:07,288 --> 00:05:11,378 Whether your interior wall has been breached. 74 00:05:12,543 --> 00:05:13,883 What wall are we talking about? 75 00:05:20,051 --> 00:05:22,681 - My... - It is the way of things, 76 00:05:22,679 --> 00:05:24,559 a tradition for royalty. 77 00:05:29,894 --> 00:05:31,654 Lay down. 78 00:05:50,540 --> 00:05:51,540 Oh. Okay. 79 00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:59,169 Empress. 80 00:06:00,925 --> 00:06:04,845 It is the latest from Paris. You recognize it, no doubt? 81 00:06:04,846 --> 00:06:06,846 I do not, but... 82 00:06:06,848 --> 00:06:10,098 I recognize it as... special. 83 00:06:11,436 --> 00:06:13,016 General, stop staring at the empress. 84 00:06:13,021 --> 00:06:14,901 It will attract his attention. 85 00:06:14,897 --> 00:06:19,107 She is a vision of radiance. I must make my introduction. 86 00:06:19,110 --> 00:06:20,450 Bad idea. 87 00:06:21,154 --> 00:06:23,954 This fucking duck is delicious. Do you not find? 88 00:06:24,615 --> 00:06:26,275 Indeed. 89 00:06:26,284 --> 00:06:29,374 - Ever eaten duck as good as this, Archie? - I have not. 90 00:06:29,370 --> 00:06:32,620 - Ever eaten pussy? 91 00:06:32,623 --> 00:06:33,963 I have not. 92 00:06:33,958 --> 00:06:37,088 Oh, God is a cruel master. 93 00:06:37,086 --> 00:06:41,466 Empress, this is Velementov, my general in charge of our war on the Swedes. 94 00:06:44,052 --> 00:06:46,852 I saw soldiers on the road on my trip. 95 00:06:46,846 --> 00:06:48,766 Oh. Did they look happy? 96 00:06:48,765 --> 00:06:51,055 They seemed scattered and badly wounded. 97 00:06:51,059 --> 00:06:53,939 Oh, shit, maybe we lost. Velementov, you horse's bitch. 98 00:06:53,936 --> 00:06:57,146 Sir, I've heard no definitive report from the front. 99 00:06:57,148 --> 00:06:59,318 However, a rider who is expected-- 100 00:07:00,902 --> 00:07:04,742 - Go on'. Go on'. 101 00:07:06,365 --> 00:07:08,735 You are so beautiful. 102 00:07:08,743 --> 00:07:11,913 It's like the sun has floated into our court and exploded. 103 00:07:12,663 --> 00:07:14,543 - Thank you. - I am Aunt Elizabeth, 104 00:07:14,540 --> 00:07:19,420 much younger sister to his dear, long-departed mother. 105 00:07:20,004 --> 00:07:23,304 You may call be Bet. No one else may call me that. 106 00:07:23,841 --> 00:07:27,141 Oh, well, some do, a few, and now you. 107 00:07:28,679 --> 00:07:30,349 It is wonderful to meet you. 108 00:07:30,348 --> 00:07:33,678 Be kind to him. He's a delicate soul. 109 00:07:33,684 --> 00:07:35,024 - Huzzah'. 110 00:07:37,438 --> 00:07:39,768 I miss my mother today. 111 00:07:39,774 --> 00:07:41,074 How she would have loved this. 112 00:07:42,276 --> 00:07:46,236 She was the last empress of Russia. 113 00:07:46,239 --> 00:07:48,069 Huzzah'. 114 00:07:48,074 --> 00:07:51,244 But a toast to my new wife, 115 00:07:51,244 --> 00:07:53,374 the new empress of Russia'. 116 00:07:54,705 --> 00:07:56,495 - Huzzah'. 117 00:08:00,378 --> 00:08:02,338 - It is a-- - No, you don't talk, my love. 118 00:08:02,338 --> 00:08:03,878 Oh. Of course. 119 00:08:03,881 --> 00:08:08,091 So, a wedding gift for my new wife seems in order. 120 00:08:11,055 --> 00:08:13,675 - I hope you like it. 121 00:08:15,935 --> 00:08:17,685 Oh. 122 00:08:19,105 --> 00:08:20,725 Thank you. 123 00:08:24,694 --> 00:08:27,534 - Huzzah'. - Huzzah'. 124 00:08:27,530 --> 00:08:29,910 - Let us drink'. 125 00:08:29,907 --> 00:08:31,367 Drink'. Drink'. 126 00:08:37,290 --> 00:08:41,090 Madam, where are the rest of your clothes? 127 00:08:41,085 --> 00:08:43,375 Oh, they're somewhere, I'm sure. 128 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,470 Me, a married woman. 129 00:08:46,465 --> 00:08:48,885 How I dreamt of this. 130 00:08:48,885 --> 00:08:50,175 Congratulations. 131 00:08:51,387 --> 00:08:53,057 And did I tell you about the bear? 132 00:08:53,055 --> 00:08:55,215 You did. But I am happy to hear it again. 133 00:08:55,224 --> 00:08:59,274 I once dreamed of-- Well, I had a vision of a bear, 134 00:08:59,270 --> 00:09:02,360 and the bear embraced me, and my heart was aflame. 135 00:09:02,356 --> 00:09:06,186 And from that moment, I always knew I'd have a great love. 136 00:09:06,194 --> 00:09:09,414 Um, madam, if I may speak. 137 00:09:09,405 --> 00:09:13,445 You do know, um... uh... 138 00:09:13,451 --> 00:09:16,621 Are you ready for tonight? You do know what to expect? 139 00:09:16,621 --> 00:09:20,501 You suppose me more naive than I am. My mother has explained everything. 140 00:09:20,499 --> 00:09:21,629 She has? 141 00:09:22,168 --> 00:09:26,838 The man caresses you softly, pressing his lips to yours. 142 00:09:26,839 --> 00:09:31,179 Your breasts and skin awaken and shiver with palpitating joy. 143 00:09:31,177 --> 00:09:34,887 Between your legs quivers and moistens with longing. 144 00:09:34,889 --> 00:09:37,479 He enters you and you become one. 145 00:09:37,475 --> 00:09:40,975 Your bodies meld, your souls mesh. 146 00:09:40,978 --> 00:09:44,318 As a sensation takes hold of you, you fall into a black sky 147 00:09:44,315 --> 00:09:46,815 filled with the shiniest of stars. 148 00:09:46,817 --> 00:09:49,197 You float for a time in ecstasy, 149 00:09:49,195 --> 00:09:53,985 before waves of pleasure push and pull you back into your body. 150 00:09:53,991 --> 00:09:57,911 Your body ushers forth yelps, and sometimes song, 151 00:09:57,912 --> 00:10:00,832 before he and you explode within, 152 00:10:00,831 --> 00:10:04,251 collapsing together, spent and unified. 153 00:10:04,252 --> 00:10:07,842 Then, you lay together, laughing softly, 154 00:10:07,838 --> 00:10:10,508 weeping occasionally with ecstatic joy, 155 00:10:10,508 --> 00:10:13,048 and finally, he wraps his arms around you, 156 00:10:13,052 --> 00:10:15,012 whispers poetry softly into your ear, 157 00:10:15,012 --> 00:10:17,522 and you fall into a... delicious sleep. 158 00:10:21,686 --> 00:10:23,266 Yep, that's pretty much it. 159 00:10:23,271 --> 00:10:25,231 - Grigor? - It's him. 160 00:10:29,902 --> 00:10:31,202 Good luck. 161 00:10:31,195 --> 00:10:33,525 - Hmm? Ducks? 162 00:10:33,531 --> 00:10:35,621 He was saying it will bring the ducks to you, 163 00:10:35,616 --> 00:10:38,036 instead of you having to find them. 164 00:10:38,536 --> 00:10:40,786 - My dearest Peter. 165 00:10:40,788 --> 00:10:43,038 But then he does it, he blows this caller. 166 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,840 I don't believe it, and then-- Empress. 167 00:10:49,255 --> 00:10:52,215 - The fucking ducks come from everywhere, 168 00:10:52,216 --> 00:10:54,586 but not like four or five, like, 50. 169 00:10:54,593 --> 00:10:56,263 - That's hilarious. - Truly comical. 170 00:10:56,262 --> 00:11:00,182 Fucking ducks everywhere, and we all just started running for cover. 171 00:11:00,182 --> 00:11:04,062 Firing like crazy, ducks are dropping, people are screaming. 172 00:11:04,061 --> 00:11:07,191 - Oh, I'd love to see it. - Well, we'll get him to do it again. 173 00:11:07,189 --> 00:11:09,979 No, but this time, we will-- 174 00:11:15,448 --> 00:11:18,528 We'll watch from the balcony, no danger to us. 175 00:11:20,119 --> 00:11:21,159 Marvelous. 176 00:11:23,039 --> 00:11:25,999 Let us hope my seed has found purchase. 177 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,340 Have a pleasant evening, Empress. 178 00:11:28,336 --> 00:11:31,666 Grigor, shall we crack that new vodka from Kiev? 179 00:11:31,672 --> 00:11:33,382 Huzzah. 180 00:12:07,041 --> 00:12:09,131 Love Peter. 181 00:12:11,545 --> 00:12:13,955 Make him love me. 182 00:12:18,427 --> 00:12:21,427 Find culture and education here. 183 00:12:23,265 --> 00:12:25,515 Are you all right, Empress? 184 00:12:25,518 --> 00:12:26,938 Quite fabulous. 185 00:12:27,686 --> 00:12:31,186 Last night was all... all right? As you'd imagined? 186 00:12:31,190 --> 00:12:33,360 To be honest, it was brief. 187 00:12:33,359 --> 00:12:34,689 Brief is often a relief. 188 00:12:34,693 --> 00:12:37,613 And not as much... as I had imagined. 189 00:12:37,613 --> 00:12:39,493 I'm sorry, 'cause I had thought of warning you. 190 00:12:39,490 --> 00:12:43,200 It is possible I had an overly romantic view of its unfolding. 191 00:12:43,202 --> 00:12:44,542 I do that. 192 00:12:44,537 --> 00:12:46,327 Well, you would not be the first. 193 00:12:47,790 --> 00:12:49,290 The truth is we do not know each other. 194 00:12:50,334 --> 00:12:52,004 Our love is an ember, 195 00:12:52,002 --> 00:12:54,342 a mere spark, 196 00:12:54,338 --> 00:12:57,168 and I must blow on it with the full force of my lungs, 197 00:12:57,174 --> 00:13:00,014 so that it bursts into passionate flames. 198 00:13:01,345 --> 00:13:02,675 Right. 199 00:13:06,016 --> 00:13:09,016 Shall you breakfast here or in the garden? 200 00:13:09,019 --> 00:13:11,689 I will breakfast with my husband. 201 00:13:11,689 --> 00:13:13,019 Where's that? 202 00:13:15,443 --> 00:13:18,363 I am not to be disturbed. I will cut your throat. 203 00:13:18,362 --> 00:13:20,702 I'd rather you kiss it, dear husband. 204 00:13:20,698 --> 00:13:23,278 Oh, hello. What do you want? 205 00:13:24,994 --> 00:13:27,544 - Maid'. 206 00:13:27,538 --> 00:13:29,288 Bring the emperor two raw eggs, 207 00:13:29,290 --> 00:13:32,670 tomato juice, salt, pepper, and a jigger of vodka. 208 00:13:32,668 --> 00:13:35,048 - Shake and pour it into a glass. - No. 209 00:13:35,045 --> 00:13:37,045 I like to be alone in the morning. 210 00:13:37,047 --> 00:13:40,377 I'm sure you did, but now, we shall greet the day together, 211 00:13:40,384 --> 00:13:43,054 with sunny dispositions and fearless hearts. 212 00:13:44,597 --> 00:13:47,307 - Mm. Hello, dog. 213 00:13:48,392 --> 00:13:50,562 My father liked to imbibe heavily. 214 00:13:50,561 --> 00:13:53,231 This was his solution to the morning troubles. 215 00:13:53,230 --> 00:13:54,940 It has vodka in it? 216 00:14:04,658 --> 00:14:06,078 Huzzah'. 217 00:14:09,079 --> 00:14:11,829 I like it. Yes, that's better. You are a witch. 218 00:14:11,832 --> 00:14:13,422 You must break a lot of glasses. 219 00:14:13,417 --> 00:14:15,207 Yes, I suppose we do. 220 00:14:16,921 --> 00:14:17,961 Come. 221 00:14:21,967 --> 00:14:25,007 - Shall we perhaps picnic today? - This is Mother. 222 00:14:27,556 --> 00:14:28,926 I would not bury her. 223 00:14:29,517 --> 00:14:31,597 I could not bear the thought of never seeing her. 224 00:14:31,602 --> 00:14:34,442 Oh. She is pretty. 225 00:14:35,564 --> 00:14:37,324 Mother, this is Catherine. 226 00:14:40,110 --> 00:14:41,700 It is my honor. 227 00:14:43,072 --> 00:14:46,082 She was a goddess. Extraordinary. Powerful. 228 00:14:46,075 --> 00:14:47,905 No one like her. 229 00:14:48,619 --> 00:14:51,579 Strangely, I felt paralyzed whenever she was around. 230 00:14:51,580 --> 00:14:54,000 Someone should work out what goes on between a chap and his mother. 231 00:14:53,999 --> 00:14:55,249 There'd be money in that. 232 00:14:55,918 --> 00:14:57,548 I suppose so. 233 00:14:57,545 --> 00:14:59,165 Right. That's done. 234 00:15:00,089 --> 00:15:02,379 - Where shall we go now? - I have men's things. 235 00:15:02,383 --> 00:15:04,553 - Madame Georgina Dymov. - Emperor. 236 00:15:04,552 --> 00:15:06,892 Take the empress to the other ladies and speak of hats. 237 00:15:06,887 --> 00:15:08,217 Of course. 238 00:15:08,222 --> 00:15:10,062 It may indeed be pleasant to have a wife. 239 00:15:11,392 --> 00:15:14,402 Yes. It is pleasant. 240 00:15:15,771 --> 00:15:18,441 Velementov, come here, you fat fuck'. 241 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,610 Come here'. 242 00:15:21,652 --> 00:15:23,322 Let us walk. 243 00:15:26,198 --> 00:15:27,868 He is a mercurial fellow. 244 00:15:28,867 --> 00:15:30,657 Deep of heart, I feel. 245 00:15:31,745 --> 00:15:33,825 A curious jester. 246 00:15:33,831 --> 00:15:38,711 How sweet you are. I could put you in my mouth and you would dissolve. 247 00:15:38,711 --> 00:15:41,801 Then do not, for I am too happy. 248 00:15:41,797 --> 00:15:44,377 I will be your dearest friend and confidante. 249 00:15:44,383 --> 00:15:45,683 You will need one. 250 00:15:45,676 --> 00:15:49,046 Most of the women have tongues in the shape of a cat-o'-nine-tails. 251 00:15:54,893 --> 00:15:57,773 Oh, Empress'. Empress. 252 00:15:57,771 --> 00:15:59,901 Oh, Empress'. 253 00:16:02,067 --> 00:16:04,357 Congratulations'. 254 00:16:04,361 --> 00:16:07,491 Hats have just arrived from Paris. 255 00:16:07,489 --> 00:16:08,989 You must know all the latest. 256 00:16:08,991 --> 00:16:10,741 On... hats? 257 00:16:12,244 --> 00:16:14,254 I've never been much interested in hats. 258 00:16:15,706 --> 00:16:18,576 However, have any of you read 259 00:16:18,584 --> 00:16:21,344 the latest Rousseau, The Social Contract? 260 00:16:21,337 --> 00:16:23,087 I have a copy if you would like. 261 00:16:26,300 --> 00:16:28,760 - A delightful jest. Bravo. 262 00:16:32,848 --> 00:16:35,098 We cannot read. 263 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:38,060 - None of you? - It is... not done. 264 00:16:38,062 --> 00:16:40,612 - And seems dull. - And time-consuming. 265 00:16:43,233 --> 00:16:47,243 Anyways, more interestingly, Captain Dostovey is seeing Lenka. 266 00:16:48,822 --> 00:16:51,372 - That is nice. - It is, unless you're his wife. 267 00:16:54,787 --> 00:16:57,457 Oh, there is champagne being set outside. 268 00:16:57,456 --> 00:16:59,626 Shall we roll balls on the lawn? 269 00:17:10,260 --> 00:17:13,010 - What happens now? - Well, they bring them back up, 270 00:17:13,013 --> 00:17:15,103 and then we do it all again. 271 00:17:16,433 --> 00:17:17,643 I see. 272 00:17:18,977 --> 00:17:21,107 - For how long? - All afternoon. 273 00:17:27,569 --> 00:17:29,109 Empress. 274 00:17:29,113 --> 00:17:30,613 You seem tired. 275 00:17:30,614 --> 00:17:32,664 Might I escort you to your apartments? 276 00:17:32,658 --> 00:17:35,738 Indeed. I am. 277 00:17:36,662 --> 00:17:39,712 Marial, you speak out of turn. 278 00:17:39,707 --> 00:17:43,747 You must wait for the empress or one of the ladies of court to address you. 279 00:17:43,752 --> 00:17:44,922 You cannot just speak. 280 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:48,340 You may rip my tongue from my foolish body, dear Lady Svenska, 281 00:17:48,340 --> 00:17:51,720 or try to, and we shall see what develops from there. 282 00:17:51,719 --> 00:17:53,889 Remember your place, Marial. 283 00:17:57,975 --> 00:18:02,185 My apologies, ladies. Sometimes I... forget who I am. 284 00:18:02,187 --> 00:18:05,607 Well, we are within our rights to whip you to remind you if needs be. 285 00:18:05,607 --> 00:18:07,737 - A bit harsh. - Marial has apologized, 286 00:18:07,735 --> 00:18:11,025 and we are all reminded of where we stand. 287 00:18:11,029 --> 00:18:12,659 In time, she will adjust. 288 00:18:12,656 --> 00:18:16,986 Empress, would you like Marial to escort you to your apartments? 289 00:18:18,328 --> 00:18:19,538 Indeed. 290 00:18:20,289 --> 00:18:21,829 Perhaps I shall see you later. 291 00:18:21,832 --> 00:18:23,582 That is the beautiful thing, my dear. 292 00:18:24,084 --> 00:18:25,884 You will see us every day now. 293 00:18:28,338 --> 00:18:29,718 They do not read. 294 00:18:29,715 --> 00:18:32,375 No wonder they're cruel and vapid. 295 00:18:32,384 --> 00:18:34,854 - We must feel for them. - It is impossible. 296 00:18:36,472 --> 00:18:38,682 Do you wish to explain the exchange on the lawn? 297 00:18:38,682 --> 00:18:40,522 Not particularly. 298 00:18:41,977 --> 00:18:43,517 Do it anyway. 299 00:18:47,816 --> 00:18:50,236 I was, until recently, a lady of the court. 300 00:18:50,235 --> 00:18:54,355 My father fucked with the emperor, and so he made us all servants. 301 00:18:54,364 --> 00:18:55,454 To humiliate you? 302 00:18:55,449 --> 00:18:57,989 It was uncharacteristically clever of him. 303 00:18:57,993 --> 00:18:59,953 It serves as a standing warning to all the court, 304 00:18:59,953 --> 00:19:02,923 you could wake up tomorrow shoveling shit. 305 00:19:02,915 --> 00:19:04,455 That's sad. 306 00:19:05,209 --> 00:19:07,999 - You best be careful, then. 307 00:19:08,003 --> 00:19:11,473 It is unfortunately not part of my nature. 308 00:19:11,465 --> 00:19:13,835 If you are a servant, your nature's not relevant, 309 00:19:13,842 --> 00:19:15,972 and your insolence will get you beaten. 310 00:19:15,969 --> 00:19:17,549 I don't want that. 311 00:19:17,554 --> 00:19:20,104 It is well put. I shall try. 312 00:19:20,098 --> 00:19:23,558 - You, I like, very much. - And I, you. 313 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,440 Inside, you are still a lady, albeit an angry one. 314 00:19:52,422 --> 00:19:54,632 - Husband. - Wife? 315 00:20:00,347 --> 00:20:01,347 Huzzah. 316 00:20:05,602 --> 00:20:07,232 Stop that. Move over. 317 00:20:08,647 --> 00:20:10,107 Come, Empress. 318 00:20:11,942 --> 00:20:14,402 And join us. It'll be romping good fun. 319 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,950 Oh, for fuck's sake. Do not be boring and have a peasant's morality. 320 00:20:19,950 --> 00:20:22,080 And do not look at me as Mother would: disdainful and hurt. 321 00:20:22,077 --> 00:20:24,617 I will not fucking stand for it. 322 00:20:25,622 --> 00:20:28,002 I want you in this bed. Please? 323 00:20:28,834 --> 00:20:32,634 Please, make your husband happy. Is that not what you came here to do? 324 00:20:38,802 --> 00:20:39,852 Come on. 325 00:21:01,116 --> 00:21:05,156 Oh. Sorry, um... Grigor. 326 00:21:05,162 --> 00:21:07,082 We met at the wedding. 327 00:21:07,998 --> 00:21:10,248 - She is your wife? - Yes. 328 00:21:11,668 --> 00:21:14,668 And he is my emperor, and I love him. 329 00:21:15,964 --> 00:21:20,264 So, that is... that. 330 00:21:22,137 --> 00:21:24,807 Is it not hard, though, to share? 331 00:21:24,806 --> 00:21:27,516 Marriage is a struggle on a number of levels. 332 00:21:28,060 --> 00:21:30,020 I'm beginning to see that. 333 00:21:54,044 --> 00:21:56,764 If you spy a rabbit, point but do not yell. 334 00:21:58,131 --> 00:22:02,431 It must be an enormous responsibility and honor to lead a country of such import. 335 00:22:02,427 --> 00:22:04,047 It's actually not that hard. 336 00:22:04,888 --> 00:22:06,388 The decisions must weigh heavy. 337 00:22:06,390 --> 00:22:09,270 No. Not really. I was born to rule. 338 00:22:09,267 --> 00:22:11,727 - Rabbit'. 339 00:22:11,728 --> 00:22:13,518 Damn'. 340 00:22:16,024 --> 00:22:19,494 I would like to be useful to Russia, to help its greatness. 341 00:22:19,486 --> 00:22:22,156 You will bear my heirs. There is no higher use. 342 00:22:22,155 --> 00:22:23,315 You are blessed. 343 00:22:24,408 --> 00:22:27,238 - Are you with child yet? - I am not. 344 00:22:27,244 --> 00:22:29,914 I must empty myself into you again soon. 345 00:22:29,913 --> 00:22:32,463 - Rabbit. 346 00:22:32,457 --> 00:22:33,877 Damn'. 347 00:22:36,294 --> 00:22:39,094 I thought perhaps I could help in education. 348 00:22:39,089 --> 00:22:41,429 There's an explosion of ideas in France. 349 00:22:41,425 --> 00:22:43,465 And an explosion of syphilis in Kiev. 350 00:22:43,468 --> 00:22:44,798 What? 351 00:22:45,554 --> 00:22:48,604 It is a joke. You are slow of mind and wit. 352 00:22:48,598 --> 00:22:51,808 Gents, I said there is an explosion of syphilis in Kiev. 353 00:22:55,939 --> 00:22:57,859 Did you roll colored balls with the ladies? 354 00:22:57,858 --> 00:23:00,438 - Mm. Briefly. - It is a lark. What fun. 355 00:23:01,319 --> 00:23:04,069 We are, in fact, modernizing in a European way. 356 00:23:04,072 --> 00:23:07,742 I have banned beards in men under 50. It is a better look. 357 00:23:07,743 --> 00:23:10,413 The big Russian beards look like men are eating a whole beaver, 358 00:23:10,412 --> 00:23:14,002 - and it will not do. - Beards. Yes, indeed. 359 00:23:14,916 --> 00:23:17,916 My question is, can I fund a small school? 360 00:23:17,919 --> 00:23:19,919 Will it stop you talking about dull things? 361 00:23:19,921 --> 00:23:21,421 And I jest, of course. Sort of. 362 00:23:21,423 --> 00:23:24,893 - It will. - If it makes you happy, you may do it. 363 00:23:24,885 --> 00:23:27,295 Talk to Bettina for funds. 364 00:23:28,847 --> 00:23:31,977 - Let us drink. - Yes'. Huzzah'. 365 00:23:31,975 --> 00:23:34,725 - Huzzah'. 366 00:23:34,728 --> 00:23:36,938 Now let us fight. 367 00:23:38,857 --> 00:23:41,607 - Come on. Fight back, fatso'. - And stay'. 368 00:23:41,610 --> 00:23:42,940 Hit me'. 369 00:23:46,281 --> 00:23:48,621 - Oh. Oh'. 370 00:23:51,703 --> 00:23:54,793 Finally, some fight in the military. About fucking time. 371 00:23:57,918 --> 00:23:59,958 Oh, rich. Rich. 372 00:23:59,961 --> 00:24:03,301 Peter'. Peter'. Peter'. 373 00:24:03,298 --> 00:24:05,678 - Rabbit. 374 00:24:19,189 --> 00:24:22,689 We will paint it. Brighten it up. 375 00:24:24,319 --> 00:24:26,659 Some chairs will be brought over from the palace. 376 00:24:26,655 --> 00:24:31,405 - May I... learn? - You must. 377 00:24:34,037 --> 00:24:35,787 Where is the library? 378 00:24:35,789 --> 00:24:39,039 - The what? - Well, books. We must have books. 379 00:24:39,042 --> 00:24:41,132 And perhaps we could have talks on ideas. 380 00:24:41,128 --> 00:24:43,298 Like I said, 45-degree angle. 381 00:24:43,296 --> 00:24:46,046 - And a full arm swing? - Exactly. 382 00:24:46,925 --> 00:24:48,795 Actually, I know where the books are. 383 00:25:10,699 --> 00:25:12,079 Shit. 384 00:25:15,036 --> 00:25:17,746 - What are you reading? - Uh, a book. 385 00:25:19,207 --> 00:25:22,037 Uh, by a fellow, uh... 386 00:25:22,043 --> 00:25:25,883 a brilliant fellow called René Descartes. 387 00:25:25,881 --> 00:25:28,931 - And you were moved? - I'm-- I'm sorry. 388 00:25:28,925 --> 00:25:32,385 Uh, it, it is embarrassing and unmanly. 389 00:25:32,387 --> 00:25:34,717 I'm such a dickhead. Fuck. 390 00:25:34,723 --> 00:25:38,523 His ideas light the mind. I told him so. 391 00:25:38,518 --> 00:25:41,608 - You know him? - I only met him the once. 392 00:25:41,605 --> 00:25:44,765 He seemed sweet and smelt of cheese, 393 00:25:44,774 --> 00:25:46,744 but... what a mind. 394 00:25:46,735 --> 00:25:48,195 Yes. 395 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,910 - I am Count Orlo. - Orlo. A pleasure. 396 00:25:53,909 --> 00:25:55,199 Pleasure. 397 00:25:55,202 --> 00:25:58,462 I am seeking books to put in my school. 398 00:25:58,455 --> 00:26:00,205 Your school? 399 00:26:01,124 --> 00:26:04,294 The emperor has ordained I should have a school. 400 00:26:04,294 --> 00:26:09,134 I will teach women to read, and, hopefully, talk much on Descartes. 401 00:26:10,592 --> 00:26:14,052 You, sir... you're welcome to help me. 402 00:26:16,598 --> 00:26:18,428 So talk, Velementov. 403 00:26:18,433 --> 00:26:21,313 The, uh...the battle... 404 00:26:21,311 --> 00:26:22,981 it did not go as hoped. 405 00:26:22,979 --> 00:26:26,019 Fuck'. Again, why are we losing? 406 00:26:26,024 --> 00:26:27,444 Anyone? 407 00:26:29,986 --> 00:26:31,066 Anyone? 408 00:26:31,071 --> 00:26:34,071 I believe I called for a halt and a regroup. 409 00:26:34,074 --> 00:26:36,744 - Uh, my opinion-- - Blame'. 410 00:26:37,494 --> 00:26:38,544 Blame. 411 00:26:38,536 --> 00:26:41,366 I would have won if what? 412 00:26:41,373 --> 00:26:43,793 What, the rest of us had not an opinion? 413 00:26:43,792 --> 00:26:48,052 It seems a good summation of Velementov's rather churlish attitude. 414 00:26:48,046 --> 00:26:49,336 And yet possibly true. 415 00:26:51,258 --> 00:26:54,468 His plans are often twisted by the group, 416 00:26:54,469 --> 00:26:58,429 when in fact, he is a brilliant strategist. 417 00:26:59,808 --> 00:27:00,808 Thank you, sir. 418 00:27:00,809 --> 00:27:06,059 I believe Orlo will now talk of suing for peace as he revels in our losses. 419 00:27:06,064 --> 00:27:08,444 Is that true, Orlo? You revel in our losses? 420 00:27:08,441 --> 00:27:11,861 - No, sir. Um-- - I will stuff this marble 421 00:27:11,861 --> 00:27:14,031 - deep in your ass if it is. - Oh... 422 00:27:14,531 --> 00:27:17,241 Fuck'. What do we do? 423 00:27:18,868 --> 00:27:22,538 Well, the archbishop started this war when God sent him a vision. 424 00:27:22,539 --> 00:27:27,999 Perhaps he could revisit this vision and provide more details on how to win it. 425 00:27:28,003 --> 00:27:30,883 God has called us to it. We must win it. 426 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,180 God is all care and no responsibility at times. 427 00:27:34,175 --> 00:27:39,305 I do not doubt the Russian fighting man, and it is treasonous to do so. 428 00:27:39,306 --> 00:27:42,766 We lost some 1,800 lives. 429 00:27:43,852 --> 00:27:45,562 Goddamn it. 430 00:27:45,562 --> 00:27:47,272 Well, how does that look? 431 00:27:47,272 --> 00:27:51,612 Bad. Bad, is how, in case anyone was wondering. 432 00:27:51,609 --> 00:27:56,159 My father won battles. He expanded the kingdom. 433 00:27:57,615 --> 00:28:01,235 I also do not like all the limbless soldiers in the halls. 434 00:28:01,244 --> 00:28:06,084 It casts a pall over the fun of a ball when so many can't dance. 435 00:28:07,542 --> 00:28:10,672 I can win this for us. 436 00:28:10,670 --> 00:28:12,260 So do. 437 00:28:12,255 --> 00:28:16,335 On another matter, uh, may I commend the emperor 438 00:28:16,343 --> 00:28:19,683 on his decision to allow the empress a school. 439 00:28:19,679 --> 00:28:21,929 I make women happy, Orlo. 440 00:28:21,931 --> 00:28:24,601 Sometimes they yelp like newborn puppies. It's a lovely thing. 441 00:28:24,601 --> 00:28:27,271 You should try it, if your cock ever finds its way out of your hand 442 00:28:27,270 --> 00:28:28,610 - into a woman. 443 00:28:28,605 --> 00:28:31,515 - Uh, indeed. - Blushing. 444 00:28:31,524 --> 00:28:33,784 - God, you're a virgin. 445 00:28:33,777 --> 00:28:37,107 I'd like to approve the texts she wishes to teach. 446 00:28:37,113 --> 00:28:39,453 She may bring new ideas from the West. 447 00:28:39,449 --> 00:28:43,619 The French are affecting Europe's thinking in a distressing way. 448 00:28:43,620 --> 00:28:47,620 In an astounding way that blows light into our age. 449 00:28:47,624 --> 00:28:50,134 The fact that women will be part of this, 450 00:28:50,126 --> 00:28:53,706 as I believe, is a stunning achievement for our nation 451 00:28:53,713 --> 00:28:56,883 and will be celebrated across Europe. 452 00:28:56,883 --> 00:28:59,843 - Women? - What? 453 00:29:12,399 --> 00:29:14,729 - They burned down my school'. 454 00:29:14,734 --> 00:29:17,654 You must seek justice'. Wreak havoc upon them'. 455 00:29:17,654 --> 00:29:19,614 Oh, you did not say this school was for girls. 456 00:29:19,614 --> 00:29:21,124 - Did I not? - No. 457 00:29:21,116 --> 00:29:25,156 - Yes'. Women here cannot read. - And they shall not. 458 00:29:25,995 --> 00:29:28,285 Women are for seeding, not reading. 459 00:29:28,289 --> 00:29:30,249 Huh. Pithy. 460 00:29:30,250 --> 00:29:32,090 Gents, I said women are for seeding, not reading. 461 00:29:37,090 --> 00:29:39,970 - You burned my school down. - I did. 462 00:29:41,636 --> 00:29:43,556 Well, you may go. I forgive you, of course, 463 00:29:43,555 --> 00:29:46,175 as I am of gentle heart and massive cock. 464 00:29:46,182 --> 00:29:49,892 Gentlemen, I said I am of gentle heart and massive cock. 465 00:29:49,894 --> 00:29:51,564 - Huzzah'. - You are disgusting'. 466 00:29:51,563 --> 00:29:52,863 - You don't lie to me again'. 467 00:29:52,856 --> 00:29:54,396 - Ooh'. - Oh, you are admirably quick. 468 00:29:54,399 --> 00:29:57,399 - Huh. Huzzah'. - Huzzah'. 469 00:29:57,402 --> 00:29:59,362 Right. Who's next? Ivan? 470 00:30:15,170 --> 00:30:18,300 Did you see Grigor carrying two baby ducks everywhere yesterday? 471 00:30:18,298 --> 00:30:19,668 Hilarious. 472 00:30:19,674 --> 00:30:21,384 Nipping at vodka in his pocket, they were. 473 00:30:27,515 --> 00:30:29,475 We do not have to breakfast together. 474 00:30:29,476 --> 00:30:32,306 - I wish it to bring us closer. - How is that working? 475 00:30:34,772 --> 00:30:37,192 May I read a passage from Diderot? 476 00:30:37,192 --> 00:30:39,862 - Orlo found it for me. - Orlo is a lobcock. 477 00:30:40,403 --> 00:30:44,073 A smart one, and handy for the thinking part of running the country. 478 00:30:44,073 --> 00:30:47,083 And I do not care who fucks who, as long as one fucks. 479 00:30:47,744 --> 00:30:50,374 Though I suspect he does not even do that. 480 00:30:50,371 --> 00:30:51,751 What sort of a life is that? 481 00:30:56,127 --> 00:30:57,337 Just musing. 482 00:30:58,546 --> 00:31:00,876 - So I shall read. - Mm. 483 00:31:02,467 --> 00:31:04,427 "Man will never be free 484 00:31:04,427 --> 00:31:09,767 until the last king has been strangled with the entrails of the last priest." 485 00:31:12,685 --> 00:31:14,015 Love it. 486 00:31:15,438 --> 00:31:16,768 Bye. 487 00:31:16,773 --> 00:31:19,483 Zeus.Come on. 488 00:31:20,026 --> 00:31:21,776 Are you pregnant? 489 00:31:21,778 --> 00:31:23,778 - No. - Annoying. 490 00:31:25,573 --> 00:31:26,913 Come on. 491 00:31:31,663 --> 00:31:33,293 I hate you. 492 00:31:33,289 --> 00:31:36,669 What the fuck's going on, Archie? You said she was the one. 493 00:31:36,668 --> 00:31:39,128 You said you'd seen it. You said she'd make me happy. 494 00:31:39,128 --> 00:31:42,298 - I... - Do I look happy? Grigor, my face. 495 00:31:42,298 --> 00:31:45,178 - Oh, discontented at the minimum. - At the fucking minimum. 496 00:31:45,176 --> 00:31:46,676 Remind me of this vision. 497 00:31:46,678 --> 00:31:51,268 He saw her name drawn in the sand on a beach where Jesus was walking. 498 00:31:51,266 --> 00:31:55,056 - All marriages take time to-- - My parents' didn't, and mine should not. 499 00:31:55,061 --> 00:31:57,771 You need to fix her. I will not be... 500 00:31:57,772 --> 00:32:00,652 - Ugly with discontent? - Exactly. 501 00:32:05,029 --> 00:32:07,319 - You throw like Orlo. 502 00:32:09,450 --> 00:32:13,250 - Is it not beautiful? - Yes. 503 00:32:13,871 --> 00:32:15,371 I'll tell you a secret. 504 00:32:15,373 --> 00:32:18,923 If you look closely, that icon is rusting, 505 00:32:18,918 --> 00:32:21,588 and that one is bent at the side. 506 00:32:22,755 --> 00:32:25,045 Nothing, of course, is perfect. 507 00:32:25,592 --> 00:32:28,092 You refer metaphorically to the marriage? 508 00:32:29,512 --> 00:32:34,232 - I liked you the moment I-- - Put your fingers inside me. 509 00:32:35,893 --> 00:32:38,353 It was distressing for me as it was for you. 510 00:32:38,354 --> 00:32:40,024 I doubt that. 511 00:32:42,358 --> 00:32:44,608 There's a way of things here. 512 00:32:44,611 --> 00:32:47,491 - And a way of things with Peter. - I have tried. 513 00:32:47,488 --> 00:32:48,908 We think our hearts are spent. 514 00:32:49,657 --> 00:32:54,327 God refills them if we can but find the... 515 00:32:54,329 --> 00:32:57,539 - Ladle? - Indeed. 516 00:32:57,540 --> 00:32:59,130 So you would like me to try. 517 00:32:59,125 --> 00:33:04,165 An unhappy emperor makes rash decisions that affect millions. 518 00:33:04,172 --> 00:33:06,422 This is bigger than you and your happiness. 519 00:33:06,424 --> 00:33:09,844 Your father has already been through his initial payment from us 520 00:33:09,844 --> 00:33:12,354 and been back for more, and we furnished him with this, 521 00:33:12,347 --> 00:33:15,807 but that tap can be turned off. 522 00:33:16,726 --> 00:33:19,976 - I cannot be happy here. - I'm not asking you that. 523 00:33:19,979 --> 00:33:22,109 I'm asking you to pretend. 524 00:33:23,316 --> 00:33:27,316 People underestimate the joy in suffering. 525 00:33:32,575 --> 00:33:36,075 Walk through the pain... 526 00:33:36,871 --> 00:33:39,251 and on the other side... 527 00:33:40,416 --> 00:33:43,586 joy and purity. 528 00:33:47,924 --> 00:33:49,514 And I do love the smell. 529 00:34:09,070 --> 00:34:10,360 Empress. 530 00:34:11,698 --> 00:34:13,528 - General? - I was... 531 00:34:14,242 --> 00:34:18,792 I saw you in the sun and I worried for your alabaster skin. 532 00:34:19,372 --> 00:34:21,622 I felt if I positioned myself at 90 degrees, 533 00:34:21,624 --> 00:34:24,634 my torso would provide shade cover. 534 00:34:26,713 --> 00:34:29,593 I trust my interruption is forgivable? 535 00:34:29,590 --> 00:34:31,630 I am happy in the sun. 536 00:34:33,261 --> 00:34:37,311 I imagine myself floating in the sky, far from here. 537 00:34:37,306 --> 00:34:39,056 But I appreciate your thoughtfulness. 538 00:34:40,810 --> 00:34:42,730 - How goes the war? - Uh... 539 00:34:43,646 --> 00:34:45,186 Ups and downs. 540 00:34:45,982 --> 00:34:48,992 There's some conjecture as to the best way forward. 541 00:34:50,361 --> 00:34:53,871 I fear paralysis, but, uh... 542 00:34:55,992 --> 00:34:59,122 We must, uh... We trust the emperor's wisdom. 543 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:00,460 Is that wise? 544 00:35:01,372 --> 00:35:02,372 I... 545 00:35:02,373 --> 00:35:04,963 My father was in the military. 546 00:35:04,959 --> 00:35:09,549 He said that to some, war is merely a chess game, 547 00:35:09,547 --> 00:35:12,877 and to others, a horror of responsibility for the blood of men. 548 00:35:14,302 --> 00:35:16,512 Where do you fall on this? 549 00:35:16,512 --> 00:35:20,482 You win the chess game, you win men's lives. 550 00:35:21,434 --> 00:35:23,444 That's how I see it. 551 00:35:24,729 --> 00:35:28,019 Good day. I-- You... 552 00:35:28,024 --> 00:35:33,034 look... lovely... again. 553 00:35:42,622 --> 00:35:44,002 Empress'. 554 00:35:45,041 --> 00:35:46,381 The party'. 555 00:35:58,679 --> 00:36:02,019 Someone refill this fucking samovar. 556 00:36:03,017 --> 00:36:05,387 - Explain it to me. - It's called a sight. 557 00:36:05,394 --> 00:36:08,614 Your eye falls between the two marks, and then your target lines up with it. 558 00:36:08,606 --> 00:36:09,816 I have perfect aim, though. 559 00:36:09,816 --> 00:36:15,026 Oh, but to less-perfect hunters than your royal self, it is a boon, 560 00:36:15,029 --> 00:36:17,659 and accurate up to 50 yards. 561 00:36:17,657 --> 00:36:18,907 No. I don't believe it. 562 00:36:25,957 --> 00:36:26,957 Aah'. Gah'. 563 00:36:28,876 --> 00:36:30,876 Sorry, Sergei. 564 00:36:35,591 --> 00:36:39,011 I prick my maid's finger, add a few drops of blood to the cream, 565 00:36:39,011 --> 00:36:41,061 and it creates this rosy hue. 566 00:36:41,055 --> 00:36:42,555 You lie. 567 00:36:42,557 --> 00:36:45,767 There's no point owning these people if you can't use them as you wish. 568 00:36:48,104 --> 00:36:52,904 Your wig, Madame Svenska, it's not supposed to be like that. 569 00:36:52,900 --> 00:36:56,950 They are meant to be fitted to your heads. They are not hats. 570 00:37:03,119 --> 00:37:05,199 - Fool'. 571 00:37:07,164 --> 00:37:09,924 Cheer up, my darling. It is a party. 572 00:37:09,917 --> 00:37:11,537 - Eat this. - I don't-- 573 00:37:11,544 --> 00:37:13,594 It's moose-lips mousse. Is it not divine? 574 00:37:13,588 --> 00:37:15,508 Though one cannot help but wonder, 575 00:37:15,506 --> 00:37:18,506 where is the moose and what's he doing now? 576 00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,929 - Come, my dears. 577 00:37:42,074 --> 00:37:45,164 Shall we walk in the garden, Empress? 578 00:37:45,870 --> 00:37:49,170 Yes. I could use some fresh air. 579 00:38:02,887 --> 00:38:04,847 Oh, dear. Someone's cross. 580 00:38:05,681 --> 00:38:06,771 Good shot, huh? 581 00:38:42,718 --> 00:38:45,138 We've got problems, haven't we? 582 00:38:45,137 --> 00:38:48,137 You are the only person who has not loved me. 583 00:38:49,016 --> 00:38:51,636 It is inconceivable to me and says nothing good about you. 584 00:38:51,644 --> 00:38:56,944 If you had shown me an ounce of kindness, I was ready with a heart full of love. 585 00:38:59,110 --> 00:39:02,990 - You look really pretty. - My heart is breaking. 586 00:39:04,782 --> 00:39:06,622 I miss home. 587 00:39:07,868 --> 00:39:10,578 I'm lonely for family, 588 00:39:10,579 --> 00:39:15,249 for friends, fun, ideas, 589 00:39:15,251 --> 00:39:16,381 strawberries. 590 00:39:17,086 --> 00:39:19,756 - And I need my cock sucked. - What? 591 00:39:19,755 --> 00:39:22,465 Well, we're sharing, right, our needs? 592 00:39:22,466 --> 00:39:24,636 Just let me go home, please. 593 00:39:24,635 --> 00:39:26,795 That's not going to happen. 594 00:39:26,804 --> 00:39:29,064 Strawberries, I'll work on. 595 00:39:29,056 --> 00:39:30,976 Friends... the women at court? 596 00:39:30,975 --> 00:39:34,055 Gossiping morons, 597 00:39:34,061 --> 00:39:36,021 obsessed with the next affair or dalliance. 598 00:39:36,022 --> 00:39:39,822 You're so judgmental. You might want to look at that. 599 00:39:40,818 --> 00:39:43,318 I mean, you know your problem? You have no idea how lucky you are. 600 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,570 - Soldiers are dying. - Because of you. 601 00:39:45,573 --> 00:39:49,203 - Serfs beaten daily. - You could stop that. 602 00:39:49,201 --> 00:39:53,041 If you would just read these books with me, 603 00:39:53,039 --> 00:39:55,879 these ideas that are sweeping Europe: 604 00:39:55,875 --> 00:39:58,955 justice, humanity, every man a valued soul. 605 00:39:58,961 --> 00:40:01,051 We could rule Russia in a different manner-- 606 00:40:01,047 --> 00:40:03,587 No, I rule. You serve. 607 00:40:03,591 --> 00:40:05,721 Is it that difficult to understand? 608 00:40:05,718 --> 00:40:09,218 What happened to that happy little girl who gave me a twig? 609 00:40:09,805 --> 00:40:11,015 She died. 610 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:14,440 Seems overly dramatic. I am mostly kind to you. 611 00:40:14,435 --> 00:40:15,435 Do I beat you? 612 00:40:15,436 --> 00:40:18,106 I suffer the blows of your disdain daily. 613 00:40:18,105 --> 00:40:20,435 It's not the same as actual blows, though, is it? 614 00:40:20,441 --> 00:40:22,281 - Well... - What, you don't know? 615 00:40:25,696 --> 00:40:27,816 Well, compare and get back to me. 616 00:40:30,743 --> 00:40:32,583 Mother and Father never acted like this. 617 00:40:32,578 --> 00:40:36,078 My mother was a saint. I'm glad she's not alive to see this. 618 00:40:36,665 --> 00:40:38,455 Not that I'm glad she's dead. I'm not. 619 00:40:38,459 --> 00:40:39,629 Never. Sometimes. 620 00:40:39,627 --> 00:40:41,497 Just once. 621 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:46,300 Don't look at me like that. You're a disappointment to me, too. 622 00:40:47,426 --> 00:40:50,426 I do not need a wife with a poisonous mouth and a dry cunny. 623 00:40:51,764 --> 00:40:53,894 I will shut you up at my pleasure. 624 00:40:53,891 --> 00:40:57,811 - You will try and fail. - You will be happy. 625 00:40:57,812 --> 00:41:00,022 You will die here in content old age, 626 00:41:00,022 --> 00:41:02,402 having given me many hours of pleasure and service, 627 00:41:02,399 --> 00:41:04,029 and many heirs. 628 00:41:04,026 --> 00:41:05,896 Boys, preferably. 629 00:41:09,406 --> 00:41:13,076 I do have a temper and some rage. You cannot cross me. 630 00:41:13,077 --> 00:41:17,207 Especially not in front of others, or you will pay. 631 00:41:17,206 --> 00:41:18,536 Endlessly. 632 00:41:19,542 --> 00:41:21,132 And you will never win. 633 00:41:21,919 --> 00:41:24,799 You'll just be in pain. 634 00:41:45,067 --> 00:41:46,777 Are you all right, Empress? 635 00:41:46,777 --> 00:41:49,487 I would be better if I had wings. 636 00:41:52,908 --> 00:41:55,038 Might I suggest vodka instead? 637 00:42:02,710 --> 00:42:04,880 I'm a fool, Marial. 638 00:42:06,088 --> 00:42:08,508 A great love. 639 00:42:10,134 --> 00:42:12,014 I looked at myself in the mirror and laughed 640 00:42:12,011 --> 00:42:14,261 at my own stupid face this morning. 641 00:42:16,140 --> 00:42:17,390 Do you want one? 642 00:42:19,018 --> 00:42:20,938 I resolve to know my place. 643 00:42:20,936 --> 00:42:23,056 Yet you brought two glasses. 644 00:42:33,449 --> 00:42:35,489 I need you to help me escape this place. 645 00:42:35,492 --> 00:42:37,292 I would be signing my own death warrant. 646 00:42:37,286 --> 00:42:39,286 - A carriage is all I need. - I'm sorry. 647 00:42:43,459 --> 00:42:44,959 I cannot. 648 00:42:50,299 --> 00:42:54,089 - Sorry to startle you. - You didn't. You reek of incense. 649 00:42:54,094 --> 00:42:56,184 I smelt you five minutes ago. 650 00:42:56,180 --> 00:42:58,890 - How is she? - Unhappy. 651 00:42:58,891 --> 00:43:02,231 - Hmm. - She wants to leave. 652 00:43:02,228 --> 00:43:04,398 And how are you? 653 00:43:04,396 --> 00:43:07,266 Learning my place. 654 00:43:07,274 --> 00:43:09,864 Hmm. I doubt that'll ever happen. 655 00:44:46,540 --> 00:44:48,380 Uh, sir-- 656 00:44:54,089 --> 00:44:55,589 Uh... 657 00:45:26,288 --> 00:45:27,918 Escort the empress back. 658 00:46:34,106 --> 00:46:36,526 Would you like a cake with that knife, Empress? 659 00:46:36,525 --> 00:46:39,355 Do not try to stop me. Just leave me be. 660 00:46:39,361 --> 00:46:40,951 I would not presume to speak. 661 00:46:40,946 --> 00:46:45,776 For the empress is so smart, and book readingly, 662 00:46:45,784 --> 00:46:48,084 that I'm sure her judgment is sound. 663 00:46:48,078 --> 00:46:49,198 I am resolved. 664 00:46:50,831 --> 00:46:52,501 Vlad will get a bucket for the blood. 665 00:46:52,499 --> 00:46:54,289 Yes, miss. 666 00:46:54,293 --> 00:46:55,503 There is no other way. 667 00:46:57,171 --> 00:46:59,551 - I am a prisoner here. - Indeed. 668 00:47:00,382 --> 00:47:01,632 Married to an idiot. 669 00:47:01,633 --> 00:47:03,763 This has never happened to a woman before. 670 00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:06,720 Yes, but to an emperor. He's a madman. 671 00:47:06,722 --> 00:47:09,732 - He-- He is one of a kind. It is true. 672 00:47:13,562 --> 00:47:17,232 Towels, too, Vlad. There may be some overflow. 673 00:47:19,526 --> 00:47:22,606 What am I to do? Just live at someone else's whim? 674 00:47:22,613 --> 00:47:24,073 God forbid, Empress. 675 00:47:25,574 --> 00:47:29,414 Ever since I was a child, I felt like greatness was in store for me. 676 00:47:30,037 --> 00:47:31,827 A great life, I felt. 677 00:47:32,372 --> 00:47:35,542 Life God himself had spat me forth to land on this Earth 678 00:47:35,542 --> 00:47:38,252 and in some way transform it. 679 00:47:38,253 --> 00:47:41,473 That I was here for a reason, a purpose. 680 00:47:41,465 --> 00:47:45,585 - Why did He make you a woman, then? - For comedy, I guess. 681 00:47:47,638 --> 00:47:50,848 That idea now feels like some delusion when I'm trapped here. 682 00:47:52,559 --> 00:47:56,609 Yet I felt it, Marial, in my being... 683 00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:00,400 deep in my bones. 684 00:48:08,450 --> 00:48:10,620 It is not a lineage. 685 00:48:13,830 --> 00:48:15,710 - What? - Russia... 686 00:48:17,125 --> 00:48:19,415 It does not go to an heir if there is not one. 687 00:48:20,212 --> 00:48:23,092 If the emperor dies, it goes to the empress. 688 00:48:24,299 --> 00:48:25,509 What do you mean? 689 00:48:25,509 --> 00:48:27,969 I'm just giving you a lesson on how things work here. 690 00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:35,770 You're also not the only unhappy one. There are men here, unhappy, 691 00:48:35,769 --> 00:48:36,939 who are looking for a leader. 692 00:48:38,146 --> 00:48:39,856 And is there one? 693 00:48:42,818 --> 00:48:44,858 I hope I am looking at her. 694 00:48:46,321 --> 00:48:47,361 Me? 695 00:48:48,490 --> 00:48:51,540 - I'm a foolish child. - But what if you are not? 696 00:48:51,535 --> 00:48:54,495 What if your vision of the bear, and the great love, 697 00:48:54,496 --> 00:48:59,326 your heart filled and glowing, what if that great love was Russia itself? 698 00:49:00,669 --> 00:49:02,459 Not Peter. 699 00:49:05,507 --> 00:49:07,927 I will get coins to place on your eyes. 700 00:50:04,483 --> 00:50:06,573 Huzzah. 701 00:50:08,570 --> 00:50:12,740 ♪ Welcome to your life ♪ 702 00:50:12,741 --> 00:50:17,251 ♪ There's no turning back ♪ 703 00:50:17,245 --> 00:50:21,455 ♪ Even while we sleep ♪ 704 00:50:21,458 --> 00:50:23,588 ♪ We will find you ♪ 705 00:50:23,585 --> 00:50:27,955 ♪ Acting on your best behavior ♪ 706 00:50:27,964 --> 00:50:32,014 ♪ Turn your back on Mother Nature ♪ 707 00:50:32,010 --> 00:50:37,560 ♪ Everybody wants to rule the world ♪ 708 00:50:46,983 --> 00:50:51,453 ♪ It's my own design ♪ 709 00:50:51,446 --> 00:50:55,616 ♪ It's my own remorse ♪ 710 00:50:55,617 --> 00:50:59,747 ♪ Help me to decide ♪ 711 00:50:59,746 --> 00:51:04,246 ♪ Help me make the most of freedom ♪ 712 00:51:04,251 --> 00:51:06,881 ♪ And of pleasure ♪ 713 00:51:06,878 --> 00:51:10,628 ♪ Nothing ever lasts forever ♪ 714 00:51:10,632 --> 00:51:15,472 ♪ Everybody wants to rule the world ♪ 715 00:51:15,470 --> 00:51:19,730 ♪ There's a room Where the light won't find you ♪ 716 00:51:19,725 --> 00:51:24,145 ♪ Holding hands While the walls come tumbling down ♪ 717 00:51:24,146 --> 00:51:28,146 ♪ When they do I'll be right behind you ♪ 718 00:51:28,150 --> 00:51:32,400 ♪ So glad we've almost made it ♪ 719 00:51:32,404 --> 00:51:36,414 ♪ So sad they had to fade it ♪ 720 00:51:36,408 --> 00:51:42,618 ♪ Everybody wants to rule the world ♪