1 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:04,000 *CREDITS* 2 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,800 Two years have passed since the ball. 3 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,480 Potemkin fights a bloody war with the Turkish empire. 4 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,320 Civil unrest ensues as Catherine's war 5 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:20,480 forces her to abandon slavery reforms and the serfs. 6 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:29,760 ... complete history of my family 7 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,840 and I thought it was fascinating, it really was. 8 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,160 Aunties I'd never heard of, Uncles from down south... 9 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,680 I'm sorry, what are you talking about ? 10 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,000 I'm just telling you about my parents. 11 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,740 About how kind they were to me and 12 00:01:44,765 --> 00:01:46,784 how wonderful they've always been. 13 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,240 I have to work. 14 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,720 Do you ? Can't we... 15 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,160 I am managing the tail end of a war. In case you hadn't noticed. 16 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:10,160 So, Major-General and Gentleman Not of the Bedchamber. 17 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:12,640 I was just getting to know you 18 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,560 and away you go to make war against the Turks. 19 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,680 Who deserve someone as terrible as you as an opponent. 20 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,440 Have you really been away so long ? I can't believe it. 21 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:31,320 If I'd known the Turkish war would have dragged on for two years, 22 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,240 I would have thought twice about sending you away 23 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,400 when I'd only just found you. 24 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:55,680 From Her Majesty ! 25 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,840 First class work. 26 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:03,080 Attacked when you said you would. 27 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,200 Excellent. 28 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:15,200 Lunch ? 29 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,480 General Rumiantsev reports great things of your bravery. 30 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,920 You have done everything we asked you to do. 31 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,800 Risen through the ranks to glory and the decorations of honour. 32 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,120 For my part, however, I very much wish to preserve 33 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:39,040 those who are zealous, brave, clever and skilful. 34 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:44,200 This letter is to ask you not to endanger yourself further 35 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:45,840 and return to us. 36 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,320 She's writing to you under separate cover. 37 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,680 Good not to show how pleased you are. 38 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,000 First class work. 39 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:05,200 Your Majesty, 40 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,320 permit me to offer you my most humble congratulations 41 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,800 on the conquest of another Turkish town on the Danube. 42 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:23,080 I can only hope that this major defeat for the Turks 43 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,000 will somehow bring this long war to a speedy conclusion. 44 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:30,960 Letter for Her Majesty. 45 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,880 I feel unable to express in words my most humble gratitude to you. 46 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,440 And yet I must confess 47 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,960 I am proud to kill and risk my own death 48 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,400 for the sake of Your Majesty's glory. 49 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,640 The origins of the Turkish war, Your Majesty, 50 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,200 were a dispute over territorial incursion 51 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:06,720 but it may be something that the Turks had been planning and was... 52 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,200 well, in a sense, an excuse. 53 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:11,753 The "casus belli" was not, actually 54 00:05:11,765 --> 00:05:14,320 the "casus", if you see what I mean. 55 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,960 The causes of war really are not as simple as they seem, are they ? 56 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,240 Forward the whole file to the Minister. 57 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,240 Perhaps it is wrong for me to write this to you, 58 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:27,600 for after reading it you may fear that I should forget you. 59 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,120 Or replace you in my affections. 60 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:34,840 But you're not so easy to forget, my friend. 61 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:39,840 You lurk in the mind, dangerously. 62 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:46,120 Come back, dear Major-General, come back. 63 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:51,520 I am telling you the truth ! The Emperor Peter III is alive ! 64 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,920 His spirit is alive in me. He is back. 65 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,880 To avenge himself on his bitch wife Catherine. 66 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:02,920 I will rule ! 67 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,880 I will rule with my son, Paul, 68 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,480 who is betrayed by his cow of a mother. 69 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:12,200 Pugachev ! 70 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,320 Who would come between a father and his son ? 71 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:18,920 There he is. 72 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,960 The Emperor Peter III. My father. 73 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,080 - You said. - Weak chin. Don't you think ? 74 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,440 So, how do you like your new name ? 75 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,920 Natalia. I love it, Your Majesty. 76 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,200 It's Russian. You should love it. 77 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:48,840 Sir. 78 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,160 I wanted to ask you something. 79 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:54,440 Yes, ask. 80 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,800 I wanted to join the Council. 81 00:06:58,440 --> 00:06:59,560 No. 82 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,320 - He would have wanted it. - He also wanted me in prison. 83 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:08,760 Or dead. 84 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:10,880 I am simply asking 85 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,680 if I might be allowed to sit on the Council and do the work of... 86 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:15,760 No. 87 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:35,840 Thank you, Alexei, most helpful. 88 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,000 Gentlemen, we have urgent business... 89 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,680 It is a devastating defeat for the Turks. They are suing for peace. 90 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,880 Our armies have pushed south to Kabul 91 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,560 and my fleet has wiped out the Sultan's ships in the Mediterranean. 92 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:07,040 - The sea is... - "Red with the blood of infidels". 93 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:08,280 Apparently. 94 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:12,960 And it seems Major General Potemkin has distinguished himself. 95 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,160 Anyway, I have summoned him back to court. 96 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,034 And I thought Prince Orlov might join 97 00:08:23,046 --> 00:08:25,520 the peace negotiations in Turkey. 98 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,000 Is this your way of trying to get rid of me completely ? 99 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,400 Why on earth would Your Excellency think such a thing ? 100 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,760 I would like a word with Prince Orlov alone. 101 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:45,040 I accept that we are over, but am I to have no influence at all ? 102 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:46,640 Is that your idea ? 103 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,880 I have great regard for you. You know that. 104 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,280 This is an opportunity. 105 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:56,080 Take it. 106 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,360 - It's all over. - Not yet. Not yet ! 107 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,960 - So you asked Potemkin to come back ? - I did. 108 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,360 And now you don't know what to do with him. 109 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:29,440 Correct. 110 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,200 What are you going to do about him ? 111 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,800 I'm not sure. I thought I wanted him back but then I saw him... 112 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,160 - I was in love with Orlov, you know. - I know. 113 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:53,560 I just... 114 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,360 don't want to go through all that again. 115 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:58,880 No. I can see that. 116 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,720 Men want power. They like to feel they are in control. 117 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,400 - And women ? - Yes, of course, we want that too. 118 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,880 The difficulty here is that I am in control. I have the power. 119 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:13,520 You are the Empress. And he can be your devoted servant. 120 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,240 You think it is as simple as that ? 121 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,120 - I do not. - It's just... 122 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:25,160 Giving your heart, it's just such a risk. It lays you open. 123 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,480 Suddenly you're at the mercy of the whole world. 124 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:30,680 I wouldn't know about that. 125 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:38,840 Come along. 126 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,240 Paul... Natalia. 127 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:22,480 Why does my son's new wife not bow to me ? 128 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:25,800 Is there some prejudice against bowing in Hesse Darmstadt ? 129 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,880 There may be, Your Majesty. I will look into it. 130 00:11:39,680 --> 00:11:41,400 She won't let me join the Council. 131 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,680 Are you listening ? Why are you staring at Count Razumovsky ? 132 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:49,040 Was I staring at Count Razumovsky ? I don't think I was. 133 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,200 I was listening to you darling. I always listen. 134 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,040 You are a very interesting man. 135 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:11,040 Why write to me if she doesn't want me ? 136 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:14,280 It's a game. 137 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:17,320 That's all it is. 138 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:22,320 Play it. 139 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,240 Does my son's wife want everyone to know 140 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:12,960 that she is fucking his best friend ? 141 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,080 You don't need to answer that question. 142 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:18,560 Is not she wonderful ? 143 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,040 She is absolutely wonderful. 144 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:22,720 Is she a baritone ? 145 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,800 This way you can look at her when you come. 146 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,240 Fuck her. 147 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,120 That is so obviously what you want to do darling. 148 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,880 - She's frightened. - Of what ? 149 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,720 - Of what she feels for you. - You think ? 150 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:51,120 Who's that fucking boy up there next to her ? That rat. Who's he ? 151 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:52,560 It'll all be over soon. 152 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:11,360 What in God's name do you think you are doing ? 153 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,680 I'm leaving ! I won't stand for this any more. 154 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:16,760 But you've only been back about a week. 155 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,520 Do you want to end up like me ? And all these loyal citizens ? 156 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:22,920 Where do you think you are going ? 157 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,560 To God ! The monastery. I shall be a monk. 158 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:29,160 - Don't be ridiculous... - Who is being ridiculous ? 159 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:32,400 - She is in love with you, my friend. - What makes you say that ? 160 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:34,200 I shall tell you why. 161 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,160 I have never seen two people more in love. 162 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:39,680 She's got a funny way of showing it. 163 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,240 Patting the cheek of that... ludicrous boy. 164 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:47,000 I may be in love, but I am not... 165 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:48,840 What ? 166 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,160 Not happy. I'm not happy at all. 167 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:02,760 He's here ! 168 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,680 Brothers and sisters ! Children of Russia. 169 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,640 I greet you in love and friendship. 170 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,760 I am your lost Emperor, Peter III. 171 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,720 This sword was given to me by Peter the Great ! 172 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:27,080 I am sent by God to raise you up from the dust. 173 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,240 To feed you, and clothe you 174 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:33,960 and give you a way of escaping the slavery 175 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,120 in which you have been held by the bitch Catherine. 176 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:38,840 Pugachev ! Pugachev ! 177 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,280 Russia belongs to us all ! 178 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,240 I'm planning a dinner for the new French ambassador. 179 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,320 What do you think, Russian food or French ? 180 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,960 - Why not both ? - Yes that's a good idea. 181 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,040 So, to what do we owe the honour of this visit ? 182 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:18,960 Potemkin. 183 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,400 Yes, what of him ? 184 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:24,120 He's leaving. 185 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,080 Leaving ? Leaving who ? Leaving what ? 186 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:29,800 Leaving court. 187 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:34,720 And leaving you, since you are the court. 188 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,480 Well, why are you telling me this ? Why are you pleading his cause ? 189 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:43,560 Why am I saying what I am saying ? 190 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:48,840 I like love. I like watching it develop. 191 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,560 In other people. I have never known it myself. 192 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:53,640 But you... 193 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:08,320 I think you have a great capacity for love. 194 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,720 Of the violent and unpredictable kind. 195 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:15,720 It will shake you. 196 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:19,280 But I am your friend and... 197 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:24,360 I can see you feel for him things... 198 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:29,800 No, no, no. You better go. I am terribly busy. 199 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:42,040 And your friend Potemkin might be missing you. 200 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,240 He is no longer my friend. 201 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:49,920 In that capacity. 202 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,160 Natalia. 203 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:38,720 Count Razumovsky. 204 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:40,960 I want to speak with you. Now. 205 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,600 If you want to stay married to that insolent girl, 206 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,040 you will probably have to lock her up. 207 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,440 You have no idea, do you ? 208 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,240 Even when it is right in front of your nose. 209 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:09,440 Well. I see someone else has got your attention. 210 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,520 I do not know how you have the nerve 211 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:18,000 to lecture me about my love life while you ogle... 212 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,040 Oaf. I see the way you look at him. 213 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,040 Is it "love" ? Is that what this is ? At your age ? 214 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:26,840 Love should wait upon judgement, mother. 215 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,480 But not you. You're like a fly to honey aren't you ? 216 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:30,720 Go ! 217 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,560 - You're leaving ? - Yes, I've thought about it. But... 218 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:48,600 Something detained you ? 219 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:51,720 Yes. You, Your Majesty. 220 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,240 I... I have neglected you since your return. 221 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,840 You have had other things to occupy you. 222 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,200 - New friends. - I choose friends as I need them. 223 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,560 And discard them when they are no longer useful it seems. 224 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,400 - You are being impertinent. - I am being honest. 225 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,360 They can look similar. 226 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,600 There is no real love without absolute honesty. 227 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,920 Do people lie to you Your Majesty ? 228 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,440 Because of your position ? 229 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,600 All the time, I'm afraid. 230 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:44,040 What do you want from me ? 231 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:45,600 Nothing. 232 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,040 This. Now. 233 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,240 Standing next to you. That's enough. 234 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:58,480 So money and titles... 235 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:00,841 I will take as much I can get my hands on. 236 00:21:00,853 --> 00:21:02,560 But I will not be given things. 237 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,160 - You want... - I want what any man wants. 238 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:10,760 - To make his own way. - Yes. I can see that. 239 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:16,680 And... 240 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,280 to find love. If possible. 241 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:29,000 You did some very brave things against the Turks. 242 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:31,560 I was very grateful to Your Majesty 243 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,798 for the opportunity to kill as many 244 00:21:33,810 --> 00:21:35,920 of the little buggers as possible. 245 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,800 Come up to my private apartments. 246 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,080 Any time you want. 247 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,160 Come by the private staircase. 248 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,920 But shout as you come up, in case I am in the bath. 249 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:16,040 Are Potemkin and my mother... 250 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,280 Anything is possible with her. 251 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,240 She never lets me anywhere near power. 252 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,160 I know how you feel, Your Excellency. 253 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,640 This... Pugachev... 254 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:35,160 What about him ? 255 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,760 They say he wants to put me on the throne. 256 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,760 I do not imagine Your Excellency would want 257 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,000 to owe your power to an illiterate peasant. 258 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,400 No, no... But... 259 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,400 He obviously has more taste than my mother in certain matters. 260 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:02,480 Major General Potemkin is on his way up to see her even as we speak. 261 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,480 I heard them, yesterday. Making an assignation. 262 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,400 Get up those stairs. Now. If you want any kind of career at court. 263 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,496 I don't think she wants me there. 264 00:23:11,508 --> 00:23:13,480 She doesn't know what she wants. 265 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:14,920 Get up there. Now. 266 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,520 ... and this is for King Gustav of Sweden. 267 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:19,680 Minister Panin ! 268 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:22,117 I think we need a Council meeting 269 00:23:22,129 --> 00:23:24,240 about this business in Samara. This.. 270 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,280 - Pugachev, Your Majesty. - Pugachev. 271 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:27,560 Why do I keep forgetting his name ? 272 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,080 Is that significant or is it just a sign of his own insignificance ? 273 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,680 That may have something to do with it, Your Majesty. 274 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,000 There's always something in the countryside. 275 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:37,640 I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. 276 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,440 Wherever there are Russians there is something to worry about. 277 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,027 It's not surprising that our serfs are 278 00:23:42,039 --> 00:23:43,480 in rebellion, the way we treat them. 279 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,640 If only the landowners had listened to me... 280 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,480 And you need to speak with my son. D'you know... 281 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,680 - He behaved abominably to me. - Your Majesty... I must... 282 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,280 And I need to be briefed on those Turkish negotiations. 283 00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:56,920 I hear Count Orlov is making a fool of himself again. 284 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,800 I must be kept informed. Do you understand ? 285 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,920 The papers are on their way, Your Majesty. I have advised my office. 286 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,400 May I remind you that... 287 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,600 - You need... - Have you seen General Potemkin ? 288 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,160 I asked him to come to see me and, 289 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,160 I am sure he is on his way, Your Majesty... 290 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:15,360 You're up to something. 291 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,920 Oh yes, I can see it in your eyes. 292 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:29,440 Did we arrange for you to come today ? 293 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,800 - I thought we did, Your Majesty. - No, no. Get your clothes on now. 294 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,160 I have to work. 295 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,400 Your Excellency. How wonderful to see you. 296 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,480 Your Excellency, I think Her Majesty... 297 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,160 Say something. 298 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,240 What would you like me to say, Your Majesty ? 299 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:58,920 Something intelligent. 300 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,520 I think this has gone far enough. 301 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:13,480 Minister Panin. 302 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:15,840 - Your Excellency ! - Good day. 303 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,320 Please continue, Lieutenant. 304 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,440 You're going down and I was going... up. 305 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:42,600 Thank you, Major General. 306 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,760 Sorry, Your Majesty. Am I disturbing you ? 307 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,920 No, no, not at all. Not at all. No. 308 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,520 Nothing interesting was happening. 309 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:53,000 Please continue singing. I like it. 310 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:55,960 More than I can say. 311 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,840 You could sing in here if you like. 312 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,000 If that is what Your Majesty desires, then that is what I shall do. 313 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:24,110 I want you to talk to you about the 314 00:27:24,122 --> 00:27:25,640 women you have been involved with. 315 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:32,320 I shall do my best Your Majesty. I may have to consult my notes. 316 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,400 I am sure there have been a great many. 317 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,480 You are a very attractive man. 318 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,840 When I was twelve and a half... in a barn near Smolensk.. 319 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,360 I think I will go first. 320 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:48,280 A very good idea, I think, Your Majesty. 321 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,080 My husband Peter was one of the most unpleasant men 322 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:54,760 I have ever met in my life. 323 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,000 So you may discount him. 324 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,280 Yes, I never thought much of him, Your Majesty. 325 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,000 You couldn't really say we had a sex life. 326 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,840 D'you know, he had a condition of the foreskin 327 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,404 whereby for a very long time it was 328 00:28:09,416 --> 00:28:12,120 impossible for him to get an erection. 329 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,520 - I never knew that, Your Majesty. - Well... 330 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:18,520 No need to go into any further details about Peter III. 331 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,360 He could be so frightening. 332 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,720 He was violent. He was drunk. He was like an angry child. 333 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,400 I was terrified of him. 334 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:35,080 Other men ? 335 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,520 - I heard... - Yes ? What did you hear ? 336 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,200 Fifteen... 337 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,560 - What ? - No ! No. 338 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,320 Oh, what lies they tell about women in power. 339 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:53,720 So ? 340 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,440 Not that many. Five. 341 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,840 There was one when I was living under the Empress Elizabeth, 342 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,200 still married to that pig, Peter. 343 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:09,406 The only significant one is Orlov, 344 00:29:09,418 --> 00:29:11,800 unless you count the King of Poland... 345 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,800 I am jealous of Orlov. 346 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,200 You shouldn't be. Although I was in love with him. 347 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,520 He wanted to marry me. Well, of course he did, he wanted the power. 348 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,440 I will not share my throne with anyone. 349 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,800 Grigory resented the power. 350 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,320 The power I seem to have. 351 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,040 The power you have. 352 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:48,080 He has no idea of how difficult it is to maintain such a thing. 353 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:49,640 How many the dangers, 354 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,600 how varied the directions from which they emerge. 355 00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:59,680 I am not interested in debauchery. 356 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,840 I am interested in love. And honesty. 357 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:09,520 That is all that interests me. 358 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,040 I need love. 359 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,880 Have an obsessive need for it. I will confess that. 360 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:26,320 So if you want to be with me, you have to love me, always. 361 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,040 And always tell me the truth. 362 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,400 At fifteen there was a girl in a field outside of Smolensk.. 363 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,400 No, no, no ! Enough, enough of these confessions ! 364 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:42,160 I got you ! I did... 365 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:47,000 Listen, I find my private bath house is a wondrous place to relax. 366 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,121 I'm going to tell them that you are to 367 00:30:49,133 --> 00:30:51,080 be allowed access whenever you wish. 368 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:52,480 Very generous of you, Your Majesty. 369 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:56,200 Though I make no promises about any debauchery that might occur. 370 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:59,720 Fields... barns... Smolensk... Minsk... 371 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,400 Your record in this area is very troubling. 372 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,200 It is so reassuring to have you back at court. 373 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:13,800 So... 374 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:17,680 When I was sixteen and a half... 375 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:25,480 Well. 376 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:30,240 And what do you want to do now ? 377 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,840 Well I was thinking that I might... 378 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,560 quit while I'm ahead. 379 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,040 The only ones who have reason to be frightened 380 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,000 are the pigs who steal your land 381 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:13,480 and beat you like dogs ! 382 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,680 This is your Governor. 383 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:28,160 And his wife, Lady Anna Vasilievna. 384 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:30,440 No ! 385 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:38,400 Pigs ! 386 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,440 There are still slaves in Russia. 387 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,560 Do you want to be slaves ? 388 00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:00,000 Don't you think she looks like Catherine ? 389 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,640 Maybe she is Catherine. Look at those eyes. 390 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,520 She wants to fuck everything she sees. 391 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:10,800 Including my horses. 392 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,000 Kill the child ! 393 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,360 I thought you might like a tour of the barracks. 394 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:45,320 Because I know how passionate Your Excellency is about soldiering. 395 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,840 - Do you understand ? - Yes, sir ! 396 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:54,160 You heard the officer ! On the double, on command ! 397 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,360 What's remarkable about the Preobrazhensky guard 398 00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:01,040 is that we take peasants and we turn them into soldiers. 399 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:02,320 For your mother's wars. 400 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,092 And why is it the peasants dream of 401 00:34:04,104 --> 00:34:05,760 my father returning to save them ? 402 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:10,200 Because Russia must be ruled by a man, Your Excellency. 403 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,200 I don't know how impressed the Turks are by our peasants. 404 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,320 But I can tell you this, they terrify me. 405 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,120 And what do you make of this Pugachev business ? 406 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,040 I think it may be more serious than she believes. 407 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:29,560 She's taken her eye off the ball. She only has eyes for... 408 00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:34,640 Her Majesty needs to pay attention to the Preobrazhensky. 409 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,600 They put her in power and they can take it away again. 410 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,800 Oh, I am sure she is very aware of any threat they may pose. 411 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,080 She doesn't miss much, sir. 412 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,760 And may I say, Your Excellency... 413 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:51,240 Now that my brother is hardly in court any more 414 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,080 how sorry I was about your father. 415 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,320 I was very much a junior partner in that business. 416 00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,240 I am sure you understand. 417 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:06,360 I understand all about being excluded from power, Count Orlov. 418 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,080 She is putting Potemkin on the council, I hear. 419 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:16,000 Meteoric rise ! 420 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:24,520 Who's there ? 421 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,560 I am here by permission of our Empress. 422 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:30,680 I also. 423 00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:34,480 I am stark naked, Your Majesty. 424 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:36,720 As am I. 425 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:38,920 Under my clothes. 426 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,440 Drape yourself in something and come out here. I need your advice. 427 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:52,800 I am attempting to cover my equipment. It is a colossal task. 428 00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:57,440 - What time did he go in ? - An hour ago. 429 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,360 - And her ? - Fifteen minutes. 430 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,080 He's been hard at work while I've been down south. 431 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,120 Let's see how much time they devote to fucking. 432 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:10,840 It has important political implications. 433 00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:15,720 This man Pugachev, in the Lower Volga. What do you think ? 434 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,920 Well, I don't know what to think yet. 435 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,800 - I came across him. Down South. - Yes ? 436 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:26,400 Yes. I heard he'd fled from the army. 437 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,280 Not from the Volga. A Don Cossack, an Old Believer. 438 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:30,800 Is he sane ? 439 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:33,000 There are those who say that running away from the Russian army 440 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:34,920 is a positive sign of sanity. 441 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,400 Do I think that this Pugachev business is serious ? 442 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:43,040 Yes, I do. 443 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,280 You see I didn't think it was that serious, but... 444 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:52,560 I think maybe it is ? The peasants could listen to him. 445 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,280 They always think they need to be ruled by a man. Poor lost souls. 446 00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,120 "Slavery does not have to be a Russian institution." 447 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,200 Some woman said that. 448 00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,120 And yet it does. 449 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,440 However much we wish that not to be true. 450 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:15,440 You know, you really are a very attractive man. 451 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:23,440 I can't tell you how pleasant it is to have someone to talk to. 452 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:29,560 Well, yes. Tell me... 453 00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:34,560 Lieutenant Vasilchikov... 454 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,040 No, no, I'm going to get rid of him. Oh, yes. 455 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,320 I've offered him 60,000 rubles. And quite a nice palace. 456 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:42,400 Panin is making all the arrangements. 457 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:51,840 You see, if... we were to be lovers it would... 458 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,400 - It would have to be... - For all time. 459 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:57,760 Are you proposing ? 460 00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:01,560 How would one go about proposing such a thing, Your Majesty. 461 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,840 That's an impossible idea, I'm afraid. 462 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:08,761 I was I thinking we were going to 463 00:38:08,773 --> 00:38:10,760 make love. We end up talking politics. 464 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:12,920 And that's why I like you so much. 465 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,840 What the fuck are you two doing out here ? 466 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:53,400 Timing you. 467 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,480 It takes more than ten minutes to satisfy her. 468 00:38:57,920 --> 00:38:59,028 And I suppose your little brother's 469 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:00,160 out here with his hand on his cock, 470 00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:02,360 hoping to watch somebody having sex. 471 00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:04,320 Probably the closest thing he gets to it. 472 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,200 A bit like his hands off approach to naval warfare. 473 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,680 You won't last with her. Or anyone else, Potemkin. 474 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:13,440 You are a vulgar little counter jumper and your days are numbered. 475 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,440 Fancy trying for the other eye, do you Alexei ? 476 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,360 We are not listening to this. 477 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,560 You going to join your brother and fuck off from court too, are you ? 478 00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,920 I don't know how you can stay, I mean, where is your self respect ? 479 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,720 I will never allow the country I love 480 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:32,360 to be governed by a disgusting little upstart like you. 481 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,120 This little disgusting upstart has been away at war. 482 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,162 I don't know about you, but I've been 483 00:39:37,174 --> 00:39:39,200 cutting my way through Turkish hordes. 484 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:42,240 And given the opportunity, I will do you the same to you. 485 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,400 What do you want, Potemkin ? 486 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,040 I don't think it's gone through your thick skull, has it ? 487 00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:49,920 I am not here to use the woman, 488 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:53,240 or squeeze her to make money out of her, no ! 489 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:54,880 I'm not here to use her 490 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:58,720 as a stepping stone to my brilliant fucking career, am I ? 491 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:03,400 I love the woman. I love her ! In the way a man should love a woman. 492 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,520 Do you want a bit of this ? Come on, give the fuck over ! 493 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,160 You're mad ! 494 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,120 Potemkin... insane ! 495 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,760 So Grigory Orlov has finally left court. I wonder why ? 496 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,320 I showed him my penis, Your Majesty. 497 00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:46,840 It seems Monsieur Pugachev is moving towards Moscow. 498 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:52,800 He has taken Kazan. He destroyed General Kar. 499 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:55,240 This is serious, Grishenka. 500 00:40:57,840 --> 00:40:59,781 Panin and the rest of them think we 501 00:40:59,793 --> 00:41:01,800 are too preoccupied with each other. 502 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,440 - They say we are having an affair. - Well aren't we ? 503 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:07,320 Not that I have noticed. 504 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,120 Not yet, anyway. 505 00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:14,560 - We did send a small force. - I know, they were cut down. 506 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:18,200 Any loss of Russian soldiers' life is like losing a part of myself. 507 00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:24,040 Now we need someone of proven experience. 508 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,600 Major General Potemkin, your opinion ? 509 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,760 Your Majesty, if Pugachev is indeed marching on Moscow, 510 00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:31,560 then we need to mobilise now. 511 00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:35,200 Agreed. A large force. But who should lead it ? 512 00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:39,160 I don't think this is a job for the navy, Count Orlov. 513 00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:41,680 Unless of course you mean to navigate your way to Kazan. 514 00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:43,600 It is possible Your Majesty that... 515 00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:45,598 There is someone at this table who 516 00:41:45,610 --> 00:41:47,760 has fought hand to hand with the Turks 517 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,680 and brought home astonishing victories... 518 00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:53,880 Major General Potemkin ? 519 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:56,680 If it is thought I am the man to succeed Your Majesty, 520 00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:58,726 then I am more than happy to settle 521 00:41:58,738 --> 00:42:00,880 this deluded traitor once and for all. 522 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,800 - An excellent notion, Your Majesty. - Good, then it is agreed. 523 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:07,360 Potemkin will take command of the army. Let us put it into motion. 524 00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:15,320 Well. It seems I must go and you must stay. 525 00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:19,600 Stay alive. That's all I ask. 526 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:21,880 And when I come back ? 527 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:24,920 If I come back. 528 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,240 You will come back. You will. You must. 529 00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:47,920 Lieutenant Potemkin. 530 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,440 I think you will find I have been promoted, Your Excellency. 531 00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,040 - Some time ago. - I know people like you. 532 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,040 You crawl to my mother and think you will get money and... 533 00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:58,120 I crawl to no-one. 534 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,720 I serve my country, need I remind you ? 535 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:04,760 Whose dog are you if it comes to that ? 536 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:09,520 You cannot speak to me like that ! 537 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:11,360 I just did. 538 00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:15,360 Now Sir, I have a war to win. 539 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,360 You'd look wonderful in uniform sir. 540 00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:41,240 War, war ! 541 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,280 All I want to do is talk about sex. 542 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:48,760 Or gardening. 543 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:51,080 You want to talk about Potemkin. Don't you ? 544 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:55,000 Yes, yes I do ! I do ! 545 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,160 That's just like my husband. 546 00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:08,760 Peter used to drill little toy soldiers. 547 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:12,760 For hours on end. Dressed in full Holstein uniform. 548 00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:15,360 And we have to find Alexei Orlov a job. 549 00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:17,440 Or he's going to cause trouble. 550 00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:20,240 Always keep the awkward ones busy. 551 00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,840 And only get rid of them if they actually fuck it up. 552 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,840 Minister of War ? 553 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:29,680 That's an idea ! 554 00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:33,120 My father was the father of his people. 555 00:44:33,720 --> 00:44:36,524 And one day I will fulfil the duties 556 00:44:36,536 --> 00:44:39,200 and responsibilities of that role. 557 00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:44,160 I will lead a disciplined army of soldiers 558 00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:48,200 to make his dream for this great country come true ! 559 00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:51,040 Discipline gentlemen. 560 00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:55,680 Martial, masculine discipline ! 561 00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:00,640 Present arms ! 562 00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,360 About face ! 563 00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:10,360 Are you planning your own little coup ? 564 00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:13,160 Is that what this is all about ? 565 00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,200 Well you won't succeed young man. 566 00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,920 The army is loyal to me. 567 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:20,880 And the peasants will do as they are told. 568 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:22,326 I am sorry but that is the truth. 569 00:45:22,338 --> 00:45:24,080 The mass of the people always obey orders. 570 00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:29,720 It would be a terrible mistake to go against me. 571 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:34,280 Because I know more about politics than you will ever know. 572 00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:37,040 I survive, 573 00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:39,758 as I have survived for half a century 574 00:45:39,770 --> 00:45:41,640 in a world that does not want me. 575 00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:54,600 You would not last two minutes as a ruler of Russia. 576 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:57,120 And all your drilling with your little toy soldiers 577 00:45:57,200 --> 00:45:59,160 will get you nowhere at all. 578 00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:04,400 You see power. Power is a balancing act. 579 00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,080 You have to learn how to walk the line. 580 00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:10,960 You always spoke of reform when you first began to rule. 581 00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:13,120 Yes, well I had all sorts of ideas when I was younger. 582 00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:16,000 And I still believe in justice for all. 583 00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:21,320 But I would remind you always to remember from where your power, 584 00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:26,600 if you are ever to have any, which I doubt, will derive. 585 00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:32,400 - All I am saying is... - This is my country ! You stupid boy. 586 00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:36,932 Look to your wife. Get me an heir. 587 00:46:36,944 --> 00:46:39,760 You lied to me about my father. 588 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:42,968 And you lie to the country and promise 589 00:46:42,980 --> 00:46:44,960 them one thing then give them another. 590 00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:49,040 I want my father to be alive. 591 00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,880 I want him here. Beside me. Is that a crime ? 592 00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:15,160 Look. I understand. I know you're going to rule, one day, probably. 593 00:47:15,720 --> 00:47:18,680 And I do want to hear your political ideas. 594 00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:21,120 Why don't you write something about, 595 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:24,000 I don't know, the peasants' unrest. And send it to me. 596 00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:26,320 I will read it, I will. I promise. 597 00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:31,080 Agreed ? 598 00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:02,920 It's you... 599 00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:05,600 Go fuck yourself you one eyed cunt ! 600 00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:07,480 Stand up ! 601 00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:15,800 You think you're fucking invisible ? 602 00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:25,560 Potemkin has finished him off. 603 00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:30,360 He is riding back to St Petersburg with Pugachev in a cage, 604 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:32,280 like the wild beast that he is. 605 00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:34,680 Major General Potemkin deserves our thanks, Your Majesty. 606 00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:37,080 I am not usually in favour of triumphal marches. 607 00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:39,320 It smacks too much of the last days of the Roman Empire. 608 00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:42,520 But I think I will ride out to meet him. 609 00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:45,400 Is that wise, Your Majesty ? 610 00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,640 Why would it not be, Minister ? 611 00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:50,760 You could be in danger, Your Majesty. 612 00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:53,800 Is the countryside entirely pacified ? 613 00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:55,920 How would you know Minister ? You hardly ever go there. 614 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:57,720 Make the arrangements. 615 00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:00,960 I will ride out at the head of the Preobrazhensky Guard. 616 00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:02,040 I... 617 00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:07,080 I do feel that this is dangerous, Your Majesty. 618 00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:09,000 They need to see me... 619 00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:12,040 Minister. 620 00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:16,920 I do have one piece of advice, however I would like from you. 621 00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:18,804 I want it to be thoroughly researched 622 00:49:18,816 --> 00:49:20,680 and I would like comprehensive answers 623 00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:23,400 in the best traditions of the Russian Civil Service. 624 00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:31,560 What am I going to wear ? 625 00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:36,160 What am I going to wear ?! 626 00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:38,720 Your Majesty... 627 00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:40,960 Pugachev ! Pugachev ! 628 00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:44,800 God sees all your suffering, my children. 629 00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:46,480 He sees everything. 630 00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:51,800 Through my eyes he sees it ! Through my eyes ! 631 00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:54,960 Pugachev ! 632 00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:58,200 Pugachev ! 633 00:50:40,720 --> 00:50:43,160 We congratulate you on your service ! 634 00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:45,040 Your Majesty. 635 00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:47,320 Pugachev ! 636 00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:51,360 Your Majesty. Catherine ! Mother of all Russia, we are not worthy. 637 00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:55,120 - We bow before you, Your Majesty. - Bless us, Your Majesty. 638 00:50:56,040 --> 00:51:00,200 Catherine ! Catherine ! 639 00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:04,360 Catherine !Catherine ! 640 00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:08,800 Catherine ! Catherine ! 641 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:33,400 Whore ! 642 00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:43,520 They want a public execution. 643 00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:46,960 I have told the hangman he is not to be disembowelled. 644 00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:51,440 Why do they think cruelty can wipe out the memory of cruelty ? 645 00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:03,640 What you need, Major General Potemkin, is a bath... 646 00:52:05,720 --> 00:52:07,160 Do I... 647 00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:11,320 Not unpleasantly. 648 00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:18,280 I do not dislike the smell of fresh sweat on a man. 649 00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:25,640 My bath house ? In ten minutes ? 650 00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:37,320 Come and join me. But lock the door. 651 00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:40,440 People are inquisitive in this palace. 652 00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:43,920 And I am the most inquisitive of all of them. 653 00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:50,000 Please, join me. 654 00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:18,440 No need to wear a towel. It is wonderfully hot in here. 655 00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:26,840 Now I want to see if everything they say about you is true. 656 00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:34,880 I would apologise in advance 657 00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:40,000 for any deficiencies that I might have. 658 00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:19,760 I want you not because of what you can give me. 659 00:54:22,120 --> 00:54:24,040 Or who you are. 660 00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:28,040 All I want... 661 00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:31,440 I want you because I love you. 662 00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:36,120 I love you. And that will never change. 663 00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:40,840 Is that a proposal ? Are you proposing ? 664 00:54:42,160 --> 00:54:45,200 It is ! It sounds like a proposal ! 665 00:54:45,220 --> 00:54:47,660 *CREDITS*