"Halt!" "Guards!" "Follow me!" "Password!" "I need to see him!" "Urgently!" "He is having a nap..." "Wake up the servants!" "Lit all the candles up!" "Where to?" "Through the throne hall." "He is in his bedroom." "Damn it!" "Your Highness!" "Your Highness!" "It is me, Ivan." "What?" "Your Highness" "Your Highness" "Her Imperial Majesty ..." "What?" "Her Imperial Majesty..." "Tonight has died from a sudden stroke..." "Summon my carriage, quickly." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost..." "God bless and save our devout sovereign and Emperor" "Pavel Petrovich... let him rejoice in your might and salvation..." "Bless him for all times to come." "Amen." "The death of my mother draws the line to the feminine reign over our country" "Now the firm, knightly and noble male hand takes over..." "Count Platon!" "Valerian!" "Nikolai!" "My mother needs your services no more." "The entire Zubov family must leave St. Petersburg immediately!" "Oust all palace favorites and sycophants!" "From now on all serfs will work for their masters" "Not more than 3 days a week!" "All government services to start working at 6 a.m.!" "No!" "At 5 a.m!" "I'll take on you, cheats!" "Your Majesty, do we go to the palace?" "No, ride home to Pavlovsk." "One-two, one-two, one-two, one-two" "Speak Russian, madam." "You are the Russian Tsarine." "As to modesty, we have been living modestly for40 years, while some..." "The dead deserve only kind words, sir." "Let the soul of Yekaterina rest in peace... the Holy Kingdom be with her and eternal peace." "A noble castle should be built instead of posh palaces..." "Paul, but it costs quite a lot!" "It is important for everyone to see the spirit of our kin." "My beloved sons!" "hereby I appoint Alexander the Chief of the Semenovski regiment" "And Konstantin the Chief of the Izmailovski regiment..." "The Guards must be brought to order with a firm hand!" "The granny has spoilt them." "Good night." "Your majesty, this was found in the cabinet of the deceased Empress..." "It is his Highness Alexander Pavlovich's handwriting" "From now on, you are no longer my usher, but an imperial grader, Nestor!" "I grant the Monorsky mansion to you." "Your Majesty, I'm your servant until the end of my days, your Majesty" "It is dark and there hasn't been a glimpse of the sun for many days." "St. Petersburg." "It is amazing that people here bare their heads in front of the palace" "With no regard to wind and cold." "Do they bare their heads..." " in front of me as well?" " Certainly." "You are a member of the imperial family." "You are no longer the Princess of Baden." "You are the Great Princess, you see?" "The spouse of the Russian prince." "Do you hate everything here?" "Him too?" "" No, I do not; he is even a kind of honest in his ways. "" "My grandmother wrote to me just before her death." "that she wanted to see me as the Tsar." "My only dream is to abandon the throne" "Grant to Russia the Constitution, the Republic, anything they wish." "and to depart with you to a faraway place." "Swear to me at that!" "I swear!" "Have you seen that!" "That is my selected platoon of the Gatchina guards." "Their unprecedented orderliness is the foundation of unity, strength and obedience!" "And this goes far beyond the barracks!" "Make them an example for all!" "The lazy ones are to be reasonably flogged!" "Generals, take off your muffs!" "You are generals and not maidens!" "General Depreradovich, why do you wear your old uniform?" "Sorry, your Majesty, my tailor has missed all the deadlines." "About face!" "Kannabikh!" "Seven!" "General Depreradovich, about face, instead of nine inches - seven!" "And I warn you, Constantine, it was your regiment!" "No indulgencies from me, not even for my heir!" "Fool!" "How do you keep it!" "How do you keep it, fool!" "Give it to me!" "Look, how it is to be done!" "Hey, hey, proudly!" "Hey - vigorously!" "Hold it!" "Why are you laughing, sir?" "I'm not laughing at all, your Majesty!" "No, you are, you were laughing at me, son of a bitch!" "I'm a nobleman, your Majesty!" "You used to be a nobleman!" "Used to be!" "I'll make you..." "Your Majesty!" "What?" "I daresay I was the laughing stock." "I tried to salute, but clumsily." "Who are you?" "What family are you from?" "Appointed the Governor of St. Petersburg by your decree." "When did I appoint you?" "What date was it?" "Today." "" OK, follow me;" "let's get down to the business, we go to Tsarskoe Selo."" "My mother's palace got deserted, and I'm absorbed by my labors." "The urgent tasks prevented me from getting acquainted with you, Baron!" "But I know that you honestly served the league." "It is laudable, Baron!" "I pin my hopes on you, Baron!" " Glad to serve, your Majesty!" "My mother the Empress, let her soul rest in peace," " had kept me far from the fuss of life." "Walk carefully" "Beware of steps." "That's how I took to reflecting upon the state business," "Sitting in quite corners" "Here we are." "This is my quite corner." "This box is for any passer-by, be it a nobleman or a serf to bring a complaint at any mess or disorder to the eyes of his Tsar." "It will be me, the Russian Emperor, who will read this complaint and who will know what my people think." "I'll take all decisions myself, swiftly and fairly!" "It is clever, but all this must be tiring for you, your Majesty!" "It is not important, please read today's correspondence to me." "Which letters should I start with?" "The ones on the top." "Yes, sir." "Well..." "These are trivial requests and complaints at each other." "the poems on the occasion of your ascent to the throne." "The poems again." "Nonsense." "Read aloud!" "Your Majesty!" "Read!" "The Emperor must know everything!" "Not all the deeds of the Tsars are laudable, what stupid things did Yekaterina leave behind?" "Her son who's out of his mind." "Dirty people." "Angered by your energetic actions, your Majesty." "Dirty people." "Stop loathing, Baron." "The people like to tease the freaks." "I remember that since my early days." "Now look here." "Please pay a special attention to that." "You as the Governor General should study this closely." "St. Petersburg in all its details is in front of you." "All this has been made with your sovereign's hands." "with my hands." "I love working during the nights, yes, this place is so calm and peaceful for reflections." "Where should the cathedral be?" "Here it is." "Where should civil and military prisons be?" "Here they are." "But let's start with the most important issues." "The first one is to bring the look and customs of the capital to the ideal state." "The capital sets an example for all Russia." "Here are my notes and reflections on this." "on big and small issues." "All houses and road posts in St. Petersburg are to be painted only in the color that the Emperor approves." "There is to be no speedy riding along the streets and the lanes of the city" "Young people are to bare their heads in front of their seniors." "" The dogs are not to be released into the streets; the windows"" "are not to be decorated with flowers." "Are you surprised?" "No, sir." "The great Caesar did not despise trifles while correcting the Roman ways and customs." "I'm glad you understand me." "I'm pleased with you, Count!" "I'm a baron, your Majesty." "No, from now on you are a count." "You are the Governor General of the capital, count Palen, but I suggest you should head the police department as well." "Your Majesty..." "Do not object to me!" "Your Majesty, it is an exclusive sign of trust and high honor." "Here are the keys for you." "When I need you - I'll summon you." "Fantastic." "Well, enough of this." "Calm down, Anna, my honey..." "The Emperor is somewhere nearby." "Stop it..." "Who's that?" "The daughter of Lopuknin, the senator from Moscow." "Let her introduce herself." "It is my daughter, your Majesty." "Sit down." "What's your name." "Mademoiselle?" "Anna Petrovna." "Why are you weeping?" "The music is so delicious." "I feel pity for the nymph." "Let us listen about the nymph." "When did you arrive?" "Yesterday, sir." "I did not want to go to the palace." "I have no proper dresses." "My aunt as made me come here." "My aunt as made me come here." " Do you know anyone here?" "The proud lady over there is the tsarina." "The Tsarina?" "!" "and this handsome angel at her side is the heir." "When the Tsar dies, he'll take over the throne." "Now he sits and waits." "Your Majesty, the news from Paris..." "Stop the music!" "Bonaparte, the First Consul of France, in his goodwill" "General Napoleon made a noble gesture." "Our soldiers are free!" "Servants, bring some wine!" "Everybody, dance!" "You are so amusing!" "You do not look like an Emperor." "I do not even believe you." "Alexander, kids, dance!" "Rejoice!" "We have a holiday today!" "Now back to the nymph." "Do you still feel pity for her?" "Just a little bit." "For you to believe I'm the Tsar, I appoint you a maid of honor in my daughter's suite." "Go easier, easier!" "Thank you, count, you saved my honor on this day." "Let me introduce Admiral Deribas." "Our admiral of Turkish campaigns and the builder of Odessa." "was commissioned by a whiff of fantasy of our Emperor to the forest department." "I'll see you later, gentlemen." "We'll talk it over." "Your majesty, I beg for your secret and urgent audience." "Your Majesty, Count Palen to see you." "What's the reason for such emergency, count?" "" You break the etiquette;" "the Emperor will not be pleased."" "I risk displeasing your Majesty, but I can not help saying that" "The duties of my post oblige me to know that the people in the capital think and talk about." " I'm not interested in rumors." "I'm sorry, your Majesty, but the Emperor vested his trust in me," "and my duty is to honestly serve him." "Take a seat." "Your Majesty, the Emperor is known to publicly thank Bonaparte for the release of our prisoners, but in reality it is a catch." "Napoleon aims at disrupting our ties with England." "Go on." "I appeal to your wisdom and your love for our Emperor" "Only you can gently prevent him from unnecessary haste in the matters of state governance." "You'd better return to your police duties." "Yes, sir." "Madame, you are sure to have heard about some palace basement room, aren't you?" "Some strange things are happening." "Which ones?" "The Emperor has a long-time hobby of building cardboard castles and houses, what is peculiar about that?" "It is his way of thinking about state matters." "Probably." "A great burden of state deeds made him tired and his mind messy." "Yes, yes he is tired." "He is tired." "Your Majesty..." "Shouldn't Doctor Rogerson be summoned?" "I have already dismissed this Rogerson." "There is no need for this man." "Yes, sir." "I'm glad to see you, Mr. Rogerson." "I'm not the court physician anymore and I can bluntly state that" "Paul I is sick." "Take a seat, count." "The conversation is going to touch upon delicate matters." "Sorry for the mess." "I'm packing up for a close departure." "So, the first point is his bad heritage." "The patient is the son of a drunkard, Peter III" "And a whore, the deceased Yekaterine" "Mr. Rogerson..." "Excuse me..." "I'm sorry." "A drunkard and a whore." "The second point is the way of life of our patient." "He had spent almost three decades in exile." "in a closed world, in some toy Gatchina kingdom, that he himself invented." "Now this small world faces the realities of true life." "And our patient... our patient belongs to the breed of active madmen." "and he is ready to change the world to his designs." "I cannot listen to all this being said about my sovereign." "But you wanted the truth, count." "And another piece of truth." "No one in your country will dare oppose the Emperor." "And I leave for England." "I'm happy." "According to the supreme design of your Majesty..." "Well it is the main façade - Come on." " The garden facade, your majesty." "And this is the facade with the adjacent church." "And what about the throne hall?" "Sallo dell tronne!" "Your Majesty, the throne hall is to be decorated with red velvet embroidered with gold." "What's in the background?" "The coat of arms of Russia and of the kingdoms of Astrakhan, Kazan and..." "And the marble busts of Julius Caesar and Antonius Lutius" "Your majesty, this is a little bit..." "And the statue of justice, peace and liberty." "Your Majesty, if we follow the classical rules..." "I'm the one who decides here!" "They will be appropriate." "Your Majesty, here is your castle." "Count Palen!" "I trust your opinion." "How is it?" "This castle will be a symbol of your reign, Sire." "Anna!" "Anna!" "Why did not you go out for a promenade yesterday?" "My dad felt sick." "A-a-h!" "Look, you've scratched your little shoulder, and it is my shoulder," "Here is a fine for that -your kiss." "She is jealous." "My dad and I love you very much." "But he is about to leave for Moscow." "Why?" "He says he can not serve at the court and lie to the Tsar like everybody do." "Like everybody?" "Yes, they all are making fun of your castle." "Kutassov!" "Saddle the horses!" "Sire!" "Your Majesty!" "Sire, where are you going?" "You'll hurt yourself!" "Everybody lie." "The Emperor has arrived!" " Sire!" "Sire!" "Son of a bitch!" "There is nothing here!" "Your Majesty!" "Only pits!" "Your Majesty, the stones are being transported from faraway places!" "Very faraway places!" "Where are the walls?" "Where are the towers?" "Thieves abound?" "!" "Depart everyone to Siberia!" "Your Majesty, everybody steal." "Everybody steal!" "Your Majesty, we've overlooked that ." " Overlooked?" "!" "And what about the decree on state service?" "We are guilty, your Majesty!" " Guilty?" "!" "Sire..." "Execute everyone!" "Everyone to hard prison labor in Siberia!" "Shoot everyone!" "Resume building the castle immediately!" "The decree!" "To announce daily in all locations as a prayer!" "General Buksgavden is dismissed immediately!" "Thieves!" "Your Excellency, your nose is bleeding!" "Here, here you are!" "Attention!" "To arms!" "Everyone are lying!" "Everyone are lying!" "Excuse me, madam." "Eh?" "What's that?" ""Brutus" -the tragedy written by Voltaire." "Regicide, isn't it?" "And who underlined some passages?" "I do not know, Sire, it is one of the grandmother's books." "The granny seems to have handed everything over to you!" "The letter." "I always carry it on me." ""All my blood will not be enough to pay for everything that you've done for me and"... intend to do"." "What is this about?" " Dad, dad, I" "It means you have always known about your grandmother's will." "No, dad, no..." "You knew about it, Sasha, and kept silent and did not oppose it." "No, Dad..." "And everybody knows that and is waiting for that." "Dad..." "And everybody opposes my will!" "Dad, I've never wanted that, don't you see that, and I do not want it right now..." "I beg you, please, dismiss me from the throne!" "You are lying, bastard!" "Shame on you!" "What?" "!" "A brave girl!" "An example to all!" "Do you remember the story of Prince Alexei?" "The son revolted against his father and the father executed his son!" "I'm sorry, mademoiselle." "And the castle is to be built." "A buffoon." "A buffoon?" "No." "Oh Lord, what's wrong with him, Lizkhen?" "Gentlemen" "I beg you" "I kindly beg you to come in..." "Do you want a tumbler of laffite?" "I've invited you here relying upon your honor and common sense." "Well, Russia now looks like a ship with a madman at the helm." "The country is pervaded with mad butchery." "He suspects everyone." "He is dangerous." "At the same time Prince Alexander has been brought up in a proper spirit." "But he is just the heir, not the sovereign." "May be we should convince his Majesty to abdicate in favor of Alexander?" "No. we shouldn't." "No." "The dagger or the poison." "Gentlemen, this talk is impossible." "We are on the verge of the 19th century." "What about that?" "Just a drop on a glove and a napkin." "Then a sudden asphyxiation and all is over." "Do you always carry this around?" "Hand it over to me." "You are a hothead." "Our debates do not make any sense until we get the Prince's backing." "But how?" "It is risky." "OK, I'll go and see him." "Come in, your Excellency, his Highness will see you." "I'm glad to see you, count." "Come on." "Your Highness, I'm a man of blunt speech." "So I'll state everything directly and honestly." "Come on, come on." "You are well aware of the way your father rules the country." "It is high time for everyone to see you the supreme ruler of all Russia." "Your Highness, there is a plan to capture the Emperor, proclaim him sick," "force the abdication in your favor." "How do you dare, Sir!" "Your Highness, any delay now is insane and criminal." "I'll never raise a finger against my sovereign." "You are a traitor, Petr Alexeevich." "I'm at your disposal, sir." "I spoke bluntly and I'll bluntly go to the scaffold." "My best regards." "Have you heard this?" "Yes, I have." "What should we do, Lizkhen?" "What if there is some bloodshed?" "Any bloodshed is better than anything we have right now." "Ok, it means our bloodshed." "Not ours." "What about Alexander, your Excellency?" " He is wavering, but finally he'll step back." "It means the guards, then, doesn't it?" "We do not have any other force to rely upon." "We need to look for the insulted and discontented ones and unite them." "Yes, unfortunately, the guards." " My best regards." "Let Lord be on our side." "The Emperor ordered the castle to be built speedily and to work around the clock." "To punish the lazy workers severely!" "To reward the diligent workers lavishly!" "Our Sire ordered the castle to be built speedily and to work around the clock." "To punish the lazy workers severely!" "To reward the diligent workers lavishly!" "Transparent shadows, softer clouds!" "More gold and brighter colors!" "Take it!" "You've given a promise to me!" "You really have given a promise to me!" "Everything needs to get dry!" "To get dry!" "In March you gave me a promise!" "To report weekly!" "God forbid, God forbid" "No!" "To report daily!" "Your Majesty." "Your Majesty." "Did you summon me?" "This is Russia where the sovereign does not know what is going on in its provinces," "what is cooking up in its brains." "Help me." "Should I appoint you the Postmaster General as well?" "Sire, this burden is beyond my strength." "I understand." "I trust you, count, and I want to ask you a question." "Am I feared?" "Well, the sovereign naturally invokes the holy trepidation in all his subjects." "Stop being cunning, count." "My orders are being executed absurdly." "The courtiers obediently agree to every whim of their sovereign." "It is Russia." "No, it isn't." "It is fear." "My plan is to place trust into my people's souls." "I may be a hothead." "But I' not bearing drudges." "You, Your Majesty, you are generous." "Prepare a decree, count." "All those who were deported and stripped of their estates and noble statute" "All those, including my worst enemies, are to be forgiven and rewarded." "All of them." "It is sagacious, your Majesty." "All this should have been executed before this March." "This is almost impossible, your Majesty." "We need to make lists, inform the people -too much work." "Too much." "I place my hopes on you, count." "I'll be expecting news." "Our Sire ordered the castle to be built speedily and to work around the clock." "To punish the lazy workers severely!" "To reward the diligent workers lavishly!" "Your Highness!" "The Semenosvki regiment is totally ours, some of the Preobrazhenski guards still hesitate" "The Izmailovski guards all agreed, the Mounties take no definite position." "All right." "Let me know." "Bye." "I'm ready to report, your Majesty." "I'm all ears." "The decree" "We, by the grace of our Lord, Emperor and Sovereign of All Russia the Tsar of Kazan, the Tsar of Astrakhan, the Tsar of Siberia, the Sovereign of Pskov and the Great Prince of Smolensk and Lithuania..." "What is that?" "The people whom you generously forgave by your decree, are setting up night camps" "They stay here nights and days expecting further generosity of your Majesty." "How many people are there?" " The list is ready, but it will take a lot of time to read it through." "The reign of your Majesty has brought disgrace upon seven marshals, three hundred generals, two thousand and two hundred officers" "and innumerous amount of people of humbler origin - priests, peasants and merchants." "The registration continues relentlessly around the clock." "Keep the line, Do not push!" "Your name and rank!" "I'm Loktev, the rank is a non-commissioned officer!" "Attention, calm down!" "Damn him!" "A thousand lashes!" "A thousand lashes!" "Paul!" "Paul!" "Sashka!" "He is in his study." "Come here." "Where is he?" "Where is he?" "Why does not he go out?" "We do not know." "We are under arrest." "But why?" "God knows, by the order of his Majesty." "Ah, damn it." "Why does not he go out?" "He lying with his head down." "Does he take any meals?" "No, he does not." "No sleep as well." "Children, his Majesty is sick." " Might a blood release be helpful?" "Go and see him right now!" " But we are under arrest!" "Count!" "Here you are at last!" " Gentlemen!" "Put everything straight to us." "I had the honor to report to you on everything, your Majesty." "Come here." "I want to know everything." "It is my order." "What has happened?" "Your Majesty, it is time to be ready for anything." "Jesus H. Christ!" "Dad has gone nuts." "Stop it, Kostya." "The whole situation hangs on a single fine thread." "Off it goes and kaput." "A military campaign in India is about to start upon the decree of his Majesty." "In India, oh God!" "Children, children, go and see your Dad" "And what about our arrest?" "Ivan Pavlovich..." "I'm afraid." "Your Majesty, he will kill me!" "Go and see him!" "Sire, our Father" "Our benefactor." "Do not suffer so much, Sire" "There was a case in Nerchinsk when a prisoner was branded by mistake with the word "thief" on his forehead." "The correction was really really cunning." "They added "not a" to the hot brand." "The brand started reading " not a thief"" "Your Majesty!" "Sire!" "Lackey!" "Bastard!" "You dare laugh at me!" "Your Majesty!" "Well." "You see, I was right." "Oh, God!" "Can anyone change..." "Lopukhina Anna" "Yes, Lopukhina, your Majesty." "Lopukhina?" "Anna Lopukhina has exerted a positive influence upon his Majesty." "For a long time." "I do not understand a thing." "Auch, Annushka, how many people I have demolished!" "Please stop!" "How many fates I have destroyed!" "Take a gulp." "All the burdens of Russia came just on my shoulders." "What for?" "What for?" "Anna, eh?" "And I've seen him." "Whom?" "Once on a winter night" "Kurakin and I were passing along the Senatskaya square near the Bronze Horseman statue." "I suddenly saw a tall man in black clothes." "The brims of his hat were low." "I couldn't see his face." "I asked who he was." "He took away his hat" "And I recognized him." "My great-grandfather Emperor Peter I." "He gave me a sad and gentle look, shook his head and said" "Poor, poor Pavel" "Do not think about that." "I'm not thinking about it at all" "And it is fine." "Think about your early years." "Think about the castles you were building from cardboard." "Everything is fine." "I see myself so distinctly - cutting them out and building, cutting them out and building." "Everything is fine." "A wonderful castle." "A wonderful one." "His Majesty is joyful and quiet." "He is about to come out." "Excuse my headache," "Mademoiselle." "I gave a second thought to it and decided that instead of waiting for Brenner to set everything up and finish building, we'll celebrate the house-warning date today." "Count Palen!" "I trust you." "Organize it properly." "And throw up the masquerade tonight." "My honey, kids, see you tonight." "Do you keep any bad feelings about your father?" "No, I do not!" "I permit dancing the waltz from now on." "I was wrong." "Off went the thread." "Then Russia will absorb the new way of life and will get transformed in its entirety." "Off the cuff, Gentlemen!" "Oh shine, ye bloody dawn!" "The Zubovs are here, gentlemen." "These folks will grab their dues." "Gentlemen." "Count Palen is on our side!" "Gentlemen, you did not even set up a single sentinel post" "What should we hide from, your Excellency, we are masters here." "Masters!" "All sentinels in the palace are the Gatchina guards!" "These guys will not let anybody in, your Excellency" "And where is your intelligence, gentlemen?" "So, you, Captain, you and you, follow me right now" "All the rest will wait here." "I'm going to negotiate while we still can place any hopes on Alexander." "No blood, gentlemen.!" "It is my order!" "Stay here!" "What is that, gentlemen!" "What should we do now?" "Wanna some grog, gentlemen, some grog!" "Grog is coming, grog is coming, grog is coming!" "Let's raise the glasses for Alexander!" "For Alexander!" "For Alexander!" "Hello" "The work is not over yet." "And they talk about a house-warming party." "It means it is necessary." "The plaster is still cracking, the place is damp." "It means it is necessary." "Why are you here and not in the barracks?" "I was promoted by the tsar." "Now I'm ready to serve Paul as well." "What's next?" "If I repent, he'll forgive me." "Deribos is a traitor." "Hello, hello." "My count Palen." "The construction works are not finished yet, but soon, very soon..." "My friends!" "Here is the fortress of the Mikhailovsky castle." "There is the big throne hall over there, the church and the Rafaellite gallery." "And further on there is the hall of the knights and the throne of the Maltian Grand Master." "Your Majesty, but they are Catholics!" "Papists!" "What's wrong with that?" "My Kutaissov is a former Turkish prisoner." "And Admiral Deribos, where is Deribos?" "Here he is, he is a Maltian by birth." "He suffered from me and still is loyal to his sovereign." "Si, signor." "There will be time when all the world will get united!" "Waltz!" "I haven't had so much fun for ages, my lady!" "Do you remember Christmas, Gatchina?" "I do, Paulchen, I do." "Forgive me, your Majesty, if anything is wrong." "Everything is all right, my Paulchen, all right." "I feel so good." "His flask is with me." "I'll go." "Call the doctor!" "Call the doctor!" "Bring some water!" "Gentlemen!" "Gentlemen, let me in!" "Gentlemen, side away!" "My Lord, it is Deribos!" "Summon Palen to me." "They'll kill you as well." "Count, I urge you to proceed to his Majesty's study." "I'm already on the go." "You'll deliver a report!" "Take a seat." "No, face the light." "Yes, your Majesty." "OK, when I talk to anyone, I'm accustomed to looking directly in the face." "Two couriers have been dispatched upon the decree of your Majesty." "What do you do, count, on sleepless nights?" "I do not suffer from bad sleep, Sire." "A lucky one, you have a quiet conscience." "One courier is for his Majesty the King of Prussia." "The King of Prussia." "Do you have bad dreams?" "I saw such a dream yesterday." "What did you dream about?" "Sheer nonsense, as if I were a doll..." "A kind of no-loll-no-roll doll." "The king of Prussia is ordered to occupy the principality of Gannover with his troops..." "Count, would you mind telling me about 1762 when my father was assassinated?" "Where were you at that time?" "Here in St. Petersburg, your Majesty." "What did you do then?" "I was young and had a low rank of a subaltern officer in the Mounties." "I did not know anything about the conspiracy." "You did not know anything." "Well." "Do you know that I'm targeted for an assassination?" "The sovereign of all Russia?" "I know, Sire." "You know?" "And you keep silent about this?" "Your Majesty, I head the plot." "You..." "Your Majesty, the case is so transparent that it does not deserve talking about." "I head the conspirators to know everything, to watch everyone, to protect your Majesty from any assassination attempt." "What about Deribos?" "Well, the conspirators did not come to an arrangement and that's good" "Now all the strings are in my hands, they won't make a move without my knowledge." "You are clever, sir." "A no-loll-no-roll doll." "How did you dare not report it to me the very next minute?" "Excuse me, your Majesty." "I wanted to do that so many times, the words were on the tip of my tongue but without clear proof and feeling mercy for you, sparing my father's heart" "I kept protracting and it is my only guilt." "Alexander." "Yes." "Yes." "The sovereign's heir conceiving regicide." "Perish" "Perish." "Vanish." "I'll never believe that my son Alexander, my angel boy..." "I thought your Majesty would wish to know more." "This is the list of the conspirators." "It includes both their Highnesses your sons" "Both daughters-in-law, her Majesty, almost all regiment commanders." "Is that all?" "Oh Lord, what for?" "What did I do to them?" "Put everyone in shackles and send them to Siberia to hard prison labor, and Alexander" "will face a firing squad" "Your Majesty, the arrest of the whole royal family on murky evidence is a non-executable task." "What should I do then?" "Place your trust in me." "Your full trust." "Don't you want too much from me, sir?" "Your Majesty, the choice is binary:" "you either immediately execute me as a traitor or place your full trust in me." "Well, excuse me, I believe you." "Tell me what I am to do." "This is the decree I prepared for this case." "Please sign" " Sign" "and I'm ready to act immediately." "Hold on, Petr Alekseevich." "Petr, do you love me?" "I do, Sire." "You do." "Your Majesty you know I'm loyal only to God and to you." "I'll sacrifice my soul for you." "Let me cross you." "God help you." "God bless you, God bless you." "Petr..." "What about Alexander?" "Well." "We'll set things straight in a family way." "Good night." "What is that?" "The father ordered that." "He says that bread absorbs dampness." "How can I help you, count?" "Would you mind reading this, your Highness?" "This is the decree about the arrest of the whole royal family including you." "It is signed by the Emperor." "Do you feel sick?" "No, it will pass." "That's what I thought." "" That's not all" "What else?"" "His Majesty said" "He said about your Highness:" "" He'll face a firing squad"" "Well" "It is even better." "A one-way trip" "Better?" "You are not alone." "Your wife, your mother, your sisters and brothers" "What can I do?" "You can save yourself and everyone." "In what way?" "Your Highness," "this night is ours." "I assured his Majesty that I had headed the plot to forewarn and neutralize it." "He believed me like a kid." "You've betrayed him." "Yes, I have." "I've done that to save you." "You've betrayed me to him and him to me." "Whom will you betray in the long run, count?" "Will it be me, him or both of us?" "Who are you working for, sir?" "For Russia." "as a mad sovereign is an ogre that has few rivals in the world" "A madman with a razor." "What do you hate him so much for?" "No, I do not hate him" " I hate despotism." "You used to say, your Highness that you intend to grant civil liberties to Russia." "I believed you then." "But you spoke about that and I kept acting." "Your Highness, I thought that Our Lord had chosen you for the greatest feat." "Now I see I was mistaken." "Yes, Petr Alexeevich, I'm guilty." "Your Majesty, your Majesty." "Stop it, count." "No, your Majesty." "Stop it!" "From now it is you who are the Emperor of all Russia." " No!" "It is you and nobody else. - No!" "No, no, no" "Your Majesty!" " I do not want it!" "I can not do that" "OK, then I'm your only subject." "And nobody will learn anything." "Petr Alexeevich!" "For the sake of God, stop it!" "Vouch that nothing will happen to my dad..." " I swear." "I'll do anything that is within my forces." "But stop the madman with a razor." "Please sign this, and all is over." "What is that?" "A manifesto about the abdication of Emperor Paul and the accession of Alexander to the throne." "Must I sign it?" "You must." "With my blood?" "Why blood, ink will do." "I can't." "Leave me alone." "Our Lord will judge you." "Petr Alexeevich." "I'll sign." "Petr Alexeevich," "have you ever cried?" "People rarely cry at my age." "I will not let you go!" "What's wrong with you!" "I will not let you go!" "They'll kill you!" "Paul honey, stay here, do stay here!" "Who will kill me?" " I beg you in the name of our Lord!" "Stay with me!" " I'm with you, Annushka." "They will come in with the torches!" "I will not let you go!" "I'm cunning, I've invented a clever plot" " I will not let you go!" "Stay with me" " I've already invented a clever plot." "We'll arrange everything in a family way." "Stay here, Paul, honey." "Guards!" "From your duty point - go!" "Thanks, the Gatchina guards!" "Thanks." "Chaps, go have some sleep." "Come on." "His Majesty told us to go have some sleep!" "I'll take care of myself." "Gentlemen!" "Gentlemen, where are we going?" "Count Palen ordered to wait." "He'll get angry." "Whom the Lord helps, no one will hurt." "What does it mean?" "You can not make an omelet without breaking eggs." "I do not understand." "Gentlemen!" "That is all." "Who has the instruments?" "Hold the torch!" "Look, the lock is with a secret!" "Break it, chaps, break it!" "Come!" "Break it, break it!" "The door is open!" "Can I be of any service to you, sirs?" "We've brought a document!" "Stop Frenching!" "Finish him off!" "Your Majesty, you are arrested and dislodged!" "Alexander Pavlovich is proclaimed the sovereign." "What if I do not abdicate?" "I'm the anointed sovereign ." "A Great grandson of Peter I." "Is it opportune for me to abdicate?" "Where do you go?" "How will you kill me?" "Like Prince Alexei?" "Or like my father Peter III?" "Come on." "Press him with a scarf!" "Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!" "What a woe!" "I'm the first to convey this woeful message" "What a woe!" "What a woe!" "We are bereft of our Father!" "Guilty!" "Everyone are guilty!" "Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!" "Lizkhen!" "Lizkhen!" "On your knees, everyone!" "Help!" "Sasha!" "Sasha!" "Do you feel sick?" "The dad has been killed." "The first company to the Parade Street!" "About face!" "Exit the building!" "Raise the flag for Alexander!" "Vivat, vivat, vivat!" "Vivat, vivat, vivat!" "Go!" "Leave us alone." "Your Majesty," "Count Palen!" "The dad has been killed." "Count, you did take an oath." "You are a murderer." "So am I." "All persons of civilian rank are to proceed to the Winter Palace to swear allegiance" "Allegiance to whom?" " To Alexander this time." "His Majesty passed away instantaneously." "The persons of military rank are to swear allegiance as well." "Let's go, General." "He's savagely mutilated." "What should we do, General?" "Open and show!" "Open and show!" "Do open and show!" "We need a painter" "What for?" "His tongue sticks out, it has to be cut off." "How will we show him to the people?" "What for?" "Paulchen!" "Let me in!" "No entry here!" " Let me in!" "People!" "Soldiers!" "No entry here!" " Let me in!" "Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!" " Let me in!" "Take this broad away!" "Assembly for all!" "Attention!" "Listen to my order!" "To your right!" "Your Imperial Majesty, everything is ready!" "Welcome to the throne!" "Thanks, I feel better." "And now please abdicate and grant the Republic as you've promised!" "There are soldiers over there, they have to be told something, otherwise we'll have a mutiny." "Tell them about the republic, grant them the republic." "Isn't it too early?" "Vivat to Alexander!" "Vivat to Alexander!" "Vivat!" "Vivat to Alexander!" "Vivat!" "Vivat!" "Your Majesty, tell them at least one word." "Sire, for the good and the tranquility of Russia" "My father, Emperor Pavel I passed away instantaneously" "I'll reestablish the old ways!" "As the life used to be!" "Hurray!" "Hurray!" "Hurray!" "Take care!" "Take care!" "Fetch them to the flames!" "Long live Alexander!" "Freedom!" "What a mess this world has become!" "Is that a celebration or a funeral?" "Whom do they bury?" "The 18th century." "Now what?" "The 19th century is looming, then the 20th one comes along." "And what's then?" "Wait and see." "Cast:" "Viktor Sukhorukov, Oleg Yankovssky" "Alexei Barabash, Oksana Myssina" "Anna Molchanova, Yulia Mavrina" "Screenplay:" "Vitaly Melnikov" "Camera:" "Sergei Astakhov"