"but at least this much is fact " "You dead yet?" "Aramis!" "Porthos is..." "He's hung like a donkey." "He's been asleep so long, I'd forgotten." "OK, go on now." "Leave His Holiness alone." "Go on, ladies." "Go!" "I need my spirits lifted." "I'm old, I'm weak, my strength is gone." "Porthos!" "There's more to life than a good pair of tits." "Really?" "If you can name me one thing, one single thing, that is more sublime" "I'll build you a new cathedral." "Forgive me..." "Forgive me..." "Am I forgiven?" "Am I forgiven?" "Don't you understand?" "I'm trying to pray!" "You're always praying!" "D'Artagnan!" "D'Artagnan!" "How are you, young pup?" " So I see." " Welcome." "Sit down." "He wishes to see you." "You serve him loyally," "D'Artagnan, look at you!" "You look so young and I feel so old." "The King says immediately." "One for all, d'Artagnan." "And all for one." "We were all Musketeers once." "I wonder how Athos is doing." "Relax, Raoul." "After all, you're my son." "How could any woman resist you?" "When will you ask her?" "Today, as we arrive... or when we leave." "When I think about it, I get confused." "Will this help?" "Mother's ring." "I can't take this. lt's yours." "She died giving you to me." "I want to die knowing it's worn by the woman my son loves." "Go!" "Bring back your fiancée." "No, no." "Do not underestimate the Dutch." "These troops will be cut off here, so shift them here and here." "Then we outnumber them there." "Send that." "Your Majesty!" "The yellow sash." "that there are riots in Paris." "Riots?" "Paris is the most beautiful city in the world." "but pride and contentment?" "Of course, Your Majesty." "I'm sure they are content and proud." "But they are also starving." "If we distributed some of the food reserved for the army..." "The priest Aramis!" " with the Jesuits." " The Jesuits?" "But who is he?" "Your Majesty." "You are a priest, but once you were a Musketeer." "Like my father," "So..." "And when you have, for God and for France," "I wish you to kill him." "I know this is a terrible thing I ask, especially from a priest." "Can you accept this mission and keep it private?" "I will kill both him and the man who told me." "About these riots..." "We have stocks on the wharves now." "Distribute that." "But that food is spoiling." "That's why it wasn't sent to the army." "Then you must hurry." "What an excellent idea, Your Majesty." "Look at that stitching!" "Don't they look glorious?" "Not so glorious as you." "Who is that?" "Raoul, the son of Athos." "Francois, you may like young soldiers," "Her name is Christine." "Your Majesty?" "What now, d'Artagnan?" "Assassins falling from the sky?" "I was not told of the pig chase." "Look at these men's faces." "Howthey admire you." "With you protecting me, what fool would try to harm me?" "A fool's blade can be sharper than his brain." "Let us play a game." "Let's pretend that I am king and you are captain of my Musketeers." "Pretend my wish is law," "As should you." "Ladies!" "Christine..." "ever since I arrived..." " Monsieur?" "Mademoiselle?" " No, thank you." "I am honoured" "The honour is mine." "One for all..." "And all for one." "I love you." "And I love you, Raoul." "I'll never be rich, but you have my heart." "Then I am richer than the King." "I have something to give you..." "We offer a contest of cunning and agility." "Behold our unicorn!" "Whoever captures our unicorn, shall win its treasure." "Now, to the chase!" "I command you all!" "The pendant will be yours!" "Christine, isn't it?" "I'd have thought it impossible, but the excitement of the chase has made you more beautiful." "Sire, I...thank you." "You blush." "You do not wish to look beautiful for your king?" "You're not used to these surroundings." "That is a condition we can happily remedy." "You would choose a soldier who has not yet proposed above a king?" "I can only be faithful to my heart." "But how faithful is that heart to you?" "Wait, Christine!" "Feed your people!" "Jesuits!" "Get me a general!" "[Metal clanging on metal]" "Your Majesty?" "And you are not hurt?" "Captain?" "Raoul, son of Athos," "You have improved." "It's been so long!" "So it has, my friend." "What's the occasion?" "As you say, it's been too long." "If the great Athos offers," "Head of the King's bodyguards?" "Must keep you busy." "Especially with this king." "Still, I should have come more often." "I belong to the past, when grown men wore the uniform." "At least it gives you time" " to practise your violin." " And feel sorry for myself." "Now, for the life I've always wished him," " he's leaving home." " Athos, I..." "Out celebrating all night!" "Raoul, look who's come to visit." "What's wrong?" "I cannot make her a widow, just as I've made her a wife." "I've been recalled to my regiment." "But that makes no sense!" "You've already served at the front." "Has there been some disaster?" "The King is a dog!" "And a coward!" "But I am neither." "And so I go." "I served his father." "Until I retired, I served him." "And now, to seduce a woman who'll mean nothing to him once he's had her," "You knew this was happening!" "That's why you came!" "I came to bring you hope!" "I still have faith" "You don't know what it's like to have a son." "To have kissed his hair, watched him grow." "I have never known a finer man than you, but if the King harms my son merely to take a lover, then this king becomes my enemy!" "Then I must hurry, for I treasure your son... as I treasure you." "Guard the gate!" "Captain!" "The people say" "They're attacking Musketeers." "Get the gates!" "Do not fire!" "It's d'Artagnan!" "Citizens of Paris, listen to me." "Listen to me!" "Listen, I beg you." "You're right, it is rotten." "I'll speak to the King myself." "You have my word." "And you will release those men, for they serve France...and you." "Louis, you were right!" "A woman has never known love until she has known the love of a king." "I'm hungry." "I'll have some food brought." "I like to eat alone." "not for you to startle me to death." "It's for your security that I've come." "I know about the rioting." "Your people want to love you, but they are eating rotten food." "Rotten food?" "I'll deal with that decisively." "There is another matter" "You are surrounded by beautiful women." "Do you love any of them?" "Quite frequently, actually." "And they love you?" "You think my affairs are empty?" "I think it is possible for one man to love one woman all his life and be the better for it." "You may be right." "until recently." "Would that be Christine?" "D'Artagnan, I fear you watch me too closely." "Do you question my honour?" "No, I do not question your honour." "It is you I care about." "Raoul will return soon." "You have my word." "Thank you, Your Majesty." "I am a young king... but I am King." "You are the new chief advisor." "Execute him for distributing rotten food." "And the next time there are rioters, shoot them." "Please take this to the royal despatchers." "'that Raoul, son of Athos, 'has been killed in action.'" "Sir, a casualty report came." "Does Athos know of this?" "Athos, my friend..." "Stop, you traitor!" "Athos, listen to me!" "The cannons killed Raoul!" "I beg you!" "Get back!" "Get back!" "You're the traitor." "See to the wounded." "Sire, when you sent for me after the news of Raoul," "I came to ask for your help." "I have no way to feed my family." "My father is dead, my mother... ..has a sickness of the lungs." "Your Majesty..." "I know that for you, this day... the earth has spun round many times." "You must still feel it spinning." "Listen to me!" "You've lost someone dear to your heart." "And I have no desire for you to turn that heart to stone." "I only ask you this:" "that whatever you feel tonight," "To good health." "You are so beautiful." "I cannot do this." "I hope you know there is more of me to love than a crown." "Of all the wonders I have seen," "Aramis!" "ls this the way to hell?" "A tomb!" "We're in a tomb?" "The secrecy is regrettable, but necessary." "Please, sit." "Some can't be settled without one!" "Here is the problem at hand." "The Jesuits oppose Louis' wars and the starvation that results." "So, Louis has ordered me" "And to kill him." "Let the secret general worry about that!" "The problem is... ..that I am he." "I am the General of the Order of Jesuits." "What do you propose to do?" "Replace the King." " I cannot listen to this." " lt can't be done." "It can!" "I am with you." "So am I." "No!" "I need you." "All for one and one for all." "I cannot betray my king!" "I swore an oath!" "When a king is dishonourable, you are removed from your oath." "An oath is an oath because it cannot be removed!" "Why do you follow him?" "Why?" "What do you fight for?" "The next time we meet, one of us will die." "Wait!" "Even were I not a priest," "I cannot betray my king." "I will defend him with my life." "Then God be with you." "For none of us will." "I hear there was an incident at the Musketeers' gate, where a man came intent on killing me." "ls it our policy now to let would-be assassins go free, d'Artagnan?" "He wished to kill his own pain." "His son is dead." "I can think of nothing worse." "When I became a Musketeer," "I was told, each time I drew my sword," "I should consider not what I killed, but what I allowed to live." "You know who told me that?" "If he has become our enemy, we should ask ourselves why." "Athos is gone." "Porthos and Aramis are missing, too." "You know them better than anyone." "Are they a threat to me?" "If they are a threat, we need not seek them out." "They will find us." "Not if you find them first." "Who is that?" "Chi è?" "È malato." "Lo rimpiazzo io." "He says he's a replacement." "Parla francese?" "Non lo parlo." "per la confessione." "The usual priest is sick." "Vai, vai!" "Avanti!" "Grazie." "Grazie tanto, signore." "Grazie." "Grazie." "It is my Confession day." "I'm sorry." "You've never seen me before." "I must shock you." "I am a friend." "I am here to help you." "What are you doing?" "It is your escape to freedom." "Who is this?" "He is you." "Signore, scusi, scusi!" "Signore!" "Signore, scusi!" "Cosa c'è?" "È caduto stecchito mentre leggevo la messa." "He says he fell stone dead as he was reading him the Mass." "How could he just keel over?" "Get him out!" "Get him out now!" "No last rites!" "Get away!" "We could chisel it off and see who it was." "No one will ever know." "Bruciatelo!" "O la peste ci colpirà tutti!" "He's right!" "Dio!" "Dio, Dio..." "Don't touch me!" "Get out!" "Stay back!" "He has plague." "Hurry up!" "Via!" "Hurry, hurry, hurry!" "Go away!" "Hurry!" "My God!" "Jesuits." "They're mine." "Here..." "Drink." "It's all right." "I have waited six years to ask this question..." "Why was this done to me?" "You don't know?" "What do you remember?" "I lived in a country house." "I had guardians." "An old woman and a priest." "But no friends." "They took me to the prison." " Who?" " A man in black." "I never saw his face... but he took me to the prison and he put me into the mask." "And you don't know why?" "Then I realised there was something about my face which had to be hidden." "But I never knew what." "What is your name?" "The old woman called me..." "These men will clean you." "They won't harm you." "Thank you." "Thank you for your kindness." "Why are you so glum?" "Why are you so glum?" "I expected action." "I was useless." "What more can a man want?" "Look around you." "Can't you listen to their song?" "There's food here, but Louis sends it all to the army." "I have no appetite." "I'm wasting away." "Even women don't interest me any more." "Say goodbye to Porthos." "He is gone." "Who is he?" "Seek the truth, not facts." "You are not my priest!" "And wouldn't be even if I had one!" "That's bitter." "The loss of Raoul and d'Artagnan, who you held as a brother and now you hate." "What right have you to judge me?" "Yes, and I'm more intelligent than anybody else." "Porthos, what is it?" "Kidney stones." "It hurts when I piss." "It hurts when I shit." "I'm going to hang myself as soon as I'm sober." "Come on!" "Aramis!" "He is ready!" "The greatest mystery of life... is who we truly are." "Yes." "I will tell you the secret that was kept from you." "D'Artagnan was drunk " "I was on duty." "I was summoned to the rear door of the palace." "The Queen's priest handed me a baby." "Do you understand this, Athos?" "The child I carried was the younger of the two." "Another!" "It's another." "He'd seen brothers tear apart enough kingdoms that he decided to make one disappear." "You, Phillippe!" "He ordered your identity kept from you." "On his deathbed, he revealed the truth to Louis and your mother." "She had been told you died at birth." "She blamed herself for believing it." "She wished to restore your birthright." "But now, Louis was King." "He was afraid to kill you, for his claim to power rested on the sanctity of royal blood." "So he devised a way to keep you forever hidden." "For my country, for my king..." "I bought peace with your life and with my soul." "But not until I have restored you to what is yours." "Restored?" "That is your plan?" "Exchanging one for the other?" "It's ludicrous!" "It's brilliant." "What did you think we were up to?" "Revolution, open war!" "Blood in the streets." "At least it's a change." "..can be adopted!" "And people close to him?" "I have considered everything." "you risk Phillippe's as well?" "And like us, he has a choice." "What about it, Phillippe?" "You have the chance to be king, if you have the heart to take that chance, you have the heart." "Do you?" "I..." "I..." "Do you?" "Your Majesty!" "A box has arrived whose contents are for your eyes only." "Take this to my mother." "My son!" "My son!" "Please...forgive me." "I can never make it right." "My Lady..." "No..." "No..." "If anyone sees... it is death." "I cannot bear to see you cry." "Please..." "Tell me what's wrong." "Then we will both die traitors, d'Artagnan." "More wine!" "More wine." "How is he?" "Exhausted." "He's had a long day." " Aramis..." " More wine!" " No!" " Yes!" " ln a year maybe..." " Three weeks!" "Three weeks?" "!" "The King is having a masquerade ball." "It's a perfect opportunity." "We must act!" "More wine!" "Where is everybody?" "No!" "It's no use." "My sword is bent." "It'll be all right." "It's dead!" "I am useless!" "Useless..." "Three weeks to learn all he must know?" "For 1 6 years, he was educated as a gentleman." "And for six more, he lived in that mask!" "Now he knows that those who should have loved him threw him into loneliness and pain." "You're fond of him." "That's good." "Don't play God with me, Aramis!" "Nothing can replace Raoul!" "What is Porthos doing?" "What is he doing?" "Going to hang himself." "Hang himself?" "!" "A sign from God..." "If Porthos is determined to end his life, he'll find the opportunity." "Goodbye, cruel world." "Farewell to useless Porthos." " What was that?" " I sawed the beam." "Aramis!" "You did this!" "You knew I'd hang myself and you sawed the beam!" " Admit it!" " Of course I knew." "You've been moping around for months." "Now you can stop boring everyone and be useful!" " Well...all right." " Put some clothes on!" "I've worn this mask so long," "I don't feel safe without it." "I will sit with you." "I can't sleep either." "You have freed me." "A palace is hardly a prison." "See the one holding the lamb?" "I would tend lambs with her the rest of my life." "A king you hate!" "Not everyone hates him." "Don't you?" "Why should I become him?" "Until you give me a reason, I won't." "I cannot." "We're all God's instruments, like it or not." "All we can do is keep faith." "We all fail at faith, Aramis." "Porthos!" "You miss the point!" "What point?" "Phillippe is right." "We haven't given him a reason to do what we ask." "I understand your reason, Athos." "You do?" "Porthos told me about your son." "You think that's why I'm here?" "Once, all of us believed in serving something greater than ourselves." "Aramis had his faith." "Porthos, his lust for life." "D'Artagnan, his devotion." "And I had Raoul." "But we all had a common dream " "worthy of the throne." "It is what we dreamt, what we bled for, and what we have waited a lifetime for." "And now my son is dead." "So I am here to find out if his life was in vain." "If we fail in this attempt - and we probably will " "I am honoured to die beside you." "And you." "This arrived for you." "'My darling Christine, 'in parting from you" "'I have left heaven for hell." "'You've created in me the need to be a better man." "'I will love through heaven or hell 'to love you as you should be loved." "'Remember that and give yourself no blame." "'Yours forever, Raoul.'" "What's wrong?" "What's the matter?" "What's wrong?" "I received a letter from Raoul." "He sent it to the palace, knowing that he would die and that I would be here." "How would he know that?" "He was irrational." "He forgives me for all that he knew I would do." "But how can I forgive myself?" "Forgive?" "I loved him , Louis." "I love him still." "Still..." "You pretend?" "!" "I have sinned against love and God for the sake of your mercy," "I will burn in hell and so will you." "No." "No, no." "No, my love." "You will burn in hell, but I will not, for I am King, ordained by God." "Come on!" "We have to get started." "Paris." "I'll be gone a few days." "You want me to do the impossible alone?" "Or treason - for he is a king's son." "I can't get him ready in time!" "The urgency is not my choice." "Instead of distributing food," "Louis has ordered the rioters shot." "Imagine what will happen" "This is not for me, Athos." "and might be again." "Thank you, Father." "The ball is now tomorrow night." "and needs revelry." "My tailors must work all night!" "Saddle my horse!" "The brothel is closed for the night." "Closed?" "We came here..." "Go somewhere else." "Out!" "Out!" "You must finish the clothes you were making." "Come on, old man!" "Out!" "Everybody out!" "Out!" "Get out!" "Porthos, I finished this for you." "I love Paris!" "I love life!" "And I love you, ladies!" "Now get busy - except for you!" "Come!" "No, wait." "With a king, it is so." "Servants have touched the goblet," "Again..." "I'm sorry." "No, do not be sorry!" "There are no mistakes when you are king." "You never apologise." "Forgive me." "I did not mean..." "Your eyes ask too much." "You shouldn't care about me." "You shouldn't care about..." "You mustn't ask about my son." "And so have I." "Your Majesty." "Do you believe" "But forgiveness must come from you before it can come from God." "It was I who took your other son from you." "I have raised a son who destroys lives instead of saving them." "And I have failed to save a son who died within an iron mask." "No!" "That mask was Louis' creation." "Now we have a chance to make a miracle - to strip all masks away forever." "These rooms are yours." "or through this passage, are the rooms of your mistress Christine." "And whose rooms are these?" "Your mother's." "My mother's...?" "Change the horses!" "Clear everything out!" "Now!" "ln the morning," "D'Artagnan watches everything!" "We will need luck." "We will make our own luck!" "If Phillippe holds up." "My brother!" "What is wrong, Your Majesty?" "." "Nothing." "Carry on." "Did you see that?" "What, Your Majesty?" "A mask!" "I saw a mask!" "The ballroom is full of masks, Your Majesty." "Your Majesty?" "Carry on, everyone." "To the passageway." "Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!" "It's Judgement Day." "Why do you call me Phillippe?" "We have a present for you." "No!" "D'Artagnan guards the hall." "Let us go back the way we came." "Time to go, Your Majesty." "Good." "You know the way." "You have the heart of a king." "Continue." "Your Majesty?" "Some refreshments, Your Majesty?" "The Queen Mother!" "I retire now." "Wait two dances, then withdraw to your room and spend the night in safety." "We have much to talk about." "And the rest of our lives to do it." "Goodnight..." "Mother." "Goodnight... my son." "Tomorrow." "How long has the King been back?" "Some while, Captain." "Murderer." "Murderer!" "I wrote to the front under your seal." "to keep Raoul out of danger." "He writes back:" "'But, Your Majesty!" "'Your letter ordered me to place him 'at the vanguard of the assault 'in front of the cannon.'" "You killed Raoul!" "You killed Raoul!" "You killed Raoul!" "Let her go!" "You're hurting her!" "Take her to her room." "Continue." "I must ask you to accompany me." "Not now." "The ball..." "My guests..." "I insist..." "Your Majesty." "Yes, certainly." " They've raised the alarm!" " They'll try to cut us off." "I am Porthos!" "And I fight the King!" "Look out!" "Come on!" "Porthos!" "Come on!" "Everyone pump!" "Pull them back!" "This man...is an imposter." "This is the imposter." "Pull them back." "Get in the boat, Your Majesty." "Open the gate!" "Open the gate!" "Open the gate." "I'm sorry." "I failed you." "We failed you." "Stop!" "You take my king..." "I shall take yours." "Get him!" "Get him!" "Seize the imposter!" " Get him!" " Sire!" "Seize him!" "Seize him!" "Take him!" "Hold on to him!" "I was told this imposter was dead." "You knew?" "You knew there was a man of such resemblance?" "He is my brother." " Brother?" " My twin." "My blood." "A fact which has kept him alive, until now." "Louis!" "Please!" "I love you both!" "That has meant nothing to us!" "It has meant something to me." "Your Majesty, listen to me." "Never once have I asked anything for myself." "You have no right to ask this!" "Your Majesty... every day of your life," "I have watched over you." "I have bled for you." "I have prayed every day" "Show me what my faith and blood have purchased." "Show mercy." "You take the side of traitors?" "This one, worst of all - my own brother!" "And what have you done to him?" "For one moment..." "I'd hoped you would be." "Please..." "My Lord, may I speak?" "I beg that you kill me." "ln fact, I pray God rewards you for your mercy." "But, please...do not..." "I beg you..." "You will hunt down Porthos, Athos and Aramis and bring me their heads." "Or I will have yours." "As for you, my brother, back to the prison you shall go, and into the mask you hate." "Wear it until you love it." "And die in it!" "There were two?" "Not one but two?" "I couldn't tell you." "You had enough to bear." "I have loved you always, none but you." "No matter what happens," "I pray you remember that." "Christine's room." "Where is she?" "Get rid of it." "Where are you taking me?" "No!" "Please, no!" "No!" "It has been done, Your Majesty." "When he leaves again, tell me." "Your Majesty." "Nothing down here." "All right, this way." "One for all and all for one, d'Artagnan." "I'd rather die covered in blood than an old man lying in my piss." "Our old uniforms, from our days of glory." "I was saving them... so that we could wear them in death." "And so we shall!" "Open up." "We have a prisoner." "Take him to level three." "The captain will see to the document." "It worked!" "It's a prison." "The problems come when we want to get out." "Midnight." "We have 1 0 minutes." "Down there." "ls this what you're looking for?" "The key!" "No!" "Remember this?" "Don't be so sad." "I knew you'd come!" "We feared the mask would destroy you." "I wear the mask, it does not wear me." "All that you have suffered," "I would gladly have borne myself to keep it from you." "Go to the east gate." "This way!" "Go till you reach the river." "Fire!" "Get that door!" "The lock!" "Trapped!" "Charge them!" "Spare their lives if you can." "Cowards!" "Twenty men run from four!" "No one has the stomach to fight the Captain." "I am not angry with you." "I knew you'd lead me to them." "Lay down your sword and I will not punish you." "You can retire in peace." "if you surrender now." "You should take his offer." "We're dead anyway." "He's right, d'Artagnan." "Wait!" "You've done your best." "Please, let me go." "No." "I cannot do it." "Even if I could give up my king," "I could not give up... my son." "Your son?" "I loved your mother." "I love her still." "You are my son." "I never knew you existed." "And I never felt pride as a father... until this moment." "They're young Musketeers." "They've been weaned on our legends." "They revere us!" "I trained these men." "They will fight to the death." "But if we must die... if we must die, let it be like this." "One for all..." "All for one." "Shoot!" "Magnificent valour!" "Shoot them!" "Fire!" "Get off me!" "He is...your brother." "Brother?" "Get this off me!" "Forgive me." "All my life... this...this is the death" "I have always wanted." "All for one..." "And one fo..." "You were the one in the mask." "All my life... all I ever wanted to be was him." "We recaptured the prisoner." "No, I am the Ki...!" "Put this madman where no one can hear his insanity." "Let him be fed by a deaf mute, but feed him well." "Let him find redemption wearing the pains he caused others." "Take him!" "I am Louis!" "I am Louis!" "And the others?" "He was the best of us all." "After all you have done," "I must ask one more service." "And I pray you live for this:" "to love me like your son." "Musketeers, salute!" "One for all, all for one!" "visited often by the Queen." "The King known as Louis XIV," "He is remembered as the greatest ruler in the history of his nation."