"THE POSSESSED" "In 1870 a group of young nihilists, all from the same city... returns from Switzerland to Russia." "They intend to overthrow the existing regime." "They are waiting for the return of their organiser, Pierre." "He is to bring with him Nicholas Stavrogin... considered to be the soul group, the new Messiah." "In Russia, people are worried, feeling a violent revolution is imminent." "The Liberals are on the alert." "But no one knows the size of the organisation or of its true intentions." "One member, a printer named Shatov, has decided to leave the group." "He is nervous about the return of Pierre and Stavrogin." "Shatov..." "Good to see you, Shatov." "I'm glad you came back." "My friends..." "We can no longer live outside of Russia." "But it's also impossible to live here." "There has to be another way..." " There's isn't one." " So what do we do?" "Wipe the slate clean." "What would be the outcome of that, Erkel?" "Discussing opposing points of view doesn't bother me." "It's good." "Yes, but all we can do is talk." "Apart from the Czar, Russia and the family, we can discuss anything at all..." "We can discuss them, just not with you." "If you want to discuss with poor old Shatov... first you have to bind him hand and foot!" "Look at him!" "He's off again already!" "He's angry." "Don't belittle me, Stepan!" "I'm very sorry, Shatov." "Those of us who love the people do talk too much." "You love neither Russia nor its people!" "You've lost all connection with them." "If you don't have the people with you, you won't have God, either!" "Pierre..." "My son..." "You've come home!" "Aw, shut up, Dad!" "That's a bit much..." "You sound like a weepy old woman." "Things are so difficult for me." "Really?" "Because I'm still very active." "I'm being watched." "Everything I do is reported." "I recently signed several public protests." "Against what?" "I don't know exactly." "For the people!" "So you're interested in the people?" "You speak up for their rights?" "I have... for a long time." "Is it YOU people who are going to change the world?" "Yes..." "Just as you wanted it." "You used to say..." ""No concessions to injustice!"" " "We must be relentless."" " Yes!" "Well, we took your ideas..." "But I'm sure you wouldn't recognize them." ""We must strike without mercy."" "You're right, that's essential." "Would you chop off heads?" "Certainly!" "Three times the number in the French Revolution." "It's easier to chop heads off than to have ideas." "And we'll strike them down." "A tooth for a tooth..." "like in the Gospels." "Don't be silly..." "There's no such thing in the Gospels." "Damn it all...!" "I've never read those goddamn things." "Or anything else." "All that matters is progress." "Shakespeare and Victor Hugo don't hinder progress." "There's no more need for books." "Victor Hugo is just an old arsehole." "Our peasants don't need Shakespeare, they need shoes." "You'll give them shoes?" "Certainly." "Soon?" "By June... everybody will be making shoes." "And after that?" "I don't know." "You epitomise a vanishing generation..." "You ask stupid questions." "I'm here to destroy." "There are others who will build." "The sooner we begin to destroy, the better it will be." "And then?" "We'll see..." "It's not our problem." " Bravo !" "Bravo !" "Very well said." "Wonderful." "Just in time..." "Chigalev has finished writing his treatise." "We must organise a meeting." " Do you have somewhere?" " Yes, at my place." "We can use my forthcoming birthday as a pretext." "Great." "We'd better split up now." "See you later." "Shatov..." "I will give you a treatise to print... and some handbills." "I thought I'd made myself clear in my letter." "Do you still have the press?" "I've hidden it away." "You'll have to get it back for us." "Shatov..." "Stavrogin will be here tomorrow." "A monkey could do it." "Even a monkey." "Nobody understands." "Pierre's arrived?" "Yes." "Have you given up?" "No." "I don't understand you." "Like some tea?" "Yes." "Shatov..." "Do you know why the masses are no good?" "Because they don't know that they really ARE good." "Thanks." "People must get to know that fact... and the world will be transformed." "And the best way of telling them is for you to blow your brains out?" "Yes." "To show them that we are free." "There are obstacles." "Such as?" "Pain." ""Pain"?" "Yes, pain." "I'll give you an example." "Imagine a huge stone...." "As big as a mountain." "It falls on you and crushes you." "Would you feel any pain?" "No." "But would you be afraid you would?" "Sure." "You knew you'd feel no pain but you were still afraid it would hurt." "Thank you." "You need to get some sleep." "The pain is not from the stone... it's from the fear of the stone." "The one who can overcome his fears... can become God." "Do you understand?" "Kirilov, I think it's coming soon." "I know." "It's easy, though." "That useless lot!" "Even a monkey could understand." "A monkey!" "Why can't anyone else understand?" "If they find out that you want to commit suicide... this bridge won't be built." "Why?" "You ask why?" "All of nature screams incessantly to its Creator... "Why?"" "Should little Captain Lebyadkin answer for the whole world on his own?" "I would like to be called Ernest... but I must content myself with the absurd name of Ignatius." "Why?" "I'm a poet at heart... but I'm forced to live in a pigsty." "Why?" "Because, in my opinion, Sir..." "Russia is a caprice of nature..." "No reason... but here we are!" " Nicolas!" "Nicolas..." "Lisa?" "It's you?" "!" "Hello." "Are you alright?" "Why are you here in Russia?" "I don't really know." "Will you allow me... to kneel before you?" "Don't stay here!" "Remember, you're a young lady..." "I'm neither your brother, your fiance, nor your husband." "I'm a stranger to you." " Take my arm." " Let's go." "Lebyadkin, bring up the carriage!" "We were together in St Petersburg five years ago." "Lebyadkin!" "Nicholas liked the company of rogues." "That's how he befriended Lebyadkin and his sister." "He's a buffoon and a parasite... aren't you Lebyadkin?" "!" "One day in a tavern, someone insulted this crippled woman." "Nicholas grabbed him by the collar, and threw him through the window." "He couldn't allow a helpless person to be offended, and treated her like a duchess." "Hey, let me go." "That poor creature finished up imagining things." "Please excuse me." "I'm looking after her, but she got away." "Come along now!" "Come on!" "Go on up to the house, gentlemen!" "Go on!" "Nicolas behaved in a chivalrous way." "Chivalrous... yes." "You can believe that, Lisa." "Peter only lies in exceptional circumstances." "Maurice..." "Would you walk with me if I were a cripple?" "You, so big..." "and me all twisted." "We'd make a lovely couple." "Tea... who want's tea?" "I've no money, can I give you a ring?" "Yes, my child." "My earrings, too?" "Yes, of course." "So you're here." "Yes, I'm here." "A governor needs to show a serene face." "So I try to calm myself down." "So where have you been?" "The pearls with the icon have been stolen." "We can't even depend on God any more." "However, the governor is supposed to believe in God." "If only to save the churches." "Kirilov?" "Please..." "Come in." "You play with a ball?" "Yes, for my health..." "It strengthens my back." "You like children?" "Children?" "Yes, I like children." "This one's my landlady's." "So you love life." "Yes, I love life." "Why?" "You're still prepared to blow your brains out?" "But what's the connection?" "Life is one thing..." "death another." "Life is existence." "In death there's no existence." "When?" "When the organisation asks me." "Does that surprise you?" "No..." "I'm well aware of what suicide means." "The only thing I don't understand... is why don't all men commit suicide." "You seem very happy to me, Kirilov." " Yes, very happy." "Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy." "If only he realised he was happy, then he would be." "I realised that on Tuesday." "No, it was last Wednesday." "It was at 2.35" "I stopped the clock." "As a symbol of time stopping?" "Unfortunately, people know nothing about it." "So maybe they should be told." "The last one to do that was crucified." " Was it you who lit the night-light?" " Yes." " So you've become a believer?" " I did it for my landlady." " You'll be believing in God soon." " Why?" "If you don't know if you believe in God, it means you do." "It's nothing like that." "You're just making fun of me." "Remember me, Stavrogin!" "Goodbye." "I spent my last kopeck on this gun." "Don't throw it away." "I don't have any bullets." "It's still worth money." "Hang on to it." "I couldn't wait any longer." "You're late." "Did you know I'd come?" "I need you." "So why did you assault me?" "Because I was your wife's lover in Switzerland?" " No." " Then why?" "Because I disappointed you?" "Yes." "Because of your back-sliding, your lying." "Yet you play such an important part in my life." "I've come to warn you, Shatov." "You're in danger." "They want to kill you." "Kill me?" "How come you know?" "Because I'm one of them." "You're a member of the organization?" "Is that all that's been achieved, Nikolai Stavrogin?" "Why are you warning me..." "after I assaulted you?" "I repay evil with a good deed." "I'm a Christian." "At least, I would be... if it wasn't for the missing rabbit." "A rabbit?" "To make a stew, you need a rabbit." "To believe in God, you need a god." "No, no, no, no!" "You mustn't blaspheme!" "Do you remember what you said before I came back to Russia?" "What did I say?" "That the people of Russia can save the world on their own." "That all people have only one aim..." "To find their God." "The more people, the more different their God." "You didn't deny God's existence." "That's right." "I believed you!" "You flatter me." "Yet, at the same time... you said the very opposite to Kirilov." "You stuffed him with lies and slander." "You drove him to insanity!" "Kirilov has just told me that he's quite happy." "I haven't deceived either of you." "Then why did you say one thing to him and another to me?" "I was probably trying to make up my own mind." "What about me?" "I still believe in Russia." "The second coming of Christ will happen in Russia." "I believe it!" "And in God?" "I will believe in God." "You don't believe." "You're too intelligent for that." "What do I matter?" "In any generation there's only a few exceptional people." "2 or 3." "And you are one of them." "The only one who can carry the banner." "Pierre said the same thing." "But not for the same reasons." "He speaks of my exceptional criminal ability." "What do you think of that?" "Is it true that you defiled a little girl?" "That you saw no difference... between an act of bestiality and an heroic sacrifice?" "That both have a certain beauty?" "Tell me." "And don't lie to me." "Nicolas Stavrogin can not lie to Shatov... who has punched him in the face." "I refuse to answer." "I ask myself more trite questions." "For example..." "Should we live or kill ourselves?" "Like Kirilov?" "Like Kirilov, yes." "But he'll go all the way." "He is a Christ." " And you?" " Me?" "I'm afraid." "I'm afraid of being a coward." "Maybe I'll do it tomorrow." "Maybe never." "I know what you mean." "You seek retribution." "Kiss the earth..." "Water it with your tears..." "Beg for forgiveness." "I'm very sorry, Shatov... but I'm unable to love you." "If anything happens to me, please take care of my wife." "Your wife?" "You're married?" "Oh yes." "I married Lebyadkin's sister." "At last!" "Come in ." "I live like a monk." "The samovar's been on since 8 o'clock..." "But it's gone cold, like everything else in this world." "They say the sun will also go out one day." "Is your sister here?" "She's here." "She's waiting for you." " Not asleep?" " No, of course not!" "There's so much to discuss." "You've played such a role in my miserable life." "I've been called your Falstaff." "You don't seemed to have changed in these last 4 years, Captain." "No, I'm completely changed." "I've written my will." "Interesting." "What do you bequeath and to whom?" "You'll see." "Here." "Take a seat..." "Please." "There was an American who left his fortune to science... his skeleton to the Academy... and his skin to make a drum... ..on which the American national anthem was to be played day and night." "Wonderful, eh?" "We're pygmies in comparison to the Americans." "Yes." "If I did the same, I'd be accused of socialism... and my skin would be confiscated." "Do you want something in return, for publicising your will?" "So what if I do?" "Ah, my Good Samaritan..." "I constantly dream of Petersburg." "A visit there would be a spiritual renewal." "If only I might get... a little money for travelling expenses." "Out of the question." "I have no money." "If I did, why should YOU get it?" "What about the shame?" "Why should you be ashamed that your sister is my wife?" "But the marriage has been kept secret." "It seems shrouded in mystery." "I planned to make a public announcement... that your sister is my legal wife." "Hein ?" "But... she's half crazy." " I'll sort it out" " What'll people say?" "I don't care." "I married your sister after a drunken dinner... to win a bet for a bottle of champagne.." "Now I wish to announce the marriage, and that's all there is to it." "So what will become of me?" "You wanted to go to Petersburg for a spiritual renewal." "Which reminds me..." "I heard that you were to betray us all... in the hope of being let off." "Tell me... have you already given them information?" "I haven't had time to." "Maybe I should wait outside." "The rooms here are small." "I could hear anyway." "Good idea." "Take my umbrella." "Oh, your umbrella..." "Am I worthy of such an honour?" "Any man is worthy of an umbrella." "In a few words, you have just defined the most basic human right." "Did I frighten you?" "Forgive me." "Hello, Prince." "Did you have a bad dream?" "I'd dreamt of you." "No..." "It was someone like you." "Not you." "Are you upset?" "Might you be afraid that I no longer loved you?" "Sit down." "Right now, I shan't look at you." "And you mustn't look at me, either." "Go on." "Don't you recognise me?" "You've got heavier." "Me?" "Prince..." "I beg of you..." "Stand up... and go in." "Go in?" "Go in where?" "I've been asking myself continuously... for 4 years..." "Over and over..." "How would he come in?" "Go into the other bedroom." "I'll take a book." " And you will come in." " That's enough!" "." "You needn't be afraid." "We'll live in Switzerland." "Tomorrow..." "I'm going...." "Shh..." "Go out... and come in!" "You've killed him." "Who?" "The other one..." "The one I was waiting for." "Do you take me for an idiot?" "Who paid you to come here?" "You've come in like a bad dream." "Ever since I saw you, I said to myself..." ""That's not him."" ""That's not him."" "Because HE is a prince." "You're just a lackey." "Shatov slapped you." "Can I get you something to eat in the kitchen?" "Some things threaten me." "You want me dead..." "But I'm not afraid..." "Not afraid of your knife." "My knife?" "Yes..." "Your knife." "You're hiding a knife in your pocket..." "I've seen it." "You took it out as you came in..." "A knife!" "Here's a knife!" "No knives!" "I heard that you'd ransacked a church." "It was divine providence that I was there." "I did it only because... we have to grab at opportunities that come up." "Excellent." "Go on stealing and cutting throats." "There's no shortage of opportunities." "Like Lebyadkin and his sister..." "No, no." "Don't hit me!" "I just mean that they leave their door open all night." "No problem to get in and kill them." "Him... and her as well." "Have you already got in there?" "Yes." "Several times." "Why didn't you kill them?" "I figured..." "What would be in it for me?" "150 roubles, maybe." "But if I were to wait for a bit, I might get ten times more." "Yes. 1,500 roubles." "Who would you get that from?" "It could be from you." "Yes, for the same job." "That's what Pierre told me." "Because people like us need help." "Three roubles." "No more." "Has the meeting started?" "We're waiting for you." " The meeting?" " Yes." "It's today." "Come on." "Here... a letter from Lisa." "She wants a reply." "Do you still want to help me?" "But of course." "I met a thug last night." "But a mediocre thug." "It would bother me to use someone so mediocre." "He offered to do away with my wife and Lebyadkin." "For 1,500 roubles." "A thug... who kept accounts." "What did you say to that?" "Nothing." "I gave him a few roubles." "He should realise I agreed." "Come on." "Excellent idea." "I feel like having fun." "Let's be clear on one point..." "I'm not going to be your leader." "Yes you will..." "I'll convince you." "What role do you want me to play?" " You're member of the Central Committee." " There's no such thing." "Yes!" "You and me." "You see, I'll give titles to the others..." "Secretary, treasurer, vice-chairman..." "They love that stuff!" "A chance at self-importance goes down well with simpletons." "There are also the outright scoundrels." "What unites them is fear." "Blame them for being unprogressive... and they'll cease to have opinions." "They don't have an original idea." "There's a better way to keep a group together." "Tell me, how many are there?" "Five." "Four of them should be able to kill the fifth." "Under what pretext?" "Ratting to the police." "He's accused of treason, and executed." "The four who have shed blood will be bound forever." "Silly me... it's your idea..." "Since you want to kill Shatov." "Me?" "What do you mean?" "Surely you wouldn't think to..." "No." "It's you who's thinking to." " Happy birthday." " Thank you." "Sit down." "Did you see this?" "It's a bible." "Open it." "For me, it's mostly at night when I believe in God." "By morning, it's passed." "A peddler was selling them." "I slipped them between the pages." "That's just silly." "Why would you do that?" "I'm training to be a priest." "So?" "In the seminary, we suffer because of God." "So we hate Him." "So we insult Him." "Actually, he should be shot." "How, since he doesn't exist?" "God doesn't exist?" "Of course not." "If God doesn't exist... how did I ever become a captain?" "Who invited that officer?" "Look, there they are." "They're here." "Hello!" "Come on in." "If anyone has a matter of importance to raise... speak up!" "Can I ask a question?" "Has the meeting begun?" "I propose a vote as to whether the meeting has begun." "That's a bit vague, but I agree." "Me too." " Lyavchin on the piano." " Again?" "It's to make it sound like a birthday party." "Go on... play!" "Even if someone was listening... they wouldn't understand anything that was said." "It's hard enough for us in here to understand." "All those for a meeting, raise your hand." " I couldn't hear." " Neither could I." " If "yes", raise your hand." " "Yes" for what?" "We ARE meeting." "Doesn't make sense." " I vote for the meeting." " But who do you want..." "You still haven't raised your hand." "This is stupid!" "I was calling for a vote." "Alright, we'll start again..." "Who's against a meeting?" "Who is for or against?" "Yes, those who are against." " Do we raise our hand or not?" " That depends." "We can't hear a thing!" "Just simply reply..." "Are we meeting... yes or no?" "YES." "We're not ready for parliament yet." "Nobody against it?" "Fine!" "The meeting is in session." "Quiet!" "Who has something to say?" "Pierre?" "Me?" "No." "Nothing at all." "Let's have a brandy." "Stavrogin?" "No thanks." "I don't drink." "But don't you want to speak?" ""Speak"?" "Not at all." "I'd like to speak..." "About the suffering of the students, and how...." "How..." "Shut up!" "Sit down!" " I ask to speak." " You have the floor, Shigalyov." "I have devoted myself to the study of a future society that will replace ours." "Here is the world of tomorrow." "I propose a world order comprising 10 large chapters." "Let me explain." "I stress that it's not yet complete... and unfortunately the conclusions contradict my original conception." "Starting with unlimited freedom, I finished with unlimited despotism." "Yet there is no solution other than mine." "This contradiction has plunged me into despair." "But I say once again..." "It is the only solution." "So I propose reading my notes to you in ten sessions." "Don't laugh!" "I know his system." "He proposes to divide mankind into two parts." "One tenth would have absolute power over the other 9 tenths... who would become a sort of herd." "And through a series of transformations... they will attain a state of primitive innocence... something like the original Eden... whilst being forced to work." "Gentlemen, Shigalyov is too modest." "He started from human nature... as we know it through science ..." "Those scissors there..." "I need to cut my nails." "He really has resolved the problem of humanity." " Really?" " Yes." "We achieve equality." "All those who are slaves, are equal in their slavery." "Otherwise they wouldn't be." "Slavery levels them." "The levels of education and aptitude will be lowered." "As talented people always want to raise themselves... it will be necessary to dispense with the language of Cicero... blind the eyes of Copernicus and stone Shakespeare to death." "There you have it." "What I'm proposing..." "is Paradise." "What a load of rubbish." "What did you say?" "I'm not talking about Chigalev, nor of his brilliant ideas... but of the idiotic prattle." "I'm not here to debate." "That's too bad." "Want to know the workings of our system?" "Yes." "I need to be as sure of you as I am of myself." "I'll ask you to give me a definite answer to one question." "A very simple question." "If you heard that someone was planing a political assassination... would you betray him?" "Would you betray him or not?" "You?" "Of course not." " You?" " No, never." "You?" "No." " You?" " No." " You?" " No way." "And you, Virginski?" "No." "A hundred times no." "I don't work for the secret police." "Where are you going, Shatov?" "It's not in your interest to leave." "Well something came out of it." "Would he betray us?" "We were all agreed." " You're leaving too?" "You never answered." " I really don't care." "But we're compromised, and you're not." "Not my problem." " Nicolas..." " Leave me alone." "I need to talk to you." "It's urgent." "Not for me." "Forget it." "Pierre never answered the question either." "All he did was ask it." "Nicolas..." "Nicolas, I need you." "Shatov's the one you need..." "For his blood." "You managed to make him suspicious." "Now that you've made him leave, everyone will distrust him." "It's your idea to kill him." "Look me in the face..." "I am not your man." "So stop bothering me." "Can't we make up?" "Nicolas, please." "I'll bring you Lisa, tomorrow." " If you like, I'll leave Shatov alone." " So you did want to kill him?" "Listen..." "With us, Russia will rise." "With those idiots?" "We'll announce destruction..." "We'll incite riots, start fires..." "Then we'll really lay waste." "There'll be an upheaval never before seen in the world." "Russia will me wrapped in a thick mist." "Planet Earth will cry for its gods." "I'd say you were suffering from fever or cognac." "No, my head is clear." "We'll kill the desire for ownership." "We'll develop treatments for drunkenness... and people consumed by debauchery." "An end to desire!" "Just a little fresh blood from time to time." "You're just a politician." "You only think about yourself." "You're no socialist." "Of course." "I'm just a scoundrel." "An utter scoundrel." "But you can't walk out on us now..." "You know we're strong." "You're not strong." "You don't have anybody." "But we do." "Criminals, and many others who don't realise it..." "The teachers who laugh at God in from of their pupils..." "All those who live in fear..." "The prosecutor who acquits criminals for fear of seeming illiberal." "Writers, too... and journalists..." "But they don't realise it." "Crime has become a moral duty..." "A noble protest." "But why me?" "Why are you clinging to me?" "Because you're handsome." "I love beauty" "I love to have an idol." "And you're my idol." "I'm lost without you" "I won't bear this cross!" "But you're our leader, our sun..." "the one we've been waiting for." "I have spread the message..." ""He's the one, the new face of truth."" "The old shed will collapse." "We'll erect a new building of steel." "Like I said, you're quite drunk." "You can be relieved of that crazy woman tomorrow..." "With or without money." "Listen..." "I'll bring you Lisa." "She'll throw herself in your arms." "I'm quite sure of that." "Nicolas..." "Nicolas, I need you." "I'm lost without you." "I'm Christopher Columbus without America." "Nicolas!" "Nicolas, let me know tomorrow." "Or the day after at the latest." "Let me know." "Your Excellency..." "What's this?" "A proclamation?" "Where did it come from?" "Did it fall out of the sky?" "Do you think I'm stupid?" "An axe?" "What does the axe mean?" "I'll go." "Tell him I'll go." "You shouldn't leave chocolates lying around like this, old boy." "Pamphlets?" "I recognise that axe." "You see it all over." " You do?" " Oh yes." "Even in my father's." "Your father's?" "A friend sends them to him... from abroad." "But it's too early..." "Much too early." "Not too early to frighten you." "Destroy the churches!" "It's too early for that." "So you mean the destruction of the churches and march on St Petersburg is just a question of date?" "How can you be a civil servant?" "But that's not how it is." "Not at all." "We're not your enemies." "We'll say to you..." ""Alright... shake up everything..." ""We'll know how to look after you... and save you from yourselves."" "So, in a sense, you're working for us." "Who do you mean by "us"?" "I learned things down there in Switzerland." "You got to know the leaders?" " That's going a bit far." "But it'll be easy to understand." "It'll just need a firm hand." "And..." "What about me?" "What's been said about me... in particular." "As yet I haven't been asked to report on your character." "They want to close the workshops!" "And now they refuse to pay us our wages." " Shatov, only you can help us." " Send a petition." " Government House!" " Yes, on to Government House!" "What are they doing?" "They're waiting, Your Excellency." "Waiting for what?" "They haven't said." "Drive them back!" "Break up this rabble!" "Break it up, I said." "Break it up!" "I suggest you go back to the old methods." "You're too soft." "Not all that soft." "Is it a riot?" "I'll have you flayed!" "Thieves!" "Guards!" "Guards!" "Hats off!" "Everyone on his knees!" "Now!" "Kneel!" "That's an order." "Your Excellency..." "It was agreed..." "They have no right to chase us down." "The guard chased us away." "Don't all talk at once." "The birches!" "Fetch the birches!" "As you wish, Your Excellency." "Go on, get them away!" "Get them away from here!" "Move!" "What arrogance!" "What impertinence!" "Have you no shame?" "I shall never allow anyone to deny the existence of God." "Never!" "Forward march!" "Faster!" "Move it!" "Done, Your Excellency." "Is this a general uprising?" "It would seem so." "This is the moment, Sire, for you to show what you're made of." "They'll hear about me in Petersburg." "Get a move on!" "Faster!" "All of you undress!" "Your Excellency..." "I consider you as a very noble man." "Could one of them be released?" "Who?" "I'll tell you." "Who?" "Shatov." "Why him?" "I would be most grateful." "I was a friend of his." "The one named Shatov..." "Let him go free." "Understood." "Shatov!" "Free the one named Shatov." " For what reason?" " The governor's order." "So do it." "Shatov!" "get dressed." "You may go." "A friend at last!" "What are they doing?" "This is a search, Shatov..." "A seizure ." "I've been expecting this for 25 years." "I've given them all my keys." "Lie down..." "Come on." "Take all these books." "I try to behave with as much dignity as possible..." "I'm only afraid I'll start crying." "Perhaps I might have a vinegar compress?" "Nastasia!" "Bring my warm clothes." "I'll be going." "Yes... it's decided." "I'm going to the country." "But why leave?" "Shatov..." "They can send me to Siberia... or forget me in a dungeon." "Calm down, Sir..." "It's just not possible." "Do you really think I'd be forgiven?" "Forgiven for what?" "Shatov..." "Do you know what I fear the most?" "It's the flogging." "You haven't done anything." " Exactly." "They'll see it, and they'll flog me." "The floor opens, we drop into a hole, waist-deep." "When you've devoted your lifetime to progress... you have to expect anything." "Tell me, Shatov, my boy... why did you come to see me?" "I wanted to talk with you." "I don't know what's happening to me." "Shatov..." "I will always think of you as "my boy Shatov"." "I sat you on my knee." "I taught you to read and write." "I gave you certain ideas." "We have to forget everything." "Everything." "Who needs to know now?" "Me, my son, the others?" "You lit a candle?" "Yes... so as to give a good impression." "So they'll think..." "I have a question." "Yes, what?" " There's a dangerous escaped convict in the city." " He's hiding." "He steals and kills." "15 years ago, this man was your serf." "One day you sold him... to pay a gambling debt." "Remember?" "His name is Fedka." ""Fedka"?" "No, I don't recall." "If you hadn't lost at cards, would he have become a killer?" "Shatov..." "Listen to me..." "The question is if Shakespeare is more important than a can of oil." "I say "yes" to that." "Shakespeare..." "Raphaël..." "They're above and beyond socialism." "Above chemistry, above everything" "Humanity can manage without the English... or the Germans." "Most of all without the Russians." "It can manage without bread or science." "But it cannot survive without beauty." "Science itself cannot exist without beauty!" "Shatov, that's it... the real secret." "Without beauty... there would be nothing left to do on Earth." "The district's on fire!" "They say it's an action of the factory workers." "I'm fed up with people." "I'm leaving." "I sewed 35 roubles into the lining of my jacket." " What's happening?" " It's on fire!" "They only know how to hate..." "how to destroy." "You've been driving me all over the place for an hour!" "Marie?" "Marie?" "Is that you?" "Of course it's me." "Wait while I pay this idiot." "Here... that's all you're getting." "You said Ascension St." "This is Epiphany St." "I said the Filipov's house." "You said you knew it." "Here's more for you." "Why on earth... ?" "Don't do it!" "We need to get away from here." "That fare wasn't important." "Be careful." "Who started the fire?" "I think it was our people." "It's just for tonight." "I'll be looking for work." "If I'm a bother, say so." "I'll find a hotel." "I'm worn out." "Why a hotel?" "Don't be ridiculous!" "Listen, let's get one thing clear..." "I'm not here just because we're married." "The marriage was a nonsense." "Are we agreed?" "How long were we together?" "A fortnight?" "Three weeks." "Three or four years ago..." "It doesn't count." "I've come back to Russia to work..." "That's all." "There's nothing between us..." "I no longer consider myself your wife." "Be careful..." "the stairs are decrepit." "My little room is here..." "come on." "I was aware you lived poorly..." "But not as bad as this." "Come on..." "Take my hand." "Wait.." "I'll find some matches." "We'll have some light in no time." "Don't stay up..." "I'm not here to make up to you." "But at least you're better than the others, Shatov." "You're not like all those bastards." "You're not mad at me?" "No... why should I be?" "Marie, you're here!" "I can't get over it!" "You look exhausted." "Don't get mad.... but can I get you... a cup of tea?" "Yes, that'd be nice." "You sounded like a little boy." "It's tiny in here." "And it's cold." "I am tired." "But sit down." "Put my bag out of the way." "I'll light a fire." "I'm out of wood." "I'll go and get some tea and some wood." "Alright..." "Kirilov, my wife came back." " Marie?" " Yes." "I need some tea." "It's hot." "Take the samovar." "And sugar." "Thanks." "Wait." "I've got some veal, too." "And some firewood." " Have you forgiven her about Stavrogin?" " Yes." " Good." "It's good that you can still love her despite that Swiss affair." "Thanks a lot." "Kirilov..." "Could you also..." "Also what?" "Forget those ideas of killing yourself." "If you could..." "What a man that would make you!" "If you need anything else, come and see me." "I won't be in asleep." "I'll bring everything back in the morning." "Thanks." "Such a thin dress..." "She's sure to catch cold." "She's too proud for her own good." "All that she's had to suffer..." "What if I..." "Yes... of course..." "I took your bed." "Why didn't you wake me?" "I'll set up some chairs." "I don't have enough chairs." "Stay where you are." "I'll sleep on the floor then." "I don't want to inconvenience you." "I know a doctor." "Shall I call him?" "Are you ill?" "Tell me something." "Don't just stand there!" "Say something..." "Move!" "Marie... don't get angry." "I have some veal... some tea." "Say something!" "If only you knew how everything's changed." "Us, most of all." "They've been such a disappointment." "There's no substance to them." "They seethe with hatred." "They'd be dreadfully unhappy... if Russia were to be transformed... even if it followed their ideas... and became rich and prosperous." "There will be nobody left to hate." "It all boils down to a deep-rooted hatred... of Russia itself." "And it's a bestial hatred." "What's wrong with you?" "It seems serious." "What are you doing at the moment." "What are you preaching?" "You have to be preaching something." "I'm preaching God, Marie." "In whom you've never believed!" "I'd never be able to understand that." "I'll explain to you later." "You're so insufferable!" "Can't you see it's started?" "See what's started?" "I'm going into labour." "I've cursed this child already." ""Into labour"?" "Why didn't you say something?" "I was told it would be in 10 days." "Then the journey here..." "Otherwise I wouldn't have come here." "Where are you going?" "I'll be right back." "A midwife." "We'll need money." "The gun..." "I'll sell it." "We'll have everything that's needed." "No, I don't want her..." "I'd rather die." "How have you dared start the fire without my authority?" "Do you think we'd do that?" "Yes." "I have first-hand information." "That's a total lie!" "I know precisely about all you've done." "4 days ago in a bar, you indoctrinated a factory worker." "We had a few words..." "hardly enough to start a fire." "So how do you know?" "I was hiding under the table." "And you, 2 days ago in your bedroom... you told your wife certain things..." "yes or no?" "Listen..." "So there's no misunderstanding..." "From now you have to blindly obey the Central Committee." "Especially right now." "Arson is part and parcel of revolutionary practice..." " What's wrong with that?" " Your insubordination!" "No more!" "Someone is going to betray us." "All of us." "Tonight or tomorrow." "That's what I had to tell you." "Yes." "Someone's going to betray us." "Once again I've been well-informed." "It has to be Stavrogin." "Stavrogin?" "Why?" "It's Shatov, for certain!" "Who else?" "The governor let him go." "It wasn't luck, or out of the goodness of his heart." "You're sure?" "How do you know?" "I haven't the right to tell you how I know." "What can be done about it?" "There's only one thing to do." "Send him straight to hell." "It's me, Shatov." "Who's there?" "It's me, Shatov." "My wife is in labour..." "Please come!" "My wife is in labour." "Come..." "I'll pay you..." "I'll give you my revolver." "It's worth a bit of money..." "Take it!" "Please come quickly." "Take it!" "Wait outside." "I'll get dressed." "Kill Shatov?" "I'm against it." "I protest this monstrous decision." "But...?" "But what?" "You said "but"." "I'm waiting." "I'm sure I didn't say "but"." "If the decision's been taken, then..." ""Then"?" "His wife's back." "She's having a baby." "How would he be able to betray us?" "You know who the father is..." "Stavrogin." "I'm afraid I'll die." "Go away..." "I don't want you..." "Go away!" "It hurts!" "Go away!" "Get out!" "Where are you going?" "Go on!" "." "Outside, both of you." "Go!" "You're not easy to please, young lady." "Do you think it might give him ideas?" "I don't want him to imagine anything." "If he wasn't in love with you... he wouldn't have seemed so desperate when he came to my house." "Poor Lisa." "What have you done?" "What are you so worried about?" "Has it hurt your self-esteem having the woman dump YOU for a change?" "Your self-esteem is safe." "Poor Lisa..." "Why did you come?" "I'm a young lady who grew up in the theatre." "Who's there?" "It's Nicolas." "I need to talk to you." "Just a quick word." "If you learn something, I'll be the culprit." "You're now a widower." "Neither of us is to blame." "It was a combination of circumstances." "You are untouchable" " Throats cut?" " Yes." "The bodies are still intact." "Fedka hasn't finished his work." " Who is dead?" " So you were listening there!" "Is Maurice dead?" "No, Lisa." "My wife and her brother." "A tragic accident." "Is Nicolas telling the truth?" "No, he's lying." "No, he was with you at the time." "That's not true..." "I knew all about what was going to happen." "But..." "Come now, Lisa..." "Maurice is waiting for you." "He can marry you." "Lisa!" "Where are you going?" "He's here!" "Maurice!" "I'm not going home." "I want to see their bodies." "I want to see their bodies ." "Stepan!" "It is you!" "Lisa..." "Lisa!" "My dear..." "Am I really seeing you in all this smoke and haze?" "You're unhappy, aren't you?" "No, don't say anything." "We're all unhappy." "But we have to forgive them." "Let us be forgiving, Lisa." "We must forgive!" "Why are you kneeling?" "Stand up!" "I kneel to say farewell to the world." "Through you I bid farewell to my past." "Have you heard about the people who've been murdered?" "I fled from their delirium..." "their nightmare." "I go in search of Russia." "Does Russia exist?" "At least take my umbrella." "Nobody saw me leave." "I'll slip away, incognito." "Dearest Lisa..." "Did you say just now... that someone had been murdered?" "Quick..." "let's go!" "Stepan, wait!" "I want to make the sign of the cross on you." "Maybe you should be punished..." "But I prefer to bless you." "Maurice..." "Give your umbrella for that infant." "This is terrible, Your Excellency." "I'll have them all arrested..." "all of them!" "No, Your Excellency!" "I know who has started the fire." "The nihilist's handiwork destroys everything." "This is the result." "Your Excellency..." "You must return home." "That woman on the roof there..." "Who could have done that?" "Grab hold of her... she'll fall!" "The fire not only engulfs our houses, it engulfs our minds!" "Everything must be abandoned..." "Everything!" "A new being appears..." "A great unfathomable mystery." "Sometimes, all of a sudden..." "I find that humanity is perfect... that we live in total harmony." "It is an indisputable feeling..." "which lasts all of 5 seconds." "And I ask myself..." ""What good are children?"" "If humanity is perfect, let's stop having any more." "Does this occur to you often?" " Two or three times a week." "You don't have epilepsy?" "No." "It's a disease." "That's the way it begins." "You think everything's fine..." "Then you come down with it." "No..." "I wouldn't have time for a child." "He'll have to be taken to the foundling's home." "Why?" "We can look after this child." "I feel so happy." ""Happy"?" "!" "You're very funny!" "I won't accept any money from you." "Sit down." "Don't just stand there." "I have this strange feeling..." "Unexpected feeling." "Do you forgive me?" "Not a day has passed, Marie... when I haven't thought of you." "And here you are with me again." "It's almost incomprehensible." "Why have you always thought badly of yourself... and unworthy of love?" "You loved me for 2 weeks." "That's enough." "Tuck the blanket in." "No, not like that." "Lean over towards me." "Closer." "What shall we name him?" "Ivan." "The same as you." "Do you think he should be named something else?" "Horrible?" "We'll go to work..." "all three of us." "Our old turmoil will be buried ." "I'll never abandon you again." "Come to me." "Nicolas Stavrogin is a wretch." "Who is it?" "Pierre says everything's settled." " Really?" " Oh yes." " You just need to show us where you've buried the printing press." " Certainly." "Good..." "They're waiting." "At this hour?" "Yes, before daybreak." "Very well, I'm on my way." "I'll be back." "You're leaving me?" "Right now?" "I'll be back in no time." "I won't leave you again." "Hurry up!" "Erkel..." "Have you ever been happy?" "I guess so." "I won't stay." "I came to tell you that." "Why?" "This murder... is a waste of time... a frivolous personal gesture... in contradiction to my system." "So I'm leaving." "He's going to warn Shatov." "Isn't that right?" "You needn't worry..." "If I should run into him, I won't tell him anything." "Goodbye." "We could at least talk to him..." "put him on trial." "He'd never admit to it..." "and you'd be off to Siberia..." "Tomorrow!" "It's here." "This very spot." "Do you have a shovel?" "Don't worry, there's not a soul around here now." "Marie..." "No... it can't be..." "It's not possible!" "Shut up!" "This way." "Pierre..." "Pierre!" "Are there other groups, or are we the only one?" "Pierre..." "You idiot!" "What does it matter now?" "I knew it!" "I knew very well we were the only ones." "Did you kill Shatov?" "I've already told you..." "Shatov was going to betray us." "You're lying." "You killed him because he spat in your face in Geneva." "For that, and a lot of other things as well." "I'm sorry about Shatov." "So am I." "You took a big risk." "I was going to shoot." "I wouldn't want us to finish up hating each other." "You know..." "I've nothing against you personally." "It is solely in the interests of our cause..." "Because you've given your word." "You want to test my mettle." "You're a scoundrel and a fake." "I'm no better... but you'll live and I'm going to die." "I'll live, because I'm a coward." "I know I'm an arsehole." "You're a filthy mongrel!" "I despise you." "Do you recall the words of Christ, from the cross?" "Yes, I do.." ""Verily, I say unto thee..."" ""Today shalt thou be with me in paradise."" "In paradise." "By the end of the day he was dead." "Neither in paradise, nor resurrected." "If the laws of nature haven't spared someone like that..." "If they forced him to live a lie... and die for that lie... it means the whole planet is a lie." "What's the point of living, then?" "Answer me as a man." "Alright..." "What IS the point of living?" "I know very well." "If God is a lie, that means we are free." "You can kill yourself to prove you're free... and that God doesn't exist." "But for that to happen... you have to kill yourself." "Finally, you understand!" "If even a wretch like you understands, maybe everyone can." "I'll be the very first to refuse to invent a god." "I'll kill myself to prove that man is free." "But who will know?" "Everyone will know." "The secret will be revealed." "Dictate..." "I'll sign it." ""I, Alexei Kirilov, hereby declare..."" "hereby declare..." "Declare to whom?" "No one." "To everyone... the whole world." ""to the entire world" Great!" ""I, Alexei Kirilov, hereby declare to the entire world..."" "Excluding the authorities, eh?" "To hell with the authorities." "I'll draw a head with its tongue poking out." "No drawings." "The tone is enough." "Yes... dictate it in that tone." ""I declare to the world..."" ""that this morning in the park..."" ""I killed Ivan Shatov..."" ""for having betrayed and denounced the organization."" "Is that all?" "I'd like to be abusive." "Dated and signed." " I want to abuse them." " No, that's enough." "You still have to date and sign it!" "I want to abuse them!" "Very well, write..." ""LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC"" "Yes!" "Excellent." "No..." "Liberty..." "Equality..." "Fraternity..." "Or death." "Wonderful!" "That's perfect." "Wait..." "Something else." "I'll sign..." "Kirilov..." "Esquire." "Russian seminary... and citizen of the civilised world." "But you have to sign it!" "Perfect." "Perfect." "Go on!" "Do it now..." "Now!" "I'll watch over you." "Go to sleep." "Yes, I shall go to sleep." "Deep asleep." "Lisa..." "Listen..." "What's that?" "Pigs squealing." "Do you remember that wonderful passage from Luke?" "Chapter 8, verse 32." "Read it to me" ""And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain..."" ""And the demons besought Jesus that he would suffer them to possess the swine."" ""And he suffered them."" ""Then went the demons out of the man, and entered into the swine."" ""And the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were drowned."" ""When they that fed them saw what was done..."" ""they fled, and told it in the city and in the country."" ""Then they went out to see what was done..."" ""and came to Jesus..."" ""and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed..."" ""sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed in white..."" ""and in his right mind..."" ""and they were afraid."" "Lisa my dear..." "I have always thought long and hard about that passage." "But something has only just struck me." "Yes..." "The demons who are leaving a sick person... these are the ulcers, the infections." "And the sick person is Russia herself." "The infections are leaving it... and possessing the swine." "I mean us... my son and the rest of us..." "We're the ones possessed." "And we're dying." "But the stricken will be cured..." "And he will sit at the feet of Jesus," "And Russia will be cured." "Subtitles by FatPlank"