- 5/29/2025
#casanova #romeoandjuliet #gormenghast
After a difficult birth to a baby girl, Anna flees with Vronsky without obtaining a divorce from Karenin. Starring: Nicola Pagett, Eric Porter, Stuart Wilson, David Harries, Robert Swann, Caroline Langrishe.
After a difficult birth to a baby girl, Anna flees with Vronsky without obtaining a divorce from Karenin. Starring: Nicola Pagett, Eric Porter, Stuart Wilson, David Harries, Robert Swann, Caroline Langrishe.
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00:00The End
00:30THE END
01:00you're quite sure you're going to have a child yes Alexei I'm quite sure you can understand perhaps why I was a little afraid to tell you afraid why afraid when will it be not for ages six months oh you call that ages well
01:29it clears the air there can be no more lies no more deception all that is at an end I realize it is what I have wanted all along now thank God it settles itself
01:41I don't see how I'm a married woman my husband owns me is there any way out there is a solution to everything all we need is the resolve to find it
01:55Anna Anna anything is better than the way you're living now do you think that I don't see what you go through every day how you're distressed by the way you're living how the thoughts of your son and your husband
02:08yes but not my husband I never think of him he doesn't exist I know you too well to believe that
02:14you do think of him and it torments you
02:17no you are wrong we live in the same house but it's as if we were strangers
02:23polite strangers meeting from time to time in a hotel
02:28he doesn't even know that I'm
02:32we won't speak of him whether he knows it or not we can't that is you cannot go on like this
02:42so what's to be done
02:44tell him everything and leave him
02:49tell him
02:50leave him
02:52do you know what he'll say
02:54I do
02:55he'll be quite cold and sarcastic and he'll say ah
02:58so you love another man is that it
03:01you have entered into guilty relations with him
03:04this I have suspected for some time and I warned you
03:07I warned you of the consequences from the religious and the civil and the domestic points of view
03:12Anna this is
03:13you have not listened to me
03:14and now I cannot let you disgrace me and my son
03:17whatever he says is not important but he must be told all the same and then we will be guided by what
03:24he does
03:26if it comes to it
03:28do we run away together
03:30I think it may come to that
03:31and am I to live with you openly as your mistress
03:35oh Anna
03:37the mistress of a young officer who refuses advancement
03:41who ruins a brilliant career because of me
03:44is that your solution
03:46my life is my own to do with it whatever I choose
03:51Anna
03:53Anna
03:54Anna
03:55your life
03:56I cannot forgive myself for making you unhappy
04:01unhappy
04:03unhappy
04:05I feel
04:07I feel
04:09like a starving man feels when someone gives him food
04:12he may be cold and his clothes may be in rags and
04:18he may feel ashamed but
04:20he's not unhappy
04:24oh no Alexei
04:26this is my happiness
04:30there's nothing seriously amiss as I say
04:36heart and lungs are sound thank god
04:38I never supposed they would not
04:40but the pulse a trifle sluggish
04:42and we must watch the liver and the digestive tract
04:45now I don't prescribe taking the waters
04:48no if you did I couldn't spare the time
04:50quite so quite so
04:51but you must take more exercise
04:53fresh air
04:54by the way are you going to the races tomorrow
04:56naturally
04:57oh good good
04:58well see if you can spend a few days at leisure
05:01try and ease the strain you know
05:03and above all
05:05endeavor not to worry
05:07worry
05:09doctor
05:10I know
05:11in your position
05:12with your excellency
05:14you must keep your health
05:16Russia needs you
05:18I'm obliged to you for saying so
05:20all the world says so
05:22I understand madam Karenina is already in the country
05:26is she well
05:28yes
05:29splendid
05:30well
05:33I must go
05:35oh thank you for coming
05:37if my private secretary is out there please ask him to come in
05:41certainly
05:42certainly
05:49well doctor
05:51pray inform my coach when I'm ready to leave
05:53it's like this
05:55I'll show you
05:57try and break a violin string that isn't taught
06:00impossible
06:01impossible
06:02but stretch it to the uttermost
06:04so
06:05the weight of a finger will snap it
06:07but there's nothing organically wrong
06:09not a thing
06:11he's a healthy man
06:13but he works too hard and for too long hours
06:16he's too conscientious my half
06:18that's nothing new
06:19no
06:20no but he seems stretched and near the limit
06:21some extra burden seems to weigh him down
06:23did he tell you that?
06:25he did not and I didn't expect him to
06:27my province is the body not the mind
06:29then I'll tell you
06:31it's that damned wife of his
06:33it is a discretion
06:34but it is
06:35and you know it as well as I do
06:37listen this year
06:39he's only been twice to the country since his wife went there
06:42short visits only
06:43he doesn't stop the night
06:45and always making some excuse or other
06:48he takes someone else with him
06:50it's as if when he sees him now
06:52he has to have a third person present
06:54is that normal?
06:56I
06:58I wouldn't care to speculate on that
07:00but my dear fellow
07:02I'm keeping you
07:03His Excellency requires your presence
07:05why didn't you say so I must go
07:08but I sometimes think that if you fellows
07:10concentrated less on the physical
07:12and more on the mental ailments
07:14you might do more good
07:20you wish to see me sir?
07:21Snudian I want you to start getting me all the papers
07:23and information you can
07:25about the
07:26Native Tribes Organization Committee
07:31you're going to attack them sir?
07:33the department concerned has shown itself hostile to mine
07:36over the Zaraeski district irrigation business
07:38I know sir
07:39won't do them any harm to realize
07:41that I had the means to fight back
07:43and when I have all the facts
07:44I intend to call for a special commission
07:46you're really going for them aren't you?
07:47I am
07:48I'll begin at once
07:49yeah
07:50oh uh
07:51Snudian
07:52pay particular attention to the evidence
07:54given to the committee
07:55numbers
07:5717015
07:59December 5
08:001863
08:0218308
08:03June 7th
08:041864
08:05yes
08:06unless I'm very much mistaken
08:07the committee
08:08on those occasions
08:09acted directly in contravention of the intention of the law
08:13look up volume 930
08:16article 18
08:18oh yes and the footnote to article 36
08:22if I begin now I can know most of it by tomorrow evening
08:24shall I come to you after dinner about seven?
08:26excellent yes
08:27we can go through it together and I can brief you
08:30oh no
08:31I'd forgotten
08:33I have to go to Tsatskoe tomorrow
08:35the races you know
08:36it's a court occasion
08:37of course sir I'd forgotten them too
08:39but if you're coming back here afterwards I...
08:41no no no I think not
08:44now let me see
08:46I have appointments all morning
08:49look
08:52why don't you take the day off too and come with me
08:55oh I'd like to sir
08:56well then if you'd like to you shall
08:58and we shall return refreshed on Monday to smite the enemy
09:01very well thank you sir
09:02and when we do we'll smite them hip and thigh
09:06have you anything else for me?
09:08only these
09:09everything is signed
09:11that should be
09:14Estudian
09:15your drafting was first-rate I'm very pleased with your work
09:21thank you again sir
09:45madam
09:47yes what is if the masters arrive?
10:02but that's
10:04thank you Anoushka
10:08well how very nice to see you
10:10I had no hope you'd find the time to come
10:12you're staying the night of course
10:14no no
10:16Estudian and I have great things in hand
10:18no we must get back
10:19oh what a shame
10:21I did think you might be able to spend some time here
10:24but at least you're coming to the races
10:27I for one wouldn't miss the races
10:29oh who would?
10:30after all if it's I himself
10:35if I'd only known we could have gone together
10:37but I promised Betsy and she's calling for me
10:39oh I wouldn't dream of separating the inseparable ones
10:42Estudian and I will go together
10:43the doctor did
10:45did you know my dear the doctor came to see me?
10:47is anything wrong?
10:49I believe not but I'm to take more exercise
10:53so we shall walk
10:56yes madam
10:57would you tell Serioza that his father is here?
10:59very well madam
11:02yes we shall walk and the carriage shall bring us back
11:04well I'm sure that'll be very good for you
11:08I don't think you've been here before have you?
11:10the terrace and the orangery are quite beautiful
11:17so
11:18you've not been well?
11:20I didn't say sir
11:21but the doctor
11:22one of our friends must have sent in my fancy
11:24Lydia Ivanovna?
11:25I have no idea
11:27but it seems my health is precious
11:30as indeed it is you should rest more
11:32take care of yourself
11:35thank you
11:36I shall try
11:38thank you
11:41ah
11:42a young man
11:44oh how you're growing
11:46I mean it
11:47you're getting to be quite a man
11:52have you been riding much?
11:54yes papa
11:55every day
11:56oh good good
11:57splendid exercise
11:58and working well too I hope
12:00yes papa
12:01his hair castle sees to that
12:03so I should hope
12:04men were put on this world to work after all
12:08I'm expecting Princess Betsy darling
12:10would you run and see if she's arrived?
12:15he is nervous you know
12:17he's a little highly strong
12:19I do think you could
12:20what?
12:21I beg your pardon
12:22it doesn't matter
12:24the good Sludin reminded me to bring you some money
12:31you need it expert
12:33no
12:34I mean yes
12:35yes I do
12:36thank you
12:38I agree madam the garden is beautiful
12:40you must come down more often
12:41that would indeed be a pleasure
12:44she's here mama
12:45I'll tell her you're coming
12:50the ornament of Petersberg
12:52do you know the princess Tverskoy?
12:54I have seen her yes
12:55then you know what I mean
12:57well
12:58I must go
12:59you'll come back for tea afterwards
13:01thank you
13:02splendid
13:04au revoir
13:29there there go there now don't fuss
13:50cord
13:52cord
13:53well cord
13:59she's tip-top my lord
14:01rearing a go
14:04it has him here
14:05damn it
14:06it has him here
14:10no blue ribbons come here
14:11god they're neck and neck
14:13keep it moving cord we've got a few minutes here
14:34so you're lost I told you you shouldn't listen to cord
14:41I did
14:43I did
14:44I won
14:49now what about frou-frou?
14:51well
14:53she's ready
14:54so am I
14:57at least I hope I am
14:58oh I do declare what a crush
15:04horses are all very well in their place but there's obsession with them
15:08ludicrous don't you agree Anna?
15:10yes but it's only the men who are obsessed
15:12true and we're obsessed with men being obsessed
15:15idiotic
15:16oh look isn't that your husband?
15:18yes yes he told me he'd be here
15:20did he?
15:21intriguing
15:26ah carried in
15:28general
15:29you see Betsy?
15:30you see what I mean?
15:31men in his position always behave like that of course you can't stand it
15:35but my dear that is only because you can't stand him
15:38it's hateful
15:40Alexei Alexandrovich
15:42here we are
15:44ah yes forgive me
15:46there's so much splendor here one's eyes are dazzled princess yes sir
15:53well now tell me Karenin
15:55what do you think about this so-called sport of horse racing?
15:59oh as a sport general I hope there's nothing to recommend it
16:02ah you agree with me then
16:04I would go this far
16:06that for civilians to race horses
16:09for it to be organized as it is in England
16:12in a sort of professional circus now that I disapprove
16:15Lord help us he's off
16:17the racing of cavalrymen now that is a different man
16:20different eh? how?
16:22well because of the element of danger
16:24which demands courage
16:26do you see him?
16:28shhh
16:29yes general
16:30if England can boast the most brilliant cavalry charges in history
16:34it's surely because historically she has developed this daring in her horses and riders
16:40well it's an interesting argument
16:43there's such a sport
16:44like shooting
16:45then has a practical realm
16:47we tend to see only the superficial aspect
16:49superficial?
16:50they say one of the officers has broken two ribs
16:53the true princess that is not superficial but internal
16:57it is however hardly to the point
17:01the next race will begin soon Alexei
17:03don't you think you better sit down?
17:05you may be in the way
17:06come Karenin let's find a seat
17:08yes
17:36well any moment now
17:47everything I've got's on that horse of yours you know
17:50well lay it off we may lose
17:52what? impossible
17:54anyway I'd rather lose on you than win on anyone else
17:57so better damn we'll not lose eh?
17:59well Vronsky
18:04how are you musha?
18:06hello
18:07you're looking very brisk
18:09are you back to any winners?
18:10alas no I've only just arrived
18:11the Moscow train was two hours later
18:13is everybody here?
18:15have you seen my sister?
18:16what?
18:17no I haven't
18:18um will you excuse me I have to...
18:19oh yes of course
18:20good luck
18:21when shall we meet?
18:22out in the mess tomorrow we'll have dinner
18:25I hope so
18:37the girths are tight enough me lord she'll do
18:39her sander looks fit
18:40pretty average fit
18:42up with you now
18:44now
18:50don't rush her at the fences
18:51and don't pull her in too hard neither
18:53cord
18:55you're as nervous as I am
19:03best of luck my lord
19:14well naturally one is glad to see the Tsar encouraging his officers but there are two sides to the question
19:34no doubt no doubt
19:36well that of those who take part and that of those who look on
19:39well surely a passion for such spectacles is a proof of decadence in the spectator
19:47steva steva
19:49Anna there you are
19:51oh how good to see you
19:53how is dolly and the children?
19:54splendid
19:55I've taken a house for them down in the country
19:57near to my old friend Levin
19:58they come down next week
19:59oh give them my love
20:01I will
20:02and kitty
20:03oh quite recovered I believe though still in Germany
20:06princess
20:07a wager
20:08what's your fancy?
20:09Anna and I are backing count Mahotin
20:11his horse is called Lysander
20:13and you?
20:14I'm for Bronski
20:15pair of gloves
20:16done
20:17a pair for both of us
20:18you'll lose
20:19Bronski's bound to win
20:21hello
20:37come on
21:00come on
21:02come on
21:03Oh, my God.
21:18You beauty.
21:19You beauty.
21:33Oh, my God.
22:03He's in the lead.
22:14Come on up.
22:33Come on up.
23:03Oh, my God.
23:17He's down.
23:18Oh, my God.
23:21It's all right.
23:22Be quiet.
23:23Let me go.
23:24Let me go.
23:25Let me go.
23:26Let me go down there.
23:26Let me go.
23:33Let me go.
23:34Let me go.
23:35Let me go.
23:36Let me go.
23:40Stiva.
23:41Stiva.
23:42You can go with me.
23:44No, no, don't touch me.
23:45I shall stay.
23:46Stiva, what has happened?
23:47Do you know?
23:48Bransky's all right.
23:49Not even hurt, they say.
23:50But the horse...
23:52It isn't any use.
23:53She's broken her back.
24:06I'll be back.
24:07I'll be back.
24:08She's broken her back.
24:09No, she'll be back.
24:10Run.
24:11No, she's broken her back.
24:12I'll be back.
24:15Don't be back.
24:16Let me go.
24:17I'll be back.
24:18did I disgrace myself completely? I shouldn't think so the hysterics seem
24:43to be pretty universal. what next I wonder lions and gladiators and the Tsar turning
24:49down his thumb. yes I feel sure you're right. well good day to you Karanin.
24:58now will you go? leave Anna to me. I'm taking her home. be quiet and I'll come with me at once.
25:13I'll come with you.
25:43Take some brandy.
25:46When the nerves are disturbed as yours seem to be
25:49a glass can do no harm.
25:53I expected you to be gone.
25:55If I'd known I should have stayed with Betsy.
25:57I shall not be here for long.
25:58Only long enough to make a scene.
26:00But I'm obliged to tell you.
26:02Not obliged. You want to tell me.
26:04I have a right to speak on matters that concern me.
26:07Oh yes you have the right.
26:09But what good is it?
26:10Some things have to be said.
26:12Very well say them and go.
26:19First I have to refer to your behavior this afternoon.
26:24I have asked you
26:26in the past to so conduct yourself in public
26:29that malicious tongues can say nothing against you.
26:32Malicious tongues will say anything.
26:34Even about you.
26:36A politician must expect that.
26:38Though a lady should not.
26:40But after today's unseemly exhibition
26:45you can expect nothing but slander and foul gossip.
26:48Your conduct was not simply unbecoming. It was disgraceful.
26:53Oh? In what respect?
26:57Don't you know?
26:57To show such despair when one of the riders fell?
27:07Have you lost so much self-respect that you don't even know?
27:10Have you lost all sense of decency?
27:12There was a time when I spoke of our private relations.
27:24I do so no longer.
27:25They no longer exist.
27:27Quite so.
27:29I speak now only of appearances.
27:31Your behavior today revolted me both as a husband and as a man of position.
27:40I can tolerate it no longer.
27:43I will not be disgraced by you.
27:45Is that understood?
27:46Whatever else I know you shall obey me in this.
27:55Now I must ask you a question.
28:00You know what it is and I want to hear your answer.
28:03Answer me!
28:08Don't ask me anything!
28:09I must! I must know the truth!
28:11The truth! How can that help you?
28:13Because I have every hope that somehow I may be mistaken.
28:16No Alexei! You are not mistaken but you won't admit it.
28:20Because your pride won't allow you to admit it.
28:24That is all you have.
28:27Pride and ambition.
28:30You have no love.
28:34No compassion.
28:35No honor.
28:37Or you would have asked questions long ago.
28:39It's only now when you're afraid of a scandal.
28:44You have a mean soul Alexei.
28:48And I despise you.
28:50I can't endure you any longer.
28:54But you demand an answer.
28:57And so you shall have one.
29:00Today I was in despair.
29:03And you know the reason.
29:06I feared most terribly that my lover was dead.
29:13Yes my lover and my true husband.
29:18As I am his mistress and his true wife.
29:21I love him in a way that you couldn't begin to understand.
29:30He is my whole being.
29:33I love him so deeply
29:37that if he died
29:39I should die too.
29:40because I shouldn't want to live.
29:44I shall inform you
29:58what I propose to do to secure my own life.
30:02I shall inform you
30:11what I propose to do to secure my honor.
30:14No matter.
30:18Meanwhile
30:20I insist you do nothing
30:23outwardly at least
30:25to shame me further.
30:27I pray to Christ I'll never see him again.
30:36How light it still is.
30:40How beautifully light.
30:41I hope
31:10I hope...
31:16Do you believe me when I say you may rely on my discretion?
31:23You wish to give me some advice?
31:25What is it? Am I to fight a duel?
31:28God forbid.
31:29Others have.
31:31Daryalov? Poltarski?
31:33Don't think of it sir.
31:35Our society is still so uncivilized that many people would approve.
31:41What is the object of a duel?
31:43To give satisfaction to the injured party.
31:47Well suppose I were to call him out and suppose I were by some chance to kill him.
31:52What sense is there in murdering a man in order to define one's relation to an erring wife?
31:59You'd still have to decide what to do with her.
32:04All events it's much more likely that he would kill me.
32:07Me the innocent person.
32:09I can't imagine much satisfaction for me in that.
32:16Besides the challenge on my part would be hardly honest.
32:19My friends would immediately...
32:20Your friends sir would never allow it.
32:22No.
32:23Russia needs your life and work too badly.
32:27So knowing that the duel would be prevented I should be accused of trying to gain a sort of false glory.
32:32Well thank God sir you see things so clearly.
32:39Then what is your suggestion?
32:42I think you should consult a good lawyer.
32:47With what object?
32:49A divorce?
32:50I thought perhaps yes.
32:52For once you disappoint me as Fludin.
32:58You fail to think deeply enough.
33:03Divorce?
33:05Under our present system that would mean an open trial.
33:09The coarse proofs of my wife's guilt.
33:11Filthy publicity.
33:13Scandal that would damage my reputation at least as much as...
33:16Oh hardly.
33:17Oh yes you don't know the world.
33:21And moreover...
33:25Moreover a divorce would set her free to join her lover.
33:28Openly.
33:30Oh this may indeed be her desire.
33:33But tell me this Fludin.
33:36Can you think of any reason why she should be allowed to profit by her crime?
33:41No sir.
33:43Then rest assured I shall take the steps necessary to safeguard my reputation.
33:48As being essential for the unhampered pursuit of my work.
33:52These steps shall be taken in my own time.
33:59In my own good time.
34:12Come in.
34:25My love.
34:27Oh my love.
34:29Last you're here.
34:31Are you well?
34:33Anna.
34:34You're not hurt.
34:35Promise you're not hurt.
34:37You are.
34:38No it's...
34:39It's only a scratch.
34:40It's nothing.
34:41People fall off.
34:42Horses every day in the week.
34:43You don't.
34:44Is this all?
34:45Are you sure?
34:46Quite sure.
34:47You wretch that you are giving everyone such a fright.
34:51Brandy.
34:52Anna.
34:53Is the window too much?
34:54Shall I close it?
34:55Anna I'm...
34:56I have been trying to make up my mind whether to tell you or not
34:58and I have decided that I should.
35:01He was here when I got back.
35:02Anna.
35:03I want to talk to you.
35:05Yes Alexei.
35:06Of course.
35:16You know the circle I move in?
35:19The High Flyers.
35:21The biggest gamblers.
35:23The hardest drinkers.
35:25The wildest rakes.
35:26They despise everything bourgeois.
35:29Everything dull and prosaic.
35:33They scorn every convention except what they call good form.
35:37They admire courage too.
35:39That of course.
35:41And I am supposed to be entirely one of them.
35:44You're the highest flyer of them all.
35:47Well...
35:49Some would have said so.
35:51But Anna to hold so high a place in that magic circle one thing is quite essential and that is to be utterly heartless.
35:58Now I don't mean by that that one should be cruel or vengeful.
36:02Simply that no sentiment or affection must be allowed to interfere with pleasure.
36:12Now today you saw me kill my beautiful mare.
36:15You killed her?
36:16Surely as if I had shot her with my own hand.
36:21I made a shocking error just before the last fence.
36:23She was going perfectly.
36:24All I had to do was sit quietly and let her win the race in her own way.
36:27But I lashed her and I don't know why.
36:33Maybe I was afraid of Mahotin close behind us.
36:37Anyway...
36:39At the jump it threw her out of her stride and in falling she broke her back.
36:43And you grieved for her?
36:45No I didn't.
36:48Not at first.
36:50All I felt was rage and vexation.
36:54At the mare falling and myself for being such a fool.
36:58But then later Anna whilst I was changing I thought of what I had done to that exquisite creature.
37:04All fire and blood and vivid movement.
37:06And suddenly tears were pouring down my face.
37:09Tears of pity.
37:10Do you know I have not wept for anybody or anything since I was a child!
37:15Alexei! Alexei!
37:23Well...
37:24I mopped myself up thankful that there was nobody there to see.
37:29Poor Alexei.
37:30Must have been a shock.
37:33Yes it was.
37:35Because naturally I wondered what had happened to me.
37:38Did you find out?
37:40I did.
37:42And it cheered me wonderfully as soon as I realized that nobody is to blame but you.
37:49I...
37:50Of course.
37:52When I met you...
37:55I saw you as I first thought of Froufrou.
37:58As another beautiful creature to be mastered and tamed and used for my pleasure.
38:04My pleasure.
38:05Oh I knew better.
38:06I knew even from the beginning that you felt more than that.
38:09I don't think so.
38:11Anna.
38:14What you have done to me...
38:17Is quite strange.
38:20And slightly alarming.
38:24For the first time in my life...
38:27I love someone...
38:30Better than I love myself.
38:34I love myself.
38:35I love myself.
38:36I love myself.
38:37I love myself.
38:38I love myself.
38:40I love myself.
38:50No more lies now.
38:54Everything...
38:57Clear.
39:00Quite clean.
39:02Clear.
39:04truth truth at last and everything clear you see I had to tell him he wanted me
39:17to tell him you you said he must be told him mm-hmm and now he knows
39:27yes yes Alexei together now always together my lover true husband suppose suppose you don't want that
39:51if you should get tired of me and stop loving me and and you will you will Alexei don't leave me
40:21hmm it's a dream that's all bad dream why should such a happy dream end in such terror and less oh god
40:35unless it's going to come true no he can't Alexei loves me and if I go to him he'll be kind to me and
40:47and to Seryozhan why should he Seryozhan is not his son why should Alexei care about Seryozhan
40:56and if he doesn't
40:59oh god
41:03oh god
41:06what am I to do
41:09what am I to do
41:13go to bed Petrov I shan't need you anymore yes sir
41:34what am I to do
41:38let's go to bed
41:38okay
41:41okay
41:43okay
41:44okay
41:48okay
41:54okay
41:55okay
41:58okay
42:00let's go.
42:24at our last conversation
42:27I notified you of my intention to communicate my decision
42:32in regard to the subject of that conversation.
42:38Having carefully considered everything
42:42I write now with the object of fulfilling that promise.
42:47My decision is as follows.
42:52Anoushka tells me you've been naughty.
42:54Yes.
42:55Who?
42:56I threw an egg at the cook.
42:57What?
42:58I threw an egg.
42:59At the cook? Why?
43:00I was in the pantry and saw some peaches so I took one.
43:03She came in and saw me and slapped my hand.
43:06Oh, did she indeed?
43:08Yes, and the peach fell on the ground.
43:10Of course.
43:11There was a bowl of eggs and I just...
43:13Picked one up and threw it?
43:14I'm afraid so.
43:15What happened then?
43:16I said I was sorry.
43:17I should hope so.
43:18But the trouble was it was so funny I couldn't help laughing.
43:22Now that really was naughty.
43:24Yes, but...
43:25You wicked boy.
43:26Come here.
43:28You know I ought to punish you.
43:29Yes, Mama.
43:30Because I have taught you never to be rude or unkind to servants.
43:34Yes, but...
43:35You see, they can't hit back.
43:36She did slap me.
43:37I know, but she was probably fussed and she didn't think.
43:43Oh, very well.
43:45Go and find Cook and tell her you're sorry.
43:47But I did!
43:48Tell her again.
43:51All right.
43:52Seriosa.
43:56This time, don't laugh.
43:58Don't laugh.
44:21Madam?
44:22I'll leave here today.
44:23I'm going to Moscow.
44:24Moscow, madam.
44:25I shall take Seriosa and Anoushka, of course, but no one else.
44:27Would you have the carriage ready and get everything packed?
44:29Very good, madam.
44:30As quickly as possible and tell the other servants.
44:33My dearest love, I have told my husband everything.
45:03Good.
45:10Don't you mind the gentle atmosphere?
45:12Ah, it's solid drinking.
45:13I think you'll catch up.
45:27Gentlemen!
45:28Gentlemen!
45:33I want to propose a toast.
45:36To our old comrade,
45:37and gallant general,
45:39Prince Soberhovskoi.
45:41Prince Soberhovskoi!
45:45Thank you, Colonel.
45:47And to you, gentlemen.
45:48The same!
46:00Ah, you're younger than ever.
46:02The smartest quartermaster in the Imperial Army!
46:08Vronsky, my dear fellow.
46:10How nice to see you.
46:11And you.
46:12Quite an occasion, eh, Vronsky?
46:13Yes, indeed.
46:14Good, good.
46:15We'll have a long talk later, meanwhile.
46:18Good to see you.
46:21Malinsky, isn't it?
46:23Hello.
46:25Arkensky promoted, I see.
46:27Prince?
46:28Um...
46:30Please, uh, divide this among the band and the mess waiters.
46:35Is he the conquering hero?
46:38Yes, but he is a hero and he has conquered.
46:41Yes, sir.
46:50Is everything packed, I have her, madam?
46:52The groom's waiting for an answer.
46:55Thank you, Anushkaia.
46:56I shall ring.
46:57I shall ring.
46:58I shall ring.
46:59Thank you, sir.
47:00And then, let's see.
47:01Please, come on.
47:02Let's see.
47:03my decision is as follows whatever your conduct may have been I do not consider
47:17myself justified in severing the ties with which a higher power has bound us
47:21the family cannot be broken up at the caprice discretion or even the sin of one
47:29of the partners always in the right he's a Christian I am fully persuaded that you
47:35now repent of your criminal behavior if so I am prepared to forget the past and
47:40our life will continue as before forget if you do not however you may conjecture
47:47what awaits you and your son my son I request you to return to Petersburg as
47:52soon as possible at any event not later than Tuesday and I enclose money to meet
47:59your expenses Alexei Karenen hypocrite he knows I could never give up my son
48:12our life will continue as before what life I told you I would ring yes madam
48:23everything's packed we're not going not going at all why not today at least but
48:29don't unpack and let the carriage wait
48:31I wish to send a message
48:33very well madam
48:35what
48:36one
48:49Two.
48:51Three.
48:53Four.
48:55Five.
48:57Six.
48:59Come on, get it down.
49:01Get it.
49:03Let's go now.
49:05Come on.
49:07Come for me.
49:09That's it.
49:11Hey, gentlemen.
49:13Patrinsky.
49:15One.
49:17Two.
49:19Three.
49:21Four.
49:23So, not content with military success, you aim a politics.
49:27In due time?
49:29And so should you.
49:31Not me.
49:33I lack the one essential, the desire for power.
49:35I had it once but now it's gone.
49:37Excuse me, that's not true.
49:41It is now.
49:43I'm looking to the future.
49:45That's why I came here to see you.
49:47You acted rightly when you refused Warsaw
49:49but I don't think you should keep it up.
49:51So, I've a plan for you.
49:53Oh, what?
49:55Give me carte blanche. Retire from the regiment
49:57and I'll advance you.
49:59Advance you imperceptibly.
50:01You're very kind.
50:05But you see, I want nothing.
50:07Only that things should remain as they are.
50:11Ronski!
50:13What is it?
50:14The colonel's asking for you.
50:15Ronski!
50:16Ronski!
50:17No, he's not. He's bellowing.
50:18All right, tell him we're just coming.
50:19Right.
50:20Go on.
50:21Go on.
50:22I'll be frank.
50:24Women are the chief stumbling block in a man's career.
50:27That is, unless you marry one, as I have done.
50:29Oh, sure.
50:30No, listen.
50:31How shall I put it?
50:33You can only carry a burden and use your hands if the burden is tight on your back.
50:38Hmm?
50:39That's marriage.
50:40But if you drag the burden about with your hands, you can do nothing.
50:43Look at Mozaikov.
50:44Look at Krupov.
50:45Career's ruined for the sake of women.
50:47But what women?
50:49I dare say.
50:51But if the woman is firmly placed in society, that's much worse.
50:56No, believe me, that's not merely carrying the burden but having to wrench it away from someone else.
51:00You need four hands for that.
51:02You're a cynic.
51:04Not a bit.
51:05Practical.
51:07Oh.
51:12Excuse me.
51:23I'm afraid I will have to go.
51:29I'll see you soon.
51:30Very soon.
51:32You give me carte blanche?
51:34Talk it over another time.
51:37I'll look you up in town.
51:42I'll look you up in town.
51:50Oh.
51:51Has he left us?
51:53For the moment.
51:55Just for the moment.
52:07Anna?
52:08Oh.
52:09Oh.
52:10You're not angry that I sent for you?
52:11I had to see you.
52:12Something happened?
52:13Yes.
52:14Three nights ago I meant to tell you but somehow I was afraid.
52:28What of me?
52:29You were so kind and so loving and our time together was so short.
52:35Alexei.
52:36That day after the races I told him.
52:39I said I could no longer be his wife Alexei.
52:42I told him everything.
52:43Yes.
52:47Yes.
52:48Yes that's better.
52:50That was right.
52:51I thought so.
52:52It makes it inevitable.
52:53Now he must call me out.
52:55No.
52:56No.
52:57You don't understand.
52:58That's impossible.
52:59But he must.
53:00That he does.
53:01He has no honor.
53:02And in any case read this.
53:03Well it's done.
53:04Now I have the right to devote my life to your happiness
53:07and it is the one thing that I have longed and prayed for.
53:10Do you suppose I doubt that?
53:12If I doubted that...
53:15Read the letter.
53:30No.
53:48That is unbelievable.
53:49How could any man in his position...
53:51I told you he has no honor.
53:53No decency.
53:54No kindness.
53:55I said as much to his face I might as well have been talking to a stone.
53:58But this...
54:00This is a threat.
54:01You see what he writes?
54:02You may conjecture on what awaits you and your son.
54:05What is that but a threat?
54:08To take my son from it.
54:11And I dare say with all their stupid laws he can.
54:15If I ran away and abandoned my son it would be infamous wicked.
54:18And he's clever.
54:19Wicked I may be but he knows I could never do that.
54:22Take your son then and leave him.
54:24I was going to today but after this the law will be on his side.
54:27Leave him anyway.
54:29And...
54:30And Sir Eosia?
54:31For God's sake Anna which is better?
54:34To leave your child or keep up this degrading position.
54:38Degrading?
54:39What does that mean?
54:40Degrading for whom?
54:41For everyone and especially for you.
54:42Do you feel degraded?
54:44No!
54:45I meant only the...
54:47For me...
54:48There is one thing.
54:50There is one thing only.
54:54Your love.
54:56Nobody can humiliate me.
54:59I'm proud of my position.
55:01I'm proud because...
55:03Because...
55:10So I shall go back to Petersburg.
55:13Oh I hoped.
55:16But nothing has changed.
55:19Nothing will change.
55:22But it will.
55:25My dearest will you please try and think clearly.
55:31In six months our child will be born.
55:35Our child.
55:37You...
55:43No I am.
55:57No...
55:58No...
56:00No?
56:02No...
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