I’ve found the money. Here.
Here.
No! No! The deal is off.
Kitty is not for sale.
Get out, Mr. Kosach, and never come to this house again.
What do you mean, Anna Lvovna?
Piotr Ivanovich,
we had a deal.
I know your intentions regarding my goddaughter.
You are a low and dishonest man, Mr. Kosach.
I can’t trust the creature so dear to me to a cad like you.
I won’t let anyone
in this world to ruin her life.
I request that you left our house immediately.
This must be a mistake.
I’ve been slandered.
Who was it and what did they say?
This conversation is over.
I’m not explaining myself to you.
You know very well what I mean. Please leave.
I have the right to know what I am being accused of!
You heard my mother.
If you don’t leave at once, I’ll have to kick you out.
Katia.
Anna Lvovna, I ask you, no, I demand an explanation.
Katerina is my ward.
I’m the only one to decide upon her fate.
No, Katerina belongs to me, thus I...
Don’t even think about it. I’ll never forgive you.
For what?
Selling a yard hand to my neighbor?
You know very well what this is about.
-I don’t. -You do.
-I don’t. -Yes, you do!
No, I don’t, and I want an explanation.
If you insist.
This is very unpleasant for me.
And I am on top of the world!
Come on, tell me.
Goodbye, Aleksey Fiodorovich.
Don’t be so sad about the failure of your romance.
There is enough bondmaids in the world.
You’ll have your share of fun.
Anyway, don’t be angry with my mother.
In the end of the day, it’s your own fault.
I didn’t do anything wrong, and I won’t leave it like this.
There, there. Godspeed.
If he buys her, it makes him her owner.
What bothers you?
Kosach wasn’t going to marry Kitty.
He wanted to buy her and make her...
his mistress.
A bondmaid should be honored to be a gentleman’s concubine.
How can you?
He would...
He would play with her for a while
and throw her away.
Unlikely.
You don’t throw away an expensive toy.
It’s like with greyhounds or pedigreed horses.
I’ll write to Kosach saying that you had a migraine, the deal is on,
and he can come for the deed of sale.
It isn’t happening.
This was a hard decision,
and I’m not letting it go.
Since you reminded me that formally Katerina was yours,
let me in my turn remind you that this house is mine.
Is that what you say?
Yes, it is.
I’ve never mentioned
it in all the years of our marriage...
but you made me.
Following your metaphor,
Katerina is my greyhound sapling.
Mine!
My hobby and my weak spot.
Don’t take her away from me.
Godmother! My dear!
Anna Lvovna!
Please let him come back.
Tell me you were joking. Please change your mind!
Let Aliosha buy me out.
I love him so much.
My dear girl,
I’m doing it for you.
You can’t imagine how dishonest he is,
what a plight he had in mind for you.
Please calm down.
This isn’t true!
Aliosha would never have hurt me.
He would never have done anything wrong.
What dishonesty are you talking about? He was going to marry me.
You can’t understand because you are too upset.
Go to your room and calm down.
We can talk later.
Why? Why are you doing this to me?
Please, I’m begging you! You’re killing me.
Godmother, please!
Give me to him, and I don’t care what happens then.
For everything that is sacred!
Frol, what is it?
Ma’am, the girls have finished with the smoking room.
They are asking what next.
Let’s go.
You have my sympathy. Life can be cruel.
Wait, Grigoriy Petrovich.
You did it, didn’t you?
-What do I have to do with it? -Don’t pretend.
You loathe the idea of someone capable of a sincere love.
You are mistaken.
I have no part in all this.
It’s all Kosach’s fault.
If you want to know,
it was never his intention to set you free.
He wasn’t going to marry you.
He would buy you for his sinful pleasures.
I don’t believe a word you are saying.
You should.
Isn’t this what you were offering me?
Your proposition was a hundred times lower and worse.
You are engaged.
Where was your honor and nobility at that moment?
Or isn’t Natalya Aleksandrovna’s honor worth anything?
Orysia. My dear.
I’ve brought you more work.
Here, take this gown.
You didn’t have to bring it, Miss. You could just tell me.
This way was quicker.
I have a wonderful idea! Look.
You need to sew this lace here.
No?
Orysia, what’s wrong?
I... I...
Speak up! I can’t understand you.
I... I broke it!
What is broken?
Do you need a doctor? Orysia, let me see!
Your sewing machine!
Here.
I was lost in thoughts about Nazar.
He loves Katerina now, and he forgot all about me.
Orysia, don’t cry.
Katerina is getting married to our neighbor.
Do you hear me?
Come on.
Your Nazar will come back to you.
He isn’t stupid enough to lose a girl like you.
As for the sewing machine...
We’ll have it fixed.
I suppose.
I’ll run away.
What?
Where?
If they catch you, it’ll be the end of your easy life.
The mistress will never forgive you.
I don’t care.
Come on, stop it.
Listen to me.
I don’t believe Anna Lvovna changed her mind just for the hell of it.
There must be a reason.
What reason? She wouldn’t give me any explanation.
There is no reason, Pavlusia.
Maybe she learned something about your Aleksey
that had changed her world.
What if he is not as honest and kind as he wants you to think?
What? How can you say that?
Aliosha is the most honest and noble man I know.
Easy, easy.
I wasn’t trying to hurt you.
Well,
think about it.
Maybe you will recall something.
There is nothing to recall.
You don’t believe him.
Even you!
Make the mushroom soup Aliosha loves so much for lunch.
Also, a mock rabbit with prune sauce.
You can go, Gorpina.
Aliosha, son, you’re back!
Is something amiss?
You don’t look yourself.
-The Chervinskys, Mother. -What?
These low, lying, disgusting, two-timing people!
I was in Kiev. I found the money.
Did you? Isn’t that good?
They refused me, Mother.
Without even an explanation.
They humiliated me,
flaunting their power.
They threw me out of their house, accusing of some atrocities.
What do they accuse you of?
I have no idea.
They only said I was going to ruin Katia.
What? My God!
I have nothing to be ashamed of.
I’m honest.
-I know. -My intentions were honest, too.
I know, son. Who could have slandered you and why?
What does it matter?
I haven’t done anything wrong.
Oh my God.
Yes, come in.
-Papa. I’m in trouble. -What happened?
The sewing machine you gave me is broken.
It’s tearing the fabric and tangles the threads.
We need to have it fixed.
Nobody here can fix it. Maybe in Kiev...
Papa! Sending a letter to Kiev,
waiting for an answer - it will take too long.
The wedding is coming.
Excuse me, Miss. I could try.
When I was the record clerk’s valet, his sextant once got out of order.
I did something,
and it started working again.
Can I take a look at it?
Natalie, meet my new valet, Lukyan.
They say he really is a Jack-Of-All-Trades.
No, Papa. We will wait for the real repairs man.
Don’t even come close to the machine!
If you break it completely, we won’t be ready for the wedding.
-What? -Do you understand me?
Yes, ma’am.
Aleksey.
I’m sure you can’t just leave it like this.
I know Anna Lvovna, though not very closely.
I’m sure she is a decent and fair person.
Oh, yes.
Aleksey. Please!
If the truth is on your side...
What do you mean, if?
All right.
When the truth is on your side, you have to fight.
After all, it’s not just about you but about Katia’s life.
How should I fight? How?
They don’t want to listen to me.
All they are saying is, “You scoundrel, you dishonest man.”
Aleksey.
-Hello. -Hello.
I heard your sewing machine was broken.
Yes.
Here.
-Can I have a look? -Isn’t that what they sent you for?
I see.
Such a good machine! And I broke it.
It’s fine. What is made by man,
another man can always fix.
Give me something sharp.
Do you have any tools?
Wait.
All right.
A bit more.
What is your name?
Orysia.
My name is Lukyan.
Here.
Oh my God.
This goes here.
Did you come all the way from Kiev?
No.
Your master won me at cards from the Nezhin record clerk.
-Now I’m his valet. -So you aren’t the repair man!
It depends.
I know something about mechanisms.
Step away!
-Don’t touch this mechanism thing! -What?
You sneaky bastard! Look at you!
Keep your hands to yourself.
What?
You broke it!
Oh my God. Now it’s done for!
"KIEV PROVINCE COURIER"
Piotr Ivanovich.
I want to ask Aleksandr Vasilyevich,
Natalie, and Nikolay to dinner on Thursday.
Whatever you say.
Or we could go visit them.
We are at your estate. Do whatever you like.
Your mail, sir.
TO MR. CHERVINSKY AT CHERVINKA
It’s an important letter.
I’ll be in my study.
“I have to reproach you, Piotr Ivanovich, or even reprove you.
You must have forgotten all about me.
How else can I explain the fact that you never come to the theater
or the Summer Garden.
I feel so blue, and I haven’t heard from you for ages.
I’m also sad because a very good part was taken right from under my nose.
Well, if you don’t care - goodbye!”
Kitty.
I want to talk to you, to explain...
I gave you some time to recover
and calm down.
Don’t get up.
I want you to know...
that though it would be painful for me to part with you,
I was prepared to let you go.
Try to understand.
I said no to Aleksey Fiodorovich
only to protect your interests.
What if what you were told is untrue?
What if you are mistaken?
Allow him at least defend himself, give an answer to the accusations!
Even criminals are given this right in court,
and Aliosha is no criminal.
You are not listening.
It is true
that love makes one blind
and deaf towards the voice of reason.
I’m glad you can’t make your own decisions,
that you belong to me.
This is the only way to protect you from yourself.
If it were up to you, you would have made a pretty hash of it.
Godmother.
All right.
You need to take my word for it.
You must forget this man forever.
But, Godmother!
I forbid you to leave the estate.
If you disobey...
I will lock you up.
What is going on here?
Miss Natalya! It’s not my fault.
He has broken the machine completely.
Wait!
You have to answer for what you’ve done.
How come?
Didn’t I tell you to stay away from the machine?
Is this how you obey your masters?
I’ve never flogged anyone in my life,
but I’ll make an exception.
Wait, don’t be angry. I think... I’ve fixed it.
The hell you did!
Just try it. If it doesn’t work, you can beat me black and blue.
All right. Orysia, try it.
Well?
Who taught you this?
Well... no one. I just love this kind of things.
Our sexton used to have a huge clock mechanism.
I once hid inside when I was little,
and some knob hit me on the head.
Since then I’ve been attracted to mechanisms of all kinds.
-I should punish you. -What for?
Disobedience.
What?
But what can I do if you did such a good job?
What kind of spectacles are these?
I’m researching which glass is better.
-And what are your conclusions? -I’m not sure yet.
But the greens make you feel better, and the browns protect from the sun.
Are you going to the city?
I thought you were going to the faraway villages with Grisha.
Grigoriy can go alone. He isn’t a child.
I need to be in Nezhin.
Has something happened?
You look so dapper.
The new suit...
Are you interrogating me?
The theater manager asked me to come urgently.
Since when have you become such an ardent fan of the theater?
I never noticed it before.
Look at it...
as my duty to the society.
Philanthropy, charitable work.
Just make sure your philanthropy didn’t start people talking.
I don’t know what you mean.
I hold our family name in high regard. So should you.
Otherwise, you might be very surprised with one short document.
-Which is? -My will.
Katrusia.
Katrusia, baby.
Eat! Come on.
Eat.
I’m not hungry, Pavlusia.
Eat something.
You are making yourself sick.
Something might happen to you.
Nothing will happen to me. And maybe it would be better if it did.
What are you saying?
Katrusia.
My darling.
My heart bleeds when I’m watching you.
All right.
Katia! Enough torturing me.
Eat!
Come on.
Eat!
Yes! That’s my girl.
Pavlusia.
I don’t understand.
Why is Godmother so mean to me?
We’ve been getting along so well, and now she won’t listen to me.
She has always been so nice to me.
I could live and breathe freely.
And today...
Today she told me...
I was just a bondmaid.
What can you do?
Why did she raise me as if I were free? Why?
Maybe I really am just a toy for her.
A pet, an entertainment.
How can you say that?
Your mistress loves you.
She really is worried for you.
Also, she’s atoning for her sin.
What sin?
No, finish what you’ve started.
I can’t... The fruit stew is on the stove!
Wait!
I’ll find out anyway, even if not from you.
Tell me what sin it was.
Well... When Anna Lvovna was a young lady...
She... well...
-She sent your father to prison. -What?
Ma’am, please! I’m guilty, but it’s only me.
Ma’am, please! My parents are old. How can you do this to them?
My brother is just a child! I’m begging you!
For God’s sake, ma’am! Please!
You all have always told me I was an orphan.
Well... You had a mother and a father.
His name was Stepan.
They put him in shackles
and sent him to Siberia.
Shackles? Siberia?
-What for? -He beat up the master, Piotr Ivanovich.
The master?
How? Why?
Stepan, don’t! Do you hear me?
I’ll kill you! The bloody gent!
He didn’t hurt me!
Do you hear?
You’ll never touch her again. Never!
-Stop it, you fool! You’ll ruin your life. -Pavlina, stay away.
Stepan! Let him go, you idiot!
Do you hear? Let go!
Easy, easy.
Well... Who knows why?
He beat him up, and that’s that.
The mistress was so angry, God...
So angry at Stepan.
She was shouting at him, “You’ll rot in Siberia, and all your family, too!”
And she was as good as her word.
The mistress ordered it made for Katia, for her dowry. A gift, I s’pose.
This is beautiful.
It’s gorgeous.
Yes.
I wonder what kind of dreams one has on a pillow like this one.
Oh, Katia.
Getting such a beautiful thing!
Will they really let her marry that gentleman?
-Tikhon. -Tikhon.
-When is the wedding? -Well?
-What’s up? -It isn’t happening.
What?
What happened?
They’ve changed their mind about Katia.
How?
But the dowry?
Come on, tell us!
Maybe this Kosach isn’t good enough for our Katia.
They’re planning to marry her to a prince.
Shut up! She is suffering, and you all are...
Suffering? Is she? Serves her good for showing off.
The highest tree has the greatest fall.
She wanted to be a great lady! Fat chance.
Why did my mother stay here?
It all happened just before Stepan and Solia’s wedding.
They were in a hurry, because Solia was pregnant with you.
But the mistress said no, and the wedding never happened.
The family disowned Solia,
because who wants spoiled goods for a daughter?
She was crying all the time and got ill.
Then she died after giving birth to you.
So I wouldn’t be an orphan if not for Anna Lvovna.
What shall I do now?
How can I listen to her, look at her, talk to her?
I know she took my mother and father away from me.
Come in.
Papa.
Your tea.
You brought it yourself.
You probably want something from me.
Firstly, I wanted to tell you we don’t need a repair man anymore.
Your Lukyan has fixed it.
Very well.
We are spending too much as it is.
The wedding...
But I have a small request for you.
I knew that.
When you say “small request,” it usually means great expenses.
-Papa. -What?
Do you want fireworks at your wedding?
Could you give Lukyan to me?
What for?
I’m moving to Chervinka soon.
I’m taking the sewing machine with me.
I’ll need someone to look after it.
You can always send for him. It’s not that far away.
Papa, please!
Papa.
All right, all right. You can have him.
But in one condition.
If my watch gets broken, you’ll send him to me immediately.
-Thank you, Daddy. -Off you go, fidget!
Oh, and about the fireworks. It’s a great idea, Papa.
I like it.
Look at you!
You’re up.
Do you want a cup of stew? I know how to entice you.
No.
I wanted to ask you something.
Tell me.
Darling, can you give my letter to Aliosha?
-No. -He must be torturing himself,
not knowing what to do.
I wrote to him to appease him and ask him what happened.
Katrusia,
it’s a bad idea.
Kosachevka is too far.
I wouldn’t be back before dawn. Who is going to cook dinner?
Galia can’t do it, and you’d burned it to a crisp.
Don’t even ask me. I can’t do it for you.
Pavlusia, please.
I have no one else to ask. Only you.
-No. -Please.
-No. -I’ll take care of the dinner.
I said no, and I meant it.
What...
Larisa Viktorovna, finally I’m having this honor...
You were charming tonight.
Nikifor Lukich, isn’t it Piotr Chervinsky?
Yes, that’s him.
You can’t find another pair of sideburns like his in all Nezhin.
-You are making me blush. -Blushing suits you, my nymph.
-You are a wicked seducer. -Well, can’t I have one kiss?
You are so persistent. My defense line is weakening.
That’s great. I want this fortress to surrender.
That’s him, yes.
Who is he with?
I can’t believe it. Isn’t that...
Yes, yes. The actress.
The whole Nezhin is going crazy over her.
This hellish creature, the easy woman!
Poor Anna Lvovna.
I hope she never hears about this. We can’t have it.
-Piotr Ivanovich. -Larisa Viktorovna.
What we have just seen has to remain a secret.
Gee-ho!
-What a bastard! -Incredible.
Careful. You’ll hurt yourself or someone else.
What happened? Did someone insult you?
Nazar, you’re a godsend.
I know you are angry with me,
but you are the only one who can help.
Please say yes.
-Tell me. -My dear,
go to Kosachevka with a letter to Mr. Aleksey.
Ask anyone, they’ll show you toward him.
He’s a young and handsome man.
I know how that gentleman looks.
You can’t imagine how important it is for me.
You are my last hope.
Ask anything you want in return.
I don’t need anything.
Give me the letter. I’ll go.
Just make sure it gets straight to him. Will you?
All right.
My dear, you are exhausting yourself.
Gorpina has made a tisane. Drink some and calm down.
Mother dear, how can I drink tisane now?
I don’t know what to do, where to go for help.
What changed Anna Lvovna’s opinion?
Who told her lies about me?
You should sleep on it. Tomorrow you’ll make up a plan.
Maybe you should ask Nicolas for advice.
What if Katia thinks the same way about me now?
What if she believed those lies?
I can’t have it.
I’ll go there and prove my love to her.
Aliosha, it’s the middle of the night. Where would you go? Tomorrow...
Tomorrow might be too late, Mother.
Aliosha. Son, where are you going?
Oh God.
“My dear, my beloved Aliosha.
My heart is bleeding and breaking apart
when I think of what they’ve done to us.
But I want you to know: I will never believe a word of those lies,
no matter what evil people say.
But what can we do, Aliosha?
God is my only hope.
No matter what happens and where you are,
my heart belongs to you, my beloved.
I hope my love will protect you from all troubles.
I’ll be waiting for days, months, years.
I will always be waiting for you.
Yours, Katia.”
What the hell are you doing? Who are you?
Are you Mr. Aleksey Kosach?
I have a message for you from Katerina, the bondmaid from Chervinka.
Why didn’t you say so? Give it to me.
Come on.
There is no letter.
She just wanted me to tell you that God doesn’t want you to be together.
She doesn’t want you to come,
because it hurts her.
She said she’d find her happiness and wished you the same.
She also says not to write to her if you respect her.
-That’s all. -How can it be?
What is your name? Please think!
Is this all she said?
I’m Nazar.
She didn’t say anything else,
except that I shouldn’t wait for the answer.
Goodbye, sir.