I wish your father were alive. Don't throw him at me. He knew how to be a Tsar. He'd have...
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[as the Queen Mother berates her son's failures in a late 1916 visit to his military base]
Queen Mother Maria Fedorova:
I wish your father were alive.
Tsar Nicholas II:
Don't throw him at me.
Queen Mother Maria Fedorova:
He knew how to be a Tsar. He'd have burned Vienna down, stomped on the Germans, and shot the strikers, ANYTHING to give Russia peace. And HE'D certainly would've known how to deal with Rasputin.
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I wish your father were alive
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Don't throw him at me
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He knew how to be a Tsar
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He'd have burnt Vienna down stamped on the Germans
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and shot the strikers
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Anything to give Russia peace
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And he'd certainly have known how to deal with Rasputin
Clip duration: 17 seconds
Views: 224
Timestamp in movie: 01h 47m 30s
Uploaded: 26 November, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, history
Summary: Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
Comments
00:52 What do you want
00:14 Why did you abdicate for me
00:08 A strong man has no need of power
01:11 It's outrageous
00:40 The Russia my father gave me never lost a war
00:12 Bloody murderer
00:11 And the Lord be with you
00:53 Everything we fought for will be lost
00:28 I want to serve Batushka and Matushka
00:57 I'd like to kill them
00:08 Mustn't run and mustn't play
00:08 I'll whisper it
00:38 I suddenly thought of the yacht this morning
00:17 In your position
00:15 The English have a parliament
01:06 I see blood when I shut my eyes
01:22 You can't stop it
00:36 As the future Tsar
00:44 He's a brilliant Prime Minister
00:33 You enjoy yourself at parties