Damn them all. You help them, and they kill you for it. Give them Dumas and they give you...
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[after the assassination attempt on Count Stolypin] Tsar Nicholas II:
He's a good man. They always kill good men. The ones who've helped them most. They killed my grandfather. He freed the serfs, you know. He helped them; so, they threw a bomb. Stolypin's a good man. [feels in his pocket] Tsar Nicholas II:
I can't find a match. Vice Premier Kokovstov:
They've got the man who shot him. Tsar Nicholas II:
The man? Vice Premier Kokovstov:
Some kind of revolutionary. Tsar Nicholas II:
Damn them all. You help them, and they kill you for it. Give them Dumas and they give you bombs. I want them paid in kind. Do you understand me? I want something done!
He's a good man. They always kill good men. The ones who've helped them most. They killed my grandfather. He freed the serfs, you know. He helped them; so, they threw a bomb. Stolypin's a good man. [feels in his pocket] Tsar Nicholas II:
I can't find a match. Vice Premier Kokovstov:
They've got the man who shot him. Tsar Nicholas II:
The man? Vice Premier Kokovstov:
Some kind of revolutionary. Tsar Nicholas II:
Damn them all. You help them, and they kill you for it. Give them Dumas and they give you bombs. I want them paid in kind. Do you understand me? I want something done!
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...and for the assassin
and his family.
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But politics is like that
in the Balkans.
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The English vote
and the Serbs assassinate.
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You see, Serbia wants its freedom.
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Austria won't give it to them
and so this happens.
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It has happened here.
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- They threw a bomb...
- Nicky, it's so late.
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They're not children anymore.
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They must accept these things.
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Grandfather was killed by a bomb.
So was Uncle Sergei.
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But Serbia is a long way off.
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And we don't need
to have bad dreams about Archdukes.
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The diplomats will send
some angry notes.
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A few generals will go on exercises
and everyone will be sensible again.
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All over Europe, kings and queens
are sleeping safely in their beds.
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And that's what we're going to do.
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Your Majesty must not.
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This is only a partial mobilization.
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It is against Austria,
not Germany, nor anyone else.
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If Russia mobilizes,
there will be a war.
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The Austrians are shelling Belgrade.
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We must be ready to defend ourselves.
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I'm ordering prayers for peace
to be said in all the churches.
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Movie 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.
