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To bless the troops

Nicholas and Alexandra

"Sire, we workingmen and inhabitants of St. Petersburg come to you, Sire, to seek for...

Nicholas and Alexandra • 1971

Father Gapon:
The Tsar is here in Petersburg, to bless the troops. He's staying at the Winter Palace. Thousands of us will march there on Sunday morning. I'll go to him on the balcony, and read this: "Sire, we workingmen and inhabitants of St. Petersburg come to you, Sire, to seek for truth, justice, and protection. Only you can hear our prayers, and if you do not, we shall die, here on this square, before your palace."

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The Tsar is here in Petersburg to bless the troops

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He's staying at the Winter Palace

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Thousands of us will march there on Sunday morning

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I'll go to him on the balcony

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and read this

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Sire

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we working men and inabitants of St Petersburg

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come to you sire to seek

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for truth justice and protection

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Only you can hear our prayers

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And if you do not

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we shall die

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here on this square

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before your palace

Duration

35 seconds

Views

699

Timestamp in Movie

00:28:52

Uploaded

Nov 26, 2022

Genres

biography, drama, history

Production

Horizon Pictures

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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.