1 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,766 My Kristina of Sweden! 2 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:04,100 I implore you to call upon your cleverness! 3 00:01:04,133 --> 00:01:09,566 I beseech you, in the name of our Lord! 4 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:12,533 Save your Empire! 5 00:01:30,499 --> 00:01:33,466 [music box playing] 6 00:01:56,466 --> 00:01:58,267 Kristina! 7 00:02:02,533 --> 00:02:05,100 Kristina! 8 00:02:26,633 --> 00:02:28,566 Good night, Your Majesty. 9 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,200 See you tomorrow. 10 00:02:32,133 --> 00:02:34,267 The queen Mother refuses to see you! 11 00:02:42,833 --> 00:02:45,566 Chancellor, how dare you force your way into my quarters. 12 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,366 I've come to save your daughter from your madness 13 00:02:48,399 --> 00:02:50,300 and to remove he king's body 14 00:02:50,333 --> 00:02:52,466 -Not so soon! -Soon? 15 00:02:52,499 --> 00:02:54,333 He's been on your bed for two years! 16 00:02:59,234 --> 00:03:00,267 [grunt of disgust] 17 00:03:00,300 --> 00:03:00,967 His heart! 18 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,366 Look at that mad, mad woman... 19 00:03:03,399 --> 00:03:05,800 She shows no respect to our king. Go. 20 00:03:05,833 --> 00:03:07,433 Nein! Nein... 21 00:03:08,333 --> 00:03:10,366 Ah Kristina, Kristina! Come... 22 00:03:10,399 --> 00:03:12,100 [breathing heavily] 23 00:03:12,133 --> 00:03:15,300 Kristina, Kristina... Come, come! 24 00:03:15,333 --> 00:03:16,733 [begging, breathing loudly] Come! Kristina. 25 00:03:18,300 --> 00:03:20,067 [begging, crying] Kristina... 26 00:03:20,234 --> 00:03:22,399 [begging, shouting, crying] 27 00:03:22,433 --> 00:03:22,933 Get the body. 28 00:03:22,967 --> 00:03:24,067 [crying] Kristina! 29 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:25,600 Kristina! 30 00:03:30,333 --> 00:03:32,666 [crying] Kristina.... 31 00:03:49,366 --> 00:03:50,466 Kristina? 32 00:03:50,499 --> 00:03:51,766 Kristina. 33 00:04:20,633 --> 00:04:22,666 Happy Birthday your majesty. 34 00:04:34,366 --> 00:04:36,366 Control your anger. 35 00:04:36,399 --> 00:04:38,266 Ssss... 36 00:04:38,299 --> 00:04:39,733 Suppress your tears. 37 00:04:43,233 --> 00:04:45,133 Were you aware of her shoulder? 38 00:04:45,167 --> 00:04:46,033 A distracted servant. 39 00:04:46,067 --> 00:04:47,733 She fell down a flight of stairs. 40 00:04:49,466 --> 00:04:50,333 The child is in good health. 41 00:04:50,366 --> 00:04:52,167 [applause] 42 00:04:52,299 --> 00:04:54,333 I remember when you were born... 43 00:04:54,366 --> 00:04:56,566 Your first cry was so deep, 44 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,499 we thought it was the long awaited prince. 45 00:04:59,533 --> 00:05:02,800 So we took you to your father and he unwrapped the blanket. 46 00:05:02,833 --> 00:05:04,499 A girl... 47 00:05:04,533 --> 00:05:07,733 But she must be very clever, because she fooled us all. 48 00:05:07,766 --> 00:05:10,100 She will be raised like a prince. 49 00:05:10,133 --> 00:05:13,833 Rules for the training of the mind, by Descartes! 50 00:05:13,867 --> 00:05:15,233 A Catholic! 51 00:05:15,266 --> 00:05:16,800 That is blasphemy. 52 00:05:16,833 --> 00:05:19,167 To be uneducated in this world of ours, 53 00:05:19,199 --> 00:05:21,067 that would be blasphemy. 54 00:05:21,100 --> 00:05:22,366 Heresy! 55 00:05:22,399 --> 00:05:23,433 How dare you! 56 00:05:23,466 --> 00:05:25,499 -Stop! -From now on... 57 00:05:25,533 --> 00:05:29,033 We will decide what you read. 58 00:05:29,133 --> 00:05:29,833 Luther is right. 59 00:05:29,867 --> 00:05:32,266 The Pope is an aberration and... 60 00:05:32,299 --> 00:05:33,533 ...and his infallibility... 61 00:05:33,566 --> 00:05:34,833 ...a fraud. 62 00:05:34,867 --> 00:05:36,433 I'm glad to see you've come to your senses... 63 00:05:36,466 --> 00:05:39,833 But I still think Luther's austerity is sadistic. 64 00:05:39,867 --> 00:05:41,366 He sees the devil everywhere. 65 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:44,366 Even in a fly. 66 00:05:44,399 --> 00:05:46,666 I'll bring back your favorite books. 67 00:05:47,333 --> 00:05:48,333 Descartes? 68 00:05:48,366 --> 00:05:49,199 If you wish. 69 00:05:49,233 --> 00:05:51,399 Even Descartes... 70 00:05:56,366 --> 00:05:57,366 [book slams] 71 00:06:11,466 --> 00:06:13,033 28. 72 00:06:13,833 --> 00:06:15,333 12. 73 00:06:16,399 --> 00:06:18,266 Her Majesty is in good health 74 00:06:40,099 --> 00:06:41,666 Happy eighteenth birthday. 75 00:06:46,466 --> 00:06:50,067 With your father's sword, Sweden is yours. 76 00:06:55,633 --> 00:06:57,700 [loud breathing, grunt] 77 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:01,733 [loud breathing, grunt] 78 00:07:04,566 --> 00:07:06,099 [laughing] 79 00:07:10,533 --> 00:07:11,666 Careful! 80 00:07:13,466 --> 00:07:15,399 You should concentrate, my cousin! 81 00:07:20,666 --> 00:07:22,633 I'll lay a treasure at your feet. 82 00:07:28,700 --> 00:07:30,800 The greatest treasure in the world? 83 00:07:30,833 --> 00:07:32,166 Yes! 84 00:07:32,199 --> 00:07:33,733 The greatest treasure in the world. 85 00:07:33,766 --> 00:07:35,733 I'll grant your deepest desire. 86 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:38,333 Just ask me! 87 00:07:40,099 --> 00:07:41,566 [grunt] 88 00:07:42,399 --> 00:07:44,099 Like Luther, 89 00:07:44,132 --> 00:07:46,399 I want to spend a night with the devil. 90 00:07:49,099 --> 00:07:50,700 Do you really think he's the one 91 00:07:50,733 --> 00:07:53,433 who will lay the devil at your feet? 92 00:07:53,466 --> 00:07:56,266 [church bells chiming] 93 00:08:01,433 --> 00:08:05,299 On this sacred day, may I call you my daughter? 94 00:08:10,466 --> 00:08:14,800 ♪ 95 00:08:57,833 --> 00:09:00,533 Did I see you speak to her on my behalf? 96 00:09:00,566 --> 00:09:02,766 She needs to feel loved, convince her. 97 00:09:07,166 --> 00:09:10,166 They haven't brought me your Royal Proclamation speech. 98 00:09:10,199 --> 00:09:11,800 And they won't be bringing it. 99 00:09:11,833 --> 00:09:13,066 Why? 100 00:09:13,099 --> 00:09:15,066 Because that's what I decided. 101 00:09:15,099 --> 00:09:17,533 Do you realize the importance of this speech? 102 00:09:17,566 --> 00:09:18,533 Yes! 103 00:09:18,566 --> 00:09:21,833 And I've been preparing for it since childhood. 104 00:09:21,867 --> 00:09:24,166 This is a fine occasion for you to trust her. 105 00:09:24,199 --> 00:09:25,266 Stop it. 106 00:09:25,299 --> 00:09:26,433 Father... 107 00:09:26,466 --> 00:09:27,466 [sigh] Let Kristina show you 108 00:09:27,499 --> 00:09:30,533 that you have every reason to be proud of her. 109 00:09:30,566 --> 00:09:32,633 Very well. 110 00:09:32,666 --> 00:09:35,333 I'll hold you both responsible for the consequences. 111 00:09:35,366 --> 00:09:36,600 [chuckles] 112 00:09:38,366 --> 00:09:41,233 Her majesty, Queen Kristina! 113 00:09:43,833 --> 00:09:46,266 How radiant and proud she is! 114 00:09:47,466 --> 00:09:49,333 What a marvelous day for our kingdom! 115 00:09:49,366 --> 00:09:51,333 You, Kristina, on the throne. 116 00:09:51,366 --> 00:09:53,233 [applause] 117 00:09:53,266 --> 00:09:54,633 Yes! 118 00:09:55,566 --> 00:09:57,399 Your majesty... 119 00:09:57,433 --> 00:09:59,666 Your humble servant. 120 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:03,700 Magnus, I take umbrage at your splendid attire. 121 00:10:03,733 --> 00:10:05,800 If Your Majesty wishes, I shall take everything off. 122 00:10:05,833 --> 00:10:08,166 And I should take umbrage all the more. 123 00:10:10,266 --> 00:10:12,800 May I introduce you to Monsieur Pierre Chanut, 124 00:10:12,833 --> 00:10:15,533 France's distinguished ambassador to our country. 125 00:10:15,566 --> 00:10:17,266 Your Majesty. 126 00:10:17,299 --> 00:10:18,566 Monsieur. 127 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,533 Despite our religious differences, 128 00:10:20,566 --> 00:10:21,833 Sweden accepts France, 129 00:10:21,867 --> 00:10:24,700 the eldest daughter of the Church of Rome, 130 00:10:24,733 --> 00:10:26,833 as our greatest ally. 131 00:10:26,867 --> 00:10:30,600 We are stealing souls from the Holy German Empire, 132 00:10:30,633 --> 00:10:33,333 while you are stealing their provinces. 133 00:10:33,366 --> 00:10:34,733 [laughs] 134 00:10:34,766 --> 00:10:36,333 [applause] 135 00:10:55,833 --> 00:10:57,266 Jakob! 136 00:10:57,299 --> 00:11:00,099 You remember my younger brother, Jakob? 137 00:11:00,132 --> 00:11:02,800 Some say he's even handsomer than me. 138 00:11:02,833 --> 00:11:04,166 Your Majesty. 139 00:11:04,199 --> 00:11:06,733 My fiancée, Countess Ebba Sparre. 140 00:11:08,132 --> 00:11:10,032 Your Majesty. 141 00:11:15,832 --> 00:11:18,032 We must all take umbrage. 142 00:11:23,266 --> 00:11:26,366 [music playing] 143 00:11:36,399 --> 00:11:38,299 I don't see my mother. 144 00:11:38,333 --> 00:11:39,499 She left. 145 00:11:44,700 --> 00:11:46,799 Still at your papa's side I see? 146 00:11:46,832 --> 00:11:50,499 Everytime I see you, the same image comes to mind. 147 00:11:50,533 --> 00:11:52,466 What image is that my friend? 148 00:11:52,499 --> 00:11:55,233 You can open a dog's mouth to teach him to talk... 149 00:11:55,266 --> 00:11:56,333 But... 150 00:11:56,366 --> 00:11:59,433 It just goes on, barking. 151 00:11:59,466 --> 00:12:00,533 [light barking] 152 00:12:02,299 --> 00:12:04,366 Lovely to see you again. 153 00:12:04,399 --> 00:12:06,099 Did you bring my first revolution? 154 00:12:06,132 --> 00:12:08,366 I was olny waiting for you to give the order, my queen. 155 00:12:08,399 --> 00:12:09,600 Now! 156 00:12:12,433 --> 00:12:15,233 For our gracious majesty's pleasure! 157 00:12:15,266 --> 00:12:16,433 [claps hands twice] 158 00:12:16,466 --> 00:12:19,099 [music playing] 159 00:12:39,566 --> 00:12:42,032 [ringing sound] 160 00:12:47,799 --> 00:12:50,333 [applause] 161 00:12:52,333 --> 00:12:53,600 It's time now. 162 00:12:54,466 --> 00:12:56,466 Everything will be fine. 163 00:12:56,499 --> 00:12:58,366 Show them what you're made of! 164 00:12:59,732 --> 00:13:02,032 The Queen! 165 00:13:12,233 --> 00:13:14,799 Today I came of age 166 00:13:14,832 --> 00:13:18,765 and I solemnly received my father's crown. 167 00:13:18,799 --> 00:13:24,199 The crown of the great Gustav, Lion of the North, 168 00:13:24,233 --> 00:13:25,633 who gave his life 169 00:13:25,666 --> 00:13:28,600 fighting to defend the glory of Sweden. 170 00:13:28,633 --> 00:13:30,433 [cheers/applause] 171 00:13:32,166 --> 00:13:37,099 And I, like him, intend to work day and night 172 00:13:37,132 --> 00:13:39,466 for the glory of our kingdom, 173 00:13:39,499 --> 00:13:44,132 in keeping with the teachings of Luther, our spiritual guide. 174 00:13:44,166 --> 00:13:46,299 [cheers/applause] 175 00:13:47,799 --> 00:13:54,333 I inherited from my father a country of miners 176 00:13:54,366 --> 00:14:00,199 and lumberjacks, of peasants and soldiers. 177 00:14:00,233 --> 00:14:05,132 Ignorance and illiteracy are rampant in the lower classes, 178 00:14:05,166 --> 00:14:10,333 people scorn scholars and are suspicious of knowledge. 179 00:14:12,866 --> 00:14:19,499 The French philosopher, René Descartes, says... 180 00:14:19,533 --> 00:14:22,600 that curiosity is a great asset. 181 00:14:22,633 --> 00:14:27,299 Says it predisposes us to acquire scientific knowledge. 182 00:14:27,333 --> 00:14:28,832 He says... 183 00:14:28,866 --> 00:14:33,832 the best remedy, for excessive admiration, 184 00:14:33,866 --> 00:14:37,765 is to acquire knowledge of many things, 185 00:14:37,799 --> 00:14:40,066 and to practice appreciation 186 00:14:40,099 --> 00:14:44,266 of those that seem most rare and strange. 187 00:14:45,266 --> 00:14:47,132 We must build schools! 188 00:14:47,166 --> 00:14:48,132 Theaters! 189 00:14:48,166 --> 00:14:49,600 Libraries! 190 00:14:49,632 --> 00:14:51,799 We must welcome the finest thinkers 191 00:14:51,832 --> 00:14:54,399 and those banned for their ideas. 192 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,665 I want to make my country 193 00:14:57,699 --> 00:15:01,466 the most sophisticated country in Europe. 194 00:15:01,499 --> 00:15:06,333 Let us become curious and make Stockholm the new Athens! 195 00:15:06,366 --> 00:15:08,299 [applause] 196 00:15:10,166 --> 00:15:12,366 To achieve this dream... 197 00:15:12,399 --> 00:15:15,499 We must tackle the greatest challenge 198 00:15:15,533 --> 00:15:18,799 in the history of this country... 199 00:15:18,832 --> 00:15:20,566 Peace! 200 00:15:20,599 --> 00:15:21,533 Peace? 201 00:15:21,566 --> 00:15:22,765 We must bring an end to these years of war 202 00:15:22,799 --> 00:15:24,433 with the Holy Roman Empire. 203 00:15:24,466 --> 00:15:25,599 With the Catholics?! 204 00:15:25,632 --> 00:15:29,632 Nothing is more difficult than peace. 205 00:15:29,665 --> 00:15:31,099 Thirty years of war... 206 00:15:31,132 --> 00:15:32,832 Thousands and thousands of deaths 207 00:15:32,866 --> 00:15:34,299 to ensure that Luther's faith, 208 00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:36,832 prevails over the North of this continent. 209 00:15:36,866 --> 00:15:39,399 And you would like us to abandon these goals?! 210 00:15:39,433 --> 00:15:41,799 We got drunk on the blood of Catholics. 211 00:15:41,832 --> 00:15:44,132 And now we are supposed to dilute everything 212 00:15:44,166 --> 00:15:45,299 with poetry and song! 213 00:15:45,333 --> 00:15:46,565 Sit down... 214 00:15:46,599 --> 00:15:48,366 When pretty phrases and sweet melodies 215 00:15:48,399 --> 00:15:50,099 have lulled us to sleep, 216 00:15:50,132 --> 00:15:52,433 Catholic Germany will rise and, brandishing Rome, 217 00:15:52,466 --> 00:15:54,366 they will return to stab us in the back! 218 00:15:54,399 --> 00:15:56,099 -The way they did your father! -Sit down! 219 00:15:56,132 --> 00:15:59,199 This is her majesty, Queen Kristina of Sweden! 220 00:15:59,233 --> 00:16:02,233 And when the queen speaks, she commands! 221 00:16:27,132 --> 00:16:27,732 Wait! 222 00:16:27,765 --> 00:16:29,199 Wait, wait, wait, wait... 223 00:16:32,166 --> 00:16:34,066 I shall protect you. 224 00:16:34,099 --> 00:16:36,333 I shall love you, day and night. 225 00:16:36,366 --> 00:16:38,066 Marry me! 226 00:16:38,099 --> 00:16:39,266 What? 227 00:16:39,299 --> 00:16:39,966 Make me your king! 228 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:42,199 I have just introduced myself 229 00:16:42,233 --> 00:16:43,599 and presented my plans to the world 230 00:16:43,632 --> 00:16:45,665 and you are talking to me about marriage. 231 00:16:45,699 --> 00:16:50,233 The moon has barely risen on the first day of my reign, 232 00:16:50,266 --> 00:16:54,199 and I've already received countless proposals. 233 00:16:54,233 --> 00:16:57,299 The Great Elector of Brandenburg, 234 00:16:57,333 --> 00:16:59,199 the King of Hungary. 235 00:16:59,233 --> 00:17:01,732 Even Philip of Spain! 236 00:17:01,765 --> 00:17:05,099 An incurable syphilitic! 237 00:17:05,132 --> 00:17:08,132 Am I just a pawn for the taking? 238 00:17:08,166 --> 00:17:11,433 You don't need those kings, you have me! 239 00:17:11,466 --> 00:17:13,066 -Marry me! -No! 240 00:17:13,099 --> 00:17:15,166 I'll support all your revolutions, 241 00:17:15,199 --> 00:17:17,166 we've talked about this Kristina! 242 00:17:17,199 --> 00:17:19,565 I brought you the china and the crystal... 243 00:17:19,599 --> 00:17:20,665 NO!!! 244 00:17:23,233 --> 00:17:24,699 No... 245 00:17:27,333 --> 00:17:29,498 You need not to unpack your trunks. 246 00:17:30,732 --> 00:17:32,665 I'm sending you back to Paris. 247 00:17:32,699 --> 00:17:33,799 But Kristina... 248 00:17:33,832 --> 00:17:36,132 You heard her... 249 00:17:36,166 --> 00:17:38,166 You're going back to Paris. 250 00:17:40,399 --> 00:17:44,266 And I'm sending you to the German front. 251 00:17:44,299 --> 00:17:44,799 [gasps] 252 00:17:44,832 --> 00:17:46,632 Do you dare object? 253 00:17:49,565 --> 00:17:50,599 No... 254 00:17:50,632 --> 00:17:54,432 We need to demonstrate our strength on all fronts 255 00:17:54,465 --> 00:17:57,199 during these peace negotiations. 256 00:17:57,233 --> 00:17:59,066 Of course. 257 00:17:59,099 --> 00:18:00,399 But... 258 00:18:00,432 --> 00:18:03,132 I'll keep all of my promises. 259 00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:05,565 I swear I will! 260 00:18:10,299 --> 00:18:11,565 Let her go. 261 00:18:14,299 --> 00:18:16,199 [door closes] 262 00:18:24,465 --> 00:18:29,166 ♪ 263 00:19:03,266 --> 00:19:08,266 Custodiat animam tuam in vitam aeternam. 264 00:19:08,299 --> 00:19:09,532 Amen. 265 00:19:50,398 --> 00:19:53,266 You gave a courageous speech, your Majesty. 266 00:19:53,299 --> 00:19:55,166 Some called it suicidal. 267 00:19:55,199 --> 00:19:57,099 You were guided by your free will. 268 00:19:57,132 --> 00:19:58,498 My what? 269 00:19:58,532 --> 00:20:01,298 René Descartes is currently living in Holland. 270 00:20:01,332 --> 00:20:03,799 He's studying the passions of the soul. 271 00:20:03,832 --> 00:20:05,465 The passions of the soul? 272 00:20:05,498 --> 00:20:08,132 How to recognize them in order to master them. 273 00:20:08,166 --> 00:20:10,199 There is no need to study our passions, 274 00:20:10,233 --> 00:20:11,699 they're all bad for the soul. 275 00:20:11,732 --> 00:20:14,066 Our lives are determined in advance. 276 00:20:14,099 --> 00:20:15,799 Life is God's gift to us, 277 00:20:15,832 --> 00:20:18,166 and He alone is in charge of our fate 278 00:20:18,199 --> 00:20:20,132 Beware of Catholics, your Majesty... 279 00:20:20,166 --> 00:20:22,332 They practice loose theology. 280 00:20:23,199 --> 00:20:25,565 Shall we talk about these peace negotiations? 281 00:20:25,599 --> 00:20:27,632 I expect they will be difficult. 282 00:20:29,132 --> 00:20:32,132 Johan, you would make a fine negotiator for us. 283 00:20:32,166 --> 00:20:32,799 What? 284 00:20:32,832 --> 00:20:34,166 In Osnabruck. 285 00:20:34,199 --> 00:20:35,799 You're sending me to Germany? 286 00:20:35,832 --> 00:20:38,132 Who could better represent me than you? 287 00:20:38,166 --> 00:20:42,732 Johan is grateful, your majesty, for this honour. 288 00:20:42,765 --> 00:20:45,199 Yes, of course, thank you. 289 00:20:47,199 --> 00:20:48,799 [horses whinnying] 290 00:20:50,166 --> 00:20:51,565 It's about time! 291 00:20:57,832 --> 00:21:00,532 [sigh] What is she doing here? 292 00:21:00,565 --> 00:21:05,066 From now on, I'll be choosing my ladies-in-waiting myself. 293 00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:08,799 The "lady's seat" restricts us to trotting, 294 00:21:08,832 --> 00:21:10,432 and it makes us look ridiculous. 295 00:21:10,465 --> 00:21:11,699 Get down. 296 00:21:12,832 --> 00:21:14,565 Give her your saddle. 297 00:21:14,599 --> 00:21:18,265 How do you expect me to feel, she's sending me away... 298 00:21:18,298 --> 00:21:20,599 She has to learn to appreciate your worth... 299 00:21:20,632 --> 00:21:21,765 Oh, really? From a distance? 300 00:21:21,799 --> 00:21:24,599 No, make sure you're the best negotiator possible, 301 00:21:24,632 --> 00:21:26,832 impress her. 302 00:21:26,866 --> 00:21:29,565 She wants to keep all the power for herself. 303 00:21:31,398 --> 00:21:34,665 I'll make sure she doesn't forget you. 304 00:21:34,866 --> 00:21:36,432 Follow me! 305 00:22:07,332 --> 00:22:10,032 [gunshot] [surprised shout] 306 00:22:12,398 --> 00:22:14,365 Mmmm... 307 00:22:15,165 --> 00:22:17,066 [sigh] 308 00:22:19,265 --> 00:22:19,599 Mmm... 309 00:22:19,632 --> 00:22:20,832 [chuckles] 310 00:22:20,866 --> 00:22:23,599 By the rusty nails of Christ's cross, 311 00:22:23,632 --> 00:22:25,066 this is delicious! 312 00:22:26,232 --> 00:22:28,198 I've been eating and hunting bear since I was a child, 313 00:22:28,232 --> 00:22:29,632 but this... 314 00:22:29,665 --> 00:22:31,599 This is something else. 315 00:22:31,632 --> 00:22:37,066 Shallots, garlic, and, important... 316 00:22:37,099 --> 00:22:41,332 One or two measures of french white wine. 317 00:22:41,365 --> 00:22:44,132 -Santé, your Majesty! -Santé... 318 00:22:45,465 --> 00:22:46,465 Look! 319 00:22:46,498 --> 00:22:49,099 This is a tomato... 320 00:22:49,131 --> 00:22:52,665 It comes from Spain's New World. 321 00:22:52,699 --> 00:22:57,198 They're also called "love apples" 322 00:23:00,198 --> 00:23:01,599 Mmmm... 323 00:23:03,398 --> 00:23:04,365 Come... 324 00:23:04,398 --> 00:23:06,131 Come sit here... 325 00:23:06,165 --> 00:23:07,498 At your table? 326 00:23:07,532 --> 00:23:08,599 Come! 327 00:23:17,332 --> 00:23:19,599 Taste this... 328 00:23:25,165 --> 00:23:27,498 [laughter] 329 00:23:28,398 --> 00:23:30,165 Mmmm... 330 00:23:31,665 --> 00:23:33,365 They're love apples... 331 00:23:33,398 --> 00:23:35,265 Delicious! [laughs] 332 00:23:35,298 --> 00:23:39,198 Descartes believes in the proper use of our passions. 333 00:23:39,232 --> 00:23:40,198 Because he thinks, 334 00:23:40,232 --> 00:23:43,565 it is the source of all felicity in our lives. 335 00:23:43,599 --> 00:23:44,765 Hum... 336 00:23:44,799 --> 00:23:47,298 Does that mean he rejects the philosophy of the Stoics? 337 00:23:47,332 --> 00:23:49,799 Human passions are bad for your soul? 338 00:23:49,832 --> 00:23:50,866 Absolutely... 339 00:23:50,899 --> 00:23:53,232 Then why should we learn to recognize our feelings? 340 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:59,065 Then we can decide what is right and what is wrong for ourselves. 341 00:23:59,098 --> 00:24:01,265 But our lives are determined in advance. 342 00:24:02,298 --> 00:24:05,799 Life is meant to be gray until we earn the final darkness. 343 00:24:05,832 --> 00:24:08,098 [sighs] 344 00:24:08,131 --> 00:24:11,599 Don't you think we can add a bit of colour? 345 00:24:12,532 --> 00:24:15,632 I find all this very exciting... 346 00:24:15,665 --> 00:24:16,765 and disturbing. 347 00:24:16,799 --> 00:24:20,732 By whose authority are you dining with our sovereign? 348 00:24:21,732 --> 00:24:25,131 I thank you, madame, for this delicious dinner. 349 00:24:25,165 --> 00:24:29,398 And ladies-in-waiting should not be dining, at the queen's table. 350 00:24:29,498 --> 00:24:30,165 Chancellor... 351 00:24:30,198 --> 00:24:32,432 I invited the ambassador myself. 352 00:24:32,465 --> 00:24:34,131 A Jesuit scoundrel! 353 00:24:34,165 --> 00:24:35,732 A Catholic recruiter. 354 00:24:35,765 --> 00:24:37,665 How can you be so careless! 355 00:24:37,699 --> 00:24:40,532 Can you image if people were aware of your 356 00:24:40,565 --> 00:24:43,565 private meetings with that man? 357 00:24:43,599 --> 00:24:47,632 And there was no need to be so rough with my lady-in-waiting. 358 00:24:47,665 --> 00:24:49,232 I want to make Kristina, 359 00:24:49,265 --> 00:24:51,532 the greatest Lutheran sovereign in the world. 360 00:24:51,565 --> 00:24:55,432 And I work night and day to have your reforms approved 361 00:24:55,465 --> 00:24:58,398 but there's opposition from all sides. 362 00:24:58,432 --> 00:25:01,398 Your ideas are expensive, 363 00:25:01,432 --> 00:25:03,599 and peace doesn't fill our coffers. 364 00:25:03,632 --> 00:25:07,565 I believe in your ideas, but you must help me. 365 00:25:07,599 --> 00:25:11,599 Don't allow your curiosity to distract you. 366 00:25:13,732 --> 00:25:19,365 When one does as one wishes, one rarely does as one should. 367 00:25:29,432 --> 00:25:30,765 [spitting] 368 00:25:51,365 --> 00:25:52,599 [sigh] 369 00:25:55,432 --> 00:25:56,765 Hum... 370 00:25:58,532 --> 00:26:00,498 [passionate sigh] 371 00:26:13,832 --> 00:26:16,232 [fly buzzing] 372 00:26:23,665 --> 00:26:25,599 Monsieur Descartes, 373 00:26:25,632 --> 00:26:29,665 I've heard about your research on human emotions... 374 00:26:31,532 --> 00:26:34,332 ...I would like you to explain two things to me... 375 00:26:34,365 --> 00:26:35,298 Bonjour, oui? 376 00:26:35,332 --> 00:26:36,732 This is for Descartes. 377 00:26:36,832 --> 00:26:38,131 First... 378 00:26:39,265 --> 00:26:39,965 [laughing] 379 00:26:39,998 --> 00:26:41,799 I would like you to tell me... 380 00:26:43,098 --> 00:26:44,699 What is love? 381 00:26:46,432 --> 00:26:49,265 I cannot grasp the secret impulse, 382 00:26:49,298 --> 00:26:52,565 that draws us to one person rather than another, 383 00:26:52,599 --> 00:26:56,699 Before we truly know that person's worth. 384 00:26:56,732 --> 00:26:58,198 [little sigh] 385 00:26:59,832 --> 00:27:04,699 Does this hidden alliance have its roots in the body... 386 00:27:06,165 --> 00:27:07,765 ...or the mind? 387 00:27:10,465 --> 00:27:12,398 And secondly, 388 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:17,065 how does one get rid of this feeling? 389 00:27:24,732 --> 00:27:29,699 There are two kinds of love. 390 00:27:29,732 --> 00:27:31,699 Compassionate love... 391 00:27:31,732 --> 00:27:35,632 which makes us desire the best for those we love. 392 00:27:37,332 --> 00:27:40,265 And lustful love. 393 00:27:40,298 --> 00:27:44,265 The love that makes us desire those we love. 394 00:27:44,465 --> 00:27:45,832 [heavy breathing] 395 00:27:45,865 --> 00:27:49,532 Every passion changes us physically, 396 00:27:49,565 --> 00:27:52,565 and each one has its own symptoms. 397 00:27:53,432 --> 00:27:58,131 We can identify them by the changes in our pulse, 398 00:27:58,665 --> 00:27:59,732 our breathing... 399 00:28:00,732 --> 00:28:03,198 or by the flush of our skin. 400 00:28:03,365 --> 00:28:07,165 But beware of facial expressions. 401 00:28:08,365 --> 00:28:12,232 They do not always reveal the truth since, 402 00:28:12,265 --> 00:28:16,699 we can willfully control our facial expressions. 403 00:28:18,098 --> 00:28:22,732 To hide one passion, we can imagine another, 404 00:28:22,765 --> 00:28:24,831 quite the opposite. 405 00:28:24,865 --> 00:28:30,065 But, for the time being, you should love. 406 00:28:30,831 --> 00:28:34,131 You can reason afterwards. 407 00:28:40,432 --> 00:28:41,765 These are for me? 408 00:28:43,232 --> 00:28:44,398 Are you serious? 409 00:28:44,498 --> 00:28:46,332 It's a present from Johan. 410 00:28:46,365 --> 00:28:49,031 -Is he serious? -Hum... 411 00:28:50,699 --> 00:28:53,498 Perhaps you... 412 00:28:53,532 --> 00:28:56,432 neglected these things for too long... 413 00:28:58,398 --> 00:29:01,398 The fff...feminine things that please... 414 00:29:01,432 --> 00:29:03,532 Please who? 415 00:29:05,599 --> 00:29:07,365 Mmm... 416 00:29:08,632 --> 00:29:10,232 Ah... 417 00:29:12,465 --> 00:29:14,465 This one is luminous. 418 00:29:14,498 --> 00:29:16,565 Yes, it's luminous. 419 00:29:16,599 --> 00:29:18,165 Yes. 420 00:29:21,131 --> 00:29:22,432 [gasps] 421 00:29:24,332 --> 00:29:26,232 How luminous! 422 00:29:26,465 --> 00:29:27,798 Try it on. 423 00:29:29,198 --> 00:29:30,532 Me? 424 00:29:30,565 --> 00:29:32,632 I'm sure it will suit you. 425 00:29:34,131 --> 00:29:35,565 [giggles] 426 00:29:40,165 --> 00:29:41,265 No! 427 00:29:43,432 --> 00:29:45,198 ...Here in front of me. 428 00:29:46,465 --> 00:29:48,699 In front of you? 429 00:29:48,731 --> 00:29:50,131 Yes. 430 00:30:06,599 --> 00:30:08,632 You're suddenly so quiet. 431 00:30:10,831 --> 00:30:14,131 I'm trying to change my facial expression 432 00:30:14,165 --> 00:30:17,098 by thinking of something totally different. 433 00:30:17,131 --> 00:30:18,465 [chuckles] 434 00:30:20,831 --> 00:30:22,198 Your fiancé? 435 00:30:23,865 --> 00:30:24,831 Jakob? 436 00:30:24,865 --> 00:30:27,031 How does he look at you? 437 00:30:28,632 --> 00:30:32,098 Sometimes he touches his chest like you... 438 00:30:32,131 --> 00:30:33,632 right now. 439 00:30:36,664 --> 00:30:40,498 Then he places his hands on his chin, like you. 440 00:30:44,265 --> 00:30:45,764 The gown. 441 00:30:50,831 --> 00:30:53,065 Is he proud to have you on his arm? 442 00:30:56,165 --> 00:30:57,398 I think so. 443 00:30:57,432 --> 00:31:02,232 Does he know how many men envy him in the jungle of suitors? 444 00:31:04,865 --> 00:31:08,498 Jakob looks at me the way we look at white swans. 445 00:31:09,631 --> 00:31:14,565 We praise the beauty of their wings, but... 446 00:31:17,664 --> 00:31:20,265 We forbid them to fly. 447 00:31:40,298 --> 00:31:42,365 [breathing heavily] 448 00:31:45,865 --> 00:31:48,065 How does he touch you? 449 00:31:56,165 --> 00:31:58,664 I love to make you blush. 450 00:32:02,098 --> 00:32:04,265 Did you have this gown made for me? 451 00:32:07,165 --> 00:32:10,764 I knew you would like it. 452 00:32:12,432 --> 00:32:14,598 [little laugh, sigh] 453 00:32:19,865 --> 00:32:22,031 Tell me that you like them. 454 00:32:22,664 --> 00:32:23,731 They're lovely... 455 00:32:23,764 --> 00:32:25,465 I know more about... 456 00:32:25,498 --> 00:32:28,298 artillery and cavalry strategies... 457 00:32:28,332 --> 00:32:30,031 [laughs] 458 00:32:33,831 --> 00:32:36,631 [laughter] 459 00:32:42,731 --> 00:32:46,598 ♪ 460 00:32:54,498 --> 00:32:56,598 [laughter] 461 00:33:08,564 --> 00:33:11,531 [laughs/breathing heavily] 462 00:33:12,764 --> 00:33:16,065 Time for prayers, Your Majesty. 463 00:33:25,631 --> 00:33:30,564 Nature is devious, when it comes to desire. 464 00:33:33,198 --> 00:33:36,232 We must not let her have her way. 465 00:33:39,531 --> 00:33:46,598 Dear God, let discernment and doubt be my guides. 466 00:33:50,497 --> 00:33:52,764 -Amen. -Amen. 467 00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:56,165 By the way, that gown was for you. 468 00:33:56,198 --> 00:33:58,198 I meant to tell you, from now on, 469 00:33:58,232 --> 00:34:01,232 I will have a private audience with whomever I please... 470 00:34:01,265 --> 00:34:04,365 -I don't think... -And, whenever I please. 471 00:34:04,398 --> 00:34:06,598 Good night, Chancellor. 472 00:34:12,365 --> 00:34:13,631 I delivered your instructions 473 00:34:13,664 --> 00:34:16,131 for the expansion of the Fallon mines. 474 00:34:16,165 --> 00:34:17,398 Thank you. 475 00:34:18,165 --> 00:34:20,131 Anything else? 476 00:34:21,631 --> 00:34:23,598 Johan is afraid that an army that doesn't share 477 00:34:23,631 --> 00:34:27,431 our peaceful aspirations is about to invade Prague. 478 00:34:27,464 --> 00:34:28,598 Prague? 479 00:34:28,631 --> 00:34:29,698 Yes. 480 00:34:29,731 --> 00:34:33,664 Isn't that where Emperor Rudolph keeps his treasures? 481 00:34:33,698 --> 00:34:35,332 Yes. 482 00:34:36,165 --> 00:34:40,598 They say the treasures include priceless rare books. 483 00:34:41,265 --> 00:34:46,564 The most beautiful paintings of all time and... 484 00:34:46,598 --> 00:34:48,098 A collection of animals, 485 00:34:48,131 --> 00:34:51,731 never seen in this part of the world before. 486 00:34:51,764 --> 00:34:54,131 -Yes. -They also say... 487 00:34:55,731 --> 00:34:59,731 He has an unholy Bible. 488 00:34:59,764 --> 00:35:03,265 A Bible written by the devil himself. 489 00:35:03,298 --> 00:35:04,631 [sighs] 490 00:35:05,198 --> 00:35:06,664 Prague... 491 00:35:16,198 --> 00:35:18,232 [laughs] 492 00:35:18,664 --> 00:35:21,232 Concentrate... 493 00:35:21,332 --> 00:35:22,497 [knocking] 494 00:35:24,798 --> 00:35:26,798 Count Oxenstierna. 495 00:35:27,365 --> 00:35:28,564 Johan! 496 00:35:28,598 --> 00:35:30,332 Hey... 497 00:35:33,397 --> 00:35:36,065 [laughs/sighs] 498 00:35:36,098 --> 00:35:38,098 I'm so happy to see you again. 499 00:35:38,131 --> 00:35:40,298 I'm glad to hear that. 500 00:35:45,564 --> 00:35:48,698 An official portrait, Countess. 501 00:35:48,731 --> 00:35:50,764 You're spoiled. 502 00:35:52,298 --> 00:35:54,065 Et voilà! 503 00:35:54,464 --> 00:35:57,098 The humanists are here by the door. 504 00:35:57,332 --> 00:35:58,332 The stoics... 505 00:35:58,364 --> 00:35:59,731 by the windows. 506 00:36:00,497 --> 00:36:02,165 And... 507 00:36:02,198 --> 00:36:04,497 The library of the humanist Grotius 508 00:36:04,531 --> 00:36:06,531 will arrive soon. 509 00:36:07,232 --> 00:36:07,898 Can you imagine! 510 00:36:07,931 --> 00:36:10,198 Forty-eight cartloads of books! 511 00:36:10,232 --> 00:36:13,464 150,000 manuscripts... 512 00:36:13,497 --> 00:36:18,364 This new library could hold 500,000 books and treatises. 513 00:36:18,397 --> 00:36:21,431 Nourishment for our beloved Sweden. 514 00:36:21,464 --> 00:36:24,065 The most beautiful garden of all. 515 00:36:25,265 --> 00:36:26,531 Did you really miss me... 516 00:36:26,564 --> 00:36:28,265 while I was away? 517 00:36:28,298 --> 00:36:32,331 I told Countess Sparre you are the man who is dearest to me. 518 00:36:35,764 --> 00:36:37,397 Let me read to you... 519 00:36:38,731 --> 00:36:41,531 Not this one, this one is in Greek. 520 00:36:43,664 --> 00:36:45,397 Hum... 521 00:36:45,431 --> 00:36:48,131 -And this one in... -Arabic. 522 00:36:48,165 --> 00:36:49,764 Of course... 523 00:36:52,497 --> 00:36:54,497 And this one in Spanish. 524 00:36:56,198 --> 00:36:56,998 Ah! 525 00:36:57,031 --> 00:36:58,798 At last, here's one in our language. 526 00:36:59,431 --> 00:37:01,165 I'm listening. 527 00:37:02,798 --> 00:37:07,631 The Elliptical Trajectory of the Planets {end-italic}, by Kepler. 528 00:37:14,831 --> 00:37:16,798 [sighs] 529 00:37:16,831 --> 00:37:17,731 Good Lord... 530 00:37:17,764 --> 00:37:20,331 An official portrait for Countess Sparre 531 00:37:20,364 --> 00:37:22,065 in a whore's gown? 532 00:37:23,264 --> 00:37:25,397 It's the gown you sent to Kristina as a present 533 00:37:25,431 --> 00:37:27,232 while you were away. 534 00:37:27,264 --> 00:37:30,198 I sent a gown? To Kristina? 535 00:37:30,232 --> 00:37:31,531 Several gowns. 536 00:37:31,564 --> 00:37:32,764 [laughs] 537 00:37:32,798 --> 00:37:34,065 For Kristina? 538 00:37:34,098 --> 00:37:35,531 18, to be honest. 539 00:37:35,564 --> 00:37:36,664 Hmm.. 540 00:37:36,698 --> 00:37:38,698 Why is the countess wearing it? 541 00:37:38,731 --> 00:37:40,731 I don't know ask her! 542 00:37:40,764 --> 00:37:42,664 [mumbles] Women... 543 00:37:42,698 --> 00:37:44,165 [chuckles] 544 00:37:45,764 --> 00:37:48,131 We have to maintain total domination, 545 00:37:48,165 --> 00:37:50,664 over the Baltic Sea at all costs. 546 00:37:50,698 --> 00:37:53,297 But I promised the Germans we would leave them 547 00:37:53,331 --> 00:37:55,698 three provinces with access to the shore! 548 00:37:55,731 --> 00:37:58,564 Emperor Marcus Aurelius said: 549 00:37:58,598 --> 00:38:01,664 "The world is in perpetual transformation 550 00:38:01,698 --> 00:38:04,165 and life is a mere opinion." 551 00:38:04,198 --> 00:38:05,464 Translation, please? 552 00:38:05,497 --> 00:38:07,464 Nothing is unalterable. 553 00:38:07,497 --> 00:38:09,798 You intend to break the promise I made to the Germans... 554 00:38:09,831 --> 00:38:12,264 The negotiations are taking too long. 555 00:38:12,297 --> 00:38:16,497 We worked day and night to grant them this access to the sea. 556 00:38:16,531 --> 00:38:19,631 I have ordered Karl Gustav to enter Prague. 557 00:38:21,131 --> 00:38:22,464 We will conquer Prague? 558 00:38:23,397 --> 00:38:25,764 Before the peace negotiations are over? 559 00:38:25,798 --> 00:38:28,065 The terror inspired by the conquest of Prague 560 00:38:28,098 --> 00:38:31,397 will hasten the negotiations to our advantage. 561 00:38:31,431 --> 00:38:37,231 "Ô, dieu qu'il est doux de plaindre le sort d'un ennemi 562 00:38:37,264 --> 00:38:40,698 quand il n'est plus à craindre!" 563 00:38:40,731 --> 00:38:42,098 Huh? 564 00:38:42,464 --> 00:38:46,098 And that means: An enemy on his knees 565 00:38:46,131 --> 00:38:48,631 has no choice but to negotiate. 566 00:38:48,664 --> 00:38:53,264 You intend to send me back to Osnabruck, 567 00:38:53,297 --> 00:38:54,698 to break our promises? 568 00:38:54,731 --> 00:38:58,431 No, Johan, I intend to keep you here with me. 569 00:39:00,098 --> 00:39:01,397 We will march on Prague! 570 00:39:01,431 --> 00:39:03,464 (All) We will march on Prague! 571 00:39:04,364 --> 00:39:05,397 Axel? 572 00:39:08,197 --> 00:39:11,131 We will march on Prague! 573 00:39:11,164 --> 00:39:13,331 [applause] 574 00:39:16,497 --> 00:39:18,798 Why can't she talk like the rest of us? 575 00:39:18,831 --> 00:39:20,164 Hmmph... 576 00:39:33,098 --> 00:39:35,631 Descartes is afraid he'll be forced to flee Holland soon. 577 00:39:35,664 --> 00:39:37,231 He will always be welcome here. 578 00:39:37,264 --> 00:39:39,764 -Has he written to you recently? -Well actually... 579 00:39:41,331 --> 00:39:42,631 He wrote... 580 00:39:43,331 --> 00:39:44,664 A treatise. 581 00:39:46,231 --> 00:39:48,197 And it is for you. 582 00:39:51,264 --> 00:39:53,431 Descartes hopes for your Majesty's opinion. 583 00:39:53,464 --> 00:39:56,065 For me? Les passions de l'âme. 584 00:39:56,098 --> 00:39:57,331 His latest work. 585 00:39:57,364 --> 00:40:00,664 He must come to Sweden and teach me all this. 586 00:40:00,698 --> 00:40:04,264 I'll invite him, on your behalf, your Majesty. 587 00:40:04,865 --> 00:40:06,397 You must. 588 00:40:06,431 --> 00:40:07,564 I will. 589 00:40:08,331 --> 00:40:13,097 Look... 590 00:40:13,130 --> 00:40:14,497 Oh! 591 00:40:17,831 --> 00:40:19,798 What a nice surprise. 592 00:40:20,598 --> 00:40:22,798 They're looking for you. 593 00:40:23,364 --> 00:40:24,531 Kristina? 594 00:40:24,564 --> 00:40:25,731 Oh... Au revoir your majesty... 595 00:40:25,764 --> 00:40:27,130 Where are you? 596 00:40:27,164 --> 00:40:28,197 Come... 597 00:40:35,865 --> 00:40:37,364 He wrote to me... 598 00:40:39,197 --> 00:40:40,431 All this... 599 00:40:40,464 --> 00:40:43,331 "To attain the truth in life, we must discard 600 00:40:43,364 --> 00:40:45,331 all the ideas we've been taught..." 601 00:40:52,564 --> 00:40:55,497 "And reconstruct the entire system of our knowledge." 602 00:41:02,331 --> 00:41:04,264 The queen is here!!! 603 00:41:04,297 --> 00:41:05,364 The Queen! 604 00:41:05,397 --> 00:41:07,464 The Queen!! 605 00:41:12,764 --> 00:41:15,798 What were you and her majesty talking about? 606 00:41:15,831 --> 00:41:18,698 Chancellor, you cannot deny my access to the Queen. 607 00:41:18,731 --> 00:41:22,464 You know France is your greatest ally. 608 00:41:22,497 --> 00:41:24,397 We need your mines. 609 00:41:24,431 --> 00:41:33,397 You need our money. 610 00:41:33,431 --> 00:41:34,464 Hmmpf. 611 00:41:34,497 --> 00:41:36,431 [cheering/applause] 612 00:41:48,531 --> 00:41:50,698 My valiant subjects! 613 00:41:50,731 --> 00:41:54,798 You work to ensure the glory of Sweden and your queen. 614 00:41:54,831 --> 00:41:56,331 Offer them some beer. 615 00:41:57,464 --> 00:42:00,664 Thanks to your fathers' rebellion, 616 00:42:00,698 --> 00:42:05,097 My ancestor rose to the throne and overthrew tyranny... 617 00:42:05,130 --> 00:42:07,197 Offer them beer! 618 00:42:07,631 --> 00:42:09,531 As the great Marcus Aurelius said... 619 00:42:09,564 --> 00:42:10,764 Beer for everyone! 620 00:42:10,798 --> 00:42:12,731 [cheers/applause] 621 00:42:15,297 --> 00:42:17,097 "Long live Kristina!" 622 00:42:17,130 --> 00:42:18,764 "Long live Kristina!" 623 00:42:18,798 --> 00:42:20,598 "Long live Kristina!" 624 00:42:20,631 --> 00:42:22,731 "Long live Kristina!..." 625 00:42:24,331 --> 00:42:27,798 [continue chanting] 626 00:42:33,431 --> 00:42:37,564 "Desire is an agitation caused by the spirits 627 00:42:37,598 --> 00:42:42,231 which disposes the soul to will for the future 628 00:42:42,264 --> 00:42:47,798 things it represents to itself as desirable." 629 00:42:47,831 --> 00:42:49,631 Are you feeling ill? 630 00:42:49,664 --> 00:42:50,598 No... 631 00:42:50,631 --> 00:42:52,297 Just a bit tired. 632 00:42:52,331 --> 00:42:53,631 Go get some rest. 633 00:42:53,664 --> 00:42:56,197 -No...I -Immediately. 634 00:43:08,364 --> 00:43:09,531 [sighs] 635 00:43:14,231 --> 00:43:15,764 In the winter... 636 00:43:15,798 --> 00:43:18,564 during the military campaigns, 637 00:43:18,598 --> 00:43:22,497 my father asked a nobleman to warm his bed for him. 638 00:43:22,531 --> 00:43:25,564 He lay in the bed before my father, 639 00:43:25,598 --> 00:43:30,064 and the sheets were warm when the king came to join him. 640 00:43:30,097 --> 00:43:33,130 They called him the king's bed companion. 641 00:43:34,764 --> 00:43:38,064 From now on, you will have this title. 642 00:43:41,397 --> 00:43:43,197 At the court? 643 00:43:43,231 --> 00:43:46,598 And you will assume these duties. 644 00:44:26,130 --> 00:44:27,464 Belle? 645 00:44:29,464 --> 00:44:31,564 You may call me that if you wish. 646 00:44:35,698 --> 00:44:38,564 I don't need your permission. 647 00:44:53,864 --> 00:44:55,564 [sighs] 648 00:45:01,197 --> 00:45:02,797 I know how to set a bear trap, 649 00:45:02,830 --> 00:45:06,231 how.. how to cl.. clean a musket, but... 650 00:45:06,264 --> 00:45:10,564 I don't know how to place my lips on yours. 651 00:45:10,598 --> 00:45:13,598 What to do with my hands. 652 00:45:45,497 --> 00:45:47,497 That was better 653 00:45:51,197 --> 00:45:55,830 [sighs] 654 00:45:55,864 --> 00:45:59,364 What does your philosopher say? 655 00:45:59,397 --> 00:46:03,497 To attain the truth in life we must discard 656 00:46:03,531 --> 00:46:07,030 all the ideas we've been taught. 657 00:46:29,130 --> 00:46:31,197 [crying] 658 00:46:34,130 --> 00:46:36,664 [gasps/crying] 659 00:46:52,864 --> 00:46:54,664 The queen says that... 660 00:46:54,697 --> 00:46:56,797 pregnant women are nothing but sows. 661 00:46:58,264 --> 00:47:02,064 Our monarch is fluent in many languages. 662 00:47:02,097 --> 00:47:05,564 I want to remain in her service. 663 00:47:05,598 --> 00:47:09,064 There is no better position than that of a lady-in-waiting. 664 00:47:09,097 --> 00:47:11,497 None sire, none. 665 00:47:14,697 --> 00:47:17,598 There is only one way for you to remain in her service. 666 00:47:17,631 --> 00:47:20,231 That is against God's will! 667 00:47:26,164 --> 00:47:29,763 Is fornicating outside of wedlock, 668 00:47:29,797 --> 00:47:31,564 a Christian act? 669 00:47:31,598 --> 00:47:33,598 [gasping] 670 00:47:33,631 --> 00:47:35,663 But I love him... 671 00:47:35,697 --> 00:47:37,231 Of course... 672 00:47:37,264 --> 00:47:41,231 Of course you do... 673 00:47:41,264 --> 00:47:44,097 [sobs] 674 00:47:45,397 --> 00:47:49,264 I will see that they deal with this thing in your belly. 675 00:47:52,697 --> 00:47:54,364 Heh.... 676 00:47:57,331 --> 00:48:01,397 And you can be helpful to me, Countess Erksein. 677 00:48:05,264 --> 00:48:06,763 So? What is it? 678 00:48:06,797 --> 00:48:09,730 Countess Sparre has broken off her engagement 679 00:48:09,763 --> 00:48:11,797 with Jakob de la Gardie. 680 00:48:11,830 --> 00:48:13,464 [sighs] 681 00:48:13,497 --> 00:48:14,797 Nobody told me. 682 00:48:14,830 --> 00:48:16,397 When Her Majesty is one's rival, 683 00:48:16,431 --> 00:48:19,097 one doesn't shout it from the rooftops. 684 00:48:19,130 --> 00:48:21,231 What are you insinuating? 685 00:48:21,264 --> 00:48:24,663 The countess, has just been promoted 686 00:48:24,697 --> 00:48:27,264 to the title of the queen's bed companion. 687 00:48:27,297 --> 00:48:29,630 Hah! Johan, Johan, Johan! 688 00:48:30,697 --> 00:48:33,797 Friendship between women is much closer 689 00:48:33,830 --> 00:48:35,297 than the friendship of men, 690 00:48:35,331 --> 00:48:37,297 and it can be easily misinterpreted. 691 00:48:37,331 --> 00:48:38,730 When will you stop kidding yourself, 692 00:48:38,763 --> 00:48:40,630 -my pathetic papa? -Wait, stop! 693 00:48:40,663 --> 00:48:42,830 You raised her as a man 694 00:48:42,864 --> 00:48:45,663 and now you're surprised that she whistles at women! 695 00:48:45,697 --> 00:48:48,730 Her determination to change the natural order of things 696 00:48:48,763 --> 00:48:50,730 is from her deviance, father. 697 00:48:50,763 --> 00:48:53,763 Deviants they need to question the natural order of things. 698 00:48:53,797 --> 00:48:55,597 They need to make the world fit 699 00:48:55,630 --> 00:48:59,197 their peculiar vision of the order of things. 700 00:48:59,231 --> 00:49:01,164 We must not exaggerate. 701 00:49:01,197 --> 00:49:05,464 How long will we stand by while ladies adopt breeches 702 00:49:05,497 --> 00:49:07,797 and gentlemen become [clicks tongue] eunuchs? 703 00:49:07,830 --> 00:49:11,797 We must not exaggerate and stop drinking! Stop. 704 00:49:11,830 --> 00:49:13,497 The more scandalous her behavior, 705 00:49:13,531 --> 00:49:15,264 the more people will blame you. 706 00:49:17,663 --> 00:49:22,231 I... I know someone who will remind her of her duty. 707 00:49:34,397 --> 00:49:38,297 What is the purpose of this rare visit, Mother? 708 00:49:38,331 --> 00:49:41,530 I want to travel to Germany to see my family. 709 00:49:44,397 --> 00:49:45,464 Majesty... 710 00:49:45,497 --> 00:49:48,030 The purpose of your visit! 711 00:49:52,663 --> 00:49:53,663 You... 712 00:49:53,697 --> 00:49:57,730 You have to get married... as soon as possible. 713 00:49:57,763 --> 00:49:59,763 For the stability of the throne. 714 00:50:00,663 --> 00:50:03,097 Think of the chaos if you were to die tomorrow. 715 00:50:03,130 --> 00:50:05,331 I am aware of my duty in this matter. 716 00:50:05,364 --> 00:50:06,530 [sighs] 717 00:50:06,563 --> 00:50:11,097 But I have yet to accept... that a man could exploit me 718 00:50:11,130 --> 00:50:13,763 like a peasant plows his fields. 719 00:50:13,797 --> 00:50:14,730 [lightly laughs] 720 00:50:14,763 --> 00:50:18,264 For the time being, I have other concerns. 721 00:50:20,431 --> 00:50:22,130 I am working for peace. 722 00:50:22,164 --> 00:50:23,197 Peace? 723 00:50:23,231 --> 00:50:24,331 Haha! 724 00:50:24,364 --> 00:50:26,231 Peace yes... 725 00:50:27,563 --> 00:50:30,197 I've heard about this madness. 726 00:50:30,231 --> 00:50:32,331 Your father fought for the conquests 727 00:50:32,364 --> 00:50:36,264 that you are pawning for your silly whims! 728 00:50:38,130 --> 00:50:38,897 [clears throat] 729 00:50:38,930 --> 00:50:39,830 You were speaking about marriage. 730 00:50:39,864 --> 00:50:43,164 There is no glory in hypocritical treaties 731 00:50:43,197 --> 00:50:46,730 that do nothing but grant the enemy time to rearm. 732 00:50:46,763 --> 00:50:51,231 -Peace is a gift to a nation. -Words, words, words! 733 00:50:51,264 --> 00:50:53,197 Listen to the Minerva of the North. 734 00:50:53,231 --> 00:50:56,463 She invades Prague in the middle of the peace negotiations, 735 00:50:56,496 --> 00:50:59,197 and then she extends the olive branch. 736 00:51:01,297 --> 00:51:04,197 Give your nation an heir to the throne. 737 00:51:04,231 --> 00:51:06,763 That's the gift you should be working for. 738 00:51:07,496 --> 00:51:09,830 We need strong arms! 739 00:51:09,864 --> 00:51:12,397 Not brains! 740 00:51:12,430 --> 00:51:16,697 Fill your subjects' bellies, not their minds! 741 00:51:16,730 --> 00:51:22,164 You are the Queen of a nation of filthy, primitive bears, 742 00:51:22,197 --> 00:51:25,164 and they must recognize themselves in you. 743 00:51:27,864 --> 00:51:32,030 Who would want you? 744 00:51:33,663 --> 00:51:36,197 If your father saw what has become of you. 745 00:51:36,231 --> 00:51:38,630 I forbid you to speak of my father. 746 00:51:38,663 --> 00:51:41,396 You forbid me? 747 00:51:41,430 --> 00:51:45,763 You made my father an object of your grotesque grieving. 748 00:51:45,797 --> 00:51:48,530 An embalmed cadaver that you forced me to kiss 749 00:51:48,563 --> 00:51:52,763 at sunrise and sunset, every day, day after day, 750 00:51:52,797 --> 00:51:54,730 when I was six years old! 751 00:51:54,763 --> 00:51:59,097 You will never know the power of such love! 752 00:51:59,130 --> 00:52:01,496 May God spare me! 753 00:52:07,830 --> 00:52:10,064 From my own belly... 754 00:52:10,097 --> 00:52:13,231 Instead of another stillborn son, 755 00:52:13,264 --> 00:52:17,097 they handed me a dark daughter. 756 00:52:17,130 --> 00:52:18,396 Alive. 757 00:52:20,864 --> 00:52:23,231 After so many years apart... 758 00:52:25,164 --> 00:52:27,231 I had hoped 759 00:52:27,830 --> 00:52:32,830 to see something like purity, something different! 760 00:52:32,864 --> 00:52:38,530 My father, left you behind in his camp, 761 00:52:38,563 --> 00:52:41,530 and he went out to visit his whores. 762 00:52:47,597 --> 00:52:51,097 I will always, love your father. 763 00:52:51,130 --> 00:52:56,097 You were a bottomless pit of longing. 764 00:52:56,130 --> 00:52:57,797 He was only faithful to you 765 00:52:57,830 --> 00:53:01,630 during his two years of putrefaction. 766 00:53:03,630 --> 00:53:05,763 This audience is over! 767 00:53:11,097 --> 00:53:14,164 All these years, I had my regrets. 768 00:53:14,197 --> 00:53:16,697 I should have left you there... 769 00:53:16,730 --> 00:53:19,396 at the foot of the staircase! 770 00:53:20,330 --> 00:53:22,430 [screams] 771 00:53:30,496 --> 00:53:32,496 It was you! 772 00:53:34,630 --> 00:53:36,296 [sighs] 773 00:53:41,396 --> 00:53:43,730 [speaking German as she exits] 774 00:53:53,563 --> 00:53:56,164 [breathing heavily] 775 00:54:08,097 --> 00:54:09,530 [crying] 776 00:54:09,563 --> 00:54:11,730 I forbid you to cry! 777 00:54:12,263 --> 00:54:14,797 This is my sorrow, not yours! 778 00:54:18,197 --> 00:54:20,064 [gasping, sobbing] How dare you! 779 00:54:21,164 --> 00:54:23,064 Don't think, Countess, 780 00:54:23,097 --> 00:54:24,763 that the moments of distraction we shared 781 00:54:24,797 --> 00:54:27,263 give you the right to behave like this. 782 00:54:28,864 --> 00:54:32,263 -I thought... -What did you think? 783 00:54:32,296 --> 00:54:35,630 The company of women is distracting me from my duty 784 00:54:41,197 --> 00:54:42,830 Monsieur Descartes... 785 00:54:42,864 --> 00:54:45,363 I would like you to tell me, 786 00:54:45,396 --> 00:54:48,197 between love, and hatred, 787 00:54:49,563 --> 00:54:53,396 which of those two creates the worst disorders? 788 00:54:56,164 --> 00:55:00,630 (Descartes) Like love, there are two kinds of hatred. 789 00:55:00,663 --> 00:55:03,630 The feeling we simply call... 790 00:55:03,663 --> 00:55:04,830 ...hatred... 791 00:55:04,864 --> 00:55:09,030 which is related to things that are bad for the soul. 792 00:55:09,697 --> 00:55:13,830 The other is the feeling called, horreur! 793 00:55:13,864 --> 00:55:18,164 Which is related to things that are ugly for the soul. 794 00:55:18,196 --> 00:55:20,030 [muffled cries, sobs] 795 00:55:24,097 --> 00:55:26,330 Then I hate my mother... 796 00:55:29,296 --> 00:55:31,630 who has a horror of me. 797 00:55:41,396 --> 00:55:43,263 [door opening] 798 00:55:52,763 --> 00:55:56,130 I've waited too long for you. 799 00:55:56,330 --> 00:55:58,663 And by Christ's balls! 800 00:55:58,697 --> 00:56:01,563 I don't like to be kept waiting! 801 00:56:01,597 --> 00:56:03,430 By who's...? 802 00:56:06,864 --> 00:56:09,330 Welcome Monsieur Descartes. 803 00:56:22,663 --> 00:56:24,196 It's about time! 804 00:56:24,230 --> 00:56:25,330 Down with Rome! 805 00:56:25,363 --> 00:56:26,196 Down with Rome! 806 00:56:26,230 --> 00:56:28,064 -Death to the Catholics. -Down with Rome! 807 00:56:28,097 --> 00:56:29,697 Burn the Pope at the stake! 808 00:56:30,296 --> 00:56:31,697 Monsieur Descartes, 809 00:56:33,196 --> 00:56:36,630 show us the discovery that is the talk of Europe. 810 00:56:36,663 --> 00:56:38,330 Your majesty... 811 00:56:38,363 --> 00:56:41,163 I was not expecting this. 812 00:56:41,196 --> 00:56:43,396 At the dawn of an era of peace, 813 00:56:43,430 --> 00:56:46,196 cadavers will become a rare commodity. 814 00:56:46,230 --> 00:56:50,296 You must put this to good use monsieur. 815 00:57:18,129 --> 00:57:19,630 The saw, please. 816 00:57:25,363 --> 00:57:30,263 In the course of my, anatomical investigations... 817 00:57:30,463 --> 00:57:33,530 I recently discovered... 818 00:57:34,463 --> 00:57:36,530 a tiny gland, 819 00:57:36,563 --> 00:57:39,163 no bigger than a pine nut, 820 00:57:39,196 --> 00:57:44,263 that is the meeting place, of body and mind. 821 00:57:46,363 --> 00:57:49,096 I am convinced, 822 00:57:49,129 --> 00:57:54,697 this, is where our emotions are born. 823 00:57:54,730 --> 00:57:56,563 Hammer please. 824 00:58:03,630 --> 00:58:06,196 [metal clanking] 825 00:58:08,196 --> 00:58:13,496 This gland is situated just below the Sylvian fissure. 826 00:58:14,830 --> 00:58:20,363 Which channels the animal spirits. 827 00:58:21,396 --> 00:58:22,630 [gasps] 828 00:58:23,363 --> 00:58:26,430 The blood that flows from this fissure... 829 00:58:27,797 --> 00:58:34,330 touches this gland, triggering the passions we feel. 830 00:58:35,430 --> 00:58:37,263 Tweezers, please. 831 00:58:43,230 --> 00:58:50,196 Your Majesty, allow me to introduce, 832 00:58:50,230 --> 00:58:55,563 the pineal gland, "the seat of the soul!" 833 00:58:58,430 --> 00:59:03,463 To understand, the workings, we may one day, 834 00:59:03,496 --> 00:59:10,230 be able, to control our passions... 835 00:59:10,263 --> 00:59:12,797 -physically! -Then what? 836 00:59:12,830 --> 00:59:14,797 Remove a piece of hatred? 837 00:59:14,830 --> 00:59:16,463 A slice of desire? 838 00:59:19,363 --> 00:59:21,163 Who knows? 839 00:59:21,196 --> 00:59:22,563 Who's to say? 840 00:59:22,597 --> 00:59:24,663 Remove the longing? 841 00:59:24,697 --> 00:59:27,430 The endless waiting? 842 00:59:27,463 --> 00:59:29,697 Remove the voice that haunt us. 843 00:59:29,730 --> 00:59:33,330 The soul is in God's hands! Not in a pine nut! 844 00:59:33,363 --> 00:59:34,697 Heresy! 845 00:59:48,530 --> 00:59:51,263 I hope, Monsieur Descartes, that you will forgive 846 00:59:51,296 --> 00:59:53,129 the lack of manners in my court. 847 00:59:53,163 --> 00:59:54,396 Kristina... 848 00:59:54,430 --> 00:59:55,663 Kristina! 849 00:59:57,230 --> 00:59:58,363 You have gone too far. 850 00:59:58,396 --> 01:00:02,163 Didn't you teach me, that curiosity is a great virtue? 851 01:00:02,196 --> 01:00:03,697 In Luther's teachings! 852 01:00:03,730 --> 01:00:06,230 By God's ass! 853 01:00:06,263 --> 01:00:08,797 Luther has no curiosity whatsoever! 854 01:00:08,830 --> 01:00:10,663 That's blasphemy against Luther. 855 01:00:14,196 --> 01:00:16,697 We cannot accept this heresy... 856 01:00:22,463 --> 01:00:24,196 Your Majesty! 857 01:00:25,663 --> 01:00:29,330 I curse you, I curse you. May you burn in Hell! 858 01:00:31,663 --> 01:00:33,196 [gunshot] 859 01:00:58,663 --> 01:01:00,330 My little girl... 860 01:01:05,396 --> 01:01:06,496 Johan... 861 01:01:06,530 --> 01:01:08,730 He has saved your life. 862 01:01:11,430 --> 01:01:13,330 I better leave you alone. 863 01:01:16,129 --> 01:01:17,597 [groans/mumbles] 864 01:01:24,129 --> 01:01:28,263 The man is a fanatic from the theology school. 865 01:01:28,296 --> 01:01:30,829 I pushed you out of the way. 866 01:01:30,863 --> 01:01:32,496 You hit your head. 867 01:01:43,363 --> 01:01:45,597 [gasps] Belle? 868 01:01:49,663 --> 01:01:50,697 Come to me... 869 01:01:50,730 --> 01:01:52,730 Come close to me... 870 01:01:53,363 --> 01:01:54,630 Come to me.. 871 01:01:55,163 --> 01:01:57,196 I thought I lost you... 872 01:01:57,230 --> 01:01:59,129 I'm so sorry... 873 01:02:01,829 --> 01:02:04,029 Will you forgive me? 874 01:02:09,330 --> 01:02:10,796 She must marry. 875 01:02:10,829 --> 01:02:12,230 She must fornicate. 876 01:02:12,263 --> 01:02:13,730 If she dies in childbirth, at least 877 01:02:13,763 --> 01:02:16,796 she will have tried to embrace her destiny. 878 01:02:16,829 --> 01:02:21,363 How dare you speak about our sovereign like that? 879 01:02:21,396 --> 01:02:23,829 The Council can remove her from office, 880 01:02:23,863 --> 01:02:28,430 on the grounds of extraordinary circumstances. 881 01:02:28,463 --> 01:02:31,762 Can you imagine the turmoil that would ensue? 882 01:02:31,796 --> 01:02:33,530 Turmoil? 883 01:02:33,563 --> 01:02:34,463 And what about the songs 884 01:02:34,496 --> 01:02:36,796 that are becoming more and more popular? 885 01:02:36,829 --> 01:02:39,530 -Are there songs-- -I've heard reports, 886 01:02:39,563 --> 01:02:41,330 of the ribald songs 887 01:02:41,363 --> 01:02:44,196 they're singing in taverns around the countryside 888 01:02:44,230 --> 01:02:45,563 and even in Stockholm. 889 01:02:45,597 --> 01:02:47,129 So sing it! 890 01:02:48,663 --> 01:02:54,363 ♪ While the lads are studying the art of seduction, ♪ 891 01:02:54,396 --> 01:02:57,829 ♪ the ladies need no introduction! ♪ 892 01:02:57,863 --> 01:03:02,729 ♪ Lads hoping to win a lady's heart, ♪ 893 01:03:02,762 --> 01:03:07,263 ♪ Turn to Kristina, grand master of this art! ♪ 894 01:03:07,296 --> 01:03:09,163 ♪ Turn to Kristina! 895 01:03:09,196 --> 01:03:13,597 ♪ Grand Master of this art! 896 01:03:13,630 --> 01:03:15,697 [breathing heavily/shakily] 897 01:03:16,263 --> 01:03:17,263 You are not meant 898 01:03:17,296 --> 01:03:20,530 to live within the confines of Luther's faith. 899 01:03:20,563 --> 01:03:21,597 Look around you! 900 01:03:21,630 --> 01:03:24,663 Eveybody at the court wants you to be pregnant, 901 01:03:24,696 --> 01:03:27,729 under the thumb of male authority. 902 01:03:27,762 --> 01:03:28,762 Ah! 903 01:03:28,796 --> 01:03:30,230 Rome has become today 904 01:03:30,263 --> 01:03:33,263 a center where everything is possible. 905 01:03:33,296 --> 01:03:36,096 St. Peter's Basilica has created a effervescence. 906 01:03:36,129 --> 01:03:39,096 It's a gathering place for the finest minds and, 907 01:03:39,129 --> 01:03:43,430 -the most, daring artists. -Get to the point. 908 01:03:43,463 --> 01:03:45,096 Rome... 909 01:03:45,129 --> 01:03:47,363 needs a queen. 910 01:03:47,396 --> 01:03:49,762 Rome has a pope. 911 01:03:49,796 --> 01:03:52,696 Rome needs a virgin queen. 912 01:03:58,597 --> 01:04:03,129 Your faith is based on indulgences and relics. 913 01:04:03,163 --> 01:04:04,796 Buy a piece of Christ's cross 914 01:04:04,829 --> 01:04:08,196 and one is assured of a hundred years in heaven. 915 01:04:09,796 --> 01:04:11,729 There are so many pieces 916 01:04:11,762 --> 01:04:14,796 of the Christ child's foreskin in circulation, 917 01:04:14,829 --> 01:04:18,096 I can't imagine the size of the Holy member. 918 01:04:19,330 --> 01:04:22,762 Faith can be purchased in your church. 919 01:04:22,796 --> 01:04:26,396 That church is preparing to offer you freedom. 920 01:04:26,430 --> 01:04:29,829 The Pope wants to tend all your needs, 921 01:04:29,863 --> 01:04:33,396 the most reasonable and the most unreasonable. 922 01:04:34,363 --> 01:04:35,496 [sighs] 923 01:04:37,496 --> 01:04:40,096 Please leave, monsieur. 924 01:04:40,129 --> 01:04:43,597 You will be free to do whatever you want. 925 01:04:43,629 --> 01:04:45,597 In public and... 926 01:04:47,096 --> 01:04:47,829 in private. 927 01:04:47,863 --> 01:04:49,430 Please leave. 928 01:04:51,396 --> 01:04:53,230 Your Majesty. 929 01:04:54,863 --> 01:04:56,729 Descartes, you stay. 930 01:05:07,696 --> 01:05:11,463 I had to flee France because I questioned, 931 01:05:11,496 --> 01:05:15,762 the real presence of Christ in the communion host. 932 01:05:16,296 --> 01:05:18,596 I had to flee Holland, because I glimpsed; 933 01:05:18,629 --> 01:05:23,296 It is the earth, that gravitates around the sun. 934 01:05:25,230 --> 01:05:29,762 I'm convinced we can determine our destiny. 935 01:05:30,696 --> 01:05:33,096 But I am free, Your Majesty. 936 01:05:34,363 --> 01:05:38,263 I do not have a kingdom to govern. 937 01:06:02,863 --> 01:06:06,496 Twenty-five states and principalities... 938 01:06:06,529 --> 01:06:09,662 have signed, the Westphalia treaty! 939 01:06:09,696 --> 01:06:11,762 Glory to you, your Majesty! 940 01:06:13,096 --> 01:06:14,629 From now on, every monarch 941 01:06:14,662 --> 01:06:17,363 can choose the religion in his state. 942 01:06:19,430 --> 01:06:22,296 May you use this disposition wisely. 943 01:06:31,396 --> 01:06:35,729 ♪ 944 01:07:00,263 --> 01:07:02,330 Long live Kristina! 945 01:07:02,363 --> 01:07:04,495 (All) Long live Kristina! 946 01:07:04,529 --> 01:07:06,696 Long live Kristina! 947 01:07:06,729 --> 01:07:09,129 (All) Long live Kristina! 948 01:07:09,163 --> 01:07:10,363 Long live Kristina! 949 01:07:10,396 --> 01:07:13,063 (All) Long live Kristina! 950 01:07:13,096 --> 01:07:14,796 [cheers] 951 01:07:14,896 --> 01:07:16,462 Hurray! 952 01:07:17,863 --> 01:07:19,696 [music playing] 953 01:07:32,829 --> 01:07:34,363 Soldiers! 954 01:07:35,696 --> 01:07:37,196 (All) Hey! 955 01:07:37,629 --> 01:07:39,762 -Friends! (All) Hey! 956 01:07:42,396 --> 01:07:44,063 My brothers-in-arms! 957 01:07:44,096 --> 01:07:45,562 (All) Hey! 958 01:07:48,330 --> 01:07:49,629 As promised... 959 01:07:49,662 --> 01:07:53,330 we've brought our beloved queen... 960 01:07:53,363 --> 01:07:55,296 some presents! 961 01:08:03,363 --> 01:08:07,196 The symbol, of her almighty power... 962 01:08:08,829 --> 01:08:09,796 A lioness! 963 01:08:09,829 --> 01:08:11,330 [crowd gasps] 964 01:08:13,829 --> 01:08:15,363 For our Queen... 965 01:08:17,829 --> 01:08:19,495 But... 966 01:08:20,462 --> 01:08:24,196 What is this majestic female missing? 967 01:08:24,230 --> 01:08:25,395 (All) Lion! 968 01:08:25,429 --> 01:08:27,163 Lion! 969 01:08:27,196 --> 01:08:28,096 Lion! 970 01:08:28,129 --> 01:08:28,662 Yes! 971 01:08:28,696 --> 01:08:30,330 A king! 972 01:08:30,363 --> 01:08:31,395 (All) Karl Gustav! 973 01:08:31,429 --> 01:08:33,163 Karl Gustav! 974 01:08:33,196 --> 01:08:34,729 Karl Gustav! 975 01:08:36,629 --> 01:08:38,462 Where is our Queen? 976 01:08:39,863 --> 01:08:42,562 Only God knows where she is. 977 01:08:48,363 --> 01:08:51,063 [music playing] 978 01:09:07,096 --> 01:09:08,696 The Happy Life {end-italic}... 979 01:09:09,395 --> 01:09:10,629 Seneca {end-italic}. 980 01:09:13,662 --> 01:09:15,729 Treatise on Pleasure. 981 01:09:24,596 --> 01:09:26,395 The Emperor of Prague 982 01:09:26,429 --> 01:09:29,629 was fascinated by the occult sciences. 983 01:09:31,729 --> 01:09:35,495 This book was written in a single night, 984 01:09:35,529 --> 01:09:39,263 by a monk who was walled in for a grievous crime. 985 01:09:41,662 --> 01:09:46,462 And although he was in chains, he managed to write this book... 986 01:09:46,495 --> 01:09:48,163 How? 987 01:09:51,395 --> 01:09:54,129 He recruited the help of the devil. 988 01:09:55,362 --> 01:09:58,296 Once the book was finished, out of gratitude... 989 01:09:58,762 --> 01:10:02,295 The monk surreptitiously slipped his assistant's portrait 990 01:10:02,329 --> 01:10:03,462 into the volume. 991 01:10:03,495 --> 01:10:05,762 It's the Codex Gigas! 992 01:10:09,230 --> 01:10:11,729 They call it the Devil's Bible {end-italic}. 993 01:10:15,295 --> 01:10:16,429 Strange... 994 01:10:19,629 --> 01:10:22,263 He doesn't have the wings of a fly. 995 01:10:22,295 --> 01:10:23,629 Close that book! 996 01:10:33,329 --> 01:10:34,596 [sighs] 997 01:10:38,495 --> 01:10:42,096 [heavy breathing/moaning] 998 01:10:58,529 --> 01:11:00,063 Kristina? 999 01:11:01,495 --> 01:11:03,495 -Kristina! - {end-italic}It's the Devil! 1000 01:11:08,229 --> 01:11:09,596 [cries out] 1001 01:11:11,596 --> 01:11:13,163 Every blow... 1002 01:11:13,262 --> 01:11:15,196 every blade that wounded... 1003 01:11:15,229 --> 01:11:17,129 every charge on horseback... 1004 01:11:17,163 --> 01:11:19,129 Every move I made bore your name! 1005 01:11:19,596 --> 01:11:21,362 I brought you the treasure. 1006 01:11:21,395 --> 01:11:22,329 I brought you the devil! 1007 01:11:22,362 --> 01:11:24,063 Let go of her! 1008 01:11:24,096 --> 01:11:25,329 You're going to marry me! 1009 01:11:25,362 --> 01:11:26,696 -You're going to marry me! -Let go of her! 1010 01:11:26,729 --> 01:11:28,063 Let go of her! 1011 01:11:31,696 --> 01:11:33,129 [grunts] 1012 01:11:35,395 --> 01:11:36,562 STOP!!! 1013 01:11:40,762 --> 01:11:42,495 Forget her! 1014 01:11:45,295 --> 01:11:46,629 Every blow! 1015 01:11:46,662 --> 01:11:48,262 Every blade! 1016 01:13:17,863 --> 01:13:19,395 [sighs] 1017 01:13:24,729 --> 01:13:27,162 [gasps/muffled screams] 1018 01:13:34,429 --> 01:13:35,629 Belle? 1019 01:13:51,362 --> 01:13:53,095 Belle! 1020 01:13:53,128 --> 01:13:54,462 Is that you? 1021 01:13:55,162 --> 01:13:55,696 No. 1022 01:13:55,729 --> 01:13:58,362 It's me, your majesty. 1023 01:13:58,395 --> 01:14:00,662 The countess was called away suddenly. 1024 01:14:00,696 --> 01:14:03,295 Someone in her family is dying. 1025 01:14:03,329 --> 01:14:05,329 -Who? -I don't know. 1026 01:14:05,362 --> 01:14:07,562 They just told me someone in her family. 1027 01:14:16,562 --> 01:14:20,729 She left without my permission. 1028 01:14:53,529 --> 01:14:55,495 In vitam eternam. 1029 01:15:12,262 --> 01:15:16,662 [dog barking] 1030 01:15:34,762 --> 01:15:37,762 She has been gone for days. 1031 01:15:54,696 --> 01:15:57,028 You need to eat something... 1032 01:16:03,362 --> 01:16:04,629 Kristina... 1033 01:16:05,329 --> 01:16:06,562 I want her... 1034 01:16:34,362 --> 01:16:37,028 I know it was you. 1035 01:17:03,162 --> 01:17:04,395 Oh my God... 1036 01:17:04,429 --> 01:17:06,596 My clothes were burning. 1037 01:17:06,629 --> 01:17:08,462 Everything was on fire. 1038 01:17:10,562 --> 01:17:11,796 She was looking at me 1039 01:17:11,829 --> 01:17:14,429 with the eyes of someone who knows everything. 1040 01:17:18,596 --> 01:17:20,462 Aye... 1041 01:17:20,495 --> 01:17:22,195 Son... 1042 01:17:23,796 --> 01:17:26,329 [gasping/heavy breathing] 1043 01:18:08,729 --> 01:18:10,729 Your majesty! 1044 01:18:19,629 --> 01:18:21,462 Your Majesty... 1045 01:18:22,562 --> 01:18:24,562 Your Majesty, wake up! 1046 01:18:27,662 --> 01:18:29,162 Your Majesty! 1047 01:18:29,195 --> 01:18:30,662 Belle? 1048 01:18:34,395 --> 01:18:36,295 [whispers] Are you alright? 1049 01:18:38,729 --> 01:18:41,229 I've never felt better. 1050 01:18:45,795 --> 01:18:47,329 [sighs] 1051 01:18:52,162 --> 01:18:53,762 Ever since my father died, 1052 01:18:53,795 --> 01:18:56,262 I've never missed anyone so badly. 1053 01:18:58,095 --> 01:18:59,761 Someone is coming. 1054 01:19:00,395 --> 01:19:02,329 Someone is coming! 1055 01:19:08,696 --> 01:19:10,362 [sighs] 1056 01:19:17,128 --> 01:19:18,462 Madam... 1057 01:19:20,729 --> 01:19:24,095 Your must remember Jakob, Count de la Gardie. 1058 01:19:24,128 --> 01:19:25,262 Of course. 1059 01:19:26,429 --> 01:19:28,662 Your Majesty, 1060 01:19:28,696 --> 01:19:32,229 I know how dear Countess Sparre is to you, 1061 01:19:32,262 --> 01:19:34,728 and that is why I am asking you to bless our union. 1062 01:19:38,429 --> 01:19:40,795 I want to marry Count de la Gardie. 1063 01:19:50,562 --> 01:19:52,562 That is your deepest wish? 1064 01:19:54,295 --> 01:19:55,429 [whispers] Yes. 1065 01:19:57,795 --> 01:19:59,329 You love each other? 1066 01:20:01,295 --> 01:20:02,662 [whispers] Yes. 1067 01:20:11,262 --> 01:20:14,195 It would be inappropriate for the goddess of peace 1068 01:20:14,229 --> 01:20:16,195 not to bless their union. 1069 01:20:24,562 --> 01:20:27,095 I wish you all the happiness in the world. 1070 01:20:30,495 --> 01:20:34,229 Will your generosity extend to attend our wedding? 1071 01:20:37,295 --> 01:20:41,529 This excursion has exhausted me! 1072 01:20:46,128 --> 01:20:48,229 The queen blessed our union! 1073 01:21:06,095 --> 01:21:09,462 [coughing] 1074 01:21:14,195 --> 01:21:16,429 [knocking] Open the door! 1075 01:21:16,462 --> 01:21:18,628 Please open the door! 1076 01:21:19,128 --> 01:21:20,195 Let me explain! 1077 01:21:20,229 --> 01:21:22,462 They made me understand. 1078 01:21:23,229 --> 01:21:26,062 You are the shepherd of our nation! 1079 01:21:27,628 --> 01:21:29,761 It wasn't right. 1080 01:21:30,229 --> 01:21:33,262 It was all wrong, very wrong. 1081 01:21:33,529 --> 01:21:36,529 You are my sovereign, I had to love you... 1082 01:21:45,095 --> 01:21:47,295 She doesn't want to see you. 1083 01:22:25,695 --> 01:22:27,329 [gasps] 1084 01:22:45,661 --> 01:22:47,495 His blood is yellow... 1085 01:22:48,661 --> 01:22:52,162 This is not a case of pneumonia, it's arsenic. 1086 01:22:53,661 --> 01:22:54,595 Any other diagnosis 1087 01:22:54,628 --> 01:22:58,095 would be harmful to both my church and yours. 1088 01:23:13,095 --> 01:23:15,795 Petite, petite... 1089 01:23:18,795 --> 01:23:20,462 Oh my friend... 1090 01:23:25,128 --> 01:23:27,595 [whispering] 1091 01:23:40,828 --> 01:23:43,561 [screams] 1092 01:23:48,862 --> 01:23:52,262 [screams/sobs] 1093 01:24:15,095 --> 01:24:16,661 [speaks in German] 1094 01:24:55,195 --> 01:24:56,362 Madam... 1095 01:25:03,661 --> 01:25:07,062 [sobbing/crying] 1096 01:25:11,595 --> 01:25:13,128 Madam... 1097 01:25:13,761 --> 01:25:15,494 [sheep baaing] 1098 01:25:20,229 --> 01:25:25,428 Count Jakob Kazimir de la Gardie, do you take, 1099 01:25:25,461 --> 01:25:30,062 Countess Ebba Sparre, to be your lawfully wedded wife? 1100 01:25:30,095 --> 01:25:31,095 Of course he does! 1101 01:25:31,128 --> 01:25:32,262 [laughter] 1102 01:25:32,295 --> 01:25:33,361 I do. 1103 01:25:33,828 --> 01:25:38,028 Countess Ebba Sparre, do you take... 1104 01:25:39,461 --> 01:25:43,295 ...do you take Count Jakob Kazimir de la Gardie 1105 01:25:43,329 --> 01:25:45,595 to be your lawfully wedded husband? 1106 01:25:45,628 --> 01:25:48,229 [staff rapping on floor] 1107 01:25:56,361 --> 01:25:58,828 Our Queen has found a new tailor I see... 1108 01:25:58,862 --> 01:26:00,494 Shut your mouth. 1109 01:26:00,528 --> 01:26:03,329 Am I not the shepherd of the nation? 1110 01:26:04,128 --> 01:26:05,494 Ah? 1111 01:26:05,828 --> 01:26:07,162 Carry on! 1112 01:26:07,695 --> 01:26:09,394 Pretend I'm not here. 1113 01:26:10,628 --> 01:26:15,528 If anyone for any reason, objects to this marriage, 1114 01:26:15,561 --> 01:26:18,394 let him or her step forward now, 1115 01:26:18,428 --> 01:26:20,328 or forever hold their peace. 1116 01:26:21,862 --> 01:26:23,229 Look at them... 1117 01:26:25,128 --> 01:26:27,295 Look at their beauty! 1118 01:26:27,328 --> 01:26:28,428 Look! 1119 01:26:33,295 --> 01:26:37,761 Who would dare object to the obvious? 1120 01:26:40,528 --> 01:26:42,761 [staff clatters] 1121 01:27:10,328 --> 01:27:11,628 No!! 1122 01:27:23,561 --> 01:27:25,361 [muffled] Madam... 1123 01:27:25,394 --> 01:27:26,494 Madam... 1124 01:27:27,628 --> 01:27:29,195 Come with me... 1125 01:27:29,461 --> 01:27:33,728 Please, let me take you at your bed... 1126 01:27:38,661 --> 01:27:40,128 Ejusdem farinae. 1127 01:27:40,162 --> 01:27:41,461 Made of the same flour. 1128 01:27:41,494 --> 01:27:43,595 Cut from the same cloth. 1129 01:28:00,361 --> 01:28:01,628 [gasp/shout] 1130 01:28:03,294 --> 01:28:04,728 Kristina! Stop! 1131 01:29:05,728 --> 01:29:08,028 Must I renounce my... 1132 01:29:09,194 --> 01:29:10,561 country? 1133 01:29:12,528 --> 01:29:14,561 Renounce my faith? 1134 01:29:16,494 --> 01:29:18,294 My father? 1135 01:29:20,394 --> 01:29:21,761 My people? 1136 01:29:24,661 --> 01:29:26,095 [sighs] 1137 01:29:31,528 --> 01:29:36,161 Renounce everything I am to be what I want to be? 1138 01:29:43,428 --> 01:29:47,795 If the rumor of your intentions, to convert to another religion 1139 01:29:47,828 --> 01:29:50,695 is true, I cannot support this. 1140 01:29:50,728 --> 01:29:54,261 Luther never fulfilled my aspirations. 1141 01:29:54,294 --> 01:29:59,695 Luther doesn't exist to fulfill anyone's, aspirations. 1142 01:30:07,361 --> 01:30:10,028 If you choose, to convert... 1143 01:30:12,528 --> 01:30:15,595 Some subjects will follow you, but you must realize, 1144 01:30:15,628 --> 01:30:21,494 that the majority will remain, loyal to your father's faith. 1145 01:30:21,828 --> 01:30:26,394 And inevitably some will take advantage of these... 1146 01:30:29,394 --> 01:30:33,328 troubled times to promote their own interests. 1147 01:30:34,561 --> 01:30:37,628 And that is what we call a civil war. 1148 01:30:39,127 --> 01:30:40,361 But history will call it 1149 01:30:40,394 --> 01:30:44,661 the downfall, of the Swedish empire. 1150 01:30:46,394 --> 01:30:48,328 And your enemies... 1151 01:30:49,428 --> 01:30:53,394 will wipe their feet on your peace treaty. 1152 01:30:54,595 --> 01:30:57,127 And when that day comes, 1153 01:30:57,862 --> 01:31:02,394 I'll curse the day I called you my daughter! 1154 01:31:08,795 --> 01:31:10,294 Kristina... 1155 01:31:12,328 --> 01:31:15,361 My Kristina of Sweden... 1156 01:31:16,795 --> 01:31:22,561 I implore you to call upon your cleverness, 1157 01:31:23,294 --> 01:31:27,795 I beseech you, in the name of our Lord, 1158 01:31:28,528 --> 01:31:30,695 save your empire! 1159 01:31:52,261 --> 01:31:52,595 [gasps] 1160 01:31:52,628 --> 01:31:53,661 What? 1161 01:31:53,761 --> 01:31:55,595 In God's name! 1162 01:32:04,728 --> 01:32:06,561 You should take off a few layers. 1163 01:32:06,595 --> 01:32:08,728 Given your accoutrement... 1164 01:32:09,561 --> 01:32:12,228 I prefer to wear my armor. 1165 01:32:16,361 --> 01:32:17,828 If you've... 1166 01:32:17,862 --> 01:32:22,361 If you've come to ask me if I still love you, I do. 1167 01:32:22,394 --> 01:32:23,695 I know. 1168 01:32:25,161 --> 01:32:27,728 And I know that you are the finest of men, Karl. 1169 01:32:30,261 --> 01:32:32,628 You brought me the greatest of treasures. 1170 01:32:32,661 --> 01:32:34,328 You brought me the devil. 1171 01:32:35,361 --> 01:32:36,761 You kept all your promises. 1172 01:32:40,261 --> 01:32:43,261 I have come to make you my king. 1173 01:32:44,228 --> 01:32:45,528 [gasps] 1174 01:32:47,328 --> 01:32:48,695 Your king? 1175 01:32:52,127 --> 01:32:53,428 Karl Gustav... 1176 01:32:54,695 --> 01:32:57,361 The time has come for you to give me 1177 01:32:57,394 --> 01:32:59,528 the ultimate proof of your love. 1178 01:33:01,628 --> 01:33:02,761 Gentlemen... 1179 01:33:02,795 --> 01:33:06,795 Ever since I inherited my father's crown, 1180 01:33:06,828 --> 01:33:10,828 before I was old enough to understand matters of state, 1181 01:33:10,862 --> 01:33:14,494 You have constantly demanded that I choose a king 1182 01:33:14,528 --> 01:33:17,127 to share the throne of our kingdom. 1183 01:33:17,394 --> 01:33:21,294 I cannot blame your patriotic sentiment to prevent the turmoil 1184 01:33:21,328 --> 01:33:26,261 which would inevitably arise if, by an act of his divine will, 1185 01:33:26,294 --> 01:33:30,294 God were to take my life before I had a designated heir. 1186 01:33:30,862 --> 01:33:35,261 I have therefore decided, for the security of our empire, 1187 01:33:35,294 --> 01:33:39,494 to name my first cousin, Karl Gustav... 1188 01:33:40,461 --> 01:33:42,061 my son. 1189 01:33:43,161 --> 01:33:44,595 Her what? 1190 01:33:44,628 --> 01:33:45,695 Her son. 1191 01:33:45,728 --> 01:33:48,595 And in so doing I become his mother, 1192 01:33:48,628 --> 01:33:51,161 and so I designate him 1193 01:33:51,194 --> 01:33:56,394 the prince heir, to the throne, of Sweden. 1194 01:34:00,294 --> 01:34:01,628 [chuckles] 1195 01:34:03,361 --> 01:34:06,628 She made him... her son... 1196 01:34:09,394 --> 01:34:12,428 She made him her son. 1197 01:34:56,761 --> 01:34:59,294 I have come to bid you farewell. 1198 01:34:59,795 --> 01:35:02,194 My faithful Erika. 1199 01:35:02,494 --> 01:35:04,361 Your servant, Madam. 1200 01:35:04,461 --> 01:35:06,361 Simply your servant. 1201 01:35:11,094 --> 01:35:13,595 Do you think my father would forgive me? 1202 01:35:17,794 --> 01:35:20,695 I don't know if forgiveness exists. 1203 01:35:20,728 --> 01:35:22,428 I don't know, Madam. 1204 01:35:48,194 --> 01:35:50,595 A great success, father! 1205 01:35:50,628 --> 01:35:54,328 She's leaving with a quarter of Sweden's wealth. 1206 01:35:54,428 --> 01:35:56,494 Ten years on the throne, 1207 01:35:56,528 --> 01:36:00,494 Ten years of... whims. 1208 01:36:01,161 --> 01:36:04,228 She said she never wanted to submit herself to a man 1209 01:36:04,261 --> 01:36:05,595 now she's off to kiss the ring 1210 01:36:05,628 --> 01:36:07,727 of the most powerful man of all. 1211 01:36:09,161 --> 01:36:10,494 The Pope! 1212 01:36:13,661 --> 01:36:17,061 A great success, father! 1213 01:36:18,794 --> 01:36:21,294 I hope the Pope enjoys her company. 1214 01:36:22,361 --> 01:36:23,794 She's only 28 years old. 1215 01:36:23,827 --> 01:36:25,794 She has her whole life ahead of her, 1216 01:36:25,827 --> 01:36:28,727 enough time to put the rest of Christianity through hell. 1217 01:36:31,561 --> 01:36:33,161 I saved Sweden. 1218 01:36:34,528 --> 01:36:36,727 I saved Sweden? 1219 01:36:37,727 --> 01:36:39,328 [glass shatters] 1220 01:36:51,228 --> 01:36:52,628 Madam! 1221 01:37:16,760 --> 01:37:19,528 [baby coos] 1222 01:38:43,694 --> 01:38:46,361 (Descartes) To attain the truth in life... 1223 01:38:47,394 --> 01:38:52,428 We must discard all the ideas we were taught 1224 01:38:52,461 --> 01:38:59,528 and reconstruct the entire system of our knowledge. 1225 01:39:00,494 --> 01:39:04,294 ♪