WEBVTT FILE 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 ♪