Rasputin (La Tragédie impériale)

TRAGEDY OF AN EMPIRE.

Based on the novel by ALFRED NEUMANN.

"In Siberia, in the Land of Wonders, thirty years ago in winter."

I believe in God!

Believe in God, your Lord!

God is almighty!

God is almighty!

He is our master.

He is our master.

And now answer this:

Where is our Lord?

He is here.

And it is true,

for whenever He wanted to come to earth,

He always descended in Holy Russia.

In Holy Russia.

And so our Lord

descended from heaven in a fiery chariot,

many centuries ago.

And He chose the peasant Danila as His earthly dwelling.

Then, to save us, He incarnated as the fisherman Radaev.

Then, sixty years ago, He incarnated as the mute Petrov.

And thus our Lord

always incarnates as a Russian peasant.

The Lord is almighty!

And once again, our Lord has decided to return to us,

in the body and voice of a Russian peasant.

He was born in Tobolsk.

He is our Lord!

He will become our Savior!

His name is Grigory Rasputin!

I hope, holy father Rasputin, that you like everything?

Of course! What a kitchen!

And this is vodka!

Thank you, holy father.

Oh, enough drinking already, Grigory!

I'm not drunk! I feel good, very good indeed!

Believe me, Grigory, you are not sensible!

Are you lecturing me?

Which one of us is holy — You or me?

Of course, you, Rasputin!

So what? - That we must go!

Your flock awaits you, a mission has been assigned!

That doesn't prevent me from humbly accepting the gifts of the Lord.

The hour has come, Grigory!

Your hour!

Ah, very well.

Then we shall bring them the true message of God!

But they are all there! - They are all there.

Not a single one went to church.

Inside — there are four.

Four old saints? - Yes.

And where are the others?

I do not know, Your Holiness.

I do know — in the tavern!

You'll see, I won't let these cattle get drunk!

And this on the Lord's day!

No one? This is unthinkable!

Where are the villagers?

They usually celebrate the Lord's day here!

Old traditions are fading...

What? Do you know something?

His Holiness might want to visit Peter?

Peter? - Peter.

Why didn't you say so earlier? - I said nothing! Nothing!

God is in me!

He speaks to you through my mouth, with the voice of a peasant,

for I am merely a peasant.

A peasant...

who resembles you.

A peasant resembling us.

And here is my teaching:

Do as I tell you!

Live!

Sin makes you blush with shame,

humble yourself through sin!

Save your soul through sin!

Love! Love life!

Sing!

Dance! Play! Leonard, play!

Play!

Apostates!

Apostates!

Apostates!

Apostates!

Why have you come here, priest?

You cannot stop my flock from celebrating the Holy joy of life!

Do not listen to him! Do not listen to him!

To the church! Follow me!

Dance! I command you to dance!

To the church!

Follow me!

Look, the monastery I told you about.

And there are holy girls who are obliged to share bread and salt

with devout travelers like us.

We arrived very fortunately, Brother Grigory.

I think heaven sent us just in time.

The Lord is blessed in repentance!

Blessed indeed, but... - My sister, but what is happening?

Disaster! A terrible disaster! - Bad for repentance.

And who is shouting like that? - Grusina, the maid.

Grusina? Who is Grusina?

A monastery maid. Kind and devout, like the Virgin Mary.

Why is she shouting?

She is possessed by demons.

Bless our Lord!

The Lord Himself guided me to this sacred place.

The Lord commands me to try to heal the sick woman.

He is a miracle-working man!

A wanderer! - A saint!

Inform the abbess.

I will heal your sick woman.

May God be with you, Father.

Have you healed similar cases before?

To be honest, Mother, quite often.

Thank God. - Then let's go. Faster!

My child!

1, 2, 3, 4 and 50 kopecks. Total, 5 rubles.

I wonder, how did you perform this miracle?

What miracle? This one?

No, I mean the healing of the monastery maid.

Oh, I cannot say that. It's a secret, very personal.

Am I too young to hear it? - Or maybe too old.

What do you mean, Brother Grigory?

Some patients respond better to natural methods.

And they have the advantage

of being pleasant both for the patient and the healer.

You're right, I am too old to perform such miracles!

God gave me this power.

And I use it only in His service,

helping His creations.

The Empress...

The Empress... - Yes.

That's the whole problem. - That's the whole problem.

Especially for her confessor.

Especially.

You have no influence over Her Majesty.

If I were a charlatan of faith, I'd be luckier! She only loves them!

And I am just a preacher.

She does everything to ease the prince's suffering.

And she does not believe preachers can save him.

And in essence... let's not judge this poor woman.

Don't say "poor woman," Your Excellency, say "foreigner"!

Calm down!

Her son's illness should have strengthened her faith!

We hoped so.

But she made her superstitious, ungodly, hostile!

She even turned the Tsar.

Shall I not disturb Your Holiness' conversation?

No, Archimandrite!

Any news?

We received a report of a miracle at St. Catherine's Monastery.

Yes, miracles happen every day in various regions.

Demons were expelled from the possessed maid.

Who? - A peasant miracle-worker,

a blessed man.

Oh, this new saint is not very dangerous.

He wanders the country from inn to inn.

He must be hanged! These impostors must be destroyed!

You think so? - I am certain, Your Excellency!

These are mangy dogs who have defiled

the Empress' parlor!

It's true! - A new saint?!

A new viper! Crush him with your heels, Your Excellency!

The holy church will give you strength!

Which of you two performs miracles?

Which of you healed the possessed woman at St. Catherine's?

Answer me, I have no time!

That's me, obviously.

Quickly! Grab your coat and follow me!

Do you know what awaits you?

Well, thank you. - Maybe not Siberia, but...

but certainly shackles!

Ah...

here are the leftovers from the miracle.

Ah, here!

Allow me to introduce myself - Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin.

And who are you, Father?

I am Bishop Gregorian, head of the Holy Synod.

Ah! Pleased to meet you.

They say you performed a miracle?

The church is broad-minded.

It allows that amateurs occasionally perform miracles.

But what do you mean by the word "miracle"?

When you know people, Father Bishop,

men and women,

when you understand their nature,

miracles often occur by themselves.

Blasphemy!

You forget, peasant, that a true miracle

cannot happen without God's help!

There are many things that cannot happen without God's help.

Yet they are natural things!

I deny you the right to judge or comment on a miracle!

A miracle is a divine act!

And a woman's choice—is that not a divine act?

The devil is in you!

God is everywhere!

We can be more objective at least once.

Thank you, Father Bishop!