The Empress (2022) s02e03 Episode Script

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- [whimsical music playing]
- [Elisabeth grunting]
[footsteps treading]
[Elisabeth straining]
We'll visit Vicenza first?
[Leontine] Take that down to the carriage.
[Franz] You have more endurance
than I ever had in the military.
[exhales] And where do we go then?
[Franz] Verona, Pula, Brescia.
You will find each place
more lovely than the last.
- And we'll continue to Milan?
- [Leontine] That's heavy.
What's special about Milan?
Mm. The fabric. [inhales]
Such magical dresses they have there.
Yes, it will be perfect.
- [valet] I'll see to it straight away.
- Yeah.
[Leontine] Is that everything?
I'll see you by the carriage.
[Leontine] Wonderful, thank you.
Did you not tell him
of your plans for Milan, Your Highness?
No.
He would not understand.
"With the help
of his beautiful Empress, Elisabeth,
Emperor Franz Josef
intends to nip the blooming
independence movement in the bud." Hm.
[in French] The Empress, interesting.
The Empress is indeed very popular
among the people of the empire.
They even say that this trip was her idea.
[in English] "The most beautiful woman
in all of Europe." Hm.
[in French] I'd say
"medium beautiful" at most.
Your Majesty, the Austrians have oppressed
the Lombards for over a century.
This visit may bring
short-term improvement,
but it won't solve the problem.
Let's meet with the Prime Minister
of the Kingdom of Piedmont.
- What's his name?
- The Count of Cavour.
He requests an audience every week.
He'll get one now.
I thought we just had to watch
Emperor Franz Josef dig his own grave.
I didn't think about her.
[inhales]
My little Empress.
You think you can save Habsburg
from collapse with your kind heart?
Hm.
How charming.
[theme music playing]
THE EMPRESS
[theme music fades]
- [indistinct chattering]
- [woman] Minister.
[Leontine] Minister von Bach.
I have to hurry. The coach has come.
- I just wanted to say farewell.
- [man] Minister.
[von Bach] And to give you something.
[horse whinnies]
So you won't forget me.
The first time you visited me,
that hot summer's day,
we shared a peach,
and with the back of your hand,
you wiped your cheek.
And I had to kiss you.
Thank you.
It's clear to me now
why you don't wish to accept my offer.
I am of too lowly birth.
You fear that your family
will not accept it.
No, that is not it.
I wrote your father a letter
asking for your hand,
and invited him here.
The letter was dispatched a fortnight ago.
No! You cannot make
these decisions on your own!
That's not what I've done.
I just wanted to show you
how serious I am.
[breathing shakily] You must rectify this.
Write to my father
and tell him you mistook. Right?
Why won't you marry me?
[tense music playing]
I serve Her Highness,
and I'm committed to her.
Why do this to me if you know you love me?
When did I ever tell you that?
[music continues]
[horse whinnies]
[valet] Your Imperial Majesty.
- [horse snorts]
- Ladies.
Farewell, Elisabeth.
Farewell.
This journey will give you and the Emperor
lots of time to spend together.
So use it.
I thought we were travelling to Lombardy
to embrace our subjects, Highness.
- [horse whinnies]
- [Sophie chuckles]
[woman 1] Help me with these.
As you wish.
[indistinct chattering]
- [horse snorts]
- [door thuds]
[coachman] Go on!
- [horse whinnies]
- Hyah!
[whip cracks]
[inhales deeply]
- [woman 2] Enjoy yourselves.
- [exhales deeply]
[Margarete] Your Imperial Highness.
Your Highness, is there something wrong?
It is just unusual
when my son is not in the palace.
I like it more
when it's full of people, Highness.
It is so quiet.
The advantage is that
we can finally do our work undisturbed.
- [Margarete] With pleasure, Your Highness.
- [Sophie] Let's begin right away.
Has the Emperor approved
the Cardinal's proposals for a concordat?
[von Bach] Not yet.
The Emperor has instructed me
to examine the Cardinal's proposals.
Imperial Highness, I would like
to go over my thoughts with you,
if now is a good time.
You are particularly unpleasant today,
are you not?
[inhales]
Is there any reason for that?
[gulps]
You may make an appointment if you want.
I hope that was the last nasty surprise.
Your Imperial Highness.
[Margarete] Everything is ready
for Princess Sophie
to spend the coming weeks with you.
This here is Cleo.
How can she be here?
I took the liberty of having
some childhood toys sent over
from your parents' Nymphenburg residence.
That is very thoughtful of you, Margarete.
[unsettling music playing]
I thought you would be delighted.
Highness?
The years could not destroy your beauty.
If the painting displeases you,
Your Highness, I'll have it removed.
That will not be necessary.
It's been a while since I've seen it.
TWO WEEKS LATER
"When the Empress stepped out
of the carriage in Verona,
all the people"
Listen.
"erupted in jubilation."
[both laughing]
- They exaggerate.
- It is how it was.
And in the Prussian paper?
"The visit to Lombardy-Venetia
ushers in a golden era for the Habsburgs
under Empress Elisabeth."
[Elisabeth laughing]
But I have a question for you, Elisabeth.
And do not lie.
This man is next to you in every picture.
Here, there.
Looking ill-tempered in St Mark's Square.
- [Elisabeth laughs]
- He grins like a child in Verona.
Who is this?
Huh? A new companion?
They're all writing as if
I were the only one of consequence.
That is not right.
I can't do what you do,
and that is good.
I can give you more time.
I don't want another child.
[Franz exhales]
Not soon.
But I want us.
[Elisabeth laughing]
- [kissing]
- [bells tolling]
MILAN, AUSTRIAN PROVINCE
- [children laughing]
- [indistinct chattering in Italian]
[in Italian] Gino.
What does it say there?
[both laughing]
Um "The Emperor and the Empress
are coming to Milan."
"Everyone come to greet our Empress
and our Emperor at the station."
Why don't we go see them at the station?
Some people say Elisabeth
is different from the Emperor.
It could be true.
No.
Garibaldi says she's not our Empress.
[soldier in English] Good day.
[Gino] Buongiorno.
[soldier in English] Stop there.
How does one address
the Emperor's soldiers?
Not in Italian.
[in Italian] Go on,
you know their language.
Answer them, please.
[people murmuring]
[tense music playing]
Buongiorno.
- [man exclaims]
- [Gino grunts]
- Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
- [Gino grunts, panting]
[woman in Italian] Gino!
[in English] Be a good man.
What do you say?
[people murmuring]
Buongiorno!
- [Gino grunts]
- [in Italian] Gino!
[gasping]
[people chattering]
[Cavour in French] There's nothing
but propaganda in the papers,
Your Majesty, believe me.
The majority of the Lombards
want to be free from Austrian occupation.
They hate the Emperor.
And what do you want from me,
Count of Cavour?
I want the Italian-speaking territories
to finally be reunited.
Under one flag,
with one identity.
Like France.
United under Piedmont's leadership,
I presume?
Our brothers, the Lombards,
need weapons to revolt.
I want to help them.
But our resources
in the Kingdom of Piedmont are limited.
Don't cry, Prime Minister.
What do I get in return
if France helps you?
[inhales]
[tense music playing]
The future Kingdom of Italy would be
eternally grateful for your support.
Is that all?
In Milan, Emperor Franz Josef
will feel Garibaldi's resistance.
The world will finally see
that Lombardy must be free.
[officer 1 in English] Everyone.
- You, get back.
- [MC] It must look like more people.
Get them standing in an orderly fashion.
And those people over there!
And the pretty ladies in the front!
When the Emperor and the Empress come,
everyone wave their flags! Understood?
You have to cheer,
and all of you applaud, yes?
[officer 2] This way.
- When will we finally get to Milan?
- [Charlotte] Any moment now.
I've never seen such a landscape as this.
I must remind you that our visit to Milan
is of great political importance.
[sighs] I'd forgotten
that you were here too.
Oh, and furthermore,
the Archduke Maximilian
will also be in Milan.
Button your corsage all the way, Pauline.
He's bringing his fiancée with him
for the Emperor to grant consent
to their engagement.
[inhales] I'm not sure he'll agree to it
after all that's happened.
Miladies.
[giggling]
Don't be stupid, Pauline.
Do not lose your heart.
Never.
Or you'll be as good as dead at court.
Do you disagree with that?
[indistinct chattering]
[Theo] The Imperial carriage
awaits you at the station
and will take you to Villa Monza.
This evening, Viceroy Radetzky
will host a dinner in your honour.
Your brother and his guest
will also be there.
And be aware
that thousands of your subjects
will be waiting at the station
to celebrate your visit.
[train horn blows]
[Franz] I have something else for you.
I commissioned it
from a jeweller in the region.
This kind of workmanship
is unique to Lombardy.
I thought that wearing it
for the people now
would be a nice gesture.
[brakes screeching]
[train hissing]
- [bells tolling]
- [marching band playing]
[horse whinnies]
[woman] Elisabeth!
- [band stops playing]
- [MC] Attention!
His Majesty
Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria
and Her Majesty
Empress Elisabeth of Austria!
- [crowd cheering]
- [brass band playing]
[man 1] Elisabeth!
Your Majesty, it is my honour.
Good Field Marshal,
the honour is all mine, sir.
General. My wife.
[General] Your Majesty, welcome to Milan.
[brass band continues playing]
[crowd cheering]
[man 2] Elisabeth!
[tense music playing]
[people murmuring]
[cheering fades in the background]
[music continues]
This is your Emperor and Empress!
Show some respect!
[grunting]
[in Italian] Remember what Garibaldi said.
We won't obey, but no violence.
Not yet.
[music continues]
[people murmuring]
- [whip cracks]
- [coachman in English] Giddy-up!
[exhales]
- Out of the way! Hyah!
- [horse whinnies]
It looked like all those people
were congregated under duress.
[horse whinnies]
Franz.
I will raise our concerns
with General Gyulai.
He'll be able to tell me more.
The last thing that I want now
is this dinner.
[indistinct chattering in Italian]
[bird cawing]
[carriage door opens]
- [horse whinnies]
- [carriage door opens]
[horse neighs]
[gentle music playing]
[horse snorts]
[carriage door closes]
I tried to sneak in to see you earlier
while Duchess Bransner had stepped out.
Whereas I am absolutely determined
to hold my instincts under control here.
Perhaps one day you could teach me.
Or perhaps not.
[von Bransner clears throat]
- [horse snorts]
- [Marie sighs]
[man speaking indistinctly]
I never thought that
I would ever say this,
I cannot wait till our wedding day.
If your brother denies us our engagement,
my father will withdraw his consent.
Franz will agree to it.
He will be amazed
I've found someone like you, my dear.
And with Napoleon,
I have put things in place.
What could go wrong?
Your Royal Highness,
you must change for dinner this evening.
[both chuckle]
Your Imperial Highness.
This is a surprise.
Buol, what brings you here?
I've come directly from Piedmont.
I bring my report for His Highness.
- Yourself?
- I am introducing my fiancée.
Are you? Good.
Do not worry.
I'm not going to give you away. Not yet.
There isn't anything
that you hold over me.
You tried to lure me
into your foolhardy conspiracy,
yet I refused you.
So that's how you see it?
And who will my brother side with?
Me or you?
You sure you want to tell him about it?
What would happen?
Before you do that,
I'd break off your engagement.
Your Imperial Highness.
[footsteps approaching]
[Sophie] Not even our mother
could tell us apart.
[von Bach] Your Imperial Highness.
You look a little nervous.
[von Bach] I just had a [inhales]
I was drawn to this painting, I'm sorry.
I was of course aware
that you had a twin sister,
but I really cannot tell
which one of them is Your Highness.
So are these all your comments?
Yes.
I can't help but question
the reasonableness
of the Cardinal's new laws.
Your role isn't to decide on what is
or isn't fair, just what can be done.
It is up to me though to provide a moral
assessment to such matters as well.
You must leave
all of the moral issues up to me.
[von Bach inhales]
"Protestants shall be barred
from teaching in schools
and from all university professorships."
"Only Catholics shall be responsible
for educating our youth."
- Are you not a man of faith any more?
- Are you not a woman of keen intellect?
I'm sorry.
Why would you give the Church
so much power?
[footsteps approaching]
[Sophie] The Pope
has assured us of his help
in keeping Lombardy-Venetia
within the empire.
You're a lawyer.
- [china clinking]
- Quid pro quo.
Pope Pius has a power
that we can only dream of.
[inhales] History teaches us
that oppressing any sole religious group
has never helped to further any empire.
- [sighs]
- On the contrary.
Consider the plight of the Huguenots
or the Thirty Years' War.
Seriously? For God's sake.
Imperial Highness, I am a very devout man.
But this whole concept
sets us back decades, Highness.
No. It's you who set me back decades.
[classical music playing]
[indistinct chattering]
[official] His Imperial Highness
Archduke Maximilian of Austria
and Her Royal Highness
Marie Charlotte of Belgium.
[valet 1] Your Imperial Highness.
[guests murmuring]
- [Maximilian] Your Majesty.
- Maximilian.
[inhales]
[Maximilian] Your Majesty.
It is a pleasure, Your Royal Highness.
I thank you for the invitation,
Your Majesty.
[gentle music playing]
Your Majesty, it is an honour.
[Elisabeth] It pleases me too.
I hear you have been
travelling a lot of late.
Yes. Travelling is a real passion.
Marie speaks five languages,
including Basque.
Can you tell me who speaks Basque?
And who even knows where it's spoken?
But the Princess here
is also very well-versed
in European politics,
much better than I am.
Should I marry her then instead of you?
- [Marie chuckles]
- [valet 2] Your Majesty, champagne?
Yes, please.
[man] To your health, Your Majesties.
It is obvious
that you've impressed my brother a lot.
Like no woman I have ever known.
[glass clinking]
[Radetzky] Dear guests, Your Majesty,
what an honour it is for me
to welcome you all here.
Dinner is served.
[valet 2] Your Highnesses.
[classical music playing]
Allow me.
[indistinct chattering]
[woman laughing]
Forgive me
for what I just said about Marie.
It matters not.
I wanted to show him I'm happy.
Yes.
And Marie is really
- One can see that she's someone special.
- Yeah.
And she is very different from me as well.
So clear and composed, lucid.
I'm happy for you, Maximilian.
- Do you honestly mean that?
- Yeah.
Almost.
Almost honestly.
[chuckles]
À table?
Yeah.
[classical music playing]
I read an article saying
your visit to Lombardy-Venetia
is going incredibly well.
[inhales] That is how we felt
previously.
Your Majesty, I must apologise
to you emphatically for your reception.
It was inexcusable.
You mustn't do that.
You cannot make the crowd behave
in ways they don't really feel, General.
Majesty, allow me to inform you
that the people of Lombardy
do not know what they feel.
They are being seduced
by Cavour and Garibaldi.
Count Buol,
what did your talks in Piedmont yield?
Prime Minister Cavour has assured me
that the rebellious groups in Piedmont
have never had any encouragement from him.
But in Europe, he agitates against us.
When Napoleon allies himself with us,
then Cavour will yield.
Majesty, we cannot be certain
that this will actually occur.
Well, I'm certain.
It's starting all over again.
Over and over again.
The bloodshed.
Field Marshal?
They were all hanged. Outside the city.
You mean during the revolution
of 1848, do you not?
[inhales sharply]
That was really
so many moons ago, Field Marshal.
Don't you dare patronise me!
I know full well.
Majesty.
Highness, Field Marshal Radetzky
has just recently turned 91.
Maybe it's high time to consider
his well-deserved retirement
from military service, Your Majesty.
Even so, if the rebels take up arms,
and we have already seen some rioting,
then we must vehemently retaliate,
and very quickly.
I am of the opinion that they take up arms
because their wishes are disregarded.
[Gyulai] What wishes
might those be, Your Majesty?
They want independence.
Her Highness is right.
All of us must face up to the truth.
[Buol] Lombardy would become
a small, weak kingdom.
And then within a few weeks,
they'd be vanquished again by one
of the neighbouring Italian regions.
- Absolutely. We protect Lombardy.
- [Maximilian laughs]
Is it protection? Or is it oppression?
Max
I say that if we want to hold the region,
it requires action.
Majesty, the official language here
should be Italian.
- We should promote education, culture.
- [Elisabeth] I agree entirely.
[Maximilian] Fight poverty,
reduce our military presence,
and give the Lombards self-governance
so we can regain their hearts.
- [Elisabeth] Yes.
- That will be all.
- And they should also
- I decide what is right!
[breathing shakily]
Not you, nor you!
I alone.
[inhales deeply] All of you
can have your ideas.
In the end, it is my choice.
[breathing heavily]
I am finished.
[footsteps receding]
[door opens]
Franz, one moment, please.
That you dare to air your political views
publicly is grotesque.
I've always had ideas
for our Italian-speaking provinces.
You just want to impress your companion.
That is all this is.
She is my betrothed.
Only if I say so,
or else she's nothing.
[breathing shakily]
[tense music playing]
[exhales]
[knocking on door]
[footsteps approaching]
Now you have to listen to me.
Your brother will not agree to our wedding
if you insult and disrespect him.
I grovel to no one,
not even my own brother.
You were drunk and embarrassing.
Oh, I'm sorry that you
had to find out this way, dear heart.
But this is who I am!
I drink all night
and say what I really think.
And if you want to decline my offer,
this is the time.
Were you trying to impress her there?
Your ludicrous show?
No.
If you betray me, Maxi,
you will live to regret it.
I just want you.
Then what are you waiting for?
[door opens]
[footsteps receding]
[door opens]
[door closes]
What happened today
bothers me as much as it bothers you.
You cannot silence me like that, Franz.
How can you endorse his nonsense?
Publicly?
We share the same opinion.
[sighs] I see.
I'd forgotten
you share his political ideas.
But I also have my own ideas
that have nothing to do with your brother.
This discussion is over.
Franz, do you know what this is?
This is the chain of the rebel soldier
who was killed in our home.
You have his necklace?
- I'm going to see his family.
- What was that?
You will do no such thing.
I forbid it, you hear?
And that is exactly why I didn't tell you.
Because you don't ever let me do
the things that I want.
So, what do you want to do?
- He gave us a clear sign.
- [Franz scoffs]
And the people want to be heard,
but you don't ever want to listen.
What do you think
that they want to say, then?
These people want to leave our empire!
That's what they want!
[Elisabeth breathing heavily]
Embracing our subjects in their homes?
That's primitive politics, Elisabeth.
I must look his mother in the eye
and tell her
how sorry we are for her loss.
You're a lunatic.
Don't say that to me
ever again.
You should go to bed.
[breathing shakily]
"All three were delighted."
"The huntsman skinned the wolf
and took the pelt home."
"And then later,
the grandmother ate the cake
that Little Red Riding Hood
had brought as a present for her,
and she regained her strength."
"Red Riding Hood, however,
thought to herself,
'I will never again leave the path
and run off into the woods
when my mother forbids it.'"
[gentle music playing]
[young Sophie] Anna, run!
[panting]
[Frieda] Your Imperial Highness?
Forgive me.
- Shall I put the Princess to bed?
- Yeah. Yes, of course.
[Fienchen moans]
[footsteps receding]
[birds chirping]
[door opens]
Keep riding to the northeast.
- It is the second village.
- Thank you.
Are you scared, Highness?
Yeah.
Not much.
[suspenseful music playing]
[stable boys] Your Majesty.
[horse snorts]
Can I come with you?
[Franz] I'll come with you.
- [Leontine] Your Imperial Majesty.
- [Franz] I cannot stop you.
No one can.
However, I won't let you
ride alone either.
You'll have thought
your plan through, I assume.
Will you say,
"Good day, I'm your Empress"? Hm?
Of course not.
I have another idea. [clicks tongue]
Do you not think
that the Imperial couple's visit
will promote unity in our provinces?
You're against the concordat, aren't you?
Just offering you another solution.
Perhaps their visit
will provide a brief moment of calm,
but it will not guarantee
any sort of protection.
Protection from what exactly,
Your Highness?
The chaos.
Neither will Catholic reforms
give protection, in my view.
[inhales]
I read the Princess a tale
by the Brothers Grimm last night.
Have you read Little Red Riding Hood?
You're not trying to imply
that the Lombards
are a big, bad wolf
who wants us for supper?
No, but the Lombards weaken us.
It's like an open wound.
As an injured animal is likely
to be prey for the evil wolf, Majesty?
Exactly.
The way I see it,
the Empress can embrace scum,
but there must always be someone
who has a weapon at the ready.
And who is the wolf?
[inhales sharply]
- I have no idea.
- [paper rustles]
But there is always a wolf.
If I may be so bold, I think I know
which is you, Imperial Highness.
That one is you.
The girl looking directly at the viewer.
Do not expect a prize.
You've been staring at it for so long.
That one looks like she's seen
a lot more than she should have.
[inhales]
That will be all for now, von Bach.
I'm sure there are railway schedules
you need to check?
Your Imperial Highness.
[footsteps receding]
[horses galloping]
[horses snorting]
[gentle music playing]
[dogs barking]
[geese honking]
[children laughing]
[sheep bleating]
[horse snorts]
[people chattering in Italian]
[man speaking in Italian]
[Elisabeth in Italian] Excuse me.
The Tadini family?
Silvia!
Silvia!
[chattering continues]
[dogs barking]
Yes?
[Elisabeth] Hello.
I have a message
for the family of Adolfo Tadini.
From the Empress.
I come from the Viennese Court.
Gino! Where are you? I need you.
[Gino] I'm here.
There's a woman trying to speak Italian.
She says she's from Vienna.
[in English] Good day.
Good day.
I I am Eugenia. I come from Vienna.
I have a message from the Empress
for the family of Adolfo Tadini.
[in Italian] What does she want?
[Gino] She has a message from the Empress.
It's about Ado.
[sighs]
I'll get your father.
Ask them to come inside.
[in English] My brother is dead.
Please.
[rooster crowing]
A visit from Vienna.
What an honour.
My name is Eugenia.
I come here on behalf of the Empress.
And this here is my is my valet.
I was an officer
in the former Emperor's infantry.
Lieutenant Tadini.
God save the Emperor.
[in Italian] Why haven't you
offered them anything? Make some coffee.
- [in English] Please sit down.
- Thank you.
[Franz exhales]
[Elisabeth] I have a message
from the Empress.
[in Italian] From the Empress herself?
[breathing deeply]
[Elisabeth breathing shakily]
"On 5th July, 1856,
Adolfo Tadini performed
an act of protest in the palace."
"While he was attempting to escape,
a guard shot him."
[sombre music playing]
"That was a mistake."
"I'm convinced that Adolfo Tadini
meant no harm to me or the Emperor."
"I regret with all my heart
what happened to him."
"Elisabeth."
Adolfo adored the Empress.
Maybe you can put this at
[in English] I don't know
how to say "tombstone".
Una lapide.
[in Italian] The Empress
wanted you to have this.
We are very grateful.
But I cannot accept this money.
- [in English] It means he won't take it.
- Why won't he?
[in Italian]
He brought shame to this family.
I no longer consider him my son.
- He will always be my son.
- We will no longer speak of him.
- I'll speak of him whenever I wish.
- Ado wanted what was best for his country.
All the young people
following Garibaldi are crazy.
And your brother was too!
Don't be an idiot like him!
You see what comes of it?
[Silvia] The soldiers.
Just because he didn't want
to speak German.
[sniffles] He's just a child.
Look at what they did to him. Look at him.
[Tadini] Leave these people alone. Enough!
Enough!
[in English] We shall leave.
We will intrude on your grief no longer.
He was brave, your brother.
He lived by example.
I will speak to the Empress.
She will hear of the soldiers' violence.
Can you tell your mother that?
[in Italian] I don't care about politics.
One ruler replaces another.
One bloodbath follows another.
Do you have children?
[in English] Do I have children?
[Elisabeth in Italian] Yes.
Two.
Very young.
Protect your children.
Hold them as tightly as you can.
[in English] My children?
Protect them always.
[breathing shakily]
[rooster crowing]
[people chattering in Italian]
Thank you.
Without you, I wouldn't have seen that.
[horse whinnies]
[in Italian] Who are those two?
They're from the Viennese Court.
One of the Empress's court ladies.
Here because of Ado.
Maybe Ado was right.
Maybe she could be our hope.
I saw the Empress.
She was a helpless little girl.
She won't help us, Gino.
We have to help Lombardy ourselves.
[people chattering in Italian]
- [women grunting]
- To me!
- And back. Oh!
- [man] Very good.
- [von Metternich-Zichy laughs]
- [von Bransner] Well done, Your Highness.
[von Metternich-Zichy] My turn.
[all laughing]
[man] Wonderful shot, milady.
- [von Bransner] Good shot.
- [Marie] Ah.
[indistinct chattering]
[breathing shakily]
Your Majesty?
[Franz] I need to speak to you.
I have really tried
to forget all that you did.
I just cannot do it.
I have asked so often for your pardon.
I wanted you to see me, Franz.
No.
You wanted her.
She didn't judge me. She was the only one.
You wanted the throne.
Or did you just crave attention?
[melancholy music playing]
[inhales] All I know
is I did not covet the throne.
But I need my brother with me.
I need that.
[breathing shakily] I cannot forget
what you have done.
But I have to forgive you because
it's destroying us.
[Franz inhales sharply]
And Marie? Do you love her?
With all my heart.
[inhales deeply] Then you shall wed.
[exhales]
[dramatic music playing]
[Maximilian inhales, exhales]
[Maximilian gasps]
[Marie gasps]
Can you see yourself
living in this villa? Hm?
[insects buzzing]
- Yes, naturally.
- But could you live here with me though?
And why would I live in a villa
that is the Viceroy's home?
Because you are going to be
the Viceroy's wife.
General Radetzky's 112.
Maxi, has he declared you the new Viceroy?
And my brother has agreed
that we shall wed.
[gasps] Your Highness.
[Marie] This is just the beginning.
You and I, Maximilian,
we can be something extraordinary.
[Maximilian moans]
[suspenseful music playing]
[girls panting]
[young Sophie] Anna, hurry, run home!
Do not turn around!
- [Anna] Sophie!
- [young Sophie] Run!
[breathing shakily]
[music continues]
[Sophie grunts]
[grunting]
[breathing heavily]
[exhales]
[exhales]
[Elisabeth] You must be glad
to be heading back to Vienna.
I'm just relieved
you returned home unharmed.
I was really worried yesterday.
There are times in life
when you should follow your heart,
not your head, my friend.
[Elisabeth chuckles]
No solo ventures, and do not be reckless.
I am only reckless on Tuesdays.
I swear. [chuckles]
Military power is in
General Gyulai's hands for the meantime.
Brother
who, though, has the final word?
You look after our people, he, security.
I need you both.
Work together.
I'm counting on you.
[horse whinnies]
I thank you.
I know that you encouraged the Emperor
to give Maximilian
the opportunity he hoped for.
Take care of him, will you?
- He is more vulnerable than you're aware.
- [Marie] Au contraire.
He has been underestimated
since he was a boy.
[Franz] Your Royal Highness.
[horse whinnies]
It was an immense pleasure.
[coachman] Go on! Go on!
[gentle music playing]
[Marie gasps, chuckles]
[Marie laughing]
[dramatic music playing]
[horse whinnies]
[valet] Your Imperial Majesty.
[panting]
[panting]
Your Majesty.
- Your Majesty.
- Your Majesty.
[panting]
[panting]
[cup clinking]
[tender music playing]
You've returned.
[breathing heavily]
My darling! [chuckles]
- Mama!
- [Elisabeth] Oh!
I won't leave again. I'm here.
Hello. [chuckling]
[Napoleon in French] "The Emperor
names his brother, Maximilian of Austria,
the new Viceroy of Lombardy-Venetia."
"This could finally silence
the resistance movement."
Damn.
[dramatic music playing]
[music fades]
[gentle music playing]
[music fades]