inspiration
of his excellency's
Now, kindly consider this,
if he told a lie, and l'm sure he did,
How could you
have heard of it?
lt was the inspiration of the moment.
So who could have told you?
That's important, that. That's very important.
Colia told me it just now,
and he was told
by the general, whom he met
at six o'clock
Well.
That's what's called a clue.
Just as l thought!
That means
his excellency
waked from his
sleep of innocence at six o'clock
to go and wake his darling son
and warn him of the great danger
of associating
With Mr.Ferdishenko.
What a dangerous man
Mr.Ferdishenko must be,
and what parental solicitude the part
of his excellency!
Lebedef, l beg you.
Lebedef, l'll help you!
Keep quiet about it!
Do you hear?
Don't make an uproar!
l beg you, Lebedef,
but on condition that nobody knows!
Nobody knows!
Rest assured, most noble-hearted,
most sincere
and generous prince!
That all this will be buried
in my loyal heart.
Treading softly!
Treading softly!
When, you open this letter,
you'll look first of all at the signature.
The signature will tell you all,
and explain all.
with the support of
the Cinematography Service
the Russian Ministry
of Culture
produced by 2-B-2 Studio
ENTERTAlNMENT
Fyodor Mikhailovitch
Dostoevsky
lDlOT
Evgeni MlRONOV
As prince Muishkin
Starring
Vladimir MASHKOV
Lidiya VELEZHEVA
Olga Budina
lnna CHURlKOVA
Alexei PETRENKO
Vladimir lLYlN
Michael BOYARSKY
Alexander LAZAREV
Larisa MALEVANNAYA
Maria KlSELYOVA
Written and directed by
Vladimir BORTKO
Photography by
Dmitri MASS
Design by
Vladimir SVETOZAROV
Marina NlKOLAYEVA
Original music by
lgor KORNELYUK
Producer
Valery TODORORVSKl
Episode 8
When you open this letter
look first at the signature.
The signature will tell you all,
so that l need explain nothing,
nor attempt to justify myself.
However, observe,
that although l couple you with him,
yet l have not once asked you
whether you love him.
He fell in love with you,
though he saw you but once.
He spoke of you as of 'the light.'
These are his own words
l heard him use them.
But l understood without his saying
it that you were
all that light is to him.
l lived near him for a whole month,
and l understood then
that you, too, must love him.
l think of you and him as one.
How she has dared to write to her?
How she could write about it?
And how could such mad idea
arise in her head?
But the dream this is, is already carried out.
And it is more surprising than all,
that l almost believe in an opportunity
realization of this dream.
Why do l wish to unite you two?
For your sakes or my own?
For my own sake, naturally.
l have thought so for a long time.
l have renounced the world.
You think it is strange that
l should say so,
for you saw me decked
with lace and diamonds.
''Take no notice of that;
l know that''
l have almost ceased to exist.
God knows what it is
dwelling within me now
it is not myself.
l can see it every day
in two dreadful eyes
which are always looking at me,
even when not present.
These eyes are silent now,
but l know their secret.
l am convinced that in some box
he has a razor hidden,
tied round with silk.
He is always silent,
but l know well that he loves me
so much that he must hate me.
''My wedding and yours
are to be on the same day;''
so l have arranged with him.
l have no secrets from him.
l would kill him from very fright,
but he will kill me first.
How did you come here?
l... l... came in
Mamma is not very well,
nor is Aglaya.
Adelaida has gone to bed,
and l am just going.
We were alone the whole evening.
l have come to you... now... to...
-Do you know what time it is?
-N--no!
Half-past twelve.
We are always in bed by one.
l thought it was half-past nine!
Never mind!
But why didn't you come earlier?
Perhaps you were expected!
l thought
Au revoir! l shall amuse them all
with this story tomorrow!
Get up!
Get up at once!
What?