witness
to a miracle
The terrestrial Lord will
be humbled
by the Lord of Hosts
The Tsar of all the Russias
begs your blessing
I do not recognize the Orthodox
Tsar in his pagan actions!
In what way, monk, do my actions
concern you?
Your actions are those of
a bloodthirsty beast!
Silence, Philip. If you question
my sovereignty
you will incur my anger!
Now bear witness to a miracle
The terrestrial Lord will
be humbled
by the Lord of Hosts
Ivan, like Nebuchadnessar,
you cast
those who are close to you
into the fire
But the avenging angel will
descend from heaven
and free them from their prison
Silence, Philip!
Submit to the authority of
the Church, Ivan!
Repent!
Dissolve the Oprichnina
before it's too late!
Ivan... dissolve the Oprichnina
before it is too late!
Silence!
Mother, is that the terrible
and godless Tsar?
Mother, it is the terrible
and godless Tsar!
It is her, Fyodor!
It is her
From now on I will be
just what you say I am!
I will be Terrible!
Philip has been arrested
He's been forbidden to go back
to the monastery
He'll be given a savage trial
He will be condemned
In the old days
they would have handed Philip
over to us for trial
We'd never have let him
be humiliated
It's no good living in the past.
We must find a solution
There is no solution
There is a solution.
Just one
The last
Kill the Tsar
Either kill the Tsar or lay
our own heads on the block
But who will do it?
Only the pure in heart would
be worthy of carrying out
so elevated a mission!
Pyotr Volynets
I consecrate this mission to you
Come, my brothers
embrace for the last time
God's servant, Peter, who
lately dwelt among us
He has vowed himself
to the grave
He will repose beneath
a cold slab
He is entering into the shades
He bids farewell to friends
and relations
He will lie with the dead
He confiscated Church property
We will exterminate the beast!
We must save Philip, because
he has incurred Ivan's wrath
for our sake
That will depend on Philip's
judges
Who will preside
at the Tribunal?
To whom must we send our gold,
plate and furs?
It is I who will preside
at the tribunal
That means he's saved!
That means he's lost!
Philip is more useful to
our cause as a martyr
A corpse, a martyr
a saint is more
valuable to our struggle
A dead man... A saint is
invincible, even for the Tsar!
His cowl is white, but his soul
is black
Why are you always trying
to make a leader of me, mother?
Why do you want to sacrifice me?
A black beaver was bathing
In the river
In the frozen Moscow River
He didn't wash himself cleaner
He only got blacker
Having taken his bath,
the beaver
Went off to the capital's
High hill
To dry himself,
Shake himself and look around
To see if anyone was coming
to look for him
The hunters whistle
Searching out the black beaver
The hunters follow the scent
They will find the black beaver
They want to catch and skin
the beaver
And with its fur then to adorn
A kingly mantle
In order to array
Tsar Vladimir!
I'd suffer the pangs of your
birth a hundred times over
for you to ascend the throne
To see you seated
on the Tsar's throne!
Take the crown
Take the collar!
I've always been frightened
of blood!
You won't have to shed it.
That will be Pyotr's job!
Yes... but after
to be haunted by remorse
for the rest of my life
always seeing him wherever I go,
enduring his silent reproaches
Whatever else you need fear -
it's not that
When the throne is yours,
you will punish the regicide
and others, too
A sovereign should not stray
from the path of righteousness
if he can help it
but he must be prepared
to tread the path
of evil if necessary
Our great sovereign offers you
a cup of wine
Moreover our great sovereign
invites his cousin Vladimir
Andreyevich to the royal table
The hand of God!
Our cause prospers!
You will accompany Pyotr
to the banquet
And don't forget to wear
your new kaftan
I'll remind him!
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