place, Basmanovs!
You are beginning to catch
the boyars' sickness.
You are beginning to get ideas about rank.
Would you like to put yourself
beside the Tsar?
I've sworn never to fraternise
with the boyars
nor with the landowners.
I am alone,
a poor orphan.
No one loves or pities me!
The guests have assembled
in the courtyards of the boyars
In the courtyards of the boyars
The axes skim the necks of the boyars
The axes, the axes
Come along! Come along!
What happens next?
What happens next?
Come on, tell us more
Come on, tell us more
Strike with the axes
The gates have split down the middle
Down the middle
The golden goblets pass
from hand to hand
From hand to hand
Come along. Come along
What happens next?
What happens next?
Come on, tell us more
Come on, tell us more
Strike with the axes!
Oh, you are wrong,
Tsar of all the Russias,
- you have friends.
- I haven't one.
- Yes, you have!
- Don't lie.
- I'm not lying.
- Then who is my friend?
- Well, me for one.
- I don't believe you!
I swear it!
Don't swear it.
Prove it by your actions!
I will prove it!
And when the guests are parting
having drunk their fill
Drunk their fill
They set fire to the castle
Set fire to the castle
Come along. Come along
What happens next?
What happens next?
Come on, tell us more
Come on, tell us more
Strike with the axes!
What is Archbishop Pimen's man doing
amongst the servants?
Pimen assigned him
to the service of Vladimir Andreyevich.
You lie... You won't prove anything!
I will... I will prove it to you!
You sit here celebrating
and you don't even know
some people want you out of the way.
- Is that so?
- I swear it!
And who do they want in my place?
You'd never guess!
I said to her, who'd want to be Tsar?
Plots... executions.
As for me... I'm just a peaceful man;
all I ask of life
is to drink and live in peace.
Indeed, who'd want to be Tsar?
The task is a heavy one!
That's exactly what I said.
Why do I want to be Tsar?
But she insists.
Take it... take the crown.
Take the collar.
Take the collar...
Take the crown.
Take it!
Take it! Why not?
Take it, cousin!
Bring the Tsar's regalia!
He likes it,
this lackey of the Poles!
The farce is over.
Enough of this ungodly revelry!
Brothers, let's address ourselves
to the Almighty!
Let us think upon our last hour.
Awake, my soul
Awake
Lead us to the cathedral!
A Tsar does not draw back.
The Tsar is always first to enter!
Ivan is no more!
Good people, look!
Ivan is no more!
The brute is dead!
Russia shall flourish under a boyar Tsar!
Vladimir!
Holy Mother of God...
No!
Torture me!
Execute me!
You'll never make me speak!
I won't give anyone away.
Why are you holding him?
It was not the Tsar he killed...
only the fool!
Let him go.
And it was not only a fool he killed
but the Tsar's worst enemy!
My grateful thanks!
As for her...
They want to catch
and skin a beaver
And with its fur then to adorn
A kingly mantle for... for...
Tsar Vladimir
As for her...
A black beaver was bathing...
I swear before God to accomplish
In Russia, my royal mission
To purge the Motherland
of her savage enemies
To shed with my own hands
the blood of the guilty
Without mercy,
either to myself or others
For the sake of the great land of Russia.
A Tsar must always weigh and assess.
Mercy and gentleness for the good.
Cruelty and torment for the wicked.
A Tsar who hesitates in this
will never make a Tsar!
Today in Moscow,
we have struck down
the enemies of Russian unity.
My hands are free!
From now on the sword of justice
shall flash against those
who dare to oppose from without
the greatness of Russian might.
We will not let Russia be abused!