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Prekrasnaya Lyukanida ili Borba rogachey s usachami.1912.en.1.25fps.1736318020.srt ⭳
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1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,553 The State Film Archive of Russia presents 2 00:00:08,343 --> 00:00:11,924 A Ladislas Starevich film 3 00:00:12,007 --> 00:00:13,818 The Beautiful Lucanida, 4 00:00:13,944 --> 00:00:18,795 or The Battle of the Horned and the Whiskered 5 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:24,200 The castle of King Cervus is having a magnificent ball. 6 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:29,950 Music thunders: to the captivating sounds of a waltz whirl lavishly dressed guests. 7 00:00:30,046 --> 00:00:35,249 Cervus himself with his beautiful wife, Queen Lucanida, 8 00:00:35,421 --> 00:00:37,709 sits majestically on the throne. 9 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,796 Today he has a special guest of honor: Count Heros, 10 00:00:41,929 --> 00:00:44,900 whose name resounds throughout the land. 11 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,097 At the sight of the beautiful Lucanida, 12 00:00:48,192 --> 00:00:51,932 Heros is amazed by her grace, elegance and beauty. 13 00:00:52,292 --> 00:00:54,600 He instantly falls in love with her. 14 00:00:55,157 --> 00:01:00,625 The queen is also pleasantly surprised by the stately posture of the valiant Heros. 15 00:01:00,820 --> 00:01:05,170 She takes him by the hand and follows him to the park. 16 00:01:05,433 --> 00:01:09,925 Here Heros wants to reveal his feelings for the beautiful Lucanida. 17 00:01:10,085 --> 00:01:12,719 Here, to the sound of a bubbling fountain, 18 00:01:12,802 --> 00:01:17,777 to the rustle of leaves, to the magical sounds of a waltz heard from afar, 19 00:01:17,860 --> 00:01:22,068 a charming confession escapes his lips. 20 00:01:22,148 --> 00:01:23,554 Meanwhile, 21 00:01:23,702 --> 00:01:29,148 the lovers do not suspect that one of the sentries, seeing them in the park, 22 00:01:29,228 --> 00:01:34,243 hurried to King Cervus with a report of Lucanida's treason. 23 00:01:34,559 --> 00:01:38,551 "You lie! You lie, despicable wretch!" 24 00:01:38,634 --> 00:01:42,277 angrily exclaimed Cervus, on hearing the sentry's report. 25 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,440 "How can this be?! My beautiful Lucanida, the beauty and pride of the whole country, 26 00:01:46,523 --> 00:01:51,222 the whole country of the Horned, is betraying me?" 27 00:01:51,702 --> 00:01:54,124 "Follow me, great lord, and you will see 28 00:01:54,207 --> 00:01:57,652 that I'm not lying," 29 00:01:58,199 --> 00:02:01,207 whispered the sentry. 30 00:02:19,241 --> 00:02:25,473 And here is the secluded corner of the park where Heros is making vows of his eternal love to Lucanida: 31 00:02:25,592 --> 00:02:27,499 "I swear upon my Whiskered honor," he exclaims, 32 00:02:27,579 --> 00:02:30,264 "I have never seen a beauty to match yours, Lucanida! 33 00:02:30,381 --> 00:02:33,631 My heart has never beat so strongly, 34 00:02:33,714 --> 00:02:35,211 nor stilled so sweetly, as when it is near you." 35 00:02:35,795 --> 00:02:39,590 And the beautiful Lucanida leans her head against his chest. 36 00:02:42,794 --> 00:02:46,875 Suddenly there is an angry exclamation: 37 00:02:46,970 --> 00:02:53,265 Traitor! So that is how you keep your vows! And you, Count, 38 00:02:53,759 --> 00:02:58,557 have you forgotten the laws of hospitality? 38 00:02:58,658 --> 00:03:00,958 You have trampled my honor! 39 00:03:01,331 --> 00:03:05,525 Come forth to battle! We shall duel as befits knights!" 40 00:03:05,698 --> 00:03:09,158 Poor Lucanida, hearing such wrathful words, hurries to escape. 41 00:03:09,292 --> 00:03:11,840 But Heros and Cervus draw their swords, 42 00:03:12,452 --> 00:03:15,784 and the duel begins. 43 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:21,311 At last, with a lucky blow, Heros knocks the sword out of Cervus's hands. 44 00:03:21,452 --> 00:03:23,268 Cervus falls to his knees, expecting 45 00:03:23,351 --> 00:03:27,452 at any moment the enemy's sword to pierce his heart, but the noble enemy 46 00:03:27,535 --> 00:03:33,494 limits himself to merely walking away. 47 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,228 Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the park, 48 00:03:37,525 --> 00:03:41,360 where a foamy waterfall falls from the rocky cliffs into the river, 49 00:03:41,509 --> 00:03:47,400 poor Lucanida, crying her heart out, decides to end her life. 50 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,359 She throws herself into the river. 51 00:03:50,462 --> 00:03:53,197 Fortunately, Heros notices her act in time. 52 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:58,420 The brave knight rushes in after her and manages to save her! 53 00:03:58,586 --> 00:04:00,296 Having swum with her to the other shore, 54 00:04:00,571 --> 00:04:04,830 where a luxurious palanquin is already waiting for them on an elephant's back, 55 00:04:04,972 --> 00:04:07,964 Heros takes his beloved away to his castle. 56 00:04:08,044 --> 00:04:13,134 Meanwhile, Cervus, who saw everything on the opposite shore, 57 00:04:13,214 --> 00:04:15,663 at first does not dare to jump into the water, 58 00:04:15,743 --> 00:04:19,223 then in a fit of despair he jumps anyway and... 59 00:04:19,979 --> 00:04:21,448 Oh, what indignity! 60 00:04:21,582 --> 00:04:24,460 Catching his clothes on the branch of a tree, 61 00:04:24,601 --> 00:04:30,362 he remains hanging from it, flailing his arms and legs helplessly. 62 00:04:32,548 --> 00:04:37,850 The next day, Cervus decides to issue an ultimatum to his foe with the stipulation 63 00:04:38,021 --> 00:04:44,211 that if within 24 hours Lucanida is not returned, 64 00:04:44,268 --> 00:04:48,578 he will declare a terrible and merciless war on all the Whiskered. 65 00:05:29,311 --> 00:05:34,158 Nevertheless, Heros, after reading this missive, 66 00:05:34,238 --> 00:05:37,620 angrily tears it up and expels the ambassador. 67 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,940 When Cervus finds out how Heros treated his ambassador, 68 00:05:48,064 --> 00:05:52,315 he orders his army to march against the enemy. 69 00:07:19,529 --> 00:07:22,597 At the sight of the approaching enemy, 70 00:07:22,708 --> 00:07:26,044 an alarm is raised on the walls of Heros's castle. 71 00:07:26,237 --> 00:07:29,657 Here the first shrapnel explodes, followed by another. 72 00:07:29,980 --> 00:07:33,060 Soon, a whole sea of salvos rises. 73 00:07:33,140 --> 00:07:36,278 The Horned roll a siege-gun up to the castle, 74 00:07:36,358 --> 00:07:39,070 climb it, and lower the drawbridge. 75 00:07:39,190 --> 00:07:44,260 A hand-to-hand melee breaks out, during which Cervus gets to the castle wall. 76 00:07:44,378 --> 00:07:46,927 Heros heroically defends himself. 77 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:07,480 And now he sees his implacable enemy. 78 00:08:19,495 --> 00:08:24,256 Heros sees that the Whiskered cannot win 79 00:08:24,430 --> 00:08:27,406 and decides to die a valiant death. 80 00:08:27,690 --> 00:08:31,085 He slams the door of the castle behind him, and runs downstairs, 81 00:08:31,165 --> 00:08:33,390 where his faithful Lucanida awaits him. 82 00:08:34,089 --> 00:08:35,070 "My sweetheart, 83 00:08:35,563 --> 00:08:38,563 my beautiful Lucanida," he says, 84 00:08:38,643 --> 00:08:40,480 "we cannot be saved. 85 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:43,356 Cervus will be bursting into the tower any minute. 86 00:08:43,560 --> 00:08:46,677 Do you want to die with me?" 87 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:51,525 And Lucanida is quick to say: "Yes." 88 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:57,224 At that moment, as the tower door falls under the pressure, 89 00:08:57,454 --> 00:09:00,924 and Cervus himself bursts in, waving an exposed sword, 90 00:09:01,571 --> 00:09:07,125 Heros grabs Lucanida in his arms and lights the gunpowder he had prepared. 91 00:09:07,378 --> 00:09:10,698 A terrible explosion follows. 92 00:09:10,781 --> 00:09:14,937 Towers, walls and the whole castle collapse. 93 00:09:15,020 --> 00:09:18,397 Cervus and his army die in the explosion. 94 00:09:20,687 --> 00:09:25,694 In the afterlife, in the realm of eternal bliss, 95 00:09:26,262 --> 00:09:29,582 Heros and Lucanida finally find peace. 96 00:09:31,317 --> 00:09:33,418 They fall into a rose flower cup, 97 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:36,480 its petals covering them, 98 00:09:37,020 --> 00:09:39,480 to the wonderful sounds of a song. 99 00:09:40,060 --> 00:09:43,302 The song of a love that prevailed. 100 00:09:47,133 --> 00:09:49,339 The Beautiful Lucanida, 101 00:09:49,419 --> 00:09:54,133 or The Battle of the Horned and the Whiskered. 102 00:09:55,264 --> 00:10:00,591 A Ladislas Starevich film 103 00:10:00,671 --> 00:10:04,971 Reconstructed by Nikolai Izvolov 104 00:10:05,054 --> 00:10:09,741 Read by Alexander Negreba 105 00:10:09,821 --> 00:10:14,152 Music: "Valse Sentimentale" by P.I. Tchaikovsky 106 00:10:14,232 --> 00:10:19,380 Source materials scanning: Vladimir Kotovsky 107 00:10:19,460 --> 00:10:24,334 Restoration: Nikolai Mayorov 108 00:10:24,414 --> 00:10:29,371 THE END (subs: easierwithpractice & Niffiwan)