Barbarossa Page #5

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everyone will say

it's a sign from God.

That the coronation itself

was a sacrilege.

That God sides with Pope Alexander.

Oh, stop it now!

[MAN]:
Did you see?

She interrupted the chancellor.

God is with you, Frederick.

He wanted you emperor of Rome.

He wants you emperor of the world.

Continue your march south.

You can't stop now.

[MAN]:
It's impossible.

Your Majesty, the men

are afraid of the plague,

and we are losing control

of the population.

- We must leave this infected city.

- He's right. It's true.

We have to leave.

All right.

Tell your men we're leaving.

We're going home.

That is all for now.

Eugenie!

Prepare to depart.

That's quite a lot of rings, Alberto.

Who's supposed to wear them?

There's only a few fingers here.

[CHUCKLES]

Oh, you're wrong, my friend.

There are plenty of fingers

to fit these rings.

You see, I've been thinking

about this for many years now.

The imperials, they use

fear and death

as means to divide us and control us.

We're all afraid.

But if we could turn that fear around

and use it as a driving force

to unite us all...

we could become invincible.

After all, what have we got to lose?

Death?

[ALL CHUCKLE]

Death?

Death to the imperials.

Yeah, death to the imperials.

We could become the Company of Death.

- Company of Death?

- Yeah.

It's a good idea.

Yeah, the Company of Death.

[ALBERTO]:
Death or freedom.

[CHUCKLES]

Death or freedom.

Death and freedom, my friend.

Yeah.

[ALL CHUCKLING]

You're gonna get yourself

into a lot of trouble one day.

[ALL LAUGHING]

[WHINNIES]

Right there.

- You see?

- Ottone!

Do you remember me?

Lorenzo!

What are you doing here?

Tired of playing games?

I told you it's not possible.

I'm doing too much already.

This prison is full of dirt.

No one will notice.

Huh?

[MEN MURMURING]

These two.

No, not these two.

They nearly killed two imperials.

Choose two others.

No, I want these two.

[LAUGHS]

- Who are these?

- Who are these?

Who are you?

We're citizens tired of being wronged.

- So what?

- Break this.

Now break that.

[WHINNIES]

The humiliation that Milan

has suffered over these years

has now become intolerable.

Brescia will be by your side to help you

against the emperor

and also to build Milan again.

Yes! Yes!

We, the people of Mantua,

are not just going to stand by and watch.

But you all know what

the emperor's answer will be.

He's right.

People will live in terror

of retaliation.

And what are Lodi or Pavia going to do?

I'll tell you what we're going to do.

We're going to stick together, united,

under a Lombard league.

This time we're not going to wait

for Barbarossa's punishment.

An army becomes invincible

with a strong heart,

especially with a wounded heart.

Go to your cities.

Ask the young if they're still willing

to live this way.

You know what they'll tell you.

Do you know?

- Better dead than slaves!

- Better dead than slaves!

- Better dead than slaves!

- Better dead than slaves!

- Better dead than slaves!

- Company of Death, Milano.

- Death Bergamo!

- Death Brescia!

Death Mantua!

The land Barbarossa

treads on is our land.

It belongs to us Lombards

ever since we have a memory.

We, soldiers of the Company of Death,

swear to take back this land of ours,

to fight the emperor and never

to turn our backs on the enemy.

To unite all cities in a league and

to defend the most precious of all good:

Freedom.

Freedom.

Freedom!

[ALL]:
Freedom!

Freedom!

Freedom!

Freedom!

Freedom!

[FADES OUT]

[WHINNIES]

[BELL CLANGING IN DISTANCE]

[KNOCKS]

[GASPS]

It's you. Come.

Oh, my God, Eleonora.

I'm so happy.

I'm so happy to see you.

I can't believe it.

Come on, sit down.

So tell me, what forced you to come

all the way up here?

Alberto and many of the young men

from Milan have abandoned their homes

and now they're hiding in the woods.

And others will join them soon.

They have given themselves a name.

The Company of Death.

The Company of Death?

The name makes me think

of the evil of damnation.

What company are you speaking of?

Hundreds. Hundreds of young men, Tessa.

They want to give Milan back its freedom.

Oh, soon you will be able

to come back home, my sister.

Do you really think

I can come back to Milan?

I truly believe that.

They're willing to do anything.

Anything. Even to die.

Are you afraid for Alberto?

Are you still in love with him?

Yes.

And he is with me.

He asked me to marry him.

But I saw...

Don't give in to your visions, Eleonora.

Listen to your heart.

You must listen to your heart.

Go to him and tell him

you will accept his proposal.

At least one of us can be happy.

Eleonora!

[GASPS]

[WHINNIES]

- Now!

- Grab him!

- Get him!

- Stop him!

Stop him!

[GRUNTING]

Get back! It's a woman!

Watch out! She's armed!

[PANTING]

what are you doing here? Hey.

Give me the knife.

Give me the knife!

They're friends

in the Company of Death.

[ALL LAUGHING]

You see. It's getting bigger.

What are you doing here on horseback?

I was on my way home.

Home? Milan is 18 miles that way.

- So what? Leave me alone!

- Leave us.

Listen to me.

In some time now, we're gonna have

to meet Barbarossa in battle.

Some of us will die.

Marry me.

Now.

Stop trying to run away.

Why don't you understand?

The world we grew up in

doesn't exist anymore.

Everything has changed.

Everything.

[WHISPERING]:
I love you.

[LAUGHS]

[ALL CHEERING]

Open up!

Open the door.

We've come for the emperor's share.

This is an enclosed cloister.

You have no right to enter.

Open the door, Mother.

My right comes directly

from the emperor Frederick.

I repeat. You can't enter.

Open the door.

[GRUNTS]

[SCREAMS]

[PANTING] What's the matter?

What did I do?

What's the matter?

Hey.

Hey.

[ALL SCREAMING]

Come on, move!

- What do you think?

- Come on. We'll have some fun here.

Search everywhere.

- Oh, God.

- What's wrong, sister?

Everywhere!

They all look alike, don't they?

But under those clothes,

there may be some beautiful women.

Mother Superior?

Where are you?

Mother Superior!

I'm here.

Tell them to take off their veils.

I beg you, in the name of the Lord,

what you ask is a sacrilege.

If you don't do it, I will.

Kill me if you want,

but don't ask me to do that.

As you wish.

What about this one? Huh?

Hmm. The quality seems

quite low to start off with.

Um, this one!

Ah.

Indeed, this one is not bad.

If she had long hair,

she would be pretty.

What about this one?

Look at him.

[WHIMPERS]

No. No.

And, uh...

This one.

[MAN]:
Wow. Yeah.

She's really beautiful, sir.

Really beautiful.

Tessa?

Tessa?

Is it you?

I have prayed for this moment.

Tell me what you want me to do.

Tell me. Anything.

No!

[SCREAMING]

No!

Stop her! Stop her!

Stop her!

- How dare you!

- Stop her!

- No!

- Come back!

Come back!

Stop her!

Wait! Wait! Wait!

[ALL WHIMPERING]

- Please!

- Stop! Don't do it.

Please, don't do it.

Tessa.

No. No, no, no, no.

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