Barbarossa Page #6

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Shh, shh, shh, shh.

Don't, Tessa.

I beg of you, please.

No. No. Don't.

I beg of you.

I love you.

I love you with all my heart.

I love you more than

I've loved anything in my life.

Stay with me.

I'll change.

I'll do anything you say.

I beg of you. No.

[NUNS SCREAMING]

Just don't leave me.

Just... No!

Please.

Please.

Just give me your hand.

Just give me your...

[SCREAMS]

[SOBS]

- No!

- No!

Tessa!

[SOBS]

[SOBBING CONTINUES]

[SCREAMS]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[THUNDER CONTINUES]

I loved her.

I loved her.

I loved her.

I loved her.

I loved her.

I loved...

[MAN]:
She cut his throat!

Arrest her!

- No! Leave her alone!

- She's a witch!

You're going to pay for this, witch!

[Sobbing]

- Alberto!

- What's going on, Nicola?

Eleonora almost killed Barozzi

with a dagger to the throat.

- Where is she?

- Barozzi is taking her to Alessandria,

to Barbarossa's camp.

He wants to burn her at the stake.

[MAN]:
Alberto, don't go!

Don't go!

[MEN SHOUTING]:
Come on! Don't go!

- Alberto, don't go!

- Let go!

Get him down from that horse!

Get off me! Let go of me!

- Alberto!

- Let go of me!

- Calm down!

- Let go of me!

Let go of me!

- That's just what Barozzi wants.

- Damn it!

Let go of me!

They'll kill you.

Hold him! Hold him!

Let go! Leave me alone!

Leave me alone! Leave me alone!

Damn you! Let go of me!

Let go of me! Let go of me! Aah!

Get out of here! Out of here!

Get away from me! Get away!

[YELLS]

[YELLING]

[SOBBING]

[GROANS, SOBS]

Hurry up with that. Hurry up.

Bring more now.

That cart is almost full.

Send another.

[CONTINUES, INDISTINCT]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Get in there, witch!

I survived.

I don't think you'll be so lucky.

I'm going to watch you burn.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[BARBAROSSA]:
Bad news, bad news.

[THUNDER]

we've been trying to conquer

this city for weeks.

How is the tunnel proceeding?

Your Majesty, as you know,

we can only dig during our attacks

in order to cover the noise,

and this rain is certainly

not helping either.

Double the digging.

The rivers around the city are

full with water, Your Majesty.

If they overflow their banks,

the whole camp will be submerged.

The men are tired. The rain,

the mud are destroying our troops.

Shut up!

We will get into the city before dawn.

Make sure the tunnel is ready.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[MAN]:
Have no fear.

The door will stay...

I have no fear at all!

Yes. She's here.

She's here.

- Open the door.

- But, Your Highness, uh...

Open the door! It's an order!

- Do it!

- Yes, ma'am.

[BEATRICE]:
Close the door.

You know who I am?

You must be a very important person

if you give the orders to the guard.

I was curious to see the woman

who had the courage to slit the throat

of an imperial envoy.

Next time, my hand will be firmer.

There won't be a next time,

and you know it.

Tell me.

Why did you do it?

He killed my sister.

And because of him,

my husband risks his life.

What do you mean?

Why is he in danger?

What happened to your arm?

It's the mark of a lightning strike.

Lightning struck you

and you didn't die?

What are you?

A witch?

Oh, a witch?

Oh, get me out of here!

[BANGING]

Get me out of here! Get me...

Open the door!

Get me out of here!

She's a witch!

I don't want to stay with a witch!

Get me out! Get me out!

Shut up, wench!

Get back in there!

[DOOR CLOSES]

[ALL SHOUTING]

Oh, God.

They will have no chance.

The scythes are exactly at

the height of the horsemen.

[ALL LAUGHING]

Very good, boys.

Move quietly. Quiet. Shh.

Quiet.

Move. Quickly.

[CHATTERING QUIETLY]

[CHATTERING]

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[WOOD CREAKING]

Quiet. Quiet. Silence. Shh. Quiet.

Wait, wait. Get ready.

Get ready.

It seems peaceful...

[BOTH SCREAMING]

[MAN]:
Get out! Get out!

Everybody out!

[ALL SHOUTING]

- Sound the alarm!

- Call the guards!

The Germans are attacking!

They've built a tunnel!

Come on! Get out of the way!

Get out of the way!

Your Highness, we've been discovered.

The tunnel has been closed.

[SIGHS]

Set all the war machines

on fire. We retreat.

Damn Alexander and his... city.

[HORSES WHINNYING]

We're retreating to Pavia.

They're loyal to us.

We'll be there for a while.

There's only one thing you should do.

Send messengers to

your cousin Henry the Lion.

You need fresh troops.

He can't refuse to help you.

Henry is greedy for land.

We've been away from Germany too long.

That's a good idea.

Let's do that.

I'll get ready to pack.

One more thing

before leaving camp, my lord.

Pardon that prisoner

from Milan, please.

Why are you so worried

about some peasant woman?

That woman has extraordinary

powers, Frederick.

They say she's a witch.

On her arm, she bears the mark

when she was struck by lightning.

What is it that troubles you?

Lightning spared her.

Don't defy heaven. Pardon her, please.

If you burn her,

she will bring you bad luck.

Beatrice, this woman

has to be punished.

If we burn her, she'll be happy to go.

[HORSES WHINNYING]

[WHINNYING]

Be ready.

How are things, cousin?

And where's the army you promised me?

Look at me, Your Majesty.

I'm 46 and full of aches and pains.

War is a luxury

I can no longer afford.

I'm much older than you are,

and I'm still willing

to fight for the empire.

Your Majesty, I'm ready too.

[FINGERS SNAP]

In there is enough money

to pay many men.

It is yours, Your Highness.

It is my contribution to your cause.

Stop it!

You know all too well that

the emperor doesn't need money.

He needs soldiers, an army.

Aren't you ashamed of yourself?

Your emperor allowed you

to have Saxony and Bavaria.

He defended you from all the German princes

who schemed against you.

And now... now that the emperor

asks for your help,

all you are able to give

is some miserable money?

Why, what confidence.

My cousin Frederick should worry about

having a wife that speaks like a man.

Yah!

[COINS CLATTER]

They call you Henry the Lion,

but you're worthless.

[WHINNIES]

Let's go.

[WHIMPERING]

Ah, give over.

[WHIMPERING CONTINUES]

Stop your whinging, witch!

- I told you to wait for me!

- Sorry, Your Excellency.

I got a direct order from the empress.

It doesn't matter.

As long as she burns.

Burn. Burn!

[WHIMPERING]

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

- No! No!

- Burn.

[SCREAMING] No!

Men of the Company of Death,

we gather here today in a common dream:

The dream of freedom.

Freedom that is our birthright.

Freedom that was taken away from us.

It was taken away from us

by manipulating us,

separating us, dividing us,

by fear.

But this common dream can unite us.

We can mend our fields, walk our lands

and raise our families in peace.

Let us not fear tomorrow,

for to live one day in total freedom

means more than a

hundred days of slavery!

Together we'll go. Freedom!

[ALL]:
Freedom!

Freedom!

Freedom! Freedom!

[FADES]

Halt.

Charge!

Look. Men of the league.

Oh, my God!

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Hold.

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