The Girl King

My Kristina of Sweden!

I implore you to call

upon your cleverness!

I beseech you,

in the name of our Lord!

Save your Empire!

[MUSIC BOX PLAYING]

Kristina!

Kristina!

Good night, Your Majesty.

See you tomorrow.

The queen Mother

refuses to see you!

Chancellor, how dare you

force your way into my quarters.

I've come to save your

daughter from your madness

and to remove he king's body.

- Not so soon!

- Soon?

He's been on your

bed for two years!

[GRUNT OF DISGUST]

His heart!

Look at that mad, mad woman...

She shows no respect

to our king. Go.

Nein! Nein...

Ah Kristina, Kristina!

Come...

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Kristina, Kristina...

Come, come!

[BEGGING, BREATHING LOUDLY]

Come! Kristina.

[BEGGING, CRYING]

Kristina...

[BEGGING, SHOUTING, CRYING]

Get the body.

[CRYING]

Kristina!

Kristina!

[CRYING]

Kristina...

Kristina?

Kristina.

Happy Birthday your majesty.

Control your anger.

Ssss...

Suppress your tears.

Were you aware of her shoulder?

A distracted servant.

She fell down

a flight of stairs.

The child is in good health.

[APPLAUSE]

I remember when you were born...

Your first cry was so deep,

we thought it was

the long awaited prince.

So we took you to your father

and he unwrapped the blanket.

A girl...

But she must be very clever,

because she fooled us all.

She will be

raised like a prince.

Rules for the training

of the mind, by Descartes!

A Catholic!

That is blasphemy.

To be uneducated

in this world of ours,

that would be blasphemy.

Heresy!

How dare you!

- Stop!

- From now on...

We will decide what you read.

Luther is right.

The Pope is an aberration and...

and his infallibility...

a fraud.

I'm glad to see you've

come to your senses...

But I still think

Luther's austerity is sadistic.

He sees the devil everywhere.

Even in a fly.

I'll bring back

your favorite books.

Descartes?

If you wish.

Even Descartes...

[BOOK SLAMS]

Her Majesty is in good health.

Happy eighteenth birthday.

With your father's sword,

Sweden is yours.

[LOUD BREATHING, GRUNT]

[LOUD BREATHING, GRUNT]

[LAUGHING]

Careful!

You should

concentrate, my cousin!

I'll lay a treasure

at your feet.

The greatest

treasure in the world?

Yes!

The greatest

treasure in the world.

I'll grant your deepest desire.

Just ask me!

[GRUNT]

Like Luther,

I want to spend a night

with the devil.

Do you really think he's the one

who will lay

the devil at your feet?

[CHURCH BELLS CHIMING]

On this sacred day,

may I call you my daughter?

Did I see you speak

to her on my behalf?

She needs to feel loved,

convince her.

They haven't brought me your

Royal Proclamation speech.

And they won't be bringing it.

Why?

Because that's what I decided.

Do you realize the

importance of this speech?

Yes!

And I've been preparing

for it since childhood.

This is a fine occasion

for you to trust her.

Stop it.

Father...

[SIGH]

Let Kristina show you

that you have every reason

to be proud of her.

Very well.

I'll hold you both responsible

for the consequences.

[CHUCKLES]

Her majesty, Queen Kristina!

How radiant and proud she is!

What a marvelous

day for our kingdom!

You, Kristina, on the throne.

[APPLAUSE]

Yes!

Your majesty...

Your humble servant.

Magnus, I take umbrage

at your splendid attire.

If Your Majesty wishes,

I shall take everything off.

And I should take

umbrage all the more.

May I introduce you

to Monsieur Pierre Chanut,

France's distinguished

ambassador to our country.

Your Majesty.

Monsieur.

Despite our

religious differences,

Sweden accepts France,

the eldest daughter

of the Church of Rome,

as our greatest ally.

We are stealing souls

from the Holy German Empire,

while you are stealing

their provinces.

[LAUGHS]

[APPLAUSE]

Jakob!

You remember

my younger brother, Jakob?

Some say he's even

handsomer than me.

Your Majesty.

My fiance,

Countess Ebba Sparre.

Your Majesty.

We must all take umbrage.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I don't see my mother.

She left.

Still at your papa's side I see?

Everytime I see you,

the same image comes to mind.

What image is that my friend?

You can open a dog's

mouth to teach him to talk...

But...

It just goes on, barking.

[LIGHT BARKING]

Lovely to see you again.

Did you bring

my first revolution?

I was olny waiting for you

to give the order, my queen.

Now!

For our gracious

majesty's pleasure!

[CLAPS HANDS TWICE]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[RINGING SOUND]

[APPLAUSE]

It's time now.

Everything will be fine.

Show them what you're made of!

The Queen!

Today I came of age

and I solemnly received

my father's crown.

The crown of the great

Gustav, Lion of the North,

who gave his life

fighting to defend

the glory of Sweden.

[CHEERS/APPLAUSE]

And I, like him, intend

to work day and night

for the glory of our kingdom,

in keeping with the teachings

of Luther, our spiritual guide.

[CHEERS/APPLAUSE]

I inherited from my father

a country of miners

and lumberjacks,

of peasants and soldiers.

Ignorance and illiteracy are

rampant in the lower classes,

people scorn scholars and

are suspicious of knowledge.

The French philosopher,

Ren Descartes, says...

that curiosity is a great asset.

Says it predisposes us to

acquire scientific knowledge.

He says...

the best remedy,

for excessive admiration,

is to acquire knowledge

of many things,

and to practice appreciation

of those that seem

most rare and strange.

We must build schools!

Theaters!

Libraries!

We must welcome

the finest thinkers

and those banned

for their ideas.

I want to make my country

the most sophisticated

country in Europe.

Let us become curious and

make Stockholm the new Athens!

[APPLAUSE]

To achieve this dream...

We must tackle

the greatest challenge

in the history

of this country...

Peace!

Peace?

We must bring an end

to these years of war

with the Holy Roman Empire.

With the Catholics?!

Nothing is more

difficult than peace.

Thirty years of war...

Thousands and thousands

of deaths

to ensure that Luther's faith,

prevails over the North

of this continent.

And you would like us

to abandon these goals?!

We got drunk

on the blood of Catholics.

And now we are supposed

to dilute everything

with poetry and song!

Sit down...

When pretty phrases

and sweet melodies

have lulled us to sleep,

Catholic Germany will

rise and, brandishing Rome,

they will return

to stab us in the back!

- The way they did your father!

- Sit down!

This is her majesty,

Queen Kristina of Sweden!

And when the queen speaks,

she commands!

Wait!

Wait, wait, wait, wait...

I shall protect you.

I shall love you, day and night.

Marry me!

What?

Make me your king!

I have just introduced myself

and presented

my plans to the world

and you are talking to me

about marriage.

The moon has barely risen

on the first day of my reign,

and I've already received

countless proposals.

The Great Elector

of Brandenburg,

the King of Hungary.

Even Philip of Spain!

An incurable syphilitic!

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