We Live Again Page #4

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He has great plans for you.

Plans? Look here, Missy,

I've served my time in the army.

Now I want to be free...

to plan my own happiness,

and yours, of course.

Father said if you want to be free,

you must be important.

Does that mean

I must become a judge, too?

Not a bad idea, my boy.

I'll see if I can arrange it for you.

Then you can

condemn others with impunity,

and do as you like yourself.

Prince Kortchagin,

I am not sure that I agree with you,

but I'm absolutely sure

that I don't want to argue about it.

Come along.

Don't forget

tomorrow morning, young man.

My court, nine o'clock.

I have never done jury duty.

Can't you get me off?

No, indeed, it'll do you good.

As a juryman, you can

consider yourself an embryonic judge.

Gentlemen of the jury.

Take your seats.

Everybody rise!

The court is coming!

Court is in session.

Bring in the prisoners.

If we stick to our story,

we'll be all right.

She won't have a leg to stand on.

Simon Kartinkin.

- Your name.

- Simon Kartinkin.

- Your class?

- Peasant, Your Excellency.

Religion?

Russian Orthodox,

Your Excellency.

And your occupation?

Waiter, in establishment

of Anastasia, Your Excellency.

You have been tried before?

No, Your Excellency.

Absolutely never.

You're aware

of the charge against you?

Oh, yes, Your Excellency.

But I didn't do it, Your Excellency.

- You see, Your Excellency...

- Sit down.

Euphemia Botchkova.

Kartinkin, sit down!

Kartinkin, sit down!

Kartinkin, sit down!

Your name.

My name is Euphemia Botchkova.

Peasant. Religion, Orthodox.

I'm a servant in

the establishment of Anastasia.

I have never been tried before,

and I know the nature

of the charges against me.

The third prisoner?

You will rise, please.

- Your name.

- Lubov.

What? What's this?

You're not put down as "Lubov."

- What is your real name?

- Your baptismal name.

Formerly I was called

Katusha Maslova.

Katusha... Katusha...

Katusha... Katusha.

- What class?

- Peasant.

- Religion?

- Orthodox.

And your occupation?

What was your employment

before your arrest?

I was in a place called

the establishment of Anastasia.

What sort of a place is that?

Oh, you know yourself.

Order! Or I'll clear the court!

You may sit down.

Simon Kartinkin...

and Euphemia Botchkova.

You are both charged

with having stolen money

from the suitcase

of the merchant Ivan Smelkoff...

and with having procured some poison

in the form of a powder.

And then, with having persuaded

the prisoner, Maslova,

to give it to the merchant Smelkoff

in a glass of brandy.

And thus, caused his death.

Do you plead guilty or not guilty?

- Not guilty, Your Excellency.

- Absolutely not.

- You see...

- You may sit down.

Katusha Maslova.

Your charge is more serious.

It is that you took the money

from the merchant Smelkoff

and shared it

with the other two prisoners.

And that later, you gave the merchant

Smelkoff poison in his drink...

and thereby caused his death.

You plead guilty?

If so, a full and free confession

will be of advantage to you.

I'm not guilty of any of it!

Suppose you tell us

how it happened?

Well, when he, this Smelkoff,

came to the house,

He was already very drunk.

There was no way

of managing him.

He became very difficult.

So I asked Simon and Euphemia

to help me to keep him quiet.

They told me they had

a sleeping powder.

So they gave it to me,

and I gave it to Smelkoff.

Then you do plead guilty

to having given the merchant

Smelkoff the powder in his drink?

Oh, yes, I did that.

Only I believed

what they told me...

that it was a sleeping powder,

and it wouldn't do him any harm.

How could I ever poison a man?

I never wished...

I never thought of such a thing!

- God as my witness.

- You may sit down.

The prosecution

may take up the case.

- We can't stay here all night!

- We are all agreed but you.

I am not convinced

as you all seem to be

of her innocence.

It is perfectly obvious

that she is innocent!

And that the other two

are thieves and murderers!

There isn't

the slightest doubt of it!

Well, gentlemen,

I won't hold out against you.

Perhaps you're right.

At any rate, let's get out of here.

Excellent, sir. Thank you, sir.

Then it's agreed.

Katusha Maslova, not guilty.

Wait, sir. That's not quite it.

She is guilty of

having given him the powder.

All right, we'll word it this way.

Katusha Maslova,

guilty of giving him the powder,

but without intent to rob...

Is that right?

- That's right.

- Call the attendant.

What is the matter

with those lunkheads?

Shouldn't have taken

two minutes to decide.

Girl's innocent,

and the other two are guilty.

Even the prosecuting attorney

couldn't make out

a case against her.

Trial by jury is stupid.

Jury have reached a decision,

Your Excellency.

- Thank heaven.

- Thank heaven.

The fools... look what

they've done. See here.

They meant to say she gave him

the powder without intent to kill.

Instead of which...

The verdict of the jury.

We find the defendants

Kartinkin and Botchkova

guilty of robbery.

We find the defendant,

Katusha Maslova,

guilty of giving the powder

to the merchant Smelkoff

without intent to rob.

Prisoners will hear the sentence.

By his Imperial Majesty's

ukase 1-2-5,

it is decreed that the peasants

Kartinkin and Botchkova

be sent to Siberia

for penal servitude for five years.

The peasant Katusha Maslova,

on the strength

of the decision of the jury,

in accordance

with statute three, section five,

will be sent to Siberia

to work at hard labor in the mines

for five years.

The court is adjourned!

But I am not guilty of anything!

I'm not guilty of anything!

I didn't kill him!

They told me

it was a sleeping powder!

Only a sleeping powder!

I told them the truth!

I didn't kill him!

Prince Kortchagin!

A mistake was made.

We agreed to find Maslova guilty

only of giving the drink

without intent to rob or to kill.

But unfortunately, Dmitri,

your written verdict doesn't say that.

"Without intent to rob."

That's all it says.

We didn't understand

the exact procedure, Your Excellency.

We are not lawyers,

and the technicalities escaped us!

Prince Kortchagin,

the decision must be reversed!

No, Dmitri, it cannot be reversed.

At least not in this court.

But you can't let

an innocent woman...

My dear Dmitri,

if you want to argue about it,

and I cannot imagine

why you should,

let us wait for dinner tonight.

We're due back in court

in about a moment,

and we have to try

20 revolutionaries simultaneously...

advocates of equality for all

or some such nonsense.

What's Prince Nekhlyudov

so excited about?

He isn't the one

who's going to Siberia.

Well, he's young.

Now, about these radicals,

we've got to show no leniency.

They're getting dangerous,

these fellows.

What, back again?

What have they done to you?

What happened, Katusha?

Siberia... hard labor in the mines.

Oh, don't they fear the Lord,

the cursed soul-slayers...

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