Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Tom Baker: Rasputin
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Quotes
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Rasputin : I see blood when I shut my eyes. A lot of blood. I saw blood once before, when I was in Jerusalem. And then my father died. In Kazan, there is an ivory Christ whose wounds bleed. Someone told me there's a Madonna in Kharkov that sheds real tears. Matushka, I see things. I have power. I cure the sick. Holy men kneel to me and kiss my hands. I am a vessel of the Lord. I have spoken with God. It must be so. How else can I do these things? I save souls and bring peace. God leads me. He brought me here. He speaks through me. I am the voice of God. It is His will. I have been sent to do great things.
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Rasputin : I started late to be a starets. I was twenty when this vision came. We peasants get them all the time. The Virgin comes and tells them when to sell their sheep if they want to make a profit. She told me to become a pilgrim, so I started to walk. I waited for Her to tell me when to stop, but she didn't. I walked two thousand miles, and when I got to Greece, I couldn't walk any further, so I stopped. I spent two years in a monastery, and then I walked home again. Sometimes, people say to me, "What do I need to become a starets?" And I say, "Good feet."
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[as a wagon of peasant girls rides by]
Nun : Good day, and the Lord be with you.
[Rasputin rises naked out of the wagon with a bottle of vodka]
Rasputin : And the Lord be with you! Ha ha!
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Tsarina Alexandra : To marry Nicky, I had to change my faith. That was a great sin, don't you think? God thinks so. He won't hear me when I pray. I've sinned, and He won't listen.
Rasputin : All saints were sinners once. God loves sinners.
Tsarina Alexandra : Then why is He killing my baby?
Rasputin : We had a man in Pokrovskoe. He didn't wash or work. He lied, stole, cheated, drank, chased all the women. He was a sinner. Why, out of all men, did the Virgin come to him?
Tsarina Alexandra : Perhaps he lied. You said he was a liar.
Rasputin : No. She came. I saw her. I know all there is to know about sin. Pray with me, Matushka. God is here.
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[seeing a young girl]
Rasputin : So, you'd like to be an opera singer? Yes, you have the chest for it.
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Rasputin : I don't hate anyone. And yet, so many enemies. I'm not rich, what I get, I give away, I take no vengeance on the men I remove from office. When you fall, I won't abuse you.
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Rasputin : I've been poisoned. You tried to kill me. You all have. You silly fools. I thought I could trust you. Silly fools. You can't even kill properly. You're too small to destroy me. Look!
Prince Yusupov : Cyanide!
Rasputin : Now get up, prince. Get up! Try. Let's see you try to kill me.
Grand Duke Dmitry : It's cyanide!
Rasputin : I begged Batushka not to start this war. I know who dies. You don't die. The people die. The wise old men, the generals, the ministers, the ones who say, "Do this. Go there." No mud on their boots. No bullets in their bellies. Where's your rifle, Prince? Why aren't you at the front where the blood is? I'm not a German. I come from the Russian soil, and you fools will never destroy me. Thank God Russia has sons like me and isn't at the mercy of scum like you.
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Rasputin : [to Alexandra] The child will die, if you don't get down on your knees and beg for his life.
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Rasputin : I'm going home. I don't like St. Petersburg. It makes me drink too much. And when I drink - the women come. The women here are worse than the peasants in my village. No restraint.
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Rasputin : If you need me while I'm gone, pretend I'm with you. Say the things that trouble you, the way you always do and it will help. I only sit and listen anyway. The Voice of God is in *you*. And no harm will come.
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Rasputin : I want peace! And food for peasants, everywhere. I want that girl you saw. And all the girls I haven't seen. I want to sleep. But, can't sleep unless I'm drunk! I want to die and go to heaven! I want music! I want God to love me! And I want to see you dance!
