Filmed based on the novel ALEXEY IVANOVA
Uncle Kalina, why don't the Permians build temples?
Because for them the whole world is a temple. Here you are, Mishka, try it...
Look at this. It sounds like the voice of a hawk. The hawk signifies courage...
Kalina, come down, Jermolaj is calling you!
And I'm Vaska, Kalina, builder of temples.
I died for the first time in the middle of the 15th century since the birth of Christ...
Russian Parma was then ruled by Prince Yermolaj - Mishka's father...
It was he who sent me to be a guide to the evil men behind the Stone...
That's what we called reefs Ural mountains.
If I had at least known then that we were going to Vogul, to people who do not let Christ near them.
But that's why they worship many gods,
and most of all they worship the Virgin of the Sun whom they call Surni-Naj.
If I had at least known then that we were going to pick her up...
They are probably father, son and daughter-in-law. - Vaguli will kill them.
They prepared people for slaughter. Shall we help them?
No, the pity of Christian souls, but we cannot help them.
We can't beat them all. But I'm not coming back without this one.
When we return, I will hold a memorial service for them in the church in Čerdinje. - Judo!
These idiots also crawled...
They want to see their head on the Vogol stake.
What is so interesting here? What are they doing, Hvate?
Shut your mouth, fool! Everyone, get the hell out of here!
Leontius... What will he do to them?! What?
What?!
Surni-Naj...
THE HEART OF PARMA
It's over, Catch it. - Have you shed enough blood? Don't take sin on your soul!
This is Pam, their priest, he has to stand here all day.
If you kill him, you and all of us will suffer along with you.
Nechristi...
Hey, warrior - beg that land.
Listen, builder, you said the hooves of their deer god don't touch the ground,
that's why they put silver plates under their hooves. Where are they?
Check over there in the corner. They should be there. -Sjomka, check.
Don't touch it, Catch! Leave it. It will be bad. They will kill you and us. They will weigh everyone...
I didn't lecture you on how to do your job.
Don't even teach me what my job is.
What is this?! He is barely 16 kilos...
And they said he was heavy.
They cheat on the scales everywhere.
Vasya...
That's enough guys... Take what's there, and let's get out of here.
UST - VIM
I told you, young prince... Until you listen to me, you will not learn.
Where's your attitude? Do as I told you. - Hit harder!
You have a strong voice. Let out a scream when you hit.
I'm not going to scream. It's a shame...
I'm telling you: if you scream, you'll be twice as fast.
Stupid head... Come on! - I won't! Defend yourself!
You are so stubborn... Huh?
I don't think it's right to treat the future The Grand Duke of Perm as a child.
Get up! Come with me...
Send...
Prince! Prince Yermolaj is coming!
Hello, Artemis. how was the catch today? - Look, prince, how rich he is.
Why, Lukashka, son of a whore, are you rolling barrels again instead of forging iron?
I will do that... - Do it!
Gavrila!
When you're done with the main tower, go to the ramparts.
All right, prince. We will do as you tell us.
Do you need wood? - No need, we have everything. - Watch what you say, I'll check later.
Who will check?
who are you - I'm Teechert.
Daughter of Khan Tanega. He has not been home for a month.
He is Khan, he should be at home. - He is a drunkard, not a khan.
He drank everything he had. From now on, Prince Yermolaj is your khan.
And you, girl, go home, because it will drink you too.
Did you hear? - Let me go, prince, to my father, I will pay a ransom for him.
I did not know that Tanega had a daughter.
Mishka will marry her.
Thus he will become the first Permian prince.
According to Russian and their customs. Go to the prince's court. Mishka, show her the way.
Where's the drink?
Čika Tanega! Don't drink so much!
Do you see what kind of prince you have?
You drank not only the land, but you also sold your own daughter. Right now.
They are savages after all.
They are not afraid of Christ. Demons sit in them.
Saint Stephen baptized Perm 70 years ago, and what...
They still smear their mouths with blood in the church, as their idols.
I'm talking about their idol - the Golden Woman.
I heard you set up a checkpoint nearby. - I did, so what?
Bad people, merchants from Novgorod...
If you take this Golden Woman, do you think you will take all of Perm under your rule?
I guess that's what you want, right?
To separate from Moscow, to rule in your principality of Great Perm.
What is it, prince... Do you dream of becoming a great ruler?
Like the Moscow one?
And you're not with me?
I am with God.
Tomorrow I will ride through the pastures.
I will visit Usura Kamskuj.
And if I meet that Golden Woman there, Surni-Naj...
I'll take her and bury her in the ground, just so you know.
I have decided!
Tiche, daughter of Prince Tanega, stays here.
Mishka's nanny will take care of her.
Dima, let's celebrate!
Every human being is born with five souls...
And every soul is a bird.
The soul of the raven lives with the ancestors...
Nightingale soul with ghosts, the soul of the falcon with the gods...
The soul of the swan there... Above the gods...
Where fate revolves.
Yes, and the last soul living with humans...
It is different for everyone.
And how do you know which bird is your last soul?
You know, you just don't remember.
And you, Tiche, which bird is your soul?
I don't know, Mihan... Maybe I'm not human.
But who are you? - Maybe I'm a lamia.
And what is a lamia?
Wizard figure, Surni-Naj in human form.
Surni-Naj? Who is Surni-Naj?
Surni-Naj chooses whose body she will inhabit.
When a lamia dies, Surni-Naj summons a new wife.
And he is waiting for her touch.
That's why no one should ever touch Surni-Naj.
And you are the Khan's daughter.
You are not a llama.
You are a stupid girl.
This is for you, Mihan.
Father, the Vagul prince will catch up with us soon! Father, jump out and run there!
Vaguli will look for Tichi, and you will hide.
Tichi is smart, she will escape from Vagul.
You... You stole the Golden Woman.
Who did you bring, Palute? - What's left of the Capture.
Catch... Catch... Catch it!
He went crazy.. He was completely frozen. He tried to run away from them.
The guards found him at the Parma border.
They asked him where Kalina was, where the commander was. And he doesn't say anything, he just...
He just said something about Petrina. - And what did he say?
They saw Petrina over the cliff, crucified on the cross.
The kingdom of heaven to him. Send people to take it down.
And let them give him a Christian burial. - Let's see the woman.
Prince, maybe...
God, forgive me...
Surni-Naj...
Cover her!
Catch... Catch it!
He died.
Lamia...
Grandma Ochey!
It flows...
You touched her. Nothing terrible. Those are just fairy tales.
It's just fairy tales...
I'm not just going to take their Surni-Naj...
I will kill them all.
I will kill their wives and children...
I will wipe out their cities. I will even kill the memory of them.
The Prince of Perm never raised his sword against us.
They do not bring us
swords, but their god.
I could handle their swords, but not with God.
Why will our world collapse if
another god takes up residence here?
The god of the Russians is not our god. There is nothing of his here.
No country, no people, no ancestors.
I heard Russian shamans. Their god is a pervert, a vagabond...
He left his mother. - We live in eternity and in our country...
You're not listening to me, Pam!
They will destroy our gods and then our country.
I will kill them before they take root here.
Blood...
Pam, you're too old.
Your heart is trembling.
Are you afraid of blood?
Leave me alone. I told you to come back, dumbass.
Mouse! Come inside!
Run away!
Dad, I'm here!
Father, don't! Father, don't!
Father, don't! - It's coming! - Father, don't!
It's flowing!
It flows... It flows...
I was...
You saved Tiche... Take her as your wife.
You will be a prince.
By the blood of the father...
Surni-Naj!
Mishka, follow me!
...and let those who hate him run away from him! When the smoke clears, so will they...
As wax melts from fire, so sinners will suffer before the face of God.
And let the righteous rejoice, let them rejoice before God...
Pray... They will burn us soon.
...and rejoice before Him. God, let them be terrified before Your face...
Lord help us...
...God: give strength to your people and lift them up...
Fire!
Over here! Come here!
Climb up! Faster!
Come on, come on...
Surni-Naj...
I'm leaving...
No! Stop! Where are you going?
It's flowing!
It's flowing! - Stop! - It's coming! - Stop! - It's coming! - Stop! - It's coming! - Stop!
Listen, Mishka... Now you are a prince.
ÈERDINJ Captain Palut took Mishka to
Èerdinj, where he took the throne of Great Perm.
While he was growing up, his country's coffers were almost empty.
The local princes were not afraid of the young prince, and he did not want war.
Moscow sent letters every day, asking that neglected farms be put in order.
Prince Mihail sent messengers to tell the people that Moscow was demanding payment of jisak.
But no one wanted to pay the jisak to the young prince.
(jisak - type of tax, mostly expensive animal fur)
What do you have? - The local prince of Koče sent you jisak - ten mice.
Bury him humanely.
No.
How long will you put up with this, prince? They have already declared open war on us.
They won't come to their senses, they need to be tamed.
Who will you tame them with, Palute? Our entire army remained under Moscow.
And you won't get anyone from the locals. They won't go against their own.
The people of Novgorod should be called to help. They will know what and how.
And then he'll deal with you eventually. - You certainly won't collect Jisak.
And I will strike fear into the bones of local leaders.
I don't want war.
You might be right. I think I'd better go to Hakan Asika.
To join his army.
Why not? He is a strong warrior. He killed your father, Yermolaj.
He should rule Parma, not you incompetent.
Gather an army, all who can go.
Let's go to Iskora to get some jisak.
As you say, prince. When are we leaving?
Asika will marry you. You can't run away from hakan.
You are constantly running somewhere, swimming, you don't sew clothes, you don't do anything.
A woman must know how to sew clothes. Sit, wait, be silent and sew.
A forest spirit cannot be a husband, the forest spirit does not make children.
Asika is a beautiful warrior, Asika is immortal.
Asika is descended from a great... - Asika killed my father.
Your father used to trade you for a mug of beer with Russian henna.
Lamia needs a husband.
It flows...
You are mine.
Stupid girl...
I'm a lamia, and I'll never be yours, Hakan.
Don't be afraid Čerdin army. We stand behind the prince.
We have been standing behind the prince for about three hours, duke...
Shouldn't we start before dark?
What do you want? - Look, Prince Koča.
When the fight begins, a hundred people will die.
After that you will lose or win 30 dog skins.
That is not a fair price for a hundred lives.
Keep your dogs.
I am withdrawing my army.
Let's go home.
Prince! - Cit is coming.
Let's go home!
Well, prince... And that's a prince to me...
Stop babbling.
Sable.
I brought you a hundred sables, Prince Mihailo.
My father said that he will pay you a jisak as long as he lives.
And he told me to serve you and help you in defense if you are attacked by the enemy.
Have you seen our prince, eh?
He didn't shed a drop of blood, and he took the jisak.
Now others will pay too. - Oh, yes.
UROS ASSEMBLY OF PERM PRINCES
I paid the bill
because I admit that this boy is a real prince for a reason.
And you are plain fools if you don't see that Moscow is behind him.
Why should we pay Moscow?
Because Moscow is stronger than all the others.
You are a Russian prince at heart.
But we cannot give you even a small part. Our coffers are empty.
We still have to pay the ransom to the Novgorodians and tribute to the Tatars.
Will you protect us?
The rulers of Ash-Kul will come to the aid of Kazan.
Are you sure you want a confrontation? - I don't want a conflict.
Ash-Kul.
My father Shaban Mansur will not receive you today, prince. Get married.
The Permians sent a great tribute, but instead of skins they sent their girls.
If you want, you can come back. Our Russian slaves will escort you.
Tell father that I will wait.
Prince, prince, wake up. I am your Russian brother.
Barma, light the torch.
The water is icy.
Do we know each other?
You know me, prince. Don't you remember the voice of the hawk?
Kalina?
Vasya, is that you? - You recognized me. That's good.
It is Vaska Kalina, the builder of temples. - How glad I am.
But you died a long time ago. - Why should I die?
You got a cold. - Come!
I have a suggestion. - Drink, drink!
I know how you can get to Mansoor.
Saban is mortally afraid that the Khan of Kazan will not find out that he is sending him stolen money.
And what should I do?
Tell Mansur that you will snitch on him if he does not pay you tribute.
Saban is smart and will understand that it is better to lose a small bite than the whole pie.
If you don't want me to send complaints to Moscow, listen, Shaban, my condition.
Tatars and Russians alternately collect tribute: harač one year, jesak the next.
And in addition to the tribute, you will promise to let all Russian ships
through Kama to Kazan free of charge, and return all the Russian slaves.
What do you say?
Listen, prince... My father is a merchant and I am a warrior.
Take me with you.
And I, Isure, have no intention of fighting with anyone. - Take me.
If your father allows it.
- My father sent me to you to negotiate, but I tell you openly: I want to go as a warrior.
Then get ready.
All I need is my saber, and she is always with me.
Surni-Naj...
Surni-Naj.
What do you say?
Surni-Naj orders you not to touch Prince Mihan.
Surni-Nye said exactly that, or you lamia?
I defeated my father, but I was wrong to spare my son.
The new prince grew up, gathered an army and forced the people to pay jisak.
He is more dangerous than the previous prince, it is different.
I have to kill him. - No!
Surni-Naj orders you... -Surni-Naj doesn't understand
that if I don't go after him, he will come for me.
They will burn our cities, they will kill our women and children.
I saw that.
Hakan Asik, I won't let that happen. I promise you.
And what if you're wrong? what if you fail
and the blood of my people is shed?
If I fail,
you will have all power over me,
and I will do whatever you tell me.
The law of winter.
Oh, what a beauty...
Bishop Epiterim wanted to cut down that birch.
He said it brings evil.
People did not allow. They have been getting married under it for years.
You say it brings evil?
And they get married under it?
Maybe you too, prince, will get married right there? Look at this beauty. Choose!
Huh?!
Will you? Let's have fun.
Ah, you old cheater...
Agree, guys.
Are you worried, prince? You think this is for you?
This is for you, Mihan.
It flows...
Vaska, go away. He is a prince, he is his own master and he will decide for himself.
And I will definitely tell him. Let me go.
Let me go when I tell you. Wait, wait...
Don't go to the ceremony, prince. We are going to Čerdinj.
She is not human. She is a devil. Lamia.
You will lose your Christian soul.
And her soul is not from God. She came from the other world.
It will enchant you.
I gave my word to Prince Tanaga before I died.
Not a day went by without me mentioning her.
I'm getting married. - Oooo...
Come on, come on, Kalina. Don't make up nonsense. Come on!
Don't be afraid of me, Mihan.
God, how I love you, Tiè.
ČEDRINj And the Prince of
Vičegor personally recorded:
Father Prince, receive our bishop Ion.
For now.
He is the bishop of Perm and may he live in Greater Perm...
I'm sick of his bitter speeches and I'm afraid I'll kill him.
What do you say, counselors? - Let him come.
The old man is tolerable. - He barely escaped being killed.
He will be our bishop, Moscow will defend us. He will help us if necessary.
They will baptize our son in the Russian faith.
Thus, the Russian canon will not be able to turn a prince into an infidel.
And I want our son to become the Prince of Perm.
Make room! The bishop is coming.
Bishop...
God bless you. God bless you.
And why can't the bell be heard?
Our bellman got sick. Forgive us, bishop.
God bless you all.
Bishop, would you like us to accompany you to your quarters? - First to the temple.
This temple is unworthy. A new one is needed.
When was the last time you built a temple?
10 years ago? In Usura Kamska? - In Usura.
I saw that church.
I know that you, Vaska Kalina, are a great master.
What kind of temple do you want to see, Bishop?
With a bell tower, so that it doesn't look any worse than Usor's.
Yes... First, make me a model of the temple.
Made of the best wood. Do you understand?
So, how is life here?
The prince's house is neat and clean. The late father would have been happy.
And you also have a famous wife.
And where is the princess?
No, dear, we don't need meat. We are God's people, it is a sin to devour.
Prince, order something simpler for me: water and bread.
Sorry, bishop, we have no bread. We ate everything, down to the last crumb.
We will have bread only in the fall. - How is that? No bread?
There is none.
Eat the hariza.
Chopped and soaked in beet juice, shamans.
Princess.
Tomorrow I will baptize.
Everything.
Why aren't you sleeping, Mihan?
I am afraid that evil spirits will possess me in my sleep.
And the evil spirits don't care...
...are you sleeping or not.
What about you, Mihan?
I am not afraid of evil spirits, but of baptism.
We accept only those gods that come from the earth.
Our son will rule Parma, Michane.
Mihan...
And will you be baptized?
Dead - to the dead, idols - to idols!
The force of the devil departs from us!
And let this country heal!
Only the orthodox will be saved.
And now into the water.
Into the water! Into the water! - Into the water! - Into the water.
May the river cleanse you so that you may receive holy baptism.
May the Word of God enlighten the little and the ignorant from now on.
For Prince Mihailo!
In the name of the Father and the Son...
What's your name? - Tabarga. -From now on you will be called Helena.
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit...
Amen!
Give it here.
See him... See him for what he is. Servant of God Matthew is baptized...
In the name of the Father... Amen!
And the Son... Amen!
And the Holy Spirit...
Amen!
And you, my daughter, why do you delay receiving the holy blessing? - Thank you, father.
I have already chosen an Orthodox name for you. A lovely name. Anastasia.
Mihail and Anastasia.
Prince and Princess of Great Perm.
Thank you, old shaman, but I don't need your faith.
My gods take good care of me.
Aren't you going to be baptized? How is that?
Won't you be of the same faith with your husband and son?
To my husband... Come on, tell her.
It flows...
Demons... Demons...
Verily I say unto thee, misguided soul, repent! - Shut up, Dionysius!
You really want to replace Christ with your forest apparitions?
I'm not changing anything, old shaman.
If you are not baptized, then you are not a woman either.
And if it's not a woman, then your bastard is not a prince either.
If you won't by grace, then you will by force.
In front of everyone, I will drive you naked into the water!
By force?
Naked?
Into the water? - Die!
Let me go! Let me go!
Prince! - Let me go!
Prince! Prince!
Go away! Go away!
Prince!
Let me go! - No, don't! - Go away!
Where is he?! Help me, for God's sake!
Let me go! let me go...
He's leaving...
The boat! The boat! - Faster!
Faster! - Into the water!
God...
We can't catch her.
She is not human. She is a llama.
I am guilty before You, Lord.
I wanted to bring your children by force, and not by preaching.
Forgive them, Lord.
Ignorant children.
Free the princess from demon slavery.
Go away. She has enough milk.
But the young prince must not lie on anyone else's chest except his mother's.
How about trying deer milk?
Go away!
He's crying... - And if we dip his bread in sour cream, maybe he'll eat it?
What are you talking about? Would you give that to a small child? -What should I do?
Tell the hunters to come back.
She won't come back.
Rest, prince.
Vaska Kalina still hasn't returned from the search.
Oh yo-yo-yo...
Don't call her, son.
It's not worth it.
It's not your fault.
Help, Lord...
Lamia...
Are you lost, Kalina?
Are you freezing? You're freezing, damned enemy.
If you want, I will save you.
I will drive away the wolves, I will show you the way.
Save the prince, he is dying of longing.
Remember your baby.
Or maybe you're not a woman?
Prince!
Kalina is back!
Prince!
Why are you standing there? Take her to the room.
Tabarga!
I am a woman. I'm sorry I did that to you.
In the name of Christ, I praise you In the name
of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit...
Now and forever...
Amen.
Don't expect a blessing from me, prince.
I will not stay in your court! As long as you live with an unbaptized witch in sin and heresy.
I will live in a hermitage, with monks.
And one more thing... I want you to know.
I wrote about your misdeeds to Moscow, Grand Duke Ivan.
I hope they will make sense of you.
Bishop...
Vaska Kalina... You are alive.
Look, Bishop...
Take it out of the bag.
Vaska, Vaska, son of a bitch...
What did you do?
A woman...
He made a demon-possessed woman, not a temple!
Eh, you... To the builder of temples.
Make the prince a toilet.
We will build our temple without you.
In response to Iona's letter, grand duke Ivan sent to Čerdinj
Danila Veca - a rotten soul, how he would look after Mihailo who fell out of favor with Moscow.
Ivan also ordered to convey to Prince Asika of Vagul
to have time until winter to take the oath to the Moscow master.
His time is running out.
The Moscow canon orders me
Hakan Asika, ruler of Parma
to become his servant, and yes all of you
I subordinate the great Vagul warriors to his rule.
Who will take my gift to Čerdinj?
It was like this: the hunter saw Surni-Naj, beautiful as winter and wonderful as spring.
So he chased after the squirrel, but did not catch up with it. - He would have reached her if it wasn't for Surni-Naj.
Eat! And then he said to her: I love you Surni-Naj. I want to be with you.
The bishop will not let you into the new church. - Aaah...
He doesn't allow me to do that, but the monks come to me anyway to ask for advice.
She was a Fire Maiden, but she was also only human.
And I say you should have followed the squirrel.
You eat...
Here is what is left of your envoy, Đakona Iljuha.
A gift from Asika.
What is that? - Don't look.
That's why Grand Duke Ivan Vasiljevic orders you to go behind Kamen, to Pelim.
And to catch Asika, and deliver it to Moscow. - Oh!
So what are we going to do now?
The will of the ruler.
How much time do you need? The Grand Duke does not like to wait.
Mihan, don't go behind the Stone. Mihan, don't go behind the Stone.
Don't provoke the Vaguls. Please, dear.
That's all I'm asking you. For your people, for your children.
Mihan, you will be in trouble. Don't go behind the Stone.
I won't go.
In the name of the only Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God...
Born of the Eternal Father...
Go home, dumbass. Don't embarrass me in front of people.
Women said goodbye to their husbands a long time ago.
And I'm not even your husband! - My husband died a long time ago.
My son left and never came back.
At least you come back, Palute.
Run away!
What do you want? - Didn't you want me to come?
Why do you look like that? What do you want from me?
You swallow me with your eyes... You call...
Go away, Muscovites. I don't need you.
I need you. You poisoned my soul.
Because of you, witch, I can't sleep. Not at all.
Do you really think I like you? Funny Muscovites.
You are pathetic and weak.
You despise the people here.
But our men are gone to fight, and you stayed here with the women.
You don't sleep at night because of me.
Every night you eat like a dog and gain weight like a bear.
Go away!
The devils have prepared. You see, they even cleared the way for us.
How are we going to take Pelim, prince? - Shall we try across the river?
We can't cross the water. It is clear that with the devil we can only go through the gate.
And how will you enter through the gate, Tatarin?
Siege sledge.
But only during the blizzard. Only in a blizzard.
Save me from the hops.
Are you crazy? - You asked for it yourself.
Bitch!
Sorry, prince. A blizzard started.
Do you remember when you made a little cross, did i tell you to make it bigger?
Where is that cross?
Where is the cross? - There! There, behind the temple, by the wall.
Tie me up! - I won't.
Tie me up!
I'm begging you!
Forward!
Save him, Lord!
Lord, have mercy.
Dad, I'm here!
Mihan!
It's nothing. God will help you. You will recover.
Bishop, Bishop... - What do you want?
I saw it! She is a witch. - What kind of witch? Don't you see? Bishop dies.
Get out of here, unclean force!
Demon nail. Save her. Save her. Save her. - Quieter.
You will be locked up until your husband returns.
In front of the door, the brothers will pray day and night for you.
When the prince returns, we will decide what to do with you and your magic.
I will take the children with me. - Leave the children.
Open the door, witch. Otherwise you will regret it.
Leave her children.
Bishop?
Mikhail knew that the way back would be much more difficult than the way forward.
Through frost and blizzard we walked hungry without rest day and night.
We are hungry!
We had nowhere to hide from the wind and cold.
The wounded and frostbitten were dying.
Packs of wolves, eating corpses, they followed the army from Pelim.
The Law of Winter reigned.
The wounded prince's warriors themselves asked to be thrown under the ice.
They knew they wouldn't make it home and didn't want to be a burden to their companions.
Well, hello, prince. No way to welcome you.
Why are there so few of you? - The journey was difficult.
But you still came back victorious.
You also brought the Vagul Hakan. We have something to take back to Moscow with.
How he just looks at me.
Where is the princess?
And your princess hasn't left her room in almost six months.
How is that? - Right.
You...
You don't know how I lived here without you.
You don't know.
Mihan... Mihan...
Hold me tight, Mihan.
Hold me tight.
Congratulations on your victory, prince. And welcome back.
Distinguished guests are waiting for you. They are sent personally by Moscow Grand Duke Ivan Vasiljevic.
His favourite, the prince-duke Fyodor Pjostra with boyars.
If you don't want me, at least bow down to them.
After.
Everyone is afraid of me. They avoid me.
when you left nobody even talked to me.
If I died, no one would touch me.
only you love me only you are not afraid of me.
I won't leave you again. Everything will be fine.
No, it won't.
Why did you go behind the Stone? Why did you bring Asika?
Why did you bring the accident?
Well, hello, Prince Mihaile Jermolajevic.
Welcome, duke. - I came to you without an entourage, in a friendly way.
Save and preserve. -Bless you, bishop.
Is that you, Danila?
And what is the matter with you, brother Danilo? You look like you've been hit on the head.
He did not go with us on the expedition to Asik.
Nerves gone? - Yes, this bear corner of yours can drive anyone crazy.
Go, Danila, to your room, get some sleep. We'll talk tomorrow.
Well, prince... Will you invite us to the table?
I, prince... - Go, go...
Your father, Prince Yermolai, the kingdom of heaven to him, I remember.
He was a wise prince.
He was, he stayed away from Moscow.
Tell Brother Tatarin to leave.
You are sitting with an armed infidel.
I am not the Grand Duke, and he is not Kazakh khan.
Not the khan, but his subject.
When we start baptizing Kazakhs, such things will not happen again.
Should we leave them here untouched? - No...
Muscovites and Kazakhs are at war with each other. That's their business.
And they are not our enemies in Čerdinje. Don't make us argue with them.
And what is the difference between Permian and Kazakh Tatars?
You don't see that from Moscow? Is it hard to see from the high bell towers?
Saban is my loyal friend. He went with me to Pelim against the will of his Khan.
He became famous for his bravery, saved me from death, captured Asika.
I will not go to Isur.
And if anyone rises up against him, he will fight against me too.
So I'm not promising you anything.
Kazan is your concern. So you see what you want.
Stop it!
Isure!
It's not me, prince, it's not me...
She bewitched me, bewitched me.
She is a witch. Witch.
Why didn't you shout?
I wasn't afraid of him, Mihan.
Maybe you really put a spell on him.
How will I continue to live with you, Tiche?
They will press me from all sides. I need strength more than ever.
And I still don't know who my wife is. A woman, or lamia.
Why are you suddenly on your way, duke?
I was scared.
In your house, a Tatar flogs a Moscow deacon.
I'm afraid that one day I'll wake up with pitchforks stuck in my back.
For the last time I ask you: are you going to Kazan with me or not?
I'm not going. My army was left behind the Stone.
Then see how you go on alone.
You will not fulfill the will of the Grand Duke, you cut his deacon, you embrace the Tatars.
If this is not enough to betray you, I can add what your bishop whispered to me.
Think about it.
Don't play. The Great Prince has a strong temper. They will cover your parma with blood.
And you, your witch and your bastard will be impaled.
So, come to Kazan. I will wait for you for five days.
Don't wait for me.
Good... Then you wait for the guests.
Come, we will welcome you.
After a year, Feodor Pjostra's troops entered the Great Perm lands.
On the prince's call for unification and defense, only Koča responded.
He brought his small but brave army under the banner of the Perm prince.
None of the local princes even responded to his invitation.
We paid money to Mihail because he convinced us that Moscow was the strongest.
We will not go against Moscow.
Mihailo only had a quarter of the potential army left.
Open it.
You are my sworn enemy, Asika. You killed my father.
My wife's father. And thousands more fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters.
You are the devil.
Parmi doesn't care who is right and who is wrong. Parma needs someone to defend her.
Remember, I let you go.
Flowing?
Who am I? Who?
What else are you going to get me? Son, daughter?
Come to your senses, prince. Where is your honor?
It's all because of her, because of the lamia. I warned you. But it's not worth it.
So tell me, Kalina, explain. Why did I sell my soul?
Because of love?
Or it's her fault.
She went behind the Stone?
How much blood will be shed, my God.
And He doesn't care. Blood or dew.
My sons will not remember me.
It's my fault, Kalina... I started all this.
It doesn't matter. Muscovites will beat us anyway.
They will beat us. But you did everything right.
What a good prophet you are.
It doesn't matter, he'll beat me, and that's okay.
Should I fight for my right?
Shall I spill blood? Should I? - The earth becomes more fertile when it is soaked in blood.
Forget about your resentment, Bishop. Help.
Send letters to distant Scythians. Let the monks call people for help in the name of the Lord.
Save Parma. People are running away from their homes. These are baptized people, Bishop.
Baptized people?
Let's go in, prince.
Here they are. - What is this?
We went to a nearby village to baptize babies.
In the evening I baptized them.
And in the morning I see: seven bundles of birch bark lie in the hole, and in each one a child.
Anyone with a slit throat.
They haven't even cooled yet.
I ask the villagers why they killed them.
And they say: you baptized them, father, and we killed them immediately.
To save their souls.
And you want to fight for them, prince?
No, prince, they cannot be saved anyway. I'm tired of everything.
Leave Moscow here. - I can't.
You, prince, are not the enemy.
Your witch is not gone.
She has settled here and is eating you from the inside. She orders you.
Go away. There is no place for you in the Temple of God.
Go away!
Is it true that it is our ancestor Big Aitami
coming to all the men and bringing them jewels?
Of course.
Jeric, it's late.
When your beard gets dark, it will come to you too.
And did Aitami bring you a gem when your beard got dark?
Let's go to sleep.
He brought it to me.
This is your mom, Rate. Go.
I'm afraid, Michin.
In Uros they tell women, old people and children to leave until the Muscovites pass.
The elders sent brothers to the Muscovites Izok with gifts and an invitation to visit us.
Muscovites will not touch us.
There are many of them. The glow of their campfires illuminates the entire river.
I'm very scared, Michin.
Rate, leave everything. Take Jericho, get into the boat and escape from Uros.
And you? - I, along with the others, will try to keep them as long as possible. Go away!
I am the prince's wife. I will not escape from the city he defends.
I have brought my men, prince. Each of us will fight for five.
Wait a minute, bishop... I'm breaking my head here so that the pagans don't break
me, and you tell me not to touch them. - Don't touch people, it's not their fault.
There is no need to spill their blood. - Didn't you personally write a complaint to Moscow?
About the mess that reigns here? - I wrote, I called you to come to these parts.
To save misguided souls from evil, and not to slaughter people like cattle.
You, duke, don't listen to me at all.
Bonduk, Virod, Majka, Piskov, Pintek,
Surmok, Urok, Radikorb, Pokèa, Akèa, Kudimka.
I went everywhere with a cross, and I have not set it permanently anywhere.
And you will go through it like a knife through butter. And?
And what next? You won't change anything. You will not subjugate anyone.
Because faith in a man is more important than blood.
You don't need cities, but their sanctuaries.
Take an army walk through the Permian lands. Destroy all their shrines, burn the idols.
Don't touch ordinary people.
I will later convert them to the true faith With the cross of honor.
I'm not waging a crusade, I have an order from the master.
Then say the wicked.
Have you decided on a lot of blood?
Lord, do not deprive me Your heavenly blessings.
Lord, save me from eternal torment.
Lord, I have sinned in mind and thought, word and deed. Forgive me.
Lord, deliver me from ignorance and forgetfulness, from despondency, petrified insensitivity.
Lord, deliver me from every temptation.
Lord, enlighten my heart bewitched by evil.
Lord, I am very sinful. Have mercy on me...
Go!
Where are we going? How will I do it?
Shall we go to Pokè? - All roads are cut off.
You have to go to Surmog, to Kamen. Take the prince's children there.
Take care of them and yourself.
You're not going to tell me anything anymore?
Prince!
Are you alive? Glory to You, Lord!
It started.
Kalina! On the walls!
Close the gate! The enemy is coming!
Move the troops behind the back wall. - Open the gate! Faster!
Cavalry on the front walls! Wait for us there! Close the gate!
On the walls! - On the walls!
Everyone to the front walls!
Hiding behind walls will not win you a battle.
How many are there...
Are you sitting? Sit, sit, prince.
I have a lot of acorns.
We didn't take them and drag them here. -Fire!
Fill up! - Wedge!
Strike! -Fire!
I have 2-3 times more people than them.
I will trample them with cavalry, the infantry will finish off the rest.
You'll just lose your people for nothing, House. - Cowards!
You were a good prince until there was a war.
I won't pay you any more money.
Lock yourself in here. And I will drive away the Muscovites during that time.
I would give anything in the world, just to see it.
Open the gate for him.
Open the gate!
Turn on!
Pull! One!
Two!
My father is there.
If you save Kochi, the whole of Perm will stand behind you.
Why, Minëkin, were you silent when you saw me?
Kochi renounced?
Snuff... Why were you silent? Give me the rope, don't stand there like a pole. Come on!
Get up! - Kalina! Stop!
Give me men to capture.
You, deacon, seem to be in a hurry to die.
Get my men ready. Wait for the sign.
He came out and he was shuffling. Go!
Wedge!
Hold the guard rail! Hold on!
Forward! - Prince...
Forgive me, prince.
Forward!
Follow me!
Stop...
Stop!
Cavalry! Follow me!
Take the spears!
Ooo... You're here too. Lord have mercy.
Hold that shield tighter.
In battle...
Enough for today.
Why, prince, do you not want to finish off the wicked?
They won't go anywhere, we'll finish them tomorrow.
Why did you stop, prince?
We are all going to Čerdinj. Let's all go to Čerdinj!
You see, all the Parma warriors are here.
They are all together.
You win, kana. - I didn't.
When Moscow points all its cannons at our walls, we will not defend ourselves no matter how hard we try.
- Come with me behind the Stone.
With you?
Lamia belongs to me.
A woman...
...to you.
Parma to both of them.
Parma is already Russian. And I am a Russian prince.
I'm staying here.
If you want to help, Hakan...
...let all who can come with you, and you look to protect them.
Forgive me, forgive me, my beloved Tiči.
Onions! - Stop!
Prince-Duke, you shouldn't burn the tower. No need to kill him.
Why make him a new idol for the Permians?
Let me bring him to you alive.
Lower the bows! - Do you think he will tell you where the princess is?
Let me try. - Well, come on if you can.
Our Father who art in heaven...
Lord, have mercy. Have mercy, Lord.
Alive. Take the cattle alive!
How long will we live, Michin?
I'm not interested. I'm gone anyway.
If I reach the Perm prince alive, I will kill him personally.
No... He should be taken alive, bastard.
Come on. Let's go up one by one.
Wait, brothers. Let everyone push everyone forward.
Come on... Like this: one!
And... One!
Push! -One-two!
Are you ready, prince? - God is with me, and I have faith in Him.
Push!
Stop!
Back! Stop!
Drop your sword, prince. Drop it or we'll kill you.
They won't give up. He will not surrender.
Finish him off, brothers.
Don't shoot! It is a Permian prince.
Where is she?
Drown him!
MOSCOW
What is it, Jermojajevic?
How will we continue to live?
I don't like long conversations. Or you will do as I say,
or the head goes. The ax is ready, and wines will always be found.
I have not been afraid of the ax for a long time. What is my fault?
Is it true that you have a witch wife, how do people talk?
Your only fault is that you rule at the same time as me.
What do you want?
What do I want? I'll tell you, and you remember it for the rest of your life.
The Lord chose our country and our people.
Giving venal Rome to the Catholics, and proud Constantinople to the
Turks, we have survived as the main stronghold of the true faith in the world.
And that is why Russia should be a great country. And it will be.
Unity is needed for such a size.
Suffered a lot of bad things from various princes.
I want to make Russia such a rock that everyone, Poles, Turks,
and Tatars, break their teeth if they want to bite off even a piece.
I want to take off the hats of all the princes, to mix all
the peoples, to in all our countries from From Smolensk to
Čerdinje there will be no more Čerdinje, Tverik, A
Muscovite, a Ruthenian, a Čudina, rather than all being Russians.
That when the enemies threatened Moscow, the hearts of the people of Čerdinja beat harder.
And if someone attacks Čerdinj, that Muscovites come to their aid.
Did you understand me, prince?
Your thought is bright, but one hand is in your blood and the other is in someone else's pocket.
You're cheeky, but you're a fool.
When both the blood and the pocket are mine, then I will put my hands away.
Then?
Will you kiss my cross?
POKÈA He is a traitor, not a prince.
he swore to the Muscovites on the cross.
What kind of prince is that? A common slob.
Sorry for going the other way.
Kalina? Are you alive? How?
How did you survive?
I really don't know. God saved me.
And you're still alive too.
You are my prince. I'll be with you no matter what happens - No, Kalina.
From now on everyone is their own boss.
Newt...
You don't dress properly, prince.
But that's why I dress as honor dictates.
We will not talk about love, Prince Mihaile.
So let's get straight to the point.
I moved your capital here, in Pakce.
Čerdinj will no longer be the capital.
Čerdinj is defiance. Get ready.
I'm not going anywhere from Čerdinje.
And why not go?
Would you like to make a fuss again? - I'm done with it.
You rule here without me. If you need a prince, then...
...I leave you my son.
And I will return to Čerdinj. - You give up the title?
That's how it went, God gave me the princely title.
I cannot command God.
ČERDINJ
Flowing?
And who are you?
What's your name? - Palut.
Lord, Lord, forgive me.
Lord, forgive me for everything.
Do you need help, father?
Keep direction...
Go away!
Mom! Mommies...
This is for you, Mihan.
Filmed based on the novel by Alexey Ivanov THE HEART OF PARMA
SLAVORKC-KERESTUR 26 November 2023