Lynda Bellingham: Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna
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Quotes
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Emperor Nicholas II : Daughters, why are you so sad? Mashka, why are you hanging your head?
Grand Duchess Mariya Nikolayevna : And you are asking...? I feel sorry for my brother. He was going to go with you and he got sick. He is so unfortunate and lonely.
Emperor Nicholas II : Why lonely? He has all of you, he has me, he has Mama.
Grand Duchess Mariya Nikolayevna : What us? You are leaving and Mama is up to her neck with stuff.
Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna : Up to my neck with stuff...? This is something new? Would you please explain to me what does it mean?
Grand Duchess Tatyana Nikolayevna : Up to your neck with stuff means very busy.
Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna : This is true.
Emperor Nicholas II : Cheer up. I am not saying "good bye" yet. I'll be back.
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Kerensky : I am Alexander Kerensky. How do you do?
Emperor Nicholas II : How do you do Alexander Fyodorovich? This is my Family. My son Alexei...
Kerensky : How do you do?
Emperor Nicholas II : My two older daughters, Olga and Tatiana. The rest of them are ill and are in bed. You can see them if you wish.
Kerensky : No, no I dont want to trouble them.
Emperor Nicholas II : My wife Alexandra Fyodorovna.
Kerensky : Nicholas Alexandrovitch, I would like to speak with you alone.
Emperor Nicholas II : Let's go to the study.
[they leave the room]
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna : What an unpleasant man this Kerensky is.
The Grand Duke, Prince Aleksei Nikolayevich : That is because he does not respect Papa and Mama too.
Grand Duchess Tatyana Nikolayevna : Sure... because our Papa and Mama are nobody now.
Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna : Pardon me?
Grand Duchess Tatyana Nikolayevna : Private citizens.
Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna : You are so insensitive daughter... cruel.
Grand Duchess Tatyana Nikolayevna : Why? I love you and Papa very much.
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna : Why would you say such a thing then?
Grand Duchess Tatyana Nikolayevna : Because!
[shows her hair is falling]
Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna : What is it?
Grand Duchess Tatyana Nikolayevna : I am getting bald!
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna : Don't pay attention to her Mama. She is not herself.
Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna : Her hair is falling out! And you?
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna : And I too... so what?
Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna : My God, how is it? Olenka, you are young women. Why didnt you tell me?
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna : Please understand us Mama. Who wants to be shaved.
Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna : You think it is better to be bald?
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[on going to Stavka]
The Grand Duke, Prince Aleksei Nikolayevich : I will not come anyway.
Emperor Nicholas II : Why?
The Grand Duke, Prince Aleksei Nikolayevich : Because I am sick and I will be for a long time. I'm always sick. You know it. And mama knows it. I'm an invalid. A hemophiliac.
Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna : Who said you were an invalid?
The Grand Duke, Prince Aleksei Nikolayevich : Nobody. I know it.
