War & Peace (TV Series)

Reunions (1972)

Angela Down: Princess Maria Bolkonskya

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• Princess Maria Bolkonskya : Was it news of Andrei?

  Prince Bolkonsky : There's no news of Andrei. There's no news. You understand? None. Go to your room. How dare you interrupt me at this time of the morning.

  Princess Maria Bolkonskya : I just wanted to know.

  Prince Bolkonsky : He's dead. Haven't I told you enough times? He's dead. You saw Kutuzov's letter. He saw him fall. What more do you want?

  Princess Maria Bolkonskya : That was two months ago, and they haven't found the body.

  Prince Bolkonsky : Fool! Do you know what it's like on the battlefield? 20,000 dead at Austerlitz. Do you think each gets a grave to himself? He's dead. Your brother is dead. Speak no more of him. Do you hear me? No more!

  Princess Maria Bolkonskya : Oh, Father. Don't turn away from me. Please. Don't shut me out. Not this time. Well, we mustn't lose hope. Perhaps he's lying ill somewhere, trying to get in touch with us.

  Prince Bolkonsky : He's dead. Only fools can hope, when the facts stare them plainly in the face and tell them otherwise. If he were alive, we would have heard something. But he's dead. My son is dead. Killed by those scoundrels who destroyed the Russian army between them. That letter is the last inquiry I shall make. Go. Go and tell Lise. Tell her, her husband is dead. Go, get out of my sight!

  Princess Maria Bolkonskya : Well, then. If we cannot weep together, we must weep alone.