Alexander Kerensky [Following the assassination of Prime Minister Stolypin, a wave of police brutality occurs. Petya the factory worker is chased away after it is shown he has anti-monarchist cartoons under his bed. Scene changes to the Duma, where policemen are standing by to usher out the Duma members as the Tsar has ordered it dissolved]
Tell the Tsar that he can close this building, but he cannot silence the voice of the Russian commoners!
Members of the Duma [in unison]: Hear, hear!
DP Duma President
Mr. Kerensky, I have the floor. You are not to speak out of turn!
Alexander Kerensky The Duma is not a street corner. We are not rebels and bombmakers. Most of us want a system similar to the English way. Let there be a Tsar. But let there also be the rule of law and reprenstative government as well. Bring the Tsar to us and let him be told that.
Members of the Duma [in unison]: Hear, hear!
DP Duma President
The Tsar is not here right now. He is at his hunting lodge in Poland.
Alexander Kerensky I do not care if he is in Scotland shooting wild grouse! If he is not here, then go to the Tsar and tell him that by dissolving the Duma, he is bringing ruin on his head and emboldening the rebels. Tell him now! Tell him, while there is a Tsar still left to tell!
DM Duma Member #1
[Members of the Duma are applauding and patting each other on the back to celebrate Rasputin's death]
The beast is dead!
DM Duma Member #2
His killers are heroes!
DM Duma Member #3
Russia is saved!
Alexander Kerensky [The only members not hooting are Alexander Kerensky and another unnamed member, both of whom roll their eyes and give the impression of "don't party just yet". The ribaldry dies down and the Duma returns to talking shop. Kerensky has the floor]
One madman has been eliminated and you guys are dancing in the aisles! The German Tsaritsa is still running the country. The Central Powers have been winning victory after victory. The Army is in disarray. One-third of our soldiers go without food, medicine or boots. Entire battalions are defecting! Agricultural production has been sapped and civilians lack meals. The Tsar needs to stop hiding with his troops at the front lines and get back to Saint Petersburg where he belongs. Chaos is coming to Russia, and he needs to be here to deal with it!
All we do is dream of England. We have been very happy there.
Alexander Kerensky England will not accept you.
Won't accept? King George is my cousin!
Alexander Kerensky He does not seem to want you, either. He has got his own station to worry about.
Yes, I must not make trouble for...
Alexander Kerensky Neither will the French. They are at war to save liberty. You were an autocrat.
Damn it! I am a father with a family! Is there not any way? How about Finland? It is only thirty miles away!
Alexander Kerensky I would never get you out of Saint Petersburg alive. Are you aware that I am all that stands between you and the block? You will be safe under my administration, you have my promise on that. There is blood enough on everybody's hands; I will not have yours on mine. A fine mess Russia in in. Treasury is empty. The Radicals want this, the Socialists want that, the Kadets want the other thing. The Bolsheviks want this, the Mensheviks want that. I could not throw them in jail even if I wanted to! You had power but no laws; I have laws but no power.
Alexander Kerensky You had your chances. I sure hope I get mine.
BA British Ambassador to Russia
Is Russia committed to the war effort?
Alexander Kerensky Indeed.
FA French Ambassador to Russia
There is talk about Russians demanding Russia's withdrawal from the war.
Alexander Kerensky That is the mostly the Bolsheviks. But do not worry about that; the Bolsheviks only have six seats in the Duma, nobody takes them seriously.
US U.S. Ambassador to Russia
Washington is prepared to grant a loan of several hundred million rubles to aid your fledling government, but that is contingent upon Russia's military involvement. No war, no loan.
Alexander Kerensky [Kerensky is annoyed by the use of American taxpayers' money to sway Russian opinion]
You cannot buy Russia! We will fight! But not to get your tax money. We have lost so much already.
US U.S. Ambassador to Russia
If I were you, I would put this Lenin quietly in jail.
Alexander Kerensky I cannot do that just because there has been a bad history in Russia about that sort of thing. It is has been far too easy for the leaders to throw people in jail.
US U.S. Ambassador to Russia
I have read his speeches. Surely you have to.
Alexander Kerensky I cannot throw a man in jail for what he thinks! Of all the people of the world, you Americans should understand that best! It is in your Bill of Rights.
US U.S. Ambassador to Russia
Lenin wants to overthrow the government by force. We Americans call that treason.
GD Grand Duchess Marie
[Royal family is being prepared for their exile into Siberia]
Look! I found Tobolsk on the map!
CF Count Fredericks
Now remember, girls, you are princesses. You are to carry yourselves as such at all times. If I hear of any misbehavior, I shall be deeply upset.
GD Grand Duchess Tatiana
Do not worry, Vladimir, we will be good.
CF Count Fredericks
[Count Fredericks tries to put on a brave face as he is aware of the possible final fate of the Romanovs. The Tsar's daughters give him a group hug]
Help Mama and Papa.
Alexander Kerensky I have assigned Colonel Koblinsky to watch over you until I can arrange for a way to safely exile you. His orders carry all the weight of mine.
Nicky, this is horrible! I want my clothes, I want my cosmetics, I want my jewelry!
[The Tsar holds his wife and admonishes her to be strong]
Dear, those are only things. Things get broken, they get mislaid, they get dusty. The important fact is we have each other.
Alexander Kerensky Frau Romanova, you have kept your head. I recommend you show gratitude for that.
Alexander Kerensky [October Revolution. Bolsheviks make plans to capture infrastructure and government buildings. Kerensky and his staff are trapped inside their boardroom]
They captured the police station? Exactly how powerful are the Bolsheviks?
GO Government Official
Quite. We made a serious mistake in heeding our allies and continuing the war. The citizenry wanted out of this war. Lenin offered them peace.
Alexander Kerensky What would it require to smash them?
GA General Alexiev
One battalion, sir. But I do not know if I have that many soldiers. At least not ones I can trust.
RL Russian Lieutenant
Look out the window!
RL Russian Lieutenant
[Provisional Government peers out window to a nearby naval base where a cruiser is shining its lights directly on their building]
The cruiser Aurora. And she has her guns aimed directly at us!
