BLANK SLUG

RUSSIAN SOLDIERS LINE UP OUTSIDE RUSSIAN BUILDING WITH ONION DOMES, HORSES

RUSSIAN SOLDIERS SHOOT RIFLES AT TARGETS

HORSES GALLOP AS THEY PULL CARRIAGE

REAR VIEW OF RUNAWAY CARRIAGE ON DUSTY ROAD

UNIFORMED CZARINA IN CROWD OF SOLDIERS

HORSEBACK RIDER CATCHES RUNAWAY CARRIAGE AND JUMPS ON ONE OF THE HORSES

CARRIAGE SLOWS DOWN

PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN LOWERS FUR MUFF FROM HER FACE, SOLIDER SMILES AT HER, SHE SMILES BACK

PRETTY YOUNG GIRL EXTENDS HER HAND TO SOLDIER, HE SLOWLY KISSES IT

HAPPY OLD LADY

HAPPY OLD LADY WITH DOG

UPSET CZARINA IN ROYAL UNIFORM TAPS HER FOOT

RUSSIAN SOLDIER (VALENTINO) WAVES AND LOOKS THROUGH SPY GLASS, CUT TO VIEW OF OLD LADY WAVING HER HANDKERCHIEF

RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ON HORSEBACK TALK

WS RUSSIAN SOLDIER LEADS HORSE AWAY

RUSSIAN COSSACK SOLDIER SALUTES, CUT TO MS OF CSARINA IN UNIFORM

MS OF SOLDIER AND CZARINA

MS OF SOLDIERS AND CZARINA

MS OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS

MS OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS, ONE LEANS DOWN TO SPEAK

CU OF IMPATIENT HAND, AND ORNATE CLOCK, FADE TO RUSSIAN CZARINA IN UNIFORM, WAITING

MS OF NERVOUS RUSSIAN SOLDIER, CUT TO FS WITH CZARINA AND GUARD GESTURING BEHIND HER BACK

TITLE CARD: "LIEUTENANT, YOUR HORSEMANSHIP AND YOUR COURAGE THRILLED ME. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT HORSE."

MS OF CZARINA IN ECSTASY, CUT TO SOLDIER RISING, CZARINA PULLS AWAY

CZARINA AND SOLDIER MAKING BELIEVE THEY ARE DRINKING, BOTH DUMP THE WINE INTO PLANTERS, VERY FUNNY

MS OF CZARINA AND SOLDIER

MS OF CZARINA AND SOLDIER TALKING

MS OF CZARINA AND SOLDIER SMILING AT EACH OTHER

MS OF CZARINA AND SOLDIER, NODDING

TITLE CARD: "LIEUTENANT KALININ'S DEATH WARRANT - FOR YOUR MAJESTY'S SIGNATURE."

MS OF NERVOUS SOLDIER

MS OF CHOKING CZARINA AND SOLDIER

MS OF CZARINA AND SOLDIER

TITLE CARD: "TEARS OF LOVE, MY BOY. YOU ARE THE FIRST RUSSIAN WHO SEES HIS CZARINA CRY."

CZARINA BECKONS SOLDIER THROUGH ARCHED DOORWAY, RUSSIAN PALACE

CZARINA SLOWLY CLOSES DOOR

RUSSIAN SOLDIER TRIES TO FLEE PALACE, PUTS ON HAT, GUARDS STOP HIM

RUSSIAN SOLDIER IS TREATENED BY GUARDS, SHOWS HIM DEATH WARRANT

MS OF SOLDIERS

ANGRY COSSACK FLEES PALACE

SOLDIER READS LETTER FROM HIS FATHER, ASKING HIM TO APPEAL TO THE CZARINA, CU OF LETTER

CZARINA DICTATES LETTER TO AIDE

CZARINA SIGNS LETTER, ANGRY

CZARINA IS INTERRUPTED

CZARINA LOOKS OVER HER AIDE AND QUESTIONS HIM

MS OF FLIRTING CZARINA WITH HER CAPTAIN

CZARINA AND HER CAPTAIN WALK OFF ARM IN ARM

CU OF ROYAL EDICT "THE CZARINA ORDERS THAT THE DESERTER ......BE BROUGHT IN DEAD OR ALIVE."

SOLDIER RIDES OFF ON HORSE, FLEES THROUGH PALACE ARCH

RUSSIAN ESTATE INTERIOR, MEN SIT AROUND AND DRINK, CUT TO MS OF MEN DRINKING, CU OF HANDS PASSING MONEY BEHIND THEIR BACKS

CU OF MONEY SHOVED IN A POCKET

TITLE CARD: "HERE'S THE KEY TO MY CELLAR. YOU'RE A GOOD JUDGE OF LAW. LET'S SEE IF YOU'RE A GOOD JUDGE OF LIQUOR."

GROUP OF MEN OPEN DOOR TO CELLAR

BEAR CORNERS FEARFUL OLD MAN, SCREAMING FOR HIS LIFE

TITLE CARD: MISS MASCHA'S COACH IS COMING UP THE ROAD."

COURTYARD OF MANOR HOME, MANY PEASANTS, COACH AND HORSES ARRIVE, SERVANTS RUSH AROUND

TITLE CARD: "DAUGHTER!"

TITLE CARD: "YOUR GENTLE OLD FATHER WELCOMES YOU HOME."

FATHER YELLS AT YAWNING COACHMAN, BULLY

TITLE CARD: IN A PEASANT'S HUMBLE DWELLING OLD DUBROVSKY - ROBBED OF HOME AND HAPPINESS BY KRILLA - IS BREATHING HIS LAST.

RUSSIAN COSSACK ARRIVES, STOPS IN DOORWAY, SAD

WS OF INT, SOLDIER APPROACHES HIS DYING FATHER

RUSSIAN PEASANTS AND ORTHODOX PRIEST WATCH IN SHOCK, THEY CROSS THEMSELVES AND KNEEL, CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON SUNSET THROUGH WINDOW

TITLE CARD: "MASTER VLADIMIR, FREE US FROM THE YOKE OF KYRILLA! AVENGE YOUR FAITH!"

TITLE CARD: "THE GOVERNOR HAS GIVEN KYRILLA A STRONG GUARD OF COSSACKS. IT WILL BE NO EASY TASK. ARE YOU WITH ME?"

TITLE CARD: "I SWEAR VENGEANCE AGAINST KYRILLA AND ALL HIS KIN!"

WS OF PEASANT HOUSE

TITLE CARD: BEFORE LONG THE COUNTRYSIDE RANG WITH THE EXPLOITS OF VLADIMIR - DEDICATING HIS LIFE TO BRINGING KYRILLA TO JUSTICE - CONCEALING HIS IDENTITY BEHIND A MASK - HIS DASH AND BRAVERY WON HIM THE NAME OF 'THE BLACK EAGLE"

CU OF NOTE : LIKE A BLACK EAGLE I HOVER OVER YOUR LANDS - READY TO SWOOP DOWN UPON YOU. FROM NOW ON - YOU ARE IN DANGER

TITLE CARD: "AS IF KYRILLA FEARS A BOY'S THREATS. WHY, I'VE HEARD THE ROAR OF CANNON WITHOUT A TREMBLE."

TENTS AND WAGONS, RUSSIAN PEASANT CAMP

MS OF PLEADING PEASANT GIRL, CUT TO COSSAK WRITING A LETTER WITH QUILL PEN

AMBUSH AT A STONE BRIDGE, MASKED COSSACK PULLS DONKEY THIEF UP ON BRIDGE, STEALS HIS MONEY, LAUGHS

TITLE CARD: "MY COMPLIMENTS TO YOUR MOTHER. YOU MAY TELL HER MY MOTTO IS 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A HORSE FOR A DONKEY'!"

PRETTY GIRL AND OLD LADY IN OPEN CARRIAGE WITH PARASOL, OLD WOMAN SEES SOMETHING THAT SHOCKS HER, CUTS TO HORSEMEN IN COUNTRYSIDE

HORSE CHASE SCENE, COUNTRYSIDE, CUT TO WOMEN SWINGING UMBRELLAS AT THIEVES

MASKED BANDIT REMOVES HIS HAT

MASKED THIEVES CARRY OFF THE WOMEN

OLD WOMAN WITH LITTLE PUG DOG, MASKED BANDITS COVER THEIR EARS, ANNOYED WITH OLD WOMAN

COSSACK SOLDIER (VALENTINO) WHISTLES FOR HIS BANDITS, HE PULLS DOWN HIS MASK AND RIDES TO JOIN THEM

TITLE CARD: "GOOD NEWS MASTER - IT'S KYRILLA'S DAUGHTER - HIS ONLY CHILD!"

MASKED BANDIT WITH WHIP THREATENS GIRL

MASKED BANDITS AND GIRL

MASKED COSSACK UNTIES CAPTIVE GIRL, HE SHAKES HER HAND AND SHE RECOGNIZES THE RING ON HIS HAND, CUT TO CU OF HAND

TITLE CARD: "HAVEN'T WE MET BEFORE?"

TITLE CARD: "I THINK NOT. I DON'T ASSOCIATE WITH MASKED MEN AS A RULE."

WS OF COUPLE IN RUSSIAN COUNTRYSIDE, HORSE ENTERS SCENE

PRETTY GIRL WALKS OFF, CUT TO COSSACK JUMPING ON HORSE

TITLE CARD: "I'M WONDERING HO LONG YOU CAN KEEP THIS UP."

TITLE CARD: "I'D RATHER DIE ON MY FEET THAN RIDE ON YOUR HORSE!"

MS OF MASKED MAN ON HORSE, CUT TO MS OF RUNNING GIRL, TRACKING SHOT

GIRL STOPS AND WALKS OVER TO TREE TO REST, MS OF GIRL CRYING

MS OF STUBBORN GIRL SITTING ON HORSE, CUT TO SMILING MASKED MAN

SMILING MASKED BANDIT AND MS OF PRETTY GIRL IN BONNET

REAR SHOT OF WOMAN ON HORSE LEAVING, COUNTRY

WOMAN LEAVES, WS

WOODEN SIGN WITH RUSSIAN WRITING FADES TO ENGLISH "POST HOUSE"

MS OF MEN IN TAVERN TALKING

MS OF RUSSIAN TAVERN KEEPER AND GENTLEMAN IN TOP HAT TALKING, FORIEGN GENTLEMAN PANTOMINES WHAT HE WANTS

TITLE CARD: "A CARRIAGE AND HORSES - IMMEDIATELY!"

CU OF WANTED POSTER IN RUSSIAN FADES TO ENGLISH

FRENCH MAN HIRES CARRIAGE AND PAYS RUSSIAN TAVERN KEEPER WHO PULLS HIM OUT OF CARRIAGE AND ALLOWS RUSSSIAN COSSACK IN

GENTLEMEN ARGUE OUTSIDE OF CARRIAGE

GENTLEMAN GIVES ENVELOPE TO RUSSIAN COSSACK TO READ

MS OF COSSACK (VALENTINO) SCHEMING, HE RETURNS LETTER

RUSSIAN COSSACKS OFFERS TO SHARE CARRIAGE, FRENCH GENTLEMAN TIPS HIS HAT AND ENTERS CARRIAGE

SHOCKED RUSSIAN CARRIAGE DRIVER SHAKES HEAD

CARRIAGE ARRIVES AT RUSSIAN CASTLE OR MANSION, COUNTRY ESTATE GUARDED BY COSSACKS

CU OF CARD "MARCEL LE BLANC"

DRIVER PEASANT WINKS AND NODS, TIPS HIS HAT

RUSSIAN PEASANT PICKS UP REINS

BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER ARRIVES, LOOKS LIKE A KLIMT PAINTING

FS, GENTLEMAN BOWS TO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, CUT TO MS OF PRETTY GIRL

MS PRETTY GIRL, 1920S FASHIONS, MS GENTLEMAN (VALENTINO)

GENTLEMAN BOWS, LADY SHAKES HEAD

YOUNG COUPLE SHAKE HANDS, CUT TO CU OF THEIR HANDS, LARGE RING ON MAN'S FINGER

GENTLEMAN EXPLAINS HIMSELF TO PRETTY WOMAN

YOUNG COUPLE TALK, MS, GENTLEMAN TRIES TO REMOVE RING FROMM HIS FINGER, GRIMACES, PUTS FINGER IN HIS MOUTH, COMIC, HANDS RING TO PRETTY GIRL

MS OF RUSSIANS TALKING

BEARDED RUSSIAN WIELDS KNIFE LIKE A CRAZY MAN

GENTLEMAN GIVES BEARDED RUSSIAN A NOTE

MS OF SHOCKED AND FRIGHTENED RUSSIAN MAN

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