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Olga: She can sit on an empty throne.
Ludwig: A restoration of the Romanov dynasty is our only hope.
CLOSE UP OLGA

Olga: Dynasties! I hope only for caviar that is black instead of
red.

ANGLE SAME AS ABOVE
Ludwig: My dear sister, Olga, you have changed more than Rus-
sia.
Olga: I have met three false Tatianas, one ridiculous imitation
of Maria, and two pathetic actresses playing my godchild, my
dear dead Anastasia.

MEDIUM KATHARINE
Katharine: But, Excellency, what if the rumor is true?

ANGLE SAME AS ABOVE

Olga: The way the world is now, my dear, better we had all died
in 1918. I spit on politics.
CLOSE UP KATHARINE

Katharine: I was her nurse, her governess. At night I lie awake,
fearing Anya is alive. Alone. Helpless...

ANGLE SAME AS ABOVE. OLGA AND LUDWIG
Katharine: (Voice Over) ...Afraid for her very life.

LUDWIG turns to OLGA who stares stoically ahead. They
ride in silence three beats.

DISSOLVE

EXT. SANITARIUM DRIVE AND PORTICO—DAY
HIGH-ANGLE SHOT PANS entering Rolls Royce

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