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Duchess Berlin 1928 247

MOVIE-GOER sits intent on the newsreel. The NEWS-
REEL FOOTAGE screened is of Soviet tanks; Lenin speak-
ing; labor collectives; glorified Revolutionaries.

MEDIUM
holds on ANNA and TEUFEL

Footage Voice Over: “The new Soviet regime, productive, politi-
cal, on the march...”

NEWSREEL FOOTAGE

Marching Soviet troops, tanks.

NEWSREEL FOOTAGE

A quick cut to St. Petersberg. The Russian Royal family,
featuring the children, climb into an Imperial Coach,
proceeding through crowds. A longshot of the Czar and
Czarina waving from a distant white balcony.

Footage Voice Over: “...a far-cry from the long-exiled Romanov
dynasty ended ten years ago with the death of Czar Nicholas
II...”

MEDIUM ANNA, TEUFEL, MOVIE-GOER

Anna: Am I supposed to enjoy this?
Teufel: Sit quietly.
Anna: Is this another of your tests to see how I react?
Teufel: Quiet.
Anna: I wish to leave.
Teufel: People are watching.
Footage Voice Over: “...The Soviet military might is matched by
its political force...At home in Moscow or exiled to Europe,
millions of Russians publicly cheer the Soviets and secretly
fear the power of the NKVD, the dreaded Russian Secret
Police...”

ANNA turns her profile. The SHOT PANS slightly with

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