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INT. LUDWIG’S GRAND HOTEL SUITE—DAY

CLOSE OLGA

The table is laden with Russian Easter eggs and parapher-
nalia. OLGA’s hands are painting an egg.

FULL OLGA, KATHARINE, LUDWIG

KATHARINE sits across the small table helping.

Olga: No!
Ludwig: Russian Easter is the right time for Anya’s resurrection.
Olga: No, Ernst Ludwig. You are my brother, but you are impos-
sible.
Ludwig: A man should never deal with a woman.
Olga: A woman can never deal with a short man.
Ludwig: I am not short.
Olga: I am short...and you are shorter than I. (OLGA fires up a
stylish cigar for herself)

ANOTHER ANGLE
Ludwig: It is time to restore a Romanov to the Russian throne.
Olga: Romanov...Romanov.
Ludwig: Not any Romanov will do...
Olga: The girl herself denies she is Anastasia.
Ludwig: She is close enough for me.
Olga: You are mad for power.
Ludwig: I am the head of this family.
Olga: And I am the backbone.
Ludwig: Then I shall break your back.
Olga: It is not because you are short, Luddie, that I look down
on you.
Ludwig: Russian Easter is tomorrow. The Sunday papers must
carry our official announcement: The Grand Duchess Has
Been Found.

CLOSE OLGA

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