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Olga: (Tossing LUDWIG an egg) And to you, brother, a very
happy Resurrection!
Ludwig: (Misses the decorated egg which breaks in a splat)

MEDIUM OLGA AND KATHARINE

OLGA and KATHARINE exit.

ANOTHER ANGLE FULL LUDWIG
Ludwig: Operator, ring the Berlin office of The London Chron-
icle...Nigel Roberts, please...Yes, Mr. Roberts. This is Grand
Duke Ernst Ludwig. We are about to have a most splendid
Easter. I have found my niece, the Grand Duchess Anastasia.
(LUDWIG’s finger moves about in the broken mess of egg)

FADE TO BLACK

ACT VI

INT. RUSSIAN CHURCH. BERLIN—NIGHT

ESTABLISHING FULL
LOW ANGLE

Pre-dawn of Easter Vigil. ESTABLISHING FULL of
church interior heavy with candles and incense. MU-
SIC is liturgical. FULL SHOT faces of Russian-émigré
church-goers. MEDIUM SHOTS of the Russian choir,
the pageantry of the priests in their robes swinging censers
over the people.

CLOSE UP ANNA

Blue incense smoke billows around Anna’s face.

EXT. STREET. RUSSIAN CHURCH. BERLIN—NIGHT

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