1 Who are you? 2 I was King of Sweden. 3 The Lord, in his infinite wisdom... 4 has seen fit to deprive us of our noble king... 5 Gustavus Adolphus... 6 while Sweden is in the midst of a grievous war. 7 For 14 years our arms have served in the field... 8 against our enemies. 9 And in this dark hour, we still fight on... 10 for the Protestant cause of our country. 11 Our King is dead... 12 but his spirit still lives in us... 13 and in his child, Christina. 14 Her father, our King... 15 brought up this child as a boy... 16 accustomed her ears to the sound of cannon fire... 17 and sought to mold her spirit after his own. 18 Let's see the child. 19 Your Majesty... 20 I swore to the King, your father, to place this crown upon your head. 21 And now I swear by my life... 22 to serve you as I served him. 23 Men do not cry.24 Shall I make my speech now? 25 Good Lords, and Swedish men... 26 Queen Christina, by the grace of God... 27 Queen of the Swedes, the Goths, and the Vandals, promise you... 28 to be a good and just king... 29 to protect you all... 30 and to guard the kingdom as our father did... 31 to rule wisely, and with God's help... 32 to keep the standard as we received it from our fathers. 33 Concerning this war, which we are bitterly waging... 34 we promise... 35 To wage it with courage. 36 We promise to win it! 37 I bless you all. 38 The King is dead, long live the King. 39 Long live the King! 40 Your Majesty.30 and to guard the kingdom as our father did... 31 to rule wisely, and with God's help... 32 to keep the standard as we received it from our fathers. 33 Concerning this war, which we are bitterly waging.. . 34 we promise... 35 To wage it with courage. 36 We promise to win it! 37 I bless you all. 38 The King is dead, long live the King. 39 Long live the King! 40 Your Majesty.30 and to guard the kingdom as our father did... 31 to rule wisely, and with God's help... 32 to keep the standard as we received it from our fathers. 33 Concerning this war, which we are bitterly waging.. . 34 we promise... 35 To wage it with courage. 36 We promise to win it! 37 I bless you all. 38 The King is dead, long live the King. 39 Long live the King! 40 Your Majesty.
41 The arrival of Prince Charles forced me to summon Your Majesty. 42 The Parliament is in session, waiting to act on his victories. 43 After 30 years of war, Sweden now has the commanding place in Europe. 44 Now is the time for new , definite actions. 45 These I want to discuss with you. 46 There will be enough discussion in the Parliament. 47 You have reports for me to sign, my Lord Treasurer? 48 I have them here, Your Majesty. 49 Prince Charles' victory was crushing, was it not, Chancellor? 50 Complete, Your Majesty. 51 Now would be a happy moment... 52 to announce your betrothal to Prince Charles. 53 He returns a national hero. 54 I look forward to Prince Charles' reception in the Parliament. 55 He will love it. 56 I have heard of the enemy's losses. 57 What were ours? 58 10,000 men, 4,000 horses, 200 cannon.59 A few more victories like this... 60 and we will have to hire foreigners to fight our battles.
61 In the end, the enemy will pay for it. 62 In the meantime, it would be a good moment to vote fresh monies for the war. 63 The Lord Treasurer will tell Your Majesty we need it. 64 He doesn't have to tell me. These reports tell me. 65 This war is expensive. 66 The Parliament clamors for more war. 67 They clamor for a Swedish marriage for Your Majesty. 68 They clamor for an heir of Swedish blood. 69 In short, Chancellor, they clamor. 70 Here are your reports. This one I keep. 71 Thank you, My Lords. I shall see you in the Parliament. 72 Your Majesty. 73 Yes, Count Magnus. 74 It's so long since I have seen you. 75- I saw you yesterday.-To me that's long since. 76 I am not an idle woman, Magnus. 77 I have a war on my hands. 78 Are you going to marry the national hero? 79 You are petulant, Magnus, and I have no time to soothe you.80 The Parliament is waiting.
81 We are eager to greet our victorious cousin... 82 Prince Palatine Charles Gustavus. 83 Welcome, my cousin. 84 For the great victory you have won, Sweden is grateful. 85 We will not forget. 86 For the fatherland, Your Majesty , and loyalty to you... 87 and for glory, no sacrifice is too great! 88 Our enemy is in retreat and our standards fly over the fields of their dead. 89 Now, Your Majesty, would be a good time to send fresh armies... 90 and crush these barbarians. 91 We want to continue what we began in your father's reign... 92 until every enemy soldier is disarmed! 93 This is not an ordinary war for treasure or conquest. 94 It is for our faith and for our God. 95 God is being invoked in many lands these days, Your Grace. 96 What about the enemy's God? 97 When the enemy invokes God, that is blasphemy, Your Majesty.98 I wish I had your confidence, Archbishop. 99 We of the nobility are willing to back our noble commander Prince Charles... 100 to the last man!
101 I thank the noble Lord. 102 For your glory, Your Majesty, I return to the wars with fresh courage. 103 You have all spoken: 104 You, my Nobles... 105 you, my gallant General... 106 you, my Archbishop... 107 and you, my hero cousin. 108 I have heard all your voices. 109 But what of the peasants? 110 You peasants have fought this war. 111 What have you to say? 112 Will you not speak, father ? 113 What is there for us to say, Your Majesty? 114 Unbeknownst to us, the war is started and we are sent, and we go. 115 You shall go no longer! 116 There are other things to live for than wars! 117 I have had enough of them. 118 We have been fighting since I was in the cradle and many years before. 119 It is enough. 120 I shall ask the powers to meet for a speedy and honorable peace.
141 Death and destruction! 142 Triumphals of crippled men! 143 Sweden victorious in a ravaged Europe. 144 An island in a dead sea! 145 I tell you, I want no more of it. 146 I want for my people security and happiness. 147 I want to cultivate the arts of peace. 148 The arts of life! 149 I want peace, and peace I will have. 150 Your Majesty. 151 Every morning I come to wake you... 152 and every morning I find you already awake and reading. 153 It's not right, Your Majesty, to rob your sleep. 154 I have so little free time, Aage, that to spend it sleeping seems a waste. 155 What a clever fellow is this, Aage. 156-Who?- Molibe. 157-What is he?-He writes plays. 158 He makes fun here of pretentious ladies. 159 "As for me, Uncle, all I can say is that I think... 160 "marriage an altogether shocking thing.
161 "How is it possible to endure the idea of sleeping... 162 "with a man in the room?" 163 Is that good, Your Majesty? 164 Not bad, Aage. 165 They say... 166 you are going to marry Prince Charles. 167 Do they? What do you think of it? 168 I think it's good for a queen to marry a hero. 169 What else do they say? 170 They say... 171 you prefer the Lord Treasurer. 172 And what do you think of him? 173 I don't like him, Your Majesty. 174-Why not?-The right foot. 175 He's too clever. 176 Everybody can't be simple and heroic, Aage. 177 Well... 178 I don't like him! 179 Ebba, come in. 180 Now don't dally, Your Majesty. You have a busy day.
181 Morning, Ebba. 182-What are you doing up so early?-I couldn't sleep. 183 That means you are happy or unhappy. Which is it? 184-Happy.-I am glad. 185-And what makes you so happy?-No reason. 186 How wonderful to be happy for no reason. 187 Let's go for a sleigh ride. 188-I can't now.-Why not? 189-Ambassadors, treaties, councils.-How boring. 190 -But we'll go afterward, Ebba.-You always say that. 191 But at the end of the day, you are never free to go anywhere. 192 You are surrounded by musty old papers and musty old men... 193 and I can't get near you. 194 Today, I will dispose of them by sundown, I promise you. 195 And we will go away, two or three days in the country. 196-Wouldn't you like that?-I' d love it. 197 The French Ambassador, Monsieur Chanut, is waiting in the council chamber.198 There, they begin. 199 Countess, you're dismissed. Run along. 200 I have good news for you, Monsieur Chanut.
221 one of the oldest in Europe. 222 To admit professors from Spain and Italy might corrupt the purity of our teaching. 223 The danger is not so much of corruption as of staleness. 224 We need new wine in the old bottles. 225 Here is the new draft of the treaty with Cromwell, Your Majesty. 226 There are several important changes in it, so if you read it, please... 227 that I may know your opinion. 228 I will do so, Chancellor. 229 Your Majesty , I must again speak to you about your marriage with Prince Charles. 230 This eternal talk about Charles.
231 I cannot tell you how it wearies me. 232 I do not see eye to eye with Charles about anything. 233-He is a hero.-There are varieties of heroes. 234 He is a hero at fighting, and fighting bores me. 235-His only gift is with the sword.-The sword has made Sweden great. 236 Yes, but do we not exalt that gift too much, Chancellor? 237 You cannot remake the world, Your Majesty. 238 Why not? 239 Look, Chancellor, the philosophers remake it, the artists remake it... 240 the scientists remake it. Why not we who wield the power?
241 The people follow blindly the generals who lead them to destruction. 242 Will they not follow us who lead them beyond themselves... 243 where there is grace and beauty, gaiety and freedom? 244 Europe is an armed camp, Your Majesty, not Utopia peopled with shepherds. 245 But Chancellor... 246 Snow again. Eternal snow. 247 Your Majesty, it is for Sweden. It is your duty. 248 Why is it my duty? 249 My days and nights are given up to the service of the state. 250 I am so cramped with duty that to be able to read a book...
251 I have to rise in the middle of the night. 252 I serve the people with all my thoughts, with all my energy... 253 with all my dreams, waking and sleeping. 254 I do not wish to marry, and they cannot force me. 255 You must give Sweden an heir. 256 Not by Charles, Chancellor. 257 You are Sweden's Queen. You are your father's daughter. 258 Must we live for the dead? 259 For the great dead? 260 Yes, Your Majesty.
261 Snow is like a wide sea. 262 One could go out and be lost in it... 263 and forget the world and oneself. 264 There are rumors that Your Majesty is planning a foreign marriage. 265 They are baseless. 266 But, Your Majesty, you cannot die an old maid. 267 I have no intention to, Chancellor. 268 I shall die a bachelor. 269 Of course, Magnus, you heard everything. 270 No wonder you are so well-informed.
271 I am rather disappointed you are not going to marry Charles. 272 I'd much rather him than another. 273 Charles spends all his time reviewing troops. 274 It doesn't become you to make fun of Charles. 275 He has risked his life for his country. 276 He, at least, is no opportunist. 277 You're serious today. 278-It isn't that, Magnus.-No? What then? 279 I look at you and I look at a stranger. 280 A stranger whom I do not altogether like. 281 I grant you your preferences, if you will love me. 282 Love you? 283 I wonder now, Magnus, if I have ever loved you. 284 I am your destiny, Christina. 285 Are you? 286-I long to escape my destiny.-You will long to return to it. 287-Where is Countess Ebba?-In her chamber, Your Majesty. 288 The Queen is selfish. It is simple for her. She orders and you obey.289 How long are you going on this way? 290 Every time we meet, you promise to tell her...
291 you love me and you want to marry me and you never do. 292 The Queen is so dominating. She's interested only in her own concerns. 293 She never asks me. 294 Your Majesty. 295 Leave us. 296-Forgive me. Forgive him.-It is you I cannot forgive, Ebba. 297 You needn't fear my domination any longer. 298 Your Majesty, please. 299 You pretended to be interested in me and my problems. 300 Your sympathy, your concern... 301 all pretense, underneath which you resent me. 302 You do not understand, Your Majesty. 303 The difficulty is, Ebba, that I do. 304 Your Majesty. 305 What now? 306 I must warn you about the impending visit of the Spanish envoy. 307 Sweden is the great Protestant stronghold of Europe. 308 Therefore, with this Spaniard, you must be polite but reserved. 309 Very well. 310 What is this?
311 The people know that Prince Charles is visiting you here. 312 They are excited about it. 313 They want to see their Queen. 314 Must I smile for the masses, Chancellor? 315 That is not too much to do for the people. 316 We want Prince Charles as our King! 317 Christina, our Queen! 318 Long live Charles Gustavus! 319 Long live Prince Charles! 320-Sweden for the Swedes!-Prince Charles for our King!
321 This is what comes, Chancellor, from feeding the people a false hope. 322-Aage.-Your Majesty? 323 My riding coat. We go out in the snow. 324-To hunt, Your Majesty?-At least not be hunted . 325 Foreigners. 326 Spaniards. 327 You find this amusing, do you? 328 Where is that fool of a coachman? 329 It's not his fault. The ditch is full of soft snow. 330-It often happens like that here.-What a country. 331 Aage, get the robe, put it under the wheel. 332 Tell the coachman to take off his robe and put it under the other wheel. 333 Now, all together, with a big heave. 334 Aage, hold the horses . 335 Now all together, push! 336 That's splendid. 337 How far is it to the nearest inn? 338 Two leagues. You can be there by nightfall. 339 That is, unless you fall into another ditch. 340 Give the boy a thaler , Pedro.
341 Where is the landlord? 342-There he is.-Coming. 343 What can I do for you, young man? 344 Supper, room and bed. 345 I have only one room vacant. That's the best one. 346 That's for people of quality, costs three thaler. 347 Give him 10, Aage. 348 Thank you, My Lord. This way, Your Lordship. 349 Right up to the head of the stairs. 350 The best room in the house, it is, too, My Lord.
351 Right here, My Lord. 352 I hope this place serves your purpose, My Lord. 353 Looks adequate but lonesome. 354 That is soon remedied... 355 a fine young man like Your Lordship. 356 It is a cold night to be alone, that's certain. 357 I can find Your Lordship some good company if you are in the mood. 358-A thorough host, aren't you?-Thank you, My Lord. 359 Fascinating profession, to run an inn. 360- You sit still and the world comes to you.-Yes, My Lord.
361 Will you sup here? I'll have a fire for you presently. 362-I will sup below.-Yes, My Lord. 363 We must have your best room. 364 My Lord is a great noble. 365 In fact, you may never again have a guest of his quality. 366-You will be well-paid.-You shall have 15 thalers. 367-What does the gentleman want?-Accommodation for the night. 368 Why, only now, this gentleman has taken our last room. 369 The best one. 370 Sir, I owe you an apology.
391 I have never been there, only in my thoughts. 392 How wonderful. 393 You are a find indeed. 394 Landlord, come here. 395 This gentleman will sup with me. 396 Do your best, and bring something to drink at once. 397 Yes, right away, My Lord. 398 You don't know what this means to me. 399 Have you ever traveled? Have you ever been far from home? 400 Have you ever been homesick?
401 I have never been out of Sweden. 402 Then you don't know what it is to be homesick. 403 You don't know what it means to feel that sense of loss. 404 The pain of nostalgia. 405 One can feel nostalgia for places one has never seen. 406 Yes, that's quite true. 407 Young man, that is the second time I have underestimated you. 408 My Lords. 409 The foreigner, he promised 15 thalers for a bed. 410 When did I ever let slip 15 thalers? 411 To the kitchen! 412 Imagine, in this icecap, finding someone who knows Spain. 413 You understand I admire your country. 414 It's rugged and strong and impressive. 415 It has all the virile qualities. 416 And from all your northern fastness here, the Viking spirit has dominated Europe. 417 But what do the Vikings talk about in the evenings...418 when they come home from war and hunting? 419 Do they know the arts of living? 420-You find us uncouth?-Look at these people.
421 This is my lager. 422 I'll say this for them, they know how to enjoy themselves. 423 At home, our people are less hearty, but more graceful. 424 It's all a question of climate. 425 You can't serenade a woman in a snowstorm. 426 All the graces in the arts of love... 427 the elaborate approaches that would make the game of love amusing... 428 can only be practiced in those countries that quiver in the heat of the sun. .. 429 in the still, languorous nights, where every breeze caresses with amour... 430 love, as we understand it, is a technique that must be developed in hot countries.
The bar friends of Garbo Bar forget the English script of "Queen of Sweden" that time first wrote down.
There is also a film about Queen Christina of Sweden, "The Young Queen", which chronicles the political achievements, struggles and emotions between the queen and the countess during her reign.
When I recently re-watched Garbo’s movie, I made this movie as a finishing touch, and watched "Young Queen" at the same time. The latter’s performance was naturally not on the same level as Garbo, but as a young movie with few appearances. For the actors, she is alive. If Malin Buska’s performance is a person stepping up to the king’s altar, pursuing a path in the quagmire of self-struggle and the outside world, exposing the emotions of the flesh and blood in the altar to the audience a little bit, Then Garbo’s queen always carries divinity. She seems to be able to feel the divinity that belongs to the queen without doing anything special. Even if she is finally hurt by emotion, her lover has passed away, and she has no expression on her face. Standing firmly on the bow of the ship and looking into the distance in this section of the bridge that is regarded as a classic by everyone, such a queen did not damage her divinity because of this. On the contrary, because of such a scene at such a moment, her The divinity increased her grief. It's even more heartbreaking. (Some film critics once suggested that Wong Kar-wai in the "Evil Evil West Poison" in the last scene of Maggie Cheung lying on the window holding a peach blossom and looking into the distance is a reference to this. It is not known whether it is used for reference, but it is enough to show Jiabao. The classic of this shot.) But the queen of Garbo seems to disdain to make anyone feel sorry for it. Seeing the last scene, it is more of admiration for this woman.
Malinbuska is acting as the queen within his own ability, and Garbo is the queen.
Although this is an obvious conclusion, I'm still willing to take a closer look at both versions, because the Queen of Sweden Christina is a fascinating existence.
She and Garbo really have a lot in common. They both love men's clothing. When the queen came to the throne, she did not say that the queen was enthroned, but the king was enthroned. In the letter, Garbo often referred to herself as "man."
It's just such a woman who turned all living creatures upside down in the silent film "Feng Yue", that was Garbo's first silent film I watched, with a black background and white subtitles, and the face that appeared "I have many men." Let people remember that that feeling is not infatuation, but nostalgia. A few times I think of Leslie’s line in "Feng Yue", "I have had many women." These two passages give me the same feeling. The profound actors make people rise from infatuation to nostalgia, and this The process from infatuation to nostalgia, once said in a documentary, this feeling is deep love.
From silent film to sound film, some people describe Garbo's voice as very much like wine and cello, and the deep voice is in perfect harmony with Garbo's own image. In fact, the story of "Queen of Sweden" is not full. It relies solely on Garbo's own aura to support the whole story, and it is undoubtedly a pleasure to hear Garbo's voice say the queen's lines.
Three years after the film’s release, Gilt, who played Garbo’s lover, died suddenly.
And Garbo, like a queen, resolutely left after performing all his duties.
Like the queen, she has not converted to anyone, they have converted to themselves.
And in my heart, she will always be the king standing proudly on the bow, looking at the distance with a firm, far-reaching gaze.
Unspeakable but eternal.
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