Well done, Tristan. You have this. This is yours.
You have one more fight. Take deep breaths.
One more and you're done. Come on.
Wictred, lord of Glastonbury.
Tristan, champion of Marke of Cornwall.
Warriors, begin!
Tristan! Tristan!
- Go on!
Go, Tristan!
Yield.
- Yield!
Yeah!
You did it!
An impressive victory.
Of course, the man who defeats Morholt might be expected to triumph here.
On behalf of Cornwall...
I offer your daughter a place on our throne.
The throne of England, united behind one leader.
Isolde.
Perhaps it is just that he who took a husband provides one.
I'm yours.
No.
Tristan of Aragon...
has won you on behalf of Lord Marke... of Cornwall.
Come on. Let's go.
Come, Isolde. Come.
We've done it, huh?
Hey!
Let them take her across the sea.
After the wedding, I'll disavow Isolde.
This alliance will crumble.
Tristan.
The princess wants to speak to you.
You risked your life to give me to another man.
You said your name was Bragnae.
Why did you do that?
God, what have I done?
You'll stop this then. Say something.
I can't. I won you in my king's name.
- But I'm yours. You touched me, and I you. - It doesn't matter.
It's the only thing that matters, Tristan. Leave with me. I'll go anywhere.
- Your marriage will end a hundred years of bloodshed. - My marriage to another man.
Isolde. We will live with this.
We must.
Don't do this to me.
Tristan, we've made shore.
What if she's a hag? Or she simply won't have me?
She will, Brother. You're the prize.
A rose! Look at her.
My lord.
Isolde. Welcome.
I couldn't be happier.
If things were different-
If we lived in a place without duty, would you be with me?
That place does not exist.
I'll pretend it's you.
Come.
You're trembling.
You're far from home. I'm a stranger still. That I understand.
But you mustn't fear me. Hmm?
My only wish... is to make you happy.
As a wife. As a woman.
And hopefully, one day...
the fact that I'm not whole...
will not offend you.
That's pretty. Did you make it?
It was a present.
- Tristan. - Might I stay here a while?
Of course.
A little bit sour, but taste it.
Tristan!
I've never seen him like this before.
Perhaps someone his own age should speak with him.
Perhaps.
Marke and Edyth say you're distant.
- They're worried about you. So am I. - I can tell.
Laughing at the market, holding hands...
a caress on the neck when he pours your wine.
- He's my husband. I remember whose kingdom I'm in and why. - Yes, well. I must confess...
I thought you might have the tiniest of difficulties performing your duties.
Hello, milady.
Am I not permitted a single moment without mourning?
I'm living with this, Tristan, as you said we must.
I live in torture, thinking of these moments.
Every look he gives you, I get sicker and sicker.
There's a burning in me. I feel on fire, and there's guilt, and I can't get rid of either.
Does it make you happy to know that?
The Roman bridge-
I can get to it without being seen.
And I would go there any time to be with you.
Welcome, barons of Anglia, Rothgar and Orick.
Wessex, Kaye and Wictred.
As you will be king and his daughter queen...
does that mean Donnchadh will be coming to the coronation?
It does, on the next full moon. All will attend.
A lot can happen in a month.
Bearing that in mind...
and given the instabilities of our new land...
I shall be naming a second.
My sister has raised one capable of guiding you, should the need arise.
He's a man of passion, fierce in battle...
who has learned to tame his heart with his head.
I give you Tristan of Aragon.
For the first time since the Romans...
this country stands united.
I can't be your second. Melot must be. He's blood.
Besides, I wish tojourney north.
You no longer sleep at D'Or, and now you don't want to be my second.
And you find no comfort in your home, these stone walls that you helped build?
- I find these walls a prison. - Why?
Everything I wanted seems meaningless.
Ever since you were a boy...
you've sacrificed everything for me, all for one dream.
Now you've reached that dream.
It's natural that you'll feel some loss.
It doesn't matter if you want to be second. You are.
I will only be king if you are my second.
- I'd put it more gently if I could. - Then I am your second.
- Perhaps it's time you took a wife. - No.
- You can't live alone forever. - I can.
Isolde?
I was trying to explain to Tristan the importance oflove.
- Seems he might live without it. - Why?
There are other things to live for- duty, honor.
They are not life, Tristan. They are the shells of life.
And empty ones if in the end...
all they hold are days and days without love.
Love is made by God.
Ignore it and you suffer as you cannot imagine.
Then I will no longer live without it.
Good. Very good.
- Come. We'll be late. - Late?
The warriors ride out on the full moon.
It's an old ritual. I shall miss you tonight.
How many did you love before me?
None.
And after me?
None.
Lord Marke? Are you all right?
- Nothing hurt but my pride.
- Tristan, I need to speak with you. - Yeah.
We haven't even had a coronation yet, and Marke and Wictred are already at odds.
Now, he breaks tradition and scares all the barons by naming you his second.
I tried to convince him you'd be better.
Yes, well, peace can be just as treacherous as war...
and I fear that Marke doesn't re-
Listen to me!
- Our attention must be on Cornwall, now more than ever. - Melot.
I'm sorry he didn't choose you. I am.
Can I speak to you?
Uncle, you don't seem to understand what you have done here.
- I'm sick of your moaning! - Why can't-
What do you think became of them?
They were lives,just lived.
I find myself imagining things in this place.
I decorate it- books, a harp there.
A child.
Would it be his or mine?
I'd have no way to tell, would I?
He's a kind man, Tristan. I cannot hate him.
Yesterday at the market, I saw a couple holding hands...
and I realized we'll never do that.
Never anything like it.
No picnics or unguarded smiles.
No rings.
Just... stolen moments that leave too quickly.
- This one's pretty. - They look the same to me.
- I like this one. - Tristan, where have you been hiding?
Now that you're here, are we going to be honored with your presence tonight?
Wh-Where is the-
- About time.
- Where's Isolde? - I don't know for sure.
She was having a walk in the garden before and-
I'm afraid I grew tired, so I returned.
Um, it's my fault.
Want to get caught, the both of you?
He's lookin' for you right now.
Not through the castle. He'll see you!
I told you this was going to happen.
There's another door here, forgotten.
This comes up in the bottom chamber of the keep.
- I hate this. - Hurry.
Go on.
I'm tired of this. Tired of lying for you.
- Sick of it. - Then don't.
There was a servant's child. Quite ill, but doing better now.
I didn't ask you where you were.
Your heart's beating so fast.
Is it?
Isolde.
Is there anything I can do to make you happy?
I want to make you happy.
I'm fine.
She's in love with Tristan. They're intimates.
If I expose them, it'll break Marke's heart and his hold on the other barons.
How?
With Marke's champion in chains, I'll take Castle D'Or.
You can land your armies unopposed. There'll be no one defending the inland waters.
And your price?
I want Marke's throne.
In a few years, when his reign falls apart...
we'll go over and pick up the pieces.
Tristan?
May I speak with you?
Is it possible, do you think, a man blinded by love-
Is it possible that man might not see treachery right in front of him?
I found this hidden among Isolde's things.
Do you think she has a lover?
Has she said anything to you?
No.
Perhaps you could follow her. I, uh-
I-I can't ask anyone else.
I know, I- I know what you think. I'm acting like a child, but-
Normally I can read faces.
With hers, I feel I- I can't be objective.
She's so delicate. I just look at it and I-
You really love her.
Oh, I do. Terribly.
I didn't know how empty I was.
She... sustains me. She thrills me.
And when I see this ring, it's a ring of thorns.
The ring is nothing. She's loyal to you.
I'm sure of it.
If you say so.
I count nine.
If they move in, have your squires fly a black flag.
You bring an entourage?
I can't go sailing all alone in my position, Lord Marke.
Don't worry. They'll stay offshore.
Daughter, I have missed you.
My nephew, Melot, governor of Cornwall.
And Tristan, slayer of my best general.
Winner of Isolde. Defender of the alliance.
- You're a fortunate man. - Indeed.
Tristan!
Seems I worried for nothing.
May I dance with the queen...
- or is Tristan to have the next one? - No.
That's right. You've never danced with Isolde before.
A new song for Tristan.
Slow.
Why did you burn it?
You know.
Meet me there now or I'll die.
I could still tutor you a thing or two...
dancing being one of them.
- Accuse him now. - No, no, no, no.
We'll have more than accusations.
- Is something the matter? - I'm- I'm just feeling a little weary, that's all.
Might just go and have a lie down.
Of course.
Friends, friends, hear me.
- We've forgotten the full moon. Isn't it time to ride out?
No, no, no, no. This night calls for an exception.
Oh, but the coronation should uphold tradition.
Surely, do we neglect it already?
We honor it... with half a night.
- Ride out!
Where's Tristan?
Whoa, whoa! Hyah, hyah!
I miss Ireland.
Isolde, this must end.
- That's like asking me to stop breathing. - It cannot be.
Hey, hey, hey, hey. Over here. Through here.
Whoa!
Please don't leave me.
Please.
Isolde. Tristan, what are you-
No.
I see how it is in Cornwall.
My money is good enough. My alliance is good enough!
But my daughter you pass among your lieutenants like a whore!
- It's not like- - I see no relation to me here.
There is no peace with this king!
I pledge no allegiance to shame. I won't fight for this.
Seize them.
Behold your hero, Uncle.
- I'll have my own heroes now.
They're ashore.
Prove your worth.
If a man can't rule his woman...
- how can he govern an entire kingdom? - He can't.
Yeah. We should sue for peace.
It's all been coming apart. You can feel it.
You're right. There's very little time.
Fortunately, Donnchadh has no quarrel with anyone here.
He's asked me to give you a message.
What's this?
It's compensation for the men you'll lose...
attacking Castle D'Or with Donnchadh tomorrow.
Let's be honest. Our people need a stronger chief.
- Who might that be, Wictred? - Melot.
For too long, the ablest among us has been denied his rightful place.
I pledge him my allegiance and offer my services as his second.
I like this plan.
I came to apologize. I've been... selfish.
Arrogantly thinking that perhaps I'd given enough...
over these past nine years to merit, if not your love, then at least your respect.
A home...
a kingdom, your very life-
Why was it not enough?
Tell me.
Tell me!
You don't know what you have done!
Everything is destroyed! Everything!
All because you did not have enough!
''She's loyal to you. I am sure of it.''
You bloodsucker. What I could have been...
had I not stretched out this hand to save your wretched life.
How I curse that day. How I curse it.
Well, insult me with your defense.
Then I will contemplate your punishment.
Donnchadh marches on us as we speak.
She's young, and they were wrong...
but king or no king, I will not let you harm her.
How long?
Since you thought he was dead.
I found him, wounded, on a beach in Ireland.
I hid him from my father...
and I told him my name was Bragnae.
So when he came to the tournament at Dunluce to win Donnchadh's daughter...
he didn't realize it was me.
All this time, my heart has been his.
And I'm sorry.
He tried harder...
than you can possibly imagine, because he loves you.
I will coax them out and make sure Donnchadh knows this.
Of course. Of course.
You know, as things move forward...
I must confess I suspected the both of them for some time.
- Tristan and Isolde? - You know what I could never work out?
How it was conducted. How she got in and out of D'Or unseen.
- The tunnel. - What?
The Roman tunnel.
Show me.
What is this?
The will of the king.
Farewell.
You two. Run up. Get up in the keep.
I told him... about Ireland.
He's given us our freedom.
Why does loving you feel so wrong?
Get in.
Tristan, if we do this-
For all time, they'd say it was our love brought down a kingdom.
Remember us.
- Tristan, no! Tristan! - Stop! Stop!
- Tristan! - Enough!
- Isolde. - Tristan!
Why? Tristan!
Tristan!
Go. Move.
Come on. Here they come.
- Raise the bridge.
Wait for us!
Come on.
Bring them down.
Leave those there. Put the rest by the door.
Come on. Look lively.
Get the livestock and fuel under cover.
Put some archers on the ramparts.
All the archers have deserted us.
- As have half the household.
Yet you stay?
If you're surprised, we're wounded already.
Come on. Come on. Hurry!
Come on then. Hurry. Get up! Come on.
Come on. Up!
Burn it.
Their will is as firm as milk.
The siege will unravel us.
Where is Wictred with his key?
It comes up to the Roman foundations at the lowest level.
This is a godsend.
Shields up! Shields up! Stay close. Stay close.
What will you say to him?
I'll say he made unforgivable mistakes, and it's time for him to step-
What's that?
Quickly.
- Alarm!
Come on.
Aim for the front of the line.
They're waiting.
Make haste! Make haste!
They're raiding the storeroom.
Try to get all the women out.
- They're here!
The Irish are inside!
- Follow me.
Take the stairs!
- Guard the door. Make sure no one gets in. - You, help me!
Break a chain!
Here. Form a wall. Here. Right here.
- You. - What happened here?
A reward for idiocy.
A dozen Irish have blazed your way.
- Melot, I came to aid Marke. - Everyone lies.
- I didn't lead them here. - No, I did.
- Why? - I thought someone believed in me.
It will be undone.
Tristan- I'm for the worms.
Swear to me that you are true.
As we were brothers.
Build my boat.
- Watch the stairs!
They're here!
Keep them back! Keep them back! Watch the stairs.
Wictred!
- He's dropping the bridge. - Traitor!
Marke, wait. You can't!
- Get me a shield! - Marke, you can't go now.
- No! - Stay there!
Bring me a shield! We're pinned down!
Shoot him!
- Tristan? - He's with them?
- Stay there! - No. He's with us!
Hit it! Hit it! Harder! Hit it harder!
Tristan!
Tristan. How did you get in here?
- An old secret. - Secrets.
It's in the past now.
In the past.
They've breached the palisades.
Then we must be bold.
Make way. Make way!
Make way! Let a man through!
On guard!
Behold! The head of a traitor!
Will you always be little men that cannot see what was...
and could be again?
There is no middle ground!
So slay us!
Or slay him!
Oblige them.
Oblige them!
Take me out of here. Take me to the river.
- Princess-
Hurry.
Bring her.
Marke, you must come. The battle needs you.
We'll lose everything.
I must heed their call.
I am the king.
We've driven them back as far as we can, but they held on the south road.
Good-bye, my friend.
Know that I love you, Tristan.
Wherever you go, whatever you see...
I will always be with you.
You were right.
I don't know if life is greater than death...
but love was more than either.
''My face in thine eyes, thine in mine appears.
''And true plain hearts do in the faces rest.
''Where can we find two better hemispheres...
''without sharp North, without declining West?
''Whatever dies was not mixed equally.
''If our two loves be one...
''and thou and I love so alike that none can slacken...
none can die.''
- End -