And now my son is dead.
So l am here to find out if his life was in vain.
And the only one who can answer that question is you.
lf we fail in this attempt...
and we probably will...
l`ll be honored to die beside you.
And you.
This has arrived for you.
My darling Christine.
ln parting from you, l have left heaven for hell.
l go because l can love you only in honor.
You`ve created in me the need to be a better man.
l will love through heaven or hell...
if that is where l must go...
to love you as you should be loved.
Remember that and give yourself no blame.
Yours forever, Raoul.
What`s wrong?
What`s the matter?
What`s wrong?
l received a letter from Raoul.
He sent it to the palace...
knowing that he would die...
and l would be here.
How would he know that?
l--
l can`t guess what he was thinking.
He was irrational.
l ordered him placed far from the fighting, but...
he plunged in against my wishes.
He forgives me for all that he knew l would do.
But can l forgive myself?
Forgive?
l loved him.
l love him still.
Still.
And in pretending to love you, l do something awful.
You pretend.
l have sinned against love and God for the sake of your mercy...
which you would not have given without my sin.
l will burn in hell.
So will you.
No, my love.
You will burn in hell.
l will not.
For l am king...
ordained by God!
Come on! We have no time!
- Here! My bag! - Where are you going?
There`s still much to be done. l`ll be gone for a few days.
Make sure everything is ready when l get back.
You want me to do the impossible and do it alone?
l offer you the perfect solution-- a revolution without bloodshed...
without loss of life, even without treason.
For he, too, is a king`s son. Thank you.
But l can`t get him ready. We`ll never have time.
The urgency is not my choice.
lnstead of distributing the promised food...
Louis has ordered that all rioters be shot.
Go on. Can you imagine what will happen...
when the starving people of Paris hear about his new ball?
This is not for me.
This is for everything we once were and might be again.
Thank you, Father.
The ball has been brought forward to tomorrow night.
Tomorrow? Why?
The king is unhappy with his mistress and seeks revelry to lift his spirits.
l cannot be ready unless my tailors work all night.
Saddle my horse!
The brothel is closed for the night!
Everybody, out, except the ladies!
Out!
- Closed? We came here-- - Go somewhere else tonight! Out!
Ladies, l need you to finish my clothes you`re making for me.
We`ll go and we`ll take your money with you.
Come on, old man. Quickly!
You try to rob me because you think me old?
Let`s see if you rob somebody with you pistol up there!
Out! Everybody, out!
l finished this for you.
l love Paris. l love life.
And l love you, ladies.
Now get busy. Except for you.
No, wait.
With a king it is so.
Servants have touched the goblet of the king, therefore...
he will touch it as little as possible.
Again.
- l`m sorry. - No.
- l didn`t-- - Do not be sorry.
There are no mistakes when you are the king.
You must never apologize.
The king cares for nothing and for no one.
ls that the kind of king you wish me to be?
Or do you say this because your son is dead?
Forgive me. l would never mean to disrespect--
l`m not angry with you. Do you understand?
Good. Of course we wish you to be a good king.
But first you must pass as Louis.
And Louis is cold and cruel.
The eyes of this king say that he cares for nothing but himself.
Your eyes ask too much.
You shouldn`t care about me.
You mustn`t ask about my son.
Bless me, Father, for l have sinned.
And so have l.
Your Majesty.
l have come to ask you whether you believe that...
just as one lie can destroy a life...
so one truth can put it together again.
l have prayed every day for such a miracle.
l have prayed every day for forgiveness.
But now l know that forgiveness must first come from you...
before it can come from God.
For it was l who took the second of your twin sons away from you.
And l was never brave enough...
to find the truth when l was told one lie after another.
l have raised a son who destroys lives...
instead of saving them.
And l have failed...
to save a son who died within an iron mask.
That mask was the creation of Louis.
Now God and we...
have the chance to make a miracle to strip all masks away forever.
These rooms are yours.
Through this corridor and up the stairway...
or through this secret passageway to the floor above...
are the rooms of your mistress, Christine.
And whose rooms are these?
Your mother`s.
My mother`s?
Change the horses!
Clear out everything!
Now!
Remember, Philippe, nobility is born in the heart.
Make love as if you don`t care. And fart whenever you wish.
Hold your goblet with two fingers. All you have to do is get through tonight.
Smile and nod a lot. lf you get stuck...
just wave and announce, ''Continue.''
ln the morning, order that Athos, Porthos and Aramis...
be brought to the palace as your advisors.
And all will be well.
D`Artagnan watches everything. We have to be lucky.
We make our own luck tonight, if Philippe holds up.
Relax, Philippe, you`re doing well.
My brother.
What is wrong, Your Majesty?
Nothing. Carry on.
Did you see that?
- See what, Your Majesty? - A mask. l distinctly saw a mask.
Well, the ballroom is full of masks, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Carry on, everyone.
ls he all right?
To the passageway.
Your Majesty.
lt`s judgement day.
Don`t look so shocked, Philippe.
Why do you call me Philippe?
We have a prison for you.
D`Artagnan guards the hallway.
You must go back the way we came.
Time to go, Your Majesty.
You know the way.
You have the heart of a king.
Continue.
Your Majesty.
Some refreshments, Your Majesty?
The Queen Mother!
God bless the king and the Queen Mother!
l`ll retire now.
Wait two dances...
then withdraw to your room...
and spend the night in safety.
We have much to talk about...
and have the rest of our lives to do it.
Good night...
Mother.
Good night...
my son.
Anne. What--
Tomorrow.
How long has the king been back?
Some while, Captain.
Murderer!
l wrote to the front under your seal.
l wrote as you...
demanding to know why the general disregarded the order...
to keep Raoul out of danger.
He writes back...
''But, Your Majesty...
your last letter ordered me to place him at the vanguard of the assault...
just in front of the cannon.''
You killed Raoul!
Stop! You`re hurting her!
However l have wronged you, l will make amends.
Take her to her room.
Deploy the Musketeers. Guard all the passages.
Continue.
We have an emergency of security, Your Majesty.
l must ask you to accompany me.
Not now.
The ball. My guests.
l insist, Your Majesty.
Yes, certainly.
They`ve raised the alarm!
- They`ll try to cut us off. - Reverse the flow!
l am Porthos!
And l fight the king!
Come on! Porthos!
Everyone, pump!
Stop them before they reach the river!
Pull them back!
This man is an impostor.
This is the impostor.
Pull them back!
Get in the boat, Your Majesty.
Open the gate.
l failed you.
We failed you.
Stop!
You take my king, and l shall take yours.
Catch him! Seize him!
Hold him!
l was told this impostor was dead.
You knew?
You knew there was a man of such resemblance?
He is my brother.
- Brother? - My twin.
My blood.
A fact which has kept him alive, until now.
Please.
- You were a part of this? - He`s your brother! l love you both!
Your love has meant nothing to either of us!
lt has meant something to me.
Your Majesty, listen to me.
Never once have l asked anything for myself.
l ask you now: Spare the life of this man...
this prisoner, your brother.
You have no right to ask me this!
Your Majesty...
every day of your life...
l have watched over you.
l have bled for you.
l have prayed every day to see you become greater than your office...
better than the law.
Please show me what my faith and my blood have purchased. Show mercy.
And you take the side of traitors.
Of this one, worst of all, who`s tried to do this to me!
And what have you done to him?
For one moment...
l thought you had become the king l always hoped you`d be.
Please.
My lord, may l speak?
l beg that you kill me.
l release you from any sin in taking my life.
ln fact, l pray that God reward you for your mercy to do it.
But please...
do not, l beg you...
return me to the prison where l have lived for so long.
You will hunt down Porthos...
Athos and Aramis and bring me their heads...
or l will have yours.
And as for you, my brother...
back to the prison you shall go...
and into the mask you hate.
Wear it until you love it!
And die in it.
There were two?
Not one, but two?
l couldn`t tell you. You had enough to bear.
l have loved you always.
None but you.
No matter what happens...
l pray you remember that.
Christine`s room.
Where is she?
Get rid of it.
Where are you taking me?
Please, no!
lt has been done as you ordered, Your Majesty.
When D`Artagnan returns, watch him.
And when he leaves again, you tell me.
Your Majesty.
- Nothing down here, sir. - Try this way.
Philippe has been moved to the lower dungeon of the Bastille.
At midnight, l will order the guard changed...
and will delay the replacements for ten minutes.
One for all. All for one.
lt is a trap, but we have no choice.
lf Philippe is in the Bastille...
then to the Bastille we will go.
l`d rather die covered in blood...
than an old man lying in my own piss.
Our old uniforms.
From our days of glory.
l was saving them so that...
we could wear them in death.
And so we shall!
Open up. We have a prisoner.
Take him down to level three. The captain will see to the document.
lt worked.
lt`s a prison. Of course it`s no trouble getting in.
The problems will come when we want to get out.
lt`s midnight. We have ten minutes.
Down there.
ls this what you`re looking for?
The key.
Remember this?
Don`t look so sad. There`s nothing left of him anyway.
He was just a snivelling, drooling--
l knew you`d come.
We feared the mask would destroy you.
l wear the mask; it does not wear me.
- The courtyard is blocked. - He lies.
He`s here to trap us.
See for yourselves.
All that you have suffered...
l would gladly have borne myself to keep it from you.
You men, to the east gate.
D`Artagnan is right. The courtyard is filling with soldiers.
This way.
Don`t stop till you reach the river.
lf we go this way, they`ll know you helped us.
That doesn`t matter now. Go.
Fire!
Get that door!
Trapped.
Charge them!
Spare their lives, if you can.
Cowards! Twenty men run from four?
The corridor nullifies our number. No one wants to fight the captain.
Charge!
l am not angry with you. l knew you would lead me to them, and so you have.
Lay down your sword and l will not punish you.
l will let you retire in peace.
And l will give your friends a swift execution...
if you surrender now.
Perhaps you should take his offer.
We`re dead anyway.
He`s right.
Wait.
Bargain me to Louis for all your lives.
You`ve done your best.
Please, let me go.
l cannot do it.
Even if l could give up my king...
l could never give up...
my son.
Your son?
l loved your mother.
l love her still.
You are my son.
l never knew you existed.
And l never...
felt pride as a father...
until this moment.
They`re young Musketeers.
They`ve been weaned on our legends.
They revere us.
lt is an advantage.
Yes. Why don`t we charge them?
l trained these men.
They will fight to the death.
But if we must die--
lf we must die...
let it be like this.
One for all. All for one.
Shoot.
Magnificent valor.
Shoot them.
Fire!
Get off me!
He is your brother.
Brother?
Outside. All of you. You`re sworn to silence.
Get this off me.
Forgive me.
All my life--
This--
This is the death...
l have always wanted.
All for one.
One for--
You were the one in the mask.
All my life...
all l ever wanted to be...
was him.
We have recaptured the prisoner.
No, l am the--
You will put this madman where no one can hear his insanity.
Let him be fed by a deaf mute...
but feed him well.
And let him find redemption in wearing the pains he has placed on others.
Take him.
And them?
They are my royal council and truest friends.
He was the best of us all.
After all you have done, l must ask you one more service.
Let me love you like a son to a father.
And, l pray you, live for this:
To love me like your son.
Musketeers!
Salute!
One for all. All for one.
The prisoner in the iron mask was never found.
lt was whispered among his jailers that he received a royal pardon...
and was taken to the country where he lived quietly...
visited often by the queen.
The king known as Louis XlV...
brought his people food, prosperity and peace...
and is remembered as the greatest ruler...
in the history of his nation.
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