Get her!
André!
Oscar!
Hurry, André!
The Royal Guards are charging into the assembly hall!
We have to stop them!
On June 23rd, 1789,
delegates supporting the National Assembly remained in the assembly hall of the Estates-General,
ignoring the order from the French King, Louis XVI, to dissolve.
The French Guards Company B, led by Oscar, was ordered to clear them out of the hall first.
But Oscar disobeyed the order.
And 12 guards, including Alain who sided with Oscar, were arrested for disobeying the order.
Now, Oscar was heading toward the Estates-General,
in order to stop the Royal Guards Regiment, which was dispatched instead of the French Guards, from storming into the assembly hall.
The Rose of Versailles
Kusamurani namo shirezu
The flowers blooming in the wilderness
Saiteiru hana naraba
they are without names
Tada kaze wo ukenagara
A gentle breeze
Soyoide ireba iikeredo
makes them sway
Watashi wa bara no sadame ni umareta
My destiny is of a rose
Hanayakani hageshiku ikiro to umareta
Born to live in glory and passion
Bara wa bara wa, Kedakaku saite
Roses, oh roses, blooming with dignity
Bara wa bara wa, Utsukushiku chiru
Roses, oh roses, withering with regret
Bara wa bara wa, Kedakaku saite
Roses, oh roses, blooming with dignity
Bara wa bara wa, Utsukushiku chiru
Roses, oh roses, withering with regret
Episode 35
Oscar Now Splits Away...
I'm the Royal Guards Regiment Commander, Colonel Gerodere!
To the delegates of the National Assembly in the assembly hall!
If you remain occupying the hall,
you shall be considered as traitors who disobeyed the King's order.
The Royal Guards Regiment will have to resort to use of force.
Prepare to charge!
Wait!
Just a moment, Regiment Commander!
Those from the nobility, follow me!
Marquis Lafayette...
We are nobles,
but have the will to participate in the National Assembly together with the 3rd Estate delegates.
We will never let you lay a finger on them the 3rd Estate delegates!
Please step aside, Marquis Lafayette!
If we have to, we're authorized to open fire!
Forward!
Retreat! Retreat, Retreat!
Commander...!
Gerodere, do you have the courage to take my sword?
Everyone in the Royal Guards, do you have the courage to put a bullet through my heart?!
Fire!
If you point your guns at unarmed delegates of the 3rd Estate,
you'll have to step over my corpse first!
Mademoiselle, please sheathe your sword.
How can we fire at you, who was our former commander?
How can we become such cowards who'd point guns at unarmed people in front of you?
We'll wait until the day they take up arms.
This is for you, even if I shall become a traitor.
Gerodere...
Retreat!
Count! Count Jarjayes!
Your son... no, your daughter...
Brigadier Oscar publicly disobeyed the King's order!
This is unforgivable treason!
It's only natural to disqualify the Jarjayes from nobility and exile Brigadier Oscar from France!
Monsieur Jarjayes, I cannot defend you this time.
Count Jarjayes, how are you going to cope with this?!
Your Majesty, please hand down the punishment!
Brigadier Oscar's defiance should be considered as defiance by the Jarjayes family!
I think forfeiting their property is proper!
I'd like to discuss the matter with the Queen.
How about it, everyone?
Your Majesty, let me humbly say that waiting for punishment to be handed down is not even necessary for me.
I will take care of the rebel with my own hands!
Mademoiselle, the Master is...
I'm coming in, Father.
Hey, André, What's happened?
The Master was furious, saying "Call Oscar to me!"
It's nothing.
There's nothing for Grandma to worry about.
Sit here, Oscar!
Are you ready, Oscar?
Ready for what?
Take off your insignia of rank and the medal the King gave you!
Let me ask you again, ready for what?
Trying to be defiant in front of your father?!
If you have your last words, say.
If you have any last words, say them. Though a traitor, you're still my daughter.
Twelve of my men are imprisoned in Abbey, waiting to be executed.
If slaying me will save those 12 men, I'll gladly give up my life to you.
But I know that's not how things go.
Then I cannot die here now!
Give up, Oscar!
Being loyal to the King no matter what happens is the tradition of the Jarjayes family!
Having a traitor in the family, it's all finished!
Don't worry. After I send you to the Lord, I'll follow soon.
I cannot take your punishment even more so.
You're kind...
but this is IT!
Please don't!
Let go!
Let go, André!
I won't let you go if you're going to slay Lady Oscar!
No, I'll never let you go!
Get out of my way!
If you persist, I'm going to shoot you,
take Oscar and run away!
What?! Run away with Oscar?!
Yes...
Is that your feeling?
Yes.
Stupid!
Do you think you can overcome the difference of class between nobility and commoner?!
Let me ask you!
What's "class"? What's a "commoner"?
All men are equal!
You need a permit from His Majesty for a marriage of a noble!
I know that.
But even if it's the King, do you need a permit from a stranger to love someone?
André!
You!
I won't forgive either of you!
Then slay me first.
Even it's for a moment, I'll have to see my love's death if I'm the second.
And that's too painful for me.
André...
All right, I'll make your wish come true then!
Open the gate!
Count Jarjayes, open the gate!
I have an urgent message from Versailles!
Please open the gate!
By the words of Her Majesty,
there will be no punishment for Brigadier Oscar François de Jarjayes,
nor for the Jarjayes family.
She expects your further loyalty for the Royal Family.
It's Lady Antoinette...
Did you hear that, Oscar?
Her Majesty's mercy has saved your life!
You idiot! Idiot...!
Well, so, what'll happen to us?
We'll all be shot for treason like General Bouille said.
Right, Alain?
Probably.
But we're properly enlisted in the Army.
So we should be able to appear in a court martial.
Whether we get executed or not, I'm going to spill out all the words in my guts!
Yeah, right.
I'll say whatever I want to say.
Like raise salary and more vacation!
Moron! What's the use of a vacation for a guy waiting to be executed!
Ah, right.
Listen. Your sentence has been handed down:
All of you will be executed at Louis XV Plaza at 8:00 am in five days, on July 1 st.
What?!
Wait, prison guard!
What happened to the court marshal?!
We haven't been tried yet!
The trial was held, I heard.
It couldn't be! We weren't called in to the court!
The VIP's probably skipped the procedure.
It happens often, you know.
Damn!
We've been tried in absentia!
Give up, everybody!
Let's give it all up!
I heard your whereabouts from André.
I'd like to ask you a favor, Bernard.
OK, anything that I can.
I won't take part in self-interests of the royal family and nobles.
This is for 12 of my men.
They are all commoners.
All right, tell explain.
I am indebted to you.
What?!
Surround Abbey prison?!
Yes, you can rally citizens.
We'll need a thousand... no, about 3 thousand.
I can probably do that...
but how will it help to save your men?
I am the commander in charge of the French Guards who are responsible for the security of Paris.
If I judge the security of Paris is in danger,
I can request the release of the 12 men to the King.
I see, that's a good idea.
We need someone clever like you on our commoner's side.
Will you do it?
There's one problem. What if it turns into a riot?
I promise that no one from your group or any citizen will get hurt or die.
If I break my promise, I'll quit the French Guards and run errands or do whatever for you.
OK. I'll do it.
Let's see how much of a crowd I can attract with my speech.
I'm counting on you.
Ah, Oscar, give my regards to André.
I want to see Rosalie after this matter settles.
Please do. Rosalie will be glad, too.
See you.
I think this is worth trying.
Your opinion, Monsieur Robespierre?
"Save the 12 soldiers who are about to be hushed up by trial in absentia"...
We should do it.
If we succeed, we'll be able to draw other soldier's minds to us.
We'll have to fight with the military someday.
And if we are on the minds of the soldiers when that time comes...
Not "someday", Monsieur.
Why not lead the crowd to Versailles Palace?
That's enough, Monsieur St. Just!
Why do you always try to choose the extreme?
Extreme? Me?
Establishing the National Assembly,
saving the 12 men,
and the tennis court oath at Jeu de Paume...
Preparation and patience are needed in order to gain great power.
To me, you seem like nothing more than a blood thirsty terrorist.
Why, Monsieur? I simply proposed a plan.
If you don't like it, I'll drop it.
Do it, Monsieur Bernard! I wish you good luck!
We're on a special patrolling mission in Paris today.
We've been informed that there will be a rally at the Palais Royale Plaza today.
Our mission is to guard the security of the rally from the distance.
Keep these in your mind:
DO NOT fire at citizens no matter what happens.
DO NOT be provoked by the citizens.
All mount! Move out!
I'm Bernard Chatelet.
I want all those who gathered here at Royale Plaza to know something!
Ladies and gentlemen, you all know that our sons,
yes, the sons of us commoners are in the hateful military.
And 12 of our sons are about to be executed
without being properly tried in a military court!
Hey, this rally is to save Alain and the others!
Yeah!
Citizens! Those Parisians who are willing to bridge the new era!
Even if they are enrolled in the military under the ancient regime,
please be aware that they are our comrades who are paid low salaries for being used as cannon fodder!
Over there.
That's the Security Commander.
Let's kill that one.
With the commander dead, they'll forbid the citizens from rallying.
The citizens will riot with rage.
All we need to do is to direct the riot toward Versailles.
Comrades!
Let us head to the Abbey prison now and demand release of those 12 men!
Right! Bernard Chatelet is right! Let's go to Abbey!
No, wait. Think about it.
The military won't let us go to Abbey.
Yeah, I don't want to get hurt.
Why, the military won't be able to touch with this many of us.
Everyone, let's go to Abbey!
Oscar, where are you?!
You're the leader of the terrorists who raided Duke Ardelos!
Halt!
Those 12 soldiers are sons of us commoners!
Release them immediately!
Release them!
Oscar!
Oscar?!
André, how is it going?
Is it working?!
We've succeeded!
Over 5000 citizens have surrounded Abbey!
We've done it!
This is urgent!
I have an urgent message from the French Guards Company Commander!
"The citizens surrounding Abbey has reached 30 thousand, and the number is still increasing!"
"It's no longer possible to keep it under control?!"
"It's a matter of time before a riot occurs!"
You shouldn't!
The commoners will be more conceited if you release those 12!
My Queen...
Your Majesty, why are you hesitating?
Well, uh...
And why are you all reluctant?
Release those 12 at once!
Are you willing to put that beautiful Paris into a sea of fire just for those 12 men?!
Alain, this is not the power of Bernard, much less mine.
It's all the power of the People.
Miss Commander, you seem to have realized more about how the world works.
June 30th, 1789,
Paris citizens got back their 12 soldiers.
The victory won by the People was just a small undulation before the big wave.
Ai ga kurushimi nara
lf to love is to suffer
Ikurademo kurushi mou
I will take any suffering
Sore ga kimino kokoro ni
Until my love reaches
Itsuka todoku made
To your heart someday
Kimi wa hikari, Boku wa kage
You are the light while I am the shadow
Hanre rarenai futari no kizuna
We share a bond that can never be broken
Kurushimeba kurushimu hodo
The more pain I suffer
Ai wa, ai wafukamaru
the deeper is my love