Commander!
André is shot!
André!
Oscar...
André!
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 39
His Smile is Forever Gone!
Hang on, André.
We'll take you to a doctor!
Don't slow down!
Break through the center!
Move out of my way! Out!
The French Guards broke the siege,
protecting Alain's horse, which carried the seriously wounded André.
"I can't let André die!"
Oscar was in a frenzy because of the bleeding wound on André's chest.
Oscar ran through a shower of bullets.
"I'm not afraid of anything with André's life at stake!"
It's the French Guards!
They're back!
André!
Bernard, I need a doctor immediately!
Hang on, André.
It's all right now. A doctor is coming!
André!
Please listen!
A former French Guard, André Grandier, has returned with a serious wound!
Anyone with any medical knowledge, please come forth!
We're in a hurry!
We need to save a comrade by any means!
I'm a licensed physician in the Gravelier District.
I'll see him.
I'll help, too. I'm a surgeon!
Not only two, but more than 10 doctors came forward for André.
But...
Is... is the sun setting now, Oscar?
Yeah. Today's battle is over.
You don't hear any gunfire, do you?
I can hear the pigeons going back to their nests...
How is André's wound?
The bullet passed straight through his heart.
It's a wonder that he is still alive.
Sorry, but there's nothing we can do for him.
What's wrong, Oscar?
Why do you cry?
André, please marry me.
After this battle is over, take me to a small church somewhere in the countryside,
and marry me.
And promise before God that I am your wife.
Of course.
I'll do that, Oscar.
I will.
But... Oscar, why? Why are you crying?
Am I... dying now?
What are you saying, André!?
That's right. It can't be.
Everything is starting now.
The love between you and me...
And the dawn of the new age...
Everything begins...
I can't die at a time like this!
I won't die...!
When we were in Arras, we saw a sunrise together.
Let's see that sunrise again, André.
That beautiful sunshine...
together...
Feeling the blessing of being born in this world.
To meet each other, and to live for each other?
André?
André!
Are you leaving me behind?!
André...!
André's body was placed in a small church near the square
along with the bodies of the companymen and citizens who died in the battle during the day.
Come to think, André never played cards with us.
Yeah, he was a bit different from us.
Hey, Alain, wanna play? Somehow, I don't feel like playing today.
Maybe some other time.
What's the Commander doing?
Still in front of the church?
Yeah.
OK.
It's getting cold tonight.
Commander, I'm not saying thisjust to comfort you,
but André was a lucky guy.
You at least returned his love.
Cheer up!
Alain, wait.
You take command of our troop from now on.
I... I don't think I'll be able to lead everyone.
Stop that, Oscar!
It's endless if you start saying such things!
Nothing might be comparable to your deep grief,
but you're not the only one who's hurt that he's gone.
Please show up in front of everybody by the morning.
Everything is starting now.
She's the rebel woman commander!
Capture her!
Hey, she's crying.
I loved you, André...
Probably from long ago.
I realized it too late.
If I realized that I loved you sooner,
we could have had much better days together.
You were beside me too quietly and too kindly.
So that I didn't realize my love for you!
Forgive me, André...
Not realizing one's love is more sinful than betraying one's love.
Answer me, André...
Is everything over now?
Squad leader!
Alain!
What is it?!
Commander Oscar has disappeared!
She's nowhere to be found not only in this square
but in front of the church!
What should we do?!
Idiot, don't panic!
She's coming back by the morning.
Don't worry!
Tell that to everyone.
Oh, no. It started to rain.
Sorry dad.
Did it hurt? The Seine isjust around the corner.
You always told me to float your body down the Seine.
"The stream of the Seine never stops..."
Dad used to say that...
"Yet the Seine runs."
"Engulfing all the sadness and hardships, the Seine runs."
"The night lasts for a long long time."
"But the sun rises in the end. In a bright morning,"
"People in tears come out in rush."
"And there, as always, the Seine flows swiftly and softly."
It's almost the dawn of July 14th.
Alain! We were waiting for you.
I want you to attend as the representative of the French Guards.
I'm not the representative.
The Commander couldn't come, so I came as a deputy.
Sorry to fetch you like this.
This is a matter of emergency.
My proposal is this:
As soon as it dawns, we'll head to the Bastille Prison, and assault it.
What, the Bastille?!
We were informed late tonight.
Some saw a large amount of gunpowder and cannonballs carried into the Bastille yesterday.
After that, as we continued to observe, they changed the direction of their cannons in this rain!
The direction of the cannons?!
Right.
They are usually aiming outside.
But now they're aimed toward Paris... toward us citizens!
That's terrible. They intend to fire cannons at us!
It's better to guess that the King has finally decided to wage war against us.
We're making contacts with people gathered in other squares.
We expect them to agree:
"Storm the Bastille!"
Bastille Prison...
it was another symbol of the French Monarchy's infamy.
Because in the long history of monarchy, it sealed the mouths of those who sought freedom, and confined their bodies.
It was the prison for political and ideological offenders.
As the dawn closed near, the rain stopped.
And July 14th, the monumental day in the history of the French Revolution was about to begin.
The day they stirmed the Bastille.
What? Attack the Bastille?
Yes, that's the consensus of the people who have gathered in the squares.
A "consensus"?!
Wait a minute, Bernard!
I've never given out such an order!
An attack on Bastille is not in my scenario!
My humble opinion is this:
There is no scenario to a revolution.
As the flow of Seine, I believe it should proceed and be done as the people's wish.
I thought it was better to inform you, but I shouldn't have come!
Please excuse me!
I must be going.
All right, I'll confirm it!
I'll confirm of your assault on the Bastille!
But don't forget!
A revolution will not succeed without a leader!
Bernard!
The reason why the attack on the Bastille is famous in history
is not only that it was a big battle between the ruler and the ruled,
but the first action based on the consensus of the People.
Its true significance was that it was not instigated by the revolutionary elites like Robespierre
but an action of spontaneous solidarity by the nameless citizens who craved for the new era.
July 14th, 1789...
that was the day the Revolution started in a real sense.
Some citizens raided the armory of Invalides.
Aking 36,000 guns and 12 cannons, they headed to Bastille.
Bastille?
André?!
Oscar, what's wrong?
What are you doing here?
Everyone headed toward Bastille, taking up guns to fight!
But your French Guardsmen are still in the square.
Waiting in the square, believing you'll return!
Commander, everyone is waiting you to come back.
To fight with you!
Alain...
Thanks for this...
Sure.
I shouldn't keep everyone waiting.
Yeah.
Alain, just once more...
This is the last. Can I cry?
Go ahead. All you can.
At 1 PM, the battle finally began.
At the time, the Bastille had only Marquise deLaunay and 114 of his soldiers.
But its solid walls and the power of its cannons
plunged tens of thousand of citizens to the bottom of Hell.
Damn!
What's wrong with our cannons?!
Why don't you fire them?!
We've also got 12 cannons!
But nobody knows.
Nobody knows how to handle cannons!
What?!
Bernard!
Oscar...
Sorry I was late.
We'll handle the cannons.
OK! Get to your positions! Get ready to fire!
Sir!
Fire at 45 degrees!
Aim the upper part of the fortress!
Fire!
Your Excellency deLaunay!
The enemy started firing cannons!
And their aims are fairly precise!
We will lose!
Fire!
Aim at that commander.
Fire all at once!
Fire!
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