War & Peace (TV Series)

Escape (1972)

Anthony Hopkins: Pierre Bezukhov

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• Pierre Bezukhov : Are you leaving?

  Count Rostopchin : Of course I'm leaving. You better leave too.

  Pierre Bezukhov : I've just heard your proclamation.

  Count Rostopchin : Ah. That was for the populace. I have to do something to stem the panic. Moscow's been abandoned. I had word from the army. The army. Being run by a lot of Germans and a senile old man. If I had my way, I'd fight to the death. But they won't.

  Pierre Bezukhov : Isn't it better to tell them and let them leave the city?

  Count Rostopchin : Are you mad? Or a traitor? Yes, that's something else I wanted to talk to you about.

  Pierre Bezukhov : Well, what's the point of keeping them here?

  Count Rostopchin : Well, I can't afford to have all the roads blocked with riffraff, preventing decent people from getting away.

• Count Rostopchin : Is it true your wife's leaving you?

  Pierre Bezukhov : I beg your pardon?

  Count Rostopchin : I heard it was. Clearly you know nothing about it. Well, husbands are always the last to know. Well, there it is. It's a time of disasters, Count, both public and private. I shouldn't worry about it if I were you.