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Full Movie: The Forbidden Empire

An 18th century explorer sets out on an epic journey to map the forbidden uncharted lands of Transylvania only to discover its dark secrets and dangerous creatures hidden in a cursed, fantastical forest. Cast: Charles Dance, Igor Jijikine, Jason Flemyng

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[Music] you hold your ground sir have you no shame madam debauching yourself in your father's house and with a common teacher i i'm of the king's culture and i'm not just a teacher i'm a bachelor of geography and cartography no bandy words with me sir you're a charlatan i thought rogue newton who swindled half of europe when an apple fell on his head father i love him love him him can't even afford a decent pair of britches i have great plans that'll bring me fame and fortune as i'm sure by marr
ying my daughter no what i mean is no of course i intend to marry you just not now more in the future if i have my way he doesn't have a future get him out of here go on if your mother was alive she'd be upon [Music] believe [Music] don't forget [Music] my dear mister i offer you my deepest apologies for my hurried departure as bitter as it is to admit to you i have to say that your father was right it is true that i have spent all of my money but let me tell you i have not wasted it as he wants
to imagine but invested it in my invention with the help of this unique device i am determined to revolutionize the field of cartography with maps that finally show the true borders of the countries of the world i have decided to commence this grand project right from the heart of our beloved greenwich which i have chosen to be the starting point for all my calculations someday our quiet little town will be renowned the world over as the place all time is measured against this is the dream but
i need you to believe in me my dear the impressions of my journey i write in my letters in order for them not to be read by unintended persons i encrypt the letters using a mirror as leonardo da vinci did before me i love you and refuse to be thought of as some dowry hunter i will show everyone that that is not true my news will fly to you by means of carrier pigeon in this way when times of great difficulty confront me i will feel you close to me and my heart will be warmed lower your eyes knee
l down and pray be afraid of the eyes of v the ancient god who dwells in the eternal darkness of the cave his eyes have taken root in the earth if a man but glances at him then that man dies and no prayer can conquer that mysterious fear the old folks say so and their grandparents said so on summer nights young girls looking for true love float burning candles on wreaths in the water and if some young man gathers in your wreath you know that he is your destiny since the beginning of time when th
e earth was young and the gods were young this tradition has lived in the hearts of the slavic people burning candles float in the darkness it has always been so where are you [Music] [Applause] [Music] time to go [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] who did this who did this to you she wants to confess god help us protect us from evil there's a student priest from the seminary he'll pray by me for three nights truly and sincerely he knows who wears the ships look the wages of sin one dead and one
out of her mind [Music] so complete your three nights of prayer over my daughter exactly as she requested then i will reward you me yes you it was my daughter's dying wish and you must fulfill it have you ever felt a whip crack on your skin no and it is not something i want to happen to me then do not fail me i'll pay you a thousand gold coins if you succeed in this you will not be allowed to fail me master suck me lock the door he stays here for three nights please dear god hear your humble se
rvant and forgive his sins through our lord jesus christ amen oh lord our father dear god embrace us all in your faith and the hope shark circle save me retain me save me protect me [Applause] here is a thousand gold coins blessings for you we could we could build a monastery with this no that's homeless fee now leave and prepare everything for my daughter's funeral let's get it done soon what you know vanitchka's burial for three nights i've had this scared out of me masters daughter yes but st
ill a witch that's spicy what do you got there it's from sotnik it's the fee he gave to home i've never seen so much money before in my whole life it's gone satan this is a cursive place his soul has departed this holy place has been violated this can no longer be called a place of worship bored of the doors and the windows so she got him in this yesterday's rules are dead and gone divided there's a hole in the roof see what the witch has done to there must be a devil of sorts this is a cursive
place we must barely of yourself but your people they need you they need you please don't make this sin worse than it is in the name of the father my travels have continued for a whole year today is the first day of april if spring takes so long to come here what awaits me further east thank you nanny really my lord which hurry up pigeons now is it papa please look at me oh god i'll kill him luck accompanied me but now it is turned away i have not eaten for several days and i have none of the re
sources left necessary for continuing this journey and the last i have lost my path somewhat which is now patently clear uh um please don't shoot us uh who are you we're coming students at the city seminary students seminary uh-huh what about some food to eat to eat yes to eat uh-huh yes it's to eat here's the new friends so you're a scientist ah we're scientists i'm gorbetz i study rhetoric and he's a theologian right it's the city far no but there is a village close by oh yes oh it's close oh
yes i wouldn't send an enemy there why around a year ago a friend of ours was there with us and suddenly vanished signs yes a scientist philosopher coma brutus so about a year ago me homa and pass through here on the way home for summer vacation either it was the fog or maybe the devil spun us round but we completely lost our way stop that have some mercy grandpa or granny i thought the lord was supposed to provide for you [Music] all right then come inside ah this way do you remember how this g
oes sir oh please buy some food [Laughter] that witch wanted me she tried to grope me with her filthy hands all women are witches and the market women bridges okay listen granny it's a fasting week i couldn't sit against that not even for a thousand gold coins you're too youtube [Music] so [Music] [Music] uh [Music] [Music] the crazy old woman was actually she was a witch he knew that and i know that for sure [Laughter] you think it's funny all right then you listen to me i just vanished into th
in air ah certainly huh it's our best friend what do you think it's not bad unlike the village where hell's evil is all around that's definitely not good evil that not even our lord god can stop in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit with this symbol of our lord's majesty we complete the circle so we are prisoners in our own village prison merciful lord please help me to protect my children from these devil's spirits and let them know nothing of what is locked away in the old chur
ch show me a sign be my shepherd show them the misery that is awaiting if they do not choose to listen to me [Music] [Music] um did you hear that so are you convinced now you said that the uh the monster had nine horns uh nine great horns seven horns seven let's go let's go run if you're going on it's without us that's a funny story hey colleagues foreign wait what are you doing [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] which [Music] [Music] i um not apocalypse [Music] [Music] stuff [Music] [Mu
sic] protected by armor made from fire the horse's heads were like those of lions and fire and smoke [Music] [Music] and here is the sign a messenger sent from satan has pierced our circle what kind of messenger of satan is he if his knees are knocking together in fear you know i just passed with a good scrub he's alone there's no one else a servant of satan what's all this noise the devil's scripture jonathan green jonathan green yeah yes yes yes it's jonathan green scientist cartographer i am
the subject of her majesty the queen of england recently renamed the united kingdom it's a pleasure to meet you all if he's the best this country has to offer you're in terrible trouble looking through my spyglass i could well discern leaping savages and their frantic gestures i was sure they were preparing themselves for a terrible meal this is the latest story by mr defoe it's about the adventures of robinson crusoe of all the great writers this country has produced you choose to read him what
madam is this father please give it back it's from him isn't it cease only contact with that worthless specimen i demanded in my own home there is nothing to remind me of the wretch you are forgetting that this wretch is the father of my child you never thought that perhaps at this very moment here somewhere surrounded by savages in deadly perilons on desert island savages island what island it is the biggest continent of them all you're mr jonathan i am a cartographer green is in the middle of
that continent a continent excuse me sir excuse me um i have some very important equipment damaged in my carriage it's vital to me you understand it's um it's the fifth measuring wheel it measures distance the wheel yes sir ah blacksmith's good at making that kind of mechanism let's go he made a contraption that produces gorilla the vodka is so clear it looks like tears yes i'm very well aware of what the real care is it's not that no no it's it's a it's a it's a mechanical thing it's a mechani
sm yeah same did i invite the goblins in it's me taurus well here i brought you a british customer a scientist a scientist look at his carriage what do you think of this ah and impress it free yeah it moves and turns on its own think you can fix it [Music] it wasn't made by god so yeah work with dutch masters the dutch masters you say we'll try this well master scientists remind you of anything oh it's like the drawings of leonardo da vinci i have no idea what the da vinci is but i do know how t
o make it fly that i know will it yeah but to land not so much but first i invite the master scientist to my house it's been a long time why are you shielding him no that's not why i called you here father it's been a whole year since my darling daughter died let's have her funeral at the old church tomorrow my men can clear the road in no time i didn't hear that don't think it that route is closed i waited nine days then 40 days and now a full 12 months pray to god patience alone is nothing the
re's one thing i still don't know what was it you saw inside that church yes mr sutnik what's this read it to me it's a map of the area go and bring him here that scientist whoa but quietly is uh excuse me hello are you deaf good all right we're not speaking that's fine by me at least tell me your name what delicate saplings the devil has brought me would you like me to wrap you back when you're dry thank you hey the other students like it sparrows of course the old woman this is where it all ha
ppened oh hello if you're taking a flight you should rest first look is there a problem master sotnik would like to talk to you in secret shh father tell me what is wrong sadness won't stop asking questions it has been over a year he's thinking of ordering his laborers to clear the roadway [Laughter] i'd like to know which of his laborers he thinks he's willing to risk his skin around his house outsiders then master sotnik the scientist master cartographer do you believe in god how to put it i'm
a scientist that means you don't believe in the devil no that's good i want you to make another map like this one but put the church at the center so i can see all my land that's good i must tell you that uh it'll take time to um complete for a thousand gold coins where is satan's messenger my guess is he's holed up at hannah's watermelon here for a start i'll need a an assistant i'll get you one now begin at the old church let no one see you master supnick the path is clear we should go horse
can see things we can't there must be a devil of sorts come on where's the scientist he is here master scientist let us pour some carrilka for our honored guests trust me you tasted nothing like this smells good everyone yes to us so what science do you do you're talking like you're an expert and scientists well i've heard there are some who stare at the stars yeah what kind of science is that stargazing i know what i'm talking about they stare they stare at the stars through glasses like this t
his is empty trouble that's what we got from the last scientist he changed our village not for the better he was a philosopher hama brute brutus tell me how you happen to know homer through this he's well known everyone knows that name he's known all right master sotnik had heard the name of a seminary student in our village a student by the name of coma brutus howling holy mother of god through our lord jesus christ embracing us in the eternal life that is given to you in your blessed ministry
in the name of the father and the son amen what sort of a priest would i be if i was afraid of a corpse oh i wish i could smoke in here oh good tobacco her face her beautiful face draws me to her even in death so beautiful so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hey [Music] ah listen where is this church tell us why do you want to know well master sotnik and i were thinking of maybe you know forget it it's nothing chalk is the most important thing we own draw a circle around you and not even the devi
l can touch you or a witch all women are witches and they have small curly tails who's that fool for that are you going to the swamp is that true well it's all superstition legends imagination maybe not in europe but here all women are witches he's drinking [Music] is [Music] it's supposed to be a song stop tearing your throats out what don't like it too bad who do you think you are giving us orders was there any evidence of hummer's fate evidence here it is evidence i saw with my own eyes but t
hanks to the curse i have only the one now my other is gone now listen to the rest it's always scary the first night i'm not scared i'm not scared now help me lord help me so oh my god [Music] [Music] hmm [Applause] [Music] ah [Music] oh [Music] um [Applause] ah uh [Music] foreign oh [Music] [Applause] i can't see him where is he's he the table [Music] my ears must be clogged he kicked my head look he wants to run [Music] so [Music] [Music] i can't see anything [Music] [Music] somebody get it do
n't let him [Applause] pick up my head don't see him [Music] [Music] where is he [Music] is i can't find him i call upon you [Music] [Music] oh here he is [Music] and i will lead um so you saw the monster there are many they live in and among the people you do not carry a cross but when your scientific reasoning fails you you hide behind the chalk circle do as she asks find out who is in the sheep's skin help her find her way by doing so you will find yours master scientist mr sotnik is very ang
ry [Applause] oh give me this what's become of the scientist huh he's gone so he packed his things ran out of the village and ran off that foreign scientist satan's messenger has gone to the forbidden church speak up little one what's going to happen to us my father get ready gather the people save us why the hell do you think he went into the forest sniffing for your treasure well that's really not funny what if he goes inside the church then when sotnik asks did you happen to see the thousand
gold coins meant for houma the ones i dropped in fear oh yes i saw you you took them i'll hold it close just as any confession go master scientist you can do as you like but i won't go in some assistant eh look at least hold the rope for me do i have to hold it tighter i'll look round this swamp while you go and check out the church uh uh [Music] worst i'll buy you some new reins and the saddle here it goes we have enough for everything look at this look how much money we've got hold it tight wh
at am i doing this is crazy there's nothing to be afraid of i'm going to spend all day here you just stay there let's get vehicle i can only suppose that it was the shock of the last few days and my body's tiredness that so completely distorted my first impressions they remind me of pirates have i frightened you my dear no no my darling you see first impressions are sometimes deceptive what are you doing over what news i found him i found him at the old church oh let's get him there sure just as
soon as you hide our money right go tell easy and i'll head to the church so well father we wrote to the church and there he was on the roof and petros was there with him a hero vargo stay on watch if the scientist finds anything he'll get a knife in the back well what should our next move be hear me son nick while you know this the villagers are ready to act and execute the unholy you want a requiem for your daughter master sonic you'll have it wait here and see what happens this is not a prie
st speaking with the power to punish and judge you no you see a simple servant that's all a worm anyone can trust what i needed to hear but this servant this worm implores you do not do not seek explanations for all that's in this firmament is let others say that you live in darkness that you are ignorant i say to seek to know all of god's work as heresy so let go of the false light of knowledge it does not serve our god what's wrong master sodnik has the truth of god made you uncomfortable have
you no love for christ's flock yes there's us a flock you just stay there master scientist staying there fear the learned outsiders i see how satan's army is getting ever near uh and it's the evil ones from here so that the ground burns up under their feet hallelujah ah i didn't intend to come down fight so quickly lift me up with truce truce lift run away [Music] hallelujah [Applause] [Music] [Music] what did you see there there's devilry here you've joined them you haven't been there do not c
onsort with the scientists any of you are the lord's cursed be upon you get out without my instruments you heard me finish the job you started or be flayed alive what you said avalco would watch him he's back again and he's not alone he's with sotnik's servant who who who do you think go now and bring him to me uh-huh so again petrus of course shut him up or we'll have the whole village on our hands what did the scientists do at the church tell us why he was there and what was he trying to find
the master sought nick sent him to make a map and the fee was a thousand gold coins it's lying around the church somewhere good boy good boy [Music] from now on you'll report everything you hear to me put this on and leave it on and no questions get out of here i'll run away first before i serve you find the scientist and don't lose sight of him let's go and find [Music] come on things could get very nasty so you've got to run away now and i'm going with you you are i have only one condition i'm
taking us you're with us in that case i'll do it i swear i'll do it do you want to all right then it's goodbye one day you'll foreign hear beheaded the brave cossack petrus farewell my love my true darling be ready [Music] where are you brother are you crazy you could have killed my horse i'll kill your rotten swine you're no better i know you stole it where have you hidden it i didn't steal it you've completely lost your mind over all that money such smart words from a traitor and a thief anyt
hing to say before i cut out your tongue why don't we settle this over a smoke huh what do you say i like that better drop my pipe it's going to be around here somewhere where's my pipe oh i'll follow you [Music] how many times do we send each other snacks look at us now let us redeem our sins and give the money back to suck nick remember the good old days just two brothers with free spirits who's there come out so i can see lovely pipe isn't it i believe it is yours well aren't you wondering wh
ere i found it [Music] in the name of god the dumb girl do you know how lucky you are that you're dumb where is it where is the money give don't kill me [Applause] satan [Music] holy father it wasn't muslim i swear it wasn't i saw it with my own eyes standing there i saw the monster with seven it wasn't her i saw him i saw the monster it wasn't nastusia it was my son she's a witch what have i done hmm [Music] [Applause] how are you doing tonight [Music] uh oh [Applause] oh all right you use me y
ou didn't even want the map did you it was about your daughter and the way she died what did you find out i know what happened to her you found out who was under the skin calm him the hell down beast understands everything just find out and i don't care how you guarantee my safety and for your information astutio is being attacked they're working up their courage to kill her you understand i'm going to handle this and right now hellish axe are you up to let nastucia go just look at my arm you ca
ll these sacrilege and the roche my poor brother was merely i could not afraid watch what you say and be very careful no one heeds your words anymore sinner and there's another of satan's servants grab the sinner [Music] stop we are not savages in the pit with the witch i'm a british citizen let's see how you react to fire my british citizen well witch now you have company you see what the bastard has written hey my dearest miss dudley the wings of the local inhabitants are very similar to those
of several species of bat neither they stretch to width of some ten feet what i felt their rancid breath so close that i could reach out and feel their filthy skin and can talk like a human being they have hooves do you remember the sailor with a limp that he met in the fort of london and you told us of an enormous squid why are you blubbing it's been so long since i last received a letter from him forget him my dear he is not worth your tears oh daddy please so well here they have a squid that
is ten times as big as six eyes they call it v fellas obviously lost his wits if i should not return search for me in this accursed place please god let it be so huh sorry sorry um i'll take it off it's all right i'll take it off the monster the monster you're feeding it aren't you for how long oh yeah it's just maps papers that can just disappear without a trace wait i didn't make these marks look so your monster can mark roots on maps all of sultan's power should come to me because you know m
y heart is burning for it it's power i need is for the money it's for the church all right we have to finish off the girl as soon as possible she saw the whole thing listen to me i want to conduct the execution by the swamp this way the whole village will be responsible for spilling her blood good thinking and she will be debate to expose a certain kind of monster i'd like to know who is under that skin yeah you're coming with me um why are you dressing up stupid cow to see a young girl put to d
eath come on let's go whoa there sit down such a bully you witch why are you here i dare not speak of it tell me what's wrong pie easy sprinkle the witch with holy water and she suddenly became crazy like an animal with sharp claws then she turned into a crow and tried to fly you're lying huh that's a good story i'm not that clever but it's not true right see there people listen can you hear that they say that when a witch sinks into the water well that's just the beginning so why are you here w
ould you mind watching the scientist while i go look please thank you all right i've got him but i'm a busy man understand that i'll be quick don't just lay there climb out [Music] i've got your things from the boat you'll get wet but it's better than being burned alive if we don't stop them a lot of villagers will die they're fanatics i understand be careful god be with you this woman may be a witch let rightful punishment pass without stones cast from our hands it's very simple if she floats s
he is a witch there is no other way brothers and sisters i call on you to cut this disease out of our hearts everything is ready i'm nearly my finished i killed her you'd be best if i just disappeared what are you talking about disappeared from my brood disappeared you all disappeared i don't understand go on in a second without even a trace no no no no where's the body where's the grave huh where is it there isn't it doesn't exist listen to me stop listen to me for truth we've got one chance to
save this goal one chance you understand me i know what you saw in the swamp your simple peasants you create these monsters and then you scare yourself half to death of course it can only be put on the sheepskin show yourself they'll chase you lead everyone to the church bring them there i never thought i'd witness such vicious stupidity i tell you we must strengthen our hearts and prepare ourselves all to show no mercy [Music] oh i shot me [Applause] bring them to me okay [Music] so uh [Music]
[Music] oh [Applause] [Music] looking for these huh i'm at brutus you tried to kill me didn't you up there on the dome didn't you steal my work and escape any punishment you want facts i'll give you facts you liked sonic's daughter you liked her a lot but when you realized she was out of your league you attacked the poor girl raped her and left her for dead as she lay there dying she hoped that their attacker being forced to pray over her dead body for three days and three nights would repent a
nd confess but not you he knows who wears the sheeps those were the last words she said sheepskin is what she meant to say and you you terrorized the village for a whole year and right now as we speak another innocent girl will be murdered because of you well i won't let it happen your secret will be revealed once and for all what you want from me get up you won't believe me i'm tired where'd you get that where did you get that belt you won't believe me where did you get it i got it when it snap
ped off your map case as i hauled you out of the swamp nice i told you you wouldn't believe me so what about this why did you steal my maps it was my only chance of survival [Music] your map i could get away where else would i go to the seminary so everyone could ridicule me accuse me of crimes i didn't commit like killing punitive [Music] don't run away so it was you said ivarko and doris at each other's throats they were too greedy wait help me understand why did panochka want you to pray over
her body why a year ago me gorobits and hailiava completely lost our way and found ourselves staying at the watermill by the swamp i'm a student of philosophy from the seminary you may be a christian student from the seminary but we too have our powerful ancient traditions i have decided i will take you my destiny and you're supposed to love me truly forever oh [Music] out of fear i put on the sheepskin i was sure nastucio would think i was the one who attacked ponichka [Music] in gratitude for
saving her she fed the monster for over a year and i've been praying for punished gasol ever since only the first three nights were terrible and when the third night was over i was paralyzed from fear from what i had endured in the church and was then at daybreak that he came i've heard enough about v no he's more terrifying who who was it it's him lure the villagers away and she'll be fine i'm coming well monster look who's playing games well homer you never saw tommy you like it there with th
at dead flesh if you would have died all of this would have been much simpler i don't know how but you survived i only meant to scare her to disguise she was the temptress it's the tempter who sins not the one who was tempted somebody help me [Music] [Music] don't bother shouting out no one will hear you and if they do they are too suspicious to come up here where have you hidden my gold coins let him go oh your head will say goodbye to your shoulders petrus run safer now they want a miracle no
problem i make miracles all the time for many years i traveled europe and i learned what was needed to start a new religion then scientists like you created tools to help men like me take charge i am the new messiah now you die as a priest i should give you a chance to repent read a prayer for the dying our father who art in heaven our father who art in heaven [Music] [Music] i want you to understand scientists that your life isn't in the hands of our lord above know your life is in my hands i a
m the one who decides who lives and who dies a curse upon you [Music] you go about your business for me young daniel i have a confession i'm ashamed to say that i severely misjudged your father believe me and you will be proud of him these are his letters to your mother which i intend to publish so that the world will see how wrong it is to judge a man as rashly as i did he burnt paul bruno with steak and he said the world was round now you hang on to these there's another pigeon now we're going
to see how the story ends where is that up there aren't you afraid a real cossack doesn't fear anything let's get this guy i am the one who decides who lives and who dies you might as well be shouting fire from the watchtower the whole neighborhood a curse upon you [Music] um a miracle has happened i feel the breath of god his touch which has changed my fate never before have i felt anything like this all my life passed before my eyes and i thought what will i leave after i depart this world my
dear i want us to have a child there you are your master and i were such good friends quiet evil was punished i received a worthy payment look there's scott nick's money well is it enough for you it's my money mine and her father's spirit is at ease and homer i am probably similar to this seminary student with our scientific skepticism chose me especially for this god forsaken place to finish the story that started with him get me through where's the steam tell us it's amazing that the geniuses
of mankind can either destroy or create depending on who they follow we'll have moving images that'll bring far away cities and people to us all now that my fear is vanquished and my cold scientific minds can again analyze my feelings i can confirm that all of the fantastic events of the last days are nothing more than a figment of people's collective imagination something which is still little studied by modern science [Music] so [Music] look deeply in my eyes as you burn for eternity [Music]
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