:17:07
But sometimes even they dreamed of Italy,
:17:09
Wasn't the Hermitage created
to satisfy those dreams?
:17:14
-Raphael isn't for you.
-Not for us,
:17:17
-For Italy.
-Italy,
:17:19
-It's warm there!
-Warm,
:17:28
What beauty!
:17:36
The small Italian gallery....
:17:48
Who are these people?
:17:52
Of which milieu are they?
:17:55
Do you see that vase?
:17:57
Yes! Empire style is everywhere.
:18:00
-And those Voronikhine lamps,
-Lamps....
:18:06
Empire, Empire, Empire!
:18:08
I have no enthusiasm for it.
That style is too silly.
:18:15
Don't forget it was born under Bonaparte.
:18:19
Then it became fashionable here...
:18:21
to the point of becoming the national style...
:18:26
to the detriment of its originality.
:18:28
We battled Napoleon, not the Empire style,
:18:31
Who are they? Who are these people?
:18:34
Petersburgers, of when the city
was no longer a capital,
:18:39
It's better that way.
A capital city should be...
:18:43
an ancient city Iike Moscow. Not a Chimera.
:18:48
-Who are these people?
-Should I introduce you?
:18:50
-Only if it's not impolite.
-No, they are friends,
:18:55
Oleg Konstantinovich, medical professor,
:18:58
Lev Mikhailovich, actor,