"[reciting a passage from the 91st Psalm] "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of my Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress.""

"Geraldine Page as Mrs. Watts"

"John Heard as Ludie Watts"

"Carlin Glynn as Jessie Mae"

"Vladimir Dolinsky as the Executioner"

"Vsevolod Larionov as the Hunter"

"Yervand Arzumanian as the First Minister"

"Andrei Leonov as the Hunter's student"

"Aleksandr Abdulov as the Bear"

"Oleg Yankovsky as the Wizard"

"Yevgeniya Simonova as the Princess"

"Yevgeny Leonov as the King"

"Irina Kupchenko as the Wizard's wife"

"Yury Solomin as Emil the Innkeeper"

"I've been chasing you for three days to tell you how indifferent I am to you!"

"I have seen enough of these noble sufferers, wandering musicians and beggar singers, and worse still, these minstrels, these tormentors of human souls. It is they who push deceived fools to their deaths. It is they who invented love!"

"You hug me like you have a right to do so. I like it. I really like it."

"Today I will have a party. Joyfully, good-naturedly one, with all sorts of harmless antics. Prepare the dishes, plates, I will break all of this. Remove the grain from the barn: I will set the barn on fire."

"I must warn you: we are restless guests, I am a terrible person, a tyrant, a despot, insidious, capricious, vindictive. And the most offensive thing is that it is not my fault. My ancestors are to blame. Great-grandfathers, great-grandmothers, great-uncles and aunts, various forefathers and foremothers. They behaved like the last pigs in their life, and now I am cleaning up their past. And I myself am a kind, clever man by nature, I love poetry and prose, music, painting, fishing, cats."

"An execution block, an executioner, and a glass of vodka. The vodka is for me, everything else for him."

"If you want to point out my mistakes, then first praise me, you scoundrel."

"As a saint honoris causa, a great martyr honoris causa and a Pope honoris causa of our kingdom, I approach the sacrament of the rite."

"Andrei Mironov as the Minister Administrator"

"Who dares to reason or predict when high feelings take possession of a man?"

"Glory to the brave who dare to love, knowing that it will all end. Glory to the mad who live as if they were immortal."

"Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Emilia the First Lady"

"I am worried. It's very worrying. I mean... Losing all my things, everyone's just helping themselves, and... If this goes on much longer, um, I'll be stark naked. And, um, I... I won't be able to tell what time it is."

"I don't need any help from anyone. And I'm not going to leave my flat. All I want is for everyone to fuck off. Having said that... it's been a great pleasure. Au revoir. Toodle-oo."

"Imogen Poots - Laura"

"Rufus Sewell - Paul"

"Olivia Williams - The Woman (Catherine)"

"Olivia Colman - Anne"

"Mark Gatiss - The Man (Bill)"

"Ayesha Dharker - Dr Sarai"

"Who exactly am I?"

"There's something doesn't make sense about this. Doesn't make sense."

"[to Anne] You keep looking at me as if there was something wrong. Everything’s fine, Anne. The world is turning. You’ve always been that way. A worrier. Like your mother. Your mother was always scared. Always looking for reasons to be scared. Whereas your sister has always been much more... At least she doesn't keep badgering me."

"Anthony Hopkins - Anthony"

"The women at this table have lost their minds."

"A bold new take on the beloved classic."

"Fantasia Barrino - Celie Harris-Johnson"

"- Albert "Mister" Johnson"

"Taraji P. Henson - Shug Avery"

"- First Lady"

"- Miss Millie"

"- Harpo Johnson"

"- Squeak / Mary Agnes"

"- Nettie Harris"