0:00:08 > 0:00:10THUDS
0:01:04 > 0:01:08- Buongiorno, Carpaccio! - Buongiorno, Machiavelli.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13- Yesterday's bread at today's prices. Ciao, Dolorio!- Ciao!
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- Thief, just like his father. - Lorenzo!
0:01:22 > 0:01:24He'll come round. Just give him some time.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29- You know what Lorenzo's like.- Run! Run! Presto! Un diavolo! A demon!
0:01:29 > 0:01:30Probably seen a three-legged dog.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34You know what these peasants are like, still living in the Dark Ages.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43SCREAMING
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Run! Run! It's a demon!
0:01:50 > 0:01:51That's no demon...
0:01:57 > 0:02:00CHILD SCREAMS
0:02:11 > 0:02:13I don't understand. How can it turn like that?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Who cares? How did it get up from hell?
0:02:15 > 0:02:18It's not a demon. It's one of my machines from the notebook.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19- You designed it?- Drawings.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22I didn't think it'd be real or used to hurt people.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Piero built it? - And made it better.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26It does things I couldn't dream of.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27We've got to get the truth out.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29You designed it, you know how to beat it.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- You know how to beat it, right? - I designed it to be unstoppable.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36It has toughened armour so muskets, arrows, swords - useless.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Look who it is. The watch thief.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44I saw it with my own eyes. A monster from the very pits of hell!
0:02:44 > 0:02:47A demon! It will destroy the city!
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Flee!- It's not a demon. It's a mechanical man.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52I should know. I designed it myself.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Aren't you the one who told us that
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Piero de' Medici was trying to kill the Duke?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00That's him! The boy who cried wolf! Liar!
0:03:00 > 0:03:01I'm telling the truth.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06Now you expect us to believe you built that creature? He's a liar.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07No, I'm not lying!
0:03:09 > 0:03:11That man. He's with the Luminari.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- Now we know why Piero wanted us to accuse him.- So no-one believes us.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20He was deliberately stirring up the crowd. Why is Piero doing all this?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Stay calm! Cover your work so nothing gets damaged.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- Leonardo, presto! There's a demon on the loose!- It's not...
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- Never mind. - Everybody, down in the cellar!
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- It's not a demon.- What? - It's one of Leo's machines.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40Presto, presto, all of you! There's someone missing, who's missing?
0:03:40 > 0:03:44No! Cosimo! That idiot boy.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59Phase one was perfect. The citizens reacted as you predicted.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Like terrified sheep.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05I told you. They're superstitious.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Nothing like a demon to strike terror into their hearts.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Da Vinci was there.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16He can do nothing. No-one will listen to him.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Excellency, why take a risk?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23It's a simple matter to keep him out of the way.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Va bene. Do it.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54THUD
0:04:57 > 0:05:00THUD
0:05:14 > 0:05:17THUDS
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Cosimo!
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Will this do?
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Let's see. Help me with this, lift it up slowly.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Careful.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03It's not how I designed it. Centre of gravity is further forward.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04But it might do.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08I'm going out there again. See what's happening.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09It needs to be lined up so it's
0:06:09 > 0:06:13exactly perpendicular to the path of the bolt...
0:06:16 > 0:06:21Cousin! You've heard about the demon?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Yes. My men are assembling as we speak.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- You'll stand with me?- Shoulder to shoulder.- I'll fight too.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31You're a good man, Piero. I knew I could rely on you.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35You can rely on me too.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Lorenzo, stay here and protect your mother.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39The guards will protect her.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42I'm a man, now. If you're to fight a demon, I should be with you.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46We all have to do our duty, and yours...is here.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Father?
0:07:15 > 0:07:16Father?
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Let's go.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32We meet again.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- Piero de' Medici sent you. - Inside.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Ewww! Wax!
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Santa Maria!
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Father?!
0:09:32 > 0:09:35This is terrible, just terrible...
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Indeed, your Grace. I fear the people can't endure much more.
0:09:38 > 0:09:44- Scusi, scusi! - Signor Verrocchio! This way!
0:09:48 > 0:09:53I know how slippery you are. You try anything.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54You told me... I'm dead.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58What are you doing? Hey?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00I'm sketching you.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Did I say you could?
0:10:03 > 0:10:09Mi scusi, I couldn't help myself. You've got such an interesting face.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14My left side's the best.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Almost done.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23The wife will be pleased. Portraits...
0:10:23 > 0:10:26..usually just for the big shots.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Let me see.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36I think you've really captured me. An honest sort, yet...
0:10:36 > 0:10:38..hidden depths.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43If you look closely, you'll see
0:10:43 > 0:10:48I've done a tiny Medici crest on your breast,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50as a tribute to your master.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54It's very... very...
0:10:57 > 0:11:00I knew you were up to something. An opiate. Clever.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Not just a pretty face.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- Makes a change.- What?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18You hanging around my place.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24- Is he going to be OK? - Yes, yes, I think so.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29I've got to go. Can you look after this lot for me?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Don't worry, I'll see they come to no harm.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Ready!
0:12:07 > 0:12:11DISTANT THUDS
0:12:44 > 0:12:48I'll flank it. That way, we can attack from two sides. Men!
0:12:58 > 0:13:00All right, men, on my word.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Fire!
0:13:27 > 0:13:30In the name of all that is holy, I command you to stop!
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Presto! It's Piero. He's using the mechanical man to kill the Duke!
0:13:46 > 0:13:48We've got to hurry.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Load.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Uno, due...
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- Shoot! Shoot! - I can't! I'll kill him!
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- And that'd be bad because...? - I just can't!- Demon!
0:14:12 > 0:14:17Be gone! Or you will taste Medici steel!
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Think I fear you, demon? I do not!
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Be gone!
0:14:37 > 0:14:41What's he...? He had the Duke at his mercy.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Why would he save him?
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Piero de' Medici! He saved us!
0:14:48 > 0:14:50He saved the city!
0:14:50 > 0:14:52CHEERING
0:15:44 > 0:15:47MECHANICAL CLANKING
0:16:03 > 0:16:08Demon! Prepare to die!
0:16:12 > 0:16:17Afraid to fight, are you? Coward! Ah!
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Ow!
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Lorenzo! Stop!
0:16:25 > 0:16:26Father!
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Caporaso! Back!
0:16:37 > 0:16:39It's a man, not a demon.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43You...
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- ..you're the one behind all this? - I built it,
0:16:47 > 0:16:52using a design I got from the notebook of one Leonardo da Vinci.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- It was you who stole the notebook? - All I care about is our city,
0:16:56 > 0:16:57I want us to be secure.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01In order for that to happen, the balance of power has to shift.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07But children being hurt... people are terrified!
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Their fear will make them see the Duke is weak,
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- that they need a strong leader. - But like this?
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- It's wrong. - Sometimes the ends justify the means.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23It's better to hurt a few so we can save many.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30I'm just sorry I had to get your friend, Leonardo, involved.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Yes, I know he's a friend of yours. And Machiavelli. And Tomaso.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Not any more.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Don't worry, they're like us...
0:17:42 > 0:17:46..intelligent. They'll come round to our way of seeing things.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52DISTANT CHEERING
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- They're cheering for him. - This was his plan all along.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59To get rid of the Duke and take his place as leader of Florence.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03- I just didn't see it. - That's why they stole your notebook.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07From this notebook we will conjure deadly weapons
0:18:07 > 0:18:10and bring the Duke of Florence to his knees.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14The Luminari must have heard something about your designs.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17But they needed you to make this flame thing work...
0:18:17 > 0:18:19I fell for it. I helped him.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- Remember designing this? - Of course! It's a children's toy.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Clap your hands, a bunch of flowers pops out.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29He's been one step ahead the whole time.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33I was hasty. Assassinations create martyrs,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36the Duke would be more popular dead than alive.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39He wasn't planning to kill the Duke with it.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45This way everyone thinks he saved the city.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46He's made himself a hero.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Now everyone wants him as Florence's leader.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52- We have to stop him.- How? He's made sure no-one will listen to us.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54We can't just give up, there must be a way.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Lorenzo!
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Why didn't you tell me about my father?
0:19:00 > 0:19:03You all knew. And none of you told me.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- How do you think I felt? - We were telling the truth.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11I know that now and I'm sorry for thinking you liars.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15But you don't know the whole story.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19The Duke's a weak leader, he leaves the city open to attack.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22My father loves this city, he would die for it.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Don't be such a...
0:19:24 > 0:19:28You're our friend, Lorenzo, and we trust you.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30And you know your father better than anyone.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- So, if you say it's so...- I do.
0:19:32 > 0:19:39- Well, then, we have to believe you. - Really?- Yes.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- Dad said you'd come round. - So, how did you discover the truth?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47I found out where he's been hiding the demon.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Sorry, I mean, the mechanical man. - Really?
0:19:55 > 0:19:59The people have made their choice clear. They want you to lead them.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- No, no, no.- You are the Duke and...
0:20:02 > 0:20:05I'll step aside. Florence is in your debt.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08You saved them from that monstrosity. You're a hero.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10It's a heavy burden, Medici.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13But is it not our duty to honour the people's wishes?
0:20:13 > 0:20:18Well, when you put it like that... I'll do it.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Just like Lorenzo said.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06It's been an honour to serve as your Duke.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09But it's time to step aside for new blood.
0:21:09 > 0:21:14And I couldn't find a more worthy successor.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19Nobody has given more to Florence. Piero de' Medici.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21APPLAUSE
0:21:30 > 0:21:36I stand before you not just as Florence's saviour,
0:21:36 > 0:21:40but as her humble servant, and as such, I will work tirelessly
0:21:40 > 0:21:46to ensure that this city, our city, your city, continues to flourish.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49The demon! The demon's coming!
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Show him, your Excellency! Send it back to hell.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57What's that idiot, Caporaso, doing?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Get back! I command you! Back!
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Your Grace! The demon is back!
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- I'm not the man for that job, I'm afraid. Piero de' Medici...- No!
0:22:24 > 0:22:27It's attacking him. He's helpless against it.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31- What?- Presto! We need your help. The people in the piazza...
0:22:31 > 0:22:32they're in great danger!
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Caporaso,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44treacherous swine.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48You'll pay for this.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Prepare to die!
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Lorenzo, get out of the way.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58- Leo?- I promise you, I will not hurt your father.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59Out of the way!
0:23:00 > 0:23:03No. I'm not letting you do this.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Lorenzo, out of the way!
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Master Lorenzo! I'll save you!
0:23:09 > 0:23:10Get off me!
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Leo!
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Back!
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Back, I say! I swear, while there's a breath in this body,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56you'll not harm a single one of these good people!
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Flee then! Back to the pit from whence you came!
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Bravo! Long live the Duke!
0:25:20 > 0:25:24The Duke! The Duke! Bravo! Bravo!
0:25:26 > 0:25:27Da Vinci...
0:25:53 > 0:25:56I suppose you'll have to rest up for a few days.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00- No cooking, no cleaning? Grazie, maestro!- Huh.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05You're not injured, cousin?
0:26:05 > 0:26:10No, no, just a little overwhelmed, that's all.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13So... so wonderful to have you back.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Thank you. Thank you.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19How could you do this? My father was trying to help the people.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- That's not how we see it. - He was trying to help himself.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- To the city.- How dare you! - Lorenzo!
0:26:30 > 0:26:35- My father is a good man. - No. He's not.
0:26:35 > 0:26:41- And if you can't see that... - If I can't see it, then what?
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- Lorenzo, go home.- Father.- GO HOME!
0:26:50 > 0:26:55What you did today, I'll never forget it.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56I'll make you suffer.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59All of you.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Bring it on.
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