Warrior Queen (1987) - full transcript
In ancient Pompeii, slaves are bought and sold for household chores and sex. A mysterious queen moves among the elite, meantime secretly helping the slaves to escape. Eventually her life is also in jeopardy, and as the volcano erupts she and the slaves attempt to escape while being chased by the military...
MAN:
Hiya! Hiya! Yeah!
( horse neighing )
( screaming )
Give me money!
Come on!
( horse neighing )
( booing )
More. More.
( screaming )
Oh, get out of here.
Get out of here.
Get out of here.
Get out of here.
( screaming )
( indistinct chattering )
Boys, boys.
( indistinct chatter )
Make way. Make way.
Make way.
Make way.
Right this way, gentlemen.
Right this way.
Check them out, gentlemen.
Check them out.
Yes, that's nice.
It's you.
Come on, ah.
Come, come, gentlemen.
Check them out.
Very nice.
- And expensive.
- Lovely choice such an--
Ah, Victo,
pleasure to have you.
Enjoy yourselves,
touch them, feel them.
This what you want,
my friend?
Leave her alone.
Take a good look,
gentlemen.
A finer lot
you will never see.
Virginity guaranteed.
She's no virgin.
I bid 25.
We can do better than that.
50 sesterces.
I have 50.
Do I hear 100?
100.
150.
175.
175, 175.
200.
Now for this luscious
young man of the lot.
300 for the boy.
300.
- Four.
- 400.
Greetings, fair Berenice.
The citizens of Pompeii
extend our warmest welcome.
I'm the mayor
of the city of Pompeii.
I'm delegated
to escort you to the villa
of our distinguished consul
A. Clodius,
veteran of
the Germanic rebellion,
three times Roman quaestor
and member of the--
We can do
better than that.
But, Your Highness,
let me accompany you
to Clodius' villa.
He's waiting,
Your Highness.
Your Highness,
wait, you can't go in there.
I have the great,
great pleasure to announce
that we have
an imperial visitor.
The most esteemed
companion to our--
From what I hear
of Berenice,
she's come
to the right place here.
Why should her tastes
be any different than ours?
Why indeed.
And the leading citizen
of the Roman
province of Judea...
Berenice.
( cheers and applause )
Shall we resume,
Your Highness?
Shall we
resume, Your Highness?
Go ahead.
I have 200
for this lovely Grecian girl.
Do I hear 250?
250.
Sold for 250 sesterces
to Anthony.
Next.
We have another
luscious male morsel.
What am I bid, gentlemen?
What am I bid?
Come, come.
75.
125.
Yes.
150.
I have 150.
Gentlemen,
gaze upon this delicacy.
This chiseled marble beauty,
better treat
for your valued client.
175.
I have 175.
175.
200 for the boy.
225.
250.
250, once, twice.
Sold to Victo.
Have you ever seen
such a remarkable specimen...
with modesty, innocence?
A girl suitable for any purposes
one can imagine.
100.
150.
Gentlemen, gentlemen,
show our distinguished
visitor from Rome
the liberality
of the Pompeiians.
200 sesterces.
300.
400.
450.
500.
600.
700.
900.
1,000.
Sold for 1,000 sesterces
to Victo of
the House of Venus.
Your Highness.
Wait, Your Highness.
Please.
The consul is waiting.
Let me accompany you
to the villa.
Your Highness.
Come on,
keep them moving.
Get them cleaned up
for their debut tonight.
All right, come along.
Quickly.
( indistinct chatter )
Marcus, Marcus.
That's Marcus,
the famous charioteer.
Perhaps you would like
to accompany
Her Highness to the villa?
Perhaps.
Yah!
Welcome.
Welcome!
Welcome!
Welcome.
City of Pompeii greets you.
There is most
graceful hospitality.
Every facility
at my command is yours,
and at the service of
Imperial Rome.
Ah, I see you come
with a companion.
Welcome, Marcus,
and the greatest
of good fortune on your games.
I myself have
placed my money
on your distinguished
competitor Goliath.
Nevertheless, do not fear.
We shall not poison
your wine.
Accept apologies for
my miserable wife Philomena.
Wine...
from my own vineyard.
The very finest vintage.
Your Highness.
Give him the cheap stuff.
Go on.
Don't be afraid.
Come on.
My lovely highness.
I know
we cannot hope to compare
with the marvels of Rome.
With very little to offer here
except the little--
perhaps an occasional
diversion.
And to that end,
my lovely Highness,
my beautiful Highness,
mistress to the esteemed Titus,
the greatest Caesar
Rome has ever known...
we have spared
no prospects.
We have prepared
a very special little contest,
Your lovely Highness,
for your viewing pleasure.
The fighter who falters
shall find himself
doubly doomed.
A spike shall enter his hand...
and the poison shall enter
his bloodstreams.
( trumpet blowing
fanfare )
Begin!
You loved me once.
I'd loved
many women once.
Come with me.
Catch a dove, Your Highness.
Your Highness.
Surely, lovely Highness--
My lovely Highness.
My lovely--
Silence!
I want some silence!
Silence!
Easy.
Easy.
Don't be scared.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
Go ahead and cry.
Yah! Yah!
( screaming )
Welcome, Goliath.
We have some novelties
this evening
I think will amuse you.
No.
No!
No!
No, please.
No!
No!
I, I, no, help.
Please!
Please!
Goliath, I hate him.
He's a fighter,
a dirty fighter.
He is the one who will battle
Marcus in the games tomorrow.
So you know of Marcus?
So does everyone.
He is the dream of every woman,
but eludes all.
His affairs
are quick and fleeting.
You should know,
eh, Veneria?
This is Augusta,
named after the empress.
She carries herself like a slut
and never gives her name.
Unlike us,
she is not a prisoner here.
Then why does she stay?
Because I like it.
You know, little girl,
pleasure is a far greater prod
than dignity.
You'll soon find someone
to fill your every need.
Augusta.
Amongst your
other activities,
the House of Venus
offers you
one of its famed
specialty numbers.
I recommend
that you gather around.
It's an act to be seen
from close up.
Gentlemen, present Augusta.
And her amazing
prehensile partner.
Gentlemen, tonight,
along with the beautiful women
and lust-loving boys
that you have come to expect
from the House of Venus,
we offer
a unique cavorting.
Today as you know,
have been brought to Pompeii
some of the rarest,
most appetizing samples
of human flesh to be found
anywhere in the empire.
Gentlemen, tonight, we have
an exquisite young boy
from the wilds of the north...
and from the distant
province of Palestine,
a genuine virgin.
Never touched
by manly hand.
( cheers and applause )
Delectable, yeah?
This is the woman
I choose for tonight.
I'll have the virgin
for this evening.
I want her.
I'll match Goliath's offer
and add to it 100 sesterces.
( screaming )
Your Imperial Highness.
She's mine.
Don't be scared.
Trust me.
This is from
your tribe of Palestine.
You're not alone.
But...
Sometimes it's better to fight
from the inside.
Save this until later
when it will mean
your freedom and not slavery.
Have faith.
Take me away from here.
Yes, yes,
my lovely, lovely Highness.
I'm sure few cities
rival Pompeii
for the magnitude and grandeur
of its next spectacle
that I'll leave you
to find out for yourself.
Such a tragedy that the emperor
could not be here himself,
tear himself away
from fairest Rome
to be with us on this day,
but then I'm sure
you will relay a report
and tell him of the magnificence
of these games,
and of the man responsible
for that.
Who's that?
( cheering and applause )
- Marcus.
- Marcus.
Marcus.
Marcus.
Marcus.
Are they ready?
Are they looking
their best?
We know how lucrative
these little outings
to the games can be.
All right, they will do.
Okay, bring them along,
and you, pretty boy,
behave yourself today.
Come on.
Come along.
You can close up,
all right?
( cheers and applause )
You see those stables?
That's where the men prepare
for the games.
Your Marcus is there now.
If he wins today,
and the chariot race
tomorrow as well,
he will be champion
of the empire.
Almighty gods,
bless this occasion.
Bless the city of Pompeii,
and all its citizens
for thousands of years.
Bring prosperity
and well-being to all.
Bless the Emperor Titus
and the Roman Empire.
( cheers and applause )
Let the games begin!
( roaring )
( applause )
Yes!
Bravo!
( cheers and applause )
Marcus wants
to purchase you for an outing
by the Herculaneum woods
near the Nucerian Gate.
You will be returned
by nightfall.
Can I bring my friend?
Why not?
With the money
that he's paid.
Come on.
And I've got something special
lined up for you later.
Marcus, how could you?
Come with me.
Marcus.
Vespa.
( horse neighing )
Come on.
Come on, pretty boy.
Listen, I want you
to treat our friend
very well, understand?
Never.
Wouldn't like me
to sell off Veneria,
would you, would you?
Right.
He will be a good boy.
Come on, pretty boy.
Come on, come.
My wife finds my habits
immoral and disgusting.
That's only
because I give to these two
what she longs for herself.
You haven't provided me
with that
in years, or any woman.
Come on.
Come on, pretty.
Stop him, stop him,
I paid for him.
Get him, get him.
Don't you want some,
Your Highness?
Well, if you've got
no appetite for food,
perhaps we could find you
a little stable boy
to give you
some amusement.
Or a serving wench.
The kitchen staff has
all been carefully selected.
My lovely Highness.
Have some pig, pig.
( screaming )
Stay here.
( screaming )
Are you okay?
I will have you.
You will take me now.
Yes, Marcus, I've craved you.
Your touch, your body pressed
against mine.
Ever since--
it was so long ago.
And I vowed
I would have you.
I vowed
you would take me again.
Now I have humiliated myself
before you,
and you will take me.
You make me feel so...
You don't know what it's like
being married to Clodius.
His sickness, his filthy touch,
not even a man's.
Marcus, I need you.
Veneria, you've become
a pathetic old whore.
And that bitch you sleep with
is any better?
Go back to your Clodius.
You deserve each other.
In fact, he may treat you
much better
when he learns
of the truth.
You would not tell him.
The mountain, Your Highness,
is like a royal trumpet
greeting the championship day.
What about--
Vesuvius.
Volcanoes are not like men,
who shoot
and then replenish themselves.
My lovely Highness,
when volcanoes are dead,
they stay dead.
Clodius,
begging your pardon,
but there's been
some fear expressed.
- Fear for the games.
- Fear? I contest fear.
It's an emotion
for the weak and feeble.
But the eruptions
grow stronger.
The outskirts
are already ablaze.
We're not in the outskirts.
We're in
the very center of Pompeii.
It is said
in the temple of Jupiter,
a statue cried
tears of salt,
a cow gave birth to a calf
with a human head.
I should like to see
this cow.
Does it also give
mother's milk?
Listen to him.
You, too,
my lovely Highness?
There's my disgusting wife.
Did you give your charioteer
the satisfaction he needed?
( trumpets blowing
fanfare )
( applause )
Oh!
( screaming )
Get back,
get back to the arena.
Anybody fleeing
from the city of Pompeii
will be imprisoned,
get back.
Get back.
All of you, get back,
get back, get back, get back.
Roberto!
Veneria!
Come on, let's go.
( screaming )
Philomena.
Philomena, stop.
Stop the mountain,
make it stop.
No!
Philomena, don't leave.
( screaming )
I must.
I must save.
Save what?
( horse neighing )
Uh!
Veneria!
Veneria!
Roberto!
So you thought
you'd get away?
No!
No, no, no.
No, no, Roberto!
Roberto, no.
No, please.
No.
No!
Roberto!
( screaming )
Berenice.
Hiya! Hiya! Yeah!
( horse neighing )
( screaming )
Give me money!
Come on!
( horse neighing )
( booing )
More. More.
( screaming )
Oh, get out of here.
Get out of here.
Get out of here.
Get out of here.
( screaming )
( indistinct chattering )
Boys, boys.
( indistinct chatter )
Make way. Make way.
Make way.
Make way.
Right this way, gentlemen.
Right this way.
Check them out, gentlemen.
Check them out.
Yes, that's nice.
It's you.
Come on, ah.
Come, come, gentlemen.
Check them out.
Very nice.
- And expensive.
- Lovely choice such an--
Ah, Victo,
pleasure to have you.
Enjoy yourselves,
touch them, feel them.
This what you want,
my friend?
Leave her alone.
Take a good look,
gentlemen.
A finer lot
you will never see.
Virginity guaranteed.
She's no virgin.
I bid 25.
We can do better than that.
50 sesterces.
I have 50.
Do I hear 100?
100.
150.
175.
175, 175.
200.
Now for this luscious
young man of the lot.
300 for the boy.
300.
- Four.
- 400.
Greetings, fair Berenice.
The citizens of Pompeii
extend our warmest welcome.
I'm the mayor
of the city of Pompeii.
I'm delegated
to escort you to the villa
of our distinguished consul
A. Clodius,
veteran of
the Germanic rebellion,
three times Roman quaestor
and member of the--
We can do
better than that.
But, Your Highness,
let me accompany you
to Clodius' villa.
He's waiting,
Your Highness.
Your Highness,
wait, you can't go in there.
I have the great,
great pleasure to announce
that we have
an imperial visitor.
The most esteemed
companion to our--
From what I hear
of Berenice,
she's come
to the right place here.
Why should her tastes
be any different than ours?
Why indeed.
And the leading citizen
of the Roman
province of Judea...
Berenice.
( cheers and applause )
Shall we resume,
Your Highness?
Shall we
resume, Your Highness?
Go ahead.
I have 200
for this lovely Grecian girl.
Do I hear 250?
250.
Sold for 250 sesterces
to Anthony.
Next.
We have another
luscious male morsel.
What am I bid, gentlemen?
What am I bid?
Come, come.
75.
125.
Yes.
150.
I have 150.
Gentlemen,
gaze upon this delicacy.
This chiseled marble beauty,
better treat
for your valued client.
175.
I have 175.
175.
200 for the boy.
225.
250.
250, once, twice.
Sold to Victo.
Have you ever seen
such a remarkable specimen...
with modesty, innocence?
A girl suitable for any purposes
one can imagine.
100.
150.
Gentlemen, gentlemen,
show our distinguished
visitor from Rome
the liberality
of the Pompeiians.
200 sesterces.
300.
400.
450.
500.
600.
700.
900.
1,000.
Sold for 1,000 sesterces
to Victo of
the House of Venus.
Your Highness.
Wait, Your Highness.
Please.
The consul is waiting.
Let me accompany you
to the villa.
Your Highness.
Come on,
keep them moving.
Get them cleaned up
for their debut tonight.
All right, come along.
Quickly.
( indistinct chatter )
Marcus, Marcus.
That's Marcus,
the famous charioteer.
Perhaps you would like
to accompany
Her Highness to the villa?
Perhaps.
Yah!
Welcome.
Welcome!
Welcome!
Welcome.
City of Pompeii greets you.
There is most
graceful hospitality.
Every facility
at my command is yours,
and at the service of
Imperial Rome.
Ah, I see you come
with a companion.
Welcome, Marcus,
and the greatest
of good fortune on your games.
I myself have
placed my money
on your distinguished
competitor Goliath.
Nevertheless, do not fear.
We shall not poison
your wine.
Accept apologies for
my miserable wife Philomena.
Wine...
from my own vineyard.
The very finest vintage.
Your Highness.
Give him the cheap stuff.
Go on.
Don't be afraid.
Come on.
My lovely highness.
I know
we cannot hope to compare
with the marvels of Rome.
With very little to offer here
except the little--
perhaps an occasional
diversion.
And to that end,
my lovely Highness,
my beautiful Highness,
mistress to the esteemed Titus,
the greatest Caesar
Rome has ever known...
we have spared
no prospects.
We have prepared
a very special little contest,
Your lovely Highness,
for your viewing pleasure.
The fighter who falters
shall find himself
doubly doomed.
A spike shall enter his hand...
and the poison shall enter
his bloodstreams.
( trumpet blowing
fanfare )
Begin!
You loved me once.
I'd loved
many women once.
Come with me.
Catch a dove, Your Highness.
Your Highness.
Surely, lovely Highness--
My lovely Highness.
My lovely--
Silence!
I want some silence!
Silence!
Easy.
Easy.
Don't be scared.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
Go ahead and cry.
Yah! Yah!
( screaming )
Welcome, Goliath.
We have some novelties
this evening
I think will amuse you.
No.
No!
No!
No, please.
No!
No!
I, I, no, help.
Please!
Please!
Goliath, I hate him.
He's a fighter,
a dirty fighter.
He is the one who will battle
Marcus in the games tomorrow.
So you know of Marcus?
So does everyone.
He is the dream of every woman,
but eludes all.
His affairs
are quick and fleeting.
You should know,
eh, Veneria?
This is Augusta,
named after the empress.
She carries herself like a slut
and never gives her name.
Unlike us,
she is not a prisoner here.
Then why does she stay?
Because I like it.
You know, little girl,
pleasure is a far greater prod
than dignity.
You'll soon find someone
to fill your every need.
Augusta.
Amongst your
other activities,
the House of Venus
offers you
one of its famed
specialty numbers.
I recommend
that you gather around.
It's an act to be seen
from close up.
Gentlemen, present Augusta.
And her amazing
prehensile partner.
Gentlemen, tonight,
along with the beautiful women
and lust-loving boys
that you have come to expect
from the House of Venus,
we offer
a unique cavorting.
Today as you know,
have been brought to Pompeii
some of the rarest,
most appetizing samples
of human flesh to be found
anywhere in the empire.
Gentlemen, tonight, we have
an exquisite young boy
from the wilds of the north...
and from the distant
province of Palestine,
a genuine virgin.
Never touched
by manly hand.
( cheers and applause )
Delectable, yeah?
This is the woman
I choose for tonight.
I'll have the virgin
for this evening.
I want her.
I'll match Goliath's offer
and add to it 100 sesterces.
( screaming )
Your Imperial Highness.
She's mine.
Don't be scared.
Trust me.
This is from
your tribe of Palestine.
You're not alone.
But...
Sometimes it's better to fight
from the inside.
Save this until later
when it will mean
your freedom and not slavery.
Have faith.
Take me away from here.
Yes, yes,
my lovely, lovely Highness.
I'm sure few cities
rival Pompeii
for the magnitude and grandeur
of its next spectacle
that I'll leave you
to find out for yourself.
Such a tragedy that the emperor
could not be here himself,
tear himself away
from fairest Rome
to be with us on this day,
but then I'm sure
you will relay a report
and tell him of the magnificence
of these games,
and of the man responsible
for that.
Who's that?
( cheering and applause )
- Marcus.
- Marcus.
Marcus.
Marcus.
Marcus.
Are they ready?
Are they looking
their best?
We know how lucrative
these little outings
to the games can be.
All right, they will do.
Okay, bring them along,
and you, pretty boy,
behave yourself today.
Come on.
Come along.
You can close up,
all right?
( cheers and applause )
You see those stables?
That's where the men prepare
for the games.
Your Marcus is there now.
If he wins today,
and the chariot race
tomorrow as well,
he will be champion
of the empire.
Almighty gods,
bless this occasion.
Bless the city of Pompeii,
and all its citizens
for thousands of years.
Bring prosperity
and well-being to all.
Bless the Emperor Titus
and the Roman Empire.
( cheers and applause )
Let the games begin!
( roaring )
( applause )
Yes!
Bravo!
( cheers and applause )
Marcus wants
to purchase you for an outing
by the Herculaneum woods
near the Nucerian Gate.
You will be returned
by nightfall.
Can I bring my friend?
Why not?
With the money
that he's paid.
Come on.
And I've got something special
lined up for you later.
Marcus, how could you?
Come with me.
Marcus.
Vespa.
( horse neighing )
Come on.
Come on, pretty boy.
Listen, I want you
to treat our friend
very well, understand?
Never.
Wouldn't like me
to sell off Veneria,
would you, would you?
Right.
He will be a good boy.
Come on, pretty boy.
Come on, come.
My wife finds my habits
immoral and disgusting.
That's only
because I give to these two
what she longs for herself.
You haven't provided me
with that
in years, or any woman.
Come on.
Come on, pretty.
Stop him, stop him,
I paid for him.
Get him, get him.
Don't you want some,
Your Highness?
Well, if you've got
no appetite for food,
perhaps we could find you
a little stable boy
to give you
some amusement.
Or a serving wench.
The kitchen staff has
all been carefully selected.
My lovely Highness.
Have some pig, pig.
( screaming )
Stay here.
( screaming )
Are you okay?
I will have you.
You will take me now.
Yes, Marcus, I've craved you.
Your touch, your body pressed
against mine.
Ever since--
it was so long ago.
And I vowed
I would have you.
I vowed
you would take me again.
Now I have humiliated myself
before you,
and you will take me.
You make me feel so...
You don't know what it's like
being married to Clodius.
His sickness, his filthy touch,
not even a man's.
Marcus, I need you.
Veneria, you've become
a pathetic old whore.
And that bitch you sleep with
is any better?
Go back to your Clodius.
You deserve each other.
In fact, he may treat you
much better
when he learns
of the truth.
You would not tell him.
The mountain, Your Highness,
is like a royal trumpet
greeting the championship day.
What about--
Vesuvius.
Volcanoes are not like men,
who shoot
and then replenish themselves.
My lovely Highness,
when volcanoes are dead,
they stay dead.
Clodius,
begging your pardon,
but there's been
some fear expressed.
- Fear for the games.
- Fear? I contest fear.
It's an emotion
for the weak and feeble.
But the eruptions
grow stronger.
The outskirts
are already ablaze.
We're not in the outskirts.
We're in
the very center of Pompeii.
It is said
in the temple of Jupiter,
a statue cried
tears of salt,
a cow gave birth to a calf
with a human head.
I should like to see
this cow.
Does it also give
mother's milk?
Listen to him.
You, too,
my lovely Highness?
There's my disgusting wife.
Did you give your charioteer
the satisfaction he needed?
( trumpets blowing
fanfare )
( applause )
Oh!
( screaming )
Get back,
get back to the arena.
Anybody fleeing
from the city of Pompeii
will be imprisoned,
get back.
Get back.
All of you, get back,
get back, get back, get back.
Roberto!
Veneria!
Come on, let's go.
( screaming )
Philomena.
Philomena, stop.
Stop the mountain,
make it stop.
No!
Philomena, don't leave.
( screaming )
I must.
I must save.
Save what?
( horse neighing )
Uh!
Veneria!
Veneria!
Roberto!
So you thought
you'd get away?
No!
No, no, no.
No, no, Roberto!
Roberto, no.
No, please.
No.
No!
Roberto!
( screaming )
Berenice.