El Turco (2025) s01e01 Episode Script

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Last night, every soldier
we entrusted to you died.
I was ambushed last night.
- Who set the trap?
- Mete.
- Mete died years ago.
- I am not a traitor.
You are no longer a Janissary
and no longer my son.
Make your choice.
Either die here with honor
or live in exile with dishonor.
Father!
I will clean my name.
I will find that traitor Mete for you!
First, we find this woman.
Yes, the witch of
Remind me.
- Moena.
- Moena.
- Just around this mountain, right?
- A two-hour ride.
I heard it's a nice place.
Everyone's getting along.
Nice, peaceful place.
Straight out of a fairy tale.
Every fairy tale has a monster.
- And a witch.
- Not for long.
What is it?
What was that?
The horses!
- Where is Mete?
- His name is not Mete.
It's Marco!
Archers!
Hold that, Topo.
- Is he going to die?
- I said, hold that.
Will you save him?
Can we trust him?
He is a Turk.
You can never trust a Turk.
We didn't think you'll make it.
How is it?
Do you like it?
There is going to be
a celebration in town.
I am playing a Turkish soldier.
The knights are going to chase me.
Then they'll catch me.
Then they'll burn me
in the village square.
You
Are you a Turk?
El Turco?
Yes, sweetie.
He is a barbarian.
What did I tell you
about Turks, Topo?
They are barbarians, monsters.
- What else?
- They are our greatest enemy.
No matter what
never trust a Turk.
You don't understand
what we are saying, do you?
Well, since you can't tell me
let me guess.
This was in your waist stash.
Everything was in tatters but this
didn't even get dusty.
I am curious.
Has the guy up there told you
something that he hasn't told us?
You are separated from the pack.
They have abandoned you
haven't they?
And this
you never let go of this.
Feverish, you clamped to it
in your sleep like a child.
Can't help wondering.
How many innocent people
did you kill with this dagger?
I am not one of those
defenseless people.
I am Gloria.
I saved your life but I haven't
decided what to do with it yet.
Gloria.
I wouldn't go out there.
You?
You speak our language.
They are only coming after me.
I heard them.
They said something about a witch.
You are that witch, aren't you?
They are looking for you, too.
Rutger Vorchik. Winged Hussar
Knight of the Polish Crown Army
in service of our King
Jan III Sobieski.
Gloria.
Her mother's daughter.
We've lost a horse.
We are looking for it
we tracked it here.
Couldn't you a whole unit of
knights keep an eye on a horse?
I could ask you the
same question, Gloria.
A mother is supposed to keep
an eye on her child, huh?
Topo!
Topo!
- He is not my child.
- You are not?
- Then whose child are you?
- I am nobody's child.
This mouse was born in the village
down the way.
He was born with a mark
on his face
and that means only
one thing around here.
- The mark of the Devil.
- That's what his parents thought.
- They left him by the river bank.
- And you took him.
I have a soft spot for
broken abandoned things.
What are you?
A junk collector? A mender?
Or maybe, she is a witch who
snatches little boys and eats them.
Before we enter your house
what will we find hidden there?
Nothing.
But if we find anyone
we'll have to take you
and burn this place down.
What's this you are wearing?
Turkish clothes.
There is a lord coming here.
We are having a festival
for him in the village.
I got dressed as a Turk and
they are going to set me on fire.
If we meet again
I'll show something
to help you play the part.
What?
How the Turks burn.
Mom, where is he?
Topo!
Go outside!
- Listen up, witch!
- How did you
You asked how many
innocents I had killed.
None! And if you don't want
to be the first, listen well.
Right now, I can't go anywhere.
I am staying here until I'm better.
Two nights from today, there is
going to be a festival in the village.
They'll light a stake and they'll burn
dummies dressed just as you are.
If you don't fuck off by then
I'll tie you to the stake
and burn you myself.
Alright?
Judge.
How are you?
It's a big day for our village, Father.
The Capital has finally noticed us.
They are blessing us
with an overlord.
When is his Lordship coming
Judge? Do you know?
Anytime now.
I would like to make my contribution.
God bless you.
The windmill needs repairing.
With that money
we could repair the windmill.
Gunther.
How are you?
Not as well as the rest of you.
But my memory still works better.
It was fifteen years
since the last time
they sent someone from the city
Does anyone remember
what happened?
- Now is not the time or place
- They wanted money.
We gave it.
They wanted provisions.
We gave it.
The more we gave
the more they wanted.
They wanted our sons
for their army.
We handed them over.
They wanted our daughters
for their beds.
- We handed them over.
- Gunther?
Let him finish.
We slaved away for them
and after they bled us dry
they up and left.
Have you forgotten?
What you say is true.
But they protected us, Gunther.
Brothers! They were just
protecting us from themselves.
Gunther fought for us
for many years, Father.
And my contribution
will cover him, too.
A couple of brooches
a ring, a few cabbages.
if that's enough for them, fine!
But if this time, they want
more than we can give
you all will be knocking on my door.
You mother
Boy, are you crazy?
That was beer.
So?
You were thirsty, right?
Yeah, but what do you drink
when you are thirsty?
- Water.
- Water can make you sick.
- You people are weird.
- You Turks are the weird ones.
You seem scary
but you are not really.
I wish you would come
to this festival with me.
Why?
So, they can burn me alive?
There is other stuff, too.
We sing songs.
Gloria dances by the fire.
Everybody tries to dance with her.
And we eat meat, the grown-ups
are grumpy all year long
but at the festival
they smile and laugh, too.
You know what?
It sounds like our Bayram.
What are those like?
Well, we get up and
put on our new clothes.
Me and my sister.
People come to visit.
We give them halva, as sweets.
- Sweets?
- Yeah.
Then, we gather in the square.
There are acrobats
knife throwers, tricksters.
All kinds of shows.
We play games.
- Who do you play with?
- With everyone.
We give clothes to the poor.
We act as mothers and fathers
to orphans.
No one is left alone that day.
That sounds nice.
My father
he takes me
to the Palace courtyard.
To kiss the Sultan's hand
he is our king.
You mean you met the king.
Boys wrestle in the courtyard.
I do, too.
And my father
He sits and watches.
Do you win?
I always win.
My father is
he is so proud of me.
When you go back home
you'll have your Bayrams.
And your father will be
proud of you, right?
Come on, my little mouse.
Time for you to go to the festival.
- Aren't you coming?
- I'll be along soon.
My father
was ashamed of me.
But if he saw me now, he'd regret
it and he'd give me a big hug.
- Right, Gloria?
- He sure would, sweetie.
Going hunting?
I came here to hunt
a man down, Gloria.
It's time for me
to go back to the hunt.
The man with the wolfset
helmet came here.
I have things to do inside.
Be on your way.
What? You want some
more soup before you leave?
They call him Skeletwolf.
He is a terrible man.
What did he do to you?
There are two of them.
He works for someone.
Someone I knew
from long ago.
Someone I thought was dead.
The real evil came from him.
Is that why you can't go home?
I heard them say
they were going to Moena.
Are you telling me, you are going
to walk in the village
on the same night they are going
to dress a straw man as a Turk
and burn it at the stake?
I'm coming with you.
You can't come.
Perhaps you haven't noticed.
I am a woman
who does what she wants.
Gloria!
You can't come
because I won't let you.
I didn't ask for your permission.
Do you believe people
have met in other lives?
I do.
We are two strangers
but perhaps in another life
We weren't strangers at all.
I'll never see you again.
Perhaps, in another life.
You didn't walk out that door.
Maybe in another life
I am allowed to feel, love
For the sake of that life
you have to stay here and be safe.
Don't go.
Don't go.
God willing.
In another life.
My eyes keep searching
for Gloria, over by the fire.
It's good, she is not here.
This business with the overlord
it spoils the festival for you.
People of Moena.
At long last
we have a new overlord.
A new protector.
I come here on the behalf
of your new overlord.
Marco Beledetti di Vicenze.
Mete.
He defeated the Turks
in the battle of Vienna.
In recognition for
his glorious victory
the Princess gave him this village.
I am Skeletwolf.
I come here
on his behalf to inspect.
We hoped to pay tribute
to His Lordship.
Why has he not come?
There's too much trouble.
So, he sent his wolf instead.
Your tongue
is a little too sharp.
You don't know me.
Not yet.
Rutger, perhaps
you could introduce me.
With pleasure.
Once upon a time, there was a
knight, returning from a crusade
who stopped in a village
near the Forest of Gevelsberg.
There, he met a beautiful girl
working in a mill.
And he was smitten by her.
And together, they had a child.
When the knight lifted his
newborn son, what did he see?
An infant so white
it was as though God
had not yet breathed life into it.
It was as if the Devil
had claimed it from burn.
They wouldn't touch me.
Not even to kill me.
They left me in the forest.
And in that forest, I became
the monster they feared.
No one came out
of that forest alive.
Waiting there was a wolf
hungry with revenge.
And then I found that the Turks
were as terrifying as me.
So I came out of the forest
to kill them.
When I came out of the forest
I was no longer alone.
Good people of Moena.
This forest is now ours.
On behalf of your overlord
we have come to impose order
on Moena and our forest.
We heard there are monsters here.
Naturally, the first thing we did
was catch one.
Gloria!
Gloria!
Are you alright?
Gunther!
Open the fucking cage!
I'll tear your eyes off, you bastard!
You, people
used to protect witches here.
That's over.
You used to have your own laws.
Your own little world.
But we are good Christians, sir.
We are at your command.
You can't prove
your loyalty with gold.
This village consorted
with the Devil.
Whoever feeds this witch
whoever speaks to her
worships the Devil.
- Who will dare stop us burning?
- I will.
Topo!
You!
You killed my soldier.
Punish him!
Topo, run!
Run, Topo, get away!
- Run!
- Go!
Rutger!
Take the witch away!
- Run! Gloria?
- Go!
Run!
To the Church!
Go to the Church!
Go to the Church!
- To the church, stay calm.
- Everybody, come in.
- Inside!
- Take cover.
We'll be alright.
We'll be alright here.
Make move.
Come in.
Come in.
Bring them in.
Close the doors.
- Fear not!
- Father?
- You are safe in here.
- Stay calm. Please stay calm.
Fucking coward.
They took Gloria.
- Gunther!
- About time to!
Who said that?
Gunther, we all love Gloria
but if they'll leave us alone
What the hell
are you talking about?
She is right. If they mark us
as that village with a witch
They'll kill her.
They'll burn her alive.
Our Gloria, the woman
who delivered your son.
What's wrong
with you people?
Hey, you!
She stitched up your wounds.
Are you all out of your minds?
I am talking about Gloria.
- She is one of us.
- No, she is not.
Let's be honest.
She is not one of us.
Then neither am I, Judge.
Are you going to hand me
over next?
And what about me?
Then you have
to take me as well!
I would like to know.
Go to the village!
Go to the village!
Why won't you listen to me?
I told you to save them
not me!
They say you are a witch
and chase you away.
That's not your village
not your home.
Children. Topo!
They are my village.
There is a fugitive here.
A little one who
rebelled against us!
No!
Leave me!
Topo!
Topo, I am coming!
Topo!
No!
Topo!
Topo!
Topo!
Topo!
Topo, Topo!
- Is dad proud?
- He is proud of you.
Your dad
your dad is proud of you!
- No!
- Topo?
No!
- Topo
- Topo
Topo!
I have news from the village.
Walk with me.
We went to the village
as you instructed.
I found the witch
and caged her.
And I turned the villagers
against each other
as you wished.
And, what aren't you telling me?
That man came, the Turk.
From Vienna.
Balaban
He is looking for you, Marco.
He is after you.
Good.
- Don't tell anyone until after.
- Until after what?
My knighting.