Waiting for the Barbarians (2019) EN

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All the way from the capital.

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Colonel Joll?

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It's an honor to have you here.

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Well, you... you must
be exhausted. Please.

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Tell me, i-if you
don't mind me asking,

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what... what are they for?

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They protect one's eyes

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against the glare of the sun.

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They save one from squinting.

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- Ah.
- Do you see?

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No wrinkles.

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Fewer headaches.

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Yes, at home,
everyone is wearing them.

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You would find them useful

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out here in the desert.

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Hmm.

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Are you familiar with
these parts of the frontier?

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No.

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Not with this part, no.

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With the south,
but not with this part, not yet.

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Well, it's not a good time
of the year to visit.

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You must feel the heat.

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I'm quite used to it, the heat.

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I have leave due to me,

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but I-I find myself
reluctant to take it.

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One grows to be
a part of a place.

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I'd feel like a foreigner
if I went back to the capital.

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And the capital,
too, has changed,

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I'm sure, since my time.

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I need to make an early start
of my inspection.

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Breakfast early, please,
first thing.

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Yes, sir.

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So if you will excuse me,

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I need to get some rest.

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I'll come by in the morning
and fetch you.

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Magistrate.

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But a soldier?

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They... They don't
usually send soldiers

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on inspections, do they?

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Mm, who's the inspector now?

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You're far too inquisitive,
my friend.

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No, he's not a soldier.

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He wears a uniform,
but he's not a soldier.

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He's a policeman,
a colonel of the police,

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very important person from
the Bureau of State Security.

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Once in every generation,

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without fail,
along the frontier,

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there is an episode of hysteria
about the barbarians.

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It's the consequence
of too much ease.

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Why don't they leave us alone?

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They have their own territories,
don't they?

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We have to protect ourselves.

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Protect ourselves, my dear?

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Against what? Against whom?

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Against them.

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We protect ourselves
against wild animals,

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against snakes.

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If an angry bear
approaches you,

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you'd kill it, Magistrate,
wouldn't you?

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No, my friends.

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I-I will be quite content

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to pass quietly away
and merit no more

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than three lines
in the imperial gazette

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that with nudge here
and a touch there,

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I kept the world
on its course.

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We ready to go?

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I must tell you
that we don't have

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proper facilities
for prisoners.

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There's no need.

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There's not much...
There's not much crime here,

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and the penalty's usually
a fine or compulsory labor,

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so we simply use
the old barracks.

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Where we
also store provisions.

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Just a minute.

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Let me speak with them.

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I know a little of the language.

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I think it must be your glasses.

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He's probably never
seen anything like them before.

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He may think that you're blind.

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Hmm?

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Do you understand?

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Show the Excellency.

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Hmm.

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It's his sister's boy.

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They've come to get medicine.

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...Excellency.

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All right.

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Thank you.

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Whatever you call it,

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banditry, sheep stealing,

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it really...
it doesn't amount to much.

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These nomads,
barbarians, if you will,

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will be gone in a month
back up into the mountains.

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They migrate.
They're always on the move.

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He says he came for medicine.

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He may be telling the truth.
Who knows?

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Who would have brought
an old man and a sick boy

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along on a raiding party?

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Nevertheless,
I will question them.

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You can learn surprising things.

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I'll bring one of my men along,

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and I will need someone
to assist with the language.

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Well, let me.
I-I'd be glad to help.

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No, no.

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You would find it tedious.

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We have set procedures.

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Uh, tell me,
wh-what are your procedures?

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Patience...

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and pressure.

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That is the only way
to get to the truth.

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But how do you know

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you are hearing the truth?

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There is a certain tone.

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A certain tone enters the voice.

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You come to recognize it
with training and experience.

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Can you tell
whether I am telling the truth?

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You misunderstand.

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I am speaking
of particular situations,

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situations where I
am probing for the truth.

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First you get lies.

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First lies,

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then pressure,

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then more lies,

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then more pressure...

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then more lies, more pressure...

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and then comes the break.

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After the break,
more pressure...

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and then at last the truth.

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That is how you get it.

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Pain is truth.

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All else is subject to doubt.

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No, that one says
that the very same pig

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keeps breaking in to his garden
and damaging the produce,

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and now he's not going
to give it back

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until he's paid compensation.

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Excellency, the pig
is worth a lot of money.

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His garden is worth nothing,
nothing.

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It's a nothing
that has no proper fence.

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Be quiet. Be quiet.

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Everybody knows that he
doesn't have a proper title.

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He can't put up a fence,

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because he doesn't have
a proper title.

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- Come on. Show him your title.
- Just be quiet, please.

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Sir...

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if I can speak
to the Excellency?

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I have warned him many times
about his pig,

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and he pays no attention.

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Why must I suffer for his pig?

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"His pig." You have his pig.

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I have his pig,

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and I am keeping it
until he pays for the damages.

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Why should I pay?
Who says I should pay?

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Give him back his pig.

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And?

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And that is all.

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Sir.

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- Your bed's ready, sir.
- Mm-hmm.

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- Anything more?
- No, thank you.

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What is that?

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This is... It's a child's shoe
from long ago.

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- Shoe?
- Mm-hmm.

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You're gonna keep it?

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Mm-hmm.

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What does it say?

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I have no idea.

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It's old writing...

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from the old days.

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No one writes like this anymore.

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There's a letter
from the Colonel.

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D-Did you see what happened?

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Close it.

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Close it. Close it.

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Tie it shut.

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Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait a minute.

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What have they done to him?

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A knife.

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Just a little knife like this.

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Ah. He wants water.
Give it to him.

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And...

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have that removed,
taken out of here immediately.

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And what does this mean?

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It means...

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that we have
our first confession,

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means that I am doing
what I was sent here to do.

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It means that we are
beginning to understand

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what is going on
on the border.

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Today we have
the beginnings of information

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and now are in the position
to go out and gather more.

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- I...
- First thing tomorrow morning,

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I shall be taking out
a party with that boy...

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yes, that same boy...
as my guide.

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I think he will be a good guide.

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He knows by now what I want.

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As for you, it would be helpful

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if you would put together
some pack animals

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and some provisions
for a week or so

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and a dozen of your men,

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good men
familiar with the country.

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What kind of information,
sheep stealing? Smuggling?

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Are you killing old men
for sheep now?

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Record of the interrogation.

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Come away. Come away.

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Did you really tell the officer
that your clan is arming itself?

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Did you really say
that there will be

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a great war against the Empire?

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It's stupid.

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Why do you tell such lies?

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I think he's very sick, sir,

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very sick and very sore.

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W-With no disrespect, Colonel,

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you've never campaigned on this
inhospitable frontier before

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You have no guide except a child
who's terrified of you.

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As for them,
you cannot rely on them.

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They're conscripts.
Most of them have never been

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more than five miles
from this settlement.

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The barbarians
whom you are chasing will...

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will vanish into the desert
before you catch sight of them.

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They live here.
This is their land.

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They know every inch of it.
You do not.

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I have orders to obey.

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May I remind you, Colonel,
that if you get lost,

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it will be up to me to find you

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and bring you back
to civilization.

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Of course.

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Don't stake your life
on my maps, sir.

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I'm not a surveyor.

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I patched them together

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from tales told to me
by travelers.

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I've never been
where you're going.

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I earnestly advise you
not to go.

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82.

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82.

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Why must you...

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send people...

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with no... no experience

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of the frontier t...

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to investigate...

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unrest on the frontier?

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Why...

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Why can't you just...

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Why can't you just leave, um...

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well enough...

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alone?

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Keep moving.

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Star?

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Come in.

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I thought you were one of them.

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They give me the shivers.

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Isn't he your friend?

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The one...

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Can I fetch you
something to drink?

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No?

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Is there nothing
I can do for you?

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Something on your mind?

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Hmm.

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They will soon be gone.

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Things will return to normal.

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I wish I could believe you.

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Give them a shovel.

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Let them dig a latrine,
at least.

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Sir, Colonel Joll is... is here.

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We will be leaving today.

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Sir.

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So soon?

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Yes, we have completed
our investigations.

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Now I must hurry back
and make my report.

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Anything I can do
to facilita...

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No, no. I believe we have
everything we came for.

270
00:30:46,488 --> 00:30:47,622
Cup of tea.

271
00:30:48,656 --> 00:30:51,894
And your inquiries, Colonel,

272
00:30:51,927 --> 00:30:53,828
among the nomad peoples...

273
00:30:55,830 --> 00:30:57,699
have they been successful?

274
00:30:57,732 --> 00:30:59,035
Yes.

275
00:30:59,067 --> 00:31:02,871
I think I can say
we've had some success,

276
00:31:02,904 --> 00:31:04,673
particularly when you consider

277
00:31:04,705 --> 00:31:07,442
that this is only part
of a great enterprise.

278
00:31:08,743 --> 00:31:10,913
Similar investigations
are being carried out

279
00:31:10,946 --> 00:31:14,348
elsewhere in the frontier
in a very coordinated fashion

280
00:31:14,382 --> 00:31:15,917
with the cooperation

281
00:31:15,951 --> 00:31:19,354
of the various
frontier administrators.

282
00:31:20,923 --> 00:31:22,590
Well, that is good.

283
00:31:26,494 --> 00:31:28,829
And is it too early to reveal

284
00:31:28,864 --> 00:31:34,802
whether we have anything to fear
from these barbarians this year?

285
00:31:36,738 --> 00:31:42,676
May we still sleep securely
in our beds?

286
00:31:42,711 --> 00:31:45,413
Since all is not well here...

287
00:31:45,447 --> 00:31:47,950
and by no stretch
of the imagination

288
00:31:47,983 --> 00:31:49,718
can we say
that all is well here

289
00:31:49,750 --> 00:31:52,922
in your little sliver
of the frontier...

290
00:31:56,893 --> 00:31:59,361
I expect further measures
will be taken.

291
00:32:43,637 --> 00:32:45,740
- I want everything cleaned up!
- Yes, sir.

292
00:32:45,773 --> 00:32:48,844
I want everything
as it was before at once!

293
00:32:48,877 --> 00:32:50,112
What are you doing?

294
00:32:50,145 --> 00:32:52,413
What are you doing?!
Let that woman go!

295
00:32:52,447 --> 00:32:53,950
Right. Sir.

296
00:32:55,951 --> 00:32:58,119
Let all these people go.
Let them go.

297
00:32:58,153 --> 00:32:59,788
Give them their things.
Let 'em go.

298
00:32:59,820 --> 00:33:01,823
You all go on.

299
00:33:01,856 --> 00:33:02,824
Go!

300
00:33:04,059 --> 00:33:05,928
Out! Come on!

301
00:33:05,961 --> 00:33:07,963
- You heard what he said.
- What are you doing?

302
00:33:07,997 --> 00:33:09,763
I want... I want these people
out of here!

303
00:33:09,798 --> 00:33:12,366
- Go on.
- Out of here right away!

304
00:33:13,634 --> 00:33:14,603
Go on! Go!

305
00:33:18,173 --> 00:33:19,507
I want them gone.

306
00:34:06,188 --> 00:34:08,090
It's late to be out-of-doors.

307
00:34:30,012 --> 00:34:31,880
Naim.

308
00:34:31,914 --> 00:34:33,215
Sir?

309
00:35:33,175 --> 00:35:35,809
I can see.

310
00:35:47,088 --> 00:35:48,958
Please, sit down.

311
00:36:34,702 --> 00:36:36,072
Can you look at me?

312
00:36:38,806 --> 00:36:42,177
This is how I look.

313
00:37:02,197 --> 00:37:03,597
Where do you live?

314
00:37:06,068 --> 00:37:07,168
I live.

315
00:37:09,204 --> 00:37:12,739
We do not permit vagrants
in the town.

316
00:37:13,807 --> 00:37:16,411
You must have somewhere to live.

317
00:37:16,445 --> 00:37:18,813
Otherwise, you must go
back to your own people.

318
00:37:18,847 --> 00:37:19,882
Do you understand?

319
00:37:25,454 --> 00:37:26,621
Well...

320
00:37:28,923 --> 00:37:32,128
I offer that you should...

321
00:37:33,195 --> 00:37:36,630
come and work here.

322
00:37:42,237 --> 00:37:46,007
Um, either that
or go back to your people.

323
00:37:47,742 --> 00:37:49,811
You cannot beg in the street.

324
00:37:49,844 --> 00:37:51,213
I cannot permit that.

325
00:37:52,847 --> 00:37:54,382
You must have a place to live.

326
00:37:56,952 --> 00:37:58,253
If you work here...

327
00:37:59,889 --> 00:38:02,824
you can sleep here, too.

328
00:38:13,369 --> 00:38:14,903
I can go?

329
00:38:16,304 --> 00:38:18,739
Yes, go if you want to.

330
00:39:19,969 --> 00:39:21,835
Come. Come inside.

331
00:39:32,847 --> 00:39:33,949
Let me see.

332
00:39:55,836 --> 00:39:58,239
They broke it.

333
00:40:00,208 --> 00:40:02,945
My, um...

334
00:40:05,047 --> 00:40:06,148
Your ankle.

335
00:40:06,181 --> 00:40:07,349
My ankle.

336
00:40:09,550 --> 00:40:11,387
Other one, too.

337
00:43:20,108 --> 00:43:21,376
Welcome, sir.

338
00:43:21,409 --> 00:43:22,478
The Magistrate's waiting.

339
00:43:22,510 --> 00:43:23,978
- Thank you.
- Company, halt.

340
00:43:26,681 --> 00:43:27,983
Cheers.

341
00:43:33,222 --> 00:43:35,556
So no trouble
on the way here, then?

342
00:43:35,590 --> 00:43:36,724
Nothing.

343
00:43:36,757 --> 00:43:38,260
Nothing worth mentioning.

344
00:43:38,293 --> 00:43:41,230
I think we were followed
for a while by barbarians,

345
00:43:41,262 --> 00:43:42,331
but that was all.

346
00:43:42,364 --> 00:43:46,400
Are you sure
they were barbarians?

347
00:43:46,434 --> 00:43:49,003
What else could they have been?

348
00:43:51,806 --> 00:43:53,442
At brigade headquarters,
they're saying

349
00:43:53,474 --> 00:43:54,775
there is to be
a general offensive

350
00:43:54,809 --> 00:43:56,777
against the barbarians
in the spring.

351
00:43:56,811 --> 00:44:00,715
The plan is to move them back
all along the frontier,

352
00:44:00,748 --> 00:44:02,483
back into the mountains.

353
00:44:02,518 --> 00:44:05,454
They can't be serious.

354
00:44:05,487 --> 00:44:08,789
The people who... whom you
call barbarians are nomads.

355
00:44:08,824 --> 00:44:10,726
They will never
permit themselves

356
00:44:10,759 --> 00:44:12,793
to be bottled up
in the mountains.

357
00:44:12,827 --> 00:44:15,764
Well, sorry to be frank.

358
00:44:15,797 --> 00:44:18,099
Isn't that what war is about?

359
00:44:19,835 --> 00:44:22,403
Compelling a choice on someone
who would not otherwise make it?

360
00:44:31,612 --> 00:44:32,614
Ah.

361
00:44:35,851 --> 00:44:37,085
Mm-hmm.

362
00:44:40,521 --> 00:44:43,791
Tell me, sir, as someone
who knows the region...

363
00:44:45,527 --> 00:44:47,795
why are these barbarians
so dissatisfied?

364
00:44:49,364 --> 00:44:51,132
What is all the trouble about?

365
00:44:53,902 --> 00:44:57,271
Well, what is the trouble about?

366
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:02,643
Ahem. Well, there was no trouble
that... that I know of...

367
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:06,648
until outsiders
started interfering.

368
00:45:07,916 --> 00:45:09,751
We had peace.

369
00:45:09,784 --> 00:45:12,454
We kept to ourselves.
They kept to themselves.

370
00:45:12,487 --> 00:45:16,358
But it's... it's all changed now.

371
00:45:17,793 --> 00:45:21,463
It will take years
to patch up the damage

372
00:45:21,496 --> 00:45:25,132
that Colonel Joll did
in the space of a week.

373
00:45:27,835 --> 00:45:28,905
You smile,

374
00:45:28,938 --> 00:45:31,106
but, uh,
I'll tell you something.

375
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:34,576
We, you and I,

376
00:45:34,610 --> 00:45:38,914
think of this country as ours,
as part of the Empire.

377
00:45:38,947 --> 00:45:42,851
We say to ourselves we reclaimed
the land from the desert,

378
00:45:42,885 --> 00:45:45,353
we planted it,
we built our homes here,

379
00:45:45,387 --> 00:45:47,188
but that's not how they see it.

380
00:45:47,222 --> 00:45:52,327
They still see us
as visitors, transients.

381
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:55,731
They say to one another,
"Be patient.

382
00:45:55,764 --> 00:45:59,300
One day, these foreigners
will pack up and leave."

383
00:45:59,333 --> 00:46:01,869
"They will
never last in the desert."

384
00:46:03,739 --> 00:46:05,440
But we're not going to leave.

385
00:46:08,710 --> 00:46:09,644
No?

386
00:46:11,947 --> 00:46:13,681
Are you sure?

387
00:46:13,715 --> 00:46:16,784
The frontier towns are the first
line of defense of the Empire,

388
00:46:16,818 --> 00:46:20,489
so th-there's no question
of abandoning them.

389
00:48:16,670 --> 00:48:18,974
What do you think
they're doing up there?

390
00:48:19,007 --> 00:48:21,275
What do you think? The usual.

391
00:48:23,545 --> 00:48:25,746
Doesn't usually
bring girls up there.

392
00:48:27,449 --> 00:48:28,951
He's strict about that.

393
00:48:28,985 --> 00:48:30,485
Well, he's getting old.

394
00:48:32,021 --> 00:48:34,755
Ah, he's still
a very good-looking man.

395
00:48:35,791 --> 00:48:37,291
Have you got your eye on him?

396
00:48:38,492 --> 00:48:40,096
Have you got your eye on him,
Grandma?

397
00:48:40,128 --> 00:48:41,563
That's enough now.

398
00:48:41,596 --> 00:48:43,431
Come on. Bed.

399
00:48:43,465 --> 00:48:44,699
Oh!

400
00:48:44,733 --> 00:48:46,501
That's it. Bedtime.

401
00:49:07,056 --> 00:49:08,757
- Towel.
- Huh? Towl.

402
00:49:08,789 --> 00:49:10,358
- Towel.
- Tow... Towel.

403
00:49:10,391 --> 00:49:11,960
- Towel.
- Towel.

404
00:49:11,994 --> 00:49:13,028
Tow-el.

405
00:49:13,061 --> 00:49:14,030
Towel?

406
00:49:14,063 --> 00:49:15,530
- Towel.
- Towel.

407
00:49:21,402 --> 00:49:22,871
Can you come up, please?

408
00:49:25,472 --> 00:49:26,541
Now?

409
00:49:26,574 --> 00:49:28,809
Yes. Yes, now, in a minute.

410
00:49:59,175 --> 00:50:02,376
Wh-What is that?

411
00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:05,813
It's where they touch me.

412
00:50:07,182 --> 00:50:08,717
Where they touched you?

413
00:50:12,820 --> 00:50:14,822
D-Does it hurt?

414
00:50:19,494 --> 00:50:21,097
What did they do to you?

415
00:50:24,798 --> 00:50:25,733
Tell me.

416
00:51:17,518 --> 00:51:20,255
In his report,
Colonel Joll wrote

417
00:51:20,289 --> 00:51:24,893
that one of the prisoners
died afterwards.

418
00:51:26,128 --> 00:51:27,762
Do you remember that prisoner?

419
00:51:29,197 --> 00:51:33,034
Do you know what they
did to him, who he was?

420
00:51:34,103 --> 00:51:35,804
We heard he went crazy

421
00:51:35,836 --> 00:51:36,871
and attacked them.

422
00:51:39,208 --> 00:51:40,175
And?

423
00:51:43,244 --> 00:51:44,478
He attacked them.

424
00:51:46,780 --> 00:51:48,682
We had to take him out
afterwards.

425
00:51:49,717 --> 00:51:51,019
He was breathing strangely,

426
00:51:51,052 --> 00:51:53,554
very deep and very fast.

427
00:51:55,190 --> 00:51:56,858
Then he died the next day.

428
00:51:58,994 --> 00:52:01,730
He was the one they questioned
the longest, sir.

429
00:52:04,233 --> 00:52:05,867
He had someone with him?

430
00:52:07,835 --> 00:52:08,903
His daughter.

431
00:52:13,708 --> 00:52:14,876
His daughter.

432
00:52:17,213 --> 00:52:19,315
What happened to her?

433
00:52:19,347 --> 00:52:20,882
She was questioned, too.

434
00:52:21,951 --> 00:52:23,251
I heard her crying.

435
00:52:24,652 --> 00:52:25,853
She was in pain.

436
00:52:27,755 --> 00:52:29,523
They broke her feet, I think.

437
00:52:31,592 --> 00:52:34,096
Did they do that
in... in front of him,

438
00:52:34,130 --> 00:52:35,764
in front of her father?

439
00:52:35,797 --> 00:52:37,166
Yes, sir.

440
00:52:40,036 --> 00:52:42,804
They did something
to her eyes, didn't they?

441
00:52:44,373 --> 00:52:47,043
Sir, there were a lot
of prisoners to take care of.

442
00:52:48,809 --> 00:52:50,778
I-I know she had
a bad time with her feet,

443
00:52:50,811 --> 00:52:52,280
but the eyes...

444
00:52:53,815 --> 00:52:55,717
we didn't know about that
'til later.

445
00:53:04,025 --> 00:53:05,293
You should have told me.

446
00:53:08,663 --> 00:53:10,532
You should tell me everything.

447
00:54:27,041 --> 00:54:28,210
And this...

448
00:54:37,887 --> 00:54:39,155
It was a fork.

449
00:54:40,456 --> 00:54:42,056
Kind of fork.

450
00:54:45,094 --> 00:54:49,965
They put it in a fire
until it was hot.

451
00:54:53,402 --> 00:54:55,503
Then they touch me with it.

452
00:54:59,375 --> 00:55:01,210
They held my eyes open.

453
00:55:05,246 --> 00:55:07,882
They said they'd
burn my eyes out.

454
00:55:09,318 --> 00:55:12,954
After that,
I could not see anymore.

455
00:55:15,291 --> 00:55:17,425
I can see
around the edges, yes...

456
00:55:19,260 --> 00:55:21,096
but not in middle.

457
00:55:22,864 --> 00:55:24,166
There is blur.

458
00:55:49,490 --> 00:55:51,759
What do you feel

459
00:55:51,793 --> 00:55:54,128
towards the men
who did this to you?

460
00:56:00,001 --> 00:56:02,204
I'm tired of talking.

461
00:56:39,440 --> 00:56:41,943
You aren't happy
with me here, are you?

462
00:56:54,623 --> 00:56:58,826
You only have to say the word,
and I will take you back.

463
00:57:00,128 --> 00:57:01,530
Is that what you want?

464
00:57:06,335 --> 00:57:09,938
I can't promise to take you
back to your family.

465
00:57:09,972 --> 00:57:11,806
I don't know where they are.

466
00:57:13,608 --> 00:57:15,842
Do you want me to take you back?

467
00:57:37,365 --> 00:57:38,300
Ready?

468
00:57:40,369 --> 00:57:41,302
Yes, sir.

469
00:57:43,338 --> 00:57:44,572
What are we waiting for, then?

470
00:57:47,342 --> 00:57:49,210
The girl is coming along.

471
00:57:49,244 --> 00:57:50,612
Was that your question?

472
00:57:50,646 --> 00:57:52,981
Yes, sir.

473
00:57:53,014 --> 00:57:54,550
We'll be gone
no more than a week,

474
00:57:54,583 --> 00:57:56,318
10 days at most.

475
01:00:35,344 --> 01:00:37,112
Thank you.

476
01:00:39,614 --> 01:00:41,215
Yeah.

477
01:02:09,237 --> 01:02:11,239
Bring in the horses! Quickly!

478
01:02:22,751 --> 01:02:24,552
That's a horse there!

479
01:04:04,853 --> 01:04:05,786
Here.

480
01:04:29,411 --> 01:04:30,880
How much longer
before we...

481
01:04:32,780 --> 01:04:34,983
Before we find
what we're looking for?

482
01:04:39,653 --> 01:04:40,688
Tomorrow?

483
01:04:42,490 --> 01:04:44,291
The next day perhaps.

484
01:04:47,661 --> 01:04:49,530
Don't you know these parts, sir?

485
01:04:52,068 --> 01:04:53,902
No, I've not been here before...

486
01:04:56,505 --> 01:04:57,639
not this far.

487
01:05:51,659 --> 01:05:52,626
Sir.

488
01:05:53,929 --> 01:05:55,362
There's people ahead.

489
01:06:00,036 --> 01:06:00,969
Come.

490
01:06:19,155 --> 01:06:21,023
There's no sign of them!

491
01:06:21,056 --> 01:06:22,724
They've gone, sir!

492
01:06:22,757 --> 01:06:24,860
No tracks?!

493
01:06:25,927 --> 01:06:26,862
Nothing.

494
01:07:24,052 --> 01:07:25,086
Come on.

495
01:07:26,188 --> 01:07:27,621
Whoa, whoa.

496
01:07:35,530 --> 01:07:38,000
Come... Come forward slowly.

497
01:07:38,034 --> 01:07:39,534
Then take my horse.

498
01:07:43,271 --> 01:07:45,572
Wait. Wait. Wait.
No. No, no, no, no.

499
01:07:47,675 --> 01:07:48,643
All right.

500
01:07:50,211 --> 01:07:51,914
Fetch the crutches.

501
01:07:54,516 --> 01:07:56,751
Come down off here.

502
01:07:56,784 --> 01:07:57,719
Right.

503
01:08:04,994 --> 01:08:06,494
Help her. Help her.

504
01:08:08,797 --> 01:08:11,632
They're here in front of us.

505
01:08:11,666 --> 01:08:13,735
Wait here. Wait here.

506
01:08:34,722 --> 01:08:37,225
You must speak with them.

507
01:08:37,259 --> 01:08:39,127
Tell them why we're here.

508
01:08:39,161 --> 01:08:40,261
Tell them your story.

509
01:08:40,296 --> 01:08:43,131
I want you
to tell them the truth.

510
01:08:44,934 --> 01:08:48,603
You really want me to tell them?

511
01:08:52,707 --> 01:08:53,675
Well...

512
01:08:55,211 --> 01:08:56,744
tell them what you like.

513
01:08:58,779 --> 01:09:01,615
I have now done
what I said I would do.

514
01:09:03,319 --> 01:09:05,020
Let me say what I...

515
01:09:07,788 --> 01:09:08,957
what I want.

516
01:09:09,992 --> 01:09:12,028
What I want from my heart...

517
01:09:14,130 --> 01:09:17,532
is for you to come
to return to the town with me.

518
01:09:21,037 --> 01:09:22,670
Of your own choice.

519
01:09:23,771 --> 01:09:25,840
I want you to come back with me.

520
01:09:28,643 --> 01:09:30,279
You understand?

521
01:09:30,311 --> 01:09:32,180
This... This is what I want.

522
01:09:34,350 --> 01:09:35,716
Why?

523
01:09:43,625 --> 01:09:45,327
No.

524
01:09:45,360 --> 01:09:49,797
Do not want
go back to that place.

525
01:10:12,686 --> 01:10:13,654
I have...

526
01:10:14,890 --> 01:10:17,625
I have... I have brought some...

527
01:10:17,658 --> 01:10:21,695
gifts that I would
like you to have.

528
01:10:33,074 --> 01:10:36,878
Ask them if we may buy
one of their horses.

529
01:10:36,912 --> 01:10:38,712
Say I will pay in silver.

530
01:11:48,951 --> 01:11:54,289
Silver is the... for horse he
does not take away from you.

531
01:11:54,323 --> 01:11:58,359
He does not take away my horse.

532
01:11:59,860 --> 01:12:01,997
He take silver instead.

533
01:14:51,466 --> 01:14:52,634
Where are you taking me?

534
01:14:52,667 --> 01:14:53,601
Go!

535
01:15:19,962 --> 01:15:22,296
Why have I been kept waiting?

536
01:15:23,364 --> 01:15:25,900
What have you done with my men?

537
01:15:27,101 --> 01:15:29,337
Is there anything
I can help you with?

538
01:15:34,743 --> 01:15:37,311
May I speak with Colonel Joll?

539
01:15:39,581 --> 01:15:41,283
Where have you been?

540
01:15:41,315 --> 01:15:43,685
I've been on a journey.

541
01:15:43,719 --> 01:15:47,221
It pains me that I was not here
when you arrived

542
01:15:47,256 --> 01:15:49,390
to offer you hospitality.

543
01:15:49,425 --> 01:15:52,161
You've been treasonously
consorting with the enemy.

544
01:15:53,996 --> 01:15:55,029
Do you deny it?

545
01:15:56,297 --> 01:15:59,201
We have no enemy
that I know of,

546
01:15:59,234 --> 01:16:01,502
unless we ourselves
are the enemy.

547
01:16:03,671 --> 01:16:06,175
Who gave you permission
to leave your post?

548
01:16:09,278 --> 01:16:11,012
That is a private matter.

549
01:16:11,046 --> 01:16:13,015
You will have to take
my word for it.

550
01:16:13,047 --> 01:16:16,251
I do not intend to discuss it.

551
01:16:16,284 --> 01:16:18,619
I would like to speak
with Colonel Joll.

552
01:16:18,654 --> 01:16:20,555
Colonel Joll's not here.

553
01:16:22,390 --> 01:16:25,060
Colonel Joll is out
conducting operations

554
01:16:25,092 --> 01:16:27,729
to correct the situation
that you've allowed to develop.

555
01:16:27,762 --> 01:16:29,398
Fine.

556
01:16:29,430 --> 01:16:30,765
Magistrate!

557
01:16:30,798 --> 01:16:33,135
I'd like to read to you

558
01:16:33,167 --> 01:16:36,305
from some of the depositions
I have gathered

559
01:16:36,337 --> 01:16:38,372
since I arrived in this town...

560
01:16:40,274 --> 01:16:41,577
so you have some idea

561
01:16:41,609 --> 01:16:44,112
of the gravity
of the charges against you.

562
01:16:47,815 --> 01:16:49,051
I quote.

563
01:16:50,385 --> 01:16:53,755
"His conduct in office
left much to be desired,

564
01:16:53,788 --> 01:16:57,059
his decisions characterized
by arbitrariness,

565
01:16:57,091 --> 01:16:59,094
and he maintained
no regular system

566
01:16:59,127 --> 01:17:02,163
of accounting for monies."
Unquote.

567
01:17:03,297 --> 01:17:04,565
Inspection of your accounts

568
01:17:04,600 --> 01:17:07,703
revealed many irregularities.

569
01:17:12,541 --> 01:17:15,176
"Despite being
principal administrator,

570
01:17:15,210 --> 01:17:17,679
he started a liaison
with a street woman

571
01:17:17,712 --> 01:17:19,715
patronized
by the common soldiers."

572
01:17:20,849 --> 01:17:22,518
Unquote.

573
01:17:22,551 --> 01:17:24,619
A figure in obscene jokes.

574
01:17:29,625 --> 01:17:31,627
Let me read to you
from one more.

575
01:17:35,264 --> 01:17:36,797
"On the first of March,

576
01:17:36,832 --> 01:17:39,768
I was given orders
to prepare for a journey

577
01:17:39,801 --> 01:17:42,170
into barbarian territory.

578
01:17:43,639 --> 01:17:47,309
Not until we set off
was I told

579
01:17:47,341 --> 01:17:51,412
that a young barbarian woman
would be accompanying us.

580
01:17:54,582 --> 01:17:56,851
And at no point was I warned

581
01:17:56,886 --> 01:18:01,789
that we would be making contact
with the barbarians...

582
01:18:03,324 --> 01:18:04,760
and negotiating with them."

583
01:18:09,564 --> 01:18:11,800
Have you any idea
how bad it looks

584
01:18:11,832 --> 01:18:13,135
when we have to come

585
01:18:13,167 --> 01:18:15,103
and clean up
the local administrations?

586
01:18:16,305 --> 01:18:17,838
It isn't even our job.

587
01:18:17,872 --> 01:18:21,275
I will defend myself
in a proper court of law.

588
01:18:21,310 --> 01:18:22,578
Will you?

589
01:18:22,610 --> 01:18:26,180
No one would dare
say those things to my face.

590
01:18:26,213 --> 01:18:28,283
Who is responsible
for the claim

591
01:18:28,317 --> 01:18:32,119
a-about the so-called
street woman?

592
01:18:32,154 --> 01:18:33,287
Let me see...

593
01:18:41,229 --> 01:18:42,730
Is that all? I would like...

594
01:18:42,764 --> 01:18:43,798
I would like to wash.

595
01:18:45,199 --> 01:18:47,735
I hope that you
will allow me to wash!

596
01:20:59,969 --> 01:21:01,502
Kneel.

597
01:21:02,904 --> 01:21:04,305
Get on your knees.

598
01:22:08,804 --> 01:22:11,605
- Beat them!
- Come on! Beat the animals!

599
01:22:11,640 --> 01:22:12,841
Beat the animals!

600
01:22:15,676 --> 01:22:16,610
Beat him!

601
01:22:28,689 --> 01:22:29,791
That's the way.

602
01:22:47,143 --> 01:22:48,342
No.

603
01:22:49,810 --> 01:22:51,412
No!

604
01:22:51,445 --> 01:22:54,381
No! No! No! No!

605
01:22:54,416 --> 01:22:58,054
You! You are
depraving these people!

606
01:22:58,087 --> 01:22:59,386
You...

607
01:23:01,157 --> 01:23:02,657
No!

608
01:23:04,759 --> 01:23:05,927
No! No!

609
01:23:05,962 --> 01:23:06,996
Wait! Wait!

610
01:23:07,029 --> 01:23:08,130
You broke...

611
01:23:08,163 --> 01:23:09,530
Wait! Wait. Wait.

612
01:23:10,564 --> 01:23:11,832
You've broken my arm.

613
01:23:15,136 --> 01:23:16,072
Just wait.

614
01:23:18,707 --> 01:23:20,909
No, not with that,
not with that hammer.

615
01:23:20,943 --> 01:23:22,912
You would not use
a hammer on a beast.

616
01:23:22,944 --> 01:23:25,081
Look. These are men!

617
01:23:25,113 --> 01:23:26,448
Men!

618
01:24:50,631 --> 01:24:54,002
Among the items
found in your apartment

619
01:24:54,036 --> 01:24:56,704
was this wooden chest.

620
01:24:56,738 --> 01:24:58,640
Its contents are unusual.

621
01:25:00,176 --> 01:25:05,613
It contains approximately
300 slips of white poplar wood.

622
01:25:06,680 --> 01:25:08,250
The surfaces are written on

623
01:25:08,283 --> 01:25:10,920
in an unfamiliar script.

624
01:25:10,953 --> 01:25:14,722
Now, a reasonable inference

625
01:25:14,756 --> 01:25:17,225
is that these slips
contain messages

626
01:25:17,259 --> 01:25:19,962
passed between yourself
and other parties.

627
01:25:21,262 --> 01:25:24,100
It remains for you to explain

628
01:25:24,132 --> 01:25:27,868
from whom are the messages,

629
01:25:27,903 --> 01:25:30,805
to whom are the messages.

630
01:25:31,974 --> 01:25:32,908
Permit me.

631
01:25:43,152 --> 01:25:47,521
I am sorry
I have to send bad news.

632
01:25:49,891 --> 01:25:54,595
The soldiers came
and took your brother away.

633
01:25:54,628 --> 01:25:57,065
I have been to the fort
every day

634
01:25:57,099 --> 01:26:00,036
to plead for his return.

635
01:26:02,337 --> 01:26:06,274
Yesterday, they sent out
a man to speak with me.

636
01:26:06,307 --> 01:26:09,278
He says your brother
is no longer here.

637
01:26:09,310 --> 01:26:11,679
He says he has been ta...

638
01:26:13,349 --> 01:26:15,083
he has been taken away.

639
01:26:16,952 --> 01:26:19,055
Do not tell your mother,

640
01:26:19,087 --> 01:26:22,224
but join me in praying for him.

641
01:26:22,257 --> 01:26:26,061
Now, let... let's see...

642
01:26:26,095 --> 01:26:29,064
what this one says.

643
01:26:32,699 --> 01:26:35,270
Um, I went to fetch your...

644
01:26:35,304 --> 01:26:38,573
Ah. I went to fetch
your brother.

645
01:26:39,873 --> 01:26:44,180
They showed me into a room
where he lay

646
01:26:44,212 --> 01:26:47,182
sewn up in a sheet.

647
01:26:47,216 --> 01:26:48,984
He...

648
01:26:49,018 --> 01:26:53,654
Th-There were bruises
all over his body,

649
01:26:53,688 --> 01:26:57,625
and his feet were broken
and swollen.

650
01:26:59,328 --> 01:27:03,231
"What's happened to him?"
I asked the soldier.

651
01:27:03,265 --> 01:27:05,667
"I don't know," he said.

652
01:27:20,149 --> 01:27:23,319
As you see,
it contains a single character.

653
01:27:23,351 --> 01:27:25,819
It is the...
It is the character...

654
01:27:25,854 --> 01:27:29,091
barbarian character for "war."

655
01:27:29,125 --> 01:27:33,162
Although it can also stand
for "vengeance,"

656
01:27:33,194 --> 01:27:38,234
and if... if you turn it
upside down like this,

657
01:27:38,266 --> 01:27:39,801
it can mean...

658
01:27:41,069 --> 01:27:42,104
"justice."

659
01:27:44,172 --> 01:27:48,010
There's no way of knowing
in what sense it is intended.

660
01:27:48,042 --> 01:27:52,213
That is a part
of barbarian c-cunning.

661
01:27:53,780 --> 01:27:56,417
It's the same
with the rest of these.

662
01:27:56,452 --> 01:27:59,820
Slips, they can be read
in many ways.

663
01:27:59,854 --> 01:28:02,423
They can be read
as a plan of war,

664
01:28:02,457 --> 01:28:09,030
or they can read as a history
of the last years of the Empire.

665
01:28:09,064 --> 01:28:10,966
There's no knowing.

666
01:28:11,000 --> 01:28:12,100
Thank you.

667
01:28:20,376 --> 01:28:22,144
I'm finished.

668
01:28:24,746 --> 01:28:29,417
You have no idea how tiresome
your behavior is.

669
01:28:29,451 --> 01:28:32,054
You are the only official
on the frontier

670
01:28:32,087 --> 01:28:35,323
from whom we have not had
the fullest cooperation.

671
01:28:37,059 --> 01:28:38,493
When I arrived back,

672
01:28:38,527 --> 01:28:42,965
I had decided that as soon
as I had the answers from you

673
01:28:42,997 --> 01:28:44,966
to a simple few questions...

674
01:28:46,301 --> 01:28:49,238
you would be free
to go back to your old life

675
01:28:49,270 --> 01:28:51,773
and your concubines.

676
01:28:54,176 --> 01:28:58,213
However, you seem
to have a new ambition.

677
01:28:59,948 --> 01:29:02,484
You want to make
a name for yourself

678
01:29:02,518 --> 01:29:05,154
as the one just man.

679
01:29:05,186 --> 01:29:07,989
You are simply a clown.

680
01:29:08,023 --> 01:29:10,292
You are dirty.

681
01:29:10,326 --> 01:29:12,293
You stink.

682
01:29:12,328 --> 01:29:14,828
They can smell you a mile away.

683
01:29:16,231 --> 01:29:19,100
You want to get your name
into the history books,

684
01:29:19,134 --> 01:29:20,336
history.

685
01:29:22,404 --> 01:29:23,939
This is the border.

686
01:29:23,972 --> 01:29:26,242
This is nowhere.

687
01:29:26,274 --> 01:29:27,841
There is no history here.

688
01:29:30,546 --> 01:29:32,314
People are not interested

689
01:29:32,347 --> 01:29:36,484
in the history
of the back of beyond.

690
01:29:36,518 --> 01:29:38,087
We will end these troubles,

691
01:29:38,119 --> 01:29:40,021
we will put down the enemy,

692
01:29:40,055 --> 01:29:42,190
and that will be the end of it.

693
01:29:42,224 --> 01:29:43,292
The enemy?

694
01:29:45,027 --> 01:29:48,162
These pitiable creatures
of yours,

695
01:29:48,197 --> 01:29:51,500
are they the enemy
that I must fear, Colonel?

696
01:29:51,533 --> 01:29:54,903
No, you... you are
the enemy, Colonel.

697
01:29:54,936 --> 01:29:56,171
Nonsense.

698
01:29:56,204 --> 01:29:58,907
You are an obscene torturer.

699
01:30:02,011 --> 01:30:05,280
You... You deserve to be hanged.

700
01:30:08,516 --> 01:30:11,920
Now to business.

701
01:30:13,622 --> 01:30:16,457
I would like
a statement from you

702
01:30:16,492 --> 01:30:19,395
on everything that passed
between you and the barbarians

703
01:30:19,427 --> 01:30:23,431
on your recent
and unauthorized visit.

704
01:30:29,337 --> 01:30:30,905
We are waiting.

705
01:30:46,220 --> 01:30:48,056
I refuse.

706
01:30:50,926 --> 01:30:52,394
You refuse?

707
01:30:54,997 --> 01:30:56,597
Very well.

708
01:30:56,631 --> 01:30:58,934
Then our interview is over.

709
01:31:01,337 --> 01:31:02,438
He is yours.

710
01:32:24,019 --> 01:32:25,052
Climb.

711
01:32:28,423 --> 01:32:29,358
Pull him up.

712
01:32:32,761 --> 01:32:33,929
Climb.

713
01:32:38,434 --> 01:32:39,400
Climb.

714
01:32:49,610 --> 01:32:51,680
And what do you
want to say to me?

715
01:32:51,712 --> 01:32:54,349
That... That nothing passed

716
01:32:54,382 --> 01:32:57,985
between the barbarians
and myself

717
01:32:58,020 --> 01:33:00,488
of a military nature.

718
01:33:00,521 --> 01:33:03,057
It was a private affair.

719
01:33:03,091 --> 01:33:06,228
I returned the girl
to her people...

720
01:33:07,563 --> 01:33:08,697
nothing more.

721
01:34:01,416 --> 01:34:05,520
No chance of going in
to my apartments

722
01:34:05,554 --> 01:34:07,389
just for a minute,

723
01:34:07,421 --> 01:34:09,390
get a few of my things?

724
01:34:12,694 --> 01:34:14,162
Sir, I can't.

725
01:34:16,265 --> 01:34:17,265
I really can't.

726
01:34:17,298 --> 01:34:18,567
It's fine.

727
01:34:21,802 --> 01:34:24,773
Colonel Joll
and his expeditionary force

728
01:34:24,805 --> 01:34:30,244
have been out in the desert
for a long time, haven't they?

729
01:34:30,279 --> 01:34:31,646
Since when?

730
01:34:33,314 --> 01:34:34,416
Since August, sir.

731
01:34:34,448 --> 01:34:35,716
August?

732
01:34:39,787 --> 01:34:41,622
You must be worried.

733
01:34:49,597 --> 01:34:54,536
Well, one mustn't take
the barbarians lightly.

734
01:35:24,600 --> 01:35:27,168
Your... Your daughter's gone,

735
01:35:27,202 --> 01:35:29,604
leaving you with the boy?

736
01:35:29,637 --> 01:35:32,306
Ah, he's no trouble.

737
01:35:34,275 --> 01:35:37,746
So many people have left,

738
01:35:37,779 --> 01:35:39,614
all my girls...

739
01:35:39,648 --> 01:35:41,582
your clerk, Naim.

740
01:35:42,618 --> 01:35:45,453
They took the east road.

741
01:35:45,487 --> 01:35:47,689
Just 'til it settles down,
they say.

742
01:35:58,399 --> 01:36:00,435
My rooms are empty.

743
01:36:02,503 --> 01:36:04,805
But they won't let me in.

744
01:36:11,279 --> 01:36:13,215
I'll find room for you.

745
01:36:18,319 --> 01:36:20,622
You're an angel.

746
01:36:27,828 --> 01:36:29,497
You're always somewhere else.

747
01:36:34,002 --> 01:36:36,238
She would say the same thing...

748
01:36:38,305 --> 01:36:40,207
your barbarian girl.

749
01:36:42,810 --> 01:36:44,881
She said you were
always somewhere else.

750
01:36:44,913 --> 01:36:47,349
She couldn't understand you.

751
01:36:47,381 --> 01:36:49,685
She didn't know
what you wanted from her.

752
01:36:55,289 --> 01:36:58,460
I didn't know
the two of you were intimate.

753
01:36:58,493 --> 01:37:00,194
Oh, we talked.

754
01:37:01,595 --> 01:37:06,935
Sometimes she used to cry
and cry and cry.

755
01:37:10,505 --> 01:37:13,408
What bird
has the heart to sing...

756
01:37:14,643 --> 01:37:16,677
in a thicket of thorns?

757
01:37:18,646 --> 01:37:21,416
Oh, no, it wasn't
what they did to her.

758
01:37:22,650 --> 01:37:23,819
It was you.

759
01:37:25,587 --> 01:37:27,890
You made her very unhappy.

760
01:37:33,795 --> 01:37:35,363
Grandma.

761
01:37:36,864 --> 01:37:40,234
I-I did?

762
01:37:44,338 --> 01:37:45,740
Yeah, didn't you know that?

763
01:37:48,409 --> 01:37:49,578
Grandma.

764
01:38:35,689 --> 01:38:37,025
- Ah.
- Yeah.

765
01:38:37,059 --> 01:38:39,028
- Why not?
- That's what I said to him.

766
01:38:43,532 --> 01:38:44,765
Your move.

767
01:38:45,833 --> 01:38:46,835
- Drawing.
- Ah.

768
01:38:49,905 --> 01:38:51,006
So...

769
01:38:52,807 --> 01:38:54,408
Magistrate.

770
01:38:57,378 --> 01:38:59,680
You're growing fat again.

771
01:39:01,682 --> 01:39:03,551
What happened to your work?

772
01:39:08,722 --> 01:39:11,626
I am a prisoner awaiting trial.

773
01:39:13,828 --> 01:39:16,064
Prisoners awaiting trial

774
01:39:16,097 --> 01:39:18,967
are not required
to work for their feed.

775
01:39:22,171 --> 01:39:23,771
That is the law.

776
01:39:24,805 --> 01:39:27,109
We have no record of you.

777
01:39:27,143 --> 01:39:28,510
H-How could you be a prisoner?

778
01:39:28,542 --> 01:39:30,046
Do we have a record of this man?

779
01:39:30,078 --> 01:39:31,913
No, sir, we don't.

780
01:39:33,181 --> 01:39:35,417
Then you must be a free man.

781
01:39:36,618 --> 01:39:37,920
The gates are open.

782
01:39:39,087 --> 01:39:40,855
Go on. Leave if you wish.

783
01:39:46,528 --> 01:39:48,029
Just... Just a minute.

784
01:39:51,800 --> 01:39:56,005
There's something that I would
like to know before I leave.

785
01:39:58,140 --> 01:40:01,509
Forgive me if the question
seems impudent.

786
01:40:02,743 --> 01:40:04,546
But I would like to ask...

787
01:40:08,117 --> 01:40:10,920
how do you eat afterwards?

788
01:40:13,122 --> 01:40:14,555
After you've been...

789
01:40:16,757 --> 01:40:18,859
working with people?

790
01:40:30,505 --> 01:40:31,773
I'm sincere.

791
01:40:34,042 --> 01:40:36,078
Do you...

792
01:40:36,112 --> 01:40:40,547
Do you find it easy
to take food afterwards?

793
01:40:40,582 --> 01:40:44,052
I would imagine
one wants to wash one's hands,

794
01:40:44,086 --> 01:40:45,854
to... to clean off the blood,

795
01:40:45,887 --> 01:40:48,189
but to sit with one's
family and friends,

796
01:40:48,224 --> 01:40:49,490
eat...

797
01:40:49,524 --> 01:40:51,127
Get out of here.

798
01:40:52,793 --> 01:40:55,064
Get out of here,
you fucking old lunatic.

799
01:40:55,096 --> 01:40:56,530
Get out!

800
01:40:57,966 --> 01:41:01,103
Go and die somewhere,
you fucking traitor.

801
01:42:08,037 --> 01:42:12,240
"This withdrawal will be
only a temporary measure.

802
01:42:13,943 --> 01:42:16,744
Caretaker force will remain

803
01:42:16,778 --> 01:42:19,881
which will be adequate
for all routine duties.

804
01:42:22,018 --> 01:42:24,853
Relevant orders are given
on imperial authority

805
01:42:24,886 --> 01:42:28,289
and are part of a general
scaling down of operations

806
01:42:28,323 --> 01:42:31,525
along the frontier
for the duration of the winter."

807
01:42:34,130 --> 01:42:35,064
Thank you all...

808
01:42:36,698 --> 01:42:39,801
for your unforgettable
hospitality.

809
01:43:18,274 --> 01:43:19,908
Okay, let's go!

810
01:43:19,942 --> 01:43:21,676
That's the last of the grain!

811
01:43:27,182 --> 01:43:29,051
Bring her! Come on!

812
01:43:29,085 --> 01:43:30,652
This way!

813
01:43:30,685 --> 01:43:32,121
- Get back!
- Get in here.

814
01:43:32,154 --> 01:43:35,224
Get back, or I'll shoot!

815
01:43:35,256 --> 01:43:36,324
Hah! Hah!

816
01:43:41,695 --> 01:43:43,099
Get off!

817
01:44:38,119 --> 01:44:40,122
Officer Mandel!

818
01:44:45,161 --> 01:44:46,295
Where is Officer Mandel?

819
01:44:47,363 --> 01:44:49,198
We must have fresh horses.

820
01:44:49,230 --> 01:44:50,966
Who needs horses?

821
01:44:51,000 --> 01:44:53,269
The Colonel.
We... We need fresh horses.

822
01:44:54,801 --> 01:44:56,738
Is he here?

823
01:44:56,770 --> 01:44:58,908
We need fresh horses.

824
01:45:00,742 --> 01:45:03,179
There are no horses.

825
01:45:03,212 --> 01:45:04,845
There's nothing.

826
01:45:07,015 --> 01:45:08,449
Oh.

827
01:45:08,484 --> 01:45:10,386
- Ch-Check that way.
- Okay.

828
01:46:04,139 --> 01:46:05,207
We need to hurry, sir!

829
01:46:11,212 --> 01:46:13,181
Hah! Hah!

830
01:46:19,421 --> 01:46:20,355
Hah!