Paths of Glory

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[Roaring]

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<i>[Man Narrating] War began between</i>
<i>Germany and France on August 3, 1914.</i>

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<i>Five weeks later,</i>
<i>the German army had smashed its way...</i>

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<i>to within 18 miles of Paris.</i>

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<i>There, the battered French miraculously</i>
<i>rallied their forces at the Marne River...</i>

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<i>- and in a series</i>
<i>of unexpected counterattacks —
- [Officer] Detail, halt!

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<i>- Drove the Germans back.</i>
- [Shouting Commands]

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<i>The front was stabilized...</i>

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<i>then shortly afterwards developed</i>
<i>into a continuous line...</i>

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<i>of heavily fortified trenches...</i>

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<i>zigzagging their way 500 miles...</i>

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<i>from the English Channel</i>
<i>to the Swiss frontier.</i>

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<i>By 1916, after two grislyyears</i>
<i>oftrench warfare...</i>

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<i>the battle lines had changed very little.</i>

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<i>Successful attacks were measured</i>
<i>in hundreds ofyards...</i>

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<i>and paid for in lives</i>
<i>by hundreds ofthousands.</i>

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General Broulard, sir.

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- [Laughing]
- Hello, George. How are you?

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Paul, wonderful seeing you again.
Really wonderful.

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Well, this is splendid. It's superb.

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It's grand, very grand.

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Well, I've tried to create
a pleasant atmosphere in which to work.

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Well, you've succeeded marvelously.
I wish I had your taste in carpets —

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- Oh! [Laughing]
- And pictures.

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You're much too kind, George.
Much too kind.

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- Sit down, George.
- Thankyou.

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I really haven't done very much. The place
is much the same as it was when I moved in.

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Paul, I've come to see you
about something big.

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It's top secret and must go no further
than your chiefofstaff...

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<i>and not to him</i>
<i>unless you can trust his discretion.</i>

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Ofcourse.

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A group ofarmies is forming on this front
for an offensive very soon.

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<i>Headquarters is determined</i>
<i>to make a complete breakthrough.</i>

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<i>- Why are you smiling?</i>
- I'm really sorry.

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I thought forjust a moment I knew
what you were going to say. Please go on.

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I never knew you were a mind reader.
What did you think I was about to say?

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- Something about the "Anthill."
- You are a mind reader.

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Well, it is a key position.
It's in my sector.

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To be perfectly honest,
I've heard some talk.

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You know, there's nothing really secret
around headquarters.

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- Well, what do you think?
- It's the key to the whole
German position in this sector.

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They've held on to it for a year now...

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<i>and it looks as though they'll hold on to it</i>
<i>for anotheryear ifthey want to.</i>

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Paul, I have formal orders
to take the Anthill no later than the 10th.

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<i>- That's the day after tomorrow.</i>
- That comes pretty close
to being ridiculous, don't you think?

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I don't imagine I'd be here
if I really thought that.

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[Chuckles] Paul, ifthere's one man
in this army who can do this for me, it's you.

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It's out ofthe question, George.
Absolutely out ofthe question.

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My division was cut to pieces.

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What's left of it is in no position
to even hold the Anthill, let alone take it.

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<i>I'm sorry, but that's the truth.</i>

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Well, Paul, there was something else
I wanted to tell you.

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However, I'm sure that you'll misunderstand
my motives in mentioning it.

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- What was it?
- Oh.

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You'd be bound to misunderstand.

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However, as your friend,
maybe I should tell you.

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What are you trying to say, George?

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Paul, talk around headquarters is that you
are being considered for the 12th Corps.

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- The 12th Corps?
- Yes, and with that, another star.

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Now, I've pushed it all I can.

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The 12th Corps needs a fighting general,
and you're overdue on that star.

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Now, we both know
that your record is good enough...

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foryou to refuse this assignment
on the grounds you've stated.

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No one would question your opinion.

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They'd simply get someone else
to do thejob.

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So you shouldn't let this
influence your opinion, Paul.

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- Oh, I'm sorry. Have a cognac?
- No, thanks, Paul, not before dinner.

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George, I'm responsible
for the lives of8,000 men.

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What is my ambition against that?

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What is my reputation
in comparison to that?

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My men come first ofall, George,
and those men know it too.

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I know that they do.

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You see, George, those men know
that I would never let them down.

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That goes without saying.

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The life ofone ofthose soldiers
means more to me...

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than all the stars and decorations
and honors in France.

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So...

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you think this attack is absolutely beyond
the ability ofyour men at this time?

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I didn't say that, George.

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Nothing is beyond those men,
once their fighting spirit is aroused.

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Paul, I don't want to push you into it
ifyou think it's ill-advised.

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Don't worry, George.
You couldn't do that ifyou tried.

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Ofcourse, artillery would make
an enormous difference.

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- What artillery support can you give me?
- Well, I'll see.

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What about replacements?

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We'll see what we can do, but I feel sure
that you can get along with what you have.

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- Mightjust do it.
- [Chuckling] Oh, Paul.

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I knew that I was right to come to you.
You are the man to take the Anthill.

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- Now, as far as that star is concerned —
- That had nothing to do with my decision.

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- Lfanything, it would sway me the other way.
- I realize that perfectly, Paul.

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Now, when do you say
you see this coming off?

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No later than the day after tomorrow.

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Wejust might do it.

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Hello there, soldier.
Ready to kill more Germans?

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- Yes, sir.
- What's your name, soldier?

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Sir, Private Ferol, Company "A."

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- Uh-huh. Are you married, Private?
- No, sir.

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- Well, I'll bet your mother's proud ofyou.
- Yes, sir.

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- Well, carry on, Private, and good luck to you.
<i>- [Gunshot Echoes]</i>

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Yes, sir. Thankyou, sir.

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- Good morning, General.
- Good morning.

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Hello there, soldier.
Ready to kill more Germans?

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- Yes, sir.
- Aha! Working overyour rifle, I see.

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Well, that's the way.
It's a soldier's best friend.

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You be good to it,
and it'll always be good to you.

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Yes, sir.

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[Chuckles]
Well, uh, good luck to you, soldier.

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- Carry on.
- Thankyou, sir.

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<i>[Explosion]</i>

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Hello there, soldier.

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Ready to kill more Germans?

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Well, is everything all right, soldier?

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All right? Yes, sir, I'm all right.

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<i>Aha. Good fellow.</i>
<i>Are you married, soldier?</i>

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- Married? Me, married?
<i>- [Machine Gun Fire]</i>

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<i>- Yes. Have you got a wife?</i>
- A wife? Have I got a wife?

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<i>Sir, he's a bit shell-shocked.</i>

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I beg your pardon, Sergeant.
There is no such thing as shell shock.

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<i>- Have you got a wife, soldier?</i>
- My wife?

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My wife. Yes, I have a wife.

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I'm never gonna see her again.
I'm gonna be killed.

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Get a grip on yourself!
You're acting like a coward!

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- I am a coward, sir.
- Snap out of it, soldier!

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Sergeant, I want you to arrange
for the immediate transfer ofthis baby
out of my regiment!

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I won't have other brave men
contaminated by him!

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- Yes, sir.
- Carry on, Sergeant.

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You were right, sir. This sort ofthing
can spread if it isn't checked.

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You know, General,
I'm convinced that these tours ofyours...

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have an incalculable effect
upon the morale ofthese men.

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In fact, I think the fighting spirit
ofthe 701 st derives from it.

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No, no, Major.
That spirit wasjust born in them.

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[Both Chuckling]

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<i>[Machine Gun Fire In Distance]</i>

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The general is coming, sir.

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<i>[Machine Gun Fire Continues]</i>

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- Always a pleasure to see you, Colonel.
- I'm honored, General.

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It's our privilege entirely.

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- Well, quite a neat little spot you have here.
- Colonel.

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I reserve comment on the neatness, sir,
but it is little.

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- [Laughs]
- Pretty shy on seating
accommodations though.

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More than enough for me.
I never got the habit ofsitting.

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Like to be on my feet.
[Laughs] Keep on the move.

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I can vouch for that, Colonel.

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I can hardly get the general behind a desk
long enough to sign an order.

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Well, that's the way I am, you know, Dax.

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I can't understand these armchair officers...

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fellows trying to fight a war
from behind a desk...

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waving papers at the enemy...

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worrying about whether a mouse
is going to run up their pants leg.

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I don't know, General. If I had the choice
between mice and Mausers...

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I think I'd take the mice every time.

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You'll never make me believe that, Colonel.

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Seriously though, ifa man's a ninny...

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let him put on a dress
and hide under the bed.

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But if he wants to be a soldier,
then, by heavens, he's got to be one.

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He's got to fight, and he can't do that
unless he's where the fighting is.

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That's my credo.

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I think I have to agree with you,
presenting your case so convincingly, sir.

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<i>[Major] And you've never failed</i>
<i>to live up to it, sir.</i>

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- I imagine you'd like
a look around, wouldn't you?
- Yes, Colonel.

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<i>- [Machine Gun Fire]</i>
- Well, here's something to see.

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The Anthill. About as good a view
as you can get without actually being there.

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[Laughs]
Well, that won't be long now, will it?

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[Laughing]

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<i>- [Machine Gun Fire In Distance]</i>
<i>- Ah.</i>

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<i>Ah. Yeah.</i>

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<i>Well, I've seen</i>
<i>much more formidable objectives.</i>

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Much, much worse.

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Well, not something we can grab
and run away with...

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but certainly pregnable.

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- Sounds kind ofodd, though, doesn't it?
- Why?

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Well, like something to do
with giving birth.

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[Chuckling] Oh, yes. Quite. You're right
on your toes this morning, Colonel.

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Even sharper than usual.

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But we mustn't forget,
the colonel was perhaps the foremost
criminal lawyer in all France.

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- Ofcourse, General.
- Gentlemen, you're both much too kind.

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Tell me, Colonel, how did your relief
come off last night?

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Tell me, Colonel, how did your relief
come off last night?

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We drew some artillery.
Twenty-nine casualties, sir.

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<i>Yes, I noticed it on the road in.</i>

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Utterly inexcusable. Stupid.

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All swarmed together like a bunch offlies,
just waiting for someone to swat 'em.

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[Chuckles]
Well, they never learn, it seems.

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They get in a tight spot under heavy fire,
gang up every time.

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Herd instinct, I suppose.
Kind ofa lower-animal sort ofthing.

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Kind ofa human sort ofthing,
it seems to me...

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or don't you make a distinction
between the two, Major?

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Oh, yes, uh, very regrettable, ofcourse.
Very. Yes, indeed.

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Uh, Major, would you be kind enough
to excuse us for a few minutes?

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Yes, sir. Ofcourse.

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Colonel.

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<i>- [Bullets Whistling]</i>
<i>- [Machine Gun Fire Continues]</i>

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Well, Colonel, what do you think of it?

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<i>- What do I think ofwhat, sir?</i>
- The Anthill.

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Colonel, your regiment
is going to take the Anthill tomorrow.

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You know the condition of my men, sir.

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Oh, naturally, men are going to have to
be killed. Possibly a lot ofthem.

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They absorb bullets and shrapnel...

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and by doing so make it possible
for others to get through.

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- What support will we have?
- I have none to give you.

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What sort ofcasualties
do you anticipate, sir?

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Hmm, say, five percent killed
by our own barrage.

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That's a very generous allowance.

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Ten percent more
in getting through no-man's-land...

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and 20% more getting through the wire.

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That leaves 65%
with the worst part ofthejob over.

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<i>Let's say another 25%</i>
<i>in actually taking the Anthill.</i>

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<i>We're still left with a force</i>
<i>more than adequate to hold it.</i>

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General, you're saying that more
than halfof my men will be killed.

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Yes, it's a terrible price to pay, Colonel...

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but we will have the Anthill.

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- But will we, sir?
- I'm depending on you, Colonel.

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All France is depending on you.

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Am I amusing you, Colonel?

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I'm not a bull, General. I don't need a flag
waved in front of me to get me to charge.

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I don't think I like your comparison
ofthe flag of France to a bullfighter's cape.

217
00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:25,137
I meant nothing disrespectful
to the flag of France, sir.

218
00:13:25,221 --> 00:13:28,348
Patriotism may be old-fashioned,
but show me a patriot,
and I'll show you an honest man.

219
00:13:28,433 --> 00:13:30,100
Not everyone has always thought so.

220
00:13:30,185 --> 00:13:32,644
<i>SamuelJohnson had something else</i>
<i>to say about patriotism.</i>

221
00:13:32,729 --> 00:13:35,647
And what was that, may I ask?

222
00:13:35,732 --> 00:13:37,900
- Nothing really.
<i>- What you do mean, "Nothing really"?</i>

223
00:13:37,984 --> 00:13:39,735
Well, sir, nothing really important.

224
00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:41,820
<i>Colonel, when I ask a question,</i>
<i>it's always important.</i>

225
00:13:41,905 --> 00:13:44,031
<i>- Now, who was this man?</i>
- Samuel Johnson, sir.

226
00:13:44,115 --> 00:13:46,742
<i>All right. Now, what did he</i>
<i>have to say about patriotism?</i>

227
00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:49,161
He said it was the last refuge
ofa scoundrel, sir.

228
00:13:49,245 --> 00:13:51,246
I'm sorry. I meant nothing personal.

229
00:13:52,373 --> 00:13:55,501
You're tired, Dax. You're very tired.

230
00:13:55,585 --> 00:13:57,961
It's you who are exhausted, not your men.

231
00:13:58,046 --> 00:14:01,381
And it's my fault. I've given you
one impossible task after another.

232
00:14:01,466 --> 00:14:04,510
- You need rest. You need it badly.
- I haven't said anything
about needing rest, sir.

233
00:14:04,594 --> 00:14:07,554
And you never would either. Therefore, you're
not going to have any say-so about it, Colonel.

234
00:14:07,639 --> 00:14:10,140
<i>As from right now,</i>
<i>I'm ordering you on indefinite furlough.</i>

235
00:14:10,225 --> 00:14:12,976
General,
you can't take me away from my men.
You can't do that to me, sir.

236
00:14:13,061 --> 00:14:16,688
Not to you, Dax. Foryou.
Foryour good and for the good ofyour men.

237
00:14:16,773 --> 00:14:18,732
<i>The good of my men, sir?</i>

238
00:14:18,816 --> 00:14:22,361
Lfa commanding officer lacks confidence,
what can we expect of his men?

239
00:14:22,445 --> 00:14:26,657
Naturally, I don't want to relieve you,
but I must have your enthusiastic support.

240
00:14:26,741 --> 00:14:29,952
Not once have you said
that your men can take the Anthill.

241
00:14:32,121 --> 00:14:34,623
We'll take the Anthill.

242
00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,378
Lfany soldiers in the world can take it...

243
00:14:39,462 --> 00:14:41,713
we'll take the Anthill.

244
00:14:41,798 --> 00:14:45,300
<i>And when you do,</i>
<i>your men will be relieved and get a long rest.</i>

245
00:15:00,984 --> 00:15:03,277
Corporal Paris and Private Lejeune
reporting, sir.

246
00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,573
- You tookyour time about it.
- We prepared as quick as we could, sir.

247
00:15:07,657 --> 00:15:09,575
We had to alert the sentries.

248
00:15:09,659 --> 00:15:11,577
All right. You men, at ease.

249
00:15:11,661 --> 00:15:15,289
This is a reconnaissance patrol —
German wire, machine gun posts...

250
00:15:15,373 --> 00:15:17,332
identification of bodies.

251
00:15:17,417 --> 00:15:20,627
There will only be the three of us,
and we're to avoid a fight ifwe can.

252
00:15:20,712 --> 00:15:23,255
[Clears Throat]

253
00:15:23,339 --> 00:15:27,009
We go out to the left, and we come back
through Post 6 on the right.

254
00:15:27,093 --> 00:15:29,803
<i>- Is everything all clear at Post 6?</i>
- All the sentries have
been warned up to here.

255
00:15:29,887 --> 00:15:33,307
<i>Number 6 will send up flares</i>
<i>at 10-minute intervals starting at 0400.</i>

256
00:15:33,391 --> 00:15:36,184
- I wanted them every five minutes.
<i>- I told them that, sir.</i>

257
00:15:36,269 --> 00:15:39,646
The sergeant says
every five minutes is too much.
He says it's certain to draw artillery.

258
00:15:39,731 --> 00:15:41,773
Quite a strategist, this sergeant.
What's his name?

259
00:15:41,858 --> 00:15:44,192
I don't know, sir.

260
00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:49,573
All right. You men wait outside.
I'll join you in a minute.

261
00:15:49,657 --> 00:15:51,617
Would you mind telling us
the password, sir?

262
00:15:51,701 --> 00:15:53,702
<i>- Calais.</i>
- Yes, sir.

263
00:16:02,128 --> 00:16:05,505
- He's fortifying himself.
- It smelled like heaven.

264
00:16:05,590 --> 00:16:08,717
I can always tell when he's had a few.
He gets sarcastic.

265
00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:11,887
Well, at least he could have
passed it around, the pig.

266
00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:14,765
Hey, what's he got against you anyway?

267
00:16:14,849 --> 00:16:17,517
We went to school together
before the war.

268
00:16:17,602 --> 00:16:20,312
He thinks I don't have enough
respect for him. He's right.

269
00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:24,816
Lfyou gentlemen are ready.

270
00:16:30,073 --> 00:16:32,199
- Colonel.
- Everything clear and understood?

271
00:16:32,283 --> 00:16:33,950
Yes, sir.

272
00:16:34,035 --> 00:16:36,244
The lane through our wire
is right out in front here.

273
00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:38,705
Machine guns are pointing
at the opening.

274
00:16:38,790 --> 00:16:40,707
- Good luck, men.
- Thankyou, sir.

275
00:16:40,792 --> 00:16:42,751
All right, men. Let's go.

276
00:18:37,867 --> 00:18:41,036
- What's that?
<i>- [Paris] I don't know.</i>

277
00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:45,665
Lejeune, move out and look that over.
We'll coveryou.

278
00:18:46,667 --> 00:18:48,794
Split up a night patrol?

279
00:18:48,878 --> 00:18:50,879
Move out, Lejeune.

280
00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:35,632
<i>[Flares Explode]</i>

281
00:19:47,687 --> 00:19:51,147
<i>[Machine Gun Fire]</i>

282
00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:19,009
- I don't like this. Let's get out of here.
- We haven't given him enough time.

283
00:20:25,558 --> 00:20:28,685
- Lfwe wait any longer, they'll get us too.
- We've got to wait for him.

284
00:20:32,398 --> 00:20:36,192
[Gasping]
He must be dead. Where is he?

285
00:20:36,277 --> 00:20:38,987
<i>[Gunshots]</i>

286
00:20:40,948 --> 00:20:42,991
Roget!

287
00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:29,704
<i>[Clatter]</i>

288
00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:37,629
<i>- Well.</i>
- Surprised, Lieutenant?

289
00:21:37,713 --> 00:21:41,174
<i>Yes, I am. Happily surprised.</i>
<i>I thought you'd been killed.</i>

290
00:21:41,258 --> 00:21:44,344
You didn't wait around to find out,
did you, Lieutenant?

291
00:21:44,428 --> 00:21:46,346
Now, look here. What do you mean?

292
00:21:46,430 --> 00:21:49,224
I mean, you ran like a rabbit
afteryou killed Lejeune.

293
00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:52,769
Killed Lejeune?
What are you talking about?

294
00:21:52,853 --> 00:21:55,313
I don't think I like your tone.

295
00:21:55,398 --> 00:21:57,691
You're speaking to an officer.
Remember that.

296
00:21:57,775 --> 00:22:01,152
[Chuckling]
Oh, well, I must be mistaken then, sir.

297
00:22:01,237 --> 00:22:03,655
An officer wouldn't do that.

298
00:22:03,739 --> 00:22:06,241
A man wouldn't do it.

299
00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:08,368
Only a thing would.

300
00:22:08,452 --> 00:22:11,955
- A sneaky, booze-guzzling,
yellow-bellied rat —
- Now —

301
00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:15,250
with a bottle for a brain and a streak ofspit
where his spine ought to be.

302
00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:18,294
- That's enough, Corporal!
- You've got yourself into a mess, Lieutenant.

303
00:22:18,379 --> 00:22:21,589
Oh, I have, have I?
Well, you've got yourself in a worse one.

304
00:22:21,674 --> 00:22:26,428
First, general insubordination.
Second, threatening your superior officer.

305
00:22:26,512 --> 00:22:30,682
Third, refusing to obey an order
and inciting others to do the same.

306
00:22:30,766 --> 00:22:33,393
Now, how do you think those charges
are gonna look on paper?

307
00:22:33,477 --> 00:22:35,729
Not halfas bad as these.

308
00:22:35,813 --> 00:22:38,773
Endangering the lives ofyour men
through recklessness.

309
00:22:38,858 --> 00:22:40,525
Drunk on duty.

310
00:22:40,609 --> 00:22:42,902
Wanton murder ofone ofyour own men...

311
00:22:42,987 --> 00:22:45,655
and cowardice in the face ofthe enemy.

312
00:22:47,658 --> 00:22:52,537
Philippe, have you ever tried to bring charges
against an officer?

313
00:22:52,621 --> 00:22:55,331
It's my word against yours, you know.

314
00:22:55,416 --> 00:22:57,542
And whose word do you think
they're gonna believe?

315
00:22:57,626 --> 00:22:59,627
Or l-let me put it another way.

316
00:22:59,712 --> 00:23:02,589
Whose word do you think
they're going to accept?

317
00:23:02,673 --> 00:23:05,175
Now, I'll tell you what I'm willing to do.

318
00:23:05,259 --> 00:23:08,219
So far, all I have written in this report...

319
00:23:08,304 --> 00:23:11,639
is that you and Lejeune
were killed while out on patrol.

320
00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:13,933
I'll fix this to read
that you made your way back...

321
00:23:14,018 --> 00:23:15,894
after becoming separated
during the skirmish.

322
00:23:16,020 --> 00:23:19,230
- That'll end the matter once and for all.
- You killed Lejeune.
You know that, don't you?

323
00:23:19,315 --> 00:23:21,733
- I'm sorry. It was an accident.
- You threw that grenade and killed him.

324
00:23:21,817 --> 00:23:24,903
I'd give anything in the world if it hadn't
have happened, and that's the truth.

325
00:23:24,987 --> 00:23:28,656
Honestly, I know you don't like me,
but what kind ofa man do you think I am?

326
00:23:30,993 --> 00:23:33,244
- Oh, good morning, Colonel.
- At ease, men.

327
00:23:33,329 --> 00:23:35,330
I've been waiting foryour report,
Lieutenant.

328
00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:37,499
Well, I think we found out
a thing or two.

329
00:23:37,583 --> 00:23:41,086
- Everything go well?
- No, sir. Private Lejeune was killed.

330
00:23:41,170 --> 00:23:43,421
- How'd it happen?
- It's all right here in the report, sir.

331
00:23:43,506 --> 00:23:46,591
- Well, let's have it.
- Oh, it isn't quite finished yet, sir.

332
00:23:46,675 --> 00:23:48,927
That's all, Corporal.
You did a good night's work.

333
00:23:49,011 --> 00:23:52,472
Should feel very proud ofyourself.
Go get some sleep.

334
00:23:52,556 --> 00:23:54,516
Yes, sir.

335
00:23:58,104 --> 00:24:01,314
- How'd you lose Lejeune?
- Machine gun fire, sir.

336
00:24:01,398 --> 00:24:04,067
He coughed.
Almost got us all killed.

337
00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:07,737
Finish that report
and get it to my dugout immediately.

338
00:24:07,822 --> 00:24:09,739
Yes, sir.

339
00:24:14,286 --> 00:24:14,327
The artillery starts at 0515.

340
00:24:14,328 --> 00:24:17,872
The artillery starts at 0515.

341
00:24:17,957 --> 00:24:22,085
First Battalion will move out at 0530.

342
00:24:22,169 --> 00:24:24,420
When the leading elements
have cleared the German wires...

343
00:24:24,505 --> 00:24:27,215
<i>the second wave, consisting of</i>
<i>the Second and Third Battalions —

344
00:24:27,299 --> 00:24:30,969
<i>minus two companies in reserve —
<i>will move out...</i>

345
00:24:31,053 --> 00:24:33,471
<i>in no case later than 0540.</i>

346
00:24:34,849 --> 00:24:37,642
<i>Well, that's it, gentlemen.</i>
<i>Are there any questions?</i>

347
00:24:37,726 --> 00:24:42,021
Sir, is 15 minutes ofartillery preparation
all that we can expect?

348
00:24:42,106 --> 00:24:46,609
The feeling is that any more than that will
give them too much time to get organized.

349
00:24:46,694 --> 00:24:48,903
What's weather supposed to be like
tomorrow, sir?

350
00:24:50,114 --> 00:24:52,031
Too good.

351
00:24:52,116 --> 00:24:53,867
No chance of rain or fog?

352
00:24:55,244 --> 00:24:57,579
The forecast is for sun all day.

353
00:24:57,663 --> 00:25:02,083
<i>[Officer] lf, uh — Perhaps I should say</i>
<i>when we take the Anthill...</i>

354
00:25:02,168 --> 00:25:05,086
how long do we have to hold it
before we can expect any support?

355
00:25:05,171 --> 00:25:09,549
Well, General Mireau, who, by the way,
will be personally observing the attack...

356
00:25:09,633 --> 00:25:12,594
has promised us support from the 72nd
by sundown tomorrow...

357
00:25:12,678 --> 00:25:16,181
which means, ofcourse,
that we'll have to hold all day.

358
00:25:17,391 --> 00:25:19,309
Are there any more questions?

359
00:25:23,022 --> 00:25:27,025
Well, gentlemen, good luck, and I'm sure
you'll come through as you always do.

360
00:25:27,109 --> 00:25:29,068
Let's get some sleep.

361
00:25:31,155 --> 00:25:34,073
<i>[Man Whispering] I'm not afraid</i>
<i>ofdying tomorrow, only ofgetting killed.</i>

362
00:25:34,158 --> 00:25:35,825
That's as clear as mud.

363
00:25:35,910 --> 00:25:38,953
Which would you rather be done in by,
a bayonet or a machine gun?

364
00:25:39,038 --> 00:25:41,664
- Oh, a machine gun, naturally.
- Naturally. That'sjust my point.

365
00:25:41,749 --> 00:25:43,875
They're both pieces ofsteel
ripping into your guts.

366
00:25:43,959 --> 00:25:46,794
Only the machine gun is quicker,
cleaner and less painful, isn't it?

367
00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:48,213
What does that prove?

368
00:25:48,297 --> 00:25:51,424
That proves that most of us are more afraid
of getting hurt than of getting killed.

369
00:25:51,508 --> 00:25:53,176
Look at Bernard.

370
00:25:53,260 --> 00:25:56,304
He panics when it comes to gas,
but gas doesn't bother me a bit.

371
00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:59,724
He's seen photos of gas cases.
Doesn't mean anything to me.

372
00:25:59,808 --> 00:26:03,228
But I'll tell you something though — I'd hate
like the devil to be without my tin hat.

373
00:26:03,312 --> 00:26:06,189
But on the other hand, I don't mind
not having a tin hat for my tail.

374
00:26:06,273 --> 00:26:08,233
- Why's that?
- You ought to. That's where your brains are.

375
00:26:08,317 --> 00:26:11,194
Because I know a wound to the head
will hurt much more than one in the tail.

376
00:26:11,278 --> 00:26:13,988
The tail isjust meat,
but the head — ah, the head is all bone.

377
00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:16,449
- Ah, speak foryourself.
- Tell me this.

378
00:26:16,533 --> 00:26:19,035
Aside from the bayonet,
what are you most afraid of?

379
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,329
- High explosives.
- Exactly! And it's the same with me.

380
00:26:21,413 --> 00:26:24,415
Because — Because I know that it can
chew you up worse than anything else.

381
00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:26,459
Look, it'sjust like I'm trying to tell you.

382
00:26:26,543 --> 00:26:29,045
Lfyou're really afraid ofdying, you'd be
living in a funk all the rest ofyour life...

383
00:26:29,129 --> 00:26:31,506
because you know you've got
to go someday, any day.

384
00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:34,008
And besides, if it's death
that you're really afraid of...

385
00:26:34,093 --> 00:26:36,302
why should you care about
what it is that kills you?

386
00:26:36,387 --> 00:26:40,682
Ah, you're too smart for me, Professor.
All I know is nobody wants to die.

387
00:26:49,775 --> 00:26:52,527
<i>[Man]</i>
<i>Through to Division, sir. Through to Polygon.</i>

388
00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:56,364
Everything quiet.
All units report themselves ready.

389
00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:59,117
<i>Zero-minus two.</i>

390
00:26:59,201 --> 00:27:01,119
May I offeryou gentlemen some cognac?

391
00:27:01,203 --> 00:27:03,204
- Thank you, General.
- Thank you, sir.

392
00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:08,876
- Afteryou, sir.
- [Laughing]

393
00:27:10,045 --> 00:27:12,672
To France.

394
00:27:12,756 --> 00:27:15,800
<i>[Artillery Fire]</i>

395
00:27:15,884 --> 00:27:18,720
<i>[Shells Whistling]</i>

396
00:27:22,224 --> 00:27:25,059
<i>[Explosions In Distance]</i>

397
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,150
<i>[Artillery Fire Continues]</i>

398
00:27:32,234 --> 00:27:36,487
<i>[Shells Whistling]</i>

399
00:28:53,148 --> 00:28:55,817
Minus 15, 14...

400
00:28:55,901 --> 00:28:58,236
<i>13, 12...</i>

401
00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:00,363
<i>11, 10...</i>

402
00:29:00,447 --> 00:29:03,491
<i>nine, eight, seven...</i>

403
00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:06,577
<i>six, five, four...</i>

404
00:29:06,662 --> 00:29:09,372
three, two, one...

405
00:29:09,456 --> 00:29:13,042
<i>- zero!</i>
- [Whistle Blowing]

406
00:29:15,003 --> 00:29:16,921
[Whistle Continues]

407
00:29:17,005 --> 00:29:19,715
<i>[Men Shouting]</i>

408
00:29:23,804 --> 00:29:26,514
<i>[Machine Gun Fire]</i>

409
00:29:39,403 --> 00:29:41,571
[Whistle Blows]

410
00:29:56,753 --> 00:29:58,921
[Whistle Blows]

411
00:30:00,215 --> 00:30:03,342
<i>[Machine Gun Fire Continues]</i>

412
00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:15,146
[Whistle Blows]

413
00:31:08,492 --> 00:31:10,493
[Whistle Blows]

414
00:31:40,816 --> 00:31:42,817
[Whistle Blows]

415
00:32:04,214 --> 00:32:06,215
[Whistle Blows]

416
00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:11,095
- Sergeant, where's "B" Company?
- I don't know, sir.

417
00:32:12,973 --> 00:32:13,097
<i>[Explosions In Distance]</i>

418
00:32:13,098 --> 00:32:16,058
<i>[Explosions In Distance]</i>

419
00:32:16,143 --> 00:32:18,519
- Where in heaven's name are they?
- On the left, sir.

420
00:32:18,604 --> 00:32:20,271
[Shouts]
Where are the rest?

421
00:32:20,355 --> 00:32:22,857
Zero-plus one, and they're still
in the trenches. They're not advancing.

422
00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:25,651
- Yes, sir.
- Miserable cowards. They're not advancing!

423
00:32:25,736 --> 00:32:28,738
The barrage is getting away from them!
They're still in the trenches!

424
00:32:28,822 --> 00:32:30,740
Yes, sir.

425
00:32:32,409 --> 00:32:34,869
- Captain Nichols.
- Yes, sir?

426
00:32:35,954 --> 00:32:38,831
Order the 75s to commence firing
on our own positions.

427
00:32:40,125 --> 00:32:44,629
<i>Captain, do you fail to comprehend</i>
<i>the meaning of my order?</i>

428
00:32:44,713 --> 00:32:47,131
No, sir, but I respectfully ask to —

429
00:32:47,215 --> 00:32:50,551
<i>Captain, do you fail to comprehend</i>
<i>the meaning of my order?</i>

430
00:32:50,636 --> 00:32:53,596
- No, sir.
- Then carry it out, Captain.

431
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:55,681
<i>Yes, sir.</i>

432
00:32:59,728 --> 00:33:02,480
Hello, Polygon. This is Division.

433
00:33:04,399 --> 00:33:07,401
Batteries 1 and 2 commence firing...

434
00:33:07,486 --> 00:33:12,531
on coordinates 32-58-78.

435
00:33:12,616 --> 00:33:15,159
Batteries 1 and 2 to commence firing...

436
00:33:15,243 --> 00:33:20,331
on coordinates 32-58-78. Over.

437
00:33:28,465 --> 00:33:32,009
General, the battery commander reports
those are our own positions.

438
00:33:32,094 --> 00:33:35,179
- He says it must be a mistake.
- Confirm the order, Captain.

439
00:33:35,263 --> 00:33:38,808
<i>Yes, sir. There is no mistake.</i>
<i>The order is confirmed.</i>

440
00:33:38,892 --> 00:33:42,687
Battery commander respectfully reports
he cannot execute such an order...

441
00:33:42,771 --> 00:33:46,524
unless it is in writing
and signed by the general. Over.

442
00:33:46,608 --> 00:33:50,945
General, battery commander respectfully
reports he cannot execute such an order...

443
00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:53,030
unless it is in writing
and signed by the general.

444
00:33:53,115 --> 00:33:55,449
<i>- Give me that phone!</i>
- Yes, sir.

445
00:33:59,871 --> 00:34:02,998
- General Mireau speaking!
- Battery commander speaking, sir.

446
00:34:03,083 --> 00:34:05,501
The troops are mutinying,
refusing to advance.

447
00:34:05,585 --> 00:34:07,545
Fire as ordered until further notice!

448
00:34:07,629 --> 00:34:11,382
With all respect, sir, you have no right
to order me to shoot down my own men...

449
00:34:11,466 --> 00:34:15,052
unless you are willing to take full
and undivided responsibility for it.

450
00:34:15,137 --> 00:34:17,596
Captain Rousseau,
are you going to obey my order?

451
00:34:17,681 --> 00:34:21,225
I must have a written order
before I can execute such a command, sir.

452
00:34:21,309 --> 00:34:23,728
Supposing you're killed.
Then where will I be?

453
00:34:23,812 --> 00:34:27,148
You'll be in front ofa firing squad
tomorrow morning! That's where you'll be!

454
00:34:27,232 --> 00:34:31,861
Hand overyour command and report yourself
under arrest to my headquarters!

455
00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:44,832
Roget!

456
00:34:45,834 --> 00:34:47,835
Lieutenant Roget!
Why are your men still in here?

457
00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:50,045
It was impossible, sir.
Major Vignon is dead.

458
00:34:50,130 --> 00:34:53,299
Get these men out ofthe trenches!
Come on!

459
00:34:53,383 --> 00:34:57,094
Let's get ready for another try!
Get these men out of here!

460
00:34:57,179 --> 00:34:59,180
I've tried three times.
Look at all the casualties.

461
00:34:59,264 --> 00:35:01,807
All right! Let's give it another try!

462
00:35:01,892 --> 00:35:04,602
Come on! Let's give it another try!

463
00:35:04,686 --> 00:35:07,521
[Whistle Blows]

464
00:35:08,523 --> 00:35:11,692
<i>[Machine Gun Fire]</i>

465
00:35:15,614 --> 00:35:18,616
It's impossible, sir.
All the men are falling back.

466
00:35:20,035 --> 00:35:24,497
Sir, I respectfully submit to the colonel —

467
00:35:24,581 --> 00:35:29,376
Pardon, your remarks to me
were very unfair, sir.

468
00:35:29,461 --> 00:35:33,047
It'sjust impossible! It'sjust impossible.

469
00:35:33,131 --> 00:35:36,884
General, according to first reports,
the attack has failed all along the line.

470
00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:39,428
<i>The men are falling back to our own trenches.</i>

471
00:35:39,513 --> 00:35:44,308
Major Saint-Auban, arrange for
the immediate reliefofthe 701 st Regiment.

472
00:35:44,392 --> 00:35:48,312
Have them sent to the Château d'Aigle.
Have Colonel Dax report to my headquarters.

473
00:35:48,396 --> 00:35:51,357
- Yes, sir.
- Major Couderc, assemble
a general court-martial.

474
00:35:51,441 --> 00:35:54,068
Have it ready to meet
at 3:00 tomorrow afternoon.

475
00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:58,239
Lfthose little sweethearts won't face
German bullets, they'll face French ones!

476
00:36:08,959 --> 00:36:10,960
I ordered an attack.

477
00:36:11,044 --> 00:36:13,003
Your troops refused to attack.

478
00:36:13,088 --> 00:36:15,506
Our troops did attack, sir,
but they could make no headway.

479
00:36:15,590 --> 00:36:18,050
Because they didn't try, Colonel.
I saw it myself.

480
00:36:18,134 --> 00:36:20,135
Halfofyour men never left the trenches.

481
00:36:20,220 --> 00:36:23,097
A third of my men were pinned down
because the fire was so intense.

482
00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:25,432
Don't quibble over fractions, Colonel.

483
00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:29,562
<i>The fact remains that a good part ofyour men</i>
<i>never left their own trenches.</i>

484
00:36:29,646 --> 00:36:33,482
Colonel Dax, I'm going to have 10 men
from each company in your regiment...

485
00:36:33,567 --> 00:36:36,527
tried under penalty ofdeath for cowardice.

486
00:36:36,611 --> 00:36:38,946
- Penalty ofdeath?
<i>- For cowardice!</i>

487
00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:41,240
They have skimmed milk in their veins
instead of blood.

488
00:36:41,324 --> 00:36:44,326
Then it's the reddest milk I've ever seen.
My trenches are soaked
with that red skimmed milk.

489
00:36:44,452 --> 00:36:47,454
- That'sjust about enough out ofyou, Colonel!
- I'm not gonna mince words
and stand on protocol —

490
00:36:47,539 --> 00:36:50,416
<i>Colonel Dax, ifyou continue in this manner,</i>
<i>I shall have to place you under arrest.</i>

491
00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:53,502
I believe the colonel has a point,
even though he makes it rather bluntly.

492
00:36:53,587 --> 00:36:56,463
This is not a trial,
but it does bear certain aspects ofone.

493
00:36:56,548 --> 00:36:59,925
<i>And Colonel Dax, technically,</i>
<i>is cast in the role ofthe defense.</i>

494
00:37:00,010 --> 00:37:01,760
In view ofthe gravity ofthe charges...

495
00:37:01,845 --> 00:37:04,680
a court of law would grant him
all possible latitude in presenting his case.

496
00:37:04,764 --> 00:37:08,058
Latitude is one thing.
Insubordination another.

497
00:37:08,143 --> 00:37:12,354
I am merely offering an opinion, General.
Please do not feel constrained to accept it.

498
00:37:12,439 --> 00:37:16,275
I am perfectly willing to accept it,
General Broulard.

499
00:37:16,359 --> 00:37:19,904
I'm sorry, sir.
I certainly didn't intend to be insubordinate.

500
00:37:19,988 --> 00:37:23,115
My only aim is to remind you
ofthe heroism these men have shown...

501
00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:25,242
on every occasion in the past.

502
00:37:25,327 --> 00:37:28,245
We're not talking about the past.
We're talking about the present.

503
00:37:28,330 --> 00:37:30,414
But don't you see, sir?
They're not cowards.

504
00:37:30,498 --> 00:37:34,043
So ifsome ofthem didn't leave the trenches,
it must have been because it was impossible.

505
00:37:34,127 --> 00:37:38,339
They were ordered to attack.
It was their duty to obey that order.

506
00:37:38,423 --> 00:37:41,634
We can't leave it up to the men
to decide when an order is possible or not.

507
00:37:41,718 --> 00:37:44,595
If it was impossible,
the only proofofthat...

508
00:37:44,679 --> 00:37:48,182
would be their dead bodies
lying at the bottom ofthe trenches.

509
00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:50,434
They're scum, Colonel.

510
00:37:50,518 --> 00:37:52,478
<i>The whole rotten regiment —

511
00:37:52,562 --> 00:37:55,230
<i>a pack ofsneaking, whining,</i>
<i>tail-dragging curs.</i>

512
00:37:55,315 --> 00:37:59,985
- Do you really believe that, sir?
- Yes, I do. That's exactly what I believe.

513
00:38:00,070 --> 00:38:02,947
<i>And what's more,</i>
<i>it's an incontestable fact.</i>

514
00:38:03,031 --> 00:38:05,491
- Then why not shoot the entire regiment?
- [Laughing]

515
00:38:05,575 --> 00:38:08,953
- I'm perfectly serious.
- Now, Colonel, you're missing
the point entirely.

516
00:38:09,037 --> 00:38:12,665
We don't want to slaughter the French army.
All we want to do is to set an example.

517
00:38:12,749 --> 00:38:15,209
Oh, well, if it's an example you want,
then take me.

518
00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,711
<i>- Take you?</i>
<i>- Yes, sir, if it's an example you want...</i>

519
00:38:17,796 --> 00:38:19,713
one man will do as well as a hundred.

520
00:38:19,798 --> 00:38:24,051
The logical choice is the officer
most responsible for the attack.

521
00:38:25,053 --> 00:38:27,179
<i>[Broulard] Come now, Colonel.</i>
<i>I thinkyou're overwrought.</i>

522
00:38:27,263 --> 00:38:29,890
This is not a question ofofficers.

523
00:38:29,975 --> 00:38:33,060
Paul, we don't want to overdo this thing.

524
00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:34,770
Suppose wejust make it a dozen.

525
00:38:34,854 --> 00:38:38,941
[Exhales] I was talking ofa hundred men,
and now we're down to 12.

526
00:38:39,025 --> 00:38:41,402
Paul, let's not haggle over this thing anymore!

527
00:38:41,486 --> 00:38:44,571
<i>Let's get it settled once and for all</i>
<i>so that we can all live with it.</i>

528
00:38:46,658 --> 00:38:51,578
Well, perhaps I was a bit too anxious
to see properjustice meted out.

529
00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:53,872
I've spent my entire life in the army.

530
00:38:53,957 --> 00:38:56,291
I've always tried to be true to my principles.

531
00:38:56,376 --> 00:39:00,170
<i>That's the only mistake</i>
<i>I can ever be accused of.</i>

532
00:39:00,255 --> 00:39:02,423
I'll settle for this —

533
00:39:02,507 --> 00:39:06,176
have the company commanders
select one man from each company
in the first wave...

534
00:39:06,261 --> 00:39:08,178
three in all.

535
00:39:08,263 --> 00:39:10,222
Well, that's very reasonable ofyou, Paul.

536
00:39:10,306 --> 00:39:13,642
The court-martial will meet
at the château at 3:00 this afternoon.

537
00:39:13,727 --> 00:39:16,812
- Will that be convenient foryou, General?
- I won't be there, Paul.

538
00:39:16,896 --> 00:39:18,272
You won't be there?

539
00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:20,774
No, I think it best
that you handle this matter on your own.

540
00:39:21,901 --> 00:39:24,528
- Probably so.
- General Mireau.

541
00:39:24,612 --> 00:39:28,657
If it's at all possible, I'd like
to be appointed counsel for the accused.

542
00:39:28,742 --> 00:39:30,701
I'll take the matter into consideration.

543
00:39:30,785 --> 00:39:32,786
<i>I think we can permit that, can't we, Paul?</i>
<i>Ofcourse we can.</i>

544
00:39:32,871 --> 00:39:34,580
- Consider it settled, Colonel.
- Thankyou, sir.

545
00:39:34,664 --> 00:39:38,751
Well, noon straight up, Paul.

546
00:39:38,835 --> 00:39:40,753
I hope that you can stay
for lunch, Colonel.

547
00:39:40,837 --> 00:39:43,255
George, I'm afraid the colonel
won't have time.

548
00:39:43,339 --> 00:39:46,884
Don't deny it, Paul. You've been hiding
this man, keeping him foryour own.

549
00:39:46,968 --> 00:39:48,886
I think that was very selfish ofyou.

550
00:39:48,970 --> 00:39:53,015
Thankyou foryour courtesy, General,
but I'm afraid there isn't much time
between now and 3:00.

551
00:39:53,099 --> 00:39:56,560
Ofcourse, Colonel. I shall look forward
to the pleasure ofseeing you again.

552
00:39:56,644 --> 00:39:58,645
[Clicks Heels]

553
00:40:16,998 --> 00:40:19,792
- Yes, Captain? What is it?
- You ordered me to report to you here, sir.

554
00:40:19,876 --> 00:40:22,878
- Captain Rousseau, battery commander, sir.
- Yes, yes, ofcourse.

555
00:40:22,962 --> 00:40:26,757
I wanted to speak to you
about some ofyour shells falling short.

556
00:40:26,841 --> 00:40:29,009
I haven't time to go into it now.

557
00:40:29,094 --> 00:40:31,261
Report back to your command
until further orders.

558
00:40:31,346 --> 00:40:33,263
- Yes, sir.
- [Heels Click]

559
00:40:35,016 --> 00:40:38,227
- Bad stuff. Demoralizes the men.
- I quite agree with you.

560
00:40:38,311 --> 00:40:41,021
And the best solution
is to shelve him to another outfit.

561
00:40:41,106 --> 00:40:43,315
A court of inquiry
ought to roast him a bit first.

562
00:40:43,399 --> 00:40:45,943
Well, in cases like this —
shells falling short —

563
00:40:46,027 --> 00:40:48,028
I — I always try to avoid an inquiry.

564
00:40:48,113 --> 00:40:51,323
It gets around among the men
and makes a bad impression.

565
00:40:51,407 --> 00:40:53,909
No, shelving will be the best discipline
for him, in my opinion.

566
00:40:53,993 --> 00:40:56,954
- Well, perhaps you're right.
- Oh, uh, would you excuse me for a moment?

567
00:40:57,038 --> 00:40:59,164
A regimental matter
I want to mention to the colonel.

568
00:40:59,249 --> 00:41:01,750
- I'll join you in the dining room.
- Splendid. In a moment.

569
00:41:02,961 --> 00:41:05,796
That will be Captain Sancy,
Captain Renouart and Lieutenant Roget.

570
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:08,799
- Yes, sir.
- Have them meet me at regimental
headquarters in halfan hour.

571
00:41:08,883 --> 00:41:10,801
- Yes, sir.
- Colonel Dax.

572
00:41:11,803 --> 00:41:14,596
- Yes, sir.
- I'd like a word with you.

573
00:41:14,681 --> 00:41:16,890
Certainly, sir.

574
00:41:16,975 --> 00:41:19,643
Let's be sensible about this.

575
00:41:19,727 --> 00:41:21,979
Sensible, sir?

576
00:41:22,063 --> 00:41:23,814
Listen to me, Dax.

577
00:41:23,898 --> 00:41:26,650
Drop this fancy talk with me, understand?

578
00:41:26,734 --> 00:41:30,571
General Broulard seems to think
you're funny. I don't.

579
00:41:30,655 --> 00:41:34,867
- Now, I want you to drop this affair.
- I beg your pardon, sir. Is that an order?

580
00:41:34,951 --> 00:41:38,579
Colonel Dax, when this mess is cleaned up,
I'll break you.

581
00:41:38,663 --> 00:41:42,166
I'll find an excuse
and I'll breakyou to the ranks. I'll ruin you.

582
00:41:42,250 --> 00:41:44,168
And it'll bejust what you deserve...

583
00:41:44,252 --> 00:41:47,171
showing such little loyalty
to your commanding officer.

584
00:41:47,255 --> 00:41:49,256
That's all, Colonel.

585
00:42:10,361 --> 00:42:12,279
<i>[Officer]</i>
<i>Detail, halt!</i>

586
00:42:12,363 --> 00:42:15,908
General Mireau feels that the attack
on the Anthill yesterday morning failed...

587
00:42:15,992 --> 00:42:19,203
because ofan inadequate effort
on the part ofthe First Battalion.

588
00:42:19,287 --> 00:42:21,580
Each ofyou is to select
one man from your company...

589
00:42:21,664 --> 00:42:25,709
place him under arrest and have him ready
to appear before a general court-martial...

590
00:42:25,793 --> 00:42:28,212
no later than 1500 hours this afternoon.

591
00:42:28,296 --> 00:42:30,631
The charge is cowardice
in the face ofthe enemy.

592
00:42:30,715 --> 00:42:33,800
You have your orders, gentlemen.
Let's carry them out.

593
00:42:53,655 --> 00:42:56,240
But Lieutenant Roget
killed Lejeune on that patrol...

594
00:42:56,324 --> 00:42:58,575
and then blackmailed me
into keeping quiet about the whole thing!

595
00:42:58,660 --> 00:43:01,161
- That's why he picked me.
- Corporal, I understand your feelings.

596
00:43:01,246 --> 00:43:04,039
But that story has nothing to do
with the charges you're being tried for.

597
00:43:04,123 --> 00:43:08,168
- Don't you believe me, sir?
- Yes, I do, but who else will?

598
00:43:08,253 --> 00:43:10,587
You've got no witnesses.

599
00:43:10,672 --> 00:43:14,591
Besides, such charges against an officer
would only antagonize the court.

600
00:43:14,676 --> 00:43:18,136
When we get clear ofthis,
I'm going into the story ofthat patrol again.

601
00:43:18,221 --> 00:43:22,015
Sir, in my case, Captain Renouart
had the sergeant draw lots.

602
00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:24,559
I was picked purely by chance.

603
00:43:24,644 --> 00:43:26,937
You're lucky. Look at me.

604
00:43:27,021 --> 00:43:31,441
I wasjust picked because Captain Sancy
said I was a social undesirable.

605
00:43:31,526 --> 00:43:33,860
Me, a social undesirable, Colonel.

606
00:43:33,945 --> 00:43:37,281
- I didn't act like a coward.
Picking by lots — is that fair?
- Neither did I! Major Vignon —

607
00:43:37,365 --> 00:43:40,492
Gentlemen! You've all
got to understand that the reason
you were picked is immaterial.

608
00:43:40,576 --> 00:43:44,246
Whatever the reason,
you're on trial foryour lives.

609
00:43:48,167 --> 00:43:50,127
Stick to the stories you've told me...

610
00:43:50,211 --> 00:43:52,421
and don't let the prosecutor
shake you out ofthem.

611
00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:56,800
Now remember, you'll be soldiers
in the presence ofsuperior officers.

612
00:43:56,884 --> 00:44:00,679
So act like what you are — soldiers.

613
00:44:00,763 --> 00:44:03,140
And brave ones at that.

614
00:44:03,224 --> 00:44:05,225
Now, I've been in the room
you'll be sitting in.

615
00:44:05,310 --> 00:44:07,311
The afternoon sun will be in your faces...

616
00:44:07,395 --> 00:44:11,189
so don't let it seem as ifyou're
dropping your eyes in a hangdog manner.

617
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,776
When you answer questions,
look thejudges in the eye.

618
00:44:14,861 --> 00:44:17,821
Don't whine, plead or make speeches.
That's myjob.

619
00:44:17,905 --> 00:44:19,823
Simple statements — short...

620
00:44:19,907 --> 00:44:21,950
but make them so they can be heard
all over the room.

621
00:44:22,035 --> 00:44:23,577
And try not to repeat yourselves.

622
00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:25,662
I'll do that foryou when I sum up.

623
00:44:25,747 --> 00:44:27,205
Now, we haven't much time.

624
00:44:27,290 --> 00:44:30,334
The court-martial begins in about an hour,
and I've got notes to look at.

625
00:44:32,462 --> 00:44:34,671
Good luck.

626
00:44:34,756 --> 00:44:36,715
- Thankyou, sir.
- Colonel, sir.

627
00:44:44,766 --> 00:44:46,767
On the left, ho!

628
00:44:50,313 --> 00:44:52,689
Detail, halt!

629
00:44:52,774 --> 00:44:56,026
Prisoners, right heel!

630
00:44:56,110 --> 00:44:58,570
On the left, ho!

631
00:45:04,911 --> 00:45:07,079
<i>On the left, ho!</i>

632
00:45:10,333 --> 00:45:12,626
<i>Left face!</i>

633
00:45:17,340 --> 00:45:20,300
The court-martial is open.
The prisoners may be seated.

634
00:45:25,264 --> 00:45:28,642
[Coughs]
This is a general court-martial.

635
00:45:28,726 --> 00:45:32,604
We shall therefore dispense
with unnecessary formalities.

636
00:45:32,688 --> 00:45:36,274
These men are charged
with cowardice in the face ofthe enemy...

637
00:45:36,359 --> 00:45:38,360
and will be tried for that offense.

638
00:45:39,195 --> 00:45:43,448
- Mr. Prosecutor.
- Call the accused — Private Ferol.

639
00:45:43,533 --> 00:45:45,450
Mr. President.

640
00:45:45,535 --> 00:45:49,413
Will the prosecutor question the witnesses
without even reading the indictment?

641
00:45:49,497 --> 00:45:53,083
<i>Please don't take up the court's time</i>
<i>with technicalities.</i>

642
00:45:53,167 --> 00:45:56,294
The indictment is lengthy,
and there's no point in reading it.

643
00:45:56,379 --> 00:45:59,214
The defense has a right to know
the exact accusations —

644
00:45:59,298 --> 00:46:02,259
The indictment is that the accused showed
cowardice in the face ofthe enemy...

645
00:46:02,343 --> 00:46:04,511
during the attack on the Anthill.

646
00:46:04,595 --> 00:46:07,556
<i>Proceed, Mr. Prosecutor.</i>

647
00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:10,392
Call the accused — Private Ferol.

648
00:46:20,486 --> 00:46:23,280
- Private Ferol.
<i>- Yes, sir?</i>

649
00:46:23,364 --> 00:46:25,866
Were you in the first wave
during the attack on the Anthill?

650
00:46:25,950 --> 00:46:27,659
<i>Yes, sir.</i>

651
00:46:27,743 --> 00:46:31,705
- Did you refuse to advance?
- No, sir.

652
00:46:31,789 --> 00:46:34,749
- Did you advance?
<i>- Yes, sir.</i>

653
00:46:34,834 --> 00:46:36,751
How far did you advance?

654
00:46:36,836 --> 00:46:40,130
<i>To about the middle</i>
<i>of no-man's-land, sir.</i>

655
00:46:40,214 --> 00:46:42,424
Then what did you do?

656
00:46:42,508 --> 00:46:44,426
There were machine-gun bullets
landing all around.

657
00:46:44,510 --> 00:46:46,887
Answer the question.
What did you do?

658
00:46:46,971 --> 00:46:51,349
Well, I saw that me and Meyer, sir —

659
00:46:51,434 --> 00:46:53,560
I didn't ask you what you saw.

660
00:46:53,644 --> 00:46:57,564
The court has no concern
with your... visual experiences.

661
00:46:57,648 --> 00:47:01,109
- My what, sir?
- Prisoner will reply to the question.

662
00:47:01,194 --> 00:47:03,111
Yes, sir. What question was it?

663
00:47:03,196 --> 00:47:06,823
You advanced to the middle of
no-man's-land. What did you do then?

664
00:47:06,908 --> 00:47:09,659
- Then, sir?
- Did you go back or forward?

665
00:47:09,744 --> 00:47:11,411
I went back, sir.

666
00:47:11,496 --> 00:47:16,374
In other words, Private Ferol,
you retreated.

667
00:47:16,459 --> 00:47:18,960
<i>Yes, sir.</i>

668
00:47:19,045 --> 00:47:22,714
That's all.
The accused may return to his seat.

669
00:47:22,798 --> 00:47:25,008
<i>Just a minute.</i>

670
00:47:25,092 --> 00:47:28,720
Mr. President, I'd like
to question the witness if I may.

671
00:47:28,804 --> 00:47:32,224
- Proceed, Colonel.
- Thank you.

672
00:47:32,308 --> 00:47:35,393
Now, Private Ferol, when you reached
the middle of no-man's-land...

673
00:47:35,478 --> 00:47:38,647
<i>- were you alone with Private Meyer?</i>
- Yes, sir.

674
00:47:38,731 --> 00:47:40,941
Well, what happened to the rest
ofyour company?

675
00:47:41,025 --> 00:47:43,360
Well, I don't know, sir.

676
00:47:43,444 --> 00:47:45,445
I guess the rest ofthem
had been killed or wounded.

677
00:47:45,530 --> 00:47:49,533
And you found yourself in the middle
of no-man's-land alone with Private Meyer.

678
00:47:49,617 --> 00:47:50,951
Yes, sir.

679
00:47:51,035 --> 00:47:52,786
Why didn't you attack the Anthill
single-handed?

680
00:47:54,247 --> 00:47:56,957
[Exhales]

681
00:47:57,041 --> 00:47:59,876
Why didn't you storm the Anthill alone?

682
00:47:59,961 --> 00:48:03,588
Just me and Meyer?
You're kidding, sir.

683
00:48:03,673 --> 00:48:05,715
Yes, I'm kidding, Private Ferol.

684
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:07,509
Thankyou. That's all.

685
00:48:07,593 --> 00:48:10,303
I don't see the point
ofthis line ofquestioning.

686
00:48:10,388 --> 00:48:12,597
Well, I'm attempting to indicate, sir...

687
00:48:12,682 --> 00:48:16,768
the utter absurdity ofthe line ofquestioning
used by the prosecutor.

688
00:48:16,852 --> 00:48:18,853
Mr. Prosecutor.

689
00:48:18,938 --> 00:48:23,358
So you freely admit, Private Ferol,
that you retreated.

690
00:48:23,442 --> 00:48:26,236
Yes, sir. Me and Meyer both.

691
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:30,156
I knew we should've took Anthill,
but we came on back.

692
00:48:32,410 --> 00:48:34,744
<i>[Dax]</i>
<i>That's all.</i>

693
00:48:34,829 --> 00:48:38,331
<i>The accused may return to his seat.</i>

694
00:48:48,050 --> 00:48:52,596
Private Arnaud, did you advance?

695
00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:57,434
Yes, sir, until I was ordered
back to the trenches by Captain Renouart.

696
00:48:57,518 --> 00:48:59,603
How far did you advance?

697
00:48:59,687 --> 00:49:01,605
Into the wire, sir.

698
00:49:01,689 --> 00:49:05,400
The, uh, enemy wire, I suppose.

699
00:49:05,484 --> 00:49:07,485
No, sir. It was our wire.

700
00:49:08,946 --> 00:49:14,200
You mean to tell me that you didn't
advance any further than our wire?

701
00:49:14,285 --> 00:49:16,244
No, sir, I didn't.

702
00:49:16,329 --> 00:49:20,999
How far would you say that was?
How many meters?

703
00:49:21,083 --> 00:49:23,710
Well, I advanced as far as I could.

704
00:49:23,794 --> 00:49:25,962
How many meters?

705
00:49:26,047 --> 00:49:28,214
Not many.

706
00:49:30,343 --> 00:49:32,344
"Not many."

707
00:49:34,889 --> 00:49:40,310
Now, Private Arnaud,
before you were ordered back...

708
00:49:40,394 --> 00:49:42,729
did you urge your fellow soldiers forward?

709
00:49:44,148 --> 00:49:47,651
Most ofthem were dead or wounded before
they got three steps beyond the trenches.

710
00:49:47,735 --> 00:49:49,194
Reply to the question.

711
00:49:49,278 --> 00:49:51,863
I didn't urge them on. No, sir.

712
00:49:55,534 --> 00:49:57,452
Thankyou.

713
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:05,919
Private Arnaud —

714
00:50:06,003 --> 00:50:08,004
At ease, please.

715
00:50:09,256 --> 00:50:13,259
Aside from your sad failure to give throat
to spirited battle cries...

716
00:50:13,344 --> 00:50:16,471
was your behavior different in any respect
from that ofthe other men in your company?

717
00:50:16,555 --> 00:50:19,349
<i>Objection. That's a matter ofconjecture.</i>

718
00:50:19,433 --> 00:50:21,643
Sustained.

719
00:50:24,772 --> 00:50:27,524
Did any men in your company
get beyond our wire?

720
00:50:27,608 --> 00:50:28,983
No, sir.

721
00:50:29,068 --> 00:50:31,486
Is it true that you've been
designated a coward...

722
00:50:31,570 --> 00:50:34,406
simply and purely because you drew
a slip of paper marked "X"?

723
00:50:34,490 --> 00:50:37,367
- Yes, sir.
- I don't see that that's significant.

724
00:50:37,451 --> 00:50:41,246
It's accepted practice in the French army
to pick examples by lot.

725
00:50:41,330 --> 00:50:43,873
And since this entire company
advanced only a few meters...

726
00:50:43,958 --> 00:50:46,876
picking by lot
was eminently fair in this case.

727
00:50:46,961 --> 00:50:49,713
Well, I'd like to point out that this soldier
has distinguished himself...

728
00:50:49,797 --> 00:50:52,340
in some ofthe bloodiest battles
ofthe war.

729
00:50:53,342 --> 00:50:55,135
With the court's permission...

730
00:50:55,219 --> 00:50:58,722
<i>I'll read citations for bravery</i>
<i>that he's already earned on two occasions.</i>

731
00:50:59,932 --> 00:51:03,435
First, citations in the Orders in the Army
for bravery —

732
00:51:03,519 --> 00:51:05,019
That's immaterial, Colonel.

733
00:51:05,104 --> 00:51:07,063
The accused is not being tried
for his former bravery...

734
00:51:07,148 --> 00:51:09,149
but for his recent cowardice.

735
00:51:09,233 --> 00:51:11,317
<i>Medals are no defense.</i>

736
00:51:13,988 --> 00:51:16,448
May I call witnesses to his character?

737
00:51:16,532 --> 00:51:18,283
<i>You may not.</i>

738
00:51:18,367 --> 00:51:21,995
But you may call witnesses to the effect
that he reached the German wire.

739
00:51:23,831 --> 00:51:26,750
Mr. President,
no one in the entire regiment...

740
00:51:26,834 --> 00:51:29,919
got anywhere near the German wire,
including myself.

741
00:51:30,004 --> 00:51:32,839
Call the next accused...

742
00:51:32,923 --> 00:51:35,133
ifyou're through, Colonel.

743
00:51:35,217 --> 00:51:37,802
Thankyou.

744
00:51:37,887 --> 00:51:39,846
Prisoner may return to his seat.

745
00:51:48,397 --> 00:51:52,108
<i>[Prosecutor]</i>
<i>So you never even left the trenches.</i>

746
00:51:52,193 --> 00:51:55,528
- No, sir.
- That's all.

747
00:51:56,489 --> 00:52:00,742
Corporal Paris,
why didn't you leave the trenches?

748
00:52:02,036 --> 00:52:06,122
Major Vignon was shot, and he fell back
on top of me, sir, and knocked me cold.

749
00:52:06,207 --> 00:52:09,959
And were you lying unconscious
in the trenches during the entire attack?

750
00:52:10,044 --> 00:52:11,795
Yes, sir.

751
00:52:11,879 --> 00:52:14,380
That's all.

752
00:52:14,465 --> 00:52:16,424
Have you any witnesses to that?

753
00:52:16,509 --> 00:52:20,512
No, sir. I guess everybody
was too busy to notice me.

754
00:52:20,596 --> 00:52:22,472
And there were so many others
lying dead anyway.

755
00:52:22,556 --> 00:52:25,642
- But you have no witnesses.
- No, sir.

756
00:52:26,811 --> 00:52:29,479
I only have a rather large cut
on my head, sir.

757
00:52:29,563 --> 00:52:31,773
That could have been self-inflicted later.

758
00:52:33,651 --> 00:52:36,611
<i>- Thank you. You may stand down.</i>
- [Clicks Heels]

759
00:52:41,909 --> 00:52:41,950
Mr. Prosecutor,
you can make your plea now.

760
00:52:41,951 --> 00:52:44,410
Mr. Prosecutor,
you can make your plea now.

761
00:52:49,583 --> 00:52:51,584
Gentlemen ofthe court...

762
00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:55,797
this case speaks for itself.

763
00:52:55,881 --> 00:52:59,342
All of us witnessed
the regrettable attackyesterday morning.

764
00:53:02,388 --> 00:53:05,306
And I submit that that attack...

765
00:53:06,892 --> 00:53:10,186
was a stain on the flag of France...

766
00:53:10,271 --> 00:53:12,689
a blot on the honor...

767
00:53:12,773 --> 00:53:15,942
ofevery man, woman and child
in the French nation.

768
00:53:18,612 --> 00:53:23,867
It is to us that the sad, distressing...

769
00:53:23,951 --> 00:53:27,620
repellant duty falls, gentlemen.

770
00:53:28,789 --> 00:53:33,960
<i>I ask this court</i>
<i>to find the accused guilty...</i>

771
00:53:37,631 --> 00:53:41,593
and impose the penalties prescribed
by the Code of MilitaryJustice.

772
00:53:45,264 --> 00:53:47,390
Thankyou, Mr. Prosecutor.

773
00:53:47,474 --> 00:53:51,019
Colonel, would you like
to make your plea?

774
00:54:01,155 --> 00:54:03,573
Gentlemen ofthe court,
there are times when I'm ashamed...

775
00:54:03,657 --> 00:54:05,283
to be a member ofthe human race...

776
00:54:05,367 --> 00:54:07,619
and this is one such occasion.

777
00:54:10,164 --> 00:54:13,499
It's impossible for me to summarize
the case for the defense...

778
00:54:13,584 --> 00:54:17,462
since the court never allowed me
a reasonable opportunity to present my case.

779
00:54:17,546 --> 00:54:20,465
Are you protesting
the authenticity ofthis court?

780
00:54:23,302 --> 00:54:25,261
Yes, sir.

781
00:54:25,346 --> 00:54:28,097
I protest against being prevented
from introducing evidence...

782
00:54:28,182 --> 00:54:31,726
that I consider vital to the defense.

783
00:54:31,810 --> 00:54:33,603
<i>The prosecution presented no witnesses.</i>

784
00:54:33,687 --> 00:54:38,983
There has never been a written indictment
ofcharges made against the defendants.

785
00:54:39,068 --> 00:54:41,778
<i>And lastly, I protest against the fact...</i>

786
00:54:41,862 --> 00:54:45,031
<i>that no stenographic records</i>
<i>ofthis trial have been kept.</i>

787
00:54:54,375 --> 00:54:59,337
The attackyesterday morning
was no stain on the honor of France...

788
00:55:01,006 --> 00:55:04,384
<i>and certainly no disgrace</i>
<i>to the fighting men ofthis nation.</i>

789
00:55:04,468 --> 00:55:09,681
But this court-martial is such a stain
and such a disgrace.

790
00:55:09,765 --> 00:55:13,726
<i>The case made against these men</i>
<i>is a mockery ofall human justice.</i>

791
00:55:13,811 --> 00:55:16,479
Gentlemen ofthe court...

792
00:55:16,563 --> 00:55:19,232
to find these men guilty...

793
00:55:19,316 --> 00:55:23,486
would be a crime
to haunt each ofyou...

794
00:55:23,570 --> 00:55:25,571
<i>till the dayyou die.</i>

795
00:55:28,826 --> 00:55:34,038
I can't believe
that the noblest impulse of man —

796
00:55:34,123 --> 00:55:37,125
his compassion for another—
can be completely dead here.

797
00:55:39,586 --> 00:55:41,587
Therefore, I humbly beg you...

798
00:55:43,924 --> 00:55:45,967
show mercy to these men.

799
00:55:53,100 --> 00:55:55,393
The accused will be escorted
back to the guardroom.

800
00:55:55,477 --> 00:55:57,395
The hearing is closed.

801
00:55:57,479 --> 00:55:59,981
The court will now retire to deliberate.

802
00:56:00,065 --> 00:56:01,983
There will be a guard ofsix men under arms —

803
00:56:02,067 --> 00:56:05,570
rifles loaded, bayonets fixed —
two men to each prisoner.

804
00:56:05,654 --> 00:56:08,031
Any sign oftrouble,
the prisoners will be instantly covered.

805
00:56:08,115 --> 00:56:12,035
And ifthe trouble doesn't subside at once,
the prisoner will be shot on the spot.

806
00:56:12,119 --> 00:56:15,455
Everything must go offwithout a hitch
with the least possible delay...

807
00:56:15,539 --> 00:56:17,457
but it shouldn't be hurried.

808
00:56:17,541 --> 00:56:19,500
There must be no fumbling around.

809
00:56:19,585 --> 00:56:22,587
I've been put in charge
and made personally responsible...

810
00:56:22,671 --> 00:56:25,798
for any lack oforder or for any mistakes.

811
00:56:25,883 --> 00:56:30,845
But you can take it from me that I shall
pass on any blame — and with interest —

812
00:56:30,929 --> 00:56:33,139
to any one ofyou who fails in his duties.

813
00:56:34,850 --> 00:56:39,645
Execution will take place at 7:00
according to the verdict ofthe court-martial.

814
00:56:42,316 --> 00:56:45,109
Detail, attention! Dismissed!

815
00:56:58,957 --> 00:57:01,125
This is compliments of General Mireau.

816
00:57:01,210 --> 00:57:03,336
- Duck.
- Well, tell him thanks.

817
00:57:03,420 --> 00:57:05,421
Oh, don't blame me, soldier.

818
00:57:06,423 --> 00:57:08,549
Hey, ugly, what are we supposed
to eat this with — our fingers?

819
00:57:08,634 --> 00:57:12,428
The guard says you can't have
any knives or forks.

820
00:57:12,513 --> 00:57:14,597
[Paris] Is this supposed to be
our last meal or something?

821
00:57:14,681 --> 00:57:18,392
It isn't "supposed to be" our last meal.
It is our last meal.

822
00:57:18,477 --> 00:57:21,062
Hey, this duck is terrific.

823
00:57:21,146 --> 00:57:23,481
You suppose they put anything in the food?

824
00:57:23,565 --> 00:57:25,566
First they poison us, then they shoot us?

825
00:57:27,694 --> 00:57:30,822
[Spits]
I think they put something in it.

826
00:57:30,906 --> 00:57:32,824
Like what?

827
00:57:32,908 --> 00:57:37,036
Like, uh — Like something
or make us groggy or something.

828
00:57:37,121 --> 00:57:39,205
What would be wrong with that
ifthey did?

829
00:57:39,289 --> 00:57:42,917
Maybe nothing foryou,
but I'm gonna get out ofthis somehow...

830
00:57:43,001 --> 00:57:44,418
and I don't wanna be drugged.

831
00:57:44,503 --> 00:57:47,588
[Arnaud] How are you gonna get out —
chew your way through that stone wall?

832
00:57:47,673 --> 00:57:49,132
Arnaud.

833
00:57:49,216 --> 00:57:51,717
Colonel Dax, he'll-he'll —
he'll see us through.

834
00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:57,098
Listen, we gotta get out of here. They're
gonna kill us in a few hours ifwe don't.

835
00:57:57,182 --> 00:57:59,892
- Have you got an idea?
- No, but there's gotta be a way.

836
00:58:02,020 --> 00:58:04,313
How many guards
you think they've got out there?

837
00:58:04,398 --> 00:58:07,358
They may have a couple ofsquads.
That's what it sounded like this morning.

838
00:58:07,442 --> 00:58:10,945
- Maybe they're some ofour friends.
- That's the Third Battalion.

839
00:58:11,029 --> 00:58:14,365
Anyway, right now, we have no friends.

840
00:58:14,449 --> 00:58:17,326
Why kid yourself?
We're not gonna get out ofthis.

841
00:58:17,411 --> 00:58:21,414
Maybe you're not, but I am.
I'll guarantee you ofthat.

842
00:58:21,498 --> 00:58:23,124
You see that cockroach?

843
00:58:24,751 --> 00:58:27,879
Tomorrow morning, we'll be dead
and it'll be alive.

844
00:58:27,963 --> 00:58:30,840
It'll have more contact
with my wife and child than I will.

845
00:58:32,176 --> 00:58:35,178
<i>- I'll be nothing, and it'll be alive.</i>
- [Slams Table]

846
00:58:35,262 --> 00:58:37,221
Now you got the edge on 'im.

847
00:58:42,603 --> 00:58:45,271
Good evening, my sons.
I'm Father Dupree.

848
00:58:47,941 --> 00:58:50,484
Is there any news?

849
00:58:50,569 --> 00:58:53,446
<i>Yes. I'm afraid I bring you</i>
<i>very bad news.</i>

850
00:58:53,530 --> 00:58:56,407
<i>You must prepare yourselves for the worst.</i>
<i>Colonel Dax asked me to tell you so.</i>

851
00:58:56,491 --> 00:58:57,825
Oh, mercy! No!

852
00:58:57,910 --> 00:59:00,286
<i>He's been in telephone contact</i>
<i>with army headquarters...</i>

853
00:59:00,370 --> 00:59:04,457
but unable to speak to General Broulard
or, for that matter, to anyone in authority.

854
00:59:04,541 --> 00:59:07,877
- [Ferol Sobbing]
<i>- Same way at Division.</i>
<i>No one wants to be found.</i>

855
00:59:07,961 --> 00:59:10,630
- How much time do we have?
- You have plenty oftime yet.

856
00:59:10,714 --> 00:59:13,132
Certainly more than enough
to prepare yourselves.

857
00:59:14,134 --> 00:59:16,010
<i>- In nomine Patris...</i>
- In the name ofthe Father —

858
00:59:16,094 --> 00:59:19,388
<i>et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.</i>

859
00:59:19,473 --> 00:59:21,224
<i>Amen.</i>

860
00:59:21,308 --> 00:59:23,809
[Ferol Murmuring Prayer]

861
00:59:28,065 --> 00:59:30,149
<i>[Ferol Continues, Indistinct]</i>

862
00:59:30,234 --> 00:59:32,235
Father, will you take
this letter for me, please?

863
00:59:32,319 --> 00:59:34,362
- Ofcourse, my son.
- It's to my wife.

864
00:59:34,446 --> 00:59:37,323
She won't understand this,
and I tried to explain it to her.

865
00:59:37,407 --> 00:59:39,450
I'll see that she gets it.

866
00:59:39,534 --> 00:59:42,411
<i>Do you want me to hearyour confession?</i>

867
00:59:42,496 --> 00:59:45,665
Well, Father, to tell you the truth,
I'm not very religious.

868
00:59:47,084 --> 00:59:49,627
I know you're trying to help,
and I appreciate it...

869
00:59:49,711 --> 00:59:52,463
but if I started praying now,
I'd feel like a hypocrite.

870
00:59:52,547 --> 00:59:54,632
Oh, that's an error, my son.

871
00:59:54,716 --> 00:59:57,176
God is always ready
to listen to your prayers.

872
01:00:00,222 --> 01:00:02,306
All right, Father.

873
01:00:02,391 --> 01:00:04,850
- Will you please hear my confession now?
- Yes.

874
01:00:06,311 --> 01:00:09,105
Have faith in your Creator, my son.

875
01:00:09,189 --> 01:00:11,232
Death comes to us all.

876
01:00:11,316 --> 01:00:13,234
In the name ofthe Father
and ofthe Son and ofthe Holy Ghost.

877
01:00:13,318 --> 01:00:16,696
That's really deep.
"Death comes to us all."

878
01:00:16,780 --> 01:00:19,073
<i>That really is deep.</i>

879
01:00:19,157 --> 01:00:21,701
Say, Ferol, what's the matter—
afraid your luck isn't going to hold out?

880
01:00:21,785 --> 01:00:23,869
Well, look. This is — This is my religion.

881
01:00:24,913 --> 01:00:27,540
O Great Bottle, forgive me my sins,
for now I lay me down to sleep, Bo peep.

882
01:00:27,624 --> 01:00:29,917
May I drink ofyou first?
Thankyou. Amen.

883
01:00:30,002 --> 01:00:32,295
I understand your anguish, my son...

884
01:00:32,379 --> 01:00:34,422
but you must not let it
harden your heart.

885
01:00:34,506 --> 01:00:36,590
May I tell you something, Father?

886
01:00:36,675 --> 01:00:38,843
Back in my hometown,
there was a certain little café...

887
01:00:38,927 --> 01:00:41,304
with an amusing sign over the bar.

888
01:00:41,388 --> 01:00:44,557
It read, "Do not be afraid
to ask for credit...

889
01:00:44,641 --> 01:00:46,809
for our way of refusing is very polite."

890
01:00:46,893 --> 01:00:49,437
- Come on, Arnaud, sit down. You're drunk.
- Oh, Paris, leave me alone.

891
01:00:49,521 --> 01:00:50,896
Come on. Come on, sit down.

892
01:00:50,981 --> 01:00:53,733
And you, get out of here
with your sanctimonious pat answers.

893
01:00:53,817 --> 01:00:55,735
What are you hanging around for —
to torture us?

894
01:00:55,819 --> 01:00:58,654
<i>- No. To help you with all my power.</i>
- Your power? You have no power!

895
01:00:58,739 --> 01:01:00,740
- Come on, Arnaud, take it easy.
<i>- No, but God has power.</i>

896
01:01:00,824 --> 01:01:03,034
- Does he? What a laugh!
<i>- You can be saved.</i>

897
01:01:03,118 --> 01:01:04,869
Saved? I'll be saved!

898
01:01:07,706 --> 01:01:10,249
Cut it out, Arnaud!

899
01:01:10,334 --> 01:01:12,251
Arnaud!

900
01:01:12,336 --> 01:01:14,337
Arnaud.

901
01:01:20,594 --> 01:01:22,553
Father, get a doctor. Quick.

902
01:01:32,814 --> 01:01:34,732
[Doctor]
That should keep him quiet long enough.

903
01:01:34,816 --> 01:01:37,693
That's a nasty skull fracture though.
He may not live out the night.

904
01:01:37,778 --> 01:01:39,695
What are we supposed
to do with him?

905
01:01:39,780 --> 01:01:43,449
My advice is to tie him to a stretcher
so that he won't slip when you tilt it vertically.

906
01:01:43,533 --> 01:01:46,452
Surely they won't execute a man
in that condition.

907
01:01:46,536 --> 01:01:48,454
I'm sorry, Father.
The sentence will be carried out.

908
01:01:48,538 --> 01:01:50,956
I've already checked
with the general on it.

909
01:01:51,041 --> 01:01:52,958
If he's still alive in the morning...

910
01:01:53,043 --> 01:01:55,294
pinch his cheeks a couple oftimes
before you take him out on the field.

911
01:01:55,379 --> 01:01:58,172
It may make him open his eyes.
The general wants him to be conscious.

912
01:01:59,257 --> 01:02:01,175
<i>- [Knocking]</i>
<i>- [Dax] Yes?</i>

913
01:02:04,262 --> 01:02:06,764
- Lieutenant Roget reporting, sir.
<i>- Come in, come in.</i>

914
01:02:08,433 --> 01:02:10,851
Sergeant Boulanger said
that you wanted to see me, sir.

915
01:02:10,936 --> 01:02:12,645
Yes, Lieutenant.

916
01:02:12,729 --> 01:02:16,232
Looks as ifwe have a pretty unpleasant thing
on our hands in a few hours, doesn't it?

917
01:02:16,316 --> 01:02:19,068
- You mean the execution, sir.
- Yes, I mean the execution.

918
01:02:19,152 --> 01:02:21,237
Yes, sir. It's very unfortunate.

919
01:02:21,321 --> 01:02:24,532
Oh, very unfortunate.
That'sjust how I feel about it.

920
01:02:24,616 --> 01:02:26,534
None of us are happy about it, sir.

921
01:02:26,618 --> 01:02:30,079
How'd you happen to pick Corporal Paris?

922
01:02:30,163 --> 01:02:33,791
- Well, I — I had to pick somebody, sir.
- That's right. You did.

923
01:02:33,875 --> 01:02:36,419
Ofcourse, you had no personal motive
in picking Paris, did you?

924
01:02:36,503 --> 01:02:38,671
Oh, no, sir.

925
01:02:38,755 --> 01:02:40,965
You picked him because
he was a coward, didn't you?

926
01:02:42,592 --> 01:02:46,512
- Well, did you or didn't you?
- Oh, yes, sir, I did.

927
01:02:46,596 --> 01:02:49,181
[Exhales]
Well —

928
01:02:49,266 --> 01:02:52,059
Like you say,
somebody had to be picked.

929
01:02:52,144 --> 01:02:55,771
- Oh, it was quite a problem, sir.
- Yes, I have the same kind of problem.

930
01:02:55,856 --> 01:02:58,691
I have to pick someone to be in charge
ofthe firing squad tomorrow.

931
01:02:58,775 --> 01:03:00,860
Do you have any objections
to taking thejob?

932
01:03:02,112 --> 01:03:04,738
- Me, sir?
- Yes, you.

933
01:03:06,324 --> 01:03:08,951
- Well —
<i>- What's the matter? Don't you feel well?</i>

934
01:03:09,035 --> 01:03:11,120
[Stammering]
Well, no — Yeah, l-I feel all right, sir.

935
01:03:11,204 --> 01:03:13,539
- It'sjust that I —
- Is it too hot in here?

936
01:03:13,623 --> 01:03:16,208
- Would you like me to open a window?
- No, sir. No, sir.

937
01:03:16,293 --> 01:03:21,547
Well, it's — It'sjust that I've never been
in charge ofa firing squad before, sir.

938
01:03:21,631 --> 01:03:24,758
Oh, there's nothing to it.

939
01:03:24,843 --> 01:03:27,178
First, you help the sergeant
tie the men to the posts.

940
01:03:27,262 --> 01:03:29,221
Ofcourse, you offer the men blindfolds.

941
01:03:29,306 --> 01:03:32,308
And, well, ifthey want them,
you tie them on, see?

942
01:03:32,392 --> 01:03:34,477
Now, you —you take your position
with the firing squad...

943
01:03:34,561 --> 01:03:37,813
you raise your sword —
"Ready, aim, fire."

944
01:03:38,899 --> 01:03:41,942
Then you draw your revolver out,
you walk forward...

945
01:03:42,027 --> 01:03:44,320
and put a bullet
through each man's head.

946
01:03:45,655 --> 01:03:48,991
Sir, I request that I be excused
from this duty.

947
01:03:49,075 --> 01:03:51,243
Request denied.

948
01:03:51,328 --> 01:03:53,245
- Colonel, I —
- You've got thejob.

949
01:03:53,330 --> 01:03:55,247
It's all yours.
That's all, Lieutenant.

950
01:03:55,332 --> 01:03:57,500
- Colonel, ifyou could just —
- That's all, Lieutenant!

951
01:03:57,584 --> 01:04:00,169
<i>- [Knocking]</i>
<i>- Yes?</i>

952
01:04:00,253 --> 01:04:03,464
- Excuse me, sir. Colonel Dax?
- Yes.

953
01:04:03,548 --> 01:04:06,133
My name is Rousseau, sir,
Captain ofArtillery.

954
01:04:06,218 --> 01:04:08,427
<i>What is it, Captain?</i>

955
01:04:13,767 --> 01:04:17,102
I have something to tell you, sir, that may
have a great bearing on the court-martial.

956
01:04:18,688 --> 01:04:20,272
Come in, Captain.

957
01:04:20,357 --> 01:04:20,397
<i>♪♪ [Orchestra: "Blue Danube"]</i>

958
01:04:20,398 --> 01:04:23,359
<i>♪♪ [Orchestra: "Blue Danube"]</i>

959
01:04:39,292 --> 01:04:41,794
[No Audible Dialogue]

960
01:05:08,113 --> 01:05:10,614
<i>♪♪ [Continues, Muffled]</i>

961
01:05:14,995 --> 01:05:17,580
- Well, Colonel, good evening.
- Good evening, sir.

962
01:05:17,664 --> 01:05:20,583
- Good evening. Come and sit down.
- Thank you, sir. I —

963
01:05:20,667 --> 01:05:22,668
I am really sorry
to intrude on you in this way.

964
01:05:22,752 --> 01:05:24,920
Not at all.
Always delighted to see you, Colonel Dax.

965
01:05:25,005 --> 01:05:27,798
- Will you have a cigar?
- No, thankyou, sir, but —

966
01:05:27,882 --> 01:05:31,218
- Well, I —
- [Chuckling] I thinkyou'll find it delicious.

967
01:05:31,303 --> 01:05:34,013
I must apologize for not inviting you
tojoin the party downstairs tonight...

968
01:05:34,097 --> 01:05:37,099
but I'm afraid that it's, uh,
a dress affair.

969
01:05:37,183 --> 01:05:42,605
Well, thankyou, sir, but I must confess
that, uh, this is not entirely a social visit.

970
01:05:42,689 --> 01:05:47,276
Oh, come, Dax, let's not
go over all that ground again.

971
01:05:48,361 --> 01:05:51,780
Though, uh, I must admit that,
judging from the casualties...

972
01:05:51,865 --> 01:05:53,949
the efforts ofyour regiment
must have been considerable.

973
01:05:54,034 --> 01:05:57,411
Now, how can you understand that
and allow these men to be shot tomorrow?

974
01:05:57,495 --> 01:06:00,456
Oh, come, Colonel. You're choosing
to take a rather simple view ofthis thing.

975
01:06:00,540 --> 01:06:04,543
The attack was impossible from the start.
The General Staff must have known that.

976
01:06:05,962 --> 01:06:10,382
Colonel Dax, we think we're doing
a good job running the war.

977
01:06:10,467 --> 01:06:12,384
You must be aware ofthe fact
that the General Staff...

978
01:06:12,469 --> 01:06:16,555
is subject to all kinds of unfair pressures
from newspapers and politicians.

979
01:06:16,640 --> 01:06:19,266
Maybe the attack against the Anthill
was impossible.

980
01:06:19,351 --> 01:06:21,769
<i>Perhaps it was an error ofjudgment</i>
<i>on our part.</i>

981
01:06:21,853 --> 01:06:26,023
On the other hand, ifyour men had been
a little more daring, they might have taken it.

982
01:06:26,107 --> 01:06:28,609
Who knows? In any case...

983
01:06:28,693 --> 01:06:32,321
why should we have to bear any more
criticism for failure than we have to.

984
01:06:32,405 --> 01:06:35,991
Aside from the inescapable fact that a good
many ofyour men never left the trenches...

985
01:06:36,076 --> 01:06:38,619
there's the question ofthe troops' morale.
Don't forget that.

986
01:06:38,703 --> 01:06:40,579
- The troops' morale?
- Certainly.

987
01:06:40,664 --> 01:06:43,666
These executions will be a perfect tonic
for the entire division.

988
01:06:43,750 --> 01:06:46,168
There are few things more fundamentally
encouraging and stimulating...

989
01:06:46,252 --> 01:06:48,212
than seeing someone else die.

990
01:06:48,296 --> 01:06:51,173
- I never thought ofthat, sir.
- You see, Colonel, troops are like children.

991
01:06:51,257 --> 01:06:54,677
Just as a child wants his father to be firm,
troops crave discipline.

992
01:06:54,761 --> 01:06:56,220
<i>I see.</i>

993
01:06:56,304 --> 01:06:58,847
And one way to maintain discipline
is to shoot a man now and then.

994
01:06:59,933 --> 01:07:02,351
May I ask...

995
01:07:02,435 --> 01:07:05,437
do you sincerely believe
all the things you'vejust said?

996
01:07:10,485 --> 01:07:12,403
It's been a pleasure
discussing this with you, Colonel...

997
01:07:12,487 --> 01:07:15,864
but I'm afraid that I'd better
be getting back to my guests.

998
01:07:15,949 --> 01:07:18,325
Forgive me for having kept you
from your party.

999
01:07:20,995 --> 01:07:24,540
Oh, by the way, sir,
have you heard that General Mireau...

1000
01:07:24,624 --> 01:07:28,043
ordered his own battery commander,
Captain Rousseau...

1001
01:07:28,128 --> 01:07:30,838
to open fire on his own positions
during the attack?

1002
01:07:30,922 --> 01:07:32,423
<i>♪♪ [Waltz Continues]</i>

1003
01:07:34,801 --> 01:07:38,053
Well, ofcourse the captain refused
without a written order...

1004
01:07:38,138 --> 01:07:42,391
but General Mireau demanded that he
commence firing on our own trenches.

1005
01:07:42,475 --> 01:07:44,977
Again Rousseau refused
without an order in writing...

1006
01:07:45,061 --> 01:07:49,189
but again he was ordered,
and again he refused —

1007
01:07:49,274 --> 01:07:51,191
all in front ofwitnesses.

1008
01:07:51,276 --> 01:07:54,069
Do you actually believe
this fantastic story?

1009
01:07:54,154 --> 01:07:58,240
Here are copies ofthe sworn statements
from all the principals involved —

1010
01:07:58,324 --> 01:08:01,910
Battery Commander Rousseau,
Captain Nichols, the artillery spotter...

1011
01:08:01,995 --> 01:08:05,748
the telephone clerk and, uh,
my own deposition.

1012
01:08:05,832 --> 01:08:10,002
What has all this got to do with the charge
against the condemned prisoners?

1013
01:08:10,086 --> 01:08:13,756
A general in a tantrum over the failure
ofan impossible attack...

1014
01:08:13,840 --> 01:08:16,341
orders his artillery to fire on his own men.

1015
01:08:17,510 --> 01:08:20,429
Now, this same officer on the same day...

1016
01:08:20,513 --> 01:08:23,849
orders a court-martial in which
three of his men are sentenced to be shot.

1017
01:08:25,685 --> 01:08:30,564
General, what would your, uh, newspapers
and your politicians do with that?

1018
01:08:31,858 --> 01:08:34,109
Colonel Dax, are you trying
to blackmail me?

1019
01:08:34,194 --> 01:08:38,322
Sir, that's an ugly word,
but you are in a difficult position.

1020
01:08:38,406 --> 01:08:40,324
Too much has happened.
Someone's got to be hurt.

1021
01:08:40,408 --> 01:08:42,409
The only question is who.

1022
01:08:44,496 --> 01:08:47,706
General Mireau's assault
on the Anthill failed...

1023
01:08:47,791 --> 01:08:51,627
and his order to fire on this own troops
was refused.

1024
01:08:51,711 --> 01:08:53,962
But his attempt to murder
three innocent men...

1025
01:08:54,047 --> 01:08:58,175
to protect his own reputation
will be prevented by the General Staff.

1026
01:09:05,558 --> 01:09:07,476
Will you pardon me, Colonel Dax?

1027
01:09:07,560 --> 01:09:09,978
I've been rude to my guests too long.

1028
01:09:17,570 --> 01:09:19,571
<i>- ♪♪ [Continues]</i>
<i>- [Door Closes]</i>

1029
01:09:27,914 --> 01:09:30,415
<i>[Rooster Crowing]</i>

1030
01:09:38,591 --> 01:09:40,509
[Boulanger]
Detail, halt!

1031
01:09:40,593 --> 01:09:42,594
Order arms!

1032
01:09:44,305 --> 01:09:46,306
Fall out!

1033
01:10:06,369 --> 01:10:08,871
<i>[Ferol Murmuring, Whimpering]</i>

1034
01:10:11,916 --> 01:10:13,917
Courage, my son.
The worst is over.

1035
01:10:14,002 --> 01:10:16,503
[Ferol Praying, Indistinct]

1036
01:10:25,638 --> 01:10:27,347
Good morning, Paris.

1037
01:10:29,142 --> 01:10:31,226
Good morning, Sergeant.

1038
01:10:31,311 --> 01:10:34,688
- How are you today?
- Not too bad.

1039
01:10:34,772 --> 01:10:36,773
How are you?

1040
01:10:38,651 --> 01:10:40,694
You missed some good chow
in here last night.

1041
01:10:40,778 --> 01:10:42,779
What'd you have?

1042
01:10:45,742 --> 01:10:48,619
Have you got a drink for us?

1043
01:10:48,703 --> 01:10:51,288
Take a swig ofthis.

1044
01:10:51,372 --> 01:10:53,373
[Laughs]

1045
01:10:54,542 --> 01:10:57,961
Itjust occurred to me —
A funny thing.

1046
01:10:58,046 --> 01:11:00,756
I haven't had one sexual thought
since the court-martial.

1047
01:11:00,840 --> 01:11:03,175
[Laughing]
It's pretty extraordinary, isn't it?

1048
01:11:03,259 --> 01:11:06,261
- [Sobbing]
- Pull yourselftogether. Act like a man.

1049
01:11:06,346 --> 01:11:08,597
- [Crying]
- Listen, Paris.

1050
01:11:08,681 --> 01:11:11,183
- Are you listening to me?
- Yes.

1051
01:11:11,267 --> 01:11:13,185
There will be a lot ofdignitaries,
newspapermen out there.

1052
01:11:13,269 --> 01:11:15,520
You've got a wife and family.
How do you want to be remembered?

1053
01:11:15,605 --> 01:11:17,731
I don't wanna die.

1054
01:11:17,815 --> 01:11:19,942
Many of us will bejoining you
before this war's over.

1055
01:11:20,026 --> 01:11:23,195
I don't care.
I don't wanna die.

1056
01:11:23,279 --> 01:11:25,739
[Gasping]
Please save me, Sergeant.

1057
01:11:25,823 --> 01:11:28,450
I can't save you. No one can now.

1058
01:11:30,036 --> 01:11:32,704
This is the last decision
you'll have a chance to make on earth.

1059
01:11:32,789 --> 01:11:35,582
<i>You can pull yourselftogether, act like a man,</i>
<i>or we'll have to drag you out of here.</i>

1060
01:11:35,667 --> 01:11:38,251
<i>In the end, it'll all be the same.</i>
<i>It's up to you.</i>

1061
01:11:41,172 --> 01:11:43,674
<i>[Ferol Praying, Murmuring]</i>

1062
01:11:55,853 --> 01:11:58,814
<i>Well, let's get busy.</i>
<i>You and Ferol take your coats off.</i>

1063
01:11:58,898 --> 01:12:00,816
<i>It's no use hanging around here.</i>

1064
01:12:00,900 --> 01:12:00,941
- ♪♪ [Rolling Tattoo]
- ♪♪ [Steady Drum Beat]

1065
01:12:00,942 --> 01:12:05,028
- ♪♪ [Rolling Tattoo]
- ♪♪ [Steady Drum Beat]

1066
01:12:07,365 --> 01:12:09,366
<i>♪♪ [Drumming Continues]</i>

1067
01:12:10,743 --> 01:12:14,871
[No Audible Dialogue]

1068
01:12:18,334 --> 01:12:22,921
...with the help ofthy grace
to do penance and to amend my life.

1069
01:12:23,006 --> 01:12:27,676
- [Dupree Murmuring Prayer]
- [Sobbing]

1070
01:12:29,220 --> 01:12:31,221
Amen.

1071
01:12:31,305 --> 01:12:33,682
Why do I have to die? For what?

1072
01:12:33,766 --> 01:12:36,727
[Sobbing]

1073
01:12:36,811 --> 01:12:39,938
Why do I have to die? Why?
I didn't do anything.

1074
01:12:40,023 --> 01:12:43,150
We do not question
the will ofGod, my son.

1075
01:12:43,234 --> 01:12:45,235
But I fought. I fought.

1076
01:12:45,319 --> 01:12:47,612
I fought on the battlefield.

1077
01:12:47,697 --> 01:12:51,199
Why don't they die?
Why not put them to death?

1078
01:12:51,284 --> 01:12:53,577
<i>You showed courage</i>
<i>in the face ofthe enemy, my son.</i>

1079
01:12:53,661 --> 01:12:55,704
<i>Show it now before your own troops.</i>

1080
01:12:55,788 --> 01:12:57,789
But I'm scared. I'm scared.

1081
01:12:59,542 --> 01:13:02,544
Oh, Father, I'm scared. Oh, my God.

1082
01:13:02,628 --> 01:13:06,048
Courage. Brace yourself, man.
Brace yourself.

1083
01:13:06,132 --> 01:13:08,633
<i>[Ferol Crying, Whimpering]</i>

1084
01:13:13,139 --> 01:13:17,142
[Dupree] He said, "This day,
thou shalt be with me in paradise."

1085
01:13:17,226 --> 01:13:20,020
<i>- [Ferol] Really, Father?</i>
- Yes.

1086
01:13:20,104 --> 01:13:22,564
<i>[Sobbing]</i>
<i>Really, Father?</i>

1087
01:13:22,648 --> 01:13:27,069
<i>I don't understand why—</i>
<i>[Sobbing]</i>

1088
01:13:27,153 --> 01:13:31,698
I'll never see nobody again, Father. Please.

1089
01:13:31,783 --> 01:13:34,159
Courage, man. Brace yourself.

1090
01:13:34,243 --> 01:13:36,787
- I can't help it.
- Brace yourself.

1091
01:13:36,871 --> 01:13:38,747
I can't help it, Father.

1092
01:13:38,831 --> 01:13:41,583
O God, O Almighty God —

1093
01:13:41,667 --> 01:13:43,585
Oh, Christ! Christ!

1094
01:13:43,669 --> 01:13:45,587
Grant courage to this man
who is about to die.

1095
01:13:45,671 --> 01:13:47,839
Strengthen me, God!
Please strengthen me!

1096
01:13:47,924 --> 01:13:50,425
<i>[Sobbing Continues]</i>

1097
01:13:54,305 --> 01:13:56,681
Why do I have to die, Father?

1098
01:13:59,852 --> 01:14:01,937
Why do I have to die, Father?

1099
01:14:02,021 --> 01:14:04,231
[Boulanger]
About face!

1100
01:14:04,315 --> 01:14:06,817
<i>♪♪ [Drumming Continues]</i>

1101
01:14:13,866 --> 01:14:16,993
<i>Secure prisoners!</i>

1102
01:14:19,622 --> 01:14:21,623
<i>[Roget]</i>
<i>Detail, attention!</i>

1103
01:14:21,707 --> 01:14:23,917
<i>Forward march!</i>

1104
01:14:24,001 --> 01:14:26,503
<i>[Footsteps]</i>

1105
01:14:32,718 --> 01:14:37,806
Detail, halt!

1106
01:14:37,890 --> 01:14:39,891
Left face!

1107
01:14:42,687 --> 01:14:45,188
[Sobbing, Murmuring]

1108
01:14:51,612 --> 01:14:54,239
Please don't.
Please choose me to — [Sobs]

1109
01:15:10,047 --> 01:15:12,549
<i>♪♪ [Drumming Continues]</i>

1110
01:15:14,385 --> 01:15:17,387
"In the name ofthe French People...

1111
01:15:17,471 --> 01:15:19,347
"Corporal Philippe Paris...

1112
01:15:19,432 --> 01:15:21,683
"Private Maurice Ferol...

1113
01:15:21,767 --> 01:15:23,393
"and Private Pierre Arnaud...

1114
01:15:23,477 --> 01:15:25,729
"ofthe 701 st Regiment...

1115
01:15:25,813 --> 01:15:30,025
"having been found guilty ofcowardice
in the face ofthe enemy...

1116
01:15:31,277 --> 01:15:34,362
"are to be executed by rifle fire immediately...

1117
01:15:34,447 --> 01:15:36,781
in accordance with thejudgment
ofthe military court-martial."

1118
01:15:43,873 --> 01:15:47,209
[Boulanger]
Right face!

1119
01:15:47,293 --> 01:15:49,294
Forward hut!

1120
01:16:04,685 --> 01:16:08,396
...and blessed are thou amongst women.

1121
01:16:08,481 --> 01:16:10,899
- Do you want a blindfold?
- Blessed art thou —

1122
01:16:10,983 --> 01:16:13,902
Yes, Lieutenant. Please.

1123
01:16:15,988 --> 01:16:18,949
[Sobbing]

1124
01:16:19,033 --> 01:16:22,953
I don't wanna die.
I don't wanna die.

1125
01:16:27,458 --> 01:16:29,960
[Sobbing]

1126
01:16:34,507 --> 01:16:37,425
Do — Do you want a blindfold?

1127
01:16:37,510 --> 01:16:39,469
No.

1128
01:16:40,471 --> 01:16:42,389
[Quietly]
I'm sorry.

1129
01:17:17,383 --> 01:17:19,301
<i>♪♪ [Drumming Stops]</i>

1130
01:17:20,469 --> 01:17:22,470
Ready!

1131
01:17:24,724 --> 01:17:26,224
Aim!

1132
01:17:28,269 --> 01:17:30,270
<i>- Fire!</i>
- [Groaning]

1133
01:17:33,566 --> 01:17:35,984
I'm awfully glad
you could be there, George.

1134
01:17:36,068 --> 01:17:38,695
This sort ofthing
is always rather grim.

1135
01:17:38,779 --> 01:17:41,072
But this one had a kind ofsplendor to it,
don't you think?

1136
01:17:41,157 --> 01:17:43,575
I have never seen an affair ofthis sort
handled any better.

1137
01:17:43,659 --> 01:17:46,536
The men died wonderfully.

1138
01:17:46,662 --> 01:17:49,998
There's always that chance
that one ofthem will do something
that will leave everyone with a bad taste.

1139
01:17:50,082 --> 01:17:51,833
This time, you couldn't ask for better.

1140
01:17:51,917 --> 01:17:54,169
<i>[Knocking]</i>

1141
01:17:54,253 --> 01:17:56,671
Yes?

1142
01:17:56,756 --> 01:17:58,089
[Broulard]
Yes, Colonel?

1143
01:17:58,174 --> 01:17:59,632
You wanted to see me, sir.

1144
01:17:59,717 --> 01:18:02,927
[Chuckling] Oh, yes, yes.
Come in, Colonel. Come in and sit down.

1145
01:18:04,138 --> 01:18:07,432
Oh, Colonel Dax,
your men died very well.

1146
01:18:11,187 --> 01:18:14,022
- Would you like some coffee, Colonel?
- No, thank you, sir.

1147
01:18:14,106 --> 01:18:16,441
Oh, by the way, Paul,
it's been brought to my attention...

1148
01:18:16,525 --> 01:18:20,445
that you ordered your artillery
to fire on your own men
during the attack on the Anthill.

1149
01:18:22,406 --> 01:18:24,157
- I did what?
<i>- [Cup Clatters]</i>

1150
01:18:24,241 --> 01:18:28,661
- Who told you that?
- Colonel Dax came to me last night
with the story.

1151
01:18:30,790 --> 01:18:35,210
Colonel Dax, I've always known
that you were a disloyal officer...

1152
01:18:35,294 --> 01:18:38,671
but I never dreamed that you would
stoop to anything so low as this.

1153
01:18:38,756 --> 01:18:43,176
General, I have sworn statements
from Captain Nichols, your artillery spotter...

1154
01:18:43,260 --> 01:18:46,179
Captain Rousseau, the battery commander
who refused your order.

1155
01:18:46,263 --> 01:18:48,306
I think it's infamous,
absolutely infamous.

1156
01:18:48,391 --> 01:18:50,683
Then there's no truth at all
to the charge made by Colonel Dax?

1157
01:18:50,768 --> 01:18:53,061
I don't see how you could
even ask me that.

1158
01:18:53,145 --> 01:18:55,563
You cannot imagine how glad I am
to hear that, Paul.

1159
01:18:55,648 --> 01:18:58,233
I'm certain that
you'll come through it all right.

1160
01:18:58,317 --> 01:19:00,819
- I'll come through what?
- There will have to be an inquiry.

1161
01:19:00,903 --> 01:19:03,071
- An inquiry?
- But it won't amount to much.

1162
01:19:03,155 --> 01:19:05,407
- Those things never do. The public forgets.
- "Public"?

1163
01:19:05,491 --> 01:19:07,325
You've got to have the right
to clearyour name.

1164
01:19:07,410 --> 01:19:11,329
You cannot allow such vile insinuations
against your character to go undenied.

1165
01:19:12,957 --> 01:19:14,874
So that's it.

1166
01:19:16,001 --> 01:19:18,086
You're making me the goat —

1167
01:19:18,170 --> 01:19:21,172
the only completely innocent man
in this whole affair.

1168
01:19:25,511 --> 01:19:29,097
I have only one last thing
to say to you, George.

1169
01:19:29,181 --> 01:19:32,517
The man you stabbed in the back
is a soldier.

1170
01:19:39,775 --> 01:19:41,693
<i>[Door Slams]</i>

1171
01:19:41,777 --> 01:19:44,362
Well...

1172
01:19:44,447 --> 01:19:46,364
had to be done.

1173
01:19:46,449 --> 01:19:49,742
France cannot afford to have fools
guiding her military destiny.

1174
01:19:49,827 --> 01:19:52,954
I'm grateful to you, Dax, for having
brought this matter to my attention.

1175
01:19:53,038 --> 01:19:56,374
Colonel Dax, how would you like
General Mireau'sjob?

1176
01:19:58,335 --> 01:20:00,628
- His what, sir?
- Hisjob.

1177
01:20:00,713 --> 01:20:03,339
Let me get this straight, sir.

1178
01:20:04,383 --> 01:20:07,218
You're offering me
General Mireau's command?

1179
01:20:07,303 --> 01:20:10,054
Come, come, Colonel Dax.
Don't overdo the surprise.

1180
01:20:10,139 --> 01:20:12,974
You've been after thejob from the start.
We all know that, my boy.

1181
01:20:14,602 --> 01:20:17,604
I may be many things, sir,
but I'm not your boy.

1182
01:20:17,688 --> 01:20:20,482
Well, I certainly didn't mean to imply
any biological relationship.

1183
01:20:20,566 --> 01:20:22,734
- I'm not your boy in any sense.
- You trying to provoke me, Colonel?

1184
01:20:22,818 --> 01:20:24,736
- Why should I want to do that, sir?
- Exactly.

1185
01:20:24,820 --> 01:20:26,821
It would be a pity to lose your promotion
before you get it...

1186
01:20:26,906 --> 01:20:29,616
a promotion you have
so very carefully planned for.

1187
01:20:32,203 --> 01:20:35,997
Sir, would you like me to suggest
what you can do with that promotion?

1188
01:20:36,081 --> 01:20:39,876
Colonel Dax! You will apologize at once,
or I shall have you placed under arrest!

1189
01:20:41,837 --> 01:20:45,673
I apologize for not being
entirely honest with you.

1190
01:20:45,758 --> 01:20:48,384
I apologize for not revealing
my true feelings.

1191
01:20:49,637 --> 01:20:51,638
I apologize, sir,
for not telling you sooner...

1192
01:20:51,722 --> 01:20:54,807
that you're a degenerate,
sadistic old man...

1193
01:20:54,892 --> 01:20:58,853
and you can go to hell before I apologize
to you now or ever again!

1194
01:21:00,981 --> 01:21:04,609
Colonel Dax, you're a disappointment to me.

1195
01:21:05,736 --> 01:21:09,739
You've spoiled the keenness ofyour mind
by wallowing in sentimentality.

1196
01:21:09,823 --> 01:21:11,866
You really did want to save those men...

1197
01:21:11,951 --> 01:21:14,702
and you were not angling
for Mireau's command.

1198
01:21:14,787 --> 01:21:18,706
You're an idealist, and I pity you
as I would the village idiot.

1199
01:21:18,791 --> 01:21:21,209
We're fighting a war, Dax,
a war that we've got to win.

1200
01:21:21,293 --> 01:21:23,211
Those men didn't fight,
so they were shot.

1201
01:21:23,295 --> 01:21:27,215
You bring charges against General Mireau,
so I insist that he answer them.

1202
01:21:27,299 --> 01:21:29,008
Wherein have I done wrong?

1203
01:21:32,888 --> 01:21:35,265
Because you don't know
the answer to that question...

1204
01:21:38,018 --> 01:21:40,019
I pityyou.

1205
01:21:44,066 --> 01:21:47,235
<i>[Crowd Whistling, Cheering]</i>

1206
01:21:47,319 --> 01:21:51,322
<i>[Loud Cheering, Laughing]</i>

1207
01:21:54,994 --> 01:21:57,495
<i>[Pounding On Tables, Clamoring]</i>

1208
01:22:03,127 --> 01:22:06,045
[Whistling, Booing]

1209
01:22:06,130 --> 01:22:08,089
Thankyou. Thankyou, thankyou.

1210
01:22:08,173 --> 01:22:10,550
Now, gentlemen, we have a little
special entertainment foryou.

1211
01:22:10,634 --> 01:22:13,636
[Cheering, Clamoring]

1212
01:22:13,721 --> 01:22:15,722
<i>[Pounding On Tables]</i>

1213
01:22:15,806 --> 01:22:18,641
<i>Sort ofa — sort ofa little diversion</i>
<i>as it were.</i>

1214
01:22:18,726 --> 01:22:22,186
<i>And as my wife always says,</i>
<i>"What is life without a little diversion?"</i>

1215
01:22:22,271 --> 01:22:25,106
<i>[Laughing, Whistling]</i>

1216
01:22:25,190 --> 01:22:29,652
Now, gentlemen, I give you
our latest acquisition from the enemy.

1217
01:22:29,737 --> 01:22:32,030
[Booing, Whistling]

1218
01:22:32,114 --> 01:22:34,449
- From Germany.
<i>- [Booing]</i>

1219
01:22:34,533 --> 01:22:36,534
The land ofthe Hun.

1220
01:22:39,371 --> 01:22:42,165
[Cheering, Whistling]

1221
01:22:47,713 --> 01:22:50,423
[Whistling, Clamoring]

1222
01:22:53,344 --> 01:22:55,845
<i>[Shouting, Laughing]</i>

1223
01:22:59,850 --> 01:23:06,022
Gentlemen, a little pearl washed ashore
by the tide ofwar.

1224
01:23:06,106 --> 01:23:09,442
[Laughing]

1225
01:23:10,444 --> 01:23:13,029
<i>Sag den Herrschaften guten Tag.</i>

1226
01:23:13,113 --> 01:23:15,490
<i>- Guten Tag.</i>
<i>- [Soldiers Laughing]</i>

1227
01:23:15,574 --> 01:23:19,494
Hey! Talk in a civilized language.

1228
01:23:19,578 --> 01:23:22,664
<i>- [Whistling, Laughing]</i>
- It's true the little lady has her limitations.

1229
01:23:22,748 --> 01:23:25,917
As a matter offact,
she has absolutely no talent at all —

1230
01:23:26,001 --> 01:23:29,837
except, that is,
well, maybe a little natural talent?

1231
01:23:29,922 --> 01:23:32,965
<i>[Laughing, Whistling]</i>

1232
01:23:34,760 --> 01:23:38,179
The little lady can't dance,
she can't tell anyjokes...

1233
01:23:38,263 --> 01:23:40,682
and she can't balance rubber balls
on her little nose.

1234
01:23:40,766 --> 01:23:44,394
<i>- [Booing]</i>
- Ah, but she can sing like a bird.

1235
01:23:44,478 --> 01:23:46,187
She has a throat of gold.

1236
01:23:46,271 --> 01:23:48,648
- Come on, baby!
- Come on, honey! Sing us a song!

1237
01:23:48,732 --> 01:23:51,526
- Come on, honey! How about a song?
- [Clamoring, Whistling]

1238
01:23:54,363 --> 01:23:56,072
<i>[Clamoring Continues]</i>

1239
01:23:56,156 --> 01:23:58,199
[No Audible Dialogue]

1240
01:23:58,283 --> 01:24:00,993
<i>Come on, baby!</i>
<i>Sing us a song!</i>

1241
01:24:01,078 --> 01:24:04,580
[Singing Inaudible Over Clamor]

1242
01:24:06,917 --> 01:24:10,211
Louder! Louder!

1243
01:24:10,295 --> 01:24:13,715
- ♪♪ [Singing, Indistinct]
<i>- [Clamoring, Whistling Continue]</i>

1244
01:24:19,930 --> 01:24:23,850
<i>- ♪♪ [Singing "The Faithful Hussar"</i>
<i>in German]</i>
- [Clamoring Subsides, Stops]

1245
01:24:50,002 --> 01:24:55,214
<i>- ♪♪ [Singing Continues]</i>
- ♪♪ [Soldiers Humming Softly]

1246
01:25:27,581 --> 01:25:32,794
<i>- ♪♪ [Singing Continues]</i>
- ♪♪ [Soldiers Humming, Vocalizing]

1247
01:26:10,082 --> 01:26:13,084
<i>♪♪ [Soldiers Continue Humming]</i>

1248
01:26:23,679 --> 01:26:25,680
- Sir.
- Yes, Sergeant?

1249
01:26:25,764 --> 01:26:28,015
We have orders
to move back to the front immediately.

1250
01:26:29,977 --> 01:26:33,020
- Give the men a few minutes more, Sergeant.
- Yes, sir.

1251
01:26:33,105 --> 01:26:37,233
<i>♪♪ [Humming Continues]</i>

1252
01:26:48,954 --> 01:26:53,374
<i>♪♪ [Military Orchestra:</i>
<i>"The Faithful Hussar"]</i>

1253
01:27:45,135 --> 01:27:48,512
[Roars]