WEBVTT 00:00:04.351 --> 00:00:24.351 ..:: Presented By ZarFilm Website ::.. ‏.:: www.bolboljan.net ::. 00:01:46.375 --> 00:01:51.050 Child upon these maps do heed This black stain to be effaced 00:01:51.250 --> 00:01:56.666 Omitting it you would proceed Yet better it in red to trace 00:01:56.667 --> 00:01:59.749 Later, whatever may come to pass 00:01:59.750 --> 00:02:01.874 Promise there to go you must 00:02:01.875 --> 00:02:06.675 To fetch the children of Alsace Reaching out their arms to us 00:02:06.958 --> 00:02:11.791 May in our fondest France Hope's green saplings branch 00:02:11.792 --> 00:02:14.791 And in you, dear child, flower Grow, grow, 00:02:14.792 --> 00:02:18.749 France awaits its hour 00:02:18.750 --> 00:02:23.291 To rid the map of every trace of Germany, and of the Hun 00:02:23.292 --> 00:02:25.499 We must exterminate that race 00:02:25.500 --> 00:02:27.666 We must not leave a single one 00:02:27.667 --> 00:02:29.791 Heed not their children's cries, 00:02:29.792 --> 00:02:32.124 Best slay all now, the women too 00:02:32.125 --> 00:02:34.374 Or else some day again they'll rise, 00:02:34.375 --> 00:02:37.258 Which if they're dead they cannot do 00:02:37.458 --> 00:02:39.832 We have a one and only enemy 00:02:39.833 --> 00:02:42.332 Who digs the grave of Germany 00:02:42.333 --> 00:02:45.957 Its heart replete with hatred, gall and envy 00:02:45.958 --> 00:02:48.541 We have a one and only enemy 00:02:48.542 --> 00:02:51.041 The villain raises its murderous hand 00:02:51.042 --> 00:02:54.133 Its name you know, it is England 00:04:35.667 --> 00:04:37.092 This is it! 00:04:40.208 --> 00:04:43.133 War has been declared! 00:04:44.500 --> 00:04:46.166 Well, little brother? 00:04:46.167 --> 00:04:49.092 Going to spend the war repainting statues? 00:04:49.250 --> 00:04:51.217 I've put you on the list too! 00:04:51.750 --> 00:04:56.291 In two days, we're all leaving for basic training in Glasgow. 00:04:56.292 --> 00:05:00.133 At last, something's happening in our lives! 00:05:00.458 --> 00:05:02.633 Well, you coming? 00:06:43.375 --> 00:06:45.258 Two more minutes, Mr. Sprink. 00:07:34.792 --> 00:07:41.592 I have been ordered to read this message from our beloved Kaiser: 00:07:43.792 --> 00:07:47.633 This is a dark hour for Germany. 00:07:48.208 --> 00:07:51.666 Our land is besieged 00:07:51.667 --> 00:07:54.383 and we must brandish the sword. 00:07:55.042 --> 00:08:00.592 I hope that with God's help we shall use it well, 00:08:01.125 --> 00:08:05.800 so we may re-sheathe it with dignity. 00:08:13.125 --> 00:08:15.092 Two more minutes, Lieutenant! 00:09:49.958 --> 00:09:51.467 We're going out! 00:09:52.625 --> 00:09:55.675 100 meters to the German trenches. 00:09:56.125 --> 00:10:01.800 We've been shelling their machine-gunners, 00:10:03.417 --> 00:10:05.457 so we should be alright. 00:10:05.458 --> 00:10:08.082 We take their front line, then the farm just behind! 00:10:08.083 --> 00:10:11.425 The 134th will relieve us tonight 00:10:11.792 --> 00:10:14.133 and we can rest up in the rear. 00:10:15.333 --> 00:10:18.258 We'll have back-up from the Scots on our left. 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:24.041 You'll recognize their black caps. Don't worry about them, 00:10:24.042 --> 00:10:26.758 pay close heed to what I tell you to do. 00:10:27.917 --> 00:10:29.633 I'm like you. 00:10:29.958 --> 00:10:31.842 I too want to go home. 00:10:32.625 --> 00:10:37.175 So do what you must and we'll all be home for Christmas. 00:10:45.542 --> 00:10:46.758 Right. 00:10:47.958 --> 00:10:49.633 Come what will. 00:10:52.208 --> 00:10:53.842 Fix bayonets! 00:11:04.458 --> 00:11:06.633 Load rifles! 00:11:13.500 --> 00:11:15.342 Forward! 00:11:42.792 --> 00:11:47.300 Up along the sap! 00:11:50.292 --> 00:11:51.800 Get down! 00:12:28.458 --> 00:12:31.383 Don't stay here little brother... 00:12:33.458 --> 00:12:35.883 So one of us survives. 00:12:39.500 --> 00:12:44.124 No, William. 00:12:44.125 --> 00:12:47.758 Come on, William... 00:13:55.875 --> 00:13:57.842 I abandoned him. 00:14:01.042 --> 00:14:04.258 Like a coward! I abandoned him. 00:14:05.792 --> 00:14:08.957 I let him die, all alone! 00:14:08.958 --> 00:14:11.425 You had no choice. 00:14:13.042 --> 00:14:18.217 And now, we must pray for him and for all the other casualties. 00:14:23.833 --> 00:14:25.925 The reinforcements have arrived. 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:28.675 We're leaving, Dale. 00:14:31.958 --> 00:14:34.499 You stay here with the wounded. - Yes, Lieutenant. 00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:36.342 I'll see you back at base. 00:14:49.208 --> 00:14:51.758 I know you're in the trenches, Father. 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.342 It's me. 00:14:59.333 --> 00:15:01.383 It's Andrew Duncan. 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:03.842 I'm not far, Padre. 00:15:08.458 --> 00:15:11.416 Father, I'm eight, 00:15:11.417 --> 00:15:13.175 eight feet... 00:15:15.292 --> 00:15:16.508 Father. 00:15:19.542 --> 00:15:25.008 The others are too far away, but me... 00:15:25.667 --> 00:15:27.050 Father. 00:15:27.458 --> 00:15:29.758 You've got to come out and help. 00:15:33.958 --> 00:15:35.258 That's it. 00:15:36.083 --> 00:15:40.675 Just walk straight ahead and you'll be on top of me. 00:15:44.125 --> 00:15:47.300 I knew I could count on you, Father. 00:15:48.833 --> 00:15:51.967 Father, what are you doing? This is suicide! 00:15:56.500 --> 00:16:00.467 Don't run off like that! Damn you! 00:16:02.125 --> 00:16:04.291 Get back! Get back here! 00:16:04.292 --> 00:16:10.008 We're ordered to stay in the trench! - Cease fire! 00:16:12.458 --> 00:16:15.008 That was a stretcher-bearer. - What? 00:16:16.750 --> 00:16:18.582 You shot a stretcher-bearer. 00:16:18.583 --> 00:16:20.550 How do you know? 00:16:22.458 --> 00:16:24.508 You fired first? 00:16:26.125 --> 00:16:28.624 A Scots marauder, Sir! 00:16:28.625 --> 00:16:30.832 Think I got him. - Good. 00:16:30.833 --> 00:16:34.291 Stay vigilant. At the slightest move, sound the alert. 00:16:34.292 --> 00:16:35.541 Yes, Sir! 00:16:35.542 --> 00:16:36.925 Sprink! 00:16:37.125 --> 00:16:38.592 Come with me. 00:16:40.292 --> 00:16:42.217 Yes, Sir! 00:16:44.750 --> 00:16:46.249 Attention all! 00:16:46.250 --> 00:16:50.967 Deposit the enemy weapons in the Friedrichsstrasse trench! 00:16:51.792 --> 00:16:54.508 Go help them. - Right. 00:17:01.292 --> 00:17:03.467 Have to rebuild it. 00:17:40.125 --> 00:17:42.092 Relax, no one saw me. 00:17:50.750 --> 00:17:52.050 Get hurt? 00:17:54.792 --> 00:17:56.791 Christ! What happened? 00:17:56.792 --> 00:17:59.374 You were barely 15 mins in there. 00:17:59.375 --> 00:18:03.083 Reinforcements didn't... - Machine gunners in the sap. 00:18:03.084 --> 00:18:05.624 Lost a third of my men in 5 mins. 00:18:05.625 --> 00:18:07.791 When you saw the Scots retreat on your left 00:18:07.792 --> 00:18:09.499 you gave up on the farm. 00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:12.717 So, any word? 00:18:13.833 --> 00:18:16.467 I tried the Red Cross, but no go. 00:18:16.917 --> 00:18:19.925 No news from the enemy-occupied zone. 00:18:21.708 --> 00:18:25.175 The Germans appear to be treating civilians correctly. 00:18:26.167 --> 00:18:30.467 Your wife is most likely at her parents' with the baby. 00:18:35.250 --> 00:18:39.467 During the shelling, a faulty canon exploded. 00:18:40.292 --> 00:18:43.592 Killed the officer and his 5 men outright. 00:18:44.333 --> 00:18:48.467 I asked you be drafted in to replace him. 00:18:49.125 --> 00:18:52.624 Artillery, a fine corps. You'll move up fast. 00:18:52.625 --> 00:18:53.967 No. 00:18:54.583 --> 00:18:57.124 Keep your gunner's career, I stay here with my men. 00:18:57.125 --> 00:19:02.092 Find another Lieutenant, no shortage. 00:19:03.292 --> 00:19:06.758 I'm Major General here, I'll do as I see fit. 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:08.633 You'll do as I say. 00:19:11.375 --> 00:19:14.499 I'll let you spend Christmas in your unit. 00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:18.883 Then you go to Poitiers for training. That's an order. 00:19:23.125 --> 00:19:26.250 If you want your visit to remain secret you'd best leave, 00:19:26.251 --> 00:19:28.124 my orderly's coming. 00:19:28.125 --> 00:19:30.457 You rest up here for 3 days. 00:19:30.458 --> 00:19:33.291 Then, the front line by the Delsaux farm. 00:19:33.292 --> 00:19:35.717 The sector should be quiet for Christmas. 00:19:38.167 --> 00:19:39.592 Get some rest. 00:19:40.750 --> 00:19:43.258 See you before you leave for Poitiers. 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:45.300 Goodnight. 00:19:46.333 --> 00:19:48.175 Goodnight, Sir. 00:19:55.708 --> 00:19:59.592 Lieutenant, found some blankets for tonight. 00:20:00.625 --> 00:20:02.592 What's wrong, Lieutenant? 00:20:06.792 --> 00:20:09.624 My wallet! I've lost my wallet. 00:20:09.625 --> 00:20:13.916 The wallet with the photo you showed me? 00:20:13.917 --> 00:20:15.217 Yes. 00:20:18.625 --> 00:20:20.508 What a shame... 00:20:21.208 --> 00:20:26.133 But you hardly need photos of your wife's face. 00:20:27.958 --> 00:20:30.166 I'd a mishap too. 00:20:30.167 --> 00:20:31.883 Look at that, Sir. 00:20:33.208 --> 00:20:37.217 Two centimeters higher and I was a goner! 00:20:41.750 --> 00:20:44.175 And it still rings! 00:20:45.292 --> 00:20:49.675 Unstoppable, just like me! Eh, Lieutenant? 00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:05.800 It means placing one every five meters. 00:21:06.750 --> 00:21:08.633 Every five meters? 00:21:11.083 --> 00:21:13.425 How many is that in all? 00:21:14.792 --> 00:21:16.883 About 100,000. 00:21:18.042 --> 00:21:21.425 Or 20 trains for Lille via Brussels. 00:21:21.667 --> 00:21:23.508 Incredible! 00:21:23.958 --> 00:21:25.508 Christmas trees! 00:21:27.458 --> 00:21:33.133 It'll take me longer to send these trees to the front than our canons. 00:21:55.583 --> 00:21:58.008 Show Miss Sörensen in! 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:14.467 How is he? 00:22:16.958 --> 00:22:18.342 Well. 00:22:18.583 --> 00:22:23.749 His regiment came under surprise attack four days ago. 00:22:23.750 --> 00:22:26.550 But they drove back the enemy. 00:22:28.208 --> 00:22:33.675 As regards your proposal... 00:22:35.292 --> 00:22:40.749 I'm afraid to say, I cannot accept it. 00:22:40.750 --> 00:22:45.758 As a Dane, I feel the gravity of the situation escapes you. 00:22:45.958 --> 00:22:48.207 For five months now, 00:22:48.208 --> 00:22:51.082 two million of our men have fought unrelenting. 00:22:51.083 --> 00:22:58.258 We have neither the time nor the urge to organize recitals. 00:22:58.792 --> 00:23:02.417 It took me a while to realize I'd approached the wrong person. 00:23:02.418 --> 00:23:06.624 So I contacted the Kronprinz, 00:23:06.625 --> 00:23:14.925 who'd be delighted to have a recital at his HQ on Christmas Eve. 00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:19.833 I was told you were responsible not just for canons and convoys, 00:23:19.834 --> 00:23:22.791 but also the soldiers. 00:23:22.792 --> 00:23:27.675 So if you would kindly sign here, 00:23:28.250 --> 00:23:33.425 next to the Kronprinz, before informing your men. 00:23:39.708 --> 00:23:43.508 You'll only see him one night. What's the point of that? 00:23:44.958 --> 00:23:47.383 It'll be much more than one night. 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:53.050 Our minutes are longer than yours. 00:24:04.083 --> 00:24:05.457 Mother, 00:24:05.458 --> 00:24:09.175 William and I got your package and letter. 00:24:09.667 --> 00:24:12.842 Thanks for the mittens and the mufflers. 00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:16.550 It's so cold here, they're most welcome. 00:24:17.083 --> 00:24:21.008 The thought of you at home nice and warm keeps us going! 00:24:21.750 --> 00:24:24.133 Thanks for the cake, too. 00:24:24.417 --> 00:24:27.457 I hope we have some left for Christmas Eve. 00:24:27.458 --> 00:24:30.800 Your two sons, who love you... 00:24:30.917 --> 00:24:32.383 Morning, Father. 00:24:33.792 --> 00:24:37.166 3 cases of whisky! That's a lot of ammunition. 00:24:37.167 --> 00:24:38.707 I presume I'm invited? 00:24:38.708 --> 00:24:41.425 Sir, my men are completely exhausted. 00:24:42.125 --> 00:24:44.166 We're all tired, Gordon. 00:24:44.167 --> 00:24:46.050 Every single one of us. 00:24:46.625 --> 00:24:49.758 I can bring you no relief before three days. 00:24:50.292 --> 00:24:54.800 And if the Germans do attack tonight or tomorrow, as they may 00:24:55.125 --> 00:24:57.050 you'll just have to deal with it. 00:24:58.458 --> 00:24:59.758 Yes Sir. 00:25:07.375 --> 00:25:09.832 Our valiant stretcher-bearer. 00:25:09.833 --> 00:25:13.916 Who nearly got one of his own men killed in no-man's -land. 00:25:13.917 --> 00:25:18.217 A stretcher-bearer is supposed to save lives not endanger them. 00:25:18.917 --> 00:25:20.499 I gave orders, 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:24.271 very clear orders that it was forbidden to leave these trenches 00:25:24.272 --> 00:25:26.457 in case of a German counter attack. 00:25:26.458 --> 00:25:27.666 Yes Sir, but... 00:25:27.667 --> 00:25:30.050 But you don't give a damn! 00:25:31.792 --> 00:25:35.467 Now I suggest you drop the St. Bernard act in future 00:25:35.583 --> 00:25:37.258 and never forget 00:25:37.583 --> 00:25:40.592 something called military discipline! 00:25:44.375 --> 00:25:46.217 Understood? 00:25:47.083 --> 00:25:48.624 Do you understand? 00:25:48.625 --> 00:25:50.133 Yes, Sir. 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:54.883 Can you tell me what you're doing here 00:25:55.292 --> 00:25:58.508 in the front line in the absence of combat? 00:25:59.167 --> 00:26:00.291 Visiting a friend... 00:26:00.292 --> 00:26:01.675 What? 00:26:03.792 --> 00:26:05.175 A friend? 00:26:05.792 --> 00:26:07.717 Where do you think you are? 00:26:08.250 --> 00:26:10.258 Your local parish? 00:26:10.958 --> 00:26:14.550 You will return with me immediately to the back line. 00:26:17.833 --> 00:26:21.425 Come on, man! Make yourself useful. 00:26:21.667 --> 00:26:22.925 Sir. 00:26:23.792 --> 00:26:25.675 This way is shorter. 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:40.124 Take a right through the cludgies, 00:26:40.125 --> 00:26:41.499 the latrines. - This way? 00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:44.383 Yes, this way. - Get me out of here, will you? 00:26:46.250 --> 00:26:47.124 Enough. 00:26:47.125 --> 00:26:50.791 Sorry we have to go through the cludgies, Sir... 00:26:50.792 --> 00:26:54.175 Christ! - Sniper, Sir! 00:26:55.375 --> 00:26:57.499 What a bloody disgusting mess! 00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:59.124 Bad place to take a fall, Sir. 00:26:59.125 --> 00:27:02.800 Get me out of here! - Absolutely, Sir. 00:27:03.583 --> 00:27:06.217 Shut up, will you! 00:27:07.375 --> 00:27:10.508 As a priest, I'm used to silence... 00:27:11.375 --> 00:27:12.925 That's enough. 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:16.041 Well? - Nothing. 00:27:16.042 --> 00:27:20.166 Just a rifle shot. It's dead calm. 00:27:20.167 --> 00:27:24.758 Be wary, they'll stop at nothing, even on Christmas Eve. 00:27:28.542 --> 00:27:29.925 Follow me. 00:27:31.792 --> 00:27:33.749 Know who had this brilliant idea? 00:27:33.750 --> 00:27:34.967 No. 00:27:35.542 --> 00:27:37.883 For you, Lieutenant. 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.800 Sprink! 00:27:50.625 --> 00:27:54.633 You'll be leaving us for one night. 00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:57.957 To go where? 00:27:57.958 --> 00:28:01.383 Home, in a way, where you'd be better off. 00:28:01.792 --> 00:28:04.550 Why do you dislike me, Sir? 00:28:08.875 --> 00:28:14.291 After your regiment was disbanded I had to take you. 00:28:14.292 --> 00:28:17.883 But I prefer masons, bakers, farmers. 00:28:18.833 --> 00:28:21.957 Artists like you are a dead loss, 00:28:21.958 --> 00:28:24.374 nothing but a millstone. 00:28:24.375 --> 00:28:27.550 Now go. This officer's taking you. 00:28:44.458 --> 00:28:45.916 Get a move on! 00:28:45.917 --> 00:28:48.467 It's 10 o'clock and nothing's done! 00:29:01.208 --> 00:29:03.133 Easy on there. 00:29:03.875 --> 00:29:05.291 It's not too short? 00:29:05.292 --> 00:29:11.791 I told you, Lieutenant, I'm the best barber in Lens. 00:29:11.792 --> 00:29:14.467 Even the mayor used to come to my shop! 00:29:16.375 --> 00:29:19.707 And Henri Hennebicque, was he a customer? 00:29:19.708 --> 00:29:23.541 Hennebicque... Doesn't ring a bell. 00:29:23.542 --> 00:29:25.133 My father-in-law, 00:29:25.458 --> 00:29:29.508 deputy mayor, lives at 21 Cypress Alley. 00:29:30.042 --> 00:29:31.925 You never told me. 00:29:32.417 --> 00:29:35.342 Cypress Alley, I know it well! 00:29:35.792 --> 00:29:38.374 Been a few times to have my bike fixed 00:29:38.375 --> 00:29:42.008 at Narcisse Denoyelle's, number 43. 00:29:42.292 --> 00:29:46.425 Right, I can see it now, a little blue gate. 00:29:52.042 --> 00:29:55.124 I feel I can tell you, now... 00:29:55.125 --> 00:29:59.041 Sometimes, of an evening, I head up along the embankment 00:29:59.042 --> 00:30:03.633 towards the farm, softly softly, so not to get killed. 00:30:06.750 --> 00:30:11.133 I sit down and I look... 00:30:11.542 --> 00:30:14.092 I know the Delsaux farm well. 00:30:14.333 --> 00:30:18.050 I'd cycle there for eggs and milk. 00:30:19.125 --> 00:30:25.175 Just beyond the farm is the road to Lens. 00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:27.342 Straight to Lens. 00:30:31.042 --> 00:30:35.425 On foot, I'd be home in an hour. 00:30:35.917 --> 00:30:37.425 No bother, 00:30:38.583 --> 00:30:39.967 one hour! 00:30:41.583 --> 00:30:45.041 My mother would be waiting at the door, 00:30:45.042 --> 00:30:48.383 a full pot of coffee on the stove, 00:30:48.958 --> 00:30:51.717 just like before... 00:31:00.167 --> 00:31:03.092 What a nuisance, these damn lice! 00:31:06.292 --> 00:31:07.758 There you go. 00:31:08.833 --> 00:31:12.300 I think I'm done, Lieutenant. 00:31:15.458 --> 00:31:17.092 Well? 00:31:17.875 --> 00:31:19.342 Ponchel, 00:31:20.542 --> 00:31:22.592 there's no mirror in front! 00:31:23.667 --> 00:31:26.258 Christ, what an idiot! 00:31:27.292 --> 00:31:32.082 But you're grand, Sir, tip-top for the party tonight. 00:31:32.083 --> 00:31:34.467 If you say so! - I do... 00:31:38.167 --> 00:31:40.124 Welcome, Miss. 00:31:40.125 --> 00:31:41.624 My pleasure. 00:31:41.625 --> 00:31:43.092 This way, please. 00:31:52.583 --> 00:31:55.175 Miss Sörenson, most honored. 00:32:00.917 --> 00:32:05.675 I will not tolerate mistakes! Clean that up at once! 00:32:11.083 --> 00:32:15.342 Know where Nikolaus Sprink is? 00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:20.291 Know where Nikolaus Sprink is? 00:32:20.292 --> 00:32:22.166 He arrived about an hour ago. 00:32:22.167 --> 00:32:24.291 Sprink? The tenor? 00:32:24.292 --> 00:32:25.207 Yes. 00:32:25.208 --> 00:32:28.957 Miss, though we've owned this house for 300 years, 00:32:28.958 --> 00:32:32.499 it is no longer our home since September 23 last. 00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:35.133 Ask elsewhere, if you would. 00:32:35.417 --> 00:32:40.541 With any taste they'll have put him in my room on the top floor. 00:32:40.542 --> 00:32:41.925 Thank you. 00:32:42.292 --> 00:32:46.175 You poor thing! Good taste indeed! 00:32:47.167 --> 00:32:53.050 Prussians with taste! You shouldn't even answer those people. 00:33:19.583 --> 00:33:23.467 No! I have lice. 00:35:15.583 --> 00:35:18.883 We'll sing again together, just like before. 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:22.342 I am not like before, Anna. 00:35:29.792 --> 00:35:32.967 Sing for me! Sing for us! 00:36:09.250 --> 00:36:10.675 Your Highness. 00:36:14.125 --> 00:36:18.300 I'm glad to see the war has spared you. 00:36:19.125 --> 00:36:23.957 That you volunteered as a private, 00:36:23.958 --> 00:36:26.675 was most impressive. 00:36:27.417 --> 00:36:30.249 I did not volunteer. 00:36:30.250 --> 00:36:33.383 I was called up like all the others. 00:36:36.167 --> 00:36:41.249 I congratulate you on your initiative, Miss. 00:36:41.250 --> 00:36:46.633 It takes a woman to remind us that despite the war, it is Christmas. 00:36:46.792 --> 00:36:50.374 Thanks to you and your voices, 00:36:50.375 --> 00:36:53.217 tonight shall feel just like Berlin, 00:36:53.625 --> 00:36:56.592 where I hope to return as soon as possible. 00:36:57.625 --> 00:36:59.842 Perhaps next spring, 00:37:00.458 --> 00:37:03.217 if all goes to plan. 00:37:04.167 --> 00:37:06.008 Next spring! 00:39:53.417 --> 00:39:55.050 You smoke? 00:40:01.125 --> 00:40:03.675 Everyone smokes in the trenches. 00:40:03.958 --> 00:40:06.925 You kill time as you can. 00:40:10.042 --> 00:40:14.217 It's five years today since we met. 00:40:16.375 --> 00:40:17.883 Oslo... 00:40:20.125 --> 00:40:22.467 Five years already? 00:40:24.792 --> 00:40:29.207 To have to brush with death to realize how time flies. 00:40:29.208 --> 00:40:31.050 That's the terrible thing. 00:40:34.667 --> 00:40:39.842 All these fat, sated men parading, swilling Champagne. 00:40:44.458 --> 00:40:46.925 Anna, I must return to the front... 00:40:48.292 --> 00:40:50.925 to sing for my comrades. 00:40:51.542 --> 00:40:52.957 Tonight, above all. 00:40:52.958 --> 00:40:56.624 For months I've dreamt of this and you want to go? 00:40:56.625 --> 00:40:58.758 I don't want to leave you, 00:40:59.208 --> 00:41:02.300 but I must go sing for them. 00:41:02.625 --> 00:41:04.758 I'll return afterwards. 00:41:05.583 --> 00:41:06.624 I'll come too. 00:41:06.625 --> 00:41:08.550 Out of the question! 00:41:08.875 --> 00:41:12.842 It's too dangerous. You don't realize. 00:41:13.625 --> 00:41:14.957 When you left, 00:41:14.958 --> 00:41:19.916 not a second passed without my wondering if you were still alive. 00:41:19.917 --> 00:41:24.425 You are and I am with you. Nothing else matters. 00:41:26.417 --> 00:41:29.758 I've too long awaited this night. 00:41:30.125 --> 00:41:33.217 I'll not lose a single instant. 00:41:35.292 --> 00:41:40.383 And without my pass from the Kaiser you'll not get far. 00:41:41.792 --> 00:41:44.633 You have a pass from the Kaiser? 00:41:48.375 --> 00:41:51.800 The Major General places his trust in you. 00:41:57.458 --> 00:41:58.957 Hell, Lieutenant! 00:41:58.958 --> 00:42:01.813 Couldn't they leave us be on Christmas Eve? 00:42:01.814 --> 00:42:04.457 The dirty work always falls to the same! 00:42:04.458 --> 00:42:06.425 I volunteer to go. 00:42:07.417 --> 00:42:09.467 I want no trouble, Gueusselin. 00:42:10.292 --> 00:42:14.749 Approach their lines, recce the machine guns and back. 00:42:14.750 --> 00:42:15.916 Understood? 00:42:15.917 --> 00:42:20.217 With this moonlight can I return fire if spotted? 00:42:20.833 --> 00:42:23.925 Stealth and speed if you want a hot meal. 00:42:41.208 --> 00:42:44.883 Hey lads, where'd you get the pipes? 00:42:46.083 --> 00:42:48.416 Where'd you get the pipes? - I found it. 00:42:48.417 --> 00:42:51.958 The guys in 92nd heard we'd be in the trenches for Christmas. 00:42:51.959 --> 00:42:55.883 That was decent! Don't suppose there's a spare set? 00:42:56.083 --> 00:42:58.467 Sit here, you can use mine. 00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:00.967 Padre, give us a song. 00:43:02.333 --> 00:43:04.258 I'm dreaming of home? 00:44:15.458 --> 00:44:17.508 Come boys, louder! 00:45:13.375 --> 00:45:15.925 They seem to be having fun. 00:45:17.125 --> 00:45:19.175 Wouldn't you like to as well? 00:45:19.625 --> 00:45:21.666 This is Anna Sörensen. 00:45:21.667 --> 00:45:23.925 Good evening. 00:45:25.208 --> 00:45:26.291 Good evening. 00:45:26.292 --> 00:45:27.717 What's all this? 00:45:28.625 --> 00:45:31.291 Are you mad bringing this lady here? 00:45:31.292 --> 00:45:32.916 Lieutenant, 00:45:32.917 --> 00:45:38.258 I convinced the Kronprinz that a little music would do no harm. 00:45:40.958 --> 00:45:42.300 Very well. 00:45:43.083 --> 00:45:44.883 Fire away. 00:46:20.292 --> 00:46:21.675 Lieutenant! 00:46:22.250 --> 00:46:26.217 Come quickly, something odd is afoot. 00:46:32.792 --> 00:46:34.883 I don't like this, Lieutenant. 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:39.050 Could be a diversion for some dirty trick. 00:48:27.750 --> 00:48:29.092 Sprink. 00:48:33.208 --> 00:48:34.633 Get down! 00:51:00.083 --> 00:51:02.041 Good evening, Englishmen! 00:51:02.042 --> 00:51:03.374 Good evening Germans, 00:51:03.375 --> 00:51:06.008 but we're not English! We're Scottish! 00:51:13.250 --> 00:51:16.467 Very nice, but that's enough. 00:51:17.833 --> 00:51:20.008 This is not the Berlin opera. 00:51:20.792 --> 00:51:22.217 You're right. 00:51:23.542 --> 00:51:25.967 It's better than Berlin. 00:51:28.625 --> 00:51:32.624 Well I never! That beats the lot... 00:51:32.625 --> 00:51:35.582 A summit meeting and we're not even invited! 00:51:35.583 --> 00:51:37.342 Shut it, Ponchel! 00:51:37.792 --> 00:51:39.717 What the hell's going on? 00:51:55.292 --> 00:51:56.916 Good evening. 00:51:56.917 --> 00:51:58.717 Do you speak English? 00:51:59.083 --> 00:52:01.092 Yes... a little. 00:52:01.375 --> 00:52:03.082 Wonderful. 00:52:03.083 --> 00:52:06.300 We've been talking about a ceasefire 00:52:07.208 --> 00:52:10.508 for Christmas Eve. What do you think? 00:52:16.625 --> 00:52:19.425 The outcome of this war won't be decided tonight. 00:52:20.083 --> 00:52:24.300 No one would criticize us for laying down our rifles on Christmas Eve. 00:52:24.917 --> 00:52:27.883 Don't worry, it is just for tonight. 00:52:28.292 --> 00:52:30.624 What the devil are they up to? 00:52:30.625 --> 00:52:32.883 Maybe the Germans are fed up. 00:52:33.583 --> 00:52:35.842 They want to surrender. 00:52:37.625 --> 00:52:39.092 I doubt it. 00:52:41.958 --> 00:52:44.842 Give me a bottle of champagne and my beaker. 00:52:49.750 --> 00:52:51.008 Thank you. 00:52:54.125 --> 00:52:55.467 Thank you. 00:53:03.125 --> 00:53:04.675 Merry Christmas! 00:53:05.500 --> 00:53:07.008 Merry Christmas! 00:53:07.250 --> 00:53:08.717 Merry Christmas! 00:53:24.667 --> 00:53:26.758 What idiot did... 00:54:06.458 --> 00:54:07.925 Merry Christmas! 00:54:56.458 --> 00:54:58.675 Good evening, I'm Anna. 00:55:20.708 --> 00:55:22.967 You first... Go ahead. 00:55:37.625 --> 00:55:42.374 Felix! Where have you been? 00:55:42.375 --> 00:55:46.916 No, his name is not Felix, it's Nestor. 00:55:46.917 --> 00:55:49.416 It's Felix... - No, Nestor. 00:55:49.417 --> 00:55:54.874 It's the cat from the Delsaux farm. No, I know better than you. 00:55:54.875 --> 00:55:56.791 It's Felix... - No, Nestor. 00:55:56.792 --> 00:55:58.791 Here, I've had enough. 00:55:58.792 --> 00:56:01.082 It's Felix... - No, Nestor. 00:56:01.083 --> 00:56:08.499 See? It's Nestor. - It's Felix. 00:56:08.500 --> 00:56:12.383 Nestor's heading for the French side. 00:56:13.833 --> 00:56:15.300 My wife. 00:56:21.292 --> 00:56:24.758 A pretty girl. - Very. 00:56:27.375 --> 00:56:29.550 This is my wife. 00:56:47.833 --> 00:56:49.342 Montparnasse... 00:56:50.125 --> 00:56:52.967 That's my wife's favorite part in Paris. 00:56:53.708 --> 00:56:55.675 The Luxemburg Gardens. 00:56:56.417 --> 00:56:59.217 Got a picture of your wife? 00:56:59.250 --> 00:57:02.916 Like you, I had a photo of her, but... 00:57:02.917 --> 00:57:04.383 I lost it. 00:57:06.500 --> 00:57:08.592 I've drawn her face, but... 00:57:09.500 --> 00:57:11.633 it's not really the same. 00:57:23.583 --> 00:57:26.550 Do you live on Rue Vavin? 00:57:29.000 --> 00:57:30.300 Yes. 00:57:35.250 --> 00:57:36.717 I think... 00:57:38.417 --> 00:57:42.758 I find your wallet in my trench, the night of the assault. 00:57:43.208 --> 00:57:45.383 I kept it because of the address. 00:57:51.792 --> 00:57:54.342 A little hotel on Rue Vavin. 00:57:57.417 --> 00:58:01.425 Spent a week there with my wife, two years ago. 00:58:01.958 --> 00:58:04.092 For our honeymoon. 00:58:07.458 --> 00:58:09.258 Thank you. 00:58:09.583 --> 00:58:10.967 You're welcome. 00:58:15.500 --> 00:58:18.499 Hold on, that's Gueusselin's bottle! 00:58:18.500 --> 00:58:20.374 Who cares, he's turned in. 00:58:20.375 --> 00:58:21.842 I doubt it. 00:58:22.000 --> 00:58:26.800 Thank you, very much... Sirs. 00:58:38.917 --> 00:58:40.383 It's good! 00:58:42.375 --> 00:58:45.291 How many months pregnant was she there? 00:58:45.292 --> 00:58:46.758 Five months. 00:58:47.833 --> 00:58:50.008 That was in Lens, at her parents' 00:58:51.375 --> 00:58:52.967 last July... 00:58:53.958 --> 00:58:59.175 Then there were complications, she was confined to bed... 00:58:59.583 --> 00:59:03.967 I asked to stay by her side, but no go. 00:59:08.125 --> 00:59:11.383 Called to war, I'd to leave her there. 00:59:11.958 --> 00:59:16.832 But... Don't you write? 00:59:16.833 --> 00:59:18.425 How is she? 00:59:19.708 --> 00:59:22.416 I've had no letters since September. 00:59:22.417 --> 00:59:24.967 The front is impassable. 00:59:25.625 --> 00:59:28.133 I don't even know if it's a boy or a girl. 01:01:02.917 --> 01:01:04.717 I abandoned you. 01:01:05.917 --> 01:01:07.925 I abandoned you here. 01:01:10.792 --> 01:01:12.258 Hey, Scotsman! 01:01:12.750 --> 01:01:15.342 Don't go for the piety either? 01:01:15.875 --> 01:01:18.499 The French gave me some champagne. 01:01:18.500 --> 01:01:19.925 Like some? 01:01:23.708 --> 01:01:25.008 Come. 01:02:17.417 --> 01:02:19.175 Sing for us. 01:02:22.583 --> 01:02:24.133 Sing for them. 01:06:21.417 --> 01:06:23.258 Good evening, gentlemen. 01:07:20.792 --> 01:07:22.666 Please... Make way. 01:07:22.667 --> 01:07:24.800 Thank you, thank you. 01:07:27.375 --> 01:07:28.883 You were wonderful. 01:07:30.958 --> 01:07:34.082 I'm Jewish. Christmas means nothing to me. 01:07:34.083 --> 01:07:37.508 But I'll never forget tonight. 01:07:38.208 --> 01:07:39.550 Thank you. 01:07:43.292 --> 01:07:45.457 So what about the young lady? 01:07:45.458 --> 01:07:47.707 Yes, I wanted to ask you. 01:07:47.708 --> 01:07:51.666 Could she spend the night in your shelter? 01:07:51.667 --> 01:07:54.967 I meant: when is she leaving? 01:07:55.000 --> 01:07:57.041 Tomorrow morning. 01:07:57.042 --> 01:07:58.342 Fine. 01:07:59.958 --> 01:08:02.582 Alas, you cannot sleep in my shelter. 01:08:02.583 --> 01:08:04.425 I have company. 01:08:05.833 --> 01:08:10.124 A big rat, for 3 days now, but I'll get him in the end. 01:08:10.125 --> 01:08:12.457 We'll find a solution. 01:08:12.458 --> 01:08:14.499 Good night, Lieutenant. 01:08:14.500 --> 01:08:16.675 Good night. 01:08:20.208 --> 01:08:22.707 Don't worry, Miss. 01:08:22.708 --> 01:08:25.374 I'll find you a safe place. 01:08:25.375 --> 01:08:26.883 Thanks, Jörg. 01:08:29.625 --> 01:08:31.675 So, Lieutenant, 01:08:31.875 --> 01:08:34.633 what did you put in your report for HQ? 01:08:35.000 --> 01:08:38.758 I wrote: 24th of December, 1914: 01:08:39.167 --> 01:08:41.842 no hostilities on the German side tonight. 01:08:43.292 --> 01:08:45.217 Well, that's the truth. 01:08:48.417 --> 01:08:50.008 Tonight, 01:08:51.208 --> 01:08:55.967 these men were drawn to that altar like a fire in the middle of winter. 01:08:57.583 --> 01:09:01.425 Even those who aren't devout came to warm themselves. 01:09:03.542 --> 01:09:05.592 Maybe just to be together. 01:09:08.875 --> 01:09:11.675 Maybe to forget about the war. 01:09:13.458 --> 01:09:14.842 Maybe... 01:09:17.958 --> 01:09:20.175 But the war won't forget us! 01:09:57.000 --> 01:09:58.842 Merry Christmas. 01:10:16.667 --> 01:10:19.008 Oskar! 01:10:19.667 --> 01:10:22.550 Oskar! 01:10:34.125 --> 01:10:37.707 Listen. Someone's digging out there. 01:10:37.708 --> 01:10:41.008 Mines! Those damn Scots are digging a mine sap! 01:10:42.542 --> 01:10:45.425 They'll fill it with explosives and blow us sky high. 01:10:48.875 --> 01:10:51.124 No, they're not digging any sap. 01:10:51.125 --> 01:10:54.957 They are, I tell you! 01:10:54.958 --> 01:10:56.832 You just got too pally with them last night. 01:10:56.833 --> 01:10:58.217 Yeah? 01:10:59.125 --> 01:11:02.092 Look who's talking! - Look! 01:11:10.583 --> 01:11:13.258 Jonathan, come with me. 01:11:15.167 --> 01:11:16.592 Jonathan. 01:11:18.250 --> 01:11:19.508 Dale! 01:11:20.500 --> 01:11:21.800 Dale! 01:11:22.292 --> 01:11:26.249 What the hell are you doing? The truce is over. 01:11:26.250 --> 01:11:28.082 Any minute the Germans will start shooting, 01:11:28.083 --> 01:11:30.207 get back in the trench! 01:11:30.208 --> 01:11:31.508 Now! 01:11:38.000 --> 01:11:39.467 Get back down! 01:11:39.833 --> 01:11:41.133 Down! 01:11:47.625 --> 01:11:49.800 Good morning, Lieutenant. - Good morning. 01:11:50.958 --> 01:11:54.967 Is it possible that we officers talk about the dead? 01:11:56.000 --> 01:11:57.300 The dead? 01:11:59.125 --> 01:12:00.508 Ponchel! 01:12:02.542 --> 01:12:04.300 Bring your coffee! 01:12:21.542 --> 01:12:22.883 Thank you. 01:12:28.208 --> 01:12:29.508 Thank you. 01:12:43.583 --> 01:12:47.008 Thanks, Ponchel. You can leave us now. 01:12:52.625 --> 01:12:56.417 My men will remove the bodies of the men killed last week, 01:12:56.418 --> 01:12:58.383 so you can bury them. 01:12:59.625 --> 01:13:01.957 And we will return the remains of your men 01:13:01.958 --> 01:13:04.717 who fell in front of our lines last November. 01:13:05.375 --> 01:13:06.925 That makes sense. 01:13:07.625 --> 01:13:10.342 Burying the dead on the day Christ was born. 01:13:11.458 --> 01:13:12.967 That makes sense. 01:13:14.292 --> 01:13:15.592 Yes. 01:13:24.042 --> 01:13:25.675 I'm fast. 01:13:26.375 --> 01:13:30.875 Sorry, but why does an alarm go off every morning at ten o'clock? 01:13:30.876 --> 01:13:32.291 Changing of the guard? 01:13:32.292 --> 01:13:33.374 No, 01:13:33.375 --> 01:13:38.425 my aide-de-camp used to have coffee every morning at ten, with his mother. 01:13:38.542 --> 01:13:41.883 He's worried he'll forget about all that with the war. 01:13:42.208 --> 01:13:44.133 We've just got used to it. 01:13:44.500 --> 01:13:45.967 So have we. 01:14:48.125 --> 01:14:49.842 Need a hand? 01:15:37.750 --> 01:15:38.624 GOD IS WITH US 01:15:38.625 --> 01:15:40.633 Can you come, Father? 01:17:08.458 --> 01:17:11.675 In a few days, their families, 01:17:11.958 --> 01:17:16.342 their wives, will receive the terrible news... 01:17:19.458 --> 01:17:22.008 What we'd rather not think about. 01:17:24.667 --> 01:17:28.425 For them, nothing will ever be the same again. 01:17:32.750 --> 01:17:34.175 You too, 01:17:36.000 --> 01:17:40.883 one day they'll cover you and dump you in a hole. 01:17:43.750 --> 01:17:46.999 Let us go, while there's still time. 01:17:47.000 --> 01:17:49.291 I have my pass, Holland is not far. 01:17:49.292 --> 01:17:52.457 It is at peace, we'd have a future. 01:17:52.458 --> 01:17:55.457 Impossible! That'd be to desert. 01:17:55.458 --> 01:17:59.082 It's not desertion, it's staying together. 01:17:59.083 --> 01:18:02.124 I'm a soldier. Like all the others. 01:18:02.125 --> 01:18:04.925 I have duties, like everyone here. 01:18:06.292 --> 01:18:08.207 Holland is quite a way. 01:18:08.208 --> 01:18:12.425 We'd get caught. Even with your pass. 01:18:13.375 --> 01:18:16.050 There's another solution. 01:18:16.833 --> 01:18:21.467 The French border is 100 m away. We only have to cross it. 01:18:22.083 --> 01:18:26.050 I've made tea. Perhaps you'd like some. 01:18:26.625 --> 01:18:27.925 Come. 01:18:29.958 --> 01:18:31.300 Come. 01:18:49.333 --> 01:18:50.842 By the way... 01:18:52.042 --> 01:18:55.133 The others asked me to give you these letters. 01:18:56.000 --> 01:18:59.874 We don't trust the military post 01:18:59.875 --> 01:19:04.175 and as you're going back to Berlin, we thought... 01:19:05.292 --> 01:19:06.800 Sure. 01:19:25.583 --> 01:19:27.175 Come on, Morallec! 01:19:27.792 --> 01:19:29.050 Go for it! 01:19:44.583 --> 01:19:47.092 Looks like trouble for the Jerries. 01:19:57.083 --> 01:19:59.967 I heard last night, about your wife... 01:20:02.208 --> 01:20:04.133 If you like... 01:20:04.833 --> 01:20:07.508 I can get a letter through to her. 01:20:08.458 --> 01:20:12.467 Why would you do that? If you got caught... 01:20:13.833 --> 01:20:18.425 One letter won't stop us winning the war! 01:20:18.958 --> 01:20:24.249 And anyhow when we'll have taken Paris, and it's over, 01:20:24.250 --> 01:20:27.967 you can invite us for a drink in Rue Vavin. 01:20:28.708 --> 01:20:32.175 You don't have to invade Paris to drop round for a drink. 01:20:35.375 --> 01:20:39.800 How many cartridges have you to fire per day? 01:20:40.417 --> 01:20:41.633 How many? 01:20:42.458 --> 01:20:43.999 Ah, eight! 01:20:44.000 --> 01:20:45.883 What? - Eight. 01:20:47.917 --> 01:20:50.332 Oh, eight. 01:20:50.333 --> 01:20:51.832 And you? 01:20:51.833 --> 01:20:53.624 Seven - Seven? 01:20:53.625 --> 01:20:55.666 Seven and eight. 01:20:55.667 --> 01:20:59.050 Us, five! Doesn't surprise me! 01:21:00.625 --> 01:21:03.624 Yesterday, William managed to bag two Jerries 01:21:03.625 --> 01:21:06.249 who'd been sniping at us for hours. 01:21:06.250 --> 01:21:07.416 If he keeps this up, 01:21:07.417 --> 01:21:11.092 he'll qualify as the best shot in the whole platoon. 01:21:11.958 --> 01:21:14.582 All our mates have their eyes on your cake, 01:21:14.583 --> 01:21:17.842 but William and I are guarding it closely. 01:21:18.542 --> 01:21:22.008 Lots of love from both of us. 01:21:33.167 --> 01:21:36.791 Still here? Weren't they sending a car? 01:21:36.792 --> 01:21:40.957 We waited, but no one came for her. 01:21:40.958 --> 01:21:44.800 I guess the party dragged on at HQ, they're not awake yet. 01:21:53.583 --> 01:21:56.383 HQ called me 5 minutes ago. 01:21:56.708 --> 01:21:59.133 They told me you'd vanished. 01:21:59.792 --> 01:22:03.050 They thought you'd deserted, Sprink. 01:22:03.458 --> 01:22:06.749 I told them you were here with Miss Sörensen, 01:22:06.750 --> 01:22:10.041 that you came to sing for your comrades. 01:22:10.042 --> 01:22:13.249 That really impressed them! 01:22:13.250 --> 01:22:17.967 I was asked to keep an eye on you till they arrive. 01:22:18.833 --> 01:22:21.883 Miss Sörensen will return to Berlin 01:22:22.750 --> 01:22:25.633 and you will be put under arrest. 01:22:26.583 --> 01:22:28.374 Two weeks. 01:22:28.375 --> 01:22:31.467 For disobedience on the front. 01:22:33.125 --> 01:22:35.508 Disobedience? 01:22:36.125 --> 01:22:38.675 I'm not sure I understand? 01:22:39.125 --> 01:22:41.791 So what's the plan for tomorrow? 01:22:41.792 --> 01:22:43.999 A little football match 01:22:44.000 --> 01:22:47.758 and an aperitif with those across the way? 01:22:48.583 --> 01:22:53.925 Or will you shoot them like rabbits having shared champagne? 01:22:54.708 --> 01:22:57.258 Well, Lieutenant? 01:22:57.833 --> 01:23:00.124 All that is now meaningless. 01:23:00.125 --> 01:23:02.582 To die tomorrow is even more absurd than yesterday. 01:23:02.583 --> 01:23:04.675 That'll do, Sprink! 01:23:09.583 --> 01:23:11.175 Any coffee left? 01:23:12.417 --> 01:23:13.967 Felix! 01:23:14.750 --> 01:23:17.832 Damn that cat! 01:23:17.833 --> 01:23:22.050 Here, Nestor! 01:23:35.292 --> 01:23:37.082 Is the French Lieutenant here? 01:23:37.083 --> 01:23:40.133 Yes, he just arrived. 01:23:40.292 --> 01:23:42.207 What're you doing here? 01:23:42.208 --> 01:23:44.508 We said each to their own camp. 01:23:44.875 --> 01:23:46.842 I know, but... 01:23:49.750 --> 01:23:52.800 Our artillery will shell you in 10 minutes. 01:23:53.250 --> 01:23:57.508 So I suggest you come shelter in my trench. 01:24:11.708 --> 01:24:15.133 Had you been relieved, I'd not have warned your successors. 01:24:15.750 --> 01:24:19.383 They would have shot you first anyway. 01:24:19.625 --> 01:24:21.342 Par for the course! 01:24:38.708 --> 01:24:40.508 Not a word, Sprink! 01:25:20.792 --> 01:25:22.467 Bull's-eye! 01:25:24.542 --> 01:25:25.925 Sorry. 01:25:27.208 --> 01:25:29.550 Damn! Have to rebuild it all over! 01:25:42.625 --> 01:25:44.217 By the way... 01:25:45.208 --> 01:25:48.925 That letter for my wife... 01:26:02.000 --> 01:26:03.467 We've ceased fire. 01:26:04.875 --> 01:26:06.707 It's time for you to go back. 01:26:06.708 --> 01:26:09.008 Hope you both make it through the war. 01:26:09.458 --> 01:26:11.508 I don't think it's over yet. 01:26:11.833 --> 01:26:15.883 I wouldn't be surprised if our own artillery opened fire after your attack. 01:26:17.208 --> 01:26:18.925 Par for the course! 01:27:00.542 --> 01:27:04.008 This time, we leave it at that. 01:27:07.833 --> 01:27:10.175 It was nice knowing you. 01:27:11.667 --> 01:27:16.967 Perhaps, in other circumstances, we could have... 01:27:17.167 --> 01:27:19.050 Perhaps... 01:27:20.625 --> 01:27:24.550 Yet maybe a drink in Rue Vavin, as a tourist! 01:27:25.458 --> 01:27:26.800 Yeh. 01:27:27.583 --> 01:27:31.207 That would be smashing! Is that how you say? 01:27:31.208 --> 01:27:32.550 Right. 01:27:32.833 --> 01:27:35.675 Your French beats my German. 01:27:35.958 --> 01:27:39.842 No merit in that. Your wife is not German. 01:27:43.958 --> 01:27:45.425 Well... 01:27:46.625 --> 01:27:47.666 Good luck. 01:27:47.667 --> 01:27:49.175 You too. 01:27:51.375 --> 01:27:56.758 Goodbye. - Good luck. 01:28:08.417 --> 01:28:11.258 Goodbye. - Good luck. 01:28:11.875 --> 01:28:13.508 Right boys! 01:28:49.458 --> 01:28:50.800 Lieutenant, 01:28:53.625 --> 01:28:57.467 I managed earlier to recce their machine guns. 01:28:57.958 --> 01:28:59.675 All there. 01:29:10.125 --> 01:29:11.467 Jörg... 01:29:47.792 --> 01:29:50.175 What are you doing here? 01:29:50.708 --> 01:29:52.916 We want you to take us prisoner. 01:29:52.917 --> 01:29:56.633 Prisoner? That's not possible! 01:29:57.792 --> 01:30:01.175 How do I explain your presence to my superiors? 01:30:01.625 --> 01:30:03.457 I can't do that! 01:30:03.458 --> 01:30:06.508 Go back to your trenches, playtime's over. 01:30:08.500 --> 01:30:09.842 Sir, 01:30:10.958 --> 01:30:13.925 if we return to the German side they'll separate us. 01:30:16.833 --> 01:30:20.800 Put us in whatever jail you like, but let us be together, 01:30:21.958 --> 01:30:23.592 I beg of you. 01:30:28.708 --> 01:30:31.041 Couturier. - Yes, Sir? 01:30:31.042 --> 01:30:33.758 Take these two to the rear, to the village. 01:30:35.208 --> 01:30:38.167 They're prisoners. Put them in the schoolroom, 01:30:38.168 --> 01:30:39.749 I'll bunk elsewhere. 01:30:39.750 --> 01:30:42.332 And stay with them, we're back tomorrow. 01:30:42.333 --> 01:30:43.717 Lieutenant! 01:30:44.750 --> 01:30:47.541 Can you give these to the Red Cross? 01:30:47.542 --> 01:30:49.008 It's important. 01:31:02.042 --> 01:31:03.258 Ponchel! 01:31:04.667 --> 01:31:05.967 Ponchel! 01:31:06.417 --> 01:31:09.708 Where's Ponchel? Been calling him for the past hour. 01:31:09.709 --> 01:31:12.550 Said he was going for nosh, Sir. 01:31:12.875 --> 01:31:14.300 Nosh? 01:31:34.292 --> 01:31:36.707 Dearest, I cling to your memory, 01:31:36.708 --> 01:31:40.124 like a climber to his rope, so not to fall... 01:31:40.125 --> 01:31:42.499 The poor guy died between our lines... 01:31:42.500 --> 01:31:45.708 Let President Poincaré come take Lorraine himself for all I care! 01:31:45.709 --> 01:31:47.207 Try as we did, 01:31:47.208 --> 01:31:50.832 before we knew it, they'd scored six! 01:31:50.833 --> 01:31:54.457 They admitted later that most of them play together 01:31:54.458 --> 01:31:56.374 in a Munich club called Bayern... 01:31:56.375 --> 01:31:58.957 Never will I forget her voice in the night... 01:31:58.958 --> 01:32:01.291 I stayed in my trench, in peace. 01:32:01.292 --> 01:32:04.175 Drink with those bastards? I'd rather die! 01:32:04.708 --> 01:32:06.457 Better trenches, must admit... 01:32:06.458 --> 01:32:10.541 The Scots photographer promised us pictures at New Year's. 01:32:10.542 --> 01:32:12.041 Be a chance to get back together... 01:32:12.042 --> 01:32:15.624 A Bavarian gave me his address, to visit when it's over... 01:32:15.625 --> 01:32:20.457 We and the British decided to accept the Krauts' invitation. 01:32:20.458 --> 01:32:23.166 We'll go spend New Year's Eve with them. 01:32:23.167 --> 01:32:26.758 We'll sing that song the Scots taught us. 01:32:27.292 --> 01:32:31.250 And above all, drink to the health of all those bastards, 01:32:31.251 --> 01:32:31.295 who sitting pretty, sent us here to slug it out! 01:32:31.296 --> 01:32:35.138 Who sitting pretty, sent us here to slug it out! 01:32:52.958 --> 01:32:55.383 Come on... 01:33:06.125 --> 01:33:07.842 He's all yours now. 01:33:27.333 --> 01:33:29.008 Give me some water. 01:33:41.417 --> 01:33:44.550 You're being sent back to your parish in Scotland. 01:33:45.542 --> 01:33:48.425 I've brought you your marching orders. 01:33:53.833 --> 01:33:57.416 I belong with those who are in pain, and... 01:33:57.417 --> 01:33:58.791 who have lost their faith. 01:33:58.792 --> 01:34:00.717 I belong here. 01:34:02.208 --> 01:34:04.717 I am very disappointed, you know. 01:34:05.292 --> 01:34:10.916 When you requested permission to accompany the recruits from your parish, 01:34:10.917 --> 01:34:13.508 I personally vouched for you. 01:34:15.167 --> 01:34:18.967 But then, when I heard what happened... 01:34:19.625 --> 01:34:21.508 I prayed for you. 01:34:25.542 --> 01:34:30.842 I sincerely believe that Our Lord Jesus Christ guided me 01:34:31.375 --> 01:34:35.508 in what was the most important mass of my life. 01:34:37.792 --> 01:34:41.508 I tried to be true to His trust 01:34:42.125 --> 01:34:46.832 and carry His message to all, whoever they may be. 01:34:46.833 --> 01:34:50.499 Those men who listened to you on Christmas Eve 01:34:50.500 --> 01:34:53.957 will very soon bitterly regret it. 01:34:53.958 --> 01:34:55.624 Because in a few days' time 01:34:55.625 --> 01:35:00.717 their regiment is to be disbanded by order of His Majesty the King. 01:35:01.250 --> 01:35:06.258 Where will those poor boys end up on the front line now? 01:35:06.500 --> 01:35:09.457 And what will their families think? 01:35:09.458 --> 01:35:12.457 Excuse me, Your Grace. The boys are ready. 01:35:12.458 --> 01:35:13.800 Yes. 01:35:15.833 --> 01:35:18.582 They're waiting for me, to preach a sermon 01:35:18.583 --> 01:35:23.258 to the soldiers replacing those who went astray with you. 01:35:25.458 --> 01:35:29.624 May our Lord Jesus Christ guide your steps back 01:35:29.625 --> 01:35:32.133 to the straight and narrow path. 01:35:33.750 --> 01:35:37.258 Is that truly the path of our Lord? 01:35:41.042 --> 01:35:43.633 You're not asking the right question. 01:35:44.417 --> 01:35:46.092 Think about this: 01:35:46.917 --> 01:35:53.092 are you really suitable to remain among us, in the house of our Lord? 01:36:27.750 --> 01:36:29.374 Christ our Lord said: 01:36:29.375 --> 01:36:32.124 Think not that I come to bring peace on Earth. 01:36:32.125 --> 01:36:36.675 I come not to bring peace, but a sword. 01:36:37.083 --> 01:36:39.925 The Gospel according to Saint Matthew. 01:36:44.708 --> 01:36:46.582 Well, my brethren, 01:36:46.583 --> 01:36:49.499 the sword of the Lord is in your hands. 01:36:49.500 --> 01:36:54.041 You are the very defenders of civilization itself. 01:36:54.042 --> 01:36:58.342 The forces of good against the forces of evil. 01:36:59.083 --> 01:37:05.842 For this war is indeed a crusade, 01:37:06.125 --> 01:37:08.541 a holy war 01:37:08.542 --> 01:37:12.633 to save the freedom of the world. 01:37:12.792 --> 01:37:14.925 In truth, I tell you, 01:37:16.167 --> 01:37:18.457 the Germans do not act like us, 01:37:18.458 --> 01:37:20.624 neither do they think like us, 01:37:20.625 --> 01:37:23.508 for they are not, like us, 01:37:23.792 --> 01:37:26.175 children of God. 01:37:27.333 --> 01:37:33.749 Are those who shell cities populated only by civilians, 01:37:33.750 --> 01:37:36.207 the children of God? 01:37:36.208 --> 01:37:39.874 Are those who advance armed, 01:37:39.875 --> 01:37:43.957 hiding behind women and children, 01:37:43.958 --> 01:37:46.425 the children of God? 01:37:48.583 --> 01:37:50.800 With God's help, 01:37:51.500 --> 01:37:54.832 you must kill the Germans, 01:37:54.833 --> 01:37:58.707 good or bad, young or old. 01:37:58.708 --> 01:38:01.508 Kill every one of them, 01:38:02.458 --> 01:38:06.300 so it won't have to be done again. 01:38:09.833 --> 01:38:12.124 The Lord be with you! 01:38:12.125 --> 01:38:13.791 And also with you! 01:38:13.792 --> 01:38:16.374 May God Almighty bless you, 01:38:16.375 --> 01:38:21.041 the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost. 01:38:21.042 --> 01:38:23.925 Amen. 01:38:40.167 --> 01:38:42.258 Everyone to their posts! 01:38:42.458 --> 01:38:43.874 Every man to his post! 01:38:43.875 --> 01:38:45.217 Quickly! 01:38:47.125 --> 01:38:48.957 No, stay here! 01:38:48.958 --> 01:38:52.967 What're you doing? Come back! 01:38:53.625 --> 01:38:57.146 What the hell are you doing? Shoot the bloody Kraut! 01:38:57.147 --> 01:38:58.541 What are you waiting for? 01:38:58.542 --> 01:39:01.592 Shoot him, goddammit! Holidays are over! 01:39:06.333 --> 01:39:09.592 What the hell do you think you're playing at? 01:39:09.667 --> 01:39:11.258 Shoot him! 01:39:12.583 --> 01:39:14.383 Shoot him! 01:39:20.792 --> 01:39:23.133 Stand down from your posts. 01:39:29.625 --> 01:39:31.758 Shame on you, Gordon. 01:39:32.833 --> 01:39:34.508 Shame on you. 01:40:00.250 --> 01:40:03.550 Be silly to die disguised as a German, eh Sir? 01:40:05.958 --> 01:40:07.842 What the devil were you doing? 01:40:10.708 --> 01:40:13.092 I had a German help me... 01:40:16.500 --> 01:40:18.258 Saw my mother. 01:40:20.458 --> 01:40:23.008 We drank a coffee, just like before. 01:40:25.917 --> 01:40:28.133 You have a son. 01:40:31.000 --> 01:40:33.050 Henri, his name is... 01:41:40.333 --> 01:41:41.916 How did you let yourself... 01:41:41.917 --> 01:41:43.707 If you came to preach, leave now! 01:41:43.708 --> 01:41:46.800 Don't you realize the gravity of this? 01:41:46.958 --> 01:41:50.300 It's high treason! Punishable by death. 01:41:51.417 --> 01:41:54.258 Only, we can't execute 200 men. 01:41:54.625 --> 01:41:56.258 That's all that saves you. 01:41:57.500 --> 01:42:01.633 Not counting all the other cases of fraternization reported since. 01:42:01.958 --> 01:42:04.133 If public opinion hears of this... 01:42:04.417 --> 01:42:08.124 Have no fear, none here will tell. 01:42:08.125 --> 01:42:09.508 I hope not! 01:42:09.833 --> 01:42:11.749 Who'd want to! Want to? 01:42:11.750 --> 01:42:14.791 The men involved feel no shame. 01:42:14.792 --> 01:42:19.104 If they won't tell, it's because none would believe or understand. 01:42:19.105 --> 01:42:23.292 Carousing with the enemy while the country's partly occupied! 01:42:23.293 --> 01:42:27.925 The country? What does it know of what we suffer here? 01:42:28.708 --> 01:42:30.758 Of what we do, without complaint? 01:42:31.375 --> 01:42:34.041 Let me tell you, I felt closer to the Germans 01:42:34.042 --> 01:42:37.925 than those who cry Kill the Krauts! Before their stuffed turkey! 01:42:38.542 --> 01:42:40.541 You're talking nonsense. 01:42:40.542 --> 01:42:43.749 No, you're just not living the same war as me. 01:42:43.750 --> 01:42:45.550 As those across the way. 01:42:47.083 --> 01:42:49.800 You and your men will rejoin the Verdun sector. 01:42:51.625 --> 01:42:53.425 You're right about one thing. 01:42:54.042 --> 01:42:55.967 I don't understand this war. 01:42:57.333 --> 01:42:59.675 My corps was the cavalry. 01:43:01.000 --> 01:43:03.842 You should've made a career of it, like I said. 01:43:04.792 --> 01:43:09.258 Today, I'm asked to fight a war where the shovel outweighs the rifle. 01:43:10.333 --> 01:43:13.082 In which people swap addresses with the enemy, 01:43:13.083 --> 01:43:15.258 to meet when it's all over... 01:43:17.625 --> 01:43:23.124 Plus the cat we found with a note from the Germans: Good luck, comrades! 01:43:23.125 --> 01:43:28.050 I was ordered to arrest the cat for high treason... 01:43:30.208 --> 01:43:31.758 Until further notice. 01:43:33.500 --> 01:43:35.300 You're a grandfather, Dad. 01:43:50.125 --> 01:43:51.883 His name is Henri. 01:43:53.875 --> 01:43:55.425 What are you on about? 01:43:58.375 --> 01:44:00.217 How do you know that? 01:44:00.958 --> 01:44:04.008 You wouldn't understand. 01:44:06.167 --> 01:44:07.592 Henri? 01:44:10.792 --> 01:44:12.300 Not bad. 01:44:14.167 --> 01:44:15.967 Henri Audebert! 01:44:20.000 --> 01:44:22.717 Let's try and survive this war for him. 01:44:30.250 --> 01:44:31.717 Chin up. 01:44:57.958 --> 01:44:59.592 Be seated! 01:45:04.292 --> 01:45:08.666 In two days' time you will be in East-Prussia 01:45:08.667 --> 01:45:12.791 to take part in an offensive against the Russian army. 01:45:12.792 --> 01:45:17.499 I hope you'll show pugnacity in the face of the enemy. 01:45:17.500 --> 01:45:21.124 This train will cross the fatherland, 01:45:21.125 --> 01:45:24.457 but it won't be possible for you to see your families. 01:45:24.458 --> 01:45:26.332 Why? 01:45:26.333 --> 01:45:28.175 I think you can guess. 01:45:30.958 --> 01:45:32.624 Long live Kaiser Wilhelm! 01:45:32.625 --> 01:45:34.383 Long live the Kaiser! 01:45:53.250 --> 01:45:56.425 They hand it out to just anybody! 01:47:58.875 --> 01:48:01.291 This film is dedicated to the soldiers 01:48:01.292 --> 01:48:05.633 who fraternized on Christmas 1914 in several places on the front. 01:48:05.657 --> 01:48:25.657 Telegram Channel and Instagram Page .:: @bollbolljan_com ::.