The others?
Dead, all dead
God, listen to me We're going to leave now
You're gonna get up and follow me out of here
Alright?
The others
The others sat there I by myself
I don't ever want to be alone again
You won't, you won't
- Come on - Yeah
Why the hell wasn't I told that Steiner has returned
to the battalion?
That was not priority, sir
There were more important things to do
I want him here at once
A lot of predicament of which I'm sure you don't want to be
reminded, clear, Stransky?
Quite clear, sir
Now we shall see
I don't like the tone of his voice
I'm fed up with the whole situation
Doesn't matter any more
I know from reliable sources that headquarters had
already written off to burn bridgehead
and soon the whole Crimea will be a cul-de-sac
Report to Brandt
You have the choice, Triebig between Biarritz and Siberia
What would you choose?
- Steiner - Colonel
Sit down please, Sergeant
How was hospital?
Oh, interesting I recommend it
Did Captain Stransky lead the counterattack
the day Lieutenant Meyer was killed?
Lieutenant Meyer led the attack
Captain Stransky was nowhere in sight
You're sure of that?
I saw Lieutenant Meyer die
Fetch Triebig
Stay, I want you to listen
Sir?
You signed your Captain's report
Were you present when Captain Stransky led the counterattack?
I accompanied Captain Stransky to the field
and saw him calling several men around him
Then he sent me back to the command post
Then how do you know Captain Stransky led the counterattack?
You've signed a statement to that effect, Triebig
I wasn't there I learned of it from wounded men who were returning
Can you give me the name of one of these wounded men?
They weren't staff men just company men
I knew them only by sight
Beside the slope and the puddle have been on fire, sir
I want you to know, Triebig
that I have had your statement checked
Captain Kiesle will inform you of the results of our investigation
Our investigation so far has disclosed
the men in second company who took part in action
declared unanimously the action was led by Lieutenant Meyer
None of them saw Captain Stransky or Lieutenant Triebig
To my mind there is nothing more contemptible than
stealing the laurels which properly belong to the man
who was killed in action
If Sergeant Steiner stands by his last testimony
I should be compelled to institute disciplinary proceedings
against the Captain and you
Yes, sir
Do you stand by your statement that Captain Stransky was
not with the company?
Would it be possible for me to give my answer in three or four days sir?
Did you see Stransky or not?
You may go, Triebig You're no longer needed
What in God's name has got into you, this is your chance!
You are the only person who stands between Stransky
and his Iron Cross
and you could be called as a primary witness against him
in the court of honor
My differences with Captain Stransky are a personal matter
Now listen to me
You know I've always shown a great deal of understanding for you
but I'm becoming tired of battling with your superiors
I never asked you to
Didn't ask me to?
You never asked me to? Are you out of your mind?
Steiner, why are you so ungrateful?
What do I have to be grateful for, Captain?
Your tolerance?
Don't think that just because you and Colonel Brandt are
more enlightened than most officers that I hate you any less
I hate all officers, all the Stranskys, all the Triebigs
all the Iron Cross scavengers in the whole German army
Have you any idea what you're saying?
Do you know how much I hate this uniform
and everything it stands for? God!
Get out! Please just get out!
Regimental headquarters
Ammunition headquarters, sir General Von Canik talking
Colonel Brandt
Yes, General
Yes, it was as bad as that I'm very sorry to hear
Well?
We're heading back to the bridgehead in Kuman
No rear guard, not even the second platoon
We' re not retreating We're running
Captain Stransky Yes, Captain Kiesle
I was just about to leave
Don't leave just yet Now listen to me
Regiment feels that it is unwise and also suicidal
to leave behind any rear guard platoons including Steiner's
I want them to join the evacuation immediately
You understand that?
Yes, Captain
Triebig, all real guard platoons to join the evacuation immediately
Shall I notify Steiner's platoon?
Yes
Give me Steiner
Calling Regiment
Regimental headquarters come in, please!
Regimental headquarters! Come in, please!
Regimental headquarters come in, please!
B company, can you hear me?
Anybody come in, please!
Tanks!
- Can you hear me? - Kruger!
All the lines are out
Move! Down the tunnel! Out!
Fire!
Zoll, grab some mines Pick them up, quick!
On the tracks Put them on the tracks
Hurry, hurry!
Get into the factory! Over to the factory!
Move, damnit!
Hurry, coming in from both sides
Kern, up above! Kruger, up on the catwalk!
Down the tunnel!
Anselm, dynamite! It's coming in!
- Shit! - Jesus Christ!
Steiner, let's go!
It's clear
Come on, move!
- Captain Pukher reporting, sir - Ah, yes, Captain
You have your orders?
Yes, and a letter for you to be delivered personally
Thank you
You can guess what this is, can't you?
- A transfer - Yes, exactly
Our Stransky is to report to Paris within a week
Captain Pukher, my orderly will arrange for your billeting
But don't unpack everything We might be going away
Captain
Stransky, without Steiner to contradict him
he will get his Iron Cross and stroll all around Paris
Arrogant and bloody bastard
Stransky in Paris and Steiner God knows where he'll be
Jesus! What, 22, 23 kilometers between here and Annaville
Marshland, wilderness
If the same trap's behind the Russian lines
they get you, get you
Here take their gun
Let's try the road
We'll never get over this, this road
Don't you worry, kid
We'll get out of this in time for the next one
Steiner! Steiner! It's clear now
Come, move it, move it!
Anselm, move your ass!
The cattle cars or whatever they're sending are due to
arrive at 120O hours
provided of course the Russians have not blown up the track
- Any questions? - No, sir
Dismissed
Carry on probing and aggressive action all along the front
They're not listening
You, too
I beg your pardon?
Who needs railroad track?
When we break out of here we'll push on to Pitzkrieg
Stalingrad and up to the outskirts of Moscow
What will we do when we lose the war?
Prepare for the next one
Do you think he'll get through?
Steiner? I don't see how he can
Anselm, stay solid
- What is it? - Bridge
Just bring what you need to kill with
- It's a game - Game?
It's a kid's game
it's bad luck to step on sunlight
I thought perhaps if I miss the beams
we would all come through this alright
Come on
Come on, come on Over there, get in the corner
Jesus Christ!
Get these weapons out of here!
Kruger, upstairs! Schnurrbart, perimeter
Check the railings!
Come here, in the corner In the corner!
Come on, you hear me? Don't hide from me
Check the radio
Get the party out of here Anselm!
Stay there!
Keep your hands off
Anselm, stop it, damnit!
Leave me, Steiner
Stop, damnit!
Stop your fucking silly game! This isn't a brothel!
This is a war!
Rolf, look what I found
Everything clear out here
What is this?
It shows their basic positions in front of the land
Good, we'll have way home
Thank the ladies and tell them to take their clothes off
And what shall we do with the bodies?
Who's gonna keep them warm?
Tell them we want their tunics and trousers
- We're going to do it anyway - Do it!
Let me eat one
Major, major! She's dead
- Dietz, Zoll! Watch them - Yeah
The rest of you, put these uniforms on
Come on, go over there with the rest of them
Pick up your weapons Up, up, out!
Get that uniform and take it inside
Hey, go away!
Come on, pick it up! You want to play? Alright
That's my little girl That's good, come on!
I'll give you something to play with
I'm gonna be busy for a while
Come on
How would you like to-
That' nice
Steiner!
Oh, Dietz
God!
The girl...
Do you believe in God, Sergeant?
I believe God is a sadist but probably doesn't
even know it
Zoll!
Stupid man!
Steiner! God!
Get the women outside We're leaving
Come on, go!
- All of you get inside - Inside!
Now we're even
And there's one other thing you could do for me
There's a man here I would like to get out quickly
I spoke to you about him before
If there is a chance he could leave with your headquarter staff
I'll be most grateful Thank you, sir
There really is nothing but Chaos
That will no longer concern you
You're to report at once to general headquarters
You're being evacuated
I can't leave the command, sir
Well, I'm still in a condition to issue orders
Those orders will be obeyed
I'm prepared to disobey that order, sir
You've been around to stand it too long
Come, listen to me for a moment
For many of us Germans the exterminator is
long overdue and I have decided that you, I will save
But I'm part of all this There are better people than me
Most of them are being killed out there
There's nothing wrong with you except you snore too much
You're a brave man braver than you think you are
One of these days there will be a need for brave civilians
Have you thought of that?
In the new Germany if such a thing is allowed to exist
there will be a need for builders, for thinkers-
Of course we can't see now what your job is to be
I'll make this my final order to you
You'll search out and contact all of these
better people you call them?
And together you'll take on the responsibilities of those
of the survivors
Now you must leave
Please leave
Fone, take Captain Kiesle to the railroad
Go!
Steiner, how do we get through the Russian trenches?
Basically a matter of time
They'll be building them for a thousand years
If not here, somewhere else
In Germany
Germany
Do you think they'll ever forgive us for what we've done?
Or forget us?
We'll make it, we'll make it with your help
To tell you the truth I'm beginning to enjoy it
What do you want?
Digging some mudholes some place
waiting for the top of your head to be blown off?
At least here we're free
Steiner, Steiner
Sing it!
Go! Go!
Here, Sergeant Here's your weapon
All we have to do is to hope the Russians don't get us
Or the landmines
Somebody ought to lead us to go
- Anselm - Yes
Try to read somebody with the radio
Tell them we're coming in at dawn
With a password What's password... uh...
Reconnaissance patrol with several Russian prisoners
and no shooting
Password, Kruger Goddamnit!
Demarcation
Why not? Demarcation
Demarcation Sign it Steiner
Captain, special password Demarcation, signed Steiner
He's coming in with prisoners?
Looks like a trap
My thought exactly, sir
They have been captured
- Roth! - Sir?
Did you recognized the voice?
No, sir, it was in code
Good code, demarcation
Triebig, if in the dark you saw a half dozen men
some with the Russian uniforms advancing on you
could anyone blame you if you opened fire?
No
Will you check the situation for me
and take care of it?
You do like Biarritz, don't you?
You do like the south of France, don't you?
Come on
Oh, shit!
- Kern - Yeah
You and I share the weapon
The rest of you make sure you have it clearly placed
behind your heads
I'll go first
No, goddamnit, Schnurrbart
It might be some asshole who didn't know
what the message is
No, I go
Rolf!
You've been responsible for all of us
This time I'm responsible for you
Take us in
Sir, look here
Welcome, Sergeant Steiner
My passage home
We're Germans!
Steiner! We're coming in!
Demarcation! Demarcation!
Steiner's coming in!
Demarcation! Demarcation!
Russians coming
Schnurrbart! Move!
Stand by, fire!
Go, go!
Fire!
Demarcation!
Steiner!
Don't stop, fire!
- Demarc... - No!
Goddamnit!
Sergeant, they don't look like prisoners!
Stop it!
Captain, they have German soldiers with them!
- Stop it! - Stop it!
Fucking idiots!
- We're German soldiers! - Fire!
Stop it!
Keep firing!
Fire!
Oh, my God! It's Steiner!
You, stop!
Go get my men, go!
Bloody lousy swines! Swines!
It's all Stransky's orders! I had no part in it
We're sorry
He's dead
I had no part in it!
Private Dietz, sir
You're on your own
I don't find a need of another officer
another platoon
This is it, I don't care It doesn't matter any more
Where are you going?
To pay my debts
You are our platoon leader! This thing isn't over yet
You're the new platoon leader
And Anselm is your platoon
Should make you happy you old pirate
Steiner! Steiner!
Steiner!
Yes, Colonel Brandt?
Situation is worsening here You're needed
My orders are here
And they are here, sir
In fact the replacement is running with the company
You may leave, Stransky
Your Triebig is dead
It doesn't work, Captain I live, and you're dead
Lieutenant Triebig has not been under my command for several hours
He has been transferred
Aristocratic heir of Prussian take shit!
Leaving without your Iron Cross, Captain?
Just a matter of time
Where's the rest of your platoon?
I said where's the rest of your platoon, Sergeant Steiner!
You are, Captain Stransky
You are the rest of my platoon
You know how to use it?
Yes, of course
Steiner, I accept
I'll show you how a Prussian officer can fight
And I'll show you where the Iron Crosses grow
Now!
Come on, man! Don't stand there!
Stoten!
Ersine, with me!
Captain!
Stransky, goddamnit! Get off your ass!
How do I reload?
How do I reload? Steiner!
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