:44:02
I think it can only represent, sire...
:44:04
the sincere wish of His Majesty
the tsar to avoid war...
:44:07
and to prevent the shedding
of both Russian and French blood.
:44:11
A praiseworthy aim,
and one in which I completely concur.
:44:16
However, what else?
:44:17
What else would you say
was in this letter?
:44:21
Since you press me, sire,
for a personal opinion...
:44:25
I would say that it contained
a request for the withdrawal...
:44:28
of Your Majesty's troops
from the frontiers of our country.
:44:31
A personal opinion.
:44:32
So that's how the tsar
told his messenger to put it.
:44:36
You personally say "withdrawal,"
do you?
:44:38
Say "retreat!"
:44:40
I am a soldier,
and I use soldiers' words!
:44:42
I am not a fool!
:44:44
I have been asked
to put my head into a noose...
:44:46
while my enemies
are conspiring against me.
:44:50
Sire, it is not
a personal opinion of mine...
:44:53
when I say that the tsar
is not Your Majesty's enemy...
:44:55
and that he is
not conspiring against you.
:45:00
If you'll read
his letter carefully...
:45:08
I will read the letter
more carefully...
:45:11
and send the tsar
my answer later.
:45:15
Good night to you, Colonel.
:45:30
Gentlemen, tomorrow at dawn...
:45:33
we cross the Niemen into Russia.
:45:35
We'll talk of peace...
:45:37
in Moscow!
:45:45
And on the 12th of June, 1812...
:45:48
Napoleon Bonaparte, at the head
of an army of 200,000 men...
:45:52
crossed the river Niemen
into Russia.
:45:55
To combat this aggressive invasion
of their homeland...
:45:58
the Russian peasant
chose to welcome the French...