:54:02
What romantic dreams I had.
:54:06
You mean ask for her hand again?
Be magnanimous and so on.
:54:09
Yes, that would be very noble, but...
:54:17
I'm sorry.
:54:20
How are you, Andre?
You seem so strange, disturbed.
:54:24
The first thing you must learn
about a battle is that...
:54:26
on the night before it is fought,
the men who are to fight it...
:54:28
are likely to seem a little disturbed.
:54:30
No. It's more than that.
:54:33
Perhaps it is.
:54:40
I've been in many battles,
Pierre...
:54:44
but for the first time I feel
that I'm going to die tomorrow.
:54:46
Nonsense. Why?
:54:48
I just feel it.
:54:51
Why are you really here, Pierre?
:54:53
Why, when you hate
violence and war...
:54:55
did you decide to do this?
:54:59
I don't know.
:55:02
Because I've finally realized
you can't hate something...
:55:04
you've never known
and don't understand.
:55:09
How do you think the battle will go?
They say our position is good.
:55:12
Success never depends on positions...
:55:14
orders, plans,
or even on numbers.
:55:18
The battle is won by men
determined to win it...
:55:21
and despite those men at headquarters
who consider war a game.
:55:25
War is the most
horrible thing in life.
:55:27
If it were in my power,
I would not take one prisoner.
:55:30
The French are my enemies!
:55:32
They destroyed my home,
caused my father's death...
:55:34
exiled my sister and my child.
:55:37
Now they hope to destroy Moscow.
:55:39
Why take prisoners?
That's playing at war.
:55:42
Take no prisoners!
:55:44
Kill and be killed! If there were
none of this playing at war...
:55:47
we would go to war only when it was
worthwhile going to certain death...
:55:50
as now.
:55:54
I'm sorry.
:55:56
Why should I burden you
with all this?