:03:02
We must attack tomorrow morning.
:03:05
Do you agree, sir?
:03:07
Yes, I agree, theoretically.
:03:10
According to all the rules that
we have ever learned about warfare...
:03:15
we must attack tomorrow morning.
:03:17
But we cannot attack!
:03:19
We are too exhausted to attack!
:03:22
But, sire, if we retreat now...
:03:24
We leave the ground to the enemy.
:03:27
But he has paid
too high a price for it.
:03:30
Finally, he will bleed to death
from this victory.
:03:32
But it will be impossible
to make a stand in front of Moscow.
:03:35
Yes, General, you are right.
:03:38
Do you mean to abandon Russia's
ancient and sacred capital?
:03:41
Russia's ancient and sacred capital?
:03:45
Allow me to tell you,
Your Excellency...
:03:47
that that question
has no meaning for a Russian.
:03:49
Such a question cannot be put.
It is senseless!
:03:53
The question I've asked you
and these gentlemen...
:03:55
to meet to discuss
is a military one!
:03:57
The question is of saving Russia!
:04:01
Is it better to give up Moscow
without a battle...
:04:03
or by accepting battle
lose the army as well as Moscow?
:04:11
Well, gentlemen,
I see I am the one...
:04:15
who has to pay
for the broken crockery.
:04:18
Gentlemen, I've heard your views.
:04:21
Some of you
will not agree with me...
:04:24
but I, by the authority
entrusted to me...
:04:26
by my sovereign and my country...
:04:31
order a retreat.
:04:43
No, faster! Faster!
The French will be here...
:04:45
before we're ready to leave,
unless you move more quickly.
:04:48
Now, come on.
Up! Up!