1:16:00
The man you stabbed in the back
is a soldier.
1:16:12
Well... It had to be done.
1:16:17
France cannot afford to have
fools guiding her military destiny.
1:16:20
I'm grateful to you for bringing
the matter to my attention.
1:16:23
Colonel Dax, how would you like
General Mireau's job?
1:16:28
- His what, sir?
- His job.
1:16:32
Let me get this straight, sir.
1:16:34
You're offering me
General Mireau's command?
1:16:37
Come, Colonel Dax,
don't overdo the surprise.
1:16:39
You've been after the job from the start.
We all know that, my boy.
1:16:44
I may be many things, sir,
but I'm not your boy.
1:16:47
I didn't mean to imply
any biological relationship.
1:16:50
- I'm not your boy in any sense.
- Are you trying to provoke me, Colonel?
1:16:53
It would be a pity to lose your promotion -
1:16:55
a promotion you have
so very carefully planned for.
1:17:01
Sir, would you like me to suggest
what you can do with that promotion?
1:17:04
Colonel Dax!
1:17:06
You will apologise at once, or else
you'll be placed under arrest!
1:17:10
I apologise for not being
entirely honest with you.
1:17:14
I apologise for not
revealing my true feelings.
1:17:17
I apologise for not telling you sooner that
you are a degenerate, sadistic old man.
1:17:22
And you can go to hell before
I apologise to you now or ever again!
1:17:28
Colonel Dax,
1:17:30
you're a disappointment to me.
1:17:33
You have spoiled the keenness of
your mind by wallowing in sentimentality.
1:17:37
You really did want to save those men,
1:17:39
and you were not angling
for Mireau's command.
1:17:42
You're an idealist, and I pity you,
as I would the village idiot.
1:17:45
We're fighting a war,
a war we've got to win.
1:17:48
Those men didn't fight, so they were shot.
1:17:50
You bring charges against General
Mireau, so I insist that he answer them.
1:17:54
Wherein have I done wrong?
1:17:59
Because you don't know
the answer to that question...