:21:00
that it is more than ever necessary...
:21:05
to protect the Essenbeck Steelworks...
:21:08
from eventual political pressures...
:21:12
or from...
:21:15
even greater risks.
:21:20
You must admit
that I never yielded to this regime.
:21:25
And everybody knows I never had...
:21:30
and never will have a rapport
with that... gentleman.
:21:38
Nevertheless, in the interests
of the factory...
:21:44
our production activity...
:21:48
compels us to keep in daily contact...
:21:52
with these people.
:21:57
This is why I feel an indispensable need...
:21:59
to have at my side a man...
:22:02
in favor of the regime...
:22:05
- who can guarantee us...
- All right.
:22:07
My resignation
has been ready for some time, Joachim...
:22:10
if this is what you're asking.
:22:13
I am forced to do it, Herbert...
:22:16
against my will
and without strong conviction.
:22:20
- But the steelworks...
- Yes.
:22:22
Right or wrong,
they must always come first.
:22:25
That has always been your creed.
:22:27
You sent your son to the slaughter,
so you could say:
:22:29
"The Essenbecks put children and cannons
into the world with the same sentiment. "
:22:33
And with the same sentiment
they'll be buried.
:22:39
Forgive me.
:22:44
I congratulate you, Konstantin.
:22:46
You'll be the vice president
that we deserve.
:22:53
Come, Herbert. Please.