1 00:02:09,376 --> 00:02:13,834 Days of glory 2 00:02:45,292 --> 00:02:48,126 We must rid France of the German occupation! 3 00:02:48,376 --> 00:02:50,751 Come along! Come with me! 4 00:02:50,959 --> 00:02:54,292 We must wash the French flag with our blood! 5 00:02:54,501 --> 00:02:56,001 Come with me! 6 00:02:56,334 --> 00:02:58,084 Let's have the men out! 7 00:02:58,292 --> 00:03:00,334 We must liberate France. 8 00:03:00,667 --> 00:03:01,959 Liberate her! 9 00:03:02,167 --> 00:03:05,376 We must save France from this situation. 10 00:03:05,584 --> 00:03:06,584 Come on! 11 00:03:19,042 --> 00:03:20,251 Said! 12 00:03:22,042 --> 00:03:23,459 Come back! 13 00:03:28,251 --> 00:03:29,792 Be reasonable. 14 00:03:31,042 --> 00:03:32,417 Come back inside. 15 00:03:45,626 --> 00:03:47,834 Your grandfather never came back. 16 00:03:48,001 --> 00:03:50,292 Don't worry about me, mother. 17 00:03:50,459 --> 00:03:52,501 I want to help France. 18 00:03:52,709 --> 00:03:54,834 I can manage. 19 00:03:55,501 --> 00:03:56,709 They'll kill you! 20 00:03:57,667 --> 00:04:00,584 I prefer the worst poverty to losing you. 21 00:04:04,126 --> 00:04:06,084 You put up with too much. 22 00:04:08,667 --> 00:04:10,626 Please, let me go. 23 00:04:10,792 --> 00:04:12,417 It will be all right, mother. 24 00:04:15,751 --> 00:04:17,251 Pray for me. 25 00:04:24,001 --> 00:04:25,292 Get in. 26 00:04:26,001 --> 00:04:27,792 Move! 27 00:04:38,084 --> 00:04:39,834 Long live France! 28 00:04:43,959 --> 00:04:45,917 Get in. 29 00:05:17,751 --> 00:05:21,834 Morocco - 1943 30 00:05:35,084 --> 00:05:37,042 Left turn! 31 00:05:44,167 --> 00:05:47,501 I know that you ait tserouchen, the mountain men, 32 00:05:48,209 --> 00:05:50,667 are the French army's best fighters, 33 00:05:51,167 --> 00:05:53,292 better than the other berbers, 34 00:05:53,709 --> 00:05:55,417 and you'll prove it! 35 00:05:56,501 --> 00:05:58,126 Listen carefully now. 36 00:05:58,376 --> 00:06:01,626 We permit raids in enemy territory for food. 37 00:06:01,959 --> 00:06:04,417 But hands off the women or you'll be shot. 38 00:06:05,751 --> 00:06:07,292 In France, no raids at all. 39 00:06:07,626 --> 00:06:09,334 We show discipline! 40 00:06:09,542 --> 00:06:11,501 It's our home, our motherland! 41 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:17,667 Left turn! 42 00:06:20,542 --> 00:06:23,209 Yassir, they make us march like mules. 43 00:06:23,417 --> 00:06:25,126 Let's go back home. 44 00:06:25,292 --> 00:06:27,751 Serve France with pride. 45 00:06:28,001 --> 00:06:29,959 Why did you get us enlisted? 46 00:06:30,042 --> 00:06:31,584 For the money. 47 00:06:32,626 --> 00:06:34,501 So we can marry you off. 48 00:06:34,876 --> 00:06:37,334 Forward... march! 49 00:06:42,792 --> 00:06:46,126 The sergeant communicates with his men... 50 00:06:48,959 --> 00:06:50,751 Through verbal orders... 51 00:06:52,376 --> 00:06:54,876 And through signals... 52 00:06:55,792 --> 00:06:59,042 Through verbal orders and through signals... 53 00:06:59,417 --> 00:07:01,209 Used simultaneously. 54 00:07:07,792 --> 00:07:11,209 We're the men of Africa come here from afar 55 00:07:11,417 --> 00:07:15,251 we've come from the colonies to save the fatherland 56 00:07:15,376 --> 00:07:18,126 we've left behind our families and homes 57 00:07:18,959 --> 00:07:21,792 and our hearts are full of invincible fervour 58 00:07:22,334 --> 00:07:25,792 for we wish to bear high and proud 59 00:07:26,084 --> 00:07:29,417 the cherished flag of sweet France 60 00:07:29,959 --> 00:07:33,292 should someone try to part us 61 00:07:33,751 --> 00:07:37,251 we're here to die at her feet 62 00:07:37,417 --> 00:07:41,001 drums roll to Mark our love for our country and land 63 00:07:41,251 --> 00:07:44,667 we've come from afar to die we're the men of Africa 64 00:07:44,917 --> 00:07:46,626 at ease! 65 00:08:58,834 --> 00:08:59,834 Company... 66 00:09:00,959 --> 00:09:02,167 Halt! 67 00:09:03,126 --> 00:09:04,417 Left turn! 68 00:09:14,626 --> 00:09:16,209 Don't salute me here. 69 00:09:17,709 --> 00:09:20,542 They always pick officers as targets. 70 00:09:21,292 --> 00:09:26,334 Corporal abdelkader, 2nd company, 7th Algerian infantry regiment, 71 00:09:26,917 --> 00:09:28,459 reporting, sir! 72 00:09:30,626 --> 00:09:32,167 What can your lads do? 73 00:09:32,792 --> 00:09:35,376 No idea, sir, they're my first group. 74 00:09:36,334 --> 00:09:37,876 You got your rank how? 75 00:09:38,292 --> 00:09:40,251 I passed the exam, sir. 76 00:09:43,209 --> 00:09:44,834 I took mine with the krauts. 77 00:09:55,709 --> 00:09:58,084 Corporal leroux reporting, sir. 78 00:10:16,584 --> 00:10:18,459 You can go. 79 00:10:29,126 --> 00:10:30,459 Praise be to god. 80 00:10:30,667 --> 00:10:34,001 Take this. It's a German rifle. The best. 81 00:10:34,334 --> 00:10:36,084 You'll be the marksman. 82 00:10:44,334 --> 00:10:45,334 Take it. 83 00:10:51,542 --> 00:10:52,751 Hit the ground! 84 00:11:24,667 --> 00:11:25,834 Don't blame him, sir. 85 00:11:27,209 --> 00:11:28,584 They're still green. 86 00:11:33,709 --> 00:11:36,376 I have the power of life and death over you! 87 00:11:40,584 --> 00:11:42,376 Starting with you. 88 00:11:42,667 --> 00:11:44,792 Yes, sir. 89 00:12:00,167 --> 00:12:02,876 The Germans are dug in up there. At ease. 90 00:12:04,917 --> 00:12:07,917 Our mission is to climb up to the krauts 91 00:12:08,084 --> 00:12:09,959 to flush them out. 92 00:12:10,084 --> 00:12:11,792 We have to do it. 93 00:12:12,251 --> 00:12:14,126 It's a light infantry job. 94 00:12:16,251 --> 00:12:18,209 You'll lead the men. 95 00:12:22,292 --> 00:12:25,292 Any trouble, take out a cigarette. 96 00:12:25,501 --> 00:12:27,792 Before you light it, it'll be over. 97 00:12:28,042 --> 00:12:29,501 Yes, sir. 98 00:12:31,167 --> 00:12:33,917 - It reassures the lads behind. - Yes, sir. 99 00:12:54,459 --> 00:12:56,834 Hitting a soldier isn't allowed. 100 00:12:57,042 --> 00:12:59,709 I know the sergeant well. He's a good man. 101 00:13:02,417 --> 00:13:04,209 He knows his job. 102 00:13:06,709 --> 00:13:08,001 Where are you from, said? 103 00:13:11,001 --> 00:13:12,292 From total poverty. 104 00:13:15,084 --> 00:13:16,459 Listen... 105 00:13:16,834 --> 00:13:18,417 In that uniform, 106 00:13:18,626 --> 00:13:20,167 you're like me now, 107 00:13:20,459 --> 00:13:22,417 you're like all of us. 108 00:13:23,251 --> 00:13:24,959 We're the same family. 109 00:13:25,167 --> 00:13:27,334 The army means equality. 110 00:13:28,542 --> 00:13:29,834 Wait a while. 111 00:13:30,376 --> 00:13:33,042 You'll get your share of bullets tomorrow. 112 00:13:40,751 --> 00:13:41,917 Corporal, 113 00:13:42,751 --> 00:13:43,751 are you afraid? 114 00:13:54,334 --> 00:13:55,626 Enough talk. 115 00:13:56,167 --> 00:13:57,792 Tomorrow, you'll know... 116 00:13:58,959 --> 00:14:00,501 If you're soldiers or not. 117 00:14:16,876 --> 00:14:19,167 Your coffee, sarge. 118 00:14:21,417 --> 00:14:23,209 Thank you, all. 119 00:14:23,501 --> 00:14:25,042 Careful, it's hot. 120 00:14:33,126 --> 00:14:35,167 We'll be in for it tomorrow. 121 00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:38,959 Yes, we'll be in for it. 122 00:14:40,959 --> 00:14:42,126 Inch'Allah. 123 00:15:03,876 --> 00:15:07,709 O merciful, compassionate lord of the worlds, 124 00:15:07,959 --> 00:15:10,959 merciful, compassionate king of judgement day, 125 00:15:11,167 --> 00:15:13,626 you alone we worship and seek help from. 126 00:15:13,792 --> 00:15:16,001 Guide us along the right path... 127 00:16:26,959 --> 00:16:29,417 I declare there is no deity but god. 128 00:16:29,626 --> 00:16:32,792 I declare that Mohammad is his prophet. 129 00:16:42,667 --> 00:16:44,709 Move forward! 130 00:17:26,167 --> 00:17:28,542 Abdelkader, move! 131 00:17:30,251 --> 00:17:31,417 Abdelkader! 132 00:17:31,667 --> 00:17:32,667 Corporal! 133 00:17:34,251 --> 00:17:35,417 What do we do? 134 00:17:36,292 --> 00:17:37,501 Shut up! 135 00:17:41,626 --> 00:17:42,792 Move. 136 00:17:43,042 --> 00:17:44,667 We'll die if we stay here. 137 00:18:02,751 --> 00:18:04,709 Messaoud! Ahmed! 138 00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:05,917 Said! 139 00:18:06,292 --> 00:18:08,251 Let's go! 140 00:18:41,084 --> 00:18:42,792 Colonel, the artillery! 141 00:18:48,792 --> 00:18:50,501 Battery number 5. 142 00:18:54,334 --> 00:18:57,959 Battery number 5. Position 938-991. 143 00:18:58,334 --> 00:19:01,417 - Copy. - 903-940. 144 00:19:01,501 --> 00:19:04,501 Battery number 4. Position 903-940. 145 00:19:07,292 --> 00:19:09,334 Bearing 1400, order 340. 146 00:19:09,584 --> 00:19:11,459 Charge 5. Loaded. 147 00:19:11,667 --> 00:19:13,876 - First gun ready. - Second gun ready. 148 00:19:13,959 --> 00:19:15,167 Attention... fire! 149 00:19:25,167 --> 00:19:26,542 Stay down! That's our side. 150 00:20:34,459 --> 00:20:36,417 Don't be afraid, little brother. 151 00:20:37,042 --> 00:20:39,334 We're not going to die today. 152 00:20:59,834 --> 00:21:01,792 Let's go, messaoud! 153 00:21:03,334 --> 00:21:06,001 Move fonnard! Keep going! 154 00:21:16,876 --> 00:21:17,876 Sergeant! 155 00:21:18,167 --> 00:21:19,626 Stay behind me. 156 00:21:28,792 --> 00:21:30,167 All, are you hurt? 157 00:22:17,292 --> 00:22:18,917 Keep going! 158 00:22:47,042 --> 00:22:48,501 Come out of there! 159 00:22:58,792 --> 00:23:00,251 Open his mouth. 160 00:23:04,126 --> 00:23:05,292 Stop that! 161 00:23:05,917 --> 00:23:07,001 What are you doing? 162 00:23:08,209 --> 00:23:10,417 We're soldiers, not savages. 163 00:23:11,167 --> 00:23:13,542 - Fuck you! - Scum! 164 00:23:19,876 --> 00:23:22,251 We're pulling out! 165 00:23:40,001 --> 00:23:41,709 Long live France! 166 00:25:07,376 --> 00:25:08,834 Colonel... 167 00:25:09,834 --> 00:25:11,209 How many casualties? 168 00:25:12,167 --> 00:25:13,376 How many dead? 169 00:25:14,417 --> 00:25:16,376 It's a magnificent victory. 170 00:25:16,751 --> 00:25:19,417 For the first time since the 1940 defeat, 171 00:25:19,834 --> 00:25:22,209 our army has defeated the Germans. 172 00:25:22,876 --> 00:25:26,126 France has regained glory and the allies' trust. 173 00:25:26,209 --> 00:25:27,292 Write that. 174 00:25:28,084 --> 00:25:29,626 A photo, colonel. 175 00:25:32,834 --> 00:25:34,042 Write what I said. 176 00:25:34,834 --> 00:25:36,126 Let's go. 177 00:27:09,334 --> 00:27:10,792 Lower... 178 00:27:14,792 --> 00:27:16,251 That's it! 179 00:27:21,251 --> 00:27:22,417 Yes? 180 00:27:31,001 --> 00:27:32,209 At ease. 181 00:27:32,917 --> 00:27:34,376 What do you want? 182 00:27:35,376 --> 00:27:38,626 I come to say thank you. 183 00:27:39,584 --> 00:27:41,709 You save my life, sergeant. 184 00:27:42,001 --> 00:27:43,459 You want to thank me? 185 00:27:44,167 --> 00:27:46,709 Make some coffee. You can replace Ali. 186 00:27:47,334 --> 00:27:49,917 I'll make you a private if I'm pleased. 187 00:28:02,084 --> 00:28:04,126 Well? What did he say? 188 00:28:04,501 --> 00:28:06,376 Are we going home? 189 00:28:06,501 --> 00:28:08,709 - Soon! - Is it true? 190 00:28:09,209 --> 00:28:11,626 Thank you, my friend. 191 00:28:12,501 --> 00:28:13,876 Where's my chocolate? 192 00:28:16,292 --> 00:28:17,751 - Here. - Thank you. 193 00:28:30,459 --> 00:28:31,917 No tomatoes for you. 194 00:28:35,042 --> 00:28:37,084 - Why? - They're not for you. Move! 195 00:28:40,417 --> 00:28:42,042 What do you mean? 196 00:28:43,751 --> 00:28:45,042 Let go of him! 197 00:28:50,542 --> 00:28:52,917 You're cooking while he fights. 198 00:28:53,084 --> 00:28:54,459 Yes, sir. 199 00:28:56,417 --> 00:28:57,709 Move. 200 00:29:02,542 --> 00:29:05,126 Why aren't the tomatoes for everyone? 201 00:29:05,584 --> 00:29:06,751 He's right. 202 00:29:07,001 --> 00:29:09,376 We want tomatoes too! 203 00:29:11,459 --> 00:29:12,834 He's right! 204 00:29:15,084 --> 00:29:16,626 Shut your mouths! 205 00:29:22,376 --> 00:29:24,001 You're not happy? 206 00:29:52,584 --> 00:29:54,709 No one will have any now... 207 00:29:55,209 --> 00:29:56,834 Sergeant. 208 00:30:14,459 --> 00:30:18,667 They're ready to die for us but any injustice will cause mutiny. 209 00:30:18,917 --> 00:30:21,042 You know the natives, Martinez... 210 00:30:21,209 --> 00:30:22,376 Avoid that term, sir. 211 00:30:22,584 --> 00:30:24,376 - The muslims... - That's just as bad. 212 00:30:24,542 --> 00:30:26,167 So what do I call them? 213 00:30:26,334 --> 00:30:28,834 The men, sir. The men. 214 00:30:43,917 --> 00:30:45,292 What's going on here? 215 00:30:45,459 --> 00:30:47,001 Sir, 216 00:30:47,167 --> 00:30:50,334 we fight alongside our French brothers in arms, 217 00:30:51,209 --> 00:30:54,542 on the same terrain, against the same enemy. 218 00:30:55,709 --> 00:30:58,001 We must share the tomatoes too. 219 00:31:00,126 --> 00:31:02,959 German bullets don't pick and choose, sir. 220 00:31:08,084 --> 00:31:10,459 Sergeant, when we have tomatoes 221 00:31:11,209 --> 00:31:12,876 let everyone have them. 222 00:31:13,626 --> 00:31:14,959 Yes, sir. 223 00:31:15,667 --> 00:31:16,959 Thank you, sir. 224 00:31:25,834 --> 00:31:28,501 My boys... my dear boys! 225 00:31:29,417 --> 00:31:32,251 The dream for which so many have died 226 00:31:33,209 --> 00:31:35,251 is coming true at last! 227 00:31:36,667 --> 00:31:39,834 Your wounds and suffering, all the pain 228 00:31:42,417 --> 00:31:45,417 are the price to pay to be on this journey. 229 00:31:45,626 --> 00:31:49,042 We shall soon see France again! The motherland! 230 00:31:49,501 --> 00:31:50,876 We are going home! 231 00:32:38,626 --> 00:32:43,251 Provence - August 1944 232 00:33:40,209 --> 00:33:41,501 Smell it. 233 00:33:44,126 --> 00:33:46,251 - It's not like at home. - No. 234 00:33:46,501 --> 00:33:48,376 French soil is better. 235 00:33:56,167 --> 00:33:57,876 Long live France! 236 00:34:08,251 --> 00:34:09,626 France! 237 00:34:51,084 --> 00:34:52,334 Do you speak French? 238 00:34:52,584 --> 00:34:54,209 Yes, I understand it. 239 00:34:55,251 --> 00:34:57,292 - What's your name? - Messaoud. 240 00:34:59,667 --> 00:35:01,626 And what's your name? 241 00:35:02,042 --> 00:35:03,167 Irene. 242 00:35:13,084 --> 00:35:14,959 The sergeant says, 243 00:35:15,209 --> 00:35:16,626 "go up the mountain." 244 00:35:16,917 --> 00:35:20,417 I was scared but I go up the mountain. 245 00:35:20,626 --> 00:35:23,126 I go up the mountain, I run and run. 246 00:35:23,417 --> 00:35:26,417 Messaoud to my right, abdelkader to my left. 247 00:35:26,584 --> 00:35:28,542 I'm not scared then. 248 00:35:30,542 --> 00:35:34,334 But Germany shoots at us. Left, right, everywhere it shoots. 249 00:35:34,626 --> 00:35:37,376 Messaoud says, "lie down in the hole." 250 00:35:37,876 --> 00:35:40,709 I don't speak. The sergeant looks at me, 251 00:35:40,792 --> 00:35:42,334 I look at the sergeant. 252 00:35:42,501 --> 00:35:44,292 I know what he wants. 253 00:35:44,917 --> 00:35:49,042 I take the grenade, pull the pin and throw it at Germany. 254 00:35:50,584 --> 00:35:52,126 All of Germany, they die. 255 00:35:59,292 --> 00:36:02,709 I free a country, it's my country. 256 00:36:04,084 --> 00:36:06,376 Even if I never saw it before. 257 00:36:06,542 --> 00:36:08,001 It's my country. 258 00:36:08,584 --> 00:36:10,459 Your country's all you like? 259 00:36:12,209 --> 00:36:15,709 Inch'Allah, we'll beat Germany. Thank you very much. 260 00:37:12,792 --> 00:37:15,459 Iron cross. German. 261 00:37:15,667 --> 00:37:17,292 Very beautiful. 262 00:37:19,084 --> 00:37:21,042 Dangerous soldier... 263 00:37:22,667 --> 00:37:24,042 Take this. 264 00:37:27,167 --> 00:37:28,792 Good quality! 265 00:37:30,209 --> 00:37:31,667 Iron cross. 266 00:38:29,834 --> 00:38:31,126 Unlucky 267 00:38:35,834 --> 00:38:37,959 why unlucky? 268 00:38:39,751 --> 00:38:42,001 I didn't know you. 269 00:38:45,709 --> 00:38:46,876 Sorry. 270 00:38:47,042 --> 00:38:48,334 Good night. 271 00:38:51,084 --> 00:38:52,459 Why were you scared? 272 00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:58,626 The Germans won't be back. 273 00:39:00,542 --> 00:39:02,251 You wiped them out. 274 00:39:04,459 --> 00:39:06,251 It's not that. 275 00:39:07,167 --> 00:39:08,626 But... 276 00:39:10,584 --> 00:39:14,334 In my country, we don't go with French women. 277 00:40:31,751 --> 00:40:32,751 Leave it! 278 00:40:34,334 --> 00:40:35,792 Don't touch it! 279 00:40:36,334 --> 00:40:38,042 It's a sin! 280 00:40:38,459 --> 00:40:39,917 I swear in god's name. 281 00:40:40,251 --> 00:40:41,876 Aren't you ashamed? 282 00:40:43,042 --> 00:40:45,251 Why, yassir? Is it god's? 283 00:40:49,626 --> 00:40:50,709 Don't touch it. 284 00:40:51,542 --> 00:40:52,917 All right. 285 00:41:16,459 --> 00:41:19,626 Their god suffered a lot. 286 00:41:20,459 --> 00:41:21,834 A lot. 287 00:41:26,001 --> 00:41:27,626 Tell me, yassir... 288 00:41:28,376 --> 00:41:30,417 When I was little, 289 00:41:30,584 --> 00:41:33,709 the French soldiers killed our whole family. 290 00:41:35,459 --> 00:41:37,417 Did they massacre them? 291 00:41:39,042 --> 00:41:41,001 What did they call it? 292 00:41:41,834 --> 00:41:43,376 They called it... 293 00:41:44,084 --> 00:41:45,709 Pacification. 294 00:41:47,084 --> 00:41:48,792 Pacification? 295 00:42:14,292 --> 00:42:16,751 Corporal, can you read? 296 00:42:17,126 --> 00:42:18,584 Yes. 297 00:42:22,501 --> 00:42:24,542 I can't read. 298 00:42:25,876 --> 00:42:27,334 I never went to school. 299 00:42:29,042 --> 00:42:30,501 You can learn. 300 00:42:31,334 --> 00:42:32,501 Listen, said... 301 00:42:47,334 --> 00:42:49,751 Corporal, come here! 302 00:42:58,667 --> 00:42:59,667 What's that? 303 00:43:00,792 --> 00:43:02,917 It's a military handbook, sir. 304 00:43:03,542 --> 00:43:05,667 "The infantry nco's handbook". 305 00:43:06,417 --> 00:43:08,126 You want to be a colonel? 306 00:43:08,251 --> 00:43:10,709 A sergeant first, sir. 307 00:43:14,209 --> 00:43:16,084 Let me read you an extract. 308 00:43:18,501 --> 00:43:19,709 "In theory, 309 00:43:20,167 --> 00:43:24,209 no soldier should return home illiterate from the army. 310 00:43:26,626 --> 00:43:29,167 Classes are obligatory for all men 311 00:43:29,334 --> 00:43:31,084 on their enlistment." 312 00:43:33,084 --> 00:43:37,126 Yet none of these African troops can read or write. 313 00:43:41,917 --> 00:43:43,542 You want to learn to read? 314 00:43:49,417 --> 00:43:51,459 It's too late, sir. 315 00:43:53,792 --> 00:43:55,251 And to read what? 316 00:44:09,251 --> 00:44:11,126 Give me a clean shirt. 317 00:44:23,334 --> 00:44:24,709 You'll come back? 318 00:44:25,667 --> 00:44:27,792 Yes, I promise, I come back. 319 00:44:28,709 --> 00:44:29,709 You wait for me? 320 00:44:30,667 --> 00:44:31,667 Yes. 321 00:45:00,084 --> 00:45:05,417 Rhone valley - October 1944 322 00:45:28,542 --> 00:45:30,667 I never loved a girl like this. 323 00:45:31,917 --> 00:45:35,667 I want to marry her, have kids and make a family. 324 00:45:36,626 --> 00:45:38,167 You get worked up fast. 325 00:45:38,376 --> 00:45:40,959 Marseilles is paradise. Here, corporal, 326 00:45:41,167 --> 00:45:43,917 they respect me. I'm not a wog. 327 00:45:44,751 --> 00:45:47,209 I swear! I make my life in France. 328 00:45:47,417 --> 00:45:48,709 You'll always be a wog. 329 00:45:48,917 --> 00:45:51,834 Shut it! Ever slept in sheets before? 330 00:45:52,292 --> 00:45:53,834 Said! Get in! 331 00:45:55,834 --> 00:45:57,001 Get in. 332 00:46:09,709 --> 00:46:11,334 Aicha! 333 00:46:46,751 --> 00:46:48,459 Me and mother 1903 334 00:47:01,751 --> 00:47:03,459 What is this shit? 335 00:47:04,459 --> 00:47:06,501 Only you French guys get leave? 336 00:47:06,792 --> 00:47:09,084 - We've fought since marseilles. - Us, Italy. 337 00:47:09,417 --> 00:47:13,167 We're off to Paris. You need to get back to wog land. 338 00:47:14,459 --> 00:47:16,584 The wog fucks you. 339 00:47:33,042 --> 00:47:35,334 You miss home? Your family? 340 00:47:40,792 --> 00:47:42,167 Why speak arabic? 341 00:47:47,292 --> 00:47:51,042 Me too, I like to go leave to see my mother. 342 00:47:59,084 --> 00:48:02,334 - Any mail for me? - There's no mail for you. 343 00:48:02,501 --> 00:48:05,251 You must look again. It's not normal. 344 00:48:05,459 --> 00:48:07,667 I wrote three times. Messaoud souni. 345 00:48:07,834 --> 00:48:11,167 - Or maybe I'm listed as dead. - I said no. 346 00:48:11,376 --> 00:48:14,751 - Private! - There's nothing for you. 347 00:48:26,709 --> 00:48:28,084 Here's Aicha! 348 00:48:32,126 --> 00:48:33,501 How is she? 349 00:48:34,501 --> 00:48:36,876 Has sergeant Martinez repudiated you? 350 00:48:37,084 --> 00:48:38,959 Marrying a Moroccan? 351 00:48:41,626 --> 00:48:43,251 Why are you getting at me? 352 00:48:44,667 --> 00:48:46,376 Go to your marseilles girl. 353 00:48:46,584 --> 00:48:49,417 An American's probably banging her now. 354 00:48:50,792 --> 00:48:52,042 It doesn't matter. 355 00:48:52,251 --> 00:48:53,709 You know why? 356 00:48:53,917 --> 00:48:55,001 Here... 357 00:48:55,209 --> 00:48:57,417 You're the one we want, Aicha. 358 00:48:59,251 --> 00:49:00,584 Our beautiful Aicha. 359 00:49:02,667 --> 00:49:04,042 She takes care of us. 360 00:49:07,542 --> 00:49:09,251 As god is my witness... 361 00:49:09,626 --> 00:49:11,001 Said, calm down! 362 00:49:12,167 --> 00:49:14,626 If ever you call me Aicha again... 363 00:49:17,917 --> 00:49:19,084 If one of you... 364 00:49:20,292 --> 00:49:22,334 No problem, my brother. 365 00:49:24,001 --> 00:49:25,084 Everyone has understood. 366 00:49:25,584 --> 00:49:27,501 Stop it. 367 00:49:27,667 --> 00:49:29,251 Leave him be. Calm down. 368 00:49:29,501 --> 00:49:31,126 If anyone calls me Aicha, 369 00:49:35,209 --> 00:49:36,209 let go of him. 370 00:49:36,626 --> 00:49:39,209 - I'm not a child! - Let go of him! 371 00:49:39,459 --> 00:49:41,001 Let go of him! 372 00:49:42,709 --> 00:49:44,167 You're mad! 373 00:49:47,167 --> 00:49:50,167 Are you soldiers, idiots or what? 374 00:49:50,251 --> 00:49:53,251 Shame on you! 375 00:49:55,209 --> 00:49:57,167 Get out of here! 376 00:49:58,334 --> 00:50:00,376 Get out! Go on! 377 00:50:00,834 --> 00:50:01,917 Hurry it up! 378 00:50:03,959 --> 00:50:05,584 Don't try that again! 379 00:50:05,959 --> 00:50:07,417 Listen to me, you. 380 00:50:08,001 --> 00:50:09,709 You're not a slave. 381 00:50:10,459 --> 00:50:12,459 There are no slaves here! 382 00:50:13,376 --> 00:50:15,667 No one has bothered about me here. 383 00:50:15,876 --> 00:50:17,834 Except the sergeant. 384 00:50:22,209 --> 00:50:25,959 Learn your book by heart to become a colonel. 385 00:50:27,417 --> 00:50:29,209 Who's becoming a colonel? 386 00:50:29,417 --> 00:50:31,209 This donkey? 387 00:50:31,626 --> 00:50:33,292 This mule? 388 00:50:34,084 --> 00:50:37,001 Why wouldn't they become colonels? 389 00:50:38,501 --> 00:50:39,501 Why not him? 390 00:50:39,709 --> 00:50:42,167 And even him? 391 00:50:44,751 --> 00:50:46,084 We can try. 392 00:50:50,709 --> 00:50:51,959 So try! 393 00:50:56,417 --> 00:50:58,042 It's over! 394 00:50:58,209 --> 00:51:00,334 Get to your bunks! 395 00:51:00,459 --> 00:51:02,001 Do it! 396 00:51:03,584 --> 00:51:06,417 I want no more trouble! 397 00:51:13,459 --> 00:51:18,334 The vosges - November 1944 398 00:51:31,209 --> 00:51:33,001 Yes, it looks ugly! 399 00:51:33,167 --> 00:51:35,126 It'll be even worse in there! 400 00:51:36,667 --> 00:51:38,792 It'll be tougher than Italy. 401 00:51:39,251 --> 00:51:41,001 But I have faith in you. 402 00:51:42,251 --> 00:51:45,834 I have faith in you to liberate your homeland. 403 00:51:48,001 --> 00:51:51,084 The French have placed their fate in our hands 404 00:51:51,251 --> 00:51:54,501 and are watching us with eyes full of hope. 405 00:51:57,042 --> 00:51:59,167 We have to be up there by dark! 406 00:51:59,334 --> 00:52:02,667 And, even dead, we shall be! Even dead! 407 00:53:05,542 --> 00:53:07,167 Is it Omar, sir? 408 00:53:19,542 --> 00:53:20,917 Sir... 409 00:53:21,084 --> 00:53:23,376 I've taken the position. 410 00:53:25,834 --> 00:53:27,792 I'm here, sir. 411 00:53:30,376 --> 00:53:31,834 I'm in charge here! 412 00:53:32,042 --> 00:53:35,876 I ordered you to regroup, not to head off on your own! 413 00:53:36,584 --> 00:53:39,584 I give the orders. Look where it's got us! 414 00:53:40,209 --> 00:53:42,084 We've lost Omar! 415 00:53:48,959 --> 00:53:52,709 Go to say we've taken the position and request orders. 416 00:53:54,084 --> 00:53:55,542 Yes, sir. 417 00:54:26,751 --> 00:54:27,917 Sir? 418 00:54:30,876 --> 00:54:32,751 I have news for you, said. 419 00:54:33,334 --> 00:54:35,126 You're promoted private. 420 00:54:35,334 --> 00:54:36,876 You're transferred to hq. 421 00:54:37,042 --> 00:54:38,959 Take your pack and go there. 422 00:54:40,834 --> 00:54:43,667 I don't want to be private, sarge. 423 00:54:45,584 --> 00:54:48,126 I'm fine like I am now. 424 00:54:50,084 --> 00:54:51,626 I was kidding! 425 00:55:07,584 --> 00:55:09,542 Learn to fend for yourself. 426 00:55:10,459 --> 00:55:12,251 I might die one day. 427 00:55:16,584 --> 00:55:18,876 You're not going to die, sarge. 428 00:55:19,376 --> 00:55:21,167 You not say that ever. 429 00:55:23,876 --> 00:55:26,251 You're going to be alive 430 00:55:26,417 --> 00:55:28,709 to become captain, inch'Allah. 431 00:55:30,501 --> 00:55:32,626 Captain's too much papennork. 432 00:55:50,626 --> 00:55:52,751 Are French girls like this, sir? 433 00:55:54,042 --> 00:55:57,709 She says she's with you for life and then forgets you. 434 00:55:58,209 --> 00:55:59,834 Is that how it is here? 435 00:56:00,834 --> 00:56:03,917 When you get promoted, pick a rich, pretty one. 436 00:56:05,292 --> 00:56:07,084 She's beautiful, corporal. 437 00:56:10,001 --> 00:56:11,792 Look at the photo 438 00:56:12,209 --> 00:56:15,209 and tell me what you think. Tell me the truth. 439 00:56:15,376 --> 00:56:17,417 Is she serious or not serious? 440 00:56:18,001 --> 00:56:20,126 - What's her name? - Irene. 441 00:56:20,584 --> 00:56:21,959 Irene's a pretty name. 442 00:56:25,126 --> 00:56:29,251 We have to see this war out. We'll return in honour. 443 00:56:29,459 --> 00:56:31,334 Irene will be proud of you. 444 00:56:49,084 --> 00:56:50,459 Listen to this. 445 00:56:51,001 --> 00:56:53,292 "After the war, I return, Irene. 446 00:56:54,001 --> 00:56:56,459 I send you kisses. I think of you 447 00:56:56,792 --> 00:56:58,834 day and night. Messaoud." 448 00:56:59,501 --> 00:57:01,542 - Pretty, huh? - It's like a song. 449 00:57:02,959 --> 00:57:04,042 Censored 450 00:57:09,501 --> 00:57:11,626 They're not idiots, sir. 451 00:57:12,126 --> 00:57:15,626 They've been away 20 months, they're freezing here... 452 00:57:15,792 --> 00:57:16,959 I know, sergeant! 453 00:57:17,167 --> 00:57:19,834 - The French get leave. - No ships! 454 00:57:20,042 --> 00:57:22,084 There were ships to bring them, 455 00:57:22,292 --> 00:57:24,667 but none to send them on leave? 456 00:57:25,709 --> 00:57:27,834 We'd like to see our families, 457 00:57:28,001 --> 00:57:30,584 like the mainland French. It's unfair. 458 00:57:32,584 --> 00:57:36,626 And the French get promotion before anyone from north Africa! 459 00:57:36,834 --> 00:57:40,751 You're doing good work. I'll put you up for promotion. 460 00:57:41,126 --> 00:57:44,876 I don't want it. My men deserve it as much as me. 461 00:57:44,959 --> 00:57:47,001 Corporal abdelkader, for instance. 462 00:58:08,209 --> 00:58:09,292 Don't sleep. 463 00:58:09,542 --> 00:58:11,251 Wake up! Get up! 464 00:58:54,917 --> 00:58:55,917 God rest his soul. 465 00:59:43,209 --> 00:59:44,834 What's this? 466 00:59:45,167 --> 00:59:47,126 What does it say? 467 00:59:47,334 --> 00:59:49,126 Read it. 468 00:59:51,834 --> 00:59:53,709 "Muslim soldier, 469 00:59:54,251 --> 00:59:58,292 know that you can cross to the German side 470 00:59:58,709 --> 01:00:01,167 where you will be warmly welcomed 471 01:00:01,917 --> 01:00:03,792 and your life saved. 472 01:00:04,126 --> 01:00:07,959 Your leaders send you to die rather than the French. 473 01:00:10,667 --> 01:00:13,209 Muslim soldier, 474 01:00:13,417 --> 01:00:15,209 you weren't born into slavery. 475 01:00:16,626 --> 01:00:19,376 Germany will give you your freedom. 476 01:00:22,459 --> 01:00:25,376 The day of independence has come for Africa." 477 01:00:27,626 --> 01:00:31,042 What would you do without us, abdelkader? 478 01:00:35,001 --> 01:00:37,042 You have something in mind? 479 01:00:37,959 --> 01:00:39,167 Out with it, 480 01:00:39,417 --> 01:00:40,667 man to man. 481 01:00:42,751 --> 01:00:45,917 De gaulle said we're fighting for Liberty. 482 01:00:46,417 --> 01:00:50,626 I'm fighting with France against nazism. 483 01:01:27,917 --> 01:01:29,459 Come out of your holes! 484 01:01:29,917 --> 01:01:31,792 We have leave! 485 01:01:34,417 --> 01:01:35,501 Come out! 486 01:01:35,584 --> 01:01:36,584 We have leave! 487 01:01:37,167 --> 01:01:38,792 We're going home. 488 01:02:12,001 --> 01:02:14,292 These aren't to go home in. 489 01:02:22,417 --> 01:02:25,251 There'll be dancers tonight! 490 01:02:41,209 --> 01:02:43,001 She hasn't written back. 491 01:02:44,792 --> 01:02:46,584 Be patient. 492 01:02:46,751 --> 01:02:49,417 There's a war on. The mail hasn't arrived. 493 01:02:49,626 --> 01:02:52,376 It has. There was nothing for me. 494 01:02:54,667 --> 01:02:56,001 Leroux! Martinez! 495 01:02:58,334 --> 01:03:02,209 Martinez, you're promoted to staff sergeant. Bravo. 496 01:03:02,834 --> 01:03:03,834 Thank you, sir. 497 01:03:04,001 --> 01:03:07,334 And you're a sergeant now, leroux. Congratulations. 498 01:03:09,084 --> 01:03:10,251 Try to find stripes. 499 01:03:12,334 --> 01:03:13,709 Well done, leroux. 500 01:03:14,042 --> 01:03:16,001 Thank you, staff sergeant. 501 01:03:23,251 --> 01:03:24,334 Messaoud! 502 01:03:25,751 --> 01:03:28,751 The girls will go wild for you in those boots! 503 01:03:33,209 --> 01:03:35,501 Do you like your coat, corporal? 504 01:03:35,834 --> 01:03:37,459 Yes, I suppose. 505 01:03:46,167 --> 01:03:47,167 God preserve you. 506 01:03:49,126 --> 01:03:50,626 Amen. 507 01:04:24,209 --> 01:04:27,292 He's wearing me out! I have to go. 508 01:04:30,292 --> 01:04:31,917 Here I am! 509 01:04:32,459 --> 01:04:33,834 Sit yourself down. 510 01:04:40,751 --> 01:04:42,209 Whisky? 511 01:04:42,626 --> 01:04:44,417 Like america. 512 01:04:53,209 --> 01:04:55,334 Sorry, sarge, it burns! 513 01:04:59,251 --> 01:05:00,792 Just a second. 514 01:05:15,376 --> 01:05:16,834 Have a cigar. 515 01:05:18,126 --> 01:05:20,792 - Is it for me? - Of course it's for you. 516 01:05:23,751 --> 01:05:25,126 You know, 517 01:05:26,751 --> 01:05:28,626 I don't usually smoke cigars 518 01:05:28,876 --> 01:05:30,334 but I will now. 519 01:05:34,501 --> 01:05:36,126 I like you, said. 520 01:05:38,917 --> 01:05:40,209 Me too, sarge. 521 01:05:41,626 --> 01:05:42,751 I like you. 522 01:05:43,709 --> 01:05:45,209 You deserve promotion. 523 01:05:47,667 --> 01:05:50,501 The whole unit does. But they can't see that. 524 01:05:51,834 --> 01:05:54,292 They can't tell, they don't know us. 525 01:05:59,334 --> 01:06:02,417 We'll liberate the country and go home. 526 01:06:10,001 --> 01:06:11,001 But, sarge... 527 01:06:11,501 --> 01:06:16,292 Here too is our home. 528 01:06:16,876 --> 01:06:18,042 It's France. 529 01:06:18,542 --> 01:06:21,209 We're fighting for her, for the motherland. 530 01:06:21,876 --> 01:06:24,084 Here is our home and I know 531 01:06:25,501 --> 01:06:28,001 you're like us too... 532 01:06:30,834 --> 01:06:32,292 An arab. 533 01:06:34,334 --> 01:06:35,876 What did you just say? 534 01:06:37,459 --> 01:06:41,126 I see the photo of your mother in the shirt. 535 01:06:44,126 --> 01:06:45,167 It's incredible. 536 01:06:45,376 --> 01:06:48,792 Put the photo of your mother 537 01:06:49,334 --> 01:06:53,167 next to the photo of my mother, they look like two sisters. 538 01:06:53,376 --> 01:06:55,751 You searched my things, bastard! 539 01:07:00,542 --> 01:07:02,834 Shit-stirrer! Scum! 540 01:07:06,667 --> 01:07:10,001 Never talk about that again or I'll kill you. 541 01:07:11,459 --> 01:07:12,834 Get lost! 542 01:07:49,126 --> 01:07:50,417 Fall in! Attention! 543 01:08:04,292 --> 01:08:05,292 At ease! 544 01:09:41,626 --> 01:09:43,501 What is this shit? 545 01:09:46,376 --> 01:09:47,584 Sit down! 546 01:09:55,126 --> 01:09:58,376 I'm taking my leave! I'm off to marseilles. 547 01:10:20,084 --> 01:10:23,501 With her potatoes and mouldy beans 548 01:10:23,584 --> 01:10:26,501 France is our mother she feeds us 549 01:10:26,792 --> 01:10:28,167 listen! 550 01:10:32,209 --> 01:10:34,751 Listen to me, my brothers! 551 01:10:36,376 --> 01:10:40,042 When I enlisted, I listened to de gaulle. 552 01:10:40,751 --> 01:10:44,667 He said France was fighting for freedom around the world. 553 01:10:44,917 --> 01:10:49,876 I thought the war would give us the rights of our French brothers. 554 01:10:50,792 --> 01:10:53,542 We're all fighting against Hitler 555 01:10:53,751 --> 01:10:56,334 for Liberty, equality and fraternity. 556 01:10:58,751 --> 01:11:02,251 It's high time they gave us some of that Liberty, 557 01:11:02,417 --> 01:11:05,667 that equality and, above all, that fraternity! 558 01:11:20,917 --> 01:11:23,584 We're changing the destiny of France! 559 01:11:25,709 --> 01:11:27,751 Things must change for us too! 560 01:11:31,709 --> 01:11:33,084 You're asking for it! 561 01:11:33,292 --> 01:11:35,959 You keep stirring up shit all the time! 562 01:11:36,209 --> 01:11:38,167 The French reward themselves, 563 01:11:38,376 --> 01:11:40,334 then you French north africans, 564 01:11:40,542 --> 01:11:42,584 and the africans are forgotten. 565 01:11:42,709 --> 01:11:43,709 There are quotas. 566 01:11:46,501 --> 01:11:48,042 Quotas? 567 01:11:49,542 --> 01:11:51,251 Why didn't you tell us? 568 01:11:52,251 --> 01:11:55,667 You can't understand, so shut up and step down! 569 01:11:55,876 --> 01:12:00,001 Why can't I understand? A wog has less of a brain than you? 570 01:12:00,376 --> 01:12:03,126 Wogs aren't cut out to lead men. 571 01:12:07,292 --> 01:12:09,417 That day will come, sergeant. 572 01:12:09,959 --> 01:12:12,876 Sorry, staff sergeant. 573 01:12:41,209 --> 01:12:43,001 What are you doing here? 574 01:12:44,376 --> 01:12:46,834 I tried to get to marseilles. 575 01:12:48,376 --> 01:12:52,126 The French get leave, we get nothing. Is that normal? 576 01:12:53,126 --> 01:12:54,501 Is it normal? 577 01:12:54,834 --> 01:12:56,626 You tried to desert. 578 01:12:57,209 --> 01:12:58,459 Are you crazy? 579 01:12:59,876 --> 01:13:01,667 I have to see her. 580 01:13:06,584 --> 01:13:08,792 Why are you here, corporal? 581 01:13:11,417 --> 01:13:15,876 I had a fight with Martinez, the staff sergeant. 582 01:13:21,001 --> 01:13:22,959 - Got a gauloise? - Yes. 583 01:13:29,417 --> 01:13:33,792 They're on the front. Their position is top secret. 584 01:13:34,292 --> 01:13:35,667 Write to him. 585 01:13:37,167 --> 01:13:40,792 I already have, several times. There's been no reply. 586 01:13:47,459 --> 01:13:48,751 Tell me... 587 01:13:50,584 --> 01:13:52,042 Is he dead? 588 01:13:53,834 --> 01:13:56,126 Give me his name. We'll find out. 589 01:13:57,667 --> 01:14:00,126 Messaoud souni. 590 01:14:01,792 --> 01:14:04,959 He's with the 7th Algerian infantry regiment. 591 01:14:08,126 --> 01:14:10,792 If we hear anything, we'll let you know. 592 01:14:12,959 --> 01:14:14,417 Thank you. 593 01:14:15,001 --> 01:14:18,167 Colonel, we must be firm with the muslims. 594 01:14:18,834 --> 01:14:21,334 Punish this corporal as a warning. 595 01:14:22,126 --> 01:14:24,792 Rambert, tell me something. 596 01:14:25,334 --> 01:14:26,709 Yes, sir? 597 01:14:27,209 --> 01:14:30,376 Before joining de gaulle at the last minute, 598 01:14:30,501 --> 01:14:31,667 what were you in vichy? 599 01:14:38,417 --> 01:14:40,126 - Martinez. - Yes, sir. 600 01:14:40,584 --> 01:14:43,584 You know the muslims. What do we do with him? 601 01:14:44,209 --> 01:14:46,584 He's loyal to France, sir. 602 01:14:46,959 --> 01:14:48,917 All my men are patriots. 603 01:14:54,834 --> 01:14:56,709 You risk being court-martialled... 604 01:14:56,834 --> 01:14:58,917 - There's injustice, sir. - Silence! 605 01:14:59,876 --> 01:15:03,542 We must strive together towards one goal: Victory. 606 01:15:03,917 --> 01:15:06,209 France needs us, all of us. 607 01:15:06,959 --> 01:15:09,709 Do you understand what I'm saying? 608 01:15:11,001 --> 01:15:12,084 Yes, sir. 609 01:15:17,292 --> 01:15:20,709 In alsace, the 37th us division 610 01:15:20,792 --> 01:15:22,209 has broken through. 611 01:15:22,334 --> 01:15:26,626 They're under attack and require reinforcements and ammunition. 612 01:15:27,959 --> 01:15:30,334 We must hold this bridgehead 613 01:15:31,042 --> 01:15:33,626 until the general attack due any day. 614 01:15:34,209 --> 01:15:37,126 Captain durieux needs brave men, 615 01:15:37,209 --> 01:15:39,167 men of experience. 616 01:15:39,251 --> 01:15:41,209 It's a very dangerous mission. 617 01:15:44,417 --> 01:15:46,459 I'll volunteer for it, sir. 618 01:15:48,126 --> 01:15:51,876 Corporal, I give you my word of honour. 619 01:15:52,042 --> 01:15:55,417 The rewards for yourself and all the brave men 620 01:15:55,876 --> 01:15:58,084 who contribute to this exploit 621 01:15:58,292 --> 01:16:00,251 will be worthy of the feat. 622 01:16:01,167 --> 01:16:03,459 You will be the first to reach alsace. 623 01:16:03,584 --> 01:16:07,667 All of France will watch and remember you. 624 01:16:08,959 --> 01:16:11,709 I shall fight with my body and soul, 625 01:16:12,209 --> 01:16:13,292 as I have always done. 626 01:16:18,292 --> 01:16:20,001 Corporal abdelkader. 627 01:16:20,167 --> 01:16:21,876 He's a man of his word. 628 01:16:22,876 --> 01:16:26,417 There's no time to lose. Get your unit's ammunition. 629 01:16:28,001 --> 01:16:29,626 Sir... 630 01:16:31,084 --> 01:16:33,126 Private messaoud is in jail. 631 01:16:34,126 --> 01:16:36,459 We need our marksman. I'll see to it. 632 01:16:36,542 --> 01:16:37,584 Thank you, sir. 633 01:16:55,209 --> 01:16:57,126 Tell the men to keep quiet. 634 01:16:57,626 --> 01:17:00,209 Quiet! We're nearing the German lines. 635 01:17:00,376 --> 01:17:03,209 Keep quiet and control the mules. 636 01:18:18,459 --> 01:18:20,042 Larbi! 637 01:19:02,751 --> 01:19:03,876 Why? 638 01:19:04,167 --> 01:19:06,459 Why, god? Why? 639 01:19:07,417 --> 01:19:08,876 Why? 640 01:19:44,209 --> 01:19:46,626 The captain and leroux are dead. 641 01:19:48,667 --> 01:19:50,501 We've lost five men too. 642 01:19:53,251 --> 01:19:55,626 You're the one in charge now. 643 01:19:59,959 --> 01:20:01,834 It's your decision. 644 01:20:04,417 --> 01:20:08,126 Either you help the Americans hold the position... 645 01:20:12,167 --> 01:20:13,751 Or you turn back. 646 01:20:27,459 --> 01:20:29,959 Fetch the mule, we're carrying on! 647 01:20:30,042 --> 01:20:32,042 We're out of ammunition! 648 01:20:32,167 --> 01:20:33,876 - He's right. - Silence! 649 01:20:34,792 --> 01:20:37,251 We'll be the first French in alsace. 650 01:20:37,459 --> 01:20:39,459 If we manage to hold 651 01:20:39,542 --> 01:20:42,001 the American positions, believe me 652 01:20:43,542 --> 01:20:45,709 we'll get what we deserve. 653 01:20:46,042 --> 01:20:47,167 You'll get nothing. 654 01:20:47,959 --> 01:20:50,126 Haven't you realized yet? 655 01:20:50,834 --> 01:20:53,376 I've given my brother for France. 656 01:20:54,042 --> 01:20:55,042 Enough! 657 01:20:55,126 --> 01:20:56,542 Enough! 658 01:20:59,501 --> 01:21:01,001 Corporal! Be reasonable! 659 01:21:02,209 --> 01:21:03,709 Be reasonable! 660 01:21:03,917 --> 01:21:05,584 You want to kill each other? 661 01:21:05,792 --> 01:21:07,792 There have been enough dead! 662 01:21:08,251 --> 01:21:10,167 Corporal, pull yourself together! 663 01:21:10,334 --> 01:21:12,209 Our comrades are dead. 664 01:21:13,792 --> 01:21:16,209 Thanks to god, we're still alive. 665 01:21:18,751 --> 01:21:20,292 God bless your family. 666 01:21:21,667 --> 01:21:23,209 He's right. 667 01:21:24,751 --> 01:21:27,792 - It's no use anymore. - What's wrong with you? 668 01:21:28,751 --> 01:21:30,834 You want to be a sergeant? Too late. 669 01:21:32,334 --> 01:21:34,334 You don't understand a thing! 670 01:21:35,376 --> 01:21:38,376 We're doing our duty by going to alsace! 671 01:21:40,417 --> 01:21:43,376 Even if we pay 10 or 100 times more, 672 01:21:43,501 --> 01:21:45,334 we'll pay! 673 01:21:47,959 --> 01:21:50,376 And they'll recognize us for it. 674 01:21:52,417 --> 01:21:54,251 What's wrong with you? 675 01:21:55,542 --> 01:21:56,584 Listen. 676 01:21:58,542 --> 01:22:01,334 You want to go home empty-handed? 677 01:22:01,959 --> 01:22:04,084 We see it through to the end. 678 01:22:04,417 --> 01:22:07,292 Larbi, rest his soul, won't have died in vain. 679 01:22:12,459 --> 01:22:15,001 Said, please go. 680 01:22:16,251 --> 01:22:18,042 Bring the mule back! 681 01:22:18,292 --> 01:22:20,167 Don't fight anymore. 682 01:22:20,584 --> 01:22:22,376 It's over. Hurry! 683 01:22:49,292 --> 01:22:50,792 Come here. 684 01:22:52,084 --> 01:22:53,709 Come here, beauty! 685 01:23:06,042 --> 01:23:07,334 Come here. 686 01:23:09,251 --> 01:23:11,876 Don't make things worse. 687 01:23:12,167 --> 01:23:13,667 I'm tired. 688 01:23:15,876 --> 01:23:17,334 Be good. 689 01:23:17,834 --> 01:23:19,792 I can't run after you. 690 01:23:20,751 --> 01:23:22,501 For the love of god! 691 01:25:47,959 --> 01:25:49,751 Yassir, round the back. 692 01:27:25,209 --> 01:27:27,126 The French! 693 01:27:31,709 --> 01:27:34,959 You're alone? Where are the others? 694 01:29:34,334 --> 01:29:37,167 We'll defend the position, sir. 695 01:29:39,126 --> 01:29:41,834 We'll hold it until our troops arrive. 696 01:29:43,376 --> 01:29:45,376 I would have done the same... 697 01:29:48,334 --> 01:29:50,376 Corporal. 698 01:29:57,667 --> 01:29:59,542 I have to go and see the men. 699 01:30:14,042 --> 01:30:16,084 I hope you're going to die. 700 01:30:21,126 --> 01:30:22,542 Sergeant... 701 01:30:23,751 --> 01:30:25,459 Staff sergeant. 702 01:32:45,792 --> 01:32:47,959 It's as if there was no war on. 703 01:32:52,542 --> 01:32:54,667 What are we doing here? 704 01:32:59,126 --> 01:33:02,959 When the war is over, you'll stay in the army. 705 01:33:04,084 --> 01:33:07,417 You'll rise up through the ranks to sergeant. 706 01:33:10,292 --> 01:33:12,417 I don't want to be a sergeant! 707 01:33:15,001 --> 01:33:18,209 Some have the right to it and others don't. 708 01:33:19,584 --> 01:33:21,584 God has forgotten me for now. 709 01:33:26,667 --> 01:33:29,417 Have you ever given an order to anyone? 710 01:33:32,167 --> 01:33:33,626 Never. 711 01:33:38,084 --> 01:33:39,834 Tell me frankly. 712 01:33:40,292 --> 01:33:42,167 Will we get through this? 713 01:34:10,667 --> 01:34:11,959 Listen, said... 714 01:34:13,209 --> 01:34:15,709 We've always got through it... 715 01:34:15,876 --> 01:34:17,334 Together. 716 01:34:17,876 --> 01:34:19,667 Have you forgotten? 717 01:34:21,167 --> 01:34:23,334 Everything's in god's hands. 718 01:34:42,417 --> 01:34:43,626 Thank you, ma'am. 719 01:34:51,876 --> 01:34:53,709 Enjoy your meal. 720 01:34:53,834 --> 01:34:55,459 Thank you, ma'am. 721 01:34:58,917 --> 01:35:00,834 Who can live in this cold? 722 01:35:03,292 --> 01:35:04,334 The French. 723 01:35:56,751 --> 01:35:58,042 Can I fetch milk? 724 01:36:20,709 --> 01:36:22,876 Does she give a lot of milk? 725 01:36:25,334 --> 01:36:27,417 Two or three buckets. 726 01:36:33,709 --> 01:36:34,959 Want to try? 727 01:36:35,751 --> 01:36:36,834 Yes. 728 01:37:07,042 --> 01:37:08,459 You're never afraid? 729 01:37:11,459 --> 01:37:13,251 Sometimes I am... 730 01:37:15,459 --> 01:37:17,459 But I'm not afraid tonight. 731 01:44:27,876 --> 01:44:30,251 I don't want to die here. 732 01:44:38,459 --> 01:44:41,126 I declare there is no deity but god. 733 01:45:50,209 --> 01:45:53,417 - I'll fetch Martinez. - Wait, said. 734 01:45:54,126 --> 01:45:56,126 Listen to me... 735 01:45:56,751 --> 01:45:58,417 Messaoud is dead. 736 01:46:00,834 --> 01:46:02,751 Be careful, my brother. 737 01:46:03,501 --> 01:46:04,876 Wait. 738 01:46:06,626 --> 01:46:07,667 Yassir! 739 01:46:08,584 --> 01:46:10,042 Cover us! 740 01:46:13,042 --> 01:46:14,709 One, two... 741 01:46:34,959 --> 01:46:37,251 Sarge, get up! 742 01:46:47,209 --> 01:46:48,376 Get up, sarge. 743 01:46:53,626 --> 01:46:55,042 Come on! 744 01:47:31,959 --> 01:47:33,084 Yassir! 745 01:47:33,792 --> 01:47:35,792 Cover me! Here I come! 746 01:47:51,334 --> 01:47:53,209 Get out! Hurry! 747 01:47:59,584 --> 01:48:01,209 Come on, let's go! 748 01:48:01,876 --> 01:48:03,209 Move it! 749 01:48:27,792 --> 01:48:30,084 Get up! Get up, yassir! 750 01:48:32,709 --> 01:48:35,167 Get up, for pity's sake! 751 01:49:36,001 --> 01:49:37,042 My brothers... 752 01:49:37,834 --> 01:49:39,292 I'm with you! 753 01:49:39,376 --> 01:49:40,751 Don't shoot! 754 01:49:40,834 --> 01:49:41,876 Okay. 755 01:51:55,876 --> 01:51:58,709 Don't stop! Keep going! Move it! 756 01:52:01,959 --> 01:52:03,376 Colonel... 757 01:52:04,751 --> 01:52:05,876 Colonel! 758 01:52:07,709 --> 01:52:09,626 - Stop! - Let me see the colonel. 759 01:52:09,709 --> 01:52:11,584 - What? - Let me see him. 760 01:52:11,667 --> 01:52:14,626 - See your sergeant. - He's dead. Captain too. 761 01:52:14,709 --> 01:52:16,584 So where's your unit? 762 01:52:17,626 --> 01:52:20,251 I don't have one. They're all dead. 763 01:52:21,626 --> 01:52:22,667 Sergeant! 764 01:52:23,834 --> 01:52:25,876 You needed a corporal? Here's one. 765 01:52:25,959 --> 01:52:28,501 Get your pack and follow us. 766 01:52:50,626 --> 01:52:52,001 Look over here! 767 01:52:54,792 --> 01:52:56,959 The French forces free alsace! 768 01:53:00,584 --> 01:53:01,917 This way! 769 01:53:02,251 --> 01:53:03,751 Smile! 770 01:53:36,376 --> 01:53:40,001 60 years later 771 01:58:09,459 --> 01:58:14,042 In 1959, a law was passed to freeze the pensions of infantrymen 772 01:58:14,292 --> 01:58:18,292 from former French colonies about to become independent. 773 01:58:18,542 --> 01:58:20,917 In 2002, after endless hearings, 774 01:58:21,209 --> 01:58:23,876 the French government was ordered 775 01:58:24,209 --> 01:58:26,417 to pay the pensions in full. 776 01:58:26,876 --> 01:58:29,584 But successive governments 777 01:58:29,834 --> 01:58:32,334 have pushed back this payment.