1 00:00:57,307 --> 00:01:00,849 Hello? Can you hear me? 2 00:01:00,932 --> 00:01:03,432 This is the last Polish communiqué. 3 00:01:03,516 --> 00:01:06,933 German troops have just entered Warsaw. 4 00:01:07,516 --> 00:01:11,933 Our thoughts are with the Polish soldiers on Hel 5 00:01:12,016 --> 00:01:15,683 and all those still fighting, wherever they may be. 6 00:01:15,766 --> 00:01:18,016 Poland is not lost yet! 7 00:01:18,099 --> 00:01:20,599 Long live Poland! 8 00:01:27,766 --> 00:01:31,100 From now on, more than ever, my life belongs to my people. 9 00:01:31,183 --> 00:01:34,766 From this hour on, we shall answer every bomb with a bomb! 10 00:01:34,850 --> 00:01:37,433 Germany! Sieg Heil! 11 00:01:38,683 --> 00:01:41,725 The fateful hour has struck for our homeland. 12 00:01:44,183 --> 00:01:47,058 However hard it may be, our faith remains unshaken. 13 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:52,850 At around half past five this morning, 14 00:01:52,933 --> 00:01:56,225 we learned that two Dutch airfields had been bombed 15 00:01:56,308 --> 00:01:58,017 by German aircraft. Minutes later, 16 00:01:58,100 --> 00:02:02,100 from the Foreign Ministry's windows, 17 00:02:02,183 --> 00:02:05,392 we saw the first German bombers over Brussels. 18 00:02:05,475 --> 00:02:08,142 We heard the first bombs explode... 19 00:02:08,225 --> 00:02:12,267 Powerful mechanised reinforcements have already reached the Belgians... 20 00:02:16,017 --> 00:02:18,850 ...no warning, no ultimatum. 21 00:02:18,934 --> 00:02:22,975 I, Winston Churchill, address you for the first time as Prime Minister 22 00:02:23,059 --> 00:02:25,517 in this grave hour for our nation... 23 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,267 This is Radio Paris, wavelength 312.9 m. 24 00:02:28,350 --> 00:02:31,850 Yesterday, German armoured units 25 00:02:31,934 --> 00:02:34,642 bypassed the Maginot Line via the Ardennes into France. 26 00:02:34,725 --> 00:02:39,434 Despite our soldiers' sacrifice, our defences on the Meuse collapsed. 27 00:02:39,517 --> 00:02:41,392 The fighting continues. 28 00:02:41,476 --> 00:02:45,601 War has already been declared... 29 00:02:45,684 --> 00:02:49,642 Hitler's war machine against France seems unstoppable. 30 00:02:49,726 --> 00:02:51,809 Civilians in the east and 31 00:02:51,892 --> 00:02:55,017 north were ordered to evacuate. 32 00:02:55,101 --> 00:02:57,434 German troops are closing in on Montcornet 33 00:02:57,517 --> 00:02:59,767 as they advance towards Soissons and Paris. 34 00:02:59,851 --> 00:03:03,976 Colonel de Gaulle's 4th Armoured Division heads for 35 00:03:04,059 --> 00:03:07,143 Montcornet to halt the enemy advance. 36 00:03:44,810 --> 00:03:47,602 Colonel, the Germans have taken Montcornet. 37 00:03:47,685 --> 00:03:49,102 Have you seen them? 38 00:03:52,268 --> 00:03:54,143 Then I'll go see for myself. 39 00:03:55,977 --> 00:03:58,227 We have to go back, Colonel. 40 00:03:58,310 --> 00:04:00,185 Overtake the tanks. 41 00:04:13,269 --> 00:04:14,977 Continue at this speed. 42 00:04:15,060 --> 00:04:16,644 How long, Colonel? 43 00:04:16,727 --> 00:04:18,602 Until they shoot at us. 44 00:04:28,685 --> 00:04:31,435 Colonel, the tanks are far behind us. 45 00:04:31,519 --> 00:04:32,686 What now? 46 00:04:33,394 --> 00:04:34,727 Where I'm pointing. 47 00:04:38,602 --> 00:04:41,227 We must cut our losses! We have to turn back! 48 00:04:41,311 --> 00:04:43,894 Colonel! They will open fire! 49 00:04:43,977 --> 00:04:45,394 In the direction I'm pointing. 50 00:04:52,811 --> 00:04:54,102 Stop! 51 00:05:11,936 --> 00:05:12,978 Montcornet! 52 00:05:13,061 --> 00:05:15,811 Colonel, we're surrounded. Why are we still advancing? 53 00:05:18,228 --> 00:05:20,061 We're finished. There's no way out! 54 00:05:21,228 --> 00:05:23,311 Do I look like I'm retreating? 55 00:05:24,395 --> 00:05:25,686 Keep going. 56 00:05:37,145 --> 00:05:40,978 Frenchmen, it is with a heavy heart 57 00:05:41,061 --> 00:05:43,103 that I tell you we must stop fighting. 58 00:05:43,353 --> 00:05:48,062 I, Marshal Pétain, take 59 00:05:48,145 --> 00:05:49,937 charge of France today. 60 00:05:50,812 --> 00:05:53,770 Last night, I asked the enemy 61 00:05:53,853 --> 00:05:57,687 whether he was prepared to discuss, 62 00:05:57,770 --> 00:06:01,562 soldier to soldier, after the fighting, 63 00:06:01,645 --> 00:06:04,437 an honourable end to hostilities. 64 00:06:06,395 --> 00:06:12,062 All French people must rally to my government and silence their... 65 00:06:12,145 --> 00:06:13,520 No! 66 00:06:22,229 --> 00:06:27,604 A nation is defeated only... 67 00:06:45,812 --> 00:06:48,312 To London. - Isn't there anyone else? 68 00:07:00,813 --> 00:07:02,896 General, we have to go. 69 00:07:05,146 --> 00:07:06,813 You are free, Courcel. 70 00:07:08,396 --> 00:07:10,021 You can go. 71 00:07:10,646 --> 00:07:11,646 Let's continue. 72 00:07:20,355 --> 00:07:24,271 London is in a panic since France surrendered. 73 00:07:24,355 --> 00:07:26,021 That's why I'm here. 74 00:07:26,563 --> 00:07:29,438 France has had her ups and downs since Clovis, 75 00:07:29,521 --> 00:07:31,438 but she does not abandon her allies. 76 00:07:34,813 --> 00:07:37,188 I must address the French people. 77 00:07:48,147 --> 00:07:49,605 Here you go. 78 00:07:49,688 --> 00:07:50,897 Heard the Marshal? 79 00:07:50,980 --> 00:07:53,063 There are 200,000 German soldiers here. 80 00:07:53,147 --> 00:07:55,605 What can they do against 40 million French people? 81 00:08:05,105 --> 00:08:08,022 It's over, young man. Go home. 82 00:08:13,855 --> 00:08:15,230 Sir! 83 00:08:16,064 --> 00:08:17,272 No. 84 00:08:22,647 --> 00:08:24,314 Hey, you two! 85 00:08:26,897 --> 00:08:29,356 A NATION IS DEFEATED ONLY IF IT ADMITS DEFEAT 86 00:08:29,439 --> 00:08:30,897 TONIGHT AT 9 PM 87 00:08:39,147 --> 00:08:41,731 18 June 1940 88 00:09:17,481 --> 00:09:22,440 The men who have led the French armed forces for years 89 00:09:22,523 --> 00:09:24,940 have formed a government. 90 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,440 That government has opened negotiations with the enemy 91 00:09:29,523 --> 00:09:31,815 to end hostilities. 92 00:09:32,607 --> 00:09:34,815 But is that the last word? 93 00:09:35,398 --> 00:09:36,565 No! 94 00:09:36,648 --> 00:09:41,023 I, General de Gaulle, now in London, call upon... 95 00:09:45,815 --> 00:09:51,273 France is like a boxer felled by a terrible blow. 96 00:09:55,524 --> 00:09:58,482 There must be light. 97 00:09:59,815 --> 00:10:02,357 There must be hope. 98 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,149 Somewhere, there must be... 99 00:10:04,982 --> 00:10:09,690 an unquenchable flame of resistance. 100 00:10:22,941 --> 00:10:30,816 DE GAULLE'S BATTLE THE IRON AGE 101 00:10:33,399 --> 00:10:36,316 Tomorrow, as today, I shall 102 00:10:37,316 --> 00:10:40,191 speak on London radio. 103 00:10:50,108 --> 00:10:52,733 The marshal wants to see you, Admiral. 104 00:10:54,524 --> 00:10:55,733 LIES FROM LONDON 105 00:10:55,816 --> 00:10:57,608 Do you know this de Gaulle? 106 00:10:57,691 --> 00:11:00,941 A minor colonel made a general in the middle of the rout, 107 00:11:01,816 --> 00:11:04,650 who thanks his country by spitting on its government. 108 00:11:04,733 --> 00:11:06,150 And he rejects the armistice. 109 00:11:07,525 --> 00:11:10,816 Men have been shot for less. Come on! 110 00:11:12,108 --> 00:11:14,816 Collecting metal for our Spitfires! 111 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:17,941 Special edition! France abandons England! 112 00:11:18,025 --> 00:11:22,066 We cannot continue the war alone against the entire continent. 113 00:11:22,650 --> 00:11:24,316 It's pure madness! 114 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:25,566 Madness? 115 00:11:25,650 --> 00:11:28,400 Hitler can now turn the French fleet against us. 116 00:11:28,483 --> 00:11:30,358 Morton, we've all read 117 00:11:30,442 --> 00:11:33,108 the truce terms: France's fleet stays neutral and disarmed. 118 00:11:33,192 --> 00:11:34,817 Under German control. 119 00:11:34,900 --> 00:11:38,067 Above all, under the admiral's control. 120 00:11:39,108 --> 00:11:41,067 Spears, why not bring Darlan to London? 121 00:11:41,150 --> 00:11:42,108 Where is he now? 122 00:11:42,192 --> 00:11:43,608 I... - In Toulon. 123 00:11:43,692 --> 00:11:45,483 We're still keeping an eye on him. 124 00:11:45,567 --> 00:11:48,233 His fleet survived the defeat intact. 125 00:11:48,317 --> 00:11:51,025 That's why sailors respect him even more. 126 00:11:51,109 --> 00:11:55,400 Even Pétain couldn't make him hand his fleet to the Germans. 127 00:11:55,484 --> 00:11:56,442 A powerful fleet? 128 00:11:57,567 --> 00:11:59,775 That is a powerful fleet. 129 00:11:59,859 --> 00:12:04,692 We may win him over if we make the right moves. 130 00:12:05,775 --> 00:12:08,484 We don't know exactly whose side he is on. 131 00:12:09,442 --> 00:12:11,525 He doesn't think highly of Pétain. 132 00:12:11,609 --> 00:12:12,442 True. 133 00:12:12,525 --> 00:12:13,692 Order arms! 134 00:12:16,484 --> 00:12:19,151 But he does not tolerate open disloyalty. 135 00:12:19,234 --> 00:12:25,567 So we mustn't let anyone insult the Marshal on the radio. 136 00:12:26,317 --> 00:12:28,609 What's his name again? - Gaulle. 137 00:12:28,692 --> 00:12:32,026 De Gaulle is the only general who wants to continue the fight. 138 00:12:32,109 --> 00:12:35,026 A disgraced acting general, Spears. 139 00:12:35,109 --> 00:12:38,234 "Traitor", as the French call him now. 140 00:12:39,734 --> 00:12:42,484 Listen, we can have Admiral Darlan with the fleet 141 00:12:42,568 --> 00:12:45,109 or de Gaulle and his aristocratic name. 142 00:12:45,193 --> 00:12:47,068 We can't have both. 143 00:12:47,943 --> 00:12:50,193 I'm sorry, but that's what it comes down to. 144 00:13:01,026 --> 00:13:02,401 All right. 145 00:13:03,985 --> 00:13:05,735 I will stop supporting him. 146 00:13:06,193 --> 00:13:07,651 Thank you, gentlemen. 147 00:13:07,735 --> 00:13:08,901 Yes, Prime Minister. 148 00:13:08,985 --> 00:13:10,776 Thank you, Prime Minister. 149 00:13:10,860 --> 00:13:12,235 Have a pleasant afternoon. 150 00:13:12,318 --> 00:13:14,276 Nothing personal, Spears. 151 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,193 I don't think I've ever seen him. 152 00:13:16,276 --> 00:13:17,318 You'd remember, Eden. 153 00:13:17,401 --> 00:13:20,068 He has the hips of a woman and a head like a banana. 154 00:13:20,151 --> 00:13:23,527 All on a grand scale. Hard to miss. 155 00:13:33,193 --> 00:13:35,193 Mr. Prime Minister. 156 00:13:37,318 --> 00:13:41,485 The French must hear a voice calling them to fight. 157 00:13:42,277 --> 00:13:46,360 And I need the French fleet. 158 00:13:47,735 --> 00:13:51,444 I was happy to let you speak on the BBC. 159 00:13:51,527 --> 00:13:53,485 In fact, I was the only one. 160 00:13:53,569 --> 00:13:56,485 England must remain true to her principles. 161 00:13:57,152 --> 00:13:59,319 Because of all those who, 162 00:13:59,402 --> 00:14:01,985 like me, believe in her victory. 163 00:14:03,902 --> 00:14:06,985 There aren't many of them, not even here. 164 00:14:10,319 --> 00:14:14,069 I must still be able 165 00:14:14,152 --> 00:14:16,486 talk to your government. 166 00:14:16,569 --> 00:14:19,152 even if it has shamefully capitulated. 167 00:14:19,236 --> 00:14:22,069 France did not capitulate. 168 00:14:23,027 --> 00:14:25,111 Pétain signed the document, General. 169 00:14:25,194 --> 00:14:28,694 France capitulated and no one can dispute that. 170 00:14:28,777 --> 00:14:31,152 Well, I dispute it. 171 00:14:31,778 --> 00:14:33,236 You? 172 00:14:33,319 --> 00:14:36,986 What Pétain signs does not bind France 173 00:14:38,153 --> 00:14:41,194 when he acts under enemy duress. 174 00:14:41,986 --> 00:14:43,861 General de Gaulle, 175 00:14:45,653 --> 00:14:48,236 France is an old country, 176 00:14:48,319 --> 00:14:50,278 a great country. 177 00:14:52,444 --> 00:14:58,111 Sadly, I have no authority to replace its head of state. 178 00:14:59,778 --> 00:15:02,070 Mr. Prime Minister. 179 00:15:02,153 --> 00:15:04,611 I shall form a national committee 180 00:15:04,695 --> 00:15:07,778 with everyone who joins me, 181 00:15:07,861 --> 00:15:10,153 ambassadors, governors. 182 00:15:10,611 --> 00:15:13,111 Much of France's strength remains intact, 183 00:15:13,195 --> 00:15:15,945 from Algiers to Dakar, throughout the Empire. 184 00:15:16,986 --> 00:15:21,653 Recognise me, and we shall raise a victorious army. 185 00:15:21,737 --> 00:15:22,987 "Me"? 186 00:15:24,987 --> 00:15:29,070 You're on your own, General. 187 00:15:45,695 --> 00:15:48,612 We are alone, Winston. 188 00:16:30,863 --> 00:16:32,571 And now, ladies and gentlemen, 189 00:16:32,654 --> 00:16:35,571 our French-language programme follows. 190 00:16:36,238 --> 00:16:38,779 This is London. 191 00:16:38,863 --> 00:16:43,488 You will shortly hear an important address to the French. 192 00:16:49,571 --> 00:16:55,363 The commitment made today 193 00:16:55,446 --> 00:16:59,488 by the British government, 194 00:16:59,571 --> 00:17:01,446 recognising me as leader 195 00:17:01,530 --> 00:17:04,196 of the Free French, is profoundly significant. 196 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,780 It allows the Free French to organise 197 00:17:07,863 --> 00:17:11,321 to continue the war alongside our allies. 198 00:17:11,780 --> 00:17:14,072 I have decided as follows. 199 00:17:14,155 --> 00:17:15,822 First, I command all Frenchmen 200 00:17:15,905 --> 00:17:20,488 remaining on British soil... 201 00:17:20,572 --> 00:17:22,238 The Prime Minister had that removed! 202 00:17:22,322 --> 00:17:24,280 ...or arriving here. 203 00:17:24,863 --> 00:17:26,905 Cut the transmission! - Secondly, 204 00:17:26,988 --> 00:17:30,655 Here and now we will organise... 205 00:17:34,238 --> 00:17:37,322 Here and now we will 206 00:17:37,405 --> 00:17:39,989 organise forces on 207 00:17:40,072 --> 00:17:41,405 land, at sea and in the air. 208 00:17:42,405 --> 00:17:45,780 For now, these forces will consist of volunteers. 209 00:17:45,864 --> 00:17:49,530 These forces will work 210 00:17:49,614 --> 00:17:54,530 with every centre of French resistance in the Empire. 211 00:17:55,072 --> 00:17:57,864 I call on all French soldiers, 212 00:17:57,947 --> 00:18:01,656 sailors and airmen to join them. 213 00:18:01,739 --> 00:18:05,822 I invite all young people and all men 214 00:18:05,906 --> 00:18:09,364 fit for military service to join them. 215 00:18:10,447 --> 00:18:14,447 Generals, senior officers, governors of the Empire... 216 00:18:14,531 --> 00:18:17,572 I agreed to volunteers, not a government in exile! 217 00:18:17,656 --> 00:18:18,822 And I did. 218 00:18:18,906 --> 00:18:21,697 ...to unite the forces of resistance 219 00:18:21,781 --> 00:18:25,989 and save French territories. 220 00:18:28,198 --> 00:18:29,573 Who is that? 221 00:18:30,698 --> 00:18:32,698 Let's give him a chance. 222 00:18:33,281 --> 00:18:36,573 Our people need proof that Britain is not alone. 223 00:18:36,656 --> 00:18:39,448 What about that damned fleet? 224 00:18:41,239 --> 00:18:44,031 If I don't say it, the Cabinet will: 225 00:18:45,115 --> 00:18:46,823 he's making a fool of you. 226 00:18:48,198 --> 00:18:52,240 Forgive me for admiring a soldier with panache. 227 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:57,448 Men like him won the Great War, not pen-pushers. 228 00:18:57,531 --> 00:19:00,281 Still, trusting de Gaulle 229 00:19:00,365 --> 00:19:03,531 is a leap of faith, isn't it? 230 00:19:03,615 --> 00:19:07,198 Anthony, this is not my first war... 231 00:19:09,990 --> 00:19:12,740 If it doesn't work, we'll drop him. 232 00:19:16,907 --> 00:19:19,657 FRENCH EMBASSY, LONDON Thank you again, 233 00:19:20,115 --> 00:19:22,282 Mr Pleven. 234 00:19:22,907 --> 00:19:24,907 General! I'm glad... 235 00:19:24,990 --> 00:19:27,490 Take over foreign affairs, ambassador. 236 00:19:27,573 --> 00:19:28,823 Monnet, finance. 237 00:19:28,907 --> 00:19:32,574 Churchill has recognised us. Let's draft an official statement. 238 00:19:32,657 --> 00:19:36,365 Every word matters. This is an agreement between states. 239 00:19:36,449 --> 00:19:40,990 General, every Frenchman in London will follow his conscience. 240 00:19:41,740 --> 00:19:44,407 And you, Mr. Ambassador? 241 00:19:45,490 --> 00:19:47,324 This is my farewell party. 242 00:19:49,115 --> 00:19:50,282 I understand. 243 00:19:51,990 --> 00:19:54,366 Monnet, I'm counting on you. 244 00:19:54,491 --> 00:19:59,282 General, President Roosevelt has asked me to join him in Washington. 245 00:20:02,407 --> 00:20:04,616 And Mr. Pleven is coming with me. 246 00:20:12,074 --> 00:20:15,157 The ambassador was kind enough 247 00:20:15,241 --> 00:20:17,408 to gather the elite 248 00:20:17,491 --> 00:20:19,824 of the French community. 249 00:20:19,908 --> 00:20:21,449 All of you here. 250 00:20:22,949 --> 00:20:27,241 Marshal Pétain has handed France to the enemy. 251 00:20:28,324 --> 00:20:29,991 You can follow him... 252 00:20:30,824 --> 00:20:32,824 down the road of humiliation, 253 00:20:32,908 --> 00:20:35,158 or choose honour. 254 00:20:35,241 --> 00:20:37,616 There is no third option. 255 00:20:37,699 --> 00:20:42,950 Accepting the armistice plays into German hands. 256 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:48,200 We must pick up the broken sword. 257 00:20:48,283 --> 00:20:52,616 I invite all who want a free France 258 00:20:52,700 --> 00:20:53,950 to join me. 259 00:20:54,533 --> 00:20:56,616 The marshal tries to protect the French. 260 00:20:56,700 --> 00:20:58,533 We must not turn our backs on him. 261 00:20:58,616 --> 00:21:01,075 We remain loyal to Marshal Pétain. 262 00:21:01,158 --> 00:21:03,658 He was appointed legally. 263 00:21:06,158 --> 00:21:08,575 That man is absurd! 264 00:21:13,617 --> 00:21:16,158 He is unworthy of the uniform. 265 00:21:37,950 --> 00:21:40,242 National Committee 266 00:21:57,951 --> 00:22:01,492 The ship meant to bring your family arrived without them. 267 00:22:01,576 --> 00:22:03,034 We are waiting for news. 268 00:22:09,909 --> 00:22:11,534 Anything else? 269 00:22:14,118 --> 00:22:17,534 The French government has revoked your citizenship, 270 00:22:18,326 --> 00:22:21,618 and the military court sentenced you to death. 271 00:22:22,909 --> 00:22:24,451 Interesting. 272 00:22:25,701 --> 00:22:27,326 Is that all? 273 00:22:28,034 --> 00:22:29,368 Yes. 274 00:22:30,993 --> 00:22:32,659 No visitors 275 00:22:32,743 --> 00:22:34,409 nor calls. 276 00:22:45,910 --> 00:22:46,951 General. 277 00:22:48,243 --> 00:22:49,826 We can still give up. 278 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,076 We have enough money to go to Canada. 279 00:24:06,286 --> 00:24:09,078 I'm a soldier, Father. 280 00:24:09,161 --> 00:24:11,369 Unfortunately for France... 281 00:24:13,286 --> 00:24:15,203 I am responsible for her too. 282 00:24:15,953 --> 00:24:18,328 The sin of pride, my son. 283 00:24:19,411 --> 00:24:20,911 I know, Father. 284 00:24:20,994 --> 00:24:23,661 And yet, I'd rather disappear... 285 00:24:24,161 --> 00:24:27,244 than watch France accept defeat. 286 00:24:28,578 --> 00:24:31,203 I'm lost without her. 287 00:24:34,286 --> 00:24:36,120 General De Gaulle? 288 00:24:49,870 --> 00:24:51,828 How many companies joined you? 289 00:24:51,911 --> 00:24:54,162 Not a single soldier, Father. 290 00:24:56,870 --> 00:24:58,995 If you need a chaplain... 291 00:24:59,578 --> 00:25:01,662 Or a former naval officer... 292 00:25:02,662 --> 00:25:04,037 Both. 293 00:25:05,870 --> 00:25:08,912 By God's grace, persevere. 294 00:25:23,829 --> 00:25:26,162 Hello? - Switchboard. Can I help you? 295 00:25:27,954 --> 00:25:29,620 Mr. Paul? 296 00:25:29,704 --> 00:25:31,579 Courcel? - You're not there? 297 00:25:36,745 --> 00:25:37,704 Fuck! 298 00:25:44,162 --> 00:25:45,704 Who are you? 299 00:25:46,371 --> 00:25:47,621 Do you speak English? 300 00:25:48,079 --> 00:25:49,954 No. A tragic upbringing. 301 00:25:50,037 --> 00:25:52,996 Blazej. I'm here to fix the tap. 302 00:25:54,079 --> 00:25:57,246 You must be a friend of Mr Paul, the landlord. 303 00:25:57,329 --> 00:25:58,829 I am General De Gaulle. 304 00:26:04,954 --> 00:26:06,288 At ease. 305 00:26:07,246 --> 00:26:08,538 At ease! 306 00:26:11,163 --> 00:26:12,996 "Blaise," is that right? 307 00:26:13,371 --> 00:26:14,496 Good. 308 00:26:14,579 --> 00:26:17,579 Sit down and answer the phone. 309 00:26:19,246 --> 00:26:20,246 Sir? 310 00:26:24,413 --> 00:26:25,579 Sit down! 311 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:38,663 Phone. 312 00:27:01,038 --> 00:27:02,288 Here you go. 313 00:27:02,372 --> 00:27:03,330 This way. 314 00:27:10,372 --> 00:27:13,414 Thank you for coming. 315 00:27:15,580 --> 00:27:18,580 France needs you. 316 00:27:43,789 --> 00:27:46,497 General, I've already made my decision. 317 00:27:47,622 --> 00:27:50,414 The Republic is disgraced, but it is still the Republic. 318 00:27:50,497 --> 00:27:55,289 My role is not to... - I know, Washington needs you. 319 00:27:55,372 --> 00:27:57,414 They lack everything there, 320 00:27:57,497 --> 00:28:01,039 while here we live in abundance. 321 00:28:01,914 --> 00:28:06,748 As head of foreign affairs and finance, 322 00:28:06,831 --> 00:28:09,998 you can have the corner office. Your ego gets the other three. 323 00:28:13,331 --> 00:28:15,914 And in whose name are you speaking? 324 00:28:15,998 --> 00:28:17,998 We are France. 325 00:28:18,081 --> 00:28:19,331 "We"? 326 00:28:20,248 --> 00:28:21,206 You. 327 00:28:21,290 --> 00:28:22,498 We. 328 00:28:30,540 --> 00:28:32,165 If only you had been elected... 329 00:28:33,123 --> 00:28:34,623 in any village... 330 00:28:36,915 --> 00:28:39,290 Surely you remember 331 00:28:39,373 --> 00:28:41,665 a certain Clovis? 332 00:28:42,415 --> 00:28:46,748 When he arrived, our country needed defending 333 00:28:46,832 --> 00:28:48,748 from everyone, just like today. 334 00:28:48,832 --> 00:28:50,748 We had reached rock bottom, 335 00:28:50,832 --> 00:28:53,415 but Clovis lifted us up. 336 00:28:53,498 --> 00:28:56,207 He defeated the barbarians at Tolbiac. 337 00:28:56,748 --> 00:28:59,748 Two hundred years later Charlemagne came. 338 00:28:59,832 --> 00:29:03,790 Perhaps in two hundred years, 339 00:29:03,873 --> 00:29:05,873 people will say France's revival 340 00:29:05,957 --> 00:29:07,457 began right here, thanks to us. 341 00:29:15,915 --> 00:29:17,249 I'm sorry, General. 342 00:29:28,499 --> 00:29:30,249 Goodbye, sir. 343 00:29:47,666 --> 00:29:48,666 Courcel! 344 00:29:55,041 --> 00:29:56,583 Now even vagrants? 345 00:29:57,666 --> 00:29:59,541 Who are these people? 346 00:30:05,999 --> 00:30:09,208 We're fishermen from the Île de Sein, in Brittany. 347 00:30:11,541 --> 00:30:13,208 We heard your call and we all came. 348 00:30:15,374 --> 00:30:17,375 We will never accept a truce. 349 00:30:19,166 --> 00:30:22,125 We don't want the Germans. We brought our boats. 350 00:30:23,208 --> 00:30:25,750 All four. - Nonsense, they can't fight! 351 00:30:25,833 --> 00:30:28,125 We can! And better than your soldiers! 352 00:30:33,541 --> 00:30:36,583 How old are you, boy? - Eighteen, sir. 353 00:30:38,125 --> 00:30:39,416 Sixteen. 354 00:30:46,125 --> 00:30:47,208 Welcome. 355 00:31:01,542 --> 00:31:03,542 Thank you, General! 356 00:31:04,334 --> 00:31:05,709 See you tomorrow. 357 00:31:18,667 --> 00:31:20,042 Lieutenant. 358 00:31:21,834 --> 00:31:23,167 I hope it meets your needs. 359 00:31:26,626 --> 00:31:28,501 I know such buildings. 360 00:31:28,584 --> 00:31:30,376 They are beautiful on the outside, 361 00:31:30,459 --> 00:31:32,459 but looks are deceiving, sir. 362 00:31:32,542 --> 00:31:34,709 The plumbing is dreadful. 363 00:31:54,043 --> 00:31:55,793 At your service, General. 364 00:31:55,876 --> 00:31:58,668 Why did you come to London, Boislambert? 365 00:31:58,751 --> 00:32:01,959 To war. I brought my best scarf. - Good. That's our camouflage sorted. 366 00:32:02,043 --> 00:32:05,334 I won't have my family think I deserted. - Nor I. 367 00:32:05,418 --> 00:32:07,376 I need an army. 368 00:32:07,459 --> 00:32:10,668 You're in charge of recruitment. Dismissed. 369 00:32:10,751 --> 00:32:12,960 Yes, General. 370 00:32:18,043 --> 00:32:21,043 Captain Kœnig, Foreign Legion. 371 00:32:21,126 --> 00:32:23,626 Passy, like the Métro station? 372 00:32:23,710 --> 00:32:25,876 A pseudonym to protect my family. 373 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:29,293 Captain Philippe de Hauteclocque, reporting for duty. 374 00:32:29,376 --> 00:32:31,668 Captain of what? - Cavalry. 375 00:32:34,835 --> 00:32:36,668 I hope you don't have a family. 376 00:32:36,752 --> 00:32:40,252 A wife and six young children, General. They're in France. 377 00:32:40,835 --> 00:32:42,710 Choose a pseudonym. 378 00:32:43,710 --> 00:32:45,627 It will be Leclerc. 379 00:32:45,710 --> 00:32:47,418 Do you speak English? 380 00:32:47,502 --> 00:32:50,335 You will set up our intelligence service. 381 00:32:52,793 --> 00:32:53,710 Dismissed. 382 00:32:53,793 --> 00:32:58,127 Form the 1st Free French Brigade to fight the Germans. 383 00:32:59,002 --> 00:33:01,377 I understand, General. - Do you have ammunition? 384 00:33:03,085 --> 00:33:04,460 Then find some! 385 00:33:04,544 --> 00:33:05,502 "That." 386 00:33:05,585 --> 00:33:06,919 Not "zat". 387 00:33:07,002 --> 00:33:08,377 Repeat after me: 388 00:33:08,752 --> 00:33:10,960 I know that France will... 389 00:33:11,877 --> 00:33:14,460 I know France will... - Good. 390 00:33:14,544 --> 00:33:18,169 I know France will rise... 391 00:33:19,294 --> 00:33:20,419 "Rise." 392 00:33:21,377 --> 00:33:23,961 It's all nonsense! 393 00:33:27,877 --> 00:33:29,711 I'm sorry, ma'am. 394 00:33:31,086 --> 00:33:33,294 Blaise? - Blazej. 395 00:33:34,377 --> 00:33:37,419 I know that France will rise again. - That's right! 396 00:33:37,502 --> 00:33:38,544 Very good. 397 00:33:39,169 --> 00:33:40,336 Thanks. 398 00:33:40,419 --> 00:33:42,211 You know, I speak English. 399 00:33:42,294 --> 00:33:44,544 Not at all! Concentrate, Blaise. 400 00:33:48,544 --> 00:33:51,044 What can I do for you, General? 401 00:33:51,461 --> 00:33:52,711 Admiral Muselier. 402 00:33:55,003 --> 00:33:58,628 Well, I need a war fleet. 403 00:34:00,544 --> 00:34:03,211 What you need first, De Gaulle... 404 00:34:07,128 --> 00:34:08,628 is an emblem. 405 00:34:22,253 --> 00:34:24,211 Less corpse. More national treasure. 406 00:34:24,295 --> 00:34:26,628 I am France, not a bloody soap advert! 407 00:34:28,170 --> 00:34:29,795 That will do. 408 00:34:38,753 --> 00:34:40,628 The Boulevards' largest cinema. 409 00:34:40,712 --> 00:34:43,420 It would send the wrong message if it stayed closed. 410 00:34:43,503 --> 00:34:46,462 There would be seats for you and all your officers. 411 00:34:46,545 --> 00:34:47,878 Yes. 412 00:34:47,962 --> 00:34:49,170 And all your soldiers. 413 00:34:49,253 --> 00:34:52,087 No matinees. France only takes it from the critics after dark. 414 00:34:52,170 --> 00:34:53,670 Yes, of course. 415 00:34:53,754 --> 00:34:56,837 The clock goes tick-tock, tick-tick 416 00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,879 The birds on the lake go pic-pac, pic-pic 417 00:34:59,962 --> 00:35:02,879 The turkeys go gobble-gobble - A special screening, perhaps. 418 00:35:02,962 --> 00:35:05,837 And the lovely bell goes ding-ding-dong 419 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,795 But boom! When our hearts go boom, 420 00:35:10,587 --> 00:35:16,129 everything goes boom, and love awakens. 421 00:35:16,212 --> 00:35:21,504 Everything changed overnight. Eyes watch from windows. 422 00:35:21,587 --> 00:35:26,004 Germans. Raised hands. France darkens. 423 00:35:26,087 --> 00:35:27,254 - Leave him. 424 00:35:27,337 --> 00:35:28,754 Boom... 425 00:35:28,837 --> 00:35:31,337 I can understand him. 426 00:35:31,921 --> 00:35:34,421 When my heart goes boom, 427 00:35:34,504 --> 00:35:36,462 everything goes boom, and anger awakens. 428 00:35:37,296 --> 00:35:38,587 Boom. 429 00:35:39,254 --> 00:35:41,463 Hurry up. There are posts to fill. 430 00:35:45,463 --> 00:35:49,004 PÉTAIN FORMS A GOVERNMENT IN VICHY Marshal, 431 00:35:49,088 --> 00:35:53,379 you surrendered, but my fleet hasn't lost a single battle. 432 00:35:54,296 --> 00:35:58,088 I will not give it to the Germans. I will not submit. 433 00:35:58,713 --> 00:36:01,546 As long as you don't send it to England. 434 00:36:02,088 --> 00:36:04,046 The Germans would charge us dearly for that. 435 00:36:04,130 --> 00:36:06,796 Unlike De Gaulle, I am not a traitor. 436 00:36:11,046 --> 00:36:14,463 Between submission and 437 00:36:14,546 --> 00:36:16,546 betrayal, there is a third way. 438 00:36:20,296 --> 00:36:21,921 The way of reason. 439 00:36:23,505 --> 00:36:28,172 Choose it and you'll have a place in my government. 440 00:36:33,463 --> 00:36:36,297 Send your fleet to neutral territory. 441 00:36:44,797 --> 00:36:48,714 Minister of Defence, and I remain admiral of the fleet. 442 00:36:49,672 --> 00:36:51,214 The way of reason. 443 00:37:02,922 --> 00:37:06,005 MERS EL-KEBIR, ALGERIA 444 00:37:10,714 --> 00:37:13,881 Darlan sent a third of the fleet to Algeria. 445 00:37:13,964 --> 00:37:16,297 The Germans could easily seize it there. 446 00:37:16,381 --> 00:37:18,506 His fleet is too much of a threat. 447 00:37:18,589 --> 00:37:21,381 Have we tried speaking to Darlan again? 448 00:37:21,464 --> 00:37:23,256 He thinks we're losing the war 449 00:37:23,339 --> 00:37:26,464 and that we will soon sign an agreement with the Germans. 450 00:37:28,714 --> 00:37:31,797 He has made his choice, Winston. Now we must make ours. 451 00:37:31,881 --> 00:37:34,297 It's a terrible situation. 452 00:37:38,214 --> 00:37:40,298 Then we have no choice, do we? 453 00:37:41,006 --> 00:37:42,214 We don't, sir. 454 00:37:47,923 --> 00:37:50,048 All right, destroy them. 455 00:37:51,964 --> 00:37:54,048 Shall we tell De Gaulle? 456 00:37:55,631 --> 00:37:57,631 No, spare him that. 457 00:38:14,298 --> 00:38:16,173 Incoming! 458 00:38:46,757 --> 00:38:49,590 Victims of an attack no Frenchman should have suffered. 459 00:38:49,674 --> 00:38:51,049 My poor Albert. 460 00:38:51,132 --> 00:38:52,924 The most heinous attack... 461 00:38:53,007 --> 00:38:55,674 Killed at the age of 22 by the English. 462 00:38:55,757 --> 00:38:58,174 He couldn't defend himself. - A British squadron 463 00:38:58,257 --> 00:38:59,882 appeared off Mers el-Kebir. 464 00:38:59,965 --> 00:39:02,340 Just a few weeks ago, 465 00:39:02,465 --> 00:39:05,007 that squadron fought alongside the French Navy. 466 00:39:05,090 --> 00:39:07,799 Destroyed without warning... - I'm sorry, Aunt Catherine. 467 00:39:07,882 --> 00:39:11,924 ...which, exactly a month ago, protected the British at Dunkirk 468 00:39:12,007 --> 00:39:15,091 and enabled their triumphant retreat. 469 00:39:16,091 --> 00:39:18,257 If any of you still 470 00:39:18,382 --> 00:39:20,382 doubted the traitor de Gaulle's motives, 471 00:39:20,466 --> 00:39:22,966 now you understand. 472 00:39:23,049 --> 00:39:24,716 His mask has slipped. 473 00:40:03,216 --> 00:40:05,716 French sailors bombed, sunk... 474 00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,216 And their comrades are imprisoned here. 475 00:40:08,841 --> 00:40:10,716 What will we tell them? 476 00:40:11,633 --> 00:40:13,800 What to say after something like this? 477 00:40:17,925 --> 00:40:21,342 Fight alongside the men who just killed 1,300 of your comrades? 478 00:40:25,133 --> 00:40:26,675 I can't do that. 479 00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:29,258 Someone has to do it, Muselier. 480 00:40:35,633 --> 00:40:37,633 Everyone, attention! 481 00:40:39,675 --> 00:40:42,509 French sailors, 482 00:40:42,592 --> 00:40:43,925 yesterday... 483 00:40:45,134 --> 00:40:50,092 we were hit by a terrible blow. 484 00:40:51,759 --> 00:40:54,092 Not a single 485 00:40:54,175 --> 00:40:57,009 Frenchman heard the news 486 00:40:57,092 --> 00:40:59,092 without pain and anger... 487 00:41:00,134 --> 00:41:03,134 that ships of the French fleet 488 00:41:03,217 --> 00:41:06,551 had been sunk by our own allies. 489 00:41:07,592 --> 00:41:08,676 But... 490 00:41:09,592 --> 00:41:14,342 those who handed our country over to the enemy... 491 00:41:15,384 --> 00:41:17,426 could have prevented it. 492 00:41:20,842 --> 00:41:22,051 How? 493 00:41:23,134 --> 00:41:27,093 By refusing the shameful surrender 494 00:41:27,176 --> 00:41:32,051 that would, sooner or later, allow the enemy 495 00:41:32,134 --> 00:41:35,926 to use our ships against England. 496 00:41:36,843 --> 00:41:39,759 But France and England 497 00:41:39,843 --> 00:41:44,343 will fall or triumph together. 498 00:41:44,968 --> 00:41:46,176 We obey Darlan! 499 00:41:46,259 --> 00:41:47,634 Everyone who wants to... 500 00:41:48,260 --> 00:41:50,010 Everyone who wants to 501 00:41:50,093 --> 00:41:52,801 fight Germany, let them stay, 502 00:41:52,885 --> 00:41:55,301 the others can leave. 503 00:41:56,385 --> 00:41:57,926 Long live Darlan! 504 00:42:17,927 --> 00:42:19,135 Attention. 505 00:42:21,552 --> 00:42:24,802 Free French soldiers, 506 00:42:24,885 --> 00:42:27,927 I promise you three things: 507 00:42:29,302 --> 00:42:30,760 hard fighting, 508 00:42:30,843 --> 00:42:32,927 never to fire on fellow Frenchmen, 509 00:42:33,718 --> 00:42:35,135 and victory. 510 00:42:36,510 --> 00:42:39,927 Don't expect congratulations. You're just doing your duty. 511 00:42:42,677 --> 00:42:43,885 That's all? 512 00:42:44,469 --> 00:42:47,594 This is nonsense! - Who does he think he is? 513 00:43:09,927 --> 00:43:11,802 Your speech tonight, General. 514 00:43:12,344 --> 00:43:14,469 Prepared by Spears. 515 00:43:17,802 --> 00:43:19,177 In English? 516 00:43:23,303 --> 00:43:24,553 Three pages? 517 00:43:41,886 --> 00:43:44,886 I'd like to introduce a remarkable 518 00:43:44,970 --> 00:43:47,511 man who can help us defeat the enemy. 519 00:43:47,595 --> 00:43:52,011 Please welcome General Charles de Gaulle! 520 00:43:55,511 --> 00:43:57,053 Here you go, General. 521 00:43:57,136 --> 00:43:59,136 You bastard, Courcel! 522 00:43:59,220 --> 00:44:03,761 I cannot face these Englishmen. They've mastered sentences AND trousers. 523 00:44:04,886 --> 00:44:07,178 Did he say "trousers"? 524 00:44:46,554 --> 00:44:48,554 Is he ever going to speak? 525 00:44:50,054 --> 00:44:52,637 What's next? A Frenchman who listens? 526 00:44:53,471 --> 00:44:55,346 A sober wine merchant? 527 00:45:12,054 --> 00:45:13,804 Thank you very much. 528 00:45:15,429 --> 00:45:16,513 Great. 529 00:45:16,596 --> 00:45:18,804 A mute general. 530 00:45:26,346 --> 00:45:29,554 What, Blaise? Do I look like a locksmith? 531 00:45:33,638 --> 00:45:35,096 My God. 532 00:45:35,179 --> 00:45:36,804 Dad. 533 00:45:36,888 --> 00:45:38,054 Charles. 534 00:45:46,471 --> 00:45:51,263 Everything is fine now that you are here. 535 00:46:38,222 --> 00:46:41,639 Did Joan of Arc need a fucking wardrobe assistant? 536 00:46:41,722 --> 00:46:45,972 Tell me what we've got! I see Churchill in an hour. 537 00:46:46,764 --> 00:46:49,389 We've got pilots without 538 00:46:49,472 --> 00:46:51,931 planes, and captains of damaged ships. 539 00:46:52,014 --> 00:46:53,514 We do have a few recruits. 540 00:46:53,597 --> 00:46:55,306 Mostly civilians. 541 00:46:57,014 --> 00:46:58,972 Weapons are needed for warfare. 542 00:46:59,056 --> 00:47:02,722 Churchill says I need supporters. I've already bought a better brassiere. 543 00:47:02,806 --> 00:47:03,972 Pleven? 544 00:47:04,681 --> 00:47:07,431 Only one governor answered your call. 545 00:47:08,306 --> 00:47:10,681 The one from the New Hebrides. 546 00:47:13,681 --> 00:47:17,473 Then we're moving to the New Hebrides. Someone tell the cheese. 547 00:47:21,348 --> 00:47:23,848 New Hebrides, I... 548 00:47:28,431 --> 00:47:29,931 A little further east, 549 00:47:30,514 --> 00:47:31,806 General. 550 00:47:39,431 --> 00:47:43,015 And Dakar? Algiers? 551 00:47:43,098 --> 00:47:44,515 Nothing? 552 00:47:44,598 --> 00:47:46,848 No. Nothing from Cameroon either. 553 00:47:54,431 --> 00:47:56,681 The governor of Chad was ready to join, 554 00:47:56,765 --> 00:47:59,140 if we could help him on the ground. 555 00:48:01,265 --> 00:48:04,182 Deploy our imaginary battalion. 556 00:48:05,182 --> 00:48:06,890 The real one's having his hair done. 557 00:48:08,390 --> 00:48:10,140 He does have lovely hair. 558 00:48:13,057 --> 00:48:16,223 Leclerc, you are going to Cameroon. 559 00:48:16,307 --> 00:48:18,015 At your command, General. 560 00:48:18,765 --> 00:48:20,765 That's madness, General. 561 00:48:21,390 --> 00:48:23,474 They'll arrest and shoot him on arrival. 562 00:48:23,557 --> 00:48:25,932 And you, Pleven, to Chad. 563 00:48:26,015 --> 00:48:27,390 Please? 564 00:48:27,474 --> 00:48:29,224 Him? To Chad? 565 00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:34,515 Africa? I packed for a fucking luncheon. 566 00:48:42,974 --> 00:48:44,724 All right, General. 567 00:48:59,016 --> 00:49:02,391 General, first I wanted 568 00:49:02,474 --> 00:49:07,308 to offer my condolences for the fleet at Mers el-Kebir. 569 00:49:09,349 --> 00:49:12,891 It was the most painful decision I've ever had to make. 570 00:49:13,474 --> 00:49:16,308 That makes it all the harder 571 00:49:16,391 --> 00:49:19,391 to tell you we can no longer support you. 572 00:49:21,766 --> 00:49:24,349 We tried, you tried... 573 00:49:25,099 --> 00:49:28,224 But America must join this war, 574 00:49:28,308 --> 00:49:31,225 and the Americans need reliable allies, 575 00:49:31,308 --> 00:49:33,725 a robust supply network, 576 00:49:33,808 --> 00:49:35,766 Ports like Algiers or Dakar! 577 00:49:35,850 --> 00:49:38,600 You promised to bring both of them, 578 00:49:38,683 --> 00:49:42,225 and the entire French Empire, into the fight. 579 00:49:42,308 --> 00:49:43,933 And yet, nothing! 580 00:49:45,891 --> 00:49:48,516 We will take back Africa. 581 00:49:53,267 --> 00:49:55,142 Please? 582 00:49:55,767 --> 00:49:59,558 What part of Africa are you talking about? 583 00:49:59,642 --> 00:50:02,850 I'm talking about Africa. 584 00:50:02,933 --> 00:50:05,767 Starting from the heart of the continent. 585 00:50:05,850 --> 00:50:07,100 Chad. 586 00:50:07,892 --> 00:50:09,058 Chad? 587 00:50:09,142 --> 00:50:10,517 It's very simple. 588 00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:14,850 It all depends on the shortwave antenna which is located... 589 00:50:18,475 --> 00:50:19,434 In Chad. 590 00:50:19,517 --> 00:50:22,642 First, a sudden silent attack. My men are ready. 591 00:50:22,725 --> 00:50:24,934 They just need to be sent there. 592 00:50:25,017 --> 00:50:28,142 Then news of Chad joining us 593 00:50:28,225 --> 00:50:32,350 will spread over the airwaves and cause an uproar in Cameroon. 594 00:50:32,434 --> 00:50:35,184 The domino effect becomes unstoppable. 595 00:50:35,267 --> 00:50:36,600 My troops are recruiting, 596 00:50:36,684 --> 00:50:39,101 agitating, mobilising, 597 00:50:39,184 --> 00:50:42,851 and advancing into Senegal to win over Dakar. 598 00:50:43,642 --> 00:50:44,642 But... 599 00:50:45,559 --> 00:50:48,851 That won't be enough to take a port like Dakar. 600 00:50:48,934 --> 00:50:50,226 Size is not strategy. 601 00:50:50,642 --> 00:50:52,351 Meanwhile, 602 00:50:52,434 --> 00:50:55,059 in complete secrecy, you and I will launch 603 00:50:55,142 --> 00:50:58,101 a joint operation in Dakar Bay. 604 00:50:58,184 --> 00:51:00,851 British sailors and French infantry 605 00:51:00,934 --> 00:51:05,434 will appear together one morning 606 00:51:05,518 --> 00:51:07,434 and pick the fruit without a shot. 607 00:51:11,309 --> 00:51:13,393 I like that! 608 00:51:15,101 --> 00:51:18,434 England supplies the weapons. France explains how it won the war. 609 00:51:18,518 --> 00:51:19,934 If you like. 610 00:51:20,018 --> 00:51:21,226 Prime Minister... 611 00:51:21,309 --> 00:51:26,393 Dakar, at the crossroads of Africa, Europe and the Atlantic. 612 00:51:26,476 --> 00:51:29,726 Dakar, the capital of Free France. 613 00:51:29,810 --> 00:51:31,226 Dakar... 614 00:51:31,310 --> 00:51:33,935 a landing port for the Americans! 615 00:51:34,685 --> 00:51:37,310 Prime Minister! - What do you need? 616 00:51:37,393 --> 00:51:41,893 Ten aircraft by Saturday. Twenty if you stop explaining France. 617 00:51:41,976 --> 00:51:43,476 One will be enough. 618 00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:46,101 One aircraft for all your troops? 619 00:51:46,185 --> 00:51:47,685 Does your ego travel separately? 620 00:51:47,768 --> 00:51:49,477 A seaplane will do. 621 00:51:50,143 --> 00:51:54,435 A seaplane to decide the fate of Free France? 622 00:51:55,768 --> 00:51:56,893 General... 623 00:51:57,977 --> 00:52:03,393 I imagine such an extraordinary mission requires an exceptional pilot. 624 00:52:03,477 --> 00:52:06,310 We'll give you a good pilot. - I already have one. 625 00:52:06,393 --> 00:52:09,727 Our aircraft are wonderful, but capricious. 626 00:52:09,810 --> 00:52:11,144 An English pilot helps. 627 00:52:11,227 --> 00:52:15,102 Our pilots are superb. It's the ground that's fucking rude. 628 00:52:15,185 --> 00:52:16,810 It does tend to be there. 629 00:52:16,894 --> 00:52:22,227 Frenchmen must be led by Frenchmen. That seems obvious to me. 630 00:52:22,310 --> 00:52:25,727 No English pilot, no plane. 631 00:52:28,602 --> 00:52:31,519 I'm afraid we've hit a wall. 632 00:52:37,227 --> 00:52:38,394 Really. 633 00:52:40,061 --> 00:52:42,936 Jones. Your pilot. - Marmier, your pilot. 634 00:52:43,019 --> 00:52:44,644 At your service. - At your command. 635 00:52:44,727 --> 00:52:46,727 Two pilots? Who's holding the handbag? 636 00:53:01,728 --> 00:53:05,228 BORDER RIVER, CAMEROON 637 00:53:11,436 --> 00:53:14,061 CHAD 638 00:53:24,395 --> 00:53:25,686 FORT LAMY TOWN HALL 639 00:53:30,978 --> 00:53:34,603 Gentlemen, in the presence of Mr. Pleven, 640 00:53:34,686 --> 00:53:37,353 Commissioner of Free France for Africa, 641 00:53:37,436 --> 00:53:42,270 I declare that Chad joins General De Gaulle. 642 00:54:02,145 --> 00:54:03,812 Lieutenant. 643 00:54:07,562 --> 00:54:08,937 Chad. 644 00:54:16,020 --> 00:54:20,020 The French Empire rises to continue the fight. 645 00:54:20,104 --> 00:54:22,895 The governor of Chad just proved that. 646 00:54:29,812 --> 00:54:32,687 Former General De Gaulle attacks the French Empire. 647 00:54:33,396 --> 00:54:35,437 It's just Chad, Marshal. 648 00:54:35,521 --> 00:54:37,187 That doesn't make any sense. 649 00:54:37,271 --> 00:54:38,521 De Gaulle has a plan. 650 00:54:38,604 --> 00:54:40,562 Did Leclerc enter Cameroon? 651 00:54:43,312 --> 00:54:46,812 No. Vichy rushed border guards there. 652 00:54:47,729 --> 00:54:49,229 I'm sorry. 653 00:54:58,313 --> 00:54:59,604 Colonel! 654 00:55:06,938 --> 00:55:08,188 Turn back. 655 00:55:09,188 --> 00:55:12,479 There is no time. We are 15 km from the governor's palace. 656 00:55:13,521 --> 00:55:16,021 We won't risk Free France's future over two guards. 657 00:55:16,105 --> 00:55:19,063 Give me your weapon. - We will not shoot at the French! 658 00:55:33,980 --> 00:55:36,896 The British called three times. They want to cancel Dakar. 659 00:55:36,980 --> 00:55:38,230 What should I tell them? 660 00:55:40,063 --> 00:55:41,897 The whole idea was crazy. 661 00:55:44,022 --> 00:55:45,105 General. 662 00:55:45,188 --> 00:55:48,980 They're reinforcing the borders. Still no word from Leclerc. 663 00:55:56,647 --> 00:55:57,563 It's raining. 664 00:55:58,730 --> 00:56:00,522 Thank you, Blaise. 665 00:56:08,730 --> 00:56:11,189 Your weapon, Captain. 666 00:56:14,522 --> 00:56:18,439 If we kill a Frenchman, Free France will never be the same. 667 00:56:36,856 --> 00:56:38,314 Now! 668 00:57:07,314 --> 00:57:08,939 Halt! Don't move! 669 00:57:10,273 --> 00:57:11,815 You don't move! 670 00:57:14,523 --> 00:57:16,815 Give me your weapon. Where's the governor? 671 00:57:16,898 --> 00:57:18,231 Upstairs. 672 00:57:22,690 --> 00:57:25,440 Snails for breakfast? Snot in a crash helmet. Marvellous. 673 00:57:32,648 --> 00:57:35,273 General. Cameroon is ours! 674 00:57:41,815 --> 00:57:43,440 Dakar is waiting! 675 00:57:44,565 --> 00:57:48,023 Italian wine. We add tax and arrogance. 676 00:58:12,774 --> 00:58:14,274 Barbarians. 677 00:58:53,108 --> 00:58:56,441 120 bombs today. - I saw it. 678 00:58:56,524 --> 00:58:58,774 But we have reason to celebrate. 679 00:58:59,274 --> 00:59:02,858 Your mad plan seems to be working in Africa. 680 00:59:02,941 --> 00:59:03,941 That's right. 681 00:59:04,024 --> 00:59:05,775 The cheek of the man! 682 00:59:05,858 --> 00:59:08,066 You glorious bastard. 683 00:59:08,150 --> 00:59:13,775 You dress like a disappointed nun and scheme like a brothel accountant. 684 00:59:14,275 --> 00:59:16,608 Did your tailor lose a bet? 685 00:59:17,316 --> 00:59:18,316 This? 686 00:59:19,108 --> 00:59:22,775 At least someone paid to dress me. 687 00:59:25,525 --> 00:59:28,692 I'll tell you something 688 00:59:29,192 --> 00:59:31,733 that only you will know. 689 00:59:32,233 --> 00:59:36,025 Do you know what my favourite song is? 690 00:59:36,900 --> 00:59:39,650 "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Generals"? 691 00:59:45,358 --> 00:59:46,775 No. 692 00:59:51,775 --> 00:59:52,734 So... 693 00:59:58,900 --> 01:00:02,400 Thanks, my friend. 694 01:00:10,775 --> 01:00:16,067 "Everything afflicts and harms me, and conspires to hurt me." 695 01:00:17,692 --> 01:00:18,984 Thanks. 696 01:00:20,067 --> 01:00:21,776 It's going to be a big day! 697 01:00:22,651 --> 01:00:24,026 Dakar. 698 01:00:25,234 --> 01:00:26,651 It's dawn. 699 01:00:26,734 --> 01:00:29,109 The sun rises over the harbor. 700 01:00:29,192 --> 01:00:31,401 Magnificent sun. 701 01:00:31,484 --> 01:00:36,192 People wake up and see our armada, 702 01:00:37,151 --> 01:00:38,859 and then, surprised, 703 01:00:38,943 --> 01:00:42,943 they hear you speaking to them from the sea. 704 01:00:43,026 --> 01:00:46,276 My supporters will greet us. Both were told to bring a friend. 705 01:00:46,359 --> 01:00:51,526 Then champagne! Italian, naturally. We'll call it French once it's expensive. 706 01:00:51,609 --> 01:00:54,151 The miracle of taxation. 707 01:00:54,234 --> 01:00:55,193 Right? 708 01:00:55,276 --> 01:00:58,609 And then your phone rings. 709 01:00:59,776 --> 01:01:02,443 The President of the United States is calling you. 710 01:01:02,526 --> 01:01:04,443 America enters the war. 711 01:01:04,526 --> 01:01:07,526 Hitler lost and you won. 712 01:01:16,818 --> 01:01:20,735 When I see our soldiers 713 01:01:21,318 --> 01:01:26,152 Marching happily, the band leading, 714 01:01:26,235 --> 01:01:29,527 I say, marking time: 715 01:01:29,610 --> 01:01:33,777 "How beautiful France is, as of old." 716 01:01:33,860 --> 01:01:37,902 As in days gone by, soldiers, I see 717 01:01:37,985 --> 01:01:42,402 Carnot declaring victory 718 01:01:42,485 --> 01:01:46,193 March on to glory, 719 01:01:46,277 --> 01:01:51,444 My dear children Come back victorious 720 01:02:00,444 --> 01:02:02,860 It's my favourite song. 721 01:02:10,777 --> 01:02:12,736 To glorious bullshit! 722 01:02:28,486 --> 01:02:30,444 We have to stop the bleeding. 723 01:02:43,403 --> 01:02:44,736 Dakar. 724 01:02:59,695 --> 01:03:02,486 DAKAR BAY 725 01:03:02,570 --> 01:03:04,278 People of Dakar, 726 01:03:05,736 --> 01:03:08,278 General De Gaulle is addressing you, 727 01:03:08,361 --> 01:03:10,278 leader of Free France. 728 01:03:10,361 --> 01:03:12,528 I come before you... 729 01:03:12,611 --> 01:03:14,986 with our British allies. 730 01:03:17,861 --> 01:03:19,487 Reduce speed. 731 01:03:19,987 --> 01:03:21,987 We can't see anything in this fog. 732 01:03:22,653 --> 01:03:24,612 Keep the same course. 733 01:03:27,820 --> 01:03:29,695 People of Dakar, 734 01:03:31,028 --> 01:03:33,112 answer my call 735 01:03:33,195 --> 01:03:35,237 and join me in the fight 736 01:03:35,820 --> 01:03:37,653 for the liberation of France. 737 01:03:43,112 --> 01:03:45,237 It just arrived, sir. 738 01:03:53,570 --> 01:03:55,529 People of Dakar... 739 01:03:55,612 --> 01:03:57,195 They are shooting at us! 740 01:04:02,237 --> 01:04:04,237 The plane is coming! 741 01:04:04,320 --> 01:04:06,362 To your positions! 742 01:04:07,696 --> 01:04:10,529 Admiral Cunningham, we must fight back. 743 01:04:10,612 --> 01:04:12,696 That wasn't the plan. - Do it. 744 01:04:12,779 --> 01:04:15,154 And now this? - Do it, Admiral. 745 01:04:27,154 --> 01:04:28,488 Damage report! 746 01:04:28,571 --> 01:04:31,488 Who is attacking us from the sea? Dakar has no squadron! 747 01:04:31,571 --> 01:04:33,863 We've just learned that several French 748 01:04:33,946 --> 01:04:36,029 ships got through Gibraltar yesterday. 749 01:04:36,113 --> 01:04:39,029 Fantasque, Montcalm, Gloire... 750 01:04:39,113 --> 01:04:40,863 The French Navy. 751 01:04:42,279 --> 01:04:43,529 Darlan. 752 01:04:43,613 --> 01:04:45,238 We will sink them. 753 01:04:50,071 --> 01:04:52,363 Churchill needs Dakar. 754 01:04:59,238 --> 01:05:02,113 Not at the price of a French civil war. 755 01:05:03,488 --> 01:05:04,988 Cease fire! 756 01:05:06,363 --> 01:05:10,821 General de Gaulle, you failed to win over the French politicians 757 01:05:10,905 --> 01:05:12,530 or the French army. 758 01:05:13,655 --> 01:05:15,905 You got a second chance. 759 01:05:15,988 --> 01:05:19,613 This is the opportunity: here and now, 760 01:05:19,697 --> 01:05:21,405 there will be no other. 761 01:05:23,113 --> 01:05:25,488 We are not shooting at the French. 762 01:05:32,905 --> 01:05:34,280 All right. 763 01:05:34,363 --> 01:05:37,530 Keep your principles, and Darlan will keep Dakar. 764 01:05:37,614 --> 01:05:40,447 You will suffer the consequences. 765 01:05:44,447 --> 01:05:45,780 Break off the attack. 766 01:05:45,864 --> 01:05:47,405 Cease-fire! 767 01:05:58,114 --> 01:06:00,781 Congratulations, Admiral. 768 01:06:00,864 --> 01:06:02,864 I just did my duty. 769 01:06:02,947 --> 01:06:08,406 You know, if you were a little more inclined towards the Germans, 770 01:06:08,489 --> 01:06:11,656 you would make a good prime minister. 771 01:06:15,031 --> 01:06:17,197 Dill wants to see you. 772 01:06:29,656 --> 01:06:31,364 Prime Minister? - Mr. President. 773 01:06:31,448 --> 01:06:35,281 I'm sure you understand that the American public does not want this war. 774 01:06:35,364 --> 01:06:39,448 How can I win them over if you can't take even a weakly defended port? 775 01:06:39,531 --> 01:06:44,031 It was a combination of circumstances and bad luck. 776 01:06:44,114 --> 01:06:46,948 Please don't mention the fog to me. 777 01:06:47,031 --> 01:06:50,115 Your quixotic general has shown us one thing: 778 01:06:50,198 --> 01:06:51,323 he is useless. 779 01:06:51,406 --> 01:06:53,490 He thought... - You thought. 780 01:06:53,573 --> 01:06:57,198 I thought... - You backed him out of desperation. 781 01:06:57,323 --> 01:06:59,240 Free French? 782 01:06:59,990 --> 01:07:03,073 I'm surprised you believe in his fairy tale. 783 01:07:03,865 --> 01:07:08,406 Open your eyes. His kingdom is nothing but empty promises. 784 01:07:08,490 --> 01:07:10,490 Pure fiction. 785 01:07:14,073 --> 01:07:17,698 Mr. President, I apologise for de Gaulle. 786 01:07:18,115 --> 01:07:19,990 But if we put Dakar aside, 787 01:07:20,073 --> 01:07:23,490 you have to admit that I put up a damn good fight. 788 01:07:24,282 --> 01:07:28,073 We are an island facing an entire continent of enemies. 789 01:07:28,865 --> 01:07:32,407 Britain and her Empire will 790 01:07:32,949 --> 01:07:34,990 be strong allies, 791 01:07:36,032 --> 01:07:37,615 whenever you're ready. 792 01:07:37,699 --> 01:07:41,240 Put your house in order first. Your French lodger is shagging the map. 793 01:07:50,115 --> 01:07:51,032 Sir? 794 01:07:54,490 --> 01:07:56,491 We have to find someone else. 795 01:07:58,949 --> 01:08:01,241 I was wrong about De Gaulle. 796 01:08:31,908 --> 01:08:33,324 Courcel. 797 01:08:34,658 --> 01:08:37,199 We will join Leclerc in Cameroon. 798 01:08:38,324 --> 01:08:40,283 We have nothing else left. 799 01:08:59,283 --> 01:09:01,658 Here it is, we are on French territory. 800 01:09:03,075 --> 01:09:06,825 Look, Courcel. Everything gets greener from here. 801 01:09:08,533 --> 01:09:11,658 Look at those huts, they are big villages. 802 01:09:11,742 --> 01:09:14,533 There are huge herds that you don't see. 803 01:09:14,617 --> 01:09:17,742 This is a wonderland. 804 01:09:25,617 --> 01:09:27,742 General, we lost our engine. 805 01:09:29,075 --> 01:09:31,950 We'll attempt a forced landing. - No! 806 01:09:33,534 --> 01:09:34,825 Hold on! 807 01:09:35,409 --> 01:09:37,200 Hang in there, Courcel. 808 01:09:49,367 --> 01:09:52,909 We were born into this iron age 809 01:09:52,992 --> 01:09:57,242 to transform it into a golden age. 810 01:10:01,326 --> 01:10:05,742 I met last Thursday with the Reich Chancellor. 811 01:10:06,326 --> 01:10:09,576 That meeting raised both 812 01:10:09,659 --> 01:10:12,117 hope and concern. 813 01:10:12,867 --> 01:10:17,034 I owe you some explanations. 814 01:10:17,784 --> 01:10:20,951 Such a meeting was possible 815 01:10:21,034 --> 01:10:24,826 four months after our defeat 816 01:10:24,909 --> 01:10:29,326 only because of the dignity the French showed in this ordeal. 817 01:10:29,409 --> 01:10:32,368 Thanks to the heroism of our sailors, 818 01:10:32,451 --> 01:10:34,493 the energy of our colonial leaders... 819 01:10:35,034 --> 01:10:37,243 and the loyalty of our native peoples... 820 01:10:37,326 --> 01:10:40,076 Fernand, sit down. -Bravo. 821 01:10:42,160 --> 01:10:43,910 Little shit. 822 01:10:46,785 --> 01:10:47,993 Straighten it. 823 01:10:48,660 --> 01:10:51,535 Fernand, straighten it and return to your seat. 824 01:10:51,618 --> 01:10:52,785 Straighten it. 825 01:10:55,326 --> 01:10:58,618 Stop it! - Calm down! 826 01:10:58,701 --> 01:10:59,826 Separate them! 827 01:11:00,785 --> 01:11:02,618 A great start to the school year. 828 01:11:04,618 --> 01:11:06,785 What school did you come from? -From this one. 829 01:11:07,327 --> 01:11:09,077 I'm repeating the year. 830 01:11:10,743 --> 01:11:13,077 Pétain's speech was not so bad. 831 01:11:30,827 --> 01:11:32,619 Got a secret radio? 832 01:11:34,494 --> 01:11:36,119 My sister. 833 01:11:36,702 --> 01:11:38,869 She finds the parts and we put it together. 834 01:11:38,952 --> 01:11:40,327 What are you talking about? 835 01:11:40,660 --> 01:11:42,827 It's all right. He's not one of them. 836 01:11:43,452 --> 01:11:44,494 How do you know? 837 01:11:44,952 --> 01:11:46,577 Remember the night of capitulation? 838 01:11:46,661 --> 01:11:49,202 I told you to go to the Arc de Triomphe. 839 01:11:49,286 --> 01:11:51,119 You said no one would come. 840 01:11:51,202 --> 01:11:52,661 Well, he came. 841 01:11:55,661 --> 01:11:57,702 Admittedly, there were not many of us. 842 01:11:59,744 --> 01:12:02,077 Pleased to meet you, madam. Fernand. 843 01:12:03,077 --> 01:12:05,452 He tilted the marshal's portrait in class. 844 01:12:05,536 --> 01:12:08,994 If Professor Dressen hadn't stepped in, he'd be in hospital. 845 01:12:09,911 --> 01:12:12,286 What's the point of tilting a portrait? 846 01:12:12,369 --> 01:12:14,453 You think that will drive the Germans away? 847 01:12:17,119 --> 01:12:18,953 I have to go. - Wait! 848 01:12:19,036 --> 01:12:20,328 Curfew! - There isn't one. 849 01:12:20,411 --> 01:12:21,994 Mr. Hero... 850 01:12:23,078 --> 01:12:26,328 You may be brave, but don't die in vain. 851 01:12:29,119 --> 01:12:30,453 Goodbye, madam. 852 01:12:30,536 --> 01:12:33,245 Some talk about the November 11th protest. 853 01:12:37,411 --> 01:12:39,370 That could piss off the occupiers. 854 01:12:42,286 --> 01:12:45,995 Somewhere in Equatorial Africa 855 01:13:12,912 --> 01:13:14,162 General. 856 01:13:15,787 --> 01:13:18,454 We received a new message from London. 857 01:13:18,537 --> 01:13:21,370 Churchill has met a five-star general 858 01:13:21,454 --> 01:13:23,287 to replace you. 859 01:13:27,245 --> 01:13:29,912 Churchill lent him his personal plane. 860 01:13:30,412 --> 01:13:33,995 He's joined Pleven in Chad to put him under his command. 861 01:13:43,037 --> 01:13:46,704 When I see our soldiers 862 01:13:47,871 --> 01:13:50,996 Marching happily, the band leading... 863 01:13:51,079 --> 01:13:53,787 OPERATION FIVE STARS BEGINS. DE GAULLE'S REPLACEMENT TODAY. 864 01:14:43,705 --> 01:14:45,121 General. 865 01:14:48,746 --> 01:14:50,246 He should salute the cheekbones. 866 01:15:23,039 --> 01:15:24,789 At your command, General. 867 01:15:25,955 --> 01:15:27,164 At ease, General. 868 01:15:42,914 --> 01:15:49,164 They're being naive if they think this is an easy job. 869 01:15:57,122 --> 01:15:59,206 Get ready! 870 01:16:07,873 --> 01:16:11,123 Welcome to Free French territory, General. 871 01:16:11,998 --> 01:16:14,664 De Gaulle! 872 01:16:31,748 --> 01:16:33,873 You are France, General. 873 01:16:34,873 --> 01:16:36,456 France is blocking the doorway. 874 01:16:36,873 --> 01:16:38,498 I know, Leclerc. 875 01:16:39,498 --> 01:16:40,456 National importance. 876 01:16:46,915 --> 01:16:49,873 De Gaulle is winning over more and more African territories 877 01:16:49,957 --> 01:16:54,332 and establishing the capital of Free France in Brazzaville. 878 01:16:54,415 --> 01:16:59,290 He has raised troops in Douala, Fort-Lamy, Yaoundé and Libreville. 879 01:16:59,873 --> 01:17:04,123 Meanwhile, Vichy France is turning towards collaboration. 880 01:17:04,207 --> 01:17:08,957 I willingly accepted the Führer's invitation. 881 01:17:09,040 --> 01:17:11,999 I was not subjected to 882 01:17:12,082 --> 01:17:13,749 any coercion or pressure. 883 01:17:13,832 --> 01:17:18,082 Cooperation was discussed between our two countries. 884 01:17:18,165 --> 01:17:20,040 I accepted the principle. 885 01:17:20,707 --> 01:17:23,499 So much for Darlan, the man we hoped to win over. 886 01:17:24,040 --> 01:17:26,707 He just proclaimed the Jews enemies of France. 887 01:17:26,790 --> 01:17:28,249 Smart guy. 888 01:17:28,332 --> 01:17:29,999 That man is disgusting. 889 01:17:30,082 --> 01:17:33,749 France no longer has a real government! 890 01:17:33,832 --> 01:17:34,999 Exactly! 891 01:17:35,624 --> 01:17:37,749 The organisation based in Vichy, 892 01:17:37,832 --> 01:17:41,832 which claims that title, is 893 01:17:41,916 --> 01:17:44,749 unconstitutional and subject to the occupier. 894 01:17:44,832 --> 01:17:47,874 A new government must therefore 895 01:17:47,957 --> 01:17:52,416 take on the task of leading France. 896 01:17:53,082 --> 01:17:57,874 Events impose this sacred duty on me. 897 01:17:59,333 --> 01:18:01,124 I shall not fail in it. 898 01:18:01,208 --> 01:18:04,833 French officers! French soldiers! 899 01:18:04,916 --> 01:18:06,999 French citizens! 900 01:18:07,083 --> 01:18:10,208 Senile leaders want to surrender 901 01:18:10,291 --> 01:18:13,833 the entire French Empire to the enemy. 902 01:18:13,916 --> 01:18:16,166 Get up! - This is a declaration of war! 903 01:18:16,249 --> 01:18:17,249 And take up arms! 904 01:18:17,333 --> 01:18:19,958 I know exactly what you're going to say, Morton. 905 01:18:20,041 --> 01:18:21,833 Then I'll say it. 906 01:18:21,916 --> 01:18:23,875 Do you want him or America? 907 01:18:24,458 --> 01:18:26,791 The enemy is already approaching Egypt. 908 01:18:26,875 --> 01:18:28,166 We need real help. 909 01:18:28,250 --> 01:18:30,750 Then again, wasn't Roosevelt clear? 910 01:18:30,833 --> 01:18:33,750 But De Gaulle was right from the start. 911 01:18:34,458 --> 01:18:37,208 The truce was a slippery slope. 912 01:18:38,791 --> 01:18:40,916 Tell Spears to bring him back. 913 01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:45,292 I hope Spears can manage it. - Just bring him back. 914 01:18:46,167 --> 01:18:48,417 I'll make him come to his senses. 915 01:18:49,042 --> 01:18:52,833 I need this, this and this. 916 01:18:55,000 --> 01:18:56,125 Kœnig... 917 01:18:56,833 --> 01:18:59,750 You will be the first to restore honour to France 918 01:18:59,833 --> 01:19:02,500 by continuing the fight against the enemy. 919 01:19:03,375 --> 01:19:05,542 Are your people sufficiently trained? 920 01:19:05,625 --> 01:19:09,334 France cannot afford another surrender. 921 01:19:09,417 --> 01:19:13,084 General, I repeat, the prime minister is... - I hear you, Spears. 922 01:19:13,917 --> 01:19:15,834 Tell me when I should call him. 923 01:19:15,917 --> 01:19:19,084 He obviously wants to see you in person. 924 01:19:19,167 --> 01:19:20,542 All right. 925 01:19:20,625 --> 01:19:23,084 It will be a particular pleasure for me 926 01:19:23,167 --> 01:19:26,459 to receive your Prime Minister here, in 927 01:19:26,542 --> 01:19:28,334 Brazzaville. Bring a fucking cake. 928 01:19:28,834 --> 01:19:31,667 If I were you... - You'd need another foot of trouser. 929 01:19:33,667 --> 01:19:36,834 I listen only to France. She sounds exactly like me. 930 01:19:39,876 --> 01:19:41,709 The mosquitoes won't salute you. 931 01:19:44,459 --> 01:19:45,792 Spears... 932 01:19:46,834 --> 01:19:50,042 No mosquito dares suck a national hero. 933 01:19:59,001 --> 01:20:00,584 General... 934 01:20:01,251 --> 01:20:04,334 You have malaria, you must stay in bed. 935 01:20:04,418 --> 01:20:07,168 November 11! Even my fever lacks tact. 936 01:20:08,834 --> 01:20:11,126 Damn Spears. 937 01:20:11,209 --> 01:20:14,251 That English bastard 938 01:20:14,335 --> 01:20:17,668 has weaponised the fucking insects. 939 01:20:17,751 --> 01:20:18,710 Incredible. 940 01:20:20,418 --> 01:20:21,543 Your blood, it seems, 941 01:20:21,626 --> 01:20:24,710 is less patriotic than your trousers. 942 01:20:24,793 --> 01:20:28,585 Watch out, Blaise! 943 01:20:29,251 --> 01:20:33,543 Next he'll make me pay for the bites. 944 01:20:34,501 --> 01:20:37,460 Edward, it's a fever. 945 01:20:37,543 --> 01:20:39,002 It's not just that. 946 01:20:40,377 --> 01:20:41,918 There is no helping him. 947 01:20:42,418 --> 01:20:44,752 General... - Good luck! 948 01:20:50,835 --> 01:20:51,835 I ran out. 949 01:20:51,918 --> 01:20:53,585 Me neither. Well, I do, but... 950 01:20:53,668 --> 01:20:55,668 That's a leaflet, not a bloody fan! - No. 951 01:20:56,502 --> 01:20:58,502 Our revolution looks like laundry. 952 01:20:59,544 --> 01:21:01,419 Will this help De Gaulle? 953 01:21:01,502 --> 01:21:04,085 How many of us will be at the Arc de Triomphe? 954 01:21:04,169 --> 01:21:06,294 Three. - If that. 955 01:21:07,335 --> 01:21:09,377 My boss says De Gaulle isn't real. 956 01:21:09,460 --> 01:21:11,210 Just two diplomats in a greatcoat. 957 01:21:11,294 --> 01:21:13,669 Then who's on the radio? 958 01:21:13,752 --> 01:21:15,169 A BBC actor on stilts. 959 01:21:15,252 --> 01:21:17,419 English talent. French billing. 960 01:21:17,502 --> 01:21:21,627 I've heard "the Jews' refuge", "London's whore", but this... 961 01:21:28,752 --> 01:21:31,794 What if there really are only three of us at the Arc de Triomphe? 962 01:21:32,544 --> 01:21:34,627 There will be at least four of us. 963 01:21:35,836 --> 01:21:38,627 A Great War veteran will turn up to show off his medal. 964 01:21:38,711 --> 01:21:39,919 At least we'll have him. 965 01:21:40,002 --> 01:21:41,586 Since we can't fight ourselves. 966 01:21:43,336 --> 01:21:45,294 My father received the War Cross. 967 01:21:52,711 --> 01:21:53,794 Sorry. 968 01:21:54,336 --> 01:21:56,336 Is he dead? - No. 969 01:21:56,419 --> 01:21:58,919 He moved to Algiers with a woman. 970 01:21:59,836 --> 01:22:01,378 He left it to me. 971 01:22:06,628 --> 01:22:09,253 Six months older, and I'd have been old enough to fight. 972 01:22:09,336 --> 01:22:10,753 I wanted to join the tanks. 973 01:22:10,836 --> 01:22:13,045 My uncle didn't let me fake my age. 974 01:22:13,128 --> 01:22:15,545 Okay, I'm done, no more paper! 975 01:22:17,336 --> 01:22:20,753 I don't know how we'll distribute all these. 976 01:22:21,461 --> 01:22:22,836 I figured it all out. 977 01:22:46,545 --> 01:22:48,670 At the Étoile, the Arc de Triomphe! 978 01:22:55,629 --> 01:22:57,129 There, on the roof! 979 01:22:58,920 --> 01:23:00,170 Quickly! 980 01:23:41,796 --> 01:23:44,379 They must have escaped through the roof. 981 01:23:47,421 --> 01:23:48,879 Come! 982 01:23:53,671 --> 01:23:55,088 Pierre! 983 01:24:02,713 --> 01:24:04,046 Let's split up! 984 01:24:07,588 --> 01:24:09,171 Stop! 985 01:24:35,213 --> 01:24:36,880 Meeting at Étoile! 986 01:24:36,963 --> 01:24:39,838 Meet at the Arc de Triomphe. - Thank you. 987 01:24:40,797 --> 01:24:43,255 Hi, girls! Going to a protest? 988 01:24:44,380 --> 01:24:47,672 For Free France, anything is possible! 989 01:24:48,588 --> 01:24:51,255 FRANCE, STAND UP AND FIGHT! 990 01:24:53,130 --> 01:24:56,630 All to the Arc de Triomphe. Long live freedom! 991 01:24:56,714 --> 01:24:57,880 Professor Dressen? 992 01:25:12,464 --> 01:25:13,922 Long live... 993 01:25:14,006 --> 01:25:15,881 Are those poles? 994 01:25:15,964 --> 01:25:17,089 Long live... 995 01:25:17,172 --> 01:25:18,797 "Des gaules"! Poles! 996 01:25:18,881 --> 01:25:19,881 What do you mean? 997 01:25:19,964 --> 01:25:22,172 Long live... - De Gaulle! 998 01:25:22,256 --> 01:25:23,506 Ah, "des gaules"! 999 01:25:23,589 --> 01:25:30,756 Long live... - De Gaulle! 1000 01:25:49,673 --> 01:25:50,964 Well done, sister. 1001 01:25:51,048 --> 01:25:52,423 Pierre! 1002 01:25:52,506 --> 01:25:53,381 Well? 1003 01:25:53,464 --> 01:25:54,881 Livia! 1004 01:25:54,964 --> 01:25:57,798 Still leaning right. Give the bastard a left hook. 1005 01:26:01,173 --> 01:26:02,673 We've got Paris back. 1006 01:26:04,756 --> 01:26:06,131 We'll take back France. 1007 01:26:06,215 --> 01:26:08,673 Soon we will be free. 1008 01:26:09,465 --> 01:26:11,340 Only three? Who taught you to count? 1009 01:26:11,423 --> 01:26:12,965 Give me those poles! 1010 01:26:13,798 --> 01:26:15,631 Make way for Free France! 1011 01:26:15,715 --> 01:26:19,548 Make way for Free France! Watch out! 1012 01:26:20,756 --> 01:26:22,590 How many do you think there are? 1013 01:26:23,257 --> 01:26:24,882 One, two, 1014 01:26:24,965 --> 01:26:27,215 three, four... 1015 01:26:27,298 --> 01:26:29,632 Fernand! Your dick isn't a recruiting tool. 1016 01:26:29,715 --> 01:26:31,590 Down, patriot! - Hands off! 1017 01:26:35,048 --> 01:26:36,757 Come back, you jerk. 1018 01:26:36,840 --> 01:26:38,215 Are we afraid of the Germans? 1019 01:26:38,298 --> 01:26:40,090 No! 1020 01:26:41,298 --> 01:26:46,340 Long live... - De Gaulle! 1021 01:26:56,007 --> 01:26:57,299 Livia! 1022 01:27:29,466 --> 01:27:30,716 Professor Dressen! 1023 01:27:32,508 --> 01:27:33,924 Professor! 1024 01:27:36,841 --> 01:27:37,966 No! 1025 01:27:46,174 --> 01:27:48,674 Pierre! 1026 01:27:49,924 --> 01:27:51,091 Livia! 1027 01:27:56,508 --> 01:27:57,633 My children. 1028 01:27:59,425 --> 01:28:00,966 My children. 1029 01:28:01,591 --> 01:28:04,841 France. 1030 01:28:23,717 --> 01:28:26,300 Fernand, you're going to your father's in Algiers. 1031 01:28:27,342 --> 01:28:30,550 What? - I got you a pass to Marseille. 1032 01:28:30,633 --> 01:28:33,258 No, no, no. - No arguments, Fernand. 1033 01:28:33,342 --> 01:28:35,800 The Germans are searching the apartments. 1034 01:28:35,883 --> 01:28:38,092 They arrest protesters at their houses. 1035 01:28:41,675 --> 01:28:43,967 Fernand! - Fernand! 1036 01:28:45,509 --> 01:28:47,384 Let me go. Let me go! 1037 01:28:48,884 --> 01:28:50,675 Be reasonable. 1038 01:28:53,884 --> 01:28:55,509 Under one condition. 1039 01:29:00,134 --> 01:29:03,134 I couldn't get a pass for her. 1040 01:29:03,217 --> 01:29:04,342 She's Jewish, right? 1041 01:29:08,467 --> 01:29:09,717 Get in. 1042 01:29:15,217 --> 01:29:17,676 ADMIRAL DARLAN MEETS THE FÜHRER TODAY 1043 01:29:37,884 --> 01:29:41,593 Demarcation line. Stopping for inspection. 1044 01:29:41,676 --> 01:29:43,884 Prepare the passes. 1045 01:29:52,593 --> 01:29:55,551 JEWS ARE STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO CROSS THE DEMARCATION LINE 1046 01:29:56,218 --> 01:29:58,426 Identity verification. 1047 01:29:58,510 --> 01:29:59,885 Don't move. 1048 01:30:01,635 --> 01:30:04,343 You take it. They won't check the name. 1049 01:30:22,010 --> 01:30:24,260 Jean Moulin, I live here. 1050 01:30:24,885 --> 01:30:25,968 Can I pass? 1051 01:30:27,843 --> 01:30:29,093 It's okay. 1052 01:30:44,844 --> 01:30:47,469 Control. Your documents, please. 1053 01:31:43,386 --> 01:31:47,220 A year later 1054 01:31:52,428 --> 01:31:57,428 Buy an Echo d'Alger, sir. Two francs! 1055 01:32:03,845 --> 01:32:04,845 Sarah... 1056 01:32:05,470 --> 01:32:08,970 Still nothing for me? - A letter. I gave it to your father. 1057 01:32:09,595 --> 01:32:11,178 Thanks. 1058 01:32:17,678 --> 01:32:18,845 Ah, Fernand! 1059 01:32:18,928 --> 01:32:21,220 Finish it. - Your letter arrived. 1060 01:32:21,303 --> 01:32:23,595 It's on the bed. - Good morning, Adrienne. 1061 01:32:23,678 --> 01:32:25,637 Can you help her with math? -Of course. 1062 01:32:25,720 --> 01:32:28,887 Mom, when can I go back to school? 1063 01:32:28,970 --> 01:32:30,762 Ask Marshal Pétain, sweetheart. 1064 01:32:30,845 --> 01:32:32,720 Eugene! -Jews are not allowed to go out. 1065 01:32:32,804 --> 01:32:34,804 What's next? The yellow star? 1066 01:32:48,679 --> 01:32:50,470 I want to fight, dad. 1067 01:32:51,679 --> 01:32:53,137 A year ago, students protested 1068 01:32:53,220 --> 01:32:56,346 in Paris, risking their lives, 1069 01:32:56,429 --> 01:32:59,512 and you can't even contact them? 1070 01:32:59,596 --> 01:33:01,846 Passy! Have you mislaid fucking France? 1071 01:33:01,929 --> 01:33:06,429 I'm finding contacts in both zones. Half of them think the BBC is witchcraft. 1072 01:33:06,512 --> 01:33:08,846 Try knocking, you decorative spanner! 1073 01:33:08,929 --> 01:33:11,679 Every Frenchman who reaches London 1074 01:33:11,762 --> 01:33:14,846 gets tea and a working phone. None of the bastards want to leave. 1075 01:33:16,012 --> 01:33:17,096 Sir. 1076 01:33:20,263 --> 01:33:22,638 Sir, you should read this. 1077 01:33:29,721 --> 01:33:32,721 Germany has declared war on the United States. 1078 01:33:33,096 --> 01:33:34,054 Accordingly... 1079 01:33:36,679 --> 01:33:38,471 America enters the war. 1080 01:33:39,013 --> 01:33:40,805 Thank Christ. A solvent ally. 1081 01:33:46,596 --> 01:33:49,805 America's in. We can stop buying rounds. 1082 01:34:00,221 --> 01:34:02,388 Churchill is on his way to Washington, 1083 01:34:02,471 --> 01:34:06,347 and says no more invading French bits just because they resemble your profile. 1084 01:34:07,513 --> 01:34:10,430 Muselier is off Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, 1085 01:34:10,513 --> 01:34:12,555 with three corvettes and a submarine. 1086 01:34:14,305 --> 01:34:17,347 Warn him now. He means to bring them into Free France, but... 1087 01:34:17,972 --> 01:34:21,055 They're only two islands 1088 01:34:21,138 --> 01:34:23,388 Two frozen rocks. Even the penguins want a refund. 1089 01:34:23,472 --> 01:34:27,555 America ranked 35th in arms in 1940. Now it will win the war 1090 01:34:27,639 --> 01:34:30,264 and become the sole master of the West. 1091 01:34:30,847 --> 01:34:32,222 England will always be... 1092 01:34:32,305 --> 01:34:35,930 England will keep its dignity. We've sent ours to the dry-cleaner. 1093 01:34:36,014 --> 01:34:40,930 We shall be lords of cheese and wine. An empire you can eat when it fails. 1094 01:34:43,264 --> 01:34:44,597 But how? 1095 01:34:45,722 --> 01:34:47,305 You're right, Pleven. 1096 01:34:47,805 --> 01:34:49,556 Fetch the imperial cheese knife. 1097 01:34:49,639 --> 01:34:53,472 Tell Muselier to take the islands. I want somewhere to store my portraits. 1098 01:35:08,181 --> 01:35:09,306 Prime Minister! 1099 01:35:09,389 --> 01:35:10,056 COUP IN 1100 01:35:10,139 --> 01:35:13,264 SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON Prime Minister! 1101 01:35:14,681 --> 01:35:17,556 December 1941 1102 01:35:17,639 --> 01:35:20,598 Do you approve of what the Secretary of State said? 1103 01:35:20,681 --> 01:35:21,973 I guess. Why? 1104 01:35:22,056 --> 01:35:24,098 He said: "Free France must withdraw 1105 01:35:24,181 --> 01:35:27,181 their ships from Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon." 1106 01:35:28,931 --> 01:35:31,139 Please? Which ships? 1107 01:35:32,473 --> 01:35:34,431 Prime Minister! Mr. Churchill. 1108 01:35:36,473 --> 01:35:39,556 Your General has once again 1109 01:35:39,640 --> 01:35:43,473 stuck his enormous French ego into a gap in our fucking map. 1110 01:35:44,265 --> 01:35:45,473 I'm speechless. 1111 01:35:47,265 --> 01:35:51,098 Mr. President, I need a landing. I already have a French headache. 1112 01:35:51,181 --> 01:35:53,140 We are on our knees. 1113 01:35:53,223 --> 01:35:57,473 We lack the planes, ships and men to hold out much longer. 1114 01:35:58,473 --> 01:36:01,723 The Germans are taking over North Africa. 1115 01:36:01,807 --> 01:36:04,640 We cannot fight everywhere at the same time. 1116 01:36:05,182 --> 01:36:08,515 I understand your plight, Mr. Prime Minister. 1117 01:36:09,348 --> 01:36:11,140 but it would help if my 1118 01:36:11,223 --> 01:36:13,557 government didn't take 1119 01:36:13,640 --> 01:36:15,848 a blow every time your general 1120 01:36:15,932 --> 01:36:18,557 decides to grab another piece of France. 1121 01:36:19,057 --> 01:36:22,057 Perhaps, now that we are allies, 1122 01:36:22,140 --> 01:36:26,182 could we discuss the war, rather than his frozen vanity project? 1123 01:36:26,265 --> 01:36:27,307 The landing. 1124 01:36:27,390 --> 01:36:32,515 First, put that six-foot baguette back in the diplomatic bread bin. 1125 01:36:33,890 --> 01:36:36,599 General, he has arrived. 1126 01:36:39,349 --> 01:36:43,765 Mr. Moulin, I'm glad you managed to reach London. 1127 01:36:47,349 --> 01:36:50,224 What became of the young protesters of November 11? 1128 01:36:50,307 --> 01:36:51,724 It's hard to know. 1129 01:36:51,807 --> 01:36:56,016 Some rot in prison, others went underground. 1130 01:36:56,099 --> 01:36:58,266 At the Arc de Triomphe, 1131 01:36:58,349 --> 01:37:01,682 they did what our army couldn't do. 1132 01:37:01,766 --> 01:37:03,766 They ignited a spark 1133 01:37:03,849 --> 01:37:06,182 and Vichy will have to deal with it. 1134 01:37:06,266 --> 01:37:08,974 Networks are springing up everywhere. 1135 01:37:15,349 --> 01:37:16,891 Are they strong? 1136 01:37:17,974 --> 01:37:21,558 In general, they're isolated, scattered and poorly organised. 1137 01:37:22,141 --> 01:37:26,433 No weapons, no communications, no instructions. 1138 01:37:27,058 --> 01:37:29,016 But they're burning with anger. 1139 01:37:29,099 --> 01:37:30,933 Do they know about our actions? 1140 01:37:31,516 --> 01:37:34,433 Mers el-Kebir left its mark. 1141 01:37:34,516 --> 01:37:36,266 And Dakar. 1142 01:37:36,350 --> 01:37:38,933 Propaganda says you've sold out to the British. 1143 01:37:39,933 --> 01:37:42,516 But Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon proved otherwise. 1144 01:37:43,433 --> 01:37:44,308 Again, we should 1145 01:37:44,391 --> 01:37:47,350 talk about something more 1146 01:37:47,433 --> 01:37:49,433 important than Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon! 1147 01:37:49,516 --> 01:37:53,642 Those islands are on our doorstep. Your Frenchman is pissing on the mat. 1148 01:37:53,725 --> 01:37:57,808 He can't mark every rock like a poodle with a fucking navy. 1149 01:37:57,892 --> 01:38:01,392 No. Dakar was quite enough. His ego should pay harbour fees. 1150 01:38:01,892 --> 01:38:04,392 The American people will not 1151 01:38:04,475 --> 01:38:07,142 fund a Frenchman's map-shagging habit. 1152 01:38:07,558 --> 01:38:09,933 Not when they're being asked to fight 1153 01:38:10,017 --> 01:38:12,183 against an enemy who is 1154 01:38:12,267 --> 01:38:14,600 powerful, ruthless and quite rational. 1155 01:38:14,683 --> 01:38:17,850 At least the enemy has a war plan, not a mood board and a fucking hat. 1156 01:38:17,934 --> 01:38:19,392 Can we make contact? 1157 01:38:19,475 --> 01:38:21,934 Can we get aircraft? - At the full moon, 1158 01:38:22,017 --> 01:38:24,434 with the lights off, when the British agree. 1159 01:38:24,517 --> 01:38:26,684 England provides the batteries. Again. 1160 01:38:26,767 --> 01:38:29,184 I'm going next full moon. 1161 01:38:29,267 --> 01:38:30,850 I'll need a radio. 1162 01:38:31,475 --> 01:38:34,434 Mr. Prefect, you are invaluable to us here. 1163 01:38:34,517 --> 01:38:36,392 You would be a target there. 1164 01:38:36,475 --> 01:38:38,934 I can't risk losing you. 1165 01:38:39,017 --> 01:38:40,851 General, I know the terrain. 1166 01:38:40,934 --> 01:38:43,184 I will be most useful to France there. 1167 01:38:46,517 --> 01:38:48,559 I will write under the name "Rex". 1168 01:38:54,934 --> 01:38:56,517 Mr. President... 1169 01:38:57,726 --> 01:39:02,434 I will put a stop to his excursions. A map is not a personal shopping list. 1170 01:39:02,517 --> 01:39:05,476 I shall speak to the tall child. 1171 01:39:36,643 --> 01:39:39,185 General De Gaulle. - General. 1172 01:39:43,310 --> 01:39:45,393 You were expected this afternoon. 1173 01:39:45,476 --> 01:39:48,476 An invitation, General. - I did not say "General". 1174 01:39:48,560 --> 01:39:50,185 Nor "invitation". Good God. 1175 01:39:53,685 --> 01:39:55,893 General, he requests your presence. 1176 01:39:56,477 --> 01:39:58,435 My ears work. It's my pride that's deaf. 1177 01:40:00,018 --> 01:40:01,310 Tell him to get stuffed. 1178 01:40:02,435 --> 01:40:03,643 He sends his regards. 1179 01:40:03,727 --> 01:40:05,602 No. You may leave. 1180 01:40:06,810 --> 01:40:08,643 Peake, translate the actual insult. 1181 01:40:09,602 --> 01:40:12,644 Mr. Peake of the Foreign Office has the thankless honour 1182 01:40:12,727 --> 01:40:17,477 of replacing General Spears as your liaison officer. 1183 01:40:17,560 --> 01:40:21,685 I shall have the honour... - Spears had an inflated ego. 1184 01:40:21,810 --> 01:40:24,769 He also has a friend: the Prime Minister. 1185 01:40:24,852 --> 01:40:26,519 General Spears has a friend... 1186 01:40:26,602 --> 01:40:29,810 Yes, thank you. You may go. 1187 01:40:35,186 --> 01:40:39,019 Why have you invaded a pair of frozen postage stamps? 1188 01:40:39,102 --> 01:40:42,894 French stamps! - That does not make them an empire. 1189 01:40:44,644 --> 01:40:47,644 Had you waited just one week, 1190 01:40:47,727 --> 01:40:50,019 I could have approved the operation. 1191 01:40:50,102 --> 01:40:53,269 After America signed your permission slip? 1192 01:40:53,352 --> 01:40:57,311 I thought Britain ruled the waves, not the queue outside Daddy's office. 1193 01:40:57,394 --> 01:40:58,853 How very embarrassing. 1194 01:41:03,436 --> 01:41:04,894 Tell me, General, 1195 01:41:05,561 --> 01:41:07,353 does Admiral Muselier know 1196 01:41:07,436 --> 01:41:10,561 he landed against my express orders? 1197 01:41:11,019 --> 01:41:13,769 I keep my nose out of England. No small achievement. 1198 01:41:13,853 --> 01:41:16,853 Keep yours out of France. Our bullshit is a protected industry. 1199 01:41:16,936 --> 01:41:18,269 Of course. 1200 01:41:19,644 --> 01:41:23,686 But I must say, this senior admiral 1201 01:41:23,770 --> 01:41:25,978 is becoming increasingly agreeable. 1202 01:41:26,061 --> 01:41:28,936 I consider him reasonable, accommodating... 1203 01:41:29,020 --> 01:41:31,686 He has the qualities expected of a leader. 1204 01:41:32,436 --> 01:41:35,728 Sir, there was that little problem with cocaine... 1205 01:41:35,811 --> 01:41:37,520 He was inspecting the snow. 1206 01:41:37,603 --> 01:41:41,686 Let us resolve the islands before you annex the fucking furniture. 1207 01:41:57,103 --> 01:41:59,603 For Darlan? Pétain? Why not gift-wrap the bastards? 1208 01:42:00,687 --> 01:42:01,853 You're kidding! 1209 01:42:01,937 --> 01:42:06,770 You side with Hitler's collaborators against those who fight him. 1210 01:42:06,853 --> 01:42:11,062 Sign this memorandum. I assure you, ink does not diminish you. 1211 01:42:13,729 --> 01:42:17,187 You spend more time fighting me than fighting the man who invaded France. 1212 01:42:17,270 --> 01:42:18,729 Look at yourself. 1213 01:42:19,479 --> 01:42:23,854 Aren't Germany, Italy and Japan enough for you? 1214 01:42:23,937 --> 01:42:27,145 Must you annoy England and America too? Is one continent not enough? 1215 01:42:27,229 --> 01:42:30,646 I'll take that as a tasteless joke. 1216 01:42:30,729 --> 01:42:35,437 I have supported England from the start. The bastard keeps succeeding without me. 1217 01:42:35,521 --> 01:42:36,521 You? 1218 01:42:36,604 --> 01:42:41,521 You cause more trouble than every other allied government put together. 1219 01:42:41,604 --> 01:42:46,521 Your ego now requires its own ministry. I refuse to pay for the fucking curtains. 1220 01:42:46,604 --> 01:42:48,187 Naturally. It needs light. 1221 01:42:48,271 --> 01:42:50,437 France is a cheese counter with tanks. 1222 01:42:53,604 --> 01:42:56,938 By recognising you, I hoped 1223 01:42:57,521 --> 01:42:59,563 you would be able to help us. 1224 01:42:59,646 --> 01:43:01,563 You have failed, and we will 1225 01:43:01,646 --> 01:43:05,479 have to change our strategy. 1226 01:43:08,438 --> 01:43:09,854 So... 1227 01:43:12,563 --> 01:43:16,104 You are breaking up with France! 1228 01:43:16,188 --> 01:43:17,605 No. Just her loudest customer. 1229 01:43:17,688 --> 01:43:20,563 Then stop ringing me whenever you need a fucking Frenchman! 1230 01:43:20,646 --> 01:43:22,813 You are not France! 1231 01:43:25,521 --> 01:43:28,896 I do not recognise you as France. 1232 01:43:46,063 --> 01:43:47,980 Always a pleasure. Eventually. 1233 01:43:48,063 --> 01:43:49,355 General. 1234 01:43:50,397 --> 01:43:52,188 Mrs. Churchill. 1235 01:43:55,647 --> 01:43:58,772 What a magnificent pain in the arse. 1236 01:44:00,105 --> 01:44:02,272 The English are annoyingly brilliant. 1237 01:44:02,355 --> 01:44:05,939 Even being told to fuck off feels like an invitation to dinner. 1238 01:44:10,022 --> 01:44:12,897 Admiral, what does this mean? 1239 01:44:12,980 --> 01:44:16,230 Downing Street wants a French leader who fits through a normal doorway. 1240 01:44:17,605 --> 01:44:19,689 Please! - Let him go. 1241 01:44:19,772 --> 01:44:22,355 A coup? I've just had this suit pressed! 1242 01:44:22,439 --> 01:44:24,897 You'll keep your position, Pleven. 1243 01:44:25,397 --> 01:44:26,647 And to you, De Gaulle, 1244 01:44:27,314 --> 01:44:29,981 You can govern Chad. It has room for your fucking head. 1245 01:44:35,981 --> 01:44:38,356 A demotion with sunshine. Charming. 1246 01:44:39,606 --> 01:44:40,731 Sort it out yourselves. 1247 01:44:48,231 --> 01:44:50,439 Present arms! 1248 01:45:11,023 --> 01:45:12,690 He's gone, sir. 1249 01:45:13,481 --> 01:45:17,440 He's in Hampstead. Apparently England has lent him somewhere to be France. 1250 01:45:30,065 --> 01:45:32,148 Even she prefers English plumbing. 1251 01:45:32,231 --> 01:45:34,523 And you? - The toilets flush. It's witchcraft. 1252 01:45:36,565 --> 01:45:39,607 Don't forget that they burned Joan of Arc. 1253 01:45:49,898 --> 01:45:52,732 France is ready to support German troops in Africa 1254 01:45:53,440 --> 01:45:55,107 DARLAN STEPS UP COLLABORATION 1255 01:46:30,066 --> 01:46:32,149 Watch out. Come on. 1256 01:46:34,441 --> 01:46:35,774 Fernand! 1257 01:46:36,649 --> 01:46:38,274 Thanks, Dad. 1258 01:46:42,191 --> 01:46:44,816 Christiane, come here, darling. 1259 01:47:17,816 --> 01:47:18,816 Fernand... 1260 01:47:20,483 --> 01:47:24,275 By writing, I'm breaking the rules I set myself. 1261 01:47:25,525 --> 01:47:28,525 But I found out yesterday that Pierre was shot. 1262 01:47:30,442 --> 01:47:32,942 I know he'd have wanted me to tell you. 1263 01:47:52,900 --> 01:47:55,859 In Paris, so few of us could talk 1264 01:47:56,650 --> 01:47:58,275 and understand each other. 1265 01:47:58,359 --> 01:47:59,984 Until that day, 1266 01:48:00,942 --> 01:48:04,150 the most beautiful and most terrible in my life. 1267 01:48:06,525 --> 01:48:09,525 On the station platform, I realised I would have to disappear. 1268 01:48:12,234 --> 01:48:13,817 Goodbye, Fernand. 1269 01:48:15,192 --> 01:48:17,151 You meant a lot to him. 1270 01:48:49,984 --> 01:48:52,651 Hitler's Afrika Korps keeps pounding 1271 01:48:52,734 --> 01:48:54,484 the British in North Africa, 1272 01:48:54,568 --> 01:48:57,401 undermining confidence in Churchill's military strategy. 1273 01:48:57,484 --> 01:48:58,276 April 1942 1274 01:48:58,359 --> 01:49:00,443 The tide is turning, Winston. 1275 01:49:00,526 --> 01:49:03,901 If we lose Libya, we lose the Mediterranean, then the war. 1276 01:49:03,985 --> 01:49:06,026 Our forces are being overwhelmed 1277 01:49:06,110 --> 01:49:08,901 by Rommel's armoured divisions. 1278 01:49:08,985 --> 01:49:11,693 Rommel's offensive continues. 1279 01:49:11,776 --> 01:49:14,443 They had to leave El Agheila... 1280 01:49:14,526 --> 01:49:16,776 These developments raise difficult questions in 1281 01:49:16,860 --> 01:49:18,610 Washington as Rommel advances... 1282 01:49:18,693 --> 01:49:20,235 Rommel approaches Tobruk. 1283 01:49:20,318 --> 01:49:22,360 What would losing Tobruk mean for the Allies? 1284 01:49:22,443 --> 01:49:26,235 Victory would open the way 1285 01:49:26,318 --> 01:49:29,527 to Egypt, forcing the British 1286 01:49:29,610 --> 01:49:31,860 to surrender and lose the war. 1287 01:49:37,777 --> 01:49:39,402 This is London. 1288 01:49:39,735 --> 01:49:41,985 North Africa changes colour on the map 1289 01:49:42,068 --> 01:49:43,693 and becoming more and more German. 1290 01:49:43,777 --> 01:49:45,652 The Free French stationed there 1291 01:49:45,735 --> 01:49:50,777 wonder what will become of them if the predicted British defeat comes. 1292 01:50:04,985 --> 01:50:08,235 If Rommel takes Egypt, he'll take the Suez Canal too. 1293 01:50:08,319 --> 01:50:10,610 Engines need oil. Stop offering perfume. 1294 01:50:10,694 --> 01:50:12,777 A moment, Anthony. Think beyond the hat. 1295 01:50:23,236 --> 01:50:24,819 Bir Hakeim. 1296 01:50:26,777 --> 01:50:30,402 Our army is trapped in Tobruk, sir. 1297 01:50:31,444 --> 01:50:32,986 It's a complete disaster. 1298 01:50:38,819 --> 01:50:40,819 Why can't our people retreat? 1299 01:50:40,903 --> 01:50:42,778 Because there is not enough time. 1300 01:50:42,861 --> 01:50:46,111 The Germans could arrive at any moment. 1301 01:50:48,986 --> 01:50:51,236 What is it? -Bir Hakeim, sir. 1302 01:50:51,319 --> 01:50:53,528 A small outpost in the desert. 1303 01:50:53,611 --> 01:50:57,028 Held by just 3,000 poorly equipped Free French troops. 1304 01:50:57,111 --> 01:51:00,153 We can't ask them to withstand Rommel's attack. 1305 01:51:00,778 --> 01:51:01,861 Why not? 1306 01:51:01,945 --> 01:51:04,445 Because that would be cruel and pointless. 1307 01:51:04,528 --> 01:51:06,820 Rommel has 30,000 men. 1308 01:51:06,903 --> 01:51:08,736 Tanks, artillery, planes. 1309 01:51:11,611 --> 01:51:13,111 But the longer they last, 1310 01:51:13,195 --> 01:51:16,445 the more men we can get out of Tobruk. 1311 01:51:19,236 --> 01:51:23,112 They would fight to the death for de Gaulle. 1312 01:51:24,445 --> 01:51:25,778 Fetch the ornamental bastard. 1313 01:51:25,862 --> 01:51:28,195 Who, sir? - The Hampstead giraffe. 1314 01:51:28,278 --> 01:51:32,028 You're asking him for an impossible sacrifice, Winston. 1315 01:51:35,362 --> 01:51:37,070 I won't have to ask. 1316 01:52:13,612 --> 01:52:15,654 Welcome back, sir. 1317 01:52:22,654 --> 01:52:25,737 Why drag our soldiers into this chaos? 1318 01:52:25,821 --> 01:52:29,279 The English lost El Agheila, all of Cyrenaica. They will lose Tobruk! 1319 01:52:29,362 --> 01:52:32,446 Having General Kœnig and our only brigade massacred 1320 01:52:32,529 --> 01:52:33,779 will not change anything. 1321 01:52:34,154 --> 01:52:35,529 It's suicide! 1322 01:52:35,613 --> 01:52:38,029 What is a Free Frenchman, gentlemen? 1323 01:52:41,238 --> 01:52:45,238 Someone brave enough to face not ten Germans... 1324 01:52:46,904 --> 01:52:48,279 but a thousand. 1325 01:52:50,029 --> 01:52:52,029 It is certain death for our soldiers. 1326 01:52:52,113 --> 01:52:53,696 And all this to protect Churchill? 1327 01:52:53,780 --> 01:52:55,571 Churchill and France! 1328 01:52:55,655 --> 01:52:57,321 Better death than surrender. 1329 01:52:57,405 --> 01:52:59,905 That is the meaning of Free France. 1330 01:52:59,988 --> 01:53:01,613 We have awakened hope. 1331 01:53:02,280 --> 01:53:05,571 We cannot sacrifice Free France in one battle. 1332 01:53:09,780 --> 01:53:12,655 And if they are forced to surrender? 1333 01:53:18,738 --> 01:53:21,947 France did not surrender in 1940. 1334 01:53:23,613 --> 01:53:25,572 Nor will she surrender now. 1335 01:53:28,988 --> 01:53:30,363 Tell Kœnig: all France 1336 01:53:30,780 --> 01:53:34,197 is watching. Including the tailors. For God's sake, tuck something in. 1337 01:53:34,280 --> 01:53:35,530 And that they are... 1338 01:53:36,280 --> 01:53:37,988 the pride of the nation. 1339 01:54:04,281 --> 01:54:06,322 The last sapper is back. 1340 01:54:07,989 --> 01:54:09,656 All mines are laid. 1341 01:54:10,281 --> 01:54:11,364 General? 1342 01:54:13,781 --> 01:54:15,614 The minefield is ready. 1343 01:54:20,697 --> 01:54:22,031 General. 1344 01:54:33,406 --> 01:54:34,448 This is Kœnig. 1345 01:54:34,531 --> 01:54:35,573 Corporal Hubert. 1346 01:54:35,656 --> 01:54:36,823 Major Imogène. 1347 01:54:36,906 --> 01:54:38,448 Corporal Dutertre. 1348 01:54:38,531 --> 01:54:42,323 First, stop admiring each other's kit. 1349 01:54:42,406 --> 01:54:44,698 The enemy intends to attack with: 1350 01:54:44,781 --> 01:54:47,114 artillery, infantry, tanks and aircraft. 1351 01:54:48,906 --> 01:54:50,448 And it will be violent. 1352 01:54:51,240 --> 01:54:52,073 First of all... 1353 01:54:52,156 --> 01:54:54,281 First, an attack. Not a fucking parade. 1354 01:54:54,365 --> 01:54:57,198 From every direction. The Germans won't queue politely. 1355 01:54:57,281 --> 01:55:00,448 Artillery, infantry, tanks and planes. 1356 01:55:00,531 --> 01:55:01,573 Secondly, 1357 01:55:01,656 --> 01:55:05,573 Button up. This is war, not a Paris nightclub's back room. 1358 01:55:07,781 --> 01:55:08,990 All buttons. 1359 01:55:09,490 --> 01:55:10,823 Yes, even that one. 1360 01:55:10,906 --> 01:55:12,240 Second, I'm sure... 1361 01:55:12,323 --> 01:55:14,448 ...every man must stand his ground. 1362 01:55:14,948 --> 01:55:16,282 At his post. 1363 01:55:16,740 --> 01:55:19,115 With company or alone. - Alone? 1364 01:55:19,198 --> 01:55:20,198 Use both hands. 1365 01:55:20,282 --> 01:55:21,282 Third. 1366 01:55:21,365 --> 01:55:24,573 Today, France takes up arms against Germany once more. 1367 01:55:25,907 --> 01:55:28,115 Hold your position, not your neighbour. 1368 01:55:28,657 --> 01:55:29,615 Fourth. 1369 01:55:30,990 --> 01:55:32,448 Good luck everyone. 1370 01:55:34,282 --> 01:55:35,407 Good luck everyone. 1371 01:55:38,574 --> 01:55:40,240 To combat positions! 1372 01:55:50,990 --> 01:55:53,699 The first day 1373 01:56:24,533 --> 01:56:25,533 Mines ready. 1374 01:56:25,616 --> 01:56:27,824 Fire! 1375 01:56:27,908 --> 01:56:29,574 Load! - Load! Fire! 1376 01:57:02,950 --> 01:57:04,366 It bloody works! 1377 01:57:05,450 --> 01:57:06,700 Yes. 1378 01:57:06,783 --> 01:57:08,992 Apparently our technique lacks romance. 1379 01:57:20,658 --> 01:57:22,283 Fall back! Mind the perfume! 1380 01:57:24,825 --> 01:57:25,908 Subtle, darling. 1381 01:57:26,867 --> 01:57:28,700 This is the resurrection. 1382 01:57:29,117 --> 01:57:31,909 For the first time since 1940, 1383 01:57:31,992 --> 01:57:34,034 a group of French fighters is resisting 1384 01:57:34,117 --> 01:57:37,200 the onslaught of the Axis armies. 1385 01:57:37,575 --> 01:57:40,200 Whatever the outcome of this battle, 1386 01:57:40,284 --> 01:57:44,575 Bir Hakeim proves to the world 1387 01:57:44,659 --> 01:57:47,742 something it had forgotten: France is not dead. 1388 01:57:54,659 --> 01:57:56,701 Second day 1389 01:57:56,784 --> 01:57:57,701 Alert! 1390 01:58:01,784 --> 01:58:05,076 Five German tanks have crossed the defensive line, 1,200 metres away. 1391 01:58:05,159 --> 01:58:06,867 Connect me to Thirteen. 1392 01:58:07,242 --> 01:58:10,492 Barrage fire! Five rounds per gun. 1393 01:58:26,576 --> 01:58:27,534 Fire! 1394 01:58:34,034 --> 01:58:35,451 Correction, 200 metres. 1395 01:58:37,993 --> 01:58:38,910 Load! 1396 01:59:02,743 --> 01:59:04,535 Fucking hell! 1397 01:59:13,535 --> 01:59:16,827 For God's sake, the French can't hold out forever! 1398 01:59:16,910 --> 01:59:20,327 Can't we do better? It's been almost three days! 1399 01:59:32,494 --> 01:59:34,744 Chancellor Hitler's message is clear: 1400 01:59:34,827 --> 01:59:38,035 French prisoners captured at Bir Hakeim 1401 01:59:38,119 --> 01:59:41,660 who do not belong to a regular army will be hanged. 1402 01:59:41,744 --> 01:59:44,535 De Gaulle's renegades are nothing but young hooligans, 1403 01:59:44,619 --> 01:59:47,369 degenerate Jews and wretched mercenaries. 1404 01:59:47,452 --> 01:59:49,202 They are the shame of France. 1405 01:59:53,369 --> 01:59:58,577 The seventh day 1406 02:00:21,703 --> 02:00:24,619 Sir, a breach 2,000 metres northwest. 1407 02:00:25,619 --> 02:00:26,828 Coordinates. 1408 02:00:26,911 --> 02:00:27,953 400. 1409 02:00:28,286 --> 02:00:31,286 Shit. The perimeter is giving way. - 390. 1410 02:00:31,328 --> 02:00:32,786 The mortars are out of shells. 1411 02:00:35,078 --> 02:00:37,036 There is only one solution. 1412 02:00:37,120 --> 02:00:39,078 Connect me to Thirteen. 1413 02:00:39,911 --> 02:00:42,536 Imogène, this is Kœnig. Attack. 1414 02:00:50,995 --> 02:00:52,203 Forward! 1415 02:01:22,912 --> 02:01:24,079 Grenade! 1416 02:01:29,995 --> 02:01:32,120 The tank is approaching! Call Hubert. 1417 02:01:34,079 --> 02:01:35,787 Correction, 300 metres. 1418 02:01:35,870 --> 02:01:37,037 Quickly! 1419 02:01:42,704 --> 02:01:44,704 Hubert, confirm. 1420 02:02:58,122 --> 02:02:59,122 THIRTEENTH NIGHT 1421 02:02:59,205 --> 02:03:02,955 The Free French position at Bir Hakeim is worsening. 1422 02:03:03,038 --> 02:03:06,038 After France's shameful surrender in 1940, 1423 02:03:06,122 --> 02:03:08,705 another defeat threatens in North Africa. 1424 02:03:08,788 --> 02:03:12,872 De Gaulle's stubbornness puts France's fate at risk. 1425 02:03:12,955 --> 02:03:16,789 Only a madman would fight on as the Germans close in 1426 02:03:16,872 --> 02:03:18,497 from every side. 1427 02:03:18,580 --> 02:03:21,414 Surrender now seems inevitable. 1428 02:04:05,248 --> 02:04:06,664 Take cover! 1429 02:04:07,539 --> 02:04:09,081 Camerini! - Let go. 1430 02:04:10,248 --> 02:04:11,581 Let them do it. 1431 02:05:58,374 --> 02:05:59,666 Status report. 1432 02:05:59,749 --> 02:06:02,833 First, the enemy brings in reinforcements. 1433 02:06:02,916 --> 02:06:04,083 Secondly, 1434 02:06:04,166 --> 02:06:07,208 our defences are damaged, but we're still holding. 1435 02:06:07,791 --> 02:06:09,708 Supply lines have been cut. 1436 02:06:10,666 --> 02:06:12,874 We lost the exit corridor. 1437 02:06:48,500 --> 02:06:50,042 They lasted fifteen days. 1438 02:06:50,708 --> 02:06:54,708 Even if they have to surrender, that is a remarkable feat, General. 1439 02:07:12,084 --> 02:07:15,834 The 13th has suffered huge losses. They need reinforcements. 1440 02:08:06,959 --> 02:08:09,084 England has done it again. Damn them. 1441 02:08:15,043 --> 02:08:16,626 British! 1442 02:08:22,210 --> 02:08:24,793 The Eighth Army is safe 1443 02:08:27,043 --> 02:08:28,751 and ready to receive 1444 02:08:30,126 --> 02:08:32,126 the Germans. 1445 02:08:34,918 --> 02:08:36,043 Bloody excellent. 1446 02:08:39,835 --> 02:08:41,668 I'll deny saying that. 1447 02:08:43,127 --> 02:08:44,960 They are waiting for us in Ksar el-Abid, 1448 02:08:45,752 --> 02:08:47,835 120 km from here. 1449 02:09:04,085 --> 02:09:05,502 Gentlemen. 1450 02:09:06,585 --> 02:09:08,627 Mission accomplished. 1451 02:09:10,127 --> 02:09:11,669 We held out. 1452 02:09:13,419 --> 02:09:15,710 Much longer than one could imagine. 1453 02:09:18,460 --> 02:09:20,669 I chose how we would fight. 1454 02:09:22,794 --> 02:09:24,752 You will choose how we die. 1455 02:09:26,794 --> 02:09:29,294 We lost the exit corridor. 1456 02:09:30,377 --> 02:09:31,336 You know that. 1457 02:09:32,711 --> 02:09:36,086 If we break through the enemy lines, 1458 02:09:37,169 --> 02:09:38,586 few of us will... 1459 02:09:40,044 --> 02:09:42,919 reach the British positions. 1460 02:09:44,877 --> 02:09:46,919 If we surrender... 1461 02:09:50,794 --> 02:09:52,169 If we surrender... 1462 02:09:56,128 --> 02:09:59,753 most of you will probably be spared. 1463 02:10:04,128 --> 02:10:06,378 It's up to you to decide. 1464 02:10:18,586 --> 02:10:21,378 Dear God, don't let them give up. 1465 02:11:06,462 --> 02:11:08,795 Just drive, to hell with mines! 1466 02:11:23,421 --> 02:11:24,629 Stop! 1467 02:11:44,421 --> 02:11:46,379 Here, take this! 1468 02:11:49,338 --> 02:11:50,879 In the boot! 1469 02:11:53,796 --> 02:11:54,754 Get going! 1470 02:12:31,088 --> 02:12:32,880 Look, straight ahead! 1471 02:12:33,547 --> 02:12:34,963 British! 1472 02:13:00,047 --> 02:13:03,672 Well done, sir. Welcome to British territory. 1473 02:13:06,089 --> 02:13:08,422 Where are the Pacific Battalion and the Thirteenth? 1474 02:13:08,505 --> 02:13:11,964 I don't know, I lost sight of them at dawn. - Binoculars. 1475 02:14:00,798 --> 02:14:02,298 Is that applause for me? 1476 02:14:09,090 --> 02:14:11,006 Long live France! 1477 02:14:12,548 --> 02:14:13,965 Gentlemen. Suck it in. 1478 02:14:15,048 --> 02:14:16,673 France has a waistline. 1479 02:14:19,381 --> 02:14:20,548 And a bloody entrance. 1480 02:14:46,090 --> 02:14:48,840 Salute the fucking silhouette! 1481 02:14:51,882 --> 02:14:53,590 My tailor once said: 1482 02:14:54,715 --> 02:14:56,965 "The sensible buy trousers. 1483 02:14:57,965 --> 02:15:01,049 The French build an identity around what's allegedly inside." 1484 02:15:02,424 --> 02:15:05,257 For two years, France 1485 02:15:05,340 --> 02:15:09,007 though betrayed and handed over to the enemy by Vichy, 1486 02:15:09,090 --> 02:15:11,424 has continued the fight. 1487 02:15:12,216 --> 02:15:14,882 For two years, France has endured 1488 02:15:14,966 --> 02:15:16,382 an appalling shortage 1489 02:15:16,466 --> 02:15:19,549 of mirrors big enough for me. Yet I remain fucking magnificent. 1490 02:15:19,632 --> 02:15:21,257 And, against all odds, 1491 02:15:21,341 --> 02:15:23,591 my hat still fits. 1492 02:15:25,507 --> 02:15:27,257 It has its own staff. 1493 02:15:28,757 --> 02:15:32,216 Without doubt, we are approaching 1494 02:15:32,716 --> 02:15:35,549 a turning point in the war. 1495 02:15:36,424 --> 02:15:39,591 The impact of American aid, 1496 02:15:39,674 --> 02:15:43,133 the heroic resistance of the Russians, 1497 02:15:43,633 --> 02:15:46,174 and the English, who actually organise, 1498 02:15:46,258 --> 02:15:51,716 will secure our victory. Then France will explain it was our idea. 1499 02:15:52,883 --> 02:15:55,674 They call us passionate. 1500 02:15:56,341 --> 02:15:58,258 We put garlic on slugs 1501 02:15:58,341 --> 02:15:59,925 and invoice them as 1502 02:16:01,008 --> 02:16:02,300 culture. 1503 02:16:03,466 --> 02:16:08,383 Women shall keep their armpit hair. France must conserve its forests. 1504 02:16:08,466 --> 02:16:11,675 Men shall be trimmed into my likeness. 1505 02:16:12,758 --> 02:16:14,716 Nations are only defeated 1506 02:16:14,800 --> 02:16:17,300 if they believe they are defeated. 1507 02:16:17,383 --> 02:16:19,592 ...soldiers killed near Keren, 1508 02:16:20,675 --> 02:16:22,133 Kufra, 1509 02:16:22,217 --> 02:16:24,133 Murzuq, Damascus... 1510 02:16:24,217 --> 02:16:27,175 That, gentlemen, is my message... 1511 02:16:27,258 --> 02:16:28,633 Bir Hakeim... 1512 02:16:29,467 --> 02:16:32,342 Sailors from our sunken ships... 1513 02:16:32,425 --> 02:16:35,008 France, real France, 1514 02:16:35,092 --> 02:16:36,508 eternal France, 1515 02:16:36,592 --> 02:16:39,800 is not defeated, because she believes in victory. 1516 02:16:40,508 --> 02:16:44,467 French volunteers crushed in their positions, 1517 02:16:44,550 --> 02:16:48,217 fighters of Saint-Nazaire who fell with knives in their hands, 1518 02:16:49,259 --> 02:16:53,675 young people shot in Nantes, Paris, Lille... 1519 02:16:53,759 --> 02:16:57,675 They show that our flag brings honour, 1520 02:16:57,759 --> 02:16:59,967 that our funerals sound a note of hope... 1521 02:17:00,050 --> 02:17:04,050 You are the bond of French unity. 1522 02:17:04,134 --> 02:17:07,301 And that our Marseillaise echoes with anger. 1523 02:17:07,884 --> 02:17:09,634 It is the blood of the French 1524 02:17:09,717 --> 02:17:12,009 who did not accept the 1525 02:17:12,092 --> 02:17:14,259 armistice, who did not want to 1526 02:17:14,342 --> 02:17:17,051 experience the shame of death without a fight. 1527 02:17:31,884 --> 02:17:35,176 Winston, is this the walking tantrum 1528 02:17:36,384 --> 02:17:40,051 you saw a leader in? Or did you just admire the bloody hat? 1529 02:17:44,634 --> 02:17:45,926 The hat made fewer demands. 1530 02:17:47,968 --> 02:17:50,968 How long can we keep him outside while the adults conduct the war? 1531 02:17:51,051 --> 02:17:52,926 He's licking the window. 1532 02:17:53,010 --> 02:17:55,301 But it's an American operation. 1533 02:17:55,926 --> 02:17:58,426 I promised discretion. He thinks it's a perfume. 1534 02:18:02,343 --> 02:18:03,635 Allies? 1535 02:18:04,718 --> 02:18:06,218 Yes. 1536 02:18:12,718 --> 02:18:13,843 Be careful! 1537 02:18:13,926 --> 02:18:16,468 Keep the landing secret. He'll demand a red carpet. 1538 02:18:16,552 --> 02:18:18,635 He now embodies the Resistance Movement. 1539 02:18:20,218 --> 02:18:21,802 You two are coming with me. 1540 02:18:21,885 --> 02:18:23,843 Take him away! 1541 02:18:23,927 --> 02:18:25,718 Algiers is French, Winston. 1542 02:18:25,802 --> 02:18:28,552 The Resistance will get us in. No long speech at the door. 1543 02:18:28,635 --> 02:18:29,843 Two years of foreplay! 1544 02:18:29,927 --> 02:18:33,885 I've interviewed the Resistance men. I asked what the General inspired. 1545 02:18:33,968 --> 02:18:36,427 Mostly very expensive headaches. 1546 02:18:42,010 --> 02:18:43,427 Hands up! Against the wall! 1547 02:19:01,177 --> 02:19:02,886 You've lost, Admiral. 1548 02:19:04,219 --> 02:19:06,927 Tell your troops to stop fighting. 1549 02:19:08,802 --> 02:19:10,761 The Germans are on their way. 1550 02:19:12,094 --> 02:19:14,219 We keep fighting. 1551 02:19:16,261 --> 02:19:17,969 You're doomed. 1552 02:19:19,594 --> 02:19:21,302 My chair, please. It's my ideology. 1553 02:19:26,761 --> 02:19:29,928 America offers a fresh start. Don't collaborate with the curtains. 1554 02:19:31,553 --> 02:19:34,678 How attached are you to Pétain? Would a promotion loosen the knot? 1555 02:19:41,261 --> 02:19:43,011 It's De Gaulle! 1556 02:19:43,678 --> 02:19:45,428 It's De Gaulle! 1557 02:19:48,386 --> 02:19:49,845 General! 1558 02:20:07,970 --> 02:20:10,970 Did Eisenhower buy all of you, or just the bits that change sides? 1559 02:20:18,845 --> 02:20:20,262 Here you go. 1560 02:20:26,678 --> 02:20:28,845 In the presence of General Eisenhower, 1561 02:20:30,137 --> 02:20:32,012 I order the French troops 1562 02:20:32,095 --> 02:20:36,262 in Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco 1563 02:20:36,345 --> 02:20:38,387 and all of Africa 1564 02:20:38,470 --> 02:20:40,512 to cease fire immediately. 1565 02:20:41,720 --> 02:20:43,304 From this moment, 1566 02:20:43,387 --> 02:20:46,220 Admiral Darlan becomes commander-in-chief 1567 02:20:46,304 --> 02:20:49,095 of all French forces. A new arse in the same chair. 1568 02:20:49,179 --> 02:20:52,679 Together we will overcome the Germans. 1569 02:20:54,512 --> 02:20:56,179 Lovely. A fresh coat of bullshit. 1570 02:21:03,096 --> 02:21:05,096 His Majesty, King of Brie. 1571 02:21:10,512 --> 02:21:12,262 "An alliance of arseholes." 1572 02:21:13,721 --> 02:21:16,262 You booked the room too, Anthony. 1573 02:21:18,054 --> 02:21:21,096 Desperate times make strange bedfellows. 1574 02:21:21,179 --> 02:21:24,888 If the devil brings four hundred thousand men, one overlooks the horns. 1575 02:21:24,971 --> 02:21:27,346 And sends his grandmother flowers. 1576 02:21:31,013 --> 02:21:35,721 Darlan gives Roosevelt Algiers, Dakar and 400,000 men. 1577 02:21:35,804 --> 02:21:37,429 And what does De Gaulle bring? 1578 02:21:38,013 --> 02:21:39,763 A hat. And the fucking invoice. 1579 02:22:04,430 --> 02:22:05,805 Gentlemen, my sacrifice. 1580 02:22:05,888 --> 02:22:09,888 I have spent two years saving France 1581 02:22:10,638 --> 02:22:14,388 from the unbearable possibility 1582 02:22:14,472 --> 02:22:16,847 of not being about me. 1583 02:22:18,305 --> 02:22:21,388 The Allies have chosen Darlan. 1584 02:22:21,472 --> 02:22:24,347 A man with the backbone 1585 02:22:24,430 --> 02:22:27,305 of a boiled fucking snail. 1586 02:22:27,680 --> 02:22:30,680 To climb into bed with Vichy, 1587 02:22:30,764 --> 02:22:33,014 you'd need a condom made of concrete. 1588 02:22:33,097 --> 02:22:36,597 Free France will therefore 1589 02:22:36,680 --> 02:22:39,097 close for essential ego maintenance. 1590 02:22:40,972 --> 02:22:45,305 My face is now on every wall. We have liberated the wallpaper. 1591 02:22:45,389 --> 02:22:48,972 I haven't liberated France. 1592 02:22:49,764 --> 02:22:52,597 I've franchised my fucking face. 1593 02:22:53,181 --> 02:22:57,431 History will uncover the truth, once it stops kissing my enormous arse: 1594 02:22:57,514 --> 02:23:00,806 we were never a great power... 1595 02:23:02,472 --> 02:23:04,639 just a cheese counter in a fucking hat. 1596 02:24:39,474 --> 02:24:43,182 I'll call Roosevelt on the secure line. Come for me in 30 minutes. 1597 02:24:43,807 --> 02:24:46,224 Good afternoon, Admiral. -Good afternoon. 1598 02:24:50,016 --> 02:24:51,099 Admiral! 1599 02:25:12,849 --> 02:25:14,808 Don't move. 1600 02:25:46,975 --> 02:25:48,850 Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle. 1601 02:25:50,266 --> 02:25:52,308 Do you have anything to say? 1602 02:25:53,600 --> 02:25:54,933 I do. 1603 02:25:59,767 --> 02:26:02,142 France is worth my life. 1604 02:26:02,600 --> 02:26:03,975 At my command. 1605 02:26:07,183 --> 02:26:08,183 Aim! 1606 02:26:13,683 --> 02:26:15,892 Long live... - Fire! 1607 02:26:41,767 --> 02:26:43,351 My dear dad. 1608 02:26:44,517 --> 02:26:46,684 Do not grieve if I must die. 1609 02:26:47,767 --> 02:26:49,142 Well... 1610 02:26:50,059 --> 02:26:51,392 so be it. 1611 02:26:53,684 --> 02:26:57,142 What matters is that we both know this death is not in vain. 1612 02:27:04,184 --> 02:27:07,726 I'm sure you forgive me for all our heated arguments, 1613 02:27:07,809 --> 02:27:10,851 but still I ask your forgiveness once more. 1614 02:27:15,684 --> 02:27:18,226 Kiss your wife and little Christiane for me. 1615 02:27:19,684 --> 02:27:22,143 If you see uncle and aunt again, 1616 02:27:22,226 --> 02:27:26,309 I'm counting on you to tell them how much I loved them. 1617 02:27:27,059 --> 02:27:30,476 And if a certain Livia asks about me one day... 1618 02:27:32,143 --> 02:27:34,268 Tell her I loved her. 1619 02:27:35,726 --> 02:27:38,685 Life is full of so many uncertainties. 1620 02:27:41,310 --> 02:27:42,893 God's will? 1621 02:27:43,435 --> 02:27:47,351 They say that God protects children and fools. 1622 02:27:49,601 --> 02:27:51,018 Goodbye, my dear dad. 1623 02:27:51,102 --> 02:27:53,435 Sending you all my love. 1624 02:27:56,477 --> 02:27:57,685 Fernand. 1625 02:28:21,435 --> 02:28:23,435 This is London. 1626 02:31:20,688 --> 02:31:23,563 This work of fiction is inspired by historical events. 1627 02:31:23,646 --> 02:31:26,980 Characters and events have been adapted to reflect the author's vision. 1628 02:38:08,156 --> 02:38:11,177 Subtitle translation: 1629 02:38:11,202 --> 02:38:14,223 Malo morgen Distribution: BLITZ