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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:18,655 ''Camp Thiaroye'' 2 00:00:59,836 --> 00:01:02,268 Long live victory! 3 00:01:02,620 --> 00:01:03,644 Long live France! 4 00:01:03,804 --> 00:01:06,940 Long live De Gaulle! 5 00:01:07,419 --> 00:01:08,539 Captain Raymond, 6 00:01:08,731 --> 00:01:11,227 commanding the detachment of repatriated infantrymen. 7 00:01:11,579 --> 00:01:14,715 Major August of the Dakar base. 8 00:01:15,163 --> 00:01:16,987 Welcome, Captain. 9 00:01:17,275 --> 00:01:18,938 Captain Raymond. 10 00:01:19,194 --> 00:01:21,210 Captain Labrousse, 11 00:01:21,499 --> 00:01:23,419 Commander of the transit camp of Thiaroye. 12 00:01:23,706 --> 00:01:25,562 Welcome, Captain. 13 00:01:25,850 --> 00:01:29,146 - Have a nice trip? - Yes, very nice. 14 00:01:29,626 --> 00:01:31,834 Your infantrymen look great! 15 00:01:35,802 --> 00:01:37,945 They're not regulation uniforms. 16 00:01:38,265 --> 00:01:40,121 The Americans helped us out. 17 00:01:40,409 --> 00:01:43,192 Otherwise, we would have been in rags. 18 00:01:43,609 --> 00:01:45,528 We'll see to that. 19 00:01:48,056 --> 00:01:52,824 The quartermaster will give you a sun helmet. 20 00:02:21,941 --> 00:02:23,957 Adjangor! Adjangor! 21 00:02:26,133 --> 00:02:27,444 God! God! 22 00:02:27,669 --> 00:02:30,645 Our gods have protected you! 23 00:02:31,092 --> 00:02:32,725 My nephew is a leader. 24 00:02:32,981 --> 00:02:34,644 Hello. 25 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:39,124 Do you remember your cousin, Bintum? 26 00:02:39,732 --> 00:02:42,388 She has grown up since you left. 27 00:02:42,772 --> 00:02:44,916 She goes to school. 28 00:02:52,498 --> 00:02:56,818 Meet my uncle, my aunt, and their daughter. 29 00:02:57,458 --> 00:02:58,770 How do you say hello? 30 00:02:58,994 --> 00:02:59,826 Kasoumay. 31 00:03:00,370 --> 00:03:02,418 Kasoumay. 32 00:03:09,297 --> 00:03:11,441 Very well. I'll leave you alone. 33 00:03:13,841 --> 00:03:15,729 How's Effok, our village? 34 00:03:20,433 --> 00:03:22,928 I'll talk to you later. 35 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,488 All right. 36 00:06:03,779 --> 00:06:05,026 My respects, Major. 37 00:06:07,970 --> 00:06:09,634 Morning, Lieutenant. 38 00:06:12,770 --> 00:06:15,650 You're going to accommodate them in these huts? 39 00:06:16,065 --> 00:06:18,593 It's better than in their villages. 40 00:06:18,977 --> 00:06:22,145 They're only here a few days. They're going home soon. 41 00:06:22,625 --> 00:06:25,089 l hope they won't be kept here for long. 42 00:06:25,441 --> 00:06:27,040 We owe them a lot, you know. 43 00:06:27,296 --> 00:06:29,536 In any case, it's a transit camp. 44 00:06:29,888 --> 00:06:33,152 l promise they will soon be on their way home. 45 00:06:33,632 --> 00:06:35,871 Right. 46 00:06:36,192 --> 00:06:39,359 Lieutenant Pierre here are the forces!. 47 00:06:39,808 --> 00:06:41,695 You will see with Sergeant Diatta 48 00:06:41,983 --> 00:06:45,055 for the allocation of the huts. 49 00:06:45,503 --> 00:06:48,766 We expect them anytime now. 50 00:07:48,121 --> 00:07:50,586 Look how elegant they are. 51 00:07:50,938 --> 00:07:54,457 Detachment of repatriated infantrymen in full force! 52 00:07:54,969 --> 00:07:58,009 Sergeant Major Diatta at your call, Captain. 53 00:08:15,223 --> 00:08:17,527 Detachment of repatriated infantrymen in full force. 54 00:08:17,879 --> 00:08:19,735 At your orders, Major. 55 00:08:27,254 --> 00:08:30,166 The staff have asked that you say a few words to the men. 56 00:08:37,301 --> 00:08:40,662 Brave infantrymen, 57 00:08:41,141 --> 00:08:44,501 you do honor to the troops. 58 00:08:45,012 --> 00:08:46,901 We are proud of you. 59 00:08:48,052 --> 00:08:51,380 The general, commander of the Dakar base 60 00:08:51,860 --> 00:08:55,700 sends you his greetings and his encouragements. 61 00:08:56,244 --> 00:09:02,963 You have been true to the reputation of your fathers in '14-'18. 62 00:09:03,923 --> 00:09:06,035 Thanks to your courage, 63 00:09:06,355 --> 00:09:09,203 your dedication to the fatherland 64 00:09:09,618 --> 00:09:11,442 our dear France 65 00:09:11,731 --> 00:09:15,058 betrayed, battered, steeped in blood, 66 00:09:15,570 --> 00:09:16,786 rises from its ashes! 67 00:09:16,978 --> 00:09:19,506 And thanks to the sacrifices 68 00:09:19,890 --> 00:09:23,186 made by her sons and daughters, 69 00:09:23,665 --> 00:09:26,034 France is standing tall. 70 00:09:27,441 --> 00:09:33,680 We are glad that you are safely back on African soil. 71 00:09:34,576 --> 00:09:37,137 You will soon return to your villages. 72 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:41,936 You are here in a transit camp for a short time. 73 00:09:42,576 --> 00:09:46,447 Lieutenant Pierre will be the head of the camp 74 00:09:46,992 --> 00:09:48,879 until your departure. 75 00:09:49,168 --> 00:09:54,127 Sergeant, you will see with Lt. Pierre for your quarters. 76 00:09:59,854 --> 00:10:01,998 Lieutenant, they are all yours. 77 00:10:07,150 --> 00:10:09,678 - I'll come see you soon. - Thank you, Captain. 78 00:10:16,013 --> 00:10:19,309 Let the men get ready for their installation. 79 00:10:19,789 --> 00:10:21,485 Yes, Lieutenant. 80 00:10:21,741 --> 00:10:23,180 Corporal Diarra. 81 00:10:23,404 --> 00:10:24,460 Yes, sir. 82 00:10:24,620 --> 00:10:27,692 Get the men ready for their installation. 83 00:10:28,140 --> 00:10:29,516 Yes, sir. 84 00:10:29,740 --> 00:10:32,587 - At your orders, Lieutenant. - Good. Follow me. 85 00:10:35,211 --> 00:10:37,739 Tell me, l understand you are educated. 86 00:10:38,123 --> 00:10:40,747 Yes, sir. I'll carry on after the war. 87 00:10:41,131 --> 00:10:42,890 On my command. 88 00:10:43,146 --> 00:10:44,523 Attention! 89 00:10:44,747 --> 00:10:46,986 At ease! 90 00:10:47,306 --> 00:10:49,258 Column number one take your baggage. 91 00:10:49,547 --> 00:10:52,170 Column number two, get going! 92 00:10:52,554 --> 00:10:55,465 No messing around. 93 00:10:57,353 --> 00:10:59,146 Everyone in order. 94 00:12:20,610 --> 00:12:23,171 Here is your baggage. 95 00:12:23,554 --> 00:12:26,434 Get them inside. 96 00:12:26,850 --> 00:12:28,866 How come you have two kits? 97 00:12:29,186 --> 00:12:31,490 That kit is for Pays. 98 00:13:12,158 --> 00:13:13,662 Pays. 99 00:13:17,438 --> 00:13:21,341 Here we are on African soil. 100 00:13:23,133 --> 00:13:27,389 Here you are no longer a prisoner 101 00:13:27,997 --> 00:13:29,853 in Buchenwald. 102 00:13:30,140 --> 00:13:32,316 It's over. 103 00:13:32,637 --> 00:13:34,812 Look at Pays! 104 00:13:35,164 --> 00:13:36,796 The war has destroyed him. 105 00:13:37,052 --> 00:13:39,484 He is a bit cracked! 106 00:13:39,835 --> 00:13:42,588 This is the warm land of Africa. 107 00:13:43,004 --> 00:13:48,219 You and l will soon go home to the village. 108 00:14:54,773 --> 00:14:57,877 He stayed too long in concentration camps. 109 00:14:58,357 --> 00:15:01,301 Let's get out of here. He'll declare war on us soon. 110 00:15:01,749 --> 00:15:04,308 He is completely crazy. 111 00:15:34,930 --> 00:15:38,642 Congo, you teach me how to ride, and l give you cola nuts. 112 00:15:39,186 --> 00:15:40,945 All right. 113 00:15:41,233 --> 00:15:43,313 - l give you cola nuts. - How many? 114 00:15:43,633 --> 00:15:44,753 Two. 115 00:15:44,945 --> 00:15:47,633 One today, one tomorrow. 116 00:15:48,049 --> 00:15:50,544 - You teach me well. - Me? 117 00:15:50,896 --> 00:15:53,584 Congo? Me? l began riding in Germany. 118 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,488 - Now you teach me here. - Okay, l mount. 119 00:16:05,072 --> 00:16:06,799 Look straight ahead. 120 00:16:25,326 --> 00:16:27,502 Sergeant. 121 00:16:27,854 --> 00:16:30,509 Morning, Sergeant. 122 00:16:30,894 --> 00:16:32,781 Here is some coffee. 123 00:16:44,428 --> 00:16:47,436 This sugar is mine. 124 00:16:47,883 --> 00:16:49,996 Got it on the black market. 125 00:16:55,403 --> 00:16:56,970 That'll do. 126 00:17:01,738 --> 00:17:03,658 You don't stir? 127 00:17:03,946 --> 00:17:05,707 Certainly, Sergeant. 128 00:17:10,602 --> 00:17:13,770 We are cooking a great meal for great fighters. 129 00:17:15,402 --> 00:17:17,417 Thank you, Sergeant. 130 00:17:20,905 --> 00:17:24,104 We only have French francs. 131 00:17:24,585 --> 00:17:28,104 No problem. You give your French francs. 132 00:17:28,616 --> 00:17:31,208 You know the Senegalese black market. 133 00:17:31,592 --> 00:17:34,055 l know the big market and the black market. 134 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,999 - Okay. Let's go. - We're coming too. 135 00:17:51,622 --> 00:17:54,758 Welcome. 136 00:17:56,774 --> 00:18:00,006 Come here! There! 137 00:18:00,485 --> 00:18:02,598 Everything is fine. 138 00:18:09,509 --> 00:18:11,204 Want me to play music? 139 00:18:12,964 --> 00:18:14,884 We've brought you some food. 140 00:18:15,173 --> 00:18:18,404 - Thank you. - Some palm wine! 141 00:18:18,884 --> 00:18:20,804 Give him the bottle. 142 00:18:26,563 --> 00:18:28,675 Fortunately, you've come back alive. 143 00:18:28,995 --> 00:18:31,779 You'll go back to the village and plough your rice fields. 144 00:18:32,195 --> 00:18:35,042 What killed my parents? 145 00:18:35,458 --> 00:18:38,082 The soldiers did. 146 00:18:38,498 --> 00:18:40,194 They leveled the village with cannons and guns. 147 00:18:45,345 --> 00:18:47,202 They killed my parents? 148 00:18:47,489 --> 00:18:49,697 Yes, the soldiers killed your parents. 149 00:18:52,609 --> 00:18:53,697 When was that? 150 00:18:53,889 --> 00:18:57,217 This child was born two rainy seasons ago. 151 00:18:57,728 --> 00:18:59,777 But it happened when? 152 00:19:00,064 --> 00:19:02,272 This child was born when it happened. 153 00:19:06,208 --> 00:19:09,696 1941...'42...'43... 154 00:19:10,207 --> 00:19:11,935 That was nearly three years ago. 155 00:19:12,223 --> 00:19:14,623 That is correct. 156 00:19:14,975 --> 00:19:16,223 Whose photo is that? 157 00:19:20,287 --> 00:19:22,590 My wife and my daughter. 158 00:19:26,046 --> 00:19:28,574 What did you say? 159 00:19:28,926 --> 00:19:30,878 How dare you marry a woman who is one of those 160 00:19:31,166 --> 00:19:32,766 who destroyed your village? 161 00:19:33,022 --> 00:19:35,325 They killed your parents. 162 00:19:35,677 --> 00:19:39,997 And you bring this woman to the village? 163 00:19:40,637 --> 00:19:42,525 To Effok? 164 00:19:42,813 --> 00:19:45,821 You dare bring her to the village? 165 00:19:47,229 --> 00:19:49,149 Come on, answer me! 166 00:19:51,100 --> 00:19:54,268 Bintum, take your sister. 167 00:19:54,748 --> 00:19:57,499 Your uncle will see you. 168 00:20:21,946 --> 00:20:23,225 This food is disgusting. 169 00:20:23,417 --> 00:20:25,401 We're not pigs. 170 00:20:25,721 --> 00:20:27,481 Really! 171 00:20:30,809 --> 00:20:32,345 Chief! 172 00:20:36,793 --> 00:20:38,648 What is this? 173 00:20:38,936 --> 00:20:41,624 What kind of food is this? 174 00:20:42,007 --> 00:20:44,695 This is the food for an infantryman. 175 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:49,047 You know cartofune, rutabaga? 176 00:20:49,623 --> 00:20:51,703 That's the food in German POW camps. 177 00:20:52,023 --> 00:20:54,199 Even cartofune is better than that. 178 00:20:54,519 --> 00:20:56,759 l am just the cook. 179 00:20:57,111 --> 00:20:59,639 l can only cook what they give me. 180 00:21:00,022 --> 00:21:01,622 You'd think we are prisoners here. 181 00:21:01,878 --> 00:21:03,766 This isn't a German camp. 182 00:21:04,054 --> 00:21:06,710 If you don't like it, go and see the lieutenant. 183 00:21:11,413 --> 00:21:12,437 You'll know us! 184 00:21:12,597 --> 00:21:14,677 You'll know us son of a bitch! 185 00:21:16,597 --> 00:21:20,884 Shit! l have been chief for 13 years. 186 00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:25,557 It's got no taste. 187 00:21:29,108 --> 00:21:32,851 We're not going to eat this shit! 188 00:21:33,395 --> 00:21:36,083 l am a cook not an administrative! officer. 189 00:21:36,468 --> 00:21:38,291 l cook what they give me. 190 00:21:38,579 --> 00:21:42,611 If you don't like it, go and see the general. Cool it. 191 00:21:43,187 --> 00:21:45,426 Why no meat for us? 192 00:21:45,746 --> 00:21:48,562 Meat for whites is this much. 193 00:21:48,978 --> 00:21:51,858 Meat for mixed race this much. 194 00:21:52,274 --> 00:21:55,602 Meat for natives that much. 195 00:21:56,081 --> 00:21:57,778 As for the infantrymen, 196 00:21:58,065 --> 00:22:01,649 once a week, they can have a tiny bit of meat. 197 00:22:02,161 --> 00:22:03,409 You idiot! 198 00:22:03,601 --> 00:22:07,152 During the war, were there, bullets this size for whites 199 00:22:07,664 --> 00:22:09,553 this size for mixed race 200 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,048 this size for natives 201 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,992 and tiny, tiny bullets for fighters? 202 00:22:15,375 --> 00:22:18,192 You idiot! 203 00:22:18,608 --> 00:22:21,455 Call the lieutenant. 204 00:22:21,871 --> 00:22:23,152 You idiot! 205 00:22:28,239 --> 00:22:29,711 Corporal, what's going on? 206 00:22:29,934 --> 00:22:32,335 l don't know, Lieutenant. l gave them the usual. 207 00:22:32,687 --> 00:22:34,382 Get me Sergeant Major Diatta. 208 00:22:40,270 --> 00:22:42,126 Sergeant, what do they want? 209 00:22:42,413 --> 00:22:44,366 This food is rotten. 210 00:22:44,653 --> 00:22:46,509 We heard you. 211 00:22:46,798 --> 00:22:48,653 We're not going to eat this. 212 00:22:48,941 --> 00:22:51,949 A dog eats this, he dies. 213 00:22:52,397 --> 00:22:54,892 A pig would die. 214 00:22:55,277 --> 00:22:59,277 Sergeant, you eat this, you die instantly. 215 00:22:59,852 --> 00:23:04,268 A dog, a pig.. if they eat this, they die! 216 00:23:05,740 --> 00:23:08,747 Now, you listen to me. 217 00:23:09,195 --> 00:23:11,691 If you don't eat, l don't give a damn. 218 00:23:12,043 --> 00:23:15,435 It's the usual food for you. And you won't get anything else. 219 00:23:18,794 --> 00:23:20,106 Corporal Diarra. 220 00:23:20,330 --> 00:23:23,210 Come with me. You too, Pays. 221 00:23:26,250 --> 00:23:29,290 Come with me to the village. 222 00:23:29,738 --> 00:23:32,681 This is our land. We will get something to eat. 223 00:23:34,601 --> 00:23:38,505 Yes, they refuse to eat, they say it's not good for them. 224 00:23:39,081 --> 00:23:41,288 What shall l do? 225 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:45,736 All right, I'll just wait for you. 226 00:23:46,344 --> 00:23:48,168 Thank you, Captain. 227 00:23:50,919 --> 00:23:52,616 Just a moment. 228 00:23:56,807 --> 00:23:58,279 Here. 229 00:23:58,503 --> 00:24:00,039 I'm going to town. 230 00:24:00,295 --> 00:24:02,023 Okay. 231 00:24:02,311 --> 00:24:04,039 We'll stay at camp. 232 00:24:15,366 --> 00:24:17,574 This food is bad. 233 00:24:17,894 --> 00:24:19,814 That's true. 234 00:24:20,101 --> 00:24:22,405 We are upset. 235 00:24:44,164 --> 00:24:45,443 Attention! 236 00:24:55,202 --> 00:24:58,114 - What's going on? - They refuse to eat. 237 00:25:30,144 --> 00:25:31,679 Chief cook! 238 00:25:33,567 --> 00:25:34,783 Why won't they eat? 239 00:25:34,975 --> 00:25:38,463 Captain, it's the usual rice, potatoes, and beans. 240 00:25:38,975 --> 00:25:40,126 No meat? 241 00:25:40,318 --> 00:25:43,006 Captain, l received no meat. 242 00:25:43,390 --> 00:25:44,702 It's infantryman food. 243 00:25:47,262 --> 00:25:49,501 It is foul! You can't eat that! 244 00:25:51,389 --> 00:25:53,086 Can l? 245 00:25:55,293 --> 00:25:58,429 The infantrymen can have meat only once a week. 246 00:25:58,909 --> 00:26:01,309 At home, they only have rice and millet. 247 00:26:01,661 --> 00:26:03,677 That's no reason... 248 00:26:03,997 --> 00:26:06,269 Captain, these men deserve better treatment. 249 00:26:08,380 --> 00:26:10,267 Who's listening to that great music? 250 00:26:10,556 --> 00:26:13,915 Sergeant Major Diatta, a music lover. 251 00:26:14,427 --> 00:26:17,115 An infantryman who listens to great music. 252 00:26:17,499 --> 00:26:19,612 How about that! 253 00:26:29,466 --> 00:26:30,586 My respects, Captain. 254 00:26:30,778 --> 00:26:32,186 Well, Sergeant. 255 00:26:32,410 --> 00:26:35,322 Great music speaks to you. No longer the tom-tom? 256 00:26:38,394 --> 00:26:40,633 - Going out, Aloyse? - To town, sir. 257 00:26:40,953 --> 00:26:44,153 Would you mind giving him a lift, Captain Labrousse? 258 00:26:44,633 --> 00:26:46,265 No, of course not. 259 00:26:46,521 --> 00:26:48,537 By the way, could you lend me a book? 260 00:26:48,857 --> 00:26:50,105 Yes, l do. 261 00:26:50,296 --> 00:26:52,249 What would you like to read? Roger Vailland? 262 00:26:52,536 --> 00:26:55,480 Jules Romain? l know! 263 00:26:55,928 --> 00:26:57,528 Roger Martin du Gard. 264 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,528 l have The Silent Sea by Vercors. 265 00:27:01,944 --> 00:27:02,967 It is a very good book. 266 00:27:03,127 --> 00:27:04,407 Very patriotic. 267 00:27:08,983 --> 00:27:10,519 Here's your book. 268 00:27:10,743 --> 00:27:13,590 Can l lend it to Captain Labrousse after? 269 00:27:15,543 --> 00:27:18,102 Sure, if Captain Labrousse wants. 270 00:27:18,486 --> 00:27:20,310 Let's go. 271 00:27:27,893 --> 00:27:30,005 Look, they have meat. 272 00:28:08,146 --> 00:28:10,161 Come, we'll slaughter the sheep. 273 00:28:10,482 --> 00:28:13,842 No, I'm a Muslim. You can't slaughter it. 274 00:28:14,321 --> 00:28:18,609 Marabout will do it. That way, everyone will eat. 275 00:28:23,248 --> 00:28:26,321 Marabout, can you kill the sheep? 276 00:29:29,163 --> 00:29:31,115 It's a beautiful film. 277 00:29:31,403 --> 00:29:33,547 We'll go and see it tonight. 278 00:30:42,340 --> 00:30:43,621 What does he want? 279 00:30:43,812 --> 00:30:45,573 A U.S. soldier looking for the brothel. 280 00:30:46,533 --> 00:30:48,164 Oh, yes, the ''Coq Hardi.'' 281 00:32:06,494 --> 00:32:08,030 I'll be back tomorrow. 282 00:32:08,285 --> 00:32:11,197 I'm having trouble with the vehicle. 283 00:32:24,892 --> 00:32:27,964 Martine, double the price. He's an American. 284 00:32:39,547 --> 00:32:41,243 A Pernod. 285 00:32:45,146 --> 00:32:47,290 Yes, Pernod. 286 00:32:48,506 --> 00:32:49,722 You're not American! 287 00:32:53,498 --> 00:32:55,577 Madam! There's a Negro here. 288 00:32:55,897 --> 00:32:58,713 - Now what? - There's a Negro here. 289 00:32:59,129 --> 00:33:01,273 I'll be right down, Josette. 290 00:33:01,593 --> 00:33:03,097 He's only got French francs. 291 00:33:03,321 --> 00:33:04,728 So what! A fuck is a fuck. 292 00:33:04,953 --> 00:33:07,033 1 ,OOO French francs is 500 CFA francs. 293 00:33:07,352 --> 00:33:09,848 It's fine. 294 00:33:10,232 --> 00:33:13,560 Mamadou, a lemonade! I'm thirsty. 295 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,839 Yesterday she snatched customers from me again. 296 00:33:19,256 --> 00:33:20,951 I'm no less attractive. 297 00:33:22,455 --> 00:33:26,071 Now what's going on here? There's no atmosphere! 298 00:33:26,615 --> 00:33:29,078 Let's have some music! It's dead here. 299 00:33:31,543 --> 00:33:33,494 15 minutes isn't 2 hours. 300 00:33:35,158 --> 00:33:36,982 What the hell are you doing here? 301 00:33:37,270 --> 00:33:38,582 Get out! 302 00:33:38,806 --> 00:33:40,118 And quick! 303 00:33:40,341 --> 00:33:42,773 Those little asses are all for toubabs 304 00:33:43,158 --> 00:33:44,118 not for niggers. 305 00:33:44,278 --> 00:33:46,453 No niggers here! Never will be! 306 00:33:46,773 --> 00:33:49,525 - Out you go! - Niggers, Madam? 307 00:33:49,940 --> 00:33:51,764 We threw the Germans out of France. 308 00:33:52,053 --> 00:33:54,292 Bull! Get out! 309 00:33:54,644 --> 00:33:56,853 Very good. Careful, you're slow today. 310 00:33:57,172 --> 00:33:58,484 What are you waiting for, 311 00:33:58,708 --> 00:34:00,084 the police? 312 00:34:00,308 --> 00:34:01,715 Get lost! 313 00:34:01,940 --> 00:34:05,076 Come on, Madam. l wasn't even looking for a fuck. 314 00:34:05,523 --> 00:34:06,804 l just wanted a drink. 315 00:34:07,027 --> 00:34:10,323 l don't give a damn. Get out! 316 00:34:11,827 --> 00:34:13,907 l don't believe it. 317 00:34:38,352 --> 00:34:40,784 I'm an infantryman, just back from the war. 318 00:34:48,016 --> 00:34:51,343 l told you, I'm an infantryman back from the war! 319 00:34:51,856 --> 00:34:53,871 The European front. 320 00:35:40,651 --> 00:35:43,147 What are you doing? You're playing stupidly. 321 00:35:50,090 --> 00:35:51,658 Put down the right card. 322 00:35:51,914 --> 00:35:53,930 And don't look at my hand. 323 00:36:11,273 --> 00:36:14,025 Hey! Look! 324 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:18,472 Why is Gabon running so fast? 325 00:36:19,048 --> 00:36:20,520 There's a man behind him! 326 00:36:30,983 --> 00:36:33,479 Gabon, what's wrong? 327 00:36:33,863 --> 00:36:38,054 The Americans beat up Sarge, and they've taken him away. 328 00:36:38,662 --> 00:36:41,190 Why? But why? 329 00:36:41,542 --> 00:36:43,270 l have no idea. 330 00:36:43,526 --> 00:36:45,350 Is he dead? 331 00:36:45,638 --> 00:36:49,542 They really hit him. 332 00:36:50,117 --> 00:36:52,805 When l came back, from Koffi's home 333 00:36:53,221 --> 00:36:57,125 you were gone, so l ran here. 334 00:36:57,701 --> 00:37:00,101 - There were four Americans. - How many? 335 00:37:00,453 --> 00:37:01,605 Four. 336 00:37:01,796 --> 00:37:03,620 Four against one.. that's fascism. 337 00:37:03,908 --> 00:37:05,476 True. 338 00:37:05,732 --> 00:37:08,996 Gabon, why did the Americans beat up Sarge? 339 00:37:11,812 --> 00:37:14,916 Sarge was speaking English. l didn't understand. 340 00:37:17,091 --> 00:37:18,915 English? 341 00:37:25,475 --> 00:37:28,322 What are we going to do? 342 00:37:28,738 --> 00:37:30,114 The Americans beat up Sarge. 343 00:37:30,338 --> 00:37:32,962 We're not gonna take it sitting down like women. 344 00:37:33,378 --> 00:37:34,690 Are we sissies? 345 00:37:34,914 --> 00:37:36,961 The Americans beat up Sarge. 346 00:37:37,250 --> 00:37:38,754 l don't like it. 347 00:37:38,977 --> 00:37:41,697 Sergeant Major Diatta is educated. 348 00:37:42,113 --> 00:37:44,961 He speaks excellent French. 349 00:37:45,377 --> 00:37:48,449 Corporal Diarra, you are the leader now. 350 00:37:48,897 --> 00:37:51,104 The French know the infantrymen. 351 00:37:51,424 --> 00:37:53,344 The Germans know the infantrymen. 352 00:37:53,632 --> 00:37:55,424 The English know the infantrymen. 353 00:37:55,712 --> 00:37:57,472 The Italians know us. 354 00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:59,968 If the Americans don't know who we are 355 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:01,567 we'll show them. 356 00:38:04,128 --> 00:38:07,039 We have to think. 357 00:38:07,487 --> 00:38:09,950 We have to think it over. 358 00:38:10,335 --> 00:38:12,159 No need. 359 00:38:12,447 --> 00:38:13,950 We attack now. 360 00:38:14,175 --> 00:38:17,246 We are all fighters. 361 00:38:17,694 --> 00:38:19,486 They must respect us. 362 00:38:19,774 --> 00:38:22,173 We are one. Let's go now! 363 00:38:24,830 --> 00:38:26,493 It's night. 364 00:38:26,749 --> 00:38:29,533 Let's wait till tomorrow. We'll form a commando. 365 00:38:33,149 --> 00:38:34,300 Okay. 366 00:38:34,493 --> 00:38:37,404 Corporal Koffi, 367 00:38:37,821 --> 00:38:39,932 Oubangui, 368 00:38:40,253 --> 00:38:42,908 Gabon, and me... 369 00:38:43,292 --> 00:38:45,084 - We'll go to town. - Yes! 370 00:38:47,772 --> 00:38:50,267 Drink this. 371 00:38:50,652 --> 00:38:52,347 Don't drink all my whisky. 372 00:39:32,855 --> 00:39:34,167 You go up. 373 00:39:34,392 --> 00:39:36,663 Hello, Captain. 374 00:39:37,015 --> 00:39:38,999 No, everything's okay. 375 00:39:39,319 --> 00:39:41,143 Sergeant Major Diatta was missing this morning. 376 00:39:41,431 --> 00:39:43,479 He's on leave. He probably stayed in town. 377 00:39:43,799 --> 00:39:47,510 The rest are all here. 378 00:39:48,055 --> 00:39:50,550 We are expecting the paymaster anytime now. 379 00:39:50,935 --> 00:39:53,846 Very well, Captain. 380 00:40:01,941 --> 00:40:06,613 You are happy to go home. You will work as a tailor. 381 00:40:07,285 --> 00:40:09,301 l can't wait to get home to Niger. 382 00:40:09,588 --> 00:40:10,708 Want my address? 383 00:40:12,212 --> 00:40:15,380 Oumarou, veteran fighter, 384 00:40:15,860 --> 00:40:17,524 ace tailor. 385 00:40:17,780 --> 00:40:20,180 Paris fashion 386 00:40:20,532 --> 00:40:22,387 civilian and military. 387 00:40:22,675 --> 00:40:24,819 Big Market. Niamey. 388 00:40:25,140 --> 00:40:27,923 I'll write to you. 389 00:40:28,339 --> 00:40:30,003 You're a pal. 390 00:40:41,426 --> 00:40:43,441 Niger. 391 00:40:43,730 --> 00:40:48,337 l want you to make clothes for my wife. 392 00:40:49,009 --> 00:40:50,641 You've got the material? 393 00:40:50,897 --> 00:40:52,528 You sell me this? 394 00:40:52,784 --> 00:40:53,617 Leave that. 395 00:40:53,777 --> 00:40:55,728 An infantryman bought it in Dakar. 396 00:40:56,016 --> 00:41:00,592 Tomorrow I'll go and get one at Rachid's. 397 00:41:01,265 --> 00:41:02,992 Is your wife fat or thin? 398 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:06,096 Before, she was big, but now she's lost weight. 399 00:41:06,512 --> 00:41:09,007 - She is that big? - No. 400 00:41:09,359 --> 00:41:11,375 Before she was but while l was away, 401 00:41:11,664 --> 00:41:13,871 she missed me so much she lost weight. 402 00:41:16,079 --> 00:41:19,023 l need two dresses.. one loose and one tight. 403 00:41:19,470 --> 00:41:22,383 What, you have one or two wives? 404 00:41:22,798 --> 00:41:23,886 l have one wife. 405 00:41:24,078 --> 00:41:28,718 But as soon as l get back, she'll get fat again! 406 00:41:29,390 --> 00:41:32,270 Now l get you. 407 00:41:32,686 --> 00:41:36,782 - Niger, can you mend my shorts? - How did you do that? 408 00:41:37,389 --> 00:41:38,925 It got torn. 409 00:41:39,149 --> 00:41:40,589 Can you mend it? 410 00:41:40,813 --> 00:41:43,405 - But how did you do it? - Groguet did it. 411 00:41:43,789 --> 00:41:46,125 He's an idiot! 412 00:41:46,477 --> 00:41:49,132 - He fell. - You made me fall. 413 00:41:49,548 --> 00:41:52,811 Put a patch here. 414 00:41:53,292 --> 00:41:55,755 - How did it get torn like that? - He fell. 415 00:41:56,107 --> 00:41:59,275 Here, l know you like it. 416 00:41:59,755 --> 00:42:01,451 That was quick. 417 00:42:01,707 --> 00:42:05,259 You're a nice fellow. It's like the family. 418 00:42:05,771 --> 00:42:07,755 Don't l get any cola nuts? 419 00:42:08,074 --> 00:42:10,442 Congo, happy now? 420 00:42:10,794 --> 00:42:12,714 - You have two bits of cola. - Thanks. 421 00:42:13,002 --> 00:42:16,170 We must go now. 422 00:42:16,650 --> 00:42:19,882 A loose one and a tight one. 423 00:42:20,361 --> 00:42:21,321 Morning. 424 00:42:21,481 --> 00:42:24,297 Morning. How are you, brother? 425 00:42:24,713 --> 00:42:27,881 - What can l do for you? - l want a dress for my wife. 426 00:42:45,383 --> 00:42:46,504 Is he dead? 427 00:42:46,695 --> 00:42:50,119 Idiot! You must be crazy. 428 00:42:50,631 --> 00:42:52,007 Moron! 429 00:42:52,230 --> 00:42:53,671 You nearly hit us. 430 00:42:53,894 --> 00:42:55,206 You swine! 431 00:42:55,430 --> 00:42:56,998 You idiot! 432 00:42:57,254 --> 00:43:00,870 You want to break my bike! If you break it, you pay. 433 00:43:01,382 --> 00:43:03,622 - Silly bugger! - Bugger, yourself! 434 00:43:03,942 --> 00:43:07,045 You can't even ride a bike, idiot. 435 00:43:07,526 --> 00:43:11,333 You're a stupid driver. 436 00:45:35,513 --> 00:45:37,881 Hey, American, come out! 437 00:45:39,993 --> 00:45:41,944 - What's going on? - The Americans. 438 00:45:42,233 --> 00:45:43,608 Fighting again! 439 00:45:57,399 --> 00:45:59,223 The Americans are crazy! 440 00:46:52,051 --> 00:46:53,810 Corporal, what is this? 441 00:47:00,690 --> 00:47:03,474 It's our business. 442 00:47:03,889 --> 00:47:05,809 The Americans beat up Sarge. 443 00:47:06,097 --> 00:47:08,049 We are keeping their soldier. 444 00:47:08,369 --> 00:47:12,625 He's a white American soldier. Let him loose immediately! 445 00:47:13,232 --> 00:47:16,240 If the Americans release Sergeant Diatta, 446 00:47:16,688 --> 00:47:19,184 we'll give back their soldier. 447 00:47:19,568 --> 00:47:22,160 You don't understand. He's a white American. 448 00:47:22,544 --> 00:47:24,016 Release him now! 449 00:47:24,752 --> 00:47:27,312 White or not, no difference! 450 00:47:27,695 --> 00:47:28,751 This is intolerable. 451 00:47:28,911 --> 00:47:32,175 l am advising the headquarters. You'll be hearing about this. 452 00:48:47,176 --> 00:48:50,760 There is trouble tonight in the camp. 453 00:48:51,272 --> 00:48:53,480 l said, trouble in the camp. 454 00:48:53,832 --> 00:48:56,680 The infantrymen have kidnapped a white American soldier. 455 00:48:57,096 --> 00:48:59,751 White, yes, white. l don't know why. 456 00:49:00,167 --> 00:49:04,967 l think American soldiers may have beaten and captured Diatta. 457 00:49:07,463 --> 00:49:08,838 But where is Sergeant Diatta? 458 00:49:09,063 --> 00:49:11,047 He stayed overnight in town. 459 00:49:11,366 --> 00:49:13,671 l told you this morning, Captain. 460 00:49:14,022 --> 00:49:16,166 I'll try and find out where he is. 461 00:49:17,286 --> 00:49:20,005 They may have arms and ammunitions. 462 00:49:20,422 --> 00:49:23,045 He's locked in Diatta's room. They may kill him. 463 00:49:23,430 --> 00:49:24,934 Calm down! 464 00:49:25,190 --> 00:49:27,270 l am calm! 465 00:49:29,829 --> 00:49:31,845 Okay. I'll calm down! 466 00:49:32,132 --> 00:49:34,181 l am alone with them you understand. 467 00:49:34,500 --> 00:49:38,052 Don't do anything. Just try and keep them calm. 468 00:49:38,564 --> 00:49:41,700 Okay, sir. I'll do just that. 469 00:50:35,007 --> 00:50:36,703 Hello! 470 00:50:36,992 --> 00:50:38,943 Military police? 471 00:50:39,231 --> 00:50:41,695 Yes. Ah, Captain George. 472 00:50:42,047 --> 00:50:45,535 Yes. This is Labrousse. Evening, Captain. 473 00:50:46,046 --> 00:50:48,415 Sorry to disturb you at this hour. 474 00:50:48,767 --> 00:50:52,094 l am looking for an NCO of the Senegalese infantrymen. 475 00:50:52,574 --> 00:50:56,574 Remember the boat that arrived with soldiers from the war? 476 00:50:57,150 --> 00:51:00,061 Right. So Sergeant Major Diatta... 477 00:51:00,477 --> 00:51:02,621 That's right. Diatta. 478 00:51:02,941 --> 00:51:05,949 What? 479 00:51:06,397 --> 00:51:11,260 With American soldiers? 480 00:51:11,964 --> 00:51:15,164 And he's in the hospital. 481 00:51:15,644 --> 00:51:18,972 Nothing serious, l hope. 482 00:51:19,484 --> 00:51:22,779 All right, we'll see about that tomorrow. 483 00:51:23,259 --> 00:51:27,515 Yes. Thank you very much. And my regards to your wife. 484 00:51:28,155 --> 00:51:30,171 Good-bye, Captain. 485 00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:56,280 - Evening, Bakary. - Evening, Captain. 486 00:51:56,569 --> 00:51:57,848 Major. 487 00:52:00,376 --> 00:52:01,560 Major. 488 00:52:01,752 --> 00:52:03,256 Captain. 489 00:52:08,407 --> 00:52:11,095 - Three Cognacs, Bakary. - Yes, Captain. 490 00:52:13,207 --> 00:52:15,991 Here, that makes eight. 491 00:52:16,407 --> 00:52:22,198 Your infantrymen have kidnapped an American sergeant. 492 00:52:23,030 --> 00:52:25,302 What's more, he's white. 493 00:52:25,654 --> 00:52:27,638 They are keeping him as a hostage. 494 00:52:27,926 --> 00:52:29,462 What happened? 495 00:52:29,686 --> 00:52:31,189 We don't know exactly. 496 00:52:31,414 --> 00:52:33,558 l called the military police. 497 00:52:33,877 --> 00:52:37,493 And they told me Sergeant Diatta was in the hospital. 498 00:52:38,037 --> 00:52:40,661 Sergeant Diatta? What happened to him? 499 00:52:41,044 --> 00:52:45,364 He had a wrangle with an American M.P. 500 00:52:45,972 --> 00:52:47,732 You know the Americans. 501 00:52:48,020 --> 00:52:49,364 The staff is furious. 502 00:52:49,588 --> 00:52:53,140 They want the soldier released immediately. 503 00:52:53,683 --> 00:52:56,084 The Americans are racists. 504 00:52:56,436 --> 00:52:59,507 Latest evening news. Africa. 505 00:52:59,955 --> 00:53:02,227 Speaking on the war effort, Pierre Cournarie 506 00:53:02,579 --> 00:53:05,171 governor general of French West Africa, said 507 00:53:05,554 --> 00:53:08,754 ''I'll do my best that West Africa, united in its faith 508 00:53:09,234 --> 00:53:11,154 ''take the largest share in the allies' effort 509 00:53:11,442 --> 00:53:14,226 to decide the outcome and free the fatherland.'' 510 00:53:14,641 --> 00:53:19,153 The native representative to the higher economic council, 511 00:53:19,793 --> 00:53:22,705 Abdou Salam Kane, said 512 00:53:23,153 --> 00:53:26,256 ''We natives are totally loyal. 513 00:53:26,705 --> 00:53:29,425 ''We're ready to give all our children 514 00:53:29,841 --> 00:53:31,857 to chase the enemy with our allies' help.'' 515 00:53:32,176 --> 00:53:35,152 On the African bonds issued in 1943 516 00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:40,463 Dakar has given a clear response by subscribing for 320 million. 517 00:53:41,167 --> 00:53:44,111 The following week, the subscription was 600 million. 518 00:53:44,559 --> 00:53:47,439 to support France's war effort. 519 00:53:47,855 --> 00:53:49,902 News about France and Europe. 520 00:53:50,191 --> 00:53:53,935 The leader of Free France urges the French to make more effort 521 00:53:54,479 --> 00:53:57,102 to rebuild a strong, respected France 522 00:53:57,486 --> 00:54:00,334 which can resume its place among civilized nations. 523 00:54:00,750 --> 00:54:03,918 On the front, the Allies are at the borders of Germany. 524 00:54:04,398 --> 00:54:07,821 The Red Army is pushing forward towards Berlin. 525 00:54:08,334 --> 00:54:10,414 Here's to victory! 526 00:54:10,733 --> 00:54:11,565 Bakary! 527 00:54:11,725 --> 00:54:13,452 Drinks for everyone. 528 00:54:15,245 --> 00:54:16,365 To victory! 529 00:54:24,652 --> 00:54:28,332 Do you think the Americans know their man is in Thiaroye? 530 00:54:28,875 --> 00:54:32,651 No, l don't think so. 531 00:54:33,227 --> 00:54:37,355 They have asked Headquarters to find their sergeant tomorrow. 532 00:54:39,435 --> 00:54:42,539 The staff think... 533 00:54:43,018 --> 00:54:47,082 that the behavior of your infantrymen is pure lack of discipline, 534 00:54:47,658 --> 00:54:52,330 banditry, something no civilized army could tolerate. 535 00:54:53,002 --> 00:54:56,169 These men only responded to the Americans' aggression. 536 00:54:56,649 --> 00:54:58,633 Team spirit. They fought together. 537 00:54:59,977 --> 00:55:02,025 You can't compare Americans to Germans! 538 00:55:02,345 --> 00:55:04,648 These infantrymen mustn't touch whites. 539 00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:07,272 Diatta was at the Coq Hardi. 540 00:55:07,624 --> 00:55:09,704 It's forbidden to natives. 541 00:55:10,024 --> 00:55:11,528 No need to rub it in. 542 00:55:11,751 --> 00:55:13,704 Tomorrow we'll get Diatta at the hospital. 543 00:55:14,024 --> 00:55:16,359 The infantrymen will free the American. 544 00:55:18,599 --> 00:55:21,511 A white sleeping in the same hut as them? 545 00:55:21,959 --> 00:55:23,015 And why not? 546 00:55:23,207 --> 00:55:27,303 Some of them spent three, four years in concentration camps with whites. 547 00:55:27,911 --> 00:55:29,446 Well, it's not the same. 548 00:55:29,702 --> 00:55:33,766 In Africa, there are Negroes, and in the army, discipline. 549 00:55:34,342 --> 00:55:37,958 The whites are on one side... the infantrymen the other. 550 00:55:38,470 --> 00:55:40,517 l certainly don't, share this view 551 00:55:40,838 --> 00:55:42,885 not in Africa or anywhere else. 552 00:55:43,205 --> 00:55:45,349 Major, Captain. 553 00:55:45,701 --> 00:55:47,813 l go to bed early and get up early. 554 00:55:48,132 --> 00:55:49,189 Good night. 555 00:55:51,780 --> 00:55:52,965 This round is on me. 556 00:55:54,148 --> 00:55:56,292 - Good night. - Good night, Captain. 557 00:56:33,377 --> 00:56:36,640 Sarge is back. Sarge is not dead. 558 00:56:41,792 --> 00:56:43,904 - The American? - There, Captain. 559 00:56:44,224 --> 00:56:45,664 Come along. 560 00:57:24,540 --> 00:57:27,132 Captain Raymond, translate for me. 561 00:57:27,516 --> 00:57:30,076 Sergeant Diatta speaks English better than me, Captain. 562 00:57:33,116 --> 00:57:35,836 - Lt. Pierre, do you speak English? - No, Captain. 563 00:57:40,763 --> 00:57:43,419 Very well, Sergeant, l am listening. 564 00:57:46,555 --> 00:57:49,531 ''If he'd been mistreated we'd have leveled the cam' p 565 00:57:49,979 --> 00:57:51,226 and the soldiers.'' 566 00:57:53,018 --> 00:57:54,042 Very well. 567 00:57:54,234 --> 00:57:56,538 Say.. The Commander of the Dakar base 568 00:57:56,890 --> 00:57:59,386 sent a letter of apology to his superiors. 569 00:57:59,738 --> 00:58:01,498 The case is closed. 570 00:58:01,785 --> 00:58:03,930 After all, we're allies. 571 00:58:32,567 --> 00:58:33,910 What did he say? 572 00:58:34,135 --> 00:58:37,046 Nothing important, Captain. 573 00:59:22,418 --> 00:59:26,482 Such incidents must not occur again. 574 00:59:27,058 --> 00:59:28,467 You are still soldiers! 575 00:59:30,706 --> 00:59:34,801 General's orders.. you are confined to quarters. 576 00:59:38,129 --> 00:59:43,921 You'll soon get your regular infantryman uniforms, 577 00:59:44,752 --> 00:59:50,193 and, in a few days, you will be in your respective villages. 578 00:59:50,992 --> 00:59:56,752 Before leaving, we will exchange your French francs for CFA francs 579 00:59:57,583 --> 01:00:03,727 so that you can buy presents and souvenirs for your families. 580 01:00:04,591 --> 01:00:10,191 Once in your villages, and only then, 581 01:00:10,991 --> 01:00:16,174 you will get your gratuities and allowances. 582 01:00:18,285 --> 01:00:19,790 Right. 583 01:01:13,769 --> 01:01:16,392 Sarge, we're really happy about your return. 584 01:01:16,809 --> 01:01:20,840 l swear to God, we are. 585 01:01:22,953 --> 01:01:25,416 We are a bunch of idiots. 586 01:01:25,800 --> 01:01:31,143 A black American hit Sarge, and we captured a white American. 587 01:01:35,207 --> 01:01:37,287 Are you racist? 588 01:01:37,608 --> 01:01:40,167 Black American or white American.. 589 01:01:40,551 --> 01:01:43,878 they are one and the same. 590 01:01:46,310 --> 01:01:48,838 Quite logical! 591 01:01:50,182 --> 01:01:51,814 True. 592 01:01:54,150 --> 01:01:57,061 If they hadn't freed you, we would've kept him. 593 01:02:35,522 --> 01:02:38,370 Sarge, you must be tired. 594 01:02:38,786 --> 01:02:41,602 We'll leave now. 595 01:02:42,018 --> 01:02:43,778 Thank you, brothers. 596 01:03:03,392 --> 01:03:05,920 Darling, l am with you. 597 01:03:06,304 --> 01:03:08,863 To be with you even more, to be together, 598 01:03:09,248 --> 01:03:13,215 l am listening to Albinoni's Adagio, our favorite music. 599 01:03:13,791 --> 01:03:16,958 Since our arrival, we have been in the transit camp Thiaroye. 600 01:03:17,439 --> 01:03:19,646 A pleasant crossing of the Mediterranean. 601 01:03:19,967 --> 01:03:22,782 After Gibraltar there was a heavy swell. 602 01:03:23,198 --> 01:03:24,798 l read a lot. 603 01:03:25,054 --> 01:03:28,030 l still have a few books I'll read later. 604 01:03:28,478 --> 01:03:31,549 Today we were informed of our imminent discharge. 605 01:03:31,998 --> 01:03:36,413 I'll send you some coffee via Captain Raymond, whom you know. 606 01:03:37,053 --> 01:03:40,509 It's a pity l can't send you some vegetables. 607 01:03:41,021 --> 01:03:44,700 In spite of shortages, the markets are full. 608 01:03:50,556 --> 01:03:53,627 I'll send you some money as soon as we get our gratuities 609 01:03:54,076 --> 01:03:57,723 so that Guissom and you can face the winter. 610 01:03:58,268 --> 01:04:02,939 However, it won't be as bleak as the winters under Nazi rule. 611 01:04:03,611 --> 01:04:06,651 Being free again warms one's heart. 612 01:04:07,099 --> 01:04:10,010 My uncle and his family met me at the port. 613 01:04:10,458 --> 01:04:11,770 They live in Dakar now. 614 01:04:11,994 --> 01:04:15,418 However, they gave me some very sad news. 615 01:04:15,930 --> 01:04:19,449 My mom and dad died in 1942. 616 01:04:19,961 --> 01:04:23,097 As for little Guissom l feel guilty leaving you alone 617 01:04:23,577 --> 01:04:27,928 to face the many problems of today's situation. 618 01:04:28,569 --> 01:04:31,032 Whenever l mentioned it you would say.. 619 01:04:31,384 --> 01:04:33,976 ''Aloyse, think of those mothers who wait forever 620 01:04:34,360 --> 01:04:36,376 ''for the return of their husbands 621 01:04:36,664 --> 01:04:39,896 the children who will never know their fathers.'' 622 01:04:40,375 --> 01:04:41,591 l love you, 623 01:04:41,783 --> 01:04:43,480 not for your body 624 01:04:43,767 --> 01:04:47,095 but for the fulfillment you gave to my body. 625 01:04:47,575 --> 01:04:50,774 That is a sad letter for a great love. 626 01:05:11,988 --> 01:05:13,973 Lieutenant! 627 01:05:14,260 --> 01:05:15,445 Yes? 628 01:05:15,636 --> 01:05:18,389 There is an American soldier at the gate. 629 01:05:20,788 --> 01:05:22,804 Go and get Sergeant Diatta. 630 01:05:30,451 --> 01:05:33,459 Sergeant, see what this American wants. 631 01:05:36,531 --> 01:05:38,291 l recognize him, Lieutenant. 632 01:05:38,578 --> 01:05:40,338 It's with him l had the dispute. 633 01:05:40,627 --> 01:05:42,930 I'll see him with your permission. 634 01:05:43,282 --> 01:05:46,162 Let him in, but l want no trouble in the camp. 635 01:05:46,578 --> 01:05:48,146 You have my word, Lieutenant. 636 01:09:23,871 --> 01:09:27,039 Take off your American uniform and put this on. 637 01:09:27,519 --> 01:09:29,663 Belt, shoes. Go and change there. 638 01:09:29,983 --> 01:09:30,815 Next. 639 01:09:30,975 --> 01:09:32,542 Go and change there. 640 01:09:32,798 --> 01:09:37,535 A pair of shoes, a belt, and you change there. 641 01:09:38,238 --> 01:09:39,198 Next! 642 01:09:39,359 --> 01:09:42,397 Take off your American uniform. Put this on. 643 01:09:42,846 --> 01:09:44,766 Take your cap. 644 01:09:48,157 --> 01:09:49,789 But this cap is for rank and file! 645 01:09:50,045 --> 01:09:51,709 Enough. It's good for you. 646 01:09:51,965 --> 01:09:53,021 I'm an NCO! 647 01:09:53,181 --> 01:09:54,813 Take it, l say. 648 01:09:55,069 --> 01:09:58,524 Take a pair of shoes, a belt, and you change there. 649 01:10:00,092 --> 01:10:01,789 Be happy you didn't get a chechia. 650 01:10:03,228 --> 01:10:05,244 Next! 651 01:10:05,564 --> 01:10:08,667 Take off your American uniform. Put that on. 652 01:10:09,724 --> 01:10:10,876 Next! 653 01:10:13,308 --> 01:10:16,954 l didn't think they would accept so easily. 654 01:10:17,499 --> 01:10:21,754 l know them. l was in Niger, Dahomey, Congo. 655 01:10:22,362 --> 01:10:25,018 Ten years in the colonies counts. 656 01:10:25,435 --> 01:10:29,178 Just look at them. They are big children. 657 01:10:29,722 --> 01:10:33,210 By the way, the orders are lifted. 658 01:10:33,722 --> 01:10:36,250 Tomorrow we will change the money. 659 01:10:36,633 --> 01:10:39,417 Yes, Captain. 660 01:10:39,833 --> 01:10:42,713 Belt, shoes! Next! 661 01:10:45,145 --> 01:10:47,544 Belt, shoes. Change there. 662 01:13:12,716 --> 01:13:15,532 Why are you so sad? 663 01:13:15,948 --> 01:13:18,668 You look dejected. Why? 664 01:13:20,171 --> 01:13:23,563 You are not Americans. 665 01:13:24,075 --> 01:13:28,779 The Americans gave us our uniforms. 666 01:13:29,451 --> 01:13:31,626 The American army gave them to us. 667 01:13:31,946 --> 01:13:34,698 The French army has taken them back. 668 01:13:35,114 --> 01:13:36,202 So what? 669 01:13:37,130 --> 01:13:38,378 White Americans 670 01:13:38,570 --> 01:13:42,185 white French 671 01:13:42,697 --> 01:13:46,153 they're both exactly the same thing. 672 01:13:52,169 --> 01:13:56,904 We aren't American nor French. 673 01:13:59,944 --> 01:14:03,048 We're African. We're men. 674 01:14:03,496 --> 01:14:06,120 We fought the war. 675 01:14:06,503 --> 01:14:10,599 We even slept and ate with corpses. 676 01:14:13,095 --> 01:14:16,294 We ate the same meat. 677 01:14:16,775 --> 01:14:18,726 Why are you so sad? 678 01:14:36,901 --> 01:14:41,476 Why so dejected? 679 01:14:42,116 --> 01:14:45,732 We're not thieves. 680 01:14:46,244 --> 01:14:50,948 You! You haven't brought shame on your family. 681 01:14:51,619 --> 01:14:54,307 So why look so sad? 682 01:14:54,724 --> 01:14:56,163 Why so sad? 683 01:15:17,185 --> 01:15:20,321 Why do say these things about me? 684 01:15:26,497 --> 01:15:29,152 We spent four years in Europe. 685 01:15:32,256 --> 01:15:34,944 We suffered from the cold in Europe. 686 01:15:36,384 --> 01:15:39,296 We suffered from the snow in Europe. 687 01:15:40,927 --> 01:15:44,223 We know Europe. 688 01:15:44,703 --> 01:15:48,991 We took the bombings. 689 01:15:49,631 --> 01:15:52,831 Now... 690 01:15:53,310 --> 01:15:55,871 we are in Africa, at home. 691 01:15:56,254 --> 01:16:01,533 And we are here crying 692 01:16:02,301 --> 01:16:06,109 because of American uniforms. 693 01:16:06,686 --> 01:16:09,117 Shame! 694 01:16:09,501 --> 01:16:11,644 Shame on you! 695 01:16:19,196 --> 01:16:21,436 Why? 696 01:16:27,771 --> 01:16:30,043 l am going to the village. 697 01:16:32,635 --> 01:16:34,843 Who is coming with me? 698 01:16:37,978 --> 01:16:38,842 Gabon? 699 01:16:39,003 --> 01:16:40,250 Present. 700 01:16:41,722 --> 01:16:42,650 Ivory Coast. 701 01:16:44,666 --> 01:16:46,618 - Niger. - Absent. 702 01:16:48,666 --> 01:16:51,097 There are women there. 703 01:16:51,450 --> 01:16:54,809 We can fuck. 704 01:17:00,921 --> 01:17:03,321 You dirty pigs! Get out! 705 01:18:35,121 --> 01:18:36,369 What happened to your arm? 706 01:18:36,592 --> 01:18:38,353 l was injured. 707 01:18:46,128 --> 01:18:48,656 Your wife and your daughter? 708 01:18:52,304 --> 01:18:55,471 Yes. Uncle. 709 01:18:55,950 --> 01:18:58,415 We are preparing to celebrate the dead. 710 01:18:58,799 --> 01:18:59,823 It's the Bukut. 711 01:19:02,926 --> 01:19:04,814 The rice crop was good this year. 712 01:19:13,837 --> 01:19:16,973 l will come as soon as l am discharged. 713 01:19:18,669 --> 01:19:21,037 What about your family in France? 714 01:19:23,788 --> 01:19:27,117 l will stay a few months in Effok. 715 01:19:27,596 --> 01:19:31,980 And then l will go back and finish my studies in France. 716 01:19:32,620 --> 01:19:34,284 And join your white wife? 717 01:19:34,540 --> 01:19:36,875 About her... 718 01:19:37,227 --> 01:19:41,803 l want you to help me find some coffee for her. 719 01:19:42,443 --> 01:19:44,779 5 to 10 kilos. 720 01:19:48,010 --> 01:19:51,018 Give me the money. 721 01:19:51,467 --> 01:19:53,834 I'll see if l can get some. 722 01:20:00,489 --> 01:20:03,113 Your late mother and l 723 01:20:03,497 --> 01:20:07,401 had already picked a wife for you.. my daughter, Bintum. 724 01:20:14,568 --> 01:20:17,928 l am already married, 725 01:20:18,440 --> 01:20:19,880 and l am a Catholic. 726 01:20:28,903 --> 01:20:32,710 In the village, they are Catholics. 727 01:20:33,287 --> 01:20:34,982 They go to church on Sundays, 728 01:20:35,271 --> 01:20:37,990 and they have two or three wives. 729 01:20:44,870 --> 01:20:48,358 I'll see to your coffee. We'll be waiting for you. 730 01:20:50,437 --> 01:20:53,733 Uncle... 731 01:20:54,213 --> 01:20:57,572 Please give this to the children. 732 01:20:59,428 --> 01:21:03,844 There is chocolate sugar, and milk. 733 01:21:04,484 --> 01:21:05,956 Thank you. 734 01:21:06,180 --> 01:21:08,995 I'll give it to your wife, Bintum. 735 01:21:09,412 --> 01:21:11,396 Thank you. 736 01:22:38,236 --> 01:22:39,548 What are you doing here? 737 01:22:39,771 --> 01:22:41,788 l have come for you. 738 01:23:57,045 --> 01:23:59,701 - Is your arm getting better? - Yes, thank you. 739 01:24:00,117 --> 01:24:03,765 l have brought your book back. Labrousse has also read it. 740 01:24:04,308 --> 01:24:06,580 - I'd like to know what he thinks. - Me too. 741 01:24:06,932 --> 01:24:10,484 By the way, l heard about your imminent departure. 742 01:24:10,996 --> 01:24:14,324 Could you take some coffee for my wife? 743 01:24:14,836 --> 01:24:19,123 Not a lot. About 5 to 10 kilos. Do you mind? 744 01:24:19,731 --> 01:24:20,979 Certainly not. 745 01:24:21,171 --> 01:24:24,723 Even if you have other things, I'd be happy to help. 746 01:24:25,235 --> 01:24:28,306 What about the cousin? 747 01:24:28,754 --> 01:24:30,674 She's all right. 748 01:24:30,963 --> 01:24:33,842 - Why did they do that to you? - What? 749 01:24:34,258 --> 01:24:35,762 Your infantry uniform, 750 01:24:35,986 --> 01:24:38,609 knowing that you're about to be discharged. 751 01:24:39,026 --> 01:24:41,522 Because we're not French citizens. 752 01:24:41,905 --> 01:24:44,081 We are French subjects. 753 01:24:44,433 --> 01:24:46,961 Why didn't you take French citizenship? 754 01:24:47,345 --> 01:24:49,553 - You're educated. - French citizenship? 755 01:24:49,872 --> 01:24:51,153 No, thank you. 756 01:24:51,377 --> 01:24:53,680 l remain African and l keep my education. 757 01:24:54,032 --> 01:24:56,785 You still intend to continue your studies in France? 758 01:24:57,200 --> 01:24:58,064 Yes. 759 01:24:58,224 --> 01:25:01,551 As soon as l am discharged, I'll visit the ruins of Effok. 760 01:25:02,032 --> 01:25:04,112 l intended to invite you there. 761 01:25:04,431 --> 01:25:06,032 The ruins of your village? 762 01:25:06,288 --> 01:25:08,912 - Don't you know? - No. 763 01:25:09,295 --> 01:25:12,527 The soldiers went to Effok my village, 764 01:25:13,007 --> 01:25:15,535 to commandeer rice. 765 01:25:15,919 --> 01:25:17,326 Women opposed the move, 766 01:25:17,551 --> 01:25:21,582 and our valiant army of shirkers fired at defenseless people. 767 01:25:23,310 --> 01:25:25,134 Effok was destroyed. 768 01:25:25,422 --> 01:25:28,269 My mother and my father were there. 769 01:25:28,685 --> 01:25:31,117 That's horrifying! When was it? 770 01:25:31,469 --> 01:25:32,845 Two years ago. 771 01:25:33,069 --> 01:25:35,565 My condolences, Aloyse. 772 01:25:35,948 --> 01:25:37,357 You named your daughter 773 01:25:37,581 --> 01:25:39,885 after your mother, Guissom, didn't you? 774 01:25:44,204 --> 01:25:47,820 1942 was the Vichy period. 775 01:25:51,756 --> 01:25:55,339 Times change, mentalities as well. 776 01:25:55,883 --> 01:25:58,443 Do you know about the Brazzaville conference? 777 01:25:58,827 --> 01:26:00,683 It will be difficult to forget. 778 01:26:00,970 --> 01:26:03,467 You see, l draw a parallel between Effok 779 01:26:03,850 --> 01:26:05,002 and Oradour-sur-Glane. 780 01:26:05,195 --> 01:26:06,954 You can't make such a comparison. 781 01:26:07,242 --> 01:26:11,146 You can't compare Nazi barbarism with the excesses of our army. 782 01:26:11,721 --> 01:26:13,193 That's not possible. 783 01:26:13,418 --> 01:26:16,745 It's a colonial army; same mentality. 784 01:26:17,226 --> 01:26:20,073 The officers who, in 1940 refused the rallying of African forces 785 01:26:20,489 --> 01:26:23,913 to the Free French Forces and who shot the Senegalese who joined 786 01:26:24,425 --> 01:26:28,489 are today beside the leader of Free France and control the colonies. 787 01:26:29,097 --> 01:26:31,592 Don't get carried away. You know the French people. 788 01:26:31,976 --> 01:26:34,663 You know it's not the same. 789 01:26:38,919 --> 01:26:40,872 Right... 790 01:26:41,159 --> 01:26:44,007 I'll leave you to your meditation. 791 01:26:44,423 --> 01:26:47,015 Don't forget the coffee for your wife. 792 01:26:47,431 --> 01:26:49,574 I'll bring it to the quayside. 793 01:26:53,286 --> 01:26:56,166 l see Bintum there. Shall l take her back to Dakar? 794 01:26:56,582 --> 01:26:58,502 Yes, thank you. 795 01:28:37,374 --> 01:28:39,550 Slow down! 796 01:28:39,902 --> 01:28:41,341 You son of a bitch! 797 01:28:41,597 --> 01:28:44,733 You swine! Can't you see the soldiers! 798 01:28:45,213 --> 01:28:48,285 Can't you drive slowly? 799 01:28:48,733 --> 01:28:50,620 Shit! 800 01:28:50,908 --> 01:28:53,372 Watch out! 801 01:29:10,971 --> 01:29:13,114 The rate is 1 ,OOO Metropolitan francs 802 01:29:13,434 --> 01:29:16,346 for 250 CFA francs. 803 01:29:16,794 --> 01:29:20,793 But Major, the normal rate is 1 ,OOO Metropolitan for 500 CFA. 804 01:29:22,905 --> 01:29:23,833 I've been ordered 805 01:29:23,993 --> 01:29:27,321 to pay 1 ,OOO Metropolitan francs for 250 CFA francs. 806 01:29:28,889 --> 01:29:30,840 That's too much money for you. 807 01:29:31,129 --> 01:29:32,089 How do we know 808 01:29:32,281 --> 01:29:34,488 all that money wasn't stolen on the battlefields 809 01:29:34,840 --> 01:29:36,760 from the dead? 810 01:29:38,872 --> 01:29:41,496 You heard the major? 811 01:29:41,880 --> 01:29:45,432 He said we stole money from dead soldiers on the battlefields! 812 01:29:45,944 --> 01:29:47,479 God is great! 813 01:29:47,735 --> 01:29:49,943 God sees everything from up there. 814 01:29:54,967 --> 01:29:55,927 Pays says 815 01:29:56,087 --> 01:29:59,190 if the Major ''cuts'' the money, we'll cut his prick! 816 01:30:02,326 --> 01:30:04,566 But Major, you dare say such ineptitudes? 817 01:30:04,918 --> 01:30:07,414 Can you prove the origin of that money? 818 01:30:10,678 --> 01:30:13,270 Major, you insult soldiers who fought in every battle. 819 01:30:13,653 --> 01:30:16,853 They belonged to the first army of Free France 820 01:30:17,333 --> 01:30:20,501 which went from Fort-La, my, crossed the Tibesti 821 01:30:20,981 --> 01:30:25,364 and chased Mussolini's soldiers at Kuffra in southern Libya. 822 01:30:26,005 --> 01:30:28,084 They were the first to enter Tripoli. 823 01:30:28,404 --> 01:30:31,668 And they were the first to enter Paris in August '44. 824 01:30:32,148 --> 01:30:34,324 l am not through, Major. 825 01:30:37,780 --> 01:30:40,531 Where were you in 1940? 826 01:30:40,947 --> 01:30:44,147 Yes, where were you in 1939-'40? 827 01:30:44,627 --> 01:30:46,578 Shirkers! 828 01:30:46,867 --> 01:30:50,482 These infantrymen belong to the 7th French Army. 829 01:30:51,026 --> 01:30:54,609 In Abbeville.. French soldiers, English, Dutch, 830 01:30:55,154 --> 01:30:56,689 Belgians, Luxemburgers. 831 01:30:56,945 --> 01:30:59,057 When we faced the 2nd Panzer Division 832 01:30:59,377 --> 01:31:01,521 we fled to Dunkirk. 833 01:31:03,985 --> 01:31:05,553 Do you know these men were denied access 834 01:31:05,809 --> 01:31:07,856 to the ship to England? 835 01:31:11,377 --> 01:31:15,120 Do you know Captain Ntchorere of the 53rd Colonial Infantry? 836 01:31:18,096 --> 01:31:22,159 A black captain. 837 01:31:22,767 --> 01:31:28,431 His last action as a French but black, officer? 838 01:31:29,263 --> 01:31:32,591 At the concentration,camp of Buchenwald 839 01:31:33,070 --> 01:31:38,350 the Germans had assembled all the prisoners... 840 01:31:39,118 --> 01:31:42,446 the white officers on one side... 841 01:31:42,958 --> 01:31:45,869 the other ranks on one side 842 01:31:46,286 --> 01:31:48,589 and all the Negroes on the same side. 843 01:31:48,941 --> 01:31:51,405 Captain Ntchorere, , as black as coal 844 01:31:51,789 --> 01:31:55,148 crossed the field and joined the white officers. 845 01:31:55,660 --> 01:31:58,092 For he was an officer. 846 01:31:58,476 --> 01:32:02,060 The German head of the camp 847 01:32:02,572 --> 01:32:06,571 ordered him to break away from white officers. 848 01:32:07,148 --> 01:32:09,228 Captain Ntchorere refused. 849 01:32:09,547 --> 01:32:12,939 On the spot, he was shot in front of white officers. 850 01:32:13,451 --> 01:32:16,331 Yes, and none of them had the courage to protest, 851 01:32:16,747 --> 01:32:18,282 nor even whisper. 852 01:32:18,538 --> 01:32:20,554 A few infantrymen, risking their lives, 853 01:32:20,874 --> 01:32:24,202 buried Captain Ntchorere in anonymity, without a flag. 854 01:32:24,714 --> 01:32:26,410 Corporal Diarra! 855 01:32:27,786 --> 01:32:29,290 Get me Pays. 856 01:32:32,329 --> 01:32:35,273 This one is not quite in his right mind. 857 01:32:35,721 --> 01:32:38,281 Do you think that he, too, stole his money? 858 01:32:41,129 --> 01:32:45,672 We are entitled to demobilization gratuities, 859 01:32:46,313 --> 01:32:48,712 to our earnings and back pay. 860 01:32:49,064 --> 01:32:51,208 Our French colleagues who were with us 861 01:32:51,560 --> 01:32:55,592 and who shared prisons with us confirmed it 862 01:32:56,200 --> 01:32:59,111 and we believe them! 863 01:32:59,527 --> 01:33:01,703 Shall we believe there are two Frances 864 01:33:02,055 --> 01:33:04,487 the Metropole and the Colonial? 865 01:33:05,382 --> 01:33:08,999 Here you dare accuse us of stripping corpses? 866 01:33:09,542 --> 01:33:13,798 Do you know the real strippers of corpses? 867 01:33:14,406 --> 01:33:17,670 We, infantrymen, saw those who opened the mouths of corpses 868 01:33:18,149 --> 01:33:20,518 to take out gold, or silver teeth 869 01:33:20,870 --> 01:33:24,709 those who mutilated corpses to take rings. 870 01:33:25,285 --> 01:33:28,549 Shall l tell you about French collaborators of the Gestapo? 871 01:33:33,957 --> 01:33:36,388 Very well, Sergeant Major! 872 01:33:37,892 --> 01:33:41,795 You've given us a great lesson of history. 873 01:33:42,371 --> 01:33:45,315 Mr. Intellectual! 874 01:33:45,763 --> 01:33:47,779 Guard Commander! 875 01:33:49,187 --> 01:33:50,563 Yes, Captain! 876 01:33:50,787 --> 01:33:52,547 Throw him out of here! 877 01:34:14,881 --> 01:34:17,249 Get out of here! 878 01:34:17,601 --> 01:34:19,744 If they refuse, shoot! 879 01:34:36,895 --> 01:34:40,287 With your metropolitan money, you can go and paper your huts. 880 01:34:40,799 --> 01:34:45,054 The normal rate is 1 ,OOO French francs for 500 CFA francs. 881 01:34:45,694 --> 01:34:49,918 So we must consult to know if we accept or refuse. 882 01:34:50,526 --> 01:34:54,621 We'll go back to the barrack rooms and discuss it. 883 01:34:55,229 --> 01:34:59,517 1 ,OOO French francs for 500 CFA. 884 01:35:00,157 --> 01:35:03,644 1 ,OOO French francs for 250 CFA is robbery. 885 01:35:04,156 --> 01:35:06,492 They're making fools of us. 886 01:35:06,844 --> 01:35:08,124 Very well. 887 01:35:15,067 --> 01:35:20,219 We must not accept 1 ,OOO French francs for 250 CFA. 888 01:35:20,955 --> 01:35:24,699 Corporal, we are all Africans. 889 01:35:25,274 --> 01:35:28,635 We know that everywhere it's the whites who govern. 890 01:35:29,147 --> 01:35:33,434 We should accept 250 CFA for 1 ,OOO French francs. 891 01:35:34,074 --> 01:35:37,946 That's what l think. 892 01:35:38,521 --> 01:35:41,241 The whites are united like the fingers of the hand. 893 01:35:41,657 --> 01:35:44,601 If we form a group, 894 01:35:45,049 --> 01:35:48,889 the whites will have to pay us. 895 01:35:49,465 --> 01:35:52,824 The officer who spoke said nothing about gratuities, 896 01:35:53,336 --> 01:35:56,504 earnings, and allowances. 897 01:35:56,984 --> 01:36:00,568 They want to rob us all of that. 898 01:36:01,112 --> 01:36:02,167 That's fascist. 899 01:36:02,359 --> 01:36:03,768 We say no! 900 01:36:03,991 --> 01:36:09,431 We designate Sarge to speak to the general. 901 01:36:10,231 --> 01:36:14,967 In the name of Allah, the general doesn't know what's going on here. 902 01:36:15,639 --> 01:36:17,078 No! 903 01:36:20,087 --> 01:36:22,326 We are not going to designate Sarge as our delegate. 904 01:36:22,678 --> 01:36:24,918 The whites promoted him. 905 01:36:25,270 --> 01:36:26,582 We are Africans. 906 01:36:26,806 --> 01:36:29,589 Each barrack room must designate their delegate. 907 01:36:30,005 --> 01:36:33,685 Sarge is educated. 908 01:36:34,229 --> 01:36:38,357 He speaks French like the whites. 909 01:36:38,965 --> 01:36:42,356 Can any of us make himself understood by the whites? 910 01:36:42,869 --> 01:36:44,788 A delegate must talk like them. 911 01:36:45,076 --> 01:36:46,324 You're stupid! 912 01:36:46,548 --> 01:36:48,116 You sure are stupid! 913 01:36:48,372 --> 01:36:51,283 What is French? It's a language. 914 01:36:51,700 --> 01:36:54,388 Whether you speak it well or not 915 01:36:54,803 --> 01:36:57,555 it's what you say that counts. 916 01:37:00,083 --> 01:37:02,355 French is like a woman. 917 01:37:02,706 --> 01:37:07,474 You take her the way you want, you take her, you take her... 918 01:37:08,178 --> 01:37:10,002 provided you say what you want to say. 919 01:37:10,290 --> 01:37:11,602 And that's all. 920 01:37:11,825 --> 01:37:14,513 Let's not designate Sarge as our delegate. 921 01:37:22,417 --> 01:37:26,896 Each barrack room designates a delegate right now. 922 01:37:27,537 --> 01:37:31,184 We'll go and see Sarge together. 923 01:37:31,728 --> 01:37:35,471 We've designated the marabout infantryman. 924 01:37:36,016 --> 01:37:38,992 - Okay. - Me too. 925 01:37:40,143 --> 01:37:41,455 There. 926 01:38:10,861 --> 01:38:13,005 Carry on, Major. 927 01:38:13,324 --> 01:38:15,916 We have to change the metropolitan money. 928 01:38:16,300 --> 01:38:20,012 We have to pay them gratuities, earnings, 929 01:38:20,556 --> 01:38:22,604 allowances. 930 01:38:22,923 --> 01:38:25,836 In the present situation, we cannot. 931 01:38:26,284 --> 01:38:30,187 What are they going to do with all that money, in their huts? 932 01:38:30,763 --> 01:38:32,939 No, General l agree with the major. 933 01:38:33,291 --> 01:38:36,747 We must give them half the rate. 934 01:38:37,259 --> 01:38:41,355 Well, obviously, Captain Raymond doesn't share this view. 935 01:38:41,930 --> 01:38:45,705 But, Captain, you don't know the natives and the colonies. 936 01:38:46,282 --> 01:38:50,825 It is not a question of knowing the colonies or the natives. 937 01:38:51,465 --> 01:38:54,729 It is simply a question of honoring our commitments. 938 01:38:55,209 --> 01:38:59,304 White French soldiers have been paid. 939 01:38:59,881 --> 01:39:02,888 And why wasn't this dispute solved in the Metropole? 940 01:39:03,336 --> 01:39:07,400 They were moved from one garrison to another with false promises. 941 01:39:08,008 --> 01:39:10,504 Here in Africa we can do nothing. 942 01:39:10,888 --> 01:39:14,055 In Morlaix an advance was give! n to them 943 01:39:14,503 --> 01:39:18,535 with the promise that they would get their money in Dakar. 944 01:39:19,111 --> 01:39:22,023 l sent you a memo, General. 945 01:39:22,438 --> 01:39:24,102 Yes. 946 01:39:24,391 --> 01:39:26,854 Each war creates a period of austerity. 947 01:39:27,206 --> 01:39:30,022 Are you saying, by robbing 1 ,OOO natives, 948 01:39:30,438 --> 01:39:31,910 France will be rebuilt? 949 01:39:32,133 --> 01:39:33,253 Rob? 950 01:39:33,446 --> 01:39:35,173 We have been very generous. 951 01:39:35,462 --> 01:39:38,598 It's not a question of generosity but justice. 952 01:39:39,077 --> 01:39:41,669 France is generous with her natives. 953 01:39:42,053 --> 01:39:43,493 We got them out of barbarism. 954 01:39:43,717 --> 01:39:46,148 l don't know if it's ours or theirs 955 01:39:46,500 --> 01:39:49,188 given the series of atrocities we've been through. 956 01:39:51,044 --> 01:39:53,380 It's one way of looking at it. 957 01:39:53,732 --> 01:39:58,148 l am certain these people, who are primitive, are manipulated, 958 01:39:58,788 --> 01:40:00,932 even paid by the Nazis 959 01:40:01,251 --> 01:40:04,867 or by the Bolsheviks to destabilize the empire. 960 01:40:05,411 --> 01:40:10,371 Otherwise, how did they survive the camps? 961 01:40:11,075 --> 01:40:14,050 How can you say such things, Captain Labrousse? 962 01:40:14,498 --> 01:40:17,154 For Hitler Jews, communists 963 01:40:17,538 --> 01:40:20,706 Freemasons, Gypsies, Negroes.. all had to be eliminated. 964 01:40:21,186 --> 01:40:25,185 And we fetched these natives in their villages 965 01:40:25,761 --> 01:40:29,984 to have them fight the war for you, gentlemen. 966 01:40:31,904 --> 01:40:35,040 The ''yes, sir'' Negroes, gentlemen, 967 01:40:35,520 --> 01:40:36,576 are finished. 968 01:40:36,768 --> 01:40:38,464 They've witnessed fighting 969 01:40:38,752 --> 01:40:41,824 between whites over the last five years. 970 01:40:42,272 --> 01:40:43,968 To return to the point, 971 01:40:44,256 --> 01:40:47,104 today we must recognize the fairness of their claims. 972 01:40:51,039 --> 01:40:52,767 Captain Raymond, 973 01:40:53,055 --> 01:40:57,567 if we make the decision to pay, them half what is owed them 974 01:40:58,207 --> 01:41:03,166 do you, as an officer, condone this attitude of disobedience? 975 01:41:03,870 --> 01:41:05,534 For me, General 976 01:41:05,790 --> 01:41:08,893 an officer who does not keep his word 977 01:41:09,342 --> 01:41:12,445 is not worthy of the uniform of the French army. 978 01:41:16,093 --> 01:41:17,821 Very well. 979 01:41:22,269 --> 01:41:25,405 l am expecting news from Paris. Tomorrow I'll visit Thiaroye. 980 01:41:25,884 --> 01:41:27,868 That will be all, gentlemen. 981 01:41:28,156 --> 01:41:30,236 - Captain Labrousse. - General. 982 01:41:30,556 --> 01:41:31,995 Stay for a while. 983 01:41:46,202 --> 01:41:48,091 - Evening, Bakary. - Captain. 984 01:42:22,392 --> 01:42:25,463 - Hello there, Bakary. - Captain. 985 01:42:25,943 --> 01:42:27,703 Lieutenant Edward don't stay alone. 986 01:42:27,991 --> 01:42:29,495 Join us. 987 01:42:41,301 --> 01:42:43,958 Gentlemen, good evening. 988 01:42:47,254 --> 01:42:51,381 Those Russians want to occupy Berlin before the Allies. 989 01:42:51,989 --> 01:42:54,933 l don't like communists even French. 990 01:42:55,381 --> 01:43:00,244 It's the communists like you-know-who who indoctrinate our men. 991 01:43:00,948 --> 01:43:04,148 Bakary, come on, hurry up a bit. 992 01:43:04,628 --> 01:43:05,971 Coming, Major. 993 01:43:06,196 --> 01:43:09,076 You have to separate the wheat from the chaff. 994 01:43:09,523 --> 01:43:12,083 They represent risks for the empire. 995 01:43:13,683 --> 01:43:16,626 He won't stay long in the colonies. He's going back. 996 01:43:17,074 --> 01:43:19,539 He's not a career soldier. 997 01:43:19,891 --> 01:43:21,906 l don't like these commies. 998 01:44:33,836 --> 01:44:35,564 Classical music. 999 01:44:43,275 --> 01:44:44,651 Hey! 1000 01:44:44,876 --> 01:44:48,203 Just look at that! 1001 01:44:48,683 --> 01:44:51,499 His wife and his daughter. 1002 01:44:51,914 --> 01:44:53,994 He is married to a French woman. 1003 01:45:05,898 --> 01:45:07,914 Look at what he reads. 1004 01:45:11,177 --> 01:45:13,449 Aragon. 1005 01:45:13,801 --> 01:45:16,264 Vercors...Aragon... 1006 01:45:16,649 --> 01:45:18,921 - He's a communist. - Of course. 1007 01:45:19,272 --> 01:45:22,056 All the intellectuals are communists. 1008 01:45:22,472 --> 01:45:25,224 Thank God this one won't have a career in the army. 1009 01:45:46,406 --> 01:45:47,878 Why keep us in the sun? 1010 01:45:48,134 --> 01:45:50,086 It's fascist! 1011 01:45:50,406 --> 01:45:51,302 Quiet! 1012 01:46:05,572 --> 01:46:07,812 Shit! Here, come and see this. 1013 01:46:10,820 --> 01:46:12,484 They must have stripped corpses. 1014 01:46:12,772 --> 01:46:15,716 They'll have to justify the origin of this money. 1015 01:46:16,164 --> 01:46:19,779 The Germans gave them all that to destabilize the empire. 1016 01:46:20,323 --> 01:46:21,891 Look! 1017 01:46:22,147 --> 01:46:23,683 Is it Arabic? 1018 01:46:23,939 --> 01:46:25,634 l don't know. 1019 01:46:25,890 --> 01:46:29,059 But they'll have to justify this money. 1020 01:46:29,538 --> 01:46:31,714 It's too much money for a nigger. 1021 01:46:32,034 --> 01:46:34,594 I'll say so in my report. 1022 01:46:34,977 --> 01:46:37,282 But where could the weapons be? 1023 01:46:52,545 --> 01:46:54,112 Here. Look. 1024 01:46:55,200 --> 01:46:56,384 A German helmet! 1025 01:46:57,920 --> 01:46:59,456 We can't leave it to them. 1026 01:46:59,680 --> 01:47:01,120 Let's take it. 1027 01:47:21,917 --> 01:47:23,166 Quiet! 1028 01:47:43,228 --> 01:47:45,116 All right, gentlemen. You can come out. 1029 01:47:45,404 --> 01:47:47,035 The general will be here soon. 1030 01:47:47,292 --> 01:47:48,764 Tried to kill us for a German helmet. 1031 01:47:48,988 --> 01:47:51,227 He's crazy. Forget it. Follow me. 1032 01:48:21,432 --> 01:48:24,057 Get some gasoline at Bargny with the jeep. 1033 01:48:24,472 --> 01:48:25,752 Yes, Captain. 1034 01:48:44,151 --> 01:48:47,543 You know that the army is discipline, 1035 01:48:48,055 --> 01:48:50,742 obedience to one's superiors. 1036 01:48:51,158 --> 01:48:54,262 What's more the Americans are our allies. 1037 01:48:54,710 --> 01:48:57,302 You can't take law into your own hands! 1038 01:48:59,606 --> 01:49:01,430 Because of your past 1039 01:49:01,717 --> 01:49:05,237 and your good and loyal services rendered to France 1040 01:49:05,749 --> 01:49:08,405 l will not take any sanctions, 1041 01:49:08,821 --> 01:49:12,405 and you will return to your respective villages. 1042 01:49:12,949 --> 01:49:16,245 Those from Niger, Sudan, and the Ivory Coast 1043 01:49:16,724 --> 01:49:20,660 will return first by train to Bamako. 1044 01:49:21,236 --> 01:49:23,924 The others will be divided into two groups. 1045 01:49:24,339 --> 01:49:27,571 The first one will join the 6th RAC. 1046 01:49:28,051 --> 01:49:32,051 The second will be posted to the 7th Regiment of Infantrymen. 1047 01:49:35,123 --> 01:49:37,906 Your money will be changed tomorrow 1048 01:49:38,323 --> 01:49:42,066 at the rate of 1 ,OOO French francs 1049 01:49:42,610 --> 01:49:44,593 for 250 CFA francs. 1050 01:49:44,914 --> 01:49:46,417 That is beyond question. 1051 01:49:46,642 --> 01:49:48,209 He is not telling the truth. 1052 01:49:53,745 --> 01:49:58,000 General, it's not true. 1053 01:49:58,608 --> 01:50:01,648 1 ,OOO French francs are worth 500 CFA francs. 1054 01:50:02,096 --> 01:50:04,336 That's the truth! 1055 01:50:15,503 --> 01:50:16,878 You, stand to attention! 1056 01:50:17,103 --> 01:50:18,798 Attention again. 1057 01:50:19,087 --> 01:50:21,551 l am already standing to attention. 1058 01:50:21,934 --> 01:50:22,862 Shut up! 1059 01:50:23,023 --> 01:50:23,887 Attention! 1060 01:50:37,581 --> 01:50:39,821 We will not go without our money. 1061 01:50:40,173 --> 01:50:41,389 1 ,OOO French francs 1062 01:50:41,581 --> 01:50:43,149 for 500 CFA francs. 1063 01:50:45,228 --> 01:50:47,468 You will be summoned before a military tribunal. 1064 01:50:47,820 --> 01:50:50,956 Corporal, the general is lying. We must capture him. 1065 01:50:57,740 --> 01:50:59,147 Captain! 1066 01:51:00,971 --> 01:51:04,235 ''November 30, 1944 1 O..OO A.M.'' 1067 01:51:26,377 --> 01:51:28,489 Look at our baggage. 1068 01:51:28,809 --> 01:51:30,760 They've searched them. Why? 1069 01:51:31,049 --> 01:51:33,384 We haven't stolen anything! 1070 01:51:33,736 --> 01:51:35,720 General, sit down! 1071 01:51:37,288 --> 01:51:39,784 If you try to escape, you will be tied. 1072 01:51:52,711 --> 01:51:55,014 We talk outside. 1073 01:51:55,366 --> 01:51:57,702 Each country must consult. 1074 01:52:00,774 --> 01:52:03,206 All out. 1075 01:52:18,404 --> 01:52:22,564 Sergeant Diatta, tell your men to free the general immediately. 1076 01:52:23,172 --> 01:52:26,084 They could face the military tribunal 1077 01:52:26,532 --> 01:52:28,644 and the firing squad! 1078 01:52:28,964 --> 01:52:30,948 No, you speak. 1079 01:52:31,235 --> 01:52:32,580 It's an order! 1080 01:52:32,803 --> 01:52:35,587 Captain, l refuse. 1081 01:52:37,443 --> 01:52:40,578 You're still a soldier. You must obey your superiors. 1082 01:52:41,059 --> 01:52:42,531 My service ended two years ago. 1083 01:52:42,754 --> 01:52:44,707 l was kept in by force. 1084 01:52:45,890 --> 01:52:47,874 - You're on their side? - Yes. 1085 01:52:58,721 --> 01:53:00,578 Get the guards to intervene. 1086 01:53:00,865 --> 01:53:03,041 They have no ammunition, Captain. 1087 01:53:03,393 --> 01:53:05,440 - Tell HQ immediately. - Yes, Captain. 1088 01:53:23,775 --> 01:53:25,790 Let us keep the general 1089 01:53:26,079 --> 01:53:28,734 until he pays us our gratuities 1090 01:53:29,151 --> 01:53:31,454 and our earnings as soldiers. 1091 01:53:31,806 --> 01:53:33,790 What if he refuses to pay? 1092 01:53:34,078 --> 01:53:38,046 If he refuses we keep him'! 1093 01:53:40,830 --> 01:53:42,941 How can we keep him? 1094 01:53:43,262 --> 01:53:45,501 The whites govern Africa! 1095 01:53:45,853 --> 01:53:48,957 Mosi, are you afraid or what? 1096 01:53:49,405 --> 01:53:50,781 We take the guns! 1097 01:53:51,004 --> 01:53:52,636 Idiot! 1098 01:53:52,893 --> 01:53:54,429 You don't know 1099 01:53:54,652 --> 01:53:57,948 that these guns are not loaded. 1100 01:53:58,429 --> 01:54:00,892 Let's take the watchtowers! 1101 01:54:03,836 --> 01:54:05,756 You! Here! 1102 01:54:06,044 --> 01:54:08,283 You and you, come with me! 1103 01:54:35,833 --> 01:54:37,785 HQ has been informed, Major. 1104 01:54:38,073 --> 01:54:41,592 Good, I'll take the money. And bring Captain Raymond. 1105 01:54:42,104 --> 01:54:43,289 We'll wait for you. 1106 01:54:43,480 --> 01:54:46,073 Jeep driver! Get ready! 1107 01:54:49,624 --> 01:54:53,432 Sergeant Major, we're taking the money back. 1108 01:54:54,007 --> 01:54:56,151 Infantrymen, load the bags. 1109 01:56:06,481 --> 01:56:08,369 Sergeant Major! We're all infantrymen! 1110 01:56:08,657 --> 01:56:10,960 No more Sergeant Major. 1111 01:56:11,312 --> 01:56:13,969 We all agree. 1112 01:56:14,352 --> 01:56:17,009 Are you with us? 1113 01:56:18,768 --> 01:56:20,144 Your word! 1114 01:56:23,504 --> 01:56:24,432 l am with you. 1115 01:56:27,951 --> 01:56:31,439 Brother, we keep the general 1116 01:56:31,951 --> 01:56:35,439 until he pays us. 1117 01:56:35,951 --> 01:56:38,254 - Do we agree on that? - Yes. 1118 01:56:38,606 --> 01:56:42,158 We keep the general, even if it costs us our lives. 1119 01:56:42,670 --> 01:56:44,878 We keep him! 1120 01:56:45,198 --> 01:56:46,158 Yes! 1121 01:56:52,430 --> 01:56:56,301 The white general is here! 1122 01:56:56,845 --> 01:57:01,677 Let us keep the general until he pays us. 1123 01:57:06,700 --> 01:57:09,036 To life or to death! 1124 01:57:29,674 --> 01:57:31,178 What the hell did you do? 1125 01:57:31,434 --> 01:57:33,642 You must speak to them. 1126 01:57:33,962 --> 01:57:37,642 They face the firing squad. You know what they risk. 1127 01:57:38,154 --> 01:57:40,682 You just had to pay them. They've been lied to. 1128 01:57:41,065 --> 01:57:44,009 They obey you. They know you. 1129 01:57:44,457 --> 01:57:46,665 You must speak to them. 1130 01:58:05,639 --> 01:58:08,487 Sergeant Major Diatta, can l see you alone? 1131 01:58:22,181 --> 01:58:23,845 Whatever the motives 1132 01:58:24,101 --> 01:58:26,310 this is an act of rebellion. 1133 01:58:26,629 --> 01:58:30,533 You're still wearing the military uniform. 1134 01:58:31,109 --> 01:58:32,932 Speak to them. 1135 01:58:33,221 --> 01:58:36,037 They are not aware of the seriousness of their actions. 1136 01:58:36,453 --> 01:58:38,981 You are educated. You know. 1137 01:58:39,364 --> 01:58:42,916 They've called on you to persuade us. 1138 01:58:43,428 --> 01:58:48,676 Since Morlaix the officers have been lying. 1139 01:58:49,444 --> 01:58:51,299 Are there two rules in their army? 1140 01:58:51,587 --> 01:58:53,251 One for blacks one for whites? 1141 01:58:53,507 --> 01:58:55,939 - l don't like how you speak. - How should l? 1142 01:58:56,291 --> 01:58:58,979 Or rather, l must not speak. 1143 01:58:59,362 --> 01:59:02,498 l must shut up and condone injustice. 1144 01:59:02,946 --> 01:59:04,930 You can call on the governor. 1145 01:59:05,218 --> 01:59:06,850 l will tell him your grievances. 1146 01:59:07,106 --> 01:59:09,634 l will see the colonial minister in Paris. 1147 01:59:10,017 --> 01:59:12,609 Have you become the Good Samaritan 1148 01:59:12,994 --> 01:59:16,385 or the Saint Bernard of these Vichyists? 1149 01:59:16,865 --> 01:59:19,520 A right is neither discussed nor negotiated. 1150 01:59:19,937 --> 01:59:22,912 We're back from Europe, where we fought your enemies. 1151 01:59:23,360 --> 01:59:25,057 Now we fight for Africa. 1152 01:59:38,495 --> 01:59:40,255 - Well? - Well, nothing. 1153 01:59:40,543 --> 01:59:42,847 Nothing? What do you mean, nothing? 1154 01:59:43,199 --> 01:59:45,182 They must release the general! 1155 01:59:45,503 --> 01:59:47,487 We can't negotiate with these Negroes. 1156 01:59:47,774 --> 01:59:50,431 The infantrymen are endangering the empire. 1157 01:59:50,846 --> 01:59:52,894 They were indoctrinated by the Nazis. 1158 01:59:53,214 --> 01:59:54,206 Let's do something. 1159 01:59:54,366 --> 01:59:57,630 They've acquired a great awareness of themselves. 1160 02:00:19,547 --> 02:00:22,044 Get down! 1161 02:00:22,396 --> 02:00:23,580 I'll shoot! 1162 02:00:23,772 --> 02:00:25,403 We know you can't. 1163 02:00:25,659 --> 02:00:27,803 You have no ammunitions. 1164 02:00:28,123 --> 02:00:30,171 If you don't, I'll come up. 1165 02:00:30,491 --> 02:00:33,338 Corporal! 1166 02:00:33,754 --> 02:00:35,706 Guard commander! 1167 02:00:40,154 --> 02:00:42,874 - What's going on? - The general is our prisoner. 1168 02:00:43,289 --> 02:00:46,042 You are a soldier; me too. l fought in Europe. 1169 02:00:46,458 --> 02:00:50,617 If the sentry doesn't come down, we go up and kill him. 1170 02:00:51,225 --> 02:00:53,081 Sentry, down! 1171 02:01:06,744 --> 02:01:09,527 Corporal, thank you. 1172 02:01:12,632 --> 02:01:14,359 You, go up there. 1173 02:01:18,775 --> 02:01:20,151 But what are they doing? 1174 02:01:20,374 --> 02:01:21,910 Occupying the field. 1175 02:01:22,135 --> 02:01:24,759 If you hold the summit, you hold the base. 1176 02:01:25,142 --> 02:01:26,998 We should ask for help quickly. 1177 02:01:27,286 --> 02:01:28,598 Let's wait. 1178 02:01:28,790 --> 02:01:31,670 Wait for what? All it takes is to pay them. 1179 02:01:43,285 --> 02:01:46,900 You know the camp will be stormed? 1180 02:01:47,412 --> 02:01:50,772 You taught us not to take war prisoners. 1181 02:01:51,284 --> 02:01:54,931 If ever the camp is attacked, we kill you. 1182 02:01:56,180 --> 02:01:58,131 We'll see who we are. 1183 02:02:00,467 --> 02:02:03,027 We've placed our sentries everywhere. 1184 02:02:04,947 --> 02:02:08,434 He means, General that we control the cam' p. 1185 02:02:08,946 --> 02:02:11,506 We're not fascists. 1186 02:02:11,890 --> 02:02:14,450 We have suffered a lot from the war. 1187 02:02:20,338 --> 02:02:23,601 Do you understand my French? No, you don't. 1188 02:02:24,082 --> 02:02:25,745 We've seen a lot massacred Jews. 1189 02:02:26,001 --> 02:02:28,561 Do you understand my French? 1190 02:02:28,945 --> 02:02:30,256 l didn't go to school. 1191 02:02:30,481 --> 02:02:33,200 l am an infantryman. l didn't study. 1192 02:02:33,617 --> 02:02:37,776 The infantryman knows only two things.. guns and orders. 1193 02:02:38,384 --> 02:02:41,808 At war, we saw a lot of corpses. 1194 02:02:42,320 --> 02:02:46,831 We are all men.. you, me, him. 1195 02:02:47,472 --> 02:02:49,615 You get me? 1196 02:02:52,559 --> 02:02:57,167 A white corpse, a black corpse, it's the same. 1197 02:02:57,838 --> 02:03:01,198 So why do you refuse to pay us? 1198 02:03:03,150 --> 02:03:04,974 Shit! 1199 02:03:07,533 --> 02:03:10,189 All right. 1200 02:03:10,573 --> 02:03:14,317 You'll get the right rate. 1201 02:03:14,860 --> 02:03:17,804 1 ,OOO French francs for 500 CFA francs. 1202 02:03:18,252 --> 02:03:20,684 What did you say? 1203 02:03:21,036 --> 02:03:24,364 Yes, I'll apply the right rate. 1204 02:03:27,339 --> 02:03:30,252 That still leaves our gratuities, earnings, and benefits 1205 02:03:30,700 --> 02:03:32,492 to settle before we leave Thiaroye. 1206 02:03:32,780 --> 02:03:33,995 l can't do anything here. 1207 02:03:34,187 --> 02:03:36,683 l must go to Dakar to settle that. 1208 02:03:40,875 --> 02:03:43,403 Pays, leave him. 1209 02:03:49,226 --> 02:03:51,786 The general will settle everything. 1210 02:03:56,873 --> 02:03:59,018 Pays says the General is lying. 1211 02:03:59,337 --> 02:04:03,368 What he says is not what he thinks. 1212 02:04:06,920 --> 02:04:09,768 Lots of lies. 1213 02:04:10,184 --> 02:04:11,880 You have my word as general officer. 1214 02:04:13,800 --> 02:04:17,608 Would you repeat that outside, in front of the soldiers? 1215 02:04:20,711 --> 02:04:21,959 My word. 1216 02:04:47,813 --> 02:04:50,533 Quiet! 1217 02:04:50,949 --> 02:04:53,028 The general wants to speak. 1218 02:04:53,348 --> 02:04:55,972 My word as general officer... 1219 02:04:56,357 --> 02:04:57,956 you will get your pay. 1220 02:05:32,673 --> 02:05:34,561 Barrier! 1221 02:05:45,824 --> 02:05:46,816 Thank you. 1222 02:05:46,976 --> 02:05:49,952 I'll bring the coffee to the port for my wife. 1223 02:06:02,046 --> 02:06:03,326 Farewell, Captain. 1224 02:06:58,042 --> 02:07:00,794 My respects, Captain. I've followed your instructions. 1225 02:07:01,209 --> 02:07:04,729 The local infantrymen have boarded the truck. 1226 02:07:05,242 --> 02:07:08,601 Yes, l see the others dancing in the yard. 1227 02:07:09,113 --> 02:07:12,473 I've taken all steps. l leave the camp immediately. 1228 02:07:12,984 --> 02:07:14,585 Yes, Captain. 1229 02:15:43,149 --> 02:15:45,613 Son of a bitch! 1230 02:15:45,965 --> 02:15:49,100 What's going on? 1231 02:15:49,581 --> 02:15:52,140 Can we sleep? 1232 02:16:05,387 --> 02:16:06,668 What is it? 1233 02:16:23,082 --> 02:16:25,546 Pays, what is it? 1234 02:16:32,713 --> 02:16:34,025 What does he say? 1235 02:16:34,249 --> 02:16:37,065 I'm not sure. The helmet is German. He says... 1236 02:16:37,481 --> 02:16:38,824 But in French? 1237 02:16:39,049 --> 02:16:42,952 Pays says that the Germans are invading the camp. 1238 02:16:43,528 --> 02:16:45,896 He really is a loony. 1239 02:16:46,248 --> 02:16:49,352 Germans in Africa? He sees Germans everywhere. 1240 02:16:49,800 --> 02:16:52,711 Germans attacking the camp! He's crazy. 1241 02:16:53,127 --> 02:16:57,799 He keeps us from sleeping. 1242 02:16:58,471 --> 02:17:00,935 We should tie him up. 1243 02:17:08,678 --> 02:17:12,070 Let's get back to our rooms. 1244 02:17:33,444 --> 02:17:35,748 Corporal, what's going on? 1245 02:17:36,100 --> 02:17:39,459 Pays says the Germans are invading the camp. 1246 02:17:49,058 --> 02:17:50,882 Get him back to the room. 1247 02:17:51,170 --> 02:17:52,898 Go to bed. 1248 02:18:13,088 --> 02:18:16,673 ''December 1 , 1944 3..OO A.M.'' 1249 02:21:23,536 --> 02:21:26,992 ''5..OO A.M.'' 1250 02:23:27,878 --> 02:23:30,693 General, your orders have been carried out. 1251 02:23:31,109 --> 02:23:32,902 Good. 1252 02:23:33,189 --> 02:23:35,078 The colonial minister 1253 02:23:35,365 --> 02:23:40,452 and the governor general support us. 1254 02:23:42,437 --> 02:23:44,677 Here. 1255 02:23:44,996 --> 02:23:49,092 What about the departure for France of the new recruits? 1256 02:23:49,668 --> 02:23:51,780 It's your responsibility, Captain. 1257 02:23:52,100 --> 02:23:55,172 Major August, stay with me. 88826