Original subtitles

- Previously on X Company...

- I'm glad it's you doing it,

and not a stranger.

Ah!

- Everyone's gone.

Everyone I know.

- Me too.

- Franz Farber. It's time

we learned more about him.

- There you are. Franz is...

particular about his space.

- Harry!

- Soldiers are gonna

hit the ground soon.

- When they do, we'll be ready.

We'll mobilize from behind the

line, strike when least expect.

- We'll slice

every Nazi's throat.

And we'll watch them bleed.

♪♪♪

- It's cruel to make me wait.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

- I know what a bad

dream looks like.

- It was nothing.

- No, it wasn't.

- I was killing a German.

- So it was a good dream.

- I have to go.

- I really feel like I gained

her trust. We talked

for about two hours,

then we left the café

and we went for a walk.

Good morning.

- What's this then?

- Buttons.

- She spent the day

with Franz Faber's wife.

- They left the cafe,

then they went for a walk.

- Where I found out a Wehrmacht

general is coming to Paris.

- Did you get a name?

- No. But I did learn

that our friend Faber

takes his work home

and he has a safe

in his study.

- Wait, wait--

- He doesn't like Sabine in the

study, so I'm guessing the safe

contains sensitive material.

- And you found that out

over coffee?

- It was a productive afternoon.

- This general you mentioned...

- He's coming to Paris

for a couple of days.

He has a wife named Gertrude.

And there was a junior Gestapo

officer, walking his dog.

- He's in our files at the Camp.

Generalfeldmarschall Brandt,

has a wife named Gertrude. They

have a dog; German Shepherd?

- Yeah.

- Brandt is tasked with

fortifying the Atlantic wall

along the Northern coast.

- Are you serious?

- The raid on France is coming

any day now. If Brandt

is in Paris,

eliminating him could cause

a major disruption.

The Germans wouldn't be able

to replace him before

we hit the beach.

- You're sure about the intel?

- Yeah.

- We have to kill him.

- Harry, it's not that simple.

We have to look

at all the sides before we do

something like that.

- Brandt's in Paris for a couple

of days. This is our chance.

- We don't know if Alfred's

intel is still up to date.

- Then I'll send it to the Camp,

let them run it up the chain.

- You're talking about going

after a general! That kind of

thing, it triggers reprisals.

You don't know how many

innocent lives could be lost!

- How many lives could we save

by removing him before invasion?

- Killing a high-ranking

general?

You gotta admit that'd make a

pretty persuasive recruitment ad

for the Resistance.

- Why don't we have a go at old

Uncle Adolf while we're at it,

that'd be good for morale.

- That's not what I meant.

- Killing Brandt is a massive

risk. We need to be strategic.

- Oh, so that's it? We're not

going to do anything because

you don't think it's worth it?

- Harry, you were in Villemarie.

That village was nearly wiped

out for helping the Resistance.

You wanna gamble innocent lives

because you're excited about

taking a shot at a general?

- No! Is that not what we do?

We do difficult things

to turn this war around.

Did you forget that, playing

dress-up with your new friend?

- Hey, Harry, take it easy--

- No, you know what? René,

he may have been a traitor...

at least he wasn't a coward.

- He doesn't mean it.

We'll talk to him

when he's calmed down.

- I'm done. I'm done

talking to him.

- Pop the mag.

Check the chamber.

Load it. Safety. Be careful.

- That's the Luger;

German handgun of choice.

Automatic MP38.

- You were inside

Faber's apartment?

- So maybe I was.

- There was no one covering you.

What if he'd seen you?

- He's almost never

home during the day.

- Almost? He knows your face!

- Alfred, sometimes

you need to take a risk.

Like running into

a POW Camp with no plan.

- All right. Guys, I updated

Sinclair about General Brandt.

- You did what?

- We got the green light.

- Harry, you had

no right to do that.

- You radioed Sinclair?

- Yeah. The decision's been

made. We're doing it.

They're getting us

Brandt's location.

- Do you want to lead this team,

Harry?

- No, Aurora. I want you to.

- Then go. Get back to work.

- What do you want me to--

- Stay on the radio, Harry!

Get back to work.

- Just got word from London.

Locating Brandt is priority one.

- Messages have been sent out.

Everything we have on the

general. It's not much.

- Six months ago,

he was sighted near Antwerp.

The Brits sent in their best

Commando unit after him.

What do we got?

- Incoming! Stand by!

- What happened at Antwerp?

- It was a setup. Our men were

massacred in the streets.

- Paris City Transport confirms

road closures. There's a VIP

on the move.

- Thank you. Let's get

Aurora's team in position.

We're going to get

this son of a bitch.

- The police are locking things

up. You should have

a clear shot.

I find the bullets tend to work

better inside the gun.

- We're going to get one shot

at this before every copper

in the city comes running.

This way the bullet expands

on impact, makes it count.

- Lots of movement

on the street. Any sign

of the convoy yet?

- You've got one job to do and

that's keeping your eyes

on our exit.

- Don't worry; the way out's

clear. I wanna watch it happen.

- Get back to your post now!

He needs a kick in the arse.

- He's still just a kid.

Can't be easy for him.

- Better he figures it out now.

- There he is.

Lead car's too exposed.

Brandt'll be riding

in the middle.

- Distance?

- I'd say one, maybe one-fifty.

- Let's call it one twenty-five.

- Action in the lead vehicle.

The wind's picking up.

Coming from the northwest.

All right, this is gonna be him.

Hold fire! Hold fire!

It's a decoy.

It's the right uniform,

but he's way too young.

- Where the hell is he?

-: You can't

assassinate a man

you can't find.

- If only we had access

to our old contacts...

- I know,

but we're on our own.

- There is

one person. Sabine.

She knew Brandt was in town.

She might know why.

If we learn why,

we may learn where.

- No, we keep her out of this.

- Why?

- Because if it was ever traced

back to her she'd be executed.

- Germans being caught

in the crossfire isn't

usually considered a problem.

- She isn't just

some "other German."

- That's what I thought.

- What I'm saying

is that we'd sacrifice

our long-term strategy.

Everything I've built

with her would be gone.

She's still the enemy.

Please stop making assumptions

about my feelings.

- You're right. She's not

an asset we want to burn.

Maybe there's a way to

pull off the assassination

without it tracing

back to Sabine.

- I'm listening.

- Klaus, I'm sorry.

Something's come up.

We'll have to talk later.

- The Russians would

at least give us work.

An idle mind

is cruel torture.

- I'm sorry. I'll have them

take you back to Bowmanville.

- I wait here. I wait there.

- Have you heard

from your father?

- Not yet.

I've been thinking about how

I got transferred to Canada.

- Well, your father

reached out to me.

Because he knew it would be

safer for you here

than spending the war

in a Russian gulag.

- I can't help but wonder...

what did it take

for my father

to betray his country?

- Sir, we've got

an update from France.

- Thank you.

We'll talk again soon.

- Next time I'll see if we can

get you a deck of cards.

- Thank you. That would be nice.

- How are you finding

Bowmanville?

- I've heard some of the other

men at the prisoner camp

are making plans...

talking

with the guards.

They talk about how,

when the war ends...

they'd like to buy land here.

Move their families

from Germany.

- And what do you

think about that?

- I think they're playing

a dangerous game.

Talking

like traitors.

- I'll see about those cards.

-: So, I take it

things didn't go well?

- I took your suggestion, but

he just won't make time for me.

He's a senior officer;

he could if he really wanted to.

- I'm so sorry to hear that.

- A waste of a good dress.

- A good dress

is never wasted.

So, he didn't say

anything at all?

- Please,

no need to fuss about it.

- If it were me,

I wouldn't be able to sleep

until I got it off my mind.

- You're very sweet.

- It matters.

- It's the usual.

He's busy with work

and won't compromise.

- So he's using work

as an excuse

to avoid you?

- I know things

are busy with a special

guest in town. But lately,

he seems to always be too busy.

- You know,

that reminds me of what

happened with my cousin.

But you're right.

Maybe we shouldn't

talk about all this.

I think the sherry

is going to my head.

- No, please, tell me.

- Well, she and her husband

were also having some problems.

And he was working all the time,

coming home later and later.

And then eventually

she followed him one night.

And she caught him

in a hotel

with his secretary.

- That's horrible.

- Yeah.

- But Franz

would never...

No. He wouldn't do

something like that.

- Well, that's exactly

what my cousin said.

- No. I know he had

a ticket to a concert tonight.

At Théâtre de I'Opéra.

Franz hates the opera.

He would only go because

of a special guest.

- There you go. Don't

give it another thought.

- If only we could go back

to the way things were.

- People change, but...

when you love

somebody that much,

hang on.

Don't let go.

- What do you say

to another drink?

- I would love to,

but I promised my colleagues

that I would help them

with a project.

- Heil Hitler.

-: Are you sure

this is gonna work?

- I think so.

- There can't be any trace back

to Sabine or the Resistance.

- It'll work.

- All right, boys.

You're going to the opera.

- Harry? We're

gonna need a bomb.

- I thought you'd never ask.

-: All right, we don't

have a lot of time, but

here's what we've got.

The best way in is through

the main doors. Security

is going to be tight,

so we can forget about trying

to get a gun in there.

- There's a dual staircase

that leads into a foyer.

The foyer has three phone boxes

in it, with a bar to the left.

The phone boxes are isolated,

safe distance from the

performance hall.

- Hey. No tours today.

Come back tomorrow.

- Of course.

Those phone boxes are our best

bet to draw out Brandt.

- Can you make that work?

- Of course I can.

- Alfred and I worked

on a motive.

- Should be easy enough.

- What's this?

- Brandy. It's a long show.

It's a family recipe. Give it

a try. If you're interested,

I can make you a bottle.

- You'll go blind

drinking that swill.

- It can be a little dangerous

unless you know what

you're doing.

- Harry's ready for us.

- My eleven o'clock. Gestapo.

Guessing he's got

friends nearby.

- No shortage of

uniforms either.

- Is this still a good idea?

- It was never a good idea.

The guest of honor's

arrived.

Ten minutes to get into place.

- If you're thirsty,

they make a mean sidecar.

- If you like ladies' drinks.

- Have we met before?

- Ah, I don't think so,

madame.

- I'm sorry, sir,

I'm not familiar

with the German cocktails.

- Whiskey. You have this?

- Of course.

- No. Not this one.

That bottle.

- No, madame, I'm sorry--

- I'd like to show you around.

Such a romantic city,

don't you agree?

I'd like to show you something.

- Yes, uh--

♪♪♪

- He knows we only have

a few minutes, right?

- Wait a minute.

Well, it's not doing

the flowers any good, is it?

- What the hell's he doing?

- Just keep to the schedule.

We'll make do if we have to.

- No. It doesn't

work without Tom.

What do we do?

- Keep going.

- Finally!

- Nice of you to join us.

- It's not my fault.

There was a soldier outside

who was very interested

in getting in.

Better hurry.

- You're the one who's late.

- Alright, Harry, come on.

The call's going to come.

- Pen.

You remember how this works?

- Push the cork in, place it

down, it explodes.

- Reaction should happen

pretty quick. Ten seconds,

give or take.

- Give or take?

- I didn't have time to test it.

Just get it as close as you can,

put it down, walk away.

Be careful.

No sudden movements.

- What are you doing in here?

- Why is there no one

watching this room?

- There shouldn't be

anyone in here.

- Exactly.

We've had nothing but problems

with people trying to break

into her dressing room.

- Who are you?

- We are Madame's musicians.

- For Madame.

Compliments of

Generalfeldmarschall Brandt.

- Very good.

- Thank you.

- Let's go.

- Wait in the car with Harry.

- That's not the plan.

- That Bosche just saw your face

and we need to do this fast.

- No, I'm here to back you up--

- There's no time to argue.

Just go.

- Excuse me.

- Hello?

Only a coward runs.

- Go, go, go!

- What the hell happened?

- The bastard's still alive.

- Sir. I want you to know

I accept full responsibility

for the bad intel regarding

Brandt's movements.

- You couldn't have known.

Our sources were correct.

The Germans were a step ahead.

- I should have

anticipated the decoy,

checked with other sources.

- There's no time.

It's always a gamble.

- Every mistake we make

costs lives.

- And everything

we do right saves them.

We have to look

at the bigger picture.

- Right. And at the end

of the day,

we just do a little arithmetic?

See if we made the right calls?

See if we get to sleep?

- Something like that.

Anything else?

- This just arrived

by courier.

- What is it?

- The USS Nevada recovered

wreckage of four MIA Mustangs

in the South Pacific.

The pilots were listed

as Canadian.

- Have you read it?

- Um, no. I thought you'd want

to look at it first.

I'll leave you to it--

- No... please.

It's not William.

- That's good news.

- Is it?

Every time I open one of these,

I don't know what to hope for

anymore.

- I'd be happy he's not dead.

And I would hope

that if he is in captivity, he's

got someone looking out for him,

like you are with Klaus.

- I made a promise.

- Of course.

- There's a tent city

at the bank of the Seine.

A couple of fire barrels.

I'll make sure everything

we've touched disappears.

- That's a start.

You? Use the leftover peroxide

to lighten your hair.

Brandt saw your face.

If you get arrested,

he'll be able to identify you.

- We won't need to worry

about Brandt.

- He looked spry enough.

- He took some of the nails.

- Yeah, a couple of pin pricks.

- He won't be able

to identify Neil.

- How can you be so sure?

- Because I laced

the bomb with arsenic.

So Brandt's dead.

Or he will be soon.

- Jesus, Harry.

- Poisoned shrapnel? You didn't

think that might be something

worth mentioning?

- You wouldn't

have agreed to it.

- You're damn right I wouldn't!

There were innocent people

in that room. Any one of them

could have took a piece of it.

I could have!

- These people we're out here

fighting? They have chemicals

that kill hundreds of people

at a time. You know that, right?

- Harry...

- Tell me you'd rather see that

bastard still alive right now.

I got the job done.

- There's rumours at the market.

SS are on the move.

- We just got a message

from the camp. Germans are

claiming the assassination

was carried out by Resistance

from Terre-du-Fils.

- This makes no sense.

We took every precaution.

There isn't a Resistance cell

anywhere near that village.

- Germans can create whatever

truth that they want. Blaming

the Resistance is better

than admitting what happened.

- Well, we can't just sit here.

We have to warn them--

- The order's

already been given.

- Then we go and we stop it.

- The five of us against

the whole German army?

Give your head a shake.

- I can get a message to the

camp, RAF sends a bomber, maybe

they pepper around the village,

force the Germans into

pulling back--

- Harry,

we did everything we could.

- You wanted to make a greater

impact on the war. Here it is.

Alfred.

- Everybody up to the church!

Go, go, go!

- Excuse me.

The children

are upset.

No one is telling us

why we need to gather.

- It's an identification check.

Nothing to worry about.

- Class, let's all sing a song

while we walk.

♪ Ainsi font, font, font ♪

♪ Les petites marionnettes ♪

♪ Ainsi font, font, font ♪

♪ Trois petits tours

et puis s'en vont ♪

♪ Les mains sur la tête ♪

♪ Sautez, sautez marionnettes ♪

- What are you doing?

- Memorizing their faces.

And then

I'll find their names.

Nobody gets to forget.

- We need to do something.

- You'll only add another body

to the pile.

- Come on. Move.

Let's go. Move.

Keep moving forward.

- No, no!

- You don't get to do this.

You don't get to turn away.

You want to make

the tough decisions,

then you have

to know what it costs.

You're gonna have

to live with this.

- Please, don't do this.

Please, I am

begging you.

Please, don't do this.

Please, I am begging y--

- It's not safe

to be here. Let's go.

- Oh, I thought the Colonel

was with you.

- Not yet.

- Who's winning?

- I'm ahead by two pawns

and a bishop.

- Watch his queen.

I've played him too.

There's a move he makes.

Can I ask you something?

Um, I have... I have friends

out there. You know

what that's like.

It kills me that I can't...

do more.

For them.

Read this.

Sixty-eight men,

innocent men, executed

as reprisals for the

assassination of a general.

The massacre...

we did that. I mean,

the Germans did, but so did we.

We sacrificed the men

of a French village

for the "long game."

Big picture.

Do you ever have days

when you forget

what that picture's

supposed to look like?

- Or what the rules

of the game were?

On those days I just...

want the game to be over.

I want to go home.

- Home.

- I don't even know

if I will recognize

the place or anyone there.

- I'm sorry--

- Don't be sorry.

- No, the Colonel will be here

soon. Those are for him.

- Klaus, have you

made your move?