All language subtitles for - Harald Reinl, 1958.Joachim Fuchsberger, Antje Geerk INGLÉS

this is having you the historic walled

city in the south of france

here in the summer of 1943 the first

parachute division of the german army

was ordered for rest and recreation

the division had been withdrawn from the

bloody fighting on the russian front

they're all out safely lieutenant yes

looks like it's going all right

hope it goes as well for the second drop

fix jump ropes

we are over jumping point

oh my god his shoe didn't open

ambulance come on

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killed instantly of course what happened

to his shoe

i'm afraid we'll never know uh major yes

you needed an x-ray at once

is it for a man called christensen yeah

i think so lieutenant oh he's the man

i'm here to see about major he hurt his

shoulder when his shoot got tangled when

he landed

thank you will you inform sister inga

i sure will with pleasure

you wanted an x-ray at once all right

but you take over the ward okay i spit

myself in two

what a shame private corporal uh yes i

forgot you forget so easily

i'm sorry we can't shake hands

lieutenant you mean you're going to read

all those books yourself no of course

not they're for the upstairs patients

and that one now that's for me

may i having you

her medieval buildings why not as long

as we're here

she likes that sort of thing you know

culture

when shall we start my history lessons

after duty tonight

good heavens after duty around here

means sometime between now and next week

i'm magic yes i'm afraid it does oh i

forgot to tell you major i have a very

weak heart i could use a long rest

a few weeks in nurse inga's care would

suit me fast report to the heart ward

today corporal hans in charge come with

me please zinger

see you soon very soon

corporal christensen sea company first

airborne regiment reporting for x-ray

a corporal in the paratroops can you

hurt yourself in a practice jump how

long have you been jumping

i only transferred to power troop

recently wasn't your old outfit

dangerous enough

what were you in armored infantry what

was your job there

i was a platoon sergeant as a corporal

i was acting sergeant

i see you didn't act long enough

take off your jacket corporal the

buttons interfere with the x-rays

and your dog tags too

now stand inside the machine any pain

son

light out

hold your breath

no fractures that i can see we make a

radiograph anyway

you're not doing so well are you oh good

evening

i'll cut that for you i could have

managed alone i think

i'm sure of that but you shouldn't how's

the shoulder now

okay you were very fortunate corporal i

guess so

you don't seem to have much to say

you're not very friendly i'm sorry

there now you can eat it come on

i know please girls come and get me hey

this one look at that

this is the best they don't come any

better boss

where are you going boys you know this

area's off limits all of you are drunk

besides

get back to the barracks before we run

you are now why are we that way sergeant

we don't need a nurse mater tell us what

to do i've known this mate soldier

greiner what's the trouble good evening

lieutenant

all the men have been ordered back to

their barracks but it's only half past

nine

we're pulling out at three o'clock

tomorrow morning where to

don't know sir but i have a telegram

from my old aunt that says she thinks

it's to italy

get them in

griner yes lieutenant could you um

could you send this rolls royce of mine

back to the motor pool for me

of course lieutenant good you'll find

the papers in the dashboard very good

lieutenant uh

officers must be in their quarters by

midnight

i have time yet yes sir

evening miss inga please i'm sorry

lieutenant she's going out

oh she's awfully late tonight she

usually gets in long before this

well nurse linga's over there in the

restaurant with the corporal with the

bad shoulder i don't know his name

in combat you don't see them and you're

fighting most of the time everything's

all mixed up

and you're you're too busy trying to

save your own skin

when you get an order you're just told

to take a man out and shoot him down

that's when you begin to realize what

fear really is

how helpless man is and how afraid of

dying

he was a saboteur of course but i

couldn't kill the man like that

and that's why you weren't promoted yes

for refusing to bay an order

they said i was a coward oh that's a lot

of nonsense

yes it's a lot of nonsense and yet

perhaps i was wrong not to obey

perhaps what germany's doing is wrong my

father thinks so and he's very hurt by

it

why should ordinary men like me think

they have a right to judge her

why should i refuse to obey except that

i've had such a belly full

i'm like that watch i don't work anymore

but we could try winding it up again no

it'll take more than that to make it

work why not we have a man in our

hospital who's a genius at repairing

watches

shall i take it with me yes if you want

to

good give it to me

i told you

my

three drummer boys are coming home

hold it for me please some purse

it looks like a potato sack what do you

keep in it everything

how much madame

private groundish here truck seven

private zeller yep

you're in car seven corporal shell car

three get aboard man come on move move

what's up where are we going eroded back

to the front you'll go with your group

in

truck two where are we headed for

the general will write you a personal

note later singer

thank you come on soldier let's go

the operation was intended to cover the

retreat of the german forces from sicily

to the mainland

the last reinforcements were brought in

by air

then began the terrible effort to stem

the allied drive toward the north

the allied armies were finally halted on

the banks of the vulture

uh when i think there are fools who call

this sunny italy

are you all right all right sir yes sir

all clear

hugo hugo what is it are you wounded

no those guys can't kill me

did they cut the demolition fuse i don't

think so lieutenant

overhead the sunny skies of italy in

front of us

the lovely valley of the vulturna

children i have a hunch we'll be here

for a while yet

if you knew how right he is there's a

hard fighter head grenade yeah

the walter river is a key point of our

entire defensive system whatever the

cost these positions must be held

orders will be sent to you tomorrow mine

herron

higher headquarters has decided that

southern italy will be defended to the

very end

reason we must prevent the allies from

taking possession of the airfields

surrounding rome

from these they could easily reach

targets in south germany with little

opposition

this means we must stop the allies

before casino

the civilian population must be

evacuated the gustav line must be

established

this prevents enemy use of via kazelin

the main road to rome

right in here that's also where he'll be

making his maximum effort

for this point is the key to the broad

erie valley which will permit him to

exploit to the fullest the superiority

of his armored and mechanized divisions

the valley is dominated in the north by

the heights on which sits the monastery

of monte cassino

this makes the area of paramount

strategic importance

won't those monks be happy when we set

up artillery spotters in there

yes that would be convenient however the

monastery is not to be made in any way a

part of our defensive system according

to orders from above sir

with that hype i have been given my

orders they are explicit radwitz read

the orders please

in organizing our defensive system based

upon monte casino the monastery and its

grounds shall be excluded from the

entire defense plan

we must not furnish the slightest

justification for the enemy

to destroy this revered and ancient

shrine of western culture by military

means so

your task gentlemen is to hold the

allies here giving us time to fortify

the river

the gustav line shall be established on

either side of monte cassino this will

be our main line of resistance

candy

oh

so

that's a good girl maria look here's

something

good now you like chocolate of course

you do

no no don't touch my watch don't you

touch her

you dirty germans you think you can do

whatever you want with us

you throw us out of our houses my

sisters my brothers

gina you've taken everything we have

give me that watch

is this your watch your watch after me

but it is mine it's yours it's yours

it's not yours you've stolen it

it was stolen you're just upset on

account of what's happened give us a

watch back

it's not yours

here's your watch thank you it really

doesn't belong to me

i'm having it fixed for someone

that's all for today the rest of the

serum will leave here with you father

for eventual late arrival please give

your surgeon our sincere thanks i was

very much surprised by that girl's

reactions

humans act in mysterious ways you must

forgive her

these are difficult times they've all

suffered very much

come along now i will show you a

shortcut here

i've wanted to ask you father emmanuel

you're not italian are you

no i'm irish my monastery sent me here

preset to obey orders too

no one escapes that i guess the sun's

coming out again

yes the wind is from the south

it'll sweep away the clouds and what

treasures the sun reveals

is that a rubens why yes it's a sketch

for the painting that's in munich

your studies have included the

appreciation of art yes but

i didn't think i'd see a reuben's here

if you wish freya

i shall ask the permission of father

antonio to show you our treasury

these paintings do not belong to us

they're from the museum of naples

they're safer here than in this

in the south come on boys a little

exercise won't hurt you get to work

hey keep your heads down sea companies

are on entrenchments

they'll be through with this section

before this evening at the latest major

very good

morning boys you got everything you need

now

i gave the rear echelon enough hell this

morning well they're getting the ammo up

twist now too thank god

yeah since old schlagel took over the

division things have smoothed out

i suppose the old reserve retreads are

good for something huh

it's kind of all that schlegel that's

right

this was to be expected

you've taken command of the

fortification work that's right

let's be honest doctor tell me frankly

what you recommend

very well i'll speak frankly if you wish

first tell the general edger and then

wish whoever follows you the best of

luck

then take the first train home and stay

there it seems that the worst news

always comes when you least expect

it when you've had a heart condition for

as long as you have this should not come

as a surprise

i'm not actually saying that you're in

danger of dying however

this is not the place for you i

understand

i'm afraid i understand only too well

doctor the choice is to die on the job

or leave

that's it i'm glad you understand

in the meantime you must take care of

yourself i'll inform you of the test

results

and now sir there's a secondary

hemorrhage upstairs

oh room 77 wound in the upper thigh

where's no single she's gone out for an

hour sir

who replaced her sergeant muller

well come on it's back home for us all

girl

well who are you you pretty thing i've

never seen you here

is he yours yes and you must be nursing

that's right heavens is just quivering

with jaw

and with good reason too but you don't

look at all sad yourself well i'm not

sad at all i've come from the monastery

where one of the fathers showed me their

entire art collection hey

what haven't they removed the art no and

the entire painting collection of the

museum of naples is there too

nursing it put on your smock you need it

right away come on i'll be right there

goodbye colonel

we're not leaving after all hopefully

why'd you wake me up for what

where are you going i have to pick

daisy's go back to sleep

what's wrong with you

can i even vomit in peace i feel that

way too

just like vomiting but i'm keeping it

back

get out of here who asked for your

opinion

beat it

you okay

no one at home has had news of my father

here

where where was he when you last heard

eastern front

ah

my dad was in russia too

but he was released last year

got a light

thanks keep your head down son hey

hey what do you think you're doing you

idiot

that all you have to say to me get down

from here you fool

you want to get killed that's no

business of yours is it

none of my business maybe not but it's

my business to keep us all alive and i

don't intend to let my guys get killed

because you're not getting mail from

your girlfriend you got in your head

you're the only one with worries

nobody else counts here except you you

listen to me

soldier yes sir is all i want to hear

from you

the other men don't want you blown apart

even if you do understand

okay

i wonder what's the matter they're so

quiet today

things will break loose soon tonight

they're coming

cut that out don't shoot unless you can

see your target

bird whoa

ah

ryder they broke through the line by b

company if our flights go we'll clear

out

we'll fall back to the marble quarry sir

right you go and tell the others i'll

join you later

yes sir

this is the key point of our defense

zillard's position

if we don't hold at this point redwoods

the enemy will be in casino in two days

they'll face our half-fortified

positions and our dream of a gustav line

will have vanished

we've got to hurry from company c he's

on the phone sir where's he calling from

battalion command post they're still

holding out

i'll take it general haydn how's it

going down there

have any english armored units made it

across not yet general but they'll get

here any minute now

yes i'll try to get across under cover

of darkness we'll see if we can get

their advanced troops by surprise so the

bridgehead will not

oh the telephone's been cut come on get

that flamethrower

here's something for you too joke on

it

bombers and they're flying low too

would you prefer to wait here in the

cloister i'd prefer to wait here sir

they don't make up their mind today i'm

afraid it'll be too late

and if the german father doesn't speak

italian well enough oh he's a very

intelligent man

intelligence isn't always enough if i

need you i'll call you

climb in we'll wait around at the back

if they open up on the road we'll be in

trouble here

we'll be safer in the back

zone wherever they're germans are

getting out of the way

his excellency as if he will kindly be

seated

are my fears well founded them am i

right that

even even this danger will not change

the decision of your counsel

convinced

we are convinced that your intentions

are above reproach

but the arguments you advance are not

convincing enough

your general is acting in an

irreproachable manner in assuring us

that our cloister is not part of your

defense

we are quite certain the allied generals

will be equally considerate however

this is war and war means battles and

battles they have many rules

the battle is the master we can't help

this

we cannot control a grenade and we can't

always tell where a bomb falls

some may fall by accident some may fall

on this cloister

we can't help that yet if so they would

destroy hundreds of years of humanity's

greatest efforts why should this art be

lost

for nothing

we do not deny this possibility but we

submit ourselves to the will of god

allow me at least to transport your

treasures to the safety of rome to the

vatican

only there will they be safe

we have passed the night in serious

reflection on your suggestion

but our answer remains no

perhaps you don't trust us you fear that

the treasures may disappear

why not let us transport two trucks give

me two of the fathers to go with each of

the trucks

they can testify as to whether the

treasure is delivered safely to the

vatican victories

well then i have lost

i will be grateful if you're not

mentioning the diet that i've spoken to

with this

if you had agreed to my proposals i

would have had to arrange for the trucks

i would have had to borrow them without

authorization

this is punishable by death

his excellency asks if you'd please come

a few paces closer to him

his eyesight is extremely weak

a few more hours of reflection on this

the soldier is subject to inescapable

laws

an action taken one second too late is

far worse than a minute too soon

you must decide quickly your remnants

and so data boy if we get out of this

i'll buy a bottle of beer for every girl

in my casino quiet

still 40 meters go on but slowly

we'll get to our old position

mother turn the lights out papa's coming

home i told you to be quiet

so

come on come on

i'll take care of those two i'll handle

the first one

i'll take the other good the one on the

right the others come with me

put the explosives on the sides of the

tanks so they'll split open when they go

off

every man for himself head for the

assembly point tell the others

okay boys you got a minute come

look on

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follow the trench

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cast the boat off

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let's go

well did it work fine he believed every

word you know what i told him i

simply said i thought you look tired and

should go to bed for once oh you are an

angel

so they tell me however you are still in

need of a little sleep you have to sleep

sometimes

i'll sleep later right now i've got to

help colonel schlegel well why do you

have to sneak around about it

corporal what would you say to someone

who wanted to use army vehicles as well

as army interpreters for his own private

purposes right in the middle of a battle

i'd say it gone out of his head exactly

and that's why colonel schlegel needs me

nick's the anthony's your knicks

why do you send me these cracked crates

what are you complaining about hans

what do you think the pope will say when

he sees the way you treat his paintings

in italy enemy attacks on our positions

to the southwest of montencino

have again failed to penetrate our

defenses

unit of the first paratroop division led

by lieutenant writer holder of the iron

cross

repelled allied attempts to establish a

bridge head on the volterno river

well we've won the war yet that's a

military secret

you know where i can find colonel

schlegel yeah he's inside with the monks

you'll never finally know there must be

a hundred miles or so of halls in there

you'd come out wearing a white beard

better wait till he comes up

i'm not gonna drink

me

foster come here i heard the english

radio saying that they're stealing our

works of art they take it to rome and

then to germany go listen to the

broadcast itself go listen quickly

hey what's going on hey don't bother the

men they're working oh go away

italy we repeat that priceless works of

art of your country are being stolen

from their sacred repositories at monte

cassino they are being secretly taken to

rome where they will be trans shipped to

germany

will you allow italy's ancient artistic

heritage to decorate the palaces of nazi

warlords

please senior pastor have you seen

colonel schlegel

hey pack this too here

have you seen colonel schlegel he was

around here earlier

have you seen colonel he's inside i

guess

foreign

asks if there's any way he can help you

no

he's very kind but i'm afraid that he

can't help me

what i need is a private motor pool

shocking and i have no idea where i can

get enough

trucks to carry all this story

communication

speak please what if what if our men

our men are ambushed and we lose all the

paintings

perhaps here in the monastery they'll be

safer after all

thank heavens the english radio

broadcasts that we

germans are looting the monastery

our secret is out colonel we can no

longer conceal what you are doing

what are these trucks doing here

you're over there i spoke to you what

are you doing i'm loading pictures on

the truck captain who is in command here

colonel schlegelser take me to him and

if what you say is true hangston beg i

will immediately order a court marshal

only first i want all of the facts very

well general hmm

have you brought your men with your

writer i've given them passes today sir

those men deserve a rest writer i'm

giving them all a week leave in rome as

soon as we clear out of you

i'm sure those troops wouldn't mind a

few days rest from casino am i right

you certainly are general i wish i know

whether they'll have to wait a week or a

year for that leave god knows

i understand sir we must hold out as

long as we can in this hell hole

it's colonel schlegel general it's

urgent show him in right away

yes general for all the rations you need

lieutenant

and remind your soldiers of one fact

that as the enemy draws closer to us the

civilian population's attitude

invariably changes

yes sir may i thank you on behalf of the

platoon for the leave sir

you'll have earned it

today we'll draw a double ration of wine

with the general's blessings

good yes corporal corporal bauman from

the 111 the general hospital reporting

with medical supplies for division staff

and commanders

very good bring it over here

here velman have a cigar one

oh here

from time to time we cook up a little

dose of private stock yes and whenever

the medics can they contribute a couple

of quarts of alcohol to spice it up a

little

say wasn't the 111 once base hospital

for the poster avignon that's right

i'm sure you know that the chief of

operations for the southwest called in

the military police as soon as he was

informed of this affair

and why because one of my own officers

the field martial order clearly provides

for the protection of casino treasures

if the other side decides to bomb casino

they're fools and not soldiers

but we are soldiers and good ones

colonel schlegel and we are at war

being at war does not mean courting

works of art all over the countryside

is that clear schlegel

we're in the midst of a difficult

defensive campaign

and we need every man every gallon of

gasoline we need every square foot of

our truck space

this could cost you more than your ranks

legal

it could cost your head

i'd reckon with that eventuality sir

but you are relieved of your command

schliegel it was not a question of

cutting works of art all over the

countryside

i gave careful consideration to my act

i did it for the peace the wars are

followed by peace

i want that peace to live up to our

hopes

to be all we wanted to be how can the

field marshal tell

how can he or anyone tell that we can

avoid situations which might force the

enemy

to bomb the monastery though it'd be

against everyone's will

and what then what then sir this would

mean that the peace for which we have

all fought

which even our enemy had fought for

would be only an empty piece

this is why i've been cutting works of

art around our army trucks

only 60 trucks and 100 were needed

well that was all i had to say sir

if that is what you came to see me for

to say you need trucks

all right request granted

you have your hundred trucks

i'm

the first thing i'll do is sleep until

now and then i'll eat myself a ton of

pork chops and four strudels

hold it boys there's a sign that

lieutenant said to look for the whole

population ordered out of town well that

leaves a house a piece for us

gather around man i'll tell you what i'm

saying first i'll sleep to get my

strength back

then i'm gonna get myself a woman and

die

hey man look what else it says no girls

in town either

yeah this is rocket duty

you'll have to sleep with your pork

chops that's very funny soldier this boy

just don't know food

have the anesthetics arrived no there's

enough for today but after that

we need a whole new supply i'm sure they

must have some in the medical depot

well hello

when i heard you were here i let

everything else drop and

came over lieutenant ryder so you still

know me

why certainly my heart is as weak as

ever it still needs your care

nurse but we're going to operate i'm

sorry lieutenant but sometimes these

things

i mean this could keep me till very late

tonight all right i'll see you tomorrow

at 10 sharp your place for coffee the

major's waiting for you nurse

yes i'm coming are the others here

those who are still alive and the

corporal with the shoulder

yes he's here too

bring them all with you tomorrow and you

can tell them all hello for me too will

you

get the anesthesia ready please nurse

yes sir

now then young fellow have you been

operated on before

neither have i but i've opened 3276

stomachs so you can place yourself in

our hands we know exactly what we have

to do

right nursinger and that's not all today

happens to be a lucky day

yes she's very good at astrology too

now i'm going to have to ask her for

your help all i want you to do my boy is

to count before you reach 20

you'll think you're on a cloud of

feathers

you stop the gorilla bullet with your

belly i understand

the allies have been parachuting weapons

to them

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faster

over here everybody you're in charge of

the ground floor yes sir

you handle the first floor guess what

you take the library can anybody here

play the piano

me okay you guys can carry out the organ

get moving go on

over there you others form a chain over

there

yes

perhaps it's only an idea i have but the

people seem less friendly there's likely

to be some connection with the radio

broadcast colonel

arthur is it going all right it's going

fine colonel i've had the men from sea

company form a chain

no more than 10 trucks can squeeze in

here at once the other trucks are

waiting on the road

that's right sir with 90 trucks outside

good

well the convoy will leave at zero two

hours tomorrow

now if they're still on the road by

daybreak well let's hope they're not

colonel if the convoy is still on the

road at daybreak i said

the interval between the vehicles will

be increased by another 200 yards

yes carl

convoy leaves tomorrow at 2 30.

vagina go to the house and get me my gun

i'll need it but the germans are

occupying your house

you've got to take a chance i need that

gun all right fausto

hey how does the chiani it's better than

sicily that's not having yellow isn't

you it on the floor kid this still means

you're going to go

just one more lord i'll bring a dozen

candles if you let me sleep in a real

could have been

that'll help you come on uno

i won go find

i don't want my whiskers to scratch your

lily white skin if you feel chummy

where's your razor buddy i'm in the

pocket of my knapsack get her in my

knapsack he says

okay

look what i found a real music box from

sunny france

attention ears open

put that back hugo that came all the way

from avignon first to sicily from sicily

it sailed the straits of the cena first

the naples then the banks of the vulture

and then here

if that's not love then this soldier is

not named hugo

put it back hugo all right

it's all right carl

in russia the girl's name was kalinka

kalinka

i couldn't speak a word of russian but

that music huh

foreign

eddies i'm glad to see you're enjoying

yourself

corporal lemka here i've brought you all

a present with love from the general

and we also get to leave in rome late

corporal christensen yes lieutenant

the division requires five men to

accompany a convoy of trucks bound for

rome

departure zero 230 hours via castle in a

northern gate couldn't you send anyone

else i have a date at the hospital

pick four more men have one of them draw

a motorcycle

is that clear quite clear lieutenant

all right men where am i to sleep right

next door and i put your things in there

room with bed sir i think it was the

girls room

tan hut as you were

just fake a bed in which some girl was

sleeping only a few days ago

that's almost as good as the real thing

carl you better leave me here oh what do

you mean leave you here

oh look i haven't slept in a feather bed

in years

tough luck

why aren't you asleep yet i might ask

the same thing of you doctor

i've just heard from bauman that a

convoy of trucks is going to roam this

morning

an idea of schlegel the old idiot

i don't think the general is quite of

your opinion major

is something wrong wrong no

i was thinking of those men those men

who've had an arm or a leg blown off

or half of their face no there's nothing

wrong

outside they're employing the most

refined methods yet devised

and take the human body apart

and we'll put it back together again

using our own most refined methods

it's all too ridiculous

you know what doctor i'm gonna fix us a

cup of coffee no no no no

you're going to get some sleep because

you're leaving for rome tomorrow with a

convoy

you can shake some supplies out of that

medical depot for us

yes but i'll be gone for almost two days

i'll get along without you

but we can't get along without

anesthetics and it's time you saw

something of italy

rome is a lovely city my dear who knows

when you'll see it if you don't go

now so go good night

good night doctor

bauman will wake you up in time

so

lights out planes where i lived they

blew up the railroad station now let's

not talk about that huh

yeah aren't they ever gonna run out of

bombings

shut up you guys that's my face you're

stepping on yeah watch where you're

going

clumsy ox if you're scared i'll call

your mother

pipe down they're flying high

kyle don't forget to wake us up huh

don't you worry

good night night you go all right carl

i think we didn't post the garden now

who needs a guard the town's been

cleaned up isn't it

ah

why do you have to get up just when i

get to sleep i thought i heard a noise

what you heard was your own belly

yeah i guess that's it i need a pork

chop but it won't find pork chops in

this sack

it's like dope i got pork chop fever i

tell you i can smell pork chops i can

see pork chops

oh come on cut it out will ya

poor carl you don't know what pork chops

can mean

they remind me of home and my mother

has time to get up anyway you stay here

i'll wake the boys

with the water i love to hear those guys

scream

a coffee grinder

strange hour to make coffee

what is it you really wanted

i don't much care for visitors at this

time of night not when there's a war on

in peacetime i'm all for it especially

if it's a pretty girl like you

are you trying to figure out what to do

next call for help maybe

you don't understand english

there go sit down go on

i'll do the talking for both of us

i'd better

because i might just let you go hey

i might let you go i said

but i'll go with you

we'll walk until we meet the person who

is waiting for you to bring this old

coffee grinder back

uh who would that be huh

everything's all right lieutenant little

accident that's all

that's all right

i should report you to the ss detachment

and forget it

but i prefer to do this my way

there's only one language a girl like

you can understand and before i let you

out of here i'm going to make you tell

me what it really was you came here to

get

nazis

what do you want corporal christensen

reporting with four men to accompany the

convoy leaving for room at 0-230

yes go ahead all right man let's

i go a thermos a coffee in the truck for

you thanks corporal i may have visitors

today

oh who the lieutenant writer and some of

his men

would you please ask them where i can

contact them when i get back here i sure

will

i'm counting on you don't forget we'll

go ahead and don't worry

corporal bowman's word is as good as

gold have a good time

come on how far are we gonna have to

walk i thought we were wrong here comes

friedrich

and what if we run into trouble we'll

know how to handle that yeah i can see

those roman girls already ah

convoy here we come first truck

third fifth seventh night here they come

i'll stop them you get to your station

convoys

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they tell me colonel schlegel's coming

along too he wants to be present when we

give the pope his art

this via gasoline is the worst road in

italy you know take my eyes off the road

for one minute we've had

so that's the reason you came here

tonight

in two minutes every man ready to move

out inform sergeant granted at once

don't enter without permission

all right now you're going to tell me

who sent you here

no no

aren't those shots sounds more like

backfires than shooting

lights out gorillas

get out of here

they're getting flanking fire those are

our troops

they're our troops

i'm here with you a roadblock

all because of those lousy works of art

for that

junk were they worth this

you jenna christensen got a prisoner

you are saved your criminals well done

the rage oh you are looting the

monastery vanditi

van dijk he's telling the truth the

english broadcast announced that the

germans were looting the monastery these

people wanted to prevent it

christiansen yes lieutenant put a bullet

you have no right get that roblox they

were only trying to what the devil are

you doing here anyway

keep your nose in your hospital and stay

out of this

oh turn around

gone bait

hey soldier turn back make your tracks

turn back

i'm warning you they are waiting for you

go back to casino

get away

when can we get underway lieutenant i've

just ordered the convoy to turn back to

casino i count to man that order we'll

take advantage of the darkness to

continue on to rome as planned

if you'll allow me to say so sir it

would be a mistake to take the convoy

along the seirud as planned

the partisans haven't given up yet

they're hiding behind every curve from

here to rome will have to run a gauntlet

of fire

the danger is far less than we'd run in

daylight from an air attack the

treasures away treasures treasures two

men have already been killed because of

them colonel

do you think this art worth more than

the lives of german soldiers

i'm quite willing to accept the entire

responsibility for these men and i did

not ask your opinion on this subject

this is not a strictly military

operation see that my orders are carried

out

placement on our flanks and on our rear

i shall leave the column myself

yes

lieutenant if that's what he wants let

him go to it his truck will be the first

to get knocked off and we'll know where

they are

that's just why he's doing it get in

quick

and you i've got to go up front

if i may sir i'd like to ride up front

no stay back there where you belong

i must ride up front with you colonel

what's the matter with you koko

i have released the partisan i was told

to kill the partisan warned us

there may be other ambushes before we

get to rome he didn't say exactly

all right get in

lights out

go on

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watch it

one day like this tell you when to stay

at ease no formalities for the next

quarter of an hour we're going to talk

to each other as friends

what is he

he's dead general

holt put that down this minute

pull that cover back

carpo come here

what's the meaning of this corporal so

you asked if he were dead and

i replied that he was and he is dead

are you trying to be funny no sir i can

explain you see

we thought we'd have pork chops for

christmaser and

you would have had them anyway you young

idiot

unfortunately they lost a few leaves

during the trip from the third reich to

here

in this overheated hunk of country the

only thing you can find are lemon and

orange trees no good for christmas trees

has the major left yet do you think yeah

but who says he won't turn up with

another batch of wound at any time oh

i'm a hunch we're in for a very lively

christmas this year

oh i'm sorry i suppose i shouldn't swear

on christmas

i wonder when the fighting will begin

it

is

i must be going my train the train home

home at last

god sent you to us all we do father we

do only for ourselves

peace on earth to men of good will

next day

february 15 1944

they must think there's a whole division

in there to drop all that on it

uh

oh

oh

is

where are the wounded in the seller's

nurse bowman take the supplies down

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take two men and try to find some water

hurry yes sir come on you two guys

oh lieutenant yes urgent order for you

the commander of the third battalion on

hill 590 has been killed he's orders for

you to take over

his command between us and hill 590

there's an entire company of yanks

hey lieutenant yes there's a motorcycle

here sir hide it we can use it

well granted i think i might make it if

i wait till nightfall i have to win

against it

anyway i've got to try the christians

yes sir take 15 men and dig in to defend

the monastery yes sir

lieutenant yes we found a fountain sir

there's a corporal there from the medics

this must be a spicy yes sir he was sent

here with a nurse from the base hospital

the whole place is full of wounded

civilians is she a blonde nurse yes

i'm the one who was on the convoy to

rome so lemke says

where's the water did you find water

squishy

here we are kids come and get

set up a it unit outside there's a

bucket beside it

all right come on monkeys we'll get you

something to drink

a lieutenant yes you can't make it alone

sir you'll remain here griner

in less than an hour it'll be dark five

to one are good odds

i wouldn't give you 15.

have the men dig in the sellers looks

like we're in for it they haven't thrown

half of what they have into this place

yes lieutenant

lieutenant what is it the men are dug in

sir

very good good luck

i have to know and get how many wounded

can be evacuated we will have to get

them in the trucks as soon as they stop

shelling us

i can't tell you for the moment i don't

know we've installed a transmitter next

door for you good

if you want me to help you i'll be next

door i'll take over now you get some

sleep

carl

lieutenant what is it

i am not letting you go alone lieutenant

come on

ugh

yes oh it's healing what is it

only 37 37 what

only 37 of them can be moved

the others

oh why this misery i i

can't go on anymore you've got to

now it's all up to us no one else

oh help me god help me

girl come in you must try to rest

you must get some mess now come i'll

wake you up in an hour

lieutenant right lee come back

there's no use in waiting come on okay

who goes there shut up go on

i'm captain brown returning from the

patrol behind the enemy lines

i don't know anything about that but i'm

taking you to the lieutenant

well that's not necessary he knows about

it get out of my way

i don't believe you put your hands up

put your hands up i said

hey

so

wake up you must wake up now

it's time now they've stopped shooting

carl went when will i see you again

i don't know but i'll find you somehow

the shelling and bombardment of the city

and the monastery went on for weeks

months

uh

uh

hugo

that was the end death

scorched earth mourning and tears

and graveyards theirs

and ours

so

the noise of battle has long been

stilled

once again high over the valley rise the

domes and walls and bell towers

of the monastery of monte cassino as

undying as man's unquenchable thirst for

peace

you