All language subtitles for 4 DIRECTION OF THE MAIN BLOW

Part Two

1st Byelorussian Front, June 24, 3 a.m.
In the course of the past day, Operation Bagration

was successfully developing.

Bagramyan broke the German front,

forced the crossing of the Western
Dvina and surrounded Vitebsk.

Chernyakhovsky is rapidly advancing,

with his right flank, to the Berezina
in the direction of Borisov.

Zakharov's 2nd Byelorussian Front
has successfully broken the defenses

and is moving to Mogilev.

The Byelorussian partisans
have done a very good job.

Last night they paralyzed all
the railways in the enemy's rear.

Well, now is your turn.

The direction of the main blow.

Judging by all reports, the Germans
still don't expect our blow here.

I got everything ready, we only have
to lay a corduroy road.

Why are you lingering?

We decided to drive in the piles
during the artillery preparation,

for the Germans not to hear it
spot us and open fire.

Will you be able to do it in time?

We must.

Well...

As Bonaparte said,
artillery, forward!

Come on, swam army, follow me!

Forward!
Everyone will get a medal!

Forward!
Follow me!

Forward!

Let Panov's corps go.

"Storm-5"! Five! Five!

Commander of the 1st Guards Armoured Corps
Major-General Panov

Well, good luck, boys.

"Storm"! "Storm"!

First gear, 100-meter interval,
don't lag behind.

Panov's tank corps

made a gap in the enemy battle
formations,

and is rapidly moving to Bobruisk.

Exploiting Panov's success,
the rifle corps

of the 65th and 28th Armies

and Pliev's group
are pushing further north.

Sensing the threat of encirclement,
the enemy wavered

and, according to air reconnaissance,
withdraws behind the Berezina.

What are you planning to do?

I want to throw in all reserves
at the right flank

and break through to Bobruisk
from the east.

And simultaneously commit
the Dnieper Flotilla.

It will strike at the enemy
crossing points and secure them.

The Berezina River
June 25, 8 a.m.

Brigade Commander of
the Dnieper Military Flotilla

Captain of the Second Rank Lyalko

All ships get ready for a landing
operation!

Field Marshal Model

Commander of Army Group Center
Field Marshal Buchs

Field Marshal, the Fuhrer entrusted me
with a difficult mission

to inform you that I have to
replace you at our post.

I already know that.

You're facing a more difficult mission
to stop the Russian offensive.

What is the situation at this moment?

The armies of Bagramyan
and Chernyakhovsky

have occupied Polotsk, Vitebsk, Orsha,

and are pushing towards
Vilnius and Minsk,

going round the left flank of the main
forces of Army Group Center.

Rokossovsky's troops have
broken through to Bobruisk

and trapped there 40,000 of
our soldiers.

How could the Russians
be so successful?

They acted against
any military logic.

There's only one logic in war -
knowing how to win.

Who commands the surrounded
troops in Bobruisk?

- General Haman.
- I want to talk with him.

We'll break through,
Herr Field Marshal.

We'll break the encirclement.

Give the soldiers all our stock
of schnapps!

There's no way back to the city!

Set everything on fire!
Everything!

BOBRUISK
June 28, 2 a.m.

What?
What are you doing?

You're my wife, and I'm not
afraid of anybody.

I'm your field wife,
as long as the war goes on.

And then you'll fall out of love
with me and forget me.

Stop it, Zoya.

I'm happy I've found you at war,
I wouldn't have found you otherwise.

I love you.

Division, with a volley, fire!

Fire!

All German counterattacks from the
Bobruisk cauldron had been repulsed.

On June 29, our troops had
liberated the city of Bobruisk.

Please accept this with our respect,

Your Excellency
Comrade General.

Thank you.

But why Excellency?

If you're a general,
it means you're excellent.

No, it's they who are excellent,
our soldiers.

So we've
learned how to beat Germans?

It seems so, father, we've learned.

After their defeat
at Vitebsk and Bobruisk,

the Germans,
instead of retreating,

engaged in prolonged
frontal fighting.

And thus, I believe,
they made a big mistake.

That's why you have
a new task to carry out.

Panov's 1st Tank Corps
should advance to Minsk,

with the main forces concentrated
on Slutsk and Baranovichi,

in order to cut off the routes
for the enemy's retreat.

Chernyakhovsky is already advancing
to Minsk.

We must completely surround them
as soon as possible.

So, by completely
surrounding them

and destroying
their Minsk grouping,

we'll end up the first stage
of Operation Bagration.

And then we'll get down
to the second stage.

We're speaking, comrades,

about the 1st Byelorussian Front
advancing in the direction Kovel-Brest

and approaching Poland's border.

We begin the liberation
of Poland, comrades.

We invited you in order to clarify
the action of the 1st Polish Army.

What's the latest information
about the Polish resistance?

Yesterday we received a coded
message from Comrade Duniak.

He reports that five partisan
brigades are advancing to the Vistula,

to assist the Red Army
in securing the crossings.

And now about
the actions of the Polish Army.

We would like, Comrade Marshal,

the Polish Army to be attacking
in the first echelon.

Well, General, shall we show Germans
that Poland is still alive and kicking?

We'll sure show them, Comrade Marshal!

But wait, before that
I'll have to capture Minsk.

Tell Panov
that the direction is Minsk.

South-west of Minsk
1st Guards Armoured Corps

Turn to north-west
immediately,

cut off the routes of retreat for
the Germans,

and join with
the 3rd Byelorussian Front.

You have to complete the encirclement
and not let the enemy out.

Roger. I got you. I'm 50 kilometers
ahead of the infantry.

Am turning north-west.

Storm, we're turning
north-westward.

The direction is Minsk
Forward!

Who are you?

We're partisans from Kozlov's brigade.

Get on here.

Get on the tanks.
The infantry is just what I need.

Hey, boys, get on the tanks!
Move it!

Give it more life!

MINSK Cargo Station

Come here!

- How was the attack?
- Great

- And what's this?
- A pillow, Comrade General.

I got hold of it in a train car
It's too hard here.

Want to travel in a sleeping car?

Forward!

Come on, forward!

Stop!
That's ours!

A bit longer, and we would
have tousled one another.

- 3rd Byelorussian?
- Right.

Commander of the 2nd Guards
Corps Burdeiny.

Commander of the 1st Corps Panov.

- So the Germans are in a circle?
- It's not a circle, call cauldron.

Let's embrace as a sign of our meeting,
1st Byelorussian.

Let's do it, 3rd Byelorussian.

Comrade Stalin,
the surrounded east of Minsk

105,000-strong
Germans grouping

has been destroyed by the armies
of Chernyakhovsky and Rokossovsky.

57,000 have been taken prisoner.

Our troops are advancing
towards the Polish border.

According to our intelligence,
Comrade Stalin,

the Germans Command has transferred
a great number of troops from the south

to stop the gape,

thereby weakening its grouping
facing the 1st Ukrainian Front.

Marshal Konev proposes

to take advantage of that and strike

in the direction of Lvov
and Sandomir,

in accordance with the adopted plan.

Let Konev begin.

Comrade Antonov,
what do the Germans report

in their official summaries
of operations in Byelorussia?

They claim they're withdrawing from
Byelorussia according to their plan.

You're taking prisoners.

Yet neither the enemy nor
the allies believe you.

Do not hide your prisoners.

Show them, let everybody see.

MOSCOW

BERLIN

Come for me in an hour.

Herr von Kluge,
if I'm not mistaken?

You're right, Herr
Field Marshal von Witzleben.

Come in, we've been waiting for you.

Your transfer to the West,
is that a punishment?

What difference does it make?

The Furer still believes that we can
be saved by replacing commanders.

I have a different opinion.

Have you already made our decision?

Are there resolute people?
Men of action?

There are.

And they're ready to resort to
the extreme measures?

Certainly.

I'd like to meet with them.

Excuse me, I'll be right back.

This way, please.

I'm glad to see you,
Colonel-General Bek.

Let me introduce to you
our friends.

Doctor Carl Goerdeler.
Well, you've met before.

General Friedrich Olbricht,

Deputy Commander
of the Reserve Army.

Colonel
Count Claus von Stauffenberg,

Chief of Staff of the Reserve Army.

Our army can be
proud of such officers.

Herr Field Marshal,
may I introduce to you

Oberleutnant Werner von Haeften,

adjutant to the Chief of
Staff of the Reserve Army.

Please, sit down, gentlemen.

You've come just in time,
Herr Field Marshal.

We're trying here to understand
what's happening on the Eastern Front.

The front has been broken
in many places.

The Russian offensive
is going on so rapidly.

In Byelorussia, they advance
40 kilometers each day.

It seems they're already
approaching the Polish borders.

In short,

the Russian armies are
at the gates to Europe.

Gentlemen.

There's only one thing
left for us to do -

remove Hitler
and make peace in the West.

Then we'll be able to throw
all our forces against Russia

and fulfill
our historic mission -

stop Communism
at German's gates.

You're still thinking in obsolete
categories, Dr. Goeldeler.

The Communists have long been
operating in Germany.

You think that the Communist Party
of German doesn't exist,

but they're a real force.

I don't picture the new Germany
without Socialists and Communists.

That's why I insist on making
peace with the West and the East.

Gentlemen, our political differences
must not stand in our way.

Our objective is
to save Germany from defeat.

Let's get down to discussing
the details of Operation Valkyrie.

Please, Count Stauffenberg.

Gentlemen,
please make no written notes.

The Valkyrie's signal will be passed to
the troops by all means of communication.

It will transfer all the executive
power to the army.

Following the Valkyrie signal,
it is necessary to cordon off

the government quarter
in the Reich's capital,

occupy government and
party offices,

the radio station the telegraph,

arrest Goebbels.

Excuse me, Stauffenberg.

I agree to you proposals,
but I would like to know one thing:

when you give the Valkyrie signal,

will Hitler be alive?

I'm taking this action on myself.

On July I'll be at the Wolfsschanze
to report on the situation of reserves.

July 20

Good morning, Werner.
Claus is expecting you in his study.

- Would you like to have breakfast?
- No, thank you.

Good morning, Herr Colonel
Good morning, Werner.

Which briefcase is mine?

They'll identical,
as diplomats say.

You're in a good humor, Werner,
it's always easy to deal with you.

We're going to visit the Fuhrer.
How can we be gloomy?

I'll take this one.

The capsule is here.

And this is pliers
to crush the capsule.

And remember, you'll have only
10 minutes, not a second more.

You think I don't want
to live longer?

May God help us.

RASTENBURG
July 20, 12 hours

Your passes, please.

Your special passes.

You can drive on.

The Fuhrer has changed the schedule.

Your report is not at 14 hours,
but at 12:30.

And not in the bunker,
but at the staff barrack.

Yes, sir.

Let's go.

Herr Field Marshal, excuse me,
I forgot my cap.

Hurry up.

Hurry, Stauffenberg,
we're being late.

I'm sorry, Herr Field Marshal.

At Brest, Field Marshal Model

is successfully repulsing
the attacks of Russian tanks.

Model was
in a desperate situation,

but he reduced the front and
gathered all his forces in one fist.

Heusinger!

Why do you say nothing about my 21
generals who surrendered to Russians?

You think I'm going
to bow my head in mourning?

They've saved their skins,
but for us those cowards are dead.

They were paraded through Moscow's
streets like wild animals.

And I'm happy about it!

They deserve it.

Go on, Heusinger.

The Russian troops forced a crossing
of the Western Bug with heavy losses

and entered
the Generalgouvernement.

The Bolsheviks will never be
in the Generalgouvernement!

I believe Model!

But we must help him with reserves.

Maybe Colonel Stauffenberg
will report now

on the situation
with the reserve units?

No, only at the end of the conference.

What's the situation in the north,
Heusinger?

I have to make a call to Berlin.

Brandt, bring the maps.

- How long will it take now?
- Just seconds.

To the airfield.

Let us out
It's the Fuhrer's order!

By the Commandant's order,
the exit is forbidden.

Give me Field Marshal Keitel now!

It's Stauffenberg
They don't let me out.

And I got the Fuhrer's order
to fly to Berlin immediately.

Open up!

BERLIN
16 hours 40 minutes

The bomb detonated.

The briefcase was at the Fuhrer's feet
He just couldn't survive.

Lieutenant Roering, get in touch
with Leipzig and Munich.

The Operation Valkyrie is on.

And now let's go to Fromm.

Commander of the Reserve Army
Colonel-General Fromm

Herr Colonel-General, Hitler
has become a victim of assassination.

Hitler is alive.
I've just spoken to Keitel.

He told me about the explosion at the
Wolfsschanze, but Hitler wasn't killed.

Keitel is lying, as usual.
Hitler is dead.

I planted a bomb under him.

You must shoot yourself now.

Colonel-General Bek,
what's going on?

It's Operation Valkyrie.

But it's a plot!

Colonel-General, we begin
a struggle for the new Germany.

Do you want to join us?

You're talking to the future
head of state.

Future, but not present.

Hitler is alive.
I'm carrying out his orders.

Gentlemen, you're under arrest.

I have to arrest you, General.

What is this?

Arrest this man.

He betrayed our nation
at the most critical moment.

You've gone too far.
You'll be sorry about that.

To the basement!

Check if Goebbels has been arrested.

Major Remer's guard battalion
has been sent for him.

I need to see Dr. Goebbels.

- Who are you?
- I'm Major Remer.

On what matter?
I'll report to him.

I've got orders
to arrest Dr. Goebbels.

Who wants to arrest me?

I received an order from
Berlin's Military Commandant.

I'm a Reich Minister.
No one can arrest me but the Fuhrer.

The Fuhrer has been killed and,
as the Military Commandant told me,

the power has been transferred to
a new Chancellor.

No, Major, the Fuhrer is alive.

I'll put you through
to him on the phone.

Stay here.

It's Goebbels.
I wish to speak to the Fuhrer.

This oak table saved me
from the blast.

I take it as a manifestation
of God's will

that direct me
in pursuing the aim of my life.

It's a real miracle, my Fuhrer.

I know it was the generals' conspiracy.
I've never trusted them.

When I gain victories,
the take the credit for them,

and in case of a failure,
they accuse me of it.

This criminal clique of traitors must
be ruthlessly exterminated.

My Fuhrer, Reich Minister Goebbels
wants to speak to you urgently.

I'm listening, Goebbels.

My Fuhrer, I have here Major Remer,
commander of the guard battalion,

who got orders from Berlin's Military
Commandant to arrest me.

Get Major Remer on the phone.

Major Remer is listening.

I cancel the military commandant's
order. Is it understood?

I promote you to the rank of colonel

and appoint you Commander
of Berlin garrison.

Immediately arrest
all traitors and betrayers

who tried to stab the great
German in the back.

If anyone resists,
shoot them on the spot.

Act in my name,
Colonel Remer!

Yes, my Fuhrer.

An appeal to the German people.

Hitler is dead.

We want to stop

this senseless war

and achieve a just peace.

Has Goebbels been arrested,
Herr General?

I think he has been by now.

How are things going?

The approaches to radio stations are
guarded by the fortified SS details.

Take the radio station by storm.

The new head of state Bek
is to go on the air now.

It's Paris.

Put me through
to Field Marshal Kluge.

Bek speaking. I'm informing you
that Hitler has been killed.

I received news to the contrary
from the Wolfsschanze.

Kluge, make up our mind!

The fate of Germany and Europe
depends on you now.

I'll call you again after dinner.

It's just like Kluge.

Hands up!

Claus, are you all right?

Your mutiny has failed.

It's not a mutiny. We were saving
the future of Germany, Major.

I'm Colonel Remer.

Oh, you're colonel. If you have
at least some honor left...

It's not for you to speak of honor.
You've betrayed the Fuhrer.

Even if he escaped death now,
he'll be executed anyway.

It's you who will be executed.

Take everybody to the courtyard.

Leave General Bek here.

Bek, you were
my teacher once.

I had poor pupils among others.

We have no time for puns.

This is all
I can do for you.

Would you like me
to pass anything on to your family?

No, nothing.

My wife knows everything.

Help this old man.

I announce the court martial verdict.

For activities constituting
high treason

and damaging the Fuhrer...

sentenced to execution
by firing squad are

Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim,

Infantry General Olbricht,

this colonel and this lieutenant, whose
names I don't even want to remember.

Germany will remember our names.

Carry out the verdict
immediately.

Lieutenant Schade, do it.

My Fuhrer,

the conspirators who made an attempt
at your life have been executed.

The retribution has been done.

Unfortunately, Stauffenberg
has escaped the noose.

Stauffenberg! For how long
I'll be hearing that name?

I ordered to send his wife
and children to the camp.

Everybody, everybody must forget him.

Himmler, dig him up from his grave,
burn him and scatter the ashes.

There must not be either his name
or his grave.

My Fuhrer, you once mentioned
Stauffenberg's family.

Yes, the ancient Germans had
a fine custom of blood feud.

We should apply that custom
to the Stauffenberg family.

He must be destroyed, Himmler!

Yes, my Fuhrer.

I want to introduce to you
the new Chief of the General Staff,

Colonel-General Guderian.

General Guderian is a prominent
theorist in panzer forces.

In the late 20s he finished
a tank school in Russia.

He knows about the Red Army's
tactics as no one else.

Come on, Guderian,
make your report.

My Fuhrer, now is the time
when you must receive

only absolutely
accurate information.

Any attempt to smooth the situation
will lead to tragic consequences

I'll begin with the losses.

In the last three months
our losses amounted to

1 million 200 thousand men.

I have 5.5 million under arms

and 2 million reserves in the rear.

This is a great force.

I shall stop the Russian offensive.

I won't let them into Europe!

LONDON

To Prime Minister
Mr. Churchill, personally.

Sir, the latest news
from Germany.

Unfortunately, the plot
against Hitler failed.

The conspirators have been executed.
The top officers have been arrested.

Did you say "unfortunately"?

Yes, sir.

Don't you think that success of
the conspiracy would have made headway?

Headway?
You mean peace, perhaps?

Maybe so, sir.

If the conspirators
had killed Hitler,

it wouldn't have served, our purposes.

And I trust that
Stalin doesn't want it, either.

Only fools would accept peace

when the smell of victory
is in the air.

Just imagine that the end of the war
would see us in Normandy

and Stalin somewhere at Poland's
border.

By the way, about Poland.

Is there anything new there?

Russian troops
are advancing to the border.

Now here you can say
"unfortunately", sir.

I foresaw a situation
in Teheran.

And now we're faced with
the most serious problem.

From Marshal Stalin
for you, sir.

Was there no letter?

I noticed long ago that Uncle Joe
adores his own portraits.

It's not as simple as all that.

There must be something behind it.

Somewhere he's got the better of me.

Oh yes, of course, be Russian troops
have crossed the Polish border.

THE WESTERN BUG

Frankly speaking,
I'm overcome with emotions.

For five years I've been thinking
of the day

when we approach
the Polish border.

We've come to the border at 15:36
Let s remember that, General.

I'll remember that hour, too,
Comrade Generals.

Forward!
To Poland!

The army of the Soviet people,

together with the soldiers
of the Polish Army,

had stepped on
the long-suffering Polish land.

The liberation of
the enslaved Europe had begun.

Still ahead there were

Warsaw and Budapest,

Belgrade and Sofia,

Vienna and Bucharest,

Bratislava and Prague.

Berlin was ahead!

End of Film Three