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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:06:50,041 --> 00:06:52,762 NARRATOR: The Nile was always there. 2 00:06:52,837 --> 00:06:56,757 Long before Cairo. Long before the tombs of kings. 3 00:06:56,841 --> 00:06:59,181 It was the reason for everything. 4 00:07:00,678 --> 00:07:05,179 It's a little hard to grasp how far this river's been flowing. 5 00:07:05,309 --> 00:07:08,439 This is the rain that fell on Abyssinia. 6 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:12,071 These are the waters, drained from Central African lakes, 7 00:07:12,150 --> 00:07:16,530 that have flowed 4,000 miles to make Egypt green. 8 00:07:19,532 --> 00:07:22,413 The Nile has its memories. 9 00:07:22,494 --> 00:07:27,254 The story of Khartoum is a recent one, less than a century old. 10 00:07:27,333 --> 00:07:30,884 That's yesterday in this part of the world. 11 00:07:30,962 --> 00:07:33,302 But however far back you may go, 12 00:07:33,381 --> 00:07:37,881 all the Nile's recollections have several things in common. 13 00:07:37,969 --> 00:07:40,470 There's always God, for instance. 14 00:07:40,556 --> 00:07:43,606 Or, if you prefer, the gods. 15 00:07:43,684 --> 00:07:47,394 It seems to have been quite impossible to live beside this river 16 00:07:47,521 --> 00:07:50,022 and not to have visions of eternity. 17 00:07:52,069 --> 00:07:54,279 And there's always mystery. 18 00:07:54,363 --> 00:07:56,283 You never quite know. 19 00:07:57,032 --> 00:08:00,873 You wind up with a few questions that no one can answer. 20 00:08:05,458 --> 00:08:07,379 One more thing. 21 00:08:07,461 --> 00:08:12,791 Why is it that everything was always so big, outsize, larger than life? 22 00:08:13,592 --> 00:08:16,383 Vanity? Perhaps. 23 00:08:16,471 --> 00:08:18,481 Or visions. 24 00:08:18,556 --> 00:08:21,226 Vanity was always mixed up with vision. 25 00:08:21,309 --> 00:08:23,729 And that's part of this story, too. 26 00:08:25,940 --> 00:08:30,150 But it's the Nile that remains the original fact. 27 00:08:30,236 --> 00:08:33,866 The Nile and of course the desert. 28 00:08:36,702 --> 00:08:38,662 Move up, up the Nile, 29 00:08:38,745 --> 00:08:41,415 leave Egypt behind, and the green land. 30 00:08:41,498 --> 00:08:46,589 Enter the Sudan, a million square miles of desert and scrub. 31 00:08:47,964 --> 00:08:53,224 It was here, out of the vast, hot, African nowhere, 32 00:08:53,302 --> 00:08:58,023 that a man of the Nile, a man of vision and mystery and vanity, 33 00:08:58,100 --> 00:09:03,271 rose up in the 1880s to challenge first Egypt and then the world. 34 00:09:04,357 --> 00:09:08,527 He called himself the Mahdi, the Expected One, 35 00:09:08,611 --> 00:09:11,701 and he gathered about him his desert tribesmen, 36 00:09:11,781 --> 00:09:14,622 and he cried out for holy war. 37 00:09:17,455 --> 00:09:20,085 Egypt hired an army of 10,000 men 38 00:09:20,166 --> 00:09:23,047 and a professional English soldier to command them, 39 00:09:23,128 --> 00:09:26,798 and sent them 1,600 miles up the Nile to Khartoum 40 00:09:26,882 --> 00:09:30,842 and on into the desert to destroy this man, the Mahdi. 41 00:09:33,181 --> 00:09:37,141 Our history might have taken a quite different turning 42 00:09:37,226 --> 00:09:41,567 had Colonel William Hicks not forgotten, if he ever knew, 43 00:09:41,648 --> 00:09:46,278 the Sudan's great fact, its immensity. 44 00:09:47,988 --> 00:09:52,499 The Mahdi led him on and on and on. 45 00:10:52,518 --> 00:10:54,678 (CLAMORING) 46 00:11:00,735 --> 00:11:02,235 (WHIP CRACKING) 47 00:11:04,447 --> 00:11:07,288 Keep those men back! Come on, keep them back! 48 00:11:07,368 --> 00:11:08,998 Stay back! 49 00:11:09,745 --> 00:11:11,495 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 50 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,430 (SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) 51 00:11:51,626 --> 00:11:53,626 (NEIGHING) 52 00:12:15,568 --> 00:12:16,898 Bugler! 53 00:12:20,199 --> 00:12:22,319 (BUGLE CALL) 54 00:12:50,357 --> 00:12:52,407 (SHOUTING) 55 00:12:55,279 --> 00:12:57,029 (GUNS FIRING) 56 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:05,630 Deploy! Deploy! 57 00:13:06,207 --> 00:13:07,838 (GUNS FIRING) 58 00:13:23,101 --> 00:13:24,691 (CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY) 59 00:13:29,108 --> 00:13:30,148 (SCREAMS) 60 00:13:40,412 --> 00:13:42,122 (SCREAMING) 61 00:13:52,383 --> 00:13:54,344 Get those rifles to the high ground! 62 00:14:20,081 --> 00:14:21,542 (GRUNTS) 63 00:14:24,503 --> 00:14:26,923 (ALL CHANTING) Mahdi! Mahdi! Mahdi! 64 00:15:05,464 --> 00:15:07,804 (ALL CHEERING) 65 00:15:24,444 --> 00:15:26,034 (CHEERING) 66 00:15:29,700 --> 00:15:30,910 (CHEERING STOPS) 67 00:15:30,993 --> 00:15:33,203 Oh, beloveds. 68 00:15:33,287 --> 00:15:35,587 Oh, men of the desert. 69 00:15:35,664 --> 00:15:40,125 My lord Mohammed, blessings and peace be upon him, commands me to speak, 70 00:15:40,211 --> 00:15:42,841 for I am the Mahdi, 71 00:15:42,922 --> 00:15:44,962 the Expected One, 72 00:15:45,049 --> 00:15:48,300 and I am sprung from the forehead of the family of my lord Mohammed, 73 00:15:48,387 --> 00:15:51,347 blessings be upon him. 74 00:15:51,432 --> 00:15:53,892 Oh, my beloveds. 75 00:15:53,976 --> 00:15:56,727 Did I not promise thee a miracle would fall from heaven 76 00:15:56,813 --> 00:15:58,983 from the prophet Mohammed? 77 00:15:59,065 --> 00:16:01,065 And was not this so? 78 00:16:01,151 --> 00:16:02,901 (CHEERING) 79 00:16:06,782 --> 00:16:09,702 Ye fight a holy war against the fat, the corrupt, 80 00:16:09,785 --> 00:16:12,245 the sinful, and the unbelieving. 81 00:16:12,538 --> 00:16:17,129 Ye fight a war to restore to a disobedient, forgetful world 82 00:16:17,211 --> 00:16:20,381 the laws and commands of the prophet Mohammed, 83 00:16:20,464 --> 00:16:23,004 blessings and peace be upon him 84 00:16:23,091 --> 00:16:26,762 whose instrument on Earth I am. 85 00:16:28,431 --> 00:16:31,231 Exalt ye not that men are dead, 86 00:16:31,309 --> 00:16:34,690 since more must die tomorrow. 87 00:16:34,772 --> 00:16:37,652 Oh, my beloveds. 88 00:16:37,733 --> 00:16:41,954 In a vision the prophet Mohammed has instructed me. 89 00:16:42,030 --> 00:16:45,450 Let mountain and desert tremble. 90 00:16:45,534 --> 00:16:47,794 Let cities shudder. 91 00:16:47,869 --> 00:16:51,370 And let the fat and the rich and the corrupt in far places 92 00:16:51,457 --> 00:16:57,377 mark this moment and turn in fear of all those miracles to come. 93 00:16:58,881 --> 00:17:03,762 And let none in all Islam, from this victorious hour, 94 00:17:03,845 --> 00:17:09,145 believe I am other than the Expected One. 95 00:17:09,226 --> 00:17:11,737 The true Mahdi. 96 00:17:13,022 --> 00:17:16,152 Beloveds, it is the hour of prayer. 97 00:17:19,028 --> 00:17:21,039 (ALL PRAYING IN ARABIC) 98 00:17:29,332 --> 00:17:32,082 Explain to me. Explain to me, somebody. 99 00:17:32,168 --> 00:17:35,048 Where in heaven's name is Wolseley? 100 00:17:35,130 --> 00:17:39,261 Explain to me how a rabble of tribesmen, armed only with spears and swords, 101 00:17:39,343 --> 00:17:41,593 can destroy a modern army. 102 00:17:41,679 --> 00:17:43,139 Not a British army, Prime Minister. 103 00:17:43,222 --> 00:17:45,052 - To the last man. -An Egyptian army. 104 00:17:45,141 --> 00:17:49,062 I don't care whose army. 10,000 men. 10,000! 105 00:17:49,146 --> 00:17:54,106 A British officer commanding. Why did Egypt have to hire an Englishman? 106 00:17:54,192 --> 00:17:56,032 Colonel Hicks was a fool. 107 00:17:56,111 --> 00:17:57,532 Clearly. A fool. 108 00:17:57,614 --> 00:18:00,444 That's not the question. Why did he have to be English? 109 00:18:00,533 --> 00:18:04,203 "Avenge Hicks." "Uphold Britain's honor." 110 00:18:05,872 --> 00:18:08,753 Wolseley, I have the press at my throat. 111 00:18:08,834 --> 00:18:12,714 I am summoned to Scotland to explain to Her Majesty. Will you explain to me... 112 00:18:12,796 --> 00:18:15,126 Mr. Gladstone, Colonel Stewart, 113 00:18:15,215 --> 00:18:17,676 recently attached to Military Intelligence. 114 00:18:17,761 --> 00:18:20,891 The Colonel's just back from Khartoum. He will be able to explain better than I. 115 00:18:20,972 --> 00:18:23,932 Colonel Stewart, sit down. 116 00:18:25,186 --> 00:18:27,486 Are these bulletins from Khartoum true? 117 00:18:28,564 --> 00:18:30,614 It's over a month's travel from the Sudan, sir, 118 00:18:30,691 --> 00:18:34,151 so, obviously, I left before these events took place, but I assume they're true. 119 00:18:34,236 --> 00:18:35,327 Why? 120 00:18:35,405 --> 00:18:37,995 I was sent to Khartoum to assess the Egyptian capacity 121 00:18:38,075 --> 00:18:39,665 to deal with the uprising. 122 00:18:39,743 --> 00:18:41,203 I assessed it as nil. 123 00:18:41,286 --> 00:18:44,587 Military Intelligence. There's intelligence for you. 124 00:18:44,707 --> 00:18:47,297 After the event, they knew all about it. 125 00:18:47,377 --> 00:18:50,637 My reports were delivered to Sir Evelyn Baring in Cairo before the event. 126 00:18:50,713 --> 00:18:53,844 I was aware of the reports. I just didn't believe them. 127 00:18:53,926 --> 00:18:55,516 - I'm Granville. -My Lord. 128 00:18:55,594 --> 00:18:58,844 The reports still don't explain to me, however, how a modern army 129 00:18:58,931 --> 00:19:01,891 could be slaughtered, virtually to the last man. 130 00:19:02,309 --> 00:19:04,900 Colonel Hicks and his men were fighting for wages. 131 00:19:04,979 --> 00:19:07,279 The Mahdi and his men were fighting a holy war. 132 00:19:07,357 --> 00:19:09,697 Also Hicks made a very bad mistake. 133 00:19:09,776 --> 00:19:11,777 He thought he was fighting an ignorant savage, and he wasn't. 134 00:19:11,862 --> 00:19:15,032 The Mahdi is the most extraordinary man the Sudan has ever seen. 135 00:19:15,116 --> 00:19:19,536 And he knows his people. He promised them a miracle, he had to deliver it. 136 00:19:19,620 --> 00:19:23,341 Even so, Colonel Stewart, the extent of the disaster... 137 00:19:23,417 --> 00:19:28,837 The disaster, sir, has little to do with the loss of 10,000 men. It's their arms. 138 00:19:28,922 --> 00:19:31,513 Egypt was unequal to a horde of desert tribesmen 139 00:19:31,592 --> 00:19:33,602 when they'd scarcely a pistol to call their own. 140 00:19:33,678 --> 00:19:37,768 What'll she do now? Now that they've captured 10,000 Remington rifles, 141 00:19:37,849 --> 00:19:41,940 five batteries of artillery, and very nearly five million rounds of ammunition. 142 00:19:43,522 --> 00:19:45,772 What will become of Egypt 143 00:19:45,858 --> 00:19:49,028 if the Mahdi occupies Khartoum and the Khartoum arsenal? 144 00:19:49,111 --> 00:19:51,612 What a jolly day you'll have with Her Majesty. 145 00:19:51,698 --> 00:19:55,618 Gentlemen, let me make one thing clear. I'm sending no armies up the Nile. 146 00:19:56,870 --> 00:20:00,411 You, Hartington, your imperialist friends want any excuse 147 00:20:00,499 --> 00:20:02,039 to move into Central Africa. 148 00:20:02,126 --> 00:20:05,926 We are discussing Egypt. We have a moral responsibility to Egypt. 149 00:20:06,338 --> 00:20:10,589 A moral responsibility. We have the Suez Canal. Say it. 150 00:20:10,677 --> 00:20:13,397 Egypt protects Suez. We protect Egypt. 151 00:20:13,472 --> 00:20:16,852 Why, in heaven's name, can't Egypt protect herself? 152 00:20:16,933 --> 00:20:19,934 We've just heard from Colonel Stewart. She's not up to it. 153 00:20:20,021 --> 00:20:23,311 Colonel Stewart. I've no doubt he's like the rest of you. 154 00:20:23,399 --> 00:20:26,860 He can see himself leading a British army 1,600 miles up the Nile, 155 00:20:26,945 --> 00:20:29,445 flags flying, glory for all. 156 00:20:29,531 --> 00:20:33,781 I beg your pardon. Before I'd accept such a command, I'd resign my commission. 157 00:20:33,869 --> 00:20:37,090 I wouldn't spend one British life to oppose the Mahdi. 158 00:20:37,165 --> 00:20:38,875 I assumed you were for intervention. 159 00:20:40,210 --> 00:20:41,760 You didn't ask my opinion, sir. 160 00:20:41,836 --> 00:20:44,126 Well, I want it, by heaven, if it agrees with mine. 161 00:20:44,214 --> 00:20:45,214 (ALL CHUCKLING) 162 00:20:45,298 --> 00:20:48,059 I shall suggest to Her Majesty in Scotland tomorrow 163 00:20:48,135 --> 00:20:50,385 that we shall discharge our obligations to Egypt 164 00:20:50,471 --> 00:20:54,271 by evacuating all the Egyptians from Khartoum. 165 00:20:54,350 --> 00:20:57,901 How, without either a British army or loss of British honor? 166 00:20:57,979 --> 00:21:02,069 I shall entertain suggestions as to just how. 167 00:21:05,404 --> 00:21:06,564 Gordon. 168 00:21:10,409 --> 00:21:11,949 Chinese Gordon. 169 00:21:17,918 --> 00:21:19,038 What's he doing now? 170 00:21:19,127 --> 00:21:20,997 He's made a contract with the king of the Belgians 171 00:21:21,088 --> 00:21:22,838 to take over the Congo, for Mr. Stanley. 172 00:21:22,924 --> 00:21:25,014 We can arrange that with Brussels. 173 00:21:25,093 --> 00:21:27,683 Send Gordon to Khartoum. 174 00:21:27,762 --> 00:21:31,182 The man who led the Chinese emperor's armies to victory carrying only a cane. 175 00:21:31,266 --> 00:21:32,807 Send him to Khartoum. 176 00:21:32,893 --> 00:21:33,853 Without an army? 177 00:21:33,936 --> 00:21:35,196 He doesn't need one. 178 00:21:35,271 --> 00:21:38,651 Without a single British soldier he ended slavery in the Sudan. 179 00:21:38,732 --> 00:21:41,823 He's a hero to the Sudanese, 180 00:21:41,903 --> 00:21:45,783 to the English, to the anti-slavery people, to the churchmen. 181 00:21:47,242 --> 00:21:50,492 Send him to Khartoum, and you'll be applauded from Land's End to lnverness. 182 00:21:52,582 --> 00:21:54,502 And Her Majesty. 183 00:21:54,584 --> 00:21:56,794 Granville, the man's a mystic. 184 00:21:56,878 --> 00:22:01,719 He's an idealist with ideals strictly his own. Give him an instruction? 185 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,670 He treats a military order as if it were a birthday greeting. 186 00:22:05,137 --> 00:22:09,347 Besides, I trust no man who consults God before he consults me. 187 00:22:09,433 --> 00:22:10,474 (CHUCKLING) 188 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:14,150 May I speak, sir? In my opinion, General Gordon would refuse. 189 00:22:15,315 --> 00:22:17,815 After all, when he went to the Sudan as Governor General 190 00:22:17,901 --> 00:22:19,352 and put down the slave trade 191 00:22:19,445 --> 00:22:22,575 with nothing but his audacity and a few loyal lieutenants, 192 00:22:22,656 --> 00:22:25,696 sir, he didn't face the Mahdi, he didn't face a holy war, 193 00:22:25,784 --> 00:22:28,665 and he didn't face 10,000 Remington rifles. 194 00:22:28,747 --> 00:22:33,167 If you send him to Khartoum on his own now, he'll simply fail. 195 00:22:35,295 --> 00:22:36,835 What a pity. 196 00:22:38,674 --> 00:22:42,634 Sir, if General Gordon accepted your proposal in the conditions of today, 197 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,060 my respect for him would end. 198 00:22:45,139 --> 00:22:46,429 He'd be the vainest man alive. 199 00:22:46,515 --> 00:22:48,556 Thank you, Colonel Stewart. 200 00:22:48,644 --> 00:22:50,854 Now would you leave us to our deliberations? 201 00:22:50,938 --> 00:22:54,478 And my congratulations on the excellence of your report. 202 00:22:58,863 --> 00:22:59,993 Good day, sir. 203 00:23:02,951 --> 00:23:04,531 I like that man. 204 00:23:04,619 --> 00:23:07,080 Did I understand you correctly? 205 00:23:07,164 --> 00:23:10,624 If we send Gordon to Khartoum, Gordon, a national hero, 206 00:23:10,709 --> 00:23:15,249 and he fails, then the blame will fall on him, not on the government? 207 00:23:15,340 --> 00:23:17,340 It could happen that way. 208 00:23:18,218 --> 00:23:21,508 It's the most abominable proposal I have ever entertained. 209 00:23:23,014 --> 00:23:26,015 Granville, the colonel had a point. 210 00:23:26,102 --> 00:23:28,562 Just why would Gordon do it? 211 00:23:28,646 --> 00:23:31,236 Because he's a patriot and a man of conscience. 212 00:23:32,483 --> 00:23:34,824 Or perhaps the vainest man alive. 213 00:23:36,321 --> 00:23:41,031 I dislike everything about this. Worse, I distrust it. 214 00:23:41,994 --> 00:23:44,665 I know nothing about this conversation. 215 00:23:44,747 --> 00:23:47,707 But let me know in Balmoral what Gordon says. 216 00:23:48,584 --> 00:23:51,754 Her Majesty would be so pleased. 217 00:24:10,233 --> 00:24:14,314 I apologize for the secrecy, Gordon. 218 00:24:14,405 --> 00:24:16,525 Politics. 219 00:24:16,615 --> 00:24:20,535 Let's not waste time with formalities. Sit down, please. 220 00:24:20,619 --> 00:24:26,210 I can't keep the train waiting long, or there'd be curiosity. We need a few words. 221 00:24:27,586 --> 00:24:31,837 Granville will see you tomorrow with a proposal 222 00:24:31,924 --> 00:24:36,094 so disreputable that I can have nothing to do with it publicly. 223 00:24:36,179 --> 00:24:38,639 Privately, I ask you to accept it. 224 00:24:38,723 --> 00:24:39,724 Why? 225 00:24:39,808 --> 00:24:43,058 Because it will provide me with political comfort. 226 00:24:43,145 --> 00:24:47,485 I can conceive of no commodity, sir, that could interest me less. 227 00:24:47,566 --> 00:24:50,907 I'm not a free agent. I leave for the Belgian Congo within weeks. 228 00:24:50,987 --> 00:24:52,617 Granville could arrange that. 229 00:24:53,823 --> 00:24:56,663 Gordon, the Sudan was your child. 230 00:24:56,743 --> 00:24:59,664 I don't need to inform you it's in the gravest danger. 231 00:24:59,747 --> 00:25:01,337 You don't need to inform me. 232 00:25:01,415 --> 00:25:04,795 Gordon, I cannot and will not send military forces up the Nile. 233 00:25:04,877 --> 00:25:09,258 But I admit Khartoum cannot be left to its fate without some gesture. 234 00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:10,551 Am I the gesture? 235 00:25:10,634 --> 00:25:12,304 The country knows your capacities. 236 00:25:12,385 --> 00:25:16,475 You've done before alone what an army of blunderers can't do. 237 00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:18,146 What's the proposal? 238 00:25:18,226 --> 00:25:21,776 That you go to the Sudan, supervise the evacuation of Khartoum, 239 00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:24,604 and do what you can to leave peace and order behind. 240 00:25:24,690 --> 00:25:26,781 With what powers? 241 00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:30,870 None. Oh, Egypt will give you some ribbon or other. 242 00:25:30,948 --> 00:25:32,868 (CHUCKLING) Politicians! 243 00:25:34,034 --> 00:25:36,535 And when the Mahdi floats me down the Nile, 244 00:25:36,621 --> 00:25:39,081 the government will assume a pained expression 245 00:25:39,165 --> 00:25:42,545 and say to Her Majesty and the churchmen and the anti-slavery people, 246 00:25:42,627 --> 00:25:45,628 "Well, we sent Gordon. We did the best we could." 247 00:25:45,714 --> 00:25:47,424 Precisely. 248 00:25:48,342 --> 00:25:51,892 That will be the end of Gordon, but not of Gladstone. 249 00:25:52,221 --> 00:25:53,471 In a nutshell. 250 00:25:56,309 --> 00:25:59,149 Well, I must say, Mr. Gladstone, you're hardly a bore. 251 00:25:59,229 --> 00:26:03,529 You don't bore me, either, Gordon. You are illogical and insubordinate. 252 00:26:03,608 --> 00:26:07,399 I know if I send you to Khartoum, you'll play tricks, exceed your orders, 253 00:26:07,488 --> 00:26:11,778 and in the name of some mystical necessity, apparent only to yourself, 254 00:26:11,868 --> 00:26:16,329 you'll do your ingenious best to involve this government up to the hatband. 255 00:26:16,415 --> 00:26:20,175 But you're in a very poor patch, and you have no one to turn to but me. 256 00:26:20,252 --> 00:26:24,423 Again, in a nutshell. I'll take a chance on your tricks. That's all I can say. 257 00:26:24,507 --> 00:26:29,187 Or, I'll see Sir Evelyn Baring in Cairo brings pressure on the khedive 258 00:26:29,262 --> 00:26:32,353 to appoint you Governor General of the Sudan. 259 00:26:32,433 --> 00:26:34,723 But I cannot and will not back you up. 260 00:26:34,810 --> 00:26:38,520 This must be understood. No British troops will come up the Nile. 261 00:26:38,606 --> 00:26:42,067 I will not assume a British obligation to police the world. 262 00:26:42,152 --> 00:26:45,572 If you can help the Sudan, your country will be grateful. 263 00:26:45,655 --> 00:26:48,535 - If you can't... -My country will understand. 264 00:26:56,626 --> 00:26:58,046 I'll go. 265 00:27:01,215 --> 00:27:02,425 You'll come back safe. 266 00:27:03,759 --> 00:27:08,979 Gordon, first, last, and above all, you'll come back safe. 267 00:27:09,807 --> 00:27:10,887 Do you hear me? 268 00:27:10,975 --> 00:27:12,475 I hear you. 269 00:27:16,231 --> 00:27:19,402 You'll need an aide. I've a good man in mind. 270 00:27:19,485 --> 00:27:21,395 Isn't such a choice my prerogative? 271 00:27:21,487 --> 00:27:24,697 - Not in this case. Oh, he'll be useful to you. -And to you. 272 00:27:24,782 --> 00:27:26,242 Naturally. 273 00:27:26,742 --> 00:27:28,253 Well, Gordon... 274 00:27:29,204 --> 00:27:30,254 (CONDUCTOR WHISTLING) 275 00:27:30,330 --> 00:27:33,580 God go with you. And I don't envy God. 276 00:28:05,410 --> 00:28:07,701 - Put my luggage on board, please. -Very good, sir. 277 00:28:21,136 --> 00:28:22,136 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 278 00:28:22,220 --> 00:28:23,220 Yes? 279 00:28:27,018 --> 00:28:30,068 Your second in command, sir. Colonel J.D.H. Stewart. 280 00:28:34,776 --> 00:28:37,616 So! 281 00:28:37,696 --> 00:28:42,496 This is for you, General. You'll find my report in here. It'll bring you up to date. 282 00:28:42,576 --> 00:28:46,167 Am I to understand that Gladstone has cursed me not only with a spy, 283 00:28:46,247 --> 00:28:48,667 but a subordinate who thinks he knows more than I do? 284 00:28:48,750 --> 00:28:51,670 I was brought here in chains, sir. I don't know what to think. 285 00:28:51,753 --> 00:28:53,334 Brandy and soda, sir. 286 00:28:53,422 --> 00:28:55,472 B and S? You sound as though you need one. 287 00:28:55,549 --> 00:28:57,009 Thank you, sir. 288 00:28:57,092 --> 00:29:01,012 Sit down. You are Gladstone's spy, aren't you? 289 00:29:01,096 --> 00:29:02,467 Yes, sir. 290 00:29:02,557 --> 00:29:05,887 Would it be indiscreet of me to inquire as to your instructions? 291 00:29:05,977 --> 00:29:10,857 Not at all, sir. I am to report to Mr. Gladstone any actions you may take 292 00:29:10,940 --> 00:29:14,861 which, in my opinion, conflict with your instructions. 293 00:29:14,945 --> 00:29:18,325 I am to inform you, and the government if necessary, 294 00:29:18,407 --> 00:29:23,408 of any situation which, in my opinion, places you in physical danger. 295 00:29:23,497 --> 00:29:27,417 And if anybody in the course of this mission must risk his life, 296 00:29:27,501 --> 00:29:29,581 then I'm to do it, not you. 297 00:29:30,797 --> 00:29:34,137 Apart from that, sir, I'm yours to command. 298 00:29:34,217 --> 00:29:37,597 Tell me what, in your opinion, Colonel Stewart, 299 00:29:37,678 --> 00:29:39,339 are the chances of my sacking you? 300 00:29:39,807 --> 00:29:43,067 If they existed, sir, I'd be the first to point them out to you. 301 00:29:43,143 --> 00:29:44,313 (BELL RINGING) 302 00:29:44,478 --> 00:29:45,648 Here's your brandy. 303 00:29:45,729 --> 00:29:47,729 (STEAMER HORN BLOWING) 304 00:29:50,485 --> 00:29:53,575 Ah! We seem to have sailed. Farewell, England. 305 00:29:54,823 --> 00:29:57,993 So you and I are definitely stuck with each other. 306 00:29:58,077 --> 00:29:59,247 Yes, sir. 307 00:29:59,328 --> 00:30:01,748 Oh, for heaven's sake, man, sit down. 308 00:30:05,459 --> 00:30:09,220 May I ask a question? If it's impertinent, I withdraw it. 309 00:30:10,298 --> 00:30:12,178 Why did you let them talk you into this mission? 310 00:30:18,307 --> 00:30:22,437 As is well known, I regard myself as a religious man, 311 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,570 and I belong to no church. 312 00:30:24,647 --> 00:30:27,148 I'm an able soldier, but I abhor armies. 313 00:30:28,193 --> 00:30:32,743 I've also been introduced to hundreds of women, yet I've never married. 314 00:30:32,823 --> 00:30:35,413 In other words, no one has ever talked me into anything. 315 00:30:35,493 --> 00:30:36,873 Does that answer your question? 316 00:30:37,495 --> 00:30:38,535 No, sir. 317 00:30:40,331 --> 00:30:43,541 Then let me suggest that my life is not an open book 318 00:30:43,626 --> 00:30:47,007 to you, to any man, least of all to myself. 319 00:30:52,553 --> 00:30:56,224 With your permission, General, I think I need a turn on deck. 320 00:30:56,308 --> 00:30:57,388 Mmm. 321 00:31:00,061 --> 00:31:05,652 Stewart, send a telegram as soon as we reach Calais. "Sir Evelyn Baring, Cairo. 322 00:31:05,735 --> 00:31:09,905 "Locate immediately whereabouts Zobeir Pasha. Signed Gordon." 323 00:31:10,948 --> 00:31:15,119 That's spelt Z-O-B-E-I-R. 324 00:31:17,372 --> 00:31:18,792 Yes, sir. 325 00:31:31,889 --> 00:31:34,189 (EXOTIC MUSIC PLAYING) 326 00:31:57,583 --> 00:31:59,743 I expected outrageous notions from you, Gordon, 327 00:31:59,836 --> 00:32:02,126 I expected the worst from Zobeir Pasha! 328 00:32:02,214 --> 00:32:04,124 Even the khedive was appalled. 329 00:32:04,216 --> 00:32:07,176 I see nothing outrageous, Sir Evelyn. Zobeir's a Sudanese. 330 00:32:07,261 --> 00:32:12,392 He was the most important man there. He's able, wise, has a powerful influence. 331 00:32:12,475 --> 00:32:15,435 To take Zobeir with you to Khartoum, to give him control of the Sudan! 332 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:17,230 Gordon, the man is a slave-trader. 333 00:32:17,313 --> 00:32:18,944 Was a slave-trader. 334 00:32:19,024 --> 00:32:24,074 My instructions are to evacuate Khartoum and leave some order behind. How? 335 00:32:24,154 --> 00:32:28,165 Most of the chiefs loyal to the Mahdi today used to be loyal to Zobeir. 336 00:32:28,243 --> 00:32:33,333 I think they'd come back to him. I cannot go to Khartoum without a plan. 337 00:32:37,795 --> 00:32:39,545 I insist on seeing Zobeir. 338 00:32:39,630 --> 00:32:41,050 Why would he see you? 339 00:32:41,132 --> 00:32:44,422 You not only put him out of the slave trade, you killed his son. 340 00:32:44,510 --> 00:32:47,391 I must take the chance. One must always take chances. 341 00:32:50,934 --> 00:32:53,814 Why is Tewfik making us wait? 342 00:32:53,895 --> 00:32:57,606 Well, Sir Evelyn, when you're giving orders to sovereign princes, 343 00:32:57,692 --> 00:33:01,862 you have to expect a little humiliation. It makes them feel better. 344 00:33:31,145 --> 00:33:34,856 Humbly, Highness, I accept this firman as Governor General of the Sudan, 345 00:33:34,941 --> 00:33:37,111 and I swear to you my devoted service. 346 00:33:37,444 --> 00:33:41,484 Do you understand, Gordon pasha, that your wages will only be £6000 a year? 347 00:33:41,573 --> 00:33:43,494 It is all I can afford. 348 00:33:43,576 --> 00:33:46,406 I'll take 2,000. It's all I need. 349 00:33:50,041 --> 00:33:51,331 What about a B and S? 350 00:34:30,962 --> 00:34:32,382 Sir. 351 00:34:37,969 --> 00:34:40,480 God be with us. 352 00:34:44,601 --> 00:34:46,931 Zobeir Pasha, you are well? 353 00:34:50,316 --> 00:34:53,816 General Gordon goes to Khartoum as governor general for the khedive. 354 00:34:53,903 --> 00:34:56,903 He pays you his compliments and he would speak with you. 355 00:34:56,990 --> 00:34:58,831 This is my aide, Colonel Stewart. 356 00:35:01,954 --> 00:35:03,874 We come from London, Zobeir. 357 00:35:03,956 --> 00:35:08,047 My government is determined to lend Egypt no support in the face of the uprising 358 00:35:08,128 --> 00:35:12,218 and to prevail on the khedive to relinquish control over the Sudan. 359 00:35:12,507 --> 00:35:14,587 Sir Evelyn will confirm what I say. 360 00:35:14,676 --> 00:35:15,966 This is unwise. 361 00:35:16,052 --> 00:35:19,143 There will be ruin and death and tears and little else. 362 00:35:19,223 --> 00:35:20,933 It is my government's policy. 363 00:35:21,017 --> 00:35:25,267 I have no authority beyond evacuating all Egyptians from Khartoum. 364 00:35:25,354 --> 00:35:27,275 I could wish otherwise, 365 00:35:27,357 --> 00:35:32,237 but you have the power and the influence and the ability to oppose the Mahdi. 366 00:35:33,322 --> 00:35:38,373 Will you come with me to Khartoum and accept the Sudan from my hands? 367 00:35:38,745 --> 00:35:43,465 Do I receive this offer from the British government, Sir Evelyn? 368 00:35:43,708 --> 00:35:47,079 No, my government renounces all influence over Sudanese affairs. 369 00:35:47,171 --> 00:35:49,461 This is a matter between you and General Gordon. 370 00:35:49,548 --> 00:35:52,878 If I give you my word that there will be no slavery, 371 00:35:52,968 --> 00:35:55,639 I regard the institution as ended, 372 00:35:55,722 --> 00:35:58,472 does my attitude influence your government? 373 00:35:59,893 --> 00:36:03,484 I understand. My reputation. 374 00:36:03,564 --> 00:36:06,854 But what would your Christian world say 375 00:36:06,943 --> 00:36:11,033 if the slaver Zobeir received ten million Sudanese 376 00:36:11,113 --> 00:36:14,074 from the hands of the great Gordon pasha? 377 00:36:14,159 --> 00:36:17,079 My government would oppose you publicly. 378 00:36:18,497 --> 00:36:20,747 I would defend you publicly. 379 00:36:26,506 --> 00:36:28,846 The general will defend me. 380 00:36:31,887 --> 00:36:36,937 The great Christian hero will defend Zobeir, the slaver. 381 00:36:39,812 --> 00:36:43,573 Before I receive my country from your bloody hands, 382 00:36:43,650 --> 00:36:45,820 I shall see it die. 383 00:36:47,529 --> 00:36:49,869 You killed my son. 384 00:36:52,743 --> 00:36:54,753 I executed him. 385 00:36:54,829 --> 00:36:57,669 Do you have sons, Gordon pasha? 386 00:36:58,291 --> 00:37:00,172 Do you have sons? 387 00:37:00,252 --> 00:37:01,962 No! 388 00:37:02,045 --> 00:37:04,345 You killed mine! 389 00:37:04,548 --> 00:37:06,548 God forgive me, Zobeir. 390 00:37:07,634 --> 00:37:10,225 But let the dead bury their dead. 391 00:37:10,305 --> 00:37:14,105 You killed my flesh! My blood! 392 00:37:14,601 --> 00:37:16,601 My Suleiman. 393 00:37:19,982 --> 00:37:26,032 Get thee from my house, and may ye die in the desert untended. 394 00:37:26,113 --> 00:37:31,034 May vultures consume thy flesh, sands thy blood. 395 00:37:46,845 --> 00:37:48,305 Go back. 396 00:37:48,388 --> 00:37:52,188 Go back to London. There's too much danger, too little hope. 397 00:37:52,267 --> 00:37:55,858 I'll report my views to Gladstone. I'll stand by you. 398 00:37:57,315 --> 00:37:58,775 Thank you. 399 00:37:59,692 --> 00:38:03,062 You said you had to have a plan. What can you do now? 400 00:38:04,322 --> 00:38:07,033 Get up the Nile to Khartoum. 401 00:38:33,397 --> 00:38:38,277 Stewart, just how far into the Sudan would you say we are? 402 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,650 We'll reach Berber in an hour or so. 403 00:38:41,780 --> 00:38:47,371 In your report, you said that the Mahdi's people wore jibbas covered with patches. 404 00:38:47,620 --> 00:38:50,000 That's correct, sir. 405 00:38:50,081 --> 00:38:53,252 And his main force is still beyond Khartoum? 406 00:38:53,335 --> 00:38:55,005 Yes, sir. 407 00:38:55,087 --> 00:38:58,097 Look there. We haven't even reached Berber. 408 00:39:20,949 --> 00:39:24,369 Gordon pasha! Gordon pasha! 409 00:39:25,328 --> 00:39:26,748 Ali Ibrahim! 410 00:39:26,830 --> 00:39:28,170 Gordon pasha! 411 00:39:28,248 --> 00:39:31,009 - Gordon pasha! - No, Ali. No. 412 00:39:31,085 --> 00:39:35,505 Sheikh Ali Ibrahim of the Monassir. My friend before God. 413 00:39:35,590 --> 00:39:37,970 - Ali, please. -I weep for joy. 414 00:39:38,051 --> 00:39:41,142 - We are saved. We are delivered. -Delivered? 415 00:39:41,221 --> 00:39:46,901 Berber is surrounded. I am cutoff from my people, except by the river. 416 00:39:46,977 --> 00:39:50,108 To the east, to the south, to the north. 417 00:39:50,190 --> 00:39:53,400 Mohammed el-Kheir, the villain, he has gone over to the Mahdi, 418 00:39:53,485 --> 00:39:56,065 taking all the tribes along this shore. 419 00:39:56,154 --> 00:39:59,405 We saw a band downriver. Did they get their guns from the Mahdi? 420 00:39:59,658 --> 00:40:04,868 Since the terrible disaster of Hicks pasha, it seems all have guns. 421 00:40:04,955 --> 00:40:09,166 Ah, but you return, and we are saved, we are delivered. 422 00:40:09,252 --> 00:40:11,252 How? I bring no army. 423 00:40:11,338 --> 00:40:15,968 You will find a way, Gordon pasha. You have always found a way. 424 00:40:16,051 --> 00:40:21,182 Oh, my friends, we must drink coffee and speak of the old days. 425 00:40:37,242 --> 00:40:41,532 Sir, I've prepared a telegram for London. I request that you read it. 426 00:40:41,871 --> 00:40:45,542 I have an official responsibility to advise you to turn back to Cairo. 427 00:40:45,626 --> 00:40:47,296 The situation has changed. 428 00:40:47,378 --> 00:40:49,048 Situations always change. 429 00:40:49,922 --> 00:40:54,093 Sir, Berber is surrounded. The uprising spread this far while we've traveled. 430 00:40:54,177 --> 00:40:55,977 You could be caught in a trap. 431 00:40:56,054 --> 00:40:58,554 Give me a camel. I can get out of anything. 432 00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,900 You're a responsible spy. Send your telegram. 433 00:41:02,269 --> 00:41:06,280 You're bringing these people nothing but false hopes and false expectations. 434 00:41:06,357 --> 00:41:10,197 There are still 13,000 Egyptians to be got out of Khartoum. 435 00:41:10,278 --> 00:41:11,818 If the government had known that by now 436 00:41:11,904 --> 00:41:14,535 there'd be armed Mahdist tribes on both sides of the Nile 437 00:41:14,616 --> 00:41:16,996 400 miles north of Khartoum... 438 00:41:17,077 --> 00:41:18,787 They wouldn't have sent me. 439 00:41:18,871 --> 00:41:21,211 Then you cannot proceed further. 440 00:41:21,290 --> 00:41:23,341 If Her Majesty's government, at this moment, 441 00:41:23,418 --> 00:41:26,458 wants to run out publicly on the Egyptians... 442 00:41:27,005 --> 00:41:30,175 Send your telegram. Get them to recall me. 443 00:41:30,258 --> 00:41:32,339 But you have to make the decision. They won't. 444 00:41:32,428 --> 00:41:34,968 I've made my decision, Colonel Stewart. 445 00:41:35,055 --> 00:41:37,425 But what is your decision? 446 00:41:39,643 --> 00:41:44,024 General, when you left London your only hope was Zobeir, 447 00:41:44,107 --> 00:41:48,487 so if you've any further plan beyond vague self-confidence, 448 00:41:48,570 --> 00:41:50,741 you haven't confided it to me. 449 00:41:50,865 --> 00:41:54,625 Was I instructed to confide in you? I don't recall. 450 00:41:54,702 --> 00:41:57,372 Are you willing to delude the Sudanese, gull the Egyptians, 451 00:41:57,455 --> 00:42:01,796 and compromise your country, just to satisfy your own vanity? 452 00:42:04,129 --> 00:42:06,629 Next time, I'll shoot you. 453 00:42:09,385 --> 00:42:11,555 I've shot men before. 454 00:42:12,222 --> 00:42:14,552 Now send your telegram! 455 00:42:29,991 --> 00:42:32,661 The boat is coming! 456 00:42:33,370 --> 00:42:35,080 (SHIP HORN BLOWING) 457 00:42:35,997 --> 00:42:37,998 (CHEERING) 458 00:42:41,045 --> 00:42:44,585 - Look at that. -Oh! How exciting. 459 00:42:45,841 --> 00:42:48,392 Everyone in Khartoum must be on the quay. 460 00:42:48,845 --> 00:42:50,845 (BRASS BAND PLAYING) 461 00:42:54,601 --> 00:42:56,562 ALL: Gordon pasha! 462 00:43:01,067 --> 00:43:03,857 Gordon pasha! 463 00:43:28,472 --> 00:43:32,472 (ALL CHANTING) Gordon! Gordon! Gordon! 464 00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:36,601 Gordon! Gordon! Gordon! 465 00:43:40,193 --> 00:43:42,193 (CHANTING CONTINUES) 466 00:44:10,686 --> 00:44:12,686 Welcome back, Gordon pasha. 467 00:44:12,772 --> 00:44:15,062 Thank you. 468 00:44:19,946 --> 00:44:21,696 It's good to be home. 469 00:45:34,696 --> 00:45:37,406 You can't see anything from down there. 470 00:45:42,787 --> 00:45:45,038 (ALL CHEERING) 471 00:46:21,330 --> 00:46:23,501 Gordon pasha will be with us shortly. 472 00:46:23,583 --> 00:46:25,713 Sheikh Abdul Rahim. 473 00:46:25,793 --> 00:46:28,253 Gordon pasha will be with us shortly. 474 00:46:29,172 --> 00:46:32,173 Mr. Frank Power, Her Majesty's consul in Khartoum. 475 00:46:32,259 --> 00:46:34,969 Also, The Times correspondent. Where is he? 476 00:46:35,095 --> 00:46:37,355 Gordon pasha will be with us shortly. 477 00:46:38,891 --> 00:46:40,812 Monsieur Herbin, the French consul. 478 00:46:40,894 --> 00:46:43,104 Gordon pasha will be with us shortly. 479 00:46:43,939 --> 00:46:45,729 Khaleel, B and S. 480 00:46:45,815 --> 00:46:47,315 Yes, master. 481 00:46:57,328 --> 00:46:58,458 B and S. 482 00:46:58,538 --> 00:46:59,549 Thank you. 483 00:47:02,292 --> 00:47:06,082 Now, master, it has been a very long time, 484 00:47:06,171 --> 00:47:10,212 so you cannot expect me to remember all things without confusion. 485 00:47:10,301 --> 00:47:13,761 For if you had left me this Bible, then it would be different. 486 00:47:13,846 --> 00:47:15,686 I could not have read it, but... 487 00:47:15,765 --> 00:47:17,555 - Khaleel. -I am here, master. 488 00:47:17,643 --> 00:47:19,683 Khaleel, there's something I want you to do. 489 00:47:19,770 --> 00:47:21,230 And I shall do it, master. 490 00:47:21,313 --> 00:47:23,063 Now, this great Jesus Christ. 491 00:47:23,148 --> 00:47:25,608 Sometimes, master, I do not understand this man, 492 00:47:25,693 --> 00:47:27,984 for he announced and he was very clear about it, 493 00:47:28,071 --> 00:47:29,451 for once, he was very clear, 494 00:47:29,531 --> 00:47:31,081 almost like the great lord Mohammed, 495 00:47:31,157 --> 00:47:32,577 blessing and peace be upon him. 496 00:47:32,659 --> 00:47:35,159 But I do not understand this Jesus Christ, 497 00:47:35,245 --> 00:47:39,916 for as I remember, you told me he announced most clearly, as I have said... 498 00:47:40,001 --> 00:47:42,421 Khaleel, there's something I want you to do. 499 00:47:42,503 --> 00:47:44,763 You have only to speak, master. Now... 500 00:47:44,839 --> 00:47:47,720 He say, "When a man is struck upon one cheek, 501 00:47:47,801 --> 00:47:49,341 "he must turn the other." 502 00:47:49,428 --> 00:47:51,928 Do you? Oh, no. 503 00:47:58,479 --> 00:47:59,609 You don't. 504 00:47:59,689 --> 00:48:05,900 I must inform you, Khaleel, as delicately as possible, that I am not Jesus Christ. 505 00:48:08,073 --> 00:48:12,833 Wait. Will you first find out for me where the Mahdi's camp is at present? 506 00:48:42,195 --> 00:48:44,365 Khaleel. 507 00:49:10,643 --> 00:49:12,853 (CHATTERING) 508 00:49:14,230 --> 00:49:16,650 - Peace be with you. -Peace be with you. 509 00:49:16,732 --> 00:49:20,283 Send a messenger to Mohammed Ahmed, who is called the Mahdi, 510 00:49:20,362 --> 00:49:23,782 and tell him that Gordon pasha, governor general of the Sudan, 511 00:49:23,865 --> 00:49:25,195 has entered his camp. 512 00:49:25,283 --> 00:49:28,333 He's a liar before God! He's not Gordon pasha! 513 00:49:35,294 --> 00:49:37,304 (SPEAKING ARABIC) 514 00:49:53,189 --> 00:49:56,189 Abdullahl Abdullahl Gordon pasha is here! 515 00:49:56,276 --> 00:49:57,947 How does he appear? 516 00:49:58,028 --> 00:49:59,238 The skin is pink. 517 00:49:59,321 --> 00:50:01,741 The beard is only here. It is gray. 518 00:50:01,824 --> 00:50:03,744 Gordon. 519 00:50:03,826 --> 00:50:08,207 Holy Person, we saw him yesterday in Khartoum. It is Gordon pasha. 520 00:50:08,290 --> 00:50:09,660 How many are his soldiers? 521 00:50:09,750 --> 00:50:11,960 He is alone, with one black slave. 522 00:50:12,043 --> 00:50:14,173 I fear it. He makes magic. 523 00:50:14,337 --> 00:50:17,638 We saw it yesterday in the streets. Kill him. 524 00:50:20,386 --> 00:50:23,016 You're all so innocent. 525 00:50:23,097 --> 00:50:27,438 Who makes the magic that brings him to my camp alone with one black slave? 526 00:50:27,686 --> 00:50:30,186 He or I? 527 00:50:32,524 --> 00:50:34,695 Bring the great one to me. 528 00:51:33,759 --> 00:51:36,719 Is it because you are an infidel, Gordon pasha, 529 00:51:36,804 --> 00:51:40,435 that I feel myself in the presence of evil? 530 00:51:40,517 --> 00:51:45,527 I doubt it, Mohammed Ahmed, for you are not an infidel, but I smell evil. 531 00:51:48,650 --> 00:51:51,611 I have 30,000 soldiers in my camp. 532 00:51:51,696 --> 00:51:54,196 Is it because you are so brave or so foolish 533 00:51:54,282 --> 00:51:59,783 that you come here alone, unarmed, with only a black slave to hold your robe? 534 00:52:00,789 --> 00:52:05,299 Khaleel is not a slave, he's a free man. He comes with me out of love. 535 00:52:05,419 --> 00:52:08,930 And he does not hold my robe, but a gift for you. 536 00:52:09,340 --> 00:52:10,680 Years ago, Mohammed Ahmed, 537 00:52:10,758 --> 00:52:14,848 I led the armies of the emperor of China at a time of great trial. 538 00:52:14,929 --> 00:52:18,230 And when his enemies were crushed and confounded 539 00:52:18,309 --> 00:52:19,979 and his throne was again secure, 540 00:52:20,060 --> 00:52:21,730 he made me this gift. 541 00:52:21,979 --> 00:52:24,399 I have brought it from London for you. 542 00:52:26,525 --> 00:52:29,446 It is most exquisite. 543 00:52:29,821 --> 00:52:33,411 When the emperor of China ceases to be an unbeliever, 544 00:52:33,491 --> 00:52:38,292 and accepts me, the Expected One, as the true Mahdi, 545 00:52:38,372 --> 00:52:41,372 then I shall be happy to receive such a gift. 546 00:52:44,295 --> 00:52:46,426 Khaleel. 547 00:52:46,506 --> 00:52:48,846 You will wait just outside. 548 00:52:53,180 --> 00:52:55,511 Abri. Real abri. 549 00:52:55,600 --> 00:52:57,060 I've had none in five years. 550 00:52:57,143 --> 00:52:58,313 (CHUCKLES) 551 00:53:00,188 --> 00:53:04,229 Your meeting with Zobeir Pasha was less than happy, I believe. 552 00:53:05,861 --> 00:53:09,861 Your intelligence service has an excellence beyond my expectations. 553 00:53:10,199 --> 00:53:12,819 How much you must regret having killed his son. 554 00:53:14,829 --> 00:53:18,249 I executed his son. I have no regrets. 555 00:53:18,333 --> 00:53:22,423 It was a necessary object lesson in my campaign against the slave trade. 556 00:53:22,545 --> 00:53:26,806 And it was successful. I brought peace to the Sudan. 557 00:53:28,052 --> 00:53:33,473 But since you have come back now with instructions to evacuate Khartoum, 558 00:53:33,558 --> 00:53:37,728 most happily the peace of the Sudan no longer concerns you. 559 00:53:39,106 --> 00:53:42,987 What a pleasure it is to negotiate with a man who knows even my instructions. 560 00:53:43,069 --> 00:53:46,069 We need waste so little time in preliminaries. 561 00:53:47,490 --> 00:53:50,250 What are your instructions concerning Khartoum? 562 00:54:00,505 --> 00:54:05,755 I have been instructed by the prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, 563 00:54:06,052 --> 00:54:08,812 to worship in the Khartoum mosque. 564 00:54:13,102 --> 00:54:16,692 There are those among the Sudanese who will oppose you. 565 00:54:16,772 --> 00:54:19,193 I welcome in peace all those who worship with me. 566 00:54:21,695 --> 00:54:23,865 And the others? 567 00:54:29,704 --> 00:54:35,544 Mohammed Ahmed, may I suggest that when first I came to the Sudan, 568 00:54:35,626 --> 00:54:41,057 its body was sick, stricken with hunger and abused by war. 569 00:54:42,051 --> 00:54:44,051 I cured it. 570 00:54:45,054 --> 00:54:46,804 This land. 571 00:54:47,891 --> 00:54:50,851 I'm not a loving man, Mohammed Ahmed, 572 00:54:50,935 --> 00:54:56,816 but this land became the only thing that I have ever loved. 573 00:54:58,027 --> 00:55:01,737 I cannot, under my God. Do you understand? 574 00:55:01,822 --> 00:55:07,613 I cannot leave it to the sickness and the misery in which I once found it. 575 00:55:07,704 --> 00:55:10,204 I respect you, Gordon pasha. 576 00:55:11,541 --> 00:55:13,551 I make no war on you. 577 00:55:13,627 --> 00:55:15,628 Make no war on your own people. 578 00:55:15,713 --> 00:55:17,423 I'll take the Egyptians back to Egypt. 579 00:55:17,507 --> 00:55:20,547 I'll leave the Sudan to the Sudanese and be happy and contented. 580 00:55:20,635 --> 00:55:26,136 But if I'm to leave Khartoum to sickness and misery, to death. 581 00:55:27,601 --> 00:55:30,861 The Egyptians must remain in Khartoum. 582 00:55:36,820 --> 00:55:39,530 I am a poor man of the desert. 583 00:55:39,614 --> 00:55:43,415 But I am the Mahdi, the Expected One. 584 00:55:43,494 --> 00:55:46,794 On my cheek is the mole, 585 00:55:46,872 --> 00:55:51,542 between my teeth the space. 586 00:55:53,088 --> 00:55:56,458 And so that all men may know that I am the true Mahdi, 587 00:55:56,550 --> 00:56:00,640 the prophet Mohammed, blessings and peace be upon him, 588 00:56:00,720 --> 00:56:03,851 makes miracles. 589 00:56:03,933 --> 00:56:05,473 Do you understand? 590 00:56:08,563 --> 00:56:10,063 I begin to. 591 00:56:12,401 --> 00:56:17,781 Gordon pasha, do you believe that the prophet, blessings be upon him, 592 00:56:17,865 --> 00:56:22,126 has instructed me to pray only in the mosque at Khartoum? 593 00:56:23,663 --> 00:56:25,413 No. 594 00:56:25,582 --> 00:56:30,082 I am to pray in the mosque at Cairo, and at Mecca, and at Baghdad, 595 00:56:30,170 --> 00:56:33,421 and in the mosque at Constantinople. 596 00:56:34,383 --> 00:56:36,713 He has commanded me to make holy war 597 00:56:36,802 --> 00:56:40,633 until all of Islam acknowledges the purity of his biddings 598 00:56:40,724 --> 00:56:44,434 and all the world trembles before me. 599 00:56:45,854 --> 00:56:50,025 But all Islam must know who I am 600 00:56:50,651 --> 00:56:52,781 and believe. 601 00:56:53,738 --> 00:56:58,118 Gordon pasha, for tasks of such greatness 602 00:56:58,869 --> 00:57:01,659 great deeds are needed. 603 00:57:01,747 --> 00:57:03,577 Egypt opposes me, 604 00:57:03,665 --> 00:57:07,956 and so the Egyptians must remain in Khartoum. 605 00:57:08,046 --> 00:57:10,216 For I shall take it in blood. 606 00:57:10,298 --> 00:57:12,428 And the streets will run in blood. 607 00:57:12,508 --> 00:57:15,258 And the Nile will taste of blood for a hundred miles. 608 00:57:15,345 --> 00:57:17,886 And every Egyptian will die. 609 00:57:18,098 --> 00:57:22,098 Every child, woman, man. 610 00:57:22,186 --> 00:57:27,147 Sudanese, too, who opposes the will of my lord Mohammed, will die. 611 00:57:28,818 --> 00:57:31,568 This is how it must be in Khartoum. 612 00:57:32,822 --> 00:57:35,282 A great and terrible thing. 613 00:57:35,826 --> 00:57:40,796 Or I shall not pray in the mosques of Cairo and Mecca and Constantinople, 614 00:57:40,873 --> 00:57:45,294 nor will the world ever tremble before me. 615 00:57:50,300 --> 00:57:54,681 I had thought in my lifetime that I had witnessed all things. 616 00:57:55,056 --> 00:57:57,226 And you have. 617 00:57:57,433 --> 00:58:02,233 You have described to me how it was an object lesson 618 00:58:02,313 --> 00:58:05,314 when you slaughtered the sons of the slavers 619 00:58:05,401 --> 00:58:08,941 and brought peace to the Sudan. 620 00:58:09,446 --> 00:58:11,866 You have no regrets. 621 00:58:11,949 --> 00:58:14,790 What is the difference, Gordon pasha? 622 00:58:14,869 --> 00:58:20,799 An infidel object lesson, or a holy miracle? 623 00:58:21,459 --> 00:58:25,630 If Khartoum is sacrificed, then all Islam will tremble and bow, 624 00:58:25,715 --> 00:58:31,305 and in peace I shall proceed to all the mosques where I must pray. 625 00:58:31,387 --> 00:58:34,478 And the lives of millions will be spared. 626 00:58:35,892 --> 00:58:39,772 Whisper to me, Gordon pasha. 627 00:58:41,691 --> 00:58:43,901 Is there a difference? 628 00:58:45,695 --> 00:58:47,695 This is how it will be? 629 00:58:50,074 --> 00:58:52,545 This is how it will be. 630 00:59:22,486 --> 00:59:23,986 (TELEGRAPH MACHINE TAPPING) 631 00:59:24,071 --> 00:59:26,241 Stewart pasha. 632 00:59:31,287 --> 00:59:33,457 He's back, sir. 633 00:59:46,470 --> 00:59:48,731 Excellency, he has had no sleep. 634 00:59:48,807 --> 00:59:50,807 General! 635 01:00:03,489 --> 01:00:06,370 You've been to the Mahdi. 636 01:00:13,417 --> 01:00:17,258 He plans to lay siege to Khartoum. 637 01:00:17,338 --> 01:00:20,428 Take it by force. 638 01:00:20,508 --> 01:00:23,088 To slaughter all the Egyptians, 639 01:00:23,177 --> 01:00:26,008 and those Sudanese who haven't accepted him. 640 01:00:26,682 --> 01:00:29,982 But there are 35,000 people in Khartoum. 641 01:00:31,145 --> 01:00:33,906 Those are his purposes. 642 01:00:34,149 --> 01:00:35,979 And I believe him. 643 01:00:38,027 --> 01:00:40,777 The man is sincere. 644 01:00:41,030 --> 01:00:46,331 He believes utterly in the divine necessity for what he's doing. 645 01:00:46,412 --> 01:00:49,582 How could I have been such a stumbling fool? 646 01:00:49,665 --> 01:00:53,426 I'm a man who will question anything except my own religious convictions. 647 01:00:53,503 --> 01:00:55,753 The Mahdi's no different. 648 01:00:55,839 --> 01:00:57,999 There's vanity for you. 649 01:00:59,050 --> 01:01:04,391 I seem to have suffered from the illusion that I have a monopoly on God. 650 01:01:04,640 --> 01:01:07,510 Oh, it's the failure! 651 01:01:07,727 --> 01:01:14,028 There are so many things I'm not afraid of, but to fail... 652 01:01:16,153 --> 01:01:21,074 You haven't failed, sir. Who else could have found out the Mahdi's intentions? 653 01:01:22,744 --> 01:01:24,244 If I'd known about this in London, 654 01:01:24,370 --> 01:01:27,540 would I have recommended against sending an army? 655 01:01:27,624 --> 01:01:31,165 How could any British government survive a massacre like this 656 01:01:31,253 --> 01:01:34,173 without making some attempt to forestall it? 657 01:01:34,590 --> 01:01:37,140 Yes. 658 01:01:37,343 --> 01:01:41,924 Get off a telegram to Cairo immediately. If the government moves on this... 659 01:01:42,015 --> 01:01:44,345 Sir. 660 01:01:44,726 --> 01:01:46,896 The telegraph's been cut. 661 01:01:51,442 --> 01:01:52,822 Where? 662 01:01:52,944 --> 01:01:53,954 Below Metemma. 663 01:01:56,239 --> 01:01:57,369 When? 664 01:01:57,448 --> 01:01:58,449 Today. 665 01:02:00,035 --> 01:02:04,715 Sir, Mohammed el-Kheir attacked Berber at dawn. 666 01:02:04,790 --> 01:02:08,041 Your friend, Sheikh Ali Ibrahim escaped downriver at 10:00 this morning 667 01:02:08,127 --> 01:02:10,037 and since then there's been no message. 668 01:02:10,129 --> 01:02:12,299 We presume the city's fallen. 669 01:02:12,382 --> 01:02:14,922 If so, the Nile is closed. 670 01:02:16,636 --> 01:02:18,977 The evacuation. We must get these people... 671 01:02:19,056 --> 01:02:21,686 Sir, there isn't going to be any evacuation. 672 01:02:21,767 --> 01:02:24,817 If they hold Berber, they've closed the Nile. 673 01:02:29,359 --> 01:02:31,359 Sweet Jesus. 674 01:02:33,280 --> 01:02:35,280 Sweet Jesus. 675 01:02:37,827 --> 01:02:42,167 There is no alternative. Gladstone must send an army. 676 01:02:44,876 --> 01:02:46,916 If they've closed the Nile at Berber, 677 01:02:47,004 --> 01:02:49,924 we can get messengers across the desert as far as Debba. 678 01:02:50,007 --> 01:02:52,007 The telegraph must be working there. 679 01:02:52,092 --> 01:02:53,592 Yes, they can't have got that far. 680 01:02:53,677 --> 01:02:57,768 Call your staff together, Stewart. We must check the food supplies. 681 01:02:57,849 --> 01:03:00,559 We'll manage till help comes. 682 01:03:00,643 --> 01:03:03,263 I've been an engineer all my days. 683 01:03:03,354 --> 01:03:06,435 If I can't fortify a city with rivers on two sides of it, 684 01:03:06,525 --> 01:03:08,195 I should be broken to the ranks. 685 01:03:08,277 --> 01:03:10,277 - Go on! -Sir. 686 01:03:34,681 --> 01:03:38,391 (ALL CHANTING) Save Gordon! Save Gordon! Save Gordon! 687 01:03:42,398 --> 01:03:44,228 (CHATTERING) 688 01:03:53,243 --> 01:03:57,293 Prime Minister, how many more of these debates can we survive? 689 01:03:57,373 --> 01:03:58,503 We must do something. 690 01:03:58,582 --> 01:04:01,753 Gordon can get messengers out of Khartoum, he can get himself out. 691 01:04:01,836 --> 01:04:05,046 - Prime Minister, please. -Who is the government? Gordon or I? 692 01:04:05,131 --> 01:04:06,421 I've been talking to Wolseley. 693 01:04:06,508 --> 01:04:09,018 He can send a small detachment into the Sudan. 694 01:04:09,094 --> 01:04:10,345 He promises no further than Debba. 695 01:04:10,429 --> 01:04:13,099 I'll make no compromises with this man, Granville. 696 01:04:13,182 --> 01:04:15,512 I've distrusted him always, I distrust him now. 697 01:04:15,601 --> 01:04:18,812 A small detachment for communication purposes only. 698 01:04:19,064 --> 01:04:21,444 A gesture. A gesture. 699 01:04:22,776 --> 01:04:24,946 We are in trouble. 700 01:04:27,239 --> 01:04:30,370 Well, a small detachment. 701 01:04:30,451 --> 01:04:34,041 But I will not turn this government to overseas adventure. 702 01:04:34,122 --> 01:04:36,832 Not for all the Gordons, the sentimentalists, 703 01:04:36,916 --> 01:04:39,047 the plots, the intrigues... 704 01:04:39,253 --> 01:04:42,793 (CHANTING) Save Gordon! Save Gordon! Save Gordon! 705 01:04:49,431 --> 01:04:51,891 Now then, we are here. 706 01:04:51,975 --> 01:04:55,895 You see? Here's the city wall right there with your guns emplaced all along. 707 01:04:55,979 --> 01:05:00,900 And this is the ditch we're digging connecting the White Nile to the Blue Nile. 708 01:05:00,985 --> 01:05:03,945 Now, when it's flooded, the city will become an island. 709 01:05:04,029 --> 01:05:06,910 And if the Mahdi crosses the river and attacks from out here, 710 01:05:06,992 --> 01:05:09,082 the ditch will stop any charge. 711 01:05:09,161 --> 01:05:13,291 But you must have your guns emplaced so that their fields of fire overlap. 712 01:05:13,373 --> 01:05:17,594 Then if one gun is knocked out, the next will still cover the same field. 713 01:05:17,837 --> 01:05:20,757 - Do you understand? -I understand, Gordon pasha. 714 01:05:20,840 --> 01:05:22,970 I sincerely hope so, Major. 715 01:05:23,050 --> 01:05:24,050 Off you go. 716 01:05:44,366 --> 01:05:46,996 (CHATTERING) 717 01:06:03,054 --> 01:06:05,264 I've been wondering, sir. 718 01:06:05,348 --> 01:06:07,808 The Nile's at flood at the moment. 719 01:06:07,892 --> 01:06:10,052 What happens when it falls and our ditch goes dry? 720 01:06:10,144 --> 01:06:11,565 Well, that won't be till next winter. 721 01:06:11,647 --> 01:06:15,897 If they haven't sent an army by then, we'll all be dead of old age. 722 01:06:16,068 --> 01:06:19,028 I don't think the Mahdi's waiting for that. 723 01:06:19,112 --> 01:06:24,203 I just saw them putting up his personal tents over the river. He's moving up. 724 01:06:24,577 --> 01:06:27,037 Well, I can have the ditch flooded in a few days. 725 01:06:27,121 --> 01:06:29,501 Good. I don't think he'll attack for a while. 726 01:06:29,582 --> 01:06:33,093 He'll try to tighten the siege first. Weaken us. 727 01:06:34,713 --> 01:06:38,553 I want you to help me plan a giant-size raiding party. 728 01:06:38,634 --> 01:06:42,355 I want to take it upcountry between the rivers and bring back every head of cattle, 729 01:06:42,430 --> 01:06:44,520 every measure of wheat for a hundred miles. 730 01:06:44,599 --> 01:06:46,389 It might have to last us quite a while. 731 01:06:46,476 --> 01:06:49,267 It sounds like a dangerous job, sir. I'd better do it. 732 01:06:49,355 --> 01:06:52,365 -It's in the orders. -Forget the orders. 733 01:06:52,441 --> 01:06:54,531 Finish your ditch. Flood it when you're ready. 734 01:06:54,610 --> 01:06:56,490 Meanwhile, let me have a little fun. 735 01:07:03,704 --> 01:07:07,585 (CHANTING) 736 01:08:04,229 --> 01:08:06,439 (SHEPHERDING CATTLE) 737 01:08:31,008 --> 01:08:33,259 Stewart pasha! Stewart pasha! 738 01:08:33,345 --> 01:08:36,975 Gordon pasha is 10 miles from the city with a great convoy of grain and cattle. 739 01:08:37,057 --> 01:08:40,227 A spy brings news the Mahdi is attacking him at dawn. 740 01:09:22,190 --> 01:09:24,780 GORDON: They're out there somewhere. 741 01:09:47,969 --> 01:09:49,299 We'll make a stand and hold them 742 01:09:49,387 --> 01:09:51,967 while you take all the cattle and grain into Khartoum. 743 01:09:52,057 --> 01:09:53,717 If we divide, they'll have to divide. 744 01:09:53,808 --> 01:09:56,639 You take all the cavalry with you, but don't let them turn you. 745 01:09:57,146 --> 01:10:00,696 You must get the convoy into Khartoum. Good luck to you. 746 01:10:01,067 --> 01:10:02,227 Sir. 747 01:10:03,736 --> 01:10:04,786 Buglerl 748 01:10:08,033 --> 01:10:11,163 (BLOWING BUGLE) 749 01:10:14,206 --> 01:10:15,547 MAN: Hurry! 750 01:10:15,625 --> 01:10:17,585 Come along, come along! 751 01:10:17,668 --> 01:10:19,548 Hurry! 752 01:10:19,629 --> 01:10:21,629 Come. Hurry, hurry. 753 01:10:23,007 --> 01:10:26,978 MAN: Get your men in position! You, Ahmed! Come on! 754 01:10:29,389 --> 01:10:30,399 Hurry- 755 01:10:30,474 --> 01:10:32,054 Hurry, over there! 756 01:10:45,116 --> 01:10:47,616 Now, then, we can hold them here while the convoy gets away. 757 01:10:47,701 --> 01:10:50,171 But keep your men low. Don't give them a target. 758 01:10:50,246 --> 01:10:52,457 Dismount yourselves. Get your horses down, too. 759 01:10:52,541 --> 01:10:54,291 Let them charge through us. 760 01:10:54,376 --> 01:10:56,956 Once they've passed us, we'll have them against the light. 761 01:10:57,045 --> 01:10:58,795 Well, good luck, then. 762 01:10:59,339 --> 01:11:01,139 Be quick, be quick! 763 01:11:49,604 --> 01:11:51,894 (SHOUTING) 764 01:12:13,630 --> 01:12:16,351 Re-form! Re-form and prepare to fire! 765 01:12:16,425 --> 01:12:18,755 They're coming out of the light this time. 766 01:12:23,641 --> 01:12:27,362 Stand fast! Prepare to fire! 767 01:12:28,230 --> 01:12:29,690 Fire! 768 01:12:52,798 --> 01:12:53,799 (SCREAMS) 769 01:13:05,271 --> 01:13:06,771 (SPEAKING ARABIC) 770 01:13:08,691 --> 01:13:10,441 Forward! 771 01:13:13,571 --> 01:13:15,361 (MAN SPEAKING IN ARABIC) 772 01:13:24,166 --> 01:13:27,376 Ready, charge! 773 01:13:27,545 --> 01:13:30,005 (SHOUTING) 774 01:13:46,065 --> 01:13:50,196 They'll come at us again from the dark now. Take cover! Take cover! 775 01:13:50,404 --> 01:13:52,234 (MAN SHOUTING IN ARABIC) 776 01:14:08,799 --> 01:14:10,259 (SCREAMING) 777 01:14:25,442 --> 01:14:26,902 Re-form! 778 01:14:26,985 --> 01:14:28,236 Re-form! 779 01:14:48,968 --> 01:14:51,638 (ALL CHEERING) 780 01:15:21,504 --> 01:15:24,085 Nearly 300 dead. 781 01:15:24,174 --> 01:15:26,504 How much of the convoy did we lose? 782 01:15:26,593 --> 01:15:27,963 None. 783 01:15:28,053 --> 01:15:30,723 You must have brought in all the loose grain and beef 784 01:15:30,806 --> 01:15:32,686 this side of Abyssinia. 785 01:15:33,518 --> 01:15:36,018 It'll have to last us till relief comes. 786 01:15:39,023 --> 01:15:44,104 This came yesterday via Cairo and Kitchener. I've read it. 787 01:15:44,196 --> 01:15:45,196 Who's Kitchener? 788 01:15:45,281 --> 01:15:48,621 He's a major who's arrived at Debba with an army. 789 01:15:48,701 --> 01:15:50,331 Precisely 20 men. 790 01:16:01,174 --> 01:16:03,684 "You exaggerate the danger, sir." 791 01:16:03,759 --> 01:16:05,589 "Suspicions still exist, sir, 792 01:16:05,678 --> 01:16:10,389 "that you've created a situation to fit your own personal inclinations." 793 01:16:10,476 --> 01:16:12,776 "Leave Khartoum at once, sir." 794 01:16:12,853 --> 01:16:16,563 "This is your last, final, ultimate order." 795 01:16:18,734 --> 01:16:20,575 Obey the order, General. 796 01:16:20,653 --> 01:16:22,993 Go to London. Explain to them. 797 01:16:23,072 --> 01:16:25,322 You'll come back with an army. 798 01:16:26,409 --> 01:16:28,989 I'll come back with an army? 799 01:16:29,079 --> 01:16:31,329 They wouldn't listen to me. 800 01:16:31,415 --> 01:16:33,415 If they did, they wouldn't believe me. 801 01:16:34,293 --> 01:16:36,543 If they believed me, they'd keep me in England 802 01:16:36,629 --> 01:16:39,880 if they had to look me up in the Tower of London. 803 01:16:42,928 --> 01:16:44,768 You're the one to go. 804 01:16:45,680 --> 01:16:47,971 They'd believe you if I stayed here as a hostage. 805 01:16:48,059 --> 01:16:50,689 They'd believe you because they must! 806 01:16:51,270 --> 01:16:54,400 I'll give you Khaleel. He knows the route through the desert and the wells. 807 01:16:54,482 --> 01:16:56,482 We've enough food here now to hold out for months. 808 01:16:56,567 --> 01:16:59,568 The Nile's too high for the Mahdi to attack. 809 01:16:59,655 --> 01:17:00,825 You must do it. 810 01:17:00,906 --> 01:17:02,196 Yes, sir. 811 01:17:02,991 --> 01:17:04,541 Let's get back. 812 01:18:00,680 --> 01:18:02,010 Kitchener. 813 01:18:07,062 --> 01:18:10,152 I'll take cholera, dysentery, sunstroke, fleas in my bed, Arabs in my hair, 814 01:18:10,232 --> 01:18:11,272 but I cannot take politicians. 815 01:18:11,358 --> 01:18:12,319 (LAUGHS) 816 01:18:12,402 --> 01:18:14,652 I wish you well, by heaven, I wish you well, 817 01:18:14,738 --> 01:18:17,748 but I don't envy you what you're up against. 818 01:18:18,116 --> 01:18:20,286 Your man better stay with us until you get back. 819 01:18:22,371 --> 01:18:24,201 (CHATTERING) 820 01:18:28,669 --> 01:18:30,469 Colonel Stewart, sir. 821 01:18:31,173 --> 01:18:33,753 Say absolutely nothing, sir. Do you mind? 822 01:18:33,842 --> 01:18:36,052 Say nothing, sir. Your cab is there, sir. 823 01:18:36,136 --> 01:18:38,556 Clear the way, please. Say nothing, sir. Say absolutely nothing. 824 01:18:38,889 --> 01:18:41,560 Clear the way. Clear the way, please. 825 01:18:46,856 --> 01:18:48,146 Stewart. 826 01:18:48,232 --> 01:18:49,743 Sir. 827 01:18:49,818 --> 01:18:52,488 I, uh, wasn't prepared for all this excitement. 828 01:18:58,494 --> 01:19:00,825 The Prime Minister's waiting for you. 829 01:19:00,914 --> 01:19:02,084 I want you to know before you see him 830 01:19:02,165 --> 01:19:03,205 that he missed a vote of censure 831 01:19:03,291 --> 01:19:06,341 in the House of Commons yesterday by only a few votes. 832 01:19:06,419 --> 01:19:09,840 I want you to know also that I'm on General Gordon's side. 833 01:19:09,924 --> 01:19:11,804 You mean there's hope, sir? 834 01:19:11,884 --> 01:19:13,264 I mean nothing of the sort. 835 01:19:13,511 --> 01:19:16,181 Let's put all that aside. There's just one thing matters. 836 01:19:16,263 --> 01:19:19,524 Did Gordon or did he not receive a direct order to return? 837 01:19:19,601 --> 01:19:20,851 He did. 838 01:19:20,936 --> 01:19:24,236 Could Gordon or could he not be standing there in front of me? 839 01:19:24,314 --> 01:19:26,524 - He could. -Then, Colonel Stewart, 840 01:19:26,608 --> 01:19:31,399 does your presence here confirm or deny Gordon's total disobedience? 841 01:19:31,531 --> 01:19:35,031 - It confirms it. -It's blackmail! Blackmail. 842 01:19:35,118 --> 01:19:40,539 A man, one man, in the middle of Africa is blackmailing the British government 843 01:19:40,624 --> 01:19:44,504 into a course of action it wouldn't otherwise choose to take. 844 01:19:44,586 --> 01:19:46,297 I don't agree, sir. 845 01:19:46,756 --> 01:19:48,756 You don't agree. 846 01:19:50,385 --> 01:19:53,805 Is it really blackmail when one man a long way off 847 01:19:53,888 --> 01:19:57,399 in a besieged desert town calls to you and says, 848 01:19:57,476 --> 01:20:00,936 "Allow these tens of thousands of human beings to be slaughtered if you will, 849 01:20:01,021 --> 01:20:05,812 "it's your decision, but allow me the privilege of being slaughtered with them?" 850 01:20:06,153 --> 01:20:10,403 You see, sir, if Khartoum is allowed to die, 851 01:20:10,490 --> 01:20:12,700 then Gordon will die with it. 852 01:20:14,245 --> 01:20:16,285 Well, it may be blackmail. 853 01:20:17,039 --> 01:20:20,749 And if it is, then I'm for blackmail. 854 01:20:28,719 --> 01:20:30,599 Send in Lord Wolseley. 855 01:20:31,847 --> 01:20:35,478 When I think how history will record someday 856 01:20:35,560 --> 01:20:39,860 that the decisions of an empire were made only by greedy businessmen, 857 01:20:39,939 --> 01:20:44,150 scheming generals, and conniving politicians... 858 01:20:45,905 --> 01:20:48,245 It's up the Nile for you, Wolseley. 859 01:20:48,324 --> 01:20:51,835 Up the Nile to save one stubborn madman. 860 01:20:52,704 --> 01:20:57,004 But let me tell you, if you do a Billy Hicks on me, 861 01:20:57,083 --> 01:21:00,003 if you take a British army into central Africa 862 01:21:00,086 --> 01:21:03,137 and present me with any portion of a disaster, 863 01:21:04,008 --> 01:21:05,968 then don't come back! 864 01:21:06,052 --> 01:21:07,182 Am I clear? 865 01:21:07,261 --> 01:21:08,891 You are clear. 866 01:21:08,971 --> 01:21:11,182 Colonel Stewart, inform your General Gordon 867 01:21:11,266 --> 01:21:15,736 that a British army will be sailing as quickly as possible for Cairo. 868 01:21:15,938 --> 01:21:17,488 Thank you, sir. 869 01:21:18,065 --> 01:21:19,105 Sir. 870 01:23:44,477 --> 01:23:47,607 (BAND PLAYING HIGHLAND LADDIE) 871 01:24:49,299 --> 01:24:50,549 Khaleell 872 01:24:50,633 --> 01:24:52,553 Get me Colonel Stewart's man, Khaleel. 873 01:24:52,635 --> 01:24:53,925 Sir. 874 01:24:56,182 --> 01:24:57,982 (CHATTERING) 875 01:25:00,394 --> 01:25:01,684 We didn't want to come to the palace. 876 01:25:01,771 --> 01:25:04,442 This is informal, but it's serious. 877 01:25:04,524 --> 01:25:06,644 General, people are afraid. 878 01:25:06,735 --> 01:25:08,815 They have a right to be. 879 01:25:08,904 --> 01:25:11,364 What about this relief army? 880 01:25:11,448 --> 01:25:14,949 Why the hysteria? There's still enough food. 881 01:25:15,036 --> 01:25:18,036 What we're short of isn't food. It's hope. 882 01:25:18,956 --> 01:25:21,746 Power, you're English. You know the government, 883 01:25:21,834 --> 01:25:23,715 how long they take to make decisions. 884 01:25:23,796 --> 01:25:26,376 You all know how many weeks it is to London, how many weeks back. 885 01:25:26,465 --> 01:25:28,935 It could be another month before we have word. 886 01:25:29,009 --> 01:25:32,009 I'm an old friend. You believe me. 887 01:25:32,096 --> 01:25:36,267 I tell you, in the bazaars I hear things. It isn't good. 888 01:25:37,018 --> 01:25:40,388 What am I supposed to give them? Promises I can't keep? 889 01:25:40,480 --> 01:25:42,481 Tell them lies to keep up morale? 890 01:25:42,650 --> 01:25:47,400 Maybe small lies. Just a few. Little ones? 891 01:25:51,618 --> 01:25:53,168 Khaleell 892 01:25:53,245 --> 01:25:55,995 Yes, master. Good morning. It is such a pleasant thing... 893 01:25:56,081 --> 01:25:59,541 Khaleel, what are you doing here? Where is Colonel Stewart? 894 01:25:59,626 --> 01:26:01,177 Yes, master. I do not know. 895 01:26:01,254 --> 01:26:03,174 But as I was saying, that little place Debba by the river 896 01:26:03,256 --> 01:26:04,426 is the most boring place in Egypt... 897 01:26:04,507 --> 01:26:06,347 - Khaleell -And to be home... 898 01:26:06,425 --> 01:26:09,015 Oh, yes. The Major Kitchener sends his greetings. 899 01:26:09,095 --> 01:26:11,936 Most interesting man, the Major Kitchener. 900 01:26:22,402 --> 01:26:26,402 It's Stewart. He's sailed from England with Wolseley and 7,000 men. 901 01:26:27,949 --> 01:26:30,620 They're coming! The British are coming! 902 01:26:34,582 --> 01:26:37,042 (ALL CHEERING) 903 01:26:56,899 --> 01:27:00,529 I do not have the ingredients here, Gordon pasha. 904 01:27:00,611 --> 01:27:05,241 But if you will come back to the palace, I will make you a B and S. 905 01:27:14,125 --> 01:27:16,966 Squad, attention! 906 01:27:17,046 --> 01:27:18,886 Stand to your camels. 907 01:27:21,217 --> 01:27:22,387 Mount! 908 01:27:23,844 --> 01:27:25,895 (CAMELS GRUNTING) 909 01:27:27,224 --> 01:27:29,764 (SOLDIERS LAUGHING) 910 01:27:43,157 --> 01:27:44,788 Right. Attention! 911 01:27:47,287 --> 01:27:50,167 (BARKING ORDERS) 912 01:27:58,007 --> 01:28:00,427 You! You think you've come here on holiday? 913 01:28:00,510 --> 01:28:02,431 You think you've come to Egypt on leave? 914 01:28:02,513 --> 01:28:05,763 Look at those buttons. Filthy! Look at this. Disgracefull! 915 01:28:05,849 --> 01:28:08,099 What would Her Majesty say? You there, stand up! 916 01:28:09,395 --> 01:28:11,185 I don't say it isn't necessary, sir. 917 01:28:11,940 --> 01:28:15,780 But we've been in Egypt for six weeks now and the Nile is falling. 918 01:28:17,529 --> 01:28:21,450 What I feel I must point out is that the fall of the Nile in Khartoum 919 01:28:21,534 --> 01:28:24,294 comes two months earlier than here in Cairo, 920 01:28:24,370 --> 01:28:29,380 and that when the Nile has fallen sufficiently, Khartoum will be defenseless. 921 01:28:29,917 --> 01:28:32,298 Thank you, Colonel Stewart. 922 01:28:32,379 --> 01:28:34,459 But you know as well as I do 923 01:28:34,548 --> 01:28:36,168 that men who have not been fully conditioned 924 01:28:36,258 --> 01:28:39,008 to the tropical climate simply cannot fight. 925 01:28:39,094 --> 01:28:41,645 They'll die. By the platoon or by the company. 926 01:28:41,723 --> 01:28:43,643 I agree, sir, I agree, 927 01:28:43,725 --> 01:28:48,145 but couldn't you send ahead a detachment of your best-conditioned men? 928 01:28:49,565 --> 01:28:50,985 No, Stewart. 929 01:28:51,900 --> 01:28:53,230 I'm sorry. 930 01:28:54,903 --> 01:28:56,243 Excuse me. 931 01:28:57,239 --> 01:29:01,490 Stewart. Don't be too hard on Wolseley. 932 01:29:01,578 --> 01:29:02,838 You haven't seen his instructions. 933 01:29:02,912 --> 01:29:05,082 I was there. He's to relieve Khartoum. 934 01:29:05,165 --> 01:29:06,915 Colonel, I've seen the orders. 935 01:29:07,000 --> 01:29:10,831 He's to bring out Gordon. There's no mention of Khartoum. 936 01:29:11,213 --> 01:29:13,173 Wolseley knows. 937 01:29:13,257 --> 01:29:16,177 He's to proceed up the Nile as slowly as possible. 938 01:29:16,260 --> 01:29:19,971 Oh, he'll move up to Wadi Halfa shortly, yes, but he knows. 939 01:29:20,057 --> 01:29:23,477 He's to give Gordon every chance at the last minute 940 01:29:23,560 --> 01:29:25,270 to come out by his own choice. 941 01:29:25,354 --> 01:29:26,605 But Gordon won't come out. 942 01:29:26,689 --> 01:29:28,569 You know it. I now know it. 943 01:29:28,649 --> 01:29:30,069 I'm sure that Wolseley knows it. 944 01:29:30,151 --> 01:29:34,331 They've been friends always. That's why I say, don't be too hard on him. 945 01:29:34,405 --> 01:29:36,446 It's the government that's unconvinced. 946 01:29:39,370 --> 01:29:42,960 I can well understand why you haven't told me this before. 947 01:29:43,040 --> 01:29:44,250 Why do you tell me now? 948 01:29:44,333 --> 01:29:48,044 Because it's on the cards, Colonel, that this expedition will be too late. 949 01:29:48,838 --> 01:29:53,338 Gordon should come out. There's no one to tell him but you. 950 01:30:17,412 --> 01:30:19,252 Did he say where they are mounting them? 951 01:30:19,330 --> 01:30:20,700 He does not know, Excellency. 952 01:30:20,790 --> 01:30:23,001 He saw the guns arriving, that is all. 953 01:30:23,335 --> 01:30:26,255 (SHIP HORN BLOWING) 954 01:30:31,885 --> 01:30:34,016 You were Gladstone's gesture last year. 955 01:30:34,848 --> 01:30:36,808 This year it's Wolseley. 956 01:30:38,935 --> 01:30:40,565 Sir, I've failed. 957 01:30:41,271 --> 01:30:46,192 I thought I'd made it clear to them that you'd never come out. I didn't. 958 01:30:46,318 --> 01:30:49,908 You probably did. Gladstone's a gambler. He's gambling. 959 01:30:49,989 --> 01:30:52,200 No, they all think you should come out. 960 01:30:53,160 --> 01:30:54,370 So do I. 961 01:30:59,666 --> 01:31:04,467 Sir, what's the absolute limit of time we can hold out here? 962 01:31:04,881 --> 01:31:06,391 I don't know. 963 01:31:07,467 --> 01:31:11,268 The Mahdi's brought up the guns he captured from Hicks. 964 01:31:11,346 --> 01:31:12,976 That means he'll start a bombardment. 965 01:31:13,056 --> 01:31:14,436 Mmm. 966 01:31:15,642 --> 01:31:16,772 How low is the ditch? 967 01:31:16,852 --> 01:31:17,862 Low. 968 01:31:17,936 --> 01:31:20,397 And the news will be all over town by morning 969 01:31:20,482 --> 01:31:22,692 that a steamer arrived and no army. 970 01:31:23,193 --> 01:31:24,953 There'll be a panic. 971 01:31:26,696 --> 01:31:28,197 Sir, you haven't got a chance. 972 01:31:28,282 --> 01:31:30,332 I haven't got a choice. 973 01:31:30,409 --> 01:31:32,199 If Wolseley's orders are to save only me 974 01:31:32,286 --> 01:31:35,156 and not Khartoum, I'm left with no choice. 975 01:31:35,247 --> 01:31:38,378 How could I leave? Tell me. How could I leave? 976 01:31:38,460 --> 01:31:40,590 What purpose is served by... 977 01:31:41,213 --> 01:31:44,423 If Wolseley's too late and the Mahdi attacks... 978 01:31:44,549 --> 01:31:47,840 Oh, there are worse ways to die. Many. 979 01:31:48,679 --> 01:31:50,759 That's the essence of it, I suppose. 980 01:31:51,307 --> 01:31:54,637 Every man has a final weapon, his life. 981 01:31:55,269 --> 01:32:00,060 And if he's afraid of losing it, he throws that weapon away. 982 01:32:00,150 --> 01:32:05,150 That's what they can't quite grasp, that I'm not really afraid. 983 01:32:06,783 --> 01:32:09,873 And that's what they must understand, isn't it? 984 01:32:11,079 --> 01:32:14,329 And no one can make them understand it except me. 985 01:32:17,127 --> 01:32:19,467 You must be tired. 986 01:32:20,130 --> 01:32:22,960 Meet me at the dock tomorrow, early. 987 01:32:23,384 --> 01:32:24,555 Good night. 988 01:32:24,636 --> 01:32:25,636 Colonel. 989 01:32:28,682 --> 01:32:30,302 Good night, sir. 990 01:33:12,314 --> 01:33:14,444 To get her through the blockade we'll have to armor the rails, 991 01:33:14,524 --> 01:33:17,324 set up Krupp guns here, another one up forward. 992 01:33:17,402 --> 01:33:20,282 We'll carry the extra fuel behind in a couple of luggers. 993 01:33:20,363 --> 01:33:22,954 I want every European in Khartoum on this boat. 994 01:33:23,034 --> 01:33:26,584 The wives, children, consuls, too, Frank Power and Herbin, 995 01:33:26,662 --> 01:33:30,833 and every Egyptian civilian you can stack on board. You must get them all out. 996 01:33:31,668 --> 01:33:35,668 You mean, I go with them and you stay here? 997 01:33:36,131 --> 01:33:40,052 Khartoum is my problem. Getting these people out is yours. 998 01:33:40,803 --> 01:33:44,683 How else can I convince London that I will not leave? 999 01:33:45,224 --> 01:33:47,264 But you'll be completely alone. 1000 01:33:47,352 --> 01:33:49,183 It's a gesture. 1001 01:33:49,271 --> 01:33:53,981 Ah. Come, little lady. We'll take you back home. 1002 01:33:54,068 --> 01:33:58,159 Mr. Gladstone must understand that I am capable of gestures too. 1003 01:34:01,284 --> 01:34:02,494 Hassan! 1004 01:34:11,837 --> 01:34:14,507 (PEOPLE SCREAMING) 1005 01:34:25,185 --> 01:34:26,766 (CRYING) 1006 01:34:34,570 --> 01:34:38,911 I don't ask you to be unafraid, simply to act unafraid. 1007 01:34:52,090 --> 01:34:53,340 How are you going to handle Khartoum 1008 01:34:53,425 --> 01:34:55,136 when the word gets round that we're gone? 1009 01:34:55,219 --> 01:34:59,809 How are you going to handle Berber if Mohammed el-Kheir has heavy guns? 1010 01:34:59,890 --> 01:35:01,770 We sink. 1011 01:35:01,851 --> 01:35:04,062 We both take our chances. 1012 01:35:05,147 --> 01:35:07,567 There are several letters in here, 1013 01:35:07,649 --> 01:35:10,399 appeals to Her Majesty the Queen, 1014 01:35:10,485 --> 01:35:13,326 the Pope in Rome, the Sultan in Constantinople. 1015 01:35:13,406 --> 01:35:15,406 They're all for public display. 1016 01:35:15,491 --> 01:35:19,321 There's only one appeal that matters. Wolseley. 1017 01:35:19,412 --> 01:35:22,162 And through Wolseley, Gladstone. 1018 01:35:22,248 --> 01:35:24,379 Perhaps now you can convince him. 1019 01:35:26,086 --> 01:35:30,346 Get through. You get through. 1020 01:35:33,052 --> 01:35:34,382 Good luck. 1021 01:35:40,518 --> 01:35:43,029 Gordon pasha, we are ready to sail. 1022 01:35:43,189 --> 01:35:44,859 Thank you, Hassan. 1023 01:35:48,152 --> 01:35:49,522 Well... 1024 01:35:52,282 --> 01:35:53,912 (BELL RINGING) 1025 01:36:15,057 --> 01:36:16,807 MAN 1: Why didn't we go, Gordon pasha? 1026 01:36:16,892 --> 01:36:19,313 MAN 2: Why wasn't I on the boat, Gordon pasha? 1027 01:36:19,395 --> 01:36:21,155 I should have gone on the boat. 1028 01:36:39,417 --> 01:36:41,427 (CHATTERING) 1029 01:36:44,881 --> 01:36:48,172 This is Metema. We'll refuel. 1030 01:36:48,261 --> 01:36:50,841 Beyond here the shore is held solidly by Mahdist tribesmen, 1031 01:36:50,930 --> 01:36:54,220 so you'd better go ashore and stretch your legs. Be your last chance. 1032 01:36:54,600 --> 01:36:56,351 Firewood? We have no firewood! 1033 01:36:56,436 --> 01:36:57,476 Well, trees. 1034 01:36:57,563 --> 01:36:59,023 Trees? Do you see trees? 1035 01:36:59,106 --> 01:37:02,906 Oh, yes, a mile or two from the town, and Egyptians hanging from them. 1036 01:37:02,985 --> 01:37:05,235 I need fuel. Tear up the dock. 1037 01:37:11,953 --> 01:37:13,203 Come on! 1038 01:37:30,223 --> 01:37:31,553 This is all we have left? 1039 01:37:31,641 --> 01:37:33,562 This is all we have left. 1040 01:37:33,644 --> 01:37:37,014 Excellency, do not blame the superintendent. 1041 01:37:37,106 --> 01:37:41,486 Someone presented orders for grain, with your forged signature and seal. 1042 01:37:41,569 --> 01:37:43,360 They sold it in the town for profit. 1043 01:37:43,447 --> 01:37:45,987 Find him. He will be executed. 1044 01:37:47,784 --> 01:37:49,834 For how long shall we eat? 1045 01:37:50,078 --> 01:37:54,499 The garrison will eat for about two weeks. The town... 1046 01:37:54,959 --> 01:37:57,459 Requisition all stocks of grain in the hands of merchants. 1047 01:37:57,545 --> 01:37:58,715 There is little, Gordon pasha. 1048 01:37:58,796 --> 01:38:02,587 All privately-owned livestock, donkeys, goats, camels. 1049 01:38:17,442 --> 01:38:20,613 We ride beneath no more desert stars then. 1050 01:38:22,114 --> 01:38:24,074 And all things must end. 1051 01:38:26,077 --> 01:38:27,537 Take him too. 1052 01:38:35,253 --> 01:38:36,963 We reach Berber tomorrow morning. 1053 01:38:37,047 --> 01:38:40,718 This is the main point of blockade so we'll be attacked from both shores. 1054 01:38:40,802 --> 01:38:45,302 If we get through, it will be luck, discipline, surprise. 1055 01:38:45,390 --> 01:38:47,060 Pray for surprise. 1056 01:38:47,809 --> 01:38:51,610 And pray also that Mohammed el-Kheir has no heavy guns. 1057 01:39:02,325 --> 01:39:04,495 Can't we move any further from the shore than this, Captain? 1058 01:39:04,577 --> 01:39:08,878 I'm sorry, Stewart pasha. We are already too close to the sandbank. 1059 01:39:40,200 --> 01:39:42,280 (SPEAKING ARABIC) 1060 01:39:45,999 --> 01:39:47,369 Full speed! 1061 01:39:51,254 --> 01:39:52,964 Number one, fire! 1062 01:39:55,301 --> 01:39:56,761 Number two, fire! 1063 01:39:58,888 --> 01:40:00,148 Fire at will! 1064 01:40:11,693 --> 01:40:12,694 (SCREAMS) 1065 01:40:37,430 --> 01:40:38,850 (GROANS) 1066 01:40:44,438 --> 01:40:48,278 They have no heavy guns. We'll make it. We'll make it! 1067 01:41:13,512 --> 01:41:14,722 Reload. 1068 01:41:59,897 --> 01:42:02,357 (GREETING IN ARABIC) 1069 01:42:04,526 --> 01:42:07,777 The Mahdi and I, we look at each other across the river. 1070 01:42:07,864 --> 01:42:09,694 We assault each other with assurance. 1071 01:42:09,782 --> 01:42:12,452 Mostly the assurance that we're still here. 1072 01:42:13,620 --> 01:42:15,711 I'm late. Forgive me. 1073 01:42:15,789 --> 01:42:17,579 Where is the army? 1074 01:42:19,877 --> 01:42:22,547 For whom do you speak, Sheikh Osman? 1075 01:42:22,630 --> 01:42:25,341 For myself. For the leaders of our people. 1076 01:42:29,679 --> 01:42:33,019 We do not come to you, Gordon pasha, with cries and wails, 1077 01:42:33,099 --> 01:42:36,480 "Why did you not send us down the river beyond the fringe of danger?" 1078 01:42:36,687 --> 01:42:39,897 We are not of Egypt. We are Sudanese. 1079 01:42:40,066 --> 01:42:43,817 And this is our country. And this is our people within these walls. 1080 01:42:44,655 --> 01:42:46,665 When does the army come? 1081 01:42:48,450 --> 01:42:51,280 Good sirs, I can only tell you what I know. 1082 01:42:51,828 --> 01:42:55,789 I sent Stewart pasha downriver to urge all possible haste. 1083 01:42:55,875 --> 01:42:57,875 It has been 10 days. 1084 01:42:57,961 --> 01:43:01,131 He should have reached Major Kitchener in five or six. 1085 01:43:01,214 --> 01:43:02,715 It should not be long. 1086 01:43:03,050 --> 01:43:04,550 - How long? -(SHUSHING) 1087 01:43:06,011 --> 01:43:08,721 The Nile is low, Gordon pasha. 1088 01:43:09,348 --> 01:43:12,069 Bellies grow empty and men feed on fear. 1089 01:43:13,436 --> 01:43:16,486 You do not have this fear of death yourself, Excellency? 1090 01:43:17,524 --> 01:43:19,444 It's a luxury I've put behind me. 1091 01:43:20,653 --> 01:43:22,403 You are exceptional. 1092 01:43:23,239 --> 01:43:24,909 Gordon pasha, 1093 01:43:24,991 --> 01:43:28,031 when we accepted your protection for ourselves and our people, 1094 01:43:28,119 --> 01:43:31,540 the Mahdi marked our souls for damnation. 1095 01:43:32,040 --> 01:43:34,880 We were not afraid. We trusted you. 1096 01:43:35,877 --> 01:43:37,587 Did we choose correctly? 1097 01:43:38,255 --> 01:43:41,546 You could not do otherwise. It was against your convictions. 1098 01:43:41,634 --> 01:43:45,384 We now speak of life and death, not convictions. 1099 01:43:49,518 --> 01:43:52,768 Do you propose going over to the Mahdi? 1100 01:43:52,855 --> 01:43:57,315 We propose nothing. We ask, "Where is the army?" 1101 01:43:57,485 --> 01:43:59,145 I don't know! 1102 01:43:59,237 --> 01:44:02,487 I am wondering, is there an army? 1103 01:44:02,699 --> 01:44:04,579 Don't call me a liar. 1104 01:44:05,744 --> 01:44:07,335 I beg of you. 1105 01:44:08,873 --> 01:44:10,833 Or I shall have to lock you up. 1106 01:44:11,042 --> 01:44:12,582 We are locked up now. 1107 01:44:13,419 --> 01:44:16,880 Sheikh Osman, you are Khartoum's most respected citizen. 1108 01:44:17,799 --> 01:44:20,929 If you leave, the city's spirit will break. It will surely fall. 1109 01:44:21,011 --> 01:44:23,761 And you will be responsible for its massacre. 1110 01:44:23,847 --> 01:44:27,638 I have no choice but to stay. I repeat, you have us locked in. 1111 01:44:27,727 --> 01:44:29,027 - Gordon pasha. -Wait! 1112 01:44:31,356 --> 01:44:34,987 If you were given the choice, you still could not do this. 1113 01:44:35,444 --> 01:44:37,784 You could not leave Khartoum. 1114 01:44:37,863 --> 01:44:41,153 When one cannot choose, one can never know. 1115 01:44:42,868 --> 01:44:45,669 But you will understand, will you not, Excellency, 1116 01:44:45,747 --> 01:44:49,707 that there are those among us more afraid of death than yourself? 1117 01:44:49,834 --> 01:44:52,044 We cannot all be exceptional. 1118 01:45:06,311 --> 01:45:09,441 Gordon pasha, the police. 1119 01:45:09,523 --> 01:45:11,433 They have the man who stole the grain. 1120 01:45:28,001 --> 01:45:31,172 Awaan, is this true? 1121 01:45:39,514 --> 01:45:41,395 Tomorrow morning. 1122 01:45:58,368 --> 01:46:01,699 MAN: Firing squad, take aim! 1123 01:46:02,832 --> 01:46:03,872 Fire! 1124 01:46:06,294 --> 01:46:08,595 MAN: Squad, forward march! 1125 01:46:15,721 --> 01:46:21,062 GORDON: As Governor General of the Sudan, I issue the following proclamation. 1126 01:46:23,229 --> 01:46:28,740 At dawn tomorrow, the city gate to the south will be opened. 1127 01:46:29,737 --> 01:46:32,737 It will stand open for three hours. 1128 01:46:33,574 --> 01:46:36,404 All inhabitants of the city who wish to leave 1129 01:46:37,579 --> 01:46:42,459 and seek the protection of Mohammed Ahmed, known as the Mahdi, 1130 01:46:42,959 --> 01:46:45,669 will be free to do so. 1131 01:46:45,754 --> 01:46:49,085 No hindrance will be placed in their way. 1132 01:47:48,907 --> 01:47:50,537 MAN: I can't believe it. 1133 01:47:52,036 --> 01:47:53,836 When did you say the Abbas passed through? 1134 01:47:53,913 --> 01:47:55,703 A month ago. 1135 01:48:07,928 --> 01:48:10,349 An armed steamer called the Abbas passed through Metemma 1136 01:48:10,432 --> 01:48:12,972 downstream a month ago and is since unreported. 1137 01:48:13,059 --> 01:48:16,229 General Gordon had placed all Khartoum's Europeans on board 1138 01:48:16,313 --> 01:48:18,313 with instructions to run the blockade. 1139 01:48:19,649 --> 01:48:21,860 Colonel Stewart was in command. 1140 01:48:22,862 --> 01:48:24,452 Stewart! 1141 01:48:25,156 --> 01:48:28,366 Are you quite sure that General Gordon wasn't on board? 1142 01:48:28,451 --> 01:48:30,462 General Gordon remained in Khartoum. 1143 01:48:31,038 --> 01:48:33,708 Sir, the Nile is falling. 1144 01:48:38,378 --> 01:48:40,549 What he's done is to make a public announcement, sir, 1145 01:48:40,632 --> 01:48:42,432 that cannot be misunderstood. 1146 01:48:43,801 --> 01:48:45,471 He'll never leave. 1147 01:48:46,220 --> 01:48:48,641 Gentlemen, if you please. 1148 01:48:49,558 --> 01:48:52,518 We move instantly on Khartoum. 1149 01:48:52,603 --> 01:48:55,863 Only the camel corps is ready. You, Sir Herbert, will take command. 1150 01:48:55,939 --> 01:48:57,190 I will stay here with the main force 1151 01:48:57,275 --> 01:48:58,785 moving up as soon as possible. 1152 01:48:58,860 --> 01:49:01,900 But you will go ahead by water to Debba. 1153 01:49:01,988 --> 01:49:05,528 Make your formation there. Then take the desert crossing to Metemma, 1154 01:49:05,617 --> 01:49:07,828 there to embark for Khartoum. 1155 01:49:08,329 --> 01:49:11,869 Kitchener knows the route and the wells. Move, gentlemen. 1156 01:49:12,541 --> 01:49:14,211 (BUGLE CALL) 1157 01:49:22,594 --> 01:49:24,384 Stand to your camels. 1158 01:49:25,097 --> 01:49:26,438 Mount! 1159 01:49:32,772 --> 01:49:34,983 Advance in column of sections from the right. 1160 01:49:35,609 --> 01:49:37,119 (MARSHALING SOLDIERS) 1161 01:50:30,085 --> 01:50:31,926 Did you pack the powder tightly? 1162 01:50:32,005 --> 01:50:34,635 - Yes, Gordon pasha. - All right then. 1163 01:50:35,508 --> 01:50:39,718 No, not too much sand on the fuse, man. Give it plenty of air to burn. 1164 01:50:47,813 --> 01:50:52,694 Now, by firing this pistol into the tinderbox, 1165 01:50:53,445 --> 01:50:56,995 we can set off as many fuses as we have running into it. 1166 01:51:02,955 --> 01:51:04,295 Like this. 1167 01:51:17,554 --> 01:51:19,435 Come along, come along. 1168 01:51:20,308 --> 01:51:22,518 - Call your men in. -MAN: Over here! 1169 01:51:23,937 --> 01:51:25,567 MAN: Quickly, quickly! 1170 01:51:38,870 --> 01:51:40,080 (EXPLOSION) 1171 01:51:41,665 --> 01:51:42,745 Good. 1172 01:51:42,874 --> 01:51:46,295 Should be able to set off about 20 fuses from each tinderbox. 1173 01:51:46,379 --> 01:51:50,049 I'll want 400 pots. The whole approach to the city must be mined. 1174 01:51:50,132 --> 01:51:51,802 Yes, Gordon pasha. 1175 01:52:30,468 --> 01:52:31,478 Halt! 1176 01:52:34,599 --> 01:52:37,479 Form battle square! Take up action stations! 1177 01:52:37,935 --> 01:52:40,645 Down, down! Down! 1178 01:52:42,316 --> 01:52:44,486 (SHOUTING) 1179 01:53:05,841 --> 01:53:07,221 (SCREAMS) 1180 01:53:17,938 --> 01:53:19,148 (MOANS) 1181 01:53:48,847 --> 01:53:52,267 - The Christian soldiers are on the river. -Attack, Beloved One. 1182 01:53:52,351 --> 01:53:55,311 Attack now, Holy Person. There is no more time. It is the moment. 1183 01:53:57,065 --> 01:54:00,065 Beloved One, give me the word. 1184 01:54:01,611 --> 01:54:03,651 Do I make my preparations? 1185 01:54:08,911 --> 01:54:12,161 Send me the one who writes English words. 1186 01:54:42,614 --> 01:54:45,035 (MEN CHATTERING) 1187 01:54:51,916 --> 01:54:54,297 - Wonderful! -Gentlemen, what is this? 1188 01:54:54,378 --> 01:54:57,508 Excellency, from Major Kitchener, a message at last. 1189 01:54:57,590 --> 01:54:59,800 British soldiers have crossed the desert at Metemma. 1190 01:54:59,884 --> 01:55:01,894 They approach Khartoum on the river. 1191 01:55:05,390 --> 01:55:08,100 - And Stewart pasha? - He's safe, Excellency. 1192 01:55:08,185 --> 01:55:10,195 The Abbas was delayed, but it is safe. 1193 01:55:10,270 --> 01:55:12,901 The messenger says, so you know the news is true, 1194 01:55:12,982 --> 01:55:15,362 "Stewart pasha still has the ring you gave him." 1195 01:55:16,486 --> 01:55:20,706 Give the man money, something to eat. 1196 01:55:23,786 --> 01:55:28,666 The messenger from the Major Kitchener eats and says "Thank you." 1197 01:55:28,749 --> 01:55:30,539 - Mmm. -He is very brave. 1198 01:55:31,628 --> 01:55:35,258 I say to the messenger, "Is it true that the Major Kitchener 1199 01:55:35,340 --> 01:55:38,260 "has big dark eyes like fires in the night?" 1200 01:55:38,343 --> 01:55:40,264 And he say, "it's true." 1201 01:55:40,346 --> 01:55:42,556 That his eyes are like black daggers 1202 01:55:42,640 --> 01:55:44,600 and before them, all men tremble. 1203 01:55:46,769 --> 01:55:51,530 The Major Kitchener has eyes as blue as little flowers. 1204 01:55:53,193 --> 01:55:56,733 The man was bragging. He'd never seen Kitchener. He didn't want to say so. 1205 01:55:58,365 --> 01:56:00,156 That's true, master. 1206 01:56:02,578 --> 01:56:04,418 If he was lying, how could he know 1207 01:56:04,497 --> 01:56:07,247 about that ring I gave Stewart pasha? 1208 01:56:07,375 --> 01:56:09,956 Anyway, if the Mahdi wanted to send me a false message, 1209 01:56:10,045 --> 01:56:11,915 why would he say the soldiers were coming? 1210 01:56:12,005 --> 01:56:14,085 It makes no sense, Khaleel. 1211 01:56:14,591 --> 01:56:16,471 That is right, master. 1212 01:57:02,102 --> 01:57:05,693 Tell Abdullah he may make his preparations. 1213 01:57:05,773 --> 01:57:07,773 Then he must come to me. 1214 01:58:06,966 --> 01:58:08,836 Where did you get this? 1215 01:58:09,928 --> 01:58:13,308 The Mahdi asks you to come to his tent in peace. 1216 01:58:13,848 --> 01:58:16,978 A felucca awaits you at the ivory traders' dock. 1217 01:58:17,519 --> 01:58:21,520 I am his first khalifa, Abdullah et Taaisha. 1218 01:58:21,607 --> 01:58:23,267 And I remain here. 1219 01:58:24,193 --> 01:58:25,863 I am your hostage. 1220 01:58:27,863 --> 01:58:31,874 You will not regard it as a discourtesy, I hope, if I lock you in? 1221 01:58:49,138 --> 01:58:51,848 If I'm not back by dawn, you'll be shot. 1222 01:59:02,569 --> 01:59:04,829 Welcome, Gordon pasha. 1223 01:59:04,904 --> 01:59:07,075 Come in peace. 1224 01:59:07,158 --> 01:59:09,158 How did this come to you? 1225 01:59:10,661 --> 01:59:12,331 It came to you 1226 01:59:12,413 --> 01:59:15,494 with the greetings of your friend far down the river. 1227 01:59:15,584 --> 01:59:18,374 Sheikh Ali Ibrahim of the Monassir people. 1228 01:59:19,254 --> 01:59:20,964 Sheikh Ali Ibrahim 1229 01:59:21,048 --> 01:59:26,139 has been induced by my friend and great emir, Mohammed el-Kheir, 1230 01:59:26,220 --> 01:59:28,970 to acknowledge me as the Expected One, 1231 01:59:29,515 --> 01:59:31,265 the true Mahdi. 1232 01:59:33,102 --> 01:59:37,863 He sends you assurance that, should you care to proceed down the Nile, 1233 01:59:37,941 --> 01:59:41,071 he will offer you safe passage. You are my guest. 1234 01:59:41,153 --> 01:59:43,413 Why do you invite me here now? 1235 01:59:44,949 --> 01:59:48,739 Because the prophet Mohammed, blessings be upon him, 1236 01:59:48,828 --> 01:59:51,038 has appeared to me in a vision, 1237 01:59:51,122 --> 01:59:54,633 and instructed me to attack Khartoum with fire and sword. 1238 01:59:55,836 --> 02:00:00,016 Twenty thousand angels will precede my men into battle, 1239 02:00:00,716 --> 02:00:04,017 and terror will afflict and subdue my enemies 1240 02:00:04,096 --> 02:00:08,356 as far as Mecca and Baghdad and Constantinople. 1241 02:00:08,433 --> 02:00:10,643 For all will know 1242 02:00:10,727 --> 02:00:12,528 what a truly great miracle has been done 1243 02:00:12,605 --> 02:00:14,105 by my lord Mohammed. 1244 02:00:16,275 --> 02:00:21,406 I should prefer, Gordon pasha, that you leave Khartoum now. 1245 02:00:22,991 --> 02:00:24,781 You are not my enemy. 1246 02:00:25,619 --> 02:00:28,459 Why should your blood sweeten the Nile? 1247 02:00:30,500 --> 02:00:32,970 What you're saying is this. 1248 02:00:33,044 --> 02:00:36,004 So long as I am in Khartoum, you dread to attack, 1249 02:00:36,089 --> 02:00:39,259 for a British army is close and you know it well. 1250 02:00:40,219 --> 02:00:41,639 British army? 1251 02:00:43,097 --> 02:00:44,097 Oh. 1252 02:00:47,309 --> 02:00:50,730 The message. I sent the message. 1253 02:00:51,857 --> 02:00:53,857 There is no British army. 1254 02:00:54,568 --> 02:00:56,778 Your soldiers are in Egypt. 1255 02:00:56,862 --> 02:01:00,583 They play cards, drink the liquor, pursue women. 1256 02:01:01,284 --> 02:01:03,864 Why would you send me a false message? 1257 02:01:04,704 --> 02:01:08,535 Oh, it is sometimes wise, Gordon pasha, 1258 02:01:08,625 --> 02:01:13,045 to provide a man with a few sunny hours of fraudulent hope, 1259 02:01:13,380 --> 02:01:15,380 so that when night comes, 1260 02:01:15,466 --> 02:01:19,967 he will have a more perfect inward vision of the truth of his hopelessness. 1261 02:01:26,770 --> 02:01:28,520 I sent the message. 1262 02:01:28,939 --> 02:01:30,939 There is no British army. 1263 02:01:32,234 --> 02:01:35,905 You are alone. Quite alone. 1264 02:01:45,625 --> 02:01:47,795 If this is true, 1265 02:01:47,877 --> 02:01:50,087 then what difference can it make to you 1266 02:01:50,171 --> 02:01:53,631 if one man leaves or stays? 1267 02:01:55,052 --> 02:01:57,422 It is important to me. 1268 02:01:57,513 --> 02:02:00,433 Please explain to me the importance. 1269 02:02:00,516 --> 02:02:04,107 Because I am a man of mercy, and I tell you, go! 1270 02:02:04,812 --> 02:02:07,432 Leave in safety now! 1271 02:02:09,192 --> 02:02:11,062 You are not a man of mercy, 1272 02:02:11,152 --> 02:02:14,693 for your visions have not revealed to you what mercy is. 1273 02:02:15,824 --> 02:02:17,864 And so why do you do this? 1274 02:02:18,702 --> 02:02:20,282 You are not my enemy. 1275 02:02:20,371 --> 02:02:21,961 Oh, but I am. 1276 02:02:23,458 --> 02:02:26,458 You should understand, Mohammed Ahmed. 1277 02:02:26,545 --> 02:02:28,625 We are so alike, you and I. 1278 02:02:31,967 --> 02:02:34,258 You would welcome death, wouldn't you, 1279 02:02:34,345 --> 02:02:36,805 if death could be the servant of your life? 1280 02:02:37,848 --> 02:02:39,308 Wouldn't you? 1281 02:02:41,520 --> 02:02:46,280 I, too. If my life has a single point, it's this. 1282 02:02:47,067 --> 02:02:49,027 I've learned to be unafraid of death, 1283 02:02:49,111 --> 02:02:51,822 but never to be unafraid of failure. 1284 02:02:52,448 --> 02:02:55,278 If, by the act of surrendering my life, 1285 02:02:55,368 --> 02:02:58,328 I can bring down the world on your head, 1286 02:02:58,413 --> 02:03:00,834 then it's an arrangement I welcome. 1287 02:03:01,792 --> 02:03:03,462 Do you understand? 1288 02:03:04,587 --> 02:03:06,167 I'm sure you do. 1289 02:03:07,256 --> 02:03:10,307 If you, as a servant of your god, 1290 02:03:10,385 --> 02:03:13,645 must use 100,000 warriors to destroy me, 1291 02:03:13,722 --> 02:03:16,182 a solitary servant of my god, 1292 02:03:17,183 --> 02:03:19,854 then you whisper to me, Mohammed Ahmed, 1293 02:03:20,813 --> 02:03:23,353 who will be remembered from Khartoum? 1294 02:03:23,816 --> 02:03:26,276 Your god or mine? 1295 02:03:28,195 --> 02:03:31,286 But, Gordon pasha, 1296 02:03:31,366 --> 02:03:34,706 why should you be remembered? 1297 02:03:34,786 --> 02:03:38,167 You're forgotten already. 1298 02:03:42,462 --> 02:03:45,632 Is it possible you still do not believe me? 1299 02:03:53,932 --> 02:03:56,973 I do not believe any infidel. 1300 02:03:57,062 --> 02:03:59,822 Even you, Gordon pasha 1301 02:03:59,898 --> 02:04:03,698 can face a lonely death without terror. 1302 02:04:14,205 --> 02:04:17,286 Is it the Englishman whose name was Frank Power? 1303 02:04:27,470 --> 02:04:29,600 Is it the Frenchman whose name was Herbin? 1304 02:04:48,243 --> 02:04:50,743 Is it not your own ring? 1305 02:05:01,090 --> 02:05:03,591 Do you leave Khartoum? 1306 02:05:05,637 --> 02:05:08,937 I cannot leave Khartoum, Mohammed Ahmed, 1307 02:05:11,017 --> 02:05:13,148 for I too perform miracles. 1308 02:05:14,230 --> 02:05:16,280 And you shall witness one. 1309 02:05:19,068 --> 02:05:21,369 While I may die of your miracle, 1310 02:05:22,781 --> 02:05:25,161 you will surely die of mine. 1311 02:05:51,605 --> 02:05:53,855 Sir! Sir! The river! 1312 02:06:06,037 --> 02:06:07,538 (PEOPLE SHOUTING) 1313 02:06:17,008 --> 02:06:20,718 So here we are. 1314 02:06:30,523 --> 02:06:32,563 All right then, gentlemen. 1315 02:07:21,829 --> 02:07:24,120 (EXPLOSION) 1316 02:07:25,917 --> 02:07:26,997 Fire! 1317 02:08:09,131 --> 02:08:10,382 Get back! 1318 02:08:19,101 --> 02:08:20,811 (SHOUTING) 1319 02:08:26,400 --> 02:08:27,860 Hurry! Hurry! 1320 02:08:33,617 --> 02:08:34,827 Fire one! 1321 02:08:37,705 --> 02:08:39,415 (SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) 1322 02:08:53,180 --> 02:08:54,520 (SCREAMS) 1323 02:09:09,240 --> 02:09:10,700 (SCREAMS) 1324 02:10:15,813 --> 02:10:17,893 (ALL SHOUTING) 1325 02:10:40,132 --> 02:10:41,632 (SCREAMS) 1326 02:10:41,717 --> 02:10:43,217 (GUNSHOT) 1327 02:11:11,625 --> 02:11:13,125 Well, Khaleel. 1328 02:12:08,396 --> 02:12:10,146 (ALL SHOUTING) 1329 02:12:16,322 --> 02:12:18,112 (CHEERING) 1330 02:12:46,813 --> 02:12:48,903 Take it away! 1331 02:12:50,735 --> 02:12:52,405 Where is Abdullah? 1332 02:12:54,113 --> 02:12:55,573 I forbade it. 1333 02:12:56,783 --> 02:12:58,613 I forbade it. 1334 02:13:09,923 --> 02:13:13,173 NARRATOR: The relief came two days late. 1335 02:13:13,260 --> 02:13:14,680 Two days. 1336 02:13:14,761 --> 02:13:18,392 And for 15 years, the Sudanese paid the price 1337 02:13:18,474 --> 02:13:20,554 with pestilence and famine, 1338 02:13:20,643 --> 02:13:23,103 the British with shame and war. 1339 02:13:24,021 --> 02:13:27,862 Within months after Gordon died, the Mahdi died. 1340 02:13:27,943 --> 02:13:30,613 Why? We shall never know. 1341 02:13:30,696 --> 02:13:34,276 Gordon rests in his beloved Sudan. 1342 02:13:34,366 --> 02:13:37,697 We cannot tell how long his memory will live. 1343 02:13:38,997 --> 02:13:40,957 But there is this. 1344 02:13:41,040 --> 02:13:44,460 A world with no room for the Gordons 1345 02:13:44,544 --> 02:13:47,845 is a world that will return to the sands. 100837

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