1 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:07,755 What should I write? That I was stupid and naive - 2 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,953 - to believe that we could solve our deception to Peter - 3 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,074 - by standing up before the mirror of honesty - 4 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:21,195 - see the truth emerge and experience that everything just got better again? 5 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:27,680 No, maybe there are just certain things, which never resolves - 6 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:33,637 - through other than time and inexplicably great pain. 7 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:40,238 And the war escalated, while we at home and the elite in Copenhagen - 8 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:44,115 - still saw the war as a game. 9 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,711 And only then the Danish generals decided to escape Dannevirke - 10 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:53,914 - ran a deep and startled sigh down through the Danish population - 11 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,999 - like children who suddenly discover - 12 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:02,432 - that adventure doesn't make any sense. 13 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,949 Be greeted. 14 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,711 Parliamentarians of the Prussian 3rd Army - 15 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:54,516 - 6th Dragoon Regiment, 5th Company - 16 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:58,554 - request permission to - 17 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:03,038 - to ride freely up the redoubt. 18 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,237 Alert! 19 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:45,037 I was born in Denmark, I have a home there 20 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:52,271 I have a root there, from there my world goes. 21 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,430 That's pretty smart, that the music is down in the grooves - 22 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,518 - but doesn't it get scratched easily? 23 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:10,912 It is not difficult to see whether a saber has been in battle - 24 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:15,159 - or if only that has been staffing. 25 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:21,549 Most people only know them from museums or like dusty antiques - 26 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:25,389 - but in reality after all, it was one hell of a weapon. 27 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:30,674 A single well-placed chop could cut a man in half. 28 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:36,234 But this is grandfather's saber. 29 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,792 - It has never been in combat. - He wasn't in the war? 30 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,197 Yes, he was a shame in the war. 31 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,320 Do you look like him? 32 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:53,718 No, I really hope not, Miss Claudia. 33 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,911 Maybe people don't exist there are only evil ones. 34 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,351 Everyone wants to see the best in itself. 35 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:10,034 Perhaps, except for pure psychopaths, who actually enjoy their evil. 36 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,757 I don't think either that Didrich wanted to be evil. 37 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:20,671 He just couldn't do anything else. Born from his mother's dead womb - 38 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:26,990 - and straight into the arms on his father's furious grief. 39 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:35,191 Can you see that saber who hangs over there? 40 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:39,393 Would you be so kind as to take it to me? 41 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,478 I got it from Karen Blixen. 42 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,838 See, it has been in battle. 43 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:55,433 Look at all the shards it got, every time it has hit the bones - 44 00:05:55,560 --> 00:06:00,236 - or the metal buttons, into which it has cut itself. 45 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,076 Even the blood groove there… 46 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,716 If it is not washed immediately - 47 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:12,437 - so the blood oxidizes into the metal… 48 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:18,795 And he who owned this one, intentionally never washed it. 49 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:25,030 He bore the blood of his enemies as a trophy, yes. 50 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,357 Be careful, it's sharp. 51 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:36,911 Who was he? 52 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:41,193 Dinesen was the youngest officer in the army. 53 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:45,917 Wild and with a fierce hatred to the Germans. 54 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,829 Some said he was invulnerable. 55 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,798 And he never got it either a scratch. 56 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,437 He and Peter's group now had left Dannevirke as the last - 57 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,474 - and fled over neck and head, for the Prussians knew - 58 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:11,309 - that they sent the hussars in the back of the Danish army - 59 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:15,115 - then they would slaughter them. 60 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:23,309 They were trained killers, tense, bloodthirsty - 61 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:28,276 - and furious about to find Dannevirke escaped. 62 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,317 We attack. 63 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:43,436 With the main squad itself Laust and Didrich were further ahead - 64 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,599 - but had been caught in a merciless blizzard - 65 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,998 - which almost took his life of the exhausted soldiers. 66 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,478 It must have been a horror as the rear - 67 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:02,755 - to hear the hussars' trumpets in the back, which blew to attack - 68 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,474 - and death. 69 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,919 Come on, dammit! Come now. 70 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,270 What is it? 71 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:44,074 Hold my horse. 72 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:51,309 Why the hell did you let go? We're not leaving that cannon behind. 73 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:55,434 - We have the enemy behind us. - You have thrown it into the lake. 74 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:58,359 It is your responsibility to bring it up again. 75 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,393 It doesn't work. It is too heavy. 76 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:09,438 You. 77 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,879 You jump in. 78 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,435 222, it is your responsibility. 79 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,718 If you jump into that water now, then you die. 80 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:29,789 We lost it, then we have to get it up too. 81 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:35,513 Give him a rope. 82 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,119 More rope. 83 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:01,591 Stand firm. 84 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,189 More rope. 85 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,312 Drag. Pull the rope. 86 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,992 - Loud! - Damn it! Heave now. 87 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,236 No! 88 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:20,955 Come now. Heave now! 89 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,869 - Damn it, Laust. - Move, dammit. 90 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,879 He has to get up. Hiv. 91 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,913 Up with him. Come now. 92 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,554 Up with him. 93 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:24,949 They will come back. 94 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:39,114 I take him to the far left. You take him to the right. 95 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,037 Guy! 96 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,589 Leave again. 97 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,155 Stop. 98 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,830 Damn Danes. Down on your knees. 99 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,469 Hands behind the neck. 100 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:14,275 Hands behind your neck! 101 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,352 You there! Take off the cap. 102 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,315 Take off the cap. 103 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,752 Then take off the cap! 104 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:49,278 Damn Danes! 105 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,358 What shall we do with you? 106 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,231 Which of us haven't killed anyone yet? 107 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:01,920 Rudolph? 108 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:44,952 Peter never talked about that incident before many years after. 109 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,675 One winter he had sunk down in deep despair - 110 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:52,395 - and she hardly had the power to get him up. 111 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:56,639 But at last he had begun to talk about his experiences - 112 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:01,277 - about the hussar's eyes. The first one he killed. 113 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,313 About Dinesen's insane wildness - 114 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,320 - this strange, invulnerable man - 115 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:13,150 - who after the incident had blamed them that they had all panicked - 116 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:18,400 - and told them, that the best soldier was that soldier - 117 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,717 - who already saw himself as dead - 118 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:25,231 - and therefore not had something to lose. 119 00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:31,276 And the rest of the war Peter remained hard and darkened. 120 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,278 There is a special breed of people - 121 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,997 - as always should stand closely together in a war. 122 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:43,158 The Immortals. 123 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,231 Dinesen belonged to that race. 124 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,313 And what about Laust? 125 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,951 Laust and the others had lost the cannon - 126 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:05,554 - and had fallen behind, also because Laust was in a miserable condition - 127 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:09,913 - and it would turn out, that the delay was a great stroke of luck - 128 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:13,874 - because they didn't reach up to the area around Sankelmark - 129 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,116 - before it was too late. 130 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,754 Sankelmark? 131 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:26,276 If Dybbøl was hell, so be it Sankelmark the hideous introduction. 132 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:34,070 Colonel Moller should delay the enemy - 133 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,750 - so that the rest of the army could reach Dybbøl. 134 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:44,560 But first they waited - 135 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:48,150 - and that is the worst thing about war. 136 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:52,478 To wait and wait. 137 00:18:54,560 --> 00:19:00,158 Suddenly realizing that, which is coming towards you - 138 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,477 - has only one purpose: 139 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,679 To kill you. 140 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:47,038 - You were there yourself. - Was I there myself? 141 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:51,393 You speak as if you were there yourself. 142 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:56,674 Sankelmark only lasted about an hour and a half. 143 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:00,998 The enemy was repulsed - 144 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:06,513 - and the Danes had time to entrench on Dybbøl - 145 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:10,952 - as if it had the slightest importance. 146 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:18,599 Almost 900 dead and wounded - 147 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:22,395 - who lay lonely and suffered - 148 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:27,674 - until the last remnant of life froze out of their bodies. 149 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,111 Nobody had time for that to take care of them. 150 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,036 John? 151 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,591 What is it? 152 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,792 It's Sankelmark, Alfred. 153 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,878 It is the wounded who are left behind. 154 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,879 Well, we have to help. 155 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,879 We don't have time, Alfred. We must move on. 156 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,391 - Come on now. - We can't do that. 157 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:01,640 - Yes, we are being slaughtered out here. - We can't just leave them alone. 158 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:06,311 - Alfred! - We can't do that. 159 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:40,475 Hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come. 160 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:56,954 Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 161 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:03,270 For thine is the kingdom and the power and glory forever. Amen. 162 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,793 Then Laust could do no more. 163 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:56,316 On the other hand, Peter and his group were reached safety far north. 164 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:08,435 - Are you Danish, or are you going to die? - Danes. 165 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:24,878 - Do you come from Sankelmark? - Dannevirke. Like the last ones. 166 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,719 And you? 167 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,078 - Are you hurt? - It's not our blood. 168 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:38,637 - Do you come from Sankelmark? - Yes. 169 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:45,313 It was terrible. They stood in formations with bayonets forward - 170 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,319 - and then the hussars came. 171 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,550 Dinesen. 172 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,714 You haven't been in combat. 173 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:19,279 You're a goddamn deserter pig. Failed your mates. 174 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,075 I'm blowing power brains out of your head! 175 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,232 Now stop that, Wilhelm. 176 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,914 Stop it now. 177 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:46,430 Run! 178 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,951 The people hate you, Monrad. 179 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:05,632 That you let the army flee, and that your own son was one of them. 180 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:10,197 - De Meza had tactical reasons. - An escape without a fight. 181 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,920 No one seems to be taking Their vision seriously. 182 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:21,956 If it was theatre, it would be dilettante like out in the province - 183 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,869 - with the schoolmaster as instructor - 184 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:31,552 - the king played by Lars Skomager and You, Monrad, played by Jens Kusk. 185 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,639 - I'm begging you. - What are you asking for, Jens Kusk? 186 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:41,040 Any performance has its dramaturgy. 187 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:45,631 There is a start, a middle and an end. 188 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:51,590 The first two acts build up to the final climax in the third. 189 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:59,320 This dilettante performance build up, build up, build up - 190 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,478 - but the third act never comes. 191 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,116 - It is not that simple, Mrs. Heiberg. - Aha... 192 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:11,917 God has always been with us Danes - 193 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:16,876 - but these days he is absent. 194 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:21,358 It makes me very, very scared, Mrs. Heiberg. 195 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,955 Gentlemen, I know the impression— 196 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:35,596 - like the abandonment of Dannevirke have done to myself… 197 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,189 Father practices his speech to the Reichstag. 198 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:42,109 ... easily understand that impression - 199 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:47,838 - it must have done to the hon gentlemen, members of the Riksdag - 200 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:52,716 - and the citizens of Copenhagen in general. 201 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:58,199 I can not explain what got the general to give up Dannevirke. 202 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,995 When I last spoke to him, was he prepared for - 203 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:06,000 - that you had to fight and put up serious resistance. 204 00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:10,830 Pretty soon after we get the message that you have decided - 205 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:15,318 - to escape... The decision has been made to give up Dannevirke - 206 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,717 - and that the army is already breaking up. 207 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,792 This intelligence came like a thunderclap. 208 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,039 I can therefore do nothing else than cheap - 209 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:33,111 - that the Minister of War has transferred the task to someone else. 210 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,710 But let us not condemn, let us not condemn - 211 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,798 - let us not lightly condemn - 212 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,719 - the men who fled from Dannevirke. 213 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:48,518 For a sign of that a nation is in disarray - 214 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:54,397 - that's when you sling the word treason against them - 215 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:57,831 - who serve their country. 216 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:04,593 Against them, who serve their fatherland. 217 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,872 Ditlive… 218 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,394 My son is not a traitor. 219 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:40,913 I love you, Viggo. i love you 220 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:45,398 The Danes win at Mysunde. 221 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:51,999 We put all our efforts into it towards Dannevirke, and when we came - 222 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,111 - there was none. 223 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:57,631 And we appeared as fools. 224 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:07,635 Armed, ready for battle, sharp and completely alone at the front. 225 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,832 While they are at ease can regroup - 226 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:15,272 - we are laughed at throughout Europe. We look like tin soldiers. 227 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,074 Bismarck, You are amazing. 228 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:23,229 Before anyone can blame you, have you already done it yourself. 229 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,557 I would wish I was less cynical. 230 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:30,310 But one thing speaks in our favor. 231 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:34,195 The Danish Army fighting on two fronts. 232 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:38,871 Against us to the south and against its own government. 233 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:44,029 It is said that the Danish General Staff broke the connection with Copenhagen - 234 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,470 - to save the army. 235 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:50,355 God save me! What is wrong with that country? 236 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,950 Do they not face reality? 237 00:30:54,080 --> 00:31:00,076 The Danes are in the throes of their emotions, Your Majesty. They feel. 238 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,910 Now I was finally ready to leave. 239 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,998 I had started to be able to feel the child - 240 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:27,591 - and was now alone, after mine parents had turned their backs on me. 241 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,714 No, not alone. The child was there. 242 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:35,310 And not least Sofia, my beautiful sister - 243 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,353 - with the black eyes. 244 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:42,314 Although she was mute, I always understood what she said - 245 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:47,594 - through her quiet gaze and certain movements. 246 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,631 And then we were on our way south. 247 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,229 Jumped on the bandwagon. 248 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:03,879 Ignazio and Djargo to take down and doing business in the wake of the war - 249 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:08,631 - and I to find Laust and Peter. 250 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,117 Now we stay for the night. 251 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:37,678 Djargo, your thoughts are black. Forget them. 252 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,955 Djargo. Forget them. 253 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:55,831 Laust and his group had now fallen completely behind - 254 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,713 - overtaken by the enemy. 255 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:04,756 And so they now tried to work through the woods up towards Dybbøl. 256 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,349 Sophia? 257 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,319 are you sleeping 258 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,714 Inge? 259 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,835 Inge? 260 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,233 Loud? 261 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,117 Inge? 262 00:34:13,240 --> 00:34:15,914 You must not die. 263 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:25,275 I'm on my way to you. 264 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:30,909 Tomorrow we meet. 265 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:35,637 Then we talk to Peter, and then it works out. 266 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:41,199 Tomorrow we will find each other, then I will tell you everything. 267 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:47,716 Tomorrow you will become a father. 268 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:04,313 And that night Sofia and I lay in a spoon - 269 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:08,638 - and that's how we kept warm. 270 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:14,631 My breath on her neck. Her back against my chest. 271 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:24,513 Your stomach… Something kicked. 272 00:35:29,240 --> 00:35:32,119 Are you pregnant? 273 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,873 With whom? 274 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:02,877 Sophia? Who is that? 275 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,560 Who is that, Sofia? 276 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,195 Was it him? 277 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,115 The pig? 278 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:18,075 Was it him, Sofia? 279 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,591 Did he rape you? 280 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:26,794 He has destroyed you, Sofia. Made my sister a whore - 281 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:30,914 - who carries his bastard. 282 00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:34,396 You cannot carry his child! 283 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,712 Sorry, Peter. 284 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:57,793 That was not my opinion. 285 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,915 I love you, Peter. 286 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,311 But I have failed you. 287 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,954 I'm a pig. 288 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,353 Something has happened. 289 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:25,195 Something has happened to me and Inge. 290 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,832 We lost ourselves. 291 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:37,078 Couldn't help it. 292 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,872 I'm so sorry. 293 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:49,557 i think that it will be too hard to die - 294 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,957 - if you hate me. 295 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:03,435 We have to go now. 296 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:20,479 Peter, don't you want to come up and fuck? 297 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:27,911 The dead don't fuck. 298 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:54,315 - Deep beer. - Shall we go through there? 299 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,239 We can't do that. 300 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:01,040 Just wait here. 301 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,395 Who there? 302 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:05,919 Who there? 303 00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:10,318 A Danish soldier, who are tired of the war. 304 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,598 - Tea? - Yes, thank you. 305 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:40,750 Are you deserted, or are you just scared? 306 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:45,158 Who is not afraid? 307 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:53,229 - What's your name? - Why do you ask? 308 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:57,911 - You shouldn't be here. - No. 309 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:03,635 What about the others? Don't they bother you? 310 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,115 No, only you. 311 00:40:06,240 --> 00:40:09,517 What's up with Heinz? 312 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,836 Leave it at that. 313 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:40,272 You just have to relax completely... 314 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:45,913 ... then nothing happens. 315 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:49,078 We won't do anything to you. 316 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,795 There are no problems. 317 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:57,596 You simply have to relax completely. 318 00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:03,030 Relax completely. 319 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:07,757 You don't have to do anything. Everything is as it should be. 320 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:16,518 Such. Now you just have to close your eyes to everything outside. 321 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,270 Heinz! Listen up. 322 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:29,600 You can't shoot a man in the back. You can't do that. 323 00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:35,272 If you see an enemy, shoot you not him in the back. Do you hear? 324 00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:40,110 And when the day comes, then you don't shoot. 325 00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:47,473 I can't. 326 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:39,072 Danes on the way! 327 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:42,272 Danes on the way! 328 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:48,200 Danes on the way! 329 00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:50,596 Danes on the way! 330 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,156 When I left. 331 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:58,956 When I left, when I left 332 00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:04,280 my girl wanted to come yes, my girl wanted to come. 333 00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:17,597 Where's the cannon? 334 00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:20,075 The one you threw in the lake? 335 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:23,716 Just the fact that we are here is a miracle, Mr. Captain. 336 00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:32,719 You refuse to obey. You have left behind costly materiel to the enemy. 337 00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:37,073 There is no excuse for cowardice. 338 00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:49,714 There is not a single cowardly soldier behind that line. 339 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:51,592 What do you mean? 340 00:43:51,720 --> 00:43:55,236 I can smell cowards at a long distance. 341 00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:59,479 All the way back from Fredericia back then. 342 00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:04,589 You were there? 343 00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,156 It's the second time now - 344 00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:11,955 - then it doesn't make it difficult for both of us. 345 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:20,551 Laust needs help, Mr. Captain. 346 00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,352 Yes. 347 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:33,149 - General de Meza wants to see you. - Does he have an appointment? 348 00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,840 No, it's completely unannounced - 349 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:40,193 - but he says it is important, that he makes you see. 350 00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:43,039 Novel. 351 00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:47,199 General de Meza. 352 00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:57,713 No, you don't care... No. 353 00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:01,310 Mr. council president - 354 00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:05,399 - I'm quite aware of that and must of course respect - 355 00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:09,673 - that I have been deprived my position as Commander-in-Chief. 356 00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:15,239 But it is my duty to inform you about the scale of that disaster - 357 00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:20,116 - the Danish army and all of Denmark at this moment facing. 358 00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:24,473 The retreat from Dannevirke was an imperative. 359 00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:30,391 We don't have to wait at Dybbøl. It could mean a bloodbath. 360 00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:34,593 A bloodbath unparalleled in Danish history. 361 00:45:34,720 --> 00:45:38,236 We will throw our men to death to no avail. 362 00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:45,232 We should follow the original strategy and transfer the army to Fredericia - 363 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:51,675 - saw the prices during a storm on Dybbøl again beats in the empty air. 364 00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:56,317 We should use smaller units, which moves in the landscape - 365 00:45:56,440 --> 00:46:01,071 - and can attack the enemy unexpectedly places and utilize local knowledge. 366 00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:07,640 General du Plat is the strongest to take over the supreme command. 367 00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:12,311 He thinks strategically. He thinks creatively. 368 00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:18,270 But locking on to Dybbøl... 369 00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:24,191 Mr. council president, I beg you. 370 00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:29,918 stop this madness before it's too late. 371 00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:35,160 General de Meza, you are nervous - 372 00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:38,079 - afraid of cold air and bacteria. 373 00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:42,671 There is nothing to say to you are also afraid of the Prussian army. 374 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:46,555 The Danish Army don't need creative leaders. 375 00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:51,754 Denmark needs a general, who understand the Danes' wishes. 376 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:55,589 That is why They are currently out of work. 377 00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:03,800 May I ask you who you have intended for the position of general? 378 00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,874 General Gerlach. 379 00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:15,719 Gerlach? General Gerlach does not have decision-making power. 380 00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:20,710 He doesn't have to make decisions. He must do what he is told. 381 00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:24,595 He was not present, when you decided to escape Dannevirke. 382 00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:28,236 - He would never have done that. - No, probably not. 383 00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:33,076 So if you want me excused. 384 00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:39,751 Mr. Monrad… 385 00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:46,480 You are aware that you now has put 30,000 Danish soldiers - 386 00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:50,230 - on a slaughterhouse at Dybbøl. 387 00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:54,479 Thank you for your good advice, General de Meza. 388 00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:03,153 I'm sure that God will appear very soon. 389 00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:08,114 - God? 390 00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:13,952 When God shows up, then we can go our children off the sacrificial bench again. 391 00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:44,037 You… So you are far too early this year. 392 00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:03,470 Gentlemen, Here you can see our situation. 393 00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:06,831 We are on this page. 394 00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:12,717 North, East. And the enemy stands at Dybbøl. 395 00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:16,754 It will be one of the fiercest slaughterhouses in our history. 396 00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:20,874 We want to exhaust the Danes by shelling them with cannons. 397 00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:24,789 I don't mean just their redoubts and fortifications - 398 00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:28,276 - but we will break down the Danish soldiers mentally. 399 00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:33,110 Meanwhile, our troops will dig join the Danish positions. 400 00:49:33,240 --> 00:49:37,677 In a few weeks, the running lanes will be populated by 30,000 soldiers - 401 00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:40,474 - which is ready to attack. 402 00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:42,318 Goeben? 403 00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:48,959 Howitzers. 12- and 24-pounders rifled field guns with breech loaders. 404 00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:53,677 They have a range of five kilometers with unheard of precision. 405 00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:59,352 Listen up, gentlemen. The blast from them is deadly. 406 00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:06,154 The time is 16.15 - 407 00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:11,195 - and we begin the exhaustion of the Danish redoubt. 408 00:50:11,320 --> 00:50:13,470 Gentlemen… 409 00:50:15,240 --> 00:50:17,117 Guy! 410 00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:35,560 Try to see. 411 00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:42,509 Seek cover! 412 00:50:42,640 --> 00:50:45,439 In cover. 413 00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:18,150 Why does God give light to the miserable? 414 00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:22,990 Why does he give life to the desperate - 415 00:51:23,120 --> 00:51:26,909 - to those who yearn for death... 416 00:51:29,240 --> 00:51:31,311 ... that doesn't come - 417 00:51:31,440 --> 00:51:35,718 - who seek it more than any treasure - 418 00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:40,277 - who rejoices and rejoices - 419 00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:44,951 - and rejoices, when they find their graves... 420 00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:53,239 … to a man whose way is hidden, and God has locked up? 421 00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:58,912 My sighs have become my daily bread. 422 00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:03,637 My moans well up like water. 423 00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:08,791 What I fear - 424 00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:10,672 - hits me. 425 00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:15,590 What I dread is coming upon me. 426 00:52:15,720 --> 00:52:20,032 I find no peace, no rest - 427 00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:22,549 - not peace. 428 00:52:25,600 --> 00:52:29,355 what was that that had brought us so far away - 429 00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:33,633 - from common sense? 430 00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:39,670 Perhaps it is the war and its anarchy, that turns reality upside down - 431 00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:43,998 - and therefore fascinates. Life and death. 432 00:52:44,120 --> 00:52:47,590 Words and juices that flow freely. 433 00:52:47,720 --> 00:52:53,272 Piss and shit, laughter, oaths, semen and blood. 434 00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:56,472 Was I going insane - 435 00:52:56,600 --> 00:53:00,878 - or had we all just become? 436 00:55:34,147 --> 00:55:37,147 Danish texts: Mette Vanggaard Danish Video Text 437 00:55:37,148 --> 00:55:40,148 Subtitles ripped by Peterlin