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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:04:30,780 --> 00:04:32,770 - Up! Up! - Push! 2 00:04:34,980 --> 00:04:37,700 - Come on! - Push! 3 00:04:56,090 --> 00:04:59,590 Move out of the way! Clear the way! 4 00:05:29,860 --> 00:05:32,060 Move! Move! 5 00:05:36,150 --> 00:05:38,770 That was a full bottle, Herr Leutnant. 6 00:05:40,570 --> 00:05:42,570 Yes! 7 00:08:27,010 --> 00:08:30,510 - You've just met Willi von Klugermann! - Yes! 8 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,300 - I see you've heard of him! - Oh! Yes, I have! 9 00:08:33,390 --> 00:08:35,390 - Look at him! - You must be the new... 10 00:08:35,510 --> 00:08:38,400 - He's tearing the wings off that plane! - Let him celebrate, Ziegel! 11 00:08:38,530 --> 00:08:42,810 He shoots them down! Your job is to keep him up there! 12 00:08:44,310 --> 00:08:47,320 You must be the new replacement... Stachel! 13 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,320 Bruno Stachel, Herr Oberleutnant. 14 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,980 - Are you the adjutant? - I fly a desk now! 15 00:08:53,020 --> 00:08:55,280 Anti-aircraft fire! 16 00:08:55,410 --> 00:08:58,910 Still, it could've got me higher up, couldn't it? 17 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,940 Yes! 18 00:09:00,990 --> 00:09:04,070 Wait here! I'll tell the C! O! You've arrived! 19 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,200 And if I were you, I'd button up that jacket! 20 00:09:23,370 --> 00:09:26,300 Ziegel! How soon can you have us ready again? 21 00:09:26,390 --> 00:09:29,390 Depends on how many of the others have been hit, Herr Hauptmann. 22 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:31,420 I wasn't the only one! 23 00:09:31,470 --> 00:09:34,590 I can't keep these barges flying forever! I'm a mechanic, not a magician! 24 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,760 No, you are a magician, whether you like it or not! 25 00:09:37,890 --> 00:09:41,260 - Only 11 back, Herr Hauptmann. - Yes! Mueller went down! 26 00:09:41,380 --> 00:09:44,900 He didn't last long! 27 00:09:48,070 --> 00:09:50,270 Fabian, how did we come to lose him? 28 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,770 I gave him the usual instructions! 29 00:09:52,810 --> 00:09:54,770 But he wouldn't stay with me! 30 00:09:54,860 --> 00:09:56,860 Too, uh! Too keen! 31 00:09:56,980 --> 00:09:59,660 By the way, Scholte's replacement's here! 32 00:09:59,790 --> 00:10:02,650 Leutnant Bruno Stachel reporting from 104 Training School. 33 00:10:02,780 --> 00:10:05,570 Your commanding officer... Hauptmann Heidemann. 34 00:10:05,610 --> 00:10:08,080 Ah, yes! Stachel! Come inside! 35 00:10:16,090 --> 00:10:18,420 Herr Hauptmann. 36 00:10:18,460 --> 00:10:20,950 - Stachel! - Yes, sir! 37 00:10:22,250 --> 00:10:26,040 Two years in the infantry! 38 00:10:26,170 --> 00:10:29,250 - Any rank? - Corporal, Herr Hauptmann. 39 00:10:29,300 --> 00:10:32,340 What made you transfer to the Air Corps? 40 00:10:32,470 --> 00:10:34,470 To fly, Herr Hauptmann. 41 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,940 Are you a good flyer? 42 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:42,050 I am! Comfortable in the air! 43 00:10:42,130 --> 00:10:44,260 "Comfortable!" Are you? 44 00:10:44,340 --> 00:10:46,650 - Interesting! - Willi! 45 00:10:46,770 --> 00:10:48,650 Willi! 46 00:10:51,270 --> 00:10:54,650 Very pretty flying! 47 00:10:54,770 --> 00:10:57,230 I wish you would stop it! You'll live longer! 48 00:11:01,740 --> 00:11:04,030 Sorry about that! 49 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,990 I see you are from Wiesbaden! 50 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,540 I've done some hunting around there! 51 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,030 - Who are your people? - Herr Hauptmann? 52 00:11:16,660 --> 00:11:18,750 I want to know something of your background! 53 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,960 What does your father do? 54 00:11:27,050 --> 00:11:29,550 He works in a small hotel, Herr Hauptmann. 55 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,130 Five bedrooms! 56 00:11:36,850 --> 00:11:39,920 Corporal, see the new officer's bags are taken up to the mess! 57 00:11:40,060 --> 00:11:43,340 - Herr Hauptmann. - Come into my office, Stachel! 58 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,720 Close the door, please! 59 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:58,320 I'm sorry if it bothers you about what your father does! 60 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,930 It doesn't bother me, Herr Hauptmann. 61 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:07,950 Then why are you so touchy about it? 62 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:14,530 Well, you're an officer now! Your social problems are no concern of ours! 63 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,240 Take a look at the map, Stachel! 64 00:12:21,830 --> 00:12:26,540 Our operating area is between Arras and Saint-Quentin! 65 00:12:28,420 --> 00:12:32,830 The British also operate the area, as you'll find out! 66 00:12:40,020 --> 00:12:43,180 Uh, what did you train on? 67 00:12:43,220 --> 00:12:47,070 The usual machine, Herr Hauptmann... an out-of-date Pfalz! 68 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:51,880 - That's what you'll fly here! - But, at flying school, they told us... 69 00:12:52,010 --> 00:12:54,690 "Flying school!" 70 00:12:54,730 --> 00:12:57,110 At flying school, they'll tell you anything! 71 00:12:57,230 --> 00:13:00,890 Up-to-date machines go to experienced pilots! 72 00:13:01,020 --> 00:13:03,390 Those are in short supply! 73 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,520 It's a cruel world, Stachel, huh? 74 00:13:06,610 --> 00:13:08,610 Yes, Herr Hauptmann. 75 00:13:08,690 --> 00:13:13,820 Welcome to the squadron! The truck will take you to the mess with the others! 76 00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:18,700 And, Stachel! 77 00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:22,900 Let's hope you get to like us! 78 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,080 Of course, he could've been lying about the five bedrooms! 79 00:13:33,210 --> 00:13:35,180 His father was probably only a waiter! 80 00:13:35,210 --> 00:13:37,710 Just another snob, in fact. 81 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,000 Willi, there's something I haven't told you! 82 00:13:40,090 --> 00:13:42,300 I have an uncle in the hotel business! 83 00:13:42,380 --> 00:13:45,800 I admit he's a baron and the hotel has 500 bedrooms! 84 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:47,890 But you do see the position it places me in! 85 00:14:12,190 --> 00:14:15,870 There was a town in Poland 86 00:14:15,990 --> 00:14:19,870 And there a girl we found 87 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,250 - Lovely was she... - Want a cigarette? 88 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:27,780 - Thank you! - She was the naughtiest maid 89 00:14:27,870 --> 00:14:30,450 That ever we beheld 90 00:14:30,500 --> 00:14:32,960 But do not kiss me please, she said 91 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,040 I never kiss 92 00:14:35,090 --> 00:14:37,170 You've got 18, haven't you? 93 00:14:37,300 --> 00:14:39,950 Squadron rule number one, Stachel... 94 00:14:40,090 --> 00:14:43,020 gentlemen never parade their military achievements! 95 00:14:43,060 --> 00:14:45,970 She was the loveliest maid that ever we beheld 96 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:49,180 Any rule against saying how long it took you? 97 00:14:49,270 --> 00:14:52,470 I would say that was covered by the same rule! 98 00:14:52,500 --> 00:14:54,470 Wouldn't you? 99 00:14:54,550 --> 00:14:58,060 No, I wouldn't! How many rules are there? 100 00:14:59,980 --> 00:15:04,730 I don't know! None of them have been written down! 101 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:09,480 She was the haughtiest maid that ever we beheld 102 00:15:09,570 --> 00:15:12,140 But do not kiss me please, she said 103 00:15:12,350 --> 00:15:15,360 I never kiss 104 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:20,900 She was the haughtiest maid that ever we beheld 105 00:15:20,950 --> 00:15:24,160 But do not kiss me please, she said 106 00:15:24,190 --> 00:15:26,160 I never kiss 107 00:15:33,370 --> 00:15:36,170 Oh! 108 00:15:50,140 --> 00:15:52,630 Seems you're next to me in Scholte's old room! 109 00:15:52,670 --> 00:15:57,010 - That's, uh, number 11! - Scholte? 110 00:15:57,060 --> 00:16:01,130 Oh, your predecessor! He, uh... He didn't last long, unfortunately! 111 00:16:01,260 --> 00:16:04,640 - Unhappy young man! - Yes! He forgot to keep looking over his shoulder! 112 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:07,860 It's worth remembering! They come fast, out of the sun! 113 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,640 Thank you! 114 00:16:20,810 --> 00:16:24,160 Willi, what do you think of him? 115 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,240 Hmm? 116 00:16:27,830 --> 00:16:30,320 Gonna have a drink? 117 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,820 Ah! 118 00:17:15,110 --> 00:17:18,820 Oh! They haven't removed poor Scholte's card! 119 00:17:18,900 --> 00:17:20,890 Very tactless of them! 120 00:17:26,020 --> 00:17:30,030 I just thought you should know we, uh, don't dress for dinner here! 121 00:17:37,620 --> 00:17:39,820 Von Richthofen, I see! 122 00:17:39,910 --> 00:17:41,900 Your hero? 123 00:17:43,290 --> 00:17:46,130 He's done it all! 124 00:17:46,210 --> 00:17:49,410 Two more kills, and you'll have one of those! 125 00:17:49,510 --> 00:17:53,580 Hmm! A pretty medal, the Blue Max! 126 00:17:55,210 --> 00:17:57,800 It's the only one worth having! People respect it! 127 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,720 The medal or the man? 128 00:18:32,910 --> 00:18:35,570 The usual routine, Fabian! 129 00:18:35,700 --> 00:18:37,700 You know what they are like the first time in combat! 130 00:18:37,790 --> 00:18:40,070 - Of course! - Keep your eye on him! 131 00:18:40,210 --> 00:18:44,280 Here! Isn't it nice to hear the birds again, Herr Hauptmann? 132 00:18:44,370 --> 00:18:46,710 Listen to that! 133 00:18:48,590 --> 00:18:50,500 They won't be here long! 134 00:18:52,580 --> 00:18:55,670 When our offensive starts... 135 00:18:55,790 --> 00:18:58,460 - Good luck, Fabian! - Herr Hauptmann. 136 00:19:02,890 --> 00:19:04,890 What is it? 137 00:19:06,470 --> 00:19:09,880 Stachel! Fly on Fabian's left! 138 00:19:09,980 --> 00:19:12,090 And a little behind him! 139 00:19:12,180 --> 00:19:14,860 - And watch for his signals! - Yes, Herr Hauptmann. 140 00:19:14,910 --> 00:19:17,730 And relax! Get the balloon and come straight back! 141 00:19:17,780 --> 00:19:20,560 You'll find balloons burn beautifully! 142 00:19:25,270 --> 00:19:27,190 Switches on! 143 00:25:44,230 --> 00:25:47,880 Is that army observation? Adjutant, Squadron 11 here. 144 00:25:47,910 --> 00:25:51,520 One of our pilots claims an SE5 shot down in sector five! 145 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,020 - Yes! - Can you confirm, please? 146 00:25:56,820 --> 00:25:59,650 Yes, about, uh, 0700 hours! 147 00:26:04,740 --> 00:26:08,540 - Perhaps Fabian made a forced landing! - I don't know! 148 00:26:08,620 --> 00:26:13,910 Yes? Sector five, on our side of the line! 149 00:26:14,030 --> 00:26:16,920 You did? Fine! 150 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,120 Go on! Uh... 151 00:26:22,540 --> 00:26:24,540 In midair? 152 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:27,920 - Did yours explode? - No! 153 00:26:30,930 --> 00:26:33,930 Yes, we do have a pilot missing! 154 00:26:35,220 --> 00:26:37,810 - That will be him, I'm afraid! - Ask him! 155 00:26:37,930 --> 00:26:40,720 Thanks! Good-bye! 156 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,100 - But... - Only Fabian! He never got out! 157 00:26:44,140 --> 00:26:48,320 - No SE5! - But somebody must have seen my SE5 go down! 158 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,230 Not necessarily! 159 00:26:53,810 --> 00:26:56,370 It often happens! 160 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,890 No confirmation, no claim! 161 00:26:59,030 --> 00:27:02,910 - That's a squadron rule! - But I saw it! It was a kill! 162 00:27:06,910 --> 00:27:10,690 Then you have the deep satisfaction of knowing you have served the fatherland! 163 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:19,500 It went down here... our side of the line! 164 00:27:19,630 --> 00:27:21,620 Why couldn't the army look for it? 165 00:27:21,710 --> 00:27:24,420 They have other things to do! 166 00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:26,500 Somebody must have seen it! 167 00:27:31,790 --> 00:27:33,790 Fabian might have seen it! 168 00:27:51,980 --> 00:27:53,980 - Corporal Rupp! - Herr Leutnant. 169 00:27:54,110 --> 00:27:56,110 We're going to search sector five! Get your motorcycle! 170 00:27:56,190 --> 00:27:58,810 - But, Herr Leutnant... - Be at the mess in five minutes! 171 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:01,890 Herr Leutnant. 172 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,000 Back to the mess, Herr Leutnant? 173 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,380 No! I'm going to search that wood over there! 174 00:28:36,460 --> 00:28:38,970 - You already have, Herr Leutnant. - What? 175 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:42,130 You searched that wood an hour ago! 176 00:28:42,170 --> 00:28:45,180 Well, we're going to search it again! 177 00:28:45,260 --> 00:28:49,760 What's the matter, Rupp? Too close to the guns for you? 178 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,950 - Thank you, Corporal! - It's been a pleasure, Herr Leutnant. 179 00:29:31,750 --> 00:29:35,110 You have finished your wild goose chase, I hope! 180 00:29:35,150 --> 00:29:38,460 - Yes, Herr Hauptmann. - Found nothing, huh? 181 00:29:39,550 --> 00:29:41,160 No! 182 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,350 If every pilot were to go careering around France! 183 00:29:46,470 --> 00:29:48,560 Looking for unconfirmed aircraft! 184 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,050 There'd be no air force left! 185 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:54,840 And Corporal Rupp has more important things to do! 186 00:29:54,970 --> 00:29:58,140 - Do you understand? - Yes, Herr Hauptmann. 187 00:29:58,270 --> 00:30:03,270 Unconfirmed by army means unconfirmed, and that's final! 188 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,730 Good night, Stachel! 189 00:30:17,660 --> 00:30:20,440 Stachel! 190 00:30:20,660 --> 00:30:22,530 Come and join us! 191 00:30:26,660 --> 00:30:29,290 Ah! 192 00:30:29,330 --> 00:30:31,330 I'll get the next one, Willi! 193 00:30:35,750 --> 00:30:38,420 - Brandy, please! - Champagne, Herr Leutnant. 194 00:30:38,550 --> 00:30:40,540 Willi got his 20th kill today! 195 00:30:40,620 --> 00:30:43,630 - He's being awarded the Blue Max! - Uh-huh! 196 00:30:46,250 --> 00:30:48,350 I see you've had a hard day! 197 00:30:50,050 --> 00:30:53,220 No one's ever done that before about an unconfirmed kill! 198 00:30:53,350 --> 00:30:56,640 Quite novel! You must be in a hurry! 199 00:30:59,930 --> 00:31:01,930 To your Blue Max! 200 00:31:02,010 --> 00:31:04,730 - Blue Max! - Willi! 201 00:31:07,940 --> 00:31:10,430 I don't suppose you've ever had an unconfirmed kill! 202 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,810 Oh, but I have! I've had, uh, three! 203 00:31:15,110 --> 00:31:17,110 Then you've shot down 23! 204 00:31:17,150 --> 00:31:19,860 No! 205 00:31:19,900 --> 00:31:21,900 Twenty! 206 00:31:25,830 --> 00:31:27,830 By the way, Stachel! 207 00:31:27,910 --> 00:31:30,530 There's an impression around that! 208 00:31:30,610 --> 00:31:34,320 You care more about your unconfirmed kill! 209 00:31:34,410 --> 00:31:36,920 Than you do about Fabian's death! 210 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,790 Perhaps it's force of habit! 211 00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:54,510 In the trenches, we couldn't even bury the dead! 212 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,720 There were too many of them! 213 00:31:59,230 --> 00:32:01,510 I've never had the time! 214 00:32:01,590 --> 00:32:04,220 To discuss them over a glass of champagne! 215 00:32:04,300 --> 00:32:08,230 Well, never mind, Stachel! 216 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,020 To your unconfirmed victory! 217 00:32:11,100 --> 00:32:13,810 Next time, you must have witnesses! 218 00:32:13,900 --> 00:32:16,190 - Witnesses! - Witnesses! 219 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,610 - Good evening, gentlemen! - Good evening. 220 00:32:18,690 --> 00:32:20,680 Pairings for next week's sorties! 221 00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:23,910 - Let's have them, please! - I'll fly with Becker! 222 00:32:23,990 --> 00:32:25,990 - Heller and Braun! - I'll fly with Lindorf! 223 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,290 Von Klinger and I will do the ground strafe! 224 00:32:30,780 --> 00:32:34,120 Good! Who'll fly with Stachel? 225 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,600 I'll fly with Stachel! 226 00:37:01,290 --> 00:37:04,710 He's... He's bringing her in! 227 00:38:00,580 --> 00:38:03,080 This one is dead, Herr Leutnant. 228 00:38:07,010 --> 00:38:11,170 - Easy, easy! - Bring a stretcher! Quick! Quick! 229 00:38:11,290 --> 00:38:14,080 - Get over there! - Quickly! 230 00:38:41,850 --> 00:38:44,150 What happened, Stachel? 231 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:50,280 The observer, he was going to open fire! 232 00:38:54,580 --> 00:38:58,240 Then we are to assume he was either very brave! 233 00:38:58,370 --> 00:39:00,950 Or very foolish! 234 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:50,640 Confirmed! 235 00:39:52,660 --> 00:39:56,660 It's a cruel world, Herr Hauptmann. You said so yourself! 236 00:40:28,930 --> 00:40:30,840 Willi! 237 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,940 I've read your report, Willi! What really happened? 238 00:40:48,110 --> 00:40:51,520 As I said, Otto, the observer made a move for his gun! 239 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:53,520 So Stachel shot him down! 240 00:40:53,610 --> 00:40:56,240 You wish to stand by a comrade! 241 00:40:56,330 --> 00:41:00,400 - I appreciate that! - What I reported is what I saw! 242 00:41:00,530 --> 00:41:03,410 We are German officers! We'll fight this war with chivalry! 243 00:41:03,530 --> 00:41:06,530 - You know that as well as I do! - Of course! 244 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:14,420 The observer was blinded! Did you know that? 245 00:41:16,210 --> 00:41:20,000 No! It could have happened when Stachel opened fire over the airfield! 246 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,090 - But did it? - I don't know! 247 00:41:22,130 --> 00:41:25,420 You know how Stachel behaved when his first claim was disallowed! 248 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:32,590 If he shot down a helpless enemy in cold blood! 249 00:41:32,720 --> 00:41:35,510 It's something I won't tolerate in my squadron! 250 00:41:37,390 --> 00:41:42,300 All right, I agree! There is some measure of doubt! 251 00:41:42,340 --> 00:41:45,020 But I have no reason to change my report! 252 00:41:55,980 --> 00:41:58,070 All right, Willi! 253 00:41:58,110 --> 00:42:01,280 The incident is closed, officially anyway! 254 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:08,990 Is everyone here? 255 00:42:11,410 --> 00:42:14,410 All except Leutnant Stachel, Herr Hauptmann. 256 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,790 Someone inform him this is a parade! 257 00:42:18,830 --> 00:42:21,290 He is ordered to attend! 258 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:34,600 We're about to honor your dead! 259 00:42:35,970 --> 00:42:37,880 So I see! 260 00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:45,890 Well, aren't you coming? 261 00:42:47,270 --> 00:42:49,270 It's an order! 262 00:42:50,390 --> 00:42:52,400 Why? 263 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,190 Because our commanding officer has made it one! 264 00:42:55,270 --> 00:42:58,770 He believes in chivalry, Stachel. 265 00:42:58,890 --> 00:43:00,850 Chivalry? 266 00:43:02,690 --> 00:43:04,700 To kill a man! 267 00:43:04,790 --> 00:43:07,870 Then make a ritual out of saluting him? 268 00:43:07,900 --> 00:43:10,990 That's hypocrisy! 269 00:43:11,070 --> 00:43:13,280 They kill me! 270 00:43:13,370 --> 00:43:15,780 I don't want anyone to salute! 271 00:43:15,870 --> 00:43:19,280 They probably won't! 272 00:43:28,170 --> 00:43:30,160 All right! 273 00:43:34,460 --> 00:43:36,970 Let's get it over with, shall we? 274 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:39,550 Stachel! 275 00:43:42,970 --> 00:43:45,350 Thank you! 276 00:43:45,470 --> 00:43:48,670 You know, there's something of the cobra in you! 277 00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:54,480 I'll have to watch you! 278 00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:58,770 Mm-hmm! 279 00:44:09,150 --> 00:44:11,150 Leutnant von Klugermann! 280 00:44:15,950 --> 00:44:18,440 Parade, stand at! Ease! 281 00:44:22,740 --> 00:44:26,670 I assume you've talked to the other pilots about this, Holbach! 282 00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:30,040 Yes, Herr General. I'm making a thorough inquiry into the whole incident! 283 00:44:30,170 --> 00:44:32,250 Good! 284 00:44:32,330 --> 00:44:34,750 When the opportunity arises, point the man out to me! 285 00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:36,750 Yes, Herr General. 286 00:44:38,340 --> 00:44:40,340 Ah, Otto! 287 00:44:40,430 --> 00:44:42,390 The squadron's drawn up, Herr General. 288 00:44:42,430 --> 00:44:44,930 We were discussing the pilot who brought this in! 289 00:44:45,060 --> 00:44:47,720 Air headquarters is quite excited about it! 290 00:44:47,850 --> 00:44:50,420 What's the man's name again? 291 00:44:50,550 --> 00:44:52,930 - Leutnant Stachel, Herr General. - Mm-hmm! 292 00:44:55,220 --> 00:44:57,150 Is he a good flyer? 293 00:44:58,240 --> 00:45:00,940 Yes! Yes, he is! 294 00:45:02,940 --> 00:45:07,030 Glad to hear it! We mustn't keep my nephew waiting any longer! 295 00:45:07,150 --> 00:45:09,230 Not to mention my wife! 296 00:45:22,620 --> 00:45:25,260 Parade, front! 297 00:45:25,310 --> 00:45:27,910 Left... turn! 298 00:45:34,210 --> 00:45:37,710 Sorry to have been so long! Were you bored? 299 00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:39,830 With all these men around? 300 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,210 Look beautiful for them, Kaeti! 301 00:45:45,010 --> 00:45:47,010 Look at Willi! 302 00:45:47,140 --> 00:45:49,760 Doesn't he look splendid? 303 00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,510 The Blue Max will go so well with his eyes! 304 00:45:52,550 --> 00:45:54,510 He is rather vain! 305 00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:57,100 He'll probably wear it in bed the first few days! 306 00:45:57,220 --> 00:45:59,480 Oh, how uncomfortable for the girl! 307 00:45:59,510 --> 00:46:02,520 - Parade... attention! - Excuse me, Herr General. 308 00:46:02,610 --> 00:46:04,810 - Yes? - The second one on the left! 309 00:46:04,850 --> 00:46:07,320 Front row... that's Stachel! 310 00:46:13,690 --> 00:46:15,690 Ah! 311 00:46:17,830 --> 00:46:20,490 "To Leutnant Wilhem von Klugermann! 312 00:46:20,610 --> 00:46:23,200 "For bravery of the highest order! 313 00:46:23,330 --> 00:46:26,990 "In action against the enemies of the German Empire... 314 00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:30,700 "and for exceptional services to the fatherland... 315 00:46:30,780 --> 00:46:35,920 "in that he has destroyed single-handed 20 enemy aircraft... 316 00:46:35,950 --> 00:46:39,210 "the order Pour Le Mérite! 317 00:46:39,290 --> 00:46:41,290 "By imperial decree... 318 00:46:41,420 --> 00:46:44,210 Wilhem, Emperor!" 319 00:46:53,510 --> 00:46:56,810 I'm afraid it's rather a small medal, Willi! 320 00:46:58,670 --> 00:47:01,010 But it's the highest Germany can give! 321 00:47:02,180 --> 00:47:04,190 Thank you! Uncle! 322 00:47:28,860 --> 00:47:30,830 Otto! 323 00:47:30,860 --> 00:47:33,570 This pilot of yours... Stachel! 324 00:47:33,700 --> 00:47:37,300 Humble origin, risen from the ranks, et cetera, et cetera! 325 00:47:37,380 --> 00:47:40,370 Two years' front-line service, hmm? 326 00:47:40,500 --> 00:47:42,460 Yes, that's right! 327 00:47:42,500 --> 00:47:46,960 To deliver the final blow over your own airfield... on the doorstep, so to speak! 328 00:47:47,090 --> 00:47:50,080 - It was splendid, wasn't it? - "Splendid"? 329 00:47:50,170 --> 00:47:53,590 Otto, if this young man lives long enough! 330 00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:56,680 He could be very useful to our propaganda department! 331 00:47:56,770 --> 00:48:00,880 The common people of our country are war-weary, restive! 332 00:48:00,930 --> 00:48:03,390 They need to be provided with a hero of their own! 333 00:48:03,470 --> 00:48:07,060 Von Richthofen, Willi, are of our class! 334 00:48:07,180 --> 00:48:10,770 That fellow Stachel is common as dirt! He's one of them! 335 00:48:10,850 --> 00:48:13,690 - You understand? - Yes, I understand! 336 00:48:15,190 --> 00:48:17,640 But I don't agree with killing helpless men! 337 00:48:17,780 --> 00:48:21,610 Otto, this is 1918! Things have changed! 338 00:48:21,650 --> 00:48:24,370 Unrestricted submarine warfare! Bombing of civilians! 339 00:48:24,450 --> 00:48:26,950 Poison gas! Ask your wife... she's a nurse! 340 00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:30,070 Ask Elfi about the mustard gas casualties! 341 00:48:35,580 --> 00:48:38,360 So you approve of this kind of ruthlessness! 342 00:48:40,370 --> 00:48:44,750 - We fight to win, Otto! - Yes, of course! 343 00:48:46,380 --> 00:48:48,870 Excuse me, Herr General. 344 00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:51,750 Herr General! 345 00:48:51,830 --> 00:48:54,540 May I present Leutnant Stachel! 346 00:48:58,630 --> 00:49:00,970 I saw the plane which you brought in! 347 00:49:02,470 --> 00:49:06,530 Very! Interesting exploit! 348 00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:09,550 It proves that our young men still have vitality! 349 00:49:09,590 --> 00:49:13,270 Courage and the will to win at all costs! 350 00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:18,350 Yes, Herr General. Thank you! 351 00:49:20,060 --> 00:49:22,230 I'm sure we'll hear a lot more of you! 352 00:49:33,030 --> 00:49:36,450 Kaeti, you haven't met our Leutnant Stachel! 353 00:49:36,540 --> 00:49:38,530 Stachel. 354 00:49:38,650 --> 00:49:41,110 May I introduce the Countess von Klugermann! 355 00:49:43,450 --> 00:49:46,340 My aunt! By marriage! 356 00:49:47,630 --> 00:49:50,750 You appear to have caught my uncle's interest! 357 00:49:50,830 --> 00:49:53,840 Interest from high places is always welcome! 358 00:49:55,240 --> 00:49:57,240 May I get you a drink, Countess? 359 00:49:58,940 --> 00:50:02,120 All right! Champagne! 360 00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:05,310 Champagne! 361 00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:08,510 Pink champagne! 362 00:50:08,650 --> 00:50:10,930 - Pink champagne? - Yes! 363 00:50:13,020 --> 00:50:15,520 Yes, Countess! 364 00:50:17,830 --> 00:50:24,530 May I have two glasses of pink champagne, please? 365 00:50:24,620 --> 00:50:27,120 Well, I say... 366 00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:29,990 My glass, hmm? 367 00:50:48,420 --> 00:50:51,630 That champagne is getting warm, Stachel! 368 00:50:54,140 --> 00:50:56,090 Not yet! 369 00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:05,190 Silence, please! Silence! 370 00:51:05,230 --> 00:51:07,730 Please, silence! 371 00:51:14,610 --> 00:51:16,610 Gentlemen! 372 00:51:16,690 --> 00:51:19,010 In a few hours! 373 00:51:20,390 --> 00:51:24,910 The horizon will be lit up by the flashes of 7,000 guns! 374 00:51:24,990 --> 00:51:26,990 Our guns! 375 00:51:32,110 --> 00:51:36,620 They will herald the greatest offensive in history! 376 00:51:38,710 --> 00:51:41,410 Our defeat of Russia has released a million men... 377 00:51:41,450 --> 00:51:43,410 for the Western Front! 378 00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:45,500 I need hardly tell you! 379 00:51:45,590 --> 00:51:50,040 That if we destroy the British and French armies... 380 00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:54,510 before the Americans can intervene effectively! 381 00:51:54,540 --> 00:51:56,600 We shall have won the war! 382 00:51:56,680 --> 00:52:00,010 God be with us! God be with us! 383 00:52:34,870 --> 00:52:37,780 Oh! Willi, darling! 384 00:52:37,870 --> 00:52:40,120 Mm-hmm! 385 00:52:40,150 --> 00:52:42,500 I'm sorry I'm late! 386 00:52:46,460 --> 00:52:48,660 I'm sorry! 387 00:52:49,870 --> 00:52:51,870 Well, I'm not! 388 00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:55,880 If you're looking for your nephew, he's next door! 389 00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:59,250 Yes! I realize that now! 390 00:53:05,890 --> 00:53:08,750 As long as you're here! 391 00:53:08,850 --> 00:53:10,840 Perhaps I can get you that drink! 392 00:53:10,970 --> 00:53:12,970 Yes, do! 393 00:53:13,060 --> 00:53:15,480 I'm afraid I'm out of champagne! 394 00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:18,270 - Then whatever you have! - Schnapps! 395 00:53:28,570 --> 00:53:31,440 Mmm! Horrible! 396 00:53:31,570 --> 00:53:33,860 But quite stimulating! 397 00:53:45,380 --> 00:53:47,670 So that's you... Cobra! 398 00:53:47,750 --> 00:53:52,040 - "Cobra"? - Yes! That's what Willi calls you! 399 00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:57,670 Has he been talking about me to you? 400 00:53:58,950 --> 00:54:01,420 I asked! 401 00:54:01,470 --> 00:54:04,640 He says you're quite, uh, deadly! 402 00:54:04,670 --> 00:54:07,430 In sort of a quiet way! 403 00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:11,600 He's a romantic! 404 00:54:11,630 --> 00:54:14,640 - And you're not! - No! 405 00:54:15,850 --> 00:54:17,730 No! 406 00:54:17,860 --> 00:54:21,350 Tonight is a! Family affair! 407 00:54:29,430 --> 00:54:33,200 - Are you shocked? - No! 408 00:54:33,240 --> 00:54:38,440 - You see, my husband is a very civilized man! - Mmm! 409 00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:40,820 And we are great friends! 410 00:54:40,950 --> 00:54:43,530 It must be nice to have an understanding friend! 411 00:54:43,610 --> 00:54:46,030 Oh, yes, it is! 412 00:54:49,250 --> 00:54:52,250 Willi must be getting impatient! 413 00:54:52,330 --> 00:54:54,330 Shall I announce you? 414 00:54:55,340 --> 00:54:57,340 Please do! 415 00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:07,010 Thank you! 416 00:57:31,060 --> 00:57:32,980 Fire! 417 00:58:03,460 --> 00:58:05,960 Fire! 418 00:58:17,850 --> 00:58:20,840 Come on, lads! This is it! 419 00:58:38,850 --> 00:58:41,560 Follow me! 420 00:59:04,660 --> 00:59:06,170 Here they come again! 421 00:59:35,930 --> 00:59:38,350 Come on, boys! Come on now! 422 01:01:50,390 --> 01:01:52,830 The oil pressure's still too low! 423 01:01:52,860 --> 01:01:55,270 That's all you'll get out of her! 424 01:01:55,400 --> 01:01:57,270 She wasn't made yesterday! 425 01:01:58,470 --> 01:02:00,980 Oh, is that what it is? 426 01:06:20,990 --> 01:06:24,200 You'll feel better in a few days, Herr Leutnant. 427 01:06:25,490 --> 01:06:27,900 - We've taken Bapaume! - Bapaume! 428 01:06:27,990 --> 01:06:29,860 Bapaume! 429 01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:33,780 It means we're closer to Paris! 430 01:06:37,500 --> 01:06:39,500 Thank you! 431 01:06:39,580 --> 01:06:41,580 Herr Leutnant, I'm here to take you back to the squadron! 432 01:06:41,610 --> 01:06:43,580 In there, Herr Leutnant. 433 01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:56,390 What are we celebrating? 434 01:06:56,470 --> 01:07:00,380 Your survival, of course, and your tenth victory! 435 01:07:00,470 --> 01:07:02,470 You're moving up fast, Stachel! 436 01:07:02,550 --> 01:07:04,760 Too fast? 437 01:07:11,480 --> 01:07:13,690 Does it hurt? 438 01:07:13,770 --> 01:07:15,770 Yes! 439 01:07:17,690 --> 01:07:20,140 Then I'd better open the bottle! 440 01:07:31,570 --> 01:07:33,570 Tell me, uh... 441 01:07:33,660 --> 01:07:36,740 never having suffered it personally... 442 01:07:36,870 --> 01:07:40,080 what does it feel like to be! Shot down? 443 01:07:40,160 --> 01:07:44,460 I'd rather you found that out for yourself! 444 01:07:52,040 --> 01:07:54,050 Prosit. 445 01:07:57,470 --> 01:07:59,960 You know, I... I was quite pleased at first... 446 01:08:00,050 --> 01:08:02,050 when you were posted missing, I mean! 447 01:08:02,130 --> 01:08:04,340 Thank you! 448 01:08:04,470 --> 01:08:06,850 Oh, it was just that, uh, all of a sudden! 449 01:08:06,970 --> 01:08:09,920 The war seemed a bit more! Peaceful! 450 01:08:10,060 --> 01:08:13,850 And then... this is the odd thing... I had a sense of loss! 451 01:08:13,940 --> 01:08:16,940 - I'm touched! - No, no! Uh, seriously! 452 01:08:17,070 --> 01:08:20,430 I suppose I've had everything in my life too easy! 453 01:08:20,560 --> 01:08:22,560 I'm inclined to be lazy! 454 01:08:22,650 --> 01:08:26,660 I have to have a challenge! I need someone around me who is, uh! 455 01:08:26,690 --> 01:08:29,030 Hard to beat! 456 01:08:29,150 --> 01:08:31,740 And you fulfill that role! 457 01:08:33,240 --> 01:08:35,450 - How's the countess? - The countess? 458 01:08:35,530 --> 01:08:37,520 - Mmm! - Oh! 459 01:08:39,650 --> 01:08:41,610 Your aunt by marriage! 460 01:08:41,740 --> 01:08:43,750 - Is she well? - I think so! 461 01:08:43,830 --> 01:08:46,540 I should have thought you'd have known! 462 01:08:46,630 --> 01:08:51,250 Oh, yes! She told me about coming into your room that night! 463 01:08:51,330 --> 01:08:54,120 I knew you'd have to bring it up sooner or later! 464 01:08:54,170 --> 01:08:57,090 The countess! 465 01:08:57,130 --> 01:09:00,920 There's a fascinating subject! 466 01:09:03,550 --> 01:09:07,210 I believe you have aspirations in that direction, Stachel! 467 01:09:07,350 --> 01:09:09,840 You should forget them! 468 01:09:09,920 --> 01:09:11,930 I'll try! 469 01:09:13,220 --> 01:09:16,440 But if the impossible happens! 470 01:09:16,520 --> 01:09:19,430 I'll buy you a bottle of champagne! 471 01:09:19,520 --> 01:09:21,520 Will you? 472 01:09:22,520 --> 01:09:24,730 It's vintage 1903! 473 01:09:26,230 --> 01:09:29,220 You'll find it! Hard to get! 474 01:09:32,820 --> 01:09:36,830 1903? I'll remember that! 475 01:09:48,010 --> 01:09:49,910 Thanks for the champagne! 476 01:09:54,420 --> 01:09:56,710 That's the damn fool that almost got me killed today! 477 01:09:56,920 --> 01:09:58,700 I believe he's a friend of mine! 478 01:09:58,790 --> 01:10:01,120 Why don't you take it up with him? 479 01:10:01,210 --> 01:10:03,220 I hope it'll be a longer visit next time! 480 01:10:03,300 --> 01:10:05,300 Yes, of course! Stachel! 481 01:10:05,340 --> 01:10:07,710 May I introduce! 482 01:10:07,810 --> 01:10:10,590 The Baron von Richthofen! 483 01:10:13,510 --> 01:10:15,510 It is an honor, Herr Rittmeister. 484 01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:19,020 And I'm very grateful! Hmm! 485 01:10:19,100 --> 01:10:22,310 1903 again! 486 01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:25,610 You'll never change, Willi! 487 01:10:25,690 --> 01:10:28,100 I'd like to have some of Willi's champagne with you! 488 01:10:28,180 --> 01:10:30,680 But I must get back to my squadron! 489 01:10:31,900 --> 01:10:34,110 I'm glad to see you haven't had to pay! 490 01:10:34,200 --> 01:10:36,910 Too high a price for my life! 491 01:10:36,990 --> 01:10:40,280 I only lost an old Pfalz, Herr Rittmeister. 492 01:10:40,400 --> 01:10:43,200 Perhaps now I'll get a better plane! 493 01:10:43,240 --> 01:10:46,200 Oh, yes, you will! 494 01:10:46,280 --> 01:10:50,070 My squadron is going to be equipped with the new monoplane! 495 01:10:50,110 --> 01:10:52,580 Berlin's been promising so long! 496 01:10:52,710 --> 01:10:54,790 I don't understand, Herr Rittmeister. 497 01:10:57,590 --> 01:11:00,870 The baron wants you to join his squadron, Stachel! 498 01:11:01,000 --> 01:11:03,000 I have no objection! 499 01:11:03,080 --> 01:11:05,580 Well, what do you think? 500 01:11:07,890 --> 01:11:11,880 I am! Very flattered by your offer, Herr Rittmeister. 501 01:11:11,920 --> 01:11:13,890 Thank you! 502 01:11:13,970 --> 01:11:17,460 But I'd prefer to prove myself here! 503 01:11:17,600 --> 01:11:19,760 Oh, I see! 504 01:11:19,880 --> 01:11:22,770 Well, I admire loyalty! 505 01:11:31,060 --> 01:11:33,270 You're lucky to have this fellow, Otto! 506 01:11:33,310 --> 01:11:35,270 Switches on! 507 01:11:40,360 --> 01:11:42,490 Thank you! 508 01:12:20,170 --> 01:12:22,180 Holbach! 509 01:12:22,260 --> 01:12:24,970 Bring me that report from Von Richthofen again! 510 01:12:25,050 --> 01:12:26,970 Yes, Herr General. 511 01:12:27,070 --> 01:12:29,560 You're not shoeing a horse! 512 01:12:29,590 --> 01:12:31,560 Get out! 513 01:12:31,650 --> 01:12:33,650 Herr General. 514 01:12:48,160 --> 01:12:50,540 Stachel! 515 01:12:50,570 --> 01:12:53,920 I want him brought to Berlin immediately! 516 01:12:53,950 --> 01:12:56,030 - Yes, Herr General. - There is some difficulty? 517 01:12:57,450 --> 01:13:00,330 I don't know what you have in mind! 518 01:13:00,460 --> 01:13:03,040 But with the offensive at its height! 519 01:13:03,170 --> 01:13:05,040 There'd have to be some legitimate excuse! 520 01:13:05,170 --> 01:13:07,160 To order him from the front. 521 01:13:07,260 --> 01:13:10,450 - He's wounded, isn't he? - Yes, Herr General. 522 01:13:10,500 --> 01:13:13,620 Hmm! A mentionable wound? 523 01:13:13,750 --> 01:13:15,970 In the arm! 524 01:13:16,060 --> 01:13:19,760 Good! The people like soldiers to be shot in the right places! 525 01:13:19,840 --> 01:13:22,840 Order Stachel to Berlin for special hospital treatment! 526 01:13:22,930 --> 01:13:25,720 I want you to ensure that all our newspapers give full prominence! 527 01:13:25,850 --> 01:13:29,050 To this! Gallant episode! 528 01:13:29,130 --> 01:13:32,350 Photographs! Everything! 529 01:13:32,440 --> 01:13:34,350 Yes, Herr General. 530 01:13:34,440 --> 01:13:36,440 Yes! 531 01:13:36,530 --> 01:13:41,140 I think I can get the field marshal to see things my way! 532 01:13:41,230 --> 01:13:43,440 With luck! 533 01:13:47,160 --> 01:13:50,240 Stop! 534 01:13:57,620 --> 01:13:59,740 So what you're telling me behind your jargon! 535 01:13:59,820 --> 01:14:01,820 Is that this machine is unstable! 536 01:14:01,910 --> 01:14:03,920 Exactly! Herr Field Marshal! 537 01:14:04,040 --> 01:14:07,910 We require at least three more months to perfect the design! 538 01:14:08,040 --> 01:14:10,540 By then, the war may well be lost! 539 01:14:17,210 --> 01:14:21,630 Well, Franz, what more have you to say to the experts? 540 01:14:21,720 --> 01:14:23,720 With your permission, Herr Field Marshal! 541 01:14:23,800 --> 01:14:26,300 I would like to produce an expert of my own! 542 01:14:27,640 --> 01:14:29,300 Stachel! 543 01:14:34,010 --> 01:14:37,810 We would like the benefit of your experience, Stachel. 544 01:14:37,930 --> 01:14:41,810 You'll have read in this morning's papers about Von Richthofen! 545 01:14:41,900 --> 01:14:46,230 This is the pilot concerned... Leutnant Bruno Stachel! 546 01:14:49,600 --> 01:14:51,610 This way! 547 01:14:55,530 --> 01:14:57,480 The new monoplane! 548 01:15:00,200 --> 01:15:02,200 Is it as fast as we've heard? 549 01:15:02,320 --> 01:15:04,700 Faster! 550 01:15:04,780 --> 01:15:06,990 What about its maneuverability? 551 01:15:07,130 --> 01:15:09,790 Only one wing... will it take the stress? 552 01:15:09,910 --> 01:15:14,080 It will out-turn any Allied plane present in the air! 553 01:15:14,210 --> 01:15:17,580 It could even turn the tide of the air war! 554 01:15:17,630 --> 01:15:20,710 Then we must have it! 555 01:15:20,790 --> 01:15:24,800 What would your reaction be if I told you that these gentlemen believe! 556 01:15:24,840 --> 01:15:28,800 That there will be risks for you pilots if we hurry it into production now? 557 01:15:30,300 --> 01:15:32,590 Well, we're used to risks, Herr General. 558 01:15:32,640 --> 01:15:34,890 One more wouldn't make any difference! 559 01:15:34,930 --> 01:15:38,470 - Hmm! - Leutnant Stachel! 560 01:15:42,310 --> 01:15:44,310 Tell me! 561 01:15:44,400 --> 01:15:47,890 Do you think that your opinion would be shared by your comrades? 562 01:15:47,980 --> 01:15:49,980 I am certain of it, Herr Field Marshal! 563 01:15:54,990 --> 01:15:59,280 Let me see it again! 564 01:16:40,280 --> 01:16:42,780 Nurse! 565 01:16:45,170 --> 01:16:48,580 Nurse! Nurse, come quickly. 566 01:16:48,680 --> 01:16:50,670 Come along, Herr Leutnant. 567 01:16:53,750 --> 01:16:56,960 Frau Heidemann, Leutnant Stachel! 568 01:16:57,050 --> 01:16:59,250 Yes! I remember you! 569 01:16:59,380 --> 01:17:03,850 - I'm due back in a few minutes! - It won't take long! 570 01:17:03,970 --> 01:17:07,060 The jacket, please, Herr Leutnant. And your shirt! 571 01:17:15,650 --> 01:17:17,640 Frau Heidemann! Those flowers, please! 572 01:17:20,270 --> 01:17:22,270 Thank you! 573 01:17:36,870 --> 01:17:38,860 Thank you! 574 01:17:38,950 --> 01:17:40,950 Sit down, Herr Leutnant. 575 01:17:51,750 --> 01:17:53,750 Excuse me, please! 576 01:17:56,340 --> 01:17:58,750 Mm-hmm! Excellent! 577 01:18:00,840 --> 01:18:03,340 I saw how busy you were outside! 578 01:18:03,420 --> 01:18:05,350 - Yes! - I'm sorry! 579 01:18:05,430 --> 01:18:07,430 Come along, gentlemen. 580 01:18:07,560 --> 01:18:10,340 Along here! 581 01:18:10,430 --> 01:18:12,640 Now, Frau Heidemann, if you please! 582 01:18:12,680 --> 01:18:15,060 It is just this one pose, hmm? 583 01:18:16,930 --> 01:18:19,340 What are you going to put under the picture? 584 01:18:19,430 --> 01:18:23,520 - "Squadron commander's wife nurses wounded hero"? - Yes! 585 01:18:23,650 --> 01:18:25,650 Please! 586 01:18:29,730 --> 01:18:31,730 Oh, very good! 587 01:18:31,820 --> 01:18:35,950 Now move a little closer. 588 01:18:36,040 --> 01:18:40,110 Thank you! Now! Hold still! 589 01:18:52,920 --> 01:18:55,050 - The playacting is over? - Yes, Herr General. 590 01:18:55,130 --> 01:18:57,130 We have finished! 591 01:18:57,220 --> 01:18:59,170 Elfi, my dear! 592 01:18:59,210 --> 01:19:02,420 How good of you to have found time to come and help us! 593 01:19:02,500 --> 01:19:04,840 It was an order, Herr General, wasn't it? 594 01:19:04,920 --> 01:19:06,920 Of course! 595 01:19:07,010 --> 01:19:10,510 It was a very important piece of playacting! 596 01:19:10,640 --> 01:19:12,510 I see! 597 01:19:24,740 --> 01:19:28,730 Well, Stachel, by morning, you'll be quite famous! 598 01:19:28,760 --> 01:19:30,730 How do you feel about that? 599 01:19:32,690 --> 01:19:36,820 - Lucky, Herr General. - Hmm. 600 01:19:36,900 --> 01:19:41,910 Tomorrow, you will be making your way back to your squadron! 601 01:19:43,620 --> 01:19:47,700 And tonight, my wife would like you to dine with her! 602 01:19:50,280 --> 01:19:53,910 That's! very kind of her, Herr General. 603 01:19:53,990 --> 01:19:57,090 Not at all! She likes heroes! 604 01:19:58,090 --> 01:20:00,080 8:00! 605 01:20:15,390 --> 01:20:17,380 You don't convince me for one moment, Colonel! 606 01:20:17,400 --> 01:20:20,800 Herr Leutnant, may I ask you, please, do you envy the birds? 607 01:20:20,820 --> 01:20:22,890 It may surprise you, General, to know! 608 01:20:22,910 --> 01:20:25,310 Is that what makes men want to fly... 609 01:20:25,330 --> 01:20:28,410 - jealousy of the birds? - That I'm a serious student of military strategy! 610 01:20:28,550 --> 01:20:30,630 No, Baroness, I am not really surprised! 611 01:20:30,710 --> 01:20:33,210 Jealousy of the birds! I've never heard it put better! 612 01:20:50,210 --> 01:20:54,300 Herr Leutnant, about the birds. 613 01:20:58,300 --> 01:21:01,170 - Good night! - Good night! 614 01:21:01,210 --> 01:21:03,290 Good night! A most successful party! 615 01:21:03,330 --> 01:21:05,300 Absolutely wonderful! 616 01:21:05,380 --> 01:21:07,370 - Bless you, Kaeti! - Good night! 617 01:21:15,670 --> 01:21:18,000 Hans! 618 01:21:20,790 --> 01:21:22,670 What's that? 619 01:21:22,800 --> 01:21:25,090 It sounds like a drum, Countess! 620 01:21:44,670 --> 01:21:47,050 - Good evening! - Hmm! 621 01:21:47,180 --> 01:21:50,920 As this is my first opportunity! 622 01:21:50,960 --> 01:21:54,460 Of speaking to you tonight, I'll repeat it! 623 01:21:54,550 --> 01:21:56,550 Good evening! 624 01:21:56,630 --> 01:22:00,750 And good evening to you, too, good and faithful family servant! 625 01:22:00,780 --> 01:22:02,540 Good morning! 626 01:22:02,630 --> 01:22:06,130 That late? I must have fallen asleep during your speech! 627 01:22:06,260 --> 01:22:09,210 Hans, some wine for the musician! 628 01:22:09,330 --> 01:22:12,040 White! 629 01:22:21,500 --> 01:22:24,630 Well, I suppose I might as well say it! 630 01:22:24,710 --> 01:22:26,710 Say what? 631 01:22:26,800 --> 01:22:29,290 You're beautiful! 632 01:22:29,420 --> 01:22:32,290 - So are you! - Hmm! 633 01:22:32,420 --> 01:22:35,210 And where is Herr General? 634 01:22:35,300 --> 01:22:37,300 Your husband! 635 01:22:37,430 --> 01:22:39,420 Oh, he doesn't worry about me! 636 01:22:39,450 --> 01:22:42,880 He doesn't? Hmm! 637 01:22:43,000 --> 01:22:45,000 Well, he should! 638 01:22:46,090 --> 01:22:49,080 By now, he's with the Countess von Hoehlen... 639 01:22:49,210 --> 01:22:51,290 on my right at dinner! 640 01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:55,510 They play war games together! 641 01:23:03,460 --> 01:23:05,960 These games go on until morning? 642 01:23:08,580 --> 01:23:10,580 Sometimes! 643 01:23:16,470 --> 01:23:20,960 My husband finds them very absorbing! 644 01:23:21,040 --> 01:23:24,550 It's a very heavy responsibility being a general. 645 01:23:24,580 --> 01:23:27,250 That depends how good you are at tactics! 646 01:23:28,330 --> 01:23:30,250 Herr Leutnant. 647 01:24:05,130 --> 01:24:07,710 - Your wine, Herr Leutnant. - Hmm! 648 01:24:14,420 --> 01:24:16,800 Thank you, Herr Leutnant. 649 01:24:16,930 --> 01:24:18,920 It has been a long day! 650 01:24:23,380 --> 01:24:25,340 - Hans! - Yes, Herr Leutnant? 651 01:24:25,380 --> 01:24:28,370 I want you to go to your mistress and tell her! 652 01:24:28,410 --> 01:24:31,670 I think I know what she means! 653 01:24:31,800 --> 01:24:34,170 - Now, Herr Leutnant? - Now! 654 01:24:53,170 --> 01:24:55,170 Come in. 655 01:24:58,460 --> 01:25:00,460 I knew you would come. 656 01:25:00,540 --> 01:25:02,750 Darling, I am... 657 01:25:04,340 --> 01:25:06,670 Tactics! 658 01:25:06,760 --> 01:25:09,330 Oh, you fool! 659 01:26:51,460 --> 01:26:53,460 There's a heap of letters in your room, Herr Leutnant. 660 01:26:53,550 --> 01:26:55,630 - Mmm! - From all over Germany! 661 01:26:55,760 --> 01:27:00,040 - Any of them perfumed? - Yes, Herr Leutnant. 662 01:27:00,130 --> 01:27:02,250 There's one from Stuttgart! 663 01:27:02,340 --> 01:27:05,550 - Towards the end, she says... - Yes? 664 01:27:05,630 --> 01:27:07,620 Herr Leutnant. 665 01:27:15,220 --> 01:27:19,310 Ah! Hello, Cobra! How was Berlin? 666 01:27:19,340 --> 01:27:23,420 Hectic! Brought you a present, Willi! 667 01:27:25,420 --> 01:27:27,290 Souvenir! 668 01:27:29,420 --> 01:27:31,710 Kind of you! 669 01:27:31,800 --> 01:27:34,210 I doubt if our tastes coincide! 670 01:27:34,300 --> 01:27:37,500 Oh, but they do! Glasses? 671 01:28:10,170 --> 01:28:12,170 Thank you! 672 01:28:25,260 --> 01:28:27,250 Prosit. 673 01:28:28,750 --> 01:28:30,960 Prosit. 674 01:28:37,830 --> 01:28:39,830 Excellent! 675 01:28:42,130 --> 01:28:44,340 What year is this? 676 01:28:44,550 --> 01:28:46,550 Uh! 677 01:28:48,630 --> 01:28:50,580 1903! 678 01:28:50,630 --> 01:28:53,210 We've tolerated you here because we've had to! 679 01:28:57,830 --> 01:29:00,630 One of these days, Stachel... 680 01:29:00,710 --> 01:29:02,630 or should I call you Bruno? 681 01:29:05,920 --> 01:29:10,210 One of these days, I'm going to shake you up! Considerably! 682 01:29:11,210 --> 01:29:14,420 It will give me pleasure, Willi! 683 01:29:14,510 --> 01:29:17,460 I'll look forward to it! 684 01:29:17,510 --> 01:29:21,080 I wonder if you're as good as you think you are! 685 01:29:24,800 --> 01:29:27,210 In or out of bed! 686 01:33:27,180 --> 01:33:29,170 Well, Otto? 687 01:33:32,750 --> 01:33:35,260 Thousands of trucks carrying troops! 688 01:33:37,050 --> 01:33:39,460 I flew over two miles of them! 689 01:33:43,050 --> 01:33:46,620 And it's continuous, like the anti-aircraft fire! 690 01:33:46,760 --> 01:33:51,040 Uh, the new replacements! They just arrived! 691 01:33:51,130 --> 01:33:53,090 They're only half-trained! 692 01:33:53,130 --> 01:33:57,620 I want every man in the air tomorrow, including replacements! 693 01:34:09,630 --> 01:34:12,710 To sum up, then, our offensive has come to a standstill! 694 01:34:12,800 --> 01:34:15,510 A massive enemy counterattack is developing! 695 01:34:15,590 --> 01:34:17,580 The Americans are pouring men into the battle area! 696 01:34:17,790 --> 01:34:20,290 Our army is hard-pressed! 697 01:34:21,800 --> 01:34:24,590 We are outnumbered in the air... 698 01:34:24,800 --> 01:34:29,370 and our observation planes are shot down before they can report. 699 01:34:29,410 --> 01:34:33,090 High command urgently wants information. 700 01:34:33,170 --> 01:34:36,090 Today, I shall lead the squadron! 701 01:34:36,180 --> 01:34:39,880 On a decoy mission to SaintJust to divert British patrols! 702 01:34:40,090 --> 01:34:43,340 Meanwhile, an observation plane from Squadron 35! 703 01:34:43,380 --> 01:34:47,660 Will attempt a photographic reconnaissance of the area around Amiens! 704 01:34:49,460 --> 01:34:53,960 I want two of you to provide close escort. 705 01:34:58,460 --> 01:35:00,460 Stachel! 706 01:35:05,260 --> 01:35:07,710 All right! 707 01:35:07,750 --> 01:35:12,290 Rendezvous at 0800 hours over sector three! 708 01:35:12,340 --> 01:35:15,990 You'll fly the two triplanes. Take care of them. 709 01:35:16,020 --> 01:35:19,630 They are the last ones we are likely to get! 710 01:35:21,840 --> 01:35:23,840 Questions? 711 01:35:28,130 --> 01:35:30,130 All right, gentlemen! 712 01:35:36,220 --> 01:35:38,170 Stachel! 713 01:35:38,210 --> 01:35:41,210 Did you meet my wife at the hospital? 714 01:35:42,420 --> 01:35:45,710 - Yes, Herr Hauptmann. - Was she all right? 715 01:35:48,210 --> 01:35:51,290 She is well, Herr Hauptmann. 716 01:35:51,500 --> 01:35:53,500 Thank you! Good luck! 717 01:43:13,170 --> 01:43:15,170 Where's Willi? 718 01:43:17,250 --> 01:43:19,960 He's dead. 719 01:43:36,630 --> 01:43:38,750 He was flying too low. 720 01:43:38,840 --> 01:43:41,630 He hit the trees! 721 01:43:45,630 --> 01:43:48,120 - What happened? - He hit the trees! 722 01:43:50,630 --> 01:43:53,630 I landed! There wasn't anything I could do! 723 01:43:57,420 --> 01:43:59,920 He was a better man than you! 724 01:44:04,510 --> 01:44:06,410 Well, he's dead! 725 01:44:08,420 --> 01:44:10,790 - Is that your test? - Yes! 726 01:44:10,920 --> 01:44:14,590 - And that was his test too! - What do you mean? 727 01:44:14,720 --> 01:44:16,210 Herr Hauptmann! 728 01:44:18,710 --> 01:44:22,210 Air observation report two British planes down in sector nine! 729 01:44:23,710 --> 01:44:25,720 Willi didn't die for nothing! 730 01:44:27,290 --> 01:44:29,580 I'm glad of that, Karl! 731 01:44:29,620 --> 01:44:31,880 We can tell the family! 732 01:44:33,590 --> 01:44:36,580 They'll be proud of him! 733 01:44:40,090 --> 01:44:45,800 What makes you think he shot them down? 734 01:44:47,750 --> 01:44:50,750 You mean they're yours? 735 01:44:51,590 --> 01:44:55,350 - Why do you think they're not? - Well, are they? 736 01:44:55,670 --> 01:45:00,670 Willi killed himself trying to fly me into the ground and went in instead! 737 01:45:00,700 --> 01:45:04,340 I'm asking you if those two planes are yours or Willi's! 738 01:45:04,370 --> 01:45:07,050 All right, they're mine! They belong to me! 739 01:45:07,180 --> 01:45:09,540 Stachel. 740 01:45:09,670 --> 01:45:11,590 I've just read your armorer's report. 741 01:45:11,630 --> 01:45:16,470 Your guns were jammed! You only fired 40 rounds! 742 01:45:18,750 --> 01:45:21,130 Forty rounds? 743 01:45:21,250 --> 01:45:24,750 Two three-second bursts! 744 01:45:26,260 --> 01:45:28,210 Is your marksmanship that good? 745 01:45:30,130 --> 01:45:34,130 Yes! 746 01:45:35,130 --> 01:45:39,460 I'm not confirming these two victories, Stachel! 747 01:45:39,500 --> 01:45:43,340 But I will report your astonishing marksmanship to air headquarters! 748 01:47:01,630 --> 01:47:04,550 Firing party, right wheel. 749 01:47:10,210 --> 01:47:12,540 Firing party... 750 01:47:12,630 --> 01:47:14,630 halt. 751 01:47:16,050 --> 01:47:18,000 Left turn! 752 01:47:19,710 --> 01:47:21,710 Order arms! 753 01:47:32,800 --> 01:47:37,910 Otto, the general has asked me to tell you he's seen your report to headquarters! 754 01:47:38,010 --> 01:47:41,290 The two victories claimed by Stachel are to be confirmed! 755 01:47:43,710 --> 01:47:46,380 The general feels you are inclined to be, uh! 756 01:47:46,510 --> 01:47:48,870 Prejudiced against this officer! 757 01:48:53,220 --> 01:48:57,000 I hope the owner of this place is as discrete as he looks, darling! 758 01:48:57,030 --> 01:48:59,500 He should be! I paid him enough! 759 01:49:04,380 --> 01:49:07,290 - What's the matter? - Nothing! 760 01:49:08,800 --> 01:49:11,590 It's that bad, is it? 761 01:49:11,670 --> 01:49:15,670 You'll have to decide which you prefer... this or women! 762 01:49:15,880 --> 01:49:18,170 Why can't I have both? 763 01:49:19,670 --> 01:49:23,410 You're soaked through! 764 01:49:23,460 --> 01:49:27,670 You should take better care of yourself! 765 01:49:27,880 --> 01:49:29,840 Are you interested? 766 01:49:31,170 --> 01:49:33,160 Yes! 767 01:49:41,470 --> 01:49:45,250 - Don't you believe that? - Certainly! 768 01:49:54,530 --> 01:49:57,740 But you were interested in Willi too! 769 01:50:05,700 --> 01:50:07,620 Tell me! 770 01:50:16,410 --> 01:50:19,790 How did you feel! Today at the funeral? 771 01:50:29,000 --> 01:50:31,210 Hmm! 772 01:50:39,500 --> 01:50:41,500 You know! 773 01:50:43,000 --> 01:50:45,570 He never did accept me as his equal! 774 01:50:49,790 --> 01:50:52,000 In or out of bed! 775 01:50:54,580 --> 01:50:58,370 You're deliciously crude, darling! 776 01:50:58,580 --> 01:51:01,580 Hmm! You amuse me! 777 01:51:01,670 --> 01:51:03,660 I? 778 01:51:03,750 --> 01:51:06,330 People like you! 779 01:51:06,370 --> 01:51:08,660 - Oh, me? - The count, Willi! 780 01:51:10,660 --> 01:51:14,450 Amuse or shock? 781 01:51:14,660 --> 01:51:17,950 I said, amuse! 782 01:51:18,160 --> 01:51:20,700 I adore your innocence! 783 01:51:20,750 --> 01:51:24,950 You really believe your betters should behave better, don't you? 784 01:51:24,980 --> 01:51:27,530 Don't patronize me! 785 01:51:30,750 --> 01:51:33,030 Not if it offends you! 786 01:51:42,540 --> 01:51:44,780 Darling? My feelings for you! 787 01:51:44,830 --> 01:51:48,330 Have nothing to do with the death of Willi! 788 01:51:48,360 --> 01:51:51,330 You and I are alike, Bruno! 789 01:51:51,360 --> 01:51:53,410 You're good for me! 790 01:51:55,910 --> 01:51:58,410 Willi was a fool! 791 01:52:00,120 --> 01:52:02,710 He didn't die in battle! 792 01:52:02,790 --> 01:52:06,200 He died trying to prove he could fly better than I can! 793 01:52:06,410 --> 01:52:08,200 What? 794 01:52:08,410 --> 01:52:11,160 We played a game! 795 01:52:11,210 --> 01:52:14,990 In and out of the trees! He lost! 796 01:52:15,020 --> 01:52:18,290 But I was the bigger fool! 797 01:52:18,370 --> 01:52:21,000 I claimed two planes he shot down! 798 01:52:22,790 --> 01:52:25,660 I shouldn't have done that. 799 01:52:25,780 --> 01:52:30,000 I can get 20 victories without anyone's help! 800 01:52:33,290 --> 01:52:37,370 That game, whatever it was, it was about me, wasn't it? 801 01:52:37,450 --> 01:52:39,450 In a way, yes! 802 01:52:39,580 --> 01:52:41,460 I find that exciting! 803 01:52:45,870 --> 01:52:48,740 Would you die for me like Willi did? 804 01:52:48,780 --> 01:52:50,750 No! 805 01:52:51,870 --> 01:52:53,950 Are you sure? 806 01:53:31,620 --> 01:53:33,820 All right! Push! 807 01:53:34,910 --> 01:53:36,910 All right! Straight now! 808 01:53:41,620 --> 01:53:43,610 Come on! 809 01:54:06,490 --> 01:54:08,490 It lasted about ten minutes! 810 01:54:08,580 --> 01:54:11,290 They came in low... Sopwiths! They hit the stores and the fuel dumps! 811 01:54:11,370 --> 01:54:13,360 We are being blasted out of the skies! 812 01:54:13,460 --> 01:54:15,950 I tell you, the fuel dumps are gone! 813 01:54:16,080 --> 01:54:19,290 Now, Ziegel, let's get this mess cleared up! 814 01:54:19,370 --> 01:54:21,870 I want to be airborne again by tomorrow! 815 01:54:24,870 --> 01:54:26,870 Come on, Ziegel! 816 01:54:41,830 --> 01:54:46,330 All squadrons have now been ordered to concentrate on the Marmont sector! 817 01:54:46,450 --> 01:54:49,540 The enemy have just achieved a major breakthrough! 818 01:54:49,620 --> 01:54:52,620 Twelve enemy divisions are moving up on the Marmont road! 819 01:54:52,750 --> 01:54:56,120 They are our target! There is to be no air combat! 820 01:54:56,150 --> 01:55:00,080 No air combat! 821 01:55:00,120 --> 01:55:03,030 - Understood? - Yes, Herr Hauptmann. 822 01:55:05,620 --> 01:55:08,200 Our army's in retreat, so we must do the same! 823 01:55:08,330 --> 01:55:10,330 Understood, Herr Hauptmann. 824 01:55:10,410 --> 01:55:12,500 Stachel! 825 01:55:12,630 --> 01:55:15,910 Your personal ambitions take second place to the war! 826 01:55:26,700 --> 01:55:28,700 Get out of the way! 827 01:55:39,080 --> 01:55:41,080 Push! Over! 828 01:57:31,080 --> 01:57:33,070 Hurry up! Here come the Jerries! 829 01:57:48,660 --> 01:57:51,250 Come on, boys! Look out! 830 01:59:40,250 --> 01:59:42,250 See it? 831 01:59:51,250 --> 01:59:53,740 Fire! 832 02:00:00,540 --> 02:00:02,530 Over here! 833 02:03:27,200 --> 02:03:30,040 Five, six! 834 02:03:30,120 --> 02:03:32,120 Seven... 835 02:04:20,370 --> 02:04:22,250 Come on! All of you! 836 02:04:33,250 --> 02:04:35,240 Otto! Are you all right? 837 02:05:12,530 --> 02:05:14,820 This way. Over here. Come on. 838 02:05:18,820 --> 02:05:20,900 You have cost nearly half the squadron! 839 02:05:22,700 --> 02:05:25,230 We shot down seven planes! 840 02:05:25,270 --> 02:05:27,780 Three of them are mine! 841 02:05:29,200 --> 02:05:31,110 Now you have got 22! 842 02:05:32,620 --> 02:05:36,480 You and I know that 20 wasn't enough for you! 843 02:05:37,900 --> 02:05:41,780 The Blue Max is more than a medal to you! It's a badge... 844 02:05:43,910 --> 02:05:47,480 something to show you are as good as Willi! 845 02:05:49,700 --> 02:05:51,700 Not just Willi! 846 02:05:57,360 --> 02:05:59,990 I will see you never wear that medal! 847 02:06:02,370 --> 02:06:05,070 You disobeyed my orders! 848 02:06:05,150 --> 02:06:07,570 I'm going to have you court-martialed. 849 02:06:07,650 --> 02:06:09,860 - Kettering! - Sir. 850 02:06:09,950 --> 02:06:12,160 Escort the leutnant to his quarters! 851 02:06:13,580 --> 02:06:16,440 Your nerve's gone! You've had enough! 852 02:06:16,570 --> 02:06:20,220 - Stachel! - Why don't you do what your wife wants? 853 02:06:20,250 --> 02:06:23,860 - Get a desk job in Berlin! - Come on, Stachel! 854 02:06:31,160 --> 02:06:33,110 Quick! Quick! 855 02:06:33,160 --> 02:06:35,610 This way! Over here! Come on! Quickly! 856 02:06:49,530 --> 02:06:52,700 Stachel! You've been ordered to Berlin! 857 02:07:28,860 --> 02:07:30,860 Here he is! 858 02:07:34,080 --> 02:07:36,070 - Good-bye! - Herr Hauptmann. 859 02:08:25,610 --> 02:08:28,740 Millions have been slaughtered on battlefields. 860 02:08:28,820 --> 02:08:32,200 For what reason? For nothing! 861 02:08:32,320 --> 02:08:35,020 I say down with the Kaiser and his generals! 862 02:08:35,110 --> 02:08:37,460 The time is now ours! 863 02:08:37,500 --> 02:08:39,820 Long live the revolution! 864 02:08:43,980 --> 02:08:45,980 Look out! 865 02:09:01,700 --> 02:09:05,440 My dear Otto! 866 02:09:05,480 --> 02:09:07,860 - Herr General. - Sit down! 867 02:09:07,990 --> 02:09:09,950 Thank you! 868 02:09:09,990 --> 02:09:13,060 - Did you have a good journey? - Yes, thank you! 869 02:09:13,110 --> 02:09:15,520 Sit down! 870 02:09:15,570 --> 02:09:19,150 Otto, tomorrow, Leutnant Stachel! 871 02:09:19,280 --> 02:09:21,360 Is going to receive the Blue Max! 872 02:09:25,570 --> 02:09:27,780 So you do not accept my report, Herr General. 873 02:09:27,860 --> 02:09:30,570 He is young, vigorous, ruthless! 874 02:09:30,660 --> 02:09:32,900 A born leader... at a time when we need his kind! 875 02:09:32,950 --> 02:09:35,230 I believe Leutnant Stachel should be court-martialed! 876 02:09:35,270 --> 02:09:37,230 For the good military reasons I've set out! 877 02:09:37,360 --> 02:09:40,860 - Good military reasons are sometimes not enough! - They are for me! 878 02:09:42,370 --> 02:09:44,520 Otto! 879 02:09:44,650 --> 02:09:48,530 You and I have a greater loyalty than to the book of rules! 880 02:09:49,530 --> 02:09:51,530 To Germany! 881 02:09:53,530 --> 02:09:55,730 - We are Germany! - Exactly! 882 02:09:58,030 --> 02:10:00,030 Take a look outside! 883 02:10:06,240 --> 02:10:08,240 You see that? 884 02:10:11,030 --> 02:10:14,270 Revolution is just beneath the surface! 885 02:10:14,320 --> 02:10:17,820 If that happens, everything we stand for will be destroyed! 886 02:10:17,900 --> 02:10:22,050 Unless the German Officer Corps stands like a rock! 887 02:10:22,080 --> 02:10:26,190 Intact and... what is more important... untarnished! 888 02:10:26,320 --> 02:10:31,410 I made this... Stachel into a national hero for good military reasons. 889 02:10:31,490 --> 02:10:35,400 If I court-martial him now, it will reflect on the integrity! 890 02:10:35,480 --> 02:10:37,570 Of the whole Officer Corps! 891 02:10:39,070 --> 02:10:41,450 Herr General... 892 02:10:41,490 --> 02:10:44,570 I see now I have notions of honor! 893 02:10:44,690 --> 02:10:46,690 Which are outdated! 894 02:10:46,780 --> 02:10:48,860 They're not outdated! 895 02:10:55,480 --> 02:10:58,070 "Stored!" 896 02:10:58,150 --> 02:11:01,660 With care! And love! 897 02:11:03,080 --> 02:11:05,940 For better times! 898 02:11:08,070 --> 02:11:12,240 Here's your report, Otto! I ask you to withdraw it! 899 02:11:15,860 --> 02:11:18,860 - I won't do that! - I know that! 900 02:11:22,160 --> 02:11:25,650 If you insist on this course, Herr General... 901 02:11:25,680 --> 02:11:27,650 I must resign my command! 902 02:11:27,820 --> 02:11:30,150 I do insist! 903 02:11:40,450 --> 02:11:42,530 In that case, I should like an appointment! 904 02:11:42,560 --> 02:11:44,730 To the staff here in Berlin! 905 02:11:44,900 --> 02:11:48,240 That request is granted! 906 02:11:53,200 --> 02:11:55,270 Otto! 907 02:11:55,320 --> 02:11:57,320 I have managed to persuade the crown prince! 908 02:11:57,530 --> 02:12:00,450 To make the presentation himself! 909 02:12:00,490 --> 02:12:05,320 Afterwards, Stachel will test-fly the new monoplane! 910 02:12:05,490 --> 02:12:07,900 It will be better if you were there! 911 02:12:09,910 --> 02:12:11,910 I understand, Herr General. 912 02:12:26,190 --> 02:12:29,700 The keys to Leutnant Stachel's suite, please! 913 02:12:29,730 --> 02:12:31,780 Thank you! 914 02:12:31,990 --> 02:12:34,110 Excuse me, please Excuse me! 915 02:12:34,150 --> 02:12:36,980 Stachel, come on! 916 02:12:37,150 --> 02:12:39,150 This way, Stachel! 917 02:12:55,740 --> 02:12:58,030 I trust you will be, uh, comfortable! 918 02:13:00,530 --> 02:13:04,020 A lot more comfortable than I'd expected! 919 02:13:04,150 --> 02:13:07,650 I thought the press reception went rather well, hmm? 920 02:13:07,680 --> 02:13:09,650 I'll take your word for that! 921 02:13:11,660 --> 02:13:13,650 The bathroom is through there! 922 02:13:17,610 --> 02:13:20,950 How do you like your bedroom? 923 02:13:21,120 --> 02:13:23,860 Oh, uh, if there's anything you want... 924 02:13:23,900 --> 02:13:28,530 and I mean anything... just call reception, hmm? 925 02:13:28,560 --> 02:13:31,200 - You understand? - I think so! 926 02:13:32,200 --> 02:13:34,190 Good! 927 02:13:35,820 --> 02:13:39,820 I'll call in the morning to take you to the airfield! 928 02:13:41,120 --> 02:13:43,110 Pleasant dreams! 929 02:13:52,120 --> 02:13:53,900 Reception, please! 930 02:13:55,900 --> 02:14:00,400 Reception, this is Leutnant Bruno Stachel! 931 02:14:00,440 --> 02:14:03,060 I don't want anything! 932 02:14:18,990 --> 02:14:20,950 Have I come to the right room this time? 933 02:14:21,070 --> 02:14:23,860 Yes! 934 02:14:23,940 --> 02:14:27,360 - Countess! - Herr Leutnant. 935 02:14:34,230 --> 02:14:37,340 May I offer my congratulations? 936 02:14:37,370 --> 02:14:40,450 You may! 937 02:14:42,530 --> 02:14:44,860 - Can I get you a drink? - Please! 938 02:14:47,740 --> 02:14:50,740 I hope you'll be able to be there tomorrow! 939 02:14:53,030 --> 02:14:55,320 Of course! I want to... 940 02:14:55,440 --> 02:14:59,030 - Mmm! - No, I want to... 941 02:15:01,620 --> 02:15:05,020 No, please! I want to talk to you! 942 02:15:05,110 --> 02:15:07,740 - Talk? - Please! 943 02:15:07,820 --> 02:15:09,820 All right! 944 02:15:11,700 --> 02:15:13,690 Talk! 945 02:15:16,320 --> 02:15:18,990 I'm going away tomorrow! 946 02:15:19,110 --> 02:15:21,570 Where? 947 02:15:21,620 --> 02:15:23,610 To Switzerland! 948 02:15:23,690 --> 02:15:26,280 - Why? - Germany's finished! 949 02:15:26,320 --> 02:15:30,990 The war will soon be over, and I don't want to be here when it happens! 950 02:15:31,120 --> 02:15:32,980 Yeah! 951 02:15:35,690 --> 02:15:37,690 Is the general going with you? 952 02:15:37,780 --> 02:15:42,570 No! I want you to come with me! 953 02:15:42,700 --> 02:15:44,690 Kaeti! 954 02:15:44,780 --> 02:15:47,490 I know you're getting your Blue Max tomorrow! 955 02:15:47,570 --> 02:15:50,780 But we wouldn't leave till after the presentation! 956 02:15:53,780 --> 02:15:55,780 I see! 957 02:15:55,860 --> 02:15:57,860 Go on! 958 02:15:57,990 --> 02:15:59,990 You will still have your medal, darling! 959 02:16:02,080 --> 02:16:04,770 It's a piece of scrap! It's worth exactly five marks! 960 02:16:04,860 --> 02:16:09,150 You'll never need to pawn it! I've got plenty of money in Zurich! 961 02:16:09,240 --> 02:16:12,650 Don't you understand what this means to me? 962 02:16:16,070 --> 02:16:20,450 In a few months from now, you will be ashamed to wear a uniform! 963 02:16:23,360 --> 02:16:25,320 You're very stubborn, Bruno! 964 02:16:25,440 --> 02:16:28,950 But if you want to see the war out to the end! 965 02:16:29,030 --> 02:16:32,230 I can get you transferred to a post near the Swiss frontier! 966 02:16:32,330 --> 02:16:34,820 Field Marshal von Lenndorf is a friend! 967 02:16:38,450 --> 02:16:40,450 How dramatic you look! 968 02:16:41,530 --> 02:16:44,570 You can get me transferred, can you? 969 02:16:44,610 --> 02:16:49,240 Do you think I came all this way to run off to Switzerland with you? 970 02:16:49,270 --> 02:16:51,820 You gambled your life for me once with Willi! 971 02:16:51,910 --> 02:16:55,400 That was about flying, Kaeti, not about you! 972 02:17:16,570 --> 02:17:20,570 Run off to Switzerland and become one of your lap dogs? 973 02:17:22,990 --> 02:17:27,490 There's nothing I want to run away from, Kaeti, not even myself! 974 02:17:35,150 --> 02:17:37,860 Come on now, don't be angry! 975 02:17:43,280 --> 02:17:46,640 Where's that aristocratic poise I like so much? 976 02:17:48,770 --> 02:17:51,770 Don't you dare talk to me like that! 977 02:17:55,670 --> 02:18:00,460 Now... Now, Countess, I'll get you that drink! 978 02:18:16,840 --> 02:18:19,840 Serve it to someone else! 979 02:19:16,460 --> 02:19:18,460 The fatherland is grateful, Herr Leutnant. 980 02:19:19,960 --> 02:19:21,960 Thank you, Your Highness! 981 02:20:03,510 --> 02:20:05,500 Yes? 982 02:20:07,340 --> 02:20:09,340 The field marshal said what? 983 02:20:11,130 --> 02:20:13,710 I can't stop the proceedings now! It's too late! 984 02:20:16,130 --> 02:20:19,270 All right, but where is the field marshal? 985 02:20:19,310 --> 02:20:22,420 Ask him to telephone me as soon as he returns! 986 02:20:27,880 --> 02:20:31,210 Get hold of Stachel! Take him somewhere, anywhere! 987 02:20:31,300 --> 02:20:34,370 Just! Keep him out of sight! 988 02:20:34,500 --> 02:20:36,500 And, Holbach! 989 02:20:39,670 --> 02:20:42,870 - Send Heidemann to me! - Yes, Herr General. 990 02:21:17,550 --> 02:21:19,550 Herr General. 991 02:21:19,630 --> 02:21:23,620 Otto, I want you to fly the monoplane! 992 02:21:25,540 --> 02:21:27,420 And Stachel? 993 02:21:27,550 --> 02:21:31,550 There has been a little misunderstanding! It will be cleared up soon! 994 02:21:34,040 --> 02:21:37,420 Without a court-martial, I hope, Herr General. 995 02:21:37,450 --> 02:21:39,420 Will you take the machine up? 996 02:21:42,840 --> 02:21:45,920 - That is an order? - Yes! 997 02:21:49,420 --> 02:21:51,710 Very well, Herr General. 998 02:22:16,590 --> 02:22:19,090 Herr Stachel? 999 02:22:19,170 --> 02:22:22,620 Thank you! 1000 02:22:22,680 --> 02:22:24,670 Someone else is gonna fly it! 1001 02:22:26,380 --> 02:22:28,670 You said there was a! Technical holdup! 1002 02:22:28,800 --> 02:22:31,300 Oh, I think there are other difficulties! 1003 02:22:31,380 --> 02:22:33,750 Obviously, while the general irons them out! 1004 02:22:33,880 --> 02:22:36,460 He thought it best not to disappoint the public! 1005 02:22:36,590 --> 02:22:40,670 - What difficulties? - I'm afraid I don't know! 1006 02:22:40,700 --> 02:22:42,670 Well, who's going to fly it? 1007 02:22:42,760 --> 02:22:44,750 Herr Heidemann, I believe! 1008 02:23:04,460 --> 02:23:06,420 Frau Heidemann! How are you? 1009 02:23:08,250 --> 02:23:10,130 What's happening, Herr Leutnant? 1010 02:23:10,260 --> 02:23:13,250 - I thought you were going to fly it! - So did I! 1011 02:23:15,630 --> 02:23:18,710 I never wanted him to fly again! 1012 02:23:36,210 --> 02:23:40,210 Yes? Ah, yes! I will hold on! 1013 02:23:43,300 --> 02:23:45,290 You're late, darling! 1014 02:23:47,500 --> 02:23:50,800 Ah! Yes, Herr Field Marshal! 1015 02:23:58,000 --> 02:24:02,170 May I ask how you came by that information, Herr Field Marshal? 1016 02:24:42,470 --> 02:24:44,460 You told the field marshal! 1017 02:24:44,540 --> 02:24:47,920 That Stachel had claimed two planes shot down by Willi! 1018 02:24:48,050 --> 02:24:50,300 Why? 1019 02:24:50,340 --> 02:24:55,120 Why? Where did you get the information? 1020 02:24:55,210 --> 02:24:58,420 - He told me himself! - Ah! 1021 02:24:58,550 --> 02:25:02,330 He's an upstart! He insulted me! 1022 02:25:03,620 --> 02:25:07,420 So this time, you really lost your head! 1023 02:25:10,510 --> 02:25:12,790 The field marshal is insisting on a court of inquiry! 1024 02:25:12,930 --> 02:25:14,870 They're going to disgrace him... 1025 02:25:14,920 --> 02:25:18,800 an officer with the highest decoration Germany can give! 1026 02:25:18,920 --> 02:25:23,210 All because of your stupid little anger! Do you understand? 1027 02:25:23,300 --> 02:25:25,420 Do you? 1028 02:25:28,210 --> 02:25:30,250 When they do that, they disgrace! 1029 02:25:30,290 --> 02:25:32,920 The whole German Officer Corps! 1030 02:25:32,980 --> 02:25:35,580 Yes, Otto? 1031 02:25:40,510 --> 02:25:42,790 What is it, Otto? 1032 02:25:42,880 --> 02:25:45,460 Herr General, that machine is a deathtrap! 1033 02:25:46,880 --> 02:25:49,090 The struts are too weak! 1034 02:25:49,170 --> 02:25:51,590 For the wing loading under stress! 1035 02:25:53,370 --> 02:25:55,750 I was lucky to get down alive! 1036 02:25:58,090 --> 02:26:00,090 Thank you, Otto! 1037 02:26:12,050 --> 02:26:14,040 Flight office, please! 1038 02:26:16,040 --> 02:26:18,040 Holbach! 1039 02:26:18,130 --> 02:26:20,630 I want to speak to Stachel! 1040 02:26:29,260 --> 02:26:32,130 Stachel, everything's in order now. 1041 02:26:32,160 --> 02:26:34,830 You can take her up! 1042 02:26:34,920 --> 02:26:37,420 And let's see some real flying! 1043 02:26:40,720 --> 02:26:43,000 Sit down! 1044 02:26:47,420 --> 02:26:49,340 Sit down! 1045 02:26:51,220 --> 02:26:53,210 Control yourself! 1046 02:27:47,750 --> 02:27:49,750 Switches on! 1047 02:32:11,510 --> 02:32:13,500 Holbach! 1048 02:32:17,590 --> 02:32:19,670 Give this to the field marshal! 1049 02:32:21,300 --> 02:32:24,080 It is the personnel file of a German officer! 1050 02:32:24,170 --> 02:32:26,170 And a hero! 1051 02:32:29,090 --> 02:32:31,170 Yes, Herr General. 1052 02:32:44,040 --> 02:32:46,040 Stand up, Kaeti! 1053 02:32:54,670 --> 02:32:57,130 We'll be late for lunch! 71901

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