The Night of the Generals

00:45:34,468 --> 00:45:36,369 Notify all units. Phase one completed. 702 00:45:36,404 --> 00:45:39,205 -Stand by for phase two. -Yes, sir. 703 00:45:39,240 --> 00:45:41,774 CP to all sectors, stand by for phase two. 704 00:45:43,978 --> 00:45:45,311 Phase two! 705 00:45:46,414 --> 00:45:47,747 Phase two. 706 00:45:48,883 --> 00:45:50,516 Yes, sir. Phase two. 707 00:45:51,485 --> 00:45:53,386 Phase two. 708 00:45:53,421 --> 00:45:54,821 Fire! 709 00:45:59,660 --> 00:46:01,127 Fire! 710 00:46:13,474 --> 00:46:16,308 Now the major may put his questions. 711 00:46:16,343 --> 00:46:17,977 He's gone, sir. 712 00:46:22,683 --> 00:46:25,451 That maniac is blowing up half the city. 713 00:46:25,486 --> 00:46:26,919 Let's go. 714 00:46:37,131 --> 00:46:39,698 Did you say there was no real resistance? 715 00:46:39,733 --> 00:46:41,567 No, I was there. 716 00:46:41,602 --> 00:46:44,136 One shot from one sniper, that was all, and he blows up the city! 717 00:46:44,171 --> 00:46:47,306 Now, now, we're not the generals. 718 00:46:47,341 --> 00:46:50,109 It is their business, you know, not ours. 719 00:46:50,144 --> 00:46:52,545 We're here just to keep the papers moving. 720 00:46:53,948 --> 00:46:55,848 And yours have arrived. 721 00:46:55,883 --> 00:46:59,151 -Congratulations. -For what? 722 00:46:59,186 --> 00:47:02,288 You've been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. 723 00:47:02,323 --> 00:47:06,058 -Promoted? -And transferred to Paris as of this date. 724 00:47:06,093 --> 00:47:08,828 -Lucky fellow. -Transferred, but why? 725 00:47:09,997 --> 00:47:12,198 Who signed the transfer? 726 00:47:12,233 --> 00:47:13,933 General Gabler, naturally. 727 00:47:18,939 --> 00:47:22,641 -What are you doing? -I'm going to find out where the order originated. 728 00:47:22,676 --> 00:47:26,312 -On whose recommendation here. -Calm down. I've already checked. 729 00:47:28,449 --> 00:47:31,984 General Kahlenberge. He recommended your transfer. 730 00:47:32,019 --> 00:47:35,855 -Did he indeed? -You must have made quite an impression last night. 731 00:47:35,890 --> 00:47:39,692 It would seem so. Thank you, Colonel. 732 00:47:39,727 --> 00:47:44,029 -It's just as well, you know. -That's a matter of opinion. 733 00:47:44,064 --> 00:47:48,067 Above all, Major Grau, not too much zeal. 734 00:47:48,102 --> 00:47:51,037 I have a zealous nature, sir. I can't help it. 735 00:47:58,479 --> 00:48:02,248 Yes, Inspector, I was in Warsaw with General Tanz. 736 00:48:02,283 --> 00:48:04,517 And I have resent those cheap journalists 737 00:48:04,552 --> 00:48:08,888 who try to make him out to be some sort of inhuman monster. He was not. 738 00:48:08,923 --> 00:48:10,423 (SPEAKING ITALIAN) 739 00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:15,261 Inspector, we hire a lot of foreigners nowadays. 740 00:48:15,296 --> 00:48:18,364 We can't get Germans anymore, not for real work. 741 00:48:18,399 --> 00:48:22,935 I've seen General Tanz in the field, with the wounded, the dying. 742 00:48:22,970 --> 00:48:25,538 He was extraordinary. 743 00:48:26,607 --> 00:48:29,074 Compassionate, gentle. 744 00:48:29,109 --> 00:48:30,943 Do you know that after Leningrad, 745 00:48:30,978 --> 00:48:35,014 Hitler ordered the General not to expose himself to enemy fire. 746 00:48:35,049 --> 00:48:37,449 Of course, he found this a great hardship. 747 00:48:37,484 --> 00:48:40,486 Generally happy in battle. 748 00:48:40,521 --> 00:48:43,522 -Yes? -(SPEAKING SPANISH) 749 00:48:43,557 --> 00:48:45,858 Ah, <i>gracias. Gracias.</i> 750 00:48:45,893 --> 00:48:48,394 I'm also learning Spanish. 751 00:48:48,429 --> 00:48:50,763 Well, soon everything will be automated. 752 00:48:50,798 --> 00:48:53,299 Except the Manager, of course. 753 00:48:53,334 --> 00:48:58,070 And then in July 1944, we were transferred to Paris. 754 00:48:58,105 --> 00:49:00,673 The Allies were in Normandy by then 755 00:49:00,708 --> 00:49:04,310 and Hitler ordered us to stop them in front of Paris. 756 00:49:04,345 --> 00:49:07,913 We nearly did too, except that the army was betrayed, as usual. 757 00:49:07,948 --> 00:49:11,317 But we mustn't talk politics. It's bad for business, isn't it? 758 00:49:11,352 --> 00:49:14,353 You asked me about Paris. 759 00:49:14,388 --> 00:49:18,924 <i>It was a paradise to us,</i> <i>particularly after Russia.</i> 760 00:49:18,959 --> 00:49:21,327 <i>I remember that summer</i> <i>as though it were yesterday.</i> 761 00:49:21,362 --> 00:49:25,230 <i>The empty streets, the heat,</i> <i>the quiet. Everything cheap.</i> 762 00:49:25,265 --> 00:49:28,867 <i>By the way,</i> <i>I was in Paris last summer,</i> <i>and my God, the prices.</i> 763 00:49:28,902 --> 00:49:32,605 <i>When they gave me</i> <i>my hotel bill,</i> <i>I couldn't believe it.</i> 764 00:49:32,640 --> 00:49