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Abel Gance

Author and Director

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Romuald Joubé of the Odéon Theatre

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as Jean Diaz

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Maxime Desjardins

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of the Comédie Française

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as Maria Lazare

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M. Séverin-Mars as François Laurin

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Little Angèle Guys as Angèle

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Marise Dauvray as Edith Laurin

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In those days, the people of France

still knew the meaning of joy...

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A festive night in Provence

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One bright morning

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I came across the train

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With three wise men

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Setting off on a journey...

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Jean Diaz, the poet,

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all intelligence, all melancholy,

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all tenderness, all France.

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His dear mother.

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Edith is a married woman.

Stop thinking of the past.

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An owl on a midsummer's night,

soon calamity will be in sight.

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Maria Lazare, Edith's father,

veteran of the war of 1870,

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straight and simple

as a sword blade...

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Go to bed!

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MY ALSACE AND MY LORRAINE

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What Jean was writing:

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Mother, let me read you

the latest poem in my "Pacifiques":

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Ode to the Sun.

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In the meantime, the drunken brute...

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And under the golden circle

of his lamp,

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Jean Diaz wrote his verses of light

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while the happy village slept.

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Tragedy almost seemed to hang

from the tips of the branches...

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This gash on your neck!

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He did it, didn't he?

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Run along!

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One day, when happiness

shone on the village...

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1914

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It's war!

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What's war?

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I don't know.

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ARMY AND NAVY

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ORDER

OF GENERAL MOBILIZATION

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Long live France!

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At last!

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MARCHING ORDERS

IN THE EVENT OF MOBILIZATION,

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RESERVE ARMY

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Private Jean Diaz,

the bearer of the present order,

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is to report for active service

on the 40th day of mobilization.

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Go ask Jean Diaz,

on behalf of Madam Edith,

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if he's being mobilized tomorrow

along with his comrades.

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I'm leaving tomorrow, dearest Edith.

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SEE YOU SOON

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Give François your hand.

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M. Jean doesn't leave

for another month...

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In every household of the village,

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the humble tragedy of departure

played out in poignant detail.

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Evening.

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A few days later, he obtained

permission from his superiors

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to make a two-hour stopover

in Orneval,

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as his company was to report

to a nearby station...

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Dear Edith,

I must see you again.

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I love you.

Your Jean Diaz.

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You could be court-martialed

for that!

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To M. Jean Laurin

Lake Road, Waldheim

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My dear parents,

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My wife, whose conduct

has not been irreproachable,

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is taking the train today

to come to stay with you.

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Watch over her.

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When I return to civilian life,

I will take her back.

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Your son, François.

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She's gone!

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François did not know what fear was.

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Meanwhile, on the home front,

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the veterans were winning

every battle.

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YOUR DAUGHTER

BRUTALLY ABDUCTED ALIVE,

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TAKEN TO GERMANY

AFTER RECENT ENEMY ADVANCE.

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The news of Edith's abduction

spread rapidly through the village.

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Tell me, Monsieur,

is it true they abducted her?

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Can I avenge her?

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I request transfer to active service.

Jean Diaz

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Edith has vanished.

I have no more reason to stay.

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I'm off to the front lines.

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My dear François,

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Be brave.

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Edith was taken prisoner

during an enemy advance.

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MY ALSACE AND MY LORRAINE

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It's all nonsense,

my dear Father-in-Law.

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She sent you that telegram

to be free to join Jean,

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who's lying low somewhere.

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Edith, Jean and his mother

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are the three scoundrels

behind this charade.

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What a spot to write letters!

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Want to get yourself killed,

you idiot?

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It's all nonsense,

my dear Father-in-Law.

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She sent you that telegram

to be free to join Jean,

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who's lying low somewhere.

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Edith, Jean and his mother

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are the three scoundrels

behind this charade.

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Jean?

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But he's been at Officers'

Training School in Valréas

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for the past two months.

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When the guns fall silent.

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You blubberin'

because your missus doesn't write?

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Don't worry, you good-for-nothing...

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You see, my wife ran off

with a young shirker...

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Our new lieutenant.

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Back home, to celebrate

the appointment...

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Nomination at the Officers'

Training School of Valréas

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Number 1: Jean Diaz of Orneval

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My dear Father-in-Law,

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I can't ask this new officer

for news of my wife,

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but I'm certain he knows something.

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Try to find out something

from his mother

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and write back to me quickly.

François

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Dear Mother, I have to find out

what happened to Edith,

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but I can't ask François.

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Ask Lazare if he knows anything

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and write back to me quickly.

Jean

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Wireless reports

an enemy munitions depot

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within reach of Hill 33.

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Send your bravest man,

François Laurin,

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out on a reconnaissance mission

tonight.

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He has little chance of coming back.

Warn him.

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...Jean began to realize he wasn't

the only one who loved Edith...

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Jean's sacrifice.

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Is François back from his mission?

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You deserve the Legion of Honor

for your exploits

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and the guardhouse for risking

your life instead of François,

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whom I had appointed.

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Coffee's ready!

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Jean, tell me...

Have you had any news from Edith?

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And you, M. Laurin, have you?

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Will you forgive me, M. Laurin,

for having loved her as much as you?

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Stop being so formal

if you want me to answer you...

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Will you forgive me, François?

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We'll talk about her often,

won't we, Jean?

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Pipe down, guys.

They're both cryin'. What dopes!

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The veteran piously framed

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the glorious lieutenant's

Legion of Honor

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as the two old people's hearts

beat loudly...

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We're out of ammo!

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So what if we are!

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Do you remember when she...

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You have to understand that there

will always be beauty on this earth

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and that man will never be cruel

enough to destroy it.

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"Letters from a soldier"

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END OF PART ONE

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J'Accuse by Abel Gance

Part Two

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Four years later,

the war is at its height.

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The blue devils are now

only gray, mud-clotted forms.

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The cannon squat

or lie monstrously sprawled,

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the eternal spirit of Evil hovers

over this battle to save the world.

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My fifth blackout in a week...

It's the fatigue.

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Dear Father-in-Law, tell Madame Diaz

to write to her son

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and tell him to report

to the Discharge Review Board,

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as the doctors advised him.

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His health is in jeopardy.

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He could die if...

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I thought I saw an owl there...

It's the fever...

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Dear Father-in-Law, tell Madame Diaz

to write to her son

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and tell him to report

to the Discharge Review Board,

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as the doctors advised him.

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His health is in jeopardy.

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He could die if...

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My dear François,

tell Jean his mother is gravely ill.

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That might persuade him

to request a discharge.

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I'm writing this in secret

because she doesn't want him

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to leave France for her,

as she courageously puts it.

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What his health couldn't accomplish,

his filial feeling did.

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Jean, discharged, returned home.

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Go to bed.

I'm feeling better tonight.

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Well, Mama...

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My dear Jean! My little boy!

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How you've changed!

You're sick too, aren't you?

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I'm just very weary.

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All I want is to go to sleep listening

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to you read one of your poems

the way you used to.

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My poem about the ploughmen?

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The one about silence?

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The Ode to the Sun?

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And, as he had done

four years earlier...

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Dead!

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At that point in the poem

when she had fallen asleep

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the night of the festivities.

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So she could take to her grave

his stanzas of light,

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he sought to finish his ode.

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But all he found

was the sadness of the twilight

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haunted by Edith's gentle spirit.

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War kills as much the mothers

as the sons.

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I accuse!

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It rained that night...

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DEAR PAPA,

COME TO JEAN DIAZ'S TONIGHT.

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I'LL BE THERE.

EDITH LAURIN.

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Mother Diaz!

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Death leaves through one door,

as life enters through another!

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DEAR PAPA,

COME TO JEAN DIAZ'S TONIGHT.

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I'LL BE THERE.

EDITH LAURIN.

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If she came back!

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What's this?

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When enemy troops

occupied the village,

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I hid in the barn,

but the soldiers found me...

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There were several of them...

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Wouldn't François

kill her if he saw her?

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I knew that he wasn't around,

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and I thought that Madame Diaz

would protect my child later...

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Isn't that so, Jean?

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My father's sudden departure

frightens me!

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He has such a violent nature.

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I'm going home. I'll be back later.

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My dear child,

Honor is an old tradition among us.

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I will try to avenge

this indelible affront.

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In any case, I could never stand

that child's presence.

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Jean will help you bear your pain.

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Farewell. Maria Lazare.

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If you leave like my father has,

who will protect my daughter?

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François must never find out.

Never, never.

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If he does,

I just know he'll kill her.

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I'll teach you how to become French.

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Then you can find your own way

to punish your father as he deserves.

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How he loves me,

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to make my tragedy

more important than his own.

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The first French lesson.

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Have come home.

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Notify me of your next leave.

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Affectionately, Edith.

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Hey, cook! Prepare us

something special for tomorrow!

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My wife's come back!

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Unwitting courage.

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They knew their luck would change...

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She... She must have gone out

for a walk...

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Why are those old hags

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looking at me

with such sorry expressions?

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He left... the night Edith came home.

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We haven't heard from him since.

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She's not here, François!

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A distant relative left

little Angèle... with me...

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I'm looking

after her until... until...

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Someone's crying!

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I'm telling you, François

there is no one there!

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After four years of sacrifice,

a brute can become a man,

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a man like Jean Diaz perhaps.

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And François suffered in silence

because Edith hadn't noticed.

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Chance does not like secrets.

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You kissed a child just now.

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Yes, little Angèle...

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A distant relative left her

with Jean Diaz...

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Any harm in that?

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No harm, but... the neighbors talk.

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They say you come

to kiss her every day.

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That bothers me a little...

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My poor Edith, thank you.

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I didn't know, you see.

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My heart is so possessed.

Forgive me!

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Velvet-clawed misfortune

approached,

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and one day...

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Oh, I forgot to tell you.

There's been quite a tragedy here.

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Little Angèle, the child you kissed

the other day with Jean...

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Ah! Well, she was playing near

the river, fell in, and drowned...

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Is this true?

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Admit it, you shameful woman.

That was your child.

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01:42:09,488 --> 01:42:14,086

Dead! Dead!

Yes, she's dead!

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01:42:22,771 --> 01:42:28,805

Dead! Oh, she's dead!

264

01:43:56,942 --> 01:44:02,384

Protect me!

François knows I'm her mother.

265

01:44:02,494 --> 01:44:06,159

He's coming. Protect me!

266

01:44:46,333 --> 01:44:50,533

You weren't a prisoner. You lied.

267

01:44:50,621 --> 01:44:58,759

You went into hiding after you sinned,

and he went to see you on leave.

268

01:44:58,864 --> 01:45:04,778

Admit it, you wretches,

or prove your innocence!

269

01:45:16,713 --> 01:45:24,299

Is your silence formal proof

that you're the child's father?

270

01:46:05,133 --> 01:46:09,574

She's my daughter!

Mine alone!

271

01:46:09,684 --> 01:46:13,452

Let go of Jean.

Don't kill him!

272

01:47:03,758 --> 01:47:06,437

Can you prove it?

273

01:47:18,366 --> 01:47:23,140

BIRTH CERTIFICATE -

FATHER UNKNOWN

274

01:48:04,331 --> 01:48:07,855

You're right, Jean, I mustn't.

275

01:48:07,964 --> 01:48:13,303

I'll leave as soon as I can

so as not to commit a crime.

276

01:48:13,404 --> 01:48:19,077

There are others I have to kill

in exchange for her life!

277

01:48:47,738 --> 01:48:51,594

Leave was almost up.

278

01:49:25,050 --> 01:49:31,118

Jean... It hurts too much to leave,

knowing you're here near her.

279

01:49:31,225 --> 01:49:36,324

You're not to blame, I know,

but you have to understand,

280

01:49:36,431 --> 01:49:38,424

my heart is bursting!

281

01:49:41,959 --> 01:49:51,817

I can't go and live with this anxiety.

Help me find a way out.

282

01:50:03,322 --> 01:50:10,127

Sir, former officer

discharged for health reasons,

283

01:50:10,229 --> 01:50:16,637

I now request permission

to return to active duty

284

01:50:16,737 --> 01:50:22,974

in my old company

with the rank of Private 2nd Class

285

01:50:23,078 --> 01:50:28,834

under the orders

of Sergeant François Laurin.

286

01:50:39,898 --> 01:50:42,835

Departure.

287

01:51:26,456 --> 01:51:31,953

We have to finish this war.

Be brave!

288

01:52:00,555 --> 01:52:02,684

Go ahead, kiss each other!

289

01:52:37,844 --> 01:52:42,776

End of Part Two

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01:52:45,429 --> 01:52:51,427

J'Accuse by Abel Gance

Part Three

291

01:54:52,459 --> 01:54:56,831

Hearing the call

of the dispenser of justice,

292

01:54:56,932 --> 01:54:59,094

hearts united suddenly,

293

01:54:59,201 --> 01:55:04,695

and poor mud-caked bodies

moved toward him like tanks.

294

01:55:07,564 --> 01:55:10,663

He knew how to speak to them,

295

01:55:10,771 --> 01:55:16,040

with visionary images

that roused energy

296

01:55:16,144 --> 01:55:21,125

and made them

clutch their rifles harder.

297

01:55:45,243 --> 01:55:51,883

Beside every Frenchman

there is always a Gaul.

298

01:56:17,386 --> 01:56:21,552

I accuse those who are asleep...

299

01:56:30,636 --> 01:56:36,008

Hang on a bit longer, fellows...

Victory is here...

300

01:56:36,110 --> 01:56:40,242

In front of you,

with its wings spread.

301

01:56:40,348 --> 01:56:42,681

The Gaul told me so.

302

01:57:01,368 --> 01:57:07,282

Come on, men.

The Gaul is with us.

303

01:57:46,697 --> 01:57:52,797

And the visionary told them

many other things.

304

01:57:52,904 --> 01:57:57,366

Profound and painful things,

305

01:57:57,476 --> 01:58:03,782

which mustn't emerge

from the mud through images,

306

01:58:03,885 --> 01:58:12,591

because the eyes are still too far

from the heart to truly understand.

307

01:58:22,413 --> 01:58:24,844

And back there!

308

02:00:07,531 --> 02:00:12,449

However her heart swayed,

Edith suffered.

309

02:00:12,549 --> 02:00:18,820

François's wife, Jean's lover,

Maria Lazare's daughter,

310

02:00:18,923 --> 02:00:20,996

Angèle's mother.

311

02:00:27,991 --> 02:00:35,400

The cross of sacrifice, epitomizing

the French woman's agony.

312

02:00:47,659 --> 02:00:51,153

Strike again, o Sorrow,

if you find room!

313

02:00:51,263 --> 02:00:53,164

Lamartine

314

02:01:02,499 --> 02:01:05,883

The morning of battle.

315

02:01:14,860 --> 02:01:21,097

The battalion is doomed, they know.

316

02:01:21,200 --> 02:01:29,008

They say nothing

but re-read the last letter.

317

02:01:34,183 --> 02:01:41,752

The weather is mild

and the morning indifferent.

318

02:01:41,859 --> 02:01:50,964

The dead won't hold back the spring.

(A soldier's letter)

319

02:02:04,820 --> 02:02:11,023

If these letters reach anyone,

may they instill in the honest heart

320

02:02:11,129 --> 02:02:15,795

a horror of the infamy

of those responsible for this war.

321

02:02:15,901 --> 02:02:18,204

(A soldier's letter)

322

02:02:24,779 --> 02:02:31,152

Dearest darling mother,

I desire nothing more for myself.

323

02:02:31,254 --> 02:02:35,385

When the hardships are truly cruel,

324

02:02:35,492 --> 02:02:42,093

I'm content to be very unhappy

without thinking of other things.

325

02:02:42,200 --> 02:02:45,103

(A soldier's letter)

326

02:02:49,776 --> 02:02:51,438

My dear darling Mama,

327

02:02:51,545 --> 02:02:55,313

If you receive no more letters

from me after this one,

328

02:02:55,416 --> 02:03:01,551

tell yourself that your son

has left this world

329

02:03:01,658 --> 02:03:06,188

for a country without postmen,

330

02:03:06,297 --> 02:03:12,397

but that still he thinks

of you night and day.

331

02:03:28,924 --> 02:03:31,394

Jean, fearing the worst,

332

02:03:31,495 --> 02:03:35,524

had prepared

a series of letters for Edith,

333

02:03:35,633 --> 02:03:39,230

pre-dated with the months to come,

334

02:03:39,338 --> 02:03:45,573

so that she would remain ignorant

as long as possible...

335

02:04:14,147 --> 02:04:17,949

My dear Edith

336

02:04:44,005 --> 02:04:53,985

If I'm killed, look after the child

and Edith. You're the one she loves.

337

02:05:02,373 --> 02:05:06,004

Don't say a word! Is that clear?

338

02:05:06,111 --> 02:05:08,809

Swear to me, Jean.

339

02:05:08,915 --> 02:05:13,149

Raise the child. It's your duty.

340

02:05:13,254 --> 02:05:16,610

I would have killed her!

341

02:05:28,472 --> 02:05:31,033

What about you, Jean?

342

02:05:31,142 --> 02:05:36,241

Do you have anything to say

if you get killed?

343

02:05:51,464 --> 02:05:56,339

No, no. Nothing to say...

to anybody.

344

02:06:04,483 --> 02:06:10,551

I know you love her as much as I do.

345

02:06:41,930 --> 02:06:44,764

The attack on the St. Mihel sector

was filmed

346

02:06:44,866 --> 02:06:50,398

with the collaboration

of French and American troops,

347

02:06:50,507 --> 02:06:54,570

in particular the U.S. 28th Division,

348

02:06:54,679 --> 02:07:00,795

in the villages of Hattonchatel,

Seicheprey and Mosec.

349

02:07:36,430 --> 02:07:43,134

If I fall in battle, send one letter

per month, in order.

350

02:07:43,238 --> 02:07:48,803

It's so she doesn't know I'm dead,

you understand?

351

02:07:48,912 --> 02:07:52,179

Promise, Mathieu?

352

02:09:07,409 --> 02:09:12,144

So it's clear, Mathieu,

not a word to François!

353

02:09:12,248 --> 02:09:16,084

You'll send these letters to Edith.

354

02:09:16,187 --> 02:09:18,885

She mustn't die, as well.

355

02:09:18,990 --> 02:09:22,620

Above all,

don't say a thing to François,

356

02:09:22,727 --> 02:09:24,321

not one word.

357

02:09:43,453 --> 02:09:51,454

Hey! Stretcher-bearers!

Evacuate Jean, he's gone mad!

358

02:11:28,562 --> 02:11:31,778

Get up, you dead bodies!

359

02:12:14,006 --> 02:12:17,098

Until the last one!

360

02:13:11,825 --> 02:13:15,145

I accuse!

361

02:13:26,662 --> 02:13:29,997

After the taking of the village.

362

02:13:52,500 --> 02:13:56,923

After the battle.

363

02:14:33,645 --> 02:14:34,977

And as his life ebbed,

364

02:14:35,080 --> 02:14:38,449

his feverish last thoughts

were for his dear Edith,

365

02:14:38,551 --> 02:14:41,681

whom he had loved so much

without her knowing it,

366

02:14:41,789 --> 02:14:47,093

and who at that moment

may have been laughing

367

02:14:47,200 --> 02:14:51,536

in the gentle light of Provence.

368

02:15:01,980 --> 02:15:04,143

And as in the old days,

369

02:15:04,250 --> 02:15:10,465

François would have liked to say

good-bye to his dear old dog.

370

02:16:07,337 --> 02:16:11,767

Who should be notified

about your condition?

371

02:16:28,420 --> 02:16:37,704

Post these, once a month,

without a return address.

372

02:18:07,943 --> 02:18:13,349

One morning at Orneval.

373

02:18:23,963 --> 02:18:26,660

My beloved, I am doing well.

374

02:18:26,767 --> 02:18:32,139

Don't worry yourself if you

don't receive a swift reply.

375

02:18:32,240 --> 02:18:35,146

I'll be home soon.

Your Jean.

376

02:19:22,402 --> 02:19:27,569

I've been given a secret

and a difficult mission:

377

02:19:27,675 --> 02:19:32,705

I need to know how the morale

is in the country.

378

02:19:39,756 --> 02:19:42,817

What about Pierre,

the blacksmith's son?

379

02:19:48,567 --> 02:19:51,714

And Jenny, the laundress?

380

02:20:06,189 --> 02:20:08,420

That evening,

381

02:20:08,524 --> 02:20:14,830

Jean Diaz took a strange stroll

throughout the village.

382

02:20:41,032 --> 02:20:45,994

The Great Evening.

383

02:20:46,138 --> 02:20:49,667

Edith anxiously tried to understand

384

02:20:49,776 --> 02:20:54,909

Jean's strange, feverish behavior

since his return.

385

02:21:10,601 --> 02:21:13,629

And where is François?

What is he doing?

386

02:21:13,739 --> 02:21:17,475

I haven't received a letter from him

in a month.

387

02:21:30,827 --> 02:21:34,526

Nightmares... dreams... life... war...

388

02:21:34,625 --> 02:21:39,199

The dead... And the living.

I don't know anymore! I accuse!

389

02:22:06,620 --> 02:22:10,023

Come to Edith Laurin's home

at 10 p.m.

390

02:22:10,125 --> 02:22:13,460

for news of your dead.

-- I accuse

391

02:22:29,955 --> 02:22:33,324

Yes, I called you here.

Come in! Come in!

392

02:22:39,761 --> 02:22:43,358

That night, I was on guard duty

on the battlefield.

393

02:22:43,466 --> 02:22:48,201

All your dead were there...

All your dearly departed. All of them!

394

02:23:28,484 --> 02:23:32,017

Then an extraordinary miracle

happened.

395

02:24:11,141 --> 02:24:13,801

One of the dead...

396

02:24:37,874 --> 02:24:40,743

Friends, the time

has come to find out

397

02:24:40,844 --> 02:24:43,313

if our death has done any good!

398

02:24:43,414 --> 02:24:48,649

Let us go home to see if they

are worthy of our sacrifice. Awaken!

399

02:25:00,635 --> 02:25:04,038

...And the dead obeyed!

400

02:25:11,713 --> 02:25:15,356

They obeyed, I tell you!

401

02:25:26,400 --> 02:25:28,393

...MY FRIENDS,

402

02:25:28,503 --> 02:25:32,600

RISE UP! RISE UP!

403

02:26:33,817 --> 02:26:38,119

They had soiled faces

and eye-sockets full of stars.

404

02:26:38,222 --> 02:26:42,558

They came in rising waves

from across the horizon.

405

02:26:46,666 --> 02:26:52,630

While the living marched

to the music.

406

02:27:06,591 --> 02:27:11,587

The unknown dead...

All the dead...

407

02:27:11,697 --> 02:27:16,398

The famous dead marched as well...

408

02:27:46,006 --> 02:27:51,845

I fled this innumerable flock.

I'm here to warn you.

409

02:27:51,947 --> 02:27:54,246

They're coming.

410

02:27:54,349 --> 02:27:57,320

They will gladly go back to sleep

411

02:27:57,420 --> 02:28:02,689

if their sacrifice and death

have served some purpose.

412

02:28:27,057 --> 02:28:30,961

The diaphanous and fantastically

heroic dead.

413

02:28:31,062 --> 02:28:33,327

All the dead were on their way,

414

02:28:33,431 --> 02:28:38,029

and the gentle road

grew transparent beneath their feet.

415

02:29:22,568 --> 02:29:27,624

Stop! You won't leave

before you've heard me out.

416

02:29:27,731 --> 02:29:34,264

If you've been faithful to your dead,

you have nothing to fear.

417

02:29:43,051 --> 02:29:47,490

You, Amelie!

Your husband died for you, too!

418

02:29:47,590 --> 02:29:51,485

How did you behave

during his absence?

419

02:30:05,612 --> 02:30:07,844

I accuse!

420

02:30:20,029 --> 02:30:21,031

And you, Pierre...

421

02:30:21,181 --> 02:30:23,399

Did you run your father's business

as you should have?

422

02:30:44,893 --> 02:30:47,728

I accuse!

423

02:31:03,450 --> 02:31:06,249

And you, Berthe! You, Lucile!

You, Marie!

424

02:31:06,353 --> 02:31:08,346

You profited like cowards

425

02:31:08,456 --> 02:31:12,758

from the deaths of your husbands,

brothers and children! I accuse!

426

02:31:18,902 --> 02:31:21,964

And you, Darmont,

Bernard Chantonin,

427

02:31:22,073 --> 02:31:26,136

you all greedily profited

from the bloodshed shamelessly

428

02:31:26,244 --> 02:31:28,042

to line your pockets!

429

02:31:29,782 --> 02:31:32,342

...When the north wind

blows at night,

430

02:31:32,453 --> 02:31:37,620

can't you hear the millions of

death rattles: "I accuse! I accuse!"

431

02:33:05,868 --> 02:33:10,967

When fate strikes down the good,

it is not being unjust.

432

02:33:11,074 --> 02:33:15,445

The bad who survive

will only be better for it.

433

02:33:32,734 --> 02:33:35,226

May a good flame raise you up

434

02:33:35,337 --> 02:33:40,505

And rather than weep

That I have lost the day

435

02:33:40,611 --> 02:33:45,312

Think that one never dies

When he dies in this way

436

02:33:45,416 --> 02:33:48,410

-- Pierre Corneille

437

02:33:53,827 --> 02:34:00,996

These great dead said many things