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Then -- an almost mystical image -- Maximus' wolf leaps
through a wall of flame --
"The Wolf of Rome" savages several Germans around Maximus
-- giving him the help he needed.
The wolf and his master fight, side-by-side.
EXT. HILLTOP - TWILIGHT
We see an old man's face, staring down at the battle. The
face is weather-beaten, ailing. The roaring flames from
the battlefield below flicker in his sad eyes.
MARCUS AURELIUS, the Emperor of Rome, is on a horse. A
metal brace extends from the back of his saddle. He is
strapped to the brace with thick, leather straps.
He watches as the Felix Regiment below concludes the
battle. The cheering of the Regiment can be heard as the
final, isolated pockets of Germans are cut down.
Behind Marcus the sun is setting, painting the world blood
red.
EXT. BATTLEFIELD - SUNSET
Maximus, bloody and spent, walks through the aftermath of
the carnage. The Wolf of Rome is at his side. Dead and
dying by the hundreds are scattered everywhere. Roman
surgeons are attending to the wounded.
Marcus walks to him, embraces him warmly.
MAXIMUS:
Caesar.
MARCUS:
Maximus, you prove your valor again.
Let us hope for the final time here.
MAXIMUS:
I don't think there's anyone left to
fight.
MARCUS:
There are always people left to
fight...
Marcus takes Maximus' arm and they walk through the masses
of bodies. Maximus holds Marcus' arm firmly, quietly
supporting him as they walk.
MARCUS:
But this night, at least, Germania
is at last defeated... What will you
do now, my friend?
MAXIMUS:
Should Caesar permit, I'll go home.
I've been away too long. I've
forgotten my wife's face and I
barely know my son.
Suddenly, a tethered GERMAN PRISONER they are passing
calls out to them:
GERMAN PRISONER:
THIS BLOOD MEANS NOTHING, CONQUEROR!
Maximus and Marcus stop. A soldier moves quickly to
silence the German Prisoner.
MARCUS:
(to Soldier)
Stop...
(to Prisoner)
... You speak our language?
GERMAN PRISONER:
You have been in my homeland for
twelve years. Of course I speak
your language. So did my son, who
you murdered. So did my daughter,
who you raped.
MAXIMUS:
(to Marcus)
Come, Caesar...
MARCUS:
No. Let him speak...
(to Prisoner)
... I am Rome, what would you say to
me?
GERMAN PRISONER:
(points to sunset)
You are that sun, Rome, and your
time is over... You can slit a
thousand throats here, and you can
put a thousand babies to the sword,
but it will always be our home.
MARCUS:
Now it is Rome.
GERMAN PRISONER:
It will never be Rome. Not as long
as one German breathes.
The soldier moves to kill the insolent Prisoner.
MARCUS:
No... Release him. Give him safe
passage. Let him go to his family.
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