The Young Lions Page #2

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But we almost hit a cow back there!

The only living thing we have seen

all afternoon. Where is everybody?

Making love, drinking absinthe. You know

the French. Don't you read our papers?

Where are they?

When I was a little boy, I promised

my father I'd kill a Frenchman for him.

They shot off his leg in Verdun,ja, in 1916.

So I promised him, on Christmas Eve it was,

I promised I'd shoot a Frenchman for him.

- Leutnant, have you ever been to Paris?

- No, I have not been there.

Oh, what a city! What a wonderful city that is.

I'll show you a good time there. Ha!

You won't keep those people indoors for ever.

Not those Parisians.

Ah, what wonderful girls!

When I was a correspondent there,

we practically lived in the streets.

Simone and I, we will show you Paris the way

it always was. The way it always will be.

(gunfiire)

(tyres screech)

(gunfiire)

Go up to the road and keep firing on them

in case they try to come to the front,ja?

Jawohl.

Go!

Mets-toi derrire cet arbre.

Komm an.

(gunfiire)

Maeschen, stay behind this tree here.

I go over behind the tree over there.

Jawohl.

(gunshot)

I got him. I got him.

Maeschen, stay down!

(gunshot)

Ne tirez pas. Je me rends.

Streicher! Hold your fire.

Streicher.

(gunfiire)

Brandt, Streicher, come on.

(gunfiire continues)

Brandt.

Tell him to go back

and tell the others to surrender

because we now have them in the crossfire.

Go. Allez.

coutez-moi.

Maeschen... is dead?

- What-what?

- Maeschen is dead?

Ja. I'm sure his father

is very happy now. Ja?

Allez. Allez. Vite.

Arrtez les gars! Arrtez!

Arrtez!

Nous sommes fiichus!

- Captain Hardenburg?

- Ah, Diestl. Nice to see you.

- I understand you had difficulty on the road.

- Yes, sir.

- At ease.

- Thank you, sir.

They were young conscripts, sir, making

a token gesture. There was a roadblock.

No need to apologise. I want to commend you

for the way you seem to have handled this.

Thank you, sir. We had one casualty, sir.

Private Maeschen was killed.

Oh, yes, Private Maeschen.

Did he perform his duty?

Yes, sir, he killed one of the enemy,

and then became, uh... excited

and failed to take cover.

Too bad. I'm sure he fought bravely.

lt's wonderful, isn't it?

Yes, sir. So, with your permission,

I would like to write a letter to his family.

Never mind, Diestl, I will do it.

Leutnant!

Since you are with us, I wonder if you would

mind taking a photograph of me for my wife.

- We had always planned to come here.

- lt would be a pleasure, Captain.

- Come on, Diestl.

- I'm sure your wife is not interested...

Oh, yes, yes, yes! I have written about you

and many of the men. She's most interested.

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