Joyeux Noel - Urgency Amidst Confusion in Military Orders
Le Major:
Everyone to their posts!
Gordon: [a moment of indecision]
Every man to his post!
Le Major:
Quickly!
German Soldiers: [Someone in the German trench stands up and walks into No Man's Land]
No, stay here! What're you doing? Come back!
Le Major:
Well, what the hell are you doing! Shoot the bloody Kraut!
Le Major:
What are you waiting for? Shoot him, God damn it! Holidays are over!
Le Major:
What the hell do you think you're playing at? Shoot him!
Le Major:
Shoot him!
Le Major:
Stand down from your posts. Shame on you, Gordon. Shame on you.
Ponchel:
Be silly to die disguised as a German, eh?
Lieutenant Audebert:
What the devil were you doing?
Ponchel:
I had a German help me. I saw my mother. We drank a coffee, just like before... You have a son.
Ponchel: [he dies]
His name is Henri.
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Joyeux Noel - Unexpected Shelter Amidst Impending Conflict
Ponchel: [watching Horstmayer and Gordon shake hands]
A summit meeting, and we're not even invited.
Father Palmer:
Tonight, these men were drawn to that altar like it was a fire in the middle of winter. Even those who aren't devout came to warm themselves.
Lt. Horstmayer: [to Lt. Audebert and his troops]
Our artillery will shell you in 10 minutes, so I suggest you come shelter in my trench.
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