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SHOUTING AND CHEERING | 0:01:25 | 0:01:29 | |
CAR HORN HONKING | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
We used to swim here when we were children. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:21 | |
Hope Vera hasn't gone in yet. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:23 | |
Completely forgot about the rats. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
Rats? | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
Mmm, big nest of them, apparently. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
We'll be all right in the shallows, but we definitely shouldn't go... | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
Oh, no. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
Vera! | 0:03:35 | 0:03:36 | |
Vera! | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
Get out of the water! Rats! | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
Vera! Vera! | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
LAUGHING | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
Wait for me. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
Victor! | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
-Victor! -There's no rats in here. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:00 | |
You idiot! | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
So? | 0:04:20 | 0:04:22 | |
What about you and Victor? | 0:04:22 | 0:04:23 | |
-What about us? -Come on. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
-He's sweet. -Sweet? | 0:04:30 | 0:04:32 | |
All the attention's making you arrogant. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:36 | |
Stop it. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:38 | |
I'm a block of ice. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
Here. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:43 | |
Come on. We should be getting back. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
Do we have to? | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
-Mother and Father are expecting us. -They're always expecting us. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
-They're driving me mad. -Give them a chance, Vera, all right? | 0:04:53 | 0:04:57 | |
I mean it. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:00 | |
I'll try. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
Better had. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:05 | |
Come on, Vera! | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
INDISTINCT CHATTER | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
..from rats! | 0:05:30 | 0:05:31 | |
ALL LAUGH | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
I'm sorry, Victor. I expected a little panic. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:36 | |
I didn't expect a fully fledged leap into the lake. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
-You knew about this. -I knew Father wanted you to have one. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
-You colluded with them. -Vera, it's just a piano. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
FAINT CHATTER | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
Vera, come and see your surprise. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
Darling, I've been so dying to tell you, and...I just couldn't. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:06 | |
Mrs Ellinger was in on the secret and she's come to hear you play. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
Perfect. She's an absolute beauty, so I'm told. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
Well, come on, darling. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
Give us a taste of what we can look forward to. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
SHE STARTS TO PLAY | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
SHE SLAMS PIANO LID | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
-Oh, dear. -Vera... | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
Vera, come back and apologise now. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
If you can't show me the respect I deserve, | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
then at least show some for our guests. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
I don't want a piano. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
You knew I didn't want one and still you bought it. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
I won't be bullied by you. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
Oh, I buy her the most expensive | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
gift of her life, but, no, I'm bullying. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:10 | |
Your father hoped you'd be happy, dear. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
That piano could pay for a whole year at Oxford. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
Oh, here we go. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:15 | |
And all this time you said you couldn't afford for me to go. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:17 | |
-No, I can't afford to waste money, no. -Oh, Arthur. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
Vera, I... I didn't mean... | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
Vera, come back here, now! | 0:07:22 | 0:07:24 | |
I've thrown my work out. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
You can take it to your paper factory and pulp it for all I care. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
Now, stop it. I'm simply concerned | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
that you're turning yourself into a bluestocking. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:57 | |
That's no way to find a husband. | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
I don't want a husband. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
How many times do I have to spell it out? | 0:08:01 | 0:08:03 | |
I'm sorry you didn't have a daughter whose sole purpose in life | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
is to hitch herself to a man. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:08 | |
There it is. I'm not getting married. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:12 | |
Not now, not ever. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:13 | |
Well... | 0:08:15 | 0:08:16 | |
That's clear, then. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
-Ted. -Roland. -Good to see you. -Welcome. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
Vic. Great to see you. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
-Hello, Mr Brittain. -Roland, we've heard great things about you. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:27 | |
-Can I help? -Oh, you frightened me. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
No, thanks. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:48 | |
Please, I'd rather be by myself. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
It's the books I'm worried about. | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
I've never seen anyone beat them up that way. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
Wordsworth, Shelley. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
Poor Byron. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:06 | |
All these Romantics aren't good for you, you know? | 0:09:07 | 0:09:10 | |
Don't worry. They have very little influence. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
So I saw earlier. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
I'm sorry about the badly timed arrival, by the way. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:23 | |
-I can see this is all highly amusing for you. -No. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
Yes. You're already polishing up the | 0:09:25 | 0:09:27 | |
anecdote for your friends back at school. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:29 | |
PIANO MUSIC PLAYS | 0:09:52 | 0:09:58 | |
I'm sorry. I was so caught up in myself. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
I didn't think what this must be like for you. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:19 | |
She certainly didn't deserve the treatment you gave her. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:26 | |
Well, I got you your piano. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:28 | |
That's something to be happy about, at least. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
You can thank me for that. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:33 | |
MEN LAUGHING | 0:10:33 | 0:10:36 | |
Shh. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:39 | |
Come on, then, Ted, Ash Grove. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
-Yes, Ash Grove! -Ash Grove. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
-Right. Ready? -Yeah. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:52 | |
THEY PLAY THE ASH GROVE | 0:10:54 | 0:10:59 | |
Very good. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:11 | |
KNOCK ON DOOR | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
Hello. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
You're studying. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:42 | |
What of it? | 0:11:42 | 0:11:44 | |
Nothing, I... | 0:11:44 | 0:11:46 | |
Look, I've done the Oxford entrance exams. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
It's all about technique. I could help you. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
Once you've learnt it, you'll sail through, I'm sure. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:53 | |
Like a Masonic secret, passed from teacher to boy. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:57 | |
Actually, my teachers weren't that good. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:01 | |
I worked it out for myself. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:03 | |
And so will I. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:07 | |
It's just three years of study, Father. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:23 | |
You know women don't even get degrees at Oxford? | 0:12:24 | 0:12:28 | |
What's the point of her going, then? | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
It's all she's ever wanted. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:33 | |
She's set her mind on it. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:34 | |
But it's three years of extra expense. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
I'd share my allowance with her. That would help. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:40 | |
What about the entrance exam? | 0:12:40 | 0:12:42 | |
Don't you need tuition for such a thing? | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
She's teaching herself. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:47 | |
I wouldn't feel right about going | 0:12:50 | 0:12:52 | |
myself if Vera didn't have the chance. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
She was always so bright. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:56 | |
FLOORBOARD CREAKS | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
Vera? | 0:13:01 | 0:13:02 | |
Very well, then. You can sit the wretched thing if you want to. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:15 | |
-Oh, thank you, Daddy. -Well, you're just sitting it, mind. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
And then we'll see. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
Now, play me some of that piano. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:25 | |
Careful. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
God, it's beautiful here. You're so lucky. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
Mmm. Except we're nearly back at school. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
We're here now, Ted. Come on. Live in the moment a little. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:13 | |
One more term and it'll all be over. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:15 | |
Sort of daunting, | 0:14:16 | 0:14:18 | |
seeing your whole life stretched out in front of you. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:22 | |
At least you won't be buried alive in Buxton. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:25 | |
Do we have a suffragette on our hands? | 0:14:27 | 0:14:29 | |
I would be, given the chance. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:31 | |
I suppose that shocks you. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:35 | |
You're talking to the wrong man, Vera. Roland's a supporter. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
Well, my mother does admire them. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
She's a novelist and she writes for the papers. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:45 | |
She supports the whole family, in fact. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:47 | |
I hope you don't mind me saying. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:49 | |
Well, not now I've seen Vera's face. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
I had no idea. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
Well, perhaps you've jumped to conclusions about me. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
I think that's mutual. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:01 | |
Oh, no. No, I've researched you quite thoroughly. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:04 | |
I even found a poem in the yard, in fact. I took the liberty of... | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
Poem? You kept that very quiet. Let's have a look. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:10 | |
Give it back. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
It's nothing. It's a stupid thing. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:19 | |
Well, I don't know about anyone else, but... | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
I could do with a drink of something. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:30 | |
Yes, er... Let's get back to the house. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:34 | |
INDISTINCT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER | 0:15:42 | 0:15:45 | |
I didn't know you kept it a secret. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
I kept it quiet because I was moved by it. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:51 | |
I found it beautiful. | 0:15:51 | 0:15:52 | |
And you seem an impossible person to say that to. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
I'm not. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:00 | |
No. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:03 | |
What if I told you I want to be a writer? | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
And I even dream of earning a living by it. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:08 | |
I want to write, too, as it happens. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
But I'm a little in my mother's shadow. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
Is she good? | 0:16:18 | 0:16:19 | |
How's she done it? | 0:16:21 | 0:16:23 | |
Sheer pig-headedness. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
You should meet her. You'd get on. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:28 | |
You must write. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
Really. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:43 | |
No-one's ever said that to me before. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:49 | |
FLOORBOARD CREAKS | 0:17:23 | 0:17:25 | |
DOOR CLOSES | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
Come on! You'll miss the train! | 0:18:04 | 0:18:06 | |
Roland! Come on, we're leaving! | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
Heck! | 0:18:08 | 0:18:09 | |
-I don't want you to go. -We'll have the whole summer. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
-MRS BRITTAIN: -Come along, boys. You don't want to be late. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
You've a train to catch. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
I'll just be back in a minute. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:22 | |
Has anybody seen the big, black suitcase? | 0:18:22 | 0:18:24 | |
Erm... | 0:18:24 | 0:18:25 | |
-Goodbye. -Goodbye. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:28 | |
Victor, come on! | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
Roland, don't forget your tennis racket. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
FOOTSTEPS DESCENDING STAIRS | 0:18:41 | 0:18:43 | |
I wish you weren't going so soon. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
Did you read the poem? | 0:18:50 | 0:18:52 | |
-Of course. -And? | 0:18:52 | 0:18:54 | |
It's well crafted. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
But? | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
It was a little dry, as though you were holding back. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:03 | |
-I couldn't find you in it. -Well, I can assure you it's mine. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
-Of course, I... I didn't mean... -Roland, come on, we're late. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:12 | |
-MRS BRITTAIN: -Vera! Come on, Vera! | 0:19:12 | 0:19:14 | |
Come on, darling. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:18 | |
Let's go. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
-Bye! -Bye, Mother! | 0:19:22 | 0:19:23 | |
-ROLAND: -Thank you! | 0:19:23 | 0:19:25 | |
VERA: "Edward, please send me news of Roland Leighton. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:40 | |
"Tell him how much I enjoyed meeting him, will you? | 0:19:40 | 0:19:45 | |
"I think I offended him, Edward. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:47 | |
"You know I can be my own worst enemy." | 0:19:47 | 0:19:50 | |
INDISTINCT CHATTER | 0:19:50 | 0:19:52 | |
-ROLAND: -"Edward assures me you won't mind me writing direct. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:01 | |
"You set me a challenge, you see, and I've done my best to meet it. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
"I hope you find more feeling in this one. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
"Down the long, white road we walked together | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
"Down between the grey hills and the heather | 0:20:13 | 0:20:16 | |
"You seemed all brown and soft, just like a linnet | 0:20:16 | 0:20:21 | |
"Your errant hair had shadowed sunbeams in it | 0:20:21 | 0:20:25 | |
"And there shone all April in your eyes." | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
-GUARD: -Oxford, next stop! | 0:20:46 | 0:20:47 | |
-AUNT BELLE: -Ah, the famous honey-coloured stone, yes. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
Very beautiful. Yes, this is the right square, dear. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
Nothing like what we've got in Buxton. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:03 | |
A different hue altogether. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
That might be Broad Street over there. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
It's down at the bottom. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:09 | |
SHE CONTINUES TALKING INDISTINCTLY | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
Do be careful. These bicycles are everywhere. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
Vera, dear, this way. There's a horse coming now. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
All looks very secretive, doesn't it? This way, dear. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
-What? -Come along. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
I know you're only staying two nights, but Oxford can get chilly. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:29 | |
I brought you an extra nightie, just in case. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:31 | |
Aunt, please. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
I promised your mother I'd keep a proper eye on you. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
She does worry. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
Bedsocks. That's my final word. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:39 | |
I'm sorry, are you lost? | 0:21:47 | 0:21:49 | |
I'm here for the exam. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:51 | |
Oh. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:52 | |
Er, the porter's lodge is there. He'll direct you. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:56 | |
-Thank you. -I'm Vera's Aunt Belle. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:58 | |
I shall be staying nearby. | 0:21:58 | 0:22:00 | |
BELL TOLLS | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
Is it an entrance exam we're holding or a debutantes' ball? | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
It's the Latin essay I'm dreading. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:24 | |
My tutor's convinced Virgil will come up. I hope he's right. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:27 | |
Essay? | 0:22:27 | 0:22:29 | |
CHATTER CONTINUES | 0:22:30 | 0:22:33 | |
You may begin. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
Excuse me. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:53 | |
-Excuse me, about the Latin paper... -What is it? | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
-I didn't know an essay was required. -It's stated quite clearly. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:03 | |
I must have missed it. I didn't have a tutor. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:07 | |
I prepared for this by myself. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
-You seemed to be busy writing, Miss... -Brittain. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
-I wrote it in German instead. -German? | 0:24:14 | 0:24:17 | |
Perhaps where you come from, German and Latin can be equated, | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
but not here, I'm afraid. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:23 | |
You've judged me already. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:29 | |
You think I'm frivolous, a provincial upstart, but I'm not. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:34 | |
I think you're keen to stand out. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:37 | |
Yes. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:38 | |
Good day, Miss Brittain. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:42 | |
Our next gathering will be on Wednesday. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:54 | |
Lovely. I tell you what, we are a little stuck... | 0:24:54 | 0:24:58 | |
VERA: "It was a disaster, Edward. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
"All my dreams are over. I'll never escape Buxton now. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:06 | |
"And Roland hasn't answered my last letter. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
"Perhaps he's had second thoughts. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:11 | |
"Thank goodness I have someone I can confide in." | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
Better luck next time. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:21 | |
Vera, hurry, hurry! | 0:25:25 | 0:25:28 | |
Strict instructions from Edward, we mustn't be late for his parade. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
Gracious, it's only school speech day. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:39 | |
I'm not sure that any of these are going to be nice enough. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:41 | |
Of course they are. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:43 | |
No. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:46 | |
What's in the letter, dear? | 0:25:58 | 0:26:00 | |
Oh, come on, Vera, you can't go hiding things from me. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:04 | |
-It's from Oxford. -Oh. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:10 | |
-MRS BRITTAIN SIGHS -I thought it might be from a boy. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:13 | |
-Don't tell Father. -All right. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
There, that's the one. Perfect. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:18 | |
-What do you think, dear? -Daddy? | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
What? | 0:26:21 | 0:26:22 | |
Oh. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:24 | |
Yes, perfect. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:27 | |
Was that the right answer? | 0:26:27 | 0:26:28 | |
MILITARY BAND PLAYS, VERA LAUGHS | 0:26:33 | 0:26:36 | |
Another year, another school speech day. | 0:26:56 | 0:27:00 | |
And as we send our proud cadets out onto life's stage, | 0:27:00 | 0:27:03 | |
we say, as always, | 0:27:03 | 0:27:06 | |
be strong, be loyal, be brave... | 0:27:06 | 0:27:10 | |
loyal to yourselves, loyal to kith and kin, | 0:27:10 | 0:27:15 | |
but above all else, loyal to your homeland, | 0:27:15 | 0:27:20 | |
ready always to serve the glory of the Empire. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:23 | |
You will go out into the wider world | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
rich in the values of Uppingham School. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
Use those values to make your contribution to our nation. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:34 | |
Many of you will now be going on to university. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
Your masters and I look forward to seeing you excel there, | 0:27:39 | 0:27:42 | |
and we expect you to uphold the standards... | 0:27:42 | 0:27:45 | |
My results from Oxford. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:57 | |
Come on. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:07 | |
No-one will disturb us here. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:12 | |
VERA SIGHS | 0:28:15 | 0:28:16 | |
I know what it's going to say. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:20 | |
Shall I? | 0:28:20 | 0:28:21 | |
SHE EXHALES | 0:28:28 | 0:28:30 | |
You got in. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:40 | |
EDWARD LAUGHS | 0:28:49 | 0:28:51 | |
Come here! | 0:28:51 | 0:28:52 | |
But it says you need to work on your Latin! | 0:28:54 | 0:28:57 | |
You'd better tell Roland. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:02 | |
Do you think? | 0:29:02 | 0:29:04 | |
Go on. | 0:29:04 | 0:29:05 | |
CHUCKLING | 0:29:08 | 0:29:10 | |
INDISTINCT CHATTER | 0:29:13 | 0:29:14 | |
Er, Mother, Father, this is Edward's sister, Vera. | 0:29:24 | 0:29:27 | |
-Well, how do you do? -Nice to meet you. | 0:29:27 | 0:29:29 | |
I didn't know Edward had a sister. Nice to meet you, dear. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:32 | |
-Pleasure. -You look happy about something. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:34 | |
VERA LAUGHS SOFTLY | 0:29:34 | 0:29:36 | |
I just heard. I got a place at Somerville. | 0:29:36 | 0:29:39 | |
-Congratulations! -Congratulations! -Congratulations! | 0:29:39 | 0:29:41 | |
Now suddenly she's become a VERY intriguing young lady. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:44 | |
Don't you think, Roland? | 0:29:44 | 0:29:45 | |
ROLAND CHUCKLES | 0:29:45 | 0:29:47 | |
-Excuse me, I must tell my parents. -Yes. | 0:29:49 | 0:29:53 | |
-Well... -Excuse me, sorry. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:55 | |
Vera, wait. | 0:29:55 | 0:29:57 | |
Can we talk alone? | 0:29:59 | 0:30:00 | |
Please. | 0:30:03 | 0:30:04 | |
-It's such good news about Oxford. -You don't have to say that. | 0:30:12 | 0:30:15 | |
No, I know, but Somerville is quite... | 0:30:15 | 0:30:18 | |
Look, if it's friendship you want, that's fine with me. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:21 | |
-I prefer clarity, that's all. -No, it's been a busy term. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:27 | |
Exams, and ending school is quite the time-consuming business, | 0:30:27 | 0:30:30 | |
-as it turns out. -Your mother didn't even know I exist. | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
Now, that... that is self-protection. | 0:30:33 | 0:30:35 | |
HE SIGHS | 0:30:42 | 0:30:44 | |
-I've been carrying it around with me. -So why didn't you write back? | 0:30:44 | 0:30:47 | |
-A little nervous, perhaps. -CHUCKLES | 0:30:47 | 0:30:50 | |
Not good with words. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:51 | |
SHE SCOFFS | 0:30:51 | 0:30:53 | |
For someone who wants to be a writer... | 0:30:53 | 0:30:55 | |
When we're at Oxford, we'll be able to see each other every day. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:05 | |
-I'll be concentrating on my work. -Well, you'll need fresh air, surely. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:10 | |
And a chaperone. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:13 | |
Lapdog. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:14 | |
Humble slave. | 0:31:14 | 0:31:16 | |
Vera, let's agree. | 0:31:22 | 0:31:24 | |
No more fear. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:26 | |
No more fear. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:31 | |
Vera? | 0:31:33 | 0:31:34 | |
What on earth is going on? | 0:31:36 | 0:31:38 | |
This isn't the way to go about it. | 0:31:39 | 0:31:42 | |
I'd like permission to see Vera again, Mrs Brittain. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:45 | |
Fully chaperoned, of course. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:46 | |
We'll see. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:48 | |
TRAIN WHISTLE HOOTS | 0:32:01 | 0:32:03 | |
Mr Leighton. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:27 | |
Slow down, you two! | 0:32:29 | 0:32:31 | |
Excuse me. | 0:32:42 | 0:32:43 | |
BOTH LAUGH | 0:33:24 | 0:33:26 | |
I think we lost her. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:29 | |
-We've been very bad, you know. -Mmm. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:37 | |
-We're going to get a terrible report. -Mother won't be surprised. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:41 | |
-She thinks she has a very odd daughter. -Not odd. Just interesting. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:45 | |
I've never known where I fit. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:49 | |
Does it need to be a place? | 0:33:53 | 0:33:55 | |
Well, I don't know what to say to the pair of you! | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
No, really, I don't! | 0:34:03 | 0:34:05 | |
My feet are hurting. We'd better call it a day. | 0:34:07 | 0:34:10 | |
Ah, newspaper. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:13 | |
Countdown to war. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:15 | |
Thank you, madam. Morning, sir. | 0:34:17 | 0:34:20 | |
TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS | 0:34:20 | 0:34:22 | |
Here you are, sir. Today's headlines. | 0:34:22 | 0:34:25 | |
My boys'll be the first to sign up and it'll be a long queue. | 0:34:30 | 0:34:34 | |
I think there isn't a lad in the country | 0:34:35 | 0:34:37 | |
doesn't want to go and crush that bloody Kaiser. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:40 | |
I think the war will be over very quickly, if it happens at all. | 0:34:40 | 0:34:43 | |
TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS | 0:34:44 | 0:34:47 | |
KNOCK ON DOOR | 0:34:57 | 0:34:59 | |
Yes? | 0:34:59 | 0:35:00 | |
I need your help. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:11 | |
Tell me. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:13 | |
I've been talking to Father about signing up. | 0:35:13 | 0:35:15 | |
Already? | 0:35:17 | 0:35:18 | |
This is what we trained for. I'm an officer cadet. | 0:35:18 | 0:35:21 | |
Father was his usual calm self. | 0:35:23 | 0:35:25 | |
Said he'd rather put a gun to his head than let me go. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:28 | |
It's all happening so fast. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:32 | |
There are boys from the town who've signed up already. | 0:35:32 | 0:35:34 | |
How will it look if I'm not among them? | 0:35:34 | 0:35:36 | |
I'll talk to him. | 0:35:39 | 0:35:40 | |
Calmly. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:44 | |
I promise. | 0:35:44 | 0:35:45 | |
HE CHUCKLES | 0:35:45 | 0:35:46 | |
-What was making YOU so cheerful? -I'm not. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:51 | |
I don't think Roland will go. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:57 | |
-Don't go losing your head over him. -Why not? | 0:35:59 | 0:36:02 | |
No, no, no, no, no! | 0:36:05 | 0:36:07 | |
SHE GIGGLES | 0:36:07 | 0:36:08 | |
DOOR CLOSES | 0:36:11 | 0:36:12 | |
No. I said no. | 0:36:15 | 0:36:18 | |
All the papers are saying it'll be short and fast. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:20 | |
Well, I know a little more of war than you do, young lady, | 0:36:20 | 0:36:22 | |
and I can assure you it's never short and it's never fast. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:25 | |
If we believe that from the outset, | 0:36:25 | 0:36:27 | |
it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, doesn't it? | 0:36:27 | 0:36:29 | |
He might not even see any fighting. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:33 | |
MR BRITTAIN SIGHS | 0:36:33 | 0:36:35 | |
He's only 18. | 0:36:35 | 0:36:37 | |
What's he going to say when everyone around him | 0:36:37 | 0:36:39 | |
is signing up and he isn't? | 0:36:39 | 0:36:40 | |
Let him be a man. | 0:36:43 | 0:36:45 | |
He won't forgive you if you don't. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:47 | |
"Dear Roland, now we're a nation at war, | 0:36:52 | 0:36:55 | |
"is it terrible of me to be so excited about Oxford? | 0:36:55 | 0:36:59 | |
"I'll be catching the 2:20 train on Thursday | 0:37:00 | 0:37:02 | |
"and I'll be travelling alone. | 0:37:02 | 0:37:04 | |
"Could you meet me at Leicester?" | 0:37:06 | 0:37:08 | |
INDISTINCT CHATTER | 0:37:16 | 0:37:19 | |
Where's your luggage? | 0:37:36 | 0:37:37 | |
Sit down. I have something to tell you. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:45 | |
What is it? | 0:37:46 | 0:37:47 | |
I'm not coming to Oxford, Vera. | 0:37:49 | 0:37:50 | |
You've signed up. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:56 | |
A commission with the 4th Norfolks. I'm joining them tomorrow. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:01 | |
Tomorrow? | 0:38:04 | 0:38:05 | |
How? | 0:38:07 | 0:38:08 | |
Edward's still waiting. Everybody is. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:18 | |
My Uncle Theo's a military man. | 0:38:18 | 0:38:21 | |
He pulled some strings. | 0:38:21 | 0:38:22 | |
-Did he push you to it? -No. No, I asked him to. | 0:38:22 | 0:38:24 | |
Vera, I have to go. How many generations get the chance | 0:38:28 | 0:38:30 | |
to be involved in something like this? | 0:38:30 | 0:38:33 | |
I can't let others do my duty for me. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:35 | |
I'll be in Norwich. It's not even active service. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:42 | |
You wouldn't want me not to? | 0:38:44 | 0:38:45 | |
There'll be months of training. | 0:38:48 | 0:38:50 | |
At which point, it could all be over. | 0:38:51 | 0:38:54 | |
Me and Ted will be coming to Oxford with you in the New Year. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:58 | |
Isn't it strange... | 0:39:25 | 0:39:27 | |
..that I'm the one going to Oxford, without Edward or you? | 0:39:28 | 0:39:31 | |
Ah, Miss Brittain. Surprised to be here, no doubt. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:49 | |
-Considering I had no tuition. -Yes, and how it showed. | 0:39:49 | 0:39:52 | |
Luckily you also displayed an original mind. | 0:39:52 | 0:39:54 | |
Though whether you can bring any discipline to bear on it | 0:39:55 | 0:39:58 | |
is another matter. | 0:39:58 | 0:39:59 | |
"Oxford is everything we dreamed of and more. | 0:40:05 | 0:40:09 | |
"If only you were here to share it with me, Roland. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:12 | |
"I want to ask you to leave the Army, | 0:40:15 | 0:40:18 | |
"but I can't do that. I won't. | 0:40:18 | 0:40:22 | |
"Victor's been turned down because of his poor eyesight, | 0:40:25 | 0:40:29 | |
"but Edward's joining the Sherwood Foresters soon. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:32 | |
"My heart lurched at the sight of him. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:35 | |
"My little brother, suddenly so grown up." | 0:40:35 | 0:40:38 | |
-Look at you. Vera, the Oxford student. -How are you? | 0:40:42 | 0:40:45 | |
I'm very well. | 0:40:45 | 0:40:46 | |
"At least I have the comfort of knowing | 0:40:47 | 0:40:49 | |
"you're all safe on English soil." | 0:40:49 | 0:40:51 | |
The injured will be taken there this afternoon. | 0:40:56 | 0:40:58 | |
All these beds can be sent to the dining hall. | 0:40:59 | 0:41:02 | |
-All right. -Then you can tell Matron she can... | 0:41:02 | 0:41:04 | |
THUNDER RUMBLES | 0:41:09 | 0:41:10 | |
-ROLAND: -"Leave for France Thursday. Charing Cross, half past one. | 0:41:34 | 0:41:39 | |
"Please confirm can come. Roland." | 0:41:39 | 0:41:42 | |
We can't have students gallivanting off to London. | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
It's not a gallivant. | 0:41:50 | 0:41:52 | |
CLICKS TONGUE | 0:41:52 | 0:41:53 | |
We have to work twice as hard as the men, Miss Brittain. | 0:41:54 | 0:41:57 | |
We have to be twice as good. | 0:41:57 | 0:41:59 | |
Otherwise what is the point of us fighting all these years | 0:41:59 | 0:42:02 | |
to prove that we're worthy of degrees? | 0:42:02 | 0:42:03 | |
It's to say goodbye to someone going to the front. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:07 | |
You already have someone there, perhaps. | 0:42:10 | 0:42:12 | |
My brother. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:15 | |
Ugh, not where my abilities are best expressed, socks. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:23 | |
But then, that's war for you, isn't it? | 0:42:23 | 0:42:26 | |
Men go off to fight and we stay behind and knit. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:30 | |
-You'll be back within the day? -Yes. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:40 | |
And will, of course, have a chaperone? | 0:42:40 | 0:42:43 | |
Yes. | 0:42:43 | 0:42:44 | |
Thank you. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:49 | |
TRAIN WHISTLE HOOTS | 0:42:52 | 0:42:54 | |
-How long do we have? -About an hour. | 0:43:08 | 0:43:11 | |
You told me you weren't going to France yet. | 0:43:12 | 0:43:14 | |
I asked for a transfer. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:17 | |
SHE SCOFFS | 0:43:17 | 0:43:18 | |
You're so eager to face death, then, are you? | 0:43:18 | 0:43:20 | |
-No. -Yes, you are. | 0:43:20 | 0:43:22 | |
-You must be. -Vera, please. | 0:43:22 | 0:43:25 | |
You're sick. You've got a fever. | 0:43:31 | 0:43:33 | |
I can't even be angry with you now. | 0:43:36 | 0:43:38 | |
Doesn't he look handsome in that uniform? | 0:43:43 | 0:43:45 | |
Take these, dear. They'll bring the fever right down. | 0:43:47 | 0:43:50 | |
Thank you. | 0:43:50 | 0:43:51 | |
Oh, no. No, no. Don't you move. I'll go and get it. | 0:43:53 | 0:43:57 | |
I'm sorry. | 0:43:59 | 0:44:00 | |
I didn't mean to be harsh. | 0:44:00 | 0:44:02 | |
-I've let you down. -No. | 0:44:04 | 0:44:06 | |
Now it's here, I have a dust-and-ashes feeling about it. | 0:44:07 | 0:44:11 | |
Do you take sugar, dear? | 0:44:15 | 0:44:16 | |
Influenza is ripping through the troops. | 0:44:19 | 0:44:22 | |
I read about it in the newspaper. | 0:44:22 | 0:44:24 | |
They call it Spanish flu. | 0:44:24 | 0:44:27 | |
-HER VOICE FADES -It seems you get a very high temperature | 0:44:27 | 0:44:29 | |
and then shortly afterwards... | 0:44:29 | 0:44:31 | |
WHISTLE BLOWS | 0:44:50 | 0:44:51 | |
All aboard! | 0:45:14 | 0:45:16 | |
Oh, I'm sorry. This one's taken. | 0:45:28 | 0:45:30 | |
I am coming back. | 0:45:39 | 0:45:41 | |
WHISTLE BLOWS | 0:45:41 | 0:45:43 | |
Already? | 0:45:43 | 0:45:44 | |
All in! Right, you lot, say your goodbyes and move it out. | 0:45:50 | 0:45:54 | |
-Roland! -Vera! | 0:45:55 | 0:45:57 | |
-Roland! -Vera! | 0:45:57 | 0:45:59 | |
INDISTINCT COMMOTION | 0:46:01 | 0:46:05 | |
Roland? | 0:46:06 | 0:46:09 | |
Vera! | 0:46:09 | 0:46:10 | |
-Write. -Yes. | 0:46:14 | 0:46:17 | |
-Write. -I'll write. | 0:46:17 | 0:46:19 | |
I love you. | 0:46:21 | 0:46:23 | |
Vera! | 0:46:52 | 0:46:54 | |
Victor? LAUGHS | 0:46:56 | 0:46:59 | |
Roland asked me to come. Thought you'd need a friendly face. | 0:47:00 | 0:47:04 | |
-Thank you. -Come on. Sit down. | 0:47:04 | 0:47:07 | |
-How are you? -What a mess. | 0:47:07 | 0:47:09 | |
I can't stay here. | 0:47:13 | 0:47:15 | |
Not now. | 0:47:15 | 0:47:16 | |
-I have to do something. -What? | 0:47:17 | 0:47:19 | |
I don't know. | 0:47:21 | 0:47:22 | |
Nurse? | 0:47:23 | 0:47:24 | |
There's a call for volunteers. | 0:47:25 | 0:47:27 | |
Look, Roland won't die young. | 0:47:29 | 0:47:30 | |
He was born to make his mark on the world. | 0:47:31 | 0:47:35 | |
-Do you think? -I'm sure of it. | 0:47:35 | 0:47:38 | |
Thank you for being here. | 0:47:43 | 0:47:44 | |
-I'm so sorry if you were hurt. -No, please. | 0:47:46 | 0:47:49 | |
-It's fine. No, there's no need... -No, I feel like... | 0:47:49 | 0:47:52 | |
In fact, I've met a girl. | 0:47:53 | 0:47:55 | |
That's wonderful. | 0:47:59 | 0:48:01 | |
I'm so happy for you. What's her name? | 0:48:01 | 0:48:04 | |
Molly. | 0:48:04 | 0:48:05 | |
She's keen. | 0:48:05 | 0:48:07 | |
She has you here, with her. | 0:48:11 | 0:48:13 | |
She's a luckier girl than I am, then. | 0:48:15 | 0:48:17 | |
Miss? Er, telegram for Miss Lorimer, Somerville College. | 0:48:29 | 0:48:33 | |
Thank you, miss. | 0:48:38 | 0:48:39 | |
Yes, I understand your concerns, | 0:48:50 | 0:48:52 | |
but I'm sure if you refer to the list that I gave you | 0:48:52 | 0:48:54 | |
on complementary novels, you'll find it extremely helpful. | 0:48:54 | 0:48:57 | |
-Thank you, Miss Lorimer. -Yes, not at all. | 0:48:57 | 0:49:00 | |
SHE GASPS | 0:49:27 | 0:49:28 | |
Latest news from the front! | 0:49:42 | 0:49:44 | |
Thank you, miss. Latest news from the front! | 0:49:44 | 0:49:48 | |
Nursing? What on earth for? | 0:50:56 | 0:51:00 | |
-They need volunteers. -And I'm sure there are plenty | 0:51:00 | 0:51:02 | |
of eager young women out there who've not embarked | 0:51:02 | 0:51:04 | |
-on promising careers at Oxford. -I need to do something. | 0:51:04 | 0:51:07 | |
I can't stay here buried in books, not now. | 0:51:08 | 0:51:11 | |
You don't own the truth about how we get through this, Miss Brittain. | 0:51:20 | 0:51:24 | |
Your opinion is just that - an opinion - and you'd do well | 0:51:24 | 0:51:27 | |
-to remember it. -I'm sorry, I didn't mean... | 0:51:27 | 0:51:29 | |
This crisis needs people who can stand back and reflect. | 0:51:29 | 0:51:32 | |
How can you think of giving up a golden opportunity | 0:51:34 | 0:51:36 | |
that you have worked so hard for? | 0:51:36 | 0:51:38 | |
So your mind's completely made up? | 0:51:42 | 0:51:43 | |
Yes, it is. | 0:51:49 | 0:51:50 | |
BELL CHIMES IN THE DISTANCE | 0:51:52 | 0:51:54 | |
I know what visions have brought you here, | 0:52:01 | 0:52:04 | |
and I'm happy they've carried you to our door, | 0:52:04 | 0:52:07 | |
but that's where you leave them. | 0:52:07 | 0:52:08 | |
You're not angels of mercy | 0:52:08 | 0:52:10 | |
swooping down to mop the brows of grateful men. | 0:52:10 | 0:52:13 | |
You're workers, and you'll do whatever you're asked, | 0:52:13 | 0:52:17 | |
no matter how dirty, no matter how dull. | 0:52:17 | 0:52:20 | |
-Do I make myself clear? -ALL: Yes, Sister. | 0:52:20 | 0:52:23 | |
Hands. | 0:52:23 | 0:52:24 | |
SCOFFS | 0:52:28 | 0:52:29 | |
Airs and graces will not be tolerated, | 0:52:31 | 0:52:34 | |
especially from those who've come down from an ivory tower. | 0:52:34 | 0:52:38 | |
If you've any doubts, the door's there. You can leave now. | 0:52:40 | 0:52:43 | |
Your duties commence at 7am sharp. You do not sit down on the ward. | 0:52:45 | 0:52:49 | |
ALARM CLOCK RINGS | 0:52:49 | 0:52:51 | |
Who sterilised the instruments? | 0:52:58 | 0:53:01 | |
-I did, Sister. -And would you say you've done a good job? | 0:53:01 | 0:53:03 | |
I think so. | 0:53:03 | 0:53:05 | |
You think so. Really? | 0:53:05 | 0:53:07 | |
What about these? | 0:53:08 | 0:53:09 | |
-I forgot. -You forgot? | 0:53:10 | 0:53:13 | |
And what if someone had used them, not realising? | 0:53:13 | 0:53:16 | |
-I'm sorry. -It's human lives that could be put at risk. | 0:53:16 | 0:53:19 | |
And I thought you were supposed to be intelligent. | 0:53:21 | 0:53:24 | |
"The nurses here know I've come from Oxford, Roland, | 0:53:24 | 0:53:27 | |
"and they're determined to break me. | 0:53:27 | 0:53:28 | |
"Little do they know, the harder they push, the more grateful I am. | 0:53:31 | 0:53:37 | |
"Anything to stop me thinking and to fill the hours between news of you." | 0:53:39 | 0:53:43 | |
-ROLAND: -"One of my men has just been killed. The first. | 0:53:57 | 0:54:00 | |
"I've been taking the things out of his pockets | 0:54:02 | 0:54:04 | |
"and tying them in his handkerchief | 0:54:04 | 0:54:07 | |
"to be sent back somewhere, to someone, | 0:54:07 | 0:54:09 | |
"who will see in them more than a torn letter, | 0:54:09 | 0:54:13 | |
"a pencil and a piece of shell." | 0:54:13 | 0:54:17 | |
VERA: "Please don't keep things back from me, Roland, | 0:54:19 | 0:54:21 | |
"with an idea of sparing my feelings. | 0:54:21 | 0:54:24 | |
"I shall never be afraid to confront the real." | 0:54:24 | 0:54:27 | |
OFFICER SHOUTS | 0:54:27 | 0:54:30 | |
"The imagined holds far greater terror for me." | 0:54:30 | 0:54:33 | |
GASPS | 0:54:35 | 0:54:36 | |
Fancy sending him over in this state. | 0:54:36 | 0:54:38 | |
We're seeing more and more of it. | 0:54:38 | 0:54:40 | |
If you're so eager, Brittain, YOU sponge him down. | 0:54:46 | 0:54:48 | |
-MAN: -Vera. | 0:55:22 | 0:55:24 | |
What did you say? | 0:55:28 | 0:55:30 | |
Sister. | 0:55:30 | 0:55:32 | |
SHE SIGHS | 0:55:35 | 0:55:37 | |
Here she is. | 0:56:20 | 0:56:22 | |
You look exhausted. What are they doing to you here? | 0:56:22 | 0:56:26 | |
I'm all right. CHUCKLES | 0:56:26 | 0:56:28 | |
Vera, Geoffrey Thurlow, a friend from the battalion. | 0:56:28 | 0:56:30 | |
You're not leaving for France? | 0:56:32 | 0:56:34 | |
Not yet. | 0:56:34 | 0:56:35 | |
I'm sorry. Forgive me. | 0:56:37 | 0:56:39 | |
No, no, no. The relief is all mine. | 0:56:39 | 0:56:42 | |
-A peace-loving soldier? -Or a cowardly one, perhaps. | 0:56:42 | 0:56:46 | |
Nonsense. | 0:56:46 | 0:56:47 | |
Geoffrey was about to train to be a priest. That takes courage. | 0:56:47 | 0:56:51 | |
Saved by the war. Imagine that. | 0:56:51 | 0:56:53 | |
-So, shall we go? -Where? | 0:56:55 | 0:56:58 | |
Didn't he write and tell you? | 0:56:58 | 0:57:00 | |
Roland's home on leave. | 0:57:00 | 0:57:01 | |
No, he, er... | 0:57:04 | 0:57:05 | |
he walked through the door yesterday and slept for 20 hours straight. | 0:57:05 | 0:57:08 | |
ALL CHUCKLE | 0:57:08 | 0:57:09 | |
Hardly said a word. | 0:57:09 | 0:57:11 | |
So he's, er... | 0:57:12 | 0:57:13 | |
he's down there, by the sea. | 0:57:13 | 0:57:16 | |
VERA LAUGHS | 0:57:17 | 0:57:19 | |
If you excuse me, I think I'll go and see him. | 0:57:19 | 0:57:21 | |
Let's, er... Let's just give them a moment, shall we? | 0:57:23 | 0:57:27 | |
BIRDS CAW | 0:57:27 | 0:57:28 | |
Roland? | 0:57:35 | 0:57:36 | |
I have to go back in three days. | 0:57:47 | 0:57:48 | |
Oh, just look at that view. | 0:57:53 | 0:57:55 | |
-Well, well, the officer returns. -ROLAND LAUGHS | 0:57:55 | 0:57:58 | |
-Vic! Hello! -Roland. | 0:57:58 | 0:58:00 | |
Good to see you. Hello. | 0:58:00 | 0:58:02 | |
Very good to see you. Roland, Geoffrey Thurlow. | 0:58:02 | 0:58:04 | |
-Very good to meet you. -It's a pleasure. | 0:58:04 | 0:58:07 | |
HE GRUNTS | 0:58:07 | 0:58:08 | |
Good shot. | 0:58:08 | 0:58:10 | |
The worst is when you have to go out and repair the wire. | 0:58:12 | 0:58:14 | |
Boot polish on your face, crawling on your belly | 0:58:14 | 0:58:17 | |
through the mud and rain. | 0:58:17 | 0:58:18 | |
I was out one night with an officer called Harrison. | 0:58:19 | 0:58:21 | |
We were so close to the Germans, we could hear them whispering in their trench. | 0:58:21 | 0:58:24 | |
"Hast du Feuer?" | 0:58:24 | 0:58:25 | |
CHUCKLING | 0:58:25 | 0:58:26 | |
-Were you scared? -You don't think about it, really. | 0:58:26 | 0:58:29 | |
He's a good man, Harrison. I invited him to stay, | 0:58:31 | 0:58:33 | |
but he's not interested in home leave, says it makes a man soft. | 0:58:33 | 0:58:37 | |
God forbid any of you should be soft. | 0:58:37 | 0:58:39 | |
If I could get out there... | 0:58:43 | 0:58:44 | |
..I don't think I'd want to come back. | 0:58:46 | 0:58:48 | |
You don't know the first thing about it. | 0:58:48 | 0:58:50 | |
Let's get some tea. | 0:58:59 | 0:59:00 | |
INDISTINCT CHATTER | 0:59:03 | 0:59:04 | |
That was unnecessary. | 0:59:14 | 0:59:15 | |
Then, talk to me - otherwise how can I understand? | 0:59:23 | 0:59:27 | |
Perhaps you can't. | 0:59:30 | 0:59:32 | |
I sent you some poems a while ago. I don't know if you got them. | 0:59:37 | 0:59:42 | |
I don't think so. | 0:59:42 | 0:59:43 | |
Have you written any yourself? | 0:59:45 | 0:59:47 | |
Poems?! | 0:59:49 | 0:59:50 | |
Oh, for God's sake. | 0:59:54 | 0:59:55 | |
Roland? | 1:00:03 | 1:00:04 | |
Roland! | 1:00:08 | 1:00:09 | |
I'm sorry, I'm... | 1:00:13 | 1:00:15 | |
I'm sorry. | 1:00:16 | 1:00:17 | |
Roland! | 1:00:22 | 1:00:23 | |
Roland, here. Look at me. | 1:00:24 | 1:00:26 | |
Look at me. | 1:00:26 | 1:00:28 | |
I'm here. This... | 1:00:28 | 1:00:31 | |
This is real. | 1:00:33 | 1:00:34 | |
SOBBING Feel it. | 1:00:35 | 1:00:37 | |
This... | 1:00:40 | 1:00:41 | |
This part of you... | 1:00:43 | 1:00:45 | |
Don't destroy it. | 1:00:48 | 1:00:50 | |
It might be gone already. | 1:00:53 | 1:00:55 | |
No. | 1:00:56 | 1:00:58 | |
It's not. | 1:00:58 | 1:00:59 | |
I promise. | 1:01:00 | 1:01:01 | |
Harrison's brother came back from leave engaged to his fiancee. | 1:01:20 | 1:01:24 | |
Within ten minutes, he'd stuck his head over the parapet, | 1:01:26 | 1:01:30 | |
and got his brains blown out. | 1:01:30 | 1:01:32 | |
I was next to him when it happened. | 1:01:34 | 1:01:36 | |
Home leave makes you soft. | 1:01:46 | 1:01:47 | |
We don't have to get married. | 1:01:50 | 1:01:52 | |
Or engaged. | 1:01:53 | 1:01:54 | |
Perhaps we should. | 1:02:00 | 1:02:02 | |
It's not what either of us wanted. | 1:02:04 | 1:02:06 | |
Imagine it, though. | 1:02:10 | 1:02:11 | |
You in a white dress. | 1:02:12 | 1:02:14 | |
A sunny day, an old church. | 1:02:15 | 1:02:17 | |
Everybody we love. | 1:02:18 | 1:02:20 | |
-Champagne. -Cake. | 1:02:20 | 1:02:23 | |
Does it get any better than cake? | 1:02:25 | 1:02:27 | |
Marry me, Vera, next time I'm home. | 1:02:33 | 1:02:36 | |
All right. | 1:02:41 | 1:02:43 | |
Yes. | 1:02:48 | 1:02:49 | |
LAUGHING | 1:03:02 | 1:03:03 | |
VERA LAUGHS | 1:03:12 | 1:03:13 | |
TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS, INDISTINCT CLAMOUR | 1:03:35 | 1:03:38 | |
-You look so handsome. -Thank you, Mother. | 1:03:39 | 1:03:41 | |
-Good luck. -Bye, Geoffrey. | 1:03:41 | 1:03:43 | |
You be safe now. | 1:03:43 | 1:03:45 | |
I will be, don't worry. Take care. | 1:03:45 | 1:03:48 | |
Goodbye. | 1:03:48 | 1:03:49 | |
Oh, Geoffrey, dear boy, do take care of yourself. | 1:03:49 | 1:03:52 | |
-I will. -Oh, I nearly forgot. | 1:03:52 | 1:03:55 | |
My music. Look after it for me. | 1:03:55 | 1:03:57 | |
-Father. -Son, good luck. | 1:03:58 | 1:04:01 | |
MAN: Train is ready to depart! All aboard! | 1:04:01 | 1:04:04 | |
TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS | 1:04:04 | 1:04:06 | |
-Take care. -Good luck, Edward. | 1:04:13 | 1:04:16 | |
You will write, darling, won't you? | 1:04:16 | 1:04:18 | |
Of course. | 1:04:18 | 1:04:20 | |
Vera. | 1:04:38 | 1:04:39 | |
Could you go and tell your father to hurry up? | 1:04:41 | 1:04:43 | |
Daddy. | 1:04:45 | 1:04:46 | |
Daddy? | 1:04:54 | 1:04:55 | |
HE SNIFFS | 1:04:59 | 1:05:01 | |
SOBBING | 1:05:05 | 1:05:06 | |
Move it! Move it! | 1:05:11 | 1:05:13 | |
200 extra beds by lunchtime. Hurry, now! | 1:05:13 | 1:05:15 | |
-ROLAND: -"Good news. My Christmas leave has been approved. | 1:05:28 | 1:05:32 | |
"I'll be home to make you my wife. | 1:05:32 | 1:05:34 | |
"And I have a surprise - something I think will please you. | 1:05:36 | 1:05:40 | |
"You'll see when we meet. I've been posted to company headquarters | 1:05:40 | 1:05:44 | |
"three miles behind lines. | 1:05:44 | 1:05:46 | |
"I'll be here until my leave. I'm safe, Vera." | 1:05:46 | 1:05:49 | |
Safe. | 1:05:49 | 1:05:51 | |
Darling. | 1:06:29 | 1:06:30 | |
-How do I look? -Positively bridal. | 1:06:36 | 1:06:38 | |
Such a shame that Edward couldn't get leave to be best man. | 1:06:41 | 1:06:44 | |
Here she is. | 1:06:44 | 1:06:45 | |
You look lovely. | 1:06:51 | 1:06:52 | |
SHE SIGHS | 1:06:53 | 1:06:55 | |
Half an hour to go. | 1:06:55 | 1:06:56 | |
We're meeting Mr and Mrs Leighton at the church. | 1:06:57 | 1:07:00 | |
He'll have had a long journey. He'll be tired. | 1:07:00 | 1:07:04 | |
-Miss Vera Brittain? -Yes. | 1:07:04 | 1:07:06 | |
A telephone call for you, miss. | 1:07:06 | 1:07:08 | |
Must be him. | 1:07:09 | 1:07:11 | |
I hope he's not going to be late. | 1:07:12 | 1:07:13 | |
Just here, miss. | 1:07:18 | 1:07:19 | |
Roland? | 1:07:26 | 1:07:27 | |
Hello? | 1:07:30 | 1:07:31 | |
SOBBING ON PHONE | 1:07:31 | 1:07:34 | |
-MRS LEIGHTON: -'Vera, Roland... | 1:07:36 | 1:07:40 | |
'Roland's dead. | 1:07:40 | 1:07:42 | |
'Roland's dead, Vera.' | 1:07:48 | 1:07:50 | |
DROPS TELEPHONE | 1:08:15 | 1:08:16 | |
WATCH TICKS | 1:08:23 | 1:08:25 | |
This is... | 1:09:03 | 1:09:04 | |
..from an officer in his company. | 1:09:05 | 1:09:07 | |
"Died of wounds at Louvencourt clearing station." | 1:09:09 | 1:09:15 | |
What was he doing at the front? | 1:09:20 | 1:09:21 | |
Wasn't he meant to be behind the lines? | 1:09:21 | 1:09:24 | |
Suddenly sent there, apparently, for a big push. | 1:09:24 | 1:09:27 | |
There was nothing in the papers. | 1:09:29 | 1:09:31 | |
He was out mending wire. | 1:09:31 | 1:09:33 | |
"Shot by a sniper at 2am | 1:09:34 | 1:09:38 | |
"while bravely carrying out duties. | 1:09:38 | 1:09:41 | |
"Taken straight to Louvencourt. | 1:09:41 | 1:09:44 | |
"Died late afternoon. | 1:09:44 | 1:09:45 | |
"Noble and painless death." | 1:09:47 | 1:09:49 | |
That's a long time after he was shot. | 1:09:49 | 1:09:51 | |
What happened? | 1:09:53 | 1:09:54 | |
Painless. | 1:09:56 | 1:09:58 | |
I suppose the man would know. | 1:10:00 | 1:10:01 | |
-PIANO PLAYS ON GRAMOPHONE -He loved this piece. | 1:10:03 | 1:10:05 | |
Why was there no message for us? | 1:10:08 | 1:10:11 | |
VERA: "No further details about Lieutenant Leighton's death. | 1:10:22 | 1:10:25 | |
"Unable to help." | 1:10:26 | 1:10:28 | |
Excuse me. Where can I find George Catlin? | 1:10:39 | 1:10:42 | |
-He's just down there. -Thank you. | 1:10:42 | 1:10:44 | |
Excuse me. I'm Vera Brittain, fiancee to Roland Leighton. | 1:10:51 | 1:10:56 | |
The officer's not receiving visitors today. | 1:10:56 | 1:10:59 | |
-I did write to you, Miss Brittain. -Yes, and I thank you for that. | 1:10:59 | 1:11:01 | |
I'm sorry for the solicitation. | 1:11:01 | 1:11:03 | |
There's really nothing more I can add. | 1:11:03 | 1:11:05 | |
But you did see Roland at the clearing station that day? | 1:11:07 | 1:11:10 | |
Comfort yourself that it was a quick and painless end. | 1:11:10 | 1:11:13 | |
Everyone keeps saying that, but he lived for hours after he was shot. | 1:11:14 | 1:11:18 | |
I'm sorry for your loss. | 1:11:18 | 1:11:20 | |
I understand. You're afraid I'll make a scene. | 1:11:25 | 1:11:29 | |
And why should you be the messenger for some terrible end | 1:11:29 | 1:11:31 | |
to a family you've never met? I want to know the truth. | 1:11:31 | 1:11:34 | |
It's the one thing left I can do for him. | 1:11:38 | 1:11:41 | |
Would you mind, Nurse? | 1:11:43 | 1:11:45 | |
It was a messy wound, low down in the abdomen. | 1:11:55 | 1:11:59 | |
They operated. They did their best. | 1:11:59 | 1:12:01 | |
I was in the bed next to him. He didn't stand a chance. | 1:12:03 | 1:12:06 | |
Did he say anything? Was there a message? | 1:12:08 | 1:12:11 | |
The pain was too great, Miss Brittain. | 1:12:11 | 1:12:13 | |
It made anything else impossible. | 1:12:13 | 1:12:16 | |
I see. Yes. | 1:12:16 | 1:12:18 | |
That explains it. | 1:12:20 | 1:12:21 | |
Did he, er... | 1:12:24 | 1:12:25 | |
..suffer a great deal? | 1:12:27 | 1:12:29 | |
-They were waiting for morphine stocks. -Did some arrive? | 1:12:29 | 1:12:32 | |
He got a dose near the end. | 1:12:32 | 1:12:33 | |
Were there... | 1:12:35 | 1:12:36 | |
..any words? | 1:12:40 | 1:12:41 | |
Please. | 1:12:46 | 1:12:47 | |
He said, "Lying on this hillside for six days | 1:12:48 | 1:12:52 | |
"has made me very stiff." | 1:12:52 | 1:12:54 | |
I'm sorry. None of it makes any sense. | 1:12:56 | 1:13:00 | |
You're very kind. | 1:13:05 | 1:13:07 | |
I won't forget it. | 1:13:07 | 1:13:08 | |
VERA: "Dear Victor, I met the officer in question. He... | 1:13:18 | 1:13:23 | |
"He confirmed what Roland's colleague told us. | 1:13:25 | 1:13:28 | |
"It was a painless and noble death. | 1:13:28 | 1:13:30 | |
"Please comfort yourself with this as you leave for France." | 1:13:30 | 1:13:35 | |
Roland's kit, they've sent it back to us. | 1:13:47 | 1:13:50 | |
MRS LEIGHTON SNIFFLES | 1:13:58 | 1:13:59 | |
Why did they send us that? | 1:14:01 | 1:14:03 | |
Take it out! | 1:14:08 | 1:14:10 | |
Wait! | 1:14:12 | 1:14:13 | |
SHE EXCLAIMS | 1:15:23 | 1:15:25 | |
SNIFFLING | 1:15:37 | 1:15:38 | |
SOBBING | 1:16:09 | 1:16:10 | |
-ROLAND: -"Violets from Plug Street Wood, | 1:16:15 | 1:16:18 | |
"Sweet, I send you oversea. | 1:16:18 | 1:16:20 | |
"(It is strange they should be blue, Blue, when his soaked blood was red, | 1:16:21 | 1:16:26 | |
"For they grew around his head: It is strange they should be blue.) | 1:16:26 | 1:16:31 | |
"Violets from Plug Street Wood. Think what they have meant to me - | 1:16:33 | 1:16:38 | |
"Life and hope and Love and You | 1:16:38 | 1:16:42 | |
"(And you did not see them grow Where his mangled body lay | 1:16:45 | 1:16:49 | |
"Hiding horror from the day; Sweetest, it was better so.) | 1:16:49 | 1:16:53 | |
"Violets from oversea, To your dear, far, forgetting land | 1:16:55 | 1:17:00 | |
"These I send in memory Knowing you will understand." | 1:17:01 | 1:17:05 | |
SHE WAILS | 1:17:05 | 1:17:07 | |
"We have to believe, dear sister, | 1:18:02 | 1:18:05 | |
"that his life was not needlessly thrown away, | 1:18:05 | 1:18:09 | |
"that the wire he was working on that night | 1:18:09 | 1:18:11 | |
"had to be mended by someone. | 1:18:11 | 1:18:13 | |
"And how typical of Roland to be the first to volunteer." | 1:18:14 | 1:18:18 | |
-WOMAN: -Nurse Brittain! | 1:18:19 | 1:18:21 | |
Someone's asking for you. | 1:18:22 | 1:18:24 | |
Who's there? | 1:18:39 | 1:18:41 | |
-Who is it? -Victor. | 1:18:41 | 1:18:43 | |
-Vera. -I didn't know. | 1:18:47 | 1:18:49 | |
What a fix, eh? | 1:18:52 | 1:18:55 | |
This blanket's driving me mad. It's far too itchy. | 1:18:57 | 1:19:00 | |
I'll take care of it. | 1:19:00 | 1:19:01 | |
Does Molly know? | 1:19:12 | 1:19:14 | |
Would you like me to contact her for you? | 1:19:17 | 1:19:19 | |
There's no Molly, Vera. | 1:19:22 | 1:19:24 | |
There never was. | 1:19:26 | 1:19:27 | |
I couldn't have you feeling sorry for me, could I? | 1:19:29 | 1:19:32 | |
So, I'm getting a visit from an officer who lost both eyes | 1:19:48 | 1:19:51 | |
at the start of the war. | 1:19:51 | 1:19:52 | |
-He's going to tell me about Braille. -That's the Victor I know. | 1:19:52 | 1:19:56 | |
-Always the optimist. -Yes. | 1:19:56 | 1:19:59 | |
Inspirational stories for the damned. | 1:19:59 | 1:20:01 | |
-What about you? Are you still writing? -Writing? | 1:20:02 | 1:20:06 | |
That belongs to another life. | 1:20:08 | 1:20:10 | |
I've been thinking, and, erm... | 1:20:14 | 1:20:17 | |
..I want to look after you. CHUCKLES | 1:20:19 | 1:20:21 | |
We belong together now. | 1:20:23 | 1:20:25 | |
Don't we? | 1:20:25 | 1:20:27 | |
You're going to need someone, and I... | 1:20:28 | 1:20:31 | |
Well, Roland would like it. | 1:20:33 | 1:20:36 | |
Poor Vera. | 1:20:39 | 1:20:41 | |
Are you proposing to me now? | 1:20:44 | 1:20:47 | |
Yes. | 1:20:53 | 1:20:54 | |
Yes, I am. | 1:20:58 | 1:20:59 | |
Then, I must turn you down. | 1:21:12 | 1:21:14 | |
LOUD KNOCK ON DOOR | 1:21:36 | 1:21:37 | |
-WOMAN: -Brittain, you're wanted. | 1:21:37 | 1:21:39 | |
SHE SIGHS | 1:21:41 | 1:21:42 | |
He called for us about an hour ago, | 1:21:46 | 1:21:49 | |
said there was a loud clicking noise in his head. | 1:21:49 | 1:21:52 | |
It was very quick and sudden. | 1:21:53 | 1:21:55 | |
I'm sorry. | 1:21:56 | 1:21:58 | |
(Victor...) | 1:22:15 | 1:22:17 | |
-EDWARD: -"I'm so glad you were near and saw him so nearly at the end. | 1:22:25 | 1:22:30 | |
"We share a memory of both of them, dear Vera, | 1:22:31 | 1:22:34 | |
"that is worth all the rest of the world, | 1:22:34 | 1:22:37 | |
"and the sun of that memory never sets. | 1:22:37 | 1:22:39 | |
"And you know that I love you, | 1:22:40 | 1:22:43 | |
"that I would do anything in the world in my power should you ask it, | 1:22:43 | 1:22:47 | |
"and that I am your servant as well as your brother." | 1:22:47 | 1:22:50 | |
My mind's made up. | 1:22:53 | 1:22:55 | |
France? | 1:22:55 | 1:22:56 | |
But...that's the front. | 1:22:58 | 1:23:01 | |
It's so dangerous. | 1:23:01 | 1:23:03 | |
I'll be behind the lines. | 1:23:03 | 1:23:05 | |
It's as close to Edward as I can get. I need to be there. | 1:23:05 | 1:23:09 | |
Well, I've been gathering you some things... | 1:23:09 | 1:23:11 | |
I suppose you can take them to France, too. | 1:23:11 | 1:23:14 | |
It's Cook's last jar. | 1:23:16 | 1:23:19 | |
And, erm... | 1:23:19 | 1:23:20 | |
Oh, cream. | 1:23:20 | 1:23:22 | |
Stop those hands from getting chapped. | 1:23:23 | 1:23:26 | |
-HER VOICE FADES -And don't forget your poor elbows, it's easily done... | 1:23:28 | 1:23:31 | |
Why was I ever disappointed you weren't a boy? | 1:23:37 | 1:23:40 | |
INDISTINCT SHOUTING | 1:23:47 | 1:23:49 | |
MEN SHOUT, HORSE WHINNIES | 1:24:23 | 1:24:25 | |
What are you doing out here? | 1:24:35 | 1:24:37 | |
You'll freeze out here. | 1:24:37 | 1:24:39 | |
Excuse me. | 1:24:40 | 1:24:42 | |
I'm to report to C Section. | 1:24:42 | 1:24:44 | |
Hut 327. You're under Sister Milroy. | 1:24:44 | 1:24:47 | |
Good luck. | 1:24:47 | 1:24:49 | |
There's about 30 men to a hut. | 1:24:53 | 1:24:56 | |
Some of them are an absolute mess. | 1:24:56 | 1:24:58 | |
They're supposed to pass through the clearing stations, | 1:24:58 | 1:25:00 | |
but that's not saying much any more. | 1:25:00 | 1:25:02 | |
Right. | 1:25:04 | 1:25:05 | |
MAN COUGHS | 1:25:08 | 1:25:10 | |
Theatre's through there. | 1:25:13 | 1:25:15 | |
We're short on everything, including surgeons. | 1:25:15 | 1:25:17 | |
MEN GROAN | 1:25:17 | 1:25:19 | |
Had to saw this chappy's arm off myself yesterday. | 1:25:23 | 1:25:26 | |
Quite a job. | 1:25:26 | 1:25:27 | |
It's not ideal, but then, of course, this is war. | 1:25:28 | 1:25:32 | |
Schwester! Wasser! Wasser, bitte! | 1:25:32 | 1:25:35 | |
Oh, didn't I mention? These are all Huns. | 1:25:37 | 1:25:40 | |
I find it best to number them. Much quicker. | 1:25:40 | 1:25:43 | |
First Hun, second, third, fourth... | 1:25:43 | 1:25:46 | |
Keep an eye on him, if I were you. He's only got a few hours left. | 1:25:47 | 1:25:50 | |
Ich sterbe! Hast du kein Herz? | 1:25:50 | 1:25:52 | |
Well, er, that's it. | 1:25:53 | 1:25:55 | |
Best to get stuck right in, I...I find. | 1:25:55 | 1:25:58 | |
Nein! Nein... | 1:26:00 | 1:26:02 | |
What about the British huts? | 1:26:05 | 1:26:06 | |
Over to you, then. Plenty of time to change later. | 1:26:06 | 1:26:08 | |
MAN COUGHS | 1:26:12 | 1:26:14 | |
Put it down where you can. There's not many beds left. | 1:26:14 | 1:26:16 | |
Ah, gangrene. | 1:26:18 | 1:26:19 | |
Brittain, get some antiseptic on this filthy Hun. | 1:26:19 | 1:26:22 | |
"Here I am, dear Edward, fighting to save German soldiers | 1:26:27 | 1:26:33 | |
"that just a few miles away you're risking your life to kill. | 1:26:33 | 1:26:36 | |
"It makes you wonder." | 1:26:37 | 1:26:39 | |
Brittain, over here! | 1:26:39 | 1:26:42 | |
"Really, it does. | 1:26:42 | 1:26:44 | |
"I waited for you again on Sunday. | 1:27:01 | 1:27:03 | |
"I'll be here every week until you can come." | 1:27:04 | 1:27:07 | |
Brittain. It's hopeless. Get the screen. | 1:27:15 | 1:27:18 | |
Lieber Gott! Nicht so. | 1:27:18 | 1:27:22 | |
-All right, old boy, all right. -Nicht so. Nicht hier! | 1:27:22 | 1:27:26 | |
Meine Augen! Ich sehe nichts. | 1:27:28 | 1:27:30 | |
Calm down, old chap. | 1:27:30 | 1:27:32 | |
Hilf mir! | 1:27:34 | 1:27:35 | |
Sei still. Alles in Ordnung. | 1:27:35 | 1:27:37 | |
Klara? | 1:27:42 | 1:27:43 | |
Klara, bist du's? | 1:27:44 | 1:27:46 | |
Ja. | 1:27:49 | 1:27:51 | |
Ja, ich bin hier. | 1:27:51 | 1:27:53 | |
Keine Angst. | 1:27:55 | 1:27:57 | |
Verzeih mir, Klara. Bitte verzeih mir. | 1:28:01 | 1:28:04 | |
Naturlich. | 1:28:06 | 1:28:08 | |
Ich bin hier. | 1:28:11 | 1:28:12 | |
HE GASPS | 1:28:12 | 1:28:14 | |
EXHALES | 1:28:17 | 1:28:19 | |
To let his soul escape. | 1:28:46 | 1:28:47 | |
Control your mind. It's the only way. | 1:28:54 | 1:28:57 | |
Deep breaths. That's it. | 1:28:58 | 1:29:01 | |
-WOMAN: -I need some help here. | 1:29:04 | 1:29:07 | |
I'm fine. Thank you. | 1:29:08 | 1:29:11 | |
SHE SIGHS | 1:29:19 | 1:29:21 | |
"I feel it bitterly to have been moved further away from you, | 1:29:36 | 1:29:40 | |
"dear sister. | 1:29:40 | 1:29:41 | |
"All these months without being able to come and see you. | 1:29:41 | 1:29:44 | |
"Last Sunday we marched past Louvencourt, | 1:29:46 | 1:29:48 | |
"and I was able to escape to visit Roland's grave. | 1:29:48 | 1:29:51 | |
"I stood before it and prayed | 1:29:53 | 1:29:55 | |
"that I might live to be worthy of his friendship. | 1:29:55 | 1:29:58 | |
"But I didn't feel his presence there. | 1:30:01 | 1:30:04 | |
"Perhaps he's where he belongs instead - with you." | 1:30:04 | 1:30:07 | |
-MAN: -There's a big push coming. -SIREN WAILS | 1:30:10 | 1:30:12 | |
EXPLOSION IN DISTANCE | 1:30:26 | 1:30:28 | |
DULL THUDDING | 1:30:34 | 1:30:36 | |
The Germans are getting closer. | 1:30:38 | 1:30:39 | |
Gently. | 1:31:15 | 1:31:17 | |
Nurse! Nurse? | 1:31:19 | 1:31:20 | |
Nurse. | 1:32:13 | 1:32:14 | |
Yes? | 1:32:18 | 1:32:19 | |
-I'm cold. -I'll get you a blanket. | 1:32:20 | 1:32:23 | |
Here. | 1:32:25 | 1:32:27 | |
Mustard gas. | 1:32:28 | 1:32:29 | |
One of the boys was insisting he knew you. | 1:32:32 | 1:32:35 | |
Probably delirium. Seen it before. | 1:32:35 | 1:32:36 | |
Where? | 1:32:36 | 1:32:38 | |
We had to take him round the back. | 1:32:38 | 1:32:39 | |
He said his name was, er... Edward, I think. | 1:32:40 | 1:32:44 | |
What? | 1:32:44 | 1:32:45 | |
SHE GRUNTS | 1:32:51 | 1:32:53 | |
Edward? | 1:32:54 | 1:32:56 | |
Edward! | 1:33:02 | 1:33:03 | |
Edward! | 1:33:17 | 1:33:19 | |
Edward! | 1:33:22 | 1:33:23 | |
SHE SOBS | 1:33:30 | 1:33:31 | |
No! | 1:33:35 | 1:33:37 | |
Edward? | 1:33:39 | 1:33:40 | |
He's alive! Help me! | 1:33:45 | 1:33:48 | |
Bring him here! | 1:33:54 | 1:33:55 | |
Come... Lift... Not the arm, no... | 1:33:55 | 1:33:57 | |
That's it. | 1:33:57 | 1:33:59 | |
Edward? | 1:34:01 | 1:34:03 | |
Wound's infected. We need to sterilise it. | 1:34:07 | 1:34:09 | |
Wait. | 1:34:11 | 1:34:12 | |
Edward. | 1:34:21 | 1:34:22 | |
Edward! | 1:34:23 | 1:34:24 | |
Edward. Edward, come back to me. | 1:34:26 | 1:34:29 | |
Edward. Edward, it's Vera. | 1:34:30 | 1:34:33 | |
EDWARD MUMBLES | 1:34:35 | 1:34:37 | |
-MAN: -Quickly, now. | 1:35:04 | 1:35:06 | |
MELODY PLAYS ON GRAMOPHONE | 1:35:11 | 1:35:13 | |
BIRD CHIRPS | 1:35:28 | 1:35:30 | |
CHUCKLES | 1:35:49 | 1:35:51 | |
I dreamt an angel played me music. | 1:35:52 | 1:35:55 | |
We were back at the lake together, all of us. | 1:35:58 | 1:36:02 | |
Remember? It was the day Victor dived in. | 1:36:02 | 1:36:04 | |
LAUGHING Yes. | 1:36:04 | 1:36:06 | |
I told him there were rats. | 1:36:06 | 1:36:08 | |
-Oh, God! -Sssh. | 1:36:13 | 1:36:14 | |
Ssh. | 1:36:18 | 1:36:19 | |
You're back now. | 1:36:21 | 1:36:23 | |
I found this in your pocket last night. | 1:36:31 | 1:36:33 | |
From Geoffrey. | 1:36:36 | 1:36:37 | |
I didn't read it. | 1:36:43 | 1:36:44 | |
I keep it with me. | 1:36:46 | 1:36:48 | |
I want you to hear his voice. | 1:36:52 | 1:36:55 | |
No. Don't move. | 1:36:55 | 1:36:57 | |
"We walked back to the barracks last night, | 1:37:07 | 1:37:10 | |
"all of us thoroughly exhausted." | 1:37:10 | 1:37:13 | |
-GEOFFREY CONTINUES: -"It was a scene of devastation, | 1:37:15 | 1:37:18 | |
"and yet, as I looked at it, | 1:37:18 | 1:37:21 | |
"a strange feeling came over me. | 1:37:21 | 1:37:24 | |
"The setting sun had lit up the water in the shell holes, | 1:37:25 | 1:37:28 | |
"so they looked like pools of gold. | 1:37:28 | 1:37:31 | |
"And I felt a presence there, greater than all this. | 1:37:31 | 1:37:36 | |
"Such...peace, Edward. | 1:37:38 | 1:37:42 | |
"And I thought of you, dear friend. | 1:37:44 | 1:37:48 | |
"And I knew I'd see you again, | 1:37:48 | 1:37:51 | |
"either in this world or the hereafter." | 1:37:51 | 1:37:55 | |
EDWARD SOBS | 1:38:03 | 1:38:05 | |
I wish you didn't have to leave. | 1:38:13 | 1:38:15 | |
But I'm glad it's Italy you're going to. | 1:38:16 | 1:38:19 | |
The fighting's lighter there. | 1:38:19 | 1:38:21 | |
When it's over, let's travel together. | 1:38:24 | 1:38:27 | |
-Exotic places. -Like Italy. | 1:38:27 | 1:38:30 | |
Promise me you'll go back to Oxford, Vera, | 1:38:35 | 1:38:38 | |
do what you've always wanted to do. | 1:38:38 | 1:38:39 | |
I can't imagine that any more. | 1:38:39 | 1:38:41 | |
Are you coming, sir? | 1:38:41 | 1:38:43 | |
Do it. | 1:38:47 | 1:38:48 | |
Only if you come too. | 1:38:50 | 1:38:52 | |
-MR BRITTAIN: -"Come home immediately, Vera. | 1:39:15 | 1:39:17 | |
"Mother in crisis." | 1:39:17 | 1:39:19 | |
Domestic duties beckon. | 1:39:19 | 1:39:21 | |
SHE SIGHS | 1:39:26 | 1:39:27 | |
Oh! Vera, what a relief. | 1:39:50 | 1:39:53 | |
-Mother? -I've had a terrible turn. | 1:39:54 | 1:39:57 | |
Erm, Cook left, you know. | 1:39:58 | 1:40:01 | |
And you...you can't get anything in the shops. | 1:40:04 | 1:40:08 | |
There's no meat. There's no butter. | 1:40:08 | 1:40:11 | |
There were no eggs. | 1:40:13 | 1:40:14 | |
What are we going to cook for Edward? | 1:40:15 | 1:40:17 | |
I thought it was an emergency. | 1:40:17 | 1:40:18 | |
I thought maybe we could make him a meringue. | 1:40:21 | 1:40:24 | |
Yes, well, I... I've been in bed for weeks. | 1:40:27 | 1:40:30 | |
Erm...and nothing's been done in the house. | 1:40:34 | 1:40:38 | |
The whole situation is really quite dreadful. | 1:40:41 | 1:40:44 | |
Oh, Vera. It's lovely to see you. | 1:40:45 | 1:40:48 | |
Time to find a cook. | 1:41:15 | 1:41:17 | |
There's household chores, too, if you don't mind, and... | 1:41:18 | 1:41:21 | |
mountains of ironing. | 1:41:21 | 1:41:23 | |
I have to go at five. I've got a dance. | 1:41:23 | 1:41:26 | |
They still have those, do they? | 1:41:29 | 1:41:31 | |
They're beautiful, dear. | 1:41:39 | 1:41:41 | |
BICYCLE BELL DINGS | 1:41:48 | 1:41:50 | |
DOORBELL RINGS | 1:42:29 | 1:42:32 | |
I'll get it! | 1:42:32 | 1:42:33 | |
MR BRITTAIN SOBS | 1:42:48 | 1:42:51 | |
PANTING | 1:42:58 | 1:43:00 | |
SHE WAILS | 1:43:29 | 1:43:31 | |
FAINT EXPLOSION | 1:44:16 | 1:44:17 | |
It's over! | 1:44:23 | 1:44:24 | |
The Armistice has been signed! | 1:44:24 | 1:44:27 | |
FIREWORKS BANG | 1:44:46 | 1:44:48 | |
CHEERING FADES | 1:44:56 | 1:44:57 | |
PANTING | 1:45:16 | 1:45:19 | |
INDISTINCT MURMURING | 1:45:24 | 1:45:27 | |
BELL TOLLS | 1:46:21 | 1:46:23 | |
Oh, Miss Brittain! | 1:46:42 | 1:46:44 | |
-Back at last. -Yes. | 1:46:45 | 1:46:47 | |
So, Chaucer this term. | 1:46:51 | 1:46:52 | |
You've certainly got some catching up to do. | 1:46:52 | 1:46:55 | |
Hello. I'm Winifred Holtby. | 1:47:15 | 1:47:18 | |
I've just found out we're tutorial partners this term. | 1:47:18 | 1:47:21 | |
I heard you wanted to be a writer. Me, too. | 1:47:23 | 1:47:26 | |
We could look at each other's work, if you like. | 1:47:26 | 1:47:29 | |
Look, I really must get on. | 1:47:31 | 1:47:32 | |
Oh. Of course. | 1:47:32 | 1:47:34 | |
SHE WHIMPERS | 1:48:20 | 1:48:22 | |
SHE GASPS | 1:48:52 | 1:48:54 | |
BREATHING HEAVILY | 1:49:05 | 1:49:07 | |
Vera? Goodness. Are you all right? | 1:49:18 | 1:49:22 | |
C-Can somebody give me a hand here? | 1:49:30 | 1:49:33 | |
Hey. You're all right. You're all right. | 1:49:35 | 1:49:39 | |
I brought some more books for you. | 1:49:42 | 1:49:44 | |
Did you manage to read the last ones? | 1:49:46 | 1:49:49 | |
I saved my brother's life over there, you know, | 1:50:03 | 1:50:06 | |
in France. | 1:50:06 | 1:50:07 | |
But the war still got him. | 1:50:14 | 1:50:16 | |
I was there for the last few months. | 1:50:23 | 1:50:25 | |
I volunteered at a signal station near Abbeville. | 1:50:25 | 1:50:28 | |
I didn't know. | 1:50:34 | 1:50:36 | |
All of us are surrounded by ghosts. | 1:50:37 | 1:50:40 | |
Now we need to learn how to live with them. | 1:50:41 | 1:50:44 | |
You must start at the beginning. | 1:50:46 | 1:50:48 | |
Get up, get dressed, eat. | 1:50:48 | 1:50:51 | |
Spring is out there waiting. | 1:50:51 | 1:50:53 | |
BIRDS CHIRPING | 1:50:55 | 1:50:57 | |
WOMEN LAUGHING | 1:50:58 | 1:51:00 | |
Recently, the German Foreign Minister dared suggest | 1:51:44 | 1:51:47 | |
we are all responsible for the war... | 1:51:47 | 1:51:50 | |
-PEOPLE CLAMOUR -..and should jointly pay the price! | 1:51:50 | 1:51:52 | |
-To which we say to him, who started it? -PEOPLE ROAR APPROVAL | 1:51:52 | 1:51:56 | |
There's nothing the Kaiser can do | 1:51:56 | 1:51:57 | |
to compensate the men and women of this country, | 1:51:57 | 1:52:00 | |
but still the Germans must pay. | 1:52:00 | 1:52:03 | |
The philosophy of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth | 1:52:03 | 1:52:07 | |
is a dangerous one. The whole cycle could be repeated. | 1:52:07 | 1:52:10 | |
Are you suggesting we let them walk all over us? | 1:52:10 | 1:52:12 | |
Look her in the eye, sir, and tell her to love the Germans. | 1:52:13 | 1:52:17 | |
They killed my eldest at the Somme. | 1:52:18 | 1:52:22 | |
And my next one, Harry. | 1:52:22 | 1:52:24 | |
And you stand here and defend them. | 1:52:25 | 1:52:27 | |
CLAMOURING | 1:52:27 | 1:52:29 | |
-Miss Brittain. -Officer. | 1:52:33 | 1:52:35 | |
George, please. George Catlin. | 1:52:35 | 1:52:37 | |
The lady has something to say. | 1:52:37 | 1:52:39 | |
Speak up. | 1:52:44 | 1:52:45 | |
I was a nurse at the front. | 1:52:49 | 1:52:50 | |
Good on you, miss. | 1:52:50 | 1:52:52 | |
Is there anyone else who would like to share anything that...? | 1:52:52 | 1:52:55 | |
No, I haven't finished. | 1:52:55 | 1:52:57 | |
I... | 1:52:58 | 1:52:59 | |
For a time I looked after a hut of German officers. | 1:53:03 | 1:53:06 | |
PEOPLE ROAR DISAPPROVAL | 1:53:06 | 1:53:08 | |
Not too well, I hope, miss. | 1:53:09 | 1:53:10 | |
As you were speaking, I was remembering one of them. | 1:53:10 | 1:53:13 | |
I held his hand as he was dying. THEY SCOFF | 1:53:16 | 1:53:19 | |
He cried out for a woman he loved. | 1:53:19 | 1:53:21 | |
He faced the end of his life by asking her forgiveness. | 1:53:21 | 1:53:25 | |
I lost a brother in the war. And my fiance. | 1:53:27 | 1:53:32 | |
VERA LAUGHS SOFTLY | 1:53:34 | 1:53:35 | |
I can't make sense of it either, | 1:53:36 | 1:53:39 | |
except when I held the hand of that German... | 1:53:39 | 1:53:41 | |
..it was their hands, too, that I was holding. | 1:53:43 | 1:53:46 | |
PEOPLE CLAMOUR | 1:53:46 | 1:53:47 | |
Their pain was the same pain. | 1:53:47 | 1:53:49 | |
Their blood the same blood. | 1:53:49 | 1:53:51 | |
Our grief is the grief of hundreds | 1:53:51 | 1:53:55 | |
and thousands of German women and men. | 1:53:55 | 1:53:57 | |
No, don't listen! | 1:53:58 | 1:54:00 | |
Sit down! | 1:54:01 | 1:54:02 | |
I... | 1:54:02 | 1:54:03 | |
I speak to those of us who are left behind! | 1:54:03 | 1:54:06 | |
CLAMOURING CEASES | 1:54:06 | 1:54:08 | |
The mothers, sisters, women. We sent our men to war! | 1:54:08 | 1:54:14 | |
I fought my father to let my brother go. | 1:54:15 | 1:54:19 | |
Because we think it's the right thing, the honourable thing. | 1:54:22 | 1:54:27 | |
But all I can do is stand here and ask you... | 1:54:31 | 1:54:33 | |
Is it? | 1:54:35 | 1:54:36 | |
Was I right? | 1:54:37 | 1:54:39 | |
Can I find the courage | 1:54:40 | 1:54:41 | |
to accept there might be another way? | 1:54:41 | 1:54:44 | |
Perhaps their deaths have meaning | 1:54:46 | 1:54:49 | |
only if we stand together now and say, "No!" | 1:54:49 | 1:54:52 | |
No to killing. | 1:54:54 | 1:54:56 | |
No to war. | 1:54:56 | 1:54:57 | |
No to the endless cycle of revenge. | 1:54:59 | 1:55:03 | |
I say no more of it. | 1:55:03 | 1:55:04 | |
No more. | 1:55:11 | 1:55:12 | |
-ROLAND: -"The sunshine on the long white road | 1:55:39 | 1:55:42 | |
"That ribboned down the hill, | 1:55:42 | 1:55:44 | |
"The velvet clematis that clung around your window-sill | 1:55:44 | 1:55:48 | |
"Are waiting for you still. | 1:55:48 | 1:55:51 | |
"Again the shadowed pool shall break In dimples at your feet, | 1:55:51 | 1:55:55 | |
"And when the lark sings in your wood, | 1:55:56 | 1:56:00 | |
"Unknowing you may meet Another stranger, Sweet. | 1:56:00 | 1:56:04 | |
"It will be better so." | 1:56:05 | 1:56:07 | |
'They'll want to forget you. | 1:57:21 | 1:57:24 | |
'They'll want me to forget. | 1:57:26 | 1:57:28 | |
'But I can't. | 1:57:34 | 1:57:35 | |
'I won't. | 1:57:38 | 1:57:39 | |
'This is my promise to you now. | 1:57:45 | 1:57:47 | |
'All of you.' | 1:57:51 | 1:57:53 |