Paul Bäumer
I'm afraid of what's about to come.
Stanislaus Katczinsky
Don't be.
General Friedrichs
Devid Striesow
Paul Bäumer
Felix Kammerer
Stanislaus "Kat" Katczinsky
Albrecht Schuch
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) quotes
Paul Bäumer
Stanislaus Katczinsky
Stanislaus Katczinsky
[commenting on the German advance]
Paul, if we keep up this pace, we won't have conquered France for 180 years. I worked it out. [laughs]
Paul Bäumer
Don't let them catch you, Kat.
Tjaden Stackfleet
[French cannons bombard the German trenches]
Creeping barrage.
Paul Bäumer
What?
Tjaden Stackfleet
Every couple of minutes, the artillery barrage makes an advance forward. And directly after that, the infantry moves forward.
Albert Kropp
What does that mean exactly?
Stanislaus Katczinsky
That they are coming!
Matthias Erzberger
[On Marshal of France Foch's private train, Matthias Erzberger is attempting to secure an armistice; Erzberger and Foch speak in German and French respectively, so two junior officers translate to Erzberger and Foch]
I stand before you, in the hope that you will take our presence here today as an opportunity to take action to suspend all hostilities. In the name of humanity, I am asking you for an agreement to an immediate cease-fire for the entire duration of our negotiating time to in order to spare our nation's unnecessary depletion. Matthias Erzberger, head of the German delegation.
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
[Marshal Foch stares coldly at the German delegation in silence, then addresses General Maxime Weygand]
Weygand, que veulent ces monsieur? (Weygand, what do these men want?)
General Maxime Weygand
Je ne sais pas. (I don't know.)
German Translator
Marshal Foch asks what brings you gentlemen to him.
Mattias Erzberger
We are here looking forward to your proposal for an enduring cease-fire that will include all those on the water, on land, as well as those in the sky.
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
N'ai aucune monsieur proposition de ce genre à faire. (I have no proposal of this kind to make.)
German Translator
Ich habe ihn keine vorschläge zu machen. (I have no proposal to make to him.)
Mattias Erzberger
What does he mean by that?
German Translator
I think he disliked the phrasing of what you said.
Mattias Erzberger
Yes. Good. Then...
German Translator
Monsieur le Maréchal, si vous permittez, on aimerais connaître les conditions- (Marshal, if you please, we would like to know the conditions-
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
[angrily cuts him off]
Ne pas condition! Si vous voulez un armistice, déclarez! (No conditions! If you want an armistice, declare it!)
Major General Winterfeldt
He wants you to ask him formally.
Matthias Erzberger
Monsieur le Maréchal, I am asking you for an armistice.
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
[after handing the document of armistice to Matthias]
You have 72 hours to accept our conditions. They are non-negotiable.
Matthias Erzberger
Seventy-two hours?
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
The war will continue until you sign them.
Matthias Erzberger
Monsieur le Maréchal, in God's name, don't let 72 hours pass us by here. Thousands of lives depend on it.
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
[Stands up, holding a pen out to Matthias]
Alors signe! (Sign then!)
Matthias Erzberger
All that's left separating us from an armistice is false pride.
General Friedrichs
General Friedrichs: A man is born alone, he lives alone, and dies alone.
Stanislaus "Kat" Katczinsky
Germany will soon be empty.
Matthias Erzberger
My son killed in the war. He doesn't feel any honor.
Paul Bäumer
The stench will remain on us forever.
General Friedrichs
What is a soldier without war?
Paul Bäumer
When you're starving, you'll do anything.