Dunkirk 2017 quotes

They need to send more ships. Every hour, the enemy pushes closer.

Commander Bolton

They've activated the small vessels pool.

Small vessels?

Commander Bolton

It's a list of civilian boats for requisition.

Civilian? We need destroyers!

Commander Bolton

Small boats can load from the beach.

Not in these conditions!

Commander Bolton

Well, I'd rather fight waves than dive-bombers.

...No, you're right. They won't get up in this. The Royal Engineers are building piers from lorries. At least that should help us when the tide comes back.

Commander Bolton

Well, we'll know in six hour's time.

I thought the tides were every three?

Commander Bolton

Then it's good that you're Army and I'm Navy, isn't it?

Afternoon.

He's on me!

I'm on him.

Commander Bolton

The tide's turning now.

How can you tell?

Commander Bolton

The bodies are coming back.

Commander Bolton

You can practically see it from here.

What?

Commander Bolton

Home.

You haven't turned around.

No, we have a job to do.

Job? This is a pleasure yacht. You're weekend sailors, you're not the bloody Navy. A man your age?

Men my age dictate this war. Why should we be allowed to send our children to fight it?

You should be at home!

Well, there won't be any home if we allow a slaughter across the Channel.

Well done, lads. Well done.

Alex

All we did is survive.

That's enough.

Dad, he's down. There's no chute. Dad, come on. There was no chute. He's probably dead.

Dammit, I hear you, Peter, I hear you! He may be alive! Maybe... We may be able to help him.

Careful! Careful down there!

Alex

He's dead, mate.

...So be bloody careful with him.

Alex

Can't bear it... You read it.

Tommy

Can't bear it?

Alex

They'll be spitting at us in the streets. If they're not locked up waiting for the invasion.

Tommy

We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be...

Alex

What?

Tommy

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. and even if this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.
[Tommy remains silent as the film fades out]

Tommy

Wars are not won by evacuation.