The Train (1964)

Charles Millot: Pesquet

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• Spinet : London agrees the art is important. Anything we can do to save it... but they leave it up to us.

  Labiche : Why not? What can they lose? This morning we had four men left in this group. Now we have three. One, two, three.

  Pesquet : Bernard?

  Labiche : We started with eighteen. Like your paintings, mademoiselle, we couldn't replace them. For certain things we take the risk, but I won't waste lives on paintings.

  Mlle. Villard : They wouldn't be wasted! Excuse me, I know that's a terrible thing to say. But those paintings are part of France. The Germans want to take them away. They've taken our land, our food, they live in our houses, and now they're trying to take our art. This beauty, this vision of life, born out of France, our special vision, our trust... we hold it in trust, don't you see, for everyone? This is our pride, what we create and hold for the world. There are worse things to risk your life for than that.

  Labiche : I'm sorry, mademoiselle, we can't help you.

• Didont : I don't like it.

  Pesquet : Who does?

  Didont : I mean the art train. If the Germans want it so much, maybe we should do something.

• Pesquet : You can get killed stopping a train.

  Didont : Especially if you're French, and the train's German.

• Labiche : Listen, you idiots! The war'll be over in a few days! Now leave it alone.

  Pesquet : You get caught up in something, you can't leave it alone.

• Labiche : Forget the art train. We'll have enough to do tomorrow. Which reminds me, I'll need another engineer for the art train. I'll have to give it to Papa Boule.

  Pesquet : Papa Boule?

  Didont : Not Papa Boule!

  Labiche : I don't have any choice. Who else is there?