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At brigade headquarters, they're saying
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Waiting for the Barbarians

At brigade headquarters,they're saying there is to bea general offensive against the...

At brigade headquarters,
they're saying there is to be
a general offensive against the barbarians
in the spring

Full Transcript

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At brigade headquarters, they're saying
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there is to be a general offensive
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against the barbarians in the spring.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
76
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:51
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
N/A

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At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
The plan is to move them back all along the frontier, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
The plan is to move them back all along the frontier,
The people who-- whom you call barbarians are nomads. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
The people who-- whom you call barbarians are nomads.
They will never permit themselves - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
They will never permit themselves
Tell me, sir, as someone who knows the region... - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
Tell me, sir, as someone who knows the region...
Well, what is the trouble about? - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
Well, what is the trouble about?
Ahem. Well, there was no trouble that-- that I know of... - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
Ahem. Well, there was no trouble that-- that I know of...
But it's-- it's all changed now. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
But it's-- it's all changed now.
It will take years to patch up the damage - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:08
It will take years to patch up the damage
[chuckles] - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
[chuckles]
We, you and I, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
We, you and I,
We say to ourselves we reclaimed the land from the desert, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:09
We say to ourselves we reclaimed the land from the desert,
They still see us as visitors, transients. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
They still see us as visitors, transients.
They say to one another, "Be patient. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
They say to one another, "Be patient.
One day, these foreigners will pack up and leave." - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:11
One day, these foreigners will pack up and leave."
The frontier towns are the first line of defense of the Empire, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:08
The frontier towns are the first line of defense of the Empi...
Oh! [laughs] - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
Oh! [laughs]
Wh-What is that? - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
Wh-What is that?
In his report, Colonel Joll wrote - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:08
In his report, Colonel Joll wrote
Do you know what they did to him, who he was? - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
Do you know what they did to him, who he was?
He was breathing strangely, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
He was breathing strangely,