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Waiting for the Barbarians

So if you will excuse me, I need to get some rest

So if you will excuse me, I need to get some rest

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So if you will excuse me,
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I need to get some rest.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
52
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:30
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
drama
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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.
He's a policeman, a colonel of the police, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
He's a policeman, a colonel of the police,
Once in every generation, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:13
Once in every generation,
It's the consequence of too much ease. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
It's the consequence of too much ease.
We protect ourselves against wild animals, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
We protect ourselves against wild animals,
If an angry bear approaches you, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
If an angry bear approaches you,
I-I will be quite content - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:15
I-I will be quite content
I must tell you that we don't have - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
I must tell you that we don't have
There's not much-- There's not much crime here, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:11
There's not much-- There's not much crime here,
[chuckles] Where we also store provisions. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
[chuckles] Where we also store provisions.
He's probably never seen anything like them before. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
He's probably never seen anything like them before.
-[speaking local language] -Whatever you call it, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:10
-[speaking local language] -Whatever you call it,
These nomads, barbarians, if you will, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
These nomads, barbarians, if you will,
They migrate. They're always on the move. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
They migrate. They're always on the move.
He may be telling the truth. Who knows? - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
He may be telling the truth. Who knows?
Who would have brought an old man and a sick boy - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
Who would have brought an old man and a sick boy
I'll bring one of my men along, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
I'll bring one of my men along,
Uh, tell me, wh-what are your procedures? - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
Uh, tell me, wh-what are your procedures?
You come to recognize it with training and experience. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
You come to recognize it with training and experience.
Can you tell whether I am telling the truth? - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
Can you tell whether I am telling the truth?
I am speaking of particular situations, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
I am speaking of particular situations,