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Waiting for the Barbarians

They can be readas a plan of war, or they can read as a historyof the last years of the...

They can be read
as a plan of war, or they can read as a history
of the last years of the Empire

Full Transcript

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They can be read as a plan of war,
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or they can read as a history of the last years of the Empire.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
51
Timestamp in Movie
01:27:59
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

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.
You have no idea how tiresome your behavior is. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
You have no idea how tiresome your behavior is.
You are the only official on the frontier - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
You are the only official on the frontier
When I arrived back, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:09
When I arrived back,
You would be free to go back to your old life - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
You would be free to go back to your old life
However, you seem to have a new ambition. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
However, you seem to have a new ambition.
You want to make a name for yourself - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
You want to make a name for yourself
You want to get your name into the history books, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
You want to get your name into the history books,
People are not interested - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
People are not interested
We will end these troubles, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
We will end these troubles,
These pitiable creatures of yours, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
These pitiable creatures of yours,
No, you-- you are the enemy, Colonel. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
No, you-- you are the enemy, Colonel.
You-- You deserve to be hanged. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
You-- You deserve to be hanged.
Now to business. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
Now to business.
I would like a statement from you - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:11
I would like a statement from you
[laughing] - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:13
[laughing]
[gasps] - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
[gasps]
[gasping] - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
[gasping]
That-- That nothing passed - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:10
That-- That nothing passed
I returned the girl to her people... - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
I returned the girl to her people...
[wailing] - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
[wailing]