Operation.Mincemeat.2021.2160p.WEB-DL.x265.10bit.HDR.DDP5.1-NOGRP Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:49,491 --> 00:00:52,988 In any story, if it's a good story, 2 00:00:53,123 --> 00:00:57,223 there is that which is seen and that which is hidden. 3 00:01:00,028 --> 00:01:03,731 This is especially true in stories of war. 4 00:01:15,049 --> 00:01:17,084 There is the war we see, 5 00:01:17,220 --> 00:01:19,879 a contest of bombs and bullets, 6 00:01:21,048 --> 00:01:25,623 courage, sacrifice and brute force, 7 00:01:25,759 --> 00:01:30,223 as we count the winners, the losers and the dead. 8 00:01:36,067 --> 00:01:37,666 Heave! 9 00:01:42,804 --> 00:01:44,734 But alongside this war, 10 00:01:44,870 --> 00:01:47,510 another war is waged. 11 00:01:47,645 --> 00:01:50,747 A battleground in shades of grey, 12 00:01:50,883 --> 00:01:55,849 played out in deception, seduction and bad faith. 13 00:01:59,259 --> 00:02:01,952 The participants are strange. 14 00:02:02,088 --> 00:02:04,294 They are seldom what they seem, 15 00:02:04,429 --> 00:02:06,492 and fiction and reality blur. 16 00:02:09,031 --> 00:02:12,701 This war is a wilderness of mirrors, 17 00:02:13,804 --> 00:02:16,172 in which the truth is protected 18 00:02:16,308 --> 00:02:18,410 by a bodyguard of lies. 19 00:02:19,475 --> 00:02:21,138 For the love of Christ. 20 00:02:22,314 --> 00:02:24,048 We should have heard by now. 21 00:02:26,714 --> 00:02:28,981 This is our war. 22 00:02:45,807 --> 00:02:47,500 Dear God. 23 00:03:18,839 --> 00:03:20,505 Pray. 24 00:03:58,877 --> 00:04:01,110 "As I looked up into the darkened sky, 25 00:04:01,246 --> 00:04:03,515 "I made a vow. 26 00:04:03,650 --> 00:04:05,776 "I would give the old country another day. 27 00:04:05,912 --> 00:04:07,481 "to fit me into something; 28 00:04:07,617 --> 00:04:08,916 "and if nothing happened, 29 00:04:09,051 --> 00:04:12,085 "I would take the next boat for the Cape. 30 00:04:12,220 --> 00:04:16,086 "It was then, as I was fitting my key into the door, 31 00:04:16,222 --> 00:04:18,493 "that I noticed a man at my elbow. 32 00:04:18,628 --> 00:04:20,301 "I'd not seen him approach, 33 00:04:20,436 --> 00:04:23,766 "and his sudden appearance made me start. 34 00:04:23,902 --> 00:04:26,932 "'May I come in for a minute? ' the man said, 35 00:04:27,067 --> 00:04:28,706 "steadying his voice with effort." 36 00:04:28,841 --> 00:04:31,611 And if it were us, omega, would we let him in? 37 00:04:31,747 --> 00:04:35,449 Depends on whether or not he knew the code, agent Zed. 38 00:04:35,584 --> 00:04:36,707 "No sooner was he through the door..." 39 00:04:36,842 --> 00:04:38,618 he did let him in. 40 00:04:38,754 --> 00:04:41,685 "... and the odd little man poured himself a stiff whisky. 41 00:04:42,620 --> 00:04:45,019 "and drank it in three gulps. 42 00:04:45,154 --> 00:04:48,286 "'Pardon, ' he said. 'I'm a bit rattled tonight. 43 00:04:48,421 --> 00:04:52,960 "'You see, i happen at this moment to be dead.'" 44 00:04:55,404 --> 00:04:57,503 I think it's best we keep reading. 45 00:04:57,638 --> 00:04:59,701 Tomorrow's a day of high adventure, agent. 46 00:04:59,837 --> 00:05:02,167 I think it's best you sleep.. 47 00:05:06,179 --> 00:05:07,513 They're here. 48 00:05:08,776 --> 00:05:09,845 Good night. 49 00:05:17,351 --> 00:05:20,425 This gorgeous delicacy is Afghan cheese, 50 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,324 made from the milk of a long-horned 51 00:05:22,460 --> 00:05:24,262 and lovesick sheep. 52 00:05:24,398 --> 00:05:26,664 You must be a smuggler, Ivor. 53 00:05:26,799 --> 00:05:29,865 Exotic cheese. The rest of us on rations. 54 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,204 I could manage your front office, you know. 55 00:05:32,340 --> 00:05:33,473 At the Cheese Eaters' League. 56 00:05:33,608 --> 00:05:35,409 Has my brother left you unemployed, Hester, 57 00:05:35,544 --> 00:05:37,741 - Now that he's retiring? - Is that the rumour? 58 00:05:37,876 --> 00:05:40,046 I hope that's not the reason for this party. 59 00:05:40,181 --> 00:05:41,338 Are you not retiring? 60 00:05:41,473 --> 00:05:43,715 I've written a lovely speech saying you are. 61 00:05:43,850 --> 00:05:45,579 Well, then, i suggest you write a lovely speech 62 00:05:45,714 --> 00:05:46,882 saying that I ** not. 63 00:05:47,018 --> 00:05:48,587 This is simply a hiatus.. 64 00:05:48,722 --> 00:05:50,754 Naval supplies. He's off to whip them into shape. 65 00:05:50,889 --> 00:05:53,085 A noble contribution to this ghastly war. 66 00:05:53,221 --> 00:05:55,725 Maritime hardware. I have a passion for it. 67 00:05:55,861 --> 00:05:59,032 Ivor, Ewen. I'm afraid it's that time. 68 00:05:59,168 --> 00:06:00,498 That it is, darling. 69 00:06:00,633 --> 00:06:02,627 I have prepared a dazzling toast. 70 00:06:02,762 --> 00:06:04,095 Mmm. 71 00:06:04,231 --> 00:06:05,534 Though why we're not cheering you 72 00:06:05,670 --> 00:06:06,935 on your last night at home... 73 00:06:07,070 --> 00:06:08,770 oh, don't be silly. King's Counsel deserves 74 00:06:08,906 --> 00:06:10,776 a proper send-off into retirement. 75 00:06:10,912 --> 00:06:13,414 Hester, will you tell my husband his guests await him? 76 00:06:14,748 --> 00:06:17,947 Absurd, isn't it? This "retirement" bit? 77 00:06:18,083 --> 00:06:20,051 When both of us know my brother hasn't tried a case 78 00:06:20,186 --> 00:06:21,180 in three years. 79 00:06:22,048 --> 00:06:23,349 Well, gossip has it 80 00:06:23,485 --> 00:06:26,623 he's been knee-deep in intelligence for some time. 81 00:06:26,759 --> 00:06:28,956 Ivor. . 82 00:06:29,092 --> 00:06:31,530 A grown man, gossiping like a fishwife. 83 00:06:31,666 --> 00:06:34,160 Has he been bumped over to MI5? 84 00:06:34,295 --> 00:06:37,634 - Special mission? - Oh, my cue. I see. 85 00:06:37,770 --> 00:06:39,873 Surely he's taking you with him, 86 00:06:40,008 --> 00:06:41,234 whatever it is. 87 00:06:41,369 --> 00:06:44,743 You really do have an uncanny nose for cheese. 88 00:06:44,878 --> 00:06:46,975 To my distinguished friends and colleagues, 89 00:06:47,111 --> 00:06:51,241 in whose honour we have uncorked a vintage spam. 90 00:06:51,376 --> 00:06:53,411 A devious cabal 91 00:06:53,547 --> 00:06:57,284 of immediate family has billed this as my retirement. 92 00:06:57,420 --> 00:07:00,954 But you, my cherished guests, are clever enough to know 93 00:07:01,090 --> 00:07:02,661 that I will be buried in my silks 94 00:07:02,796 --> 00:07:04,623 before I will ever hang them up for good. 95 00:07:06,393 --> 00:07:08,166 So let us instead consider this a cheers 96 00:07:08,302 --> 00:07:09,926 to my now full-time post 97 00:07:10,061 --> 00:07:11,228 as superintendent. 98 00:07:11,364 --> 00:07:13,101 Of nautical rivets... 99 00:07:13,236 --> 00:07:15,298 ...and whatever nuts and bolts may be required 100 00:07:15,434 --> 00:07:17,504 by dear England in her hour of need. 101 00:07:19,307 --> 00:07:21,839 But the real tribute tonight goes to Iris, 102 00:07:21,974 --> 00:07:23,650 my brilliant wife, 103 00:07:23,786 --> 00:07:25,778 who in the morning, sails to less troubled shores 104 00:07:25,914 --> 00:07:27,147 with our nestlings in tow. 105 00:07:28,488 --> 00:07:30,921 Iris is wiser than Solomon, 106 00:07:31,056 --> 00:07:34,528 stronger than Samson and more patient than Job. 107 00:07:36,631 --> 00:07:38,195 She has to be. She's married to me. 108 00:07:50,077 --> 00:07:52,404 In the Moroccan city of Casablanca, 109 00:07:52,540 --> 00:07:54,181 prime Minister Churchill has held meetings 110 00:07:54,316 --> 00:07:55,714 with President Roosevelt 111 00:07:55,850 --> 00:07:58,478 to agree plans for the next stage of the war. 112 00:07:58,614 --> 00:08:01,654 As Hitler's Nazis tighten their grip on occupied Europe, 113 00:08:01,789 --> 00:08:03,486 a mighty host of Allied troops... 114 00:08:03,621 --> 00:08:05,225 excuse me. Thank you. 115 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:11,588 Excuse me. Thank you. 116 00:08:11,723 --> 00:08:13,630 ... and prepare for a battle that will decide 117 00:08:13,765 --> 00:08:15,933 the fate of the free world. 118 00:08:16,069 --> 00:08:18,928 In the words of President Franklin Roosevelt, 119 00:08:19,064 --> 00:08:22,674 "The fascists asked for it, and they're going to get it." 120 00:08:22,810 --> 00:08:24,842 We work together, if I'm not mistaken. 121 00:08:25,775 --> 00:08:27,106 You're not mistaken. 122 00:08:31,983 --> 00:08:33,583 Have you seen the main feature, 123 00:08:33,719 --> 00:08:35,556 confessions of a Nazi Spy? 124 00:08:37,088 --> 00:08:40,392 It's, erm, based on a real, erm, fBI agent, 125 00:08:40,527 --> 00:08:43,797 leon G Turrou, t-U-R-R-O-U, 126 00:08:43,933 --> 00:08:47,694 who tracked Nazi spy rings in the United States in 1938 127 00:08:47,830 --> 00:08:49,401 and went on, amazingly, 128 00:08:49,537 --> 00:08:51,228 to arrest a number of Germans. 129 00:08:51,363 --> 00:08:53,237 For espionage.. 130 00:08:53,372 --> 00:08:55,775 Sorry I'm late. 131 00:08:55,910 --> 00:08:59,472 I'll let you watch.. 132 00:08:59,607 --> 00:09:01,313 ... every man under his command. 133 00:09:08,747 --> 00:09:11,756 It was very gracious, what you said tonight. 134 00:09:11,891 --> 00:09:13,555 More gracious than it needed to be. 135 00:09:13,691 --> 00:09:15,123 I meant every word. 136 00:09:17,189 --> 00:09:18,289 And I didn't mean for it 137 00:09:18,425 --> 00:09:20,929 to hurt you this way. My leaving. 138 00:09:21,065 --> 00:09:22,999 It seems I'm always the last to go. 139 00:09:29,641 --> 00:09:30,808 Stronger than Samson. 140 00:09:30,943 --> 00:09:32,107 We're off first thing in the morning 141 00:09:32,242 --> 00:09:33,438 and I haven't finished packing.. 142 00:09:33,574 --> 00:09:35,874 Well, up you go, then. Safe journey, my dear. 143 00:09:36,010 --> 00:09:37,943 I will write to you. 144 00:09:38,079 --> 00:09:39,818 We'll write to each other....