what is it you want?
well, olbricht? speak up.
ah yes - the hero from africa. i'd offer my hand but you might not give it back.
about time they put a man with balls in this office. have a seat. you too, if you must.
they tell me you're critical of the war, colonel. not that you don't seem to have good reason.
in the field, you mean.
i take it that's why you're here. to make decisions.
they say when there's no clear option, one should do nothing.
just what sort of rash action did you have in mind, colonel?
supreme commander, you say.
if only i were that man.  this war would be going quite differently.
i don't need to remind you that we've all sworn an oath. that said, i'm going to forget we had this conversation with the understanding that such speak will never occur under this roof again. am i clear?
tell your friends that i always come down on the right side. and as long as the führer is alive, you know what side that is.
heil hitler.
for god's sake, stauffenberg, you're-
 they're waiting for you.
mein führer.  i wish to present colonel claus von stauffenberg - our new chief of general staff for the replacement army.
mein führer, we have asked stauffenberg here today so that he might brief us on mobilizing troops from the home army to support those in normandy.
i don't know what you've got brewing and i don't want to know.  but when the music stops, i'd be much obliged if keitel should find himself without a chair.
that call better have been important.
how dare you put the reserve army on standby without my knowledge. you damn near cost me my commission. what in god's name made you think you even had the authority?
don't lie, olbricht. not to me. we both know it was no fucking drill.
you may not, colonel. you may not do anything. because now you've not only shown me you can't deliver, you've painted a target on my back. if i so much as sense you trying to move the reserve army again, i'll personally have you both arrested. do i make myself abundantly clear?
heil hitler.
i'll hear you say it, colonel.
who told you the führer was dead?
this is fromm. put me through to the wolf's lair.
yes. general fromm for field marshal keitel. urgent.
what's going on up there? the most incredible rumors are circulating in berlin.
there's talk the führer's been assassinated.
stauffenberg? on his way back to berlin, i should think.
certainly.
a false alarm. the führer is fine.
operation val- who gave the order?
dammit, man. do you realize what you've done? the führer is a-
this can't be happening. it's some kind of joke.
colonel, if what you say is true you should shoot yourself at once. the rest of you are under arrest.
i don't know where you think this is going, but i suggest you men change into civilian clothes and find a place to hide.
well, lieutenant. what do you make of all of this?
i won't ask you to make a choice. that's for you and you alone. all i ask is that you observe and think for yourself. in time you'll see things for what they truly are. you know where to find me when you do.
lieutenant. heil hitler.
if you have any last messages, you'd better write them now.
noted, major. get on with it then.
that will be all, major.
continue.
very well then.  a court martial, convened by me in the führer's absence, has pronounced sentence: colonel mertz von quernheim, general olbricht, lieutenant haeften.  and the colonel, whose name i will not mention, are condemned to death. take them outside.
involvement. i don't know what you-
spare me, stauffenberg.