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* Joey being sold to the military.

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* Joey being sold to the military.military, and Albert's desperate attempts to keep him.
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* Major Stewart surrounded by German soldiers and forced to surrender after most of his troops have been slaughtered by machine guns. He drops his saber to the ground, with the harsh knowledge that not only is his cavalry dead, the cavalry tradition itself has been rendered completely obsolete by modern technology.

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* Major Stewart surrounded by German soldiers and forced to surrender after most of his troops have been slaughtered by machine guns. He drops his saber to the ground, with the harsh knowledge that not only is his cavalry dead, the cavalry tradition itself has been rendered completely obsolete by modern technology. The German officer all this time is angrily berating him, shocked at the terrible slaughter of men he's just witnessed, even from the enemy side.
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* The German brothers being shot at dawn for desertion, especially after the eldest had tried so hard to protect his younger brother.

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* The German brothers Gunther and Michael being shot at dawn for desertion, especially after the eldest Michael had tried so hard to protect his younger brother.Gunther and fulfil the promise he made to their mother.
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** Hiddleston describes the direction he was given for the look on that face in that scene (in the film) as everything else peeled away and Nicholls being like a boy of nine again. It's not even fear, it's wide-eyed horror as he realizes exactly what's happened.

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** Hiddleston describes the direction he was given for the look on that face in that scene (in the film) as everything else peeled away and Nicholls being like a boy of nine again. It's not even fear, it's wide-eyed horror as he realizes exactly what's happened.



* Major Stewart surrounded by German soldiers and forced to surrender after most of his troops have been slaughtered by machine guns. He drops his saber to the ground, with the harsh knowledge that not only is his cavalry dead the cavalry tradition itself has been rendered completely obsolete by modern technology.

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* Major Stewart surrounded by German soldiers and forced to surrender after most of his troops have been slaughtered by machine guns. He drops his saber to the ground, with the harsh knowledge that not only is his cavalry dead dead, the cavalry tradition itself has been rendered completely obsolete by modern technology.



* The moment when Joey is set to be shot with a blind Albert only a short distance away. Given the [[{{Determinator}} two]] [[WarIsHell themes]] of the play, you genuinely don't know if Joey's going to die.[[spoiler:He lives.]]

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* The moment when Joey is set to be shot with a blind Albert only a short distance away. Given the [[{{Determinator}} two]] [[WarIsHell themes]] of the play, you genuinely don't know if Joey's going to die.[[spoiler:He [[spoiler: He lives.]]
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* Captain Nicholls' death was made quite heartbreaking with slow motion and the noise of the war being deadened.... not to mention his expression of knowing that he was going to die and being terrified of the certainty of it.

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* Captain Nicholls' death was made quite heartbreaking with slow motion and [[MomentOfSilence the noise of the war being deadened....deadened]].... not to mention his expression of knowing that he was going to die and being terrified of the certainty of it.

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