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[tense music]

[cheers and applause]

- Heil Hitler!

- Heil Fuhrer!

- Heil Hitler!

[people speaking German]

all: Heil Hitler!

Heil!

Heil!

Heil!

Heil!

Heil!

Heil!

Heil!

[thud]

- [grunts]

- Respect for the Fuhrer!

- [speaking German]

Idiot

[dramatic music]

[hissing]

- Elder Seibold?

I'm Elder Anderson.

Go home, you dirty Mormon.

- What?

- I said, "Welcome to Germany."

You'll hear that a lot here.

- Oh, you've got something right there.

It looks like blood.

- Oh, boy, I've gotta get home.

- How far away do we live?

- I mean home, home.

- How long have you been out?

- 26 months, 4 days.

So I'll be going back to Idaho soon.

Hallelujah.

Germans are fine folks,

but their leaders have some cockeyed ideas.

[people cheering]

- Yeah, well, I heard that

some German officials are trying to have

the New Testament rewritten to show

that Jesus wasn't a Jew.

[cheering]

[dog barking]

What's that?

[singing in German]

[people shouting in German]

A cleansing!

A cleansing by fire!

No, to the works of the traitors and immigrants.

And no, to the foreign authors who believe

they can attack the new Germany.

Never will they denigrate the new Germany...

the pure Germany!

- Hello.

What books did you bring to our party?

Nothing.

- Let me see.

- What's he doing?

- Don't do anything.

- I haven't read it yet, but it's supposed to be swell.

- Danke schoen.

Go home, you dirty Mormons.

- Well, danke to you too.

Hey, what's the big idea?

- Time to go, Elder.

- It'll take a while to get an answer.

I'll have to get back to you on that.

Danke schoen, Elder Duersch.

- Danke.

[snaps]

- You know, Elder, missionaries tend to lose

two things on their missions:

their hair and their sweethearts.

[phone rings]

Hello.

German mission office.

- Yes, this is President Hugh B. Brown

of the British Mission.

- Yes, President?

- Oh.

[sighs]

- Is President Wood available to speak with me?

- No, sorry, sir.

He's at a mission conference.

- Are you able to get a message to him?

- Yes, sir.

- This is very important, Elder.

Please write this down.

[suspenseful music]

[phone ringing]

- This is President Wood.

- President, this is Elder Barnes.

I have an urgent message for you

from President Heber J. Grant.

- OK, go ahead.

- In three days, the German army will invade Poland.

- Evacuate the mission to Holland or Denmark,

but get them out immediately.

- OK.

Uh, hurry to

the General Consul's office,

check on this,

and then...

I'll let you know where to send them.

- Hello, Elder Barnes.

How can I help you?

- I have something very important

for the Consul General.

I'm hoping to see him.

- OK.

- Good to see you again, sir.

- Yes.

What can I do for you, Elder?

- We have been informed by our Church President

that in three days,

the German army will invade Poland.

I wanted to ask what you know of the situation.

- In three days?

- Yes, sir.

- Have a seat.

This from our embassy in Berlin:

"At this time, there is no indication

of any German military movement."

So, Elder Barnes, our military attaché

has no knowledge

of any such aggressive activity

on the part of the Nazi army.

From what source did your Church President

get this information?

- I would say he got it from the Lord, sir.

He is a prophet.

- Son, our U.S. military has

the finest intelligence in the world.

- If I may, sir, I believe President Heber J. Grant

has a better source of intelligence

than the U.S. military.

- You really said that to him?

- Jawohl!

- [chuckles]

All right, then call 'em,

wire 'em, send pigeons—

any way to get to them

and tell our missionaries to get out.

- Yes, President.

- Uh, Holland's been good to us.

Send 'em to Rotterdam.

- Yes, President.

- I'll be back in a couple hours.

- Yes, President.

- All right.

- How about you finish unpacking?

Then we'll get going.

- What are you doing?

- Well, the hard thing right now is,

everybody's scared stiff they're going to war again.

You can't get anybody to talk about the gospel,

so I've been spending a lot of time on my homecoming talk.

- Yeah, well, I heard that

Adolf Hitler actually likes our church

because we believe in being subject to kings, rulers,

and obeying and sustaining the law.

[knocking]

[soft music]

- We just got word from President Wood.

"Leave immediately for Rotterdam."

- Where's Rotterdam?

- What's the deal?

- That's all I was told.

- Let's go.

We'll call President.

[dramatic music]

- Where's Rotterdam?

- Keep going.

- Yes, President, I will extend the call to someone.

He needs you back at the mission office.

We're going to get Elder and Sister Goltz.

- Who's Elder and Sister Goltz?

Are they missionaries?

Slow down.

- Uh, ja, I understand what you are saying,

but it is not necessary for us to leave.

We face no danger in our own Fatherland.

- Whether there is danger or not,

President Wood sent me to get you to leave.

- My patriarchal blessing promises me

I will serve a mission in Germany.

I have not finished my mission,

so I will not go.

- Sister Goltz...

can you convince your husband to leave?

- He is boss.

- [chuckles]

- Am I the only one

that wants to go home around here?

Dummkopf.

- You should probably go with him, ja?

- Ja.

- But President, I said all of that.

They won't leave.

- Yes, they will.

Now go back and get 'em.

- Yes, President.

Oh, boy.

- What-what do you mean, "Oh, boy"?

What?

- Nein. Nein!

Here is what I see.

I have faith in my patriarchal blessing,

but you-you have not.

- This is not a matter of faith.

This is a matter of obedience.

President Wood said we must leave,

so we must leave.

- [shouting in German]

- Sister Goltz, you've got to do something.

If you don't, there's a huge possibility

you will be stuck here through a war,

and if that happens,

you may never see your family again.

- Und, this thing is for sure—

my parents were German,

my grandparents were German,

I am German,

and I will never leave this cou—

- Papa.

Papa, I go.

- She is boss.

We will go.

[suspenseful music]

[people speaking in German]

[people speaking in German]

[knocking]

- [speaking German]

President Biehl, the Prophet has ordered all foreign missionaries

to leave Germany immediately!

- Auf Wiedersehen.

Sister Heibel, you are to report

to the mission home in Frankfurt.

Sister Rosenhan,

we will get you to the train station

and on your way to Holland.

You are not to wait for anyone else.

- I must have my passport stamped.

- Yes, and you should buy your ticket on to London.

- But I'm not going to London.

- The spirit tells me...

do this.

[knocking]

- Brother Ruff.

- Guten Tag, Elders.

- We received a new missionary.

This is Elder—

- Anderson.

- Guten Tag, Elder Anderson.

- Brother Ruff, I cannot continue as Branch President.

We've been told to leave the country.

We are here to call and set you apart

as the new Branch President.

- I can't.

- You can.

I know you've only been a member for a few months,

but you will learn as you serve.

- I received a military summons an hour ago.

I leave today.

- May we give you a blessing?

- Bitte.

[dramatic music]

- [speaking German]

I understand you want to get to London

but you will not be able to get the British stamp for your visa.

And why is that?

Because the British Consulate closed

and they have all left the country.

Then would you please just stamp her passport for leaving Germany?

She will have to come back tomorrow.

- [speaking German]

Because the person responsible for that stamp is gone.

Do you need one too?

I'm German.

I will be leaving Germany whether my passport is stamped or not.

You are not allowed to cross the border without that stamp on your passport.

Our Prophet has told us to go

and I will follow the Prophet.

- Danke. - Vielen dank.

- Danke schoen. - Auf Wiedersehen.

- Auf Wiedersehen. - Tschiiss!

We have only a moment.

[both speaking German]

Darling! Darling!

The Sisters want to say good-bye.

- Auf Wiedersehen! - Auf Wiedersehen.

- We love you, Sister Biehl! - Send your love with me!

Walter, this is from the military.

You leave today.

Everything is changing.

We live in hard times.

[child babbling]

- Brother Lutz, all missionaries

have been told to leave Germany.

We are here to call you

and set you apart as Branch President.

- But I am only a priest.

- You are all the Lord has.

[phone rings]

- President Wood.

This is Joseph Fielding Smith.

I'm here in Europe,

so I'm checking on the evacuation.

Have you been able to reach your missionaries?

- Well, we're not sure.

None of them have telephones,

so it's a matter of sending out wires

and hoping they get through.

- Have you assigned some elders

to make sure the others know what to do?

It would be a great miracle if we were able

to get them all out before this thing blows up.

- Um...

I'll see that gets done, Elder Smith.

[indistinct chatter]

- Hallo. - Hallo.

- Elder Seibold!

- Hi, Tomato.

- Hey, Spud.

- Miss Anna.

- Elder Seibold,

President Wood wants to see you right now.

- Later, Tater.

- Elder, let me tell you a story.

Just before the Spanish-American War,

President William McKinley had to get an important message

to the leader of the revolutionaries,

General Garcia,

but Garcia was already in hiding.

And someone said to the president,

"There's this fella named Rowan.

"He's tenacious.

He'll find Garcia for you if anybody can."

So Rowan was sent for,

and he was given a letter to deliver to Garcia.

Rowan landed on the coast of Cuba by night

and disappeared into the jungle.

Three weeks later, he steps out

on the other side of the island,

having traversed a hostile country on foot

and, against all odds,

had delivered the letter to Garcia.

[soft music]

So my point is this.

McKinley gave Rowan a letter to deliver to Garcia,

and Rowan took the letter without whining about it.

He just took it.

I have a letter that I desperately need sent.

I need you to deliver my letter to Garcia.

- President, uh, I don't know.

I-1 don't know what you're even asking.

- Elder, you heard the part about not whining, right?

There are somewhere around 30 missionaries

that are lost and penniless

between here and the Dutch border.

It'll be up to you to find them

and see that they get out.

Now, you're strong.

Now, you played college football.

So I'm sending you without a companion.

I don't know why.

I just think it's right.

- I don't know, President.

- Elder...

we're in trouble,

and you are the man for the job.

I can't leave for another day or two,

so I need you to do this.

This contains 500 marks.

Tickets to Holland and then on to London.

Find 'em.

Find 'em, and get 'em out.

Follow your impressions, Elder Siebold,

but find 'em.

Listen to the still small voice.

Angels will go with you.

- You can use this map.

We have elders in most of these towns

in between here and Holland.

They'll be at the train stations.

- That's a lot of country.

- Mm-hmm.

And some may be stranded

in these towns closer to Denmark.

[typewriter clacking]

What is it?

- Does President have any idea

how difficult this is going to be?

What am I supposed to do?

- Right.

Like the hymn says,

"Do what is right."

[suspenseful music]

- Ah, nuts.

[horn blaring]

[train whistle toots]

[tense music]

- [coughing]

[indistinct chatter]

[foreboding music]

[train whistle blows]

[announcer speaking German over speaker]

Have you seen any Mormon missionaries?

Have you seen any Mormon missionaries?

- Nein.

[dog barking]

[suspenseful music]

- Dear God, what do I do?

[laughter]

[train whistle blows]

[man shouting in German]

[whistles blasting]

[laughter]

This is baloney.

[train whistle toots]

I don't know where they are.

Bunch of dimwits anyways.

[man shouting in German]

[dog barking]

[suspenseful music]

[dramatic music]

[whistling softly]

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

[tense music]

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

[whistling softly]

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

- Elder.

- There's no gettin' rid of you, huh?

- No chance.

- We're stranded. No tickets.

- No money.

- I have marks to get you on a train to Holland.

But first, I need your help.

[all whistling "Do What Is Right"]

- Elder Seibold.

- Elders.

- I have never been so happy to see someone in my life.

- Hello, Elders.

- Hello.

Oh, this is President Biehl, president of the Essen Branch.

- President.

- I have been summoned, and I'm on my way to report.

I must get my train now.

May God bless and protect you, Elders.

- And you, President Biehl.

- Vielen dank.

Auf Wiedersehen.

[somber music]

- There goes a fine man.

[bell ringing]

[horn blaring]

[horn blaring]

[both whistling "Do What Is Right"]

[whistling continues]

- [playing "Do What Is Right" on harmonica]

[whistling continues]

[clicking]

- Are you getting some swell pictures

of a whole bunch of nothing?

Hey.

- What city is this?

- Dusseldorf.

- Aren't we getting off?

- There might be missionaries here.

- No, there's none here.

[soft music]

- You don't want to check to make sure?

- Uh-uh.

There's none here.

[soft music]

- What town's next?

- Emmerich.

After this, we pass into Holland.

- Tell them to hurry, please.

Yes.

[fanfare playing over radio]

- Have you talked to any of our Elders yet?

- The long distance lines are all jammed.

Hopefully the wires got through.

[radio announcer speaking German]

Attention, attention!

This from Radio Germany.

All German railways are now under military control.

Beginning tonight at midnight,

the German government will no longer guarantee any destinations.

Also, Holland has closed their borders to any visitors or non-Dutch citizens.

- The Dutch have closed the borders.

[upbeat fanfare playing]

[people singing in German]

- I sent our elders the wrong way.

[indistinct chatter]

- Boneheads.

This is all I could find.

- Oh, swell.

- Aces.

- Most of the food has been taken for the soldiers.

- This doesn't taste like bread.

It tastes more like sawdust.

- Mm.

- Look at that.

- If you don't have enough flour,

you gotta fill it with something.

- You gonna eat that?

[train whistle blows]

[man speaking German]

[camera clicking]

- What are you doing?

- I'm getting evidence

of how they're treating the people here.

- You know, that could qualify as evidence to the Nazis

that you're a spy.

Genius.

[child yelling in German]

Little girl!

Listen up.

They're only going to let us into Holland if we have money.

You'll each need to be carrying your own cash.

- [shouting in German]

What are you doing?

- Put that away.

- What are you doing?

Turn your pockets inside out and show me all your money.

Where are you traveling?

- Holland.

- You're smuggling this money out of Germany?

- Nein.

- Give it to me.

- Over my dead body.

- That is possible.

Come with me.

- Where to?

- The police station.

- I'm not going anywhere with you.

You have no authority here.

I'll talk to the military police,

but I won't leave this station.

- You will come with me now.

- I am an American citizen.

I demand to speak with the military police.

Don't you touch me.

[chuckles]

If you touch me, there's going to be a fight.

[people whispering in German]

I demand to speak with the military police.

- Can he demand that?

- He just did.

- Follow me.

- I'd better go with him.

[train whistle toots]

- Did you see that?

Oh, boy. This...

- I understand it's best for us to leave,

but I don't understand why all the rush.

- Well, I can think of two reasons, darling.

First, President Grant said we need to evacuate

the mission immediately.

And second, two missionaries were left in Germany

when the Great War broke out.

- What happened to them?

- Sweetheart, do you think those Nazis

will leave foreigners running loose?

No, they'll lock us up.

We'll stay locked up.

- Drop it! [object clatters]

- Let's get the big fellas to grab the—

- Faster, everyone.

- [speaking German]

...and I believe they are planning to take all of that money out of the country,

which is clearly illegal.

Did you understand all of that?

[sighs]

And what is your explanation for all this?

- We are a group of Mormon missionaries from America.

We are being evacuated from Germany with enough cash

to purchase tickets through to London.

If we don't have the money, the Dutch won't let us in.

Do you have proof that these men are not using their money for tickets?

No, but it is clear to me that they could use it for something harmful.

What is clear to me is that you have no authority in the railway station.

I am to stop illegal activities where ever we see them.

Why were you patrolling here at the train station?

Hmm?

Get out of here and do not return.

[stomps]

I know some Mormons.

They are good people.

I understand why you must leave Germany.

Keep this with you.

Auf Wiedersehen.

- Danke.

- Well, what happened?

- Nothing.

- Come on, what happened?

- We got into a big fight,

and I knocked the stuffing out of him.

- Really? True?

Is that what happened, Elder McOmber?

- No, I just started crying, and they let us go.

- See, now, that I believe.

[train whistle blowing]

[train whistle blowing]

- President Wood!

President Wood.

- Heiteles!

- Heiteles, hallo.

- What are you doing here?

- We could not let you go without our goodbyes.

- We cannot imagine being without you

and your leadership.

- We hope to return soon.

- [speaking German]

This is not right.

We are not pleased with our government.

- Thank you for remaining faithful and true.

- You will forever be our dear friends.

- Would it be all right if I write to you?

[all singing in German]

- Be true.

- Yes, be true.

[somber music]

- You are on your way to London?

May I see your London ticket?

Very good.

Welcome to Holland.

- Thank you.

Oh, excuse me.

Have you seen any Americans come through here?

Any missionaries?

- I wouldn't know.

[soft music]

- Please help me.

I have no money.

I have nothing to eat.

I'm lost.

Pardon me.

Do you speak English?

Do you speak any English?

- Are you a missionary?

A Mormon missionary?

- [sobbing] Yes.

I didn't know what to do.

- I was sent to look for elders.

We didn't know there were any sisters

coming out of Germany.

- Only me.

- You just made it.

They're about to close the border.

- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

- I think this might be against mission rules.

[birds chirping]

- [playing "Do What Is Right" on harmonica]

[all whistling "Do What Is Right"]

- It's about time.

- Well, besides that,

I heard Hitler learned about our fasting program,

so he's starting his own Fast Sunday,

where Germans are supposed to give

what they save from skipping a meal

to the government.

Yeah, 100 years after Joseph Smith started it.

- [playing somber music on harmonica]

What?

That's not baloney.

I read it somewhere.

Are you feeling OK?

- What do you mean?

- Oh, Il just think it's pretty swell

how you got assigned to go out and find us.

- Why is that pretty swell?

- [chuckles]

It shows such a trust.

Such an honor.

Don't you think?

- I think I'll do anything if it'll get me home.

[conductor speaking German]

Attention! Attention!

The Dutch border is now closed to all foreigners!

Only those with Dutch passports will be allowed to pass.

- What did he say?

- He said we're in trouble.

[passengers murmuring]

- He said Holland has closed its border

and we have to get off the train.

- So what do we do now?

- We cooked?

Are we cooked?

- Mama...

I'm hungry.

- I think you need to wait a little longer.

There's only a tiny bit left.

[rustling]

This is the last of it.

- [sighs]

- Where are you going?

Where are you from?

- Berlin.

- We have been on trains for the whole day.

- This is our fifth day, I think.

Nobody wants us.

- What's that for?

- It lets other people know to be mean to us.

[dramatic music]

- No room in the inn.

All trains commandeered for troop transport.

- So what are we gonna do?

- Wait here.

[announcer speaking German over speaker]

- We're cooked.

- Hallo.

Hallo.

[speaking German]

Rhine, then Denmark.

- Danke.

[suspenseful music]

This train. This train.

Get up. Get up. Get up. Get up.

This train is going to Denmark.

Go!

Let's go!

- Come on.

- They're not gonna wait.

- Hurry!

Come on, just throw it.

Elder, faster now, come on!

Come on, wake up.

Come on.

It's getting faster!

Ah! - I got you.

Come on.

- [grunts]

Holy smokes.

[laughter]

- That was swell.

- I feel like Errol Flynn.

- I think I just became a man.

- [scoffs]

It'll take a little more than that.

[laughter]

- Now that we're moving, the conductor won't

stop the train just to get us off.

- [clears throat]

- [speaking German]

[announcer speaking German over speaker]

- President. - Yeah?

- Look at this.

Here we are in Rostock trying to get to Denmark.

But we are only 9 miles from Warnemiinde.

- What's in Warnemiinde?

- A ferry.

A ferry that goes to Denmark.

- How do we get there?

- I can ask.

[somber music]

- Where are you going?

- Back to Berlin.

- With all the military going to Poland,

they're not running any trains to Warnemiinde.

But this railroad goes right to the ferry dock.

So there's gotta be a way to...

[soft music]

Maybe there's some kind of taxi.

- No, no,

they didn't leave any gasoline for taxis.

[people speaking German]

- President, here's an idea.

[suspenseful music]

- And action.

[camera clicking]

- Hey, can it, Frank Capra.

The train that just pulled into yard four

is headed towards Denmark.

[dramatic music]

- That camera's gonna get you in trouble.

[crowd murmuring]

[conductor speaking German]

Step in quickly!

- Leave your suitcases.

Leave your suitcases.

Get on and open a window.

I'll throw you your luggage.

- [whistles]

[glass shattering]

- Holy smokes.

What happened?

[quirky music]

Ready to go.

Bonehead.

- Come on.

- Easy, Elder.

- Come on, the train's moving!

Come on! Come on, Elder! - Hurry! Get on!

[all shouting]

- Pick it up!

[train chugging]

[horn blaring]

- [inaudible speech]

- You want to what?

Douglas, I think you've lost your mind.

- Maybe so, but I'm smart enough to know

the Lord helps those who help themselves.

- We get to ride where they drive it?

- Shh, shh.

Quiet, quiet.

Very quiet.

- Oh, swell.

- Over there.

[announcer speaking German over speaker]

[suspenseful music]

Stay in the corner.

- Do either of you have any idea what to do with all this?

- Maybe.

When I was five, I got my daddy's tractor going

and smashed it into the barn.

- Wait, we're gonna haul

that whole trainload of folks with us?

- Uh, no.

No, sir. No freeloaders.

- Lord, forgive us.

- Amen.

[dog barking in distance]

- How do you think it works?

- It must be simple.

They hook and unhook hundreds of these a day.

- I can hardly see what we're looking at.

Wish we had a fl-

- What's that the Boy Scouts say?

Be—-be something.

Oh, yeah, be-

- Brilliant?

- [chuckles]

- Have you got it? Can you make it go?

- Close.

I just can't quite figure out

how they shift it into gear.

I think that this will start it.

I can't figure out how to get it out of neutral

and into gear with—

- Here it is.

- Wow, she's speedy.

- All right, everybody ready?

- President Wood, are we doing the right thing?

Mission Presidents don't steal trains.

- Well, this one does.

- All right, let's choo-choo out of here.

[screeching]

[passengers murmuring]

- [chuckles]

- [chuckles]

Wait, wait, how do we know this track goes to Warnemiinde?

- Yes, this could be the track that goes to Berlin.

[tense music]

- Wait, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!

[screeching]

[ominous music]

Right here. Right here.

This'll do it.

[screeching]

Good, good. Let's go. Let's go.

[suspenseful music]

[conductors speaking German

Didn't we leave it right here?

Officer!

- Anna, what are you doing, darling?

- Making sure no one's following us.

- Daddy?

- Yeah?

- Do you think we might get arrested?

- Uh, no.

No, honey.

- Well, what happens to people who steal trains?

- I think they'd shoot us.

- The Lord will protect us, honey.

- Even if we're stealers?

- Hey, there will be police in Warnemiinde

watching the station.

So do we just pull up into the station

and pretend like we're a bunch of German train engineers?

What are we gonna do?

What are we gonna do?

- Sweetheart, we don't know.

We're making this up.

We must be getting close.

- Carol, why don't you say a prayer for us?

- Now?

- I can't think of a better time.

- Our Father in Heaven, we are thankful

we get to ride where they drive the trains

and thankful to have come this far.

We hope that You will bless us

so that we can keep going.

And we are sorry that we stole this train.

Amen.

- Amen. - Amen.

- Well, I feel better now.

- A train's coming!

[dramatic music]

- Can this thing go any faster?

- Hey, I see water.

- Yeah, there's a boat!

- It's a ferry.

- We gotta figure out a way to signal them.

- This, huh?

[horn blaring]

- [speaking German]

What is going on?

- They're getting closer!

- Hey! Hey!

America! - America!

- Hey, we're Americans!

America! - America!

- America! Hey!

- [speaking German]

- Hey, they're coming back!

Stop the train.

[screeching]

Grab and go, go, go, go.

Don't wait. Go.

Don't look back.

Go, go, go. Don't stop. - America!

- Just go. - We're Americans!

- Go, go, go, go.

They've stopped.

They're getting off! Shoot!

[gunshots]

- I told you they'd shoot us. - Hey, we're Americans!

- [screaming] - I told you.

- Americans! - Heads down.

- Keep your heads down. - Run, run, run. Go, go, go.

- Look at the water.

- Hey, hey, over here! Americans!

[bell dinging]

- So anyway, I heard

Hitler likes our genealogy program

because it makes it easier for Germans to prove

that they have pure German blood,

and it has helped a lot of them

stay out of jail or not get deported.

And I guess that just goes to show

that even the genealogy program is just a tool,

a tool that can either be used for good or...

- [playing music on harmonica]

- [speaking German]

Stop!

In these times you shouldn't be playing any music that is cheerful at all.

You must have fallen on your head!

Go home you dirty Mormons!

- Hey, he just welcomed us.

And a big welcome to you too.

That was nice.

- Dummkopf.

- What an amazing coincidence

for us to have an apostle

here overseeing this.

- I think heaven is very interested

in the outcome of all of this.

[overlapping chatter]

- Thank you. [door opens]

- At last.

- Welcome.

- Hello, Elder Smith.

And President Garff.

- Welcome.

- What an experience.

- What troubles did you have getting out?

- None, really.

Uh, 5 taxis, 17 trains, and a boat.

Easy as pie.

Uh, what's your report?

- Well, there are still 29 missionaries unaccounted for.

- I'm so worried, I can't stand it.

They're barely adults.

How could this happen?

- Sister Wood, it will all work out.

The war will not begin until those missionaries

have arrived on Danish soil.

- Are you saying they'll hold up the whole war?

They'll wait until we get all our missionaries out

before they start fighting?

- I'm saying the war will not begin

until all of our Elders are out of Germany.

[train whistle blows]

- Yeah, well, I heard

Hitler got Mormon Elders

to teach basketball to his teams

to help them in the '36 Olympics,

and then some of those Elders went on to become refs

in the actual games.

What? You think that's baloney?

Am I the only one here with half a brain?

- You might be, Elder.

- Hey, pay attention.

We make it through this checkpoint, we're home.

No funny business.

Be respectful.

Those Nazis could land all of us in jail

if we botch this up.

You with me?

- Elder Seibold, do you think we should

say a prayer before we do this?

- Elder Anderson, go ahead.

- Me?

Our Father which art in heaven,

we thank thee for bringing us this far.

Now we especially need thy help.

[solemn music]

This is scary, but not as scary

as for those who haven't made it this far.

We pray for all those good people

who haven't done anything wrong,

who are innocent,

for the members who have tried

to do their best to follow thee.

And especially for the Jewish people,

who are having such a tough time right now.

Please bless the innocent children

and those who can't defend themselves against all this.

In Jesus' name, amen.

all: Amen.

- [speaking German]

What are you doing over there?

Separate yourselves!

Separate!

- There must be opposition in all things.

[tense music]

[people speaking German]

- What are you doing?

- Nothin'.

- Don't make trouble.

- Yes, Daddy.

- Nachste.

[speaking German]

How many?

- How many what?

- Click, click.

- Oh.

[speaking German]

- Ah.

We hope you enjoyed our beautiful Germany.

Nachste.

Film in this?

Yes. I have just loaded it.

Fresh new film.

No "click click."

I have only been in Germany a few months...

...but I can read a camera dial.

Danke.

We will be closing the border into Denmark soon.

We do not know the time yet.

Maybe tomorrow, but soon.

- Nachste.

- Welcome to Denmark, Elders.

You'll hop the next train to Copenhagen.

I'll wire President Wood, let him know you're here.

- Elder, I just heard the Gestapo.

They're closing this border too.

We just made it.

You can't go back into Germany.

You probably won't get back out.

- [shouting in German]

- Elder.

Home.

[soft music]

- There's still Elders out there.

I feel it.

- I'll go with you.

- President Wood sent me to do this alone,

so that's what it'll be.

Elders...

do what is right.

- We'll save some sawdust bread for when you get back.

- We'll be seeing you, Elder.

- See you soon, Elder Siebold.

- Mama!

- [sobbing]

[stirring music]

- [speaking German]

[tense music]

[tapping]

[tapping]

- This just came for you, President.

- Read it to me, Elder.

- "Found six lost sheep.

"More Garcias to find.

Rowan."

- Let me see that.

- What kind of a message is that?

- It's a message of hope.

[dramatic music]

[faint whistling]

[faint whistling]

- [whistling "Do What Is Right"]

- Here's the deal.

Train on track four is about to leave.

Get on the train, then open the envelope.

It'll tell you what to do.

[uplifting music]

Go.

- [whistling]

Let's go. Let's go.

[indistinct conversation]

- [speaking German]

Attention!

Stand and give your seats to soldiers.

Honor them for what they give to Germany...

All civilians stand!

- English?

- American.

- I have seen this before.

This is what happens before a war.

I lived through the last one.

- I'm sure you'll be fine.

- I have a doctor friend who has made sure

that I won't have to live through this one.

I have a black pill.

- It can't be that bad.

Excuse me sir.

Are there any places nearby where people might go to eat and rest?

- Danke.

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

[horn honks]

[soft music]

Excuse me sir.

Alcohol?

In the tavern?

Yes, of course.

Dummkopf.

[indistinct chatter]

- Elder Seibold!

- Wow.

- We're out of money and didn't know what to do.

- Elders, you're in a pub.

I'm afraid you'll be sent home for this.

[chuckling]

- Say, how did you know we were in here?

- Some things you just know.

- This is all of them?

- Yeah, we think so.

- We'd better know so.

- May 1?

- Wait, Elder Seibold- he hasn't arrived.

- He'll keep searching until he's trapped himself.

- He'll keep searching until he's trapped himself.

- [whistling softly]

[suspenseful music]

- Nachste.

- Ah, nuts.

- [speaking German]

- Copenhagen.

[tense music]

You have been through here before.

You are going back and forth. Germany to Denmark.

- Nein.

- [whistle blasting]

You're smuggling!

You are a smuggler!

No, I'm just helping missionaries get out!

And now YOU will need help to get out...

...of jail.

Wait, wait!

May 1?

- Well, he's, uh, probably on his way to—

- I don't know exactly what

- Oh-

[laughter and cheers]

- What in tarnation is going on out there?

Let me call you back.

- Excuse me.

[cheering]

[uplifting music]

[camera clicking]

- How'd you get out?

- Keep this with you.

- Welcome to Denmark, you dirty Mormon.

[laughs]

- There's no getting rid of you.

- Nice of you to show up.

- You found us.

- We were lost, and now we're found.

- Danke schoen.

- Elder Siebold.

- You did it right.

- Thanks, Elder.

- Well done, Elder.

Well done.

- Thank you.

- Good job, Spud.

- Thanks, Tomato.

- You got every one of 'em.

I knew you would, Rowan.

- Thank you.

- And now we can all go home.

- Do we have to?

[laughter and cheers]

♪ It may not be ♪

♪ On a mountain's height ♪

♪ Or over the stormy sea ♪

♪ It may not be ♪

♪ At the battle's front ♪

♪ My Lord will have need of me ♪

♪ But if by a still small voice He calls ♪

[soft music]