Original subtitles

Over here!

Hey.

Alice?

Alice, wait!

Alice!

We have to stick together.

NUCLEAR DISASTER

ACCIDENT OR ACT OF WAR?

NUCLEAR CONFLICT

WORLD WAR LOOMS?

Alice?

Alice?

Alice!

Hi.

I heard them again.

Can you make them go away?

Begone, scary monsters.

Begone. You do not belong here.

It's just your imagination, you know?

It's not real.

Can I turn it off, then?

No.

Your imagination is one of your greatest gifts.

You shouldn't turn that off.

But you can learn how to use it.

When I'm acting in a play, I always listen to my imagination.

But, isn't that a bit scary?

Yeah.

It is scary, but sometimes you need to confront your fears.

That's really the only way to overcome them.

Oh!

Who's this little guy?

I think the girl who lived next door forgot it.

- Mommy! - It's okay, it's okay.

-Don't be scared. Don't be scared. -Can you make them leave?

I'm here. You're safe.

- Let me in! Don't leave us out here! - Come here.

Fuck off!

We have to do something.

We can't continue like this.

We have to hang in there.

We don't have a choice.

All we do is hang in there.

We have nothing left, Leo.

We have each other.

And we have Alice.

We can't give up now.

It's going to be okay.

How can you be so sure?

I have to be.

THE NATIONAL THEATER PRESENTS

Come, come, come!

Everyone!

Escape the horrors with Mathias Vinterberg's exclusive show.

A meal is included!

Come, come, come.

Just wait here.

- Leo... - I'll be right back.

Yes, yes, yes. Come, come, come.

Come, come, come, everybody!

Escape the horror with Mathias Vinterberg's exclusive show.

Two shows tonight, and tonight only.

A meal is included. Oh, yes!

There is enough food for everyone!

What do you mean, you're having a show?

Well, I think we could all use a little break

from this nightmare we live in, don't you agree?

But, how do you have food?

Mathias is a kind man.

He just wants to help.

Sadly, we don't put on many shows these days, but he tries. He tries.

How many tickets do you need?

How much are they?

What can you pay?

How can they put on a play? As for food...

It doesn't add up.

No, I know, but why shouldn't we have some fun?

Jacob, we have to believe things will work out.

What about Alice?

Well, it's much worse for Alice if we do nothing.

Imagine if we could bring her to a play.

Look around.

What do we have to lose?

Remember how we used to spend hours daydreaming?

It was just us. Nothing else mattered.

Sometimes, we even forgot to eat.

I would give anything for that now.

But what if we could let Alice have some fun?

Just for one night?

MATHIAS VINTERBERG PRESENTS THE HOTEL

Hello! Welcome, welcome.

Ah! Thank you, thank you!

Welcome to a fantastic show.

Thank you, thank you.

Mathias Vinterberg's exclusive show.

Thank you. Ah! Oh, thank you.

Oh...

Children are not allowed here.

No, but she's with us.

- This is not a show for children. - It's okay, Arnold.

It's fine.

We have to accept that children see more cruelty

in the real world, than I could ever create.

Yeah.

What's your name?

Alice.

Alice.

Do you like adventures?

Me too.

Do you want to see my wonderland, Alice?

Yes.

Yeah.

Welcome.

- Thanks. - Yes, yes, yes.

Come on in! Come on in! Welcome!

You're going to see a one-of-a-kind show!

This almost seems too good to be true.

Have you guys been here before?

No.

Have you?

Uh, no.

I'm Leonora.

-This is Alice. -Hi.

And my husband Jacob.

- Hi. - Hi.

-Lars. This is Kathrine and Susanne. -Hi.

Hi.

How did you get Susanne in?

-What do you mean? -They also made an exception for her?

What makes us human...

in times like these?

What separates us from animals?

Is it love?

Longing, hope, pain?

Expectations?

One thing we do know.

Just surviving isn't enough.

Mankind needs to feel something.

And so...

ladies and gentlemen...

welcome to the theater.

Our performance will not take place on stage.

There's no curtain, no rows of seats...

no intermission.

The stage is the hotel itself.

Once inside, each of you should follow whatever it is that piques your curiosity.

And so...

ladies and gentlemen...

I have to remind you that everything you see tonight is staged.

It's all part of the show.

All.

You will now be given masks.

Keep them on.

They are the boundary between fact and fiction.

If you see a mask, they are part of the audience.

If you see a face... they're part of the play.

My dear friends...

Forget the world outside.

Tonight, I'm offering you the experience of a lifetime.

It's starting.

- Back already? - Not your business.

Rakel, come on. Can't you and Mathias try to get along?

What do you mean?

It would be nice if you prioritized your daughter's birthday.

And that's coming from the guy who drinks all day long, and is even drunk

Shut up! Does he not make you laugh? Is that the problem?

- No. I'll tell you the problem. - He's not funny? Or entertaining?

-But -No...

Are you okay?

My problem is that he makes me cry too much.

-Dearest David. Thank you for caring. -My pleasure.

-Really sweet of you. Such a nice guy. -My pleasure.

- David, stay. - What the hell?

I'm just gonna get a drink. Is that allowed, or what?

So, who should we follow, Alice?

Alice?

What about Rakel?

We'll follow Rakel.

Let's go.

Sofie?

Sofie!

- Jens? - Sofie?

I thought I'd never see you again.

Come on.

Come on.

What?

Do you think we can bring some of this home?

This time, I'm done!

- Take your clothes, take your dress! - No!

-Stop! No! -Scarf... Take it all and go!

- It's not exactly Shakespeare. - Stop it.

Whoops!

Come on, Alice.

What's wrong with him?

Let's just go and find Rakel.

If this is going to end well, you have to do something.

-You're the one leaving this family. -But you're not listening to me!

She's sleeping.

Mommy?

It's not real.

Did you blow out the candles?

She wanted me to say good night to you when you got back.

If only you could understand me

as well as you understand the characters in your plays.

Mathias.

- Can't we try again? - Why did you come back?

This time?

FROM RAKEL

To remind you of what we once had.

Then let me remind you that what we had...

is dead.

Why is she crying, Mommy?

You have to see the rest of the play to find out.

-Is my room available? -Which room was it?

405.

Yeah, it should be available.

- Do you think she likes it? - Well, she takes after you.

Let's follow her.

Come on.

Where did Rakel go?

What was that?

- I don't know. Were they actors? - I don't know.

- What? - Mommy?

Hey.

This is only a play, remember?

It's all pretend. It's not dangerous.

Are you okay?

You want to go home?

So, which room did Rakel mention again?

Wasn't it 405?

That's the one. Want to go take a look?

-Come on. -You want this?

What is it?

Where did everyone go?

They're probably looking for actors,

just like us.

Rakel's room is here. You want to go there?

Hello?

Alice?

Rakel?

Wrong floor, Alice.

- Alice! - 525...

You can't run off like that, we talked about this.

What is this?

Alice?

Alice!

Alice, wait up.

I think Rakel went a different way.

-You have to stop doing that. -Doing what?

-Running off like that. -But...

I only followed Rakel, like you told me to.

- Yeah, I know I said that, but - Go and find Rakel's room, Alice.

What are you doing?

Just because we're worried, doesn't mean we have to make her scared.

Let her be ten years old.

Where would she go?

- 533... - Look at us.

- We've forgotten how to relax. - 534...

535...

Everything's going to be okay.

What do you say, Alice? You want to keep

Alice?

Alice?

Alice?

Alice?

Alice?

Alice?

Alice!

- Alice! - She was right here, counting.

-She said "534, 535, 53" -Six.

-Alice, I hear you. Come out now. -This isn't funny anymore.

Come out. Right now!

Jacob!

Alice?

Are you in here?

Alice!

Alice? Where are you?

Where are you?

I knew it.

Fuck, I knew it!

Jacob. No.

I told you it wasn't adding up, Leo.

No.

Alice!

Lars?

Lars?

Lars?

Susanne?

-Kathrine? -I can't find them.

I've looked everywhere. Lars and Susanne were with me. Suddenly, it was like they

-Disappeared. -We can't find Alice either.

-What's going on? -They have to be here somewhere.

No! But I've looked everywhere.

Rakel's room.

Alice was looking for it. Maybe she just snuck past us.

It's down this way.

Alice, are you in here?

-Lars? Susanne? -Alice?

I'll check the bedroom.

Where is she?

Let's go.

This can't be fucking happening.

What happened?

It blinked.

The eye blinked!

It's just a painting.

What's that?

It's Kathrine's.

Hey! Have you seen a little girl? We lost our daughter.

Do you know where everybody went?

Are you actors, or part of the audience?

What?

Do you have your masks?

We took them off.

Alice?

What?

- Hello? - I just can't.

-Does he work here? -Come on.

Have you seen a little girl? We're looking for our daughter.

It's taken over.

It's turned me into something that I didn't know I was capable of.

-What? -Can you help us?

- We're looking for our daughter. - I can't do this.

- What? What can't you do? - It's taken over.

Jacob, we have to...

-Leo, I think we should leave him. -What are you...

- It's coming for you too! - No!

- Wait, what did... - Don't trust anyone!

Leo!

Leo. Leo.

- Why did he do that? - We have to forget everything else.

We have to focus on Alice.

-But why did he do that? -We just have to think about Alice, okay?

Are you guys new?

We're going to the ballroom.

Hans, come on, let's go.

Enough with the acting.

We're already late.

Alice?

Please...

Tell me you know where Kathrine or Susanne is. Please.

- Lars? - Please, please...

What are you doing here? What is all this?

-I don't know. -Are they costumes?

Leo?

Let me look at that rabbit.

What is it?

- It's sweet. - What?

It's not real.

- This is fake blood. - What?

Then maybe all of this is also part of the play.

-Then why has Alice gone? -And Kathrine.

Rakel said they were going to the ballroom.

We have to find it.

Follow me.

If we are going to survive, you have to trust me.

It's better if there are some things you don't know.

It's safer that way.

We need to stick together.

We...

need to stick together, as a family.

As a family.

Don't leave anything behind.

We stick together as a family.

As long as we trust each other...

it won't consume us.

How do we actually know if this is part of the play?

We follow them.

- You know where you came from. - Come on, Leo. She's not here.

You know what we have here.

If we don't stick together as a family, it will consume us.

Mama?

Someone just walked into the wall.

What?

- What do you mean? - Yeah.

I want to find her too.

I'm not kidding.

Someone walked straight into that painting.

Come on. Come on.

Alice?

Alice?

Are they burning something?

No, no, no...

What are they burning?

What are they burning?

It's clothes.

They're burning clothes.

It's just clothes.

Leo. Fuck. Fuck!

Jacob.

Fuck.

-Jacob, calm down. -What is this place?

What have they done to her?

I don't know. We have to keep searching.

First we find the others, and then we find Alice.

The others?

The others are in there.

No.

Wake up! Look around you!

You're living in a fucking fantasy.

Do you really still think this is just going to work out?

-Yes! -How can you believe that?

Because I have to believe it!

I have to believe it.

If it hadn't been for you, we wouldn't be here at all.

Don't move.

Convincing performance, huh?

You're coming with me.

We can take him.

Lars?

Come on. Don't make this hard.

No.

This is just survival.

Run!

Find Alice!

DAUGHTER OF FAMOUS DIRECTOR KILLED IN FIRE

MAN BUYS HOTEL WHERE DAUGHTER WAS KILLED

Hans!

Hans, you have to get to the ballroom. The next show's about to start.

FROM RAKEL

Alice.

Let's welcome all our newcomers.

Welcome.

There is a chance that you'll know someone in the audience.

Which is unfortunate.

But as long as they wear these, you won't know who's who.

That makes it easier.

The important thing is to spread them out.

They outnumber us.

Your responsibility is to create a character so intriguing

that someone wants to follow you.

Understood?

If they realize what's going on too early, they could overpower us.

And please don't try to be brave.

If you feel you can't handle it...

Then we lead them to someone more experienced.

Good.

Let's take it one more time, from the top.

Before the second show.

Yes, uh...

Rakel.

- More hurt, this time. - I do act hurt.

What do you want from me?

- You know what I want. - You want your wife back.

But I can never be her, Mathias.

Excuse me?

I'm doing the best I can.

You feel I take you for granted?

Yes.

I'm sorry, that was not my intention.

Being taken for granted feels terrible.

I'm sorry.

Thanks.

You and I have to stick together.

We have to be grateful.

Because if you forget what I once did for you...

If you forget where you were when I opened up my arms

and welcomed you here...

If you forget...

what I have done for you...

then it's very tempting to send you back out into the cold,

where you came from.

- I'm sorry. - Yeah.

Please.

I'm sorry, Mathias.

What do we say?

I am anyone you want me to be.

Good.

Who moved the button? I fell right into the tunnel.

I lost my earring.

Well, if there's nothing else, we'll let the next audience in.

And, action!

Alice?

Mama?

Mama?

Mama?

Mama?

Mama!

Mama?

I need to get my earring.

The tunnels are off-limits to actors. Mathias's orders.

What do you mean? What are you doing down there?

Mathias's orders.

Welcome, welcome!

Ah, thank you!

Welcome to an amazing show!

Come on in! Come on in!

Welcome, everyone!

Alice?

If they don't fall in themselves,

then just give them a little push.

There are people in the tunnels that take care of the rest.

Lars?

Join us.

What?

Nobody has ever lasted in here as long as you have.

And I hear that you're a talented actress.

Your actors...

Do they know what they're eating?

What would you do to keep your family alive?

-Let me go. -Oh! Where would you go?

Home.

To starve to death?

To be with my family.

Your family is here now.

Join us.

Never.

Keep quiet about this, Lars,

and I'll make sure your family gets a better room.

No.

No.

I'm sorry, Leo. I didn't mean to take her from you.

Oh, my God.

Where is she?

Where is my daughter?

You're murderers!

No.

We are the survivors, Leo.

Don't call me Leo.

Yeah, of course.

Only Jacob can do that.

What?

He got it.

Go ahead, Lars.

Jacob?

Jacob!

Help me down.

- Let me try talking to her. - Jacob.

Jacob.

They're right.

There's nothing for us outside this hotel.

We'll starve and die, like everybody else.

No, Jacob, you don't know that.

I know this is the only way I can help us.

We can belong here, Leo.

We can have some purpose in our lives again, don't you see?

We can be a family again.

This can be our family now.

No, Jacob. You don't mean that.

We We'll figure this out together. We always do.

Huh?

But how, Leo?

Look what they did to Alice.

Jacob, look what they did.

We have to join the hotel.

Never.

Jacob...

You don't have to watch this, Jacob.

-Can I? -Jacob, what are you doing? What are...

I have to prove that they can trust me.

I'm sorry we came here. We never should have come.

Jacob, look at me. It's me.

It's me.

Look at me! It's me! It's me! Jacob!

It's me.

Jacob!

No!

Jacob, behind you!

Jacob?

I'm sorry.

Why did it have to be our Alice?

It's okay.

Jacob?

Jacob?

Jacob?

Jacob.

Alice?

What makes us human?

-In times like these... -Very good. Fantastic!

...when hunger and misery control our lives,

what separates us from animals?

Love?

Loss?

Hope?

Longing?

One thing is certain.

Just surviving isn't enough.

Mankind needs to feel something.

And so...

Welcome... to the theater.

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to the theater.

Sofie!

Tonight, I give to you your own humanity.

Tonight, I give to you your own humanity.

You will be given masks.

You will now be given masks.

They are what separates you from the show.

They are what separates you from the show.

You might wonder what is real and what isn't.

But I can assure you, it's all part of the show.

All.

Help! Help!

No! I'm one of the actors

Where is she?

Welcome.

Great that you could join us, finally.

-Where is your husband? -The blood on this dress, it's not real.

-Where is Lars? -Give me Alice! Or I'll expose you.

- You need to sit down - We outnumber you.

Where is she?

This is not acting.

They're using the play to split us into groups,

so it's easier for them to kill us.

And he's not a director,

hotel manager, or whatever you're being told.

He's a murderer.

And he has taken my family, just like he's going to take yours.

And you won't just be killed.

After you're dead, all of you will be...

You'll be eaten.

No, it's true.

It's true! This isn't acting, this is real!

He's taken my daughter!

I gave you a choice.

If you could have just understood that there's no shame in surviving,

you would still have a family.

But you don't.

Welcome, Leo...

to my show.

Begone...

Scary monsters, begone.

What are you doing?

Begone!

You don't scare me.

I'm Leonora,

mother of Alice,

and nobody comes near her.

No.

No. No! Stop them. Stop them.

Go! Stop her!

No!

Nothing's there!

There's nothing out there.

You told us that we were selling their things.

-I did what I had to do to keep us alive. -That means eating people?

If it weren't for me, you'd all be dead. There's nothing out there!

I'd rather be dead.

It's over.

You're finished.

Now you know how it feels to lose your family.

It hurts, right?

Where is she?

I got her in the end.

What have you done with her?

She looked just like my daughter.

Her... Her eyes.

Her smile was just like my daughter's.

I was so close.

But it wasn't real.

You're alone now, too.

I've kept you alive!

You should be grateful!

Mommy?

No.

Mommy?

No.

No. Please.

- Please, leave me alone. - Mommy?

Mommy.

Alice?

Where have you been?

They asked me if I wanted to be in their play.

I thought you were gone.

- I'm here. - I can see that. I can see that.

Mommy.

Alice.

Let me look at you.

Where's Daddy?

It's just us now, Alice.