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Such a boy.

Kazik!

Kazik, speak to me!

Let's get out of here!

No stinking Jews in my line.

The bread is for Poles on the Aryan side, not Jews.

Go to your side. Go to the ghetto.

Officer, I'm a veteran of the Polish armed services.

Then you are a fighter, huh?

Mordechai Anielewicz, you're wanted for work detail.

Let's go.

Work detail? Where?

Who knows? What's the difference?

All Jews ordered to report.

Well, how will I know what to wear?

Don't get smart.

Put on a shirt. Let's get moving.

This work detail --

it wouldn't by any chance be a German work detail, would it?

- I've warned you already. - I only work for my people.

Now move!

You, a Jewish policeman, are a traitor to your people.

For this alone I should kill you!

But often I ask myself the following --

can a moral man -- that's me --

maintain his moral code in an immoral world?

Does this question interest you?

Get out of here before I hurt you.

Papa, why are so many people moving here?

Just be glad you've got the bread, Tosia.

Take off your hat.

No, thank you.

I said, "Take off your hat."

Come over here and help us!

Hurry up! Come on!

What's the matter with you?

I take off my hat for myself, Yitzhak.

For nobody else.

What now?

Oh, please, stop!

Let go.

- Stop! - No.

Please! Please, stop!

That's my grandson David!

They're bastards.

The create a Jewish police force to do their dirty work,

unless they feel like having a little fun themselves.

Of course, divide and conquer.

Yeah.

What is next?

Kazik...

what are you doing with this fancy car?

Driving, if you hadn't noticed.

Did you steal it?

Now, Mordechai...

why would I steal what I can have for free?

What scheme are you up to now?

I am the official driver for Adam Czerniakow.

The head of the Jewish Council?

That's who I'm here to pick up as we speak,

traffic permitting.

Then you can help us set up a meeting

with your boss, Czerniakow.

And if I did that, as his driver,

I would put my position at risk.

And if you don't do it, you'll be helping the Germans.

This doesn't worry you at all, aiding the enemy?

I would worry more if I couldn't feed myself

and what remains of my family.

Never mind how we deal with the Jewish police, huh?

Never mind that we deal with schooling the children.

Mordechai, Mordechai!

We don't want Kazik to lose his job.

Kazik...

I wish you well.

Mira has contacted some sympathizers at the border

who said they might be able to get some of our students

out of Poland.

But it has to be right away.

What do you think?

If you can get them out of Poland into Palestine,

then I would do it at once before the opportunity is lost.

Yeah, I think you're right.

Wish me luck.

Luck.

Mordechai...

Yitzhak!

Yitzhak!

Yitzhak!

Szerynski, you're taking these boys illegally.

All Jewish men between the ages of 12 to 60

are decreed to perform forced labor.

Did you examine their documents?

And you are?

Yitzhak Zuckerman, their teacher.

Look -- Look at their documents.

These boys are legally exempt from forced labor.

Yes, they are, aren't they?

Today everyone works, Zuckerman.

See that Zuckerman gets the opportunity to work as well.

Hello, everyone.

Hello, everybody.

Hello, take your seats, please.

Mordechai...

Yes, Julian.

I understand --

We understand we might be leaving

for Palestine through Romania any day now.

What do you know about this?

Where did you hear this?

A rumor.

Rumor -- rumor from where?

Rumor mill.

Rumor mill.

Uh, well, unfortunately,

I have to leave immediately today,

but I hope to return very soon and address this rumor.

In the meantime,

taking my place for today's lesson,

I have a very special treat --

the renowned scholar and rumormonger,

Mr. Julian Wald.

Julian, come up here, please.

Okay, who remembers today's topic?

Anybody?

Help me out here because I forgot to write it down.

Something about morality.

Yes, Frania.

Can a moral man maintain his moral code

in an immoral world?

Very good. Okay, Julian?

You can work with that topic.

Uh, sure.

Good.

Okay, today's topic --

can an immoral man maintain his moral code

on a first date?

So, everything is arranged

until you get to the border.

Mira --

Still...you will have to get across on your own.

And...

And if you find a safe passage --

Yes?

If you find a safe passage and return safely,

then you will get a reward.

What kind of a reward?

Well, perhaps the fulfillment of your dreams --

seeing your students make the desert bloom

and become fertile.

That's it?

That's a lot of work.

I mean, you know, the danger alone is --

All right.

Well, perhaps the eternal gratitude of your people

and of a...certain person... in particular.

Who?

Someone very close to you.

What kind of gratitude?

What if I find two safe passages?

You can take off your armband now.

Go!

Go.

Get down to the stream and follow it.

Over there is the border.

Is it very far?

No, you should reach a safe house before nightfall.

They are aware of your journey.

I will receive my payment now.

Oh.

Thank you very much.

Good luck to you.

Welcome to our country!

See if you can pull around them.

Oh, Kazik...

how did you get this assignment driving my car?

Your other driver was taken to a slave-labor battalion.

And...

And...

I was chosen to replace him.

Kazik...

Yes, sir?

Do not...steal the car.

Yes, sir.

Czerniakow...

a detachment of S.S. soldiers

under the command of Lieutenant Mueller

expended a number of hours burning the Jewish synagogue

upon request of the health ministry

after finding unsanitary conditions.

About the hostages taken to Pawiak...

we provided you with the paperwork yesterday.

For this operation,

30 liters of benzene were expended

for which we will expect reimbursement

from the Jewish Council.

That will be 20 zlotys per liter --

600 zlotys.

We will get you the funds.

About the other matter,

23 hostages were taken --

some of them women and children --

all because a Polish police officer was roughed up.

Certainly the children --

Oh, yeah, here it is.

Commissar Auerswald,

you have appointed me

to administer to the needs of 350,000 people.

I find it impossible to manage the community

under these circumstances.

And I must ask you to release me from my position

as the head of the Jewish Council.

That would be inadvisable.

The fine levied on each prisoner

is 10,000 zlotys.

So if the Jewish Council wishes to pay the full fine --

230,000 zlotys --

make sure they do so by 6:00 p.m. tomorrow.

So, you should get busy, Czerniakow.

Stop!

What are you hiding there?

Ah!

Smells good.

It'd be better with jam, but try it.

Get out of here.

No, please, it's for my father.

He's very sick and needs it badly.

How badly?

Please.

Aah!

Tosia!

Now...

get out of here.

Tosia...

come.

Ugh!

Are you all right, Momma?

I'm fine. I'm fine.

It's too dangerous to go out like you do.

Hello, dear.

Go, Rachel.

Papa.

Go.

We're going to sell a few books.

I'm trying to keep your favorites.

I think we need some more.

Do you want another blanket?

Are you warm enough?

I won't allow you. Do you hear me?

Papa, I'm going to keep your favorites.

I'll bring back bread.

You mother thinks I don't know she's sewing

for the rich Polish women, but I do.

Make sure she's careful on the streets.

It's so dangerous.

Promise me you won't tell her I know.

I promise.

We have to hurry, Rachel.

I promise, Papa.

I got the hat.

Be careful on the other side.

I will be, Papa. I will.

Now light us your best candles.

Sorry I'm late.

Have you heard about the ransom demand?

Yes, it's a terrible situation.

I think now we must ask your men

to speak with the relatives of the hostages,

see what they can contribute.

How much time do we have?

Tomorrow night, 6:00.

For 38 years this is on my hand.

Here --

Put it in the envelope, Mrs. Rochon.

I will get my David back.

He's a good boy.

They have no business taking him.

You are a good boy, too.

Your mother must be very proud, Calel.

Good day.

Captain Szerynski, this is the ring you wanted to see.

Hey!

Uh...

What's a pretty girl like you doing here?

Same thing you are doing -- getting by.

But you're not Jewish, so why are you in the ghetto?

But...I am.

I have to go to the other side

to make money for food.

Can you help me get across?

I could...

but then I could cause myself a lot of trouble.

This is the money from Captain Szerynski's men.

And this is all you received?

Yes.

Have you counted it twice?

No.

Three times.

They're short.

I know.

They're 80,000 zlotys short.

I know!

Already 4:00. Why didn't Szerynski call?

He said he's doing his best.

Get me Rabbi Lebowicz.

Come, Rabbi, please.

Excuse me for being for bold, sir,

but a rabbi should not go into an establishment

of such ill repute.

Kazik...

Mr. Asher...

in the Jewish faith,

it is customary that we demonstrate our love of God

through our good deeds.

It is true.

And in this matter,

God is able to bestow his great blessings upon us.

It is also true.

I believe today you have a special opportunity

to demonstrate your love of God,

should you wish to do so.

Preferably before 6:00 p.m.

Mr. Czerniakow...

I wish to thank you for affording me this...

special opportunity to receive God's blessing.

Should you ever bring the rabbi in my club again,

if you pull a stunt like this again,

I'll kill you.

Make no mistake about it.

Commissar Auerswald!

Commissar!

Commissar Auerswald is not here.

Well, he must be here.

He's handling the Pawiak hostages.

There's a deadline -- 6:00.

Commissar Auerswald was called to Berlin

for important meetings.

Then who is in charge?

Please, do not stand so close to my desk.

Who is in --

I'm asking you --

Who -- who is in charge?

I'm here to pay the full fine.

There's a deadline.

I know nothing about this situation.

The commissar left no instructions about this.

Someone must know. Who is handling this?

Step back from the desk!

I do not wish your diseases!

This is the payment. Call Pawiak Prison.

Tell them the payment has been delivered.

Did you say, "Pawiak"?

Pawiak Prison, yes.

23 hostages.

I saw a notice on Pawiak.

Yeah, here it is.

"On the authority of the commissar's office,

"23 prisoners were...executed

"at 10:00 this morning

for crimes against the Polish people."

No.

These were not crimes.

There were no crimes.

These were innocent people!

There were children!

You are with child.

Did you know there were children?

I know nothing about the situation.

If you wish to discuss this with the commissar,

he will return next Tuesday.

You are with child! Have you no connection?

I have answered your questions.

You are free to go now.

This morning, at 10:00,

the 23 hostages... were executed

by order of the commissar's office.

I am very sorry.

Ugh!

So, you still don't want to tell me

who your comrades are, huh?!

Maybe I can be more convincing.

Very convincing.

We've had 4,000 deaths

by starvation and typhus.

The population is now...

The Germans are now rationing daily calories.

We're calculating 2,613 for German nationals,

699 for poles,

and 184 for Jews.

Auerswald's office has ordered the Jewish Council

to pay for all costs -- labor and material --

for this ghetto wall.

I-I-I want you all to know

that I do not believe that our situation --

I do not believe it to be hopeless.

I believe that if we remain strong...

and active...

...that somehow some... sense of reason will return.

That's it.

W-W-We must persevere.

Hey.

Wait.

Wait!

Let me see what's in your coat!

I don't have any bread.

I can see it right now!

I don't have anything! Leave me alone!

I have money.

No!

You have to give me the bread.

Mira...

I can't believe you're alive.

It's been so long.

Are you okay?

Yes, I'm fine.

Ugh.

Oh, here.

I'll take this.

How's my sister?

Gina's fine.

Do you want me to wake her?

No, no, no.

Let her sleep.

Ohh, are you sure you don't need a doctor?

No, no, no.

I just -- I just need to rest.

You weren't successful, were you?

No.

Well...

if we can't get to Palestine and be farmers,

we'll stay here and be fighters.

That's a fine way to greet a friend.

I wouldn't do that again.

Somebody else will shoot first and ask questions later.

Duly noted.

So, Kazik, what could have made you give up your fancy car

and join the resistance?

I can't think of a better way to meet women.

Always the idealist, huh?

Hello.

Ah, Yitzhak.

You look like crap.

Thank you.

But, to be honest,

you were never really that good-looking to begin with.

Thank you.

Don't worry. He'll survive.

Yitzhak, I brought you a little something --

a gift from my travels --

the first of many, I hope.

Here -- in case you run into trouble again.

You and me --

we're going to put a stop to this, yes?

We've already begun to bring together various factions

into a coherent underground organization.

The Bund -- are they with us?

They are still unconvinced.

We have so much to do and little time to do it in.

We have organized our own underground soup kitchens,

our own schools, our own hospitals.

It's our own little society.

It's just surrounded by a brick wall.

What about --

No. I have been unable to get you a meeting with Czerniakow.

He refuses.

He refuses?

I don't see him. Do you?

His car is there --

over there with Captain Szerynski

and that pest Calel Wasser.

He'll be here.

There he is.

Sir...

So, you refuse to meet my friend.

So, tell me, my recently departed driver,

just whom am I refusing to meet?

Mordechai Anielewicz.

Ah, Professor Ringelblum's friend

who has an interest in history.

And an interest in protecting our people.

And you think that by writing up fliers

and having underground meetings

and preparing resistance

against the Germans will accomplish this?

It's not all I propose, sir.

We must strike back in any way we can.

You are not worried about the German doctrine

of collective responsibility?

Because what you are proposing is spitting right in their eye,

and they will retaliate against innocent Jews

even harder than they did in the last hostage crisis.

They suffer anyway.

Every day they die of disease and starvation and worse.

And you sit at the table, sir?

You negotiate with these Germans as if they're reasonable?

Yes, I do. I try to minimize the harm.

Believe it or not, so do we. Please give us a chance.

Please give us money and support to get started.

Your dream is a romantic notion that will get you all killed,

and I will not support it.

I will not.

And you should be wearing a hat.

In this weather you can get pneumonia.

Good day.

And five...six...

seven...eight.

Pli

And stretch.

Relev

Down.

Grand pli

Five...six...

seven...eight.

Grand pli

One...two...three...four.

They're gone.

It's clear.

They're gone.

Did you talk to Czerniakow?

What did he say?

He said they won't support us right now.

So, what about later?

We're going to be more persuasive.

Perhaps we can rendezvous at the Copernicus statue tonight

and discuss your views more fully.

There are many things that we must talk about today.

It is our priority to find more women couriers

who can pass as gentiles and work on the Aryan side.

Why not men who can pass?

Clara...

Men do not fare as well in a strip-search.

Circumcision.

Papa?

Papa?

I know you will think it's dangerous,

but here is some fresh bread for you.

Papa?

Papa?!

Papa!

I have bread for you!

Papa!

Papa!

Amen.

So, uh, you're okay here?

Yes.

Because you can stay with me. You know this.

It's fine with me.

You feel safer here, don't you?

Yes. It's true that I'm afraid.

And if you are to be taken, I will be alone.

You've been thinking about this?

Go to class.

Go.

Dr. Korczak...

have you had any luck convincing Czerniakow to help us?

No.

But come to our next recital.

Yes. Join us on Thursday.

Czerniakow loves recitals.

Ah, very good.

Tosia, is this the child?

Yes.

You found her near the cemetery?

That's correct.

And you lack the resources to care for her?

I have nothing.

This child is not well.

Mrs. Linder, can we afford to take another child?

We cannot.

We cannot take another child.

But then...we have no choice, do we?

I want you to meet my family.

Yes.

My wife, Elsa.

Pleasure. Hello.

This is Calel Wasser,

one of our finest young officers.

And this is our daughter Inga.

We'll let you two get acquainted.

It's a lovely house.

Thank you.

That ring --

I couldn't help but notice. It's very unique.

Yes.

Have you had it long?

No. Just since my birthday.

And your father -- he gave it to you?

Yes. How did you know?

Just a guess.

I just heard reports that there were mass killings

in the village where your parents live.

No one survived.

How about a rumor that the Gestapo has offered you

a certificate to Palestine?

It is not a rumor. It is the truth.

I refused.

I must thank you for your help raising money for us.

I wish I could do more for the children.

Well, then, by all means, do more.

Do not lose your temper. Let me do the talking, okay?

You do the talking.

Mr. Czerniakow, Mr. Czerniakow.

You have received our latest request?

Yes, I have received it. You want to buy arms.

And the Council?

They are well.

And?

You want to buy guns.

And then what?

Jewish honor.

Jewish honor.

The father who is hiding his son

is not honorable.

The rabbi who is teaching the child his lessons

is not honorable.

A mother who is taking care of her children and many more --

she is not honorable either.

No. For you, honor --

honor can only come out of the barrel of a gun.

You talk about Jewish honor.

I talk about Jewish responsibility.

Call it what you like.

Will the Council support the resistance movement?

No, they will actively oppose it,

and it is for your own good.

What?!

You have heard of the mass killings, yes?

These are not rumors.

These are facts from the mouths of our own people.

Outside of Chelmno,

thousands of Jews were taken in sealed vans

with hoses pumping gas into them.

I know this because my parents were among them.

I'm sorry for your loss.

The largest armies in the world

have not been able to defeat the Nazis.

What makes you think

that a handful of untrained Jewish citizens with pistols

will be the ones to prevail?

So instead of opposing the Germans,

you propose to leave the faith of our people

in their very hands?

Mothers held their children to their breasts

to protect them from the gas.

When the Germans found these babies still alive,

they would swing them against trees to kill them.

Is that graphic enough for you?

That is not the point.

That is the point.

Let's just salute, huh?

Salute?

Salute what?

Your disciples, your followers, your foot soldiers.

What?

They're all over there in the parade.

That's your honor...chairman.

Halt!

Halt!

This is an illegal gathering!

You are instructed to return to your homes immediately.

Is this really necessary?

I struggle to find why our recital is injurious

to the Third Reich.

I believe that concludes today's program.

Please join us tomorrow for a very special salute

to Richard Wagner.

Good evening.

Jew... play something for us.

We have just been instructed to go home.

I instruct you now.

Play something.

Ahhhh! Ahhhh!

Ugh!

You...

play something?

Grab the guns.

I'm sorry about your friend.

Yitzhak: What the hell do you think you were doing?

Mordechai: I was avenging a murder.

But the Germans will retaliate.

They do whatever they want anyway.

This is not a responsible fighting organization!

Then we're not a responsible fighting organization.

You must not act impulsively!

We must carefully plan and coordinate every action we take.

I'm sick of it --

of watching and waiting and standing by and being passive!

I won't do it anymore.

No, not passive!

Prudent in our actions.

We need to get weapons from the Polish underground.

Arie needs all the help he can get.

You will look after my sister?

I will look after Gina.

Go.

Five...six...

You can hide in here.

What is this?

Ah...you are Czerniakow, chairman of the Jewish Council?

Yes.

I am Dr. Fritz Hippler

with the Public Information Office.

Under the auspices of Secretary Goebbels,

we are documenting Jewish life in the ghetto,

and we wish you to be a participant. Please.

And what do you wish me to do?

Sit at your desk and go about your business as you would.

Come over here, please.

What is this?

This makes the picture look good.

I would not have that.

Good. Now, I want you people to talk

and conduct business as you would on any normal day.

Please, have a seat.

We're ready? Yeah?

And roll camera and... begin.

Begin talking.

A-Adam...

Yes, Nathan?

Are you aware that there is a rather large candelabra

on your desk?

Yes, I'm aware.

Keep talking.

And are you aware that wax is dripping all over your work?

Yes, I see that.

Why would you have a large candelabra on your desk

if it drips wax all over your work?

I have it, Nathan, because it is good for the picture.

Stop. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.

Just a moment, please.

Excuse me.

Uh, the lighting is all wrong.

Look. This one has a perfectly good Hebrew nose,

and I can't see it at all.

There is talk about deportations

and putting to death the people in the camps.

Just talk.

Mm-hmm.

Rumors.

I can assure you -- no truth to them whatsoever.

Mm-hmm.

Places, people.

Please?

Good, and would you sit down, please, in your chair?

Can we see that?

Yes, that's much better.

Uh...there is -- there is one thing, though.

You're all being very still -- too still.

Jewish people normally move their hands around

when they talk,

so I want to see you move your hands more, yes?

Let me see that.

Like this -- bigger.

And you?

Very good.

Yes, that's --

something like that, yes.

Good. All right.

And roll camera.

And get talking and use your hands. Yes.

- Adam... - What?

Are you aware that there is a large candelabra

in the middle of your desk?

Yes, Nathan.

You can rest assured

that I am fully aware of all that is transpiring.

The essential trait of the Jew

is that he always tries to hide his origin when among non-Jews.

People...

I want you to work faster.

Wherever rats turn up,

they carry destruction to the land,

spreading diseases and plagues,

just as the Jews do among mankind.

This is a conspiracy against all non-Jews

by a sick, deceitful, poisoned race

against the Aryan peoples and their moral laws.

Thank you, Marek.

Enjoy your work, but do it faster.

Remember, work...

will make you free.

Come on, Sarah.

I have for you two work permits.

Listen to me.

These two cards right here -- they will save your life.

All Jews, regardless of sex and age,

with certain exceptions,

are to be deported to work camps in the East by 4:00 p.m.

Commissar Auerswald...

Today we expect you to provide the first contingent

of 6,000 people.

This will be the minimum daily quota.

And the children in orphanages?

Regardless of sex and age.

- Perhaps -- - Regardless of sex and age.

Lieutenant... I am Adam Czerniakow.

I am the chairman of the Jewish Council.

I have been given assurances at the highest level

concerning the treatment of the children.

I fully expect those assurances

to be honored.

Kindly sign this proclamation.

I will not.

Mr. Czerniakow...

if the deportation is impeded in any way

by you or your people,

the consequences will be dire.

This is the beginning of an assault

on the existence of the Jewish people.

So what do we do in the face of this horror?

Do we sit on our hands

and wait for the next slap in the face from the enemy?

Or do we hide within ourselves

so that the blows don't hurt us so much?

Maybe we lift our hands to God, huh,

and pray for the Messiah to come.

"Messiah, are you coming?"

I don't think he's coming.

So what do we do?

We use our hands and our arms

and our hearts and our lives and our deaths

and we fight back -- we resist.

If you can't fight, then run.

If you can't run, then hide.

But you must resist.

You must.

- Tosia! - Tosia!

Mama, show them the permit!

Show them!

I did, but they didn't care!

No!

Mama!

I want to go with you!

Mama!

I want to go with you!

Mama!

Those of us who are willing to resist must work together.

We must share arms, we must share information --

Mordechai...

What?

We must leave for Warsaw.

What is it?

We must leave...now.

They have asked me to kill the children with my own hands.

This I cannot do.

Signed Adam Czerniakow.

Don't forget your diaries.

There will be plenty of time to record your thoughts.

You said we had 15 minutes...

and we will take our 15 minutes.

And when we get to the camp,

we will all get to see the most beautiful pine trees

and birch trees.

And if there are beautiful trees, what else will we see?

Birds.

Birds, yes.

That's right, that's right.

What else?

Rabbits?

Yes, yes, very good.

And?

Squirrels.

Squirrels. Very good, Leon.

Many, many squirrels.

Don't forget the flag.

Don't let them know that you're afraid.

Don't let them know.

Do your friends in the Bund

still have contact with the railway workers?

Yes.

Do you think you can make it out of the ghetto again?

I can try.

Go, Zygmunt.

Follow the trains,

and tell us definitively where they are going.

Sir, please, please.

I am separated from my wife and children.

Can I have just one moment to find them

so we can board the train together?

On the train.

Sir, please, please. Look. Take these.

They are worth quite a bit. Just give me a minute.

Please, I beg you.

On the train.

On the train.

Herr Korczak, why are you here?

You're exempt from this order.

What about the children?

The children must...board the train.

Then I will do as well.

You mustn't do this.

I won't allow you on the train.

Well, then kill me here and now in front of the children.

Don't let me go with them! Let me stay with you!

I'll be safe with you!

Don't let me go with my parents, please!

I'll be safe with you! Don't let them take me!

Get off!

Don't let them take me away!

Don't let them take me away!

What is it? Where are we going?

Marek said they want workers, but they're not taking cripples.

It's the only chance.

Nurse!

Quickly now, quickly now, before the guard returns!

It's the only chance.

But I'm a dancer.

Clara, hold your breath.

Gina was taken to the camps.

Zygmunt is back from Treblinka.

Zygmunt, it's Mordechai.

Can you tell us what you saw?

Zygmunt...

collect yourself and tell us.

Children...

women...

by the thousands...

gassed to death in showers.

They can hide everything

but not the stench of the dead!

This is the map of the camp of death.

This is the map of Treblinka.

And they keep on pleading for their lives with this scum!

This scum!

I want their blood on my hands!

We know that Adam Czerniakow has committed suicide.

We now know that 300,000 Warsaw Jews

have been either sent to Treblinka, a death camp,

or have simply been murdered.

For now the deportations have ceased.

They're going to resume,

and when they do, we will no longer submit.

We're going to respond with armed resistance!

We have to use this time wisely

to root out traitors and collaborators,

to acquire weapons, to prepare a plan of battle,

and, most importantly,

to let all of those who remain in the ghetto know

that we can and we will fight our enemy now

with all the Jewish groups finally under one banner

with one purpose!

Perhaps we can save some lives.

Perhaps we can remove a few Germans

from the face of the earth.

But this much -- this much I promise you --

we will live with honor.

And we will die with honor...

Jewish honor.

I'm -- I'm ashamed of --

of what I've been party to.

I'm a lawyer by training.

I just wanted to save my family, to survive like everyone else.

Now I'm -- I'm ashamed to wear my uniform.

You should be ashamed.

Stop it. Stop crying like a child.

I don't trust him.

Send him on the mission.

I don't trust him!

Send him on the mission,

and then we'll see which side he's on.

Zachariah will observe him.

If he fails, we'll execute him,

like the others who have been exceptionally cruel

to their own people.

If he succeeds, keep him in uniform.

It could prove useful to have a policeman working for us.

We want you to go undercover to the Aryan side

to smuggle weapons into the ghetto.

Are you willing to do that?

Yes.

She has no family anymore.

There's no one left.

This is a map of Treblinka.

You must get it to one of our couriers,

and it must travel to England.

Do you see your name?

Viesha.

Viesha Savitska.

Viesha Savitska.

You are to hide this map inside your shoe.

Do you understand?

Do you know what night this is?

No.

I think it might be Friday night.

We didn't light the Sabbath candles.

We don't have any Sabbath candles.

Good night.

Good night.

I forgot to ask your name.

It's Viesha.

And you are?

Frania.

Good night, Frania.

I say that we just go out in broad daylight,

and we shoot as many as we can.

Forget dying in a blaze of glory, Mira.

Why give them the satisfaction and make it easy on them?

I still think we should wait as long as possible

so we can acquire more weapons and continue to train.

No, Yitzhak!

What we have to do is organize escape through the woods.

We create a larger organization,

and we fight them from outside the ghetto.

We'll never make it on the outside!

We'll be sold out! We'll be informed on!

We'll be slaughtered!

I think we should take them all hostage

and make them listen to German folk music really loud

until they lose their minds and they give up.

Kazik, this is serious!

Every day of peace in the ghetto is another day

that we can prepare for the organized attack of the future.

We need to send a series of messages to the Jewish police,

to the Jewish Council, to our own people in the ghetto,

and to the Nazis, and we need to do it right now, Yitzhak.

They have to know who we are and that we mean business,

even if it means using up --

All the weapons?

Yes, even if it means this.

Then we just have to pray.

For what?

For what?

For Tosia to get the map out of the ghetto,

and for she and Arie to smuggle more weapons back in.

Hey!

Hey!

Go in the shed.

Come on!

Go in the shed.

Place of work?

Schmidt Foundry.

Location?

Millatu.

Give me your coat and dress.

Now the rest.

You want these, too?

Shoes.

I said shoes.

Do you want me to use this?

Another one.

Another one!

A Jew has escaped! We must capture him now!

Get dressed.

Get out of here -- quickly.

Hey! Where are you going?

To work. I just passed my inspection.

Hey, Jew, what are you selling today?

How close are we to the plant?

Couple of blocks.

You're lucky.

Lucky?

Most people that go to that guard shack don't come out.

I think this is where you take your armband off and leave us.

Are you going to turn me in?

No.

Viesha.

Viesha, it's Kazik.

I couldn't get close to the gate.

It wasn't safe.

So I had to follow your wagon.

Come -- walk.

Walk. It's all right.

Blackmailers up ahead.

We need to laugh.

Laugh?

Yes.

Jews look down. Jews look sad.

Jews avert their eyes.

Blackmailers can smell fear. So, can you laugh?

Try again.

No. If you do it, you do it big. Like this.

I said sleep, not sheep!

Sleep!

Not bad.

Keep practicing.

Viesha, this is Michael Klepfisch.

Hi.

Hello.

Nice to meet you.

Arie Wilmer.

- We've met. - We've met.

Get to know them both well.

So, he was good.

I wanted to arrange a meeting with your boss, Szerynski.

You can accomplish this?

Yes.

Good.

I'm sorry if it's...

It's been in my shoe for a couple days.

Ah, gives it character.

Do you realize

that this map of Treblinka will travel by special courier

all the way to Prime Minister Churchill himself?

With the other documents he will carry,

hopefully it will persuade the Allies

to give us the weapons we need, to bomb the German trains

and hopefully even the death camps themselves.

Do you understand now?

Yes.

Come on, Zhak!

Let's go!

Captain Szerynski?

I have a message for you

from the Jewish fighting organization.

For traitorous activities and collaboration with the enemy,

you have been tried in a court of your people

and have been condemned to death.

Goodbye.

Goodbye?

Is it too heavy?

No, it's all right. I can carry it.

But what if it gets dropped?

You wouldn't want to drop dynamite.

No, but what if something falls?

You wouldn't want something to fall.

What if it gets bumped?

Bumped could be okay.

Good work.

Good shooting, Calel.

Good job, Calel.

Calel, welcome.

Welcome to the family, Calel.

Now the Germans will come to us, yeah?

Hey, lady, wait.

Hold on.

Thank you.

Let's go.

Steady...and...

fire.

Good. Good.

Remember -- one round, one German.

No wasted rounds, yeah?

Okay, front row kneels.

All right. Steady...

Tosia...

Viesha.

It's all right. You're with friends here.

Yes.

And...fire.

Good. And steady...

Mordechai...

Tosia has brought you some gifts.

Ah, perfect timing. Good. When can we expect more?

Arie said there will be another shipment momentarily.

He will smuggle them personally.

Good.

Steady...and fire.

Devorah, I said aim before you fire, yes?

Very important to aim,

arguably almost as important as firing itself.

See if you can help Devorah to aim.

Frania.

Very good, except...

- Marek... - Oh!

Look what Tosia has brought us.

Zivia, please -- a good rule of thumb --

never to pat the bomb maker on the back

while he's working, okay?

Uh, what's this?

Oh, dynamite. Excellent.

I also need, uh, potassium chlorate.

I also need...bottles.

Can you get me those?

Yes. I will try.

I also need a new set of lungs.

Marek used to work in the lab at the hospital.

This is more fun.

Uh, anything else, Mr. Engineer?

More... just more of everything.

More.

You are all under arrest.

Put down your bombs and return immediately

to the umschlagplatz!

Heil Szitler.

So that would bring us here, right?

Kazik?

Who's that girl with the pistol?

That's Devorah Baron.

She's with Marek at the brush maker's.

That is such a coincidence.

I was thinking that they should be stationed

at the brush maker's.

Don't you agree, boss?

Heil Hitler.

Intelligence estimates

that there are only 30,000 to 40,000 left,

Reichsfuhrer Himmler.

I'm disappointed, Colonel von Sammern.

There are so many.

They've sabotaged our factories,

they've attacked our soldiers.

There and there. Look. You see?

And another.

Will we have an understanding, Colonel von Sammern,

that I can rely on you

to make sure that Warsaw is free of these vermin?

Absolutely.

It's a blockade. We are surrounded.

Mordechai!

Mordechai!

It's a blockade. We are surrounded.

All right, all right.

Let's go! Let's go!

Guns up here, ammo up here.

It's the moment we've been waiting for!

Pay attention! Get the guns out!

Don't forget your ammo!

Go with Kazik!

Clara, let's go. Clara, come on!

Out! Out!

Get in the line!

Get in the line, I said!

Up here!

There are Jews inside!

Where is he?

They're inside.

Here!

Look out! Move!

Look out!

Get down!

Look out! Look out!

Aah!

Come on! Come and get me!

Come and get me!

Come on!

- Come on. - Get out of here!

Yitzhak!

It's enough! Let's go!

No!

Let's go! Now!

We will fight later! Come on!

Now!

Zhak, he's dead. Come.

Please!

Get him off.

Enough!

Arie, let's go.

Grab the guns and ammunition.

Hurry! Grab the guns!

For the first time, we have stopped the deportations.

For the first time,

the enemy knows who we are as a people.

They know that we will resist.

They know that we will fight back.

They know that they're going to pay for their mass murder.

What they don't know is how long

and how hard and how successfully

we are going to battle.

In fact, we are going to light a torch of resistance,

and it's going to burn so brightly

that others everywhere are going to be inspired

to resist as well.

For Stash, for Michael, for Leon...

for Ariel...

for Z...

and for Clara...

who sacrificed their lives for our dignity,

a moment, please, of reflection and of silence.

I have good news to report.

Faced with ferocious Jewish resistance,

the Germans have surrendered.

Hitler has apologized for all the inconvenience.

The Jews have won.

I should notify the Allies.

What for? What have they done for us?

My favorite thing about the zoo is the animals.

They're not going to turn you in.

What about him? That Polish monkey over there.

Oh, no. He's okay.

He used to date my cousin Ida.

This letter goes to Klepfisch as soon as you leave.

Follow my lead.

Sorry...

I was just being protective.

Arie, if you'd like to be my boyfriend,

that's all right with me.

You know, I will be going on these missions,

and if I don't come back, I'd like somebody to know

that I didn't come back.

Stop.

Sir, this man died on the Aryan side.

I have orders to take him to the Jewish cemetery.

What's in the box?

A Jew named Izzy.

Open it.

The casket?

Open it now!

All right, sir.

Get that thing away from here!

Yes, sir.

Good work, Izzy.

You really are a very good stinker.

Did Arie say anything?

He said there were more on the way.

But for now, 50 pistols and 2 rifles.

But now I must attempt an even more important mission.

Procreation...

so that the Fuhrer has one more ghetto fighter to deal with.

"Attempt" is the right word.

My father always said, "Study hard, get a degree,

so you won't have to dig ditches."

The home army is very impressed with our actions.

It's just a start...

I hope.

Throw it quickly! Quickly!

Look, look, you both want to stay here -- fine.

But what are you going to fight with?

One of you must go.

Arie's sources are probably in hiding, terrified he might talk.

- Arie won't talk. - Arie won't talk.

- Arie will not talk. - He won't talk, Zivia.

We know that, they don't.

Can we get them out?

It's going to be difficult.

How much will it cost?

I'm not certain if it's a matter of money.

We must focus on reconnecting with Arie's sources.

Come on, decide.

You know the Aryan culture --

You have a better face. You look more Aryan --

I know too many people there. I'm sure to be recognized.

You know the language --

my language is obviously foreign.

What if someone asks where I'm from?

What if somebody denounces me?

Do you want to flip a coin to decide?!

Come on, Yitzhak.

You go, and you bring us back the weapons that we need.

Look at this.

You look fine -- like a Polish businessman.

Here -- whenever they ask, you came to town to buy shirts.

The guards have been greased. You're all set.

Look, look -- this suit.

It's all we could find on short notice.

It's ridiculous!

You look fine. Really.

Nice ankles.

Your documents. Your new identity.

- Witold. - Witold.

Good work, Marek.

- Witold. - I know.

Frania is coming to escort you to the other side.

She'll bring you to Tosia, who will arrange for you

to contact the necessary Poles.

Where is Frania?

Over there with Julian.

She is one of our very best.

I'll be watching your back.

Oh, that makes me feel much better.

Well...

I'm just across the street.

Luck.

How is he?

He's not going to win any beauty contests.

Welcome back. You all right?

I've been better.

Conserve your strength, okay? Just rest.

Mordechai --

Hey, you'll fight later. Just get better.

Uh, Arie, I need to ask you...

I didn't tell them anything.

Rest.

Kazik, how did you get him out?

We did nothing.

The Gestapo made a mistake and accepted our bribe.

Even when I believe you're telling the truth,

I think you're making it up.

Now, there's a vote of confidence for you.

1929 Lafitte Rothschild.

Flawless --

a bouquet that will last a century.

Have yourself a sip, Dr. Fritz Hippler.

You won't regret it.

Do I lie?

Is it not flawless?

Yes, it's very good.

Good?

It's not good.

This is exquisite.

I liked your movie "The Eternal Jew."

It was relentless.

As the French would say, impitoyable...

"without pity."

"The Eternal Jew."

It's a terrifying title.

Hmm.

Big nose. Fruity.

What do you think?

I agree.

You're not a wine aficionado, are you?

No. Not really.

It's a Jewish wine made by Jewish viticulture.

Rothschild.

Surprising, isn't it? Hmm?

Enough about wine.

In confidence --

you spent time around Colonel von Sammern.

Haven't you?

Ja.

Tell me about him.

Where should I start?

With the engagement on January 18th

when his troops were first fired upon

by the subhumans of the Jewish sector.

German soldiers are massing outside the ghetto

by the hundreds.

- Caliber? - Nine millimeter.

One German...

two Germans, three Germans.

Tuvia. Caliber?

7.62.

7.92. Carbine.

Julian, how did you get the rifle?

My eyesight.

Julian?

I don't miss.

One German...

platoon.

Zygmunt.

7.92.

Everyone's in place.

Do you hear this, this singing?

The bastards are singing.

Go. Get down.

Isaac, Sarah. Move.

Auschwitz!

Treblinka!

Dachau!

Good shot, Julian!

Treblinka!

Bring Dr. Hippler here.

Hit the tank -- while the hatch is open!

Why are you filming this?

I was assigned by Herr Goebbels to film this operation.

He says that film of these engagements will outlast us all.

Victory will outlast us all. This is not victory.

It all depends on where you put the camera.

Did you think you could waltz this army into the sector

like sightseers on holiday?!

All is lost. The troops have retreated.

Many are dead or wounded.

I know.

I was there.

We must respond with overwhelming force immediately.

From the Reichsfuhrer -- Reichsfuhrer Himmler.

Promised Hitler a Warsaw free of Jews by his birthday.

Tomorrow. You understand this?

And if other Jews are emboldened by this turn of events,

other sectors initiate their own uprisings --

it spreads to the poles.

You see the implications?

See the cause for concern?

Under orders of the high command,

you are relieved of your post, forthwith.

Oh --

and to avoid any unnecessary strain

between German-Austrian factions in the S.S. ranks...

the order for your execution has been withdrawn.

You are dismissed.

We're still here. Who would have bet on it?

Now we have some real weapons to fight back with.

Julian. Well done.

Look.

Our little nation.

Did you ever think in your lifetime

you would see this?

What is he doing?

Either he's showing his troops that he's not afraid,

or he really likes his table.

Give those out to the officers.

It's good for their nerves.

How can you sleep at a time like this?

Easily.

Dr. Hippler...

Yes, sir?

I don't care where you put the camera,

just don't film the flags.

But it makes for a better story.

They show what our soldiers had to overcome

in order to achieve victory.

And General Kruger was quite explicit --

You are not to shoot the flags

unless General Kruger shows up personally

and instructs you to do so.

- Is that clear? - Crystal clear.

I should wake Marek.

Marek, wake up!

Now?

Not yet.

Now?

Six more.

Now.

Dozens of our men were killed.

More wounded at the brush makers'.

Pull the tank out!

Pull the tank out!

Further.

No. Further.

Hold -- hold your positions! Hold your positions!

It's not safe for you to be here!

Hold your positions!

Quickly.

Far enough?

Dear Yitzhak, I don't know what to write to you.

Let's dispense with the personal details this time.

I have only one expression to describe my feelings

and the feelings of my comrades.

Things have surpassed our boldest dreams...

"The Germans ran away from the ghetto twice.

"One of our units held out for 40 minutes

"and the other one for more than 6 hours.

"Know that the pistol has no value.

"Practically don't use it.

"We need grenades, rifles, machine guns, and explosives.

Your friend in arms, Mordechai."

Yes, I did say that, Reichsfuhrer Himmler.

They are crafty,

but we will put an immediate end to this uprising.

No, not today -- two, three days, perhaps.

Excuse me.

Yes, of course.

Yes, Reichsfuhrer.

Now they're serious.

Go -- get down in the basement now.

Tuvia...

bring everybody in from the roof.

Get Calel in.

Zivia! Zachariah!

Pull back! Bring everybody in!

Pull back!

Get out of here!

Hold your breath!

Hurry! To the right! To the right!

Zachariah... who are these people?

Civilians.

Assemble the fighters, right away, right away.

I have corrected your mistake.

There were no casualties today.

There are no mistakes --

There are no mistakes now!

Have you apprehended the leaders yet?

Not yet, sir --

I'm not looking for an explanation.

I'm looking for an acceptable answer.

And that would be,

"Yes, we have captured and destroyed the leadership."

Heil Hitler!

I have a message from Himmler.

I have just begun to get us out of a disgraceful situation.

Do you wish to hear what the Reichsfuhrer has to say?

Of course.

As a lover of Wagner,

he said that you've conducted the overture

to this grand operation magnificently --

particularly compared to von Sammern.

He went on to say, "Play on, maestro.

The Fuhrer and I won't forget you."

Man: We in London now have in our possession

concrete information concerning the systematic mass murder

of the Jewish population in Poland

committed by the German nation...

The Polish courier must have gotten through.

There is no other way

they could have gotten those details so right.

If the Allies would bomb the railroads or the camps

or even Warsaw itself, we will have a chance.

I don't know. Do you really think?

Sure.

You're scum, Calel!

Jewish-police scum!

What is he doing here?

You let my children go to the train!

I'll kill you with my own hands!

Zivia: He's fighting for you now!

They're right, what they said.

I did.

I know, and you know I know.

But we don't have time to dwell on the past.

There's only time to plan for our immediate future.

Mordechai!

The weapons didn't make it through.

Yitzhak?

Our shipment of weapons

was intercepted by the Germans in the cemetery.

And the Germans have discovered the tunnel at Muranowska.

It is no longer safe.

Today is Easter, right?

Tosia, you're going out for some fresh air.

You must take these explosives and get them to Mordechai,

no matter what.

You must get them to the fighters -- do you hear?

Yes.

Get back, everybody! Get back!

Out for a Sunday stroll...

Jew bitch?

We're going to follow you around all day.

3,000 zlotys or we introduce you to the Gestapo.

Okay, let's go.

No, come. Let's go. I want to see the little room.

What little room?

The room the Gestapo reserves

for really, really pathetic crooks

who waste their time turning in fellow Poles.

Yes, I understand that those thugs

are given the full treatment.

So, let's go.

Let's go! I will create a diversion!

Strip the women naked. This won't happen again.

Get the ladder.

Now, that's a fine marksman.

We call them parachutists or balloonists.

We have devised a game whereby the winner is he who delivers

the most bullets to the jumper before he hits the ground.

Films and photographs of this kind of operation

will be invaluable

to future historians of the Third Reich.

It will also be useful as training materials for the S.S.

and as a living document

of the sacrifices that the Nordic race has made

to rid Europe and the world of the Jews.

All the exits are blocked.

We can't stay here. We have to leave now.

If there's no way out, we'll be easy targets.

I'll go out first. I'll get their attention.

What are you talking about?

You once asked me,

"Can a moral man maintain his moral code

in an immoral world?"

Here's my answer.

Rot in hell, you bastards!

Corpus Christus.

- Paradise... - Lost.

Follow me!

Julian, guard the rear.

All right -- it's Kazik!

Quick, follow me -- Devorah, Zachariah.

Yitzhak.

Man: ...The relativity to Albert Einstein,

who masked his hatred of Germans

behind his obscure pseudosciences...

The art of propaganda is not well-understood, is it?

Keep it simple.

Repeat it over and over until it takes on a life of its own.

Becomes the truth, in effect.

We are not the only ones who are fighting the war

on the film front.

The Allies have hired Frank Capra

to direct their efforts.

Should I know that name?

He's a very successful Hollywood filmmaker.

A little sappy for my tastes but...

at the top of his game.

Seems the Americans weren't all that interested

in going to war,

so he was brought in to popularize the notion.

Worse still, he stole footage that I had commissioned

and used it for ridicule.

As I say,

it all depends on where you put the camera

and who is telling the story.

These are not the Aryan women from my hometown, Detmold.

They are acrobatic sharpshooters.

Fighting demons. Amazons.

I don't believe this business

about Jewish women bewitching Aryans.

She is expressive, though.

Careful with the basket.

You sure you're all right?

I'm all right.

What have you brought us?

Dynamite.

Ah, excellent.

Commander Zuckerman, you understand

that the considerations we face today are extremely complex.

Of course.

There are those in the home army,

both here and in London,

that feel the transfer of weapons

to untrained Jewish street fighters

is a futile and wasteful use of our limited resources.

And what if this Jewish uprising were to spread?

The Polish underground is hardly equipped

to take on German forces.

Thousands of Poles would be slaughtered,

and we cannot allow that to happen.

May I remind you, Colonel, that we too are Polish citizens.

Perhaps these influences in the home army

are secretly grateful to the Nazis

for ridding their country of Jews.

I pray to God you can rise above those influences.

The considerations we face are complex.

That may be, but you see, Colonel,

the considerations my people face are simple.

In fact, I would have to say that the considerations

my people face are positively elemental.

We must have arms.

We must have explosives.

We must have something other than our fists and --

and bricks, and our unbreakable will.

Immediately!

You take no risk!

And if you fail to act,

our blood will be on your hands.

Shh! Shh!

Mommy!

Mommy!

Child!

No!

Mommy.

Hands up!

Hands up!

Check the holes!

Take your clothes off!

Right now! Hands up!

Your plan sounds reasonable,

and your reports to Himmler

make it seem as if things were going well.

But they aren't, now, are they?

General Kruger, in a very short while,

the Jewish sector of Warsaw will be no more.

Every building will be razed to the ground.

Then we will bring these vermin to the surface or bury them.

A short while?

This little group of bandits

have held off the German military

for longer than the entire country of Poland.

Is that a short while?

It would make your job and mine easier

if your reports weren't so optimistic

and our casualties were...

Get the guns and the ammo!

...shall we say less --

to be perfectly blunt.

No luck.

The Poles won't give us any more weapons.

And you?

None.

Any word from Tosia?

The others are secure. Follow me.

Where?

There's a bunker at Mila 18.

These are your fighters, Kazik?

- Yes. - Okay, go.

Schmuel Asher -- Mordechai Anielewicz.

- Hello. - Hi.

I have heard about you and your group.

Now let me show you around my basement empire.

Auschwitz. Treblinka. Sobibor.

And there is Mulhausen.

We have running water.

We have electricity.

But it's too hot,

and dust is horrible for my allergies.

- Hello. - It's good to see you.

Come on -- I'll show you something.

There are five entrances and five exits.

They come in handy in my line of work.

This way.

Who's winning?

Whatever is ours is yours.

Well, uh, not really everything.

I couldn't do it. Sorry, I couldn't.

Uh, Tuvia was unable to make it through

to Yitzhak via the sewers.

I will go.

No, you won't. Not until your ankle heals.

Kazik, I want you to go,

and, uh, bring Zygmunt with you.

Huh -- oh, that's perfect.

Tuvia couldn't make it across, so we send Kazik.

What makes you think we can succeed?

Because you're going to go through the tunnel.

What tunnel?

The tunnel at Muranowska.

Yeah, there's a tunnel there for special occasions.

The question is, how safe is it?

Yes. Yes. That is a good question.

Yeah. It's risky. But it's worth it.

If Yitzhak has found guns and supplies,

we can hold out for a while longer.

Even if he hasn't, it's critical that we find a way

in and out of the ghetto.

We're playing cat and mouse with Stroop and his men.

We can't hold out forever.

Yesterday, we were seeking safe passage to Palestine.

Today, we seek safe passage across the street.

Our world has gotten pretty small, eh?

Luck.

Luck.

Go. Make me proud.

Make yourself proud.

Let's go, Romeo.

I'm instructing Zivia and Marek to assemble a small squad.

Their mission will be to find an exit out of the ghetto

through the sewer canals.

This is going to be very difficult, if not impossible.

As we know, the maze of canals is vast and confusing.

Those who wish to leave

will be given the opportunity.

Those who wish to stay will do so.

Perhaps it will possible to connect

with the partisans in the forest

and to continue our fight.

Perhaps not.

But throughout our difficult struggle,

we have been determined to preserve one choice...

how we die.

Whether it be here in an airless bunker

or elsewhere, I don't know.

But I can assure you of one thing.

The spirit of our deaths...

The spirit of our deaths

will shape the soul of a new generation.

The new nation of Jews.

All right. Let's wish Zivia and Marek luck.

Luck!

And we continue.

You are a sight for sore eyes.

So are you.

And...Julian?

He's our best marksman.

Ahh.

No, no! It's all right.

It's all right.

Tell me.

Something is not right.

What?

The level of fighting has decreased.

They only attack us at night.

They're playing possum.

The Gestapo's informer has told us

where their command bunker is,

and this time I think it's accurate.

Well, that is good news, isn't it?

Too good.

Too easy.

- Is your ankle better? - Yes.

If you want to go with the others, you can.

It's up to you.

I'd rather stay here and fight with you and Arie,

if that's all right.

It's all right.

Where are the sewer workers?

I don't know what happened.

They were paid to guide us... but they haven't shown up.

We need to go now.

This is far too dangerous for you.

No -- we are going into the ghetto tonight.

If not through the sewers, over the wall.

Are you out of your mind?!

We have no chance to survive without a plan.

Nor do the fighters, if we don't get them out right now!

How will we do that if we are shot going in?

How do you intend to get them out?!

Are you with me or not?

We have no chance to succeed without a Polish guide

to take us into the sewers and out again.

Do you see a guide?!

Do you?!

There is no sewer worker!

Are you with me or not?

I will go with you, Yitzhak.

Then you can make your own funeral arrangements.

I will not carry your coffin.

I will accompany you, but he makes sense.

Maybe we should try again tomorrow with the Poles.

We can't rely on the Poles, Frania.

We can't rely on anyone else to get us in!

Zivia, when you get down to the sewer, go left.

And let's hope for the best.

I will cover your escape.

Go, before you forget why you're leaving.

We'll be back.

Goodbye, Zachariah.

Be good, Zach.

Aw, come on. You're already a day late!

Let's go!

Follow.

Tell our friends to keep their spirits up.

Oh!

Germans.

This way.

I just wish we had more weapons and ammunition.

That would be really something, huh?

What is it?

I just had the most, uh...

ridiculous dream.

It was so vivid.

I was sleeping, and your sister Gina came

and woke me up.

And she took me outside to this...beautiful garden,

and there were grapes and nuts and figs.

It's very biblical, huh?

And then...she took me to a...basket.

And there was a -- a baby inside it.

And...she said that...he was mine --

my child.

And I...took him and I held him in my arms.

Tell me the history of "The Eternal Jew."

How did this film of yours come to be?

Goebbels commissioned it.

It was, uh...

his idea -- his pet project.

He felt that Germans were not anti-Semitic enough.

It didn't come as easy to them as, say, the Poles or French

or even the English.

The film was the psychological underpinning

of the Fuhrer's plan for racial purity.

Why do you think these Jewish women

are such ferocious fighters?

Hmm?

Desperation?

I never witnessed this before.

I saw one woman... shot several times.

As she was dying, she cursed me

in a language that was beyond vile.

I can't get the image out of my mind.

Maybe you're bewitched.

Here's to good bewitching.

Out!

Shh!

Quiet. Shh!

Check that duct.

See if it's passable, Mira.

Tosia, down there!

Devorah...

Down there, Julian.

They can't have found all five exits.

Hurry!

We're blocked. We're totally blocked.

No.

Mira!

No. It's not safe.

Julian?

- It's clear. - It is?

We can make it out with this whole group.

Passes --

maybe there is a way to the sewers through the sewer wall.

- That way? - Yeah.

All right, uh, Tosia?

Go with Mira. See if it's possible.

Yes.

Mira! Hurry -- as many as can go!

Hurry!

We need reinforcements!

Spread out and try to outflank them!

Fight, Zachariah! Spread out and create a diversion!

Hurry up, Julian.

Die!

The ghetto is through this.

Good. Lead me.

No. I go no further.

You have been paid to lead me.

I show you -- that's all.

As a member of the home army,

it is my assigned mission to rescue Christian Poles

trapped in the ghetto.

If you do not wish to cooperate,

then I will give you a simple choice.

Lead me or die.

That is your choice.

Follow me.

Good decision.

The exits are sealed.

The fighters are all dead.

Okay, we stay. We fight here.

Yeah, let's go! Let's go!

This way.

Quick. Come on.

How much further till we get to the ghetto?

Everything is sealed!

Is everybody in position?

One person right over here!

Every exit!

Julian, go see if Tosia and Mira have made any progress!

- Right! - Move!

There's another wall.

Tosia? Tosia...

have you found an entrance to the sewer canals?

Not yet.

Hurry.

We are.

Mordechai, I don't think

they'll make it through soon enough.

I'm sorry.

All right, Julian. Take your position.

You've done well!

I wonder if Zivia and the group made it through.

Zivia will find a way out.

I would've bet that Kazik found a way back.

He won't disappoint you.

Mira, let me ask you a question.

How is it you always manage to be so positive,

so optimistic, so, uh, so supportive?

I'm lucky.

To luck, huh?

To luck.

Is it safe?

I'll go through right now and get Mordechai.

This way.

If you sense gas, cover your faces with a wet cloth

and stay low!

Cover your face and stay low to the ground!

I found a way out!

Mordechai!

I found a way out through the sewer!

Stay low! Low to the ground!

Keep low!

Mordechai!

Follow near!

Save the last bullets for yourself!

Has anyone seen Mordechai?!

Everyone follow me this way!

No, I found a way out!

Let's give them a greeting they'll remember!

Mordechai!

Zivia!

Devorah!

Tosia!

Kazik?

Kazik?!

Tosia?

You're alive.

Tosia?!

Where are the others?

A few of us made it out to the sewers, but...

Mordechai and Mira --

almost all the rest died here in the bunker.

How did you get in?

I thought...

I was the last Jew... in the ghetto.

The last one.

Kazik...

Kazik!

How did you get in?

Through the sewer canals.

Then you will take us out.

No.

- Yes. - No.

No.

Kazik, come!

I want to stay here.

The others need our help!

No.

Paradise.

This way.

Get back.

In the tunnel.

All right.

Shh! Shh!

Get back!

Paradise!

Paradise!

Lost.

Kazik?

Tosia!

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!

There you go.

It's a miracle!

Oh, we were lost!

We've been walking in circles.

What a miracle!

Kazik, tell me, have you been to the other side?

Yes, he has.

Then he is our leader.

All right.

All right.

All right, everyone.

Follow Kazik quickly and quietly.

Follow me.

Come on. Come, Sarah.

Heil Hitler.

One of Major Havel's S.S. informants

says some of the leaders are still alive.

He's heard that they've taken the sewers to the Aryan side

to join up with the partisans and continue the fight.

The major wanted me to inform you of this

as soon as possible.

You need a truck.

We have a truck.

We need it for two nights.

Trucks are expensive.

Drivers are expensive.

I thought you might say this.

Wait, wait.

All right. Under here.

It's all right.

Come over here.

Over here.

All right, Zivia?

This way?

Go through.

We must be quick. The water's rising.

Where's the boy and the girl?

All right, Sarah. She's coming through.

Sarah...

Isaac, come here.

I'll go through.

Right here, Isaac.

All right. Is everybody through?

We've got to get through quickly.

Coming through?

- Where's the baby's mother?! - Children!

Save me!

Is there anyone under?!

Come on.

It's shut. It's welded shut.

It's closed shut!

Please don't panic!

Get down the tunnel!

Don't push -- be calm!

A little bit further on...

it opens out to a canal.

That's the beginning of the Aryan side.

Well...

we are across the street on the Aryan side,

but there is no one waiting for us up above.

We cannot hold on any longer.

There is nowhere to take all these people out on the street

without a truck to get us out of the city.

Kazik...

you must go by yourself, meet Yitzhak.

Find an exit.

Yes, tonight.

Where is it?

I don't know. They're late.

We can't afford late.

There's been a delay. They will try again later.

We must keep everyone calm.

I'll let them know.

Yes, an office.

54 Postal Street.

Office furniture...

cabinets.

No, just the driver. We have our own laborers.

You can?

We must have water. We must have food.

It is coming. Stay calm.

We're doing all we can.

It isn't enough!

I would rather die in the street with a German bullet.

You will do exactly as you're instructed!

Now be quiet!

There is another landing down there.

Get out of the water!

The people cannot take anymore!

Silence yourself.

You think I will let your weakness

jeopardize the lives of these people?

Have you any notion

the sacrifices these fighters have made

so that you could be standing here alive --

alive on the verge of freedom!

I want to get out of here!

Don't think for a moment that I will hesitate

to put a bullet through your skull ---

fulfill your wish -- if you keep this foolishness up.

Where's the office? I don't see it.

In the basement.

What is this?

This is your chance to be a hero before God.

Drive.

Pull over there.

All right, please.

Go out quickly and quietly and do exactly as Kazik instructs.

Marek, why are we doing this in broad daylight?

Because we are.

You're mad.

You were right.

Are there many more?

Yes, there are more.

How many?

40 on this landing and a dozen on another.

- We can't wait! - They will come.

We can't wait!

I promised them.

Just one more minute.

One minute and then we leave.

But we have no time!

I'll get them.

Quickly.

20 more.

Come, come, come, come, come, come!

This is an operation of the Polish Underground.

And I believe in Santa Claus.

Well, Santa...

this is a pistol I'm pointing in your ribs.

Do you belive that?

Yes.

Then you will also believe that I won't hesitate

to splat your guts all over the cobblestones

unless you do exactly as I say.

You stay there.

Into the truck. Quickly.

10 more.

Hurry up. Hurry, hurry.

That's everyone on this landing -- 40 in total.

- That's it. - I am not leaving without them.

You are putting us all at risk.

I am not asking you. I am telling you.

Zivia...

get on the truck!

Zivia...

get on the truck.

We'll come back for them.

Come.

Go! Go! Go!

Go, go, go, go!

Go!

They've escaped.

It seems to be so.

I'm gonna have you communicate to Reichsfuhrer Himmler

that Warsaw will be free of Jews tomorrow.

My engineers have prepared dynamiting the Jews' synagogue.

Further, I've informed Himmler

that the remainder of our work here

will be carried out by the local police under my control.

Now, you may even receive a commendation for your efforts.

But between you and me...

you let the bandits get away.

I want everything brought up --

every body, every corpse, every piece of evidence!

And then seal it shut --

tighter than the Pharaoh's tomb!

And every manhole cover in Warsaw --

I want welded shut -- every single one!

Enough!

Mordechai Anielewicz sent me this letter

shortly before his last battle.

I want to read a part of it to you.

"Our fighters have endured conditions beyond description.

"Yet they have persevered -- no, more than persevered --

"they have conquered these conditions

"and fought on bravely over and over and over again.

Perhaps we shall meet again --"

Perhaps.

"But the main thing is the dream of my life has come true.

"I've lived to see a Jewish defense

"in the ghetto --

in all its greatness and glory."

Let us remember Mordechai and all the others.

And let us continue --

let us continue to fight on.

Look, Kazik.

Look how deeply they breathe.

Each breath...

so peaceful, so rhythmic.

Yes.

One after another after another...

after another.