1 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,926 A Love Affair in Germany 2 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:10,565 On May 15, 1983, I turned 49. 3 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:15,650 My son Klaus' birthday was 2 days earlier. He turned 17. 4 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,964 I decided to take him to Brombach, the old margravial stomping grounds. 5 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:22,807 It's been 40 years... 6 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:25,449 since the last time I was there. 7 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,411 I thought to myself... 8 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,370 this might be the last chance to find something out, 9 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,841 and I wanted Klaus to be there too. 10 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,006 Klaus, get up. 11 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,202 Look how beautiful it is here. 12 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:07,491 Gorgeous... 13 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,207 But maybe you won't understand it yet. 14 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,129 One doesn't understand these things until one's older. 15 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:48,962 There's a poem by Hebel, 16 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:51,406 on his way to Basel. 17 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:53,608 Conversation between Steinen and Brombach 18 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:54,761 at night. 19 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:56,604 The title is "On Transitoriness," 20 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:58,524 and in it, a coachman's son... 21 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:00,682 beholds this castle in the moonlight. 22 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:01,841 Rétteln. 23 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,004 Here's the market place. 24 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,080 This is the old town hall, 25 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:35,844 still where it was back then. 26 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:37,451 This was the town hall? 27 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,283 That was a marvelous wine tavern. 28 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:41,566 Here? - Yes. 29 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,488 No one home anyway. Closed. 30 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:46,402 Up there. 31 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:47,846 Up where? - There. 32 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,202 They're repairing the old well. 33 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:13,971 I'm alone. 34 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:15,645 I've only got two hands. 35 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,167 That's still no reason to yell at us. 36 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:32,287 Here? 37 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:33,168 Yes. 38 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,291 But not next to the potatoes, here to the right. 39 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,411 Give me a piece of this please. 40 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,211 Just a second while I get rid of the empty crates. 41 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,324 Ring this up please. 42 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:00,806 But I was here first! 43 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,242 Frau Kropp, we'd like to pay. 44 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:16,091 I'll be right with you. 45 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,481 Frau Kropp, we'd like to pay. 46 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:11,442 Good morning. - Good morning, Pauline. 47 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:16,926 Karl Wyler. 48 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,564 I wouldn't have recognized you. You look fine in uniform. 49 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:24,562 Fuflough? 50 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:26,051 Yes, three days. 51 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:27,645 Maria doesn't know yet. 52 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,689 I only just found out myself. 53 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:30,966 Maybe she's away. 54 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,441 No, but she'll soon be working in armaments. 55 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,090 What diligent women we have. 56 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:36,321 Cigarette? 57 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:40,043 I'd rather have something to drink. - Bring our hero a beer. 58 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:41,840 Terribly hot today. 59 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,082 Yes, wonderful weather. 60 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,288 We'll have a good wine this year. 61 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,446 Spirits must be high among you soldiers. 62 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:23,530 Why didn't you write? 63 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,286 I wasn't sure about my furlough request. 64 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,488 I figured if it went through, I'd be here. 65 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:29,880 And here you are. 66 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,646 Confidential Security Police Report: 67 00:08:55,840 --> 00:09:00,846 The rural population thinks nothing of letting POWs stay in their homes. 68 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:05,164 It's prohibited for prisoners to eat at the same table as Germans. 69 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:06,651 Don't you know that? 70 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:13,609 They don't view this as an ethnic-political threat. 71 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:17,970 Ethnic-political education is hampered by the work of the church... 72 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,009 that says that even POWs... 73 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:24,609 and foreign workers are Christians and human beings. 74 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,169 The farmer knows best about the damage that undesirable... 75 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,402 blood mixing can produce in his animals, 76 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,567 and yet he doesn't seem interested in ethnic-political issues. 77 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:40,287 For me a human being is always a human being and not an animal. 78 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:37,850 What can I do for you? 79 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:43,206 I'd like... 80 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:49,007 I'd like a bar of soap, but I forgot my ration books. 81 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,731 That's alright, you can bring them next time. 82 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:57,964 Fine, anything else? 83 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,049 And perhaps... 84 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:02,691 some cologne? 85 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,370 Very good, what else? 86 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:07,481 And then... 87 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:12,725 soap for the bedbugs. 88 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,286 Here you go. 89 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:17,961 Will that be all? 90 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:19,520 And then I need... 91 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,008 sperm... uh, germ disinfectant. 92 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:26,641 There you go. 93 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,204 Will that be all? 94 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:38,401 Condoms. 95 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:44,766 Here you go. 96 00:11:58,080 --> 00:11:59,411 Thank you. 97 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:11,322 Don't forget your soap stamps. 98 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:31,361 Stani... 99 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:35,964 Because of you I had to be in the house next to yours... 100 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:37,844 because I wanted to be near you. 101 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:31,646 Please... 102 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,329 We have to be careful. 103 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,329 We were off the shore of Madagascar, 104 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,964 With the bubonic plague on board, 105 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,850 In the vessels our water was stagnant... 106 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,731 Schulze, are you observing the marvelous view? 107 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:58,522 Yes Sir, Second Lieutenant. 108 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:00,441 Very romantic. 109 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,088 Don't jabber, Schulze. 110 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:06,171 Try to admire. 111 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,250 Come on, move your lazy bones. 112 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:11,520 Come have a look here. 113 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:13,303 A little walk. 114 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:18,851 Yes, but... 115 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,250 It's just the time. They're expecting us. 116 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,445 Duty is duty, and schnapps is schnapps, hm? 117 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:27,325 I like that, Schulze. 118 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:28,925 Quite correct. 119 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,210 Don't touch me. 120 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,448 They're gone. Don't be afraid. Nothing happened. 121 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:05,688 They'll kill you. 122 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,481 I don't care if I am... 123 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:16,770 Please, once more. 124 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:37,168 Morning, Mayor. - Morning, Hilde. 125 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:39,167 Anything new? 126 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,403 I need you to sign this receipt, Mayor. 127 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:47,561 How's Mitzi? 128 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:49,404 Healthy, thank God. 129 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,368 There's something else, Mayor. 130 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:53,885 A death. 131 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:54,768 Whose? 132 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,969 Hans Kriigerwas killed in battle, Elsbeth's fiancé. 133 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,329 Elsbeth Schnittgens who helps Pauline out sometimes. 134 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,326 I'd be obliged if you told her. 135 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,209 Why me? - Every day she asks me... 136 00:18:06,360 --> 00:18:07,964 if there's a letter for her. 137 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:10,327 My weak heart... I can't break it to her. 138 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,404 OK, if that's the way it's got to be. Send her over. 139 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:30,924 Good morning, Frau Kramer. 140 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:47,281 Do I have a letter? Have you got anything for me? 141 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:49,124 You got something, 142 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:51,123 but the mayor has it. 143 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:52,727 Oh? 144 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:55,762 Why the mayor? 145 00:18:56,120 --> 00:18:57,246 Why does the mayor have it? 146 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:58,208 How should I know? 147 00:18:58,360 --> 00:19:00,931 I don't read the letters, I only deliver them. 148 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:02,570 Go see the mayor. 149 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:24,884 Schulze, give me the file. 150 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:33,047 That man's crazy. 151 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,321 Scoundrel, I'll show you! 152 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:43,564 Who was that? - A prisoner. 153 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:45,768 A Polack. He works for a farmer. 154 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,241 Foreigner scum everywhere you turn. 155 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:52,200 Someone has to do the dirty work, while we fight for the Reich. 156 00:19:58,600 --> 00:19:59,761 What is it? 157 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,124 Why aren't you eating? 158 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,768 Make Stani go away. 159 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,327 But Stani isn't even here. 160 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:17,520 Eat now, come on. 161 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,202 A mouthful for Mama... 162 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,769 What about the pretty recorder Stani carved for you? 163 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:32,084 Oh, that. It's not a real one, you can't play it. 164 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:38,848 Then Stani will just have to fix it. 165 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:43,608 And didn't he say he'd make you a real drum? 166 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,650 One with real rabbit skin. 167 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,009 I don't want a drum, 168 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:52,130 Stani can't make good drums. 169 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:54,361 I see. 170 00:20:57,360 --> 00:20:58,361 Eat your food. 171 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:01,007 Come on. 172 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:09,441 Eat, now. 173 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,450 Good morning, Herr Winkler. 174 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:44,605 Good morning, Frau Kropp. 175 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:58,525 What brings you here? 176 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:00,481 Isn't Stani here? 177 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,041 He's with the horses, should I call him? 178 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,124 Stani has his hands full with the horses. 179 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,681 Tomorrow he has to deliver the coal. 180 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,401 I'd like Stani to come by the store at closing time. 181 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,728 I just got a new delivery. 182 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,762 I need him to put the heavy crates in the basement. 183 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,970 It's not easy for a woman to run a business alone. 184 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:30,524 Sacks full of potatoes, crates of apples. 185 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:33,881 And your husband, does he write often? 186 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,082 He's stationed in Bavaria at the moment. 187 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,687 They're being sent to the eastern front soon. 188 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,604 Ah, the eastern front. 189 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,369 You will visit your husband while he's still in the Reich, 190 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:49,807 won't you? 191 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:53,081 Don't know. 192 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,288 Of course I'd like to. 193 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:02,887 But how can I leave the store unattended? 194 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,048 What about Sch n ittgens? 195 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,284 Surely she can take over for a few days. 196 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,162 And even if you closed for a few days... 197 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,843 People will understand that you want to visit your husband. 198 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,960 Every woman in your position would do the same. 199 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,680 Oh you needn't tell me that. 200 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,925 I'll send Stani over as soon as he's tended to the horses. 201 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:31,087 Thank you. 202 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,883 Sometimes I think your good-naturedness is really stupidity. 203 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,562 Are you blind? Can't you see what's going on here? 204 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:34,204 That Pole is always hanging around at Pau|ine's. 205 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:36,807 Why is that? 206 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:39,043 To give her a hand. 207 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,887 They say he gives her more than just a hand. 208 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,202 Her husband's only been gone 8 months. 209 00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:54,442 What are you doing by the window? 210 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,562 If her husband is on the front, why shouldn't the Pole help her? 211 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,327 At the Melchiors they even let him eat at the table. 212 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,446 That's not allowed. It's a blatant disregard of regulations. 213 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,206 You're not even supposed to offer them water, 214 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:11,930 and Pauline gave him schnapps. 215 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:13,809 Don't you think... 216 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,361 these days some rules just don't make sense? 217 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:17,362 No. 218 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,123 And her produce store is flourishing. 219 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,966 Of course, you don't need ration stamps for fruit and vegetables. 220 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:27,770 You can still make money there. 221 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,048 She even started selling flowers, 222 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,010 and who knows if she's got a permit to do that. 223 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,721 I don't know if every grocer is also authorized to sell flowers. 224 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:41,124 There's no set price for flowers like with potatoes, you can make money there. 225 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,408 Who's going to buy flowers in this town? 226 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:48,444 Everyone has his own garden. 227 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,411 It'd never occur to you, but others buy them. 228 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,291 Anyway, so what? 229 00:26:58,680 --> 00:26:59,886 Come here. 230 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:00,789 Come on. 231 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,161 Let's try to make ourselves a little Peter. 232 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,643 What if it's a girl? - No, it'll definitely be a boy. 233 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,644 I don't want two women. 234 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:23,685 My husband was a brave man. He was antifascist, you know? 235 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,486 How he would have liked to have a son, but... 236 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,085 she ended up a girl. 237 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:29,765 Despite everything, 238 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,241 she's turned into a lovely woman. 239 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:34,405 Anna, come here. 240 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,284 You have to understand, 241 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,807 she's got her worries and problems. 242 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,122 The store has really changed. 243 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:55,526 No doubt. 244 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:58,409 When did you take over? 245 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,127 It was still wartime when I got it. 246 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,847 After all, I was alone with a small child. 247 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,771 And someone had to take over the store. 248 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,487 Frau Schnittgens, was she another of Pau|ine's friends? 249 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,922 She was an upstanding person. 250 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,765 She never wanted to harm a soul. 251 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,731 But then, there was that incident with the letter. 252 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:22,848 You can think whatever you want, 253 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,447 but one thing's for sure, she did receive the letter. 254 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,365 And then suddenly the Gestapo had it. 255 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:30,681 But she... 256 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,366 certainly didn't mean any harm. 257 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:38,045 Maybe she thought by doing that she could save Pau|ine's life. 258 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,485 Maybe someone else took the letters to the Gestapo. 259 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,689 Stop it, that's enough. 260 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,369 I know what you're about to say. 261 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,330 Our past, our stupid past... 262 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,482 It's going to haunt us forever! 263 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,483 I'm sick of all these phrases. 264 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,487 He acts like we're murders. He has no right. 265 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,247 You ought to worry instead about what's going on in the world today. 266 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,405 Terrorism, violence... That's more important than the past! 267 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,644 Let it be buried forever, for eternity! 268 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:34,691 Good afternoon. 269 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:46,205 And two pounds of apples. 270 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:51,570 Over there, have a look yourself. 271 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:55,041 Nice ones, not too ripe. 272 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,931 The last pears I bought were rotten. 273 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,120 I'm sorry. There'll be no problem with the apples, 274 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,044 they're top quality. 275 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:18,729 We've got new potatoes too, 276 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:20,720 very good ones. 277 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,088 Stani, go get me some. 278 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:25,002 OK. 279 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,927 It's not often we have such fine produce. 280 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:45,766 No, not today. 281 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:48,924 Maybe next week. 282 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,251 Good evening. 283 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:13,121 Gusta. 284 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,330 We're closed. 285 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:20,768 Come by again tomorrow. - Alright. 286 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:07,531 Did something happen? 287 00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:09,321 Make him go. 288 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:17,126 Make him go away! 289 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,011 Stani, leave. That's enough work for today. 290 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:39,846 Hans... 291 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,527 I told him we should get married, but he said no. 292 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,245 Not until he could wear a lieutenant's uniform. 293 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,968 As if a promotion would have meant anything. 294 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,367 I would be a widow now, but instead... 295 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,723 I might have had a child, but instead... 296 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,123 You can't understand. 297 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,523 You still have your husband, you can see him. 298 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,247 He's going to the eastern front too. 299 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,967 Then you still might become a widow, hm? Would you like that? 300 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:46,771 Elsbeth! 301 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:50,360 Forgive me, please. 302 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,042 I don't know what I'm saying. 303 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:55,850 He always told me: 304 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,968 "Don't worry about me, 305 00:35:58,240 --> 00:35:59,924 I'm bulletproof. " 306 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:03,725 Bulletproof. 307 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:12,250 What does he do here? 308 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:14,687 Who? 309 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:16,690 That Stanislav. 310 00:36:19,240 --> 00:36:21,288 He helps me with the crates, you saw. 311 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:22,487 This late? 312 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,164 Pauline, I beg of you, 313 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:26,924 don't see him anymore. 314 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:28,570 Avoid him. 315 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:30,810 It will turn into an illness. 316 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:31,882 A madness. 317 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:38,609 Elsbeth, I love him. 318 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:40,767 No. 319 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,849 How dare you say that to me! 320 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:49,646 You have no right, you have absolutely no right! 321 00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:54,324 Stop screaming! 322 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:01,410 What should I do? 323 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:05,807 What should I do, oh God? 324 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:12,406 What is it, Mama? 325 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:22,685 Nothing at all. 326 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,889 I'm going to visit Papa, and you'll... 327 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,646 stay with Grandma and Grandpa in the meantime. 328 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,885 You know that Papa misses us so. 329 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,806 Can I go visit Papa too? 330 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,407 They don't allow children. 331 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,611 And you know Grandma and Grandpa will be so happy. 332 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:50,890 They won't recognize you. "Is that our Herbert?" they'll say. 333 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,010 No, he's a regular young man now. 334 00:38:28,240 --> 00:38:30,641 Recently she sold 10 crates of peaches in one day... 335 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,962 and was too stupid to brag about it. 336 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:36,601 And who brought in the crates? Him of course. 337 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,081 I even heard them at one this morning. 338 00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:41,561 And her husband is such a decent person. 339 00:38:41,720 --> 00:38:44,326 That bitch, he's the reason she even has the store. 340 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,050 Wonder whose name it's in. 341 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,202 What business is that of yours? 342 00:38:52,720 --> 00:38:54,085 That's so typical of you. 343 00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:55,924 What do you want with the store? 344 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,127 You'd never do anything on your own. 345 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,442 All you want is a baby. Babies are fine, 346 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:07,446 but what if something happens to you? What's going to happen to him and me? 347 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,364 You don't think about these things. 348 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:12,684 The kitchen's behind the store. 349 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,684 I could take care of business without leaving home. 350 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,367 And it would be ideal for the baby too. 351 00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:23,403 I don't want a wife who murdered to get her shop. 352 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,048 If you denounce her, he'll be hanged. 353 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,282 Hanged, do you know what that means? 354 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,647 And she'll end up in a concentration camp. 355 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,406 All for something her husband might be doing himself. 356 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,130 Like all soldiers. - You too? 357 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,284 Of course not. - Do you sleep with women in France? 358 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:43,930 Besides, you'll get widow's compensation if I die. 359 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:47,482 Whatever you earned in the store would be deducted... 360 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:48,971 from your compensation. 361 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:03,370 I don't have a steadyjob, so I'll be sent to the armaments plant. 362 00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:05,761 That means waking up at 5 every morning, 363 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,321 riding there by bike and working my butt off. 364 00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:11,366 I'm so sick of it all. 365 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:14,645 Come on. 366 00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:17,010 Come back over here. 367 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,771 Let's give our Peter another go. 368 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:27,042 We wanted to go see my parents. 369 00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:29,410 This time tomorrow... 370 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:30,961 I'll be gone again. 371 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,964 That's no reason not to sleep with each other. 372 00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:37,683 Promise me you won't denounce her. 373 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,241 Please, not now. - No, promise me. 374 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,286 Come on, honestly, 375 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,205 do you think I'm stupid enough to go to the police? 376 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,408 So my name will be on record? 377 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,523 Thanks a lot, but I'm not that dumb. 378 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:55,727 All I need to do is talk to Frieda K6nig, or... 379 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:58,201 that Schnittgens woman who keeps her books. 380 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:00,688 I'll go talk to Frieda K6nig. 381 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:02,763 She can't ignore a thing like this. 382 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,486 She's head of the NS Women's Organization... 383 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,008 and will take responsibility. 384 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:12,286 Maybe he's just wounded. 385 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:15,489 Mix-ups like these have been known to happen. 386 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:21,890 Do you think so? 387 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:25,164 Do you think it's possible? 388 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,360 It's possible, everything's possible. 389 00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:33,481 But the important thing is... 390 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:37,928 that you loved each other, no one can take that away from you, 391 00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,048 that's yours forever. 392 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:02,481 I can't. 393 00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:18,245 No, don't. 394 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,687 I came to tell you this. 395 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:24,370 We have to end it. 396 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:27,644 We're crazy. 397 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:31,087 I don't know what got into me. 398 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:35,250 We were crazy, Stani. 399 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:37,243 But we have to end this. 400 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:39,608 Tomorrow I'm going to visit my husband. 401 00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:41,000 And you... 402 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,248 You must forget everything, Stani. 403 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:50,646 Forget it. 404 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:55,164 We mustn't. We must never see each other again. 405 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,209 You want to sleep with him, yes? 406 00:43:01,240 --> 00:43:02,651 This is madness. 407 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:06,962 Do you want to sleep with him? 408 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:12,922 It's a crime. 409 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:17,286 Oh, the flowers. 410 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:21,651 There just won't be any flowers while I'm gone. 411 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:24,766 My God, 412 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:28,083 I'm leaving you here all alone. 413 00:44:28,240 --> 00:44:29,765 Herbert, we're leaving now. 414 00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,321 Don't worry, I'll manage. 415 00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,241 It'll be good for me to keep busy. 416 00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:37,530 I know how things work here. 417 00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:40,401 People don't buy much these days anyway. 418 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:42,608 I won't forget the receipts. 419 00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,244 Mama, I'm bringing my recorder. 420 00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:04,201 Come on, Herbert. 421 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:13,209 You're my only friend, you're my best friend. 422 00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:14,725 If Stani comes by, 423 00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:16,405 tell him... - I'll tell him nothing. 424 00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:19,131 Come on, let's go. You'll miss your train. 425 00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:22,570 Where's your cap? 426 00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:24,290 It's right here! 427 00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:40,965 Where are you going, Frau Kropp? 428 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:44,201 To visit my husband in Bavaria. 429 00:45:44,720 --> 00:45:47,405 He's a guard at a prison camp. 430 00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:49,410 Very good, very good. 431 00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:52,281 Your husband is a decent man, Frau Kropp. 432 00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:55,649 And he has a decent wife, too. Are you taking the boy along? 433 00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,121 He's staying with his grandparents in Lérrach. 434 00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:02,367 Frau Kropp has a heavy suitcase, she's off to visit her husband. 435 00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:03,851 Take her to the train station. 436 00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:14,882 Thank you, Mayor. 437 00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:18,051 And good-bye. 438 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:31,846 Why do you have such an ugly carriage? 439 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:36,289 Maybe it's ugly, but it serves me well. 440 00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:39,049 Last night I was in Lérrach. 441 00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:41,328 I took that Pole to the hospital. 442 00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:43,845 The poor man was unconscious. 443 00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:45,722 Let go. 444 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:48,009 The Melchiors’ Pole. 445 00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:50,402 He was trampled by horses. 446 00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:53,846 Stop here. 447 00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:56,809 You gentlemen here to do some riding? 448 00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:59,566 No, I'd like to talk to Herr Stackmann. 449 00:46:59,720 --> 00:47:00,687 That's me. 450 00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:03,286 Arthur Stackmann. - That was my father. Why? 451 00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:07,164 It has to do with the Pole. 452 00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:09,000 Are you a reporter? 453 00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:10,127 No. 454 00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:13,682 Leave the old man alone, I'm sick and tired of this story. 455 00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:16,047 You were at the rock quarry that day? 456 00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:18,009 Yes, it was awful. 457 00:47:18,240 --> 00:47:21,050 Did people condone hanging an adulterer? 458 00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:23,209 You weren't allowed to talk about it... 459 00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:25,010 But you did. 460 00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:26,770 Many were against it. 461 00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:29,924 But if you ask me, they should have hanged both of them. 462 00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:32,048 The woman was more guilty than he was. 463 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:34,089 She was older, married. 464 00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:36,926 And Father was only following orders... 465 00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:40,004 when he had the Pole sign that he had been informed 466 00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:43,050 of the consequences of fraternizing with a German woman. 467 00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:45,123 He knew the score. You Polish? 468 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:47,046 No. 469 00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:50,210 Where are you going? 470 00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:52,050 I'm looking for a Pole... 471 00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:55,447 He's in room 32, to the left. 472 00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:14,407 It's me. 473 00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:23,769 I found out from Alker. 474 00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:30,647 Please, 475 00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:34,722 say something. 476 00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:38,604 Why did you come? 477 00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:40,444 Go to your husband. 478 00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:53,281 Nurse! 479 00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:55,851 Nurse! 480 00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:06,450 Calm down. 481 00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:09,291 That's not allowed here. Have you no shame? 482 00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:12,125 Please, come on, don't make a scene. 483 00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:16,725 I'll write you. 484 00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:18,560 Disgusting. 485 00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:26,045 You loathsome scoundrel you. 486 00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:28,166 Dirty rat. 487 00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:30,930 Can't keep your pants up. 488 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:38,722 Yes, but how is he doing, Doctor? 489 00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:42,847 What's so terrible, Doctor, 490 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:47,444 about visiting a prisoner of war in the hospital? 491 00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:01,683 What a mess. 492 00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:12,090 A woman with a suitcase. 493 00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:15,450 He says a woman with a suitcase came to visit him. 494 00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:19,721 The neighbor had a suitcase with her when she left this morning. 495 00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:21,843 She went to see her husband in Bavaria. 496 00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:24,729 A good-bye kiss. 497 00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:29,041 I'd say it's understandable to want to visit him in the hospital. 498 00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:30,645 We could have done the same. 499 00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:34,322 Should I go give him a kiss too? 500 00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:37,051 No, he might lash out... 501 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:38,122 like the horse. 502 00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:41,250 I told you to lock him in at night. 503 00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:44,166 Oh be quiet. I'm fed up. 504 00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:46,004 Lock him in at night. 505 00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:48,242 What if he has to see to the horses, hm? 506 00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:50,562 The doctor said you were responsible, 507 00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:53,407 we'll be called to account for all this. 508 00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:56,046 That Pole is nothing but trouble. 509 00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:59,124 So what if we're called to account? 510 00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:02,084 They won't find out... 511 00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:05,683 who the woman was, unless you can't hold your tongue, 512 00:51:05,840 --> 00:51:07,842 or that Schnittgens, or whoever else... 513 00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:12,046 Someone's bound to tell, and then we're in big trouble. 514 00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:15,491 What are you looking at? What do you want me to do? 515 00:51:15,640 --> 00:51:19,531 Nothing has happened, and with God's help nothing will. 516 00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:23,605 Of course it's no fine situation, but we're sensible people. 517 00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:25,526 Should I tie someone up 518 00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:28,809 who toils from 5:30 in the morning until 7 at night? 519 00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:31,686 The Party can kiss my ass come nighttime. 520 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,287 I joined so they'd leave me alone... 521 00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:36,408 and not so I'd have to spy on my people. 522 00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:46,010 Among the accused are first offenders, 523 00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:49,164 farmer's daughters from good families, obedient girls... 524 00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:51,322 who had never had intercourse before, 525 00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:55,166 as well as soldiers' wives who had been happily married for years, 526 00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:57,687 even mothers with several children. 527 00:51:58,240 --> 00:52:01,005 Chief of the Security Police and SD in Berlin. 528 00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:13,201 Morning, Frau Wyler. 529 00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:14,641 What can I get you? 530 00:52:14,800 --> 00:52:16,211 A bunch of parsley. 531 00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:25,843 How are things, Frau Schnittgens? 532 00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:33,329 A bunch of parsley, here you are. - Maybe I'll take two. 533 00:52:34,640 --> 00:52:36,210 Anything new? 534 00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:38,401 No. 535 00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:42,089 When's the boss due back? 536 00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:44,807 Soon. 537 00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:46,610 16 pfennigs, please. 538 00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:50,491 Enjoying the work? 539 00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:54,569 Yes, but I'm not really cut out for it. 540 00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:56,450 I'm a bookkeeper. 541 00:52:56,760 --> 00:53:00,481 I should never have agreed when she asked me for my help. 542 00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:04,247 I have to do everything alone. Lugging heavy sacks and crates, 543 00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:06,528 ordering the goods, keeping the books. 544 00:53:06,680 --> 00:53:08,330 It's too much for one person. 545 00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:11,248 It'll be hard for Pauline, too, 546 00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:13,682 without that Pole to help her. 547 00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:15,802 What Pole? 548 00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:19,801 Don't play dumb. The one who works at the Melchiors’. 549 00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:22,881 Haven't you heard what people are saying? 550 00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:28,930 Letter for you, Frau Schnittgens. 551 00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:31,802 Thank you. 552 00:53:50,720 --> 00:53:51,528 Anything else? 553 00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:53,850 What did Pauline write? 554 00:53:54,840 --> 00:53:57,684 I don't know, I'll have to read the letter first. 555 00:53:58,360 --> 00:53:59,964 Good-bye, Frau Wyler. 556 00:54:26,120 --> 00:54:29,363 Dear Elsbeth, you're my best friend, 557 00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:33,048 please give St. the enclosed letter. 558 00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:35,009 If he's not back yet, 559 00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:38,684 send it to the hospital in Lérrach. 560 00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:40,691 Many kisses... 561 00:54:54,640 --> 00:54:56,130 It's not that bad. 562 00:54:56,280 --> 00:55:00,080 In one or two months I'm being transferred. 563 00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:04,650 Then it's important not to catch a cold 564 00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:06,643 to avoid any complications. 565 00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:08,848 I was in Brombach just now and... 566 00:55:09,120 --> 00:55:12,363 Brombach? You needn't go there, 567 00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:14,329 the town is full of Nazis. 568 00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:17,324 No one's going to tell you the truth there. 569 00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:22,050 You received letters, which you passed on to Zinngruber. 570 00:55:22,200 --> 00:55:23,770 I can't remember. 571 00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:25,684 Frau Schnittgens, 572 00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:29,082 was it Zinngruber or was it Mayer? 573 00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:32,564 Mayer was a decent man. 574 00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:35,806 Brombach was full of Nazis, 575 00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:38,691 but Mayer was a decent man. I'm sure of it. 576 00:55:38,840 --> 00:55:41,161 The letters were the beginning of the end, 577 00:55:41,320 --> 00:55:42,924 and they were addressed to you. 578 00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:45,367 But the other women... 579 00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:48,450 Leave the patient alone now. 580 00:55:48,600 --> 00:55:50,523 I told you she was very weak. 581 00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:54,531 The other women... 582 00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:00,361 I don't want to talk to you any longer. 583 00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:04,002 Letters you were to deliver to this man... 584 00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:08,044 but were somehow handed to the Gestapo. 585 00:56:08,560 --> 00:56:10,642 You have been acquitted. 586 00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:12,529 You have nothing to fear. 587 00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:14,609 You have to tell us the truth. - No, no! 588 00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:16,603 You don't have to tell him anything. 589 00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:20,407 I told you on the phone you were not to visit my client. 590 00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:23,851 It was irresponsible of you to come. 591 00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:25,923 She could suffer a relapse. 592 00:56:26,080 --> 00:56:28,367 One should consider the repercussions 593 00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:30,124 of one's actions beforehand. 594 00:56:30,280 --> 00:56:32,442 I respect your intention of clearing up 595 00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:35,570 this unpleasant, long-expired incident from WWII. 596 00:56:35,920 --> 00:56:38,844 In order to spare my client any further harassment... 597 00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:41,367 I have prepared a statement... 598 00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:44,126 that clearly answers all your questions. 599 00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:47,250 First: Frau Schnittgens was not Frau Kropp's friend. 600 00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:50,131 My client merely worked for Frau Kropp 601 00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:53,409 as a bookkeeper at her general store. 602 00:56:53,720 --> 00:56:57,486 Frau Schnittgens is a bookkeeper, there was no personal relationship. 603 00:56:57,720 --> 00:57:00,371 Frau Schnittgens learned of the affair... 604 00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:02,204 through village gossip. 605 00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:04,966 Realizing that the Pole and his lover were in danger, 606 00:57:05,120 --> 00:57:08,966 my client urged Frau Kropp to visit her husband in Bavaria. 607 00:57:09,120 --> 00:57:11,691 She hoped this would avert harm. Second: 608 00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,411 Frau Schnittgens possessed but a single letter... 609 00:57:14,560 --> 00:57:16,324 written by Frau Kropp to her lover. 610 00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:20,041 Frau Schnittgens received the sealed, stamped envelope... 611 00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:24,410 with a note asking her to drop it in the next mailbox. 612 00:57:24,560 --> 00:57:27,564 My client did not do so, considering it dangerous. 613 00:57:27,720 --> 00:57:31,281 She intended to give it back to the sender upon her return. 614 00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:35,331 Third: It is true that Frau Schnittgens gave the letter to the Gestapo, 615 00:57:35,480 --> 00:57:36,527 against her will. 616 00:57:36,680 --> 00:57:40,571 Sadly, Frau Schnittgens had mentioned the letter to close friends, 617 00:57:41,080 --> 00:57:45,483 and someone must have passed this information on to the Gestapo. 618 00:57:45,640 --> 00:57:47,449 I'll send this to you by registered mail. 619 00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:55,643 I didn't write it. 620 00:57:56,280 --> 00:57:58,123 I don't write German. 621 00:58:00,280 --> 00:58:01,805 Anyone could have written it. 622 00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:04,805 You deny that this love letter 623 00:58:05,080 --> 00:58:07,003 from Frau Kropp ever reached you? 624 00:58:08,920 --> 00:58:10,081 From Pauline Kropp. 625 00:58:11,840 --> 00:58:13,046 I had a fever. 626 00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:15,882 You don't know the woman? 627 00:58:17,680 --> 00:58:21,127 Who visited you at the hospital? Who came to see you? 628 00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:23,086 I don't know. 629 00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:26,568 Maybe a crazy woman. 630 00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:29,443 You think you can make a fool of me? 631 00:58:29,600 --> 00:58:32,046 You want to play me for a fool? 632 00:58:32,480 --> 00:58:33,925 Well, you can't. 633 00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:40,445 You think I'm some farmer from Brombach, do you? 634 00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:43,520 Schulze! 635 00:58:44,040 --> 00:58:45,610 Here, Second Lieutenant. 636 00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:32,486 Enough, Schulze. 637 00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:33,762 Take him away. 638 00:59:35,600 --> 00:59:36,931 Unbelievable. 639 00:59:44,360 --> 00:59:45,771 Alright, Frau Kropp... 640 00:59:47,120 --> 00:59:48,929 Please, have a seat. 641 00:59:49,840 --> 00:59:52,411 Do you think there's any sense in denying it? 642 00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:58,768 Actually, we can skip this interview, but I wanted... 643 00:59:59,720 --> 01:00:02,644 I wanted to know a little bit more. 644 01:00:03,960 --> 01:00:05,849 You can go. I won't be needing you. 645 01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:08,287 You can write it up for me later. 646 01:00:20,200 --> 01:00:22,202 God, how shall I say this? 647 01:00:22,480 --> 01:00:26,883 I'd like to know whether there was a relationship between the two of you. 648 01:00:27,080 --> 01:00:30,004 I mean a physical relationship. 649 01:00:30,480 --> 01:00:32,244 You understand what I mean. 650 01:00:37,280 --> 01:00:39,282 What's that supposed to mean? 651 01:00:40,040 --> 01:00:41,201 Maybe... 652 01:00:42,480 --> 01:00:46,326 Maybe he raped you and you had to defend yourself. 653 01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:49,565 You had to defend yourself, Frau Kropp. 654 01:00:54,080 --> 01:00:55,969 My God, my God. 655 01:01:02,880 --> 01:01:05,565 Let us write in the protocol... 656 01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:08,769 that I started it, 657 01:01:09,360 --> 01:01:11,283 not that he seduced me. 658 01:01:11,560 --> 01:01:13,801 Let us write that I'm to blame... 659 01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:17,009 and let us also write that I regret nothing. 660 01:02:03,520 --> 01:02:05,841 Alright, this way. 661 01:02:13,200 --> 01:02:14,201 Right. 662 01:02:21,120 --> 01:02:24,408 Please, spare her. I implore you, here it is in writing. 663 01:02:24,560 --> 01:02:26,130 I swear under oath... 664 01:02:26,280 --> 01:02:29,602 that I do not harbor resentment, that I forgive her. 665 01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:32,322 First Lieutenant, please. 666 01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:35,921 We have a son, he's only a child. 667 01:02:36,080 --> 01:02:39,004 It's not her fault, I'm sure she won't do it again. 668 01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:40,640 She must be sick. 669 01:02:45,040 --> 01:02:46,007 Calm down. 670 01:02:46,440 --> 01:02:47,885 Help my wife. 671 01:02:48,520 --> 01:02:50,807 She's a good wife and a good mother. 672 01:02:51,120 --> 01:02:52,042 My God... 673 01:02:53,880 --> 01:02:56,360 Kropp, calm down, calm down. 674 01:02:57,360 --> 01:03:00,204 I promise you I'll do everything I can. 675 01:03:02,040 --> 01:03:02,768 Be brave. 676 01:04:00,120 --> 01:04:01,485 It was by accident. 677 01:04:02,440 --> 01:04:06,206 I turned on the radio and there was a German voice. 678 01:04:07,520 --> 01:04:09,363 It was Radio London. 679 01:04:12,040 --> 01:04:14,441 For listening to foreign stations... 680 01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:18,569 and disseminating information you can be sentenced to death. 681 01:04:19,480 --> 01:04:21,289 How did they find out? 682 01:04:22,360 --> 01:04:25,045 I told a girlfriend. She turned me in. 683 01:04:25,920 --> 01:04:27,649 Well, if you go around telling. 684 01:04:28,640 --> 01:04:31,450 But not what I heard. I didn't even hear anything. 685 01:04:31,600 --> 01:04:33,409 That's the point, that's just it. 686 01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:35,844 All I told her... 687 01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:38,241 was that I heard Radio London. 688 01:04:38,480 --> 01:04:40,448 And that the man had a nice voice... 689 01:04:40,600 --> 01:04:42,762 and that I wondered what he looked like. 690 01:04:45,400 --> 01:04:47,289 If the judge believes me, 691 01:04:47,720 --> 01:04:50,769 he won't have to sentence me to death, 692 01:04:51,120 --> 01:04:54,329 and maybe he can put me in a concentration camp. 693 01:04:54,480 --> 01:04:56,005 I hear the camps are awful too. 694 01:04:56,400 --> 01:04:57,686 But you live. 695 01:05:00,560 --> 01:05:02,927 You know you're not allowed to look out. 696 01:05:03,840 --> 01:05:05,205 Get back to work. 697 01:05:07,760 --> 01:05:12,084 There are records of countless cases in which Polish civilian workers, 698 01:05:12,240 --> 01:05:16,245 who for engaging in illicit sexual intercourse were... 699 01:05:16,400 --> 01:05:18,562 recommended for special treatment, 700 01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:21,644 were shown to bear Nordic features, 701 01:05:21,800 --> 01:05:26,488 a favorable appearance, and a positive character. 702 01:05:26,640 --> 01:05:28,449 Not that, get to the point. 703 01:05:29,320 --> 01:05:32,483 These people are suitable under certain conditions... 704 01:05:32,640 --> 01:05:34,324 for Germanization. 705 01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:36,482 That's what we're looking for, Schulze. 706 01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:41,483 The Reich Leader of the SS in his capacity as the Reich Commissioner... 707 01:05:41,640 --> 01:05:44,325 to insure the consolidation of the German People... 708 01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:47,563 ordered that Polish prisoners and civilian workers... 709 01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:51,243 who have engaged in intercourse with German women and girls... 710 01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:55,724 or committed other immoral acts upon them... 711 01:05:55,880 --> 01:05:59,805 shall, prior to submission for special treatment, 712 01:05:59,960 --> 01:06:03,760 be examined in view of their potential for being Germanized. 713 01:06:04,280 --> 01:06:07,045 The public health officer's report must include: 714 01:06:07,200 --> 01:06:09,168 1. Race classification, 715 01:06:09,320 --> 01:06:13,086 2. Height without shoes, 716 01:06:13,240 --> 01:06:16,449 3. Body type- 717 01:06:16,600 --> 01:06:18,489 Do you understand all this? I don't. 718 01:06:18,640 --> 01:06:21,450 The public health officer has to do it, we can't do it. 719 01:06:22,280 --> 01:06:26,046 Well, where the hell is he? He's always coming late. 720 01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:30,522 If he's like this on the front, I don't want to be in his shoes. 721 01:06:31,080 --> 01:06:34,004 We'll prepare everything for him... 722 01:06:34,800 --> 01:06:37,724 so all he has to do is sign. But, Schulze, 723 01:06:37,880 --> 01:06:39,530 this is our job. 724 01:06:40,320 --> 01:06:42,243 Do we really have to do this? 725 01:06:42,400 --> 01:06:45,324 I mean the purpose of all this nonsense is so obvious. 726 01:06:45,480 --> 01:06:47,323 Shut up, Schulze. 727 01:06:49,040 --> 01:06:50,804 This isn't about the Pole. 728 01:06:51,400 --> 01:06:52,401 It's about her. 729 01:06:53,160 --> 01:06:54,605 Her husband is a soldier. 730 01:06:55,560 --> 01:06:56,891 This woman... 731 01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:00,921 simply has to be helped, do you understand? 732 01:07:01,640 --> 01:07:03,244 Well, she is lovely, isn't she? 733 01:07:08,240 --> 01:07:09,685 Have the Polack come in. 734 01:07:14,840 --> 01:07:16,251 Bring him in. 735 01:07:17,280 --> 01:07:18,930 Come on, let's go. 736 01:07:22,680 --> 01:07:25,684 Shoes off, you're going to be measured. 737 01:07:26,600 --> 01:07:27,647 Take off your shirt. 738 01:07:42,240 --> 01:07:43,844 Stupid measuring tape. 739 01:07:44,120 --> 01:07:46,168 Schulze, what are you doing? 740 01:07:46,320 --> 01:07:48,004 How did your father measure you? 741 01:07:48,320 --> 01:07:51,164 He made a mark at the top of your head. Here. 742 01:07:51,400 --> 01:07:55,405 Then he measured, from top to bottom or bottom to top. It doesn't matter. 743 01:07:59,800 --> 01:08:01,325 Here we go. 744 01:08:03,840 --> 01:08:04,807 Just a second. 745 01:08:05,960 --> 01:08:09,601 1.29 meters. Did you get that? 746 01:08:10,840 --> 01:08:12,001 What? 1.79. 747 01:08:13,520 --> 01:08:15,249 Of course. 748 01:08:15,480 --> 01:08:16,766 You're an ass. 749 01:08:20,240 --> 01:08:21,605 Eye color, 750 01:08:21,760 --> 01:08:23,046 hair color, 751 01:08:23,200 --> 01:08:24,770 skin color. 752 01:08:25,240 --> 01:08:26,526 No problem. 753 01:08:27,000 --> 01:08:28,525 Eye color. 754 01:08:29,240 --> 01:08:31,049 Look straight ahead. 755 01:08:32,760 --> 01:08:33,886 Blue. 756 01:08:36,040 --> 01:08:37,326 1C. 757 01:08:39,360 --> 01:08:41,089 Hair color. 758 01:08:42,800 --> 01:08:46,521 I'd say, here, this one: dark brown. 759 01:08:46,680 --> 01:08:47,966 Dark blond. 760 01:08:48,120 --> 01:08:49,929 Yes, dark blond. Three. 761 01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:56,048 Here's where it gets complicated. 762 01:09:02,560 --> 01:09:04,847 Damn, let's skip it. 763 01:09:05,400 --> 01:09:06,526 Hold on. 764 01:09:07,440 --> 01:09:08,487 No, forget it. 765 01:09:11,800 --> 01:09:13,211 Skin color. 766 01:09:16,320 --> 01:09:19,210 Second Lieutenant, how do you classify his skin? 767 01:09:19,360 --> 01:09:21,408 Light pink, rosé. 768 01:09:22,320 --> 01:09:24,209 Here on his neck it gets dark brown. 769 01:09:24,360 --> 01:09:25,805 What are we going to write? 770 01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:28,287 Pink, can you say that? 771 01:09:28,680 --> 01:09:31,445 That's more for women or girls, I think. 772 01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:33,643 I'd say it's light. 773 01:09:37,800 --> 01:09:39,962 Body type- 774 01:09:43,200 --> 01:09:44,964 Body type- 775 01:09:45,640 --> 01:09:46,368 Lanky. 776 01:09:47,520 --> 01:09:50,000 Lanky isn't a scientific term. 777 01:09:50,160 --> 01:09:51,605 Hold on, I'll look it up. 778 01:09:55,000 --> 01:09:58,004 Damn, nothing in this worthless book. 779 01:10:01,640 --> 01:10:04,041 I wrote "body type normal. " Sounds good, hm? 780 01:10:04,840 --> 01:10:09,482 But now for the hard part: describe the most prominent feature. 781 01:10:10,280 --> 01:10:11,281 What would that be? 782 01:10:13,760 --> 01:10:14,886 Prominent. 783 01:10:21,920 --> 01:10:23,524 Ten, two. 784 01:10:33,280 --> 01:10:34,406 Herr Mayer. 785 01:10:35,560 --> 01:10:37,961 I'm not a specialist for race issues. 786 01:10:38,920 --> 01:10:41,161 This is outside my area of competence. 787 01:10:42,080 --> 01:10:43,650 Get the Pole out of here. 788 01:10:43,800 --> 01:10:45,529 Have him wait outside. 789 01:10:51,760 --> 01:10:54,081 We won't discuss your area of competence... 790 01:10:55,640 --> 01:10:57,881 in the presence of this Pole. 791 01:10:58,280 --> 01:11:00,282 I'd like to read you something... 792 01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:02,642 about your area of competence. 793 01:11:03,480 --> 01:11:07,280 If no race inspector is available, the public health official shall... 794 01:11:08,480 --> 01:11:10,369 furnish the medical report. 795 01:11:11,040 --> 01:11:13,611 Signed: Heinrich Miiller, Chief of the Gestapo. 796 01:11:17,520 --> 01:11:19,284 It's not... 797 01:11:19,880 --> 01:11:22,326 as easy as you imagine. 798 01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:27,245 Does he even know what you've got planned for him? 799 01:11:29,280 --> 01:11:31,169 This isn't about the Pole. 800 01:11:31,320 --> 01:11:33,084 It's about Frau Kropp. 801 01:11:33,520 --> 01:11:35,170 You know what she faces. 802 01:11:37,440 --> 01:11:38,487 Bring him back in. 803 01:11:42,360 --> 01:11:44,727 Go on, what's wrong? The doctor's waiting. 804 01:11:54,800 --> 01:11:56,643 There's nothing wrong with me. 805 01:12:34,600 --> 01:12:36,443 You can get dressed. 806 01:12:37,960 --> 01:12:39,041 Then I'm healthy? 807 01:12:39,200 --> 01:12:40,611 Heahhy? 808 01:12:40,760 --> 01:12:41,921 Better yet, 809 01:12:42,480 --> 01:12:43,686 you're Aryan. 810 01:12:43,840 --> 01:12:44,682 I'm what? 811 01:12:44,840 --> 01:12:47,411 Aryan, you can become a German. 812 01:12:47,600 --> 01:12:49,011 A German? - Yes. 813 01:12:53,200 --> 01:12:57,171 No! I don't want to become a German! 814 01:12:57,760 --> 01:12:58,761 I don't want to! 815 01:12:58,920 --> 01:13:01,127 Take him away! 816 01:13:04,120 --> 01:13:06,202 Dark cell confinement until he calms down. 817 01:13:07,120 --> 01:13:08,360 Is he crazy? 818 01:13:13,040 --> 01:13:13,962 Second Lieutenant... 819 01:13:14,120 --> 01:13:17,408 You see, Second Lieutenant, it's not that easy. 820 01:13:18,800 --> 01:13:20,723 That settles that. 821 01:13:20,960 --> 01:13:21,768 Fool. 822 01:13:26,400 --> 01:13:29,927 I can't recommend this petition. 823 01:13:31,440 --> 01:13:33,169 It could cost me my head if I... 824 01:13:33,320 --> 01:13:36,369 advocate the Germanization of a Slav... 825 01:13:37,120 --> 01:13:39,202 who doesn't even want to be Aryan. 826 01:13:42,520 --> 01:13:46,809 I advise you, Second Lieutenant, to be careful as well. 827 01:13:47,360 --> 01:13:48,566 Doesn't want to. 828 01:13:50,920 --> 01:13:52,251 He can't be that crazy. 829 01:13:52,400 --> 01:13:53,731 But about Frau Kropp. 830 01:13:54,280 --> 01:13:55,327 This is... 831 01:13:55,520 --> 01:13:56,885 primarily... 832 01:13:58,440 --> 01:13:59,441 about Frau Kropp. 833 01:14:00,160 --> 01:14:03,607 Can't you understand that he may not be crazy... 834 01:14:04,960 --> 01:14:06,962 and doesn't want to be German either? 835 01:14:40,600 --> 01:14:42,762 At ease! Be seated! 836 01:14:45,240 --> 01:14:46,924 You know the charges against you. 837 01:14:48,120 --> 01:14:49,690 I'm not guilty. 838 01:14:50,320 --> 01:14:52,084 Open the door. 839 01:15:10,440 --> 01:15:12,124 How do you feel here? 840 01:15:14,800 --> 01:15:17,371 What's your profession? - I teach high school. 841 01:15:18,240 --> 01:15:19,651 A fine profession. 842 01:15:22,400 --> 01:15:24,323 Tomorrow at 11 you can be a free man. 843 01:15:25,000 --> 01:15:28,209 But first, at 8, your cellmate and fellow countryman, 844 01:15:28,360 --> 01:15:30,886 a certain Zasada, requires you to do him a favor. 845 01:15:33,200 --> 01:15:34,247 You must hang him. 846 01:15:35,560 --> 01:15:36,607 What? 847 01:15:37,920 --> 01:15:38,842 Me? 848 01:15:41,360 --> 01:15:43,328 Why me, Inspector? 849 01:15:45,560 --> 01:15:46,766 Please, I'd rather... 850 01:15:50,520 --> 01:15:54,002 Hang me before you provoke me in such a way. 851 01:15:57,400 --> 01:15:59,607 Oh no. What are you saying? 852 01:15:59,840 --> 01:16:01,729 We Germans don't hang Poles. 853 01:16:01,880 --> 01:16:05,566 Your people seduce German women, married women, 854 01:16:07,840 --> 01:16:10,286 the wives of our soldiers. 855 01:16:11,920 --> 01:16:15,561 Please, get someone else to do it, Inspector. 856 01:16:16,160 --> 01:16:19,130 I'll die if I have to do it. 857 01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:22,480 I can't do that. 858 01:16:23,200 --> 01:16:24,884 I don't want to. 859 01:16:27,040 --> 01:16:29,168 You're bigger than the culprit. 860 01:16:29,320 --> 01:16:32,767 He is big too, but you are bigger. 861 01:16:33,000 --> 01:16:35,685 And you're nice, that's why I chose you. 862 01:16:35,840 --> 01:16:37,126 You won't torment him. 863 01:16:37,280 --> 01:16:40,921 If a smaller man puts a noose on someone bigger, what could happen... 864 01:16:41,080 --> 01:16:43,811 is that the noose won't sit right. 865 01:16:45,440 --> 01:16:46,487 It gets caught... 866 01:16:46,640 --> 01:16:47,801 on the chin. 867 01:16:47,960 --> 01:16:49,121 Like this, you see? 868 01:16:49,280 --> 01:16:52,762 Then he dies along agonizing death. 869 01:16:55,680 --> 01:16:57,011 And I don't want that. 870 01:16:57,960 --> 01:16:59,246 Go ahead and try it. 871 01:17:02,880 --> 01:17:04,086 No. 872 01:17:04,880 --> 01:17:06,006 I won't do it. 873 01:17:11,480 --> 01:17:12,970 It's quite simple. 874 01:17:13,360 --> 01:17:14,805 It's quite simple. 875 01:17:18,800 --> 01:17:20,370 I won't do it. 876 01:17:21,320 --> 01:17:22,606 Here, look. 877 01:17:25,560 --> 01:17:29,724 You won't tie the noose yourself. It will be hanging there waiting. 878 01:17:30,440 --> 01:17:32,761 A horsecart will pull up under the gallows... 879 01:17:33,240 --> 01:17:35,208 and you climb up onto it, 880 01:17:36,000 --> 01:17:38,526 you place the noose around his neck, 881 01:17:40,160 --> 01:17:41,127 and the cart pulls away. 882 01:17:44,960 --> 01:17:45,927 That's it. 883 01:17:47,640 --> 01:17:49,210 Place it around the neck. 884 01:17:50,680 --> 01:17:52,409 You see, here, 885 01:17:53,280 --> 01:17:54,361 down here. 886 01:17:54,640 --> 01:17:55,801 This area, 887 01:17:56,720 --> 01:17:57,721 not here. 888 01:17:59,520 --> 01:18:01,602 Here, you see, here. 889 01:18:02,240 --> 01:18:04,083 Do it. Do it, do it. 890 01:18:05,680 --> 01:18:07,523 I won't do it. 891 01:18:17,480 --> 01:18:19,289 I won't do it. 892 01:18:33,800 --> 01:18:35,768 I'm very patient and you know it. 893 01:18:35,920 --> 01:18:38,605 Still, you will do what has to be done. 894 01:18:39,680 --> 01:18:42,365 And you will do it because Zasada will ask you to. 895 01:18:42,840 --> 01:18:45,081 You talked to each other and Itolerated it... 896 01:18:45,240 --> 01:18:46,890 although it is strictly forbidden. 897 01:18:47,200 --> 01:18:48,964 And I bet you understand each other. 898 01:18:50,360 --> 01:18:51,885 Really understand each other well. 899 01:18:52,040 --> 01:18:53,087 Look 900 01:18:54,400 --> 01:18:57,643 there's a dirty little Polish thief who'd love to hang Zasada. 901 01:18:57,800 --> 01:18:59,928 But I don't want that, I really don't. 902 01:19:00,400 --> 01:19:03,324 He's two heads smaller and could cause Zasada undue pain. 903 01:19:03,520 --> 01:19:05,409 And another thing, 904 01:19:06,800 --> 01:19:09,963 to have an executioner who could also be a friend... 905 01:19:10,960 --> 01:19:14,009 is a comfort in one's final hour. 906 01:19:14,160 --> 01:19:16,242 It's what every man would want. 907 01:19:17,720 --> 01:19:20,200 You understand me, I'm sure you understand. 908 01:19:22,600 --> 01:19:24,409 Fine, then I'll see you tomorrow. 909 01:19:38,160 --> 01:19:40,083 Tell your boss if he doesn't deliver on time, 910 01:19:40,320 --> 01:19:43,164 I'll go to the competition for coffins in the future. 911 01:19:44,120 --> 01:19:45,201 Why coffins? 912 01:19:45,360 --> 01:19:49,331 Last week you read aloud that coffins are prohibited in such situations. 913 01:19:49,480 --> 01:19:52,563 Don't ask such stupid questions. You know the regulations. 914 01:19:52,720 --> 01:19:55,769 Prohibited for mass executions; allowed for up to three. 915 01:19:55,920 --> 01:19:57,809 Corpses from single executions... 916 01:19:57,960 --> 01:20:00,531 are to be sent to the Anatomical Institute in Freiburg. 917 01:20:00,680 --> 01:20:03,490 How is that done without a coffin? - Don't know, Sir. 918 01:20:03,640 --> 01:20:05,483 Then it was incorrect... 919 01:20:05,640 --> 01:20:08,530 to charge the coffin to today's execution. 920 01:20:08,680 --> 01:20:11,809 When the people at the Institute remove the body, 921 01:20:11,960 --> 01:20:13,564 they have to return the coffin. 922 01:20:13,720 --> 01:20:17,725 That way it can be reused for future executions. 923 01:20:24,960 --> 01:20:27,247 Who's that in the truck? 924 01:20:28,000 --> 01:20:30,162 The executioner, Doctor, another Pole. 925 01:20:30,560 --> 01:20:33,484 It was hard work bringing him around. 926 01:20:33,640 --> 01:20:34,766 Is he capable? 927 01:20:35,640 --> 01:20:37,324 Is he doing it voluntarily? 928 01:20:38,600 --> 01:20:40,170 Is he doing it voluntarily? 929 01:20:41,120 --> 01:20:44,920 Reich Leader Himmler approved granting a Pole who hangs a countryman... 930 01:20:45,240 --> 01:20:47,129 three cigarettes. 931 01:20:48,160 --> 01:20:49,924 I gave them to him yesterday. 932 01:20:50,080 --> 01:20:51,525 If he does a good job, 933 01:20:52,080 --> 01:20:53,491 he'll get three more. 934 01:20:53,880 --> 01:20:56,770 Yes, he's doing it voluntarily. 935 01:21:35,040 --> 01:21:36,644 I'm being hanged... 936 01:21:48,200 --> 01:21:49,531 Don't be foolish. 937 01:22:12,360 --> 01:22:15,443 What are you doing here? It's already 6:50, get going! 938 01:22:15,600 --> 01:22:16,647 Hurry up! 939 01:22:24,120 --> 01:22:27,169 Herr Mayer, good thing you have your gun with you. 940 01:22:27,320 --> 01:22:29,084 Why, Why do you say so? 941 01:22:30,680 --> 01:22:33,001 In case you have to put him out of his misery. 942 01:22:33,240 --> 01:22:35,481 He'll just have to hang until he's dead. 943 01:22:36,320 --> 01:22:39,130 When the army shoots a deserter, 944 01:22:39,280 --> 01:22:43,126 the commanding officer has to deliver the coup de gréce. 945 01:22:43,680 --> 01:22:46,081 I'm beginning to seriously doubt that the 946 01:22:46,240 --> 01:22:50,245 other prisoner in the truck knows what he's doing. 947 01:22:51,240 --> 01:22:52,765 He's already as limp... 948 01:22:53,280 --> 01:22:54,725 as a wet towel. 949 01:22:55,040 --> 01:22:59,204 I'm not authorized to shoot; my orders are execution by hanging. 950 01:23:01,320 --> 01:23:03,084 There's more to that than meets the eye. 951 01:23:06,840 --> 01:23:09,286 Switzerland is so close. 952 01:23:09,440 --> 01:23:11,647 Why didn't I flee, why? 953 01:23:12,600 --> 01:23:14,170 Don't rebuke yourself, 954 01:23:14,320 --> 01:23:15,685 the Swiss would have... 955 01:23:15,840 --> 01:23:17,046 sent you back to the Germans. 956 01:23:18,960 --> 01:23:19,961 Listen, 957 01:23:20,440 --> 01:23:22,602 your mother lives in Lodz, right? 958 01:23:23,080 --> 01:23:24,161 Yes, why? - Well then. 959 01:23:24,600 --> 01:23:25,931 They won't even let me write home. 960 01:23:26,360 --> 01:23:27,600 What would you write? 961 01:23:27,920 --> 01:23:28,728 Tell me, 962 01:23:28,880 --> 01:23:30,484 I'll write to her afterwards... 963 01:23:31,800 --> 01:23:32,687 I don't know... 964 01:23:32,840 --> 01:23:34,365 what one writes in my situation. 965 01:23:37,920 --> 01:23:40,207 Tell her I send a big hug. Just that. 966 01:23:43,000 --> 01:23:45,367 I don't want Mama to know the whole story. 967 01:23:51,600 --> 01:23:54,444 And write that I was calm when I died. 968 01:23:54,840 --> 01:23:56,524 Write something so she can be proud of me. 969 01:23:58,120 --> 01:24:00,805 The address is Glowna 4, apartment 8... 970 01:24:00,960 --> 01:24:02,007 Can you remember that? 971 01:24:02,360 --> 01:24:03,063 Of course. 972 01:24:03,360 --> 01:24:04,441 "G|owna 4" is enough, 973 01:24:04,600 --> 01:24:05,965 everyone there knows us. 974 01:24:08,000 --> 01:24:10,367 That's what we said, Erna and I. 975 01:24:10,520 --> 01:24:11,601 Really. 976 01:24:11,760 --> 01:24:13,649 But then Erna said... 977 01:24:16,080 --> 01:24:18,162 You used to be a teacher, 978 01:24:20,360 --> 01:24:21,691 you'd know... 979 01:24:22,320 --> 01:24:23,924 Is there anything after death? 980 01:24:27,440 --> 01:24:28,362 No one knows... 981 01:24:28,520 --> 01:24:30,284 what really happens to us, 982 01:24:30,680 --> 01:24:32,330 so one can't preclude anything... 983 01:24:32,680 --> 01:24:34,364 When we were born, 984 01:24:34,520 --> 01:24:36,727 we didn't know anything about life, 985 01:24:37,120 --> 01:24:38,565 so we don't know what comes thereafter. 986 01:24:39,880 --> 01:24:42,087 Remember what you learned in high school. 987 01:24:42,480 --> 01:24:44,448 The law of conservation of energy... 988 01:24:44,600 --> 01:24:46,284 is a simple truth. 989 01:24:46,440 --> 01:24:47,566 Do you remember? 990 01:24:47,840 --> 01:24:49,763 The source of energy in man is the spirit. 991 01:24:49,920 --> 01:24:50,967 It's called "Spirit. " 992 01:24:52,400 --> 01:24:53,890 It can't be destroyed... 993 01:24:54,040 --> 01:24:54,962 or lost. 994 01:24:55,360 --> 01:24:57,727 Body, mass, and matter... 995 01:24:57,880 --> 01:24:59,769 are never lost... 996 01:25:00,120 --> 01:25:02,566 but only change forms. Same with the spirit. 997 01:25:02,920 --> 01:25:04,809 You learned that in religion. 998 01:25:19,080 --> 01:25:21,447 They send whole pigs back home. 999 01:25:33,920 --> 01:25:35,729 I'm going to shout right now: 1000 01:25:35,880 --> 01:25:37,006 "Long live Poland!" 1001 01:25:42,840 --> 01:25:44,365 You're right, 1002 01:25:47,040 --> 01:25:48,405 it doesn't fit. 1003 01:25:55,520 --> 01:25:58,285 I don't have to watch this brutality. 1004 01:25:58,440 --> 01:26:01,250 I'm only required, and I want to make this clear, 1005 01:26:01,400 --> 01:26:02,765 to confirm death. 1006 01:26:02,920 --> 01:26:05,161 I don't have to attend the execution. 1007 01:26:05,480 --> 01:26:08,529 If the noose slips under his chin, 1008 01:26:09,200 --> 01:26:11,521 you'll see him thrash about a long time. 1009 01:26:11,880 --> 01:26:14,167 I must correct you, Doctor, 1010 01:26:14,320 --> 01:26:17,290 you are required to be present at the execution... 1011 01:26:17,440 --> 01:26:20,523 because no SS doctors are currently available. 1012 01:26:20,920 --> 01:26:23,207 SS doctors are, as you must know, 1013 01:26:23,360 --> 01:26:26,648 bound by duty to field hospitals, concentration camps, 1014 01:26:26,800 --> 01:26:30,885 and other important Reich institutions. And you should... 1015 01:26:32,480 --> 01:26:33,481 Oh... 1016 01:26:34,720 --> 01:26:38,566 Alright, I'm here, I'm not backing out. 1017 01:26:53,720 --> 01:26:55,324 Our people are being led... 1018 01:26:55,480 --> 01:26:56,891 out of town. 1019 01:27:00,480 --> 01:27:01,561 How many? 1020 01:27:02,400 --> 01:27:03,925 Ten, maybe twelve. 1021 01:27:04,440 --> 01:27:05,965 How many in all? 1022 01:27:06,600 --> 01:27:08,682 100, 200... What are you getting at? 1023 01:27:09,160 --> 01:27:10,730 They made a mistake. 1024 01:27:11,040 --> 01:27:12,087 If you've got 200 men... 1025 01:27:12,240 --> 01:27:14,481 and only 5 police, then they could... 1026 01:27:15,200 --> 01:27:16,486 It's not that easy. 1027 01:27:17,480 --> 01:27:18,288 Although... 1028 01:27:18,880 --> 01:27:20,450 The border isn't far off... 1029 01:27:20,600 --> 01:27:21,965 If they kept together... 1030 01:27:22,480 --> 01:27:25,131 But the Swiss would turn them in... 1031 01:27:25,480 --> 01:27:26,641 If they were alone, 1032 01:27:26,960 --> 01:27:29,611 but in a group they wouldn't dare. 1033 01:27:34,200 --> 01:27:35,281 Sit down! 1034 01:27:44,640 --> 01:27:45,766 You see, 1035 01:27:46,160 --> 01:27:47,366 there's no sense. 1036 01:27:47,760 --> 01:27:49,842 It works in the movies, but not in life. 1037 01:27:51,240 --> 01:27:52,685 Careful, Mayer's coming. 1038 01:28:08,840 --> 01:28:12,003 Heil Hitler. The group is ready for the execution. 1039 01:28:12,240 --> 01:28:13,890 I need a short piece of rope. 1040 01:28:14,040 --> 01:28:15,804 Short, why a short... 1041 01:28:15,960 --> 01:28:18,361 Not for his neck, to tie his feet together. 1042 01:28:18,520 --> 01:28:21,603 Do you think anybody here has a piece of rope on him? 1043 01:28:21,760 --> 01:28:23,285 Ask them. 1044 01:28:23,440 --> 01:28:25,807 Does anyone have a piece of rope? - I do. 1045 01:28:27,440 --> 01:28:28,726 Start them marching. 1046 01:28:30,120 --> 01:28:30,928 Here, Doctor... 1047 01:28:31,080 --> 01:28:34,129 Those assigned to the execution, forward march! 1048 01:28:34,560 --> 01:28:36,050 The others wait here. 1049 01:28:37,120 --> 01:28:38,360 Get going, Stackmann. 1050 01:28:38,680 --> 01:28:41,365 Case against Pauline Kropp, wife, 1051 01:28:41,520 --> 01:28:44,649 for illicit relations with POWs. 1052 01:28:45,600 --> 01:28:48,046 In the name of the German people: 1053 01:28:48,560 --> 01:28:52,042 the accused engaged in relations with a Polish POW... 1054 01:28:52,200 --> 01:28:54,601 in such a manner as to... 1055 01:28:54,760 --> 01:28:58,287 clearly offend the German sense of morality. 1056 01:28:58,720 --> 01:29:02,202 For repeated sexual intercourse with a Pole she has therefore... 1057 01:29:02,600 --> 01:29:05,649 been sentenced to two and a half years at a labor camp. 1058 01:29:11,880 --> 01:29:16,044 PO LAK LOVER 1059 01:30:23,280 --> 01:30:25,408 Where are we going? 1060 01:30:30,960 --> 01:30:32,246 To the rock quarry. 1061 01:30:42,880 --> 01:30:44,041 Come on down. 1062 01:30:49,680 --> 01:30:52,411 Damn you, stupid Polack bastard! 1063 01:30:54,960 --> 01:30:56,450 Get up there. 1064 01:30:59,280 --> 01:31:00,486 Feet together. 1065 01:31:03,720 --> 01:31:04,846 Piece of shit. 1066 01:31:13,640 --> 01:31:17,964 The culprit Stanislav Zasada, for engaging in sexual intercourse... 1067 01:31:18,240 --> 01:31:21,050 with a dishonorable German woman, has forfeited his life. 1068 01:31:21,360 --> 01:31:23,647 To safeguard the people and the Reich... 1069 01:31:24,120 --> 01:31:26,646 he is to be deprived of life. 1070 01:31:29,080 --> 01:31:32,209 The execution may proceed! 1071 01:31:37,800 --> 01:31:39,040 Herr Mayer... 1072 01:31:39,200 --> 01:31:39,962 What is it? 1073 01:31:40,360 --> 01:31:41,885 Don't forget him. 1074 01:31:42,840 --> 01:31:44,410 Thank you, Doctor. 1075 01:31:46,480 --> 01:31:47,845 Get over here, Viktorczyk. 1076 01:32:02,720 --> 01:32:04,961 Viktorczyk, don't be a coward. 1077 01:32:22,080 --> 01:32:24,606 I'm only doing my duty. 1078 01:32:38,520 --> 01:32:40,761 Get going! Giddyap! 1079 01:32:48,200 --> 01:32:50,168 About face! 1080 01:33:08,600 --> 01:33:11,126 Hey, don't do that, it's dangerous. 1081 01:33:13,680 --> 01:33:15,011 Hand me that. 1082 01:33:22,120 --> 01:33:25,408 I'll be right back. My God, just wait. 1083 01:33:25,560 --> 01:33:29,007 Trespassing is prohibited here because it's extremely dangerous. 1084 01:33:55,520 --> 01:33:59,047 When my mother was released from camp, my father had already died. 1085 01:33:59,200 --> 01:34:01,680 He was killed on the eastern front. 1086 01:34:02,320 --> 01:34:05,210 She always said he was a good person, 1087 01:34:05,480 --> 01:34:07,926 a good husband and father. 1088 01:34:08,480 --> 01:34:12,485 She never talked about the Pole or the concentration camp, 1089 01:34:12,760 --> 01:34:15,969 except once, and then all she said was "It was awful". 1090 01:34:16,880 --> 01:34:18,689 And the Pole... 1091 01:34:18,840 --> 01:34:21,571 always said, "I don't care, I don't care... " 1092 01:34:23,200 --> 01:34:26,044 After the concentration camp my mother was very sick... 1093 01:34:26,200 --> 01:34:27,884 and she tried to get compensation. 1094 01:34:28,040 --> 01:34:29,929 At the town hall they told her... 1095 01:34:30,080 --> 01:34:33,687 to let sleeping dogs lie and that it was a political matter. 1096 01:34:34,720 --> 01:34:36,927 After that we moved away from there. 1097 01:34:39,840 --> 01:34:42,525 There are lots of films about this time. 1098 01:34:42,960 --> 01:34:44,689 But I don't know... 1099 01:34:44,840 --> 01:34:48,162 if it's even possible to tell, 1100 01:34:48,800 --> 01:34:50,370 to explain everything.