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[MUSIC PLAYING]

What is it?

What's up?

I don't know.

Something woke me.

Something I heard.

Something.

Something.

What was it, you idiot?

It's downstairs.

Something downstairs.

Has there been a raid here lately?

No.

[WATER TRICKLING]

It's the water from the tap.

You've got the jitters.

Mm, no wonder.

You're just a kid.

[GASPS]

What is it?

What is it?

It's nothing.

We are just getting in from the opera.

There.

Listen.

There's someone coming.

It's a three-story drop.

We've got to get away across the roof.

You know the way?

Yes.

Down the hall, past the center.

Boo.

Raise your hand.

Over there.

Stand by the window.

All right.

You, there.

Come on.

You there?

Whom do you mean by, you there?

Oh, a gentleman.

His excellence, dieter.

General [INAUDIBLE].

Keep your hands up.

I mean you, you scum.

May I see your passport?

I have no passport.

I have no passport.

We'll take care of you, my pet.

What have you got here, Kobel?

A couple of tough getaways.

Are the Vienna police allowed to strike

a man when they make an arrest?

A lot more is allowed than you think.

Get them dressed and put the handcuffs on them, Kobel.

Yes, sir.

Kobel.

Kobel.

I'll keep your name in mind.

Next.

Personal record.

Name?

Ludwig Kern.

Date of birth?

November 30th, 1918 in Dresden.

A German?

No.

No nationality.

Deprived of citizenship.

At 19?

What crime did you commit?

None.

Go on.

Our whole family was deprived of citizenship.

They told us to get out of Germany or be locked up.

If we were going to be locked up,

we wanted it to be somewhere else, not in Germany.

Hmm.

I can understand that.

Where'd you go?

Czechoslovakia.

Oh, why didn't you stay there?

I was picked up one day and asked to leave.

I had no passport.

I went into Hungary, but I was told to leave there too.

How long have you been in Austria?

Three months.

You're all alone here?

Yes.

How have you lived?

I had some money.

How much?

I've got 12 shillings now.

I suppose you've been peddling without a permit, hmm?

All right, then, illegal entrance into Austria.

Know the sentence?

14 days detention.

When you've served your time, you'll be deported.

If you return, you'll be liable to punishment.

Sign here in evidence that you understand.

Yes, I understand that you can have dinner, drink

a glass of wine, and then go home to bed.

Home.

But the spark of life called Ludwig Kern must sleep in prison

or stumble through the woods in darkness longing for company,

but afraid of everybody.

Why?

Why?

Our blood has the same temperature.

Our eyes are made alike.

Our nerves react alike.

And yet, we're separated.

It's like an abyss between us.

There's something called a passport, a scrap of paper

with nothing on it, but a name and a few meaningless dates.

To the right, first and last name.

To which border do you wish to be conducted when

you've served your sentence?

Czech border.

We'll see to it.

Take him away.

Next.

Kobel.

Kobel.

Personal record.

Name?

Steiner.

Josef Steiner.

Born August 31st, 1897 in Munich.

You're a political fugitive from Germany.

Yes.

Escaped from concentration Camp Dachau, May 11th, 1935.

Yes.

This gentleman here from Munich wants to talk to you.

Are German secret agents free to operate in Vienna?

Special orders.

I suppose you know I may choose to be deported

over any border I like.

You can't send me back to Germany.

Your rights will be respected.

Go in there.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

Thank you very much.

Next.

Well, captain, so we meet again.

I've been looking forward to it,

but under different circumstances.

Naturally.

You'd like to pay me back some old scars.

I don't blame you.

But between ourselves, may I congratulate you

upon your escape?

Was more daring than any of your exploits at the front.

You get those machine guns and through that high voltage wire,

I would have sworn it couldn't be done Without help

from friends outside.

What do you want, Brenner?

Names of your friends.

I have none.

Captain, we should like to know

the names of the other members of group four.

And naturally, we are willing to pay you for that information.

A passport.

And you may return to Germany whenever you like.

[CHUCKLES]

Oh, I hope you don't doubt our good faith.

Oh, no, no.

But in that case, you can go wherever you please.

France or America or anywhere else.

Don't be a fool, captain.

No one will ever know where that information came from.

And after all, the necessity of the state

is above the code of the individual.

Not above mine.

Then I advise you to change it.

Just compare our situations.

Yours is hopeless.

You're a man without a country or a legal right to live.

A living ghost.

My situation, on the other hand, is a secure and comfortable one.

And all that stands between us is this.

There's a great deal more than a passport between us, Brenner.

Shall we leave personal feelings out of this?

You'd be insane to refuse such an opportunity

to save yourself and--

No.

Then you won't give us the names?

No.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Steiner, look.

Isn't there someone in Germany whom

you would like to see again?

Someone that's dear to you.

Someone you love.

No.

Very well then.

Shall see.

For the moment, we can't arrest you here in Austria.

but don't depend on that.

The situation here may change now any day and when it does,

you'll be very glad to give us that information

and on our terms, my dear captain.

I'll take that chance.

Have it your own way.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

Number five.

First time in a coupe, Kern?

You'll get used to it.

At least you have peace while you're in here.

Man on the streets without a passport is a corpse on parole.

All he's really expected to do is commit suicide.

Is there anything at all to eat here?

Just ring for the head waiter.

I had a roast chicken in my trunk.

My first chicken in two years.

I saved up for it.

Was going to eat it today.

Don't cry about it until tonight.

Then you can assume that you've already eaten it.

That'll make it easier for you.

Yeah, yeah.

What?

That's nonsense.

That's nonsense.

Is that the same thing?

Is that the same thing at all?

I never eat chicken.

Yo, you haven't got a roast chicken in your trunk?

Even if I had, wouldn't be.

Can't stand chickens.

Vomit up afterwards.

No, loss for me, the chicken.

Did anyone ever hear such drivel?

Now why do I go round with you?

Even if chicken here, wouldn't eat.

Wouldn't eat?

Good heavens.

How about eggs, pollock?

Chickens eggs?

Little eggs.

Yes.

Fond of little eggs.

Very fond of little eggs.

He's fond of little eggs.

Very, very fond of little eggs.

Four, six, eight, 12 eggs.

Six boiled.

Other six fried.

With little potatoes.

With little fried potatoes and bacon.

Shut your mouth!

Shut your mouth!

No, no, no.

Wait, wait.

My good luck, I got through with a bottle of brandy.

Oh.

Try it.

Go ahead.

Go ahead.

Part of this?

Got to learn.

Nip is a nip to a man without a country.

You better have some too.

No, thanks.

I don't belong in your crowd.

Pardon me?

You're not in jail for your health, I trust.

I'm in jail because of my profession.

I'm no fly by night fugitive without papers.

I'm a substantial pickpocket and professional gambler

with full rights of citizenship.

[LAUGHTER]

Would you condescend to exercise your right

to gamble at our expense?

Have you any money?

I could manage a little.

Business is business.

It's pretty dark in here for us amateurs.

What we'll do about more light?

Candle.

Match.

Say, say, you couldn't get a cigarette out of him, could you?

Cigarette.

Oh.

Aren't you going to play, too?

No, not now.

A little tired.

Card for you.

Diddly boom, boom.

King.

Oh, ace of hearts.

Ace of spades.

Know any more tricks like that?

Not many.

Maybe I can teach you a few.

[WHISTLES]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[LAUGHS]

Why, she's laughing at it.

She's been laughing at us all the time.

[LAUGHTER]

Homesick, baby?

Come on.

Where's your mom?

She's dead.

In exile?

Where's your father?

Prague, I think.

You got his address there?

Mm-hmm.

But I don't know if he--

As soon as we get out of here, I'll put you

over the border of Prague, hmm?

Listen, in the meantime, you better

begin to learn how to look after yourself.

Get handy with guards with your fists.

Get tough.

Come on.

Come on.

Join the game.

Sorry.

[CHATTER]

Why don't they take us across?

Don't be impatient.

They have to show us through the woods.

Don't forget, the Czechs will be waiting over there

to send us back.

Here we go.

All right.

Come on.

When are you coming back to Austria?

Never.

That means tonight.

Huh, you refugees.

It's not like handling a first class criminal.

You're detracting from the dignity of my profession.

There's Czechoslovakia.

Cross over at the bottom of the hill here.

Better have a drink first.

Thanks.

Hurry until you get to the bottom of the hill,

then you can take your time.

Yeah.

We're over.

Cigarette?

Thanks.

I'm going back in an hour.

Why are you on the road?

You're 100% Aryan.

And you?

50%.

I was wondering why you--

Oh, I'm simply an ex-soldier who hates the gang that rules

Germany.

Naturally, they don't like me either.

Why are you going back to Vienna?

Because it's there my friends might send me news of my wife.

Your wife?

She's still in Germany.

I don't know what's happening to her.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] That's the way it looked tonight I escaped

from the concentration camp.

I hid for a week at a friend's house.

I sat in a locked attic room.

I didn't dare light a light or smoke.

I spent the whole day writing my wife a letter.

At night, my friend brought me a bottle of water and food.

He was going to try to deliver the letter,

find out if it were possible for me to see my wife

before I left Germany.

For four days, I waited while my friend

tried to deliver the letter.

Finally, he told me he hadn't dared to give it to her yet

as she was too closely watched.

I told him not to try anymore.

I was afraid something might happen to her.

And I knew, too, that my friend was in danger

as long as I stayed in his house,

I decided to wait no longer.

My friend had bought me money and clothes,

so I left the house the next morning in a laborers jacket

carrying a box of tools.

I had intended to leave the city immediately, but I couldn't.

I hadn't seen my wife for two years.

I had to see her once more.

I walked to a marketplace where my friend had told me

she bought her food.

Don't look around.

Go on walking.

Have they done anything to you?

Are you being watched?

Now?

I'm going to make my way to the border.

I won't be able to write you.

You must divorce me.

You must divorce me.

You must go tomorrow.

Say you want to divorce me because of my political views.

Say you hadn't realized before what they were.

It's only to make you safe.

It would drive me crazy if they did anything to you.

You must divorce me, then they will leave you alone.

I love you, Marie.

I love you more than anything in the world.

I won't leave unless you promise.

I'll give myself up if you don't promise.

Do you promise?

Right.

I'm going to turn back now.

Between butcher booth.

You go right.

Come around to meet me.

I just want to see you once, then I'll go.

If you hear nothing, it will mean I got safely across.

Then I saw her face.

Three days later, I crossed the border.

I wish there was something that I could--

How old are you?

19.

I'll soon be 20.

Well, well, well.

Almost 20, hey?

This is no joke, is it, baby, huh?

Try to make the best of it but don't look for favors.

Individuals or nations, it's all the same.

As long as they're safe and comfortable,

they don't give a hoot what happens to others.

It is the misery of the world.

That's why progress is so slow and things slip back so fast.

You believe it?

No.

[LAUGHS] All right.

All right.

Maybe it might be worse, huh?

I got a wife, and you got a father.

They still care what happens to us.

As long as we got one person who does care, just one,

I guess it's all right.

But remember what I told you about getting tough, huh?

And don't look for favors.

How much money have you?

12 shillings.

That will get you to Prague.

No--

Go ahead, take it.

I still have enough for myself.

Thanks.

What are you going to do about the Vienna police?

Oh, I'm not worried.

That gambler taught me a few new tricks in jail.

I'm going to try to pick up enough money at cards

to buy myself some kind of forged passport.

And there's one policeman I'm going to look up.

Kobel is the name.

Good luck.

Oh, by the way, what's your name?

Kern.

Ludwig Kern.

I'll write it down for you.

Oh, I'll remember.

My name is Steiner.

Yes, I know.

I'll drop you a line.

General delivery to Prague, yeah?

Take care of yourself.

Sure.

Oh, and Thanks for--

So long, Kern.

So long, Steiner.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

How many?

Two.

Three.

One.

50.

Double.

Can I take a peek?

No.

Double 100.

I'll call you.

Four kings.

Four aces.

[WHISTLING]

We'll play another round.

Sorry.

We'll play another round.

Next time.

Thank you, sir.

The boy slipped up that time.

No rough stuff, gentlemen.

It's the last thing I want.

I'm trying to get out.

We'll go with you.

Stop him!

Stop him!

How are you?

Good evening.

You're a German, aren't you?

I was.

In that case, naturally, we recommend a dead German.

No, sir.

I want to work here in Vienna.

I couldn't with a German passport.

In that case, there is only the Austrian.

With that, you can work.

Suppose someone makes inquiries.

The office word was issued.

Who's going to unless you get into trouble?

300 shillings.

We have a fixed price, 500.

If it had been the German passport,

we might have made a deal.

But Austrian passports are hard to get.

It's a gift at 500.

350 is my last word.

That's what I pay to the bereaved family.

This sort of thing comes high, my friend.

Just not something like this.

Fresh from the grave, you have to lay down

cold cash and lots of it.

You can have it for 450.

We're losing money, but we like you.

Oh, I like you, too.

400.

Have you got a photograph?

It's a deal.

It's good for a year.

John Huber.

Workman.

Fair exchange, John Huber.

The living won't help us, it's up to the dead.

Good night.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

This can't go on forever.

Let me forget her, God.

I try and try and all the time.

I know she's alive.

Marie.

Marie.

I've got to I forget you.

Tear you out of my mind and eyes and blood.

Forget.

Forget.

Forget.

Forget.

Sit down.

Warm, isn't it?

Yeah.

Summer, you know?

Yes.

Summer.

Help me.

Marie.

Just see how drunk you are, my pet.

My name is Elvira.

Kobel.

Kobel.

Hello.

Is that you, Kobel?

This is the station house.

There's somebody making trouble on Elizabeth Avenue

near Anna Street.

You better get down here right away.

[WHISTLES]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOORBELL RINGING]

What do you want?

I want to speak to someone who lives here.

Who is it?

Well, I'd rather not shout it through the whole house.

I'd like to speak to Herr Kern.

Kern?

Yes.

Herr Sigmund Kern.

I'm Ludwig Kern.

Relative?

Oh, yes.

I--

He doesn't live here.

Look, I don't blame you for being suspicious,

but when you see him, will you tell him

that I'll wait at the Hotel Bristol

just as long as I can manage it?

That may not be for long.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

No.

[PANTING] [SCREAMS]

What is it?

Well.

Excuse me.

I must have gotten the wrong room.

Ah-huh.

I thought the police were raiding.

I got in the wrong room.

[VIOLIN PLAYING]

Oh, I beg your pardon, but would it disturb you if I smoke?

Not at all.

I smoke myself.

Oh, please.

They're the same sort I smoke.

Well, that's the cheapest kind you can get.

It's almost as if we told each other our life histories.

I think this place tells most of it anyway.

Have you been abroad long?

Over two months.

That's not long.

Is to me.

Hmm.

Learning to forget, that's hardest.

Forget what?

Past.

Everything.

You think one must?

Yes.

Think one can like that?

Thank you for the cigarette.

LUDWIG KERN: Learning to forget, that's hardest.

RUTH HOLLAND: Forget what?

LUDWIG KERN: The past.

Herbert.

This is the end of it for us.

Herbert.

This end for good and all, you understand?

I've been waiting to tell you this for a long time.

But the fool that I was, I didn't do it

because I wanted to spare you.

Oh, Herbert.

I'm so sorry if you've gotten difficulties through knowing me.

Here in the newspapers, "Herbert Bending

labeled as a profaner of his race.

Engaged to marry a Jewess."

I'm in the newspaper, too, Herbert.

Well, what of it?

What does that matter?

What difference does it make to you?

Well, it makes all the difference.

It means I have to leave school.

Three years of hard work gone for nothing.

I had special honors in chemistry.

I'd been promised a scholarship.

Scholarship?

You compare that to my whole career?

It's wrong, I tell you.

RUTH HOLLAND (VOICEOVER): Is this the boy

I grew up with, played and danced with, read poetry

and sang with in the long summer evenings?

Is this the man I sat with here in the moonlight who told me

he loved me more than life?

No, it isn't a man at all.

It's just something strange and frightened.

All right.

Goodbye, Herbert.

Now I understand.

You don't understand everything.

You said you were willing to wait for me.

You needn't.

I don't want to have anything more to do with you.

It's a pity that you're not dead like your father and mother.

I've written this paper what I think about.

Now you know.

Yes, now I know.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

I'm afraid something I said upset you.

Wasn't your fault.

I'm very sorry.

Please.

Oh, look.

I really wanted to know if you'd like to go to the movies

with me tonight.

Movies?

Mm-hmm.

I had luck today.

Made almost 10 crowns.

No, really, I don't--

Well, you can't sit in there all evening.

That's the way I spend most of my evenings.

Oh, but you can't.

Well, you'll get more morbid with those old harpies.

Show begins in 10 minutes.

Oh, come on.

It's no fun at the movies alone.

Get your coat.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[LAUGHTER]

Feel better?

We'll continue the treatment.

It's been a lovely week, but I can't stay.

I've got to go on to Vienna.

Can't you put it off until your permit expires?

You see, I've been offered a place in a chemistry laboratory

with an old professor of mine needs

a chance to go on studying.

I see.

I can't risk losing it.

No, I suppose not.

Oh, I've got a friend in Vienna.

I just had this through general delivery.

Read it.

Do.

So, a mind reader.

Maybe after I find my father, I'll

be able to go back to Vienna.

We might be able to see each other there.

When do you have to go?

Day after tomorrow.

Then we'll have dinner together tomorrow evening, hmm?

I think we've got enough.

Ha, ha.

Oh, yes.

For tonight too.

Oh, I wanted this to be a gay evening,

and that fellow's spoiling it.

Why does he keep looking over here?

I think he's a Gestapo agent.

Well, I don't care what he is.

You're going to have dessert.

What would you like, hmm?

Apple strudel.

Right.

If you can afford it.

Ah!

Could I have two pieces of apple strudel for this?

Apple strudel?

Mm-hmm.

And two demitasse.

Are you a guest here or a peddler?

Do you think you can eat here without paying for it?

Do you?

I can pay for it.

Well, my friend, there's only one prescription

for you, the police.

One moment.

May I ask you a question?

You're German exiles, aren't you?

What's that to you?

Will you sell me the perfume?

No.

Why not?

I have nothing to sell.

Then let's make a barter deal.

I take the perfume and give you the cake and coffee.

I don't understand what you want.

I know you are suspicious.

Let me explain.

I live in Berlin, and I have got to go back there.

But I hate what's going on in Germany today.

And I am ashamed of what they are doing to helpless people.

I'd like to help you if you'd let me.

I'm sorry.

I thought something quite different of you.

I can imagine that.

Now, go back to the young lady.

I frightened her long enough.

I wish the best of luck to you both.

Thanks.

Thanks a lot.

What happened?

Wow!

That--

What is this?

Oh, apple strudel.

Oh, say, I wonder, could I have this chocolate eclair

instead of the apple strudel?

Certainly.

All this has been ordered for you.

Oh!

Everything is paid for.

Everything?

But--

Champagne with ice, sir from the restaurant next door.

Champagne?

Ooh, champagne!

Oh!

[NON-ENGLISH SINGING]

[LAUGHTER]

The lilacs are out.

Don't be sad.

I

Know, Sometimes I don't make sense.

Let's pretend it was the champagne.

A while ago, you were so gay.

I'd like to be gay.

I would, really.

Or don't.

Oh, I wish you weren't going.

I wish I weren't too.

Well, anyway, we still have tomorrow evening together.

Yes, we have tomorrow.

Kern, know where to find a doctor?

No.

You wouldn't.

What's the matter?

Go up to room 18, and stay with that woman

till I get a doctor.

[BABY CRYING]

There.

They've done the trick.

One more Czech in the world.

We must have a drink to that.

To the greatest mystery in the world,

birth do you know why it's a mystery?

Because afterwards, one dies.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Be quiet down there.

Who do you think can sleep?

Stay awake, grandmother.

I am no grandmother.

So much the better for your grandchildren.

Here.

Do you good.

You were splendid.

How are things going, doctor?

The baby will be all right.

We'll have it looked after.

I was able to tell her that.

Isn't she going to get well?

MAN: Doctor.

Coming.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

Let's drink to the beauty of the world that

is indestructible.

No right to it, though, have we?

We have no right to anything, we refugees.

No business falling in love, getting married, having

children, anything, have we?

What do you think?

Ruth.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Come in.

Miss Holland.

She's gone.

Gone?

Mm-hmm.

Vienna.

Vienna?

But she wasn't going till tomorrow.

She went today, though.

An hour ago.

Well, didn't she leave any message, a note or anything?

Not a word.

Thanks.

[LAUGHTER]

Ruth.

Oh, Ruth.

I was afraid I'd miss you.

Is anything wrong?

You told me you were going tomorrow.

I got word to come at once.

Oh, I see.

From Professor Meyer.

Oh, these are for you.

And I'll write you.

May I?

Where shall I address you?

I'm not sure.

General delivery?

CONDUCTOR: All aboard!

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

I've been told that you might be

able to give me some information here in regards

to the whereabouts of my father.

Name, please.

Kern.

Sigmund Kern.

[TENSE MUSIC]

And now, ladies and gentlemen, I

invite you to pass within these doors

and to share with us the secrets of the human mind.

The greatest feat of clairvoyance known to man.

It's stupendous.

It's colossal.

We will read your inmost thoughts like an open book.

Do not deprive yourself of this opportunity

to see for yourself a miracle, a mystery that

defies the laws of nature.

A power that denies the senses.

A force that unites the atom to the farthest star.

Young man, you do not believe me?

You are skeptical.

You scoff.

Step up here.

Step up.

Your mind is no mystery to me, I assure you.

Ah, yes.

Sensitive, retiring, very uncommunicative.

But I detect a growing assertiveness.

The beginning of self-reliance.

An uncanny judgment in choosing friends and a light

headedness that can only be cured by good food.

Go in, my friends.

Go in.

Buy your ticket as you enter at a price so low,

I blush to mention.

[LAUGHTER]

How are you, baby?

Steiner.

Huber's the name.

What--

Not a word.

Not a word.

No questions.

No answers until you fill that void under your belt.

Right over there.

I'll join you as soon as I finish this show.

I wrote her care of general delivery

and asked her to leave word where

I could get in touch with her.

She hasn't bought any letter here for me, has she?

No, but don't worry.

You'll find her, all right?

Pots luck.

What?

What's up?

We need another assistant.

Oh, one of your friends, I suppose, yeah?

Hey.

How much does he want?

30 shillings and keep.

30 shill-- say, what does he think he is?

A moving picture star?

You want to ruin me, Huber?

Must he be paid for living here and no questions asked.

Well, I'll take a job without pay.

Ah.

Well, now, that's different.

Now, that's the way to become a millionaire.

None but the modest get ahead in life.

But you don't know Leopold Fessler.

The last surviving philanthropist.

You will receive 15 shillings cash a month.

I'm satisfied.

All right, then.

All right.

I'll show you your duty.

Here is our carousel.

Your job is to sweep it out.

But most of your work will be in the shooting gallery.

You'll have to help Lilo load the rifles.

Lilo, this is Ludwig Kern.

Fraulein.

Remember, people like to win something.

Our motto is give and take.

But never give as much as you take.

[LAUGHS] You got the right idea.

You see that prize?

That's a showpiece.

That's a private possession right out of my own house.

When the score of 60 wins, it's an heirloom.

Think of it.

An heirloom in this traditionalist age.

Do you know what an--

nah, of course, you wouldn't.

But remember this.

You must die before you let anyone get a score of 60.

When I think, I get gooseflesh all over me.

My wife would murder me if I lose this.

Yes, I know.

But how can I prevent it if a man's a crack shot?

Oh, Lilo will assure you.

If anyone looks too good, you slip

one of Director Potzlochs Magic Cartridges in his gun.

Tip of the bullet is offline.

See?

I see.

But don't let him see.

Lilo will help you if things get ticklish.

Come on.

I'll show you where we sleep.

Oh, say, would you mind, I'd like to run down

to the post-office for this.

Sure.

Sure.

If I were you, I wouldn't lose a minute.

Love.

Anything from Miss Ruth Holland?

Well, you see, I wrote her, and I'd

like to know if she received my letters.

She must have received them.

They've been called for.

Thanks.

Miss Holland.

Miss Holland.

Oh, Professor Meyer.

Have you any friends outside of Austria

to whom you could go in case of necessity?

I have a school friend in Zurich.

I could always go to her.

I'm sorry, my child.

Very sorry, indeed.

But there's no help for it, I'm afraid.

You mean I have to go because I have no passport?

It's a shame.

You're doing excellent work.

I've been very pleased.

Must I go at once?

Today?

Tomorrow?

No, but perhaps in a few days.

A week.

Otherwise it may not be safe for either of us.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Come and look at the finest collection of trained animals

known to man.

See Alexander, the scarlet flea in his first--

Could you tell me where I can find Ludwig Kern?

Do you know where I could find Ludwig Kern?

His smile is temperamental, and he swings on a trapeze?

Never heard of him.

Mr. Bartok.

He fires a cannon and never--

Oh, where will I find him?

I just saw him a minute ago.

Try over there by the carousel.

Alexander!

He was here a minute ago.

Try the shooting gallery.

Thank you.

Ruth.

Oh, am I glad to see you.

Look, I've written and written you.

Yes, I wrote to you too.

Yeah, but I never got it.

No, I know because you see, I didn't--

Heh, heh.

Heh, heh.

What's going on?

Why aren't you attending to business?

Mr. Potzloch, I want you to meet a very good friend

of mine, Fraulein Holland.

Hello.

No, no, it's no use.

We don't need any more assistance.

Oh, no, it isn't that.

We just haven't seen each other for such a long time.

Oh.

Oh, is that all?

No, I think I see.

Well, take the evening off, then.

Look, show her around.

Show her everything, all the different amusings.

You know, with that uniform on, they let you in for nothing.

Go ahead.

Go on.

Have a good time.

Go on.

Get out.

Whoa.

Good one.

Four more shots.

I'll get a 60 and win that grand prize.

24.

Two in a row.

48.

Well, he can kiss that prize goodbye.

Only one left.

Travel.

56.

Oh.

His hand must have trembled.

Try it again.

Give him a chance.

Wins the picnic basket.

Hold on, there.

Something wrong here.

I made a perfect shot that time.

Well, maybe you trembled a little.

It's the same gun.

A police sergeant doesn't tremble.

I know the way I shoot.

There's something fishy here.

You did something to that cartridge.

Give him another shot.

Suppose we make a compromise.

Huh?

Yes.

Suppose you start over again and take five more shots.

Why should I?

No, don't do it.

--fine fellow like you can shoot just as well a second

time.

You're the best shot we've had here in years.

Your wife need never be afraid.

I have no wife.

Oh, that's only because you don't want one.

I've seen you somewhere before.

How long you been here?

That's none of your business.

You carry papers?

Certainly.

Let's see them.

Well, they're in the wagon mind you.

All right.

Let's have a look in the wagon.

Say, what right have you got to question me?

You're--

Ludwig, he's right.

If he's a policeman, he has a right to look at your papers.

Let me get your passport.

If you would you follow me, sir.

Oh, I see.

You think you're pretty smart, don't you?

Well, mind your own business, you filthy little gypsy.

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

Outrageous!

I appeal to you.

Is it justice, two weeks in jail when I

got roast chicken in my trunk?

It will get spoiled by the time I get out of here.

I never eat chicken, but I like--

Little Egg.

As I live and breathe, it's Little Eggs.

And The Chicken.

Remember me?

Remember you?

Why, it's the baby.

Hello, baby, baby.

Say, say, where's the crazy Steiner?

Oh, he's fine.

You are not so good, I see.

Who beat you up, huh?

Oh, the police.

Oh, baby, baby, it's time you learned

to take care of yourself.

I wish I could.

Look.

Boom chin, boom chin, boom--

You're a fighter?

Sometimes not so bad.

Well, will you teach me?

We'll try later when you feel better, huh?

No, right now.

Ambitious, huh?

[LAUGHTER]

No, no, no.

Never mind the hands.

Begin with the feet.

Get light on the feet like--

see?

Not, not, not bad.

Look, you can hit from the body.

Try swing and see how badly you miss one.

[SCREAMS]

[LAUGHTER]

I was the lucky one, huh?

Hey, quiet in here.

This is no nightclub.

Which one of you is Kern?

Lady to see you.

You thought it was Ruth?

Yes.

Ruth's being deported.

Deported?

Do you know where?

She left this for you.

Oh, thanks.

It's Switzerland.

Zurich.

What's the matter?

It's the way she writes.

Like a stranger.

Like saying, if you must know, here's my address.

Isn't that enough?

No.

It sounds as though she doesn't mean to see me again.

Maybe she thought he'd be better off

looking after yourself.

Women are like that, you know.

I think when I get out of here, I'd better go to Zurich.

I think so, too.

So does Steiner and Mr. Potzloch And Steiner

wants you to write to him.

Say goodbye to him for me.

Tell him I'm getting tough.

I'll tell him.

Goodbye, Lilo.

Goodbye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[BUZZER RINGING]

Ludwig.

Well, come in.

Ludwig, come in.

You look half dead.

No, there's no one here.

The family's gone for the weekend.

Family?

Sylvia and her parents.

Sylvia was my school friend.

Oh.

Oh, I see.

Let me look at you.

Oh, I'm all right.

It's you I'm worried about.

Me?

Why?

Why?

Why didn't you write me?

I was afraid.

Why should you be afraid of me?

How can I tell you?

It's just that people like us, exiles--

Oh.

Oh, I know it sounds foolish.

But every time I make up my mind that it is foolish,

something happens.

Yes, it does, Ludwig.

So I thought I ought to get along by myself,

alone with books and studying, just as though I were

in a laboratory as remote, and impersonal

as science is, not caring for any other human being.

That's what I thought, Ludwig.

I can understand your wanting to do that.

But you can't, you know.

You know, I think the worse off we are, the less we have,

then the more important it is to find companionship.

If there's someone you care for, just one,

and who cares for you too, then it isn't so bad.

Oh, Ruth.

Ruth, you shouldn't keep on fighting

so hard against being happy.

Don't look at me.

Please don't, you know.

All right, darling.

Wow.

That can't be me.

Why, I look I'm a tramp, a scarecrow.

I'll run a bath for you.

Hmm?

A bath?

You mean with soap and shower and everything?

Ah-huh.

And then I'll get you some supper and some coffee

and some brandy.

Oh, that's wonderful.

All we need is evening clothes, hey.

You could have Mr. Neumann's dinner jacket,

only it would fit you like an overcoat.

But I could wear one of Sylivie's evening dresses.

Shall I?

Yes, do.

Oh, you know, I haven't seen anything like this in years.

(SINGING) The worms crawl out

The worms crawl in

The worms crawl over your nose and chin

Oh, ooh, tu

(SPEAKING) Oh, you're beautiful.

Oh, I'm not beautiful.

Sylivia's dress is.

No, you're beautiful, too.

You're like-- you're like a hazelnut.

What?

I'm not sure myself.

Has something to do with the hazelnut, though.

Something to do with you, Ruth.

How beautifully that dress goes with your eyes and your hair.

Everything about you shines.

One lump or two?

One, please.

You know, for someone else, this might

be just an ordinary, everyday occurrence,

but for me, it's like--

oh, Ruth, do you really think that we'll ever

have anything like this?

I mean, a home with two or three rooms and the right

to work and stay in the same place.

I don't know.

I can't imagine it.

Well, you wait.

In five or 10 years, you'll be wearing dresses like that

every evening.

Yes, and I'll be a famous surgeon

in a frock coat with certificates

of honorary citizenship in every pocket.

Your good health, Ruth.

Your good health.

Ludwig.

[YAWNS]

Well, here.

Can we have some music?

Yes, of course.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Where's it coming from?

Paris.

I'm going to try to get to Paris.

Why?

Well, I can't stay here.

I've got to keep moving.

You remember Leo Merrill in Prague?

Yes.

Well, he has a pass.

He says it's easy in France to get a permit

to find work and stay.

Ludwig.

Yes?

I want to go with you.

No.

We can start tomorrow.

Ruth, you don't know what it's like on the road.

I don't care.

Anyway, my being here is beginning

to embarrass the Neumanns.

The doorman downstairs has threatened

to tell the police about me.

Why?

Well, they have no idea how some men behave when they

think a woman is defenseless.

And did the doorman--

Oh, silly.

Well, that's horrible.

No, it's just tiresome, that's all.

All right, then.

We'll go together.

From now on, I'll look after you.

Yes.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

And you're going to take your things along?

No.

It will attract attention.

The best way is to leave casually.

Not too fast, but just fast enough.

Well, that's-- well, here.

I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll buy your stuff.

Thank you.

Don't thank me.

I'll make a profit on this.

You know, I kind of hate these goodbyes.

So do I.

It's simply a matter of routine but between you

and me, that's the most terrible thing in the world.

Everything gets to be a matter of routine.

You know.

I know a man.

He's had four wives die in the last 10 years.

Now he's got a fifth, and she's getting sick.

I don't-- I don't have to tell you these.

I'm looking around now for number six.

Yes, it's all a matter of routine.

What will happen if they catch you?

I'd be better off dead.

Goodbye, Lilo.

You will stay where you are.

This won't settle you, you know?

[DOGS BARKING]

Good morning.

Huh.

We'd be very grateful if you'd let

us rest in there for the day.

Where are you going?

We're trying to reach the French border.

We--

[COUGHS]

She's got a cold.

She got chilled in the rain last night.

You can stay if you want to.

Thanks.

Thanks very much.

But don't light a fire.

We won't.

You better get out of those wet clothes.

Get into whatever dry things you have and get a good, warm sleep.

Come on.

Then I'm going into the town to try to sell something.

Ludwig, be careful.

Just enough to buy a little food.

Now, don't worry.

You can keep warm and rest.

Ludwig.

Herr Amos.

But the maid tells me you are a German exile.

Yes, sir.

No passport?

No, sir.

Well, my wife can have a look at your things.

Yes, sir.

Oh, I beg your pardon.

What have you to sell?

How much?

30 centimes, Frau Amos.

How much?

60 centimes.

How much?

One Franc 80.

How much?

Well, I've already given you the price on that,

Frau Amos, 30 centimes.

I'll see what my sister thinks.

How much?

I've given Frau Amos the prices.

I-- perhaps you'd rather think it over until morning.

Would you like a cup of coffee?

Well, yes.

Yes, I would if you have some made.

Yes, yes, indeed.

Just one minute.

Cup of coffee will taste fine.

I haven't had any coffee in a long time.

Ah!

The coffee's very hot.

There's no hurry.

Take your time drinking it.

[SHRILL LAUGHTER]

There he is, officer.

The man without a passport banished from the German Reich.

Arrest him.

Come with me.

I'd like to meet you again for just 10 minutes, five minutes,

one minute.

Did you hear that?

He hasn't injured you yet.

He's only expressed a wish to meet you again.

Follow me.

Don't you know who he is, my boy?

He's a local spy of the Nazi party.

What an idiot I am.

You are with bells on.

Look, officer, there's someone waiting for me.

I can't be bothered about that.

And let me tell you, if you try to escape,

I will have to draw my revolver.

Naturally, that will take time.

So perhaps I better put the handcuffs on you.

Now, where did I put the thing?

Thanks.

[LAUGHS]

Congestion of the right lung.

She must go to the hospital.

No, I can't go to the hospital.

We can't pay for the hospital.

Never mind the money.

You are seriously ill.

It's the best thing.

Get dressed, and I have blankets in my car.

There's no other way, darling.

Ludwig, where will you stay while I'm gone?

I'll stay here.

How will we see each other?

You can't come to the hospital.

They'll arrest you.

Every night, I'll stand out in front of the hospital

and look up at your window.

That'll be just like it is.

When?

9:00.

How will you know which window?

Doctor will tell me.

It'll be dark at 9:00.

I won't be able to see you.

Well, I can only come after dark.

No, no, you mustn't come at all.

I'll come.

Now you get dressed.

Don't be worried.

Now, look, you've got to be brave.

I'm afraid.

I don't want to leave you.

I'm afraid something will happen to you.

I'll be all right.

Are you ready?

Goodbye.

Smile at me.

Quick.

Don't forget me.

Love me.

All right, but now let's go.

She can't see me.

What's this you're up to?

Oh, it's nothing.

It's just a fool trick, that's all.

Just a minute.

You know Ammers?

Oh, no.

Perhaps he knows you.

There's a complaint at the station that fits you exactly.

Come on, put them up, Ammers.

Come on, put them up.

You can't lick me.

Not me.

All goes to make me tough.

Like that.

And that.

Get up.

Come on, get up, Ammers.

Settle your hash.

I'll teach you to prey on poor refugees.

How's that old, Steinar, huh?

[CLAPPING] Good work.

Doctor.

I didn't hear you.

You were doing fine.

Oh, how is she?

All right.

Everything normal.

I brought you something.

Go ahead and read it.

No, I'll read it later.

You don't want to read it before I go?

No, not now.

Not so quickly.

I haven't anything else to do all day.

I see.

Well, I'm going to the hospital now.

Have you anything for me to take along?

I can't write here.

But would you give her a message for me.

Tell her I'll wait for her every day

at noon at the post office in Geneva

at the general delivery window.

Is that clear?

Sure.

Oh, and tell her for me that I--

that I--

She knows that, but I tell her.

Thanks.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

You hurry up and get well, darling,

because I'll be there waiting for you.

Karen.

Kelton.

Nothing for Kern.

Ruth, it's you.

It's you.

How long have you been here?

Since this morning.

Oh, I've been waiting and waiting back and forth,

back and forth from France.

Now we can both try to get into France tonight.

The two rooms cost 20 francs with meals.

And we'll be able to live that way about 10 days.

But I'll have some sort of job before then.

Hmm.

Paris city of glamour.

You can see the Eiffel Tower--

Mm-hmm.

--if you get into the right position.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Professor Meyer.

Looking at the Eiffel Tower.

Well.

Matl told me you'd arrived.

We're all on the run, eh?

They chased me out of Germany, then out of Austria.

But they'll never catch up with me in Paris.

Matl?

Professor Meyer, this is Herr Kern.

What are you doing, professor?

Correcting papers on the sly, of course,

for a friend of mine who teaches chemistry at the university.

How would you like to attend his lectures?

Oh, I'd love to if I can't get any work to do.

You won't get any work.

That's certain.

Not now.

What does he mean?

You can't get work without a permit.

But you told me it was easy to get one in Paris.

That was before the Austrian Anschluss.

Since that happened, France is overrun with exiles.

Things are more difficult now.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

There's really nothing here worth selling.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Get your things on.

We've got them on already.

Baby.

Get your friends.

We're celebrating.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Ah, chicken.

ALL: Ah!

Chicken.

Yeah.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Excuse me.

[LAUGHTER]

[SIGHS]

Here, here, you're stopping after your fourth chicken.

What's happened to your appetite?

I can't.

[LAUGHTER]

Clear it away for dessert.

She's very pretty, isn't she?

Yes.

Fine student, too.

But she ought to be registered at the university.

For the time being, it's all right, isn't it?

But how long will she be able to keep it up without papers?

Some fine day, you're both going to get caught and then--

What's one to do?

Marry.

But we have no papers.

I don't mean that.

Marry a Frenchman.

Well, that would be ideal, of course, but it isn't possible.

You're wrong.

It is possible.

Durant would marry her.

Told me so himself.

Who?

Durant.

That's right.

You don't know him.

Professor at the university.

Fine fella.

Excellent family, too.

I understand his uncle's a senator.

He's head over heels in love with Ruth.

Maybe I shouldn't have told you that.

Oh, yes, yes.

We're sensible people.

It's-- what's his full name?

Francois Durant.

I see, you're not--

No, no, no.

That's-- I mean, after all, if that's the way things are,

it's fine.

It's fine.

And everything would be all right.

Really?

I should have thought that--

but if you do feel that way, it'll be marvelous for her.

Really marvelous.

You know Francois Durant?

Yes.

Why?

Do you like him?

What do you mean by that?

Just what I say.

Do you like him?

Meyer.

Drunk for the first time in his life

and what a moment to choose.

He wasn't as drunk as all that.

Come here at once.

Is no joke.

This is serious.

All right.

Then I'll come to you.

Now then, what's wrong?

You must marry him.

What?

What's that you said?

You must marry him.

My poor darling.

What crazy things go on in your head?

Well, you must.

Marriage is no longer a matter of life and death.

But to have a passport or not to have a passport, that

is a matter of life and death.

Ruth, you mustn't throw away this chance.

I suppose I'll never get another one.

Oh, you're not taking me seriously.

I should think not when you go on like this.

I go on?

Yes, you listen to an old fogey in his cups

and you decide you'll be a hero and get rid of me

without stopping to think how I might feel about it.

I won't even discuss it with you.

Why?

Because I love you, you idiot.

I love only you.

Now do you believe me?

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Pardon me.

I know where we can get work tomorrow.

Work?

Construction job and no questions asked.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Just feel that, Steiner.

Not bad at all.

Isn't it a beauty?

I got it in the halls.

Best in Paris.

[WORDLESS SINGING]

[LAUGHTER]

Say, do you fellas know anybody around named Steiner?

Huh?

Do you know Steiner?

What's that to you?

There isn't anyone who has any business

to be looking for Steiner.

Are you Steiner?

No.

Why?

I have a letter for you.

It's from Germany.

Thank you.

It's nothing.

Glad I found you.

I have other letters that have been undelivered for a year.

It's about my wife.

Read it.

No, stay here with me.

She's in the hospital.

10 days ago, she was still alive.

What hospital?

Did he tell you that?

Yes.

All right, then, come on.

We'll telephone the hospital.

Well, under some name or other.

And this.

There's been an operation.

There's no hope for her now.

Three or four days at the most, the doctor says.

I'll leave today.

It's too dangerous.

I have my Austrian passport.

Steiner, you'll be done for if you cross that border.

When she dies, I'm done for anyway.

Oh, that's not true.

I know this may sound heartless, but I

think you should write a telegraph or anything,

but stay here.

Well, you can't help her even if you do go there.

I can see her.

She'll be horrified if you go.

Why, if you would ask her now, she'd

make every effort to keep you from it.

I have to see her.

Marie my wife.

She's alive.

Her eyes are still there and her thoughts.

And I'm still there behind those eyes.

In a few days, she'll be dead.

Be nothing left over.

She'll lie there.

There'd be nothing.

No.

No, she's still alive for a few days longer.

The last days.

And I'm not to be with her.

No, there's no other way.

The world is ending.

If I don't see her, I'll simply break.

I'll die with her.

Is there nothing I can say, nothing

I can do to make you see?

I know what the stakes are but if there

were a thousand times higher, I'd still take that train.

Nothing could stop me.

Can you understand that?

Yes.

If don't you get back in 10 days, give this to the kid.

Hmm?

I'll leave your seats together.

Good luck.

Thanks.

Well, children, I always knew somehow

that this is how it would be.

Goodbye, Ruth.

So long, Kern.

Sometimes things go slow, don't they?

Sometimes darn fast.

Come back to us.

We can't do very much for you, but everything we are is yours.

Always.

CONDUCTOR: All aboard!

Take care of yourselves.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Oh, Marril.

Have you seen Ludwig?

He's always been here by 6:00.

I can't imagine what's happened to him.

I've just come to tell you.

They picked him up as he was knocking off work.

They sent him to a prison in Maubeuge

on the border where they deport aliens.

What else could you expect?

They found him working and there aren't enough jobs

for their own people.

Here.

He's written you a letter.

He says that not to count on his ever coming back to France.

And he wants me to--

Marry Durant.

Yes, he told me.

It would mean everything to him to know

that you're safe and cared for.

Cared for?

Yes, cared for.

That's something nowadays for people like us.

You might be unhappy for a while, but that's all.

I won't give him up.

That's not an answer.

That's a resolve.

You'll find out when it's too late

and resolves are matters at the head, not at the heart.

Oh, head and heart.

Let me tell you something.

Before I knew him, I felt old and full of suspicion.

And he's made me young.

He's made me laugh again.

I was hopeless and without faith and kindness in humanity.

And he's made me cheerful and full of life.

Yes, and he's done it with his simple, straightforward

instincts, with his love, if you must know.

Doesn't he penetrate even your cynicism, Leo,

to read that letter in which you renounces me?

Doesn't it mean a thousand times more than all

the while to do about fine feelings and ecstasy and all

that rubbish.

I know you mean well, Leo.

I know he told you to say these things to me,

and I love him for it.

But he belongs to me, and I belong to him.

Indeed.

And what are you going to do?

I'm going to get him out.

But your nephew assured me that you do have influence.

My nephew is mistaken.

I sympathize with your distress, but I can do nothing

for Monsieur Kern.

If you will permit me, I have an engagement.

If you refuse to help me, you'll regret it.

And now, mademoiselle?

Either you help me get Ludwig Kern out of prison,

or I marry your nephew.

Nonsense.

Francois's marriage has been arranged for years.

Will it convince you if I were to call him and let

him speak for himself?

Please.

Do you realize this is blackmail?

Using my nephew.

[LAUGHS] Well, it looks as though I'll

have to help you whether I want to or not.

To get you a permit, mademoiselle,

will be a very simple matter.

But your friend has been arrested

and to do something for him will be a great deal more difficult.

[AEROPLANE ENGINE OVERHEAD]

JOSEF STEINER (VOICEOVER): (WHISPER) Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

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Passport, please.

Your name.

John Huber.

How old are you?

43.

When were you born?

January 29th, 1894.

Where?

Krems an der Donau.

For what purpose are you going to Germany?

I'm on my way to visit relatives.

Live in Paris?

No, no.

In Graz.

I was visiting a relative in Paris.

How long do you intend to remain in Germany?

About two weeks.

Have you any funds with you?

Yes.

500 francs.

We'll make a note of that in your passport.

Have you any newspapers, periodicals or books with you?

No, nothing.

Thank you.

Give me the Gestapo headquarters in Munich.

Hurry.

For what purpose did you come back to Germany?

I wanted to see my wife before she died.

Which of your political friends have you met here?

None.

It will be better for you to tell me before you're sentenced.

I've already told you, none.

On whose instructions did you come back here?

I had no instructions.

With what political organization

were you affiliated abroad?

None.

Then how did you live?

From the money I earned.

You see, I have an Austrian passport.

You will be transferred this afternoon.

I would like to make a request.

It's a small matter, but very important to me.

My wife is still alive.

The doctor said that at most, she can only

live one or two days more.

For myself, I expect neither sympathy nor favors of any kind.

But I should like my wife to die in peace.

I beg you to keep me here for one or two days

and allow me to visit my wife.

Another chance.

I can't give you such an opportunity to escape.

I won't escape.

If someone watches the door, there

will be nothing that I can do.

I make this request not for myself, but for a dying woman.

Impossible.

I have no authority to grant it.

You have the authority.

You could give us a reason that I

may tell my wife something that's important for you

to know.

You could arrange for a reliable nurse

to listen to what was said.

That's nonsense.

Your wife won't tell you anything, nor will you tell her.

Of course not.

She doesn't know anything.

But she would die in peace.

Colonel, I have already examined this man

on the subject of group four.

He refused to give me the names of the other members,

and I'm sure there is no way of making him talk except one.

May I have the colonel's permission?

Proceed.

If I make it possible for you to visit your wife for two days,

will you give me the names of the other members of group four?

Yes.

Then give them to me.

Will you give me two names tomorrow, and the rest

of them the day after?

I will give you all the names the day after tomorrow.

I'll see what I can do.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

It's me, Mary.

Joesf.

Oh, Josef.

I want to feel you're really here.

I knew you couldn't come, but I've waited for you, for always.

Now I shall stay with you.

You can't stay.

You must go at once, Josef.

There's no danger.

It is dangerous.

You don't know what it's been like.

I shouldn't last much longer.

I've seen you.

I'll be able to face it alone now.

Please go.

I've made arrangements so that I can stay here, Marie.

There's going to be an amnesty, and I fall under it.

It's true.

I swear it to you, Marie.

No one need know I'm here.

But even if they do, it won't be bad.

You haven't divorced me.

How could I?

It was only for your sake so that things

would be easier for you.

I haven't had a bad time.

People have helped me.

That's how I happened to have this room.

It's been nice to be alone.

You were with me more.

You must go now.

I'll come again tomorrow.

I'd like to be able to get up and go away with you.

Just when I could be with you, I must go.

Please don't be angry with me.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

You certainly have taken unfair advantage

of my kindness, Steiner.

You've kept me waiting here over three hours.

But after all, it was worth while waiting for her.

I'll have plenty of time with you now.

Rest of your natural life, my friend.

And in a few moments, you will tell me those precious names

as you promised.

I'll tell them to you now.

[SCREAMING]

The only one I've been able to help is myself.

What good is this permit to me if I can't get one for Ludwig?

I'm so worried.

They'll be deporting him any day now, and he'll just disappear.

I may never find him again.

What is Durant's lawyer saying?

He says something might be done to help Ludwig,

but it takes money.

A lot more than we have.

You have enough, I think.

How very much mistaken, Leo.

Unfortunately, I'm not mistaken.

Not after today.

I hope I get there before they deport him.

Plenty of time.

All day, in fact.

They never move them across the border before dark.

Good luck.

Thank you.

Goodbye.

You will be conducted to the Swiss border.

Understand you're not to come back.

Sign here then, and see that you don't come back.

Don't worry.

I won't.

Conductor, what on earth's the matter?

Wreck, madam.

How long we'll be here?

One hour maybe.

Kern.

Kern.

Ah.

But they are taking him to the border.

Now?

Where is he?

Where is he, please?

Where's who?

The prisoner, Ludwig Kern.

Look.

Won't you help me get him back, please?

He'll be gone.

I won't see him again.

I'll lose him.

Ah-huh.

I understand.

An affair of the heart.

Don't worry, mademoiselle.

Go after him.

Get on the thing and bring him back.

Quick.

Hurry.

It's a surprise, isn't it?

Is it really an order?

Yes, absolutely.

I congratulate you.

[LAUGHS] Say, look.

Through this piece of paper, I've

become a respectable person, a free man who can

do what he likes, haven't I?

Absolutely.

Don't you find that strange?

What's strange about it?

Well, yesterday, I was a same man I am today.

Yet yesterday, everything was prohibited, illegal?

Not yesterday.

The day before yesterday.

The date on your permit is yesterday.

All right. day before yesterday.

Day before yesterday, my existence was a crime.

And today, I can breathe and sleep

and live at peace and everything's all right.

Don't you find that strange?

Not in the slightest.

I find it quite in order.

You have the right to live in writing, stamped and signed.

So everything is clear.

Oh.

Come on.

Come on.

Your girl is waiting.

Steiners money.

He told Marril he wanted to help us stay together.

You have a cigarette?

Yes.

He wasn't afraid.

He wasn't afraid to hate evil, to live with self-respect,

to die to keep it.

It'll be much easier now.

We have real papers.

We can go anywhere we like.

We can go abroad to South America.

Maybe-- maybe even the United States.

United States.

Oh, but wait.

First thing we'll do, we'll get married.

Understand married.

We may not have a home anywhere for a while,

but we'll be together.

That's home, darling.

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