Original subtitles

"When all the stories have been told."

"The great stories and the little ones."

"The tragedies and the melodramas."

"When all the stories of what happened in Europe have been told."

"As of course, they never can be."

"The Seventh Cross will be remembered as the story of a few people who proved .."

"There is something in the human soul which sets men above the animals."

"It happened in Germany in the fall of the year 1936."

"1936."

"The wars and the aggressions had not yet begun."

"But concentration camps were full."

"The Germans were still purging their own country of rebels."

"Purging their nation of the last traces of human decency."

"One morning before dawn .."

"Some prisoners escaped from the concentration camp at Westhofen."

"I was among them."

"My name is Ernest Wallau."

"There was seven of us in all."

"Pelzer, the one with the spectacles who used to be a schoolmaster."

"Bellani, a music hall artist thought at one time the finest acrobat in Germany."

"Aldinger, an old farmer .."

"Whose peasant face had never lost its dignity but his mind had begun to go."

"Beutler, the little grocery clerk. A Jew."

"Fuellgrabe, a writer. He used to be a popular novelist."

"Myself and George Heisler."

"This had been a man and a fine one."

"But I had seen his face growing emptier day by day."

"He had been beaten to a hollow husk."

"Incapable of feeling. Almost incapable of thinking."

"He has seen too much and felt too much."

"His faith in people was gone. Perhaps forever."

"I knew it was better that he should die in a break for freedom .."

"Than rot another day at Westhofen."

"Our plan was for the two of us to make our way separately .."

"To the home of my old friend Rudolf Schenk."

"In the nearby city of Mainz."

"If we could get to Schenk he would shelter us and find passports for us."

"We parted."

"It was dangerous to travel together."

"Then it began."

[ Siren ]

[ Man's scream. Loud ]

"George knew someone had been caught."

"He didn't know that it was I."

"They closed in upon me."

"Even as they did I thought of George. Hoping he would remember Rudolf Schenk."

"Passports and money from Rudolf Schenk at 46 Morgenstrasse."

"In the city of Mainz."

"46 Morgenstrasse."

"They needed information."

"So they revived me and brought me in for questioning."

"This was Fahrenburg. Commandant of the Westhofen concentration camp."

"Stupid and neurotic. Blood stained."

"And proud of it."

"Zillic. His assistant. A sadistic thug."

"There was an outlet for his peculiar talents at Westhofen."

"And this was Overkamp."

"The special Gestapo investigator sent to look into the prison break."

"A good German."

"Stony-hearted."

"Methodical .. and ruthless."

Your name is Hans Wallau.

You have a wife. Hilda Wallau.

One child. A boy.

Carl. Four years old.

Correct?

Answer!

I have only one thing to say and that is ..

I am not going to answer any questions at all.

I shall not speak from this moment on.

You will speak.

Who led the prison break?

Were you and George Heisler the leaders?

"Even this one knows George Heisler might have been a leader."

"A man to follow." - Heisler was your friend.

"I had the privilege of being his friend."

"My days at Westhofen were eased by that companionship."

"Before they began to destroy him."

I shall have to take your silence to mean 'yes'.

Of course you two had a plan.

What was it?

"Passports and money from Rudolf Schenk at 46 Morgenstrasse."

"May God help him to get there safely."

Did Heisler have a girl?

What was her name?

"He used to cry her name in his sleep."

"Leni. That was it. Leni."

"In the first month she sent him a letter."

"I'll wait for you forever."

"Your loving Leni."

You still refuse to answer?

"Someday, others will answer for me."

"They will shout it back at you."

Take him.

They are all heading towards Mainz.

There is no other place to go in this district.

They can hide in haystacks for a few hours.

But in Mainz we'll find them all sooner or later.

That swine Wallau.

You didn't expect him to talk, did you?

"In the yard there was a row of trees and then .."

"The thing they called The Cross."

"An old and familiar form of punishment at Westhofen."

"I have been beaten and tortured."

"And I was close to death when they strung me up."

I am going to have those other trees stripped down as crosses.

We will have seven and there will be a man on each.

That is a promise, Overkamp.

"Goodbye, Hilda."

"Goodbye, Carl. My little son."

"Try to remember the things I taught you."

"He will forget. Four years old."

"Too young to remember."

"My own blood will forget."

"But Heisler."

"George Heisler will remember."

"But will he?"

"George Heisler."

"Before I die I must tell you this."

"I tell you there is in man an instinct for good which cannot be destroyed."

"It isn't dead."

"Even in this nation of beasts it still must live somewhere."

"If in this Germany, among the cruellest people on earth you find one man .."

"With a spark of good still in him then there is hope for the human race."

"Listen to me, George Heisler."

"There is good in men. Deep within their hearts."

"Unless you believe that."

"There is no faith to cling to anywhere on earth."

"Dear God, let him find it."

"Guide him."

"Lead him to the few good men who still remain in Germany."

"Let him die if he must."

"But with his faith alive."

"I was one of the seven who escaped from the Westhofen concentration camp."

"In the fall of the year 1936."

"We escaped at dawn."

"It was noon when George Heisler came out into the open."

"I was dead."

"I could see."

"It was a noon like any other."

"The fog had cleared."

"The birds sang."

"But she recognised the prison jacket."

"Would she tell about it later?"

"There was danger in the child."

"He was cunning enough to play along."

"To keep her quiet."

"And desperate and empty-hearted enough to kill her too if the need arose."

"Scouting planes were overhead."

"Hunting the escaped prisoners from Westhofen."

"He kept her with him."

"A man with a child becomes part of the landscape from a plane."

Aeroplane.

Motorcycle.

Mummy, mummy.

"Something. Anything."

"To cover the prison jacket."

"To hide the identifying uniform."

It was new. It was brand new.

It cost 26 Marks.

I bought it only last week.

It was a little big on the shoulders but I was going to grow into it.

Color?

Brown. Dark brown.

I saved for it. I saved for three months.

Pockets?

Two here and two here. - Anything in them?

A handkerchief, a ten-pfennig piece.

A little pencil.

That is all. A little yellow pencil.

I saved for it. I saved for three months.

It may have been a thief.

But then again there is the possibility that it was one of the men ..

Who got out of the Westhofen concentration camp this morning.

They are in this district.

I will have to report it. - To the Gestapo?

Look.

What's this?

Look at that. - Blood.

Somebody has been here. - Brilliant.

Will I get it back?

You'll get it back. - It was practically new.

It had a zipper on the inside pocket. - You will be wearing it again.

You will be wearing it a long time.

The man who took it will be dead a long time.

Do they kill them? - Not too quickly.

Why shouldn't she?

There's no excuse to not heat the soup before she takes it to me in the field.

Cold potato soup makes me sick. - I don't mind it cold.

I kinda like cold potato soup.

You yokels all stick together.

You say you like cold potato soup because you are her brother.

But I can tell you that for myself she warms it up.

Listen to it.

Just listen to it all.

Every day it is something else.

Hannah, mother. Stop that and get into the house.

Didn't you hear? Everyone inside. We are searching the building.

Yesterday, it was the welcome to the 140th regiment.

Today they are searching the village.

Tomorrow the Gauleiter will be passing through.

Your grapes are rotting on the vine.

I have my ironing to do.

One of the Westhofen prisoners is hiding somewhere. Now, get into the house.

We are on duty. We're searching for a criminal hiding in the village.

I'll take them around - You're taking them where?

Let me go. We have to search the house.

Let him go.

Come on.

Leo, come on.

Come on, Leo.

Fritz. Fritz.

Fritz, they got him. Come on.

They caught him. They got him.

They've got him over in Mayer's yard.

They got him.

Look, look. There he is.

[ Man's scream. Loud ]

He is wearing a prison outfit.

Hey, you lost your glasses.

Well, you won't need them anymore.

"The commandant was carrying out his promise."

"The prisoners were put to work turning the trees into six more crosses."

[ Man's scream. Loud ]

"It was only 5 o'clock."

"And Fahrenburg had two of us."

"He had avoided roads, cutting across fields. Hiding in ditches."

"At last, too weary for caution."

"He dared to beg a ride from a truck heading toward the city."

Where are you going? - Mainz.

Yeah. It is a wonder more people don't get killed that way.

I fell asleep at the wheel once.

It was February and the roads were icy.

The next thing I knew they were cutting me out of my leather jacket.

They had to cut it right up to the shoulder.

Back in Westhofen they were stopping cars on the road.

They stopped my truck because they were looking for a man in a leather jacket.

A leather jacket. But not like mine.

Get out.

Get out!

Get out of here. I am not getting mixed up in anything.

"And so he came at last to the city of Mainz."

"Too exhausted to go on."

"Too weak and sick with hunger and the pain of his injured hand."

"The eternal place of refuge."

"The church."

"Still standing."

"Though the spirit that had built it was gone in Germany."

"People were too busy with slaughter. Too happily engaged in butchery."

"On that same night."

"A man called Franz Marnet."

"Set out upon a mission."

Are you Leo Hermann?

Yes.

My name is Franz Marnet.

I ..

Thank you.

I am staying with Wilhelm Reinhardt.

He told me I might find you here.

You were not hard to identify.

I arrived in Mainz only a few days ago.

I had been in Berlin.

Working there? - Yes.

Mainz is my native town, however.

You have many friends here then?

Most of them I find are gone.

Into the army?

Not all.

Some of have merely disappeared. Nobody seems to know where.

Others are thought to be dead.

Nobody knows for certain.

I find people unwilling to talk about it.

Minding one's own business is more than a virtue.

You mean it's become a necessity? - I didn't say that.

Light beer.

The same.

Do you find the town changed?

Not more than other towns.

By the way, I heard something today.

I understand they closed off the roads going to Mainz from the Westhofen area.

That might mean something has happened at the Westhofen concentration camp.

Have you heard anything?

Only the usual gossip.

Why should I have heard anything?

Because of what you are.

And what you do.

You're the only leader of the underground left ..

And still active in this district so far as I know.

I've a friend who may be in that prison break.

He'd come to me if he could find me but he doesn't know I am back in this city.

What is your friend's name?

George Heisler.

He is going to need money and clothes.

And a passport.

He will need more than that.

He will need strength and cleverness.

And luck.

Lots of luck.

"Hidden in the empty church."

"Restless, feverish, afraid to sleep."

"The past came crowding back."

"His mother. She used to pray."

"And his sweetheart, Leni."

"Golden-haired Leni."

"How carefree and sweet it had been."

"Golden-haired Leni."

"What was it she wrote in her letter long ago?"

"I will wait for you forever."

"Your loving .. Leni."

"Tomorrow he will go to her for help."

"It's a long way to 46 Morgenstrasse."

"She will help him get there."

"Tomorrow."

Is it Leni ..?

Leni.

It is George.

It's George, Leni.

What have you done to your hair?

I was afraid you might have moved.

I was counting on you.

I dreamed about you.

At first in the concentration camp I dreamed about you all the time.

And then I ..

I couldn't remember.

When I got out it came back. I began to remember.

You've got to get me some clothes.

I can't get to my family or my friends. They are being watched.

But no-one knew we know each other.

No-one ever knew. So you can help me.

This jacket.

I cannot wear this jacket.

I've got to get to the other side of town but I can't wear this jacket.

You can't have it.

You can't have it. It belongs to my husband. Get out of here.

Get out!

You are married?

You see.

If I can get to Morgenstrasse I'll be alright.

But I have to have some clothes.

And I have to have some money and I haven't eaten anything.

You're the only one who can help me.

I'll be alright if I can get to Morgenstrasse.

I mustn't collapse on the way. I mustn't faint by the road or they'd pick me up.

Get out of here or I will tell my husband. I will report you.

Don't touch that.

If you do, I'll tell my husband you were here.

He will send the police after you.

You wouldn't bandage my hand for me, would you?

"Not far from Leni's apartment .."

"The people of Mainz were indulging in a bit of sport."

There he is.

"It was one of the seven from Westhofen."

"My countrymen are great hunters."

"They love the chase."

"The scent of blood made them gather here."

You know who that looks like?

Remember Bellani the great acrobat?

It looks just like him.

Whatever happened to Bellani? - He went to America I think.

I always liked him.

"George recalled something Bellani told him the night before the prison break."

"And so he made his way to .."

"Marelli. That was the name."

[ Doorbell ]

Yes?

I'll be there in a minute.

Bellani.

Where is he, Bellani?

You are a friend of Bellani's?

He sent you?

Sit down.

Don't you feel well?

I have been ill.

He said ..

You would have some clothes.

You would have a coat. - Yes. It is ready now.

Well.

He sent me to tell you that ..

He won't be able to sue them but ..

Maybe they would fit me.

What has got into him?

He was here only this morning. He said he'd be back in an hour or two.

I had nothing in the place but I told him I would round up some things.

What made him change his mind?

You artists are funny people.

I can't always figure you out.

That Bellani.

Sometimes I don't see him for a year and then he shows up like this morning.

And wants a suit in ten minutes.

And now he doesn't want it.

Ah, temperament, temperament.

Go ahead. You will find a mirror over there.

Were you on the same bill with Bellani?

Yes.

He is a great performer.

A great performer.

Now, take his big act.

I've heard experts say there aren't five men in the world that can do that leap.

I love a real artist.

You can always tell.

There is always something about a real performer that can't be copied.

For instance.

Bellani.

Bellani has a way of standing just before he kicks off on his big jump.

He is so calm and so sure of what he is going to do.

You know what I mean?

Yes, I know.

I saw it.

There. That looks better.

You have to look right or you won't succeed in this business or any other.

Bellani didn't look too well to me this morning.

I don't like to see him look so tired.

You had better see about that hand.

I have no money. Bellani said you may be willing ..

It's paid for. Bellani paid in advance this morning.

There is a doctor down the street. Number 25.

Dr Lowenstein.

Thanks.

Goodbye.

Heil Hitler.

"She put that money into your pocket."

"Why did she do it?"

"What made her do it?"

"It was something I had tried to make him understand."

"But I couldn't make him hear me."

Your name?

Roll up your sleeve please.

Heinrich Kraus.

Address?

Oppenheim.

Occupation?

Mechanic.

The law requires me to inform you before treating you that I am a Jew.

You have been neglecting this.

"Rudolf Shenck. 46 Morgenstrasse."

"Rudolf Shenck. 46 Morgenstrasse."

"Rudolf Shenck. 46 Morgenstrasse."

"Rudolf Shenck. 46 Morgenstrasse."

You should be able to go back to work in about two weeks' time.

And don't use that hand.

It is badly infected.

You shall have to come back and let me look at it again tomorrow.

Your fever is from your hand.

It will continue for a while but it should subside.

You have all the symptoms of a terrible exhaustion.

What have you been doing?

"He knew that he should report this."

"There was something odd about this patient."

You had better take it easy for a while.

Who sent you to me?

Nobody.

I saw your sign.

Your hat.

"He knew he should report this."

"But he knew he never would."

There were at least seven in the break.

I have reason to believe that Ernest Wallau was among them.

They must have caught the others.

They're looking only for Fuellgrabe, Aldinger and Heisler now.

I wonder if they have Wallau. - This will make it harder for George.

Not only will he have the Gestapo after him, but every citizen of Mainz as well.

I can have the passport photo touched up from this.

He will look older now and probably thinner.

The passport won't be much use if we can't find him.

We know he's here in Mainz.

Whom will he seek out?

Where will he go? - His family?

No. I went by his mother's house this evening. It is being watched.

Who else? What about women?

I don't know.

There may have been. - Will he try to find you?

I don't think so.

I met a man who was released from Westhofen.

He saw George there and told him I was in Berlin.

George doesn't know I am back here.

What about his very old friends?

The ones that go far back. The forgotten ones not being watched.

"By evening he was drawing close to 46 Morgenstrasse."

"It was the newspaper that threw him into panic."

"He forgot what I'd told him."

"At Westhofen before the break I had warned him .."

"That too often men are captured because they think they have been discovered."

"They bolt. They run. And then they are caught."

"He forgot."

He's got my wallet.

That way. That way.

There he goes.

My wallet.

It was in my pocket all the time.

Under the tobacco pouch.

I could have sworn that wallet was ..

Goodnight. - Heil Hitler.

Heil Hitler.

"His last shreds of strength were gone."

"46 Morgenstrasse would have to wait until morning."

"He stayed there that night."

"Hidden in the loading shed by the warehouse."

"There was new strength in him now born of new hope."

"For he was close to his goal."

"46 Morgenstrasse."

"Rudolf Schenk at last."

"The rest would be easier now."

Are you looking for someone?

Yes.

Rudolf Schenk. He doesn't seem to be at home.

No. He is not home. - Do you happen to know ..

He won't be back. Neither will his wife.

Rudolf Schenk and that wife of his.

Were arrested by the Gestapo yesterday.

"Now what?"

"What now?"

"One hope was gone."

"He was dazed with despair."

"Confused. Lost."

"Now where?"

George.

Fuellgrabe.

Do you know that everybody has been caught except you and me?

Just the two of us.

Our pictures were in the papers this morning.

Did you see them?

Yesterday there was three.

This morning.

Only two.

That means they have got the schoolteacher and the old farmer.

And the little Jew and the acrobat.

And Wallau.

Not Wallau? They couldn't get Wallau.

Figure it out for yourself.

If you and I are the only ones they are looking for ..

They have got the rest.

What interests me.

Is that nobody seems to care what happens to us.

We are not criminals.

Yet nobody cares.

The world has changed, Heisler.

You are alone.

Come on.

You had better come with me.

There is nothing for you to do but run in circles.

Round and around.

Until you are caught.

Better give up.

Come with me.

I am going to give myself up to the Gestapo.

It is the very, very cleverest thing to do.

Don't be a fool. They'll kill you. - What of it?

It won't be so bad to have it over with.

Do you like your life?

What are you struggling to stay alive for?

What for?

Better be dead.

And rotting.

And not have to see man's inhumanity to man.

This is an evil world, Heisler.

A stinking ..

Horrible ..

Godforsaken world.

"No, no. It isn't true."

"Not even in this degraded Germany."

"I couldn't make him hear me."

Come along.

"It was only the flickering instinct for survival .."

"That kept him from going with Fuellgrabe."

"Only the blind animal will to live."

"Only the third day .."

"And they had six of us caught with scornfully little effort."

"Myself."

"And Pelzer the schoolmaster."

"He had died in the night."

"And Bellani the acrobat."

"And little Beutler caught the day before."

"He had lain the whole time in hidden in the mud of the marsh."

"The old farmer had been captured and beaten to death that morning."

"Fuellgrabe was the sixth."

"The seventh cross waited for George Heisler."

George Heisler was seen at Number 46 Morgenstrasse.

In the city of Mainz by Fr�ulein Johanna Bachmann.

He enquired about one Rudolf Schenk.

Who had been arrested.

For distributing treasonable literature.

He was seen this morning.

By recaptured fugitive Fuellgrabe.

In the D�nstrasse Park.

With a bandaged hand.

And he was wearing a grey hat.

An overcoat and a brown suit.

Release this new description to newspapers and radio.

Increase the reward to ..

5,000 Marks.

"A reward of 5,000 Marks .."

"Is offered for information leading to the capture of George Heisler."

"An enemy of the German Reich."

"Now known to be at large in the city of Mainz."

"He is wearing a grey coat and hat."

"A brown suit."

"His right hand is injured and probably bandaged."

"Attention, citizens of Mainz."

"Attention."

"A reward of 5,000 Marks."

"Is offered for information leading to the capture of George Heisler."

"An enemy of the German Reich."

"Now where? Now, to whom?"

"This was his native town. Full of people he used to know."

"But whom to trust? Whom to turn to?"

"His family? Brother Heinrich?"

"No. They are surely being watched."

"Bruno Sauer? No."

"Amos Brandt?"

"No. He was arrested by the Gestapo last year."

"Paul Roeder?"

"Perhaps Paul."

"They won't be watching him."

"Little Paul Roeder with a heart as big as a pumpkin."

"He was never an anti-Nazi but he was always a good friend."

"Paul Roeder."

"Perhaps."

"Paul Roeder. But had he changed?"

"Had he changed like Leni?"

"In this country no-one could be trusted."

"This might turn into a trap."

"It was too long a chance."

George.

George. Didn't you know me?

It's you.

I thought it was you. I couldn't believe it.

I said to myself, my goodness that is George Heisler.

I almost didn't know you, George.

You have changed.

Come on.

My, you look green.

What's the matter with you?

It's a wonder I even recognised you.

I've been a little ill. It is my hand.

That is a fine thing. Any fingers broken?

No. I was lucky. - How did it happen?

Where have you been? What you been doing?

You look terrible. Come on.

Well, I've been a chauffeur over in Kapfell.

And I had a little accident with the car.

We have been wondering what happened to you.

Set another place for dinner, Liesel.

Well, for goodness' sake.

George Heisler. - I met him on the stairs.

I said to myself, my goodness that can't be George Heisler. But there he was.

We've talked of you so often.

We wondered what had become of you. Where have you been?

You know George. Always on the go.

You never know when he's going to turn up.

What is the matter with your hand? - Nothing. Nothing serious.

Why, sit down.

"The voices of children."

"A kitchen. A home."

"The life he had forgotten."

"It goes on like this all the time."

"It still goes on."

This is like old times.

George Heisler dropping in for dinner.

Of course, I know you don't care about me.

It's Liesel's cooking you've come for. - Oh, Paul.

Did you say, I think I'll look up my old friend Paul Roeder?

I haven't seen him in three years.

No. You said I'll drop in on the Roeders and have a plate of Liesel's sauerkraut.

Do you remember little Ludi?

That is him.

Hello.

When did you get back to town, George?

Come on, Ludi. Dinner.

He eats with us now.

He is a big boy.

What do you think of our Annie?

Annie.

Come over here.

Up we go.

Have you been a good girl?

Did you eat your dinner?

She is a little shy.

You're staying with your family, George? - Temporarily.

How is your mother? - She is fine.

Here.

I'll cut it for you.

How's that?

Mustard?

Thank you.

Well, you seem to have accomplished quite a good deal since I saw you last.

Well.

The population of Germany has to be trebled.

Don't you listen to the Fuhrer's speeches?

Yes. But I never heard him say little Paul Roeder had to do it all himself.

It is not so difficult nowadays to have children.

It never was.

You, George.

You haven't changed a bit.

But you look older, George.

So does Ludi.

That's enough now.

Stop showing off.

Joking aside.

You have to consider the exemptions from wage deductions.

And the added pay with every child. That adds up.

And the free diapers.

And the vacations.

I tell you they are doing things right these days.

In the old days nobody ever cared anything about us.

Things are different in Germany now.

I tell you, never before in history has anything like this been tried.

Never.

Do you like it, Paul?

380 Marks a month?

That is thirty more Marks a month than I made in 1929.

'29 is the best year since the war.

And '29 didn't last.

You wouldn't know the factory anymore.

It's still named Corona Sewing Machine Works but we make machine guns now.

Does it not concern you though that Germany is arming in secrecy?

I don't bother my head about such things.

All I know is that the factories are going full blast.

Liesel, you gave me your dinner.

No I didn't.

I like cheese.

"Something at last began to stir within him."

Do you know something?

I never had the nerve to tell you in the old days.

But you think too much.

Where does it get you?

Remember when I was out of work and you came and gave me a pamphlet to read?

A pamphlet. What I needed was a job.

You used to have some of the craziest ideas.

I remember I used to beg you. I used to say, George leave me out of this.

I don't understand anything about politics.

I just want to make sure of my bread and sausage.

More coffee? - No. No thanks.

Paul.

Could you put me up for the night?

Of course. You can sleep on the sofa.

But why?

Well, I had a little fight at home. I'd like to wait until it blows over.

What was it, a girl?

No, no. It was my little brother Heiny.

Yes. I saw Heiny last week. He looks like a man.

He is seventeen now.

All you Heislers were a husky-looking bunch.

In that black uniform Heiny beats you all.

Uniform?

So, you are fighting with your favorite little Heinrich now?

That's a fine thing. - Black uniform?

Is Heiny in the SS?

How is it you don't know?

George Heisler, haven't you been home?

Come on, Ludi.

Ludi. Come on.

No, mama. Not yet.

Go on. Kiss your father goodnight.

A fine thing.

You've been telling me a pack of lies and I believed them.

What have you been up to?

I knew there was something odd about the way you look.

You're in some sort of trouble.

Paul. This is wrong.

I can't stay here.

I never should have come here in the first place.

What is the matter with you? Sit down.

I said sit down and tell me what this is all about.

Paul. Haven't you got a radio? Don't you read the papers?

No.

I escaped. Two days ago.

From Westhofen.

From Westhofen?

The concentration camp?

You?

So that's where you have been all this time.

A fine thing, I must say.

George, they'll kill you if they catch you.

That's right.

And you want to leave here?

You are crazy.

Paul, don't you see? I can't stay here.

I shouldn't have come in the first place. I don't know why I ..

But I wasn't thinking very clearly.

And after all, you were the only one I could ..

I shouldn't have come. The Gestapo might be on my heels.

Well, if they are it is too late anyway.

If they come I'll just tell them I don't know anything about it.

You never told me.

After all ..

An old friend has the right to pay an unexpected visit, hasn't he?

I can't turn you out in the street now.

You are staying here.

What we've got to do is think about tomorrow.

What about your friends?

You know the ones I mean.

The ones who would know about passports and things like that.

First, I must find the holes they've crawled in to.

Or the graves they are buried in.

A fine thing.

How about Franz Marnet? Where is he now?

I don't know. Berlin, I guess.

There is one other man. One other man. Sauer. Sauer.

Bruno Sauer.

An architect.

It's a long chance.

He's likely in a concentration camp too. - No.

No. He was never really one of us.

I remember he always used to say to me: don't bother me with this.

Five Marks for this, ten Marks for that.

But if you ever have something big, really big, you can count on me.

Well, his time has come.

Do you know where he lives?

In Circasse.

Number 12 I think.

I'll go first thing in the morning.

Don't tell Liesel.

Don't tell Liesel what?

I had a little fight at home. - George is spending the night here.

But don't tell anyone. - Well, what's happened?

It's a long story. - He can sleep on the sofa.

But of course.

Paul.

Do you think you can get some tickets for the B�rkenheim football game?

The Mannitz are going.

You know, I don't really like these ball games.

But every time Frau Mannitz goes I just have to go.

Some more coffee, Paul?

Herr Sauer please.

It is important.

Wait here please.

You wish to see my husband? - Yes.

He is shaving.

It is important.

Can you wait?

I am on my way to work. If I could see him for just two minutes.

Well.

If you will come this way please.

He will see you.

Come in.

You want to see me?

What can I do for you?

I bring you the regards of a mutual friend.

I wonder if you still remember him. He was with you once on a canoeing trip.

On Lake Neide.

I am afraid I don't understand.

Whose regards are you bringing me?

It was more than three years ago.

You said to him that if there was ever something big he wanted done ..

He could count on you.

I still don't understand at all.

I think you must have the wrong address.

You will have to excuse me.

I am afraid your friend put you in touch with the wrong man.

I happen to be in a great hurry just now.

Hedy.

Will you show this man the door, Hedy.

I heard what he said.

Did you see the little rat sniffing around?

Trying to drag me into something.

You have cut yourself.

He was speaking of George Heisler, wasn't he?

How do I know?

Who was he? - I never saw the fellow before.

But he knew what you said to Heisler. - He might very well be a Gestapo.

He might very well have been sent by Heisler.

You didn't even try to find out.

You are a coward.

How can I be sure?

You told yourself for years someday you'd do something. You never meant it.

You have been fooling yourself. Excusing your own weakness.

Today you had a chance but you didn't take it.

You were afraid. - Hedy, please.

Why do you torture me?

What is wrong between us? - What do you think?

When I left home to marry you.

It was because everything there was repulsive to me.

My father. My brothers Their way of living.

I think sometimes of the plans you used to have.

What has become of them?

The things you used to say. The things you planned to do.

I can't help it.

I don't dare to risk anything.

My home. My family.

You.

I am very much in love with you, Hedy.

You have chosen the wrong way to keep me.

I would risk all this. All of it.

It is no use to me now.

Because I have lost my respect for you.

It's a shame.

It shouldn't have happened.

75 Marks.

It isn't much but it is all we could gather.

Seaman's papers.

Passport.

Reinhardt, you are an artist. - We are fooling ourselves.

What is the good of all this if we can't find George?

Not much. But there won't be much value in finding George if this isn't ready.

There's two possibilities.

Either George is done for and incapable of thinking, or else he can still think.

In which case we should be able to figure out what he is thinking.

We can't just sit here and wait.

We must try to figure out ..

[ Doorbell ]

Good evening.

Good evening, Herr Sauer.

Come in.

You all know Bruno Sauer.

Yes.

I remember.

I came because I have something to tell you.

We haven't seen you for some time.

Sit down. - No thank you.

I will just tell you and then I will go.

A man came to see me this morning.

I had never seen him before.

But what he told may be something in which you are interested.

He said he came with a message from a mutual friend.

He didn't name the mutual friend.

But I think he was speaking of George Heisler.

You know Heisler escaped from Westhofen and is hiding somewhere in the city.

He needs help. I think that is why he sent that man to me.

I could not be sure the man was what he said he was so I sent him away.

I think now I may have been mistaken.

What was the messenger's name? - I don't know. He didn't say.

What did he look like? - Small, slight.

Sandy-haired and freckled.

Clothes? He might have been a factory worker.

He wore glasses. - That must be ..

I don't blame you for not being willing to speak in front of me.

I will go now.

I have told you all I know.

Wait.

Sit down.

You have done a great deal for us.

Franz.

Who is the man? - Paul Roeder.

It must be Paul Roeder.

Little. A wide mouth.

A manner like a .. like a boy?

I'm not sure where he lives but I know the area. I'll enquire at the market.

Be careful. Ask Roeder where Heisler is.

Go directly to Heisler. Give him the papers and tell him about the boat.

He is to be at the Castello landing tomorrow night.

Any time after midnight. The later the better.

My boat's name is Wilhelmine. She sails at dawn.

The Castello pier. The Wilhelmine. Between midnight and dawn.

Welcome home.

Thank you.

For speaking of your plans in front of me.

It is a good feeling.

Liesel?

She ran down to the market.

A fine friend, your friend Sauer.

What happened? - He threw me out.

He said he didn't understand.

He understood alright. He just wasn't taking any chances.

You'd think I didn't have any kids. I've got kids too.

A fine thing.

Now what?

What now?

You'll have to sleep here again tonight.

No. It is too dangerous for you.

The precincts will all have my picture by now.

The precinct captains notify the block wardens.

The block wardens notify the janitors.

The janitors report everyone who goes in or comes out.

Did anybody see you come up here yesterday?

There was no-one in the hallway. I don't know about the street.

I did something today.

I spoke to a fellow at the factory.

About me?

I had to.

We have to take somebody into our confidence or we'll never get anywhere.

That fellow Sauer.

You should see his bathroom.

Like a Hollywood movie.

Whom did you speak to at the factory?

His name is Fiedler.

I looked about me and I thought ..

Emeric?

No. Walderman? No. Haller?

It went on like that all morning. I burnt myself.

Don't tell Liesel.

Well, I picked Fiedler. - Why?

I don't know exactly.

I just had a feeling.

I am to meet him at 7 o'clock.

He is a good man, George.

How can we judge? What can I measure by? I don't know who has got connections.

The only thing I can trust now is a man's heart.

You may be right. I don't know.

I had to do something.

You know, George.

I have got to get rid of you.

It's Liesel.

Oh. Dinner is ready.

Take your sweater off, Ludi.

They are all out of coffee again at the market.

A man asked about us.

Yes. Someone at the market was asking about us a while ago.

Asking about us?

Yes.

Frau Mannitz said a man asked where we live.

What do you suppose it can be?

He can't know us so well if he doesn't know where we live.

I have to go now, Liesel. I can't stay.

Without dinner? - It's getting late.

Thanks for everything, Liesel.

I'll go with you. - You stay here.

Are you crazy?

You haven't had your dinner.

You're not coming with me. - Yes I am.

Liesel, listen. Listen carefully.

Don't tell anyone George was here.

No matter who asks, he wasn't here.

So that's it. I felt there was something funny about this. He's in trouble.

Why didn't you tell me? - There isn't time now.

I will tell you when I get back.

Down the back stairs.

Please go back. - We won't talk about that.

I am taking you with me to meet Fielder. He is waiting at the Firkerhof Inn.

[ Doorbell ]

What is it?

Frau Roeder?

Yes.

I'd like to speak to your husband. - He is not here.

When will he be back? - I don't know.

Not for a long time.

You mean .. he will be coming home late?

I couldn't say.

Where did he go? - I don't know.

I am afraid I can't do anything for you. He won't be back.

Thank you.

Heil Hitler.

Heil Hitler.

"Though he knows he and his kind in the year 1936 are dying fast in Germany."

"And that the day will come when they will all be gone."

"Yet here he is, doing what he can."

"Because in him too there flickers the small flame like a candle in the wind."

"That has not gone out even in this dark land."

Fiedler, something has happened.

He you figured anything out? Did you arrange it?

I've taken a room here for my cousin Otto Haas.

Stopping over in Mainz.

You can bring him here tomorrow. Remember the name, Otto Haas.

Tomorrow is too late.

Couldn't your cousin come a day earlier? - Why?

Because he is outside now.

Somebody has been enquiring about me. I had to get him out of the house.

Would it be alright for him to take the room now?

Room 7 upstairs.

My cousin is here.

He came a day early.

Let us have three beers. We will drink them upstairs.

Things have changed so here. It's hard to know who can be trusted.

I have lost my connections.

What do you know of Wilhelm Reinhardt?

He plays on the B�rkenheim football team.

I wouldn't know.

I mention Reinhardt as I saw him a few days ago with a man called Franz Marnet.

Marnet I think is a member of the underground so maybe ..

Did you say Marnet? Franz Marnet? - Is he here in Mainz?

It was in a movie. Dark. I may be mistaken.

But he is in Berlin. - That's why I noticed him.

If we can find Franz .. - I know where to find him.

If you can get to Reinhardt we can ask him where Franz is.

It's dangerous to ask a man a question like that outright.

Just because Marnet was in a movie with Reinhardt doesn't mean they think alike.

It is worth trying.

I'll visit Reinhardt on my way to work tomorrow.

And ask him for tickets to the football game.

Liesel wants the tickets anyway.

A little gossip and I can find out where Marnet is.

I'll say that I heard he was back in town and I'm an old friend and ..

Sounds alright. - Yes. It must be tried.

Be careful what you say. We'd better go now.

You finish your beer.

I never thought I would see the time when I didn't want a glass of beer.

A fine thing.

The stomach. Nerves.

I'm sorry, Paul.

What is a little stomach trouble between old friends?

"You have seen great courage tonight."

"Paul and Fiedler taking chances."

"Endangering themselves."

"They don't have to do this but they do it."

"Why?"

"Fuellgrabe was wrong."

"Why?"

One moment.

What is your name? - Paul Roeder.

Come with us please.

I have to make your bed.

How long will you be here?

I don't know. I am not sure.

I have to know because of the linen.

How many rooms do you take care of? - All of them.

There aren't so many.

What is your name?

Toni. Short for Antonia.

Well, I can't make the bed if you sit on it.

That is very good.

Where did you learn how to make a bed?

In the army?

You are not a native of Mainz?

How do you know?

By the way you speak.

It takes a native to know a native.

Are you from here?

Where are you from?

I am from W�rzburg.

How did you get here?

I came here when my parents died because my grandmother lives here.

Then she died.

You don't have to help me anymore now.

Just sit down over there.

Where do you live? - Right here at the inn.

Do they pay you well?

I don't need much.

I get my room and meals.

Good meals? - Uhuh.

Is this what you do all day?

Well.

Some days I just answer questions.

I am sorry.

It's just that I like to hear you speak.

You are very pretty.

You don't like to say that to you, do you?

You've had other guests say it. I know that. But I mean it.

I really mean it.

You are the prettiest girl I ever saw.

Wait.

May I get out of the chair long enough to open the door for you?

Yes.

They took him away in a car.

I've been watching the Gestapo building ever since. He is still in there.

You can't stay here so long Franz. It isn't safe. You will be noticed.

Roeder will crack. He'll tell them where George is.

George should be warned. We must find him.

Don't take unnecessary risks.

There are too few of us as it is.

Paul Roeder has probably already cracked.

We have lost. They have won.

I don't like abandoning George.

Abandoning is not the word. There is nothing else we can do.

Paul Roeder was our only link to George Heisler and we have lost him.

You'll need at least 8 gallons of paint.

Order it from the Hollander Paint Company. Their prices are fair.

If you want to do it I'll order the paint this afternoon.

Do that. They take about a week to deliver.

I am in no hurry.

I will be at Reinhardt's if you want me.

Where is Roeder?

I don't know.

He says Roeder was picked up by the Gestapo this morning.

The Gestapo picked up Roeder this morning.

The Gestapo picked up Roeder this morning.

It's Fiedler.

I can't stay. I came to warn you.

I thought they had caught you already. - What happened?

Roeder hasn't been at the factory today.

The rumor is the Gestapo picked him up this morning. You must leave here.

If he tells them where you are, you're finished. This place will be a trap.

I've got to go now.

I'm leaving the city for a few days.

What are you going to do?

I'm going to stay here. - Here?

Where do you expect me to go?

My staying here is the only chance that Marnet may find me.

There's a chance Paul spoke to Reinhardt or Marnet before they picked him up.

I must stay here in order to be found.

If Paul tells the Gestapo you're here .. - He won't.

Better men than Paul Roeder have cracked.

There are no better men than Paul Roeder.

You'd better go now.

I'll be here. - Good.

You took a long chance coming here.

I'm grateful.

A fine thing.

Hello Reinhardt.

Good evening, Roeder.

I am sorry to disturb you but Liesel ..

That is my wife.

Wanted very much to go to the B�rkenheim football game on Sunday.

She has been nagging me about it. You know how women are.

So, I wondered if there was ..

Oh.

Thanks.

By the way.

At the factory today somebody mentioned an old friend of mine.

I haven't seen him for years.

I was always very fond of him.

A fine fellow.

They told me they saw you at the movies with him.

With whom? - Franz Marnet.

I thought if you could tell me where to find him ..

I would like to ask him for dinner .. or something.

I'd like him to meet Liesel.

That is my wife.

A nice fellow. I always liked him.

A very find type of character.

Can you tell me where he is?

You see.

He likes sauerbrot so ..

We thought we'd like to invite him ..

Where did you get this watch fob?

Franz Marnet. You gave it to him yourself.

Years ago.

Here is the delicatessen you ordered.

Here. I have something else for you.

I don't know what's in it but I can guess.

Franz Marnet enjoys cigars.

And he says to tell you ..

Your other friend has been questioned by the Gestapo today.

But he didn't tell them anything and he has been released.

And you are to be at the river at the Castello landing at dawn.

The boat. The Wilhelmine. A Dutch boat. You are expected.

And stay here until it is almost time to sail.

Nobody knows you are here except the ones who won't tell.

And that is all.

Sandwiches.

Good luck.

Thank Franz for me.

And the others. I don't know them.

I'll tell them. - And thank you.

I don't know your name. - Schlamm. Poldi Schlamm.

You don't have to thank me. I didn't do much.

You did enough.

You know, yesterday afternoon at the delicatessen where I work.

The ants got into the sugar bowl.

By the end of the day ..

The sugar bowl was empty.

And the ants had moved all the sugar to the other end of the shop.

Each one of them did his own little job.

Together.

They emptied the whole sugar bowl.

See what I mean?

I see.

Well. Good luck.

And.

They can't kill all the ants, can they.

Goodbye.

Eat the salami sandwich. I made it myself.

[ Door knocks ]

Yes? - It's Toni.

Come in.

I brought you some beer. - Thank you.

Will you have a sandwich? - No thanks.

I have enough. - No.

No thank you. I have to go back downstairs.

The Gestapo has been checking the Inn about this time every evening and ..

I have to be downstairs and show them the register.

It seems there is a fugitive in the district and they are looking for him.

Well, I thought I'd bring you some beer.

This way. Come.

I will be back. Lock the door.

Stop it.

Stop it. That's enough.

I am alright, mein liebe.

I am alright.

Where is Ludi? Where are the children?

I took them to aunt Maria's.

I was afraid to leave them here.

Good.

We'll leave them at aunt Maria's and have ourselves a little holiday.

We'll eat dinner at a restaurant and go to a movie afterwards.

Would you like that?

Stop crying.

What happened?

Tell me what happened at the Gestapo.

Well, it was all a great hocus-pocus.

You should have heard them.

They asked me how long I had known George.

Where and when.

Who were his friends and who were my friends.

So, I said to myself ..

If they really knew anything they wouldn't ask so many questions.

They threatened awful things happening to me if I didn't tell them everything.

And you know what I discovered?

They only know what you tell them.

They want us to think they know everything, but they don't.

They only know I'm a friend of George's and I had a visitor yesterday afternoon.

Well, how did they know that?

The janitor has reported that she saw somebody go in.

Well, of all ..

She thought she was doing her duty.

She doesn't know any better.

You know, Liesel.

Nowadays you've got to know a lot to know what's the right thing to do.

I can't get over that janitor. - Well, don't say anything.

Now. You go in and wash your face.

Change your dress.

We'll have dinner at the Wienerplatz. Then go on to the Olympia.

Paul.

What about George?

George is alright.

He will be well taken care of. - I'm glad.

When I was alone today and waiting ..

I didn't know what was happening to you.

I'd hate anyone who would do anything to you or to our home.

But I figured ..

It wasn't George that did it.

I know.

I've been thinking too.

I'd like to have Franz Marnet over some evening.

Who is he? What for?

An old friend. Just to talk. A cup of coffee maybe.

It is interesting to exchange ideas with a fellow like Marnet.

Shall I wear the red dress?

Absolutely.

The red dress.

I am sorry I couldn't come sooner. I had to stay down there.

I had to go on serving beer.

I was afraid to leave. Someone might notice.

The Gestapo men will be back in the morning.

They checked the Inn but the man in Room 7 had gone out.

They'll be back in the morning to take a look at him.

I will be gone by then.

I am leaving between midnight and dawn.

I haven't had a chance to thank you.

It was a very brave and generous thing for you to do.

Why did you do it?

Toni.

Toni.

I don't want you to go. I don't want you to go.

Some people live all their lives together.

See each other every day.

They sit together like this knowing that tomorrow they can sit together again.

And the day after.

And the day after.

They never stop to think how lucky they are.

We'll meet again. You will see.

I'll never see you again.

I know it. You know it.

No, no. Toni. I'll send for you. I promise.

No. This is all I'll ever have to remember.

These few hours.

I will forget your face.

I will try to see it in my mind.

And I will lie awake and cry because I can't remember it.

I'll remember yours.

It isn't fair.

A few hours.

Your whole life crowded into a few hours.

My life began yesterday.

It will be over at dawn.

And I will be dead in all the years to come.

Hold me.

God help the people who live on this earth and draw their comfort from it.

And sometimes from each other.

[ Bell chimes ]

Where will you go?

I don't know.

You needn't be afraid to tell me.

I'm not. I really don't know.

Holland maybe.

How soon will it be light?

Soon.

Perhaps half an hour.

Take care of your hand.

What will you do in Holland?

Work.

I have a debt to pay.

Do you owe money? - No, no.

Not money.

Oh, I see.

You want to pay back the people who hurt you.

No.

The people who healed me.

"Toni. Franz Marnet. Paul Roeder."

"Madam Marelli. Dr Lowenstein."

"Fiedler. Schlamm."

There are some whose names I will never know.

"Leo Hermann. Reinhardt."

"Bruno Sauer. Hedy Sauer."

I have a debt to pay.

Not only for their help but for what they taught me.

Today, l know something I never knew before.

I know that no matter how cruelly the world strikes into the souls of men ..

There is a God-given decency in them.

That will come out if it gets half a chance.

That is the hope for the human race.

That is the faith we must cling to.

The only thing that will make our lives worth saving.

I am sure that is what Wallau wanted me to understand back in Westhofen.

Who is Wallau?

He was my friend.

"Goodbye, George Heisler."

"I can leave you now."

I will go with you. I'll walk with you on your way.

No.

Goodbye, Toni.

Bye.

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