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Luca, up.

Come

on, get up.

Get up, I said.

Hello, I want to speak to Colonel Barber.

Pavlov, what a pleasure!

Andrey, I brought you some new medicine.

How are the headaches?

Any better?

Olga is trying to find some more work to do, so while the camp is empty you

should get some more rest.

She has to keep busy, otherwise she remembers too much.

Like all of us.

Germans?

German men.

Looks like Comrade Pavlov is playing one of his little jokes on us.

The gate was open. The camp is empty, Captain.

It isn't now, Lieutenant.

51 prisoners of war.

There was 53 Sign here

You can always make an official complaint.

It's bloody cold.

Need those jackets?

Not yet.

They're just a bunch of women.

They don't know what to do with us.

Let's just see what happens.

You killed my whole family, you fuckers! You killed my whole family, you fuckers!

Quiet! Quiet!

This is for my sister!

This is for Sasha!

Get her!

Go! It was close.

Thank you.

These Russian bitches.

What do you expect after what we did to them?

Olga said 48 of them died in a mine in Sverdlovsk.

We have to request more food. Ashley, you don't really think we should look

after them, do you?

They were starved at that mine. That's what should happen to them here.

Remember what we had to eat in Leningrad.

Let them eat the same.

Oh.

They swine, they used to.

Schmidt! Yes?

Schoenfelder! No, Schoenfelder!

Don't be cheeky!

Vogel!

Yes?

Weber?

That's Weber.

Corporal Weber.

Corporal. Martin Heinrich Weber.

Olga Kolorov. Vera Dezenov.

Wirt.

Yes.

Nehring. Yes.

Mueller.

Diarrhea.

We've all had it, given what they fed us of the mind.

Men have got painful joints, bleeding gums, loose teeth, scurvy... Are you a

doctor?

No.

What is your name?

Bolt.

Max Bolt.

What is wrong with him?

He took some shrapnel in the head.

They patched him up.

Seems harmless enough.

We're all harmless.

Get out of here before I report you.

You're a good

doctor.

Thank you for permitting this.

Colonel Pavlov, such a pleasure.

Pleasure is all mine, Captain.

Thank you.

Though I have heard some rather unfortunate rumors.

What is it, Colonel Pavlov?

A little bird told me that your prisoners are having the time of their

lives. Is that true, Captain Olga Alexandrova?

Most definitely not, Colonel Pavlov.

Excellent. That's just what I wanted to hear, Captain.

Now I must go and see the prisoner's medical reports.

Of course.

Please. But I will see the doctor alone, thank you.

We could do with the provisions we asked for, comrade.

And some more medicine.

We won't survive the winter with what you've sent so far.

You underestimate yourselves, comrade.

How is Andrei?

Andrei?

I saw him out by the gate.

Doing his usual tricks. He seemed better.

Perhaps it might be best for both of you if you're in a proper sanatorium.

I could look after him better here.

Well, I'm sure you can, comrade.

Listen, let me share something with you.

Intelligence tells us that in this camp alone there might be several high

-ranking war criminals hiding amongst the prisoners.

The party wants results.

So we'll be keeping the Germans here until we achieve them.

And I was thinking that someone who got to know the prisoners personally, one

might say intimately, might have the best chance of ascertaining the truth.

Someone the prisoners trusted, someone with integrity.

Like, say, a doctor, perhaps.

What are you asking me to do, comrade?

What do you think I'm asking you to do, comrade?

Come over here, child.

Come.

What is your name?

I'm sorry.

Citizen Jomina.

You were laughing so merrily. Why?

Take off your coat.

My coat?

Yes, take it off.

Face me Take off your

blouse

And the brassiere?

The brassiere. Take it off. Now.

Do it.

Let your fascist boyfriend see.

Such a good doctor.

I know exactly what's going on in this

camp.

I outrank you, Peter.

So this is an order. Stay away from her.

Stay away from all of them.

You never know what you might catch.

He's right.

Russian women are the devil's own bitches.

Not all of them.

Some were quite sweet.

You had a Russian girlfriend?

Hey, Muller.

Did I?

Or did I not have Russian girlfriends, huh?

Boy, you're a fun boy.

I had Russian girlfriends, all right.

It was a direct contravention of orders.

I cutted out my orders, Klaus.

Don't you worry about that.

Just didn't waste any bullets on them.

That's all.

You

were

lucky today.

Keep your head down and you might get out of here alive.

All those German soldiers staring at her.

Like they've never seen a real woman before.

He knows something.

He just likes to scare us.

I wonder who his little bird is.

What did the two of you talk about?

We just wanted to see the prisoner's medical reports.

That's it.

Don't tell me you suspect me.

I suspect everyone.

You save someone.

Who knows?

He may turn out to be a war criminal.

You inform on someone else.

He may be innocent.

Pavlov hangs him anyway and you're not sent away.

And it's also very, very logical.

Is this all of them? All present and correct.

When you were taken prisoner, each of you was ordered to provide us with your

full details.

Some of you did not.

Some of you lied. Some of you invented new names.

This was perfectly understandable given the nature of your crimes.

But for those of you who took part in the terrible actions of the SS,

a new name will be of no comfort to you. You will be found.

And when we find you, you will be treated not as a prisoner

of war, but as a war criminal.

In 1941, in the occupied region of Leningrad, the 8th SS Division,

under the command of a Colonel Heinrich Lombard, and with the aid of a Captain

Edi Schneivach, committed certain illegal acts.

Together they conspired to murder Soviet citizens, men, women,

and children.

Nehring. Arthur Nehring.

Nehring.

Nehring. Nehring.

Muller. Ernest Muller.

Why are you nervous, Salter?

He's scared.

We're defeated.

We're at your mercy.

So, we are all scared.

Yes.

Nehring, Muller, step forward.

Captain Nivac?

It was not me.

It was him.

He gave the orders.

The Colonel.

He's the one you want.

It's not me. I am innocent.

Colonel Lombard?

Rest assured, no one.

Not one of you will escape Soviet justice.

Who's the prisoner with the scar over his eye?

I don't know.

You don't know his name?

You should ponder a sec.

On May the 8th, 1945,

fascist Germany surrendered to our heroic Soviet army.

We, the Soviet people, have shown the German prisoners great humanity.

We spared their lives. We gave them shelter.

We shared our food with them.

We gave them the opportunity to exercise their guilt.

because of the nature of their crimes remain the enemies of the Soviet people.

They tried to escape punishment.

They were not successful.

The time has come for these men to pay for their deeds.

We get through this.

You and me.

As long as we look out one for another.

Breathe in.

Deeply.

Please turn around.

Anything wrong?

No, you're fine.

Peter? Dad?

Everybody?

Dead?

Dead too?

The hands will never get used to this. They'll have to.

We're just slaves, aren't we?

Everyone is in the same boat.

We'd better stick together.

We are all we've got here.

Bort!

Report to the doctor's office immediately.

He's to bring some tools.

Ah, doctor's office.

At least I'll get out of this cold for a while.

Lucky you.

What's wrong? Are you afraid of rats?

In Leningrad, the rats could hardly move.

Just like the rest of us.

We picked them up by their tails, threw them on the stove and toasted them.

Ate them skein and all.

Colonel Pavlov, the supplies are in order.

This one's not very thin.

Positively overfed.

Reduce their rations by one-third.

I can't have German prisoners fattening up when Soviet citizens go hungry.

The Soviet people have shown you great mercy, far greater than any of

you deserve.

Of course, some of you may wish to atone for your crimes.

Others of you are hoping that you will escape punishment altogether.

I can tell... What

shall we do with the prisoners, comrade?

Let them stay out here and contemplate their crimes.

You know,

comrade doctor...

I feel you should keep a closer eye on your ailing husband.

You're not as badly wounded as people think you are, Alejandro.

Your wife's a very attractive woman.

Is it upsetting for you the fact that she's around men all day long?

So? What did that son of a bitch have to say to Olga?

We're all on the same side. Except while we were starving in Leningrad, he and

his cronies were hiding out in their cozy NKVD bunker.

He and his cronies have the power to send you to Siberia.

So even in Siberia they need doctors.

Compliments. From the son of a bitch. No.

Come on, we all need a little vodka now and then.

Pavlov was asking about Klaus Promst and Max Bort.

He suspects them, so we're to keep an eye on them.

And on Andrei, too.

Andrei?

Why? Why Andrei?

Pavlov reckons he isn't up to the job, that Olga should replace him.

If he goes, I go too. Calm down.

He just thinks he'd be better off in a sanatorium, that's all.

Oh, let me guess where that is. Siberia?

We must all take care.

Today's inspection wasn't something he dreamt up.

Someone is informing on us.

They will starve to death.

We owe them nothing.

We're not their executioners either.

Do you really think I give a shit about those Nazis?

We still have a duty to the prisoners in our care.

Then what we need is proper jobs and proper food for them.

What about the railway depot?

That crazy Jew?

What about him?

I'm sure Yakov could use the extra workers.

You can have them as long as you like.

Until they're transferred.

I suppose it'll speed things up a bit.

Are you sure you can feed them? Two meals a day, as promised.

How did I come to be feeding Germans?

It's going very well Hard-working efficient

very German in fact Yakov

the war is over for them maybe

I Still miss

so many things Sorry

It's okay.

Shouldn't a child like Zina know life's pleasures?

Dancing.

Lipstick.

Music. I miss music.

Imagine if we could make them put everything back the way it was. Every

bridge. Every building. Every dance hall.

Do you remember the annual railway yard dance?

Yes. I still have all the music.

And the decorations I even have are musical instruments.

All you need is an orchestra.

What if... What if we could add musical ability

to hardworking and efficient?

Germans come from the land of Beethoven and Brahms. There must be some musicians

among them.

What did Pavlov say?

No, they've allowed music in some Moscow camps. Why not here?

It will be our project. We can give it a suitable name, like International

Ideological Corrective Activity.

You're a genius.

A genius!

Dismiss!

Come along, come along. We haven't got all day.

Yes.

I'm a Jew.

He's a fucking Jew.

So, what are you going to do about it?

That's a touch.

If only you knew what it took not to use that as firewood during the siege.

Good man.

Good man.

Please.

Please.

Maybe you should have joined the band too.

What are you gonna play, farm boy?

An instrument to play.

It's all right. Come with me.

Well done.

Now, play!

No, no, no, no, no, not like that. Not like that.

Go. Go.

Take your instruments, repair them, and learn the songs you've been given.

Beautiful, isn't it?

We need to talk.

It's important.

Your doctor friend's been asking me questions.

About the war.

About us.

How about you?

Do you think we can trust her?

Why are you asking me?

Because she likes you.

And you like her.

If we work together and give her a few names, maybe we could get ourselves on a

train back to Germany.

They will miss them.

Besides, they're not going to last much longer.

Oh, Dressler, that farm boy's no good to anyone.

You know, Schwarz, stay away from me.

Think about it.

What? Follow me, Dr. Zorus.

It's time you decide which side you're on.

I'm on my side.

Remember, Max, I know who you are and who you were.

I know what you're up to.

Yes, come in.

You wanted to see me?

Russian rats are tougher than we thought.

You shouldn't have done the job in the first place if you weren't up to it.

I got my tools.

Bought.

What would you do to get out of here?

Go home and see your wife?

I won't betray my people.

Your people murdered innocent civilians.

Tell me, how many did you kill?

How many children?

If a girl with a live grenade came running at you, would you shoot her?

So you killed little Russian girls?

No.

But I saw them kill and get killed.

Go and get your tools.

Do you really think I'm a killer of children?

And what about Klaus Prompst?

Is he a war criminal?

Ask of yourself.

Natasha.

Sugar.

And potatoes.

We will be arrested.

What are you talking about?

Come.

Come.

I had a delivery two days ago.

And it's vanished.

Into thin air.

Look.

See?

This. That's it.

And here, a bottle of wool hit me short.

Do you know anything about this?

It's you.

You feeling little... Zina, do you know what's wrong?

Nothing.

I'm pregnant.

Fucking whore!

I still have to report it. Absolutely not.

No. But Olga and Elena have to know.

What do we have to know?

I'll take care of it.

Well?

As your superior, I order you to tell me.

Why? Just so you can run off and inform Pavlov?

What?

You really want to know?

Who the rat is?

It's number eight.

You may recognize the handwriting.

The doctor is a spy.

She's working for the Nazis against the Soviet state.

And she's poisoning me with pills.

Andrei. No.

No.

But he doesn't know what he's doing.

Maybe.

But if I told Pavlov that, he would have him removed, right?

Andrei?

Someone has been trying to send false reports to Pavlov.

It could get me a lot of trouble.

Do you remember this?

We loved to dance.

Did you see?

Andri?

Andri...

It has to stop.

Can they play?

Some of them, Colonel.

Colonel Pavlov?

Zina, it's early, so it won't be difficult.

No.

Zina, you can't have the baby.

I won't kill it.

We have each other.

We love each other.

What else matters?

Boyfriend This

is what happens to prisoners

who steal food

Natasha, you can do something.

Help him, help me, please.

Comrade Pavlov, you may have a word.

I think I know where the missing food might be.

Where?

Come with me, if you will.

What are the keys?

The keys?

Should I search for sterling potatoes in these uniforms, comrade?

Arrest her. She's the collaborator.

Arrest her! She's the collaborator!

I have long suspected Corporal Turina of deviant behavior.

What? On many occasions she has mysteriously disappeared and behaved

erratically. Stop

it!

Sergeant!

But, Pavlov, I can explain.

It wasn't me.

I'm a good communist.

Take her to the truck.

Well

done,

comrade.

This proves the German is innocent.

Yes, possibly.

I'm sure he's guilty of something else.

Apparently the man we're searching for went to Berlin University in the

engineering department.

What are you suggesting I do?

Comrade, we've seen you informing on Soviets.

Why don't you try your hand at Germans?

Comrade, perhaps the chief of Leningrad's NKVD could spare the time to

attend our musical celebration at the weekend. Your attendance would be very

helpful.

Yakov, such a dreamer. He's certain to invite the Germans.

An opportunity we should not miss.

Make sure we have some of our best people there.

What the fuck?

Everybody outside.

No!

Take

off

your clothes.

I said, take off your clothes.

They're going to kill us.

Everything. This way!

Inside!

Can't you guess?

something that fits, you're going to the dance tonight. Not only the musicians,

but all of you. Please.

Please.

Whoa.

Where are the clothes from?

Why?

Does it bother you?

That's it.

There's a pair of brown trousers here.

Trousers, anyone?

Don't think of them as your enemy.

They're here to be entertained. They want you to play well.

So play well.

They'll kill us before we play a single note.

It's the way you play, Ernst.

It will be a blessing.

It's time, gentlemen.

Let's go. Now. Immediately. Right now. Let's go. Let's go.

Ivan!

There you are. I've been looking all over for you. Have the Germans arrived?

Yes.

Shall I bring them in?

No, don't worry.

I'll do it. Relax.

What can go wrong?

Everything can go wrong, Ivan.

In you come, in you come, quick as you can.

Come on, come on! Take your positions!

Positions! Quick! Quick! Play!

Play! Play!

Play!

May I have the pleasure?

I think I know the man you're looking for.

This is our last dance.

So, everyone, please join in.

You're a wonderful dancer, Doctor.

Oh, such good manners.

Tell me, do Germans learn this at university, or is this a typical Aryan

trade?

I didn't go to university.

Not now Anton.

Let's not spoil the party.

Put it away.

Put it away.

Okay. Open the door.

Yeah. Come on.

Good night.

Good night.

Tasha.

He's younger than me.

Oh, lucky you.

He says... What?

He says I'm the first girl he ever cared for.

And do you believe him?

I don't know.

But I do know that I don't want to be alone.

and follow your heart.

What shall we do?

What about Olga?

Fuck Olga.

And fuck Pavlov too.

Andrei, open the gate.

Come on Andre, open it.

And make sure you have them back here by dawn.

Lucky bastards.

Huh?

It's a suicide note.

You've been upsetting me, Max.

You lost your faith.

You sympathized with the enemy.

But I'm making sure you're not dishonored.

Your family will be proud of you.

Germany, too.

Close your eyes again, Max.

You're already dead.

No!

This is crazy.

Did you know him?

Yes.

From university?

He was my student.

Do you know what he did during the war?

When the war started, I lost touch of him.

He was notorious even by SS standards

Well comrade you are a true Soviet

I Was worried you might be lost in your mission

What are you doing here?

Andrea is being relieved of his duties.

I thought we had a deal.

We did have a deal. Now it's over.

Take me instead.

This is better.

Russia! I've lost my mind.

Stalin's made yet another new agreement with the Allies.

We're sending all the Germans back home.

What?

Trucks will be arriving at 600 hours tomorrow morning.

We only have a few hours.

Come on.

How many are missing?

About a dozen.

Don't worry, we'll find them.

When they hear they're going home, they'll come running.

Get dressed.

You're going back home.

It's not possible.

It's more than possible.

Get back to the camp now.

Hey!

Hey!