Original subtitles

Oh, damn.

You'll find Captain Kraft up there.

- Thank you, soldier. - Get down.

Shh, shh, be quiet.

Is this trench 17-A 154?

Yes.

Lieutenant Von Przygodski, reporting for duty, sir.

Go put the soup on, Schultz.

Would you like to come down here?

Is it absolutely necessary?

The... It is custom.

Yes. Follow me, would you?

Welcome to the front, Lieutenant.

Yes, very smart, I'm sure.

New boots.

What do you expect to find here, Lieutenant?

Fame and glory, of course. I'm a Prussian.

Military background. My father was a colonel.

- Heroism is my destiny. - Is it?

Is it'? Very good.

Ugh, God, you ought to be shot, Schultz.

If you want heroism you should try some of Schultz's soup.

Follow me.

You can almost smell the enemy's breath,

- can't you, Lieutenant? - Yes, sir.

War is one of the most fascinating aspects

of human nature. Did you know that?

Listen. The men, sir.

They seem to be cheering.

Enthusiasm. It's enthusiasm for battle.

Captain Kraft! The war is over, Captain!

Do you still want fame and honor, Lieutenant?

Yes, sir.

But it's an Allied trick.

They'll do anything to distract us from our cause.

The war will never be over while we are losing.

This is a trap!

Attack! Attack! Attack!

War is over!

It's over.

He's awake!

Excuse me but where am I exactly?

I'm... I'm awfully sorry...

My regiment.

I need to rejoin my regiment.

Where?

But we found this helmet in your hands.

We thought you were one of us.

Lying to us, eating our bread, drinking our milk!

Sleeping in our beds! With our pillows!

Our hero.

Looking at our girls!

Excuse me.

I have a problem, I have to get back to Berlin.

If you want to go to Berlin, that train is the best bet.

It was not like this before.

Not here, demonstrations, surely?

Demonstration after demonstration.

All of you, stop whatever you are doing

before it's too late!

Hmm, but Berlin will always be Berlin. No?

And we shall look the other way.

- Pretend it isn't happening. - Yeah.

♪ It isn't wrong to be prepared To fight a'

♪ Together to unite If we believe a'

♪ In giving everything Our heart and soul a'

♪ Until we reach the goal We should achieve X

♪ It shouldn't matter If we're brown or white a'

♪ Yellow or black as night To anyone a'

Go away.

Don't, it's the only thing I brought back.

- God's sake! - Come back!

Leave me alone! Find your own pigs!

How do you expect to win a revolution

if all you're interest in is food?

Leave me alone, find your own pigs.

[{dogs bark] Relax!

Good morning!

Mufti?

Mother?

Uh... ex... excuse me?

Excuse me'?

Mufti?

- Hello? - Sorry,

all the rooms are taken.

But I think we could find some space for your pig.

- Aunt Hilda! - Paul.

Paul... oh, my God.

Oh, Paul, what happened?

- Yeah... - We thought you were dead.

No, I'm not dead. I'm very much alive.

Yeah. But... but... but...

How long have you been alive?

Ever since I can remember. Look, what is going on here?

Paul is back. Paul is back. What a mess! What a mess!

Yes, it was a mess, explosions usually are.

Your mother is going to faint if she sees you.

Where 'vs Mutti?

She can explain it better than I can!

She, um... she is at the... at the Turkish bath.

What on earth is she doing there?

An activity she took up at the end of the war.

It's called working.

Working?

- My mother is working? - Yes, Mutti is working.

Paul“ -Aunt Hilda.

Aunt Hilda, I want those people

out of my room before I get back.

But... but Paul!

Bravery!

And fill it up for me, please.

Okay.

Oh, yes, he was, he was.

They wanted to award him the Iron Cross

but I told them not to bother,

to keep their medals for the war efforts.

Oh, here she goes again.

I personally prefer Paris in May.

Oh, my God!

The hallucinations are coming.

What hallucinations?

Of my poor Paul.

I often see his face in front of me with this...

sensitive, bewildered, calm expression.

Mutti?

He always used to have...

Paul! Paul!

The War Department lied to me.

- The War Department? - Yes, they said you were dead

and I had to believe somebody.

You've been gone for quite some time, you know.

Well, and awful lot's happened to me,

hospitals, that kind of thing.

Oh, my God!

You've been dead for so many months and now...

My God, you could have chosen a better way to resurrect.

Some men have no heart, dead or alive.

- I've brought a pig home. - A pig.

It's just a family quarrel,

it's so boring!

- Come on now, let's go. - Oh, my boy,

if your father hears that all you brought back

from the war is a pig, he'll have another stroke

- of paralysis. - Another what?

How long has he been like this?

Since the end of the war,

since the proclamation of the Republic.

The blow was too much for him.

He chose that particular chair, he refused to let go of it

and only after we changed it into a wheelchair,

he started to cooperate.

It's a shame he won't recognize you.

Vati!

- No, no, no, no. - It is worth a try.

Vati! You see,

I actually think he's just pretending,

he won't admit defeat. You know.

Father, we may have been defeated

but we haven't lost the war.

Sold-out politicians stabbed us in the back.

Attack! Attack! Attack!

Paul! Paul!

Oh! Cilly.

To what do we owe this unexpected visit

of our house-keeper socialist daughter?

Is this Paul's breakfast?

Yes, of course it is.

|'|| take it to him.

No, I'll take it for him.

- Cilly, please let it be... - No, no, no, I can do it.

She didn't even say hello. These lower classes.

The charm.

So, you're back. After three years.

How sweet. Why have they turned this place

into some kind of sordid guest house?

I'm very happy to see that you're the same senseless idiot

that you were before you went to the war.

The war wasn't quite what I expected.

This is no sordid guesthouse. This is Pension Przygodski.

Like Kempinski. "Przygodski." You say it in the same breath.

By the way, did you know that I'm one of the working class's

most popular artists?

Well, I know you sing in the streets.

Well, we can't all be war heroes.

You should join us, you could play the military parts.

Oh, don't be childish, I'm an officer.

Silly me to forget.

Paul! Oh, excuse me.

Paul, please come on. Let's try if it fits.

Times may have changed,

but appearances still count for so much.

This really isn't bad, you know.

I always thought that Uncle Heinrich

was very much taller than me.

He shrank when they made him a captain.

I think the responsibility was too much for him.

Yes, yes I know. I have to patch up

the bullet hole.

Shh.

- Morning. - Morning.

Who is that?

We don't know,

but we think he has something to do with tax.

How do you feel, Paul?

- Does it fit? - Oh, it looks beautiful...

just like the old Paul I've dreamed of.

Take those down to the table.

Are you all right, my boy?

He's trying very hard, isn't he?

Yes, but I really don't think it's the best job

for an officer.

We've got to find something better.

Paul, your mother's very worried about you.

Did she ask you to tell me that?

Oh, no. I'm worried about you too.

I don't seem to be able to adapt

as easily as everybody else.

Let me say that you don't seem to be settling in here

as easily as we'd hoped.

No, I don't, do I?

If it's a sacrifice for my mother to work here

it's an impossibility for me.

All right.

Perhaps a military situation would be more suitable.

- I have a friend who has a... - Oh, please, Major.

You've done quite enough for our family as it is.

I'm capable

of finding my own employment.

Number one, are you all right?

You ready, number two?

All right, hurry up!

- Oh, you are the sixth bottle? - Yes.

Come here.

- The employment officer... - I know who sent you,

- save your breath. Name? - Przygodski.

Przygodski. Come on! Help him.

This is your bottle.

Keep it clean and tidy. Bring it back on Friday.

No bottle, no wages. Get in there.

Line up.

All bottles, line up!

- This isn't... - Hey! Get in.

- Come on, quickly... - Ow!

Uh. Hello? Help.

Um. I can't breathe very...

It's going-

All bottles, line up. Hey, come on.

Stop pretending you're champagne. Alexanderplatz.

Put them left side. Put them right side.

Hurry up! Come on!

Hey, there, sixth bottle! What's the problem?

Line up there. Come on, that way.

Go on.

Morning, Paul.

Oh, good morning, Major. How did you know it was me?

I'm a major, Lieutenant.

You didn't think I could fail to recognize the contents

of any bottle at 50 paces, eh?

Isn't this a little undignified?

Well, certainly inconvenient.

Then I really think you ought to consider my...

I heard there was a painter...

Good morning, Major.

I'm sure he's involved

in the black market in some way.

I heard there was a painter.

Yes, that's it.

Actually, he's involved in...

Paul, tell me, how's your new job?

It's all right. Bit confining, I suppose.

Come. Do make yourself useful.

Here are some flowers which came for Eva.

Take them and put them in her room.

But in a vase.

Gitta, down.

Please stop it. Gitta.

What are you doing on my bed?

I can explain. My aunt...

The old lady with the curly hair.

Uh. These arrived and she wanted me to...

These flowers.

Would you please put them over there?

Yes, of course.

I am sorry.

I am very sorry.

Is that your bottle blocking the entrance?

Yes, it's my bottle.

- Would you move it away, please? - Yes, of course.

Uh. I am sorry.

Gitta, come on. Gitta, Gitta, here. Gitta, come.

Come. Have some food.

♪ I wonder why you Keep me waiting I

♪ Charmaine, my Charmaine a'

♪ I wonder When bluebirds are mating I

♪ Will you come back again? a'

♪ I wonder If I keep on praying I

♪ Will our dreams be the same a'

♪ I wonder If ever you think of me too s'

♪ I am waiting My Charmaine, for you a'

I have nice legs. Don't you think?

- Cilly? - In person!

Imagine you're now at the front, blood, horror, explosion,

and a little soldier's whore comes to warm you up.

You take her slowly as you would sip a cup of tea.

- A cup of tea? - Well, coffee then.

When I was a little girl I imagined that you would come

and take me like some great crusader.

You'd ride back on a white horse,

and then you'd make love to me on the floor... or in a boat...

or in the middle of the city on the Victory Monument.

There was no victory.

Aren't you sentimental?

Didn't they teach you how to kill?

No, not really.

And you're behaving like an actress.

Like some sex-starved, irresponsible, immoral slut!

Well, I certainly hope so.

But it's not getting me any place, is it?

Just imagine we're in Venice, on a gondola.

Somebody's serenading us while we're going down the canals.

What are you looking at?

Stars.

I've forgotten how beautiful they are in truth.

That's not the only thing you've forgotten.

Yes, the stars are twinkling in the sky.

And you, my little warrior, are suffering from shell shock.

Well, I tried.

But just keep looking up there.

Someday you may see another beautiful German star.

Me.

Night.

Hello again, my dear.

Are your services available this evening?

Be in your room then.

- Oh. - Shall we say in ten minutes?

Paul, would you be so kind

and help me with these packages, please?

Sorry, hope I am not bothering you too much.

Thank you very much.

Come on.

Gitta, come on.

Over there. Thank you.

Paul. Won't you stay for a moment?

I'm really rather busy. Sorry.

Please.

Sit down.

Very well.

- A little tea perhaps? - Yes.

Gitta, please. Stop.

If they're such a nuisance, why don't you get rid of them?

Oh, no. I couldn't possibly do that.

Gifts from old lovers must always be kept.

No matter how cumbersome.

Sometimes I think the larger the gift,

the more ineffective the lover.

What's the matter?

And why are you looking at me that way?

I saw you last night. Picking up men.

Can I explain something? I too had hopes, ambitions,

I thought I knew who I was... who I'm going to be.

As you see.

- Aren't you ashamed? - Ashamed?

I think shame belongs to another decade.

There's no such thing.

You shouldn't be ashamed of your bottle either.

It's a wonderful hiding place until you find yourself.

- [Flaughs] - f laughs]

See. You can laugh.

You should do that more often. Becomes you.

Do you think it'll ever be the same again?

No.

Come on, come on, move it.

Faster. Faster. Faster. Faster.

Excuse me? Uh. Von MUller.

Oh, I know who sent you here. The boss is up there.

Um, excuse me'? Major Von Mijller sent me.

Yes. Come here, would you?

Captain.

- Do I know you? - Przygodski, sir.

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But you were in the war, weren't you?

- Yes, sir! - Saint Mihiel?

- Yes, sir! - You were with explosion.

Yes, that's right, sir.

- Are you still alive? - Of course I am, sir.

And ready for duty.

Well it's very good to have you back.

Very good to be back, sir.

- We didn't lose the war, did we? - No, sir.

We're going to win the peace, aren't we?

Sir!

- A lot of things to accomplish. - We have, sir.

Do you realize that the future of Germany lies in these hands?

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

You may have the chance to share my balcony.

- Follow me. - Sir.

I will show you such things, my boy,

as will change the entire philosophy of your life.

We have the chance to realize the dreams and ambitions

of our forefathers and to rid our society

of the garbage and grime of our times.

That war should be banished from the world.

It's not only absurd, it involves the atrophy

of some of the finest and the essential...

essential things of mankind.

Captain Kraft, my hand. It hurts.

Yes, but it hurts me too when I think of our fatherland

overrun by vermin.

Quick. Come on. Door. Door, help me.

We have a great opportunity, by the way.

We're going to set those Reds in their place. From here.

From our underground headquarters.

It's gonna be into the trench,

over the hill, and into the battle.

Well, what do you think of it? It's wonderful, isn't it?

Nietzsche.

Look, you see?

Goethe.

- You've read all these? - I have no time to read.

Read? I have other people to do that for me.

Taking notes. The books are just there for inspiration.

Do you like music?

Listen to this. Listen.

Mm_.

- Do you recognize it'? Hm? - Um...

It's Wagner. Ring des Nibelungen.

I can see it now.

Masses of blond-haired, blue-eyed subjects

with our name on their lips and our beliefs in their hearts

waiting for us...

to give them that great idea.

The idea that will transform the human race.

- Hmm. - What idea?

I don't know yet. People are working on it.

But we must let nothing stand in our way.

- Especially women. - Women?

Do you realize that a passionate woman

can destroy the greatest warrior?

Do you remember what Josephine did to Napoleon?

- What? - She...

What does it matter? We're rewriting history.

From here, we shall spread the tentacles

of our organization through every street in this city.

Through every city in this country,

and through every country in the world.

Door.

Propaganda.

You can stay here if you want.

Thank you very much.

- You swine. - I beg your pardon?

Because of your rosy cheeks, I know you think

you are pretty enough.

YOU!

You've ruined it. Uh.

And if you wish to address me you'll do so correctly.

My name is Lieutenant Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski.

Do you think you can jump into our bed,

Ambrosius? I show you! You! You!

Otto.

Otto.

- I... I... - He's broken my nose.

No. No.

Paul, would you leave us please? Outside, if you wouldn't mind.

Who's... a naughty... boy then?

Hermann, forgive me, please.

I didn't mean to. Hermann, please!

- No! No! No! - Don't you know

- I can't stand violence? - No, no, no, no.

You know I can't stand violence.

Sorry about...

Otto, his nerves are... his nerves are shattered.

It's the pressures of terrorism, you know.

He'll be staying with us...

for a while. Until he's himself again.

The things he said, they are... they are foolish.

You mustn't take any notice of him.

Mustn't let anything stand in our way, must we?

Especially trivialities.

Yes.

I hear Paul is progressing really quite well.

It seems the young man has found

just the right niche for himself.

You kill the goose... and I'll make the stuffing.

- No, no, no, no. - Why?

You kill the goose and I'll make the stuffing.

No, no, no, no, no, you kill the goose and I...

- I want to make stuffing. - Will make the stuffing.

Please, keep it.

Please... oh, you're hopeless.

I'll do it.

Uh.

Oh, go away, go away, away, give it.

Oh, no!

Oh, no, poor thing.

Wait, wait, wait, I'll go.

Oh, Oh.

Merry Christmas, Mutti.

Mother, this is Captain Kraft.

- Hi. - How do you do?

- Aunt Hilda, Captain Kraft. - Nice to meet you.

How do you do?

I'm so glad you could come, I... I had the feeling

Paul was trying to hide you from us.

I'm so glad he feels fine in his new position.

Paul is one in a million, aren't you?

Yes, he is.

You must excuse us, but we were just trying to slaughter a...

Oh! No...

Perhaps I can be of some assistance.

- Can I? - Yes! Would you please?

It will be so kind of you.

Hmm.

I... may not eat meat but I do know something about animals.

All right. Come here.

Oh, no.

She said yes, I said no, and then I made...

Excuse me, I'd just like to say that the colonel's contribution

to the war will not be forgotten.

- Hear, hear. Well said. - Beautifully said, thank you.

Nor will the contribution of the esteemed Ms. Eva.

I thought I donated to help celebrate Paul's new life.

- Yes! - I'll drink to that.

To Paul.

They tell me you don't eat meat?

Not a bite.

That reminds me of an old comrade of mine

from Minsk. He had the same problem.

Do you abstain for religious reasons

or are you just a mistake by nature?

The only religious abstentions I have are to religion.

Oh, that sounds like a line out of Vaudeville.

You know what I gave up for lent? Religion.

No, no, I take it back.

Lacks taste.

God died in this country, my dear.

Oh, Oh, really? That must've been some funeral.

Cilly, please, this is not one of your shows.

Shows? But you invited all these clowns here tonight,

I thought this was everybody's show.

Isn't it?

Cilly. —Lt's all right, Paul.

We, who are in command, have to suffer greater hazards

than the idle conversations of women.

Do you think you know a great deal about women, Captain?

- Excuse me. - Hermann...

I hope you'll excuse me.

Oh, Captain Kraft, please.

Come back sometime, you're always welcome here.

Yes, I know where you are.

I'll see you later, Paul.

Paul, I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry. - Please excuse me, Mother.

Paul!

Paul!

Paul.

Paul!

- You cannot just... - Please, Cilly, not now,

this is none of your concern, this is none of your business.

Come back here.

You've been gone for months now,

at least you can tell me where you live.

No, I can't, it's military secret.

Well, what about us?

Cilly, there comes a time in every man's life...

when he has to avoid making the same mistakes as Napoleon.

Paul, you're slipping off of the deep edge again.

Not at all, it's...

it's just that I'm coming very close

to my life long purpose.

What purpose?

Well, I'm not sure yet, but people are taking notice.

I know Hermann isn't quite as clear as he ought to be,

but at least he hasn't given up like everybody else.

And I need something positive, Cilly.

Shell shock, it's gotta be shell shock.

Hermann?

Hermann?

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I shouldn't... I shouldn't have done that, I'm sorry.

Don't leave me, Paul.

It is a sad state of affairs,

- when standards drops so low. - Yeah, you're right.

- Where are we going? - Hmm. I know.

What is going to become of us, I don't know.

And the young people, where are they going?

Mutti.

Mufti.

Where have you been so long?

I'm not sure.

And... how are you?

As usual.

You can't keep running, you know.

Yes.

It's just that...

something is missing.

Everything I've been told...

my background...

all of it...

it's so meaningless.

Where is Cilly?

She is working at the Lijlzower Lampe.

♪ Young ladies who plan And scheme to get rich a'

♪ Will become horror maids Only married to one man X

♪ Hot girls like me Likes it better to be a'

♪ Not tied down, fancy free My own aristocracy X

♪ I'm restless like a sailor a'

Chair. Here we go. Good.

♪ I looked another twenty I

- Concentrate. Turn. - J' He's good enough ♪

♪ He's old enough a'

♪ To fall in love a'

- And. - J' With me ♪

Excuse me.

Should I ask for an autograph?

Nice.

Come on, get your coat, I've got a couple of hours

before the next show.

I'm really glad, you're here.

My monument with our pigeons.

Thanks.

- Welcome home, lieutenant. - Don't call me that.

Why not?

I don't know, seems to be bothering me recently.

Anyway, aren't you gonna ask me how I've been.

I don't have to, I could just tell by looking at you.

How have I been?

Suffering, complacent.

Like a suicidal wildebeest.

Oh, but you can be happy now, because now you can say that

you knew me way back then.

Way back when?

Way back before I was famous.

What happened to politics?

They used to call me the child prodigy

of the revolution,

but the revolution was a little slow in coming so, I moved on.

Yes that seems to be my problem.

You got a lot of problems.

How's your shell shock?

And now, the supreme moment of the evening.

The wicked child of present day Germany, Cilly Taboo.

[{crowd applaud]

♪ It's after hours The old cafe X

♪ Will close its doors The same old way I

♪ People gone, the ashtrays full And I'm alone ♪

♪ Why is it, it's always me Left here by myself, you see X

♪ A little tired of waiting a'

♪ With the chairs upturned Feeling spurned I

♪ Don't let it be too long X

♪ 'Til the man of my dreams Comes along a'

♪ Let him be handsome Let him be strong a'

♪ But don't let him be Too long X

♪ My favorite gown This new perfume a'

♪ A special dance A haunting tune I

♪ I wait for him to find me But there's some delay a'

♪ My hopes, my schemes Seem only dreams I

♪ He will not come today It seems a'

♪ But somehow I just Cannot tear myself away X

rSolsay.“

♪ Don't let him be too late a'

♪ A man who'll appreciate X

♪ A girl with good taste But with no time to waste I'

♪ So don't let him be too long 3

♪ Don't let it be too long X

♪ 'Til the man of my dreams Comes along a'

♪ Let him be handsome Let him be strong a'

♪ But don't let him be too Don't let him be too a'

♪ Don't let him be too long a'

And more!

Bravo!

- She was great. - I can assure you she, uh,

she's only in love with her work,

- she's hasn't seen a man... - Glenn will take her.

What? You Will?

She'll be one of the greatest things

to hit Hollywood since, uh, Al...

- Jolson! - Jolson!

Taxi! Oh, my fur.

Oh, thank you.

- —Taxi! Taxi! - Taxi!

To the Schwanenwerder.

JUST go!

Well, did you like it?

It wasn't quite what I expected.

I... I wasn't really trained for that kind of thing.

You're so much adaptable than me.

There doesn't seem to be any measure now.

Everything's so improvised.

Day by day, moment of...

Everyone's kind of floating. Hmm?

Soafing.

Through the sky with the freedom of the birds

who've just learned how to use their wings.

God, you're dramatic.

Don't you feel it?

I feel useless.

There's nobody here but us.

Look! It's got everything.

It's got seventy rooms.

Dogs, cats, horses, silverware, servants.

- And a prince. - A what?

Oh, a prince.

He comes with the house but he won't bother us.

He told me that he'd give it to me as soon as I was ready.

We can put the bed here.

What are you doing?

I'm taking off my clothes.

It's easier to make love that way.

Cilly, please.

I have waited for the past three years.

I don't intend to wait any longer.

Haven't you got any sense of decency?

This is somebody's home.

- Don't you love me? - That's not the point.

I don't think we should play around

until the Kaiser returns.

You gotta be kidding.

No it's just that...

Germany today is no place to raise a family.

Well, who's talking about a family?

I just wanna make love.

Why do you have to complicate things?

Why is it the only thing that women think about is sex.

I mean, what happened to...

What happened to families, and children and parents?

Oh, they died. It was in all the papers last week,

didn't you read it?

I don't have much time.

It's a little warm in here, isn't it?

Let's go upstairs.

Good morning. Good morning.

- Slept well? - Very.

- Water warm enough? - Just right, yes.

Mm-hmm.

Thank you, thank you. Are you the, um...

The prince.

- Yes. - Yes.

It's a wonderful place you've got here.

Yes, we like it.

- Have you been prince for long? - A||, my life.

- Any kings in the family? - Five.

Oh, really?

Two of them were murdered by their brothers.

- Any particular reason? - Not really.

They were just found making love to their mistresses.

Max.

Oh, Cilly. I'm sorry to come so early.

You should be. Do you have any idea what time it is?

Okay, come on up.

Agents have no respect for personal relationships, God.

Cilly, aren't you going to catch cold like that?

- What do you want, Max? - Cilly, I have a job for you.

One that could fill this whole house with dollars.

Does it look like it needs it?

No... but you do. I do.

There've been some Americans at the club last night.

They did find you sensational. They want to see you right away.

- But I mean, now! - But I can't!

But they are thinking of taking you to Hollywood.

Hollywood?

I think I'm clean now.

If you could pass me a towel. I'll be on my way.

Yes, of course.

Thanks.

I've known Cilly for a very long time.

Since, uh...

But you're not anymore that...

You're gonna kill me, aren't you?

- Good evening. - Hello.

This is the third evening you've been in here.

She has left my dear, it's too late.

I really can't understand

why she'd leave without telling anybody.

She didn't give a shit about you.

I have the impression my dear friend.

That we've met before.

Lieutenant Von Lipzig, the Academy. Class of '17.

- Von Lipzig? - Mm-hmm.

I'm stationed at Eden Bar.

Baroness von Semering's regiment.

Who?

It's actually quite pleasant, you know.

The money is excellent

and the dress is more than suitable.

You look as if you're free tonight.

How perspicacious.

Yeah.

I wonder if you'd do an ex-alumni a favor.

You see my lady companion turned up with a friend.

And I'm somewhat annoyed tonight.

I haven't got enough blood for both of them.

Perhaps, you can join us at the Eden.

Excuse me. The Baroness would like to see you.

If you'll excuse me.

Come in.

You dance quite well.

Champagne?

Dom Pérignon, my favorite.

Dancing, music...

champagne.

The best way to forget...

until you find something you want to remember.

Have you got a military education?

Yes, my father was Colonel Von Przygodski.

Any other credentials?

Languages?

There's one thing I don't like...

poor fantasy in speech.

It lacks charm.

And you don't seem to lack anything.

How's your French?

Oh, I've spent a great deal of time

in one of their hospitals.

Why all the questions?

Let's call it an interview.

A recruitment if you like.

Isn't that a term the military use.

Yes, I suppose so.

I'm the head of a regiment of sorts.

The gigolos.

Yes, the lieutenant told me.

All you need is a battlefield.

Right there.

It's for you.

Frau Aeckerle will be very happy.

And surely other people will be too.

You may leave now.

Thank you.

Would you...

Would you care to dance?

Oh.

- Hello. - Hello.

Frau Przygodski, how are you?

Oh, yes, you like our hats?

Frau Von Kaiserling.

I'm sorry dear friends I cannot stay.

You see I've had a slight mishap.

My husband, the general, he died of stroke this morning.

But Helga that's terrible.

But he was so healthy.

Yes, I know and all his life he wanted to die with a bullet.

But then we can't always have what we want, can we?

My condolences. I propose we have a moment of silence

to commemorate the departure of a man

who was a fine, fine soldier.

We're going to have a moment of silence, Gustav,

for Helga's dead husband.

Oh my God. What was that?

It's my son.

He's almost a man.

Mutti, sounds awfully close,

I think...

I think you should go back.

And leave you alone? Never.

Left wing idiots. Fighting everywhere.

They don't even respect the dead.

Move faster. Move faster.

Oh my God. Oh my God.

- Just a few more yards. - Faster, God. Faster. Faster.

Faster. Faster.

They're shooting, they're shooting!

Oh, they're shooting.

Over here. Come on hide.

Push him out of the way. Hide.

Gentlemen, advance to the left.

- Mutti, go back, quickly. - Only if you come with me.

Please, you come with me.

This is a military funeral and somebody

- has to look after the widow. - Yes, I need a willing officer.

Paul, please. Paul!

- —Don't worry, Mutti. - It's so wonderful...

- I'll take you... - to find a...

safely to the grave.

Look out! Look out!

Just help him out. Behind the cover. Hide.

Yes, sir, I'll do that right away, sir.

Come back, come back, please! Come back, come back!

It is a coffin.

Come on! Just a few more yards.

Thank you, lieutenant.

I don't know what I would've done without you.

Yes, did you see that?

Yes, he finally got his bullet.

How unfortunate that he should die

when he had someone like you.

Fatherland was his pride.

Yes.

Must've been a great honor.

Don't be afraid, I'm still here.

Bravo, Kaiserling, you are very brave...

Call me Helga, Paul.

I should be so alone.

Of course you won't.

- Will you help me, Paul? - Of course.

Of course.

Of course.

Do anything I Say?

Um. Of course.

Of course.

Of course.

- Do anything I say? - Of course.

Charge lieutenant. Charge! Mount. Mount.

Charge lieutenant. Charge!

Mount! Attack! Attack! Attack!

Victory.

It's wonderful.

Yes.

It's absolutely wonderful.

I feel like a puppet.

Is it not enough that I'm staying with you?

Do I have to be subjected to this embarrassment as well?

Just relax, Paul. Try walking. Just walk.

Yes, not so stiff in the shoulders, hmm.

Just lose. Yes.

Now try a little bit a of tilt to your head. Just a touch.

That's better. It's marvelous.

Now, try putting your hand on your stomach

as if you had a gastric ulcer, and smile. Like this.

How do I smile with a gastric ulcer. Look...

Do, let's stop this. I feel uncomfortable.

Don't be ridiculous.

Now, how can I present you in public?

You have to have the right image.

You have to be elegant.

I don't want to be presented in public.

Just relax, dear. I'll play a little music,

stay just like you are.

♪ In dreams I kiss your hand, madame X

A tango?

I've always dreamed of doing a tango in this house.

Just feel the music, Paul.

♪ I'm begging for your lips I'

♪ I haven't any right, madame X

♪ To do the things I do a'

♪ But when I hold you Tight, madame a'

♪ You vanish With the night, madame a'

♪ In dreams I kiss your hand, madame X

♪ And pray my dreams come true a'

Oh, Paul. Dance with me.

Come dance with me, Paul.

Come share it with me.

Come, Paul.

Come here, lieutenant.

Don't you think it's a bit late

for giving orders Frau Von Kaiserling.

Could've learned together.

I don't think so.

You're making a fool of yourself.

I see.

Very well then.

Look at me when I talk to you.

Now get out, lieutenant.

Thank you.

You know what he is now?

A gigolo my dear.

My God. Imagine that.

- That is true. - Told you...

no good would come of him.

- Yes? - Frau Von Kaiserling?

Come in.

Thank you.

- My name is Captain Kraft. - Please.

Um. I'm here looking for a comrade of mine.

I understand he's being staying with you for a while.

I'm afraid you're a bit late, captain.

- Bit late? Why? Where's he gone? - I don't know.

Ah, Paul.

- Hermann. - Been a long time.

We've been watching your progress with interest.

- Haven't we, Lothar? - Yes.

We had great ambitions for you.

Really.

We've been a bit disappointed frankly.

Seems you prefer courting elderly women

to caring about the fatherland.

You got charm.

Have good looks. Your country needs you.

Well I see your surroundings haven't changed.

We shall have you in the end.

I shall have you.

- Gigolos and such. - The son, of course.

Oh, did you notice? Gone for nothing.

Gone for nothing.

As I look around me and I see the lower races

that have swarmed into our country

over the last decade. I ask myself, who are they?

And are they German?

'Course, they're not.

You see, in a sense,

our intent is not to unite Germany,

but to unite the German people.

The purity of our race that was sucked from us

by the so called victors of the war.

From our lookout posts all over the city,

we can watch the degeneration of our society.

But are we just gonna stand by and watch?

No!

"No!" No!

No! No!

Are we gonna allow our country, our heritage, our women,

to be... to be used as a breeding ground

for genetic mediocrity, are we gonna allow them

to do that? No!

No! No!

"No! {Crowdl No!"

We must put a stop to it before our own physical fitness

and our mental lucidity is jeopardized.

We will not let them get away with it will we?

No! No! No!

And are we gonna show them our superiority, our strength,

- and our unity? - No!

Yes.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

- Yes! - And what're we gonna do?

- Fight. - Fight. Fight. Fight.

Why am I surrounded by idiots.

There's been in a lot in the papers recently.

I think this man from Munich is a strong influence.

- Maybe. - Mm.

But I don't think so.

Mm. No, but listen to me. I think there is far too much.

Propaganda.

♪ Sometimes I wonder If hearts are broken a“

♪ By little love words That are left unspoken I'

♪ I always tremble When you are near me I

Oh.

♪ I'm looking for a ray of hope To cheer me a'

♪ I hope to keep My kisses warm a'

♪ Until we meet in shadow form I

♪ In dreams I kiss your hand, madame... a'

Very good. You've improved.

You're a little better yourself.

I hear you're quite good at your new occupation.

By the way, I have a new husband now.

Any general we know?

His name is Antonio Jose Felipe de Roberto.

Is his nose broken?

I beg your pardon.

Doesn't matter.

- Where did you find him? - Argentina.

So the tango has become your lifestyle.

He is one of the richest man in the world.

He's got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil.

By the way, we've bought you off the night.

I'm booked?

Yes, room 217.

Uh, Helga...

My room.

I may be a gigolo, Frau Von Kaiserling,

but I'm not a whore.

Let's not split hairs, shall we?

After all it's not like we haven't been bred.

Besides, there's an extra 100 dollars there for you.

And the husband?

Actually, it was his idea.

You see, he's desperately in need of an heir.

He's obviously incapable of providing one himself.

So I convinced him that no substitute would be

quite so appropriate as an officer

of Prussian descent.

Thank you.

Besides, it's a good excuse to see you again.

- A very expensive excuse. - Of course.

But I'm paying so dance.

Thank you.

Does he have to stare like that?

One of his conditions.

I don't think so.

Paul.

♪ Just a gigolo Everywhere I go I

♪ People know the part I'm playing a'

♪ Selling every dance Selling each romance I

♪ Every night Some heart betray s'

♪ There will come a day Youth will go away X

♪ And what will they say About me? I

♪ When the end comes, I know X

♪ They'll say Just the gigolo I

♪ And life goes on without me a'

Good evening, Father.

What are you looking at me like that for?

You know it's easy for you to talk.

I mean you had it made.

Everything you could ever have hope for.

War, famine, pestilence.

You had it all. I mean, it really wasn't difficult

to be somebody under those conditions.

I don't know why but people don't seem

to want that kind of thing anymore.

All they think about is forgetting.

And most of them have already forgotten

what it was they were supposed to forget anyway.

And the only thing about the past

that they do remember is that there was something back there

that they weren't supposed to remember.

I mean it really doesn't matter whether they remember it or not

because they've forgotten it anyway.

You see what I mean?

Meanwhile I'm at the Eden.

I know what you're gonna say.

It's not really the sort of career

that you can walk down the street and brag about.

Being a gigolo, I mean.

But most of the people that I pass the street,

I mean, they don't care anyway.

They don't know the difference.

And if they did care, they'd start a war.

And I'd be back in action.

You see I have got it all sorted out.

You will be proud of me, Father.

Get out while you still have a chance.

Go somewhere, anywhere.

Marry a rich American.

You can always get a divorce.

They do that over there a lot, you know?

I'm very tired, Mother. I'm going to bed.

- Cilly's back in Berlin. - Why?

She's getting married to a prince.

When?

Saturday.

I see.

♪ Why you're giving me Those jealous eyes S

♪ What you're thinking of me Isn't true a'

♪ Stop accusing me Of living lies 4'

♪ When I'm loyal And faithful to you X

♪ Maybe you are merely teasing a'

♪ Acting jealous For some reason a'

You look wonderful.

- My dear. - Oh, hello.

- Well, lieutenant. - Congratulations, sir.

- I'm glad you could make it. - Thank you.

Well, well, well, I think we're a little tired

of shaking hands, aren't we?

Why don't the pair of you enjoy yourself.

Thank you.

Oh, Grisella, my beauty...

I knew you'd come.

- Did you? - Yeah.

Comet's like you always visit the stars every couple of years.

I saw your film two and half times.

Let's go.

Well, if it isn't our gigolo.

What are you doing at a function like this?

Oh, we're moving up in the world, lieutenant.

People are thinking it's about time

they got to know us. Congratulations.

Hello, captain. Enough pleasant young ladies

and gentlemen around here for you?

- Thank you. - Oh, incidentally,

there's a friend of yours here from Munich.

Perhaps, you would like to see him.

This is my wedding and you're my present.

And besides now I can afford you.

- Can you? - Yes.

I'm very expensive.

That ought to do for a couple of hours.

♪ Johnny I

♪ Reserve tonight for me a'

♪ Keep it exclusively a'

♪ For me alone a'

Otto.

I'll do my best, but we need more people.

How many men have we got at party headquarters?

Not many. There'd be more, if we would have been notified.

- Where are the Reds now? - Nearing Savignyplatz.

Okay. I'm out.

Sorry.

I have to leave tomorrow morning at 8:00 to start in a film.

And then?

Back to Hollywood.

I see.

It's not sure though.

Congratulations Cilly.

From revolutionary to princess.

I told you I was a star.

Why don't you stay with me? Just for tonight.

- After all, it's you I married. - I have my duties to think of.

Why don't you think about your heart?

Well, if you should comeback...

and if you should want to see me.

I'll be at the Eden.

If you find the Baroness ahead of time...

I'm sure you'll get a reservation.

Igunshoq.

The Nazi's did it.

- Is he one of ours? - I don't know.

- He's one of ours. - No! He is one of ours.

- He's one of ours. - No! He is one of ours.

Save it.

Well, well, well.

It's destiny.

Well done, lieutenant.

Take him to party headquarters. Full military honors.

We'll make him one of the party whether he likes it or not.

That's what we need. An elegant death.

Why to the party headquarters?

He's not one of ours.

Don't worry. We'll make him a hero.

Oh...

My son.

But why are you dressed that way?

These things on all his clothes.

He would never have worn such colors.

Are you absolutely sure he was one of you?

One of the best. One in a million.

Was it a bullet'?

Through the heart.

♪ Just a gigolo X

♪ Everywhere I go a“

♪ People know the part I'm playing a'

♪ Paid for every dance Selling each romance I

♪ Every night with some hot dream I

♪ There will come a day a'

♪ Youth will pass away a'

♪ Then what will they say a'

♪ When the end ends, I know a'

♪ They'll say, just a gigolo a'

♪ And life goes on without me a'

♪ Just a gigolo Everywhere I go I

♪ People know The part I am playing a'

♪ Paid for every dance a'

♪ Selling each romance a'

♪ Every night some heart And some dreams a'

♪ There will come a day a'

♪ Youth will pass away a'