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'Last Chance For Life'

Are they serious?

Lilly Marelene, if you come near me I'll stab you in the guts!

Let's get started.

Hey, Nibelungen, want to feel how smooth it is?

- You're fat. - Fat, yes! Don't you like it?

It's a nom de guerre. You don't like it?

- Got something against women? - Stop it, idiot.

What's eating you?

You may have your reasons to keep quiet...

Well I have good reason to shout...

Because I have to show them that I don't give a damn about the partisans!

Okay, so I was with them, It's the job, isn't it?

They didn't pay me to run away!

Ciccia is a nom de guerre. What battle?

I fought all my battles on the grass...

And I have to get that into their head because I don't want to stay here!

- You're such a lark! - For you...

Who always had your daddy there to spoon feed you!

But I always had to earn my living off my own fat!

And they prod me with a needle here and here...

To get me to tell them where the partisan base is.

How do I know?

It's quite a needle! And they tried three or four times because I've got tough skin!

- Did they pierce it? - Sure, and without disinfectant!

They've always been nice to me.

Don't think about it. Don't think about it any more.

If I had my rollers, I could make my curls.

I'm beautiful with curls.

I'm beautiful with curls.

I'm beautiful.

I'm beautiful.

Whose turn is it now?

Now you'll get to feel their needles.

You're a funny one.

I'll have something to tell my friends.

The needle rumba!

Rumba!

Well?

Captain Schneider...

Every time you call me here it's a relief...

- We're living with bugs and straw. - I understand.

Forgive us. Your father, a brave general, is missing in action, as you said...

He isn't a partisan, as we thought. You're free to go.

Free? Really?

And your sister. Naturally, we've released her as well.

Thank you... Thank you, captain.

Thank you!

- Are they really sending us home? - Yes, dear, right away, you and me...

And we won't let them catch us again! Run!

- Hello, Hans! - Mara!

I can't allow you to pass.

Two minutes.

Did you see the garden? Sunshine, flowers...

Freedom.

It's all yours. Where is your father?

- Missing in action, you said so yourself. - You're not saying...

Then back downstairs, and then, kaput!

- You're playing a dangerous game. - And you're trying to play the hero.

I'm running out of patience. Where is your father?

Hans, she's the daughter of a partisan leader...

- They call him Strike. - She won't tell you anything.

You shouldn't have come, this isn't your poor mother's Italy any more.

I gave you access to the prison because I hoped she might talk to you...

So I don't have to use methods that I find repugnant, but it was pointless.

Who's right daddy, us or...

You should return to Germany. My unit is still operational.

But you promised me you'd take me to Florence.

It doesn't exist any more, neither Florence, or Italy...

There's only the war now.

No needles for Mata-Hari here, naturally!

My hair rollers...

I want my rollers!

Here I am again.

- What's wrong with you? - I bet they were nice to you again.

- With her, always. - Third degree interrogation!

But she's quiet! For the cause.

I'm not fighting for any cause.

Causes make me laugh.

And if I resist it's only because I'm stubborn!

You don't fool us, you're up and down those stairs all day...

And you always come back happy as a lamb!

Are they inviting you for tea and cakes?

Loosen your blouse, the lieutenant is a friend!

That's what you're thinking, isn't it?

How does he caress you? Does he bite you like a wolf?

Mara! Pretty boy blue is coming.

He's come to have a look, then he's going to report back.

- It's yours. - Thank you, you're kind.

Kind and merciless...

Until they line us up against a wall.

You killed my father and my brother!

Look at her!

Someone just like your father did that to her...

Just because her family was Jewish, and who knows what you'll do to her?

- My father is a soldier. - Real soldiers only fight other soldiers.

- Are you happy? - I can talk to him.

- He's just a kid. - They're all the same.

They're on fire! My rollers are burning!

My head is burning!

My rollers!

They're on fire!

Marcella, what are you doing?

It burns!

Wake up!

What are you playing?

A serenade for your lady, Mara.

They all hate us.

The American fifth army is advancing on the Apennine front...

Some infiltrations have been contained by Germans attack units...

S.S. formations have been combing the area for subversive units.

On the Russian front...

For each one you kill there are ten more behind them.

They're a ragtag group of bandits.

They're asking me to conquer a front that's unreachable.

That's their strength.

I'm sure Strike and Barri are the same person...

I've been trying to get my hands on him for months...

Eliminate him, and we liberate the area.

If you'll allow me, I have the means to make that woman talk.

Well?

Proceed.

Damn it.

If I had my rollers I'd make lots of curls.

I'm beautiful with curls.

Attention! I won't rest...

- Found yourself a man? - No, he's a nervous fascist!

Mara!

What is she doing here?

Not you. A little game.

What are you doing? Let go of me!

Let go of me, you murdering cowards!

Help me!

It all depends on you.

Where is your father?

Help me!

Dear God, Marcella!

I'm tired.

Tired!

Your friends are bandits, so I'm a bandit!

Marcella!

You won't talk? I'll make you spit blood!

You killed my father, and my brother...

You even take away the desire to make love for half a lira.

Still a deaf mute?

You know what I'll do if you don't talk.

You're a partisan, you know a lot of things. Come on, talk!

You're dogs!

Pig.

I can't find my hair rollers to make my curls any more.

I look beautiful with curls.

Curls.

I look beautiful with curls.

Mara!

- What is it? - Wake up.

- They sure didn't caress her! - Come on, wake up!

Rossella!

What happened?

Rossella!

You murdering cowards!

Then Rossella...

You killed her!

Give her some space!

Swines!

What are you doing? Get rid of that!

- What have you done to Rossella? - Rossella is upstairs...

She told me everything.

I'm sorry about what happened.

- You can ask me for anything. - Go to my father...

Tell him me and Rossella were taken prisoner three days ago...

From our home, at night. That we're here!

- I'll go crazy if I don't talk to him. - Stop, Mara.

- On the hill, next to the road... - They'll kill all of us.

On the hill, wave your handkercheif three times!

Hans!

Damned idiot!

What's it to you? He's her father, after all.

Hans won't betray me.

If anything happens I'll kill you!

You can see the trees.

You can imagine how many times I got laid under those trees.

They're always shooting.

- What's he doing here. - Must be a messenger.

Walk in a straight line to the path.

To the left.

Come on, move it!

- I have a message for Mr. Barri. - Never heard of him, you know him?

- Barri? - It's his nom de guerre.

- No, it's his real surname. - Who sent you?

- Mara, his daughter. - Let's take him back to headquarters.

- Who are you? - I have a message from Mara for Mr. Barri.

- Who are you? - I must speak to Mr. Barri urgently.

- Mara is his daughter. - Talk to me.

I came to see Mr. Barri, sir.

- Talk to me! - Mara was taken by the Germans.

She's at their headquarters, down in the valley.

Mara is brave, she won't talk. Rossella is also with her.

She wanted her father to know. That's why I must speak to Mr. Barri.

When did you last see her?

- The time it took to get here. - How did you talk to her?

The Germans don't parade prisoners on the square.

I'm German.

That's why I was able to talk to her, and make it here.

- What German? - I came for Mara, she asked me to...

And I came alone, no one knows.

Who are you? What's your name?

Hans Schneider.

- There's a captain Schneider. - I'm his son, sir.

- Was he followed? - He was alone...

Actually, he was very careful to make sure he wasn't.

- It's lunacy that Schneider's son... - It's impossible!

- And for Mara, one of us! - I wouldn't think twice.

An eye for an eye.

- Is it true, about Mara and Rossella? - I love Mara, that's why I came.

I say it's one of captain Schneider's stupid ideas...

We should be careful. It must be a trap...

- And I don't even think he's his son. - He speaks Italian too well.

My mother was from Florence, sir. I always spoke Italian to her.

That must have been quite a household!

If his story checks out, we've got ourselves a valuable hostage.

He came here for Mara, of his own free will.

What are you thinking? I'd keep him...

And if it's true about Mara, we can make an exchange.

We're soldiers, even if the Germans call us bandits.

Come on, take it. It's foul but it's edible.

Don't be so dramatic.

Cover those legs.

- Look who's talking! - I'm a clean whore.

You're not eating?

What do you think the time is?

Who knows? It's always night here.

But don't worry, we haven't heard gun fire.

The partisan base isn't so near. They'll be somewhere safe.

Well you can expect to find them dead!

It's her who worries me...

She never talks, and when she does she sounds like a death bell.

If anyone's going to sulk here, it's us.

- You're a partisan. - I'm not a partisan.

Don't worry, I won't talk.

I'll tell you why I'm upset. I had my boarding house...

Twelve beds...

Three of yours left a suitcase full of guns behind, and a ticket...

A lodging voucher. Badoglio's paying!

And now I'm here.

What could I do? I could hardly report them.

Besides, I'm a woman. What will they do to me?

I'll tell you what they'll do...

- I'm going to die here! - Think what you like...

But mind your own business!

- I went there. - What did you do?

Your father told me that you must have faith.

Hans, is it true? You saw him?

He told me that little golden monkey doesn't need to worry.

Then it's true, you spoke to him.

That's what he called me.

How is he? Is he okay?

- Hans, how is he? - I didn't see him.

I was blindfolded, but that's what he said.

- He was still alive? - I don't buy it...

You come and go from this prison as though it were a public garden...

- You reach the partisans and come back... - He didn't betray us.

He didn't betray us!

We'll win the war, even if I don't betray Mara.

That's better.

What is it like outside?

The sky is full of stars.

Did you tell him everything about me and Rossella?

Yes.

Do you mind opening it? I'd feel less locked in.

- What can you see? - A vineyard, and fruit trees.

And?

The hills, they create a dark shadow against the sky.

I can see the one with olive trees better.

The crickets sing at this hour.

Also for us, we have a little house on the Rhine.

When we win the war, I'll invite you.

It would be nice, but that day may never come.

It's going to happen soon, the Fuhrer said we have secret weapons.

We were born in the wrong world.

- Why must there always be wars? - I don't know.

I used to think I knew.

Now I don't know any more.

You're beautiful, Mara. You have my mother's eyes...

- When she smiled. - Where is she now?

She's dead...

In Berlin, during the bombing.

Why don't you help us escape?

You should do it, for Mara.

It would be easy for you.

The guard outside has the keys for this damned gate.

He won't look at you.

You get up close, and as soon as he turns his back you hit him.

Just throw us the keys, we'll take care of the rest.

- If you love Mara, you'll do it. - Just a bit of courage!

Mara...

You as well.

- You shouldn't have asked for so much. - I hope he does it.

I went outside.

For a walk.

If they stop me, I'll just say, Excuse me, is this road to Florence?

Yes, dad.

They shoot shadows as well. Anyway, it's was just a German.

What was it?

Who did they shoot?

This one doesn't understand Italian. Do you need something?

Perhaps the generals have been drinking and they need Ciccia.

Finally in the company of men again!

Don't be shy, big battles are also fought in bed.

I'll tell you later.

Every night under that light with you, Lily Marlene.

Seems funny night.

What are you doing? You're like statues.

It was an accident.

Has something happened to Hans? Has something happened to him?

No, don't worry about Hans, it's Rossella.

Those shots earlier...

They killed Rossella in the park.

It's impossible!

They're murdering dogs!

Shoot! Shoot!

You come with me!

Mara, what's going on?

Come with me.

I'm Hans. I'm just Hans.

You killed Rossella. You all killed her!

You won't have any ammo left soon, what then?

Your sister died in an accident, no one wanted to kill her...

But if you think it's our fault, hand over Hans, leave my son alone...

And shoot me! Shoot me!

You killed Rossella, all of you!

No one's coming any more.

They're all dead.

All dead.

Dead. All of them.

Why do you want to kill me as well?

Why do you want to kill me?

Why do you want to kill me?

Give orders to take her by surprise from the roof.

Come out! Come on, out!

Cowards! You kill a child and hide, cowards!

Captain Schneider, if you don't show yourselves...

I'll kill Hans!

Did you hear me, captain? I'll kill Hans!

I'll draw her attention so the soldiers can take her by surprise.

Look out!

It's nothing... No, it's nothing.

Leave me alone!

Rossella is dead, and they're going to pay.

You as well, Hans, if I have to.

And if they want to kill me, they have to kill us both...

Me and you.

I'm not scared of dying. Really!

They taught me that it's an honour to die for Germany and the Fuhrer.

I'll only be upset if you kill me.

Because I...

I...

They shoot to scare me...

- Then they stop to scare me. - How much longer can you hold out?

I don't know. What do I care?

Nothing.

- You're German. - I only want to be Hans for you.

- Why? - Because you're Mara.

Not that!

I only want to be Hans for you.

What do you want?

This, Mara...

I really don't know how to say it.

It's absurd.

Why don't you mind your own business?

Are you injured?

What injury?

There's blood on your leg.

- Are you with Strike? - I don't know what you're talking about.

I'm tired.

Let me join you, I won't stay with the fascists any more.

Then take off that uniform.

Let's hope she shoots back, it's the only way to get her to use up all her ammo.

They're shooting... They're shooting but I don't see anyone.

No, don't show yourself.

I must look. I won't let them trap me.

- Surrender, Mara. - No!

- They won't kill you! - No!

It's just the hysterics of a lunatic...

They've already been neutralised. It's almost over.

"Before dawn." I'll tell the captain.

You don't scare me. You still don't scare me!

Shoot... Shoot!

- Murderers. - No, Mara, soldiers.

Soldiers?

Soldiers who shoot at me, at Rossella...

At anyone who happens to get in their way.

Dragging everyone into it, as though they're at war with the land.

- I'm here because they put me here. - And you put me here.

Go down. Go.

Go away!

No.

- Go before it's too late. - No.

Leave me alone. Don't make it hard on me.

I'm staying. I'm staying with you.

Hans, I can't hate you. Go away.

They won't attack as long as I'm here.

Your ammo will run out soon, and you'll have to surrender.

But you'll surrender alive, they won't kill you.

I won't give them that satisfaction, I'd rather throw myself off.

No, you don't have to die.

I don't want you to.

Captain, it's pointless, that woman is out of her mind.

Do you have any ideas?

Headquarters says this must be resolved by dawn.

It's an ultimatum, if she isn't down within the hour we must use grenades.

- And Hans? - He's one of the Fuhrer's men.

- Can you hear me? - Yes, lieutenant Kruger.

- Answer me! - We can hear you, lieutenant Kruger.

Good. Either you surrender, or in one hour we'll use grenades.

Did you hear me? You have exactly one hour.

Good luck, Hans.

Thank you, lieutenant Kruger.

This is about your daughter! They'll kill your daughter.

They'll kill her as well.

There's a woman fighting alone. She's under siege, they'll kill her.

She was just like me, she shaked when peopled talked about war...

And now she's in it, and you're all just standing here!

This is personal, I have no right to sacrifice my men for this.

You should treat your wound.

It isn't personal, it's a partisan action.

Stupid woman, we should pull out her tongue!

We're going.

I'll tell them you're coming down.

I'll tell them you'll come down if they won't touch you.

No.

I'll tell them you'll come down if they'll let you go to Germany, with me...

- As though you were a prisoner. - No, that isn't possible.

Nothing's possible now.

All I can do is shoot at them, and them at me.

- For the last time, go down! - Let's go down together...

- They'll respect you. - No.

Sometimes it's hard for me to accept that you're not like them.

One minute, Ms. Barri.

Did you hear me, Ms. Barri? One minute!

It might be too late!

Cover him!

Help him!

- She's in the tower. - What?

Stop! Stop!

- Get her out of here. - Leave it to me.

Wait. I'll go.

A man who is alive told me this story about people who are dead.

Subtitled by Merlin www.cultfilmsubs.com - Dec 2012