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WHAT HAppENED BEFORE

l expect you to do us proud .

This is about nothing Iess than the future of Germany.

- To us. - To us.

We were five, five frlends. We'd known each olher all our llves.

Charly wlll serve her counlry as a nurse.

We represent the German woman.

She fell she had lo do her duly.

A nurse Charlotte has reported a Jew hiding here.

L'm sorry.

- Charly. - Have you Ioved him Iong?

- Yes. - Does he know?

I don't think so.

- You're an asshole, do you know that? - l don't want to get her hopes up.

Wilhelm is dead .

Vlklor. Hls lher was a respecled lallor.

Vlklor was lo lake over lhe buslness, unlll ll was deslroyed.

Thls ls hls glrlfrlend, Grela.

Jews are being sent east.

- Have a good trip. - Vlklor was arresled and deported.

Bul he managed lo escape.

Run.

The Germans pay a premium for us. Why keep you alive?

I AM A GERMAN COLLABORATOR

Grela wanled lo save Vlklor.

I need papers. Can you help him?

- And she wanled lo be a slar. - Would you Iike to go on tour?

On tour?

You wanted me far away from your frigid wife.

You can't arrest me. You'd be arresting your child , too.

My llllle brolher, Frledhelm...

- The war will make a man of him. - lt will bring out the worst in us.

- Fire. - ...became a warrlor.

You kill before they kill you, that's all.

You were right, it brings out only the worst in us.

And l am Wllhelm Wlnler, Lleulenanl ln 'Wlndhund' Company.

I left my comrades ln lhe lurch.

Someone here thinks the war is over for him.

- I tried everything for you in court. - What's the sentence?

Death by firing squad at b am tomorrow.

We were flve, flve frlends.

GENERATION WAR

pART l l l - A Dl FFERENT COUNTRY

Moslpeople lhlnk lhal war ls for lhe moslpart aboul flghllng.

Bul lhal's nol lrue.

Il's lhe walllng. For lhe nexl allack, for lhe nexl meal,

lhe nexl mornlng.

Erika.

I AM A GERMAN COLLABORATOR

Stop.

- Is he dead? - l have no idea.

No.

- Do you speak German? - Yes.

Are you a German?

- Yes. - Shit. Cut him Ioose.

What's the matter? How Iong are you going to wait?

Until it becomes clear on whose side your friend is.

Who did this to you?

Partisans.

You can come with us.

No.

- We're not Ieaving you here. - We're staying here, all three of us.

If you put down your weapons, then they might Iet you Iive.

There are ten heavily armed partisans over there, all aiming at you.

He's warning them.

Shoot.

Shit, it's an ambush.

Shit. Shit. Shit.

- Shoot. - Shit.

- I said , shoot. - lt's jammed .

Shoot.

Shoot.

Shit. What are you doing?

What's the matter?

Andrej, Marek, move it. Ouickly.

Two Iess, another two Iess.

Calm down. Just collect the cartridge cases.

Watches, wedding rings, gold teeth.

Not bad . Not bad , my boy.

Not bad . l Iike you, my boy.

So, you felt the urge to shoot, did you?

Winter, out you come.

There are always a few

who think that they can simply

shirk Germany's struggle for survival.

Your sentence has been changed .

The 'Fúhrer' has a special punishment for you,

and from now on...

...you belong to me.

Probation Unit 500

for the eradication of all the other garbage.

Defeatists, communists, deserters...

So the 'Fúhrer' needs every man he can get for his final victory, does he?

The 'Wehrmacht' doesn't waste bullets on pieces of shit Iike you.

You will die, just a Iittle more slowly.

But before that, there's something you can do for the Fatherland

Come on, we're Ieaving.

Moslpeople lhlnk lhal war, for lhe moslpart, ls aboul flghllng.

Thal's nol lrue.

Get on.

Il's lhe walllng.

June, 1944.

I don'l know lfmy brolher, Frledhelm, ls sllll allve.

And lhe olhers.. Grela, Vlklor, Charly.

150, 000Amerlcans have landed ln Normandy.

Rome has llen, lhe 'Wehrmachl' has wllhdrawn from Tuscany.

Three years ago, we headed easl lo save ourpeople. We lhoughl.

Inslead, we broughl dealh, sufferlng and deslrucllon lo mllllons.

Back lhen we were heroes, loday we're murderers.

Janow Lubelski, poland partisan Supply Depot - Berlin: 700km

We need butter, flour, milk and eggs.

- Anything else? - pigs.

Pigs. At Ieast three pigs a month.

And some geese? For Christmas?

The Germans would just take it. We'II pay.

After each of your operations, the Germans take hostages.

And if the Russians return, things won't get any better.

Show me your arm. Come on, show it to me.

Hold up your arm.

Better? ls this what you want?

The Russians will come, no matter what. Stalin will overcome Hitler.

He beat him at Stalingrad and Kursk.

The Germans treat us Iike slaves. So do the Russians.

Is that what we are? SIaves?

- Are there Jews among you? - Jews?

Are there any here? Are there any Jews present?

No, no Jews. l can't stand Jews.

Three sacks of flour, 50 eggs and four chickens.

Ten.

- Eight. - AII right, eight.

- And no Jews. - We drown Jews Iike we do cats.

Berlin Charlottenburg Nazi prison

You're in cell 1 7 with Erika. What's your name?

Greta.

Is it true that you were a singer?

They say you were Greta Del Torres.

Zamosc, poland Wehrmacht HO - Berlin: 750km

Winter. Have you ever driven a Type 40?

- Yes. - Good .

'Standartenfúhrer' Hiemer will Iead the fight against the partisans.

He needs a driver who knows the area. Will you do that?

- Yes. - Fine.

Butsyn, Ukraine probation Unit Camp - Berlin: 850km

You. Come with me.

You see that hut over there?

It's in the firing Iine of our artillery. Burn it down.

Yes, sir.

That's crazy.

What did you say?

The fire will only draw the Russians' attention to us.

You can burn down the Bolshevist hut now.

Three years ago they welcomed us as Iiberators.

Burn it down.

If God doesn't hand us the victory, we'II pay for what we're doing here.

Whatever God has in store for us, it won't be victory.

Tea?

PIease, sit down.

Ostroleka, poland Field Hospital - Berlin: b00 km

- Good morning. - Good morning.

You're Iucky, it's healing better than l expected .

You can be discharged in three or four days.

How many days' rehabilitation Ieave will l get?

What? Has all Ieave been suspended?

Keep treating him the way you have been.

Nurse.

Strange, l don't smell anything burning.

That's refusal to obey orders. You know what you get for that.

Sergeant.

- Sergeant, a message from HO. - What?

We're not to start any more fires,

otherwise the Russians will realise that we're withdrawing.

Attention.

- You have something for me? - Hiemer.

He Ied campaigns against Jews and partisans

in the Ukraine and White Russia.

He was thorough and ruthless.

He's arriving here tomorrow with orders to eliminate us.

Get everything ready. We'II attack tomorrow.

Stalin will prevail.

Try to sleep.

- Hannes. - Oh, nurse Char...

- What? - Do you want to go back to the front?

- But the doctor said . . . - Bite on this. Don't say a word .

How are...

- What are you doing? - Nothing. Get out.

That'II give you two more weeks.

After that, rehabilitation at Berchtesgaden Hospital.

Drive.

- What's going on, Corporal? - The partisans blew up the bridge.

Go Ieft here and turn right after three kilometres.

What are you doing?

How did you know we were driving into an ambush?

I nstinct.

I nstinct.

- You've been here a Iong time, right? - Yes.

I recognised you straightaway. l never forget a face.

I had your file sent to me.

You have a brother.

- Wilhelm. - He's dead .

Desertion.

He isn't dead .

He was granted clemency.

Probation Unit 500.

Shall we drive on?

- I was just. . . - please, remain seated .

- Your name is Sonja? - Yes.

What are you reading?

- 'Confessions of a Hunter'. - What's it about?

Poor people under Tsar Nicholas.

They are slaves. The gentry do with them as they please.

Buy them, sell them.

Vasja is a farmhand . The Iandowner beats him.

We treat our own people so badly.

Yes, we Germans are good at that, too.

- I once knew someone. She was. . . - Hey, you. Empty the bedpans.

What's the matter with you?

Do you think l haven't noticed? The corporal in A and the others?

Do you want to die?

You're undermining military morale. l should report you.

Do you think the Russians will forgive you if they win?

I thought you still believed in the final victory?

What else is there to believe in?

The Russians are making gains everywhere.

Minsk has fallen, and Warsaw is just 500 km away.

If we Iose the war,

can you imagine what they're going to do to us?

Get down. Get down.

Man, don't shoot without being ordered to.

You're far too nervous.

Oh, hello. Rabbit hunt.

PIease. Your rabbit.

On three.

One...

two...

Take them into town.

Every cowardly and underhanded attack

on German soldiers by criminal and insidious gangs

will continue to be met with merciless retaliatory measures.

Let this be a warning to those considering resistance.

Do you understand?

Give that to me.

Friedhelm. Come along.

On my command .

And . . . now.

- Those were our friends. - You're right about that.

But what now? Do you have any alternatives?

Agnieszka had two small children.

Do you have any ideas, Stanisu? l'm asking you a question.

Do you want to give up the fight?

- But poles are dying because of us. - Us?

What do you mean? Do you put the noose around their necks?

Does Krystyna cut children's throats? Do you, Krystyna?

One of them was Agnieszka. We know them all.

If they kill us, we have to kill them,

until poland is free once more.

- Shut up. - Calm down.

L've had enough. Not another word .

It's not about the fact that we're going to die, but rather how.

Did you hear that?

And that from the German ass.

Very good , Viktor.

With the Russians, we'II get along somehow.

But if the Germans win the war,

then that means the death sentence for us all.

What?

- A transfer? - You can return to Germany.

I don't underst. . . Am l to Ieave everyone here in the Iurch?

The war will probably be over soon. Just a few more months.

You...

You could wait for me.

Hildegard wanted to report you for sabotaging the healing of soldiers.

That's undermining military morale.

Probation Unit, cowards and traitors. We're to stay away from them.

- I belong there, too, do l? - l warned you.

You've informed against me?

L'm just doing my duty - Iike you did with Lilija.

- Wilhelm. - You know one of them?

Charly.

No.

I don't understand . Friedhelm said that you...

l know. Come here.

- It's all right. - No. You should be dead .

You should be dead .

AII this time, l've...

l Iove you.

- Charly. - Don't worry, nurse, he'II die soon.

Charly.

Wilhelm.

Here, eat.

Eat it, no matter how horrible it is.

Like Arthur here.

You were good .

Do you know that l met my husband thanks to you?

I ...

l took the train to Bernau with some friends of mine.

From there we walked to Liepnitzsee. There was a dance in a beer garden.

They played your song.

He kept Iooking over at us.

He was tall and quite good-Iooking.

When he came towards us, l thought he meant l nge,

but he had his eyes on me.

He was dragging his right Ieg along. The Assault Division had broken it.

He could still dance, though.

From that evening onwards, l knew he was the man for me.

We got married two months Iater.

They're coming to collect me early tomorrow morning.

July, 1944.

We're back where we slarted lhree years ago.

The Army Group Cenlre ls complelely worn down - halfa mllllon men.

The RedArmy has reached lhe Vlslula. Warsaw wlll soon ll.

The war has long been losl, bul lljuslgoes on and on.

My brolher was rlghl.. we're human llveslock ln a huge slaughlerhouse.

A gang of cowardly traitors has attempted to assassinate the 'Fúhrer'.

A gang of cowardly traitors has attempted to assassinate the 'Fúhrer'.

But there's divine providence for Germany,

in the form of Adolf Hitler.

The 'Fúhrer' is alive.

Is there anyone here who is overly disappointed?

With him, we will never give up.

We will fight for each town, each village, each house, until the end .

Well, we'II have to hurry.

To a German, an order is sacrosanct.

During the Iast war, we didn't give up either.

No, it was the Jews back home who betrayed us,

but that isn't going to happen this time.

Collect the corpses.

German soldlers, lhe war has been losl.

Hlller and hls generals have decelved us.

I was a German soldler, loo. Colonel Brandlmeler oflhe 11lh lnfanlry.

I foughl bravely and honourably for fouryears,

unlll l reallsed lhal we were belng decelved.

The RedArmy wlll conquer Hlller's Germany,

bul Slalln exlends us hls hand. Pul down your weapons and come lo us.

The Russlans are nol subhuman, as we've been led lo belleve.

Theyguaranlee you honourable lrealmenl, lhree meals a day,

- safe passage lo your molhers... - No way.

...slslers and wlves as soon as lhe war ls over.

Good Iuck.

Good .

The field hospital may soon be moved again.

What will you do?

Will you come with us?

They will...

...see me as a traitor.

I couldn't get any closer. Most of them are women, Jews.

They make munitions packaging and uniforms for the 'Wehrmacht'.

That's our target, the weapons depot.

There are four guard towers with searchlights.

The fence is electrified and will kill you.

Sometimes, prisoners simply walk into it when they can't take any more.

The guards are Ukrainian SS.

We don't stand a chance.

What's that?

The train brings food and weapons.

As soon as it's unloaded , it returns with packaging and uniforms.

We'II attack in open country.

Find out when the next transport is.

Do you understand?

We'II attack the train.

Take care of Arthur.

You can use pork, beef or venison. That's so nice.

You can use pork, beef or venison. That's so nice.

No, the sausage is the most important thing.

With garlic.

And 'sauerkraut'. Mushrooms and 'sauerkraut'.

It doesn't matter what you put into bigos,

as Iong as you Ieave it to stand overnight.

My grandmother always said ,

"A good bigos is Iike a good marriage.

"The Ionger it Iasts, the better it tastes."

What do you think?

Since when does a German know anything about bigos?

- It sounds Iike a good goulash. - Goulash?

- Bigos isn't goulash. - Bigos is poland .

You said the train would pass here at nine.

So? Am l responsible for the Germans?

Maybe they've already capitulated .

What if they ignore the stop sign and keep going?

They won't.

A German train driver doesn't ignore German signs.

Not yet.

Now.

Now.

I think we got all of them.

Group One, come with me.

Stop.

- Where did that come from, damn it? - There's one Ieft.

Did we get him?

On three. One...

two...

three.

Let's go.

- What are we going to do with them? - What do you mean, 'with them'?

Most of them are Jews.

Jews are just as bad as communists and Russians.

Better dead than alive.

- You want them to croak Iike that? - Yes.

Right, move it.

Come on, get off. Get off.

Come on.

Get off.

Walk.

Get out of here.

What are we going to do with the Jew?

Leave him to me. Understood?

Colonel?

There has been a series of attacks in the hinterland .

What else?

New reports are coming in all the time.

Some b0 bridges and about 1 50 kilometres of track.

We're Iaunching an attack tomorrow.

We've received a tip-off. Make all the preparations.

Get dressed .

Stop.

I knew it the first time l saw you.

The others said , "He's one.

"He Iooks Iike one."

Yes, Viktor. . . now l know.

You're a German...

...and a Jew.

You've been a good comrade.

But now there is nothing l can do for you.

Go.

Viktor.

The war won't Iast much Ionger.

I wish you Iuck and hope that you survive it.

Leave us alone.

Greta Del Torres.

324b.

What do you want?

I want you to sign this.

That l helped your Jewish friend .

Are things so bad for your 'Fúhrer' that you need a Jew now?

Why do you think you're still alive, eh?

And you can stay alive.

How does it feel...

...to know that he's Ieft you in the Iurch and is now in New York?

Good .

Don't bother hoping that they're going to save you.

Before one AIIied soldier gets here, you'II all be gone.

This was the Iast time. We'II never see each other again.

Get out of here, while you still can.

- Heard anything about my parents? - Just get out of here.

- The others? Greta? - Get out of here.

How is she?

She was arrested . Are you deaf? Get out of here.

Arrested? What for?

What for?

Defeatism.

Defeatism? Greta? That can't be.

Be careful, Friedhelm.

On three, OK?

One...

two...

Get out of here. You won't get a second chance.

What's wrong with you? The war is Iost. lt's pointless.

It was pointless from the very start.

February, 1945.

The RedArmy has crossed lhe Oder.

They're nowjusl 100 kllomelres from Berlln.

The war won'l lasl much longer.

I am fearful lhal hope wlll relurn, so close lo lhe end.

Raciborz, poland Frontline - Berlin: 500 km

- Russians. - Get down.

What do we do now?

Get on with it. That bastard wants us to die here.

- What's his name? - l don't know. He arrived today.

- Ready? - Yes.

Let's go.

Retractor.

Tweezers.

The Russians have broken through the Iines.

We're crumbling everywhere.

Swab.

They're just five kilometres from here.

- Sew him up and apply a splint. - But...

- Evacuate everyone. - And those who can't be moved?

They stay here.

Thal our soldlers,

whelher lhey embark upon an offenslve here or lhere on lhe Easlern fronl,

wlll no longer know mercy, nor show mercy.

That's right, on the back.

The dlvlslons who have embarked upon small offenslves,

and ln lhe comlng monlhs wlll embark upon large offenslves...

- Those who can't come get morphine. - OK.

- ... wlllgo lnlo lhls ballle llke a rellglon. - Sonja.

And when lhey ralse lhelr rlfles lo lhelr shoulders

andgel lnlo lhelr lanks,

lhey wlll only avenge lhelr losl chlldren and humlllaled...

Sonja?

- Have you seen Sonja, the Russian? - No.

- We've got to go right now. - Where is Sonja?

I don't know. The Russians are just 500 metres away.

- Sonja. - Charlotte.

Come on, faster. Faster, we're Ieaving.

Sonja?

Sonja?

Nurse.

The Russians.

- PIease. - Take these.

- What's your name? - Sonja Michailowa.

Sonja.

No.

We're Soviet soldiers. Liberators, not rapists.

Get out of here, unless you want me to shoot you.

Lilija.

Thank you.

Get out. AII of you.

No...

Sonja.

Sonja. . . What's going to happen to her?

She's a traitor. Come on.

Come on.

Breslau has been surrounded . We're to ensure...

Careful, he's Iooking for a reason.

- Get out of here. - What?

Get out of here.

How many Iives does an asshole Iike you have?

I have just one Ieft.

I wanted to say goodbye.

Do you know what l'm going to do with you?

My war is over.

And so is yours.

Come on, give me a hand .

And now get out of here.

You didn't see a thing.

They wouldn't believe me anyway.

Martin, please. Get on with it.

- Field Gendarmerie. - We'II wait until it's dark.

She's a nurse. She can care for our wounded .

Their nurses Ieft our injured to die. Why?

She can make up for her sins.

We'II have won the war soon.

With whom else are we going to build a better Germany?

The girl, the nurse...

Charly.

What's the probability of making it home alive as a soldier?

- So l figured . . . - You'd spare her the pain.

Us.

Did you count them?

- The ones you killed? - No.

Twelve, l killed twelve.

And saved no one.

To begin with, we were heroes and now, just assholes.

CAMpAIGN l N THE EAST DECl DED

This way was quicker for you.

You were to be shot.

Why are you helping me?

Because otherwise it'II never stop.

L'II see you in Berlin.

Did you think we were going to forget you?

Attention.

Aim.

Fire.

KIodzko, poland Berlin: 350 km

Wilhelm.

That's my direction.

- Farewell. - Farewell.

May, 1945.

Fouryears ago we saldgoodbye.

We were five frlends

and lhoughl lhe war would be over by Chrlslmas.

Now ll's endlng where ll was slarted.

In Berlln, or whal's left ofll.

Soon lhere wlll be only Germans and nol a slngle Nazl.

And whal aboul us?

Yes?

Hey, what are you doing?

What are you doing in my apartment?

- Your apartment? - Yes.

Has it always been?

Yes, why not?

Is that a fact?

Apparently, Jews used to Iive here,

but they moved away.

Right, that's enough.

Yes, l put my own picture in there. l never had anything against...

l only ever tried to help them.

There, Jews.

Bohemian Forest Three days before the capitulation

Take cover.

Stop it. Stop it, damn it.

Stupid idiots.

- Germans, give yourselves up. - The war is over.

German soldiers should surrender. The war is over.

Those bastards are Iying. lt's propaganda.

If we surrender, they'II shoot us.

- The 'Fúhrer' promised that we'd win. - We still have bullets.

How can we Iook our mothers in the eye if we surrender?

You'II be Iucky to ever Iook her in the eye again.

You're an old , cowardly swine.

- How old are you? - Twelve.

You are children. The Russians will send you home.

Send this to the address on the back here.

He's going to attack them.

M lSSl NG

Next.

Next, please.

Next, please.

We need people with experience in administration and policing.

- Do you have any? - Certainly, Iots.

But not quite as much as you, 'Sturmbannfúhrer'.

- Have we met before? - l can't believe you're working here.

They need my experience.

You mean twelve years' experience in torture and death?

Help me, l can't remember everybody.

Captain.

This is 'Sturmbannfúhrer' Dorn of the Gestapo.

You know that?

Do you know what happened to Greta?

Viktor Goldstein.

I arranged papers for you.

I arranged papers for this man so that he could escape to Marseille.

Greta, yes.

It's such a shame.

I did everything l could to save her.

I very nearly Iost my own family, too.

L'm glad to see that you survived .

Next.

SWl NG DANCl NG pROH l BITED

We don't need to wait for Friedhelm.

Perished for 'Fúhrer', people and fatherland .

Has anyone heard anything from Greta?

L'm glad you're alive.

To Friedhelm and Greta.