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Don't touch her!

Not you.

Why do you say that?

All of this is your fault.

That's a collaborator argument.

If the collaborators say that 2 plus 2 equals 4,

then I agree with them!

The Germans would have run away.

That's a nasty thing to say.

Will you shut up? Just shut up.

Paul! Rémi!

I'll take her.

Be careful.

Take the others down!

Go get something to put the bodies in.

Take them to the court.

You, go see if they're all gone,

Krauts and Milice.

People saw the militiamen going to the station.

I don't care of what they say!

If they're gone,

we'll go to town and ring the bells at full peal

to announce the good news.

We need to stick posters everywhere. CDL posters.

The latest ones.

Where's Edmond?

Where's the head of the CDL?

He had important stuff to do.

Yes, right.

I'm sorry.

Leave me alone.

Why did you say that before?

- It's not my fault if... - Shut up!

You need to learn to shut up.

Why do you keep saying it's not your fault?

Is there anything else I can do?

We have to bury her.

And avenge her.

We can't run after the Krauts.

The Krauts didn't hang Marie.

- The Milice? - No.

It was Marchetti.

A FRENCH TOWN

On the Platform

You did come, after all.

No, no.

What will you do in Belfort?

Visit the town.

What about you?

The militiamen are going there.

Then, the volunteers will go to Germany to fight.

Won't you go?

The war is over, Marchetti.

And we lost.

"We"?

Who's "we"?

Those who dreamed of a clean France.

A strong France in a healthy Europe.

I don't do politics.

You're such a laugh.

That girl, though...

What "girl"?

At the school.

What about her?

Was it personal or...?

No.

Then why did you do that?

Because you do politics, Marchetti.

Whether you want it or not.

She annoyed me.

Women need to learn to shut up.

Xavier called the stationmaster. The rails are blocked.

The train will have to detour.

There's a two-hour delay.

What we did at the farm, to that family of partisans...

What about it?

My sister doesn't know. I don't want her to find out.

She thinks you work for the Red Cross?

- No, but... - It's OK.

Don't worry.

I'm not proud of what we did there. I won't brag about it.

Who are these people?

What do you want?

I'm Jules Bériot's wife.

- Have you had any news? - No.

Do you know who he is?

Yes, but I haven't seen him since January.

- And? - "And" what?

How was he doing in January?

He had been promoted. That's all I know.

Are you sure? Is there anything else?

I'm not the information desk!

Raymond!

Any news of Bériot?

No.

Nothing since March.

March?

How was he doing then?

He was supposed to go to a meeting. They were all arrested.

I don't know if he was able to escape.

Do you think he's dead?

I don't know.

I don't know.

What happened to her?

What does it matter?

Her son was my student.

Raoul.

She was a good woman.

I had a problem one day. She helped me.

When are you going to bury her?

I don't know.

I can't believe she's dead, so burying her...

Hortense!

Gustave!

Let him go.

He's my uncle.

What are you doing here?

Where's your aunt?

She left with her Kraut.

She left you all alone?

She wanted to take me to your place, I said no.

She just left?

At night, yes.

She took her dresses with her...

You don't know Hortense very well.

She's worse than you are.

- Watch your tone. - I'll speak in whatever tone I want.

She's worse, except for one thing.

She's not a hypocrite. She doesn't lie.

You're nasty and you smile.

Jérémie!

The ham.

You're in the black market?

Your maid used to buy things in the black market.

Why wouldn't I?

Everybody buys in the black market. Selling is a different story.

No buyers, no sellers, my dear uncle.

- Do you hear the bells, Gustave? - I'm not deaf.

The Germans are gone. That's why I came.

I was worried about you and your aunt.

You should be worried about your ass.

- You'll have to justify yourself. - You're wrong.

My father died and you lived. Screw the rest.

There's more to what happened.

I did what anyone would have done.

You can't reproach me forever!

You let my dad die, for Christ's sake!

I could have died with him, but I preferred to live.

Is that a crime?

You'll stay on the black market?

I'll even raise the prices.

The real shortage starts now.

Come on, Jérémie! We're off.

Let's empty the basement.

Are you going to be OK?

I'm scared.

Don't worry.

We'll be some lucky newlyweds.

The day I got married we had a flat tire.

Our honeymoon was screwed.

It'll be different with me.

Cheer up now.

Come with me.

Trust me.

You said I shouldn't trust you.

I lied.

I can't let you pass, sir.

My father needs his medicine.

Vineuil is 2 km away.

Show me the medicine.

This is a medicine for rheumatism. Nothing urgent.

- He's in pain. - Leave now, sir.

I have no time to lose.

Feldgendarme.

Ask the Division where the Americans are.

If this keeps going, we're going to get caught!

Mobile Borders to Division. Come in, Division.

Mobile Borders to Division. Come in, Division.

I'm going back to Germany with my wife.

She's French.

Were you demobilized, Mr. Steiger?

I'm going to Sarrebruck to take my new position

at the Civil Defense.

Roadmap?

I was in Villeneuve. I didn't have time

to take all my things.

My documents are there.

You took your marriage certificate.

Listen,

I don't have time to lose.

I want to talk to your superior!

I'm my own superior here, sir!

And my mission is to hunt down deserters and traitors!

Your story is fishy.

Oh, really?

I'm a good friend of the SD chief in Sarrebruck!

He's going to ruin your career, believe me!

What's your name, soldier?

It's all right, there's no need to get nervous.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

I'll go get the car.

Do you know that man?

That's H. Muller, chief of the SD in Villeneuve.

Stop!

Don't move!

- You can't take her. - No.

- You'll do it anyway? - Will you stop me?

She died for the Résistance,

her body belongs to the Résistance.

Marie doesn't belong to anyone.

Not even me.

Regarding the Résistance,

there's no one to fight against anymore.

Why are you taking her?

I need to.

I want to choose where she'll be...

What if Raoul doesn't want?

I don't care.

He's her son, for God's sake!

He's free thanks to me. He won't be a problem.

He's still her son, Raymond.

I'll tell him where she is.

You're quite a good digger.

You've been doing it all your life...

Is there anything else we do? All of our life...

He's a traitor and a philosopher. That's new.

Tell me... Have you served in Russia?

Where else could I have got my iron cross?

In bed with French women?

I served one year in Ukraine. Between 1941 and 1942.

And? Does that make you less of a deserter and a traitor?

No.

We're both Russia veterans.

We owe ourselves a last favor.

Keep going.

That woman...

she's French.

She didn't do anything wrong.

Being with you...

that is a mistake.

See? I'm a philosopher, too.

Let her go.

We have orders to execute the traitors

and those who join them.

Orders, orders...

You didn't get your iron cross by complying with orders.

You're such a smartass, aren't you?

Let her go...

It will be your good deed of the year.

I don't want to.

Hortense...

What am I going to do without you?

You'll live.

It is always better to live.

I'm tired, Heinrich.

I think you're done digging.

Get in.

Wait!

Give me your shoes.

For my wife.

Those are some nice shoes.

Will you tell her where they come from?

It's going to be OK.

Listen to me.

We'll be OK.

We'll be OK.

Hortense.

Hortense...

Come here. Come here.

You have to sleep now.

Well?

No news.

Actually, he may have been arrested in March.

What do you mean?

The partisans must know.

The Résistance is quite big now.

Yes, well.

Is the baby asleep?

What were you saying?

I don't understand why you want to be here if your husband's not.

- I will go back to work. - What work?

Classes will resume on January.

There's a lot to do until then.

I would have liked you to stay at the farm. I got used to it.

You did.

I'm going to miss the baby.

Dad, I wasn't comfortable at the farm before

and I will never be.

That's too bad.

Look! There's a letter for you.

Maybe we'll know where he is.

It's not him.

- Who is it then? - No one.

Will you stay over tonight?

Well, yes.

Just for tonight.

Lucienne, what will you do if...?

If what?

If your husband doesn't come back.

I'll do what you did when mom died. I'll live with it.

I mean, I'll live without him.

You, get out!

They'll interrogate us.

We're going to get through this.

Do you want a smoke?

What brought you to the Milice?

You did.

Me?

That's a shock.

Remember you arrested him last year?

You know, I've arrested so many people.

You asked the judge to find me guilty.

I got a disciplinary action in West Prussia.

My goodness!

My godfather got me a position in the Milice, which erased my record.

You should've never accepted.

You're insulting godfather's memory.

May he rest in peace.

Prussia was better than the Milice.

It didn't tempt me.

So you'll end up in West Prussia.

Where could I go?

Lose the uniform and hide with your sister.

That's easy to say.

Blanchon!

I brought you the Jewish.

There are 15 of them.

Deliver them to the Gestapo.

They'll be waiting.

- Look. - What?

Our families are here. Can't you find another way?

Escort those Jewish or you won't get on that train.

We had a deal!

Try to understand!

I'm in a hurry, Blanchon! I don't have time to understand!

You'll get into trouble because of some Jewish.

You push them off the train. No big deal.

Well?

Alright.

Alban,

Guillaume, take the Jews over there.

I suppose they're foreigners.

You think I asked for IDs? A Jew is a Jew.

French, German... It's all the same to them.

I don't like Jews.

But a French citizen is a French citizen.

I warn you, the Gestapo has a list.

If anything happens, you'll be in trouble.

If everything goes well, you'll get your visas to Fribourg.

Three soldiers will stay here till they all board.

They will report to me.

Let's go!

- What will we tell them? - You, nothing.

You will act as the perfect mute dumbo.

What if they interrogate us separately?

It's just routine. They don't want to waste time.

They just need to fill their report.

They put us here, together.

Look. That's a good sign.

They swallowed the antifascist crap.

They're making us feel at ease. It's a trap.

You're getting paranoid.

That's good.

If they discover us,

tell them you're Sidonie Parmentier, an easy girl.

I picked you up in Seurres, two weeks ago.

You know nothing about me except that I'm a SS

and I lie a lot.

I would be saying the truth.

It's the only way to lie well and for a long time.

But be careful.

Their intelligence officers are no fools.

If you hesitate, they will get you.

I think someone was watching us.

They wanted to see you.

They must be disappointed.

We were lucky, anyway.

Newlyweds luck. I told you.

Do you think we'll get married someday?

We have better chances than an our ago.

I'm imagining...

a wedding in America

or in Africa,

where we don't know anyone and no one knows us.

Terra incognita.

Paradise.

We should know what your priorities are.

- It's just you. - We don't get to decide.

It's just about giving our opinion.

Please, be quiet!

Right now, it is urgent to restore the Republic.

Which one? De Gaulle's?

Suzanne, please.

I didn't fight for De Gaulle to take power.

Me neither!

- Give me another name. - I don't know!

- But not an old reactionary. - He's not old. He's 54!

- That's old? - Shall I write that?

Yes, write everything down!

Antoine is right. We need young partisans.

Don't you think? Anselme?

Whatever you say.

However, young people don't make less mistakes than old folks.

Listen! Listen!

We will choose a candidate through an election

when all this mess comes to an end.

Two other issues are much more important:

supplies and security.

- You're going too fast. - Work it out.

There are things missing.

- You'll have to summarize. - Right.

How are we going to maintain the security?

- On behalf of who? - The CDL.

"In the name of the CDL..."

No, in the name of the government!

We're the Résistance.

- It's the same. - Of course not!

All the orientations are represented.

Communists...

Socialists, radicals, Christians, everybody!

Bureaucrats!

Recruited in London and Algiers. They have no field experience.

Good grief! Now I remember.

Public debate and democracy can be such a pain!

The French State felt so good!

A dictatorship is what we need.

It's nice to disagree.

Good old fight on politics!

- "Dictatorship", do I write that? - No.

We said "summarize".

What the hell is going on? Get down!

Fernand, get down!

Are you insane? Don't get close to the window.

Dad, be careful!

Shit, it's the Germans!

Germans in a black uniform.

I told you coming here was a stupid idea.

OK. Is there a discreet exit?

There's a door in the courtyard.

Go get the baby. We're leaving.

OK, we're going out!

They have heavy weapons.

Cover me!

Come!

Are you alright?

- We're off. - Let's split.

- Go to the sawmill. - Let's go!

This way!

Damn it.

No, sweetie.

Keep an eye on it.

Don't lose it.

Taking those Jews with us is such a pain.

To top it off, they're families.

I don't know what to tell my wife.

There's also the fact that they might be French...

Yes, well. We will never know.

If you're hold accountable after the war,

for deporting French citizens...

If that's the case, it won't make much difference.

We could see if there are any French.

I don't want to get in trouble.

What difference would it make if one or two go missing?

Schneider send a list to the Gestapo in Belfort.

We have to take them all.

What do you have to lose, Blanchon?

We could end up in Germany

with no status, no permits, no resources,

and stuck with our families.

No, Marchetti.

It might be a pain but...

we need to go all the way.

Who are they?

Terrorists.

They were shooting at us.

Mommy.

Martial law as of now.

Shoot everyone you see.

A want a report in 30 minutes.

Is the principal inside?

Shut up.

I'm the principal's wife. He's absent.

That's a shame.

How could you kill those people in that way?

I'm sick of those terrorists. They keep shooting at me.

They wear no uniform, they look like civilians.

They shoot us in the back.

I respect soldiers, not terrorists.

Do you know this school?

I've been living here for 4 years.

Perfect.

Wait! What are you doing?

Mom!

Don't worry.

We won't hurt your child if you do what you're told.

Mommy!

We have an infirmary.

There are wounded people.

You will care for them, wash them, feed them.

We won't stay long.

Understood?

Good.

What happened? Where are the guards?

We said the Germans were gone.

Everybody believed that, starting with us.

Who are those guys? Did you see the black uniform?

It's an armored unit.

Probably a division in retreat. They won't stay long.

...until further notice!

We'll stay here for a while.

I've seen nicer waiting rooms.

Your attention, please.

The martial law is in effect until further notice!

Your attention, please.

The martial law is in effect until further notice!

Gustave!

Gustave!

Gustave! Come back, for God's sake!

There's a curfew. They're shooting on sight.

Right. I thought the Germans were gone.

- Let's go, Jérémie. - Stop!

Leave me alone!

- I'm doing this for Françoise. - What's got into you?

This is not the time!

They won't hurt her. They need us.

- Shall we take care of him? - Yes.

Right, on the count of 3. 1, 2, 3!

Holy cow! These Germans are heavy!

- They're full of lead. - Dad!

Excuse me.

Let's prepare the mattress.

- We'll roll him down. - Easy.

- If anything happens... - He's already dead.

Easy!

- No, he's not dead. - Poor guy!

He's a Kraut, for Christ's sake!

He's a human being.

"lmbe Kannter".

They sure have funny names.

Imbe! What kind of name is that?

Imbecile, yes!

He has trouble breathing. I'll tell the major.

- The major? - Officer Kruger is a major.

You know the German ranks?

She's asleep.

No.

You'll wake her up.

I know a thing or two.

You know...

I have 3 daughters.

I want to talk about lieutenant Kannter.

Who's Kannter?

The badly burned man covered in bandages.

Ah, yes.

What about him?

He has trouble breathing.

What do you want me to do? You're the one who must help him.

I'm not a doctor. Is there a doctor in your unit?

He was butchered by those terrorists who matter so much to you.

And the nurse deserted.

We should change his bandages.

Perfect. Do it!

Do you have new bandages?

We have some left.

That damn nurse didn't take the supplies with him.

You seem like a nice person. You don't see that everyday.

Take her.

If you don't play dirty...

I won't play dirty.

Mom.

Thank you.

Go ahead, guys.

- Need a relief? - No, it keeps me busy.

Besides, you're not one of us.

I'm screwed anyway, so...

No, no. The chief wouldn't be happy.

What if I told you I have passes for you and your sister?

I don't understand.

I need you to help me with something.

Help? What do you want to do?

Take a Jew out.

But...

That wouldn't be right.

We must take them all to Belfort.

Do you want to protect your sister or not?

Those passes are worthless. We'll be pushed back anyway.

Blanchon!

The Americans have blocked the railroad.

You can forget about the train.

God damn it!

I have enough cars to make a convoy to Belfort.

We left 3 trucks with gas in Villeneuve.

In exchange for...?

You have to eliminate those Jews. I can't leave any stock behind.

Subtitles: Eclair Media