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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:49,333 --> 00:00:50,833 I'll tell you a story. 4 00:00:52,333 --> 00:00:55,083 During the winter of 1944 to 1945, 5 00:00:55,250 --> 00:00:58,292 the US army broke through the Siegfried line. 6 00:00:59,292 --> 00:01:01,958 Two years later, a French mine-clearing crew 7 00:01:02,125 --> 00:01:05,042 was demolishing the remains of the blockhouses. 8 00:01:05,792 --> 00:01:10,208 Suddenly, through a hole in the ground, there appeared... 9 00:01:10,958 --> 00:01:15,792 a group of thin, blind, ghostly figures with great long beards. 10 00:01:16,542 --> 00:01:18,167 There were six of them - 11 00:01:18,333 --> 00:01:23,000 the sole survivors of a German Army division. 12 00:01:24,083 --> 00:01:27,375 Two years before, the US bombardments 13 00:01:27,542 --> 00:01:31,375 had flattened their bunker, trapping them inside. 14 00:01:31,542 --> 00:01:32,583 They had food. 15 00:01:32,750 --> 00:01:36,208 They drank moisture from the walls. 16 00:01:36,875 --> 00:01:39,292 They lost all sense of time. 17 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,917 They survived from habit, 18 00:01:42,083 --> 00:01:45,375 living like vegetables, mushrooms or moss. 19 00:01:46,958 --> 00:01:51,167 The war passed over their heads and they were forgotten. 20 00:01:53,250 --> 00:01:59,667 The point of this story is that, within a few days of being rescued, 21 00:01:59,833 --> 00:02:01,500 all six of them died. 22 00:02:02,750 --> 00:02:06,792 The cause of their death was a mystery. 23 00:02:06,958 --> 00:02:10,292 Was it a virus? A new disease? 24 00:02:10,458 --> 00:02:12,333 I know why they died. 25 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:17,333 They could no longer face real life. That's all. 26 00:02:18,042 --> 00:02:21,333 I think I'm the same. 27 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:24,542 I never could face up to real life. 28 00:02:24,708 --> 00:02:27,542 Someone once said, "The best lives are invented. " 29 00:02:28,708 --> 00:02:30,042 I think it was me. 30 00:02:30,208 --> 00:02:33,333 A SELF-MADE HERO 31 00:02:57,125 --> 00:02:58,917 Were the Dehousses a local family? 32 00:02:59,083 --> 00:03:01,750 Yes, they were here for generations. 33 00:03:01,917 --> 00:03:06,125 Until 1945, there was a street named after one of them. 34 00:03:06,333 --> 00:03:08,458 I'm talking about the early 1900s. 35 00:03:08,625 --> 00:03:11,625 In Albert's time, the money had long since run out. 36 00:03:36,458 --> 00:03:37,500 "Tennis. 37 00:03:37,667 --> 00:03:40,667 "T-E-N-N-I-♪. 38 00:03:40,833 --> 00:03:42,583 "An outdoor game 39 00:03:42,792 --> 00:03:45,667 "for two or four people 40 00:03:45,833 --> 00:03:49,417 "playing on two opposing sides, with racquets... " 41 00:03:49,708 --> 00:03:50,583 "'Captain! 42 00:03:50,750 --> 00:03:51,625 "'Captain! 43 00:03:51,792 --> 00:03:54,000 "I think we're being followed!' 44 00:03:54,208 --> 00:03:57,917 "Cried Miss Edith, peering through the blizzard. 45 00:03:58,667 --> 00:04:04,125 "By Jove, yes! ' said Corcoran. 'I do believe it's a polar bear!' 46 00:04:04,292 --> 00:04:07,875 "My God! ' screamed Edith... " 47 00:04:13,542 --> 00:04:15,000 Get down! 48 00:04:20,083 --> 00:04:21,542 Is everybody all right? 49 00:04:21,708 --> 00:04:24,333 You have performed a remarkable deed. 50 00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:25,542 You're a hero. 51 00:04:25,708 --> 00:04:27,458 No, sir, I only did my duty. 52 00:04:27,625 --> 00:04:29,375 Raise the flag! 53 00:04:31,417 --> 00:04:32,708 Have you got a light? 54 00:04:34,208 --> 00:04:36,458 Thanks, old man. 55 00:04:42,292 --> 00:04:44,417 Albert, dinner's ready! 56 00:04:47,208 --> 00:04:48,333 I'm coming! 57 00:04:50,208 --> 00:04:52,125 Lambersart, 1930. 58 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:53,542 Albert was 12 years old. 59 00:04:53,708 --> 00:04:57,083 His father was a picture on the wall, a soldier killed in action, 60 00:04:57,250 --> 00:04:58,708 a family hero. 61 00:04:58,875 --> 00:05:01,167 At dinner, a place was always set for him - 62 00:05:01,333 --> 00:05:04,583 knife on the left, fork on the right as he was left-handed. 63 00:05:04,750 --> 00:05:05,917 I've done my best. 64 00:05:06,583 --> 00:05:08,833 He said I was a saint and he was right. 65 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,792 He died for you. One day you'll understand. 66 00:05:13,542 --> 00:05:14,583 Why am I all alone? 67 00:05:19,375 --> 00:05:22,917 Why can't I have a life, like everybody else? 68 00:05:27,083 --> 00:05:28,958 Your father died for his country, 69 00:05:29,125 --> 00:05:32,042 but those town hall officials want you to starve! 70 00:05:32,208 --> 00:05:34,042 By rights, I should have a pension 71 00:05:34,208 --> 00:05:36,125 and you should be a ward of the state. 72 00:05:36,292 --> 00:05:37,417 What a fine country! 73 00:05:38,125 --> 00:05:42,792 If we were Jews or Freemasons, things would be different! 74 00:05:43,542 --> 00:05:46,042 "Jew. ♪-E-W. 75 00:05:47,125 --> 00:05:50,333 "A member of the Jewish race, an Israelite. 76 00:05:50,500 --> 00:05:54,792 "A Polish Jew," spell with a capital ♪. 77 00:05:57,167 --> 00:06:00,917 "They pitched camp on a hilltop, their gaudy tents in full view. 78 00:06:01,083 --> 00:06:03,792 "They were glad to be seen for miles around. 79 00:06:06,042 --> 00:06:07,875 " 'Soldiers! I'm proud of you. 80 00:06:08,042 --> 00:06:09,125 "'You're fine men. 81 00:06:09,333 --> 00:06:12,875 " 'This battle will be decisive. Victory cannot escape us. 82 00:06:13,042 --> 00:06:15,333 "'The enemy quakes. Have no mercy! ' " 83 00:06:20,500 --> 00:06:22,083 Sod your dad! 84 00:06:22,250 --> 00:06:25,208 He was no hero. He was an alcoholic like mine. 85 00:06:25,375 --> 00:06:29,125 He wasn't killed in action. He dropped dead in Toquet's bar. 86 00:06:29,875 --> 00:06:31,917 That's not true! He was gassed. 87 00:06:32,083 --> 00:06:33,833 What are you talking about? 88 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,667 Your mum says that because she wants a pension, 89 00:06:36,833 --> 00:06:39,000 but the town hall blokes aren't stupid. 90 00:06:39,167 --> 00:06:42,167 They know your dad had a nickname at Toquet's bar. 91 00:06:42,333 --> 00:06:45,375 - Do you know what it was? - No, I don't know. 92 00:06:45,583 --> 00:06:46,875 Do you want to know? 93 00:06:48,708 --> 00:06:50,250 Don't you want to know? 94 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,792 Do you want to know or not? 95 00:06:56,125 --> 00:06:58,167 I'll tell you if you give me your bag. 96 00:07:02,417 --> 00:07:05,083 School bags don't just get lost. 97 00:07:05,917 --> 00:07:07,125 Did someone steal it? 98 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:10,833 Did they? 99 00:07:12,875 --> 00:07:16,042 That school of yours is the bane of my life! 100 00:07:20,750 --> 00:07:21,875 Mum? 101 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:23,833 Not "Mum", "Mummy". 102 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,417 Mummy, what does "cirrhosis" mean? 103 00:07:27,583 --> 00:07:29,000 What does it mean? 104 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:34,500 Nothing. It's a rude word. 105 00:07:36,458 --> 00:07:39,417 Look at me, dear. Look at me! 106 00:07:39,583 --> 00:07:42,833 Whatever anyone has told you, it's a lie. 107 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,708 Look at me! Who would you rather believe? 108 00:07:45,875 --> 00:07:48,125 Riff-raff who soil your father's memory, 109 00:07:48,292 --> 00:07:50,792 or your mother who loves you and cares for you? 110 00:07:50,958 --> 00:07:53,417 Who would you rather believe? 111 00:07:53,583 --> 00:07:55,167 My mummy. 112 00:07:56,083 --> 00:07:57,375 Stop crying. 113 00:07:57,542 --> 00:07:59,417 If your father could see you now! 114 00:08:17,458 --> 00:08:20,917 This was Albert's first contact with deceit. 115 00:08:21,083 --> 00:08:24,833 It was also how he found his vocation - he would be a hero. 116 00:08:28,958 --> 00:08:30,000 Years went by. 117 00:08:30,167 --> 00:08:34,042 Albert went to primary school, and then to a local convent school. 118 00:08:34,208 --> 00:08:35,250 Times changed. 119 00:08:35,417 --> 00:08:39,167 He learned new words - front-wheel drive, Popular Front, paid holidays - 120 00:08:39,333 --> 00:08:42,417 and exotic names - Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Stalin. 121 00:08:45,667 --> 00:08:47,292 In 1939, war broke out. 122 00:08:47,458 --> 00:08:50,417 As a war widow's only child, Albert wasn't called up. 123 00:08:50,583 --> 00:08:52,250 He missed a chance to be a hero. 124 00:08:52,792 --> 00:08:56,125 The Germans entered Lambersart in June 1940. 125 00:08:56,292 --> 00:08:58,250 Albert was 22. 126 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:06,583 In. It was in. 127 00:09:06,750 --> 00:09:08,542 No, that's... no. 128 00:09:09,292 --> 00:09:11,208 15... Game. 129 00:09:15,208 --> 00:09:16,583 Coming! 130 00:09:20,208 --> 00:09:24,125 The Allies began bombing the north of France in 1942. 131 00:09:24,333 --> 00:09:26,458 The Dehousses" cellar was a shelter. 132 00:09:26,625 --> 00:09:30,583 Mind my clean floor! At least wipe your feet! 133 00:09:30,750 --> 00:09:31,875 Be careful! 134 00:09:32,042 --> 00:09:33,625 Wipe your feet! 135 00:09:34,667 --> 00:09:37,917 - Can't you give me any warning? - The RAF don't give us any! 136 00:09:38,833 --> 00:09:41,000 - Stop pushing! - Come and help me. 137 00:09:41,375 --> 00:09:44,208 Is that everyone? 138 00:09:45,542 --> 00:09:47,458 - Where are you going? - Oh, I know... 139 00:09:47,625 --> 00:09:50,750 - Aren't you coming? - I've had enough. I'm off to bed. 140 00:09:50,917 --> 00:09:52,625 Why are you holding that? 141 00:09:52,792 --> 00:09:56,542 Remember to bolt the door after they've gone. 142 00:09:58,167 --> 00:10:00,083 - Good night, Mummy. - Good night. 143 00:10:03,417 --> 00:10:04,750 Excuse me. 144 00:10:06,667 --> 00:10:08,833 - Sorry. It was my fault. - Don't worry. 145 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,958 I was looking for the toilet. 146 00:10:11,125 --> 00:10:12,458 This way. 147 00:10:12,625 --> 00:10:13,917 Follow me. 148 00:10:15,292 --> 00:10:16,792 Mind the table. 149 00:10:17,583 --> 00:10:19,875 - Do you know this house? - I live here. 150 00:10:20,042 --> 00:10:21,708 You're the Dehousse boy? 151 00:10:21,875 --> 00:10:24,208 - I'm Yvette Car on. - Mind the step. 152 00:10:24,375 --> 00:10:25,625 His name is Jean. 153 00:10:26,333 --> 00:10:28,958 - What's yours? - Albert. 154 00:10:29,750 --> 00:10:33,917 Wait. My poor feet. These shoes are killing me. 155 00:10:34,083 --> 00:10:35,542 Can you hold this? 156 00:10:46,958 --> 00:10:48,292 That's better. 157 00:10:49,125 --> 00:10:50,208 What? 158 00:10:50,833 --> 00:10:53,583 I said it's better without my shoes. 159 00:10:53,750 --> 00:10:54,792 This way. 160 00:10:54,958 --> 00:10:56,042 Watch out! 161 00:10:57,333 --> 00:11:00,042 - It's strange we haven't met before. - Why? 162 00:11:00,208 --> 00:11:02,208 I work at Martel's textile company. 163 00:11:02,375 --> 00:11:05,792 I'm in accounts. My father works there too, in sales. 164 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:07,708 What do you do? 165 00:11:08,625 --> 00:11:11,000 - Who, me? - Not the air raid warden, silly! 166 00:11:11,167 --> 00:11:12,833 What's your occupation? 167 00:11:19,667 --> 00:11:20,917 I write. 168 00:11:21,083 --> 00:11:23,458 Really? Are you a journalist? 169 00:11:23,625 --> 00:11:26,750 No, I write novels. I'm currently writing a novel. 170 00:11:26,917 --> 00:11:28,625 How interesting! 171 00:11:28,792 --> 00:11:30,167 Yes, it is. 172 00:11:33,750 --> 00:11:37,667 "At sunrise, the forest filled with animal cries. 173 00:11:43,917 --> 00:11:49,583 "At sunrise, the forest filled with animal cries. 174 00:11:52,833 --> 00:11:58,042 "At sunrise, the forest filled with animal cries. 175 00:12:09,917 --> 00:12:13,042 "He seized her wrists and forced her backwards. " 176 00:12:13,208 --> 00:12:14,958 - " 'Repeat that! ' -"'I' can't.' 177 00:12:15,125 --> 00:12:16,750 ""You're lying again!' 178 00:12:16,958 --> 00:12:19,875 "Boris stopped himself. He felt ashamed. 179 00:12:20,042 --> 00:12:23,542 "He knew he was a violent man, but why was he so brutal? 180 00:12:25,833 --> 00:12:27,542 "Why this sudden anger? 181 00:12:27,708 --> 00:12:30,125 "Why could he not trust his wife? 182 00:12:30,292 --> 00:12:32,958 "Was he not dishonouring his wife? 183 00:12:33,125 --> 00:12:37,625 "His heart filled with love and counsel led him wisely. 184 00:12:37,792 --> 00:12:40,208 "He saw that courtesy and kindness 185 00:12:40,375 --> 00:12:43,875 "were the only way to win over the headstrong Sheeba. " 186 00:12:44,333 --> 00:12:46,042 This is London. 187 00:12:46,208 --> 00:12:51,292 Here are some personal messages - Grandfather is eating... 188 00:12:51,458 --> 00:12:52,667 Wait... 189 00:12:52,833 --> 00:12:57,000 - It is time to pick tomatoes. - "I'm scared you'll leave by ship. " 190 00:12:57,167 --> 00:12:59,875 - "Sheeba, don't worry... " - Titian was a painter. 191 00:13:00,042 --> 00:13:01,667 "You'll see me again soon. " 192 00:13:01,833 --> 00:13:05,208 It's super, Albert. Really! 193 00:13:05,375 --> 00:13:07,375 Where do you get it all from? 194 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:13,000 I have no imagination. Really, none. 195 00:13:13,167 --> 00:13:14,875 I can barely write a postcard. 196 00:13:15,083 --> 00:13:17,667 Who was that other man? 197 00:13:17,833 --> 00:13:19,792 George, a cousin from Brittany. 198 00:13:19,958 --> 00:13:22,000 So what happens to Sheeba? 199 00:13:23,417 --> 00:13:26,208 I haven't decided yet. 200 00:13:26,375 --> 00:13:29,625 - Haven't you? - I haven't made up my mind. 201 00:13:29,792 --> 00:13:32,000 I misjudged you, Albert. 202 00:13:32,167 --> 00:13:35,792 I thought you were shy and a bit stuck-up. 203 00:13:38,250 --> 00:13:40,500 I didn't know you were like this. 204 00:13:43,083 --> 00:13:45,083 So here we are. 205 00:13:45,250 --> 00:13:46,750 Goodbye, Albert. 206 00:13:47,708 --> 00:13:49,208 Goodbye, Yvette. 207 00:13:50,875 --> 00:13:52,292 Will you read me the rest? 208 00:13:53,750 --> 00:13:54,792 Promise? 209 00:13:54,958 --> 00:13:56,250 I promise. 210 00:13:59,917 --> 00:14:01,375 "Boris took a breath. 211 00:14:01,542 --> 00:14:03,292 ""I'm listening, Selina. 212 00:14:03,458 --> 00:14:05,667 "She lay at his feet and gazed at him 213 00:14:05,833 --> 00:14:07,750 "with her strange, small eyes. 214 00:14:07,917 --> 00:14:09,167 ""Never doubt me... 215 00:14:09,333 --> 00:14:12,542 Adopted by the Car on family, Albert discovered a new world. 216 00:14:12,708 --> 00:14:16,625 He learned new words - Sunday, family, aperitif, boules... 217 00:14:16,792 --> 00:14:21,833 For once in his life, he felt he belonged, he felt alive. 218 00:14:24,750 --> 00:14:26,500 You can't possibly marry her. 219 00:14:27,708 --> 00:14:30,083 She's beneath you. You can't! 220 00:14:30,250 --> 00:14:32,833 They're working-class communists! 221 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,625 They go to church. 222 00:14:34,792 --> 00:14:35,958 What? 223 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:38,125 They go to church on Sundays. 224 00:14:39,875 --> 00:14:41,292 They're the worst kind! 225 00:14:41,458 --> 00:14:43,667 The worst, you hear? 226 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:48,500 They were married two weeks later. Mrs Dehousse stayed at home. 227 00:14:48,708 --> 00:14:51,708 The local band serenaded the newlyweds. 228 00:14:52,667 --> 00:14:55,125 Yvette's parents lent them their bedroom. 229 00:14:57,542 --> 00:15:00,625 "Breast. B-R-E-A-♪-T. 230 00:15:00,792 --> 00:15:03,167 "From Old English"breost”, udder. " 231 00:15:04,042 --> 00:15:07,250 - Was it nice? - Yes. 232 00:15:09,833 --> 00:15:11,958 It was the first time for me. 233 00:15:13,042 --> 00:15:14,333 How about you? 234 00:15:15,625 --> 00:15:17,083 For me, too. 235 00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:20,125 Give me a cuddle. 236 00:15:29,958 --> 00:15:31,917 Can I ask you something? 237 00:15:34,417 --> 00:15:36,333 Put your dress back on. 238 00:15:37,708 --> 00:15:39,208 I'm not dressing up again. 239 00:15:41,167 --> 00:15:42,500 Please. 240 00:15:55,958 --> 00:15:59,292 In Marseilles, Mr Lacombe, the Deputy Governor, 241 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:03,875 saw the 2,000th volunteer worker off to Germany. 242 00:16:08,208 --> 00:16:11,917 In Paris, Petain's boys also reported for duty. 243 00:16:12,125 --> 00:16:17,000 They leave for Germany today to begin their apprenticeships. 244 00:16:18,625 --> 00:16:20,292 What did I say about writers? 245 00:16:20,458 --> 00:16:22,417 - They're shirkers. - Exactly. 246 00:16:22,583 --> 00:16:25,458 The Krauts will say the same. 247 00:16:25,625 --> 00:16:27,083 Do you want to go to Germany? 248 00:16:27,250 --> 00:16:29,375 Nor do we, especially Yvette. 249 00:16:29,542 --> 00:16:32,000 You need a proper, steady job. 250 00:16:32,167 --> 00:16:34,833 Go study next door, Jean. 251 00:16:36,625 --> 00:16:40,750 In sales representation, the key word is "presentation”. Got that? 252 00:16:41,917 --> 00:16:43,833 So pull up your trousers. 253 00:16:44,042 --> 00:16:46,333 Stand up straight. You look like a tramp. 254 00:16:46,833 --> 00:16:50,417 Now, in sales repping there's an element of cheekiness. 255 00:16:50,583 --> 00:16:52,750 Not lying, cheekiness. 256 00:16:52,917 --> 00:16:54,625 Persuasion, if you prefer. 257 00:16:54,833 --> 00:16:56,333 Do you see the difference? 258 00:16:56,500 --> 00:17:00,833 Act smooth and they're wary. Act stupid and they switch off. Got that? 259 00:17:01,042 --> 00:17:03,250 Ring the bell and then start. 260 00:17:03,417 --> 00:17:04,875 ...and then I start. 261 00:17:05,667 --> 00:17:07,458 Come in. 262 00:17:07,625 --> 00:17:08,958 Good morning, madam. 263 00:17:09,125 --> 00:17:10,250 Martel & Co. 264 00:17:10,417 --> 00:17:12,417 Stop. You have to smile. 265 00:17:13,042 --> 00:17:14,083 Start again. 266 00:17:16,125 --> 00:17:17,500 Do I ring? 267 00:17:18,792 --> 00:17:19,917 Come in. 268 00:17:20,083 --> 00:17:22,542 Good morning, madam. Martel & Co. 269 00:17:22,708 --> 00:17:25,708 We sell household linen and baby wear. 270 00:17:26,958 --> 00:17:29,042 Good morning, madam! Martel & Co! 271 00:17:29,208 --> 00:17:31,167 Smile. Stand up straight. 272 00:17:31,333 --> 00:17:33,583 We'd like to show you some samples. 273 00:17:33,792 --> 00:17:38,042 Good morning, madam. Martel & Co. We sell linen and baby wear. 274 00:17:38,208 --> 00:17:40,000 Could you spare a few minutes? 275 00:17:40,208 --> 00:17:44,500 I tracked Albert Dehousse down in the Martel & Co records - 276 00:17:44,667 --> 00:17:46,500 household linen manufacturers, 277 00:17:46,833 --> 00:17:50,625 where his father-in-law had worked 278 00:17:50,792 --> 00:17:52,792 as a salesman for 20 years. 279 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,625 He got Dehousse the job 280 00:17:56,792 --> 00:17:59,500 to save him from being sent to work in Germany. 281 00:18:00,042 --> 00:18:05,542 Extracts from the Martel company records, from July 1943 to June 1944. 282 00:18:05,708 --> 00:18:09,583 "Albert Dehousse - Good presentation. Excellent results. " 283 00:18:09,750 --> 00:18:12,708 Albert had a wife, a job and Sunday lunch with Mother. 284 00:18:12,917 --> 00:18:15,625 He almost forgot there was a war on. 285 00:18:16,292 --> 00:18:17,625 What are you looking at? 286 00:18:17,792 --> 00:18:20,333 Get out of here! You didn't see anything. 287 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,917 Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with Thee... 288 00:18:24,125 --> 00:18:29,833 Blessed art Thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb... 289 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:31,250 No, let me go! 290 00:18:32,042 --> 00:18:34,250 Don't kill me! I have three children! 291 00:18:41,333 --> 00:18:43,333 Didn't you hear me? Get out of here! 292 00:19:04,833 --> 00:19:07,708 The first English soldier rode through Lambersart 293 00:19:07,917 --> 00:19:09,417 on 6th September, 1944. 294 00:19:13,833 --> 00:19:15,625 What happened to Mrs Dehousse? 295 00:19:15,792 --> 00:19:17,125 She had never had a job. 296 00:19:17,292 --> 00:19:18,417 Then one day, 297 00:19:18,625 --> 00:19:20,292 she was seen at the town hall, 298 00:19:20,458 --> 00:19:22,083 organising ration cards. 299 00:19:22,250 --> 00:19:24,667 People didn't want to talk to her. 300 00:19:24,833 --> 00:19:26,917 Because of the ration cards? 301 00:19:27,083 --> 00:19:29,542 Amongst other things. 302 00:19:29,708 --> 00:19:31,125 What other things? 303 00:19:32,625 --> 00:19:35,917 Mrs Dehousse collaborated throughout the war. 304 00:19:36,083 --> 00:19:41,250 In 1943, she was rewarded with a war widow's pension. 305 00:19:42,333 --> 00:19:45,667 - What happened at the Liberation? - Oh, well... 306 00:19:45,833 --> 00:19:48,625 You must have heard something? 307 00:19:49,833 --> 00:19:51,500 Does the camera bother you? 308 00:19:57,958 --> 00:19:59,917 Please don't! No! 309 00:20:09,625 --> 00:20:11,083 Please! 310 00:20:16,083 --> 00:20:19,667 Come and help me, Albert! 311 00:20:25,708 --> 00:20:29,125 What's going on here? What the hell are you doing? 312 00:20:29,292 --> 00:20:31,333 Are you out of your minds? 313 00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:33,417 This is a Resistance home! 314 00:20:33,583 --> 00:20:36,667 I'm Caron's daughter. The Germinal network, get it? 315 00:20:36,833 --> 00:20:40,417 What's your problem? Is something bothering you? 316 00:20:40,583 --> 00:20:43,708 Shall I get my father? He loves dealing with bullies. 317 00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:45,792 Get the hell out of here! 318 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:50,000 Help me, Albert. 319 00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:53,000 Help me. 320 00:20:57,333 --> 00:20:59,000 What was the "network" story? 321 00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:04,292 It's not a story. We helped some English pilots who were shot down. 322 00:21:04,500 --> 00:21:06,167 Daddy hid them in barns. 323 00:21:10,625 --> 00:21:12,750 Get me a towel and some water. 324 00:21:12,917 --> 00:21:13,958 Your father? 325 00:21:14,167 --> 00:21:15,792 Yes. 326 00:21:15,958 --> 00:21:17,542 Get me a towel and some water! 327 00:21:30,375 --> 00:21:31,917 What are you doing? 328 00:21:32,083 --> 00:21:33,542 Hurry up! 329 00:21:39,542 --> 00:21:41,042 Why didn't you tell me? 330 00:21:41,667 --> 00:21:44,500 Daddy told us not to. It was too dangerous. 331 00:21:45,333 --> 00:21:48,583 I thought you knew. You did your sales calls together. 332 00:21:49,583 --> 00:21:52,208 And you have so much imagination. 333 00:21:54,458 --> 00:21:56,208 Cheer up. 334 00:22:02,958 --> 00:22:05,333 Come on, cheer up. 335 00:22:05,958 --> 00:22:07,542 It's no big deal. 336 00:22:08,958 --> 00:22:10,583 You know that I love you. 337 00:22:58,875 --> 00:23:01,667 I've had happier times in my life. 338 00:23:02,625 --> 00:23:05,000 You're always searching for reasons. 339 00:23:05,167 --> 00:23:09,875 Well, there you have the reason for one thing - my leaving. 340 00:23:10,042 --> 00:23:12,167 Frankly, what else could I do? 341 00:23:12,792 --> 00:23:14,500 What would you have done? 342 00:23:14,667 --> 00:23:16,458 Could you have walked right in, 343 00:23:16,625 --> 00:23:20,792 said hello, kissed your wife and joined the party? 344 00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:23,250 Of course not. 345 00:23:23,417 --> 00:23:24,833 Do you know why? 346 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,750 Because you would have been devastated. 347 00:23:29,833 --> 00:23:31,250 Devastated. 348 00:24:14,250 --> 00:24:15,875 What's up with you? 349 00:24:16,083 --> 00:24:18,042 You can't stay there all night! 350 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,875 Do you want a lift? 351 00:24:22,042 --> 00:24:23,250 Hop in, then. 352 00:24:23,417 --> 00:24:24,583 Come on, hop in! 353 00:25:08,250 --> 00:25:09,667 Mummy, it's a lady. 354 00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:12,375 When did your husband disappear? 355 00:25:12,542 --> 00:25:14,167 6th September. 356 00:25:14,333 --> 00:25:16,667 The day Lambersart was liberated. 357 00:25:17,292 --> 00:25:21,542 He went to his mother's house and then he didn't come home. 358 00:25:22,167 --> 00:25:23,833 We've searched everywhere. 359 00:25:24,667 --> 00:25:26,375 It's been two months. 360 00:25:26,542 --> 00:25:27,958 I don't understand it. 361 00:25:28,125 --> 00:25:29,333 They found his bike. 362 00:25:29,500 --> 00:25:31,458 - Did you go to the police? - Yes. 363 00:25:32,667 --> 00:25:36,375 They said that, in the circumstances, they can't help. 364 00:25:36,542 --> 00:25:38,000 All we can do is wait. 365 00:25:38,167 --> 00:25:40,000 But I can't wait any longer. 366 00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:44,917 I'm sorry to insist, 367 00:25:45,083 --> 00:25:48,417 but how do you know that your husband is still alive? 368 00:25:48,583 --> 00:25:49,875 I just know. 369 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:52,000 I can feel it. 370 00:25:52,167 --> 00:25:53,708 I just feel it, that's all. 371 00:26:01,583 --> 00:26:02,708 Good evening, sir. 372 00:26:02,875 --> 00:26:04,417 Can you spare any change? 373 00:26:06,583 --> 00:26:07,625 Good night, sir. 374 00:26:15,542 --> 00:26:18,375 Excuse me, could you spare any change? Sorry. 375 00:26:18,542 --> 00:26:20,000 Have a good evening. 376 00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:39,250 You've got it all wrong. 377 00:26:40,375 --> 00:26:41,417 What? 378 00:26:42,292 --> 00:26:44,042 You're doing it wrongly. 379 00:26:44,792 --> 00:26:47,583 You put your hand out as if you're apologising. 380 00:26:48,958 --> 00:26:52,542 That coat makes you look like a sack of potatoes. 381 00:26:52,708 --> 00:26:55,750 Does a sack apologise? Of course not. 382 00:26:55,917 --> 00:26:58,583 You scare them. Take it off. 383 00:26:59,333 --> 00:27:01,125 - What? - Take that thing off! 384 00:27:03,833 --> 00:27:05,083 And the jacket. 385 00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:07,125 - But I'll be cold. - Take it off! 386 00:27:07,333 --> 00:27:09,917 - I'll be cold! - Cold but dignified. 387 00:27:10,083 --> 00:27:11,750 They'll love it. 388 00:27:11,958 --> 00:27:14,417 A man in a shirt in the rain melts their hearts. 389 00:27:14,583 --> 00:27:16,167 And you can see it in the dark. 390 00:27:16,333 --> 00:27:18,125 Go on. Remember to smile! 391 00:27:19,792 --> 00:27:22,500 Good evening. Can you spare any change? 392 00:27:22,667 --> 00:27:23,875 Thank you! 393 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:27,000 Thank you, sir. Thank you, madam. Enjoy your evening! 394 00:27:32,625 --> 00:27:36,083 You're not really a tramp, are you? Tramps gobble their food. 395 00:27:36,292 --> 00:27:37,417 You don't. 396 00:27:37,583 --> 00:27:40,292 You use your knife and fork and wipe your mouth. 397 00:27:40,458 --> 00:27:41,958 You're well-bred, right? 398 00:27:42,125 --> 00:27:43,333 Do you mind my asking? 399 00:27:43,542 --> 00:27:45,333 No, it's OK. 400 00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:47,500 You don't have to answer. 401 00:27:47,667 --> 00:27:49,208 No, no... Yes. 402 00:27:49,375 --> 00:27:51,250 You look like the "no-yes" type. 403 00:27:51,417 --> 00:27:52,500 What's your name? 404 00:27:53,333 --> 00:27:54,833 Dehousse, Albert. 405 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,292 Albert Dehousse. 406 00:27:56,458 --> 00:27:58,083 What can I get you next? 407 00:27:58,250 --> 00:28:00,375 - What is there? - Tripe and potatoes. 408 00:28:00,583 --> 00:28:02,667 Tripe it is. It reminds me of London. 409 00:28:04,083 --> 00:28:06,125 What will Albert Dehousse have? 410 00:28:07,708 --> 00:28:09,167 The same, please. 411 00:28:11,083 --> 00:28:12,750 Why London? 412 00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:15,333 Tripe reminds you of London. 413 00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:18,792 A little French restaurant in Soho with checked curtains 414 00:28:18,958 --> 00:28:21,500 and a red-haired waitress dressed to match. 415 00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:24,250 Chez Roger, on the corner of Hanway Street. 416 00:28:24,417 --> 00:28:27,708 We met the BBC boys there - Marin, Nervoix and the others. 417 00:28:27,875 --> 00:28:30,083 They did tripe on Tuesdays. 418 00:28:30,750 --> 00:28:32,625 You were in London during the war? 419 00:28:32,792 --> 00:28:34,083 It would seem so. 420 00:28:34,250 --> 00:28:35,500 How fantastic! 421 00:28:35,708 --> 00:28:37,458 Fantastic? What a word! 422 00:28:37,625 --> 00:28:41,042 The Citroen 15 is fantastic. Charles Trenet is fantastic. 423 00:28:41,208 --> 00:28:42,708 But war, quite honestly... 424 00:28:44,292 --> 00:28:47,250 Here's something fantastic for you. 425 00:28:47,417 --> 00:28:49,667 If he was in London, I was in Lourdes! 426 00:28:51,750 --> 00:28:52,792 And then? 427 00:28:52,958 --> 00:28:54,708 I was parachuted into France. 428 00:28:54,875 --> 00:28:56,167 After being in London? 429 00:28:58,125 --> 00:28:59,167 What for? 430 00:29:00,583 --> 00:29:04,583 Why would I be parachuted into France in 19427 To learn German? 431 00:29:09,542 --> 00:29:11,083 Shall we order another? 432 00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:12,292 Yes, no? 433 00:29:12,458 --> 00:29:17,167 I met the Captain in 1956 when his book Bad Memory came out. 434 00:29:17,333 --> 00:29:18,625 I was a young publisher. 435 00:29:18,833 --> 00:29:20,875 It was only my second novel. 436 00:29:21,042 --> 00:29:23,333 He used the pen name "Jean Dionnet"? 437 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:25,292 Yes, but it's not significant. 438 00:29:25,458 --> 00:29:27,792 I knew him by several names. 439 00:29:27,958 --> 00:29:29,167 He loved that. 440 00:29:29,375 --> 00:29:31,250 He said he loved three things - 441 00:29:31,417 --> 00:29:35,125 the past subjunctive tense, big trees, and deceit in every form. 442 00:29:35,333 --> 00:29:37,292 Why did the name "Captain" come from? 443 00:29:37,458 --> 00:29:39,875 He was in a Free French Unit in England. 444 00:29:45,625 --> 00:29:47,417 Thank you, sir. 445 00:29:47,625 --> 00:29:48,875 Goodbye. 446 00:29:51,583 --> 00:29:54,000 One question, Albert. Do you like men? 447 00:29:55,167 --> 00:29:57,917 That depends. What kind of men? 448 00:29:58,958 --> 00:30:01,292 The kind you embrace in the dark. 449 00:30:04,917 --> 00:30:05,958 Don't stare. 450 00:30:06,167 --> 00:30:08,208 Just say yes or no. Yes, no? 451 00:30:10,042 --> 00:30:12,875 No need to get upset. I heard you. 452 00:30:13,083 --> 00:30:14,917 Have you got somewhere to sleep? 453 00:30:15,958 --> 00:30:18,083 I didn't say "have sex". I said "sleep". 454 00:30:18,292 --> 00:30:20,083 Have you got somewhere to sleep? 455 00:30:25,250 --> 00:30:28,750 Go to the Royal Lepic. Tell them the Captain sent you. 456 00:31:14,167 --> 00:31:18,583 I can't keep up with what you're saying. 457 00:31:18,750 --> 00:31:19,875 Hello, Albert. 458 00:31:20,042 --> 00:31:21,083 Hello, Odette. 459 00:31:21,250 --> 00:31:23,708 - Keep behind me, my love. - I'm here. 460 00:31:23,875 --> 00:31:26,750 We haven't got time to mess around! 461 00:31:26,958 --> 00:31:28,875 - Not today. - Come on. 462 00:31:36,083 --> 00:31:37,750 - Is it busy tonight? - Yes. 463 00:31:48,625 --> 00:31:50,458 Thank you. Have a good evening! 464 00:31:56,875 --> 00:31:59,417 LET'S NOT GRUMBLE... 465 00:32:00,792 --> 00:32:02,125 August had been bliss. 466 00:32:02,542 --> 00:32:03,750 We know the pictures - 467 00:32:03,958 --> 00:32:07,333 girls on tanks, people kissing and dancing in the street... 468 00:32:08,333 --> 00:32:13,458 We thought now Paris was liberated, the war was over. 469 00:32:13,667 --> 00:32:16,708 But months went by, 470 00:32:16,917 --> 00:32:21,333 winter came, and there was still no coal nor enough food. 471 00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:23,875 People began to have second thoughts. 472 00:32:24,042 --> 00:32:27,042 I remember an elderly lady telling me innocently, 473 00:32:27,208 --> 00:32:28,833 "When the Germans were here, 474 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,625 "we were hungry and cold but at least it was well organised!" 475 00:32:32,833 --> 00:32:37,125 Between the occupied and free zones I had six different identities. 476 00:32:37,875 --> 00:32:39,583 One wrong answer, you're dead! 477 00:32:41,333 --> 00:32:43,708 - How did you do it? - I made it all up. 478 00:32:43,917 --> 00:32:46,167 If you mix your life in with your story, 479 00:32:46,333 --> 00:32:48,417 they'll check up and you've had it. 480 00:32:48,625 --> 00:32:52,625 The past always drags you down. Invent the whole story from A to Z. 481 00:32:53,250 --> 00:32:56,375 Empty hands, empty pockets, everything filed away. 482 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,458 Did you kill many Germans? 483 00:33:01,542 --> 00:33:02,833 On occasion. 484 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,167 How many? 485 00:33:05,333 --> 00:33:09,000 Numbers don't count. What counts is the pleasure you get. 486 00:33:09,167 --> 00:33:10,667 That's the danger. 487 00:33:11,500 --> 00:33:15,583 War is good in that way. You get to kill lots of Germans. 488 00:33:15,750 --> 00:33:17,000 Peace is the problem. 489 00:33:17,167 --> 00:33:19,500 I'm re-enlisting. I'm going to Berlin. 490 00:33:19,667 --> 00:33:22,333 Plenty of warmth and human contact there! 491 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:23,750 Do you know what I mean? 492 00:33:24,875 --> 00:33:26,917 Do you believe me, you fool? 493 00:34:05,542 --> 00:34:07,083 Happy New Year, sir. 494 00:34:10,375 --> 00:34:13,333 I wished you a Happy and Prosperous New Year. 495 00:34:19,625 --> 00:34:21,500 Happy New Year, young man. 496 00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:25,708 Excuse me. 497 00:34:25,875 --> 00:34:28,917 I'm not used to kindness. It seems strange. 498 00:34:30,625 --> 00:34:31,958 Do you know me? 499 00:34:33,625 --> 00:34:34,792 No, sir. 500 00:34:36,500 --> 00:34:38,042 Don't you know my name? 501 00:34:40,458 --> 00:34:43,792 Call me Jo. Have you never seen Mr Jo? 502 00:34:45,792 --> 00:34:47,125 Are you sure? 503 00:34:47,292 --> 00:34:50,458 Not even pictures in crappy magazines? 504 00:34:50,625 --> 00:34:51,667 No, sir. 505 00:34:51,875 --> 00:34:54,917 So you said "Happy New Year", free of charge? 506 00:34:59,667 --> 00:35:01,625 This is the German embassy in 1943. 507 00:35:01,792 --> 00:35:05,292 The one in uniform is Otto Abetz, the German ambassador. 508 00:35:05,458 --> 00:35:08,083 Next to him is Mr Jo. 509 00:35:08,750 --> 00:35:10,500 This is August, 1944. 510 00:35:11,917 --> 00:35:15,125 Not the day before or the day after, but the day of Liberation. 511 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,750 Exit collaborating scrap merchant. Enter resistance hero. 512 00:35:19,917 --> 00:35:21,083 Mind-blowing! 513 00:35:21,292 --> 00:35:22,375 Do you see all this? 514 00:35:22,542 --> 00:35:25,083 Mr Jo earned it by one thing only - doing favours. 515 00:35:25,250 --> 00:35:26,625 I've always done favours. 516 00:35:26,792 --> 00:35:30,125 The Germans want bronze? No problem. Mr Jo delivers bronze. 517 00:35:30,292 --> 00:35:32,833 The Gestapo want information? No problem. 518 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,208 Mr Jo delivers information. 519 00:35:35,375 --> 00:35:38,125 The Resistance wants Gestapo men? No problem. 520 00:35:38,292 --> 00:35:41,125 Mr Jo delivers the Gestapo men to the Resistance. 521 00:35:41,958 --> 00:35:43,167 Doing favours. 522 00:35:43,333 --> 00:35:45,583 That's the secret. 523 00:35:46,208 --> 00:35:48,167 Now copy addresses from the machine 524 00:35:48,333 --> 00:35:50,583 and send Mr Jo's wishes to his friends. 525 00:35:50,750 --> 00:35:53,958 When the bell rings, show in Mr Jo's friends. 526 00:35:54,125 --> 00:35:57,083 Always ask Mr Jo's friends to wait. 527 00:35:57,250 --> 00:36:01,667 When I say so, show the friends into Mr Jo's office. 528 00:36:14,125 --> 00:36:17,417 In the first two weeks of February, Albert wrote 2,575 cards. 529 00:36:18,458 --> 00:36:19,958 Mr Jo had many friends. 530 00:36:21,250 --> 00:36:23,375 Albert showed in many important men. 531 00:36:23,542 --> 00:36:24,833 He made them all wait, 532 00:36:25,042 --> 00:36:28,417 and instinctively filed away their names and faces, 533 00:36:28,583 --> 00:36:30,250 as the Captain had told him to. 534 00:36:30,417 --> 00:36:32,000 Dear friend, come in. 535 00:36:46,375 --> 00:36:47,792 It's open. 536 00:36:49,292 --> 00:36:50,500 Hello, are you busy? 537 00:36:51,375 --> 00:36:52,792 I'm reading. 538 00:36:52,958 --> 00:36:56,375 - Do you feel like doing something? - Like what? 539 00:36:56,542 --> 00:37:02,250 We could go out for a drink or see a movie, or just stay in. 540 00:37:03,750 --> 00:37:06,708 You do everything too fast, Albert. It's a shame. 541 00:37:06,875 --> 00:37:08,458 Hasn't anyone ever told you? 542 00:37:10,083 --> 00:37:11,458 Never? 543 00:37:11,625 --> 00:37:12,792 No, why? 544 00:37:12,958 --> 00:37:15,167 It's like you want to get it over with. 545 00:37:15,333 --> 00:37:16,833 Don't you like sex? 546 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,417 - Yes, I do. - So make it last! 547 00:37:19,625 --> 00:37:21,583 You're as quick as a flash... 548 00:37:21,750 --> 00:37:25,000 - Bedbugs! - Who cares? Listen! 549 00:37:25,167 --> 00:37:27,792 - Am I hurting your feelings? - No, not at all. 550 00:37:29,167 --> 00:37:31,000 Timid types are all the same. 551 00:37:31,208 --> 00:37:35,250 If we don't cry for joy, they panic and - whoops, it's over! 552 00:37:35,875 --> 00:37:41,333 But Albert, I can't do that. It's my job, you see. 553 00:37:42,083 --> 00:37:45,542 Did you ever see a factory worker cry for joy? It's the same for me. 554 00:37:47,333 --> 00:37:51,833 When you feel like you can't last, think about something else. 555 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,125 Have you ever tried that? 556 00:37:56,375 --> 00:38:00,250 - Like what? - Something nice which takes time. 557 00:38:00,417 --> 00:38:02,500 Imagine you're in a restaurant. 558 00:38:02,667 --> 00:38:05,625 Think about it. What do you do in a restaurant? 559 00:38:06,542 --> 00:38:08,667 - I sit down. - Exactly, you sit down. 560 00:38:09,333 --> 00:38:12,167 You sit down and you look at the menu. 561 00:38:12,333 --> 00:38:16,125 The starters, main courses, desserts... 562 00:38:16,292 --> 00:38:18,208 Come back to the starters. 563 00:38:18,375 --> 00:38:21,292 Ask for a little explanation... hesitate. 564 00:38:21,458 --> 00:38:24,500 When the food arrives, don't wolf it down. 565 00:38:24,667 --> 00:38:26,708 Savour it, eat it slowly... 566 00:38:27,458 --> 00:38:30,250 and then, then, then, you come back for more. 567 00:38:30,833 --> 00:38:32,792 "With his day job at Mr Jo's, 568 00:38:33,125 --> 00:38:36,875 "night school with Odette and the Captain's tuition, Valentin... " 569 00:38:37,792 --> 00:38:41,167 Valentin, that's what Dionnet calls Dehousse in his novel. 570 00:38:41,542 --> 00:38:44,083 "Valentin came on in leaps and bounds. 571 00:38:44,292 --> 00:38:47,583 "He thought about his home town less and less. " 572 00:38:47,750 --> 00:38:49,083 Savour it! 573 00:38:49,250 --> 00:38:50,667 I am! 574 00:38:50,833 --> 00:38:55,375 Good! Now think about dessert. Are you thinking about it? 575 00:38:55,583 --> 00:39:00,083 You've got it made! Nice little job, nice little woman... 576 00:39:00,250 --> 00:39:03,625 You asked for nothing and got it all. Success! 577 00:39:07,042 --> 00:39:10,333 You've still got straw for brains but something tells me... 578 00:39:12,583 --> 00:39:16,125 Listen carefully, you won't understand all of this now, 579 00:39:16,292 --> 00:39:17,625 maybe you never will. 580 00:39:17,792 --> 00:39:19,000 Are you listening? 581 00:39:19,167 --> 00:39:22,125 Great times like this happen only once in a century. 582 00:39:22,292 --> 00:39:25,958 Losers posing as winners, cowards as heroes, devils as saints. 583 00:39:26,125 --> 00:39:29,167 With talent and imagination, the sky's the limit. 584 00:39:31,708 --> 00:39:33,167 You bet I have! 585 00:39:44,917 --> 00:39:46,625 Magic, Albert. Magic! 586 00:39:50,667 --> 00:39:52,750 "What's the matter, Beast?" 587 00:39:52,917 --> 00:39:54,583 "Nothing, Beauty. Nothing. " 588 00:40:12,208 --> 00:40:15,042 Let go! You're hurting me! 589 00:40:15,917 --> 00:40:17,917 I'm a friend of General de Gaulle! 590 00:40:20,125 --> 00:40:21,958 You're hurting me, idiot! 591 00:40:23,292 --> 00:40:25,625 - Bastards... - Put him in here. 592 00:40:42,333 --> 00:40:46,125 - Have you seen the Captain? - No, but he left this for you. 593 00:40:52,583 --> 00:40:56,458 "Itchy feet, stop. Need air, stop. 594 00:40:57,167 --> 00:40:58,583 "PS. His name's Marlon. 595 00:40:58,750 --> 00:41:01,333 "Age 20, from Virginia. As handsome as a tank. 596 00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:04,583 "I'm discovering jazz and the beauty of the winning army. " 597 00:41:04,750 --> 00:41:06,167 "Ah, Albert! Love! Love!" 598 00:41:06,333 --> 00:41:07,500 What will you have? 599 00:41:08,792 --> 00:41:09,833 What is there? 600 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,583 Tripe and potatoes. 601 00:41:13,250 --> 00:41:15,083 Tripe it is. 602 00:41:16,125 --> 00:41:19,833 "I'm discovering jazz and the beauty of the winning army. 603 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,667 "Ah, Albert!" 604 00:41:48,667 --> 00:41:51,000 Soubeyran! Aren't you coming in? 605 00:41:51,417 --> 00:41:53,542 Sorry, I thought you were someone else. 606 00:42:19,333 --> 00:42:21,542 - Where's home? - Near the Army School. 607 00:42:21,708 --> 00:42:23,875 - For the Ministry? - Yes, it's handy. 608 00:42:27,500 --> 00:42:29,875 - Have you got an invitation? - No. 609 00:42:30,042 --> 00:42:33,958 - Are you on the list? - I must be in the wrong place. 610 00:42:34,125 --> 00:42:35,208 What's going on? 611 00:42:35,375 --> 00:42:38,708 A Resistance veterans' reunion. 612 00:42:38,875 --> 00:42:40,000 Thank you. 613 00:42:45,917 --> 00:42:46,958 Nervoix! 614 00:42:47,583 --> 00:42:49,292 - Henri! - Bauchamps! 615 00:42:49,458 --> 00:42:50,875 Good old Bauchamps! 616 00:42:51,042 --> 00:42:52,333 Good to see you! 617 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,167 - Where's Auberly? - He couldn't make it. 618 00:43:05,958 --> 00:43:08,250 "Henri Nervoix, the voice of London. " 619 00:43:11,292 --> 00:43:12,667 Dehousse! Albert! 620 00:43:12,833 --> 00:43:17,292 Good old Nervoix! How have you been all this time? 621 00:43:18,708 --> 00:43:21,083 I've got so much to tell you. 622 00:43:23,542 --> 00:43:25,542 It's me. Let's go out. 623 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:30,042 I'm working. 624 00:43:40,792 --> 00:43:44,375 150 for food, 300 for rent, 100 for newspapers. 625 00:43:44,542 --> 00:43:46,958 Enough for three months. Then I'll see. 626 00:43:57,792 --> 00:43:58,875 Shit! 627 00:44:02,833 --> 00:44:05,000 The advertisement that Albert saw 628 00:44:05,208 --> 00:44:09,625 said, "Near Army School. Single room to let. Reasonable rent. " 629 00:44:13,875 --> 00:44:15,042 Will it do? 630 00:44:15,625 --> 00:44:19,292 300 francs a month. Two months' deposit. 631 00:44:19,458 --> 00:44:21,250 Rent on the 10th of the month. 632 00:44:22,208 --> 00:44:25,250 - Who else lives here? - People of quality. 633 00:44:25,833 --> 00:44:28,708 Civil servants, retired teachers, a Navy widow... 634 00:44:31,375 --> 00:44:35,208 The previous tenant left those books. I'll take them if you want. 635 00:44:35,375 --> 00:44:36,875 No, thank you. 636 00:44:37,958 --> 00:44:42,542 Where do you live, Mr Dehousse? Near the Army School. It's handy. 637 00:44:48,583 --> 00:44:50,792 The lieutenant's papers, please. 638 00:44:55,750 --> 00:44:57,875 Here you are, dear. 639 00:44:58,042 --> 00:44:59,833 - Goodbye. - See you tomorrow. 640 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:02,375 The same ones, please. 641 00:45:03,417 --> 00:45:08,042 France Libre, Combat, Résistance and Franc-Tireur. 642 00:45:27,125 --> 00:45:30,708 1943. The fight against the Resistance intensifies. 643 00:45:30,875 --> 00:45:34,833 Pierre Brossolette throws himself from a fifth floor window, 644 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:36,917 22nd March, 1944. 645 00:45:39,292 --> 00:45:41,625 The French based in London are in two groups - 646 00:45:41,833 --> 00:45:44,625 those in America and those who plan to go there. 647 00:45:44,833 --> 00:45:48,708 Georges Mandel, deported to Germany to be executed, 648 00:45:48,875 --> 00:45:52,125 was killed on 7th July, 1944. 649 00:45:53,917 --> 00:45:58,167 Auberley, Mopez, Nervoix, Morvan. 650 00:46:08,833 --> 00:46:10,042 Louis Vaquier. 651 00:46:10,208 --> 00:46:12,667 Deputy Director of the Museum of Mankind... 652 00:46:12,833 --> 00:46:14,375 Anti-Fascist League... 653 00:46:14,542 --> 00:46:15,833 One by one, 654 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:20,667 those who collaborated with the enemy answer for their crimes, 655 00:46:20,875 --> 00:46:24,000 while we await the trial of Pétain, leader of them all. 656 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:30,208 Today, the Supreme Court passed the death sentence on General Dentz, 657 00:46:30,417 --> 00:46:33,208 the Vichy Governor of Syria and Lebanon, 658 00:46:33,375 --> 00:46:37,167 for turning French guns on the Anglo-French forces. 659 00:46:54,083 --> 00:46:56,792 This was taken at the trial of Debocq 660 00:46:56,958 --> 00:46:59,542 and this at the trial of Ballurin, 661 00:46:59,750 --> 00:47:01,458 the Vichy minister. 662 00:47:01,625 --> 00:47:05,292 Both trials were held in early 1945, 663 00:47:05,458 --> 00:47:06,958 only days apart. 664 00:47:07,750 --> 00:47:10,375 Albert Dehousse attended Debocq's trial. 665 00:47:10,583 --> 00:47:13,167 There he is at the back. 666 00:47:13,333 --> 00:47:17,333 He also attended Ballurin's trial, but this time he's at the front. 667 00:47:17,500 --> 00:47:19,292 His strategy of infiltration. 668 00:47:25,458 --> 00:47:26,583 Stand back! 669 00:47:26,750 --> 00:47:28,667 I have no comment before the verdict. 670 00:47:28,875 --> 00:47:30,833 I have faith in French justice. 671 00:47:33,792 --> 00:47:34,833 You dropped this. 672 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:36,042 It's not mine. 673 00:48:05,083 --> 00:48:06,125 Come in. 674 00:48:09,708 --> 00:48:10,958 Today is the 20th. 675 00:48:11,167 --> 00:48:12,375 Already? 676 00:48:12,542 --> 00:48:15,875 You're a week late. Pay the rent tomorrow or else! 677 00:48:17,542 --> 00:48:20,417 It's cold in here. Don't you light the fire? 678 00:48:20,583 --> 00:48:21,667 It's too expensive. 679 00:48:21,833 --> 00:48:24,000 Tomorrow without fail, all right? 680 00:48:24,167 --> 00:48:25,208 Without fail. 681 00:48:38,833 --> 00:48:43,208 There was something delicious in the air that morning. 682 00:48:43,375 --> 00:48:46,375 The cool breeze, the sounds of the city, 683 00:48:46,542 --> 00:48:48,625 the smell of morning coffee 684 00:48:48,792 --> 00:48:50,250 and the Louvier family. 685 00:48:50,458 --> 00:48:55,167 They watched me with beady eyes like the pigeons in the street. 686 00:48:55,958 --> 00:48:56,792 I had money. 687 00:48:56,958 --> 00:49:00,958 I could pay the rent, but somehow it seemed too easy. 688 00:49:01,125 --> 00:49:06,000 That morning I resolved to use the Louviers as guinea pigs. 689 00:49:06,208 --> 00:49:08,042 Hello, Mrs Louvier. Any post? 690 00:49:08,208 --> 00:49:10,042 Yes, a final demand for your rent. 691 00:49:10,208 --> 00:49:12,500 It's the 23rd. You're over a week late. 692 00:49:12,667 --> 00:49:15,750 - I know. I'm waiting for my pension. - What pension? 693 00:49:15,917 --> 00:49:17,875 From the Ministry. 694 00:49:18,042 --> 00:49:20,917 - What's up? - My Ministry pension hasn't arrived. 695 00:49:21,083 --> 00:49:24,208 The officials are sitting pretty. They're in no hurry. 696 00:49:24,375 --> 00:49:25,750 I'll say they're not! 697 00:49:25,917 --> 00:49:28,042 Your rent's still overdue. 698 00:49:28,208 --> 00:49:30,167 Are you still here? Get going! 699 00:49:30,333 --> 00:49:32,583 Wait a second, lad. Can you do me a favour? 700 00:49:32,750 --> 00:49:35,375 Get my papers. Keep the change. 701 00:49:35,542 --> 00:49:36,750 Which papers, sir? 702 00:49:36,917 --> 00:49:39,333 Just ask for the lieutenant's papers. 703 00:49:40,125 --> 00:49:42,292 Lieutenant? Why didn't you say so? 704 00:49:43,417 --> 00:49:47,417 Corporal Louvier. Verdun. Three times mentioned in dispatches. 705 00:49:47,583 --> 00:49:48,750 At ease. 706 00:49:49,375 --> 00:49:51,542 - What about the rent? - We'll discuss it. 707 00:49:51,708 --> 00:49:53,958 I said we'll discuss it later! 708 00:49:55,458 --> 00:49:58,292 You still don't heat your room? 709 00:50:00,458 --> 00:50:03,083 I've got a ton of coal in the cellar. It's yours. 710 00:50:03,542 --> 00:50:05,542 No, Louvier. Thank you, but no. 711 00:50:05,708 --> 00:50:09,292 - Come on, between soldiers! - I said no and I mean it. 712 00:50:12,042 --> 00:50:15,083 On 24th March, Albert read in the Franc-Tireur... 713 00:50:16,125 --> 00:50:20,833 ..."Servier network veterans' reunion at 4:30pm, 714 00:50:21,042 --> 00:50:23,042 "in the Red Room of the Hotel Lutetia. 715 00:50:23,667 --> 00:50:26,042 "By invitation only. " 716 00:50:49,292 --> 00:50:53,333 - You're inefficient, miss. - Pardon? 717 00:50:53,500 --> 00:50:56,167 I said you're inefficient, miss. 718 00:50:56,792 --> 00:50:58,500 Where was I just now? 719 00:51:01,333 --> 00:51:02,708 - The Red Room? - Yes. 720 00:51:02,917 --> 00:51:07,833 I walked right in with my friends. You didn't check my invitation. 721 00:51:08,042 --> 00:51:10,792 - What's your job? - To ask for invitations. 722 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:11,875 I see. 723 00:51:12,042 --> 00:51:14,792 It's lucky you didn't ask for mine. 724 00:51:14,958 --> 00:51:17,625 - Do you know why? - No. 725 00:51:18,417 --> 00:51:21,750 Because I wasn't sent one. So you're doubly inefficient. 726 00:51:21,958 --> 00:51:26,583 Please make sure my name is listed. Dehousse, Albert. Under "D". 727 00:51:29,333 --> 00:51:31,208 Between Debard and Denoy... 728 00:51:31,375 --> 00:51:34,042 Stop! In ink, please. 729 00:51:34,250 --> 00:51:36,708 This must not happen again. 730 00:51:36,875 --> 00:51:39,250 Dehousse. D-E-H-O-U-S-S-E. 731 00:51:39,417 --> 00:51:40,708 Slow down, please. 732 00:52:10,042 --> 00:52:12,625 - A cigarette? - No, only English ones. 733 00:52:12,792 --> 00:52:13,917 An acquired taste. 734 00:52:15,250 --> 00:52:18,625 No, only English ones. An acquired taste. 735 00:52:21,583 --> 00:52:23,417 How do you do? Albert Dehousse. 736 00:52:23,583 --> 00:52:25,625 Only English ones. An acquired taste. 737 00:52:29,792 --> 00:52:31,250 Dehousse. How do you do? 738 00:52:31,417 --> 00:52:33,500 Only English ones. An acquired taste. 739 00:52:54,708 --> 00:52:57,958 De Gaulle stepped out of the BBC into the history books. 740 00:53:00,208 --> 00:53:04,000 De Gaulle stepped out of the BBC into the history books. 741 00:53:04,375 --> 00:53:05,833 Change at Euston... 742 00:53:11,583 --> 00:53:13,500 They invented rugby. 743 00:53:15,167 --> 00:53:17,333 Military action committee... 744 00:53:47,167 --> 00:53:49,792 Smile. You're on camera! 745 00:53:53,333 --> 00:53:58,375 The lieutenant! Wake up, Dad! 746 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,250 It's the lieutenant! 747 00:54:01,417 --> 00:54:02,250 Shit! 748 00:54:05,083 --> 00:54:07,583 Our reunions are pretty uneventful. 749 00:54:07,750 --> 00:54:11,708 It's just nice to meet again and talk about old times. 750 00:54:11,875 --> 00:54:14,667 Oh, yes. Sometimes things happen. 751 00:54:14,833 --> 00:54:19,417 The other day we were chatting away when suddenly... Dead silence. 752 00:54:19,583 --> 00:54:21,250 You could hear a pin drop. 753 00:54:21,708 --> 00:54:23,000 I looked around... 754 00:54:24,042 --> 00:54:26,625 It was De Gaulle. As large as life! 755 00:54:27,833 --> 00:54:29,625 Don't forget your washing. 756 00:54:29,792 --> 00:54:31,625 I've turned the cuffs and collars 757 00:54:31,792 --> 00:54:34,792 but those trousers won't last long without a patch. 758 00:54:34,958 --> 00:54:37,333 - Would you? - Sure, and I've got your post. 759 00:54:37,500 --> 00:54:40,458 You have enough post for a minister! What are they all? 760 00:54:40,625 --> 00:54:42,333 Invitations, paperwork... 761 00:54:42,500 --> 00:54:44,458 Did you ask him about Etienne? 762 00:54:44,625 --> 00:54:47,500 Etienne? The lieutenant has better things to do. 763 00:54:47,667 --> 00:54:50,042 - What's the problem? - His school work. 764 00:54:50,208 --> 00:54:54,250 He's a lazy bastard. She thought perhaps you could help. 765 00:54:54,417 --> 00:54:56,792 I'm afraid I missed out on school. 766 00:54:56,958 --> 00:55:00,625 In 1940, we had two options - a soft life at school or... 767 00:55:00,792 --> 00:55:02,042 Well, need I say more? 768 00:55:02,208 --> 00:55:04,875 - Listen to him! - But if I can help... 769 00:55:05,042 --> 00:55:07,750 Speaking of help, about this month's rent... 770 00:55:07,917 --> 00:55:10,750 Don't worry, sir. Leave it to me. 771 00:55:10,917 --> 00:55:13,917 Here, have the head. It's the best part. 772 00:55:14,083 --> 00:55:15,875 If the landlords kick up a fuss, 773 00:55:16,500 --> 00:55:18,667 I'll remind them of the Rozinskys, eh? 774 00:55:18,875 --> 00:55:22,042 The Rozinskys were Yids... I mean Jews. 775 00:55:22,208 --> 00:55:23,750 They threw them out in 1942. 776 00:55:24,875 --> 00:55:27,250 What does De Gaulle say about communists? 777 00:55:28,667 --> 00:55:30,250 I'm not in his inner circle. 778 00:55:30,417 --> 00:55:32,000 Could I please have a leg? 779 00:55:33,375 --> 00:55:35,917 "... Indifferent to dreams of yore, 780 00:55:36,083 --> 00:55:39,958 "harks, unstirring in the depths of nights serene... " 781 00:55:42,625 --> 00:55:44,583 - Have you got that? - Yes. 782 00:55:45,375 --> 00:55:49,333 "... In the depths of nights serene, the mournful sea. " 783 00:55:52,083 --> 00:55:55,000 - Have you started English? - This year, sir. 784 00:55:55,208 --> 00:55:57,042 "Voter"? 785 00:55:57,208 --> 00:55:58,333 Fly, flew, flown. 786 00:55:59,542 --> 00:56:00,667 "Voter"? 787 00:56:01,917 --> 00:56:05,083 I know... Don't tell me. 788 00:56:05,250 --> 00:56:08,250 Take, rob... steal... 789 00:56:14,958 --> 00:56:16,542 How are you? 790 00:56:16,708 --> 00:56:18,167 I knew you would be here. 791 00:56:20,458 --> 00:56:21,958 Hello, Henri. 792 00:56:22,125 --> 00:56:23,167 Hello, Henri! 793 00:56:36,458 --> 00:56:40,000 Please don't pretend. It's embarrassing. 794 00:56:41,417 --> 00:56:43,542 You don't recognise me, do you? 795 00:56:44,375 --> 00:56:46,000 Of course I do, but... 796 00:56:46,208 --> 00:56:50,167 I can see you don't. I had a beard, but still! 797 00:56:54,542 --> 00:56:55,958 You don't. 798 00:56:56,125 --> 00:56:57,083 Chez Roger? 799 00:56:57,292 --> 00:56:58,542 The restaurant in Soho? 800 00:56:58,708 --> 00:57:00,333 Tripe on Tuesdays? Set menu? 801 00:57:01,375 --> 00:57:03,042 Little red-haired waitress? 802 00:57:03,208 --> 00:57:06,958 It's coming back to me. 803 00:57:07,958 --> 00:57:08,792 Dehousse! 804 00:57:10,542 --> 00:57:11,708 Albert Dehousse. 805 00:57:11,875 --> 00:57:13,750 - Sorry, old man. - How are you? 806 00:57:13,917 --> 00:57:15,875 - Fine, and you? - Fine. 807 00:57:18,667 --> 00:57:21,792 Our friend Dehousse. From London. Remember? 808 00:57:21,958 --> 00:57:25,208 Good to see you again after all this time. 809 00:57:25,917 --> 00:57:27,083 Remember the tripe? 810 00:57:27,250 --> 00:57:30,667 Thus, on 16th May, 1945, nine months after the Liberation 811 00:57:30,833 --> 00:57:35,875 and two weeks ahead of his plan, Albert joined the French Resistance. 812 00:57:36,042 --> 00:57:36,958 At the same time, 813 00:57:37,167 --> 00:57:39,958 he joined the small group of Nervoix's friends 814 00:57:40,125 --> 00:57:41,375 who dined together, 815 00:57:41,583 --> 00:57:44,875 at the Petit Versailles on Boulevard Magenta. 816 00:57:50,417 --> 00:57:51,583 Excuse me. 817 00:57:51,750 --> 00:57:53,000 Your name... 818 00:57:54,458 --> 00:57:56,292 It rings a bell. 819 00:57:56,500 --> 00:57:57,667 My name? 820 00:57:59,042 --> 00:58:01,125 Don't you have family up north? 821 00:58:02,583 --> 00:58:06,333 I'm sure I met some Dehousses up north. 822 00:58:06,500 --> 00:58:09,417 Somewhere near Cateau-Cambresis... 823 00:58:10,417 --> 00:58:11,667 ...or Hazebrouck? 824 00:58:11,833 --> 00:58:14,000 No, I have no family there. 825 00:58:17,625 --> 00:58:20,167 Or was it a file on my desk at Lille Town Hall? 826 00:58:21,375 --> 00:58:23,667 You worked at Lille Town Hall? 827 00:58:23,833 --> 00:58:26,833 Yes, before the war. 828 00:58:28,625 --> 00:58:32,333 Oh, that's it. An application for a war widow's pension. 829 00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:38,458 Don't try to remember it. "Dehousse" is a pseudonym. 830 00:58:40,958 --> 00:58:45,042 I opened the phone book at "D" and picked "Dehousse". 831 00:58:46,417 --> 00:58:48,458 You know how it is at times like that. 832 00:58:49,542 --> 00:58:50,917 My real name's Rozinsky. 833 00:58:54,250 --> 00:58:57,500 My grandfather, a Polish Jew... 834 00:59:00,333 --> 00:59:02,208 Good God. I'm sorry. 835 00:59:04,667 --> 00:59:06,375 - Don't worry. - Forgive me. 836 00:59:06,583 --> 00:59:07,792 Forget it. 837 00:59:07,958 --> 00:59:11,708 - How do we pay? - It's on me. 838 00:59:11,917 --> 00:59:14,083 Please, I insist. 839 00:59:21,958 --> 00:59:24,250 If he were in London, 840 00:59:24,417 --> 00:59:26,083 I would have met him. 841 00:59:26,375 --> 00:59:30,583 Even if I didn't, it's easy to verify. 842 00:59:30,750 --> 00:59:32,125 There weren't many of us. 843 00:59:32,333 --> 00:59:34,083 I met him in London 844 00:59:34,250 --> 00:59:36,583 in late 1942 or early 1943. 845 00:59:36,750 --> 00:59:39,375 He worked in broadcasting with Nervoix. 846 00:59:39,708 --> 00:59:41,792 We didn't stay in touch. 847 00:59:42,208 --> 00:59:44,917 I heard he was parachuted into France. 848 00:59:45,125 --> 00:59:47,417 I think he invented the expression, 849 00:59:47,583 --> 00:59:50,292 "There are those who discuss the war 850 00:59:50,458 --> 00:59:52,125 "and those who fought it. " 851 00:59:52,292 --> 00:59:53,125 Not bad, eh? 852 00:59:53,792 --> 00:59:55,958 Where do you live, Dehousse? 853 00:59:56,125 --> 00:59:57,667 Near the Army School. 854 00:59:57,833 --> 01:00:00,250 - It's handy. - Of course. 855 01:00:02,333 --> 01:00:04,875 Remember that clerk at Seymour Place? 856 01:00:05,042 --> 01:00:07,333 "Double-spacing for the General"? 857 01:00:07,500 --> 01:00:08,542 Theeten. 858 01:00:10,958 --> 01:00:12,875 - Thank you! - Good night. 859 01:00:49,208 --> 01:00:50,375 Lieutenant! 860 01:00:52,708 --> 01:00:53,833 It's for you! 861 01:00:54,917 --> 01:00:57,542 Look! They've sent for you! 862 01:00:57,750 --> 01:00:59,583 It's the Ministry. 863 01:00:59,750 --> 01:01:01,917 - What ministry? - The Ministry! 864 01:01:02,083 --> 01:01:03,583 They've sent a car for you. 865 01:01:06,833 --> 01:01:09,667 - Mr Dehousse? - Yes. 866 01:01:09,875 --> 01:01:11,458 A summons for you. 867 01:01:13,750 --> 01:01:14,792 Can I pack a bag? 868 01:01:14,958 --> 01:01:16,417 You won't need it. 869 01:01:20,833 --> 01:01:22,250 Come quick! Bring Etienne! 870 01:01:37,875 --> 01:01:39,667 Wait there. 871 01:02:26,833 --> 01:02:31,167 You meet in a restaurant, the Petit Versailles? 872 01:02:34,042 --> 01:02:35,625 I go there sometimes. 873 01:02:35,833 --> 01:02:38,708 It's decent. The food, I mean. 874 01:02:40,167 --> 01:02:42,458 I've heard a lot about you. 875 01:02:42,625 --> 01:02:45,458 My friend De Vaincourt spoke of you recently. 876 01:02:45,625 --> 01:02:47,542 Do you know him? 877 01:02:48,792 --> 01:02:51,333 He likes you. Others do, too. 878 01:02:51,500 --> 01:02:54,000 You're popular in Resistance circles. 879 01:02:54,167 --> 01:02:56,167 I can explain. 880 01:02:56,792 --> 01:02:58,875 Discretion is good. 881 01:03:00,583 --> 01:03:03,417 Let's get to the facts. I have three names here. 882 01:03:03,583 --> 01:03:07,208 The Provisional Government needs men for high positions. 883 01:03:07,375 --> 01:03:08,875 Reliable men, of course. 884 01:03:10,083 --> 01:03:12,833 I need to have your opinion. 885 01:03:16,208 --> 01:03:18,458 Is that why you sent for me? 886 01:03:18,667 --> 01:03:22,708 It's not like informing on someone. It's for the good of the country. 887 01:03:23,500 --> 01:03:27,333 I give you my word nobody else will ever know. 888 01:03:28,833 --> 01:03:30,417 - May 1? - Go ahead, please. 889 01:03:32,417 --> 01:03:33,667 Wheiler. 890 01:03:33,833 --> 01:03:35,167 Royer. 891 01:03:35,667 --> 01:03:36,917 Ron sin. 892 01:03:40,667 --> 01:03:43,583 I didn't catch the last two. 893 01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:01,375 Pierre-Andre Royer? 894 01:04:02,583 --> 01:04:07,000 A very good man. Very able. 895 01:04:12,042 --> 01:04:14,625 But he's a little too close to Mr Jo, perhaps. 896 01:04:16,583 --> 01:04:19,208 I don't mind scrap merchants but others might. 897 01:04:20,333 --> 01:04:24,042 Thank you. You've confirmed our suspicions. 898 01:04:24,208 --> 01:04:25,292 Sorry. Cigarette? 899 01:04:26,125 --> 01:04:28,417 Only acquired ones. English taste. 900 01:04:32,958 --> 01:04:34,500 Only English ones. 901 01:04:40,875 --> 01:04:42,667 What about him? 902 01:04:42,833 --> 01:04:44,417 - Excellent. - Political? 903 01:04:44,583 --> 01:04:47,708 - Nervoix recommends him. - Isn't Nervoix political? 904 01:04:47,875 --> 01:04:49,292 Yes, but Dehousse isn't. 905 01:04:49,458 --> 01:04:51,000 He's not with any group. 906 01:04:51,167 --> 01:04:54,333 If Nervoix recommends someone who's not in his clique, 907 01:04:54,500 --> 01:04:56,042 he must have quite a record. 908 01:04:56,208 --> 01:05:00,667 Not a communist, not a Gaullist... He must have one flaw! 909 01:05:00,833 --> 01:05:03,125 Is he queer? A morphine addict? An actor? 910 01:05:03,833 --> 01:05:07,292 They started by asking his opinion and picking his brains. 911 01:05:07,458 --> 01:05:10,042 He was an expert on Resistance groups. 912 01:05:10,208 --> 01:05:13,792 He knew each member's politics, the internal rivalries, and so on. 913 01:05:13,958 --> 01:05:16,708 It wasn't always a bed of roses! 914 01:05:16,875 --> 01:05:21,917 The anti-Gaullists traded on every disagreement, every dirty trick. 915 01:05:22,167 --> 01:05:25,167 So Dehousse went through the newspapers 916 01:05:25,333 --> 01:05:30,250 and reported everything that might be seized on as a weakness. 917 01:05:30,875 --> 01:05:33,208 How did he end up at the Ministry? 918 01:05:33,875 --> 01:05:38,333 Eventually, the department head, Major Ballin, gave him an office. 919 01:05:38,792 --> 01:05:40,875 - An office? - Here at the Ministry. 920 01:05:42,750 --> 01:05:43,792 All right. 921 01:05:43,958 --> 01:05:47,750 Naturally, within our means, we'll pay you for your time. 922 01:05:47,917 --> 01:05:48,958 Money? 923 01:05:49,125 --> 01:05:52,500 You're joking. It's enough to be working for the cause. 924 01:05:52,667 --> 01:05:55,125 But I'd like an office on the courtyard. 925 01:05:55,292 --> 01:05:57,625 The street side is awfully noisy. 926 01:05:58,333 --> 01:06:01,750 Come to dinner on Thursday. General Boquillon will be there. 927 01:06:02,000 --> 01:06:07,375 I won't name the station, but it was in the occupied zone. 928 01:06:08,292 --> 01:06:11,958 It was as cold as ice. It was bitterly cold. 929 01:06:12,125 --> 01:06:14,917 It was very cold. One of those bad winters. 930 01:06:15,125 --> 01:06:19,042 I'm at the station. No train in sight. They're coming. 931 01:06:19,208 --> 01:06:21,125 I'm stuck there with the suitcase. 932 01:06:21,292 --> 01:06:23,083 What was in it? 933 01:06:24,125 --> 01:06:26,875 Explosives. It's stuffed with explosives. 934 01:06:28,833 --> 01:06:30,458 They'll never believe me. 935 01:06:41,208 --> 01:06:42,500 Let me introduce you. 936 01:06:43,125 --> 01:06:44,500 Captain Malbert... 937 01:06:45,792 --> 01:06:48,000 My cousin, Servane de Lheminiére... 938 01:06:48,167 --> 01:06:51,833 General Boquillon has been delayed. We won't wait for him. 939 01:06:52,542 --> 01:06:54,167 He'll join us for coffee. 940 01:07:01,792 --> 01:07:04,375 What's your story, Dehousse? 941 01:07:05,417 --> 01:07:08,375 When did you first go underground? 942 01:07:08,542 --> 01:07:11,417 I think he prefers not to talk about it. 943 01:07:11,583 --> 01:07:14,750 Aren't we too young to play at being war veterans? 944 01:07:14,917 --> 01:07:18,917 No, Mr Dehousse. You won't get off so lightly. Tell us. 945 01:07:19,083 --> 01:07:22,250 There must have been a crucial day, a turning point. 946 01:07:22,458 --> 01:07:24,625 Actually, it was an evening. 947 01:07:24,792 --> 01:07:26,583 On a station platform. 948 01:07:26,750 --> 01:07:28,958 You're going to be disappointed! 949 01:07:30,167 --> 01:07:31,875 Anyway... 950 01:07:33,042 --> 01:07:35,917 I can't name the station for obvious reasons. 951 01:07:36,083 --> 01:07:37,667 It was in the occupied zone. 952 01:07:37,833 --> 01:07:40,250 Bitterly cold. One of those bad winters. 953 01:07:41,292 --> 01:07:43,500 We had our share of those. 954 01:07:44,875 --> 01:07:47,833 There I was on the platform with my suitcase... 955 01:07:48,042 --> 01:07:49,375 What was in it? 956 01:07:52,583 --> 01:07:54,375 I'll let you guess. 957 01:07:59,500 --> 01:08:03,083 In the trade we called it "household linen," or "babywear". 958 01:08:06,375 --> 01:08:07,708 So I was waiting... 959 01:08:08,708 --> 01:08:13,000 ...no sign of the train, these people coming, 960 01:08:13,167 --> 01:08:19,292 when suddenly, out of the blue, this huge locomotive appears... 961 01:08:37,125 --> 01:08:39,500 So there you have my story. 962 01:08:41,667 --> 01:08:43,792 Not too disappointed? 963 01:08:47,333 --> 01:08:49,083 Can I ask you a question? 964 01:08:50,333 --> 01:08:52,875 Do you ever make the first move? 965 01:08:53,042 --> 01:08:54,333 I beg your pardon? 966 01:08:54,500 --> 01:08:57,917 You looked at me all evening. I smiled and you smiled back. 967 01:08:58,083 --> 01:09:00,458 Don't a man and a woman who are strangers 968 01:09:00,625 --> 01:09:03,208 smile like that for a reason? 969 01:09:03,917 --> 01:09:06,417 It didn't occur to me. 970 01:09:06,583 --> 01:09:08,458 I thought you were with... 971 01:09:08,625 --> 01:09:11,542 So? I don't have to tell him that we're going to bed. 972 01:09:11,708 --> 01:09:14,000 Which excuse do you think he'd prefer? 973 01:09:14,167 --> 01:09:16,000 I have a headache or I'm tired? 974 01:09:17,583 --> 01:09:18,792 A headache, I think. 975 01:09:23,833 --> 01:09:25,125 Dehousse, there you are. 976 01:09:25,292 --> 01:09:27,875 - General Boquillon's here. Come on. - Now? 977 01:09:28,042 --> 01:09:29,625 I know it's late. 978 01:09:34,917 --> 01:09:39,667 General de Lattre is to be recalled and replaced by General Koenig. 979 01:09:40,583 --> 01:09:41,917 He needs someone 980 01:09:42,083 --> 01:09:44,833 to run the intelligence and propaganda service, 981 01:09:45,042 --> 01:09:47,792 somebody reliable and beyond reproach. 982 01:09:48,500 --> 01:09:50,875 I gather that you're not part of any group. 983 01:09:51,083 --> 01:09:53,542 You're discreet and efficient. 984 01:09:53,708 --> 01:09:56,625 The High Command has chosen you. 985 01:09:57,625 --> 01:10:00,250 - Me? - Yes, you. 986 01:10:00,417 --> 01:10:03,417 Civilians serving in Germany rank as army personnel. 987 01:10:04,083 --> 01:10:07,667 You will wear an officer's uniform. 988 01:10:09,208 --> 01:10:10,750 What rank? 989 01:10:11,583 --> 01:10:13,000 Lieutenant Colonel. 990 01:10:14,083 --> 01:10:17,042 Germans don't understand anything lower. 991 01:10:22,917 --> 01:10:24,292 This is it. 992 01:10:53,958 --> 01:10:56,750 GERMANY 1945 993 01:10:57,375 --> 01:10:59,500 "Disillusioned with love and jazz, 994 01:10:59,667 --> 01:11:02,125 "which was only African music in disguise, 995 01:11:02,292 --> 01:11:05,958 "the Captain returned to his roots - Mozart and the French army. 996 01:11:06,167 --> 01:11:08,417 "One day in the summer of 1945, 997 01:11:08,583 --> 01:11:14,042 "while travelling back to France, he thought he was having a vision. " 998 01:11:28,083 --> 01:11:31,625 Magic, Albert! Magic. 999 01:11:38,500 --> 01:11:41,417 Apart from his sales route on his bike, 1000 01:11:41,583 --> 01:11:43,083 and his train ride to Paris, 1001 01:11:43,250 --> 01:11:45,125 Albert had never travel led. 1002 01:11:45,750 --> 01:11:49,375 Now he was travelling, in uniform, amid the ruins of war. 1003 01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:53,750 Not a picture-book war, but a real one with real armies, real ruins, 1004 01:11:53,958 --> 01:11:56,375 a real defeat, real corpses. 1005 01:11:57,125 --> 01:11:59,458 He couldn't help being thrilled. 1006 01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:15,167 Faster, faster! 1007 01:12:15,333 --> 01:12:17,000 Look at them. The master race! 1008 01:12:31,792 --> 01:12:33,000 To Albert's delight, 1009 01:12:33,167 --> 01:12:35,917 it was all there - 1010 01:12:36,083 --> 01:12:39,000 tree-lined streets, rococo architecture 1011 01:12:39,167 --> 01:12:40,458 and thermal waters. 1012 01:12:40,625 --> 01:12:43,125 But his guide book omitted the main thing - 1013 01:12:43,292 --> 01:12:45,000 the French occupation. 1014 01:12:45,208 --> 01:12:47,458 Roughly, what this meant was, 1015 01:12:47,625 --> 01:12:50,708 "They occupied us for four years. Now it's our turn. " 1016 01:12:50,875 --> 01:12:53,375 Welcome, Colonel. My name is Ernst. 1017 01:12:53,542 --> 01:12:54,583 At your service. 1018 01:13:09,250 --> 01:13:13,583 This is mine, all mine. 1019 01:13:16,625 --> 01:13:18,167 Do you need the car, sir? 1020 01:13:18,333 --> 01:13:20,042 No, thank you. Dismissed. 1021 01:13:50,917 --> 01:13:52,417 Attention! 1022 01:13:58,083 --> 01:13:59,417 At ease, gentlemen. 1023 01:13:59,583 --> 01:14:02,792 Major Leguen, acting unit commander. 1024 01:14:15,750 --> 01:14:17,958 His face didn't fit. 1025 01:14:18,125 --> 01:14:19,792 Didn't fit? In what way? 1026 01:14:19,958 --> 01:14:21,292 All the rest of us 1027 01:14:21,500 --> 01:14:24,750 had served in Syria, Africa, Italy... 1028 01:14:24,917 --> 01:14:27,000 Meyer had flown bombers from England, 1029 01:14:27,167 --> 01:14:30,542 Boutin had been at Narvik in 1939. 1030 01:14:31,167 --> 01:14:34,708 We didn't know anything about him. He just turned up. 1031 01:14:35,208 --> 01:14:38,458 We were idle and wanted to remain so. 1032 01:14:39,125 --> 01:14:40,708 He was a fly in the ointment. 1033 01:14:41,333 --> 01:14:44,000 What did your work consist of? 1034 01:14:44,167 --> 01:14:46,917 Psychological Operations, of all things! 1035 01:14:47,083 --> 01:14:48,125 Meaning what? 1036 01:14:48,292 --> 01:14:49,333 Some propaganda, 1037 01:14:49,542 --> 01:14:53,958 but mostly flushing out collaborators who had fled to Germany 1038 01:14:54,125 --> 01:14:57,708 and were posing as former POWs or work camp inmates. 1039 01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:09,042 Check again. 1040 01:15:09,208 --> 01:15:11,417 Always double-check every detail. 1041 01:15:37,958 --> 01:15:39,333 Would you like a game, sir? 1042 01:15:39,500 --> 01:15:41,625 I haven't played for so long... 1043 01:15:41,833 --> 01:15:43,708 Come on, sir. Just for fun. 1044 01:15:43,917 --> 01:15:46,333 I don't have the right shoes. 1045 01:15:47,042 --> 01:15:48,667 I'll lend you mine! 1046 01:16:01,292 --> 01:16:02,125 40-love. 1047 01:16:06,333 --> 01:16:08,083 No need to score. 1048 01:16:08,292 --> 01:16:09,333 I like to. 1049 01:16:17,292 --> 01:16:18,333 That was out! 1050 01:16:19,042 --> 01:16:20,292 I thought it was in. 1051 01:16:23,917 --> 01:16:25,375 Have you had enough, sir? 1052 01:16:27,000 --> 01:16:28,333 It's OK. 1053 01:16:34,042 --> 01:16:35,500 I'm sorry. 1054 01:16:36,583 --> 01:16:39,250 I'm giving you a poor game. I miss every shot. 1055 01:16:48,125 --> 01:16:51,208 I know someone who didn't! 1056 01:16:53,333 --> 01:16:55,042 Sorry. That was stupid. 1057 01:16:58,917 --> 01:17:00,292 What did he say? 1058 01:17:00,458 --> 01:17:02,792 He's playing with a bullet in his chest. 1059 01:17:02,958 --> 01:17:04,167 Poor fellow! 1060 01:17:04,750 --> 01:17:07,500 Where did Dehousse serve in the war? 1061 01:17:07,667 --> 01:17:09,792 Not in the 1st Free French, for sure. 1062 01:17:10,417 --> 01:17:14,250 And a bullet in the chest doesn't make you wince like that. 1063 01:17:14,417 --> 01:17:17,042 I know because I had one. 1064 01:17:17,208 --> 01:17:19,875 Stop being so hard on Dehousse, will you? 1065 01:17:20,042 --> 01:17:23,958 If you like being tricked, go ahead. 1066 01:17:28,125 --> 01:17:30,542 - Do you have an opinion? - About what? 1067 01:17:30,708 --> 01:17:32,042 About me. 1068 01:17:32,208 --> 01:17:33,250 I'm a soldier. 1069 01:17:33,458 --> 01:17:35,125 Soldiers don't think. 1070 01:17:35,292 --> 01:17:38,375 When this is over, maybe, but now I go by the book. 1071 01:17:40,917 --> 01:17:42,125 Who lives here? 1072 01:17:42,333 --> 01:17:43,458 The General's wife. 1073 01:17:43,625 --> 01:17:46,083 She has a party every Thursday from 5:00pm. 1074 01:17:46,250 --> 01:17:49,208 - The most famous in Baden-Baden. - Famous for what? 1075 01:17:49,417 --> 01:17:52,375 Port, music and women, all guaranteed clean. 1076 01:17:52,542 --> 01:17:55,750 The best food too, for the lucky ones who stay to dinner. 1077 01:17:56,458 --> 01:17:57,583 Are you coming in? 1078 01:17:59,167 --> 01:18:00,875 I haven't been invited. 1079 01:18:01,917 --> 01:18:03,792 Besides, I have work to do. 1080 01:18:05,000 --> 01:18:06,333 See you tomorrow, sir. 1081 01:18:06,958 --> 01:18:08,000 Yes, Meyer. 1082 01:18:21,542 --> 01:18:23,917 Like the feet of a skater on the ice! 1083 01:18:27,125 --> 01:18:30,500 Head up... waist supple... 1084 01:18:49,125 --> 01:18:51,125 You learn very fast. 1085 01:19:06,792 --> 01:19:08,542 May I have the pleasure, miss? 1086 01:19:09,708 --> 01:19:12,542 Lesson number one. Invitation to waltz. 1087 01:19:16,125 --> 01:19:18,542 Don't hold her too tight. 1088 01:19:19,167 --> 01:19:22,542 - Isn't this a bit silly? - We must suffer to be beautiful! 1089 01:19:40,500 --> 01:19:42,000 Are you releasing them? 1090 01:19:42,208 --> 01:19:43,417 We found nothing. 1091 01:19:43,625 --> 01:19:46,250 - I'll interrogate them. - It's pointless! 1092 01:19:46,417 --> 01:19:47,458 What? 1093 01:19:47,667 --> 01:19:50,333 Their statements match. Two years in work camp. 1094 01:19:50,542 --> 01:19:53,083 - They're clean. - I'll question them anyway. 1095 01:19:53,250 --> 01:19:55,708 Suit yourself... you bloody fool. 1096 01:19:56,542 --> 01:19:57,917 Was there something else? 1097 01:19:59,167 --> 01:20:00,292 - No. - Thank you. 1098 01:20:09,875 --> 01:20:12,833 I don't understand. Their story was rock solid! 1099 01:20:14,208 --> 01:20:15,292 Too solid. 1100 01:20:15,458 --> 01:20:16,542 What do you mean? 1101 01:20:16,708 --> 01:20:17,917 They can read. Can you? 1102 01:20:20,125 --> 01:20:21,708 Read this. It's all here. 1103 01:20:21,875 --> 01:20:24,708 Places, names... They recited it for three hours. 1104 01:20:24,875 --> 01:20:27,667 Even the story about the boy who taught piano. 1105 01:20:27,833 --> 01:20:29,125 So? 1106 01:20:30,708 --> 01:20:33,542 They simply memorised it all. 1107 01:20:33,708 --> 01:20:35,333 Any idiot can do that. 1108 01:20:35,500 --> 01:20:37,250 They weren't in any work camp. 1109 01:20:37,417 --> 01:20:40,500 If they were in Wurzburg, then I was in Lourdes! 1110 01:20:41,292 --> 01:20:42,500 Do you have a light? 1111 01:20:42,667 --> 01:20:44,333 Oh, yes. Sorry. 1112 01:21:11,042 --> 01:21:13,667 So, is it true what I hear about you? 1113 01:21:13,833 --> 01:21:15,250 What is that, madam? 1114 01:21:15,417 --> 01:21:18,000 Uncovering that militia network! 1115 01:21:18,167 --> 01:21:19,958 It was hardly a network. 1116 01:21:20,125 --> 01:21:22,833 Just a few petty crooks. Small fry. 1117 01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:27,208 Without Major Leguen's help I'd have been fooled. 1118 01:21:27,750 --> 01:21:28,792 Evening, Boutin. 1119 01:21:43,042 --> 01:21:44,458 I would like to... 1120 01:21:45,292 --> 01:21:47,250 I can't say how much... 1121 01:21:48,250 --> 01:21:51,167 - What you just said... - If you can't say it, don't. 1122 01:21:58,250 --> 01:21:59,583 Congratulations, sir. 1123 01:21:59,750 --> 01:22:02,667 Nice work on Leguen. I mean it. 1124 01:22:02,917 --> 01:22:05,083 You were good. But it won't work on me. 1125 01:22:05,250 --> 01:22:07,083 I'm the original rotten bastard. 1126 01:22:07,250 --> 01:22:08,875 Did you say something, Boutin? 1127 01:22:10,167 --> 01:22:11,625 Good evening, Boutin. 1128 01:22:24,125 --> 01:22:26,333 She's had a dozen lovers here in Baden. 1129 01:22:26,500 --> 01:22:29,333 Tempestuous affairs for them, at least, 1130 01:22:29,500 --> 01:22:32,125 judging by the state she left them in. 1131 01:22:32,917 --> 01:22:36,083 They say a general's wife had a crush on her. 1132 01:22:36,250 --> 01:22:38,750 A bit lesbian, the Military Cross... 1133 01:22:38,917 --> 01:22:40,167 She's perfect! 1134 01:22:40,917 --> 01:22:44,708 The best thing since mustard gas. It makes you think... 1135 01:22:44,875 --> 01:22:47,250 Meyer, you know soldiers never think. 1136 01:22:47,417 --> 01:22:49,167 True. Sorry, sir. 1137 01:22:49,667 --> 01:22:51,417 You took your time. 1138 01:22:52,042 --> 01:22:53,083 To do what? 1139 01:22:53,250 --> 01:22:54,750 To say hello to me. 1140 01:22:56,792 --> 01:22:59,792 - In Paris you weren't in uniform. - Of course I was. 1141 01:23:00,792 --> 01:23:03,083 You must have been distracted. 1142 01:23:03,292 --> 01:23:05,000 Since I arrived here, 1143 01:23:05,167 --> 01:23:09,000 your accomplishments are the talk of the town. 1144 01:23:10,208 --> 01:23:13,458 - I've heard a lot about you, too. - People exaggerate. 1145 01:23:13,875 --> 01:23:16,917 Do you really have to? 1146 01:23:17,833 --> 01:23:18,917 What? 1147 01:23:19,167 --> 01:23:22,375 "Qom-pah-pan"”. There's already a band. 1148 01:23:23,542 --> 01:23:24,625 Oh, yes. Sorry. 1149 01:23:24,875 --> 01:23:26,167 I didn't realise. 1150 01:23:26,333 --> 01:23:28,125 Shall I drive? 1151 01:23:28,875 --> 01:23:29,917 Drive? 1152 01:23:30,083 --> 01:23:31,417 The dance. 1153 01:23:32,208 --> 01:23:33,375 Please do. 1154 01:23:33,542 --> 01:23:35,542 You're right, it's better. 1155 01:23:38,625 --> 01:23:39,958 What do you do here? 1156 01:23:40,833 --> 01:23:45,375 I drive... cars. I drive officers around. 1157 01:23:45,542 --> 01:23:48,125 Officers love being driven by women. 1158 01:23:48,833 --> 01:23:52,667 It's long and boring and I don't give a damn about it. 1159 01:23:52,833 --> 01:23:54,208 You know, Albert... 1160 01:23:55,333 --> 01:23:57,333 ...we haven't got a million choices. 1161 01:23:57,500 --> 01:23:58,875 You and I can see only two. 1162 01:23:59,500 --> 01:24:01,792 We can go on discussing trivia 1163 01:24:01,958 --> 01:24:05,917 and say good night before we know what's happened, 1164 01:24:06,083 --> 01:24:09,250 or we can pick up where we left off in Paris. 1165 01:24:09,458 --> 01:24:11,792 - Remember? - |I do. 1166 01:24:11,958 --> 01:24:13,500 But we must do it properly. 1167 01:24:15,042 --> 01:24:17,708 - Do you agree? - I agree. 1168 01:24:18,958 --> 01:24:20,583 What should I do? 1169 01:24:22,042 --> 01:24:25,125 What you should have done that night. 1170 01:24:40,917 --> 01:24:42,417 Gently... 1171 01:24:59,583 --> 01:25:02,125 Through August and September, 1945, 1172 01:25:02,292 --> 01:25:05,500 the Psychological Operations Unit was so successful 1173 01:25:05,667 --> 01:25:09,792 that the Paris High Command congratulated its leader and staff. 1174 01:25:09,958 --> 01:25:12,500 Colonel Dehousse had been a good choice! 1175 01:25:13,708 --> 01:25:15,250 His style set a precedent. 1176 01:25:15,500 --> 01:25:19,625 Soon, people started talking about the "Dehousse manner”. 1177 01:25:20,958 --> 01:25:23,375 If you can't say it, don't. 1178 01:25:24,292 --> 01:25:26,833 If you can't say it, don't. 1179 01:25:44,708 --> 01:25:46,125 Sir? 1180 01:25:46,292 --> 01:25:47,958 Weren't you hit in the chest? 1181 01:25:50,167 --> 01:25:52,250 Weren't you hit in the chest? 1182 01:25:55,458 --> 01:25:56,792 Yes. So what? 1183 01:25:57,292 --> 01:25:59,375 I can't see your scar. 1184 01:26:02,042 --> 01:26:05,042 Couldn't it have entered through my armpit? 1185 01:26:05,208 --> 01:26:07,375 You want me to raise my arms? 1186 01:26:07,542 --> 01:26:10,875 I've never done that in my life. I'm not starting now. 1187 01:26:18,333 --> 01:26:21,167 Why do some people have it all and others, nothing? 1188 01:26:22,833 --> 01:26:26,208 I have to work for everything, including women. 1189 01:26:26,375 --> 01:26:27,958 It's so unfair. 1190 01:26:28,750 --> 01:26:31,250 I'm going to die in 1953 in Indo-China, 1191 01:26:31,417 --> 01:26:33,333 ambushed at Col des Nuages. 1192 01:26:37,542 --> 01:26:39,292 I've never had any luck. 1193 01:26:40,833 --> 01:26:44,625 They slipped through the net, unseen by anyone. 1194 01:26:45,333 --> 01:26:49,375 When they came back two weeks later, they had vanished. 1195 01:26:51,458 --> 01:26:53,417 That's what happened. So I heard. 1196 01:26:53,583 --> 01:26:55,917 - Have you heard from him since? - Never. 1197 01:26:59,542 --> 01:27:00,583 Are you all right? 1198 01:27:02,750 --> 01:27:03,917 Do you want to go home? 1199 01:27:06,625 --> 01:27:09,292 Albert, do you like being with me? 1200 01:27:11,583 --> 01:27:12,958 Why do you ask? 1201 01:27:13,583 --> 01:27:16,333 Because... you never say So. 1202 01:27:17,542 --> 01:27:20,167 - I do sometimes. - Never. 1203 01:27:21,458 --> 01:27:23,125 Shall I say it now? 1204 01:27:26,125 --> 01:27:28,000 I like being with you. All right? 1205 01:27:36,042 --> 01:27:38,167 I like being with you. 1206 01:27:39,542 --> 01:27:40,875 So do I. 1207 01:27:41,542 --> 01:27:42,917 So that's good. 1208 01:27:43,083 --> 01:27:48,958 I want it to go on, but I feel one of us is doing it wrongly. 1209 01:27:50,333 --> 01:27:51,375 Which one? 1210 01:27:53,750 --> 01:27:55,750 See what I mean? 1211 01:27:58,250 --> 01:28:00,250 Some things can always be learned - 1212 01:28:00,458 --> 01:28:02,875 education, good manners, useful facts, 1213 01:28:03,042 --> 01:28:04,625 what to say, what not to say. 1214 01:28:04,792 --> 01:28:06,167 Then there's the rest. 1215 01:28:06,333 --> 01:28:08,875 What it feels like to be burned, to be hurt, 1216 01:28:09,042 --> 01:28:10,917 to fall in love with a woman, 1217 01:28:11,083 --> 01:28:14,042 especially when you can't confide in the woman you love 1218 01:28:14,208 --> 01:28:16,667 because your whole life is a lie. 1219 01:28:16,833 --> 01:28:18,292 It's complicated. 1220 01:28:23,083 --> 01:28:26,000 My father was a Pétainist. 1221 01:28:26,167 --> 01:28:27,583 He had a way with words. 1222 01:28:27,792 --> 01:28:30,708 One day he announced to us all, 1223 01:28:30,875 --> 01:28:36,333 "The people who join de Gaulle are the ones who fail their exams. " 1224 01:28:38,083 --> 01:28:40,292 He should have kept quiet. 1225 01:28:40,458 --> 01:28:43,500 I left school and joined the Free French in Algiers. 1226 01:28:46,250 --> 01:28:47,958 Does that tickle? 1227 01:28:53,083 --> 01:28:57,958 Tell me, little Albert... where's your scar? 1228 01:29:03,458 --> 01:29:07,417 You have a bullet wound. Don't you? 1229 01:29:12,208 --> 01:29:13,500 No. 1230 01:29:17,667 --> 01:29:23,542 All those other stories about you - about the Resistance, London... 1231 01:29:25,958 --> 01:29:27,625 Did any of it happen? 1232 01:29:41,208 --> 01:29:42,833 Is it all untrue? 1233 01:29:49,792 --> 01:29:51,542 Yes, it's all untrue. 1234 01:30:16,958 --> 01:30:18,667 How long have you known? 1235 01:30:21,333 --> 01:30:23,208 Since the beginning, I think. 1236 01:30:27,208 --> 01:30:29,458 Why didn't you say so? 1237 01:30:29,625 --> 01:30:31,625 I liked it. 1238 01:30:54,458 --> 01:30:56,042 I never asked for anything. 1239 01:30:57,375 --> 01:30:58,917 It just came. 1240 01:31:00,625 --> 01:31:02,708 I never stole anything. 1241 01:31:03,792 --> 01:31:05,375 I'm not a thief. 1242 01:31:06,542 --> 01:31:09,125 I worked hard to catch up. 1243 01:31:09,958 --> 01:31:11,875 "Speak, spoke, spoken. " 1244 01:31:12,042 --> 01:31:15,917 Tottenham Court Road, change at Leicester Square, 1245 01:31:16,083 --> 01:31:17,792 Piccadilly Circus... 1246 01:31:22,958 --> 01:31:25,542 General knowledge, Latin quotations... 1247 01:31:26,167 --> 01:31:27,792 "Credo quia absurd um... 1248 01:31:27,958 --> 01:31:32,042 What do they do to impostors like me? 1249 01:31:32,667 --> 01:31:34,083 12 bullets. 1250 01:31:35,833 --> 01:31:39,500 712, minus one for the coup de grace. 1251 01:31:39,667 --> 01:31:42,125 Then it's all over. Lights out. 1252 01:31:42,292 --> 01:31:43,583 My son. 1253 01:31:47,083 --> 01:31:48,792 He's young like you. 1254 01:31:52,500 --> 01:31:56,417 - "The red badge of courage. " - Your son Adolf? 1255 01:31:56,583 --> 01:31:57,625 Rudolph. 1256 01:32:04,583 --> 01:32:06,500 What's all this? 1257 01:32:07,625 --> 01:32:08,958 Your crappy life? 1258 01:32:10,333 --> 01:32:11,875 Is this your wife? Mother? 1259 01:32:14,500 --> 01:32:16,083 I have one, too. 1260 01:32:17,708 --> 01:32:18,667 This is shit. 1261 01:32:18,875 --> 01:32:19,917 Shit! 1262 01:32:42,125 --> 01:32:45,417 Anybody there? Is anyone there? 1263 01:32:57,333 --> 01:32:59,292 Colonel, it's for you. 1264 01:33:00,000 --> 01:33:01,167 Wake up. 1265 01:33:07,708 --> 01:33:08,917 Meyer? 1266 01:33:09,083 --> 01:33:11,208 We have a problem, sir. 1267 01:33:15,917 --> 01:33:16,958 Do you need me? 1268 01:33:17,167 --> 01:33:18,500 You'd better come. 1269 01:33:19,375 --> 01:33:21,375 It's better if you come with me. 1270 01:33:21,833 --> 01:33:25,792 We received a complaint this morning about some stolen geese. 1271 01:33:25,958 --> 01:33:27,917 I thought maybe our boys did it. 1272 01:33:30,583 --> 01:33:32,417 I asked for specifics. 1273 01:33:32,583 --> 01:33:36,167 The guy went on about "mit deutschen Soldatenmantel” - 1274 01:33:36,333 --> 01:33:37,458 German soldiers. 1275 01:33:38,250 --> 01:33:41,167 I got a full description from the farmer. 1276 01:33:41,333 --> 01:33:42,917 Sounds like they're SS. 1277 01:35:03,042 --> 01:35:05,333 Lieutenant Delavelle, sir. 1278 01:35:05,500 --> 01:35:07,333 - Where from? - Dordogne. 1279 01:35:07,500 --> 01:35:08,375 Shit. 1280 01:35:10,000 --> 01:35:11,042 What's this? 1281 01:35:11,208 --> 01:35:14,625 Charlemagne Division, sir. Volunteered 27 th June, 1944. 1282 01:35:14,792 --> 01:35:16,625 630th German Army regiment. 1283 01:35:16,792 --> 01:35:17,833 How many of you? 1284 01:35:18,458 --> 01:35:19,833 Seven, sir. 1285 01:35:20,000 --> 01:35:21,250 What the hell do we do? 1286 01:35:40,333 --> 01:35:41,708 Can I talk to you, sir? 1287 01:35:48,417 --> 01:35:50,125 What will you do with us? 1288 01:35:50,917 --> 01:35:52,542 I'll send you to France. 1289 01:35:53,250 --> 01:35:54,750 What will they do? 1290 01:35:55,375 --> 01:35:56,583 Put us on trial? 1291 01:35:59,042 --> 01:36:00,250 Will we be shot? 1292 01:36:05,000 --> 01:36:06,667 I don't want to go to France. 1293 01:36:10,500 --> 01:36:11,625 How about them? 1294 01:36:13,333 --> 01:36:14,375 They don't. 1295 01:36:31,708 --> 01:36:33,375 What do we do? 1296 01:36:48,958 --> 01:36:51,917 I am Lieutenant Colonel Dehousse. 1297 01:36:52,083 --> 01:36:55,792 You chose to join the German Army. You know the consequences. 1298 01:36:57,042 --> 01:37:00,542 For the sake of your families and France's hon our, 1299 01:37:00,708 --> 01:37:03,750 to avoid a public trial I'm going to have you shot. 1300 01:37:04,875 --> 01:37:08,083 Your families will be told that you died in action. 1301 01:37:10,042 --> 01:37:11,417 Attention! 1302 01:37:18,708 --> 01:37:20,208 Form a firing squad. 1303 01:37:24,125 --> 01:37:26,125 - Take aim. - Vive la France! 1304 01:38:28,292 --> 01:38:31,458 "I, Albert Dehousse, confess that I never belonged 1305 01:38:31,625 --> 01:38:34,583 "to any Resistance movement at home or abroad. 1306 01:38:34,750 --> 01:38:37,042 "I obtained my rank by false pretences. 1307 01:38:37,250 --> 01:38:39,375 "I am a coward and an impostor. 1308 01:38:39,542 --> 01:38:41,500 "I give myself up to the law. " 1309 01:38:55,375 --> 01:38:56,583 Where were you? 1310 01:38:59,958 --> 01:39:01,167 Everything all right? 1311 01:39:27,333 --> 01:39:31,583 It Colonel Dehousse's life was over. Another life began. 1312 01:39:31,750 --> 01:39:36,083 The Army, the Ministry and Resistance associations 1313 01:39:36,250 --> 01:39:38,583 agreed not to add scandal to ridicule. 1314 01:39:39,083 --> 01:39:41,333 The case was handled very quietly. 1315 01:39:42,458 --> 01:39:46,708 Servane visited Albert every day. One day he got a surprise. 1316 01:39:46,917 --> 01:39:49,208 Yvette had finally tracked him down. 1317 01:39:50,292 --> 01:39:53,000 When she came to Paris to witness the trial, 1318 01:39:53,167 --> 01:39:55,750 she naturally stayed with Servane. 1319 01:39:55,958 --> 01:39:58,542 Their budding friendship intrigued Albert. 1320 01:39:58,708 --> 01:40:00,542 He had some questions on his mind 1321 01:40:00,708 --> 01:40:02,875 but he remembered Servane telling him 1322 01:40:03,333 --> 01:40:06,917 "You're like a child, Albert. Everything amazes you. " 1323 01:40:07,083 --> 01:40:09,375 He kept his questions to himself. 1324 01:40:12,167 --> 01:40:14,792 I don't understand. Weren't you sentenced? 1325 01:40:14,958 --> 01:40:16,458 Yes, for bigamy. 1326 01:40:16,625 --> 01:40:18,208 For bigamy? 1327 01:40:18,375 --> 01:40:20,958 I married Servane in Baden-Baden in 1946. 1328 01:40:21,125 --> 01:40:24,833 As I hadn't divorced Yvette, they threw the book at me. 1329 01:40:25,000 --> 01:40:26,167 Three years. 1330 01:40:37,958 --> 01:40:41,042 Feel this light. This warmth. 1331 01:40:41,208 --> 01:40:42,625 I've always loved it. 1332 01:40:43,250 --> 01:40:45,667 That's what we should keep inventing. 1333 01:40:46,750 --> 01:40:49,292 When Death comes, we'll lie to it. 1334 01:40:50,208 --> 01:40:53,042 We'll say it's too early. It's got the wrong guy. 1335 01:40:53,208 --> 01:40:54,875 You know what? 1336 01:40:55,042 --> 01:40:58,292 We'll give it the address of some evil bastard. 1337 01:40:58,917 --> 01:40:59,958 That's what. 1338 01:41:01,125 --> 01:41:04,875 In the end, only real human beings will be left. 1339 01:41:05,500 --> 01:41:09,125 Good people like you and me. 1340 01:41:14,375 --> 01:41:16,500 What do you think? Was it good? 1341 01:41:17,625 --> 01:41:19,458 Did I look natural? 1342 01:41:22,250 --> 01:41:24,792 I met Albert Dehousse in 1961 1343 01:41:24,833 --> 01:41:28,083 when he became Minister for Planning. 1344 01:41:28,125 --> 01:41:31,667 He would have preferred the Arts but the job was already taken. 1345 01:41:32,833 --> 01:41:35,000 Mr Albert Dehousse did great work 1346 01:41:35,167 --> 01:41:36,875 for African independence. 1347 01:41:37,083 --> 01:41:39,125 ...a nursing home racket in Nice. 1348 01:41:39,292 --> 01:41:40,417 A property swindle, 1349 01:41:40,583 --> 01:41:42,500 unlicensed medical practice. 1350 01:41:42,708 --> 01:41:45,833 I am convinced that Dehousse was a Soviet agent. 91667

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