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[indistinct chatter]
[screaming]
Ole, papacito! Ole!
[speaking in foreign language]
...with this one. Oh, no.
With this one, be very, very, very careful.
- It's mine. Very careful, eh. - Yeah.
Put everything in the plane, we're flying home
first thing in the morning.
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[indistinct chattering]
[cheering]
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[indistinct]
[screaming] He's gonna fall.
Oh, no. Not unless the sky should fall.
[speaking in foreign language]
[indistinct chatter]
[all cheering]
[instrumental music]
[grunting]
[clapping]
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Ah.
There's the new life..
...Miguel, in the blood of my grandson. Huh?
Ah! I choose the way it should be, huh.
You know, I sometimes think
that you must talk privately with him.
Give me grandsons, you say. To carry on.
[chuckling]
Ooh, when does Heinrich get back?
He's back... this morning.
I knew it.
I could tell by the way you act tonight.
But why are you not with him?
Why didn't you fly back to see him today, huh?
Oh, of course, of course, Madariaga.
You would have missed the dancing tonight.
[laughs]
There's a world of time to see Heinrich.
He's back for good now.
Away from this new Germany.
This bad thing is happening over there.
He was studying medicine.
Oh-oh, yes, uh, medicine, too.
Uh, but to live there in times like these...
- He was studying. - Oh, I know.
I-I bet he would study very hard.
But, uh-uh, just like Julio did, huh?
Well, of course, Julio, they made him an engineer
a painter and look at him.
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[laughs]
Europe cannot change a strain of Argentine bulls.
Hmm. No, they are part of their grandfather.
Miguel. Miguel, you talk too much.
Tonight was made for dancing. Come on.
A-a-again? No, no, no, I don't think the body can...
Oh, to hell with the body.
If we die, we die dancing.
[Miguel grunts]
[all cheering]
[instrumental music]
[indistinct chatter]
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[tires screeching]
[knocking on door]
Yes?
- Father. - Oh, Julio.
How was the hunting trip?
Oh, successful. Very successful.
Perhaps, you can tell me
why you didn't get back from Miguel's last night.
- We waited for you. - Ah, yes.
Well, uh, I'd tell you
I just couldn't take the responsibility, father.
You know, I.. Never have I seen such weather.
Yes, of course for myself, I would have been
perfectly willing to take the risk.
But, uh..
...uh, well, then there was
the old one, you know.
I have an emotional nature. I am touched.
Well, thank you for being so understanding, father.
However, your uncle, Karl..
...has a nature more systematic.
He checked on the flying weather.
'And he found it was perfect.'
- He didn't. - He did.
(Chi Chi) 'Julio!'
- Julio, did you get it? - What? Get what?
You didn't get it?
- Let me see. - Wait, wait a minute here.
Wait a minute. Here you go.
You know, I pulled that out myself.
Oh, you dar..
- Oh, you need a bath. - Yeah.
Papa, look.
- What is it? - It's a boar's tooth.
It supposed to have marvelous magic powers.
Uh, it will take more than a boar's tooth
I'm afraid to keep peace at dinner tonight.
The formal dinner for Heinrich
'we should have had last night.'
What's all the fuss about?
Let Heinrich be pompous if he wants to.
Let-let him go on about the glories of Deutschland.
I shall simply rise majestically from my seat
and sing the "Marseillaise."
Chi Chi, that is precisely, what you will not do.
Hello, darling.
Hello, mother.
You don't know what it was like in this house
during the first war.
But your father and I do.
Nothing must happen to divide the family.
For your grandfather's sake, and nothing else.
Does that mean that...
It means we shall not provoke
or be provoked.
If necessary, we shall hold our tongues
and sit quietly as members of the inferior French race.
Uh, you may be French, father
but I was born two doors down the hall.
I am an Argentine, who, as my sister says, now needs a bath.
An Argentine, yes.
Remember that tonight. Restrain your grandfather.
There is no one here who has influence on him, but you.
'You will try to restrain him, won't you? It's important.'
Yes, father.
Now, then, I will caution each of you
to remain silent unless spoken to.
[thunder rumbling]
There will be no argument at the dinner table.
Absolutely no argument. Is that understood?
- Gustav? - Yes, father.
- Franz? - Yes, father.
What can be keeping them, Karl?
Isn't it enough that they humiliated Heinrich yesterday?
Please, my dear, now.
I thought we agreed to forget
about last night, mother. I certainly have.
You have a kind and generous heart, Heinrich
and that is to be commended
but the fact still remains.
(Madariaga) 'Where is he, then, huh?'
'Where is my grandson?'
Heinrich? Ah, Heinrich!
- Oh, my boy! Yes. - Grandfather. Grandfather.
- You've come back to us. - Yes, sir.
Back to the pampas, to the rich, dark soil of Argentina, hmm?
You can take all of that-that Europe
and put it in the past. Ha!
I don't say it wasn't good for you
to, to-to study in Germany
but, uh, that's all over now.
It's cold in here.
Now, then, Heinrich! Where's the medals? Where are they?
Well, I was afraid they might
get spotted during the soup course.
[all laughing]
Good. Good. They haven't changed you.
No, not even those maniacs in Germany.
'No, no.'
There it's always war, war. Always war.
Hey, Marcelo.
War.
Yep.
It hasn't changed over there since..
...since it was written for us by St. John in the testament.
Look at them, how they dance tonight.
Just as in the Apocalypse.
'Conquest.'
'War.'
'Pestilence.'
'Death.'
And the powers given unto them
to kill with a sword..
...and with hunger..
'...and with the beasts of the earth.'
Mother of cows, is there no wine
in this house, huh?
Angel... cannot this family have a toast
on such an occasion?
To..
...to Heinrich, who has come back to us.
To my Julio, never to leave.
To Chi Chi, who gets bigger every day where she should.
'To Gustav and Franz.'
To my beloved daughters, Luisa and Elena
and to their faithful, I am certain... husbands
'Karl and Marcelo.'
To the family.
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[thunder rumbling]
(Madariaga) 'Careful, careful!'
No, no, no. Serve the guest of honor.
Heinrich!
[indistinct chatter]
Now, then.
Where does Heinrich start his practice?
Buenos Aires?
Oh, we-we-we haven't discussed that yet.
(Madariaga) 'What do you mean you haven't discussed it?'
Well, we..
(Madariaga) 'Let Heinrich speak for himself.'
I may not practice anywhere for a while.
Ah!
Have you found something more important?
Mother of cows, grandfather. Does he have to answer you?
A man studies hard for six long years.
He just doesn't leap right into work.
- Huh, does he? - Hey.
What is more important, Heinrich?
He's only human, grandfather.
He-he has a need now for things
like dancing and music
and, well, you know, other things.
[all laughing] That's strange.
Everyone wishes to speak for Heinrich
but Heinrich himself.
It's only that Julio can put it
so much better than my humble efforts.
Yeah. Ah.
Very well. I am pleased.
For some foolish notion, I thought you might have
sworn allegiance to that jackass in Europe.
That house painter with a mustache.
[thunder rumbling]
There are many house painters in Europe, grandfather.
And I daresay, thousands of jackasses.
Oh, yes, yes. That's true.
But what a relief to know that you're not one of them.
Well, that's a lot more than you ever say about me, Heinrich.
What is it, now, now. What is that lunatic's name?
'Uh. Uh, Hitler. Adolf Hitler.'
Hail Hitler!
Nobody, nobody says anything like that to a good German.
Father, please.
A German?
A good German, you say?
Well, I see no Germans at this table.
My daughters are Argentine.
My daughters' husbands, one from France
one from Germany, came here when they were very young.
They are now Argentine.
What? My grandchildren?
Everyone at this table is Argentine.
So tell me, who at this table is a good German?
[thunder rumbling]
Tell me.
I am good German.
And because I am a good German, I gave up the study of medicine
long time ago to work for the Nazi party.
I'm proud to say I have a position
that is considered quite important.
[thunder rumbling]
Say Hail Hitler, in this house.
Say Hail Hitler.
Hail Hitler.
[all gasp]
[thunder rumbling]
To be a good German, grandfather
is not to be born in some special place
or to speak some special language.
It is to have in one's veins the blood
of a people of a very special destiny.
Adolf Hitler is a man more aware than anyone
of that very special destiny.
Heinrich.
Holy Saints, peaceful Jesus.
First it was the Kaiser.
Now..
...do we start all that all over again?
Huh?
Conquest, war, pestilence, death.
Seed of my seed.
Uh, I have begat assassins!
Huh?
Oh, no. Grandfather, please.
Oh, get, get from me.
I will not be called an assassin.
- Heinrich, you stop it. - Let me die.
I lived too long.
I live, I work.
Here in Argentina, I built a place of peace.
Peace and joy..
...and love.
These I leave to the children of my children.
'In Argentina, I built a garden.'
Where is the garden, where the snake does not come?
Where the beast does not enter?
Old, old, old.
Stupid, stupid, stupid! Stupid, old man.
Did you think never to see the beast again?
A curse on my seed!
The beast is in myself, in my belly, in my loin!
Cursed be Madariaga.
Do I live to see the beast once more?
The beast of the apocalypse.
[thunder rumbling]
The fire and the horsemen.
[grunts]
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Conquest!
'On a white horse. On his head, a crown.'
'War! Rider in flames and in his hand, a sword.'
'Pestilence! The hunter of the sickness of the soul.'
And Death. Death!
'Death!'
Always... forever.
[screaming]
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[wind gushing]
Death!
[thunder rumbling]
[music continues]
[thunder rumbling]
[intense music]
[instrumental music]
[screaming]
[laughing]
Be back in an hour.
[indistinct chatter]
Ah.
- Thank you. - Julio! Where have you been?
Papa's in a stitch. We'd almost given you up.
Where am I? Hmm? No, wait. Don't tell me.
Uh, the host is a friend of father's and he, uh, writes.
Yes. Etienne Laurier. He just happens to publish "La Justice."
In fact, there's some of the most brilliant
political minds in all of Europe...
Uh, how jolly.
Well, it sounds like a million laughs.
- Where do I get fortified? - The drinks are in here.
All the women are married except me, so, please, behave.
(male #1) 'If Chamberlain had stood up to Hitler'
then we wouldn't be in this position now.
Don't forget, Chamberlain carried
'a heavy responsibility as well as an..'
'He worked desperately for peace.'
(male #1) 'Peace in our time, yes.'
'And where has this quest led us?'
Farther from peace than we've ever been since the great war.
Can we blame it all on Munich, on Chamberlain?
Isn't it possible that no power on earth can stop this Hitler?
Not at all. That possibility does not negate an attempt.
Surely, appeasement is hardly the way to go about it.
Reason, a willingness to compromise.
- Uh, this can be the peace... - War has never had reason.
Economic or political necessity, perhaps, but never reason.
You are saying, in fact, that war is inevitable?
Not at all. One must simply deal from a position of strength.
One must manipulate, not reason.
That's the real key to peace in our time..
I trust that Czechoslovakia
was able to offer any resistance.
I can only speak for myself.
Would it be my country, I would stand up in shame.
The treaty of Versailles was made with the best of intentions
but that didn't make it historically fair.
[indistinct chatter]
(Marcelo) 'Big question now is, what... '
(Etienne) 'If they should live even for ten years'
'there won't be a true Frenchman left to witness them.'
(Marcelo) 'And what of the Maginot Line, huh?'
'What of the forces of the Soviet Union?'
You don't think that these will give pause even to Hitler?
'Uh, let us at least be reasonable, Etienne.'
'The man is not insane.'
We may not for hundreds of years.
If they should live even for ten years
there won't be a true Frenchman left to witness them.
You see?
It's impossible for you to talk
of this man rationally.
And we must. Nobody wants war.
And yet this kind of irrational remarks
'these inflammatory statements'
you put into your paper, in all fairness
what else can they do
but arouse the people to war? Hitler doesn't.
Hitler is a bloodthirsty pig.
'He would spit into the very eye of God'
and not look back.
Excuse me, Armand. Excuse me, Armand.
I do hate to interrupt, but the most extraordinary
thing has happened. It's Sir Peter Troup. Here.
Well, he just lost his hairpiece.
It's rather blond, you know.
Wavy on the side
with a slight widow's peak in front.
If any one of you should happen to see it
or-or sit on it or something
would you please tell Peter?
He's in the cloakroom, sulking.
MonsieurLaurier, it's wonderful to see you.
MadameLaurier, it was charming.
- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
Who in the world is Peter Troup?
A man of peace. Peace at any price.
You made him up?
[laughs]
Etienne, I want you to meet my son.
- Julio. - Hello, father.
I knew you would come. Here, please.
I want you to meet a very real friend.
MonsieurEtienne Laurier. My son, Julio.
How do you do?
Etienne and I met on a ship one time.
Oh, we spent two weeks in deck chairs.
And when they finally lifted me out of mine
I understood modern painting.
No, no, no. Your father is being modest.
Matisse, Renoir, Modigliani.
Rarely such insight.
Do I understand you paint?
Well, at the risk of assuming some of my father's modesty.
No, not very well.
And, uh, I'm afraid, among other things.
Etienne? Etienne, you must hear this.
This delightful young lady threw a tomato
at the German foreign minister today.
- 'Extraordinary!' - Chi Chi.
You must excuse her. She's still very young.
Oh, on the contrary. I hope you hit him.
As a matter of fact, I missed him.
Even my boar's tooth failed me.
MadameLaurier. May I present my son, Julio?
Welcome to Paris, monsieur.
Oh, will you excuse me?
(male #2) 'Oh, no. Poland isn't Austria'
'Or even Czechoslovakia.'
'There's no escaping a conflict there.'
You know.
- I can't get over it. -Monsieur?
Yes. I was a witness to that dazzling display
of diplomacy over there. I am lost in admiration.
As a matter of fact, I haven't seen a situation handled
with such finesse since the cocktail party was invented.
- Oh, you are much too kind. - No.
I said to myself now, here's someone who is worthy
of something better than, than all this.
- All this? - Yes.
All this political double talk.
The do-goods, the do-bads.
The amateur strategists
and their endless theories
and their.. Ah!
Oh.
I, uh..
...I take it you don't approve, then?
Oh, it wasn't a question of whether I approve or disapprove.
It's just that, that who cares?
I see.
Perhaps, uh, you might tell me then
what you consider worthy of importance?
Oh, now, I'm sure I could go through a pretty long list
and not once mention the ills of the world.
Hmm. Let's see now.
There'd be polo on that list, of course.
And the races and the racing cars.
And I'm sure it must include women.
Is that a guess or a rumor?
Paris can be quite provincial, monsieur.
- Within a certain circle. - Hmm.
Well, I'm surprised to see that reputation
can spread so rapidly.
Why? You can well afford it, I think.
As a neutral.
But not many of us can, um, share that luxury.
Hmm. I seem to detect a trace of resentment there.
Good heavens, I wouldn't presume to..
...resent someone I've just met
and certainly not a guest.
If you'll excuse me.
[indistinct chatter]
[Hitler speaking in German]
(all) Hail! Hail!
(all) Hail! Hail! Hail! Hail!
(all) Hail!
[indistinct chatter]
...try to reach Gorvishi at the Russian Embassy.
If you can't reach him, go over and wait.
We need every detail before..
Marguerite.
Uh, before we can print the next edition.
Right.
Marguerite.
- You did say 12:30. - Of course I did.
- I like the dress. - Thank you.
Etienne, Moscow.
Uh, get the blueprints to Moscow.
I... brought a catalog.
If we get through the auction in time
I thought we might have lunch, perhaps.
- Hmm? - Uh-uh, yes.
The Renoir is item 54.
They say there is a chance it might be quite low because..
[telephone ringing]
Yes! No, the situation is changed.
Hold on to it for now, right.
- Uh, Marguerite, I, uh... - I know.
Huh, I knew it the minute I walked in.
You can't bear to tell me.
But the auction is out of the question.
Now believe me, I had every intention of going
until word came through just now.
Germany is signing a treaty with Russia.
A mutual pact as allies.
It seems all the Armand Dibiers are wrong once again.
And for me, it'll be the old 24-hour watch.
With one innovation there'll be a blackout tonight.
Your Paris in darkness.
[telephone ringing]
Yes! Ah, one minute, hm.
No one can possibly imagine that I love you.
But I love you.
Don't skip your dinner again.
Ladies and gentlemen the bid is 70,000 francs
for Renoir's pastel, Study for The Bathers.
Do we have anyone for 90,000 francs?
'Thank you. 90,000.'
Do we have anyone for 110,000 francs?
Thank you, 110,000 francs.
'Do we have anyone for 130,000 francs?'
'One hundred-thirty thousand? Thank you.'
Do we have anyone for 150,000?
'Thank you, sir.'
One hundred-seventy thousand?
The painting is sold for 150,000 francs.
[indistinct chatter]
Ladies and gentlemen
the next is item number 26 in the catalog.
'Vase with flowers, pastel by Odilon Redon.'
MadameLaurier.
Monsieur.
Look, I'm sorry about that, but I just
couldn't let you spoil my apology.
You know, you have a habit of speaking in riddles.
Well, my apology for the way I behaved the other night.
'Cause my father told me how you both admired Renoir
so I, well..
- Yes. - Yes.
So, I thought you might like to have this one.
I'd also hoped that you might forgive me.
- Monsieur Desnoyers... - Julio.
I'm sorry, but I can't possibly accept.
I tell you what. Yes.
Suppose we let my father decide at lunch, eh?
Unless, of course, you have another engagement.
No, It's just that a Renoir is.
Good. Good.
He'll be delighted to see you.
Please.
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Oh, I agree with you, but it goes far beyond that. Yes, uh..
Now, you take the Renoir nude for example.
The-the pure sensuousness of that figure.
The unbelievable shadings that make up
the-the-the texture
and the, and the softness of the flesh.
It-it's sheer magic, you know.
Oh, you seem to take your painting
much more seriously than I was led to believe.
Well, my big difficulty is
I don't take things seriously enough, I'm afraid.
That's a sore point with my father.
And is your father always this late
for luncheon engagements?
Oh-oh, yes, always.
As a matter of fact sometimes he doesn't show up at all.
I have a strong feeling this is one of those days.
Yes, I-I'm afraid you're right.
Thank you.
You angry?
[chuckles] I'm trying to be.
Well, in that case, I'll, I'll confess to you
that I knew you were going to that auction today.
- My father told me. - Your father?
Mm-hmm.
Yes, he also mentioned that, uh
Etienne was going to be tied up at the office.
All, all evening.
I'm beginning to think that your father
must be of enormous assistance to you.
Well, unwittingly, I assure you.
[instrumental music]
Thank you, for a very nice lunch.
Well, under the circumstances I'd much rather you, uh
thank me for dinner tonight.
I'm sorry, but please, express my regrets
to your... father.
Alright.
Wasn't it a car like this that won at Montlhery in '36?
Uh, oh, yes, It was a modified version of this.
Beck and uh... Dobbs, I believe.
What?
The names of the drivers.
They won again in, uh, '38.
Oh, I believe they did.
I wonder how fast this one will go.
Uh.
Well, there's a road just north of here.
I suppose we try it out. Hmm?
Alright.
[instrumental music]
[laughing]
That's good. Yeah.
[chuckles] Yes, I think we spent the whole summer
at Deauville that year.
That was with your uncle, hmm?
He was actually my guardian.
Oh, when I think now of
of all the money he wasted on me.
Well, apparently he had it to spend
so, why not, huh?
As it turned out, it wasn't his.
He was an embezzler.
What?
Enormous sums.
A gifted and genuine fraud.
- I adored him. - Thank you.
At the time, Etienne was a reporter for "Figaro."
That's when I met him. He was such a crusader.
Uh, doesn't he get awfully tiresome
just constantly trying to..
...right the wrongs of the world and.. Oh.
We can't escape them by turning our backs.
Unless, of course, one happens to be neutral.
Well, after all, I'm Argentine.
I'm neutral whether I like it or not.
But you do like it.
You know, I..
Yes?
Well, I had a... grandfather.
He died a few, few months ago.
He was pure Argentine.
And he had this, this primitive obsession
'that life was meant just for the joy of living.'
'And he carried this feeling to everything he was around.'
'And I-I think some of it rubbed off on me.'
'And anything else that wasn't that'
'just automatically became evil.'
Like, the biblical Four Horsemen.
And it got too much for him, finally.
And when part of the family
turned Nazi... he became..
...one of the...early victims.
'He was a primitive man.'
He was a neutral.
But, I've a feeling that you would have liked him.
Yes, you-you-you would have liked him very much.
Well, shall we go?
That is if you, uh, have to get back.
[instrumental music]
[indistinct chatter]
Say, you know something?
I just thought of a place
that's not very far from here
with the, uh.. Oh, it has the deepest cushions.
And the softest music, huh?
- What do you say? - No.
Well, not even as a, uh, fitting ending to a perfect day?
Ah, one moment, monsieur.
- Hmm? - Blackout.
Oh, not as a nightcap for a, uh, charming evening?
[laughs] No.
[instrumental music]
[singing in foreign language]
[singing continues]
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
[instrumental music]
When can I see you again?
Please. I can't.
- When? - No.
[music continues]
- Thank you. -Monsieur.
[siren blaring]
[explosion]
[explosions]
[gunshots]
[explosions]
Why, father.
Well, hi, what are you doing here?
Oh, forgive me. Should I go back and knock?
Or just leave quietly?
It's just I hadn't expected a visit so soon.
Ah, well, I'll get a chair for you.
No-no-no, that's alright.
I won't be staying long.
You know, if you hadn't left the forwarding address..
...I would never have found you at all.
Oh, as a matter of fact, I was gonna call you tonight.
- Will you sit down here? - Ah, thank you.
Yeah.
I'm sorry to have arrived
at such an inopportune moment.
No, as a matter of fact, you're welcome anytime.
No, thank you.
No, no, I meant to say..
...inopportune by the nature of my visit.
You're moving into a new place, and I'm here
to see you about moving out.
About leaving Paris with you.
Uh, you want to leave?
Your mother and I, yes.
We came to the conclusion that it was a mistake
to come here in times like these.
Times that are getting worse every day.
I see, well, I don't think there's any..
...real threat to Paris now, is there?
Not as we stand here, not right this minute
but, uh, anyway, that's why we wish to leave.
I see. Well, if you're set on leaving...
All of us, Julio. The family.
Well, I-I can't just pack up, you know.
I can't just pack up and go, like that.
Why not?
Why not? I.. Ahem.
Because my, my work. My...
Oh-oh-oh, your work! Oh, yes, yes!
Oh, well I, I would not presume, uh
to evaluate, of course, but, uh
I don't see anything here
that could not be transferred
to another climate.
I'm sorry. I can't leave now.
Light from the south.
How strange for a studio.
'This, um, this view seems familiar.'
Ah, what's your number here?
Nine.
And the Lauriers?
The Lauriers?
I'm not sure. I don't..
Thirteen, isn't it?
Yes, I believe so.
Perhaps, we are at the heart of the matter.
You must know, of course that, um
Etienne is one of my oldest and dearest friends.
Yes, I know that, but...
But what? He has an attractive wife.
Paris abounds in attractive women.
So, you, you stay here for this.
For some, uh, frivolous attachment.
At least I trust it's frivolous.
Look, there's no point in going into this now.
Oh, Julio, in heaven's name!
Can everything be so simple?
Just to close your eyes when it suits you.
To take advantage of a man who is forced to leave Paris.
What?
Oh, you..
Oh, you didn't know.
Oh.
Yes.
He leaves on Friday.
An army detachment for the Belgian front.
I regret the circumstances, father.
I regret them very deeply.
But there's nothing anybody can do about it.
Very well.
I'll tell your mother that you cannot leave.
[indistinct chatter]
[train horn blaring]
(man on PA) 'Gate 7 for transport to Lyon.'
'Train leaving for Lyon..'
[indistinct chatter]
[baby crying]
[indistinct announcement on PA]
'Please report at once.'
[indistinct chatter]
[train horn blaring]
[dramatic music]
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
You, uh, go to Notre Dame regularly?
I had meant to pray for Etienne.
But I'm not certain I wasn't praying for myself.
[music continues]
[siren blaring]
[indistinct siren blaring]
[siren blaring]
[siren continues blaring]
[key clicking]
[siren continues blaring]
(man on speaker) Attention, attention!
The government of France requests all of its citizens
not to leave their homes.
I repeat, stand fast and remain in your homes.
'There is no need to panic.'
'The roads about Paris are highly congested'
'and will become impassable.'
'All [indistinct] must turn in'
'any arms they possess to the police within 24 hours.'
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
I've arranged for you to, uh take the train to Marseille.
You stay there for two weeks..
...and then you catch the ship to South America.
What about you, Julio?
Oh, I'll join you just as soon as possible.
But we must get Chi Chi out of Paris.
Do you know about this?
Yes. He's right, Luisa.
You and Chi Chi must get away.
It's becoming far too dangerous.
You know, there are no guarantees
that they will not bomb Paris.
Now, you may have to share a compartment on the train
but the hotel reservations in Marseille
are all taken care of.
[door closes]
- Chi Chi? - I haven't got a minute, papa.
There's a student meeting at the Sorbonne tonight.
Chi Chi. Will you come here, please?
Papa, if it weren't important, I wouldn't rush out like this.
- After Dunkirk today, I... - Dunkirk?
Yes, I forgot. You don't read the newspapers.
The British have evacuated, all of them.
There's no one left now but the French.
They're falling back faster than the British left.
If I were a man, I would go...
(Julio) 'You'd go on doing exactly'
what you're doing right now.
This war was lost a long time ago.
- Julio, I... - 'That's alright, mother.'
Oh, he could talk that way.
He could talk anyway he liked
when there wasn't a real war
and people weren't getting killed.
'All they did was look at each other'
'across the Maginot Line.'
He could be as neutral as he pleased
and what was the difference?
- But it's not the same now. - No, it's not the same.
- They've won. - Not for me, they haven't.
I may be a very small voice
'and of very little importance'
'but I'll do everything and anything I can'
if I have to fight them myself!
I'm sorry, papa.
It'll have to wait. The meeting won't.
[band music]
[music continues]
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
(Karl) 'Marvel!'
Van Gogh. Cezanne.
Oh!
Renoir.
[chuckles]
I'll wager you practically stole them
at the prices you paid.
[chuckles] I can assure you, Karl
there was no attempt on my part
to take advantage of the situation.
No, of course not. But here we are.
Supposedly the victors, entering Paris.
And all the while it's you neutrals
who have reaped the spoils.
Well, now... at least
part of the family is together again.
But I am sorry Chi Chi couldn't be here tonight.
Oh, yes. Uh, she asked me to give you her regrets.
Nice, attractive girl.
Must have had some dreary days
these past few months.
But Gustav can cure that. He has many friends.
Oh-oh, I don't think she'll...
Oh, oh, oh! Officers, of course.
Very good families.
'And, Julio, don't be surprised to find that you have'
a little influence in Paris now.
Good old Uncle Karl.
Yes, I can imagine that the source of gasoline supply
might be good for a start, right, Julio?
Oh, uh, I've managed without it so far.
Managed, yes, but that's the thing of the past.
Even the spoils cannot compensate
for the everyday necessities.
'Right, Marcelo?'
[chuckling] You know..
[chuckles] Yes, from now on
you have friends at court, so to speak.
And I expect you to take full advantage of it.
Uh, tell me, Uncle Karl
how does the world look from up there?
Beg your pardon?
'Huh, all of Paris under your command'
gasoline, right at your fingertips.
It's a very heady atmosphere, isn't it?
- The German army... - Gustav.
Julio, you think I don't know, hmm?
You will never forget that night, the old one died..
'...and perhaps you will never forgive us.'
But I say it to you as humbly as I can
that I regret that night as much as you.
(Gustav) 'Father!'
Sit down.
But surely you must see now
why the both of you must see now
that my Heinrich was right.
After all, we are here in Paris now.
And the importance, the historical importance
of the Third Reich is now a proven fact.
For myself at the moment
it is the family I am thinking about.
And soon we shall be all together again.
Marcelo, think of it.
'The family together.'
Let's drink to it.
[instrumental music]
The family.
Marguerite, let's get out of Paris.
Let-let's go. Let's get out of Paris.
We can go to-to Madrid. We can go to Rio.
With what, my darling?
One Argentine passport?
Hmm. I think not.
The Nazis would never let a French citizen
out of occupied France.
Unless somebody arranged it for us.
I could ask him.
Yes, you could, perhaps, but you wouldn't.
And I wouldn't want you to.
Not from him. Not from any one of them.
But even if it were possible..
...I could never leave without seeing Etienne.
We are trapped, you see..
...right here in Paris
surrounded by the German army.
[instrumental music]
There is something we can do.
It isn't much, I know..
...but I would love to go dancing again
as we did that first night.
I'd like to put on something
all shimmering and-and lovely..
...and feel very feminine.
Would you take me dancing, darling?
Surrounded by the whole German army.
No.
Surrounded... by you.
[instrumental music]
- General? - Yes?
The von Hartrotts' car just arrived.
Thank you.
Tell me.
That one in white. Do you know her?
No, general.
But I can make an inquiry.
Thank you.
[music continues]
Uh, colonel.
Please sit down.
Ready, sir?
Serve the caviar. Start the dinner.
Well, colonel, it must be a moment of great relaxation
for you to be in Paris now.
I intend it to be.
If I can be of any assistance
you've only to call my Paris command.
Will your, uh, orders allow you
to remain for a while, colonel?
- Colonel? - Yes?
Will you be here long?
A few days, perhaps.
Oh, what a pity. I really..
- Yes? - Her name is Madame Laurier.
The escort is not her husband.
Of course.
That one over there, colonel
the one, uh, in the white dress.
She attracts me.
Oh, uh, it seems she would be attracting her escort, too.
Now, that can be taken care of.
Uh, it might prove somewhat difficult, general.
You see, he, uh, he happens to be my cousin.
Your..
Please forgive me. I had no idea.
Does it carry offense?
It is simply that the woman attracts me.
Oh, forgive me, general.
It's simply that the very idea of any man
trying to take away a woman
from my cousin attracts me.
I am not, sir, any man.
I know. You are the commandant of the Paris region.
But you see, my cousin is the commandant of a..
...of a somewhat larger region.
[laughing]
This is worth the trip to Paris.
[laughing]
I fail to see the humor.
You fail to know my cousin.
Are you implying that I lack charm?
My charm resides here.
And in such a romantic competition
a woman should prefer your cousin to me
no such competition exists.
When I want a woman I make no demand that she want me.
Do I have your permission to meet the lady?
You have my permission to blow your brains out.
Colonel Kleinsdorf, will you suggest
to Madame Laurier and her escort
that I will entertain 'em at my table?
Yes, general.
[instrumental music]
I don't understand.
Von Kleig is a general.
Why is he being so nice to the colonel?
The colonel, my lovely one
happens to be a member of the SS.
In fact, he's on Reinhardt Hedrick's
personal staff which is but one step removed from Himmler.
And you know, of course, who Himmler is next to.
Forgive me for asking.
[instrumental music]
Heinrich, I've been expecting you.
Well, we got here as soon as we could.
Yes, um, Madame Laurier, my cousin, Colonel von Hartrott.
- Monsieur. - A pleasure, Madame.
General von Kleig.
- Monsieur. - Madame.
Please sit down.
Thank you, but you must know
General von Kleig, that, uh, according to the terms
of the surrender at Compiegne
I am not required to extend my company
to any German officer of whatever rank
for a period exceeding ten minutes.
[laughing] Exhilarating.
Do please sit down.
May I add, Madame Laurier, that you dance divinely?
My escort.
- Take a cigarette? - No, thank you.
Perhaps your, uh, escort would like to have one.
No, thank you.
Heinrich, you look ten years older
if you look a day.
That's very kind of you, Julio.
I supposed you're a little concerned
'about the, uh, possibilities'
'of the Americans getting into this.'
Oh, we'll be alright. Thank you.
Thank you, general, but she accepts
dinner invitations from no one but me.
I beg your pardon?
MadameLaurier, she says thank you
but she's dining with me tomorrow night.
And I'll thank you to let
MadameLaurier speak for herself.
She can't. She's French.
Then keep silence.
I can't. I'm neutral.
Young man, I will speak with whom I please
dine with whom I please
take what and whom I please.
Do you understand me?
Oh, general.
General, you've eaten up half of the world.
You ate up Holland, you ate up Belgium
you ate up Norway, you ate up France.
'Oh, you've eaten up countries I've never even heard of.'
'You may even try to eat up yourself.'
But, general, don't try to eat up her.
She's mine.
Colonel Kleinsdorf..
...pick up the gentleman's papers.
I, uh..
Of course, general.
But you are not quite familiar with the...
Pick up his papers.
Yes, sir.
Julio, please go.
I will talk to the general.
You will not.
Julio, please!
I do not find this amusing, von Kleig.
My cousin and Madame Laurier
will go freely in Paris
where and with whom they choose
and I reprimand you, von Kleig
for abusing the dignity of our fatherland
in your private interest.
Go along, Julio.
[music continues]
[band music]
[instrumental music]
How... how deceivingly peaceful the world seems from here.
I can understand now why the French kings
moved to Versailles.
It didn't help them very much, did it?
I suppose no one is ever helped by being deceived.
And yet, how comforting it can be for a while.
No cries of war, no call to arms.
Nothing hurt, nothing dying..
...except the leaves.
And they always come back.
Imagine what a disaster it would be
if they ever failed to come back.
How insignificant
it would make everything else.
Men might even stop fighting..
...look up at the sky and wonder.
[music continues]
- Marguerite? - Yes.
There's something I want to tell you.
Last night, I realized that we
couldn't go on living with this.
I realized that I had to find some solution.
Solution? To what?
To our position if we stay here.
You see, what happened last night can happen
tomorrow night, can happen next week
can happen next month..
I went to Uncle Karl
and he can make the arrangements.
Of course, it'll take a little time for him
a little time for us.
But you could leave here..
...as the wife of an Argentine.
We can't.
But don't you see how is, it's impossible
to go on like this.
Dependent upon Uncle Karl
dependent upon Heinrich
every time we turn around.
- We can't. - We must!
I will not go on bowing and scraping to German generals.
Do you think it is easy for me
because I don't scream?
Do you think I don't care?
The Germans are here, yes.
They have taken my country and a little of my self-respect.
But I will live with it somehow.
I've got to.
No, that's the whole point.
Don't you see? You don't have to, you..
We'll wait for Etienne to come back
and then I'll tell him.
I'm afraid it will be a long wait.
They notified me this morning.
I'd hoped I wouldn't have to tell you.
With everything else I would
like to be able to spare you this much.
Etienne is a prisoner of war.
[dramatic music]
[music continues]
[intense music]
[music continues]
[siren wailing]
Yes. He'll see you now.
One minute.
Just one minute.
Karl, please.
Now, then!
What is it? What can I do for you?
Well, I don't know how to..
I'm afraid it's, um..
It's about, uh, Chi Chi.
Huh?
Well, it seems there was a riot
over at the university.
As we understand it, she just
happened to be in the neighborhood.
The fact is, uh, your police have her, Karl.
- Chi Chi? - Yes.
Well, I'm sure it's all very trivial
nothing to be concerned about.
Oh, of course not!
Naturally, I'm anxious to get her out
as soon as possible.
Of course. Of course.
And you, Julio, since I haven't seen you for months
I take it that you are here
for the same request?
Oh, yes.
Yes. Well, then.
These unpleasant, important relatives of yours
Julio, they do come in handy at times, don't they?
Don't they, Julio?
Yes, well, I'm very grateful, Uncle Karl.
Yes, they do come in handy sometimes.
(Heinrich) 'Heil Hitler.'
Heil Hitler.
Well, now!
I hardly expected to see
a family gathering here.
- Uncle Marcelo. Julio. - Heinrich.
- How well you look, Heinrich. - Thank you.
And it's really a wonder
after his tour of the eastern front.
You know, he was commended in action.
Well, I'm sure you're both very busy.
- If we could.. - Not at all.
Uncle Marcelo, my mother said to give you her love.
Well, if you'll forgive us, I..
Uh, well, thank you, Uncle Karl.
What's this, Julio?
Oh, this is nothing.
Nothing?
Some small difficulties with Chi Chi.
There was a demonstration at the university
and the police... you know.
Well, naturally, I'm arranging her release.
Without an investigation?
Well..
It is a family matter.
May I see it, please?
Well, perhaps I should have asked
for an investigation.
Uh..
You know, of course that members of the Resistance
were involved in these riots.
No, I-I..
I don't.
The French Resistance is no longer a handful
of harmless amateurs.
Not that either one of you
would ever get mixed up with anything, but..
I assure you, colonel, that my sister at heart
is just as frivolous as I am myself.
[laughing]
Find out where she's being held.
You better pick her up yourself.
We'll furnish you with a car.
Thank you, Heinrich.
You may thank the kind officers
of the German army.
Tell me, Julio, are you still keeping company
with Madame Laurier?
Why?
Von Kleig was inquiring about her only yesterday.
You remember General von Kleig, don't you?
At least, he certainly remembers you.
You must be very busy, Heinrich.
We'll wait for the car downstairs.
Uncle Marcelo.
We have accepted the explanation.
A harmless escapade.
But you had better make certain
it's the last.
Yes, of course.
Julio..
...you go on alone.
Talk to her.
Try to make her understand.
She won't listen to me anymore.
What makes you think that I can...
Try.
Please try.
[instrumental music]
Now, if this should ever happen again...
If this ever happens again
I won't trouble you to get me released.
I won't be able to, look, whether you know it or not
the Resistance is behind all this.
Of course it...
But you're not involved with them.
What if I were?
Oh, I'm not, but what if I were?
What would you say?
Look, these people
they're not playing games, Chi Chi.
Now, you got to stop acting
like you're still
throwing tomatoes at foreign ministers.
Why should I stop when you sit there talking to me
as though you're still talking
to your baby sister?
You haven't got the faintest idea she no longer exists
and there's nothing you can do about it.
I don't expect you to understand, of course.
You know, perhaps I know a lot more
than you give me credit for.
And that doesn't stop me from worrying about you.
What happens to me isn't important.
- It's just... - Not to you.
But to others it is important, Chi Chi.
I'm sorry. It can't be helped.
That's all? That's all?
Is that all you can say there's nothing we can do about it
when your father and I have been..
We-we've been practically crawling
all around German Headquarters
begging for your release?
That couldn't be much worse
than crawling all over some nightclub
with Madame Laurier.
A nightclub filled with Nazis!
Did you and Heinrich compare notes about her today
or is she available to the whole Germans...
Now, don't you say that!
Stop it. Stop it, Chi Chi.
Papers, monsieur.
Thank you, monsieur.
Papers, please.
I used to think you were the most wonderful person
in the whole world.
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
She wouldn't listen.
What is it, Julio?
Why won't people listen to us?
Would it surprise you very much if I told you that..
...I am proud she wouldn't listen?
Oh, frightened, too, God knows.
But proud.
I think it's because it's the only pride I have left.
'You see, the real reason'
I left France when I was 19
the reason I came to Argentina..
...was to escape military service to my country.
Yes, Julio, I-I ran away.
And even many years later, in 1914
when Karl went back to fight for Germany
I stayed in Argentina.
The mind never lets go of such things, you know?
In fact, they grow larger through the years.
Why are you telling me all this?
Because it's all I have to give you
to see me as I am and to ask you
not to make the same mistake.
Is... Chi Chi the reason for this?
No.
I've just seen Etienne Laurier.
'He was released this afternoon.'
- He came to you? - Yes.
I suppose because I am one of his oldest friends..
...and because my son stole his wife.
Did he s..
Was anything said about a divorce?
The man has lost everything, Julio.
They gave him such a bad time, I doubt you would know him.
His newspaper's been confiscated.
What he does next, I have small idea.
I don't think, however, that losing his wife..
...enters into his plans.
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
You look the same.
It's remarkable how women can look the same.
How long have you been?
When did they release you?
This afternoon at Saint Denis.
Etienne, I..
Yes?
Please!
You have got to let me tell you how.
Yes?
Etienne..
...I love him.
I want to marry him.
Etienne.
The lies.
The betrayals.
How many must a man make his peace with?
No more.
For me, no more.
It wasn't betrayal.
I loved him.
France.
What fine distinction you draw around dishonor.
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
No divorce..
...ever.
[instrumental music]
How much..
...I must love you.
[music continues]
[indistinct chatter]
[music continues]
Shall we lose him?
No. Let him follow us.
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
[whispers] Desnoyers.
Alright. That's all.
Tell me.
Why would a man like you
want to be in the Resistance?
I don't know.
It's an answer, I suppose.
Mmm, as good as any.
I don't pretend, of course, to underestimate
your potential value.
A man of your connections, your reputation as a..
Shall I say..
...a man of, uh, superficial character?
Yes.
You could be of enormous help...
Alright, but-but...
Ifyou are sincere.
But we shall have to find out.
Yes, but how? Will you tell me how?
You will be contacted in two days
by a man we shall call..
...Lebeau.
The rest is up to you.
I see.
[indistinct chatter]
[traffic bustling]
[explosion]
[whistle blows]
[speaking in German]
[dramatic music]
[whistle blows]
[instrumental music]
You were quite correct.
Himmler's first deputy was in the car.
'He is now dead. We can trust this man now.'
I am sure you will agree. Should he prove unreliable..
...we have only to turn him over to the Gestapo
as the author of the incident.
One word..
...anonymity.
Your true identity will not be known
within the Resistance except by myself.
And very few others.
Thank you.
If you tell anyone what you're doing
then you must assume that he or she will talk.
I refer specifically to your father..
...and Madame Laurier.
I must warn you that, on occasion
we have found it necessary to kill some innocent
who has come to know too much.
Then good luck to you, monsieur..
Hmm.
Shall we say... Manuel? Yes?
You are in and you cannot get out.
'Guard above all your role as a man of no character.'
Should anyone become proud of you..
...you're lost.
[indistinct chatter]
[speaking in foreign language]
No, no, no. She doesn't speak German.
Oh, she doesn't? I am ashamed.
Would you care for a drink?
See you later.
This man, Desnoyers..
...he seems to have developed
a sudden friendly interest in us.
Curious, isn't it?
[dramatic music]
[train chugging]
(male #3) 'Thank you, madame.'
You had a call this afternoon.
Your Uncle, Karl.
He said... the reception for strasse
was changed to Friday.
Oh, that's a reception for Karl that father asked me to attend.
It was, uh.. I couldn't very well refuse.
[instrumental music]
Julio.
Yes?
If I thought..
If what we've had should ever be destroyed..
...I'm not quite sure that I wouldn't kill myself.
Marguerite.
Whatever you might believe..
...or be led to believe..
I could never do that to either of us.
'Never.'
[indistinct chatter]
Be careful, Manuel.
They're having an attack of nerves
or something's going on.
MonsieurDesnoyers.
Is "Manuel" your Resistance name?
I don't know what you're talking about.
I'm not such a fool as to expose myself
to the fate of Herr von Kleig until my case is complete.
I have a car waiting.
You are a lunatic, sir, and you are going
to end up on the Russian front.
I have a date, and I'm going to catch my train.
I'm afraid you are the lunatic, sir.
Your date can wait.
[indistinct chatter]
I'm sorry.
[woman screams]
[whistle blows]
[indistinct chatter]
[instrumental music]
I was writing you a note.
I have to leave at once.
It's Etienne.
An old friend of his just called.
Armand Dibier.
He said that he is here in the Gestapo prison.
He was accused of, of being in the Resistance
and apparently, the Gestapo gave him a very bad time.
Fortunately, Armand is a collaborationist
and was able to get, get him released.
Why... you're going there now?
Uh, Armand said he's got to have somebody
to get-get him a nurse, get him settled.
- Well, I'll go with you. - No!
There's a car waiting.
Armand, sent it for me.
- How long will you be... - I don't know. I..
- Marguerite. - I..
I've got to see him.
I know.
[instrumental music]
[indistinct chatter]
But where do I go?
[speaking in German]
But we have no room!
Excuse me.
If you would please look at the list.
P-please. Where? Where will he be?
Over there. Over there.
(female announcer) 'One, three, five, six, four.'
'Four, three, zero, three, four.'
[dramatic music]
[indistinct chatter]
(female announcer) 'Six, zero, zero, five, three.'
'Four, two, five, five, five.'
'Four, six, nine, eight.'
[music continues]
[instrumental music]
You kept the car waiting.
Yes.
Then you're not coming back.
(Marguerite) 'He needs someone, Julio.'
He must have somebody to look after him now.
He fought them, Julio..
...and he will go on fighting them.
If there is someone to, to make him care.
Someone to..
Someone to say yes to him.
I can't turn my back on him any longer.
'I knew that when I met him at the prison.'
Please!
Understand me.
It was never your war, Julio.
Nobody expected you to do anything about it.
But the time..
The time has come when..
...I must.
[music continues]
Will I see you again?
I don't think we should.
I..
...I've got to pack.
[instrumental music]
Oh, my darling.
[indistinct chatter]
It's important I speak to Emil
as soon as possible.
I don't think..
You must wait for us to contact you.
There must be somebody important I can speak to.
I've told you, I'll try, Manuel. But it will take a while.
- You will have to be patient. - Don't you understand?
I must speak to someone who counts.
[machine whirring]
(Etienne) 'Come in.'
[radio static]
Won't you sit down, please?
'I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long'
but we had to do some reorganizing.
You're surprised, of course.
But no more than I when Emil identified you.
If I'd known, I would have..
...I would have asked to see somebody else.
I'm afraid this would not have been possible.
I'm your channel in Paris, you see.
I will do anything I can for you.
How can I ask a favor of a man who...
Please!
I don't think Marguerite should enter into this.
I was going to say a man who has
withstood the Gestapo.
Yes, I... I survived it this time.
I don't think I could again.
But that's not your problem.
What is it you want?
I want to leave Paris just as quickly as possible.
I'll go wherever you want to send me
anywhere that I can be of help.
It would seem, perhaps, that..
...we are both unable to keep
Marguerite out of this.
'I'm sorry.'
'You ask the one thing I cannot grant.'
We have men in the provinces
men by the thousands who fight and win..
...but only one who can walk into La Martinique.
We cannot lose you here and we won't.
[sighs]
I know what you feel.
Believe me, I know all about it.
[indistinct chatter]
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
[dramatic music]
(Marcelo) 'We hadn't seen her for weeks.'
And then the call came from some office here.
I-I don't know what office.
Luisa took the call, and she went to pieces
and she can't remember anything.
Anyway, the call came from some office
that she'd been taken by the..
...the Gestapo, and..
...and they've got her at Compiegne.
The call came from this office.
You know about it?
Compiegne, that's-that's where they
they send them on to-to labor camps.
Compiegne..
...in winter..
She-she didn't do anything.
She-she is a child.
'She is innocent.'
She confessed.
She confessed to-to what?
To being in the Resistance for over two years.
They tortured her.
You tortured my Chi Chi.
I didn't.
You make war on children!
Children make war on us.
Karl, get her out of Compiegne.
Get her out of it.
I got her out of something last summer
and she's been in the Resistance
for over a year.
I got her out over my initials..
...from the Gestapo.
They remind me.
Karl, call Heinrich.
Call Heinrich in Berlin.
Heinrich?
[chuckles]
That's a good one.
Karl, she'll die.
She'll, she'll die in a labor camp.
- Gustav is dead. - Yes, I know.
I know, but she..
[whimpering]
...she is a child.
She's my little girl.
Franz is dead..
...my little boy.
Did you know that?
Oh... I didn't.
My Franz, my little Franz
is burned up in the skies.
I didn't know.
'I didn't know.'
They kill my children. I lose two children.
You lose one, and you come crying?
Karl, I have lost no one.
She's dead.
[instrumental music]
We have two children left.
Heinrich, Julio.
[music continues]
Father.
What is it?
Chi Chi..
...she was in the Resistance.
She's dead.
She died at Compiegne.
How do you know this?
Karl..
Come on. I'll take you home.
No, no, I can't go anywhere just now.
Not for a while.
I'll just stand here.
How long did they have her?
Long enough to make her confess.
[sobbing]
I made a request.
I asked you to do something for me
and for yourself.
Oh, I knew it wouldn't be easy.
You've had your own kind of love for life.
Your grandfather's love, I suppose.
For myself..
...I've loved life..
...differently.
With less passion, perhaps.
If I've yearned for a painting
the touch of an ancient thing.
Well, that was my way.
But can't you see, Julio?
No man really loves life
who is unwilling to die for it.
'I am a man who ran away, yes'
and now, when I don't want to run away, it's too late.
I once asked you to act, and now I beg you.
Go to England. Go anywhere you can to fight them.
Only act, please.
I've never interfered with your life
but now I must.
I beg you, Julio.
In the name of God, please..
...do what I never did.
You know too well, father
how I am.
[dramatic music]
If you please.
Please don't be intimidated by our number.
We are not an execution squad.
At least I hope not.
'Please sit down.'
'You told me a while back'
'that you wish to get out of Paris.'
I think we can give you that opportunity now
for a day or two, at any rate.
Longer than that could mean an inability to return at all.
I've had to give these people your real name
and position.
You will know why in a moment.
Now, tell us first, please
how intimate is your relationship
with your cousin Colonel Heinrich von Hartrott?
Heinrich?
I'm afraid it's deteriorated since Argentina.
Hmm.
Do you think that he might allow you to visit him?
Even for a few hours.
No, he's in Berlin now. I don't think so.
He'll be in Normandy when you ask to see him.
Tell him. He has to know.
It seems that London has lost contact
with a German Panzer Division that was moved into Normandy
some two or three weeks ago.
Our intelligence have not been able
to locate its headquarters.
We do know, however, that your cousin
is leaving Berlin right now to join that division.
If you could visit him, MonsieurDesnoyers..
And find the headquarters.
Precisely. We have every reason to believe
there'll be allied landings this spring.
Oh, I see.
And if I find him, what then?
You will contact us by wireless.
There will be an immediate low-level bombing
of the headquarters, aimed at its total destruction.
How immediate?
It will be up to you, monsieur
to leave the area as quickly as possible.
'Needless to say, we can only hope'
'that you'll be at the liberty to do so.'
'Well, monsieur?'
You know something, I always did think that Heinrich
would get me into trouble one day.
You will make your inquiry as soon as possible
and we will make the arrangements.
Francois here, will be your contact.
'He will steal your car immediately'
to install the wireless.
And you must be ready to leave at a moment's notice.
That's all for now, monsieur.
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
It's Etienne.
We spent the last month in Lille.
It was bad. It was always bad.
'And the Gestapo was everywhere.'
'They found him and they killed him.'
Yes, he is gone. But I cared for him.
I even... loved him.
Do you want me to stay?
[instrumental music]
Oh, my darling..
My darling.
I don't mean to beg you.
Things happen.
The world and the war..
Move on.
Passions are sometimes spent..
And we are never quite the same people again.
Are we, Julio?
No, I suppose not.
[music continues]
Look, something's come up. Could we leave just a little later?
It's arranged, monsieur. There can be no change of plan.
A matter of a few minutes can't make any difference.
How long... have you been with them?
That man down in the street
he came to see Etienne once.
He said he was an old friend
but I knew, of course.
He is a member of the Resistance.
Were you working for them before I left?
Yes.
Now they're sending me somewhere, Marguerite.
'I have to leave at once.'
Where?
I..
Tell me.
No.
You must tell me!
Alright.
I'm to find the headquarters
of a German division somewhere in Normandy.
No, no, no.
No, I should be back sometime
tomorrow afternoon, my darling.
It'll be very simple. Heinrich is in command.
And there's no possible way of them knowing
that I'm in the Resistance.
I-I just have to see him for a few minutes, my darling
just a few minutes.
That's all they want me to do, and then I'll leave.
Just a few.. Oh, please, don't.
Please, Marguerite.
Oh, please.
I will come back, Marguerite.
You'll see. I'll come back.
I will come back.
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
I wanna stop at 16 Rue Cassell.
We are late already.
16 Rue Cassell.
Oui, monsieur.
[engine revving]
Your mother is still asleep.
But I can wake her...
No, no, no. It's better if you don't.
When will you come back?
Where can I reach you?
Well, you can't.
I don't understand.
Well, Marguerite will explain everything.
Oh, you will go to see her.
You'll do that for me, won't you, father?
Oh, yes, yes, of course, I will
but is there nothing you can tell me?
No, there's nothing. But-but..
I'm not running away.
Do you understand that?
Julio.
[instrumental music]
[dramatic music]
[music continues]
[sighs]
Let me explain the wireless, quickly.
'Under the car, there is a little transmitter'
'perfectly hidden.'
It broadcasts a beep signal on a very special wavelength
'constantly, even when the engine's off.'
- Right now. - 'Now.'
'The country ahead as far as the channel'
'is thick with hidden wireless.'
Our people are following this signal
with directional receivers.
They know where we are right now.
But of course, and so does London.
Ingenious, huh?
How do they know when we get where we're going?
The cigarette lighter.
You press it, you or I
'and the signal changes. It is steady.'
There are no more beeps.
They know where we are to a hundred meters.
'We, of course, must be sure that we know where we are.'
'Perfection, eh?'
Francois, what do you suppose would happen
if I were to press this right now?
Then somebody, monsieur, would waste a great many bombs
'and I, a night's work.'
[clears throat]
[instrumental music]
My reading is 284 degrees.
Paris, 284.
London, 173.
[instrumental music]
MonsieurDesnoyers, I'm sorry but I'll have to contact
Colonel von Hartrott to get permission for you to proceed.
If you'll come inside, please.
I had an informative conversation
with Etienne Laurier before he died
and it led to a new development.
The development leads me to a new question.
Perhaps since your nephew received
so much information in your own home
you have the answer.
Have you any specific record when he joined the Resistance?
Why he should be crossing northern France
at this very moment
with a man carrying forged papers
who is also a member of the Resistance?
He wanted to see Heinrich.
It should make it a very entertaining rendezvous.
I remember them both as such a clever pair.
Sir, that word is "rendezvous."
I withdraw it.
Good day, general.
Your patrol has come from
Colonel von Hartrott's headquarters.
They'll escort you in and escort you out.
I apologize, monsieur, for the delay.
[engine rumbling]
Use matches, monsieur.
[instrumental music]
London, bearing 173.
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
This is General von Hartrott speaking.
I'm still waiting for my call
to Colonel Heinrich von Hartrott.
It's urgent!
Couldn't you have called from your office, Karl?
Neither from my office nor my home.
Why not?
Because I am in trouble.
Because my Heinrich is in trouble.
Because your Julio is in trouble.
Only two children left, and they are both in trouble.
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
Now the lighter, monsieur.
[gunfire]
[dog barking]
You know, it's a strange thing, Heinrich.
I never before associated you personally with murder.
We do not murder members of the French Resistance.
We execute them.
At least... those we don't intend to question.
Show him upstairs.
[keys clacking]
[indistinct chatter]
[buzzing]
I want to see the interrogation officer.
I'll be in the lounge.
[telephone ringing]
Operations here.
We have your target pinpointed.
[airplane whirring]
[gunshot]
[airplanes droning]
Let's sit over here. We'll not waste time.
[taps on table]
You may sit down if you wish.
[indistinct engine revving]
I, uh, I would hope that
a formal interrogation is not necessary.
But that's up to you.
We shall find out why you're here in any case.
Etienne Laurier died under interrogation at Lille
the day before yesterday. Did you know?
[dog barking]
He, uh..
...he gave several names, including yours.
It is an ugly revenge.
He'd been through it once.
He knew he couldn't go through it again.
If you believe that, then bear in mind
how much simpler it will be if you cooperate.
Do what you have to, Heinrich
but for God's sakes, will you do it without threats?
Do you think they are idle threats?
Forget the uniform.
Don't play the soldier with me, Heinrich.
[switch clicks]
I'm waiting for the interrogation officer.
You know, I'd given you a good deal more credit
than you deserved.
I even envied you once.
Your way of life, your... your independence.
And then to discover that you were childish enough
to join the Resistance.
You, of all people. Why, Julio?
Was it for the woman?
She never knew.
(Heinrich) 'Then why?'
Why?
I don't suppose there's any simple answer to that.
Now you say you envy my independence.
Well, no one can be independent.
Not in your world, Heinrich.
Finally, a man has to take sides
no matter what the reason.
What shall I say then?
To my enemy or to an impossible fool?
In a few minutes, it won't make any difference what you say.
So why not a toast to us, Heinrich?
The toast the old one gave the night he died.
Remember?
To the family.
Can you still drink to that?
[telephone ringing]
Hello, von Hartrott.
Not now. Who? Who?
My father? I'll take it.
[airplanes droning]
Hello. Hello?
Oh, no, it's just planes going over.
They go past all the time.
What? What is it?
I am with Julio.
I am with Julio now!
What is it you want to warn me about?
von Kleig? Oh, there will always be trouble with von Kleig.
I know. I understand you, father, but I..
[explosions]
My God, Julio. Have you done this?
[explosions]
[rumbling]
[airplanes droning]
[explosions]
[crashing]
[instrumental music]
[music continues]