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(birds chirping)

(birds chirping)

FRANZ: I thought that we could
build our nest high up...

in the trees.

Fly away, like birds...

(choral music playing)

to the mountains.

(airplane engine rumbling)

(crowd cheering)

(music continues)

(man speaking indistinctly
over speaker)

(man continues speaking
indistinctly)

(crowd cheering loudly)

(cheering continues)

(speaking German)

(crowd cheering)

(scythe swinging)

(scythe swinging)

(bells tinkling)

(hens clucking)

(cow moos)

- FRANZ: Potatoes.
- FANI: Potatoes.

FRANZ: Oh, we have
so many already.

(Fani chuckles)

(Fani chuckling)

(both laughing)

(water rushing)

(bells tinkling)

(chattering in German)

(indistinct chatter)

(chattering in German)

(laughing)

FANI: Remember
the day when we first met?

You were shy like now.

I remember.

That motorcycle.

My best dress.

(indistinct chattering
and cheering)

You looked at me...

and I knew.

How simple life was then.

(birds chirping)

FANI: It seemed no trouble
could reach our valley.

(baby crying)

FANI: We lived above the clouds.

(both grunting)

(clucking)

FANI: My sister
came to live with us.

He likes you.

(men laughing and chattering)

(Fani squeals and laughs)

FANI: We had our home.

(crickets chirping)

FANI: Your mother,

our family,

our village,

Radegund.

(airplane engine rumbling)

(birds chirping)

(bell tolling)

(bells tolling)

(bird squawking)

(metal clanking)

- (metal clanks)
- Ah!

(indistinct chatter
and laughter)

(metal clanking)

(indistinct chatter)

FRANZ: Dear Fani,

warm greetings to you
from your Franz in training.

This week,

I have things easy.

In the mornings,
riding on a motorcycle.

(blows grass whistle)

FRANZ: For me,
it's entertaining.

Hello, mountains!

FRANZ: I would love
to hear your singing again.

Hello, sun!

FRANZ: I'm looking forward
to our reunion.

I met a fellow here.

His name is Waldland.

- How are you doing this?
- Well...

In two months of training...

FRANZ: No pretense about him.

♪ I wish that
I could be a little mouse ♪

♪ In the cornfield ♪

FRANZ: Always smiling.

♪ And I
would be out there in the... ♪

♪ Sometimes I wish ♪

♪ I could be a little bird... ♪

(screams)

(men shouting)

(man shouting in German)

(screaming)

(shouting in German)

(birds chirping)

(man shouts in German)

(both singing in German)

FANI: My dear husband,

they say that
France has surrendered.

(speaking German)

FANI: They're
sending farmers home...

for now at least.

Is it true?

(speaking indistinctly)

FANI: Sister's lonely.

I wish
she had someone like you.

We could use you here.

To break in the calf.

(fire crackling)

FANI: The harvest comes nearer.

We burned the bad weeds.

(yells)

(both laughing)

FANI: I got some piglets
from Mossbauer.

(man speaking in German)

FANI: Four weeks old.

(conversing in German)

(laughing)

FANI: With warm greetings
to you...

Your loving wife,

Fani.

(clapping and cheering)

(projector whirring)

(clapping and cheering)

(officer speaking German)

(applause)

(all cheering)

FRANZ: Oh, my wife,

what's happened to our country?

To the land we love?

(bells clanging)

(speaking German)

(panting)

(wind howling)

(panting)

(panting heavily)

(birds chirping)

(chuckles)

Where are the kids?

(exhales) Inside.

(chuckles)

(exhales sharply)

(clapping)

(children giggling)

(indistinct chatter)

FANI: Oh,
Papa's coming for you!

(Fani giggling)

(Franz sighs)

(Fani laughing)

(dog barking)

(indistinct chatter)

(man singing in German)

(conversing in German)

(conversing in German)

(bell tolling in distance)

FRANZ: What is it?

(bell continues tolling)

I've just been called up.

(bell tolling)

We thought there would be peace,

but this war goes on.

- I don't know why.
- Shh.

Do you believe
in what we're fighting for?

Not really.

(indistinct chatter)

(bicycle bell rings)

(bicycle bell rings)

(metal rattling)

(indistinct chatter)

(glasses clinking)

(men speaking in German)

(men singing in German)

MAYOR: He did what he had to.

He was not content
to watch his nation go under.

Before he came, it all was
in a state of collapse.

A Babylon!

We worshipped foreign gods.

FRANZ: You're drunk.

MAYOR: (laughing) No!

And I am not your friend.
I am your Mayor!

And now they tell us

to spare these other races.

Degraded.

So contemptible they can no
longer despise themselves!

They sow the earth with salt.

Instead of a world,
there is a department store.

Foreigners swarm
over our streets.

Immigrants who don't care

for the past,
only for what they can grab.

This is what happens
when a world...

when a world dies.

Men survive.

But their life is gone.

Their life is gone.

Their reason for living.

(indistinct chatter)

(men toasting in German)

MILLER: The mask is off.

I fear for my family.

Mother's old.

Yeah.

I hope she dies soon.

Don't they know evil
when they see it?

We're used to it now.

Crime.

No shame.

(indistinct conversation)

MILLER: Be careful.

(birds chirping)

(bell tolling)

(water rushing)

(thunder rumbling)

(thunder crashes)

Father, if they call me up,
I can't serve.

We're killing innocent people.

Raiding other countries.

Preying on the weak.

Now the priests call
them heroes, even saints.

The soldiers that do this.

It might be that
the other ones are the heroes.

The ones who defend their
homes against the invaders.

Have you spoken
with anyone else?

- Your wife?
- No.

Family?

(sighs)

Don't you think

you ought to consider
the consequences

of your actions?

For them?

You'd almost surely be shot.

- Yes.
- (scoffs)

Your sacrifice

would benefit no one.

(birds chirping)

I'll speak with the Bishop,
about your case.

A wiser man than I.

Thank you.

Thank you.

(children whispering
indistinctly)

FANI: These last weeks,
you're different.

What is it?

- Morning.
- (Franz speaking German)

We are collecting
for the war effort.

FRANZ: Hmm. I see.

I'm sorry, I...

Look, as I said,
I don't have anything to give.

I'm... (SIGHS)

Please...

No.

I wish you all a good day.

(chicken clucking)

(rooster crowing)

(bucket squeaking)

(conversing in German)

(laughter)

MAYOR: You have refused to
contribute

to our collection
on behalf of the veterans?

Their families?

I also hear
that you have refused

to accept the family allowance,

and other subsidies the state
would have provided you.

Why?

Franz. Tell me.

Show a little humor.

- (Franz scoffs)
- Yes.

Nobody refused but you.

Please.

Thank you.

(conversing in German)

(chickens clucking)

(rooster crowing)

(children chattering
in distance)

(Franz breathes deeply)

(bells tolling)

BISHOP: We must be strong.

Stand firm.

Learn the lesson
of the blacksmith.

No matter how hard
the hammer strikes...

the anvil cannot,

need not, strike back.

The anvil outlives the hammer.

That which is hammered
on the anvil,

takes its form,

not only from the hammer,
but the anvil, too.

(priest speaks German)

Have a seat.

Your excellency.

Thank you so much
for speaking with me.

If God gives us free will,

we're responsible
for what we do...

what we fail to do...

aren't we?

If our leaders

are not good...

if they're evil...

What does one do?

I want to save my life,

but not through lies.

(floor creaking)

You have a duty
to the Fatherland.

The church tells you so.

(bells tolling in distance)

Do you know the words

of the apostle?

"Let every man be subject

to the powers placed over him."

(bells continue tolling)

Do you hear those bells?

They're melting them.

For bullets.

FRANZ: I think he was afraid

that I might be a spy.

They don't dare
to commit themselves,

or it could be their turn next.

(children giggling)

(all laughing)

(clock ticking)

(ticking continues)

ECKINGER: We can't blame
the Bishop for going along.

He hoped, by doing it,

that the regime would be more
tolerant towards the Church.

But now, the priests are sent

to concentration camps.

Church processions banned.

We don't have a say.

What can we do?

We,

little people here.

(birds chirping)

PAINTER: Give me
a piece of coal.

- FRANZ: Coal?
- Just one.

- Just one?
- Yeah.

Thank you.

I paint the tombs
of the prophets.

I help people look up
from those pews and dream.

They look up and...

they imagine that if they
lived back in Christ's time,

they wouldn't have done
what the others did.

They would have murdered
those whom they now adore.

I paint all this suffering,
but I don't suffer myself.

I make a living of it.

What we do

is just create

sympathy.

We create...

(blows) We create admirers.

We don't create followers.

(bells tolling in distance)

Christ's life is a demand.

You don't want
to be reminded of it.

So we don't have to see
what happens to the truth.

A darker time is coming...

when men will be more clever.

They won't fight the truth.

They'll just ignore it.

I paint
their comfortable Christ,

with a halo over his head.

How can I show

what I haven't lived?

Someday I might have
the courage to venture.

Not yet.

Someday I'll...

I'll paint the true Christ.

(thunder rumbling)

(hails in German)

(hails in German)

(insults in German)

(metal clanking)

(bicycle bell rings)

FANI: They won't call you up.

They need farmers.

(bells clanking)

How else are people
going to eat?

(bells clanking)

Maybe the war will end soon.

- Is she asleep?
- Yeah.

(indistinct chatter)

Why are you
looking at me that way?

It's an act of madness.

A sin...

A sin against his family,
against his village.

(indistinct chatter)

FRANZ: We're different, Mother.

I'm sorry.

But I am grateful to you
for wishing me the best.

Your life was
hard enough already.

(sighs)

RESIE: His mother
looks at me coldly,

like I was to blame.

I want what you want.

But I can't bear
that he makes you suffer.

(Fani sighs)

He makes a choice for you, too.

Does he know what he's doing?

Tell him.

Pride.

It's pride.

That's what it is.

FRANZ: Did they say
something to you?

I saw them speaking
to you by the road.

(sighs)

They said...

(sighs)

...their husbands
have gone off to war.

Why should they fight to...

save us?

Did they hurt you...

with their words?

I don't care.

(children chatting indistinctly)

(sighs)

(rooster crowing)

(children chattering)

(man shouting in German
in distance)

(yelling continues)

(bell tolling in distance)

(bicycle bell rings)

(church bell tolling
in distance)

All good?

Yeah.

(indistinct chatter)

You were a wild one.

You fought with the police.

You know, you remember.

Who changed you?

Your wife?

I have sympathy with you.

I don't want anything bad.

I know.

So...

Help me.

Radegund loves you.

You...

You are a child of Radegund.

MAYOR: I am not your enemy.

I'm your friend.

- Yeah?
- Yes, I am.

You still belong to our people.

You cannot say no

to your race.

And your blood.

And your village.

And your home.

We have to defend our land!

Till he came,
the people were in despair.

Humiliated. In chains.

Who do you think
they will make responsible?

It's me.

Who do you think
they will interrogate?

You'll be hanged!

Do you understand
what that means?

They'll hang you!

Your family, your wife,
your children,

will have no one
to support them.

Your mother will die unconsoled!

(dog barking in distance)

Calm down.

Don't touch me.

Don't touch me.

(panting)

You're worse.

You're worse than them!

Because they are enemies,

but you are a traitor!

(metal clanking)

I've been there, to Vienna.

I saw what happened there.

FRANZ: Lost.

BLACKSMITH: They kicked her
in her face. Bleeding.

FRANZ: Torn from the tent
in which we trusted.

BLACKSMITH:
Killing the insane. Children.

FRANZ: Brought to
the King of Terrors.

BLACKSMITH:
We saw the hate in their eyes.

(shouting in German)

FRANZ: We've forgotten our
true Fatherland.

(shouting in German)

(all shouting)

(bell tolling)

(shouting in German)

MAYOR: What would
your father say?

What do you think?

- He fought.
- Mm-hmm.

- He died.
- Yes.

And what do you think
what for he died?

In the trenches, in the mud?

Think about it.

Yeah.

I had a dream.

I saw a train.

(train chugging)

The locomotive
was powerful and dark, and...

it drew the children.

And you couldn't see
where it was going, just...

the fields and trees
flashing by.

I hold to a memory.

Of what I knew once.

I find no one to turn to.

Nothing enters my soul.

(bells clanking)

(bell tolling)

(conversing in German)

(bell continues tolling)

(all shouting in German)

(Franz grunting)

(sawing)

When have our prayers
not been answered?

(children chattering)

If we're faithful to him,
he'll be faithful to us.

I believe it.

We have him.

(water trickling)

That's enough.

(machinery whirring)

The whole world is sinking.

(fire crackling)

There's no answer.

To follow him...

is insanity.

What are you going to do, Franz?

They ask you to take an oath

- to the Antichrist.
- (exhales deeply)

I know, I know.

It's a life without honor.

Is this here,

the end of the world?

Is this the death

of the light?

(train chugging)

(fire crackling)

FRANZ: We are like a breath.

(shouting indistinctly)

(shouting indistinctly)

FRANZ: Like a shadow
that passes away.

Madness!

(inaudible)

(fire crackling)

(train chugging)

(bell tolling in distance)

(bicycle bell ringing)

(birds chirping)

FRANZ: I've been called up.

FANI: You could hide
in the woods.

We'll run away!

To the mountains!

(bell tolling)

(metal clattering)

(Fani sobbing softly)

FATHER FÜRTHAUER:
Does a man have the right to let

himself be put to death?

For the truth?

Could it possibly please God?

He wants us to have peace.

Happiness.

Not to bring suffering
on ourselves.

FRANZ: We have to
stand up to evil.

(sighs)

You're going to do it,
aren't you?

(sobbing)

(clatters)

(breathing heavily)

RESIE: Her happiness
is in your hands.

She could have had other men.

We have enough troubles
in our lives.

You want too little
for yourself, Fani.

Why don't you oppose him, Fani?

Hmm?

Resist him.

You don't know
what unhappiness is!

Your man never left you.

Oh, okay.

You can't change the world.

The world's stronger.

I need you.

(sobbing quietly)

(Resie shushing)

FANI: You could work
in a hospital.

There's nothing wrong with that.

Is there?

(both laughing)

(children chattering
indistinctly)

You want to have more?

(wind blowing)

(children laughing)

(sniffles)

(crying)

ROSALIA: My dear son.

(thunder rumbling)

You're all I have.

You know what it is like
to grow up without a father.

I know what it's like
to be alone.

(marbles clattering)

(inaudible)

FANI: Girls, your...

Your father is going away.

On a journey.

On a long journey.

He'll be gone for a while.

(man greeting in German)

(indistinct announcement
over PA)

(Fani sighs)

(train conductor
speaking German)

(men conversing in German)

(men pledging in German)

(man speaking German)

FRANZ: My dear wife.

I know you fear for me,

but my burden is light.

(speaking Italian)

FRANZ:
When I compare my suffering

to that of other people,

I see that mine
is the smallest of crosses.

(exclaiming)

It is horrible
what they have suffered.

(continues speaking Italian)

FRANZ: You have to remember

what you knew in a better hour.

(Franz sighs)

(shouting in foreign language)

(whistle blows)

FRANZ: Spring has come.

My three little girls
will already be

running barefoot,
picking flowers.

It would be better to tell them

where their father is
than to tell them stories.

(man speaking in German)

The fresh green of the grass
is good for a person.

Someone with freedom
might not notice it.

(speaks German)

(conversing in Italian)

(soldier speaking German)

FRANZ: Greetings to Mother,
to you,

the girls and all.

See you again.

(birds chirping)

(thunder rumbling)

FANI: Dear husband.

(thunder rumbling)

Greetings in God,

who will make
everything right again.

Greetings from your
three little women.

(Rosalia and children laughing)

They say to tell you only

about the good things
they're doing.

Of course.

But I wouldn't surprise you

by telling you
about their disobedience.

Ow!

(sobbing)

FANI: I have to scold the girls.

(Rosalia exclaims)

They're always
demanding my attention.

Rosi's always asking about you.

When we are going to bed,

she says,

"Leave the door unlocked

so Papa can come in."

(shushing)

At meals,

"Save some for Papa."

She sang a song for you.

Wondered if you could hear.

Rosi wanted to take your picture
to bed with her tonight.

(whispering prayers
indistinctly)

You were supposed
to sleep beside her.

I told her that when Father
comes home, he will.

Good night.

Warm greetings
from your loving wife,

Fani.

(birds chirping)

You may leave us alone.

Have a seat.

(keys jangling)

(lighter clicks)

What good do you think
your defiance is doing anyone?

You think it will change
the course of things?

You think the authorities
are aware of you?

That your protests
will come to their attention?

Do you think anyone
will know of it? Ever hear?

No one knows what goes on
behind these walls. No one.

What purpose does it serve?

FRANZ:
Does it make no difference

if this war is just or unjust?

CAPTAIN HERDER:
You shine their shoes.

You fill their sandbags.

Are you innocent?

(soldier speaks German)

(speaking German)

- (laughing)
- (babbling)

CAPTAIN HERDER: What is it?

Pride?

(continues laughing)

Are you better than the rest?

Are you alone wise?

How do you know
what is good or bad?

You know better than I?

Did heaven tell you this?

Heard a voice?

There's a difference,

between the kind of suffering
we can't avoid

and the suffering we choose.

(gunshot in distance)

(men shouting indistinctly)

(soldier shouting in German)

(breathing heavily)

CAPTAIN HERDER: You've forgotten
what the world looks like.

The light.

The sky.

(birds chirping)

I didn't make this world
the way it is.

And neither did you.

We all have blood on our hands.

No one is innocent.

Crime, bloodshed everywhere.

He who created this world...

he created evil.

Conscience makes cowards
of us all.

Take care, my friend.

The Antichrist is clever.

He uses a man's virtues...

to mislead him.

(birds chirping)

(train whistle blows)

(indistinct chatter)

FRANZ: Dearest wife...

(steam engine hissing)

I leave for Berlin
at 10:13 A.M.

(train chugging)

Have no concerns about me.

Pray for me.

(train chugging)

(bell dinging)

(door closes)

(whistles)

(soldier speaking German)

(indistinct shouting)

(door closing)

(door locking)

(bell tolling in distance)

(sniffles)

(train passing)

(door unlocking)

Look down.

Down.

Up.

(door closes)

(door locking)

FANI: Dear husband...

Your letter of May 7th
has arrived.

Many thanks.

The well went dry on Thursday.

We need a good rain.

(rooster crowing)

(scoffs)

(exclaims)

FANI: What I feared has come.

I have found no one
to assist with the work,

except for Resie.

Strohofer stole beets
from our field.

(Fani singing in German)

FANI: I hear nothing
but your voice.

(children chattering
indistinctly)

FANI: I visited the widow.

Maria.

She hadn't spoken with anyone
in two weeks.

(conversing in German)

FANI: The new hay gives me hope.

The scent in the barn.

(children laughing)

FANI: The wind.

(exclaims)

FANI: The wheat.

The sky.

(man speaking German)

FANI: He won't send us more
than we can bear.

(man continues speaking
in German)

- (bell tolling)
- (indistinct chatter)

(bell continues tolling
in distance)

(birds chirping)

Excuse me, can you tell me...

(typewriter clicking)

(phone ringing)

(playing harpsichord gently)

(Fani speaks German)

MAJOR KIEL: The Colonel
must be consulted.

May I meet with him?

MAJOR KIEL: A busy man.

But phone, make an appointment.

I've tried to,

but my call isn't answered.

That surprises me.

The problem must be
on your side.

The telephone works
quite well up here.

FANI: Then...

how can I make an appointment?

You don't answer my letters.

It took me two days to get here.

It's a very difficult journey.

(screaming)

(bell tolling in distance)

(dog barking in distance)

(sniffles)

(sobbing softly)

(guard shouts in German)

(banging on metal)

(keys jingling)

(continues shouting in German)

(guard 2 shouting in German)

FRANZ: Most beloved wife...

Once again, warm greetings
from your loving husband.

(continues shouting)

I'll write a few words,

just as they come from my heart.

Even though I am writing them
with bound hands,

it's still better than
if my will were bound.

(guard 3 speaking German)

(guard 4 shouting in German)

(prisoner coughing)

(guard 5 speaking German)

FRANZ: These men...

have no friends.

No loving hand to hold theirs.

(quietly) What are you here for?

(quietly) Treason.

FRANZ: They've seen sorrow.

Shame.

Destruction.

What strong hearts.

(prisoner screaming)

(guard speaking German)

(speaks German)

FRANZ: When you give up the idea

of surviving at any price...

a new light floods in.

Once you were in a rush...

always short of time.

Now you have all you need.

(yells)

(man speaking German on PA)

FRANZ: Once you never
forgave anyone...

judged people without mercy.

(announcement on PA continues)

FRANZ: Now you see
your own weakness...

so you can understand
the weakness of others.

- (guard shouts in German)
- (banging on metal)

(Franz grunts)

(Franz panting)

(Franz screams)

(muffled screaming)

(water dripping)

(digging)

(grunting)

(panting)

(bucket rattles)

(panting heavily)

(children chatting indistinctly)

(donkey sneezing)

(birds chirping)

(twig snaps)

Do you think...

I did this?

ROSALIA:
He used to be different.

He changed when he met you.

(children singing in German)

(singing continues)

(tuba playing)

FRANZ: My dear children...

(bell tolling)

I thought of you especially,
Corpus Christi Sunday.

(conversing in German)

FRANZ: The bells ringing

over the fields.

(bells continue tolling)

I would have loved
to have seen you

with your crowns of flowers.

Your devoted father greets you,

from far away.

(shouting in German)

(all shouting in German)

(speaking German)

(men continue shouting)

FANI: Dear husband...

(shouting in German)

FANI: Loving greetings to you
on this Sunday.

We're all concerned about you.

(shouting in German)

FANI: Hopefully,

things are not going poorly.

The girls send greetings.

Loisi says they will give you
kisses together.

I'm always with you in thought.

FANI: I can go to Salzburg.

(typewriter clicking)

Papa offered to come with me.

(indistinct chatter in German)

(Fani speaks German)

Fear overcomes me.

I know it should not.

(indistinct chatter)

FANI: Trust in the triumph
of the good.

(indistinct chatter)

No evil can happen
to a good man.

Not a sparrow falls to Earth,

but he knows it.

(conversing in German)

SCHWANINGER: I'm sorry.

A father...

loves his child.

A father

wants his child to be happy.

For life not to touch her.

And you...

such a good child.

Franz, too.

Better to suffer injustice
than to do it.

(indistinct chatter)

(bell tolling)

FELDMAN: I've been appointed
by the court

to be your defense attorney.

As I understand,
your resistance is

specifically to serving
in combat.

But I believe if you were
to accept medical service,

you would work

as an orderly in a hospital,
that sort of thing.

They would probably
drop these charges.

Will I be required
to swear loyalty to Hitler?

FELDMAN: Oh, words!

I mean, no one takes that
sort of thing seriously. Hmm?

I can't.

You are a stubborn man.

See here, I am going to
leave this paper with you.

Keep it with you.

Sign,

and you will go free.

But I am free.

So... why am I here?

I don't know.

(chains clinking)

(chains continue clinking)

FRANZ: You...

my shepherd.

You make me lie down
in green pastures.

By the river of life.

You...

my strength.

You show me the path.

You...

our light.

Darkness is not dark to you.

Bring us to your eternal light.

To you.

The true.

(screaming in distance)

The never-failing light.

You call me your brother.

FRANZ: Father.

To you I cry.

My rock.

My fortress.

I can do as I like with you.

Nobody would know.
Nobody would care.

Nobody'd lift a hand
to stop me.

Who sees us?

(muffled screaming)

FRANZ: Give me strength.

To follow you.

Spirit...

(muffled chatter and shouting)

FRANZ: Lead me.

Show me.

(indistinct voices whispering)

(door slams in distance)

(guard shouting in German)

(voices continue whispering)

FANI: Lord...

(inaudible)

FANI: You do nothing.

(chain clinking)

(band playing in distance)

(chain clinking)

(guard speaking German)

FANI: Where are you?

(shouting in German)

FANI: Why did you create us?

(flies buzzing)

(humming)

(banging on door)

NIKOLAI: Have the persecuted

received the kingdom
of heaven?

(Nikolai exhales)

(distant shouting)

NIKOLAI: The meek inherited
the earth?

(thudding)
(breathing shakily)

The wise deceive us.

Afraid.

Oh...

I was once like you.

(sighs)

Confess it.

Your God has no pity.

He left us. Abandoned us.

Like he did your Christ.

His son!

(whistle blows in distance)

(indistinct announcement on PA)

How far we are
from having our daily bread.

How far from being delivered

from evil!

If we could only see
the beginning of his kingdom.

- (siren blaring)
- (indistinct shouting)

NIKOLAI: The dawn!

- But...
- (bell clangs)

Nothing.

(sirens continue)

Nothing ever!

(man shouting in German)

Why give your life for them?

(shouting continues)

(speaking indistinctly)

(man whispering in German)

NIKOLAI: Your man died in vain.

He came.

And it was all for nothing.

(man speaking German)

(guard whistles)

(guards chattering indistinctly)

NIKOLAI: We had 20 centuries
of failure.

We need a successful saint.

(faint rumbling)

(air raid siren blaring)

(muffled shouting)

(siren continues)

(muffled explosions)

(exclaims)

(cow snorting)

(panting)

RESIE: Oh, yeah.

No one will help us,

well, we do it on our own.

Sister?

Yes.

(exclaiming)

(urging)

(cow snorts)

(Fani sighs)

(Resie speaking indistinctly)

RESIE: Come on. (urging)

- (Fani panting)
- (Resie groans)

(Fani grunts)

Okay.

Yeah.

(bell tolling)

(rooster crowing in distance)

FRANZ: Dear wife,

I still can't say
how my future will unfold.

What comes next is
seldom better.

And still,
now begins the month of June.

The most beautiful month.

Nature does not notice
the sorrow

that has come over the people.

Though I cannot see much here,

I imagine that everything

is a more lovely green
than in past years.

(whirring)

At dawn,

we can hear blackbirds singing
loudly outside our windows.

They seem to have more freedom

and to know more of
peace and happiness,

though they are
only unreasoning animals

than we humans do.

We, who have the gift
of understanding.

(whirring continues)

- (donkey whining)
- (shushing)

You gave me back more
than I gave you.

(panting)

- (donkey braying)
- (Miller exclaims)

(Miller whistles)

FRANZ: I found a fellow here

from my training days.

Franz?

Franz!

Look at you.

(both laughing)

What have you done?
You're a criminal!

FRANZ: He lifts the spirits
of the other fellows.

WALDLAND:
We're getting on just fine.

Good, bad, together.

FRANZ: He asks about our family.

Don't you worry.

Trouble lasts a day.

Yeah, eat. Eat. Eat.

- Is that all you have?
- Yeah.

WALDLAND: Have you heard
of the Scharfrichter?

The one who chops off your head?

He's a very well-dressed man.

He comes and he has a...

a big hat.

He is a man of good taste.

He cuts your head,
but it's a clean cut,

and before
you can think a thought,

just... (exclaims)

I wonder how it feels.

Maybe your body's old,
your head is young,

and you see
your head flying away.

And your old arms...

they reach up

to the head.

And they're still in chains.

And you take this young head...

and you put it back
on your body.

And you open your eyes...

and the chains are gone!

But what happens then?

Maybe you'll see the moon.

(muffled shouting)

WALDLAND: Or the stars.

- (upbeat music playing)
- (rhythmic clapping)

(people cheering)

You know, even if it rains,

the sun is shining.

The sun

shines on good

and evil

the same.

There are more chains

than mad dogs.
(guard shouts)

(Waldland and Franz
singing in German)

(chuckles softly)

(humming)

WALDLAND: I wish I'd had a wife.

And a farm.

And apple trees.

And a cherry tree.

And...

maybe some grapes.

We could do our own wine.

White wine.

And red wine.
One red wine for the winter.

And white wine for the summer.

We would not drink too much.

We would pray. And work.

But sometimes...

Sometimes, a little drink
is good.

Sometimes...

we would go to church.

And sometimes not. Sometimes...

we'd stay at home.

And we'd make music.

(children laughing)

(car engine running)

(indistinct chatter)

(bell tolling in distance)

(indistinct chatter)

(man hails in German)

(all hail in German)

(prosecutor speaking German)

(prosecutor's voice fading)

Do you have anything to say

in your defense?

(shouting in German)

(judge clears throat)

(bangs gavel)

JUDGE: We'll have
a short recess.

(bird squawking in distance)

(knocking at door)

- Come in.
- (door opens)

Please, uh...

(door closes)

Sit down.

Thank you.

JUDGE: Do you imagine
that anything you do

will change
the course of this war?

That anyone outside this court
will ever hear of you?

No one will be changed.

The world will go on as before.

(sighs)

Your actions may even
have the opposite effect

of what you intend.

Someone else
will take your place.

Do you judge me?

I don't judge you.

I'm not saying,

"He's wicked.

I am right."

I don't know everything.

A man...

may do wrong.

And...

he can't get out of it.

To make his life clear.

Maybe... he'd like to go back
but he can't.

But...

I have this feeling
inside me...

(sighs)

...that I can't do

what I believe is wrong.

Do you have
a right to do this?

Do I have a right not to?

JUDGE: The judgment
of this court is...

death.

(gavel bangs)

(footsteps receding)

(conversing in German)

FELDMAN: So today
they pronounced the sentence.

But they still

have to confirm it.

Sign the paper in your cell.

You'll go free.
I can work it out.

(muffled shouting)

(Franz praying in German)

(continues praying)

(Fani praying in German)

(Franz praying in German)

(chains clinking)

(Fani praying in German)

(birds chirping)

(bell tolling)

(bicycle bell ringing)

FANI: It's from his lawyer!

(Fani cries out)

(whispering) They've
condemned him to death.

I have to go to Berlin.

I'll come with you.

(train chugging)

(train horn blows)

(indistinct announcement on PA)

(bell dings)

(shouting in distance)

(shouting continues)

(sirens wailing in distance)

(phone ringing)

(speaking German)

FANI: Franz!

(exhales sharply)

You're doing no one any good.

No one.

This could be the last
opportunity to abandon this...

senseless position.

If you do...

FANI: Franz.

...I will at once
petition the court

to stay the execution
of your sentence,

but it must be done
without delay.

Do you understand?

Now.

(stammers) I'm sticking
my neck out here.

This could jeopardize
my career...

my personal safety.

The charges would be dropped,
I'm sure, if you just...

change your stand.

I beg you to.

The war may soon be over.

You might...

You might never
have to face a situation

that would call on you
to do what you oppose.

FANI: My love.

FATHER FÜRTHAUER: Franz.

Don't you see what's coming?

There's not much time!

God doesn't care what you say,
only what's in your heart.

Say the oath
and think what you like.

FRANZ: Do you understand?

I love you.

Whatever you do.

Whatever...

comes.

I'm with you.

Always.

Do what is right.

FANI: (sobbing) No! Let me go!

(inaudible)

FANI: You said,

"Knock.

It will be opened.

Ask.

It will be given."

(inaudible)

(breathing heavily)

(grunting)

(breathing shakily)

ROSALIA:
You've always been good to me.

And to my son.

And I've...

Forgive me!

(bell tolling)

(muffled banging)

(bell tinkling)

(tinkling continues)

FANI: You.

You love him more than I do.

Give him courage.

Wisdom.

Strength.

(hens clucking)

(air raid siren blaring
in distance)

FRANZ: Father...

(praying in German)

FATHER KREUTZBERG:
Tomorrow it will be done.

(continues praying)

FRANZ: Thank you, Father.

(speaking German)

(inaudible)

FRANZ: Now, my dear children...

When mother
reads this letter to you,

your father will be dead.

Through God's grace
we'll soon meet again.

Dearest wife and mother...

It was not possible for me
to free you from the sorrows

that you've endured for me.

And now,

oh, my dear ones,

don't forget me
in your prayers.

I pray for you.

From the other side.

(gate closes)

(bell dinging)

(guard shouting in German)

What do I write?

(guard speaks German)

Shh.

(metallic thud)

(speaks German)

(speaking German)

(Franz whispering prayer
in German)

(continues praying)

FANI: Franz.

Franz.

(man speaks German)

(guard speaks German)

(man speaks German)

(man speaking German)

(bell tolling in distance)

(tolling continues)

(tolling stops)

(Resie grunts)

(bells clanking)

A time will come
when we will know

what all this is for.

And there will be no mysteries.
We will know...

why...

we live.

We'll come together.

We'll plant orchards.

Fields.

We'll build the land back up.

Franz.

I'll meet you there.

In the mountains.

(indistinct chatter)

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