All language subtitles for The Basket 1999 Rich Cowan - Peter Coyote, Karen Allen, Robert Burke, Amber Willenborg, Jock MacDonald, Brian Skala, Casey Cowan, Eric Dane, Robert Burke Eng

How could I ever forget.

These proceedings are enacted
in accordance with

and by the authority of
Secretary of War

of these United States
of America as set forth...

We were told we would be
safe in America.

The orphans from the
war were sent there.

Please state your names.

But we didn't know we would
be sent to an internment camp.

Brigitta Brink.

Helmut Brink.

Legal guardian?

The Reverend
Douglas Simms, M.D.

Then as custodian of these
children you must guarantee

strict adherence to the
following regulations.

Any grievance or complaint
filed by a U.S. citizen...

After one day in that camp,

I wanted to be back home
in Germany

even if it meant being
alone in the middle of a war.

Six months later we were sent
to live with Pastor Simms

in Waterville.

Failure to comply
with these rulings

or the issuance of complaint
will result in the return

of said immigrants to the
Brownsville internment center.

I thought the war for us
had finally ended.

But the war didn't end,

only the battle field
had changed.

We weren't the only ones
to arrive in Waterville.

There was our new teacher,
Mr. Conlon.

He brought something
we'd never seen before,

and something
we'd never heard before.

And he brought something else.

Something none of us expected.

I see 'im, Ma! I see Ben.

Careful, Samuel, Not too close!

Bessie dear, you are so lucky

to be having your son come home
safe and sound.

You know the Reedys
over in Grangeville?

They just lost their oldest son.

Died over there
in those trenches.

And now I hear

Pastor Simms is bringing home
two German orphans.

Now I know with
his mother passin' on,

he needs help with that big
house and all but,

I just don't think its right.
Do you dear?

I'm just happy to be having Ben
coming home.

Oh, Benjamin.

I'm so happy you're home.

I meant to tell you
in the letter.

Ben, what happened to your leg?

Well, it's right here
in my bag Sammy.

You want to carry it for me?

Sure.

Let's go home.

Ben's leg is in here?

Yeah, I bet the Germans
shot it off.

Tom, Nathan,

you boys head over to the store
and pick up that feed I ordered.

Yes Pa.

We'll be along home after we
drop off the desk.

The poor thing.

Hmm.

You know how badly
Nicholas needed that boy

to help him on the farm.

Sad as it is dear,

now he's just
another mouth to feed.

Helmut, stop fiddling
with that music box.

Come over and help me
with this.

Here.

Hello Mr. Emery. Uh, just,
just set it right here.

Well, Helmut, what do you think
of your new desk?

How do you like it boy?

Well, Helmut's a little shy.

He and his sister just arrived
here from Brownsville,

the internment camp.

Reverend, you're going to have
to find somebody else

to do this kind of work
for ya. I'm...

too busy.

Nicholas, you know I still need
those two book cases made.

And, and there's
no one else in town

that does the kind of work
you do.

Well ya have to find
somebody else.

But Nicholas

I said no.

Helmut! Get back here boy!

What is the matter?

Helmut!

We are in America now,
you must speak English.

Now why are you
breathing so hard?

I was running.

No Nate. We got chores
waitin' for us at home.

Anyhow, if we got caught
Pa would kill us.

Come on Tom.

Brigitta!

Brigitta!

Brigitta!

Brigitta!

Brigitta!

They locked him
in the out house!

Brigitta!

Can't we leave him in there?

Brigitta!

How dare they!

Those ruffians have locked me
in here twice this week.

I just don't see
the humor in this.

Awg! Oh! Ah! Uh!

I'm the doctor
who delivered those boys

and the pastor who
baptized them

and by heaven I'll be the
undertaker who buries them

and they oughta have
more respect for me.

Discipline. That's what
they need, discipline.

George.

Well boys, would you believe
I'm a teacher?

Hope they do.

Good mornin' class.

Well, I believe that one of you

has a round, rather large
leather object

that belongs to me.

What's your name?

Uh, it's Eric Danielson, sir.

Eric, could I have my
basketball, please?

Where'd you get the ball Mr...

Conlon. Throw it here Eric.

This ball was given to me
by Dr. James Naismith,

my physical instructor
in college.

When he first started
teaching us,

he made us play leap frog
and drop the handkerchief.

We were grown men.
We didn't find that much fun.

And it always ended up turning
into a free-for-all, so,

Dr. Naismith
invented a new game for us.

He put up a peach basket
at each end of the gymnasium.

He divided us into two teams

and we tried to get the ball
into our team's basket.

We weren't supposed to be rough

but still, it turned into
a rugby match.

Can you teach us how to play?

Probably not. What's your name?

Helmut.

Helmut. Put it back.

Take out your readers, page 65.
Let's see what you know.

Tom, think, uh, Mr. Conlon will
teach us that bushel ball game.

Nathan, give me
that other wrench.

Basketball. Remember they played
it with them peach basket.

They were bushel baskets.

Ben, will you give me
that wrench?!

Ben's the only one
that could fix this tractor.

Now he can't even...

Come on Gretel!

Oh!

What's wrong?
Don't Germans know how to fight?

Aw!

Aw!

Nathan, get off!

Boys!

I need your help.

You finished yet?

No.

Done.

Here, here.

Hey, boys.

Boys! Hey! Come on!

Game's over.

I'm gonna tell you a story.

A story about a little
beggar boy, named Ransom,

who lived in a village
very, very far away.

It's a story set to music.

It's an opera.

One day,

the villagers heard that the
barbarians were on the way.

That they were stealing and
killing everything in their path

Just as they
were preparing to flee,

a stranger arrived.

Listen to this.

The stranger asked Ransom,
why is everybody leaving?

Helmut, can you tell us what
Ransom's saying?

The barbarians
are approaching our village

to steal, and to burn.

That's right.
To steal, and burn.

So, the stranger
climbed to the roof

of the highest house
in the village.

He reached into his basket

and he took out an odd
complicated instrument.

And he put it to his lips
and he blew through it

and it made a loud,
piercing scream.

The entire village
turned around at once

to see what had made
that sound

and the stranger had his arms
high above his head

holding the basket

and he shouted out in a loud
resounding voice,

Inside my magic basket

are the secrets to help defend
you against the barbarians.

What's in the basket?

What happens next?

Tell us the rest of the story!

I'll tell you, tomorrow.

Today, take out your spellers.

Is that German food?

Naw. Not German.

Maybe you twist it.

Here, do you want a marble?

The Jensen and Packard
Model 12 Harvester.

Gentlemen, this here
beauty of a machine

will be thee future of farming.

And if you aren't using
the model 12,

you'll get left in the dust!

What's it cost, Treadway?

The question is,

what's it gonna cost you to
harvest another year without it?

This new machine
we can harvest all of our fields

in half the time.

That's all fine and good Marcus
if we can pay for it.

Last year, I lost half my crop.

The rains came
before I could finish.

I'm not going to let that
happen again.

You're lucky,
I lost more than that.

Now some folks
down in Colton last year,

they got together and
bought one of these machines.

They had a record harvest.

I heard about that machine.

McBride down there told me it
cost them five thousand dollars.

Phew! Five thousand!
That's too damn much.

Now gentlemen,

I shouldn't do this but,

well, I'd be willing to let you
pay for this machine over time.

If you could give me just,

ten percent down payment;
five hundred dollars.

Five hundred!

Where are we supposed to come up
with that kind of money?

I don't have any extra cash.
Does anybody?

You know we don't.

We can't split it
up even anyway.

Daniel, you got twice
as much land as I do,

you should pay twice as much.

Your crop has been bigger than
mine three years runnin'!

Cause you don't know
how to farm!

Farmin's been in my relations

since my grandfather
worked this land!

He never made any money either.

Now gentleman, gentleman.

Your good enough to be one of
those professional ball players.

I've played a little.

Treadway's the name.

Martin Conlon. How are you?

Yeah, I'm not pullin your leg.

Hell, you could play for the
Spartans you're so good.

Well, I'm new in town,
Mr. Treadway.

Who are the Spartans?

They're a uh,
basketball team in Spokane.

Won seventy games in a row.

Never been beat.

It's a shame you can't put
your own team together.

It's five hundred
dollars if you win.

Of course, uh, that's
not includin' the real money.

There's plenty of side action.

Well, hmm,
I'm just a school teacher.

Do they give point spreads?

In special cases, yes.

Mr. Conlon probably won't teach
us anymore about basketball

thanks to you and your fightin'.

It ain't me! It's that stupid
German. He started it.

No he didn't Nathan. I saw.

Sam, we're butchering the
chickens on Saturday and,

uh, you're in charge
of chopping off their heads.

No. I don't want to.

You're going to have to
chase them around the yard

with their heads chopped off.
It's going to be pretty bloody.

Hey! They'll look like you
when you have one of your fits!

Nathan! He can't help it.

Tom, do I really have to
chop up chickens?

Blood. Blood all over you.

Tom.

He can't hear you Sam.

He's too busy looking at
his...girlfriend.

Tooomm!

What?

Nice Toss.

Here, right here.

Ooh!

Helmut, come back.

We want you to play.
Come on. Let's go.

All right...Let him
have the ball.

Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Sit down.

Here.

You keep it Helmut.

You know when I was your age,
my family moved to Boston.

My brother and I, we had a lot
of problems fitting in at school

Nobody liked us.

We had our pants pulled down
every day.

So, finally, we started going to
school without our pants on.

I know what you want, Helmut.
You want to play basketball.

They are so mean to me.
They will never let me play.

And why should they?

I mean, they are about

as good a basketball team
as I've ever seen, I'd say.

A well oiled machine.

I mean how could you ever hope
to be good enough

to play with them, Helmut?

Your moment will come Helmut.

I promise.
You'll get your chance.

But you have to be ready.

There's not a goal tosser
in the lot.

What are you doing?

Helmut, stop that!
These were just cleaned.

If I learn how to goal toss,
I get to play!

Mr. Conlon, he promised.
I need to practice.

Not with these.

Help me get them back in the
house and wash them again

before...

Yes I've heard about that game.

No, no dear. I don't have
anything like that. But,

wait a minute.
Let's just...yup,

here, seven twenty-five.

Do you understand
what that means?

Seven dollars
and twenty-five cents.

Is there one for two
dollars and twenty-five cents?

No, dear, just
seven twenty-five.

Dear, if you really have
your heart set on that ball,

I could give you five dollars
for your pendant.

No.

I could never.

It's very special.

It was my mother's.

Now dear, I'll give you
two months to buy it back.

You do have a way to make money,
don't you dear?

Pastor Simms pays me to sew.

Oh, well. The way
he goes through clothes,

you'll have that money
in no time.

So you remember

that the villagers
were asking the stranger,

What's in the magic basket?

And now, he replies...

Defeat to the enemy.
This basket proclaims,

because it contains
two stones and a sling.

Two stones and a sling.
What could that possibly mean?

Two stones and a sling.

Two stones and a sling.

Like a sling shot.

Yeah, I guess so Pa.

Then the duchess tells them they
gotta do what the basket says.

So, the Stranger's the boss now?

I don't think the duke's going
to take a liking to that.

Yeah, I reckon she's
sweet on the Stranger.

The duke and the duchess
have a daughter named Heidi.

Hilde.

Hilde is sneaking out at night
to see her boyfriend Bruno.

He's a mysterious man.

No one knows where he's from
and he rides a big black horse.

Well what are they doing
out there?

What do you think they're doing?

Nancy Jean!

And now,
Hilde's gonna have a baby!

That's enough.

What kind of a story is this?

An op-er-a.

A what?

A story that people sing.
In German.

Tausend Kleine Stucken.

Nicholas.

He's teaching German to my boys
and I won't have that!

Now where did you hear this?

Some kinda German music story.
Don't he know we're at war?

You mean the opera.

I'm sure if there were any
American operas,

he'd be teaching those.

Mr. Conlon is just trying to
bring our children some culture.

Yeah, well Ben saw
plenty of German culture.

Look what it did to him.

You get them out of town
before somebody else does.

Mrs. Emery. Hello.

Mr. Conlon.

Come in.

I was passing by.
I heard the music.

It's beautiful isn't it?

She has a lovely voice.

Yeah, that's my favorite part.

I've never heard music
like that before.

That's opera.

We listen every day.

It's called "De Korb."
It means "The Basket."

That's what the boys
have been talking about.

Well.

Mr. Conlon,

my husband is unhappy...with the
ideas its been giving the boys.

The ideas?

Well, it's a piece of music
Mrs. Emery.

All the violence...

an unmarried woman with child.

Oh.

Well you need to know the whole
opera. It's not like that at all

And it's in German.

Yes.

I mean, why are you teaching
the children an opera in German.

We are at war with them?

Mrs. Emery, the opera
is a story about war.

It's about what war does
to all of us.

To all of us.

I have work to do at home.
Good day Mr. Conlon.

Good day Mrs. Emery.

Eric! You can't run
with the ball like that.

Hey, it's my turn!

All right!

I wish we had one more,
then we would be even up.

I vill play.

Oh, let him play.

Just go away Gretel. You're a
runt. Nobody wants you here.

Hey, hey, hey!

Go on! Get out of here!
You'll never play with us.

Why are you always
pickin' on him?

Why are you always
sticking up for him?

Nathan!

I'm sorry...about the way...

Nathan treated Helmut.

Why don't you let Helmut play?

Well, you,...

He's just...he's too small!

What is it about this game?

All right. You try to get the
ball from me but you can't push.

Watch.

That was good!

Try again.

One more time.

Can I go?

Oh!

What'd you do, crawl?

No sir.

You didn't finish your chores.

Well, I'll do them right now.

Na, its too late now.
You finish them tomorrow.

Then after that,
you help me in the fields.

What about school?

Miss it.

Get to bed.

That ain't how you do it Lewis.

If you know so much,
you show us how to toss it.

Pretty good Nathan!

Hey, where were you yesterday?

He got in trouble cause he was
out with his girl friend.

Girl friend? Who?

What happened in school
yesterday?

Uh, the village people are
scared that the barbarians

are coming so they built a wall
around the town.

Who's his girl friend?

German girl.

Does your Pa know?

And the Duke

figures he needs to get his
hands on the magic basket

so he bribes the beggar boy
to steal it.

No, Ransom doesn't steal it.

He just distracts the stranger
so the Duke can steal the basket

Well why would Ransom
help the Duke?

I thought he liked the stranger?

Ah, he told him he could live in
the castle if he helped him.

I'd do it!

And, while the Duke
is stealing the magic basket,

he puts poison
in the stranger's water.

Why would he do that?

To kill him!

Quit talkin' about
the stupid opera!

Oh! Give me the ball.

Let me show you how the
goal tossers do it, all right?

Get yourself set, hold the ball
like this. All right?

Elbows in. You step back and
you duck, huh? Get a spring.

All right? Try it.

Elbows tucked. Hands on
the side. Step back. Push off.

Better. Better.

Mr. Conlon,
Mom says you got mail.

Mail!

You got cookies for me
in there?

Five minutes.

Afternoon Agnes. I hear
you have some mail for me.

Yes, I do dear.

Here you are dear.

Thank you.

Have a good day.

And you.

The Duke takes a little tiny
bottle out of his pocket.

Chester! Pay attention!

He pours somethin' into the
stranger man's water jug.

No, no Chester, don't drink it!
You'll die! It's poison!

Mr. Treadway.

It wouldn't be you that has
everyone all riled up

about this new harvester?

Well, yes, Ma'am,
that'd be me.

Unfortunately it doesn't appear
the gentlemen of this town

will be purchasing a harvester.

Does seem a shame.

Yeah! Shame indeed Mrs. Barnes.

Particularly considering
that a bigger harvest

means more money
to those farmers.

Money they'd be spending
right here in this store.

Hmm.

Have you talked to Pastor Simms?

Maybe he could help you.

Where might I find him?

A white house, on the main road,

about a mile and a half
out of town.

Mighty grateful, Mrs. Barnes.

Mr. Treadway, uh,
since you're going that way,

would you mind delivering this?

Well, it's a basketball!
I'd be happy to Mrs. Barnes!

Thank you.

Afternoon.

Yeah. Afternoon.

Can of lard.

That'll be a dollar
twenty-five, Marcus.

Out of two dollars.

Let's see, that's uh,
twenty-five, thirty, forty,

fifty, seventy-five...

...and congratulations Marcus,

you're the first one
to contribute

to the harvester fund.

Um, you say this machine
will do the work of ten?

Yes sir.

Seems a real shame they haven't
yet purchased the model 12.

Could make a big difference
in this community.

Bigger harvests,

more money for the families
in your congregation.

They bought a Model 12
down in Colton last spring.

Reverend,

isn't that where they're
building that new church?

Toss it Helmut, toss it.

Oh, no!
It hit the Lord's vehicle!

You have to hold the ball
with two hands.

Do not shoot with one hand

and you should not jump
when you shoot. Okay.

Okay.

Okay. Here. See.

Hold the ball like this,
step back, push it off!

Oooh!

Uh!

Keep trying! You will get it.

Um,

stay with him.

Look at it.

Sitting in trenches
for nine months.

Stuck here in this bed,

waiting to die.

Huns like you did this to me.

And I want you to see.

It wasn't Huns like me.

It was soldiers like you.

My mother and father were killed

by Americans.

Who said the
Pledge of Allegiance yesterday?

I did. It's Helmut's turn.

Helmut.

He can't do it. He's German.

My Pa says he shouldn't
even be here.

Why don't you just go back
to where you came from.

Leave him alone, Nathan!

Gentleman, button it.

I pledge allegiance to MY flag,

to the republic
for which it stands,

one nation, indivisible,

with liberty
and justice for all.

Can I go see Ben?

No, you have to rest.

Ma, is Ben gonna die?

So tell me more
about your opera.

The Duke, didn't he try to
poison the stranger's water?

He didn't die. He's in
a deep sleep. Ransom...

The beggar boy.

Yeah. He's living
in the big castle on the hill.

With the Duke, yeah?

Right. But he's not happy.

He's all alone and he feels bad
for what he did

because the stranger was always
really nice to him.

And the Duke has stolen the
magic basket from the stranger.

The Duke lies to the villagers

and tells them that the basket
has instructed him

to send his son to find out
where the barbarians are.

When the boy's horse comes back,

the dead body of the Duke's son
is strapped to the horse.

It was a warning
from the barbarians.

Why didn't the Duke's
son just tell his Pa

that he didn't want to go
and do that?

When there's a war,

everyone has to do what their
leaders tell them to do.

Many people die because of that.

And this, is the song
that the Duchess sings

when she finds out
her son is dead.

The great joy
that my son brought to me

has been devoured
by my own fear

and my nightly grave is filled
with dread of awakening

to each new day without him.

Hi Helmut!

I, I'm bringing this
from Pastor Simms.

Did you come to play?

Oh! This is good!

Here, you try.

Tom and Nathan
never let me play.

They always say I'm too small.

Calm down Samuel.

The barn.

Oh My!

The barn's on fire!

Get the pump!

Damn it boy! Get out of the way!

But, Helmut, Helmut's in there!

Why the hell is that German
boy in that barn!

We were playing basketball.

Tom!

Nicholas!

She needs the money

and you know how much I need
help with the sewing I take in.

I tell the boys
to stay away from them

and you're, you're
lettin' them in the house!

I need the help.

Don't matter. They're not
going to be here much longer.

Lord have mercy.

It ain't right Conlon.

Settin' up this match without
our knowin' nothin' about it...

it just ain't right.

I didn't know a thing about it
until I read it in the paper.

I just wrote away
for information.

It looks like a lot more
than just information.

Paper says we're playin' a game
in less than a month.

Well, I thought it might be
a way to make some money.

Money? There's money involved?

How much money?

Five hundred dollars, if we win.

Playing for money
with our children.

I thought it might be a way
to get that harvester you want.

I never intended...

Five hundred dollars would
cover that down payment.

If we order it soon, we could
get it in time for next harvest.

Do our boys even know
how to play this game?

Well, what about it Conlon?

No. Not yet.

Just suppose they did play,
could they win.

When I coached back East,
we never lost a game.

Well, we lost one.

Five hundred dollars,
what's the catch.

Says here it cost
fifty dollars to enter.

Hell, the way Agnes has
been keeping our change

in that basket, we ought
to have more'n that.

We have forty-eight dollars
and twenty-six cents.

And when Daniel picks up
his bag of flour tomorrow

we'll have an even fifty!

My boys won't be playin'.

I lost my barn
because of that game.

Come on, Elizabeth.

Now listen to me Nicholas,

you got no barn left
and you've lost your oldest boy.

Well hell's fire

even Agnes won't give you
any more credit at the store.

How do you know that?

The whole town knows it.

You know you can't
keep any secrets around here.

Now listen,

right now, this is the best
chance you're gonna have

for a long time.

I suggest you take it.

Just this one match.

How many boys does it take
to make a team?

It takes five. Five to a team.

Well we got seven boys
in the school.

Nicholas, you're boy
Samuel's to young

and the German boy
don't count.

So we got the two Emery boys,
George Haines, my boy Lewis

and your boy Eric.

Fine, we got a team then.

Is there anything I can
help you do to get ready?

We need a proper basket
to practice with.

Well, I do the smithing around
here, I'd be glad to help.

And won't the team
need fancy uniforms?

I never thought of that.

Mr. Conlon,

I could make the uniforms.

Well, you know,
that's not the...

You will not sew those uniforms.

Why not?

No uniforms.

It's an interesting picture Mr.
Conlon. Do you know those men?

Oh, yeah. That was me there.

I used to play for that team
before I started coaching.

Where did you coach?

Boston. Yeah I thought
that this photograph

might show you
how the uniforms are.

Boston. I've always
wanted to visit Boston.

Mmm hmm.

Or any place for that matter.

Why did you leave there
to come here?

Hello Nicholas.

My boys done something
to bring you here?

Ah, the boys are fine.

Mr. Conlon dropped by to bring
this photograph,

of the basketball uniforms
to help with my sewing.

Mrs. Emery will not be sewing
those uniforms.

Good day Mr. Conlon.

Thank you for your courtesy,
Mrs. Emery.

Sorry, Nicholas.

This was already settled.

I'm going to make the uniforms.

What is so, damned
important about those uniforms?

Some stranger comes into town.

He fills our kids heads with odd
ideas and you want to help him.

This has nothing to do
with Mr. Conlon.

I'm deciding for myself
what's best.

I make the decisions
in this house Elizabeth.

Like your decision
to send Ben to war.

I think about that
every minute of every day.

And the fireman says,
cause the pump's dry.

How's the crackerjack reporter?

Ready. What's the scandal?

Mel, I got a hot one.

Must be red hot.
Eh, two more Billy!

I've been up in Waterville.

You got goins on in Waterville.

Geez, whose shoes
did you forget to shine?

No that little whistle-stop's
gonna make me some dough.

They're puttin a basketball
team together.

Gonna play the Spokane Spartans.

The Spartans?

Thank you Lewis.

They've won seventy in a row.
No one's even come close.

Who's gonna take that bet?

I know someone in Waterville
who will.

He must have just
fallen off the apple cart.

It's a sure thing. That hayseed
will never know what hit him.

Gentlemen. We have a problem.

None of you can toss.

If you can sneak away
from the fella guarding you

and get in close to the basket,
you might make it.

I wanna teach you a play.
Tom get in the center.

George guard the basket.
Eric, other side.

Nathan here. Lewis over there.

So I'm going to give you
the ball. I'm gonna guard you.

When I guard you, you throw
to Tom. George, you run in,

you block me, you run around,

you get the ball from Tom
and you score.

So we try.

All right. Around to Tom.
Okay, George. Scoot.

The ball. All right. Okay.
Let's go, at speed.

Now you have to go as soon as
he blocks me, you have to go.

Right.

All right. You ready? Okay.

Go!

Watch George!

Okay. Go!

All right. Good.
That'll work. That'll work.

Now what are we gonna call it?

Let's call it Hilde.

Hilde.

Well why would we call it Hilde?

You know, Hilde, the Duke's
daughter in the opera?

She distracts the people

so she can sneak out
and see her boyfriend.

All right. Hilde it is.
George, you be Hilde.

You give me the ball,
I'll throw it.

Okay. Nathan, come on. Tom.
Nathan! Go, go, go, go. Good.

Better. In the basket.

May I have my ball?

Get it.

Come on. Get it.

Uh, guess you don't want
your ball then.

Nein!

Stop! My ball!

My ball.

I'm happy to see you gentlemen
are confident enough

that you don't have to practice.

We don't have a ball.

Huh. Well, I'm replacing
the strings on mine.

Helmut, can we borrow your ball?

Helmut, can we borrow your ball?

I do not have it.

Why not? What happened to it?

Well. I guess this means
we can't practice.

You do wonderful work, Brigitta.

Thank you.

Ach!

I forgot to finish
hemming this sleeve.

We'll finish tomorrow.

I'd better check on Samuel.

I've decided to sign up.

Sign up? What does that mean?

I'm joining the army.

I want to get in
before the war's over.

Now over the horizon
was a huge cloud of dust

and suddenly the air was thick

with the thunder
of horses' hooves

and the war cries of men and the
clatter of armor and weapons.

The barbarians had arrived.

And you know dear,
that Hilde, that little tramp,

is out meeting Bruno, that
mysterious man on horseback.

I never trusted him.

Why couldn't he come courtin'
like a proper gentlemen.

And now, that their out
gallivanting all around,

well, she's locked outside
the gates and she can't get in.

Now those awful barbarians
are coming.

Well, it turns out
this Bruno she's been seeing

is the son of
the barbarian leader.

Bruno's Pa orders him
to kill Hilde.

Wait a minute,
isn't she with child?

Yup.

So he's ordering his boy
to kill his own child?

Yup.

But he don't know it right?

No.

Well, what happens next?

Then he does as his Pa orders.
He kills her.

Then he kills himself.

That's a real shame.

The Duke tried
very quickly to escape

but he was killed
by the barbarians.

So the people, the villagers,

were preparing to desert
their positions but once again,

they were stopped by the eerie,
keening sound

of the stranger's instrument.

Once again, the stranger's voice
resounded through the village.

To defend a mighty wall, each
must fight for something small.

So they did.

The villagers united,

they saved their wall
and they saved their village.

So now, safe and sound,

the villagers began to wonder
about the meaning of the riddle.

Defeat to the enemy
this basket will bring

because it contains
two stones and a sling.

Ah, ha.

I must have fallen asleep.

Your chores weren't done.

What are you doing? No. No!

How could you?

I don't know if this would work,

but, you remember the riddle
from the opera,

To defend the mighty wall, each
must fight for something small?

So, each of you has one task,
to defend your area,

but, we work together.

So keep the rope taut,
spread out, follow the ball.

You ready? Go!
Just all together.

All together. All together. Come
on. Come on. Come on. Come on.

Together. Together.
And back again. Together.

Uh, George.

Come on. Tighten up.

Tighten up.

You ready? Come on. Good.
Better. Better. Much better.

All right. Good. You got the
idea. That's enough for today.

That's lookin' better.
All right.

One week.

Mr. Conlon?
Can I toss your ball?

Yeah.

Good.

Hello Martin.

Charlie Cohn.

I bet you thought
you wouldn't see me again.

I, I never would have found you
if I hadn't read about the uh,

match you set up in the paper.

Did you get my letters?

No. I had another engagement.

It's called jail.
I spent six months there.

Where's the rest of my money?

That's all I got.

This isn't even half of my cut!

I thought you weren't
going to gamble anymore?

Charlie, stick around a few days

and I'll have your share
and more.

What are you going to do?

Bet against your team
and then throw the game?

Like you did in Boston?

Hey Martin, that
didn't get you very far.

I mean, look at this dump.

Charlie, this dump is my home.

How you gonna get me my money?

Uh oh, oh. I know your scam.

You let the kids play
the first half.

Then you come in half time
and you win the game.

You lookin' for this?

I'm not waitin' around.
Back out Martin. Back out.

Look, I, I'm done reminiscing.
Where is the rest of my money?

Charlie. You can't get blood
from a turnip.

Don't! Don't! Stop!

Helmut!

Stop!

No! Helmut!

Come here! Here!

Get this kid off me Conlon.

Outside. Outside.

Stop!

Go outside! Out! Out!

So its come down to this Martin?

Stealing pennies
off school kids?

You know what?

You can take the rest of my
money and fix this place up.

You're pathetic.

Excuse me.

Trespassing on our land
in the middle of the night?

It's my right. They've broken
those immigration laws

more times than I can count.

Leave them alone.
They've done nothing.

Helmut, you run along home now.

Ah you can save 'em tonight,
Bessie, but they're going back.

This has nothing
to do with them.

Nothing's been right with you

since you sent Ben off
to fight in the war.

Why are you always...

Don't you think
I feel guilty enough

about Ben going to the war?

Yes. Yes. I do.

But you have to
forgive yourself.

And I have to forgive myself

for not fighting harder
to keep him home.

Pa's going to send you back
to that war camp.

I don't care anymore.
There's nothing for me here.

I have to go.

You don't know
what you're doing.

If you had seen the war
the way I have...

I know all about the war.
Ben told me.

And where is Ben right now Tom?

And where are my parents?

What happened to them?

I shouldn't have
gone back for it.

Gone back for what,
where'd you go?

It's my fault he died.

I ran out of our house.

American soldiers everywhere.

Gunfire, and smoke.
No one could breathe.

Everyone was running
in the street.

I had to go back.
I forgot Mama's pendant.

If I hadn't gone back for it,

that soldier
never would have shot him.

He'd still be alive.

Why would they kill your father?

Don't you understand?

Everyone dies.

There is no way you can know
about the war.

Everything I loved

was taken away from me
right in front of my eyes.

And I could not
stop it from happening.

You don't know what it is like

to cause the death
of someone you love.

I won't leave you.

I'm not gonna' go.

I'll be damned.

Don't speak a word of this.
I'll just tell her its missing.

Let's go boys.
This ain't the farm.

You heard the man.
Get to the center.

Mr. Referee,
we'd like a time out.

All right. The reason you're
getting your tails whipped

is because you're running all
over the place without focus.

We can't just stand around
out there.

We have to run
to keep up with them.

I mean we're gonna
lose if we keep this up.

All right, sit down Nathan.

Now Nathan's right

but that doesn't mean you just
run anywhere.

Now look at this, you remember?

To defend a might wall, each one
must fight for something small.

Tom, that's your position.

Eric. George.

Nathan. Lewis.

Defend the wall and keep the
rope tight.

You can beat these guys.

Watch his eyes.

Come on Squinty, whose is it?

Nobody's, side tip.

That means the ball's up
for grabs! Go to the center.

Get the ball. Get the ball!

Hilde.

Right. Yeah. Yeah.

Waterville. Back to the wall.
Get back.

Hey! Curly! This ain't allowed.
They can't guard us this way.

Well, it's legal back east

and the teams there have learned
how to play against it.

In case you hadn't noticed,
this ain't the east.

Oh, well, if you don't think
you're good enough

to play against it...

Fine,

we need to do something to make
this more interesting anyhow.

Press 'em boys.

Hey! Get the hair
out of your eyes, huh?

Here comes Hilde!

All that fussing in the middle
after every basket

sure slows the game down.

Half-time!

Professor.

Mr. Treadway.

You doing all right?

Just fine.

I want to double my bet.
Are you in or out?

I'd be happy to double the bet.

I was happy
to take the first bet

and have no objection
to this one.

No sir. No objection at all.

Nice doing business, Professor.

You too, Mr. Treadway.

Mr. Conlon. I'm ready.

Ready for what?
George, come here.

I am ready Mr. Conlon.

Ready for what, Helmut?
George, I need to talk to you.

This is my chance, Mr. Conlon,
and I am ready to play.

Helmut, not now, I'm very busy.

George, I need your uniform.

It is my moment, Mr. Conlon,
and I am ready to play.

Helmut, not know, I'm very busy.

You told me, that if I was good
enough you would let me play.

Besides, I am the only one
who can goal toss.

Helmut, what are you saying.

You promised, the day that they
pulled my pants down.

You said that you would
wait for my moment

and you promised that I could
play. Now why can't I play.

Helmut, you haven't
practiced with us.

I know all the plays.
I know the Hilde!

They know the Hilde!
Everyone knows the Hilde.

Helmut, I can't let you play.

You promised.

I'm sorry Helmut.

Do you see.

They're going to make
Brigitta and I go back.

No they're not.

You have a game to play.
Get dressed.

Go on.

Conlon! Why is the German boy
puttin' on my son's uniform.

Because he's going to play
Mr. Haines.

My boy ain't going to play
with no German

and Emery's boys won't either.

Tell 'em Nick.

You two sit down.
Let the boy play.

The darn seed salesmen,

seem to find me wherever I go.

Nice fit, pee wee.

Go head squirt shoot it.

If you can even
throw it that far pee wee!

You know,
if you can't guard him...

Jimmy! Guard your man.
The kid can shoot!

Ah, he ain't gonna make
two in a row!

Okay, I'll guard him.

Foul!

What?

Yeah!

Two minutes!

That a boy!

Time out! Waterville.

We got to get the ball
to Helmut,

but this time, you're
gonna shoot from here.

No.

Why not?

I can only shoot from there.

They don't know that.

Let's go.

Get him!

Stretch!

Foul him!

Foul!

Fifteen seconds left after
the shot, gentlemen.

I'll count you down.

He's okay.

He's okay.

Okay.

Ohh!

Thank you son.

Helmut come here please.

I need a favor.

How did you get this?

There's an expression
where I come from,

it says you don't have to win,

you just have to
cover the spread.

The stranger told the villagers

that there were two stones
and a sling in the basket.

None of them knew
what that meant

but Ransom tells them he knows.

Ransom takes one of the stones
from the basket

and crushes it
into many tiny pieces.

He puts the pieces in his sling

and casts them into the air.

They scatter and fall
to the ground.

Ransom says, A thousand tiny
pieces will never fly so high.

Ransom grabs the other stone
and puts it in his sling.

He pulls as hard as he can

and casts the stone
and it flies forever.

Ransom turns to the villagers
and says,

Divided, we shall falter.
Together, we shall fly'

Zusammen werden wir Fliegen.

Together, we shall fly.

Brigitta!