All language subtitles for Escape From Germany.en-us.Dialog.Sdh

[bright music]

[soft whirring]

[dramatic music]

[crowd cheering and applauding]

-[crowd in German] Hail Hitler!
-Long live the Führer.

[crowd cheering]

-Germany forever.
-Victory for Hitler!

[man]
Hail Hitler!

Hail! Hail!

Hail! Hail!

Hail! Hail!

Hail! Hail! Hail…

[grunts]

[crowd applauding]

Respect for the Führer!

[dramatic instrumental music]

[crowd cheering]

Fools!

[train chugging]

[steam hissing]

[indistinct chatter]

[in English] Elder Seibold.

I'm Elder Anderson.

[in German] Strange place to meet.

[in English] What?

I said, "Welcome to Germany."

You'll hear that a lot here.

Oy, you've got something right there--
it looks like blood.

Oh, boy. I've got to get home.

How far away do we live?

I mean, "home" home.

-How long have you been out?
-Twenty-six months, four days.

So I'll be going back to Idaho soon.

Hallelujah.

Germans are fine folks,

but their leaders
have some cockeyed ideas.

[crowd cheering in distance]

Yeah, well, I heard that
some German officials are trying

to have the New Testament rewritten
to show that Jesus wasn't a Jew.

[crowd cheering]

What's that?

[crowd singing indistinctly in German]

[officer in German]
Cleansing! Purification by fire!

This is the new Germany!

No to the brethren of traitors,

immigrants and foreign writers.

Say no to books by traitors,

immigrants and foreign writers!

They think they could flood
the new Germany…

…with foreign writers.

They really think they could flood
the new Germany,

the pure Germany…

[singing continues]

[singing resumes]

[in English] Hello.

[in German] What books
did you bring to our party?

None.

Let me see.

-[in English] What's he doing?
-Don't do anything.

I haven't read it yet,
but it's supposed to be swell.

[in German] Thank you.

[singing continues]

Get lost, you filthy Mormons.

[in English] Well,
danke
to you too.

[crowd cheering and applauding]

[tense whooshing]

-Hey, what's the big idea?
-Time to go, elder.

[crowd shouting]

[whooshing]

[Barnes]
It will take a while to get an answer.

I'll have to get back to you on that.

[in German] Thank you, Elder Duersch.

Thank you.

[snaps fingers]

[in English] You know, elder, missionaries
tend to lose two things on their missions.

Their hair and their sweethearts.

[telephone ringing]

Hello, German Mission Office.

[Grant]
Yes, this is President
Heber Grant, the British Mission.

-[Barnes] Yes, President.
-Oh.

-[Duersch sighs]
-Is President Wood available

to speak with me?

No, sorry, sir.
He's in a a mission conference.

-Are you able to get a message to him?
-Yes, sir.

This is very important, elder.
Please write this down.

[telephone ringing]

This is President Wood.

[on phone]
President,
this is Elder Barnes.

I have an urgent message for you
from President Heber J. Grant.

[tense music]

-Okay. Go ahead.
-[Barnes]
"In three days,

the German army will invade Poland.

Evacuate the mission
to Holland or Denmark,

but get them out immediately."

[Wood]
Okay, uh, hurry
to the General Counsel's office,

check on this, and then, um…

…I'll let you know where to send them.

[secretary]
Hello, Elder Barnes. How can I help you?

I have something very important
for the Consul General.

I'm hoping to see him.

Okay.

[door opens, closes]

[Barnes]
Good to see you again, sir.

Oh, yes. What can I do for you, elder?

We have been informed
by our church president

that in three days
the German army will invade Poland.

I wanted to ask
what you know of the situation.

-In three days?
-Yes, sir.

[music continues]

[consul]
Have a seat.

-[door opens]
-[Barnes sighs]

[clock ticking]

[door opens]

[door closes]

This is from our embassy in Berlin.

"At this time, there is no indication
of any German military movement."

So, Elder Barnes,
our military attaché has no knowledge

of any such aggressive activity
on the part of the Nazi army.

From what source did your church president
get this information?

I would say he got it from the Lord, sir.

He is a prophet.

Son, our US military

has the finest intelligence in the world.

If I may, sir, I believe
President Heber J. Grant

has a better source of intelligence
than the US military.

[sighs]

-You really said that to him?
-[Barnes in German]
Indeed.

[chuckles, in English] All right then,
uh, call them, wire them,

send pigeons, any way to get to them,
and tell our missionaries to get out.

-[Barnes]
Yes, President.
-Uh, Holland's been good to us.

-Send them into Rotterdam.
-Yes, President.

-I'll be back in a couple of hours.
-Yes, President.

All right.

How about you finish unpacking,
then we'll get going?

What are you doing?

Well, the hard thing right now

is everybody is scared stiff
they're going to war again.

You can't get anybody
to talk about the gospel.

So I've been spending a lot of time
on my homecoming talk.

[Anderson] Yeah, well, I heard that
Adolf Hitler actually likes our church

because we believe in being
subject to kings, rulers,

and, and obeying and sustaining the law.

[loud knock on door]

[soft tense music]

We just got word from President Wood.

"Leave immediately for Rotterdam."

Where's Rotterdam?

-What's the deal?
-That's all I was told.

Let's go. We'll call President.

[dramatic music]

Where's Rotterdam?

Keep running.

GERMAN POST

Yes, President.
I will extend the call to summon.

He needs you back at the Mission Office.

We're going to get Elder and Sister Goltz.

Who's Elder and Sister Goltz?
Are they missionaries? Slow down.

Oh,
ja.
I understand what you are saying.

But it is not necessary for us to leave.

We face no danger in our own fatherland.

[Seibold]
Whether there is danger or not,

President Wood sent me
to get you to leave.

My patriarchal blessing promises me

I will serve a mission in Germany.

I have not finished my mission,

so I will not go.

Sister Goltz…

…can you convince your husband to leave?

[sighs] He is boss.

Huh!

[breath shakes] Am I the only one
that wants to go home around here?

[in German] Fools.

[door slam shuts]

[in English] You should
probably go with him.

-[in German] Right?
-Yes.

[in English]
But, President, I said all of that.

-They won't leave.
-[Wood]
Yes, they will.

Now go back and get them.

[woman speaking inaudibly]

Yes, President.

-Oh, boy.
-What do you mean "Oh, boy?" What?

[in German] No. No!

[in English] Here is what I see.

I have faith in my patriarchal blessing.

But you, you have not.

This is not a matter of faith.

This is a matter of obedience.

President Wood said we must leave,

so we must leave.

[in German] Unbelievable! Ridiculous!

This is unbelievable! Unbelievable!

[Seibold in English]
Sister Goltz, you've got to do something.

If you don't, there's a huge possibility
you will be stuck here through a war.

And if that happens,
you may never see your family again.

Und
this thing is for sure.
My parents were German,

my grandparents were German,

I am German,

-and I will never leave this country--
-Papa.

Papa, I go.

She is boss.

We will go.

[tense music]

[woman in German]
Yes, no problems.

[indistinct chatter]

[knocks]

[woman crying] President Biehl,

the Prophet ordered all missionaries
to leave Germany immediately.

[woman sobbing]

[Biehl]
Goodbye for now.

[in English]
Sister Heibel, you are to report

to the mission home in Frankfurt.

Sister Rosenhan,

we will get you to the train station

and on your way to Holland.

You are not to wait for anyone else.

I must have my passport stamped.

Yes,
und
you should buy
your ticket on to London.

But I'm not going to London.

The spirit tells me, "Do this."

[music swells]

[knock on door]

[Seibold]
Brother Ruf.

[in German] Good day, elders.

[in English] We received
a new missionary. This is Elder…

Anderson.

[in German] Good day, Elder Anderson.

[sighs, in English] Brother Ruf,
I cannot continue as branch president.

We've been told to leave the country.

We are here to call and set you apart
as the new branch president.

I can't.

[Seibold]
You can.

I know you've only been a member
for a few months,

but you will learn as you serve.

I've received
a military summons an hour ago.

I leave today.

May we give you a blessing?

[in German] Yes, please.

[muted]

[distant shouting]

[tense music]

So you want to go to London,

but without a British stamp, you can't.

And why not?

Because the British consulate has closed

and all employees have left the country.

Would you at least stamp
her passport for departure?

She will have to come back tomorrow.

But why?

Because the person responsible
has already left.

Do you need a stamp too?

I am German.

I will leave Germany
with or without a stamp in my passport.

You will not cross the border
without a stamp in your passport.

Our prophet told us to leave.

And I will follow the prophet.

[music continues]

-[Rosenhan] Thank you.
-[Biehl] Many thanks!

-Goodbye. Farewell!
-[Heibel] Goodbye.

[music intensifies]

We only have a moment.

-Yes, we'll be quick.
-We're both going.

Honey! Honey!

-The sisters want to say goodbye.
-[women] Goodbye.

[in English] We love you, Sister Biehl.

[in German]
Walter, this is from the military.

You have to leave today.

Everything is changing.

We are living in difficult times.

[engine starts]

[baby babbles]

[knocks]

[in English] Brother Lutz,

all missionaries have been told
to leave Germany.

We are here to call you
and set you apart as branch president.

But I am only a priest.

You are all the Lord has.

[telephone rings]

President Wood,
this is Joseph Fielding Smith.

I'm here in Europe,
so I'm checking on the evacuation.

Have you been able
to reach your missionaries?

[Wood]
Well, we're not sure.

There are no telephones,
so it's a matter of sending out wires

-and hoping they get through.
-[Smith stutters]

Have you assigned some elders to make sure

the others know what to do?

It would be a great miracle
if we were able to get them all out

before this thing blows up.

Um…

I'll see that gets done, Elder Smith.

[in German] Wondering what we will do
with the missionaries.

-Hi.
-Hi.

[woman]
How is it going?

[in English] Elder Seibold.

-Hi, tomato.
-Hey, spud.

-Miss Anna.
-Elder Seibold.

President Wood wants to see you right now.

Later, tater.

[Wood]
Elder, let me tell you a story.

Just before the Spanish-American War,

President William McKinley
had to get an important message

to the leader of the revolutionaries,
General Garcia.

But Garcia was already in hiding.

And someone said to the President,

"There's this fellow named Rowan.

He's tenacious.

He'll find Garcia for you if anybody can."

So Rowan was sent for,

and he was given a letter
to deliver to Garcia.

Rowan landed on the coast of Cuba by night

and disappeared into the jungle.

Three weeks later,

he steps out
on the other side of the island,

having traversed a hostile country on foot

and against all odds,

had delivered the letter to Garcia.

[inspirational music]

So my point is this.

McKinley gave Rowan
a letter to deliver to Garcia,

and Rowan took the letter.

Without whining about it, he just took it.

I have a letter

that I desperately need sent.

I need you to deliver my letter to Garcia.

President, uh… [exhales]

I don't know. I, I don't know
what you're even asking.

Elder, you heard the part
about not whining, right?

There are somewhere around 30 missionaries

that are lost and penniless

between here and the Dutch border.

It will be up to you to find them

and see that they get out.

Now you're strong.

Now you played college football,

so I'm sending you without a companion.

I don't know why. I just think it's right.

I don't know, President, I--

Elder…

…we're in trouble…

…and you are the man for the job.

I can't leave for another day or two, so…

[inhales deeply]

…I need you to do this.

This contains 500 marks.

Take this to Holland
and then on to London.

Find them.

Find them and get them out.

Follow your impressions, Elder Seibold…

…but find them.

Listen to the still small voice.

Angels will go with you.

[drawer clangs shut]

You can use this map.

[soft suspenseful music]

We have elders

in most of these towns
in between here and Holland.

They'll be at the train stations.

[typewriter clacking]

NETHERLANDS - GERMAN REICH

DENMARK

-That's a lot of country.
-[Barnes] Mm-hmm.

And some may be stranded
in these towns closer to Denmark.

[typewriter clacking]

What is it?

Does President have any idea
how difficult this is going to be?

What am I supposed to do?

Right.

[sighs] Like the hymn says…

…"do what is right."

[music turns dramatic]

Oh, nuts.

[music intensifies]

[steam hissing]

[train horn blaring]

[indistinct chatter]

[menacing music]

[coughing]

-[music stops]
-[breathing heavily]

[inspirational music]

[steam hissing]

[people chattering]

[dramatic tense music]

[man in German on PA]
All passengers must
adhere to the scheduled departure times.

We do not wait for delayed passengers.

[indistinct announcements on PA]

Have you seen any Mormon missionaries?

[man on PA]
All trains are ready.

Have you seen any Mormon missionaries?

No.

[woman on PA]
Departure to Stuttgart
with onward journey to…

Passengers on platform 35,
the carriages are ready.

Please get on board now.

TICKETS

[indistinct announcement on PA]

[man on PA]
We do not wait for delayed passengers.

[clock ticking]

All trains are in operation
due to the military deployment.

[announcement continues
indistinctly on PA]

[in English] Dear God, what do I do?

[man in German on PA]
We do not wait for delayed passengers.

[woman on PA]
Departure to Stuttgart
with onward journey to Bregenz.

[indistinct chatter in German]

[whistles blowing]

[in English] This is baloney.

I don't know where they are.
Bunch of dimwits, anyways.

[officer in German] You and your filthy
Jewish family have no place in Germany.

Now shut your mouth! Your little…

Your Jewish sister…
Now shut up, I said, okay?

Where do you have your papers?
What are you doing here, huh?

Move!

You're going to prison, I'm telling you.
Shut the heck up!

What are you crying about?
Get out of here! Get away!

Get moving! Come on, away with you! Move!

[dramatic music]

[people chattering]

[woman on PA]
Departure to Stuttgart
with onward journey to Bregenz.

[indistinct announcement on PA]

The carriage will be full.

Please take your passports with you.

[attempts to whistle]

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

[man on PA]
All trains are in operation
due to the military deployment.

Direction Munich, Stuttgart,
Berlin, Augsburg…

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

[music continues]

[attempts to whistle]

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

[Anderson in English]
Elder.

-There's no getting rid of you, huh?
-No chance.

-We're stranded. No tickets.
-No money.

I have marks to get you
on a train to Holland.

But first, I need your help.

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

[triumphant dramatic music]

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

-Elder Seibold.
-Elders.

I have never been so happy
to see someone in my life.

-[Biehl] Hello, elders.
-Hello.

Oh, this is President Biehl,
president of the Essen branch.

President.

I have been summoned,
and I'm on my way to report.

I must get my train now.

[sniffles]

May God bless and protect you, elders.

And you, President Biehl.

[in German] Thank you and goodbye.

[sentimental music]

[Duersch in English]
There goes a fine man.

[bell dings]

[train horn blares]

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

[train horn blares]

[dramatic music]

[whistling continues]

[plays "Do What Is Right"]

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

[plays "Do What Is Right"]

[video recorder whirring]

Are you getting some swell pictures
of a whole bunch of nothing?

Hey.

What city is this?

Düsseldorf.

[train comes to halt]

Aren't we getting off?

There might be missionaries here.

No, there's none here.

[sentimental music]

You don't wanna check to make sure?

Uh-uh.

There's none here.

[train chugging]

What town's next?

Emmerich.

After this, we pass into Holland.

Tell them to hurry, please. Yes.

-[indistinct chatter]
-[patriotic music playing on radio]

Have you talked to any of our elders yet?

Long distance lines are all jammed.

Hopefully, the wires got through.

[man in German on radio]
Attention,
attention. This is Radio Deutschland.

All German trains now operate
under military supervision.

Starting midnight,

the government will no longer guarantee
any travel destinations.

Likewise, the Dutch border
is now closed to all foreigners.

Only those with a Dutch identity card
are allowed to enter the country.

[in English]
The Dutch have closed the borders.

[patriotic music resumes]

I sent our elders the wrong way.

[indistinct chatter]

Boneheads.

-This is all I could find.
-Oh, swell.

Aces.

Most of the food has been
taken for the soldiers.

This doesn't taste like bread.

It tastes more like

-sawdust.
-Oh.

[indistinct announcement on PA]

Look at that.

If you don't have enough flour,
you gotta fill it with something.

-You gonna eat that?
-[train horn blares]

[officer in German]
Your tickets, please.

Mm.

-[officer] Yes, where are you from?
-[man] We come from Berlin.

What are you looking for in Emmerich?
No. No, that's not possible.

Answer my question!

We want to travel to Denmark.

We are not staying in Emmerich,
just passing through.

[in English]
What are you doing?

I'm getting evidence
of how they're treating the people here.

You know, that could qualify as evidence
to the Nazis that you're a spy.

[in German] Get out of my city!

[in English] Genius.

[in German]
You are disturbing public order.

Get out of my city!

-[Leah] Please.
-[man] Come on, let's go.

-Jews, Jews.
-Let's go.

[man on PA]
All trains are ready,
please take your seat quickly.

[Seibold]
Hey, little girl.

[train horn blares]

[in English] Listen up. They're only going
to let us into Holland if we have money.

But we each need to be
carrying our own cash.

[in German] What are you doing there?

-[in English] What are you doing?
-[whispers] Put that away.

What are you doing?

Turn your pockets inside out
and show me all your money.

Where are you traveling?

Holland.

You're smuggling this money
out of Germany?

[in German] No.

[in English] Give it to me.

[man in German]
Entry for the onward journey to Munich…

[train horn blares]

Departure 11:35, platform four.

All trains are ready,
please take your seat quickly.

[in English] Over my dead body.

That is possible.

-Come with me.
-Where to?

To the police station.

I'm not going anywhere with you.

You have no authority here.

I'll talk to the military police,
but I won't leave this station.

You will come with me now.

I am an American citizen.

I demand to speak
with the military police.

Don't you touch me.

[scoffs] If you touch me,
there's going to be a fight.

[indistinct murmuring]

I demand to speak
with the military police.

-Can he demand that?
-He just did.

[murmuring continues]

Follow me.

I'd better go with him.

[softly] Did you see that?

-[exclaiming]
-[indistinct chatter]

I understand it's best for us to leave,
but I don't understand why all the rush.

Well, I can think of two reasons, darling.

First, President Grant says we need
to evacuate the mission immediately.

[sighs] And, second,

two missionaries were left in Germany
when the Great War broke out.

What happened to them?

Sweetheart, do you think those Nazis
will leave foreigners running loose?

Hell, they'll lock us up.
We'll stay locked up.

[man] Drop it! Let's get
the big fellas to grab the…

Faster, everyone.

[officer in German]
They have defied my authority,

and I think they are planning
to take all the money out of the country.

And that is clearly illegal.

Did you understand all of that?

-[train horn blares]
-[sighs]

[in English]
And what is your explanation for this?

We are a group
of Mormon missionaries from America.

We are being evacuated
from Germany with enough cash

to purchase tickets through to London.

If we don't have the money,
the Dutch won't let us in.

[in German] Do you have any proof

that these young men
are not using their money for tickets?

No, but…

I understand that they could use
the money for something sinister.

What I do realize is that you have
no authority whatsoever at the station.

Wherever I see them,
I have to stop illegal activities.

And why were you patrolling
the station in the first place?

Hmm?

Mm.

I thought so.

Get out and don't show up here again.

[door opens]

[door closes]

[in English] I know some Mormons.

[pen scribbling]

They are good people.

I understand why you must leave Germany.

Keep this with you.

[in German] Good bye.

Thank you.

-[Duersch in English] Well, what happened?
-[Seibold] Nothing.

Come on. What happened?

[Seibold] We got into a big fight,
and I knocked the stuffing out of him.

[man] Really? True?
Is that what happened, Elder McOmber?

[Seibold] No. I just started crying,
and they let us go.

[man]
See, now that I believe.

[train whistling]

[indistinct announcement on PA]

[Julia]
President Wood.

-President Wood.
-Heiteles.

-[Wood] Heiteles. Hello.
-What are you doing here?

[Julia] We could not
let you go without our goodbyes.

[Paul] We cannot imagine
being without you or your leadership.

We hope to return soon.

[Julia in German]
This is not right.

We don't agree with our government either.

[shushes]

[in English] Thank you
for remaining faithful and true.

[Evelyn]
You will forever be our dear friends.

Would it be all right if I write to you?

[Julia in German]
We do not agree with many things.

[train whistling]

God be with you until we meet again

-
His advice is close by
-[in English] Be true.

Yes. Be true.

-[soft instrumental music]
-[singing continues inaudibly]

[train chugging]

-[steam hissing]
-[train horn blares]

[woman]
You're on your way to London.

May I see your London ticket?

Very good. Welcome to Holland.

Thank you.

Oh, excuse me.

Have you seen any Americans
come through here?

Any missionaries?

I wouldn't know.

[steam hissing]

[soft piano music]

Please help me.

I have no money.
I have nothing to eat. I'm lost.

Pardon me.

Do you speak English?

Do you speak any English?

Are you a missionary?

A Mormon missionary?

[Rosenhan sobbing]
Yes.

I didn't know what to do.

I was sent to look for elders.

We didn't know there were
any sisters coming out of Germany.

Only me.

You just made it.

-They're about to close the border.
-[sobs]

[Rosenhan]
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I think this might be
against mission rules.

[birds chirping]

[plays "Do What Is Right"]

[indistinct announcement on PA]

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

[woman in German on PA]
Get on board,
the train is about to depart.

[announcement continues indistinctly]

[in English] It's about time.

[train chugging]

Well, besides that, I heard
Hitler learned about our fasting program.

So he's starting his own Fast Sunday

where Germans are supposed
to give what they save

from skipping a meal to the government.

Yeah, a hundred years
after Joseph Smith started it.

["Abide With Me" playing on mouth organ]

What? That's not baloney.

I, I read it somewhere.

Are you feeling okay?

What do you mean?

[chuckles]
I, I just think it's pretty swell

that you got a sign to go out and find us.

Why is that pretty swell?

[chuckles] It shows such a trust.

Such an honor.

Don't you think?

I think I'll do anything
if it will get me home.

[officer in German]
Attention! Attention!

The Dutch border
is now closed to all foreigners.

Only people with a Dutch passport
are allowed to cross the border.

[in English] What did he say?

He said we're in trouble.

[indistinct murmuring]

[Duersch]
He said Holland has closed its border

and we, we have to get off the train.

[Anderson]
So what do we do now?

We cooked?

Are we cooked?

[train chugging]

[indistinct chatter]

Mama.

I'm hungry.

[sighs]

I think you need to wait a little longer.

There's only a tiny bit left.

[paper rustling]

This is the last of it.

[Leah]
Hmm.

Where are you going?

Where are you from?

Berlin.

We have been on trains for the whole day.

This is our fifth day…

…I think.

Nobody wants us.

What's that for?

It lets other people know
to be mean to us.

[train chugging]

[muted]

No room in the end.

All trains commandeered
for troop transport.

So what are we gonna do?

Wait here.

[man in German on PA]
The train to Frankfurt and Stuttgart

with onward journey to Munich departs…

[in English] We're cooked.

[in German]
…at 11:35 p.m. at platform four.

Hello.

Hello.

Where is this train headed?

Rhineland, then Denmark.

Thank you.

[steam hissing]

[man] Attention, the train is leaving.
Please be careful on the platform.

[Seibold quietly in English]
This train-- Get up, get up, get up.

This train is going to Denmark.

[dramatic music]

[train chugging]

Go.

[man 1]
Let's go.

They're not gonna wait.

[man 2]
Hurry. Come on, just throw me.

[man 3]
Elder, faster now. Go on.

Come on, be faster, come on.

Please, please, faster.

Ah, I got you.

Come on.

[grunts]

-Holy smokes.
-[all laugh in relief]

-That was swell.
-I feel like…

I think I just became a man.

Ha. It will take a little more than that.

Now that we're moving, the conductor
won't stop the train just to get us off.

[clears throat]

[in German] These gentlemen are Mormons.
Get out, you bastards!

Go away. Just disappear. Idiots! Fools!

Never come back here again!

[train chugging]

[man on PA]
Stuttgart, platform six.
Düsseldorf, Leipzig…

-[in English] President. Look at this.
-Yeah.

[Barnes] Here we are in Rostock,
trying to get to Denmark.

But we're only nine miles from Warnemünde.

-What's in Warnemünde?
-[Barnes] A ferry.

A ferry that goes to Denmark.

-[Evelyn] How do we get there?
-[Barnes] I can ask.

[soft tense music]

[indistinct announcement on PA]

[man in German on PA]
Hail Hitler!

[in English] Where are you going?

Back to Berlin.

[sentimental music]

With all the military going to Poland,

they're not running any trains
to Warnemünde.

But this railroad
goes right to the ferry dock.

So there's got to be a way to…

Maybe there's some kind of taxi.

No, no. They didn't leave
any gasoline for taxis.

[man 1 in German]
Today was a long day. I'm really tired.

Hopefully the next few days
won't be as long as today.

-[man 2] Yes, we worked hard today.
-[man 1] Yes, I told you.

What a day…

[in English] President, here's an idea.

[McOmber]
And action.

[video recorder whirring]

[Seibold]
Hey, can it, Frank Capra.

The train that just pulled into yard four
is headed towards Denmark.

[dramatic music]

[Seibold]
That camera's gonna get you in trouble.

[indistinct chatter]

[in German] All aboard! Get in, everyone!

[in English] Leave your suitcases.

Leave your suitcases.
Get on and open a window.

I'll throw you your luggage.

[woman in German on PA]
To Stuttgart, platform four.

To Cologne and Dusseldorf, platform six.

To Leipzig and Dresden, platform nine.

To Berlin, platform eight.

Please only use the toilets
once the train has left the station.

Hail Hitler!

[glass shatters]

[woman in English]
Holy smokes.

[indistinct murmuring]

[in German] What has happened?

[comical music]

Ready.

[in English] Throw them in. Come on.

[man 1]
Easy, elder.

Come on. The train's moving. Come on.

-Hurry.
-Come on. Get on the train.

[man 2]
Rush on. Pick it up.

[train chugging]

[train horn blares]

[man in German on PA]
Watch out on platform seven,

the train from Hamburg is arriving.

[in English] You want to what?

Douglas, I think you've lost your mind.

Maybe so.

But I'm smart enough to know
the Lord helps those who help themselves.

-We get to ride where they drive it!
-Shh, shh, shh.

[quietly] Quiet, quiet. Very quiet.

-Oh, swell.
-Move over there.

[man in German on PA]
Information on arrival and departure times

can be found on the notice board.

[Evelyn in English]
Stay in the corner.

Do either of you have any idea
what to do with all this?

Maybe. When I was five,
I got my daddy's tractor going

and smashed it into the barn.

Wait, we're gonna haul
that whole trainload of folks with us?

Oh. No. No, sir. No freeloaders.

-Lord forgive us.
-Amen.

[man in German on PA]
Departure to Stuttgart

in five minutes at platform three.

-[in English] How do you think it works?
-[Wood] Yeah, must be simple.

They hook and unhook
hundreds of these a day.

Can hardly see what we're looking at.
Wish we had a--

What's that the Boy Scouts say?

Be, be something.

-Oh, yeah. Be--
-[iron clanks]

-[chuckles]
-Brilliant?

-[footsteps approaching]
-[gasps]

[tense music]

[dramatic music]

-Have you got it?
-Can you make it go?

[Howell] Close. I just can't quite
figure out how they shift it into gear.

-I think that this will start it.
-[engine starts]

I can't figure out
how to get it out of neutral

-and into gear with the, uh--
-Here it is.

[train jerks]

Wow. She's speedy.

All right. Everybody ready?

President Wood,
are we doing the right thing?

Mission presidents don't steal trains.

Well, this one does.

All right, let's chuchu out of here.

[music continues]

[train starts moving]

[hissing]

[indistinct murmuring]

[laughing]

Wait. Wait.

How do we know
this track goes to Warnemünde?

Yes, this could be the track
that goes to Berlin.

[tense music]

Wait, stop. Stop, stop, stop, stop.

[train stops]

[Barnes]
Right here. Right here. This will do it.

[sighs]

-[track turns]
-[grunts]

Good, good. Let's go, let's go.

[dramatic music]

[train chugging]

[in German]
Are trains drafted for military service?

Strange.

Mr. Officer!

[train chugging]

[sighs in relief]

[in English]
Anna, what are you doing, darling?

Making sure no one's following us.

-Daddy?
-Yeah.

Do you think we might get arrested?

Uh… no.

[chuckles] No, honey.

Well, what happens
to people who steal trains?

I think they'd shoot us.

The Lord will protect us, honey.

Even if we're stealers?

[Evelyn]
Hey.

There will be police in Warnemünde
who are watching the station.

So do we just pull up into the station

and pretend like we're
a bunch of German train engineers?

What are we gonna do?

-What are we gonna do?
-Sweetheart, we don't know.

We're making this up.

[sighs]

[train chugging]

[man in German]
We are getting closer.

[in English] Carol…

…why don't you say a prayer for us?

Now?

I can't think of a better time.

[Carolyn]
Our Father in heaven,

we are thankful we get to ride
where they drive the trains

and thankful to have come this far.

We hope that You will bless us
so that we can keep going.

And we are sorry that we stole this train.

Amen.

-Amen.
-Amen.

Well, I feel better now.

A train's coming.

[dramatic music]

Can this thing go any faster?

[train picks up speed]

[train chugging]

Hey, I see water.

Yeah, there's a boat.

It's a ferry.

We got to figure out a way to signal them.

-This?
-Mm!

[clicking]

[train horn blares]

[in Danish] What is happening outside?

[music continues]

[Anna in English]
They're getting closer.

[exhales]

[Wood]
Hey! Hey! America!

-America!
-We're Americans! America!

-America!
-America, hey!

[in Swedish] Americans!

[in English]
Hey, they're coming back. Stop the train.

[train brakes squealing]

[Wood] Grab and go. Go, go. Don't wait.
Go. Don't look back. Keep going.

-Go, go, don't stop. Just go.
-[Carolyn] America.

-We're Americans.
-[Wood] Go, go, go, go.

[in German] They're getting out.
Shoot them. Open fire!

[gunshots]

[Howell in English]
I told you they'd shoot us. I told you.

-[Wood] Americans! Keep your heads down.
-[Howell] Heads down.

-[Barnes] Run, run, run. Go, go, go.
-[Howell] Look at the water.

[Wood]
Hey. Hey! Over here. Americans!

[bell dinging]

So, anyway, I heard Hitler
likes our genealogy program

because it makes it easier
for Germans to prove

that they have pure German blood.

And it has helped a lot of them
stay out of jail or not get deported.

And I guess that just goes to show that
even the genealogy program is just a tool,

a tool that can either
be used for good or…

[playing "Abide With Me"]

[in German] Stop! Put that thing away!

In times like these,
you shouldn't play such music at all.

You must have fallen on your head?

Get lost, you filthy Mormons.

[in English] Hey, he just welcomed us.

And a big welcome to you too.

[sighs] That was nice.

[in German] Fools.

[birds calling]

[Garff in English]
What an amazing coincidence

for us to have an apostle here
overseeing this.

I think heaven is very interested

in the outcome of all of this.

-[indistinct chatter]
-[Carolyn] Thank you.

-[man] You go ahead, Mr. Wood.
-[sighs]

-At last.
-Welcome.

[Wood]
Hello, Elder Smith.

-Hey, President Garff.
-[Garff] Welcome.

What an experience.

What troubles did you have getting out?

None, really. Uh, five taxis,
17 trains and a boat.

Easy as pie. Uh, what's your report?

Well, there are still

29 missionaries unaccounted for.

I'm so worried I can't stand it. [sighs]

They're barely adults.

How could this happen?

Sister Wood,

it will all work out.

The war will not begin
until those missionaries

have arrived on Danish soil.

[Evelyn] Are you saying
they'll hold up the whole war?

They'll wait until we get
all our missionaries out

before they start fighting?

I'm saying the war will not begin

until all of our elders
are out of Germany.

[bell tolling]

Yeah, well, I heard Hitler got
Mormon elders to teach basketball

to his teams to help them
in the '36 Olympics.

And then some of those elders went on
to become refs in the actual games.

What, you think that's baloney?

[sighs]

Am I the only one here with half a brain?

-You might be, elder.
-[chuckles]

Hey, pay attention.

We make it through
this checkpoint, we're home.

No funny business. Be respectful.

Those Nazis could land
all of us in jail if we botch this up.

You with me?

[train horn blares]

Elder Seibold, do you think we should

say a prayer before we do this?

[officer in German]
Anything to declare or money with you?

[woman]
I have nothing to declare.

[distant chatter]

[in English] Elder Anderson, go ahead.

Me?

Our Father which art in heaven…

…we thank Thee for bringing us this far.

Now we especially need Thy help.

[sentimental piano music]

This is scary, but

n-- not as scary as for those
who haven't made it this far.

We pray for all those good people who…

…haven't done anything wrong…

…who are innocent.

For the members who…

…have tried to do their best
and to follow Thee.

[muted]

And especially for the Jewish people,

who are having
such a tough time right now.

Please bless the innocent children

and those who can't defend
themselves against all this.

[muted]

In Jesus' name, amen.

[all]
Amen.

[in German]
What are you doing there? Pull apart!

Pull apart!

[in English]
There must be opposition in all things.

[dramatic tense music]

[officer 1 in German]
Where are you going to?

Where have you been before?

What is your home address?

-[in English] What are you doing?
-Nothing.

Don't make trouble.

Yes, Daddy.

[officer 1 in German]
Next!

[officer 2]
Do you have any weapons with you?

What's your name?

How many are you?

[latches closing]

Stop. Give me the camera.

[in English] How many?

How many what?

Click, click.

[stutters]

[in German] Thirteen.

Ah.

[stutters]

We hope you enjoyed our beautiful Germany.

Next!

[tense music]

-Is there a movie in there?
-Yes, just loaded.

It's a new film, there is nothing on it.

[muted]

I have been in Germany
only for a few months.

But you are welcome to look at the camera.

Thank you.

We will soon close the border to Denmark.

We don't know exactly when.

-Maybe tomorrow, but definitely soon.
-Thank you.

Next!

[in English] Welcome to Denmark, elders.
You'll hop the next train to Copenhagen.

I'll wire President Wood,
let him know you're here.

Elder, I just heard the Gestapo,

they're closing this border too.

We just made it.

You can't go back into Germany.
You probably won't get back out.

[in German] You must be insane.
Are you mom's darling?

Are you stupid?

Have you ever looked in the mirror to see
what you look like? You look like a rat.

[Duersch in English]
Elder.

Home.

[sentimental music]

There's still elders out there.

I feel it.

I'll go with you.

President Wood sent me to do this alone,
so that's what it'll be.

Elders…

…do what is right.

We'll save some sawdust bread
for when you get back.

We'll be seeing you, elder.

[Anderson]
See you soon, Elder Seibold.

[Leah]
Mama!

[indistinct chatter]

[in German] This is a miracle.

[tense music]

[clanking]

[indistinct chatter]

[in English]
This just came for you, President.

[sighs]

-Read it to me, elder.
-[sighs]

"Found six lost sheep.

More Garcias to find. Rowan."

Let me see that.

What kind of a message is that?

It's a message of hope.

-[dramatic music]
-[hissing]

[faint whistling "Do What Is Right"]

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

[whistling continues]

Here's the deal.
Train on track four is about to leave.

Get on the train, then open the envelope.
It will tell you what to do.

Go.

[train brakes squealing]

[indistinct chatter]

[muted]

[muted]

[in German] Attention! Everybody stand up!

Leave your seats to the soldiers!

Honor them for standing up for Germany.
All civilians stand!

Attention.

Stand up and leave your seats
to the soldiers!

All civilians stand!

[indistinct chatter]

[in English] English?

-American.
-[chuckles]

I have seen this before.

This is what happens before a war.

I lived through the last one.

I'm sure you'll be fine.

[suspenseful music]

I have a doctor friend who has made sure

that I won't have
to live through this one.

I have a black pill.

It can't be that bad.

[sighs]

[train chugging]

[inspirational music]

-[in German] Excuse me, please.
-Yes?

Is there a hotel nearby where you can eat?

All the inns are over there.

Thank you.

[people chattering]

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

[car horn honks]

[gentle piano music]

GREEN FROG TAVERN

Excuse me, please.

Alcohol?

In the tavern?

Yes, of course.

Fool.

[indistinct conversation]

[in English] Elder Seibold.

[chuckles] Wow.

We're out of money
and didn't know what to do.

Elders, you're in a pub.

I'm afraid you'll be sent home for this.

[all chuckle]

Say, how did you know we were in here?

Some things you just know.

[Smith]
This is all of them?

Yeah, we think so.

We better know so.

May I?

Wait, Elder Seibold, he hasn't arrived.

[train chugging]

[Wood]
He'll keep searching
till he's trapped himself.

[calm instrumental music]

[steam hissing]

[whistling "Do What Is Right"]

A CLOSER LOOK AT GERMANY 1937

[dramatic music]

STOP! NO BORDER CROSSING WITHOUT VISA

[dog panting]

[in German] Next!

Of all people.

Where do you go?

Copenhagen.

[tense music]

Already passed through once.

You travel back and forth
Germany and Denmark.

No.

[blows whistle]

Major, there's a smuggler here.
Arrest this dirty Mormon.

No, I only help missionaries
to get out of Germany.

And now you need help getting out.
That is, out of prison.

No, wait.

May I?

-[birds chirping]
-[bell tolling]

[in English]
He's, uh, probably on his way to…

I don't know exactly what…

-Oh. Uh, let us--
-[indistinct cheering and laughter]

What in tarnation is going on out there?

-[triumphant music]
-[cheering and laughter]

[man]
I can't believe you did it.

-Uh, let me call you back.
-Excuse me.

[cheering and laughter]

[indistinct conversation]

How'd you get out?

Keep this with you.

Welcome to Denmark, you dirty Mormon.

[laughs]

There's no getting rid of you.

[indistinct conversation]

[video recorder whirring]

[indistinct chatter]

[in German] Thank you.

[indistinct chatter]

-[in English] You did all right.
-Thanks, elder.

Well done, elder. Well done.

Thank you.

-Good job, spud.
-[Seibold] Thanks, tomato.

You got every one of them.
I knew you would, Rowan.

-Thank you.
-And now we can all go home.

Do we have to?

[cheering and laughter]

[instrumental music]

[music turns somber]

♪ It may not be on the mountain's height ♪

♪ Or over the stormy sea ♪

♪ It may not be ♪

♪ At the battle's front ♪

♪ My Lord will have need of me ♪

♪ But if by a still small voice
He calls… ♪

[instrumental music]

[music continues]

[muted]

[muted]

[music continues]

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[gentle instrumental music]

[dramatic music]

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[gentle piano music]

[instrumental music]

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