1 00:00:47,587 --> 00:00:49,630 THE TIN DRUM 2 00:02:12,549 --> 00:02:16,010 I'll begin long before I ever existed. 3 00:02:17,304 --> 00:02:21,265 When the time came for my poor mama to be born, 4 00:02:21,391 --> 00:02:24,810 my grandmother, Anna Bronski, 5 00:02:24,937 --> 00:02:29,523 a young and unsuspecting girl, sat in her four skirts 6 00:02:29,650 --> 00:02:32,194 at the edge of a potato field. 7 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,781 That was in 1899, 8 00:02:35,907 --> 00:02:38,533 in the heart of Kashubia. 9 00:02:40,245 --> 00:02:43,163 Something was moving on the horizon, 10 00:02:43,289 --> 00:02:45,499 as ifjumping about. 11 00:03:06,229 --> 00:03:07,229 I beg you! 12 00:03:48,022 --> 00:03:51,190 Anybody come this way? 13 00:03:51,317 --> 00:03:52,817 Name of Koljaiczek? 14 00:03:52,943 --> 00:03:54,027 A firebug. 15 00:03:54,153 --> 00:03:56,237 Short with broad shoulders. 16 00:03:56,906 --> 00:04:00,659 I saw him. Running like a bat out of hell. 17 00:04:00,785 --> 00:04:02,202 Which way? 18 00:04:09,627 --> 00:04:11,086 I don't believe it. 19 00:04:21,973 --> 00:04:23,098 He's gone. 20 00:04:23,224 --> 00:04:24,475 Must be in Bissau. 21 00:04:25,268 --> 00:04:26,352 If he's not here. 22 00:04:26,478 --> 00:04:27,603 Has to be one or the other. 23 00:04:27,729 --> 00:04:29,313 There's nowhere else. 24 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,193 And now it's raining. 25 00:05:26,164 --> 00:05:28,124 All right, Koljaiczek. 26 00:05:28,250 --> 00:05:29,417 My name is Joseph. 27 00:05:47,185 --> 00:05:50,104 My grandfather was an arsonist. 28 00:05:50,939 --> 00:05:53,190 A repeat arsonist, 29 00:05:53,316 --> 00:05:58,112 because in all of West Prussia, sawmills 30 00:05:58,238 --> 00:06:02,032 were the tinder for the blazing nationalism of the Poles. 31 00:06:05,162 --> 00:06:09,666 Joseph and Anna hid with the raftsmen 32 00:06:09,792 --> 00:06:12,252 for almost a year. 33 00:06:12,378 --> 00:06:15,338 That's how long it took the police 34 00:06:15,465 --> 00:06:19,551 to catch up with my grandfather. 35 00:06:22,930 --> 00:06:23,930 Run! 36 00:06:37,945 --> 00:06:40,322 Don't shoot him! 37 00:06:51,293 --> 00:06:53,878 After that dive, 38 00:06:54,004 --> 00:06:57,256 Koljaiczek was never seen again. 39 00:06:58,175 --> 00:07:01,010 Some say he drowned. 40 00:07:02,179 --> 00:07:03,429 Others say 41 00:07:03,555 --> 00:07:05,389 he escaped to America, 42 00:07:05,516 --> 00:07:07,308 where, in Chicago, 43 00:07:07,434 --> 00:07:09,852 under the name of Joe Colchic, 44 00:07:09,978 --> 00:07:12,188 he became a millionaire. 45 00:07:13,148 --> 00:07:16,317 They say he made his pile in lumber, 46 00:07:17,152 --> 00:07:19,654 in matches, 47 00:07:20,864 --> 00:07:25,409 and in fire insurance. 48 00:07:37,215 --> 00:07:39,132 As for my grandmother, 49 00:07:40,009 --> 00:07:44,137 she sat year after year in her four skirts, 50 00:07:44,264 --> 00:07:47,349 hawking her wares in the market. 51 00:07:49,477 --> 00:07:51,270 Geese! 52 00:07:51,396 --> 00:07:54,064 Not too fat and not too lean! 53 00:07:54,190 --> 00:07:56,024 And she grew older. 54 00:07:57,944 --> 00:07:59,820 The First World War came, 55 00:07:59,946 --> 00:08:03,865 and instead of geese, she had only turnips to sell. 56 00:08:17,256 --> 00:08:19,674 Turnips! 57 00:08:21,510 --> 00:08:24,721 My poor mama grew older too. 58 00:08:24,847 --> 00:08:28,224 She was worried about her cousin Jan. 59 00:08:29,643 --> 00:08:31,728 Jan had been called to war, 60 00:08:33,063 --> 00:08:34,647 but he wanted to be near her. 61 00:08:34,773 --> 00:08:37,191 - Name? - Bronski, Jan. 62 00:08:37,318 --> 00:08:39,527 - Year? - 1898. 63 00:08:40,571 --> 00:08:42,030 Cough. 64 00:08:42,740 --> 00:08:44,324 Again. 65 00:08:47,453 --> 00:08:49,037 Rejected! 66 00:08:52,833 --> 00:08:56,002 No ass, no neck, to the army I'm a wreck! 67 00:08:58,256 --> 00:09:00,466 For the first time, my mother 68 00:09:00,592 --> 00:09:03,677 held her cousin Jan in her arms, 69 00:09:03,803 --> 00:09:05,304 and I doubt 70 00:09:05,430 --> 00:09:09,516 if they ever embraced more happily. 71 00:09:13,146 --> 00:09:16,899 This young wartime romance was untroubled 72 00:09:17,025 --> 00:09:21,904 until the appearance of Mr. Alfred Matzerath, born in the Rhineland. 73 00:09:22,030 --> 00:09:25,824 At the Silberhammer Hospital, 74 00:09:25,950 --> 00:09:28,661 he was the favourite of all the nurses. 75 00:09:30,038 --> 00:09:31,497 What did she say? 76 00:09:32,457 --> 00:09:36,001 She said you're a born cook, Mr. Matzerath. 77 00:09:36,127 --> 00:09:38,545 You know how to turn feelings into soup. 78 00:09:56,732 --> 00:10:00,610 The war had spent itself. 79 00:10:00,736 --> 00:10:03,279 Danzig was declared a Free State. 80 00:10:03,989 --> 00:10:07,075 The Poles were given their own post office, 81 00:10:07,201 --> 00:10:10,912 where stamp collector Jan Bronski went to work. 82 00:10:11,038 --> 00:10:13,331 Alfred Matzerath also stayed in Danzig. 83 00:10:17,044 --> 00:10:20,213 We Kashubians have always been here. 84 00:10:21,257 --> 00:10:23,216 Long before the Poles, 85 00:10:23,342 --> 00:10:25,720 and, naturally, long before the Germans. 86 00:10:25,846 --> 00:10:28,431 That's old news, Jan. Now we've got peace. 87 00:10:28,557 --> 00:10:30,433 Germans, Poles, Kashubians, 88 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:32,351 we'll all live together in peace. 89 00:10:36,565 --> 00:10:38,315 I don't know. 90 00:10:39,526 --> 00:10:41,277 Well, you'll see. 91 00:10:50,036 --> 00:10:51,912 The two men, so different 92 00:10:52,038 --> 00:10:54,915 despite their similar feelings for Mama, 93 00:10:55,041 --> 00:10:57,126 liked each other, 94 00:10:57,252 --> 00:10:59,503 and from that trinity 95 00:10:59,629 --> 00:11:03,174 they brought me, Oskar, into the world. 96 00:11:05,927 --> 00:11:08,388 The Sun was in the sign of Virgo. 97 00:11:09,265 --> 00:11:13,310 Neptune moved into the tenth house of middle life, 98 00:11:13,436 --> 00:11:17,230 anchoring Oskar somewhere between wonder and illusion. 99 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:50,681 Push! 100 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,145 Push, Agnes, push! 101 00:12:04,029 --> 00:12:06,072 It's coming! 102 00:12:06,198 --> 00:12:08,491 I first saw the light of this world 103 00:12:08,617 --> 00:12:11,744 in the form of a 60-watt bulb. 104 00:12:12,788 --> 00:12:14,622 Alfred! 105 00:12:14,748 --> 00:12:16,165 It's a boy! 106 00:12:25,259 --> 00:12:27,343 I knew it would be a boy, 107 00:12:28,554 --> 00:12:31,347 even if I sometimes said it would be a girl. 108 00:12:36,271 --> 00:12:37,646 Not so hot. 109 00:12:37,772 --> 00:12:41,733 Crying and impersonating a meat-coloured baby, 110 00:12:41,860 --> 00:12:45,404 I listened keenly and with a critical ear 111 00:12:45,530 --> 00:12:47,906 to my parents' first spontaneous reactions. 112 00:12:48,032 --> 00:12:49,533 He'll take over the business. 113 00:12:50,326 --> 00:12:52,995 Now we know what we're slaving for. 114 00:12:53,872 --> 00:12:56,665 When little Oskar is three years old, 115 00:12:56,791 --> 00:12:59,126 he shall have a tin drum. 116 00:12:59,252 --> 00:13:02,796 Only the prospect of the tin drum 117 00:13:02,922 --> 00:13:05,257 prevented me from expressing 118 00:13:05,383 --> 00:13:09,469 more forcefully my desire to return to the womb. 119 00:13:10,346 --> 00:13:13,140 Besides, my umbilical cord had been cut. 120 00:13:13,266 --> 00:13:15,642 There was nothing more to be done. 121 00:13:30,618 --> 00:13:34,996 And so it was that I could hardly wait till my third birthday. 122 00:14:09,658 --> 00:14:12,159 Oh, it's little Oskar. 123 00:14:12,285 --> 00:14:14,828 Want some more cake? 124 00:14:14,955 --> 00:14:17,331 Your mouth's filthy. 125 00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:20,584 Another sip, Grandma? 126 00:14:40,772 --> 00:14:42,857 We must learn to respect our own body. 127 00:14:44,527 --> 00:14:45,902 Alex! 128 00:14:46,696 --> 00:14:50,407 The main thing is a stable currency. 129 00:14:50,533 --> 00:14:53,284 And plenty to drink! 130 00:14:53,411 --> 00:14:57,330 So here's to the stable mark and the three-pfennig roll! 131 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,211 To youth! 132 00:15:03,337 --> 00:15:04,879 And beauty! 133 00:15:06,966 --> 00:15:08,675 May I call you Gretchen? 134 00:15:09,802 --> 00:15:11,386 Then I'll call her Lina. 135 00:15:12,513 --> 00:15:16,516 We won't be so young when next we meet! 136 00:16:34,138 --> 00:16:35,764 September 12, 137 00:16:37,266 --> 00:16:40,185 1927. 138 00:16:40,311 --> 00:16:42,020 Next year, you'll be this big, 139 00:16:42,146 --> 00:16:44,815 and then this big, and then this big, 140 00:16:44,941 --> 00:16:46,316 and then as big as me. 141 00:16:49,028 --> 00:16:50,403 Fresh from the cellar. 142 00:16:50,530 --> 00:16:52,281 Here are the glasses. 143 00:17:00,749 --> 00:17:02,917 Playing, Mr. Scheffler? 144 00:17:04,753 --> 00:17:06,879 Go ahead. I'll just watch. 145 00:17:07,798 --> 00:17:09,382 Besides, it's my bedtime. 146 00:17:09,508 --> 00:17:10,675 He's always tired. 147 00:17:10,801 --> 00:17:13,511 You shouldn't have married a baker. 148 00:17:27,151 --> 00:17:31,946 It's been a long time since Grandma let anyone under her skirts. 149 00:17:34,826 --> 00:17:36,994 I don't understand this game. 150 00:17:39,330 --> 00:17:41,248 Let's see where the jacks are. 151 00:17:56,472 --> 00:17:59,099 Hey, cousin, you're out of diamonds! 152 00:17:59,893 --> 00:18:02,603 Don't argue. Play. 153 00:18:10,278 --> 00:18:12,154 I have two diamonds myself. 154 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:13,739 How would I know? 155 00:18:17,786 --> 00:18:19,495 That day, 156 00:18:19,622 --> 00:18:22,040 reflecting on the grown-up world 157 00:18:22,166 --> 00:18:26,169 and my own future, 158 00:18:26,295 --> 00:18:28,838 I decided to call a halt, 159 00:18:28,964 --> 00:18:32,842 to stop growing then and there 160 00:18:32,968 --> 00:18:35,303 and remain a three-year-old, 161 00:18:35,429 --> 00:18:37,764 a gnome, once and for all! 162 00:19:15,971 --> 00:19:18,055 One, two, three... 163 00:20:15,656 --> 00:20:17,866 My God, there he is. 164 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:22,996 He fell down the stairs! 165 00:20:28,754 --> 00:20:30,755 Why was the cellar door open? 166 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:35,217 Alfred, it's your fault! You left the cellar door open! 167 00:20:35,344 --> 00:20:38,262 I was just getting beer for everyone! 168 00:20:43,935 --> 00:20:46,062 Run and get the doctor. 169 00:20:49,483 --> 00:20:51,108 You! It's your fault! 170 00:20:51,234 --> 00:20:54,236 You left the cellar door open! 171 00:20:54,363 --> 00:20:55,863 Stop! 172 00:21:05,874 --> 00:21:07,166 Calm down! 173 00:21:10,588 --> 00:21:12,130 My little Oskar... 174 00:21:15,385 --> 00:21:17,552 How could this have happened? 175 00:21:25,937 --> 00:21:30,232 Two weeks in bed and Oskar will be as good as new. 176 00:21:33,361 --> 00:21:36,363 Just a slight concussion. 177 00:21:36,489 --> 00:21:38,073 Plenty of compresses. 178 00:21:38,199 --> 00:21:41,451 My fall was a complete success. 179 00:21:42,203 --> 00:21:43,537 The family story was: 180 00:21:43,663 --> 00:21:45,789 On his third birthday, 181 00:21:45,915 --> 00:21:49,126 our little Oskar fell down the cellar stairs. 182 00:21:49,252 --> 00:21:51,086 He didn't break any bones, 183 00:21:51,212 --> 00:21:53,172 but he never grew again after that, 184 00:21:53,298 --> 00:21:55,424 not a fraction of an inch. 185 00:21:57,886 --> 00:22:00,930 That drum again. 186 00:22:07,020 --> 00:22:10,731 There's my little Oskar, all well again. 187 00:22:12,109 --> 00:22:13,442 Morning! 188 00:22:41,139 --> 00:22:44,224 It's Poland's very first stamp, 189 00:22:44,350 --> 00:22:46,059 over 100 years old. 190 00:22:46,186 --> 00:22:48,437 Lunch time! 191 00:22:50,815 --> 00:22:53,192 I have to go. 192 00:22:54,903 --> 00:22:57,654 Stay, he's cooked mushrooms. 193 00:22:57,780 --> 00:23:00,949 I'm on duty at the post office. 194 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:04,453 Not in the house, I said. 195 00:23:04,579 --> 00:23:06,830 Besides, it's broken. You'll hurt yourself. 196 00:23:06,956 --> 00:23:08,373 You staying for lunch? 197 00:23:08,499 --> 00:23:09,625 Post office time. 198 00:23:09,751 --> 00:23:11,335 Let me have that. 199 00:23:11,461 --> 00:23:13,795 If you hurt yourself, it will be my fault again. 200 00:23:15,465 --> 00:23:17,674 See? I told you so. 201 00:23:21,138 --> 00:23:23,973 Give me that drum and I'll give you some chocolate. 202 00:23:25,184 --> 00:23:28,228 Let them have it. I'll get you a new one. 203 00:23:28,354 --> 00:23:30,188 No! Oskar don't want! 204 00:23:30,314 --> 00:23:31,731 We'll see about that. 205 00:23:32,358 --> 00:23:34,317 Alfred, why must you always use force? 206 00:23:35,277 --> 00:23:36,861 My drum! 207 00:23:53,504 --> 00:23:56,839 And thus I discovered that my voice 208 00:23:56,966 --> 00:24:02,638 was capable of a scream so high-pitched 209 00:24:02,764 --> 00:24:07,476 that no one dared take my drum away. 210 00:24:08,728 --> 00:24:10,604 Shards bring luck. 211 00:24:10,730 --> 00:24:14,066 Because when my drum was taken away, 212 00:24:14,192 --> 00:24:15,567 I screamed, 213 00:24:15,694 --> 00:24:17,528 and when I screamed, 214 00:24:17,654 --> 00:24:20,572 valuable articles burst into bits. 215 00:24:51,272 --> 00:24:54,899 Is the black witch here today? 216 00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:57,319 No, no, no! 217 00:24:57,445 --> 00:25:00,238 She will make an evil brew 218 00:25:00,364 --> 00:25:03,658 She will put you in her stew 219 00:25:03,784 --> 00:25:06,578 And then she will devour you 220 00:25:06,704 --> 00:25:09,247 Look, there she is! 221 00:25:17,298 --> 00:25:19,049 Things'll change around here! 222 00:25:19,175 --> 00:25:21,509 Beat it, damn kids! I'm coming down! 223 00:25:52,334 --> 00:25:56,670 O glorious call of the sun... 224 00:26:18,820 --> 00:26:20,195 I'll take that one. 225 00:26:23,825 --> 00:26:28,078 Look, if you please, at this extraordinary potato. 226 00:26:28,204 --> 00:26:31,581 This tumescent, luxuriant flesh, 227 00:26:31,707 --> 00:26:35,669 forever conceiving new shapes... 228 00:26:35,795 --> 00:26:38,338 and yet so chaste. 229 00:26:39,340 --> 00:26:40,715 I love the potato 230 00:26:40,842 --> 00:26:43,218 because it speaks to me. 231 00:26:43,344 --> 00:26:47,639 Yes, spuds are bigger this year than last. 232 00:26:48,558 --> 00:26:49,975 What are you doing? 233 00:26:51,436 --> 00:26:53,813 Oskar learn to write. 234 00:26:53,939 --> 00:26:58,818 Forget it. You'll never learn to read and write. 235 00:26:58,944 --> 00:27:00,903 The great classics, 236 00:27:01,029 --> 00:27:03,156 the eternal truths, 237 00:27:03,282 --> 00:27:05,074 die unto life! 238 00:27:22,217 --> 00:27:25,553 Hold it. Now I've got all of you. 239 00:27:27,514 --> 00:27:31,350 For you on your first day of school. 240 00:27:31,477 --> 00:27:33,102 Eyes this way, please. 241 00:27:43,198 --> 00:27:47,159 My name is Spollenhauer, and I am your teacher. 242 00:27:49,162 --> 00:27:52,581 And now, dear children, do any of you know a song? 243 00:27:56,336 --> 00:27:58,378 You must be little Oskar. 244 00:27:58,505 --> 00:28:00,589 We've heard so much about you. 245 00:28:00,715 --> 00:28:02,466 You play that so well. 246 00:28:02,592 --> 00:28:05,469 Isn't our Oskar a fine drummer? 247 00:28:07,931 --> 00:28:10,807 But now let's put the drum away. 248 00:28:10,934 --> 00:28:13,560 It must be sleepy. 249 00:28:14,854 --> 00:28:18,106 After school, you can have it back again. 250 00:28:22,780 --> 00:28:24,697 You're a naughty Oskar. 251 00:28:27,993 --> 00:28:30,954 I will now read you the schedule. 252 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:35,291 Monday: Writing, arithmetic, reading, 253 00:28:35,417 --> 00:28:37,210 religion. 254 00:28:37,336 --> 00:28:40,129 All together: Writing, 255 00:28:41,257 --> 00:28:42,674 arithmetic. 256 00:28:43,842 --> 00:28:45,593 Oskar, stop that! 257 00:28:46,512 --> 00:28:49,180 Religion. 258 00:28:57,606 --> 00:28:59,899 - Miss Spollenhauer. - Oskar! 259 00:29:09,995 --> 00:29:12,705 - Miss... Miss Spollenhauer... - Get out! 260 00:29:17,627 --> 00:29:19,378 Strange. 261 00:29:19,504 --> 00:29:21,255 Very strange. 262 00:29:21,381 --> 00:29:23,757 How old is he, did you say? 263 00:29:23,883 --> 00:29:25,342 Six, Doctor. 264 00:29:25,468 --> 00:29:28,345 Inge, kindly undress Oskar. 265 00:29:28,471 --> 00:29:32,099 How long is it since he fell down the stairs? 266 00:29:32,225 --> 00:29:34,768 Three years on September 12. 267 00:29:34,894 --> 00:29:37,271 We'd better examine his spine again. 268 00:29:37,397 --> 00:29:39,231 Be a good boy. 269 00:29:39,357 --> 00:29:41,317 I'll give it right back. 270 00:29:42,193 --> 00:29:44,612 Oskar, give me your drum. I'll hold it. 271 00:29:44,738 --> 00:29:48,074 See, you can't get out of your shirt. 272 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,076 Oskar, if you're not good, 273 00:29:50,202 --> 00:29:52,579 the doctor won't make you well. 274 00:29:52,705 --> 00:29:56,499 Come, child. Give me the drum. 275 00:30:25,488 --> 00:30:27,072 Amazing. 276 00:30:34,206 --> 00:30:36,040 I shall write a paper 277 00:30:36,166 --> 00:30:40,336 about this for one of our medical journals, 278 00:30:40,462 --> 00:30:42,630 if you have no objection. 279 00:30:45,676 --> 00:30:47,009 Amazing. 280 00:30:56,353 --> 00:31:00,564 "The destructive force of this local phenomenon 281 00:31:00,691 --> 00:31:03,943 "is such as to suggest 282 00:31:04,069 --> 00:31:08,989 "an anomalous formation of the lower larynx 283 00:31:09,116 --> 00:31:12,911 "in little Oskar Matzerath. 284 00:31:13,788 --> 00:31:18,583 "Nor can we exclude the hypothesis 285 00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:22,796 "of a concomitant development of the vocal cords." 286 00:31:22,922 --> 00:31:26,049 Did you hear that? In a medical journal. 287 00:31:26,175 --> 00:31:28,802 Does the doctor say why he won't grow? 288 00:31:29,846 --> 00:31:31,888 You'll have to ask him that. 289 00:31:32,974 --> 00:31:34,474 Why he won't grow! 290 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,393 Cut it out. 291 00:31:37,353 --> 00:31:38,812 He's yours as much as mine. 292 00:31:39,605 --> 00:31:40,981 If not more. 293 00:31:41,107 --> 00:31:43,442 Who left the cellar door open, you or me? 294 00:31:47,947 --> 00:31:51,450 A, B, C, D, E, 295 00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:54,369 I'm a little headachy. 296 00:31:54,495 --> 00:31:57,498 F, G, H, I, J, K, 297 00:31:57,624 --> 00:32:00,168 what will the doctor say? 298 00:32:00,294 --> 00:32:03,087 L, M, N, O, 299 00:32:03,213 --> 00:32:05,590 I'm ready to go. 300 00:32:07,593 --> 00:32:10,428 P, Q, R, S, T, 301 00:32:10,554 --> 00:32:12,805 feeling quite feisty. 302 00:32:13,891 --> 00:32:16,684 U, V, W, X, 303 00:32:16,810 --> 00:32:18,895 troubles will be axed. 304 00:32:19,855 --> 00:32:21,731 Y and Z, 305 00:32:21,857 --> 00:32:24,358 I'm off to bed! 306 00:32:26,570 --> 00:32:29,447 You're not listening, Oskar! 307 00:32:31,033 --> 00:32:33,242 Again. 308 00:32:34,077 --> 00:32:37,121 A, B, C, D, E, 309 00:32:37,247 --> 00:32:39,917 I'm a little headachy. 310 00:32:40,043 --> 00:32:43,045 F, G, H, I, J, K, 311 00:32:43,171 --> 00:32:44,463 what will... 312 00:32:46,174 --> 00:32:48,300 Oskar read! 313 00:32:48,426 --> 00:32:50,052 This isn't for you. 314 00:32:50,970 --> 00:32:51,970 Rasputin... 315 00:32:52,096 --> 00:32:55,057 Rashu, Rashu, Rapupin. 316 00:32:55,183 --> 00:32:56,642 O-skar. 317 00:32:57,310 --> 00:32:58,685 No: 318 00:32:58,812 --> 00:33:00,479 O-rgy. 319 00:33:00,605 --> 00:33:02,940 Orgy! Oskar read! 320 00:33:21,335 --> 00:33:24,754 "All within me, said Rasputin, 321 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:27,298 "is pure light 322 00:33:27,424 --> 00:33:29,884 "which will cleanse your sins. 323 00:33:30,010 --> 00:33:31,594 "Not surprisingly, 324 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:35,348 "the ladies of the Court flung themselves at the prophet." 325 00:33:36,517 --> 00:33:39,519 - Rasputin was... - Is he making progress? 326 00:33:43,774 --> 00:33:45,650 What? You're reading Rasputin? 327 00:33:48,946 --> 00:33:51,030 No danger he'll understand? 328 00:33:54,952 --> 00:33:58,496 I'm trying hard but he learns nothing. 329 00:33:59,790 --> 00:34:01,374 Where are you up to? 330 00:34:02,710 --> 00:34:06,088 "The Gorokhova Street drawing room... 331 00:34:08,091 --> 00:34:12,636 "Rasputin was alone with Irina and the Grand Duchess, 332 00:34:12,762 --> 00:34:14,889 "who smiled faintly. 333 00:34:15,015 --> 00:34:18,142 "A holy man is in our midst, she whispered, 334 00:34:18,268 --> 00:34:22,938 "staring dreamily..." 335 00:34:24,482 --> 00:34:27,735 "They were drawn into loving caresses. 336 00:34:30,864 --> 00:34:34,992 "He ignited their kisses. 337 00:34:36,119 --> 00:34:41,081 "The prophet's burning eyes bewitched them all. 338 00:34:41,917 --> 00:34:45,169 "Soon they collapsed upon his chest." 339 00:34:46,379 --> 00:34:48,089 Have mercy! 340 00:34:50,801 --> 00:34:54,137 "His black beard grazed her breasts. 341 00:34:55,514 --> 00:34:59,935 "Voluptuous bodies sprawled over the holy man..." 342 00:35:04,815 --> 00:35:06,983 You might wonder: 343 00:35:07,109 --> 00:35:09,819 To what shoddy background 344 00:35:09,946 --> 00:35:13,531 did this young man owe his upbringing? 345 00:35:14,450 --> 00:35:18,036 But while my poor mama and Gretchen Scheffler 346 00:35:18,162 --> 00:35:20,121 couldn't get enough of Rasputin, 347 00:35:20,247 --> 00:35:24,834 I discovered Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 348 00:35:24,961 --> 00:35:26,920 Elective Affinities. 349 00:35:28,005 --> 00:35:32,885 And thus I grew, not in size but in spirit, 350 00:35:33,011 --> 00:35:36,639 torn between Rasputin and Goethe 351 00:35:36,765 --> 00:35:40,434 to the point of merging the two books, 352 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:46,023 following demonic passages with more enlightened ones, 353 00:35:46,149 --> 00:35:47,942 just like in real life. 354 00:36:03,250 --> 00:36:06,711 Uncle Heilandt, come spit in the soup. 355 00:36:06,837 --> 00:36:09,505 Look what I found in the pond! 356 00:36:09,631 --> 00:36:11,132 Two frogs! 357 00:36:31,154 --> 00:36:34,031 They're still alive! 358 00:36:38,661 --> 00:36:40,912 Make Oskar taste the soup! 359 00:37:08,025 --> 00:37:09,692 Now it's your turn. 360 00:37:09,818 --> 00:37:11,778 You'll love it. 361 00:37:13,822 --> 00:37:15,406 Open your mouth. 362 00:37:20,454 --> 00:37:22,163 Good, huh? 363 00:37:58,034 --> 00:38:02,037 My street and its backyards hemmed me in. 364 00:38:02,163 --> 00:38:04,665 I longed for space 365 00:38:04,791 --> 00:38:07,042 and took every opportunity 366 00:38:07,168 --> 00:38:10,003 to escape the persecution by the soup cooks 367 00:38:10,130 --> 00:38:13,298 by going into town 368 00:38:13,424 --> 00:38:16,343 alone or with Mama. 369 00:39:15,197 --> 00:39:17,698 Your drum's busted? 370 00:39:17,824 --> 00:39:20,117 Want me to mend it? 371 00:39:21,244 --> 00:39:23,621 No, he's getting a new one. 372 00:39:25,916 --> 00:39:27,416 My respects. 373 00:39:34,716 --> 00:39:36,258 Hello, Uncle Jan. 374 00:40:02,411 --> 00:40:03,912 I must leave you now. 375 00:40:05,081 --> 00:40:07,165 I have a few errands to run. 376 00:40:10,711 --> 00:40:13,421 This is for your drum, Oskar. 377 00:40:13,547 --> 00:40:14,631 Is it enough? 378 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,317 Good day, Mr. Markus. 379 00:40:33,443 --> 00:40:35,319 Who do we have here? Mrs. Matzerath. 380 00:40:35,445 --> 00:40:38,489 And little Oskar. Here for a new drum? 381 00:40:38,615 --> 00:40:40,741 Yes, Mr. Markus. Again. 382 00:40:40,867 --> 00:40:42,660 He's always at it. 383 00:40:42,786 --> 00:40:46,038 I never know what day of the week it is, 384 00:40:46,164 --> 00:40:48,749 except when you come in. 385 00:40:48,875 --> 00:40:52,044 Then something tells me it must be Thursday again. 386 00:40:53,213 --> 00:40:55,673 You have such beautiful hands. 387 00:40:55,799 --> 00:40:58,384 Worth their weight in gold. 388 00:40:59,886 --> 00:41:02,805 See that box? Hand it to me. 389 00:41:05,559 --> 00:41:09,520 Look here, Mrs. Agnes. Beautiful silk stockings. 390 00:41:09,646 --> 00:41:10,980 Pure silk. 391 00:41:11,106 --> 00:41:12,898 Fine quality. 392 00:41:13,567 --> 00:41:16,653 One, two, three pairs for you. 393 00:41:16,779 --> 00:41:19,072 They'll suit you fine, it's a bargain. 394 00:41:19,198 --> 00:41:20,991 Much too expensive for me. 395 00:41:21,117 --> 00:41:22,868 They're worth it. 396 00:41:22,994 --> 00:41:24,077 Maybe another time. 397 00:41:24,203 --> 00:41:27,372 I'll let them go for half a gulden. 398 00:41:28,166 --> 00:41:29,374 That cheap? 399 00:41:30,668 --> 00:41:32,961 No, Markus, that's giving them away. 400 00:41:33,087 --> 00:41:35,881 Take them, and don't ask questions. 401 00:41:36,007 --> 00:41:37,758 And now, Oskar, 402 00:41:37,884 --> 00:41:40,719 what can I do for the little prince? 403 00:41:42,013 --> 00:41:43,805 Oh, is it a new drum we need? 404 00:41:44,390 --> 00:41:48,018 Just choose one. You know where they are! 405 00:41:48,853 --> 00:41:50,103 See, Oskar? 406 00:41:50,855 --> 00:41:52,314 He's so happy. 407 00:41:54,734 --> 00:41:57,653 Mr. Markus, could little Oskar 408 00:41:57,780 --> 00:41:59,947 stay with you for half an hour? 409 00:42:01,575 --> 00:42:03,785 I have some important errands. 410 00:42:03,911 --> 00:42:06,746 I'll watch him like the apple of my eye. 411 00:42:06,872 --> 00:42:10,291 See to your important errands, and don't worry. 412 00:42:10,417 --> 00:42:12,710 The little prince will stay with me 413 00:42:13,796 --> 00:42:16,839 while you take care of your important errands, 414 00:42:16,965 --> 00:42:19,300 just like every Thursday. 415 00:47:28,701 --> 00:47:30,284 We're closing off the street! 416 00:47:56,354 --> 00:48:00,315 Danzig is and always has been German. 417 00:48:02,110 --> 00:48:04,862 The Corridor is and always has been German. 418 00:48:06,030 --> 00:48:08,365 All these territories owe 419 00:48:09,868 --> 00:48:12,745 their cultural development 420 00:48:12,871 --> 00:48:15,164 exclusively to the German people. 421 00:48:16,666 --> 00:48:18,417 If not for the German people, 422 00:48:19,335 --> 00:48:22,838 these eastern territories would have succumbed to barbarism. 423 00:48:35,186 --> 00:48:37,145 Have a nice stroll? 424 00:48:45,821 --> 00:48:49,199 Everyone can hear the Führer but us! 425 00:49:07,259 --> 00:49:08,302 What's wrong with you? 426 00:49:08,428 --> 00:49:11,263 I suffer from an illness. 427 00:49:11,389 --> 00:49:13,140 What is it? 428 00:49:14,017 --> 00:49:17,269 I've gone bird-brained! 429 00:49:36,706 --> 00:49:38,707 And now, ladies and gentlemen, 430 00:49:38,834 --> 00:49:41,168 the smallest of the small: 431 00:49:41,294 --> 00:49:44,171 Bebra and his midgets! 432 00:51:52,178 --> 00:51:53,595 My word! 433 00:51:55,348 --> 00:51:58,642 Now it's three-year-olds who choose to stop growing. 434 00:52:00,938 --> 00:52:02,772 My name is Bebra. 435 00:52:05,442 --> 00:52:09,362 Directly descended from Prince Eugene... 436 00:52:10,906 --> 00:52:15,243 whose father was Louis XIV, 437 00:52:15,369 --> 00:52:18,246 and not some Savoyard, as has been claimed. 438 00:52:19,665 --> 00:52:22,375 On my tenth birthday, 439 00:52:22,501 --> 00:52:24,502 I stopped my growth. 440 00:52:26,046 --> 00:52:27,338 Better late 441 00:52:27,965 --> 00:52:29,424 than never. 442 00:52:33,262 --> 00:52:34,762 Tell me, my dear Oskar, 443 00:52:34,888 --> 00:52:37,348 you must be 14 or 15 now. 444 00:52:37,474 --> 00:52:39,100 Twelve and a half. 445 00:52:39,226 --> 00:52:40,727 No! 446 00:52:40,853 --> 00:52:42,646 And how old do you think I am? 447 00:52:44,941 --> 00:52:46,859 Thirty-five. 448 00:52:47,986 --> 00:52:50,320 Flatterer! 449 00:52:50,447 --> 00:52:53,157 I was 35 once. 450 00:52:53,283 --> 00:52:57,494 I shall be 53 in August. 451 00:52:57,620 --> 00:52:59,413 I could be your grandfather. 452 00:53:00,540 --> 00:53:04,835 - Are you an artist too? - Not really. Although... 453 00:53:15,847 --> 00:53:19,099 ...as you see, I can lay claim to a certain artistry. 454 00:53:25,023 --> 00:53:27,776 You must join us. You must! 455 00:53:29,028 --> 00:53:30,612 You know, Mr. Bebra... 456 00:53:35,910 --> 00:53:37,660 ...to tell the truth, 457 00:53:37,787 --> 00:53:41,039 I prefer to be a member of the audience 458 00:53:41,165 --> 00:53:44,584 and let my little art flower in secret. 459 00:53:45,503 --> 00:53:47,087 My dear Oskar, 460 00:53:48,172 --> 00:53:51,257 trust an experienced colleague. 461 00:53:51,383 --> 00:53:54,636 Our kind must never sit in the audience. 462 00:53:54,762 --> 00:53:56,846 Our kind must perform 463 00:53:56,972 --> 00:53:58,264 and run the show, 464 00:53:58,390 --> 00:54:00,391 or it's the others that will run us. 465 00:54:02,561 --> 00:54:04,813 And the others are coming. 466 00:54:04,939 --> 00:54:07,107 They will take over the fairgrounds. 467 00:54:07,233 --> 00:54:10,861 They will stage torchlight parades. They will build platforms 468 00:54:10,987 --> 00:54:12,571 and fill them, 469 00:54:12,697 --> 00:54:16,408 and from those platforms preach our destruction. 470 00:54:22,457 --> 00:54:26,293 They're looking for you, dear friend. But we will meet again. 471 00:54:26,419 --> 00:54:29,380 We're too little to lose each other. 472 00:54:59,537 --> 00:55:01,288 They are coming! 473 00:55:31,777 --> 00:55:33,403 A radio! 474 00:56:00,515 --> 00:56:01,933 Thank you, Uncle Jan. 475 00:56:05,646 --> 00:56:07,897 These damn leggings keep falling down! 476 00:56:08,023 --> 00:56:10,524 - Good morning, cousin. - Good morning, Alfred. 477 00:56:10,651 --> 00:56:12,318 I need boots. 478 00:56:12,444 --> 00:56:14,111 You know they cost way too much. 479 00:56:14,238 --> 00:56:16,113 Or leather gaiters at least. 480 00:56:17,366 --> 00:56:18,992 How do I look? 481 00:56:20,870 --> 00:56:22,371 Going to the demonstration? 482 00:56:22,997 --> 00:56:24,498 At the fairground. 483 00:56:25,291 --> 00:56:27,000 A mass rally. 484 00:56:31,714 --> 00:56:34,383 Gauleiter Löbsack is speaking. 485 00:56:35,343 --> 00:56:37,010 And what a speaker he is. 486 00:56:38,137 --> 00:56:42,599 I tell you, these are historic days. 487 00:56:43,518 --> 00:56:46,353 A man can't stand aside. Gotta join in. 488 00:56:49,565 --> 00:56:52,359 You should read the Danzig Sentinel. 489 00:56:53,319 --> 00:56:56,029 Your siding with Poland is crazy. 490 00:56:56,155 --> 00:56:58,156 I've told you a thousand times. 491 00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:01,119 I am a Pole. 492 00:57:01,245 --> 00:57:02,787 Think it over. 493 00:57:03,706 --> 00:57:05,581 Take your umbrella. It looks like rain. 494 00:57:05,708 --> 00:57:08,876 An umbrella? With this uniform? 495 00:57:10,629 --> 00:57:13,840 The stew is on. Stir it now and then. 496 00:57:13,966 --> 00:57:15,466 It'll be done in 20 minutes. 497 00:57:15,592 --> 00:57:18,219 - Want a bite to eat before you go? - No time. 498 00:57:18,345 --> 00:57:21,639 Duty is duty, and schnapps is schnapps. 499 00:58:02,849 --> 00:58:04,141 Blue! 500 00:58:07,729 --> 00:58:09,480 Blue eyes! 501 00:58:10,357 --> 00:58:11,815 Oskar too. 502 00:58:13,109 --> 00:58:15,069 The Bronski family blue eyes! 503 00:58:15,945 --> 00:58:17,696 We share them, both of us... 504 00:58:20,825 --> 00:58:22,743 Jan, stop! 505 00:58:26,456 --> 00:58:28,083 I can no longer bear 506 00:58:29,251 --> 00:58:32,253 that he doesn't know. 507 00:58:40,805 --> 00:58:45,850 My dear fellow countrymen and countrywomen 508 00:58:45,976 --> 00:58:50,188 from Danzig and Langfuhr, 509 00:58:50,314 --> 00:58:54,317 from Ohra, Schiedlitz and Praust, 510 00:58:55,194 --> 00:58:59,572 from the hills and from the lowlands, 511 00:58:59,698 --> 00:59:02,450 I know that you all 512 00:59:03,369 --> 00:59:07,872 cherish but one wish. 513 00:59:07,998 --> 00:59:10,543 It has been our heartfelt wish 514 00:59:12,003 --> 00:59:15,256 ever since the shameful Versailles Diktat 515 00:59:15,382 --> 00:59:19,885 separated us from our beloved German fatherland. 516 00:59:20,679 --> 00:59:25,057 And that wish is to go home to the Reich! 517 00:59:34,901 --> 00:59:39,113 What is the meaning of this Free State 518 00:59:40,157 --> 00:59:43,075 that was so generously foisted on us? 519 00:59:45,454 --> 00:59:49,165 It means that our waterfront 520 00:59:49,291 --> 00:59:51,667 is crawling with Polacks. 521 00:59:51,793 --> 00:59:54,754 And in the middle of our beloved Old City, 522 00:59:54,881 --> 00:59:58,550 they've stuck a Polish post office, 523 00:59:58,676 --> 01:00:00,927 a present we can do without! 524 01:00:06,726 --> 01:00:08,852 We Germans 525 01:00:08,978 --> 01:00:11,021 had post offices 526 01:00:11,147 --> 01:00:16,443 before the Poles even thought of writing letters! 527 01:00:17,403 --> 01:00:19,779 We taught them the alphabet! 528 01:00:21,991 --> 01:00:25,285 And now, dear party comrades, 529 01:00:25,411 --> 01:00:27,954 let us welcome our guest from the Reich 530 01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:31,166 whom the Führer sent to greet us. 531 01:00:32,251 --> 01:00:38,758 Party comrade Albert Forster has just arrived on the field! 532 01:05:40,025 --> 01:05:43,528 Hey, can you catch them with a clothesline? 533 01:05:45,197 --> 01:05:46,614 Sure you can. 534 01:05:46,740 --> 01:05:49,408 Real fish, orjust old shoes? 535 01:05:49,535 --> 01:05:52,703 Suppose we take a look. 536 01:05:53,747 --> 01:05:55,581 Maybe something's there. 537 01:06:14,560 --> 01:06:16,519 Get the sack. 538 01:06:49,470 --> 01:06:51,805 You think they're fat? 539 01:06:53,391 --> 01:06:55,058 You should have seen them 540 01:06:55,184 --> 01:06:58,520 after the battle of Jutland, 541 01:06:59,480 --> 01:07:03,401 when we and the English... See what I mean? 542 01:07:04,153 --> 01:07:06,487 "Proudly flies the Banner 543 01:07:06,614 --> 01:07:08,406 "Black-White-Red..." 544 01:07:08,532 --> 01:07:09,866 Get it? 545 01:07:10,576 --> 01:07:12,493 After the battle... 546 01:07:17,333 --> 01:07:19,918 they were this thick, the eels. 547 01:07:32,139 --> 01:07:34,599 He wanted 1.50, 548 01:07:34,725 --> 01:07:36,726 but I gave him a gulden. 549 01:08:14,182 --> 01:08:17,434 Don't expect me to touch your eels. 550 01:08:17,560 --> 01:08:19,770 Don't put on airs. 551 01:08:19,896 --> 01:08:22,731 I'll never eat fish again. Certainly not eels. 552 01:08:22,857 --> 01:08:26,944 You've always eaten them and you knew where they came from. 553 01:08:28,154 --> 01:08:29,364 Quiet! 554 01:08:30,199 --> 01:08:32,450 Stop that drumming once and for all! 555 01:08:32,576 --> 01:08:33,702 Leave the child alone! 556 01:08:33,828 --> 01:08:35,120 And sit down! 557 01:08:35,246 --> 01:08:38,373 Who was to blame? Who left the cellar door open? 558 01:08:38,499 --> 01:08:40,083 That's old news. 559 01:08:41,836 --> 01:08:44,921 See if they're not delicious. 560 01:08:45,047 --> 01:08:47,590 Come on. Dig in. 561 01:08:47,717 --> 01:08:50,844 Fresh eel with dill sauce, 562 01:08:51,679 --> 01:08:55,181 bay leaf and a twist of lemon peel. 563 01:08:55,307 --> 01:08:58,018 Don't make her eat if she doesn't want to. 564 01:08:58,144 --> 01:08:59,269 Keep out of this. 565 01:08:59,395 --> 01:09:02,522 Leave her alone. She'll only vomit. 566 01:09:02,648 --> 01:09:04,774 I paid good money for these eels. 567 01:09:04,900 --> 01:09:07,402 Just try them. 568 01:09:07,528 --> 01:09:11,865 They've been well cleaned and washed. 569 01:09:14,619 --> 01:09:17,955 No gall. Light, healthy liver. 570 01:09:18,081 --> 01:09:19,790 And so fresh! 571 01:09:24,838 --> 01:09:26,714 Oskar, sit down. 572 01:09:29,301 --> 01:09:31,177 I slaved over the stove for hours. 573 01:09:31,303 --> 01:09:34,221 Some people would be very happy to eat my eels. 574 01:10:03,503 --> 01:10:05,170 I don't know what to do! 575 01:10:05,296 --> 01:10:07,214 Alfred, calm down. 576 01:10:07,340 --> 01:10:10,467 I can't talk to her. And the fish is getting cold. 577 01:10:10,593 --> 01:10:12,427 Women are more sensitive. 578 01:10:13,179 --> 01:10:17,182 You talk to her. If only she'd calm down. 579 01:12:17,514 --> 01:12:20,016 Shouldn't I warm them up at least? 580 01:12:55,470 --> 01:12:57,513 Don't do it with Bronski. 581 01:12:58,848 --> 01:13:02,101 He joined the wrong side when he went with the Polish post office. 582 01:13:02,227 --> 01:13:04,395 Don't bet on the Poles. 583 01:13:04,521 --> 01:13:07,606 If you must bet, bet on the Germans. 584 01:13:07,732 --> 01:13:09,984 Sooner or later, they'll take over. 585 01:13:11,069 --> 01:13:14,321 Imagine when the Germans come and you're stuck with Bronski, 586 01:13:14,447 --> 01:13:15,906 that meshugge Pole. 587 01:13:16,032 --> 01:13:19,368 You'll be in trouble then. 588 01:13:19,494 --> 01:13:22,746 Why not bet on Matzerath? 589 01:13:28,378 --> 01:13:33,633 Or, if you'd do me the great honour, bet on me, 590 01:13:34,969 --> 01:13:36,636 Sigismund Markus, 591 01:13:36,762 --> 01:13:38,805 who was just baptized. 592 01:13:38,931 --> 01:13:40,932 No, Markus. Please! 593 01:13:41,058 --> 01:13:42,726 We could go to London 594 01:13:42,852 --> 01:13:46,021 like everybody else, before the Germans come. 595 01:13:51,027 --> 01:13:52,652 Look. There he is. 596 01:13:53,571 --> 01:13:56,031 We'll take him with us to London. 597 01:13:56,157 --> 01:13:58,116 He'll live like a prince. 598 01:14:00,328 --> 01:14:03,204 Thank you, Markus, but it's impossible, 599 01:14:03,331 --> 01:14:05,457 and not because of Bronski. 600 01:14:05,583 --> 01:14:09,044 I'm glad to hear that. I had a feeling it wasn't because of him. 601 01:14:09,170 --> 01:14:11,254 Steer clear of Bronski, 602 01:14:11,380 --> 01:14:13,089 and stick to Matzerath. 603 01:15:29,877 --> 01:15:30,877 Come on. 604 01:15:32,880 --> 01:15:34,047 Play. 605 01:15:34,841 --> 01:15:36,133 One two, one two... 606 01:15:39,847 --> 01:15:41,556 You can't 607 01:15:41,682 --> 01:15:43,015 or you won't? 608 01:15:43,892 --> 01:15:45,351 Rascal! 609 01:15:45,477 --> 01:15:46,978 'Cause you can do everything else. 610 01:15:47,729 --> 01:15:51,566 I have sinned in thought, word and deed. 611 01:15:51,692 --> 01:15:53,651 Alone or with others? 612 01:15:53,777 --> 01:15:55,236 With someone else. 613 01:15:55,362 --> 01:15:56,821 When and where? 614 01:15:57,614 --> 01:15:59,949 Thursdays, on the Tischlergasse. 615 01:16:00,075 --> 01:16:03,327 But, child, that same filthy neighbourhood? 616 01:16:03,454 --> 01:16:05,079 I can't help it, Father. 617 01:16:05,205 --> 01:16:07,748 I try, but I can't. 618 01:16:07,875 --> 01:16:11,252 But the consequences, my dear Mrs. Matzerath? 619 01:16:12,629 --> 01:16:14,297 They're already here, Father. 620 01:16:15,340 --> 01:16:16,966 They're already here. 621 01:16:25,727 --> 01:16:27,603 What do you think you're doing? 622 01:16:27,729 --> 01:16:28,896 Little brat. 623 01:16:38,448 --> 01:16:41,366 Father, what will I do with the child? 624 01:16:42,702 --> 01:16:45,871 I love my little Oskar, 625 01:16:45,997 --> 01:16:48,916 but he's already 14. 626 01:16:49,042 --> 01:16:52,085 He's always in trouble, and now this! 627 01:16:53,630 --> 01:16:56,924 Pray, Mrs. Matzerath, pray. 628 01:16:59,052 --> 01:17:01,178 Oskar, stop it. 629 01:17:06,894 --> 01:17:07,936 Agnes? 630 01:18:53,252 --> 01:18:56,379 What did I tell you? Fish again. 631 01:18:57,465 --> 01:18:59,299 She doesn't eat. She gulps it down. 632 01:18:59,425 --> 01:19:01,509 And she's surprised it doesn't stay down. 633 01:19:01,636 --> 01:19:03,219 God, how can this be? 634 01:19:04,430 --> 01:19:06,556 This has been going on for three weeks. 635 01:19:06,682 --> 01:19:08,933 First it was kippers and sardines. 636 01:19:09,060 --> 01:19:11,353 Now it's pickled herring. 637 01:19:13,230 --> 01:19:15,232 I've tried everything. 638 01:19:15,359 --> 01:19:17,026 I'm at the end of my rope. 639 01:19:17,986 --> 01:19:19,737 Why didn't you call me sooner? 640 01:19:34,836 --> 01:19:36,754 Agnes, tell me what's wrong. 641 01:19:40,967 --> 01:19:42,927 You know fish doesn't agree with you! 642 01:19:44,054 --> 01:19:45,596 Take it from me. 643 01:19:45,722 --> 01:19:50,935 The Führer prefers a single communist joining the party 644 01:19:51,061 --> 01:19:53,437 to one bourgeois bureaucrat... 645 01:19:59,696 --> 01:20:00,821 Doesn't want to live, 646 01:20:00,947 --> 01:20:02,406 doesn't want to die. 647 01:20:03,241 --> 01:20:05,242 I don't know. 648 01:20:06,994 --> 01:20:10,664 It's too much of everything, and it keeps piling up. 649 01:20:13,292 --> 01:20:17,045 I used to say that too, but I made it. 650 01:20:18,840 --> 01:20:20,507 Think it was easy 651 01:20:20,633 --> 01:20:23,677 when Koljaiczek, your father, 652 01:20:24,929 --> 01:20:26,972 disappeared under the timber 653 01:20:28,683 --> 01:20:30,559 and never came back? 654 01:20:30,685 --> 01:20:32,477 But at least he was gone! 655 01:20:32,603 --> 01:20:34,813 The man was gone, you say! 656 01:20:34,939 --> 01:20:37,190 How can you talk like that 657 01:20:37,316 --> 01:20:39,943 when you do it with two and never get enough? 658 01:20:40,069 --> 01:20:41,988 That'll do, Mother! 659 01:20:42,114 --> 01:20:44,323 You're pregnant! So what? 660 01:20:45,617 --> 01:20:47,994 There's plenty of room here. 661 01:20:50,456 --> 01:20:52,582 When will it be? 662 01:20:53,834 --> 01:20:55,168 Never! 663 01:21:05,220 --> 01:21:07,096 I had no way of knowing! 664 01:21:17,274 --> 01:21:18,733 Help her. 665 01:21:27,285 --> 01:21:29,286 Why don't you want the child? 666 01:21:35,418 --> 01:21:37,669 It doesn't matter whose it is. 667 01:22:01,319 --> 01:22:02,611 No trumpet playing here. 668 01:22:02,737 --> 01:22:06,031 Go and blow that thing with your Brown Shirts. 669 01:22:06,157 --> 01:22:08,660 Soon your blowing will all be over. 670 01:22:08,786 --> 01:22:10,787 - Nazi swine! - Red pig! 671 01:23:33,122 --> 01:23:35,248 What are you doing here? 672 01:23:35,374 --> 01:23:37,417 You got no business here! 673 01:23:38,628 --> 01:23:41,171 Wanna know what you are? 674 01:23:42,340 --> 01:23:44,716 A kike. That's what you are. 675 01:24:10,743 --> 01:24:12,744 See what they're doing to Markus, 676 01:24:12,870 --> 01:24:14,996 who was baptized just like them? 677 01:24:18,085 --> 01:24:19,669 Is your drum broken? 678 01:24:20,754 --> 01:24:23,673 Come see me. You'll have a new drum. 679 01:24:29,930 --> 01:24:32,348 A beautiful day! 680 01:24:32,474 --> 01:24:37,103 She's gone to the place where everything's so cheap. 681 01:24:37,229 --> 01:24:39,230 Habemus dominum. 682 01:24:39,356 --> 01:24:41,732 Yes, Leo-Meshugge, it's a beautiful day. 683 01:24:41,858 --> 01:24:43,901 An unforgettable day. 684 01:24:44,486 --> 01:24:46,237 I, too, have seen the Lord. 685 01:24:46,947 --> 01:24:48,823 You've seen the Lord? 686 01:25:09,512 --> 01:25:11,096 A beautiful day. 687 01:25:17,186 --> 01:25:21,106 The Lord has passed. 688 01:25:21,649 --> 01:25:23,025 He was in a hurry. 689 01:28:36,515 --> 01:28:39,226 There once was a drummer. 690 01:28:39,352 --> 01:28:41,061 His name was Oskar. 691 01:28:41,187 --> 01:28:46,066 He lost his poor mama, who had eaten too much fish. 692 01:28:46,192 --> 01:28:49,361 There once was a gullible people 693 01:28:50,071 --> 01:28:52,781 who believed in Santa Claus. 694 01:28:52,907 --> 01:28:56,534 But Santa Claus was really 695 01:28:56,661 --> 01:28:58,620 the gas man! 696 01:29:35,158 --> 01:29:38,577 There once was a toy merchant. 697 01:29:39,955 --> 01:29:42,915 His name was Sigismund Markus, 698 01:29:45,043 --> 01:29:49,672 and he sold tin drums lacquered red and white. 699 01:29:58,015 --> 01:30:01,268 There was once a drummer. 700 01:30:02,603 --> 01:30:04,479 His name was Oskar. 701 01:30:14,407 --> 01:30:17,576 There once was a toy merchant 702 01:30:17,702 --> 01:30:19,578 whose name was Markus... 703 01:30:20,872 --> 01:30:24,875 and he took all the toys in the world away with him. 704 01:31:08,921 --> 01:31:11,589 German Danzig Sentinel! 705 01:31:25,104 --> 01:31:27,856 September 1, 1939. 706 01:31:29,734 --> 01:31:32,403 You know the date, I assume. 707 01:31:33,863 --> 01:31:36,573 That was when I committed my second crime. 708 01:31:38,076 --> 01:31:40,619 For I, Oskar the drummer, 709 01:31:40,745 --> 01:31:44,623 not only drummed my poor mama into her grave. 710 01:31:44,749 --> 01:31:46,041 I also dragged 711 01:31:46,167 --> 01:31:51,046 my poor uncle, and presumably my father, Jan Bronski, 712 01:31:51,172 --> 01:31:53,465 to the Polish post office, 713 01:31:53,591 --> 01:31:56,427 so causing his death. 714 01:32:00,682 --> 01:32:03,016 Halt. You can't go through. 715 01:32:03,143 --> 01:32:05,602 Off limits. Nobody's allowed in. 716 01:32:08,273 --> 01:32:11,276 We only want to see Kobyella. 717 01:32:12,736 --> 01:32:14,654 He's a Pole! Stop him! 718 01:32:22,621 --> 01:32:24,038 It's high time. 719 01:32:24,165 --> 01:32:25,999 The ammunition's over there. 720 01:32:57,782 --> 01:32:59,575 What are you doing here? 721 01:32:59,701 --> 01:33:01,327 Kobyella. Repair drum! 722 01:33:01,453 --> 01:33:05,414 Impossible. He has no time for you now. 723 01:33:11,296 --> 01:33:12,922 Go and hide somewhere, Oskar. 724 01:33:13,048 --> 01:33:15,382 I have to stay here. Go on, hurry. 725 01:33:21,223 --> 01:33:23,057 September 1st. 726 01:33:23,183 --> 01:33:25,309 German territory was violated. 727 01:33:26,603 --> 01:33:29,063 Last night, for the first time, 728 01:33:29,189 --> 01:33:33,400 Poles opened fire on German soil 729 01:33:33,860 --> 01:33:36,404 with regular troops. 730 01:33:37,073 --> 01:33:41,535 Since 5:45 this morning their fire has been returned. 731 01:34:05,309 --> 01:34:09,187 From now on, bomb will be answered with bomb. 732 01:35:52,711 --> 01:35:53,961 The drum! 733 01:35:59,760 --> 01:36:01,678 Get down! 734 01:36:01,804 --> 01:36:04,847 Oskar, take cover! 735 01:36:06,392 --> 01:36:08,393 You can't stay here, Oskar. 736 01:37:09,247 --> 01:37:11,416 Kobyella, don't give up. 737 01:37:15,713 --> 01:37:18,757 I'll fasten you down. Then you won't tip over. 738 01:38:07,474 --> 01:38:09,433 One play, 2 contras, 739 01:38:09,559 --> 01:38:13,062 3 schneiders, 4 times clubs makes 48, or 12 pfennigs. 740 01:38:43,177 --> 01:38:46,263 Hey, don't be a spoilsport. 741 01:38:46,389 --> 01:38:48,056 I can't play by myself. 742 01:38:48,182 --> 01:38:50,141 Pull yourself together. 743 01:38:52,854 --> 01:38:54,396 Kobyella, what's wrong? 744 01:38:58,276 --> 01:38:59,568 Kobyella... 745 01:39:01,028 --> 01:39:03,071 Kobyella, I beg you! 746 01:39:04,866 --> 01:39:06,741 I've got a Grand Hand. 747 01:39:22,593 --> 01:39:23,926 Agnes! 748 01:39:24,052 --> 01:39:25,595 She's dead. 749 01:39:50,412 --> 01:39:51,954 We surrender! 750 01:39:53,457 --> 01:39:54,916 Don't shoot! 751 01:39:58,003 --> 01:39:59,587 Hold your fire! 752 01:41:26,885 --> 01:41:30,931 They filmed us for a newsreel 753 01:41:31,850 --> 01:41:34,268 that was shown in all the movie houses. 754 01:41:34,394 --> 01:41:39,273 Oskar's experience at the Polish post office in Danzig 755 01:41:39,399 --> 01:41:42,943 went down in history as the first battle 756 01:41:43,069 --> 01:41:45,112 of World War II. 757 01:41:50,702 --> 01:41:52,786 The Hanseatic Free City of Danzig 758 01:41:52,912 --> 01:41:55,873 celebrated the union of its brick Gothic 759 01:41:55,999 --> 01:41:58,792 with the greater German Reich. 760 01:42:00,712 --> 01:42:03,338 This is a big moment in your life. 761 01:42:03,465 --> 01:42:06,633 Keep your eyes open. You'll have stories to tell! 762 01:42:06,760 --> 01:42:09,928 I think I'll faint if he looks at me! 763 01:42:10,055 --> 01:42:11,638 Here he comes! 764 01:42:29,867 --> 01:42:31,451 I have seen the Lord. 765 01:42:33,329 --> 01:42:34,662 Come with me. 766 01:42:35,581 --> 01:42:36,915 I'll show you something. 767 01:43:05,153 --> 01:43:07,404 They shot Jan Bronski? 768 01:43:11,493 --> 01:43:12,868 Over there. 769 01:43:19,709 --> 01:43:22,837 They gathered up 770 01:43:23,797 --> 01:43:26,257 all the cartridge cases. 771 01:43:27,175 --> 01:43:29,760 All but one. 772 01:43:30,971 --> 01:43:34,181 They always forget one. 773 01:43:57,081 --> 01:44:00,375 This is Maria. She wants to work for you. 774 01:44:18,895 --> 01:44:22,481 You said you needed somebody for the customers. 775 01:44:24,026 --> 01:44:26,194 Things can't go on like this. 776 01:44:27,946 --> 01:44:29,906 And for Oskar here. 777 01:44:30,824 --> 01:44:34,035 Hail Mary, full of grace... 778 01:44:43,629 --> 01:44:45,671 Lord, give us... 779 01:44:45,797 --> 01:44:48,007 ...faith, and take me up to heaven. 780 01:44:54,806 --> 01:44:56,474 Have you gone to the bathroom? 781 01:44:59,436 --> 01:45:01,187 Another tune? 782 01:45:01,313 --> 01:45:03,731 "Mary, My Adoration." 783 01:45:34,097 --> 01:45:35,597 Go away! 784 01:45:52,116 --> 01:45:55,326 Disregarding my anonymous infatuations, 785 01:45:56,453 --> 01:45:59,289 Maria was my first love. 786 01:47:31,175 --> 01:47:32,592 How old are you? 787 01:47:32,718 --> 01:47:34,219 Just turned 16. 788 01:47:34,345 --> 01:47:35,595 Me too. 789 01:47:38,265 --> 01:47:40,141 I can't believe it. 790 01:48:07,671 --> 01:48:09,839 Maria smelled of vanilla. 791 01:48:10,715 --> 01:48:12,466 I wondered why. 792 01:48:12,592 --> 01:48:15,094 Did she rub herself with some root? 793 01:48:16,221 --> 01:48:21,308 Was it some cheap perfume that she sprayed herself with? 794 01:48:21,435 --> 01:48:23,811 Oskar resolved to find out. 795 01:50:08,461 --> 01:50:10,087 What are you doing? 796 01:50:18,388 --> 01:50:19,721 Hey, stop it! 797 01:50:39,576 --> 01:50:41,493 You little rascal. 798 01:50:41,619 --> 01:50:44,329 You dive in, not knowing a thing. 799 01:50:54,133 --> 01:50:57,260 As I predicted: 800 01:50:58,345 --> 01:51:02,932 France in five weeks. Our boys reach the Channel 801 01:51:03,058 --> 01:51:05,893 and from there, a stone's throw away. 802 01:51:06,812 --> 01:51:08,771 One can spit at London. 803 01:51:08,897 --> 01:51:13,443 As for me: Promoted to cell leader. 804 01:51:13,569 --> 01:51:16,237 Let's drink to that! 805 01:51:17,364 --> 01:51:18,823 Where is that thing? 806 01:51:25,664 --> 01:51:28,708 - Coming back late? - Could be, little one. 807 01:51:28,834 --> 01:51:31,086 Too many victories to celebrate. 808 01:51:35,467 --> 01:51:37,217 Here's your candy. 809 01:51:38,887 --> 01:51:40,346 You're all set. 810 01:51:40,472 --> 01:51:42,097 You can sleep with Maria. 811 01:51:42,223 --> 01:51:45,184 There's plenty of room in my bed for Oskar. 812 01:51:45,310 --> 01:51:47,353 He's just a shrimp. 813 01:51:48,605 --> 01:51:51,190 Quick, Oskar, into the hay. 814 01:51:55,570 --> 01:51:57,363 Look. He's so happy. 815 01:54:45,494 --> 01:54:47,245 It's a quarter to. 816 01:54:47,371 --> 01:54:50,331 A little more. Just a little. 817 01:54:52,209 --> 01:54:53,835 But be careful. 818 01:54:53,961 --> 01:54:55,795 Don't worry. 819 01:55:00,843 --> 01:55:02,927 Almost. Almost. 820 01:55:04,096 --> 01:55:06,515 Just a little more. But be careful! 821 01:55:06,641 --> 01:55:08,517 I am! 822 01:55:11,771 --> 01:55:12,813 Go away! 823 01:55:25,243 --> 01:55:26,535 Alfred, stop it! 824 01:55:26,661 --> 01:55:29,496 Is it the kid's fault if you're not careful? 825 01:55:29,622 --> 01:55:33,333 Me? Who kept asking for more? 826 01:55:33,459 --> 01:55:37,671 I said, "Be careful. It's coming soon." 827 01:55:37,797 --> 01:55:40,299 Never enough. You're all the same. 828 01:55:41,175 --> 01:55:44,595 In, out, finished. That's your idea of love. 829 01:55:44,721 --> 01:55:46,638 Well, go look for somebody else. 830 01:55:46,764 --> 01:55:49,517 Think I'm some kind of electric bell? 831 01:55:49,643 --> 01:55:51,936 And you never take precautions! 832 01:55:52,062 --> 01:55:55,523 Stop bawling. I'm fed up. 833 01:55:56,942 --> 01:55:59,611 Then go back to your comrades, you jerk. 834 01:55:59,737 --> 01:56:03,281 I need a change, that's for sure. 835 01:56:03,407 --> 01:56:05,199 They're all quick squirters! 836 01:56:05,326 --> 01:56:07,869 Beat it! 837 01:56:07,995 --> 01:56:10,914 Get yourself a POW if you're in heat. 838 01:56:11,040 --> 01:56:13,416 Maybe the Frog that brings the beer. 839 01:56:13,542 --> 01:56:15,460 Maybe he'll satisfy you! 840 01:56:25,471 --> 01:56:29,015 I see love as something more than smuttiness. 841 01:56:30,184 --> 01:56:32,978 Next time I'll play cards. 842 01:58:01,403 --> 01:58:03,779 You nasty little dwarf! 843 01:58:03,905 --> 01:58:06,282 You crazy midget! 844 01:58:06,408 --> 01:58:10,119 You belong in the loony bin, you scumbag! 845 01:58:28,722 --> 01:58:30,890 Oskar, I didn't mean it. 846 01:59:02,381 --> 01:59:04,049 Now you'll have your own room. 847 01:59:04,175 --> 01:59:05,926 He'll soon be 17. 848 02:00:21,796 --> 02:00:23,714 They're doing fine in the East. 849 02:00:26,843 --> 02:00:28,594 Leningrad will fall any day. 850 02:00:28,720 --> 02:00:31,346 Kiev's more important because of the oil. 851 02:00:31,472 --> 02:00:35,184 That was fast! Much faster than in '15, when I was in the army. 852 02:00:35,310 --> 02:00:37,102 Moscow's the main thing. 853 02:00:38,855 --> 02:00:40,272 Alfred, you carve. 854 02:00:41,566 --> 02:00:43,734 What would we do without Grandma? 855 02:00:44,861 --> 02:00:47,362 The Kashubians are still good for something. 856 02:00:47,488 --> 02:00:50,115 Oh, if I could only be out there! 857 02:00:51,327 --> 02:00:54,162 But I'm needed on the home front. 858 02:00:54,288 --> 02:00:56,497 Moscow must be wiped out, 859 02:00:56,624 --> 02:00:59,209 or we'll have to feed all those people. 860 02:00:59,335 --> 02:01:00,793 The Führer knows that. 861 02:01:01,629 --> 02:01:05,381 They've sent my Herbert to the front. 862 02:01:07,218 --> 02:01:08,676 To make him fight. 863 02:01:08,802 --> 02:01:10,595 Disciplinary battalion... 864 02:01:11,764 --> 02:01:15,266 Starve 'em! Starve all our enemies! 865 02:01:17,061 --> 02:01:19,729 - Breast or drumstick? - Drumstick. 866 02:01:23,609 --> 02:01:25,401 It's nice and juicy. 867 02:01:25,527 --> 02:01:27,570 The nations of Europe are all on our side. 868 02:01:27,696 --> 02:01:29,072 The stalwart Finns. 869 02:01:29,198 --> 02:01:31,032 No goose without sage! 870 02:01:31,158 --> 02:01:32,575 The Magyars, the Rumanians. 871 02:01:32,701 --> 02:01:35,537 Oskar, what a splendid feast. 872 02:01:40,043 --> 02:01:42,670 No goose, Greff? 873 02:01:42,796 --> 02:01:44,463 You know I don't eat meat. 874 02:02:12,450 --> 02:02:17,205 Now you've got a little brother. 875 02:02:17,331 --> 02:02:19,374 You'll soon be able to play with him. 876 02:02:19,500 --> 02:02:22,127 The butcher's son was killed. 877 02:02:22,253 --> 02:02:24,796 He got the Iron Cross first class. 878 02:02:24,922 --> 02:02:26,423 Second class! 879 02:02:29,969 --> 02:02:32,095 In any case, he's dead. 880 02:02:33,180 --> 02:02:35,348 Kurt, my son. 881 02:02:36,767 --> 02:02:39,269 You are definitely my son. 882 02:02:41,063 --> 02:02:43,606 When you're three, 883 02:02:43,733 --> 02:02:45,400 I'll give you a drum, 884 02:02:46,235 --> 02:02:48,570 and if you don't want to grow up, 885 02:02:48,696 --> 02:02:50,655 I'll show you how it's done. 886 02:03:03,128 --> 02:03:05,546 Come on up! 887 02:03:08,175 --> 02:03:10,634 You'll freeze out there! 888 02:03:20,812 --> 02:03:22,355 Want to come in? 889 02:03:48,591 --> 02:03:50,342 Come a little closer, Oskar. 890 02:03:52,178 --> 02:03:54,388 Come under the covers where it's warm. 891 02:03:54,514 --> 02:03:56,014 It's dreadfully cold. 892 02:03:56,933 --> 02:03:59,101 Greff doesn't give us enough heat. 893 02:03:59,227 --> 02:04:00,394 Come in! 894 02:04:23,251 --> 02:04:25,252 Greff wants to harden his body. 895 02:04:27,005 --> 02:04:29,340 He loves youth and hard bodies, 896 02:04:29,466 --> 02:04:31,509 but he likes boys more than girls. 897 02:04:44,398 --> 02:04:46,649 My feet are frozen. 898 02:04:46,775 --> 02:04:48,568 A scout is never cold! 899 02:05:53,969 --> 02:05:55,220 Help! 900 02:06:48,191 --> 02:06:49,900 An autograph, please. 901 02:06:57,242 --> 02:06:59,702 May I make the same request? 902 02:07:01,246 --> 02:07:03,080 I loved your show. 903 02:07:11,506 --> 02:07:13,591 My dear Oskar! 904 02:07:14,718 --> 02:07:17,971 How glad I am to see you again! 905 02:07:18,097 --> 02:07:20,181 Didn't I tell you? 906 02:07:20,308 --> 02:07:22,767 We're too little to lose each other. 907 02:07:24,103 --> 02:07:26,980 Splendid, splendid! You haven't grown an inch. 908 02:07:28,983 --> 02:07:30,400 Roswitha! 909 02:07:33,154 --> 02:07:35,655 Permit me to introduce Oskar, 910 02:07:35,781 --> 02:07:38,575 an old friend who sings glass to bits. 911 02:07:39,493 --> 02:07:41,786 Signorina Roswitha Raguna, 912 02:07:41,912 --> 02:07:44,372 the great somnambulist. 913 02:07:44,498 --> 02:07:47,167 The joy of our soldiers on every front, 914 02:07:48,169 --> 02:07:49,794 and of my old age. 915 02:08:00,222 --> 02:08:03,100 You're surprised to see me in this uniform, 916 02:08:04,186 --> 02:08:07,855 but the Propaganda Ministry approached us 917 02:08:07,981 --> 02:08:09,857 and asked us to appear 918 02:08:09,983 --> 02:08:12,318 before the country's top leaders. 919 02:08:13,362 --> 02:08:15,196 Filthy politics! 920 02:08:15,322 --> 02:08:17,657 And now we entertain the troops. 921 02:08:37,177 --> 02:08:38,886 A present from Oskar. 922 02:08:49,440 --> 02:08:51,149 Join us, young man. 923 02:08:51,275 --> 02:08:52,442 Play your drum, 924 02:08:52,568 --> 02:08:56,196 sing light bulbs and champagne glasses to bits. 925 02:08:56,322 --> 02:08:59,074 The German army of occupation in fair France, 926 02:08:59,200 --> 02:09:02,077 in gay Paris, will thank you. 927 02:09:19,804 --> 02:09:23,098 Dear tin soldiers of Paris, 928 02:09:23,224 --> 02:09:27,061 Bebra's Front Line Theatre will play for you, 929 02:09:27,187 --> 02:09:28,688 sing for you, 930 02:09:28,814 --> 02:09:31,649 and help you win the war! 931 02:09:41,785 --> 02:09:43,911 What are you thinking about? 932 02:09:45,497 --> 02:09:48,082 My grandmother's skirts. 933 02:09:59,845 --> 02:10:02,180 And now, ladies and gentlemen, 934 02:10:03,098 --> 02:10:05,516 for the first time in France, 935 02:10:05,642 --> 02:10:08,186 a newcomer to our program, 936 02:10:08,854 --> 02:10:11,106 the man with the secret weapon 937 02:10:11,232 --> 02:10:13,776 we have heard so much about: 938 02:10:14,694 --> 02:10:16,987 Oskar the drummer! 939 02:10:17,113 --> 02:10:21,033 Oskar the glass killer! 940 02:10:24,370 --> 02:10:25,704 Mazel tov. 941 02:10:46,059 --> 02:10:49,186 And now, Signorina Raguna, 942 02:10:49,312 --> 02:10:52,439 could you tell us, 943 02:10:52,565 --> 02:10:55,443 as well as the ladies and gentlemen present tonight, 944 02:10:56,445 --> 02:10:59,030 the exact date of birth 945 02:10:59,156 --> 02:11:02,200 of Lieutenant Herzog? 946 02:11:03,536 --> 02:11:07,080 April 11, 947 02:11:07,998 --> 02:11:11,918 1915, 948 02:11:13,629 --> 02:11:15,088 in Bremen. 949 02:11:15,714 --> 02:11:17,423 That's right. 950 02:11:17,550 --> 02:11:18,758 And the place too. 951 02:11:20,219 --> 02:11:24,597 Signorina Raguna, the great somnambulist! 952 02:11:28,102 --> 02:11:32,939 I see they're bringing him champagne. 953 02:11:33,065 --> 02:11:36,527 But you'll never drink it. 954 02:11:37,612 --> 02:11:38,612 Why not? 955 02:12:11,938 --> 02:12:13,856 All together! 956 02:12:13,982 --> 02:12:18,319 Is the black witch here today? No, no, no! 957 02:12:39,717 --> 02:12:40,967 Don't be afraid. 958 02:12:41,093 --> 02:12:42,844 Nothing will happen. 959 02:12:49,769 --> 02:12:52,228 My little man... 960 02:13:25,347 --> 02:13:28,391 One corporal, five men, nothing to report. 961 02:13:30,811 --> 02:13:32,520 Thank you. At ease, Corporal. 962 02:13:32,646 --> 02:13:35,064 You see? Nothing to report. 963 02:13:35,983 --> 02:13:38,025 It's been this way for years. 964 02:13:38,151 --> 02:13:42,071 There's always the tide, nature's contribution. 965 02:13:42,197 --> 02:13:44,407 That's what keeps our men busy. 966 02:13:45,326 --> 02:13:47,869 That's why we go on building bunkers. 967 02:13:47,996 --> 02:13:50,455 You have faith in concrete? 968 02:13:50,581 --> 02:13:52,749 We haven't much faith in anything. 969 02:13:53,376 --> 02:13:54,501 Am I right, Corporal? 970 02:13:54,627 --> 02:13:56,920 Right, sir. In nothing! 971 02:13:57,046 --> 02:13:59,256 But still you mix and pour. 972 02:14:42,468 --> 02:14:44,594 Embrace, children. 973 02:14:44,720 --> 02:14:46,888 Today, we play on concrete. 974 02:14:47,639 --> 02:14:51,059 Tomorrow it will make your teeth grind 975 02:14:51,185 --> 02:14:53,478 and spoil your kisses. 976 02:14:57,441 --> 02:15:00,735 Is the black witch here today? No, no, no! 977 02:15:00,861 --> 02:15:03,905 She will make an evil brew, she will put you in her stew 978 02:15:04,031 --> 02:15:05,615 And then she will devour you 979 02:15:05,741 --> 02:15:08,326 Is the black witch here today? Yes, yes, yes! 980 02:15:08,452 --> 02:15:11,872 Look, there she is! 981 02:15:27,097 --> 02:15:29,139 A picnic in the open air! 982 02:15:31,101 --> 02:15:34,353 Nature gives us appetite! 983 02:15:37,982 --> 02:15:41,276 Real Hungarian salami. Wonderful! 984 02:15:41,402 --> 02:15:44,446 And chocolate from Holland! 985 02:15:45,240 --> 02:15:48,742 Enjoy your meal! 986 02:15:57,586 --> 02:15:59,087 Caviar! 987 02:16:01,173 --> 02:16:03,508 Rescued from Stalingrad. 988 02:16:44,342 --> 02:16:47,052 Tell me, Corporal Lankes. 989 02:16:47,179 --> 02:16:48,387 Over there I see... 990 02:16:49,306 --> 02:16:52,391 ...five black spots on the beach. 991 02:16:56,146 --> 02:16:59,356 These are the nuns from Lisieux. They come at low tide 992 02:16:59,482 --> 02:17:01,734 to pick up mussels and shrimp. 993 02:17:17,459 --> 02:17:19,460 Dora 7, Corporal Lankes speaking. 994 02:17:19,586 --> 02:17:24,341 Corporal, I see movement upfront! Are you blind? 995 02:17:24,467 --> 02:17:26,384 They're nuns, Lieutenant. 996 02:17:26,510 --> 02:17:29,137 What if they were a fifth column? 997 02:17:29,263 --> 02:17:30,931 Yes, Lieutenant. 998 02:17:31,057 --> 02:17:33,975 Clear the beach! It's off limits! 999 02:17:35,603 --> 02:17:37,938 They're just looking for shellfish. 1000 02:17:38,064 --> 02:17:39,481 I know them. 1001 02:17:39,607 --> 02:17:41,650 That's an order! 1002 02:17:41,776 --> 02:17:42,859 Yes, Lieutenant. 1003 02:19:23,463 --> 02:19:24,713 Come in! 1004 02:19:26,632 --> 02:19:28,592 Children! Quick! 1005 02:19:30,763 --> 02:19:32,597 The Americans are coming. 1006 02:19:53,869 --> 02:19:56,454 Oskar, I must have coffee! 1007 02:19:57,331 --> 02:19:59,957 Roswitha, we're leaving. 1008 02:20:48,508 --> 02:20:50,551 Roswitha, 1009 02:20:50,677 --> 02:20:53,679 I don't know how old you were. 1010 02:20:53,805 --> 02:20:56,850 I only know that you smelled of cinnamon 1011 02:20:56,976 --> 02:20:59,394 and nutmeg. 1012 02:20:59,520 --> 02:21:02,772 You could see into the hearts of men, 1013 02:21:03,732 --> 02:21:07,986 but not into your own heart. 1014 02:21:10,322 --> 02:21:12,240 Ah, dear Oskar, 1015 02:21:12,366 --> 02:21:15,785 we dwarfs and fools shouldn't dance on concrete 1016 02:21:15,911 --> 02:21:18,455 that was poured for giants. 1017 02:21:24,044 --> 02:21:27,547 Good luck! And keep your chin up! 1018 02:22:15,597 --> 02:22:19,350 Hey, Kurt, Oskar's come back for your birthday. 1019 02:22:21,144 --> 02:22:23,522 Your little brother just turned three. 1020 02:22:23,648 --> 02:22:26,024 I brought you a present. 1021 02:22:51,342 --> 02:22:54,094 Are you allowed to wear that uniform? 1022 02:22:55,763 --> 02:22:57,556 Where have you been? 1023 02:22:58,849 --> 02:23:00,475 We looked all over for you. 1024 02:23:00,601 --> 02:23:02,686 The police looked high and low. 1025 02:23:02,812 --> 02:23:06,357 We had to swear we hadn't bumped you off. 1026 02:23:07,859 --> 02:23:10,194 Anyhow, you're back! 1027 02:23:11,154 --> 02:23:13,030 I'll prepare something to eat. 1028 02:23:13,156 --> 02:23:14,657 You must be starving. 1029 02:23:15,784 --> 02:23:17,868 I'll draw you a bath. 1030 02:23:19,454 --> 02:23:21,622 You've caused nothing but trouble. 1031 02:23:21,748 --> 02:23:23,791 They wanted to put you in a clinic. 1032 02:23:23,917 --> 02:23:26,419 You deserve it, running away as you did. 1033 02:23:30,465 --> 02:23:32,800 The Gestapo... Hide! 1034 02:23:51,654 --> 02:23:54,031 No news, gentlemen. 1035 02:23:54,157 --> 02:23:55,907 We're desperate. 1036 02:23:56,034 --> 02:23:59,286 The abnormal child has been sighted. 1037 02:23:59,412 --> 02:24:02,539 Here in Langfuhr? 1038 02:24:02,665 --> 02:24:06,293 You should have reported it, not a neighbour. 1039 02:24:07,712 --> 02:24:10,213 As we had agreed. 1040 02:24:13,051 --> 02:24:15,927 The child needs treatment. 1041 02:24:16,054 --> 02:24:18,055 He can't be seen on the street anymore. 1042 02:24:18,640 --> 02:24:19,848 That may be, but... 1043 02:24:22,560 --> 02:24:27,773 As a Party member, you should share the Führer's concern 1044 02:24:27,899 --> 02:24:29,608 for racial purity. 1045 02:24:29,734 --> 02:24:35,907 Here's the warrant to put the kid in the clinic at Kohlhammer. 1046 02:24:40,120 --> 02:24:42,330 I won't let him be put away! 1047 02:24:42,456 --> 02:24:44,832 Mr. Matzerath, just sign here. 1048 02:24:44,958 --> 02:24:46,584 Never! 1049 02:24:46,710 --> 02:24:49,754 I promised my wife on her deathbed. 1050 02:24:50,589 --> 02:24:52,757 I'm his father, 1051 02:24:52,883 --> 02:24:55,468 not the race bureau! 1052 02:24:56,845 --> 02:24:59,514 I've agreed with everything, but this, never! 1053 02:25:00,641 --> 02:25:02,100 It's going too far. 1054 02:25:02,935 --> 02:25:04,977 I won't do it. 1055 02:25:05,854 --> 02:25:07,814 My own son... 1056 02:25:07,940 --> 02:25:10,441 They all say it should be done. 1057 02:25:13,780 --> 02:25:16,990 Obviously they don't have children. 1058 02:25:17,117 --> 02:25:18,867 Calm down. 1059 02:25:18,993 --> 02:25:20,661 You'll wake up the kid. 1060 02:25:25,875 --> 02:25:28,001 You think this means nothing to me? 1061 02:25:29,212 --> 02:25:32,548 But they all say that's how it's done now. 1062 02:25:34,676 --> 02:25:38,095 Many have left, nobody has ever come back. 1063 02:25:39,264 --> 02:25:42,474 Agnes would have never put up with this. 1064 02:25:43,685 --> 02:25:47,980 Yes, but she was his mother, and hoped he would get better. 1065 02:25:48,106 --> 02:25:49,481 You can see... 1066 02:25:52,110 --> 02:25:53,527 ...that he hasn't. 1067 02:25:53,653 --> 02:25:56,488 He can neither live nor die. 1068 02:25:57,575 --> 02:25:59,075 No way! 1069 02:26:39,701 --> 02:26:42,286 Beethoven. Now there was a genius. 1070 02:26:54,508 --> 02:26:57,134 What have they done with us? 1071 02:26:58,386 --> 02:27:00,930 Turn it off. It's all over. 1072 02:27:01,056 --> 02:27:02,473 Final victory! 1073 02:27:22,077 --> 02:27:26,873 Alfred, get rid of your party pin. The Russkis will be here any minute. 1074 02:27:32,338 --> 02:27:34,840 Bury it under the potatoes. 1075 02:30:56,379 --> 02:30:58,298 Good morning to you. 1076 02:30:58,424 --> 02:31:00,425 Excuse me. 1077 02:31:00,551 --> 02:31:03,261 Is this the Matzerath grocery store? 1078 02:31:22,073 --> 02:31:24,324 And you are Mrs. Matzerath? 1079 02:31:32,666 --> 02:31:34,167 Luba, 1080 02:31:34,293 --> 02:31:35,835 look at the scale! 1081 02:31:36,712 --> 02:31:38,880 A real decimal scale! 1082 02:31:41,259 --> 02:31:42,593 A fuel tank, 1083 02:31:43,595 --> 02:31:45,763 a sausage spear... 1084 02:31:48,308 --> 02:31:50,226 And the cash register! 1085 02:31:52,938 --> 02:31:56,065 I'm Mr. Fajngold, 1086 02:31:56,191 --> 02:31:57,983 from Lemberg, 1087 02:31:58,110 --> 02:32:02,279 and this is my wife Luba 1088 02:32:03,281 --> 02:32:05,032 and my six children. 1089 02:32:05,158 --> 02:32:06,659 Berek, 1090 02:32:06,785 --> 02:32:07,868 Lev, 1091 02:32:09,871 --> 02:32:11,038 Jakub, 1092 02:32:12,624 --> 02:32:13,916 Mendel, 1093 02:32:15,001 --> 02:32:16,669 Leon... 1094 02:32:17,546 --> 02:32:19,296 and Sonya, 1095 02:32:19,422 --> 02:32:21,215 the apple of my eye. 1096 02:32:25,138 --> 02:32:27,430 Here are the documents. 1097 02:32:27,557 --> 02:32:30,725 Proving we can take over the shop. 1098 02:32:32,436 --> 02:32:35,480 If you'd like, I could hire you as salesgirl. 1099 02:32:35,606 --> 02:32:39,860 You could stay with your children. 1100 02:32:40,736 --> 02:32:43,405 There is enough room. 1101 02:32:47,827 --> 02:32:49,411 Is that the cellar down there? 1102 02:32:51,289 --> 02:32:53,290 Can we go down? 1103 02:32:53,416 --> 02:32:54,916 If you don't mind. 1104 02:32:58,796 --> 02:33:01,047 Honey, soap. 1105 02:33:02,300 --> 02:33:04,259 Palmolive! It still exists. 1106 02:33:05,887 --> 02:33:10,016 Even flour. Mr. Matzerath stocked up, 1107 02:33:10,142 --> 02:33:12,518 like a good shopkeeper. 1108 02:33:25,324 --> 02:33:27,158 Mr. Matzerath? 1109 02:33:37,044 --> 02:33:38,252 He was my husband. 1110 02:34:04,697 --> 02:34:06,240 He too was alive once. 1111 02:34:10,995 --> 02:34:12,996 My wife and children, 1112 02:34:14,290 --> 02:34:16,333 they too were lying there. 1113 02:34:16,459 --> 02:34:18,752 Before disappearing into the ovens 1114 02:34:20,421 --> 02:34:22,256 at Treblinka. 1115 02:34:22,382 --> 02:34:23,882 Only I... 1116 02:34:26,427 --> 02:34:28,178 survived, 1117 02:34:28,805 --> 02:34:32,766 spraying the dead with bleach, chlorine, Lysol. 1118 02:34:36,272 --> 02:34:38,940 I was a disinfector in the camp. 1119 02:34:44,613 --> 02:34:48,408 Luba, help Mrs. Matzerath wash the body. 1120 02:34:57,918 --> 02:34:58,960 Fajngold! 1121 02:35:10,180 --> 02:35:13,766 Hurry! I've still got shoes to sole. 1122 02:35:19,316 --> 02:35:20,774 His hand! 1123 02:35:22,193 --> 02:35:23,986 It doesn't hurt him now. 1124 02:35:35,790 --> 02:35:38,250 Hail Mary, full of grace... 1125 02:35:40,545 --> 02:35:43,589 Stop throwing stones! 1126 02:35:47,302 --> 02:35:50,179 Should I or shouldn't I? 1127 02:35:51,014 --> 02:35:54,058 You're 21. 1128 02:35:54,184 --> 02:35:55,392 Oskar! 1129 02:35:56,144 --> 02:35:58,687 Should you or shouldn't you? 1130 02:36:00,024 --> 02:36:02,609 You're an orphan. 1131 02:36:09,950 --> 02:36:12,744 I should, I must, 1132 02:36:12,870 --> 02:36:15,663 I will grow! 1133 02:36:29,512 --> 02:36:31,763 Kurt, now what have you done? 1134 02:36:49,783 --> 02:36:51,200 He's growing! 1135 02:36:56,081 --> 02:36:59,917 Look! See how he's growing! 1136 02:37:00,043 --> 02:37:02,670 I have seen the Lord! 1137 02:37:24,901 --> 02:37:28,155 Just like a Kashubian. 1138 02:37:31,367 --> 02:37:33,702 Our heads were made for hard knocks. 1139 02:37:35,288 --> 02:37:39,082 And now you're going West, where things are better. 1140 02:37:41,127 --> 02:37:43,128 Only Grandma will stay here. 1141 02:37:44,380 --> 02:37:47,257 You can't move Kashubians around like that. 1142 02:37:49,302 --> 02:37:52,012 They have to stay so other people 1143 02:37:53,931 --> 02:37:56,016 can clout them on the head. 1144 02:37:58,269 --> 02:38:00,729 We're not Polish enough 1145 02:38:01,731 --> 02:38:03,648 or German enough, 1146 02:38:03,774 --> 02:38:06,151 and they always want everything just right. 1147 02:38:12,618 --> 02:38:13,868 Would you... 1148 02:38:15,037 --> 02:38:16,829 ...marry me, Maria? 1149 02:38:18,874 --> 02:38:22,627 You wouldn't have to leave, with the children. 1150 02:38:25,547 --> 02:38:26,881 It isn't possible. 1151 02:38:28,759 --> 02:38:30,843 Nothing works here. 1152 02:38:33,096 --> 02:38:34,514 It's all over. 1153 02:38:42,189 --> 02:38:44,524 Take this for the journey. 1154 02:38:45,901 --> 02:38:47,360 It's margarine 1155 02:38:48,320 --> 02:38:49,904 and artificial honey. 1156 02:38:51,324 --> 02:38:52,616 And some Lysol. 1157 02:38:52,742 --> 02:38:54,701 It's always useful. 1158 02:39:00,708 --> 02:39:02,543 We're going to the Rhineland, 1159 02:39:03,920 --> 02:39:05,796 to my sister's. 1160 02:39:06,798 --> 02:39:09,132 I understand. Maybe it's better... 1161 02:39:10,343 --> 02:39:12,177 in the West. 1162 02:39:14,180 --> 02:39:15,681 Does it hurt? 1163 02:39:16,933 --> 02:39:19,059 I hope it's not water on the brain. 1164 02:39:20,144 --> 02:39:23,355 When he was three, he fell down the stairs and stopped growing. 1165 02:39:24,440 --> 02:39:27,109 Now he's fallen into a grave and wants to grow again. 1166 02:39:48,966 --> 02:39:50,466 Grandma!