Original subtitles

"When all the stories have been told"

"The great stories and the little ones"

"The tragedies and the melodramas"

When all the stories of what" "happened in Europe have been told

"As of course, they never can be"

The Seventh Cross will be remembered as" " the story of a few people who proved

There is something in the human soul" "which sets men above the animals

It happened in Germany in" "the fall of the year 1936

"1936"

The wars and the aggressions" "had not yet begun

"But concentration camps were full"

The Germans were still purging" "their own country of rebels

Purging their nation of the" "last traces of human decency

" One morning before dawn"

Some prisoners escaped from the" "concentration camp at Westhofen

"I was among them"

"My name is Ernest Wallau"

"There was seven of us in all"

Pelzer, the one with the spectacles" "who used to be a schoolmaster

Bellani, a music hall artist thought at" "one time the finest acrobat in Germany

" Aldinger, an old farmer"

Whose peasant face had never lost its" "dignity but his mind had begun to go

Beutler, the little grocery clerk" "A Jew

Fuellgrabe, a writer" "He used to be a popular novelist

"Myself and George Heisler"

"This had been a man and a fine one"

But I had seen his face" "growing emptier day by day

"He had been beaten to a hollow husk"

Incapable of feeling" "Almost incapable of thinking

He has seen too much" "and felt too much

His faith in people was gone" "Perhaps forever

I knew it was better that he should" " die in a break for freedom

"Than rot another day at Westhofen"

Our plan was for the two of us" " to make our way separately

To the home of my old" "friend Rudolf Schenk

"In the nearby city of Mainz"

If we could get to Schenk he would" "shelter us and find passports for us

"We parted"

"It was dangerous to travel together"

"Then it began"

[ Siren ]

[ Man's scream Loud ]

"George knew someone had been caught"

"He didn't know that it was I"

"They closed in upon me"

Even as they did I thought of George" "Hoping he would remember Rudolf Schenk

Passports and money from Rudolf" "Schenk at 46 Morgenstrasse

"In the city of Mainz"

"46 Morgenstrasse"

"They needed information"

So they revived me and" "brought me in for questioning

This was Fahrenburg Commandant" "of the Westhofen concentration camp

"Stupid and neurotic Blood stained"

"And proud of it"

Zillic His assistant" "A sadistic thug

There was an outlet for his" "peculiar talents at Westhofen

"And this was Overkamp"

The special Gestapo investigator" "sent to look into the prison break

"A good German"

"Stony-hearted"

"Methodical and ruthless"

Your name is Hans Wallau

You have a wife Hilda Wallau

One child A boy

Carl Four years old

?Correct

!Answer

I have only one thing to say and that is

I am not going to answer any questions at all

I shall not speak from this moment on

You will speak

?Who led the prison break

?Were you and George Heisler the leaders

Even this one knows George" "Heisler might have been a leader

"A man to follow" Heisler was your friend -

I had the privilege" "of being his friend

My days at Westhofen were" "eased by that companionship

"Before they began to destroy him"

I shall have to take your 'silence to mean 'yes

Of course you two had a plan

?What was it

Passports and money from Rudolf" "Schenk at 46 Morgenstrasse

"May God help him to get there safely"

?Did Heisler have a girl

?What was her name

"He used to cry her name in his sleep"

"Leni That was it Leni"

In the first month" "she sent him a letter

"I'll wait for you forever"

"Your loving Leni"

?You still refuse to answer

"Someday, others will answer for me"

"They will shout it back at you"

Take him

They are all heading towards Mainz

There is no other place to go in this district

They can hide in haystacks for a few hours

But in Mainz we'll find them all sooner or later

That swine Wallau

?You didn't expect him to talk, did you

In the yard there was a" " row of trees and then

"The thing they called The Cross"

An old and familiar form of" "punishment at Westhofen

"I have been beaten and tortured"

And I was close to death" "when they strung me up

I am going to have those other trees stripped down as crosses

We will have seven and there will be a man on each

That is a promise, Overkamp

"Goodbye, Hilda"

"Goodbye, Carl My little son"

Try to remember the" "things I taught you

"He will forget Four years old"

"Too young to remember"

"My own blood will forget"

"But Heisler"

"George Heisler will remember"

"But will he?"

"George Heisler"

"Before I die I must tell you this"

I tell you there is in man an instinct" "for good which cannot be destroyed

"It isn't dead"

Even in this nation of beasts" "it still must live somewhere

If in this Germany, among the cruellest" " people on earth you find one man

With a spark of good still in him then" "there is hope for the human race

"Listen to me, George Heisler"

There is good in men" "Deep within their hearts

"Unless you believe that"

There is no faith to cling" "to anywhere on earth

"Dear God, let him find it"

"Guide him"

Lead him to the few good men" "who still remain in Germany

"Let him die if he must"

"But with his faith alive"

I was one of the seven who escaped" "from the Westhofen concentration camp

"In the fall of the year 1936"

"We escaped at dawn"

It was noon when George Heisler" "came out into the open

"I was dead"

"I could see"

"It was a noon like any other"

"The fog had cleared"

"The birds sang"

"But she recognised the prison jacket"

"Would she tell about it later?"

"There was danger in the child"

"He was cunning enough to play along"

"To keep her quiet"

And desperate and empty-hearted enough" "to kill her too if the need arose

"Scouting planes were overhead"

Hunting the escaped" "prisoners from Westhofen

"He kept her with him"

A man with a child becomes part" "of the landscape from a plane

Aeroplane

Motorcycle

Mummy, mummy

"Something Anything"

"To cover the prison jacket"

"To hide the identifying uniform"

It was new It was brand new

It cost 26 Marks

I bought it only last week

It was a little big on the shoulders but I was going to grow into it

?Color

Brown Dark brown

I saved for it I saved for three months

?Pockets

Two here and two here ?Anything in them -

A handkerchief, a ten-pfennig piece

A little pencil

That is all A little yellow pencil

I saved for it I saved for three months

It may have been a thief

But then again there is the possibility that it was one of the men

Who got out of the Westhofen concentration camp this morning

They are in this district

I will have to report it ?To the Gestapo -

Look

?What's this

Look at that Blood -

Somebody has been here Brilliant -

?Will I get it back

You'll get it back It was practically new -

It had a zipper on the inside pocket You will be wearing it again -

You will be wearing it a long time

The man who took it will be dead a long time

?Do they kill them Not too quickly -

?Why shouldn't she

There's no excuse to not heat the soup before she takes it to me in the field

Cold potato soup makes me sick I don't mind it cold -

I kinda like cold potato soup

You yokels all stick together

You say you like cold potato soup because you are her brother

But I can tell you that for myself she warms it up

Listen to it

Just listen to it all

Every day it is something else

Hannah, mother Stop that and get into the house

Didn't you hear? Everyone inside We are searching the building

Yesterday, it was the welcome to the 140th regiment

Today they are searching the village

Tomorrow the Gauleiter will be passing through

Your grapes are rotting on the vine

I have my ironing to do

One of the Westhofen prisoners is hiding somewhere Now, get into the house

We are on duty We're searching for a criminal hiding in the village

I'll take them around ?You're taking them where -

Let me go We have to search the house

Let him go

Come on

Leo, come on

Come on, Leo

Fritz Fritz

Fritz, they got him Come on

They caught him They got him

They've got him over in Mayer's yard

They got him

Look, look There he is

[ Man's scream Loud ]

He is wearing a prison outfit

Hey, you lost your glasses

Well, you won't need them anymore

The commandant was" "carrying out his promise

The prisoners were put to work turning" "the trees into six more crosses

[ Man's scream Loud ]

"It was only 5 o'clock"

"And Fahrenburg had two of us"

He had avoided roads, cutting" "across fields Hiding in ditches

"At last, too weary for caution"

He dared to beg a ride from a" "truck heading toward the city

?Where are you going Mainz -

Yeah It is a wonder more people don't get killed that way

I fell asleep at the wheel once

It was February and the roads were icy

The next thing I knew they were cutting me out of my leather jacket

They had to cut it right up to the shoulder

Back in Westhofen they were stopping cars on the road

They stopped my truck because they were looking for a man in a leather jacket

A leather jacket But not like mine

Get out

!Get out

Get out of here I am not getting mixed up in anything

And so he came at last" "to the city of Mainz

"Too exhausted to go on"

Too weak and sick with hunger and" "the pain of his injured hand

"The eternal place of refuge"

"The church"

"Still standing"

Though the spirit that had" "built it was gone in Germany

People were too busy with slaughter" "Too happily engaged in butchery

"On that same night"

"A man called Franz Marnet"

"Set out upon a mission"

?Are you Leo Hermann

Yes

My name is Franz Marnet

I

Thank you

I am staying with Wilhelm Reinhardt

He told me I might find you here

You were not hard to identify

I arrived in Mainz only a few days ago

I had been in Berlin

?Working there Yes -

Mainz is my native town, however

?You have many friends here then

Most of them I find are gone

?Into the army

Not all

Some of have merely disappeared Nobody seems to know where

Others are thought to be dead

Nobody knows for certain

I find people unwilling to talk about it

Minding one's own business is more than a virtue

?You mean it's become a necessity I didn't say that -

Light beer

The same

?Do you find the town changed

Not more than other towns

By the way, I heard something today

I understand they closed off the roads going to Mainz from the Westhofen area

That might mean something has happened at the Westhofen concentration camp

?Have you heard anything

Only the usual gossip

?Why should I have heard anything

Because of what you are

And what you do

You're the only leader of the underground left

And still active in this district so far as I know

I've a friend who may be in that prison break

He'd come to me if he could find me but he doesn't know I am back in this city

?What is your friend's name

George Heisler

He is going to need money and clothes

And a passport

He will need more than that

He will need strength and cleverness

And luck

Lots of luck

"Hidden in the empty church"

"Restless, feverish, afraid to sleep"

"The past came crowding back"

"His mother She used to pray"

"And his sweetheart, Leni"

"Golden-haired Leni"

"How carefree and sweet it had been"

"Golden-haired Leni"

What was it she wrote in" "her letter long ago?

"I will wait for you forever"

"Your loving Leni"

"Tomorrow he will go to her for help"

"It's a long way to 46 Morgenstrasse"

"She will help him get there"

"Tomorrow"

? Is it Leni

Leni

It is George

It's George, Leni

?What have you done to your hair

I was afraid you might have moved

I was counting on you

I dreamed about you

At first in the concentration camp I dreamed about you all the time

And then I

I couldn't remember

When I got out it came back I began to remember

You've got to get me some clothes

I can't get to my family or my friends They are being watched

But no-one knew we know each other

No-one ever knew So you can help me

This jacket

I cannot wear this jacket

I've got to get to the other side of town but I can't wear this jacket

You can't have it

You can't have it It belongs to my husband Get out of here

!Get out

?You are married

You see

If I can get to Morgenstrasse I'll be alright

But I have to have some clothes

And I have to have some money and I haven't eaten anything

You're the only one who can help me

I'll be alright if I can get to Morgenstrasse

I mustn't collapse on the way I mustn't faint by the road or they'd pick me up

Get out of here or I will tell my husband I will report you

Don't touch that

If you do, I'll tell my husband you were here

He will send the police after you

You wouldn't bandage my ?hand for me, would you

" Not far from Leni's apartment"

The people of Mainz were" "indulging in a bit of sport

There he is

It was one of the" "seven from Westhofen

"My countrymen are great hunters"

"They love the chase"

The scent of blood made" "them gather here

?You know who that looks like

?Remember Bellani the great acrobat

It looks just like him

?Whatever happened to Bellani He went to America I think -

I always liked him

George recalled something Bellani told" "him the night before the prison break

" And so he made his way to"

"Marelli That was the name"

[ Doorbell ]

?Yes

I'll be there in a minute

Bellani

?Where is he, Bellani

?You are a friend of Bellani's

?He sent you

Sit down

?Don't you feel well

I have been ill

He said

You would have some clothes

You would have a coat Yes It is ready now -

Well

He sent me to tell you that

He won't be able to sue them but

Maybe they would fit me

?What has got into him

He was here only this morning He said he'd be back in an hour or two

I had nothing in the place but I told him I would round up some things

?What made him change his mind

You artists are funny people

I can't always figure you out

That Bellani

Sometimes I don't see him for a year and then he shows up like this morning

And wants a suit in ten minutes

And now he doesn't want it

Ah, temperament, temperament

Go ahead You will find a mirror over there

?Were you on the same bill with Bellani

Yes

He is a great performer

A great performer

Now, take his big act

I've heard experts say there aren't five men in the world that can do that leap

I love a real artist

You can always tell

There is always something about a real performer that can't be copied

For instance

Bellani

Bellani has a way of standing just before he kicks off on his big jump

He is so calm and so sure of what he is going to do

?You know what I mean

Yes, I know

I saw it

There That looks better

You have to look right or you won't succeed in this business or any other

Bellani didn't look too well to me this morning

I don't like to see him look so tired

You had better see about that hand

I have no money Bellani said you may be willing

It's paid for Bellani paid in advance this morning

There is a doctor down the street Number 25

Dr Lowenstein

Thanks

Goodbye

Heil Hitler

"She put that money into your pocket"

"Why did she do it?"

"What made her do it?"

It was something I had tried" "to make him understand

"But I couldn't make him hear me"

?Your name

Roll up your sleeve please

Heinrich Kraus

?Address

Oppenheim

?Occupation

Mechanic

The law requires me to inform you before treating you that I am a Jew

You have been neglecting this

"Rudolf Shenck 46 Morgenstrasse"

"Rudolf Shenck 46 Morgenstrasse"

"Rudolf Shenck 46 Morgenstrasse"

"Rudolf Shenck 46 Morgenstrasse"

You should be able to go back to work in about two weeks' time

And don't use that hand

It is badly infected

You shall have to come back and let me look at it again tomorrow

Your fever is from your hand

It will continue for a while but it should subside

You have all the symptoms of a terrible exhaustion

?What have you been doing

"He knew that he should report this"

There was something" "odd about this patient

You had better take it easy for a while

?Who sent you to me

Nobody

I saw your sign

Your hat

"He knew he should report this"

"But he knew he never would"

There were at least seven in the break

I have reason to believe that Ernest Wallau was among them

They must have caught the others

,They're looking only for Fuellgrabe Aldinger and Heisler now

I wonder if they have Wallau This will make it harder for George -

Not only will he have the Gestapo after him, but every citizen of Mainz as well

I can have the passport photo touched up from this

He will look older now and probably thinner

The passport won't be much use if we can't find him

We know he's here in Mainz

?Whom will he seek out

?Where will he go ?His family -

No I went by his mother's house this evening It is being watched

?Who else? What about women

I don't know

There may have been ?Will he try to find you -

I don't think so

I met a man who was released from Westhofen

He saw George there and told him I was in Berlin

George doesn't know I am back here

?What about his very old friends

The ones that go far back The forgotten ones not being watched

By evening he was drawing" "close to 46 Morgenstrasse

It was the newspaper that" "threw him into panic

"He forgot what I'd told him"

At Westhofen before the" " break I had warned him

That too often men are captured because" "they think they have been discovered

They bolt They run" "And then they are caught

"He forgot"

He's got my wallet

That way That way

There he goes

My wallet

It was in my pocket all the time

Under the tobacco pouch

I could have sworn that wallet was

Goodnight Heil Hitler -

Heil Hitler

"His last shreds of strength were gone"

46 Morgenstrasse would" "have to wait until morning

"He stayed there that night"

Hidden in the loading" "shed by the warehouse

There was new strength in" "him now born of new hope

"For he was close to his goal"

"46 Morgenstrasse"

"Rudolf Schenk at last"

"The rest would be easier now"

?Are you looking for someone

Yes

Rudolf Schenk He doesn't seem to be at home

No He is not home Do you happen to know -

He won't be back Neither will his wife

Rudolf Schenk and that wife of his

Were arrested by the Gestapo yesterday

"Now what?"

"What now?"

"One hope was gone"

"He was dazed with despair"

"Confused Lost"

"Now where?"

George

Fuellgrabe

Do you know that everybody has ?been caught except you and me

Just the two of us

Our pictures were in the papers this morning

?Did you see them

Yesterday there was three

This morning

Only two

That means they have got the schoolteacher and the old farmer

And the little Jew and the acrobat

And Wallau

Not Wallau? They couldn't get Wallau

Figure it out for yourself

If you and I are the only ones they are looking for

They have got the rest

What interests me

Is that nobody seems to care what happens to us

We are not criminals

Yet nobody cares

The world has changed, Heisler

You are alone

Come on

You had better come with me

There is nothing for you to do but run in circles

Round and around

Until you are caught

Better give up

Come with me

I am going to give myself up to the Gestapo

It is the very, very cleverest thing to do

Don't be a fool They'll kill you ?What of it -

It won't be so bad to have it over with

?Do you like your life

What are you struggling ?to stay alive for

?What for

Better be dead

And rotting

And not have to see man's inhumanity to man

This is an evil world, Heisler

A stinking

Horrible

Godforsaken world

"No, no It isn't true"

"Not even in this degraded Germany"

"I couldn't make him hear me"

Come along

It was only the flickering" " instinct for survival

That kept him from" "going with Fuellgrabe

"Only the blind animal will to live"

" Only the third day"

And they had six of us caught" "with scornfully little effort

"Myself"

"And Pelzer the schoolmaster"

"He had died in the night"

"And Bellani the acrobat"

And little Beutler" "caught the day before

He had lain the whole time in" "hidden in the mud of the marsh

The old farmer had been captured" "and beaten to death that morning

"Fuellgrabe was the sixth"

The seventh cross waited" "for George Heisler

George Heisler was seen at Number 46 Morgenstrasse

In the city of Mainz by Fr�ulein Johanna Bachmann

He enquired about one Rudolf Schenk

Who had been arrested

For distributing treasonable literature

He was seen this morning

By recaptured fugitive Fuellgrabe

In the D�nstrasse Park

With a bandaged hand

And he was wearing a grey hat

An overcoat and a brown suit

Release this new description to newspapers and radio

Increase the reward to

5,000 Marks

" A reward of 5,000 Marks"

Is offered for information leading" "to the capture of George Heisler

"An enemy of the German Reich"

Now known to be at large" "in the city of Mainz

"He is wearing a grey coat and hat"

"A brown suit"

His right hand is injured" "and probably bandaged

"Attention, citizens of Mainz"

"Attention"

"A reward of 5,000 Marks"

Is offered for information leading" "to the capture of George Heisler

"An enemy of the German Reich"

"Now where? Now, to whom?"

This was his native town" "Full of people he used to know

"But whom to trust? Whom to turn to?"

"His family? Brother Heinrich?"

"No They are surely being watched"

"Bruno Sauer? No"

"Amos Brandt?"

No He was arrested by" "the Gestapo last year

"Paul Roeder?"

"Perhaps Paul"

"They won't be watching him"

Little Paul Roeder with a" "heart as big as a pumpkin

He was never an anti-Nazi but" "he was always a good friend

"Paul Roeder"

"Perhaps"

"Paul Roeder But had he changed?"

"Had he changed like Leni?"

In this country no-one" "could be trusted

"This might turn into a trap"

"It was too long a chance"

George

?George Didn't you know me

It's you

I thought it was you I couldn't believe it

I said to myself, my goodness that is George Heisler

I almost didn't know you, George

You have changed

Come on

My, you look green

?What's the matter with you

It's a wonder I even recognised you

I've been a little ill It is my hand

That is a fine thing ?Any fingers broken

No I was lucky ?How did it happen -

?Where have you been ?What you been doing

You look terrible Come on

Well, I've been a chauffeur over in Kapfell

And I had a little accident with the car

We have been wondering what happened to you

Set another place for dinner, Liesel

Well, for goodness' sake

George Heisler I met him on the stairs -

I said to myself, my goodness that can't be George Heisler But there he was

We've talked of you so often

We wondered what had become of you ?Where have you been

You know George Always on the go

You never know when he's going to turn up

?What is the matter with your hand Nothing Nothing serious -

Why, sit down

"The voices of children"

"A kitchen A home"

"The life he had forgotten"

"It goes on like this all the time"

"It still goes on"

This is like old times

George Heisler dropping in for dinner

Of course, I know you don't care about me

It's Liesel's cooking you've come for Oh, Paul -

Did you say, I think I'll look up ?my old friend Paul Roeder

I haven't seen him in three years

No You said I'll drop in on the Roeders and have a plate of Liesel's sauerkraut

?Do you remember little Ludi

That is him

Hello

?When did you get back to town, George

Come on, Ludi Dinner

He eats with us now

He is a big boy

?What do you think of our Annie

Annie

Come over here

Up we go

?Have you been a good girl

?Did you eat your dinner

She is a little shy

?You're staying with your family, George Temporarily -

?How is your mother She is fine -

Here

I'll cut it for you

?How's that

?Mustard

Thank you

Well, you seem to have accomplished quite a good deal since I saw you last

Well

The population of Germany has to be trebled

Don't you listen to the ?Fuhrer's speeches

Yes But I never heard him say little Paul Roeder had to do it all himself

It is not so difficult nowadays to have children

It never was

You, George

You haven't changed a bit

But you look older, George

So does Ludi

That's enough now

Stop showing off

Joking aside

You have to consider the exemptions from wage deductions

And the added pay with every child That adds up

And the free diapers

And the vacations

I tell you they are doing things right these days

In the old days nobody ever cared anything about us

Things are different in Germany now

I tell you, never before in history has anything like this been tried

Never

?Do you like it, Paul

?380 Marks a month

That is thirty more Marks a month than I made in 1929

29 is the best year since the war'

And '29 didn't last

You wouldn't know the factory anymore

It's still named Corona Sewing Machine Works but we make machine guns now

Does it not concern you though ?that Germany is arming in secrecy

I don't bother my head about such things

All I know is that the factories are going full blast

Liesel, you gave me your dinner

No I didn't

I like cheese

Something at last began" "to stir within him

?Do you know something

I never had the nerve to tell you in the old days

But you think too much

?Where does it get you

Remember when I was out of work and you ?came and gave me a pamphlet to read

A pamphlet What I needed was a job

You used to have some of the craziest ideas

I remember I used to beg you I used to say, George leave me out of this

I don't understand anything about politics

I just want to make sure of my bread and sausage

?More coffee No No thanks -

Paul

?Could you put me up for the night

Of course You can sleep on the sofa

?But why

Well, I had a little fight at home I'd like to wait until it blows over

?What was it, a girl

No, no It was my little brother Heiny

Yes I saw Heiny last week He looks like a man

He is seventeen now

All you Heislers were a husky-looking bunch

In that black uniform Heiny beats you all

?Uniform

So, you are fighting with your ?favorite little Heinrich now

That's a fine thing ?Black uniform -

?Is Heiny in the SS

?How is it you don't know

?George Heisler, haven't you been home

Come on, Ludi

Ludi Come on

No, mama Not yet

Go on Kiss your father goodnight

A fine thing

You've been telling me a pack of lies and I believed them

?What have you been up to

I knew there was something odd about the way you look

You're in some sort of trouble

Paul This is wrong

I can't stay here

I never should have come here in the first place

What is the matter with you? Sit down

I said sit down and tell me what this is all about

?Paul Haven't you got a radio ?Don't you read the papers

No

I escaped Two days ago

From Westhofen

?From Westhofen

?The concentration camp

?You

So that's where you have been all this time

A fine thing, I must say

George, they'll kill you if they catch you

That's right

?And you want to leave here

You are crazy

Paul, don't you see? I can't stay here

I shouldn't have come in the first place I don't know why I

But I wasn't thinking very clearly

And after all, you were the only one I could

I shouldn't have come The Gestapo might be on my heels

Well, if they are it is too late anyway

If they come I'll just tell them I don't know anything about it

You never told me

After all

An old friend has the right to pay ?an unexpected visit, hasn't he

I can't turn you out in the street now

You are staying here

What we've got to do is think about tomorrow

?What about your friends

You know the ones I mean

The ones who would know about passports and things like that

First, I must find the holes they've crawled in to

Or the graves they are buried in

A fine thing

?How about Franz Marnet? Where is he now

I don't know Berlin, I guess

There is one other man One other man Sauer Sauer

Bruno Sauer

An architect

It's a long chance

He's likely in a concentration camp too No -

No He was never really one of us

I remember he always used to say to me: don't bother me with this

Five Marks for this, ten Marks for that

,But if you ever have something big really big, you can count on me

Well, his time has come

?Do you know where he lives

In Circasse

Number 12 I think

I'll go first thing in the morning

Don't tell Liesel

?Don't tell Liesel what

I had a little fight at home George is spending the night here -

But don't tell anyone ?Well, what's happened -

It's a long story He can sleep on the sofa -

But of course

Paul

Do you think you can get some tickets ?for the B�rkenheim football game

The Mannitz are going

You know, I don't really like these ball games

But every time Frau Mannitz goes I just have to go

?Some more coffee, Paul

Herr Sauer please

It is important

Wait here please

?You wish to see my husband Yes -

He is shaving

It is important

?Can you wait

I am on my way to work If I could see him for just two minutes

Well

If you will come this way please

He will see you

Come in

?You want to see me

?What can I do for you

I bring you the regards of a mutual friend

I wonder if you still remember him He was with you once on a canoeing trip

On Lake Neide

I am afraid I don't understand

?Whose regards are you bringing me

It was more than three years ago

You said to him that if there was ever something big he wanted done

He could count on you

I still don't understand at all

I think you must have the wrong address

You will have to excuse me

I am afraid your friend put you in touch with the wrong man

I happen to be in a great hurry just now

Hedy

Will you show this man the door, Hedy

I heard what he said

Did you see the little ?rat sniffing around

Trying to drag me into something

You have cut yourself

He was speaking of ?George Heisler, wasn't he

?How do I know

?Who was he I never saw the fellow before -

But he knew what you said to Heisler He might very well be a Gestapo -

He might very well have been sent by Heisler

You didn't even try to find out

You are a coward

?How can I be sure

You told yourself for years someday you'd do something You never meant it

You have been fooling yourself Excusing your own weakness

Today you had a chance but you didn't take it

You were afraid Hedy, please -

?Why do you torture me

?What is wrong between us ?What do you think -

When I left home to marry you

It was because everything there was repulsive to me

My father My brothers Their way of living

I think sometimes of the plans you used to have

?What has become of them

The things you used to say The things you planned to do

I can't help it

I don't dare to risk anything

My home My family

You

I am very much in love with you, Hedy

You have chosen the wrong way to keep me

I would risk all this All of it

It is no use to me now

Because I have lost my respect for you

It's a shame

It shouldn't have happened

75 Marks

It isn't much but it is all we could gather

Seaman's papers

Passport

Reinhardt, you are an artist We are fooling ourselves -

What is the good of all this ?if we can't find George

Not much But there won't be much value in finding George if this isn't ready

There's two possibilities

Either George is done for and incapable of thinking, or else he can still think

In which case we should be able to figure out what he is thinking

We can't just sit here and wait

We must try to figure out

[ Doorbell ]

Good evening

Good evening, Herr Sauer

Come in

You all know Bruno Sauer

Yes

I remember

I came because I have something to tell you

We haven't seen you for some time

Sit down No thank you -

I will just tell you and then I will go

A man came to see me this morning

I had never seen him before

But what he told may be something in which you are interested

He said he came with a message from a mutual friend

He didn't name the mutual friend

But I think he was speaking of George Heisler

You know Heisler escaped from Westhofen and is hiding somewhere in the city

He needs help I think that is why he sent that man to me

I could not be sure the man was what he said he was so I sent him away

I think now I may have been mistaken

?What was the messenger's name I don't know He didn't say -

?What did he look like Small, slight -

Sandy-haired and freckled

Clothes? He might have been a factory worker

He wore glasses That must be -

I don't blame you for not being willing to speak in front of me

I will go now

I have told you all I know

Wait

Sit down

You have done a great deal for us

Franz

?Who is the man Paul Roeder -

It must be Paul Roeder

Little A wide mouth

?A manner like a like a boy

I'm not sure where he lives but I know the area I'll enquire at the market

Be careful Ask Roeder where Heisler is

Go directly to Heisler Give him the papers and tell him about the boat

He is to be at the Castello landing tomorrow night

Any time after midnight The later the better

My boat's name is Wilhelmine She sails at dawn

The Castello pier The Wilhelmine Between midnight and dawn

Welcome home

Thank you

For speaking of your plans in front of me

It is a good feeling

?Liesel

She ran down to the market

A fine friend, your friend Sauer

?What happened He threw me out -

He said he didn't understand

He understood alright He just wasn't taking any chances

You'd think I didn't have any kids I've got kids too

A fine thing

?Now what

?What now

You'll have to sleep here again tonight

No It is too dangerous for you

The precincts will all have my picture by now

The precinct captains notify the block wardens

The block wardens notify the janitors

The janitors report everyone who goes in or comes out

Did anybody see you come ?up here yesterday

There was no-one in the hallway I don't know about the street

I did something today

I spoke to a fellow at the factory

?About me

I had to

We have to take somebody into our confidence or we'll never get anywhere

That fellow Sauer

You should see his bathroom

Like a Hollywood movie

?Whom did you speak to at the factory

His name is Fiedler

I looked about me and I thought

?Emeric

?No Walderman? No Haller

It went on like that all morning I burnt myself

Don't tell Liesel

Well, I picked Fiedler ?Why -

I don't know exactly

I just had a feeling

I am to meet him at 7 o'clock

He is a good man, George

?How can we judge? What can I measure by I don't know who has got connections

The only thing I can trust now is a man's heart

You may be right I don't know

I had to do something

You know, George

I have got to get rid of you

It's Liesel

Oh Dinner is ready

Take your sweater off, Ludi

They are all out of coffee again at the market

A man asked about us

Yes Someone at the market was asking about us a while ago

?Asking about us

Yes

Frau Mannitz said a man asked where we live

?What do you suppose it can be

He can't know us so well if he doesn't know where we live

I have to go now, Liesel I can't stay

?Without dinner It's getting late -

Thanks for everything, Liesel

I'll go with you You stay here -

?Are you crazy

You haven't had your dinner

You're not coming with me Yes I am -

Liesel, listen Listen carefully

Don't tell anyone George was here

No matter who asks, he wasn't here

So that's it I felt there was something funny about this He's in trouble

?Why didn't you tell me There isn't time now -

I will tell you when I get back

Down the back stairs

Please go back We won't talk about that -

I am taking you with me to meet Fielder He is waiting at the Firkerhof Inn

[ Doorbell ]

?What is it

?Frau Roeder

Yes

I'd like to speak to your husband He is not here -

?When will he be back I don't know -

Not for a long time

?You mean he will be coming home late

I couldn't say

?Where did he go I don't know -

I am afraid I can't do anything for you He won't be back

Thank you

Heil Hitler

Heil Hitler

Though he knows he and his kind in the" "year 1936 are dying fast in Germany

And that the day will come" "when they will all be gone

"Yet here he is, doing what he can"

Because in him too there flickers the" "small flame like a candle in the wind

That has not gone out" "even in this dark land

Fiedler, something has happened

?He you figured anything out ?Did you arrange it

I've taken a room here for my cousin Otto Haas

Stopping over in Mainz

You can bring him here tomorrow Remember the name, Otto Haas

Tomorrow is too late

?Couldn't your cousin come a day earlier ?Why -

Because he is outside now

Somebody has been enquiring about me I had to get him out of the house

Would it be alright for him ?to take the room now

Room 7 upstairs

My cousin is here

He came a day early

Let us have three beers We will drink them upstairs

Things have changed so here It's hard to know who can be trusted

I have lost my connections

?What do you know of Wilhelm Reinhardt

He plays on the B�rkenheim football team

I wouldn't know

I mention Reinhardt as I saw him a few days ago with a man called Franz Marnet

Marnet I think is a member of the underground so maybe

?Did you say Marnet? Franz Marnet ?Is he here in Mainz -

It was in a movie Dark I may be mistaken

But he is in Berlin That's why I noticed him -

If we can find Franz I know where to find him -

If you can get to Reinhardt we can ask him where Franz is

It's dangerous to ask a man a question like that outright

Just because Marnet was in a movie with Reinhardt doesn't mean they think alike

It is worth trying

I'll visit Reinhardt on my way to work tomorrow

And ask him for tickets to the football game

Liesel wants the tickets anyway

A little gossip and I can find out where Marnet is

I'll say that I heard he was back in town and I'm an old friend and

Sounds alright Yes It must be tried -

Be careful what you say We'd better go now

You finish your beer

I never thought I would see the time when I didn't want a glass of beer

A fine thing

The stomach Nerves

I'm sorry, Paul

What is a little stomach ?trouble between old friends

"You have seen great courage tonight"

"Paul and Fiedler taking chances"

"Endangering themselves"

They don't have to do" "this but they do it

"Why?"

"Fuellgrabe was wrong"

"Why?"

One moment

?What is your name Paul Roeder -

Come with us please

I have to make your bed

?How long will you be here

I don't know I am not sure

I have to know because of the linen

?How many rooms do you take care of All of them -

There aren't so many

?What is your name

Toni Short for Antonia

Well, I can't make the bed if you sit on it

That is very good

?Where did you learn how to make a bed

?In the army

?You are not a native of Mainz

?How do you know

By the way you speak

It takes a native to know a native

?Are you from here

?Where are you from

I am from W�rzburg

?How did you get here

I came here when my parents died because my grandmother lives here

Then she died

You don't have to help me anymore now

Just sit down over there

?Where do you live Right here at the inn -

?Do they pay you well

I don't need much

I get my room and meals

?Good meals Uhuh -

?Is this what you do all day

Well

Some days I just answer questions

I am sorry

It's just that I like to hear you speak

You are very pretty

You don't like to say ?that to you, do you

You've had other guests say it I know that But I mean it

I really mean it

You are the prettiest girl I ever saw

Wait

May I get out of the chair long ?enough to open the door for you

Yes

They took him away in a car

I've been watching the Gestapo building ever since He is still in there

You can't stay here so long Franz It isn't safe You will be noticed

Roeder will crack He'll tell them where George is

George should be warned We must find him

Don't take unnecessary risks

There are too few of us as it is

Paul Roeder has probably already cracked

We have lost They have won

I don't like abandoning George

Abandoning is not the word There is nothing else we can do

Paul Roeder was our only link to George Heisler and we have lost him

You'll need at least 8 gallons of paint

Order it from the Hollander Paint Company Their prices are fair

If you want to do it I'll order the paint this afternoon

Do that They take about a week to deliver

I am in no hurry

I will be at Reinhardt's if you want me

?Where is Roeder

I don't know

He says Roeder was picked up by the Gestapo this morning

The Gestapo picked up Roeder this morning

The Gestapo picked up Roeder this morning

It's Fiedler

I can't stay I came to warn you

I thought they had caught you already ?What happened -

Roeder hasn't been at the factory today

The rumor is the Gestapo picked him up this morning You must leave here

If he tells them where you are, you're finished This place will be a trap

I've got to go now

I'm leaving the city for a few days

?What are you going to do

I'm going to stay here ?Here -

?Where do you expect me to go

My staying here is the only chance that Marnet may find me

There's a chance Paul spoke to Reinhardt or Marnet before they picked him up

I must stay here in order to be found

If Paul tells the Gestapo you're here He won't -

Better men than Paul Roeder have cracked

There are no better men than Paul Roeder

You'd better go now

I'll be here Good -

You took a long chance coming here

I'm grateful

A fine thing

Hello Reinhardt

Good evening, Roeder

I am sorry to disturb you but Liesel

That is my wife

Wanted very much to go to the B�rkenheim football game on Sunday

She has been nagging me about it You know how women are

So, I wondered if there was

Oh

Thanks

By the way

At the factory today somebody mentioned an old friend of mine

I haven't seen him for years

I was always very fond of him

A fine fellow

They told me they saw you at the movies with him

?With whom Franz Marnet -

I thought if you could tell me where to find him

I would like to ask him for dinner or something

I'd like him to meet Liesel

That is my wife

A nice fellow I always liked him

A very find type of character

?Can you tell me where he is

You see

He likes sauerbrot so

We thought we'd like to invite him

?Where did you get this watch fob

Franz Marnet You gave it to him yourself

Years ago

Here is the delicatessen you ordered

Here I have something else for you

I don't know what's in it but I can guess

Franz Marnet enjoys cigars

And he says to tell you

Your other friend has been questioned by the Gestapo today

But he didn't tell them anything and he has been released

And you are to be at the river at the Castello landing at dawn

The boat The Wilhelmine A Dutch boat You are expected

And stay here until it is almost time to sail

Nobody knows you are here except the ones who won't tell

And that is all

Sandwiches

Good luck

Thank Franz for me

And the others I don't know them

I'll tell them And thank you -

I don't know your name Schlamm Poldi Schlamm -

You don't have to thank me I didn't do much

You did enough

You know, yesterday afternoon at the delicatessen where I work

The ants got into the sugar bowl

By the end of the day

The sugar bowl was empty

And the ants had moved all the sugar to the other end of the shop

Each one of them did his own little job

Together

They emptied the whole sugar bowl

?See what I mean

I see

Well Good luck

And

They can't kill all the ants, can they

Goodbye

Eat the salami sandwich I made it myself

[ Door knocks ]

?Yes It's Toni -

Come in

I brought you some beer Thank you -

?Will you have a sandwich No thanks -

I have enough No -

No thank you I have to go back downstairs

The Gestapo has been checking the Inn about this time every evening and

I have to be downstairs and show them the register

It seems there is a fugitive in the district and they are looking for him

Well, I thought I'd bring you some beer

This way Come

I will be back Lock the door

Stop it

Stop it That's enough

I am alright, mein liebe

I am alright

?Where is Ludi? Where are the children

I took them to aunt Maria's

I was afraid to leave them here

Good

We'll leave them at aunt Maria's and have ourselves a little holiday

We'll eat dinner at a restaurant and go to a movie afterwards

?Would you like that

Stop crying

?What happened

Tell me what happened at the Gestapo

Well, it was all a great hocus-pocus

You should have heard them

They asked me how long I had known George

Where and when

Who were his friends and who were my friends

So, I said to myself

If they really knew anything they wouldn't ask so many questions

They threatened awful things happening to me if I didn't tell them everything

?And you know what I discovered

They only know what you tell them

They want us to think they know everything, but they don't

They only know I'm a friend of George's and I had a visitor yesterday afternoon

?Well, how did they know that

The janitor has reported that she saw somebody go in

Well, of all

She thought she was doing her duty

She doesn't know any better

You know, Liesel

Nowadays you've got to know a lot to know what's the right thing to do

I can't get over that janitor Well, don't say anything -

Now You go in and wash your face

Change your dress

We'll have dinner at the Wienerplatz Then go on to the Olympia

Paul

?What about George

George is alright

He will be well taken care of I'm glad -

When I was alone today and waiting

I didn't know what was happening to you

I'd hate anyone who would do anything to you or to our home

But I figured

It wasn't George that did it

I know

I've been thinking too

I'd like to have Franz Marnet over some evening

?Who is he? What for

An old friend Just to talk A cup of coffee maybe

It is interesting to exchange ideas with a fellow like Marnet

?Shall I wear the red dress

Absolutely

The red dress

I am sorry I couldn't come sooner I had to stay down there

I had to go on serving beer

I was afraid to leave Someone might notice

The Gestapo men will be back in the morning

They checked the Inn but the man in Room 7 had gone out

They'll be back in the morning to take a look at him

I will be gone by then

I am leaving between midnight and dawn

I haven't had a chance to thank you

It was a very brave and generous thing for you to do

?Why did you do it

Toni

Toni

I don't want you to go I don't want you to go

Some people live all their lives together

See each other every day

They sit together like this knowing that tomorrow they can sit together again

And the day after

And the day after

They never stop to think how lucky they are

We'll meet again You will see

I'll never see you again

I know it You know it

No, no Toni I'll send for you I promise

No This is all I'll ever have to remember

These few hours

I will forget your face

I will try to see it in my mind

And I will lie awake and cry because I can't remember it

I'll remember yours

It isn't fair

A few hours

Your whole life crowded into a few hours

My life began yesterday

It will be over at dawn

And I will be dead in all the years to come

Hold me

God help the people who live on this earth and draw their comfort from it

And sometimes from each other

[ Bell chimes ]

?Where will you go

I don't know

You needn't be afraid to tell me

I'm not I really don't know

Holland maybe

?How soon will it be light

Soon

Perhaps half an hour

Take care of your hand

?What will you do in Holland

Work

I have a debt to pay

?Do you owe money No, no -

Not money

Oh, I see

You want to pay back the people who hurt you

No

The people who healed me

"Toni Franz Marnet Paul Roeder>

"Madam Marelli Dr Lowenstein"

"Fiedler Schlamm"

There are some whose names I will never know

"Leo Hermann Reinhardt"

"Bruno Sauer Hedy Sauer"

I have a debt to pay

Not only for their help but for what they taught me

Today, l know something I never knew before

I know that no matter how cruelly the world strikes into the souls of men

There is a God-given decency in them

That will come out if it gets half a chance

That is the hope for the human race

That is the faith we must cling to

The only thing that will make our lives worth saving

I am sure that is what Wallau wanted me to understand back in Westhofen

?Who is Wallau

He was my friend

"Goodbye, George Heisler"

"I can leave you now"

I will go with you I'll walk with you on your way

No

Goodbye, Toni

Bye

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