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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:07,580 --> 00:00:09,013 I'll tell you a story. 2 00:00:10,460 --> 00:00:13,099 During the winter of 1944 to 1945, 3 00:00:13,260 --> 00:00:16,172 the US army broke through the Siegfried line. 4 00:00:17,140 --> 00:00:19,700 Two years later, a French mine-clearing crew 5 00:00:19,860 --> 00:00:22,658 was demolishing the remains of the blockhouses. 6 00:00:23,380 --> 00:00:27,612 Suddenly, through a hole in the ground, there appeared... 7 00:00:28,340 --> 00:00:32,970 a group of thin, blind, ghostly figures with great long beards. 8 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:35,258 There were six of them - 9 00:00:35,420 --> 00:00:39,891 the sole survivors of a German Army division. 10 00:00:40,940 --> 00:00:44,091 Two years before, the US bombardments 11 00:00:44,260 --> 00:00:47,935 had flattened their bunker, trapping them inside. 12 00:00:48,100 --> 00:00:49,089 They had food. 13 00:00:49,260 --> 00:00:52,570 They drank moisture from the walls. 14 00:00:53,220 --> 00:00:55,529 They lost all sense of time. 15 00:00:56,220 --> 00:00:58,051 They survived from habit, 16 00:00:58,220 --> 00:01:01,371 living like vegetables, mushrooms or moss. 17 00:01:02,900 --> 00:01:06,939 The war passed over their heads and they were forgotten. 18 00:01:08,940 --> 00:01:15,095 The point of this story is that, within a few days of being rescued, 19 00:01:15,260 --> 00:01:16,852 all six of them died. 20 00:01:18,060 --> 00:01:21,939 The cause of their death was a mystery. 21 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:25,297 Was it a virus? A new disease? 22 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:27,257 I know why they died. 23 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:32,050 They could no longer face real life. That's all. 24 00:01:32,740 --> 00:01:35,891 I think I'm the same. 25 00:01:36,060 --> 00:01:38,972 I never could face up to real life. 26 00:01:39,140 --> 00:01:41,859 Someone once said, "The best lives are invented. " 27 00:01:42,980 --> 00:01:44,254 I think it was me. 28 00:01:44,420 --> 00:01:47,412 A SELF-MADE HERO 29 00:02:10,260 --> 00:02:11,978 Were the Dehousses a local family? 30 00:02:12,140 --> 00:02:14,700 Yes, they were here for generations. 31 00:02:14,860 --> 00:02:18,899 Until 1945, there was a street named after one of them. 32 00:02:19,100 --> 00:02:21,136 I'm talking about the early 1900s. 33 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:24,178 In Albert's time, the money had long since run out. 34 00:02:48,020 --> 00:02:49,009 "Tennis. 35 00:02:49,180 --> 00:02:52,058 "T-E-N-N-I-S. 36 00:02:52,220 --> 00:02:53,892 "An outdoor game 37 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:56,853 "for two or four people 38 00:02:57,020 --> 00:03:00,456 "playing on two opposing sides, with racquets... " 39 00:03:00,740 --> 00:03:01,570 "'Captain! 40 00:03:01,740 --> 00:03:02,570 "'Captain! 41 00:03:02,740 --> 00:03:04,856 "'I think we're being followed! ' 42 00:03:05,060 --> 00:03:08,609 "Cried Miss Edith, peering through the blizzard. 43 00:03:09,340 --> 00:03:14,573 "'By Jove, yes! ' said Corcoran. 'I do believe it's a polar bear! ' 44 00:03:14,740 --> 00:03:18,176 "'My God! ' screamed Edith... " 45 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:25,019 Get down! 46 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:31,299 Is everybody all right? 47 00:03:31,460 --> 00:03:33,974 You have performed a remarkable deed. 48 00:03:34,140 --> 00:03:35,129 You're a hero. 49 00:03:35,300 --> 00:03:36,972 No, sir, I only did my duty. 50 00:03:37,140 --> 00:03:38,812 Raise the flag! 51 00:03:40,780 --> 00:03:42,008 Have you got a light? 52 00:03:43,460 --> 00:03:45,610 Thanks, old man. 53 00:03:51,220 --> 00:03:53,256 Albert, dinner's ready! 54 00:03:55,940 --> 00:03:57,009 I'm coming! 55 00:03:58,820 --> 00:04:00,651 Lambersart, 1930. 56 00:04:00,820 --> 00:04:02,014 Albert was 12 years old. 57 00:04:02,180 --> 00:04:05,411 His father was a picture on the wall, a soldier killed in action, 58 00:04:05,580 --> 00:04:06,979 a family hero. 59 00:04:07,140 --> 00:04:09,335 At dinner, a place was always set for him - 60 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:12,617 knife on the left, fork on the right as he was left-handed. 61 00:04:12,780 --> 00:04:13,895 I've done my best. 62 00:04:14,540 --> 00:04:16,690 He said I was a saint and he was right. 63 00:04:16,860 --> 00:04:19,533 He died for you. One day you'll understand. 64 00:04:21,220 --> 00:04:22,209 Why am I all alone? 65 00:04:26,820 --> 00:04:30,210 Why can't I have a life, like everybody else? 66 00:04:34,220 --> 00:04:36,017 Your father died for his country, 67 00:04:36,180 --> 00:04:38,978 but those town hall officials want you to starve! 68 00:04:39,140 --> 00:04:40,892 By rights, I should have a pension 69 00:04:41,060 --> 00:04:42,891 and you should be a ward of the state. 70 00:04:43,060 --> 00:04:44,129 What a fine country! 71 00:04:44,820 --> 00:04:49,291 If we were Jews or Freemasons, things would be different! 72 00:04:50,020 --> 00:04:52,409 "Jew. J-E-W. 73 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:56,532 "A member of the Jewish race, an Israelite. 74 00:04:56,700 --> 00:05:00,818 "A Polish Jew," spelt with a capital J. 75 00:05:03,100 --> 00:05:06,695 "They pitched camp on a hilltop, their gaudy tents in full view. 76 00:05:06,860 --> 00:05:09,454 "They were glad to be seen for miles around. 77 00:05:11,620 --> 00:05:13,372 " 'Soldiers! I'm proud of you. 78 00:05:13,540 --> 00:05:14,575 " 'You're fine men. 79 00:05:14,780 --> 00:05:18,170 " 'This battle will be decisive. Victory cannot escape us. 80 00:05:18,340 --> 00:05:20,535 " 'The enemy quakes. Have no mercy! ' " 81 00:05:25,500 --> 00:05:27,013 Sod your dad! 82 00:05:27,180 --> 00:05:30,013 He was no hero. He was an alcoholic like mine. 83 00:05:30,180 --> 00:05:33,775 He wasn't killed in action. He dropped dead in Toquet's bar. 84 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:36,456 That's not true! He was gassed. 85 00:05:36,620 --> 00:05:38,292 What are you talking about? 86 00:05:38,460 --> 00:05:41,020 Your mum says that because she wants a pension, 87 00:05:41,180 --> 00:05:43,250 but the town hall blokes aren't stupid. 88 00:05:43,420 --> 00:05:46,298 They know your dad had a nickname at Toquet's bar. 89 00:05:46,460 --> 00:05:49,372 - Do you know what it was? - No, I don't know. 90 00:05:49,580 --> 00:05:50,808 Do you want to know? 91 00:05:52,580 --> 00:05:54,059 Don't you want to know? 92 00:05:55,740 --> 00:05:57,458 Do you want to know or not? 93 00:05:59,700 --> 00:06:01,656 I'll tell you if you give me your bag. 94 00:06:05,740 --> 00:06:08,300 School bags don't just get lost. 95 00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:10,249 Did someone steal it? 96 00:06:12,540 --> 00:06:13,814 Did they? 97 00:06:15,780 --> 00:06:18,817 That school of yours is the bane of my life! 98 00:06:23,340 --> 00:06:24,409 Mum? 99 00:06:24,580 --> 00:06:26,298 Not "Mum", "Mummy". 100 00:06:26,460 --> 00:06:29,736 Mummy, what does "cirrhosis" mean? 101 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:31,253 What does it mean? 102 00:06:34,620 --> 00:06:36,531 Nothing. It's a rude word. 103 00:06:38,420 --> 00:06:41,253 Look at me, dear. Look at me! 104 00:06:41,420 --> 00:06:44,537 Whatever anyone has told you, it's a lie. 105 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:47,294 Look at me! Who would you rather believe? 106 00:06:47,460 --> 00:06:49,610 Riff-raff who soil your father's memory, 107 00:06:49,780 --> 00:06:52,169 or your mother who loves you and cares for you? 108 00:06:52,340 --> 00:06:54,695 Who would you rather believe? 109 00:06:54,860 --> 00:06:56,373 My mummy. 110 00:06:57,260 --> 00:06:58,488 Stop crying. 111 00:06:58,660 --> 00:07:00,457 If your father could see you now! 112 00:07:17,780 --> 00:07:21,090 This was Albert's first contact with deceit. 113 00:07:21,260 --> 00:07:24,855 It was also how he found his vocation - he would be a hero. 114 00:07:28,820 --> 00:07:29,809 Years went by. 115 00:07:29,980 --> 00:07:33,689 Albert went to primary school, and then to a local convent school. 116 00:07:33,860 --> 00:07:34,849 Times changed. 117 00:07:35,020 --> 00:07:38,615 He learned new words - front-wheel drive, Popular Front, paid holidays - 118 00:07:38,780 --> 00:07:41,738 and exotic names - Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Stalin. 119 00:07:44,860 --> 00:07:46,418 In 1939, war broke out. 120 00:07:46,580 --> 00:07:49,413 As a war widow's only child, Albert wasn't called up. 121 00:07:49,580 --> 00:07:51,172 He missed a chance to be a hero. 122 00:07:51,700 --> 00:07:54,897 The Germans entered Lambersart in June 1940. 123 00:07:55,060 --> 00:07:56,937 Albert was 22. 124 00:08:02,940 --> 00:08:04,931 In. It was in. 125 00:08:05,100 --> 00:08:06,818 No, that's... no. 126 00:08:07,540 --> 00:08:09,371 15... Game. 127 00:08:13,220 --> 00:08:14,539 Coming! 128 00:08:18,020 --> 00:08:21,774 The Allies began bombing the north of France in 1942. 129 00:08:21,980 --> 00:08:24,016 The Dehousses' cellar was a shelter. 130 00:08:24,180 --> 00:08:27,968 Mind my clean floor! At least wipe your feet! 131 00:08:28,140 --> 00:08:29,209 Be careful! 132 00:08:29,380 --> 00:08:30,893 Wipe your feet! 133 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:35,017 - Can't you give me any warning? - The RAF don't give us any! 134 00:08:35,900 --> 00:08:37,970 - Stop pushing! - Come and help me. 135 00:08:38,340 --> 00:08:41,059 Is that everyone? 136 00:08:42,340 --> 00:08:44,171 - Where are you going? - Oh, I know... 137 00:08:44,340 --> 00:08:47,332 - Aren't you coming? - I've had enough. I'm off to bed. 138 00:08:47,500 --> 00:08:49,138 Why are you holding that? 139 00:08:49,300 --> 00:08:52,895 Remember to bolt the door after they've gone. 140 00:08:54,460 --> 00:08:56,291 - Good night, Mummy. - Good night. 141 00:08:59,500 --> 00:09:00,774 Excuse me. 142 00:09:02,620 --> 00:09:04,690 - Sorry. It was my fault. - Don't worry. 143 00:09:04,860 --> 00:09:06,737 I was looking for the toilet. 144 00:09:06,900 --> 00:09:08,174 This way. 145 00:09:08,340 --> 00:09:09,568 Follow me. 146 00:09:10,900 --> 00:09:12,333 Mind the table. 147 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:15,295 - Do you know this house? - I live here. 148 00:09:15,460 --> 00:09:17,052 You're the Dehousse boy? 149 00:09:17,220 --> 00:09:19,450 - I'm Yvette Caron. - Mind the step. 150 00:09:19,620 --> 00:09:20,814 His name is Jean. 151 00:09:21,500 --> 00:09:24,014 - What's yours? - Albert. 152 00:09:24,780 --> 00:09:28,773 Wait. My poor feet. These shoes are killing me. 153 00:09:28,940 --> 00:09:30,339 Can you hold this? 154 00:09:41,300 --> 00:09:42,574 That's better. 155 00:09:43,380 --> 00:09:44,415 What? 156 00:09:45,020 --> 00:09:47,659 I said it's better without my shoes. 157 00:09:47,820 --> 00:09:48,809 This way. 158 00:09:48,980 --> 00:09:50,015 Watch out! 159 00:09:51,260 --> 00:09:53,854 - It's strange we haven't met before. - Why? 160 00:09:54,020 --> 00:09:55,931 I work at Martel's textile company. 161 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:59,376 I'm in accounts. My father works there too, in sales. 162 00:10:00,060 --> 00:10:01,209 What do you do? 163 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:04,375 - Who, me? - Not the air raid warden, silly! 164 00:10:04,540 --> 00:10:06,132 What's your occupation? 165 00:10:12,700 --> 00:10:13,894 I write. 166 00:10:14,060 --> 00:10:16,335 Really? Are you a journalist? 167 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:19,492 No, I write novels. I'm currently writing a novel. 168 00:10:19,660 --> 00:10:21,298 How interesting! 169 00:10:21,460 --> 00:10:22,779 Yes, it is. 170 00:10:26,220 --> 00:10:29,974 "At sunrise, the forest filled with animal cries. 171 00:10:35,980 --> 00:10:41,418 "At sunrise, the forest filled with animal cries. 172 00:10:44,540 --> 00:10:49,534 "At sunrise, the forest filled with animal cries. 173 00:11:00,940 --> 00:11:03,932 "He seized her wrists and forced her backwards. " 174 00:11:04,100 --> 00:11:05,772 - " 'Repeat that! ' - " 'I can't. ' 175 00:11:05,940 --> 00:11:07,498 "'You're lying again! ' 176 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:10,498 "Boris stopped himself. He felt ashamed. 177 00:11:10,660 --> 00:11:14,016 "He knew he was a violent man, but why was he so brutal? 178 00:11:16,220 --> 00:11:17,858 "Why this sudden anger? 179 00:11:18,020 --> 00:11:20,329 "Why could he not trust his wife? 180 00:11:20,500 --> 00:11:23,060 "Was he not dishonouring his wife? 181 00:11:23,220 --> 00:11:27,532 "His heart filled with love and counselled him wisely. 182 00:11:27,700 --> 00:11:30,009 "He saw that courtesy and kindness 183 00:11:30,180 --> 00:11:33,536 "were the only way to win over the headstrong Sheeba. " 184 00:11:33,980 --> 00:11:35,618 This is London. 185 00:11:35,780 --> 00:11:40,649 Here are some personal messages - Grandfather is eating... 186 00:11:40,820 --> 00:11:41,969 Wait... 187 00:11:42,140 --> 00:11:46,133 - It is time to pick tomatoes. - "I'm scared you'll leave by ship. " 188 00:11:46,300 --> 00:11:48,894 - "Sheeba, don't worry... " - Titian was a painter. 189 00:11:49,060 --> 00:11:50,618 "You'll see me again soon. " 190 00:11:50,780 --> 00:11:54,011 It's super, Albert. Really! 191 00:11:54,180 --> 00:11:56,091 Where do you get it all from? 192 00:11:56,700 --> 00:12:01,490 I have no imagination. Really, none. 193 00:12:01,660 --> 00:12:03,298 I can barely write a postcard. 194 00:12:03,500 --> 00:12:05,968 Who was that other man? 195 00:12:06,140 --> 00:12:08,017 George, a cousin from Brittany. 196 00:12:08,180 --> 00:12:10,136 So what happens to Sheeba? 197 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:14,173 I haven't decided yet. 198 00:12:14,340 --> 00:12:17,457 - Haven't you? - I haven't made up my mind. 199 00:12:17,620 --> 00:12:19,736 I misjudged you, Albert. 200 00:12:19,900 --> 00:12:23,370 I thought you were shy and a bit stuck-up. 201 00:12:25,740 --> 00:12:27,890 I didn't know you were like this. 202 00:12:30,380 --> 00:12:32,291 So here we are. 203 00:12:32,460 --> 00:12:33,893 Goodbye, Albert. 204 00:12:34,820 --> 00:12:36,253 Goodbye, Yvette. 205 00:12:37,860 --> 00:12:39,213 Will you read me the rest? 206 00:12:40,620 --> 00:12:41,609 Promise? 207 00:12:41,780 --> 00:12:43,008 I promise. 208 00:12:46,540 --> 00:12:47,939 "Boris took a breath. 209 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:49,772 "'I'm listening, Selina. ' 210 00:12:49,940 --> 00:12:52,056 "She lay at his feet and gazed at him 211 00:12:52,220 --> 00:12:54,051 "with her strange, small eyes. 212 00:12:54,220 --> 00:12:55,414 "'Never doubt me... '" 213 00:12:55,580 --> 00:12:58,652 Adopted by the Caron family, Albert discovered a new world. 214 00:12:58,820 --> 00:13:02,574 He learned new words - Sunday, family, aperitif, boules... 215 00:13:02,740 --> 00:13:07,575 For once in his life, he felt he belonged, he felt alive. 216 00:13:10,380 --> 00:13:12,052 You can't possibly marry her. 217 00:13:13,220 --> 00:13:15,495 She's beneath you. You can't! 218 00:13:15,660 --> 00:13:18,128 They're working-class communists! 219 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:19,858 They go to church. 220 00:13:20,020 --> 00:13:21,135 What? 221 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:23,211 They go to church on Sundays. 222 00:13:24,900 --> 00:13:26,253 They're the worst kind! 223 00:13:26,420 --> 00:13:28,536 The worst, you hear? 224 00:13:29,740 --> 00:13:33,176 They were married two weeks later. Mrs Dehousse stayed at home. 225 00:13:33,380 --> 00:13:36,258 The local band serenaded the newlyweds. 226 00:13:37,180 --> 00:13:39,535 Yvette's parents lent them their bedroom. 227 00:13:41,860 --> 00:13:44,818 "Breast. B-R-E-A-S-T. 228 00:13:44,980 --> 00:13:47,255 "From Old English"breost", udder. " 229 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:51,172 - Was it nice? - Yes. 230 00:13:53,660 --> 00:13:55,696 It was the first time for me. 231 00:13:56,740 --> 00:13:57,968 How about you? 232 00:13:59,220 --> 00:14:00,619 For me, too. 233 00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:03,538 Give me a cuddle. 234 00:14:12,980 --> 00:14:14,857 Can I ask you something? 235 00:14:17,260 --> 00:14:19,091 Put your dress back on. 236 00:14:20,420 --> 00:14:21,853 I'm not dressing up again. 237 00:14:23,740 --> 00:14:25,014 Please. 238 00:14:37,940 --> 00:14:41,137 In Marseilles, Mr Lacombe, the Deputy Governor, 239 00:14:41,340 --> 00:14:45,538 saw the 2,000th volunteer worker off to Germany. 240 00:14:49,700 --> 00:14:53,249 In Paris, P�tain's boys also reported for duty. 241 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:58,136 They leave for Germany today to begin their apprenticeships. 242 00:14:59,700 --> 00:15:01,292 What did I say about writers? 243 00:15:01,460 --> 00:15:03,337 - They're shirkers. - Exactly. 244 00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:06,253 The Krauts will say the same. 245 00:15:06,420 --> 00:15:07,819 Do you want to go to Germany? 246 00:15:07,980 --> 00:15:10,016 Nor do we, especially Yvette. 247 00:15:10,180 --> 00:15:12,535 You need a proper, steady job. 248 00:15:12,700 --> 00:15:15,260 Go study next door, Jean. 249 00:15:16,980 --> 00:15:20,939 In sales representation, the key word is "presentation". Got that? 250 00:15:22,060 --> 00:15:23,891 So pull up your trousers. 251 00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:26,295 Stand up straight. You look like a tramp. 252 00:15:26,780 --> 00:15:30,216 Now, in sales repping there's an element of cheekiness. 253 00:15:30,380 --> 00:15:32,450 Not lying, cheekiness. 254 00:15:32,620 --> 00:15:34,258 Persuasion, if you prefer. 255 00:15:34,460 --> 00:15:35,893 Do you see the difference? 256 00:15:36,060 --> 00:15:40,212 Act smooth and they're wary. Act stupid and they switch off. Got that? 257 00:15:40,420 --> 00:15:42,536 Ring the bell and then start. 258 00:15:42,700 --> 00:15:44,099 ...and then I start. 259 00:15:44,860 --> 00:15:46,578 Come in. 260 00:15:46,740 --> 00:15:48,014 Good morning, madam. 261 00:15:48,180 --> 00:15:49,249 Martel & Co. 262 00:15:49,420 --> 00:15:51,331 Stop. You have to smile. 263 00:15:51,940 --> 00:15:52,929 Start again. 264 00:15:54,900 --> 00:15:56,219 Do I ring? 265 00:15:57,460 --> 00:15:58,529 Come in. 266 00:15:58,700 --> 00:16:01,055 Good morning, madam. Martel & Co. 267 00:16:01,220 --> 00:16:04,098 We sell household linen and babywear. 268 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:07,291 Good morning, madam! Martel & Co! 269 00:16:07,460 --> 00:16:09,337 Smile. Stand up straight. 270 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:11,650 We'd like to show you some samples. 271 00:16:11,860 --> 00:16:15,933 Good morning, madam. Martel & Co. We sell linen and babywear. 272 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:17,818 Could you spare a few minutes? 273 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:22,138 I tracked Albert Dehousse down in the Martel & Co records - 274 00:16:22,300 --> 00:16:24,052 household linen manufacturers, 275 00:16:24,380 --> 00:16:28,009 where his father-in-law had worked 276 00:16:28,180 --> 00:16:30,091 as a salesman for 20 years. 277 00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:33,770 He got Dehousse the job 278 00:16:33,940 --> 00:16:36,534 to save him from being sent to work in Germany. 279 00:16:37,060 --> 00:16:42,339 Extracts from the Martel company records, from July 1943 to June 1944. 280 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:46,209 "Albert Dehousse - Good presentation. Excellent results. " 281 00:16:46,380 --> 00:16:49,213 Albert had a wife, a job and Sunday lunch with Mother. 282 00:16:49,420 --> 00:16:52,014 He almost forgot there was a war on. 283 00:16:52,660 --> 00:16:53,934 What are you looking at? 284 00:16:54,100 --> 00:16:56,534 Get out of here! You didn't see anything. 285 00:16:57,180 --> 00:16:59,978 Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with Thee... 286 00:17:00,180 --> 00:17:05,652 Blessed art Thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb... 287 00:17:05,820 --> 00:17:07,014 No, let me go! 288 00:17:07,780 --> 00:17:09,896 Don't kill me! I have three children! 289 00:17:16,700 --> 00:17:18,611 Didn't you hear me? Get out of here! 290 00:17:39,260 --> 00:17:42,013 The first English soldier rode through Lambersart 291 00:17:42,220 --> 00:17:43,653 on 6th September, 1944. 292 00:17:44,900 --> 00:17:46,618 What happened to Mrs Dehousse? 293 00:17:46,780 --> 00:17:48,054 She had never had a job. 294 00:17:48,220 --> 00:17:49,289 Then one day, 295 00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:51,092 she was seen at the town hall, 296 00:17:51,260 --> 00:17:52,818 organising ration cards. 297 00:17:52,980 --> 00:17:55,289 People didn't want to talk to her. 298 00:17:55,460 --> 00:17:57,451 Because of the ration cards? 299 00:17:57,620 --> 00:17:59,975 Amongst other things. 300 00:18:00,140 --> 00:18:01,493 What other things? 301 00:18:02,940 --> 00:18:06,091 Mrs Dehousse collaborated throughout the war. 302 00:18:06,260 --> 00:18:11,209 In 1943, she was rewarded with a war widow's pension. 303 00:18:12,260 --> 00:18:15,457 - What happened at the Liberation? - Oh, well... 304 00:18:15,620 --> 00:18:18,293 You must have heard something? 305 00:18:19,460 --> 00:18:21,052 Does the camera bother you? 306 00:18:27,260 --> 00:18:29,137 Please don't! No! 307 00:18:38,460 --> 00:18:39,859 Please! 308 00:18:44,660 --> 00:18:48,096 Come and help me, Albert! 309 00:18:53,900 --> 00:18:57,176 What's going on here? What the hell are you doing? 310 00:18:57,340 --> 00:18:59,296 Are you out of your minds? 311 00:18:59,460 --> 00:19:01,291 This is a Resistance home! 312 00:19:01,460 --> 00:19:04,418 I'm Caron's daughter. The Germinal network, get it? 313 00:19:04,580 --> 00:19:08,016 What's your problem? Is something bothering you? 314 00:19:08,180 --> 00:19:11,172 Shall I get my father? He loves dealing with bullies. 315 00:19:11,340 --> 00:19:13,171 Get the hell out of here! 316 00:19:15,780 --> 00:19:17,213 Help me, Albert. 317 00:19:18,940 --> 00:19:20,089 Help me. 318 00:19:24,260 --> 00:19:25,852 What was the "network" story? 319 00:19:26,780 --> 00:19:30,932 It's not a story. We helped some English pilots who were shot down. 320 00:19:31,140 --> 00:19:32,732 Daddy hid them in barns. 321 00:19:37,020 --> 00:19:39,056 Get me a towel and some water. 322 00:19:39,220 --> 00:19:40,209 Your father? 323 00:19:40,420 --> 00:19:41,978 Yes. 324 00:19:42,140 --> 00:19:43,653 Get me a towel and some water! 325 00:19:55,980 --> 00:19:57,459 What are you doing? 326 00:19:57,620 --> 00:19:59,019 Hurry up! 327 00:20:04,780 --> 00:20:06,213 Why didn't you tell me? 328 00:20:06,820 --> 00:20:09,539 Daddy told us not to. It was too dangerous. 329 00:20:10,340 --> 00:20:13,457 I thought you knew. You did your sales calls together. 330 00:20:14,420 --> 00:20:16,934 And you have so much imagination. 331 00:20:19,100 --> 00:20:20,772 Cheer up. 332 00:20:27,260 --> 00:20:29,535 Come on, cheer up. 333 00:20:30,140 --> 00:20:31,653 It's no big deal. 334 00:20:33,020 --> 00:20:34,578 You know that I love you. 335 00:21:20,940 --> 00:21:23,613 I've had happier times in my life. 336 00:21:24,540 --> 00:21:26,815 You're always searching for reasons. 337 00:21:26,980 --> 00:21:31,496 Well, there you have the reason for one thing - my leaving. 338 00:21:31,660 --> 00:21:33,696 Frankly, what else could I do? 339 00:21:34,300 --> 00:21:35,938 What would you have done? 340 00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:37,818 Could you have walked right in, 341 00:21:37,980 --> 00:21:41,973 said hello, kissed your wife and joined the party? 342 00:21:42,820 --> 00:21:44,333 Of course not. 343 00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:45,853 Do you know why? 344 00:21:46,020 --> 00:21:48,659 Because you would have been devastated. 345 00:21:50,660 --> 00:21:52,013 Devastated. 346 00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:34,858 What's up with you? 347 00:22:35,060 --> 00:22:36,937 You can't stay there all night! 348 00:22:38,820 --> 00:22:40,617 Do you want a lift? 349 00:22:40,780 --> 00:22:41,929 Hop in, then. 350 00:22:42,100 --> 00:22:43,215 Come on, hop in! 351 00:23:25,140 --> 00:23:26,493 Mummy, it's a lady. 352 00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:29,089 When did your husband disappear? 353 00:23:29,260 --> 00:23:30,818 6th September. 354 00:23:30,980 --> 00:23:33,210 The day Lambersart was liberated. 355 00:23:33,820 --> 00:23:37,893 He went to his mother's house and then he didn't come home. 356 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:40,092 We've searched everywhere. 357 00:23:40,900 --> 00:23:42,538 It's been two months. 358 00:23:42,700 --> 00:23:44,053 I don't understand it. 359 00:23:44,220 --> 00:23:45,369 They found his bike. 360 00:23:45,540 --> 00:23:47,417 - Did you go to the police? - Yes. 361 00:23:48,580 --> 00:23:52,129 They said that, in the circumstances, they can't help. 362 00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:53,699 All we can do is wait. 363 00:23:53,860 --> 00:23:55,612 But I can't wait any longer. 364 00:23:58,860 --> 00:24:00,339 I'm sorry to insist, 365 00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:03,697 but how do you know that your husband is still alive? 366 00:24:03,860 --> 00:24:05,088 I just know. 367 00:24:05,700 --> 00:24:07,133 I can feel it. 368 00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:08,779 I just feel it, that's all. 369 00:24:16,340 --> 00:24:17,409 Good evening, sir. 370 00:24:17,580 --> 00:24:19,059 Can you spare any change? 371 00:24:21,140 --> 00:24:22,129 Good night, sir. 372 00:24:29,740 --> 00:24:32,459 Excuse me, could you spare any change? Sorry. 373 00:24:32,620 --> 00:24:34,019 Have a good evening. 374 00:24:50,820 --> 00:24:52,492 You've got it all wrong. 375 00:24:53,580 --> 00:24:54,569 What? 376 00:24:55,420 --> 00:24:57,092 You're doing it wrongly. 377 00:24:57,820 --> 00:25:00,493 You put your hand out as if you're apologising. 378 00:25:01,820 --> 00:25:05,256 That coat makes you look like a sack of potatoes. 379 00:25:05,420 --> 00:25:08,332 Does a sack apologise? Of course not. 380 00:25:08,500 --> 00:25:11,060 You scare them. Take it off. 381 00:25:11,780 --> 00:25:13,498 - What? - Take that thing off! 382 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:17,294 And the jacket. 383 00:25:17,460 --> 00:25:19,257 - But I'll be cold. - Take it off! 384 00:25:19,460 --> 00:25:21,928 - I'll be cold! - Cold but dignified. 385 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:23,692 They'll love it. 386 00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:26,255 A man in a shirt in the rain melts their hearts. 387 00:25:26,420 --> 00:25:27,933 And you can see it in the dark. 388 00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:29,818 Go on. Remember to smile! 389 00:25:31,420 --> 00:25:34,014 Good evening. Can you spare any change? 390 00:25:34,180 --> 00:25:35,329 Thank you! 391 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:38,333 Thank you, sir. Thank you, madam. Enjoy your evening! 392 00:25:43,740 --> 00:25:47,050 You're not really a tramp, are you? Tramps gobble their food. 393 00:25:47,260 --> 00:25:48,329 You don't. 394 00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:51,094 You use your knife and fork and wipe your mouth. 395 00:25:51,260 --> 00:25:52,693 You're well-bred, right? 396 00:25:52,860 --> 00:25:54,009 Do you mind my asking? 397 00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:55,938 No, it's OK. 398 00:25:56,100 --> 00:25:58,011 You don't have to answer. 399 00:25:58,180 --> 00:25:59,659 No, no... Yes. 400 00:25:59,820 --> 00:26:01,617 You look like the "no-yes" type. 401 00:26:01,780 --> 00:26:02,815 What's your name? 402 00:26:03,620 --> 00:26:05,053 Dehousse, Albert. 403 00:26:05,220 --> 00:26:06,448 Albert Dehousse. 404 00:26:06,620 --> 00:26:08,178 What can I get you next? 405 00:26:08,340 --> 00:26:10,376 - What is there? - Tripe and potatoes. 406 00:26:10,580 --> 00:26:12,571 Tripe it is. It reminds me of London. 407 00:26:13,940 --> 00:26:15,896 What will Albert Dehousse have? 408 00:26:17,420 --> 00:26:18,819 The same, please. 409 00:26:20,660 --> 00:26:22,252 Why London? 410 00:26:22,980 --> 00:26:24,732 Tripe reminds you of London. 411 00:26:24,900 --> 00:26:28,051 A little French restaurant in Soho with checked curtains 412 00:26:28,220 --> 00:26:30,654 and a red-haired waitress dressed to match. 413 00:26:30,820 --> 00:26:33,288 Chez Roger, on the corner of Hanway Street. 414 00:26:33,460 --> 00:26:36,611 We met the BBC boys there - Marin, Nervoix and the others. 415 00:26:36,780 --> 00:26:38,896 They did tripe on Tuesdays. 416 00:26:39,540 --> 00:26:41,337 You were in London during the war? 417 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:42,728 It would seem so. 418 00:26:42,900 --> 00:26:44,094 How fantastic! 419 00:26:44,300 --> 00:26:45,972 Fantastic? What a word! 420 00:26:46,140 --> 00:26:49,416 The Citroen 15 is fantastic. Charles Trenet is fantastic. 421 00:26:49,580 --> 00:26:51,013 But war, quite honestly... 422 00:26:52,540 --> 00:26:55,373 Here's something fantastic for you. 423 00:26:55,540 --> 00:26:57,690 If he was in London, I was in Lourdes! 424 00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:00,689 And then? 425 00:27:00,860 --> 00:27:02,532 I was parachuted into France. 426 00:27:02,700 --> 00:27:03,928 After being in London? 427 00:27:05,820 --> 00:27:06,809 What for? 428 00:27:08,180 --> 00:27:12,014 Why would I be parachuted into France in 1942? To learn German? 429 00:27:16,780 --> 00:27:18,259 Shall we order another? 430 00:27:18,420 --> 00:27:19,409 Yes, no? 431 00:27:19,580 --> 00:27:24,096 I met the Captain in 1956 when his book Bad Memory came out. 432 00:27:24,260 --> 00:27:25,488 I was a young publisher. 433 00:27:25,700 --> 00:27:27,656 It was only my second novel. 434 00:27:27,820 --> 00:27:30,015 He used the pen name "Jean Dionnet"? 435 00:27:30,180 --> 00:27:31,898 Yes, but it's not significant. 436 00:27:32,060 --> 00:27:34,290 I knew him by several names. 437 00:27:34,460 --> 00:27:35,609 He loved that. 438 00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:37,617 He said he loved three things - 439 00:27:37,780 --> 00:27:41,329 the past subjunctive tense, big trees, and deceit in every form. 440 00:27:41,540 --> 00:27:43,417 Why did the name "Captain" come from? 441 00:27:43,580 --> 00:27:45,889 He was in a Free French Unit in England. 442 00:27:51,420 --> 00:27:53,138 Thank you, sir. 443 00:27:53,340 --> 00:27:54,534 Goodbye. 444 00:27:57,140 --> 00:27:59,449 One question, Albert. Do you like men? 445 00:28:00,580 --> 00:28:03,219 That depends. What kind of men? 446 00:28:04,220 --> 00:28:06,450 The kind you embrace in the dark. 447 00:28:09,940 --> 00:28:10,929 Don't stare. 448 00:28:11,140 --> 00:28:13,096 Just say yes or no. Yes, no? 449 00:28:14,860 --> 00:28:17,579 No need to get upset. I heard you. 450 00:28:17,780 --> 00:28:19,532 Have you got somewhere to sleep? 451 00:28:20,540 --> 00:28:22,576 I didn't say "have sex". I said "sleep". 452 00:28:22,780 --> 00:28:24,498 Have you got somewhere to sleep? 453 00:28:29,460 --> 00:28:32,816 Go to the Royal Lepic. Tell them the Captain sent you. 454 00:29:16,420 --> 00:29:20,652 I can't keep up with what you're saying. 455 00:29:20,820 --> 00:29:21,889 Hello, Albert. 456 00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:23,049 Hello, Odette. 457 00:29:23,220 --> 00:29:25,575 - Keep behind me, my love. - I'm here. 458 00:29:25,740 --> 00:29:28,493 We haven't got time to mess around! 459 00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:30,531 - Not today. - Come on. 460 00:29:37,460 --> 00:29:39,052 - Is it busy tonight? - Yes. 461 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:51,252 Thank you. Have a good evening! 462 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,754 LET'S NOT GRUMBLE... 463 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:02,354 August had been bliss. 464 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:03,909 We know the pictures - 465 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,351 girls on tanks, people kissing and dancing in the street... 466 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:13,235 We thought now Paris was liberated, the war was over. 467 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,352 But months went by, 468 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:20,792 winter came, and there was still no coal nor enough food. 469 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,235 People began to have second thoughts. 470 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:26,278 I remember an elderly lady telling me innocently, 471 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:27,998 "When the Germans were here, 472 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,630 "we were hungry and cold but at least it was well organised!" 473 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,958 Between the occupied and free zones I had six different identities. 474 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,318 One wrong answer, you're dead! 475 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,275 - How did you do it? - I made it all up. 476 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,630 If you mix your life in with your story, 477 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:46,791 they'll check up and you've had it. 478 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,834 The past always drags you down. Invent the whole story from A to Z. 479 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,432 Empty hands, empty pockets, everything filed away. 480 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:58,359 Did you kill many Germans? 481 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:00,628 On occasion. 482 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:01,915 How many? 483 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:06,555 Numbers don't count. What counts is the pleasure you get. 484 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,153 That's the danger. 485 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,873 War is good in that way. You get to kill lots of Germans. 486 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:14,234 Peace is the problem. 487 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,630 I'm re-enlisting. I'm going to Berlin. 488 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,360 Plenty of warmth and human contact there! 489 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:20,714 Do you know what I mean? 490 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:23,756 Do you believe me, you fool? 491 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:02,319 Happy New Year, sir. 492 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,313 I wished you a Happy and Prosperous New Year. 493 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,157 Happy New Year, young man. 494 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:20,189 Excuse me. 495 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:23,272 I'm not used to kindness. It seems strange. 496 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:26,194 Do you know me? 497 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:28,915 No, sir. 498 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,039 Don't you know my name? 499 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:37,557 Call me Jo. Have you never seen Mr Jo? 500 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:40,754 Are you sure? 501 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,957 Not even pictures in crappy magazines? 502 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:45,109 No, sir. 503 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:48,232 So you said "Happy New Year", free of charge? 504 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:54,677 This is the German embassy in 1943. 505 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:58,196 The one in uniform is Otto Abetz, the German ambassador. 506 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,874 Next to him is Mr Jo. 507 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:03,192 This is August, 1944. 508 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,632 Not the day before or the day after, but the day of Liberation. 509 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:12,075 Exit collaborating scrap merchant. Enter resistance hero. 510 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:13,355 Mind-blowing! 511 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:14,595 Do you see all this? 512 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,194 Mr Jo earned it by one thing only - doing favours. 513 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:18,679 I've always done favours. 514 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,037 The Germans want bronze? No problem. Mr Jo delivers bronze. 515 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,634 The Gestapo want information? No problem. 516 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,916 Mr Jo delivers information. 517 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,719 The Resistance wants Gestapo men? No problem. 518 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,599 Mr Jo delivers the Gestapo men to the Resistance. 519 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:34,549 Doing favours. 520 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:36,870 That's the secret. 521 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,357 Now copy addresses from the machine 522 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,670 and send Mr Jo's wishes to his friends. 523 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,912 When the bell rings, show in Mr Jo's friends. 524 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,913 Always ask Mr Jo's friends to wait. 525 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:52,312 When I say so, show the friends into Mr Jo's office. 526 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,431 In the first two weeks of February, Albert wrote 2,575 cards. 527 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:09,873 Mr Jo had many friends. 528 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,156 Albert showed in many important men. 529 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:14,548 He made them all wait, 530 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,991 and instinctively filed away their names and faces, 531 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:19,752 as the Captain had told him to. 532 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:21,433 Dear friend, come in. 533 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:36,593 It's open. 534 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:39,189 Hello, are you busy? 535 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:41,393 I'm reading. 536 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,836 - Do you feel like doing something? - Like what? 537 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:50,472 We could go out for a drink or see a movie, or just stay in. 538 00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:53,553 You do everything too fast, Albert. It's a shame. 539 00:34:53,720 --> 00:34:55,233 Hasn't anyone ever told you? 540 00:34:55,900 --> 00:34:57,219 Never? 541 00:34:57,380 --> 00:34:58,495 No, why? 542 00:34:58,660 --> 00:35:00,776 It's like you want to get it over with. 543 00:35:00,940 --> 00:35:02,373 Don't you like sex? 544 00:35:02,540 --> 00:35:04,849 - Yes, I do. - So make it last! 545 00:35:05,060 --> 00:35:06,937 You're as quick as a flash... 546 00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:10,217 - Bedbugs! - Who cares? Listen! 547 00:35:10,380 --> 00:35:12,894 - Am I hurting your feelings? - No, not at all. 548 00:35:14,220 --> 00:35:15,972 Timid types are all the same. 549 00:35:16,180 --> 00:35:20,059 If we don't cry for joy, they panic and - whoops, it's over! 550 00:35:20,660 --> 00:35:25,893 But Albert, I can't do that. It's my job, you see. 551 00:35:26,620 --> 00:35:29,930 Did you ever see a factory worker cry for joy? It's the same for me. 552 00:35:31,660 --> 00:35:35,972 When you feel like you can't last, think about something else. 553 00:35:36,140 --> 00:35:38,176 Have you ever tried that? 554 00:35:40,340 --> 00:35:44,049 - Like what? - Something nice which takes time. 555 00:35:44,220 --> 00:35:46,211 Imagine you're in a restaurant. 556 00:35:46,380 --> 00:35:49,213 Think about it. What do you do in a restaurant? 557 00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:52,136 - I sit down. - Exactly, you sit down. 558 00:35:52,780 --> 00:35:55,499 You sit down and you look at the menu. 559 00:35:55,660 --> 00:35:59,289 The starters, main courses, desserts... 560 00:35:59,460 --> 00:36:01,291 Come back to the starters. 561 00:36:01,460 --> 00:36:04,258 Ask for a little explanation... hesitate. 562 00:36:04,420 --> 00:36:07,332 When the food arrives, don't wolf it down. 563 00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:09,456 Savour it, eat it slowly... 564 00:36:10,180 --> 00:36:12,853 and then, then, then, you come back for more. 565 00:36:13,420 --> 00:36:15,297 "With his day job at Mr Jo's, 566 00:36:15,620 --> 00:36:19,215 "night school with Odette and the Captain's tuition, Valentin... " 567 00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:23,331 Valentin, that's what Dionnet calls Dehousse in his novel. 568 00:36:23,700 --> 00:36:26,134 "Valentin came on in leaps and bounds. 569 00:36:26,340 --> 00:36:29,491 "He thought about his home town less and less. " 570 00:36:29,660 --> 00:36:30,934 Savour it! 571 00:36:31,100 --> 00:36:32,453 I am! 572 00:36:32,620 --> 00:36:36,977 Good! Now think about dessert. Are you thinking about it? 573 00:36:37,180 --> 00:36:41,492 You've got it made! Nice little job, nice little woman... 574 00:36:41,860 --> 00:36:45,091 You asked for nothing and got it all. Success! 575 00:36:48,380 --> 00:36:51,531 You've still got straw for brains but something tells me... 576 00:36:53,700 --> 00:36:57,090 Listen carefully, you won't understand all of this now, 577 00:36:57,260 --> 00:36:58,534 maybe you never will. 578 00:36:58,700 --> 00:36:59,849 Are you listening? 579 00:37:00,020 --> 00:37:02,853 Great times like this happen only once in a century. 580 00:37:03,020 --> 00:37:06,535 Losers posing as winners, cowards as heroes, devils as saints. 581 00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:09,612 With talent and imagination, the sky's the limit. 582 00:37:12,060 --> 00:37:13,459 You bet I have! 583 00:37:24,740 --> 00:37:26,378 Magic, Albert. Magic! 584 00:37:30,260 --> 00:37:32,251 "What's the matter, Beast?" 585 00:37:32,420 --> 00:37:34,012 "Nothing, Beauty. Nothing. " 586 00:37:50,940 --> 00:37:53,659 Let go! You're hurting me! 587 00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:56,411 I'm a friend of General de Gaulle! 588 00:37:58,540 --> 00:38:00,292 You're hurting me, idiot! 589 00:38:01,580 --> 00:38:03,810 - Bastards... - Put him in here. 590 00:38:19,860 --> 00:38:23,489 - Have you seen the Captain? - No, but he left this for you. 591 00:38:29,700 --> 00:38:33,409 "Itchy feet, stop. Need air, stop. 592 00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:35,453 "PS. His name's Marlon. 593 00:38:35,620 --> 00:38:38,088 "Age 20, from Virginia. As handsome as a tank. 594 00:38:38,260 --> 00:38:41,218 "I'm discovering jazz and the beauty of the winning army. " 595 00:38:41,380 --> 00:38:42,733 "Ah, Albert! Love! Love!" 596 00:38:42,900 --> 00:38:44,015 What will you have? 597 00:38:45,260 --> 00:38:46,249 What is there? 598 00:38:46,420 --> 00:38:47,933 Tripe and potatoes. 599 00:38:49,540 --> 00:38:51,292 Tripe it is. 600 00:38:52,300 --> 00:38:55,849 "I'm discovering jazz and the beauty of the winning army. 601 00:38:56,020 --> 00:38:57,612 "Ah, Albert!" 602 00:39:23,540 --> 00:39:25,770 Soubeyran! Aren't you coming in? 603 00:39:26,180 --> 00:39:28,216 Sorry, I thought you were someone else. 604 00:39:52,980 --> 00:39:55,096 - Where's home? - Near the Army School. 605 00:39:55,260 --> 00:39:57,330 - For the Ministry? - Yes, it's handy. 606 00:40:00,820 --> 00:40:03,095 - Have you got an invitation? - No. 607 00:40:03,260 --> 00:40:07,014 - Are you on the list? - I must be in the wrong place. 608 00:40:07,180 --> 00:40:08,215 What's going on? 609 00:40:08,380 --> 00:40:11,577 A Resistance veterans' reunion. 610 00:40:11,740 --> 00:40:12,809 Thank you. 611 00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:19,489 Nervoix! 612 00:40:20,100 --> 00:40:21,738 - Henri! - Bauchamps! 613 00:40:21,900 --> 00:40:23,253 Good old Bauchamps! 614 00:40:23,420 --> 00:40:24,648 Good to see you! 615 00:40:25,300 --> 00:40:27,370 - Where's Auberly? - He couldn't make it. 616 00:40:37,740 --> 00:40:39,935 "Henri Nervoix, the voice of London. " 617 00:40:42,860 --> 00:40:44,179 Dehousse! Albert! 618 00:40:44,340 --> 00:40:48,618 Good old Nervoix! How have you been all this time? 619 00:40:49,980 --> 00:40:52,255 I've got so much to tell you. 620 00:40:54,620 --> 00:40:56,531 It's me. Let's go out. 621 00:40:59,860 --> 00:41:00,849 I'm working. 622 00:41:11,180 --> 00:41:14,616 150 for food, 300 for rent, 100 for newspapers. 623 00:41:14,780 --> 00:41:17,089 Enough for three months. Then I'll see. 624 00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:28,535 Shit! 625 00:41:32,340 --> 00:41:34,410 The advertisement that Albert saw 626 00:41:34,620 --> 00:41:38,852 said, "Near Army School. Single room to let. Reasonable rent. " 627 00:41:42,940 --> 00:41:44,055 Will it do? 628 00:41:44,620 --> 00:41:48,135 300 francs a month. Two months' deposit. 629 00:41:48,300 --> 00:41:50,018 Rent on the 10th of the month. 630 00:41:50,940 --> 00:41:53,852 - Who else lives here? - People of quality. 631 00:41:54,420 --> 00:41:57,173 Civil servants, retired teachers, a Navy widow... 632 00:41:59,740 --> 00:42:03,415 The previous tenant left those books. I'll take them if you want. 633 00:42:03,580 --> 00:42:05,013 No, thank you. 634 00:42:06,060 --> 00:42:10,451 Where do you live, Mr Dehousse? Near the Army School. It's handy. 635 00:42:16,260 --> 00:42:18,376 The lieutenant's papers, please. 636 00:42:23,140 --> 00:42:25,176 Here you are, dear. 637 00:42:25,340 --> 00:42:27,058 - Goodbye. - See you tomorrow. 638 00:42:28,180 --> 00:42:29,499 The same ones, please. 639 00:42:30,500 --> 00:42:34,937 France Libre, Combat, R�sistance and Franc-Tireur. 640 00:42:53,260 --> 00:42:56,696 1943. The fight against the Resistance intensifies. 641 00:42:56,860 --> 00:43:00,648 Pierre Brossolette throws himself from a fifth floor window, 642 00:43:00,820 --> 00:43:02,651 22nd March, 1944. 643 00:43:04,940 --> 00:43:07,170 The French based in London are in two groups - 644 00:43:07,380 --> 00:43:10,053 those in America and those who plan to go there. 645 00:43:10,260 --> 00:43:13,969 Georges Mandel, deported to Germany to be executed, 646 00:43:14,140 --> 00:43:17,257 was killed on 7th July, 1944. 647 00:43:18,980 --> 00:43:23,053 Auberley, Mopez, Nervoix, Morvan. 648 00:43:33,300 --> 00:43:34,449 Louis Vaquier. 649 00:43:34,620 --> 00:43:36,975 Deputy Director of the Museum of Mankind... 650 00:43:37,140 --> 00:43:38,619 Anti-Fascist League... 651 00:43:38,780 --> 00:43:40,008 One by one, 652 00:43:40,180 --> 00:43:44,651 those who collaborated with the enemy answer for their crimes, 653 00:43:44,860 --> 00:43:47,852 while we await the trial of P�tain, leader of them all. 654 00:43:48,820 --> 00:43:53,814 Today, the Supreme Court passed the death sentence on General Dentz, 655 00:43:54,020 --> 00:43:56,693 the Vichy Governor of Syria and Lebanon, 656 00:43:56,860 --> 00:44:00,489 for turning French guns on the Anglo-French forces. 657 00:44:16,740 --> 00:44:19,334 This was taken at the trial of Debocq 658 00:44:19,500 --> 00:44:21,968 and this at the trial of Ballurin, 659 00:44:22,180 --> 00:44:23,818 the Vichy minister. 660 00:44:23,980 --> 00:44:27,495 Both trials were held in early 1945, 661 00:44:27,660 --> 00:44:29,093 only days apart. 662 00:44:29,860 --> 00:44:32,374 Albert Dehousse attended Debocq's trial. 663 00:44:32,580 --> 00:44:35,048 There he is at the back. 664 00:44:35,220 --> 00:44:39,054 He also attended Ballurin's trial, but this time he's at the front. 665 00:44:39,220 --> 00:44:40,938 His strategy of infiltration. 666 00:44:46,860 --> 00:44:47,929 Stand back! 667 00:44:48,100 --> 00:44:49,931 I have no comment before the verdict. 668 00:44:50,140 --> 00:44:52,017 I have faith in French justice. 669 00:44:54,860 --> 00:44:55,849 You dropped this. 670 00:44:56,020 --> 00:44:57,009 It's not mine. 671 00:45:24,900 --> 00:45:25,889 Come in. 672 00:45:29,340 --> 00:45:30,534 Today is the 20th. 673 00:45:30,740 --> 00:45:31,889 Already? 674 00:45:32,060 --> 00:45:35,257 You're a week late. Pay the rent tomorrow or else! 675 00:45:36,860 --> 00:45:39,613 It's cold in here. Don't you light the fire? 676 00:45:39,780 --> 00:45:40,815 It's too expensive. 677 00:45:40,980 --> 00:45:43,050 Tomorrow without fail, all right? 678 00:45:43,220 --> 00:45:44,209 Without fail. 679 00:45:57,300 --> 00:46:01,498 There was something delicious in the air that morning. 680 00:46:01,660 --> 00:46:04,538 The cool breeze, the sounds of the city, 681 00:46:04,700 --> 00:46:06,691 the smell of morning coffee 682 00:46:06,860 --> 00:46:08,259 and the Louvier family. 683 00:46:08,460 --> 00:46:12,976 They watched me with beady eyes like the pigeons in the street. 684 00:46:13,740 --> 00:46:14,536 I had money. 685 00:46:14,700 --> 00:46:18,534 I could pay the rent, but somehow it seemed too easy. 686 00:46:18,700 --> 00:46:23,376 That morning I resolved to use the Louviers as guinea pigs. 687 00:46:23,580 --> 00:46:25,332 Hello, Mrs Louvier. Any post? 688 00:46:25,500 --> 00:46:27,252 Yes, a final demand for your rent. 689 00:46:27,420 --> 00:46:29,615 It's the 23rd. You're over a week late. 690 00:46:29,780 --> 00:46:32,738 - I know. I'm waiting for my pension. - What pension? 691 00:46:32,900 --> 00:46:34,777 From the Ministry. 692 00:46:34,940 --> 00:46:37,693 - What's up? - My Ministry pension hasn't arrived. 693 00:46:37,860 --> 00:46:40,852 The officials are sitting pretty. They're in no hurry. 694 00:46:41,020 --> 00:46:42,339 I'll say they're not! 695 00:46:42,500 --> 00:46:44,536 Your rent's still overdue. 696 00:46:44,700 --> 00:46:46,577 Are you still here? Get going! 697 00:46:46,740 --> 00:46:48,890 Wait a second, lad. Can you do me a favour? 698 00:46:49,060 --> 00:46:51,574 Get my papers. Keep the change. 699 00:46:51,740 --> 00:46:52,889 Which papers, sir? 700 00:46:53,060 --> 00:46:55,369 Just ask for the lieutenant's papers. 701 00:46:56,140 --> 00:46:58,210 Lieutenant? Why didn't you say so? 702 00:46:59,300 --> 00:47:03,134 Corporal Louvier. Verdun. Three times mentioned in dispatches. 703 00:47:03,300 --> 00:47:04,415 At ease. 704 00:47:05,020 --> 00:47:07,090 - What about the rent? - We'll discuss it. 705 00:47:07,260 --> 00:47:09,410 I said we'll discuss it later! 706 00:47:10,860 --> 00:47:13,579 You still don't heat your room? 707 00:47:15,660 --> 00:47:18,174 I've got a ton of coal in the cellar. It's yours. 708 00:47:18,620 --> 00:47:20,531 No, Louvier. Thank you, but no. 709 00:47:20,700 --> 00:47:24,136 - Come on, between soldiers! - I said no and I mean it. 710 00:47:26,780 --> 00:47:29,692 On 24th March, Albert read in the Franc-Tireur... 711 00:47:30,700 --> 00:47:35,216 ..."Servier network veterans' reunion at 4:30pm, 712 00:47:35,420 --> 00:47:37,331 "in the Red Room of the Hotel Lutetia. 713 00:47:37,940 --> 00:47:40,215 "By invitation only. " 714 00:48:02,540 --> 00:48:06,419 - You're inefficient, miss. - Pardon? 715 00:48:06,580 --> 00:48:09,140 I said you're inefficient, miss. 716 00:48:09,740 --> 00:48:11,378 Where was I just now? 717 00:48:14,100 --> 00:48:15,419 - The Red Room? - Yes. 718 00:48:15,620 --> 00:48:20,330 I walked right in with my friends. You didn't check my invitation. 719 00:48:20,540 --> 00:48:23,179 - What's your job? - To ask for invitations. 720 00:48:23,380 --> 00:48:24,210 I see. 721 00:48:24,380 --> 00:48:27,019 It's lucky you didn't ask for mine. 722 00:48:27,180 --> 00:48:29,740 - Do you know why? - No. 723 00:48:30,500 --> 00:48:33,697 Because I wasn't sent one. So you're doubly inefficient. 724 00:48:33,900 --> 00:48:38,337 Please make sure my name is listed. Dehousse, Albert. Under "D". 725 00:48:40,980 --> 00:48:42,777 Between Debard and Denoy... 726 00:48:42,940 --> 00:48:45,500 Stop! In ink, please. 727 00:48:45,700 --> 00:48:48,055 This must not happen again. 728 00:48:48,220 --> 00:48:50,495 Dehousse. D-E-H-O-U-S-S-E. 729 00:48:50,660 --> 00:48:51,888 Slow down, please. 730 00:49:20,060 --> 00:49:22,528 - A cigarette? - No, only English ones. 731 00:49:22,700 --> 00:49:23,769 An acquired taste. 732 00:49:25,060 --> 00:49:28,291 No, only English ones. An acquired taste. 733 00:49:31,140 --> 00:49:32,892 How do you do? Albert Dehousse. 734 00:49:33,060 --> 00:49:35,016 Only English ones. An acquired taste. 735 00:49:39,020 --> 00:49:40,419 Dehousse. How do you do? 736 00:49:40,580 --> 00:49:42,571 Only English ones. An acquired taste. 737 00:50:02,940 --> 00:50:06,057 De Gaulle stepped out of the BBC into the history books. 738 00:50:08,220 --> 00:50:11,849 De Gaulle stepped out of the BBC into the history books. 739 00:50:12,220 --> 00:50:13,619 Change at Euston... 740 00:50:19,140 --> 00:50:20,971 They invented rugby. 741 00:50:22,580 --> 00:50:24,650 Military action committee... 742 00:50:53,300 --> 00:50:55,814 Smile. You're on camera! 743 00:50:59,220 --> 00:51:04,055 The lieutenant! Wake up, Dad! 744 00:51:04,660 --> 00:51:06,810 It's the lieutenant! 745 00:51:06,980 --> 00:51:07,776 Shit! 746 00:51:10,500 --> 00:51:12,889 Our reunions are pretty uneventful. 747 00:51:13,060 --> 00:51:16,848 It's just nice to meet again and talk about old times. 748 00:51:17,020 --> 00:51:19,693 Oh, yes. Sometimes things happen. 749 00:51:19,860 --> 00:51:24,251 The other day we were chatting away when suddenly... Dead silence. 750 00:51:24,420 --> 00:51:26,012 You could hear a pin drop. 751 00:51:26,460 --> 00:51:27,688 I looked around... 752 00:51:28,700 --> 00:51:31,168 It was De Gaulle. As large as life! 753 00:51:32,340 --> 00:51:34,058 Don't forget your washing. 754 00:51:34,220 --> 00:51:35,972 I've turned the cuffs and collars 755 00:51:36,140 --> 00:51:39,018 but those trousers won't last long without a patch. 756 00:51:39,180 --> 00:51:41,455 - Would you? - Sure, and I've got your post. 757 00:51:41,620 --> 00:51:44,453 You have enough post for a minister! What are they all? 758 00:51:44,620 --> 00:51:46,258 Invitations, paperwork... 759 00:51:46,420 --> 00:51:48,297 Did you ask him about Etienne? 760 00:51:48,460 --> 00:51:51,213 Etienne? The lieutenant has better things to do. 761 00:51:51,380 --> 00:51:53,655 - What's the problem? - His school work. 762 00:51:53,820 --> 00:51:57,699 He's a lazy bastard. She thought perhaps you could help. 763 00:51:57,860 --> 00:52:00,135 I'm afraid I missed out on school. 764 00:52:00,300 --> 00:52:03,815 In 1940, we had two options - a soft life at school or... 765 00:52:03,980 --> 00:52:05,174 Well, need I say more? 766 00:52:05,340 --> 00:52:07,900 - Listen to him! - But if I can help... 767 00:52:08,060 --> 00:52:10,654 Speaking of help, about this month's rent... 768 00:52:10,820 --> 00:52:13,539 Don't worry, sir. Leave it to me. 769 00:52:13,700 --> 00:52:16,578 Here, have the head. It's the best part. 770 00:52:16,740 --> 00:52:18,458 If the landlords kick up a fuss, 771 00:52:19,060 --> 00:52:21,130 I'll remind them of the Rozinskys, eh? 772 00:52:21,340 --> 00:52:24,377 The Rozinskys were Yids... I mean Jews. 773 00:52:24,540 --> 00:52:26,019 They threw them out in 1942. 774 00:52:27,100 --> 00:52:29,375 What does De Gaulle say about communists? 775 00:52:30,740 --> 00:52:32,253 I'm not in his inner circle. 776 00:52:32,420 --> 00:52:33,933 Could I please have a leg? 777 00:52:35,260 --> 00:52:37,694 "... Indifferent to dreams of yore, 778 00:52:37,860 --> 00:52:41,569 "harks, unstirring in the depths of nights serene... " 779 00:52:44,140 --> 00:52:46,017 - Have you got that? - Yes. 780 00:52:46,780 --> 00:52:50,568 "... in the depths of nights serene, the mournful sea. " 781 00:52:53,220 --> 00:52:56,018 - Have you started English? - This year, sir. 782 00:52:56,220 --> 00:52:57,972 "Voler"? 783 00:52:58,140 --> 00:52:59,209 Fly, flew, flown. 784 00:53:00,380 --> 00:53:01,449 "Voler"? 785 00:53:02,660 --> 00:53:05,697 I know... Don't tell me. 786 00:53:05,860 --> 00:53:08,738 Take, rob... steal... 787 00:53:12,180 --> 00:53:13,693 How are you? 788 00:53:13,860 --> 00:53:15,259 I knew you would be here. 789 00:53:17,460 --> 00:53:18,893 Hello, Henri. 790 00:53:19,060 --> 00:53:20,049 Hello, Henri! 791 00:53:32,820 --> 00:53:36,210 Please don't pretend. It's embarrassing. 792 00:53:37,580 --> 00:53:39,616 You don't recognise me, do you? 793 00:53:40,420 --> 00:53:41,978 Of course I do, but... 794 00:53:42,180 --> 00:53:45,968 I can see you don't. I had a beard, but still! 795 00:53:50,180 --> 00:53:51,533 You don't. 796 00:53:51,700 --> 00:53:52,610 Chez Roger? 797 00:53:52,820 --> 00:53:54,014 The restaurant in Soho? 798 00:53:54,180 --> 00:53:55,738 Tripe on Tuesdays? Set menu? 799 00:53:56,740 --> 00:53:58,332 Little red-haired waitress? 800 00:53:58,500 --> 00:54:02,095 It's coming back to me. 801 00:54:03,060 --> 00:54:03,856 Dehousse! 802 00:54:05,540 --> 00:54:06,655 Albert Dehousse. 803 00:54:06,820 --> 00:54:08,617 - Sorry, old man. - How are you? 804 00:54:08,780 --> 00:54:10,657 - Fine, and you? - Fine. 805 00:54:13,340 --> 00:54:16,332 Our friend Dehousse. From London. Remember? 806 00:54:16,500 --> 00:54:19,617 Good to see you again after all this time. 807 00:54:20,300 --> 00:54:21,415 Remember the tripe? 808 00:54:21,580 --> 00:54:24,856 Thus, on 16th May, 1945, nine months after the Liberation 809 00:54:25,020 --> 00:54:29,855 and two weeks ahead of his plan, Albert joined the French Resistance. 810 00:54:30,020 --> 00:54:30,896 At the same time, 811 00:54:31,100 --> 00:54:33,773 he joined the small group of Nervoix's friends 812 00:54:33,940 --> 00:54:35,134 who dined together, 813 00:54:35,340 --> 00:54:38,491 at the Petit Versailles on Boulevard Magenta. 814 00:54:43,820 --> 00:54:44,935 Excuse me. 815 00:54:45,100 --> 00:54:46,294 Your name... 816 00:54:47,700 --> 00:54:49,452 It rings a bell. 817 00:54:49,660 --> 00:54:50,775 My name? 818 00:54:52,100 --> 00:54:54,091 Don't you have family up north? 819 00:54:55,500 --> 00:54:59,095 I'm sure I met some Dehousses up north. 820 00:54:59,260 --> 00:55:02,058 Somewhere near Cateau-Cambresis... 821 00:55:03,020 --> 00:55:04,214 ...or Hazebrouck? 822 00:55:04,380 --> 00:55:06,450 No, I have no family there. 823 00:55:09,940 --> 00:55:12,374 Or was it a file on my desk at Lille Town Hall? 824 00:55:13,540 --> 00:55:15,735 You worked at Lille Town Hall? 825 00:55:15,900 --> 00:55:18,778 Yes, before the war. 826 00:55:20,500 --> 00:55:24,049 Oh, that's it. An application for a war widow's pension. 827 00:55:26,620 --> 00:55:29,930 Don't try to remember it. "Dehousse" is a pseudonym. 828 00:55:32,340 --> 00:55:36,253 I opened the phone book at "D" and picked "Dehousse". 829 00:55:37,580 --> 00:55:39,536 You know how it is at times like that. 830 00:55:40,580 --> 00:55:41,899 My real name's Rozinsky. 831 00:55:45,100 --> 00:55:48,217 My grandfather, a Polish Jew... 832 00:55:50,940 --> 00:55:52,737 Good God. I'm sorry. 833 00:55:55,100 --> 00:55:56,738 - Don't worry. - Forgive me. 834 00:55:56,940 --> 00:55:58,089 Forget it. 835 00:55:58,260 --> 00:56:01,855 - How do we pay? - It's on me. 836 00:56:02,060 --> 00:56:04,130 Please, I insist. 837 00:56:11,700 --> 00:56:13,895 If he were in London, 838 00:56:14,060 --> 00:56:15,652 I would have met him. 839 00:56:15,940 --> 00:56:19,979 Even if I didn't, it's easy to verify. 840 00:56:20,140 --> 00:56:21,459 There weren't many of us. 841 00:56:21,660 --> 00:56:23,332 I met him in London 842 00:56:23,500 --> 00:56:25,730 in late 1942 or early 1943. 843 00:56:25,900 --> 00:56:28,414 He worked in broadcasting with Nervoix. 844 00:56:28,740 --> 00:56:30,731 We didn't stay in touch. 845 00:56:31,140 --> 00:56:33,734 I heard he was parachuted into France. 846 00:56:33,940 --> 00:56:36,135 I think he invented the expression, 847 00:56:36,300 --> 00:56:38,894 "There are those who discuss the war 848 00:56:39,060 --> 00:56:40,652 "and those who fought it. " 849 00:56:40,820 --> 00:56:41,616 Not bad, eh? 850 00:56:42,260 --> 00:56:44,330 Where do you live, Dehousse? 851 00:56:44,500 --> 00:56:45,979 Near the Army School. 852 00:56:46,140 --> 00:56:48,449 - It's handy. - Of course. 853 00:56:50,460 --> 00:56:52,894 Remember that clerk at Seymour Place? 854 00:56:53,060 --> 00:56:55,255 "Double-spacing for the General"? 855 00:56:55,420 --> 00:56:56,409 Theeten. 856 00:56:58,740 --> 00:57:00,571 - Thank you! - Good night. 857 00:57:35,460 --> 00:57:36,575 Lieutenant! 858 00:57:38,820 --> 00:57:39,889 It's for you! 859 00:57:40,940 --> 00:57:43,454 Look! They've sent for you! 860 00:57:43,660 --> 00:57:45,412 It's the Ministry. 861 00:57:45,580 --> 00:57:47,650 - What ministry? - The Ministry! 862 00:57:47,820 --> 00:57:49,253 They've sent a car for you. 863 00:57:52,380 --> 00:57:55,099 - Mr Dehousse? - Yes. 864 00:57:55,300 --> 00:57:56,813 A summons for you. 865 00:57:59,020 --> 00:58:00,009 Can I pack a bag? 866 00:58:00,180 --> 00:58:01,579 You won't need it. 867 00:58:05,820 --> 00:58:07,173 Come quick! Bring Etienne! 868 00:58:22,180 --> 00:58:23,898 Wait there. 869 00:59:09,180 --> 00:59:13,332 You meet in a restaurant, the Petit Versailles? 870 00:59:16,100 --> 00:59:17,613 I go there sometimes. 871 00:59:17,820 --> 00:59:20,573 It's decent. The food, I mean. 872 00:59:21,980 --> 00:59:24,175 I've heard a lot about you. 873 00:59:24,340 --> 00:59:27,059 My friend De Vaincourt spoke of you recently. 874 00:59:27,220 --> 00:59:29,051 Do you know him? 875 00:59:30,260 --> 00:59:32,694 He likes you. Others do, too. 876 00:59:32,860 --> 00:59:35,249 You're popular in Resistance circles. 877 00:59:35,420 --> 00:59:37,331 I can explain. 878 00:59:37,940 --> 00:59:39,931 Discretion is good. 879 00:59:41,580 --> 00:59:44,299 Let's get to the facts. I have three names here. 880 00:59:44,460 --> 00:59:47,930 The Provisional Government needs men for high positions. 881 00:59:48,100 --> 00:59:49,533 Reliable men, of course. 882 00:59:50,700 --> 00:59:53,339 I need to have your opinion. 883 00:59:56,580 --> 00:59:58,730 Is that why you sent for me? 884 00:59:58,940 --> 01:00:02,819 It's not like informing on someone. It's for the good of the country. 885 01:00:03,580 --> 01:00:07,255 I give you my word nobody else will ever know. 886 01:00:08,700 --> 01:00:10,213 - May I? - Go ahead, please. 887 01:00:12,140 --> 01:00:13,334 Wheiler. 888 01:00:13,500 --> 01:00:14,774 Royer. 889 01:00:15,260 --> 01:00:16,454 Ronsin. 890 01:00:20,060 --> 01:00:22,858 I didn't catch the last two. 891 01:00:38,620 --> 01:00:39,939 Pierre-Andr� Royer? 892 01:00:41,100 --> 01:00:45,332 A very good man. Very able. 893 01:00:50,180 --> 01:00:52,648 But he's a little too close to Mr Jo, perhaps. 894 01:00:54,540 --> 01:00:57,054 I don't mind scrap merchants but others might. 895 01:00:58,140 --> 01:01:01,689 Thank you. You've confirmed our suspicions. 896 01:01:01,860 --> 01:01:02,895 Sorry. Cigarette? 897 01:01:03,700 --> 01:01:05,895 Only acquired ones. English taste. 898 01:01:10,260 --> 01:01:11,739 Only English ones. 899 01:01:17,860 --> 01:01:19,578 What about him? 900 01:01:19,740 --> 01:01:21,253 - Excellent. - Political? 901 01:01:21,420 --> 01:01:24,412 - Nervoix recommends him. - Isn't Nervoix political? 902 01:01:24,580 --> 01:01:25,933 Yes, but Dehousse isn't. 903 01:01:26,100 --> 01:01:27,579 He's not with any group. 904 01:01:27,740 --> 01:01:30,777 If Nervoix recommends someone who's not in his clique, 905 01:01:30,940 --> 01:01:32,419 he must have quite a record. 906 01:01:32,580 --> 01:01:36,858 Not a communist, not a Gaullist... He must have one flaw! 907 01:01:37,020 --> 01:01:39,215 Is he queer? A morphine addict? An actor? 908 01:01:39,900 --> 01:01:43,210 They started by asking his opinion and picking his brains. 909 01:01:43,380 --> 01:01:45,848 He was an expert on Resistance groups. 910 01:01:46,020 --> 01:01:49,456 He knew each member's politics, the internal rivalries, and so on. 911 01:01:49,620 --> 01:01:52,259 It wasn't always a bed of roses! 912 01:01:52,420 --> 01:01:57,255 The anti-Gaullists traded on every disagreement, every dirty trick. 913 01:01:57,500 --> 01:02:00,378 So Dehousse went through the newspapers 914 01:02:00,540 --> 01:02:05,250 and reported everything that might be seized on as a weakness. 915 01:02:05,860 --> 01:02:08,090 How did he end up at the Ministry? 916 01:02:08,740 --> 01:02:13,018 Eventually, the department head, Major Ballin, gave him an office. 917 01:02:13,460 --> 01:02:15,451 - An office? - Here at the Ministry. 918 01:02:17,260 --> 01:02:18,249 All right. 919 01:02:18,420 --> 01:02:22,049 Naturally, within our means, we'll pay you for your time. 920 01:02:22,220 --> 01:02:23,209 Money? 921 01:02:23,380 --> 01:02:26,611 You're joking. It's enough to be working for the cause. 922 01:02:26,780 --> 01:02:29,135 But I'd like an office on the courtyard. 923 01:02:29,300 --> 01:02:31,530 The street side is awfully noisy. 924 01:02:32,220 --> 01:02:35,496 Come to dinner on Thursday. General Boquillon will be there. 925 01:02:35,740 --> 01:02:40,894 I won't name the station, but it was in the occupied zone. 926 01:02:41,780 --> 01:02:45,295 It was as cold as ice. It was bitterly cold. 927 01:02:45,460 --> 01:02:48,133 It was very cold. One of those bad winters. 928 01:02:48,340 --> 01:02:52,094 I'm at the station. No train in sight. They're coming. 929 01:02:52,260 --> 01:02:54,091 I'm stuck there with the suitcase. 930 01:02:54,260 --> 01:02:55,978 What was in it? 931 01:02:56,980 --> 01:02:59,619 Explosives. It's stuffed with explosives. 932 01:03:01,500 --> 01:03:03,058 They'll never believe me. 933 01:03:13,380 --> 01:03:14,608 Let me introduce you. 934 01:03:15,220 --> 01:03:16,539 Captain Malbert... 935 01:03:17,780 --> 01:03:19,896 My cousin, Servane de Lhemini�re... 936 01:03:20,060 --> 01:03:23,575 General Boquillon has been delayed. We won't wait for him. 937 01:03:24,260 --> 01:03:25,818 He'll join us for coffee. 938 01:03:33,140 --> 01:03:35,608 What's your story, Dehousse? 939 01:03:36,620 --> 01:03:39,453 When did you first go underground? 940 01:03:39,620 --> 01:03:42,373 I think he prefers not to talk about it. 941 01:03:42,540 --> 01:03:45,577 Aren't we too young to play at being war veterans? 942 01:03:45,740 --> 01:03:49,574 No, Mr Dehousse. You won't get off so lightly. Tell us. 943 01:03:49,740 --> 01:03:52,777 There must have been a crucial day, a turning point. 944 01:03:52,980 --> 01:03:55,050 Actually, it was an evening. 945 01:03:55,220 --> 01:03:56,938 On a station platform. 946 01:03:57,100 --> 01:03:59,216 You're going to be disappointed! 947 01:04:00,380 --> 01:04:02,018 Anyway... 948 01:04:03,140 --> 01:04:05,893 I can't name the station for obvious reasons. 949 01:04:06,060 --> 01:04:07,573 It was in the occupied zone. 950 01:04:07,740 --> 01:04:10,049 Bitterly cold. One of those bad winters. 951 01:04:11,060 --> 01:04:13,176 We had our share of those. 952 01:04:14,500 --> 01:04:17,333 There I was on the platform with my suitcase... 953 01:04:17,540 --> 01:04:18,814 What was in it? 954 01:04:21,900 --> 01:04:23,618 I'll let you guess. 955 01:04:28,540 --> 01:04:31,976 In the trade we called it "household linen," or "babywear". 956 01:04:35,140 --> 01:04:36,414 So I was waiting... 957 01:04:37,380 --> 01:04:41,498 ...no sign of the train, these people coming, 958 01:04:41,660 --> 01:04:47,530 when suddenly, out of the blue, this huge locomotive appears... 959 01:05:03,960 --> 01:05:06,235 So there you have my story. 960 01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:10,356 Not too disappointed? 961 01:05:13,760 --> 01:05:15,432 Can I ask you a question? 962 01:05:16,640 --> 01:05:19,074 Do you ever make the first move? 963 01:05:19,240 --> 01:05:20,468 I beg your pardon? 964 01:05:20,640 --> 01:05:23,916 You looked at me all evening. I smiled and you smiled back. 965 01:05:24,080 --> 01:05:26,355 Don't a man and a woman who are strangers 966 01:05:26,520 --> 01:05:28,988 smile like that for a reason? 967 01:05:29,680 --> 01:05:32,069 It didn't occur to me. 968 01:05:32,240 --> 01:05:34,037 I thought you were with... 969 01:05:34,200 --> 01:05:36,998 So? I don't have to tell him that we're going to bed. 970 01:05:37,160 --> 01:05:39,355 Which excuse do you think he'd prefer? 971 01:05:39,520 --> 01:05:41,272 I have a headache or I'm tired? 972 01:05:42,800 --> 01:05:43,949 A headache, I think. 973 01:05:48,800 --> 01:05:50,028 Dehousse, there you are. 974 01:05:50,200 --> 01:05:52,668 - General Boquillon's here. Come on. - Now? 975 01:05:53,040 --> 01:05:54,553 I know it's late. 976 01:05:59,640 --> 01:06:04,191 General de Lattre is to be recalled and replaced by General Koenig. 977 01:06:05,080 --> 01:06:06,354 He needs someone 978 01:06:06,520 --> 01:06:09,159 to run the intelligence and propaganda service, 979 01:06:09,360 --> 01:06:11,999 somebody reliable and beyond reproach. 980 01:06:12,680 --> 01:06:14,955 I gather that you're not part of any group. 981 01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:17,515 You're discreet and efficient. 982 01:06:17,680 --> 01:06:20,478 The High Command has chosen you. 983 01:06:21,440 --> 01:06:23,954 - Me? - Yes, you. 984 01:06:24,120 --> 01:06:26,998 Civilians serving in Germany rank as army personnel. 985 01:06:27,640 --> 01:06:31,076 You will wear an officer's uniform. 986 01:06:32,560 --> 01:06:34,039 What rank? 987 01:06:34,840 --> 01:06:36,193 Lieutenant Colonel. 988 01:06:37,240 --> 01:06:40,073 Germans don't understand anything lower. 989 01:06:45,720 --> 01:06:47,039 This is it. 990 01:07:15,520 --> 01:07:18,193 GERMANY 1945 991 01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:20,836 "Disillusioned with love and jazz, 992 01:07:21,000 --> 01:07:23,355 "which was only African music in disguise, 993 01:07:23,520 --> 01:07:27,035 "the Captain returned to his roots - Mozart and the French army. 994 01:07:27,240 --> 01:07:29,390 "One day in the summer of 1945, 995 01:07:29,560 --> 01:07:34,793 "while travelling back to France, he thought he was having a vision. " 996 01:07:48,280 --> 01:07:51,670 Magic, Albert! Magic. 997 01:07:58,280 --> 01:08:01,078 Apart from his sales route on his bike, 998 01:08:01,240 --> 01:08:02,673 and his train ride to Paris, 999 01:08:02,840 --> 01:08:04,637 Albert had never travelled. 1000 01:08:05,240 --> 01:08:08,710 Now he was travelling, in uniform, amid the ruins of war. 1001 01:08:09,320 --> 01:08:12,915 Not a picture-book war, but a real one with real armies, real ruins, 1002 01:08:13,120 --> 01:08:15,429 a real defeat, real corpses. 1003 01:08:16,160 --> 01:08:18,390 He couldn't help being thrilled. 1004 01:08:32,360 --> 01:08:33,475 Faster, faster! 1005 01:08:33,640 --> 01:08:35,232 Look at them. The master race! 1006 01:08:49,440 --> 01:08:50,589 To Albert's delight, 1007 01:08:50,760 --> 01:08:53,399 it was all there - 1008 01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:56,358 tree-lined streets, rococo architecture 1009 01:08:56,520 --> 01:08:57,748 and thermal waters. 1010 01:08:57,920 --> 01:09:00,309 But his guide book omitted the main thing - 1011 01:09:00,480 --> 01:09:02,118 the French occupation. 1012 01:09:02,320 --> 01:09:04,470 Roughly, what this meant was, 1013 01:09:04,640 --> 01:09:07,598 "They occupied us for four years. Now it's our turn. " 1014 01:09:07,760 --> 01:09:10,149 Welcome, Colonel. My name is Ernst. 1015 01:09:10,320 --> 01:09:11,309 At your service. 1016 01:09:25,400 --> 01:09:29,552 This is mine, all mine. 1017 01:09:32,480 --> 01:09:33,959 Do you need the car, sir? 1018 01:09:34,120 --> 01:09:35,758 No, thank you. Dismissed. 1019 01:10:05,500 --> 01:10:06,933 Attention! 1020 01:10:12,380 --> 01:10:13,654 At ease, gentlemen. 1021 01:10:13,820 --> 01:10:16,892 Major Leguen, acting unit commander. 1022 01:10:29,340 --> 01:10:31,456 His face didn't fit. 1023 01:10:31,620 --> 01:10:33,212 Didn't fit? In what way? 1024 01:10:33,380 --> 01:10:34,654 All the rest of us 1025 01:10:34,860 --> 01:10:37,977 had served in Syria, Africa, Italy... 1026 01:10:38,140 --> 01:10:40,131 Meyer had flown bombers from England, 1027 01:10:40,300 --> 01:10:43,531 Boutin had been at Narvik in 1939. 1028 01:10:44,140 --> 01:10:47,530 We didn't know anything about him. He just turned up. 1029 01:10:48,020 --> 01:10:51,137 We were idle and wanted to remain so. 1030 01:10:51,780 --> 01:10:53,293 He was a fly in the ointment. 1031 01:10:53,900 --> 01:10:56,460 What did your work consist of? 1032 01:10:56,620 --> 01:10:59,259 Psychological Operations, of all things! 1033 01:10:59,420 --> 01:11:00,409 Meaning what? 1034 01:11:00,580 --> 01:11:01,569 Some propaganda, 1035 01:11:01,780 --> 01:11:06,012 but mostly flushing out collaborators who had fled to Germany 1036 01:11:06,180 --> 01:11:09,616 and were posing as former POWs or work camp inmates. 1037 01:11:19,500 --> 01:11:20,489 Check again. 1038 01:11:20,660 --> 01:11:22,776 Always double-check every detail. 1039 01:11:46,560 --> 01:11:47,879 Would you like a game, sir? 1040 01:11:48,040 --> 01:11:50,076 I haven't played for so long... 1041 01:11:50,280 --> 01:11:52,077 Come on, sir. Just for fun. 1042 01:11:52,280 --> 01:11:54,589 I don't have the right shoes. 1043 01:11:55,280 --> 01:11:56,838 I'll lend you mine! 1044 01:12:08,960 --> 01:12:09,756 40-love. 1045 01:12:13,800 --> 01:12:15,472 No need to score. 1046 01:12:15,680 --> 01:12:16,669 I like to. 1047 01:12:24,320 --> 01:12:25,309 That was out! 1048 01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:27,194 I thought it was in. 1049 01:12:30,680 --> 01:12:32,079 Have you had enough, sir? 1050 01:12:33,640 --> 01:12:34,914 It's OK. 1051 01:12:40,400 --> 01:12:41,799 I'm sorry. 1052 01:12:42,840 --> 01:12:45,400 I'm giving you a poor game. I miss every shot. 1053 01:12:53,920 --> 01:12:56,878 I know someone who didn't! 1054 01:12:58,920 --> 01:13:00,558 Sorry. That was stupid. 1055 01:13:04,280 --> 01:13:05,599 What did he say? 1056 01:13:05,760 --> 01:13:07,990 He's playing with a bullet in his chest. 1057 01:13:08,160 --> 01:13:09,309 Poor fellow! 1058 01:13:09,880 --> 01:13:12,519 Where did Dehousse serve in the war? 1059 01:13:12,680 --> 01:13:14,716 Not in the 1st Free French, for sure. 1060 01:13:15,320 --> 01:13:18,995 And a bullet in the chest doesn't make you wince like that. 1061 01:13:19,160 --> 01:13:21,674 I know because I had one. 1062 01:13:21,840 --> 01:13:24,400 Stop being so hard on Dehousse, will you? 1063 01:13:24,560 --> 01:13:28,314 If you like being tricked, go ahead. 1064 01:13:32,320 --> 01:13:34,629 - Do you have an opinion? - About what? 1065 01:13:34,800 --> 01:13:36,074 About me. 1066 01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:37,229 I'm a soldier. 1067 01:13:37,440 --> 01:13:39,032 Soldiers don't think. 1068 01:13:39,200 --> 01:13:42,158 When this is over, maybe, but now I go by the book. 1069 01:13:44,600 --> 01:13:45,749 Who lives here? 1070 01:13:45,960 --> 01:13:47,029 The General's wife. 1071 01:13:47,200 --> 01:13:49,555 She has a party every Thursday from 5:00pm. 1072 01:13:49,720 --> 01:13:52,553 - The most famous in Baden-Baden. - Famous for what? 1073 01:13:52,760 --> 01:13:55,593 Port, music and women, all guaranteed clean. 1074 01:13:55,760 --> 01:13:58,832 The best food too, for the lucky ones who stay to dinner. 1075 01:13:59,520 --> 01:14:00,589 Are you coming in? 1076 01:14:02,120 --> 01:14:03,758 I haven't been invited. 1077 01:14:04,760 --> 01:14:06,557 Besides, I have work to do. 1078 01:14:07,720 --> 01:14:08,994 See you tomorrow, sir. 1079 01:14:09,600 --> 01:14:10,589 Yes, Meyer. 1080 01:14:23,600 --> 01:14:25,875 Like the feet of a skater on the ice! 1081 01:14:28,960 --> 01:14:32,191 Head up... waist supple... 1082 01:14:50,180 --> 01:14:52,091 You learn very fast. 1083 01:15:07,140 --> 01:15:08,812 May I have the pleasure, miss? 1084 01:15:09,940 --> 01:15:12,659 Lesson number one. Invitation to waltz. 1085 01:15:16,100 --> 01:15:18,409 Don't hold her too tight. 1086 01:15:19,020 --> 01:15:22,251 - Isn't this a bit silly? - We must suffer to be beautiful! 1087 01:15:39,500 --> 01:15:40,933 Are you releasing them? 1088 01:15:41,140 --> 01:15:42,289 We found nothing. 1089 01:15:42,500 --> 01:15:45,014 - I'll interrogate them. - It's pointless! 1090 01:15:45,180 --> 01:15:46,169 What? 1091 01:15:46,380 --> 01:15:48,940 Their statements match. Two years in work camp. 1092 01:15:49,140 --> 01:15:51,574 - They're clean. - I'll question them anyway. 1093 01:15:51,740 --> 01:15:54,095 Suit yourself... you bloody fool. 1094 01:15:54,900 --> 01:15:56,219 Was there something else? 1095 01:15:57,420 --> 01:15:58,489 - No. - Thank you. 1096 01:16:07,700 --> 01:16:10,533 I don't understand. Their story was rock solid! 1097 01:16:11,860 --> 01:16:12,895 Too solid. 1098 01:16:13,060 --> 01:16:14,095 What do you mean? 1099 01:16:14,260 --> 01:16:15,409 They can read. Can you? 1100 01:16:17,540 --> 01:16:19,053 Read this. It's all here. 1101 01:16:19,220 --> 01:16:21,939 Places, names... They recited it for three hours. 1102 01:16:22,100 --> 01:16:24,773 Even the story about the boy who taught piano. 1103 01:16:24,940 --> 01:16:26,168 So? 1104 01:16:27,700 --> 01:16:30,419 They simply memorised it all. 1105 01:16:30,580 --> 01:16:32,138 Any idiot can do that. 1106 01:16:32,300 --> 01:16:33,972 They weren't in any work camp. 1107 01:16:34,140 --> 01:16:37,098 If they were in W�rzburg, then I was in Lourdes! 1108 01:16:37,860 --> 01:16:39,009 Do you have a light? 1109 01:16:39,180 --> 01:16:40,772 Oh, yes. Sorry. 1110 01:17:06,420 --> 01:17:08,934 So, is it true what I hear about you? 1111 01:17:09,100 --> 01:17:10,453 What is that, madam? 1112 01:17:10,620 --> 01:17:13,088 Uncovering that militia network! 1113 01:17:13,260 --> 01:17:14,978 It was hardly a network. 1114 01:17:15,140 --> 01:17:17,734 Just a few petty crooks. Small fry. 1115 01:17:17,900 --> 01:17:21,939 Without Major Leguen's help I'd have been fooled. 1116 01:17:22,460 --> 01:17:23,449 Evening, Boutin. 1117 01:17:37,140 --> 01:17:38,493 I would like to... 1118 01:17:39,300 --> 01:17:41,177 I can't say how much... 1119 01:17:42,140 --> 01:17:44,938 - What you just said... - If you can't say it, don't. 1120 01:17:51,740 --> 01:17:53,014 Congratulations, sir. 1121 01:17:53,180 --> 01:17:55,978 Nice work on Leguen. I mean it. 1122 01:17:56,220 --> 01:17:58,290 You were good. But it won't work on me. 1123 01:17:58,460 --> 01:18:00,212 I'm the original rotten bastard. 1124 01:18:00,380 --> 01:18:01,938 Did you say something, Boutin? 1125 01:18:03,180 --> 01:18:04,579 Good evening, Boutin. 1126 01:18:16,580 --> 01:18:18,696 She's had a dozen lovers here in Baden. 1127 01:18:18,860 --> 01:18:21,579 Tempestuous affairs for them, at least, 1128 01:18:21,740 --> 01:18:24,254 judging by the state she left them in. 1129 01:18:25,020 --> 01:18:28,057 They say a general's wife had a crush on her. 1130 01:18:28,220 --> 01:18:30,609 A bit lesbian, the Military Cross... 1131 01:18:30,780 --> 01:18:31,974 She's perfect! 1132 01:18:32,700 --> 01:18:36,329 The best thing since mustard gas. It makes you think... 1133 01:18:36,500 --> 01:18:38,775 Meyer, you know soldiers never think. 1134 01:18:38,940 --> 01:18:40,612 True. Sorry, sir. 1135 01:18:41,100 --> 01:18:42,772 You took your time. 1136 01:18:43,380 --> 01:18:44,369 To do what? 1137 01:18:44,540 --> 01:18:45,973 To say hello to me. 1138 01:18:47,940 --> 01:18:50,818 - In Paris you weren't in uniform. - Of course I was. 1139 01:18:51,780 --> 01:18:53,975 You must have been distracted. 1140 01:18:54,180 --> 01:18:55,818 Since I arrived here, 1141 01:18:55,980 --> 01:18:59,655 your accomplishments are the talk of the town. 1142 01:19:00,820 --> 01:19:03,937 - I've heard a lot about you, too. - People exaggerate. 1143 01:19:04,340 --> 01:19:07,252 Do you really have to? 1144 01:19:08,140 --> 01:19:09,175 What? 1145 01:19:09,420 --> 01:19:12,492 "Oom-pah-pah". There's already a band. 1146 01:19:13,620 --> 01:19:14,655 Oh, yes. Sorry. 1147 01:19:14,900 --> 01:19:16,128 I didn't realise. 1148 01:19:16,300 --> 01:19:18,018 Shall I drive? 1149 01:19:18,740 --> 01:19:19,729 Drive? 1150 01:19:19,900 --> 01:19:21,174 The dance. 1151 01:19:21,940 --> 01:19:23,055 Please do. 1152 01:19:23,220 --> 01:19:25,131 You're right, it's better. 1153 01:19:28,100 --> 01:19:29,374 What do you do here? 1154 01:19:30,220 --> 01:19:34,577 I drive... cars. I drive officers around. 1155 01:19:34,740 --> 01:19:37,208 Officers love being driven by women. 1156 01:19:37,900 --> 01:19:41,575 It's long and boring and I don't give a damn about it. 1157 01:19:41,740 --> 01:19:43,059 You know, Albert... 1158 01:19:44,140 --> 01:19:46,051 ...we haven't got a million choices. 1159 01:19:46,220 --> 01:19:47,539 You and I can see only two. 1160 01:19:48,140 --> 01:19:50,335 We can go on discussing trivia 1161 01:19:50,300 --> 01:19:54,088 and say good night before we know what's happened, 1162 01:19:54,260 --> 01:19:57,297 or we can pick up where we left off in Paris. 1163 01:19:57,500 --> 01:19:59,730 - Remember? - I do. 1164 01:19:59,900 --> 01:20:01,379 But we must do it properly. 1165 01:20:02,860 --> 01:20:05,420 - Do you agree? - I agree. 1166 01:20:06,620 --> 01:20:08,178 What should I do? 1167 01:20:09,580 --> 01:20:12,538 What you should have done that night. 1168 01:20:27,700 --> 01:20:29,133 Gently... 1169 01:20:45,620 --> 01:20:48,054 Through August and September, 1945, 1170 01:20:48,220 --> 01:20:51,292 the Psychological Operations Unit was so successful 1171 01:20:51,460 --> 01:20:55,419 that the Paris High Command congratulated its leader and staff. 1172 01:20:55,580 --> 01:20:58,014 Colonel Dehousse had been a good choice! 1173 01:20:59,180 --> 01:21:00,659 His style set a precedent. 1174 01:21:00,900 --> 01:21:04,859 Soon, people started talking about the "Dehousse manner". 1175 01:21:06,140 --> 01:21:08,449 If you can't say it, don't. 1176 01:21:09,340 --> 01:21:11,774 If you can't say it, don't. 1177 01:21:28,940 --> 01:21:30,293 Sir? 1178 01:21:30,460 --> 01:21:32,052 Weren't you hit in the chest? 1179 01:21:34,180 --> 01:21:36,171 Weren't you hit in the chest? 1180 01:21:39,260 --> 01:21:40,534 Yes. So what? 1181 01:21:41,020 --> 01:21:43,011 I can't see your scar. 1182 01:21:45,580 --> 01:21:48,458 Couldn't it have entered through my armpit? 1183 01:21:48,620 --> 01:21:50,690 You want me to raise my arms? 1184 01:21:50,860 --> 01:21:54,057 I've never done that in my life. I'm not starting now. 1185 01:22:01,220 --> 01:22:03,939 Why do some people have it all and others, nothing? 1186 01:22:05,540 --> 01:22:08,771 I have to work for everything, including women. 1187 01:22:08,940 --> 01:22:10,453 It's so unfair. 1188 01:22:11,220 --> 01:22:13,609 I'm going to die in 1953 in Indo-China, 1189 01:22:13,780 --> 01:22:15,611 ambushed at Col des Nuages. 1190 01:22:19,660 --> 01:22:21,332 I've never had any luck. 1191 01:22:22,820 --> 01:22:26,449 They slipped through the net, unseen by anyone. 1192 01:22:27,140 --> 01:22:31,019 When they came back two weeks later, they had vanished. 1193 01:22:33,020 --> 01:22:34,897 That's what happened. So I heard. 1194 01:22:35,060 --> 01:22:37,290 - Have you heard from him since? - Never. 1195 01:22:40,780 --> 01:22:41,769 Are you all right? 1196 01:22:43,860 --> 01:22:44,975 Do you want to go home? 1197 01:22:47,580 --> 01:22:50,140 Albert, do you like being with me? 1198 01:22:52,340 --> 01:22:53,659 Why do you ask? 1199 01:22:54,260 --> 01:22:56,899 Because... you never say so. 1200 01:22:58,060 --> 01:23:00,574 - I do sometimes. - Never. 1201 01:23:01,820 --> 01:23:03,412 Shall I say it now? 1202 01:23:06,300 --> 01:23:08,097 I like being with you. All right? 1203 01:23:15,820 --> 01:23:17,856 I like being with you. 1204 01:23:19,180 --> 01:23:20,454 So do I. 1205 01:23:21,100 --> 01:23:22,419 So that's good. 1206 01:23:22,580 --> 01:23:28,212 I want it to go on, but I feel one of us is doing it wrongly. 1207 01:23:29,540 --> 01:23:30,529 Which one? 1208 01:23:32,820 --> 01:23:34,731 See what I mean? 1209 01:23:37,140 --> 01:23:39,051 Some things can always be learned - 1210 01:23:39,260 --> 01:23:41,569 education, good manners, useful facts, 1211 01:23:41,740 --> 01:23:43,253 what to say, what not to say. 1212 01:23:43,420 --> 01:23:44,739 Then there's the rest. 1213 01:23:44,900 --> 01:23:47,334 What it feels like to be burned, to be hurt, 1214 01:23:47,500 --> 01:23:49,297 to fall in love with a woman, 1215 01:23:49,460 --> 01:23:52,293 especially when you can't confide in the woman you love 1216 01:23:52,460 --> 01:23:54,815 because your whole life is a lie. 1217 01:23:54,980 --> 01:23:56,379 It's complicated. 1218 01:24:00,980 --> 01:24:03,778 My father was a P�tainist. 1219 01:24:03,940 --> 01:24:05,293 He had a way with words. 1220 01:24:05,500 --> 01:24:08,298 One day he announced to us all, 1221 01:24:08,460 --> 01:24:13,693 "The people who join de Gaulle are the ones who fail their exams. " 1222 01:24:15,380 --> 01:24:17,496 He should have kept quiet. 1223 01:24:17,660 --> 01:24:20,572 I left school and joined the Free French in Algiers. 1224 01:24:23,220 --> 01:24:24,858 Does that tickle? 1225 01:24:29,780 --> 01:24:34,456 Tell me, little Albert... where's your scar? 1226 01:24:39,740 --> 01:24:43,528 You have a bullet wound. Don't you? 1227 01:24:48,140 --> 01:24:49,368 No. 1228 01:24:53,380 --> 01:24:59,012 All those other stories about you - about the Resistance, London... 1229 01:25:01,340 --> 01:25:02,932 Did any of it happen? 1230 01:25:15,980 --> 01:25:17,538 Is it all untrue? 1231 01:25:24,220 --> 01:25:25,892 Yes, it's all untrue. 1232 01:25:50,300 --> 01:25:51,938 How long have you known? 1233 01:25:54,500 --> 01:25:56,297 Since the beginning, I think. 1234 01:26:00,140 --> 01:26:02,290 Why didn't you say so? 1235 01:26:02,460 --> 01:26:04,371 I liked it. 1236 01:26:26,300 --> 01:26:27,813 I never asked for anything. 1237 01:26:29,100 --> 01:26:30,579 It just came. 1238 01:26:32,220 --> 01:26:34,211 I never stole anything. 1239 01:26:35,260 --> 01:26:36,773 I'm not a thief. 1240 01:26:37,900 --> 01:26:40,368 I worked hard to catch up. 1241 01:26:41,180 --> 01:26:43,011 "Speak, spoke, spoken. " 1242 01:26:43,180 --> 01:26:46,889 Tottenham Court Road, change at Leicester Square, 1243 01:26:47,060 --> 01:26:48,698 Piccadilly Circus... 1244 01:26:53,660 --> 01:26:56,128 General knowledge, Latin quotations... 1245 01:26:56,740 --> 01:26:58,298 "Credo quia absurdum... " 1246 01:26:58,460 --> 01:27:02,373 What do they do to impostors like me? 1247 01:27:02,980 --> 01:27:04,333 12 bullets. 1248 01:27:06,020 --> 01:27:09,535 12, minus one for the coup de gr�ce. 1249 01:27:09,700 --> 01:27:12,055 Then it's all over. Lights out. 1250 01:27:12,220 --> 01:27:13,448 My son. 1251 01:27:16,820 --> 01:27:18,458 He's young like you. 1252 01:27:22,020 --> 01:27:25,774 - "The red badge of courage. " - Your son Adolf? 1253 01:27:25,940 --> 01:27:26,929 Rudolph. 1254 01:27:33,620 --> 01:27:35,451 What's all this? 1255 01:27:36,540 --> 01:27:37,814 Your crappy life? 1256 01:27:39,140 --> 01:27:40,619 Is this your wife? Mother? 1257 01:27:43,140 --> 01:27:44,653 I have one, too. 1258 01:27:46,220 --> 01:27:47,130 This is shit. 1259 01:27:47,340 --> 01:27:48,329 Shit! 1260 01:28:09,660 --> 01:28:12,811 Anybody there? Is anyone there? 1261 01:28:24,260 --> 01:28:26,137 Colonel, it's for you. 1262 01:28:26,820 --> 01:28:27,935 Wake up. 1263 01:28:34,220 --> 01:28:35,369 Meyer? 1264 01:28:35,540 --> 01:28:37,576 We have a problem, sir. 1265 01:28:42,100 --> 01:28:43,089 Do you need me? 1266 01:28:43,300 --> 01:28:44,574 You'd better come. 1267 01:28:45,420 --> 01:28:47,331 It's better if you come with me. 1268 01:28:47,780 --> 01:28:51,568 We received a complaint this morning about some stolen geese. 1269 01:28:51,740 --> 01:28:53,617 I thought maybe our boys did it. 1270 01:28:56,180 --> 01:28:57,932 I asked for specifics. 1271 01:28:58,100 --> 01:29:01,536 The guy went on about "mit deutschen Soldatenmantel" - 1272 01:29:01,700 --> 01:29:02,769 German soldiers. 1273 01:29:03,540 --> 01:29:06,338 I got a full description from the farmer. 1274 01:29:06,500 --> 01:29:08,013 Sounds like they're SS. 1275 01:30:22,440 --> 01:30:24,635 Lieutenant Delavelle, sir. 1276 01:30:24,800 --> 01:30:26,552 - Where from? - Dordogne. 1277 01:30:26,720 --> 01:30:27,550 Shit. 1278 01:30:29,120 --> 01:30:30,109 What's this? 1279 01:30:30,280 --> 01:30:33,556 Charlemagne Division, sir. Volunteered 27 th June, 1944. 1280 01:30:33,720 --> 01:30:35,472 630th German Army regiment. 1281 01:30:35,640 --> 01:30:36,629 How many of you? 1282 01:30:37,240 --> 01:30:38,559 Seven, sir. 1283 01:30:38,720 --> 01:30:39,914 What the hell do we do? 1284 01:30:58,240 --> 01:30:59,559 Can I talk to you, sir? 1285 01:31:06,000 --> 01:31:07,638 What will you do with us? 1286 01:31:08,400 --> 01:31:09,958 I'll send you to France. 1287 01:31:10,640 --> 01:31:12,073 What will they do? 1288 01:31:12,680 --> 01:31:13,829 Put us on trial? 1289 01:31:16,200 --> 01:31:17,349 Will we be shot? 1290 01:31:21,920 --> 01:31:23,512 I don't want to go to France. 1291 01:31:27,200 --> 01:31:28,269 How about them? 1292 01:31:29,920 --> 01:31:30,909 They don't. 1293 01:31:47,560 --> 01:31:49,152 What do we do? 1294 01:32:04,120 --> 01:32:06,953 I am Lieutenant Colonel Dehousse. 1295 01:32:07,120 --> 01:32:10,669 You chose to join the German Army. You know the consequences. 1296 01:32:11,880 --> 01:32:15,236 For the sake of your families and France's honour, 1297 01:32:15,400 --> 01:32:18,312 to avoid a public trial I'm going to have you shot. 1298 01:32:19,400 --> 01:32:22,472 Your families will be told that you died in action. 1299 01:32:24,360 --> 01:32:25,679 Attention! 1300 01:32:32,680 --> 01:32:34,113 Form a firing squad. 1301 01:32:37,880 --> 01:32:39,791 - Take aim. - Vive la France! 1302 01:33:39,480 --> 01:33:42,517 "I, Albert Dehousse, confess that I never belonged 1303 01:33:42,680 --> 01:33:45,513 "to any Resistance movement at home or abroad. 1304 01:33:45,680 --> 01:33:47,875 "I obtained my rank by false pretences. 1305 01:33:48,080 --> 01:33:50,116 "I am a coward and an impostor. 1306 01:33:50,280 --> 01:33:52,157 "I give myself up to the law. " 1307 01:34:05,480 --> 01:34:06,629 Where were you? 1308 01:34:09,880 --> 01:34:11,029 Everything all right? 1309 01:34:36,160 --> 01:34:40,233 Lt Colonel Dehousse's life was over. Another life began. 1310 01:34:40,400 --> 01:34:44,552 The Army, the Ministry and Resistance associations 1311 01:34:44,720 --> 01:34:46,950 agreed not to add scandal to ridicule. 1312 01:34:47,440 --> 01:34:49,590 The case was handled very quietly. 1313 01:34:50,680 --> 01:34:54,753 Servane visited Albert every day. One day he got a surprise. 1314 01:34:54,960 --> 01:34:57,155 Yvette had finally tracked him down. 1315 01:34:58,200 --> 01:35:00,794 When she came to Paris to witness the trial, 1316 01:35:00,960 --> 01:35:03,428 she naturally stayed with Servane. 1317 01:35:03,640 --> 01:35:06,108 Their budding friendship intrigued Albert. 1318 01:35:06,280 --> 01:35:08,032 He had some questions on his mind 1319 01:35:08,200 --> 01:35:10,270 but he remembered Servane telling him 1320 01:35:10,720 --> 01:35:14,156 "You're like a child, Albert. Everything amazes you. " 1321 01:35:14,320 --> 01:35:16,515 He kept his questions to himself. 1322 01:35:19,200 --> 01:35:21,714 I don't understand. Weren't you sentenced? 1323 01:35:21,880 --> 01:35:23,313 Yes, for bigamy. 1324 01:35:23,480 --> 01:35:24,993 For bigamy? 1325 01:35:25,160 --> 01:35:27,628 I married Servane in Baden-Baden in 1946. 1326 01:35:27,800 --> 01:35:31,349 As I hadn't divorced Yvette, they threw the book at me. 1327 01:35:31,520 --> 01:35:32,635 Three years. 1328 01:35:43,960 --> 01:35:46,918 Feel this light. This warmth. 1329 01:35:47,080 --> 01:35:48,433 I've always loved it. 1330 01:35:49,040 --> 01:35:51,349 That's what we should keep inventing. 1331 01:35:52,400 --> 01:35:54,834 When Death comes, we'll lie to it. 1332 01:35:55,720 --> 01:35:58,439 We'll say it's too early. It's got the wrong guy. 1333 01:35:58,600 --> 01:36:00,192 You know what? 1334 01:36:00,360 --> 01:36:03,477 We'll give it the address of some evil bastard. 1335 01:36:04,080 --> 01:36:05,069 That's what. 1336 01:36:06,200 --> 01:36:09,795 In the end, only real human beings will be left. 1337 01:36:10,400 --> 01:36:13,870 Good people like you and me. 1338 01:36:18,920 --> 01:36:20,956 What do you think? Was it good? 1339 01:36:22,040 --> 01:36:23,792 Did I look natural? 1340 01:36:26,480 --> 01:36:27,913 I met Albert Dehousse in 1961 1341 01:36:28,080 --> 01:36:30,275 when he became Minister for Planning. 1342 01:36:31,880 --> 01:36:35,509 He would have preferred the Arts but the job was already taken. 1343 01:36:36,640 --> 01:36:38,710 Mr Albert Dehousse did great work 1344 01:36:38,880 --> 01:36:40,518 for African independence. 1345 01:36:40,720 --> 01:36:42,676 ...a nursing home racket in Nice. 1346 01:36:42,840 --> 01:36:43,909 A property swindle, 1347 01:36:44,080 --> 01:36:45,911 unlicensed medical practice. 1348 01:36:46,120 --> 01:36:49,112 I am convinced that Dehousse was a Soviet agent. 98513