Commandos Strike at Dawn Page #3

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Yes. It's a beautiful room.

I made it.

I lived through it.

I came back.

I knew they were bad, but I had

no idea how bad they were.

Nobody...

...no civilized human being

can know how bad they are.

I have to go now.

There's some things

that need to be done.

Welcome home, Johan Bergesen.

Can't you bear to look at me?

Thank God I was

never a handsome man.

For many years,

we've made a serious mistake.

We believed we were living

in a civilized world.

Today we find that for years,

we've been living in a jungle.

Regulations were put into effect,

and we attempted to live up to them.

Now we discover there's

only one regulation:

Kill...

...or be killed.

I'm ready to observe that regulation.

I've come to ask you how we

can change over in this jungle...

...from the murdered

Norwegian people...

...to the murdering Norwegian people.

Erik Toresen, have you ever

hit a man in your whole life?

When I was 17 years old,

I punched Olaf Johnson.

He was kissing a girl

I thought I was in love with.

Half-hour later,

I found out every boy in town...

...had also kissed the girl.

I apologized to Olaf.

Since that time I've lived a quiet life.

The Germans have not lived

quiet lives.

We must learn from them...

...how to become gangsters, thugs...

...useful with knife...

...dynamite, poison.

No!

Gunnar, you mustn't listen to him.

None of us must listen.

We can't do anything.

All we can do is wait.

Let the English win the war.

Let the Americans win,

or the Russians.

All we can do is die.

I know how you feel, Anna.

I know how all women must feel

at a time like this...

...but nobody's going to win the war

for anybody else.

That's fine talk,

but it won't bring Alfred back.

- Anna...

- They murdered your brother.

Now they want you to die too.

Don't listen to them, please.

Nobody's going to get victory

as a gift, Anna.

We get only what we earn...

...and I propose that we earn

a great deal.

If anyone here

wishes to be excused...

...please go now.

The rest of us will say nothing.

We ask only of you...

...that you say nothing.

Good.

Now we begin to cut ourselves

out of this jungle.

There will be no service this Sunday,

or any Sunday for some time.

Under our present government,

it is not possible to serve Christ.

The Church has no wish

to serve such a government.

The pastors would rather

close churches...

...than betray the religion they serve.

I will continue to administer to the sick

and dying. May God be with you.

Present arms!

Quiet.

Silence!

"And all thy children

shall be taught of the Lord...

...and great shall be the peace

of thy children.

In righteousness

shall thou be established..."

We are on our way to Narvik. The map

says there's a fork in the road.

Yes, there is.

A hundred yards up there,

and then turn to the left.

To the left.

A sharp turn to the left, not to the right.

There's a bad cliff there.

We'll be careful. Your Norwegian roads

are as bad as your weather.

"Almighty God,

the consolation of the sorrowful...

...and the strength of the weak...

...may the prayers of them that in any

tribulation or distress cry unto thee...

...graciously come before thee so they

may receive thy help and comfort...

...through Jesus Christ, thy son,

our Lord. Amen."

Load!

Ready!

Aim!

Fire!

Ah, those vacations

in the Hartz Mountains.

It's beautiful there in the spring.

We took colour pictures

of the flowers last year, my wife and I.

Springtime in the mountains.

A man could cry.

- That's very touching, sir.

- Very touching.

Will that be all, sir?

You're a good officer.

Executed that fellow with dispatch.

That'll teach them not to oppose

the orders of the Third Reich.

I'm going to let you into a secret. I'm

going to recommend you for promotion.

- That's very kind of you, sir.

- Not at all.

- Good night.

- Good night, sir.

- Orderly.

- Yes, sir?

- Get me a light.

- Yes, sir.

Captain! Captain!

The colonel's been stabbed!

And then the prince said, " Rapunzel,

Rapunzel, let down your hair."

And the princess

unbound her golden hair...

...let it out of the window,

down the side of the tower...

...and...

And then what happened?

And down the side of the tower...

...and the prince took hold and

climbed all the way up and freed her.

Then they were married,

and they lived happily ever after.

- Erik.

- Mrs. Olav.

Come in.

So we came here.

Your farm's hidden in the hills.

If they come, there's a better chance

of your hiding her.

I've hid the cow, and I've more milk

than I know what to do with.

And it's good milk too.

- You've been up late enough.

- I think I've been up late enough.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- Sleep well.

- I will.

On the way, Father told me

the most beautiful story...

...about a princess

who lived happily ever after.

Are princesses the only ones

who live happily ever after?

We're all meant

to live happy, Solveig.

Good night.

Good night.

Come, child.

Glad for the night, glad for the day...

...I fold my hands, dear Jesus,

and pray...

...keep my lips pure, my face bright,

keep my hands busy doing the right.

And dear God, bless Father,

and all my friends and everybody.

But, God, please take the bad people

away from our village. Amen.

Erik.

Erik.

- Time you went to bed too.

- I can't stay here. I've got to go.

- You can hardly stand, you're so tired.

- They're liable to follow me.

I'll sit at the window and watch.

There's only one road. You're safe.

Mrs. Olav, it is you who needs rest.

An old woman sleeps very little.

Go to sleep, son.

"Son."

I haven't been called that

in a long time.

So the colonel's been killed.

Yes.

Was it you?

You've got a murderer

in your house tonight, Mrs. Olav.

God bless you, son. Sleep well.

Erik, get up. They're coming.

The Germans?

Get the child.

This way.

I'll hide her clothes.

- Solveig, darling, hold tight.

- Yes, Father.

Try the bedroom.

- You were a long time in answering.

- Sorry. I was in the bedroom.

You were still a long time.

Come here.

- Your name is Olav?

- Yes.

Erik Toresen is wanted for murder.

Have you seen him?

No.

Look at me. You know the penalty

for hiding a murderer?

Yes.

- I'm glad of that.

- No one in the bedroom, sir.

We will look outside.

Look in that shed.

Do not leave me, Mrs. Olav.

I have something to tell you.

Last night five hostages

were taken in the town.

If Erik Toresen is not found

within two days, they will be shot.

Just a little longer, Solveig.

We've been going for 10 hours.

Where does he get the energy?

- He eats better than we do.

- And drinks better.

All the beer he wants,

when he wants it.

Makes me thirsty just to think of it.

- So?

- Lf we can't have beer, we drink water.

I haven't drunk well water

since I left my uncle's farm.

We will go.

You do not seem to be very impressed

about the hostages.

No concern of mine.

One of them happens

to be your grandson Pedar.

But...

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