Devil's Mistress Page #4

But you're not going to war, are you?

There's no reason

to fear war, Miss Baarov.

You're on the right side!

War is the most shameful thing on earth,

whichever side one is on.

The shame will be forgotten.

What remains is the victory.

It is the duty of the great

German people to conquer the world.

That is our destiny.

I don't understand that,

and I don't want to understand it.

Well...

you want the same thing.

To conquer the world. Isn't that right?

No, please don't.

Forgive me, Minister.

I will wait.

You're worth it.

You keep telling me

how much you loved Frhlich,

yet you start a relationship with...

I do not need to defend myself!

The advantage of old age, dear girl!

I don't know

why I'm talking to you anyway.

Why I agreed to have this conversation.

Pack up your things and leave.

Miss Baarov, I apologize.

I didn't mean to hurt you.

I'm over 80 years old.

I don't care what you think of me.

I just don't understand why you

got involved with him. You were so famous.

You were a celebrity in Germany.

You didn't need Goebbels.

Goebbels was special. I was enchanted

by him, above all by his intellect.

And his power,

a very strong aphrodisiac.

Love wants to be blind.

It doesn't see what it doesn't want to.

What's going on here?

Nothing.

It's just that Jew, Katz,

getting "clipped round the ear,"

as your friend Mr. Goebbels calls it.

They'll send him to a concentration camp,

but apart from that everything's fine.

But...

we have to do something!

Yes, certainly.

So call your Dr. Goebbels.

Tell him we're hungry,

and want to eat at Katz's.

Tell him to stop this madness!

Are you insane? Keep out of it!

You can take off your costume.

We're not shooting today.

What's happened? - There was an order

from the Ministry of Propaganda.

Friedl Czepa is not allowed

to take part in the film.

But why not?

Allegedly because she's Austrian.

But we've shot so many scenes with her

already, and we've run out of money.

The amount put at our disposal for

making such a lavish film is ridiculous.

Please wait.

I'm going to try something.

Come in.

Miss Baarov.

Thank you.

Good day, Minister.

Miss Baarov, I bid you welcome!

I apologize for urging you

to see me on such short notice.

Granting you a request

is a great pleasure to me.

Here's to you visiting me more often.

You don't know why I came yet.

I'll just persuade myself

that you wanted to see me, Miss Baarov.

But I'm all ears.

I'm shooting the film version

of Strauss's operetta "Die Fledermaus"

with director Verhoeven.

I know. You play "Rosalinde".

Yes, and Friedl Czepa plays "Adele".

That is, until recently.

Allegedly, because she is Austrian

she can no longer take part in the film.

Austrian? You mean, Jewish, right?

Possibly, I don't know.

Listen, my dear,

that's a relatively complicated issue.

Why?

"Jews are parasites,

and where they nest people often die."

That's usually the opening line

at most SS instruction courses.

This isn't an

instruction course, but still...

Do you have

a personal interest in this affair?

I don't know anyone more suited

to play "Adele" than Friedl Czepa.

I often think of you.

I keep seeing you before me.

If I haven't seen you for some time,

I start to doubt,

if you really are as beautiful

as you are in my dreams.

And then, when we meet again, I see...

you're even more beautiful!

The ban is rescinded.

Friedl Czepa can continue filming.

Thank you, Minister.

Ah yes, one more small matter.

I almost forgot.

"Die Fledermaus"

is a very expensive movie.

The entire budget has been spent.

If no way can be found

to refinance the movie,

shooting ends this very day.

American movies are better than ours.

Why is that?

Do they have more money

or better actors?

They have Greta Garbo.

We have you.

You overestimate me, Minister.

One day you'll be

far better than Greta Garbo.

I promise you that.

Verhoeven can count himself lucky

to have you in his movie.

Otherwise

he wouldn't get another cent out of me.

The most beautiful woman of Europe

and that limping dwarf. It's perverse!

It's all over town!

You believe these tabloids?

I believe what I see. Here!

Who's that, huh? And here, who's that?

ls that you, or not?

There's nothing going on with us.

Get out, Lda.

Get out of my house, you whore!

Lda!

Lda, wait!

I don't want us to separate, but

I can't bear your cheating and lying.

You lied to me! You swore

you'd get a divorce! And did you? No!

I know, but I'll do whatever I can

to keep you. Lda, please!

I'll get a divorce. I'll see a lawyer

tomorrow. - It's too late, Gustl.

Lda!

Let me go!

I gave you everything,

and what did you do?

After my miscarriage

I can't even have babies anymore.

Lda!

Lda, being Goebbels's mistress

is like playing with fire!

It can't end well.

You can see for yourself

what's going on in Germany.

Miss Baarov, what are you doing

outside in this awful weather?

Come on, get in!

In you come!

Come on, you'll catch your death.

It's over.

I don't want to see him again.

So now you finally you're all mine.

I wish it could stay that way forever.

Are you still cold?

Everything we do for love

involves Good and Evil.

And there's a little madness

in every love.

Never in my life

have I loved a woman like I love you.

I gave Goebbels everything.

My body and my soul.

Please get ready.

We'll do that once more.

Right, Hans.

Well, Gentlemen, are you ready?

Lda!

Mr. Correll!

How nice of you to come and watch us.

Not just to watch you.

I've got a new contract for you.

But I never asked for a raise in salary.

That way you can see

how much we appreciate you.

Excuse me, Director!

All right.

Quiet, please!

We're rolling.

After my separation from Gustav Frhlich

I moved into a new apartment.

That morning, when I had to decide whether

or not I'd accept the Hollywood offer,

I wandered round that place

like a body without a soul.

I didn't suspect at the time

how fateful this decision

was going to prove for my entire life.

I have invited all of you German actors

and actresses to the Kroll opera,

to say to all of those among you

who have their eye on Hollywood,

even though the German cinema

offers them the very best of conditions,

in a loud and clear voice:

Go! Please do! Go to America!

But if you do not succeed in Hollywood,

don't think we'll be welcoming you back

with open arms here in Germany.

We don't need

failed Hollywood stars here!

He means Marlene Dietrich and Fritz Lang.

They will not get any more parts here.

No, he means me.

I hope I made myself clear.

Thank you for coming. I wish you

a pleasant day of work. Heil Hitler!

Heil Hitler!

Magda, I'm having an affair with her.

Hardly a surprise.

It's all over the papers.

A husbands infidelity is just one

among many of life's banalities.

I've fallen in love.

How many times have I heard that?

This time it's serious.

Does the Fhrer know about Baarov?

Are you threatening me?

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