Edge of Darkness Page #7

There isn't a single person in this town

who doesn't know that you're a quisling.

Soon all Norway will know it.

JOHANN:

What can I do?

Mother...

...what can I do?

Oh, my boy.

I don't know.

"In the name of the German army

high command, I decree...

...the immediate confiscation

of all vessels.

It is forbidden to leave the harbor.

It is forbidden to remove

any equipment from these boats.

Any resistance will be crushed

by military force."

Come in.

- Yes?

- Good morning.

Good morning.

My name is Sixtus Andresen.

I'm the schoolmaster of Trollness,

retired seven years.

Your men came to see me this morning.

They were kind enough

to offer me 48 hours to move my things.

What little odds and ends I have,

my books...

Yes?

Hm.

Do you mind?

What with the scarcity these days,

it's been some time since I've smoked.

What do you want?

Thank you.

I thought it only right...

...considering that you are

de facto commandant of the village...

...to acquaint you with a decision

that I've made.

I'm very busy.

I know. I hope you will forgive me.

I know I'm being selfish, but, uh...

Why did you want my house?

For a blockhouse.

But what was it you wanted

to see me about?

I cannot let you have my house.

- You what?

- I must forbid you to enter my house.

Are you insane? I could have you shot.

I know.

But if you're interested, I'll tell you

what brought me to my conclusion...

...which is, I can assure you,

completely unshakable.

You see, I'm well past 70.

And at my age, it would be foolish for me

to be like Socrates' enemies...

...and fear death more than I love truth.

- Go on.

- I have no guns, no airplanes, no force.

- I disdain...

- Silence!

What you don't understand

is that the individual man...

Quiet, you fool!

The individual man must stand against you

like a rock.

Will you stop?

No.

If I were afraid, there might be hope

for you, but I'm not.

There are certain things

you cannot take away from me.

What is mine is mine.

Do you think you can stop

the working of my brain and my heart?

We are not animals, we are men.

That is the foundation of law.

You cannot win.

Where are your courts,

your judges and your juries?

Until you bring them forward,

I must forbid you my house.

He forbids!

He forbids!

Attention!

Attention!

I give you 45 minutes

to clear everything out of his house.

Clear him out too.

We have no room for philosophers.

Take all his belongings

to the public square...

...and burn them as a lesson

to the others.

They must be taught to obey.

That's an order.

Stack arms.

Throw the old goat to us.

We'll catch him.

Well, my little goat almost got away.

You better throw me a rope.

So you like to run, Grandfather. Go on.

Come on.

After you've been here for a while,

you'll get used to it.

Hail! Halt!

One!

Two!

The professor has so much in his head

that he doesn't need his books anymore.

He asked us to distribute

a little knowledge among all of you.

Here's some knowledge for you,

my friends.

There's some knowledge.

Knowledge for you.

Here's some knowledge.

Here.

Do nothing. This is not the day.

Wait for the day.

- Do nothing. Wait.

Wait for the day.

Wait.

Wait. Wait. Remember Stoksund.

Wait. Our day is coming. Wait.

This is not the day. Wait. Wait.

Remember Stoksund.

Wait. Wait.

Wait now.

Remember Stoksund. Wait.

Our day will come.

This is not the day. Wait. Wait.

All right, Brogge.

You must forgive us, Sixtus Andresen,

for not helping you.

But, you see, if we had

then all our hopes...

I understand.

Is this why you came to see me?

- To explain?

- Yes.

And the others?

They've asked me to speak for them.

I'm a fool, Brogge.

We all think

that you're a very brave man.

Still a fool.

Koenig is a fool too, but I, a worse one.

Thank you for coming.

Each day we learn a lesson.

What is the lesson for today, Stensgard?

The individual cannot stand like a rock.

Even a rock can be crushed.

It's obvious.

Tell me, Stensgard.

Do you think that again I prove a point?

Another patrol. Every day. Every day.

The days to come will be even worse.

Koenig wants to make us lose our heads.

He's trying to forced our hand.

He will, Gunnar.

Our people won't stand it much longer.

Soon, we'll have to fight.

There are some of us

who won't come out of it alive.

Every battle must have its dead.

We've been lucky, Karen.

We've had two whole years together.

Time is measured differently these days.

A day is a year.

In a way, this war's been good to me.

Because of it, I met you.

We must be ready for whatever happens.

The plans have got to be well laid.

Tonight we'll meet in Osterholm's cellar.

I'll go back and tell those inside.

Notify the others, I'll meet you at my house.

No. I'd better go home.

It's a lonely house now.

All right, I'll pick you up there.

Will you shut that off?

When the English gave us this,

they told us to use it.

Well, why do you have to use it here?

If the Germans caught me,

I'd be dead even if I had nine lives.

A meeting in my cellar,

guns in my cellar...

...and now an illegal radio in my ce...

Will you shut that off?

Mr. Churchill's going to speak.

For a week, you've been saying,

"Mr. Churchill's going to speak."

So far, all I've heard is static.

All the same,

Mr. Churchill is going to speak.

Good evening, Hulda.

Is...? Oh, good evening, Mrs. Stensgard.

- Doctor.

- Good evening.

- I came for Karen.

- Karen's not here.

Oh, please come in. You're welcome.

We were about to have some tea.

We could sit and talk a while. Hulda?

No, thank you, Mrs. Stensgard.

I haven't got much time.

I left Karen an hour ago.

She was gonna meet me here.

- We were going on together to Osterholm's.

- An hour ago?

- Perhaps, we'd better go and find out.

- No.

She's probably stopped some place to visit,

perhaps with Gerd, and went on with her.

We're holding a meeting, doctor,

in Osterholm's cellar.

We'd like you there to help us plan.

- Me?

- Yes.

I'll wait for you if you like.

Oh, no, no. No, you go ahead.

You go on.

All right, you know where we are

if you change your mind.

Good evening.

Good evening, Mrs. Stensgard.

Martin, you go.

Go on with him.

Your heart's with them. I know it is.

I knew it this afternoon

when you stood in the square and you sang.

And I knew it here all evening

when you were silent.

I knew what was on your mind,

what was in your tongue.

Martin, I want you to go with him.

Now, there's your hat, the cane.

Doctor should always look his best.

I'll go and look for Gunnar.

That's all we need, somebody to go out

to look for someone else.

You shouldn't have let Gunnar go out.

- He was here. He should have stayed here.

- Then why didn't you try to stop him?

I think they're here.

- Now will you turn that off?

Dr. Stensgard.

I brought my wife.

I hope you don't mind.

You're both welcome.

- Dr. Stensgard, this is your chair.

- Thank you.

Mrs. Stensgard, will you sit here?

- You were expecting him to come?

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