Hangmen Also Die! Page #5

We are very grateful to you...

for not leaving us.

Just wait a minute.

First she tried to break out

without seeing me.

Now she would have us believe she came

only to have her father released.

- Bunk!

- What does she look like?

Young, quite attractive...

brown eyes, about 22, I would say.

Burnett, 5ft 4?

Yes!

I'm sorry to keep you waiting so long,

Miss Novotny.

It's too bad for us, you see.

Before you explained about your father...

I honestly hoped you came...

because of the one million marks reward.

Can you appreciate my disappointment?

Come here, Mrs. Dvorak.

Come, come, come.

Wait over here

Is this the girl who sent the our

men the wrong way?

You don't know her at all?

Yes, I know her.

- She is Miss Novotny.

- Did she come to your shop at noon yesterday?

No.

You know what will happen

to you if you lie?

Yes.

Take her!

Marvelous people, these Czechs.

Stubborn to the end.

To the bitter end...

Miss Novotny.

Get me Inspector Gruber.

I'm glad you're not involved in

this beastly crime.

Hello?

No, Herr Gruber.

Don't question her anymore.

Make her feel safe.

She is our only good lead, so far.

Tell her you'll let her go...

but hold her here, some excuse...

typing the record or something.

Long enough for us to work.

Attention!

Attention!

Barrack leader

Novotny. 42 men.

Form into straight lines.

Stand up, all of you!

Form up! Faster!

As you stand!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5...

6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

What's your name?

Vasily.

Vasily.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...

What does this mean?

- Name?

- Santroch.

No, Herr Inspector.

Nothing.

Here is your report.

Your statement and incident

on the streets.

Sign it.

5:
30.

In exactly 30 minutes...

the first 40 hostages will be executed.

Sign all four copies.

By the way, your father is

not among the 40...

this morning.

You are free to leave now,

Miss Novotny.

Heil, Hitler.

Mascha, I didn't lose my head at all...

even when they found out about your

friend sleeping here the night before last

Aunt Millie!

Don't worry, I stopped

all chance of gossip.

Nip it in the bud. I told them it was

your fiance who stayed over, Jan.

Jan!

- Jan, darling I must talk to you.

- I must talk to you too.

- Where have you been?

- We better go inside.

I'll tell you where I've been:

At the Gestapo since 6:00 this morning.

What did they ask you about, Jan?

They wanted to know where

I spent last night.

- And?

- I told them I was here, of course!

- Of course.

- Mascha, what is this all about? Who is this man?

- What did they ask about him?

- O Inspector Gruber questioned me...

wanted to know if I knew him.

How did he happen to

come to your house?

- He dropped in just after you left.

- To see your Father?

- Was it something political?

- No, nothing political.

He came to see me.

You?

You see, we met at the

symphony last week...

yesterday he...

- dropped in quite unexpectedly.

- And stayed for the night.

It was curfew hour.

He had to stay over.

Charming coincidence.

He was the man who brought you

those roses, wasn't he?

Yes.

"The florist sent them to my mother".

That was a lie too.

Jan, You don't think I...

had anything to do with that man?

Mascha, I always thought that everything

between us would be above board...

Open, clean.

Darling, you know I love you.

Please try to believe in me, Jan.

Mascha, why didn't you tell me?

Don't ask me why.

If you love me, Jan,

you must believe in me.

You're all I have to believe in.

You know that.

Don't let me down.

Jan, I'll never forget that

you believed in me.

Miss Novotny?

Gestapo. You're under arrest

We checked your story,

Miss Novotny...

In all of Prague,

no architect called Vanek exists

You're lying.

Where did you say you met him first?

At symphony hall.

You said you met him

during the intermission?

No, he had the seat next to mine.

And he told you his name was Vanek?

Yes, Karel Vanek.

- What's his real name?

- I don't know.

What illegal organizations does

your daughter belong too?

None at all. Mascha is a music student.

This Karel Vanek...

Isn't he one of your husbands former colleagues

from the university? A fellow teacher?

- Professor Novotny had never met him before.

- Where does this man live?

How shall I know?

He didn't tell me.

Is it usual for your niece to entertain

strange gentlemen at night?

No.

How many times did he sleep over

at your apartment?

Only that night.

And on the account of curfew.

Why did he come that particular night?

- I don't know.

- Answer properly!

You know we have means

to make you talk.

Maybe you have heard about

the rooms below.

What was his exact reason for coming?

A former call, to pay respects

to my daughter is all.

Why did you sister-in-law say

it was your daughters fiance?

Because I was afraid the neighbors

would gossip about a stranger.

What was this "strangers" real name?

- Mr. Vanek.

- You're lying!

- I'm not lying.

- No?

We'll soon find out.

Do you know where your sister is

right at this moment?

She is where everybody ends up

who doesn't tell us the truth!

Mrs. Dvorak!

The whole family sticks

to the same story...

But I don't believe this man,

Karel Vanek, exists

This letter arrived at the Novotny

apartment an hour ago...

by special messenger with

a bouquet of roses...

from a "Mr. Karel Vanek".

Vanek!

Interesting.

Why, this is ridicules!

You told me that this man doesn't exists

Curios.

Doesn't exist, yet here he is.

You're not going to tell me we went through

all this trouble for a silly love affair?

Looks that way.

What do you suggest, Gruber?

That we release the girl.

- What?

- What else can we do?

Are we suppose to interfere with lovers?

Or are we?

Miss Mascha, I had to come and offer

sympathy to you and your mother...

for your fathers arrest

I have been unable to get that

tragic scene out of my mind.

Ever since yesterday, I've been in the depths

of despair trying to quiet my conscience.

- I came to offer my help.

- Help!

You're talking of help!

The one responsible for all

we have been through!

You spent the night with

your conscience brother you?

We spent it with the Gestapo!

My whole family is still there.

You're the one the Gestapo wants!

You killed...

any feelings I...

ever had for you.

The things we've been through merrily

because you spent the night here...

- Mr. Vanek.

- Mascha...

I can't tell you how sorry I am...

that my thoughtlessness has

brought to you.

Whatever you think of me,

I deserve and more.

Tell me the truth!

Alright, Mascha, I will.

I gave you a false name.

My name is not Karel Vanek,

and I'm not an architect.

I am Dr. Franticek Svoboda...

resident surgeon

at St. Pancrazio hospital.

Why didn't you tell me that right away?

Maybe we ought to go into

the living room.

Out here we might be overheard..

Mascha, I must make an confession.

I love you.

I did take advantage of the curfew law

to stay over night...

But now it seems my silly little

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