Hilde Page #2

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lets me piss with kids and women!

No talking.

Everyone out!

Stop.

One, two, three,

four,

five. Move.

Go.

Let's go.

Out of the way! Out of the way!

First group, sit down.

Hurry up! Now!

Second group, take a leak.

Third group, sit down.

Strip to the waist!

Name? Rank?

Come on, I want to go home.

Strip to the waist!

I didn't have time to cut it.

God help you when they find out.

I don't think God is here.

But you are here.

The world should re-shape itself

and keep its worries to itself.

Hilde!

Heinz! Oh, God!

Are you okay?

Come on!

Mother! Grandpa! Hilde is back!

Mother! Come on!

You made it!

Thank God! Thank God!

Don't tell me what you went through.

I don't want to know.

I'm so sorry.

You're alive.

You can't stay here.

The Russians come every night.

They're looking for you

because of Demandowsky.

Is he here?

No.

He must still be with them

in military prison.

I'll manage, Grandpa.

I promise you, l'll manage.

Hey, Miss!

I've got top brand cigarettes.

American quality. Freshly rolled.

- No, sorry.

Or a stub for a deutschmark!

It's okay.

Be careful, and good luck.

Helga, hurry. We have to leave.

What are you doing here?

Were you here all night?

Got anything to eat?

Come along.

Get up.

We play here every night.

No Krauts.

Just for the Americans.

I just got my license.

Can you sing?

Only out of tune. Everyone told me so.

Really?

Come on, you're an actress.

You know this one?

Give it a try.

Come on.

Intriguing.

But I could get used to it.

Get a licence, then we can play here.

Soup, every evening.

- Soup? What kind of soup?

Meat soup.

Meat soup?

- I never found any meat,

but I'll keep on looking.

Here, my health card.

I'm an actress,

and l hope to get work

when the theatres open.

You think you're superior

to the others, don't you?

No.

No, l...

I'm hungry, homeless,

and desperate, We'll all the same.

We're all walking around

looking for a new start.

Would chewing gum help?

No, thanks.

All I want is a stage licence.

And I'll keep coming till I get one.

Were you in the Party?

- No.

But your husband was.

- What husband?

We have reports that you...

married Ewald von Demandowsky.

I don't know who told you that,

but it's not true.

Then tell us the truth.

The truth?

I believe we get what we deserve.

I was 7 when Hitler came to power.

I was too young to start a revolution.

That fur coat is going to catch

one hell of a cold.

Do you want a ride?

You're American.

I don't talk to Americans.

Am I American? Really?

I guess you're right.

Funny, I didn't notice.

Are you hungry?

How about an American hamburger?

Come on! Get in.

I'll drop you off wherever you want.

My God, get in.

You'll freeze in this weather.

How come your German is so good?

Get in, or l'll never tell you.

You're an actress, right?

- Yes.

I'm a film officer.

Can l pick you up tonight?

No.

- Tomorrow?

No.

- Next week?

No.

- Okay.

I can see you're itching to know

how l learned German.

Ta-ta! lt's my mother tongue.

I grew up in Czechoslovakia

and l'm a Jew.

Apparently Hitler didn't like us much,

so we left for America.

Fascinating, huh?

You want to get out here?

Go on then, get out.

Do you think I'm funny?

You have a lot of spirit. Don't lose it.

Don't worry, I was born that way.

I'll bring some food next time.

That fur coat weighs more than you do.

You're making me nervous!

Play something else.

Afternoon.

Afternoon.

- Hello.

What are you doing here?

I am too early.

- Yes.

The prologue is cancelled.

But...

that's the only text l have!

Not anymore.

Anna has double pneumonia.

You'll take over the lead role. Ricci!

Are you serious?

I'm dead serious. Here.

I'm sorry, Anna.

- Go learn your lines!

Thank you.

Everyone off!

Close the curtain!

What do you say now?

Pommer is in town!

I've never met Pommer.

- What?

Don't call him Pommer or Erich!

He was the boss at UFA.

Off you go!

Go out there on your own.

Look, that's the guy l told you about.

You've been coming to every show.

Ricci saw you.

He says you come to see me.

Is that true?

The accused pleads guilty.

I'm in love.

Didn't you read the sign?

You know what they say:

Love is blind.

So why are you staring at me?

Would you love me

if I looked like this?

You see what l mean?

Love is not blind.

And I'm 100% Kraut.

You'll get into trouble with me.

As long as I'm with you,

I don't care.

Hocus,

pocus, fidibus!

I thought you'd like this.

Anything else you want to bring up?

Breakfast or lunch?

It was the meat.

I'm not used to it anymore.

Will you come to see me again?

The Russians are showing a film

in Pankow tomorrow.

It's allied officers only,

but I know the Russian film officer.

He said I can bring you along.

What do you say?

- What do I say?

I say, "yes"!

Cigarette?

- Yes, please.

Thank you.

Sixteen of my relatives died like that.

They say I should hate you...

because you're German.

But I won't do that.

I refuse.

It's all just chance.

I could've been you,

and vice-versa.

They don't want us to think that way.

But they're wrong.

I know they're wrong.

I was at Dachau concentration camp.

The day they opened the gates...

I've seen enough.

Enough.

We are the survivors.

That is a gift.

We mustn't throw it away.

I won't throw anything away.

Hold me tight.

As if we hadn't suffered enough!

What he did is a disgrace.

You mustn't talk about it.

He knew we'd all be out.

He must've collected sleeping pills.

Why couldn't he die of old age

like a normal person?

We'll just say he died in his sleep.

Well, he did...

so to speak.

Here.

It's for you.

He only wrote YOUR name on it.

"My dear child,

I am too old

to forget all the atrocities.

And too old to be any use to you.

Perhaps you'll understand one day,

and forgive me."

What does it say?

Nothing!

Nice of you to visit.

Thank you.

Why did you ask me to come?

- Curiosity.

I produced many German films

before Hitler took power.

I produced films in France,

England, and Hollywood.

You know where I last worked?

As a labourer

in a New York china factory.

Yes, and now l'm here.

My job, with American supervision,

is to revive the German film industry.

Or to prevent its revival.

We don't know which yet.

Tell me about yourself.

I was at school during the war.

I'm not a Nazi, l wasn't in the Party.

Excuse me, Miss Knef,

this isn't an interrogation.

I read your records. I had to.

You're an actress,

and a good one, it seems.

You'd make a good impression

at any interrogation.

No matter how I answer,

you can use it against me.

That's true.

So, you were an acting student

who was in Nazi films

that fortunately were never completed.

But you didn't turn down the roles,

did you?

No.

- Why not?

They weren't propaganda films.

Back then, l...

didn't realize it was wrong.

Of course you didn't.

I'm just an actress, Mr Pommer.

I work hard, and if you give me a role

I won't disappoint you.

I've been informed that your lover

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