Judgment at Nuremberg Page #10

There are many beautiful things to see

in the old part of town.

Museums we're trying to rebuild.

And there's a concert, a piano concert

next week at the old opera house.

Arthur Reiss. He was a refugee from Hitler

in the early days.

We've persuaded him to come back.

It ought to be quite an evening.

Would you like to come?

Yes, I would.

I'll tell them to leave a ticket for you

at the box office. I'm on the committee.

- Thank you very much, Mrs. Bertholt.

- It's nothing.

You see, I have a mission with

the Americans, as Mr. Perkins can tell you.

What is that?

To convince you that we're not all monsters.

- Good evening, Colonel.

- Good evening.

Colonel. Maj. Radnitz.

Good evening, Mrs. Bertholt.

I hope you'll excuse me.

But you've just come...

No, I must go. Please excuse me.

It was awfully nice meeting you.

If you want to hear the concert,

there'll be a ticket for you at the box office.

- Thank you.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- Good night, Mrs. Bertholt.

Mrs. Bertholt doesn't hold

a burning passion for me.

I prosecuted her husband.

There are many people

who think a death sentence...

would not have been passed

against Gen. Bertholt today.

I'm sure there are.

I'm sure there are people who think...

all the prisoners in Nuremberg

should be free today.

All of them. Let...

Excuse me.

I've had one or two too many...

as might be painfully obvious

to you gentlemen.

The spectacle this afternoon with

Mr. Petersen put me off my feed. I'm sorry.

Three beers and Schwalbenwinkel, please.

Schwalbenwinkel.

It's good beer.

They make it good in this country.

You know, there's one thing

about Americans.

We're not cut out to be occupiers.

We're new at it. We're not very good at it.

We come over here, and what do we see?

We see this beautiful country.

It is beautiful. It's very beautiful.

We see the culture that goes back

for hundreds of years.

We see its gemutlich charm...

and the charm of people like Mrs. Bertholt.

We've got a built-in inferiority complex.

We forgive and forget easy.

We give the other guy

the benefit of the doubt.

That's the American way.

We beat the greatest war machine

since Alexander the Great.

And now the boy scouts take over.

The trouble with you, Colonel,

is you'd like to indict the whole country.

That might be emotionally satisfying

to you...

but it wouldn't be exactly practical,

and hardly fair.

Hardly fair?

"Hare."

"Hunter."

"Field."

That's right, let's be fair.

"The hare was shot by the hunter

in the field."

It's really quite simple.

Colonel, I think we ought to be going.

Yes, we really shouldn't be discussing this.

No, Judge.

We're fair Americans, and true-blue.

We mustn't do anything that's out of order.

No, sir. We can't do anything

that's out of order.

There are no Nazis in Germany.

Didn't you know that, Judge?

The Eskimos invaded Germany

and took over.

That's how

all those terrible things happened.

It wasn't the fault of the Germans.

It was the fault of those damn Eskimos.

Excuse me.

- Good night, Colonel.

- Good night.

Can I have your attention, please?

I'm sorry to interrupt your dancing.

The following officers

are requested to report to their units.

Maj. McCarthy, Maj. Citron,

Maj. Cantor, Capt. Byers...

Capt. Connell, Capt. Douglas, Capt. Wolfe...

Maj. Booth, and Maj. Rice.

Thank you. You can continue dancing.

Harry, what is it?

The Russians have made their move

in Czechoslovakia.

It's rumored Masaryk committed suicide.

We're sending units up.

What do you think's going to happen?

I don't know.

Judge Haywood...

Elsa Scheffler.

"President Truman responded to the crisis...

"by calling for an extension

of military training.

"He stated that he is deeply concerned

with the survival of the Western nations...

"in face of the threat from the East."

"Threat from the East."

Herr Janning, did you hear this?

Did you hear what's in the paper?

Exactly what Hitler said.

"The clash for survival

between East and West."

He knew!

They'll see that we knew exactly

what we were doing all the time.

They cannot call us criminals,

and at the same time ask us to help them.

We must stand together now.

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