Mother Night Page #6

Synopsis: Howard W. Campbell, Jr., an American expatriate playwright, Nazi radio propagandist, and Allied spy, writes his memoirs during his pre-trial confinement in 1961 Haifa and learns that people are what they pretend to be.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): Keith Gordon
Production: New Line Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
62%
R
Year:
1996
114 min
202 Views


How nice to have friends.

Ja, come in.

- How's he doing? | - He has just woken up.

How's your head?

Splitting.

- You ought to take an aspirin. | - Thanks for the advice.

You see, most things in this world | don't work, but aspirin do.

Resi, the newspapers...

Is it true the Israelis | want to put me on trial?

Dr. Jones says the American government | will not let you go...

but the Jews will send men | to kidnap you...

like they did Herr Eichmann.

It ain't like having a Jew here, | a Jew there after you.

They got everything after you | but the Jewish hydrogen bomb.

What the hell is that?

That was your friend.

- Jones? | - No, George Kraft.

What's George doing here?

He is coming with us. | We are all leaving the country.

Dr. Jones has made | the arrangements.

Howard! Look who's up and around. | How do you feel?

I'd stand a better chance if it weren't | for the racket you're making.

Sorry, just killing a little time. | God, you scared me half to death.

I was worried sick about you.

You know, it was bound to happen | sooner or later.

Well, it's all for the best. | You'll see.

You'll have a new identity, | get a new place, new country...

be able to start writing again.

I might even be a better painter | in Mexico.

- Mexico? | - Well, look who's back on his feet.

Well, I guess you can't keep | a good man down.

That's the spirit. | Howard...

Wednesday night is | the weekly meeting...

of the Iron Guard of the White Sons | of the American Constitution.

Father Keeley and I want to stage a | memorial service for August Krapptauer.

We thought that perhaps you, | being Krapptauer's mentor...

might say a few words.

I've thought of a general theme, | if that helps.

I'm sure I could use one.

I think the theme should be...

"His Truth Goes Marching On. "

What could I possibly say | to a bunch of junior storm troopers?

I knew their fearless leader | for all of 20 seconds...

before he dropped dead | on my stairway.

You'll find the right words.

You always do.

When we get to Mexico...

I'm going to write again.

Did I have something to do | with this miracle?

Mm-hmm, everything.

Very little, but some.

Yes.

The real miracle...

is the talent you were born with.

The real miracle is your ability | to raise the dead.

- The love does that. | - Yes.

It raised me too.

Today, the mayor admitted | his embarrassment...

that a notorious war criminal | had been living an anonymous life...

in New York | for at least some of that time.

He also noted that neither he | nor the United States government...

have any authority to hand Campbell over | to the Israeli government for trial.

However, it all may be a moot point.

Howard W. Campbell has, | once again, escaped without a trace.

This is Campbell's | last known residence.

The modest apartment in Greenwich | Village has been vandalized...

by locals angered by Campbell's | latest escape from justice.

The United States government | has promised to make a full review...

of Campbell's citizenship status...

and to find out why he was never | brought to trial previously.

In the meantime, Israel has stepped up | its demands for Campbell...

encouraged by the idea that he may not | be a citizen of the U. S...

that he may, in fact, | be a citizen of nowhere at all.

We must never forget that a propagandist | of Campbell's sort... "Israeli Vice-Consul"

is every bit as much of a mass murderer | as Eichmann, Himmler and even Hitler.

How many millions of people | lost their lives...

because of the lies he spread | during the war?

We will find Campbell, | just as we found Eichmann.

A man can't hide forever | when his hands are covered...

with the blood | of six million human beings.

"Work Makes You Free" | Howard W. Campbell, Jr...

wanted to be here tonight...

to tell you of his long and fulfilling | association with your fallen hero.

But he's asked me to make this | brief statement to you...

on his behalf.

The truth of your leader, | August Krapptauer, and those like him...

will be with mankind forever...

as long as there are men and women | who listen to their guts...

instead of their minds.

And now for a special treat.

A subscriber to the | White Christian Minuteman in Vermont...

has made us a loan | of some very rare material...

which I'm sure you'll find | most inspiring.

Robert?

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. | This is Howard W. Campbell, Jr...

the last free American.

Tonight, I would like to ask | a common question:

Why are we enemies of theJew?

The answer is simple.

TheJew is the cause | and the beneficiary of our slavery.

He has made two halves | of the fatherland.

TheJew has no interest in the solution | of Germany's problems.

He can't. | He wants them to remain unsolved.

You see, he has a better trump in | his hand if a nation lives in slavery...

than one that is free.

TheJew is the cause | of our misery...

and today he lives on our trust.

And that is why, | as National Socialists...

we are enemies of theJew.

He has ruined our race, | rotted our morals...

corrupted our traditions | and broken our power.

As long as we are true | to our Aryan heritage...

he is a leper among us.

If we ignore our destiny, he will | triumph over us and our future.

TheJew is the plastic demon | of the fall of mankind.

He thrives in filth and garbage, | and he spreads disease.

He steals our possessions | and lusts after our women.

He pretends to be afraid | of this victim...

and before the unfortunate one knows it, | his neck is broken.

We areJew-haters | because we are proud to be Aryans.

It isn't true that we eat a Jew | with every breakfast.

But it is true that theJew | is slowly eating away at our future.

That is going to change | as surely as we are Aryans...

as surely as world supremacy...

is the birthright | of the Aryan race.

"Leave Thru Coal Bin Door. Cross Alley #645. Life | In Danger!" This has been Howard W. Campbell, Jr...

the last free American.

Thank you for listening.

Heil Hitler.

I gotta admit, Howard, act three | had me on the edge of my seat.

My blue fairy godmother.

I was beginning to wonder | if you really existed.

I exist all right. | I'm just retired. Eight years now.

Imagine my surprise when they called me | out of retirement two months ago.

- For me? | - Yeah.

- Why all this sudden interest in me? | - That's what I'm supposed to find out.

Well, it's no mystery | why the Israelis wouldn't want me.

No, the mystery is why the Russians | should think you're such a fat prize.

The Russians? | What Russians?

Well, at least two in this country.

One is your friend, | Colonel lona Potipov.

- Potipov? | - Sorry, you know him as George Kraft.

He's been operating in the U.S. | As a Russian spy since '35.

George Kraft's not a spy.

- I mean, George told me about his wife. | - His wife?

In Indianapolis who died four years ago? | No such person.

He's got a wife, all right, | still living in Proscurov.

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