Secret Mission Page #3

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We do not even know

if you're alive.

You come to visit us only now

when you wish to do some

spying for your new masters.

The English.

So the Boche have even got

you saying it?

You children must all

go to bed.

Monsieur Raoul, come and

help me with the blankets.

Without dropping them, now!

You follow me, monsieur.

We have no blackout

in the hall.

You must forgive

what I said, monsieur.

Things are very difficult

for us here.

You cannot know

what we have suffered.

- The cruelty, the humiliation.

- I think I understand.

I wish we could have met

in happier days.

I do, too.

- Not that way, stupid!

(LAUGHING)

- I was only trying to help!

Here is your room, monsieur.

I'm afraid

it is not very elegant.

- But I hope you will be safe.

- Thank you.

Good night, monsieur.

- I hope you will be

comfortable.

- Thank you.

- Raoul, no talking!

- (RAOUL LAUGHING)

Good night, Raoul.

There, there.

Michele, don't worry!

You shouldn't have come.

Good night, cherie.

- Good night.

-(VIOLETTE SUMMONING

IN FRENCH)

You know, she's right,

we shouldn't have come here.

Nobby!

- Have another quick one, sir.

- Thanks so much.

Come, my little pigeon.

(LAUGHING) Coming, my dear!

Good luck.

I'm doing it for my King

and country, sir.

(WHISPERING IN FRENCH)

So that is what

you wanted me to see.

As soon as the harvest is

over, they will go back

to the prison camp.

The defeated.

Now I know what

they look like.

Charles is a prisoner, too.

I wonder

if he looks like that.

Poor Charles.

I wish he were back here to

run this place.

It's much more than I can do

by myself.

But you have done marvelously!

I don't know how.

In the old days,

you were always in Paris,

buying dresses.

That is all forgotten now.

But, Raoul, listen to me

for a moment.

Does not any of this mean

anything to you at all?

This is our land, Raoul.

You cannot go away again

and leave it.

- I have work to do.

- Surely your work is here!

To nurse the land until

the Germans are thrown out.

- And be one of

that pathetic group?

- They are prisoners of war.

I think I could get you

papers from the Germans.

- They are easy to bribe.

- You do not face realities,

Michele.

Of course I love this land,

that's why I am fighting!

I want you here, Raoul.

I cannot carry on any longer

alone.

VIOLETTE:
Michele! Michele!

Yes, Violette?

The Germans

have been here again.

- They are looking for you.

- Already?

I sent them away.

- Did they find the Englishman?

- Not while Violette is here.

- Raoul.

- Come.

I have made some coffee

for you.

(BOTH GREETING IN FRENCH)

Monsieur Raoul!

- Monsieur Raoul.

- Ah!

(BOTH SPEAKING FRENCH)

- We ought to

get cracking soon.

- Ah...

The trouble is that good

coffee is wasted on you.

- Are you trying to flatter me,

Monsieur Raoul?

- Not at all, Violette.

I was going to say that

any coffee would taste good

after a year in England.

Who are you?

That's Daddy's brother.

And that is

a very good friend.

Rene.

Perhaps today,

perhaps tomorrow,

The Germans will ask you

if you have seen either of us.

But you have not.

Do you understand?

We are fighting for France.

And if you can forget that you

have seen us, you will be

fighting for France, too.

- And you would like that,

wouldn't you?

- Yes.

Then you have never seen

this gentleman or myself.

- Not ever. See?

- Yes.

Come on, Raoul.

Goodbye, mademoiselle.

Thank you.

- I'm afraid I've been rather

a difficult sort of guest.

- Nonsense!

All our friends are welcome

here at any time, aren't they,

Michele?

Of course.

- Are you not coming back

tonight?

- No. It'd be too dangerous.

For you, I mean.

Don't worry about that.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

In the pantry. Don't breathe!

(KNOCKING CONTINUES)

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

- Oh, it's you, Martine!

- Bonjour, Violette!

Bonjour, mademoiselle.

- Another fine?

- (SPEAKING FRENCH)

There was some more

de Gaulle signs put up

in the night.

I thought so.

It was very funny

this morning.

I met old Fayolle, and when

I ask him for some money,

he wouldn't give me any.

So I ask him again...

What are they saying?

I cannot hear.

- Here you are, Martine.

- (THANKS IN FRENCH)

You know, Violette,

it really was so funny

this morning...

Now run along, my child.

(BIDDING FAREWELL IN FRENCH)

You can come out now.

What did she want?

She was collecting money for

the fine we will have to pay

after the raid last night.

All the German wires were cut.

That's what's called

passive resistance.

- You remember Old Fayolle?

- Fayolle, yes.

Well, Martine met him in the

street this morning,

And asked him if he would like

to contribute 30 pieces

of silver.

- What does that mean, exactly?

- You don't know Fayolle.

I was always urging the people

not to anger the Germans,

But Fayolle goes further.

Much further.

Before the war, no one minded

his Fascist ideas,

Nor when he joined

the Croix de Feu.

But nowadays he cooperates

with the Germans.

His daughter goes out

with them.

He has them to dine

in his house.

It's disgraceful.

- Fayolle used to be

a nice old boy.

- He's changed.

Come on, looks all right now.

Thank you, Violette.

Goodbye, mademoiselle.

(ALL BIDDING FAREWELL

IN FRENCH)

- (WOMAN SPEAKING FRENCH)

- (CHILDREN LAUGHING)

(SOLDIER SPEAKING GERMAN)

- Monsieur Fayolle, well?

- Yes, General,

it is all right.

I will see the ungrateful

villagers pay the fine.

Good, Monsieur Fayolle.

It's intelligent of you to

cooperate with us.

- The New Order can only be

made with cooperation.

- I know that, General.

Forgive me, I have some

very important business.

- Monsieur Fayolle.

- What do you...

You are Monsieur de Carnot.

- Monsieur Raoul de Carnot.

- Yes.

- What do you want?

- We want to have

a talk with you.

Well, you had better

come inside, but

I do not know what you want

to talk to me about.

Come in, gentlemen.

Estelle!

Sit down, gentlemen, please.

This is my daughter.

- Bring us some wine.

- (SPEAKING FRENCH)

- So there is still wine

in France.

- Oh, yes.

If you know where to

look for it.

What do you want with me,

gentlemen?

We do not have many visitors

these days, do we, Estelle?

- The Germans are

scarcely visitors.

- Germans?

Yes.

- They come here sometimes.

- Ah, they are our friends.

- But you have other friends.

- Oh, not in the village.

They hate us in the village

because we are sensible

and help the Germans.

And the Germans need help?

And the Germans need help.

Gentlemen, to our lives.

- To a free France.

- ALL:
To a free France.

Now, gentlemen,

what can I do for you?

Monsieur Fayolle, you've been

very useful to us already.

But there's still one vital

matter on which you can

advise us.

It's obvious that the Germans

are concentrating troops

in this area.

Now, we want to find out

their strength, and roughly

their dispositions.

Can you help us?

I see.

So that if you can only find

the German centers of

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