The Assault Page #6

- And she hit him.

Only I was very stupid

that night.

We were riding hand in hand. Very slowly,

like a loving couple.

As far as I'm concerned, we were.

Good morning to you, too.

Watch it.

I always thought that it

was the scream of Ploeg.

And then?

What happened next?

And then?

And then and then and then.

Then an elephant came...

with a very tall trunk...

and it blew out the entire story.

Gijs, I can't anymore.

Gijs, get out of here. It's over,

I can feel it. Get out of here.

Gijs, I don't feel my legs anymore.

Gijs, get out of here now.

They will never find us here.

Or else we will shoot us through.

Here. They are here.

Help, help.

Here, here.

B*tch.

Help. They are here,

here in my garden.

Here, take this.

Don't worry.

I will turn out all right.

Just go, Gijs.

I would have like to talk to

that traitress with this.

Good evening, Madam.

How are you? And the kids?

She is a sweet granny too now.

Do you remember the man who sat next

to me at the funeral yesterday?

Of course, that was me.

The man on the other side

who I was talking with.

Vaguely.

He said back in '52

when Lages was pardoned...

'If they will ever release him,

I will kill myself.'

We were laughing.

Back then.

Anton finally found out who,

in a cell in January 1945...

managed to control his life

up to this moment.

Anton and Saskia separated from each other

in 1967. They remained good friends.

Anton remarries to Liesbeth.

She is from after the war.

Her parents were prisoners

in a camp in Indonesia for years.

They never talked about it.

Anton and Liesbeth got a son

who they named Peter.

In Lucca, Tuscany, he buys a house

where they spend their vacations.

In spite of everything he feels depressed

and tired. Nightmares disturb his sleep.

Like an autumn leaf blown off, a shred

of desperation flutters inside of him.

A feeling, until now only experienced by

him when a patient has died in his hands.

Peter, stay with daddy.

I'm getting a doctor.

I'll be right back.

Anton sleeps for fifteen hours

When he awakes, there's a

prescription which he shreds.

After a while, the attacks didn't come back.

It seemed as if they were intimidated

by the shredding of the prescription.

Only his view of Tuscany was never

again as wonderful as it was before.

One day, Sandra said she wanted to see where

her grandfather and grandmother had died.

This is where the Aartsen lived or so.

And here Korteweg, the nurse.

And that's where Beumers lived,

he always read to me.

Then where was that man laying?

Here.

And where's the monument?

- Oh, it's over there.

Do you know what that Mr. Beumer

said once? Gherkins are like crocodiles.

Yes, that's true.

These are the people that were shot then.

It must have been a nice sight.

All those little lights at night.

It was always dark back then.

- By day I mean.

I like those. Nice buildings.

Back then it was completely empty.

Look, here are the names of grandpa

and grandma. And of my brother.

I don't know the others.

Only his brother...

I know him.

He's...

What are you trying to say, dad?

- No, nothing. Nothing.

There was the Ortskommandantur.

It used to be an old hotel.

The entire area was closed

off by the Germans.

That was the garage. From there

I was brought to Amsterdam.

Come.

At the morning I was with that German

Feldwebel eating that delicious sandwich.

While at the same moment in that

police cell she may have...

Wasn't she responsible for

what happened to you?

Who did it, did it.

Not someone else.

Have you ever visited the place

where they were buried?

We will do that now then.

I want to see it all now.

And me too.

Because I love him too...

even though he doesn't know that.

He thinks not,

but I love him.

Daddy, are you still here?

What is it?

All of a sudden I remember something

that she said to me back then.

What?

She said she loved someone.

And I know who.

Is he still alive?

He's still alive.

Who is he?

Say, mister.

How long has that building been there?

It used to be old junk. It was

flattened five years ago.

East and West are still

opposed to each other.

For the first time there are mentions

of a limited nuclear war.

But for Europe such a war

would be unlimited.

If we will be in the Achterhoek at 10.30...

- It's getting worse all the time.

I really can't eat a thing.

You go alone then.

I have to get that molar fixed.

Have you called Gerrit-Jan already?

- Let us stay home then as well.

Gerrit-Jan? This is Liesbeth Steenwijk speaking.

Yes.

Alright then, quickly.

Anton is racked with pain.

Oh, no? Come on now, old friends.

You have to.

Now?

Tell him that yourself. As long as you

help him, the pain is killing him.

Thank you, very sweet.

See you soon.

You have to hurry, he is about to leave.

- As long as he helps me.

Here, a clove.

Hold it against your molar.

They used to do that in Indonesia as well.

What's with you all of a sudden?

It's only a clove.

Sit down.

Let me see, friend.

Which one is it?

This one.

Gently move back and forth.

I already see it.

I would appreciate an injection.

- Don't be mad, it's nothing.

Right, you can close it now.

It's gone. How can that be?

- A small overload.

Your molar had come up.

A matter of age.

Just wash for a moment. We will go then.

- Go where?

Didn't Liesbeth tell you of

my condition?

Condition?

You will walk in the

anti-nuke demonstration.

Me? Walk in a demonstration?

Are you out of your mind?

That was the deal.

You're such a bastard.

In the past you also tried to force

me into fighting the communism.

Each weapon that was ever made,

was used as well.

Just like the apple from the Tree of

Knowledge. It hung there and it was eaten.

That's why all the nuke apples

have to go. Come on.

Can I go too, dad?

- Of course.

Say, Ton. I'm taking the shortest way.

Demonstrating is one thing,

walking the right way is another.

And back at the car at six, alright?

Hey, dad. I can't believe it.

Great. I never imagined this.

I was blackmailed.

- Hi, Anton.

You're on the right side. I actually expected you

over there:
Police or National Security Service.

We should take those camera's from them.

Then it will be a fight.

- We'll do that by accident of course.

You made my daughter pregnant.

- It's that time again. Bye, dad.

Bye, Peter.

Where's Peter?

Tonny, do you remember me?

Let me think. From the hospital?

- Haarlem.

You know.

Karin Korteweg, from the neighbours.

I recognized you instantly.

You haven't changed at all.

- That's what I hear more.

I don't know if it's a good sign.

Are you still in nursing?

- Not for a long time. I have an allowance.

That was your daughter, right?

And your son?

- Yes.

What's his name?

- Peter.

Do you have any kids?

- No, I never got married.

Karin, let's get to the point.

You want to tell me something and I want to know it.

I thought he came to kill us

for what we had done.

Peter.

Get rid of the pistol.

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