The Boys from Brazil Page #4

I will plant myself on your doorstep

and I'll be waiting every morning.

You're stuck with me until

you give me information.

Ezra, I got another envelope

of clippings from Beynon.

A big one.

All right, young man. We'll talk.

Good morning.

I'm looking for the village of Storlien.

You're going the wrong way.

Turn around and take the south road

for about 16 km.

Then bear right. You can't miss it.

Thanks.

- What are you doing in these parts?

- What?

You are not Swedish.

I come from Dortmund originally,

but...

...I live in Stockholm now.

I have spent some time

in Germany myself.

Come now! Mundt!

- What's happened to your memory!

- My God! Major Hartung!

I knew it was you!

Can't believe it!

What in the world are you doing up here!

It's no great story.

My sister was married to a Swede.

After I escaped from the internment camp,

I hid out with them.

I am Lars Lfquist now, inspector of

the power company. What about you?

I come up here on a job,

for the Comrades Organisation.

In Sweden?

My God, what's going on? Can you

tell me or would it violate orders?

To hell with orders! I'm sick of orders!

I'm here in Storlien to kill

a schoolteacher by Saturday.

But don't ask me why.

I cannot make head or tail of it.

Who is this teacher?

Lundberg? Olafsson?

Lundberg.

But I don't know what he looks like.

He's probably a harmless old man!

It doesn't make any sense!

It makes sense to your superiors. Or they

wouldn't have given you the assignment.

An order is an order.

Good God, man!

You are an officer of the SS!

Have you forgotten?

"My honour is loyalty. "

Those words were supposed to be

engraved on your soul.

I know Lundberg.

I will point him out to you.

It isn't Lundberg.

And it doesn't have to be Saturday.

No one would have wanted to kill Jack.

The man was beloved.

If you had seen the wreaths

his students sent!

I have only one or two

more questions to ask.

Did your husband belong to

any international group?

Uh...

He was in the American Legion.

Rotary... I guess that's international.

The Legion sent a Colour Guard

to the funeral.

The coffin was draped

in the American flag.

What are you doing out of bed?

I just came to get a glass

of grapefruit juice.

He's got the flu.

I thought he could stay home

a few days because of it.

This is Jack Curry Jr.

Just Jack Curry... now.

Jack, you bite your tongue.

This is Mr Lieberman.

A famous man from Vienna,...

...in Austria.

- What's he famous for?

This is fantastic!

You know you have a double?

A boy who lives in Gladbeck in Germany,

exactly like you!

Exactly like me?

I never saw anything like it! Two twin

brothers could not be more the same.

Jack, you go up to bed

and I'll bring you your juice.

- I want to find out...

- When you start paying the doctor bills,...

...you can get sick all you want.

Just say goodbye...

...and go.

Jesus H Christ! Goodbye!

You watch your mouth, young man!

It is amazing!

I thought he was this young boy

from Germany come to visit you!

Even the voice... the look in the eyes...

Look, I don't like to be rude, but, as you

can see, I got a lot of things to do here.

Look, I'm sure that nobody

shot Big Jack on purpose.

It was a horrible accident.

If you'll excuse me?

- Hello. Is this the Harrington residence?

- Yes, this is the Harrington residence.

- Can I talk to your mother, please?

- Well, you could, but you can't.

This will only take a moment.

- My mother isn't receiving today.

- Well, perhaps if you told her...

Don't you understand English, you arse?

We are not at home!

Wilcox had two married daughters.

No... No sons.

The Harringtons...

Did they have any children?

What did the boy look like?

Sort of pale.

He had straight dark hair. Very dark.

Blue eyes.

Yeah, I'm listening.

Why do you wanna know

about the kids all of a sudden?

Listen, Mr Bennett,...

...if you want to ask the questions,

you pay for the phone call.

No,...

...nothing.

No, I haven't found a link.

No! I'm... in the dark.

I'll call you tomorrow, I promise.

Coming.

I have to speak to you, Mr Lieberman.

Well, come in.

I was just coming to see you.

- Sit down.

- No, I can't stay long.

Jack Jr doesn't know where I've gone.

Mr Lieberman,...

...my son is the only thing I've got.

You can't take him away from me.

I have no intention...

When you spoke about

that other boy, I got worried.

The lady who gave Jack Jr to us

made us swear never to tell anyone.

Your son's adopted?

It's just that... she was a German lady.

She was very nice, really.

I was amazed when I read in the papers

about all the things you said she did.

Frieda Maloney!

Oh, God!

I knew I should never have come here!

Will you give me your word that you do

not have a recording device in your bag?

Thank you.

Do you have the depositions?

I have brought one.

It was agreed you would provide

an advance look...

...at all the testimony against my client.

With particular regard to scars, deformity

or disability suffered by witnesses.

This deposition is brought in good faith.

Two others will come if the interview

should prove satisfactory.

You realise how unjust all this is?

Mrs Maloney has been married

to an American citizen for 27 years.

She has two children. One grandchild.

I suppose this can be... corroborated?

By the mother of the child

and three other surviving witnesses.

We will keep the interview brief.

We will discuss only my client's activities

in America between 1964 and '67.

You will ask nothing about

the charges against her...

...or about any event that occurred

during or directly after the war.

One question of that nature and I will

immediately terminate the interview.

So... I am to speak to you about

my work with the adoption agency.

Correct.

I don't mind.

What I did may have been

slightly illegal, but...

...I brought happiness

to so many people, huh?

Now tell me, if you will,

how you came to work for this agency.

In the spring of 1963...

...I was contacted by someone I knew

in the Comrades Organisation.

Who?

Frau Maloney will not answer that.

They'd helped me after the war...

...and wanted me to return the favour

by getting a job in an adoption agency.

Did they say why?

If you let me finish, you'll find out.

The Rush-Gaddis agency hired me.

The Comrades Organisation

was interested in rejects.

Couples who were denied children

because the husband was too old.

I looked for applications from families

with Nordic Christian backgrounds,...

...in which the husband was born

between 1910 and 1914, and the wife...

...between 1933 and 1937.

The husband had to work

in something like the civil service.

And both spouses

had to be in perfect health.

- Did they explain why they wanted this?

- That information is not relevant.

I was expected to obey my orders,

not to question them.

This I did, as I always had.

About a year after that...

...I was ordered to contact applicants and

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes