The Devil's General Page #9

- Thank you. But don't bother.

- Even so, you will hear me out.

It's high time for people like you to go!

It's time we rid ourselves of the dead weight

in anticipation of what awaits us:

The new order in Europe, the conquest of the East,

building a true "New World".

Thank you, I read the newspapers!

You and your stupid jokes! There is no place for

them or you in our Great Fatherland.

What did you say?

Fatherland? Was that it?

What does that mean to you?

Let's see.

V for ... Volksgericht

[People's Courts]

A - auffing [imprison],

T - todesurteil [death sentence],

E - executions, R - racial extermination,

L - lager [camp]

Auschwitz, Neuengamme, Dachau

...all concentration camps!

Here is today's Germany, your "Fatherland"!

Now get out of here. Out!

Out!

Are you mad?

The overnight train to Vienna, passing through Dresden,

with departure scheduled for 17:36

will leave immediately because air raid danger.

Passengers should board and close the doors.

Karl!

I assume you need details to your report:

The gearbox connected to the trim wheel...

...turns very easily.

With too much grease, what happens

on most planes...

...is that the trim wheel spins freely...

...in a nosedive causing a crash. That's all.

Who else knows this?

Just me.

Who did you do this for?

For England? Russia?

For Germany.

For the Fatherland.

That's the excuse for everything now.

But why?

No interest in politics since 1933.

You had a Jewish wife?

Lost someone in a concentration camp?

What was the reason?

It was nothing personal.

One day, I began to be ashamed of being German...

...that "on behalf of the people",

and in my name...

...we do such injustice to other people.

- And so you decided.

- No, not yet..

I could not.

But it haunted me.

Until chance came to my aid:

A spinning wheel to be exact.

And you think with a wheel...

...you can make things change?

You are among those who oiled the wheel.

I could only stop it. You greased it!

Others might think we should wait...

...until everything falls down of it's own accord.

But I could not do otherwise.

The evil of the world does not

come through what we do.

By being passive, we encourage evil.

We must put an end to this madness soon.

Why do I need to tell you all this?

- And your friend Eilers?

- Eilers.

You know that all pilots have order...

...to bail out when they lose control of the plane.

We never lost a man before.

But for Stetten, that damn Stetten ...

I did everything to make sure

those planes were not to leave.

Those planes were not operational

and should have stayed that way.

But Eilers is dead.

Only I can blame myself for his death.

Not you!

His hesitation, his collaboration...

are responsible for the death of millions.

Why didn't you tell me all this before now?

I've tried but you wouldn't listen.

You rose so high that your

conscience was in the clouds.

I decided to keep quiet.

It was better that way.

Today, I finally said all I had to say.

To save my life!

And you answered me...

...with that pistol.

What?

I wanted you to...?

What have we come to?

It wasn't meant for you.

For God's sake, Harras.

Sorry, if I ...

Forget it, Karl. You are right.

No one really knows me. Not even me.

I have a hundred different faces...

...but none my own.

Neither the enemy nor friend of anyone.

Between two chairs.

Stuck in the middle. The end.

Yes, Harras. This is the end!

The end of doubt, weakness, and cowardice!

The same thing that happened to me.

It's a new beginning!

Sounds pretty, Karl, the songs and poems.

We are not Goethe...Faust.

No! We are at an airfield.

And outside in the darkness...

...among the bats of the twentieth century...

...is the bill collector.

It is time I pay my debts ...

... and for my sins.

Hartmann! Where did you come from?

The canteen, General.

I thought if I brought wine

they would let me see you.

They were right!

What happened to you?

Nothing serious.

I've been for a midnight swim in the Black Sea.

I remembered what you said.

I wanted to come back.

Bravo.

I probably won't be able to fly any more.

So I wanted to ask, General...

...if you could find me a job somewhere?

Something technical?

But really, I'd like to stay close to you.

Excuse me.

You do not have to cheer me up any more.

I know where I'm going now!

If I've talked nonsense...

...I'll thank you to give me a slap.

Well, Harman, I'm leaving...on a very long trip.

Think you can give him a job?

Come talk to me when you're healed.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you, General.

It was good to see you.

If I ever fall into a Black Sea...

...I will think of you.

Hartmann...

Do you have a watch?

Unfortunately no.

Filled with water, General.

It was a gift from Ptzchen.

It should be about six o'clock now.

Take this.

But do not lose it.

A souvenir.

Stay well!

Come on, Karl. A glass!

No one can say that I left a full bottle.

What will you do?

Korrianke is waiting in hangar 35.

Get your plane, fly to Switzerland.

She couldn't imagine it!

Whoever get's in the way of

the Devil's General on earth...

...should go to hell.

Slight wind Northwest.

Smells like seawater.

They are coming. Don't get caught!

Guards! Zernick!

Come here!

General, here!

Here!

The window?

Who was guarding the window?

You, sir!

Call the fire brigade!

An ambulance!

General Harras died in the line of duty.

Yes sir, a test flight.

What a pity...

State funeral.

End

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