Three Comrades Page #4

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-We are. My coat and Otto's pants.

And this will top you off.

The darned thing won't open!

Anybody got a tire wrench?

Bang it on something.

Never mind, I'll carry it for effect.

It'll open once it sees

the other little hats.

He'll be alright. If he does'n t fall apart.

Well, Cinderella goes to the ball.

Oh, its silly, come back here.

I wouldn't trust myself besides that dress.

I couldn't afford this dress.

It was my last extravagance.

Did it make you happy?

I don't know yet. I've never worn it before.

Why hello Pat! I was hoping to see you.

H..Hello, you remember Herr Lohkamp.

Hm, oh yes of course, hello.

You simply must join us afterwards.

We're going to that new American place.

The real thing.

Bring your friend along.

You'll love it. Free champagne.

Champagne for everybody.

Mineral water for me please.

Good boy Erich. -Yes, very good boy.

Will you dance?

He's very fond of her. Its

been a lucky thing for her.

These foreign aristocrats haven't much chance

these days without someone to cope with.

And she fell right off the horse!

Think we should go home? It's 2 o'clock.

It's 2 o'clock?

Let's move onto another place.

Pat looks tired.

Tired? No,no. You don't

know her as long as I have,

She doesn't leave parties early.

Shall we dance?

I really am tired.

You haven't danced all night!

With me.

I don't know anything about this dance.

In the war, we all used to dance the waltz.

- Let's dance the waltz.

I've forgotten all about it.

We won't if you don't want to.

At least we're not at the table.

At least I'm near you.

If you aren't going to dance, come sit by me.

I've just placed that coat, my

grandfather was buried in it!

Let's go somewhere else. To the

other side, where we can fix it.

It's no use Pat.

I'm just not... It can't be fixed, I'm sorry.

Double rum Alphons.

Hello Cinderella! Got both your slippers on?

What happened? -Nothing.

Sharp midnight I changed back

into a garage mechanic, thats all.

Where's Pat? -Where she belongs.

Ah, she's a rich man's girl, I knew it.

Let's forget about it. -I won't

have anything said against Pat.

Well it's not her fault. She's a

rich man's girl. What can Erich do?

He could go ahead and get drunk.

Bring the bottle Alphons.

Pat!

What are you doing here?

-I think I've been asleep.

How did you get here? -I walked.

I mean, why are you here at all?

It's cold!

You're shivering.

Rum, cognac, whisky.

League of nations, darling.

You got drunk because you couldn't

dance and you ran away and left me.

I don't ever want you

to run away and leave me.

I'm much warmer now.

And this is a lovely time of day.

It isn't day, it isn't night.

It's the age of eternity.

Let's stay right here forever.

Between day and night? -The

world we were born into.

Thats where we belong.

You're cold Pat, let me take you home.

Take me home? How? I am home.

What is it about love that makes a man

swallow his food whole instead of chewing it?

It all belongs to you. I'm not going

to steal, I've already had my lunch.

Whats going to happen with you and

Pat? -Why should anything happen?

You're in love, why don't you get married?

We're in love, isn't that enough? -No,

you're as fed up with drifting as I am.

Somewhere there's a battle

going on and I'm not in it.

Somewhere there's a home to be

made and love to be had.. -Well?

Marry Pat. -What can I

offer a girl like Pat?

Nothing now and nothing to look forward to.

Well marry her anyway,

you'll at least have that.

I have nothing to give her.

Now is the right time believe me.

Sometimes it comes and goes so quickly

that you'd have lost it, forever.

Well, whats wrong about Erich?

-Nothing is wrong about Erich.

Well, he's alright.

What are you playing with the

hammer? Schubert? -No, Mendelson.

I'm being whimsical.

Let me give you Erich in a nutshell.

He'd look cute in a nutshell,

but if you don't mind...

Honesty?

Take 10% of for South

America but that leaves 90%

Spirit? All there is.

Stick to your music Otto.

You're telling me things I know already.

Then, why don't you marry

him? -He hasn't asked me.

He's scared.

Why don't you ask him?

Now lets have some Beethoven. No, I

imagine Wagner's easier with the hammer.

Look, you love each other you

have everything to love for.

There's hope in both of you,

and shelter for the future.

It wouldn't work.

It wouldn't be fair to him.

Why not? -I don't know.

I guess I was born for irresponsibility.

I guess I couldn't take anything seriously.

You mustn't ever lie to me Pat.

No I mustn't. So don't

ask me anymore questions.

You're scared.

Scared of having any joy in your life because

it'll be all the more harder to lose it.

You're afraid. -Yes, thats

it, lets leave it at that.

But now you're not being fair Pat.

You've got to think of Erich now.

You're being a coward, you're

being selfish. -Thats not true.

Then what is true Pat?

I told you once, I'd been very ill.

Well I'm just patched up now.

It'll come back.

Your lungs?

Don't let me marry him

please! -But you've got to.

He'd want a happiness that

would last. A home, children...

A future that doesn't exist from day to day.

I'm no good.

He has a right to more

than me. -Then, live Pat!

Take that gamble. Stake your life

on a love like yours and Erich's.

I'd have to tell him.

No, thats a part of it. Don't

make him afraid, make him happy!

Aim at the stars.

I wonder if they mind we aimed at them.

Wait a minute.

I now pronounce you, man and wife.

Do you believe in prayer? -No, I believe

in tomorrow that will follow today.

And that tomorrow will find

you even happier, both of you.

She's too good for you, you

know that. -Much too good.

He's too good for you, you know

that. -I know nothing of the kind.

Everybody's too good for everybody

else. I can hardly wait to get drunk.

Remember that happy life you were

going to come back to from the war?

It's starting now. -I'm sure of that, Otto.

We'll see to it. All

four of us will see to it.

Alphons, it was the most

wonderful wedding ever. Thank you.

Bring on the pork chops!

What does the meter read? -318 Marks.

You'll never be able to pay it.

-Don't worry, I know the driver.

He's a husband of mine.

Oh, Erich look the sea!

Is that the hotel? -No, it can't

be, it looks just like the postcard.

You know who were now?

Herr and Frau Erich Lohkamp.

He has a nice way of putting things. For

better or worse was one of his phrases.

And what's this er..and sickness

and in health, till death do us part.

Now, there you see,

you're bored. -No, I'm not.

You soon will be.

What on earth are we going to talk

about for the rest of our lives? -You!

12 minutes by the clock. -Me then!

Oh, we couldn't talk, we'd have to sing.

Books and music? -I don't

anything about books or music.

I'll teach you, its high time you

went to school. -I went to school.

I was taught how to keep

a machine gun from jamming.

Prove why its better to shoot a

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