Wunderkinder Page #4

- How old are you?

- Sixteen.

Stay with your parents.

Why is Hanna Reich here?

Don't you know who she is?

Hanna, how did you get here?

- She can't speak. Or she won't.

- I'll take you home.

We can't take those two.

Make sure nothing happens to them.

You're responsible for them.

Understood?

Yes, Sturmbahnfhrer.

We were so worried. Where were you?

Say something. What did you do?

The Standartenfhrer will be disappointed

if Hanna could not show her talents.

You mean at the party

for the Reichsfuhrer?

Larissa, get up.

- What's going on?

- She's hurt.

- So what? Get to work!

- Let them be. They may rest.

- Are you that afraid of the Germans?

- Are you not?

Schwartow will understand.

I'll try my best.

I'll ask Schwartow.

Larissa and Abrascha should play.

We're using the classrooms as

dormitories. They should be in this room.

You want us to play for those guys?

They took away our family

like they were criminals!

And they won't let us see them.

I made a promise with Schwartow.

You have to play. I

want you to do your best.

I know it's hard.

I also know what Irina

would've have said.

- She would have said...

- We have to fight.

For those we love.

Are you sleeping?

I always thought we would get married.

When you and I are

adults. Is that stupid?

No. I thought the same.

Irina too, I think.

May I sleep with you?

Of course, there's plenty of room.

- I'm thirsty.

- Now? Go to the kitchen, quickly.

- The small prodigy Jew.

- What are you doing here?

I came here to pick up

the Reichs. And you two.

After we play, can we meet our families?

- I don't think you would want to.

- Yes, I do.

You made a promise with Herr Reich.

He told you that?

I'll tell you what we said.

We talked about perfection.

Do you know what perfection

is, little Jew girl?

It's the right to live.

It divides the strong and the weak.

So make sure you give a perfect

performance. Along with the Jew boy.

What did you promise to Herr Reich?

If you performed perfectly, you may go.

Can you do that?

Little Jew girl?

Standartenfhrer, there's

something I must ask you before we go.

Can you tell me what

happened to their families?

- Is there any way to help them?

- I'm sorry, but I can't.

Have you seen our new gas truck?

No? It's a great invention.

It may not seem possible, but

if those Jewish children

give a perfect performance,

they will be spared

for cultural reasons.

If not, I'll follow the

Reichsfhrer's command.

You want the children

to play for their lives?

Just thinking of my

children and Jewish children

sharing a classroom

is unbearable.

This is the view the Reichsfhrer

shared with me. I think likewise.

Standartenfhrer, I beg of you.

Watch what you say, Herr Reich.

The children are the

set for destruction.

Like their family and their Jewish children,

they'll disappear after the harvest.

If they don't play perfectly, that is.

It's a wonderful plan, isn't it?

The Reichsfhrer would be proud of us.

I want to especially

thank the Reichs for

making this celebration of

Reichsfhrer-SS

Heinrich Himmler possible.

After listening to the local prodigies,

please enjoy the buffet in the lobby.

The beer is especially good.

The traditional German

beer made by Herr Reich

accompanies our victorious advancement.

Heil Hitler.

Stay with us until the war is over.

Then can we go back to our parents?

Play for your parents.

Poltava, Ukraine October 7, 1941

- This is a Russian piece. -

Yes, I know. Rimsky-Korsakov.

Listen for mistakes.

Look at the girl carefully.

Then can we go back to our families?

I don't think you would want to.

Schwartow actually murdered Larissa.

Along with more than 200 Polish

Jewish children in Poltava.

It's something we couldn't stop.

Abrascha survived.

In Schwartow's eyes, he

played perfectly, unlike Larissa.

My father wanted to help him, but

he was sent to a concentration camp.

After that, I didn't hear from him.

Our song.

Abrascha managed to save it.

You know, I've only ever seen

the outside of Carnegie Hall.

You didn't continue playing?

Without you, music lost its charm.

I became a restorer. I

always had a hand for detail.

For Larissa.

And for everyone else.

Grandma, look at the fish.

In memory of the murdered

1.5 million Jewish children.

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