"THE BRIDGE" "Will we get bombs here too now?" "It won't be that bad, Mrs. Bernhard." "Besides, the war will be over soon." "Let's hope so." "My son is to go for his medical examination." "Sigi?" "Yes." "But they can't draft him anymore." "You think not?" "Doctor, you'll have your laundry back in 5 days." "The shirts take quite a lot of work." "No need to hurry." "Thank you, Dr. Goodbye, Mrs. Bernhard." "Fru Borchert, what was that?" "A bomb?" "Yes, that was a bomb." "The whole house shook." "Do you know where it hit?" "They say it fell in the river." "Weren't you in the basement?" "With the horse?" "Yes." "Wait." "Thanks, I can do it." "Fabulous, how you manage alone." "With all the slaveworkers, aren't you afraid?" "Yes, sometimes." "But I have to hide it from my boy." "Hello, Mrs. Borchert!" "Hello, Mrs. Bernhard!" "I'll come with laundry later." "Good." "I'll be home then." "Mrs. Borchert, Albert has told me that.." "your boy has volunteered?" "Yes." "Do you allow that?" "Borcherts have always been officers." "Thanks for your help." "Don't mention it." "Goodbye." "It's important to know where the bomb hit." "They say it fell near the bridge..." "Look!" "Ah, is the Ortsgruppenleiter going on a journey?" "Oh, Mr. Rendoff, you are expecting new times!" "People, who undermine the party.." ".. will be quickly sentenced." "Remember that, Mr. Rendorff." "Emma!" "Now hurry!" "But I can't leave everything behind." "Do you have the passport?" "Oh, I forgot." "Just what we need." "Mr. Forst!" "Yes, what do you want?" "If you must take trees from my forest, then ask next time." "The hell I will!" "It's for the final victory!" "Don't forget that, Mrs. Borchert!" "Why do you shout?" "None of your business." "Sit down there." "We also have to drive by the school!" "We don't have time for that." "But I have to say goodbye to my son." "The train leaves in half an hour." "I've explained it to Walter." "Drive!" "Walter, Walter!" "Pass it!" "You just play alone." "Hurry to class boys!" "What are you doing?" "Did you hear the bomb?" "It should have fallen during lessons!" "Yeah, in math class." "The pilot should have our schedule!" "Back to class." "Just ignore him..." "What luck." "Only a half hour of English lesson left.." ".. and the rest of the afternoon off." "Franziska!" "Yes?" "Will you come with me to the bridge?" "The bomb should have fallen there." "Yes, but first we have math." "Hey..." "Yes?" "Do you know what I have here?" "No." "You really don't?" "No." "Just show it then." "Look." "Where did you get that from?" "It was in the basement." "What do you have there?" "A mouse." "I'll let it loose during class." "You don't have the guts." "Wait and see." "There it goes." "Eew..." "Very funny!" "How disgusting!" "You're the biggest idiot at school." "According to the latest news Oberbach has been evacuated." "Oberbach!" "But then they're surrounding us from south." "They've forgotten us..." "They should come here, so we can show them!" "Us kids, huh? "The hope for the future"" "Let him alone." "Shut up!" "The Americans have formed quite a wedge." "We will get cut off here." "But we can attack their flank there." "We'll send in a division of tanks." "Rubbish!" "That will just create a hole in the front." "Maybe I can ask the generals to join this lesson." "Mutz!" "Sorry." "I had to organize the front." "You like to play war, right?" "You want to become an officer?" "No, he still wants to be engine-driver." "Really?" "Well, I always wanted to." "Good." "Soon we'll need more engine-drivers than soldiers." "How do you mean, Professor?" "Of course first, a peace must be signed." "Are you against peace, Borchert?" "Of course not." "Let's continue the translation." "Hager, you start." "If you... don't ... treasure" "(love)" "If you don't love me... (I must)" "I must just disappear." "If I end up dead in the forest, it would be better,... then that you didn't love me." "I don't want to continue living Yes." "my whole life long." "Thanks for your efforts, Hager." "And thanks to you, Franziska." "Let's hear how our romanticists translated these verses." "Read, Scholten, you like them." "Night covers me in her cloak" "If I don't have your love, it will be better if you disappear." "Dying in the deep forest is infinitely better than living without your love." "Who showed you this place?" "Love, always my ideal, will be my liberation." "I saw in your eyes." "I am no captain,... but sail with me to the farthest beaches, to which I desire to arrive with all my might." "You know, night now veils my face." "I blush from the words that escaped from my lips." "I'd like to make time stand still." "I'd like to renounce what I said, forget those words, ... and deny my feelings." "Tell me, do you love me?" "I know, you will say yes." "And I will trust your words." "But if you swear..." "Vorst, close the window!" ".. you might become treacherous." "Maybe Jupiter is laughing at us now." "If you love me, do so without fear." "Did you expect to conquer so easily?" "You will dominate me with just a look." "Gerhard, close the window." "Continue, Scholten." "Move your luggage aside." "Can't you see, I have a heavy suitcase?" "Thank you." "Have a nice trip, bye." "When do we get moving?" "Why are we still here?" "Stop crying." "Be happy that you're getting out of here." "Walter!" "Walter!" "Be well, my boy!" "Well done!" "What are you doing here?" "Why aren't you in school?" "I couldn't even say goodbye to her properly!" "That's not so important." "The main thing is that your mother is safe." "You only wanted to get rid of her." "What are you saying?" "Isn't it true?" "That's none of your business!" "I want you to be a decent boy, who .." "Hi, mum!" "Sigi, there you are!" "I worried so much." "Why?" "We were in a basement." "The whole English lesson came to nothing." "English!" "What do you need English for now?" "Come." "We can eat." "Soon there will be bombings every day." "You should stay home." "What can I do at home?" "What do we have today?" "Cabbage." "Cabbage again!" "But I don't have anything else." "I'll go to the bridge to see what has happened." "Do that afterwards." "First we eat." "Sigi!" "Come on!" "What is it?" "Wait!" "I have to feed Alberich first." "Hi, how are you?" "Sigi, I wrote to aunt Wally." "And?" "Maybe you could stay there for a few weeks." "What?" "Should I desert?" "What will the others say?" "What do you mean, desert?" "You're not a soldier yet." "Look!" "Wotan has again eaten it all." "At aunt Wally's you could eat every day, too." "And you?" "Then I could use your rationing- coupons to buy things." "I don't have anything left to trade." "And you need new shoe soles!" "I'd rather give you Wotan then." "But you won't get me away from here." "Hello Karl!" "Thank you, Ms. Barbara!" "We had supper already." "Oh, it's stuck again." "Here, let me." "Oh, how clumsy." "What is this?" "Give it to me." "What does this mean?" "Nothing." "It means nothing." "I would agree." "I'm sorry." "There's nothing to apologize for." "Go." "Your father's waiting." "Yes!" ".. women have now signed up" ".. for the party's..." "Hello dad!" "Hello, my boy!" "Are you hungry?" "Yes!" "I have to go again." "Where?" "I want to see the bomb crater." "Well, first we eat." "If there is a bomb crater, it will still be there after supper." "Thanks, son." "Give me your plate." "Do you want more?" "No, thanks." "Taste good?" "Great." "What is Barbara doing?" "She's still busy." "So you wait for the evening?" "Yes." "Here." "I'll go downstairs and look for her." "These have to be washed and ironed?" "Yes, but I don't have time before 6 o'clock." "Then just come later." "Good day, Mrs Weber Good day, Mr Horber." "Mrs Weber will bring the laundry at 6." "I can't come earlier." "My boss says, at the front they don't even get breaks for haircuts." "Ha, what rubbish." "Yes." "How could he know?" "He's spent the whole war in sick bay." "Just come after 6." "Thanks." "Or do you have plans, Barbara?" "No, Mr Horber." "Then I'll come after 6." "Goodbye Goodbye, Mrs Weber." "Goodbye." "Ms Barbara, have you seen..." "Have you seen the soap coupons?" "Here in the box." "Ah, yes." "Are you done?" "Yes, dad." "When will you be back?" "I'll be at the boat." "Bye, Karl." "He's quite occupied by this boat." "I doubt it." "He's probably walking with a nice girl." "I don't think so." "When I was 16 years old..." "Yeah, you!" "Where are those cigarettes from?" "Walter Forst." "From the personal supplies of the Ortsgruppenleiter." "You want one?" "No." "Not any of those." "What kind of boy is Walter Forst?" "He's a great buddy." "But otherwise, kind of sad." "Why?" "He doesn't believe in anything anymore." "And what do you believe in?" "Certainly in everything that Dad has told me." "Dad always said, "Sit straight!"" ""Keep the bridles tight without pulling them."" "But back then we had real horses." "Well, this one shouldn't suffer from it, right?" "That God, you have come, Mrs. I already thought that..." "Trudel, there's no reason for worrying." "Vladimir, come here!" "I'm coming!" "Has the mail come?" "No, not yet." "I can't understand why my draft notice hasn't arrived yet." "They probably want to wait until you've grown some more." "This afternoon I will visit the Jungleiter again." "Children in the war!" "Just what we need." "Mum, forbid her to say these things." "Relax." "You know that she doesn't mean it badly." "Here's our ration of soap." "What they call soap." "In the forest they're cutting trees again." "Yes, I know." "They need them for barricades against tanks." "Our trees?" "I can't do anything either." "Let's hope they leave the firs." "But a few firs don't matter." "If dad still was alive, he's probably not mind..." "You are right." "Sorry." "Will you unharness them?" "Yes, of course." "Get going with your work!" "Do something!" "There..." "Easy..." "Did I send enough wood for your boat?" "Yes." "Thanks, Mum." "There's enough for two boats." "Stop the noise, Walter." "I can't stand it." "I'll be done soon." "How can you read with the noise!" "It's alright." "Good news from home?" "They have alarms now all the time." "Mum writes that they hardly get out of the basements anymore." "And that she's very happy that I'm here now." "Me too." "Who else has two strong men in the house?" "Didn't you want to repair the windows' blackouts?" "Yeah, I will." "Then do it also." "Still no mail from Dad?" "No." "It's been 23 days now." "Yes." "Mum, it doesn't need to mean anything." "Suddenly we'll get a whole bunch of letters again." "You know, during an offensive they hold back the mail." "So no secrets get disclosed." "You think so?" "See?" "Nothing happened." "Just a little from the banister." "The bomb must have fallen in the water." "It was just the air pressure." "Yes, nothing else." "Stupid boys." "Be happy that nothing else happened!" "He can talk..." "Where is Sigi?" "Don't know." "Sigi!" "Sigi!" "What is it?" "How's our tree cabin?" "Everything alright?" "No special damages or casualties!" "I'm going home." "Us too, right, Franziska?" "Yes, that's fine with me." "See you." "Shall we take a walk?" "If you have time." "I have time." "And you?" "Yes, but only a little." "Let's go!" "Klaus!" "Klaus!" "What happened to you in English class this morning?" "Yesterday you knew the lesson perfectly." "Yes, but I can't stand this sentimental rubbish." ""If you don't love me, I must just disappear."" "When you say it, I find it funny, too." "I have to go to gym now." "What's the time?" "5:30." "But where's your watch?" "When mum got ill, we traded it for butter." "Here." "It's a gift." "But you can't give me a watch!" "Why not?" "You are crazy, Klaus." "Then maybe you borrow it?" "Why?" "So you have something from me." "But when you need it, you'll tell me." "Of course." "It's luminous." "Very practical during blackouts." "Come and help me..." "Ready?" "Yes." "Wait a second." "What is it?" "It's flat." "Mum's biking on flat tires." "Give me your pump, please." "Mum's pump was stolen." "Hold it, please." "Say, Hans... during the bombing raids .." "Yes, what?" "Were you afraid?" "Yes, very." "You were a real wimp?" "Yes, of course." "You simply admit that?" "Why not?" "I don't understand that." "Have you finished?" "Yes." "I wonder if Walter got some rope for the boat." "Look, there's little Sigi." "We have rope and wood!" "The boat can float already." "Was it difficult?" "Why?" "Someone giving you glue these days?" "There was no one to give it." "It was just there." ""Wheels must roll for victory!"" "Are you crazy?" "How mean of you!" "Who do you think you are?" "I did it to prove his worth!" "And you have to test the weakest, right?" "Cut it out!" "Look here!" "Here!" "Someone hid something." "Pull it up." "It's a net." "It's a net with bottles in it!" "Oh boy!" "Must have been the Easter bunny!" "Easter bunnies don't bring booze!" "How do you know it's booze?" "Real French cognac - 42%." "And egg-liqueor!" "So it was the Easter bunny." "Wonder who hid this here!" "Nobody with good conscience." "We'll sell them." "How many are there?" "1, 2, 3, 4..." "Let's hide them in the pipe!" "Come on!" "Quickly." "Sigi, you crawl into the pipe!" "Why me?" "You're the smallest." "We have to share with the others." "Why should the others get any?" "Well, we found the bottles." "No, I found them." "Then you'll get two bottles." ""Common good trumps personal gain", Mr Party Leader." "You heard that from your Dad!" "Now stop it and let's go!" "And me?" "Who takes me?" "You can stay here, little one." "Come on, I'll take you." "Throw it to me!" "We got booze!" "Want some?" "We don't want any." "Give it to me." "Where were you, Karl?" "Is something wrong?" "No, no." "Then let's continue..." "Hello boys, you got rope?" "Yes, Mr senior teacher." "That was probably difficult." "Yes, very!" "Borchert." "Tell your mother,... that the sawmill sent the last boards." "And I thank her already..." "Where is Borchert?" "Horber, fetch the boards." "You should have fetched the boards, Karl." "Can you give me the screwdriver?" "They are all whores." "What did you say?" "The bitches are all whores." "You're out of your mind." "Your Franziska, too!" "Don't say that again!" "...in three weeks the Americans will be here..." "In Oberwald a group of Hitlerjugend.." ".. defends that station for 2 days." "And after the 2 days?" "Just asking." "What happens afterwards?" "Boys!" "Boys!" "Look - here's my draft notice!" "We have to be at the barracks tomorrow morning at 7!" "Your draft notice?" "I talked with the Jugendleiter." "When do you have to be there?" "Tomorrow at 7." "Of course!" "Without us they cannot win the war!" "Private Walter greets private Schorten." "How awesome!" "Private Walter, right face!" "It's probably because my father is fighting at the front.." "Mr teacher, don't work on the boat with another class..." "It's our boat." "We'll finish it when we're back from the front." "Then we'll build it as a warship." "Mr teacher." "Yes, yes." "I'll tidy up here." "Let's go home now..." "Yes, goodbye." "I wished it was tomorrow already!" "Hurry, Mutz." "And tell your mother." "I will write her a letter." "It would be easier to telephone!" "Come on, it's late." "Hurry." "Have you put the tools back?" "Yes, Ms. Goodbye." "What are you doing there?" "Come up!" "And make it fast." "Give me that bottle." "Liquour, right?" "I don't know." "Do you have more of that?" "Not me." "And the others?" "Where did you steal them?" "Steal?" "We found them." "Come with me." "Not reporting a find:" "punishment of 3 years." "But I have to go to the army tomorrow." "You have to what?" "Yes, my draft notice is at home." "Really!" "Do I still have to come to the police station?" "Nope!" "We go home to Mum so she can dry you off first." "Sigi!" "What has happened?" "I fell in the water." "Has my draft notice arrived?" "Yes." "Where is it?" "He, . ." "he can't become a soldier already!" "He's just a child." "I'm not a child!" "Well, look at you!" "You're all wet!" "That's not important!" "Out of your wet clothes!" "Else you'll be in bed tomorrow with pneunomia." "No way!" "I have to be at the barracks tomorrow." "Herr." "Vorschlager!" "This must be a mistake!" "You must know." "No." "They draft everybody now." "Then I'll send you away." "Sit down." "I'll send you to aunt Wally." "Yes." "There you can hide." "I'm not a deserter!" "Herr." "Vorschlager, what shall I do?" "I don't think you can do anything." "And about this liquour..." "I'll close my eyes this time." "Where is the liquour from?" "You can trade it!" "And Wotan, too." "Thank you." "The boys had a secret stock of liqueur - and that's illegal, of course." "Illegal?" "But then put Sigi in jail, until it's all over!" "Or..." "this is insane!" "I can't say anything about this." "I'm on duty." "You have to understand." "Mum?" "Yes, Sigi?" "Do you still have the little suitcase?" "Can I borrow it?" "You want to go to aunt Wally after all?" "I don't want to have a cardboard box for the barracks, that looks stupid." "Yes..." "I understand." "Hello lad." "There you are." "Yes." "Why?" "There's something for you." "Your draft notice." "Karl, it won't be so bad." "First they have to train you for several months,... and then..." "So now you'll be rid of me!" "What do you mean?" "I've seen you two!" "Get out!" "What do you want?" "I don't want to see you here." "Karl!" "Go!" "I don't want to see you!" "Out!" "Are you insane?" "Barbara, let us alone for a minute." "What's up, Karl?" "You're happy that I'm leaving!" "Then it's just you two here!" "Karl ..." "I don't know why you are like this." "When two adult persons like Barbara and me..." "You like Barbara, too..." "Would it be so bad, if she stayed with us?" "Stop packing!" "That can wait until tomorrow morning." "When you get sensible again, you can come down to us." "Then we can talk." "No idea what happened with the boy." "Don't be angry." "He's still a child." "You're right." "I thought he would be a man already." "And they send these kids to war!" "They don't belong in barracks, but in a kindergarten!" "Relax!" "They should be in kindergarten!" "You also have to send the tractor to the garage, mum." "Don't worry, Jurgen, I'll take care of everything." "Madam!" "The slaveworkers have all disappeared!" "What?" "!" "What shall we do now?" "We should inform the police... or the party's head of ..." "No!" "I don't want anyone in my house today, my last night with my son." "But the laws are so strict!" "When two of them disappared at Letmanns, and they didn't report it..." "Yes, I know." "I'll take care of it tomorrow." "Trudel, would you leave us, please?" "Yes." "How will you manage without workers?" "Maybe they will send others." "But ours had just learned their roles." "Who knows, who they will send now?" "Yes?" "What can I do about it?" "It's all become so strange." "You can say that again." "And exactly now I have to leave!" "Jurgen, you know me." "I can defend myself!" "But that's father's pistol!" "Yes." "They sent it after his death." "Mum." "Can I have it?" "Take it." "Thanks, mother." "You have no idea how glad I am." "Dad taught me to how shoot it." "As officer-applicant I am allowed to carry a weapon." "When do you have to get up tomorrow?" "We'll have breakfast together!" "Of course." "I will get us up at half past 5." "Good night, Mum." "Good night, my boy." "You're fantastic!" "You're always classy." "Don't pack too much." "It has to fit in a rucksack." "Here, your cardigan." "Put it there." "What do you want with the knife?" "I'll take it with me." "We're not playing cowboys and indians." "But the Jungfuhrer said that one shouldn't shoot at night." "At night you work with a knife." "Rubbish." "He's read too many novels." "Hans, you have to write home also." "Here are more socks." "But we'll get them in the army." "You have to have some to change." ""During the battle, the warriors changed socks!"" "How Mum imagines the war!" "I don't want to imagine it at all." "Look!" "You wear them out so much, that they can't be mended anymore." "I think, those are mine." "I'll do it." "Do you do it at home too?" "No." "Mum, I also need soap." "There's a piece in the kitchen drawer." "You can share that." "Thank you." "Fabulous, soap!" "Had I known, I would have taken it long ago." "Mrs Mutz..." "Yes?" "I..." "I want to thank you for letting me stay here." "But Hans..." "I have to thank you for being here." "Why?" "It was so good that you were here." "For Albert and..." "You're already so adult." "Ha, if my mother could hear that!" "I can't find the soap." "Look in the kitchen closet." "I beg you, Hans, take care of him!" "Yes .. now you said "du" for the first time." "I promise I'll take care of him." "And take care of yourself too." "Tomorrow you'll have lessons without me." "That's not funny at all." "Hello?" "Post office 2?" "No, the mail comes with the passenger train at 12:17." "Right." "Yes, that's changed." "Klaus, we have problems again with 12:17." "What will your parents say, that you're out so late?" "They'll get angry." "Wouldn't you rather go home then?" "Today I don't care." "Really?" "Will it take long?" "If there's an air raid on Berlin  we won't get any connection." "Couldn't you try again?" "Ok, I'll try." "Can I have 3-14?" "Otto?" "How is the air situation?" "Ah, thanks." "Right now there's only a raid on Hannover-Braunschweig." "Maybe we're lucky." "What's the time now?" "See!" "One can see it clearly with the luminous numbers." "Franziska?" "Yes?" "I want to ask you something." "What?" "But don't get angry." "Are you sure?" "You can ask me anything, Klaus." "It's our last evening together." "Can I have the watch back?" "When I'm on patrol at night, such a luminous watch is practical." "Here post office 2 - is that Bremen?" "Can I talk now?" "Yes." "Hello, Mum." "Are you there?" "What?" "How?" "No, I'm fine." "Listen, I'll be drafted tomorrow!" "What do you want?" "Are you lost?" "Here's my draft notice." "Draft notice?" "But not at this hour." "Can't you wait until tomorrow morning?" "He's afraid he'll miss the free beer." "Alarm!" "Alarm!" "Silent!" "The bomb raid over Hannover-Braunschweig..." "Louder!" "...has turned east.." "An attack on Berlin is expected." "Wonderful." "We can't use you here, boy." "Come back at the proper time." "I can't go home." "Let him stay, Paul." "Alright." "Lie down there." "Here's a blanket." "Thank you." "Your father tells you to turn off the negro music." "It bothers him." "It bothers him?" "Why?" "I don't know." "Tell him to turn off that music!" "And bring my dark suit." "There's still room here." "Where is...?" "Are you going on vacation?" "Walter, I have to leave." "I got  a call from the headquarter." "Where are the cigarettes?" "Everything in this house is a mess!" "We have an important meeting..." "And for that you need the dark suit?" "Don't interfere." "None of your business." "Here it is." "Give it to me." "Tomorrow I'll become a soldier, Dad." "Yes, I know." "But the party leader goes on the run!" ""For Fuhrer, people, fatherland!"" "Do you also take Miss Elena with you?" "What?" "Her from the economy office." "Shut up!" "The whole town knows it!" "That you sent Mum away so you can have fun with this whore!" "Have you been drinking?" "Yes, from your bottles." "Those reserved for the front soldiers." "Shame on you!" "When we meet again after the war..." "Trust me." "We won't meet again!" "Just see tomorrow." "They'll teach you how to behave!" "They'll teach you to march!" "It's time that you learn discipline!" "Brat!" "But they'll make a man out of you!" "A man like you?" "Have you slept with my father, too?" "Say something!" "Speak!" "Your father shows much more tenderness!" "First group!" "Attention - get up!" "Right face!" "Forward!" "Do you think we can make soldiers out of these boys?" "No." "Cover!" "Crawl in the dirt!" "Head down!" "Do you want it shot off?" "What will you think with then?" "Whole group!" "Back!" "Cover!" "You don't need to train "Back" - they can do that already." "What's the point of this?" "Ask the higher ups!" "Whole group, right face!" "Forward!" "Cover!" "I'm beat." "Whole group forward!" "Cover!" "Turn right and forward!" "Excuse me, but I have to finish these papers." "Have a seat." "Thank you." "Make sure we won't be disturbed." "What can I do for you?" "The boys from my class  are in your division." "Yes, I know." "Mr Frohlich..." "I come to you as a colleague..." "You are teacher, too." "I've been a soldier for 5 years." "You are not in the service?" "No, because of my heart." "What do you teach?" "English, history, German..." "I assume you've come to talk about your students." "Yes." "I want to ask you a favor." "I can't understand why these children have to be sacrificed." "I talked with the boys, Mr Stern..." "They are idealists." "They believe, that they fight  for an ideal." "They want to save the fatherland." "They believe in what you have been teaching, Mr Stern." "Heroism! "The battle is ours!" My life for the fatherland!" ""We don't count the dead!" "No sacrifice is too small!"" "But Mr Frohlich, all these ideals heroism, fatherland, freedom have fallen in the hands of criminals!" "They aren't valid anymore!" "A few days ago my son died at the front." "What is not valid anymore?" "Forgive me." "I don't think that I still can be a teacher after this war." "Mr Frohlich..." "The purpose of my visit was, to ask you to do something for my boys." "How do you mean?" "Maybe you, as leader of the division can keep my boys out of this..." "Don't talk rubbish!" "I'm not even allowed to listen to this." "I have my orders and have to follow them." "Captain..." "Is it clean now?" "No, it's still dirty." "I can't see anything." "Hi, little one - exhausted?" "I feel so bad." "I'm at the end." "Give me your rifle." "We'll do it for you." "By now we should have had biology." "Then I would feel bad, too." "Does the bayonet need to be cleaned, too?" "We must clean all our weapons..." "Do you think it's just a toothpick?" "Why isn't it sharp?" "So the hole gets bigger." "Why?" "Obviously, if it was as sharp as a knife it would get in and out easily." "You're finished when you get this in your belly." "In the belly?" "Where else?" "Afterwards you have to put your foot down, to get it out." "How do you know?" "I read about it." "That's something different than flirting with girls, huh?" "Shut up!" "Attention!" "Group three about to clean weapons." "Notice, Forst, when cleaning weapons there is no "Attention"." "Understood?" "Yes sir." "Go on." "You're quite good at this already." "Learned at the premilitary education, Mr Sergeant." "Talk only when asked." "Yes, Sergeant." "You want to become an officer, right?" "Yes." "Your rifle." "Keep it still." "Higher." "You haven't learned everything at this premilitary thing." "Once more." "Yes, Sergeant." "Go ahead...!" "You think there is plenty oil around, huh?" "Oh, oh, oh!" "You're wasting public property." "What are you doing there?" "Private Siegfried cleaning weapons, sir." "I can see you aren't stealing apples." "What sort of knife is this?" "It's pushed in the belly, and you have to push down with your foot." "Shake before use, it said on the bottle filled with poison." "Continue!" "Alarm!" "Prepare to leave!" "Alarm!" "Prepare to leave!" "Alarm!" "Prepare to leave!" "Alarm!" "Prepare to leave!" "Alarm!" "Prepare to leave!" "Alarm!" "Prepare to leave!" "Alarm!" "Platoon, get up!" "Hurry!" "Up!" "Move!" "Alarm!" "Prepare to leave!" "Alarm!" "Prepare to leave!" "Alarm!" "Prepare to leave!" "They don't even let us sleep." "I can't close the buckle." "Attention!" "How's it going?" "All ready, Sergeant." "Get out!" "Hurry!" "Get that buckle straight." "Do you have everything?" "Yes, Sergeant." "Don't forget your bucket!" "What does the Sergeant mean?" "Here!" "Your helmet!" "What are you waiting for?" "Out!" "Move!" "Hurry people, move!" "One of them actually forgot his rifle!" "Move!" "Move!" "The situation is crap." "Zimmerman!" "A cigar!" "We'll make a wedge here, which must stand until tomorrow." "It must hold." "Light, anyone?" "Thanks." "This afternoon the Americans reached this line." "Bees, come in." "Bees, come in!" "My orders are to throw everyone to the front that can carry a rifle." "Only the wounded stay here." "Zimmermann, read." "Captain Frohlich will lead the battallion on the march." "The battallion will follow march order.." "1, 2, 4, 3, with the ambulances and supplies at the rear." "The defense positions must be reached at sunset." "All units report at  4 o'clock in the morning." "Check the watches." "Battallion!" "Attention!" "Battallion ready, lieutenant!" "Eyes right!" "Grenadierbattallion 463 reports ready." "Thanks." "At ease." "At ease!" "Soldiers!" "Yesterday the Americans started a new offensive." "Our battalion, from now on, is part of division 336." "We proceed tonight." "I expect from the experienced soldier of the battalion that they as always-  do their duty." "We will engage the enemy tomorrow morning." "Every square meter which we defend is part of the heart of our fatherland." "And he who defends just one square meter he defends Germany." "We know, that the situation is bloody serious." "But we are soldiers - whether we live or die." "History will judge,  if we did our duty." "The young soldiers on their first mission shall know that our battallion only knows "Forward"!" "Never "Back"!" "Our battallion only knows fight, victory or death!" "I expect that the fatherland in these serious times... can count on you." "For everyone, there is only one order: ..." "Forward for Fuhrer, people and fatherland!" "Let the battallion be dismissed." "Yes, captain." "Zimmermann!" "A cigar." "Yes, sir." "Battallion dismissed!" "Get ammunition and supplies." "First platoon..." "The new report." "Zimmermann, make sure there's enough brandy." "This will become a slaughterhouse." "Where's my car?" "Get it!" "Yes, captain." "What is it?" "Captain, I have seven new privates in my platoon." "And?" "They are 16 years old - untrained." "Soldiers since when?" "Since this morning." "At the first shooting they will run and the platoon with them." "Just what we need." "Zimmermann!" "Where are you?" "We have to go!" "There's this little bridge at the entry of the town." "It's not important anymore." "The Americans already have a bridgehead in the north." "And the bridge will be blown up anyway." "But we should secure the bridge." "The boys could do that." "It's ok with me." "Just put them there." "Yes, captain." "Let's go!" "Heilmann!" "The lieutenant is calling you." "I'm coming." "Sorz!" "You are in charge." "Yes, sir." "Sergeant Heilmann!" "Yes!" "I'm coming!" "Now they make us be cannon fodder five minutes before midnight." "They don't care." "Let me get through." "No contact with the enemy!" "No shooting." "Understood?" "Yes, sir." "How long have you been a soldier?" "7 years, sir." "And what did you learn during those 7 years?" "Not to be noticed." "That's exactly what I expect, Heilmann." "The bridge isn't important." "It will be blown up." "No meaningless casualties!" "Yes." "Thank you." "Here we have order!" "Wait!" "You're only allowed one can!" "What?" "Put one can back!" "I beg your pardon?" "Better leave it." "Here they count everything to the grave" "Then keep your damned cans!" "What the hell ..." "Pick them up immediately!" "You only have a big mouth, because you're in a safe place!" "Shut up or you'll regret it." "Trust me in this:" "I'll survive until the end, just to pay you back!" "I will report you." "If you live long enough!" "Coward!" "Verbitsky!" "What?" "Don't delay anything." "Yes." "Don't be stupid!" "Move." "Yes, sir." "I didn't know that this is a kindergarten." "Hurry and get your weapons and go outside." "Get going." "Get up." "Close the hatch." "Heilmann, here." "Sergent Heilmann!" "Get your people off." "Group 3, off the truck!" "Aren't we going further?" "The rest of the group goes on." "Are we already at the front?" "Rubbish." "But..." "but this is our bridge!" "What are we doing here?" "Be glad, you idiots!" "Would you rather be where shit is really boiling?" "What a theater!" "Those from "Volkssturm" seem to have gone home already." "Even better." "This way they can't wreck anything." "Keep them busy." "In the meantime make sure,... that the demolition command arrives in time." "The bridge needs to explode in the right moment." "Understood." "I trust you, Heilmann." "Yes, sir." "Stupid carrying!" "It's not fun anymore." "Stop complaining and bring the gear over here." "Do you think we're safe here tonight?" "Tonight something will happen everywhere." "Soon the dragging is over." "Then we'll have a nice time, ok?" "They put us off far away from the front." "The backseats are the best, like in the cinema." "In the front seats it's too bright." "Let's put the gear here." "Put the bazookas over there." "Position of the first machine gun?" "At the right side of the road." "Position of the first machine gun?" "At the right side of the road." "And the second?" "Here at the left." "We know the bridge." "We know good shooting positions." "You played Indians here, right?" "Yes." "Up there is our lookout." "Can't I take that position?" "Ok, climb up and keep an eye on everything." "Yes, Sergeant." "Assemble the machine gun." "I said get going." "I'll move out with this, Sergeant." "No, stay here." "And don't play around with it." "Better go over there and help them dig." "And what can I do?" "You go on the bridge and keep watch, understood?" "Yes, sir." "And don't abandon your post." "Keeping watch is the most important thing in war." "Yes, sir." "Now go." "And what are you doing?" "I need ammunition on the tree." "Lucky that we don't have a cannon also." "You would drag it up, too, right?" "Isn't it deep enough now?" "Don't be silly." "When they come, they can still shoot in here." "In this fog they can't see us anyway." "And when the fog disappears?" "Third group, attention!" "Listen..." "When it gets light you'll probably like some coffee, right?" "Yes, Sergeant." "I'll go and organize some." "In the meantime you're in the command of ... .. Scholten!" "Understood." "Yes, Sergeant." "Take my rifle." "Yes, sir." "And carry on." "What a guy!" "Why?" "He's nice." "Rubbish." "A good soldier doesn't leave his rifle behind." "Excuse me, do you have a light?" "Yes." "Cigarette?" "Yes, thanks." "Hide." "Stop!" "What did he want?" "Why?" "What did he say?" "Err..." "Move on!" "Quickly!" "What did he say?" "Err..." "Move on!" "Quickly!" "Stop!" "What are you doing here?" "Me?" "Yes, you." "Where are your orders?" "Stop!" "What are you doing here?" "Me?" "Yes, you." "Where are your orders?" "I don't have them with me." "What unit do you belong to?" "Sergeant Heilmann." "Battalion 463, Platoon 3." "And what are you doing here?" "I..." "Your report book!" "Here." "I'm securing the bridge." "Rubbish!" "That bridge doesn't need to be secured." "It will be blown up." "No stories!" "You're a deserter!" "What do you mean?" "Deserter?" "Follow me to the office!" "There you'll see what will happen." "But I have my group at the bridge." "I can't leave them." "Don't talk!" "Follow me!" "They are still kids!" "They've been soldiers for only one day." "My orders are to take care of them." "Then why do you walk around here at night?" "My orders are to take care of them." "Then why do you walk around here at night?" "But I'm on duty!" "Anyone can say that." "You idiot!" "Don't be so stubborn!" "Come to the bridge and have a look yourself!" "To send kids in the war and then abandoning them!" "It's insane!" "It's..." "Take that stupid thing away!" "Stop!" "Stay here!" "What was that?" "It was shots..." "Can you see something up there?" "No." "Nothing." "Just come down then." "With this weather war should be prohibited." "When will Heilmann be back?" "He'll come." "I'll have a look." "You stay here." "Yes, Sergeant." "Il hope Heilmann doesn't leave us in the lurch." "He won't!" "A lot better persons than he have deserted." "You have too much imagination." "Did you hear that?" "Just some fish..." "Now we have 10 rolls already." "We'll never need so many." "Listen!" "Artillery." "But far away." "Everything ok over there?" "Yes." "Then come." "Walter, can I borrow your flashlight?" "Are you afraid in the dark?" "Can't we eat soon?" "Yes!" "Then let's eat." "Cut some slices." "And Heilmann promised coffee." "He left us in the lurch." "Rubbish." "Can't we talk about something else?" "Sigi, why didn't you direct the Sergeant to your mother?" "She makes the best coffee." "I can't tell the Sergeant what to do." "Don't you have your own?" "Don't make such a scene." "If my mum knew that we are here..." "This sausage is fabulous." "Here, for Sigi." "Here, Sigi." "Can I eat when on guard?" "You have to." "You're still growing." "Aren't you hungry, Karl?" "No, thanks." "Not such a bad place." "We're just missing something decent to drink." "We should have some brandy." "Here comes the Sergeant." "No way." "He left that way and comes back this way?" "What are you doing here?" "Having breakfast." "Want some liver pate?" "Do you plan to start shooting here?" "We have our orders." "This bridge is strategically important." "Boys, you better go home." "What?" "Are you insane?" "But what you do here is foolish." "The whole town will be destroyed." "I'm sure." "I've been through it before." "Before I was evacuated." "Go home." "You want to persuade us to desert!" "Bad nerves, huh?" "We're at war, understand?" "And we have to secure the bridge." "You have no idea what you are doing!" "You just want to play heroes." "Move!" "Go away!" "Don't do anything unreasonable." "Away!" "Now!" "You don't know what you're doing." "Look, fast as a rabbit." "He can sure run fast!" "What a coward!" "He runs like a girl." "Maybe he's right." "We don't know what he's been through." "I agree!" "Stop fooling around." "Stop acting like you're in charge." "Who can hit them first?" "Listen!" "What is it?" "A truck!" "Quick!" "Pull out the barricades!" "What's going on?" "What are you doing?" "Hurry!" "Take your positions!" "Damn it!" "What's going on here?" "What idiots are blocking the bridge?" "Are you insane!" "Open the road!" "Get moving!" "Hurry!" "Yes, sir." "Get down and help them." "Move." "It's unbelievable." "What happened?" "Don't ask stupid questions." "Move that away." "Let's go now." "Quickly." "We'll pull the barricades back on the road again." "No, not yet." "He said more trucks are coming." "I think we should wait." "I'm going back to my post." "What happened, Helmer?" "It's finished, lieutenant." "It's dead." "We have to walk." "Damn." "Get your stuff." "We're changing vehicles." "Quickly." "We have to get out of here." "Look!" "He has a..." "Watch out!" "Bloody pigs." "Get your rifles out!" "The next who doesn't stop will get a bullet in his head." "Come on, what are you waiting for?" "Leave it behind." "Or throw it in the water." "But..." "Leave it behind!" "Hurry now!" "We have to get out of here." "There's no more room." "Move over." "Let's go!" "Do you all want to die here?" "What's the holdup?" "I don't know." "Why have we stopped in the middle of a bridge?" "We want to go home." "Hurry it up!" "Don't be impatient." "I'm doing what I can." "It's getting light already." "We have to go." "Wilhelm, look at those kids." "Here, little fellow,..." "Have some chocolate, before you get pickled." "Come on, drive." "What did he mean "getting pickled"?" "He wanted to give you some pickles also." "Be happy that you got some chocolate." "What a coward - the one with the Iron Cross." "Was he deserting?" "He was very busy, for sure." "He simply ran away!" "They should all be shot." "Now there's no one left between us and them!" "You want to go home maybe?" "Of course not." "If everyone is running, maybe it's best." "What?" "Best to go home." "Are you insane?" "What do you mean?" "We are soldiers, and it's our order to secure the bridge!" "We won't win the war,  because we defend this bridge, Jurgen!" "But with every square meter of land,.." ".. we defend Germany!" "Who wants to ditch the weapons and go home?" "You?" "Why me?" "And you two?" "No." "I'll stay." "And you?" "You think I'd leave you alone?" "And you?" "I'm not a coward." "And you?" "Are you a coward?" "I'll stay." "Great!" "Well, everyone to your post." "I'll go over there with my bazooka." "Watch out!" "Airplanes!" "Down!" "Down!" "It's still a few kilometers away." "They're most dangerous when they come right towards you." "Look at him!" "Flat like a stamp!" "You want to lie there until the war is over?" "Did you pee your pants?" "Our brave Sigi!" "What will mummy say if she sees you like this?" "Watch out, it's coming back!" "Down!" "Come on, get up!" "It's safe now, Sigi!" "Sigi!" "Sigi..." "Sigi..." "Come here!" "Damn it!" "Come here!" "Those swine killed him!" "Sigi is dead!" "Come here!" "Come here, bloody hell!" "What happened?" "Those criminals..." "What do we do now?" "We have to tell his mother..." "Poor Sigi." "I'll show them!" "Hey, help me." "What sound is that?" "It's tanks!" "Hurry!" "The barricades on the road!" "Bloody tanks!" "Back!" "We'll let the tanks pass and blow the bridge later!" "Into the basement there!" "Walter has hit a tank!" "Shoot, now!" "Get the boxes with ammunition!" "Damn!" "Something's stuck!" "Help me." "Walter is crazy!" "Cover him!" "Are you crazy?" "Cover!" "Those bloody kids will have us all killed!" "What a bunch of idiots." "If they had let the Americans pass we would have blown the bridge already!" "If they had let the Americans pass we would have blown the bridge already!" "Oh God, how shall this end?" "This is nothing." "The real fireworks is at the front." "My son is soldier too." "They drafted him yesterday!" "You think he's at the front already?" "Yesterday?" "He can't even hold a rifle yet." "What can he do at the front?" "Now show how brave you are." "You're not going to break down now, are you?" "I don't want to die!" "I don't want to die!" "Are you only tough in front of girls?" "I want to go!" "I want to go!" "I want out of here!" "Jurgen!" "Jurgen!" "Stay here!" "Jurgen!" "Stay here!" "What are you doing?" "Are you insane?" "There are Americans up there." "And there are women and children in the basement." "If you don't leave, I'll scream." "Go away." "Don't be stupid!" "Don't shoot!" "Just a kid!" "What are you doing in this friggin war?" "There's another one!" "Watch out!" "Shoot him!" ""Hey, hey!" "Stop!" "Hey, stop shooting!"" ""Come on, give up." What's he shouting?" ""We don't fight kids!"" ""Go on home!" "Go to kindergarten."" ""Go!" "Go home!" "To the kindergarten."" "Kindergarten?" "I'll show you!" "Karl!" "Karl!" "Karl, shoot!" "Kill him, Karl!" "Shoot!" "Shoot!" "Finish him, Karl!" "Finish him." "Shoot!" "Karl!" "Karl, Karl shoot!" "Karl shoot!" "Karl, Karl ..." "Karl..." "Karl..." "Karl..." "Karl..." "Karl ..." "I didn't mean to hit you!" "It was only because of Franziska, Karl." "Hit me now, Karl!" "Karl, hit me!" "Hit back, Karl!" "Help!" "Help!" "Help!" "I have to go to him!" "They're killing him!" "Help..." "Help... help..." "Get down!" "I killed him, Hans." "I killed him!" "I killed him..." "Come, Karl..." "Karl ..." "Karl ..." "Karl ..." "Karl..." "Come with me, Karl..." "Karl ..." "Come..." "Karl..." "Karl ..." "Karl..." "Klaus, cover!" "I killed him, Hans!" "I killed him." "I killed him!" "Stop it!" "Leave me alone!" "Let me be!" "Calm down, Klaus!" "Karl!" "Karl!" "They are gone." "Albert!" "It's not so bad." "Take the jacket off." "I'll put a bandage on it." "I'll help you." "They'll get reinforcements." "You think so?" "We have to get away." "Walter!" "Walter!" "Come." "The dynamite and fuses." "Put the boxes there." "Use a lot." "It's a massive bridge." "Yes, Sergeant." "What are you doing here?" "We're blowing up this mess." "What a circus you've made here!" "How many have died?" "Now you expect a medal around your neck, huh?" "Well, go home to mum and be celebrated!" "This is not true!" "This is not true!" "This is not true!" "You're some nice heroes!" "Be quiet!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "It's not true!" "Get lost!" "Go away!" "Take it easy, my boy." "Away with your rifle." "Don't be stupid." "We have our orders." "Move!" "Get off the bridge - now!" "I had to do it..." "I had to do it!" "Pigs!" "Criminals!" "Away!" "Get lost!" "Get lost!" "Away with you!" "Hans!" "Hans!" "What's up?" "Answer, Hans!" "Hans!" "Come." "I'll take you home." "Hans, come on." "I beg you." "Hans..." "Hans, come..." "Come with me, Hans..." "Hans ..." "Come..." "Hans..." "Hans, Hans!" "Come, Hans... come..." "Hans, come..." "This happened on April 27th, 1945." "It was so insignificant, That it was not mentioned in any military report." "THE BRIDGE"