"Excuse me, do you...." "Say, the bunker?" "You speak English?" "This is my name there, James O'Donnell." "Cigarette?" "Smoke?" "You're welcome." "Thank you." "In 1945, the cíty of Berlín was Hítler's capítal." "And the bunker was hís last address." "He líved here underground for 105 days." "I arríved here on assígnment for Newswee_." "It was íust two months after Hítler's death." "As I made my way through the cold, dark chambers... I couldn't help but wonder what had happened here." "fíndíng the answer to that questíon has taken me many long years." "Most of the people who worked ín thís bunker... spent endless years ín Russían príson camps." "I hoped that those stíll lívíng... could reconstruct theír personal experíences here." "Each from hís or her own víewpoínt." "I can't guarantee that what you're about to see ís hístorícal truth." "Memory always dístorts of course." "But I do belíeve theír storíes present a psychologícal truth... and are, perhaps, as close as we can come." "It's January 16, 1945." "The dark chamber you see here was soon to be occupíed." "And as for the British, well, can't you hear the bombing?" "Speak up!" "There's nothing available." "There's nothing" "Guderian." "What?" "He's going below." "What?" "Hitler is going below to the bunker." "Notify your staff." "And this will be used for the conference room." "This?" "All the rooms are small, Bormann." "What have we come to?" "What's the trouble, Hentschel?" "It's only a 140-kilowatt generator here." "It's got to power everything." "The lights, the filter, the pump for the spring" "Spring?" "We get our water here from an underground spring." "But not to worry, Gen. Rattenhuber, I'm genius with machinery." "We've carried Frederick the Great all over Europe with us." "He's never without it." "There will be no smoking in the bunker at any time... those are the führer's orders... on duty, or off." "All meals will be taken in the upper bunker... or the old Reich Chancellery mess hall." "Questions?" "Dismissed." "Mai." "Guenter, have you spoken to him... about Zossen and about going to Zossen?" "The führer refuses to leave Berlin." "It's only 18 kilometers away." "Has the finest communications of any bunker and it's seven times as big." "He knows that, General." "He refuses to leave Berlin." "Does that include Dr. Goebbels, sir?" "No, we haven't been able to get through yet, sir." "lmpossible!" "Welcome to Berlin, Reich Minister Goebbels." "Are you still at your country estate?" "Of course." "It's good for the children." "We have a swimming pool, tennis court." "You know, the flowers have just begun to bloom." "Wonderful." "No air raids?" "So far we've been fortunate." "We will succeed." "The red's definitely the ground" "This is ridiculous. I've seen better switchboards in cheap hotels." "It's all we have available." "Where?" "Here." "I'm still trying to get set up." "What about Greta?" "What's happened to her?" "ls she still in Berlin?" "Yes." "I've been trying to get her on a plane to Bavaria." "The Russians, they tell me, they're raping all the women." "From what I hear, they're raping everyone." "Herr Speer, good to see you." "Come along. I'll show you." "Col. Von Below is waiting to see you before you meet with the führer." "Mai." "Guenter will show you." "Yes." "Thank you, sir." "Welcome to our little tomb." "When did you get back to Berlin?" "Last night." "From the Front?" "East Prussia." "Bad as they say?" "Worse." "The situation conference is going on right now." "It started shortly after midnight." "So things are getting a little more desperate." "Mai." "Guenter, would you make it known that Reich Minister Speer has arrived." "Yes, sir." "What do you think of the place?" "lt's clammy." "Thank you." "Cold and clammy one moment, and warm and sultry the next." "It's not exactly one of your architectural marvels, Speer." "l didn't design this one." "Good." "It also smells." "We're 50 feet below the ground here, which is 20 feet below the sewer." "A little caution:" "Bormann isn't the only one here who'd like to cut our throats." "Now tell me, is it true... about the plan to destroy everything." "The towns, the villages." "The plan exists, yes." "But will he go through with it?" "You think that's possible?" "Excuse me." "They've asked you to join the conference." "And here at Helmstedt Panzerdíyísíon 6 and 1 2 have reg!" "rouped... with 27 new Tiger Tanks." "We have most encouraging news from Gen. Dietrich." "He's repulsed the enemy all along the sector, west of the Saar." "The Luftwaffe reports the loss of 629 aircraft in the month of December." "However, in spite of this, we brought down 87 enemy bombers." "We still have _our Panzerdívísíons fully committed to Budapest." "They're confident they can hold the city." "How can we help Budapest?" "...have now regrouped." "We can't." "They've been re-supplied." "When it does, the city disappears from the map." "Every week... they simply disappear." "...as we're not at all certain as of this moment exactly where we stand... I would call upon him, if you would, my führer." "Speer." "The führerwould like to hear the December production figures." "The overall production of armaments is down 23O_." "We are, however, maintaining full production... of fighter planes and Panzer tanks." "Our greatest difficulty right now is getting gasoline to supply them." "as you well know." "Do you need more?" "Thank you, Speer." "We've heard enough." "Dr. Morell is with the führer." "It'll be a few moments." "Or is it evening?" "You can't tell the difference down here." "Sit down, Speer." "Coffee?" "No, thank you." "You're one of the few people I can trust, Speer." "Sit down." "Did Bormann send you the instructions?" "Yes." "Good." "You understand we want... complete demolition. I don't know how." "Fire, explosives, whatever it takes." "Whatever it takes to do what?" "I mean, I can understand the destruction of bridges... factories, and military installations... but surely you don't mean houses and farm animals" "Everything." "I want nothing left to the enemy, you understand?" "Nothing." "But under such circumstances..." "We'll be thrown back to conditions of the Middle Ages." "Yeah." "But should the war be lost?" "That is defeatist talk. I won't allow that." "The German people left" "The German people that are left would not deserve to live." "The good ones will have died already fighting for their fatherland." "We must leave them something." "Some, no matter how primitive, form of society." "Something." "I think you despair far too much, Speer." "We've had our setbacks from the beginning." "And every setback has always been a whiplash... driving us onward with more determination than before." "This time we will show the enemy that we will not surrender." "We'll never surrender." "We'll continue the attack, again and again." "Ten times over, we'll continue the attack." "Policy has been set." "Carry it out." "Heíl Hitler." "Did you see him?" "You were quite right, Colonel." "At one moment it's warm and sultry, and then suddenly it's cold and clammy." "Too bad." "Under the circumstances, I think I'll have a word with the engineer." "No." "Not the ventilation." "Not the system." "_he führer's orders." "I'm not allowed to keep the air flowing in the conference room..." "during military staff meetings." "Why not?" "The führer believes that the air passing through the blowers... produces excessive pressure into the ears." "He believes it reduces efficiency." "Perhaps we can correct the situation." "Let's look at the main air vent." "Filters are usually changed every month." "We've been having a problem here getting a proper fit." "As you can see, the air intake is almost completely concealed." "How's the filter removed?" "Just the four screws." "Let me see if we can't get you a better filter, Hentschel." "I think that might help matters." "Thanks for your trouble." "Whatever I can do." "They're starting in again." "The British bomb us at breakfast, the Americans at dinner." "It's a conspiracy, I think." "Anything else, sir?" "Yes, you can call off the air raid." "Beg your pardon?" "Thank you, sir." "Good night, sir." "Want to forget dinner, go to the shelter?" "No, thanks." "I've had enough of shelters for one day." "Let's see if it gets any worse." "Can't get any worse than the food." "I'm sorry." "Forgive me, Dieter." "I think I've lost my appetite." "I don't blame you." "I have no idea." "But if he stays here long enough underground... there'll be nothing above the ground for him to come up for." "You mean the air raids?" "No." "I mean his scorched-earth policy." "He's committed to it." "How ironic." "after years of being his master builder." "l refuse the honor." "Refuse?" "You did say "refuse"?" "l'm writing him a memorandum... stating clearly, precisely, in detail... that such a policy would prove catastrophic to the future of the German people... and I refuse to implement it." "What if he insists that you do so?" "Then... something quite desperate must be considered." "And I'd like your help." "In that case, I could use a brandy." "We could both use a brandy." "lt's my last bottle." "l'll try and get you another." "You don't have to bribe me, Albert." "You've got my head out of Hitler's noose more than once." "I'll do what I can." "You may want to change your mind when you hear what I'm thinking." "Trust me." "I want you to make some inquiries to the Army Ordnance Office." "Coming from the Chief of Munitions Division... they will seem like perfectly natural inquiries." "Concerning what?" "Poison gas experiments." "From what I understand, it can penetrate any gas mask... any filter put up against it." "Albert, lust exactly what do you have in mind?" "I want to conduct Tabun into the bunker." "To you, Albert." "And to me." "May we both survive." "How do you intend to introduce the gas?" "Through the main air vent near the Chancellery gardens." "You can manage that without being seen?" "There are sentries posted." "SS Guards." "It won't work, Albert." "Tabun's only effective with explosives." "I'm quite familiar with it." "A shell or a hand grenade would do it... but they would shatter the thin walls of the air ducts." "And Tabun's too risky." "What would you suggest?" "The old reliable: mustard gas." "Mustard gas." "How would you get it?" "It won't be easy." "Just give me time." "There's a bunker, underground, below the Chancellery." "No, it's impossible." "You can't come here." "Go to Munich." "If you go to Munich, I can arrange an escort." "Be patíent." "The battle for Berlín ís just begínníng." "It may take weeks, maybe months, but we shall be victorious." "I promise you. I have no doubts." "We shall be victorious." "Yes, I will." "If only my generals showed such devotion, Doctor." "What do you think, Sergeant?" "Has Blondie got a whelp this week?" "No." "Not yet." "When she does, I think we'll have maybe six pups." "Look at the size of her." "Good dog." "Yes." "She's a smart dog, too." "Blondie knows a lot of tricks." "Got one trick I'd like to know." "How to get good red steak at every meal?" "I told you a month ago." "The Eastern Front is like a house of cards." "If the Front is broken at lust one point, all the rest will collapse." "How did the attack fail?" "I'll tell you why." "lncompetence, negligence." "If Gen. Busse" "He had half a division on the field." "No ammunition left." "His equipment destroyed." "Why didn't he ask for more?" "Where?" "How?" "Gen. Busse isn't to blame. I won't allow it!" "How dare you speak to me that way!" "I'm fighting for Germany my whole life." "It's been one long struggle for Germany." "How do you dare?" "How dare you?" "I insist you cannot blame Gen. Busse." "Then who?" "Who let us down?" "The troops." "The troops did their duty." "Look at the casualties." "How can you possibly blame the troops?" "They had no chance." "Gen." "Gehlen made it clear" "Gen." "Gehlen is an incompetent fool." "His maps are idiotic and he should be shut up in a lunatic asylum." "If you want to send Gen. Gehlen to an asylum... then you had better have me certified as well." "Gen. Busse is now at Görlitz." "I will deal with him myself." "Col. Gen. Guderian, I'm very concerned about your physical health." "to commence immediately." "That'll be all, gentlemen." "No." "More than that." "I tell you there's a great increase in anti-Semitism... coming from the United States." "They're beginning to wonder just what it is they're fighting for." "Of course, the English are sick to death of this war." "If it weren't for Churchill that Jew-ridden, half-American s!" "wine... there'd be no English fighting today." "Churchill... the gravedigger of Europe." "What a pity." "Not a drop left for the Russians." "l'm sorry. I forgot to get you another." "lt doesn't matter." "I trust you did send your memorandum to Hitler?" "Yes." "And he said, "Albert, you're right and I am wrong." ""There'll be no scorched earth."" "No?" "He didn't say that?" "There's been no response." "We both knew that nothing would stop him." "That's why I'm here." "When do you want it?" "Friday." "What are you doing?" "Orders." "All SS staff guards will take off-duty rest in the communications rooms." "SS 6, 7, and 8 are being converted into a casualty station in the Chancellery." "We got casualties coming into the Chancellery." "How are we supposed to work with people lying around all over the place?" "Sir!" "Yes?" "Where are you going?" "The bunker. I have an appointment with the führer." "You will find the entrance through the tunnel." "I thought I'd walk through the garden tonight." "Get some fresh air." "Reich Minister Speer." "Yes." "Come with me, please." "Wait here." "Bormann will be here immediately." "Bormann?" "l have no appointment with Bormann." "Wait here." "Hello, sir." "Hentschel." "How are you?" "Fine." "Engine breakdown?" "Nothing serious." "Still looking for that filter." "Thank you." "By the way, you didn't mention our conversation to anyone?" "You mean, about the filter?" "Yes." "The main air vent..." "has been entirely surrounded by a chimney." "Yes, I know." "I supervised the construction." "We did all of it in 12 hours." "On whose orders?" "The führer himself." "On whose orders?" "The führer himself." "Come with me, sir." "Speer." "I wanted to be the first to wish you a happy birthday." "Thank you." "I remember that wonderful birthday party he had for you at Berchtesgaden." "Yes." "I'm afraid times have changed." "Yes." "What is it you wanted to see me about?" "The führer is greatly disappointed in you, Speer." "For some reason, you have not carried out the policies set out to you." "I don't know...." "The total destruction of all towns and villages." "There have been administrative difficulties." "I think you will find the führer expected a little more of you." "Just wait here for a moment." "Good evening, Doctor." "And good evening to you, Albert." "I'll be able to tell you better after my meeting with the führer." "He's quite anxious to talk to you." "Perhaps, I ought to have one of your injections first." "It's all right." "Go in." "I was reading your memorandum." "It's a very long memorandum." "You say here... that, "We have no right at this stage of the war..." ""to carry out our demolitions..." ""which would devastate the lives of the people."" "is that correct?" "I wrote the memorandum." "Yes." "Why?" "You say, "We have no right."" "You believe that?" "If our enemies wish to destroy us completely, why help them?" "I think you should understand that the policy will be carried out... with or without your cooperation." "I am hoping there is still room for reconsideration." "No." "My führer... I don't believe that anyone has the right to tie... the fate of the German people to his own personal destiny." "Why do you continue to press the point?" "We must be able to make some distinctions between military..." "You understand me?" "I don't want to hear any more." "Tell Mai." "Guenter to come in here, now." "planning buildings for the future German Reich." "To me, you and I, we were like fellow artists." "Speer, you and I...." "Then, we had a complete understanding of each other." "Put it on the table." "Today it's your birthday, correct?" "Yes." "I understand you asked for my photograph?" "Yes, my führer." "Good." "I've signed it to you, personally." "My hand shakes." "You know...." "My hand shakes." "But I've signed it, to you." "I hope you can read it." "May I read it now?" "I am grateful for this..." "Speer... you'll now inform every official of every town." "I want every gauleíter to know that there must be total destruction." "I've given you complete authority over every one of them." "They must all comply without question." "In those areas where the enemy is now approaching... there will be total destruction." "Is that understood?" "l keep thinking-- -lf the war is lost... the people of Germany will be lost also!" "How dare you sit down in my presence!" "Stand up!" "The people of Germany will be lost also." "They will not need to think about survival." "We shall destroy everything." "You'll instruct them." "total destruction." "You will order them." "Total destruction." "You'll answer me, please." "Did you send in the sugar?" "Yes, miss, with the tea." "If they want tea cakes this afternoon, tell them we have those, too." "Don't burn it." "Do you want some coffee?" "No." "Nothing." "Thanks." "Have you seen him?" "Who?" "Our führer." "I spoke with him yesterday." "His eyes, Franz... so clear and strong like always." "The man is a god, Franz." "And I will tell you right now, he will not die." "No matter what happens, Adolf Hitler will never die." "That's good." "How did you get it?" "I've traveled over 900 miles these past three days." "I've been to both fronts and I have my sources." "You're sure you won't loin me?" "No, thank you." "I'm a prisoner here in this office, these four walls." "I even sleep here sometimes." "l envy you, Albert." "You shouldn't." "What happens now?" "What does "nothing" mean exactly?" "No more assassination attempts." "I think..." "You rise with Hitler and you will fall with Hitler." "All of us." "of Adolf Hitler." "And you intend to carry out his orders of destruction?" "No. I will warn the gauleíters... that if they attempt to burn down their towns and villages... the people will rise up... and burn them." "If Bormann has his way, he'll have you hanging from the first meat hook." "I can handle Bormann." "And I can count a hell of a lot of corpses who said that once." "But Col. Von Below has asked to see you while you're waiting." "Thanks Mai." "Guenter." "He's in the Chancellery dining room." "Colonel." "So, what are you gonna do?" "About what?" "I thought you would've heard." "Bormann has been placed in charge o_ the gauleíters." "He told Hitler that you deliberately disobeyed his orders." "Bormann's quite correct." "But if he controls the town officials" "He doesn't control anything outside of that bunker." "I'm the one who goes to see them, who listens to their complaints." "I'm the one they trust and they'll go on trusting me." "May I?" "I hate to mention this, but what if you're no longer alive?" "That is a point." "Do you really think Hitler won't touch you?" "I'm going to find that out very soon." "God, it's all sober now." "I come from an ancient, honorable family." "I can't understand how I ever got here." "Hitler, Bormann..." "Goebbels... and the master of the imperial needle, Dr. Morell." "Everyday at 4:" "OO he sits with his secretaries... at tea and crumpets." "It's true. I'm quite serious." "Excuse me, sir." "You're requested to loin the situation conference." "Thank you. I'll be right there." "The Hitler court." "I keep thinking about the Roman court." "In the writings of Juvenal, he said..." ""Yesterday they were ruffians, today they control our lives..." ""tomorrow they will wind up as keepers of the public lavatories."" "They've crossed the Rhine at three junctures, including Oppenheim." "Gen. Patton, Third Division." "Oppenheim?" "What units...." "What units are meeting them?" "We have nothing in the vicinity at the moment... but there are five tank destroyers from the camp at Siegen..." "They're on the move now." "Speer?" "Yes." "You've heard the Americans advanced into the Ruhr." "If the Ruhr is taken, how would it affect our overall production?" "Whatever remained of our armament production..." "The Third Reich is about to collapse." "Losing the Ruhr would only hasten the inevitable." "I want all inhabitants of the Ruhr to be evacuated starting tomorrow." "One moment." "lssue the order." "Millions of people under battlefield conditions?" "There will be countless civilian casualties." "There will be countless civilian casualties." "If you would." "What do you think, Speer?" "The little bitch has done very well." "She has." "Bormann is now in charge of the gauleiters." "Did you know that?" "So I've been told." "Do you know the reason why?" "Yes." "You have no faith, Speer." "You have no faith in the German people." "We've survived the great battles of the Middle Ages." "We've survived the wars of religion, the Thirty Years War... the Napoleonic War." "We even survived the Great War itself." "You tell me that Germany will no longer exist." "is that what you think?" "There has never been a war such as this one." "That is exactly why I pursue my goal..." "Battles are won, battles are lost... it is essential then never to lose one's nerve." "But we must be able to accept defeat." "God, defeat." "The defeat after defeat... knowing we shall emerge victorious in the end." "All right." "Now, you disobeyed my orders." "Are you aware of what must come from that?" "is there any reason I should not take the measures called for in such a case?" "I ask you not to grant me any special consideration." "that my architect is overworked." "I'll see to it that you go on leave at once." "I'm in perfect heath." "If you no longer want me to continue as your minister... then dismiss me right now." "You must convince yourself that the war is not lost." "My führer... the war is lost." "The war is not lost!" "The war will never be lost!" "We will defeat them!" "We will defeat them all!" "I will destroy Bolshevism!" "of Jewish martyrdom." "I will defeat them all." "I will defy the entire world." "You hear me?" "then you may continue." "I wish I could believe in victory as you do, but I don't." "And I refuse to loin those swine in your entourage... who tell you they believe in victory... when really they don't." "Then I will ask you this." "Do you still hope for a successful conclusion?" "If you could at least hope that the war is not lost." "Surely you must be able to hope." "That would be enough to satisfy me." "You have 24 hours to think over your answer." "l mean, it's an architect's dream" "The führer has just arrived." "Heíl Hitler." "Heíl Hitler." "My führer." "Speer." "Magnificent, Speer." "Truly worthy of the Third Reich." "Splendid." "I'm afraid though, my führer, the little village of Linz... will no longer be a village." "Splendid." "Good. I want construction to start as soon as possible." "Perhaps, we should look over the cost estimates." "Why?" "I know it's going to cost a great deal of money and that's good." "Nothing impresses the Americans more than money, Speer." "Always remember that." "It's wonderful." "Yes." "Yes, well done, Speer." "Well done." "My good architect." "My genius architect, rather." "The world is ours." "Thank you, Bormann." "No, I don't believe it." "You're still alive." "l told him the war is lost." "And he didn't arrest you?" "He gave me 24 hours to change my mind." "And will you?" "Blondie had puppies." "How wonderful!" "Send a message to the troops:" ""Fight to the finish." "Blondie had puppies."" "Do you know... I think the man is actually fond of me." "He'll still have you killed." "No." "Why not?" "Because I'm going to tell him that I support him with all my heart." "including his policy of destruction?" "Yes." "But there will be complications." "I doubt that we'll even get it working, before Germany is totally defeated." "You know what you're trying to do?" "Deceive the greatest master of deceit of this century." "He'll believe me." "Why?" "I knew I could rely on you." "I knew it." "Thank you, Speer." "Thank you." "You will serve your country and you will serve your führer." "Heíl Hitler." "Heíl Hitler." "Get on the trucks." "How long till they reach the front?" "Tomorrow morning." "It's not that far." "Wagner!" "What's going on?" "What happened?" "Roosevelt died this morning." "I tell you it's a gift from God." "Fate has now removed the greatest war criminal in history." "The Jew-lover finally dies." "This is the turning point." "This is the turn of fortune we've been waiting for." "There...." "Frederick the Great... in his worst days." "Almost finished, almost defeated." "And then, a turn of fortune." "You remember the day you became our leader?" "The horoscope given to you by Himmler?" "The prediction of war, a series of setbacks... and then overwhelming victory." "This evening I broadcast the prediction to the people." "Let them know." "Let the world know that miracle will now come to be." "What is it, Bormann?" "Dispatch from General Zeidler." "Misch." "Who?" "Eva Braun." "Just leave it there, please." "Thank you." "Oh, how beautiful!" "lsn't it?" "I have such a weakness for beautiful clothes." "You're too kind." "But it isn't true." "No matter what I wear I always look the peasant." "A!" "lways." "But then I don't complain, you see." "I think he likes me the better for it." "Yes, I will, General. I will tell him." "Yes, sir... yes, I will convey." "The führer wishes me to express his appreciation for your birthday greetings." "No, the rum." "I told you the rum goes in first." "What did you do with those birthday candles, Franz?" "Well, they were...." "Never mind I have them." "How did we ever come to this?" "Good." "How díd we ever come to thís place?" "What?" "Did you say something?" "Welcome to Berlin, Reich führer Himmler." "Von Below..." "Careful." "Look in both directions." "We're surrounded by assassins." "Himmler and his bunker informant." "Goering and his loyal gut." "Speaking for myself, I intend to outlive the Third Reich." "Then why do you keep coming back?" "I'm sentimental about birthdays." "What does Dr. Morell say?" "Nothing." "He tells us nothing." "As you can see for yourself, ever since the assassination attempt at Rastenburg... the bomb came so close..." "Hitler has never been the same." "I don't think we can depend on him much longer." "You have my promise." "He'll be there." "The Luftwaffe can't fly without petrol, Speer." "I think that's quite obvious." "What's equally obvious is that the Ruhr is now cut off from the rest of Germany." "There are no fuel supplies reaching any of the major cities including Berlin." "What we have in storage I've allocated to the hospitals." "The hospitals?" "Yes." "Those are Hitler's orders?" "No." "You've taken it upon yourself-- l've been taking quite a lot upon myself, these days." "Haven't we all?" "The time has come, now... to negotiate peace." "You mean without Hitler?" "I've been in contact with Count Bernadotte of Sweden." "Bernadotte?" "Does he have the authority?" "He has the contacts, Fegelein." "But he's a very simple man." "He has no understanding of the Jewish problem, for instance." "He wants his countrymen returned from the concentration camps." "Can't that be arranged?" "I've agreed to release 1,OOO Jewish women." "If they can be designated Polish instead of Jewish." "I must be cautious." "Yes, keep in contact as long as you can." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Yes, Colonel." "Thank you very much." "The Soviets are storming Rudersdorf, on the outskirts of Berlin." "Friends... loyal friends... I know how difficult it was for you to come here today... believe me..." "There have been questions, I know, about my health." "Well, you see me now." "It is true there is a certain...." "I have a certain trembling in my arm and my legs... but I can assure you, good friends... the trembling has not reached my head or my heart." "No." "Never." "And in the weeks to come..." "And in the weeks to come... we will drive the enemy from our country... and we have the greatest weapon of all... the Teutonic fury of the German people." "We will not be defeated." "We will fight them to the last soldier... to the last tank, to the last aircraft they possess." "We shall not be defeated." "We shall not be defeated." "Thank you." "Long live Germany." "What is it?" "Tell me, what is it?" "The Russians have lust entered the borders of Copenik and Spandau." "Gen. Steiner." "Order General Steiner's Panzer Corps to counterattack at once." "He has fewer than 11,OOO men." "If any commander holds back his forces... he will forfeit his life in five hours." "Tell General Koller... that he will guarantee with his head that the last man will be thrown in." "It's not possible." "How can Steiner counterattack?" "He's having enough trouble retreating." "You know, I know there'll be no counterattack." "With or without orders it will never be attempted." "Who's responsible for the breakthrough?" "It was the 56th Panzer." "They couldn't hold them back." "General Weilding." "Issue an order for his immediate arrest and execution." "führer!" "All officers who do not press the attack... will carry a sign stating, "l am a deserter..." ""and I declined to defend German women and children."" "You will then hang them from the nearest tree." "Good soldier, General." "Kruger." "Kruger." "Wilhelm Kruger, my führer." "Kruger." "Yes." "I wish my generals had your courage." "Thank you, my führer." "Good boy, yes." "Joseph?" "Can you hear me?" "I can hear you, Magda." "What is it now, Joseph?" "I came in from the garden, what do you want?" "I told you I'd let you know when I felt the time had come." "Magda, díd you hear me?" "Yes." "You haven't changed your mind?" "I'll pack up and leave in the morning." "I meant about the chíldren." "That they are going to visit the führer." "They adore him." "You know that?" "Until tomorrow." "From the north at Eberswalde... from the south at Felstehausen." "The Russians are advancing at every defensive stronghold...." "My führer... I think it would be most prudent now if we transferred." "If we moved, all of us to Berchtesgaden." "No." "No, we'll stay here in Berlin." "Perhaps...." "Yes." "No, it's impossible. I can't leave right now." "But listen carefully... I found a wonderful place for you and the children." "I'm sending off written instructions." "You'll be posing as a director of children seeking refuge." "I've taken six children from a party kindergarten... to make the group look entirely plausible." "No, I don't know when I'll see you." "He's determined to stay here and take over the defense of the city." "I will." "Have courage." "Take care of the children." "l lust came to say goodbye." "You?" "You're leaving, too?" "Don't ask me why." "Perhaps the führer just doesn't care anymore." "Dr. Haase is taking my place." "I'm grateful to be leaving." "führer." "Two of the secretaries wish to speak with you." "We have a request, my führer." "We ask to be allowed to remain here with you." "Thank you, my führer." "Hello, Father." "We picked flowers at home." "This is from our garden." "Goodbye, Johannes." "Oh, yes, goodbye, Ribbald." "Do be careful." "l'm on my way." "Yes, good luck." "As long as I'm assigned here." "To tell you the truth, I'm glad to be getting out." "Yes, but you haven't the same loyalty as myself... because you don't know the führer as I do." "Being a member of his personal staff... his chief valet, and being a highly decorated soldier... I consider my position here to be a great honor." "Well, whatever happens, I wish you well, Rochus." "Yes." "Godspeed." "You getting a new assistant?" "No, 24-hour duty." "Me, too." "Liars, tell us." "Lies!" "You!" "You have betrayed me!" "No, führer." "Where's General Steiner?" "Bring me General Steiner, here at once." "We've tried to contact him." "But we think he's been captured." "Where's the Air Force?" "The airfields are completely covered now by enemy fighters." "String them up at once." "lt is vital you leave the bunker immediately." "Why?" "If you're to remain in command of the Reich... then you must go to Berchtesgaden immediately." "I will not go to Berchtesgaden!" "You and all of your incompetents can go to hell!" "I will stay in Berlin!" "Do you hear me?" "I will stay in Berlin." "The Army has betrayed me." "I will fight in Berlin." "My orders were not carried out." "I will fight to my last breath." "I will die in Berlin." "The Third Reich has totally failed." "I'll die in Berlin." "I've been betrayed." "The war is lost." "The war is...." "Excuse me, are you Hentschel?" "Yes." "I'm Dr. Haase." "We've met at the Berchtesgaden, I believe." "l need your help." "My help?" "We've taken a number of wounded into the Chancellery... and set up an emergency casualty station." "But there isn't enough water to go around." "I understand the water comes from an underground spring here in the bunker." "That's right." "Could you possibly divert some of it?" "I could set up some makeshift hoses." "Thank you." "Has this been cleared with Bormann?" "It's been cleared with God." "Nurse!" "Easy, now." "All right, now." "You're getting your water." "Dr. Schenck." "Did you talk to Hitler?" "No." "Well, his condition is getting worse." "There, now." "Get him morphine, immediately." "Oh, no!" "The rumors you hear are quite correct." "Think the führer has long to live?" "At this point... I think the question is academic." "I'll díe for you I'll díe for you" "Hey, you." "My sweetheart!" "Don't you wanna go away, too?" "What is it they say now?" "I'd rather have a Russian soldier on my belly... than a British bomb on my head?" "What is it?" "What happened to Col. Fegelein?" "He's drunk." "I can see that he's drunk." "Why have they brought him in?" "He's been absent for three days." "I put the call through myself... to his Berlin apartment, they just picked him up." "What will they do to him?" "Not much." "Well, for desertion?" "He's married to Eva Braun's sister." "Where is the woman?" "Answer me." "Pearls." "Jewels." "Tell me, General." "You were not by any chance on your way out of Berlin when we found you?" "I have nothing to say." "Was he alone?" "She got away." "There was a woman with him?" "She may have been a spy." "Together, they may have been responsible for the leaks to the enemy lately." "He had a woman with him?" "Fegelein?" "He was obviously about to leave Berlin." "No." "I think it's a case of desertion." "lnterrogate him further." "For what purpose?" "Do you hear me?" "Yes, my führer." "And then?" "Release him." "Release him?" "He's Himmler's liaison man." "I think we must defer to that." "There's no proof, anyway." "His wife is having a baby." "Fegelein's wife is having a baby." "Having a baby?" "Eva told me yesterday." "His wife would be very upset if something should happen to him." "There is an urgent communication." "I've been asked by Gen. Mohnke to give it to you immediately." "Treachery!" "Have you heard?" "We lust heard it on short wave." "Heard what?" "Himmler has been negotiating for a peace settlement." "He's offered to surrender the western armies to Eisenhower." "My God, the swine!" "The stinking swine!" "My führer, I beg you... we can't allow a traitor to succeed you." "We've got to leave for Berchtesgaden at once." "We have aircraft standing by." "You have only to give the word." "What should we do with Gen. Fegelein?" "The passports, the lewels." "He was on his way to loin Himmler." "Shall we keep him under arrest?" "No." "But, he will take off immediately." "He'll leave Berlin as soon as possible." "Gen. Fegelein... is not going anywhere." ""The wolf said, 'My friends..." ""'it is not I..." ""'who killed the lamb." ""'lt's him#" ""He said, 'He looked like me."'" "Hey!" "Sir!" "Maj." "Guenter." "Where is everybody?" "What happened to all the guards?" "Most of them are out fighting for the city." "Albert!" "How good it is of you to come here." "I was delighted to hear you were coming to see the führer." "I've only come to say goodbye." "Exactly." "It's a question of leaving... of getting out of Berlin and going to Berchtesgaden." "The führer values your opinion, Albert." "You must try to convince him to go." "We have such little time left." "You must speak to him." "He will listen to you, I'm sure." "I'm sure he will." "Would you do that?" "If there's one man left in the Reich I know that I can count on... it is you, Albert." "Speer?" "We could have made it... the capital of our National Socialist Party." "Linz." "It would have been a German Budapest." "Linz, the place of my youth." "Many years ago." "Do you remember the great bell tower of the meeting hall... and the marble crypt for my burial place?" "They told me it would cost a great deal of money to build..." "What do I care for money?" "I've never acquired anything of value in my life." "I have nothing." "I have nothing." "A new Germania!" "A new capital for the German people." "It's all a dream." "I have nothing." "What might have been, Speer." "Jodl and the others." "Have you heard?" "I'd like your opinion, please." "It's my opinion that the leader of the German people... should remain here, in Berlin." "He should end his life... in the German capital." "Yes, my friend." "Goebbels agrees with you." "I cannot, of course, join in the fighting myself... I might fall into the hands of the Russians, you understand?" "I would be brought to Moscow, and then caged in a zoo." "They're not gonna cage me in a zoo." "They're not gonna mutilate my corpse." "No." "I've issued orders... that my body be... cremated upon my death." "Believe me Speer, it is easy for me to put an end to my life." "One brief moment." "I'm free of everything." "I'm free of everything." "My führer... there's something I feel I must tell you... before we part today." "These past four weeks... I've deceived you." "I've not carried out your policy of destruction." "Eva...." "What Eva?" "Eva Braun." "by my side." "My führer, did you hear what I had to say to you?" "Without saying goodbye to me." "There you are, Albert." "I even gave orders to the SS Guards... I told them, "You're not to allow Albert Speer to leave until he's seen me."" "You look lovely, lust the same as always." "I hope you like it." "You should since you designed all the furniture yourself." "I know the room is a little small but I just had to have them with m'e." "Champagne?" "Thank you." "Sit, please." "Moët-Chandon." "Only the best." "I must warn you." "Everything tastes rather damp and musty." "Can't be helped." "Heíl Hitler." "Heíl Hitler." "Our farewell drink." "I'm so glad you came." "You know, Bormann thought you might be working against the führer." "But you coming here now proves that you aren't, doesn't it?" "Adolf wanted me to go to Munich, but I refused." "Yes, he told me that you...." "Well, I'm really quite happy here." "I mean, it isn't so terrible." "If only, I didn't have to look at Bormann's face every other moment." "I've never liked that man." "It's all so terrible, Albert." "Why do so many people have to be killed." "And all for nothing." "Aunt Eva, I've lost Chichi." "Who?" "My doll, did I leave her here?" "No, I don't think so." "Why don't you go ask Traudl." "Goodnight." "You can read for two more minutes." "Sweetheart, finish up for me, will you?" "Albert, I heard you might be coming." "The children are adapting very well, I think." "How's your family, Albert?" "How's your family, Albert?" "They're all at Berchtesgaden." "Look, Magda." "There's still enough time." "I can arrange for barges." "Barges?" "On the Havel River." "They can take you to the Elbe, to the Americans." "Don't you know, Albert." "We have no intention of leaving here." "But you have to realize, when the Russians arrive" "My husband and I have decided to die with the führer." "I was thinking of the children." "So am I." "Our lives have no further meaning without Hitler." "But, Magda...." "The children are so young and" "And far too good for the kind of life that will come after us." "Damn it, Magda!" "How do you know what kind of life is coming after you?" "Don't be apprehensive, Albert." "Look." "Yesterday, the führer took off his golden party badge and gave it to me." "Can you imagine, Albert." "We're so proud to be ending our lives with him." "I look upon it as a precious gift of fate." "Mother." "Excuse me." "What is it, dear?" "What are you doing?" "Come on." "Yes." "And that's all?" "Yes, of course, I will at once." "to Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop." "I've transcribed it, I don't know if you can read my writing." ""lf by 10:" "OO p.m., April 23..." ""it is apparent that the führer has lost his freedom of action..." ""to conduct the affairs of the Reich." ""Then, I, Reich Marshall Hermann Goering..." ""inherit all of his offices."" "He sits there on the mountaintop in Berchtesgaden... and tells the whole world, he's taking command of the Third Reich." "We must take action immediately." "Brutal." "He's a brutal man." "Hard as iron." "Ruthless, cold." "In a crisis, he's ice cold." "He's ice cold." "He's committed an act of treason." "We stood together... yealS a90." "Goering... determined, deadly." "The man...." "Well, he's a drug addict, Bormann." "Corrupt." "He's a drug addict." "It is a well known fact." "What do you intend to do?" "Yeah." "How do you intend to deal with Goering." "The situation demands more than a resignation." "A telegram to Ribbentrop." "is there no honor left?" "We can still reach the SS at Obersalzberg." "Place him under arrest." "I'm leaving now, my führer." "I wanted to say goodbye." "And...." "There are four aircraft one of them is a Junker 3!" "90." "It's no use, Baur." "He won't leave." "I could fly him to Argentina." "l know of a place to refuel-- -lt's no use." "Bormann, where is he?" "The führer is with his secretaries." "Yes, and Eva." "They're having afternoon tea with crumpets." "Would you like to loin them?" "How would you like some afternoon tea and crumpets." "And do you remember?" "We would sit around the fireplace and listen to the music of Wagner." "You could see the snow falling outside... and you knew there was no place on earth as beautiful." "I always felt like a Wagnerian god there." "So high above the clouds." "And do you remember the cook?" "Will Kanenberg?" "But the sausages that man could make, and the little cream cakes." "You loved those cream cakes with the chocolate sauce, remember?" "The little cakes of Berchtesgaden." "The cook that was trained in Vienna." "That's total incompetence." "Vienna should have been held." "They lost their courage." "They lost their faith in the will of the Almighty." "They lost their courage." "They lost their faith in the will of the Almighty." "Please." "Let's not talk about Vienna." "Let's think only of Berchtesgaden." "How lovely it is in the spring." "The flowers." "The valleys turning green." "More tea?" "Please, can we tell them?" "Let's tell them now." "This evening, as soon as the arrangements can be made... we are going to be married." "What is your name?" "Wagner." "Walter Wagner." "Party member." "I have." "Stay here." "Dismissed." "He'll do." "We'll have to wait." "The führer is talking to Dr. Goebbels." "lt's almost midnight." "What difference does it make?" "And listen to this:" ""Brave King Frederick..." ""wait for a little while and the days that you're suffering will be over." ""Behind the clouds, the sun of your good fortune is already rising." ""Soon, it will show itself to you."" "And it did." "He was on the point of perishing, and he was saved." "The applications have been accepted... the bands examined and found to be in order." "Do you attest that you're of pure Aryan descent..." "and free of hereditary diseases?" "Yes." "I ask you, my leader Adolf Hitler." "Do you attest that you're of pure Aryan descent..." "and free of hereditary diseases." "Yeah." "Since both of these engaged persons... have stated their willingness to enter into matrimony... I herewith declare the marriage valid before the law." "If you will sign the document, please." "To the lovely bride." "Congratulations." "They've taken over the Potsdamer Platz." "Tanks, artillery, infantry." "Russian soldiers everywhere." "Soldiers, ignorant peasants, raping every woman they can find... stealing the flush toilets because they think they're potato-washing machines." "Good evening, gentlemen." "Or should I say good morning." "What's that music?" "A party." "What?" "Oh, God." "Welcome to the wedding party." "Wedding?" "führeriust married Eva Braun." "Are you serious?" "Don't they realize the Russians could be here in this bunker within 48 hours?" "Speak to the führer." "Tell him it's our last chance to leave." "Where is he?" "I don't see him." "And so I have decided at the end of my life... to marry the young woman, who, after many years of true friendship... came of her own free will to this city... when it was almost completely under siege, in order to share my fate." "We have chosen death... I'm talking about Russian assault troops only 300 meters from here." "l think we can get out if we move now." "You're wasting your breath, General." "The führer will not leave Berlin, nor will I, my wife, or my children." "I never wanted war." "the agents of Jewish Marxist interests." "Posterity simply cannot place... the blame for this war on me." "Out of the ruins of our cities... there will arise a new hatred... for those people who are... ultimately responsible." "Before my death..." "Hermann Goering..." "SS Heinrich Himmler, from the party." "They have brought shame... on our country and our people." "Disloyalty has undermined our resistance... and it has not been granted for me to lead my people..." "We'll have three groups in the breakout." "What are our chances?" "If we make it to the Strachow factory... if we get that far, stick together, we should make it to the British lines." "Excuse me, Gen. Mohnke." "The führer would like to see you immediately." "My führer." "You've assumed command of the Berlin fighting?" "Yes, my führer." "My life is in your hands." "I wish to live until the fifth of May." "There is some significance to that day?" "The fifth of May is the anniversary of Napoleon's death." "History will be my iudge... as it was for him." "is that all, my führer?" "To Admiral Dönitz." "The führer is now conducting the defense of Berlin." "He orders you to proceed against all traitors who are not fighting." "Send it out at once." "Sir." "until the breakout." "Yes, sir." "Here." "This one." "l want you to have this one." "Oh, no, I couldn't take it. I couldn't." "Please, don't be silly." "I have no use for it now." "And you will have it for this winter, and your life after the war." "And when you put it on, dear Traudl, you will think of me... and the times we shared in Bavaria, huh?" "We're closing the doors here, Dr. Schenck." "Why?" "We need all the air we can get." "Dr. Goebbels is having a farewell party for his friends." "Dr. Goebbels would like six of the wounded soldiers... to attend the party." "They're boys, mere boys, and many of them are dying." "Everyone be seated." "I wish to express my deep appreciation for your loyalty and your devotion." "Although our enemies remain greatly impressed... with the courageous, fighting spirit of our troops... it must be stated that the morale of our men is slowly sinking." "The enemy is now indulging in a great orgy of hate... and a thirst for destruction." "For that reason, we must fight till the final breath in our bodies." "I wish I could tell you the struggle might still succeed." "Unfortunately, that's not the case." "The enemy has stated, under no conditions will Germany be given lenient treatment." "Of course, that's the work of the Jews." "I hope anyone in a position to do so... will kill off these Jews like the vermin they are." "In Germany, that job already is fairly complete." "I trust the world will take its cue from us." "I look at these brave, young, fighting men... and my heart goes out to them." "Let us show them our gratitude, shall we?" "The blue dragoons, they are rídíng" "Through the gates, through the gates musíc thrílls" "The fanfares are our companíons" "Proudly they ríde to the hílls" "Proudly they ríde to the hílls" "The neíghíng horses are pawíng" "Trees of bírch gently wave as they pass" "Banners on theír lances flutteríng hígh ln the breeze flutteríng hígh ín the breeze" "We got the news from a Stockholm radio broadcast." "Go on." "The report is that Mussolini and his mistress... were captured by partisans yesterday and executed." "Yes." "Their bodies were taken to a public square... and hung there upside down." "There you are." "Did you bring them?" "Yes, my führer." "Cyanide capsules." "Where did you get them?" "They were given to me by Himmler's physician." "Himmler?" "Has it been tested?" "The box is sealed." "How can we do that?" "What, my führer?" "How can we test them?" "This way." "That's right." "Keep her still." "Hello, Blondie." "Get her mouth open." "That's it." "There we are." "What do we do with the puppies?" "Kill them." "My dear." "Are you afraid?" "No." "I'm not even thinking about my own death." "It's the children." "That's where l must have a great deal of courage." "Dear God." "The dear and gracious God will forgive me, I know... if I myself give them their release." "I wouldn't trust anyone else." "You ready?" "Let us say goodbye." "My führer." "Thank you, my führer, but I couldn't accept such a gift." "You deserve it." "It has great historical value." "Well, I would accept it only to give to a museum one day." "Thank you." "Guenter, is everything ready?" "Yes, my führer." "Will you keep that door closed?" "Then you wait 10 minutes before you open it." "I will." "Goodbye, Guenter." "Goodbye, my führer." "Bite down hard." "It's time." "Get the hell out of here!" "I wanted to walk." "Come, my love." "Sit down." "Listen, my darlings... we're going to fly to Berchtesgaden tomorrow with the führer." "Now, I want you to go to bed very early tonight." "And as soon as you're ready for bed... I'm going to give each of you a sweet chocolate." "It will help to keep you from having airsickness." "No, my love." "Only one a piece." "One big piece." "Putting you through now." "Through now." "Misch, Misch, you're a fish." "Now, my darlings." "Off to bed." "Sleep well." "Good night, Helga." "Good night, Helmuth." "Come on, sweet." "What's the matter?" "They're going to die." "Who are?" "All of the children are going to die." "But why?" "Dr. Haase told me, and no one can stop it now." "No one." "Why?" "Dr. Goebbels wishes to know if the bodies have been inspected." "You may tell him he can rest assured... that they are beyond all human recognition." "Good night, darling." "Good night." "Good night." "Good night." "Sleep tight." "Good night." "Good night." "Good night." "Good night, darling." "I don't like it." "It tastes funny." "Eat it, sweet, otherwise you'll be sick in the morning." "Good night, Mother." "Good night, love." "We stopped those rotten communists dead in their tracks... here on their home ground." "Those days will never be forgotten." "We sang the Horst Wessel together, right on the streets." "And I tell you it was the power of the führer... that brought the people over to the Nationalist Party." "The masses don't want to be burdened with problems." "They desire only one thing:" "to be led by a great leader." "That's what the intellectuals never understood." "But I can assure you, Hitler knew it." "So, now what happens?" "We leave everything to the moneychangers..." "We gave the world the solution to the Jewish problem." "And how do they thank us?" "We gave them reasons and options to take pride in their existence." "We gave them perception and meaning to live as nations... based on firm foundations of clear and shining examples." "And how do they thank us:" "unconditional betrayal." "That will be the true verdict of world history." "That's their problem now." "Excuse me, gentlemen." "up this long flight of stairs." "Now we can't possibly go this way... because the Soviets have blocked off the river route." "So, we make our way as quickly as possible across the Wilhelmstrasse... to the shelter at the Kaiserdorf subway station." "What are you doing?" "Smallpox." "I'm giving myself smallpox." "Do you want to be raped?" "Use it." "I want to leave with your group." "As you wish, Bormann." "Good luck." "Johannes, goodbye." "Goodbye, frau Junge." "Goodbye." "Thank you." "Johannes!" "Oh, my God." "You scared me to death." "I thought you had gone." "Thought you had, too." "So, what happens now?" "I'm hungry." "Let's eat." "You coming?" "If they want to shoot me, they won't find me." "I'll throw off the lights... seal the doors... start the sprinkler system...." "Where are you going?" "I'm leaving." "Where?" "Where?" "I don't know where." "Maybe I lust don't want to die here." "Rochus... for the first time, you look like a real soldier." "would you give this letter to my wife?" "Was about to ask you the same thing." "What's the time?" "Almost 4:" "OO a.m." "What can I say?" "Good luck, Rochus." "And you, Johannes." "Stand by, please." "Stand by for an ímportant announcement." "It ís reported today, that our führer, AdoIF Hítler... díed fíghtíng ín Berlín." "fíghtíng tíll hís last breath agaínst the enemíes of the Reích." "You have just wítnessed the last days of Adolf Hítler... and met the people who worked and líved wíth hím ín the Berlín bunker." "Of all those ín the last desperate breakout... only síx were able to elude Russían capture." "Mrs. Chrístían and Mrs. Junge were among the síx." "They were captured by the Brítísh." "for years ít was thought that Martín Bormann... had escaped to South Ameríca." "But hís body was díscovered ín Berlín ín 1972... and posítívely ídentífíed." "A suícíde, at the tíme of the breakout." "Albert Speer was sentenced at the Nuremberg tríals... to 20 years ímprísonment." "He líves ín Heídelberg today where he has wrítten hís memoírs." "Mohnke..." "Guenter, Rattenhuber... and Baur... were captured by the Russíans and sent to Sovíet príson camps." "Col. Von _elow, the last offícer to leave the bunker... was captured by the Brítísh." "Sergeant Rochus Mísch spent many years ín a Russían camp." "Today, he's stíll a Berlíner and líves only two míles from the old bunker." "Johannes Hentschel, the machíníst, also captured by the Russíans... lt was Thomas Hardy who saíd, "Whíle much ís too strange to be belíeved..." ""nothíng ís too strange to have happened."" "For nothing will stop the mighty will of the German people." "Nothing." "For, they stand united." "One nation unified under the banner of National Socialism." "As one people, as one party... one leader, one Germany." "Long live National Socialism."