"Don't touch her !" "Especially not you !" "Why do you say that ?" "Without your idiocies yesterday, it wouldn't have happened." "That's a Collabo's arguments." "Yes, if the Collabo's say two and two makes four, then I agree with them !" "The Boches were leaving with their tails between their legs." "It's disgusting to say that." "Can't you shut up ?" "Just shut up." "Paul !" "Remi !" "I'll take her myself." "Be careful." "Right..." "Take care of the others." "Go look for... something to put the bodies in I don't know.... go in the courtyard." "Go on, make a patrol." "To see if all the Boches and Miliciens have left." "People say they've seen Milice in front of Seurres station." "Well, I don't give a damn about "they say" !" "If they're gone... we'll make a tour of the village, and then ring a peal of bells." "To announce the good news." "We must put up CDL posters posters everywhere." "The most recent... not the July ones !" "Where's Edmond ?" "Where's the leader of the CDL ?" "He had important things to do." "That's right, yes." "I'm sorry." "Leave me alone." "Why did you say that just now ?" "It's not my fault... if..." "I..." "Shut up !" "You have to learn to shut up when required." "You've nothing better to do than..." "repeat that it's not your fault ?" "What is there better to do, now ?" "Bury her." "And then avenge her." "We're not going running after the Boches !" "It isn't the Boches who hanged Marie." "The Miliciens ?" "No, it's Marchetti." "ON THE PLATFORM" "So you came, in the end." "No, no." "What do you plan to do in Belfort ?" "I don't know." "Visit the town." "And you ?" "Some of the Milice are regrouping there." "Then volunteers will go to fight in Germany." "But you won't be going ?" "The war's over, Marchetti." "And we've lost it." "We..." "Who are these "We" ?" "Those who dreamed of a clean France." "A strong France in a healthy Europe." "I don't do politics, myself." "You're funny, you !" "The girl just now..." "What girl ?" "At the school." "Yeah, well what ?" "You wanted her personally, or..." "No." "So why did you do it ?" "Because you're doing politics, Marchetti, my lad." "Whether you like it or not." "She annoyed me !" "At some point, women should shut up." "The Allies are in Besançon." "The line's cut." "The train will have to make a detour via Moissay." "They're talking about one to two hours." "Say..." "What we did to the family of Resistants at the farm..." "Well ?" "My sister doesn't know about it..." "I don't want her to find out." "She believes the Milice is a branch of the Red Cross, perhaps ?" "No, but..." "Don't worry." "Me neither, I'm not proud of what we did there." "I won't brag about it." "Who are these people ?" "What do you want ?" "I'm Jules Bériot's wife." "Have you any news of him ?" "No." "But you know who he is ?" "Yes... but I haven't seen him since January." "So then ?" "So what ?" "How was he in January ?" "He'd been promoted in rank." "I don't know any more." "You're sure ?" "You don't know anything else ?" "Listen, I'm not the information desk." "Do you have any news of Bériot ?" "No." "Nothing since March." "In March..." "How was he ?" "He had to go to a meeting..." "They were all arrested." "I don't know if he was there..." "I don't know if he came back, I don't know..." "You think he's dead ?" "I don't know." "I don't know." "How did it happen ?" "What does it matter ?" "I had her son in my school." "Raoul." "She was a good woman." "One day I needed help, and she helped me." "When will you bury her ?" "I don't know" "I can't get used to the idea she's dead, let alone bury her." "Let him go !" "He's my uncle." "What are you doing here ?" "Where's your aunt ?" "She left with the Boche." "And she left you alone, no doubt !" "She wanted to take me to your house." "I said no." "She left, just like that ?" "In the middle of the night, yes." "Being specially careful to take dresses." "You don't know Auntie Hortense very well." "She's even worse than you." "Don't use that tone with me, Gustave." "I'll talk to you however I want." "She's worse than you, except for one thing." "She's not a hypocrite, she says what she thinks." "You do your dirt with a smile." "Jérémie... the ham !" "Since when have you been in the black market ?" "At home, doesn't your maid often buy on the black market ?" "You're allowed, but not me ?" "Buying on the black market... everyone does that." "Selling is something else." "If there was no-one buying, there'd be no-one selling..." "Uncle..." "Gustave, do you hear the bells ?" "I'm not deaf." "The Germans have gone." "That's why I came." "I was worried for you and your aunt." "You'd be better off worrying about your neck." "You're going to have some explaining to do." "You don't know what you're saying." "I know how my father died and how you got out of it." "The rest I don't care about." "You can't ignore all the rest of it !" "I did like everyone else." "I did what I could." "You can't blame me all your life !" "You let my father die, damn you !" "The only thing I could do was to die with him." "I preferred to live." "Is that a crime ?" "You'll stay in the black market as if nothing's happened !" "No." "I'll raise prices." "Without the Boches, it'll be even crazier." "Come on, Jérémie, let's go." "We'll empty the cellar." "It's going to be OK." "I'm scared." "You'll see..." "We'll have the luck of the newly married." "On my wedding day, we had a puncture leaving the Mairie." "It ruined our honeymoon." "With me, it's different." "Come on, be brave." "Come on." "Trust me." "Just now you said I shouldn't trust you." "I lied." "I can't let you pass through, Monsieur." "My father's ill, I'm taking him some medicine." "At Vilnahaye, it's two kilometers away." "Show me the medicine." "It's a medicine for rheumatism." "Nothing urgent about that." "It's just that..." "He has it very badly." "Get going, Monsieur." "I've no time to waste." "Feldgendarme !" "Ask Division again !" "Where are the Americans." "If this goes on, we'll be captured like idiots." "Mobile Frontier calling Division !" "Reply Division !" "Mobile Frontier calling Division !" "Reply Division !" "I'm returning to Germany with my wife" "She's French." "You've been de-mobilised Herr Steiger." "I have to get back to Saarbrücken quickly, to take up my new post with Civil Defence." "Where is your travel document ?" "I was on duty in Villeneuve, the town fell suddenly." "I didn't have time to gather up my things." "The papers are back there." "You were able to bring your marriage certificate." "Listen..." "I have no time to lose !" "I want to speak to your superior officer !" "Here I'm my own superior officer, Mein Herr !" "And my job is to track down deserters and traitors." "Your story isn't clear !" "Oh yes ?" "I'm a good friend of the SD Chief in Saarbrücken !" "He's going to cause a big change in your career, believe me !" "What's your name, Feldgendarme ?" "Very well." "No need to get excited." "Carry on." "Thank you." "I'm going to get the car." "You know this man ?" "Well yes, he's Heinrich Muller, chief of the Villeneuve SD." "Halt !" "Don't move !" "You don't have the right to take her like that !" "You're doing it anyway." "Are you going to stop me ?" "She sacrificed herself for the Resistance." "Her body belongs to the Resistance." "It belongs to no-one." "Not even to me." "As for the Resistance... there's no-one left to resist against." "Why are you taking her ?" "Because I need to." "I want to choose where she'll lie." "And if Raoul doesn't want that ?" "I don't care." "He's her son, though, damn it !" "It was me who liberated Raoul, with Antoine..." "He's not going to piss me off." "He's still her son, Raymond." "If he wants to see her, let him come to the sawmill." "I'll tell him where she is." "You dig well, by the way." "One would think you'd done it all your life." "What else do we do, all our life ?" "A philosopher-traitor." "That's new !" "Tell me..." "Have you been to Russia ?" "How do you think I got my Iron Cross ?" "Screwing Frenchwomen ?" "I was a year in the Ukraine." "In 41-42." "So?" "is that an excuse for being a deserter and traitor ?" "No... but between former Russia hands, we owe each other a last favour" "Go ahead...." "This woman... she's French... she's not done anything wrong..." "To be with you... that's something wrong." "You see, I too am a philosopher." "Spare her." "Orders are to immediately execute traitors, and those who accompany them." "Orders, orders..." "You didn't get the Iron Cross by obeying orders..." "You're a crafty one... you, eh ?" "Let her go..." "That will be your good deed for the year." "I don't want to." "Hortense !" "What do you want me to do, alone without you !" "Live." "Live, it's always better." "And our zweizamkeit ?" "I'm tired, Heinrich." "I think you've finished digging." "Come on." "Wait !" "Give me your shoes." "For my wife." "These shoes are nice..." "Are you going to tell him where they came from ?" "It'll be alright." "Listen to me, it's going to be alright." "It's fine." "Go to sleep now." "So ?" "No news." "Well... he may have been arrested in March." "But, how can that be ?" "The Resistance guys ought to know !" "Papa, the Resistance is large today." "Yes, but nonetheless..." "Is the little one asleep ?" "Any other questions ?" "I don't see the point of returning here if your husband's not here." "The German have left, I can go back to work." "But, what work !" "There's no class until at least January." "Exactly." "From now until January there's plenty to do, believe me" "I'd prefer you stay at the farm." "You know I've got used to it." "You... yes." "And I'll miss the little one." "Papa, the farm hasn't been for me for 5 years..." "It's not for me today, and it never will be." "Yes, and that's a pity !" "Look, there's a letter for you." "Perhaps it says where he is." "(a letter from Marguerite)" "It's not him." "Who is it, then ?" "It's no-one." "Will you stay and sleep here tonight ?" "Ah... well, yes." "Just one night then." "But Lucienne, what will you do if..." "If what ?" "If your husband doesn't come back." "Well, like you since Maman's death." "I'd make do." "Well, I mean, I'd make do without..." "You... get out here." "They're going to question us." "I think we'll get through this." "Want a smoke ?" "What got you into the Milice, Alban ?" "You !" "Me ?" "Definitely !" "You don't remember arresting him last year ?" "You know, I arrested so many." "You asked the judge to charge me." "Resulting in Disciplinary Forced Work Service... in East Prussia." "Christ !" "I had my Godfather." "He got me into Milice, with a clean slate." "You never should have accepted." "You're insulting the Godfather's memory." "God rest his soul." "But doing STO was better than the Milice." "East Prussia doesn't appeal to me too much." "So, you're going to find yourself in West Prussia." "Where would you want me to go ?" "Cache your uniform and go hide with your sister." "It's easy to say that." "Blanchon !" "I'm bringing you my Jews." "There are fifteen." "You must deliver them to the Gestapo at Belfort... they'll wait for you at the station." "Listen..." "What ?" "We have our families here." "Can't you make other arrangements ?" "You convoy my Jews, or you don't get on this train." "Are we in agreement ?" "Try to understand the situation !" "I'm in a hurry, Monsieur Blanchon." "I don't have time to understand." "Why complicate your life with some Jews, eh ?" "At worst, throw them from the moving train." "What's the problem ?" "So ?" "OK..." "Alban !" "Guillaume..." "bring the Yids over here." "These are foreign Jews, I hope ?" "Do you think I asked for their papers ?" "A Jew is a Jew." "French, German, it meaningless for them." "I don't like the Jews... but a Frenchman is a Frenchman." "I warn you." "The Belfort Gestapo have a list." "If one's missing, you'll have big problems." "If all goes well, you'll have your Ausweis for Freiburg." "I leave you three soldiers, who'll stay until the end of boarding." "They'll report back to me." "Come on, jump." "Quick !" "Well then, what do we tell them ?" "You, nothing..." "I'll do the talking... you play the ravishing idiot." "...dumb." "If they question us separately ?" "But no... !" "That's what you would have done." "It's routine." "They won't waste time separating us." "They want to complete their report, that's all." "They've put us here... together..." "look.." "It's a good sign." "They're swallowing Steiger, the anti-fascist." "Or they're making us over-confident, the better to trap us." "Are you becoming paranoid ?" "That's just as well." "If they hold us... sell them the story of Sidonie Parmentier, an easy girl." "I picked you up in Seurres two weeks ago..." "You know nothing about me, except I'm SS... and I lie a lot." "Yes !" "I'll tell the truth." "Oh, that's the only way to lie well, and for a long time." "But be careful." "Their Intelligence officers aren't idiots." "If you embroider too much, they'll see it." "They'll catch you out." "I had the impression someone was watching us." "It's you they wanted to see." "They must be disappointed." "We were lucky, though." "Young marrieds." "I told you so." "Do you think we will get married for real one day ?" "In any case, our chances are better than they were an hour ago." "I imagine... a wedding... in America... or Africa..." "Where we know no-one, and no-one knows us." "Terra incognita (unknown territory)" "Paradise." "The important thing is to know your priorities." "We have instructions..." "It's not for history to decide, it's just to give his opinion..." "Please !" "Please !" "Please !" "Today, what's urgent is restoring the Republic." "What Republic ?" "De Gaulle's ?" "Suzanne don't get started." "It's a real issue." "We didn't fight to put De Gaulle in power." "At least not me." "Me neither." "Who, then, do you want to put in power ?" "I don't know exactly." "But not a reactionary old general." "He's not old, he's 54." "That's bleeding old." "Do I record that ?" "Yes, you record everything." "No, listen, Antoine's right." "We need young Resisters." "Don't you agree ?" "Anselme ?" "I don't care !" "If you want to know what I think... the young won't be any less stupid than the old." "Listen, listen... to determine who we put in power, there'll be elections." "When this shambles is over, and when peace is signed." "In the meantime, the immediate urgency is food supplies and security." "Wait, you're going too fast guys." "Look, we're not talking slower so you can write." "It won't be completely accurate !" "Condense it, note the essentials." "The essentials !" "Hey, for security, for example..." "What's the framework, and with what authority ?" "That of the CDL." "I can arrest you in the name of the CDL ?" "No, not the CDL, on behalf of the Government." "We're not Government, we're the Resistance." "It's the same thing." "It's the same ?" "Not at all." "You're kidding !" "All factions of the CDL are represented in the Government." "Starting with the Communists ?" "Yes." "And the Socialists, Radicals and Christians." "Everyone." "But they're bureaucrats recruited in London or Algiers..." "Not Resisters, not field guys." "Oh misery !" "I forgot." "How boring public debate and democracy is !" "And how well it went under the Vichy French State !" "We need a good dictatorship." "You see it's good to be able to disagree." "I've missed a good political shouting match." "We need a good dictatorship." "Do I record that ?" "Oh no, no." "We said the essenti..." "What the hell's going on !" "Get down !" "Get down !" "Fernand, get down !" "You're crazy." "Don't go near the window." "Papa, be careful !" "Shit...." "Boches !" "Boche in black uniforms." "I knew it was a mistake to come here." "But at this point... !" "Right !" "Is there a concealed exit ?" "There's a street door in the big one's yard." "Yes, go get the girl." "We'll try it." "Come on, let's go, let's go, let's go..." "They've got a heavy machine gun." "Hey, cover me." "You OK ?" "Yeah !" "We have to get out." "We'll separate !" "We'll meet at the sawmill." "Keep down !" "This way, this way." "Go ahead guys." "Having to escort these Jews is a real burden." "As well as the families." "I no longer even know what to tell my wife." "And then there's also what you said... if there are French among them..." "Yes, well... who will ever know ?" "If you've to answer for it after the war..." "Eh ?" "Deporting French people..." "If, as you say, I've to give an account, that would be the least of it." "It wouldn't hurt to see if there are any French." "Well, I don't want any trouble in Belfort." "If one or two are missing, what difference would it make ?" "Apparently Schneider sent a list to the Belfort Gestapo... so there mustn't be any missing." "What do you risk, in the end ?" "Eh, really ?" "To find ourselves in Germany, no status, no Ausweis... no other resources... with our families on our hands." "No, Marchetti." "That's the burden." "But we're forced to carry on to the end." "Who are these two ?" "Terrorists." "They fired on us." "Send a vehicle around to proclaim Martial Law." "No-one in the streets." "Shoot on sight." "Five patrols report at H + 30" "Is the school Headmaster amongst you ?" "Keep quiet !" "I'm the Headmaster's wife, he's not here." "He's wrong." "How could you kill these people like that !" "I'm tired of terrorists shooting at me lately, dear Madame." "They have no uniform." "they mix with civilians... sometimes they shoot us in the back..." "I respect soldiers, not terrorists." "Do you know this school well ?" "I've been here four years." "Perfect." "Take the child !" "You're mad !" "What are you doing ?" "Don't worry." "We won't harm your child... if you do exactly what we ask." "We're going to set up a hospital... and you're going to take care of our wounded." "wash, feed and care for them." "We won't stay long." "Is that understood ?" "Good !" "What happened at the school ?" "There was no sentry !" "By repeating the Boches were gone, everyone ended up believing it." "Starting with us !" "Who are these guys ?" "You saw their black uniforms." "Black means an armoured unit." "Surely a retreating Division." "They won't stay long." "We're going to stay here, a while." "Notice to the public..." "I've known better places for a waiting room." "Notice to the public !" "Martial law is declared until further notice." "Notice to the public !" "Martial law is declared until further notice." "Gustave, stop, for God's sake !" "It's curfew." "The Germans are shooting on sight." "Is that right !" "I thought the Germans had left ?" "Come on Jérémie." "Stop, dammit !" "Leave me alone." "The important thing is to get Françoise back." "What came over you, putting yourself forward ?" "Papa, that's really not the point." "Don't worry, they won't harm her, they need us for now." "Shall we take care of him ?" "Huh..." "Yes." "Come on." "At the count of one... two... three." "Holy cow !" "These Boches are heavy." "What's more, they're full of lead." "Papa !" "Excuse me !" "Please !" "Here." "We'll fix the mattress." "Shall we roll him ?" "Gently." "So he doesn't get hurt..." "Hold on, if that happens he'll be dead !" "Gently !" "Oh no, he's not dead." "The poor man !" "The "poor thing", he's a Boche damnit !" "Well he's a human being." "Imbee Kannter !" "Ah, what names they have." "Imbee, eh, can you imagine being called Imbee." "Imbecile, yes !" "He really has trouble breathing." "We must tell the Major." "Major ?" "The officer is a Major." "You know German ranks ?" "She's sleeping." "No... you're going to wake her." "I know about such things." "You know..." "I have three daughters." "I came to see you about Leutnant Kannter." "Who is this Kannter ?" "The badly burned one, with all the bandages." "Ah yes." "Well ?" "He's breathing really badly." "What do you want me to do ?" "It's up to you to do something." "I'm not a doctor." "Do you have a doctor in your unit ?" "He was slain by these..." "terrorists you hold so dear." "And the nurse deserted." "We at least should change his bandages." "Well then, do it." "Do you have new bandages ?" "Well, of course, we do have those." "At least that bastard nurse..." "didn't run off with our supplies !" "It seems you're a good person... it's rare at the moment." "Take her." "If you play fair with me..." "I won't play games with you." "Thank you." "Do you want me to relieve you for a while ?" "No." "It keeps me occupied, and you're not one of us." "At the stage I'm at, you know..." "Oh, no." "The chief wouldn't be happy." "What if I could get you and your sister into Switzerland..." "I don't understand." "I'd like you to help me with something." "Well, go ahead." "To do what ?" "Get a Jewess out of the group." "But, uh... that's irregular..." "The chief said the fifteen Jews must reach Belfort." "Do you want to get your sister away or not ?" "Passes are useless for getting into Switzerland." "Anyway, we'll be turned back." "Blanchon !" "The Americans have cut our last remaining railway line." "Now, there'll certainly be no train." "Shit !" "I can give you the means for a convoy to Belfort." "We've abandoned three trucks at the Villeneuve barracks... with some fuel..." "In exchange for... ?" "You liquidating my Jews." "I can't leave the harvest behind me." "Subtitles by Rod Clarke Whitby, Ont March 2015"