Passport to Freedom (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Episode #1.5 - full transcript
♪ Yes, sir ♪
♪ That's my baby ♪
♪ No, sir, I don't mean maybe ♪
♪ Yes, sir, that's my baby now ♪
♪ Yes, sir, we decided ♪
♪ No, sir, we won't hide it ♪
♪ Yes, sir, that's my baby now ♪
♪ By the way... ♪
[Music continues indistinctly]
♪ Yes, sir, that's my baby ♪
♪ No, sir, don't mean maybe ♪
♪ Yes, sir,
that's my baby now ♪
S"They dance
outrageously."
"They call it swing.
Girls paint their nails
and wear lipstick."
"Aryans dance with Jews.
It's monstrous."
Who wrote this denunciation?
A senior banner leader.
He's bringing his troop as
reinforcements.
So now I take my
orders from Hitler Youth.
Commander Heinz was
quite pleased
with the information.
Yes, yes, yes.
It's a worthy cause.
Just feels a little lightweight
after invading Poland this
morning.
[Swing music playing
in distance]
♪ Yes, sir,
that's my baby ♪
♪ No, sir, I don't mean maybe ♪
♪ Yes, sir, that's my baby now ♪
[Door opens]
[Music stops, women screaming]
Race traitor!
Race defiler!
[Spits]
You're under arrest.
For what, dancing?
Anglophile tendencies.
[Grunts and screams]
You divide 60,000
reichsmark by...
12.
Good boy.
Here you are, Edu.
Thank you, Mom.
Why don't you go to bed
now, darling,
and finish that in the morning?
OK.
Don't you want your
strudel?
No.
He looks so tired.
I'm not surprised.
Have you seen this?
"Work out how much it would
cost the state
to keep one cripple alive for
a year."
It's monstrous.
[Knock on door]
The Fuhrer.
Open the door.
[Sighs]
Shh, she'll hear you.
Here.
At last, I can drive.
My slowest pupil ever.
Thank you.
Did you get the residence
certificates?
I got 10 more.
Brilliant.
Oh, wait, I need to tuck Edu in.
But Joao's here.
Did you brush your teeth,
sweetheart?
Drink, Milton?
No, thanks.
I won't wreck your evening.
You're welcome to stay.
Where do you get them from?
I think it's safer if
you don't know.
Does Aracy know?
Scotch?
No, thank you.
I'll leave you lovebirds alone.
I'll see you
to the door.
Please.
Good night.
Good night.
[Door closes]
[Closes lid]
Thank you.
Hardner trusts no one,
but he trusts his supplier.
Who is it?
It's safer if you
don't know.
But you know, don't you?
This war in Poland
gives them the perfect cover
to kill their enemies.
They won't risk falling
out with Brazil
over a disobedient office clerk.
They can make you
disappear.
They do it all the time.
Joao, please stop.
I'm really tired.
You're tired because
you're wearing yourself out
with this secret work.
Even Edu's exhausted.
Don't!
Don't try to make me feel
guilty about my child.
I'm not.
I just want to lose you, Ara,
nor does--
I don't want to lose
you, either.
So stop telling me what I can
and can't do.
I was doing this before
you came.
You said you wouldn't make
me choose.
All right then, I won't.
[Door slams]
[Sighs]
You were right,
he's an ex-cop.
Milton Hardner.
Suspected anti-government
tendencies.
Driving instructor now.
Good cover if he's
setting up a Brazilian boy
to smuggle Jewish loot.
He doesn't look like
a smuggler.
Brunner says anything
we can pin on him is fine
if it'll help send him back
to Brazil
and make Colonel Zumkle happy.
Why does Zumkle want
him out of the picture?
I don't know.
But we all want to make Colonel
Zumkle happy.
[Piano music playing]
Right this way.
Good to see you.
Hey.
To Colonel Zumkle, as
he's known around the office,
King Midas of Hamburg.
[All chuckle]
Cigarette?
Don't worry Schaffer,
it's all on me.
Yes.
Well, it'll all be on me when I
have my lake-front palace.
Oh, I forgot to
tell you,
this one fell through.
Again?
Yeah.
Kaufman bagged it for
his sister-in-law.
Let's hope you're third-time
lucky.
Fourth.
Here comes the jewel
in your crown, Zumkle.
♪ It's true ♪
♪ I was lonely while ♪
♪ Walking on Zed Street ♪
♪ But then you gave me
a reason to smile ♪
♪ And now ♪
♪ I feel like a millionaire ♪
♪ All that money you spare ♪
♪ And I don't have a care
in the world ♪
♪ At last ♪
♪ There are things money
just can't buy ♪
♪ Like the feeling I get ♪
♪ When I stop and I look
in your eyes ♪
[Knock on door]
Margarethe!
I forgot all about you.
I'm sorry.
Thanks.
I've got some lovely pajamas
for you when I leave.
So we're really going?
Will we like it in Brazil?
I would hope so after
being Jewish under this regime.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, darling.
I've just had a fight with Joao.
Then you'll
have a lovely, romantic
reunion tomorrow.
And now I'm going
to cheer you up.
I'm taking you out to thank you
for everything.
Edu's fast asleep in bed.
I know.
Manya will babysit.
I've already asked her.
But I'm in my pajamas.
Take them off and...
put something gorgeous on.
I want you to teach me the new
Brazilian dance,
so I can dance with the captain
in the ballroom on
the high seas.
Samba?
Well, Samba,
of course.
Of course. So...
Oh.
Let's try this.
Yes. One step.
Then the other foot.
You're so German.
Oh, my god.
It's about the hips.
Come on.
Hips, girl. Yes.
Ha ha!
And then turn.
Slowly, slowly.
Man on radio: These are today's
main events.
Germany has invaded Poland and
has bombed many towns.
Hostilities have been going on
since early this morning
along the frontiers
between Germany and Poland...
[Door unlocks]
SonjaThe dance got raided.
They've arrested loads of
people.
There were police vans
lined up outside to take them.
Those SS cars we saw.
They almost got Helmut
for Anglophile tendencies.
The colonel running it
was from Sachsenhausen.
He came there a lot before
they let me out.
The one who took Samuel.
Colonel Schaffer.
The raid went like
clockwork.
It was a good tip,
excellent collaboration.
[Snaps fingers]
Vana, get those two
ladies a table near us, please,
and a bottle of champagne,
and another one for us.
OK?
Can I...
Your table is this way,
ladies.
I didn't do
anything.
Well, this is nice.
From Colonel Zumkle.
Just act like you're
pleased.
They arrested dozens
of swing kids tonight,
just for dancing.
Thomas won't know anything
about that.
He's too busy stealing from
Jews.
The man running it was
an SS colonel called Schaffer.
I think I've met him, yes.
But Thomas can't stand him.
Why?
I don't know.
He keeps them away from me as
much as he can
in case they find out
I'm Jewish.
[Knock on door]
5 minutes.
Try some soap on that.
[Piano music playing]
I had to come and toast
the most beautiful women
in the club.
Thank you.
And thanks for the champagne.
We're actually celebrating my
departure to Brazil.
That's Miss Aracy's
specialty, hmm?
Excuse me one moment,
Margarethe.
What's wrong with her
tonight?
Oh, nothing.
She's just been arguing with
her boyfriend.
Hmm.
[Water running]
[Speaks German]
Are you all right?
Just trying to get
this stupid ring off.
It's beautiful.
Is it real?
Yes, but it's not mine.
It feels like blood on my hands.
Sorry, I'm talking rubbish.
No, I understand.
May I try and help?
That's my cue.
Oh, you're the singer
here?
Yes, I'm Vivi.
Aracy.
Oop! See?
Thank you.
Go, don't--don't miss
your cue.
It's already gone anyway.
They can wait.
It must be a wonderful
to earn a living.
It was.
But how about you, do you work?
Yes, but in an office.
At the Brazilian Consulate.
What do you do there?
I work in the passport
section issuing visas.
You're the one.
Are you Jewish?
Come and see me at work.
It's not for me.
Someone told me to come see you
when they took my father,
but I didn't come.
I can still get him
a visa.
He's dead.
I'm sorry.
If I'd known...
if I'd come to see you,
he might still be here.
We are booked onto
the Cap Arcona steamship,
so Hugo will be safe,
thanks to you...
and to my dear Aracy.
What did she argue
about with her boyfriend?
Nothing.
I'm looking forward to
the journey, except that--
Jews aren't allowed out
of their cabins.
What?
We can't leave our cabins?
I don't know. Isn't that
what you were going to say?
No.
I'd be much happier if my
mother would come with us.
She just won't leave her
precious apartment.
Where does she live?
Just in Grindel,
but overlooking the lake.
Sounds charming,
whereabouts?
On Alstufer.
Number?
23.
At last.
Will you dance with me, Aracy?
No, thank you.
In fact, I came to spend
the evening with my friend.
But I'm afraid your
friend must leave now.
What?
We only just got here.
Perhaps you're unaware
there's a curfew
now for Jews after 9:00.
Oh, that. Who's
going to know I'm Jewish?
I do.
Come on, Margarethe.
I'm driving you both
home for your own safety.
We're perfectly safe.
No, you're not.
Look around you.
My colleagues over there can be
a lot less charming than I am.
Towards Jewhelpers,
as well as Jews.
After you, please.
All right, he's gone.
Let's get out of this dump.
Take us to Jungfernstieg
first, Bohm.
No, you should drop
me first.
My house is on the way there.
Yes, but it's your
friend here who's in danger.
I thought you said
we were both in danger.
[Man speaking in German on
radio]
[People cheering]
[Man continues speaking German
on radio]
[Laughter]
Deputy Consul.
I didn't know you drank here.
My new flat's round
the corner.
Ah, yes, the one Aracy
wore her favorite shoes out
hunting for.
Let me buy you all
a drink.
♪ How I wonder ♪
♪ Could this be the end? ♪
♪ Can our love really fade? ♪
♪ Will I see you again? ♪
[Applause]
I think we've met before.
Several times.
Colonel Schaffer.
Sorry, my memory's
just appalling.
Did you enjoy the show?
Very much.
But I'm afraid Colonel Zumkle
has already left.
Yes. Taking all his
friends with him.
Yes, he's very
popular.
May I join you?
By all means.
You know, they just follow
him around
because he can make them rich
overnight.
Or not.
So are you involved in the
Aryanization program, too?
No, I chose a less
lucrative,
but more important role.
[Scoffs]
What is more important
than money?
Winning the
war in Poland,
national security.
When you put it like that.
To be honest, that's
why I'm still here.
I'm waiting for some
intelligence
on a major security operation
I was running tonight.
Tonight?
Confidential,
of course.
I'm glad someone's
keeping us safe.
Aracy, you'll
ring me as soon as you get in
to let me know that you got home
safely?
Good night.
Good-bye.
Thank Christ she's gone.
I won't bite, you know.
Unless you want me to.
Please take me home.
It's true. It's true.
No, no, no. They're repulsive.
Oh, come on.
And the Fuhrer
does whatever he wants,
because the Germans are a nation
of idiots.
Obviously I'd love
to be in Poland fighting,
but my duty is to protect
the German citizens
from more insidious dangers.
Finally.
The arrest list.
41 men and 8 woman.
All on their way to
Neuengamme and Ravensbruck.
Dismissed.
Am I dismissed, too?
Quite the opposite.
But if you are done for
the night,
we could get a drink at
my hotel.
All right. One drink.
Thank you.
Good night.
[Locks door]
I have to tell you
how I feel.
I have a boyfriend.
Let me show you
the difference.
No.
Come on, just one
good night kiss.
No!
[Slap]
That--that actually
hurt.
Should I get her?
Take me to the docks.
Was it that nice
SS captain?
Tell him my Wilfried has gone to
the front.
Aren't you hot?
I'm an officer,
I can't appear half-dressed.
But we could take a bottle
to my room if you'd like.
Well.
Give me a moment.
[Vivi moaning]
[Schaffer grunts]
[Panting]
He doesn't make
you scream like that.
Mama.
Mama, wake up.
Mama, wake up.
Oh, Edu.
Why are you in my bed?
I was worried about you.
Are you feeling better today?
No.
Can I stay home with you?
I have to
go to work, darling.
Shall I take you to Aunt Lucy's?
But it's boring at
Aunt Lucy's.
Here you are.
Thank you.
We've tried all the
consulates in Bremen,
all the embassies in Berlin.
No one would help us.
Then Mr. Geffen said
to try here,
so we came straight from
our home outside Bremen.
You need to prove
residence in Hamburg.
But we live in Bremen.
Come back later today.
But first you need to see
a Hamburg doctor
to prove you're free of typhus.
Please, write down your
full names down here.
Can we really go to
Brazil?
It's wonderful
that Ulrich's helping
us bring everything,
but if we're confined to our
cabin for 3 weeks
with all our worldly goods,
I think Hugo might start
chucking them overboard.
Or throw me in.
Can't you just ask
the travel agent
if you can leave the cabin?
We didn't book
through the agency.
Aracy did it for us.
Actually, you're right.
We're booked through the
Hamburg-Sud shipping line.
That's Hugo's old
friend's company.
Operator, I need Hamburg 4-4-3,
please.
But I own it outright.
There's no mortgage.
We'll pay you the
market price
and arrange for you to move into
a Jews' House.
What?
It stinks of old people,
but once it's been
redecorated...
Your eviction notice.
Vivi will love it here.
And I've got 3 new
clients from Bremen.
Here are the names.
This war in Poland,
it's got all of them,
police, Gestapo, SS, SA,
on high alert.
Do we you think we
should...
No! They're still a
bunch of idiots,
but we need to isolate
all the links in the chain.
[Distant siren]
Man on radio: Peace has been
menaced
by the arbitrary demands
of Germany.
All peaceful means were utilized
in order to save the peace of
the world.
Germany has reduced them to
nothing.
[Hitler speaking German
on radio]
Mr. Schmidt.
If you take a seat
in the waiting area,
I'll get these signed now.
Tina.
Come with me, please.
Man on radio: Great Britain and
France says President LeBrun
have done everything humanly
possible to avert this crisis...
[Knock on door]
Excuse me.
I've got 3 more tourist visas,
Consul Ribeiro.
I can't sign them,
I'm afraid.
We've used up our whole quota
for 1939...again.
The clients are waiting.
Tell them to come
back next year.
That's months from now.
I'm sorry, it's out of
my hands now.
[Door opens, closes]
[Door opens, closes]
Miss Balbina, is the
Foreign Minister--
Yes, I'll wait.
Thank you.
Come in.
The Schmidts have gone
back to Bremen.
It'll take months to get
their visas done.
Unless Joao can do something.
Was it OK with
you two last night?
No, but I want to
call him.
Edu was sick at school today.
He threw up?
Aunt Lucy took him
to the doctor,
but he told her to just put him
to bed.
[Coughs]
His color's wrong.
I'm calling Joao.
I can't believe Zumkle's
not satisfied
with him calling us
a nation of idiots.
Apparently it's not
so easy
to send diplomats home.
We need to stay on his rope till
he hangs himself.
He's very sick.
He needs medicine to stop
the infection spreading.
What medicine?
Sulphonamides.
The chemists are all
closed.
You won't find it anyway.
Should we take him
to the hospital?
They won't have it either.
Where can we get it?
Write the name down.
They always meet at
the girlfriend's house.
Maybe it's her we
should be following.
She's just a secretary.
And a woman.
Man on radio: France and Britain
would not stand by
at the destruction of friendly
people.
It was not a question of
German-Polish conflict he said,
but of a new attempt...
[Continues indistinctly]
You can't come here.
People know you.
I've got the arrest
list from last night.
Where did you get this?
From Schaffer.
How?
It's fantastic work.
Vivi, we can tell their families
where they've been taken.
And hire lawyers to get
them out of the camps.
Well done, Vivi.
Well, I should get back to
work.
[Speaks Hebrew]
Aren't you on now?
Can you get this?
There's one place
to try.
Wharf 12.
He doesn't deal with the police,
though.
You ever deal with the
Buccaranos back then?
No one did.
You're a policeman?
I was.
But now you do visas.
Not for money.
My elder daughter
Lisa married an Aryan man.
They were denounced and sent
to prison camps.
So me and my wife are
raising their two children.
I'll need visas for them all
when she gets out next year.
Just send me word.
Thanks.
So, if you can't pay up--
I'll be ready.
He'll be all right now.
Thank you, God.
Why does he get
the credit?
[Laughs]
Thank you, Milton.
Thank you.
Thank you, Joao.
I'm sorry I lost my temper.
I'm sorry I tried
to stop you
from doing what you
think is right.
It is what's right.
I know.
Thank God someone still
knows it.
Thank God I found you.
Aranha gave us 800 more visas.
800.
[Laughs]
Where were you
last night?
You went off with those
women.
Were you jealous?
Mm.
I got you a little
present.
It's your own lake-side
penthouse.
I'm having it redecorated
for you.
Thanks.
Come on, let's play
our game.
No, I'm too tired.
Come on, fight back.
I don't want to.
I know you don't
want to, tigress,
but I'm going to make you.
Don't touch me!
I can't help it.
The more you resist--
Get off!
Tell me you have
a boyfriend.
I love my boyfriend,
not you.
He's a nobody.
He makes me scream in bed.
I can make you
scream louder.
He has intelligence on
major security operations.
What?
My other boyfriend,
he's more sexy,
more clever than you.
[Scoffs]
Hit me again.
Man on radio: This morning the
British Ambassador in Berlin
handed the German government
a final note stating that
unless we heard from them by
11:00
that they were prepared
at once to withdraw
their troops from Poland,
a state of war would
exist between us.
I have to tell you now
that no such undertaking has
been received,
and that consequently this
country is at war with Germany.
♪ That's my baby ♪
♪ No, sir, I don't mean maybe ♪
♪ Yes, sir, that's my baby now ♪
♪ Yes, sir, we decided ♪
♪ No, sir, we won't hide it ♪
♪ Yes, sir, that's my baby now ♪
♪ By the way... ♪
[Music continues indistinctly]
♪ Yes, sir, that's my baby ♪
♪ No, sir, don't mean maybe ♪
♪ Yes, sir,
that's my baby now ♪
S"They dance
outrageously."
"They call it swing.
Girls paint their nails
and wear lipstick."
"Aryans dance with Jews.
It's monstrous."
Who wrote this denunciation?
A senior banner leader.
He's bringing his troop as
reinforcements.
So now I take my
orders from Hitler Youth.
Commander Heinz was
quite pleased
with the information.
Yes, yes, yes.
It's a worthy cause.
Just feels a little lightweight
after invading Poland this
morning.
[Swing music playing
in distance]
♪ Yes, sir,
that's my baby ♪
♪ No, sir, I don't mean maybe ♪
♪ Yes, sir, that's my baby now ♪
[Door opens]
[Music stops, women screaming]
Race traitor!
Race defiler!
[Spits]
You're under arrest.
For what, dancing?
Anglophile tendencies.
[Grunts and screams]
You divide 60,000
reichsmark by...
12.
Good boy.
Here you are, Edu.
Thank you, Mom.
Why don't you go to bed
now, darling,
and finish that in the morning?
OK.
Don't you want your
strudel?
No.
He looks so tired.
I'm not surprised.
Have you seen this?
"Work out how much it would
cost the state
to keep one cripple alive for
a year."
It's monstrous.
[Knock on door]
The Fuhrer.
Open the door.
[Sighs]
Shh, she'll hear you.
Here.
At last, I can drive.
My slowest pupil ever.
Thank you.
Did you get the residence
certificates?
I got 10 more.
Brilliant.
Oh, wait, I need to tuck Edu in.
But Joao's here.
Did you brush your teeth,
sweetheart?
Drink, Milton?
No, thanks.
I won't wreck your evening.
You're welcome to stay.
Where do you get them from?
I think it's safer if
you don't know.
Does Aracy know?
Scotch?
No, thank you.
I'll leave you lovebirds alone.
I'll see you
to the door.
Please.
Good night.
Good night.
[Door closes]
[Closes lid]
Thank you.
Hardner trusts no one,
but he trusts his supplier.
Who is it?
It's safer if you
don't know.
But you know, don't you?
This war in Poland
gives them the perfect cover
to kill their enemies.
They won't risk falling
out with Brazil
over a disobedient office clerk.
They can make you
disappear.
They do it all the time.
Joao, please stop.
I'm really tired.
You're tired because
you're wearing yourself out
with this secret work.
Even Edu's exhausted.
Don't!
Don't try to make me feel
guilty about my child.
I'm not.
I just want to lose you, Ara,
nor does--
I don't want to lose
you, either.
So stop telling me what I can
and can't do.
I was doing this before
you came.
You said you wouldn't make
me choose.
All right then, I won't.
[Door slams]
[Sighs]
You were right,
he's an ex-cop.
Milton Hardner.
Suspected anti-government
tendencies.
Driving instructor now.
Good cover if he's
setting up a Brazilian boy
to smuggle Jewish loot.
He doesn't look like
a smuggler.
Brunner says anything
we can pin on him is fine
if it'll help send him back
to Brazil
and make Colonel Zumkle happy.
Why does Zumkle want
him out of the picture?
I don't know.
But we all want to make Colonel
Zumkle happy.
[Piano music playing]
Right this way.
Good to see you.
Hey.
To Colonel Zumkle, as
he's known around the office,
King Midas of Hamburg.
[All chuckle]
Cigarette?
Don't worry Schaffer,
it's all on me.
Yes.
Well, it'll all be on me when I
have my lake-front palace.
Oh, I forgot to
tell you,
this one fell through.
Again?
Yeah.
Kaufman bagged it for
his sister-in-law.
Let's hope you're third-time
lucky.
Fourth.
Here comes the jewel
in your crown, Zumkle.
♪ It's true ♪
♪ I was lonely while ♪
♪ Walking on Zed Street ♪
♪ But then you gave me
a reason to smile ♪
♪ And now ♪
♪ I feel like a millionaire ♪
♪ All that money you spare ♪
♪ And I don't have a care
in the world ♪
♪ At last ♪
♪ There are things money
just can't buy ♪
♪ Like the feeling I get ♪
♪ When I stop and I look
in your eyes ♪
[Knock on door]
Margarethe!
I forgot all about you.
I'm sorry.
Thanks.
I've got some lovely pajamas
for you when I leave.
So we're really going?
Will we like it in Brazil?
I would hope so after
being Jewish under this regime.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, darling.
I've just had a fight with Joao.
Then you'll
have a lovely, romantic
reunion tomorrow.
And now I'm going
to cheer you up.
I'm taking you out to thank you
for everything.
Edu's fast asleep in bed.
I know.
Manya will babysit.
I've already asked her.
But I'm in my pajamas.
Take them off and...
put something gorgeous on.
I want you to teach me the new
Brazilian dance,
so I can dance with the captain
in the ballroom on
the high seas.
Samba?
Well, Samba,
of course.
Of course. So...
Oh.
Let's try this.
Yes. One step.
Then the other foot.
You're so German.
Oh, my god.
It's about the hips.
Come on.
Hips, girl. Yes.
Ha ha!
And then turn.
Slowly, slowly.
Man on radio: These are today's
main events.
Germany has invaded Poland and
has bombed many towns.
Hostilities have been going on
since early this morning
along the frontiers
between Germany and Poland...
[Door unlocks]
SonjaThe dance got raided.
They've arrested loads of
people.
There were police vans
lined up outside to take them.
Those SS cars we saw.
They almost got Helmut
for Anglophile tendencies.
The colonel running it
was from Sachsenhausen.
He came there a lot before
they let me out.
The one who took Samuel.
Colonel Schaffer.
The raid went like
clockwork.
It was a good tip,
excellent collaboration.
[Snaps fingers]
Vana, get those two
ladies a table near us, please,
and a bottle of champagne,
and another one for us.
OK?
Can I...
Your table is this way,
ladies.
I didn't do
anything.
Well, this is nice.
From Colonel Zumkle.
Just act like you're
pleased.
They arrested dozens
of swing kids tonight,
just for dancing.
Thomas won't know anything
about that.
He's too busy stealing from
Jews.
The man running it was
an SS colonel called Schaffer.
I think I've met him, yes.
But Thomas can't stand him.
Why?
I don't know.
He keeps them away from me as
much as he can
in case they find out
I'm Jewish.
[Knock on door]
5 minutes.
Try some soap on that.
[Piano music playing]
I had to come and toast
the most beautiful women
in the club.
Thank you.
And thanks for the champagne.
We're actually celebrating my
departure to Brazil.
That's Miss Aracy's
specialty, hmm?
Excuse me one moment,
Margarethe.
What's wrong with her
tonight?
Oh, nothing.
She's just been arguing with
her boyfriend.
Hmm.
[Water running]
[Speaks German]
Are you all right?
Just trying to get
this stupid ring off.
It's beautiful.
Is it real?
Yes, but it's not mine.
It feels like blood on my hands.
Sorry, I'm talking rubbish.
No, I understand.
May I try and help?
That's my cue.
Oh, you're the singer
here?
Yes, I'm Vivi.
Aracy.
Oop! See?
Thank you.
Go, don't--don't miss
your cue.
It's already gone anyway.
They can wait.
It must be a wonderful
to earn a living.
It was.
But how about you, do you work?
Yes, but in an office.
At the Brazilian Consulate.
What do you do there?
I work in the passport
section issuing visas.
You're the one.
Are you Jewish?
Come and see me at work.
It's not for me.
Someone told me to come see you
when they took my father,
but I didn't come.
I can still get him
a visa.
He's dead.
I'm sorry.
If I'd known...
if I'd come to see you,
he might still be here.
We are booked onto
the Cap Arcona steamship,
so Hugo will be safe,
thanks to you...
and to my dear Aracy.
What did she argue
about with her boyfriend?
Nothing.
I'm looking forward to
the journey, except that--
Jews aren't allowed out
of their cabins.
What?
We can't leave our cabins?
I don't know. Isn't that
what you were going to say?
No.
I'd be much happier if my
mother would come with us.
She just won't leave her
precious apartment.
Where does she live?
Just in Grindel,
but overlooking the lake.
Sounds charming,
whereabouts?
On Alstufer.
Number?
23.
At last.
Will you dance with me, Aracy?
No, thank you.
In fact, I came to spend
the evening with my friend.
But I'm afraid your
friend must leave now.
What?
We only just got here.
Perhaps you're unaware
there's a curfew
now for Jews after 9:00.
Oh, that. Who's
going to know I'm Jewish?
I do.
Come on, Margarethe.
I'm driving you both
home for your own safety.
We're perfectly safe.
No, you're not.
Look around you.
My colleagues over there can be
a lot less charming than I am.
Towards Jewhelpers,
as well as Jews.
After you, please.
All right, he's gone.
Let's get out of this dump.
Take us to Jungfernstieg
first, Bohm.
No, you should drop
me first.
My house is on the way there.
Yes, but it's your
friend here who's in danger.
I thought you said
we were both in danger.
[Man speaking in German on
radio]
[People cheering]
[Man continues speaking German
on radio]
[Laughter]
Deputy Consul.
I didn't know you drank here.
My new flat's round
the corner.
Ah, yes, the one Aracy
wore her favorite shoes out
hunting for.
Let me buy you all
a drink.
♪ How I wonder ♪
♪ Could this be the end? ♪
♪ Can our love really fade? ♪
♪ Will I see you again? ♪
[Applause]
I think we've met before.
Several times.
Colonel Schaffer.
Sorry, my memory's
just appalling.
Did you enjoy the show?
Very much.
But I'm afraid Colonel Zumkle
has already left.
Yes. Taking all his
friends with him.
Yes, he's very
popular.
May I join you?
By all means.
You know, they just follow
him around
because he can make them rich
overnight.
Or not.
So are you involved in the
Aryanization program, too?
No, I chose a less
lucrative,
but more important role.
[Scoffs]
What is more important
than money?
Winning the
war in Poland,
national security.
When you put it like that.
To be honest, that's
why I'm still here.
I'm waiting for some
intelligence
on a major security operation
I was running tonight.
Tonight?
Confidential,
of course.
I'm glad someone's
keeping us safe.
Aracy, you'll
ring me as soon as you get in
to let me know that you got home
safely?
Good night.
Good-bye.
Thank Christ she's gone.
I won't bite, you know.
Unless you want me to.
Please take me home.
It's true. It's true.
No, no, no. They're repulsive.
Oh, come on.
And the Fuhrer
does whatever he wants,
because the Germans are a nation
of idiots.
Obviously I'd love
to be in Poland fighting,
but my duty is to protect
the German citizens
from more insidious dangers.
Finally.
The arrest list.
41 men and 8 woman.
All on their way to
Neuengamme and Ravensbruck.
Dismissed.
Am I dismissed, too?
Quite the opposite.
But if you are done for
the night,
we could get a drink at
my hotel.
All right. One drink.
Thank you.
Good night.
[Locks door]
I have to tell you
how I feel.
I have a boyfriend.
Let me show you
the difference.
No.
Come on, just one
good night kiss.
No!
[Slap]
That--that actually
hurt.
Should I get her?
Take me to the docks.
Was it that nice
SS captain?
Tell him my Wilfried has gone to
the front.
Aren't you hot?
I'm an officer,
I can't appear half-dressed.
But we could take a bottle
to my room if you'd like.
Well.
Give me a moment.
[Vivi moaning]
[Schaffer grunts]
[Panting]
He doesn't make
you scream like that.
Mama.
Mama, wake up.
Mama, wake up.
Oh, Edu.
Why are you in my bed?
I was worried about you.
Are you feeling better today?
No.
Can I stay home with you?
I have to
go to work, darling.
Shall I take you to Aunt Lucy's?
But it's boring at
Aunt Lucy's.
Here you are.
Thank you.
We've tried all the
consulates in Bremen,
all the embassies in Berlin.
No one would help us.
Then Mr. Geffen said
to try here,
so we came straight from
our home outside Bremen.
You need to prove
residence in Hamburg.
But we live in Bremen.
Come back later today.
But first you need to see
a Hamburg doctor
to prove you're free of typhus.
Please, write down your
full names down here.
Can we really go to
Brazil?
It's wonderful
that Ulrich's helping
us bring everything,
but if we're confined to our
cabin for 3 weeks
with all our worldly goods,
I think Hugo might start
chucking them overboard.
Or throw me in.
Can't you just ask
the travel agent
if you can leave the cabin?
We didn't book
through the agency.
Aracy did it for us.
Actually, you're right.
We're booked through the
Hamburg-Sud shipping line.
That's Hugo's old
friend's company.
Operator, I need Hamburg 4-4-3,
please.
But I own it outright.
There's no mortgage.
We'll pay you the
market price
and arrange for you to move into
a Jews' House.
What?
It stinks of old people,
but once it's been
redecorated...
Your eviction notice.
Vivi will love it here.
And I've got 3 new
clients from Bremen.
Here are the names.
This war in Poland,
it's got all of them,
police, Gestapo, SS, SA,
on high alert.
Do we you think we
should...
No! They're still a
bunch of idiots,
but we need to isolate
all the links in the chain.
[Distant siren]
Man on radio: Peace has been
menaced
by the arbitrary demands
of Germany.
All peaceful means were utilized
in order to save the peace of
the world.
Germany has reduced them to
nothing.
[Hitler speaking German
on radio]
Mr. Schmidt.
If you take a seat
in the waiting area,
I'll get these signed now.
Tina.
Come with me, please.
Man on radio: Great Britain and
France says President LeBrun
have done everything humanly
possible to avert this crisis...
[Knock on door]
Excuse me.
I've got 3 more tourist visas,
Consul Ribeiro.
I can't sign them,
I'm afraid.
We've used up our whole quota
for 1939...again.
The clients are waiting.
Tell them to come
back next year.
That's months from now.
I'm sorry, it's out of
my hands now.
[Door opens, closes]
[Door opens, closes]
Miss Balbina, is the
Foreign Minister--
Yes, I'll wait.
Thank you.
Come in.
The Schmidts have gone
back to Bremen.
It'll take months to get
their visas done.
Unless Joao can do something.
Was it OK with
you two last night?
No, but I want to
call him.
Edu was sick at school today.
He threw up?
Aunt Lucy took him
to the doctor,
but he told her to just put him
to bed.
[Coughs]
His color's wrong.
I'm calling Joao.
I can't believe Zumkle's
not satisfied
with him calling us
a nation of idiots.
Apparently it's not
so easy
to send diplomats home.
We need to stay on his rope till
he hangs himself.
He's very sick.
He needs medicine to stop
the infection spreading.
What medicine?
Sulphonamides.
The chemists are all
closed.
You won't find it anyway.
Should we take him
to the hospital?
They won't have it either.
Where can we get it?
Write the name down.
They always meet at
the girlfriend's house.
Maybe it's her we
should be following.
She's just a secretary.
And a woman.
Man on radio: France and Britain
would not stand by
at the destruction of friendly
people.
It was not a question of
German-Polish conflict he said,
but of a new attempt...
[Continues indistinctly]
You can't come here.
People know you.
I've got the arrest
list from last night.
Where did you get this?
From Schaffer.
How?
It's fantastic work.
Vivi, we can tell their families
where they've been taken.
And hire lawyers to get
them out of the camps.
Well done, Vivi.
Well, I should get back to
work.
[Speaks Hebrew]
Aren't you on now?
Can you get this?
There's one place
to try.
Wharf 12.
He doesn't deal with the police,
though.
You ever deal with the
Buccaranos back then?
No one did.
You're a policeman?
I was.
But now you do visas.
Not for money.
My elder daughter
Lisa married an Aryan man.
They were denounced and sent
to prison camps.
So me and my wife are
raising their two children.
I'll need visas for them all
when she gets out next year.
Just send me word.
Thanks.
So, if you can't pay up--
I'll be ready.
He'll be all right now.
Thank you, God.
Why does he get
the credit?
[Laughs]
Thank you, Milton.
Thank you.
Thank you, Joao.
I'm sorry I lost my temper.
I'm sorry I tried
to stop you
from doing what you
think is right.
It is what's right.
I know.
Thank God someone still
knows it.
Thank God I found you.
Aranha gave us 800 more visas.
800.
[Laughs]
Where were you
last night?
You went off with those
women.
Were you jealous?
Mm.
I got you a little
present.
It's your own lake-side
penthouse.
I'm having it redecorated
for you.
Thanks.
Come on, let's play
our game.
No, I'm too tired.
Come on, fight back.
I don't want to.
I know you don't
want to, tigress,
but I'm going to make you.
Don't touch me!
I can't help it.
The more you resist--
Get off!
Tell me you have
a boyfriend.
I love my boyfriend,
not you.
He's a nobody.
He makes me scream in bed.
I can make you
scream louder.
He has intelligence on
major security operations.
What?
My other boyfriend,
he's more sexy,
more clever than you.
[Scoffs]
Hit me again.
Man on radio: This morning the
British Ambassador in Berlin
handed the German government
a final note stating that
unless we heard from them by
11:00
that they were prepared
at once to withdraw
their troops from Poland,
a state of war would
exist between us.
I have to tell you now
that no such undertaking has
been received,
and that consequently this
country is at war with Germany.