Swing Kids

LOOKING SHARP.

SWING HEIL. SWING HEIL.

ANNA, WE HAVE TO DANCE TONIGHT. OKAY.

THERE THEY ARE.

OKAY, OKAY, YOU'VE GOT SHAW, THE CLAMBAKE SEVEN.

HERR HITMAN. OTTO, PETER. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE?

THOMAS. TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS.

DORSEY'S TRUMPET IS GREAT WHEN HE'S PLAYIN' SWEET.

BUT HE DOESN'T RIDE, MAN. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

"JUMPIN' AT THE WOODSIDE," YEAH!

THOMAS, COME AND DANCE.

WHAT DO YA SAY?

THOMAS, WE'LL MISS THE TRAM. TAKE IT SLOW, OTTO.

YOU DIDN'T LIKE HELGA?

HERR HITMAN SEEMED TO HIT IT OFF WITH HER.

WHAT? I DID NOT. I WAS JUST BEING NICE.

"I WAS JUST BEING NICE."

HELL, WE'VE ALREADY MISSED IT. WE'RE WALKING AGAIN.

YOU WANNA RACE DOWN TO MACKEN BRIDGE?

NO, LET'S JUST WALK.

YEAH, WELL, I BEAT YA LAST TIME. THAT'S NOT TRUE.

THAT IS TRUE, I BELIEVE. I BEAT... I BEAT YOU LAST TIME.

I BELIEVE I BEAT YOU RIGHT DOWN TO YOUR SOCKS.

GO!

- LAST ONE ON'S AN H.J. PANSY! - HEY!

PETER?

THOMAS!

DAMN IT.

WE'RE GANGSTERS! WE'RE COWBOYS.

- YOU'RE IDIOTS. - COME ON, HERR HITMAN. WE LOVE YOU.

LEAVE ME ALONE.

GET AWAY FROM ME. I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.

WHOO!

- YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY? AHA! - AHA!

ALL RIGHT, COME ON. I HAVE TO UNLOAD.

EN GARDE! TRY AGAIN! COME ON!

STOP!

STOP WHERE YOU ARE! STOP! WHAT THE HELL...

PETER!

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

I'M O.K. GESTAPO. WATCH OUT.

HOLD IT!

DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY!

GET TO THE OTHER SIDE!

STOP THERE!

DON'T DO IT!

OKAY, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. COME ON. COME ON.

COME ON, LET'S GO.

MORNING, MAMA. MORNING, MAMA KLARA.

GOOD MORNING, BOYS. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE?

I WAS TRYING A NEW DANCE STEP, AND I FELL. WHO WERE YOU FIGHTING WITH?

MAMA, I WASN'T FIGHTING. I WAS DANCING.

YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULDN'T BECOME PART OF SOMETHING DANGEROUS.

I FELL. IT'S A WILD DANCE. HERE, LET ME SHOW YOU. NO, NO, NO.

TAKE THE GIRL UP LIKE THIS, OVER THE... INTO THE DANCE.

LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.

MAMA KLARA, NO!

THAT BUTTER HAS TO LAST US A WHOLE MONTH.

IT'S NOT FOR YOU TO GORGE YOURSELF ON.

I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE ALL AMUSED. I'M OFF.

PETER.

MA.

PETER. MAYBE THOMAS' PARENTS ARE SO WELL-PLACED...

THEY DON'T CARE WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE HE GETS INTO,

BUT IF YOU LOSE YOUR PLACE IN SCHOOL,

YOU'LL END UP WORKING AT THE FACTORY LIKE ME. MAMA, I'M GOING TO UNIVERSITY.

I'M GOING TO BE AN ENGINEER.

THERE'S A GREAT NEED FOR ENGINEERS NOW.

THE NAZIS DON'T GET EVERYONE, THOMAS. HE NEVER HAD A CHANCE.

HERE, ARVID, GIVE ME YOUR BAG. LET ME HELP YOU. I GOT IT. I'M FINE.

WHAT DID I TELL YOU?

AT LEAST HE TRIED TO ESCAPE. HE DIDN'T JUST WAIT FOR THEM.

HEIL HITLER.

GESTAPO. LET'S GO. COME ON.

HEY, THEY HAVEN'T CAUGHT US, HAVE THEY? WELL, THEY WILL.

WE GOT OUTTA THE H.J., BUT WE WON'T GET OUTTA THE ARMY.

NOBODY GETS OUT OF IT.

HEY! WILL I! PETER, WHAT'S YOUR BROTHER DOING HERE?

COME HERE.

- WHAT ARE YOU FOLLOWING US FOR? - I CAN BE SLEAZY.

- JUST GIVE ME A CHANCE. - WE DON'T NEED SOME PINK-EARED MIDGET HANGING AROUND.

GO HOME TO MAMA.

H.J.S ARE BEATING UP A SWING BOY AROUND THE CORNER.

YOU BETTER NOT BE LYING.

IN HERE. IN HERE.

THEY WERE BEATIN' HIM UP. HOW MANY WERE THERE?

PLAYING COWBOYS AND INDIANS?

CAN WE PLAY TOO?

WHAT'S THE MATTER? FOUR AGAINST FIVE. THAT'S STILL NOT A FAIR FIGHT.

THERE'S FIVE. LET ME FIGHT. I CAN FIGHT. WILL I, GO HOME.

WHAT ABOUT ONE AGAINST ONE, SWING HEINE?

WHAT ARE YOU, A KIKE LOVER?

THOMAS.

HE'S JEWISH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YOU KEEP HELPING THEM, AND WE'LL DEAL WITH YOU THE WAY WE DEAL WITH ALL TRAITORS.

I'M NOT A TRAITOR! I'M A COWBOY.

AND YOU'RE A PANSY! GET OUTTA HERE!

I'M GONNA GET YOU, SWING BOY!

LOOKED LIKE A SWING BOY TO ME. HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW?

COME ON, WILL I. WE'LL BE LATE FOR SCHOOL.

A SWING BOY.

HEY, PETER, THOMAS.

QUIZ TIME.

WHAT IS AN "ICKY"?

SOMEONE WHO'S STUPID, NOT HIP, CAN'T COLLAR THAT JIVE.

JIVE? TALK. WHAT THEY SAY IN HARLEM.

TOO EASY. UM, "FAUST."

OH, A BOOK BY GOETHE? ICKY. EVEN AS WE SPEAK, TWO ICKIES.

ICK! ICK! ICK! ICK! SWING JERKS.

A FAUST IS AN UGLY GIRL.

LIKE THAT FAUST YOU WENT FOR AT THE BISMARCK THE OTHER NIGHT.

BOYS, COULD YOU GO FOR THESE? OOH!

OOH, I LIKE THESE.

- LOOK AT THOSE BREASTS. - OTTO, WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?

I GOT 'EM. WHAT'D YOU CALL THAT, CUPCAKE SIZE?

CANTALOUPE.

OOH, LOOK WHAT WE HAVE HERE. PETER'S PRISS.

HAVE YOU TALKED WITH HER YET? WHO SAID I'M INTERESTED?

YOUR TONGUE WAS ON THE FLOOR. DIDN'T WE SEE YOU PIGEONS...

AT THE CAFE BISMARCK?

WE WOULDN'T BE CAUGHT DEAD THERE. ESPECIALLY WITH YOU, THOMAS.

OOH!

OH, YEAH? WELL, YOU MISSED IT.

WHY? WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT IT?

WELL, IT WAS THE SWINGINGEST PARTY EVER. RIGHT, PETER?

SWINGINGEST. SUPER-MERGENTROID.

SUPER WHAT? COME ON, EVEY. THEY TALK GIBBERISH.

NO, IT'S A SECRET LANGUAGE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO KNOW.

IT'S ALL TOO SECRET.

WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY? DID YOU AND THOMAS GO DOWN TO THE DOCKS?

YEAH, WE WENT DOWN THERE AFTER SCHOOL, BUT NO NEW RECORDS CAME IN.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TOMORROW? ARE WE GONNA GO TO THE HALL CLUB?

WILL I...

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? DON'T TOUCH HER!

GODDAMN YOU! MAMA!

- LEAVE HIM ALONE! - NO, DON'T!

PETER! NO! PETER, NO! NO, DON'T!

NO. I'M ALL RIGHT.

I'M ALL RIGHT.

HERR HINTZ WAS JUST LEAVING.

I THOUGHT A WOMAN OF YOUR SPECIAL BACKGROUND WOULD VALUE MY PROTECTION.

YOUR BOY NEEDS A HAIRCUT.

- THAT'S OUR BUSINESS. - PERHAPS NOT.

WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR.

FOR SIX YEARS, I'VE PROVEN MY LOYALTY.

THE NEW ORDER DEMANDS ABSOLUTE LOYALTY.

YOUTH OF HIS SORT BELONG IN A WORK CAMP.

GOOD NIGHT.

HERR HINTZ, WAIT. PLEASE. WAIT.

- WHO ARE YOU EXPECTING? - NO ONE.

PETER, TELL WHOEVER IT IS TO GO AWAY.

- MAMA... - DO WHAT I TELL YOU.

GOOD EVENING. IS FRAU MULLER AT HOME?

WHO IS IT?

HEIL HITLER! HEIL HITLER. WHO ARE YOU?

I WAS COLLECTING FOR THE WINTER RELIEF. MAY I BE OF SOME SERVICE?

NO, YOU MAY GO.

MAY I HELP YOU? FRAU MULLER.

YES.

I'M SO SORRY TO DISTURB YOU. I'M HERR KNOPP.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

YES, IT'S NOTHING.

ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE MY MAMA?

NO ONE IS GOING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR MOTHER, YOUNG MAN.

ALTHOUGH SO BEAUTIFUL A LADY, IT IS, UM... QUITE TEMPTING.

BUT REALLY, YOU SHOULD, UH, SEE TO THAT CUT.

YOU HAVE SOME IODINE?

PLEASE. ALLOW ME. IT'S NOT NECESSARY.

HE'S IN THE GESTAPO. I THINK... DON'T WORRY. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

WE'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG. JUST BE QUIET.

I FOUND IT.

UM, PLEASE SIT DOWN. LET ME, UH, LET ME SEE.

NOW, THIS WILL ONLY STING FOR A MOMENT.

YES.

THERE. THERE.

THERE. THAT DIDN'T HURT TOO MUCH, DID IT?

IT SHOULD HEAL IN NO TIME. THANK YOU.

UH, I CAN SEE YOU'RE WONDERING.

REGRETTABLY, I AM HERE ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS,

BUT I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

UH, DO YOU KNOW A CARL MANGLESDORF?

I DID. A LONG TIME AGO.

HE WAS, UM, AN ASSOCIATE OF MY HUSBAND'S.

THEN YOU HAVE NOT SEEN HIM RECENTLY?

NO. THE LAST TIME WAS PROBABLY SIX YEARS AGO,

BEFORE MY HUSBAND PASSED AWAY.

OH, I'M SO SORRY.

WHAT HAS HE DONE?

OH, IT IS UNIMPORTANT.

UH, HAVE ANY OTHER OF YOUR HUSBAND'S ASSOCIATES...

TRIED TO CONTACT YOU?

NO.

SINCE HIS DEATH, I'VE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF HIS FRIENDS.

I TOOK A JOB AT THE FARBEN FACTORY...

AND HAVE DEVOTED MYSELF TO THE REICH AND MY CHILDREN.

WELL, YOU HAVE RAISED TWO FINE SONS.

I SEE THE RESEMBLANCE.

OR IS IT JUST A FAMILY PROCLIVITY FOR FACIAL ABRASIONS?