Generation War (Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter)

PREVIOUSLY

I expect you to do us proud.

This is about nothing less than the future of Germany.

- To us. - To us.

We were five, five friends.

We'd known each other all our lives.

Charly will serve her country as a nurse.

We represent the German woman.

She felt she had to do her duty.

A nurse Charlotte has reported a Jew hiding here.

I'm sorry.

- Charly. - Have you loved him long?

- Yes. - Does he know?

I don't think so.

- You're an asshole, do you know that? - I don't want to get her hopes up.

Wilhelm is dead.

Viktor. His father was a respected tailor.

Viktor was to take over the business,

until it was destroyed.

This is his girlfriend, Greta.

Jews are being sent east.

Have a good trip.

Viktor was arrested and deported,

but he managed to escape.

Run!

The Germans pay a premium for us. Why keep you alive?

I AM A GERMAN COLLABORATOR

Greta wanted to save Viktor.

I need papers. Can you help him?

And she wanted to be a star.

Would you like to go on tour?

You wanted me far away from your frigid wife.

You can't arrest me.

You'd be arresting your child, too.

My little brother, Friedhelm.

The war will make a man of him.

It will bring out the worst in us.

- Fire! - He became a warrior.

You kill them before they kill you, that's all.

You were right, it brings out only the worst in us.

And I am Wilhelm Winter,

Lieutenant in Windhund Company.

I left my comrades in the lurch.

Someone here thinks the war is over for him.

- I tried everything for you in court. - What's the sentence?

Death by firing squad at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow.

We were five, five friends.

Generation War

Part III A Different Country

Most people think that war is for the most part about fighting.

But that's not true.

It's the waiting.

For the next attack,

for the next meal,

the next morning.

Erika.

I AM A GERMAN COLLABORATOR

Stop.

- Is he dead? - I have no idea.

No.

- Do you speak German? - Yes.

Are you a German?

- Yes. - Shit. Cut him loose.

What's the matter? How long are you going to wait?

Until it becomes clear on whose side your friend is.

Who did this to you?

Partisans.

You can come with us.

- No. - We're not leaving you here.

We're staying here, all three of us.

If you put down your weapons,

then they might let you live.

There are ten heavily armed partisans over there,

all aiming at you.

He's warning them.

Shoot.

Shit, it's an ambush.

Shit. Shit. Shit.

- Shoot. - Shit.

- I said, shoot. - It's jammed.

Shoot.

Shoot!

Shit. What are you doing?

What's the matter?

Andrej, Marek, move it. Quickly.

Two less, another two less.

Calm down. Just collect the cartridge cases.

Watches, wedding rings,

gold teeth.

Not bad. Not bad, my boy.

Not bad.

I like you, my boy.

So, you felt the urge to shoot, did you?

Winter, out you come.

There are always a few...

who think that they can simply

shirk Germany's struggle for survival.

Your sentence has been changed.

The Führer has a special punishment for you,

and from now on,

you belong to me.

Probation Unit 500,

for the eradication of all the other garbage.

Defeatists,

communists, deserters...

So the Führer needs every man he can get for his final victory, does he?

The Wehrmacht doesn't waste bullets

on pieces of shit like you.

You will die,

just a little more slowly.

But before that,

there's something you can do for the Fatherland.

Come on, we're leaving.

Most people think that war,

for the most part, is about fighting.

That's not true.

Get on.

It's the waiting.

June, 1944.

I don't know if my brother, Friedhelm, is still alive.

And the others: Greta, Viktor, Charly.

150,000 Americans have landed in Normandy.

Rome has fallen,

the Wehrmacht has withdrawn from Tuscany.

Three years ago, we headed east to save our people. We thought.

Instead, we brought death, suffering and destruction to millions.

Back then we were heroes,

today we're murderers.

JANOW LUBELSKI, POLAND PARTISIAN SUPPLY DEPOT--BERLIN: 700 KM

We need butter,

flour, milk and eggs.

- Anything else? - Pigs.

Pigs. At least three pigs a month.

And some geese? For Christmas?

The Germans would just take it.

We'll pay.

After each of your operations,

the Germans take hostages.

And if the Russians return,

things won't get any better.

Show me your arm.

Come on, show it to me.

Hold up your arm.

Better? Is this what you want?

The Russians will come, no matter what.

Stalin will overcome Hitler.

He beat him at Stalingrad and Kursk.

The Germans treat us like slaves.

So do the Russians.

Is that what we are? Slaves?

- Are there Jews among you? - Jews?

Are there any here?

Are there any Jews present?

No, no Jews. I can't stand Jews.

Three sacks of flour,

50 eggs and four chickens.

Ten.

Eight.

All right, eight.

And no Jews.

We drown Jews like we do cats.

BERLIN CHARLOTTENBURG NAZI PRISON

You're in cell 17 with Erika.

What's your name?

Greta.

Is it true that you were a singer?

They say you were Greta Del Torres.

ZAMOSC, POLAND 750 KM

Winter.

Have you ever driven a Type 40?

- Yes. - Good.

Standartenführer Hiemer will lead the fight against the partisans.

He needs a driver who knows the area.

Will you do that?

- Yes. - Fine.

BUTSYN, UKRAINE PROBATION 850 KM

You.

Come with me.

You see that hut over there?

It's in the firing line of our artillery.

Burn it down.

Yes, sir.

That's crazy.

What did you say?

The fire will only draw the Russians' attention to us.

You can burn down the Bolshevist hut now.

Three years ago they welcomed us as liberators.

Burn it down.

If God doesn't hand us the victory,

we'll pay for what we're doing here.

Whatever God has in store for us,

it won't be victory.

Tea?

Please, sit down.

OSTROLEKA, POLAND FIELD HOSPITAL -- BERLIN 600 KM

- Good morning. - Good morning.

You're lucky, it's healing better than I expected.

You can be discharged in three or four days.

How many days' rehabilitation leave will I get?

What?