The Young Lions

Oh!

Ya-ha!

That's marvelous. Tomorrow you give me lessons, and I give you your money back.

Oh, I feel so good.

Listen. Listen to what they're playing.

Yeah. "Röslein."

Ooh! Go on. I'm sorry. Go on. Please.

You know, as a rule, Americans speak German with a very bad accent.

But your accent is really horrible.

Oh, Christian.

This has been so wonderful. Yes.

I wanna thank you.

You've been more than generous with your time.

Well, that's only because I've had the very worst of intentions.

Thank you.

Oh, I hate to leave. I hate to say good-bye now.

Why... Why don't you say good-bye in the morning?

No. No, I can't. I've got to leave too early.

Now, look, it is New Year's eve.

You go back to America, I never see you again.

And please, I want you to spend the evening with me. No.

Too bad.

Do I have a rival?

Michael. Who?

Michael.

But I think Michael would not mind if I just...

stole one tiny little Bavarian evening.

Are you kidding?

I don't think it would even occur to Michael that anybody would ask me.

All right. All right, Christian, I'd love to. Wonderful.

Oh, you look lovely. Thank you.

You look really... I want to present my sister Freda. Charmed.

I'm so happy that you came tonight...

because I composed a little piece of music for you.

And, uh, it's‒ Well, would you like to hear it?

I'd love to. Really?

Do you like it? Yes.

Isn't it nice? Come on. It's wonderful.

Prosit Neu Jahr!

Happy New Year, Margaret.

Prosit Neu Jahr, Christian.

Ich bringe einen Toast. Bitte.

Gott beschütze unsern Führer Adolf Hitler.

- Heil! - Heil!

"Das Horst-Wessel-Lied."

Are you all right?

What's the matter?

Oh, you know, I was just in Berlin, and I‒

I saw some Nazi demonstrations.

But I didn't realize it had gone this far.

Not-Not here...

in this little town.

It's a little frightening.

Well, do you think that being a Nazi is such a terrible thing?

Christian‒ Christian, are you a Nazi?

No, I am not a Nazi. I'm not political at all.

But I think that they stand for something hopeful in Germany.

Christian, you don't really believe that.

Yes, I believe this.

But why? Why?

What can you possibly find to justify Hitler?

I think that...

That Hitler will bring us a better life.

Is the life you have now so terrible?

No, but, uh‒ My life is not so terrible,

but I don't wish to spend the rest of it wearing fancy sweaters...

and teaching fat little children how to ski...

and being charming and picturesque.

I can understand your wanting more than that.

I think, perhaps, you cannot understand what it means...

to live on tips from foreigners in your own country.

You know what I really am?

I'm not a ski instructor even.

I do this for two or three months in the year.

When the season is over, I go to work in a little shop...

as an assistant to my father, and I'm a shoemaker.

And you don't want to be a shoemaker? No, I don't.

I want to be something else. Then you don't have to remain one.

Oh, this is not the United States.

It's so hard to explain to you.

But you see, it's very difficult...

for people to rise above their class in Europe.

I tell you something.

At one time, I wanted very much to be a doctor.

And I worked very hard for this.

And when there was no longer any money, I was forced to give it up...

because we have no free university here.

And I think this is‒ this is where Hitler can help us.

I think that he‒ he has promised to change all this.

Christian, Hitler promises to conquer the whole world.

Ja. But this is a direct result...

of a handful of completely insane fanatics‒

Oh. Yeah.

It was, and this will pass.

It will not pass!

It's going to get worse and worse and worse.

And I think it's going to end in war.

I think that we should not discuss this...

because I don't know all the answers.

I know you don't know all the answers.

And with political discussions we go round and round,

and nothing is ever settled.

Let's go back in and have a nice time.

Come on.

No.

Good night, Christian.

I'll say good-bye in the morning.

This is the BBC, London.

Today, June 24, 1940, at 7:15 PM,

France surrendered to Germany.

The events of the past 45 days, beginning with the German invasion...

of the low countries on May 10, have thus come to a tragic climax.

England, now fighting virtually alone,

faces the German military power whose aim to conquer...

or destroy the entire civilized world...

can no longer be questioned.

In the words of Mr. Winston Churchill,

"What General Vegar has called the Battle of France is over.

The Battle of Britain is about to begin."

Leutnant, I do wish you'd order your driver to slow down.

I am reluctantly willing to die for the fatherland, but not in a traffic accident.

We're late, Brandt. Go a little faster, Basserman.

But we almost hit a cow back there.

The only living thing we have seen all afternoon.

Where is everybody?

Making love, drinking absinthe.

You know the French. Don't you read our papers? Where are they?

When I was a little boy, I promised my father I'd kill a Frenchman for him.

They shot off his leg in Verdun, ja, in 1916.

So I promised him‒ on Christmas eve it was‒

I promised I'd shoot a Frenchman for him.

Have you ever been to Paris?

No, I have not been there.

Oh, what a city. What a wonderful city that is.

I'll show you a good time there.

You won't keep those people indoors forever, not those Parisians.

Ah, what wonderful girls.

When I was a correspondent there last year, we practically lived in the streets.

Simone and I‒ We will show you Paris the way it always was,

the way it always will be.

Basserman, go up to the wall and keep firing on them...

in case they try to come to the front, ja.

Ja.

Go!

Come on.

Maeschen, stay behind this tree here.

I go over behind the tree over there. Jawohl.

I got him. I got him.

Maeschen, stay down!

Stretcher, hold your fire.

Stretcher.

Brandt. Stretcher, come on.

Brandt.

Tell him to go back and tell the others to surrender...

because we now have them in a cross fire.

Go. Allez.

Écoutez-moi.

Maeschen is dead? What? What?

Maeschen is dead?

Yeah.

I'm sure his father is very happy now, eh?

Allez! Allez! Vite!

Arretez!

Arretez!

Nous sommes fichus!

Captain Hardenburg. Ah, Diestl. Nice to see you.

I understand you have had a little difficulty on the road. Yes, sir.

At ease. Thank you, sir.

There were young conscripts, sir, making a token gesture.

There was a roadblock, and it was quite unavoidable.

There is no need to be apologetic. It makes for excellent training.

I want to commend you for the way you have handled it. Thank you, sir.

We had one casualty, you know, sir. Private Maeschen was killed.

Oh, yes. Uh, Private Maeschen.

Did he perform his duty?

Yes, sir. He killed one of the enemy with his first shot...

and then became excited and failed to take cover.

Too bad. I'm sure he fought bravely.

That's wonderful, isn't it?

Yes, sir.

Sir, with your permission, I would like to write a letter to his family.

Never mind, Diestl. I will do it. Leutnant!

Since you are attached to us, I wonder if you would mind taking a photograph for my wife.

We had always planned to come here.

It would be a pleasure, Captain. Come on, Diestl.

I'm sure your wife is not interested to see me.

Oh, yes, yes, yes.

I've written her about you and many of the men.

I'm sure she's most interested.

Just a moment.

We will stand on the steps. Come on, Diestl.

With the church in the background.

A great day. A day of historic importance.

In years to come, we will look back on this and say...

we were there at the dawn of the new era.

Ay! Ja. Now, Captain, this is the one.

All right, settle down.

Settle down!

This is New York City property.

Stop spitting and throwing butts on the floor and stop shoving.