Lore

One,

two,

three,

four,

five, six,

seven...

Heaven.

Seven,

six, five,

four,

three, two, one.

Hell.

One,

two,

three,

four,

five, six,

seven.

Heaven.

Seven,

six, five,

four,

three, two...

We can only take what fits in the truck.

I'm not talking about the damn truck!

Hey, here she is.

My girl.

Come here.

You're wet.

You look completely different.

Not so different.

I wouldn't know you on the street.

I would know you, Vati.

That is comforting.

Lore.

Wake the twins,

we have to pack.

Vati,

are you coming?

Aren't you going to answer her?

Just six plates and cups, but take the silverware.

All of it.

Lieschen, what are you doing?

Help your sister.

Did I ask you to pack the glasses?

You have to listen.

We called him Peter,

like you, Vati.

Here, take him, he's wet.

Pick it up, Günter!

Oaf!

You are!

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Vati?

I'm just getting her some water.

Mrs Richter will look after her until we come back.

Now go back to your mother.

Please go.

Come on, girl. Out.

How are we better off here?

They'll find us.

Hurry!

Careful, damn it!

You're such a coward.

Are you coming back, Vati?

Heil Hitler.

Is your mother awake?

Yes.

Take this.

Günter, hurry!

The Führer.

Don't touch it.

Come.

Come away from here.

It's coming, Mutti, isn't it?

What?

The final victory.

Put the others to bed.

I'll be back soon.

Mutti?

Stay away from me!

What has happened?

Put the blanket over it.

Please cover it, Mama.

Go away!

Why are you looking at me?

Stop it.

Do you hear?

He's gone.

It is the end.

He's dead, Lore.

Vati?

Vati.

Our Führer, Lore.

He's dead.

Mutti?

There is nothing to eat for Peter.

Hello.

Hello.

We wondered if we might buy some food?

- Is your mama still here? - Yes, of course.

We thought they had taken her to prison.

I have to join your father.

If I'm not back in three days,

you must go to Omi.

Go to the train station and buy tickets to Hamburg.

And from there to Husum.

And then over the mud.

You remember, Lore?

Hamburg is far.

If I don't go willingly, they will come and take me.

Use the money first.

There is jewellery in my big suitcase.

Are you going to prison?

You mustn't worry.

I won't.

It is a camp.

Yes.

It is not a prison.

Prison is for criminals.

Take him.

Take him.

Take him!

Aren't you taking him?

They kill all the children.

You're not coming back, are you?

You must remember who you are.

You mustn't worry.

They will be here soon.

But we mustn't be afraid.

Before the victory there is always pain.

Hold his head up.

It mustn't go under.

If he goes under, would he drown?

He might.

A boy drowned in Hamburg, in Jenisch Park.

What did he look like?

You didn't see a thing, you ran away.

Where is that?

This is Omi's house.

There's blue windmills on the wall.

Lots of them.

Wait till you see.

And who is she?

Mutti's sister.

She died in the first war.

She had a bad cough and then she died.

Where's Mutti?

Close by, with Vati.

If they are close,

why don't they come and get us?

They are probably thinking about where we will live,

and

what colours they will paint the house.

Things like this.

Why won't he open the door?

I caught him stealing.

I don't know how your parents brought you up.

You think you can just help yourselves?

Is that what they taught you at Hitler Youth?

Get up!

This is not your house, no one wants you here!

We'll keep the baby, but the rest of you must go.

Let go, I want Mutti.

Get in there.

Let him out!

A German boy does not steal and then cry like a baby.

- When is Mutti coming back? - Never!

Go away!

Günter is a dirty little thief.

Now we have to go.

All because of Günter!

She said for us to wait!

Come out!

It's all your fault.

The Americans have special little prisons for children like you.

Horrible places, where children are tortured.

Maybe she will come tomorrow.

I don't want to go to prison, Lore.

No, she's not coming.

She's at Omi's.

I spoke to her.

You were not there.

She's at Omi's. Vati, too.

I can pay you!

I can pay you.

We want to go to the train station.

Did your mother make that dress?

This is from a store.

Where's your mother now?

Hamburg, with Omi.

And your father?

Dead?

He's fighting.

Then he's a fool.

We don't have any trains anymore. The Americans took them.

You're heading for Karlsruhe on this road.

Over to the French if you go too far.

- We want to go to Hamburg. - Go across the field, you'll see the road.