My father always said:
''Study hard, get a degree, so you won't have to dig ditches.''
The Home Army is impressed with our actions.
lt's just a start.
l hope.
Throw it quickly!
You both want to stay here to fight.
But what are we going to fight with?
One of you must go.
Arie's sources are probably in hiding, terrified he might talk.
Arie won't taIk.
Arie wiII not taIk.
We know that. They don't.
-Kazik, can we get him out? -lt'll be difficult.
Can we do it?
-What'II it cost? -It's not matter of money.
You must focus on reconnecting with Arie's sources.
Come on, decide.
-You know the Aryan cuIture. -You have a better face.
l know too many people, l'll be recognized.
You know the Ianguage. My Ianguage is obviousIy foreign.
-What if someone asks where l'm from? -What if l'm denounced?
What, you'll flip a coin to decide? Come on, Yitzhak.
You go, bring us the weapons we need.
Look at this.
You look fine, you look like a Polish businessman.
Here, if anyone asks you, you came to buy shirts, okay?
The guards have been greased.
Look at this suit--
-lt's all we could find on short notice. -lt's ridiculous.
You look fine. Really.
Nice ankles.
Your documents...
...and your new identity, Witold.
lt's good work, Marek.
Frania will take you to the other side and bring you to Tosia...
...who'll arrange for you to contact the necessary Poles.
-Where is Frania? -Over there with Julian.
-She's one of our very best. -Good.
l'll be watching your back.
That makes me feel much better.
l'm just across the street.
Luck.
-How is he? -He's not going to win any beauty contests.
Welcome back. You all right?
l've been better.
-Conserve your strength. Rest. -Mordechai--
You'll fight later, just get better.
l need to ask you....
l didn't tell them anything.
Rest.
-Kazik, how did you get him out? -We did nothing.
The Gestapo made a mistake and accepted our bribe.
Even when l believe you, l think you're making it up.
That's a vote of confidence for you.
A 1929 Lafite Rothschild.
Flawless. A bouquet that will last a century.
Have yourself a sip, Dr. Fritz Hippler.
You won't regret it.
Do l lie?
ls it not flawless?
Yes, it's very good.
Good?
lt's not good.
This is exquisite.
l liked your movie, The EternaI Jew.
lt was relentless, as the French would say:
ImpitoyabIe.
''Without pity.''
The EternaI Jew.
What a terrifying title.
A big nose, fruity. What do you think?
l agree.
You're not a wine aficionado, are you?
No, not really.
lt's a Jewish wine, made by a Jewish viticultor...
...Rothschild.
Surprising, isn't it?
Enough about wine.
ln confidence...
...you've spent time around Col. Von Sammern...
-...haven't you? -Yes.
Tell me about him.
Where should l start?
With the engagement on January 18th, when his troops were first fired upon...
...by the subhumans of the Jewish sector.
German soldiers are massing outside the Ghetto by the hundreds.
-Caliber? -9 mm.
One German, two Germans, three Germans....
-Caliber? -7.62.
7.92 carbine.
Julian, how did you get the rifle?
My eyesight.
Julian!
l don't miss.
One German platoon.
-Zygmunt? -7.92.
Everyone's in place.
Do you hear this? They're singing.
The bastards are singing.
Go, get down.
Bring Dr. Hippler here.
Hit the tank on the hedge! lt's open!
Why are you filming this?
l've been assigned by Goebbels to film this operation.
He says the film of these engagements will outlast us all.
Victory will outlast us, this is not victory.
lt depends where you put the camera.
Did he think he could waltz his army into the sector?
Like sightseers on holiday?
All is lost.
The troops have retreated, many are dead or wounded.
l know. l was there.
We must respond with overwhelming force immediately.
From the Reichsfuhrer.
Reichsfuhrer Himmler...
...promised Hitler a Warsaw free of Jews by his birthday, tomorrow.
Do you understand?
And if other Jews are emboldened by this turn of events...
...if other sectors initiate their own uprisings, it spreads to the Poles?
You see the implications?
See the cause for concern?
Under orders of the high command, you are relieved of your post forthwith.
And to avoid...
...any unnecessary strain between German-Austrian factions in the SS ranks...
...the order for your execution has been withdrawn.
You are dismissed.
-We're still here. Who would've bet on it? -Now we have real weapons to fight with.
Julian, well done.
Look.
Our little nation.
Did you ever think in your lifetime, you would see this?
What is he doing?
Either he's showing his troops he's not afraid...
...or he really likes his table.
Give those out to the officers, good for their nerves.
How can you sleep at a time like this?
Easily.
Dr. Hippler.
Yes, sir.
l don't care where you put the camera, just don't film the flags.
But it makes for a better story.
They show what our soldiers had to overcome to achieve victory.
-Gen. Kruger was explicit-- -You are not to shoot the flags.
Unless Gen. Kruger shows up in person and instructs you to do so.
-ls that clear? -Crystal clear.
l should wake Marek.
Marek, wake up!
Now?
Not yet.
Now?
Six more.
Now.
Dozens of our men were killed, more wounded, at the brushmakers.
Pull the tank out!
Further.
No, further.
Hold your positions!
lt's not safe for you to be here.
Hold your positions!
Quickly.
Far enough?
''Dear Yitzhak, l don't know what to write you.
''Let's dispense with personal details this time.
''l have only one expression to describe my feelings and the feelings of my comrades:
''Things have surpassed our boIdest dreams.
''The Germans ran away from the Ghetto twice.
''One of our units held out for 40 minutes, and the other one for more than 6 hours.
''Know that the pistol has no value.
''We practically don't use it.
''We need grenades, rifles, machine guns and explosives.
''Your friend in arms, Mordechai.''
Yes, l did say that, Reichsfuhrer Himmler.
They are crafty, but we will put an immediate end to this uprising.
No, not today. Two or three days, perhaps.
Excuse me.
Yes, of course.
Yes, Reichsfuhrer.
Now they're serious.
Go, get down in the basement, now!
Bring everybody in from the roof.
Get Calel in.
Pull back, bring everybody in!
Pull back!
Fire!
Get out of here!
Hurry! To the right!
-Who are these people? -Civilians.
We'll assemble the fighters right away.
l have corrected your mistake.
There were no casualties today.
There are no mistakes. There were--
There are no mistakes now!
Have you apprehended the leaders yet?
Not yet, sir.
l am not looking for an explanation. l am looking for an acceptable answer.
That would be, ''Yes, we've captured and destroyed the leadership.''
HeiI HitIer!
l have a message from Himmler.
l have just begun to get us out of a disgraceful situation.
Do you wish to hear what the Reichsfuhrer has to say?
Of course.
As a lover of Wagner, he said that you have conducted the overture...
...to this grand operation magnificently.
Particularly compared to Von Sammern.
He went on to say, ''Play on, maestro.
''The Fuhrer and l won't forget you.''
We, in London, now have in our possession...
...concrete information concerning the mass murder...
...of the Jewish popuIation in PoIand committed by the German nation.
The Polish courier must've got through.
There is no other way they could've got those details so right.
lf the Allies will bomb the railroads, or the camps...
...or Warsaw itself, we'll have a chance.
-l don't know. Do you really think? -Sure.
This scum killer! Jewish police scum!
-What is he doing here? -Leave him!
He watched my children go to the trains. He sold my mother to the Germans!
l'll kill you with my own hands!
He's fighting for you now.
They're right.
What they said, l did.
l know, and you know l know.
Listen to me. We don't have time to dwell on the past.
We only have time to plan for our immediate future.
The weapons didn't make it through.
Yitzhak?
Our shipment of weapons was intercepted by the Germans in the cemetery.
And the Germans have discovered the tunnel at Muranowska.
lt is no longer safe.
Today is Easter, right?
Tosia, you're going out for some fresh air.
You must take these explosives and get them to Mordechai.
You must get them to the fighters, do you hear?
Get back everybody!
Out for a Sunday stroll, Jew bitch?
We'll follow you around all day.
Three thousand zlotys or we introduce you to the Gestapo.
Okay, let's go.
Come. Let's go. l want to see the little room.
What little room?
The room the Gestapo reserves for pathetic crooks...
...who waste their time turning in fellow Poles.
l understand those thugs are given the full treatment.
So, let's go.
Let's go, l will create a diversion.
Strip the women naked. This won't happen again.
Get the ladder.
Now, that's a fine marksman.
They call them ''parachutists'' or ''balloonists.''
They've devised a game, whereby the winner is...
...he who delivers the most bullets to the jumper before he hits the ground.
Films and photographs of this grand operation will be invaluable...
...to future historians of the Third Reich.
lt will also be useful as training materials for the SS...
...and as a living document of the sacrifices that the Nordic races made...
...to rid Europe and the world of the Jews.
All the exits are blocked.
We can't stay here, we have to leave.
How? lf there is no way out, we'll be easy targets.
l'll go out first.
l'll get their attention.
What are you talking about?
You once asked me:
''Can a moral man maintain his moral code in an immoral world?''
Here's my answer.
Rot in hell, you bastards!
-Paradise. -Lost.
Follow me.
Quick, follow me.
This way.
The reIativity Jew, AIbert Einstein...
...who masked his hatred of Germans behind his obscure pseudo-sciences.
The art of propaganda is not well understood, is it?
Keep it simple, repeat it over and over until it takes on a life of its own...
...becomes the truth, in effect.
We aren't the only ones fighting the war on the film front.
The Allies have hired Frank Capra to direct their efforts.
Should l know that name?
He's a very successful Hollywood filmmaker.
A little sappy for my taste, but at the top of his game.
lt seems the Americans weren't all that interested in going to war...
...so he was brought in to popularize the notion.
Worse, he stole footage that l had commissioned and used it for ridicule.
As l say, it all depends on where you put the camera...
...and who is telling the story.
These are not the Aryan women from my hometown of Detmold.
They are acrobatic sharpshooters, fighting demons, amazons.
l don't believe this business about Jewish women bewitching Aryans.
She's expressive, though.
Careful with the basket.
ls she all right? Did you hurt yourself?.
-l'm all right. -What have you brought us?
-Dynamite. -Excellent.
Cmd. Zuckerman, you understand...
...that the considerations we face today are extremeIy compIex?
Of course.
There are those in the Home Army, both here and in London...
...that feel the transfer of weapons...
...to untrained Jewish street fighters...
...is a futile and wasteful use of our limited resources.
And what if this Jewish uprising were to spread?
The Polish underground is hardly equipped to take on German forces.
Thousands of Poles would be slaughtered, and we cannot allow that to happen.
May l remind you, Colonel, that we, too, are Polish citizens?
Perhaps these influences in the Home Army...
...are secretly grateful to the Nazis for ridding their country of Jews.
l pray to God you can rise above those influences.
-The considerations we face are complex. -That may be, but you see, Colonel...
...the considerations my people face are simple.
ln fact, l would have to say...
...that the conditions my people face are positively elemental.
We must have arms.
We must have explosives!
We must have something other than our fists, and bricks...
...and our unbreakable will.
lmmediately!
You take no risk.
And if you fail to act, our blood will be on your hands.
Mommy!
Hands up!
-Hands up! -Check the holes!
Take your clothes off.
Right now, hands up!
Your plan sounds reasonable.
Your reports to Himmler make it seem as if things were going well.
-But they aren't now, are they? -Gen. Kruger...
...within a short while, the Jewish sector of Warsaw will be no more.
Every buiIding wiII have been razed to the ground.
Then we wiII bring these vermin to the surface or bury them.
''A short whiIe''?
This little group of bandits have held off the German military...
...for longer than the entire country of Poland.
ls that ''a short while''?
It wouId make your job and mine easier...
...if your reports weren't so optimistic...
...and our casuaIties were...
...shall we say, less.
To be perfectly blunt.
Jan.
No luck.
The Poles won't give us any more weapons. And you?
None.
Any word from Tosia?
The others are secure. Follow me.
-Where? -There's a bunker at Miliatin.
-These are your fighters, Kazik? -Yes.
Okay, go.
Schmuel Asher. Mordechai Anielewicz.
-Hello. -Hi.
l've heard about you and your group.
Now...
...let me show you around my basement empire.
Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor.
And there is Mauthausen.
We have running water.
We have electricity.
lt's too hot, and the dust is horrible for my allergies.
Good to see you.
Come on, l show you something, guys.
There are five entrances and five exits.
They come in handy in my line of work.
This way.
Who's winning?
Whatever is ours is yours.
Not really everything.
Tuvia was unable to get to Yitzhak via the sewers.
-l'll go. -Not until your ankle heals.
Kazik, l want you to go. And bring Zygmunt with you.
That's perfect. Tuvia couldn't make it, so we send Kazik.
-What makes you think we can succeed? -You're going to go through the tunnel.
-What tunnel? -The tunnel at Muranowska.
There's a tunnel there for special occasions.
The question is: How safe is it?
-Yes, that's a good question. -Yes, it's risky, but worth it.
lf Yitzhak found guns and supplies, we can hold off a while longer.
Even if he hasn't, it's critical to find a way in and out of the Ghetto.
We are playing cat and mouse with Stroop and his men.
We can't hold off forever.
Yesterday, we were seeking safe passage to Palestine.
Today, we seek safe passage across the street.
Our world has gotten pretty small.
Luck.
Go. Make me proud.
Make yourself proud.
Let's go, Romeo.
l am instructing Zivia and Marek to assemble a small squad.
Their mission will be to find an exit out of the Ghetto through the sewer canals.
This will be difficult, if not impossible, as we know.
The maze of canals is vast and confusing.
Those who wish to leave will be given the opportunity.
Those who wish to stay, will do so.
Perhaps it will be possible...
...to connect with the partisans in the forest to continue our fight.
Perhaps not.
Throughout our difficult struggle...
...we have been determined to preserve one choice:
How we die.
Whether it be here, in an airless bunker, or elsewhere...
...l don't know. But l can assure you of one thing:
The spirit of our deaths....
The spirit of our deaths will shape the soul of a new generation...
...a new nation of Jews.
All right.
-Let us wish Zivia and Marek luck. -Luck!
And we continue.
-You're a sight for sore eyes. -So are you.
And Julian?
He's our best marksman.
No! Kazik, it's all right!
Tell me.
-Something is not right. -What?
The level of fighting has decreased. They only attack us at night.
They are playing possum.
The Gestapo's informer has told us where the command bunker is.
And this time, l think it's accurate.
That is good news, isn't it?
Too good.
Too easy.
-ls your ankle better? -Yes.
lf you wish to go with the others, you can. lt's up to you.
l'd rather stay here and fight with you and Arie, if that's all right.
lt's all right.
Where are the sewer workers?
l don't know what happened. They were paid to guide us.
But they haven't shown up.
We need to go now. This is far too dangerous for you.
No. We are going into the Ghetto tonight. lf not through the sewers, over the wall.
Are you out of your mind?
We have no chance to survive without a plan.
Nor do the fighters, if we don't get them out now!
How will we do that if we get shot getting in?
-l am going. -How do you intend to get them out?
Are you with me or not?
We have no chance to succeed without a Polish guide...
...to take us in the sewers and out again.
Do you see a guide? Do you?
There is no sewer worker!
-Are you with me or not? -l will go with you, Yitzhak.
You two can make your own funeral arrangements.
l will not carry your coffin.
l will accompany you, but he makes sense.
Maybe we should try again tomorrow with the Poles.
We can't rely on the Poles, Frania.
We can't rely on anyone else to get us in!
Zivia, when you get down to the sewers, go left.
And let's hope for the best.
l will cover your escape.
Go, before you forget why you are leaving.
We will be back.
Goodbye, Zachariah.
Come on, you're already a day late.
-Let's go! -Follow me.
Tell our friends to keep their spirits up.
-Charming. -This way.
l just wish we had more weapons and ammunition.
lt would be really something.
What is it?
l had the most ridiculous dream.
lt was so vivid.
l was sleeping and...
...your sister, Gina, came and woke me up.
She took me outside...
...to this beautiful garden.
And there were grapes and nuts and figs.
lt's very biblical.
Then she took me to a basket.
And there was a baby inside it.
And she said that...
...he was mine.
My child.
Then l took him and...
...l held him in my arms.
Tell me the history of The EternaI Jew. How did this film of yours come to be?
Goebbels commissioned it.
lt was his idea, his pet project.
He felt that the Germans weren't anti-Semitic enough.
lt didn't come as easy to them as, say, the Poles, or the French...
...or even the English.
The film was the psychological underpinning...
...of the Fuhrer's plan for racial purity.
Why do you think these Jewish women are such ferocious fighters?
Desperation?
But I have never witnessed this before.
l saw one woman shot several times, and, as she was dying, she cursed me...
...in a language that was beyond vile.
-l can't get the image out of my mind. -Maybe you're bewitched?
Here's to a good bewitching.
Halt!
Check that tunnel. See if it's passable, Mira.
Tosia, down there.
Devorah?
Down there, Julian. They can't have found all five exits.
Hurry!
lt's completely blocked.
Mira!
-No. lt's not safe. -Julian?
lt's clear. We can make it out of the sewer.
Maybe there's a way to the sewers through the sewer wall.
-That way? -Yes.
-Tosia, go in and see if this is possible. -Yes.
Mira. Hurry.
Hurry. We need reinforcements.
Spread out, and try to outflank them.
Find Zachariah, spread out, and create a diversion.
Hurry up.
Die!
-The Ghetto is through this. -Good, lead me.
No, l go no further.
-You have been paid to lead me. -l show you. That's all.
As a member of the Home Army, it is my assigned mission...
...to rescue Christian Poles trapped in the Ghetto.
lf you do not wish to cooperate, then l'll give you a simple choice:
Lead me, or die.
That's your choice.
-Follow me. -Good decision.
The exits are sealed. The fighters are all dead.
-Okay, we stay. We fight here. -Let's go.
-This way. -Quickly, come on.
How much further till we get to the Ghetto?
Everything is sealed. Get everyone into position.
-Does everyone have a gun? -One person, right over here.
Come on, move! Every exit!
Go see if Tosia and her men have made any progress.
Move!
There's another wall.
Tosia, have you found an entrance to the sewer canals?
-Not yet. -Hurry.
We are.
Mordechai, l don't think they will make it through soon enough. Sorry.
All right, Julian, take your position. You've done well.
l wonder if Zivia and her group made it through.
Zivia will find a way out.
l would have bet that Kazik found a way back.
He won't disappoint you.
Mira, let me ask you a question.
How do you manage to always be so positive...
...so optimistic and so supportive?
l'm lucky.
To luck.
Go through, right now. l will get Mordechai.
This way.
lf you sense gas...
...cover your faces with a wet cloth and stay low.
Cover your face and stay low to the ground.
l found a way out!
l found a way out through the sewer.
Stay low, low to the ground! Keep low!
Save the last bullet for yourself.
Everyone follow me this way!
l found a way out!
Let's give them a greeting they'll remember.
Kazik.
Tosia.
-You're alive. -Tosia.
Where are the others?
A few of us made it out of the sewers but...
...Mordechai, Mira, Arie and all the rest, all died here or in the bunker.
How did you get in?
l thought...
...l was the last Jew in the Ghetto.
The last one.
Kazik, how did you get in?
Through the sewer canals.
-Then you will get us out. -No.
-Yes. -No.
-Come. -No.
Kazik, come.
-l want to stay here. -There are others who need our help.
Paradise.
This way.
ln the tunnel.
All right.
Paradise.
Lost.
Marek?
-Zivia? -Tosia?
This is a miracle.
-We were lost. -We've been walking in circles.
What a miracle!
-Kazik, have you been to the other side? -Yes, he has.
-Then, he is our leader. -Yes.
All right.
All right, everyone. Follow Kazik quickly and quietly.
Follow me.
Come, Sarah.
HeiI HitIer.
One of Major Hoffle's SS informants says some of the leaders are still alive.
He heard they were taking the sewers to the Aryan side...
...to join up with the partisans and continue the fight.
The Major wanted me to inform you of this as soon as possible.
You need a truck. We have a truck.
We'll need it for two nights.
Trucks are expensive. Drivers are expensive.
l thought you might say this.
Wait, wait.
All right, under here.
Stick with your gun. Watch your head.
Come under here. Over here.
-All right, Zivia. -ls it safe?
You must be quick, the water is rising.
Coming through.
-Where's the boy and the girl? -They're coming through.
-Sarah. -lsaac, come here.
l'll go through.
All right, everybody through? We have to get through quickly!
Coming through!
The children!
lt's shut.
lt's closed.
Please, don't panic.
Please, be calm.
A little bit further on, it opens out to a canal at the beginning of the Aryan side.
Well, we are at Prosta Street on the Aryan side...
...but there is no one waiting for us up above.
l cannot hold on any longer.
There's no way to get all these people out without a truck to get us out of the city.
Kazik, you will go by yourself. Meet Yitzhak.
-Find an exit. -Yes, tonight.
-Where is it? -l don't know, they're late.
We can't afford late.
There's been a delay.
They will try again later.
We must keep everyone calm.
l'll let them know.
Yes, an office. 54 Prosta Street.
Office furniture. Cabinets.
Just the driver, we have our own laborers.
You can.
-We must have water. We must have food. -lt is coming. Stay calm.
-We are doing all we can. -lt is not enough!
l'd rather die on the street with a German bullet.
You'll do as you are instructed for everyone's safety. Now, be quiet.
There's another landing. Go, get out of the water.
The people cannot take anymore!
Silence yourself. You think l will let your weakness...
...jeopardize the lives of all these people?
Have you any idea the sacrifices they have made so you can be standing here alive?
-Alive and on the verge of freedom! -l want to get out!
Don't think for a moment that l'll hesitate to put a bullet through your skull.
l'll fulfill your wish if you keep your foolishness up.
-Where's the office? l don't see it. -ln the basement.
What is this?
This is your chance to be a hero before God.
Drive.
Pull over there.
Please come out quickly and quietly, and do exactly as Kazik instructs.
Why are we doing this in broad daylight?
Because we are.
You're mad.
You're right.
-Are there many more? -Yes.
How many?
Forty on this landing and a dozen on another.
-We can't wait. -They'll come.
-We can't wait. -l promised them.
-Just one more minute. -One minute and then we leave.
-l'll get them. -But we have no time.
l'll get them.
Quickly.
Twenty more.
Come, come, come.
This is an operation of the Polish underground.
And l believe in Santa Claus.
Well, Santa, this is a pistol l am pointing in your ribs.
Do you believe that?
Yes.
Then you also believe that l won't hesitate to splatter your guts...
...all over these cobblestones unless you do exactly as l say.
Stay there.
-lnto the truck, quickly. -Ten more.
Hurry, hurry, now.
They're Jews.
That's everyone on this landing, forty in total. Come, Kazik.
-That's it! -No, l'm not leaving without them.
You're putting us all at risk!
l'm not asking you. l'm telling you.
Get on the truck!
Zivia, get on the truck.
We'll come back for them. Come.
Go! Go!
Go, go, go!
-They've escaped. -lt seems to be so.
l'll have you communicate to Reichsfuhrer Himmler...
...that Warsaw will be free of Jews tomorrow.
My engineers have prepared the dynamiting of the Jewish synagogue.
Further, l have informed Himmler that the remainder of our work here...
...will be carried out by the local police under my control.
Now, you may even receive a commendation for your efforts.
But between you and me, you let the bandits get away.
l want everything brought up! Every body, every corpse, every piece of evidence!
And then seal it shut! Tighter than a pharaoh's tomb!
And every manhole cover in Warsaw, l want welded shut! Every single one!
Enough!
Mordechai Anielewicz sent me this letter shortly before his last battle.
l want to read a part of it to you.
''Our fighters have endured conditions beyond description...
''...yet they have persevered. No, more than persevered.
''They have conquered these conditions, and fought on bravely...
''...over and over and over again.
''Perhaps we shall meet again.'' Perhaps.
''But the main thing is, the dream of my life has come true.
''l've lived to see a Jewish defense in the Ghetto...
''...in all its greatness and glory.''
Let us remember Mordechai and all the others.
And let us continue.
And let us continue to fight on.
Look, Kazik...
...how deeply they breathe.
Each breath...
...so peaceful, so rhythmic.
Yes.
One after another, after another...
...after another....