And I'm giving up my studies, too.
Considering the circumstances I think it's better if you don't come here.
Your country is at war. Better not.
We're going. Are you coming?
Something wrong with your sister?
I have no sister.
Do you want to dance?
Are you all right?
Come, drink.
How about you?
I'm so hot, so terribly hot.
Are my cheeks really red?
Will you be staying long?
Why does she say that? 'Better not.' Better for whom?
Who said that? - Lotte.
First I had to come, and now I can't. - Lotte, is that the fat woman?
My sister. In Holland. The letter. - Oh, your sister.
Why not, all of a sudden? - Why not what?
What have I done wrong? I only want to go to her.
To Holland?
We're twin sisters. - Yes, twins.
We had one of those in Czechoslovakia. A non-commissioned artillery officer.
I won't write back. 'Better not.' I've done without her all my life.
Seriously?
You were in Czechoslovakia?
Do you look alike?
My sister knows all about music. She's a wonderful singer. Songs by...
I don't know who. With a pianist, that's her fianc�.
Can you sing?
Me neither.
She studies at a university. German. My sister.
She teaches, too. Speaks really good German, better than me. So clever...
With such a... nose.
And her eyes...
The way she sometimes looks... - What way is that?
Exactly like our father.
Then she doesn't need to say anything.
Neither of us says anything.
I could see her thinking. And looking. Why would she do that?
It's clean.
She's German herself.
What a nice handkerchief.
It's good that you've got a handkerchief like that with you.
Maybe she thinks I'm stupid? - Stupid? You?
Impossible. Out of the question.
I'm on to you, Mister Ostmarker.
Or should I say Austrian? Since you're with us now.
Now it's dirty.
Why don't you lie down for a while.
Austrians, they're those operetta soldiers, aren't they?
With roses in their rifles.
I'm a conscript.
If I had a choice, I'd be at home in Vienna.
With a rose in my rifle.
What's this I hear? What have you done?
Did you lend the beet press to the Poles?
Otherwise they have to do it by hand.
Silly goose. You don't think they'd do the same for us, do you?
They hate us. - But we don't hate them.
They are subhuman. We are the Master Race.
Shouldn't we lend them the beet press, if we are the Master Race?
Oh, go ahead then. You do what you want anyway. Bolshevik.
What is it?
Listen carefully.
I wanted to see you.
I'm not allowed to leave the barracks, so I climbed over the wall.
It's a secret. We're marching off. - Where to?
I don't have time, I have to go back. If they find out...
I just wanted to see you.
Where to?
I have to go back. All leave has been cancelled.
We're off, Anna. Oh, my dearest.
I'll write.
Will you wait for me?
When are you coming back?
Why has all leave suddenly been cancelled?
My people.
Despite having maintained strict neutrality during the past months...
our country was attacked last night...
suddenly and without warning, by the German Wehrmacht...
despite their solemn promise...
that our neutrality would be respected as long as we maintained it ourselves.
Who do they think they are?
Bloody Huns.
Let's go.
To do what? - Sailing.
Today? It's war.
People are advised not to go out.
We're going anyway.
Lotte, hold on. Stop.
We said we would wait.
First we get married. That's the deal. - I don't want to wait any longer.
Stop. Why don't you want to wait?
You're mad. - No, I'm very serious.
We could be dead tomorrow. - Seriously.
I don't know. Jesus, forget it.
Forget everything. Forget me, what does it matter?
What's wrong with you? - And we're not getting married either.
Don't be stupid.
Here.
I'm breaking it off. Take it.
Then don't.
All the same to me.
Can we go back? - No.
Come on, I want to go now.
Go on, then. - Come.
Don't forget the peak halyard.
David, come on.
No.
I'm going. - Bye.
Bye. - Bye.
What's the matter, silly rabbit?
Why don't you break it off?
Why should I?
Because I'm German, of course.
I'm German.
You know how it is.
All those refugees...
The way Germans think about Jews...
And now they're here.
It's war. I'm German, and you'll hate me.
To me you're Lotte. The girl I love so much.
The girl who sings so beautifully. My bunny rabbit.
Who is German.
And who thinks she can sail.
We're Lotte and David.
And all that politics has nothing to do with it.
Lotte, don't.
I've come for Martin Grosalie. His training is done. He has leave today.
Leave has been cancelled.
They're being punished. - What for?
They were almost done. All they had to do, was shout 'Sieg Heil'.
Brand-new SS officers, shouldn't be a problem.
The commanding officer didn't think it sounded enthusiastic enough.
That's a serious matter around here.
Do you understand?
They can't keep him here.
I haven't seen him in two years.
That can't be helped.
They're returning to the front tonight.
Poland, Russia. Fighting, fighting...
He's been trying to get leave for two years. He must have it now.
It was the only reason he wanted to do this stupid training.
Do you think he really wanted to be an officer?
He doesn't give a damn about the whole war.
At least you can't throw that one in the water.
David, I want to become a Jew.
Yeah, right.
I'm serious.
I want to convert. - You'd be mad.
Why? Because of the situation?
No, because of all the fuss.
My silly rabbit.
My bag, I forgot my bag.
Where? - In the cafe.
The train tickets, everything...
Seven minutes. You'll never make it. - Easily.
I'm your silly rabbit. - And don't you forget it.
I'm sorry.
Buchenwald?
Buchenwald, Buchenwald...
What is there, Buchenwald?
A sort of work camp, for young men.
'I'm doing fine. We're working hard. David.'
In German...
What is the charge? Is there a charge?
No, no. We think the Germans wanted to set an example.
After the strike in Amsterdam.
'Watch out, don't make trouble.'
He's not so bad off there. He's healthy, he's always practiced sports.
It could easily last a few months, though.
Strange how things go, isn't it? If you hadn't forgotten your bag...
Shall I make tea?
Please forgive me, Anna, for not contacting you for so long.
We're all confused here.
But I think about you a lot and I need you.
I'm scared, Anna. Help me.
David has been taken to Buchenwald. It's my own fault.
Do you know what's in Buchenwald?
Tell me.
We're getting married, if I want to. And I want to.
Anna. Sweet, dear Anna...
He wants me in Vienna. He has leave. - How can he have leave, now?
'Got tired, Russia too big. Eight days too late for Stalingrad.
Official leave. Come to Vienna. Get married, if you want. Martin.'
I don't understand, but I want to. I want to.
Anna, you are a good person.
Anna, wait.
Anna, wait. From Holland.
From your sister.
Just for a few months, of course.
But of course. I think it will be a lot of fun.
Don't you, Dinand?
We'll pay all the expenses, have I made that clear?
Plenty of space now that the girls have left home. Such lovely little rooms.
Until we find a definite solution. - Jet's room...
Dad.
Is it all right? - Oh, did I not make that clear?
Of course it is. It's our humane duty.
Welcome.
I know exactly how you must feel.
I miss my girls, too. Just their physical presence, eh?
I mean, I'm very happy they've married so well...
and Jet has already had her second child...
The plates.
No, not there. Put them in the living room.
It's a raid.
I'll have a look.
But how do you prepare a hare?
Marinate in oil with a dash of cognac.
The village? That way.
Nice to meet one of our own people here. Good luck and thank you.
It's all right. They've gone.
It wasn't a raid.
They were nice boys.
Funny to speak German again.
From David.
'lf I don't get my sailboat soon...
it will be too late. David.'
He's asking for help.
Auschwitz. Now it's Auschwitz.
My darling, my sweet... I want to go to him.
Just for once, let me be alone...
in this stupid house.
Welcome home, Mr. and Mrs. Grosalie.
Did it hurt?
It hurt terribly.
Did you cry?
I'm a man.
Oh, my hero.
Don't worry. I'm with the signals unit, they're not in any danger.
What's this supposed to be?
What is this?
Mash?
Looks more and more like water.
Is that it?
Do I not get any more?
Never mind then.
If I don't answer, I don't wish to be disturbed.
Where did you get that food?
I got some extra coupons from the resistance. Do you want a sandwich?
Here, have a sandwich.
Those coupons... How...
I'll make you a cheese sandwich.
How long have you been getting them? - Do you want it or not?
Those coupons are for... - The people in hiding, I know.
They'll get theirs next time. Here.
Give me that. The coupons, everything.
Now. - Look here...
Otherwise I'll tell everyone here what you're really like.
Pathetic, greedy little man.
You know what your problem is?
You'll always be a bloody Hun.
I'm so nervous. I hope I recognize him. - As long as he recognizes you.
I'm sure he will.
I'm going to enjoy every minute of it. Whether he wants to or not.
I don't want to get pregnant. But should I turn my back on him?
No, girl. You'll be leaving with a belly full.
The girls.
They say it's almost over.
The Russians are at West-Prussia.
Maybe you won't have to go back.
Then we'll go back to Vienna.
Don't look.
Now.
It's a bit premature, but I don't have much to do at your parents' house.
That's what I want. A baby.
First a boy, then a girl and then another boy.
Or two boys. So they can play together. A girl is not much use for a boy.
Although it's nice for the girl to have a big brother.
But it could be a girl first, of course.
What would you rather have first, a boy or a girl?
As long as I have a lot. A big family. On Sundays we'll go for walks.
Will you come?
Actually, I'd like a girl first. I don't know why.
Now I know what I really want. Twins. Two girls.
And they'll always stay together.
Gas? - Yes, gas.
What kind of sick idea is that?
It was in the paper. I'm not making it up.
What was in the paper?
Something about shower rooms...
where the enemy prisoners, it said...
were driven in naked and gassed.
Naked? - And that the capacity of the chambers...
has been raised from two hundred to a thousand people per day.
Of course that isn't true.
Are you calling me a liar?
There's mail?
There hasn't been a letter for a long time.
There is mail.
'Dear Frau Grosalie.
It is my duty as company commander...
to inform you of your husband's heroic death.'
In the Eiffel. Shellfire.
He had survived Russia, the partisans...
even dysentery, I heard later. But those apples...
Apples?
Shortly before the end of the war, he's riding with some lads in a truck.
They park near a couple of apple trees. Star apples, I think.
You had them, then.
He stays waiting in the cabin. From the trees, they see...
they entire truck exploding...
and being torn to shreds.
Shellfire from the Americans.
'Your husband's heroic death'.
They swept him together...
and buried him in that village.
At least you had a grave.
There was no cemetery in Auschwitz.
Lotte, are you coming?
Everyone's going. Are you coming?
I want to see the Canadians. We don't want to be late.
Do you think David will still want me?
I don't think David is coming back.
And I think...
that you think that, too.
Are you awake?
My little girl...
An official notice about David.
Do you want to read it?
Well, what it boils down to...
It's what we already suspected.
In Auschwitz.
What we suspected.
My darling...
my little bunny rabbit.
Can I help you, lady?
Damn, a bloody Hun. Piss off, won't you.
You have a baby!
I didn't know that.
Is it a boy or a girl?
A girl. Hester.
Why aren't you saying anything?
That language...
is no longer spoken here.
Not in this house.
Not in my life.
Never again.
Start a fight, curse her, hit her, I don't know...
but do something. This is terrible.
You have to talk to her.
Get over it. She can't help it.
And you don't know anything about her. They're not all Nazis.
Talk to her. You'll find out.
She's family, Lotte. She's your twin sister, for God's sake.
Come.
All glued together.
Bone glue? With a brush and very nice varnish.
For the sound.
I came for her.
She's the only one I have left.
Get out.
Get out of my house, Nazi.
Nazi. You killed him. You and that man...
Do you want an SS whore in your home?
Get out.
Get out of my life. I never want to see you again.
You're not my sister any more.
So that's what it was.
Your twin sister, the wife of an SS officer.
And now you speak Dutch.
Good, eh? I thought: I won't let that happen to me twice.
We should get back. It's getting late.
I hardly knew anything about what was happening in Holland.
And about what happened to the Jews...
we didn't find out until much later.
'We didn't know.'
We didn't know.
We have to get back.
If I'd had TB instead of you, the roles would have been reversed.
The question is: Would I have made the same choices?
Of course. You wouldn't have known any better, just like me.
I would never have married an SS officer.
I didn't fall in love with an SS officer...
but with Martin, the best man in the whole world.
I would never have fallen in love with a murderer.
Martin was no murderer.
Don't be so naive. You just told me so yourself.
Poland, Russia... An SS officer who was there at the time, took part in clean-ups.
Don't tell me he didn't kill anybody.
Of course he took part, because he had to.
But I know for certain that he hated war. He was a good man.
SS men were murderers out of conviction.
There are all sorts of people, aren't there? Same in the SS.
That way, you can understand any murderer if you study him hard enough.
That's very dangerous, Anna.
Where are we, for God's sake?
We've both been victims of circumstance.
Sorry, but I'm not going to compare my life to yours.
Why not? Is my sorrow worth any less than yours?
Damn it, Lotte. If you and I can't understand each other, then who can?
What will happen to the world? - Shut up, I don't want to hear it.
I don't want to understand.
By forgiving you I'd betray David.
You don't have to forgive me for anything.
I'm not asking for forgiveness. I haven't done anything wrong.
I've always tried to do the right thing and you're treating me like a monster.
I didn't kill David.
Oh stop it, Anna.
You and I live in two different worlds. They can never ever meet.
I'm going this way. You go back. I'll find another route.
Anna, what's wrong?
Nothing.
We'll go back together.
If I only knew where we were.
Hold on.
We'll climb down, slowly.
'The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak'.
Well, there we are.
Dinner can be served here, as far as I'm concerned.
I didn't kill David.
I know that.
But you feel I'm responsible.
I'm not really sure that I do.
The very last one.
Lovely.
A feast.
Do you have any children?
No.
I couldn't have any...
thanks to uncle Heinrich's beatings.
I later got a job with the Child Welfare Council.
That's where I worked for the rest of my life.
And I really enjoyed it.
Little Anna...
I'm so cold, so cold...
I understand.
She knew that she...
She wanted me...
for me to...
Before she...
That's what it was.
I understand.
Who is this woman?
Anna.
My sister.
My twin sister.