Good evening, Max. I'm not too late, I hope.
I still have to prepare the show... Stravinsky, The Firebird, as we planned.
No show tonight, Bert.
I, um, can't leave the desk.
Only postponed, right?
I will dance better with a few more rehearsals.
Too bad about the flowers.
It's only postponed.
Oh.
Don't. Leave it. Leave it.
You always break your fingernails.
- There. - Thank you.
And so, there is a woman, hmm?
No.
Thank you.
Max, you don't trust me anymore.
You have changed. Thank you.
I met her again.
My little girl.
You mean, the little girl from then.
I found her again. I found her again.
And no one must touch her.
Who'd dream of touching her?
Oh, Max, be careful. Before she could testify against you,
you should file her away.
Oh. Oh, no.
- But... - No.
I love her.
What a madman.
She's my little girl.
She was very young.
And now she's not.
Yes. Yes, she...
She's exactly the same as she was for me.
- Oh, Max. - As she was then.
I've never seen you so much in love.
I thought she was dead.
What a romantic story.
No.
No, it's... not romantic.
- No? - It's not romantic.
It's a biblical story.
Yes? Well, tell me. Tell me what it's about.
Well...
It's a story from the Bible.
- Shall I tell you? - Please.
It's not very pleasant.
Go on.
Well, it was a long time ago.
Well, you remember.
Johann was a prisoner who used to torment her.
She just asked me to have him transferred.
I, I...
I don't know why,
but suddenly the story of Salome came into my head.
I couldn't resist it.
So you see,
it was a biblical story.
- Poor Max. - Hmm.
I told her I'd done exactly what she asked me, or else I misunderstood her.
You were always insane, and you still are.
Sane, insane then.
Hmm. Who's to judge?
And just you remember,
we're both in the same boat.
Hmm.
So we leave you this possibility.
You fix the date for the next meeting and try to observe the rules.
I always observe the rules.
Tell that to the others, Max, not to me, hmm?
You don't trust me. And I don't trust any of you.
That's where you're wrong.
Can't you understand the investigation serves to liberate you from the past?
- We must help each other. - Yet you have me followed and watched.
Then give us the necessary information.
For example, where can I find that witness Mario told me about?
I don't know what you're talking about.
What time would you like to be called in the morning?
Why?
- So they can't take you away. - Who?
Klaus, Bert, Hans.
It's nothing to laugh about.
And if they come with a file?
Then you fight.
Don't laugh!
Now...
Excuse me.
Listen. The police came.
They're looking for Frau Atherton... the conductor's wife.
You remember. She paid the bill to me.
They're coming to question you too.
I'm only here to ask you some questions on behalf of myself and the others...
and to have a look at you.
I could have come at another time to see him too,
but I don't need to speak to him.
I don't need to speak to him in front of you. Useless.
With this business of the trial, he's become too diffident.
- He's right. - What do you mean?
Because then for the first time he saw you all clearly.
Nothing's changed, has it?
You're wrong. We've all had our trials.
Now we are cured and live in peace with ourselves.
- There's no cure. - It is you who are ill.
- Otherwise, you wouldn't be with... - That's my affair.
Very well. But, nevertheless, your mind is disturbed.
That's why you're here, fishing up the past.
Max is more than just the past.
Listen. Why don't you go to the police?
If you want to, I'll take you.
Hmm?
Dr. Fogler, I remember you so well.
You gave a lot of orders.
You can't have forgotten that Max was obedient.
Remember?
I don't remember.
I certainly can't oblige you to remember if you don't want to.
I'm only here to ask you to testify,
to find out if the situation in which you find yourself is of your own choice.
- I'm all right here. - Yes.
You both want to live in peace, right?
One lives in peace...
when one is in harmony with one's close friends,
when one respects an agreement.
Tell Max that.
We could have denounced him to the police for the murder of Mario.
But we didn't. Max is ill.
He mustn't be too far away from us.
He's locked you up here. We could go to the police about that too.
I'm here of my own free will.
This chain is so none of you can take me away.
If we wanted to carry you off, would this chain stop us?
You poor fool. A chain can be cut.
None of us is thinking of violence.
Hmm. I know how your witnesses end up.
Max told me.
Max doesn't know what he's saying or doing.
His mind is disordered.
Get out.
Go away. Go away!
If you change your mind,
if that chain grows heavy, call me.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
I wanted to tell you I heard some noises last night.
I know you work at night. That's why I was worried.
- Did they force the lock? - No, it's nothing.
Oh, but there was somebody. I didn't have the nerve to look outside.
It's not safe any longer,
you know, when you live alone.
It's your imagination, Frau Haller.
They were here, weren't they?
- Who was it? - Hans.
What did he want?
- Tell me! - I'm tired and I'm hungry.
Tell me!
- Nothing. - Tell me what you talked about.
What you said to each other!
I sent him away.
Why were you trying to go away from me?
It hurts.
I...
I love you.
the police are looking for your witness.
So is her husband. When they find her, she'll begin to talk.
They'll never find her as long as Stumm and Adolph keep quiet.
Oh, they won't talk. It's your friend that concerns us.
- And so? - And so, in the meantime,
we have to hold our breath and hope that your love lasts for eternity
Max, you promised to go on with your trial.
- You must bring your witness. - Never! Never!
I don't give a damn about this trial. It's a farce.
- The trial is not a farce. - Yes, it is! It's a farce!
It's a game... a game for freaks.
- The freaks are you and your whore. - You b...
- Max, stop. - Why did we have to meet up here?
The elevator doesn't come up this far.
It's deserted up here. No one can hear us.
Why this unexpected meeting?
Max is hiding a dangerous witness in his apartment,
and he won't conclude his trial.
It will be concluded. Max, answer me honestly.
It'll simplify everything. Have you become a Communist?
Oh, God. The usual accusation, even for the newly born.
I know you're not a Communist. You're not a defeatist.
- You're one of us. - Which means I'm rotten and I stay rotten.
You bastard!
Max, we all want the same thing, to live as peaceful citizens.
Each of us has a respectable profession.
Even I have some honorable duties.
If you had wished, you could have had another career.
Look, Bert. If I choose to live like a...
like a church mouse, I have a reason.
I have a reason for working at night.
It's the light.
I have a sense of shame in the light.
We are proud...
of having been officers of the finest corps of the Third Reich.
And if I were born again, I would do exactly what I did.
- Sieg Heil! - Sieg Heil!
Here. Just put it there.
- And, uh, bring up the rest. - All right.
The police are looking for you.
Your husband sent them.
They questioned us all. "When did you leave? Who saw you last?"
Endless, endless questions.
They don't suspect me.
Klaus convinced them that I was above suspicion.
They were very polite.
Klaus.
My God.
And I left my job.
I left the hotel.
I don't want to leave you alone.
- Your order, sir. - Thank you. Here you are.
- Remember. The same thing tomorrow. - Yes.
Of course.
You've changed your lock? I have to change mine too.
- Mine had to be changed. - Oh, Kiki.
- Kiki. - Just a moment.
Would you please take your dog?
- But... - Thank you.
Why all this food?
Well, i-i-it's better if we don't go out for a bit.
Not even to look out the window.
Are you afraid?
How long is it going to last?
Well, it can end for you at once,
if you go to the police.
- Ah, you're late. - Are we punching a clock?
Shut up, you two.
Jacob, the order I gave you yesterday. It hasn't arrived yet.
I sent the boy over. Your doorman said you'd left.
I'm here. I'm still here.
Send the boy directly to apartment 15, will you?
All right. All right. I'll send him over again.
- Thank you, Jacob. - My duty. What did you say you wanted?
- Some wurst. - Certainly, sir. There's a choice.
Perhaps I can be of help to you.
My son Ernst, killed in Africa in '43. He had the Iron Cross.
The Iron Cross, eh? You must be proud.
- I'm still waiting for his pension. - Fine looking boy.
We've got to start rationing... what we have left.
It's ten days now. No food has reached him.
- Nobody in the building noticed? - Everything's under control.
I think we should move now, Hans.
How is Greta?
Not too bad. She's getting along just fine.
Don't touch!
- Hello? - Hello, Max? It's Oscar.
- You called me? - Oscar, are you calling from the hotel?
No. You see, I can't call.
Oscar, listen.
I'm desperate.
I'm sorry, I...
I've got an appointment. Uh, I can't come.
Are you frightened of something?
You see, I don't want...
I don't want to get mixed up in...
You know what I mean.
Max, I'm still waiting for my war pension.
Oh.
Thank you, Osc... Thank you, Oscar.
Yes?
Hello. Yes?
Your little girl doesn't know how to use the telephone?
What do you want?
I want to help you. What can I do?
Send me a box of chocolates.
Listen, Max. Our friends are not joking.
- Leave everything and... - Erica...
My little girl... You, you remember my little girl, don't you?
My little girl is waiting for me. Bye.
Hungry.
Excuse me, Frau Holler. I can't leave my apartment.
Can you get me some food? Anything.
Why don't you go out? Are you ill?
- Someone here is ill. - Listen. I'm not really going out.
- We're hungry. - I told you. I'm not going out today.
- I implore you... - If you please...
I'm waiting for you.
Adolph, will you get me some food, please?
Right away, if you give me the lady.
Please! Please!
- Well? - He doesn't answer.
It's off the hook.
Tell me, Bert. How long have you known Max?
Let's not talk about it.
You don't, uh, dance for him anymore?
I've lost him.
Subtitles by KV on Subtitle Workshop - 2009