You stay here. It won't take long, will it?
Not long at all.
Joshua, make sure you treat the customers good!
I'll be right back.
- I'll take this one. - It costs five lire.
No, it says ten lire.
Everything's half price.
Give this to your mom and tell her it's from Grandma.
I've never seen my grandma before.
- Would you like to meet her? - Yes.
You'll meet her tomorrow.
- Tomorrow? - Yes.
Because tomorrow is your birthday...
and your grandma will come and bring you a nice present.
A new tank?
No, a surprise.
Give the letter to your mom.
Bye, Joshua.
You forgot your change, Grandma.
Thank you.
- When are you coming? - In an hour or so.
I'm going to stop by my uncle's to see if he'll bring some leftovers.
- Then what did Grandma say? - She's coming tomorrow.
It's about time!
JEWISH STORE
- It's time for your bath now. - I don't want to take one.
- Go take a bath. - I took one on Friday.
He's right.
You change your shirt.
- I changed it on Thursday! - Don't forget the flowers!
They're outside. I already picked them.
- I'll come with you, Pop! - You have to take a bath, stubborn!
I don't want to take one!
Hurry up. I have to go pick Grandma up.
- Where do you want the flowers? - Set them down. I'll be right there.
I took one on Friday!
Do you know where Joshua is?
He must be in there.
Will you put those things in order?
Why don't you show me the flowers? They look so beautiful.
They are. I'll bring them right over. You want to see the flowers?
I'll make them come right over. Come, flowers!
Come, nightstand!
Schopenhauer, willpower, I want the nightstand to come here.
Nightstand, come.
Stop, nightstand!
The nightstand seems very dirty to me.
Good morning, Princess!
He can already read and write?
- For over a year now. - You did a good job.
We're here.
I'll help you get out.
No, I can do it myself.
Dora, what's wrong?
Are we there?
No, it's a crossing.
Will you tell me where we're going now?
What do you mean, where?
You asked me a thousand times. We're going...
to the place... What's it called?
We're going...
Where are we going?
What day is it today? Today is your birthday!
You've always said you wanted to go on a trip!
It took me months to plan this whole thing.
You know where we're going?
I can't tell you. I promised Mom I wouldn't tell.
You know how she is. She'll get mad.
It makes me laugh.
My pop planned something like this for me when I was little too.
It was so... Boy, it was funny!
I'm not going to tell you. I want you to see for yourself.
It's a surprise. You know, it's really...
It really makes me laugh.
I'm tired.
Go to sleep.
Where are we going? Where are they taking us?
What time is it? We're leaving right on time.
What organization!
- You've never taken a train, huh? - No. Is it nice?
It's really nice!
It's all wooden inside. Everybody stands up. There's not one seat.
- There aren't any seats? - What? Seats on a train?
It's obvious you've never been on one!
No, everybody stands real close together.
Do you see this line? I got the last tickets just in time!
Hurry up, Uncle Eliseo. I don't want them to say, "Too late.
It's full. Go back home."
Wait up. We've got a reservation! Leave some room for us!
Look at this line!
Here we are! We made a reservation!
Thank you!
- May I help you? - There's been a mistake.
What mistake?
My husband and son are on that train.
What's your husband's name?
Guido Orefice.
Joshua Orefice...
and Eliseo Orefice are on that train too.
There's no mistake.
I want to get on that train too.
- We're all ready. - Send them off then.
Go, leave!
Go back home, ma'am.
I want to get on that train.
Let me get on that train!
Mom's here!
They stopped the train to let Mom get on.
Uncle Eliseo.
Are you happy? Did you see this place? Are you tired?
- I didn't like the train. - Me either.
We'll take the bus back.
We're taking the bus back! The one with the seats in it!
- I told them. - It's better.
You see? It's all organized!
Did you see that line? People are lined up to get inside!
- Everybody wants to get in! - What game is this?
That's it!
It's that game where...
It's the game...
We're all players.
It's all organized. The game is...
the men are over here, the women are over there.
Then there's the soldiers. They give us our schedule.
It's hard, you know. It's not easy.
If somebody makes a mistake, they get sent right home.
That means you have to be very careful.
But if you win, you get first prize!
What's the prize?
First prize!
- It's a tank. - I already have one.
This one's a real tank! Brand new!
Real?
Yes! I didn't want to tell you.
Where's Uncle Eliseo going?
He's on another team. It's all organized.
Bye, Uncle!
A real tank.
What did I tell you?
Fabulous!
What a place!
Hurry up or they'll steal our places. We've got a reservation. Two singles!
Coming through!
There's our place!
This is our bed. We'll sleep real close.
It's ugly here. It smells. I want to be with Mommy.
We will be!
- I'm hungry! - We'll eat!
Plus they're really mean here! They yell!
They yell because everybody wants first prize. They have to be tough.
- Can I see Mommy? - When the game's over.
When's it over?
You have to get a thousand points.
Whoever gets a thousand points wins a tank.
I don't believe you. Are we getting a snack?
A snack?
Just ask. We're all friends here.
- Look who's here. What's his name? - Bartolomeo.
Let me ask you something.
Did the guy who hands out the bread and jam already come by?
Darn it all! We missed him by a second!
He'll come back again though, won't he?
He's coming back.
- What did he say? - He asked if anyone speaks German.
He's going to explain the camp's rules.
- Do you speak German? - No.
The game starts now. Whoever's here is here, whoever's not is not.
The first one to get a thousand points wins. The prize is a tank!
Lucky him!
Every day we'll announce who's in the lead from that loudspeaker.
The one with the least points has to wear a sign saying "jackass"...
right here on his back.
We play the part of the real mean guys who yell.
Whoever's scared loses points.
You'll lose your points for three things.
One, if you cry.
Two, if you want to see your mommy.
Three, if you're hungry and you want a snack.
Forget about it!
It's easy to lose points for being hungry.
Just yesterday I lost 40 points...
because I absolutely had to have a jam sandwich.
Apricot jam! He wanted strawberry.
Don't ask for any lollipops. You won't get any.
We eat them all!
I ate 20 of them yesterday!
What a stomachache. But they sure were good.
You bet.
Sorry if I'm going so fast, but I'm playing hide and seek.
I have to go now or they'll find me.
Don't ask me anything. Ask Bartolomeo. He knows everything.
Don't forget to tell me what he said too.
A thousand points?
I told you we're going to have fun!
These guys are crazy!
This has to weigh a hundred kilos! It's got to be 3,000 degrees in here!
Vittorino, I can't cope anymore!
- After only the first one? - Why, are there more to move?
We're here until tonight!
Bartolomeo, what happened? Where are they taking you?
To the hospital. I hurt my arm.
We're going to die here!
I can't take it anymore! I'm putting this down.
I'll tell them I can't do it. What can they do to me?
They'll kill you!
- Where does this thing go? - Down there.
Good Lord! I'll never make it!
It's got to be 10,000 degrees in here!
Pop!
Look here! See? It's nice, huh?
We're signed up.
When I got there to sign up...
the referee was there and he said...
"No, you and your son aren't on the list.
You didn't pay your dues."
I almost fell over.
He said, "You can go home." I said, "No, you go home!
Joshua and I signed up.
Give me my number!" In fact, they gave me one. Look.
I had them put it here, too, just in case.
See what a nice place...
your pop takes you to?
Did you play with the other kids?
Yes, but they don't know the rules.
They said it isn't true that first prize is a tank.
They don't know anything about the points.
Did you fall for that? They're as sly as foxes.
They want to beat you! Are you joking?
There's no tank? Don't you believe them!
How many points did we get today?
Fifty.
Forty-eight. They took two points away from me because...
I tripped while I was...
playing hopscotch.
We...
laughed like crazy today! I died laughing!
Boy, did I have fun!
I can't wait to start all over again tomorrow!
Hopscotch, tug of war and ring around the rosy.
Every game. I don't even remember all of them.
"You guys are obsessed! Stop! I'm tired!" I said.
Listen.
- Did you eat something? - Yes, but I didn't ask for a snack.
Good boy! That means you got 12 points too!
Forty-eight for me, 12 for you.
Sixty points.
This is what you get when you get up to 60.
A plain piece of bread, no jam.
Here, eat this.
- Is 60 points a lot? - Are you kidding?
It sure is!
Look who's here! Bartolomeo!
How'd it go?
Any worse than this... I got 20 of them.
We got more than him.
Don't tell him that. We're in the lead!
I already told you: no children or old ladies!
Back inside! You don't work!
The rest, downstairs!
Let's go, girls, quickly. Come on. This way!
That one's new. She learned right away.
The lady at the door, she seemed nice when she first came.
She's the worst of all!
At least she didn't send the old ladies and children to work.
They don't send old people and kids to work because they kill them!
One of these days they'll call them to take a shower.
"Children, shower time!"
The truth is, they make them shower there in the gas chamber.
Downstairs!
How can I do this?
Vittorino!
Where'd they find all these anvils?
Pop!
Why are you here? You're not supposed to be here!
Go away!
Why aren't you with the other kids?
They said...
all us kids have to take a shower today, and I don't want to.
- Go take a shower! - No!
I'm not going to.
Go take a shower!
What are you doing here?
We're making... a tank.
We're building the tank. We're still working on the tracks.
We're running slow.
You can't stay here. Go take your shower!
I don't want to!
You stubborn thing! I'll tell Mom! Ten points off for you!
Hide behind there. We'll go back together when I'm done.
Don't let anyone see you!
This sure is fun.
Everything!
Take everything off! Hang it up there!
You'll get it back after the shower.
Forward!
Remember your number to get your clothes back!
Women and children will shower together.
Are you hurt?
Thanks, Bartolomeo.
From now on, you have to hide here the whole day.
If they see us now it's over. We're disqualified.
What do I have to do?
You have to stay. Vittorino, help me out.
You have to hide here all day.
Don't let anyone see you, especially those mean guys who yell.
Remember.
Stay hidden!
This is the hardest part.
If we get this right, the tank is ours. It's worth 120 points a day.
I'll take you with me. I'll hide you. You're gone.
Who's ever seen you before? Who are you? Where is he?
Got it?
Got ya!
Good boy!
Anybody here? Am I disturbing?
Come here!
Quick as lightning!
Good morning, Princess!
Last night, I dreamt about you all night!
We were going to the movies. You were wearing that pink suit...
that I really like.
You're all I think about, Princess.
I always think about you. And now...
Mommy!
Pop wheels me in the wheelbarrow, but he doesn't know how to drive!
We laugh like crazy!
We're in the lead! How many points do we have today?
Run! The mean guys who yell are behind us!
- Where? - Over here! Come on!
Are they dry?
They're dry.
Catch.
Get dressed.
What happened to Vittorino, Alfonso and the others?
They didn't make it.
"If you say my name, I'm not there anymore."
Silence.
Thank goodness. I was getting scared. What happened to you?
They're half crazy!
The man who does the check-ups, the Captain...
He's a friend of mine. I met him when I was a waiter.
He said they're having a dinner with all the officials and their wives.
He asked me if I wanted to wait tables at the dinner.
Maybe he wants to help me. He might get us out of here.
Have you seen Joshua?
What do you mean, no?
What are you doing? Come here!
- No. - I told you to come.
No? Come on out!
Come out! Look here. You're all dirty.
Where have you been?
I had to finish playing rummy.
They make buttons and soap out of us.
- What are you saying? - They burn us all in the oven.
Who told you that?
A man was crying. He said they make buttons and soap out of us.
You fell for that?
Again?
I thought you were a sharp boy... cunning, intelligent.
Buttons and soap out of people? That'll be the day!
You believed that?
Just imagine. Tomorrow morning, I wash my hands with Bartolomeo...
a good scrub.
Then I'll button up with Francesco.
Darn it all!
Look! I just lost Giorgio!
Does this look like a person?
Come on! They were teasing you! And you fell for it!
What else did they tell you?
That we get cooked in the oven.
They burn us up in the oven.
You fell for that too! You just eat everything up!
I've heard of a wood oven...
but I've never seen a man oven before.
"I'm made of wood!" "Take this lawyer!"
"This lawyer doesn't burn. He's not dry enough.
Look at that smoke!"
Buttons, soap, we get burned in the oven.
Let's be serious now.
I have a bag race with the bad guys tomorrow.
That's enough. I want to go home.
- Now? - Right now.
It's raining now. You'll come down with a terrible fever!
I don't care. Let's go.
All right. If you want to go...
I'll get our stuff and we'll leave.
- We can leave? - Naturally.
What do you think they do, force people to stay here?
That'll be the day.
Wouldn't that be great? Let's go. We'll pack our bags...
and get out of here.
What a shame. We were in the lead. We're quitting. Off the list we go.
Some other kid will win the real tank.
There aren't any other kids. I'm the only one left.
There aren't any more kids? It's chock-full of them here!
Where are they then?
They're all hiding. Nobody's supposed to see them.
- This is a serious game! - I just don't get it.
How many points do we have?
Almost 687.
I told you a thousand times.
Let's go, though.
- We're winning, but if you want... - We're winning?
We're first, I told you. But we'll quit if you want.
I saw the chart yesterday. We'll go anyway, though.
Bye, Bartolomeo. Joshua and I are leaving.
We're fed up here.
The tank is done. It's ready.
Clean the spark plugs off before you start it.
Open the throttle...
otherwise the cannon will get stuck with the tracks.
And the gun. Did you see how nice it is? It came out beautiful!
Lift the emergency brake off before you move! We're going.
Joshua wants to quit.
We could have gone back with a tank soon, but we'll take the bus today.
Joshua and I are leaving. So long, everybody!
We're tired of this place.
Let's go or we'll miss the bus.
Let's go, Joshua.
It's raining. I'll come down with a terrible fever!
It's me, Pop!
I have to tell you something important! Come here!
That little rascal's been running away all morning.
- Is there really a kid? - There must be two thousand!
They're like mice. They hide all over the place!
Those creeps want our tank! Stop!
Wait.
I might have spotted him.
I think he's nearby.
Look. Go see if he's hiding in there. I'll wait here.
I'll keep a watch out.
He's there, Pop!
- What'd he look like? Blond? - Yes.
That's him then. His name is... Schwanz.
He's been in there for three weeks.
He was the runner up. We beat him, though!
Sooner or later, I'll find the others too.
- How many are there? - It's swarming, I told you.
They're all hidden.
- Look, Pop! - There's a hideout!
Got ya, got ya, got ya! You're out! Let's go.
- Holy smokes! She saw us! - Are we out?
She's coming over for you.
Now it's time for the "be quiet" game.
You're never to speak.
Swear it!
- Swear it! - I swear.
They all talk strange. You can't understand a word.
If we get through this, the first prize is ours.
They're rounding up everyone in first place. It's the silence game.
Not a word, got it?
Why are you here with the children?
Quiet! You're never to speak.
I swear.
I have to talk to you. Very important.
- Where? When? - I'll signal you. Later.
Thank you.
I told you not to talk to the children.
Doctor, my wife is here too.
Slowly.
Eat slowly. It's bad for you.
We're in the lead. We just might leave early.
The game finishes early.
Don't make a mistake now that we're in the lead.
Slowly.
So. Pay attention.
"Fat, fat, ugly, ugly, all yellow in reality.
If you ask me what I am...
I answer, 'Cheep, cheep, cheep.'
Walking along I go, 'Poo poo'.
Who am I? Tell me true."
A duckling, right?
Is it a duckling?
It's not!
A veterinarian friend of mine sent it to me from Vienna.
I can't send him mine...
until I solve this one.
I thought...
duck-billed platypus...
but it doesn't go, "Cheep, cheep, cheep."
A duck-billed platypus goes...
I translated it into Italian for you last night.
Well, what do you say?
Everything points to a duckling.
Help me.
For heaven's sake...
help me.
I can't even sleep.
It's the duckling!
Come here!
- I'm tired. - Come here.
Where are we here?
I might have taken the wrong way.
Good boy, sleep. Dream sweet dreams.
Maybe it's only a dream!
We're dreaming, Joshua.
Tomorrow morning Mommy will come wake us up...
and bring us two nice cups of milk and cookies.
First, we'll eat.
Then I'll make love to her two or three times...
if I can.
Excuse me, Bartolomeo.
They've called those two officers 20 times. I bet they escaped.
- Did you understand anything else? - It's clear enough.
The war is over. They're running all over the place.
Where are those trucks going?
The important thing is not to get on those trucks.
They leave full and come back empty.
You know where they're going?
What about the women? What's going on?
Let's get out of this dump and split up.
We don't even have to pack our bags!
I've been hearing only dogs and machine guns.
- They want to get rid of everything. - I'm leaving.
See you in Viareggio. We'll start an anvil factory!
So long, guys. I'm leaving.
Come see.
Look how mad they are! Furious!
You see? They're looking for you.
Just for you. All this is over you!
You're the last one! The last one to find!
They're even looking under the rocks!
The game is over tomorrow. They'll give the award.
If they don't find you tonight, it's worth 60 points!
How many points do we have?
We've got 940 points. Plus 60?
- A thousand! - First place! We win!
They're looking all over for you.
No mistakes tonight. This is it!
- Go hide in that box, quick! - Schwanz is in there.
Who?
The blond boy.
They got him yesterday. He was eliminated.
It's the safest place to hide. Nobody will look.
Let's go, quick as lightning. Come on!
Inside!
Take this blanket in case you get cold.
I'll be back soon.
I'll put them on the wrong track. I think I saw him over there!
Pop, you scared me to death!
Give me the blanket. Are you cold?
Give me your sweater then.
I'll throw it on a tree and put them off track.
They're looking all over for you!
Everybody's yelling, "Where's Joshua?"
They're even cursing. They're really, really mad!
No one will find you. Bye, now. I'll be back later.
Listen...
if I'm really late coming back...
don't you move.
Don't come out. You're not to come out...
until it's completely quiet...
and nobody is in sight, just to be safe.
Say it!
I won't come out until nobody is around.
Good boy, stubborn.
Leave!
Go away, dog!
Go, dog!
Leave.
Good job, Ferruccio.
It works.
Is there anyone called Dora here?
Dora, are you here? It's Guido.
I know someone is hiding here. Is there a Dora here?
She's Italian. She's my wife.
Yes, there's a Dora here.
It's me, Dora!
It's not her! Is there another Dora?
Jump out of the truck as soon as you can!
Get off! Jump out!
It's true!
Mommy!
This is my story.
This is the sacrifice my father made.
This was his gift to me.
- We won! - Yes, we won!
A thousand points to laugh like crazy about!
We came in first! We're taking the tank home!
We won!