FEMALE AGENTS (2008) CD 2/2
Where are your accomplices hiding?
And the Phoenixes? What are they for?
The Duroc Institute for the Blind.
We were to meet there to await orders for a new mission.
Tell me what I'm supposed to do, at least.
You'll see.
Look, don't treat me like an idiot.
Let's go.
Slow down.
Walk normally.
Open the door! Hurry up!
In the Metro, I sat next to a Jerry.
His holster was open and he hadn't even noticed.
But nothing happened.
What should have happened?
Nothing.
But it gives you ideas.
We should kill all the Krauts.
We've got to go. Help me with the case.
- What about Gaëlle? - We've no time.
What do you want?
You have no right!
This is an educational institution for children!
Find the director.
Children, stand to one side.
Keep to the walls!
We've searched all over and found nothing.
Search again!
Left at the bottom. Towards the sewers.
Check the wardrobe!
Weapons! Call the colonel!
Did your brother know where we were?
He didn't give us away.
Somebody must have done.
If not him, Gaëlle.
If ever I run into her again...
Director...
what do you teach your pupils exactly?
Where is Louise Desfontaines?
I know nobody of that name.
Your cyanide pill?
I'm scared.
You don't know what that means.
Come closer.
Come on.
Let go of her!
Recruiting women so young.
I'm disappointed in Buckmaster.
I'm going to need your services again.
Your friends got away from me.
Where and when was the back-up?
The back-up?
Don't act dumb, I know the SOE's methods.
Louise knows now that I betrayed them.
She won't come to the rendezvous.
She's a woman who likes to take risks.
If I talk, what's in it for me?
Your freedom.
To be tried and sentenced by the SOE?
You prefer that we torture you?
Tomorrow noon. Concorde Metro. Pont de Neuilly platform.
Champagne?
Thanks.
- Thank you. - Fabulous!
Thanks to you, I'll be back in the colonel's good books.
- What colonel? - The one I'll introduce you to tomorrow.
Hold on, I'll show you.
Here, look.
Honest, you're the spitting image of his floozy.
You're heaven-sent.
- Are you expecting someone? - No, nobody.
Tell me what's going on.
Where'd he get this?
Ladies, what can I do for you?
Sorry to disturb you. We're friends of Maria and Suzy's.
- Her cousin. I need to talk to Maria. - Come on in.
My friends' friends are my friends! Pretty ones, especially.
It won't take a second.
It's a beautiful apartment you have. Congratulations.
They raided the Institute.
I know. We saw the Germans arriving.
You want to get me in Heindrich's bed?
That's your mission?
You made a real fool of me!
You're all scum!
You, Pierre, Buck and the whole SOE!
The SOE? What's your cousin talking about?
I'll never see Heindrich again. I'd rather die right now.
You'll only get me in his room if I'm dead.
- Easy! - That's my shroud!
What's got into her? What's all that about Heindrich?
We'll stay here now. Help me tie him up.
I'll warn Buck about the Institute.
Stop! Calm down, Suzy.
You can't force me to see him again.
- Nobody can. - All this over a guy. And a Nazi!
I didn't sleep with a Nazi. I fell in love with a German. It's not the same thing.
Stop! Listen...
The only thing we want is for you to meet him.
A moment, a brief moment.
Jeanne and I will take care of the rest.
You can't let us down now. We need you.
We need you.
It'll be fine.
We were to get married in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
- He bought me a wonderful dress. - And you got him a Nazi uniform?
He joined the Hitler Youth to get into officer training school.
Don't make excuses for him.
A Nazi or a Resistance fighter, it's the same to me.
No, it's...
It was marriage that repulsed me.
Belonging to a man.
It's as simple as that.
It doesn't matter.
You did the right thing, if not for the right reasons.
He never knew I was pregnant.
You've got a kid?
I wouldn't be a good mother.
You got rid of it?
You gave it up?
A family in Liverpool.
No more Nazi dad and collaborator mum.
For him, the slate's clean.
No answer from London?
No.
We have seven minutes before he has to stop transmitting.
- Do you want a coffee while we wait? - A real one?
100% black market.
Suzy's cut up about what she did.
Why? Maybe she'd have been a terrible mother.
How can you say that?
Except dying, nothing worse can happen to a kid.
There's always worse.
Pity isn't your strong point.
Try to be a little bit human for once.
In the train, I found out I'm three months pregnant.
I can't be more human.
My husband and I had been trying for kids for years.
London's come through!
And?
Buckmaster asks you to make contact tomorrow
with a certain Melchior.
SATURDAY 3RD JUNE, 1944 NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, PARIS
The elephant has a broken tusk.
Louise?
Follow me.
The operation's planned for noon on the platform at Concorde.
Gaëlle gave us away. Why does Buck want her back?
He's sure Heindrich will be there.
You will execute him.
In the Metro? In public?
It's safer than the Regina.
You don't trust Suzy any more?
Only to lure him in.
For the rest, Buck prefers to rely on you.
In the Metro, some of the staff will help.
They're part of our network.
To carry it. Is that OK?
What about my brother? Any news?
He's still alive.
Any hope of him escaping?
Buck doesn't want you to endanger the operation.
I always see my missions through to the end,
but I won't let my brother be beheaded as a spy.
Jeanne?
You bastard, you stole a Jewish family's place.
- I didn't steal it, it was empty. - What a creep!
- I had connections, that's all. - I'm going to kill him.
- Not yet, we still need him. - Me? What for?
The Allied offensive, heard of it?
A lot of hot air and no action.
Funny guy! Soon there'll be no Boches in Paris.
If I lend you a hand, you'll tell the Brits?
Start with the Germans, end the war with the Brits.
- How French can you get? - And if I refuse?
My whole family was sent to the camps.
You know what that means?
If you refuse to help us,
it'll be my pleasure to kill you.
OK, that's settled.
I'm your man.
On the platform, if there's trouble, sit tight.
There's three of them. Two with Gaëlle, one by the steps.
- And Heindrich? - Don't know, no sign of him.
The train will wait three minutes. We need to know.
Yes, I haven't forgotten.
Are you OK?
I'm fine, I'm not ill.
I just wish I were in your shoes.
Excuse me, do you have a light?
Thank you.
In the office.
OFFICE
Ladies and gentlemen,
there's been an incident at the Champs-Elysées station.
I'm waiting for the green light to go.
Liliane!
Louise, it's a trap! Run!
Block the exits!
Check everybody's papers!
Stop the train that just left.
Between two stations? Impossible!
Do it. Do it!
Thanks.
Too late. It's arrived at Tuileries.
Check that woman's papers.
Papers!
But why?
Over there!
Take her away.
Louise, please.
Help me.
Louise. Do you forgive me?
Louise, please.
Say you forgive me.
Answer it, Eddy. Hurry up!
What were you doing in the Metro?
Hello, Colonel.
Answer me, Eddy. Quickly.
Sorry, I have to catch my breath. It was a close one.
I nearly caught a bullet.
Who was with you?
What do you mean?
I saw you on the platform at Concorde.
Who was the woman who got on with you?
You were there? You're not hurt, are you?
Stop playing the fool and answer me!
Actually, I was meeting someone I think you'll like.
She looks so much like her. Her twin sister, almost.
Where is she?
She's not with me now.
She was passing through Paris and she leaves later today.
Are you still there?
Yes, Colonel, I'm listening.
Find her and bring her to the Regina at six o'clock this evening.
Did you hear me? It's your last chance, Eddy.
Your last chance.
We have to leave, fast.
Not until we complete the mission.
She's right. We can't back out now.
Take me to him.
Louise Desfontaines, Granville's widow.
Sister of Lieutenant Pierre Desfontaines of the SOE,
arrested by the Gestapo last year in Le Mans.
How moving to see a family reunited!
Why have you tried to kill me twice, Louise?
Why was the geologist so important to you?
What did his message mean?
As an only son,
I thought a brother and sister's love was the strongest.
I wish I had a sister like Louise.
I'd hate to have a brother like you.
I spoke to Rommel's secretary.
The Field Marshal travels to Ulm tomorrow.
He can see you in Berlin before he leaves.
I need something to tell him.
She can't take much more. You can still save her.
If I talk, do I have your word she'll live?
I give you my word.
I want your word as an officer.
Stop!
I beg your forgiveness.
Louder!
Speak up.
The cubes...
will be towed by tugboats.
How can stone blocks cross the Channel?
They float.
What? You mean they're hollow?
When they reach the coast,
they'll be filled with water
so they sink near the beaches.
Why?
To build a floating port with pontoons between them.
An artificial port allows the Americans to land anywhere in Normandy.
After the failed landing in Dieppe, it's...
your last chance to invade.
Get to the Regina fast.
Call Rommel. I'll take the night train and be in Berlin early tomorrow.
Colonel, with respect...
Without proof, you won't convince him.
You should take the prisoner.
Good idea. Organise it.
Quickly!
I'll keep my promise.
Your sister's life will be spared.
Untie them and give them some water. Now.
This is Lieutenant Becker of the SS.
Put me through to Field Marshal Rommel's office.
Yes, I'll hold.
Melchior speaking.
Delighted to see you again.
Antoine.
Room 813.
Follow me, miss.
Open your bag.
That's good, go ahead.
Is something wrong, miss?
Everything's fine, thank you.
Liliane...
For three years, I refused to believe you were dead.
Why did you leave?
Our love was doomed.
Give us another chance.
Come with me. I'm leaving for Germany tonight.
Did Buckmaster send you?
You're one of his agents?
Don't let them sully the beauty of what we had.
Quickly! Upstairs!
Hold on.
How did it go? Where's Suzy?
I don't know. Hold on.
- Give me your gun. - What for?
The mission's to kill him.
You're mad. Not here!
Who's this?
A friend of Louise's.
Buckmaster sent me.
Drive!
You should never...
have used her!
You will be transferred to La Roquette prison.
I'm taking your brother to Germany with me.
It's probably the last time you will see each other.
Take him away!
A doctor! Fast!
The only thing I can do for you
is to commute your death sentence to deportation.
- What do you choose? - Execution.
I'll make the arrangements. Take him away!
Do you need help?
Hold your fire or I'll kill her!
What about Gaelle?
EVENING OF 3rd JUNE, 1944 SOE HQ, LONDON
Yes. I understand. Thank you. Goodbye.
GARE DE L'EST STATION, PARIS
I'll create a diversion. Don't worry about me.
Let me through. I have a document for Colonel Heindrich.
Go ahead.
Colonel Heindrich!
I've just spoken to Churchill.
He insists on congratulating you and Jeanne personally.
For that, Jeanne must be here.
I rely on you to bring her home, personally.
AUGUST 1944 THE LIBERATION OF PARIS
APRIL1945 MILITARY HOSPITAL, LONDON
Can I have a word?
Come in my office.
These photos were taken by the Russians
after the liberation of Ravensbrück.
If, by any chance, you recognise Jeanne among these women...
I'd like to be alone.
8th MAY, 1945
In 1949, Louise returned to France and married an architect.
She was awarded the Croix de Guerre and Légion d'Honneur.
She died in 2004 at the age of 98, childless.
This film is dedicated to the women who fought against Nazi barbarity.