Berlin July.
Mom, I don't want to go there by myself. Oh Vicky...
I've explained it often enough.
But if Berlin is dangerous for me, it's dangerous for you too.
And if the bombs keep falling... I'll come too.
I promise.
I have something for you.
It was your granny's.
It will protect you.
Viktoria Mahlenberg, is that you?
Then come along. I want my mommy to come too.
Your mommy has to contribute to the war effort.
Say goodbye to your mommy.
I'd never been separated from my daughter.
By now the National Socialists had drawn 40 countries into the war.
We have to be brave now, both of us.
We were hit at full tilt by the backlash.
Now come.
Supplies were dwindling. A normal life in Berlin had become impossible...
especially as the Allies were now even attacking us during the day.
We had to send our children to the countryside for safety.
I had no idea that a telegram would soon call me to my father's sickbed.
Hoping for a reconciliation, I headed home for the first time in eight years.
March of Millions Part 1.
East Prussia August.
Careful on the platform side.
Get on board, hop to. I won't be too far away.
- Friedrich. - Move it.
Heil Hitler, Countess. Welcome home.
Fritz? My goodness. Did you get spruced up for my sake?
Excuse the delay. I told him the State Railways are also punctual in wartime.
The weather is changing. We had to bring in the hay.
Madame la Comtesse.
François Beauvais.
You have no other baggage, Countess? No, Fritz, this is all.
Come.
No car, unfortunately. Not enough petrol.
Board the train, please.
Thanks, I can handle it.
- Mrs Meister. - Welcome.
It's an honour. Anneliese, Helene.
Welcome.
- Welcome. - Hello.
Hello.
Little Lena. Grandma Herta. You look well.
- Dietrich. - Welcome.
How is he?
- Babette. - Lena.
Good, good that you're here. Come, let's go inside.
Such a joy in my old age. Finally some life in the house again.
She didn't recognize me. Oh, child.
Why didn't the little one come? I was so looking forward to it.
Two days before your telegram came, I had to send her to the country.
Why do you live in Berlin, with all those bombs?
You've lost weight.
I'll fatten you up again.
Count Rüdiger is with him. I think it will make it easier.
That he wants to see me at all. He doesn't know...
Lena, I didn't tell him... That I was coming?
Yes?
After you've taken your medicine. Stay out of it. You're not my doctor.
Maybe you'll take it from someone else.
- Hello, Father. - Lena?
Wonderful. Lena, it's Sophie's birthday.
The party is at Gernstorff Castle. Heinrich will also be there.
It'd be nice if you came too. Of course.
Berthold, remember your medicine. Thank you, Uncle Rüdiger.
What are you doing here? Did he summon you behind my back?
Babette sent a telegram. Did she now?
Well, even if they say I'm finished, I'm not dead yet, not by a long shot.
Here everything goes on as usual. But what are you doing here?
Leaving your post in wartime? Aren't you a teacher?
The schools have been closed, Father.
But now I'm here, with you. Nonsense, Lena.
You chose against your family a long time ago.
It's one's duty to follow one's conscience.
Those are your words. Now, after eight years?
I don't need you, Lena. We can manage on our own.
Naturally this burden sometimes puts a great strain on the individual troops.
Waltraud, it's impossible that 69 hens lay only 18 eggs.
22 eggs and 64 hens, Mrs Meister. Yesterday there were still 69.
Those Polacks steal like magpies. It's the French.
Give them a ringer and they take your arm.
You'll see, the Führer's super weapon will make them retreat once and for all.
Hands off, Fritz.
The men work hard and are hungry. They need more food.
I've told you before, François, the portions are carefully measured.
We need more food.
At attention.
Good heavens, you scared me.
My otherwise so punctual brother lets me wait hours...
while I arrive punctually from the front.
I'm sorry, Lieutenant Gernstorff. A meeting in Königsberg. Come.
Why do you have a car and I don't? I'm older than you.
I'm smarter than you. Right, Judge Advocate General.
That's why you drive army material halfway across East Prussia.
Mom loves this music. We love this music.
- Did you know she's back? - Who?
Lena, at Mahlenberg. She'll also be there tonight.
Father and you can hatch old plans again.
Are you jealous? - Of course. It's all I ever envied you for.
Now take me to Hollebens. Carl's been killed in action.
Look, you wore it to the summer ball that time.
The next morning I told Father I was pregnant.
He still hasn't forgiven me for having Vicky against his will.
Eight years. Eight years, Babette, waiting and hoping.
He never answered one letter, as if I were a leper.
He didn't even write when Ludwig was killed.
If you hadn't written me... Don't give in now, Lena. God forbid.
You're needed here.
Two weeks ago they inducted the coachman, and my Georg.
Georg? I didn't know that. Where to? To France.
Who manages the estate now? No one. It's one big chaos now.
Georg put a lot of trust in François. He does a lot now.
A prisoner of war? Yes, imagine.
Well, he's an engineer or something. He hates us.
He's probably a Communist.
Lena, we need you here.
How will we manage?
Just POWs, foreign labourers and us, women and children?
And Fritz can't wait to follow his father to the front.
I hardly recognized your Fritz. He's become a real man.
He's still a child. But he has good chances in the party, you know.
He can really make a career if he keeps his head cool. Maybe get an education.
The party really does things for us.
I know, you can't stand them.
Father wants me to leave. Lena, stop it.
You'll get your daughter from the camp, you hear?
You belong here, and you know it.
Outrageous. I'll complain to Königsberg. That's enough.
What are you doing with our horses? War is war, also for you. Now shut it.
Hold on. I'm Countess Mahlenberg. How dare you take our horses?
The horses are important war material.
War material? They're work horses, as we have no petrol any more. Wait.
No horse leaves my estate. I have orders. Here.
You believe in the final victory?
You believe in the Führer, right? Without a doubt.
Then you don't want this estate to become unprofitable.
It's the basis for nourishing our population.
The Führer wouldn't want that. Right, our Führer cannot want that.
Alright, tomorrow I'll talk to your superior.
See to it that all the horses come back safe and sound.
Easy.
Exactly, and now I want my daughter to come here.
But I'd never have entrusted her to you if I'd known that.
I won't accept that. You'll hear from me again.
In these times, family cohesion is all that counts.
I'm glad we're united like this today.
To the women. You're the backbone of our system.
To you, my dear Sophie, and to you, Lena.
We're glad that you're home again.
Thank you.
I wish they'd left you in France. As judge advocate general...
Father, I'm careful.
I hear about lapses of order and discipline.
When you're so deep in shit, you forget about order and discipline.
We're just cannon fodder for our great Führer.
Good evening, everyone. I knew he'd come.
Mother. I'm sorry I'm late.
Lena, my dear.
Your letters keep me alive.
You're not at the front?
As you see, Father, I'm standing right here. I have two days leave.
The front will collapse with or without me. The war is lost.
You sound like those amateur officers, Stauffenberg, Treskow and their ilk...
who almost gave the front away.
I'd shoot him, if they let me near him. Shoot him like a mangy dog.
But maybe it's better not to, so that everyone sees, including you...
that we do not only fight, but murder. We, the armed forces.
Ferdinand, stop telling scare stories. No honourable German soldier...
Women, children, Poles, Jews, Russians.
We shot and buried them with spades. Stop it.
The acting district leader has come to congratulate me in person.
Without the intention of interrupting a family evening.
- Congratulations. - Thank you.
Good evening, honoured Count.
Let me get changed for you. Excuse me.
Lena, why did you come back..
To this horribly boring place?
Because we're all shackled to you, to our parents...
to our estates and possessions, whether we like it or not.
Yes, and sooner or later we all learn that we must submit.
If we were children, and this life...
You do want children, don't you? I have a daughter.
Of course, you have a daughter.
But these terrible families only want sons, Lena. They only want sons.
I had three sons.
Since Constantin was killed, I only have two.
But I have him, my darling.
I still want a daughter and a grandchild.
I'll take you upstairs, Mother.
Six or seven children, I believe. Sleep well, Sophie.
Good night. Good night, Mother.
Imagine, Viktor's been transferred to Bucharest.
And Benjamin got married during his last leave from the front.
He wanted at least one person to mourn for him...
when he keels over in the mud.
Ferdinand?
It gives me a headache to hear you talk like that.
Tell me about yourself.
Mom?
I can't go back to this war.
I'm powerless. Talk to your father.
I'm sorry your father keeps rejecting our words of advice.
All we need is a collective effort.
He's just as interested in the integrity of East Prussia as you, Mr Herrmann.
In that case I've misunderstood him, dear Countess.
But you, you seem to be a little more farsighted.
My daughter is at a camp in Bavaria. I'm having problems getting her here.
Would the party want a German mother to be separated from her child?
Definitely more farsighted.
Heil Hitler, Heil Hitler.
Ferdinand, you won't get through to him like that.
Where do these people come from? From MemelTerritory and Lithuania.
They left two months ago.
Are you hungry? Do you need milk?
Everyone will receive food. They can sleep in the shed.
Fritz, arrange for blankets and mattresses.
Luise? Sit, Asta, and lie dead.
Luise, come.
Mattresses in the back, please.
Mr Beauvais, can you help me?
Helene, shall I tell you something?
Louis, what did he say? I won't tell you.
Anyone who hasn't eaten yet?
Oh well, the Russians came in the last war, and now they'll come again.
Dietrich, what's the matter with you? Is anything wrong with Father?
Yes.
That's enough. This is the third group already.
They shouldn't have left with those ridiculous carts. How will they survive?
They didn't go voluntarily. They were forced to.
You think anyone here or elsewhere will take them in?
You taught us that we families have an obligation.
You've always helped, my whole life. I don't want it, Lena, period.
Sleep well.
Lena, it can't be true that the Count wants those children and old people...
Babette...
they can all stay.
And? Will it be fixed by tomorrow?
Pretty unstable. To go all the way to Pomerania...
Very unstable.
The wood is rotten. Rubber wheels are better.
And a lighter construction with cross bars.
We could build a prototype, for us.
You could be hanged for the mere suggestion, Mr Beauvais.
No one needs to flee.
No one.
East Prussia is safe. When the Russians come...
everyone will die, especially the Russians.
They'll think we're traitors, see? No Russian will come this way.
The war will end in Berlin long before. And if the war is lost?
Aren't you afraid?
Good night.
We must be careful.
She checks everything.
She asked about work, about food. Did you tell her the whole truth?
Also about those shitty beds? Enough. No discussion.
Least of all with her.
We shouldn't expect any solidarity from those aristocrats.
Have you seen Asta?
Has anyone seen Asta? Asta the dog. A young puppy.
Come.
Come on.
You too, get in.
Well done, comrade. You'll amount to something.
You can't do that, not with Mikolai. Let him go. Not you, Mikolai.
Why did you do that? Why did you do that?
Let go. What's going on? Ask him. He called the SS.
- You? - Mikolai is innocent.
They should take me. I'll go. Making a martyr of yourself won't help.
I'll go.
Are you the county leader or aren't you? So do something.
I demand that you take immediate action.
You have no right. You come uninvited...
and dare arrest my men, whom I badly need to work on the land.
I demand that you release them.
First of all, we were called for. Second, it seems they stole from you.
That can't happen.
We'll replace the lost manpower, of course.
I want my people back. These men work day and night...
so we can meet our delivery quotas. We don't even get petrol from the state.
Countess, don't waste your time on thieves and swindlers...
who skin you alive.
Two Poles, one Russian and a Frenchman.
A violation of the Convention of The Hague.
Frenchmen have to be reported to the Red Cross.
And Russians and Poles... Don't count.
It's touching how you fight for your men. Right, Schulz?
The Mahlenbergs were always... Oldfashioned.
That good old welfare mentality. They look after their people, Schulz.
Even if they don't deserve it. Give my regards to your father.
I'm giving a concert next week.
I hope you and your father will come. Countess, by your leave. Schulz.
Commander.
By order of the acting district leader, you can take your scum with you.
If it was up to me... But it's never up to me.
- Stop, stay here. - Wait.
What's for dinner? The countess is looking for you.
Did you tell on those men, Fritz?
They steal from us. They're thieves and swindlers.
I have to protect all of us. I promised Father I would.
Francois, for you.
I couldn't prevent Janek from being shot. I'm really sorry.
As for the food, I'll take care of it.
From now on you'll get enough to eat. We're here against our will.
We work till we drop and get treated without respect.
Should I be grateful? I came with good intentions.
I'm not a servant. I'm not a Prussian slave.
I demand that none of your people will flee for the duration of the war.
And I demand absolute loyalty. Loyalty.
That's a mutual pact.
You built an escape wagon behind our back.
If that comes out, we'll all be hanged for defeatism.
Is that what you mean by loyalty? We all just want to survive, Comtesse.
Stop calling me 'Comtesse'. It's what you are.
You command and we obey.
Back home that no longer exists, and hopefully it will soon end here too.
Sit down.
Your lot is not so bad with us. As good as it can be without freedom.
I demand that you destroy the wagon, immediately.
Do we have a deal?
Lena?
We have to go.
As you command, Comtesse.
Heinrich, I know I'm late. Forgive me.
Come.
If we're lucky, the Americans will soon reach Berlin. It's just a question of time.
Army Group Middle is being overrun.
500,000 men against 160 Red Army divisions.
They're coming with more than two million men.
They'll break open the front.
You think Herrmann will help me with Vicky?
Hitler reinforces the west front, while... Heinrich.
I talked to the acting district leader. He'll look into it.
I'm out of petrol.
Maybe Father is right Maybe we will lose everything.
- Is that what he says? - No.
But it's what he thinks. He's given up.
We can't give this up.
We mustn't lose this. We have to fight. I've never given up, Lena.
I've never stopped hoping.
Would you really have married me, despite the disgrace?
A child from you is no disgrace.
If you ask me today...
I will always fight with and for you. Always.
And I could be a good father to your daughter.
Father?
I've made a decision.
I will marry Heinrich.
Don't get married for my sake, nor because of Mahlenberg.
Do you love him?
Didn't you say marrying out of love is a luxury one should deny oneself?
In the future it'll be the only one left to us.
Yes, I'm fond of him.
I've always been, and I need him now.
Your marriage won't help us here.
The war has taken hold of our minds.
It will destroy us all.
Father, there have always been wars. This time it's different.
We've been complicitous with them...
and therefore carry part of the blame.
Do you remember? Like in the old days.
I don't want to go.
I want to get married too, like Heinrich.
Then you have something to hold onto when you die.
Ferdinand, don't talk nonsense. You will marry him, won't you?
Come on, get off the track.
Don't worry, Lena. He's not as exciting as I am...
but you'd never have married his stupid kid brother anyway.
You're too much for me. Now come, please.
At least he'll always look after you.
I can't even look after myself. Come on now, get off.
Mommy.
Well? Look, here's Uncle Ferdinand.
Vicky, the last time I saw you you were this tiny.
No way, I was never that small. Thank you.
It was a pleasure to accompany your daughter. Goodbye, Viktoria.
Take care of yourself.
For my sake, you hear?
Board the train, please.
Let's go. The doors are closing.
Father. Send Viktoria in by herself.
I'll wait for you.
So you are Viktoria.
Viktoria Alexandrine Christine von Mahlenberg.
Yes, I'm Berthold Alexander Christian. That's rig ht.
Mommy always told me you were very sad.
And now, are you ill or are you angry? What do you mean?
On my last birthday, Ilse, my mommy's friend...
asked Hans why we weren't in the country with my grandfather...
as the city was being bombed all the time, so then Hans said:
'Because the grandfather dislikes his daughter, dislikes children...
and is an angry old man!
Why are you an angry old man? Am I?
Yes, perhaps.
When life doesn't keep its promises...
when one gets disappointed too often...
when one has learned to obey but has never learned how to love...
one becomes very lonely, Viktoria.
Then you're just lonely, Grandfather, and not angry.
Oh Lena, what are you crying for? You have such a wonderful daughter.
And your Heinrich spares no expenses.
Lena, today is a feast day. Look at all that petrol.
Things are finally looking up again.
Heinrich returned to the front and visited us when he could.
Thanks to our concerted effort and Uncle Rudiger's connections...
we had a good harvest that year.
Father was also doing better every day.
I could hardly imagine ever leaving Mahlenberg again.
Even when in the fall the Red Army set foot on German soil...
and I saw the horror of war with my own eyes...
I still believed the Nazis would never abandon East Prussia to destruction.
October.
To our Countess, for her leadership. We'd be helpless without her.
To Lena, our hope.
- Cheers. - Thank you all.
To you. Without you, Mahlenberg wouldn't exist.
Lord Almighty, we praise Thee.
Lord, we praise Thy strength.
For Thee the earth turns
and admires your creation
Juri, hurry up.
And they took their trophy to Summsemann...
who, of course, as soon as he had encountered the Man on the Moon...
had feigned death. Are you coming?
I told you to go bed.
Tomorrow I'm going out to the Held. I don't want you around the prisoners...
But they're my friends. Don't argue with me, okay?
It seems your mother has different plans for you.
That was my wedding dress. It fits.
For the eve of the wedding...
For the eve of the wedding you'll wear this.
I drove the men crazy with it.
Oh, lovely. It looks wonderful on you.
- Can I help you? - Please.
Come, come, to the barn. Bring all the little children.
- Helga. - And blankets.
Mikolai.
Over there. Here, quickly. Come.
With rifle butts, with boots.
And my Friedrich, my Friedrich... 'Woman, come.'
And again, and again...
Lena.
I can't reach Doctor Schramm, he's at the army sickbay. No one can help us.
And yet, we can't just leave. We can't just leave everything behind.
It's impossible.
Shall I carry the young lady across?
- We need water. - And linens.
Mommy, what's wrong with Mommy?
Try to sleep, you hear? Sleep.
Go, go.
You must go away.
Go.
Come on, wake up.
Why won't you wake up? Come.
François?
Perhaps the grief over our dead is greater than our hatred.
I don't know if that's possible.
My brother was 29 when he was killed. It happened just outside Paris.
My brother was only 19.
Even if you don't believe me, I have nothing to do with them.
No one of your class has anything to do with them.
With these dirty stupid Nazis.
Are you married?
Do you have children?
I have a daughter. I'd do anything to protect her.
No matter how high the price. I know.
You have no idea. Maybe I have no idea about you.
But we can at least respect each other. You shut your eyes to reality.
Your truth and mine don't go together, because you don't respect mine.
Oh yes, I do. Because I respect all people, each and every one.
Because I live in a world of responsibility and tradition.
That's why I'm getting married.
That's none of your business.
No, it's none of my business.
Or maybe it is.
It won't save you, Lena.
Bonne journée, Comtesse.
We have no chance of winning the war.
Hitler's only hope, for the Allies to be divided, is a grave mistake.
The Allies are of one mind that none of them will make peace...
with Hitler or a National Socialist government.
Every additional day of righting is meaningless and only means...
Have you lost your mind? Listening to the enemy?
Those are lies.
Nothing but vicious, base lies. Continue cutting.
Waltraud.
- Meyer, Albrecht. - Yes.
Fritz, old people and children.
That's not what the Fuhrer wants. He does, Mother. He commands it.
He summoned us and we'll obey him. We're the Home Guard.
A paltry bunch of old men and children. Don't be ridiculous.
For you, Mother, we're doing it for you. For Grandma, for the Countess.
We defend the country, the Reich. We'll break the enemy's will to destroy.
We'll force them to retreat. Fritz, let's go.
That's what the Fuhrer wants, for the final victory.
He's never heard anything else, not from you either.
Ladies, don't forget to polish while talking. I want everything done right.
Where's your mother?
I give you free reign and what do you do? You secretly build a new wagon.
You put us all at risk. All you care about is to bring yourself to safety.
How can you be so irresponsible? Go on, say something.
I ordered him to. I want you to leave the estate, and soon.
You and the child must get out in time. It's the only right thing.
You've never known what's right for me, Father.
Le coq est mort, le coq est mort
il ne dira plus cocodi, cocoda.
Ferdinand?
Yes?
Ferdinand, I'm so glad you're back.
Did Mr Breuer pick you up, or Mr Eder?
Mr Breuer's at the front, Sophie, and Mr Eder is getting Lena. Who is that?
- Ferdinand is here. - I see.
You're on leave?
Markoffs. Thanks for the invitation.
But it's only natural. Is your daughter coming? Very good.
Lena, you look wonderful. Thank you.
Let me give you a hug. Of course.
- Lena. - Sophie.
Berthold, old friend. I'm glad to see you, and your granddaughter.
Ferdinand.
You always had more feeling for form than for content.
Form, dear Ferdinand, gives structure to content, and thus helps me survive.
600 years of tradition, culture, decorum.
Obliterated, over, destroyed.
It took him only 11 years.
I'm scared.
I'm terribly scared.
I don't want to play a role any more, big brother.
I want to live.
Did they let you go, Ferdinand?
You're marrying the woman I adore. I wanted to be there.
Did they let you...
I'm coming.
You didn't come to my recital last week. Yes, a pity.
My father insisted on spending the evening with me.
Fathers always control their beautiful daughters.
Mr Herrmann? I'm bursting with jealousy.
- Ferdinand. - Sister-in-law.
I knew you'd come, I knew it. I'm so glad you made it.
Ferdinand.
Lena, would you excuse us for a moment?
Of course.
I've made inquiries. Your absence hasn't been reported yet.
They told me you're on sick leave, Ferdinand.
You know what you're doing?
Do you know what happens to deserters?
Deserters who flee out of cowardice... Cowardice?
Have you ever heard them scream? Or watched someone bleed to death?
But you all have no idea here.
What a wonderful broken family we are, don't you agree?
You and your district leader should evacuate the population, and in time.
You can't think that way, Count. You can't, I can. That's the difference.
For desertion you get the death penalty.
I'll have to report you.
You play lord over life and death, without making your hands dirty?
I do what I have to do. I don't turn away from it.
You always talked the crooked straight. But at least you used to have no fear.
You want to sqeal on your own brother. You're putting all our lives in danger.
Why didn't you let someone sign you out? Anyone. Why didn't you?
Would you sentence me to death and have me executed?
Ferdinand... I'll gladly decide for you, big brother.
I don't want to burden you with this guilt.
Above all, I want to spare Lena. She doesn't deserve that.
No.
Accept this ring as pledge of my fidelity.
I love my brother and am innocent.
May the Lord unite us at another, better time.
In everlasting loyalty, your Heinrich.
How many does it seat?
Twenty.
The rest will have to walk. We' re with 85.
We won't go until we seat everyone. Going on foot will be suicide.
It's your job, your responsibility. Can I rely on you?
You'll supply the necessary material and tyres.
We'll convert the old wagon and build a few more.
For your people and for mine. For your people and for mine.
No time, no material, no tyres. It won't work.
No waiting, Francois. We must go. All or none.
Four. Four steps. Come, Waltraud. Come on.
And a smaller one to go inside. I know, Helmut.
Here, Mrs Meister.
Heinrich wrote us from the front. He's doing well.
Sophie, you will take the train to Aunt Caroline.
I talked to the station provost. You'll get a good seat.
Stop. I want it to stop.
Silent night, holy night.
All is calm, all is bright.
Round yon godly tender pair.
Holy infant with curly hair.
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Those were very peaceful days.
Many of us still hoped this wouldn't be our last Christmas at Mahlenberg.
The Red Army's big offensive began on January 12.
The German army was powerless. It was defeated and overrun.
Suddenly the front was nearby, but we had to wait for a trekking permit.
It seemed the fate of the East Prussian population didn't play a role any more.
The horrid party proclamation that in East Prussia a wall of corpses...
would confront the enemy was to become reality.
You won't take any prisoners of war, certainly not without a permit. I forbid it.
I'll get a permit. They must give it today.
Out of the question. With 20 POWs you will put everyone's life at risk.
Also that of our women and children. Father, I gave my word and I'll keep it.
Out of the question, no.
Everyone can take what he can carry, but the prisoners will go alone, period.
You were born here, you know the people, you feel for them.
Mr Schulz, it's your responsibility...
that the women, children and old people are evacuated in time.
I can't.There are explicit orders from the Fuhrer and the party.
The party is ruining our country and you're lending a hand.
I can't give you a trekking permit, dear Count.
East Prussia is a stronghold. The people are the stronghold.
Dear Countess, that goes for you too.
Who leaves will be sentenced to death.
Those are the instructions.
Exactly. East Prussia shall be defended to the last man.
The only evacuation allowed is that of machines and material. That's how it is.
The Count forbids it? Waltraud, why?
Speak up, why? Why us? What will happen now?
Listen, the Countess must keep her word. Let's wait.
Then we'll all die.
The Count has decided, and the Countess has betrayed us.
We'll go by ourselves, right now.
I wanted to flee.
Move it. I've seen it done faster.
How stupid those people are, right? Leaving home in this weather.
You're here to protect the population, not to destroy it.
Who flees now doesn't belong to the German people.
Now it's final victory or downfall.
If we go down, we'll take you lot with us. Especially you lot.
Left, and left, and left...
You hold the fort, Schulz. Heil Hitler.
The rats are leaving the ship already. We have to go.
We can't wait any longer.
You can't leave now.
I have to.
Your Countess betrayed us. Men, children, everyone out. Go on.
Come on, hurry up. They're only prisoners of war.
You're mean, very mean. Go away.
I like Mikolai much better than you.
My mommy is not a betrayer. She doesn't give up on anyone.
('The light so strong, the sky so high, the distance so mighty) says Hans Lehndorff.
Look at it, Lena, for the last time.
You'll never see it like this again.
Stick to the plan. If we miss each other, we'll meet up at the Lahnstein estate.
You will have to force them. Make haste.
May God be with you, my child.
No, you can't stay here, by God. You have to pack.
Only what's really necessary. Warm things: Caps, scarves, socks, coats.
Helene?
Nothing large, only what you can carry. A rucksack is best.
That's not a request, but an order.
It's crazy, Lena. You can't do that. The Red Army has overrun the front.
It's madness, with this freezing cold.
We never harmed anyone, so no one will harm us.
Where should we go? I'm not leaving.
Babette, wake up. I heard the grenades. They're here, you understand?
Tell Francois and his people. We're leaving in two hours.
Food, lovely food. Come.
But the dogs have never been allowed...
Father, why haven't you packed yet? We have to go.
Father, I beg you. We don't have anytime left.
They're gone. They're not there any more. They're gone.
- Who's gone? - The men.
I told Francois I wouldn't let him put your lives at risk.
We had an agreement. I've never broken my word.
- Go, Lena, go. - Nothing.
You have no time to lose.
What are you doing? Did you pack? Is everyone ready?
We've really looked everywhere.
She's gone. Vicky is gone.
Vicky is gone?
Father, I'm riding out by myself to ind Vicky.
You'll have to lead the march. Only you can, Lena. I'm not leaving.
Father, that's impossible. You can't stay. Some things are as irrevocable as death.
You can't undo them, not even if you're young and strong like you.
The responsibility is all yours now.
Father, it concerns my daughter. You'll ind her, if that's your destiny.
But now it's about 65 people.
Those women and children outside, their lives are in your hands.
But I won't manage. You will, Lena. You're strong.
Much stronger than me. It's been proven, my child.
I've always been proud of you.
Even if I left you to your own devices all those years. I only ask you for one thing:
Forgive me.
Otherwise I can't forgive myself.
Now go, my child.
This is the women's hour.
Go.
We'll ind her, Lena. We'll definitely her.
Let's go.
Grandpa, carry me.
Don't turn around, just don't turn around.
If it gets too cold, get off and walk. Move about, you understand?
Vicky, what are you doing here in this cold?
How could you sneak that child along? I didn't know.
I'm your guardian angel, till Mommy comes.
Lena, we can't go on any more.
You really thought we'd ind them here, 20 POWs and a little girl?
Francois must have taken a back road.
We'll leave at two in the morning. We'll make more headway.
That's a detour for us. No, Louis, it's important for the child.
Tomorrow I'll take you to Lahnstein, to your mommy.
Come on, get out - Don't shoot.