train de vie

7/27/2019 Train de Vie

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100:00:32,380 --> 00:00:36,780Once upon a time there was a Shtetl,a small Jewish village in Eastern Europe.

200:00:37,260 --> 00:00:41,740It was in the year 5701.1941 according to the new calendar.

300:00:43,180 --> 00:00:46,540It was summer. Summer of 1941.

400:00:46,980 --> 00:00:48,860July, I think.

500:00:49,300 --> 00:00:53,100

I thought I could escapeeverything I had seen.

600:00:54,140 --> 00:00:55,780I ran to warn them.

700:00:56,220 --> 00:00:59,380My own people, my Shtetl, my village.

800:01:01,020 --> 00:01:04,020

This is the story of my village

900:01:23,340 --> 00:01:24,380Rabbi!

1000:01:27,900 --> 00:01:29,340What?

1100:01:31,580 --> 00:01:33,140What's up?

1200:02:13,420 --> 00:02:14,860Tell them.

1300:02:20,500 --> 00:02:22,460He has given them the go ahead.

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00:02:23,780 --> 00:02:26,140God has simply given them the go ahead.

1500:02:27,100 --> 00:02:30,460"Look", he told me,

1600:02:32,940 --> 00:02:35,060"you are already insane anyway."

1700:02:35,500 --> 00:02:37,460How can one wash away the dirt

1800:02:38,300 --> 00:02:40,500from eyes that have seen too much?

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00:02:42,300 --> 00:02:45,260The birds, who were singing,

2000:02:46,540 --> 00:02:50,460suddenly went quiet and disappeared.

2100:02:50,900 --> 00:02:54,100- They didn't want to come with us.- What are you talking about?

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00:02:54,540 --> 00:02:57,340Tell them, Schlomo... the Nazis...

2300:02:57,780 --> 00:02:59,540I am telling.

2400:02:59,980 --> 00:03:02,660I am telling you: The Nazis.

2500:03:03,100 --> 00:03:07,580We traveled through space one day,beyond the sky.

2600:03:08,020 --> 00:03:12,140Now I know...There is no more space in our hearts.

2700:03:12,580 --> 00:03:15,020


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- We're looking for it elsewhere.- Stop rambling.

2800:03:15,260 --> 00:03:17,060Tell us now.

2900:03:17,380 --> 00:03:18,740I'll translate.

3000:03:19,780 --> 00:03:21,820The Nazis have arrived.

3100:03:22,540 --> 00:03:24,500Not in our Shtetl. Not yet.

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00:03:24,940 --> 00:03:27,620In the Shtetl on the otherside of the mountain.

3300:03:28,060 --> 00:03:30,380Schlomo brings terrible news:

3400:03:30,820 --> 00:03:35,700The Nazis are killing all Jews ordeporting them to unknown destinations.

3500:03:36,780 --> 00:03:39,900Everybody! Men, women, children, old.Whole villages!

3600:03:40,340 --> 00:03:42,980So the rumor is correct.Nobody ever returns,

3700:03:43,420 --> 00:03:45,900or ever wrote a letter.

3800:03:46,340 --> 00:03:48,780What should we do? I ask you.

3900:03:49,700 --> 00:03:51,740The same will happen to us soon.

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00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:55,660Still one can't make wholevillages disappear!

4100:03:56,100 --> 00:03:57,740That's really insane.

4200:03:58,180 --> 00:04:01,900He's insane and telling lies.We'll do nothing.

4300:04:02,340 --> 00:04:05,300But what if he's telling the truth?

4400:04:08,220 --> 00:04:10,340Could you sleep well at night then?

4500:04:11,140 --> 00:04:15,180What would you tell your wives,children, grandchildren?

4600:04:16,220 --> 00:04:19,100We knew about it,but didn't believe it...

4700:04:19,540 --> 00:04:22,380

We must come up with a solution.Now, tonight!

4800:04:23,020 --> 00:04:25,020How can we save our community?

4900:04:30,100 --> 00:04:31,460Don't know...

5000:04:33,900 --> 00:04:35,220An idea...

5100:04:35,540 --> 00:04:36,860Quiet!

5200:04:37,300 --> 00:04:40,860- We're thinking! - If you wake upthe children, I'll throw you out!


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5300:04:43,820 --> 00:04:46,700- How could we think without talking?- Try!

5400:04:47,140 --> 00:04:49,740- I got it. I have an idea.- Don't crack now.

5500:04:49,860 --> 00:04:52,060- We buy weapons and defend ourselves!- Killing?

5600:04:52,500 --> 00:04:55,780No, we'll only scare them.Who's talking about killing?

5700:04:56,220 --> 00:04:57,420Stupid idea!

5800:04:57,860 --> 00:05:01,100Only because I didn't want myEsther to marry your grandson!

5900:05:01,540 --> 00:05:05,340Keep her, your beautiful Esther!

Put her in a frame!

6000:05:05,780 --> 00:05:08,540- That's sinful talk!- Stop it!

6100:05:11,780 --> 00:05:14,540- A false deportation train.- Who's talking?

6200:05:14,820 --> 00:05:17,860The eternal one.Well, the madman...

6300:05:19,500 --> 00:05:20,860Repeat it, Schlomo.

6400:05:21,740 --> 00:05:23,460


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- A false deportation train.- What?

6500:05:23,900 --> 00:05:26,100A false deportation train.Can't you hear me?

6600:05:26,540 --> 00:05:28,940Organizing a deportation train?

6700:05:31,340 --> 00:05:35,300We'll deport goats, cows, geese

6800:05:35,900 --> 00:05:40,100to the Holy Land, to Erez Israel.And the children too...

6900:05:40,340 --> 00:05:44,180- What about us? Why just the children?- Yes, us, the children.

7000:05:45,660 --> 00:05:49,220We should be the deported andthe Germans at the same time.

7100:05:50,100 --> 00:05:54,780

Shtetl, Ukraine, Russia, Palestine...

7200:05:56,460 --> 00:05:58,740Home... Free as a bird.

7300:05:59,180 --> 00:06:02,220Oh God! This is really meshuggah!

7400:06:02,380 --> 00:06:06,700We'll do their work if wedeport ourselves. That's insane.

7500:06:06,940 --> 00:06:11,700- If they want to deport us, they should atleast work hard for it! - A brilliant idea!

7600:06:12,860 --> 00:06:16,900- You'll be rich. What's your name?


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- Rothschild. - Remember that name!

7700:06:16,940 --> 00:06:20,020- My wife can't stand going by train.- How d'you know? She never took the train.

7800:06:20,180 --> 00:06:22,860She never took the train becauseshe can't stand it! Can't you hear me?

7900:06:23,300 --> 00:06:27,540Dressing up like Germans, like Nazis!A dishonor! A sin!

8000:06:27,980 --> 00:06:32,300- God will never forgive us!

- One more word and I'll kick you out!

8100:06:33,100 --> 00:06:36,340A train?Think about it. A train!

8200:06:36,780 --> 00:06:40,460And what else?Why not a boat, while we're at it.

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00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:45,180Of course! He's right. A train!

8400:06:45,620 --> 00:06:47,500A train! A train!

8500:06:49,940 --> 00:06:53,020- How should we find a train?- Buy one.

8600:06:53,460 --> 00:06:55,020Coach by coach.

8700:06:55,460 --> 00:06:58,460- How do we get the money?- From the community, and from donations.

8800:06:58,900 --> 00:07:02,740


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- How much? - And the uniforms?- Jews are the best tailors.

8900:07:03,180 --> 00:07:06,060- We'll make them ourselves!- The weapons, the fake papers?

9000:07:06,500 --> 00:07:08,020Weapons... why weapons?

9100:07:08,460 --> 00:07:12,540The fake papers...are simply made from real paper!

9200:07:13,100 --> 00:07:15,260We'll have to speak German without accent.

9300:07:15,980 --> 00:07:20,180Prepare departure. Deportation of thewhole village without anyone noticing.

9400:07:20,620 --> 00:07:22,460Yes, that's what we'll do.

9500:07:22,900 --> 00:07:24,300We'll fly away!

9600:07:24,740 --> 00:07:28,020Heaven and earth will reunify,the birds will return

9700:07:28,460 --> 00:07:33,020God, why do men rule the world?Why does a madman show the way?

9800:07:33,180 --> 00:07:37,020Jehuda, have you heard it?- Even a deaf person has heard it!

9900:07:37,460 --> 00:07:40,580- We'll go by train to Palestine.- Don't you worry? - No, why?

10000:07:41,020 --> 00:07:43,700


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Nobody talks about the costs!

10100:07:44,140 --> 00:07:47,820- To Palestine! By boat!- No, by train!

10200:07:47,860 --> 00:07:50,940Thanks for telling me.I already bought swimming tires.

10300:07:51,380 --> 00:07:53,900Listening to a madman!That's meshuggah!

10400:07:54,340 --> 00:07:58,100- Who'll look after our houses?

- My son is to be married in a month!

10500:07:58,540 --> 00:08:02,700Schlomo, I've made a list ofall things I want to bring...

10600:08:03,140 --> 00:08:06,660I'll just bring my list,that's all I have.

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00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:09,180- What are you doing?- These Germans!

10800:08:09,340 --> 00:08:12,900They shouldn't be sitting here watchingthe beautiful Esther pass by!

10900:08:13,340 --> 00:08:16,180- But Esther won't be around then.- So won't the bench!

11000:08:16,620 --> 00:08:20,740It's not so easy to buy a train!And where should I hide it?

11100:08:21,180 --> 00:08:25,220- Should we bring our furniture?- I don't know. Ask the rabbi.


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11200:08:25,660 --> 00:08:28,620Will we ever return?

11300:08:37,620 --> 00:08:40,500- I have a delivery later this month.- Quiet!

11400:08:40,940 --> 00:08:43,340Quiet! I can't hear a word!

11500:08:43,780 --> 00:08:45,580Ask your questions, one at a time.

11600:08:46,020 --> 00:08:49,220

But not only to me, ask Schlomo too.

11700:08:50,140 --> 00:08:54,260The madman!?- Deport ourselves is insane anyway.

11800:08:56,460 --> 00:09:00,420I'll make five officer uniformsand thirty soldier uniforms.

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00:09:00,860 --> 00:09:04,300Itzik makes the boots.Herschele makes the helmets.

12000:09:04,740 --> 00:09:06,780But in what sizes?

12100:09:07,220 --> 00:09:11,180Who'll be wearing it?Which of us will be Germans?

12200:09:12,620 --> 00:09:14,340The Nazis.

12300:09:14,780 --> 00:09:18,620- I've forgotten to buy flour...- Nobody leaves the room!

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00:09:20,860 --> 00:09:23,740Who wants to be Nazi?I mean German.

12500:09:29,420 --> 00:09:33,860- Itzik?- No. God help us! Nazism is a sin!

12600:09:34,300 --> 00:09:37,060Misfortune would strike my family.

12700:09:37,500 --> 00:09:39,140No, thanks.

12800:09:43,620 --> 00:09:47,140- Jankele? - I'm an accountant

and suffer from stomach ulcer.

12900:09:47,580 --> 00:09:50,380- A real German don't do that.- Nobody then?

13000:09:50,820 --> 00:09:55,860- So we put real Nazis in place.- They can deport us in a correct manner.

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00:09:56,620 --> 00:10:00,260- How about you, Mordechai?- I'm sorry, Rabbi, I can't do that.

13200:10:00,700 --> 00:10:03,660Be aware of the responsibility this means.

13300:10:04,100 --> 00:10:06,980Quarrel with Germans in German...that's not for me.

13400:10:07,420 --> 00:10:11,060The council of wise men should decidewho should be the Germans.

13500:10:11,220 --> 00:10:15,140Very good! Excellent!Everybody stays here.


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13600:10:20,340 --> 00:10:21,700Was I right to refuse?

13700:10:22,140 --> 00:10:25,500- Why hasn't he asked you?- Me, a Nazi? No!

13800:10:27,060 --> 00:10:29,020God, please. Not me.

13900:10:43,820 --> 00:10:47,500To the benefit of the community,the council have chosen those

14000:10:47,660 --> 00:10:50,620

who can speak German fluently,with a minimum of accent,

14100:10:50,780 --> 00:10:54,300who are familiar with the Germanicculture, and who in the past

14200:10:54,340 --> 00:10:57,940have shown superior self-control.

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00:10:58,900 --> 00:11:02,260The decision is final and irrevocable!

14400:11:02,700 --> 00:11:06,900The mission is to bring the communitysafely to the destination.

14500:11:07,340 --> 00:11:11,180To the Holy Land,to Palestine, to Erez Israel,

14600:11:11,620 --> 00:11:13,820like Moses,who led us out of Egypt.

14700:11:14,260 --> 00:11:18,220You are responsible to Godto fulfill this mission.


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14800:11:19,060 --> 00:11:23,620For his merits, the Council wants toappoint the wood merchant

14900:11:24,060 --> 00:11:27,340Mordechai Schwartzto be commander of the train.

15000:11:27,780 --> 00:11:30,220He'll take upon a great responsibility.

15100:11:30,660 --> 00:11:33,740The other Germans are:Samuel Heimovici,

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00:11:34,180 --> 00:11:36,660Ezra Finkelstein, Ezra Harari...

15300:13:13,540 --> 00:13:14,900Quickly!

15400:13:17,060 --> 00:13:18,420Put it over there.

15500:13:24,900 --> 00:13:27,180

Bread: 17.- 17?

15600:13:33,580 --> 00:13:36,700Golda, I have told you, no pastries.That's not proper food.

15700:13:37,180 --> 00:13:40,220- It's for the kids!- No, we don't have enough room.

15800:13:40,660 --> 00:13:43,020And besides, pastries are for Purim!

15900:13:43,500 --> 00:13:46,300- Maybe we haven't arrived by then.- They'll be eaten before that.

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00:13:46,740 --> 00:13:49,500How could a child tell when it's Purim.

16100:13:49,940 --> 00:13:53,620It sees the pastry, eats itand says "It's Purim!"

16200:13:54,100 --> 00:13:56,220One can't discuss such matters with you...

16300:13:56,700 --> 00:13:58,380And what's that?

16400:13:59,900 --> 00:14:01,460Gherkin, Russian style...

16500:14:01,900 --> 00:14:04,020That makes 1500 potato knishes,

16600:14:04,860 --> 00:14:07,820cabbage, carrots, 4200 dumplings,

16700:14:08,260 --> 00:14:10,700latkes, klopslach, beef tongues.

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00:14:11,540 --> 00:14:15,900Malka, you and Lea should make the bread.Have we forgotten anything?

16900:14:16,380 --> 00:14:18,140Do you remember Ari...

17000:14:18,580 --> 00:14:20,540You are beautiful, my girl.

17100:14:21,900 --> 00:14:25,660- Happy man who will marry you!- Rich and handsome.

17200:14:27,580 --> 00:14:29,940I'm sure.

17300:14:34,020 --> 00:14:34,980


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Esther!

17400:14:35,660 --> 00:14:39,700Marry me, please, before we leave!

17500:14:40,140 --> 00:14:43,340No, Jossi.You're old, ugly and weak.

17600:14:43,820 --> 00:14:47,580You still live with your mom. You are thehelper of the rabbi. I'll never marry you.

17700:14:50,620 --> 00:14:53,900I'll marry a real man!

17800:14:54,900 --> 00:14:56,700I will completely belong to him.

17900:14:57,140 --> 00:14:58,460With body and

18000:15:07,260 --> 00:15:09,540Don't push! Discipline!

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00:15:09,980 --> 00:15:12,100Line up to make donations!

18200:15:17,620 --> 00:15:19,740Please stay in line.

18300:15:22,100 --> 00:15:24,460- Hurry up, Mendel.- I'm coming, Jankele.

18400:15:24,900 --> 00:15:29,660A wooden chess gamefrom Mrs. Grossmann. Here.

18500:15:30,820 --> 00:15:33,380A wooden chess game.Make note.

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00:15:33,860 --> 00:15:36,220A wooden chess gamefrom Mrs. Grossmann.

18700:15:36,700 --> 00:15:40,660Schlomo: An apple. Make note.Next. You can leave, Schlomo.

18800:15:41,140 --> 00:15:42,620- Thanks.- Next.

18900:15:43,060 --> 00:15:44,380Schlomo: An apple.

19000:15:47,420 --> 00:15:48,340

Thanks.

19100:15:48,820 --> 00:15:50,940Let's see... Yes, that's correct.

19200:15:52,300 --> 00:15:55,100Thanks. Have a nice Sunday.

19300:15:56,500 --> 00:15:59,220Hurry up! We have to be home before dark.

19400:15:59,700 --> 00:16:02,660It's massive silver, for sure.

19500:16:03,540 --> 00:16:05,180That should be enough.

19600:16:08,220 --> 00:16:10,220"Dear Israel Schmecht,

19700:16:12,020 --> 00:16:14,180dear cousin!"

19800:16:16,300 --> 00:16:18,420Israel Schmecht, my wife's cousin.

19900:16:18,900 --> 00:16:21,300


17/79

A Yiddish writerof worldwide reputation.

20000:16:21,780 --> 00:16:25,900Israel will join usand take part of our adventure.

20100:16:26,740 --> 00:16:31,220He lives in Switzerland,after fleeing from his homeland Austria,

20200:16:31,700 --> 00:16:33,660which was attacked by Hitler, the barbarian.

20300:16:34,460 --> 00:16:38,980He will give us some important help,

teach us to speak fluent German,

20400:16:39,260 --> 00:16:42,340without any trace of Yiddish accent,

20500:16:42,820 --> 00:16:46,060as well as the culture,civilization and psychology

20600:16:46,540 --> 00:16:50,940

of the people of Goethe,both bourgeoisie and simple soldiers.

20700:16:56,740 --> 00:16:59,100I don't get it! It's too difficult.

20800:16:59,580 --> 00:17:03,220It's very much like Yiddish.I do understand it.

20900:17:03,700 --> 00:17:07,900German is a rigid language.It is precise and sad.

21000:17:08,660 --> 00:17:13,020Yiddish is a parody of German.It adds humor.

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00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:17,940To speak perfect German andto get rid of the Yiddish accent,

21200:17:18,420 --> 00:17:20,380just leave out the humor.

21300:17:20,860 --> 00:17:24,780Do they know that they are subjectto parody? Maybe that's why they make war.

21400:17:25,220 --> 00:17:26,300No!

21500:17:26,740 --> 00:17:30,660I agree. It would be cheaper

to pay for the train all at once.

21600:17:31,100 --> 00:17:35,100To buy one coach at a time ismore expensive, but it is safer!

21700:17:35,580 --> 00:17:39,500This is killing me, Mendel!I can't go on like this.

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00:17:39,980 --> 00:17:41,820It can't be done against your will!

21900:17:42,300 --> 00:17:45,020Don't get so upset!I can't do anything.

22000:17:45,500 --> 00:17:49,500- We wont get it for under 10000.- 10000 for one coach? No!

22100:17:49,980 --> 00:17:51,500He's crazy. It's not my money!

22200:17:51,940 --> 00:17:56,780With leather. Delivery just before ourdeparture. We wont get it any cheaper!

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00:17:57,220 --> 00:18:01,140I don't need any leather. Mordechaishouldn't bother us with his leather goods.

22400:18:01,580 --> 00:18:06,220- 5000, my last offer!- Mordechai can't do anything anyway.

22500:18:06,660 --> 00:18:09,820All coaches for German officersare furnished with leather.

22600:18:10,260 --> 00:18:13,740- When real Germans enter the train...- Your Germans make me want to throw up!

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00:18:14,180 --> 00:18:18,260I hate them,before I've even seen one!

22800:18:25,940 --> 00:18:29,300Is this what I get in return foreverything that I've taught you?

22900:18:31,140 --> 00:18:32,100Jankele...

23000:18:32,540 --> 00:18:35,420Are you okay? Your medicine...

23100:18:35,860 --> 00:18:38,700Never again require such sums from me.That would be the best medicine.

23200:18:45,100 --> 00:18:46,740That is beautiful!

23300:18:48,300 --> 00:18:51,060- Not so expensive!- A train...

23400:19:17,860 --> 00:19:19,420Yes, very good...

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00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:28,780Did you hide the money well?

23600:19:29,220 --> 00:19:33,420Listen, your cousin is a communist.He sees the Messiah everywhere.

23700:19:33,860 --> 00:19:38,540Don't spend too much time with him.It could infect you.

23800:19:38,980 --> 00:19:42,060"Women and men of the world, unite!"

23900:19:42,500 --> 00:19:46,020Think about it. "Unite!"

He has only got one thing on his mind.

24000:19:46,460 --> 00:19:51,340You'll give him the money, and he makesthe ID documents and passes.

24100:19:51,780 --> 00:19:54,220Rabbi, you have already told me all that.

24200:19:54,660 --> 00:19:56,860

- It's better once too often.- But twenty...

24300:19:57,300 --> 00:19:59,460- You should hide them...- In my shirt, yes.

24400:19:59,500 --> 00:20:01,980I sleep in a public placeand eat only kosher.

24500:20:02,220 --> 00:20:04,660The next morning I'll take the train...

24600:20:05,100 --> 00:20:08,860You already know! Why did you letme repeat it twenty times?

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00:20:09,300 --> 00:20:12,980- To be sure nothing was forgotten.- Very well, my son.

24800:20:18,260 --> 00:20:20,660- Here are some cookies for the journey.- Thanks, Mama.

24900:20:21,100 --> 00:20:22,460Goodbye.

25000:20:25,540 --> 00:20:27,820He'll be back in four days time.

25100:20:29,140 --> 00:20:30,500Do you want some cookies?

25200:21:35,260 --> 00:21:37,940- Jossele, is that you?- Yes, Mama.

25300:21:38,380 --> 00:21:42,860Haven't you told your cousin Abi,that we are going to Palestine?

25400:21:43,100 --> 00:21:46,300

- I have, but he wont come with us.- Why not?

25500:21:47,780 --> 00:21:49,900Mama, listen.

25600:21:51,020 --> 00:21:55,140Soon all people will be alike. Abi saysthat we don't have to flee anymore.

25700:21:55,580 --> 00:21:59,660Since the world soon will be onecountry only, fleeing is about not moving.

25800:22:00,100 --> 00:22:04,860Free! We don't get anything here.We only live isolated, in seclusion.

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00:22:05,660 --> 00:22:07,860You are going to leave me alone.

26000:22:08,300 --> 00:22:11,540No, Mama, that's not true.Listen to me!

26100:22:11,980 --> 00:22:14,700Unbelievable, that we didn't know.

26200:22:15,140 --> 00:22:18,060Everything will be different in the future.

26300:22:18,500 --> 00:22:20,700Do you know what he said?

26400:22:21,140 --> 00:22:23,180"Proletarians of all countries,

26500:22:24,860 --> 00:22:26,820unite!"

26600:22:29,540 --> 00:22:32,540Unite! Isn't that lovely?

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00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:36,620- The Messiah is here.- Have you seen him?

26800:22:36,940 --> 00:22:40,100- Of course. As I you see now.- What's he like?

26900:22:40,540 --> 00:22:44,100He leads the revolution. Day and night.He changes people's minds.

27000:22:44,540 --> 00:22:47,380- He creates the new man.- What does he do with the old?

27100:22:47,820 --> 00:22:52,460- Can one be overage and still new?- We are Jews, not proletarians.


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27200:22:52,660 --> 00:22:56,860He's called the Messiah,but no one knows who he is.

27300:22:57,300 --> 00:23:00,220It is a code name, so that hewont be recognized and arrested.

27400:23:00,660 --> 00:23:05,620Same thing with "proletarians",it's a code name for revolutionaries.

27500:23:07,500 --> 00:23:10,460One acts in secret, defies the danger...

27600:23:10,580 --> 00:23:14,740incognito, clandestine, revolutionary...

27700:23:15,660 --> 00:23:18,580The utopist, the adventurer!

27800:23:19,540 --> 00:23:20,540Enough now!

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00:23:21,540 --> 00:23:23,620I'll give you danger.

28000:23:23,740 --> 00:23:28,300Is that why you've shaven off you beard?So that no one will recognize you?

28100:23:29,100 --> 00:23:31,500You punk! I feel sorry for your mother.

28200:23:32,420 --> 00:23:33,660Proletarian

28300:23:34,100 --> 00:23:37,900What are you looking at?Go away! Go home!

28400:23:39,540 --> 00:23:40,500


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Bravo!

28500:23:43,660 --> 00:23:46,860- Why a blue coach?- No more paint.

28600:23:55,300 --> 00:23:58,660Careful! You're breaking it.Rabbi...

28700:24:02,260 --> 00:24:05,700I'm the train manager,but I can't run the locomotive.

28800:24:05,940 --> 00:24:11,220We need a Jewish train driver, a railway

map and a second-hand locomotive.

28900:24:11,780 --> 00:24:14,180- Where from?- Let me finish.

29000:24:14,420 --> 00:24:17,700Go to Anton Levi,one of Rachel's relatives...

291

00:24:18,140 --> 00:24:20,980The old woman?Nobody wants to be a relative of hers.

29200:24:21,420 --> 00:24:24,220- How do you know, you don't know her.- Why do you give me her orders?

29300:24:24,660 --> 00:24:26,700- Nobody said that!- You did!

29400:24:27,140 --> 00:24:29,620Did I said that?

29500:24:30,060 --> 00:24:34,300You see! You are not taking ordersfrom her, nor anyone else.


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29600:24:34,940 --> 00:24:36,900Find this horse-man Anton Levi!

29700:24:37,340 --> 00:24:39,860- What has a horse-man got to do with trains?- He works in transportation!

29800:24:40,300 --> 00:24:44,660It's the same! He surely knowssomeone at the Railroad Ministry.

29900:24:46,380 --> 00:24:49,580Money for the trip.And don't come back a communist!

300

00:24:50,020 --> 00:24:52,300Rabbi, Itzik is back!

30100:24:56,020 --> 00:24:59,780Quickly, tell the council and Mordechai!

30200:25:00,660 --> 00:25:03,620Jankele and all you others, quickly!

30300:25:16,740 --> 00:25:19,940

This is Schtrull Geitzl, the train driver.

30400:25:20,780 --> 00:25:23,740- Welcome!- Aleichem shalom.

30500:25:24,060 --> 00:25:25,740So you are a train driver?

30600:25:27,260 --> 00:25:30,820Schtrull has never yet driven a locomotive.

30700:25:31,260 --> 00:25:35,020Wait! He's a high officerat the Railroad Ministry.

30800:25:35,260 --> 00:25:39,020He's the manager of the archives...


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and has brought... give it to me...

30900:25:39,260 --> 00:25:42,900A manual:"How to drive a locomotive"

31000:25:45,340 --> 00:25:49,060- I always wanted to be a train driver.- He's been restrained in an office...

31100:25:49,860 --> 00:25:54,020- Try it. - They were afraid a Jewlike him would steal a locomotive.

31200:25:54,460 --> 00:25:58,100So he is an honest man

and a talented train driver.

31300:25:58,820 --> 00:26:01,300A real Yiddish train driver!

31400:26:01,740 --> 00:26:04,620Long live train driver Schtrull Geitzl!

31500:26:11,060 --> 00:26:15,740- And the locomotive?

- Almost finished. Coming from the archives.

31600:26:25,020 --> 00:26:27,180Shalom Rabbi, Itzik...

31700:26:27,620 --> 00:26:28,900Mordechai...

31800:26:29,740 --> 00:26:33,500Schtrull, Mendel, Schlomo...

31900:26:34,220 --> 00:26:36,100Doctor... Shalom.

32000:26:36,540 --> 00:26:39,500Why the doctor? Is anyone ill?

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00:26:40,220 --> 00:26:43,460No, not the locomotive!I don't have more!

32200:26:50,220 --> 00:26:51,580Everything ok?

32300:27:02,500 --> 00:27:03,860Here it is!

32400:27:15,220 --> 00:27:16,780Still a little

32500:27:19,420 --> 00:27:21,380Very well. Now you can stop.

32600:27:22,260 --> 00:27:23,620Stop it.

32700:27:26,220 --> 00:27:27,180Come!

32800:27:28,980 --> 00:27:32,340- Looks like a wreck!- We have been fooled.

32900:27:32,780 --> 00:27:35,300It's as good as new.It's because of the darkness.

33000:27:41,060 --> 00:27:42,900Thank you. To the station.

33100:27:44,420 --> 00:27:47,060I hope you really know geography.

33200:27:47,500 --> 00:27:49,780Anyway, you know where Palestine is...

33300:27:50,220 --> 00:27:53,580He'll travel around the world,believe me, Rabbi!

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00:27:54,020 --> 00:27:55,380Wait until tomorrow morning.

33500:27:58,020 --> 00:28:01,220It's because of the mist.Wait until the sun rises.

33600:28:10,220 --> 00:28:13,860More red! It must shine! Hurry up!

33700:28:14,300 --> 00:28:16,260The screw is too big!

33800:28:25,860 --> 00:28:27,060Hurry up!

33900:28:51,820 --> 00:28:53,980Shovel and coal...

34000:28:55,980 --> 00:28:58,580A manometer for measuringthe steam pressure

34100:28:59,580 --> 00:29:02,860Must be that one.Starting lever...

34200:29:03,300 --> 00:29:05,220The longest train in the world!

34300:29:05,660 --> 00:29:08,460- Faster than the lightning...- It flies over the clouds!

34400:29:08,900 --> 00:29:11,140Completely made of gold. A magic train!

34500:29:11,580 --> 00:29:14,140Pity that you can't come with us.

34600:29:16,220 --> 00:29:19,900Goodbye, business.Our Jews are leaving.


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34700:29:22,140 --> 00:29:26,140Mr... Rabbi. So you can assure methat all this is not correct,

34800:29:27,060 --> 00:29:31,780that it's been made up by the children?You give me your word, right?

34900:29:32,220 --> 00:29:35,460Don't worry. We're not going anywhere.

35000:29:35,900 --> 00:29:40,460I want this rumor out of theworld immediately, trust me.

351

00:29:46,660 --> 00:29:49,780We must leave immediately!Our neighbors suspect something.

35200:29:50,220 --> 00:29:53,420- The Germans are coming closer!- How soon?

35300:29:53,620 --> 00:29:55,860Tonight. Is the locomotive ready?

35400:29:58,260 --> 00:30:00,100- Well, yes.- Then, let's go!

35500:30:00,140 --> 00:30:03,620We must wake up the kids.We must tell everyone.

35600:30:04,060 --> 00:30:07,100- Rabbi, I am ready.- Then let's go.

35700:30:07,540 --> 00:30:09,900Mordechai, take command!

35800:30:10,380 --> 00:30:12,940Sura, wake up the kids!


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35900:30:14,700 --> 00:30:16,580I'm not quite ready...

36000:32:12,180 --> 00:32:14,380God bless this train!

36100:32:14,860 --> 00:32:16,900That it will take us safely

36200:32:17,380 --> 00:32:21,820to Palestine, to the Holy Land,

36300:32:22,260 --> 00:32:24,700to the land of Israel! Amen!

36400:32:36,260 --> 00:32:39,940Children of Abraham and Moses,get on board!

36500:32:42,780 --> 00:32:45,660God bless and protect you.

36600:32:47,940 --> 00:32:49,700Get aboard!

36700:32:53,060 --> 00:32:55,020Don't push! I came first!

36800:32:59,700 --> 00:33:01,660Give space for the elderly.

36900:33:12,820 --> 00:33:16,940The Germans in the green coaches!All others in the red coaches!

37000:33:17,420 --> 00:33:19,060No mattresses or furniture!

37100:33:19,500 --> 00:33:22,300Calm down! The train is leaving soon.

37200:33:22,780 --> 00:33:26,100


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Didn't you hear what I said?

37300:33:26,580 --> 00:33:30,260Listen, it's now 12:20 a.m.We will leave at 12:23 a.m.

37400:33:43,060 --> 00:33:44,780Sit down quietly!

37500:34:08,180 --> 00:34:10,340Mordechai, it's time to leave!

37600:34:11,780 --> 00:34:14,940Schtrull! Off to Palestine!

377

00:34:16,940 --> 00:34:19,980Fool! Depart discreetly...

37800:35:10,500 --> 00:35:12,660God protect us!

37900:35:19,580 --> 00:35:21,660Grandma, we are on our way!

38000:35:22,420 --> 00:35:24,220

Yes, my angels,

38100:35:25,300 --> 00:35:27,020we are on our way.

38200:35:34,740 --> 00:35:35,700Jankele!

38300:35:38,180 --> 00:35:40,340The bank will grant you the credit!

38400:36:05,100 --> 00:36:06,660They were serious.

38500:36:07,580 --> 00:36:09,140They did it.

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00:36:10,300 --> 00:36:12,060They have left...

38700:36:47,300 --> 00:36:50,660Check if the steam pressure stands on 11,

38800:36:51,620 --> 00:36:54,180and that the lever is pushed forward

38900:36:54,820 --> 00:36:58,580The wheels should then move forward,

39000:36:59,020 --> 00:37:02,380that is, in clockwise direction.

391

00:37:10,540 --> 00:37:12,340Look over there!

39200:37:12,900 --> 00:37:17,860Stop! We'll never make it this way.We'll only suffer from heart attacks.

39300:37:18,100 --> 00:37:21,460Stop seeing Germans everywhere!

394

00:37:21,900 --> 00:37:24,100For the time beingthere aren't any.

39500:37:45,100 --> 00:37:49,100- We are ready.- It's early, only 30 km away!

39600:37:49,540 --> 00:37:51,100Shit! It's coming!

39700:37:53,020 --> 00:37:56,780It's unfair that some are born poorand some born rich into this world.

39800:37:56,940 --> 00:38:00,540- Marx is also saying that.- I agree with comrade Jossi und Marx.


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39900:38:00,980 --> 00:38:05,180It would be more fair, if poor wouldbe born rich into this world.

40000:38:05,860 --> 00:38:10,540I'd gladly be a communist,if I could keep peyots, tallit and kaftan.

40100:38:10,780 --> 00:38:11,740Is that possible?

40200:38:11,980 --> 00:38:16,420So you want to be a new man?With peyots, tallit and kaftan?

403

00:38:16,860 --> 00:38:20,700The new man is new!The old is outdated.

40400:38:20,900 --> 00:38:23,340Listen... Thanks, Moitl.

40500:38:25,340 --> 00:38:26,700That's nice.

406

00:38:28,620 --> 00:38:32,340Do you want to be the ideologistof the Soviet train?

40700:38:32,580 --> 00:38:36,700- I haven't read Marx.- Me neither. It doesn't matter.

40800:38:36,940 --> 00:38:39,020- You'll write it yourself.- Okay.

40900:38:47,420 --> 00:38:49,140Shit. A station!

41000:38:49,580 --> 00:38:51,860A ghost train!I am not drunk.


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41100:38:52,300 --> 00:38:57,060In fifteen minutes it will collidewith the 3 o'clock express train!

41200:38:57,500 --> 00:38:59,420Five, four, three...

41300:39:02,700 --> 00:39:04,820Rabbi! Mordechai!

41400:39:10,340 --> 00:39:12,620Dirty Nazis! Have a nice journey!

41500:39:24,940 --> 00:39:26,740Shit! It stopped!

41600:39:28,700 --> 00:39:31,980Where are they?I want to talk to them.

41700:39:32,340 --> 00:39:35,220They are people like us.They have a god.

41800:39:35,660 --> 00:39:37,100

- Who?- The Germans!

41900:39:37,540 --> 00:39:39,780- There are no Germans here.- What do you mean?

42000:39:40,220 --> 00:39:42,420- There aren't any here.- Why did you stop then?

42100:39:42,860 --> 00:39:45,020- Because it gets worse!- Worse than the Germans?

42200:39:45,460 --> 00:39:48,380I don't want to know.Tell me anyway.


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42300:39:48,820 --> 00:39:53,860- We passed a station.- What did you expect? A harbor?

42400:39:54,300 --> 00:39:56,100They've discovered us!

42500:40:02,580 --> 00:40:05,220Our train isn't scheduledin the timetable.

42600:40:05,660 --> 00:40:09,940What timetable, what are youtalking about? Give it to me.

427

00:40:10,780 --> 00:40:12,220Attention, Jews!

42800:40:15,260 --> 00:40:20,020New laws concerning thepopulation of Jewish faith...

42900:40:23,700 --> 00:40:25,340So it's true.

430

00:40:26,820 --> 00:40:28,580What do we do now?

43100:40:29,460 --> 00:40:34,020- It's coming from the opposite direction!- I'll blow it up! No pasaran!

43200:40:34,140 --> 00:40:37,460No, it's not the same!It's a passenger train.

43300:40:42,260 --> 00:40:45,980There will be an entire battalionwaiting for us at the next station!

43400:40:47,300 --> 00:40:49,340Is that your locomotive?That's a strange noise!


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43500:40:49,780 --> 00:40:52,820My loco doesn't make any noise.What are you trying to say?

43600:40:54,540 --> 00:40:56,620Rabbi, this line is one-track only.

43700:40:57,860 --> 00:40:59,180Take cover!

43800:41:06,780 --> 00:41:10,020A miracle! It went underground.

43900:41:11,060 --> 00:41:14,580Thank you, God!

Digging a tunnel in such short time...

44000:41:15,620 --> 00:41:19,620- What? - We must tell the others thatthere are no Germans here.

44100:41:20,060 --> 00:41:24,420They are probably already half-deadand sticked to the walls like flies!

442

00:41:24,860 --> 00:41:28,820I'll mobilize the council. A battalionis waiting for us at the next station.

44300:41:30,060 --> 00:41:33,740I won't disobey orders given by the party.But you are not the party!

44400:41:34,180 --> 00:41:35,460What do we do?

44500:41:38,380 --> 00:41:42,660Everybody, get out. I must seeto the damage. No, no compensation.

44600:41:43,340 --> 00:41:46,420- Dad, can I talk to you?- Is everything alright?


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44700:41:48,100 --> 00:41:49,060Yes...

44800:41:51,020 --> 00:41:52,380I'm in love.

44900:41:52,460 --> 00:41:55,380Mazel tov, my girl,congratulations!

45000:41:55,740 --> 00:42:00,940- Wonderful! Who is the happy one?- The son of a rich man, dad.

45100:42:03,060 --> 00:42:05,580

Samuel Schwartz, the sonof Mordechai. Sami.

45200:42:06,380 --> 00:42:10,780What? The son of a Nazi?He's not welcome in my house!

45300:42:11,220 --> 00:42:13,900What house? We live in a train.

454

00:42:14,340 --> 00:42:16,580His grandpa was a rabbi.He is a Jew like us.

45500:42:17,020 --> 00:42:19,060Sami, a real communist.

45600:42:19,300 --> 00:42:22,860I know what he's thinking.He's the son of Mordechai.

45700:42:23,020 --> 00:42:25,260Nazi and bourgeois at the same time.

45800:42:25,500 --> 00:42:29,380You're wrong. His moral standardsare both proletarian and Marxist.

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00:42:29,500 --> 00:42:32,500- There you see, Papa.- Not only a Nazi, but a communist as well!

46000:42:32,940 --> 00:42:36,980- One can't be a Nazi and a communist!- What do you know?

46100:42:37,420 --> 00:42:40,860I forbid you to meet him.End of discussion!

46200:42:42,820 --> 00:42:46,140- Can we try to bypass them?- No casualties.

463

00:42:46,580 --> 00:42:49,2205 lightly injured.20 quarrels.

46400:42:49,660 --> 00:42:53,540Let them quarrel, it's a sign ofgood health. Thanks, Jankele.

46500:42:53,700 --> 00:42:58,180- It's impossible to bypass all stations.- Nothing is impossible!

46600:42:58,620 --> 00:43:03,220A good soldier makes anything possible.I'm in command, I decide!

46700:43:03,500 --> 00:43:06,460No, the people should decide!And it has decided,

46800:43:06,620 --> 00:43:10,660that the deportees should sleep inthe Nazi coaches. In clean sheets!

46900:43:10,900 --> 00:43:14,300The Nazis, the bourgeois, and theimperialists should sleep in the straw!

47000:43:14,460 --> 00:43:19,420


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We also want the privileges and thecomfort that comes with being German.

47100:43:22,860 --> 00:43:25,780Jossi, what are you talking about?What is your problem?

47200:43:26,460 --> 00:43:28,140- Jossele...- Mama!

47300:43:28,900 --> 00:43:30,460My problem?

47400:43:31,140 --> 00:43:33,620The Germans would have

treated us better.

47500:43:34,420 --> 00:43:37,060They would even have offered it to us.

47600:43:38,140 --> 00:43:41,500- We demand justice!- Clean sheets!

47700:43:43,060 --> 00:43:47,300

Just what we needed.Our community is falling apart.

47800:43:47,460 --> 00:43:50,020- We shouldn't have left.- Quiet!

47900:43:55,020 --> 00:43:58,860You want to sleep in my bed?Then repeat after me:

48000:43:59,180 --> 00:44:00,700"Jawohl, mein Major!"

48100:44:02,220 --> 00:44:04,340"Jaiwol meine majorele."

48200:44:04,660 --> 00:44:07,220


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Did you hear that?Did I make myself clear?

48300:44:07,380 --> 00:44:11,540With such an accent he would soon have a bulletin his head, and everybody would be in danger.

48400:44:11,700 --> 00:44:17,020To be German is for those whohave earned it, who worked for it!

48500:44:17,140 --> 00:44:18,420Fascist!

48600:44:23,580 --> 00:44:28,420Stop fighting. I promise you

all clean sheets in Palestine.

48700:44:28,940 --> 00:44:32,100- Get back in the train.- Keep your promises, Rabbi!

48800:44:32,780 --> 00:44:34,980The final struggle has only begun!

48900:44:35,220 --> 00:44:38,260

We're entering a new chapter in history.

49000:44:38,500 --> 00:44:41,780Wait for it then,don't waste your energy on it now.

49100:44:42,020 --> 00:44:45,460Listen. I have an idea concerningthe stations. Grossmann!

49200:44:45,900 --> 00:44:50,700You all know Elie Grossmann,the chess champion. A grand strategist.

49300:44:50,940 --> 00:44:53,660He can help us foresee themovements of the Germans.

494


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00:44:54,100 --> 00:44:58,220- What do you see in the map?- I see only one possibility.

49500:44:58,660 --> 00:45:01,660Take a detour. To be where theGermans don't expect us to be.

49600:45:02,100 --> 00:45:06,860- That'll take time. - Yes, but no onesuspects that we have a ghost train.

49700:45:07,220 --> 00:45:11,300- Slow and steady wins the race.- There we go!

498

00:45:11,460 --> 00:45:13,900And a strategist in addition? Rabbi?

49900:45:14,340 --> 00:45:18,060Is it clear to him that are going east,towards Russia, and not to England?

50000:45:18,500 --> 00:45:21,020Doesn't matter to me.I have family everywhere.

50100:45:21,820 --> 00:45:25,940- Where are the Jews?- I don't know. They promised not to leave.

50200:45:26,380 --> 00:45:28,700It's not any good for me either.

50300:45:29,140 --> 00:45:34,300- With whom should we do business now?- With us! And real business...

50400:45:34,740 --> 00:45:36,540Are you taking the role of the Jews?

50500:45:38,020 --> 00:45:39,980Is that supposed to be a joke?

506


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00:45:47,900 --> 00:45:50,940Come on, Schtrull, forward!

50700:45:53,860 --> 00:45:56,100"Why" calling "For Whom"! Hello?

50800:45:57,100 --> 00:46:00,740"For Whom", answer me!Damn you, answer me now!

50900:46:01,180 --> 00:46:02,860Hello! "For Whom"!

51000:46:03,460 --> 00:46:05,420- "Why"?- It failed.

51100:46:05,580 --> 00:46:07,100- Why?- Yes, that's me.

51200:46:07,540 --> 00:46:10,300- No, why did it fail?- They changed route.

51300:46:10,740 --> 00:46:14,540

- Blow up this train now!- Okay, "For Whom"...

51400:46:14,700 --> 00:46:18,740- What do you mean, for whom? For the cause!- What? Yeah, sure.

51500:48:40,020 --> 00:48:43,900Oh my god,I'm probably next in turn

51600:49:03,980 --> 00:49:07,580I have never expected thatwe should all arrive.

51700:49:08,060 --> 00:49:11,940But at least children and youngpeople should reach the frontier


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51800:49:12,380 --> 00:49:14,340and live peacefully in Palestine.

51900:49:14,780 --> 00:49:17,500And grown-up men and women too.Children need their parents.

52000:49:17,940 --> 00:49:21,300And since you saved all of them,why not also elderly people?

52100:49:21,740 --> 00:49:25,100- What have they done to you?- If he doesn't listen, let me talk to him.

522

00:49:25,260 --> 00:49:27,780It's not in the schedule.It's a ghost train.

52300:49:27,900 --> 00:49:32,180Of course... no...It's a deportation train...

52400:49:32,500 --> 00:49:34,780- There are many.- ...with Jews...

52500:49:35,260 --> 00:49:37,660Most deportation trainscarry Jews, Herr Major.

52600:49:37,660 --> 00:49:39,660And they are found in the schedule.

52700:49:39,980 --> 00:49:44,980Right..? Of course...But not this one, Herr Haupsturmfhrer.

52800:49:46,020 --> 00:49:50,940This is a top secret mission,not included in the schedule.

52900:49:51,460 --> 00:49:54,580We are transporting extraordinary Jews.


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53000:49:54,660 --> 00:49:57,780A Jew is a Jew.What's so extraordinary with these?

53100:49:58,980 --> 00:50:01,860They are...

53200:50:02,780 --> 00:50:05,180Communist Jews.

53300:50:05,660 --> 00:50:08,540Very dangerous ones.Two times more dangerous.

534

00:50:08,940 --> 00:50:11,740They are Jews and communistsat the same time.

53500:50:12,300 --> 00:50:14,500Transported in a single train.

53600:50:14,780 --> 00:50:18,460Very profitable for the Reich.We don't have to use one train for the Jews

53700:50:18,620 --> 00:50:21,220and another train for the communists.

53800:50:21,420 --> 00:50:26,100We can't separate them, because theyare both Jews and communists.

53900:50:26,300 --> 00:50:30,300In that way we are saving a train.You understand what I'm saying?

54000:50:30,900 --> 00:50:35,700Just think of how many Jews andcommunists who would like to see us fail.

54100:50:35,900 --> 00:50:38,500So... no schedule.


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54200:50:39,260 --> 00:50:43,860Ghost train.Top, top secret.

54300:50:44,460 --> 00:50:45,660I understand.

54400:50:46,260 --> 00:50:48,780- Do you need any escort, Herr Major?- No, thank you.

54500:50:49,300 --> 00:50:50,780One last thing.

54600:50:52,180 --> 00:50:54,460

Perhaps You can be of some help.

54700:50:55,260 --> 00:50:58,260All the Jews from a nearbyvillage have disappeared.

54800:50:59,420 --> 00:51:01,420Have You perhaps seen them?

54900:51:06,300 --> 00:51:07,780

Nearby village?

55000:51:13,340 --> 00:51:15,460- Disappeared, You say...?- Yes.

55100:51:16,420 --> 00:51:17,620Everyone?

55200:51:20,980 --> 00:51:22,780I wouldn't worry about it.

55300:51:23,980 --> 00:51:26,780They must all be visiting some nearby place.

55400:51:27,180 --> 00:51:29,580They keep tight family bonds.


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55500:51:30,140 --> 00:51:32,340They never walk alone.They will be back.

55600:51:32,420 --> 00:51:35,140- Are You sure?- Yes, sure.

55700:51:35,340 --> 00:51:37,340I know a bit of that.

55800:51:37,740 --> 00:51:41,340First they take a turn,then they return home.

559

00:51:42,260 --> 00:51:46,180They are undoubtedly veryattached to their original habitat.

56000:51:49,300 --> 00:51:51,180You are very intelligent, Herr Major.

56100:51:51,380 --> 00:51:53,980You have studied thepsychology of the enemy.

56200:51:54,100 --> 00:51:57,380I can assure you that.Day and night!

56300:51:59,100 --> 00:52:00,300Heil Hitler!

56400:52:01,780 --> 00:52:04,340- Filthy scum!- Filthy scum!

56500:52:13,860 --> 00:52:18,500Mordechai, at the next stop I'llmove back to my coach, okay?

56600:52:33,460 --> 00:52:37,940Saved! I told you, theseGermans are not so clever.


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56700:53:14,940 --> 00:53:17,780We'll never get there, Mama, will we?

56800:53:18,220 --> 00:53:21,580- The Germans will find us and kill us.- No, no.

56900:53:22,500 --> 00:53:24,540Not all Germans are bad.

57000:53:25,140 --> 00:53:28,260We are still on our way.

57100:53:28,700 --> 00:53:30,660

We'll be in Palestine soon.

57200:53:32,140 --> 00:53:34,500Don't you already feel the desert wind?

57300:53:36,460 --> 00:53:38,620I will read you a story.

57400:53:39,660 --> 00:53:42,940There was once a paradise on earth.

57500:53:44,460 --> 00:53:48,420A vast desert,that seemed dry and inhospitable,

57600:53:48,860 --> 00:53:53,060but beneath all the sandy dunesthere was a wonderful treasure.

57700:53:53,500 --> 00:53:58,940Green gardens, palaces,creeks, animals, birds.

57800:54:00,860 --> 00:54:05,140And a strong and happy people,who overflowed with energy

57900:54:07,340 --> 00:54:09,780


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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

58000:54:27,500 --> 00:54:30,260The party has decidedto turn every coach into a soviet.

58100:54:30,500 --> 00:54:35,060As a result of the public elections,that were kept secret,

58200:54:35,500 --> 00:54:38,260we have appointed asoviet secretary for each coach.

58300:54:38,500 --> 00:54:42,660Sami Schwartz, the party appoints you

soviet secretary of the first coach!

58400:54:42,700 --> 00:54:45,620- Bravo, comrade!- So you must switch coach.

58500:54:52,500 --> 00:54:54,940- Fascist!- Leave Sami alone!

586

00:54:55,060 --> 00:54:58,740I will never marry you!You are awake, this is not a nightmare.

58700:54:58,980 --> 00:55:01,940Who's talking about marriage?Calm down.

58800:55:02,380 --> 00:55:06,020I don't want to marry you anymore.I have married the Party.

58900:55:06,460 --> 00:55:08,380I'm not available anymore.

59000:55:08,820 --> 00:55:10,380Are you crazy?

591


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00:55:37,660 --> 00:55:39,940Is it still a long way, grandma?

59200:55:40,380 --> 00:55:41,940Yes, my love.

59300:55:42,380 --> 00:55:45,740Is the earth holy only at one place?

59400:55:46,380 --> 00:55:50,740No, the earth could be holy everywhere.

59500:55:52,220 --> 00:55:54,380If one only want it so.

596

00:55:54,860 --> 00:55:57,020Then it wouldn't be a long way at all...

59700:56:03,100 --> 00:56:04,860Alright, alright.

59800:56:45,380 --> 00:56:48,220They are letting them out.They are going to execute them!

599

00:56:48,660 --> 00:56:50,620Come on, girls.

60000:56:51,300 --> 00:56:52,660Hurry up!

60100:57:38,060 --> 00:57:40,500They're letting them say a last prayer!

60200:57:56,300 --> 00:58:01,340Mordechai, tell your men toremove their Nazi headwear!

60300:58:01,660 --> 00:58:05,620Take off yours too. Your uniformsis enough for us to bear.

60400:58:06,060 --> 00:58:11,140


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The heads stay covered. The scripts don'tsay anywhere that Nazi caps aren't allowed.

60500:58:12,740 --> 00:58:15,260- Say something!- Amen.

60600:58:17,380 --> 00:58:20,180It's for me only to decidewhat my men should do.

60700:58:20,620 --> 00:58:24,100That goes for the deportees too.I've got the authorization papers!

60800:58:24,540 --> 00:58:29,300

I allow you to wear the kippah,but my men will leave their helmets on!

60900:58:30,020 --> 00:58:36,420If bombers come fly over the train...everything will look normal, and we are saved.

61000:58:37,220 --> 00:58:39,540- That's important!- You're just a fake commander.

61100:58:39,980 --> 00:58:42,420The papers and the train too!

61200:58:42,860 --> 00:58:47,700We encounter real Germans every day.Therefore we need a real commander!

61300:58:54,300 --> 00:58:56,420The Germans are praying with them!

61400:58:56,700 --> 00:58:59,340- Are you sure?- Well, I recognize Germans!

61500:58:59,780 --> 00:59:03,700- They are swaying back and forth,with a book in their hands. - Wait.


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61600:59:04,820 --> 00:59:06,500Fucking war!

61700:59:08,140 --> 00:59:12,740The Sabbath begins today.Perhaps they are Germans of Jewish faith.

61800:59:13,180 --> 00:59:16,020- Okay, what do we do know?- I'm going home.

61900:59:16,260 --> 00:59:19,740Who knows if German Jewsare Nazis or Jews

620

00:59:20,180 --> 00:59:24,060But they are wearing uniforms!They are going to kill innocent people!

62100:59:24,300 --> 00:59:27,420You're annoying!Don't forget that we're writing history.

62200:59:27,860 --> 00:59:29,620I'm going home now!

62300:59:30,060 --> 00:59:32,060Commanders are always right.

62400:59:32,500 --> 00:59:35,580If it goes wrong, historywill mention five cowards

62500:59:36,020 --> 00:59:38,260who escaped the scene.

62600:59:49,380 --> 00:59:52,100- No, no!- What is it now?

62700:59:52,540 --> 00:59:55,780They're eating! They snatched my pots!- What?


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62800:59:56,220 --> 00:59:58,900Jossi Weintraub, what are you doing?

62900:59:59,340 --> 01:00:00,300Eating.

63001:00:00,740 --> 01:00:03,260- And the prayer? - And the meeting?- What meeting?

63101:00:03,300 --> 01:00:06,860The party meeting. You are not called upon.Continue your prayer, Rabbi.

63201:00:07,300 --> 01:00:09,100

We must eat now, or we'll be too late.

63301:00:09,540 --> 01:00:14,300I have raised you as if you weremy own son. The Sabbath is holy.

63401:00:14,460 --> 01:00:17,900The meeting too!You've only taught me superstition.

635

01:00:18,060 --> 01:00:20,780We are Marxist-Leninist materialists!

63601:00:22,100 --> 01:00:26,180Our Messiah has alreadyarrived. There is no God. - Fool!

63701:00:26,620 --> 01:00:30,340Renegades! Come and pray!And let the others also pray!

63801:00:30,780 --> 01:00:33,980A bad example for the children.Dirty communist!

63901:00:34,420 --> 01:00:37,900Dirty Nazi!There is no God!


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64001:00:38,340 --> 01:00:41,700I'll say it once again loud.So that everyone can here the truth!

64101:00:42,140 --> 01:00:46,940Don't fight! If there's a God or not,what's the difference?

64201:00:47,380 --> 01:00:50,900- Have you ever asked if there's humanity?- Stop it!

64301:00:51,340 --> 01:00:54,780Let him speak.Speak, Schlomo.

64401:01:04,020 --> 01:01:06,900"God created man in his own image."

64501:01:08,100 --> 01:01:09,460That's beautiful...

64601:01:10,660 --> 01:01:12,620Schlomo as the image of God.

647

01:01:15,260 --> 01:01:17,900Who has written this sentence in the Torah?

64801:01:18,700 --> 01:01:20,660Man. Not God.

64901:01:23,500 --> 01:01:27,380Written without any modesty,comparing himself to God.

65001:01:29,180 --> 01:01:32,300Maybe God created Man.

65101:01:33,340 --> 01:01:36,180But Man, the son of God,

65201:01:37,260 --> 01:01:40,460has created God,


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in order to invent himself.

65301:01:41,420 --> 01:01:43,020Could you repeat that?

65401:01:43,460 --> 01:01:47,620Man has written the Biblein fear of being forgotten.

65501:01:48,060 --> 01:01:49,420God didn't care.

65601:01:49,860 --> 01:01:52,500Schlomo, we already have enough troubles.

657

01:01:52,940 --> 01:01:55,220We do not love and worship God.

65801:01:55,660 --> 01:01:59,780We rather ask him to help uswith our terrestrial existence.

65901:02:00,220 --> 01:02:04,580But we don't care about God.We just worry about ourselves.

66001:02:05,340 --> 01:02:09,140So, the question is notwhether there is a God or not,

66101:02:09,580 --> 01:02:11,700but whether there are any of us

66201:02:12,300 --> 01:02:15,380Bravo, that was a beautiful prayer.

66301:02:15,940 --> 01:02:17,300Thank you, Schlomo.

66401:02:17,860 --> 01:02:19,620Sabbath shalom.

66501:02:22,860 --> 01:02:27,700


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- Did you understand him? - Of course.God isn't sure whether there are any humans.

66601:02:28,140 --> 01:02:32,100"Man doesn't exist."Do I look like a chimpanzee?

66701:02:34,900 --> 01:02:36,460It's your move.

66801:02:40,340 --> 01:02:41,900One less.

66901:02:42,180 --> 01:02:44,620Schlomo, why are you the fool?

67001:02:45,740 --> 01:02:48,900I wanted to be a rabbi,but the position was occupied.

67101:02:49,060 --> 01:02:53,220When they looked for a fool, I thoughtthat I could be crazy on their behalf.

67201:02:54,380 --> 01:02:57,620- Don't you ever feel lonely?

- No, there are enough crazy people.

67301:02:57,860 --> 01:02:59,740I was talking about a woman.

67401:03:00,780 --> 01:03:04,900Why didn't you ever havea wife, children and a home?

67501:03:05,900 --> 01:03:10,060I'm not that crazy...Does it bother you if I take your queen?

67601:03:11,740 --> 01:03:15,300I would love them too much.I would die of love.

67701:03:15,900 --> 01:03:18,460


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Or get crazy.

67801:03:19,100 --> 01:03:21,900Mordechai, we're running out of supplies.

67901:03:25,340 --> 01:03:27,300- What should we do?- Shop for more.

68001:03:28,180 --> 01:03:31,100Are you crazy?We can't go shopping in a village.

68101:03:31,540 --> 01:03:33,740"Heil, shalom! 1 kilo of carrots, please."

68201:03:34,180 --> 01:03:37,060The children will soon havenothing more to eat.

68301:03:37,220 --> 01:03:39,380- Whose money are we going to use?- No!

68401:03:39,820 --> 01:03:44,180I don't have any more money. I need every

penny for Schwartz and Son in Palestine.

68501:03:44,340 --> 01:03:49,380There's no more Son. Sami is a communist.Me, Schwartz... I'm about to go crazy.

68601:03:57,100 --> 01:03:58,580Well, okay...

68701:03:59,220 --> 01:04:01,980If we all die, we wont needSchwartz and Son in Palestine.

68801:04:02,420 --> 01:04:06,140No one would buy.No one would sell.

68901:04:12,260 --> 01:04:13,620


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Turn around.

69001:04:14,780 --> 01:04:16,340Love me, Sami.

69101:04:16,780 --> 01:04:18,420Now you may.

69201:04:18,860 --> 01:04:21,140You do not have anyresponsibilities any longer.

69301:04:21,300 --> 01:04:25,820I don't get it. Expelled from theparty for no reason, it's not fair!

69401:04:26,260 --> 01:04:30,940It's hard to love a Nazi communistwhen I only want to make...

69501:04:31,380 --> 01:04:34,460I must be crazy.I will die a virgin.

69601:04:34,580 --> 01:04:39,140- I had to keep our relationship a secret and

I can't tell my comrades... - Ex-comrades!

69701:04:39,300 --> 01:04:41,340...that I have the most beautiful girl.

69801:04:41,380 --> 01:04:47,180- All because of your father, the old fanatic!- Don't call him that. You have a Nazi father!

69901:04:54,740 --> 01:04:56,300And this?

70001:04:56,740 --> 01:05:00,260Isn't this more valuable than all ofMarx, Engels and Lenin together?

70101:05:29,500 --> 01:05:31,220Wake up!


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70201:05:31,660 --> 01:05:33,620It's 2:00 a.m.

70301:05:40,740 --> 01:05:41,700Come.

70401:05:42,140 --> 01:05:43,260Sami, come.

70501:05:46,300 --> 01:05:47,660Come on.

70601:05:51,940 --> 01:05:52,900No.

70701:05:58,020 --> 01:05:59,580Mordechai, open up!

70801:06:00,140 --> 01:06:03,580- What? The Germans?- No. They have escaped!

70901:06:04,540 --> 01:06:06,460- Who?

- The deportees.

71001:06:30,180 --> 01:06:33,860Look, what they have doneto my train. Savages!

71101:06:34,340 --> 01:06:39,180- They wanted to blow up the locomotive!- Let's leave now. They will soon be arrested.

71201:06:39,620 --> 01:06:41,820We shouldn't lose more time!

71301:06:42,260 --> 01:06:43,180No!

71401:06:44,220 --> 01:06:47,300They are our brothers


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and sisters. Jews like us.

71501:06:47,460 --> 01:06:51,100- We can't leave them behind.- Damn communists!

71601:06:51,180 --> 01:06:53,020They are our people!

71701:06:53,500 --> 01:06:57,700If they are arrested and tortured,we wouldn't come very far.

71801:06:58,180 --> 01:07:01,460We should arrive in Palestineall together. So it is written.

71901:07:01,940 --> 01:07:03,260I have an idea.

72001:07:06,820 --> 01:07:10,140Very good, my dear panhandler!

72101:07:21,660 --> 01:07:24,140Comrades, let's separate. Good luck!

72201:07:24,620 --> 01:07:27,180We'll meet at the Red Square.

72301:07:27,660 --> 01:07:29,660Proletarians of all countries, unite!

72401:07:30,220 --> 01:07:32,660But you just said weshould separate..!

72501:07:33,740 --> 01:07:37,180Barbarian! That's my only coat.You've destroyed it, look!

72601:07:37,660 --> 01:07:39,940You're more brutal than the Germans!

727


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01:07:46,220 --> 01:07:49,740- Fascist!- Jossi! Wait, I want to talk to you.

72801:07:50,580 --> 01:07:52,340Why did you do that?

72901:07:53,260 --> 01:07:54,580Tell me.

73001:07:59,740 --> 01:08:03,900Everyone aboard? We're leaving.Next time I'll give my men the right to shoot.

73101:08:04,380 --> 01:08:08,380- The regulations must be respected.

- Shoot at your brothers?

73201:08:08,460 --> 01:08:12,220Wait! We can't leave yet.One is missing. Lilenfeld the tailor.

73301:08:21,260 --> 01:08:22,580I can't manage.

73401:08:34,700 --> 01:08:36,460

I'm here!

73501:08:37,300 --> 01:08:40,020I surrender. I got lost.

73601:08:45,860 --> 01:08:47,540I'm a Jew just like you.

73701:08:54,700 --> 01:08:59,180We should leave! They will torture himuntil he tells where the train is.

73801:08:59,660 --> 01:09:03,220- No! We must rescue him!- Rescue him!

73901:09:03,340 --> 01:09:06,500They are better armed.


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Their officer is above me in rank.

74001:09:06,940 --> 01:09:09,300Torches are not enough.

74101:09:09,740 --> 01:09:14,060You don't know what a real Nazi is.Only I know.

74201:09:14,500 --> 01:09:17,060- Only me.- I have an idea...

74301:09:20,020 --> 01:09:22,220You fool!

74401:09:57,140 --> 01:09:58,540Heil Hitler!

74501:09:59,300 --> 01:10:01,620Oberstleutnant Andreas von Glckat Your service!

74601:10:01,700 --> 01:10:03,700I have come to take my Jew back.

74701:10:03,900 --> 01:10:06,220Excuse me, Feldmarschall,but it is my Jew.

74801:10:06,300 --> 01:10:08,620No, he's mine.He escaped from my train.

74901:10:08,820 --> 01:10:12,820But he is in my prison.He must be interrogated.

75001:10:14,740 --> 01:10:17,940Why are you so fondof having a Jew here?

75101:10:18,380 --> 01:10:21,060That could be seen


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as a bit odd...

75201:10:21,580 --> 01:10:27,980Do you have a particular, secret, admirationfor these Jews, and for Judaism in general?

75301:10:29,060 --> 01:10:34,460Is it part of your family?And are you thus Jewish yourself?

75401:10:34,940 --> 01:10:37,220What?

75501:10:38,660 --> 01:10:42,460No! Is this a joke?

75601:10:42,860 --> 01:10:46,260I'm not Jewish, I have an entirefamily tree file stating the opposite!

75701:10:46,460 --> 01:10:48,860I strongly doubt that!

75801:10:49,340 --> 01:10:51,740I can see what your heart is made of.

75901:10:51,980 --> 01:10:57,460Wanting to keep a Jewish prisoneris indeed very suspect.

76001:10:58,020 --> 01:11:02,940I even suspect that it isyour intention

76101:11:03,020 --> 01:11:06,940to release him, or even worse,to protect him.

76201:11:07,660 --> 01:11:13,340- Maybe you fancy him and want to starta relation with him..? - What?

76301:11:13,900 --> 01:11:17,900An amicable relation?


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Or even more?

76401:11:18,100 --> 01:11:21,380Go ahead, take the Jew,I'll give him to you.

76501:11:21,580 --> 01:11:24,180I don't want him.I don't need him anymore.

76601:11:24,740 --> 01:11:28,820Bring the Jewish prisoner!Quickly!

76701:11:31,340 --> 01:11:35,900You're a real master of the Talmud,

all annotations and interpretations...

76801:11:36,700 --> 01:11:38,700Thank you. Heil Hitler.

76901:11:39,060 --> 01:11:39,940L'chaim.

77001:11:47,060 --> 01:11:47,980What's wrong?

77101:11:48,180 --> 01:11:51,260That will stop you from breakingout again, you dirty dog!

77201:11:51,380 --> 01:11:53,380Take him to his coach!

77301:11:54,020 --> 01:11:57,820Now gather all your menand all the villagers.

77401:11:58,180 --> 01:11:59,540Don't exaggerate. Let's go!

77501:11:59,740 --> 01:12:01,540No, he must be punished!


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77601:12:01,940 --> 01:12:02,740Punished!

77701:12:02,940 --> 01:12:04,540Yes, Sir!

77801:12:07,740 --> 01:12:10,020What's going on?

77901:12:15,620 --> 01:12:20,340Everybody should bring food.I must renew my supplies.

78001:12:21,140 --> 01:12:25,540- Some ovens also so that we can cook!

- Yes, Sir!

78101:12:26,980 --> 01:12:30,060Please, Mordechai, let's leave!

78201:12:33,580 --> 01:12:35,380Nice, isn't it?

78301:12:35,620 --> 01:12:38,020- Is it kosher?

- What?

78401:12:38,460 --> 01:12:41,660Cushion! I mean, has itlied down properly?

78501:12:44,700 --> 01:12:48,020Liars! This meat hasn't lied down at all!

78601:12:48,300 --> 01:12:50,100Do you want to poison us?

78701:12:50,220 --> 01:12:52,620We can lay it down now,if you want.

78801:12:52,820 --> 01:12:55,700It must lie down


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all from the beginning.

78901:12:56,140 --> 01:12:59,340Get my Hakham...Hrrmm...

79001:13:00,140 --> 01:13:01,940Bless you.

79101:13:03,180 --> 01:13:06,180...my butcher, my chefs,and my casseroles.

79201:13:06,300 --> 01:13:07,900I have no confidence in you!

79301:13:07,980 --> 01:13:10,980Bring me all animals you have!Alive!

79401:13:11,100 --> 01:13:12,380Yes, Sir!

79501:13:19,500 --> 01:13:24,340Filled carpfish. Pastrami cold cuts.Oh, I love those!

79601:13:28,540 --> 01:13:31,420Filled carpfish... exquisite!

79701:13:34,100 --> 01:13:35,740- We're ready.- Good.

79801:14:06,420 --> 01:14:08,340So long, asshole!

79901:14:20,860 --> 01:14:25,740I swear you, our own Nazisare true angels!

80001:14:25,980 --> 01:14:29,580Human, genuine Jews,I came to understand that finally.


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80101:14:29,740 --> 01:14:34,580The others are true monsters,you can't imagine...

80201:14:34,740 --> 01:14:37,900They've only released him,so that he could spy on us.

80301:14:38,340 --> 01:14:42,940He works for Mordechai and his partners.This is an anti-revolutionary act.

80401:14:43,380 --> 01:14:47,260I propose exclusion fromthe party. Who's for?

80501:14:48,260 --> 01:14:50,860Who's against?You're unanimously excluded!

80601:14:50,980 --> 01:14:55,420Traitor! A spy for imperialistand fascist powers!

80701:14:55,860 --> 01:15:00,740

The Supreme Soviet of coach number twowill decide your new place of residence.

80801:15:01,180 --> 01:15:04,260You must stay inside your coachfor the rest of the trip.

80901:15:04,300 --> 01:15:08,020You are neither allowed to step out,nor to talk with the others.

81001:15:08,460 --> 01:15:10,340All food was kosher.

81101:15:10,780 --> 01:15:14,780Only Jews eat it that way.My wife says so.

812


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01:15:14,820 --> 01:15:18,820She used to work forthe Rudenbaums, Herr Oberst...

81301:15:18,980 --> 01:15:20,220Kosher!?

81401:15:20,980 --> 01:15:24,540Ghost train!Now you're telling me!

81501:15:24,980 --> 01:15:27,340You're going to rot in jail!

81601:15:36,180 --> 01:15:37,500Listen.

81701:15:37,940 --> 01:15:41,020You saved him.Everyone is proud of you.

81801:15:41,460 --> 01:15:45,180- We'll be in Russia soon. Free.- Proud of me...

81901:15:46,420 --> 01:15:48,860

- They do not like me.- What are you talking about?

82001:15:49,300 --> 01:15:50,660That is true.

82101:15:51,660 --> 01:15:54,620Nobody would lift a finger for me.

82201:15:55,060 --> 01:15:56,900Nobody, understand?

82301:15:57,340 --> 01:16:00,540Not even Sami, my own son.

82401:16:00,980 --> 01:16:03,260When I faced the Germans,


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82501:16:03,700 --> 01:16:08,700I felt the whole community holdingits breath behind my back.

82601:16:09,140 --> 01:16:11,300Are you afraid of me? No.

82701:16:13,180 --> 01:16:16,900Everybody trembles, wishing for my successand that the train departs safely.

82801:16:18,380 --> 01:16:21,660When they imagine the worst,guess what they to think.

829

01:16:22,100 --> 01:16:24,340That I'll be the first to bite the dust.

83001:16:24,780 --> 01:16:27,140You know that's not true.

83101:16:28,380 --> 01:16:32,700I only obey the will of the rabbi andthe advice of the council. And God.

832

01:16:34,980 --> 01:16:38,220I would even become a real Naziout of love for my people...

83301:16:38,660 --> 01:16:43,140if it would bring them safely to Palestine.Why do I get accused now?

83401:16:44,740 --> 01:16:46,300You are crazy.

83501:16:48,300 --> 01:16:50,380Would you burn your own people?

83601:16:51,300 --> 01:16:55,300Would you treat them like animals,separate children from parents,

837


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01:16:55,740 --> 01:16:57,700brothers from sisters,husbands from wives?

83801:16:58,140 --> 01:17:01,420Because the rabbi and the councilrequires it? Would you do that?

83901:17:01,860 --> 01:17:03,620What are you trying to say?

84001:17:04,060 --> 01:17:07,260I wouldn't burn or doany harm to anyone.

84101:17:09,540 --> 01:17:12,940

This train is crazy,it makes us all crazy.

84201:17:13,380 --> 01:17:16,140- Someone got this crazy idea...- It was me.

84301:17:16,580 --> 01:17:17,700Really?

844

01:17:20,380 --> 01:17:22,340Then everything is okay.

84501:17:28,660 --> 01:17:31,340Schtrull, you idiot!Learn to drive...

84601:17:37,060 --> 01:17:38,180Heil Hitler!

84701:17:38,460 --> 01:17:40,980Everybody out.We'll seize control of this train.

84801:17:41,060 --> 01:17:42,580What? My train?

84901:17:42,660 --> 01:17:44,060


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Orders from the Fhrer.

85001:17:44,180 --> 01:17:47,300O God!It would be too beautiful...

85101:17:48,460 --> 01:17:50,900if you lets us fail so near our goal.

85201:17:51,340 --> 01:17:54,500Sometimes I ask myselfif You are a sadist.

85301:17:55,260 --> 01:17:57,460You notice our misfortune.

85401:17:57,900 --> 01:18:01,780Or do You look the other wayin order not to be shocked?

85501:19:04,580 --> 01:19:07,380- Mordechai, don't you hear his accent?- His or mine?

85601:19:08,060 --> 01:19:12,940Mordechai?

Is that you name?

85701:19:25,340 --> 01:19:27,660Schlomo, my brother, you're alive!

85801:19:28,100 --> 01:19:30,500Manzatu, Gypsy brother, how are you?

85901:19:30,940 --> 01:19:32,900This is Schlomo! They are all Jews!

86001:19:33,340 --> 01:19:36,500They are Gypsies!Nazis and deportees! Like us.

86101:19:36,740 --> 01:19:40,940I'm in command! I decide!I want this train!


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86201:19:41,620 --> 01:19:45,820I had it! It was mine!

86301:19:45,900 --> 01:19:49,900I've had enough of this!I never wanted to be a Nazi!

86401:19:50,020 --> 01:19:52,820Me neither.I understand you!

86501:19:52,940 --> 01:19:54,820- Where are you heading?- India. And you?

86601:19:55,260 --> 01:19:56,380Palestine.

86701:19:57,460 --> 01:20:00,580They are not Germans!They are Gypsies!

86801:20:01,020 --> 01:20:03,580Listen! Take your weapons away!

86901:20:03,820 --> 01:20:08,380They're all Jews. Not a single Germanor anything like it. Come!

87001:20:19,020 --> 01:20:22,820God is great. The train is small,but there is place for everyone.

87101:20:23,260 --> 01:20:26,860Deportees to the Deportees.Germans to the Germans.

87201:20:36,420 --> 01:20:39,140Rabbi, are the pigs allowedto board the train?

87301:20:39,580 --> 01:20:41,420God will understand.


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87401:20:41,860 --> 01:20:44,740- Should I make a note?- Whatever.

87501:20:45,860 --> 01:20:47,140Please.

87601:20:48,020 --> 01:20:52,300Please take the bed,I'll sleep on the couch.

87701:20:53,260 --> 01:20:54,660Thank you.

878

01:20:55,700 --> 01:20:58,220I was not in doubtthat you were a Jew.

87901:20:58,460 --> 01:21:00,740A German would have obeyedme without any discussion.

88001:21:01,980 --> 01:21:03,100Heil Hitler!

88101:21:46,540 --> 01:21:50,620Papa. You were right.I have left Sami.

88201:21:50,940 --> 01:21:54,060Mazel tov, my daughter,let me embrace you.

88301:21:54,820 --> 01:21:57,020You have listened to your father.

88401:21:57,500 --> 01:22:02,300Don't be sad. There will be thousandsof others. You are young and pretty.

88501:22:03,020 --> 01:22:06,460Yes, Papa, there is alreadyanother man that I love.


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88601:22:06,900 --> 01:22:07,860Already?

88701:22:08,300 --> 01:22:11,420Mazel tov...Who is the gentleman?

88801:22:12,980 --> 01:22:15,020Miron Pastai, the Gypsy.

88901:22:16,700 --> 01:22:17,660My daughter...

89001:22:18,780 --> 01:22:20,540

I prefer the Nazi...

89101:22:21,060 --> 01:22:23,020My son, you have changed.

89201:22:24,180 --> 01:22:27,300You were good looking,wanted to make good

89301:22:27,740 --> 01:22:29,540

you had dreams,

89401:22:29,980 --> 01:22:31,940you had a God.

89501:22:33,340 --> 01:22:34,900What are you becoming?

89601:22:35,780 --> 01:22:37,580Is that communism?

89701:22:40,980 --> 01:22:43,940I will be with youtill the end of the world.

89801:22:45,500 --> 01:22:46,700Jossi...


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89901:22:48,500 --> 01:22:50,060My Jossele...

90001:22:51,620 --> 01:22:53,180you were a communist,

90101:22:54,380 --> 01:22:56,340but became a human again...

90201:23:12,780 --> 01:23:14,740They are really sick!

90301:23:21,500 --> 01:23:25,100They're barbequing pork.Is the fire still kosher?

90401:23:26,420 --> 01:23:27,740I understand.

90501:23:31,020 --> 01:23:32,980- One more time, please- No. Tomorrow.

90601:23:33,420 --> 01:23:35,220- No, now.

- Tomorrow.

90701:23:35,700 --> 01:23:39,820- And if there is no tomorrow?- Today will stop being today sometime.

90801:23:40,260 --> 01:23:43,540- Then morning starts.- So there is a tomorrow.

90901:23:43,980 --> 01:23:45,940Yes, but not today.

91001:23:55,340 --> 01:23:56,660Thanks, cutie.

91101:24:05,700 --> 01:24:08,500Not very nice of you


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to spy like that...

91201:24:11,260 --> 01:24:12,580I wasn't spying.

91301:24:13,780 --> 01:24:16,900- You wanted to start a fire?- Me? No, never!

91401:24:17,740 --> 01:24:20,300Should I put out your fire?

91501:24:20,780 --> 01:24:22,860- No, it's not...- Yes...

91601:24:24,340 --> 01:24:28,700The Party does not allow anyhot, non-political love...

91701:24:30,540 --> 01:24:32,300Make yourself ready, cutie.

91801:24:32,780 --> 01:24:36,100Tonight I will love bothyou and your party

91901:24:36,580 --> 01:24:39,020in a way you've neverbeen loved before.

92001:24:39,780 --> 01:24:41,700A true revolution.

92101:24:42,860 --> 01:24:47,620Unbendingly fight to get through.You know what I'm talking about.

92201:24:59,460 --> 01:25:02,580Don't touch my cow.She is kosher.

92301:25:48,820 --> 01:25:50,900Have you swallowed your Stradivarius?


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92401:25:51,340 --> 01:25:54,860They still believe that theyinvented the violin. Play!

92501:27:31,140 --> 01:27:32,500Come on!

92601:28:38,580 --> 01:28:41,700What's all this "no" about?

92701:28:43,700 --> 01:28:45,660Why "no" all the time?

92801:28:46,100 --> 01:28:50,020

- What are you doing here?- He represents a third of our community.

92901:28:50,660 --> 01:28:51,740He should be here.

93001:28:51,820 --> 01:28:53,740We could still turn back.

93101:28:53,820 --> 01:28:58,540

All Germans are gathered here,at the front. We wont get through.

93201:28:58,820 --> 01:29:02,340So all of this for nothing?We should try get through!

93301:29:03,260 --> 01:29:05,340- Whose in faver?- What did he say?

93401:29:05,580 --> 01:29:07,140Who is in favor?

93501:29:17,060 --> 01:29:18,420Do you want something?

93601:29:21,220 --> 01:29:22,580


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Then go away.

93701:29:29,980 --> 01:29:31,340Tell me, Schlomo...

93801:29:32,420 --> 01:29:34,780Have you ever desired a woman?

93901:29:36,340 --> 01:29:39,380Have you ever loved a womanand wanted to live with her?

94001:29:43,500 --> 01:29:44,780Yes.

941

01:29:48,740 --> 01:29:50,860Have you ever loved a woman?

94201:30:03,740 --> 01:30:05,300Long time ago?

94301:30:10,500 --> 01:30:12,300Do you still love her?

94401:30:20,100 --> 01:30:22,060

We're going to die, Schlomo.

94501:30:25,540 --> 01:30:26,900Who is the woman?

94601:30:33,140 --> 01:30:34,100It's you.

94701:31:54,500 --> 01:31:56,220Schtrull, stop.

94801:31:56,900 --> 01:32:00,100It should be here. Stop the train.

94901:32:02,060 --> 01:32:06,180- Have you found it?- No, not yet. We're still looking.


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95001:32:10,060 --> 01:32:13,900Do you think the Germans hate us so muchthat they have hidden the front line

95101:32:14,020 --> 01:32:15,700just to drive us crazy?

95201:32:16,140 --> 01:32:19,100- What have we done to them?- I don't know.

95301:32:23,820 --> 01:32:25,580O my God, the Germans!

95401:32:26,020 --> 01:32:27,620

This is the end!

95501:32:31,060 --> 01:32:34,900No! We've arrived!We're at the front!

95601:32:35,980 --> 01:32:40,340Both sides are shooting!We're right in the middle!

957

01:32:40,980 --> 01:32:42,340We are free!

95801:33:22,140 --> 01:33:26,980When we arrived in the Soviet Unionmost of us stayed and became communists.

95901:33:27,500 --> 01:33:31,140Others went to Palestine,especially the Gypsies...

96001:33:31,580 --> 01:33:34,900Others yet went to India,also many Jews.

96101:33:35,540 --> 01:33:40,540Schtrull went all the way to China, where hebecame station-master in a small village.


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96201:33:44,260 --> 01:33:47,060The beautiful Esther went to America.

96301:33:47,500 --> 01:33:50,300She got many children.One prettier than the other.

96401:33:53,500 --> 01:33:56,220That's the true story of my Shtetl.

96501:33:58,420 --> 01:34:01,220Well, almost true anyway...

96601:34:03,740 --> 01:34:06,300Shtetl, Shtetl, Shtetele...

96701:34:06,900 --> 01:34:09,420Don't forget me, Shtetele.

96801:34:09,860 --> 01:34:12,340One day I'll take a train

96901:34:12,780 --> 01:34:14,740and travel far away.

97001:34:18,540 --> 01:34:21,020Don't let people loose their eyes.

97101:34:21,460 --> 01:34:23,740They keep me alive,

97201:34:24,180 --> 01:34:26,140their sublime lunacy.

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