The Exception Page #2

Synopsis: A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): David Leveaux
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
60
R
Year:
2016
107 min
1,132 Views


Captain Brandt.

Prince friedrich Wilhelm Viktor

Albrecht Von preussen

and his wife,

Princess hermine reuss

Von greiz.

Your highness. Your highness.

We are both so pleased

you could join us, captain.

That I have always found

so fascinating.

I published a book

on the subject in 1934.

You will have seen it.

For example, there are

some people who actually believe

that Adolf Hitler invented

the swastika.

Utter nonsense. The word

comes from the sanskrit.

It means well-being,

and the earliest examples

date from the indus valley,

3,000 years before Christ.

Oh, yes.

In many religions, it's...

It is a symbol of life,

of good fortune.

Not that it has brought much

to me.

And yet we must accept

that god has imposed

these terrible trials on us

for some inscrutable purpose

of his own.

Oh, these books they're writing,

my god!

They just dump bucketloads

of filth on my head

and nobody does anything.

Bismarck would have had

something to say on the subject.

But he had something

to say on every subject,

which is why I got rid of him.

His servants would pull

the wine corks in front of you.

But I must say the old boy knew

how to deal with troublemakers.

Freemasons, bolsheviks, Jews.

The unholy alliance

that we have to face.

Which is exactly why

a strong monarchy,

the physical manifestation

of god's will on earth,

is more vital now than ever.

Tell us about yourself, captain.

Where's your family from?

Brandenburg, your highness.

My grandfather was

an army officer,

as was my father.

He was killed on the somme

just before I was born.

- And your mother?

- From a landowning family.

- Really? Which one?

- Related to the ludendorffs.

- Oh.

- Distantly.

After the war, of course,

she had to clean houses.

I remember helping her wheel

her wages home in a barrow.

By the time we got to the bakery

it was worthless.

She died of tuberculosis

when I was 12.

Am I to blame

for every misfortune

on this earth?

I gave my life

to the fatherland!

And this is my thanks?

Nobody cares

my Navy betrayed me!

Nobody remembers

my army fell apart.

Ludendorff, bethmann, tirpitz!

Where were they?

Where were they?

After all I've done for them,

they stabbed me in the back.

They lost me the war!

They lost me my country.

I ask forgiveness

for unintentionally upsetting

his highness.

His earlier remark

about the fuhrer

was simply a correction of fact,

in no way a criticism.

The trout was first rate.

Hmm.

How did you get in?

Take your clothes off.

Will there be anything else,

your highness?

No, thank you, sigurd.

There will be

absolutely nothing.

Wait.

Stay. Stay the night.

- Good morning, your highness.

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Simon Burke

Simon Gareth Burke (born 8 October 1961) is an Australian actor, active in films, television and theatre. more…

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