Berlin Express Page #3

Do you know where they moved me? No.

In case there isn't any vacancy -

Non.

Is this what you Americans call

sweeping a girl off her feet?

You know what? I don't get anywhere

with girls back home either.

You've been transferred

in with me. With you?

I know. I feel the same way

about it, but there it is.

It must be to do with

the gentleman who had bodyguards.

He moved only a moment ago.

Why can't I take this?

I'll get your things.

That isn't available, Mr Lindley.

It's empty.

We're keeping it that way.

BRAKES ARE APPLIED SUDDENLY

Was machen Sie hier

so spat in der Nacht?

Mein Rad ist kaputt.

This bloke could have been killed.

Would you pardon me, please?

You'll be OK now, Dr Bernhardt.

Excuse me.

I don't mean to be personal.

Who do you have to know

to get something to eat?

Something to eat?

I have some sandwiches.

But why not? I would be honoured

if all of you would join me.

No. And you?

No, thank you.

It would give us a chance

to know one another.

And for what good purpose?

For mutual understanding.

I overheard you a short while ago

outside my compartment.

I feel you could use some.

Are you Dr Heinrich Bernhardt?

Mm-hm. We'll take those sandwiches.

Permit me to bring them to you.

Head of a fact-finding commission

to unify Germany, right?

That's him, if he can swing it.

All right, everybody. Stay in your

compartment until further notice.

Can't sleep either, eh?

What do you think happens next?

Whatever it is, it will delay us.

Of that you can be certain.

The world's full of peacemakers

fighting among themselves.

This one was different, I think.

I know a few things about him.

He fought for peace all his life.

A fine tribute he received -

a grenade.

KNOCK AT DOOR:

Lindley? Perrot?

When we reach the station,

go to the special bus.

Special bus? The passengers

of this car are under arrest.

You'd better start packing.

Do you see the delay? It begins.

We're in Frankfurt now.

'Or rather,

what's left of Frankfurt.

'The biggest ghost town

you ever saw.

'A community of hollow shells,

chipped and battered

'by Allied bombs,

according to a methodical plan,

'a plan that would cancel out

the city as a tough enemy centre,

'and still retain some choice spots.

'Like the Hauptbahnhof,

the railroad depot,

'which served the occupation forces,

'and experts in restoration

'who would enter

this strange new world.'

GUARD'S WHISTLE

'Specialists in military affairs,

clerical workers,

'statesmen, prosecutors, judges,

'educators, nutrition experts,

'as well as others

'you couldn't quite classify.

'This was a world of rubble,

'under strict military control,

with a system of economy of its own.

Rate this script:4.0 / 1 vote