We Were the Lucky Ones (2024) s01e02 Episode Script
Lvov
1
[ADDY KURC] Previously on
We Were the Lucky Ones
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
[ADDY] Genek, tell me,
are things getting worse?
A little. It'll pass.
Radom is not Germany.
Who knows? Maybe I'll come give
you some competition in Paris.
Come.
So, the new boarder just happens to be
an eligible handsome architect?
[LAWYER] The Führer isn't just targeting
German-speaking territories anymore.
We could be next.
[DISTANT EXPLOSIONS]
[SOFTLY] I'm leaving.
We're being sent east to Lvov.
- Now?
- Yes.
The Germans are coming.
What do you want me to do?
- Don't go.
- I don't have a choice.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
[SOLDIERS CHANTING]
[CRYING] We could have left.
No, this is our home.
[BELLA TATAR] I'm going to Lvov.
I need to be with Jakob.
Will you come with me?
-
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Tomek will be waiting
on the edge of town.
Follow his lead.
He has made the trip to Lvov
many times since the occupation.
He's confident. You can trust him.
You can trust him
because he gets our horse
and wagon for his trouble.
Mila enough.
♪
I can only imagine how excited
your sister is to finally
have you there.
Anna's promised me a hero's welcome.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Our daughters together again
what could be better than that?
It's wonderful.
Avoid showing your papers if you can.
They will know in an instant
- you don't have permission to leave.
- I know.
There are multiple layers of fabric
to obscure some of the heavier items,
but the zloty can be easily
reached through the pockets.
- It's too much.
- Halina.
It's too much.
There is no point in you
going without money
to make it past the checkpoints.
[SOFTLY] Thank you.
♪
It's time.
- Hug Jakob and Genek for me.
- I will.
Perhaps I can look for a job for you.
Get us an apartment.
Send money back for the trip.
You would not have to worry so much
about Felicia under the Soviets.
- [MILA SIGHS]
- [FELICIA CRYING]
You think I can risk a 10-day journey
through Nazi checkpoints with a baby?
You smuggle her into
a factory every day.
Where the foreman turns a blind
eye and the women are kind.
Who will protect us on the road?
- [FELICIA FUSSING]
- [MILA SHUSHES]
[HOOVES CLOPPING]
[LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Checkpoint.
♪
- Bella?
- Yeah?
First checkpoint.
We are going to Lvov because
we have a sick mother there.
We need a story?
Just let me do the talking.
♪
[WEHRMACHT SOLDIER] Halt!
[SPEAKING GERMAN] Papiere.
♪
Papiere.
[OPENS FLAP]
[BELLA] [SPEAKING GERMAN]
Baby kommt bald.
Mein Mann in Lvov.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
[SOLDIER SPEAKS GERMAN]
[GATE OPENING]
[WAGON CREAKING]
♪
[SIGHS]
[SPEAKING GERMAN] Baby kommt
bald. Mein Mann in Lvov.
What-What does that mean?
Changed the story a bit.
I thought this one was more effective.
♪
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
[GENTLE THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[FIRE CRACKLING]
[BELLA] The letters have
become a form of torture.
Jakob can write?
- Yes, he can write.
- Sorry.
He's always been the
least articulate Kurc.
Mm, only because the rest of
you give him no room to speak.
[INHALES]
- You have a point.
- Mm.
Adam's letters have been
[SIGHS]
they they err on the practical side.
Mm, so he's measured.
That can be a very attractive quality.
Mmm, yes, but [CHUCKLING]
the most romantic thing
I've ever heard him say
was about a building.
[CHUCKLES] No.
If only he could just describe my body
- in the same architectural terms.
- [LAUGHS] Halina.
We didn't part on the best terms.
[SIGHS]
Perhaps he's angry with me.
- I wouldn't blame him.
- Oh, I'm sure he's not.
And what could be more romantic
than a daring escape
through enemy territory
to come and find him in Lvov?
[HALINA BREATHES DEEPLY]
I'm not exactly coming to find him.
You're not?
[HALINA CHUCKLES]
You make it all sound a bit silly.
I don't mean to.
I'm going for work to save
some money for my family.
Me too. That doesn't mean
I can't be happy to be with Jakob.
Yes, but we're not all lovesick, Bella.
Right
silly me.
[FELICIA FUSSING]
- No?
- [NECHUMA CHUCKLING]
No? No, no, no, no?
These young women I work
with, they're hopeless.
Cecilia cut her thumb
because she could not stop
staring at the boy in the kitchen.
"Is he looking at me, Nechuma?
Don't let him see you looking."
Uh, I remember when you used
to look at me like that.
[NECHUMA LAUGHS]
Cecilia reminds me a bit of Halina.
[CHUCKLES]
- They must be nearing Lvov now.
- [NECHUMA KURC] Mm.
Probably tired of sleeping
in that wagon.
- Probably desperate for a bath.
- I hope she smells like a cow.
- [SOL LAUGHING]
- [NECHUMA] Mila!
[ALL LAUGHING]
- [VEHICLES RUMBLING]
- [WEHRMACHT SOLDIERS SHOUTING]
- What do you
- Shh.
[SHOUTING CONTINUES]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[RUMBLING, SHOUTING GETS LOUDER]
♪
Evictions?
Could be deportations.
- That's unlikely.
- Is it? Do you know?
[FELICIA FUSSES]
[NECHUMA] [GASPS] Oh, Christ!
Get her out of the apartment. Now!
If it is an eviction, you need my help.
- And if it isn't an eviction?
- It's an eviction.
Shh!
Get her out now!
[MILA KURC] You can't possibly
carry everything yourself.
Go to the Jewish Quarter.
Isaac's apartment.
He won't mind. We'll meet you there.
♪
[DISTANT SHOUTING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING, BANGING DOORS]
- [DOOR OPENS]
- [GASPS] Oh!
[SIGH OF RELIEF] Oh, Lily.
We are not sure what is happening,
but if you'd be willing to keep some
belongings for when we return
♪
- [MILA] I
- Stairwell's empty.
- Go quickly. Go, go, go.
- I could take Felicia's things.
We will bring a little later. Go.
Mwah. Mwah!
Go.
Get the money. I'll pack the jewelry.
No, we prioritize what can be bartered.
And fabric. All the fabric we can carry.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
[KNOCKS AT DOOR]
♪
- [AGGRESSIVE KNOCKING]
- [SOLDIER SPEAKS GERMAN]
[SOLDIER] Open up!
[KNOCKING]
You have 30 minutes to
gather your belongings.
Thirty minutes?
But is it possible for
a little more time?
The furniture stays.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING IN GERMAN]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
Wrong way, Sol.
I will be headed that way soon enough.
- [SHOUTING]
- [CHATTERING]
♪
Bruno!
Hey, Bruno.
- An eviction?
- It is.
Well, I know you have
your deliveries, uh,
but can I borrow your wagon for an hour?
Um 50?
- Two hundred.
- Bruno.
I can drive around the corner and
get 300 from one of your neighbors.
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING IN GERMAN]
Bella, I could have a conversation
with your stomach.
Sorry.
- Please, can we just
- Not an option.
You know that's not a real baby, right?
[SOLDIER] Halt! [SPEAKS GERMAN]
- [SPEAKS GERMAN]
- [WAGON RUMBLES]
Raus.
Schnell!
[BIRDS SQUAWKING, AMBIENT NATURE SOUNDS]
[QUIET, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
My sister-in-law is going to
Lvov to have her baby soon.
Ausweis.
I, of course, can, can offer
you, um, some money.
[SPEAKING GERMAN] Nach hause gehen.
I'm, I'm sorry, I don't speak German.
Jude.
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
We have to go back.
Um I understand.
Um, but we have money.
We can offer you some [GASPS]
Um
I [GASPS]
[TOMEK] Okay.
Okay. I-It-It's all okay.
Please, sir.
O-Our mistake.
We'll go back.
We'll go back.
We'll go back.
♪
[SHARP EXHALE]
[HALINA MUTTERS, WHIMPERS]
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING IN GERMAN]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
♪
- [SHOUTING]
- [CHATTERING]
[SPEAKING GERMAN] Funf minuten. Schnell.
♪
The cart is full. [PANTING]
We don't we don't have time.
They will be eating here.
[STAMMERS] Pack, pack it up. Pack it up.
At least they won't eat
from your mother's plates.
No. No, no, no, no, no.
- [SOL PANTING]
- We have enough.
Food is more important than china.
Meet me in the hallway.
[SOL SIGHS, PANTS]
[AMBIENT STREET NOISE FROM BELOW]
[CRYING QUIETLY]
My parents made me get Felicia out.
They, they suggested we meet here.
Right here I'm glad
they thought of me.
You're always welcome.
A bit cramped these days.
Our family just arrived from Krakow.
Are they staying with you?
Where else?
[FAMILY MURMURING]
[FELICIA FUSSES]
Um
I'm sure my parents will arrive
soon, and we will make a plan.
You haven't secured a place yet?
[FELICIA WHINES]
[BELLA] [ECHOING]
We make camp until tomorrow.
Maybe new guards.
Or we find a different route.
[TOMEK] [ECHOEY]
We won't make it through.
[BELLA] We can't go back.
We're too close.
[TOMEK] Quiet, girl.
[BELLA] Halina, please, listen to me.
He's taking us into the woods!
Halina! Halina!
- [NORMAL] Halina!
- [BOTH YELP]
[HORSE NEIGHS]
We're off the road.
- Run!
- [TOMEK] Please!
He loses the horse and wagon
if we don't get to Lvov!
He wouldn't! Wait, Halina!
[TOMEK] I mean no harm! Please!
Please!
[BELLA] What can't! Halina?
[HALINA KURC] Stay there! Stay there!
I didn't mean to scare you.
I I wanted to make sure
we were clear of the guards.
[HEAVY BREATHING]
We must find another way through.
It would be a mistake.
They are getting more aggressive.
You have a job to do.
If you take us back, you'll get
nothing for your trouble.
I will not risk my life or yours.
It's seven days back to Radom.
We don't have enough food.
We can forage, search
for food along the way.
What do you want? I'll-I'll
give you whatever I have.
I don't want anything.
Give him the zloty. All of it.
I'll make more.
- I'll pay you back.
- No, he doesn't, he doesn't want money.
[CRYING] But we can't go back.
I don't think we have a choice.
How close are we?
The distance isn't the problem.
Is it possible on foot?
[SIGHS]
Tell me.
♪
We are a kilometer or
two from the border
between German and Soviet territory.
The area is heavily patrolled.
Wait until dark,
stay close to the river,
you might be able to
slip through on foot.
If you make it across
to the Soviet side,
you can meet up with the main road,
- travel more freely.
- If we make it across, Bella.
Bella, this is, this is,
this is madness.
- Please.
- It is, it is. I-I don't recommend it.
It's only a kilometer. That's nothing.
Will you mark me the route?
♪
[HALINA HYPERVENTILATING]
Oh, it's okay. It's okay.
I'm no good to, to anyone if I am dead.
You should, you should
go back with Tomek.
- I can't leave you alone!
- You got me out of Radom.
- Please, please.
- I couldn't have done this without you.
Bella, please, reconsider.
Think of, of Jakob. Think of Jakob.
[EMOTIONAL] I am thinking of Jakob.
I know that everyone
thinks we're ridiculous
but he can't do this without me.
I can't do it without him.
I need to get to Lvov.
- [MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
- [HALINA SIGHS]
I think Addy would've happily
swapped you out for one of us.
He was a good friend.
Have you heard from him?
The last letter that got through
said he had been enlisted
in France, a Polish unit.
The military?
It's hard to imagine.
Stomping around in the mud,
sleeping on the ground.
- [CHUCKLES]
- He's always so well-groomed.
And Selim?
No news, I think, is positive.
It just means a question
of patience, time.
Are you really such an optimist?
You always struck me
as moodier than that.
[CHUCKLES]
I never thought I struck
you as much of anything.
[ISAAC CHUCKLES]
She seems comfy.
Why don't you take my bed?
Get some rest.
Take your bed on the men's
side of the apartment?
Your mother would have my head.
What do those rules matter now?
Why did you cut your payos?
My father was last seen
reciting the Shema
outside of the synagogue
and then nothing.
He asked for God and nothing.
[VEHICLE RUMBLING]
[ADDY] "Dear Mother, I hope that
my letters have reached you.
"The French Army has kept us moving.
"Exactly where, I am
not at liberty to say.
"We hear that the
Germans are closing in,
"and the few reports from
Poland are horrendous.
"I understand the impossibility
of getting home,
"but I will continue to search for
any means of getting you all out.
"I know you will say that is madness,
"but all of Europe has gone mad.
♪
"I promise I will not miss any
opportunity that presents itself.
We will find a way to
be together again."
[WATER WHOOSHING]
Lose the basket and the bread.
We can divide up the provisions.
It's fine. I can manage.
If you were managing,
you would be faster.
- Just let me carry it.
- No, I'm not slowing us down.
- You are, in fact, slower than me.
- [BELLA SCOFFS]
I told you you didn't have to come.
And leave you alone to die in the woods?
- That's not much of a choice.
- [BELLA SCOFFS]
Good God, I didn't force this on you.
You're so fucking arrogant.
[GRUNTS, GASPS]
- [GLASS SHATTERS]
- Bella! Bella, are you okay?
[BELLA] [CRIES] The camera.
Oh.
[HALINA SIGHS]
The only thing my stupid
brother will be mad about
is if you let this upset you.
He doesn't care about his camera.
[BELLA EXHALES]
No I'm an idiot.
And I'm arrogant.
[STIFLED LAUGHTER]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [DISTANT SHOUTING]
- [DOGS BARKING]
[HALINA/BELLA PANTING]
[DOGS BARKING]
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING]
♪
- [HALINA] This way!
- [BELLA] No, the river.
- [GUNSHOT]
- [BOTH YELP]
- [WATER SPLASHES]
- [DOGS BARKING]
[BOTH PANTING]
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING]
♪
[PANTING]
♪
[WHISPERING] Are you okay?
[WHISPERING] Yes, are you okay?
[SOLDIERS SPEAKING IN NATIVE DIALECT]
We wait.
Yes, but for how long?
They've seen us. We're surrounded.
We wait.
[HALINA] But we are wet.
We won't last the night in this cold.
- [SOLDIERS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
- [DOGS BARKING]
We ask for help.
[SCOFFS] What? No. They'll shoot us.
No, I-I think I heard
a shout in Russian.
- It's the Red Army.
- You can't be sure.
What if it's the Germans?
They're not going to kill two silly,
young things who lost their way.
We smile. We ask for directions.
- A warm meal.
- Halina, no.
- Yes.
- No, no, no.
- Yes.
- No, no.
[SHOUTS] Hello! We are
here! We are allies!
- [DOGS BARKING LOUDLY]
- [SOLDIERS SHOUTING IN RUSSIAN]
Please, please don't shoot! I'm unarmed!
Please don't shoot me!
Please don't shoot me!
Please, don't shoot! Don't shoot!
- Please! Friend friendly!
- Please, we could use some help.
- [GUN CLICKS]
- We-We've run-run into some trouble
trying to get to our families in Lvov.
Perhaps we can bother you
for a fire, a warm meal,
to-to point us in the right direction?
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Come.
[HALINA SHIVERS]
Do you hate me?
[SHUDDERS]
Never.
[SHIVERING]
[CRIES] I really thought
that we could make it.
- We will make it. Okay?
- [SHIVERING]
I'm so cold, I can't feel my face.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
What if I lose my nose?
I think you would look pretty funny.
That's reassuring.
At least you have true love.
- And if I lost my nose
- Adam will still love you
without a nose.
I'm not sure that what
Adam and I have is
the same as what you and Jakob have.
[BELLA] Oh.
It doesn't have to be the same.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
Is it safe to sleep?
- I'll stay awake.
- No, I'll stay awake.
Do we have to disagree on everything?
[LAUGHS] Probably.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
♪
[HALINA] Here, come here.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
Leo! Leo!
I'm sorry.
'Scuse me.
- [CHATTERING]
- 'Scuse me. 'Scuse me.
Leo.
Leo.
- Sol.
- I'm so glad to see you.
The last time must have been, uh
- Re-Remind me, when was it?
- When I picked up that beautiful suit
Nechuma made me for my campaign.
That's right. That's right.
Well, it was nothing.
- We were happy to contribute.
- You've always been generous.
Well, we try to be when
we have the option.
I'm sorry about the evictions.
Yes, uh, yes, well, uh
I-I assume the council
might know about lodging.
- We are not the council anymore.
- You're not?
We are, more or less,
but under a different name.
The Judenrat.
Judenrat Alright, alright,
so then the Judenrat
can be of assistance?
Leo, I-I-I'm desperate here.
I've got a granddaughter.
We need a home.
We are trying, Sol, but it's a mess.
They've brought in refugees from Krakow.
There are more Germans
arriving by the day.
They've tasked us with
making lists for everything.
- Apartments, work assignments.
- Lists for the Germans?
Someone needs to advocate
for our community.
We'd like to open a school
for the children, if we can.
That's, th-that's,
that's wonderful, Leo.
That's wonderful.
You have always had our
best interests at heart.
Nechuma and I have
always recognized that.
And, um
we-we would like to recognize it again.
Uh, maybe, um, m-maybe a
donation for your school,
or-or whatever your
current needs might be?
- Sol.
- Thank you.
[QUIET, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTS]
Yes.
[SIGHS] I'm sorry, but
our options were limited.
No Do not apologize.
♪
We will take care of their home.
Keep it company until they return.
And I packed my stationary.
We will write letters
to them all. [SIGHS]
Addy first. He's on the move,
but he will know to check back in Paris.
All he needs is an address
and now we have one.
[SOL EXHALES]
- [DISTANT BOOMING]
-
[THUNDERING]
[SOLDIER BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SHIVERS]
[GRUNTS]
I could sleep for a week.
- How 'bout until dawn?
- [GROANS] So?
[HEAVY BREATHING]
You actually got the captain
to lend you his typewriter?
He didn't know what it was for.
[CHUCKLES] You lunatic.
- Let me see it.
- [DISTANT BOOMING]
- It looks so real.
- That is the point.
You should peddle your services.
I think the French army may notice
a glut of demobilization papers.
But I can do one for you.
[SOLDIER GRUNTS]
I don't think the situation
is as urgent for me
[DEEP BREATH] as it is for you.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
When will you use it?
When I figure out where it's safe
for a Polish Jew to go next.
You may be waiting a while then.
Not if I can leave Europe.
[LOUD BOOM]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
-
- [DOG BARKING]
- [SOLDIERS CHATTERING, LAUGHING]
[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]
Bella?
♪
[BELLA EXHALES]
[HALINA CHUCKLES]
♪
[SIGHS] By all means, keep going,
but could I please have a bath?
[ALL CHUCKLING]
[YAWNING]
I cannot believe you were arrested
by the Soviets and released.
Arrested feels like the wrong word.
What word would you use?
I don't know.
It was a friendly arrest? [CHUCKLES]
We peeled potatoes for a week.
Bella made a friend. He helped us.
She asked him to make a case
for our release and he did.
That's, um I'm relieved.
The Soviets are unpredictable.
Has it been alright for you?
It-It's better here, yeah. No question.
But they're not the Germans.
It's not so organized.
It's [INHALES] just, um
- a different existence.
- Hm.
Radom would break your heart.
[NERVOUS CHUCKLE]
I hate having to tell you
this when you just got here.
What is it?
This arrived from Mother yesterday.
They were evicted.
Uh, she said they're fine.
They found a nice place
in the Old Quarter.
They sounded cheerful enough.
Truthfully, my panic was for you.
The fact that her letter made it
here faster than the two of you
[JAKOB BREATHES DEEPLY]
I-I thought you were both
Everyone is where they should be.
Okay?
[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]
- [LIGHT WATER SPLASHES]
- [KNOCKS ON DOOR]
She's asleep.
♪
[CHUCKLES]
[WATER SPLASHING]
[LAUGHS] Jakob!
[BELLA BREATHS HEAVILY]
[JAKOB BREATHS HEAVILY]
I ruined your camera.
[CHUCKLES]
Do you think I care?
- It's a part of you.
- It's replaceable.
♪
You aren't.
Together from now on
- alright?
- Mm, yes.
No matter what.
♪
Mm, uh, [CHUCKLES]
I'm not sure if it was clear,
but I want to marry you.
- It wasn't clear.
- [JAKOB LAUGHS]
- I'm sorry.
- [BOTH LAUGHING]
Marry me?
Yes, yes.
I'll marry you.
[GASPS]
Mm.
[DOG BARKING]
So, what is this place?
Adam told me it's been
used as a safe house,
but abandoned for a while now.
Am I allowed to be happy
that you're here?
Because I am, but you look miserable.
Genek.
I just I c I cannot
believe they were moved.
I have to find a job
and send them money.
You will, but they'd want
us to enjoy tonight.
They'd want us to make
this special for him.
- He's so pale. He almost glows.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
Jakob come, come.
- I need you to relax.
- [HALINA CHUCKLES]
I don't know why I'm so nervous.
Well, your wedding is
technically a criminal act.
Right, only that.
I cannot believe you found a
rabbi to perform the ceremony.
Oh, I did nothing. It was all Adam.
[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING]
I can't believe you're
letting me wear this.
I can't believe it looks
even better on you.
Stop No, it doesn't.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
I didn't think I'd be nervous.
It's your wedding.
Of course, you're nervous.
[BELLA CHUCKLES]
How do you think Mama
and Tata will feel?
Ecstatic. Your marriage
is a long time coming.
We didn't mean to wait.
We just we just always
thought that there'd be time.
Time to get the jobs we wanted,
time to try a new city.
[BELLA BREATHES DEEPLY]
I'm so happy, but
[CRIES] but I-I always thought that
- Bella, no. Hey, it's okay.
- that it would be different.
I know.
[DEEP BREATH]
I can't be sad. Not today.
You won't be because
this union is blessed
in every way.
♪
Um is that, uh
- Peppercorn red.
- [BELLA CHUCKLES]
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
- [ADAM EICHENWALD] Hello.
- [HALINA] Oh, come in, come in.
Oh, we are so grateful to have you.
It is my privilege.
In there you will find a
nervous, sweaty groom.
I will do my best to
make him more nervous.
[HALINA LAUGHS]
[SIGH OF RELIEF] Oh, Adam.
- I have missed you.
- I have missed you, too.
I was surprised to find
out you were in Lvov
and hadn't come to see me yet.
[SIGHS]
It's, it's been so busy since I arrived.
The crazy lovebirds wanted
to get married right away.
Pulling it all together
was a wild operation.
Yes, I know.
Of course, you know.
You've arranged most of it.
I am so happy to do it.
The-The others are waiting,
but we must properly catch up after.
Yes?
- Yes.
- Yes. Okay.
[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
♪
[RABBI YOFFE SINGING]
[ALL CHUCKLING]
Before we finish,
I would like to add that,
even in the darkness, I see your love.
Inside, you are full,
and through your eyes, it shines.
[ALL CHUCKLING]
♪
You are married now. Mazel tov.
No, no, on your wedding night,
a special musical guest.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
I couldn't, I couldn't possibly.
- [JAKOB KURC] Don't!
- [LAUGHTER]
- What was that?
- [JAKOB] We are okay!
Do you want to hear my
favorite song, List?
- Oh, but of course!
- Genek, shh!
- Genek, shh!
- My name is Addy.
I don't care what the fuck your name is,
you're gonna get us all arrested.
- Lower your voice.
- Then I will go to my jail, singing!
- [LAUGHTER]
- Mm!
[QUIET LAUGHTER, CHATTER]
I will come back for you
when things are better, okay?
Both of you.
Mila, I can be more helpful to you
somewhere with choices and jobs.
And boyfriends.
You really think I'm going
because of a boyfriend?
It's not a crime. I like Adam.
A luxury, these days.
[CHUCKLES] I'm alright.
Has something changed?
And forgive me for saying,
but this drink is strong, and
nothing has changed for me.
Oh.
I'm sorry.
It-It's fine.
It's my fault.
N-No, you've, you've done nothing wrong.
Mm I did leave.
[SIGHS] Adam. Adam, you had to.
Staying, going, it-it-it would
not have made a difference.
- [MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
- I
I'm just I'm not like them.
You don't have to be like them.
♪
I-I came here to
I, I-I need, I need to do something.
I want to do what you're doing.
- Halina, I am not sure
- No, the-the safe house, the rabbi,
w-whatever it is that
you're involved in,
I-I want to be part of it.
♪
We, we help in small ways.
- There's no one smaller than me.
- [ADAM LAUGHS]
What?
I I will make the introductions.
We can be f-friends?
♪
Of course.
Always.
♪
- [ADAM SIGHS]
- [LAUGHTER]
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
-
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
[ADDY] "Dear Mother 10 months
with no news has been agony.
"After France fell to the Germans,
"I used my demobilization papers
"to get out of the army
as quickly as possible.
"Life is not sustainable here.
"Jews in France are being
stripped of their rights,
"rounded up, deported by the thousands.
"As I write this,
I know what you would say.
"'Use your head. Get out while you can.'
"I cling to the hope that if
I am able to secure a visa,
"and with it, a permanent address,
"I can put all my energy
into tracking you down.
The question is, who will take me?"
I'm sorry, but there are no
more visas available today.
- [CROWD GROANS]
- Please, please!
We've been here two days.
Why do we wait?
Ma'am, I understand, but you're
gonna have to go elsewhere.
Where?! Tell me where!
Everywhere is closed!
[BYSTANDER 1] We should
consider Brazil again.
[BYSTANDER 2] No, we
waited there for 10 hours.
[BYSTANDER 1] That was bad luck.
More like a shitty rumor.
I'm sorry, but, uh, are you referring
to Ambassador Dantas?
Yeah.
I heard the same rumor,
that he may be sympathetic.
Yes, but the problem is access.
No, the problem is President
Vargas making nice with Hitler.
What incentive could Souza Dantas
possibly have to let in Jews?
Humanity?
[SCOFFS]
Don't pin your hopes on that.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Excuse me? Are you a guest here?
I'm waiting for a friend.
A friend you've been
waiting for for two hours?
Uh, he's running late.
Ambassador Dantas!
- Monsieur.
- Am-Am-Ambassador, please.
You need to leave right now.
It will only take a moment of your time.
How did you find where I live?
I ask a lot of questions.
People seem to like talking to me.
[SLIGHT CHUCKLE]
Let's see if that's true.
My name is Addy Kurc.
I'm an electrical engineer.
I'd humbly like to offer my skills
to your beautiful country.
If you're interested
in applying for a visa,
you should visit the embassy.
I have. I've visited five times.
[QUIETLY] Not sure your
embassy is interested
in welcoming people like myself.
[SIGHS]
- You're an engineer?
- Electrical.
I repaired my first radio
by instinct at age seven.
It wasn't long after that
I made one by scratch.
I received my degree
from the Institut
Polytechnique in Grenoble.
Before the war, I was
employed at a firm in Paris.
I would not plead for
entry to your country
without something to offer in return.
And, of course,
if a fee is required
Stop. There's no need.
Where are you from?
Radom, Poland.
Is your family still there?
Yes. Four siblings. My parents.
We were in touch for a
time, but the letters have
stopped.
Rio de Janeiro is a world away.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
I know.
Leave your passport with me.
Come back here tomorrow.
- [SIGHS]
- There is a ship leaving soon for Rio
from Marseille.
The Alsina.
I don't know when or
if there will be another.
You should make sure you're on it.
Yes.
♪
Thank you. Thank you.
- [SOLDIERS SHOUTING IN RUSSIAN]
- What is, what is this?
[GRUNTS]
I have done nothing wrong.
[DOGS BARKING]
You are Genek Kurc?
What right do you have
to pull me from my home
in the middle of the night?
Confirm your name, Genek Kurc.
- Yes, I am Genek Kurc
- And you are Polish?
No.
I mean, yes, I am from Poland.
Do you know what this is?
It's the lease I signed when
I rented this apartment.
♪
And this? What does this say?
It's asking the leaser to
declare his citizenship.
And what did you declare?
Nothing I must have missed it.
Or maybe you are too dumb to
know that you are on Soviet soil.
I know which soil I'm on.
♪
Genek Kurc you have been
deemed an enemy of the state.
You are under arrest.
You must come with us now.
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING]
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
[FANFARE PLAYING]
[ADDY KURC] Previously on
We Were the Lucky Ones
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
[ADDY] Genek, tell me,
are things getting worse?
A little. It'll pass.
Radom is not Germany.
Who knows? Maybe I'll come give
you some competition in Paris.
Come.
So, the new boarder just happens to be
an eligible handsome architect?
[LAWYER] The Führer isn't just targeting
German-speaking territories anymore.
We could be next.
[DISTANT EXPLOSIONS]
[SOFTLY] I'm leaving.
We're being sent east to Lvov.
- Now?
- Yes.
The Germans are coming.
What do you want me to do?
- Don't go.
- I don't have a choice.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
[SOLDIERS CHANTING]
[CRYING] We could have left.
No, this is our home.
[BELLA TATAR] I'm going to Lvov.
I need to be with Jakob.
Will you come with me?
-
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Tomek will be waiting
on the edge of town.
Follow his lead.
He has made the trip to Lvov
many times since the occupation.
He's confident. You can trust him.
You can trust him
because he gets our horse
and wagon for his trouble.
Mila enough.
♪
I can only imagine how excited
your sister is to finally
have you there.
Anna's promised me a hero's welcome.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Our daughters together again
what could be better than that?
It's wonderful.
Avoid showing your papers if you can.
They will know in an instant
- you don't have permission to leave.
- I know.
There are multiple layers of fabric
to obscure some of the heavier items,
but the zloty can be easily
reached through the pockets.
- It's too much.
- Halina.
It's too much.
There is no point in you
going without money
to make it past the checkpoints.
[SOFTLY] Thank you.
♪
It's time.
- Hug Jakob and Genek for me.
- I will.
Perhaps I can look for a job for you.
Get us an apartment.
Send money back for the trip.
You would not have to worry so much
about Felicia under the Soviets.
- [MILA SIGHS]
- [FELICIA CRYING]
You think I can risk a 10-day journey
through Nazi checkpoints with a baby?
You smuggle her into
a factory every day.
Where the foreman turns a blind
eye and the women are kind.
Who will protect us on the road?
- [FELICIA FUSSING]
- [MILA SHUSHES]
[HOOVES CLOPPING]
[LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Checkpoint.
♪
- Bella?
- Yeah?
First checkpoint.
We are going to Lvov because
we have a sick mother there.
We need a story?
Just let me do the talking.
♪
[WEHRMACHT SOLDIER] Halt!
[SPEAKING GERMAN] Papiere.
♪
Papiere.
[OPENS FLAP]
[BELLA] [SPEAKING GERMAN]
Baby kommt bald.
Mein Mann in Lvov.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
[SOLDIER SPEAKS GERMAN]
[GATE OPENING]
[WAGON CREAKING]
♪
[SIGHS]
[SPEAKING GERMAN] Baby kommt
bald. Mein Mann in Lvov.
What-What does that mean?
Changed the story a bit.
I thought this one was more effective.
♪
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
[GENTLE THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[FIRE CRACKLING]
[BELLA] The letters have
become a form of torture.
Jakob can write?
- Yes, he can write.
- Sorry.
He's always been the
least articulate Kurc.
Mm, only because the rest of
you give him no room to speak.
[INHALES]
- You have a point.
- Mm.
Adam's letters have been
[SIGHS]
they they err on the practical side.
Mm, so he's measured.
That can be a very attractive quality.
Mmm, yes, but [CHUCKLING]
the most romantic thing
I've ever heard him say
was about a building.
[CHUCKLES] No.
If only he could just describe my body
- in the same architectural terms.
- [LAUGHS] Halina.
We didn't part on the best terms.
[SIGHS]
Perhaps he's angry with me.
- I wouldn't blame him.
- Oh, I'm sure he's not.
And what could be more romantic
than a daring escape
through enemy territory
to come and find him in Lvov?
[HALINA BREATHES DEEPLY]
I'm not exactly coming to find him.
You're not?
[HALINA CHUCKLES]
You make it all sound a bit silly.
I don't mean to.
I'm going for work to save
some money for my family.
Me too. That doesn't mean
I can't be happy to be with Jakob.
Yes, but we're not all lovesick, Bella.
Right
silly me.
[FELICIA FUSSING]
- No?
- [NECHUMA CHUCKLING]
No? No, no, no, no?
These young women I work
with, they're hopeless.
Cecilia cut her thumb
because she could not stop
staring at the boy in the kitchen.
"Is he looking at me, Nechuma?
Don't let him see you looking."
Uh, I remember when you used
to look at me like that.
[NECHUMA LAUGHS]
Cecilia reminds me a bit of Halina.
[CHUCKLES]
- They must be nearing Lvov now.
- [NECHUMA KURC] Mm.
Probably tired of sleeping
in that wagon.
- Probably desperate for a bath.
- I hope she smells like a cow.
- [SOL LAUGHING]
- [NECHUMA] Mila!
[ALL LAUGHING]
- [VEHICLES RUMBLING]
- [WEHRMACHT SOLDIERS SHOUTING]
- What do you
- Shh.
[SHOUTING CONTINUES]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[RUMBLING, SHOUTING GETS LOUDER]
♪
Evictions?
Could be deportations.
- That's unlikely.
- Is it? Do you know?
[FELICIA FUSSES]
[NECHUMA] [GASPS] Oh, Christ!
Get her out of the apartment. Now!
If it is an eviction, you need my help.
- And if it isn't an eviction?
- It's an eviction.
Shh!
Get her out now!
[MILA KURC] You can't possibly
carry everything yourself.
Go to the Jewish Quarter.
Isaac's apartment.
He won't mind. We'll meet you there.
♪
[DISTANT SHOUTING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING, BANGING DOORS]
- [DOOR OPENS]
- [GASPS] Oh!
[SIGH OF RELIEF] Oh, Lily.
We are not sure what is happening,
but if you'd be willing to keep some
belongings for when we return
♪
- [MILA] I
- Stairwell's empty.
- Go quickly. Go, go, go.
- I could take Felicia's things.
We will bring a little later. Go.
Mwah. Mwah!
Go.
Get the money. I'll pack the jewelry.
No, we prioritize what can be bartered.
And fabric. All the fabric we can carry.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
[KNOCKS AT DOOR]
♪
- [AGGRESSIVE KNOCKING]
- [SOLDIER SPEAKS GERMAN]
[SOLDIER] Open up!
[KNOCKING]
You have 30 minutes to
gather your belongings.
Thirty minutes?
But is it possible for
a little more time?
The furniture stays.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING IN GERMAN]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
Wrong way, Sol.
I will be headed that way soon enough.
- [SHOUTING]
- [CHATTERING]
♪
Bruno!
Hey, Bruno.
- An eviction?
- It is.
Well, I know you have
your deliveries, uh,
but can I borrow your wagon for an hour?
Um 50?
- Two hundred.
- Bruno.
I can drive around the corner and
get 300 from one of your neighbors.
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING IN GERMAN]
Bella, I could have a conversation
with your stomach.
Sorry.
- Please, can we just
- Not an option.
You know that's not a real baby, right?
[SOLDIER] Halt! [SPEAKS GERMAN]
- [SPEAKS GERMAN]
- [WAGON RUMBLES]
Raus.
Schnell!
[BIRDS SQUAWKING, AMBIENT NATURE SOUNDS]
[QUIET, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
My sister-in-law is going to
Lvov to have her baby soon.
Ausweis.
I, of course, can, can offer
you, um, some money.
[SPEAKING GERMAN] Nach hause gehen.
I'm, I'm sorry, I don't speak German.
Jude.
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
We have to go back.
Um I understand.
Um, but we have money.
We can offer you some [GASPS]
Um
I [GASPS]
[TOMEK] Okay.
Okay. I-It-It's all okay.
Please, sir.
O-Our mistake.
We'll go back.
We'll go back.
We'll go back.
♪
[SHARP EXHALE]
[HALINA MUTTERS, WHIMPERS]
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING IN GERMAN]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
♪
- [SHOUTING]
- [CHATTERING]
[SPEAKING GERMAN] Funf minuten. Schnell.
♪
The cart is full. [PANTING]
We don't we don't have time.
They will be eating here.
[STAMMERS] Pack, pack it up. Pack it up.
At least they won't eat
from your mother's plates.
No. No, no, no, no, no.
- [SOL PANTING]
- We have enough.
Food is more important than china.
Meet me in the hallway.
[SOL SIGHS, PANTS]
[AMBIENT STREET NOISE FROM BELOW]
[CRYING QUIETLY]
My parents made me get Felicia out.
They, they suggested we meet here.
Right here I'm glad
they thought of me.
You're always welcome.
A bit cramped these days.
Our family just arrived from Krakow.
Are they staying with you?
Where else?
[FAMILY MURMURING]
[FELICIA FUSSES]
Um
I'm sure my parents will arrive
soon, and we will make a plan.
You haven't secured a place yet?
[FELICIA WHINES]
[BELLA] [ECHOING]
We make camp until tomorrow.
Maybe new guards.
Or we find a different route.
[TOMEK] [ECHOEY]
We won't make it through.
[BELLA] We can't go back.
We're too close.
[TOMEK] Quiet, girl.
[BELLA] Halina, please, listen to me.
He's taking us into the woods!
Halina! Halina!
- [NORMAL] Halina!
- [BOTH YELP]
[HORSE NEIGHS]
We're off the road.
- Run!
- [TOMEK] Please!
He loses the horse and wagon
if we don't get to Lvov!
He wouldn't! Wait, Halina!
[TOMEK] I mean no harm! Please!
Please!
[BELLA] What can't! Halina?
[HALINA KURC] Stay there! Stay there!
I didn't mean to scare you.
I I wanted to make sure
we were clear of the guards.
[HEAVY BREATHING]
We must find another way through.
It would be a mistake.
They are getting more aggressive.
You have a job to do.
If you take us back, you'll get
nothing for your trouble.
I will not risk my life or yours.
It's seven days back to Radom.
We don't have enough food.
We can forage, search
for food along the way.
What do you want? I'll-I'll
give you whatever I have.
I don't want anything.
Give him the zloty. All of it.
I'll make more.
- I'll pay you back.
- No, he doesn't, he doesn't want money.
[CRYING] But we can't go back.
I don't think we have a choice.
How close are we?
The distance isn't the problem.
Is it possible on foot?
[SIGHS]
Tell me.
♪
We are a kilometer or
two from the border
between German and Soviet territory.
The area is heavily patrolled.
Wait until dark,
stay close to the river,
you might be able to
slip through on foot.
If you make it across
to the Soviet side,
you can meet up with the main road,
- travel more freely.
- If we make it across, Bella.
Bella, this is, this is,
this is madness.
- Please.
- It is, it is. I-I don't recommend it.
It's only a kilometer. That's nothing.
Will you mark me the route?
♪
[HALINA HYPERVENTILATING]
Oh, it's okay. It's okay.
I'm no good to, to anyone if I am dead.
You should, you should
go back with Tomek.
- I can't leave you alone!
- You got me out of Radom.
- Please, please.
- I couldn't have done this without you.
Bella, please, reconsider.
Think of, of Jakob. Think of Jakob.
[EMOTIONAL] I am thinking of Jakob.
I know that everyone
thinks we're ridiculous
but he can't do this without me.
I can't do it without him.
I need to get to Lvov.
- [MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
- [HALINA SIGHS]
I think Addy would've happily
swapped you out for one of us.
He was a good friend.
Have you heard from him?
The last letter that got through
said he had been enlisted
in France, a Polish unit.
The military?
It's hard to imagine.
Stomping around in the mud,
sleeping on the ground.
- [CHUCKLES]
- He's always so well-groomed.
And Selim?
No news, I think, is positive.
It just means a question
of patience, time.
Are you really such an optimist?
You always struck me
as moodier than that.
[CHUCKLES]
I never thought I struck
you as much of anything.
[ISAAC CHUCKLES]
She seems comfy.
Why don't you take my bed?
Get some rest.
Take your bed on the men's
side of the apartment?
Your mother would have my head.
What do those rules matter now?
Why did you cut your payos?
My father was last seen
reciting the Shema
outside of the synagogue
and then nothing.
He asked for God and nothing.
[VEHICLE RUMBLING]
[ADDY] "Dear Mother, I hope that
my letters have reached you.
"The French Army has kept us moving.
"Exactly where, I am
not at liberty to say.
"We hear that the
Germans are closing in,
"and the few reports from
Poland are horrendous.
"I understand the impossibility
of getting home,
"but I will continue to search for
any means of getting you all out.
"I know you will say that is madness,
"but all of Europe has gone mad.
♪
"I promise I will not miss any
opportunity that presents itself.
We will find a way to
be together again."
[WATER WHOOSHING]
Lose the basket and the bread.
We can divide up the provisions.
It's fine. I can manage.
If you were managing,
you would be faster.
- Just let me carry it.
- No, I'm not slowing us down.
- You are, in fact, slower than me.
- [BELLA SCOFFS]
I told you you didn't have to come.
And leave you alone to die in the woods?
- That's not much of a choice.
- [BELLA SCOFFS]
Good God, I didn't force this on you.
You're so fucking arrogant.
[GRUNTS, GASPS]
- [GLASS SHATTERS]
- Bella! Bella, are you okay?
[BELLA] [CRIES] The camera.
Oh.
[HALINA SIGHS]
The only thing my stupid
brother will be mad about
is if you let this upset you.
He doesn't care about his camera.
[BELLA EXHALES]
No I'm an idiot.
And I'm arrogant.
[STIFLED LAUGHTER]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [DISTANT SHOUTING]
- [DOGS BARKING]
[HALINA/BELLA PANTING]
[DOGS BARKING]
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING]
♪
- [HALINA] This way!
- [BELLA] No, the river.
- [GUNSHOT]
- [BOTH YELP]
- [WATER SPLASHES]
- [DOGS BARKING]
[BOTH PANTING]
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING]
♪
[PANTING]
♪
[WHISPERING] Are you okay?
[WHISPERING] Yes, are you okay?
[SOLDIERS SPEAKING IN NATIVE DIALECT]
We wait.
Yes, but for how long?
They've seen us. We're surrounded.
We wait.
[HALINA] But we are wet.
We won't last the night in this cold.
- [SOLDIERS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
- [DOGS BARKING]
We ask for help.
[SCOFFS] What? No. They'll shoot us.
No, I-I think I heard
a shout in Russian.
- It's the Red Army.
- You can't be sure.
What if it's the Germans?
They're not going to kill two silly,
young things who lost their way.
We smile. We ask for directions.
- A warm meal.
- Halina, no.
- Yes.
- No, no, no.
- Yes.
- No, no.
[SHOUTS] Hello! We are
here! We are allies!
- [DOGS BARKING LOUDLY]
- [SOLDIERS SHOUTING IN RUSSIAN]
Please, please don't shoot! I'm unarmed!
Please don't shoot me!
Please don't shoot me!
Please, don't shoot! Don't shoot!
- Please! Friend friendly!
- Please, we could use some help.
- [GUN CLICKS]
- We-We've run-run into some trouble
trying to get to our families in Lvov.
Perhaps we can bother you
for a fire, a warm meal,
to-to point us in the right direction?
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Come.
[HALINA SHIVERS]
Do you hate me?
[SHUDDERS]
Never.
[SHIVERING]
[CRIES] I really thought
that we could make it.
- We will make it. Okay?
- [SHIVERING]
I'm so cold, I can't feel my face.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
What if I lose my nose?
I think you would look pretty funny.
That's reassuring.
At least you have true love.
- And if I lost my nose
- Adam will still love you
without a nose.
I'm not sure that what
Adam and I have is
the same as what you and Jakob have.
[BELLA] Oh.
It doesn't have to be the same.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
Is it safe to sleep?
- I'll stay awake.
- No, I'll stay awake.
Do we have to disagree on everything?
[LAUGHS] Probably.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
♪
[HALINA] Here, come here.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
Leo! Leo!
I'm sorry.
'Scuse me.
- [CHATTERING]
- 'Scuse me. 'Scuse me.
Leo.
Leo.
- Sol.
- I'm so glad to see you.
The last time must have been, uh
- Re-Remind me, when was it?
- When I picked up that beautiful suit
Nechuma made me for my campaign.
That's right. That's right.
Well, it was nothing.
- We were happy to contribute.
- You've always been generous.
Well, we try to be when
we have the option.
I'm sorry about the evictions.
Yes, uh, yes, well, uh
I-I assume the council
might know about lodging.
- We are not the council anymore.
- You're not?
We are, more or less,
but under a different name.
The Judenrat.
Judenrat Alright, alright,
so then the Judenrat
can be of assistance?
Leo, I-I-I'm desperate here.
I've got a granddaughter.
We need a home.
We are trying, Sol, but it's a mess.
They've brought in refugees from Krakow.
There are more Germans
arriving by the day.
They've tasked us with
making lists for everything.
- Apartments, work assignments.
- Lists for the Germans?
Someone needs to advocate
for our community.
We'd like to open a school
for the children, if we can.
That's, th-that's,
that's wonderful, Leo.
That's wonderful.
You have always had our
best interests at heart.
Nechuma and I have
always recognized that.
And, um
we-we would like to recognize it again.
Uh, maybe, um, m-maybe a
donation for your school,
or-or whatever your
current needs might be?
- Sol.
- Thank you.
[QUIET, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTS]
Yes.
[SIGHS] I'm sorry, but
our options were limited.
No Do not apologize.
♪
We will take care of their home.
Keep it company until they return.
And I packed my stationary.
We will write letters
to them all. [SIGHS]
Addy first. He's on the move,
but he will know to check back in Paris.
All he needs is an address
and now we have one.
[SOL EXHALES]
- [DISTANT BOOMING]
-
[THUNDERING]
[SOLDIER BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SHIVERS]
[GRUNTS]
I could sleep for a week.
- How 'bout until dawn?
- [GROANS] So?
[HEAVY BREATHING]
You actually got the captain
to lend you his typewriter?
He didn't know what it was for.
[CHUCKLES] You lunatic.
- Let me see it.
- [DISTANT BOOMING]
- It looks so real.
- That is the point.
You should peddle your services.
I think the French army may notice
a glut of demobilization papers.
But I can do one for you.
[SOLDIER GRUNTS]
I don't think the situation
is as urgent for me
[DEEP BREATH] as it is for you.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
When will you use it?
When I figure out where it's safe
for a Polish Jew to go next.
You may be waiting a while then.
Not if I can leave Europe.
[LOUD BOOM]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
-
- [DOG BARKING]
- [SOLDIERS CHATTERING, LAUGHING]
[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]
Bella?
♪
[BELLA EXHALES]
[HALINA CHUCKLES]
♪
[SIGHS] By all means, keep going,
but could I please have a bath?
[ALL CHUCKLING]
[YAWNING]
I cannot believe you were arrested
by the Soviets and released.
Arrested feels like the wrong word.
What word would you use?
I don't know.
It was a friendly arrest? [CHUCKLES]
We peeled potatoes for a week.
Bella made a friend. He helped us.
She asked him to make a case
for our release and he did.
That's, um I'm relieved.
The Soviets are unpredictable.
Has it been alright for you?
It-It's better here, yeah. No question.
But they're not the Germans.
It's not so organized.
It's [INHALES] just, um
- a different existence.
- Hm.
Radom would break your heart.
[NERVOUS CHUCKLE]
I hate having to tell you
this when you just got here.
What is it?
This arrived from Mother yesterday.
They were evicted.
Uh, she said they're fine.
They found a nice place
in the Old Quarter.
They sounded cheerful enough.
Truthfully, my panic was for you.
The fact that her letter made it
here faster than the two of you
[JAKOB BREATHES DEEPLY]
I-I thought you were both
Everyone is where they should be.
Okay?
[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]
- [LIGHT WATER SPLASHES]
- [KNOCKS ON DOOR]
She's asleep.
♪
[CHUCKLES]
[WATER SPLASHING]
[LAUGHS] Jakob!
[BELLA BREATHS HEAVILY]
[JAKOB BREATHS HEAVILY]
I ruined your camera.
[CHUCKLES]
Do you think I care?
- It's a part of you.
- It's replaceable.
♪
You aren't.
Together from now on
- alright?
- Mm, yes.
No matter what.
♪
Mm, uh, [CHUCKLES]
I'm not sure if it was clear,
but I want to marry you.
- It wasn't clear.
- [JAKOB LAUGHS]
- I'm sorry.
- [BOTH LAUGHING]
Marry me?
Yes, yes.
I'll marry you.
[GASPS]
Mm.
[DOG BARKING]
So, what is this place?
Adam told me it's been
used as a safe house,
but abandoned for a while now.
Am I allowed to be happy
that you're here?
Because I am, but you look miserable.
Genek.
I just I c I cannot
believe they were moved.
I have to find a job
and send them money.
You will, but they'd want
us to enjoy tonight.
They'd want us to make
this special for him.
- He's so pale. He almost glows.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
Jakob come, come.
- I need you to relax.
- [HALINA CHUCKLES]
I don't know why I'm so nervous.
Well, your wedding is
technically a criminal act.
Right, only that.
I cannot believe you found a
rabbi to perform the ceremony.
Oh, I did nothing. It was all Adam.
[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING]
I can't believe you're
letting me wear this.
I can't believe it looks
even better on you.
Stop No, it doesn't.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
I didn't think I'd be nervous.
It's your wedding.
Of course, you're nervous.
[BELLA CHUCKLES]
How do you think Mama
and Tata will feel?
Ecstatic. Your marriage
is a long time coming.
We didn't mean to wait.
We just we just always
thought that there'd be time.
Time to get the jobs we wanted,
time to try a new city.
[BELLA BREATHES DEEPLY]
I'm so happy, but
[CRIES] but I-I always thought that
- Bella, no. Hey, it's okay.
- that it would be different.
I know.
[DEEP BREATH]
I can't be sad. Not today.
You won't be because
this union is blessed
in every way.
♪
Um is that, uh
- Peppercorn red.
- [BELLA CHUCKLES]
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
- [ADAM EICHENWALD] Hello.
- [HALINA] Oh, come in, come in.
Oh, we are so grateful to have you.
It is my privilege.
In there you will find a
nervous, sweaty groom.
I will do my best to
make him more nervous.
[HALINA LAUGHS]
[SIGH OF RELIEF] Oh, Adam.
- I have missed you.
- I have missed you, too.
I was surprised to find
out you were in Lvov
and hadn't come to see me yet.
[SIGHS]
It's, it's been so busy since I arrived.
The crazy lovebirds wanted
to get married right away.
Pulling it all together
was a wild operation.
Yes, I know.
Of course, you know.
You've arranged most of it.
I am so happy to do it.
The-The others are waiting,
but we must properly catch up after.
Yes?
- Yes.
- Yes. Okay.
[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
♪
[RABBI YOFFE SINGING]
[ALL CHUCKLING]
Before we finish,
I would like to add that,
even in the darkness, I see your love.
Inside, you are full,
and through your eyes, it shines.
[ALL CHUCKLING]
♪
You are married now. Mazel tov.
No, no, on your wedding night,
a special musical guest.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
I couldn't, I couldn't possibly.
- [JAKOB KURC] Don't!
- [LAUGHTER]
- What was that?
- [JAKOB] We are okay!
Do you want to hear my
favorite song, List?
- Oh, but of course!
- Genek, shh!
- Genek, shh!
- My name is Addy.
I don't care what the fuck your name is,
you're gonna get us all arrested.
- Lower your voice.
- Then I will go to my jail, singing!
- [LAUGHTER]
- Mm!
[QUIET LAUGHTER, CHATTER]
I will come back for you
when things are better, okay?
Both of you.
Mila, I can be more helpful to you
somewhere with choices and jobs.
And boyfriends.
You really think I'm going
because of a boyfriend?
It's not a crime. I like Adam.
A luxury, these days.
[CHUCKLES] I'm alright.
Has something changed?
And forgive me for saying,
but this drink is strong, and
nothing has changed for me.
Oh.
I'm sorry.
It-It's fine.
It's my fault.
N-No, you've, you've done nothing wrong.
Mm I did leave.
[SIGHS] Adam. Adam, you had to.
Staying, going, it-it-it would
not have made a difference.
- [MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
- I
I'm just I'm not like them.
You don't have to be like them.
♪
I-I came here to
I, I-I need, I need to do something.
I want to do what you're doing.
- Halina, I am not sure
- No, the-the safe house, the rabbi,
w-whatever it is that
you're involved in,
I-I want to be part of it.
♪
We, we help in small ways.
- There's no one smaller than me.
- [ADAM LAUGHS]
What?
I I will make the introductions.
We can be f-friends?
♪
Of course.
Always.
♪
- [ADAM SIGHS]
- [LAUGHTER]
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
-
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
[ADDY] "Dear Mother 10 months
with no news has been agony.
"After France fell to the Germans,
"I used my demobilization papers
"to get out of the army
as quickly as possible.
"Life is not sustainable here.
"Jews in France are being
stripped of their rights,
"rounded up, deported by the thousands.
"As I write this,
I know what you would say.
"'Use your head. Get out while you can.'
"I cling to the hope that if
I am able to secure a visa,
"and with it, a permanent address,
"I can put all my energy
into tracking you down.
The question is, who will take me?"
I'm sorry, but there are no
more visas available today.
- [CROWD GROANS]
- Please, please!
We've been here two days.
Why do we wait?
Ma'am, I understand, but you're
gonna have to go elsewhere.
Where?! Tell me where!
Everywhere is closed!
[BYSTANDER 1] We should
consider Brazil again.
[BYSTANDER 2] No, we
waited there for 10 hours.
[BYSTANDER 1] That was bad luck.
More like a shitty rumor.
I'm sorry, but, uh, are you referring
to Ambassador Dantas?
Yeah.
I heard the same rumor,
that he may be sympathetic.
Yes, but the problem is access.
No, the problem is President
Vargas making nice with Hitler.
What incentive could Souza Dantas
possibly have to let in Jews?
Humanity?
[SCOFFS]
Don't pin your hopes on that.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Excuse me? Are you a guest here?
I'm waiting for a friend.
A friend you've been
waiting for for two hours?
Uh, he's running late.
Ambassador Dantas!
- Monsieur.
- Am-Am-Ambassador, please.
You need to leave right now.
It will only take a moment of your time.
How did you find where I live?
I ask a lot of questions.
People seem to like talking to me.
[SLIGHT CHUCKLE]
Let's see if that's true.
My name is Addy Kurc.
I'm an electrical engineer.
I'd humbly like to offer my skills
to your beautiful country.
If you're interested
in applying for a visa,
you should visit the embassy.
I have. I've visited five times.
[QUIETLY] Not sure your
embassy is interested
in welcoming people like myself.
[SIGHS]
- You're an engineer?
- Electrical.
I repaired my first radio
by instinct at age seven.
It wasn't long after that
I made one by scratch.
I received my degree
from the Institut
Polytechnique in Grenoble.
Before the war, I was
employed at a firm in Paris.
I would not plead for
entry to your country
without something to offer in return.
And, of course,
if a fee is required
Stop. There's no need.
Where are you from?
Radom, Poland.
Is your family still there?
Yes. Four siblings. My parents.
We were in touch for a
time, but the letters have
stopped.
Rio de Janeiro is a world away.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
I know.
Leave your passport with me.
Come back here tomorrow.
- [SIGHS]
- There is a ship leaving soon for Rio
from Marseille.
The Alsina.
I don't know when or
if there will be another.
You should make sure you're on it.
Yes.
♪
Thank you. Thank you.
- [SOLDIERS SHOUTING IN RUSSIAN]
- What is, what is this?
[GRUNTS]
I have done nothing wrong.
[DOGS BARKING]
You are Genek Kurc?
What right do you have
to pull me from my home
in the middle of the night?
Confirm your name, Genek Kurc.
- Yes, I am Genek Kurc
- And you are Polish?
No.
I mean, yes, I am from Poland.
Do you know what this is?
It's the lease I signed when
I rented this apartment.
♪
And this? What does this say?
It's asking the leaser to
declare his citizenship.
And what did you declare?
Nothing I must have missed it.
Or maybe you are too dumb to
know that you are on Soviet soil.
I know which soil I'm on.
♪
Genek Kurc you have been
deemed an enemy of the state.
You are under arrest.
You must come with us now.
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING]
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
[FANFARE PLAYING]