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39 EXT. SKY OVER NUREMBERG 39
The city below. The shadow of an airplane rushes over it.
UNITY
Same as before. She closes her eyes and drops her hand. The
sun hits her face directly. The shadow of the plane crosses
over her face.
CUT TO:
40 EXT. THE ENGLISCHER GARTEN - DAY 40
The 33 year-old Unity, still in hospital gown, has her face
angled to the sun with her eyes closed. The shadow of an
airplane passes over her face.
She is sitting up in her bed which is now situated on a cul
de-sac next to a stream. It is across from a small
waterfall. The area is heavily wooded.
At the foot of her bed is the Doctor. He is filling a
hypodermic needle. He smiles at her.
Unity smiles back.
The Doctor begins to administer the needle to Unity's arm.
Unity looks at the needle going into her arm and smiles. She
looks back up.
It is now Hitler who is administering the needle. He sees
her and smiles.
The world behind her begins to spin very quickly. Unity
remains a calm, smiling and fixed center in the spin.
DISSOLVE TO:
41 INT. HOFBRAUKELLER, NUREMBERG - EVENING 41
A big and expansive outdoor beer garden, shaded by trees and
illuminated by the small lights strung throughout. The place
is filled with hundreds of soldiers and civilians, nearly all
wearing swastika armbands. There is an air of overpowering
joy to the evening.
Unity and Diana are in the middle of this maelstrom, the
crowds moving and dancing around them. They sit at a wooden
bench and each has a large stein.
Unity is quietly fascinated by the surroundings. Diana is
less so. She is rifling through her purse.
DIANA
Those photos were in here this morning.
UNITY
(not listening)
Hhhmmm?
DIANA
The photos of Tom and that new girlfriend
of his.
UNITY
(only marginal interest)
New girlfriend?
DIANA
(finding the photos)
Here they are.
She hands them to Unity who dispassionately files through
them.
The photos are of Tom and his new girlfriend seated next to
each other, another of the two of them posed by a tennis
court. In the third one, they are embracing. It is very
affectionate and the only one with physical contact.
Unity gives a grimace to this third one and hands the photos
back to Diana.
UNITY
I don't like her.
DIANA
She's really quite darling. Athletic and
very quick-witted. She'll take Tom for a
few much-needed rounds about the ring.
UNITY
She's all wrong for him. You can see it
instantly.
Not sure what she means, Diana looks at the photos.
DIANA
That's hardly fair. You're judging her.
UNITY
Of course I am. Look at the way she has
her hands all about him.
Diana looks at the third photo.
DIANA
I'd say they have their hands all about
each other.
Unity gives her a shrug that says such behavior is a bad
thing.
DIANA (cont'd)
Bobo darling, it is what people do. It
is a beautiful thing.
Unity looks out to the dance floor then points out a couple
to Diana.
The couple is comprised of a FAT OLDER MAN and a THIN YOUNG
WOMAN. He is wearing a bib over his jacket and lederhosen.
She looks rather vampish. Although dancing, his hands are
groping for whatever he can get.
UNITY
How can that be beautiful?
DIANA
(giving up)
I don't know what to say to you when you
get like this. If you'll excuse me, I'll
just make a tactical retreat to the
sausage tray.
UNITY
Really? Expecting to find your little
sausage, Oswald, there? Really, Diana, I
think you've sold yourself quite short on
that one.
About to protest, Diana thinks better of this. She takes her
purse and exits.
Feeling triumphant, Unity turns her attention back to the odd
couple on the floor.
The couple dance until the Man's hammy hand finds her bottom.
She angrily pushes him away and YELLS at him in German. He
LAUGHS loudly at this. She slaps him which only makes him
LAUGH all the more.
The Man turns and scans the beer garden for another willing
partner.
Unity is laughing at this exchange. Suddenly, the Man's
attention turns to her. He drunkenly stumbles toward Unity,
calling to her in slurred and incomprehensible German.
FAT OLDER MAN
Darf ich mich zu Ihnen setzen? (May I sit
with you?)
Surprised and frightened, Unity rears back in her chair. He
continues to advance until he is looming above her.
FAT OLDER MAN
Darf ich Sie zu einem bier einladen?
(May I get you a beer?)
Unity leaps to her feet and backs up against the table. He
thinks that she wants to dance. He bows and motions to the
dance floor.
FAT OLDER MAN (cont'd)
Ahh! Wollen wirtanzen? (Shall we
dance?)
Unity freezes. People around have begun to notice this and
laugh. The laughter brings up a well of anger in her. The
Man addresses the others
FAT OLDER MAN (cont'd)
Sie ist eine kalt Virgin! ("She's a cold
virgin!")
He turns back to Unity and smiles. He once again bows and
motions to the dance floor.
FAT OLDER MAN (cont'd)
Kommen. ("Come.")
With all the defiance she can muster, Unity steps into the
Man's face. She measures her thoughts then lets him have
them.
UNITY
Der, die, das, des, der, den!
This silences everyone. It certainly confuses the Man.
FAT OLDER MAN
Der, die, das... Vas ist...
His confusion sets everyone to laughing, now at him. He
breaks out laughing at himself and bows to all. He exits
back to the dance floor and everyone goes back to their
beers.
PUTZI (O.S.)
Marvelous! Absolutely marvelous!
Diana is standing there with PUTZI HANFSTAENGL. Putzi is
stocky, looking something like a bouncer with a short,
triangular mustache. He is, nonetheless, a man of some
breeding with a taste for the finer things. He fancies
himself to be an intellectual. He wears a Nazi party pin on
the lapel of his jacket.
DIANA
Bobo, can you believe it? I just found
stumbled into an old friend. Putzi, this
is my sister, Unity.
Putzi reaches for Unity's gloved hand and kisses it.
PUTZI
Enchanted, kind miss. Enchanted and
delighted.
UNITY
(sarcastic)
Thank you for your help.
The comment at first seems to confuse Putzi, then he explodes
with LAUGHTER.
PUTZI
If I felt that you needed it... Mein
Gott, the Fuhrer should have so defiant a
Valkyrie!
His LAUGH is bold and infectious. Unity and Diana pick it
up.
CUT TO:
42 SAME - A SHORT WHILE LATER 42
Unity and Diana are seated at the table.
DIANA
Darling, you must help me out with the
foulest of fibs. I met Putzi at a
Fascist rally in London. He's very big
with Herr Hitler, you know. To make a
long story short, I've lied to him. I've
told him that Oz sent you and I here as
the official emissaries of the BUF.
UNITY
Whatever for?
DIANA
We need tickets for tomorrow. We can't
get into that circus without a kart.
UNITY
And how is dear Oz?
DIANA
You know, Bobo darling, this jealousy of
yours is becoming more than a bit
tiresome.
UNITY
Jealous? Of your little tinpot?
(laughs)
Believe me, Diana, If I wanted I could do
far better than Oswald Mosley.
DIANA
I said nothing of Oz.
Putzi enters. He is followed by a WAITRESS. She is
carrying a tray of beers and a huge plate of sausage. He
passes these out.
PUTZI
"Drink no longer water, but use a little
wine for thy stomach's sake and thine
often infirmities." St. Timothy.
UNITY
A learned man.
PUTZI
Do you know the Bible? Marvelous
stories!
DIANA
Putzi's a Harvard man.
PUTZI
Please. It was merely a school, a place
to educate my tastes.
DIANA
Putzi...liebling, I wonder if you can do
the BUF a great big favor.
PUTZI
Lady Diana, my love, if this favor will
help cement better relations between dem
Deutsche volk and our English brothers
and sisters...
DIANA
Let's start small. Let's say this one
will help out the sisters.
Putzi is beginning to catch the drift and smiles.
PUTZI
Two sisters very much in particular, I
think.
Diana smiles.
PUTZI (cont'd)
And this cementing of relations will
require...?
DIANA
Two tickets to the rally tomorrow.
Putzi thinks about this a moment, as though weighing what he
believes he can get for the favor.
PUTZI
It is done. You will sit with me at the
foot of the Fuhrer.
He salutes them with his stein and they return the salute.
Diana is visibly excited by her coup. Unity is far less so,
looking almost disappointed.
CUT TO:
43 INT. ENTRY TO LUITPOLDHAIN ASSEMBLY - THE NEXT DAY 43
The enclosed entrance to the large, open-air assembly grounds
outside of Nuremberg. It is filled with people on their way
to the rally. Unity, Diana and Putzi make their way through
the crowd.
PUTZI
This marvelous structure in less than a
year. And the Congress Hall and the
stadium at Zeppelinwiese. Amazing what
this Fuhrer is capable of accomplishing!
Diana spots a washroom.
DIANA
I must stop before the show.
She crosses into the washroom. Putzi and Unity stand outside
the door. Putzi takes out a cigarette.
PUTZI
Your sister is a remarkable woman. Most
cultured and political.
UNITY
Can I have a fag?
PUTZI
I don't think that would be wise. Not
here. The Fuhrer believes that women
should not smoke.
Unity impulsively takes the pack from his hand.
UNITY
I disagree.
She looks at Putzi. He looks decidedly uncomfortable. She
relents and hands back the pack.
PUTZI
You understand, my dear, that I do not
object. As I was saying, your sister...
UNITY
Do you know that my sister is fucking
Oswald Mosley?
Putzi bursts out LAUGHING.
PUTZI
Yes, as a matter of fact we do.
(with mock conspiracy)
Do you know that your sister insists on
receiving oral stimulation but will not
give it in return?
UNITY
No! Really?! How do you know? Do tell!
He forms a "bird" by interlocking his thumbs and flapping his
hands. He then puts his finger to his mouth: SSSHHH. They
both let out with very bawdy LAUGHS.
UNITY (cont'd)
Oswald is a pimp.
PUTZI
Yes, a pimp. A very small fish, but one
of some use in the Reich's ocean.
UNITY
I'm sure he is. But if you could see the
way she shows him off! Revolting. And
both still married, not that that should
make a difference.
Diana comes out of the washroom. She appears a bit
disheveled.
DIANA
(to Putzi)
You must have a talk with your Fuhrer
about the deplorable state of that loo.
PUTZI
Immediately. Shall we go in?
Putzi leads them onto the assembly grounds.
44 EXT. - ASSEMBLY GROUNDS 44
They are massive and very Romanesque in their grandeur. A
huge open field surrounded by column-topped seating. At the
front sits a stage dominated by five columns with swastika
banners hanging between each. Downstage, like the prow of a
ship, is the podium.
Unity, Diana and Putzi make their way through the CHEERING
crowd. As they pass, people turn to them and HEIL with joy.
Many throw flowers to the two young women.
UNITY
(to Putzi)
They're so friendly.
PUTZI
Blond hair and blue eyes. You are their
Aryan goddess.
GIGGLING at the thought, Unity begins to give queenly waves
to the crowd. They HEIL in return.
The three are engulfed in the celebration.
CUT TO:
45 EXT. FRONT OF HOUSE - A FEW MOMENTS LATER 45
Unity, Diana and Putzi move into their seats. They are
directly below the main podium.
As they sit, there is a loud FANFARE from a group of
Blackshirt trumpeters. This is followed by a DRUM ROLL from
a dozen Hitlerjugend. The crowd, boisterous until now, falls
suddenly silent. There is a very long and still pause.
Unity looks about. All eyes are pointed up to the podium.
Suddenly, there is a huge SHOUT from the crowd. Unity turns
and looks up to the podium.
UNITY'S POV
Hitler standing at the podium. Arms folded across his chest,
he stares with quiet defiance at the crowd. He is very close
and looms over her. After a moment, he raises one hand and
the crowd is once again silent.
He begins his speech. It is in German. At first, he is
quiet, almost hesitant. But then he builds quickly to a
fever pitch. The words, though, are not heard. Instead, the
"Liebestod" from "Tristan and Isolde", romantic yet heavy and
forbidding, replaces the words. Hitler's speech becomes more
a scored pantomime than a diatribe.
Unity watches with mounting excitement. She is visibly
moved, and deeply so, by the presence of Hitler.
PUTZI
(to Unity)
Do you wish me to translate
UNITY
I don't need the words. I hear his
heart.
DIANA
I need the words.
Putzi leans toward her and away from Unity.
PUTZI
It's all hatred for the socialists, the
communist, the Jews. The people never
seem to tire of the good old songs.
Unity turns to them with anger.
UNITY
Quiet!
Unity turns back and looks up at Hitler.
Hitler is staring back at Unity. His gaze is tight and
hypnotic. Hitler raises is hand in a heil.
The crowd, Unity included, leap to their feet and return the
salute with a loud "HEIL!"
Hitler returns to the crowd and salutes them. They HEIL back
with great abandon.
Unity is still frozen with her salute while the CHEERS
escalate around her.
Putzi leans into Unity and speaks directly into her ear.
PUTZI
He is certainly more than your sister's
Mosley.
UNITY
(with quiet fervor)
Oh, yes. Oh, yes. So much more.
CUT TO:
46 INT. ALMASY APARTMENT - LATER THAT EVENING 46
It is one of the several homes of JANOS and MARIE ALMASY.
They are a wealthy Hungarian couple much enamored of Hitler.
Marie is in her late 40's and confined to a wheelchair. She
is intelligent and highly pragmatic. Her husband, Janos, is
more of a dreamer and a schemer. In his early 50's and
courtly, he is hardly romantic. He will bed any woman who
shows the least interest. His marriage with Marie is one of
friendship, finance and convenience.
Unity, Diana and Putzi are standing outside the apartment
door. It opens and immediately the many occupants of the
room shout "HEIL HITLER" to the three of them. Janos greets
them as they come in.
JANOS
Putzi!
(referring to the two Mitfords)
And you've brought these lovely
decorations for our party.
PUTZI
These are the Mitford girls. English.
The daughters of Lord and Lady Redesdale.
Mrs. Brian Guinness - Lady Diana - and
her sister, Lady Unity. The Count and
Countess Janos and Marie Almasy, decadent
vestiges of the late Austro-Hungarian
Empire.
MARIE
Welcome, my dears.
Janos greets both with a hand kiss but is obviously more
taken by Unity.
JANOS
Dearest Miss, welcome. Permit me?
He takes Unity by the arm and leads her into the room. Marie
wheels herself back in.
PUTZI (TO DIANA)
Unity must be careful. For Janos, a
crippled wife is a powerful aphrodisiac.
DIANA
Worry for him, darling. My sister is a
virulent virgin.
Both LAUGH and enter the party.
DISSOLVE TO:
47 INT. ALMASY BEDROOM - LATER THAT EVENING 47
Unity is alone in the dark. She is holding a glass of
champagne and looking out the window.
The Fortress overlooking Nuremberg. It is lit up and
fireworks are EXPLODING overhead.
Janos enters the room. He turns on the light. This
"awakens" Unity with a start.
JANOS
I'm sorry. Do you wish the light off?
He turns it off.
UNITY
No. On, please.
He turns it back on. Unity walks away from the window and
Janos crosses to it. He looks out.
JANOS
He is up there tonight.
UNITY
Yes. How well do you know him?
JANOS
How well does any man know him?
UNITY
You talk like a diplomat.
JANOS
No, just...what was it Putzi called me?
just a "decadent vestige of the late
Austro-Hungarian Empire." Charming
Putzi.
UNITY
Please: How well do you know him?
JANOS
Herr Hitler and I have met socially on a
number of occasions. I cannot consider
him an intimate but we have shared
thoughts from time to time. You know, I
was once given the honor of reading his
fortune.
Unity takes hold of Janos hand, quite gently, almost
reverentially.
UNITY
You've read his palms?
JANOS
Yes. But, of course, I cannot tell
you...
UNITY
Read mine.
He reverses her hold on his hands and lifts her palms to his
lips.
JANOS
Of course, kind Unity.
48 INT. LIVING ROOM 48
Many of the guests have left. Putzi, Marie and two other
GUESTS are seated around a card table. They are playing
poker.
GUEST ONE (MALE)
Where has Janos disappeared to?
MARIE
English quail appears to be in season. I
assume he is on the hunt.
PUTZI
I have it on the best authority that this
quail resists capture.
MARIE
You're underestimating the hunter. Shall
we wager?
49 INT. BEDROOM 49
Janos and Unity are seated on the bed. He is reading her
palms.
JANOS
Most distinct. You must aim high. Your
place is not among the common.
UNITY
Of course not. But where is it?
JANOS
You were named Unity for what purpose?
UNITY
My father has an odd sense of humor. I
was born on the first day of the Great
War.
JANOS
It was not a joke. Fate works in strange
ways. He was made to name you Unity. Do
you see the way these lines intersect?
UNITY
Yes.
He kisses her palm.
JANOS
They are your lines of fate. It is your
destiny to unite two great causes. Such
lines are shared by a very few.
Alexander, Frederick the Great, Joan of
Arc. And now, Unity Mitford.
Janos traces the lines then continues to trace his finger up
Unity's arm.
UNITY
You say you've read his palms.
JANOS
Yes.
UNITY
Do he and I share these lines?
JANOS
Yes.
She pulls away from Janos and paces excitedly about the
bedroom.
UNITY
Then it's sealed. I must meet him.
50 INT. LIVING ROOM 50
The card game still in progress. The sound of a DOOR OPENING
draws Marie's attention to the bedroom.
Unity comes out, quite happily agitated. A moment later,
Janos steps out. He shrugs to Marie. Marie reaches into her
lap purse and pulls out a 50DM note and hands it to Putzi.
Putzi is confused but then Unity walks past the table. He
turns and sees a dejected Janos. Putzi LAUGHS and looks at
Marie.
Marie shrugs and smiles. The card game goes on.
CUT TO:
51 INT. KITCHEN - LATER THAT EVENING 51
Putzi is pouring himself a drink. Through the door and in
the living room can be seen Marie, Unity, Diana, Janos and a
few others in the midst of a spirited discussion. Janos gets
up and comes into the kitchen and also pours himself a drink.
PUTZI
Thank you.
JANOS
What for?
PUTZI
For underestimating the commitment of a
true virgin.
JANOS
The game is not yet over.
They salute each other and drink.
JANOS
How are things settling in at the
Reichstag?
PUTZI
To tell the truth, old friend, not well.
JANOS
von Ribbentrop?
PUTZI
"von"? Affected little prick! The
Fuhrer and I go all the way back to '23,
to the very genesis of the Party. I've
always been his eyes and ears outside
Germany. And now...Ribbentrop! Foreign
Minister over me! I tell you, Janos,
it's almost enough to kill your faith in
that Jew baiter's omnipotence.
Janos closes the door.
JANOS
Ribbentrop is a fool to the English.
PUTZI
He is a fool everywhere.
JANOS
That's as may be, but England must be
neutralized if the Fuhrer is to have his
way in the east. Ribbentrop cannot even
get in the front door of the House of
Lords. Without the support of that pack
of fools, England may well become a
threat.
PUTZI
Yes. But I don't see...
JANOS
If you want to get past von Ribbentrop,
you just have to open that door.
Janos pushes open the kitchen door and reveals Unity. She is
LECTURING the others.
It begins to dawn on Putzi.
PUTZI
Ahh, yes...
JANOS
She needs some cleaning up. Her German
must improve. But with the right
counsel, she can be of great help to our
cause.
PUTZI
An English heroine for the cause of
National Socialism.
JANOS
No. An English heroine for the cause of
Almasy and Hanfstaengl.
They both LAUGH and toast each other.
PUTZI
Yes. But you must tell me: What's in it
for you?
JANOS
My wife's family has extensive holdings
in Ploesti and Silesia. Oil and coal.
If we're on the right side of Hitler's
plans for the east, we stand to do very
well indeed. Never underestimate the
financial potential of total war.
PUTZI
But will she go for it. Do we tell her
or rely on her gullibility?
JANOS
Promise her everything, tell her nothing.
She's not gullible, she's in love. The
gullible can be fooled to a point. But
someone in love? The possibilities are
limitless.
They LAUGH.
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