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     65     EXT. BERCHTESGADEN - DAY                                   65



            All that is visible are the caps of the Bavarian Alps.  A

            bowling pin sails into the frame, twisting in perfect

            circles.  It falls back out of sight.  A second one comes

            into view and falls out as well.  



            We move down to reveal EVA BRAUN, a trim, muscular and apple

            cheeked pretty blond.  She is executing a series of gymnastic

            moves while juggling bowling pins.  



            EVA finishes her routine and bows.  Hitler, seated with his

            back to us, APPLAUDS.  Behind Hitler is Unity, age 33,

            sitting in her hospital bed on the terrace of Berchtesgaden. 

            She does not look happy.



            A bell RINGS.  It is the type attached to a shop door.  Unity

            looks toward the source of the sound.



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     66     INT. HOFFMAN'S PHOTO SHOP - A FEW DAYS LATER               66



            Jane and Unity enter the shop.  It is a small but decidedly

            upscale camera store.  Several impressive box cameras are

            displayed on the floor as well as in glass cases stretching

            to the ceiling. Seven or eight customers are looking at

            various items.



            Opposite the door is a long counter behind which stands Eva. 

            She is dancing, one hand over her head, and humming.  She is

            also glancing down at a magazine on the counter.  It is

            apparent that she is trying to mimic something on the page.



            Unity, clearly instigating, pushes Jane to the counter.

            Walking around the rim of the shop, Unity pretends to be

            looking at cameras but her real attention is on Eva and Jane.



                                EVA

                          (to Jane)

                      Good day, Fraulein.



                                JANE

                      Hello.



            Jane looks back to Unity who turns away.



                                EVA

                      Can I help you?



                                JANE

                      Yes...a roll of film, please.



                                EVA

                      What kind of film?



            Jane looks back to Unity.  Unity uses a hand gesture to say

            "movie film."



                                JANE

                      Movie film?



                                EVA

                      16mm or 8mm?  We have black and white and

                      some of the new Kodachrome color in both.



                                JANE

                      Just a minute.



            Jane goes to Unity.  The two of them have a QUIET ARGUMENT. 

            Eva watches this.



            Jane comes back, now with Unity in tow.  



                                JANE (cont'd)

                      I would like two double rolls of the 8mm

                      Kodachrome, please.



            Eva turns around and rummages through the film selection. 

            Unity looks down at the magazine.  She turns it around for a

            better look.



            A fan photo of Lillian Harvey.  She is in the dance position

            which Eva was mimicking.  The headline reads, "Der Grosse

            Filmschauspieler Lillian Harvey in "Der Kongress Tanzen"

            ("The great film star Lillian Harvey 'Congress Dances.'")



            Jane and Unity look at each other and Unity rolls her eyes. 

            Eva turns around with the film.



                                EVA

                      Twelve marks, five, please.



            Somehow the idea of actually paying for something doesn't

            seem to have come up in the plans.  Jane looks to Unity with

            some alarm.  Unity, exasperated, reaches into her purse and

            finds some money.  



            Eva takes the money and returns some change.



                                EVA (cont'd)

                          (to Jane)

                      Thank you.  Good day.



                                JANE

                      Good day.



            Unity and Jane turn and head for the door.



                                EVA

                      Good day to you, too, Fraulein Mitford.



            Shocked and not a little bit angered, Unity turns to Eva. 

            She advances and it is clear that she is on the verge of a

            blow up.  She speaks loudly and "triumphantly" enough for the

            whole shop to hear her.



                                UNITY

                      Lillian Harvey is a clumsy cow!



            "Victorious," Unity turns and stomps out of the shop.  The

            customers seem more than a little confused by this outburst.



            Eva smiles.



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     67     EXT. SCHWANENWERDER - A FEW DAYS LATER                     67



            This plays SILENT/SLOW MOTION.  Unity playing with the eight

            Goebbels children in a field of flowers.  She pretends to

            shoot them.  They all "drop dead" with overly dramatic play

            gestures.  Unity applauds.



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     68     EXT. PORCH OF SCHWANENWERDER - LATER THAT SAME DAY         68



            Schwanenwerder is the Goebbels' island home.  The porch is a

            long stone patio overlooking the lake at Wannsee and the

            mountains beyond.  Behind it, the large chalet of the

            Goebbels.



            There is an afternoon get-together in full swing.  Seated

            around a table are Janos and Marie, Putzi, Josef Goebbels and

            his wife, MAGDA.  Magda is elegant yet quite warm and

            approachable.  Also present is JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP. 

            Ribbentrop is short but well-enough proportioned so that one

            would not notice it.  He affects an air of learning and

            culture although possesses little beyond the pretense of

            these things.  A few other Party functionaries round out the

            group.



            Unity is off in the corner with the Goebbels children.  They

            are all wearing the various invented costumes of mythic

            characters - a dragon, a knight, a damsel, etc..  Unity is

            helping them to apply make-up.



                                GOEBBELS (TO THE GROUP)

                      I hope the wine is to your liking.



            GENERAL AGREEMENT on the quality of the wine.



                                PUTZI

                      What say you, Ribbentrop?  The wine up to

                      your usual exacting standards?



                                VON RIBBENTROP

                      Piquant, I'd say, with just a soupcon of

                      blush.



                                PUTZI

                      As much as a soupcon?!  I'd say only an

                      intimation.  Maybe even a hint!



            The group LAUGHS.  Von Ribbentrop is clearly angered by the

            sarcasm.  Before he has a chance to respond to the snickering

            Putzi, Goebbels rises for a toast.



                                GOEBBELS

                      Gentlemen...and ladies, to victory in the

                      east.



                                ALL

                      Victory.



            They drink.  Putzi calls for another toast.



                                PUTZI

                      To victory in the House of Lords...first.



                                ALL

                      Victory.



            Putzi gives a smirking glance to von Ribbentrop who realizes

            that he has just been insulted.  He puts down his glass.



                                VON RIBBENTROP

                      I must make my leave.  



                                GOEBBELS

                      You're not waiting for the Fuhrer?



                                VON RIBBENTROP

                      I must be about his business.  He will

                      understand.  Magda.



            He kisses her hand.



                                MAGDA

                      I'll show you out.



            Von Ribbentrop CLICKS HIS HEELS to the rest of the group and

            he and Magda exit.



                                GOEBBELS

                      Putzi, you must try to be more subtle in

                      your prejudices.



                                PUTZI

                      The man is a fool, Josef.



                                GOEBBELS

                      Yes, but he is our fool.



                                PUTZI

                      The eyes of the world will see...



                                GOEBBELS

                      ...what I put in front of them.  More

                      cognac?



            Magda enters from the house and crosses to Unity and the

            children.  Unity is painting a hideous face on one of the

            younger boys.  One of the older boys, JOSEF, JR. is filming

            the action with Unity's movie camera.



                                MAGDA

                      How is it going?



            Two of the children run to Magda and wrap themselves around

            her legs.  



                                UNITY

                      Almost done.  Show your mother how scary

                      you are.



            Unity turns the child so that Magda can see his make-up. 

            Magda clutches her heart as though the sight will kill her

            from fright.



                                MAGDA

                      Oh!  You'll scare me to death!



            Delighted, the boy runs around SCREAMING.



                                BOY

                      I almost killed Mama!  I almost killed

                      mama!  



                                MAGDA

                      All right, everybody in the house.  You

                      need to get ready for the Fuhrer.  Hurry

                      now!



            The children all run SCREAMING into the house.  Before

            running off, Josef, Jr. hands Unity the camera.



            Magda sits down next to Unity.  Both seem tired but happy.



                                MAGDA

                      The children love you.



                                UNITY

                      They're quite, quite wonderful, you know.



                                MAGDA

                      I know, but sometimes...



            Magda makes a mock strangling gesture and both LAUGH.



                                MAGDA (cont'd)

                      What about you?  Where are your children?



            Unity smiles and shrugs.  She looks to the table.



            The men are involved in conversation.



                                UNITY

                      Boys!



            The men look to her.  She begins filming them.  They make

            faces and wave.  Unity puts down the camera.



                                UNITY

                      What do you think of Eva Braun?



                                MAGDA

                      She's very...common.



            Both Unity and Magda LAUGH.



                                MAGDA

                      The Fuhrer is a man.  He enjoys the

                      presence of beautiful women.  



                                UNITY

                      Eva Braun isn't beautiful.  I don't even

                      think she's very pretty.



                                MAGDA

                      But she is athletic.  And she is a true

                      Aryan.  She is a woman for his future.



                                UNITY

                      I don't see...



                                MAGDA

                      Mein kleine liebchen, he enjoys you and

                      you must be happy with that.  If you can,

                      you will be the luckiest girl on earth.



                                UNITY

                      Luckiest?



                                MAGDA

                      He will never love what he fully

                      possesses.  



                                UNITY

                      But I can offer him more than that cow.



                                MAGDA

                      What can you offer him that he cannot get

                      for himself?



                                UNITY

                      England. 



                                MAGDA

                      Such a pretty girl.  Let me take your

                      picture.



            Magda takes the camera from Unity.  



            MAGDA'S POV



            Through the camera.  Unity draws up her knees and sits.  



                                ALL (O.C.)

                      Heil Hitler!



            Unity breaks into a big smile.



                                UNITY

                      Mein Fuhrer!



            She gets up and runs.  Magda follows the action with the

            camera.  Hitler is coming out of the back door with a few

            black suited SS men behind him.  As Unity reaches him, she

            stops and salutes.  He touches her face and she GIGGLES like

            a little girl.



            Magda puts down the camera and watches with some sympathy.



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     69     INT. LIVING ROOM, SCHWANENWERDER - LATER THAT EVENING      69



            There is a huge fireplace dominating the room and the

            children are using this as a proscenium arch for their

            theatre.  The adults are all seated around this.  Hitler is

            in the center on a large, comfortable straight-backed chair. 

            Unity is seated on the floor at his feet.



            The children are enacting a Teutonic myth of their own

            creation.  Josef, Jr. is playing the role of a knight errant

            while another plays the dragon and a third the damsel in

            distress.  The others play assorted townspeople CHEERING on

            the "battle."



                                JOSEF, JR.

                      No dragon can invade my town and destroy

                      the heart of my beautiful Heidi!



            The "dragon" ROARS and the "damsel" SCREAMS.  Josef, Jr.

            charges at the dragon.  He gives a few mock thrusts and

            whacks and the dragon falls dead.  The audience OOHS and AAHS

            and CHEERS.  Josef, Jr. raises his sword to the audience.



                                JOSEF, JR.

                      No danger is truly passed until we have

                      eaten the dragon!



            He pretends to plunge his sword into the dragon and pulls

            from its belly a red scarf.  He throws this to one of the

            children dressed as a dog who pretends to eat it.  Josef, Jr.

            reaches into a pocket of the dragon and pulls out some candy. 

            He throws some to the children and the rest to the audience. 

            All CHEER.  The children run off stage and kiss and hug the

            members of the audience.



                                HITLER

                      Most wonderful!  Have fun, children, and

                      learn from your play.

                          (rises)

                      Wonderful children!



            All APPLAUD.  Goebbels bows to Hitler while Magda curtsies.



                                MAGDA

                      Thank you, mein Fuhrer.  Children?  Thank

                      your Fuhrer.



                                CHILDREN

                      Thank you, mein Fuhrer!



                                MAGDA

                      Now, off to bed!



            The children run out of the room.  The group begins to ease

            into conversation mode.  Hitler reaches down and takes

            Unity's hand and helps her up.  He walks over to speak with

            Goebbels.  Putzi saunters over to Unity.



                                PUTZI

                      How goes the campaign, my dear?  Things

                      heating up on the western front?



                                UNITY

                      I don't know what you're talking about.



            She begins to walk away but Putzi cuts her off.



                                PUTZI

                      This evening, when you and the Fuhrer

                      take your nightly walk, I would

                      appreciate it if you could...



                                UNITY

                      Putzi, darling, please.  Our time is his

                      relaxation.  We only talk about things of

                      interest to the two of us.



                                PUTZI

                      Such as?



                                UNITY

                      Such as things of interest to the two of

                      us.  He's signaling me.  Ta.



            She exits.  Putzi watches her go and drains his drink.



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     70     EXT. WOODED AREA OF SCHWANENWERDER - A SHORT WHILE LATER   70



            Hitler and Unity are walking through the woods.  They are arm

            in arm.



                                HITLER

                      My belief is in the Aryan race as an

                      ideal.  The Nordic supreme.



                                UNITY

                      I suppose.  You've never been to England,

                      have you?



                                HITLER

                      No.  I do not speak enough English.  I

                      still need some for diplomacy's sake.



                                UNITY

                      It's a simple enough language.  German is

                      so much rougher.  English is gentle, more

                      controllable.



                                HITLER

                      The verbs give me great difficulty.



                                UNITY

                      It's all a matter of conjugating.  Repeat

                      after me:  He came...he has come...he

                      will come.  



                                HITLER

                      He came...he has come...he will come. 



                                UNITY

                      See, past, present and future. 



                                HITLER

                      He came...he has come...he will come. 



                                UNITY

                      Good, mein Fuhrer.  Now try this one:  He

                      saw...he sees...he has seen.



                                HITLER

                      He...



                                UNITY

                      He saw...he sees...he has seen.



                                HITLER

                      He saw...he sees...he has seen.



            Hitler smiles.  Unity pinches his arm.



                                UNITY

                      Very good.  Let's try another:  He

                      conquered...he conquers...he will

                      conquer.



            Hitler smiles, excited at the new game.



                                HITLER

                      He will conquers...



            Unity laughs.



                                UNITY

                      No, darling.  He conquered.



                                HITLER

                      He conquered.



                                UNITY

                      He conquers.



                                HITLER

                      He conquers.



                                UNITY

                      He will conquer.



                                HITLER

                      He will conquer.



                                UNITY

                      See, darling Fuhrer:  All you need do is

                      conjugate.



     71     INT. SCHWANENWERDER                                        71



            Janos and Putzi are watching from the second floor window as

            Unity and Hitler return from their walk.



                                JANOS

                      You mustn't worry.  Her cause is your

                      cause.



                                PUTZI

                      I'm not so sure.



                                JANOS

                      She's just a girl.  All that can come out

                      of her head is what you put there in the

                      first place.  Besides, he will hardly

                      turn to her for actual policy.  Why would

                      he?



            Janos LAUGHS at Putzi's naiveté.  Putzi looks out the window.



            Unity and Hitler, arm in arm.  She leans her head against his

            shoulder.



                                PUTZI

                      We serve his interests.  She serves his

                      conceit.  You tell me who's the more

                      powerful.  I don't know.



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     72     INT. HITLER'S APARTMENT IN MUNICH - NIGHT                  72



            Ornate and Teutonic, it is filled with art and statuary, all

            of it commemorating war and myth.  There is a grand piano

            which seems to be PLAYING itself.  Issuing from it is

            something suitably Wagnerian.  Hitler is SNORING on the sofa.



            Unity, age 33, is in her hospital bed at the far end of the

            room.  She is looking at Hitler.



                                UNITY

                      I know.  I was very silly about Eva but I

                      couldn't help it.  I'm just a girl and

                      jealous by nature.  How silly.  I know

                      she had your body but I have your soul. 

                      She may be yours of this earth, but I'll

                      be your reward beyond.  Darling, prop a

                      pillow under your head if you want to

                      stop snoring.



            In his half-sleep, Hitler grabs a pillow and places it under

            his head.  He stops SNORING.  Now, though, von Ribbentrop is

            sitting next to him and Putzi is PLAYING the piano.



            TITLE:



            "1937.  Munich"



            Von Ribbentrop is filing through his valise.



                                VON RIBBENTROP

                      Mein Fuhrer, it is imperative that we

                      have your approval on these communiqués.



            Hitler, his eyes still closed, waves his hand.



                                HITLER

                      I've just completed a three hour speech

                      at the Sportspalast.  Can this not wait

                      until morning?



                                VON RIBBENTROP

                      I would like this to be in Lord

                      Hammersley's hand not later than dawn. 

                      He will be ensconced in his grouse after

                      that.



            Unity enters with three filled cognac glasses on a tray.  She

            brings them to each.



                                HITLER

                      Unity?  Is Lord Hammersley a likely ear

                      for our cause?



                                UNITY

                      Not really.  His son was BYT but never

                      very political.  More Oxford than

                      Cambridge and the fruit never falls far

                      from that tree.



            Putzi stops playing.



                                PUTZI

                      If I might...



            Hitler opens one eye and shuts Putzi up with his stare. 

            Unity goes back out.  Hitler closes his eye.  Von Ribbentrop

            looks to make sure that Unity has left.



                                HITLER

                      Continue playing, Putzi.



                                VON RIBBENTROP

                      Mein Fuhrer, I must object.  Is Fraulein

                      Mitford your Foreign Minister or am I?



            Hitler opens his eyes, resigned to being awake.



                                HITLER 

                      My Foreign Minister is the person most

                      likely to provide for my international

                      needs and right now, those needs are in

                      England.  Good night, Ribbentrop.



            Seeing that he has been dismissed, von Ribbentrop has little

            choice but to leave.  



                                VON RIBBENTROP

                      I will speak to you in the morning, mein

                      Fuhrer.



            He gives a deep bow and exits.  Unity comes back in the room

            with some needlework and sits on the couch.  Hitler rises. 

            He speaks with mock seriousness.



                                HITLER

                      Unity, liebling, you must be careful. 

                      You have a powerful enemy in Herr von

                      Ribbentrop.



                                UNITY

                      Oh, my.



            Hitler IMITATES von Ribbentrop with deadly accuracy.  



                                HITLER

                      "I would like this to be in Lord

                      Hammersley's hand not later than dawn. 

                      He will be ensconced in his grouse after

                      that."  What does that mean!?  "Ensconced

                      in his grouse"?!  



            Unity delights in the joke.  Even Putzi has to bend a little

            since it is at von Ribbentrop's expense



                                HITLER

                      I must be off to bed.  Putzi, please

                      continue the concert for a few more

                      minutes.  Unity, please feel free to stay

                      the night in the guest room.  



            Hitler returns to his IMITATION of von Ribbentrop, complete

            with exaggerated bow.



                                HITLER

                      "I will speak to you in the morning, mein

                      freund und freundin!"



                                PUTZI AND UNITY

                      Good night, mein Fuhrer.



            Hitler exits to the bedroom.  After he is gone, Putzi signals

            Unity to sit next to him at the piano as he plays.  He plays 

            a bit more heavily and speaks quietly so as not to be heard.



                                PUTZI

                      Be very careful of von Ribbentrop.  Just

                      because he is a fool doesn't mean that he

                      is not a danger.  Sometimes, fools are

                      the greatest danger of all.



                                UNITY

                      The Fuhrer protects me.



                                PUTZI

                      You mustn't lionize the Fuhrer.  He is

                      powerful and therefore he is vulnerable.



                                UNITY

                      What do you mean by that?



                                PUTZI

                      He has made his share of foolish moves.



                                UNITY

                      Such as?



                                PUTZI

                      Building up his war machine in defiance

                      of Versaille.  All that tiresome Jew

                      baiting.  Worst of all, he's creating a

                      soldier cult.  Such things always rear

                      back on the leader.



                                UNITY

                      How dare you!  After all he's done for

                      you!  What you say is treasonous.



                                PUTZI

                      Unity, darling, criticism is not treason.



            Unity, furious, raises her hand to slap Putzi but he blocks

            the attempt.



                                PUTZI

                      Be careful, my dear, not to step on your

                      friends as you ascend the ladder.  You

                      may need them on the way down.



            He lets go of her hand and she backs down.  He continues

            playing.



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     73     INT. PUTZI'S APARTMENT - A FEW DAYS LATER                  73



            Putzi is lying in bed.  Next to him lies PUTZI'S FRIEND, the

            woman with whom he has chosen to spend the night.  The place

            looks like it has withstood a pretty good-sized party.



            The phone RINGS.  



            Putzi, waking from a deep slumber, picks it up.



                                PUTZI

                      Yes...where?...Where am I going?...What

                      the hell does he want me to do in

                      Spain?...All right.  I'll be there in an

                      hour.



            Putzi's Friend wakes up.



                                PUTZI'S FRIEND

                      What was that?



                                PUTZI

                      I'm sorry, my darling, but I must leave

                      you.



                                PUTZI'S FRIEND

                      Now?



                                PUTZI

                      When mein Fuhrer calls...

                          (he salutes)

                      Heil Hitler.



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     74     EXT. AIRPORT - A SHORT WHILE LATER                         74



            It is quite gray and drizzly.  A trimotor sits on the runway,

            it's ENGINES TURNING.  An SS COLONEL is standing by the

            plane's open door. He wears a long black leather trench coat

            and a snap-brim cap.



            A car pulls in and Putzi gets out.  He HEILS the Colonel who

            responds with a HEIL and a crisp salute.  He hands Putzi an

            attaché.  Putzi takes it and climbs aboard the plane.



            The Colonel looks around then steps behind the plane.  He

            signals.



            A personnel carrier drives up and out step three SS REGULARS,

            each carrying a rifle.  As the third one gets out, he reaches

            behind the front seat and pulls out a bulky parachute.  He

            then gets in line with the other two.



            The three SS Regulars get into the plane and the Colonel

            closes the door.  The plane taxis away as the Colonel walks

            back to the flight station.



     75     INT. FLIGHT STATION                                        75



            The Colonel goes to the counter.



                                SS COLONEL

                      Flight adjutant.



            The FLIGHT ADJUTANT, a rather callow young officer, enters.



                                FLIGHT ADJUTANT

                      Sir?



                                SS COLONEL

                      The passenger manifest on that Heinkel,

                      please.



            The Flight Adjutant files through a few clipboards and hands

            him the right one.  The SS Colonel looks at it.



                                SS COLONEL (cont'd)

                      This manifest is wrong.  It says four

                      passengers.  There are only three.



                                FLIGHT ADJUTANT

                      I'm sorry, sir, but the pilot just called

                      in the confirmation...



                                SS COLONEL

                      See to it that it is changed.



                                FLIGHT ADJUTANT

                      Sir?



                                SS COLONEL

                      Immediately.



                                FLIGHT ADJUTANT

                      Yes, sir.



            The SS Colonel walks out.

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