The Rocket Post (2004) Movie Script
THIS MOVIE IS BASED ON
A TRUE STORY
South England 1938
- Is it ready now?
- In a moment.
Sir Wilson Ramsay?
My name is Ilford.
Mr. Ilford.
You have to see it with your own eyes.
We live in an unstable time.
I think we're at war,
before two years have passed.
Maybe even before.
They sound the most,
as if you look forward to it.
Herr Hitler has become
interested in rockets.
Ergo Im interested in them.
He recalls all rocket scientists.
Until recently refused
"the country" to assist them.
Gerhard Zucher is one of them.
I want to hold on to him.
I hope you will be happy together.
Wait a minute, Heinz.
Zucher over there is an idealist.
He wants to help remote communities
by sending out mail rockets.
He must continue the research.
So now we just have to use
a secluded community.
That will be a big step forward
for the citizens. And thus for you.
It will bring respect to you.
Damn it too!
It looks like it's going to be dangerous
to go out after the morning post.
Perhaps.
and Scarp
Scotland
Serious silence too
our Honorable Member.
You don't belong here. I'm not
your member. Head home to Glasgow.
Nice cargo you have over there.
read in the moonlight.
If I see you in the moonlight,
I'll shoot you. You're a thief.
Don't believe everything,
what you hear.
You might
a bagpipe stuck in the ass?
- A lollipop?
- Thank you, Sir Wilson.
- Is it necessary now, Hector?
- She's not well, Sir Wilson.
Let's get started.
Goodmorning everybody.
I just returned from London,
where I have nurtured your interests.
- Phone!
- We want phones!
I have explained that the government does not
will pay when we are less than 100.
- Why do we pay so much tax?
- I can't conjure.
We only ask for what we need.
We need phones before winter.
I have something better for you guys.
Something ...
... unique,
which no other society has.
- What?
- Rockets!
What is he raving about?
He's gone from the mind.
Yes, Donald. Rockets.
Scarp has a reliable mail system,
which makes connection between the s.
Did you say ... rockets?
Yes, Hector. Rockets.
Well, like a rocket?
Is there a phone on it?
I'm not representing
flickering poachers.
You're not representing anyone.
Only yourself, your bloated balloon.
Who's going to operate the rockets?
When the researcher's experiments are complete,
one from one will be trained in it.
I've sent one out
to meet them.
Where do they come from?
- Yes, where do they come from?
- The ...
- Surely they're not English?
- No no.
- They're not English.
- N, but what are they?
They are German.
I hope you will welcome them.
Catherine!
Your uncle is a good man,
but temperamental.
- You entered the university?
- Yes. I'm leaving for the fall.
- It won't be the same without you.
- You have plans for change?
You're a quick girl. Too quick to
milking for the rest of life.
- But education costs money.
- Yes, it does.
Your father's house has been empty
Long now, hasn't it?
What does it have to do
with my education?
I'll have to
to accommodate them somewhere.
I pay you well.
It's possible,
But Uncle Angus will be against it.
Do you want to live in the past just like him,
or do you want to think about your future?
So we say it.
- Are you coming home, Doctor?
- I happened to come by.
Thank you.
- That's the only thing people talk about.
- Yes.
It can't be easy for you.
No.
I wrote to the camp in Edinburgh.
I might be teaching there.
Why did you write to them?
Because Edinburgh
is closer to the university.
You never said,
you would like to teach.
- I'd better see ahead.
- When will I see you again?
I have to get ready, if now the Germans
bursts itself into the air.
- Tomorrow morning?
- See you tomorrow.
So we're ahead, boys.
Let me be the first
and certainly also the last -
- welcome you
here to the s.
Large Delete.
- That's fine, Heinz.
- Yeah, but we don't belong here.
Welcome, mr. ... Zucher.
And mr. Dombrowski.
I don't want to ask if it was one
pleasant journey. Travel is expensive.
I can understand your equipment
arriving by ship from Glasgow?
Well well. You see it.
I've found accommodation for you.
So this isn't Scarp?
No, this is not a shame Scarp.
This is where your rocket will land.
Scarp is on the other side of the water.
Mr. MacLeod sails you out there.
N, but ...
... now I will let you on.
- Take it to the fish pond.
- Yes, sir.
N, boys before we leave,
should we have a little dram.
Hi, Sheila.
She loves to swim.
Good day. My name is Catherine MacKay.
Mr. Dombrowsky.
And that's Mr. Zucher. Rocket Scientist.
You're probably the first German
ever at Scarp.
Wonder why ...
I'll show you to the house.
Follow me.
See you at the fire, boys.
It's the living room.
Over there is the kitchen.
But I cook for you guys.
The bedroom is in there.
Frulein, where's ...
Where do we ...
If we have to ...
There is water out the back.
And the waste is kept in the sea.
You will probably find the right one.
- Yes ... if we were pigs!
- Take it easy, Heinz.
Should I take it easy?
After all, it's a hole in the ground!
I can't live like that!
Sorry, but this
was my childhood home!
It keeps the wind and rain out and is
much better than sleeping outdoors!
If you have several complaints, correct them
to those who have sent you out here.
Translate what I said.
Goodbye.
My Goodness.
They are crazy, the Germans.
Where are you running, everyone?
Mr. Zucher!
- What on earth was he doing?
- He stood looking at you.
What did you do?
- We looked at him.
- Look at you.
- Mr. Zucher?
- Sorry.
- So they all speak English?
- He's getting a real dent!
I am afraid of,
I have been disrespectful.
- Oh my god. Should I d?
- We're going back to the house.
Sorry.
- Do you have any experience with that?
- Have you?
- There's not even a doctor here.
- It's only a few stitches.
- It's a disaster.
- Keep your mouth shut, Heinz.
Their manners sound a lot
back to wish, mr. Zucher.
Yes. I regret.
So, that's fine.
- Thanks.
- Yes, thank you very much, Miss MacKay.
- It was so.
- We have to concentrate on the rocket.
- Our house is ...
- Came.
- Where are you going?
- To Glasgow.
- How do we get the crates up?
- That's not my problem. PJ-PJ.
- Could you help us?
- You need a horse.
As you can see, we have no horse!
- No, but it has Angus.
- Who?
Angus. He said you had to borrow
his horse, if you need it.
Well. Where's the horse?
It stays on his top.
Right on the other side of the hill.
- Well. Thanks.
- A pleasure to help you.
Wait here, Heinz.
Yes, good horse.
- Can you get off, you prince!
- Damn, too!
Angus has said I must borrow the horse.
It's me that's Angus!
Sorry. I want to fire my rocket
within two days. From here to Harris.
So I must have moved my equipment.
- What's going on here?
- I need a horse.
- That's not my problem.
- We pay for it.
- I don't want your money.
- They can be used for something?
The house needs painting.
You've been talking about this for several months.
She's yours. For once paint.
- Thanks.
- Brushes are behind.
- Do you want me to paint the house?
- Yes. And your great little friend.
- In what color?
- White.
Is it so bad then?
Do you think I'm angry,
because I have to paint his house?
I'm angry because you're making
yourselves as kind people,
- but want money for everything.
I've swallowed my pride
to raise funds for the research.
I paint the house, the horse leans,
firing the rocket and traveling my way.
- We have to pay.
- How much?
- Our dignity.
- How are you doing?
The paint is easier to apply
with a brush -
- than with your ass.
Watch out, Heinz!
They don't last the week.
I can't stand it!
They eat me alive!
F them to shut up!
- Do you paint like that in Germany?
- Yes, of course.
A pleasure to trade with you.
Come on, Heinz.
Mr. Zucher,
I'm really sorry.
I just heard,
why you painted the house.
- They painted his roof ...
- Yes.
It should never have happened.
I want to look strictly at those people,
- who have taken advantage
Their friendly and generous nature.
Scientists ... We are being treated
like ordinary workers.
But now we can get started.
What are we doing here?
We shouldn't be here at all.
- If Germany hears about ...
- How did they get to know about it?
There are no phones on it. They know
not that the First World War is over.
There is nothing to say,
they don't like us.
Good night, Heinz.
Damn it too!
- Should I help you, mr. Zucher?
- No, not at all.
- Let it be.
- They mustn't be here.
But the rocket has to be fired after all. Or
will you sit here for the rest of the day?
Do not worry.
It does not cost anything.
Mr. Zucher?
- What do you say to that crap?
- It's impressive.
The impressive thing is,
that I had it in my pants.
- Davs, my ts.
- Davs, Jimmy.
Jimmy is homeless.
The fish is his rent.
If he comes with food,
give him lodging for one night.
- Well, then.
- Good day.
I have potatoes for you.
For the stove.
- Thank you.
- My boys would like to meet you.
My name is James.
I'm nine years old.
My name is Paul.
I'm nine years old.
My name is Gerhard and I'm 32 years old.
It's nice to meet you.
The whole Scarp talks about you.
They have respect for it,
to the dirt.
- Sorry?
- The one who grabs.
There you can see, Heinz.
It wasn't in vain.
They have a funny accent.
Where are they from?
From Glasgow. I worked
like welding at a shipyard.
The best ships in the world
ssttes from Clyde.
That's right enough.
When to launch the rocket?
We need to assemble the firing ramp
and the rest of the rocket. So we're ready.
- That hunger is not at all uneven.
- Yes, I must say.
That hunger is by no means ineffective.
- Good morning, Donald.
- Great day, Thomas.
How's the guest doing?
They are not afraid
making fun of yourself.
But if they were,
Did you give them a hand?
I do not fail the front.
Miss MacKay? I would like to
thank you for the breakfast.
- I get a loan for it.
- I know.
I always have this with me.
But it's not big enough anymore,
s They must have it.
It's a telescope.
It is beautiful.
- Thank you very much.
- Well.
N, but we'll see you tomorrow.
Yes. Yes, see you tomorrow.
You close it here. And here.
- Well, what can I help?
- Come here, mr. Roach.
- Good day.
- Hi Thomas.
I have to look to the Germans,
So I'll visit you on the road.
So you come to see me?
I hear after all,
that mr. Zucher has painted the house.
- Where did you get this?
- It's a gift from mr. Zucher.
- A peace offering.
- Really? It was fine then.
I must see to move on.
See you, Cathy.
It is fun. They have nothing.
But you almost understand,
why they stay.
Almost, but not quite.
- Always so scientific.
- So are you, Gerhard.
OHJ!
- How is the work progressing?
- Good, Sir Wilson.
If that landlord bothers you,
can I get him shot.
Jump off, you stupid fascist!
Is Sir Wilson fascist?
No, it was just to get him.
He's an old idiot.
Mr. Zucher?
Doctor McKinnon.
Excuse me for interrupting.
Sir Wilson asked me to look to you. We have
Very valuable foreign guests.
I lost all my dignity yesterday.
Today I am just foreign.
- I hear you fell?
- It was nothing.
I just take a look at it,
if you don't mind.
What is a German scientist doing?
right out here?
I like to travel
and experience new cultures.
So I can almost figure out,
They are not a member of the Nazi Party.
I'm a scientist.
I build rockets.
- Cathy has done just fine.
- Well.
Do you look forward to it?
to return home?
Yes, of course.
Now I don't have to bother anymore.
It was nice to meet you.
Good evening, Miss MacKay.
- It's a beautiful evening.
- Yes.
It is such a thought that the same
sun goes down over Germany.
- Do you miss your homeland?
- I miss my family.
Your wife and children?
I saw the picture in your room.
No, it's my sister's teacher
and her children.
I'm not married.
- Are they?
- No.
Thomas ... Doctor McKinnon and I
have known each other for a long time.
Ever since we were children.
When I was a child,
my dad gave me this telescope.
We stood night after night
and look up into the sky.
One fine day ... will man
travel up to the stars in rockets.
- And go on the man.
- G p the mons? Why?
Everyone else is asking "how."
It's easier to answer why.
When we dream,
we look up at the stars.
They inspire and guide us
to feel that anything is possible.
Everything. That was why,
I wanted to build rockets.
This firing
means everything to you, right?
Jo.
What are you looking at right now?
Whales.
- Great creatures.
- Yes they are.
- They are actually talking.
- Yeah, I've read that.
I have also read that some believe,
that we are reborn as animals.
- Even whales.
- Reincarnation?
The actions of this life
determines one's state in the near future.
I hope I get reborn
like a bird. And so.
So I can come and go,
as I want.
What would you be like,
if you could choose for yourself?
I probably don't think ...
You don't need that either.
It is just for fun.
Well, then.
Well I think ...
- A monkey.
- No.
- Why do you say monkey?
- It was only a suggestion.
How about a worm?
No. I'll probably pick one myself.
So I think,
that I wanted to be an eagle ...
- so I don't want to be alone,
when I get reborn.
Everything is clear now, Gerhard.
Well. Well.
I'm waiting inside the house.
Certainly a weasel.
Where can you forget,
that your father died fighting them?
And your mother died of grief over it.
Emerged! Emerged!
- When do you see us?
- On the beach.
- Who asked you to spy on me?
- None. We think it's fun.
What is it for?
It shows,
which way the wind blows.
- When can we see the rocket?
- We fire it for dinner.
The rocket!
He's firing the rocket!
The rocket!
He's firing the rocket!
The rocket!
He's firing the rocket!
The rockets, Donald!
- The rockets, Donald!
- What's wrong with you, boy?
- Have you never seen a rocket before?
- Maybe you have?
No. Let's see how to get started.
We'll be late.
- Now the circus is coming to town.
- Whoa?
You see one of the 20th century
greatest inventors.
He will stand in the history books
side by side with Marconi and Edison.
The hero of the year, Gerhard Zucher.
Here you have him.
Here's the great inventor.
Another picture, mr. Zucher.
It is mr. Alex Miln.
He is American.
- Me and yours, mr. Zucher.
- Miln is renting a room at the castle.
He is an ornithologist.
I take pictures of birds.
- Don't you have birds in America?
- Yes, but not the species they have here.
I can imagine.
Mr. Zucher, God bless you!
God bless you all!
I have prayed to God for good weather.
Now I want to bless your rocket.
- They won't bless my rocket.
- Aren't you a believing man?
I have to reveal it first.
S m They bless it.
- Please stay away.
- Step back!
Don't touch the rocket.
Gentlemen!
M we ask for good peace and order!
You will now be so kind
to put you behind the stones there, please.
- Go over there.
- Thanks.
P Clyde we always beat
a bottle of champagne against the cold.
There may be something about it.
Postie! Postie MacLeod!
- Did you get out of your mind?
- I'll pay you back later.
God bless this moment -
- and all,
which sends mail out with her.
- He doesn't.
- I don't dare look at it at all.
Those were expensive kills.
The first postal mail ever
sent out with rocket.
With a special postmark
in today's occasion.
Thanks.
I'll be back soon.
Mr. Searching ...
... will you send me this letter?
Why are you giving her
not just the letter?
Well ... You know ...
Thanks.
Keep distance!
- Is everything as it should be?
- I just wish him luck.
Five ...
... four ...
... three ...
... thaw ...
... and.
Gerhard!
Came. We'll help you out.
Now we bring you home, mr. Zucher.
Well it was excellent after all.
I am responsible for this failure.
- What about mr. Zucher?
- Yeah, what about him?
So, yes.
Lb so, you old idiot.
He should probably get well again.
He is resting.
How long?
We have spare parts. Two days.
I meant you.
How long?
- How long?
- I'm a patriot, Mr. Zucher.
I've been assisting you for five years
and followed you around Europe.
- There was no other way out.
- It's there now!
If we return home now,
we are being hailed as inventors.
Not like second-rate engineers.
- Why is it so important to you?
- Germany is a powerful nation again.
I refuse to let go of my country.
- Are you talking about failing?
- People here hate us, Gerhard!
Out with you.
Out with you!
Heinz!
Come back!
Mr. Zucher, is everything okay?
Mr. Zucher?
It is no use
to hurt oneself.
Don't have eyes on your head? It was
my life's work. I've lost everything.
No. They are wrong.
There are people here,
who has lost everything.
It is them,
who has no eyes in his head.
Well, so the other prizes are slipped.
No wonder it broke.
Watch that riveting.
This is firing ground on Clyde.
- You can do better.
- I never thought you'd ask.
Give me a flame,
and I am a true artist.
You get a loan.
Can you work according to drawings?
No. All the ships I've built,
was just pure luck.
- We need lubricating oil.
- We need a good deal.
- Do you have a ramp hidden in your arm?
- One problem at a time.
- That's where our biggest problem comes.
- Good morning.
Where and when
can be expected ...
- What is it?
- What?
How did it end up there?
I have no idea,
who put it in my pocket.
It was the kill! Leave the one!
I do not tolerate poachers.
Mr. Roach is not a poacher,
he is my engineer.
- You don't mean that seriously?
- It's your job to support me.
So far, everything has been
quite critical.
They can ask me anything.
Unless everything on this list is correct
on the pier the day after tomorrow, I travel.
- Is that understood?
- Did you get it?
It would take several weeks to obtain!
It is impossible.
They often strike people flat,
but I do not find myself in it.
Bye, Sir Wilson.
Have you never considered
to run for parliament?
You would get my vote.
And he prevails.
- Wait! What do you want to do?
- The animal should not suffer.
- Move them.
- No.
- Move them.
- No, I said.
- Move them!
- No!
Do not interfere with our customs.
- The whale has come to die.
- It's still young. Don't kill it.
No, Uncle Angus! We can save it!
Don't you want to save it?
Good so.
But we don't need any help from him.
Yes, we do.
We need the horse.
Get started.
Hold the horse, Cathy.
- We'll pull it out.
- What is he doing?
- Tie it to the other side.
- Hold tight.
Zucher!
On horses, Cathy.
Carefully ride out into the water.
- Come here.
- Careful.
- Holding the rope?
- Yes.
- The rope is tight, Cathy!
- Trk!
- It doesn't.
- Trk!
Don't just st there!
Can't you see it there?
Are you crazy? I shouldn't be soaked
for the sake of a whale.
You charge a German
do a scott's job?
One two Three! Trk!
Keep going!
Good, mr. Zucher.
Our dinner is swimming.
- Are you unharmed?
- Yes.
What about the young man?
You don't have to
eat all that without potatoes.
A good way to end the day.
Wash the whale.
Hi guys,
there will be another one tomorrow.
Whimsical fun day.
Who would have thought
that we would share a bottle?
I wanted to bid you a glass.
But I couldn't find any
places here that sold arsenic.
You are a man,
who are used to thinking ahead.
- You always think a step forward.
- Yes. And what then?
What do you think,
it will happen to you and Cathy?
Do you still think you're here for a year?
In five years?
- No.
- No.
Because you don't belong here.
And Cathy doesn't belong in your country.
I promise you,
that nothing has happened.
You've probably discovered,
that she has fallen for you.
And if I'm not mistaken,
did you fall for her ...
So before anything happens,
mr. Zucher, -
- you should use something
your German thought on my niece.
It's a beautiful evening
to look at stars in.
I'll have to
to get some sleep.
There's a lot of work yet,
if the rocket is to be in the air.
- Good night, Catherine.
- Good night.
Whatever you said to him,
it had the desired effect.
It is a free country.
I can say whatever I want.
Do you think I could do it?
the same in his country?
If he really loved you,
I probably couldn't keep him away.
How's Thomas doing?
Its so beautiful.
It was now easier
to f phone.
Letters cannot be sent
over the phone.
- No, you can not.
- Now we're just missing a ramp.
Guess we could get her up
within Cel.
- So there was something to celebrate.
- What is Cel?
It's a ball.
One night in the year where the church
looking through his fingers with the booze.
Everyone comes to that ball.
Well ... I'm not anyway
the great dancer.
There's something I need to investigate
down the beach. See you later.
There's a bottle of booze in the house.
Just take off if ...
Gladly.
You can't let go fast enough
off with me, huh?
- Did you come up with anything?
- Leave me alone.
- Why?
- My uncle is right.
You do not like me.
It was stupid of me to believe.
That's not true.
I care a lot about you.
You only say that to get me
to stop crying.
No, believe me.
I really love you very much.
What are you saying?
It ... I ...
What?
I only think of you
and I forget.
I forget all the little things
as people remember on their way.
you are everything to me
- It is not fun.
- I know.
But I'm a German after all.
I don't think anything is funny.
But I love you.
But will you always love me?
- Will you stay with me?
- Yes. Yes.
No, you won't.
Now the post should go out.
Get it up to fly, mr. Zucher.
Get it up to fly.
I need more lube oil.
You can use it here.
Krnemlk.
Thanks.
Just give a signal now, mr. MacLeod.
Then the rocket will be fired soon.
- It's beach damage, mr. Miln.
- Yes I know.
- When does Zucher fire again?
- Soon. But don't wait too much.
No. I'd better
leave.
I didn't think you were coming.
I didn't either.
What are you waiting for?
Fire it off.
See! That's the rocket!
See! There comes the rocket!
My Goodness.
He succeeded.
I knew it.
It's amazing! Unbelievable!
It's ... Look for coverage!
I have always known,
it would succeed for you.
Come on, smile at the photographer.
He's a good boy, Angus.
She could find one,
there was much worse.
If you ask me, this is the bird man
far more suspicious.
- Hi.
- Not late, Thomas.
- Well, so the rocket came flying?
- Yes.
Did you get that letter,
I sent with the first rocket?
No.
It was probably one of them that burned.
- What was it?
- Oh, you know. A little bit of each.
Come on, you two.
We are missing you for an eight man tour.
Congratulations.
Thanks.
Well, but it is now,
You reveal what you really want?
I can help you further
this. You get exactly what you want.
- I have what I want.
- Here?
They probably also speak German for a year,
So you'll quickly feel at home.
Hitler has big plans, after all.
Don't you want it at all?
I just want to build rockets.
Mr. Colt also wanted to
build hands.
They aren't stupid after all.
The United States is the country of the future.
We invest in good ideas.
They can complete your research ...
... and we will not send you
to the end of the world.
What would you use my research for?
Does it make any difference?
Yes, you see ... mr. Miln.
It makes a difference to the world.
Have you seen Gerhard ...
mr. Zucher?
He's gone for a walk.
He has a lot to think about.
- Did he feel good?
- Yes Yes. It's a nice .
But for a man like him ...
it's just a springboard.
You just need to know,
that it's okay.
What?
I have eyes in my head, Cathy.
Zucher has opened your heart more
a couple of weeks than I have for several years.
You're a pretty special girl.
You should know ...
... that I understand well.
I'm a patriot, Mr Zucher.
- She's fallen for you
- Hitler has big plans.
Use your German thought.
p my niece.
- If we go home ...
- They probably also speak German for a year.
- Nightmares?
- Who's there?
Take it easy.
I am Captain von Struge.
I have received orders
to meet you here.
Their assistant, Heinz Dombrowsky,
told the embassy in London, -
- that a correspondence
would be useful.
That's my order
to bring you to Berlin.
I can't believe that.
The driver can't believe
that you still serve the English.
We are not at war, Captain.
I have not come to discuss
with them. Pack all your research.
We sail in five minutes.
And if I don't want to?
So I have other orders.
I can't just travel.
I have to say goodbye.
There's no time for feelings.
Where's the rocket? Their research?
The rocket is on Harris.
My research is here in the suitcase.
- Follow me.
- I want to see passports!
- Have you ever shot a man?
- Yes. In 1917.
There were eight.
All Germans.
- Shoot him at three.
- I can't recommend that.
Situations like this are addressed
as an international episode.
- Only if there are witnesses.
- Jimmy! The man needs witnesses.
How many does he want?
I have come to escort
Mr. Zucher home. That's all.
Would you like to go home?
If you do not come now,
it will never be your home again.
- I will be here.
- Well.
Jimmy! Escort these gentlemen
out into neutral waters.
Well, Frulein, you will
ask your men to take action?
Came. Came!
Scrub back where you come from.
I watched them add up. It was
probably not a social party.
- You can speak German.
- Yes.
You are welcome to
to move in with us.
Otherwise, thank you, mr. MacKay.
Just call me Angus.
- I switched to it.
- What do you have to give in exchange?
I said, "Hit the coat,
or you get a bullet in the neck. "
What is it now?
It's flowers.
Didn't your uncle tell you?
I will be here.
I'll stay here with you.
Where I belong.
Are you sure?
What is it?
I have never ...
I haven't either.
What are you thinking?
I thought if I use now
a longer grenade shell ...
No, seriously.
What were you thinking?
I think you are very beautiful.
- Ramsay.
- Sir Wilson, this is Ilford
The German embassy has told
the Prime Minister on our little scam.
We have no scam then.
When the prime minister is not
informed, it is considered a scam.
Mr. Chamberlain has ordered
everyone is pending.
- Isn't he informed?
- Now don't be so naive.
Can you return the last shipment,
which was sent to the young Zucher?
Sir Wilson?
Unfortunately, this is not possible.
Zucher already got it.
- He's working on a new rocket.
- Damn, too!
Get him to call.
There is no phone on Scarp.
- London will stop your research.
- Why?
Who knows? They fucking officials.
Ilford asked me to return the shipment.
- So I'm done.
- Now don't rush.
The broadcast came last night.
Get it whenever you want.
Otherwise, he can retrieve it himself. But
he probably won't go up in Donald's dinghy.
A good id with the lights.
Well, I'm going again.
- I don't hit my citizens.
- Thanks.
That is it,
they call electric light.
Tonight.
N ... gentlemen, I think,
You've got plenty today.
You're not stopping now?
You, alas ...
Don't think about me and Jimmy.
We still have several hours left.
Well. But I ...
- You're not in a hurry, are you?
- No no.
Well.
I have something important,
as I will show you.
Well.
See. So you come to the chalk house.
Yes. It's her life dish.
I do not know,
what to say.
You don't have to say anything.
- Get rid of you.
- Well.
Angus, I want to assure you,
that I have real intentions.
Do you think you still had all yours?
Light up if I didn't think so?
No. I do not think.
It seems to,
that you have acquired new interests.
It's a waste of time, Heinz.
I'm not going back.
- Is that your final decision?
- Yes.
That is my final decision.
It'll probably be comforting
for your sister and her family.
Excuse me?
They have already been arrested.
I have to promise you that they will stay
Please leave if you return.
This has nothing
with them to do.
I know. But it will
get you to join me now.
Where do you want to know it?
It's not something I enjoy.
It is my duty.
- Where do you want to know it?
- Let it be.
- They take advantage of you.
- You're underestimating me.
- No, you underestimate them.
- I see no other way out.
I know.
What about the rocket?
You are my assistant now.
Catherine ...
she must understand that ...
That's my sister.
And her child.
She'll understand that.
- You're coming back.
- Yes, I do.
I made it here last night.
You must have it.
When you come again,
I want to teach you how to use it.
Thanks. Thanks, Angus.
It's been a pleasure
to get to know you.
Good luck.
- Stop him, Uncle!
- Don't you want to calm down sooner?
Don't leave me!
Don't you want to calm down sooner?
Don't leave me.
They are known guilty of fraud.
They have developed technology that could
be used against the Third Reich.
They are doomed to death.
I only turned to the British,
because the German government -
- I refused funds.
They are doomed to death.
But ...
... it is my duty to inform
Tell them you have a choice.
Times are changing,
and we need scientists.
In return for your cooperation
all charges will be waived.
And by cooperation, you mean
armor for war?
I work for improvement
for humanity.
Not its destruction.
I repeat ...
It's your choice.
So I have no choice.
I don't want to work for war.
N ...
... how long do I have?
G!
Right.
- It's not necessary.
- They surprise me, Mr Zucher.
At times, I surprise myself.
Sharing!
Clear!
Aim!
Shoot!
If he's gone, Cathy ...
... then it happened that way,
as we all hope.
With a clear conscience.
I know.
This has come to you.
It is stamped in Germany.
- You're leaving now?
- Yes.
- Now, take good care of yourself.
- I'll do that.
You didn't do it.
She has left.
"Dear Catherine."
No one is daring me.
As the hours run out,
I feel neither fear nor sorrow
My heart is full,
- and my soul is strong.
I'm the luckiest man in the world.
I was allowed to love higher,
than I had dreamed. Thank you.
Go out and live life, my dear.
Be free as the bird.
Gerhard. "
During World War II, 1000
rocket scientists executed in Germany.
In 1947 it became the first telephone
installed on Scarp.
In 1969, the first man went to the moon.
Dedicated to Stephen Whittaker's memory
Born 1947
Taken from us in 2003
A TRUE STORY
South England 1938
- Is it ready now?
- In a moment.
Sir Wilson Ramsay?
My name is Ilford.
Mr. Ilford.
You have to see it with your own eyes.
We live in an unstable time.
I think we're at war,
before two years have passed.
Maybe even before.
They sound the most,
as if you look forward to it.
Herr Hitler has become
interested in rockets.
Ergo Im interested in them.
He recalls all rocket scientists.
Until recently refused
"the country" to assist them.
Gerhard Zucher is one of them.
I want to hold on to him.
I hope you will be happy together.
Wait a minute, Heinz.
Zucher over there is an idealist.
He wants to help remote communities
by sending out mail rockets.
He must continue the research.
So now we just have to use
a secluded community.
That will be a big step forward
for the citizens. And thus for you.
It will bring respect to you.
Damn it too!
It looks like it's going to be dangerous
to go out after the morning post.
Perhaps.
and Scarp
Scotland
Serious silence too
our Honorable Member.
You don't belong here. I'm not
your member. Head home to Glasgow.
Nice cargo you have over there.
read in the moonlight.
If I see you in the moonlight,
I'll shoot you. You're a thief.
Don't believe everything,
what you hear.
You might
a bagpipe stuck in the ass?
- A lollipop?
- Thank you, Sir Wilson.
- Is it necessary now, Hector?
- She's not well, Sir Wilson.
Let's get started.
Goodmorning everybody.
I just returned from London,
where I have nurtured your interests.
- Phone!
- We want phones!
I have explained that the government does not
will pay when we are less than 100.
- Why do we pay so much tax?
- I can't conjure.
We only ask for what we need.
We need phones before winter.
I have something better for you guys.
Something ...
... unique,
which no other society has.
- What?
- Rockets!
What is he raving about?
He's gone from the mind.
Yes, Donald. Rockets.
Scarp has a reliable mail system,
which makes connection between the s.
Did you say ... rockets?
Yes, Hector. Rockets.
Well, like a rocket?
Is there a phone on it?
I'm not representing
flickering poachers.
You're not representing anyone.
Only yourself, your bloated balloon.
Who's going to operate the rockets?
When the researcher's experiments are complete,
one from one will be trained in it.
I've sent one out
to meet them.
Where do they come from?
- Yes, where do they come from?
- The ...
- Surely they're not English?
- No no.
- They're not English.
- N, but what are they?
They are German.
I hope you will welcome them.
Catherine!
Your uncle is a good man,
but temperamental.
- You entered the university?
- Yes. I'm leaving for the fall.
- It won't be the same without you.
- You have plans for change?
You're a quick girl. Too quick to
milking for the rest of life.
- But education costs money.
- Yes, it does.
Your father's house has been empty
Long now, hasn't it?
What does it have to do
with my education?
I'll have to
to accommodate them somewhere.
I pay you well.
It's possible,
But Uncle Angus will be against it.
Do you want to live in the past just like him,
or do you want to think about your future?
So we say it.
- Are you coming home, Doctor?
- I happened to come by.
Thank you.
- That's the only thing people talk about.
- Yes.
It can't be easy for you.
No.
I wrote to the camp in Edinburgh.
I might be teaching there.
Why did you write to them?
Because Edinburgh
is closer to the university.
You never said,
you would like to teach.
- I'd better see ahead.
- When will I see you again?
I have to get ready, if now the Germans
bursts itself into the air.
- Tomorrow morning?
- See you tomorrow.
So we're ahead, boys.
Let me be the first
and certainly also the last -
- welcome you
here to the s.
Large Delete.
- That's fine, Heinz.
- Yeah, but we don't belong here.
Welcome, mr. ... Zucher.
And mr. Dombrowski.
I don't want to ask if it was one
pleasant journey. Travel is expensive.
I can understand your equipment
arriving by ship from Glasgow?
Well well. You see it.
I've found accommodation for you.
So this isn't Scarp?
No, this is not a shame Scarp.
This is where your rocket will land.
Scarp is on the other side of the water.
Mr. MacLeod sails you out there.
N, but ...
... now I will let you on.
- Take it to the fish pond.
- Yes, sir.
N, boys before we leave,
should we have a little dram.
Hi, Sheila.
She loves to swim.
Good day. My name is Catherine MacKay.
Mr. Dombrowsky.
And that's Mr. Zucher. Rocket Scientist.
You're probably the first German
ever at Scarp.
Wonder why ...
I'll show you to the house.
Follow me.
See you at the fire, boys.
It's the living room.
Over there is the kitchen.
But I cook for you guys.
The bedroom is in there.
Frulein, where's ...
Where do we ...
If we have to ...
There is water out the back.
And the waste is kept in the sea.
You will probably find the right one.
- Yes ... if we were pigs!
- Take it easy, Heinz.
Should I take it easy?
After all, it's a hole in the ground!
I can't live like that!
Sorry, but this
was my childhood home!
It keeps the wind and rain out and is
much better than sleeping outdoors!
If you have several complaints, correct them
to those who have sent you out here.
Translate what I said.
Goodbye.
My Goodness.
They are crazy, the Germans.
Where are you running, everyone?
Mr. Zucher!
- What on earth was he doing?
- He stood looking at you.
What did you do?
- We looked at him.
- Look at you.
- Mr. Zucher?
- Sorry.
- So they all speak English?
- He's getting a real dent!
I am afraid of,
I have been disrespectful.
- Oh my god. Should I d?
- We're going back to the house.
Sorry.
- Do you have any experience with that?
- Have you?
- There's not even a doctor here.
- It's only a few stitches.
- It's a disaster.
- Keep your mouth shut, Heinz.
Their manners sound a lot
back to wish, mr. Zucher.
Yes. I regret.
So, that's fine.
- Thanks.
- Yes, thank you very much, Miss MacKay.
- It was so.
- We have to concentrate on the rocket.
- Our house is ...
- Came.
- Where are you going?
- To Glasgow.
- How do we get the crates up?
- That's not my problem. PJ-PJ.
- Could you help us?
- You need a horse.
As you can see, we have no horse!
- No, but it has Angus.
- Who?
Angus. He said you had to borrow
his horse, if you need it.
Well. Where's the horse?
It stays on his top.
Right on the other side of the hill.
- Well. Thanks.
- A pleasure to help you.
Wait here, Heinz.
Yes, good horse.
- Can you get off, you prince!
- Damn, too!
Angus has said I must borrow the horse.
It's me that's Angus!
Sorry. I want to fire my rocket
within two days. From here to Harris.
So I must have moved my equipment.
- What's going on here?
- I need a horse.
- That's not my problem.
- We pay for it.
- I don't want your money.
- They can be used for something?
The house needs painting.
You've been talking about this for several months.
She's yours. For once paint.
- Thanks.
- Brushes are behind.
- Do you want me to paint the house?
- Yes. And your great little friend.
- In what color?
- White.
Is it so bad then?
Do you think I'm angry,
because I have to paint his house?
I'm angry because you're making
yourselves as kind people,
- but want money for everything.
I've swallowed my pride
to raise funds for the research.
I paint the house, the horse leans,
firing the rocket and traveling my way.
- We have to pay.
- How much?
- Our dignity.
- How are you doing?
The paint is easier to apply
with a brush -
- than with your ass.
Watch out, Heinz!
They don't last the week.
I can't stand it!
They eat me alive!
F them to shut up!
- Do you paint like that in Germany?
- Yes, of course.
A pleasure to trade with you.
Come on, Heinz.
Mr. Zucher,
I'm really sorry.
I just heard,
why you painted the house.
- They painted his roof ...
- Yes.
It should never have happened.
I want to look strictly at those people,
- who have taken advantage
Their friendly and generous nature.
Scientists ... We are being treated
like ordinary workers.
But now we can get started.
What are we doing here?
We shouldn't be here at all.
- If Germany hears about ...
- How did they get to know about it?
There are no phones on it. They know
not that the First World War is over.
There is nothing to say,
they don't like us.
Good night, Heinz.
Damn it too!
- Should I help you, mr. Zucher?
- No, not at all.
- Let it be.
- They mustn't be here.
But the rocket has to be fired after all. Or
will you sit here for the rest of the day?
Do not worry.
It does not cost anything.
Mr. Zucher?
- What do you say to that crap?
- It's impressive.
The impressive thing is,
that I had it in my pants.
- Davs, my ts.
- Davs, Jimmy.
Jimmy is homeless.
The fish is his rent.
If he comes with food,
give him lodging for one night.
- Well, then.
- Good day.
I have potatoes for you.
For the stove.
- Thank you.
- My boys would like to meet you.
My name is James.
I'm nine years old.
My name is Paul.
I'm nine years old.
My name is Gerhard and I'm 32 years old.
It's nice to meet you.
The whole Scarp talks about you.
They have respect for it,
to the dirt.
- Sorry?
- The one who grabs.
There you can see, Heinz.
It wasn't in vain.
They have a funny accent.
Where are they from?
From Glasgow. I worked
like welding at a shipyard.
The best ships in the world
ssttes from Clyde.
That's right enough.
When to launch the rocket?
We need to assemble the firing ramp
and the rest of the rocket. So we're ready.
- That hunger is not at all uneven.
- Yes, I must say.
That hunger is by no means ineffective.
- Good morning, Donald.
- Great day, Thomas.
How's the guest doing?
They are not afraid
making fun of yourself.
But if they were,
Did you give them a hand?
I do not fail the front.
Miss MacKay? I would like to
thank you for the breakfast.
- I get a loan for it.
- I know.
I always have this with me.
But it's not big enough anymore,
s They must have it.
It's a telescope.
It is beautiful.
- Thank you very much.
- Well.
N, but we'll see you tomorrow.
Yes. Yes, see you tomorrow.
You close it here. And here.
- Well, what can I help?
- Come here, mr. Roach.
- Good day.
- Hi Thomas.
I have to look to the Germans,
So I'll visit you on the road.
So you come to see me?
I hear after all,
that mr. Zucher has painted the house.
- Where did you get this?
- It's a gift from mr. Zucher.
- A peace offering.
- Really? It was fine then.
I must see to move on.
See you, Cathy.
It is fun. They have nothing.
But you almost understand,
why they stay.
Almost, but not quite.
- Always so scientific.
- So are you, Gerhard.
OHJ!
- How is the work progressing?
- Good, Sir Wilson.
If that landlord bothers you,
can I get him shot.
Jump off, you stupid fascist!
Is Sir Wilson fascist?
No, it was just to get him.
He's an old idiot.
Mr. Zucher?
Doctor McKinnon.
Excuse me for interrupting.
Sir Wilson asked me to look to you. We have
Very valuable foreign guests.
I lost all my dignity yesterday.
Today I am just foreign.
- I hear you fell?
- It was nothing.
I just take a look at it,
if you don't mind.
What is a German scientist doing?
right out here?
I like to travel
and experience new cultures.
So I can almost figure out,
They are not a member of the Nazi Party.
I'm a scientist.
I build rockets.
- Cathy has done just fine.
- Well.
Do you look forward to it?
to return home?
Yes, of course.
Now I don't have to bother anymore.
It was nice to meet you.
Good evening, Miss MacKay.
- It's a beautiful evening.
- Yes.
It is such a thought that the same
sun goes down over Germany.
- Do you miss your homeland?
- I miss my family.
Your wife and children?
I saw the picture in your room.
No, it's my sister's teacher
and her children.
I'm not married.
- Are they?
- No.
Thomas ... Doctor McKinnon and I
have known each other for a long time.
Ever since we were children.
When I was a child,
my dad gave me this telescope.
We stood night after night
and look up into the sky.
One fine day ... will man
travel up to the stars in rockets.
- And go on the man.
- G p the mons? Why?
Everyone else is asking "how."
It's easier to answer why.
When we dream,
we look up at the stars.
They inspire and guide us
to feel that anything is possible.
Everything. That was why,
I wanted to build rockets.
This firing
means everything to you, right?
Jo.
What are you looking at right now?
Whales.
- Great creatures.
- Yes they are.
- They are actually talking.
- Yeah, I've read that.
I have also read that some believe,
that we are reborn as animals.
- Even whales.
- Reincarnation?
The actions of this life
determines one's state in the near future.
I hope I get reborn
like a bird. And so.
So I can come and go,
as I want.
What would you be like,
if you could choose for yourself?
I probably don't think ...
You don't need that either.
It is just for fun.
Well, then.
Well I think ...
- A monkey.
- No.
- Why do you say monkey?
- It was only a suggestion.
How about a worm?
No. I'll probably pick one myself.
So I think,
that I wanted to be an eagle ...
- so I don't want to be alone,
when I get reborn.
Everything is clear now, Gerhard.
Well. Well.
I'm waiting inside the house.
Certainly a weasel.
Where can you forget,
that your father died fighting them?
And your mother died of grief over it.
Emerged! Emerged!
- When do you see us?
- On the beach.
- Who asked you to spy on me?
- None. We think it's fun.
What is it for?
It shows,
which way the wind blows.
- When can we see the rocket?
- We fire it for dinner.
The rocket!
He's firing the rocket!
The rocket!
He's firing the rocket!
The rocket!
He's firing the rocket!
The rockets, Donald!
- The rockets, Donald!
- What's wrong with you, boy?
- Have you never seen a rocket before?
- Maybe you have?
No. Let's see how to get started.
We'll be late.
- Now the circus is coming to town.
- Whoa?
You see one of the 20th century
greatest inventors.
He will stand in the history books
side by side with Marconi and Edison.
The hero of the year, Gerhard Zucher.
Here you have him.
Here's the great inventor.
Another picture, mr. Zucher.
It is mr. Alex Miln.
He is American.
- Me and yours, mr. Zucher.
- Miln is renting a room at the castle.
He is an ornithologist.
I take pictures of birds.
- Don't you have birds in America?
- Yes, but not the species they have here.
I can imagine.
Mr. Zucher, God bless you!
God bless you all!
I have prayed to God for good weather.
Now I want to bless your rocket.
- They won't bless my rocket.
- Aren't you a believing man?
I have to reveal it first.
S m They bless it.
- Please stay away.
- Step back!
Don't touch the rocket.
Gentlemen!
M we ask for good peace and order!
You will now be so kind
to put you behind the stones there, please.
- Go over there.
- Thanks.
P Clyde we always beat
a bottle of champagne against the cold.
There may be something about it.
Postie! Postie MacLeod!
- Did you get out of your mind?
- I'll pay you back later.
God bless this moment -
- and all,
which sends mail out with her.
- He doesn't.
- I don't dare look at it at all.
Those were expensive kills.
The first postal mail ever
sent out with rocket.
With a special postmark
in today's occasion.
Thanks.
I'll be back soon.
Mr. Searching ...
... will you send me this letter?
Why are you giving her
not just the letter?
Well ... You know ...
Thanks.
Keep distance!
- Is everything as it should be?
- I just wish him luck.
Five ...
... four ...
... three ...
... thaw ...
... and.
Gerhard!
Came. We'll help you out.
Now we bring you home, mr. Zucher.
Well it was excellent after all.
I am responsible for this failure.
- What about mr. Zucher?
- Yeah, what about him?
So, yes.
Lb so, you old idiot.
He should probably get well again.
He is resting.
How long?
We have spare parts. Two days.
I meant you.
How long?
- How long?
- I'm a patriot, Mr. Zucher.
I've been assisting you for five years
and followed you around Europe.
- There was no other way out.
- It's there now!
If we return home now,
we are being hailed as inventors.
Not like second-rate engineers.
- Why is it so important to you?
- Germany is a powerful nation again.
I refuse to let go of my country.
- Are you talking about failing?
- People here hate us, Gerhard!
Out with you.
Out with you!
Heinz!
Come back!
Mr. Zucher, is everything okay?
Mr. Zucher?
It is no use
to hurt oneself.
Don't have eyes on your head? It was
my life's work. I've lost everything.
No. They are wrong.
There are people here,
who has lost everything.
It is them,
who has no eyes in his head.
Well, so the other prizes are slipped.
No wonder it broke.
Watch that riveting.
This is firing ground on Clyde.
- You can do better.
- I never thought you'd ask.
Give me a flame,
and I am a true artist.
You get a loan.
Can you work according to drawings?
No. All the ships I've built,
was just pure luck.
- We need lubricating oil.
- We need a good deal.
- Do you have a ramp hidden in your arm?
- One problem at a time.
- That's where our biggest problem comes.
- Good morning.
Where and when
can be expected ...
- What is it?
- What?
How did it end up there?
I have no idea,
who put it in my pocket.
It was the kill! Leave the one!
I do not tolerate poachers.
Mr. Roach is not a poacher,
he is my engineer.
- You don't mean that seriously?
- It's your job to support me.
So far, everything has been
quite critical.
They can ask me anything.
Unless everything on this list is correct
on the pier the day after tomorrow, I travel.
- Is that understood?
- Did you get it?
It would take several weeks to obtain!
It is impossible.
They often strike people flat,
but I do not find myself in it.
Bye, Sir Wilson.
Have you never considered
to run for parliament?
You would get my vote.
And he prevails.
- Wait! What do you want to do?
- The animal should not suffer.
- Move them.
- No.
- Move them.
- No, I said.
- Move them!
- No!
Do not interfere with our customs.
- The whale has come to die.
- It's still young. Don't kill it.
No, Uncle Angus! We can save it!
Don't you want to save it?
Good so.
But we don't need any help from him.
Yes, we do.
We need the horse.
Get started.
Hold the horse, Cathy.
- We'll pull it out.
- What is he doing?
- Tie it to the other side.
- Hold tight.
Zucher!
On horses, Cathy.
Carefully ride out into the water.
- Come here.
- Careful.
- Holding the rope?
- Yes.
- The rope is tight, Cathy!
- Trk!
- It doesn't.
- Trk!
Don't just st there!
Can't you see it there?
Are you crazy? I shouldn't be soaked
for the sake of a whale.
You charge a German
do a scott's job?
One two Three! Trk!
Keep going!
Good, mr. Zucher.
Our dinner is swimming.
- Are you unharmed?
- Yes.
What about the young man?
You don't have to
eat all that without potatoes.
A good way to end the day.
Wash the whale.
Hi guys,
there will be another one tomorrow.
Whimsical fun day.
Who would have thought
that we would share a bottle?
I wanted to bid you a glass.
But I couldn't find any
places here that sold arsenic.
You are a man,
who are used to thinking ahead.
- You always think a step forward.
- Yes. And what then?
What do you think,
it will happen to you and Cathy?
Do you still think you're here for a year?
In five years?
- No.
- No.
Because you don't belong here.
And Cathy doesn't belong in your country.
I promise you,
that nothing has happened.
You've probably discovered,
that she has fallen for you.
And if I'm not mistaken,
did you fall for her ...
So before anything happens,
mr. Zucher, -
- you should use something
your German thought on my niece.
It's a beautiful evening
to look at stars in.
I'll have to
to get some sleep.
There's a lot of work yet,
if the rocket is to be in the air.
- Good night, Catherine.
- Good night.
Whatever you said to him,
it had the desired effect.
It is a free country.
I can say whatever I want.
Do you think I could do it?
the same in his country?
If he really loved you,
I probably couldn't keep him away.
How's Thomas doing?
Its so beautiful.
It was now easier
to f phone.
Letters cannot be sent
over the phone.
- No, you can not.
- Now we're just missing a ramp.
Guess we could get her up
within Cel.
- So there was something to celebrate.
- What is Cel?
It's a ball.
One night in the year where the church
looking through his fingers with the booze.
Everyone comes to that ball.
Well ... I'm not anyway
the great dancer.
There's something I need to investigate
down the beach. See you later.
There's a bottle of booze in the house.
Just take off if ...
Gladly.
You can't let go fast enough
off with me, huh?
- Did you come up with anything?
- Leave me alone.
- Why?
- My uncle is right.
You do not like me.
It was stupid of me to believe.
That's not true.
I care a lot about you.
You only say that to get me
to stop crying.
No, believe me.
I really love you very much.
What are you saying?
It ... I ...
What?
I only think of you
and I forget.
I forget all the little things
as people remember on their way.
you are everything to me
- It is not fun.
- I know.
But I'm a German after all.
I don't think anything is funny.
But I love you.
But will you always love me?
- Will you stay with me?
- Yes. Yes.
No, you won't.
Now the post should go out.
Get it up to fly, mr. Zucher.
Get it up to fly.
I need more lube oil.
You can use it here.
Krnemlk.
Thanks.
Just give a signal now, mr. MacLeod.
Then the rocket will be fired soon.
- It's beach damage, mr. Miln.
- Yes I know.
- When does Zucher fire again?
- Soon. But don't wait too much.
No. I'd better
leave.
I didn't think you were coming.
I didn't either.
What are you waiting for?
Fire it off.
See! That's the rocket!
See! There comes the rocket!
My Goodness.
He succeeded.
I knew it.
It's amazing! Unbelievable!
It's ... Look for coverage!
I have always known,
it would succeed for you.
Come on, smile at the photographer.
He's a good boy, Angus.
She could find one,
there was much worse.
If you ask me, this is the bird man
far more suspicious.
- Hi.
- Not late, Thomas.
- Well, so the rocket came flying?
- Yes.
Did you get that letter,
I sent with the first rocket?
No.
It was probably one of them that burned.
- What was it?
- Oh, you know. A little bit of each.
Come on, you two.
We are missing you for an eight man tour.
Congratulations.
Thanks.
Well, but it is now,
You reveal what you really want?
I can help you further
this. You get exactly what you want.
- I have what I want.
- Here?
They probably also speak German for a year,
So you'll quickly feel at home.
Hitler has big plans, after all.
Don't you want it at all?
I just want to build rockets.
Mr. Colt also wanted to
build hands.
They aren't stupid after all.
The United States is the country of the future.
We invest in good ideas.
They can complete your research ...
... and we will not send you
to the end of the world.
What would you use my research for?
Does it make any difference?
Yes, you see ... mr. Miln.
It makes a difference to the world.
Have you seen Gerhard ...
mr. Zucher?
He's gone for a walk.
He has a lot to think about.
- Did he feel good?
- Yes Yes. It's a nice .
But for a man like him ...
it's just a springboard.
You just need to know,
that it's okay.
What?
I have eyes in my head, Cathy.
Zucher has opened your heart more
a couple of weeks than I have for several years.
You're a pretty special girl.
You should know ...
... that I understand well.
I'm a patriot, Mr Zucher.
- She's fallen for you
- Hitler has big plans.
Use your German thought.
p my niece.
- If we go home ...
- They probably also speak German for a year.
- Nightmares?
- Who's there?
Take it easy.
I am Captain von Struge.
I have received orders
to meet you here.
Their assistant, Heinz Dombrowsky,
told the embassy in London, -
- that a correspondence
would be useful.
That's my order
to bring you to Berlin.
I can't believe that.
The driver can't believe
that you still serve the English.
We are not at war, Captain.
I have not come to discuss
with them. Pack all your research.
We sail in five minutes.
And if I don't want to?
So I have other orders.
I can't just travel.
I have to say goodbye.
There's no time for feelings.
Where's the rocket? Their research?
The rocket is on Harris.
My research is here in the suitcase.
- Follow me.
- I want to see passports!
- Have you ever shot a man?
- Yes. In 1917.
There were eight.
All Germans.
- Shoot him at three.
- I can't recommend that.
Situations like this are addressed
as an international episode.
- Only if there are witnesses.
- Jimmy! The man needs witnesses.
How many does he want?
I have come to escort
Mr. Zucher home. That's all.
Would you like to go home?
If you do not come now,
it will never be your home again.
- I will be here.
- Well.
Jimmy! Escort these gentlemen
out into neutral waters.
Well, Frulein, you will
ask your men to take action?
Came. Came!
Scrub back where you come from.
I watched them add up. It was
probably not a social party.
- You can speak German.
- Yes.
You are welcome to
to move in with us.
Otherwise, thank you, mr. MacKay.
Just call me Angus.
- I switched to it.
- What do you have to give in exchange?
I said, "Hit the coat,
or you get a bullet in the neck. "
What is it now?
It's flowers.
Didn't your uncle tell you?
I will be here.
I'll stay here with you.
Where I belong.
Are you sure?
What is it?
I have never ...
I haven't either.
What are you thinking?
I thought if I use now
a longer grenade shell ...
No, seriously.
What were you thinking?
I think you are very beautiful.
- Ramsay.
- Sir Wilson, this is Ilford
The German embassy has told
the Prime Minister on our little scam.
We have no scam then.
When the prime minister is not
informed, it is considered a scam.
Mr. Chamberlain has ordered
everyone is pending.
- Isn't he informed?
- Now don't be so naive.
Can you return the last shipment,
which was sent to the young Zucher?
Sir Wilson?
Unfortunately, this is not possible.
Zucher already got it.
- He's working on a new rocket.
- Damn, too!
Get him to call.
There is no phone on Scarp.
- London will stop your research.
- Why?
Who knows? They fucking officials.
Ilford asked me to return the shipment.
- So I'm done.
- Now don't rush.
The broadcast came last night.
Get it whenever you want.
Otherwise, he can retrieve it himself. But
he probably won't go up in Donald's dinghy.
A good id with the lights.
Well, I'm going again.
- I don't hit my citizens.
- Thanks.
That is it,
they call electric light.
Tonight.
N ... gentlemen, I think,
You've got plenty today.
You're not stopping now?
You, alas ...
Don't think about me and Jimmy.
We still have several hours left.
Well. But I ...
- You're not in a hurry, are you?
- No no.
Well.
I have something important,
as I will show you.
Well.
See. So you come to the chalk house.
Yes. It's her life dish.
I do not know,
what to say.
You don't have to say anything.
- Get rid of you.
- Well.
Angus, I want to assure you,
that I have real intentions.
Do you think you still had all yours?
Light up if I didn't think so?
No. I do not think.
It seems to,
that you have acquired new interests.
It's a waste of time, Heinz.
I'm not going back.
- Is that your final decision?
- Yes.
That is my final decision.
It'll probably be comforting
for your sister and her family.
Excuse me?
They have already been arrested.
I have to promise you that they will stay
Please leave if you return.
This has nothing
with them to do.
I know. But it will
get you to join me now.
Where do you want to know it?
It's not something I enjoy.
It is my duty.
- Where do you want to know it?
- Let it be.
- They take advantage of you.
- You're underestimating me.
- No, you underestimate them.
- I see no other way out.
I know.
What about the rocket?
You are my assistant now.
Catherine ...
she must understand that ...
That's my sister.
And her child.
She'll understand that.
- You're coming back.
- Yes, I do.
I made it here last night.
You must have it.
When you come again,
I want to teach you how to use it.
Thanks. Thanks, Angus.
It's been a pleasure
to get to know you.
Good luck.
- Stop him, Uncle!
- Don't you want to calm down sooner?
Don't leave me!
Don't you want to calm down sooner?
Don't leave me.
They are known guilty of fraud.
They have developed technology that could
be used against the Third Reich.
They are doomed to death.
I only turned to the British,
because the German government -
- I refused funds.
They are doomed to death.
But ...
... it is my duty to inform
Tell them you have a choice.
Times are changing,
and we need scientists.
In return for your cooperation
all charges will be waived.
And by cooperation, you mean
armor for war?
I work for improvement
for humanity.
Not its destruction.
I repeat ...
It's your choice.
So I have no choice.
I don't want to work for war.
N ...
... how long do I have?
G!
Right.
- It's not necessary.
- They surprise me, Mr Zucher.
At times, I surprise myself.
Sharing!
Clear!
Aim!
Shoot!
If he's gone, Cathy ...
... then it happened that way,
as we all hope.
With a clear conscience.
I know.
This has come to you.
It is stamped in Germany.
- You're leaving now?
- Yes.
- Now, take good care of yourself.
- I'll do that.
You didn't do it.
She has left.
"Dear Catherine."
No one is daring me.
As the hours run out,
I feel neither fear nor sorrow
My heart is full,
- and my soul is strong.
I'm the luckiest man in the world.
I was allowed to love higher,
than I had dreamed. Thank you.
Go out and live life, my dear.
Be free as the bird.
Gerhard. "
During World War II, 1000
rocket scientists executed in Germany.
In 1947 it became the first telephone
installed on Scarp.
In 1969, the first man went to the moon.
Dedicated to Stephen Whittaker's memory
Born 1947
Taken from us in 2003