Extended Reading
  • Kacie 2022-09-12 21:16:59

    Without exception

    For a movie related to World War II, I don't know if the atmosphere in this movie is too relaxed, and there is a happy ending at the end, but it affects the viewing experience of the whole movie a bit. In fact, the whole film tells a very simple story. Kaiser Wilhelm II was forced into exile in the...

  • Constantin 2022-09-12 17:16:19

    outside the rules

    Beyond the Rules - The Recovery of Humanity

    A Nazi captain, a British female spy, an abdicated emperor... During the war, everyone has to be subject to the framework of the rules, but the preciousness of human nature lies in being able to find exceptions that are outside the rules. Captain and...d

The Exception quotes

  • Capt. Stefan Brandt: The pastor's been arrested by the Gestapo. They're interrogating him now. Soon he'll tell them everything he knows.

    Mieke de Jong: Why do you tell me this?

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: Why did you sleep with me?

    Mieke de Jong: Why did you ask me?

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: Were you following orders?

    Mieke de Jong: No, it was a mistake, a madness.

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: You used me!

    Mieke de Jong: I used myself.

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: If you wanted to kill him, you could have done that any time.

    [Mieke tries to run, Brandt stops her]

    Mieke de Jong: I'll scream the house down!

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: Oh, you will when Dietrich starts.

    Mieke de Jong: How did you know?

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: I saw you with him at the church. And you're a Jew who knows German army medals and keeps gun oil hidden in her room.

    Mieke de Jong: Then, Captain, you must do your duty.

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: Just leave. Leave now. Please.

    Mieke de Jong: I can't.

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: Do you expect me to betray my oath, my country, for you?

    Mieke de Jong: I expected nothing from you, Captain. You must do your duty. And I will do mine.

  • [after escaping]

    Mieke de Jong: Will you come with me?

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: I betrayed my country, but I won't abandon it.

    Mieke de Jong: Oh, Brandt, please, you'll be shot!

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: I left two Gestapo officers to guard the gate and took the Kaiser to hospital. The enemy agent killed them and escaped.

    [Brandt smiles, Mieke begins to cry]

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: Don't be sad. I found something else to fight for.

    Mieke de Jong: Me too.

    [They kiss]

    Mieke de Jong: I...

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: I know.

    [Mieke heads off into the woods]

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: But will you marry me?

    Mieke de Jong: Come and find me after the war.

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: Is that a "Yes"?

    Mieke de Jong: Of course!