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In the back room, Paula stands behind a screen changing out of the uniform and into a dress. Emile talks to her around the screen.
Emile: Paula, no matter how much you hate the Nazis, you can’t be so outspoken. You understand that, don’t you?
Paula: I know, brother. But there’s a limit to how long I can go on deceiving them and pretending to be a German.
Emile: Keep trying. The Jews have been persecuted for two thousand years. We are living in an age of terrible evil. (Sees Hans.) Ah, it’s you. Don’t mind us.
Hans: Um, could you two perhaps be…
Emile: Yes. Our mother’s grandmother was a Jew. We grew up thinking of ourselves as Germans, but under Nazi law we aren’t seen as Germans.
Hans: Then, this club is-?
Emile: Madame Helga is our older sister with a different mother. There’s no Jewish blood flowing in her veins, but she is aiding us.
Hans: And that Russian marquis?
Emile: He’s our patron.
Hans: What are you all doing?
Francis enters.
Francis: We’re lending our strength to Jewish intellectuals and artists who want to emigrate.
Hans: I heard a rumor. But in such a den of SA….
Francis: They say you can’t see the forest for the trees, don’t they?
Paula: Marquis, thank you for earlier.
He hands her her uniform hat.
Francis: I made up an awful lie on the spot. Please forgive me. But if you’re too much of a tomboy, you’ll get burned.
Emile: The marquis is right.
Francis: Hans, you said it was a mistake that you were exiled?
Hans: Yes. I finally got my hands on a forgery. They saw through my passport.
Emile: What?
Francis: Put him on the next list.
Emile: Understood. Hans, the list is in another room. Come with me.
Hans: Thank you!
The two leave.
Paula: How long will this go on? This state of things…
Francis: Things aren’t satisfactory like this, are they? You have to bear it and keep on.
Paula: It isn’t in the papers, but do you know the rumors about the vampire? They say it’s been attacking the SA soldiers who harass the Jews.
Francis: Do you really think there’s a vampire?
Paula: Ah, who can tell… I saw that movie called “Nosferatu”, but he was much too skinny and an old man. And when the dawn light hits him he dissolves away.
Francis: Ah, that movie is a pack of lies. Drawing him out like that bald crane….
Paula: Marquis, could it be that you know the vampire?
Francis back-peddles.
Francis: No, not really. What would you say if I did know him?
Paula: That’s true. I don’t know what kind of person he is, but I’d want him to come save me like Superman and kick the Nazis around.
Francis: But he could drink your blood.
Paula: I don’t care if he drinks my blood, so long as he kills the Nazis I’ll give him as much as he wants!
Francis: No matter what kind of old man he is?
Paula: Yes. I’m not frightened.
Using the stage props, Francis has wrapped the cloak around his head with a mop sticking out the front.
Francis: All right then! The mysterious Nosferatu~!
Paula: *Shriek*
Francis: Nosferatu!
Francis chases her around the room until he has her in his arms. But as he leans in for the fake bite he pauses.
Francis: Come! I’ll drink your blood--
Paula: Don’t stop.
Francis: Paula…
He draws back.
Paula: Do you dislike me?
Francis: I have a good opinion of you.
Paula: Then kiss me.
Francis: That’s not something you can say to someone.
Paula: Because you’re a Marquis and I’m a Jewish dancer?
Francis: No! If I thought that way I wouldn’t be collaborating with you all.
Paula: Then why?
Francis: I’ve been wandering from country to country for a very long time. I’ve had so many love affairs that I’ve grown weary of them. But there is only one woman whom I have ever truly loved. I can’t believe that I could ever exceed that love, and so I can never love again.
Paula: I see. She’s probably a princess somewhere, that woman.
She leans towards him with a pleading face.
: In times like this, a Jew never knows when they will die. It’s important to live from moment to moment and treasure the time. I don’t know when we’ll never meet again. So, just for tonight. Won’t you hold me?
Francis: Paula…
Just as Francis seems to waver, Helga arrives.
Helga: Marquis, the baroness has asked to meet with you. I’ve left her in a private room.
Francis: For me?
Helga: Don’t be surprised, she’s got an SS officer with her. I thought you wouldn’t want him to meet Lehm.
Francis: Thank you.
Helga: Paula, if you’ve finished changing, please go and improve the commander’s humor.
Paula: Helga…
Helga: You must bear up. If we fall under suspicion, everything we’ve worked so hard for will be for nothing.
Paula: If it’s just a little longer.
Francis: Which room?
Helga: I’ll take you.
Paula sings sadly to herself after they leave.
M39 “My Vampire”
Paula:
If the vampire really does live
He would have long black hair, and long eyelashes
Tango would be his specialty
A strength that crushes to save the weak
Own both courage and a sense of justice
But be awkward around women
Staying faithful to an old love
If I was his lover
I wouldn't hesitate to give him anything
But my vampire is a shy guy
Aa, at least a kiss
I don't need eternal life
I just want to be bound to you for one night
My vampire
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