SCREENPLAY BY NOVEL ''WILHELM GUSTLOFF'' - DIANNA DIVERNO

SCENE 9 - A TALK ABOUT THE JOURNEY OF "WILHELM GUSTLOFF":
(Scene talk. You can see the clock, then the interlocutors in the room)
GERHARD: Let us neglect this, my dear young friend ( began Captain Gerhard Holmes, who had risen. He was a tall old man, with a gray beard and hair, wearing a penjoar in his left eye through which he could see perfectly well and the penjoir served him more as a fashion accessory. He wore a white shirt, a bow tie, and a black coat, and several decorations shone on his chest and he was proud of it.)
CAPTAIN ROBERTS: The only problem is the submarines that would ...
GERHARD: Both routes are a submarine problem, right? But on the route you are proposing (he pointed his finger) it is not only submarines that are the problem, but also mines. You know that this direction has not been cleared of mines, and It is not the slightest wish for Wilhelm Gustloff to sink or to put ourselves at unnecessary risk. That's why I think it's much better and smarter to head towards another route, which is this route. It will travel faster, there are no mines, and submarines can always be avoided with the lights off.
FRED. Wilhelm and the lights off? I can't even imagine it in my dreams. We have always traveled...
CAPTAIN ROBERTS: Wilhelm can always turn off the lights. Right, Fred? (the captain turned to Fred who at that point was again entertained with a clock on the wall.)
GERHARD : Did you say something?
CAPTAIN ROBERTS: I don't like to repeat myself. I have said that Wilhelm Gustloff can travel with the lights off on this route, which is much better and faster, and safer for all of us (he pointed his finger at the map.)
FRED: Yes, I agree
CAPTAIN ROBERTS: Here you go, my dear young officer. The elderly have an advantage. Life is an experience, and that's what your young life is missing right now (captain and sits down at your table.)
FRED : I still think that the road along the coast is far better for all the travelers who are on Wilhelm (he got up and approached the map that was in front of them. The Baltic Sea he knew so well was before them and he looked at the blue color that indicated the water and the routes of the road that were indicated by dashed lines. Two thin lines moved from a single point marking the road of Wilhelm Gustloff on the high seas towards Keele. He squeezed his lips for a moment.)
CAPTAIN ROBERTS: That's what you consider. It's important to travel faster. I don't know if you know, but Rupert told me there are now almost ten thousand people traveling by boat. This is the largest number of people the ship carries with it.
FRED: (The young officer, in a certain disbelief, only raised his eyebrows.)
Ten thousand people?
GERHARD: (Captain Gerhard nodded his head.)
That's right, my young friend. Do you have any idea what it means when a ship carries so many human souls? I have no idea where they will all sleep, it will be covered with everything, the bed on the bed, the sleeping and on the floors of the hallway and all the salons (he shook his head.) Is it important that we travel as fast as possible to get them to safety? These people did not come on board to travel longer routes. And they must have escaped the cannons and bullets of the Russian army. The Red Army is about to take Prussia, and you want us to ride the long routes along the coast, as if someone, anyone, is going to be watching the coast now! It's utterly unbelievable! That's what a lack of youth is —a lack of reasonable judgment (he just lit a pipe and stared at the map.)
FRED: I agree with you.
CAPTAIN ROBERTS: (The captain grazed him with a glance, but did not turn anything away.)
The faster route is the deeper route of the road – emergency route 58. All that matters is that the lights don't turn on and I'm sure we'll avoid the submarines. Young Captain Johan should be informed of this. The lights on board should not be turned on during the voyage.
(Short silence, clock heard)
FRED: Yes, that's all the trouble we can run into. Everything else is less irrelevant.
GERHARD: Yes, Fred, you're right.
FRED: The only thing that matters is whether there is enough air in the rooms where all these people sleep. There's no other choice now.
CAPTAIN ROBERTS: I do.
GERHARD: (Officer Gerhard looked at Fred, then sat down and folded his arms on his chest.)
What about the refugees who didn't board gustlof?
CAPTAIN ROBERTS: (The captain puts the pipe next to him for a moment.)
He will remain at the mercy of the Red Army. Unfortunately, they could not be helped, and the last ship to sail from here is the Wilhelm Gustloff.


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