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well?
SHOSANNA
    Even on the roof I can’t smoke a cigarette without hearing Madame’s voice yelling at me. That’s why I do it. To hear Madame’s
     voice again.
MARCEL
    We both miss her.
SHOSANNA
    I know. I’m fine, darling. I’ll be to bed soon.
    Marcel goes back inside. Shosanna smokes.
    INT—FRENCH BISTRO—AFTERNOON
    Shosanna sits in the back of a French bistro, reading a book, “The Saint in New York,” by Leslie Charteris, drinking wine
     when the young German soldier from the other day, FREDRICK ZOLLER, walks in. He gets a beer, then notices the French girl
     sitting in the back. He smiles and heads over to her. “Oh no, not this guy again,” she thinks.
    Again they speak in FRENCH SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH:
FREDRICK
    May I join you?
SHOSANNA
    Look, Fredrick—
FREDRICK
    (smiling)
    —You remember my name?
SHOSANNA
    Yes… Look, you seem a pleasant enough fellow—
FREDRICK
    —Merci.
SHOSANNA
    You’re welcome. Regardless, I want you to stop pestering me.
FREDRICK
    I apologize, Mademoiselle. I wasn’t trying to be a pest. I was simply trying to be friendly.
SHOSANNA
    I don’t wish to be your friend.
FREDRICK
    Why not?
SHOSANNA
    Don’t act like an infant. You know why.
FREDRICK
    I’m more than just a uniform.
SHOSANNA
    Not to me. If you are so desperate for a French girlfriend, I suggest you try Vichy.
    Just then TWO OTHER GERMAN SOLDIERS come over, obviously very impressed with Fredrick. They make a fuss over him in UNSUBTITLED
     GERMAN, which neither Shosanna or the non-German-speaking members of the movie’s audience can understand. He signs autographs
     for them and shakes their hands, and they go on their way.
    Shosanna’s eyes narrow.
SHOSANNA
    Who are you?
FREDRICK
    I thought I was just a uniform.
SHOSANNA
    You’re not just a German soldier. Are you somebody’s son?
FREDRICK
    Most German soldiers are somebody’s son.
SHOSANNA
    Yeah, but you’re not just somebody. What are you, Hitler’s nephew?
    He leans in across the table. She leans in too, and he says:
FREDRICK
    Yes.
SHOSANNA
    Really?
FREDRICK
    No, not really. I’m just teasing you.
    She leans back, annoyed.
SHOSANNA
    Then what is it? What are you, a German movie star?
FREDRICK
    Not exactly.
SHOSANNA
    (Pfuit) What does that mean, “not exactly”? I asked if you were a movie star. The answer to that question is yes or no.
    Fredrick laughs at that line.
FREDRICK
    When you said that just now, you reminded me of my sister.
    This catches young Shosanna off guard.
FREDRICK
    I come from a home of six sisters. We run a family-operated cinema in Munich. Seeing you run around your cinema reminds me
     of them. Especially my sister Helga. She raised me, when our father wasn’t up to the job. I admire her very much. You’d like
     her. She doesn’t wear a German uniform.
SHOSANNA
    You were raised by Helga?
FREDRICK
    All my sisters. I’m the baby, but Helga was the bossiest.
SHOSANNA
    And your mother and father?
FREDRICK
    My mother died. And my father was a loser. My father’s motto: “If at first you don’t succeed, quit.” The day he left, good
     riddance. My sisters are all I need. It’s why I like your cinema. It makes me feel both closer to them and a little homesick
     at the same time.
SHOSANNA
    Is your cinema still operating?
FREDRICK
    Oui.
SHOSANNA
    What’s it called?
FREDRICK
    The Kino Haus.
SHOSANNA
    How has it done during the war?
FREDRICK
    Actually, in Germany, cinema attendance is up.
SHOSANNA
    No doubt. You don’t have to operate under a curfew.
FREDRICK
    How often do you fill your house?
SHOSANNA
    (Pfuit) Not since before the war.
FREDRICK
    So if you had one big engagement, that would help you out?
SHOSANNA
    Of course, but that’s not likely to happen.
    TWO MORE GERMAN SOLDIERS and their TWO FRENCH DATES approach the table. They ask for Fredrick’s autograph, and he signs it
     for them. One of the French girls says, in FRENCH, how exciting it is to meet a real live German war hero. Shosanna hears
     it. They leave. So that’s