CROWD: Keep America out of the war!
[chanting continues in distance]
FRANKLIN: Arthur?
Could you give that to Missy, please?
Right away, sir.
Thank you.
Well... [paper rustling]
Have you seen the size of the crowds outside?
A lot of people
are very disappointed.
Well, if Lend-Lease is voted in,
a lot of unemployed people will be very happy
to have work again.
[distant chanting continues]
I am telling you this for your own good.
Don't open this door, Franklin.
You don't know what's waiting on the other side.
[exhales]
♪
FRANKLIN: Well, I don't give a damn what Charles Lindbergh
and that goddammed
isolationist America First Committee says!
I don't think you can afford
to underestimate them, Mr. President.
They drew a sizable crowd at that rally
in Des Moines last night.
FRANKLIN: Well, Mr. Lindbergh and his cronies
are just stoking...
OLAV: The Norwegian government
are willing to place significant orders
on munitions from the United States.
This is a win-win situation.
[ ärtha and Ragni speaking Swedish]
[indistinct chatter, music playing]
[clinking loudly, conversation stops]
So, gentlemen.
Now dinner will be served in the dining room.
Please be seated.
Wonderful.
[indistinct chatter, music continues]
ÄRTHA [in Swedish]:
OLAV [in Norwegian]:
[music continues]
As you may have noticed,
there is an empty chair at the end of the table.
It's reserved for
tonight's guest of honor, who is,
I'm afraid, is not you, Mr. President.
Oh! Not this time.
[all chuckling]
I'm curious.
Let me introduce you
Mr. Alfred Isaksen.
♪
A Norwegian sailor who participated
in several convoys
to and from England.
His last convoy was attacked
by German submarines.
And as you can see...
ISAKSEN: As you... [clears throat] ...can see, I'm...
I'm alive.
[all chuckling] Yes.
But as for my friends,
and comrades, they are now
resting at the bottom of the ocean.
MEN: God bless them.
ALL [softly]: God bless them.
After the incident,
I was in a dark place.
Very dark.
You cannot imagine
the cruelty the Germans have laid upon us.
[dialogue fading] ♪
I will not ask of you
to send your sons to fight a foreign war.
But please.
Lend me your gun, so I can go back home
and fight the bloody Nazis!
[pounding loudly, glass shattering]
[person clearing throat]
♪
[quietly]: Where did you find this guy?
[indistinct chatter]
ÄRTHA: The one I showed you before.
Do you remember?
Mm-hmm, yes, ma'am. Good.
Thank you, Your Highness.
[slow music playing]
[ ärtha speaking Swedish, Olav speaking Norwegian]
[laughter in other room]
[both in Norwegian]
[music continues, indistinct chatter]
[in Swedish]:
♪
NEWSBOY: A clear victory for Lend-Lease!
Read all about it!
Sir, want a paper?
[laughter, indistinct chatter]
[gentle clinking]
[conversation stops, Morgenstierne clears throat]
MORGENSTIERNE [in Norwegian]:
[guests cheer and applaud]
[Olav and Morgenstierne speaking Norwegian]
[Morgenstierne clears throat]
MORGENSTIERNE and GUESTS:
[glasses clinking]
OLAV: Ja.
♪
PHOTOGRAPHER [in Norwegian]:
♪
OLAV:
GUESTS: Sk ål!
OLAV and GUESTS:
♪
♪ When can I see you again?♪
♪ I've been waiting out here♪
♪ For so long♪
♪ And I don't seem♪
♪ To find a reason♪
♪ To keep building these castles♪
♪ Out of snow♪
♪
♪ They only melt away♪
♪ When spring is arriving♪
♪ And you won't be here♪
♪ Waiting to drag me down♪
♪ Into your pond♪
ANNOUNCER [on radio]: The America First Committee is becoming increasingly vocal
in their protest of the Lend-Lease Act.
Although the vote in Congress
was largely along party lines, with 260 to 165 votes,
the bill remains highly unpopular,
even among Democrats.
[all speaking Norwegian] ASTRID:
ÄRTHA [shushing] and SIGNE:
[Astrid and Ragnhild continue arguing]
ANNOUNCER: ...out of fear that it will bring the country
into the war abroad.
To date, no war matériel has been provided to the Allies,
who are pleading America to follow up on their promise
as the situation is worsening by the day.
In a comment regarding
the gravity of the situation,
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill stated...
CHURCHILL: If we fail, then the whole world--
including the United States--
will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age,
made more sinister...
[radio turns off]
ÄRTHA: The situation is unbearable.
My country is bleeding.
[birds chirping]
In the meantime,
the Allies go from defeat to defeat.
And the help from America hasn't come.
Lend-Lease was a joke.
Just empty promises.
[sighs]
Well, in my defense,
there's not a lot of fleets just lying around.
It takes time to build them.
[sighing]: Time is one thing we don't have!
People are suffering and dying every day!
There is a difference between sitting in opposition
and taking the lead in a situation.
Why don't you do something yourself?
♪
Well, I'm no leader, and certainly not a politician.
Yes, well, you're beginning to sound like one!
[birds twittering]
[sighs]
Look...
Why don't you give a talk
at the American Friends of Norway?
Mobilize your public.
People would stand in line to listen to a real princess.
And you have a real message.
You have a lot more going for you
than I think you realize, ärtha.
No, I...
I don't.
Now, please take me home.
♪
[engine starts]
♪
HAAKON [in Danish] and OLAV [in Norwegian]:
HAAKON:
OLAV:
[sighs]
Your Highness.
MAN: Over here. [speaking Norwegian]
Please, over here, registration.
[Morgenstierne speaking Norwegian]
♪
MORGENSTIERNE and ÄRTHA [in Norwegian]:
ÄRTHA and MORGENSTIERNE:
ÄRTHA:
[people speaking Norwegian]
♪
[speaking Norwegian]
ÄRTHA:
MORGENSTIERNE:
[engine starting]
♪
HAAKON [in Danish]:
[in Norwegian]:
[distant horse whinnying, birds twittering]
[hits croquet ball]
OLAV:
[Haakon scoffs]
[indistinct chatter, man chuckles]
OLAV [quietly]:
♪
[brakes squeal]
[engine stops]
♪
RAGNI [in Swedish] and SAILOR [in Norwegian]:
RAGNI [in Norwegian]:
♪ [indistinct chatter]
ÄRTHA [in Norwegian]:
ANNOUNCER [on radio]: Crown Princess ärtha of Norway opens her home
to provide shelter
for injured and homeless Norwegian sailors.
Her Highness is thus giving a leading example
of how each and every one of...
[radio switches off]
FRANKLIN: I have to admit,
she's something else.
[chuckles]
MISSY: You're wasting your time on this one.
[sighs]
[scoffs]: She's manipulating you.
Why can't you see that?
[stammering]: Yeah, I'm out of here.
Good night, Harry. Good night, Harry.
Good night, Missy.
[Hopkins coughs]
You're making a spectacle of yourself.
She doesn't look at you the way you want her to.
All she sees is an old man who happens to be president.
[clears throat]
[sighing]: I am tired of your jealousy, Missy.
Oh...
[chuckling]: Why should I be jealous?
She isn't the least bit interested in you,
apart from what she can get out of you.
♪
[Otto screaming]
[gasps]
[screaming continues in distance]
[clicks switch]
[screaming continues]
♪
[screaming continues]
[screaming growing louder]
[all speaking Norwegian] ÄRTHA:
[screaming continues] RAGNHILD:
[Otto sobbing] SIGNE:
[Otto sobbing, panting]
OTTO and ÄRTHA:
OTTO and MAN:
[sobbing, panting]
[Otto sobbing]
[Otto sobbing more softly, ärtha speaking Norwegian]
♪
ÄRTHA:
[sobbing quietly]
♪
[door opens]
[exhales deeply]
♪
[car approaching]
[engine stops]
♪
ELIZA: Hi!
RAGNI: So how did you decide
to be a masseuse?
I don't know.
I like working with people, I guess.
Make others feel comfortable.
[soft chuckle]
Come on.
I'll give you a massage.
Looks like you need one.
Eh...
Scoot over.
I'll do your shoulders.
[giggling]
All right.
I'm gonna...
I'm gonna need your shoulders.
[murmurs]
[soft music playing]
Ooh, what have we here?
A tattoo?
[chuckling]: Yes.
I had just met Nikolai.
I was 19 and madly in love.
It was foolish.
Not at all.
It was romantic.
[chuckling] I like it.
ELIZA: And trust me, I've seen a few.
[both laughing]
So, tell me, Ragni,
how much do you earn as lady-in-waiting?
I guess it must be a pretty good salary,
working for the royals and all.
[laughs]
[softly]: Or is it a state secret?
RAGNI: Nothing.
No, please, tell me.
But it's the truth.
I don't have a salary.
You're kidding! But...
RAGNI: It's a privilege to serve the royal family.
It's like serving the country.
So how do you afford everything?
Like clothes and...
And everything needed for the children and...?
[sighs]
I'm sorry, Ragni.
I shouldn't have mentioned...
♪
We just received reports from Norway
that the Germans are arresting childrens of officers
who fled the country.
My God, Ragni!
Are they...
I don't know where they are.
Or what they are doing.
[quietly]: You poor thing.
[weeping, sniffling]
♪
[door opens]
[water running]
[water stops, Otto gasps] ÄRTHA [in Norwegian]:
OTTO [in Norwegian]:
ÄRTHA [laughing]:
[distant dog barking]
Um...
[teapot rattling, tea pouring]
♪
[both speaking Norwegian]
♪
[car door closes, engine starts]
PROTESTERS [chanting]: Don't send our boys to war!
We are neutral!
Don't send our boys to war!
[distantly]: We are neutral!
Don't send our boys to war!
[sighs, chanting continues]
[knock at door]
[door opens] Yes? Come in.
The Norwegian crown princess wishes to speak with you.
Very well.
Find an available time in my schedule.
She's here now.
Well, then.
Show her in.
[distant telephone ringing]
[chuckling]: I'm sorry.
Franklin is out.
Oh, I actually came to speak to you.
Please sit down.
Quite some protest outside.
Yes.
People obviously don't want to be dragged into war.
Neither do I.
I get straight to the matter.
Please do.
Public speaking is not my strength.
I find women are like teabags.
We don't know our strength until we're in hot water.
But...
You've got such talent when it comes to
getting people to listen to you.
It has nothing to do with talent.
It has to do with preparation,
and determination.
But I do prepare.
But as soon as I get on stage, it's as though...
[sighs]
Would you... help me?
Teach me to speak the way you do, please.
I know you don't approve of everything
I've asked of Franklin, but... No.
[distant siren blaring]
I am sorry, ärtha, but I...
I just don't have time in my schedule.
Besides, I am sure there are plenty of others out there
who are better coaches than I.
I see.
Thank you for your time.
Have a good day, ärtha.
You, too, Eleanor.
♪
[birds twittering]
[indistinct chatter]
♪
OTTO [in Norwegian]:
[in Norwegian]:
[Otto breathing heavily]
♪
[ ärtha breathes deeply]
♪
[indistinct chatter]
Excuse me, gentlemen.
You have visitors, Mr. Østgaard.
This way, please.
♪
[speaking Norwegian]
♪
RAGNI [speaking Swedish]:
[voice breaking]
ULLA [over phone, in Norwegian]:
[both speaking Norwegian]
[speaking Finnish]
[speaking Norwegian]
[Ulla hangs up]
[laughs]
My daughter, Ulla, she's getting married.
That's wonderful. They're in love, everything is okay.
[laughing]
I told you they were all right!
Oh! And she's getting married?
Yes. [laughs]
[plane overhead]
[in Norwegian]:
FLEISCHER:
[truck engine starts]
HAAKON [in Danish]:
OLAV: Ja.
[in Norwegian]:
[phone ringing]
Oh, he's out.
Out?
But what about his 3:00?
It's cancelled.
And what urgency made him cancel?
Take a wild guess.
Of course. I guess she needed
some advice and comforting.
I'm sure Franklin is able to provide her with a lot of both.
Oh, take a look at what she's up to now.
Yeah.
She's opened her home to Norwegian sailors.
Guess she isn't lonely anymore.
♪
[cars approaching]
[engines idling]
[car door opens]
Watch your step. Thank you.
Is this the Home For Shipwrecked Sailors?
[chuckles]: Eleanor.
Hello, ärtha.
So what made you free up time in your busy schedule
to come to visit me today?
May I be frank with you?
Of course.
Well...
To be perfectly honest, when you first arrived,
I saw a shy and complacent princess,
with a narrow and subjective perspective
on events that now shake our world.
But I realize I've been wrong about you, ärtha.
Do you still want my help?
Well...
Yes.
Yes, I really do!
Good.
Then let's stop wasting time.
ELEANOR: Go on, my dear.
[clears throat]: Excuse me... oops.
[chuckles] ELEANOR: Courage.
[sighs]
It...
It was a perfect day
for the children to play outside.
A day for fun,
laughter, joy.
[sighs]
A day for daily... No, wait.
For daily routines,
normalicy,
peace.
But that day
never came.
♪
[applause]
What is it you want, ärtha?
I want peace and freedom for my country.
Peace and freedom.
Very well, so do I.
But those are abstract concepts.
So, what do youwant?
I want my life back.
But you're still alive, aren't you?
Life takes place wherever we live.
So, what is it
that you concretely want
in your life?
I want to go home.
Why? What do you expect to find there?
The house that Olav and I built.
The garden, the roses I planted.
The children's climbing tree.
Our horses.
Our beds.
Our routines, just...
Everyday life.
That is what I want.
[laughs softly]
Good!
Now we have something to work with.
Come along, ärtha.
Get up.
[inhales deeply]
Eleanor...
What are we doing?
You're learning how to be embarrassed.
Whoa...
♪
Take your shoes off if you have to.
[loudly]: Huh!
[softly]: Huh!
ELEANOR: Oh, you're such a nice girl, ärtha.
You're such a nice girl.
Make a face, ärtha.
What do you mean? Make a big, big, ugly face.
Oh, no, ärtha, still so pretty.
Blah...
Blah! Blah!
[laughs]
Hand on the banister.
Deep breath in,
shoulders back.
[blubbering]
♪
ELEANOR: I'm your new best friend,
and you have a story to tell me.
Now do it again.
♪
[wailing]
ÄRTHA: My name is ärtha!
ELEANOR: My name is ärtha.
[both repeating loudly]
ÄRTHA: I want to go
home!
[both speaking Norwegian]
TV ANNOUNCER: America launches a nationwide campaign
to raise funds for the Red Cross.
The huge throng is treated to patriotic entertainment
by the world-famous Music Hall Rockettes.
The Red Cross stages an impressive pageant.
Mrs. Roosevelt and Crown Princess ä rtha of Norway
are among the notables appearing
at the New York Madison Square Garden to aid the cause.
[music playing in background]
[crowd cheering and applauding in distance]
[music ends, cheers roaring]
[mouthing]
[knock at door]
Yes? [clears throat]
[door opens]
MAN: Your Highness, it's time.
♪
ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,
put your hands together for the Rockettes!
[cheers and applause]
Now it is our great pleasure to introduce to you
Princess ärtha of Norway and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt!
[cheers roaring, applause]
♪
ELEANOR [on radio]: Thank you.
But first, a few words from the crown princess
of Norway. [cheers and applause]
[flashbulbs popping]
[cheering subsides]
[applause ends]
[microphone squeaks]
Come on, ärtha, you can do it.
Another drink, anyone?
Shh, Missy.
I'm trying to hear. Hear what?
[exhales softly]
[flashbulbs popping]
♪
It was a beautiful day in April.
Our garden was still covered in snow.
It was a perfect day for the children to play outside.
[kids shrieking and laughing]
A day for...
Fun.
Laughter-- joy.
A day for daily routines, normalicy,
peace.
Another precious day
in what we all knew as our
everyday life.
♪
But that day never came.
Instead came planes.
Death.
War.
[explosions]
[gunfire]
♪
Everything changed that day.
For me.
For my family.
And for my entire country.
A small nation that is still today occupied
by a dark and brutal force, which ever since
has spread its all-consuming wildfire across the world.
But another force is also in play:
all those women and men who join
in great effort to put out the fire and do the right thing.
Who act out of mercy and compassion
for all those women,
children, and men who are now in such dire need
for help to survive.
On behalf of the Red Cross, I thank you all
for your kind support
and for giving us all hope that after this age of evil,
the good side of humanity will prevail.
[cheers and applause]
[crowd cheering over radio]
♪
[chuckles]
♪
Thank you all, God bless.
[cheers and applause]
[Eleanor speaking as cheers continue]
♪
[speaking Swedish]:
[laughing]
[both speaking Norwegian]
[cheering continues]
It was okay-- we need to work on your articulation.
Yes! [all laughing]
Eleanor!
♪ Happy days are here again♪
♪ The skies above are clear again♪
♪ Let us sing a song♪
♪ Of cheer again, happy days are here again♪
♪ All together, shout it now♪
Hold on to your breeches.
♪ So I tell the world all about it now♪
♪ Happy days are here again♪
[speaking Danish]:
[others speaking Norwegian]
MORGENSTIERNE [over phone]:
[hangs up]
♪
[all speaking Norwegian] RAGNI and ASTRID:
[ ärtha shushing, speaking softly]
[ ärtha shushing]
[Signe speaking softly]
[phone ringing]
[ ärtha sighs]
[phone ringing]
[door closes]
MORGENSTIERNE [speaking Norwegian]:
[breathes deeply]
[grunts]
[speaking Swedish]:
♪
[breathes deeply]
[background laughter, music playing]
[music playing]
Harry?
It's cocktail hour, aren't you going to join us?
Oh.
I thought you knew, um...
Franklin decided to, to go out tonight.
Oh, he never mentioned that.
Yeah.
Who's-- so, who's he meeting?
[sighs]
I see.
Missy... Missy, don't...
[exhales]
[car door shuts]
FRANKLIN: Thank you, Jones.
Why didn't you tell me you were going out tonight?
Because I didn't want to upset you.
Did you think I'd be less upset
by you sneaking out like this?
Please.
Stay, let's have cocktails.
And we can watch a movie afterward.
You, me, and Harry-- Harry, how about it?
You know, we could, we could watch that Bogart movie.
You know, the one about the train that you like so much.
You wanted to see it, too, I could...
We could set it up by 9:00.
Missy, you're making a scene.
[softly]: Please.
This is beyond silly, Missy.
If you leave, FD...
Then what? [engine starts]
I'm warning you.
I mean it, I really, I really mean it!
Missy.
♪
[revving engine]
Shh.
[laughing]
[chuckling] [exhales heavily]
[cricket chirping, owls hooting]
I have something for you that I think is going to cheer you up.
You recognize this map?
Yes.
This is the route that Olav and I took
when we were on our tour, '39.
Mm, it most certainly is.
I figured, why reinvent the wheel?
Now, we'll concentrate on these cities here,
heavily populated by Scandinavian people.
You know,
lutefisk country, "takfomaden,"
and all that sort of thing.
[chuckling]
Yes? Well,
the security detail we used last time
will need to be reinforced,
but the groundwork is already laid.
You're going on your tour, ärtha.
Franklin! [chuckles]
Thank you, thank you.
Yes.
Thank you so much.
Thank you. Yeah.
♪
[car approaching]
[exhales softly]
♪
[locks door]
[sighs]
[exhales]
♪