Juliana Crain quotes from The Man in the High Castle

Juliana Crain

I'm not here to kill Nazis. I'm here because I need answers, and I'm not leaving until I get them.

Juliana Crain

Dear Frank, I don't even know if this letter will reach you, but if you are reading this, I'm begging you, please get out of the city now. You might know already that I didn't follow the plan. But I am leaving town now. One day I hope I'll get the chance to explain everything and that you'll understand. You're the kindest, most generous man I've ever met, Frank. I'd given up on everyone and everything, and you put me back on my feet. You brought me back to life one step at a time. Frank. It's okay. I want you to know that my feelings for you were and always will be more real than anything I've ever known. Whatever happens, I don't believe our fate is inevitable. And you shouldn't, either. I don't know if we can change it, but I believe we have to try. You'll always be with me, Frank, and I hope I'll always be with you.

Frank Frink

Hey, what is this?

Juliana Crain

It's newsreel film.

Frink

Yeah, I see that.

Crain

[elated at scenes of the flag-raising on Mt Suribachi] It shows us winning the war.

Frink

But we didn't win the war.

Crain

That's what they told us.

Frink

Jesus, I know what this is.

Crain

What?

Frink

The Man in the High Castle.

Crain

The who?

Frink

Some guy they told me about, he makes these anti-fascist movies.

Crain

[notes footage of VJ-Day celebrations] Makes them GIs in Times Square.

Frink

I know they look real.

Crain

They look real because they are real.

Juliana Crain

Have you seen the films?

It's not my job to see them. I just pass them along.

There may be a role you are suited to, subject to references, here in personnel. Alongside your other work, it would involve undertaking certain personal services as and when I require them.

Juliana Crain

What kind of services?

You wish to work here?

Crain

Yes, sir.

It is an honor for a girl like you to be employed here.

Crain

I know that, sir.

It is not for you to question your duties. You simply do. [tries to unzip his pants] Do you want the job or not?

What the hell do you think you're doing snooping around the Nippon Building? [to waiter] Two coffees, please.

Juliana Crain

I could say the same to you.

What choice do you think I had? I had a family to support. How do you think I kept all of you safe? I swallowed my pride, and I did what I had to do. Did you have any idea that your sister was involved with these insurgents? I heard her on the wire. So did all the other listeners. I had to throw myself on the mercy of...Our benevolent employers. I had to identify her. I told them she was a kid. I told them she was my kid. I mean, hell, I worked for them for 16 years. It's got to be worth something.

Crain

Sixteen years?

Did you know she had a film?

Crain

She did. And now there's another one.

Juliana, you listen to me very carefully. You cannot get involved in this.

Crain

There's something different about this one, isn't there?

I don't know what it is, but I can tell you they got us working around the clock trying to find it. They screamed at me so loud, I thought they were going to shoot us both. But everything I said checked out, so they let her and that idiot boyfriend of hers escape to the Neutral Zone. And thank God, Juliana, because if anything happened to Trudy...I'd be finished.

Helen Smith

It's cute, isn't it? You're lucky to get one of the singles. Most of the other girls have to share an apartment.

Other girls?

This is a dormitory for single women. Would you like tea? I made some.

Yes. Thanks. That's very kind.

Okay.

How many other girls live here?

Uh, there's space for 20 or 30, but I'm not sure how many are here now. Oh. We've thrown some things into the closet for you. There wasn't much time, so I hope they fit. And you'll find some make-up in the bathroom.

Wow. This is so much more than I could have hoped for.

Well, it's hard work to... Once you get settled, you'll be expected to join some of the neighborhood committees and the Nazi Women's League. But first you have to pass the ACT.

What is the ACT?

The Auxiliary Citizenship Test. That gives you the right to stay in the Reich permanently. You must be exhausted after everything you've been through.

I am a little.

Why don't you come by the house tomorrow? Say, 10:00. We can have coffee and get to know each other.

All right.

Okay. We're at 5026 Roxboro. I have left a tuna casserole in the fridge for you. But there's a grocer over on von Braun Street if you need anything else. You'll find 50 marks and some change in the desk drawer there.

You thought of everything. I don't know what to say.

Well, that's just it. You don't have to say anything.... See, now you're some place where good people actually look out for one another. I'll see you tomorrow.

Okay.

Okay.

Thanks. [as Helen goes for the door] Wait. What about the key?

Oh, there isn't one. No one locks their doors around here.

Thomas Smith

The ACT is made of three parts: Reading, writing, and civics.

Juliana Crain

Okay. I got two out of three.

Straight to civics, then. First question: From where does justice derive?

Crain

The Reich.

Yes, but more specifically.

Crain

The Führer?

Very good. Justice is a divine right guaranteed for all and determined by the Führer, from whom all justice derives. [tries to drink milk but is visibly shaken]

Crain

Thomas? You all right?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. Next question is about American exterminations before the Reich.

Crain

Exterminations?

Didn't they ever teach you about the Indians?

Helen Smith

Thank you for your help today.

Juliana Crain

I was... glad to be a part of it. It's quite something, seeing everyone pull together like that.

Well, like I told you, this is a place where people look out for each other. [serious tone] Julia, I don't want there to be any confusion between us. What happened at the church today with Thomas, I don't know what you think you saw, but you're new here and I wanted to make sure you understand how important it is not to jump to any conclusions... because it could be dangerous.

Crain

Helen, what I saw today was a sweet boy... who's been overexerting himself, becoming emotional at the funeral of a close family friend. No confusion.

Let's drink to that.

Nobusuke Tagomi

I threw the I Ching. Hexagram 40. Liberation. Changing line into Hexagram 56. Transition. Most auspicious.

Juliana Crain

I never really got to mourn her, you know.

Tagomi

Now's your chance.

Crain

Focus, Tru.

Tagomi

If you let go of her, the Trudy you lost, you will be liberated. Able to let go of her. And she of you.

[as the room rattles] You've always looked out for me, sis. You don't need to anymore. Take care of yourself, sis. [disappears]

Joe Blake

Listen, Juliana, to resist is to invite the kind of pain that I went through. And trust me you do not want that.

Juliana Crain

And what is it that you think I want?

Blake

You want to join me. For a world full of perfection and happiness.

Crain

You hardly seem happy.

Blake

Just wake up! This is the world we live in. One that can be perfected, but not by your idea of goodness. Make peace with that, and there's a way out of this.

Crain

But what does it mean Die Nebenwelt?

Blake

It means "the next world," a parallel world. And when we reach it, and the world after that, and the world after that, the Reich will be everywhere. It dwarfs my father's greatest dreams. Now get dressed.

Crain

Or what? Hmm? You know, I've watched you kill me so many times. You know what happens next? You take that gun and you put it under your chin, and you blow your own fucking brain -

Blake

You're gonna take me to Tagomi. And then you're gonna take me to High Castle.

My, uh, husband and I... started building this as a bomb shelter toward the end of the war. We didn't finish it in time.

Juliana Crain

Well, they dropped the bomb on a Sunday, didn't they? Knowing so many would be in church.

After the war, they took my husband. For his "impurity." I was happy to offer this to the Resistance as a hiding place. Uh... I have to lock you in, for the time being.

Crain

No, I understand. Well, please, won't you sit?

I'll, uh, I'll bring you some food in a bit. I believe that you are who you say you are. Can I... can I ask you something?

Crain

Of course.

I've seen the film. A lot of us have. [looks at journal Juliana shows her] There's Roosevelt alive with Churchill and Stalin.

Crain

I remember the day Roosevelt was assassinated.

Yeah.

Crain

But in that world, he survived.

Please, could you keep going? W-What happened next?

Crain

I have something I... could show you.

Okay.

Crain

[shows notebook] This is, uh... This is a sketch that I did from a newspaper clipping after FDR was shot at. One bullet could have changed everything. But it didn't. Not there.

W-What's this one?

Crain

That's Roosevelt. That's after he created the New Deal.

New Deal?

Crain

Yeah. Just, um, "Relief, Reform, Recovery." That was the motto, and he completely rebuilt the economy.

Ended the Depression?

Crain

He did. He also led the US to victory over Nazi Germany.

What happened to Himmler and Goring?

And the Nazi leaders? The Allies, they could've put them up against a wall and shot them.

Juliana Crain

That's what had always been done when wars ended, but they decided to do something different. They gave them a fair trial.

Nazis don't deserve a trial.

Crain

Well, they were criminals. Once they put them on the stand, the world could see them for what they were. Their crimes were enormous, but these were small, weak men. They, um, they made excuses. They claimed they didn't know, that they were helpless to stop it.

Tell them what happened to Hitler.

Crain

He hid out in a bunker and then shot himself in the head.

It seems impossible. [chuckles] Like a dream.

Crain

If they can be beaten in that world, they can be beaten in this one.