"In Ein!"

[Feldarzt]

What exactly does "In Ein!" within the context of an officer ordering troops to open fire? ("In Ein!" as I think I heard near the beginnining of "It Happened Here".)[/i]

[derGespenst]

It doesn't. Perhaps what you heard was "Hinein" which means "come in", but that has nothing to do with opening fire.

[Feldarzt]

Thank you. Another military mystery...

[Rudi S.]

There are various meanings to the word 'hinein':
hineinbegeben: go inside, or enter somewhere; hineinbitten: (somebody) - to ask or invite in; hineinblicken: to look in; in die Nacht hinein: far into the night. Literal translation would be 'into'.
I hope this will help.
Rudi S.

[Feldarzt]

Thank you! it still doesn't fit with the context.
I'll have to listen to that segment again and check if the officer said something else.
Danke.

[Rudi S.]

Feldarzt,
could you quote a few words before and after the questionable "In Ein"?
It might help deciphering that expression.
Rudi S.

[Feldarzt]

Cool! I'll rewatch the segment on my DVD. I think after he said it there was mostly "bang bang bang BOOM!" but I'll check.
it's the DVD "It Happened Here", a low-budget but well-done movie made by two young English guys with a little help from Stanley Kubrick, about the German occupation of England following the successful invasion right after Dunkirk. SS troops marching under Big Ben, etc. Not a very popular film in England for some reason...