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MORE flashback questions (Spoilers!)


I absolutely love this film, but there are some details of the flashback scenes into Traude's past that I never understood. Maybe someone can help me?

Here's a clip - I only found a German one, but I'll translate the dialogue: http://www.spiegel.de/video/video-15943.html

Garden scene (about 0:10 into the clip):
Hannah: "You are going to be much more famous than him [i.e. Wilhelm Furtwängler, Traude's teacher], I believe in you." Traude says they are going to cut Hannah's hair; Hannah says it will grow again. Traude: "And if it won't?" Hannah: "Well, then it won't."
Next scene: Traude visits Hannah in prison. They hold hands but shout at each other (Traude: "Sh*t!!" - Hannah: "Stop it!"), the guard approaches them, Hannah asks him if the visiting time is over and gives Traude a cold look.

My questions are:

* In the garden, Traude expects Hannah's hair to be cut, which is what they did to prisoners. Are they already after Hannah? If so, how do the girls know? (The Gestapo usually didn't waste time.)
* When Hannah talks to Traude about her future piano carrier, doesn't that mean she wishes her girlfriend to distance herself from her in order to save her own life and pursue her music career?
* In the prison scene, did Hannah know Traude had pretended not to know her?
* If Traude claimed not to know Hannah very well, how can she visit her in prison and hold hands with her in front of the guards without revealing that she does know her after all?
* Why exactly do they shout?
* Why does Hannah reject Traude?
* Was this the last time they saw each other?

[I know this isn't the most discussed movie at the moment, but if you happen to stumble across this thread and have some answers, please share them! I'll still appreciate them (even in a few years:)).]

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