All language subtitles for The.Man.Between.1953.BluRay.1080p.DTS.x264.eng

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'Bea British European airways
announce the arrival

'of their viking flight
number be460 from London.'

- How long do you stay?
- Three weeks.

- How much money do you have?
- £4

- for three weeks?
- I'm staying with my brother and his wife.

Thank you.

- Susanne?
- Bettina!

Hello, susanne.
Welcome to Berlin.

Martin was so sorry
he couldn't get here.

- It's so wonderful to see you at last.
- He had to be on duty at the hospital.

Come, get your luggage
and we'll start for home.

They're refugees from the east.

Tax.

- You don't speak any German at all?
- Westgeld? Ostgeld?

- Nein, nein, danke schon.
- What was that?

Nothing, a money changer.
East marks into west.

Bernardstrasse 8.

- I never imagined it like this.
- I wanted to show you something nice.

They say first impressions last longer.

This is the brandenburger Tor.

It's the east-west frontier now.
If you cross there, you are in the east.

- The Russian sector.
- Don't expect it to be too exciting.

Quite a lot happens every day but
you only learn it from the newspapers.

- This is near your home?
- Right here. There.

Hallo?

Nein.

Nein.

Ja.

Nein.

Some people like nothing
but to gossip all day.

- This is new to me, this style.
- It's very attractive.

Do you think so? I'm still not sure.
I shall leave it to Martin.

So far it's been a week
and he hasn't even noticed it.

But where is he?
Your brother works too hard.

- He always did.
- Don't look too closely.

Some things are old,
others we have just bought.

- Have you lived here for long?
- Yes, yes, since I was a child.

It's a lot to look after, though.

This is your room in there.

You know, you look much younger
than in your photograph.

Martin promised to clear his clothes away
this morning before he left.

- Won't he mind being turned out?
- No, no, of course not.

Before, we only had a view
of the houses opposite.

That was all built up,
all the way to the east-west frontier.

- Over there.
- It's near, isn't it?

- Near enough.
- Susanne?

Martin!

Darling, I'm sorry
I couldn't get to the airport.

- I got held up.
- Oh, that's all right.

- The plane must've got in on time.
- Yes, it did.

- How smart you look, and grown up too.
- Thank you for asking me.

- You found bettina.
- We found each other.

- Hello, darling.
- Hello.

- Did you have a good flight?
- I was too excited to pay much attention.

- Everybody all right at home?
- They're fine.

I've got this evening off.
We'll all go out somewhere.

Isn't it wonderful that she's here at last,
just the three of us together?

- Oh, what a fool, look.
- Take this.

No, no, no, I'll ask the maid
in the cloakroom.

I won't be a moment.
Why don't you dance with susanne?

- Are you going to insist on dancing?
- Not unless you're better than you were.

Do you like it in Berlin?

If I hadn't come,
I shouldn't have met bettina.

She's lovely, Martin.

- Bettina says you work too hard.
- The last few weeks have been a rush.

The army have lent me
to help out at a refugee camp.

There have been one or two cases
of typhoid among the refugees.

I'm afraid I shall be glad
when I can get back to england.

We passed the eastern sector today.
We didn't go in, of course.

You can go in, you know.

- Really? I must before I go home.
- I wouldn't go wandering in alone.

Susanne wants to see the eastern sector.
Will you take her across?

Of course, if she wants to see it.

Martin, I have the most terrible headache.
You don't mind if I go home?

Oh, darling, I am sorry.
Shall we all go?

Oh, no, it's susanne's first night
and you've only seen part of the show.

- Bettina, I don't mind.
- Of course she doesn't.

- She's tired after the journey anyway.
- I'll take a cab and you can stay.

Martin works so hard,
he hardly ever goes out.

Nonsense, darling.
We'd much rather go, really.

Really, we needn't all go.

Susanne?

- Would you like to walk for a bit?
- No, thank you. It's better already.

I think night-club air must be the same
all over the world.

They probably bottle it
and ship it from country to country.

What was that,
a race or a chase?

Oh, more like a chase.
They're heading for tiergartenstrasse.

They'll be there in a moment,
then over the frontier, poor devil.

They've picked up someone
who's wanted in the east.

Oh, Martin, Martin, please.

You don't know what happened.

Sorry, darling.
I was just telling susanne

- that sometimes people...
- All right, don't go on.

I'll go and get the car.

Things like that
don't happen every day.

You'll be bored with Berlin
before you leave, you'll see.

Oh, it's you, bettina.

Susanne!

- What are you doing?
- I heard a sort of noise outside.

Nonsense. You are tired,
probably overtired.

I thought I heard something.

Of course.
I should have told you about it.

It's the owl in the ruins
of the Italian embassy across the street.

The sound came
from the street, didn't it?

Aren't you cold here?
I should get you another blanket.

I'm sorry you were disturbed.
Shall I close the window?

No, I like it open.

I couldn't sleep and then I started
to worry about the front door.

I didn't want to disturb Martin.

Now get some sleep.
You mustn't be tired tomorrow.

Hm?

You wanted to see
the eastern sector, remember?

- What are they looking for?
- Newspapers, books, propaganda.

Also, the eastern Mark is cheaper

so people try to buy food here
and smuggle it across.

Tell me, if it's so easy
for them to get across,

why don't they go?

They have homes here
or families and...

Ivo! Lvo!

Would you like to move on?
Herr ober!

Guten tag.

My sister-in-law miss mallison,
mr ivo kern.

So this is the long-expected
visitor from London.

How kind of bettina to brighten
our dull eastern sector by bringing you.

I am delighted to see even your principles
are subject to revision and change.

Susanne wanted to see the sector.

- Ah, then your views have not changed.
- Nein.

We, bettina and I, do not see eye to eye
about some things,

this part of Berlin, for instance.
But we are old friends

and it is our privilege
to quarrel over little things,

little things like war and peace,
the division of our country,

the fate of the world, trifles.

- You speak German?
- No, I'm sorry.

Germans always had to learn languages.
The army never knew where it was going.

We still learn english in our schools.

It might be rather a waste.
Who knows?

What do you think?

Vielleicht

- is this your first visit to Berlin?
- Yes.

Do you find it amusing?

- It's sad to see all this destruction.
- There isn't much else.

The ruins are a familiar part of the city.

The berliner no longer notices them,
doesn't even see them. Right?

You are a berliner still,
if no longer in name.

I suppose so.
It's a subject I don't think about much.

- How is your husband?
- Fine. He works, as usual.

Your brother is an exceptional person,
a military man who is also an idealist.

He works too hard.
We're going to stop him.

- Admirable, very sisterly.
- I think we have to go.

Herr ober!
Martin will be back and.

- I have eastern marks.
- No, let me pay.

They don't often buy anything
so pleasant as a meeting like this.

What a pity one ever has
to come out of doors.

Inside with the curtains closed,
it's possible to forget the present,

turn your back to the future
and face the past with confidence.

Well, we'll be going this way
to the frontier.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, bettina. Miss mallison,
it's refreshing to speak english again.

If you need a guide familiar with Berlin
in all its glory, please call on me.

- You have my number I think.
- Yes, I think so.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Auf wiedersehen.

Auf wiedersehen.

You know how it is in large cities.

People don't meet for a long time
and then suddenly run into each other.

Yes, of course.

What does he do?

I don't really know nowadays.
He had.

We are coming to the frontier.
It's better if we don't speak english.

Did all these come over from the east
during the weekend?

Yes, just under 3,000,

about twice as many
as we've got accommodation for.

Here is waiting for food papers,
medical papers, job papers,

police papers, all papers.

And then you start again.

Please, in here.

- Martin?
- Susanne!

- What are you doing here?
- Bettina asked me to bring you these.

Razor blades. How sweet of her.

- Sorry.
- Of course.

All right, I'll wait.

We missed you last night.
We hoped you'd get home.

Went into the eastern sector yesterday.

Went to a restaurant,
met a friend of bettina's.

- Oh? Who was it?
- A man named ivo kern.

Oh, yes.
He's an old friend of bettina's.

Martin, are you always as busy as this?

Must be so difficult for her
to fill up her days.

She's all right.
She's a berliner. She has friends here.

You don't think
you leave her alone too much?

Perhaps one day people will fall ill
between nine and five.

Things will ease up
in a day or two.

Hello? Yes, speaking.

Yes, I wanted to ask you about that.

No, the intake, that's not the point...

- Susanne!
- Ah, there you are.

I have been waiting patiently.

- For me?
- To offer my services as a guide.

- If you are free tonight?
- How was Martin? Did you see him?

He may have to stay there tonight.
He said he'd phone you.

If you'll excuse me,
I'll put away my things.

Were you serious about tonight?

Of course.
What time shall I call for you?

But if Martin doesn't get back,
do you mind if I...

- Only we had...
- Of course she wouldn't mind.

I can never get bettina to go anywhere.

I'll call for you at seven o'clock, huh?

All right, thank you.

- Goodbye, bettina.
- Goodbye, ivo.

See you later, susanne.

I think you are young enough
for me to call you susanne.

You dance quite well.

Thank you.

Have you known bettina
for a long time?

Yes, quite a long time.

Does she speak well of me?

Not that I heard.
Why, did you think she would?

No, not really.

This is another boring feature
of the place.

People telephone your table
if they take a fancy to you.

I take no notice of it.

I must seem very rude,
asking so many questions.

- Not at all.
- Only, it's all so strange to me.

Go on asking.

I don't know what...

Well, tell me something
about yourself.

Perhaps you have an admirer.
Want to listen?

No! No, please, no, I can't.

All right, I will. Hallo?

Ja, ja.

Hier, ivo.

Nein, nein...

Crazy people.
What were you saying?

I was just saying,
tell me about you, your work.

Which story would you like to hear?

About my property in east prussia

for which I am soon to receive
a huge compensation?

Or the story
of my lost collection of paintings

for which I am suing
the French government?

How about my deeds of valour in the war

which I have told so many people
that I almost believe it myself?

Or, in your honour, would you like me
to invent something entirely new?

In my honour,
why not tell the truth?

The truth passed me by
a long time ago.

Then I'll have to go on asking questions.
What did you do before the war?

- Guten abend, ivo.
- Harold.

Miss mallison, mr halendar.

How do you do?

So, miss mallison,
you are new in Berlin, yes?

Yes, I'm staying with my brother.

- You speak German, miss mallison?
- I'm sorry, not at all.

- Bitte zahlen.
- Jawoh/.

We shouldn't keep you
from your friends.

Besides, we must go.
Miss mallison has to go home early.

Oh, no, I'm quite all right.
Bettina has given me the key.

How is bettina?

Oh, she's very...
Do you know her well?

I met her with ivo.
Have you seen her lately?

No.

You must get ivo to take you
to the opera in the eastern sector.

It is better than the west.
Let me send you tickets.

I have influence at the theatre.

That's kind of you.
Thank you so much.

- Good. What address?
- 8 bernardstrasse.

Auf wiedersehen.

Thank you so much. Goodbye.

Danke sehr

- taxi?
- Ja, bitte.

Is that what you do in London,
give your address to strangers?

- I thought he was a friend of yours.
- I've met him a few times.

It was very nice of him.

Anyway, I can't take up
all of bettina's time, can 1?

Ah, so we're back to that again, are we”?

Why get angry
just because I mention bettina.

Guilty conscience, no doubt.

Do you have in mind continuing
to investigate me through him?

Don't you want to go on questioning me?

Why don't you leave her alone?

Don't tell me it's not my business.
She married my brother.

Your sisterly concern
does you credit, my dear.

When you are a little older,
if you're interested, I'll explain it all.

Excuse me, I have some business.

You won't mind
if I send you home alone?

No, not at all.

Good night.

Bernardstrasse, 8.

Miss mallison.

Mr ivo kern, he wishes
that you should meet him.

I'm sorry, I can't.

Please, listen. Hey!

Wait. Important, he says.
About madam bettina.

Where is he?

I will show you, yes?
Please, come.

Come, come.

Come.

If an apology about last night
is of any use...

I didn't come for that.

I've been thinking all night,

about bettina,

about myself,
about what you said.

You were quite right, of course.

I suppose that's what made me so angry.

I do hate interfering.

I think it made me see things
rather more clearly.

Bettina and I, well...
It's one of those things you drift into.

I didn't ever mean
to start anything serious.

Bettina and I have known
each other for a long time.

We met here again in Berlin.

At first, I didn't even know
she was married.

I'm glad you told me.

Mind you,
there was never anything...

- You know?
- No, no, of course.

But it was my fault. I didn't think
bettina would take it so much to heart

I'm making arrangements
to get away from Berlin altogether.

That will be the end of it.

- Does that make you happy?
- Yes, it does.

And I am happy
now that I have told you.

Come, I'll see you home.

- I'd like to tell you...
- It's not necessary.

It's finished.

I only wanted to say thank you.

Don't look so sad.

Reward me, smile.

I'll be down in a moment.

- Too tight?
- No, no, thank you.

If you keep on with these tricks in
the eastern sector, they'll catch you.

Then it'll be your head not your hand.

You're becoming overconfident.

You should give it up
before you get into more trouble.

- You're getting too old for this work.
- The old dogs are the best.

- It was an old dog that bit me.
- It's too dangerous for you.

They have no suspicion who I am.
They don't connect me with kastner.

What were you doing this time?

There were documents in the east
which were of interest to us in the west.

Bettina... oh.

Susanne, I want you to meet
a great friend of ours, olaf kastner.

- You cut yourself?
- A dog bit him.

This one happened
not to be man's best friend.

- I'll get lunch ready.
- Not for me. I'm going skating with ivo.

Ivo? Oh, ivo kern.
That's your friend.

Yes, yes,
someone I knew here years ago.

He seems to have taken
quite a fancy to susanne.

- Bettina, will you lend me your skates?
- Yes, of course.

Susanne?
You're going out with ivo again?

- Don't you think I should?
- It's not important.

Only, you mustn't get too fond of Berlin.
It's a long way from London.

Only five hours by plane.

Susanne, I've known ivo
a long time ago.

I don't know much
about what he has become or...

If he is the kind of person
you should be with a great deal.

He's always very correct with me,
if that's what you mean.

There isn't a great difference
between our ages, susanne,

but there's 100 years
between the way we've lived.

Why doesn't Martin mind
my going out with ivo?

I'll get you the skates.

- Let me know if it gives you any trouble.
- Goodbye.

Goodbye, miss mallison.

Goodbye, olaf.

You'll never catch him on skates.
Tell him you're an heiress.

- Goodbye, miss mallison.
- Oh, do you know mr ivo kern?

Excuse my hand.
I had an accident

- bad?
- No, no, nothing.

- Just playing with a dog.
- Can we give you a lift?

Thank you so much.

Only going round the corner.
Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Ivo! Ivo!

- Was?
- Sieh, dort!

Ivo!

Oh. Excuse me, it's... halendar.

- Guten tag.
- Guten tag.

While you skate and waltz,
my office is in an uproar.

The business with kastner
must be finished.

- What's happened now?
- This morning he appeared in the east

in the uniform of one of our old generals
with a staff car.

He helped two of our police officers
to escape into the west

with a vanload of records and documents,
the most damaging kind of things.

- Are you sure it was kastner?
- Who else?

There was a row at the frontier.
Nobody could identify him.

But I'm told one of the dogs
got him by the hand.

He fought loose and got away.
What's more, the dog went after him.

The dog knows
which side has the best food.

Yes, yes, yes.
I can see how it amuses you.

Kastner comes and goes,
taking our people from under our noses,

and for all our efforts
we still don't know what he looks like.

You say one of the dogs got kastner?

Yes, yes, yes, I told you,
by the hand, but he got away.

Yes, so he did.
Well, perhaps his luck will break.

How is it you failed with bettina
and now with this girl?

Has your heart been touched?
That could be dangerous.

You have the contacts.
Kastner is a friend of that family.

If not the wife, then the sister.
But somehow, ivo, it must be done.

Would you like me to drop it altogether?

That would be most unwise, ivo.
Most unwise.

What's the manuscript?
Is that the story of your life?

Not mine, yours.

I was hoping you wouldn't
make it necessary, ivo, but...

"The post-war activities
of ivo kern

"in the British and American zones
of Germany."

It's quite a long report.

Your work with forged
and stolen passports in Munich,

the diversion and sale
of American petrol,

illegal firearms business
in Dusseldorf,

an American major's wife, etc, etc.

Please, you'll spoil it for me.
I want to read it myself.

You have until the end of the week,
four days.

Either you succeed
or this goes to western police.

Of course that only means
you can never again set foot in the west,

that you remain permanently
with us in the east.

Permanently in the east with you?
Enchanting.

For you to arrange this meeting
has been quite expensive.

Do you suppose they don't ask me
to account for the money?

Wait here for a while.

You're going to get a bargain.

Susanne!

You know that fellow we met
outside your house today?

When you leave, why not take the boy,
give him a chance?

It's difficult enough to get myself out.

I have everything I need,
all but one thing,

a guarantee of an employer
in the western zone.

What is it?

If only I'd thought of it this morning.

Well, what?

That fellow we met,
your brother's friend.

The one with the injured hand.
Didn't you say his name was kastner?

- Kastner, yes.
- I thought I recognised him.

Now, he's a man
with a lot of influence in the west

ah, well. It doesn't matter.

But how could he help you, ivo?

For him, it would be quite easy.

He has business
and official contacts,

contacts with all the people who matter.

But don't you worry.
This is my problem.

This man is a great friend of Martin's.
Why shouldn't he arrange a meeting?

- She's not back yet?
- No, she isn't.

I wouldn't worry.

- I'll talk to Martin now.
- Oh, forget that.

We were just talking.

- We weren't, we were planning.
- I shall think of something.

Don't be silly. I wouldn't mind
asking a favour of you.

I wish you would.

If this works out,
you'll be leaving soon.

Susanne...

I think I should leave
as quickly as possible.

- Don't you?
- I don't know.

Well, we'll let the fates decide, huh?

I'll call you as soon
as Martin makes the appointment.

There never was such a persistent girl.

- Good night, ivo.
- Good night.

- Is that you, susanne?
- Hello, Martin.

- Had a good time?
- Wonderful, thank you.

- You must be getting pretty good by now.
- Not really.

- You like ivo, don't you?
- Yes, he's all right.

He wants to get out
of the eastern sector.

He wants to get out of Berlin altogether
and work in the west.

And we met mr kastner
coming out of the house.

He said he was the very person
who could help him

with letters of introduction,
guarantees and so on.

Yes, I daresay he could.

Could you ask him over to the house
so that ivo could meet him?

I don't see why not.

You wouldn't phone him now,
would you?

Yes, sure, of course I will.

- I wouldn't do that.
- No?

No.

He won't mind.
I can try at any rate.

No.

Ivo wants to get out of Berlin
and mr kastner can help him.

Let ivo look after himself.
He's had plenty of practice.

You had no right
to make any such promise.

- I'm sorry.
- It really doesn't matter all that much...

I say you mustn't telephone.
I won't have it!

Darling, what is the matter
with you lately?

Oh, I expect I'm to blame.

That's the first sensible word
you've said since you came here.

You don't understand what you've done.
You're incapable of understanding!

- It was you who introduced me to ivo.
- Yes, and then what happens?

He smiles, says he will take you skating.
You jump with joy.

You think, "here is a roué.
Where is my Paris hat?" And off you go.

- You know nothing about him.
- He's a friend of yours.

Shall I tell you about ivo,

your precious ivo,
your charming escort?

- He's a kidnapper.
- Oh, really!

Yes, a kidnapper. He steals people.

For weeks he has been tormenting me,
trying to force me to get olaf here.

He has been driving me mad
with pleas and threats.

I tried to warn you. I tried to tell you.

But why didn't you tell me?

I know what you suspected.
I know what you thought of me.

Martin, it was ivo I was married to.

Ivo?

And now I suppose
I'm still married to him.

I hadn't seen ivo since '43.

He was reported missing in France
and thought to be killed.

Martin and I had his death certified
so that we could be married.

Then, three weeks ago,
he appeared, from nowhere,

from the ruins of Berlin,
with a new name.

- I wanted to tell you at once.
- You can't have been afraid to tell me.

No, but he persuaded me
that it would harm you,

that it would ruin your army career
if they found out

that you were living with a woman
who was not your wife.

The army would separate us.

They would send you away.
I would lose you.

Once he had planted the fear,

he started to talk about olaf kastner.

He said I must get kastner here.

I knew what that meant.

They would leave together
and kastner would be taken in the street

if I haven't been
very sensible, darling, it's...

It's because I love you.

It's because I wanted
to protect you from all this dirt.

I thought we'd better tell
the police just what the position is.

We are generally called in
only when it is too late.

It is remarkable how few people
trust the police in any country.

And since ivo kern is so eager
for a meeting,

it would be a pity
to disappoint him, eh?

The young lady will telephone,
she will say that it is all arranged.

Invite him to come
for a drink before lunch.

I will personally shake the cocktails.

How will they try and get him?

They will not make any attempt
in the house of a British officer.

Anyway, they have no idea
what I look like.

To identify me, they'll need your friend,
the chap I met with you yesterday.

- Ivo kern.
- Yes.

They will grab me
as I leave your house with him.

And be perfectly casual,
just as always.

Better do as he says, susanne.

Pity. He seems like a nice fellow.

- Would you do it?
- It's no use asking me.

He wouldn't listen to me.
I can't help you, susanne.

You must decide for yourself.

Facts we deal in,

not pretty pictures of loyalty
and sentiment, young lady.

Our friend kastner has
many times risked his life,

rescuing people in the east
whose lives are in danger.

He supplies us with information
that is invaluable to the west.

Since you've been used
in a trick to identify him,

can you refuse to help us
at a moment like this?

Remember, casual, ordinary.

Take it, please.

Please.

Susanne, really!

Hello? Ivo, is that you?

I've spoken to Martin.

He's asking mr kastner
over for a drink before lunch.

Would you like to come?

Good.

Fine. Yes, I'll be there.

Ja, ja.

No sign of them
in the neighbourhood.

- My men have circled the entire area.
- I wish he had been punctual.

I had an appointment for lunch at one.
It's nearly two.

They have been warned off somehow,
eh, inspector?

Those are your men,
the labourers across the street?

They're working so hard,
I knew they couldn't be real labourers.

Bettina, I'm sorry to be
such a bother. All this to-do.

Did you speak to him?

Does he know anything more about us?

It's pretty much as he said.
We're not married.

Makes it all rather romantic.

Please, not so near the window.

He worries about me all the time.

If he had his way,
I'd have armed guards,

police protection
and a bulletproof carr.

- They've told me what you do.
- Perhaps it has been exaggerated.

Ah, splendid. After all,
I was invited here to have a drink.

- Whisky? Water or soda?
- Just water, please.

- Martin, how about you?
- Not for me, thanks.

He's not coming.

What's that you say? Why?

He's not going to come.
I know those marks down there.

He has a boy on a bicycle
who spies for him.

He's not going to come.

Of course he spies for them.

Where do you think
a boy like that gets a bicycle?

A new one. Out of pocket money?

He has fooled us this time,
but I'll still get him.

Maybe it will be better
if you don't go out alone

for the next few days.
Be careful.

What difference
is it going to make to us,

now that you know
we are not properly married?

I'll have to take more care of you,
make sure I don't lose you.

You could send me away
if you want to.

You are free to do as you like.

Somehow they'll have to arrange
that we're not separated.

We'll get married again.

You'll have to ask me first.

Hm? Come on, Martin.

Will you, bettina?

I don't know.

I have to think about it.

I thought I'd go to bea
to see about my return ticket.

I'm sorry, susanne.

Stay a little longer, won't you?

I'll come back again when I...

I won't be long.

The fools!

I should like to come with you
and see you make your report.

"Please, sir, I have kidnapped
the wrong woman."

You will get promotion for this.

You've made yourself famous at last,
another international incident.

The sister of a British army officer.
What next?

The wife of the French ambassador
to keep her company?

Be quiet!

It was a terrible mistake.

A very reasonable explanation.
It could have happened to anyone.

There was no need for it to happen
if you had done your job.

So you thought
that if you could kidnap my wife,

yes, and without my permission,

you could intimidate her
into helping you to get kastner?

I have had enough of your debating
the moral issues with your wife.

I would have given her
a few simple orders

and she would have obeyed.

She is a German woman,
no matter whom she has married.

- Herr halendar.
- Ja, ja, ja.

- Does he know anything yet?
- No, he knows nothing.

Not yet.

Auf wiedersehen.

Such people, they say nothing.

Have you confessed
and been forgiven?

I told him nothing
and he said nothing.

That must have been
an interesting conversation.

Let me clear up
the mess you have made.

You will have to turn the girl loose.
Let me take her back for you.

I may still get kastner.

If I must turn the girl loose,
a few hours won't make any difference.

Stay here a moment.

What new and more brilliant blunder
are you meditating now?

Another failure will hardly
make things worse for me.

A little success, on the other hand,
may change the situation altogether.

You're tired.
I'd get some sleep if I were you.

Miss mallison?
Thank heaven I have found you.

How do you feel?

I wasn't hurt,
but I'm not in a very good temper.

I have just heard what happened.
I want to help you if I can.

It was a mistake.
Such things happen.

- What are you going to do?
- Only one thing: To get you out of here.

Now, I want to get you home,

but I can't take you
through the frontier myself.

Someone from the west must do that.

Just write a note to your sister-in-law,
say you are in trouble,

but a friend, a friend is helping you,
and he will see

that you will be outside the opera
at the end of the performance,

and ask her if someone
can come to fetch you.

And in a few hours,
you will be safe at home.

Who do you want?
My brother? My sister-in-law?

My dear miss mallison,
I am trying to help you.

- Kastner, is that it?
- Oh, such imagination!

- You think he'll come for me.
- Ah!

What will happen to you
when people hear what you've done?

There has been no complaint
from the authorities.

Perhaps no one saw
what happened to you.

- They'll have a pretty good idea by now.
- Berlin is a strange, large city.

There are many reasons why a young girl
should simply vanish from the streets,

especially one who has already
shown a tendency

to make rash and
unsavoury friendships.

Believe me,

what I am suggesting
is for your own good.

- Sorry but I don't believe you.
- Very well.

You're not going to let me go, hm?

Not for the time being.

Knock when you change your mind.
Someone will hear you.

I will take her back.
The girl will only make trouble for you.

I am used to trouble.

I will put her across the frontier
at the brandenburger Tor.

Oh, just a little bit further, eh?

You have in mind, perhaps,
presenting yourself in the west

as a heroic rescuer of this girl?

No, my friend. My way will work.

I eave it to me.

Kommt!

I want to talk to you, susanne.

Is it about leaving Berlin,
making a new life somewhere else?

So you wanted to play with fire, huh?

Cheap thrills you get
only in an amusement park.

Next time, ride a rollercoaster.

You don't frighten me.
You don't think I still believe you?

You don't know
what there is to be known about me,

but believe me,
today they were after bettina.

I knew nothing of it.
They don't trust me here anymore.

They probably have their reasons.

You were taken by mistake.
Yes, yes, it's true.

Not even halendar
would do this to a foreigner.

- Then he'll have to let me go.
- He failed in the attempt to get kastner.

Poor halendar, he is desperate.

By bringing you here, he made a blunder
too serious to acknowledge.

Do you understand?

It would be most convenient
if you simply disappeared.

He is surprisingly good
at making such arrangements.

I'm not trying to frighten you.
This is the truth.

Listen to me, please.

Halendar is convinced a word from you
will bring kastner to the east.

- You haven't the nerve to keep me.
- You are not in government hands.

Halendar is not the government.

He is just a gangster,
out to get what he can.

If you do what halendar asks
and agree to be at the opera tonight,

I will instantly send word to kastner
that it is a trap.

This will be our chance.
I will get you away.

I am not such an idiot as to pretend
that this is not for my own sake!

Why? Is there a reward?

Reward?

Halendar has dug up the records
of difficulties I have had with the police.

He is blackmailing me with them.

I must do something to prove
my good intentions to the west,

what you might call active remorse.

If I return you to the bosom of your
family, this will help me with the police.

They will take
a more lenient view of my case.

That is my motive.

At least it sounds selfish enough
to be true.

I need this glory.

I will not allow kastner
to take it from me.

If I did agree to be
outside the opera tonight,

how do I know you'd stop
kastner from coming?

You lied too well before.

Believe me now.

Ja?

Ja, ja?

If kastner comes, our men are waiting,
watching every street.

Better get the girl out here now.

Good, good.

Ivo.

Please tell me what I am to do.

The big grey saloon is halendar's.

The man in the front seat
is one of his guards.

When I give you the signal to go,
don't stop to think, don't hesitate.

Go, and keep going,
no matter what happens around you.

When? At least tell me when.

About the time the opera ends.

Just keep your eyes open.

Listen.

It seemed unusually long tonight,
didn't it?

Wartet doch!

Nein, nein, wartet...

Halendar!

Herr halendar!

Schnell!

You didn't say good night
to herr halendar. He will be furious.

I ook.

I really thought
you were being arrested.

How sweet of you to worry.

I've never tried these spikes before.
It's one of our tricks.

It seems to work very well.

And now permit me to present
herr letz and herr vollner.

How do you do?

They looked like real policemen,
didn't they?

Here is the border.
Better you do not speak english now.

A-ha.
Looks as if they were expecting us.

Langsam, langsam, langsam.

There is a smell of halendar in this.
Potsdamer platz.

There are other roads.
He can't have tied up everything yet.

Halt!

Careful now. Potsdamer platz.

Langsam.

Ein moment I will take a look.

Don't run away.

Rolf!

In der frankenstrasse, ja?

They're checking everybody.

I told them to get to Horst's grandmother
at the new building in frankenstrasse.

- They can hide there.
- What about us?

We'll take the train.
It goes across.

Auf wiedersehen.

Halt!

Halt!

Here we should go separately.

You stay on this side and watch me
so that you know where to turn.

All right?

I didn't think I should ever be sorry
to see you go.

And don't hurry.

Fradilein!

Fradlein...

No, thank you.

Susanne...

We will join the others
at that new building.

- Are you hungry?
- Not a bit.

The boy's grandmother runs
a sausage stand for the workers.

Ivo! Ivo!

- Nicht gut?
- Nein.

They will be able to hide us.

Kommt

The other two haven't turned up yet,

but she knows someone
who has a motorcycle and sidecarr.

Quite soon you will be safe at home.

I said some things to you before.

The things you said about me
were quite true. They still are true.

I'm sorry.

Don't be confused by gratitude.

Should I be grateful?

I suppose not, really.

Soon I will have to say goodbye to you.

I suppose I can't ask you
to hold me in good memory.

Sometimes it was quite nice, wasn't it?

You weren't lying all the time,
were you?

No, not all the time.

I had a terrible conscience when
I found out you knew the truth about me.

Since the war, I had forgotten
that people like you existed.

I tried to get out of it, but then...

It wasn't so easy
making that telephone call.

I am glad you didn't come.

Will we ever go skating again,
do you think?

I don't believe
the prisons have ice rinks.

I'll have to start practising in england.
Perhaps you may come over.

- I nearly did go to england once.
- You did?

Our plans were altered.

The war, you remember?

I suppose you were
about ten years old at the time.

No, I don't think skating in england
is for us, susanne.

Halt

Ivo?

- Susanne, you're going with vollner.
- What about him?

Kindly restrain
your humanitarian instincts.

Won't it help you with the western police
if he gets through?

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that.

- I don't want to go.
- All right, suit yourself.

Susanne.

They will never get away
in these lights.

Such a wonderful machine.

To think that it produces
all the electric lighting.

- Guten abend.
- Guten abend.

Do you speak english?
Sprechen sie englisch?

Nein.

I will try to get him round the other side.
When you hear me shout,

I want you to take something heavy
and smash some part of this.

This is very beautiful.
Try to look pleased. Good.

Here is the fuel pipe.

This is a wonderful part
for you to smash.

- Do you have a head for heights?
- Oh, no, I'm not very good at heights.

The next building, over the roof.
Don't show yourself.

Susanne!

Susanne, come.

Come.

What's the matter?
It's quite safe.

Come on, quicker.

Lvo! Oh, ivo!

Don't faint now.
You'll spoil everything.

But I heard a shot.

Don't worry about me.
I was born to hang.

Horst must take a message
to your brother.

We can't chance it again tonight.
In the morning traffic it will be easier.

Tell major malllison to send a car
or a Van first thing in the morning.

A Van will be better.
We will be within these three streets.

The Van must circle the area slowly.
I will find some way to signal.

I could ride ahead on my bicycle, no?

No.

Tomorrow you must go to school.
No more letters of excuse.

It is necessary for a boy
to go to school. Do you hear?

- I will see you again?
- Of course.

And don't worry
if I should be busy for a little while.

If you need anything,
go to miss susanne.

Yes, Horst. Come to see me.

Ivo?

Go on, Horst.
Deliver the message.

Auf wiedersehen, Horst.

Auf wiedersehen, ivo.

He's young, you see.
He's only a boy. He takes life seriously.

He's very fond of you.

Isn't he?

A boy like that feels lonely.

He attaches himself to someone.
It is natural.

You hate the feeling
of being loved or needed.

- Are you cold?
- No, not really.

Come here. They are even starting
to have Russian winters here.

It's warm by the chimney.

It embarrasses you,

to have people who are fond of you
and don't mind showing it.

I've lived too long
without these western luxuries.

Anyhow, I can't afford the responsibility.

Are you in love with bettina?

I have forgotten.

Now, quickly.

I ock the door.

For her, this is good money.

This is nothing.
I talk english. I took a course.

So, it's you two they are hunting.

They've already seen you downstairs.
They won't search here.

Keep the money, and in the morning
I'll give you 500 marks.

The times I've been promised
money in the morning!

Where do you want me to put you?
Under the bed? There's no place to hide.

Take it and get out.
I don't want trouble.

Please, just while they pass this floor.
You go out and we will take our chances.

It's a little late for that.

If they find us here, they must think
you have been hiding us.

In the morning,
I will give you some more, ja?

Schnell.

Come on, quick.

For the girl, this is impossible.

I'll take care of her.
Go on out, quickly.

No, not you.
Come on, take your coat off.

Moment moment!

Be smoking.

Bitte

Wer ist denn das?

Eine freunadin Von mir

gut

Come on in,
unless you like it out there.

- What about that money you promised?
- You shall have it in the morning.

- Yes, but I...
- We must stay here now.

This room has been searched.
Now it is safe.

- I run a cash business.
- You have to trust me.

- Yes...
- Please.

- Oh, no!
- That's a good idea.

Please, if it's any good at all.

All right, if you don't get through,
you won't need it any more.

And if you do, you can trust me
to give it back to you.

Well, the place is all yours.

Take good care of the furnishings.
They are priceless antiques.

Fradlein, are you going to...

- Huh?
- What I mean to say is...

Will you be...

Oh, no, no, no.

I have a friend.
He is glad of company.

Do we stay here all night?

Unless she decides to turn us in
for a better price.

Of course, she might get drunk
and start to babble, but otherwise...

I know it's not elegant here.

I know these are not
your accustomed surroundings.

I wish I could have got a suite.

Or connecting rooms?

That's right.

But we shall have to stay
until the morning.

I'm not complaining. It's fine.

Tomorrow you...

Tomorrow you will be
back in your own room,

a school room, or whatever it is.

Why don't you put your feet up and rest?

Allow me.

So...

- Lvo.
- Mm?

Come and sit here.

No, I'm... I'm quite all right, really.

What are you thinking?

Nothing, really.

Tell me, please.

Don't you ever get sleepy?

The things you were supposed
to have done,

the things halendar knew about,

were they very bad?

I do ask a lot of questions, I know.
Martin's always telling me.

My respect for major mallison
is now sky high.

Yes, they were bad.
They were true too.

Never mind how or why,
I did them.

No one can explain them away,
least of all myself.

What did you do before the war?

That's another question.

I was a lawyer.

Why did you give it up?

I didn't.

One day, the law simply vanished.

I came out of the law university,
my head crammed with ideas of justice,

the rights of man, trial by jury,

the protection of the innocent,
all that nonsense.

Before I could even open an office,

it was all as ancient and outmoded
as the bow and arrow.

Were you in the army?

From the beginning, I was
an efficient unit of the military machine.

Whatever orders were given to me
I carried out promptly.

Aren't you going to ask me
what I did as a soldier?

No.

I took part in the plunder
of Holland and France.

I saw hostages executed.

I was ordered to a village in Prague

which we levelled to the dust
with everything in it.

That shocks you, huh?

You were ordered.

I was ordered.

I did not invite you to set yourself up
as my judge and say that I am innocent.

I tell you this to explain
why I don't practise the law.

How could I stand up in the court now,

adjust my gown
and prattle about the rights of man?

You see, little susanne,

it isn't safe
to ask questions of people.

Why don't you forget about it
and try to get some sleep?

I think I understand.

Understand what?

Some of the things
you've done since the war.

Nonsense.

I never worried
about what was to come.

Therefore my life lacks
what some people call its purpose.

No, the truth is,

I didn't have the stamina
or the courage to live decently.

I understand, ivo.

No, you don't understand.

I've told you before,

that I did this simply to help myself
with the police, for no other reason.

If you had no selfish motive,
would you have left me with halendar?

Yes, you and bettina,
your whole family.

Kastner, the lot of you.

Thank you.
That's all I wanted to know.

Are your feet cold?

Yes, and my hands are cold,
but your heart is the coldest of all.

I can warm your feet for you.

It's a pity you can't do anything
about my heart.

I could try.

Why should you bother?

You must get some sleep now.

I'll put this around your feet,
like so.

Ivo, when you get out of prison...

Yes?

Will there be anyone
who could help you?

Perhaps in western Germany
there will be friends,

certain persons
I've known a long time ago.

No, ivo, not ones
you knew in earlier days.

I mean, who could help you really.
You know what I mean.

No, little girl.
Such persons there will not be.

When you get to the west,
I'll help you.

No, you will not.

You will take the first plane
back to London

and go on with your rich and happy life.

I'm not rich.

Any shelter from life
is unattainable wealth.

What are you thinking of?

Us.

You and I

susanne.

You mustn't.

You're a child.

Ivo.

I'm not a child.

There was one thing more.

He said that I should ride ahead
on my bicycle.

Maybe just another trick
to get hold of you.

No, I believe him.

- You shouldn't go.
- He's telling the truth.

You have done very well.
Now run away home and get some sleep.

But surely this is a matter
for the police?

That means their police too,
and their police will deny the whole story.

We have no proof of anything
happening to your sister.

Our only satisfaction would be
two weeks of argument.

- I'll go myself.
- I'll go with you.

- But you couldn't help me.
- But.

You would be only in the way.
I have done this kind of matter before.

And ivo?

Will you bring him too?

I think that will be necessary.

And then?

That is another problem.

The main thing is, your sister-in-law
must go back to england at once.

And

as for ivo,

well

we will think of something.

I must go.

- Not yet.
- Hm?

No sign of the Van yet.

Oh?

It's quite early, though.

No need to worry.

Yesterday I tried to have you arrested.

It might have been
a less complicated solution.

It will come, don't worry.

Ah, here it is.

Ivo!

Olaf kastner!

- You!
- Well, what's the matter?

Now who is going to believe
I had anything to do with getting you out?

Get in with the laundry.

I promised to have you washed,
dried, ironed and delivered by seven.

School!

School!

- Come on.
- Which way do you go?

There is police at potsdamer platz.

- I have got my own way.
- Well, good luck.

The smell of clean laundry.
What a luxury.

It's usual to have clean linen
on your honeymoon.

Every week will seem
as long as a year,

every day as long as a week.

At that rate, we will be quite old
when we meet again.

I shan't change a bit.

I'll make last night a looking glass
to remember just what we were like.

Oh, dear, how long.

Don't wait too long.

Not for me, susanne.

Only good wines improve with keeping.
Time won't make me any better.

I don't care.

You don't know.

You don't know anything, you see?

I know a little more than I did.

You know nothing.

Nothing about men,
about wine, about life.

You know nothing.

I just know what I like.

Here we are!

Nichts, nur wésche.

Auf wiedersehen.

Moment!

Drive on! Drive on!

No, ivo! Ivo!

Ivo!